PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, RAUCH & COCHRAN, No. 13, South Queen Street, Lancaster. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 1 copy, one year, $ 1.50 5 copies, (each name addressed,) 7.00 10 copies " it 13.00 15 copies " ,t 18.00 20 copies " IL 22.00 And 81.10 for each additional subscriber. FOR CLUBS, IN PACKAGES 5 copies, (to one address,) ft 10 copies " 15 copies " tl 20 copies " II 20.00 And 40.00 for each tutilii ionai subscriber. Sif-All subscriptions must invariably be paid in advance. .1 - 013 12, N - a' I N C - Of every description, neatly and promptly exe eul lA, at short notice, and on the most reasonable terms. Professional. J. DICKEY,ATTO • HNEY Al' LAW OFFICE.: SOU TII QUEEN ST., second house be low the " Fountain Inn,” Lancaster, Pa. JB. LIVINWiTON, • ATTORNEY AT LAN\ Oppicr.: No.ll NORTH DUK E ST., west side, north of the Court House, Lancaster, Pa. CHARLES DENT - ES, ATTORNEY .1T T.AW ZpalcE: No. 3 SOCTII DUKE sTnEET, Lan caster, Pa. JOHN B. GOOD, ATmRNI:v AT LAW. 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No. 601 , 1 : , TIIEET, (opposite the Court linear,) Heading, Pa. TTOIIACE A. i 7 N ATToRNEY AT LAW. No. 2S NORTH sl VIII ST., Reading, Pa T RA NCIS M. BANKS, '1"1010; F, AT LAW AND NOT.IIO . NO. N ()NTH SIXTH ST., Itva(linr Pcnnti. Book olid Job Priiiting. (*()('IlIZA11 - , BOolc AND Jon piaNTERs PLA I N AND FANCY PRINTING ALL KINDs From the la rgest i.sTElt to the smallest (• I or I I I LA lt, executed in the beat st yle, and at reasonable prices. frh-i P Hers from a distance promptly attend , to. 1.:.-Nll. 13, - , 1/1 - I'll 121 . 1.:EN STREET, LANCASTER, I'ENNA Fllritishiity Goods, tee. E A 1) T E It S lUli t NM:I:CIA/THING, t-I.EEVE-1111"foN:-., 41 , 1 lient'A ware generally, at ERISMAN'S, No. N4)irrit QuEEN ST., Lancaster lvv,r ous grosser shtock goods—suitable for KrL,hdogs, Nei-1011r8 un onnery Presents— we Itols-Picher, Schnup-Richer, Collars, Hem rinel Wimp, llemmer-fronts, Pocket Picher, Perfumery, Mohr-tEhl, Cigar Casa, en onnery fancy articles ons E. J. ElltsMAN'S, 41'; North Queen Street, Lancaster. mum gross Shtreatich Item.) [no2o-ly Books and Stationery. (1 BOOKS AND STATIONERY. C SCHOOL and MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, HSTATIONERY, H I'AMILI AND POCKET BIBLEs, ADL. NK BOOKS. A. LIBER AL REDUCTIONS TO p PMerchants, School Directors Teachers. J. H. SHEAFFER, CHEAP CASH BOOK STORE, N 0.32 NORTH QUEEN STREET, LANCASTER, PA. AN GROSSE VARIETY! I:ieber, Blanks, Ilobbeer, Feddera, Dinda, Dludn-glosser, Pencils un FOMELIA 1.7 N SOCK-UEEVELA J. 11. SREAFFER , B Woh'rektor Cash Bach Shtore No. 32 Nord Queen Shtrose, Laucaster, 11020-Iyl Banking. I= BA I & SHENK, BANKERS, NORTHEAST ANGLE OF CENTRE SQUARE, LANCASTER, PENNA. no,IO-1 ] Book Binding. GEORGE WIANT, BOOK-BINDER AND BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURER, NORTR QUEEN ST., LANCASTER, PA. BLANK BOOKS, vor Banks, Merchants, County Offices, Lo., made to order. BOOK BINDING, in all its branehes, prompt ly attended to. Ldeo 44m $ 6.50 12.00 . 16.50 VoL. 11. Fulls! FURS! HAGER % BROTHERS have Just received an elogant assortment of FANCY FURS FOR LADIES AND MISSES. Mink, Sable, Siberian Squirrel, Fitch, Ermine, Water Mink, &c Mutt's, Collars, Eugenias, Circulars, Skating Muffs and Boas, Swans' Down and Squirrel Ties, &c SIIAWLS, in great variety at HAGER & BROTHERS Open and Filled Centre Brocne, Ristort Long Shawls, Fancy Woolen Long Shawls, Children's Shawls. MOURNING SHAWLS. BLACK THIBET LONG AND SQUARE SHAWLS, At Lowest Prices. FALL AND WINTER 1? EADY-M.,lliE CL THING, HAGER& BRoTii ERs offer for sale the largest stock, at lowest 'prices, all of their own manu facture, Fine Dress Suits, 13usittess Suits, Bors' Suits, evercoalS, From the FINEST ESQUIMAUX BEAVEIt to good ordinary grade. OVE RCOATIN( Black and Colors all grades. FRENCII cDATINGs—BIack, Brown, Dahlia. SILK 11IIX coATIN6i—.I oreign and Do mestic. CASSIMERES—New Styles. 