Lancaster Examiner and Herald

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VOL. XXXI.
LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1857.
No. 27.
PUBLISBBD BY
EDWABD C. DARLINGTON,
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From Life lUustrated.
THE  COXTNTSY STORE.
Spring, Actual and FoeticaL
hour througli the day.   Toa can see all old THE  UTTIE ONE.
women climbing into and out of their high       There is a darkened ohamber in the.houee. ;     „   .    ,        ,,   . ^ „ . ,
.J    .!.»;»»«i,»«» »»».nv» rt      .,_      -  , -   , at      av )        Spring's gentle inflnence seems this year to
wacons, having made or being aboat to make Over the windows of that room  the   thick,       ^    .^ ..°     ,   , .,       .,      ,.,
°     ' , .,      , J. J  ^e       3 . . , ... J al.     Iiave viniiicated the  propriety with whicu,
the pnrchases they have dreamed of, and cnrtains sweep downward heavily, and the   ,   ^     r. i- , . r^      ,
,, jjii_.*ii .. ijji (when Italian was the macaroni, as  French
talked abont, and made all sorts of calcala- ganahine and the daylieht   are exclnded.   ; ,       .     j     ,   x
,    \ ,     . , At. V « v*»/"6 I 13 now the ton, and vernacular the dandy,)
tions on, for at least a week or a month be- Soft voices mingle in gentle cadences there, ¦
In Athens, the people nsed to have their theaters and their games. In Rome, amuse¬ ments held a high place of neceasity. Lon¬ don, Paris, Kew York, Philadelphia, all the large cities of the time, feel ohliged to cater for popular wants in this direction, andhence arise spleudid piles and open, magniffcent halls lhat are devoted to nothing else but the entertainments ofthe sovereigns and masses. Back in the country they have no amuse¬ ments at all. It isn't nonsense to say so because it is too true. They live hard, bald, dry lives, and die hard, baUl dry deaths. Of course we mean with now and then an ex¬ ception. Tbey get up iu the early morning aud work with their patient cattle till sun¬ down. They dress themselves in their still¬ est aud most starched-up things on Sund.iyF, aud go to meeting from nothing but a souse of duty. They huddle at all the funerals, aud manage at tiioso times and places to get through as large au amount of talk as our busiest merchants do auy day iu a whole hour on 'change.
Kot that all fiirn'.ers are quite as bad as this, for we know better ouiselves. But the excejitions are "mighty scarce," as the boy said. Beyond the reach of what are popu¬ larly supposed the refining and truly human¬ izing inlluences of the city—I am not speak¬ ing satiric-lily ,it all now—men and women do not seem lo know how lo amuse them¬ selves at all; or if they do here and there cliance to get an inkling of what they need iu the way of pastime, they set about it. so like going about their work that the whole afl'air becomes notliing less thau a series of downright efforts of the most severe and un¬ nalural character.
I have said it before, aud 1 say it again—^ country people don't kuow how to amuse themselves. They require something quite different from what their city cousins call for I gr.tut. But it is 50 different, as the case stands now it makes one laugh out of the left comer of his mouth to think of the consummate .ab¬ surdity of the thing. For example ; instead of meeting aud greeting one another in a natural and easy w.iy at a party, a ball, a husking, or something of that sort, they at¬ tend faithfully upon all the funerals, meet¬ ings up at the "meeting house," auction sales of sheriffs aud admiuistrators, militia musters, and aunual agricultural shows, wearing countenances as long as the one- hundred-aud-nineteenth Psalm, set, dry, fixed, aud totally ungenial iu their ways and man¬ ners, earful to let no impulsive expressions escape them if Ihey cau by any rigid possi¬ bility help it, and fixing unmerciful stares of astonishment and reproof ou all the younger ones who can not help now an-l theu laugh¬ ing at the twang, the thump, or the topic of the minister.
Hence, for want of theater, concert, and things of that sort, the people far back iu the country have a shrewd way of resorting to something that they no doubt think .altogeth¬ er better.
It is the CoiT.VTRV Store. An institution all by itself is the country store. It stauds out as distinct and vivid in the social laudscap.- of the rural districts as the monument does at Bunker Hill. AU parties resort to it. All the loungers, all the Idlers, aud all the villago gossips, as well as those who go to buy molasses, kegnails, to¬ bacco, and raisins, congregate, and loiter, and gossip, aud listen, in the couvenieut resting- place of the country store. And if it further¬ more happens to be the Post-office, then follows a patronage from the sovereigns far and near, which it would be idle indeed for me to attempt to describe. Besides the sugar, nails, codfish, and brooms, there lie all the letters that belong to the men, women, and children of the town. The sum total of their correspondence with parties resident abroad is to be found just there, aud just nowhere else. Therefore all the men collect about this swjirming focus. Therefore they come and sit evening after evening, alternately dis¬ cussing the news aud seeing who carries off each aud e^ery letter. Therefore they stand and crowd up aronnd the Postmaster as soon as the village mail-bag is brought in, assist¬ ing him to sort over the meager little pile that he empties out of it upon the counter; offering advice wherever it is and it isn't needed; and submitting highly original com¬ menls upou matters aud thiugs in general faster than anybody can pretend to keep up iu their digestion.
Look in on the store iu a counlry lown at any time of the day or evening, uuless per¬ haps it is just at planting or haying time, and you will find character, incidents, and amusing detail enough to please you as long as your recollection consents to give back the scene to you. They lounge and loaf, boys and men, making a serious busiuess of it. They perch on the smooth, worn coun¬ ters, swinging off their feet. They occupy the heads of kegs aud the narrow ends of soap and candle boxes. They stand around the stove-pipe if it is wiuter, and touch it on this side and that with their hands. They leau back in rows in the dark corners of the store, exchanging their dull-colored yarns with one another, and ripping out their nasal snickers at what precious bits of scandal hap¬ pen to fall in their way. They bandy coarse and heavy jokes with the boys, giving them through lessons iu their own peculiar art gra¬ tis. They read over all the posters aud hand¬ bills for the thousandth lime, and laugh and comment, aud comment and laugh at exactly the same places they did three weary years ago.
Ou winter nights, the iron box stove is fill¬ ed "cram full" with solid wood, and the draught roars like a young lion iu the desert. Its raging sound drowns out the howl of the January winds without. The men and boys huddle close, hold up their hands before their toasted faces, laugh harder at their stale jokes thau ever, and fall to again over the reputations of their friends and neighbors in a pleasantly scandalous way. "When the old mail-driver comes in from his coach ou these evenings, and they all begin to address htm by his Christian name, and ask him minutely about the weather, and make their calculations how much longer he will be likely to be on the road, then there is a new whirl in the social scene, and nsw charac¬ teristics are developed to the eye of the ob¬ server at every turn.
The village store withal is a very useful place, and therefore worthy of a number, all by itself, in the list of our institutions.— There the farmers go to bny their new spring seeds and their agricultural implements.— There the boyfl go to perform their errands for mothers, sisters, and themselves.   There
forehand. They will preaent you, too, many and softer foot-falls across the covered floor. a stndy, if you willba bat patient and listen ; There are no loud tones, no harsh sound. A their ready resources, their shrewdness in husband a halo rest there, like the soft getting a bargain, their bold way of telling drooping of an angel's wing. Close pressed the storekeeper how much they know them- to a heart awakened to a new fount of joy it selves aboat what he is trying to talk iuto never knew or dreamed of before, liea alittle them, and their triumphant expression when babe. Only the young mother feels the they discover that they have finally carried blessing and the responsibility of the preci- their original points exactly as they desired oua boon; and in the shadowy room she Ues —all these things catch the eye of a quick and thinks of the Uttle Qod-gift on her bos- and appreciative observer, and famish him om; of the world untried, the path untrod, with plenty of food consideration afterward, iphich lie before the portal of life it has just They can talk poUtics pretty well at the crossed. Teara of love and feeling rain down public meetinga in the large cities, where they upon the little brow aa she thinks in what have a " distinguished apeaker from abroad" ^^y is the world to try this pure young spirit to wake up theirideas ; but they don't begin and whose hand willsafeat guide it over that to know how to do it as thoroughly as they untrodden way 1 The twilight comes aud go through with it in a conntry store. There the stars shine out, and a benediction and a a mau corners a mau. He gets him right prayer sway like heavenly pinions over the where he can't get away. And as soon as gently pillowed head of the new bom ; while Esq. Riggs opens the talk, or Deacon Blodget through the house a new light shines, and makes a sally, or Capt. Muggs starts a new manhood's brow groes brighter, and woman'a train, they are all in for it, every one. They eye growa softer, and under the roof-tree of are the very people for whom political uews- home they "rejoice with exceeding great papers are printed, and no others. For them joy," for a little one is there, were originally published " Debates iu Con- Spring haa come, and the babe, a bright gress," which they are as ready to quote aa and pretty prattler now, is out among the any eager Deacon ever was to hurl tests from flowers. The eye of affection watches him the Scriptures at the head of his opponent anxiously, for the lilly disputes possession or questioner. The Hon. Mr. Buzfuz doea with the rose ou that fair cheek, and the blue not suffer iu their hands at all; or else he eye, aoft as a dew-laden violet, ia lifted often does suffer immensely, though not so badly to the far-off skies, as if it knew ita home as to be damaged beyoud recovery. What was there. Slightly the Uttle feet patter up- the ex-member of Congress for their district on the stairs, sweetly the little voice singa said iu his speech before the Young Men's through the house, and the mother's heart Club ou the Friday evening before, they are nielts with tearful delight in listening to it. satisfied lo talk about from ond ene of the Out on the turf the father Ues down in the evening to the other. All the candidate's i shade of the summer sunset, and like a child claims for favor are fully discussed. Allthe ' himself plays with his babe, and clasping prospects of his fiuai election are freely re- his treasure to his manly breast, feels his eye marked upon in one coruer of the store and , grow moist with the dew of affection, and another. The minister's hints on political I thankfulness to God for his glorious gift, topics don't suit some, while others profess to r Again there is a darkened chamber in the like him only the harder on that account, j house. The windowa are more deeply sha¬ ft is uot a Uttle caucus there in the country I ded; the footfalls are soft; the voices are store ; it is a Uttle Co.ngress and each mau a I subdued and sad; the Uttle one is ill; quiet- member. The assembled wit and wisdom of \y upon his little couch he lies aud suffers, the town discuss all the great affairs of the . The sweet lips utter no moan ; the gentle nation, settle the claim.'? of the church aud features evince no pain; and it seems as the ministers, aud dispose of the reputations though angels soothed him iuto silence, of all, the grt-at and little men, iu au even- Again the twilight comes; again the stars ing. Wars, and rumors of war, they take shine out; but there is uo joy now in the by the horns with both hands. Elections are house, and the prayers of thanksgiving are their particular hobby. They really believe \ turued to supplications for mercy, to plead- they make and unmake the fortunes of our '¦ ing at the throne of grace to spare the loved public men, and the belief is a source  of iu- ' one yet a Uttle while.
ordinate satisfaction to them. |     Moruing dawns, aud tliere ia a cofiin in the
In the autumn time it is good to run your ; house. A little narrow box, not two feet long'! eyes over the crooked-necked squashes, and | Robed in white, with flowers among his gol- the yellow, round pumpkins, and the uice j deu hair, and waxeu hands folded over the white beans, and the blood-red beets that gar- | heart that ia still forever, lies the dead babe, nish the walls and ceUing.   Here is the mu-   Oh, the aching hearts that bend  over him :
oh, the hot tears that fall down npon the flowers and golden hair! How they tell of earthly love aud the frailty of earthly things ! How they tell of hollow humau hoi*es and the mockery of mortal trust! In the very room where he was bom they close the cof¬ fin-lid and yield him back, du.'^t to dust, earth lo earth, .ishes to ashes.
