OL. L.
NIT 101.44 A
air - FABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMRANI
OFFICE—NO. 74 Walnut treet, Philadelphia.
mident—JOHN W. CLAGLIORN.
President—PETEß CULLEN.
TRUSTEES:
oseph T. Thomas, Ec,..w. C. Markley,
Craig,illiam Robert Morris,
eerge N. Diel, Stephen R. Crawford,
Mi;=:2l
=Ell
William M. Baird,
R. F. Loper,
Harry Conrad,
Franklin Cornly.
.n. G. Alexander,
',a. W. Haly,
I..yton B. Lamb,
~e r Rambo,
If. G. TUCKETT, Secretary and Actuary
spital s2so,ooo—Charter Perpetual. Make In
m, on Lives at their Office, in Philadelpha,
t their Agencies thrdughout the States, at the
Est rates of premium. Persons should insure
r lives, and do so without delay, whilst they
:ealthy and fit subjects to be insured.
this Office there are advantages greater than
• ever yet been derived from the system of Life
-ance; which reason and experience convince
trustees may with safety he offered to the
:. It will be found, on inquiry, that moil
have in the outset professed to act on some
principle; or to offer to assurers some one
Mar beu efit not to be obtained from other
'ins. But policies are effected under various
not ances, and with widely different objects,
•fiat may facilitate the views of one man, af
no accommodation to another. It appears,
:ore; to the Trustee's of the Equitable, that
,—eatest good will be cifected by that office,
allows such reasonable advantages to every
as at the time of completing, his Policy, he
lets to be suitable to his particular case. On
minciple they act, and a, few instances will
to show the benefits derivable from its
•ion—the greatest good of the greatest number.
policy will be disputed, unless under an art
nd by the assured, and after the mine shall
been declared by referees of undoubted char-
In ease of error, either as to age, or in the
of policy, or the answers or referees, such
unless wilful and fraudulent, will not he
ed to vitiate the policy.
s travelling leave is extensive and liberal.
ns insured for life have liberty to pass to and
'.he States oh Virginia and Kentucky, and west
river Mississifipi, between the first day id
;fiber and thelirst day ofJuly Ibilowing. And
is from any place or port within the British
American Colonies, or United States north
rty-lbur degrees north latitude, without pay
/extra premium. They are allowed to cross
tlantic in first class steamers during May,
July, August and September, free or charge;
g remaining months or the year, 25 cents on
'OO insured.
ige of the assured will be ad matted on 1111.
the insured die in a duel, by his own
; Jr under sentence of the law, such death
lot invalidate the policy, except so fiir as it
le property or the deceased.
•rty days allowed alter each annual painent
)es e aue,and fifteen days after each quarterly
ill' yearly premium becomes due, without for
i.of policy. Premiums or lapsed policies
renewed at any time within six on
:eduction of satisfactory evidence as to the
-of the insured.
a party effects a policy upon the life of
r, the Company will lie satisfied if the party
-the time, a bona fide interest in the life of
-aired. The policy may be assigned to whom
the assured pleases, without the knowledge
ant of the Company (there being no clam:, in
uitable policies ugual in the policies of :11u-
Companies, claimilig a right to be notified of
gnment and their approval obtained) so long
assignment or transfer or a policy in the
ble is a legal act, and the party who claims
•e a legal discharge, the amount is paid by
mpany.
extraordinary advantage afforded by means
Half Credit system, in not requiring, under
.eumstances, an outlay of a larger sum of
titan is absolutely necessary to secure the
insured, is peculiarly applicable to the
OR desirous or possessing a policy on the lire
iron. If the debt is paid off during these
ars, he can discontinue the assurance alto
. pacing secured the amount, in the event or
,tors death previously, at a less expense than
in any mutual office he charged for assuring
for seven years. If the debt is NOT PAID he
be enabled to continuo the assurance for the
der of the debtor's life, whatever might then
state of health. Attention is particular) , re
to the
CREDIT RATES OF PREMIUM PER $lOO
(It' ithout security or deferred note.).
