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VOL. XLIX.
NEWS FROM EUROPE.
subscriber has just returned from Europe.
L trith :Oarge stock of his own importation, Vi?
CLOCKS, WATCHES, JEWELRY, SPECTA
CLES, ACCORDEONS,
and other Fancy Goods, all of which lie is prepared
to dispose of on the very lowest terms ever offered
to the public.
Gold Lever Watches, 18 carats, full jeweled $25
Silver do.: e, $l5
Silver Lepines from $8 to $l2
Silver Quartiers from $5 to $S
French Accordeons from $1 50 to $lO
And all other goods in like proportion.
Thankful for past favors, he respectfully solicits
a continuance of public patronage; and feels confi
dent that all purchasers will find it to their advan
tage to deal with him, as he is determined to avoid
all humbug and misrepresentation in his line of
business, and sell all geods for what they really are.
H. F. W. FEDDEitgEN.
Don't forget the place, it is in West King street,
North side, first door below the Market House,
immediately opposite the Cross Key Tavern.
N. B. All kinds of Watch Repairing done at the
shortest notice.
Oct 10 3m-37 - 1
The Art-Union of Philadelphia.
INCORPORATED 1844.
OFFICERS for 1847-S.
President.—JAAl ES M' BUR TR I E.
Vice President.—JOSEPH SILL.
Treasurer.—WlLLlAM TODHUNTEP..
. Corresponding Secretary.—JAS. S. WALLACE.
Recording Secretary.—THOS. F. ADAMS.
MANAGERS.—Rev. Henry J. Morton, D. D.,
Rev. William H. Furness, D. D., Charles Toppan,
John Towne, Hon. William D. Keiley, John Sar
tain, H. B. Wallace, Charles Macalister, Henry C.
Baird,,John Notman, Geo. R. Graham, George M.
Keim, J. Scholefield. Dry Goods, Grocer}' and' Queensware
The Art-Union is established for the purpose of line. Cloths, Cassemeree
extending a love for the fine arts throughout the lower
United States, and to give encouragement to Ar
tists beyond AM afforded. by the patronage of inffi
viduals. I Its promoters believe that these arts can
never attain their due rank in this country (already
so far advanced in many of the other elements of
civilization) until adequate encouragement be given
to the highest efforts of the Painter and Sculptor.
For the accomplishment of this object, the . Soci
ety has adopted the following .
price will be allowed.
PLAN :
sept 5 1348
1. Each subscriber of Five Dollars becomes a
member of the Art-Union Mr one year. JOHN C. BAKER'S
The satffiey thus obtained is applied, first, to the I
procuring or a large and costly Engraving, from an I '
original American Picture, or which every member
receives a copy ; and next, to the purchase or Pic
tures, Drawings, or other works of Art. with the
funds distributed jby' lot among the members for
'that purpose.
Thus, for the sum of Fire Dollars, every member
Is sure of receiving a line. Engraving (worth alone I e
the amount of his subscription) and the chance of lit
obtaining a fine original Painting, to be SELECTED I to
BY HIMSELF from anv public exhibition in the Jail,
• / United States. Hero
For further particulars call at the Painting ROOM the Jr
of the undersigned, where can lie seen a specimen Joints
of the engraving, and where subscriptions are re Skin, s
ceived for the.same. A. ARMSTRONG. :arbour:
August 1. 25-tL ervous
sal Dis
lFashionable Millinery. :;th
Air ItS._IIIARY P. RANNINGER would respect ,in sh.
I . fully mfbrm her friends and the public, that sy , sis re,
she is going to continue her .Millinery at her old I •50 cc
stand, on the second floor of Kramph's Buildings, ' Pt red or
opposite the Post Office, where she will open on
the Ist or November, a splendid assortment ofgoffils t sale
consisting of
,•
BONNETS, FEATBEns, PEON' E RS, Ther ys kt
i?›READ DRESSES, RIBBONS, CAPS. FRESH Li DR ,
BONNET CAPS, NATLYN, k g.. 1,4+12.
s
and VELVETS h or Frent
o,—any size,
Paints .p GI
2t of Sarsapari
3ruggists, core
arrisburg, Soh
1
of every variety, and in the latest and most fashion
able styles. Feeling thankful fbr past flavors she
would respectfully solicit the continuance of so
liberal a patronage. She , is confident that in the
extensive stock, which she has been so careful to
select, and in her very reduced prices she will be
able to please all who may favor her with a call.
She flatters herself, that her work, for neatness,
taste and durability, is unsurpassed by any, having
at all times the very best hands that can be pm-
She would therefbre invite all to come and look
at her Goods and Fashions, knowing that they will
be perfectly delighted
• To Country Merchants.
COUNTRY' DEALERS and others can he sup
plied at the lowest city prices with fresh and
pure
Ground Cinnamon, Ground
" Pepper,
'' Ginger,
Mace,
—ALSO—
Sal
.17..ratus, Pearl Ash, Potash,
Washing Soda, Saltpetre, Alum,
Brimstone, Annetto, Bt'itish Lustre,
Indigo, Madder, - Copperas,
Blue Vitro!, Borax, Camphor,
Cream Tartar, Satrrou, Starch,
Castor Oil, Sweet oil, Liquorice Ball
Epsom Salts, Mee, Black and Red Inks.