Days and months roll away. Time, the consoler, has laid a healing hand upon the broken hearts of those who loved the child, aud they have leamed the great lesson the babe was seut to teach. The tendrils of the young vine, though faded, still retain their clinging hold upon their memory and their love; but out in the green grave-yard stands a pure white monument, never forgotteu and never pasaed without a tear, which points its pale finger to the blue skies, and whispers, "Lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven."
Beum of agriculture. Here the farmers hold their shows. Here they flock of afternoons as well as evenings, and lell over the finished work of the season juat drawiug to a close. They make up their estimates of their coru and their potatoes. They begin to calculate how mauy cows they are going to winter, and what amonnt of wool the women folks mean to get carded for winter spinning.— They talk on crops, on fruits (some of them) ou horses, and on sheep. The store-keeper becomes a sort of confidant to every one, in affairs pertaining to bnsiness. He listens to all their tales, and offers advice whenever it is sought, and sometimes when it is not. No man can furnish forth more facts than he whether they pertain to farm, field, politics, or the wonders and mysteries ofa country trade.
At the country slore, then, farmera enjoy their regular reunions. It is aa much a place of amasement as it is of trade. It fur¬ nishes relaxation to the overtasked meu and —I was going to say 6oj/i—just as much as do the meetings on Sundays and the funerals through the week. Iu it and about it the rustics unbend. They swap cattle and hors es before the door, and sprawl over the counter inside to figure up their profits or losses in the way of trade. All the local news center there, as in a focus. The country store¬ keeper could well afford to publish a bulletin every day, and he would not fail, either, to " find his account in it" as the saying is.— He collects continually the fund of gossip and scandal, of quarrels and horse-trades, of deaths, births, and marriages, and of losses gains, misfortunes, and family feuds. He calls every other mau by his Christiau name aud can tell you the age and circumatancea of nearly all of them from one end of the town to the other.
If you happen to be driving through one of these back towns any day, it will pay you well to buy a half peck of oats for your ani¬ mal to eat underthe shed, while you go inlo the village store yourself and look around and study character. A new phase of life will present itself to you. You will see what perhaps, you never saw before, and leam some thiugs that you had uot been told en¬ joyed a real existencce.. The store-keeper will treat you with all possible civility ; the meu standing and sitting around will ques¬ tion you perseveringly of your uame and oc¬ cupation ; and all the boys that rest on the bags, kegs, and barrels, will stare, and whis¬ per, and snicker, till'you will declare to your¬ self that no man has really completed his education uuless he has been ont for a time and studied hnman nature in a country store.
A French horse-dealer wafl aaked if an animal whichhe offered forsale was timid.— " Not at all," said he ; " he often pas.sea many nights together by him.-ielf in the stable."
A horse owned by Dr. F. Dor.sey of Hagers¬ town, Md., died last week iu the 45th year of his age.    The doctor had rode  him in his
it took a tnrn in a foreign dialect, aud gave ; ua a name for the catarrh. Spring's influ-1 ence is influenza. The unpropitious rerial powers hava seized the  weathervane, and i P • / ye     .
held it with a grippe tilt it has rusted east, j The American race horses iu England are The blue sky is a myth, or is transferred to j at last entered in a rac« where they can re- blue noses.   Ethereal mildness is suggested   Aect credit upon the couutry of their nativity.
TuE Philosophy of Life.—The foilowiug passage bu Shakspeare is from a Lecture on the "Philosophy of Life," recently deUvered by William Wiuter, Esq., of Cambridge :
"For the grandest human intellects there 13 no exemption from the common doom. I have sometimes thought how sad, yet how sublime, must have beeu the emotions of that man, whose privilege it was to staud by the cofiiu of Shakspeare, aud gaze on that sweet and noble face, when death had called out all the strange beauty which never lives till then. It was worth a life-lime to have stood there one minute—to have laid your hand ou that broad brow, and started at the eold chill; and, so pausing, to have called up in memory all the magnificent creations of his genius, and worshipped him there iu the silence and the gloom ;
But be Is dead and gone : At his head a grass-green turf,
Al bU heels a alone. So they all go. Mau dies, but nature is eter¬ nal. The seasons keep their appointed time; day returns wilh its golden splendor, and night with its eloquent mystery. The same atars which lit the ghastly battle-field of Troy—rough with the dead bodies of ancient heroes; which ahone on the marble streets of imperial Rome, and on the sad eyes of Virgil, sleepless in the living glow of inspi¬ ration—the watch fires of the angels, which throngh centuries of devastation and change have still hurned on unceasingly—speak to us as they did to Dante, and Shakspeare, and Milton of the divine glory, and omnipotence, the everlasting beauty and love of God!"
the farmers'
wives amve early in the fore-
BoDiLY Carriage.—Instead of giving all sorts of rules about turning out the loes, and straightening np the body and holding the shoulders back, all of which are impractica¬ ble to the many, because soou forgotten, or of a feeling of awkwardness and discomfort which procures a willing omission, all that is neceasary to secure the object is to hold up ihe head and move on I letting the shoulders aud toes take care of themselves. Walk with the chin but sUghtly above a horizontal line, or with your eyes directed to things a Uttle higher thau yonr head. In this way you walk properly, pleasurably, aud without any fear or restraint of awkwardness. If any wishes to be aided iu securing this ha¬ bitual carriage of body, accustom yourself to carry your hands behind yon, one haud grasping the opposite wrist. Englishmen are admired the world over for their full chests, and broad shoulders, and sturdy frames, and manly bearing. This position of body is a favorite with them, in the sim¬ ple promenade in a garden or gallery, in at¬ tending ladiea along a crowded street, in atanding on the street or in public worship.
Many persons spend a large part of their walking existence in the sitting positiou. A single rnle, well attended to, in this connec¬ tiou, would be of incalculable value to mul¬ titudes—use chairs with the old fashioned straight backs, inclining backward, and sit with the lower portion of the body close against the back of the chair at the seat; any one who tries it, will observe iu a mo¬ ment a grateful support of the whole spine. And we see nd reason why children should not be taught from the beginning to write, and sew, and knit, in a position requiring the lower portion of the body and shoulders to touch the hack of the chair all the lime. A very commou position iu sitting, espe¬ cially among men, is with the shoulders against the chair-l ack, with a space of several inches between the chair-back and the lower portion of the spine, giving the body the shape ofa half-hoop; it is the instantaneous, instinctive and almost universal position as¬ sumed by any consumptive on aitting down, unless counteracted by au effort of the will; heuce parents should regard snch a position iu their children with apprehension, and should rectify it at once.
The best position after eating a regular meal, is to have the hands behind the back, the head erect, in moderate locomotion, and in the open air, if the weather is not chilly. Half an hour spent in this way after meals, at least after breakfast and dinner, wonld add health and length of days to women in early life, and to all sedentary men. It is a thought which merrits attenlion.—HaWs Journal of Health.
noons in the summer time, and barter away egga and cheeae for cotton cloth, or new shoes. There the girls resort, with buming blushes on their faces, to leam if they have any lettera for themselves in the office or to exchange a few sly remarks with the spruce young clerk whose hair hangs so heavy with oils and perfumery, or perhaps to study the
" I mIkk onlt the Hours that Shlve.' The above if we rightly remember, is the in¬ scription upon a snn dial in Italy. It incul¬ cates a beautiful lesaon which many are prone to disregard. It would teach us to remember the bright days of life, and not to forget the blessing God is giving us. Life, it or new 1 is true, is not all bright and beaatiful.   But
BtiU it has its light as well as its shades, and it ia neither wise nor grateful to dwell too much upon the darker portions of the pic¬ ture. He who looks upon the bright side of life, and makes the best of everything, will, we thiuk, other things heing equal, bea bet-
very latest styles m pnnts, bareges, and Uer, happier man, than those who, as Frank- muahn de laines. Yoa can see a caravan of lin aays,' are always looting at the ugly leg' old family nags, bob-tflUed and long-tailed, and find occasioii for compUint and censure Btanding droweUy before the door, almost any ' in almost everything they meet with
^" Much ia said of the " Independence of Poverty." That riches nor place, eloquence nor power, titles nor glory briug happinesa, is proved iu the experience of all countries and all people. While this is true on the one hand, it is equally true ou the other that Poverty has its advantages, aud adversity its aaea. If they are not as " sweet" as Shaks¬ peare paints them, they are not as sour as many imagine. Punch illustrates the com¬ mon blessings of commou meu in the follow¬ ing truisms: I
You wear out your old clothes. I
You ara not troubled with many visitors.
You are exonerated from makiug calls.
Bores do not bore you.
Spongers do not haunt your table.
Tax gatherers hurry past your door.
Itinerant hands do not play opposite your window.
You are not persecuted to stand godfather.
No one thinks of presenting you with a testimonial.
No tradesman irritates you by asking, "la there anyother Httle article to-day, sir?"
Begging letter writera let you alone.
Imposters know it ia no uae to bleed you.
Yoa practise temperance.
Yoa swaUow infinitely leas poison than others.
Flaterers do not shoot their rubbish into your ears.
You are saved many a debt, many a de¬ ception, many a headaohe.
by our molars aud inscisors, which are pain¬ fully intimating the utility of ether or chlo¬ roform, in the removal of hollow leeth, whioh are worae caverns for unpropitious airs than the fabled caves of iEolus. Old earth might grumble and heave, and nobody cared.— But when zephyrs are laden with toothache, inatead of odors from violets, there is a den¬ tistry which speaks within us, responsive to which the splendid pattern gets of porcelain in the caaes of our Deutal operators grin horribly a gastly smile. They are guiltless of aches, whatever else they may possess or may lack. Gentle spring is Uke some other gentle folk, more troubleso.me for her attrib¬ uted gentility. Nature's upholstery is the merest unsatisfactory sham.
