Lancaster Examiner and Herald

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VOL. XXXI.
iJtJVGASTER; PA., WEI>]^ APRIL 15, 1857.
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FUBLISBXDBT
EDWABD C. DABLINGTON,   ,
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THE FIRST nOWEES.
For ages, on our river-border?. These tasaels iu their tawny bloom.
And winowy atuds of downy ellver. Have prophesied of Spring to come.
For ages have tbe nnboand waters Smiled on them from their pebbly bem.
And tbe clear carol of tho robin ^ Aud song of blue-bird welcomed them.
But never yet, from smilingriver, Orfongof early bird, have tbey
Been greeted with a gladder welcome Than whispers from my heart to-day.
They break tho ap-II of cold and darkness. The weary watch of sleepless palu;
And from mv heart, aa from the river, The Ice of Winter melta sgala.
Thanks, Mary! for this wild-wood token
Of Freya'fi foolKlepsdrawing near; Almost, as In tbe runo of Asgard,
The growing of tho graas I hear. It is «B if the pine-treea called mo
From ceiled room and silent books. To see tba dance of woodland shadows.
And bear the song of April brooks;
As. iu tba old Teutonic ballad or Odenwald, live bird and tree,
Foraver live In aong and beanty, So link my Ibougbt thosa flowers and tbee.
Tba amall bird's track, tbe tiny rain-drop.
Forever mark tbe primal rock; Who knowH but tbat theee idlb verses
May leave some trace by Artichoke?
And maidens In the far-off twlllglita Repeat my words to breeze and stream.
And wonder if the old-time 'Vlary Wera real or the singers dream I . *>¦•* —
THE BACEELOE'S BUTTON.
Some years ago when I waa a single man and dreaming (as some single men do) of double bliss yet destined to arrive, I went to a concert at Music Hall of Boston. Music is, poetically and proverbially, " llie food of love;" and in my sentimental state I consu¬ med a good derU of it. Not tbat I had any object in view; mine was an abstract lovi— I cultivated it, I increased my stock, so that I might bave a good stock of the tender pas- Bion in hand whenever I saw an eligible op¬ portunity of investing it. Well, to retnm to the conaert; it wag crowded to excess, and the rush, on leaving, to reach cabs and car¬ riages, was very great. I wore on that memorable night a bine coat with brass but¬ tons, and flattered myself there were worse looking men in the room. I tell you candidly, I admired myself; the other party I was struck with was a flne girl, with dark «yes and hlack hair, who sat with some young ^riends, a few years distant. I hoped ehe noticed me aud my blue coat with brass but¬ tons. I looked at her often enongh to attract her attention to both; and being, aa my friends would say, in rather a spooney state^ worked "myself iu a towering passion—of love. But how was I to oome at the objeot of my admiration ? for I was as diffident as devoted —" as shy as I was vain," as an over-candid frieud once said. "Hail Columhia!" which ^ concluded the concert, surprised me, as un¬ prepared as on my fi.r6t glance to "improve the occasion," and the company were shoal" ing out, wliile I stood mutely gazing after the object of my love at first sight. She and her party eddied for a while by the inner door o^ the concert-room, and were then drawn out jnto the retiring current, and lost to aight. I followed quickly after, lest I should lose forever all opportunity of identifying my idol - but, alasl the ligts in the outer corridor were few, and so far between, tbat "no glimpse of my star could I get" I pushed and fiercely elbowed throngh the crowd, with a view of getling to the outer door before my fair one's party had emerged, and thna gain¬ ing once more a sigkt of my sweeting.
"Hang itl" I muttered, impatiently, as I felt a tug at pay coat skirt, and was instautly conscious of one of my h.ind buttons kaving liitched to some lady'a dress. My progress was suddenly arrested. "How provoking,'' thouglit I, as I waa brought to a staud, for I could not push, on without losing a button or tearing a dress—"how provoking the mod¬ ern fashions; a lady now has as mauy hoops —as many tentacles ahout her apparel as a scanemone." It was with some irritation I stopped to undo the button, but my hurry made the task more difficult; and Instead of undoing, I onlj buugled and more twisted the loop round tke button.
"please to let me try," said the lady her¬ self, as I bungled over the buainess. She ungloved her hand—it was a aweet white hand; so I looked at her face. Stars and garters I but it was the very fair one, black hair and dark eyes, I was in pursuit of. As she stooped over the entangled button, a Blight flush tinted her cheek. Oh, it was de¬ licious. I hoped she never would undo the loop; and indeed she never would, for her fin¬ gers were twitching nervously, and my heart was beating audibly. I tried to help her; our fingera met.
"Please to make way there," shouted a gruff voice behind. "We were blocking up the passage: was there ever snch au unlucky Spot for so lucky an entanglement ?
"You hinder the people from going out Annie," exclamed one of her companions, with some asperity; " plague upon the tire¬ some loop, break it!" and suiting the action to the word, the speaker leaned forward, caught the sleeve of her friend's beautifnl dress in one hand, aud my coat tail in the other, and giving a quick and decided tug, severed us. The crowd behind bore on, and we were separated; not, however, before I gave my " star'* a look which I intended to speak volumes. I thought she did not seem unconscious of my meaning—our eyea met, I know, and this was the only consolation left me, for immediately afterwards I lost her and her party to view in the darkness out¬ side.
That night I hardly closed my eyes, think¬ ing of my " bright particular star," and what means X should employ to find her out. I knew little of the town, which was a large one, and to expect to know the name of my fair one by a mere description was hopeless, for there doubtless must be a great many with dark eyes and black hair within the " lulls of mortality" there as elsewhere.
My love fit grew more and more vi oleut in the course of the day; but, tired out at length with my search, I returned to the hotel, and took out my dress-coat from my portman¬ teau to feed my flame eveu with the contem¬ plation of the inanimate businesa button that had determined the "black-eyed divini¬ ty" 80 long. It was with uo little delight 1 now discovered what did not hefora catch my eye—a fragment of the silk loop of her dress still adhered to the button twisted round the shank. I pressed it to my lips; it was lilac in color—and stooped to gently disentangle it from the bit of brass as gently as though it were a tress of some loved one's hair, when something clinked in the skirt-pocket. I sup' posed I had left some money there, for in my perturbation and excitement I omittetd to s&arch the coat on taking it ofif the night be¬ fore. I thrust my hand into the pocket.— Gracious, mel "What did I behold; what did I take out—a gold chain bracelet.
You conld have "brained" me with my lady's fan, I saw at a glance how matters stood: in the excitement and flurry of undo¬ ing the loop from my button, the lady had undone the clasp of her own bracelet, which had not unnaturally feU into the coat-skirt with which she was engaged, and ddubUesa, on missing it, inatead of regarding me in a romiuotio light, she put it down that I was of the 8weU-mob, and had purposely entangled
the most devoted of knights, to he remem¬ bered only aa the most expert of plokpook- ets I Was ever an ho'nest lover in suoh a plight ? And to make .it worse, I oonld not see bow I was to escape from this inevitable dilemma. I must go down to ihe grave, re¬ membered only in that dear one's mind as the nefarious purloiner of her bracelet. To flnd her ont waa impossible; but a bright idea struck me as my eye lighted on a news¬ paper lying oQ the coffee-room table. I rang' the bell, and inquired of the waiter when the local paper was published ?
"To-morrow, air," he answered. I aat down and wrote an advertisement: it waa in the following words:
"If the lady whose dress got entangled in a gentleman's coat button in leaving the con¬ cert last Wedneaday, will call at, or send to the Tremont Hotel, ahe will hear something to her advantage."
There, I thought, as I gave the advertise¬ ment to the boy, and flve shillings to pay for insertion in the Traveler—there, if that will not give me a clue to escape from a very un- pleansant dilemma, and at the aame time to know who my enchanter ia, the fates must indeed be very unpropitious.
My plans being thns so far adopted, I or¬ dered dinner, and waited patiently or impa¬ tiently, the appearance of 'the newspaper next moming. It was brought up to my room damp from the press, aud then read in all the glory of large type, my intereating announcement. But my stars! with what an advertisement waa it followed in the very same column. I onl^ wonder that my hair did not stand on end as I read as followa:
"$2 Rbward.—^Lost or stolen, on the night of the concert, at the Hall, a gold chain brace¬ let. It is thonght to have been takeu from the lady's arm by a pickpocket, of gentle¬ manly appearance who wore a blue coat with brass buttons, aud kept near the lady on leaving the Hall. Any one giving such in¬ formation as will lead to the recovery of the bracelet, or the capture of the thief,.(if it was stolen,) will receive the above reward on ap¬ plying to No. 7, Cambridge Place."
Here was a pretty plight; to be advertised in the publio papers as a pickpocket, when my only crime was, like Othello's, that of "Loving, nol wisely, bnt too well."
My determination, however, was quickly adopted. I went up stair^, put on the very delinqnent blue coat, so accurately described, and, with the paper in my hand, proceeded to No. 7, Cambridge Place.
I knocked at the door, and asked the ser¬ vant who answered, the name of the family. Having heard it, I said, "Is Miss Raymond in?"
" Yes, sir," replied the servant woman ; " who shall I eay wants her f"
" Tell her," I replied, "that the pickpocket, with gentlemanly address, and blue coat with brass buttons, who stole her bracelet, is here, and wishes to return it to her."
The woman stared at me as though I were mad, but on repeating my request to her, she went in and delivered my message.
