21)c Sancastcr iintclliiicnccr. VOL. XI.IX. foncastcr 3iiltlligmeti% PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING BY E. W: MUTTER. Office in Union Court,” in the rear of the Market House , adjoining Centre Square. TERMS Subscription. Two dollars per annum, pavable in advance; two twenty-five, if not paid within *6ii months; and two fifty, if not paid within the year. No subscription discontinued until all ar rearages are paid, linless at the option of the Editor. Advertisements. —Accompanied by the CASH, and not exceeding one square, will be inserted three times for one dollar, and iwertty-fivc cents for each additional insertion. Those of a greater length in proportion! Job Printing.— Such as Hand Bills, Posting Bills, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &c., &c., executed with accuracy and at the shortest notice. ADVERTISEMENTS. By the President of the United States. IN pursuance of law, I, .TAMES K. POLK. Pukm- IDENT OF THE L'nITKD STATES OF AMF.UICA.do hereby declare and make known, that public sales will be held at the undermentioned Land Offices, in Wisconsin, at the periods hereinafter designated, to wit:— At the Land Office at the “ FALLS OF ST. CROIX RIVER,” commencing on MONDAY, the fourteenth day of August next, for the disposal of the public lands within the undermentioned town ships, to wit: North of the base line, and west of the fourth prin cipal meridian. Townships twenty-five and twenty-six of range one. Townships twenty-five, twenty-six, and twenty seven, of range two. Townships twenty-eight and twentv-nine of range SEVENTEEN. Townships and thirtv-two, of range eigiitef.n. ’ Townships thircy, and fractional townships thirty one and thirty-two, of range nineteen. Fractional townships twenty-nine and thirty, and townships thirty-one and thirtv-two of . range -TWENTY. At the SAME PLACE, Commencing on MON DAY, the twenty-eighth (lay of August next, for the disposal of the public lands within the under mentioned townships and fractional townships, to wit: North of the base line, and U'est of the fourth prin- cipal meridian. Fractional townships twentv-six and twenty-seven, and townships twenty-eigh}., twenty-nine, thirty one, and thirty two, of range twenty-one. , Fractional townships twenty-eight and and townships thirty and thirty-one, of range ' TWENTY-THREE. Fractional townships twenty-nine, thirty, and tliirty - one, of range twenty-four. At*the Land Office at GREEN BAY, commenc ing on MONDAY, the twenty-first day of August next, for the disposal of the public lands situated within the undermentioned townships and fractional townships, viz : Sorth of the base line, and cast of the fourth princi- pal meridian. Townships thirty-five, thirty-six, and thirty-seven, and fractional township thirtv-eight, of range twenty. Frictional townships thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty seven and thirty-eight, of-range twenty-one. Fractional townships thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty seven and thirty-eight of range twenty-two. Lands appropriated by law for the use of schools, military, or other purposes, will be excluded from the sales. The offering of* the above mentioned lands will be commenced on the days appointed, and proceed in the order in which they uro ndvorticotl, with nl] convenient dispatch, until the whole shall have been offered and the sales thus closed. But no sale shall be kept open longer than two weeks, and no private entry of any of the lands will be admit ted until the expiration of the two weeks. Given under mv hand at the City of Washington, this'eighth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eighty hundred and forty-eight. By the President: . JAMES IC. POLK. Richard M. Young, Commissioner of the General Land Office. NOTICE TO PRE-EMPTION CLAIMANTS. Every person entitled to the right of pre-emption to any of the lands within the townships and frac tional townships above enumerated, is required to establish th.e same to the satisfaction of the Regis ter and Receiver of the 1 proper land office, and make payment therefor as soon as practicable after seeing this notice, and before the *dav appointed for the commencement of the public sale of the lands embracing the tract clairrfed, orthorwise such claim will be forfeited. RICHARD M. YOUNG, - Commissioner qf the General Land Office. May 23 17-13 t err BOOR BIKDERY!j3 W. O. Ilickoh, f Successor to Hickok <s■ Gantine.J BOOK BIKDER , and Blank Book Manufacturer, Harrisburg , Pa. THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he is now carrying on the aobve business in the old stand, formerly occupied by Hickok.& Cantine. As the building has for the last eight years been conducted by luin. he flatters himself that, by careful attention to business, be will merit and still receive a continuance of the patronage so liberally enjoyed by the old firm. . Particular attention will be paid to the ruling and binding of every -description of BLANK BOOKS, for banks, county offices, merchants, and private in dividuals, such as Discount Ledgers, General do. , Judgment | Appearance Discount Note Books, j Quarter Sessions do. Check,Books, Execution do. Tellers’ Statements, . Election „ do. Ticklers, 4 Orphans’ Court do. Scratches, ' i Naturalization do. Weekly Statements, Sheriff's do. Letter Books, Justices’ do. Cash Books, Ad Sectum Index do. Copy Books, _ Deed Books, Pass Books, 1 Invoice Books, Day Books, : Commission Books,, Journals, ; Miscellaneous do.. WITH EVERY VARIETY OF Full and Half Bound Blank Books, He has made particular arrangements to supply Prothonotaries with the new and approved Judg ment Docket and Register, with the new Statement of Administration Acct., Old Books, Periodicals, Law Books, Music, Newspapers,&c., bound to any pattern, and in any style required. He has made full'and ample arrangements to bind Harper's Il lustrated Edition of the Bible, and Harper’s Illu minated Shakspeare, in a style of magnificence not to be excelled in the cities, in either Velvet, Tur key, Morocco, Calf or Sheep, and at very reasona ble prices. Copying Presses supplied to order. — Paper Ruled to Pattern. All work warranted. References in the City of Lancaster—J. Gisy & Co., Booksellers, E. W. Huttrr, Editor of the Lancaster Intelligencer. Harrisburg, May 23, IS4S Fall Fashions D SHULTZ, Hatter, No. 19£ North Queen st.