The velvet moss, Whicb Is lilie paddiog to earth's meagre ribs,
gives out a moisture uuder our feet like a squeezed sponge, aud the green carpet is as damp as—Philadelphia of a Saturday morn¬ ing. If there be any place wetter than that, it is under the falls of Niagara. The drapery of the trees is neither here nor there. The leaves are reported to be coming out, but they come like an unwUling tenant, who is testing to the latest moment the tension of a notice to quit. They are applyiug the laws of delay to the laws of nature, and certainly exhibit masterly inactivity. The very swine have takon the business of their tyraut, man, to themselves, aud introduced the anomaly bf the consumption of pork, without the me¬ dium of sausages. (We hope this is true in the latter clause, as we have some faith in human nature.) The liquid strorms do uot forget to flow since a geueral jail delivery has been proclaimed by tho calender, and the icy fetters aro laid up till next winter. But the water is as chilly as the weepings of an iceberg, and the shad are playiug a prima donna's trick, and delaying their engagement on account of a bad oold, iu aflirmation of which wo ueed no other certificate than the fish-woman's demands. Meanwhile the fish loving public are getting impatient, and prices rule accordingly, like preferred seats at the opera. Perhaps the shad aud salmon are waiting for greeu peas. If so, they may wait patiently; for the vines are peeping through the wet shining saud,over iu Jersey, with an alluvial coat dimming their lustre) like the first vegetation of the Egyptian delta oiganized in au investigating committee to ascertain if the Nile has subsided. Peas will be peas, they say, this seasou.
The fruit, it is tbreatened, wiU be uothiug. The blossoms are nipped. Wheat is to be a poor crop, and while wholesale prices current indicate no famine, retailers exact starvation prices. The bakers have not yet heard of the Paris treaty—a marvellous proof how little newspapers can force unwelcome news upon the interested. Tailors woo the way¬ farer in vain with busy advertisements.— Last winter's teguments are good yet. The ladies cling to their jackets aud their furs.— Caoutchouc is still at par; aud the coal yards are getting a sweeping out, of which we shall be snre to be reminded uext season. Not one adventurous advertiser has yet ap¬ pealed to consumers, " Lay in your winter stock, and save your money," for present needs shut out calculations upon faturo con¬ tingencies. The timid swallows look like a man who has waked too soon in the morn¬ ing for his comfort. The ouly absolute indi¬ cation of prospective warm weather that we Iiave heard of, is at Atlantic City, where they have repaired the railroad terminus which the storms had washed. We hope it may not provo a useless investmeut of mouey ; but those who aummer in the couutry this year, will apparently have agreat deal to ac¬ complish in a short season. No lady need take with her more than fifty new dresses. She cannot get through half her advertise¬ ments, for a lady's dress at the watering places has come to be regarded Uke a daily paper, valueless the second day. But hav¬ ing reached a changeable subject, we pause, trusting aud hoping that tho fickle Spring, like fickle fashion, may put on a new and more cheerful aspect, even botween the wri¬ ting an.i the publishing of our Jeremiad.— Certain we are, at any rate, that before next winter it wiU be fouud that iu our wide land blessed of Providence, there is superfluity somewhere, and the ways of trade aud com¬ merce will equalize the product and feed us all. There peeps tbe sun as we write. It is au auspicious omen.
HOESES.
A taxidermist in Lynn has received the skin of the celebrated trotting mare, Lady Suffolk, and it will shortly be set up in a life¬ like mauner. Its ultimate desliuatiou we have not learned, but it would be a good companion for Black Hawk in the Veterinary Collego.
The noble span of black geldings which took the first premium for matched horses at the exhibition in Boston last fall have been disposed of by their gentlemanly owner, J. Wilcox, 2d, of Meriden, Ct., to Mr. Bumham of New York, for $3000.
A company for the exhibition of horses has been formed in Boston, aud the following officers have beeu chosen Directors : Pearl Martin, D.F. Flagg, N. B Shaw, Wm. S. Kiug and J. S. Greene. Treasurer, I. A. Stoue.— Secretary, A. P. Martin. The compauy has selected grounds iu Chelsea and Saugus for the exhibition of their horses, and is fitting them np rapidly.
A letter dated Vienna, April 4th, gives the following notice of the fostering care of the Austrian govemment for race horses :
" The day before yesterday it was definitely settled that tho State shoald, during a period of tbree years, disburse 70,000 florins per annum for prizes to be given to the winners of races, which are to be held at Vienna, Prague, Lemberg, Pesth and Klausenburg.— The prizes are to be in hard cash."
The Grenada (Miss.) Republican of the 25th ult., says:
" We saw at the livery stable of Mr. L. Frenob, a day or two since, a colt having only three legs. Hia form is perfect with the exceptiou of his left fore-leg, which is mis¬ sing. Where the leg should have been, there is a small piece of skin about one  inch iu
¦'Lecompte," "Pryor" aud "Prioress," are entered for the great Goodwood Cup, and John Bull and Jonathan are fairly pitted against each othor. The Goodwood Cup is one of the great oveuts of the racing season in England, being equally popular with the Epsom aud the Derby. The terms of the race which affects our horaes, are as follows :
The Goodwood Cup, value $1500, the sur¬ plus, if any, to be paid to the winner in money, a subscription of $100 each, with $500 added by the Racing Fund ; iwo miles and a half; three year olds to carry 105 lbs.; four year olda, 127 lbs.; flve year olds, 135 lbs.; six aud aged, 138 lbs.; mares allowed 4 lbs. Horses, &c., bred in America or on the continent of Europe allowed 14 lbs.
Under these conditiona, "Lecompte" will carry 124 lbs., "Pryor" 121 lbs., and "Pryor- ess" 100 lbs. It will he seen, therefore, that Lecompte and Pryor will ruu at au advantage of 14 lbs. less than English horses of the same age, and Pryoress 18 lbs. less. The chances of the American horses are decidedly good. Oilpatrick, the famous jockey—who backed "Lexington" wheu ho beat "Le¬ compte" in 7.23 1-4, and who rode " Lexing¬ ton" when he made his unequaled four miles iu 7.19 3-4—has been sent for by Ten Broeck to take part iu the contest, as well aa two or three other American jockeys. Mr. Pryor, the celebrated traiuer, is also going to Eug¬ land, to take charge of the American stable. We believe that the American system of training aud running, so essentially different from the English syatem, will give the Ameri¬ cau horses the victory. Some five or six more race horses are soou to be seut to Eng¬ land, to take a part in the forthcoming con¬ tests upon the turf.
The Mineral Point (Miu.) rriiizne vouches for the truth of the following Sam Patch story:
" Probably the greatest leap on record was made one day last week, at tbe Helena Shot Tower. Ahorse, some twelve years old, jump¬ ed from the bank over a perpendicular preci¬ pice of one huudred and eighty feet, into the river below, aud came out safe aud sound, after swimming nearly half a mile to a suita¬ ble landing place. The water at the point where the leap was made, was from tweuty to twenty-five feet deep.
Family Uxitv.—One perhaps, of the great¬ est miseries is a lack of unity of feeling and affection iu a family, aud one also that unfor¬ tunately loo often prevails. A "lone body," and a looker-on, for nearly threescore years, I have seen much of this nnhapplness, al¬ most invariably arising from the most in¬ significant causes—a waut of forbearance and unselfishness in tlm every-day course of life —exacting too much similarity of mind and feeling. It is atrange how very little conces¬ sion we can make to others iu unimportant things, if they differ from us. An opinion is passed on the most trifling subject; some one dissents, and theu follows an argument, which, aa neither wiU "agree to differ," ends with angry feeUng ou both sides, simply be¬ cause we wish to make our own ground good, aud exercise uo coutrol over our "unruly member," the tongue.
Agaiu, iu our intercourse with those around ua, we rarely are careful always to maintain that true politeness, which is only another name for a much higher feeling—unselfish¬ ness. Tho sacrifice of perhaps a favorite seat, or a pet habit only, or some such seem¬ ing trifle; but which would very often great¬ ly conduce to the comfort of thoso with whom we associate so intimately. I had the privi¬ lege of once knowing well one of those rare
The Science of Going to Sleep.—A writer in the Mobile Advertiser has communicated to the world, and the "rest of mankind"— great rascals and hardened sinners included —the following retnedy for involuntary wake¬ fulness :—
The great point to be gained in order to secure sleep, is escape from thonght—espe¬ cially from that clinging, tenacious, imperi¬ ous thought, which, in most cases of wake- fuUness, has possession of the mind. I always effect this by the following: I turu my eyeballs as far to the right, or left, or up¬ ward, or downward, as I cau without pnin, and theu commence rolling them slowly, with that divergence from a direct Uue of vision, around their sockets, and coutiuue doing this until I fall asleep, which occurs generally within three minutes, and always within five at most. The immediate effeci of this pro¬ cedure differs from that of any other of which I ever heard, to procure sleep. It not merely diverts thought iuto a new channel, but actu¬ ally suspends it.
Since I became awaro of this, I havo on deavored innumerable times, while thus rol¬ ling my eyes, to thiuk upou a particular subject, and even upou that which before kept me awake, but I could not. As long as they were moving round, my mind was a blauk. If any ouo doubta this, let him try the experiment for himself. I wish he would; let him pause just here and make it. I ven¬ ture to assure him that, if he makes it in good faith, in the manner described, the pro¬ mise of " a penny for his thoughts," or for each of them, while the operation is in pro gress, will add very Uttle to his wealth.— Such being its effect, we cannot wonder that it should bring sleep to a nervous aud wake¬ ful man at night. The philosophy of the matter is very simple. A suspensiou of thought is to the miud, what a suspension of travel or labor is to the body. It enjoys the luxury of rest; the strain upon ita fac¬ ulties removed, it falls asleep as naturally aa the farmer in his chair after toiling all day in hia flelds.
ALEXAKDER HABBIS,
ATTOKNKY AT LAW.—Office— South Quenu ntreet, wfwt aide, uear Vine.
KEFERENCES: Governor Jamm Pollock, Harrisburg.
Hou. A.tDHEW G. CCKTl,V,
Hon. JoBEPn Casry, "
Hou. A.VDREW Farker, .MIftiialowu, I'u. Hon. Jamks M. Sbi.i.ekj, *'
A. K. ilcCl.UBE, Esq., CbaioberHburg, l'a. a])ril S ly-m
~bewj.aSin p. BiiB.~
ATTOllNEY AT LAW\—Office No. 19 North Dulie ntreet, oppowite K- Ellmalier, Es.i. dec 3 ly-l
J. B. HOPI^Ri ^
SURVEYOK,   CIVIL  ENGTNKKK, CONVEYANCEU and DKAUGHTSMAK. .IK-uut J..y. Penu's.—Towu Plann, .Mapa .,f largo erttaten nud  Topo- graphical plana of couutr-Beata, kc, ueatly drarrn. cec_31 iy.6
JAMES K. AMXANDEB, A TTORNEY AT LAW.—Office witli
J]l]- labelpljia   3llrDcrtls£incnt3.
