<£l)c Lancaster iintdlujmciT.
VOL. XLIX.
Concastcr Intelligencer,
I'L HLISIIKH EVERT TUESDAY MORSINO,
BY E. W. HUTTER.
Office in “ Union Court,” in the rear of the Market
House, adjoining Centre Square,
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ADVERTISEMENTS,
Consumption,
Asthma, Bronchitis, Spitting Blood, Pain in the-side,
and breast, So'rc Throat, Hoarseness, Palpatation
of the Heart, Whooping Cough, Hives, Nervous
Tremors, Liver Complaint, and Diseased Kid
neys, are radically cured, by Thompson’s Com
pound Syrup of Tar and Wood Naptha.
ALTHOUGH the great fatality of Pulmonary
Diseases, at this tiine shows that there are
particular cases that render still too applicable the
designation, approbia me'dicbrum —the disgrace of
physicians—to this call of diseases; and that there
are stages in their progress, which having once been
reached, recovery is doubtful. Still no one should
despair.' The writings of phypicians, who have
given to these affections particular attention, abound
with many recorded cases of recovery when the
patient had reached a seeming hopeless stage ot
the disease; and there is at this time, a remedy
prepared in Philadelphia which lias met with the
most triumphant and cheering success in the most,
obstinate forms of Throat and Pulmonary Diseases
-t-so as to have obtained the sanction and employ
ment in the practice of many physicians.
Allusion is had to Thompson's Compound Syrup
of Tar and Wood Naptha —the preparation of one,
who, having given to diseases oi the Lungs and
their means of cure, the most careful and thorough
attention, presented to the public this great remedy.
The soothing and curative power of TAR has
often been observed in severe coughs, and Con
sumption.- But in the above preparation, beside
some of our most valuable vegetable pectorals
there is conjoined with it the \Vood Naptha, a med
icine but lately introduced, but whi<jh has been
employed with most satisfactory resultsjin England,
in Pulmonary Consumption, cspeciallyjol a Tuber
culous form. | \
Read the following from Dr. Young,j.thc eminent
odulist. Philadelphia, Jan/ 18, 1847.
Messrs. Angney & Dickson :—Gentlemen—Hav
ing recommended in my practice, and used in my
own family, Thomson’s Compound Syrup of Tar
and Wood Naptha, 1 have no hesitation in saying
that it is one of the best preparations of the kind in
use, and persons suffering from colds, coughs, af
fections of the throat, breast, iic., sq prevalent at
this season of the year, cannot use any medicine
that will cure or prevent Consumption sooner than
Thomson’s Compound Syruin ol Tar and \\ uod
Naptha. * Wm. Young, M. D.
1.t2 Spruce street.
Philadelphia; March 9, -1844.
I hereby certify.;that after lingering four years
with pulmonary consumption and given up by tour
physicians, who pronounced me incurable, the dis
ease was arrested and 1 was restored to health sole
ly by the use of Thomson's Compound Syrup of
Tar and Wood Naptha.
MARY HENRY, 48 Spruce street.
This invaluable medicine is prepared only at the
North East corner of Fifth and Spruce sts. Phila.
Sold also by J. F. LONG, Lancaster.
R. WILLIAMS, Columbia.
ENGLAND & McMAKIN, Reading.
Dr. McPHERSON, Harrisburg. .
And by respectable Druggists generally.
Price of large bottles 81-00, or six for Five Dol
lars. Beware of imitation. [oct 19—38
The Great English Remedy
THE only original and genuine article for the
cure of Heaves, other complaints of the respi
ratory apparatus, and derangement ofthe digestive
functions in the Horse, is Kirkbride's
Tattersall's Heave Powders. It
warranted to be perfectly safe in all'
cases, will not inconvenience the an- t fljoJcjt
imal or injure him even if he has no A * ,
‘disease; it is from four to eight times cheaper than
most of the imitations which are being circulated
throughout the country, being put up in much larger
packages, sufficient to cure an ordinary case of
Heaves, and to administer in a dozen caspsofcold,
catarrh, &e.
At this season, while the Horse -is shedding his
coat, his vital energy is much reduced, and he is
extremely liable to colds, &c., many cases of inci
pient Heaves are contracted now, but are suppress
ed by pasture or warm weather, till they break out'
with full force -in the fall. ' Thousands of Horses
can be saved from future unsoundness, if, when the
first symptoms of cold or wheezing is observed, a
' few doses ofthe Tattersall’s Heave Powders should
be administered. They are warranted to wholly
eradicate recent Heaves at this season.
Great Spring Purifier
The Heave Powders, given in small doses, will
be found most useful at this season. They stimu
late the 4 skin to cast off the superfluous hair and
produce new ; they loosen the hide, give a .glossy
appearance to the coat, protect against disease;
they also, from their fine alterative and restorative
powers, purify.the blood and renovate the system,
which horses require at this season as much as any
of the human race, who find a preparation of sar
saparilla useful to correct the vitiated state of the
fluids, incident to the change of weather, which
in the spring affects all animal as well as vegetable
' life. Persons who value their horses will never be
without a supply. For sale only by j
GEO. A. MILLER’, Druggist,
March 28, 1848—tl-9) West King st., Lancaster
Fall Fashions.
D SHULTZ, Hatter, No. 19* North Queen st.,
# would, respectfullypnfotm his friends and the
public that he has just received from New York and
Philadelphia the. latest Fall and Winter Fashions,
and wili be pleaded to furnish his customers and all
others with them at the shortest notice. As all his
Hats are manufactured under his immediate super
intendence, he feels warranted in saying, that for
durability and finish they cannot be surpassed by
any establishment in this or any other city in the
Union. His stock consists of Beaver, Nutria,
Brush, Russia, Cassimere, Moleskin, Silk, &c. &c.
which he will dispose of at the lowest prices. Call
3 and examine his stock before purchasing elsewhere.
CAPS, CAPS!
His assortment of Caps is most extensive
in the city end he is adding to it daily. Customers
may rest assured that they will be suited, as he has
carefully selected his stock from the largest assort
ments in New York and Philadelphia. Don’t for
get the stand, directly opposite Michael’s Hotel,
North Queen street.