* • would respectfully mlorm his friends and the public that he has just received from New York and Philadelphia the latest Fall and Winter Fashions, and will be pleased 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.- dispose of at the lowest prices. Call his stock before purchasing elsewhere. ' CAPS, CAPS! of Caps is one of the most extensive city and 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 Caps, 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 OLD STAND IN NEW HOLLAND, to which place all orders for the delivery of Hats are requested to be forwarded. iep 4 14-ly DAVID SHULTZ. Notice to Distillers, | AND ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN I, Jacob Weitzel, of the city of T t Lancaster, coppersmith, have received bv 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 >; ting tjub, which is placed partly above the still, 'r whiph tub the doubler is inclosed, the beer which 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 pipejis opened or stopped when requisite by means of a plugmade of wood, copper, or any other material. ! What I claim as inv improvements are jtlie above described doubling tub and the plug by which the beer passes from one tub to the other, or from the ttrlr into the still. Having received information,amounting to proof, tlmt my patent for the above described] improve ments has been violated by several distillers in this county and in various other places, I hereby give notice, that unless those persons who hive made use of my invention, or have it now in use, without being authorized by me, come forward ind make •full reparation for having infringed my patent right, on or before the first day of March next, suit will be instituted against all and every such lerson or JACOB WEIfTZEL. Feb. 22, 1848. tf-4 Warren county, (Virginia,) Land at Private Sale. • THE subscriber is desirous to dispose of liis val uable Farm, situated on the Shenandoih River, five miles above Front Royal (the county : own) and containing about 400 acres, a large proper- tion of which is first quality meadow. This Farm is beautifully timbered, well watered, admirably located in point of health, con\ e- -=-•*==»- nience, 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 SIM excellent store house, and the greatest abim- Jiuiidanee of the finest fruit ot 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 retention. April IS, 1848-2m*~l2] WRI. BEIjJNET. ALL persons wishing to roof either'new'or old buildings with slate are hereby informed that the subscribers have now on hand at their] quarries at Peach Bottom, Lancaster county, a quan tity of HOOFING SLATE, of a superior!quality ; also a proportion of second quality ; all of which they will dispose of on very accommodating terms, hither by the ton or by the square when put on the roof. i Persons wishing to roof buildings of any descrip tion can always be supplied at the shortest notice bv calling on the undersigned partner, at his Mills, near Goshen post office, Fulton township, in person, or address him 1 by letter, directed to that office, and they will be promptly attended to. Thevjalso fur ther request those who may find it more convenient to call on John Ehier, Esq., of the city of Lancas ter, or on Mr. Jeremiah Brown, of Columbia, they being fullvauthorized to contract for said company. SLATER BROWN & CO." Fulton twp., Feb. 29, 1848. » •] 4m-5 MICHAEL McGRANN takes occasion to in form his patrons and the public generally, that he lias removed from his old Tavern gtand, to a t\v(i story brick house nearly opposite, ;one door norm or henu q* Diviner s "uce iTive More, in North Queen street, where he will be most happy to accommodate his numerous customers. His table and bar will be constantly supplied by the best the market-.and season can afford, aiid on the premises there is sufficientstabling to accommodate a large number of horses. The place having un dergone a thorough repair, Mr. McGrann feels able to render entire satisfaction to his customers, and ho trusts to receive a continuance of the very liberal degree of patronage heretofore extended to him. He would also inform his old customers, that he still follows the bottling business, and is! ready to supply them with bottled PORTER, ALEI, CIDER, and BROWN STOUT, at the old prices and the usual distances from the city. '■ April 11. 11-3 m Lancaster Museum, ! AND GALLERY OF FINE ARTS MU. NOAH SMITH, who lias been for some time past in the employ of Mr. Landis, the iounder of this popular establishment, takes plea sure in informing the citizens of the city and coun ty of Lancaster, that he has purchased the same from Mr. Landis, and that from this date it will be under his control and direction. The Museum has been thoroughly refitted of late, with new decorations, scenery, &c., 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 25 cents. [Lancaster,'April 11, IS4S-3m-ll rTMJE subscriber repectfully informs his friends and the public that he lias removed to the old established and well known shop lately occupied bv 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, Dockets, do. 