/iii;::H...'...t;..' .... ..'..-'''' - ' -- : . '..t.' l. iti - 4';*'.j.:''' VOL. L. Commissioners' dL Treasurer's ACCOUNT, Of the Receipts and Expenditures if Lancaster County, from the 3d day y . f. J 4 n u ary, 1848. to the Ist day of January, 1849: JOHN F. SHRODER, Esq., Treasurer of Lin caster County, in account with said County: RECEIPTS: The said John F. Shroder, Treasurer of Lancas ter„ County, agreeably -to the Auditors Report, dated the 17th day of January, A. D. 1848, receiv ed of Joseph Howett, late Treasurer of said coon. ty, the full balat:ce appearing in said Report, then remaining in the hands of said late Treasurer, amounting for county purposes to $10,058 10 For school purposes; 957 25 To cash received by him as follows : Of Jacob Weaver, Clerk of Mayor's Court, in case of COM. VH. G. W. Smith. $9 00 Do. Com. vri. R. Einstein, 9 00 Do.' " Conrad Saulier. 18 00 Of David Hartman, sheriff, fines and •,jury funds, Philip Brubacher, excess of tax receiv ed, since settlement for 1846, Carpenter .M'Gleery, clerk fees, William Weily, on bridge at Shank's mill, 108 50 Ohm. Good, supervisor of Ra pho twp., on sauce bridge, 108 50 Latir Co Bank, a loan, nett, 2933 00 Data do 266 S 00 Sundry persons in Chester Count) for bridge at Stecleo•ille King & Alekander, for bridge Items, _ Octornra creek - John Myers, Esq., of Salisbury twp., for stray sheep sold, John F. Hummer, Esq.,.of Penn twp for cow and calf sold CarpenterM'CleerY, clerk, for money refunded to him, of Lvdi Which, by mistake, had been twice paid Aid. John Snader, for profane swear Ald. Jos. S. Boyd, John Landis, for fines Richard Wnters, for an old. stove Proceeds of the sale of John Baird's land, taxes for the year '4l-, '42, '46, '47 and '4B Per centage on account of State taxes, advanced on the State tax out of the county fund, July 24, 1848. Aih't of taxes settled 75,789 47 Of this was actually col , ted 55,899 12 The State Treasurer abated in the whole 3,789 47 Of this was abated to col'rs 2,941 98 The County Treasury is entitled to the balance of the abatement [NoTE.—On the above *75,750 47 were only paid $72,000, the bal ance was abated.] Excess of taxes received thr 1847. Of East Cocalico township ti 6 45 East Donegal 6 1:i Ephrata 2 02 Earl •S 6 7S Elizabeth 7 4 Fulton 2 40 Lancaster 95 Leaeock Upper Leacocl. Little Britoil. Penn Rapito Sadsbuyv Warwick , Excess of tuxes in ISI Of Brecknock towushiu Caernarvon East Coralieu West Cocalieu Colerain East Donega I East Lam peter West Lampeter Amount of outstanding Tuxes per last year's Auditor', Report, FOY' 1844 19 8r 1645 96 88 1846 1006 89 1847 10,528 35 Taxes levied for 1848 45,219 64 56,871 41: Court bills anti certificates which have not been drawnßer statement of last year's auditors Unpaid to January, 1544 101 'l4 1845 15 2.5 1846 15 99 1847 14 36 1848 23 33 1849 37 99 Commissioners' orders unpaid f,r 1847 No. 44 and 129 5 35 Do. do. for 1849, No. _o EX PENDITUREs Bart , Geo. I. Baughman "537 00 Brecknock Anthony Good 4.:8 00 Cearnarvon Win. Witman 45 n 0 Cocalico East Samuel Stock 30 00 Cocalico West Samuel Eberly 34 1)0 Colerain Win. Galbraith 37 00 Columbia Bor. ,Wm. Brown ' 36 00 Conestoga Abraham Charles 3g 00 Conoy Hiram R. Brown 30 00 Donegal East Henry Grabill 62 00 Donegal West Henry C. Ober 30 00 Drumore J. A. McPherson 33 00 Ephrata David Kemper 40 00 Earl Isaac Brubaker 50 00 Earl West John Sheaffer 30 00 Elizabeth John Bomberger 30 00 Fulton Jeremiah Kirk 34 00 Hempfield East Wm. Parker 90 00 Hempfield West Isaac Heineman 34 00 Lampeter East John Smith 29 50 Lampeter West Philip Geist 28 G 2.. Lancaster Jacob Frantz 15 00 Lancaster City Michael Bundle 250 00 Leacock Henry Lechler 40 00 Leacock Upper Geo. Mearig 30 00 Little Britain John Wright 35 00 Manheim Jonathan Spee d i er 28 00 Martic James Simpson 35 OD Manor Jacob F. Frey 135 00 Mount Joy David Coble 42 00 .Paradise Rudolph Hunsecker '25 00 P enn " John. F. Hummer Esq 27 00 Rapho John Breneman :35 00 Salisbury Henry Hess 44 00 Salsbury Jacob K. Smoker 35 00 Strasburg George Wiker 39 00 Strasburg Bor. Jesse Hoffman 30 00 Warwick George Geyer 40 00 Erecting Bridges. Joseph Russell, in roll for Bridge at • White Rock - 116 00 Samuel Reamsnyder, ire full for bridge ammo Oocalico, at Bowman's Israel W. Graft; in full for bridge across Conestoga at his Manufactory 1000 00 Ttnbert Russell, in full for bridge across • Octorora creek on the Noble road Repairing Bridges. Joseph Shertz, for hauling stone to ' Hinkletown bridge $ 350 Charles Melhorn, for repairing bridge at Herr's saw 111 J. & J. Herr, for l u mber for do Charlea Methorn, for work and materi als for bridge at Safe Harbor Ot•Ilit if QU1111..1 SP.T.SiVii,. Wm. Nlathiot, Esq., Att'v Gen. fees .T. 110 50 1. E. Heister, Esq., do. d,.. 139 1 , 0 C. M'Cleery, Clerk d.). 