Court Houiie.
. Lightner, Duke Htreet. i
JOB PBINTING- OP ALL KINDS,
From the largestPoster to the smallest Card
DONE AT  THIS   OFFICE,  in the BEST STYLE, with great despatch, and at tbe lowest prices.
II3-HANDBILLS for tbe Bale of Reai. or Perso.val Pkopbett, printed on from ONE to THREE HOURS NOTICE. nov I.'-,-lf-50
POK SALE.
12 Shares Columhia Bauk. 20     "     Inland Insurance. 20      "     Farmers'Bank Stock. 4      "     County Bank Stock. 30      "     Mouut Joy Savings Inatitution. 30      "     Conestogo Steam Mill, No, 3. S 700 C. S. Mill, No. 1,-6 per cent. Loau. S1200   do     do   No. 3,-^6 per cent. Loau. S 300 Lancaster City, 6 per cent. Loan.
Enquire of GEO. K. UEED,
raay 27-tf-26 Broker.
Notice to Tax Coilectora,^ ~
TllJi COLLECTORS of Lanca.ster couuly will proceed to collect and pay uver the Taxes for \Sfi1. The abatement of five per ceut, wt;; be allowed on Btate Tax, up lo July la.
CHARLES M. HOWELL, may 20-3t-2.'i Treasurer of Lancasier couoty.
$50   BEWABD!
WILL HE GlVENby thc Hoard of School Directord ofProvIdonie townehip. for auy Iuformatiou which will lead to tbe conviction of the pernou or perxons, wbo, on the olght uf tbn 2d of Mtiy.lS57, uel tire lo. ana bnrut dowu lbs Ridiug Sun School House, in xaid township.
BT ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT. Mathias Shirk, Secretary. may iO-Sl-'i'.
ly oppu^iiM tbe July 2-ir..31
JOSEPH A.  WEEDLES
  MAaDPACTCBEE Of
Wire, Siik and Hair Cloth Sieves,
Coarse, medium and fino Io mefih;   large, mlddie-slie aod small In diameter.
METALLIC CLOTHS OR WOVEN WIRE,
Of the bent qaalities, varioui alzeti of meah, fiom Noa. 1 to so InclUHlve, and from one to n\x feet In width.
Tbey are nambered no many hpaceit to a lineal loch, and cut to suit.
The ^fuhucrlbpr also keeps constaotly ou band
For Coal, Sand, Ore, Lime, Grain, Grave.,
Guano, Sumac, Sugar, Salt, Bone, Coffee,
Spice, Drugs, Dye-Stufft, Ire,togelher
witlt an assortment of
BRIGHT AND AMNEALED IRON WIRE,
All uf tbe nbove Bold wholesale or retail by
J. A. HEEDLE3,
Juue4-ly-27 64 H. Fropt St., PhUad'a.
WM. AUG. ATLBE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.—Offi™ No. 4fi, EastKlngHtMet, ..int".t'** -Siirwher'- Hor.l. aept 2e   J.y.-H
AMBKOSE McCONOMY,
WITH
J.  H. GOWER,  BROTHERS & CO.,
BANKERS   ANIJ   I.AND  AGENTS,
IOWjI  city, IOWA.
april S ;^'iii-13
T)K. M. L. VANSANT, OMCEOPATIIIO  PHYSIC I AN.—
Successor to Dr. .'¦utton.   OfHce at Kinzer'« Holel, ParadlHB township, Lancaster counly. Fa. april 8 ••<'ni-'9
PhUabEipiiia "Mntx^mmtnls.
New Wall Paper Warehouse.
BUBTON "&" LANING,
I      MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS, I No.  134 Arch Slreet 2nd door above Sixth, I PHILADELPHIA.
\ IITMKRE may be found  the largest
{     T v     and bort eeiected stock Id the city. I     COUSTRY PURRHASERS may here bo accommoda¬ ted, withuut the incouTeoieDca of looking farther, aod mtij ha assured lhat they will receive tbe advaulago of theirmonay. BDRTON k LANING,
121 ARCH Street, ahove Sixth, Philadelphia, mar 25 Sm-17
KETCHUM'S COMBIxNED REAP¬ ERS A.VD MOWERS, ot th. mannf.etar. ot ~. 1857, with all th. receotlmprovemant. Ther .°,«S warraoted to cat 10 or IS aer.. ot gn.,a or graluSC lh a day a« w.ll ai ean bo don. with a .eytb? or cradle. For aale by PASCHALL MOERia i CO
Implement and Seed Store, Seyenth and Market ,tr.eu, riilLADELfHIA. aprll 29-t f-22
CANCER INSTITUTE,
FOR the Treatment of Cancers, Tu¬ mora, WeuB, DIcerri. Scrofula, auy Growth o^S-jre. Cbronic DireaHes, geoerally, can be cured (If corahle), without Horglcal uperalioo or poiMOo. For all particu¬ lara write, Btate dii>eaH6 plainly, aud eoclose twenty- five cenU for advice. All letterH muBt hava a postage Btamp encloEed to pre-pay answer. Medicine cao ba sent aoy dbitaoce.   Addre-SH
C. L. KELLING, M. D.. Mecbaoicsburp, Cumberland Co., Pa. JCJ-Mechaaicsburg la 8 miles from  HarriBburg. on the C. V. Railroad. feb 25-fim-13
He s
J.   MARTIN.]
[j.   KINKEAD.
DENTISTRY.
MARTIN & KTNKKAD, having :is- Kocialed together Iu lho prHcticn   ji»*t>*^:^k^ of DKSTISTRT,winendoiivor to render jgfejjgSCT'
entire ^<atiKfitctlon iu allnperatiou!) eu- iXfffjV^iJ3S% tru-iled to their care. Beiuff prepared ^"^¦^¦ASeT fortheMA.NUFACTORE OFTEETH, we will be enabled to Kult all caseu, with
BLOCK,  SINGLE GUM OR PLATE  TEETH
eitlier ou (iold, Silver or Gntta Fercha.
IC3-0FFICB—Main Streei, 3 doorw eaht of Echter- uarht'ti Holel, Slraiiburg, Lan. co.
N. B. I take thiH metbod of tendering thaokf. for the lihoral patronage heretofore received, aod bopo by tbe preseot arraugameut to beooabled at all timed to atteud to tboae roquiriug our ygrviceu.
jy 16.1v-3a J. MARTIN
Dental Co-Partnership.
THK undersigned having eutered into co-partuer.shIp,are prepared to practice tbe varUutj braucbex of Operative and Mechanical Den- ^__^_^ tistry, at their olBce, in Kraioph'a Bnildlnge,jjg^^i^^ N. E. Cor. of North Queen and Orange alH.,(mWiBi^ whera they would ba pleaaed to wait upou^^'-*-!-!-!-^ their friends aud the public generally, aBsuriog tbem that all operatioofi eotrusted to their care, will be per¬ formed io Ihe moiit complete and satiafact iry manner. S. WELCHESS. 3. T. PRIGG.
I would respectfully annoimce to my fnends
aud patrons throughout the city nud County of Lancas¬ ter, that I have this day taken into uo-parlo^-rship with mo in my dental practice, l>r. S. T. Prigg, recently of Baltimore cily, and wbo ha» withiu the lant threo or four mouths become a realdeut dentlnt Iu thin city. Tho gentlemanly aod accommodaUng character of Dr. I'rlgg, liitt thorotlgb and ticieuLific knowledge of the variona hruD'-IiRH of tbe Profe^Hton, bis auperior hklll iu all It.- most dolicate mauipuIalion!<, together with the high ro- CDUimeudatlons ho brings with him from the P^o^es^or.•' of the Baltimorn College of deutal silence; will guur- anlea perfect Hatiffactiou lo all my furmer patrons aud ail otberu wbo may place themselves under our tn-at- tneut.
Uy thla arrangement wa will have greater facilities fur a moro prompt attention lo all uur patlenlc wblch tha waul of aHHintaoce has heretofore deprived me of tbe ahility lo beBtow.
I'urso'K partial to tbe inaDlpnlatiou^ and advlco of the underaigoed, and whu may feel a delicacy lo calling for his nervices at the dental office, lu tho event of his not lielng pra-ieut, will pleaso call at hlM Drng Stor", No. 27 Norlh Queen etreet, Iu tb« National House buildiog.
March 16tb, XS^fl. S. WELCHENS.
mar 18 3ni 18
¦Wall Paper and Window Shades.
J. L. ISAACS~& BROTHER.
No. 133 North Second Street, helow Race,
H. „. ^PHit-ADELPHIA, AVlNTx COMPLETED their hirge a.i»ortmeol of tba abova Goods for Spring and SummnrTrade; would reapeclfnlly invite Ibeatteotloo of purcba.*erH to the same. Their slock for beauly cheapnesa and variety caonot be aurpaased.
They ba^-e constaotly on baod overy deHcription of Gold and Paloted Shades, Buff Hollanda, and Shade Vix lurea. Wall PaperH. Carlalns, Fire Board Printa, Bor¬ dera. 4c., all of which they offer at lower rates than cau ba had at anyother eatabliahment. Call aad exam¬ ine. J. L. ISAACS k BRO.. mar 4-ljm-14]        1.33 North Second at., below Race.
WARBXTRTOWS
Bonnet Materials for Spring Trade.
TO MILLINERS, MERCHANTS AND OTHERS.
JUST received a full supply  of cheap aod desirable goods, the Latest Paris Faabloo, of our own Importation, alao, from auction aod importera, which we offer piuch below tbe uaual prices. Bonnet Rlbbona, all widtha.   Marcelllnea,
Gauze and crape. Black Velvet, i'laiu Satin. Plaid Mantua, Glace .Silks, i'oulLde Eol, Gro d'Afrl<iuo, Gro do Naple.H, Black Oro de Rhlues, Black Modes, Black Bombazines,
Florence. Eogliah crapes, Aerophane do Preach       do Boonet Lawns, Tarlalau.while and color'd Joined Blonds, Blond Lacea, IlluaiouB and Nets, Ruches and Quillings, Crowu Linings
A
ELECTION. N ELECTION FOR OXE I'llESI-
 DENT and Six DIRECTORS of the Lancaater
Uas Company, lo servo for the ensuing year, will he held at tbe ollice of the Company, on MONDAY, the 6th of June, between the houra of 9 o'clock, A. M., and :\ P.M. C. HAGER, I'realdeul.
Wm. Gleim, Sec'y. may SO-St-M
IN THE MATTER"
Of the proposed annexation of paris of Clay and West Cocalico to Ephrata township, in Lancaster Counly.
