Vol XXXV. — Whole I\o- 1863. Rates of Advertising. One square, 18 lines. 2 squares, 6 mos. $5.00 1 time 50 " 1 year 8.00 2 times 75 column, 3 mos. 6.00 3 •' 1.00 " 6 " 10.00 1 mo. 1.25 " 1 year 15.00 3 " 2.50 1 column, 3 mos. 10.00 6 " 4.00 " 6 " 15.00 " 1 year 6.00 " 1 year 25.00 2 squares, 3 times 2.00 Notices before mar " 3 mos. 3.50 riages, &c. sl2. Communications recommending persons for office, must be paid in advance at the rate of 25 cents per square. Philadelphia Advertisements. PERFFRESH COD LIVER OIL- M'HIS new anil valuable medicine, now used by the A medical profession with such astonishing efficacy in the cure of Pulmonary Consumption, Scrofula, Chro nic Rheumatism, Gout, General De bility, Complaints of the Kid neys, 4* c, 4 5* c , is prepared from the liver of the Cod Fish for medical use, expressly for our sales. (F.Ttraetfrom the London Medical Journal.) "C J. B Williams, M. U , F. R. S-, Professor of Medi cine in University College, London, Consulting Pliysi riau to the Hospital for consumption, ice., says: I have prescribed the Oil in above four hundred cases of tubercu lous disease of the Lungs, in different stages, which have been under my care the last two years and a half. In the large number of cases, SOfi out of 234, its use was fol lowed by marked and unequivocal improvement, varying in degree in different cases, from a temporary retarda t aof the progress of the disease and a mitigation of dis tressing symptoms, up to a more or |es complete restor st nto apparent health. -• The effect of the Cod Liver Oil in most of these cases was very remarkable. Even in a few days the cough v. mitigated, the expectoration diminished in quantity and opacity, the night sweats ceased, the pulse became c wer, ar.dof b<-trer volume, and the appetite, ilesb and strength were gradually improved. "In conclusion, I repeat that the pure fresh oil from the Liver of the Cod is more beneficial in the treatment • Pulmonary Consumption than any agent, medicinal, tetic or regimenal, that has yet been employed." As v< hare made arrangements to procure the Cod Liter ■ ..frtih from head quarters, if can notr be had chemically ;■•{ by the smglt bottle, or rn boxes of one dozen each. iu wonderful efficacy has induced numerous spurious isiuti as. As its success depends entirely on its purity, much care cannot be used in procuring it genuine. Leery bottle kacing ontt our written signature maybe expended upon as genuine. Pamphlets containing an analysis of the Oil, with no t* per cent, on the sum insured under the -rt policies ; to frf per tent., "1 per cent. &.C., &.c , on iri proportion to the time of standing, making an •"tt.ti .n of #100; #*7.50; #75, tec., Ate , to every #IOOO, 'dually insured, which is an average of more than 50 i cent, on the premium* paid, and without increasing ■be annual payment to the company. The operation of the Bonus will be seen by the follow -t examples from the Life Insurance Register of the sompany, thus rluin | Bonus or J Amount of Policy and Insured, j Addition. Bonus payable at the | party's decease. > #l,OllO ! #IOO 00 #l.lOO 00 " " 2,500 j 250 00 2,750 00 ' -o .|,ooo i 400 00 4,100 fitted and enlarged his establishment, lis is 9 '. to complete orders to any amount at the shortest ***■ • i.-unity on iiand an assortment of a I)oaa II y Fiirnitii re, f'tr '".noly, rnanufactured expressly for his own 11 : in baser, may therefore rely on a good article. hetj in the evening •' '''dem from a distance packed carefully, and sent tteiage to any part of the city. 11. CLARK. ' is, August I*, I- 19— ly. "iM lACTORV OF I'(K RET BOOKS, Ac. Chestnut Street, abate Second, PHII.APELPHIA. ' iWcrilw-r respectfully solicits public attention to ' and tasteful stock of k ,ok. Pocket Knives, and ' Other Fine Cutlery, Oold Pens and Pencils, Hegar Oases, I ' Chess Men, I '"liies, Bark Oaiiiluon Boards, 9 ' ' r v, Domiiioes, Sec , See ■ finer.* fon-its r.f 11, most fashionable and " of the fin.-.i quality and excellent work- I •■i.v.rt, mg every desirable fancy pattern, which 'M, . |,r. pared to exhibit and furnish Ej y * 'rttilon the most pleasing terms * woo desire to supply themselves with ■ii* best quality wilt consult their own inter ' •" i at '.llia establishment. F. H. SMITH, t -i?-. 