289 (10 Jurors pay 1417 01 Witnesses 1084 18 Justices and Cote.ta! , l, ,-,,st 291 21 Crier and 'l'ipsta., esl93 00 - , Mullor'.4 Court. Geo. W. Klwe , Esq., Att'y Ceti. lees 3 45 00 W. L. Campbell, Esq., do. do. IS 00 heal) Wearer, Esq.. Clerk do. 68 09 Jurors pay 369 00 Witnesses do. 171 65 Alderman and Const,,ble pa 142 :14 Ranch fees 40 50 Clier and T ipateira Si) Oil Crier and Tipski,,,, Jurors pay Crier aria Tipataves Court House. NI. Zalun, for Oil, Candles, Kindling wood, Cleaning Court House and .30 '.23-.; sundries Edward Esidneriner, sawing, spliting and carrying in wood and coal Zalim, for rare and keeping Court Hone l year P. J. McCollum, repairing WM& George Aihrjght, repairing 'Windows Daniel Soliday, for glazing George Drumm, for load of chip,: Win. Ming, stove and pipe Jacob Weitzel, Esq., late Coroner, JOhn Wright, Esq., Coroner 46id Justice 'Kidd, holding inquests on 25 11 111 cases of persons found dead in Lan caster County P. G. Elwrinan,_one year salary as Clerk to llonnissioners„ Item net, 1847 to Oct. 1848 • Ditto on account Henry G. Long, Esq.. 1 year salary as solicitor John Landis, Esq., services as Com missioner, mileage and expenses to Harrisburg, John Witmer, Esq., do. and expenses to Harrisburg Thomas Patterson, do. ‘• ,ihn .1. ( ; jolt. for Township and Coun ty Aires JOllll VarllS, Esq., late Commissioner error in his bill Samuel White, for hooks and binding . H.lll. Rawlins, for Map of Penn'vania John 'Nyelts ; Ream writing paper Ralph (jihnore, for cleaning Office and Stairs, Sze. John Kreider, load chips E. C. Darlington, for 1011 ',pies s sessmont ''books A. Nfallon, 3 quires paper John Rose, for door spring, 1I 4 39 I 1 76 I •1:3 1 4 41! Unn.thible., Poll in C:iminal Case, G. Hughes, servicos in criminal cases 16 37? ) W. Bernard, for arresting Thompson 3 S7A J. Brintnall. services in criminal cases 7 29 William Chambers, for arresting Will. Beckert, in Ohio Clarkson deferies, Costs in ease a 13 19 6 42 9:.0 o 92 14 56 10 40 10 00 Com'th vs. Newman E. H. Doan, costs Confth vs. Anbev et al Hugh Montgomery, for bringimz I Dennis to Jail Election officers io City election in February, 184 S Ditto do. lot 'Township elee- tion in March Return Judges, lin general election in October lieturn Judges, for holding Presiden tial electiott G. 'l'. Zallip, ser. ices as clerk to Sella toriel Return Judges M. Zalun, crier, attending to same Assessors pay Con Stables pay Assessors for assessing ten del v.t ui r efectiun Furl. Chas. Heather, 16 cords hickory Wood and one "small do. * 4 13'2 50 Geo. Leaman, 13 cords hickory wood Thomas Baumgardner, '..!9 tons goal 578,1'.'.8 383 Jai/. Da% Haitman, Eq., Sheritl Maintenance a Prisone r , Key lees Soap, Oil, Candle , . &r. Clothing Sundries Conveying convicts to E. Peni'tialw Summoning Jurors Suit's in Mayors ;iiid Quarter ..es sions Courts Shoe mending Filling Jury wheel Arresting fugitive from Justice Dr. Eli Parry, in lull for salary as Phy- stelan J. & F. Seller. bill for boards Godfried Zahain, for brushes M. & D. Ehrisman, for carpenter work John F. Remly, for such work Lancaster Co. Bank, loan and hit. :F!' , 3015 00 Do. interest on loan 17 00 E. C. Darling,tun, pub. an'l Sheriffs proclamations, notices and blanks P 0. May, pub. proclamations and notice to collectors John H. Piersol. for Adj. courts J. B. Garber, pub. ann'l accts, proclamations, notices, &c. E. W. Hinter, pub. ann'! accts, Shire proclamation, notices, &c. M. D. Holbrook, do. do. John Bear, ann'l accts, blanks, notices and stationery J. M. Ensminger, an'l accts. Jacob Myers, do. notice and pro- clamations 1572 12A Postage. Mary Dickson, fin postage ' Public Officeo. Steinman& Sou bill for cylinder for stove Thomilson & McFalls, for curb stone Wm. Duchman, fur record arid index books . 24 40 Samuel W. Tyson, glazing - 1 John Dreppert; for repairing press 1 00 L. P. Blaskston, index books for Reg- $2,812 00 CITY OF LANCASTER, TUESDAY MORNING, FEI3RUARY 20, 1849. 'S3 5'2G '2O ,:, 953 17 Di 4 rid Court 4 .. 075 S., 503 20 ' 4, 1227 .J rMM/EI 'S 790 G 171 "t396`2 01 '26 Coin oti ssione Is Office 500 00 05 00 4,1693 hl ST.:. 8 5310 9, ' 1501 39 157 74i *.OO 00 514 50 131 54,! ! = 50 '76 00 138 OF 12 1:3 15 3111 15 00 1 25 5 19; 7 93 21 1G 19 74 R , 3395 61 Luans and littered ` , 3032 On $494 92 THAT COUNTRY 78 THE MOST PROSPEROUS, WHERE LABOR COMMANDS THE GREATEST REWARD."—BuctiAxAN ister's office John Gemperling, for repairing spout George L. Doersh, record book, Or phan's Court and pamphlet laws j Wm. Duchinan, Esq., record book Jacob Foltz, for making new indexes for wills, intestate and administra tors accounts for register's office Geo. L. Doersh, docket book for roads Q. Sessions office l Do.. Road'docket and blank book tur . ROorder's office C. Kieffer, stove and. pipe for Record er's office, and castings for Court House Wm. M urphy, for mortgage and jade; hooks for Recorder's office Ea.qn-n. Penitentiary For support of convicts for 1847 Poor. Godfried Zalim , Esq., Treasurer of Poor & House of Employment, tor_ support of poor for 1847 Road Da /MIL TS Oliver Furnace, road damages in Lit tle Britain township . 170 00 David H. Keeell, du do 85 00 Henry Keene, do Bart 75 00 H. Breneman, 30 00 Philip Geist., do W. Taimpeter 12 00 A bm. Hess, do 93 00 Abel. Lenient,. do' 87 00 Daniel Musser. du •• 43 00 Francis Herr, do 92 75 Martin Herr, du 34 12} George Meek, do. 6 00 Jus. B. Nissley, do E. Donegal : 84 16 Jas. P. Wilson,Viaine 25 00 Prd'k McLenegan, do 35 00 [Saar Kauffman, do W. Hemptield 28 . 