Whole No. 2386. f TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION. o\t DOLLAR PER AAA 1.11, IN ADVANCE. for six months, 75 cents. subscriptions must be paid in I T.lVanre if the paper is continued, and net I naid within the first month, §1,25 will becharg | Qi. if „ot paid in three months, §l,o0; ifnot i paid in six months, §1,75; and il not paid in | nine months, §2,00. 1 Al i papers addressed to persons out of the I county will be discontinued at the expiration of 1 the time paid for, unless special request is made I to the contrary or payment guaranteed by some responsible person here. ADVERTISING. Ten lines of minion, or their equivalent, con stitute a square. Three insertions §l, and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion. I iJvrsitu-nt'ss CONCLUDED. The army during the past year has been so •constantly employed against hostile Indians -in various quarters, that it can scarcely be § said, with propriety of language, to have i Von a peace establishment. Its duties have I been satisfactorily performed, and we have v| reason to expect, as a result ut the years op - orations, greater security to the frontier in habitants than has been been hitherto enjoy- I od. Extensive combinations among the f hostile Indians of the Territories of Washing f ton and Oregon at one time threatened the devastation of the newly formed settlement* | of the country. From recent information, we are permitted to hope that the energetic I and successful operations conducted there I will prevent such combinations in tutor:', I and secure to those Territories an opportuni i rv to make steadj- progress in the develop | merit of their agricultural and mineral re- I sources. Legislation has been recommended by me i on previous occasions to cure defects in the I existing organization, and to increase the 1 efficiency ui the army, and further uhserva- I (ion lias but served to confirm me in the | views then expressed, and to enforce on my [ mind the conviction that such measures are I not only proper but necessary. I have, in addition, to invite the attention of Uongre-s to a change of policy in the dis tribution *1 troops, and to the necessity o! providing a more rapid increase ot the mili tary armament. For details of these and other subjects relating to the army, 1 refer [ to the report of the Secretary of War. The condition of the navy is not merely satisfactory, but exhibits the most gratifying evidences of increased vigor. As it is com paratively small, it is more important that it 1 should tie as complete a> possible in all the 1 elements of strength ; that it should be effi cient in the character of its officers, in the | tea! and discipline of its men, in the reliabil g ity of its ordinance, and in the capacity of I iii ships. Jn all the various qualities the | navy has made great progress within the last I sow years. The execution of the law of I < \mgross of February 28, 1855, •' to promote 1 the efficiency of the navy," has been attend ed by the most advantageous results. '1 he I law t r promoting discipline among the men 5 is convenient and salutary. The system of >m honorable discharge to faithful seamen on I the expiration of the period of their enlist ' tnent, and permitting them to re-enlist after I n leave of absence of a few months, without 1 cessation of pay, is highly beneficial in its • influence. The apprentice system, recently I adopted, is evidently destined to incorporate | into the f erviee a large number of our enun | 't vinen, hitherto so difficult to procure. Sev | oral hundred American hoys are now on a | three years' cruise in our national vessels, p r.r.d will return well trained seamen. In the ordinance department there is a decided and l gratifying indication of progress, creditable i to it and to the country. The suggestions ot ; the Secretary of the Navy, in regard to fur | 'her improvement in that branch of the service > X commend to your favorable action. The new frigates ordered bv Congress are i | f o\v aiP-fc-t, and two of tbesj in active ser- I vice. They arc superior models of r.aval (- architecture, and with their form'nlablc bat tery add largely to public streugth and secu rity. I concur in the views or pressed by the Secretary of the Department in favor of a still iurther increase of our naval force. The report of the S'-cretarv of the Interior present- Hct- and view* in relation to inter nal affairs over which the supervision of Lis department extends, of much interest aud ! importance. The aggregate sales of the public !!*/■&, ' I during the last fiscal year, amount to .nine million two hundred and twenty-sever, thou- . | sand eight hundred and seventy-eight acres; j I for which has been received the nm of eight millions eight hundred and twenty-one thou- j sand four hundred and Lwrrteen dollars.