110 Y A , WEAR—In great variety'. LANCASTER Cut NTY SATI iNETS—In all colors, and warranted strong. Just received and for sale, at lowest prices, at 11AUER 3c BitoTilEns. n0v.27-503 JUST OPE N . EI) BEAU MONDE HALL! 543 VENN SQJTAI: F., 543 RE AI) I , I' ENNA ~ CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, BOY'S CLOTHING, FURNISHING- GOODS! no2o G EORGE 11. COLEMAN, Having leased Erben's old and well-known stand, NO. 42 NORTH QUEEN-ST., Offers to the public an entire new and superior stock of GOODS of every description, which will be made up in the very best and most fash ionable style. GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS Of every description, for sale cheaper than they can be had anywhere else in the city. [nov tt-tf Eats, Caps, Furs, tte. 1868. 1868. SHULTZ & BROTHER, IL .ITTE S, No. 20 NORTII QUEEN STREET, Latest style Fall and Winter HATS and CAPS in all qualities and colors. LADIES' FANCY FURS, We are now opening the largest and most complete assortment of Ladies' and Children's FANCY FURS ever offered in this market, at very low prices. ROBES! ROBES!! ROBES!!! Buffalo Robes, lined and unlined; Hudson Day, Wolf, rruixle Wolf, lox, Coon, &c. BLANKETS AND LAP RUGS = Of all qualities, to which we persons rticularly invite the attention of all n want of articles in that line. GLOVES, GAUNTLETS and MITTS 01TIlt, BEAVER, BUCKSKIN, 'KID, ho., &o. Ladies , Fine Fur Trimmed Gloves, Gauntlets, Mitts and Hoods. PULSE WARMERS and EAR MITTS. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ito9D4f) inness in the right, as God g to see the right, let us strive on to finish tht we are in; to bind up the nations wouno Dry Goods. FI'H~! =9:l FOR MEN AND BoYs 'Cloth i roicri+ t) 114)w, = B I.AVERS, VESTiNG , ;. &c 61181 WINTER WEAR =I MO GENTLEMEN'S LEVI G. CIoLEMAN, Cutter BeCII lIHO., PROPRI ETORS .11ERCILlNT T. 11101?, LANCASTER, PENX UTRIA, 51.A1., lice towards none, with chez, THE OLD AND THE NEW YEAH. Ring out the year of sixty-eight, Ye bells, ye solemn bells; Ring out the wrong, ring out the hate That come to all, or soon or late; Ring Out the hearths made desolate' Ye bells, ye solemn hells. Ring in the year of sixty-nine, Ye bells, ye gladsome bells; Ring in the hope that springs anew; Ring in the right that looms in view; Ring in the love of all things true ! Ye bells, ye gladsome bells. Ring in and out, and let a shout, Ye bells, ye solemn bells, Fill all the air both far and near, The while upon the Old Year's bier We shed a softly-saddening tear ! Ye bells, ye solemn bells. Ring in and out, and let a shout, Ye bells, ye gladsome bells, Fill all the air, both near and far, As, guided by faith's glimmering star, We see the pearly gates ajar ! Ye bells, ye gladsome bells. Ring in and Out, ring in and out, Ye bells, ye wondrous bells ; The year of eighteen sixty-eight Now lb VI lone and desolate, We may not mourn above his fate Ye bells, ye wondrous bells. Ring in and out, ring in and out, Ye bells, ye wondrous bells; The year of eighteen sixty-nine, or be it yours, or be it mine, Depends upon the will Divine Ye bells, ye wondrous bells. The Press. RY ING A FORTUNE. " Yes, I'll do it. Ralph, even if she is a scraggy, worthless, hairless, dried up, yel low, vinegar-faced old maid. I'll marry her: or, rather, her fortune!" and so say ing he leaned himself back in his chair, and commenced pulling away as coolly at his cigar as though tharryipy were the most comumnplaco, uninteresting affair ever dreamed of. `• You `• You speak quite confidently, young man. — returned his companion. " perhaps the /oily in question won't have you. Don't be too conceited, if you h“ Ixen " Fiddlesticks! I