03 Jacob Smith, du 18 50 Henry Landis, do Manheien 43 59 Jacob S. Hershey, do E. Hemptield 24 64 Benj. Stau 38 25 Benj. Landis, do 16 78 Wm. Walker, do W. Hemplitield Henry Albright, do Samuel Bigler, do Jno. Hogendobler, - do John Katne, do Jacob Mathiot, do Patience May, do Martin 13. piper, do Maldleito .31 1373 12 00 C 2.; 1 211 1 2 ) 1 12 311,cellinteoils R. F. Rauch, copying, militia fines John S. Kemble, tax refunded 'Mayor and Constable:: cost in vagrant eases R. F. Rauch, copying transcripts tar spring elections Geo. Wiker, distributing assessments P G Ebennan, distributing tally papers Tobias tilillcr , horse hire and services C. NPClcery, for recording township officers Francis Keenan, Mr auditing dockets Lancaster City, 1 year water rent Joseph Howett, Esq., late Treasurer, return of retailers and sundries P. G. Eberman, for altering valuations of assessments no directed by the revenue board Joshua Robinson, post mort'm PX31111 . 11 Dr. W. A. Shelly, do. John Hate, horse hire J. 13. Newman, for ground rent Dro. Ehler, Smith, and Richards, post inortem examination Dr. .1. A.Ehler, do. 2 cases Dr. C. 0. Richards, db. I case John Hatz, horse hire Dr. B. Rohrer, post mort. examination John Livingston, for tax refunded Dr. A. S. Bear, post moil. examination Jacob Foltz, serving subpoena out of co. John F. Shroder, Esq., Treasurer, tbt an abatement on S7OOO advanced by hint for State tax H. D. Diffenbach, reward and expenses for arresting horse thief Jacob Foltz, serving subpreena Samuel Rupley, do. M. Carpenter, Esq., Mayor and Con stable costs in vagrant cases John Eberman, for 14 ballot boxes fu Mount Joy district 1.. Frey, cleaning cellar public office. Wm. Fennel, copying transcripts Livingston, do. John Eberman, 12 ballot LIOX9E tot Lancaster twp. John Hatz, horse hire Jacob Foltz. serving subv.-na Walter 0. Evans, Esq., costs in of Comth. vs. Pollock Jacob Foltz, bringing C. Rhea nom York to Lancaster jail J. Ebermsut, care & wind'g town clock Eli Sundie, costs in conveying G. Rhea to jail in York Doctor J. S. Clarkson, post niortem examination Thaddeus Stevens, Cr professional services C. M'Cleery, Esq., tabular statement to Secretary of State Dr. H. Carpenter, post mortem exam ination and costs of suit James Johnson, on account of taking assessment of E. Donegal twp. Joseph Real, for shovelling snow off pavement at public offices Michael Bundel, copying assessment■ and transcripts for elections Martin Brunner, do. du. do. Elias Rohrer, distributing circulars to collectors and assessors, &r. Payment. of Court order for Aud'rs pay • P. 0. Eberman, for state ment for Auditors 25 00 Constables returns 203 04 Road viewers orders 571 57 Orders for 1847 and paid in 184 S 20 35 E xonerations and Commission orders 3495 27 Outstanding taxes 1841 19 86 do. do. 1847 351 72 do. do. 1848 11464 78 Treasurer's commissions 607 11 School fund 957 25 Two old orders 5 35 Vagrants 9 90 Court bills of Mrmer years 187 88 Bills paid in 1848 of former . years Balance in Treasurer's hands Attest—P. G. Eu ERMAN, Clerk GODFRIED ZAHN!, Esq., Treasurer of the Poor and House of Employment of Lancaster county, in account with said county: To Balance in the hands of Treasu rer, per Report of Auditors, for the - year 1847, $ll5 03 Cash received fur maintenance, &c. 949 04 Do. " from County Treasurer 10,500 00 Amount of orders allowed by the Board of Directors, and which have not been called for: No. 488, 563, 612, 663, 688, 693, 713, 788, 795, 800, 830, 839, 858, 866, 867, 874, 877, 901, 904, 906, 914, 922, 924, 925, 820, 930, 932, 933, 935, 936, 937; 942, 943, 945, 946, 947, 949, 955, 969, 972, 973, 977, 978, 982, Credit. By cash, paid orders from No. 1 to 9 —from Jan'y 1, 1848, to Jan'y 1, 1849 11,047 42 Orders granted in 1847, and paid in 1848 44 70 b 459 73 :9,7 •1: 10,500 IA .5 00 15 00 0 00 25 00 5 00 - JO 00 70 00 '.:9 76 *1216 581 =Ell 30 00 -0 00 10 00 1 50 ') 00 17 53 10 00 11 °S 3 00 1 00 8 00 6' 00 '1 7 51518 18 85 1.2 J 18 37 19192 41 JOHN LANDES, JOHN WITMER, HENRY MUSSELMAN. Commissioners. [Jan. 31-4 $11,646 07 Balance in hands of said Treasurer 553,95 AUDITORS' REPORT WE, the undersigned Auditors of the County of Lancaster, Do Ripoirr, that we have carefully ex amined the accounts of John F. Shroder, Esq., Treasurer of said county, and we found, agreeably to the foregoing statement, a balance in his hands on the second day ,of January, A. D, 1849, of Nineteen Thousan - U One Hundred and Ninety two Dollars, and forty-one cents for County pur poses, and Seven Hundred and Seven Dollars and flirty-one cents for School. purposes. We have also examined the accounts of God fried Zahm, Esq., late Treasurer of the Poor and House of Employment of Lancaster county, and found a balance in his hands on the first day of January, A. D., 1849, of Five Hundred and Fifty three Dollars and ninety-five cents. We also re port that the said Godfried Zahm hath this day produced and exhibited unto us receipt of Will iam Gofrecht, Esq., the present Treasurer, for the said balance, whereby his said account became finally closed. Witness our hands this nineteenth (lay of Jan uary, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. CARISTIAN H. 