VOL. L.
Commissioners , & Trettsiner,s
ACCOUNT,
Of the Receipts and Expenditures of Lancaster
County, from the 3d day of January, 1848,
. to the let day of January, 1849.
JOHN F..SHRODER, Esq., Treasurer of . Lan
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
ty, the full balance appearing in said Report, then
remaining, in the' hands of said late Treasurer,
amounting for county purposes to $10,058 10
For'sehool purposes, 957 25
To cash received by him as follows
Of Jacob Weaver, Clerk of Mayor's
Court, in case of Corn. vs. 0.
W. Smith, $9 00
Do. Corn. vs. R. Einstein,,9 00
Do. " Conrad Sauber, 18 00
Of David Hartman, sheriff, fines and
jury funds,
Philip Brubacher, excess of tax receiv
ed, since- settlement for 1846,
Carpenter M'Cleery, clerk fees,
William Weily, on bridge at S.hank's
mill, 108 50
Chrn, Good, supervisor of Ra
pho twp., on same bridge, 108 50
Later Co Bank, a loan, nett, 2953 00
Ditto do 2668 00
`,Sundry persons in Chester county for
bridge at Steeleville
King & Alexander, for bridge across
John
creek
John Myers, Esq., of Salisbury twp.,
for straysheep sold,
John F. Hummer, Esq., of Penn twp.
for cow and calf sold
Carpenter M'Cleery, clerk, for money
refunded to him, of Lydi Hinson,
which, by mistake, had been twice
paid
Ala. - John Snader, Mr profane swear
ing 0 211
Ald. Jos. S. Boyd, do I 34
John Landis, for fines
Richard Waters, 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. Ain't
of taxes settled 75,789 47
Of this was actually coiled 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 - balanee of the abatement
[Nicre.—On the above $75,789 47
were only paid $72,000, the . bal
ance was abated.]
Excess of taxes received for 1847.
Of East Cocalicu township * 6 45
East Donegal 6 I:,
Ephrata
Earl
Elizabeth
• Fulton
Lancaster
Leacock •
Upper Leacock
Little Britain
Penn
Raplto
Sadebuty
Warwick
Excess of taxes in 1848
Of Brecknock township
Caernarvon
East Coealico
West Cocalico
Colerain
East Donegal
East Lampeter
West Lampeter
Amount of outstanding Taxes per last
year's Auditor's Report,
For 1844 1.9 86
1845 96 88
1846 1006 69
1847 10,528 35
Taxes levied for 1848 45,219 64
Court bills and celtificates which have
not been drawn per statement of last
year's auditors
Unpaid to January, 1844 101 74
1845 15 25
1846 15 99
1847 14 36
1848 23 33
1849 37 99
Commissioners' orders unpaid far 1847
No. 44 and 129 5 35
Do. do. for 1848, No. 20
EXPENDITURES
A SSC.Y. !Ur ' .'t Pay
Geo. I. Baughman $37 00
Brecknock Anthony Good 28 00
Cearnarvon Win. Witman 45 00
Cocalico East Samuel Stoek' 30 00
Cocalico West Samuel Eberly 34 00
Colerain - Win. Galbraith 37 00
Columbia Bor. Wm. Brown 31; 00
Conestoga Abraham Charles 39 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 °beefier 30 00
Elizabeth John Bomberger 30 00
Fulton Jeremiah Kirk :34 00
Hempfield East Wm. Parker 40 00
Hempfield West Isaac Heineman 34 00
Lampeter East John Smith 29 50
Lampeter West Philip Geist 28 62A
Lancaster Jacob Frantz • 15 00
il e aneaster City Michael Bundle 250 00
°Leacock Henry Lechler 40 00
'Leaeock tipper Geo. Mearig 30 00
;little Britain John Wright 35 00
Manheim Jonathan Sprecher 28 00
Manic James Simpson '35 00
Manor Jacob F. Frey .-65 00
Mount Joy David Coble 42 00
Paradise Rudolph Hunsecker 25 00
. Penn ' John 4'. Hummer Esq 27 00
Rapho John Breneman 35 00
Salisbury Henry Hess 44 00
Sadebury 7Xii*Jaeob K. Smoker 35 00
Strasburg .- ' George Wiker 39,00
Strasburg Bar. Jesse Hoffintn 30 00
r 3 Warwick George Geyer 40 00
Erecting Bridges
Joseph Russell, in full for Bridge at
White Rock
Samuel Reamsnyder, in full for bridge
across qocalico, at Bowman's
Israel W. Graff, in full for bridge
across Conestoga at his Manufactory 1000 00
Robert Russell, in full for bridge across
Octorora creek on . the Noble road „..000 00
•
Repairing Bridges.
Joseph Mertz, for hauling stone to
Minkletown bridge $ 350
Charles Melhorn, for repairing bridge
at Herr's saw m
J. & J. Herr, for lumber for do
Charles Methorn, for work and materi
ale for bridge at Safe Harbor
Court of Quarter Sessions.
Wm. Mathiot, Esq., Att'y Gen. fees ti; 110 50
1. E. Heister, Esq., do. do. 139 110
C. M'Cleery, Clerk do. 289 00
Jurors pay 1417 01
Witnesses - 1084 98
Justices and Constalde cost 291 21
Crier and Tipstaves 195 OU
Mayor's Court.