— i D.uring the same period -there have been lo- ! .carted, with military scrip and land- warrants, j .and for other purposes, thirty million one j hundred thousemd two hundred and thirty acres, thus winking a total aggregate of thir- j ty-nine million three hundred and twenty- j eight thousand one hundred and eight acres. J On the 30th of September last, surveys had ' been made of sixteen million eight hundred : and seventy-three thousand six hundred and ninety-nine acres, a large proportion of which is ready for market. The suggestions in this report in regard to : the complication and progressive expansion i I of the business of the different bureaux of i I the department, to the pension system ; to t I the colonization of Indian tribes, and the ?§ recommendations in relation to various im- ' Iproveinents in the District of Columbia, are | {-especially commended to your consideration. 1 he report of the Postmaster General pre sents fully the condition of that department of the government. Irs expenditures of the last fiscal year, were ten million four hun dred and seven thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight dollars; and its gross receipts seven million six hundred and twenty thou sand eight hundred and one dollars—making an excess of expenditure over receipts of two million seven hundred and eighty-seven thousand and forty-six dollars. The deficien cy of this department is thus seven hundred and forty-four thousand dollars greater than jHE2sj®ais ASJ® sFWsaasjsism) JET ®a@!E®s n a awas®®w s Hnsa-ans? <s®urH®^ 8 s>i\ o for the year ending June 30, 1853. Of this deficiency, three hundred and thirty thousand dollars is to be attributed to the additional compensation allowed postmasters by the act of Congress of June 22, 1854. The mail facilities in every part of the country have been very much increased in that period, and the large addition of railroad service, amounting to seven thousand nine hundred and eight miles, has added largely to the cost of transportation. The inconsiderable augmentation of the income of the Post Office Department under the reduced rates of postage, and its increas ing expenditures, must for the present, make it dependent to some extent upon the treasury support. The recommendations of the Post master General, in relation to the abolition of the franking privilege, and bis views on the establishment of mail steamship lines, deserve the consideration of Congress. 1 also call the special attention of Congress to the statement of the Postmaster General respect ing the sums now paid for the transportation of mails to the Panama Railroad Company, and commend to their early and favorable consideration the suggestions of that officer in relation to the new contracts tor mail taansportatiou upon that route, and also upon the Tehuantepecand Nicaragua routes. The United States continue in the enjoy ment of amicable relations with all foreign powers. When my last annual message was trans mitted to Congress two subjects of contro versy, one in relation to the enlistment of soldiers in this country for foreign service, and the other to Central America, threaten ed to disturb good understanding between the United States and Great Britain. Of the progress and termination of the former question you were informed at the time; aud the other is now in the way of satisfac tory adjustment. The object of the convention between the United .States and Great Britain of the ltHh of April, 1850, was to secure for the benefit of nil nations, the neutrality and the com mon use of any transit way, or the inter oceanic communication, across the isthmus of Panama, which might be opened within the limits of Central America. The preten sion subsequently asserted by Great Britain, to dominion or control over territories, in or near two of the routes, those ot Nicaragua and Honduras, were deemed by the I"nited States, not merely incompatible with the main object of the treaty, but opposed even to its express stipulations. Occasion of controversy on this point has been removed by an additional treaty, which our minister at London has concluded, and which will be immediately submitted to the Senate fur its consideration. Should the proposed supple mental arrangement he concurred in by all tiie parties to be affected by it, the objects contemplated by the original convention will have been fully attained. The treaty between the United States and Great Britain, of the sth of June, 1854, which went into effective operation in 1855, put an end to causes of irritation between the two countries, by securing to the United States the right of fishery on the coast of the British North provinces, with advantages equal to those enjoyed by British subjects. Besides the signal benefits of this treaty to a large class of our citizens engaged in a pursuit connected to no inconsiderable degree with our national prosperity and strength, it has had a favorable effect upon other interests in the provision it made for reciprocal freedom of trade between the United States and the British provinces in America. The exports of domestic articles to those provinces during the last year amounted to more than twenty-two millions of dollars, exceeding those of the preceeding year by nearly seven millions of dollars ; and the im ports therefrom, during the same period, amounted to more than twenty-one millions, —an increase of six millions upon those of the previous year. The improved condition of this branch of our commerce is mainly attributable to the