Soon there oame out, not my fair one,
teznpUtlon to shrink from I    An'thin Andy, the shly rogue, he fasthens But stronger than either of  a bullet on the iiid o'hie flfihin^iine, ah'whir-
" With all that's beat, of dark and bright, Heeling In aspect and eye,"
but a stalwart brother.
" That," I said, handing him the bracelet, "ia Miss Raymond's property, and though, as y^u perceive, I wear a blue coat, with brass buttons, aud am flattered to think my manners are not ungentlemanly, I am bound in candor to say I am not a pickpocket."
" Then, sir, you ahall have the reward.** said the brother taking ont his purse.
"No," I replied, "for strange as it may ap- pear,_ though I am no pickpocket I atole the lady'a bracelet."
The man looked puzzled; but when I told the truth, and pointed to my advertisement in the same paper, as a proof I did not want to walk ofi" with the property, he laughed heartily at ihe whole story, and not the least at his sister's description of the gentlemanly pickpocket.
" Well," said he, "you had better walk in and have tea with ns, and my siater will be able to say whether she can apeak to your identity, after which it will be time enough to canvass the propriety of sending for a constable."
You may be assured I accepted the invita¬ tion. Need I go further with the story?— The young lady (to use the words of the ad¬ vertisement) captured the pickpocket. The bachelor's button no longer adorns my blue coat, and now I have framed and glazed over the fire-place the advertisement in whioh I am publicly described by my own wife " as a pickpocket with a gentlemanly address."— When I charge her with the libel, she alwaya does what she has just this moment done» pay damages for the alander iu any amount of kisses, declaring though not a pickpocket, I was a thief, and stole her heart and pocketed her jracelet.
So enda the story of "A Bacheloe'b Bdt-
TON."
thatthere is i their embrace, theae seems to be that pre-ooaupation of the jnind iu buaineaa, and with getting on in the world, tbat leaves no time for thoughts of health or pleaaure, and chains the self-doom¬ ed man aU his life to a galley oar. Lately there aeems to be some improvement in thia reapeot, and the pnblio mind, it Is hoped, is tnming to the importauce of a better physt- oal training for both aexes. In regard to children this.is espeoially neceaaary. Until the phyaical training of children ia cared for* as well aa their mantal culture, we oan never expect to have a harmoniously developed race; nor will active habits aud out door sports ever be agreeahle to men in middle life who have not been acoustomed tp them in boyhood, and have not continued them naturaUy beyond the age of boyhood. The acquisition of aotive habita in middle life, like all other apquisltiona at thia period, is a diffioult matter, and it is a subject that ahonld always rceive the attention of parents.— Parents and teachers, instead of repressing the natural activity of children, should en¬ deavor to shape and guide it properly, re¬ membering alwaya that ia given for a wiae aud beDeficial purpose. Aud here it may be well to remark that there is one thing more they should respect—that impatience of long application to booka or any onej aubject, whioh is so characteristic or children. This ia nature's bulwark for the protection of the youthful mind, and even youthful life ; and woe to the child wheu it is violated. An infinite deal of mischief is oftentimes thus done with the best of motives.
If the men of Amerioa neglect proper ex¬ ercise, what shall be said of the women ? How many of the gentler sex are there who are never once in sunshine for months to¬ gether? A short walk, on brick pavementsi amidst brick walls, once or twice a week, is all the exercise they ev er take. No wonder they Buff'er for such a violation of nature's laws in many diflierent ways, in health, in usefulness, in appearance, and happiness.-— How women used to live our ladies may learn by some accounts that hsve come down to us of housekeeping in the daya of Qneen Elizabeth. What do they think of a lady— a maid of honor—having an allowance of beef and ale served out for her breakfast, beef and ale |for her dinner, and the samo again for supper; and, betweeu these meals, gaily following the hunt on horseback for many a mile, and ready, notwithstanding, to grace a court pageant in the evening ? Of conrse this age was not a very reflned onei and there was much in it that no one can de¬ sire to see reproduced; but when our ladies imitate somewhat the out-door habits of Queen Elizabeth's time, and enjoy the appe¬ tite for simple, wholesome food that ladies then enjoyed, it will be a most excellent thing, for these are at once the canse and evidence of one of the greatest of blessings —health. There is a charm about perfect health, besidea its delights, which is not ap¬ preciated, A cheek browned by the ardent gaze of the snn, is far more beautiful, mantj ling with the warm blood of heallh, than the pallid face that ia veiled from a bright light for fear of destroying its delicacy. The vigorous atep, the sparkling eye, the lithe form, the gay voice—these are tbe gifts of hfealth, and flourish under the open sky, in the pure air and warm sunshine. We can never have a perfect woman of one who has had a wholly artificial training, and lived a hot bed e^stence, surrounded by unnaturaj circumstances. Such could never be the mother of the Gracchi, and much less is fit for the higher character of a mother of Amer¬ ioan citizens. And ao we shall never realize amongst us that glorious ideal of perfect manhood given to the world by ancient Greece in the statue of Apollo, nntil young men shall employ their arms as did the god of the ailver bow^"the far-shooter."
lin'fthe rod hi the air, brought the line, sud¬ denly round an' round the neok o' the gan- dher, an* flshed him up wid a great lift, an' pnt him in his bag. Arrab, now I bat wam't that a heautifal apioimentof Andy Donovan's science of abstraokahin ? "Och I" aez he, laughin' to his own selfi
A legend of* Hew.fngland.
BT JOHS O.  WHirriEB.
One hnndred yoara ago I—the hunter, who ringed the hills and forests of New Bugtand, fought againat otber enenries-.tban the brown bear and the panther. Tlie husbandman, aa he toiled in the plain, or the narrow clearing, kept cloaely at his aide a loaded we^on;
"'twara great piece o' frindship in the fat and wrought diligently and firmly in the garidher, duyhow, to take a Hkin' to me.— . midst of peril. The freqnent crack of the But ahure it only ahpws the disoriminashin ! Indian's rifle was heard in the atill depths of
From Godey's Lady's Book for Aprll.
THE BEST "MTJLROOITEY" YET.
How Andy Donovan "Practyaefl. the Science of Abstrackshin."
EXEBCISE.
Our modern civilization haa indeed brought unnumbered blessings in its train, hat it has its attendance,too, of disadvantages.   Among these may be numbered those  habits tha* have deprived many a form of its manly pro" portions and vigor, and stolen the rose from many a cheek where it once vied with the lily.   We allnde to the neglect of that out door exercise which seems indispensable to perfect health.   There is no doubt that a formidable list of maladies may be traced directly to this cause ; and others are indi¬ rectly owing to it, or are greatly exasperated by it.   Dyspepsia, apoplexy, and the long train of nervons disorders which medical men are now called on to atudy and relieve might almost be called the creatures of mod- era civilization, ao mnch have they increased in number and intenaity under the sedenta¬ ry habits, late hours, and mental exertion and excitement of the last two centuries.— These are alTections from  which the lower classes, who are employed in the  open air* are comparatively exempted, especially where they have a sufficiency of wholesome food, and their other physical wanta are properly supplied.    A hunter who follows  his game throngh forests and over mountains, a shop herd who watches his flocks in the field,  a farmer who stalks all day beside his team— neither of these is usuaUy troubled with In" digestion, though his fare is, by no  means the most delicate, and he keeps no nervous vigils at night on a couch which knows only the sweet repose of labor and health-   And so, those who are of sedentary employment or whom business, or any other cauae,   con¬ fines much within doors, shonld endeavor to set aaide some time every day for active exercise, or so arrange their affairs that th? physical demands  of their system may be properly met, if they would enjoy the happy immunity and privilege of the laborer.
The neglect of exercise is more marked in this conntry than it is in Europe. The Eng. lish, as a people, are fond of athletic sports. Cricket, sparring, fox hunting, yachting, are pecnUariy English, and are engaged in with zeal by professional men, merchants, and the highest nolility, as well as by the lower clas¬ ses; and thia serves to counteract, to some extent, the overworking of the nervons sys¬ tem, taxed by the excessive demands of the times. The Germans, too, take much more exercise than we do, as ia evinced by the ex¬ istence of such societies as the Tamers ; and the French, possessed of a gay and activejtem- perament, which leads them much" into the open air, and into cheerfnl assemblies, wonld shndder bt the life of many a well'to-do American, whose whole existence is a direct rotation between his place of business and his arm chair at home. Why it is that our ¦people, and especially thoae residing in oities, should be eocardess a^nt this matter, it is hard to say., It may, in part,be owing to the
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Did ye niver bear tell of one Andy Don¬ ovan? Och, now, only think o' that I An' he sich a genius I Well, Andy war a raal gintleman, anyhow, for he war born an' brid to do nothin' at all at ail, and follyed the threade of a feelosopher by way of makin' a decent Uvin'. Divil a betther feelosopher nor Andy aU the wureld over, for he bate Joolyus Saiser wid the great gift of abatraok- hin he had. But the magisthers, an' squir¬ eens, an' the procthora, an' middle men, war jealonsed of his reputashin, and sint him over the salt say in a thriflin' oflishal capaci¬ ty, the name of which I disremimber; but twar a "convart" they called him, or some name that war fosther brother to it.