Vfc7"IIEREAS a petition ha.s been pro-
Y f sented to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Lan¬ caater County, praying fnrtho annexation ofthe follow¬ ing pans of Clay aud West t'ocalicu to Kpbrata town¬ ablp, to. wit:
B>;iii.vMXii at uStoue, in croas-roadsleadiug tu Halla- cher'a and Kline's aiilla, on tho present Hue botween Olay aod Epbrata towuHblpa, near Jacob Bollingar'a Tenant House; tbeoce through lauda of aald Jacob Uotlinger, Jacob Longenecker, David Sahm, Reuben Mohler, Martin Bentz aud Jobn R. Uess, reapoctlvely, norlh forty-Mix degrees east, four hundred porches, to a Post, ou  the north  sido of the  Downingtown, Ephrata
d Harriaburg turnpike; thence through landsof Jobu W. Gross, George Becker,Michael Keller, Widow Keller
bei.g5 who found he.- lif. in promoting the   T.'reT::S.^fll\ZZ''"Si'C.°:^.,Z/^^^^^^^^^
happiuess of those arouud her. She was perhaps, iu the eyes of the world, a quiet uuobtrusive persou enough; but in her fami¬ ly she was a spirit of light; au atmosphere of peaoe seemed to pervade wheu she was by.— Was there a sick child to be amused, quieted, she was the one called on. (Childreu espe¬ cially acknowledged her infiueuce hy their conduct while with her, as children always do intuitively perceive when thoy meet with one whose habit of miud is higher, purer, thau is generally met with.) Was there a piece of disagreeable advice to be given, to her tact it was committed, and it assumed a diflerent aspect. In any little dispute, both parties felt she could settle it withoat either feeling they had been worsted. In any press occupation, her timo was always available when others required it. And so it was in everything; and I believe the whole secret of her influence over others, aud her power of conducing to their comfort, lay iu perfect for¬ getfulness of self,'which gave her the power of throwing herself into the very thoughts and feelings of others, while carefully bear¬ ing in mind the relative claims each had upon her. Did we all hear in mind that, ex¬ cept when actual duty points another way, the greatest virtue in social life is to concili¬ ate all with whom we come iu contact, and consider them in every way hefore our our¬ selves, we should find life never wanting iu that interest of which so many complain ; while by this abnegation of self our owu daily upward courso would be much smoother.
DR. JOHN McCALLA,-DENTIST,
No. 4, East King Street, LANCASTER.
Baltimokh, Feh.  18, ISW.
JOHN McCALLA, D. 1,>. S., atten- ded two full courtea of Lectures, aud graduated with high bonora in the Baltimore Col¬ lege of Dental Surgery, and from hirf unlirlng euergy, clothe application aud study uf the brancbea taught in said Insti'iullon, together with exhibitiona of skill In the practice uf bis prufesr>Ion, we feel nu hesilatiuo in re¬ commending him ad worthy of public conCdeuca aad patronage. C. A. HAaais, M. D., D. D. S.,
Pruftjsaor of Princlplea and Practica In tba. Baltimore Collego of Dental Surgery.
C. 0. Co.NK, D. D. 3., Prof, of Operative aod Mechanical Dentistry. BaUimore College of Dental Snrgerv.
BOARD OF  EXAMINERS: E. Parmley, M. D., New York. E. B. Gardette, 51. D., Philadelpbia. S. P. nrLi,inE:t, M. D., Wheeling, Virginia, E. Tow>sKKD, D. D. S., Philadelpbiii. E. 3UT.SAKD, M. D.. WaHhlngton, D. C. snp 17 ly-42
twenty- e, In a line of aaid George Keller*a aud John Red' dig's land, (tbe last distance crossing the lino of Clay and West Cocalico towuBhipa at Indian or Trout Creek); tbence Ihrough laud of said John Keddig, south flfty- three degreea eaat, slxly-alx perches, to a White Oak, a coroer of East Cocalico and Epbrata townships; and Ihence along the prosent division line hetween Epbrata and Weat Cocalico and Clay townsbipy, reapectively, to tho place of Beuisni.vo.
Aud tho undeisigned hnve been appointed by the satd Conrt Commlasiunera lo inqnlre Into the propriety of granting the prayer of said petition, and lo maka re¬ port of tbeir opinion relative thereto, and their pro¬ ceedings thereon :
Notice Is hereby given tbat the underaigned Commin- aloners will attend for the purpoaea of tlieir appoint¬ ment at tba public hou.so of  Chriatian Herchelroth, In tbo village ofNew Ephrata, on Thuraday, the llih day of June uext, at !• o'clock. A, M., thence  to proceed lo view lho parts of townships propo.'^ed to be annexed, kc ; und all persona intereated are invited lo meet tbe Cummiaf>loners at tha time and place mentioued. WILLIAM WEIDMAN, JOSEPH S. LEFEVRE. MARK CONNELL. sr.
May 19,1857. may 20-31-25.
Farmers, Mutual Insurance Comp'y.
TUK Mi-LMKEKS of thc ^bove Com- pany aro hereby notified lhat a tax of one-tenth of one per conl, or one dollar oo each tbonsand dollars of tbe valuation of tbe properly Inaured, bos beeu aa- aaseed by the Directora, to pay the loss unstained hy Benjamin M. StaufTer, uf Paon towuahip, iu the burning of hiB Mill, on tbe 9th of April last. Full Duplicates will ba kept by Joseph Clarkson, at tbe Banking House of Gyger k Co., iu tbe city uf Lancaater. by John Roh¬ rer, Treasurer, at bla residence iu Weal Lampeter lowu¬ ahlp, aud hy John Strohm, Secretary, at his residence In I'rovidence townahip, at eitbar of which placea any member of the Company can pay his quota. A partial daplicaia containiug tha names uf mombars residing in the luwDsliips of East and Weat Donegal, Conoy, Mount Joy, Rapbo and Peun, will be kept at tbe Hardware Slore of Mr. Myora, In Mount Joy; and auotber partial duplicate, containing the namea of memhors residing iu tbe townahlpa of £art, Eaat Earl, Ephrata, Brecknock, Carnarvon, Clay and Salisbury, will bo kept hy David Witmer, at his residence near tbo Blue Ball, iu East Earl townsbip, where membera residing in thoae townahlpa respectively, can pay their lax.
The Books will bo kept open at tbo above places until tbe first day of Jnly next, after which lime dnpllcatea of the tax then remaining unpaid will be placed In the bands of proper peraons, and ten per cent, will be added lo the amonnt to pay tbe expenaes of collection.
By order of the Board of Directors,
may 20-41-26] JOHN KOHRER, Troasnror.
Tub Law of Flirtation.—The recent de¬ cision of a Supreme Court Judge in Monroe Couuty—substantially to the effect, that in order to maintain an action for breach of promise to marry, it is not necessary for plaintiff" to prove a formal promise of mar¬ riage ou tho part of defendant—" it has very naturally caused a flutter among tho idlers iu Love's Court, who, in Shaksperean lan¬ guage, ' sip from every flower the virtuons sweets.' But, aa " Love love laughs at Lock¬ smiths,' we suppose that the devotees of Flirtation—which is but a tender correspon¬ dence between persons of the opposite sex, aoiuothing more thau Friendship and less than Love—will langh down the Law and cover with confusion the musty raliness of antiquated Judges. Still, if we must flirt— and snch seems to be the lavr of nature—let us flirt with caution, and with due respect to the law of the land, as expounded by the unromantic Judge who presides over the flour mills of Rocbester. Let every gentle¬ man who means to off^er a civility to a lady, obtain from her a solemn release of all claima to matrimonial intent. If he pays " frequent length. The colt is only about threo weeka ¦ visits," he might post a disclaimer of * seri- old; and is said to run with remarkahle ra- : ous intentions' on the outside pauuel of the pidity, and was sold a day ortwo since for. ,   „ , ...      .       ,        ,    i   *. ^   ^
|(J00." , liall door; if he gives her a book, the protest
Iu regard to the Americau  horses sold t^,' ^nigl^t be pasted on the fiy-ieaf; ifheaccom- Napoleou, and the market for American hor- ' P^"^^^' ^" ^° =" ^^^'^ °^  P°^^'° amusement, ses in Paris, Charles Astor Bristed writes to the Spirit of the Times as follows: '
BEDFOBD "WATER.
THK subscriber has made arrangements to be cnnstantly supplied with the much esteemed BEDFORD WATER, freah from the Springa. and will be able to furuish it In quantities to anil purchaaars. CHARLES A. HEINITSH. Dragdlst, aprll 29-tf-22 Nn. I.t East King street.
5000 Agents "Wanted.
TO SELL TA\^0 NEAV and UNE- QUALLED INVENTIONS, wanted and belling everywhere. My Agenta have cleared over $16,000 selling one of them. Pnt In fonr stamps, and I wlll send you, gratle, 40 pages particulara of the best Agen¬ cy In tbe country, Lowell, Mass. april 22 8t-21 EPHRAIM BROWN.
Valuable Store Stand for Rent.
THE subscriber offers tbr rent tbe well known STORESTAND, alluata In tbe aoolh- weat coruer of Centre Square, in  the borough of
Straaburg, for many years kept by  bimaelf and,	
latterly by McCloy k Black.    Il isevery way calculated for doing a good busineaa, and is one of tbe  beat staads In the county.   There Is a commodioua warehoaae at¬ tached, and two roums and an allic above the store. 83"Ft furlher particulars apply to
WM. SPENCER, mar 4-lf-14 Strasbarg, Pa.
DR. "W. H. WITMOR, OF  THE CITY  OF PHILADELPHIA,
WHERE he has been in successful practice fur a nnmber of years, received bis education al the ba^t Medical College In the United Slalps, and bad tbe experience and practice iu the dlf- fercot bo^pitalH fur serera years; a member uf tho A u- alytical Medical Institute of NewYork, and late .Medi¬ cal Surger'U uf ibo U. S, Navy, now oifers bimsalf to Iho public lo attend any profa-taloual calls,
Tba purest mediciues always on hand (UrecL from the besl Lahoratoriea ofour country and the botanical Oar- dens of theworld. No palent medicines prescribed or recommended. Mclicines uaed only wbicli wlll nol break down tbe cousiinition, but will reuuvale the sys. tem from all injuries it has sustained from mineral medicinea. Chronic nod difQcuIt diaea^ies must ke treat¬ ed upnn analytical prlnciplos; whiehls to know and aacertaiu whal difcase is. Ils ualarn and cbaracter re¬ quire a knowledgo of tbe cbcmlcal couAlitucui of every solid and fluid of tbe human body—tbe changes ihoae solids and Untda are capable uf undergoing. To know what medlcinea lo employ tn cure dir-casita, rpquires a knowledge of Uih chamical couj-tltuftnls of all agants employed In mediciue--'. aud if we ara in po-s^esaiun uf tbia knowledge. It la poaaible to cure any dUeaae—no matter of how loug standing—and leavo lhu patient in a boulthy and perfectly cured condition:
DT8PEP3IA, that dlhtreaaing disease and fell destroyer of health and happiness, undermining the conatitulioo, and yearly carryiog thon>:anda lo unlimely graves, can most fmphatlcally ba cured,
!;iir,fMATi.sM, in any form ur coodition, cbronic or acii I-, warranted curable; Epilepst, or falling sick nfsa, all ciiMinic and stubborn ca>iaH of Fem^lk DiseasRi^ rad¬ ically removed; Salt RnKL'U and every de.-'cription uf nIct;i;jtioQs; Pii.K.s and ScROFDLOL'3 DiaEA,3£,s, which have I'.TtU'id all previona medical skill, can be cnred hy mv rn>atment, wbeu the conatitution la not exhausted.
i du j^ay all diseaaea (yes, CONSUMI'TION) cao be cnrpd.