above-mentioned treaty. Provision was made, in the first article of that treaty, for a commission to designate the mouths of rivers to which the common right of fishery, on coast of the United States and the British Provinces, was not to extend. This commission has been employed a part of two seasons, but without much progress in accomplishing the object for which it was instituted, in consequence of a serious dif ference ot' opinion between the commission ers, not only as to the precise point whore the rivers terminate, but in many instances as to what constitutes a river. These diffi culties, however, may be overcome by resort to the umpirage provided for by the treaty. The efforts perseveringly prosecuted since the commencement of my administration, to relieve our trade to the Baltic front the ex action of Sound dues by Denmark, have not yet been attended with success. Other gov ernments have also sought to obtain a like relief to their commerce and Denmark was induced to propose an arrangement to all the European powers interested in the sub ject; and the manner in which her proposi tion was received, warranting her to believe that a satisfactory arrangement with them could soon be concluded, she made a strong appeal to this government for temporary sus pension of definite action in its part, in consideration of the embarrassment which might result te her European negotiations by an immediate adjustment of the question with the United States. This request has been acceeded to, upon the condition that the sums collected after the 16th of Juno last, and until the 10th of June next, from vessels and cargoes belonging to our merch ants, are to be considered as paid under protest and subject to future adjustment.— There is reason to believe that an arrange ment, between Denmark and the maritime powers of Europe on the subjeet, will soon lie concluded, and that the pending negotia tion with the United] States may then be resumed and terminated in a satisfactory manner. With Spain no new difficulties have arisen, nor much progress been made in the adjust ment of pending ones. Negotiations entered into for the purpose i of relieving our commercial jnterpouse with THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1856. the Island of Cuba of some of its burden*, an 1 providing for the more speedy settle ment of local disputes growing out of that intercourse, have not yet been attended with any results. Soon after the commencement of the late war in Europe, this government submitted to the consideration of all maritime nations, two principles for the security of neutral commerce ; one, that the neutral liag should cover the enemies' goods, except articles contraband of war ; aud the other, that neu tral property on board merchant vessels of belligerents should he exempt from condem nation, with the exception of contraband articles. These were not presented as new rules of international law; having been generally claimed by neutrals, though not always admitted by belligerents. One of the parties to the war—Russia--as well as sev eral neutral powers, promptly acceded to these propositions; and the two other bel ligerents, Great Britain and Prance, having consented to observe them for the pre-ent occasion, a favorable opportunity seemed to be presented for obtaining a general recog nition of them both in flu rope and Atnerici. But Great Britain and France, in common with most of the states of Europe, while for bearing to reject, did not affirmatively act upon the overtures of the United States. While the question was in this position, the representatives of Russia, France, Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, Sardinia, and Tur key, assembled at Paris, took into considera tion the subject of maratime rights, and put forth a declaration containing the two prin ciples which this government had submitted, nearly two years before, to the consideration of maratime powers, and adding thereto the following propositions, " Privateering is and remains abolished," and " Blockades, in or der to be binding, must be effective, that is to say maintained by a force, sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy;" and to t c declaration thus composed of four points, two of which had already been pro pose 1 by the United States, this government has been invited to accede by all the powers represented at Paris, except Great llritain and Turkey. To the last of the two addition al pr.ip> -i'iuns—that in relation to blockades —there can certainly be no objection. It is mere I v the definition "f what shall constitute the effectual investment of a blockaded place, a definition f r which this government has alw.iy- contended, claiming indemnity losses where a practical violation of the rule thus defined has been injurious to our commerce. As to the remaining article of the declara tion of the conference of Paris, " that pri vateering is and remains abolished," —I cer tainly cannot ascribe to the powers repre sented in the conference of Paris, any but liberal and philanthropic views in the attempt to change the unquestionable rule of mara time law in regard to privateering. Their proposition