Country Merchants visiting Lancaster, dealing in
Hats or Capsj can be supplied at wholesale prices,
from one to a dozen, such as they may want.
He also informs his numerous friends and custo
mers that he still continues to conduct the Hatting
business in all branches as heretofore, at his
J OLD STAND IN NEW HOLLAND,
to which place all orders for the delivery of Hats
arc requested to be forwarded,
gep 4-14-ly DAVID SHULTZ.
Salisbury Handle Manufactory
and Turning mil.
THE subscribers tender their thanks to their
friends for the patronage extended to them in
the business -in which they are engaged, and res
pectfully solicit a continuance ol their favors.
They now inform their friends and the public
generally, that they still continue to manufacture
at their establishment at Salisbury, (on the Phila
delphia and Lancaster turnpike, one mile east of
Kinzer’s and one mile north of the Gap,) Broom,
Brush, Hoe, Shovel and Fork Handles, Plastering
Lath turned and sawed, Palling, Bench Screws, &c.
They have also, an excellent Turning Mill con
nected with their establishment, and are .prepared
to do all kinds of Turning in wood, such as Porch
Columns, Cabinet, Coach and Wagon Turning of
all kinds with promptness and despatch.
They have now on hand a lot of seasoned lumber,
suitable for Cabinet Makers use, which will be
turned to order or disposed of on reasonable terms.
Also, a large lot of prime Ash Plank which will
be sold low and sawed if wished to any size.
Any communications directed to Gap Post Office,
, Lancaster county, will meet with prompt attention,
sept 7 ’47-32-ly , A. F. &S. C. SLAYMAKER-
SHAWLS.— A large assortfnent of long and
squarge French Shawls for sale at. reduced
prices. C. HAGER k SON.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Lancaster city & county Millinery,
In Krainph’s Building, first door on the second floor.
THE undersigned, Mary A. Ranninoek, here
with respectfully informs the public, that she
intends, on Tuesday, the 18th of April, instant, to
open a splendid assortment of
Millinery Ware,
in the large room, lately occupied by Mr. Johnson,
(Daguerreotype Painter,) in Mr. F. J. Kruinph’s
building, North East cornjbr of North Queen and
Orange streetß, Lancaster, Pa., in the immediate
neighborhood of Van Kanan’s, Scholfield’s, Good
fic Johns’, Kauffman’s, and Michael’s Hotels, and
opposite the post office ; and invites all her respec
tive customers, as well as the public in general,
both in the city and county, to give her a call and
to examine her stock. 1
All her articles are of the' best quality, of the
most fashionable style, and may be had at the most
reasonable prices. Her stock consists principally
in Straw, Fancy ami Casing Bonnets, Ribbons,
Flowers, Bonnet and Dress Caps, Collars, Mourn
ing Caps and Collars, &c. &c., as well as in a se
lected assortment of the handsomest Dress Goods
ever offered to the public before.
Old Bonnets will also be altered and made up
anew, in the most fashionable stvic. with the greatest
care, and on the most reasonable terms. Ladies’
Bonnets and Gentlemen’s Hats whitened and
pressed.
Notwithstanding that the Ladies, far and. near,
aof fully convinced of her superior work, she nev
ertheless does not consider it superfluous, here to
stale, that she has, at the same time, employed the
best and most experienced assistants in herbusiuess,
and no apprentices, who are merely learning the
trade: Hence she is fully enabled, in every point
of view, to render full and complete satisfaction to
those who inav favor her with a call.
MARY A. RANKINGKR.
Lancaster, April 11, IS4B. 3m-11
Carriage Manufactory
THE undersigned respectfully informs the public
that he has removed his extensive
COACHMAKING ESTABLISHMENT.
to the town of Schoencck, in Lancaster county, 10
miles from Womelsdorf, in Berks county, where he
formerly conducted the same business, and Ifj miles
from Reading, lie is now prepared, at bis new
stand, to manufacture every article in Ids line, and
also to execute repairs of coaches and other vehi
cles at the shortest notice, and at the most reason
able prices. He has constantly on hand a complete
assortment of
Coaches; Barouches, Rocknwavs, ,
with single or double seats, Buggys,-
with or without covers, made according to the
newest stylcand of the best materials, winch for
durabilitv and neatness cannot be excelled. Per
sons desiring neat, cheap and. substantial vehicles,
will therefore find it to their advantage to patron
ise this establishment, as his work is not to be sur
passed. Orders, addressed to the Schoencck P.
0., Lancaster county, will be promptly executed,
and the work will be delivered wherever customers
mav require it.
Carriages ami buggvs somewhat .worn, will be
taken in exchange lor new work—as also country
produce.
Old coaches and' buggvs on hand, selling from
§25 to sso* Old vehicles repaired and repainted
equal to any new.
He will spare no pains to merit a continuance
of public patronage, especially from his old custo
mers in Lancaster and Berks counties.
JESSE REIXHOLD.
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Schoeneck, May*2, IS4S.