Shaving Soap, Eric. Matches, Bottle Corks,
Shoe Blacking, Spt. Turpentine, Span. Brown,
Venetian Red and Yellow Ochre,
For sale, together with every other article in the
line, on the most accommodating terms by
JOHN F. LONG, Druggist,
No. 8, North Queen Street.
Nov 28, '4B tf-44
IMHATSII,II 21311112,,
TRI✓AL OF CHRIST.
AR. NOAH S takes pleasure in inform
iring the citizens of the city and county of
Lancaster, that the above grand and magnificent
spectacle is still exhibited at the Museum, and con
tinues to attract large audiences, who testify their
approbation of its merits by the warmest expressions
of gratification. The room formerly occupied as
the Anatomical Department has been recently fitted
up with curiosities of a different character, and is
now exhibited, without extra charge, with the
other departments of the Museums.
Admittance to the Museum and Exhibition ONLY
2, cents.
Oct 10
Notice to Distillers,
AND - ALL WHOM IT MAY CO4CERN.
WHEREAS, I, Jacob Weitzel, of the city of
Lancaster, coppersmith, have received by let
ters Patent, recorded in the Patent office in the city
of Washington, certain useful improvements in the
construction of Stills, which improvements consist
of an additional tub, called a de :21ing tub, which
is placed partly above the still, !C which 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 pipe is opened
or stopped when requisite by means of a plug made
of wood, copper, or any other material.
What I.claim as my improvements are the above
described doubling tub and the plug by which the
beer-passes from one tub to the otrier, or from the
tub - into the still.
Having received information,amounting to proof,
that 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 have made
use of my invention, or have it now in use, without
being authorized by me, come forward and make
full reparation for having infringed my patent right,
on or .before the first day of dl arch next, suit will
be instituted against all and every such person or
persons. . JACOB WEITZEL.
Feb. 22, 1843.
Testings.
UANCX Cachmere, new and beautiful styles.—
..12 Plain and Fancy Velvets, Plain and Fancy
Satins, togetherwith a great variety at low prices
in plain and fancy styles, now opening at the New
York Store. . _
:F ;ILL SUPPLY:
LTOSTETTER Fe BEATES, respectfully an
nounce to their town and country friends that
they have this day r eceived direct from the New.
York and Philadelphia markets,a large and elegant
supply of Fall Goods, which have been selected
with great care and will he sold at prices that can
not fail to please. Their stock comprises every
hing to be .found in the
hoe. Cloths, Cassemeres, Cassinetts and Vestings
lower than they have ever been sold in this city
before. A general assortment of articles for Ladies
wear, &c.; &c.
Sugars„ Coffee, Coffee, Teas, Molasses, &c. Give us a
call as we are determined to sell at a small advance
on cost. HOSTETTER & BEATES,
East king street.
N. B. All kinds of country produce taken in ex
change fir goods, for which the highetst market
COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT OF ,SARSAPARILLA.
mins article is employed with great success and
by the most eminent physicians of this city,
for the cure of the following diseases:
Scrofula or King,'s Evil, Rheumatism, Cutaneous
Diseases, Svpheletic Affections, Tetter and 'Ulcers,
White Swellings, Scurvy, Neuralgia or Tic Dolor
eaux, Cancer, Goitre or Bronchocele, (swelled
neck,) Spine Disease, Chronic Disease of the Lungs,
.to counteract the destructive effects of Mercury,
Jaundice, Hypertrophy or the Enlargement of the
Ifeart, Palpitation and Trembling in the Region of
the Heart and Stomach, Enlargement of the Bones,
Joints or Ligaments. Also, all the various diseases
Skin,- such as Tetter, Ringworm,
Biles, Pimples,
Carbuncles, etc., Dyspepsia and Liver Complbints,
Nervous Affections, Dropsical Swellings, Constitu
tional Disordicrs, and diseases originating from an
impure state of the blood and other fluids of the
bode, in short all diseases where a change of the
systele is required.
Price 50 cents per bottle.
Prepared only by the Proprietor,
JOHN C. BAKER & Co.,
Wholesale Druggists and Chemists, No. 100,
North Third Street, Philadelphia.
always keep a good and , general supply of
superior, equal to English or French plates, for
about one till the price,—any size, according to
order, together with Oils, Paints $• Glass generally.
The Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla for sale by
HENRY S CASLI)W, Druggists, corner of Market
and Third Streets, Harrisburg, Sole Agent for
Dauphin county.
Dee. 4, '4S.
Apt7ATEs of the Baltimore College of Den
tal Surgery, beg leave to announce to the
citizens of Lancaster, and public generally, that
they have entered into partnership in the practice
• of DENTAL SURGERY, and will
- hereafter occupy conjointly the rooms
is •
all hitherto occupied by Dr. Waylan, di
rectly over Messrs. Spreeher and Kohrer's Hard
ware Store, in East King street, 5 doors from the
Court House, where they are prepared to practice
all the various branches of the Profession on the
most approved plan.
Fir the information of any who may be suffering
from Palatine defects, either Congenital or Acci
dental, we would remark that our art holds out
the only means of [sept 19-t134
Cloves,
Allspice, •
Mustard,
Cayenne Pepper
Sprecher & Hohrees Cheap Hard-
- - -
Ware Store,
TT A RDW ARE, Mass, Paints, Oils, and Varnishes
TT_ at .that long, established stand, East King st.,
Lancaster, hwinerly occupied bv Howett S Kr:eder,
a few doors east of the Court House, nest door to
the Drug Store of James Smith, and opposite Geo.
