VOL. L.
"FOR THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE V'
JUST RECEIVED at J. GISH'S GENERAL AGENCY for the sale of Genuine Popular Medicine-
Store immediately opposite Mrs. Kauffman's Hotel, and next door to the Examiner .5- Herald Office
North 'Queen Street, Lancaster, Pa., a full supply of the following genuine and celebrated Family
Medicines. f* - • Merchants and all country dealers (in genuine medicines) supplied at the lowest terms.
Wistar's celebrated Balsam of Wild Cherry. Dr. Cullen's Indian Vegetable PanaCea.
Bull's Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla. Steven's pure Wine of Tar for coughs, colds ,and
Swaim's well known Panacea. .consumptions. ,
Townsend's Sarsaparilla. Hyena Tooth Ache Drops.
Atwood's Dyspeptic Bitters. Dr. Jayne's Expectorant and other preparations.
Comfort's composition Powder—spiced Bit. N 0.6. Dr. Swayne's Syrup of Wild Cherry.
Sherman's All-Healing Balsam. Dr. Steeling's Pulmonary Syrup.
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills. . Louden's Indian Expectorant and Hair Tonic.
,
Brandreth's Universal Dr. Sherman's Poor Man's Strengthening Plasters
Beckwith's Anti-Dyspeptic " Euen's gc ~
Dr. Dyott's Anti-Bilious " Dr. J. H. Longenecker's Black Salve.
.
, Grafenberg Vegetable. Graelenberg Health Bitters.
.
Dr. Rush's Infallible Health " Green Mountain Ointment.
Dr. Steeling's • Vegetable 121 cent Pills, Tuusey's Master of Pain.
Dr. Wistar's Sarsaparilla and Tar " Shenck's Pulmonic. Syrup.
Clickner's Sugar Coated ' . Roberts' Vegetable Embrocation.
Worsdell's Restorative ‘. I Thomson's Tar and Wood Naptha.
Dr. Leidy's Sarsaparilla Blood ‘, Beekman's Pulmonic Syrup.
Dr. Wistar's Vegetable°Hibbard's Wild Cherry Bitters.
•
Dr. Soule's Sovereign Bairn . " Ritter's Tar and Wild Cherry Syrup.
Hibbard's Family .. . Rowand's Tonic Mixture for Aguc.
Staintiurn's Vegetable Extract " Hobensack's Worm Syrup.
M'Allister's All-Healing . Ointment and Hair Oil. .Falinestock's Vermifuge.
Mrs. M. C. Maxwell's Indian Extract for Rheum, Gay's Extract of Chanchalaqua, a Caitlin-nine
in and Pains, a certain cure. plant of rare virtues.
Dr. Jayne's American Hair Dye. Dr. Sherman's Orris Tooth Paste.
Detterer's MagiC Hair Oil. " Dr. Wistar's Cherry Candy for coughs, &c.
Indian Cholagogue for Fever and' Ague. flauck's Vegetable Panacea.
Wheeler's Teaberry Tooth Wash. Barnes' Pile Lotion, a certain cure.
Allebasi's Celebrated Medicines. Davis' Horse Linament.
Stainburns Medicated - Toilet Soap. Dillon's Heave Cure.
Dr. Davis' Wild Cherry and Tar Syrup. .
OPODELDOC, CASTOR OIL, SWEET OIL, Br.e?
With a number of other popular Medicines, (all of which are warranted fresh and genuine,) and sold
at the Lowest Prices.
kr Pamphlets, Hand-Bills, and copies of the Oracle
GENERAL AGENCY, opposite Kauffman's Hotel,
November 14, 1843.
0;7;11 DX. HUNTER forfeit ti:so, it failnig
.P. 01,./ to cure any case of . Secret Disease that may
come under his care, no matter how long standing
or afflicting.. Either Sex are invited to his private
rooms, No. 38 North Seventh Street, without Mar
of interruption by other patients, as thousands are
cored yearly by his practical experience and great
remedies. Strangers and others who have been
unfortunate in the selection of a Physician, are so
licited to call on the Doctor. Dnop and
his SPECIFIC act like magic in diseases of this class.
READ AND REFLECT.—The rfflicted would
do well to reflect before trusting their health, hap
piness, and in many cases their lives in the handy
of Physicians ignorant of this class of maladies. It
.js certainly impossible for one man to understand
-all the ills the human family are subject to. Every
respectable Physician has his particular branch, in
Which he is more successlbl than his brother pro
fessors, and, therefore, to that he devotes more of
his time and study. Dr. HUNTER is known to be
the most successful practitioner in the - United States
imdiseases of the sexual organs.
YEARS OF PRACTICE exclusively devoted to
the study and treatment of gleet, stricture, effects
of solitary habits, ulcers upon the body, throat,
nose or legs, pains in the head or bones, mercurial
rheumatism, gravel, irregularities, climate, or im
purities of the blood, whereby the constitution has
become enfeebled, enables the Doctor to offer spee
dy relief to all who may place themselves under
his care.
Office open during the week &min 7 A. M. until
9 P. M. On Sundays the office will close at 2 P. M.
Dee 12 '4S ly-46
IHeyrs Embrocatioio for Horses.