Sprechcr & Rolirer’s Cheap Hard- j
Ware Store. ; "VTICIIAEL McGIIANN takes occasion to in-I
HARDWARE, Glass, Paints,Oils, and Varnishes . i-'J- his P at , rn " s a "‘> the public generally,
at that long established stand, East King st., tliat he has removed from Ins old Ijavern Stand, to
Lancaster, formerly occupied by Howett 6l Krieder, a t,vo ot l- r v r i >r *r ’ p I ' < J I,KP nPar y oppnsitp, one « nnr
a lew doors east of the Court House, next door to n°nh «' Brother’s Bee line Store, m
the Drug Store of James Smith, and opposite Geo. ; Queen street, where he will be most happy
Mcssenkop’s Hotel, which tliev have recently taken ito accommodate his numerous customers Ills
and where they will carry on the business. ' ahla a " d , c “‘' Bt antly supplied by he
They most'respectfully beg leave to invite the ! die market and season can afford, and on the
attention of their friends and acquaintances to their premises there is sufficient stabling to accommodate
stock of Hardware, which they have just opened • a large number of horses. The place having un
and will sell at the most reasonable prices, includ- dergone a thorough repair, Mr. VlcGrann feels able
ing evervvariety of Iron and Steel, Latches, Locks. render entire satisfaction to his customers and
Bolts. Hinges. Screws, and all kinds of building hc tnists-to receive a continuance ofthevery liberal
materials, every description of Files, Blacksmith’s ! degree of patronage heretofore extended to him
Bellows, -Saddierv, best warranted Edge Tools,! He would also inform his old customers, that he
Planes, and Venebrs. Also a complete assortment i sr.ll follows the bottling business and ,s ready to
of CEDAR WARE, such as tubs, buckets, butter ! ““P.P 1 }' ‘hem with bottled PORTER, ALE, CIDER,
churns, together with every article in their line, and BROW N STOUT, at the old prices and the
They will keep constantly on hand every variety of j UB > ,a l distances from the city
Coal and Wood Stoves; also a highly,approved ' r “ **
COOKING STOVE 1
The attention of young beginners is particularly I
called to their full and complete assortment of j
household utensils. ;
Determined to spare no pains to accommodate |
purchasers, and by steady adherence to business, j
they expect to merit a of the liberal 1
patronage thus for bestowed upon them. !
t GEORGE D. SPRECHER, |
REUBEN S. ROHRKR,
Old Metal and Flaxseed taken in exchange tor \
j goods. jan 13-DO
REMOVAL—T. C. WILEY,
Fashionable Boot and Ladies Shoe
Establishment.
THE undersigned begs leave tu return hiscFjii
thanks to the public for the encourage
ment heretofore extended to him, and to ac-
quainrihis former patrons and friends anti.the pub
lic generally, that he has removed his fashionable
boot and shoe store from North Queen to East King
street, dirictlv opposite Mrs. Messenkop's Hotel,
?.nd one door east of James Smith’s Apothecary,
where he is prepared to do all work in Ids line of
business with -neatness and despatch. He has on
hand a general assortment of
French & Morocco SUins for Hoots,
to which branch of his business he devotes particu
lar attention, and guarantees his Boots to be made
in the neatest and most fashionable manner. He
i has also just received from the city an assortment
j of lasts of the most fashionable styles for Ladies
’ Shoes. He also keeps constantly on hand an as
i sortment of Ladies* and Misses' Shoes of his own
j manufacture, which he is confident will give gen
j eral satisfaction, as they are made in the neatest
I and most fashionable manner,
April 2D, IS4S.
Public Sale of Real Estate,
ON SATURDAY, MAY 23, 184 S, will be sold,
by virtue ouaa-order of the Orphans* court of
Lancaster countv, bn the premises of No. 1, in
said county, about two miles South from the Lime
stone Quarries, and about two miles north of
Georgetown, the following real estate of Henry
:Pheneger, late of said township, deceased, to wit:
No. 1. Consisting of 30 Acres of Land, more or
less, situate in said township, adjoining lands of
Jacob Frantz, Walter Davis, and others. The im
provements are a one-story frame dwelling JRSjjjsj
HOUSE, a small Swisserßarn, a tenant House ijlljjjjij
and other buildings. «■
No. 2. Consisting of 5 Acres of Land, more or
less, situate in Paradise township, adjoining lands
•of Jacob Frantz, Widow Ferrec, and others. This
is valuable sprout land.
Sale to commence at 2 o’clock P. M., when at
tendance will be given and terms of sale made
known by WM. PHENEGER,
Executor of said deceased.
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May 2, IS4B.
Castings! Castings!
THE Subscribers having rented thc»shop, to
gether with all the Lathes, Tools, Patterns,
&c., belonging to Pennel &Lenher, late in the oc
cupancy of. James H. Pennel, they are prepared to
do all kinds of
CASTING AND FINISHING :
such as Railroad work, Furnace and Forge Cast
ings, Mill Gearing, Factory work, Horse Power
and Agricultural Castings, &c.
Having patterns of every description on hand,
they are prepared to execute all orders at the
shortest notice. Also, Patterns made to order.
From the known experience of the subscribers
in the above business, the assurance is given that
all orders will be faithfully executed.
.May 2, IS4B.
New Supply of Boots &, Shoes Sm&i
Gum Shoes, &c. #fll
THE subscriber has just received a new* I^.
supply of Boots, Shoes, Gum Shoes, &c., at
his stand, in North Queen Street, two doors above
the Post Office, to which he invites the attention of
his patrons and the public in general.
He has a supply of Gum Shoes of every descrip
tion, consisting of Buskins, Sandals, and plain,
with double soles, and also a common article,
ov 9 >47-41] ADAM S. KELLER-
CITY OF LANCASTER, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1848.
.\otlcc to DlNttllers,
AND ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
WHEREAS, 1, Jacob Weitzch, of the-city of
Lancaster, coppersmith, have received by let
ters Patent, recorded in the Patent office in the city
of Washington, certain useful improvements in the
construction of Stills, which improvements consist
of an additional tub, called a. dr .. * ; .ng tub, which
is placed partly above the still, r *'diich tub the
doubler is inclosed, the beer width is pumped into
the upper tub passes down by a plug pipe into the
doubling tub, where it is brought to a boiling state
before it is let into the still, which pipe is opened
or stopped when requisite by means of a plug made
of wood, copper, or any other material.
What i claim as my improvements ate the above
described doubling tub and the plug by which the 1
beer passes from one tub to the other, or from the
tub into the still.
Having received information, amounting to proof,
that my patent for the above described improve
ments lias been violated by several distillers in this
county and in various other places, 1 hereby give
notice, that unless those persons who have made
use of mv invention, or have it now in use, without
being authorized by me, come forward and make
full reparatioiiTor having infringed my patent right,
on or before the first day of .VI arch next, suit will
be instituted against all and every such person or
persons. JACOB WKIFZEL.