Geo. W. Kline, Esq., Att'y Gen. fees 3 45 00
W. L. Campbell, Esq., do. • do. 18 00
Jacob Weaver, Esq., Clerk do. 68 09
hours pay 369 UU
Witnesses do, 171 85
Alderman and Constable pay 142 34
Bench fees 49 f,i)
Crier and Tipstaves 89 00
Jurors pay
Crier and Tipstares
Jurors pay
Crier and Tipstaves
Court House.
M. Zahm, for Oil, Candles, Kindling
wood, Cleaning Court House and
sundries 23 , ! ?
Edward Eshbrenner, sawing, spliting
and carrying in wood and coal 7 7
M. Zahni, for care and keeping Court
Honse 1 year
P. J. McCollum, repairing blinds
George Albright, repairing Windows
Daniel Soliday, for glazing
George Drumm, for load of chips
Virtu. ❑Cling, stove and pipe
5, - 9; t 4 .1 ou
Coroner.
Jacob 'Weitzel, Esq., late Coroner,
John Wright, Esq., Coroner and
Justice Kidd, holding inquests on 25
cases of persons found dead in Lan
caster County
Commissioner's Oflire.
P. G. Ebennan, one year salary as
Clerk to Commissioners, from. Oct.
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 ex - petises
to Harrisburg
Thomas Patterson, do. " "
John J. Gish, for Township and Coun•
ty Mikes
John Varns, Esq., late Commissioner,
error in his bill 2 GO
Samuel White, for books and binding 33 50
H. M. Rawlins, for Map of Penievania fi 00
John Trivetts, Ream writing paper 3 50
Ralph Gilmore, fur cleaning Office
and Stairs, &c.
John Kreider, load chips
E. C. Darlington, fur 100 copies As.
sessment books
A. Mallon, 3 quires paper
John Rowe, for door spring
J 1 1
4 39
11 78
1 43
4 42
4 42
7 09
Constable's Pas, in Criminal Cases.
G. Hughes, services in criminal cases 16 37i
W. Bernard, for arresting Thompson 3 87
J. Brintnall, services in criminal cases 7 29
William Chambers, for arresting Win.
2 02
11J 19
6 42
9 30
5 92
14 56
10 40
10 00
Beckert, in Ohio
Clarkson Jelreries, costs in case of
Com'th ye. Newman
E. H. Doan, costs
Com'th vv. Aubey et al
Hugh Montgomery, for bringing I
Dennis to Jail
Elections.
Election officers for City election in
February, 1848 34 45i
Ditto do. for Township elec
.
it= in March
Return Judges, for general election in
- 56,871 42
October
Return Judges, tor holding Presiden
teal election it: November
G. T. Zahm, services as clerk to Sena
tonal Return Judges
M. Zahm, crier, attending, to same
Assessors pay
Constables pay
Assessors for assessing ten days before
election
Chas. Henifier, le cords hickory wood
and one small do. $ 132 50
Geo. Leaman, 13 cords hickory wood Gl 75
Thomas Baumgardner, 29 tuns coal I 1E 1)0
57e,228
David Hartman, Esq., Sheritt
Maintenance of Prisoners 1504 S 9
Key fees 157 741
Soap, Oil, Candles, &c. 200 00
Clothing 514 5(1
Sundries 131 54h
Conveying convicts to E. Peni'tiary 221 50ji
Summoning Jurors 7276 00
Suits in Mayors and Quarter See•
sions Courts
Shoe mending
Filling Jury wheel
Arresting fugitive from Justice
Dr. Eli Parry, in iull fin salary as Phy
sician • 156 25
J. & F. Sener, bill for boards 5 19:1
Godfried 'Latium, for brushes S 93 .
M. &D. Ehrisman, for carpenter work 21 16
John F. Ready, for such work 18 74
Lancaster Co. Bank, loan and Int. $ 3015 00
Do. interest on loan 17 00
E. C. Darlington, pub. an'l aec'ts,
Sheriffs proclamations, notices and
blanks 128 00
F G.. May, pub. proclamations and
notice to collectors 7 00
John H. Piersol, for Adj. courts 12 00
.1. B. Garber, pub. ante). accts, Sidra
proclamations, notices, 41 00
E. W. Hutter, pub. ann'l accts, Shtf's
proclamation, notices, &c. 54 00
M. D. Holbrook, do. `do. 32 50
John Bear, ann'l accts, blanks, notices •
and stationery 147 42,
J. M. Ensminger, an'l accts. 10 00
$1,572 12i
• • •
Jacob Myers, do. notice and pro•
clamations 63 00
Mary Dickson, for postage
Pub/ic Offices
Steinman & Son bill for cylinder for
stove 1 984
Thomilson d McFalls, for curb stone 2 20
Duchman, for record and index
books 24 40
$2,872 00
CITY OF LANCASTER, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 27, 1849.
$3,526 20
... 953 17
Dirtrict Court
S. 975 e 5
501 20
$1327 85
C 9111711011 Pleas.
790 "6
171 7 5
CEEB
21 671
12 00
1 I .ll j
I 20
125
4 42
VI d 7 26!
000 00
95 00
$1693 81
ft 3258 Su
11) 2.