Half Credit. Age. Half Credit.
during 5 years. during 5 years
90 40 $1 46
95 45 1 75
51 09 50 213
I'_s 55 264
assured has to pay the premium in all.eases
.-ance, and HAS no LIABILITY of any kind,
• description., A deferred note is not neves
:, per feet any operation, and none will be
by the Company.
ons insuring should bear in mind that a pro
)/ note given to a MUTUAL OFFICE at com-
•• interest, soon amounts to more than the sum
•d. Thus, titloo per annum tar 20 years at 0
• nt., would cause a nr. DUCTION from the sum
d of THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND
TY-E1G11.%,001.1.ARS AND FIFTY-FIVE CENTS.
premiums of Mutual Assurance Companies
as they profess, (though the Mutual offices
Dmehow" advertise guarantee capitals) free
• the burdens of dividends to shareholders,
be very much lower, than those of stock
.RIGS ; YET TliE EQUITABLE. IS LOWER BY SIX
PER CENT. THAN ANY MUTUAL OFFICE, and
SAME RATES OF PREMIUM charged by the
York Lite," "The NOW York Mutual,"
. on," Worcester Mutual," "Connecticut
" Pennsylvania," "Girard," ". Penn,"
•-•.' England," •" Hartford," " Baltimore
Boston Mutual," &c., &c., &c., in the
tble the payments cease altogether :tiler
f-one years.
cl Prianium payable during Twenty-one years
mly, for an assurance of $lOO at death.
t.n.paymq. Age.An.payin't. Age. An. paym , t
-$1 77 '35 5.2 75 50 54 60
320 55
3 73 GO
2 04 40
2 b 6 45
assured being thus entirely of pay-
(if he is under 3.5 years of age) before he has
the prime.of life, and that for the same pre
charged by the Mutual Offices.
premiums charged by (he AltcruAL Or - ercEs
I on the highest scale, (and by their own ail
ments) much beyond what is requisite for the
se of theirbusiness.
•,ir " profits" can only be realized, if ever
•ed at all, after a lapse of twenty years. The
Profits, therefore, is an abuse of the term, A
Cy CONTINGENT AND REMOTE EROiIISE., ior
elf-evident, and cannot for a moment be ques-
I, they must suffer loss by every insurer it•ho
.efore the amount paid by him in premiums,
the accumulated interest, shall be equal to
fount of his policy—nevertheless, in the Mu
?ffices the " profits" (???) are to be shared in
is representative, should the insured die IN
after one or two payments.
• the diminution of the premiums in the Equi
-
, THE GREATEST PRESENT BENEFIT IS SECURED
1 persons assured by this company; whilst
who wish to participate in the profits can do
'y the purchase of the reserved shares, (first
ment, 10 dollars) which at all times afford a
arid really profitable investment for capital,
e a vote for each share.' This action the
tees conceive must commend itself to the judg
of every unbiassed inquirer, being based on the
! principle of equity; and securing to all the
hers, the advantageS to which they are justly
ed by their actual payments i without opera
-4) the peculiar benefit &l' old standing members,
'acing recent entrants at a disadvafltage—a
'illation presented by no other office than the
table Life Insurance Company.
LE ACTUAL MONEY BONUS given by the Egui
, saved, is upwards of 15 per cent., at the time
feting the insurance'; on IN ACCORDANCE with
, CRIB BONUS OF A MUTUAL OFFICE; THE SAVING
IDOL. TO TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY PER CENT.
IT Scarp(?) (Pamphlets; tables of rates,
of agents, obtained at the o ffi ce, 74 Walnut
lt, or from the agents throughout the Uni.ed
s.
'ie publiemare requested to examine carefully
'rospectus of " The Equitable" before insuring
vhere. JNO. W. CLAGHORN, Pres't.
.ANCIS WEST, M.D.
I Medical Examiners.
B. BIDDLE., M.
In attendance daily from 12 to 2 o'clock.
'easwer—.E. W. RAWLE.
licitor—Wm.
luary—H. G. TUC/lEEE.
GEO. A. MILLER,
Agent for Lancaster, Penn'a.
Dill 17 mp,
Dr. M. M. Moore, Dentist.
-:•• :ILL continues to perform :.. operations on the
• TEETH' upon terms to suit the times. Office
lorth Queen street, opposite Kauffman's Hotel.
19
" Time is Money , ' and "Economy
is Wealth."
rriffE.REFORE, the Farmer's ought to look to
their intereAs by examining the merits and
improvements in MONTGOMERY'S VERY JUSTLY
CELEB ILI TED F IVNING MILLS
The undersigned continue to manufacture at their
Shop, in Chesnut street, a few doors West of the
Museum, and near Whitehill's Foundry, in the
city of Lancaster, Fanning Mills greatly superior
to any. ever before offered to the public, embracing
ail TIIEIR very latest improvements, among which
are the Double Screen and the better application
of the wind, so as to produce the most desirable
effect in cleaning grain of all kinds. Experience
of many years, great practical knowledge, and
strict personal application, enables us to say-our
Fans are superior in every particular to any here
toll,re in use.
Our attention is especially turned to fitting up,
anil all work undergoes ourcareful perSonal inspec
tion before leaving uur shop.
In addition to our important improvements, our
flirts are celebrated for their ease in working, and
the great expedition with which they clean all kinds
of grain, besides their superior finish warrant us in
saying they surpass all other mills manufactured,
and we confidently warrant them to give entire sat
isfhction upon trial.