Messenkop , s Hotel, whirl, they have recently taken
and where they will carry on the business.
They most respectfully beg leave to invite the
attention of their friends and acquaintances to their
stock of Hardware, 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 W ARE, such as tubs, buckets, butter
churns, together with every article in their line.
They will keep constantly on hand every variety of
Coal arid Wood Stoves; also a highly approved
1 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 Jrii bestowed upon them.
• GEORGE G. SPRECHER,
REUBEN S. ROHRER.
Old Metal and Flaxseed taken in exchange for
goods. jan 17,-50
TT AVE just received a large assortment of
GINGHAMS, plain and plaid which they wilt
sell very low. Also, LINEN LUSTRES, Lawns'
&c. Black BEREGE`SHAWLS, rich colored ligh,
Fabrics, do. Superior black and Blue Black Sum
mer BOMBAZINES. [May 9,, 48:if— ILL
Extract from a Speech at a Politicalfeeling
TRIKE! said he, for the hour is come—the
hour that summons us to glory or to a glorious
dress. Strike, said he, for your homes, your altars,
and your firesides. Now is the day, and now is the
hour that summons us to a glorious victory. We
strike for our rights and our native land. We
strike against distinction in external appearance
and have raised a hall of defence.
Behold ! Behold ! the mighty Lancaster Hall of
Fashions. He has brought the price of superfine
clothing within the reach of all. No more boast of
importing Clothing lbr my express person—no
more disparaging American Mechanics. High over
all they raise the standard of equality in dress and
defy the world to show better or more elegant fitting
garments than are now produced and sold at the.
most trilling expense, at the Lancaster Hall of
Fashions, by
WILLIAM W. BROWN, Attorney at Law,
tenders his professional services to the public.
Office in West King street, a few doors west of the
Lamb Tavern and next door to Col. D. W. Patter
son. [nov 2 43
JUST RECEIVED and now opening another lot
of those superior Fast Color PRINTS at 6 cts.
together with an elegant assortment ot .Cocheco,
Hamilton, American and Merrimac, in new and
beautiful patterns at the New York Store,
ORIEL 8: GILISERT,
Oct 10 37
(AFFERS his professional services to the public,
1.1 Office in Centre Square, neat door to Thomas
Baumgardner & Co.'s Store.
Nov 21
G R lEL & GILBERT.
37
DENTISTRY.
DRS. WAYLAN & McCALLA,
Longenecker Si. Co.,
JOSEPH GORMLEY,
North Queen Street, Lancaster.
39-lf
WASHINGTON BAKER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
‘, THAT COUNTRY IS THE MOST PROSPEROUS, WHERE LABOR COMMANDS THE GREATEST REWARD."-BUCHANAN
CITY OF LANCASTER, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2, 1849.
Conestoga Foundry.
STOVES! STOVES!! STONES!!!
2000 STOVES on hand, comprising the best
assortment ever kept in Pennsylvania.
The following list includes a part of the most pop
ular kind:—
Ifathawars Improved Cook Stoves.
Buck's Superior Cook do.
The very celebrated "Victorrdo.
The "Paragon" Cook do.
Also, a new Cooking Stove, called the "Farmer."
Application has been made by the proprietor for
Letters- Patent for this stove, which he has desig
nated 'THE FARMER," in view of its complete
'adoption to the wants and uses of this class of the
community. It has been constructed with great
care, upon the most scientific and approved princi
pb s, and bids fair to become the must celebrated
Cooking Stove in the country.
In addition to the above, the subscriber has an
assortment of other COOKING STOVES adapted to
the use of coal or wood, such as the "Coniplete
Cook," the "Parlour Cook," &c., &c., with all
sizes of NINE PLATE WOOD STOVES, and a
large variety of Cokt. STOVES for parlours, dining
rooms and offices.
ir7The proprietor of the Conestoga Foundry has
purchased the right for manufacturing and selling
the Hathaway and Buck's Patent Cook Store for
Lancaster county.
The castings at this foundry are made of the best
No. I Codorus and Conowingo Iron, long celebra
ted for strength.
XAll kinds of CASTINGS made to order.
- .
fl:77Stoves will be sold and orders for castings
received either at the Foundry or at the store of the
subscriber in East King Street, a few doors from
the Court Hotise in the city of Lancaster.
June, 13, , 48-20-6.] C. KIEFFER.
Dentistry Improved.
HAVING secured the Patent Right to use Gil
bert's " Central Cavity Plate," last summer,
we take this opportunity of informing the public
that after thoroughly testing this important inven
tion we pronounce it one of the greatest improve
ments in our profession. By means of which we
are enabled to insert partial or entire upper sets of
teeth without the use or clasps or springs, better
than by any other mode herrtofore in use.
Obturators or artificial plates inserted in the most
comfortable manner.
Persons having difficult cases which may have
baffled the skill of Dentists are invited to give us a
call at No. 36 East King Street, Lancaster- •
ELY PARRY, M. D.„
CHARLES H. BRF.SSLER, M. D.
Nov. 14, 1348.
READY-MADE FRENCH BURR MILL STONES.