THIS most valuable Embrocation
will cure Sprains, Bruises, Cuts,
Galls, Swellings and all other cons- A 4
plaints, which require an external
remedy. It gives immediate relief in • • •
the Scratches and the disease incident - - ='•
to horses of white feet and noses, produced by St.
John's Wort. It is also highly useful in relaxing
stillness of the tendons and joints, and produces
beneficial effects in cracked heels brought on by
high feeding, splints and sprains. This Embroca
tion is highly recommended to Farmers, Farriers,
Keepers of Livery Stables, and private gentlemen
owning horses, and should be constantly kept in the
stable. The genuine article is prepared only by
W. MARSHALL, No. 302 Race Street, below Dili,
south side, Philadelphia, and for sale by
GISH & BROTHER, Lancaster:.
ly-49
Jan 2,'49
To Countiry litierchants
COUNTRY" DEALERS and others can be sup
plied at the lowest city prices with fresh and
pure
Ground Cinnamon, Ground Cloves,
Pepper, '• Allspice,
'• Ginger, " Mustard,
•' Mace, Cayenne . Pepper
—ALSO—
Sal _Eratus, Pearl Ash, Potash,
Washing Soda, Saltpetre, Alum,
Brimstone, Annetto, . British Lustre,
Indigo, Madder, .Copperas,
Blue Vitro],' Borax, Camphor,
Cream Tartar, Saffron, Starch,
Castor Oil, Sweet Oil, Liquorice Ball,
Epsom Salts, Blue, 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. S, North Queen Street.
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Nov 28, '•4B
Satinets.
UzAT RECEIVED i.nd now opening an exten
t) ,sive assortment of Satinets, compris',g every
price and color of most desirable styes, at the
New York Store.
GRIEL & GILBERT
Holiday Presents
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
1 OLD LEVER WATCHES, IS carat Cases, full
1,3 jewelled, from $3O to $lOO. Silver Levers,
from $l5 to $3O. Lepines, Quartier,if and all other
watches at the lowest prices. Jewelry, Silver-
Ware, Spectacles ' Fancy Goods, Brittania Ware,
&c., low for cash. Call and see—no charge for
looking. 1 17- Repairing of all kinds attended to.
G. M. ZAHM,
Centre Square, Lancaster.
0:47
Tuition in the German and He-
brew Languages.
T ACOB EHRLICH respectfully informs the.citi
J
tens of Lancaster, that he is prepared to give
instruction as Teacher of the German and Ifebrew
Languages, and will be happy to receive a class.
By long and practiCal experience in'this profession,
both in Europe and America, he feels competent,
in a short time and by the simplest methods, to
impart an accurate knowledge and comprehension
of these two useful and important languages.
Applicants will please call at the Book Store of
J. GISH & Co., (Diller , s,) city of Lancaster
Dec 5, '4B
Vestings
FANCY Cachmere, new and beautiful styles.—
Plain and Fancy Velvets,. Plain and Fancy
Satins, togetherwith a great variety at low prices
in plain and fancy styles, now opening at the Nes
York Store.
GRIEL & GILBERT.
37
Longenecker Si, Co.,
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
merI3OMBAZINES. [May 9, ,48.-tf-15.
To Shoe Makers.
rPHE othseriber has a first-rate workman from
1. Philadelphia. ' who makes and repairs all kinds
M
of Shoe'akersTools, which will he done at the
lowest priJes, and warranted to work Well.
den 22-47 H. C. LOCHER.
Sign Painting.
JOHN L. REITER 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. May 1848.—lai
Cloths! C loths : :
BENCH, GERMAN, AMERICAN. and ENG
MILISH CLOTHS, embracing every color that
can.be desired, from $1 50 per yard upwards, now
opening at the New York Store.
ORIEL & 111ILBERT.
Oat:10 39
of Health, to be had gratis by applying at J. GISIIJS
North Queeh Street, Lancaster. tf-42
Sprecher & Rohrees Cheap Hard-
Ware Store.
IT A RDW ARE, GlasS, Paints, Oils, and Varnishes
at that long established stand, East King st ,
Lancaster, formerly occupied by Howett & Krieder,
a few doors east of the Court House, neat door to
the Drug Store of James Smith, and opposite Geo.
Messenkop's Hotel, which 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 ass'ortrnent
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 apcommodate
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 ➢fetal and Flaxseed taken in exchange for
goods. jan la-50
DENTISTRY
DRS. WAYLAN & McCALLA,
d'Art A DCATES 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
hereafte'r occupy conjointly the rooms
6 .111111111111 - hitherto occupied by Dr. Waylan, di
erectly over Messrs. Sprecher and Rohrers 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.
For the information of any who may be suffering
from Palatine- defects, either Congenital or Acci
dental, we would remark that our art holds nut
the only means of relief. [sept 19—t1-34
READY-MADE FRENCH BURR lOU STONES.
HE subscriber will receive orders for French
T
Burr Mill Stones, of all sizes, comprised of the
best quality Burr Blocks, and finished in a superior
manner at the Quarries in France. All sizes from
3 feet 6 inches to 6 feet, can be furnished in a very
short time. A pair of 4feet 6 inches can be ex
amined at any time, at the Warehouse, O'Donnell's
Wharf.
WM. G. HARRISON.