'RAUCH, DAVID STONE, Jan 31-4] ANDREW MEHAFFEY Sprecher & Rohrer's Cheap Hard- Ware Store. HARDWARE, Glass, Paints, Oils, and Varnishes at that long established stand, East King st , Lancaster, formery 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 rarry on the businesii. They most respectfully beg leave to invite the attention of their friends null acquaintances to their stock of Hardware, whict 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, hest warranted Edge Tools, Planes, and Veneers. Also a complete assortment or CEDAR WARE, such as tubs, buckets; butter churns, together with every article in their line. They will keep constantly on hand every variety of Coal and Wood Stoves; also a highly approved COOKING STOVE. The attention of young beginners is particularly called to their full and complete assortment of household utensils. Determined to spare no pains to accommodate purchasers, and by steady adherence to business, they expect to merit a continuance of the liberal patronage thus ihr bestowed upon them. GEORGE D. SPRECHER, REUBEN S. ROARER. Old Metal and Flaxseed taken in exchange Bir goods. jam i~-50 To the Ladies ('TALL and see Mrs. Raninger's stock or Bonnets k Mulls, Feathers, Flowers, 4-e.. As Winter is now Upon us, it behoove, e Very Lady to seek that place where the prettiest, cheap est, and most fashionable Bonnets can be purchased. Direct your steps to MRS. RANINGER'S 'MILLINERY ROGNIS • and your desire can be gratified. Ladies, if you have not supplied yourselves with MIFFS, call on Mrs. Raninger, and you ran get a first-rate article at a very moderate price. in fact, at a much lower rate than any Dry Goods More in this City can furnish you a similar article. . . Mures 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 be met with often. Mrs. 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 cfh be had the most elegant assortment olgoods, consisting 01 BONNETS, FEATHERS, FLOWERS, 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 eaten sive stock which she has been so careful to select, and at her very reduced prices, she will be able to please all w•ho may favor her with their presence. January 10, 1849 51 . 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 dr :.zi;ng tub, which is placed partly above the still, , r 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 front 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 be instituted against all and every such person or persons. JACOB WEITZEL. Feb. 22, IS4B. • tf-4 Dentistry Improved HAVING secured the Patent Right to use Gil bert's " Central Cavity Plate," last suminer, 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 herrtolbre in use. Obttrato - rs or artificial plates inserted in the most comfortable manner. Persons having difficult cases which may have battled the skill of Den - fists are invited to give us a nail at Nn. MI East King Street, Lancaster. ELY PARRY, M. D., CHARLES H. BRESSLER, M. D. Nov. 14, 1848.• 9142. • Bookbindery. THE undersigned hereby returns his sincere thanks to his respected pa -trolls, and the public, in general, for the _ 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. Ills 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, RENUNCtA TION DEEDS, &c., for his German country.nen, as desired; and will also send moneys for them to any place in Germany, with perfect safety._ 1 5 11ILIP C. RANNINGER. ly-23 July 4,184 S Vestiugs. IGIANCY Cachmere, new and beautiful styles._ r Plain and Fancy Velvets, Plain and Fancy Satins, togetherwith a great variety at low prices in plain and fang.) , styles, now opening at the New York Store. GRIEL & GILBERT 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. rAfav 184EL-1Q; Cloths I C lothe f: FRENCH, GERMAN, AMERICAN and ENG LISH CLOTHS, embracing every color that can be desired, from $1 50 per yard upwards, now opening at the New York Store. &BIEL & 6ILBERT. Get i 0 97 11,646 07 "I WILL ARISE AND GO UNTO MY FATHER." When burdened is my breast, When friendless seems my lot, When earth affords no rest, And refuge I have not; Father! if thou wilt suffer me, I will arise and come to thee. When conscience thunders loud, When sins in dread array Upon my memory crowd, • And fill me with dismay; E'en then, there yet is hope for ate, Father! I'll rise and come to thee. When I have wandered far Along the down Ward road, And mountains seem to bar My turning back to God ; Yet, glancing once on Calvary, Father! I'll rise and come to thee And if I am a child, .But have backslidden still, And filled with projects wild, Have followed my own will Vet, penitent, resolved I'll be, Father! to rise and come to thee With broken heart and isad, 1 will retrace my way, And though my case is bad, ; Thy mercy is my stay; With Jesus's blood my only plea, Father ! I'll rise and come to thee And thou in love wilt turn To thy poor rebel child, Nor let thine anger burn, ThOugh sin my heart beguiled: Thy voice shall greet me graciously, Arise! arise! and come to me. And when my cheek turns pale, . And when I sink M death, Though heart and flesh may fail; With my expiring breath I'll whisper, Jesus died for me; , Father! I'll rise and come unto thee Au ccllancuus. John Bunyan. BY T. BAB I NGTON MACAULA Y To the names of Baxter and Howe must be ad ded the name of a man tar below them in station and in acquired knowledge. but in virtue their equal. and in genius their superior. John Bunyan. Bunyan had been bred a tinker, and had served as a private soldier in the Parliamentary army. Early in his lite he had been fearfully tortured by remorse for his youthful sins, the worst of which seem, how ever, to have been such as the world thinks venial. His keen sensibility and his powerful imagination made his internal conflicts singularly terrible. He fancied that he was under sentence of reprobation, that he had committed blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, that he had sold Christ, that he *as actually possessed by a demoni. Sometimes loud voices