THE subscriber will receive orders for French
Burr Mill Stones, of all sizes, composed of the
best quality Burr Blocks, and finished in a superior
manlier at the Quarries in France. All sizes from
3 feet 6 inches to 6 feet, can be Ihrnished in a very
short time. Ar pair of 4feet 6 inches can be ex
amined at any time, at the Warehouse, O'Donnell's
Wharf.
Baltimore, Dec. 5,'48
Longenecker C Co.,
MACE received a large lot of very cheap LIN
EN GOODS.
Shirting Linens at 25 and 37; cents.
12-4. Linen Sheetings, very low.
9-4" 4r
Damask Table Linens, 50, 621 and 75 els.
Table Napkins, very cheap.
Diaper Toweling, best quality.
Fine Huckaback Toweling.
Bird Eye Diaper, for children's aprons.
Cambric Handkerchiefs from 121 to $l.
May 9, 1848. tf-15.
Bonnets and Hats.
M lS d S ay M t A h li:E .l ll ,l w ‘ i f. ll , bc . xrepa . re . d ,. on . Mon_
the entire seas_n_,_to_a_tt_eud to all business
belonging to MILLINERY , and is prepared
to alter, whiten, press, and trim Straw Hats and
Bonnets, in a superior manner and short gotice, at
the residenCe of her mother, in Prince street.
April 4—tf-10.
Bookbindery
THE undersigned hereby returns his
sincere thanks to his respected pa
trons, and the public in Atieral, forthe
liberal encouragement in his business,
BOOK-BINDING; and makes known, at the same
time, that he still continues at his old AND WELL
KNOWN STAND, in North Prince Street Lancas
ter, Pa., to carry on his business, in all its various
branches. His work, in regard to beauty, durabil
ity and cheapness, cannot be exceeded by any other
in the State.
At the same ° time, he deems it not superfluous
here to remark, that he likewise continues the bus
iness of writing POWERS OF ATTORNEY, LET
TERS, DEATH CERTIFICATES, RENUNCIA
TION DEEDS, &c., for his German countrymen,
as desired ; and will also send moneys for them to
any place in Germany, with perfect safety.
July 4, 1848
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ITIHE subscriber has just received a large and
splendid
ASSORTMENT OF TOYS,
and Fancy Goods for the approaching holidays.
W. E. HEINITSH,
East King St., 4 doors west of the Farmers' Bank.
No♦ 28 t&44
GEO. SPURRIER would respectfully inform his
friends, customers, and the public In general,
that he has removed his Clothing Store from his old
stand next door to the Post Office, to one door
south of John Bear's Printing Office, and nearly
opposite J. Michael's Hotel, at the sign of the Bra
PANTS, where all would do welt to call that wan
to buy CHEAP AND WELL-MADE CLOTHING.
Kr-Customer's work attended to at the shortest
notice, and made in a workmanlike manner. Don't
forget the place, sign of the Big Pants.
dec 7 '47-45-tf] GEO. SPURRIER.
Ornamental Marble Works
AST King street, next door to John N. Lane's
LA' store. Charles M. Howell, Marble Mason,
respectfully informs the citizens of Lancaster and
the public in general, that Ile carries on the MAR
BLE BUSINESS, in all its various branches, and
invites all to call on him, as he is satisfied that he
can sell cheaper than any other establishment in the
city or state. . .
He invites the public to call and examine his
stock of finished Mantels, Monuments, Tombs,
Grave Stones, and also Isis collection of designs for
Monuments, Tombs, &c., before purchasing else
where. jan 16
To Shoe Makers
THE etbscriber has a first-rate workman from
Philadt Iphia, who makes and repairs all kinds
of Shoe Makers Tools, which will be done at the
lowest prises, and warranted to work well.
dec 22-47 H. C. LOCHER.
Sign Painting
JOHN L. KEFFER has commenced the above
business, in A. N. Brenneman , s Building, Cen
tre Square, Lancaster, and will do the best he can,
by strict attention to business and moderate charges,
to satisfy all who may be pleased to favor him with
their custom. IMav 1548.-15.
Castings I Castings I
MBE 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. Alio, 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.
lan 448 49-1 y eow
JUNIUS B. KAUFFMAN, Attorney at Law,
offers his professional services to the public.—
Office in Longeneckees building, Centre Spuare
next door to Kendig , s Hotel.
April 13, 1847
WM. G HARRISON.
3m-45 •
PHILIP C. RANNINGER.
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Removal
Lancaster 3ntelligencer,
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING,
BY E. W. NUTTER
Office in ".Union Court;" in the 'rear of the Market
House, adjoining Centre Square.
TERMS
Sunsclue - rioN.—Two dollars per annum, payable
in advance; two twenty-five, if not paid within
six months; and two fifty, if not paid within the
year. No subscription discontinued until all ar
rearages are paid, unless 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 twenty-five cents foreach
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.
Select poettn.
From
. the Lady's Wreath
THE TEAR, OR CONSOLATION.
Translated from the French of Lamartine.
BY HON. ELLIS LEWIS
Descend, thou silent tear,
On Earth's cold bosom fall ;
No pious hands are near,
No friends bn whom to call.
Fall, like the pattering rain,
On rocks, from tow , ring sky,
Where sun is never seen,
Or wind, to wipe thee dry
What care my fellow men
For my poor heart's deep woe;
Too far above my pain,
My distant grief to know.