was doubtless intended to imply approval of the principle that private proper ty upon the ocean, although it might belong to the citizens of a belligerent state, should be exempted from capture; and had that proposition been so framed as to give full effect to the principle, it would have received my ready assent on behalf of the United States. But the measure proposed is inade quate to that purpose. It is true that if adopted, private property upon the ocean would be withdrawn from one mode of plun der, but left exposed, meanwhile, to another mode, which could Le used with increased effectiveness. The aggressive capacity of great naval powers would thereby be aug mented, while the defensive ability of others would be reduced. Though the surrender of the menus of prosecuting hostilities by em ploying privateers, as proposed by the con ference of Paris, is mutual in terms, yet, in practical effect, it would be the relinquish ment of a right of little value to one class of states, but of essential importance to anoth er and a far larger class. It ought not to have been anticipated that a measure so in adequate to the accomplishment ot the pro posed object, and so unequal in its operation, would receive the assent of all maratime powers. Private property would be still left to the depredations of the public armed cruisers. I have expressed a readiness on the part of this government, to accede to all the prin ciples contained in the declaration of the conference of Paris, provided that relating to the abandonment of privateering can be so amended as to effect the object for which, as is presumed, it was intended, the iunnu nity ol private property on the ocean from hostile capture. To effect this object, it is proposed to add to the declaration that " privateering is and remains abolished," the following amendment. "And that the private property of subjects and citizens of a belligerent on the high seas, shall be exempt trum seizure by the public armed vessels of the other belligerent, except it be contra band." This amendment has been presented not only to the powers which have asked our assent to the declaration to abolish priva teering, but to ail other maritime states.— Thus far it has not been rejected by any, and is favorably entertained by all which have made any communication in reply. Several of the governments, regarding with favor the proposition of the United States, have delayed definitive action upon it, only for the purpose of consulting with others, parties to the conference of Paris. I have the satisfaction of stating, however, that the Emperor of Russia has entirely and explicitly approved of that modification, and will co operate in endeavoring to obtain the a sent ol other powers ; and that assurances of a similar purport have been received in relation to the disposition of the Emperor of the French. Tho present aspect of this important sub ject allows us to cherish tho hope that a principle so humane iu its character, so just and equal iu its operation, so esseutial to the prosperity of commercial nations, and so consonant to the sentiments of this enlight ened period of the worid, will command the approbation of all maritime powers, and thus be incorporated into the code Of international law. My views on the subject are more fully set forth in the reply of the .Secretary of State, a copy of which is herewith transmitted, to the communications on the subject made to this government, especially to the communi cation of France. The government of the United States has at all times regarded with friendly interest the other states of America, formerly, like this country, European colonies, and now independent members of the great family of nations. But the unsettled condition of some of them, distracted by frequent revolutions, and thus incapable of regular and firm inter nal administration, lias tended to embarrass occasionally our public intercourse, by reason of wrongs which our citizens suffer at their hands, arid which they are slow to redress. Unfortunately it is against the republic of Me xico, with which it is our special desire to maintain a good understanding, that 6uch complaints are most numerous; and although earnestly urged upon its attention, they have not as yet received the consideration which this government had a right to expect. — While reparation for past injuries has been withheld, others have been added. The po litical condition of that country, however, has been such as to demand forbearance, on the part of the United States. 