glass in uncle's for tune was the most irresistible part to the New York belles, and I amt certain now that my ' great expectations ' have pass ed away, there isn't Iwo of them ever re member associating with me. I tell you, - Ralph, love is all moonshine! a mere crea ture of the fancy—for I never seen a pretty girl yet that could set my heart a palpi tating. Money is what a poor brielless lawyer like myself wants, not love; it's a great deal more substantial, too." Don't doubt it; but I wouldn't be tied to all Old VIXVII for a consideration, — IT spondtql Ralph, "and in my opinion, Bart. you are a fool if you heave yourself away. There, now, that advice is free gratis—no fee asked--only do tell ine the whole story.'' I can do that in few words. About a week ago I saved a tine looking but gouty old gentleman from being upset out of his carriage on Broadway. Ile was profuse in his thanks, learned my name, said he knew me by reputation, told me he was very wealthy, with but one child, a daugh ter, and if I would run down to Sea View, where he intended to pass a few weeks, lie would make a match between me and her. I modestly suggested that the lady in question might object, but he insisted that she could not; she was devoted to him and heart-whole. There it is, rer-batim, I then made inquiries of a friend what kind of a girl Mr. Lafourn's daughter was, and they told me she was a scraggy old maid. I have her in my mind's eye, but it's no drawback. I'll marryforlioncy, and let her afterward take to her cats, just the same as she does now, That's all. I am too lazy to work." And he relapsed into a profound silence, wondering secret ly what time on the morrow Mr. Lafourn and daughter would arrive. * There, pa, you dear old goose, listen to the descriptions of your Nell;" exclaim ed pretty little Nellie Lafourn, arranging the curtains so that the old gentleman could overhear the conversation on the piazza between the two young gentlemen just mentioned. "Confound his impudence," growled the old man, in a rage, bringing his cane down lustily; I'd like to see the wretch, get my money, even if he has got you mixed up with your aunt Lucille!" "Slightly- mixed up, isn't it, pa? But after all how much the picture is like her;'' and she burst into a merry little laugh, that caused a dozen dimples to play hide and seek around her cheeks and lips. " He may be blessed ! I'll send for him this moment, and cane him !" almost shouted the irate old gentle man. "No, indeed, you won't, pa ! you let me manage him, won't you, pa? Let him come—let him imagine Lucille is your daughter and heiress, and I your niece, with 'no expectations.' We'll see how he will carry himself." On the next day Mr. Albertin Gower waited upon Mr. Lafourn, and was for mally introduced to Miss Lucille Gower. Ile inquired after the old gent's health very affectionately, and soon became quite engrossed, apparently, in the conversation Lti h ; t A ff Ra LANCASTER., PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1869. Nottrg. BY RICHARD 1.1. pirmilancoo'. 11= _.„ •, 1 3 I 4 If 7'3 i I - - ,•_ rare for hi»: who shall hare borne the battle, and Ar his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."—.l. L. that wav started; hut secretly he was eye ing his intended bride, and he confe a to himself that the enthusiastic descriptions he had given his friend Ralph did not belie her, or scarcely do her,justice. But just thou the door opened, and a graceful young lady, with a great abundance of golden curls and very large brown eyes, walked in. " My— my niece, Mr. Gower; Mr. (low er, Miss Lee," observed Mr. Lafourn, and Miss Lee acknowledged it with a slight but nevertheless graceful bow. Mr. (lower was enraptured, and the contrast only made his bride-expectant more ridiculous; however, he determined