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 citv, and all work will be done in the best and most fashionable style, and manufactured from the best materials. All new work warranted. He returns his thanks to the public for the liberal encourgement 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, 1848. 12-6 m Look. Merc! docks and Watches. THE undersigned has just returned from __ Philadelphia with a new and splendid assortment of Clocks, (£-* 3* 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 W. 0. HICKOK. . Gm-i 7 Kcw and Secondhand Furniture Warerooms. THE undersigned beg leave to invite the public in general to examine their large arid well se lected assortment of Cabinet Furniture; of all des criptions, including Sofas, Dressing and plain Bu reaus, Wardrobes, Pier, Card and Dining Tables, Bookcases and Secretarys, Chairs ofj all sorts, French and German Looking Glasses,! Silver and Plated Ware, and Office Furniture in general use.— Persons who are about purchasing furpiture, will find it to their advantage to give us.a'call, as we are determined to sell good ware for [reasonable prices. COHEN & LOBE, 115, South Second street, 3 doors below Dock st., and opposite the old Custom House, Philadelphia, Penn. [Feb. 1,j1848-3m Chair Maker, Paper Hanger and Painter. Corner qf South Queen and Vine streets. THE undersigned respectfully informs his friends and the public that he has now on! hand, and is constantly manufacturing to order CHIA.IRSf?\ of all kinds and descriptions, from the highest ta&i to the lowest price. They have been generally Hfl admired—are elegantly finished, and areiof the most durable character. | House painting in all its varieties executed by theundersigned. His prices will be found extremely moderate. All orders for Paper Hanging will lie executed. GEORGE F. ROTE, dec 22 1847 ' 44-ly ADVERTISEMENTS. Slate for Sale. REMOVAL. Removal. “ THAT COUNTRY IS THE MOST PROSPEROUS, WHERE LABOR COMMANDS THE GREATEST REWARD.” —Buchanan. CITY OF LANCASTER, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1848. ADYERTISEMENTS. Lancaster city & county Millinery, In Kramph’s Building, first door on the second floor. THE undersigned, Mary A. Ranninger, here with respectfully informs the public, that 6he 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. Kramph’s building, North East corner of North Queen and Orange streets, Lancaster, Pa., in the immediate neighborhood of Van Kanan’s, Scholfield’s, Good & 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. 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 and Casing Bonnets, Ribbons, Flowers, Bonnet and Dress Caps, Collars, Mourn ing Caps and Collars, &c. &c., as well as iij 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 style, with the greatest rare, and on the most reasonable terms. Ladies’ Bonnets and Gentlemen’s Hats whitened and pressed. Notwithstanding that the .Ladies, far and near, are fully convinced of her superior work, she nev ertheless does not consider superfluous, here to stale, that she has, at the same time, employed the best and most experienced assistantsin herbusiness, 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 may favor her with a call. ‘ MARY A. RANNINGER. Lancaster, April 11, 1848. 3m-ll Carriage Manufactory. THE undersigned respectfully informs the public that lie has removed his extensive ; COACUMAKING ESTABLISHMENT, to the town of Schoeneek, in Lancaster countv, 10 miles from Womelsdorf, in Berks county, where he formerly conducted the same business, and 15 miles from Residing. He is now prepared, at his new stand, to manufacture every article iti his 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, Rockaways, with single or double seats, Buggys, witli or without coven?, made according to the newest style and of the best materials, which for durability and neatness cannot be excelled. Per sons desiring neat, cheap ami 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 Schoeneck P. 0., Lancaster county, will be promptly executed, and the work will be delivered wherever customers may require it. Carriages and buggys somewhat worn, will be taken in exchange for new work—as also country produce. Old coaches and buggvs. oji hand, selling from 825 to 850. 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 REINIiOLD. Gm-14 Kchoeneck, May 2, ISIS. Sprecher & Rohrcr’s Cheap Bflaid- Ware Store. HARDW ARE, Glass, Paints, Oils, ami Yarn is lies at that long established stand, East King st., Lancaster, formerly occupied by ilowett &: Krieder, a few doors east of the Court House, next door to ti p DrniT Store nf Inm-'- e.„;*K Messenkop’s Hotel, which they have recently taken and where they "’ill carry on the business. \ They most respectfully beg leave to invite the attention of their friends and acquaintances to their stock of.H:irdware, which they have just opened and will sell at the most reasonable prices, includ ing every variety of Iron and Steel, Latches, Locks, Bolts, Hinges, Screws, and all kinds of building materials, every description of Files, Blacksmith’s Bellows, Saddlery, best warranted Edge Tools, Planes, and Veneers. Also a complete assortment of CEDAR WARE, such as tubs, buckets, butter churns, together with every article in their line. They will keep constantly on hand every variety of Coal and Wood Stoves; also a highly approved COOKING STOVE. The attention of young beginners is particularly called to their full and complete assortment of household utensils. Determined to spare no pains.to accommodate purchasers, and by steady adherence to business, they