1 shall con tinue my efforts to procure for the wrongs of our citizens that redress which is indispens able to the continued friendly association of the two republics. The peculiar condition of affairs in Nicar agua in the early part of the nresent year, rendered it important that this government should have diplomatic relations with that state. Through its territory had been opened one of the principal thoroughfares across the isthmus connecting North and South Amer ica, on which a vast amount of property was transported, and to which our citizens resorted in great numbers, in passing between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States. The protection of both required that the existing power in that state should be regarded as a responsible government; and its minister was accordingly received. But be remained here only a short time. Soon thereafter the political affairs of Nicaragua underwent unfavorable change, and became involved in much uncertainty and confusion. Diplomatic representatives from two contend ing parties have been recently sent to this government; but with the imperfect informa tion possessed, it was not possible to decide which was the government do facto; and awaiting further developments, 1 have refused to receive either. Questions of the most serious nature are pending between the United States and the Republic of New Granada. The govern ment of that republic undertook, a year since, to impose tonnage duties on foreign vessels in her ports, but the purpose was resisted by this government, as being contrary to existing treat}- stipulation with the United States, an 1 to rights conferred by charter upon the Panama Railroad Company, and was accordingly relinquished at that time, it being admitted that our vessels were en titled to Le exempt from tonnage duty in the free ports of Panama and Aspinwall.— But the purpose lias been recently revived, on the part of New Granada, by the enact ment of a law to subject vessels visiting her ports to the tonnage duty of forty cents per ton : rind although the law has not been pot in force, yet the right to enforce it is still asserted, and may, at any time, be acted on by the government of that republic. The Congress of New Granada has also enacted a law, during the last year, which levies a tax of more than three dollars on every pound of mail matter transported across the Isthmus. The sum thus required to be paid 011 the mails of the Uuited States would be nearly two millions of dollars an nually, in addition to the large sum payable by contract to the Pauama Railroad Com pany. If the only objection to this exaction were the exorbitancy of its amount, it could not be submitted to by the United States. The imposition of it, however, would obviously contravene our treaty with New Granada, and infringe the contract of that Republic with the Panama Railroad Com pany. The law providing for this tax was, by its terms, to take effect on Ist of Sept. last, but the local authorities cu the Isth mus have been induced to suspend its exe cution, and await further instructions on the subject from the government of the republic. I am not yet advised of the determination of tha government. If a measure so ex traordinary in its character, and so clearly contrary to treaty stipulations, and the con tract rights of the Panama Railroad Com pany, composed mostly of American citizens, should be persisted in, it will be the duty of the United States to resist its execution. I regret exceedingly that occasion exists to invite your attention to a subject of still graver import in our relations with the republic of New Granada. On the 15th day of April last, a riotous assemblage of the in habitants of Panama committed a violent au i outrageous attack on the premises of the railroad company, and the passengers and other persons in or near the same, in volving the death of several citizens of the United States, the pillage of many others, and the destruction of a iarge amount of property belonging to the railroad company. 1 caused full investigation of that event to be made, and the result shows satisfactorily that complete responsibility for what occur red attaches to the government of New Granada. 1 have, therefore, demanded of that government that the perpetrators of the wrongs in question be punished; that pro vision should be made for the families of citizens of the United States who were killed, with the full indemnity for the property pillaged or destroyed. The present condition of the Isthmus of Panama, in so far as regards the security of persons and property passing over it, requires serious consideration. Recent incidents tend to show that the local authorities caunot be relied on to maintain the public peace of Panama, and there is just ground for appre hension that a portion of the inhabitants are meditating further outrages, without ade quate measures for the security and protec tion of persons and property having been taken either by the State of Panama, or by the general government of New Granada. Under the guaranties of treaty, citizens of the United States have,- by tho outlay ot several millions of dollars, constructed a railroad across the Isthmus," aud it has Le- come the main route between our Atlantic and Pacific possessions, over which multi tudes of our citizens and a vast amount of property are constantly passing to the securi ty and protection of all which, and the con tinuance of the public advantages involved, it is impossible for the government of the I nited States to be indifferent. I have deemed the danger of the recurrence of scenes of lawless violence in this quarter so imminent as to make it my duty to sta tion a part of our naval force in the harbors of Panama and Aspinwall, in order to pro tect the persons and property of the citizens