0/ ii- We would invite any person visiting the city to call and tte us—they will at least be pleased to.walk around our beautiful store, and to view the finest China and the ckcaptet the world produces. Very respectfully, TVNDALE &. MITCHELL, ,\o. 219 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. September 22, 1-49 —ly. Wholesale Retail CLOCK STORE, No. 238 Market street, above Seventh, South side, PHILADELPHIA. A LTIIOUGH we can scarcely estimate the value of A*- TIME commercially, yet by calling at the above es tablishment, JAMES BAHOEH will furnish bis friends, among whom he includes all who duly appreciate its tleetness, with a beautiful and perfect Index for marking its progress, of whose value they cts judge His extensive slock on hand, constantly changing in conformity to the improvements in taste and ~iyle of pattern and workmanship, consistsof Eight-day ami Thirty-hour Brass Counting House, Parlor. Hall, Church, and Alarm CLOCKS, French, Go thic ami other fancy styles, as well as plain, which from his extensive connection and correspondence with the manufacturers he finds he can put at the lowest cash figure, in any quantity, from one to a thousand, of which he will warrant the accuracy. i*rCloekji repaired and warranted. Clack Trimmings on hand. CALL and see me amongthem. JAMES BARBER, 238 Market st. Philadelphia, August 1-, IM9-L 8. EIWREME, Agent for the. sale of Southworlh Manufac turing Company's Writing Papers. Warehouse Ao. :i 71 in or 54., PHILADELPHIA. 100 cases oflhe above superior Papers now in store, and for sale to the trade at the low est market pi ices,con sisting in part of— Fine thick Flat Caps, 12, 14, 15 and 16 lbs , blue and white. Superfine Medium and Demi Writings, blue and white. Extra super and superfine Folio Posts, blue and **lllll, plain and ruled. Extra super Linen Note Papers, plain and gilt. Superfine and fine Bill Paper*, long and broad Sufierfine and fine Counting House Caps and Posts, blue and while. Extra uper Congress Caps and Letters, plain and ruled blue and white. Extra super Congress Caps ami Letters, gilt. Superfine Sermon Caps and Posts. Superfine blue linen thin letters. Extra super Bath Posts, blue and white, plain and ruled Embroidered Note Papers and Envelopes. " Lawyer's" Brief Papers. , Superfine and ne Caps and Posts, ruled and plain, blue and white, various qualities ami prices. Also, 1000 reams white and assorted Shoe Pa|iers, Bon net Boards, white and assorted Tissue, Tea, Wrapping, Envelope, assorted and blue Mediums, Cap wrappers, Hardware Papers, 4cC. Philadelphia June 30, 1849- 6m Indemnity. Tin? Franklin Fire Insurance Company of I*liila0 cts. at other places. Ctfll soon, as they are selling like hot cakes.— Also, a splendid assort ment of sack Flannels and many other new goods just received and arriving at the cele brated new cheap cash store. Nov. 17. C. L. JONES. Til (01NTRY KBClimT \\j T h Lave always on hand a fine stock of ▼ T the following articles, which we are prepared to sell \\ holesale, at a small advance no city rates, having been "welkboughf" pur chasing almost strictly for CASH : Drugs, Patent Medicines, Glass, Oil, &.c. Spices; Coffee, Sugar, Tea, &c. Tobacco and Segara; Fish and Salt Nails, and almost every article in Hardware Saddlery-ware; Candies, Nuts, &.c. Cotton Laps and Cordage All kinds of PAPER, and Blank Books Cook tug Stoves; Hats and Caps; Matches. F. J. HOFFMAN. Lewistown, March 31,1849. SHAWLS! SHAWLS! AT JITTER' SEAT CHEAT CASH STORE! 8-4 Silk Plaid Wool Shawls, $3 50 8-4 Casaiiuere do 4 00 8-4 super, plaid wool do 500 10-1 do do long do 375 10-4 doßayStatedo do 12 00 10-4 do black Thibet long do 10 00 10-4 do Bay State long do G 50 Plain and Embroidered high colored Thibet Merino Shawls. The above list with many others are just opening this week at the celebrated New Cheap Cash Store. IH>V3. c. L. JONES. JJoctra. NY FATHER'S (.ROHIVG OLD. Br ELIZABETH G. BARBER. My father's growing old ; his eye Looks dimly on the page ; The locks that round his forehead lie Are silvered o'er with age ; My heart has learned too well the tale Which other lips have told, His years and strength begin to fail " My father's growing old." They tell me, in my youthful vears, He led me by his side, And strove to calm my childish fears ( My erring sfc:ps to guide. But years, with all their scenes of change Above us both have rolled I now must guide hi faltering steps " My father's growing old." When evening's rosy glow departs, With voices full of mirth, Our household band, with joyous hearts, Will gather round the hearth ; 1 hey look upon his trembling form, His pallid face behold, And turn away with chastened tones " My father's growing