138
12 13
15 00
15 01)
$3395 64
Loans and Merest
$3032 00
$494 92
4, THAT COUNTRY IS THE MOST PROSPEROUS, WHERE LABOR COMMANDS THE. GREATEST REWARD."-BUCHANAN
Samuel W. Tyson, glazing 1 31
John Dreppert, for repairing press 1 00
L.P. Blackston, index books for Reg
. •
ister's office 60 00
John Gemperling, for repairing spout 2 f 0
George L. Doersh, record book, Or
phan's Court and pamphlet laws 16 00
Wm. Duchman, Esq., record book 25 00
Jacob Foltz, for making new indexes
for wills, intestate and administra
tors accounts for register's office 150 00
Geo. L. Doersh, docket book for roads
Q. Sessions office G 00
Do. Road docket and blank book for
Recorder's office 9 60
C. Kieffer, stove and pipe for Record
. er's office, and castings for Court
House 19 17
Wm. Murphy, for mortgage and index
books for Recorder's office 140 50
Eastern Penitentiary
Far support of convicts for 1847
Poor.
Gar!tried Zalun, Esq., Treasurer of
Poor & House of Employmenr, for
support of pour for 1a47
Road Damages
Oliver Furnace, road damages in Lit
tle Britain township
David H. Heecli, do
Henry Keene
do Bart
H. Brenernan, do
do W. Lampeter it: 00
=EI
A Lm. Hess,
Abm. Leaman, - • do
•
'Daniel Musser, du
•
Francis Herr, du
Martin Herr, do
George Meek, do ti 00
Jos. B. Nissley, do E. Donegal 64 16
Jas. P. Wilson, do Coleraine '25 00
Frd'k NlcLenegan, du 35 00
Isaac Kauffman, do W. Hempfield 28 01
Jacob Smith, du 18 50
Henry Landis, do Manheim 43 59
Jacob S. Hershey, do E. Hemptield 24 04
Benj. Stnulli•r, 38 25
'•
Benj. Landis, do 10 78
Wm. Walker, do W. Hemphtield 5 00
Henry Albright, do 15 00
Samuel Rigler, do 500
'•
Hogendobler, do 25 00
lohn Kann., do 5 00
Jacob Mathiot, do 40 00
Patience May, do 70 00
Martin B, Piper, do hfahheim, 29 70
Balance in hands of said Treasurer 553 95
MiNcellaneous
R. F. Rauch, copying militia fines S 5 00
John S. Ramble, lax refunded 2 04
Mayor and Constables cost in vagrant
eases 72 00
R. F. Rauch, copying transcripts for
spring elections IS 00
Geo. Riker, distributing assessments 15 00
P G Eberrnan, distributing tally papers l 5 00
Tobias Miller, horse hire and services 73
C. M'Cleery, for recording township
officers 71 50
Francis Keenan, for auditing dockets 117 50
Lancaster City, 1 year water rent 40 00
Joseph Howett, Esq., late Treasurer,
return of retailers and sundries
P. G. Eberman, for altering valuations
of assessments as directed by the
revenue board 175 00
Joshua Robinson, post mort'm exam's 10 00
Dr. W. A. Shelly, do. 10 00
John Hatz, horse hire 2 50
.1. B. Newman, for ground rent 5 44
Drs. Ehler, Smith, and Richards, post
mortem examination
Dr. J. A.Ehler, do. 2 cases
Dr. C. 0. Richards, do. 1 case
John Hatz, horse hire 1 50
Dr. B. Rohrer, post mort. examination 20 00
John Livingston, for tax refunded 17 59
Dr. A. S. Bear, post mort. examination 10 00
Jacob Foltz, serving subpcena out of co. 14 28
John F. Shroder, Esq., Treasurer, for
an abatement on $7OOO advanced •
by him for State tax 368 42
H. D. Offenbach, reward and expenses
for arresting horse thief
Jacob Foltz, serving subpoena
'Samuel Rupley, do. 5 64
M. Carpenter, Esq., Mayor and Con
stable costs in vagrant cases 73 25
John Eberman, for 14 ballot boxes for
Mount Joy district 3 50
L. Frey, cleaning cellar public offices 1 00
Wm. Penne!, copying transcripts 8 00
Livingston, do. 6 00
John Eberman, 12 ballot boxes for
Lancaster twp.
John Hatz, horse hire
Jacob Foltz, serving subpoena
Walter G. Evans, Esq., costs in case
of Comth. vs. Pollock
Jacob Foltz, bringing G. Rhea from
York to Lancaster jail
J. Eberman, care & wind'g . town clock
Eli Sundie, costs in conveying G.
Rhea to jail in York
Doctor J. S. Clarkson, post mortem
examination '2O 00
Thaddeus Stevensi for professional
services 10 00
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 assessments
and transcripts for elections
Martin Brunner, do. do. do.
Elias Rohrer, distributing circulars to
collectors and assessors, &c
$l5lB 18
Payment of Cuurt order fur Au(Pra pay 85 131
" P. G. Eherman, for date
)1 - lent for Auditors
Constables returns
Road viewers orders
Orders for 1847,and paid in 1848 . 20 35
Exonerations and Commission orders 3495 27
Outstanding, taxes 1844
do. do. 1847 351 72
do. do. 1848 11464 78
Treasurer's eornutissi,ms 607 11
School fund 957 25
Two old orders 5' 35
inn
Court bills of former years 187 88
Bills paid in 184'8 of former years 18 37
Balance in Treasurer's hands 19192 91
JOHN LANDES,
JOHN WITMER,
HENRY MUSSELMAN.
Commissioners'.
