Lancaster Examiner and Herald

              VOL. XXXI.
LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1857.
No. 25.
FDBLISKESBT
EDWAKD C. DABLINGTON,
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gave to chlorine when he first discovered it. Can you help me f"
"No, indeed," replied Mr. Beaumont, to whom his laat queation waa addressed. "I am sorry to confess mj total ignorance of the subject.'*
"Was it not 'dephlogisticated marine acid ?" asked I fn a very aoft voice and in a very
$ 6 00 , 12 00 ! timid manner of the old profeaaor.
43 00 "Pre-cisely," was his reply, hts face bright- ^^ ening; and then looking at me most benig¬ nantly, he said, "1 presume, young lady, that yon have studied chemistry."
"A little," I replied, with a fascinating smile at the old gentleman.
Mr. Beaumont looked at me, ami seemed to measure me from head to foot. Ue was evidently astonished, aud uot rery well pleased, I fancied. However, the courersa- tion conUnued, the old professor addressing a few remarks to me occaaionsHy, and ap¬ pearing highly gratified at my replies. In¬ deed, he seemed so satisfied, that he was be¬ at lea.t, if I am to Lelieve all that those who i B^^-^g -" interesting dissertation on chlo-
heard ^e averred to be the fact-    In addi-   -^o"" ('^'- ^ -^ '''^^'^''^ ''^° ^' "^^^
, ¦ .   I 1   J    Jl f     , summon*^d to dinnor.
tion to these acquiremeuttt I had others of a ,       ..     ,. ^ „„,„»   «t>,im, w^^i
,-.1 T.-   J     II J   T   .1        .   .J- J        I shall not describe the repast, which was
more solid kind.    1 leamed   Latin,  studied I ,, t  ,     i.r.t «„«,^ ot
' like other dinners, I suppo3e, but come at
lotric, and dabbled in metapliysics and chem- ,    •        _.i.      t _«»:- i  ™;.k
, =¦   ' '   ¦' I once to itn conclusiOD, when 1 retired with
'^ ^^' I the Otlier ladies, Mr. Beaumont imagining (as
LOVE m THE LABORATORY.
I wag the only child of fond parents, and conaequently   a prodigy.     I   read   without learning my letters, (so my mamma said,) played the most difficult pieces on the piano j when I was scarcely ten years  old,  and  at ] eighteen sang all opera airs in a mauner very \ little inferior to the queen of song herself—
Of lovers I had at least a score, and as may be imagined, was not a little proud of my train of admirers. Not only my own couu¬ trymen acknowledged the powers of my charms, but Frenchmen, Italiaii.'', Spaniards, Portuguese, Germans, aud Kast and West Indians, wore my chains by turn;;. Nay, even a Turk, (Mahomet Ali.) an attache oC the Turkish ambassador then in England, (Nas- mik Pacha, I think it was,) entertained curi¬ ous thoughts of forsaking the doctrine of Mahomet as far as polygamy was concerned, for me, if I wonld but return his love. But though Mahomet AU was very handsome, and one of the most fascinating gentlemen I ever met with, I could not bring myaelf to abandon old England. Visions of being strangled, tied np in a sack, and thrown iuto the Bosphorous, floated before my eyea, and haunted my imagination ; and besides, the seclusion of a harem was not at all suited to my taste, when I had all my life been ac¬ customed to go hither and thithtr unre¬ strained. So with a slight feeling of regret thatMahomet was not a Christian and an En¬ glishman, I gave up the idea of becoming a Turkish fcAanum (lady),
Nasmik Pacha returned to Constantinople, whither Mahomet Ali accompanied him—• whether fortunately or uot I do not know, but it happened a little time before his departure that I had yielded to the pressing solioita- tions of a half-sister of my mother's, who resided in Pembrokeshire, to pay her a visit, and thus escaped the pang of bidding my in¬ fidel lover farewell. However, I soon con¬ soled myself. A rich and handsome Welsh gentleman, named Llewellyn Tudor, fell most desperately in love with me, and I am afraid some of my readers may cen.=;ure me very much, when I tell them that for three months I flirted outrageously with Mr. Tudor; my only excuse is, that I had beon quite spoiled by everybody.
I have since thought that my cousin Wini¬ fred was attached to Mr. Tudor, and that in consequence she did her utmost to prejudice me against him. In the first place she in¬ formed me that he was nuconscionably proud of his noble descent; and in the second she told me of a conversation she had overheard between Mr. Tudor and Mr. Price, iu which the former told the latter " that he had almost made up his mind to sacrifice himself, and offer his hand to Miss Meredith, as ho waa pretty certain of not being refused."
When my cousin Winifred repeated this to me my pride was up in arms instantly. I amiled, however, and said, " It appears, Winny, that Mr. Llewellyn Tudor hsa a very good opinion of himself."
I said no more, and went on exactly as I had done before. I chatted with him, danced with him, and when he was inthe mood talk¬ ed sentiment. At last the day of my departure was fixed. Mr. Tudor delayed his offer nntil the laat moment, but he did offer, aud I re¬ fused him. I never saw a man look so as¬ tonished and mortified in my life! And theu he became qnite angry, and poured upon my devoted head a flood of vituperative elo¬ quence, that escited my risible propensities to such a degree as to oblige me to exert the greatest self-control, in order to restrain my¬ self from indulging in a hearty fit of laughter. But I managed to behave very well, and told him"thatl lamented having unintentionally deceived him, (that was a fib,) as I had never imagined his intentions to be serious, but had fancied lhat, like myself, he was pleased at having found an agreeable companion with whom to while away an hour or two." And then, exulting in raj triumph, I left him.
My cousin Winifred tried hard to discover whether he had mado me an offer, but I did not choose to satisfy her curiosity. I now returned to London, determined to flirt more than ever.
And so I did. Poor Mahomet was gone and my heart was hard as marble. And for another year I spent roy mornings in study, and the reat of the day in a very rep¬ rehensible manner, doing all I could to win the affections of those gentlemen who showed me attention, with no other object in view than to divert myself at their expense.— First, it was theChevalierde Bazancourt, then the Marchese di Rip-fiorita, who would be superseded by the Conde di San Lucar, who in his tarn had to yield to the Baron Vou Klatzberger. And the proudest mammas would lift up their eyes aud whisper that I was an incorrigible flirt, and wonder wkat gentlemen coald find in me to admire, while their daughters looked as if they wished they could do exactly as / did, incorrigible flirt though I was. At last, however, I fouud that I had a heart. But I must premise lhat I had lost my father wben I was sixteen, aud my mother was so blinded by her affec¬ tion for me that she considered me faultless. I mention this to account for the more than thoughtlessness of my conduct. To retum to my story.
An old friend of my mother's asked her to spend some time with her at a beantiful villa she had atMerton.    My mother accepted the invitation, and we both weut to visit Mrs. Lascelles, & most amiable old lady, one of those beings in fact who never seem old, though many years may have passed over their heads.     Always  good-tempered   and cheerful, Mrs. Lacelles was ever solicitous to promote the enjoyment of all her friends by every means in her power, and as a natural consequeuce was beloved hy old aud young. We arrived at the Grove just in time to dress for dinner, and on entering the drawing-room, were presented to several of Mra. LascelleB' frienda, some of whom had come, Uke oar- selves, to stay for a time, while others had merely come to dine with onr amiable hostess Among the former was a Mr. Beaumont, a tall, handsome, intellectual-looking gentlemen, of about thirty, who struck me as being the fineat man I had ever seen.    But though he happened to be seated next to me, he took little or no notice of me, addressing his con¬ versation to a muffy old professor of some¬ thing (I forget what),, who was on the other side of him.    I was piqued, I mtist own at being so completely overlooked.     I had not been aocustomed to it, and was in danger of becoming iU-tempered at the neglect I expe¬ rienced for the first time, when lo 1 the tables snddenlj tamed.
In speaking of the wonderful discoveries
of the moderuB in ohemistry, and of the aim-
' pUfioation of terms, which are now rendered
briefly expressive whenever it is posaible, his
professorship's memory was at fanlt.