from Heaven cried out to warn him. Sometimes fiends whispered impious suggestions in ljis par. He saw visions of distant mountain tops, on which the sus shone brightly, but from which he was sepa rated by a waste 01 snow. He felt the devil be hind him pulling his clothes. He thought that the brand of Cain had been set upon him. He feared that he was about to burst asunder like Judas. His mental agony disordered his health. One day he shook like a man in the palsy. On another day he felt a tire within his breast. It is difficult to under stand how he survived suf f erings so intense and so long continued At length the clouds broke. From the depths of despair the penitent passed to a state of serene felicity. An irresistible impulse now urged him to impart to others the blessings of which he was himself possessed. He joined the Baptists, and became a preacher and writer. His education had been that of a mechanic. He knew no language but the English, as it was spoken by the common people Ile had studied no great model of composition, with the exception. an im portant exception undoubtedly, of our noble trans lation of the Bible. 1118 spelling wits bad. Fie frequently transgressed the rules of grammar. Yet the native three of genius, and his experimental kliowledge of all the religious passions, from des pair to ecstacy, amply supplied in him the want of learning. His rude oratory roused and melted hearers who listened without interest to the labored discourses of great logicians and Hebraists. His works were widely circulated among the humbler classes. One of them, the Pilgrim's Progress, was, in his own life-time, translated into several foreign languages. It was, hoivever, scarcely known to the learned and polite, and had been, during near a century, the delight of pious cottagers and artisans, before it was publicly commended by any man of high literary eminence. At length critics conde scended to inquire where the secret of so wide and so durable a popularity lay. They were compelled to own that the ignorant multitude had judged more correctly than the learned, and that the de spised little book was really a masterpiece. Bun yan is indeed as decidedly the first of allegorists, as Demosthenes is the first of orators, or Shakespeare the first of dramatists. Other allegorists have shown equal ingenuity, but no other allegorist has user been able to touch the heart, and to make abstractions objects of terror, Of pity, and of love. It may be doubted whether any English Dissen ter had suffered more severely under the penal lawa than John Bunyan. Of the twenty-seven years which had elapsed since the Restoration, he had passed twelve in confinement. He still per sisted in preaching; hut, that he might preach, he was under the necessity of disguising himself like a carter. He was often introduced into meetings through back doors, with - a smock frock on his back and a whip in his hand. If he had thought only of his own ease and safety, he would have hailed the indulgence with delight. He was now, at length free to pray and exhort in oPen day. His congregation rapidly increased; thousands hung upon his words: and at Bedford, where he origin ally resided, money was plentifully contributed to build a meeting house tor him. His influence among the common people was such that the -government would willingly have bestowed on him some municipal office: but his vigorous under standing and his stout English heart wtirte proof against all delusion and all temptation. He felt assured that the proffered toleration was merely a bait to lure the Puritan party to destruction; nor would he; by accepting a place for which he was not legally qualified. recognize the validity of the dispensing power. One of the last acts of his vir tuous life was to decline an interview- to which he was invited by an agent of government, A Great Man's Patronage. The Prince of Conti was embarrssed for want of money—would to heaven that the want were confined to the Prince of Conti! People refused any longer to trust him. His coachman came to him one morning and said: " The horges, my lord, want hay and corn !" Give them hay and corn, then ! said the Prince " But, my loot, he farmers and the corn chand !ern refuse to supply me any more till their ac counts are discharged?" Ah! that alters the matter, quoth the Prince very gravely." But, yourhighness, what shall the homes have "Have!—call my Steward." The steward appears. " So, the corn chandler pnd fanner refuse us cred it—the rascals—do they t" said the Prince. 'Nes, my lord." Humph! who.does give us credit f' No one, your highness •' "No one !" '• Yes now I think of it,. my lord, the pastry ,cook does." "Honest fellow, we must encourage him!" cries the Prince. "Coachman, your affair is setlerl— give the horses cheesecake and custard!" THE FEMALE Era.