But about his wondharful powera of ab¬ strackshin. Oh ye, thin I sure I'll come to it prisintly. What 'nd a poor do widout atin' and dhrinkin', I like to know? An' doeaen't everybody foUy the science of abstrackshin for the aake o' the good break'wasta, an' the illegant dinners, an' the likes o' thim ? Musha, thini why wouldn't Andy do that same, an', wid a impty bag over his shoulders, be wand- herin' over the counthry, meditatin', an' prac- tisin' his own grand flahool acience of ab. strackshin' ?
Well, wan day, betimes, i' the mornin', out goes Andy wid his bag over his ehoaldher, an' his flshin'-rod undher his arum, an' he thra- vels on ontil he sees forenent him a great flock of geese.
"Thim's beautiful birds," sez Andy, stop- pin' short, an' espishaliy the gandher. Troth, now, there's no harum, eure, in cultivatin' his acquaintance I Arrah, now, Misther Gan¬ dher," sez he, pokin' at him with his rod, "is it well an hearty ye are the day ?" "Iss 1 is*s !" sez the gandher." "Faix, now, but I'll be pleased to hear it 1'* sez Andy.    "An', savin' manners, may I ax ye if 'tis fond of good company ye are ?" "las I isa I" sez the gandher. **Arrah, thin," sez Andy, "don't be bashful, bnt spake out.     May be 'tis my good looka that 'ud be takin' yer eye!" "las I—a—sl" sez the gandher. "Many thanks for the compliment," sez Andy, makin' a ginteel bow.    "There's a bit , of a cabin undher the hill yonder as belongs to my own self, wid 'enthertainmint for man an' baste' to the fore, an* if ye'll come wid me, sure but I'U make yez wUcome aa the flowers in May."
"las I iss I—s—s—a I" sez the gandher, crainin' out his neck, an' runnin' afther the great desaiver.
"Well, it isn't the like o' me to raaon out why any respectable gandhershonldn't choose hia own masther," eez Andy; "an', if ye'll only say that ag'in, by jabers butTU not be the boy to lave yees disconsolate 1 Are yees minded to go wid me ?"
"Ibs I iss I—s—8 i" sez the gandher. "Sure I ought to take the efieckshlnate craythur at his word," sez Andy; "but it 'ud be right to let him considher over the mat- ther a little while longer. If it war wan a' thim faymales yondher, I'd be puzzled to know what to do at all, by razin* o' their chaugin' their mind so often, as beooorse is nathnral enough to thim spacies. But a gin- tleman, an' a gintleman gandher-—an' sure there's no great difl'er at times betuxt 'em— I say a gintleman, an' a gintleman gandher, 'tis nlver go back o' their word; for, by ra- son 0' their snparior dignity,".'tis the likes o» thim as 'ud be ashamed to aay whin they means iss. "So now," aez he, tetohin' the gandher wid the ind of his rod, "I'U be afther askin' yees, my friend, for the third an* last time, if it 'ud be plazin' to ye to come along wid me ?" .
"Iss! Iss I iss I—a—a I" sex the gandher in the most perimptory manner possible.
«0h, begorra!" sez Andy, "if yees ao fond p» mesa aU that, I don't see why I ahonldn't make yeer beUhErr acqu^tance."
o' the baate; for I tuk that same likin' to i hisaelf; an' that's no lie. Troth an' I'll be ! good to the orathnr.as long as he lives, an' cooker him up wid pattaties an' bntthermilk. 'Tis afeard I am that he won't live long; bnt I'U be thankful for his affiokshin, an show it, too, by atin* him tindkerly." ,
WeU, by an' by, he oomes to a pond where there were lashing o* ducks, an* priaintly up waddlea a grand gintleman of a moskavee, an', wagglin' his oarly tail, looks him in the face aa bonld as ye plase. "What is it ?" sez Andy. "QuackI quack! quack!" sez the duck. "Be aff wid ye," sez Andy, "an* behave yeerself like a dacent furrener.     Yees wil- come to'the atin', an' the dhrinkin', an' the flahool feathers aa comes wid il; but aure I think it betther manners in yees not to be asther therferin' wid the purshutea of a coun¬ thry bom."
"Quack I qnaok 1" sez the muakovee. "Oh, mnrther I" aez Andy. "Did I iver hear teU the likes o' that? An' I standiu' here widout aaying nothin' at all at all I Hould yer tongue, ye nnnathralized baste, an' don't slandher an honest boy that way." "Quack! quack! quack!" aez the imper- dint duck.
"Tare an' ounties!" sez Andy in a passhin. "Lave afl", I tell yees. Is it I as looks Uke a quack, wid niver a rap in my pocket, an' wid a batthered ould casthor ou my head wantin' a crown ?'*
"QuackI quack I quack I*' sez the duck; au* thin, by thia an' by th^t, all the other ducks tuk up the cry, and sung out: "Quack 1 quack ? quack!"
"Augh!" sez Andy, feelosophysin*, "'tis the way o' the wureld over and over I Niver the bad war put on a man but sure a dozen repated it. Upon my conscience," sez he, " 'tis a hard matther to bear; but thim ducks ia poor, misforthenate ignoraymuses, an' may be they don't know no betther; so I'U rason wid 'em,"
Oh but Andy war the perlite man! an* had thraveled across the salt say to discoorse wid the Englishmen all about haymakin', an, rapin' an' wather-drains, wid practickle ex- planashins. By throtting about, he seen the wureld, and larned the way they make poli- oianer spachas in thim furrin parts. So, at this prlaint time, he got upon au ould stump by the pond side, an', afther makin' a scrape wid his fut, he lifted hia little finger,*wid the hand to it, to make believe he war takin' a sup o' could wather—though, betuxt you an' I, sorra cup o' wather niver wet Andy's lips whin he could get anything betther^but he knowed that war the way to commince a spache; an' so, whin he'd been taken wid the little cough which the raal politicianera have on sech occasions, an' wiped his mouth across wid the handkercher he left at home, he interjuiced his own self aa Andy Donovan by name, for want of 'another gintleman at his elbow, an' thin, wid a grand flourish o' his arum, sez he to the ducks, sez he : "Gin- tlemen—no, that's not what I mane. Friends an' fellow-citizens. Oh, mnrther, but 'tisn't citizens ye are! Friends and fellow ;Counthry- men—faix but 'tis right I am at last I Fel- low-counthrymen—" "Quack 1 quack I" sez the big duck. "Augh, milUa mnrther, ye slandhairoua ould ryptyle 1" sez Andy. "Why will ye be afther iuterceptin* me, an' I standin* here in defiance o* my charackther ? Put yer fut in yer mouth, ye baste, and lave me be. 'Tis ashamed I am o* yees for callin' adacint'man, wid a oabin full o' chUdhre, a quack I All the wureld knows—^yea, thin, an' Kilkenny too, for that matther—that it 'ud break my heart to be a quack. 'Tis the blissed thruth lam spakin' theday; an', if ye'll take yer bills out o' the mud, an' stop gabblin', I'd like to ax yees a handful o' questions.
"War iver the name of Andy Donovan in the newspapers ? tell me that, ye Omad- hauns, barrin wanst whin I bruk Terrence Mahool's hed wid a pewther noggin ? Did I iver demane my own self to pay a thirneen to a newspaper man to print letthers in Dub- Ud, an' Kilkenny, an' Connaught, an* Wick- low, to say that sarsyperillia war betther nor brimsthone to a Scotchman," an' more profit¬ able nor beer to Johnny Bull ? Is it likes o' me that 'ud break my bones wid Father O'Dougherty's walkin'-atiok by taken' my oath that Andy Donovan's pittaty pills, bat¬ thered all over wid sugar, war the best pur* gathory iver invinted by mortial man P— Ayeh I Is it I that 'ud be dhrawn an' quar- theredf'Iike a chicken ina cook shop, for sel- lin' maguifled powdhers, to be taken through the little ind of a tellyskope 1 la it I as 'ud be here the day, wid a hole in my hat big enough for a bull to run through, and wan tail to my coat, whiu 'tis lashins of goold that I'd be ficoopin' up if I war a quack?"
" Quack! quack ! quack ! quack 1" sez the muskovee.
" Oh bad loock to yees!" sez Andy, jumpin' down from his rosthre; " but 'tis myself that'll tache yees what it is to hespatther a gintleman."
An' shure he did, right aflf; for he put a bit o' red rag on his fiahen'-hook, an' dhraggled it along afther him; an', by this an' by that' the foolish muskovee seized it; an' prisintly who but he war floppia' about in the bag ?
" 'Tis the way wid all them born natherals 0* farreners," sez Andy. "Troth, but I thought ye had betther ainse. An' now I'll be goin' home," sez he.
—An' that's the sthory all about Andy Donovan beoomin' a "convart." .
[For the Szamlnir A Herald'.]
SCHOOL EXAtolTATIOir.
CoLTDRE Attn Management OF Aspabaoos— Peopaoatios.—In the first instance all aspar¬ agus is originated from seed. Itis planted when of one or two years' growth—the firat jf the roots are strong, is preferable.
Sowing akd Plantino.—March or early in Spring, is the best season for sowing. Pre¬ pare the groand by copious manuring and deep digging or trenching. Draw drUls a foot apart and two inches deep. Scatter the seed thinly along the drill, cover it lightly, and and wlten the plants appear keep them free from weeds, and by the following Fall they will be ready for final planting. In prepa¬ ring the beds, throw out the soi], say 2.| or 3 feet deep ; have ready a sufficient quantity of well-rotted stable dung, old bones or other lasting ingredients—put a good layer of this
in the bottom, and in returniug the soil, let it be thoroughly mixed with at least one-half its hulk in horse-dung, &o., to within six inch¬ es of the.ground level; then add two inches of good freah soU.