'"How abatudi" he exoUimed. "I ahall fo^et my own name soon, I suppose. I oan- flot reoolleot at thia moment the same Sheele
:.t::
"And I suppose," he resumed rather hitter- *' Oh, I ahall take care not to taate again," i the god Cupid had ahot at| the poor professor j occurred, except that the professor would oo¬ ly, "I ought to congratulate you on your said the old lady. Bat she went ferreting j from beneath "the long eyelashes of Mij>a j casionally heave tremendous sighs, and look prospect of becoming a marohioueaa. But about, smelling at this jar,'and opening the ' Daahwood. I mentioned my surmises in at me in a manner that waa perfectly incom- there have been moments when I—" other, until at last I began to fear that ahe , great glee to Mr. Bpaumout, as I anticipated   prehenaible to  me.    At last, one  morning,
I was 80 astoniahed at what he said, that I mightaliowaomevaportoeaoapewhichmight ' some amu.-^ement  from observing our pro : after Mr. Beaumont had hardly given himaelf
intermnted him   as lalminir   "A marchio- I'o dangerous, so I took the precaution when   feasor iu love, but Mr. Beanmont was quite I time to eat his breakfast, (so eager waa he to
neas, Mr. Beaumont! What wn yon be think- we left the laboratory to throw all  the win.
angry at the idea of such  au ungainly, un- ! go on some errand for Miss Daahwood,) and
inn-of?" dowa open,  that any noxioaa  exhalations ' couth object daring to  presume  to lift his
"Is not the Italian gentleman with whom   loigU make their exit, unattended by any ; eyea to Miaa Daahwood; and to prevent her you were engaged in suoh earnest oouveraa-   nnpleasant conaequenoea. We then de.iended '¦ from becoming a prey to ifiw'profesaor he de-
tion a short time ago, a marquis f . to lunch.
"He is," 1 replied; "but what of that?" The pass.uge from my laboratory to the And I looked up in hia face, wondering what diniug-room was rather dark, aud when we he would aay next. entered the latter, Mr. Beaumont cried out,
"l3 it possible that I am miataken ?" he : "Good heavens 1 Dora! What is the matter exclaimed.     "Oh I Miss Meredith, I fancied i with my auut ?"
I looked at Mrs. Le Marohant, and lo! her
voted himaelf entirely to her service, riding or walking out with her every day either with or withoat Mra. Delville, and when In company alwaya aeating himaelf by her aide. I oannot say that I admired thia much, but I was still more astonished at the profesaor'a conduct.    He hegan making observations on
that the marquis was your accepted lover 1'
"You muat have taken leave of your sen- | face waa as black aa any negroe'a,  except a t the shameful manner in whioh aome men ne- sea, air," said I, laughing.     "The poor little j bright red patch on either oheek.   The  old marquis was telling me of hia sister's illness, and I suppose you thought that hia pathetto looks were ouhis own acoount, not on hers!"
he told me afterward) that I was quite a blue ; and in this helief he remained uutil he joined ua iu the drawing-room, where I was endeavoring to beguile the tedious hour after dinner by singing little French and Spanish ditties, and I succeeded in amusing my listeners. 1 happened to turn my head as the gentlemen eutered, and aaw Mr. Beau¬ mont's look of surprise. I smiled, and said to my.self, "Periiaps it may be my turn to look graud before .long, Mr. Pomposity," And I made up my mind to bring him to my feet, if it was posaible.
Before the eveniug was half over, by some strange chance I fouud Mr. Beaumont sta¬ tioned at the back of my cltair, and talking to me of the new opera that had just come out. He was a first rate connoisseur of mu¬ sic, that I was obliged to admit; and it was astonishing how well we agreed in our ideas. I discovered too that he had a bass voice, and managed to entice him to the piano, where he sang one of Belliui'n duetts with me in a manner to "astouiah the natives. Aud he stepped down from his pedestal, and seemed to forget that I had prompted the old professor.
I spent a most delightfal evening. Tlie anticipation of adding another to my list of captives was of itself very pleasing, but that of overcoming the prejudice which I fancied Mr. Beaumont had at first entertained against me was still greater ; and besides, his man¬ ners had ap indescribable charm that I could not wholly resist. But all things must come to an end, and so did this evening, though not before Mrs. Lascelle had observed Mr. Beaumont's attention to me. She said nothing of it, bnt hoped for the best.
Whilo I endeavored with all my might to raise a fiame in the breast of my new victim, I never imagined that I should be scorched with it myaelf. But, alas I ao it was. I had pursued the same plan so long with impuni¬ ty, that I fancied myself invulnerable ; nor was it until I had been a month at Mrs. Las- celles* that I awoke to the melancholy fact that whether or not I had been, successful in gaining Mr. Beaumont's love, I had given him mine unasked, Mr. Beaumont was very attentive, nay, at times he was tender, but it was only in mauner. Not a sentence had escaped his lips, that I could construe into an insinuation, much less a declaration of love. I was aow enduring what I had made so many others endure, and looked npon the painful feelings I experienced as a punish¬ ment inflicted upon me for my fonner love of flirtation. And when Mr. Beaumont announ¬ ced his intention of departing in a few daysi and joining his sister at Torquay, bow I raved and wept in aecret! And in my desire to conceal the pang his approaching departure caused me, I assumed a levity and flightiness of manner which effectually disguised my real fewlings.
The dreaded day drew near which was to see him leave the Grove, and I was more and more wretched. There was an odd inethod in my misery, however: I rose at five in the morning, and thought of hia intended depar¬ ture until I wound myself up to such a pitch of excitement, that tny overcharged heart at last found relief in a violent burst of tears. And after having wept for some time, I would suddenly cease crying, bathe my eyes, and descend to breakfast with a smiling coante¬ nance.
The last day but one of his stay arrived. I thought he appeared iu low spirits, and gently rallied him on the sabject. I only succeeded in rendering him*irritable, though he strove hard to command his temper. I was arguing with him and with myself. Why ahould Ae, the only man for whom I really had ever felt either admiration or love, ba so very flinty-hearted ? I was shocked at the slight preference I had felt for Mahomet Ali, when I thought of Mr. Beaumont's refined aud elegant manners, his handsome person, and hia superior mental attainmenta. Aud I was going to lose him on the morrow J I was beginning to feel melancholy, and becoming almost unable to straggle with the feeling, when the Marchese di Ripa-fiorita was an¬ nounced.
The marchese had known Mrs. Laacellas for many years, their acquaintance having beguu wheu the latter was in Italy. Mrs. Lascelles was very glad to see him, aud in my compunction at having behaved ill to him formerly, I was unusually kiud to him when he came and spoke to me; so kind, indeed, that the little man's eyes literally danced with delight. The marchese was a very small man, and looked almost a dwarf by the aide of Mr. Baaumont'a majeatic pro¬ portions. He talked to me in Italian, and described the sufferings of his aiater, who was an invalid. I listened to him with great Interest, until happening to cast my eyes toward where Mr, Beaumont stood leaning against one of the windows, I saw him look¬ ing at the marchese and me with an ex¬ pression of gloomy anger. On meeting my eye, he abruptly turued his head, aud passed his hand across hia brow, as if,to chase away the feelings written there. I was delighted on witnessing them, and was wicked euough to continue my conversation with the mar¬ chese, glancing every now and then at Mr. Beaumont, who in a very short time quitted the room.
I had borue myself very bravely hitherto, but now I felt a choking sensation at my throat, that made me long for the air, and my senses became so confused that I could hardly uuderstand a word of what the mar¬ chese said to me. I therefore made my es¬ cape into the garden as soon as posaible, and began walking at a very quick pace ap aud dowu the broad gravel path that led to the conservatory. Presently I espied a figure at the top of the walk. It was Mr. Beaumont. My breath nearly left me when I saw him, bnt I continaed my walk until we met.
"Yen are walking at a brisk pace, Miss Mere dith," said he.
"Am I?" was my reply. "The heat of the room was so oppressive that I came out to enjoy the fresh air. But I was not aware that I was walking so very fast." Nor was I. My mind was in auch a tumult, that I was scarcely conscioua of what I was about. "To judge from your harried manner of walking. Miss Meredith," he continaed, "I shonld say that aomething had disturbed yon, and that the agitation of your mind im¬ pelled you to to walk thus rapidly."
Thia was ao true that I blushed crimson. By this time we had reached the conserva¬ tory, and we entered it.
"Ah!" said Mr. Beaumoni, sadly, "Ihave guessed rightly, I believe." I looked at him in some alana, hat did not speak.
Ml. Beaumont has told me since that I look¬ ed so mischievous, aud yet ao lovely, that he was no longer able to oommand his feelinga. " I fear, Miaa Meredith," he said, meaning¬ ly, "that you would feel inolined to laugh at any one who tried to be pathetic on his own account."
" I should, undoubtedly, if he resembled the little marquis," replied I.
"Aud if he were totally dissimilar," said he, looking in my eyes, "would he be more fortunate?"
" It will be time euough to think of that when the contingency arises," said I, not daring to meet his gaze; "ao I cannot answer your question."
"You must."^ exclaimed he, seizing my hand, "and yoa must anawer it now. I did not intend to let my secret so soou escape me, Miss Meredith. I have repeatedly said that I would never offer my heart to a woman of wliose love for me I had a doubt. But since this morning I am no longer master of myself. My feelings while you were talking to that Italian were insupportable. Oh, Miaa Meredith, decide my fate at once! You must know how passionately I love you, and I ask you now to try and love me in retam."