expect to merit a continuance of the liberal patronage thus far bestowed upon them. GEORGE D. SPRECHER, REUBEN S. ROHRER. Old Metal and Flaxseed taken in exchange for goods. * jan l3-50 REM©V AIL — T. €. WILEY, Fashionable Boot and Ladies Shoe Establishment. THE undersigned begs leave to return his j| thanks to the public for the encourage- fryA ment heretofore extended to him, and to ac- quaint his former patrons anfl friends and the pub lic generally, that he has removed his fashionable boot and shoe store from North Queen to East King street, dirictly opposite Mrs. Mcsscnkop's Hotel, and one door east of James Smith's Apothecary, where he is prepared to do all work in his line of business with neatness and despatch. He has on hand a general assortment of French & Morocco Skins for Boots, 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 has also just received from the city an assortment of lasts of the most fashionable styles for Ladies Shoes. He also keeps constantly on hand an as sortment of Ladies’ and Misses' Shoe 3 of his own manufacture, whicli he is confident will give gen eral satisfaction, as they are made in the neatest and most fashionable manner. April 25, 1848. Salisbury Handle Manufactory and Turning Mill. THE subscribers tender their thanks to their friends for the gatronage extended to them in the business in which they are engaged, and res pectfully solicit a continuance of 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 ar.d 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 fo£ 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 ’47-32-1)' A. F. & S. C. SLAYMAKER- Casting's! Castings! THE Subscribers having rented the 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. 'JAMES BOON, MICHAEL HANVEY: Mav 2, 1848. tf-14 New Supply of Boots & Shoes Gum Shoes, &c. fhJ THE subscriber has just received a new* vbk 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 Sho.qe 6f. every descripK tion, consisting’of Buskins,- Santis,. and-plain, with double soles, and also.a ciwlrf|qn ; £rti.cle> Nov 9 ’47-41] ADAIVtg/^ELXER. Give as God hath given thee, With a bounty full and free ; If he hath, with liberal hand, Given wealth to thy command, For the fullness of thy store, Give thy nee<jy brother more. If the lot His love doth give, Is by earnest toil to live, If with nerve and sinew strong, Thou dost labor hard and long, Then e'en from thy slender store, Give ! and God shall give thee more. Hearts there are, with prief oppressed; Forms, in tattered raiment dressed; Homes, where wanband woe abide; Dens, where vice and misery bide : With a bounty large and free, Give, as God hath given thee. Wealth is thine, to bless; Strength, to succor and redress ; Bear thy weaker brother’s part, Strong of hand and strong of heart; Be thy portion large or small, Give ! for God doth give thee all. Like the low murmur of the secret stream, Which through dark aiders winds its shaded way, .My suppliant voice is heard : ah ! do not deem . That on vain toys I throw my hours awav. Jn the recesses of the forest vale, On the wild mountain, on the verdant sod, Where the fresh breezes of the morn prevail 1 wander lonely, communing with my God. When the faint sickness ol a wounded heart Creeps in c.old shud'ring through my sinking frame I turn to Thee—that holy peace impart, Which soothes the invokers ol” Thy awful name! Oli, all pervading Spirit! sacred bc-am! Parent, of life and light; Eternal Power ! [gleam Grant me through obvious clouds one transient Of thy bright essence in my dying hour. "Tis a magic cord, whose sacred strands Are woven in heaven by angel’s hands ; ’Tis the link that binds two hearts together. Which makes them love, love on forever; ’Tis the tear, that starts in kindred eyes. The-bosom's gently heaving sighs,— Tis the charm that lingers round the name. Of one we may not meet again, This is friendship —choicest flower— Cull’d from heaven's celestial bower. It is very lonely, mamma,” murmured a fair evening, “ it .is very lonely now, and the night seems 1 very long. Shall I never see papa-any more ! “'Yes. my love, you shall see him in a brighter : world than this.” “But-this is a fair world." said j the little girl. “ I love to run and play in the warm sunshine, and pick the water cresses Irom the brook, and when the weather is a little warmer, I shall go and gather .the blue-eyed violet, that pa said was like me.” -Too like, I fear,” said the mother, as the tear drop trembled on the drooping lid, ‘ but my child, there is a fairer world than this, where I the flowers never fade ; where clouds never hide the ! light of the glorious sky, for the glory of him whose name is love, beams brightly and forever in those golden courts; the trees that grow on. the bank of the river which waters that blessed place, never ' lade as they do in this world: and when friends i meet there, they will be parted no more, but will sing hymns of praise to God and the Lamb for ever." “And shall Igo to that happy place when I die," said the child, “and will you go with me?" “ Yes," said the mother, “we shall go in Gods own time; when he calls us from this life, we shall I dwell forever in his presence. 