3m-45
Baltimore, Dec. 5,'48
The Great. Discovery
DR. WILLIAM STEELING'S PULMONARY
SYRUP is the GRAND REMEDY for Coughs,
Colds, Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, Throat
Disease, Whooping Cough, Scarlet Fever, Measles,
Shortness of Breath, and in short for all Diseases
of the Throat, Breast and Lungs. Try it and you
will nut be disappointed. It is far superior to the
host of useless trash that is offered to the public,
and on trial vim will find it so ! The only thing in
which it is deficient is that the price is only Fifty
Cents, while others are extorting One Dollar a
Bottle for articles very far inferior!
For sale by
MR. SMITH, Druggist,
JOHN GISH,
JACOB LONG,
Lancaster City,
and wholesale by the Proprietor, at Camden City,
New Jersey.
Dec 5, , 48. Gm-45
Longeneclier Sz. Co y
HAVE 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 "
Damask Table Linens, 50, 62i and 75 cts.
Table Napkins, very cheap.
Diaper Toweling, best quality.
Fine Huckaback Toweling.
Bird Eye Diaper, for children's aprons.
Cambric Handkerc from 12,1 to $l.
May 9, IS4B. tf-15.
Dentistry roved.
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 of 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. 36l East King Street, Lancaster•
ELY PARRY, M. D.,
CHARLES H
Nov. 14, 1848.
BRESSLER, 111. D.
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Bookbindery.
THE undersigned hereby returns his
sincere thanks to his respected pa
trons, and the public in general, for the
liberal encouragement in his business, -'mss
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 superiluous
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.
PHILIP C. RANNINGER.
July 4, 1848. ly-23.
7ILLIAM W. BROWN, Attorney at Law,
tenders his professional services to the public.
Office in West Ring street, a few doors west of the
Lamb Tavern and next door to Col. D. W. Patter-.
son. inov 2 4a
T UST RECEIVED and now opening anothe r lot
0 or those superior Fast Color PRINTS. at 6:1 Is.
together with an elegant assortment ot . Coact!,
Hamilton, American and Merrimac, in new and
beautiful patterns at the New York Store.
GRIEL & GILBE.RT
Oct 10
LANCASTER OF CITY, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7, 1849.
ALL and see Mrs. Raninger's stock of Bonnets
Muffs, Feathers, Flowers, 4-c., 4-c.-
As Winter is now upon us. it behooves every
Lady to seelphat place where the prettiest, cheap
est, and most fashionable Bonnets can be purchased.
Direct your Steps to
MRS..RANINGER'S MILLINERY ROO3lB,
and your desire can be gratified.
Ladies, if you have not supplied youi selves with
MUFFS, call on Mrs. Raninger, and you can get a
first-rate article at a very moderate price. In fact,
at a much lower rate than any Dry Goods Store in
this City can furnish you a similar article.
MUFFS are so cheap at this establishment, that
they go off like chaff before a Winter's wind. The
Ladies are invited to call early, or they will lose
bargains that are not to he met with ofien.
_ .
Airs. R. takes pleasure in informing her friends
and her hundreds of kind customers, that she still
continues the MILLINERY business in all its
branches, on the second floor of Kramph's Build
ing, opposite the Post Office, where can be had the
most elegant assortment of goods, consisting of
BONNETS, FEATHERS, FLOWERS,
L, HEAD DRESSES, RIBBONS, CAPS,
BONNET CAPS, SATINS, SILKS,
and VELVETS
of every variety, and in the latest and most fashion
able styles. She feels confident that in the osten
sive stock which she has been so caf.eful to select,
and at her very reduced prices, she will be able to
please all who may lhvor her with their pre . sence.
January 16, 1849 51
COMPOUXD FLUID EXTRACT OF SARSAPARILLA,
rip HIS article is employed with great success and
11 by the most eminent physicians of this city,
for the cure of the following diseases:
Scrofula or King's Evil, Rheumatism, Cutaneous
Diseases, Sypheletic Affections, 'letter and Ulcers,
White Swellings, Scurvy, Neuralgia or Tic Dolor
emu? 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
Heart, 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 Complaints,
Nervous Affections, Dropsical Swellings, Constitu
tional Disorders, and diseases originating Iron: an
impure state of the blood and other fluids of the
body, in short all diseases where a rhange of the
system is required.
•
Price 50 cents per bottle.
Prepared only by the Proprietor, •
JOHN C. BAKER E Co.,
Wholesale D:nggists and Chemists, No. 100
North Third Street, Philadelphia.
They always keep a good and general supply of
FRESH DRUGS,
also a new article, IMITATION PLATE CLASS, very
superior, equal to English or French plates, ibr
about one fifth the price,—any size, according to
order, together with Oils, Paints §- Glass generally.
The Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla tbr side by
HENRY & CASLOW, Druggists, corner of Market
and Third Streets, Harrisburg, Sole Agent for
Dauphin county.
Dec. 4, '4B. ly-45
•
Notice to Distillers,
AND ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
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 ).: , ;;ng tub, which
is placed partly above the still, 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 other, 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 March next, suit will
by instituted against all and every such person or
persons. JACOB WEITZF.L.
Feb. 22, 1848. tf-4
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11-
THE subscriber has just received a large and
splenCid
ASSORTMENT OF TOYS,
and Fancy Goods for the approaching holidays.