oi tfie L nited .States in those parts, and to insure to them safo passage across the Isth mus. And it would, in my judgment, be unwise to withdraw the naval force now in those ports, until, by the spontaneous action of t..e republic of New Granada, or other wise, some adequate arrangement shail have been made fur the protection and security of a Jiue of inter-oceanic communication so im portant at this time, not to the United States only, but to all other maritime States, both of Europe aud America. Meanwhile, negotiations have been insti tuted by means of a special commission, to obtain lrom New Granada full indemnity lor injuries sustained by our citizens on the Istiimu*, and satisfactory security for the general interests of the United States. In addressing to you my last annual mes sage, the occasion seems to me an appropri ate one to express my congratulations in view of the peace, greatness, and felicity which the United .States now possess aud enjoy, lo point you to the state of the vari ous depai tmc-nts of the government, and of all the great branches of the public service, civil and military, in order to speak of the intelligence and the integrity which pervades the whole, would be to indicate but imper fectly the administrative condition of the country, and the beneficial effects of that on the general welfare. Xor would it suffice to say that the nation is actually at peace at home and abroad; that its industrial interests are prosperous; that the canvass of its mari ners whitens every sea; and the plough ol its husbandmen is marching steadily onward to the bloodless conquest ot the continent; that cities and populous states are springing up, as if by enchantment, from the bosom of our western wilds: and that the courageous ener gy of our people is making of these United States the great republic of the world. These results have not been attained without pass ing through trials and perils, by experience of which, and thus only, nations can harden into manhood. Our forefathers were trained to the wisdom which conceived, and the courage which achieved independence, by the circumstances which surrounded them, and they were thus made capable of the cre ation of the republic. It devolved on the next generation to consolidate the work of the revolution, to deliver the country entirely from the influences of conflicting transatlan tic partialities or antipathies, which attached to our Colonial and revolutionary history, and to orgauize the practical operation of the constitutional and legal institutions of the I niou. lo us, of this generation, remains the not less noble task of maintaining and extending the power of "the United States. — We have, at length, reached that stage of the national career in which the dangers to be encountered, and the exertions to be made, are the incidents, not of weakness, but of strength. In our foreign relations we have to attemper our power to the less happy con dition of other republics in America, and to place ourselves iu the calmness and conscious dignity of right, by the side of the greatest and wealthiest of the empires of Europe. In our domestic relations, we have to guard against the shock of the discontents, the am bitious, the interests, and the exuberant, and therefore sometimes irregular impulses of opinion, or of action, which are the natural product of the present political elevation, the self-reliance and the restless spirit of enter prise of the people of the United States. 1 shall prepare to surrender the Executive trust to my successor, and retire to private life with sentiments of profound gratitude to the good Providence which, during the period of my administration, has vouchsafed to car ry the country through many difficulties, domestic and foreign, and to enable mo to oontcmplate the spectacle of amicable and respectful relations between our and all other governments, and the establishment of con stitutional order and tranquility throughout the Union. FRANKLIN PIERCE. Washington, Dec. 2, 1856. SORES ON HORSES AND CATTLE. A correspondent of the Maine Farmer, in reply to an inquiry by another corres pondent for a cure of a bad sore on a horse's shoulder, gives the following pre scription: Lime and lard are the best application to old, and bad sores, of any kind, that I know, especially if the bone is affected, i Take good stone lime, slake dry and sift through a fine scive. Put the llour in a bottle, cork light, and keep in a dark place from light and air, and, it will keep good for years. Take one part of lime to three parts of lard, in bulk, and mix well, cold, and apply a proper quantity lo the sore, twice a day, and cleanse well each tune with soapsuds, if the sore descends below the outward opening, it must be opened to the bottom, or it will not heal sound. If the bone be affected, the sore probably will not heal, and ought not to till the hone shall be healed. Sores healed under this treatment always heal sound. If fungus be in the sore, this ointment will clear it all out; and keep it out. The above proportions are about right, but the applicant will soon learn to vary them il necessary. Some allowance will be necessary