If the plantation is to be made of roots from last Spring's sowing then 160 plants will be re" quired for a bed 4^ feet wide and 10 yards in length. The above calculation is made, pre¬ suming that the usnal practice 1^ foUowed of setting four rows in a 4^ feet bed, and the roots nine iuches apart". When ready for planting stretch your line the length of yonr bed, and nnder every plant drop a handful of light soil. Proceed iu this way uutil you have done planting. Then cover the whole with about four inches of fine light soil. This planting six inohes below the ground level wiU do away with high beds. Eaoh suc¬ ceeding FaU when tbe haulm is dead and the beds cleared of rubbish, pnt on a dressing of weU-rotted stable dtmg. Never throw the aoU out of the alleys on the beds, for in doing thie you destroy a great quantity ot roota lo the injury of your planta. Itia needless-to Bay if more than one bed is wanted^ the whole groandi beds and walks included, shonld be weU prepared in this*way. Early in Spring put on a good dressing of salt, fork the beds Ughtly over, rake o£f. all loose rubbish, and leave the snrface of the beds smooth and lev¬ el ; keep them free from weed»by hand-weed¬ ing. By these means nspsiagns may be had in large qnantitiea,and-of'snperior qnaUtyJ^— Country  GentUmaii.
the forest—the death kneU of the unwary hunter; and, ever, and anon, the flame of some devoted farm house, whose dweUers had been slaughtered by some mercUess foe, rose redly npon the darkness of the night time. The wUd and fiery eyes of the heathen gleamed through the thick underwood of the forest, upon the paasing of the worshippers of the only true God; and the war whoop rang shrill and lond under the very walls of the sanctuary of prayer.
Perhaps no part of New England aflbrds a wider fleld for the researches of legendry^ than that portion of Massachusetts Bay, for¬ merly known as the province of Maine.— There the ferocious Norridgewock held his stern councils; and there the tribes of Penob¬ scot went forth with song and dance to do battle npon the white mau. There the ro¬ mantic and chivalrous Castine immured hun¬ self in the forest solitudes, and there the high hearted RaUe—the mild, gifted Jesuit— gathered together the broken strength of the Norridgewick, and built np in the great wU- derness a temple to the true God. There, too, he perished in the dark onslought of the Colonists—^perished with the mauy wounds at the very foot of the Cross, which his own hands had planted. And there the Norridge- wocks feU—one after another in stern and uncompromisiug pride—neither asking nor giving quarter, as they resisted the white spoiler upon the threshhold of their oonae- crated place of worship, and in view of their wives and children.
The foUowing is one among many legends of the strange encounters of the White Man and the Indian, whioh are yet preserved in the ancient records and traditions of Maine. The simple and unvarnished narrative is alao given:
It was a sultry evening towards the last of June, 1722, that Captain Hermon and the Eastern Rangers urged their canoes up the Kenebec river in pursuit of their enemies.— Four hours they toiled diligently at the oar. The last trace of civiUzation was left behind, and the long shadows of the skirting foreat met and blended in the middle of the broad stream, which wo.nnd darkly ihrough them. At everysound from the adjacent shores—the rustling wing of some night bird, or the foot¬ steps ofsome wild beast—the dash of the oar was suspended, and the raBger's grasp tight¬ ened on the rifle, AU knew the peril of the enterprise ; and that silence which is natural of jeopardy, settled like a cljud upon the midnight adventurers.
"Hush—softly men!" said the watchful Hermon, in a voice which scarely rose above a hoarse whisper, as the oanoe swept around a rugged promontory, "thereis alight ahead!" AU eyes were bent towards the shore. A tall Indi.tu flre gleamed up amidst tlie great oaks, casting a red and strong Ught upon the dark waters. For a single and breathless moment the operation of the oar was sus¬ pended, and erery ear listened with painful earnestness to catch the well known sounds, whioh seldom failed to indicate the propin¬ quity of the savages. But all was now si¬ lent. With slow and faint movement of the oar, the canoes gradually approached the suspected spot. The landing was effected in silence. After moving [cautiously for a con¬ siderable distance In the dark shadow, the party at length ventured withiu the broad circly of the light, which at first attracted their attention. Hermon waa at their head, with an eye aud a hand, quick as those of the savage enemy whom he sought.
The body of a fallen tree lay across the path. As the rangers were on the point of leaping over it, the coarse whisper of Hermon again broke the silence :
"God of heaven!" he exclaimed, pointing to the tree. "See hero I—'tis the work of the cursed red skins!"
A smothered curse growled ou the lips of the rangers, as they bent grimly forward in the direction pointed out by their comman¬ der. Blood was sprinkled on the rank grass and the hand of a white man lay on the bloody log.
There was not a word spoken, bnt every countenance worked with terrible emotion,— Had the rangers followed their own desperate inclination, they would have hurried reck¬ lessly onward to the work of vengeance: but the example of the leader, who had regained his usual calmness and self command, pre¬ pared them for a less speedy, but more cer¬ tain triumph. Cautiously passing over the fearful obstacle in the pathway, and closely followed by his companions he advanced stealthily and cautiously upon the light, hi¬ ding himself and his party as much as possi¬ ble behind the thick trees. In a few mo¬ ments they obtained a full view of the object of their search. Stretched at their length around a huge fire, but at a convenient dis¬ tance from it, lay the painted and half naked forms of twenty savages. It was evident from their appearance, that they had passed the day in one of their horrid revels, and that they were now auffering under-the effects of intoxication. Ocoasioaally a grim warrior among them atarted half upright, grasping the tomahawk, as if to combat -aome vision of his distorted brain, but, unable to shake off the stupor from his sensea, uniformly fell back into hia former position.
The niDgers crept nearer. As they bent their keen eyes along their well tried riflea, each felt perfectly sure of his aim. They waited for the signal of Hermon who was en¬ deavoring to bring his long mnsket to bear upon the head of the most distant of the savages.
"Fire!" he at length jexclaimed, as the aight of his piece interposed full aud distinct between hia eye and the wild scalp lock of the Didiau.    "Fire I and rush on 1"
The sharp voice ol thirty rifles thrUled through the heart of the foreat. There was a groan—a smothered cry—a wild and con¬ vulsive movement among the sleeping Indi¬ ans : and all again was silent.
The rangers aprung forward with .their clubbed muskets and hunting knives ; bnt their work was done. The Eed Men had gone to their last audit before the Great Spir¬ it, and no sound was heard among them save the gurgling of the hot blood from their life- les bosoms.
They were loft unbaried on the place of their revelling—a prey to the fonl birds of the air, and the ravenous boasts of the wil¬ derness. Their scalps 'were 'borne home¬ ward in triumph by the successful rangers, whose children and grand children shudder¬ ed, long after, at the thrilling narrative of the midnight adventure.
Mr. EorroB:—Having^ teamed a few daya ago, that the' closing,exercised of the Marietta School, in East Donegal fcownship, would take place on the 24th inatj, we repaired thither to witness the examination. Ihis school has been in oharge of E. Siverd, one of the first teachers in the county.: The exercises com¬ menced in the afternoon, and, after an inter¬ mission ofa couple of hours, continued until near 10 o'clock iu the evening. The house was orowded with spectators—^nearly every patron being preaent, and a great many: oth¬ ers, whose interest in the cause of education prompted them to witness the interesting aud instructive exeroiaea. Among the nu¬ meroas audience we had the pleasare of recognizing half a dozen teachers. This, to ns, seemed a note-worthy feature. Not loug since, teachers scarcely condescended to no¬ tice eaoh other; but now, we are happy to eee them co-operating in the great cause of education.
The exercises oommenoed and close J,by singing. This we shonld Uke to see in every school. Few are aware of the inflnence of musio iu calming the turbulent soul—dis- peUing the clouds of melancholy—and bright¬ ening the youthful countenance with radiant smiles. Noue but those who have called into aotion the enchantment of music, can fully appreciate its value aa a diacipline. We might all be aingers if our voices were tuned to melody in youth; hence the impor tance of its general introdnotion into our schools.
The exercises consisted of recitations in reading, English grammar, geography, arith¬ metic—mental and written, and several well prepared and well executed dialogues. We have been informed that when tbe aession commenced in the.fall, there were no loss than aeventy learning their A B Cs; but such has baen the tact of the teaoher, that now there were none ont of the whole number— upwards of eighty scholars—who conld not read, and read well too. The Principal of the Marietta High Sohool being present, he was politely requested to examine the grammar clasa. Their prompt and accurate answers showed that they were thoroughly familiar with the science as far as they had gone. The class in geography were called upon to draw maps on the blackboard from memory. Any one present was at Uberty to designate auy State in the Union, and point out the scholar who should draw it. Quite a number ofthe audience embraced this privilege, thus patting the class to the severest test. The maps were neatly drawn, and most of them were " fao similes " of the best maps in com¬ mon nse.