W. F. HEINITSH.
East Ring St., 4 doors west of the Farmers' Bank.
Nov 28 if-44
D -
OES not create an excitement equal to that
produced by Cheap Dry Goods that -are now
opening at the BEE HIVE, North Queen Street.
Splendid Plaid Lustres only lb etc worth 371-
Striped Changeable Lustres only 3'7lcts worth 62?
Rich Maroon, Brown, Modes, Pur
ple, Striped 6,1 " 87i
Lupin's French Merinoes—all shades.
The largest variety of Ladies Dress Goods in
this city.
Excellent Dark Calicoes only 6y cts. worth 10 cts
38 inch heavy unbleach , dMuslins only 6 cts
3S 6' fine
These articles together with a variety or other
choice DRY GOODS have gust been received for
the HOLIDAYS, and are destined to be sold as the
greatest bargains, auctions, &c., to the contrary
notwithstanding.
CHAS. E. WENTZ & BRO.,
Bee Hire, North Queen Street.
Dec 19 tl-47
eiE.O. SPURRIER would respectfully inform his
k_T 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 Ilto
PANTS, where 3.1 J would do well to call that wan
to buy CHEAP AND.WELL-MADE CLOTHING.
[O - 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 , 47-4:5-tf] GEO. SPURRIER.
Ornamental Marble Works
AST King street, next door to John N. Lane's
k,d l store. Charles M. Howell, Marble Mason,
respectfully informs the citizens of Lancaster and
the public in general, that he 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 his collection of designs for
Monuments, Tombs, &c., before purchasing else
where. jan 16
Estate of John Berg.
u the Court of Common _Pleas for the Co. of Lanc'r.
WHEREAS, Jacob Heisey, Committee of Jacob
Berg, a lunatic, (now deceased,) did on the
28th day of December, 1848, file in the Office of
the Prothonotary of the said Court, his Account of
the said Estate:
Notice 'is hereby given to all persons interested
in the said Estate, that the said Court have appoint
ed the 27th day of January, 1849, for confirmation
thereof, unless exceptions be filed.
ATTEST: • HENRY STOEK, Proth•y.
Prothonotary's Office,
Lancaster, Jan. 9, 1848. 3 41-50
LANCASTER CITY IRON WORKS
TAMES WHITEHILL, Iron Founder and Manu
facturer of Steam Engines, Boilers, Rolling and
all other kinds of MILL GEARING, Shafting, Cot
ton Machinery, Planeing Machines, double and
single geared Slide and Hand Lathes, upright and
horizontal Boring Mills, all of which I guarantee
to build on the most improved plans and finish in
the beat style of workmanship.
N. B. Drawings, plans, specifications and estima
tes of Mills and machinery made at the shortet
notice.
37 Oct 10, 1848 Iy-37
" THAT COUNTRY IS THE MOST PROSPEROUS WHERE ABOR COup ; • ; w ; i •,- : , ~ , ,
TO the Ladles.
JOHN C. BAKER'S
CALIFORNIA GOLD
Removal
poetrn.
From the London Weekly Despatch
"Good Byp. 9,
Farewell ! Farewell ! is often heard
From the lips of those who part,
'Tis a whispered tone—'tis a gentle word,
But it springs not from the lean,
It may serve for the lover's closing lay,
To be sung 'neath a summer's sky;
'But give to me the lips that say
The honest words—" Good Bye!"
Adieu ! Adieu! may greet the ear,
In the guise of courtly speech; • •
But when we leave the kind and dear,
'Tis not what the soul would teach.
Wheneter we grasp the hand of those
We would have forever nigh,
The flame of Friendship bursts and glows
In the warm frank wprds---"Good =Byel6
The mother sending forth her child
To meet with cares and strife,
Breathes through her tears, her doubts and fears
For the loved one's future lite.
No cold "adieu," no " farewell" lives
Within her choking sigh;
But the deepest sob of anguish gives—
" God bless thee, boy, " Good Bye!' "
Go watch the pale and dying one,
When the glance has lost its beam—
When the world is cold as the marble stone,
And the brow a passing dream :
And the lateSt pressure of the hand,
The look of the closing eye,
Yield what The heart must understand,
A long—a last "Good Bye."
HAPPINESS
Mankind, is gen'ral, one great end mirsue,
And all their deeds have happiness in view
Some think t'obtain it in the busy court;
To seek it, some to rural scenes resort;:
Others, in gold, strive happiness tofaut;
By travels, some would gain a happy mind.
But all these means will fail, nor can impart
A lasting bliss, or always cheer the heart.
Would you be happy 7 seek a virtuous wife,
A quiet conscience, and a holy life. •
lisccllaiicous.