Attest—P. E Ertm es, Clerk. [Jan. 31-4
GODFRIED ZAHM, 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, Sur) 03
Cash received for 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, 826, 930, 932, 933, 935, 936,
937, 942, 943, 945, 946, 947, 949,
955, 969, 972, 973, 977, 978, 982, 82 00
Credit.
By C45)2, paid orders from No. 1 to 9
—from Jan'y 1, 1848, to Jan'y 1,
1849 11,047 42
Orders granted in 1847, arid'iaidin
1848 , ,
•414770
AUDITORS' REPORT
WE, the undersigned Auditors of the County of
Lancaster, Do REPORT, 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 Thousand One Hundred and Ninety
two Dollars, and forty-one cents for County, pur
poses, and Seven Hundred and Seven Dollars and
forty-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 a receipt of Will
iam Gorrecht, Esq., the present Treasurer, for the
said balance, whereby his said account became
finally closed.
Witness our hands this nineteenth day of Jan
uary, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and
forty-nine.
13459 73
4i9i7 42
E 10,500 00
CARISTIAN H. RAUCH,
DAVID STONE,
Jan 31-41 ANDREW MEHAFFFY
Sprecher & Rohrer's Cheap Ha -
Ware Store.
ARDWARE, Glass, Paints',Oils,and Varnishes
It . = at that long established stand, East King st ,
Lancaster, formerly occupied by Howett & Kriedor,
a few doors east of the Court - House, next door to
the Drug Store of James Smith, and opposite Geo.
Messenkows Hotel, which they have recently taken
and where they will carry on the business.
They roost 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 thb most reasonable prices, includ
ing every variety of Iron and Steel, Latches, Locks,
Bolts, Hinges, Screws ; and all kinds of building
materials, every description of Files, Blacksmith's
Bellows, Saddlery, best warranted Edge Tools,
Planes, and Veneers. Also a complete assortment
of CEDAR WARE, such as tubs, buckets, butter
churns, together with every article in their line.
They will keep constantly on hand every variety of
Coal and Wood Stoves; also a highly approved
COOKING STOVE.
The attention of young beginners is particularly
called to their full. and complete assortment of
household utensils.
Determined to spare no pains to accommodate
purchasers, and by steady adherence to business,
they expect to merit a continuance of the liberal
patronage thus Ihr bestowed upon them.
$1216 58
GEORGE D. SPRECHER,
REUBEN S. ROHRER.
Old Metal and Flaxseed taken tn exchange for
goods. . jan
I ALL and see Mrs. Raninger'n stock . ol Bonnets,
Muffs, Feathers, Flowers, 4. c. , .
As Winter is now upon to, it behooves every
Lady to seek that place where the prettiest, cheap
est, and most thshionable Bonnets can be purchased.
Direct your steps to
RANINGER'S MILLINERY ROOMS,
and your desire can be giatitied. •
Ladies, if you have not supplied yourselves with
MUFFS, call on Mrs. Ballinger, and you can get a
tirst-rate article at a very moderate price. In fact,
at a much lower rate than any Dry Goods Stole 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 ore invited to call early, or they will lose
bargains that are not to be met with often.
Mrs. R. takes pleasure in informing her triends
and her hundreds of kind customers, lhat 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,
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 who may favor her with their presence.
January 16, 1849 .-$1
Notice to Distillers,
AND ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
NITHEREAS, I, Jacob Weitzel, of the city of
VII 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 ling tub, which
is placed partly above the still, Ir xhich 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
be instituted against all and every such person or
persons. JACOB WEITZEL.
Feb. 22, 1848
Dentistry Improved.
11[AVINC, secured the Pa,tent Right to use Oil
bert'a " Central Cavity Plate," last slimmer,
we take this opportunity of informing the . public
that after thoroughly testing thii important inten
tion we pronounce it one of the greatest improve
ments in our profession. By, .ineans 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 hematite in use.
Obturators or artificial plates inserted lin time most
comfortable manner.
Persons having difficult cases which - may have
baffled the skill of Dentists are invited to give us a
call at No. 381 East King Street, Labcasteri
ELY PARRY, M. D.,
CHARLES H. BRESSLER, M. D.
Nov. 14, 184 S. tf-42r
MLLE undersigned hereby returns his
sincere thanks to his respected
trons, and the public in general, forthe
liberal encouragement in his business, 0 ..-' ,47 7$
BOOK-BINDING ;,and snakes known, at the same
time, that he still continues at his old AND IVELL
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, LV
'CI
TERS DEATH CERTIFICATES, RENUNCIA
TION`
DEEDS, &c., for his German countrymen,
as desired ; and will also send,moneyri for them to
any place in Germany, with perfect safety.. •
July 4, 1848
TIANCY 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 New
York Store.:
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. May 1848.-1 5.
MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS.—A sup
ply of Mathematical Instruments in;Fish Skin
and Morocco Cases. For sale by
CHARLES A. HEIHITSH,
East King Street.
$11,646 07
Jan 9-tf•6o
To the Ladles
Bookbindery -
PHILIP C. RANNINGER.
Iy-23
Vestiugs.
GRIEL & GILBERT
Sign Painting.
poetru.
For timbaleMincer at Journal.
MY FOREST HOME.
In the far off shade of the forest trees,
Where wild-flowers love to twine,
And the balmy breath of the summer breeze,
Is heard in the mountain pine;
By the green side of the murmuring rill,
Where the eagle soars alone;
With its peaceful cottage so calm and still,
Is tar own sweet 'Forest Home.