for the different strength of the lime. LtT"These are cutting limes," as the axe said to the wood. New Series—Vol. 11, No. 6. SONG. BY BARRY CORNWALL. Stie was not fair, n.r full of grace, Nor crown'd with thought of aught beside; no wealth had she, of mind or face, lo win our love or raiso our pride; No lover $ thought her cheek did tottch, No poet's dream was round her thrown; And yet we miss her—ah, too much, Now—she hath flown! We miss her when the morning calls, f As one that mingled in our mirth: We miss her when the evening falls A trifle wanted on iho earth! Some fancy small or subtle thought Some chain is broken that we wrought, Now—she hafh flown! No solid good, nor hope defined, is inurr d now she hath sunk in night; And yet the stroug immortal mind Is stopp'd in its triumphant flight! Stern trieud, what power is in a tear, \\ hat strougth in ene poor thought alone, H hen all we know is, "She was here," And—"She hath flown!" BELGIAN NUNS. At the Convent of Poor Clares (Brus sels) the nuns never lie down, hut sleep upright. "I went," says the author of "Flemish Interiors," "up a narrow, cork screw, stone staircase, into their cells, anil saw their extraordinary beds; they consist of a hard and almost cylindrical mattress, stuffed with straw, about three feet long, at right angles, to which infixed an equally hard and upright mattress of straw, (pail lasse,) to support the back. There is no pillow, neither are there sheets, and only one small, thin blanket. A basin and ewer 01 water stood on the ground, and the sleeping habit hung on a peg behind (In door. I here was no other furniture. A small window opened 011 the garden, and the honeysuckle which embowered it gave something of a cheerful aspect to the de nuded little dormitory. They rise at half past -I o'c'ock, are allowed five minutes to wash and dress, and go down to chapel, where they pray and meditate till hall past 5, when their lirst mass is said; tins is always at a fixed hour, and is followed be one and sometimes two more. A Iter thesi . they remain at chapel till half past 11.— Their first meal, which they call dinner, is at half past 12, and consists entirely o! herbs, vegetables, rice eggs, <Ac. Butter, cheese, milk and what they cull lait battu, (milk and eggs beaten up.) they also eat, but not at lent seasons. Their second and last meal is at 7, and consists of drv bread and domestic beer. The sisters <io everything for themselves—washing, men ding, sweeping, scouring, <Cc. The rule ol the lay-sisters is sligtuly less severe in every particular, but even this is esceiie enough to startle most secular persons.— The sister who showed 11s the mysteries of the house was a very pleasant, amiable looking woman, of about thirty-five. She had a peculiarly calm, holy expression ol countenance, and expressed herseif per fectly satisfied in the life of which she had made choice, now about fifteen years since. The discipline they observed, she said was 'good for the soul an,d the body too.' h seems they are removed from house to house to prevent too great an attachment to one locality. She and her lay-sister were sent a short time ago on a mission to England, and this was another e uisidera ble grievance lo her; but she said siie kept her trouble to herself, and accepted it as one of the acts of submission to die will of her superior to which her rule bound her. The first night they arrived in Lon don, when they put up ai the hotel, they were shown into a room where the beds were, of course, horizontal. This was a difficulty which had nut occurred to them, and they made up their minds to adopt the same position as the rest of the world, but no sooner had they tried it than they lound it impossible to sleep; accordingly they relinquished the attempt, and taking the mattress off the bedstead, placed it half upright against the wall, and had reason to be perfectly satisfied with their ingenious expedient. Another Supply of Lumber. *a*l Ma tie to Order. JUST received, a large supply of yellow and white pine ready-worked Flooring. Arrangements have been made by itie under signed by which they are enabled to manufac ture all kinds of Doors, Sash, Shutters and Blinds at reasonable prices. Bills sent to them either by mail or otherwise will meet with prompt attention. novlS WM. B. HOFFMAN & CO. New Stock of Lumber. IN addition to our large stock of well-season ed Stuff, suitable for the most durable and perfect kinds of work, we have just received a large supply from the Susquehanna region, among which will be found— 2, 1 2, 1, S and half inch Panel, First, 2d and 3d common BOARDS and PLANK, WORKED FLOORING, Doors, Sash, Shutters, Blinds, and Door Fac ings, ready worked. Plastering Lath and Paling, All kinds of BII.L STUFF, 7x7, Cxfi, 5x5. 4x5 and a large lot of 3x4 SCANTLING, of va rious lengths. JOISTS of all sizes aud lengths. We are also prepared to fill, at short notice, bills for any kind of lumber from the well known steam mill cf S. Milliken. Builders. Farmers, and others desiring Lum ber of any kind will find it to their advantage to give us a call. oc2 WM. B HOFFMAN & CO
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