False Estimate 'of Life
We are apt to regard life much more as a thing
that we positively possess than as a thing that we
are losing, and in a train to cease possessing. We are
considering life in the sense of the duration of liv
ing. We thoughtlessly permit an imposition on
our feelings, as if life were a substantive property,
which we possessed years since and equally now,
possess. To be alive is the same consciousness
now as then, and so we forget the essentially differ
ent condition we are in. Life in the case of a
being that should be certainly immortal might be
considered as an absolute possession. But with us,
life is expenditure ; we have it but as continually
losing it ; we have no use of it, but as continually
wasting it. Suppose a man confined in some for
tress, tinder the doom to stay there till his death;
and suppose there is there for his use, a dark reser
voir of water, to which it is certain none can ever
be added. He knows, suppose, that the quantity is
not very great; he cannot penetrate to ascertain
how much, but it may be very tittle. He has drawn
from it by means of a fountain a good while al
ready, and draws from it every day ; but how.would
he feel each time of drawing and each time of
thinking of it not as if he hail a perennial spring
to go to ; no ! "I have a reservoir, I may be at ease."
No! but "I load water yesterday ;—I have water
to-day ,—but my having had it, and my having it
to-day, is the very cause that I shall not have it on
some day that is approaching. At the same time
lam compelled to this expenditure!' So of our
mortal transient life ! and yet men are very indis
posed to admit the plain truth that life is a thing
which they are in no other way possessing, than as
necessarily consuming; and that even in this im
perfect sense of possession, it becomes every day
less a possession. We sometimes see that the long
er a man has been in the expenditure of it, the
more securely he seems to feel it a property posi•
tire, entire, and his own.
With many, the plain testimony of time comes
home with far too little force—time had, and spent ,
and gone,'since thei r recorded nativity. They have
attained the age of forty,fifty, fifty-five, sixty, aye
more, and yet will not lay it to heart, that they
have entered, or gone a great way forward in th
latter part of any probable length of life.-Foster.
Little Things.
Two men were at work one day in a ship yard
They were hewing a stick of timber to put into a
ship. It was a small stick, and not worth much.
As they cut off the chips they found a worm, a lit
tle worm, about half an inch long.
"This stick is wormy;' said one, "shall we put
"I do not know: yes, I think it may go in. It
will not be seen of course."
" Yes, but there may be other worms in it; and
these may increase and injure the ship."
~
No: I think not. To be sure it is not , worth
much ; yet Ido not wish to lose it. But come,
never mind the worm ; we have seen but one ; put
it in."
The stick was accordingly put in; the ship was
finished, and as she was launched off into the wa
ters, all ready for the seas, she looked beautiful as
the swan when the breeze ruffles his White feath
ered bosom, as he sits on the waters. She went to
sea, and for a number of years did well. But it
was found on a distant voyage, that she grew weak
and rotten. Her timbers were found all eaten
away by the worms. But the caytain thought he
would try to get her home. He had a great cost .
ly load of gods in the ship, such as silks, crapes ,
and the like, and a great many people. On their
way home a storm gathered. The ship for a
while climbed up the high waves, and then plunged
down, creaking and rolling finely. But she then
sprung a leak. They had twopumps, and the men
worked at them day and night; but the • water
came in faster than they could pump it out. She
filled with water,, and she went down under the.
dark blue waters of the ocean, with all the goods,
and all the people on board. Every one perished.
Oh, how many wives and mothers, and children
mourned over husbands and sons and brothers, for
whose return they were waiting, and who never re.
turned! And all, all this probably, because that
little stick of timber, with the worm in it, was put
in when the ship was built! 3. How much property
and how many lives may be destroyed by a little
worm! And how much evil may a man'do, when
he does a small wrong, as that man did when he
put the 'wormy thither in the ship.
"And Then?"
A story is told of a very good and pious man'
whom the Church of Rome has enrolled among
her saints on account of his great holiness. He
was living at one of the Italian universities, when
a young man whom he had known as a boy, ran
up to him with a face 'full of delight, and told him
that what he had long been wishing above all
things in the world was at length fulfilled, his pa
rents having just given him leave to etudy the law;
and thereupon he had come to the law school at
his university on account of its great fame, and
meant to spare no pains,or labor in getting through
his studies as quickly as possible. In this way he
ran a long time; and when at last he came to a
stop, the holy man who had been listening to him
with great patience and kindness, said:
"Well, and when you have got through your
'course of studies, what do you mean to do then 2-
" Then I shall take my doctor's degree," answer
ed the young man. I
And then ?'' inquired Phillipo Neri.
"And then," continued the young man, shall
have a number of difficult and knotty cases to
manage, shall catch people's notice by my elo
quence, my zeal, my acuteness, and gain reputation."
"and then F" repeated the holy man."
"And then, why then there cannot be a question;
I shall be promoted to some high office or other;
besides, I shall make money and grow rich
"And then?" repeated Phillipo.
"And then;' pursued the young lawyer, " then I
shall live comfortably and honorably, in! wealth
and shall be able to look forward quietly to a
happy old age."
"And then?" asked the old man.
"And then," said the student, "and then I shall
Here Phillipo lifted up his voice and again asked
"AND THEN ?"
Whereupon the young man made no answer.
but cast down his head and went away. This
last ".dnd then?' had pierced like a flash of light
ning into his soul and he could not get quit of it.
Soon after he forsook the study of the law, gave
himself up to the ministry of : Christ, and spent the
remainder of his days in goodly words and works.