old." And when each tuneful voice we raise In songs of " long ago," Jlis voice, which mingles in our lavs Is tremulous and low. It used to seem a clarion's tone, So musical and bold, But weaker, fainter has it grown " My father's growing old." 1 he same fond srnile he ued to wear Still wreathes his pale lips now, But time with lines of asre and care lias traced his placid brow ; But yet, amid the lapse of years, His luart has not grown cold, Though voice and footsteps plainly tell— " My father's growing old." My father ! thou didst strive to share • My joys, and calm mv fears, And now thy child, with grateful care, In thy declining years, Sh:< !1 smooth thv path, and brighter scenes By faith and Hope unfoid ; And love thee with a holier love, Since thou art •' growing old." JWivtf I lx* e . Bartlett's double Plough—Something Yew. Being- at \\ orccster a few weeks ago, I was invited to examine the Double Plough, and sec its operations. It is a very simple machine. It is, in fact, two single ploughs yoked together, and, like a well trained yoke of oxen that will do llicir work without a driver, seems as if endowed with sufficient intelligence topcr lorm its .office without much labor on the part of the ploughman. The machinery by which the two ploughs are connected, is so contrived that they accommodate themselves to the ground. I never saw a more beautiful agricultural operation. It was in a lield where corn had been raised the past summer, and which though stonv, had rather a diversified surface of plain and valley. The plough was drawn by a single team of oxen, attended by one man, whose attention seemed to he necessary only when he came to the end of his fur row to turn the plough into its proper po sition for another, lie walked generally by the side ol his team. The man, the team, and the plough seemed to he so many parts of a well adjusted self-moving machine, that only required winding up to keep it in constant motion. If any one should have occasion or inclination to write ah cture on the poetry ofhusbandry, let hint first goto Mr. Bartlett's farm where he may get inspirntirfl from the double plough, and learn wisdom from various improvements which are there in progress. 1 think that no one who lias seen the operation of this plough can for a moment doubt its superiority over every other in strument that has ever been invented for tilling the ground. On some soils it may require more draught than the common single plough, though I am not certain of that; but il it should, this requirement is immensely overbalanced by the amount of work performed. It requires no uncom mon sagacity in a farmer to perceive that Ite is in all respects a g;iiner when he can perform in a single day the labor that had formerly occupied Iwp or three. There is no doubt that a good team, either oxen or horses, would plough four acres in a day with this single machine, and the ploughman would have the pleasure of seeing, at its close, his field with a new surface, beautifully turned up in furrows of uniform width and depth, and in paral -I**ll lines, almost as straight as if drawn by a strict mathematical process.— lios(o)i Courier. (ilorioiis news for Wethersfield has just arrived from California. A hag of Con necticut onions weighing eighty pounds has been sold at Sacramento city f0r.5125 ! A cargo of "gals" from Darners and Wethersfield, each with a string of onions lor a necklace, and a barrel of the same for her dowry, would be received at the mines with tears of joy. Coleridge, who was a very awkward rider, was once accosted by a wag, who remarked this peculiarity : " I say young man, did you meet a tai lor on the road ?" * " \ cs," replied .Mr. ('., (who was nev er at a loss for a rejoinder,) "1 did—and he told me if 1 went on a Ijtlle further that I should meet a goose !" The assailant was striu-k dumb, while the traveller jogged on. Slavery among Insects. I ho following singular facts arc from " Newman's History of Insects.'" Tlicy sliow that, even among creeping things, might subverts liglit, and the strong tyran nise over the weak : i he most remarkable fact connected with the history of ants, is the propensity possessed by certain species to kidnap the workers of other species, and compel them to labor for the benefit of the community, thus using them completely as slaves ; and, as far as we yet know, the kidnappers are red or pale-colored ants, and the slaves, like the captured natives of Africa, are of a jet black. The