Was not this glorious? I had not only succeeded in trapping him, but in concealing what I felt for him into the bargain. Oh, the delight of that moment!
My transport was so great that for a few- moments I was deprived of the power of speech. My lover attributed my silence to any cause bnt the real one, and it was not until I saw the anxiety depicted on his ex¬ pressive countenance that I recollected my¬ self. I had remained with my eyes fixed on the ground, but when I raised them to his face I amiled, I fear rather wickedly. Be that as it might, my smile put all Mr. Beau- Mont's anxious ideas to flight, and embold¬ ened liim to such a degree that the audacious man actually threw his arm round my waist and kissed me, saying, "My dearest, dearest, Dora!"
Need I say that I was happy, and he was happy also ? So after a few hurried assu¬ rances of our mutual love, wo quitted the con¬ servatory and re-entered the house, in a very difl'erent mood from that in which we had left it. Mr. Beaumont made hia proposals to my mother immediately, and ahe consented to accept him as a aou-iu-law, and we were engaged.
Time crept ou, and we were married.    'The first few months  of my married life were passed in a state of perfect beatitude ; but It was  astonishing to me to see how soon Mr. Beaumont settled down quietly Into the mar¬ ried man, and ceaaed to ahow me all the little attentions  he  had been so profuse in before our marriage.    Now  I had always been ac¬ customed to receive homage, and was not at all pleased to find myself deprived even of, I may almost say, the semblance of atteution. I dare aay my readers will think me very silly, for I think so myself now, but I took it into my head that my beauty must have faded, and though when I consulted the looking-glass my eyes seemed aa bright and my faoe as youthful aa ever, I became convinced that my attractions were ou the wane in MrBeaumont'a eyes.   So I determined to lay np a store of knowledge, which should remain to me when the periahable graces of youth ahould have fled ;  and when we retamed to town for the winter, I attended lectures on different soienti¬ fic subjects, performed aeveral curioua experi¬ ments in chemistry, (for which I had a great liking,) and never missed one of Dr. Ravena- croft's conversazions, where I was sure to meet allthe savants ofthe day.  And it rather amu¬ sed me when, on Mr. Beaumont's entrance (he never came until late to the doctor's and then it was only to  fetch me away,)  into the rooms, which were always crowded, he would look roand for me, and look black as thunder on discovering me In close conference with some   celebrated chemist, naturalist, or auy other ist who might be there.   And on theae occasions he never failed, during our drive home, to inveigh against the folly of women's studying the higher branches of science.    I never disputed with him but continued to pursue my favorite studies,  until Mr. Beau¬ mont announced to me his intention  of giv¬ ing up his town house, and going tb reside al¬ together in the country.
I had my doubts as to the cause of this sudden removal and sometimes fancied it was aolely to take me away from my scientif¬ ic connections. But I rather liked the idea of living in tbe country, and thereforo agreed to the proposed change very readily. So we removed to the country and the firat thing I did in my new residence, was to fit myself up a laboratory, regardless of expense. And when it was completely arranged, I was very proud of it. Mr. Beaumont allowed me to have my own way, but often said, "that he was surprised I should take such a delight in chemistry—if I had taken to astronomy, he should not havo wondered at it. The atudy ofthe heavenly bodies waa an elevating and ennobbling purauit, but chemistry—"
On this I defended ohemislry. I asked what could be more interesting than to know the component parta of the air we breathe; what could be more curions thau the experi¬ ments whicli showed ua how a substance, ap¬ parently aimple could yet be divided and subdivided into many other substances; and I added many more arguments in favor of my beloved acience ; aud I continued my exper¬ iments, rather unfortunately in one or two instances however. Not to mention that all my moruiug dresses were full of holea caused by themanyacida with which I meddled, my hands were sometimes blue, aometimes brown, and occasionally of a bright grass green. But I must not omit to relate one result of my love of chemistry that annoyed Mr. Beau- mout exceedingly.
An old aunt of hig, a Mrs. Le Marohaut, who was possessed of great wealth, came to pay us a visit for the flrat time. She insist ed on my showing her all over the house, and praised every thing she aaw. I was se¬ cretly delighted when she desired particular¬ ly to see my laboratory, and highly gratified at her complimenting me on the sensible mauner iu which I apent my morningd. It so happened that the day before 1 had been engaged in decomposing several gases, and numerous jars and bottles were ou the table full of different preparationa and mixtures. Mrs. LeMarchant seized hold of a decanter¬ like bottle containing a clear colorless liquid and pouring some into a tumbler, said, " I am very t hirsty, and this water is very tempt¬ ing."
So aaying she pnt the tumbler to her lipa, when I happened to turn round juat in time to dash it to the ground—(I had been look¬ ing for some litmua paper, aud had not ob¬ served her movements)—aud exclaimed, " It is corrosive sublimate iu solution I"
" Is it possible I" exclaimed the old  lady. "I thoaght it was pare olear spring water." " Don't let my aunt poison heraelf," said Mr. Beaumont, sharply to ma.
glected their wives. "For himself," head- lady happened lo oatoh sight of herself in a ded, "lie was at present wedded to science ; mirror, aud uttering a dismal scream, ahe but if he were so fortunate as to inspire some fainted. j lovely woman with a sentiment of regard for
I understood the whole affair in a moment, ' him, then science woul.l become only a aec- and aaid to Mr. Beaumont who was going to oudary oonsideration with him ;" and he ring and send for medioal assistance, "Noth- aaid euthusiaatically," a home made bright ing serioua has happened to your aunt, Ed- aud happy by the smiles of a beautiful and gar. She uses pearl powder as a ooametio, amiable woman la in my eatimation a Para- and pearl powder is a compound of bismuth   dlse upon earth!"   After which he sighed
and nitric acid. The fumes of sulphuretted hydrogen gaa always turn oxide of bismuth black, and no doubt your aunt haa been amel- ling at a jar full of sulphuretted hydrogen." "Sulpheretted the devil!" exclaimed Mr. Beaumont, in a rage. "My aunt will never forgive ua I"
"I will fetch some water," aaid I, "but do not ring. It would only make the poor old lady look ridiculous."
So I ran and fetched water aud towels, and first attempted to restore the old lady to her senses. In this I succeeded, and when she came to herself I explained the reason of her temporajy transformation into a "darky."— The poor old woman liatened to my explana¬ tion lit silence, and'then said, "Make haste, and wash the blackness off."
"But alas ! no washinga would remove the nigritude from Mrs. Le Marchant'a counte¬ nance, and I was compelled to iuform her that some daya would probably elapse be¬ fore her face would reaume its original hue.
"Oh dear I" exclaimed the old lady, "what shall I do ! But, Mrs. Beaumont, as you say that the blackness was produced by my amelliug at one of your jars, could uot I smell at another that might turn me white again ?"
I replied in sorrowful tones, that there might be some combination which wonld produce such an effect, but that unfortunate' ly I was uot acquaiuted with it, and then Mrs. Le Marchant got into a rage.
"It is the flrst time I ever entered a labo¬ ratory !" she exclaimed, "and it certainly shall be the last. What a ridiculous study chemistry mast be, or rather what a pity that there ahould be dabblers in the acience' How could I imagine that your jars contained such diabolical compounds, Mrs. Beaumont ?" I expressed my coutrition at having beeu the means of causing her much annoyance ; but the implicable old lady would not fo r- give me, nor would she eveu stay to lunch,
"I shall be obliged to yoa if you will lend me a veil, Mrs, Beanmunt, as I cannot be seen in this frightful state," said the old lady.
Atter many uuavailing entreaties that she would stay with na until her face was bleached, I lent her a veil, and begged her earnestly to forego the use of pearl powder, as tbe fumes of many substance.s had the same efi'ect as that which I deplored should have been produced on her. But without attending to any thing I aaid, sh« left the house in high dudgeon.
My love of chemistiy was a little cooled by this diaappoiutiug circumstance, and my moruing dresses wero in better coudition, and wy hands had resumed their nsual whiteness. About this time, too, a large houae, surrounded'by extensive grounds sit¬ uated near us, became tenanted by a lady and gentleman uamed Delville, who were very rich and extremely sociable. Mr. Beau¬ mont fouud these new neighbors so much to his tasto that he cultivated their acquain¬ tance very closely, and I waa equally pleased with them. I became more attentive to my dress, and now scarcely a day paased that we did uot see onr new neighbors either at our owu house or at theirs.
I took much pleaaure In Mrs. Delville's so - ciety, and was so charmed by her engaging manners that I totally neglected my chemical studies, indaed I think I should have aban¬ doned them altogether at that time but for an event happening, which while it waa on the one hand the cause of my vanity being most luteneely gratified, waa on the other the reason of my giving up chemistry en¬ tirely.