We were much pleaaed with the classes in Arithmetic, both mental and written. In mental arithmetic, the solutions were oharac terized by brevity, acouraoy and clearness. Mauy problems were solved intellectually, which in our school days would have puzzled the pupila—aye the teachers too—to solve with slate and penciL The clasa in written Arithmetic having been called to the " hoard," the teacher requested the audience to.propose any problem they might choose. This priv¬ Uege being embraced by the teachera preaent, some of the mo.st intricate arithmetical ques¬ tiona were proposed, all of which were promptly and accurately solved by the class. A class of small girls and boys, none of whom probably exceeded six years of age, were called to read. They read with a fluency and an animation that clearly showed they understood what they were doing. The audience was much amused at their clear and witty answers to the questions of their teacher. After reading, they related the sub¬ stance of the lesaon iu their own language.'a Beaide the regular exercises in composi¬ tion, tho scholars of this achool have sus¬ tained a weekly paper, styled " Tlie Susque¬ hanna Luminary," iThis we believe ia a new feature in our comiuon schools, and one which should certainly Le encouraged by all teachera who have the welfare of their pupils at heart. Several schools in the same dis¬ trict, we learn, have supported similar pa¬ pers. These journals geueraUy contain from twenty to thirty pages of manuscript, compo¬ sed entirely of original articles, written by the pnpils and occasionally assisted by the teacher. The last number of the Luminary for the session, was read. Many of the arti¬ cles would have done credit to the columns of a city daily ; and proved the scholars as familiar with the nse of the pen as with a bit of chalk on the blackboard-
A general report of the school, embracing the names of all the pnpils—tbe number of days «aoh waa in attendance and the number each was absent,—was read by the teacher. - It appears that out of the whole number not one attended all the time, but many of them, perhaps the majority, had not been present more than half the session. ' The exercises were closed by a Valedictory address by Master E. B. Engle, one of the most promising youths of the school. It showed marks of careful preparation, and its deUvery compared well with its senti¬ ments. During the address we noticed many tears trickling down the cheeka of the happy group, who, having spent many a day vieing with each other np the Hill of Science— whose joys were shared like a band of brothers and sisters—were soon to part from their grateful teacher, fropi each other, and from the pleasant associations of the school room. SPECTATOR.
Marietta, March 30, 1857.
overtures, &o., were iuterapersed by original eesaya read by the three graduates preaent. . The firat, entitled " Ancient Euius," by Miss Mary Herr, exhibited a richness of ex- preasion and refinement of imagination that obtained for it nniversal favor. She present¬ ed to onrorgans of vision the grandeur which onoe crowned the mighty fabrics of antiquity, and then penciled most vividly tho sad changes which destructive sieges aud ihe- eff"acing flngers of time have wrought upon them.
The secoud, entiUed "Heaita," by Mi^s Sallie KiUikeUy, was replete with depth of -feeling and sublimity of thought ,that did not faU to aecure for it a moat hearty wel¬ come. She gazed briefly at three periods iu the hiatory of fair womau: flrat, as a tender bud, enclosing withia ita verdant garb, thft bright bloasom of youthful innocence ; then of a full blown rose, the testing place of pa¬ tience, love, and constancy ; and, lastly, as a flower fading, withering, drooping aud about to be severed from its fragile stem and con¬ signed to the cold and cheerless earth.
The last, entitled " Tbe Link is Broken," by Miss Mary Donnel, for beauty and appro¬ priateness conld hardly be excelled. 'After a brief, though touching introduction, .slie on behalf of her classmates, took an affectionate leave of the fond inmates of their temporary home; first, their well beloved pastor who had aa a careful ahepherd faithfully watclied their spiritual welfare; then, their kind teach¬ era who had guarded their every step while ascending the steep bill of Science; and fin¬ ally, their cherished school-mates with whom they had spent so many happy hours while having their mental shields prepared to en¬ counter the innumerable battles of life;— with the repetition of eaoh fareweU a deeper impression appeared to be made upon the audience, who viewed in breathless silence, the affecting scene; aud as the last adieu died away the countenance of eaoh seemed to re echo—" The link is broken."
Two or three favorite selections,- most ex¬ quisitely performed by Mr, Charles Merz, clo¬ sed this rich entertainment, as well as the exercises of the day, which, no one can deny, wore among the most interesting ever witnes¬ sed within our little village, whioh, by the way, is acknowledged by all to be one of the most beautiful retreats throughout the length and breadth of the fertile groves of Penn.— In conclusion, I heartily congratulate all the participants on the highly creditable result of the late examination; and, aincerely hope dame fortune may bestow her choicest gifta upon those worthy and zealoua gardenera who have, as it were, planted in our midst, the seed from which a majestic tree has germi¬ nated, aud who are daily, with unceasing perseverance, watering its many roots and nurturing its rich and tender boughs.
With every mark of respect I am yours truly. AN ELEVATED OBSERVER.
almoat any sentenoe: By what I have learned ofthe niethod, I feel anxious to. recommend it to all our teachers, and especiaUy to the young teachers of our connty. It will well repay them for the tronble and time, of making themselves acquainted with the me¬ thod and inquiring Into the merits. After the pupila Bad gone throngh with all their exercises, the following gentlemen addreaaed the school upon the aubject of education, Messrs. H. L. Thompson, Joaeph Bleacher, Thomaa Curran, and T. Thompson; who were followed by one of the pupila, ofier- iog the thanka of the pnpila of the school to the audience and speakers, in a few, neat and appropriate remarks. "After which the teacher- followed with a concluding address, in which he dwelt upon the dnty parents owe to their children, and the dnty children owe to themselves iu the educating of their minds, so to be properly prepared to meet the responsible duties which mnst shortly devolve upou them as the conductors and rulers of this great and growing nation.
Mr. Gochoauer is an unassuming and self- sacrificing man, one, who I honestly believe, is laboring with untiring industry and perse¬ verance for the good and mental advance¬ ment of the pnpils under his oharge. He de¬ serves the thanka of every lover of educa¬ tion for bis labors ; and by the animated and pleasant countenances of his pupils, I know, that let his fature destiny be cast where it may, he will carry with him, their thanks and undying gratitude. ALPHA.
pRovmE.vcE twp., Peb. 2856.
KOTICB.
THE Stookboldera of tbe Lancaster and SniqaehaDBa Slack Water ETavlgatloo Company, ars herabr aoHtifa, that so eleetlOQ will b» held at Ihe Company^i offlc*. la tba dty of Lancaiter, oa MOKD ATe tbe 4tb day of UAT next, at 10 o'clock A.-M,, for tb. choice or piv9MaaaBBn,aar»qalred by their charter GEO, CALDEB, Secretary.
COliCnOBlA BAUK,
TNTEREST ON DEPOSITS. TbeCo-
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Al the following ratea, viz: '
4   per cent for 3 moatba. I 5   per cent for 9 montha
4>i par cent for 6 raontba. | 5}^ per cent for 12 montha.
matcb.IS-tf-ia^ SAMUBL SHOCH, C&ahler.
BANK NOTICE.
THE STOCKHOLDEKS of the LAN- CASTEB COUMTY BANK are reqaired, by a raao- InHon of ihe Board of Directors, to pay In an instalmaat of Five Dollara per ahare, payablo on or after tie fith day of MAT next. LASCAsraB, Marcb Sth, 1857.      W. L. PEIPER, mar n tit-lfi J      Caahier.
For the Examiner tt Ilorald.
Vor the Examiner A Herxltl.
A schoolboy being asked by the teacher how he ahould flog him replied: " If you pleaae sir, I should Uke tojhave it on the Ital¬ ian system; the heavy strokes upwarda and the down strokes light."
Th6 attention of a little girl having been called to a rosehnsh on whose topmost stem the oldest rose was fading, whilst beneath and around it three beautifnl crimson bnda were just nnfolding their channB, ahe at onoe and artlessly exolaimed to her brother: "See WilUe, these Uttle buds have juat awakened in time-to kiss their mother before she dies t"'
Misfortune and miacondnot were both twins. Onr faults are oft the parent of our woes, and he wl^o moat deoUlms at the world's frown has generaUy done Kis ;best to earn it.
PABAniSB, April 6th, 1857. Mr, Editor:—As your columns are always open to communications that note intereating features in the onward march of Education, Ihave been prompted to present to your iu¬ telligent patrons, a brief description of-the exercises attending the last semi-annual close of the thriving Female Seminary situated in onr midst, which, though it faas weathered the storms of but two short years, has eatab¬ lished for itself a name that we have- every reason to believe, will prove imperishable.
The exercises referred to, took place on Tuesday last, the 31st ult., at which time even Providence loaned a helping hand to aid in increasing the interest of the occasion ; •—for scarce had gray morn disaapeared from view, when the bright orb of day arose from his oriental couch and slowly journeyed through the clondlesa atmosphere towards the zenith—shedding his golden bea«is upon the thin and tender garb of eiw^J spring; illuminating the boundless vj«alt of heaven and the mighty expanse ^f terra firma be¬ neath; and animating, oy his genial smiles, humanity, in genewili ^nd the favored ones, whose homes aro within this modern terres¬ trial Eden, in particular.