Oh there I have sat in the deep, deep shade,
With friends who have passed away ;
Through the forest mazes with them hate strayed,
In the wanton summer's day;
And stolen the wild-flower from its bed,
Or the fox-glove from its throne;
But those friends of my youth have long since fled,
From my own sweet Forest Home.
The stranger now site at the cottage door,
And children are seen around;
But my gay companions will come no more,
To that well known forest ground
The eagle may soar in its fearless flight,
And wild flowers bloom :done;
But nought can bring back to my heart delight,
In my own sweet Forest Home.
The sad changes which time has wrought have left
Their broad traces deep and wide;
And toy too fond heart is of hope bereft,
By that lonely forest side;
The bright, welcomg footstep is heard no more,
And joys which around us shone; ,
Have gone alas! as we have gone before;
Fa r r, far from that Forest Home.
LANCASTER, Feb'y, 1849
illistellaneono:
lips and Downs.
Father,' said Janette ()likely, a beauti`iil but
vain young woman, "I have ; made a call on :Miss
Frasier to-day, and what do you think I saw there?"
"Probably a giddy unthinking girl like yourself,
who is miserable till she possesses every new ex
travagance that folly sets afloat, - was the halftay,
half-grave response.
-Why, father," continued Janette," J.,iow can you
say so!" and aSsuming one of her most witching
smiles, she added, "Miss Frasier has got a new
Piano Forte of superior tone to her old one, besides
being air more richly and beautifully finished."
"Well, what then, child rejoined her father,
with pensive gravity.
"Why, I was thinking—but you will be offended
I fear.'
Not in the least, unless you da wrong as well as
think. Su you was thinking that
I should like a Piano like Matilda's," was the
halt timid response of Janette.
nil thought as much, - continued her father, '•but
what is the cost of such an article, my dear I'
"Only fifteen hundred dollars, father, - and Janette
crouched down by his side and regarded him with
a fond depreciating
Charles Oakely loved his daughter: his hand
pushed aside the rich tresses that shaded hex poli
shed brow, and imprinting thereon a parent's kiss,
he added, 'fifteen hundred dollars is a large sum for
such an article, my dear, is it note'
True, lather, bat are you not as well able to
afford it as Mr. Frasier ,-
It may be so, but what say you my clear t ad.
dressing his wife who hail been a silent but not a
disinterested listener.
I am anxious that Janette should prevail with
yon. She and Matilda are each to give a party
soon. and I have a desire not to be eclipsed by her
in the ornaments of the parlor."
"A most coinmendable pride, was the equivocal
response.
" But," continued he, - what will you do with the
old or rather the present new one You surely do
not want two "
0, we can sell it to Gen. Chandler ! Maria was
admiring it much while here yesterday, though
she thought it rather high priced," eagerly respon
ded Janette, who was happy to remove the only
barrier to the gratification of her then predominant
wish.
Perhaps the too may wish a fifteen hundred
dollar one! Gen. Chandler is surely able to afford
one even more costly."
"0, no father,—she does not wish a better than
mine,—she has quite a plain taste that way."
" How stupid she must be, Janette, must she not?"
queried Oakely. Janette's face was crimsoned at
his pointed irony, but before she could frame any
reply, her father rose, and as he left the house said,
"Let Miss Chandler have the Piano Forte at her
ow!' price."
Janette's heart leaped for joy. She was not to
be outdone by Matilda Frasier, and she looked for
ward with exultation to that day when she could
astonish her friends by such an unexpected display.
Her mother shared her fond anticipations, and it
was soon arranged between them that Miss Chand
ler should be pnt into speedy possession of an ar
ticle they now wondered could ever have found a
place in their dwelling!
Charles Oakely commenced the world :empty
handed, nor had he accumulated much when he
sought and obtained a partner to his poverty. Both
were poor, and although they lived queitly together,
his wife was ever sighing for the splendor of the
rich Though, in the main, a good sort of a wo
man, she lacked that uncommon sense so requisite
to contentment in the possession of little, as well
as that knowledge of that domestic economy, gen
erally so important in the acquisition of more.
Janette, her only child, and so like herself in form
and mind, was just verging to womanhood, and
being heir, as was supposed, to an ample fortune,
she looked forward to a splendid career in the cir
cles of gaiety and fashion. Had she possessed {n
her mother a wiser counsellor, she would have
been, at eighteen, a very different person. She
lacked riot the principles of an opposite character ;
hilt under the false training of her mother, they
had been suffered to repose uncultivated, while the
weeds of folly were cherished into an extensive
growth. These defects of mind were the more
striking, us they marked the more strongly the
contrast with a pleasing,—.a speaking eye, and a
faultless form.
Her lather possessed none,of the frivolity of herself
or mother, and owing to the sternness of his integ
rity, and his industrious habits ; success followed
his efforts till the time we have chosen for his in
troduction to the reader. He had been, what is
called down in the world, but now he is so far up
as to rank among the first in wealth in the city of
his residence. But the time has arrived to drop de
lineations and to group them again before the rea
der.
Well, father, Miss Chandler is to hare the
Piano. She will semi fur it this afternoon, - said
Janette exultingly.
"At what price my dear,"
The same it cosr. When she found you had
left it to her to set the price, she would not take it
at less. Do you think the sale a good one!"
"Certainly—the best you ever made—being the
only one."
"Here is the check for the money—a third of
,the rash for the new one."