Dr. Bavenacroft had gone to Germany, and there had been Introduced to the famoua Ger¬ man chemiat, Herman Vou Furstenau, who was ou the point of visiting England. Dr. Ravenscroft made honorable mention of my name, and actually gave the great German professor a letter of introduction to mel
One morning a cab rolled up the carriage- drive before our houae, and out of thia cab stepped a tall, wild-looking personage, with long black hair hanging down his ahoulders, large and strongly marked features, and a cadaverous complexion; he was dressed en¬ tirely in brown. Mr. Beaumont and I both wondered who thia odd-looking being could be, but he aent in his card with Professor Hermann Vou Furstenau, engraved upon it. Mr. Beaumont pished and pshajved at anoth¬ er of those professora coming to pester as, (that was his elegant phraseology,) bat the professor was admitted ; and how can I find words to express my delight on his present¬ ing me with Dr. Ravenacroft's letter of intro¬ duction ! I read it, and then ackuowledged in the most gracious mauner the honor con¬ ferred ou me 1 y the viait of such a distin¬ guiahed peraon as our prasent guest waa and finally I invited him to diuner.
Well, the professor stayed to dinner, and he managed to ingratiate himself so complete¬ ly into the good graces of Mr. Beaumont, by coinciding with him on the snbjeot of the moon's influence on certain objects, that to my astonishment Mr. Beaumont actually iu¬ vited him to stay with us for some time, in faot to make our house hia home while he re¬ mained iu England; and the professor ac¬ cepted the invitation.
I liked Herr Von Furstenau very well, but I should have liked him better had he kept his handa cleaner. The profeaor was a lion, of course, and so we had Mr. and Mra. Del¬ ville to dinnerfWJthseveral moro of the neigh¬ boring gentry, on purpoae to see our Hon feed. And they were all charmed with his affability, aa if leamed men have auy pre¬ scriptive right to behave like beara when they are in company ; but our profeasor waa extolled to the skies, and soou after he went to Loudon for a day or two, and deUvered a lecture on meteorology, which caused a great sensation in the acientiflo   world.
He returned to us, however, and Mr, Beaumont became very fond of the atndy of meteorology, and he actually sat up half the night perched on the roof of the house to make observations. And he propounded a new theory on shooting stars, which the pro¬ fessor eulogized, and pronounced a very in¬ genious one. After he had been with ua about a month, he became more particular in hia dress and geueral appearance. His expenditure in clean lineu must have been enormoua, compared to what it formerly waa and he made his appearance now at dinner with handa not clean, for hia naila had a bor¬ der round them like mourning note-paper, but still that showed they faad been in con¬ tact with aoap and water. I was puzzled to account for the change. At last, I noticed that when in company the profeaaor ad¬ dreaaed hia oonveraation to a very pretty girl, nuned Chaxlotte Daahwood, who waa staying At the.DelrilleB', and I fancted that
with the power of a ateam engine!
I was confirmed in my opiniou that the professor meditated matrimony, and was amused to observe hia pertinacity in speak¬ ing to Miss Daahwood, though Mr. Beaumont never ceased guarding her with exemplary vigilance. I must own that I thought it un¬ necessary for my husband to constitute him¬ aelf Charlotte * Dashwood's guardian, bnt a feeling of pride prevented me from makiug any remark on the subject, leat my observa¬ tions should be attributed to jealousy.
About thia time Profesaor Von Furatenau informed me that be contemplated making several interesting experiments on the produc¬ tion of a new metal, the very exiatence of whioh had been denied by a rival profesaor of the university of Jena, and he paid me the high compliment of asking me to become hia assistant. I waa highly gratified, as may be imagined, and forthwith we entered on a series of experiments; so that while Mr, Beaumont was engaged in squiring Miss Daah¬ wood about, I waa immured In my laboratory with the professor, and imm<Taed in the prepa¬ ration of acids of different kinds, nitrates, muriates, chlorates, carbonates, or In decom¬ posing various sulphurets, phosphurets aud carburets uutil my hands beoame worse than they had ever bqen before. Profeaaor Furate¬ nau would aometimea reproach himself for being the oause of my spoiling snch beaatiful hands; and on more than one occaaion when taking varioua preparationa from me, aud our hands came in contact, he would very gently press mine in a manner that I (poor innocent that I waa!) considered quite fath¬ erly.
My pursuit of knowledge was however, in¬ terrupted hy aeveral friends from town pay¬ ing us a visit. And now I began to notioe aeveral little things in Mr. Beaumont's con¬ duct that gave me great aneaaineaa. Al¬ though I was without the slightest tincture of jealousy, yet I felt hurt when he praised Charlotte Daahwood for her spirited horae- manahlp, when I had always been too timid to take equestrian exercise. Nor was it alto¬ gether pleasant, when our guests were about to depart in tha evening, to see jny own dear Edgar so busily arranging the folds of Charlotte Dashwood's shawl and so tenderly anxioas lest the night air should cause her to take cold. He never seemed in such fld- gets about Mrs. Dellvllle or any other mid¬ dle-aged lady ; and I began to feel really un¬ comfortable at one handsome girl so eutirely engrossing his atteution, though I hardly owned thia feeling to myself, aud would have died rather than allow any oue to imagine I entertained it.
Mrs. Delville notked my paleness apd a4- tfJbuled it to shntting myself up making chemical experiments. This the professor denied, but said it was owing to the late hours I kept.
When she was gone Professor Furatenau aaid, in a satirical mauner—
"How clever aomo persona are! For in¬ stance, Mrs. Delville thinking that your ex¬ periments in chemistry made you look so pale and thiu I"
" The fact is," replied I, smiling, " she wislied to account for what, iu my opinion, is unaccountable, and that many people like to do."
" Unaccountable!" said the professor, look¬ ing at me fixedly, and his eyes emitting a strange flre as I fancied.
"Yes," said I; "for I may perhaps re¬ quire change of air, although you attributed my pale oheeka to late hours."
" I did," said he, significantly; " but that waa only to defend chemistry, which Mrs. Delville accused of banishing the roses from your cheeks. But I did not tell her what I conaider the real reason of the change that has taken place in yoa within the last fort¬ night."
"Indeedi" exoUimed I, rather aurprised. "Then will you oblige me by telling me what you do conaider the real reaaon of the alteration which all my frienda observe in me?"
He paused for a moment, looked at me strangely, and then said abruptly—
" What do yon think of Miss Dashwood ?" I was so astoniahed at thia question, which wag quite unexpected, and yet ahowed that by aome unaccountable means the professor had devined the secret that was gnawing at my heart, so rapidly, that I thoaght that I waa going to faint, and the profeasor evi¬ dently had the same idea, for he oame to¬ ward me, when he was prevented from ad¬ vancing nearer by a servant entering with a note, whioh he gave him, and thua aflfordiug me the opportunity of recovering myself. I became alarmed at the professor's penetra¬ tion, and harried up etaira to dreaa for dinner in order to avoid further conversation ou the subject. The professor was obliged to go to London for a few days, during which time & change for the better, aa regarded myself took place.
A couaiu of Mrs. Delville's, a Captain Fire- brace, of the Lancers, came to pay her a viait and relieved Mr. Beaumont iu aome degree from his self-impoaed task of guarding Miss Dashwood. The captain was very handsome and danced superlatively well and he eclipsed all the other gentlemen, either at the Del- villes' house, or at ours; and Mr. Beaumont began to find that his servicea were superfla- ous when thoae of the gallant ^captain could bo secured by Miaa Daahwood, whicb, how¬ ever, was not ao often as might have been, as the oaptain, who was fully alive to his own merits, was apparently determined not to make himself too cheap ; consequently, Miaa Dashwood neglected no opporunity of attract¬ ing him to her side, aud Mr. Beaumont told me, in the most natural manner possible, " that he could not imagine what there was in Captain Firebrace so very attractive." I answered that " Neither could I." My answer seemed to give Mr. Beaumont the greateat satisfaction, and he behaved so kindly to me for the next week, that all my aombre viaiona were dispelled, and I almost regained my spirits aud my bloom together.
But, alas I my new-born happinesa was but of abort duration. Captain Firebrace left the Delvillea, and Misa Daahwood (whom even now I blame for ao doing) spared no pains to make Mr. Beaumont renew his former atten¬ tions.