CANCER CURED  WITHOUT THE KNIFE.
1 will remain In my ofiice oo Wednei-days and tJAlnr- daya from 9 o'clock, A. M, to 3 P, 51., to accommodate patii'uts from a distance,and consult in the the Eogli^b aud tierman languages. Will make viaita to auy dia¬ tance if raqitired. May be addroased by letter. Prince Street near Orange, Lancaster city. Pa.
u.)v 5-ly-19 W, H, WITMOR. M, D,
Oil Silks, etc., etc.
Embroideries, Gloves, Mitts, and Lace Goods.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
At No. UJO>i South Second Slraet, Second Dry Gooda
Store below Spruce, PHILADELPHIA.
^mar25_^^          3m-17
JOS. GORMlilY, ~
Importer of Notions, Tailors' Trimmings &
Gentlemen's Furnishing Gooda.
No.  33  Souih  Fourth   St., PHILAD'A.
13- Agent for Clay'a k Willlama' report of Faahiuna,
aI:-o, wmiama' Monthly Bulletin of Fashion.
mar 26  3ra-17
James  Brown's GRAMMATICAL   WORKS.
THE FIRST BOOK of the llational System of Engliah Grammar. 25 cU.
THE SECOND BOOK of tbe Rational system of Eng¬ lish Grammar, deaigned to teach tbeproceflfl of Analy- alng lho Engliah Language with soand judgment; and the art of u« ng it with grammatical propriety.    31 eta
These works are now uaed in tha PuhUc Schoola It the Frat School Diatrict of Pennsylvania
THE THIRD BOOK of the Rational Syatem of Bngilsh Grammar, deaigned to enahle the learner to become moat thoroughly acquainted with the natnre and nsa of the Prepoaltlona, aad may he read by him either lu or outof Bcbool. SO eta
BROWNS' GRAMMATICAL READER. Thla Book eeU aside the old Grammars, exposes their defects, demon¬ strates the little use of attending to tbem, and preaenta to the Teacher tho nnerrlng and only way to tha Gram¬ mar of the English Langnage. 37>^ cla.
53-For aale by PETE It GRIFFEE, 118 Arch Slreet Philadelpblft. feb 18-r.m-12
PERUVIAN GTJAKO.
EX1^ER1EN(3E fans  taught the Far- mar that lha oxi.r keliable Fertilizer la the PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT GUANO.
The snbacriber. Sola  Agent  In Philadelphia for  tbe sale of It, bas now on band a large atock of
PURE PERUVIAN GUANO, which  he will aell at the lowest Cash price. In Iota to suit either dealera or farmers.
P. J, CHRISTIAN, Sole Agent for Philadelphia, No. 4S North UTiarvesj and 97 North Water SL naar 11 3m-16
BLINDS AND SHADES!
OF XEW STVLES.
B. J. WILLIAMS,
No, 12 Nortli Sixth street, Philadelphia,
  MASCPACTCBEROF
VELVET AND GOLD BOKDERED     '
AND   PAINTED   SHADES.
of beautiful designa.
Bu^ff; and aU other colors of HoUand used for Shades.
FIXTURES, TRiamiNGS, &c., kc,
WHOLESALE AND  RETAIL,
AT THE LOWEST CASH  PRICES. storf: .siiaijes i'aintkd to order.
B. J, W,, Ihankful for past patronage, reapeclfnlly solicits the pnblir  to call und  examlae bis new and larga aasortment, befora purchasing elaawhero. IL3-"WE STUDY TO PLKASE."=C4
marcb IS 3m 16 ^
JAMES MITTON'S
WHOLESALE  AND   RETAIL
No. 65 North Bih St., above Arch, Easi Side,
PHILADELPHIA, Dealer in Tea and Cofiee exclusively.
Families are re-tpectfullyinvited to gl-a him acall. mar 26 I7 "-T
Ketehum's Celebrated Iron Reaper and Mower.
_L.^«UUU AXD Mow:
Dr. "Waylan's New Drug StorOj No.   60   North   Queen   Street.
TIIE under.signed respectfully anmiuii ceslhath« has opened bis NEW DRUO STORE ESTABLISHMENT, with a very ex¬ tensive and Cumplete atock of Drugs, Medi¬ cines, Chfmlcali-, Perfumery auT Fancy articles—all fresb and pnrt—wbich will ha sold at tbe lowest markol prices.
Thla stock embraces every article Up-ually kepi in a first class Drug Store, and neither Ltbor uor expenso has been spared in dttlng np tba eatabliahment, to-Insure the preaervation of the Drngs in tba hast condition, aa well aa to secnre the couvenience and comfurl of tha customers.
A completa assortment of materials used by the Dan¬ lal Frofesaioo cao uUo he had at the t-toro of the sub¬ scriber.
An Improved Soda, or Mineral Water Apparatua baa been introduced, lha fonotaina of wbicb are made of Iron, with Porcelain lining ou their iulvrior surface, freeing tbem from ail liability to taint tba waler with any matalic poiaon, which haa beau herelofora so great an objecliou to tbe copper fonntalna. Those who wish to enjoy these refreeblng beveragea cau do so nt thH eatabliahment without fear of being piiinmed with oei- eterlons matter. Tho entire establishment baa been alpcednnder the supnrintendence of a most competent and careful Drugglft, who haa had many yeara of ex¬ perience iu the Drug and Prescription buaincKs, io flrat clasa houaea in Philadelphia and Cloclnuatl,
Tho undersigned feela confldent tbat he  is  Iu   overy way prepared to give entl e satisfaction to his cusii-i ars, thererore a aharo of p  bllc patronaga la aoMclted.
Iune ll-tr-28 "  JOHN WAYLANS. D.S,
"His Majesty has liad about eight Ameri¬ can horses at different times, though I am not sure if he has more than six now. I helieve they were all bought for bim by the dealers, Benedict & Moyso, who have mado two voyages to America witliin the last three years for tbat purpose.    As  a  pair of tbem
he might have written on his card of admis¬ sion, ' seata, but not the parties engaged'— but if he should go further—as for instance —to tbe extreme imprudence of calling Miss Smith by her Christian appelation of Malvi¬ na, or, in an ecstacy of moonlight romance, gently pressing her fingers, let him see to it first that be has a bond of indemnity, with
And lastly, if yon have a true friend in the double in Paris, but now it is harder to get world, you are anre, in a very short space of [ good oarriage-horses in America than in Eu- tixa.0, to leam it. -   " rope."
have some 1500 lbs. weight to draw, they   good sureties, that the lady  will set up no are obliged to  be rather large, in fact, what   claim for ' damages for breach' by appealioR
would be called carriage horse size in Ameri-   *i,„ ^„;. f +1 ^   en    -a* x   ^
ca.    The Emperor hai  only three different   L3.    ° ^°^ "'"'' °^
colors in his stable, bay, brown and chesnut.       ^* - ,^	
He generally drives at a slapping pace, con¬ sidering the load, and, I fancy, could lay ont his cousin's Orloffs, if they met on the road. Benedict saved himself hy selling theae hor¬ ses to the Emperor, otherwise his importation would not have turned ont a profitable one. There was a time when Amerioan carriage- horses might have been shipped to France with profit, but the time haa gone by four or five years. When a good carriage team could be had at from §600 to $800 in New York (say aa late as 1851) they, were worth Just
"I "Will be Good To-day." "1 will be good, dear mother,"
1 heard a sweet cbild nay; "I will be good, now watch me;
I wlU be good all day."
She lilted up bar bright young eyei. With a Boft and pleaaing smile;
Then a mother'a kioa waa on ber lips. So free and pare from guile.
And when tha night came, that Uttle oue,
lo kneeling down to pray. Said, in a aoft and wbiBpariDg tone,
"Have I been good to-day?"
0 many, many bitter tears
'Twould aava us, did wo aay, Like that dear ebUd, with eamest hearts,
"1 will be good tcday."
FOR SAIiE,
TXI AT uew two and a half-story' BRICK DWELLING HOUSE on "College Place"  '"'" north Lime Straet,  Lancaster city.    This is ooe
of the most completely finished bonaea ofita claaa,	
with water and gas fixtures of approved style—largi abade treea b<!fore thedoor, and all oecisaary conTonl- encea for a fa.shionable and comfortable reaidence.— Possession given immediately. fab_25^f-I3.    _   _ JOHN WISE.
FOR SAIiil.
A DESIRABLE rRORERTV situa- ted in tbe town uf Mt. Joy, Lancaater county, frontingon laocaater pike,Lamber and Jacob atreeta, J^ coQBisling of TWO IiOTS, ou whicb is a ¦fi!« largeFRAME HOUSE, WITH STORE ATTACH- ffJ'^.ED.Fruit Treea, &c. Clear of all aocnmbreoces. jl^for further particulars address,
A. MINTZER, No. 422, North 1th St.. below Brown, may 2(}-Z't-2r>  Philadelphia, Pa.
New and Faahionable Millinery.
MRS. H. G. MOHLER, MILLINER, No.eoj^, NORTH QUEEN Street, North aide, near the rail road, haa just returned ftx)ml Philadelphia, with a large assortment of lho' LATEST STYLES OF  GOODS In  her line, where ahe will be pleased to bave ber frieuds, and tha ladles in general, to call and examine for themaelvea. aprii 15 .^m-20
_I_ the besl Mower In use. Aa a Keaper It Ia equal to any otber. Farmers should call and examine It at 0. D. Sprecher & Bro'a Hardware Store. Nortb Qneen street. Laucasler. BOAS, SPANGLER k CO..
627 Market at., helow 7tb, Sole Mannfacturers, Philadelphia.
I:^AUMEUS: ealTIt Spreclier's Hard- . ware Store in Lancaster and examlue Ketehum's Iron Keaper aud Mowor. ll la compact, atrong and witrniuted to cut all kinds uf grasa and grain as wall as cin ha doue with a scythe or cradle.
BOAS. SPANGLER k CO..
G27 Market atreet. below 7th.
Sole Manufacturers, Philadelphia.
Kktcuum's Reapek.s
     _ MowEiis have been made and
sold, witb enliru uatiafaction to purchaaera. They ara warranted iu every respect. Call and examine them at Sprecher's Hardwara Store, Lancaster.