1 ' It was a little j while, and the mother bent over the grave of this little frail flower of intellect, withered by the un timely frosts of death ; but she was alone, when in the twilight shades she sat upon the grassy mound where the deep and yearning hopes of that fond J heart were gathered in oblivious silence. Oh, no! The soft and silvery tones of buried love whispered in the breeze that lifted the drooping flowers over charged with the dewy tears of night. The dia mond stars, that, one by one, came forth upon their shining watch, seemed beaming with the light of that deathless flame, which burned undimmed, upon the inmost shrine of her heart, and she'enjoyed, in the holy hours of solitude, that communion of pure | which our exalted faith alone can bestow. T. C. WILEY. tf-1.3 Life is beautifully' compared to a fountain fed by a thousand streams, that perishes i f orte be dried. It is a silver cord twisted with a thousand strings, that part asunder if one be broken. Frail and thoughtless mortals are surrounded by innumerable dangers, which make it much more strange they escape so long, than that they all perish suddenly at last. We are surrounded by accidents every day, to crush the mouldering tenements that we inhabit. The seeds of disease are planted in our constitutions by nature. The earth and the atmos phere, whence we draw the breath of life, is preg nant with death—health is made to operate its own destruction. The food that nourishes contains the : elements of its decay; the soul that animates it by ! a vivifying fire, tends to wear it out by its own ac tion; death lurks in ambush along our paths. Not withstanding this is the truth, so palpably confirmed by the daily examples before our eyes, how little do we lay it to heart. We see our friends and neighbors perish among us, but how seldom does it oedur to our thoughts, that our knell shall, perhaps, give the next fruitless warning to the world ! Not a May-game is this man's life; but a battle and a march, a warfare with principalities and powers. No idle promenade through fragrant orange groves and green flowery- spaces, waited on by the choral Muses and the rosy Hours; it is a stem pilgrimage through burning sandy solitudes, through regions of thick, ribbed ice. He walks among men; loves men. with inexpressible soft pity—as they cannot love him: but his soul dwells in solitude, in the uttermost parts of Creation. In green cases by the palm tree-wells he rests a space; but aßon he his-to journey forward, escorted by the Terrors and the Splendors, the Archdemons and the Archangels. The stars, keen-glancing,’from the Immensities, send tidings to him; the graves, silent -with; then*, dead ' from thtf Eternities. Deep calls ftjt him; unto Deep;— Past and Present. Select {taetru. Give to the Seedy. BY JUI.IA A. FLETCHER. What is Friendship ? .Miscellaneous. The Mourner*, A Beautiful Thought. The Man of Genius. Death’s Visit to the Village. [From “ Old Humphry’s Thoughts for ihe Thoughtful.*’] They say that people live longer in the country" than in the town, and perhaps they may a few short years: but be not deceived, by the saying of my country friends, lor the word of the Eternal is |oue forth: “ The days of our years are threescore yiears and ten; and if by reason of strength they be four score years, is yet their strength, labor and sorrow, for it is soon cut off and we fly away." Neither town nor country can prevent the visits of Death. Death came up to the village. It was in the spring; the fresh leaves were budding forth, and the snow ’drops were peeping opt of the ground. He went into the thatched cottage, by the ash tree, where sat old Roger Gough in his arm chair, with his brow wrinkled and his hair white as flax. Rod ger was taken with the cramp in the stomach, and soon ceased to breathe. “ What man is he that liveth, shall not see death ; shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave !" The wheel-wright s wife sat with her baby, her I first born, m her lap. It smiled as it .ay asleep, and breathed softly. She went on mending stockings, now, and then casting a fond look at her little treas ure. That day - week its gentle spirit departed leaving its fond parents half heart-broken. How uncertain is human life! *• It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away." Death \yent down the village in the summer. The heavens were bright with sunbeams, and the earth seemed to smile; the gardens were in their glory, merry haymakers were busy in the fields. The sexton s son had long been ailing, and all agreed that he could never struggle through the winter. The red tinge on his cheek was.not of a healthy -hue ; consumption had marked him for the grave. He had taken to his bed for a fortnight, when his head fell back gently on his pillow, and he went q|f like an infant going to sleep. - “As for man his days are as grass; as a flower of the field so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is; .gone: and the place thereof shall know it no more"' Butcher Hancocks was the strongest man in the parish; but he was no match tor death. His chest was broad, and his arms were sinewy and strong, and his frame bulky and well knit together. -As hearty as Hancocks," was a common adage. No matter; sickness soon robs the stoutest of his strength and pulls jJown the tallest man to the ground. The fever fastened upon him so that one hour he raged with heat and thirst, and the next his teeth chattered with the cold. His neighbors carried him to the grave. “ Lord make me know mine end, and the measure of my days, what is it: that I may know how frail I am. Behold thou hast made my days as a hand breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily, man at his best es tate is altogether vanity." Death crossed the village in autumn. The or chard trees were bending beneath • their load, the sickle was at work among the wheat, and the scythe was sweeping down the barlev. Never was known a more abundant year. The loaded teams vvpr*» <Pi»n in all ilirp/*tinns nn/1 tWp crlpancrs; u.pip picking up the shatteied ears from the stubble. Farmer Blount was a wealthy'inan. He was in the field with the reapers, when he suddenly fell to the