At 9 o'clock A..M., the soft notes of au elo¬ quent bell invited one and all tospend ashort period within the cheerful walls of the Semi¬ nary; where, those who responded to the call, had the pleasure of witneaaingthe mem¬ bers of the graduating class examined iu the higher branches of their courje. This test, which was of an exceedingly pgid character, waa encountered by the youpg ladies in. a most satisfactory and highir commendable manner; their prompt answws to the care¬ fuUy selected questions, and'their rapidity in solving the intricate mathematical problema could not fail to suggest lo tiie minds of the audience that the participants, without a single exception, had lahoral with indefatiga¬ ble zeal, during their short but happy inter¬ course with each other.    '
As the examination waaiconSned to a few of the more advanced studies, excluaively, three hours sufficed for itjsuccessful comple¬ tion: when we separated iio meet again, at 3 o'clock P. M., in our villlge chapel. Having assembled, in due seasofl a abort service— auitable to the occa^on—was read, after which Rev. George W. fl^-wkins delivered an able and inatructive lecture to the gradnating claaa, on " Female Culture." In the course of hia remarka, he advauced and substantia¬ ted several important putha, which ahould receire the attention jbf every young lady, whether ahe is about passing the thresh-hold of,the bright temple p^ Science, or just oom menoing to scale thelcraggy heights whioh laad to its entrance. *
The eloquent gentleman having resumed his seat, the diplomas were then awarded 'to ¦ the graduates ly D. B. B. Killikelly, D. D- They were as follows: Misses Mary Donnel, Mary Herr, Sallie Killikelly and Josephine Musselman. Tbe latter being ab¬ sent, on aooount of illness, reoeived the testi¬ monial through a friend.
After the presentation the leamed Doctor addressed them in a brief bp.t most appropri¬ ate manner; assnring them among other things that, although they had completed a thorough conrseinthe Institution, over which he had the honor of presiding, they had bu reached the vestibule of the far famed temple, and that mnoh yet remained to be accomplish¬ ed ere ihey would be enabled to obtain a tri¬ umphant entrauod into its interior. Aa a fear of intruding prompts me to adopt brevity for my guide, I wiU dwell no longer on this interesting address, which closed the exercises withiu the cons^ciated walls of our church, but hasten to a Umited -deacription of the very entertaining concert held in the evening, at the Seminary' bnilding.
It waa under the direotion of the celebrated Professor, Mr. Charles Merz, who, thongh con¬ nected with the. Institution for only a single session, has given sufficient proof ot his abiU¬ ty to establish the opinion, that—as a pre¬ ceptor in the musical department—^he bas but few eqnals 6n this side of the. broad At¬ lantic. Duringjthe evening, in.addition to several beautiful pieces of vocal mnsio, over twenty of instrumental were performed in a most satiBfaotoiy and praise-worthy manner. These leleatiojls, inolnding duetts, polkas,.'
Mn. Editor:—If,the press of other matter upon your journal is not too great, please give this an insertion. I ask it, not on ac¬ count of any merits of its owu, but because ita mere existence may suggest to others, more able than myself, the propriety of con¬ tributing occasional articU's from their pens upon similar topics to the columns of some of our county papers. Journals devoted ex¬ cluaively to education are as yet read by few .of the patrons of our schools, especially in the rural districts; aud as your journal has an ext^siVe circulatiou, it oan, by becoming the medium of intercourse, do a very impor¬ tant service in creating a greater intereat in our schoola and producing a consequent high¬ er degree of intelligence.
An attempt to collate the preaent educa¬ tional feature ofsthia State with what it was a few years since, aa a metamorphosing con¬ flagration kiudled by some modern Prome¬ theus, is rapidly spreading; cleansing the aystem of whatever is its detriment and pro¬ viding its wanta from misapplied material, discovers a mass of alloy long permitted to clog aud corrode this motor of popular gov¬ ernment, of which, hitherto, I had but a very inadequate idea. Being stripped of unser¬ viceable material and remodelled to advantage by a purgative and plastic power/it is begin¬ ning to disclose the design so widely famed as promotive of the well being of aociety. Educational journals, teachers' institutes, normal schools, county superintendents, a work on school-house architecture, and— what is more—among teachera a desire ap¬ proaching enthusiasm for improvement, have all resulted from a few years active effort. They are so many evidences of the approach¬ ing consummation of what will be regarded a perfect "compages," which, with ita nice connections and matua.1 dependencies; ita consonance with and efficiency in promoting good, T\ill be as far ahove and superior to the disorder that characterized the past as (may I say it?) creation to chaos.
In fact, whatever iu the i-resent aspect of affairs is at all worthy of note was then want- ing.   Ignorance had  usurped the office of teacher; cupidity had in many places seized upon and appropriated the fund to its own or foreign use, and the whole system  waa falling piecemeal under tho pernicious, blast¬ ing influence of prejudice, while apathy, as a pall, if not entirely hid at least obscured the putrefying mass: thus protecting it for a time from the scrutiny and renovation to whicii it waa destined.    But the dawn of a new era has commenced; the Uttle, dark and cheerless log huts are rapidly giving place to large, airy and neatly built  houses.    The bare walls are being covered   with maps, charts, blackboard, and whatever else has a tendency to make the place attractive ; the rod and dunce-block, two instruments of pow¬ er formerly considered indispeusable to good order in the school-room, are, strange to say, being displaced by a still more potent instru¬ ment ; yet notwithstanding, our present de¬ gree of improvement iu this respect doea little more thau occasion a consciousness of our real condition (to which wewere formerly bUnd) aud a consequent impatience for further re¬ form.    Imbued with this feeling I must in¬ sist that onr children should be farther ad¬ vanced in the time that they attend school. When a pupil attends school during every winter session from the age of five to twenty, it may he expected that he will, in tliat time, have received a good education; but the fact is, he seldom knows anything heyond the sis   branches   usuaUy taught   in   primary schools, frequently but au indifl'erent knowl¬ edge of them, and sometimes  he is unable even to compute the interest upon a sum of money when the time and rate per centum are given.    This, it will he admitted, is pay¬ ing dearly for the whistle, and all, I feel con- 'fident, when thoroughly conscious of the fact, will  unhesitatingly   demand   a   remedy.— "What can effect a cure?" may he asked. Let us see.    At uo greater distance than our own city of Lancaster the evil of which we complain does not exist.   A pupil entering school there at five, can at twenty have fit¬ ted himself for the junior class of our beat colleges.   The idler soon loses sight of his original classmates, while with ua he is eter¬ nally clogging the efforts  and damping the ardor of the active and studious. ¦ Again, the youth who breathes the uncontaminated air of the country and is unprotected from the genial influence of the sun, is  universally acknowledged to possess a higher degree of health than the youth of the city;''and if, according to the old proverb, it requires a heaUhy body to contain a healthy mind, we cannot by any parity of reason infer that the natural talent of the city is superior to that of the conntry, yet in acquiring an education our pupils are left far behind.    What then occasions this difference  iu progress?   They tell us "graded schools."
If graded schools aro ao important, we should by all means have them, not merely in Lanoaster city, but throughout the re¬ maining part of the county; and I therefore commend them to tho careful consideration of every reader, as they can through popu¬ lar will alone be created. S .
Martic, March 14th, 1857
Potatoes ix Tan.—It ia nine years since I flrst directed attentiou to the planting of po¬ tatoes iu old tan, a practice I have ever since foUowed with the hesl reaulta. My potatoes grown under this method havebeen witneased by handreds, both in public exhibitions and in growing state at home. At the former they' have always stood pre-eminent. Although I must admit that I am one of the most for¬ tunate in escaping the diaease Ido not presume to say lhat it is entirely "through growing them in old tan. This is however, a very great point in their favor, and it ia entirely through this that my potatoes have always called forth such high comments when ex¬ hibited, being perfectly clear aad free from scab. It is by selecting the earliest varieties, planting early in Spring the middle-sized tubers in old tan—taken up and store away with sprinklings of lime as soon as sufficient¬ ly ripe that I alwaya manage to escape the disease ; that is I have scarcely had any bad ones worthy of notice, and unless these points are strictly adhered to, we ahall never success¬ fully escape it.
A great portion of the potatoes round this neighborhood were perfectly ripe by the end of July or the beginning of August, aud the haulm dried quite up ; the crop at that time waa perfectly sonnd; in fact, acarcely a bad potato was to be found. Now if these had been taken up and stored away, the crop would have been perfectly free from disease. The great point since the appearance of the disease, is to have the potato crop sufficient¬ ly forward to eaoape the risk of vicissitudes of weather, and the damaging effects of wet aud cold at the stage of ripening of the tubers and this caunot be attained by anything short of the method above recommended. The potato crop has suffered more in parts of this district this season than haa ever been known since the appearance of the diaeaae. I have been caUed to witness mauy acres of potatoes that have not paid for the labor of digging up, yet all these potatoes alluded to were quite free from diaease up to tho firat or secoud week in Auguat.
I trust that the folly of planting late pota¬ toes, and carelessly leaving the early ones in the ground to grow a second time, has been fully established this season, by the appear¬ ance again of the disease, which generally takes place after heavy rains about August, and by so many persons complaining of their growing a second time; but if we are to es- cape.the evil, it must be through perseverance and the following method: Plant early vari¬ eties as soon after the secoiid week in Feb¬ ruary as the ground will permit, previously dressing the land with lime ; place them two or three feet apart from row to row, and use all the old tan you can procure : and lastly dig up tbe tubers aa soon" as the skin is set hard and the haulm died down ; store them away perfectly dry, dusting them over with sprinklings of lime. Having the last two sea¬ sons erown a large collection of potatoes, se¬ lected with great care both In and out of tan for experiment, I am able to state that some varieties are very liable to the disease on all kinds of soil, whUe others have never shown the least symptoms of the malady This ahould be bome in mind by all potatoe plan¬ ters.—Cor. Gardener^s Chronicle, Eng.