They're free from doubts or cares;
No clouds their sky shall pall;
Their future has no fears;
Their cup is free from gall.
That crowd, with friv'lous noise,
Move on, in laughing glee,
They need no pitying voice,
To say, "I weep with thee."'
When friendship turns away,
Forgetful of her bond ;
The staff, that was my stay,
Gives way and tears the hand;
When man,' as frail in faith
To shun contagious woe,
Deserts our dreary path,
And leaves us to the foe;
The gloomy future bears
No promise for to-morrow;
The taste of bitter' tears '
Is the sole bread of sorrow
'Tis then Thy power relieves
The silence of my breast;
'Tis then Thy Hand removes
The icy weight that press'd
Thy tender Word, too pure
Co ' Tn'es - toi- o d: l oll r a'Ucw "
When all is lost in life.
Thy Heavenly Love beguiles
Our woes, like friend's embrace,
The world, which sees our smiles,
Their source can never trace.
In prayer dissolve the 'soul,
And mingles with the skies,
Our tears no longer roll ;
Thy Grace has dried our eyes,—
As sun-light, in the glen,
On branch and rocky glade,
Breaks through, and dries the rain
That lingered in the shade.
~~l ctlnitevitc.
A Broken Heart
"A broken heart, my God, my king,
Is all the sacrifice I bring;
The God of grace will ne'er despise
A broken heart for sacrifice."
What is a broken heart r It is a heart of deep
contrition and self-abasement. It is such a heart
as Job had, when he said, "Behold, I am vile ;"
and again, "I have heard of thee by the hearing
of the ear; but now mine eye seeth thee, where
fore I abhor myself, and repent, in dus't and ashes."
It is such a heart as David had, when he said,
I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is
ever before me. Against thee only have I sinned,
and done evil in thy sight."
It is such a heart as Ezra had, when he said, "I
am ashamed, and blush to lift my face to thee, my
God; for our iniquities have increased over our
heads, and our trespass is grown up unto the heav
ens:'
It is such - a heart as Isaiah had when he said,
"Wo is me! for I am of unclean lips, and I dwell
in the midst of a people of unclean lips, for mine
eyes have seen the,,ang, the Lord of hosts."
It is such a heart as the publican had, when he
"would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven,
but smote upon his breast, saying," God be merciful
to me a sinner."
It is such a heart as the prodigal had, when he
he said, " Father, I have sinned against heaven and
in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called
thy son:'
It is such a heart as Mary had, when she fell at
the Savior's feet and washed them with tears, and
wiped them with the hairs of her head.
It is such a heart as Paul had, when he exclaim
ed, “0 wretched man that I am, who shall deliver
me from the body of this death?"
The person who has a broken heart feels that
he has sinned against the best of beings, broken
the best of laws, and violated infinite obligations :
He feels that, if he is cast off for ever, it will be
perfectly just, and that, if he is saved, it must be
by grace through the merits of Christ, and he casts
himself at the foot of the cross, and pleads for
mercy and mercy only. •
This is the best sacrifice we can offer to God.
What other sacrifice can we offer? " Wherewith
shall we come before the Lord, and bow ourselves
before the High God? Shall we come before him
with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old?
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall we
give our first-borri for our transgression, the fruit of
our bodies for "the sins of our souls?" There is no
course for us to take but to fall down and Submit,
and sue for mercy as guility rebels. This is the
best sacrifice we can bring. It is all that we can
bring and all we need to bring. We are not re
quired to make atonement for our sins. The law
is magnified and 'made honorable ; and God now
can be just and justify sinners who believe in Christ.
What is now necessary on our part is to come to
Christ in the exercise of a broken heart. —Christian
11 Observer.
Correspondence of the Boston Atlas.
Geng Taylor—His Personal Ap
pearance and Manners.
Nr.w Oni.r..vse, Dec. 4, 1845
As you may well suppose, the recent visit of
Gen. Taylor to this city created an immense sensa
tion: Everybody in New Orleans of course had
often seen the old hero, but not an individual of
them all had set eyes upon the new President of
the republic. Of course, everybody must see Gen.
Taylor over again, as if—as indeed is the case—
some new splendor were suddenly attached to so
popular a personage. Such a hurrying to and fro—
such a running among office-holders and office
seekers—such long faces and bright faces—ah.
you can better imagine than I describe the scene
that followed his landing from the boat. Wearing
his usual military coat and cap, he quietly took
his way on foot to his quarters; but the moment
the word went round, "There's Old Zack," he had
such an escort tnat he found it almost impossible
to put one foot before the other. The old General
was obliged to carry his cap in his hand, bowing
and smiling all (he way, with such a perfect reck
lessness of all consequences to his never surrender
principle, (each new bow and smile raising a hun
dred new men in his progress,) that I began to
fear the guardiai, angels of his neck and life had
suddenly deserted their posts. Then came the loud
roar of artillery all over the city, and at every new
discharge the old hero's eyes would brighten up,
as if he were amid the blazing cannon at Buena
Vista or Monterey.