ground. Some said he was suddenly struck by the sun, and others it was a fit of- apoplexy, but what ever it was, Farmer Blount never spoke alter. You may perhaps have seen his tomb by the stone wall of the churchyard, with the iron palisades round it. Truly may each of us say. ‘-There is but a step between me and death." Widow Edwards lived in the shed at the back of the pond. It was a wretched habitation; but the poor cannot choose their dwelling places. The aged widow had wrestled hard with poverty; her bits and crops were few and far between. Her son, wlip ought to have been a staff for her old age to rest on, was at sea. He was roving and.thought less, but there is a heartaehe in store lor him on ac’ count of his aged mother. Death found the widow alone, lying on straw. No one was at hand to comlort her or to close her eyes. “ Watch, therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. ’ Death went iound the village in the winter. The icicles were a foot long, hanging from the pent house in the carpenter's yard; and the snow lay ; here and there in heaps, for it had been shoveled I away from in front of the cottages. Not a stone s i throw from the finger post at the end of the village, | dwelt Abel Froome, the clerk's father. For years ihe had been afflicted; but his mind was stayed I upon Christ, the Rock of Ages, and he loved to ! think of eternal things. He had lived to a good old- age. and as a shock of corn fully ripe for the harvest, he was ready to be gathered into the garner of God. While his days were numbering his heart allied unto wisdom; and he knew Him whom to know is eternal life. Death found him sitting up in his bed with his Bible in his aged hands, and the last words that faltered from his lips were) “Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word, for mine eyes have seen thy salvation." Thus died Abel Froome. "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace." The'habitation of Harry Tonkswas in a wretch, ed plight when Death crossed the.threshold. Harry was ail infidel, and scoffed at holy things. His days. were mostly spent in idleness, and his nights in poaching, and tippling at the Fighting Cocks. Often had Harry defied death at a distance, as a bugbear ; but when it came in reality he trembled like a child., j Pain racked him, and poverty distressed him ; but that was not all, for his conscience was at work within'him, and his mind was disturbed. “ The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity ; but a wounded spirit who can bear?" It was a horrid sight to see Harry clenching his hands, tearing his clothes and gnashing his teeth in anguish quite as bad to hear the curses he uttered in despair. He died as the wicked die—without joy, without hope,’ ! —“driven from the light unto darkness, and chased out of the world.'’ “ Rend your heart and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is merciful and slow in anger, and of great kind-’ ness, and repenteth him of evil.'’ If death thus goes up and down, and across and around the village, and at all seasons of the year; and if he takes the old and the young, the feeble, and the strong, the rich and the poor, the righteous and the wicked, how long will he pass by thee ? Is it thy prayer—‘-Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his.” Is Christ thy hope, thy trust, thy salvation ? If so, thou mayest indeed rejoice, and say with exulta tion, “ Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort fly For men to Tesolve to be of no religion till all are agreed in one, is just, as wise and rational as if the^fiftoulddetermine not to' goto dinner till all the cjgc&fiii town strike : twelve together. Creative Wisdom Displayed in the Human Eye* Before the eye can behold a landscape, and be charmed with its beauties, it was requisite that three humo'urs should be formed in different sizes, different densities, and different refractive powers— three coats or delicate membranes, with some parts opake and some transparent, some black and some white, some of them formed of radial and some with cinular fibres, composed of threads finer than those of the spider's web. The crystalline humour required to be composed of two thousand-very thin spherical lamina, or scales, lying one upon another, every one of these scales made up of a single fibre, or finest thread, wound, in a most stupendous man ner, this way and that way so as to run several courses, and to meet in as many centres. The curious and delicate piece of organization required to be compressed into the size of a ball only half an inch in diameter, and a socket com posed ot a number of small bones, to be hollowed out and exactly fitted for its reception. A bed of loose fat lbr this ball to rest upon, a lid or curtain to secure...it from danger, a variety of muscles to enable it to move upwards and downwards, to the right and to the left, and a numerous assemblage of minute veins, arteries, nerves, lympathies, glands and other delicate pieegs of animal machinery, of which we have* no distinct conception, were still requisite to complete this admirable organ. Even in this state it would be of no use for the purpose of vision, unless it were connected with the brain by the optic nerve, through the medium of which the impressions of visible objects are conveyed to the soul. Still, in addition to all these contrivances, a won derful machinery requires to be in action, and an admirable effect produced, before a landscape can be. contemplated. Ten thousand millions of rays compounded of a thousand different shades of colour, must fly off in every direction from the objects which compose the surrounding scene, and be com pressed into the space of one-eighth of an inch in order to enter the eye, and must paint every object in its true color, form and proportion, on a space not exceeding half an inch in diameter. Were any one of the parts which compose this complicated machine either wanting or deranged; were even a single muscle to lose its capacity of acting, we might be forever deprived of all the enchanting prospects of the earth and heavens, and enveloped in the darkness of eternal night. Such is the skill and intelligence requisite for accomplishing, even in a single organ, the purposes of Divine benevo lence.