to act his part, and, as a chance presented itself, he whispered in modulated tones to Miss Lucille that "he hoped to become better acquainted with her," though he hated himself for it in three minutes after, when be saw Miss Lee's mischief-looking eyes resting upon him, and realized that she had heard him too. I /ay after day he called, and proportion ally he tll in love with laughing Nell, and fell out with Miss Lucille, while she be came, in appearance, desperately enamor ed of him ; and wrote him poetry by the sheet expressing her "everlasting affec tion," which he assured his friend Ralph, she meant to mean the oldness of her love, for he was stlre she was invented in No ah'6 ark. In vain In' tried to make love to Nell. She accepted no attentions front "her cousin lover," so she mockingly assured him, and h'it him more despairing than betbre. t last could not endure it any long er. and accordingly sought an interview with Ms. Lacourn. • • tio you come to propose for m,}• daugh ter. Mr. Gr ower?•' queried the gentleman, was ushered in. " No, I have not," he eimiliatically re turned. " I have come to make a confes sion, to ask your forgiveness, and crave a boon. You know bow you eante to make me tlw offer you did'? Well, having been brought up to believe myself independent, and to study a profession more for pleas ure than aught else, after finding myself suddenly bereft, of all hopes, and poor, gladly accepted your proposal. I scorned the lam of love; I vowed I loved may case hotter than any wmnan on earth, and though I NV:lf , informed your daughter was was ---" "A scraggy old maid," slyly interposed Mr. Lafourn, and Bart blushed at his own remark, but proceeded— " I determined provided she Would ac cept me, to marry ho• for ,lour money.-- Titer., sir. is the truth, and 1 know I can not but be lowered in your estimation. Since then I have met your niece, and l're I've -• Fallen in love with her," obAcryed the father aiding hint along. " Yes, sir, exactly so; and I'm willing it' will have me, to give up all ideas of wealth obtained by such a mean practice, and go away and work bravely for her. Ito you think there is any hope? Will you thr , ive Inc? Certainly," he responded promptly. •' I should tea want my daughter wedded to any man for such mercenary motives. I'll call Nell and see what she says." And suiting the action to the word, he sum mow(' Nellie. .. This gentleman has withdrawn his claim to vimr cousin's hand," he observed, taking Nellie by the hand, "and actually has the audacity to ask tbr yours. Shall I tell him?" "And I'm poor, Nellie," ejaculated Bart, •• but you shall see I'm no conceited ja , :kaiutpcs. I kill go away and tom mence t:.) practice lily prolksion if you will only t. , ,ive me hope:, Nellie looked at her father through her blushes. vould he a penniless bridle "And all the dearer if you are not worth working for, you are not worth having." If then,•' she returned slyly, "you wait a yeah• and do not change your mind, if unek's "Which he will lie,” interrupted the gentleman, mid so it was settled. The ruse was still kept up. Mr. La fourn gave letters of introduction to sev eral influential friends, and he went away and set up work in earnest. For a while he was unsuccessful; at last he began to be appreciated, and he was on a fair way to prosperity. At the end of the year he wrote and told Mr. Lafourn how he had succeeded, and asked if he had any ob jections to his wedding taking place then. The required answer was returned, and when he arrived he found his Nellie pret tier than ever. Mr. Lafourn said nothing, and Hart wondered at his giving such a costly wedding to his niece; but when he, as the bride's father, gave her away he was entirely dumbfounded. As soon as the ceremony was over he rushed to his father-in-law: "What