Feb. 22,.1848. _ tf-4_
Warren county, (Virginia,) Land
at Private Sale.
THE subscriber is desirous to dispose of his val
uable Farm, situated on the Shenandoah River,
five miles above Front Royal (the county town) and
containing about 400 acres, a large propor- ugg.
tion of which is first quality meadow. This
Farm is beautifully timbered, well watered,
admirably located in point of health, conye-
uience, and society. The greater part of this land
is in the highest state of cultivation, well set in
clover, and highly productive; upon the Farm are
several comfortable Dwelling Houses, and an
excellent store house, and the greatest abun
jjjjidancc of the finest fruit of all descriptions. If
desirable this Farm might be divided into two or
more Farms, giving to each a sufficiency of timber
and water, and when the projected improvement
of the Shenandoah River shall be completed (which
it soon will be) this property cannot fail to be im
mensely valuable. I deem it unnecessary to give
a more detailed description as persons desiring to
purchase will doubtless examine for themselves.
Any communications addressed to me at Front
Royal, Warren county, (Va.) will receive attention.
April IS, IS4S-2m*-12] WM. BENNET.
4 - LL persons wishing to roof either new or old
j /\ buildings with slate arc hereby informed that
i the subscribers have now on hand at their quarries
. at Peacli Bottom, Lancaster county, a large quun
| titv of HOOFING SLATE, of a superior quality ;
; also a proportion of second quality ; all of which
I they will dispose of on very accommodating terms,
’ either bv the ton or bv the square when put on the
• roof. ’ ’ -
. Persons wishing to roof buildings of any dcscrip- i
lion can always be supplied at the shortest notice
; by calling on the undersigned partner, at his Mills,
i near Goshen post oliice, Fulton township, in person,
j or address him by letter, directed to that office, and
; they will bo promptly attended to. They also fur
i ther request those who mav find it more convenient
i to call on John Elder, Esq., of the city of Lancas
: ter, or on Mr. Jeremiah Brown, of Columbia, they
being fullvauthorizcd to contract for said company.
; * SLATER BROWN &: CO.
I Fulton twp., Feb. 29, IS4S. 4m-5
MR. NOAII SMITH, who has been fur some
time pa6t in the employ of Mr. Landis, the
toundcr of thin popular establishment, takes plea
sure in informing the citizens of the city and coun
tv of Lancaster, that he has purchased tho same
from Mr. Landis, and that from this date it will be
tinder his control and direction.
The Museum has been thoroughly refitted of late,
with new decorations, scenery, See., and a great
many specimens of natural and artificial curiosities
have' been added to the heretofore large catalogue.
Mr. Smith assures the friends and patrons of this
delightful Repository of Art and Science, that no
pains on his part will be spared to render it worthy
of a visit from the philosopher or antiquarian, as
well as from those of an humbler sphere. Admis
sion 2.0 cents. [Lancaster, Apvil 11. IS4B-3m-l 1
1848 Conestoga Navigation. 1848
Transportation to Philadelphia and Baltimore!
j AT REDUCED RATES OF FREIGHT.
THE Farmers, Millers, and Storekeepers of Lan
caster county are informed that the “ Conesto
! ga Transportation Company - will place a new and
| superior line ot Freight Boats on the water from
• Lancaster to Philadelphia and Baltimore via Con
i estoga Navigation and Tide Water Canal, immedi-
I atelv on the opening of the Canals —and will run
| constantly and regularly through the season. The
! rates of freight will he as follows
Flour,
I Grain
i Groceries, Dry goods,**.) , 8 ce „ ts per 100 lbs
delivered in Lancaster, J r
For further particulars apply at the office of the
Conestoga Navigation Companv or to
GEORGE CALDER, Agent.
Lancaster, Feb. 29, IS4S. 5-3 m
T. C. WILEY.
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rpilE subscriber repectfully informs his friends
I and tlie public that he has removed to the old
established and well known shop lately occupied by
William Cox, in North Duke street, on the Railroad,
where he is prepared to do all kinds of work, such
as making and repairing
CARRIAGES, BAROUCHES, BUGGIES,
SQUARE CARRIAGES,
and vehicles of every kind belonging to the coach
making business.
New work will be sold, and repairing of all kinds
done cheaper, than at any other establishment in
this city, and all work will be done in the best and
most fashionable style, and manufactured from the
best materials. All new work warranted.
lie returns his thanks to the public for the liberal
cncourgement heretofore extended to him* and
hopes by strict personal attention to business, and
moderate charges to merit and receive a continuance
of public patronage. GEO. B. MOWERY.
April IS, IS4S. 12-6 m
Look Here! Clocks and Watches.
HpHE undersigned has just returned from
S Philadelphia with a new aud splendid
assortment of Clocks, Watches,
Musical Boxes, Gold Pens, &c., which he
prepared to dispose of on the most reasonable
terms. Among his assortment may be found Gold
and Silver Levers, Imitation Levers, Quartiers and
English Watches, and a new article of Clocks, and
all articles usually kept in his line. He respect
fully invites the inspection of his friends both in
town and country to his stock of goods with the as
surance that from his assortment they cannot fail to
make a selection of any article they may want.
Repairing attended to as usual, and all work
warranted. JOHN BROWN, Agt.
Feb. 15, 1848. .3
Chair Maker, Paper Hanger
and Painter.
Corner of South Queen and Vine streets.
THE undersigned respectfully informs his friends
and the public that he has how on hand, and
is constantly manufacturing to order CHAIRS
of all kinds and descriptions, from the highest tega
to the lowest price. Thfey have been generally / *[ I
admired —are elegantly finished, and are of the most
durable character.
House painting in all its varieties executed by
theundersigned. His prices will be found jpxtrcmely
moderate.
All orders for Paper Hanging will be promptly
executed. GEORGE F. ROTE,
dec 22 1847 44 ly '
JAMES BOON,
MICHAEL HANVEY.
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that COUNTRY IS THE MOST PROSPEROUS, WHERE LABOR COMMANDS THE GREATEST REWARD.” Buchanan.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Slate for Sale,
REMOVAL.