BOAS. SPANGLER k CO.,
Sola Maoufactureri. No. 627 Market street, Pbiladelphla.
KETCJIIUM'S REAPERS & MOW- ERS are made wholly of irou, are light of draft, vary atrong, and aro tbe only machinea with a rear and aide delivery. Call and examine them at Sprecber'a Hardware Store, Lancaater.
BOAS, SPANGLER k CO., Sole Manufuclureni, No. C27 Market atreet, below Vth, Philadelphia. mny 13 tf-2I
Mitchel & Croasdale's SXJPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIME.
THE subscribers   inform   Dealers and Farmera that tbey have now on hand a fall sup¬ ply of
SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIME,
And confidently recommend It as superior to any in the
market.   Also, constantly onhand,
PERUVIAN AND MEXICAN GUANO,
OILS, CaWDLES, SOAP.Jtc.at the lowest market ratei CROASDALE, PEIRCE k CO.. No. 30 Norlh Wbarvea, abova Arch St., Phllada. 11:3*Farmera oau  load ou Arab atraat and avoid tbo •rowdad Wharf. mar 'i.l-Bm-lT
'New Dry Goods for Sprmg of 1857 FASHIONABLE SILKS, SILK ROBES, Flounced, BLACK SILKS, extra glo.«s, SPRING DRESS GOODS, NEW SPRING SHAWLS, BRITISH & FRENCH CHINTZES, LAWN & LAWN ROBES, SHAWLS, of the newest fashions,
staple Linen Goods, Blankets, Qnllts, Damask Table Clotba, Napkina.ic.
Gentlemen's Wear and full stock of gooda for Boya' Clothing. * ¦*
Bargalna, dally recoived from New York and Philadel¬ phia Aucllons.
Wholesale bnyera are Invited to give ns an early call.
EYRE & LANDELL, 4th aud ARCH Streets?, Piiiladeli-hia. 53*Termd Nett Cash, and prices low.     [mar-I-3iu-14
Brooker & Marsh,
Auctioneers & Commission Merchants,
No. 2U1, late 1G7 North Third st., 1 door  be¬ low  Vine, PHILADELPHIA. SALES  of Boots  and  Shoes,  Duy Goona, Gcss, Hardware, Watches, Fa.nxy Goou.^, kc. EVERY EVENING.
23"Counlry storekeepers and utiiers will alwaya flnd
at our Evening Sales a largo and desirable aaaortmeut
of tbe ahove goods, to be ^old iu luta to buU buyers.
•, • Goods packed on the premiso:- fur couutry trade.
mar 2.1 3m-17
MOEEIS, JONES & CO.,
IROX AND STEEL WAllKllUUSE,
Market and Sixteenth St.,
_^^ PUILADELI'HIA.
\A7"E  invite  the attention of Dealera
T T     and Coii>amer.. to our extensive a6..orlmetit of
IKON, STEEL, NAILS ANDSFIKES,
NUTS,   BOLTS,
WASUEES,   RIVETS,  kc,
which we believe will bo found lo embrace as  large a
variety aa can bo fuund in tboconntry.
feb n ly
C71UJtXA. A.XXC3.  Grl£t.S)Sr
GREAT BARGAINS AT
FETHEHSTON'S,
152 South Second St., above Spruce, Philada.
JUST received a vtirieJ assortment of WHITE IRON STONE CHINA, BRITANNIA, LIVERPOOL and GLASSWARE, Conslstingof TEA a.ad DINNER SETS. Chamber Ware, Vases, Card Baskets, Castor Sets, Lamps, Candelbras, Boquel Holders, Glaas Dishes and Cake Stands, Tumblers, Wine, Champagnes, Waler Gobleta, kc, Wblch wlll be Bold at a Fmall ad¬ vance over Auction price.
Chamber Set, 10 pieces, from 2.60 and upward. Tea yeta 46    " "     2.50 "
Bar Tumblera from SOcts. perdoz.and upward. Table    do 37 do do
Winea   do 60 do do
Cbarapagne.-i 1.00 do do
Goblets 1.00 do do
Presflrva Dlsbes        G do do
Fluid or Oil Lamps 12 cents aach and upwarda, Caators, Complete   56 do do
Decanters 12 do do
Salts 4 do do
Glass Jars, Cake atands, Shades for Vases Lamps or Gaa, Lamp Wicka. &c. Our reasona for selliug jo cheap, are that our atock of CHINA, LIVERPOOL AND GLASSWARE,lii booght at lha very lowest caah prices, and we aell accordingly. Couutry Dealers supplied at a liberal Discount. tl^All goods jiackcd and delivered free of charge. mar 25 3m-17
Marriage Guide-
YOUNG'S GKEAT PHYSIOLOGI¬ CAL WORK, THE POCKET .ffiSCULAPlUS, or Every One Hii Own Ddctor,hj WM. TOUNG, M. D.— It Is written In plain langnage for ihe general reader, and U Illuslratod witb upwards of One Hundred Engra- viniia. AU youngmarried people, or tboae contempla¬ ting marriage, and having Iheleastlmpedlment lo mar¬ ried life, should read this book. It discloeea recrel* that every one ebould be acquainted with. Still It la a book lhat must be kept locked up, and no- he about tbe honse. It will bo aant to any ona on the reeept of twenty- flve cents. Addreaa Dr. WU. YOUNG, lli2 SPRUCE street, above Fo .rth, Philadelphia.
I[3=-For sale  lu Lancaater by ROCKAFIELD k CO., Kramph's Kow,  jan 7-1 y-8
PIANOS AND  MELODEONS,
AT BALTIMORE PRICES.
EDWARD BICTTS, Sen., of the Itite firm of Knaba, Gaeble k Co., Bal¬ timore, ia now prepared to furnish PIANOS AND SIELODEONS fium hia s-| Ware Rooma, Lancaster, wbicb for lone, " ' dnrablllty and hoanty of finish, stand uurivalled by any other makf, Gold Medals having been awarded thera at tbe principal ExhibltlonM of our own conntry.
E. B. has ItHPu pr.c.iged in the manufaciure uf Piano Fortes for tli^ b-ii thirty years, aud will guarantee all Inslmmpntn Mllli Lv him to giva entire satisfaclion.
23=* Warp lloomo, BAST KING STREET ahove the Court Houap, and uest to King's Grocery.
maryi tf.i7
Great Bargains in Fumiture, at the Housekeeper's Emporium!
North   Queen Street,  near Orange,   Lanc'r. E shall receive a  large addition  to
.  , rstock, onor about tbe firat of  Novembe
next, and to make room for it we will eell onr present aaaortment for ready cash, at prices considerably lower tban our former rates. Our present slock embraces every article in the housekeep¬ ing line, ia perfeclly freah, and as good as can be pro¬ duced in Lancaster or Philadelpbia. Call, tbeu, ladies and gentlemen, before the firat of November, and you willbe convinced thai wo mean all we say.
KETCHAM k VICKEV.
N. B.—Just received aome splandid sels of cottage fumltnro.
anp 17-tf-42 K. k V.
w
SIiATE eoofing.
TIIE subscriber, Ageut tbr Humph- reya & Co.'a Roofing Slate, mannfactnred at Plale HUl, Tork county, Pa., returns bis thanka for the liber¬ al patronage heretofore extended to bim, and respect¬ fully informa tbe citizena of Lancaster city and county, that be is prepared lo put on roofa In the hest manner, by the very l>aat workmeu, on ahort notice. He luvitea those wishing roofa pat on, to call and examina the quality of the Slate furnished by him.
WILLIAM WRIGHT, feb lS-6m 12 Sonth Prince alraet, Lancaater.
LADIES' Boimet, Eibbon and IlillmeryiStore.
AS the season is now approaching for general Spring Millinerv and Straw Gouiis. &c.,
JOHN  BOTTGH,
N. Queen st., opposite HowelVs Marble Yard, has supplied himself with a large and freah stock of the same, and now InvUea^ the ladlea of tbia city and vicinity to inapect his atock.   An entirenew purchaae of
^ LatJiee* Poahionable Straw Bonnets, ^^^B WITH A LAaae atrpPLT op
OPWHITE AND COLORED RIBBONS, ^ZL       FLOWERS, WREATHS, QUILLINGS,
Euclies, Head Dresses, &c. EMBROIDEBIES, vix;   Swiss, Jaconet and Nainaook Flounclnga; SleaveH, Collars, Kerchiefs, Infants* Bodies, Edgings and Insertlngs.
LACES—comprising Black, White and Colored Silk Laces, French dCilhread do., Linen Bobbin do., Cot¬ ton, do.
Black and White Engliah Crapes; colored do.
Black Bilk Yaila, with Yell Tissues and Berrges, kc
fi3*J. S. bas boa);bt his'goods thla season on the most faTorabla t6^n^ asd hopes to be able to tell ths same as cbeap aB usual. apr 1-2«jq-18
Slate! Slate!!
THE subscribers respectfully announea that Ihey stilt continue lo fumlah and put ou
SLATE ROOFING, with Slate from the celebrated Tork Conniy QuarrioF, wblch are nnanrpassed hy any other Slata Iu tbe mar¬ kel.   Ourworkisdona by the moat oxperlenced work¬ men, aud warranted to ^ve aatisfaction.
HDSSEL k BARR, Hardware Mercbautit, No. S East King at., mnyl   -lf-2.^ T.aacfuHo
BtriLDrNG SLATES.
THE subscriber having taken tbe agen cy for Brown'a Building Slates, is at any time raady to fnrnlah Slate by the lou, or put on by tha square, at the shortest notice aud on the moat reasonabla tarma. Apply at my Hardware Btore in North Queen etreet. GEU. D.SPBECHEH.
T.h Qi.tr.a»
CHAKLES J. NICE,
M.lM;fA<mrKKK A.HD  WHOLraALE DEALKR IS
French and Domestie Straw Goods,
VLDWER^ KUCIIES AND STRAW TRIMMINGS, No. 40S Market street, a few doors above 4th, south side, Philadelphia. .VLLS  the  uttention  of his  former
    customers, merchanta and milliners In ibl3^^«B>
section, to  bla new and beautiful etock of Eng-«7jv Iish  aud American  SPLIT STRAWS. PEDALS.Tgw RUTLAND   AND   FLORENCES, FRENCH   LA- CES, NEAPOLITANS, ic.
Also, Gooda for Miaaea'and Boys' wear; Misses' Flats and Gipflles; Boy's Hata, of all deacriptlona, all of wblch he oifers at  tbe loweat  market prlcea.
Ej* Dealers visiting lho cily are Invited to call,
C. J. NICE,
N. B.—Peculiar Inducements offered to caul. Irada.
april 29 2m-*it!
Guano, Super-Phosphate of Lime, &c.