time for taking slaves extends over a period of about ten weeks, and never commences until the male and female are about emerging from the pupa slate ; and thus the ruthless marauders never interfere with the continuation of the species. This instinct seems specially provided ; for were the slave ants created for no other end than to till the station of slavery, to which they appear to be doom ed, still even that office would fail were the attacks to he made on their nest before die winged myriads have departed or are departing, charged with the duty of con tinuing their kind. When the' red ants are about to sally forth on a marauding ex pedition. they send scouts to ascertain the exact j)osiiion iri which a colony of negroes may he found. The scouts, having dis covered the object of their search, return to the nest and report their success.— Shortly afterwards the army of red ants marches forth, headed by a vanguard, which is perpetually changing. The indi viduals which constitue it, when they have advanced a little before the main bodv, halt, fall into the rear, and are replaced by others. J he vanguard consists of eight or ten ants only. \\ hen they have arrived near the negro colony they disperse, wandering through the herbage and hunting about, as if aware of the propinquity of the object of their search, yet ignorant of its exact po sition. At last they discover the settle ment ; and the foremost of the invaders, rushing impetuously to the attack, are met, grappled with, and frequently killed by the negroes 011 guard. The alarm is quick- j iy communicated to the interior of the nest; the negroes sally forth by thou sands ; and the red ants rushing to the rescue, a desperate conflict ensues, which, however, always terminates in the defeat of the negroes, who retire to the innermost . recesses of their habitation. Now follow the scenes of pillage. The red ants with their powerful mandibles, tear open the sides of the negro ant-hills, and rush into the heart ol the citadel. In a few minutes each invader emerges, carrying in its mouth the pupa of a worker negro, which it lias obtained in spite of the vigilance and valor of its natural guardians. The red ants re turn in perfect order to their nests, bearing with them their li\ ing burdens. On reach ing their nest, the pupa appears to he treated precisely as their own ; and the workers, when they emerge, perform the various duties of the community with the greatest energy and apparent good will. They repair the nest, excavate the passa ges, collect food, feed the larvae, take the pupa? into the sunshine, and perform every* office which the welfare of the colonv seems to require. They conduct them selves entirely as if fuliilling their original destination. SMTP TARl\€. \ct snuff is an odd custom. If* we came" suddenly upon it in a foreign country it would make us split our sides witty laughter. A grave gentleman takes a little casket out of his pocket, puts a finger and thumb in, brings away a pinch of a sort of powder, and then, with tfie most serious air possible, as it he were doing one of the most im portant actions of his life, (for even with the most indifferent snuff-takers there is a certain look of importance), proceeds to thrust—and keeps thrusting it—at his nose ! after which he shakes his head, or his waistcoat, or his nose itself, or ail three, in tin 1 sty le of a man who has done his dutv, and satisfied the most serious claims of his well-being.* It is curious to see the various modes in which people take snuff. Some do it by little tits and starts, ami get over the tiling quickly. These arc epigrammatic snulT takers, who come to the point as fast as possible, and to whom the pungency- is every tiling. They generally use a sharp and severe snuff, a sort of essence of pins' points. ()thcrs are all urbanity and polish ed demeanor; they value the stvle as much as the sensation, and offer the box around, as much out of dignity as benevo lence. Some lake snutf irritably, others bashfully, others in a manner as dry as the snuff itself, generally with an economy of the vegetable : others y\ ith a luxuriance of gesture and lavislmess of supply that an nounces a moister article, and sheds its superfluous honors over neckcloth and coat. —IA //ant's Journal. INTERESTING TO LADIES.