does it mean?" `• It means you have married my daugli ter, sir," responded the happy parent, "and we have been deceiving you all the while. Lucille is my maiden sister.'' Bart was paralyzed. "lour daughter`.'' . "And my money as I promised! Nellie and I overheard your conversation, and determined to test you. We did so, and Nellie still insisted on your being tried, " You have made a man of me," he ex claimed, abruptly. " You hare taken The conceit out of me." But though rich he did not leave his profession and enter into his careless, idle life again; he steadly pushed his way up, and now is one of the most influential men of the times which he always avers is more due to Nellie's stratagem than "Marrying a fortune." `~ 1 tatiter 4braltasteo Thipo. GENERAL ANT travels free on all railroads. GEN. (RA N spends New-Year's day in Philadelphia. TnE I,e , islature of Pennsylvania will commeneo its session on Tuesday next. lOWA expects to double her representa tion in Congress at the next apportion ment. BosTox will have a weekly mail to Eu rope by the Cunard line, beginning Janu ary first. Two men and a boy were drowned while skatiml, at Toronto, Canada, on Saturday. A EOTACEMAN was murdered in Boston, by a man whom he caught prowling about a railroad depot. Two pickpockets were lynched at Car roll Station, on the Mobile and Ohio rail road, on Monday night. GENER ALS Babcock and Porter, of Gen. Grants staff. have gone to Arkansas, to inquire into the militia troubles. CARPENTER, is painting a portrait of Horace Greeley, as he appears in the edi torial room, for the Tribune Association. TILE New York lb Pula predicts the es tablishment speedily of amicable relations between the Prcsidentand General Grant. TuE hog cholera is prevailing in several portions or Amherst. county, Va., and numbors of hogs are daily dying from its effects. GniE-4T--the frankin, , ' privilege will be the death of hint yet. Cause why, he didn't get it last 1411! •"l'hat's what's the matter?" A MERCHANT I►as outdone his competi tors by displaying in his window a large placard, saying: "Selling out at cost and more too.•. THE aggregnte popular vote for Presi dent last year is an inereas^ of mono than a million upon tho highest total ever be fore polled. Butt t: PomEttoy's paper in INPNV York is so nearly on its last legs that the man aging, night anti city editors v• ill leave it this week. THE Lutheran denomination in the 17, States has now 1,800 ministers, 3,182 houses or worship, and nearly 400,000 communkants. W L LIAM ( Tls, for many years the Seeretary Of the Grand Lndre I. O. O. F. of Pennsylvania, died suddenly on Sunday last in Philadelphia. k'NrrEn States Senator, in place of Mr. lluekalew, \rill be chosen oti the sec ond 'Tuesday after the meeting and organ ization of the Legislature. PILE:-4 are now carried to l'hina in .good condition, hy packing them in ice, and readily sell at Hong Kong for two dollars per dozen in gohl. THE contest flu* Speaker of the Ilouse of Representatives, at Ifarrishurg, has narrowed down between Aft.. Clark. of Philadelphia, and lli. Striniff., of Tioga. INTELLic;ENcE has just been roceived at 11"ashington of the perpetration of va rious heavy frauds in sonE, of the 'wind pal post-othees throughout the country. i?eading Eufilt, is informed thal there will be no fight between FATutim Ann .1u AM and its unhappy neighbor. We have better game than tom-tits to go after. Coi.l.EcTioNs are to he lifted in all the churches of the United States, on the Sun day precedin".4 the 22(1 of February, to aid in the completion of the Washington Mon ument. T tIE advocates of women suffrage will hold a national convention in Washington city, January 19th, in which it is expected that Mrs. Stanton, Lucy Stone, and other leading advocates will participate. A sTno:c(i ill