—Dick's Philosophy of Religion. Anecdote of John Randolph. The following characteristic anecdote of John Randolph appears in the Boston Post. Having never seen it in print before, we give it to our readers as a \ery complete specimen of that ora tor's wit: During his congressional term, a death occurred in the Virginia delegation, and among other candi dates for the vacant honors was a gentleman, a la w ver Tiv nrnfcsrinn u-lin amAncr kio. 1 quite celebrated ibr his wit. He was a! man of tine talents, and was opposed in his political opinions to Randolph. * During the canvass preceding the elec tion, thb- gentleman frequently boasted that, should he be elected, he would soon give Randolph a les son, and despite his dreaded powers, teach him his place. He was elected, and in due time found him self seated among the assembled wisdom of the land. True to his promise, embracing almost the first opportunity, was out upon the floor, and down upon old-John in a speech of some two hours in length, seemingly with the intention of annihilating that inuocent individual. Singular temerity and hardihood. A new member who was not expected to say ‘one word during his first term, breaking bis shell in this manner and assaulting the man that scarce one of them dared to raise a peep against. Pro-til gi'ous / sure, the man would never survive. But days passed on, and yet old John showed not the least consciousness of having been attacked ; per haps he was not intending to notice the matter at all. At length, after the lapse of considerable time, Randolph rose to address the house on then before it. He never wanted an audience. During his remarks he took occasion to allude to the death of his lamented friend whose sent was now vacant," and turning around he pointed with his long skinny finger to the miserable unfortunate occupying said seat. Perhaps you can imagine the effect. * We Live not for Ourselves. God has written upon the flowers that sweeten the air—on the breeze that rocks the flowers on. the-stem—upon the rain drop that refreshes the sprig of moss that lifts its head in the desert—upon the ocean that rocks every swimmer in its deep chamber—upon every pencilled shell that sleeps in the caverns of the deep, no less than upon the mighty sun that warms and cheers millions of creatures that live in its light—upon his works he has written, “None of us Uveth to himself.” And probably were we wise enough to understand these works, we should find ithat there is nothing, from the cold stone in the earth, or the minutest crea ture that breathes—which may not, in some way or other, minister to the happiness of some living creature. We admire and praise the flower that best answers the end for which it was created, and I the tree that bears fruit the most rich and abund ant ; the star that is most useful in the heavens we admire the most. And is it not reasonable that man, to whom the whole creation, from the flower up to the spangled heavens, all minister—man, who has the power of conferring deeper misery and higher happiness than any being on earth—man, who can act like God if he will; is it not reasona i ble that he should live for the noble end of living —not for himself, but for others. Employment of Time. The celebrated Lord Coke wrote the subjoined couplet, which he religiously observed, in the dis tribution of time: Six hours sleep—to law’s grave study six, Four spent in.prayer—the rest to nature fix. But Sir William Jones, a wiser economist of the fleeting hours of .life, amended the sentence in the following lines: Seven hours to law —to soothing slumber seven; Ten to the world allot —and all to heaven. jjy It is seldom we fall upon so many truths in brief, as are contained in the following lines from a philosophic correspondent. They are a short ser mon, which we commend to all who are o’ervault ing in their ambition: Our ingress in life is naked and bare, Our progress through life is trouble and care, Our egress out of it we know not wfifigftga But doing well here, we shall d Qtaß&j%r e > 1 could not tell more by » A Belie Heroine* An exchange paper relates the .-following ro mance, relative to the. Princess • Belgioso, for the last ten years a renowned belle of Paris. At her first arrival in Paris, says our authority, she took the lead as a beauty,—the perfection as she was of a glowing Italian—-but her wit and-conversational powers soon left her beauty a secondary thing, and even of this pre-eminence, she in a year or two be came impatient. With keen and ready industry, she took up science, and before long became the centre of a circle of men of learning; lastly, even, having written a work of divinity, which added to the respect of superior men for her powers. The Princess was lately called upon by a scien tific gentleman. On entering her drawing-room, he observed a young officer, and did not immedi ately recognize his fair friend under the disguise of the uniform. . “ How am Tto explain this new phase of our favorite planet?'’asked the astronomer, making at the same time the very best possibie use of his “ Ah!" replied the Princess, “ you did not observe my travelling carriage in the court-yard as you came up?” “And where bound, in these troubled times?”, he asked with wonder. “To the wars—to. the wars!” she exclaimed, striking her heels together with a drill thump that made the apartment ring. “ Italy—my country — is at war with the tyrannical Austrian, and lam off n an hour.” “ Not tamous enough, my dear Princess?” pathet ically sighed the learned astronomer —“beauty, wit, science, theology, have all done their best lor you, and-still you are athirst for distinction!” The Princess threw oft her dramatic manner and looked grave. “ It is not altogether, for a new fame,” she said in another tone, “ though that goes for something, as it well may— but my-country, Italy, is a land worth striking a blow for, even with so poor a hand as'this, and I go to raise men with what money I can command, and to lead them,” if need be.” The Princess looked like an enthusiastic young officer of eighteen, while she spoke, though she is now past thirty—her male dress had so rejuvenated her—and her learned friend describes hey expres* sion, tone, and .beauty together, as having been memorably attractive. The account of this morning call has become current since the news from Italy, that, in the late attack of the Sardinian army 'upon the Austrian, the Princess led two hundred men, of her own arm ing and equipping, and behavgtLJierself most gal lantly. Tlie Printer. A printer is the most curious being living. He may have bank and coins, and not be worth a penny—have small cabs, and neither have wife or children. Others may run fast, but he gets along swiftest by setting fast. He may be making impressions without eloquence; may use the lye without offending, and be-telling the truth; while Wtharc Mnnnt «tnnd when the” cofr ho standing, and even do both at the same time—may make and put away pie, and never see a pie, much less eat it during his life—be a htimarbbeing and a rat at the same time—may press a great deal and not ask a tavor—may handle a shooting iron, and know nothing about a cannon, gun, or pistol—he may move the lever that moves the world, and yet be as far from moving the globe as a hog with his nose under a mole hill—spread sheets without being a house-wife—he.may lay his form on a bed, and yet be obliged to lay on the floor—he may use the -J- without shedding blood, and from the earth may handle the ** * —he may be.of a rolling disposition, and yet never desire to travel—he may have a sheep's foot and not be deformed—never be without a case, and know nothing of law or physic—be always conar.cTiNo his errors, and growing worse every day—have without ever having the arms of a las 3 around him—have his form locked up, and at the same time be free from jail, watch-house, or any other confinement. Randolph’s Personal Appearance. He used to enter the House booted and spurred, - with whip in hand, a few moments after it had come to order, and appeared to be desirous of at tracting the attention of the members; by his loud salutation of some of his favored Iriends, to the fact of his presence. In the \yinter he was envel oped in a long lion-skin 'surtout, and on entering the hall his face was nearly buried in a fur cap. He would sometimes stop short in the middle aisle, and if he found any one up he did not care to lis ten to, he would abruptly turn on his heel and go out. The reporter of the Intelligencer, in the win ter of 1820, took a sketch of him in that uncouth and ludicrous figure, with nothing visible but his two legs protruding out below, with his mouth, nose, and eyes, and with head erect, as if reconnoit ering. It was one of the best likenesses ever hit off He had a vast number of them printed, and kept beside him in his seat, to dispose of to the members, and although he sold scores of them daily for the balance of the session, the fact was kept a secret from the original, while the members enjoyed the joke occasioned by this caricature.” A Nut for the Curious. A singular phenomenon occurred this spring at the farm of Martin-Mull, Esq., in Falls township, His orchard is composed of the usual varieties. The blossoms on one of the fall pippin trees, which bears excellent fruit, has been particularly fatal to j nearly all the bees of every description that have visited it—the bumble bee in an especial manner. The ground is thickly strewed with the dead. The bees, after visiting several' blossoms in their usual way. would be apparently attacked with vertigo, as •if they had taken a deadly narcotic, and descendin spiral circles to the ground. Some would he dead very soon, others would linger a considerable time before they would die, and but few would 'recover to escape. The tree is now thickly set with young fruit. No other trees in the orchard produced such, or similar effects on the bees, nor was it ever ob served before on the tree in question. —Doylestowu Democrat. The Country. Oh, how sweetly, when we think of all that noise and hurry, do the calm and tranquil' scenes of the country come upon the heart! The sunshine slumbering upon the green fields, the waving branches of the old trees, the free and dancing brightness of the rapid stream,- the whispering of the soft-breathed wind, the singing of joyous birds how sweet they fall upon the eye and ear. The Heaht ajtd the World.—Oh, how hard it is when the mind, like a young bird, has soared forth at liberty into the face of heavfen, and tried its wing at large among all the joyous things of nature, to be called back to the close cage of the dull world’s doings, the meannesses, which form the bars that prison in the heart, „ NO. 21.
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