"So you will lose one thousand dollars after all,
will you my dear?" was the grave response of her
father.
What say you," he continued, addressing his
wile 'and daughter, "to a new carriage—the present
one•ii somewhat soiled, is it not 1'
By all means," was the exclamation of both
" Let the new one be fashioned like Judge Arnold's,
though not so sparingly mounted !'
Oakely bowed, as if in assent, while a bitter
smile played over his features for a moment, when
all was calm again. The result of the conference
was a resolve to sell the principal part of the fur
niture—allot a costly character, and replace it with
that more fashionably splendid. Both mother and
daughter retired to rest that evening full of impor
tance which their new display was about to give
them among their wondering neighbors. Alas for
the poor Frasiers They were to be overwhelmed
by a competition in finery, which a fifteen hundred
dollar Piano had provoked !
A few days sufficed to clear the h6use of its most
valuable furniture. Enough was left however for
convenience and comfort, and when this was done,
the mother and daughter were all impatience for
that which was to replace what . was gone. But
two days remained to prepare for Jenette's party.
Evening came, but Oakely was yet absent and noth
ing had yet art ived. He came, but much later than
usual, yet he atoned partially for his delay by the
more than usual kindness of his manner.
" Where can you have beep, Charles, so late 1"
'as the query of his wife, as she seated herself
1. dly by his side.
"I have had an uncommon share of business to
attend to, my dear, and I rejoice that it is done.
Come daughter bring forward the Bible and read a
portion of it for our mutual instruction."
The calm seriousness with which this was -ut
tered forbade any remark on Ins usual request. It
so happened that Janette opened the book at the
fifth chapter of MatthetY, beginning, "Blessed are
the pure in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of Heav
en,' and by the time she had finished the first para
graph her voice became choked; and unable to
proceed, she gave way to emotion in all the violence
of grief. Her mother from sympathy or other
cause, was equally affected, nor was .Oakely free
from the same emotion. When his wife and daugh
ter had become somewhat composed, he knelt
doWn between them with the solemnly expressed
words, "Let 141 pray r And he did pray in all the
fervency of a broken sjarit. He acknowledged his
forgetfulness of God,—implored pardon for his own,
and for the sins of those bound to him by the
strongest of human ties—prayed that both he and
his might expel from their hearts the pride so long
cherished. Thanked his Creator for the gift of
existence—the blessings associated with it, as also
for the hopes of an immortal hereafter, inspired by
the promises of the Gospel. He commended the
world to the care of him On whom all are depen
dent for the life that now is. as well as that which
is to come; and so deeply did the spirit of his pe•
thions affect his wife and daughter that they join
ed with him in that most solemnly expressive
phrase, ♦MEN.
That night a new spirit reigned in the breasts of
the Oakely family. And when what they had
been half led to believe, was confirmed,—when
they were assured that the wealth so long idolized
was their's no longer-scarcely a regret or a mur
mur escaped the lips of mother or daughter, but
both seemed anxious to forget that misfortune had
fallen on them. A situation more befitting their
means was procured, and thither they repaired to
enjoy far more real pleasure than when rioting in
what seemed an exhaustless abundance. The
party, the carriage, the piano, and costly furniture
were forgotten. Economy and industry took the
place of fashionable folly, and they are now pros
perous and happy. Mrs. Oakely lost her pride,
but found contentment. Janette lost the same, as
also a foppish beau who had an eye to her fortune,
but she had found her own good qualities, and has
applied herself to their improvement, as well as
the worth of a young man who sighed for her
when rich, and who adores her now while compa
ratively poor, and whom she will doubtless reward
ere long, by surrendering herself to his care and
keeping. Such is a sample of the "ups AND DOWNS"
of life, and happy would it be if all who toppled
from the pinnacle of fortune could gain as much
by the descent as did the Oakely
Mrs. Butler' s Readings
The Springfield Republican has a Boston corres
pondent, who gives the following account of Mrs.
Butler's Shakspereian readings .
Mrs. Pierce Butler, as she announces herselt in
her card, or Fanny Kembls Butler, as her early ad
mirers loved to call her, is creating quite asensation
in this city, by her Readings from Shakespeare. She
has now given some five or six, and intends to con
tinue them up to, thirty ; for they are reaping for
her not only fame but fortune. Masonic Temple,
where she gives her entertainments, is crowded to
overflowing at every reading. The tickets are
exhausted some 30 to .LS hours before the time
arrives, and hundreds, both strangers and citizens,
are disappointed in their efforts to gain admittance.
Each reading nets her from $250 to $3OO, which
at three a week, (she gave four last week,) would
produce $750 to $9OO clear of all expenses. Her
thirty readings would thus net her, at the lowest
estimate, $7500. And, of course, she will not be
allowed to stop here. Already there are calls for
her from New York and other places.
Last Friday evening, through the kindness of a
friend, (all the tickets having been taken up early
on Thursday morning,) I had the pleasure of hear
ing her.
The coming of the lady was heralded by an el
derly gentleman's placing a chair behind, the little
red covered desk on the platform, which constituted
all the stage of the performer. Two large volumes
of Shakspeare were laid on the desk, and the buzz
of conversation that bad filled the hall ceased. Pres
ently Mrs. Butler made her appearance as from a
trap door near the platform, and escorted, by Chas
Sumner, she took her place behind the desk. She
was elegantly dressed, as if for a ball, wearing a
rich light silk with short sleeves and low neck;
the vacuity being supplied by a superabundance of
flowing lace work. Bowing with infinite grace,
she put back with her hand the dark and glossy
hair (which was dressed with elegant plainness,)
and with slightly affected emotion said, "'I have the
honor to read the Merchant of Venice.' Then
taking her seat, and just reading the list of charac
ters, she entered at once upon the play.