The President elect is a little above the middle
stature, with a compact frame, and rather stout
withal. He ha: just completed his fifty-eighth
year, and though his hair is beginning to be a little
silvery in hue, he has none of the marks of age
upon him: His ruddy countenance and almost
wonderful activity, bespeak him in the enjoyment
of the most perfect health. As he sits in the ro
tunda of the hotel, chatting with all, his appear.
ance is that of a downright honest man of sound
sense and great frankness, good humor, and urbani
ty in his character. You would hardly take hint to
be one of the few "whose names were not born to
die '' He has not the commanding figure of Scott,
nor the ferocious dignity of Twiggs, nor yet the
aristocratic bearing of that Orson of warriors,
Harney. Neither is that stamp of intellectuality
upon his brow which marks Webster, Clay, or
Calhoun, among a thousand. But he has a high
and lofty brow—that amplitude of forehead which
Proclaims the intellect within. The characteristic
expression of his countenance—that which lights
it up in conversation and makes you loth to take
your eyes from it—is benevolence. The sunlight
of his heart beams right through it, and warms
you at once towards him. But such an eye as
General Taylor has I have rarely, if ever, seen in a
human being. Each particular wink of it seems
to fall upon you like a small flash of lightning,
and did not the smile upon his face forbid the
idea, you would expect a small clap of thunder to
K i T t iri&s i gir r irt ( 4Wt v i e -1 9641qU1 """ he ""
The art Napoleon, the mystery of comnaanding,,,
I can easily imagine how the fires of that eye must
kindle and flash amid the discharge of artillery on
the battle field. Ido not doubt it wilt keep a vigi
lant watch over the constitution and the best in
terests of the country. Gen. Taylor has been ac
customed to sleep on the ground, on plank and ,
platform, and he sleeps everywhere equally well.
I do not know that he sleeps with one eye open,
but if he' should be beset at I'.VaShington by an
army of office-holders and office-seekers, forcing
their way into the White House, I should not be
surprised to hear that, wrapping himself in his I
blanket, he threw himself on the floor, some night,
near the entrance of the Executive mansion, with'
one of his eagle-eyes wide open, to "see that the I
Republic receiver no detriment:'
Gen. Taylor is one of the most sociable men in
the world, and wren there is a large crowd around
him, he may be ;e'en running about, chatting and
laughing as pleasantly as if it was his particular
business to make every one happy; and you come
away with the conviction that he is the only man
of the whole CIO All who has not been thinking of
President Taylor. In a mixed assembly, he makes
no allusion to political topics, though in a com
pany of personal friends he speaks his mind very
freely. His off I and speeches—and he has made
quite a number here—show unusual intelligence
and .concentration of thought, clothed in simple yet
beautiful language.
The Mind
Of all the nulls works of God, that of the hu
man mind has e.•er been considered the grandest.
It is, however, like all else -created, capable of cul
tivation;
and just in that degree as the mind is
improved and rendered pure, is man fitted for ratio
nal
enjoyment a:id pure happiness. That person
who spends a whole existence without a realization
Of the great end for which he was designed : with
out feelirig a soaring of the soul above mere rner
cenary motives and desires; not knowing that he
is a portion, as it were, of one vast machine, in
which each piece has a part to perform, having no
heart beating in common with those of his fellow
men, no feeling in which self is not the beginning
and the end. mar be said not to live. His mind is
shut in by mora darkness, and he merely exists, a
blank in the world, and goes to the tomb with
scarcely a regre:. Such beings we have seen and
wondered at—wondered that a mortal, endowed
with so many noble qualities, and capable of the
highest attainment of intellectuality, should slum
ber on through world like ours, in which is every
thing beautiful and sublime. to call forth his ener
gies and excite his admiration—a world which
affords subjects tar exercising every lively attribute
with which we are gifted, and opens a scene of the
richest variety to the eye, the mind, and the heart,
and of such a d.versified character, that we may
never grow weary. If, then, you wish to LIVE, in
the true sense of the term, cultivate the mind, give
vent to ptire affections and noble feelings, and pen
not every thought and desire in self. Live more
for the good of your fellow men, and in seeking
their happiness you will promote your own
Advice to Parents.
My father liked to have, as often as he could,
some sensible friend or neighbor to converse with
him, and always took care to start some ingenious
or useful topic for discourse, which might tend to,
improve the minds o. his children. By this means.
he turned our attention to what was just and pru
dent in the conduct of life, and little or no notice
was ever taken of what related to the victuals on
the table, so that I was brought up in such a per
fect inattention to these matters, as to be quite in
different to what kind of food was set before me.
In after life this has been a great convenience to
me, for my companions are often very unhappyfor
want of a suitable gratification of their very much
more delicate tastes an&appetites.—Frankfin.
THE GOOD PARSON,
EMI=
—"Rich he was in holy thought and work;
And thereto a right learned maw; a clerk
That Christ's pure gospel would sincerely pr e ach
And his parishioners devoutly teach—
Benign he was, and wondrous diligent,
And in adversity full patient—
Tho , holy in himself and virtuous,
He still to sinful nat was mild and piteous;
Not of reproach imperious or malign ;
But in his teaching soothing and benign. ,
To draw them on to Heaven, by reason fair
And good example, was his daily care.
Christianity Aggressive
In a recent address, the Rev. Mr. Cook, of New
York, Secretary of the American Tract Society,
took the ground that the Christian Church was in
its very nature aggressive, or missionary, as was
evident from the fact that the gospel was adapted
to the necessities of man in all climes and ages.