But before thia the profesaor had returned, and appeared surprised at the improvement in my looks. He was not long at a loss to account for it, though neither w&a he long in discovering that the Improvement was hut transitory. Our London friends bad depart¬ ed, and the professor and I were left to oar- selves. So we resumed our researches after the new metaL
For two or three days nothing p'utfoalar  at suoh a trifl*.'
when we had just begun our labors in the aearch for the new metal, the profeaaor sud¬ denly put dowu the crucible which he was fllling, and coming up to me, said in an agi¬ tated manner, "My dear Mra. Beaumout, I really mast speak to you ou a very delicate aubject.' I am quite indignant at oertain things I have noticed. Will yoa promise to forgive me for what I am going to say ? X have no right to find fault with certain par¬ tiea, I know—but I cannot help it."
Really ourious to know whom he waa go¬ ing to flnd fault with, and imaginlug he was dissatisfied with some of my domestic ar¬ rangements, I replied carelessly, " Oh ! I will forgive you, Herr Von Furatenau."
" You will!'' aaid he, giving me a languish¬ ing loofcthatratherdisconcertedme. "Well, then, I will tell you that I am greatly incens¬ ed at Mr. Beaumont's absurd devotion to that doll-like personage. Miss Dashwood, and equally so at his shameful neglect of one of the loveliest beings ou the face of the earth!" " What an excRllent idea!" thought I, " wheu Mr, Beaumont only paid attention to Charlotte Dashwood in order to win her from you." And I could hardly help laughing, bo amusing did the whole affair appear to me. I could not repress a amile, aa I replied, "Mr. Beaumont's manner toward Misa Dashwood givea me not the least uneasiness, Herr Von Furateneau, nor am I iu the slightest degree annoyed at it."
" Then you no longer lovo him I" exclaim¬ ed the profeasor, impetuously. " Love oan¬ not exist with such indifferduce."
" That does not follow," said I, wondering at his energetic manner, and still more so when he came nearer aud nearer to me, and at last seized my hand.
" Ah I my lovely friend!" he exclaimed.— " It is in vaiu for man to reaist his destiuy! Mine is to love, to adore you, dear Mrs. Beau¬ mout, and I only live iu the hope of being able to purauade yoa to fly with me to Ger¬ many, to my fatherland, where I will make you the envy of all your sex by my devotion and passionate adoration I X have wealth in abuudance; every luxury shall be yours; and instead of the cold, unimpassioued beiug who holds you In his bondage^ you will reiga supreme in the heart of oue who will be proud to acknowledge himself your slave !" And he plumped down on his kneea before me 1
t verily believe, had he harangued me for an hour, I should uot have interrupted him, so wonder-stricken was I; nor was it  until he rose, and had the audacity to offer to pm- braoe me, that I xecollected  myself.    I re¬ pulsed him with horror, aud hia foot slipping ho fell prostrate on the fioor, while his coat- tails,  coming in contact with some of ihe bottles on the lable,  whisked them on  the ground; and in my hurry to escape  from him, I overthrew several mixtures, but being near the door, succeeded in effecting my exit. I had nearly reaohed the top of the stairs, when a loud explosion was heard, and a few moments after another,   I now beoame alarm¬ ed.    Wicked as I had fouud the ugly German to be, I had no  wish for his  death,  and I hastily rang for assistance.    Several of the servants came up, and we all re-entered the laboratory.     Here we found the professor stretched at full-length on  the ground, his long hair in a blaze, and his hands held firmly before his eyes.    A quantity of black liquid was   running  about   on   the   ground,  aud such a compound of villanous smells aasail¬ ed our olfactories, that I am almost oertain no deodorizing mixture could ever have nen- tral^ed them.    I was afraid there might yet be another explosion, so I said hurriedly  to the servauts (for all this takes more time to write it than it did to happen,) " Make haate and carry him out, lest there should he anoth¬ er explosion."
They set to work with a will aud apeedily lugged him out of the room, while he kept saying in German, " Oh, my eyes! my eyes!" I was fearfal hia eyesight was destroyed, aud sent immediately for water, and asked him if he would have medical ass.Iatanco.
He seemed to regain his ^erises at the sound of my voice, aud said that he would bathe his eyea, while one of the housemaids had, by throwing her apron round his head, extinguished his burning hair. And after many bathings he found he could see, though hia eyes were bloodshot, and he 'presented a deplorable spectacle. I repeated my offer of lending fora surgeon, but he said that be was more frightened than hurt. And it waa well it was no worse. He repaired to his own room, and was obliged to aend tc London for a wig, and I am sure that wher. he beheld himself in the glass that day, he must have thought himself a facinating Lothario, to in¬ duce any woman with common sense to aban¬ don a handsome husband for his sake!
But I could not recover from my astonish¬ ment. Here was a man, old erongh to be my father, snd quite destitute of personal attractions, actually fancying he could pur¬ auade me to tlope with him! If he could entertain auch a notion, what might not my husband dream of, should he uafor tun ately —^but the thought waa too dreadful, I drove it away , and throwing myself on my knees, implored Heaven to restore my flear Edgar's affeotion to me.
I resolved on telling the professor that I ihonld feel obliged by his qulttiog my house, but he spared me the necessity of making auch A disagreeable communication, by in forming Mr. Beaumont that he iQust leave us ou the morrow. Mr. Beaumom; was rather surprised at thia intelligence, and alao at the acoount of tho catastrophe that had happen ed. He asked me how it occurred ? I repli¬ ed that the professor's foot slipped, and he fell, and Mr. Beaumont was a«.tisfled. The next day Professor Von Furstenau departed, looking very woe-begone, and scon afterward took himaelf off to Germany.
I then thought it adviaable to tell Mr. Beaumont the real version of trae story, aa, besidea that he was always wondering why the professor should have left ns so abruptly I fancied that no neceasity novr exiated for hia attending the doll-like Misa Daahwood so constantly. But I resolved to 'be very cau¬ tious in the manner of revealing what had passed. So, one rainy morning, when he was lying ou the sofa, complaining that he did not know what to do with himuelf, (he oould not go ridiug with Charlotto Dashwood,) I aaked him if I should read to Mm ? Ho re¬ plied '* yes, if I liked" in that indifferent toue that said it was more of a faver for him to listen than for me to read.
However, I began reading a very Intereat¬ ing book, and he aeemed to be listening with aome degree of pleasare, when just in the midst of a pathetic destriptiou that almost made me weep while I was reading, the sun burst through the clouds that had obscured it, and my husband started np exclaiming "Oh, it is quite fine now I I maat be off to Mrs.   Delville's.
The vexation I felt at his thus deserting me, while I was doing my best to amuse him just merely to go aud ride \rlth Charlotte Dashwood, and the effect thestory had on me together caused me to burst into a passion of tears, and I sobbed as if my heart would break.
Mr. Beaumont seemed thunderstruck; at laat he came up to me, and pi].tting his arm round my neck, asked me what was the matter? I replied at once that I thoaght it very un¬ kind in him to leave me whilo I waa exerting myself to amnse him, merely to go and ride with Charlotte Dashwood.
"Nonsense; Dora The replied, "I thought yoa w«re too getulble a woman to be annoyed
He sought to soothe me by a little flattery but I determined to have an explanation at once; ao I replied tbat " It waa not a trifle, and tbat remarks h>ad been made to me on hia constant attendance upou Charlotte Dash-
WOO'l."
" 1 should like to know," said he indig¬ nantly, " who has dared to presume to make remarks oa my conduct—and to you inn'. Tell me instautly Dora, uuless you wish to incur my displeasure."
" I will tell you, Edgar," replied I. " Pro¬ fesaor Furstenau said it was a shame for you to go out riding every day with Charlotte Dashwood, while you neglected me, and left me at home."
"Profesaor Furstenau I" exclaimed Mr. Beaumont. "Why, you kuow. Dora, that it waa solely on his account that 1 coustitatod myself Charlotte Dashwon^l's .attendant. It was to prevent her from being annoyed by him.    You know it."
"Yes," replied I, "that was your motive at Crat, though I confess I uever saw auy ne¬ cessity for your taking such caro of Charlotte Daahwood, Why could ahe uot take care of \ herself? Bgside.s, the professor haa beHii gone this fortnight, and you still continue your attendance !" Mr. Beaumout looked rather coufused. "And," I resumed, " while you were taking so much trouble to prevent Charlotte Dash¬ wood from being annoyed, and guarding her so carefully, Profeasor Furstenau, it ."leems, thought that your wife wonld not be averse to accepting a friend, alas ! for he made me a declaration of love, aud urged me to Ily wilii him to Germany, where, inatead of the cold, unimpaasioned mau who now holds uie in bondage, (I repeat his very words,) I should reign supreme over the heart of oue who would be proud to acknowledge himaelf my slave!"
I paused, and looked at Mr. Beaumont, to see what effect my disclosure had apon him. Ha seemed deprived of the faculty of speech, and stared at me for some time.