—A moderii writer gives the following enumeration of a female eye :—" The glare, the stare, the sneer, the invitation, the defiance, the denial, the consent, the glance of love, the flash of rage, the sparkling' of hope, the languishment of softness, the squint of suspicion, the fire of jeal ousy, and the lustre of pleasure." veto Infidel Mother BY CHATEAVERIAND Fluty is it possible to conceive that a woman can be an atheist? What shall prop up this reed if religion does not sustain her? The feeblest being in nature even on the eve of death, or loss of her charms; who shall Support her if her hopes be not extended beyond an ephemeral existence? For the sake a her beauty alone she should be pious. Gentleness, submission, suavity, tenderness, con stitute part of the charms which the Creator bes towed on our first mother, and to charms of this kind infidelity is a mortal foe. Shall woman who takes delight in concealment —who never discloses mire than half of her graces and of her thoughts, whom heaven formed for vir tue and the most mysterious of sentiments, modesty and love, shall woman, renouncing the engaging instinct of her sex, presume with rash and feeble hands, to attempt to withdraw the thick veil which conceals the Divinity? Whom doth she think to please by an effort alike absurd and sacrilegious? Does she hope by adding her petty and her frivo lous metaphysics to the imprecations of a Spinosa, and the sophistry of a Bayle, to give us a higher opinion of her genius? Without a doubt she has no thoughts of marriage, for what sensible man would unite himself for life to an impious partner? The infidel wife has seldom any idea of her duties; she spends her days either in reasoning on virtue without practising its precepts, or in the enjoyment of . the tumultuous pleasures of the world But the day of vengeance approaches. Time arrives; leading age by the hand. The spectre with icy hair and silver hands, plants himself on the threshold of the female Atheist; she perceives him and shrieks aloud. Who shall hear her voice?. Her husband? She has none; long, very long, has he withdrawn from the theatre of dishonor. Her children? Ruined by an impious education, and by maternal example, they concern themselves not about their mother. If she surveys the past. she beholds a pathleSs waste;—her virtues have left no traces behind them. For the first time she begins to be sensible how much more consola tory it would have been to have a religion. Un availing regret! When the Atheist, at the term of his career, discovers the illusion of a false philoso phy ; when annihilation, like an appalling meteor begins to appear above the horizon of death,* would fain return to God, but it is too late; •the mind. by incredulity rejects all conviction. How itierent is the lot of the religious woman! Her days are replete with joy; she is respected, beloved by bet husband, her children, and her household, all place unbounded confidence in her, because they are firmly convicted of the fidelity of one who is faithful to her God. The faith of this Christian is strengthened by her happiness, by her faith; she believes in God because she is happy, and she is happy because she believes in God. ; .4 Beautiful Extract From Fanny Remblea lcurnal. This country is in one respect blessed above all others deserving of blessing. There are no poor— I I say there are none, there need be none; none need lift up the despairing voice of helpless want towards that Heaven which hears when men will not; no father here need work away his body's health and his spirit's strength in unavailing labor. front day to day and from year to year, bowed down to the cruel curse his fellows lay upon him; no mother need wish in the bitterness of her heart, that the children of her breast . had died before they exhausted the nourishment which was the only one her misery could feel assured would not fail them: none need be born to vice, for none are condemned to abject poverty. Oh! it makes the heart sick to think of all the horrible anguish that has been suf fered by thousands and thousands of those degraded wretched creatures, whose wants beget a host of moral evils, fearful to contemplate, Whose existence begins in poverty, struggles through care and toil and heart grinding burthens, and ends in destitu tion and sickness; alas! too often in!crime and in-. fumy. Thrice blessed is this country, for no such crying evil exists in its bosom, no such moral re proach, no such political rottenness. Not only is the eye never offended with such piteous sights of human suffering which makes one's heart bleed, and whose number appals one's imagination in the thronged thoroughfares of the European cities, but the mind reposes with delight in the certainty that not one human creature is here docimed to sutler and to weep through life, not one immortal soul is thrown into jeopardy by the continued temptations of its own misery, and the heartles4 selfishness of those who {lass it by without holding out so much as a finger to save it. If we have any faith in the excellence of mercy and benevolence, we must be lieve that this alohe will secure the blessings of Providence on this country. General Jackson A member of the Whig party, who held office under -Old Hickory," related to one of our cotym poraries the following touching incident, illustrating the kind heart of that eminent statesman and pat riot : "1 remember once, said he, in one of the many interviews I have had with the President, our con versation turned upon the domestic relations of one whose military qualities the General highly esteem ed. Speaking of this man's wife, (then deceased,) who had been brought urri.in the neighborhood of the Hermitage, the old man looked upon the floor, in a thoughtful mood, and murmured— " 'I remember her, as if yesterday I had seen her last: a bright and beautiful flower! She bloomed upon our sight and withered ere her