—AII eccentric old bachelor, who lately died at Madras, has left a sum of one thousand pounds, the interest of which is to be divided annually into live portions, to be distributed at the discretion of the minisier of St. Cyru . Kincardineshire. One portion to be given Acw Srrif*—Vol. I— >. #. to the talk's? woman tliat has Wen married iti the parish during the year, and one to the shortest. A third portion goes to the oldest woman married during the year, and the fourth to the youngest. Will any young lady remain unmarried in .St. ( '\-nis after this ? The strange old bachelor showed that his intentions were kind", for he directed the fifth sum to he distributed in groceries amongst the poor.— Dumfries Courier. I 1 B R F. L LIS. It is not a hundred years since a very eccentric Englishman named Jonas Han way, having returned from his 4 travels in the east, (the record of which is still pre served in voluminous quarto form, with that title, in some old libraries.) appeared on the streets of London on a rainy day (it does rain in England sometimes) with a queer notion imported from China, in the shape of what is now called an umbrel la. It was the first ever seen or used in England, probably the first in Europe. It attracted such curious and indignant notice tliat the eccentric Jonas was soon surround ed by a furious English mob, and was boldly pelted with mud and other conve nient missiles for his presumptuous audaci ty in thus attempting to screen his head and figure front the rain, which all true bom Englishmen, from time immemorial had allowed to heat upon them without resis ance, as an ' inevitable' visitation from the powers above upon all who choose to leave ihe shelter of a roof iu a storm or a show er. The incident made a noise, and in spite at ridicule, the 4 outlandish, new fashion ed notion began to 4 take mightily' with he extensively bedrizzled people of Eng and, and as the new machine was found o be as effective in protecting the person igainst the rays of the summer's sun, as igainst the falling rain, the learned conde scended to borrow a name for it front the Latin diminutive form of 4 umbra'— a shade— 4 umbrella' —a little shade. Poor loins Hallway's invocation, so ttnpopu ar at first, merely shows what disadvan age it is to a man to lie a few years in ad vance of the age.'— Xeir York D(nf Hook. A\ hen we a lady, on the shady side )t twenty-six, and eternally libelling the gentlemen with epithets such as " cold tearted. 44 soft headed" 44 tailor-made landy, and •* wouldn't be led bv one for tis weight in diamonds," and at the same ime 44 piling on the silks, laces, jewelry tnd feathers, we are led to the conclusion that their vows are "all gammon." An auctioneer never liangs a red flag in front ot his store, unless he has something to sell. 5 A peasant, being at confession, accused himself of having stolen some hay ; the tathcr-confessor asked him how many bun bles he had taken from the stack. 44 That is ot no consequence," replied the peasant, "you may set it down a wagon load, for my wife and me are going to fetch the re mainder soon." It you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend. ' Mother,' said Jemima Spry to her venera ile maternal relation, 4 Sam Flint wants to :ome courting me to night.' 4 W ell, you jade, what did you tell him /' 4 Oh, I told him he might come; I wanted to >ee how the fool would act!' 44 Harry I cannot think," said Dick, 44 What makes my ankles grow so thick—" 44 You do not recollect said," Harry, 44 How great the calf thy have to carry." FRESH TEAS. GOOD A\D TIIEAP. v r OUNG Hyson, Imperial, Souchong, and- Jl Oolong. * C. L. JONES, 0c27. .\ew Cheap Cash Store. 4 VERY large and handsome stock of Rea £\. dy-made" CLOTHING. Boys' do., ust landed and now opening at oc2o IS USB AIM, BROTHERS. Candies and Confectionary. * I.WAYS on hand a good stock at whole sale or retail. may 2<>, 1849. F. J. HOFFMAN. VFEYV pieces Turk Satin Du Chene, 28 inches wide, selling at only $1.25 per yard. Call and see octMO. NUBBAUM, BROTHERS. HATS AND CAPS. Men and Boys, a large assortment at reduced prices. C. L. JONES, oc'37. yew Cheap Cash Store. BLACK ALPACAS. OF these goods a large assortment on hand, tor sale by the piece or vard verv low— k-'-l cents. 1-;] ct_s., 25 cts., 31 cts., 37 .\ c ts., i i cts., .>(1 cts. 50 cts., 62J cts., 75 cts", 87i cts., §I.OO, 81.25 and $1.50; also a handsome assortment of Bombazines. C. L. JONF.S' novtt. New Cheap Cash Store. gbUl'CiS, lltulioiiies, &c. OILS, PAITTS, &c. BLANK BOOKS CORAM HE, COTTON LAPS, Ac. STEEL SPRINGS i I 11E YV 111 PL LEAD, at $2 per Keg For sa'e bv F. J. HOFFMAN. Lewistow.i, June 2d, 181?'.