The question which St. Phillipo Neri put to the
young lawyer is one which we should put fre
quently to ourselves. When we have'done all
that we are doing, all that we dream of doing, even
supposing that all our dreams were accomplished,
that every wish of our heart is fulfilled, still may
we ask, "What will we do? What will we be
then?" Whenever we cast our thoughts forward,
never let them stop short on this side of the grave;
—let them not stop short of the grave- itself; but
when we have followed ourselvei thither, and have
seen ourselves laid therein, still ask ourselves the
searching question—and then?
Lady of the First Governor of
Vermont.
AN 'ArTDENTIC ANECDOTE
Thomas Chittenden, the first Governor of Ver
mont, who was a plain farmer, alike remarkable
for strong native powers ol mind, and the republi
can simplicity with which he conducted every
thing in his public duties, and in his domestic es
tablishment, was once visited by a party of travel
ling fashionables from one of our cities. When
the hour of dinner arrived, Mrs. Chittenden, to the
astonishment of her lady guests, went outand blew
a tin horn for the workmen, who soon arrived ;
when, to the still greater surprise, and even horror,
of these fair cits, the whole company, Governor,
his lady, guests, workmen, and all, were invited to
sit down to the substantial meal which had been
provided for the occasion. After dinner was over
and the ladies were lett by themselves, one of the
guests thought she would gently take Mrs. Chitten
den to task for this monstrous violation of the city
gentility, to which she had been, as she thought so
uncourteously made a victim.
" You do not generally sit down to the same table
with your workmen I suppose, Mrs. Chitte v nden ?"
she commenced.
" Why, - replied the Governor's lady. whose
quick wit instantly appreciated the drift of the
other, "why I am almost ashamed to say, we gen
er,ally have, but I intend soon to amend in this par
ticular. I was telling the Governor this very
morning, that it was an absolute shame that the
workman, who did all the hard labour, should fare
no better than we do, who sit so much of the time
'in the house, earning little or nothing, and I am de
termined, hereafter, to set two tables—the first and
best for the workmen, and the last and poorest for
the Governor and myself—Green Mountain Ent
poriu»z.
Contemplation of God.
BY J. T. ROUSSEAU
Adore the Supreme Being, my worthy and pru
dent friend with one puff of breath you will be
able to dissipate the chimeras of reason. which
have a visionary appearance, and which fly like so
many shadows, before immutable truth. Nothing
exists but through him who is self-existence. It is
he who directs the tendency of justice, fixes the
basis of virtue, and gives a recompense to a short
life spent according to his will ; it is he who pro
claims aloud to the guilty that their secret crimes
are detected, and gives assurance to the righteous
in obscurity, that their virtues are not without a
witness; it is he, it is his unadulterable substance,
that is the true model of those prefections of which
we all bear the image within us. It is vain that
oar passions disfigure it; its traces, which are al
lied to the Infinite Being, ever present themselves
to our reason, and serve to re-establish what error
and imposture have perverted. These distinctions
seem to me extremely natural ; common sense is
sufficient to point them out. • Every thing which
we cannot separate from the idea of divine essence
is God'; all the rest is the work of men. It is by
the contemplation of this 'divine model that it
learns to despise low desires, and to triumph over
base inclinations.
Laconlcs.
Grief, after all, is like smoking in a damp coun
try—what was at first necessity becomes afterwards
an indulgence.
An apt quotation is like a lamp Which flings its
light over the whole sentence.
The nistory of most lives may. be briefly com
prehended under three heads--our, follies, our fualts,
and our misfortunes.
There is nothing so easy as to be wise for others;
a species of prodigality, by the by—for such wis
dom is wholly wasted.
Marriage is like money—seem to want it, and
you never get it.
Alas, for the vanity of human enjoyment !—we
grow weary of even our own prefection.
Attention is always pleasant in acquaintance s
till we tire of them.
The ridiculous is memory's most adhesive plaster
The Great First Cause.
JOHN" AIA.SON GOODE, author of the Studies of
Nature, and the Translation of the Book of Job,
has in four stanzas stated the argument in favor of
an intelligent first cause—the wise contriver of all
the arrangements of this material world, as strik
ingly as it could-be stated in a whole volume :
THE DAISY
Not worlds on worlds, in phalanx deep,
Need we to tell a God is here;
The daisy, fresh from winter's sleep,
Tells of His hand in lines as clear.
What power, but His who arched the skies,
And poured the day-spring's purple flood,
Wondrous alike in all it tries,
Could raise the daisy's curious bud ;
Mould its green cup, its wiry stein,
Its Fringed border nicely spin,
And cut the gold-embossed gem
That set in silver, gleams within ;
And ding it with a hand so free
o , er hill and dale and desert sod,
That man, s where , er he walks, may see,
In every step, the stamp of God 1
Twelve Daughters of the Tear.
By CHARLES DICKENS
Non-rn WlND.—Twelve daughters, my lady
YEAa,—Yes—twelve daughters; and that ye
may not mistake them, listen to their descriptions.
The first is cold, stern and unrelenting in disposi
tion, pitiless and uncharitable, harsh and unforgiv
ing. Her name is January. The second, who is
very diminutive in size compared to the sisters, is
frequently worse than January, and always as bad.
She persecutes the poor and needy, and till.; the
workhouse with shivering objects. Her name is
February. The third is spitefid in disposition, bois
terous in temper, and passionate in the extreme.