The field for its elevating influences was the world.
The history of the primitive church also showed
that such was its design. Lay members vied with
the Apostles in efforts for extending its influences.
In the persecution which followed the death of the
first christian martyr, Stephen, the 12 or 14,000
disciples were scattered abroad, and history says,
they went everywhere preaching the Word. When
the Moravian church embraced but 600 members,
they girted the whole world with missions. •
The church was designed to be the light of the
world. Not a mere stationary oracle, but a mes
senger of truth to man: not merely a tall light
house, but a life-boat, bearing light arid salvation to
the perishing mariner, everywhere, on Time's broad
ocean; not a glassy central lake, reflecting the
light of Heaven to limited circumference on its
borders, but a river of the water of life, which, like
the gushing fountain that gladdens the city, offers
its treasures at every door.
Head Work.
Head work is the hardest in the world. The
artisan feels this if at any time he has to spend a
whole (lay in calculation. All men of learning
testify to the same truth, and their meagre frames
and sallow complexions tell ,a plainer tale than
their words. Sir Edward Coke, the great English
lawyer, speaks thus concerning his great work:
While we were in hand with these tour parts of
the Institutes, we often, having occasion to go into
the country, did in some sort envy the state of the
honest ploughman and other mechanics. For one,
when he was at work, would merrily sing, and the
ploughtnan whistled some self-pleasing tune, and
yet their work both proceeded and succeeded: but
he that takes upon himself to write, doth captivate
all the faculties and' powers both of his mind and
body, and must be only attentive to that which he
collecteth,.without any expression of joy or cheer
fulness while he is at his work."
vv urn .3,f Rl l l i trt AtglattiMe'Rreln piing in
valid from Italy, to die in his native land, the sight
of home so invigorated his spirits that some hope
was cherished that he might recover. But he found
he must die. Addressing his son-in law, he said
Bring me a hook." " What book r replied Lock
hart. "Can you ask !° replied the man whose works
have charmed the world ; "can you ask what book ?
There is but one!" Precious Bible ! There is
nothing it does not offer, nothing it does nut give,
to the man who feels his wants and seeks its bounty.
Truth that never grows old, riches that never decay,
pleasures that never cloy, a crown that is never
tarnished, griefs assuaged and fears tranquilized,
bright hopes and incorruptible immortality, are the
gift of God to all the lovers of the Bible.
ME=ll
I threw a bauble to the sea,
A billow caught it hastily ;
Another billow quickly came
Successfully The prize to claim ;
From wave to wave, unchecked, it passed,
'Till tossed upon the strand at last,
Thus glide unto the unknown shore,
Those golden moments we deplore;
Those moments which not thrown away,
Might win for us eternal day.
A new leaf is turned over in •the philosophy of
tailing bodies. We are informed in a late paper,
that two balls , of, the same shape and density, the
one weighing a pound, and the .other•an ounce, be
ing dropped simultaneously from the belfry of a
meeting house, the little ball went ahead of the big
one for some time, betting was three to one in its
favor—when lo ! and behold! all of a sudden, the
big ball shot ahead of the little one, and came to
the ground first. It is not a little puzzling to phil
osophers, how the little ball came to get the ad
vaafage in the first part of the distance, and. why,
having once got the advantage, it did not maintain
it throughout. But alas! for the short sightedness
of Philosophers! A member of a jockey club
would solve the difficulty in the snapping of a whip.
He would tell you at once, in- jockey phrase, that
the big ball overtook the little one, and finally won
the race, solely by its superior bottom.—Berkshire
Attachment to the Church. .thnerirein.
Shakspeare.
A document has been recently discovered at
Stratford on-Avon. relative to John Shakspeare, the
father of the poet. In rummaging a file of old
declarations of the Court of Record, a parchment
came to light, which proved to be a writ concer
ning the sale of some property by John Shaks
peafe in 1379. In this document William Shaks
peare, the son, is mentioned as the purchaser of a
prayer book. The fact as to the poverty of Shake
peare's father is confirmed by this discovery.
Without individual holiness, attachment to the
Church is but an unmeaning name. There may,
no doubt, be a carnal zeal and a party affection,
but there will be a worldliness which will taint
the one, and a hollowness which will disgust men
with the other. But when zeal for Christ's Church
has its root in a sense of those evangelical gifts
in this holy society He bestows upon mankind—
when it is evident by a devout and self-denying life.
spent in obedience to his laws—then may we hope
that God will bless our efforts, and that Satan's
empire will be shaken by air assaults.—Wilber
force.
Which are worths?
There are two kinds of riches. Ever so great
an amount of the one may be in our hands to-day,
but be entirely gone to-morrow. The other kind
are as durable as eternity, and be who posseses any
share of them has a portion with which a thou
sand worlds bear no comparison. And yet, almost
everybody are sparing no pains to obtain the lirst
kind of wealth, while but few appreciate or seek
the other.
Eclipses in 1549.
In the year 1849 there will be four eclipses—
two of the sun and two of the moon. One of the
lunar eclipse will be visible in the United States.
The first eclipse will be of the sun, on the 22d of
February, and will be visible in the western portion
of Asia, and the north-western portion of North
America. The second, of the moon, on the Bth of
March, and will be visible throughout the United
States. The third will be a total eclipse of the sun
on the 17th of August; and the fourth an eclipse
of the moon on the 2d of September-.both invisi
ble in the United States.