"And the accident that befell him," I cou¬ tiuued, "happened through my repulsing him with horror when he offered to embrace me." "The scoundrel I the villiau I the double- dyed villiau! cried out Mr. Beaumont, now wrought Qp in a pitch of fury. "Oh, that I had him here ! I would tear him limb from limb! The insolence of the fellow to offer auch an indignity to my wife.
"I suppose," aaid I, "th.at he thought your wife in need of consolation ; for, Edgar, not a day had passed for the laat two months, without your escorting Charlotte Dashwood In her rides, except wheu Captain Firebrace was at Mr. DelviUa'a, Would you think it right that X should be attended iu the same manner by auy gentlemeu?"
I spoke very mildly but earnestly, aud my words seemed to strike Mr. Beaumont. He gazed at me for a moment, as of old, and then replied firmly aud unhesitatingly, "No, dear, I should not. I hava been in the wrong, and I confess it. But it is never too late to mend, and I will begin from to-day. I have beeu too seoure in my treasure," continued he, parting the hair from my brow, and kiss¬ ing me, "to value it as I ought. Good hea¬ vens ! I ahudder to think of what might have b«eu the consequence of my uegligeuce, if tbat unlucky Germau had been youug and handsome, and if my Dora Iiad not loved as well as ever."
I waa happier, far happier, at that moment, thau when he first told me he loved me. And be did begiu to mend from that very day.— He stayed at home with me, and found oul that his horse being lame he could not go out riding for some time. And to complete my happiness, iu a week Captain Firebrace came back to Mrs. Delville's aud propoaed for Miss Daahwood, who accepted him, and Went back to her father's to be married- Aud just now I am very busy converting my labo¬ ratory into a nursery, so that it ia not likely I shall ever take to chemistry again.
TOSETS OF PTTLPIT GRAVITY.
Many good stories of this charaoter are told, but thH following, from the Baltimore Methodist Protestant, are among the most amusing we have aeen :—
A minister was preaching to a large con¬ gregation in ono of the Sorfthero States, on the certainty of a future judgment. In the gallery sat a colored girl with a white child in her arms, which she was dancing up and down witb a commendable effort »o make the baby observe the proprieti«a of the place. The preacher waa so much Interested ifi his subject aa not to notice the occasional noise of the infaut, and, at the right point of hia discourse, threw himself into an intereating attitude, as though ho had suddenly heard the first note of tho trump of doom, and looking towarda lhat part of the church where the girl with the baby iu her anna was aitting be aaked in a low deep voice : " What is that I hear ?" Before he recovered from the oratlorical pauae so as to anawer his own question, the colored girl responded in a mortified tone of voice, but loud enough to catch the ear of the entire congregation:
" I don* no, sa; I 'apeo it is dis here ohile: but, indeed, sa, I has beeu doin' all I could to keep him from 'aturbiu* you."
It is eaay to imagine that this unexpected rejoinder took the tragic out of the preacher in the very shortest time imaginable, aud that tho aolemnity of that judgment day ser¬ mon waa not a little diminiahedby the event- Another instanoe, eqnally confounding to the minister, happened, we believe, in Rich¬ mond, Virginia. A large congregation had assembled to hear a stranger of some noto¬ riety. Soon after he had introduced his subject, the cry of " Fire! fire I" in the atreet, very much disturbed the congregation, and many were about to retire, when an elderly brother rose and said:
" If the cougregation will be composed, I will step out and see if thereis any fire near, aud report."
The congregation became composed, and the minister proceeded. Taking advantage of the occurence, he called attention to a flre that would consume tho world—a fire that would burn in the lake that is bottomless ; and had just conoluded a sentence of terrible import, and not without manifest impresaion ou his audience, wheu a voice from the other end of the chnrch, as if in flat denial of all he said, bawled out: " It's a false alarm f" The effect was ludicrous in the extreme. The old man had retumed ; but his inoppor¬ tune response spoiled the force of the elo¬ quent appeal from the pulpit, and even tho preacher could scarce refrain from joining in the universal smile that passed over the con¬ gregation.
Rev. Mr. S. was preaching in one of the Methodist Episcopal Churches in this city, and there was in attendance a good Metho¬ dist brother, very much given to responses. Sometimes thoae responces were not exactly appropriate, but they were always well meant. The preacher, usually lucid, waa rather per¬ plexed and felt it himself. He labored through his first part, aud then said :
"Brethren, I have uow reached the conclu¬ sion of my flrst point."
"Tliank God !" piously ejaculated the old man, who sat before him, profoundly inter¬ ested. The unexpected response, and the suggestive power of it, so coufused the preacher that it was with difliculty he could rally himself to a continaance of his dis¬ course.
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For tlio Examiner k Horald THE DOVE AT BEST.
On a beautiful afternoon, in tho melan¬ choly mouth of October, feeliug a spirit of weariness steal over me, I took steam-boat for Laurel hill, that city of the dead. After wandering for a length of time mid monu¬ ment and mound—admiring the autumnal scenery—and meditating on the falling of the "sear and yellow leaf"—my attention Was attracted by a mound near the banks of tin) heautifal Schuylkill, surrounded by weep¬ ing willows. As I neared the spot, I read in¬ scribed on a plain marble slab, the "Dove at rest." !Never can I forget the electric effeet of this single sentence, thought on thought oame crowding thick aud fast throngh my brain, fllling my eyes with teara, and making my heart palpatate. The history of that fair one seemed horne to me on the southern breezes as they sang a requiem for tbe soul of the departed. She was youug and beau¬ tiful, just bloomiug uuto womauhood, sur¬ rounded by every thing that could make life desirable—auch as troops of friends—kind parents—and the admiration of the circle In which she moved. But amid this unalloyed pleasure, this pure banquet of the soul, this foreshadowing of the Christians rest, the destroyer came; he came iu the garb of a gay decsiver, pouring honied words into her un¬ suspecting ear until she loved him. But Boon becoming wearied of his easily acquired conquest, left her with a brokeu heart. Not a breath of passion seemed to disturb the perfect serenity of her countenance But who could listen to her short hacking congh ? look on her pale melancholy face, lit up by the unusual brightness of her eyes ? aee the hectic flush painted on her cheek—without feeling that the slow insidious fiugers of death was pluming her spirit for eternity.— Thus day by day she wasted away, growing weaker and weaker, until she seemed to be almost exhaled from earth to heaven, aud those who watched her closest could scarcely tell the moment that ua^t her .s-weet face into shadow.
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Election in Sadsbury Township.
NOTIO K is hereby (^iven that thc (Jourt of Quarter Seasions at the April torm, in compli¬ ance with a numeroasly signed petition of citlieoH of Hadahnry township, Lancaster county, for the removal of tho place of holding elections in said township from tbe pablic boQse of John Smacker or S. D. Smacker to the pablic house of Miranda Roland, in said township, bare ordered an election to be held at the public hontia of aaid Miranda Roland, on VRIDAT the 12th of JUNE, 1S57, during the hours fixed by law for holding general electiona, to detennine whether said election poll shall be removed frum said Smncker'u to aald Roland's tav¬ ern, or not. Atteit, D. FULTON, may U-.tt-frl             Clerk of Qaarter Sessiona.
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baa sopplied hlmBolf with a large and freah stock of tbe same, and now invites, tbe ladiea of this city and vicinity to inMpect hli atock.    An entire newporchaae of
«IiadleB* Fashionable Straw Bonnets, WITS  Jl LaaOE eCPPtT OF WHITE  AND   COLOfiED   RIBB0N3, FLOWERS. WREATHS, QUILLINGS. Buohes, Head Dressea, &o.
EMBEOIDEEIES, viz: Swlaa. Jaconet and Nalnaook FloanclDgs; Sleevea, Collars, KTercbiefa, Inlanta* Bodies, Edgings and Insertlngs.
LACES—comprising Block, Wblta and Colored SUk Laces, Praach do-ilhread do,, Linen Bobbin do.. Cot¬ ton, do.
Black and White EngUah Crapea; colored do.
Black SUk Veils, with Veil TlHaaea and BorPgea, kc S3~J- ^- ^'^ hoQght his goads thin aaoson on tha most farorable'terms,and hopoa to ba able lo sell tbe same bj cheap as atiaal. apr t-2"m-13
TAKE NOTICE.        7~
THE undersigned takes pleasure iu   in¬ forming his namerona patrons, thathe also takes AMBROTYPES AND MELAINOTYPES,
tn the lateat Improramont of the art, and warrant* tham togive porfect satisfaction or no charge. He aiao continnea taking tboso life-like DAGtlEBREOTYPEa, wbich have been acknowledged to ha the most artistic and perfect Ukenessas that are tokaii In Lancaster city Prlcea from 60 cents to $16.
