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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.