spring was pa,t.' "He ceased, and as raised his eyes, I saw that they were glistening with tears!" [Such was the "iron man," the wielder of the "one man power," as those called him who knew hint not.] "I met General Jackson often, and had the happiness of many long and earnest communes with that gallant spirit—but the kind tone, the feeling heart, indica ted in that one incer•iew. left an impression upon my mind, which nought but dissolution can ellaer." There were Giants In those days. Professor Silliman, in one of his lectures, men tions the discovery of an enormous animal of the lizard tribe, measuring eighty feet in length, iron' which he infers that all animals have degenerated in size—and this supposition is fortified by a refer. mice to the history of giants in the olden time. It appears from the list furnished by the Professor that we of the present day are mere " Tom Thumbs," when compared with the huge individ ualities of antiquity. Here is the list— The giant exhibited in Rouen in 1745, measured over eighty feet. Gorapius saw a girl who was ten feet high! The body of Grestus was eleven feet and a halt high! The Giant Galbara. brought from Arabia to Rome, under Claudius Ca.sar. was near ten feet. Funnmsn, who lived in the time of Eugene II measured eleven leet and a half. The Chevalier Scorg, in his voyage to the peaks of Teneriffb, found in one of the caverns of that mountain the head of Guance, which had eighty teeth, and it was supposed that his body was not less than fifteen feet long! The Giant Ferrague, slain by Atlatlo, nephew to Charlemagne, was eighteen feet high! In 1614, near St. Germain, was found the tomb of the Giant Isoret, who s'as twenty feet high ! In L 590, near Rouen, they found a skeleton whose skull held a bushel of corn, and whose body must have been eighteen feet long. Platerus saw at Lucerne, the human bones of a subject nineteen feet long. The Giant Buart was twenty-two and a half fe e high—his bones were found in 1705, near the bank of the river Moderi. • In 1613, near a castle in Dauphine, a tomb was found thirty feet long! twelve wide and eight high, on which was cut on a grey stone the words "Keu tolochus Rex." The skeleton was found entire twenty five and a hall feet long, ten feet across the shoulders, and five feet deep from the breast-bone to the back. Near Mazarine, in Sicily, in 1516, was found the skeleton of a oint thirty fret high! •Hia head was the size of a hogfhead, and each of his teeth weighed five ounces. Near Palmero, in Sicily, in 1548, was found the skeleton of a giant thirty feet kniie and another thirty three fat high, in 1560. Westminster Abbey Frog Macaulay's History of England The bead and body of MONMOUTH were placed in a coffin covered with black velvet, and were laid privately under the communion' table of St. Peter's Chapel in the Tower. Within four years the pavement of that chancel was again disturbed, and hard by the remains of Monmeuth, were laid the remains of Jet Treys. In truth, there. is no sadder spot on the earth than that little cemetery. Death is there associa ted, not, as in Westminster Abbey and Saint Paul's with genius and virtue, with public veneration and with imperishable renown; not as in our humblest churches and church-yards, with everything that is most endearing in social and domestic charities,but with whatever is darkest in human nature and in human destiny, with the savage triumph of impla• cable enemies, with the inconstancy, the ingratitude, the cowardice of friends, with all the miseries of fallen greatness and of blighted fame. Thither have been carried, through successive ages, by the rude hands of jailers, without one mourner following, the bleeding relics of men who had been the-captains of armies, the leader of par ties, the oracles of senates. and the ornaments: of COLITIS. • Thither was borne, before the window where Jane Grey was praying, the mangled corpse of Guilford Dudley. Edward Seymour, Duke of Som erset, and Protector of the realm, reposes there by the brother whom he murdered. There has mould. ered away the headless trunk of John Fisher,Bish• op of Rochester, and Cardinal of Saint Vitalis, man worthy to have lived in a better age, and to have died in a better cause. There are laid John Dudley, Duke of Northtim Berland, Lord High Admiral, and Thomas Crom. well, Earl of Essex, Lord High Treasurer. There, too, is another Essex, on whom naturoand fortune had lavished all their bounties in vain, and whom valor, grace, genius, royal favor, popular applause, conducted to an early and ignominious doom. • Not far off sleep two chiefs of the 'great house of Howard, Thomas, fourth Duke of Norfolk, and Philip, eleventh Earl of Arundel. Here and there, among the thick graves 01 un quiet and aspiring Statesmen, lie moredelicate sul ferers Margaret of SalisbUry,the last of the-proud name of Plantagenet, and those two fair queens who perished by the jealous rage of Henry. Such was the dust with which the dust of ➢lon mouth mingled. The' Gold Region.