The rooms of the aabserlher are on tbe Iforth-wea corner of Korth Quaen street and Ceatra Sqnare, nea tbe market hoase and Post Offlco. Entrance on Contra Sinara, and also on North Qne^n street.
aprin5-3m-20 J. DELLINGER.
Great Bargains in Pumiture, at the Housekeeper*s Emporiuml
North_  Queen Sireet,  near  Orange,   Lanc'r. VI? E sball receive a  large addition   to
TT oar stock, onor about the flrst of Novembe next, and to make room for It wa^ will sell oar present assortment fori ready cash, at prices considerably J lower than our formor rates. Oar predsot stoclc embraces erery-article in ths hoasakeap- Ing line, la perfectly freah, and as good as can be pro¬ dnced In Lancaster or Philadelphia. Call, then, Iadle<i and gentlemen, beforothe flr«t of November, and yoa willbe convinced tb^t vu jnean all we say.
KETCHAM k VICKET.
N. B.—Just receired aome splandid sets of cottagd farni tare.
tiap 17-lf-42 K. k V.
PIANOS AND KTELODEONS,
AT BALTIMORE PRICES.
EDWARD BKTTS, Sen., of the late firm of Knabe, Gaeble k Co., Bal¬ timoro, la now prepared to farnisb J PIANOS AND MELODEONS from his 8-5 WaraRooms, Lancaater,wbicb fortone, • I darabillty and baaaty of flni^h. stand anrlvalled by any otber make. Gold Medals tiavlug haen awarded them at the principal Exhibitiona of onr own conntry.
E. B. ban bean engaged in tbe manofactaro of Flano Fortes for tba last thirty years, and will guarantee all Instraments rold liy him to givo entire satisfaction.
O'W'are Rooma, EAST KINO STREET aboTO tho Court Hoaae, and next to Kisg*H Grocery.
mar M tf-17
THOMAS SPERING,
UMBRELLA   MANUFACTURER,
West Orange street,  near  Shober's    Tavern
and Fahnestock's Store, Lancaster.
IF you are in  want of good and dura¬ ble UMRRELLAS, and any thing iu 1 line, please give ms « call, as all my article's 4 are good and cheap. "
N. B.—UmbreUas and Parasols covered and - repaired with neatneaa and dospatch,and at Tery  low prl«*« Dn»-15-I
" LORIMEE^
WHOLESALE AND EETAIL
Last, Boot Tree, Leather, Morocco
and Finding Store,
A'o. 45J East King Street. Lancasier.
LASTS, Buot Trees, Sboe Tree and Crimping Boardd, manufactared and constantly on band. AIho, Dpptjr Leather, Kips and Calf Skinrt, Red and Oak Sole Leatber, Freocb Calf Skins. Patent Calf and Goat ^kin.", Morocco-", Linings and Bindings, Shoemakers' Kil, Thread, .Nails, Pag? and Findlogo, o; every descripticn, for dale wbulesala and retail, cheap rorca«h. JNO. H. LORIMER,
Ku. 42>i, Eadt King Street, Laocontor.
A CABD.
THE   subscriber liaving  relinquisbed  the
Leather, Morocco and Finding huainsas, lakes this metb¬ od of retarniug hisbincerc thanks to bia ca-slomers, and the trade In general, for tho Tery liberal patronage be¬ stowed upoa bim, and wonld (¦uiicit a continaance ol the samo to his sncceii^or, Jviis II. Lobimkb, who will continue the buEiuotfr< at tbe old stand, and will atrird to render satlHfaction to all who may faror him with their caatom. -Mr. L<>rlmer will contlnuo the LAST MAKING, having in bis employ a first-rate workman who is sure to pleojie. dec lO.tf-2 OEO. S. BALL.
¦NOTICE.
THE uudersigned wiil make application to the Governor of tha Commonwealth, for the pardon of ber husband, Martin Bess, who was convict- ad of the otfeoce of " conspiracy to commit a larceny," at the Quarter Sessions of Lancaster Conaty, Pa., la January .-.IS.')?, and sentenced to 16 montbs imprison¬ ment In the connty prison. Tbe hearing will take place at tha Executive Cbamhers, Uarrisburg, Pa., on tbe lOtb dayof JU.N'E. IS^:. JANNETTE BBSS. may l;i _   3«l-24
DIVIDEND.
Colombia Biyji, May 6,18.17.
THK Directors of this Institution have this day declared a dividend of flva per cent., pay¬ able ten days after date.                    SAM'L SHOCK, may I3-3t-24  Cawblflr.
SOAP!   SOAP!!   SOAP!!!
THK undersigued take tbis method of Informing tLe citizenH of tho City and Couuly of Lancaster, that tbey have, Kt a great expense, purcha¬ sed the exclusive right to tbe manufacture of a newly invented and patented
LABOE SAVIITG SOAP,
which, If Uried according to tbe directions accompany¬ ing each piece, will be fonnd to exceed anything of the kiud ever introduced into this commnnity.
In nsing this Soap tbe laboriona and palofal procs^ of mbbing and wearing out clothes and fingers on tha wash-board is entirely obvialed.
Clothes washed with this Soap need no boil log, which amonnta to a saving of nearly tbe wages of a washer¬ woman.
Ladies taking in waahlng will find it greatly to their advantage in every point of view, to use our patent Soap.
No danger need he apprehended &n to clothes being Injurad by naing thla Soap, as there In not an Ingredlaat In it that baa tba least tendency in that dtractlou.
We hava mado arrangementa with nearly all tbo principal Grocers in the city for the sale of It, and M soon as WQ can mannfactare a snfflclent qnanllty we shall take meoanren to supply Conutry Merchants.
For sale ivholesala at tbe Mannfactory, corner of Duko and Chestunt streets, Lancaster, Pa.
Having full cooQdonce In lha truth of wbat we assert we ask a fair and impartial trial of the Sa:ip, and wa will risk tha result.
Remember, thla is 00 humbug,
Jao 14-6m-7 AMER k FAIRER.
DIVIDEND.
VxRXEBs' Ba:ik of LaxcjuiTGa,} May 5lb, 1857.     J
THK Directors o^ this Bank bave de- clart-d a dividend of Three Dollara per share, pay¬ able to the Stockbolders ou demand.
mar G..'Jt-2.1 HENRT R. KEED, Cashier,
DIVIDEND.
Li.TcA.iTER Cou.Trr Ba.hk. ) Slay ftth, 1857. ^ (
TH K    Directors   of   this   Institution, have this day declared a dividend of Five per cent, out of the profits of the lost six months, payable on demand.                             WM. L. I'EIPER, Cashier, mayfi     _ ^'""^
BEDFORD WATER.
THK subscriber haa made arraufjementfl to be constantly supplied ivith tha mncli entpemed BBDFORO WATER, fresh from  tha Springs, and will be able to furnish it Id quaatitiss to suit purchasara. CUARLES A. HEINIT«n, DragKiat, april 29-tf-22 Sn. Vi Ea^t King street.
Dissolution of Partnership.
THK partnership heretofore existing betweao thn aubscribors In the mercantile busi- uens. In Slanor township, Lancaster Tyunty, waa dia^ olvad by mutaal consent, on tbe SOtb of April labt.— All persona Indebted wiU please make payment, and those having ciainiH preseut them for settlement to GEO. C. HAWTHORNE, who is authorUed to act in Lehalf of the firm. GEO. C. HAWTHORNE,
JACOB r. FRT.
THK subscriber thankful tor past favoi-s refipectfally requests a continuance of the patron¬ age extended tu the late firm; as he will always hav on haud a well selected stock of goods, which wlll bs •old at the lowest possible rates, may 6-3»t-23 GEO. C. HAWTHORXE.
THE WIFE. On earth, to man there Is but oou His heart can love—hia sonl can owu; Tlioagh myriads flit before bis vi»w. There la but one to whom he's irue— That one can away him to and fro : Can make bim drain tba cup of woe ; (Jan give blm Joy or blast bla life ; And thut one'u name is almply wife.
But In that name a world is spbered,
A world hy all beloved, revered,
Who have the aenso to know its woitb.
And spurn the gaudy joys of earth ;
For that full heart iu har dear braaiit—
If rightly prized—eternal rest
la Dot witb hliasful sweets more rife.
Thau that pare heart—a loviog wife.
FABEWELL TO THE WIWTEE.
"Go! Winter, go! Tby frozen locks and tresses vhUs. And looks that kindle not delight. And breatb that chills the young baart'M glow, And frowns that make tbe tear drop start, No bliss, nopisaaure, eon Impart.
Go I WIal«r, go 1
"Come! Sammer, comet With genial akies and budding lowers. And balmy gales and fragrant ahowers, And smiles that clotba the earth la flowero; Come; with thy bright and fairy band. And BcaUer glodneas o'er the laud.