Her gusts of anger are like terrible hurricanes
which raise the billows of the stormy sea, and m,val
low up the frail vessel. Her name is March.—
The fourth is as capricious and wayward as a child
now all sunny with smiles—then absorbed in tears.
—now singing as gaily as the nightingale—then
anxious and overcast. Her name is April. The
filth is a bright and languishing virgin, whose hours
of mirth and merriment are seldom invaded by a
moment of tears, and whose pleasure is the culti
vation of sweet flowers. Her name is May. The
sixth is more serious and sedate than her sister
whom I have just alluded to. She delights in
shady groves and the banks of clear rivulets, where
she reads or meditates at her leisure. Her name
is June. The seventh is hot, fiery, and voluptuous;
seeking in vain to quench her thirst of pleasure, aad
only intoxicating herself by the renewal of her
enjoyments. Her name is July. The eighth is a
maiden whose looks bespeak that mellowness
which is also to be found in the fruits that hang
over her bower, or in the harvests the gathering of
which she loves to superintend. Her 'name is
August. The ninth is staid and matronly in de
portment, combining the remains of passions of
youth with the discretion and reserve of mature
years. Her name is September. The tenth is un
certain and mysterious in her conduct ; at one mo•
ment sportive and gay, at another dismal• and
frowning. Her name is October. The eleventh is
inhospitable and cheerless; frigid in manners and
cold in heart; without a virtue to speak in her
favor, Her name is November. The twelfth and
laSt is a miserable and shrivelled creature, with
bleared eyes, toothless and tottering in her gait,
dressed in furs, which however do not keep her
warm. and slipping at every step. Icicles depend
from her nose; her very breath is frozen. Iler name
is December.—Pickwick Abroad. •
Belting by Proxy.
Just altar the State CketiOn in Pennsylvania,
Mr. Smith, a warm Cass man, met his irierul Mr.
Jones, an enthusiastic Taylor man.
"Jones,' said Smith, "the election of Johnston
does not increase Taylor's chances in Pennsylvania."
"Yes it does," answered Jones.
bet you a hundred dollars that Cass carries
he State," cried
"Done,' exclaimed Jones but, he added, after
a moment's hesitation—' but if we bet, we lose our
So we shall,' said Smith
" tell you what," cried Jones, his face brighten
ing up—" tell you what may be done. My wife
shall call upon your wife, and bet with her.-
"Good, - said Smith
Home went Jones.
"My dear, Mrs. Smith wants to bet a hundred
dollars with you that Cass will carry Pennsylvania."
Mrs. Smith bet a hundred dollars with me!"
exclaimed the astonished lady.
"Yes, and if you want to bet, there is the money.
Go round this afternoon and see her, put the stakes
in the hands of a lady friend."
The two ladies met, and the money was deposi
ted. On Thursday last, when the result was known,
Jones told his wife to go and draw the money she
had won. The lady was not slow in obeying her
husband that time, and before an hour, the two
hundred dallars, exchanged ir.to half-eagles, were
glittering through the interstices of her beautiful
purse.
When Jones came home at night, he said to his
wife
Well, my dear, did you get the money'
" Yes!" was the reply.
"I'll trouble you for it, darling, if you please
" Trouble me for what ?"
"For the money I won of Mr. Smith."
You won' did you bet Mr. Smith?"
"No, no—that is—yes. I bet in fact, though to
save my vote, I made you the agent, - answered
Jones, with visible embarrassment..
"I cannot consent, my dear hushand," said the
lady with great dignity, "to be a party in any vio
lation or -evasion of the law. I cannot on your
account—you whose honor is so dear to me—and
I shall therefore keep the money, in order that I
may still retain mY respect for apaw-loving, a law.
honoring and a law obeying husband. Dear Jones,
kiss me."
The lady was. as good as her word, and Jones
discovered that in his attempt to whip the devil
around the stump, he had lost a clean hundred,
This is a fact —N. Y. Despatch.
Physic and Physicians,.
Dr. Thompson, who was a celebrated physician
in his day, was remarkable for two things, viz: the
slovenliness of his person, and his dislike to muffins,
which he always reprobated as being very un
wholesome. On his breakfasting one morning at
Lord Melcomb's, when Garrick was present, a plate
of muffins being introduced, the doctor grew out
rageous,. and vehemently exclaimed, " Take away
the muffins !" " No, no," said, Garrick, seizing the
plate and looking significantly at the doctor, " take
away the ragamuffins."
The Ladies' Saloon.
Two young country chaps lately Fame on a visit
to this city, and wishing to display their gallantry
to the New York gals, they invited a whole bevy
—six in number—to go to Weller's ) lin Broadway,
for some ice cream. It was rather:an uncomforta
ble party for two young men to manage unassisted.
Nature never intended that one man should be beau
for more than one woman; but wheit it comes to
three, it is enough to terrify the strongest nerves.
However, our two country ..-I.donisesisoon reached
the saloon with their halfa-dozen fair ones; and:
the girls, who were "up to the rope 4 tripped glee
fully up stairs. The beaux,-in obedience to an ,
askant glance from those behind the counter, stop
ped to order cream, and were considerably puzzled
to choose between lemon-and vanillk—the great
staple of all ice cream establishments—especially
as the ladies were not present to com+el them; but
finally concluded to have "some ollboth." This
matter being ended, they prepared follow their
female fiiends but their career was . uddenly stop
ped by the most prudent of:the two, whose ,eye
caught the sign over the dooi--"Ltdies' Saloon."
i n
There he stood, gazing wildly at the'fo f bidden words,
his mouth wide open and hiswhol frame rigid
with astonishment and fear. At last, 'ding words,
he said to his unnoticing companion l-
By gracious! Josh, what are we going. to do?