--Important Correspondence. Among the mass of correspondence from the gold region, we have seen nothing which has atTor• ded us more gratification, or so fully convinced us of the existence of piles of gold in those diggings, as the following letter fr - o'm Terrence Mabony, Esq SACKIIYMKNTO DIGGINS, Oct. 28th, 1848 To Tint Flatherty : Howly Moses! Tim, as soon as you read this bit of a note and come out at wonst. Rite forenenst me where I sit composing over this letter there's h fortune to be got for the mere sifting. The sands is all goold powther. Och ! If you could only see how beautiful it shines in the sun. An' thin the' debth of it. It goes clane down to the centre or the world. The mountains, Tim. has rains, and ivery vain is full of the circulatin' majium z — Wouldn't you like to bleed them rains, ould boy , We've no horses here, 'ieptinginules, and as soon as one or the boys get a load he puts it on the back or the donkey: and carries it to the ass sayers. The ass sayers, ye see, is the ‘ , intlemen as informs ye whether the goold's the rale stuff, or only iron pita. ties. Ye see there's a &saving kind o' goold the call iron pitaties. It's an invenshun ov the au) sarpint, and iv vcz put it in the fire it vanishes in a think smoke Wilt an enfarnel smell or sulfir.n.- Herm be about us! It's a fine healthy regin, is the Sackrymento There's no disease 'cept the shaking ager ; and the fits come on first rate whin there's any sifthing to be done. As soon as one o' the boys gets the shake on him he just puts the si`ther in his fists, and hell make a small fortis' afore the trimble's off ov. him. We're all rale Demtnicrats out here, Tim. While I'm writing ov this letther on the side ov my bad luck to the crown there's to it—l can seedne of the captains or the New York ,melisha washing the goold in the Sackrymento without a screen 0' breeches on him;savin' your presence. - Even the tnishinaries dig like bog-throtters all the week, and deliver mighty improvin' discooraes to the Haythen on the unrighteousness of mammon on a Sunday. The Injuns is incensed in this way wid the sinful ness of riches, and sell it chape to save their sowls. Remember me to Biddy, the darlin', an' tell her if shell put the breeches on her she can make Napes of money here, for she knows how to use a spade, an' its easier diggin' the goold than cuttin' turf in Kilkenny. But she'd better not be afther coming in her natural duds, for site or a pettycoat might breed is 'ruction in the sittlement. lntendin' to address you agin' shortly on the state of picavunary affairs in this country, I remain, yer affeckshynit cozzen, TERRENCE MAHONY The flue Devils. tCe are apt to believe a merry comtranion tha happiest fellow in the world and envyhiqOperhapg, his light heart and airy spirits ; but such men have hours of melancholy, when the spirits sink, and a gloom comes over them, deeper and darker than is. ever known to their less excitable companions. A man may be cheerful on paper, thrinehthe - has a heavy heart, and brilliant in company, tholgb suf ficiently wretched when left to commune with his. own soul. The extreme of high and low.spjrits, which occur in the same person at different times, are happily illustrated in the following, related by Dr. Rush. "A physician in one of the cities in Ita ly was consulted by a gentleman \yip was much distressed by a paroxysm of the intarnitting state of hypochondriacism. He adv.sed the melancholy man to seek relief in convivial co piny, and re commended to him in particular t d out a cele brated wit, by the name of Cardin); who kept all the tables in the city, to which he }gas invited, in a roar of laughter, and to spend as much time with him as- possible." "Alas! sir,rsaid the patientwith a heavy sigh, " I am that Cardina." The Power of Dailey. Money, with more than tutelafi power, protecis its votaries from insults and oppiehion. It silences the enraged accuser, and snatcher the sword from the hands of justice. Towns ara cities, like Jerico, without any miracle, hake fallep . fiat before it: It has stopped the mouths of carefon, and more- stir; prising still of faction and . mialer. It has drawn • a sort of glory around the efribase and opaque skulls of inercenery - magistratri ; it has imparted a dread and reverence; and strange, passing strange, to say, it has made youth and ftrauty fly to the arms of age.and impotence : It gives charmsto deform- ity and detestation; transforms Hymen into Mam mon, and the god of love into a satyr. It has built bridges without foundations; formed libraries without books, hospitals without endowments, and churches without benefices. It has turned conscience into an - atheist, honor into a pimp, courage into a modern officer, and honesty into a stock-jobber.— There is nothing wonderful it has not effected—ex cept making men wise, virtuous and happy. .Nlararkosnr.—" You ought to marry."--"Neser." —" I know a good girl for y6u."—" Let me alone." —"But, perhaps, you—pshaw !—you don't loam. her. She is young."—" Then she is sly."—Beauti-, The more dangerous."—"Of good family." —"Then she is proud."—"Tender-hearted."—"Then she is jealous."—" She has talents."—" To kill me." —"And one hundred thousand dollars."—" I will take her!" A NOBLE Rzrur.—There is a manly sense of. wrong and injury,tdded to high degree of magna. nimity, in the !allowing reply of .a Florida Indian chief, to overtures of friendship made him, which We look in vain for among the majority of civilized. men:—"The memory of my injuries. forbids My sending a kind answer, and a.harsh one your-cenartesy will not allow me to return," . - Cr He that licks honey fropa thorns ipays too dear for it. NO. 4.
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