And now, how shall I describe the beauty, the
power, and the genius displayed by this woman, by
which for two entire hours, but with a short inter
mission at the middle, she kept her large audience
bound in almost breathless silence, interrupted only
by spontaneous outbreaks of applause, which it
was impossible to restrain T I could not have be
lieved before that a single human voice was able,
by the simple reading of is play, to produce such an
effect. Not only was the utterance clear, distinct
and eloquent, but the feelings of each actor were
represented most admirably in the voice, expression,
manner and gestures of the reader. One moment
she was the fiendish Shylock, and rage, hate and
vengeance ruled in her countenance and her voice;
the next, the calm, kind, Christian Antonio, sub
missive to his fate, was counterfeited, again she
was sweet Portia, describing her lovers to her maid,
acting the Judge with dignity and wisdom, and tan
talizing her husband with the loss of the ring, which
he had vowed to keep till death. The mannerwith
which these meinoratile lines were pronounced was
above panegyric ; every syllable fell upon the ears
of an almost breathless auditory •
‘• The quality of mercy is not strain'd ;
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven,
Upon the place beneath ; it is twice bless'd ;
It blesseth him that gives, and him thal takes
'Tin mightiest in the mightiest. It becomes
The throned monarch better than' his crown :
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein cloth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But merry is above this sceptered sway,
It c enthroned in the heart of kings,
It i an attribute of God himself;
An earthly power cloth then show likest God's,
When mercy seasons justice."
Ages of Public Men.
The Washington correspondent of the N. York
Evening Post gossips in this pleasant manner :
telegraph brings us the news of Mr. Clay's
election as Senator for the full term of six years,
beginning March 4th, and at the same time informs
us that his health had not been sufficiently restored
to permit him to leave his room, to which he had
been confined for ten days from the effect of a fall
in which his head received a serious injury. The
truth is, that Mr: Clay's health has been for some
months considered to be in a very precarious con
dition, and the tenure of his hold upon life is feeble.
Mr. Clay is now seventy-one. These circumstan
ces naturally turn one's thoughts upon the advanced
ages of most of our distinguished statesmen.
Messrs. Calhoun, Van Buren and Webster were
born in the same year, 1782, and are, now sixty
seven.
Mr. Calhoun is most broken, and exhibits marks
of the greatest physical declension. Time has laid
her hard hand heavily upon him within the last
fifteen months. Mr. Webster wears his years better,
and may, for aught visibly appearing to the con
trary, continue to pound the constitution in the
Senate or the forum a decade or two longer, before
he becomes, what he is often prematurely styled,
its expounder. Mr. Benton, who has survived the
wrath of Ajax and Achilles, (Jackson and Clay,)
who has heed' blown up in vain (on the Princeton,)
and who has vanquished as many foes, Still contends
vigorously with time, that arch
.enemy, to whom
in the end even he must yield, at the age of sixty
three. Gen. Cass returns to the field of political
contention at sixty-six. Since he re-appears after
such a fatal and disastrous day as the 7th or last
November, it must be admitted that he cannot be
killed off. After such'a resuscitation, his vitality
must be admitted to be proof against mortality:
General Taylor is sixty-four. Like the sons of
Ishmael, or some other noneads in sacred writ, the
General has "dwelt in tents" most of his life, and
nobody can tell what effect house life and feather.:
beds will have upon him. However, dwellers in
the White House have generally found a specific
against effeminate indulgenceL and if the General
does not sigh before his seventy-first year for the
Napping of his tent walls, the creaking of his camp
tools, and the music of the reveille, then Gen. CaSs
may congratulate him. He may have a very
strong constitution, but it is nothing to the Consti
tution of the United States, which he will have to
master."
political.
Erie and Ohio Rail Road. •
REMARKS OF MR. KONIGMACHER,
Oa the Repeal of the Erie and Ohio R. Road Bill,
delivered in Senate, Thursday, Jan. 18, 1849:
Mr. KONIGMACHER rose and said—
Mr. SPEAKER rise to, say a few words on
this subject my main purpose, however, being to
place- myself in a right position before the Senate
and my constituents. The Senator from Erie,
(Mr. JOHNSON ' ) has asserted, in the course of his
speech, that the new S tors on this floor ars
to be held responsible fWheir votes, should they
vote differently from their predecessors. Now,
sir, Ido not think so. I hold that they are at
liberty to vote as they may deem proper, and ac
cording to their own unbiassed and uninfluenced
volition and judgment. No matter how' they
may act here—whether they choose iar not :to
follow in the footsteps of their predeceSsors, you
are not warranted in passing a vote of censure
upon those Senators. As a new member of this
body, 1 wish to state that what I may say on this
question, will be more with a view to solicit some
gentlemen better acquainted with it, to correct
the views I entertain, so far 'as they may be er
roneous. If lam not mistaken, the question at
issue had been entirely lost sight of. The bill
is to repeal an act to construct a railroad from
the town of Erie to the Ohio State line. Now, ,
sir, I have not as yet; heard from any of the gen
tlemen who have advocated this bill, what was
the object in view in constrncting that railroad.'