Lancaster Museum,
AND GALLERY. OF FINE ARTS,
22 barrel
“ “ bushel
Removal.
Select IjJoetrß.
The Blind Girl, fo her Mother.
Mother, thoy say the start are bright,
And the broad hcavona are blue, r
I dream of them by day and night,
And think them all like you.
I cannot touch the distant skies,
The stars ne’er speak to me—
Yet their sweet images arise,
And blend with thoughts of thee.
I know not why, hut oft I dream
Of the far land of bliss j
And when I hear thy voice I deem
That heaven is like to this. '•
When my sad heart to thine is pressed,
My follies all forgiven,
.Sweet pleasure warms my heating breast,
And this I say is heaven.
Oh mother, will the God above
Forgive iny faults like thee 7
Will he bestow such care and love
On a blind thing like me 7
Dear mother leave me not alone!
Go with me when I die—,
Lead thy blind daughter to the throne,
And stay in yonder sky.
Religion.
BY WILLIAM LEGGETT.
Like snow that falls where waters glide,
Earth’s pleasures fade away;
They melt in Time’s destroying tide,
And cold are while they stay !
But joys that from Religion How,
Like stars that gild<he night,
Amidst the darkest gloom of wo.
Smiles forth with sweetest light.'
Religion’s ray no clouds obscure,
But o’er the Christian’s soul
It sends its radiance calm and pure,
Though tempests round it roll;
His heart may break with sorrow’s stroke-,
But to its latest thrill,
Like diamonds shining when they’re broke j
Religion lights it still.
ittisccllcmeous.
The Literature of the Scriptures.
BY E. C. COGSWELL,
In simplicity and purity of style, and in original
ity of sentiment, the Bible stands unrivalled. Its
purity and eloquence are unsurpassed by any pro-
duction, ancient or modern. Its material for the
exercise of deep thought, for cultivating the ta‘ste ?
for invigorating the imagination, and for eliciting
the best feelings of the soul, is rich and exhaustless.
Its weighty doctrines, the hopes it enkindles, the
fears it allays, alike prove its divine original.
No human composition is so exquisite as always
to please. Its stores' of wisdom are quickly ex
hausted ; the eye soon perceives the end of created
perfection ; but the beauties of the Bible are none
the less lovely, though the charm oi novelty may
have passed away.
He who can read the inspired narration of Mo
ses with diminished interest, can have no beauty in
his own soul. Cold must be that heart which does
not kindle at his eloquence, and melt at his pathos!
Moses’ account of the Creation is unique. It is
abrupt, simple, sublime. The volume of destiny
is suddenly thrown open; time is proclaimed;
creation arises; and a new race of intelligences
appear on the scene. The Almighty voice is ad
dressed to Chaos: “Confusion hears it, and wild
Uproar stands ruled.’’ The waters subside;
verdant landscape is seen; songs burst from every'
grove ; and stars, bright rolling, silent beaming, are
hurled forth from the Almighty’s hand.
The style of Moses as an historian is the best
model, both in the vigorous and the sublime, the
pleasing and the tender. His history is clothed
with the grace of eloquence, the charms of poetry
and the fascination of fiction.
The Bible is replete with poetry. The Hebrew
poets rouse, warm, and transport the mind, in strains
the sweetest and boldest that bard ever sung—in
numbers the loftiest that imagination ever dictated.
No poetry extant equals that which comes to us
from the rapt patriarch of Idumea, and the inspired
prophets ot Salem; from the school of Bethel and
Jericho. The Eible is the prototype, the unrivalled
model and inspirer of all that is elevated in poetry.
It has been a fountain, from which later poets have
drawn their richest thoughts, their boldest figures,
their grandest imagery. • . ,
The Psalms of David are an elegant specimen of
poetic literature. The character of their diction
and expression is vivid, the thoughts animated,
passionate. They communicate truths, which phil
osophy could never investigate, in a style which
uninspired poetry can never equal. The Hebrew
literature itself contains nothing more lovely.
Among the prophetic writers. Isaiah stands unri
valled. His language possesses surpassing beau
ties. His triumphal song upon the fall of the Ba
bylonish monarch is replete with imagery, diversi
fied and sublime. The conception is bold, the char
acters are introduced with wonderful art. Nothing
is wanting to defend its claims to perfect beauty.
In every excellence of composition, it is unequalled
by any specimen of Greek or Roman poetry.
The strains of Ezekiel break forth like the gush,
ing of a mighty fountain. He is deep, vehement
tragical. He rouses every energy of the soul; over,
whelms the mind by his bold figures, abrupt transi
tions, fervid expressions. But he who astonishes
us by his graphic images, possesses, at the same
time, the loveliness of the sweetest poet. For in
vigorating the imagination, for giving energy of
thought and boldness of expression, the writings of
Ezekiel are unequalled.
Sucjh is the Literature of the Scriptures. Writ
ten by its numerous authors, during the space of
fifteen hundred years, in the sands of Arabia, in the
deserts of Judah, in the rustic schools pf the pro
. phets, in the sumptuous palaces of Babylon, in
the bosom of pantheism and its sad philosophy,
the Bible comes to us the oldest offspring of sancti
fied intellect, the highest effort of genius, the effu
sions of truth and nature, the overflowings of gen
uine feeling, the utterance of undisguised senti
ments. It is essential truth, the thoughts of heaven.
This volume was conceived in the councils of eter
nal mercy. It contains the wondrous story of re
deeming love. It blazes with the lustre of Jehovah’s
glory. It is calculated to soften the heart; to sanc
tify the affections; to elevate the soul. It is adap
ted to pour the balm pf heaven into the wounded
heart; to cheer the dying hour; and to shed the
light of immortality upon the darkness of the
tomb. The force of its truth compelled the highly
gifted but infidel Byron to testify that—
Within this awful volume lies
The mystery of mysteries.
0! happiest they of human race,
To whom our God hath given grace
To hear, to read, to fear, to pray,
To lift the latch, and force the way;
But better had they ne’er been born,
Who read to doubt, or read to scorn;
A Dramatic Sketch.