Come! Snmmer, eome I"
FOB SALE.
S)/| A SHARKS of Stoek, in tbe Iii-
^^\J Imid luuarance .ad Deposit Comp&ur.   hj may 6-if-23 JSO. K, KEED 4 CO.
YOUNG JIAN AS SALKS.MAN
ods Store, ia thlB city Apply at thi. otlice.
& lad to lf-23
E1>HBAIM BEOWN.
^* It is calcalated that the clergy cost the tTnited Sutes $12,000,000 annnally ;. the criminalB, $40,000,000; the lawyers, $70,000,- 000, and litioors $200,000,000.
¦WantetJ Immetiiately,
AY
£\   In a Dry Goods Store, In this elty. learu the business, may fi
5000 Agents Wanted.
TO SELL TWO NKW and UNh- QUALLED INVENTIONS, wanted and selling everywhere. My Agents have cleared over Sjfi.OOO MUIng one of Iham. P"t In four atampji, and 1 win aend you, gratif, 40 pages particulars of tho best Agen¬ cy in tbe country. Lowell, Mass, april 23 8t-21
To all whom it may concem!
PllOCLAJlATrON is hereby made, tbatl am sow prepared to wait upon all persons fviVorlDg me with a call, aud tell tbem the past and /u/ure of their life. I am the only person lo thia city lhat can givo (nw and correc* Information In regard to sickness and death, health, wealth, love affairs, jour¬ neys, law suits, and a great many otber tbinga un¬ necessary to mention. J3"Fee—2.^ cla.
Mrs. MART ANN BOR't'ER. Corner of aiddie Street and  Stony  Alley.  (Frame huilding) Lancaster, To. april 22 i't-2i
Valuable Btore Stand for Hent.
THE subscriber offers for rent the well known STORESTAND, sUoata In tha aouth- weat comer of Centre Square, In  tba borough of
Strasburg, for many yearn kept by  himself and,	
laltariy by McCloy 4Black.   It iaavary way calculated for doing a good basineas. and is one of tbe beat staadu In the county.   There isa commodious warehonse at¬ tached, and two rooma and on attic above the store. 63-For further partlcalars apply lo ^^ WM, SPENCER,
mar -t-tf-U Straaburg, Pa.
FOB SAIiE.
THAT new two and a half-story BRICK DWELLINC HOUSE oa "CoUege Place" "" north Lime Street, Lancaster city. This Is one of the moat completely flniahed houaea ofita eloss. ,„ _, with Tvater and gaa fixtures of approved style—large shade trees bifore tfaa door, and all naotuary eouyanU ences for a foaMouable and comfortahle reatdance.— PoieensioQ given Immediately, feb 26-tf-18. JOHM WISE.
Barly Gaxden Seeds.
EARLY York, Sugar Loaf, Flat Dutch, Albooa, Savoy and Drnffihaad Cabbage, White aod B«d Solid C«lery, Loug Ylolat and Purple Egg Plant, Eed Beet, BroeOll, CaoIlSowar, Cucumber, L«i- tuoe, Badiih. Extra Bwly, ftftma, Woshlagton, Cedo NuUl Peas, Beana, Onioufl, Tomatoes, together with a fall Mwrtiaeat flf Gordan Seed".   JoraJiit
CHAKLES A. flBIinTSK'S Drug and Chemical Store, No. IS Boot Eloff atrMt mareh 85 "¦"
KONIGfitACHEB & BATTMAN,
T^^JS^NKKSaud CURRIERS STORK, back of R. Moderwell's Commission Ware-Houia, fronting ou the Railroad, and Xurth Prince atreet.
Cheap foe Cash, os Approved Credit.
Constantly on band a full asAortmeul of all klnd^ o Saddler'sand Shoemaker's Leather, of superior quality, lucludlDg " Rouzer's celebrated Sole Leather"; also. Leather Bands, Well stretched, suitable for all kinds o machinery, of any length and width required, madeof a Buperiorqualityof Leather; Furnace B«Iiow8, Baud and I.aclng Leather, Garden Hone.Tanner'a Oil, Carrier's Tools, Moroccos, Shoe Find ngs. kc. kc.
All klndaof Leather bougbt in tbe rough; highest price given for Hidea and Skins In cash; orden will b« promptly aiiendod to, July l4-tf-M
PA'i'i'iNT imo^YfLE"¦pence: '
SETH G. TITFTS,
SELF-SUPPORTING PENCE.
OX EXHIBITION at Isa.-ic Stoner'a, near Kanffman'a mill, onp milo south of Petertf- hnrg, and at U. Kobrsr's or A. OrotTs one mile wett ot i^trasburg.   Throe Gtylesof fence can tbeie ba seen, viz:
The Common Farm Fence; The Pa¬ ling Pence and the "Wire Fence.'
In addition lo tbe many other advantages tbls Fence posscMseti over all other.", llie difforanceln coat will bo seeu by estimuling lumber at the i>ame price foreach Fence:—
TUFTS' PATENT.¦ Common Post ^ Board Fence,per rod....SSc.ijE'osta and Boards
Making per rod..-18c.j   per rod 74c.
Wails,  So.iMaking,per rod. .25c.
'Nails,  So.
The above e.stlmato in ha.<ied upon $1 per bnndrad feet for lumber. Tbere will be the same diSerenca, whatever the cost of lumher may he.
In fencing ten acrfs of litnd. ihw HafinR made by using fbo Patent Kenre it $.11.20; toucius ouo mile of Railroad, on botb xldes. SI(ib',40.
Farmers and Mechunlcrt are invited to call and exam¬ ine it. it has already he.'Q examined and approved by the most Inteiligeui Farmem and Mechanics of Lancas¬ ter county.
Tbe Fencu in not only the cheapest tbut can he made, where board.- are u«od, but it has other and groat ad¬ vantages.
Int. It can ha made in bad weather, when farm hands are commonly Idle.
2d. Two workmen cau put up ten times as much of llin a day as of the common post and board Fence.
Sd. The fence being ail above gronnd. will last wllh¬ onl repair twico as long'oc; a post and board Fence.
-lib. The Fenfe being portable, can be changed and moved wilbotit injury, and in a short time.
TheMa advantages will be fully appreciated hy every Farmer, and all are tberefore iuvited to call and see it- Farm rigbts of 160 acres will be eold for about one half of the sum saved in fencing Id acres of land.
a3»County, Township, Farm and Railroad lUgbls for sale.
For further pariicular:) addrt'aa
H. ROHRER,
aprll I5-:i«ia-20 .Strasburg, Lancaster co.. Pa.
SLATE EOOFING.
THi-j .subscriber, Agent for Humph¬ reys k Co.'s Rooflng Slato, manufaclured at Slots mil, York connty. Pa., returns his tbanka for the liber* al patrona^D berctofore extended to blm, and respect¬ fully informs tbe citizena of Lancaster city and county, that li« is prepared to pnt on roofa In the bent manner, by lho very beat workmen, on ahort notice. He Invittw those wishing roofs pnt on, to call and examine tLe quality of the Slaw fumiahed by hitn
WILLIAM WRIGHT, feh 1&-6U1-12 South Prince atreet, Lanca.-ter.
Slate! Slaten
THE subscribers respectfully announce thai tbey atill continue to furninh and put ou
SLATE ROOFING,
with Slate from the celebrated Tork Connty QoarrlM, which are unsurpaofled by any oiher Slato in (he iuot' ket. Onrworkisdoneby tbe moat experienced work¬ men, and warranted togtvesatlsfttctloo.
RDSSEL k BAEK, Hardware Merchants, No. S East King st..
BVlljmNG SLATES.
THK subscriber having taken the agen¬ cy  for Brown'a Bnilding Slates, ia at aay time readv  to furnish Slate by tbe ton, or put on  by the Mn*ra at tha sbortael notice and on tbe tnoat raoMnahla ' AdpIt at my Hardware Slore la Iforth Qaeaa
•qoora, tsnns, straet.
T.b  Ql-tf-Oi
GE0.P.8PKSCHBB.
tf-n
Book and Job Printing.
BKJtOV'AL-—The undersigned re- ¦oectfully Informs bla frlenda and the pcblle, 30 hAB removed hU JOB PRINTINO OFFICE from hia old ataud. Iio. SO North Queen street, to the nsw and comioodloui buUdlng, Ko. 10 NORTH DUKE STREET, OPPOSITE THB NEW COUKT H0U8B,-wharo, with addUionOl advAStoxea, he wUl txert himaelf to render saUsfactlon to all wbo may favor bim \rltb*b^ tr patronaga. WM. B. WlU"f
aprll 8-8m-19 No. 10 Jforth T>»Jt» itrwt.
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