favor of strict economy and retrenchment is prevalent among the influential Congressmen. They have already killed the clerks' bill to give them all twenty per cent. additional pay. IT is a singular fact that ladies who know hour to preserve everything, else, can't preserve their tempers. Yet it may easily he done on the self-sealing principle. It is only to keep the mouth of the vessel tightly closed. PHILADELPHIA is to have a new city hall on Independence square. The good citizens are told that a limited sum of money, to be raised by special taxation, is to be appropriated yearly toward de fraying the expense. Tun titate Troa,surer will be elected on the :1,1 Tuesday in January, which will fall on the Itith of the month. Mr. Irwin is a candidate for re-election. lie has been a fitithful ollicer, and we trust will have no competitor. SPEAIiEIt Colfax and wife were the guests of Mr. Bowles, of the Republican newi3paper, at Springfield, Massachusetts. on Christmas day. Mr. Colfax was sere naded in the evening, and acknowledged the compliment in a brief speech. Dutuxo the last year the Government received from the railroads of the country as tax on Dividends end profits Interest on bonds Gross receipts EiMil ON the day of the funeral of the late Baron Rothchild his widow gave orders that every beggar who came to the door should receive a gold twenty-franc piece. The news spread like wildfire among the mendicants, and the amount given away during the day was twelve thousand pounds sterling. CASH RATES OF ADTERTMIO Ten lines of Nonpareil emn , tit ut e a Square TIM V. 7.: 1 week.... 73 $ 1 4o $ 2 lo $ 3 50 $ 6 00 O 11 - 50 2 weeks... 120 Igo 270 450 kOO 14 00 3 Wel ks... 150 220 330 000 10 00 17 00 1 month... 175 2 01) 390 700 12 00! 20 00 2 months.. 2714 00 800. 10 001 20 001 3560 3 months.. 400 600 9 00, 15 00; 90 00, 55 00 6 months.. 700 11 00 16 50, 25 00 40 00 70 00 1 year 12 00 20 00 30 00 90 00 19 00 120 00 V 2 55 2 50 Exe. , ntor,' 'Not le. , Athninisl rat fn.' Noth As,itsmec,' Node( Auditor,' Notice. SPECIAL. NOTICES—Ten cents a line f•r the first insertinn, aml Seven cents a line for each subsequent insertion. REAL ESTATE advertisements, Ten cents a line for the first insertion and Five cents a line for each additional insertion. No. 1. xi f ALL KINDS or doll PRINTING executed with neatness anti ele,patell. F. P. IiLAIR---tim (4.neral of the fami- MI AN American hi Nvrites that common American corn-cobs are sold, in that city, as "patent tire-liditers"—eight 'Or a penny. IV n vr, of New Iprk, charged with forging passage tickets on the Penn sylvania ('eland Railroad, is held for trial in the sum of En iIIT millions of dollars is promised as the reduction of the national debt to be shown by the coining monthly state ment. JAMES M. Monnisox, one of our oldest and wealthiest citizens of Chicago, died suddenly on the ultimo. Ile leaves 731.1,000 to his wife and only child. THE Philadelphia city councils are con sidering the question of establishing a Morgue, or dead-house, fur the reception of the bodies of the unthrtunate and un known. T is now generally admitted that Thad deus Stevens' bill for the division of Texas into three States, is the only practical metl►od of reconstructing, that den of rebels. THE opium trade of Calcutta for the past year has amounted to .C7,000,000._ This trade is in the hands of the natives and Armenians, but Great Britain receives, a large share Of the profits. PRov. - MoitsE, the world-renowned in ventor of the magnetic telegraph, Wafi treated to a banquet in Nev York, on Monday hist. Judi Chase, Ex-Governor Curtin. and others, made speeches. BY a keroseno lamp explosion hi Chica go, on Tilestid, threes men and a woman :7111M:red injuries in jumping from the windows of the burning room, while two men Were instantly killed. ndrew