Scene— A Parlor, with gas-lights burning, and coal
firt diffusing an agreeable ivannth.
Husband— (Sitting at a centre table, with papers
before him, and addressing his wife.)— My dear, I
have just been reckoning the expenses of our family
tor the year, and I find them to be considerably
greater than my income justifies. Cast your eye
over this schedule, ami you will be surprised to see
how much we have expended, and he convinced ol
the. necessity .for Four thousand
dollars per aunum is the estimate! expenditure —
thus, house rent, $800; carriage hire, $200; tailor s
and milliner's bill, $3OO ; articles bought at fancy
stores, s3ou; music teacher and coucerts, $130;
parties given, $200; three servant's wages, $300;
—but I need not proceed, you can examine the re
maining itefris yourself. Now, the question is, how
shall we retrench ? It is true, l have invested
$5OOO this year, but unless I can do better than
this, I can scarcely hope to acquire that competen
cy I have so anxiously desired, and upon which I
can retire from the cares of business.
H 7/r —1 am as ready as you can be to retrench,
if it be possible; but you know, my dear, that it
is necessary to keep up appearances. Our station
in society demands this, as well as our daughters,
who, you know are growing up, and whose pros
pects depend on our keeping up a genteel establish
ment. Still, I think, we have been rather too lav
ish, not in our necessary expenses, but in our chari
ties. You recollect you gave to the Missionary
Society $2O, to the Tract Society $2O, to the Deaf
and Dumb, Blind, and Orphan Institutions, $25 each,
and I have been in the habit of paying a dollar a
year, to—let me see—seven different societies; and
then, too, you recollect our pew rent is $25 a year,
and, I think, besides this, we have given at least
$3O during the past year to other charities. Now
all these things count up, and I really thiuk we are
not called on to do so much. There is Mr. A. ami
Mr. B.' and Mr. C.. that are worth five times as
much as we are. and I nevei hear of them contrib
uting,to such objects.
Husband— (musing.)—Well, it does appear to
me that we have been a little too liberal in these
matters, and—
(Here a knock is heard at the door, ami a gen
tleman is ushered in, in whose countenance benig
nity and severity are strangely mingled.)
Conscience —l hope Ido not intrude, but over
hearing your conversation, I could not forbear to
venture an opinon on the subject of it. \ou find
your expenditures have been too lavish, and you
wish to curtail them !
Husband and Wife. —Exactly so.
Conscience. —And you wish to begin by retrench
ing your charities !
Husband and Wife.— That appears to be the most
natural way of accomplishing our object.
Conscience. —Suppose you begin with your luxu
ries and superfluities. God's providence has be
stowed on you all you possess, and do you owe him
no acknowledgement for this? If you withhold
benevolence from God s poorer creatures, can you
expect he will continue his benevolence to you?
Does he not hold you in his hand, and can he not, ,
in a moment, blast your prospects, and bring you
and'your children into a situation to be. recipients
of charity ? If you show no mercy, can you ex
pect mercy'? Is there not an account to be given
of your stewardship? Would not a very trifling
retrenchment in your house-hold expenses enable
.you to treble your charities, and in doing this,
would you not feel better, and have a surer pros
pect that your money would prove a blessing to
you, and not prove a curse to your children ?
'Husband and WV/fe. —(excited.) —This, sir, is a
very unwarrantable and impudent intrusion upon
our private matters. :
Conscience.—(retiring.)—l have nothing more to
say s at present, but remember! I will visit you
when you will be compelled to listen to
more unpalatable truths. *
Dr. Franklin.
X SCENE IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT IN 1775.
On the Bth Feb. 1775, Lord Chatham brought
into the House of Lords the outlines of a bill, res
pecting the 11 troubles in America,” which occasion
ed much discussion. Lord Dartmouth said that
it contained matter of such magnitude, that he hoped
the noble earl would be willing it should lie on the
table for consideration. Lord Chatham answered,
“ I expected no mqre." Upon this Lord Sandwich
rose, and in a petulant peevish, manner, opposed its
being received at all: he said, it ought immediately
to be rejected with the contempt it deserved:—that
he could not.believe it to be the production of any
British peer: that it appeared to him to be the
work of some American. Here turning himself
round toward Dr. Franklin, who was leaning on
the bar, he added, that he fancied he had in his eye
the person who drew it up, one of the bitterest and
most jpischievous enemies this country had ever
known. In reply to this, Lord Chatham declared
the Bill to be entirely his own, but that he had no
scruple to add, that if he were the first minister ot
the country, and had the care of settling this mo
mentous business, he should not be ashamed of
publicly calling to his assistance a person so perfect
ly acquainted with the whole of the American
affairs as the gentleman alluded to and so injurious
ly reflected on. One whom all Europe held in high
estimation for. his knowledge and wisdom, and
ranked with the Boyles and the Newtons—a man
who was an honor not only to the English nation
but to human nature!
Preservation of Stair Carpets. —“ Stair car.
pets should always have a strip of paper put under
them, at. and over the edge of every stair, which
is the part where-they wear out. in order to lessen
the friction of the carpets on the boards beneath.
The strips should be within an inch or two as long
as the carpet is wide, and about four or five inches
in width, so as to be at a distance from each staip.'
This simple plan, so easy of execution, will r \ve
know, preserve a stair carpet half os long- again
as it would without the strips of paper.”/£_German
toivn Telegraph.
“Cool as a Judge.” —A <Vouple of “limbs of
the law.*’ who were conduqtfhg a suit before a Jus
tice in Rochester, got/yficeosed at each other, and
finally came to blovys. The Court sat by and look
ed coolly on till fracas was over. Then the
combatants a? f°r disturbing bis honor, but
the Justice,' -ping his specks coolly declared he
hadn’t beep/ disturbed in the least, and the trial
went on,/
TRUE WEALTH.
/ The way to make thy son rich is to fill
f His ; mind with rest, before hia trunk with riches.