Cedar HiU Female Seminary, NEAR MOUNT JOY, LANCASTER CO., PA.
THE 40th Semi-annual Session will close oa the 26th last. It vUl ba preceded by a Biz daya examination, to wblcb, the closiai; exerdsss of tha 26th, parenta aad friends are respectfaily invited.
Tbe 41st MHsloa will cooiiQeace tfae lat WEDNESDAT of May aext. In accordance with Intimation given at tbe commsQcemeDt nf ibe 40th sesalon, the (ireaent Principal has ajwoclated witb bimaelf and lady, Mr. Albert Jacknoa, late of Mancbeater, aad Ure. Helen D. Jackaon, woU known to tha former patrons of tho laatl- totloa aa an accompllabed and Hoccesefnl teacher; and will be farther aided In the several departmeate by competent teachers; wkilo he will remain at his post Hh aenior Principal and Lectarer.
With this retnforcament it U to be hoped that the fatare career of the Cedar Hill Seminary may ba an osefnl and Bnccosafal aa itH pa<it. Parents or gnar¬ dians wisbinff to place danghtera or wards In this Inatl¬ tation, will obtain laformailon by addreaslBg
TBBM3.—Tuition In the Eogliah Branches, 970. Mnalc, Pointing, and the L&vgns^an, exlr«.
Clrcttlara containing fall partlcnlara can be obtained by addreaslag,
N. DODGE, Principal,
ALBERT JACKSOa, Associate Principal.
Mt. Jot, Lao. Co., Pa. mar ll-if-i5
SPECIAL MEETING.
PUBLIC NOTICii.—The Stockhold- are of tbe "MODNT Jor" CAR MAXUFACTU- KlNQ COMPANY" ara hereby BOtlfled to meet at the Office of the Compaay, oo MONDAY, tbe 27th day of April, 1857, At 1 o'clock, P. 31. of said day, for the pnr¬ pose of takiDg meaaures to diminish the amonnt of tha capital atock, and for the sale of the property of said Company, real and peruonal.
MAETXN B. PEIFER, Prea't.
emandel cassel, samuel kohr. jacob b. landis, a. b. landis, j. e. cassel. h. shaffner.
MoD.VT Jot, March 30, l&'i7. april 8-3t-19
NOTICE.
Tothe School Directors ofLancaster Co'y;
GENTLEMEN: In pursuance of the 43d section of tbe Act of Sth May, 16^1, yoa are bereby notified to meet la Convention at tha Conrt Honso la Lancaater City, on tbe FIKSl' MONDAY in il&.Y, A.D.tS67, being l/tefourthday of the month, at 1 o'clock In th o afternoon, and aelect, viva voce, hy a ma¬ jority of the whole namber of Directors present, one persoa of literary aad ecieatlflc attalomeoiB, and uf eklll and exporleo e la tha art of Teaching, as COUNTY gQl'KRlNTENDENT, for tbe three eacceeding years; determine the amonnt of compenDation for the same, and certify the readlt to tbe State Snperintaadent at Harrlabnrg ; aa reqaired by the 39th and 40tb sections of aald act. JNO. S. CRUMBADGH, Ooanty fiapariatendentof Lancaster Conaty, apri l_8 3t-13
Book and Job Printing.
REMOVAL.—The undersigned re¬ spectfaily informs blx friends and the pnblic, mat he baa removed hia JOIi PRINTING OFFICE from bid old stand. No--0 Nortb Qaeen street, to tho new and oimmodloaa building, No. 10 NORTH DUKE STREET.OPPOSITE THE NEW COURT HOUSE, wbere. with additional advantagea, he wlll exert hlmtielf to render satisfaction to all who may favor him wilh their patronage. WM. B. WILEY,
april S-3m-19 No. JO Korth Daka atreet.
/     A EETIEED PHTSICIAH-,
/TTTHOSE sands of lifc have nearly
f J J ma out, dlfecovared while la the West In- I diea. ft certain cars for CONSUMPTION. ASTHMA, I BRONCHITIS, COUGHS, COLDS, and GENERAL DE¬ BILITY. The remedy was discovered by him when his only child, a dtaghter, was given op to die. Wiitb- iDg to do as much good as possible, he will aend to nach of hU aHiicted fellow-beingt as request it, this recipe, with full and explicit dlrectiooH for making It ap and sticcenafally using It.   He reqnirca each applicant to t
iaclose him   ... •
ae poatage o plied to Addre
april 8 " Im-jy
" Mamma, if we cross the bridge at night mnst we pay toll?" "Of course, my dear, why do you ask ?" " Why, hecause the river will have gone home to sleep." •* Oh Ithe river never sleeps." " Then why has it ahed mamma ?"
To give brilliancy to the eyes shut them early at night, and open them early in the morning ; let the mind he constanily intent on the aquisition of bumau knowledge, or the exercise of benevolent feelinga. This will scarcely ever fail to impart to the eyea an iutelligent and amiable expression.
The trials of life are Uke the tests which ascertain how much gold their is in us.
Melancholy falls upon a contented life like a drop of ink upon white paper which is not the lesa a stain because it carriea no mean¬ ing.
What man in his right senses that has wherewithal to live free, would make himself a slave to superfluities ? What does that man want that has enough F or what is he the better for abuudance that oan never be satisfiefl.
A celebrated lady once said of a censorious neighbor, " Hi3 month costs him nothing for he alwaya opens it at the expense of othere. I wish, that some time he would bite his tongue, (or Chen he would poison himself."
A daguerrotype taker, a few daya since ex¬ hibited a likeness of a lady which he had ta¬ keu to her husband, and asked him if it was not a very good one. "Very," was the re ply, " and I only wish my wife was like it— siieut."
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy : One is a atrong will—the other a strong won't.
A tall, keen-eyed countryman stepped into the court-room at Detroit the other day, du¬ ring the progress of the railroad trial. Step¬ ping up to a spectator, he requested that the prisoners might be pointed out to him. The man accosted being somewhat of a wag, point¬ ed towards the jury. The fellow scanned the twelve with his distrusting eye, and when satisfied with the scrutiny, turned to his in¬ formant and whispered: Well, they are a hard looking set aint they ? I know by their looks they ought to go to the Statea prison, every one of them."
A wise man ought to hope for the best, he prepared for the worst, and bear with equa¬ nimity wliatever may happen.
Simon, seated beside his sweetheart, fish¬ ing : " Sally, I wish I was a fish and you was bait, Lordee, how I'd bite I"
A persou was boasting that he had aprung from a high family iu Ireland. "Yes," said a bystander, " I have seen some of the fami¬ ly so high that their feet could not touch the ground."
Cheerfully acknowledge merit in others, and iu returu you will alwaya receive the kind consideration which you desire. When ¦you cannot consiatently praise, by all means keep silent, nnlesa there be a manifest wrong, deserving censure.
REMOVAIi.
TIIE subscriber would respectfully in¬ form ber frieDja and Iho public generally, that sbe has remored her FANCY r.nd VAItlETY STOKE from Straibnrg boroogh to tha vfilage of Paradise, where she will conntaDtly keep on haud and sell al reasuaabla rates, such goods as are uoually kept In stores of this kind. The stock will consist iu part of Dress Trimmings, Collars, Under Sleeves, Ladies'  Caps,   Gloves, Hosiery, ^e.,
together with a large a!=Boitment of LADIES aad CHIL¬ DREN'S SHOES, GAITERS, tte.
An afisortment of FiiU/rS and  CONFECTIONARl always on band.
B3* In coanectioQ with tho storo, will also be^ carried on tbo
MILLINERY   BUSINESS,
In all ItP branches, to which  the especial atten¬ tion of tho ladies ot the neighborhocMf is Invited, april S-.3t-I9  LAURA L. FETTER.
Valuable Store Stand for Eent.
THE subscriber offers for rent thc well known STOKESTAND. sllaate in tho soulh- j*"" west corner of Cantre Square, In  the borough of I
Strashnrg, for many years kept by himself aad J	
latterly by SlcCIoy tt Black.   It Is ovary way caUnlaied for doing a good busiaass, and Is one of tho bast staads in the coonty.   There Is a commodious warehouse at¬ tacbed. and two roums and an attic abore tbe store. tr^For further particQlars apply to ^ WM. SPENCER,
mar 4-tf-14 Strasburg, Pa.
FOR SALB.
TII AT new two and a half-storj- BRICK DWELLING HOUSE on "Collego Plitca" J^&f norm Lima Street, Lancaster city- This Is one HiSi) of thomost complately finUbed bouses of its class, _HiUL witli water and gas fixtotes of approved style—larga shade tree.s bifore Ibe door, and atl nectssary conveul- aoces for a fnshionable aud comfortable residence.—- PoasesHlon given Immediately, feb 25-tf.l3^  _ JOHN WISE- ^
Early Garden Seeds.