If it was asked for by the citizens of Erie county,
merely as a local improvement for their benefit
as well as those residing in the adjoining coun
ties, I should have no objection to vote for
nay, I would cheerfully do it ; but, sir, I am fear-
MI this is not the fact. We find on our records
here an act for the construction of a railroad
from Erie to North-east, which, I believe is the
New York line. That road, I should suppose,
would be of the same advantage to the citizens
of Erie county as the one contemplated by the
act which we now propose to repeal. Notwith
standing that an act of incorporation has been
granted for that road five or six years since, yet
.the work has riot, if I am rightly informed, been
commenced. That fact appears to me to be
pretty good evidence that the real object in view'
could not be accomplished by the mere comple
tion of this little road, and that another enact
ment was necessary for the construction of anoth
er road to carry into effect the.original design of
those interested in the matter. Consequently,
at the last session, a bill was passed to charter a
company to construct a road from Erie' to the Ohio
State line. Sir, these two roads, if I tfnderstand
the geography of the country,-which I profess
not to be very well acquainted with, not having
been on the ground—run parallel with the Lake,
and it would seem to me bad policy for the Citi
zens of Erie to ask for a branch road to go Both
ways from New York to the Ohio line. Wheth
er their object would be to make a harbor there,
may be doubted—for, we all know that the har
bor of Erie is the best along the Lake, and there-,
fore it is not likely that shipments would be made
from these points of those roads.
Mr. Speaker in order to acquaint myself more,
fully on the subject, I took the trouble to write to .
Mr. Roberts, of Philadelphia—a gentleman whet
has been disrespectfully spoken of here, as being
a man of straw—who has kindly furnished me,
with this map [hblding it up,] which the Senator
from Erie, (Mr. Johnson,) does riot seem to like,
and does not like to know anything about. Sir,
I would inform that Senator that the map was
made in New York therefore it was not made
for the purpose of defeating his bill. It was
published there two or three years ago. On this
map I see laid down the course of the railroads
—which, in all probability, will be made, as we
have evidence of an act having been passed by
the Legislature of New York to construct a rail
road from the Pennsylvania line to Dunkirk.
The New York and Erie railroad has been
opened to Binghampton, and the President of
that company contemplates having it open to Erie
by the end of two years, while on the other hand
the Cincinnati railroad to Lake Erie will, in
about the same time, be extended to Cleveland
and to the Pennsylvania State line—the point
where this Ohio and Pennsylvania railroad inter
sects. Tills will be the last link in the chain of
railroad charters connecting Boston and N. York
with, the railroads of Ohio and the entire-western
country, merely passing through .the noith-west
ern corner of Pennsylvania. New York and
Boston have already secured the greater part of
the western business; and now they arc grasping
for the remainder without paying any tax on ire
tonnage into our State Treasury.
Now, sir, Mr. Roberts, instead of being nem.
sured here, ought to receive a vote of thanks
from both branches of the Legislature for the
manly and straight forward course he is now
pursuing. He is appointed Chief Engineer to
locate a railroad from Mansfield to Pittsburg, to
connect with the Pennsylvania railroad. He had
great difficulties to encounter in making the sur
vey. .1 had the honor,a few evenings since, to hear
his lecture on the subject of railroads geaerally,
with which I was much pleased and edified.—
And, sir knowing his character for honor and ye-,
racity, I felt satisfied from . his remarks, that
there is more inrended by this railroad than meets
the eye. Mr. Roberts when in Ohio:was - invited
to address a meeting of the citizens of Wooster,,
to take the matter of this railroad.into considera
tion, and whom should he meet there but this ve
ry gentleman, Mr. Kelley, who came there (ac
cidentally, it is presumed,) and who interferedy
and used his efforts to enligkten the people and
convince them that a railroad from Erie to that
section of the country would be advantageous to
them.
I am informed that the gentlemen eonnected
with the Cincinnati and Columbus railroad are
throwing every obstacle in the way of the Penn
sylvania and Ohio railroad stock being taken.
This Mr. Kelley, whom the Senator from Erie
never heard of, is the President of that road lead-,
ing from Cleveland to Cincinnati, and, as he
thought, had the matter all secured respecting
the road from Erie to the Ohio State line, until
all of a sudden he let the cat out.of the bag ; 'he
asserted to Mr. Roberts that they had the privi;•
lege of connecting their railroad from Cincinnati
to Columbus and to Cleveland, with a railroad
from Erie to the Ohio State line, (and from thence
to New York,) which company obtained a char
ter from the Legislature last whiter, the same
now under consideration, and I trust that the
good sense of the present Legislature will repeal
it. A number of Senators, acknowledge that,
they were induced to vote for this bill last ses
sion, by the assurance of Senators having charge
of the bill, that it was a local matter, and the
road would in all probability never be made, but
the facts are now very different. Permit this
connection ; it would drain all the trade from the
valley of the Mississippi by way of the Cineinifiti
and Cleveland railroad, at all seasons of the
year; sir, this is the time check so suicidal a
project. Every effort was made by the same
eastern speculators, and 'their minions on their
railroads in the State of Ohio, to influence the
citizens againsrand to 'defeat the construction of
the Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad, which is to,
connect at Pittsburg with our PennsYlvania rail;.
road. Bnt Mr. Roberts and the. friends,- of 'this
road persevered, and the result of their efforts was,
that township committees: the lino of the
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