For wealth, without contentment, climbs a hill,
f To feed those tempests which fly over ditches;
/ But if thy son makes ten pounds his measure,
| Then all thou addest may be called hia tre&aure.
American Bible Society.
The American Bible Society held its 32d Anni
versary at the Broadway Tabernacle, New \ oi;k,
on the 11th instant.
After the reading of the Scriptures by the Rev.
Dr. Stone of Brooklyn, the Hon. Theodore Freling
huysen, President of the Society, made an able
From the Manager's Report, read by the Secre
tary, Dr. Brigham, it appeared that 110 new aux
iliries had been added during the year; forty-six
new Life Directors, and 751 new Life Members.
The receipts for the year had been $254,377 17;
and there had been distributed 055,005 Bibles and
Testaments; making a total, since the formation
of the Society, of 5,780,095 copies. The Society,
besides home circulation, has the past year made
liberal grants of Bibles - and Testaments for the
Army, the Navy, Oregon, Mexico, and the West,
Indies, and grants of money for distributing the •
Scriptures in France, Syria, Persia, Switzerland,
India, and from various Mission stations of different
denominations throughout the world.
After the Report, animated addresses* occupying
about three hours, characterised in some instances
by brilliant, chastened wit, as- well as deep-toned
solemnity, were made.
Dr. Pomroy, in alluding to Palestine, Syria, Asia
Minor, Greece, Egypt, and Arabia, which he had
visited the proceeding years, and the work of send
ing back the Bible to those countries where it orig
inated, and where the Saviour and his Apostles
prayed, and labored, and suffered, for humbn salva
tion, was one of peculiar interest. There the Bible
is at home, its allusions to climate, scenery, geo
graphy, productions, arts, customs, are instantly
recognized. The cast fits the mould. The Bible,
he said, was now greatly needed there, to enlighten,
civilize, reform, elevate, and bless—some how it has
a most marvellous influence in the affairs of time
as well as of eternity—it constructs roads,
coaches—digs through mountains, and makes the
lightning talk like a book, —creates intelligence
and enterprise,—gives liberty, security, moral and
religious principle. It would make the magnificent
slopes, and valleys of Lebanon, the sweet hills and
plains of Gallilee, a terrestial Paradise. <
It is now actually doing its work in Jerusalem,
on Lebanon, at Smyrna, Constantinople, and other
parts of the Ttirkish Empire. You can hardly
imagine, he said, the delight, which converts there
take in the word of God.
Go on, then, said Dr. P. with your work. Freight
your t; swift ships," and send them forth to those
regions, where the Gospel of Salvation was first
published to man.
In alluding to the present critical state of France,
he said, if he had control of the government of this
country, he would take the noblest ship in our na
vy. manned by the best officers and crew that could
be found. Then he would take a copy of the
BIBLE, prepared, in the very best style, for the
occasion, put it into the hands of a Committee of
seven men, among the wisest and best in our land,
and direct them' to carry it to the French nation.
Iliey should also tfti lJ a Idlei soiuewliui like
the following: '
The Ijnited States of America, to the Republic
of France, sends Christian salutation: Whereas,
in the providence of God, kings and nobles have
vanished from among you, and you have proclaimed
yourselves a Republic, be it known unto you, as
our deliberate and full conviction, that nations do
NOT LIVE BY CHARTERS AND CONTRIBUTIONS
ALONE, RUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDETII
OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.
Yours fraternally and eternally ,
Signed, Twenty Millions of People.
On reaching France, he said, this Committee of
seven should go in solemn processioh, and lay this
Bible and Letter on the tabic of the National As-
sembly.
A resolution was passed appropriating feu thou
sand dollars for immediately aiding the French Bible
Society in circulating the Scriptures in that coun
try. Upon which Dr. Tyngsaid, he was authorized
by a liberal gentleman to pledge $lOOO for this
specific ooject, payable as soon as the remainder
was secured; and he pledged himself to raise $OOO
in addition. Rev. Mr. Kirk then pledged $lOO,
and Rev. Mr. Vail, of Cincinnati, for himself and a
few friends at the west, $l,OOO. And it may be
hoped surely that American patriots will sponta
neously respond from different parts of the country,
to an amount, for this important object, far greater
than the sum of $lO,OOO.
Ttie Way It is Done.
The forest of Athol, in Scotland, which contains
100,00 u English acres, is. set apart for the breeding
and support of red deer, that the Lord of the Manor
may hunt them.
It is computed in England, that a family can
draw a support on two acres of land. Allowing,
for the land not tillable, that'the land in Athol
forest would support but one person on the same
number of acres, that would support a family in
England, and fifty-thousand persons might draw
the necessaries of life from the land set apart for
huntingexcursions. Scarce £wo years have elapsed
since American charity sent food to the famishing
thousands of Scotland and Ireland. Though man
may die of starvation —though misery and squalid
poverty are seen in every hovel, the aristocracy
will not be debarred from hunting. They must
have their pleasures, and as the hunters sweep by,
their horns must ring sweet music in the ears of
the lather who sees his children starving to death
for want of bread, and dependent qCi^otffer' ian^s or
charity. And yet, becauseja€n"who sac i’ud feel
these things—who are d£wn-trodden and crushed
by Inhuman and unyi'st laws, occasionally exhibit
a restiveness and-rise against their oppressors, they
are denounc#a/by a leading whig joufhal in this
city as Agitators,' and Americans are warned
against sympathising with them. The heart, in
deed, must be corrupt, that does not "sympathise”
vrith a people sb oppressed. —Ohio Statesman.^
Memoranda for Boys.
Seven classes of company to be avoided.
1. Those who ridicule their parents or disobey
their commands.
2. Those who : profane the Sabbath or scoff at
religion.
3. Those who use profane and filthy language.
•1. Those who are unfaithful, play truant and
waste their time in idleness. ■
• 5. Those who are of a quarrelsome temper, and
are apt to get into a difficulty with others.
G. Those who are addicted to lying and stealing.
7. Those who are of cruel disposition: who take
pleasure in torturing and maiming animals and
insects, and robbiug birds of their young.