EARLV York, Sugar Loaf, I'lat Dutt-b, AlbaUB, Savoy and Drumhead Cabbage, White aud Red Solid Celery, Loug Violet and Purple Egg Plant, Red Beet, Brocoli, Cuuliflower. Cocumber. Let¬ tuce. BadlRh, Extra Early, Frame, Washington. Cedo Nnlll Peas, Beaas. Onions, Tomatoes, together with a full assortment of Oarden Seeds.   For sale at
CHAKLES A. HEINITSH'S Drag and Chemical Storo, No. 13 Eaat King street. march 2.1 tf-^
MILLiaSTBHY,
MISSES -MAHINK k KING, haviug on the Stb day of March inataut, *""olv-^^jiv ed partoorship. Miss E. M. KING, takes this op-QPaJ portunity to inform her friends aud the pablic^Qjf^ generally, that she wlll continne to carry on the Milllaery baalness, atthe old stand. In East Cing etreet, Lancaater. a few doora east of Lechler's Hotol, Ute M-V- BINE A KING, wbero she will bo pluased to aee her friends and former cnstomers. mar25-tf.l7 E. M. KING.
JOB PBINTINa OFALL KINDS,
Prom the i argeat Poster to the smallest Card UNE AT THIS  OFFICE,  in thc
J)\
. For tbe Examiner & Horald,
Mn. Editor :—Oil Thuraday Hvoniutr the Sth inst., I had the pleasure of attending a night school of the pupils of old Harmoii7 school in Providence towuship, taught hy Mr. P. H. Gochnauer. I am free iu saying, that I have not witnessed any thing of the kind for a long while, with which I was as much gratified and interested, as with that. The pupila were exercised in the various branches taught iu our best publio schools, and acquitted themselves, in a manner hon¬ orable to themselves and creditable to. their teacher.
A number of the younger pupils had writ¬ ten compositions, and read them before the large and inteUigent audience assembled : Glasses were exercised in reading and de- ADing, and in Geography, Intellectual Arith¬ metic, Elocution, &c., &c. Bnt what pleased me most, was a large olass in English Gram- mer, whioh has heen taught altugether orally and by means of a blackboard. This has been entirely a new undertaking by Mr. Gochnauer, and waa .looked upou by many iu the beginning as an idle and chimerical undertaking, and one that could never suc¬ ceed. But all this did not discourage the teacher -, he had carefully contemplated and weighed the subject iu his own mind, and formed the right conclusions. Accordingly he tried the experiment, and the reault has proved beyond the power of  cavil that his conclusions were right and the plan haa not been found wanting. The pnpils, I have been informed, have beeh but a short time studying lu th^ manner, and nmny of them knew nothing-Whatever, of Grammer, before they commenced thia method of learning it; yet, are oompetent now, to analyze and pawe
     BEST STYLE, witb great despatch, and at the
lowest prices.
a3*HANDBlLLSfor the sale of Rbil oa Pemosal PiiOPEaTT, printed ou from ONE to THKEE HODRS NOTICB. nov IS-tf-M
the
TTotice to Bridge Builders.
SI^jALED Proposals for re-buildin^ Trass or Woodwork of a Bridge across the Cones¬ toga creek, at or near Benjamin Snavely's Mill, will be rt-celved at the Gommissloaors' OQlce, until 12 o'clock, (noon) oa MONDAY tbe 2r7tb Instant.
The ptaa and ipcclflcations caa be seen at said oQlce before the letting. -
WM. C- WORTS. DANIEL BRANDT, JACOB F. FREY. aprll 8-tf-19 Commlasloaers.
WAITTED.
first-rate Coach Smith will find con-
_., ^, slant employmeat at good wages, by applying Immediately to tho uadersigned. 53" One who onder- Btaads horse-shooing will ba preferred.
GEORGE DEITSICS, april S-4*t-19 Lampeter Square, Lan. Co. Fa.
LIMB.
THE undersignod would infonn his old cuBloraers and the public generally, that be baa now and will constantly bave on hand Lime of tha bast quality. 53-*lrders left at tha bolel of Frederick Cooper, will be attended to without delay.
DANIEL HERB, (Pequea.) apriil i^l_
LADIES'"
Bonnet, Bibbon and Millinery Store.
A y the season is now approachiiii^ tbr
r\   gaaaral Spring MlUlnery and Straw Goodn, Ac,
JOHN  ROTTGH,
N. Queen st., opposite HoweWs Marble Yard,
has supplied himself with a Isrge and fresh stock of lUo same, and now Invites, the ladies of this city snd vicinity to (aspect his stock.    Aa ealirenflWpnrcha>»o of
-^     Ladios* Fashionable Straw Bonnets,
B^M WITH  A  I.JLK»B SLTI'LT  OP
i^WHITE  AKP   COLORED   HIBB0N3,
^Zt        FLOWERS. WREATHS, QUILLINGS.
Ruches, Head Dresses* &c. E3IBR0IDEKIES,  vii:   Swiss.  Jaconet and  Nainsook FlouucingK; Sleeves, Collars, Kerchiefs, lafaula' Bodies, Edgings and luBertings.
LACES-comprlslng Black. White nod Colored Silk Laces, French do.,Thread do., Llnaa Bobhm di>., Cot¬ toa, do. , ,
Black and White English Crapes; colored do.
Black Silk Veils, with Veil Timbuos aud Berfgrts, &c.
E3"J. R. has bougbt hlagoods this aaaflon on the moat favorabletermB.and hopes to bo able to sail the samo an cheap m usual. _    _ apr t-g'm-lg
Prince's New Yort Melodeons.
THK undersigned having been appoint¬ ed exclusive agent for the sale of these justly celebrated Instrnments, has lout received an lovnico uf them, which he will soil at the Man ufaclure r's prices.
JOHN F. HEISITriH. Dealer In Music and MubicalloytrumunlK,  No  11. East Orango Streat, Lancaster. mar •i5-4t-rl^
THE undersigned having purchased the Music Store of Mr. W. H. KelTer, would re-ipect- fally notify the public that ha will constanUy k-^P on handa fnll catalogue of the POPULAR 2 U!,IC of (he day    rS-MusIc ordered from pubiisbers trl-weekly.
MUSICAL MERCHANDIZE of every description on hand and for sale Whole.aI.^a_nd^R«.alI;^,^^^^^ ^^ _
So. 11. East Orange Street. 113-On tho 181 of April the Storo will bo removed to No. a. East Orango Strict, mar 25 _             4i-n ^
 BTHLDING SLATES.
THE subscriber having _taken the agen¬ cy for Brown's Building Slates, la at any time ready to furnish Elate ity the ton. or pnt on by the sauare at thashortestnotlceaad ontho mostreasonabls tarms ' Apply at my Hardware Store in North Qaeea gtrZt. OKO, D.8PEECHEH.
T.b ai-tf-9T
A '
Lancaater lleroantUe CoUege.
OPEN DAY AND EVENING, offers to yoang men and other, who desire It, &n excel¬ lent opportanity to prepare for enlerlng into basinesfl, eltber as clerks or npon their ovn accoaat. Rooms la Sprecher's neff hnlldlDg, No. 22 Daka Street, opposite the Coart Hoaee. il3-For fall partlcalars c&U atthe College, or address,
T. H. POLIOCK, Principal, april 6-l*m-10 Lancaster City, Pa.
BELL HAHGHja.
THE subscriber offers Ms services to the citizens of Lancaatar and Tidnlty as a Bell Uanger, and will taka pleaanre in doing all worlc la that line entnuted to hie care in the most workmanlike manner. His matarials will be of tha best qoality and most modera Btyla. Jobs completed at from $3,60 to $10, according to material osed. Commnnicators and bpeaklngTnlKa pntap. Repairing o< all kinds done In tho best stylo. The subscriber's arperienea la 'he large dUaa renders blm conlldanl of gWng sallsfacuan. AHDBEW CROSS. J3-He can ba foond u Hr. Dolman's, lu North aneon alraet, two Bqnaraa north of the Eallroad. and "»"'"»/" sonth ot Hortlng-sUTom; or orders may be left at me Sxamlner 4 Harald omce, aprU»-51-I»
New Styles—Spring Dress Goods.
SPLENDID Sillc Kobes, Magnificent Flonnced Berege Robes, Docals and Chilliei—the best Btyles ofi'ered tills season. Grenadines and Organ, dies, choice deaigns.
Bavadere, Plaid and Striped Silks. Siks from 37>i to 82,00.   Black Boiled Silks at old prices.
Handsome LiWNS, Black, White and Colored—oaly 12Ji centa. All at low pricea at the Head Qaarters for Dress Ooods. WB.fTZ BROTHERS,
Bea HlTe and Eagle Unloa. E. King and Centre S<io«ro.
FOR MEN AND BOYS' WR4R.-3-4 nud
e.4 Black and Colored CashmTW". Plain snJ Plaid Merino Cassimeres-all shades, W«ck. brown, bine and
IPf*^'  -  „ ,.,„ ninths one of tbe best materials for
Pronch /•'•^° jl'iSto be found.   Keatocky J.sn.,
Rl?k°ISodtvf£c«"o».de., Hixtar«i,BrowJ Linen,
^'^'Ij'lil.'Jina *f'clolbs, Casbmaretts, and Paul StulTs,
for g«°5j|'5!f2 i°BROS., E. King and Centra Sqnare.
SPRING  SHAWLS—Latest styles.    Bor'd
g.gljgH black, mode, green, blue, scarlet and wblta
centres—new and elegaut designs, flrst introdnctlon this season. Low priced Bpring Shawls *400 to 310,00. wholesale and reull. WBNTZ BROTHEKS,
apr 8-tM» Eaat King at. and Centra Square.
Chinese Sugar Cane Seed
tS-FOB SALS AT
CHABLSS A. HBWrrSH, Drug and Chemical Store, No. IS, Eaat King Street Lancaster. jsarll.tMS