They've gone into 'the ladies' saloon its only for
the women, and we darsn'f go into it!; they'll turn
us out, as sure as a gun, if we go there, and take
us up, too r
"1 swow, that is a fix." replied hts equally die—
turbed friend. "By golly, we cane e go there! I
was reading rother day in a newspb.per, where a
roan went into the ladies cabin on biard,of one of
Them steamboats, and they kicked him off the boat
and said he was a brute
Heavens and airth! what shall !we do? •We
can't leave the gals—that wont= d l o. We must
wait till they come down. This is the gentlemen's
.saloon. Tell the darkey to bring Or cream in
r
here
In the meanwhile, the ladies therrAelves were in
a predicament. They wondered' w!hert the ices
were placed before them, that the beaux did 'not
make their appearance, and waited ther COIIII4 for
some time, until the melting cream' gave them
notice that it was necessary that it should be speedily
eaten They sipped and chatted and laughed, and
had a most merry time of it, untd - the-o.ucers were
cleared; and yet their beaux had not; made their
appearance! At first, they thought . s!ome friend
had detained them downyairs and th'dy woull be
lip presently; but the minutes, Ahe .qparters. and
even the half hours flew by, and they did not come.
At last the conclusion was inevitabld ; they had
been invited there, and their invitees 41 gone off;
in the most ungentlemanly manner. anti left them.
Then there was the greatest trouble to p f y for what
they had eaten! Unluckily, it was ratheiri poverty
stricken party; the ladies not being so rriuch in the
habit of carrying money with them as the
v.M. Maria :tumbled and tumbled over
her pockets—
I have not a single cent!" said she.
"Here is three cents!" said Susan.
I've got a five cent piece," said Jane.
"There's also a tip and a cent towar(
• '
Mary.
"I've got fifty cents,") said Sarah, wh
millionaire of the party.
"I can't find more than three cents," :
"Why. that aint • enough," said Sara,
virtue of her wealth, was constituted "I
It's six shillings, and we have only go
cents—what shall we do? Maria hun,
ets again.
"Indeed, I have not anything," said
'Dirty mean fellows! I did not expect they'd
serve us in this way. Here's my silver thimble—
give 'ern that until I can get a shilling,' and I ll re
deem it again. J was never served so In my life."
Well, we can't do anything else,l4said Sarah,
'ring the hell."
At the sound, the colored gentleman appeared.
"Here,' said the spokeswoman, "we want to pay
lot these six creams, and, as we' have not gonnoney
enough, you 11 take this thimble and.H
- Creams! Creams all paid foil!" said Cato.
Paid tor! Who paid ,or them ?" inquired the
half dozen damsels, in a breath.
The gem lemen. ma'am—gentlemen ) do(vn stairs.
They paid for them two hours ago, and have been
waiting al the foot of the stairs ever sipte!"--IV. Y.
Paper.
Tie Bible.
As fai as our species are concerned, we may
say one sun! one bible! Shut that glorious book,
blot from human memory what we have learned
from its pages, and you quench the ciay spring.—
The whole world lieth in 'darkness To guilty,
miserable man, there remains no Saviour! no heav
en! no guide in life! no support in affiic:tion! no
victory over death! The grave becomes a fathom
less abyss, and eternity spreads around him like
the ocean—dark, illimitable, fearful! But open
now again that book, arid 10, the son of righteous
ness arises with healing in his wings ; and all around
us and above us, is love, joy, and hope.
Aphorisms.
Deceit is a double-pointed sword, that gendrally
wounds the user
To be silent, is better th - ap to speak foolishly.
To know when to keep silence, is as good fre
quemly as to know what to say when the time
comes for speaking. False modesty is sometimes
as perfect a revealer of unseemly thoughts, as no
modesty at all.
Incorrect knowledge, like counterfeit money, is
worth nothing.
He who climbs highest, may'fall furtheitT
Hope is thg prophet of youth—young eyes will
always look forward.
ADIEU.—In using this expression, which habit
has rendered so trivial, few persons recollect its
real origin and meaning, and that in pronouncing
it they recommend thei'r friend a Dieu—to the pro
tection of God.
ELEVATEIi.-A man was elected :o a corporal•
ship in ami tia company. His wife, after discours.
ing with him some time upon the advantage his
family would derive from his exaltation, inqUired,
in a doubtful tone, " husband, will it be proper to
let, our children play with the neighbors' now?"
117'One of the most beautiful gems in oriental
literature is contained ida passage from.a Persian
poet Sadi, qucted by Sir W. Jones, the sentiment of
which is embodied in the following lines :
The sandal tree perfumes tihen riven,
The axe that laid it low:
Let man who hopes to be: forgiven,
Forgive and bless his'foe.
NO. 2.
aid Catha
who, by
reasu '
sixty-three
your pock
the latter,