Value of a Dollar.— lf you would . learn the
value of a dollar, go and labor two days in the
burning sun as a hod earner. This is an excellent
idea, and if many of our young gentlemen^had .to
earn their dollars in that way, how much less dissi
pation and crime would we witness every day ;
Tlie first duty of a Statesman
Is to build up the moral energy of n people. This
is their first interest; and he who weakens it, inflicts
an injury which no talent can repair; nor should
any splendour of services, or any momentary suc
cess, avert from him the infamy which he has
earned. Let public men learn to think more rev
erently of their functions. Let them feel that they
are touching more vital interest than property.
Let them fear nothing so much as to sap the moral
convictions of a people, by.unrighteous legislation,
or a slflsh policy. Let them cultivate in themselves
the spirit of religion and virtue, as the first requi
site to public station. Let no apparent advantage
to the community, any more than to themselves,
seduce them to the infraction of any moral law.
Let them put faith in virtue as the strength of na
, tions. Let them not be disheartened by temporary
ill success in upright exertion. Let them remem
ber, that while they and their cotemporaries live
but for a day, the state is to live for agesanu that
Time, the unerring arbiter, will vindicate the wis
dom as well as the magnanimity of the public man,
who, confiding in the power of truth, justice and
philanthrophy, asserts their claims, and reverently
follows their monitions, amidst general disloyalty
and corruption.-— Charming.
The Lower Class.
Who are they ? The toiling millions, the labor
ing man and woman, the farmer, the mechanic, the
artizan, the inventor, the producer? Far from it.
These are nature’s nobility—God's favorities—the
salt of the earth. No matter whether they are
high or low in station, rich or poor in pelf, conspi
cuous or humble in position, they are surely .the
•‘upper circles” in the order' of whatever
the fictitious distinctions of society, fashionable or
unfashionable, decree.
It is not iow —it is the highest duty, privilege and
pleasure, for the great man and the whole-souled
woman to earn what they possess, to work their
own way through life, to be architects of theirown
fortunes. Some may rank the classes we have al
luded to as only relatively low, and in fact the mid
dling classes. We insist they are absolutely the
very highest. If there is a class of human beings
on earth, who may properly be denominated lou\ it
is composed of those who spend without earning,
who consume without producing, who dissipate on
the earnings of their fathers or relatives without
being or doing any thing in and of themselves.
We are all mariners on this sea of life,
And they who climb above us up the shrouds,
Have only, in their overstepping place,
Gained a more dangerous station and foothooldmore
Canine ‘‘Fraternity.”
Dogs sometimes set an example, which humanity
would do well to imitato. A little house dog, be
longing to Mr. Waite, an ex-pressman of Canri
bridgeport strayed away last Monday, and was shot
at and wounded in Austin street, about a quarter of
& Irom Uomo. Notkmg ttuo uvlu uf lltlll UllXli
some hours afterwards when a large dog belonging
to Eliphalet Davis, Esq., was found tenderly bring
ing back the unfortunate little wanderer by his
teeth. Reaching the fence before Mr. Waite’s
house he found the gate closed, and the palings of
the fence too narrow to admit him with his charge;
whereupon he commenced digging under the string
er with the view of effecting a passage into the
house. Few better Samaritans tiian this dog could
be found even in these days of philanthrophy.—
Transcript.
Hint to the Rich.
God has prospered you, and is still abundantly
prospering you. When counting up your gains,
when looking oifyour wealth and splendor, when
sitting in your beautiful Temple, and rejoicing amid
rich religious privileges, O think of the destitute,
millions on millions! Remember, God is no res
pecter of persons; he loves them, as well hs you ;
his sun shines as brightly on their fields; the Saviour
embraced them in his last message; and his Gospel
can prepare them, as well as you, for his second
coming and glory. Enter, then, fully into his great
plan of mercy, and rest not till he he has the whole
earth for his possession.
Peach Trees.
A writer in the Horticulturist thinks that the
shortening-in mode of pruning and the use of ashes,
will drive that most fatal malady to peach trees—
the yellows—out of the country, if cultivators can
be brought to estimate their joint value. He uses
wood ashes, either leached or unleached—half a
peck of the former or half a bushel of the latter,
for a young tree just beginning to bear. The best
time of applying it is in October, but it has been
found to work admirably as late as June. It is
best to prune the peach early, but the writer has
seen no bad effect from shortening-in as late as the
middle of May, and he advises those who have not
performed that operation already, to take knife in .
hand, and sally forth immediately.
Revolutionary.
One day in the middle of winter, Gen. Greene,
when passing a sentinel who was barefooted, said,
“ I fear, my good fellow, you suffer much from the
severe cold.”: “ Very much” was the reply, “ but I
do not complain. I know I‘should fare better had
our General the means of getting supplies. They
isay, -however, that in a few days we shall have a
fight, and then I shall take care to secure a pair of
shoes.”
ILT Curran had a perfect horror of fleas'; nor
was this very extraordinary, since those vermin
seemed to show him a peculiar “hostility. If they
infested a house;my friend said that ‘‘they always
flocked to his bed-chamber, when they heard he
was to sleep there!” .1 recollect his being dread
fully annoyed in this way at Carlow; and on ma
king his complaint in the morning to the woman
of the housfe, “By heavens, madam,” cried he,
“they were in such numbers,.and seized upon my
carcass with so much ferocity, that if they had been
unanimous , and all pulled one way, they must have
dragged me out of my bed entirely J”
A New Wat. —At the editorial head of the
Knoxville (Ten*.) of the 11th inst., we
find the following new way of telling a man’s
death:—
(( Died, on Saturday evening last, within twenty
minutes after the reception of the contents of a
pistol fired by Thos. D. Murray—Capt. Henry B.
Newman, a citizen of this place, and in the full
vigor of manhood.”
We expect soon to see some murder described as
“an unfortunate contact of a. bowie kiiife with the
breast of ”so and so: or a robbery as the “cohesion
of certain articles of value to the hands of one or.
two gentlemen present.”— N: O. Crescent,
NO. 17.