late of Greenville, Tennessee, it is said, announ ces that he win retire all officers over sixty two yynr:A V.l ' age. Wh-a he announces his own retirement the country will, for the first Utile. applaud 01u,f of his official acts. TnE rebels in Arkansas do not scent to comprehend that there has been an elec tion Ihr President. The Ku-Klux con tinue their work as zealously as though they supposed Mr. .lohnson sure of a four years• term in the White House. GEN - . .:St( CLELLAN declined the Presi dency of the Calithrnia University on ac count of the smallness of the salary. Ile holds positions at present which give him from fifteen to eighteen thousand dollars a year income. More than he is worth. So( IAL, usages in Louisville, lid., are somewhat queer. A young Man the Other day put his hand in his pocket in order to find the key of his store and give it to his partner, When the latter supposed he was feeling fin' a pistol, drew his ow a and shot him•dead. IN peg2;ing boots, bv steam, :20 eases, or 210 pairs of bouts, is a usuat. day's w )rk. One num in Ilopkinton, :\litss.,•lias pegged s 3 e ases, 1,:;*2 bouts, in two days. lie once pegg‘al boots, twiee round, in 14 minutes: and did one boot, in a trial 01 speed, in 13 se;•onds! ANiutelli ent. Scotch traveller, mho gives especial attention to school visiting says: —ln most of tip! American schoolg whipping is discontinued, and in many prohibited by law; and yet I can testify, from my own observation, that the order maintained in those schools is more per fect than I have soon in similar institu tions." A NEW )(01ZK rip'n'ter, 111 tio,Tribing the festivities on the occasion of the An nual Ntw En ; dand dinner at Delmonico's mlTuvsikay evening, says that they • • were I , ippr , / (:trwith the divine blessing, invoked by the Hey. Pr. Iliteheock." A Wash ington reporter, relating the festivities at the National Capital, says they "ended with the doxology- and dancing.— THE re-union of the Soldiers 'and Sail- ON of the Army of the Union, held at Chicago week before last, presented a grand national spectacle and one which should 1111 the heart of every true Ameri can with enthusiastic pride. The men who bore the brunt of battle give fresh encouragement to the nation, in their abiding patriotism and love of country, and, though now enjoying the repose of peace, they are willing, if need be, to again undergo the hardships of war to preserve and protect the government and Union. LAtlcir, horses are generally most ad mired who pwly up. Prosperity is gen erally based upon knowledge and industry, the swine will always get most that nose most. Farmers are like thwls; neither will get full crops without industry. Be cause a man who attends a flock of sheep is a shepherd makes it no reason that a man who keeps cows should be a cow-aril. We like to see a farmer increase the growth of useful plants and shrubs around his home, but do not like to see him make use of rails, poles and boards to poi-a-uate with. ' A sun:41111910N - has been opened in Brussels in thvor of a poor crippled girl. who, to save her sister front a week's im prisonment to which she had been con demned for sonic slight offence, went there instead of the offender. The fraud was detected after she had suffered the punish ment, and when brought before the judge she was sentenced to three mouths' im prisonment, which, however, she will now escape. - Her answer to the question what induced her to substitute herself for her sister, was that, being a cripple, she could not maintain her aged mother, which her sister had done for a long time, "and, therefore," she added, "it was better for me to go to prism and let her be free." .*2,630,171 08 . 1,259,155 60 . 3,134,337 10 7,023,607 07 IN FATHUI ABRAHAM. I 5 :r. says he has retirca from politics 250' 1 50