Tell your father," said John Randolph to
a young friend," that I reommend abstinence from
novel reading and whiskey punch. Depend upon
7 sir, they are both equally injurious to the brain.'
Our Wondrous Atmosphere.
The atmosphere rises above us with its cathedral
dome, arching towards the heaven, of which it is
the most familiar synonyme and , symbol. It floats
as that grand object which the Apostle John saw in
his vision—" a sea of glass like unto chrystal." So
massive is it, that when it begins to stir, it tosses
about great ships like pla:ythings, and. sweeps cities
and forests, like snow flakes, to destruction before it.
Ind yet it is so mobile, that we have dived years in
t before we.are persuaded that it exists at all, and
he great bulk of mankind never realize the truth
that they are bathed in an ocean of air. Its weight
is so enormous, that iron shivers before it like glass;
yet a soapball sails through it with impunity, and
the tiniest insect waves it aside with its wing. It
ministers lavishly to all the senses. We touch it
not, but it touches us. Its warns south winds bring
back color to the pale face of the invalid ; its cool,
west winds refresh the fevered brow, and make
the blood mantle in our cheeks; even its north
blasts brace into new vigor the hardened children.
of our ruggediMate. 'The eye is indebted to it
for all the magnificence of sun rise, the full bright
ness of mid-day, the chastened radiance of the
gloaming, and the clouds that, cradle near the set
ting sun. But for it the rainbow would want its
" triumphal arch," and the winds would not send
their fleecy messengers on errands round the heav
ens. The cold ether would not shed snow feathers
on the earth, nor would drops of dew gather on the
flowers. The kindly rain would never fall, nor
hail storm nor fog diversify tlie :face of the sky.
Our naked globe would turn its tanned and un
shadowed forehead to the sun, and one- dreary,
monotonous blaze of light and heat dazzle and
burn up all things. Were there no atmapheie,
the evening sun would in a moment set, and,,with_
out warning, plunge the earth in darkness. But
the air keeps in tier hand a sheaf of his rays, and
lets them slip but slowly through her fingers, so
that the shadows of evening are gathered by de
grees, and the flowers have time to bow their heads,
and each creature space to find a.place of rest, and
to nestle to repose.
In the morning the garish sun would at one
bound burst from the bosom of night, and blaze
above the horizon, but the air watches for his
coming, and sends at tint but one little ray to an
nounce his approach; and then another, and by and
by a handful, and so gently draws aside. the curtain
of night, and slowly lets the light fall on the face
of the sleeping earth till her eyelids open, and like
man, she goeth forth again to- her labor till the
evening—Quarterly Reuiew.
Gospel Consolation.
It is a wonderful trait of the Gospel, and a proof
of its divine origin, that it adapts itself to all the
circumstances of our being, so that, in whatever
condition we are placed, we find something written,
written, as it were, expressly for us in that condi
tion. Emphatically is This true of the afflictions
of life. There is a remarkable adaptation in the
Gospel to these inJall their variety. • The sick, the
fatherless, all find their cases singled out for advice,
and comfort, and support. There ,are promises,
"exceeding great and precious, - the full import of
whiCli we cannot know till we are in circumstances
which they were designed to meet.; there are offers
of grace, the magnitude and worth of which , we
cannot realize till we are in the state of those to
whom they are addressed. It seems as if so much
of the Bible i's written for the afflicted, that one
j can know but little of its precious contents until
he is afflicted. So many of its promises are made
to those in trouble, that the belieVer scarce knows
half of his inheritance until trouble comes upon
him. The Gospel abounds in consolation. It
speaks peace to the troubled soul, whether tossed
by its own fears, or by tempests from without.
In the world;' saith the Master, "ye shall have
tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcame
the world.'
Falling Bodies
Dr. Franklin's Observations on
Prohibitory Tariffs.
" Lonnoa-, July 7, 1767.
Suppose a country X. with three manufactures—
as cloth, silk, iron—supplying three other countries,
A, B. C, but is desirous of- increasing the rent and
raising the price of cloth in favor of her own
clothiers.
In order to do this, she prohibits the importation
of foreign 'loth from A.
A, in return, forbids silk from X. -
Then the silk workers complain of a decay of
trade.
And A, to content them. forbids silks from B.
B, in return, forbids ironware from X.
Then the iron workers complain of decay.
And X forbids the importation of iron from C.
C, in return, forbids cloth from X.
What is got by all these prohibitions?
• duswer—All four find their common stock of
the enjoyments and conveniences of life diminished.
B. F."
Language of Trees.
There is a pathos and sentiment :about some of
the Eastern poets that is truly affecting, A cor
respondent of the Boston Post writes as followsL
Suppose a tree's long reaching limbs
Should 'gainst a window, dash,
In one of nature's breezy whims,
And break it all to smash ;
Amid the clatter and dismay,
What think you would the fragments say 7
"Ye ministers of grace, defend us!"
Not that, friend Charles; they'd cry,
" Tree mend us I" -
Mrs. Partington.
We learn that that estimable old lady, Mrs. Par
tington, of the Boston Post, was put out of temper,
and her way, yesterday, by home graceless rogue.
She asked where the society for the relief of indi
genous females was, and says She was told it was
contagious to the court house.—Bosten Museum.
NO. -49.