THE undersigued would invite the  at tention of farmers and  dealera  to tboir snperior ataortment of FERTILIZERS, conaisting nf
TREGO'S SOLUBLE PHOSPHATES,
Acombinationof I'hospbate of Llmu. with I'liusplmta of Potash, Soda and Magneala mixed with Peruvian Guano _
0E^•^INE PERir\'IAN flDANO. cniLIAr. GUANO, An excelleut artlcla for mixing with Peruvian, being In this way bett«r thau the latter, and at a mucb lower
^^^"'     COLUMBIAN GITANO,
Imported by Ihe Philadelphia Guauo Company. Tbia Guano cootalns mora Phosphates than any other Gnano, and haa the advantage of being in a flna powder.
MAPES SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME. Thia celebrated article Is the purest and  most  uniform of tha kind.
POUDRETTE,
LAND PLASTER.
SULPHURIC ACID.
NITRATE OF SODA,
POTASH, kc.,kc,kc AU tb*- above artlclea are selecled  with special  re¬ gard to their purity and genntnancaa, and we feel con¬ fldent of tbeir giving aatisfaction.
DIXON % ELKINTON, No. 22, Sonth Wbarvea, third sloro above Cheatnut St., PHILADELPHIA. [mar U-3m-16
HOWARD   ASSOCIATION, '
PHILADELPHIA.
I31P011TANT ANNOUNCE-MENT— To all porsona afiiicled with Sexual Diseases, such as SPEKMATORKHOiA,* SkMLVAT. WeAK.NESi-, iMroTE.NCE, Ou.s'ohkbu:a, Glket, Svi-uii,i.->, liia vice of O.va.hum or Self-Aiidsi!. kc, kc
The HOWARD ASSOCIATION, in view of the awfal destrnction of bumaa life, cauped hy Sexual Dibeasea, andthe deceptlnna practi-sed upon the unfortunate vic¬ tims of sucb di^eaees by quacks, bava directed their Conaulling Surgeon, as a charitable act worthy of thalr name, to givo medical advice GRATIS, lo all persona thaa atUicted, wbo apply by lelter, with a description of Iholr condition, (age, occupation, habits of iife, kc,) and in cases of extreme poverty aud auflering, to furnish medicinea free of charge.
Tho Howard Aaaoclation U a benevolent inatitution established by special endowment, fi)r tbe relief of tha sick and diatresaed, afllicted witb "Virulent and Epi¬ demic Diseasea." It baanow asurplua of meana, wbich the Directora bave voted to expend In advertlslug the above notice. It is needless to add that tbe Association commands tbe highest medical sltili of tbe aga, and will furniah the most approved modern treatment.
Jnatpubllsbed.bytha AKsocIalion.a Report on Sper-, matorrhma, or Seminal Weakness, tbe vice of Onanism Maaturbatlon or Self-Abuse, and otber diseases of the Sexual Organs, by tbe Consulting Surgeon, whicb will be sent by mall, (in a sealed envelope,) frke op cuakue, on tbe receipt of two atamps for poatage.
Address, Ur. GEO. K. CALHOUN, Consulting Surgeon, Howard Asaociation, No. 2 South Ninth atreet, Phila¬ delphia, Pa.   By order of the Directora.
EZRA D. HEARTWELL, Preaident.
Geo. FAlRcniiJ). Secretary. dec at-ly-4
SUPBE-PHOSPHATE OF LIME.
THE subscribers present to the notice of Farmers and otbers.intercfted, tbe above arti¬ cle. The excellency ofour preparation hasborin aowoll known for many years paat, tbat. wa deem it nunecea- aary lo say much In respect to lla merita, but merely remark tbat during a long series of yeari<, ita pnrity and value as a stimulant for lha growing crop and aa a
PERMANENT MANURE,
have beeu tborooghly eatabliahed.
Our Supdr Phoapbalfl of Lime 1.4 not changed lu its character evory aeaaon, but ia what it purports to be, uniform in ita chemical conatiluenta, and la relied upon aa tbe BEST FERTILIZER in use for
Com, Oats, Wheat, Potatoes, Grass,
and othercroparequiringa vigoronsandlaaiing manuro.
Pamphlets describing it, and tbe moda of applying, can ba had gratuitously at ourstores, or hy mail when desired.
CAUTION.—Be particular to observe that every bar- rel of our article has our Jiamc and lhat of Polls 4* Klett branded ou the bead. Thia Caution is rendered necea¬ sary, as there aro so mauy arliclea of douhtful value sold under the namo of Super Phosphate of Lime, a-* to mislead tho^ia who are unaccinainted with the value of a
GENUINE ARTICLE. PRICE S« PER 2000 Iba.   (2>i centa per Ih.) A liberal deduction made to Dealers. Since last fall there has bean imported hut on£ cargo ot the celebrated
PACIFICOCEAN GUANO,
which we offer for aale lu small lots.
FISH MANUEE.
A anpply of thla valuable arlicle for snle.
PKICE  S30 PER 201W Ibs.    (I)^ cent per Ib.) No. 1 Government Peruvian Guano, forsale at the lowest rates.
B3"The leading Agricultural Jonruali( and  Newapa¬ pers are regularly Hied at our offlce for the use of Farm- era. ALLEN k NEEDLES. No 2.1, Soulh Wharves, and .15  South  Waler St.   First
atora above Chi'slnnt at., Philadelpbia.
53" Goods can be loaded at either front of our Ware- houses. Farmers are recommended to drive to Water Slreet and avoid the crou^ed urhdrf. .Amplefacilitirs are afforded in loading Wagonn and attending lo the Horses.
feb 25 3m-l.i
Leather! Leather'!!' Leather 111
HENHY W. OVEEMAN,
IMPORTER OP PR ENCH CALF SKINS,
AND   GENERAL   LEATHER   DEALER, A'o.   6   South    Third    Street,   Philadelphia.
AOluSEHAL u.-^sortinent of u!l kiud^ of LEATHER. MOROCCOS, ^-c.
KED AND OAK SOLE LEATHER.
march 4 iy-|
SAVEET & CO.,
Corner  of  Souih   Front  and Reed   Streets, PHILADELPHIA.
MANUFACTURE Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, RlghtHand, and Nos. 40. 41, Left Hand Eagle, Self-sharpening Plows. Nos. 1, 2,3, 4,5, Ea^le Improv¬ ed. Noa.O, 1, l>i. 2, 3, Hin side. Noa. I, !>;. 2, Ridg¬ ing. No. 6, Right Haud, aud No. 6, Left Hand Doable Michigan, and No. 0, 1, 2, Scbaoll Plows.
Also, Oa; Scrapers, Field and Garden Rollers, Farmers' Boilers for coal OT-wood. All of which are for sale at their works, at CuKTis A Haicdb', comer of Market and DecaturSts.. or at tbe different Agricultural and Hard¬ ware Stores. On application, wa will send description of articles by mall.
We alao manufacture HoUow tTarc, EnatTidfcd Ware Sad Irons, Wagon Boxes, 4-c., '^c. '
P. B. SAVERY.   ARAD BARROWS.   JOHNBAVERT.
-op FINE WATCHES,       ^^
Jt-'jkj.  >'. COOPER. CHAS.   FRODSIIAM.,&J^
B&AUB AND DENT, OF LONDON. ttUliiS
i3-TIME AND QUALITY GUAUANTEED..£:i
Imported direct.   Au asaorlmeut always o& handand
for sale by BAILEY k CO..
mar ll-am-Ti 136 Chesnut Sueet, Philada.
HOVEE'S LIQUID HAIS DYF]. "
THIS HAIK DYE necils only atrial li> satiafy all of Ita parfectioa as a Dye, and tbe fol¬ lowing teatimoulal from lhat eitiineut  Analytic  Chem¬ lat, Profe.a8or Booth, of tbe U. S. Mint, will unly conflrm what thousands have previounly borntt teatimony lo. ¦' LABORATORY FOR PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY ) St. Stephes's Place,    } Philadelphia, February. 17/ft, 18.',7. ) "Being well adqualnted with' the sutiatauce eompo* fling Hover's Liquid Hair Dye, I ara aatiafied lhat by following the aimple dlreclions given for ita nae. It will nol injure the Hair or Skin, but will give a natnral asd dnrable color lo the Hair.
JAMES C. BOOTH. Analytic Chemist." HOVER'S WRITING INKS, Inclading Horer'j Fluid and Horo'*i/nd€/iiIcJnA*, are too well known aud in¬ troduced to require any addilional testimony of their character. The sales havebeen increasing aince thalr first introduction, giving evidence tbat the arliclea truly posMss tbat intrinsio merit claimed at first for them by the Manufaclnrer.
Ordera, addressed to tbe Manufaclory, No. 416 RACE street, above FODRTH, (old No. 144.) Philadelphia, will receive prompt attention by
JOSEPH E. HOVER, Manufacturer. tprillS  17-20
Super-Phosphate of Lime.
JUST received and for sale by the sub- Bcrlban a lot ot ths abova Talnable fertUlzar, In Sarrab). OEO. CALDEE A CO.,
'   Ofica East Orasga tt, hflor North Qumb, and Graef • I«Bd^!«. OB U* OoBMtofa. Ja 8-tf
PLOUGHS in great variety, consifit- Jm? o'Prouty, Blakera. Wiloy, Peekakill,--^ hide-hlll, Sub-Boll, Doublo Michigan and BUr9C» Ploughs with wrought ahares. Also, Expanding-J*- CultlTatOTs, with itael and reversible teeth. Field and Garden Harrowa. Caat Iron EoUera, Hay, Straw and Fodder Cutters, with a large aiaortmaftt of Hortlcultu- ral Tools, at wholeealfl and TataU.
PASCHALL UOBBIS & CO., Implement and Seed Store, Serentb and Market streets, PHIL&DSLFUIA. aprll 29.tf-22
PREMIUM IMPROVED 	
SUPEH-PHOSPHATE OF LIME.
THE ONLY SILVER MEDAL
YKT AWARD KO by Agricultural Bocletle-, waa given lo THIS SUPERIOR ARTI¬ CLE at the laat Pennsylvania State Fair at Harriaburg, aa a FEETlLlZEa of tbe beat quality for
Wheat  Corn, Oats, Grass and Potatoes, Raising HEAVY CROPS, and greatly IMFKGVINQ tbe gQjI,    The aubscribftr reapectfullv Informa FARMERS and DEALERS that ha la prepared to aapply tbo apring demand with tbls auperior and well tested article. 83-Agente wauted—A liberal dlacount allowed.    Alio
No. 1 Peruvian and Mexican Quano,
Poudrette and Land Plaster,
OILS, CANDLES. SOAP, kc, of the beat  quality,  al loweat market rates.
JNO. L. POMEROY, 9 and 10 South Wharves, below Market St.,
PHILADELPHIA.
E^Fanners ean load on two PRIVATE Alleys, and avoid the crowded Whuf. march i-Sm-ii