_ _
"CORN PLOUGH."
We also call the especial attention of farmers,
to KROUSER'S Patent Pennsylvania Buggy CORN
['Lotion, which are admitted to surpass all now in
use. Farmers wishing a first rate article of this
kind, mill do well to call and examine this, before
purchasing elsewhere.
DoiPt forget the place, a few doors West of th
Museum, where the undersigned will be pleased to
wait on their friends and the public vnerally. All
achin es manufactured from the best material,
"AND W ARRA NTED."
J. ‘,ONTGOMERY & BROTHER,
West Chesnut Street, Lancaster.
thno-11
Notice to Distillers,
AND ALL WHOM IT ,MAY CONCERN
cob
We
city
f
p ir j ie i i a t ‘ z . e e e ‘ C. r e i t N l e e d e ‘ t. '
ters Patent, recorded in the Patent office in the city
of Washington, certain useful improvements in the
construction of Stills, which iinprnvements consist
of an additional tub, called a dr : :I , llg tub, which
is placed partly above the still, xhich tub the
dembler is inclosed, the beer whist, is pumped into
the upper tub passes down by a plug pipe,iifto the
doubling tub, where it is brought to a boamg state
before it is let iuto 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 Iron. one tub to the other, or from the
tub into the still.
'laving received intbrmation,amounting to proof,
that my patent fur 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
lull 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. •
Feb. 22, IS-1S
Greatest Agricultural Improvement of the Age
PATENTED, NOVEMBER 4, 1846, TO
_ll. W. SMITH,
OF PARADISE, LANCASTER COUNTY
PATENT LEVER 'DRILL
Or Grain
1 MIE advantages of this machine are fully estab
lished by use and experiment, and are:
let, A saving of from two to three pecks of seed
per acre.
2d, An equal distribution of any given quantity
of seed covered at an uniform depth.
3,1, A saving of labor, as tins machine can be
made to complete from S to IS acres per day.
4th, The grain is not so liable to lie thrown out
by frost.
sth, It stands stronger and firmer, grows more
rapidly', is not so liable to be injured by the rust,
and overcomes and outgrews the actien or the fly.
6th, Where these machines have been used, the
saving of seed and increase of product amounted
to from 10 to 25 per cent.
The great characteristics of this machine, over
all others oithe kind, are its simplicity, durability,
and economy, and the clyility and certainty with
which it can be set or altered, by a regulated index
and gauge, to drill or plant any given quantity of
per acre at any required depth.
This machine is made with moveable teeth at
present, to suit unevenness of the ground. It
will answer alike :I4 rough and smooth land.
Maniditcturet; he the Patentee at Concord, Lan
caster county. Add:e's to Paradise Post Office.'
11. W. S 11 UCH. Patentee.
AGENTS—WN. ICIRKPATRICK, Lancaster City.
A. A. L. WITMEE, Paradise.
in' Revolving iier se-Rakes for sale :It the above
places, and at J. itUMPE & Co.'s Hardware Store,
Columbia.
April 10, '49 6m-11
Spreclier Rohrees Cheap Hard-
Ware Store.
HARDWARE, Glass, Paints, Oils, and Varnishes
at that long established stand, East King st ,
Lancaster, fbrmerly occupied by Howett & Krieder,
a few doors east of the Court House, next door to
the Drug Store of James Smith, and opposite Geo.
Messenkop's lintel, which they have recently taken
and where they will carry on the business.
They most respectfully beg leave to invite the
attention of their friends and acquaintances to their
stock of Hardware, which they have just opened
and will sell at the most reasonable prices, includ
ing every variety of Iron and Steel, Latches, Locks,
Bolts, Hinges, Screws, and all kinds of building
materials, every description of Files, Blacksmith's
Bellows, Saddlery, best warranted Edge Tools,
Plaues,.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; alas a highly approved
COOKING STOVE.
The attention of young beginners is particularly
called to their Mil and complete assortment of
household utensils.
Dbtermined to sparbsspains to accommodate
purchasers, and lip stea „ adherence to business,
they expect to merit a continuance of the liberal
patronage thus far bestowed upon them.
GEORGE D. SPRECHER,
REURE.N S. ROHRER. -
Old Metal and Flaxseed taken in exchange for
goods. jan
REMOVAL—T. C. WILEY,
Fashionable Boot and Ladies Shoe
Establishment.
rr 11 E undersigned begs leave to return his k ,
~_ thanks to the public for the encourage- . 4
ment heretofore extended to him, and - to ac
quaint his firmer patrons and friends and the pub
lic generally, that he has removed his fashionable
hoot and shoe store from North Queen to East King
street, dirictly opposite Mrs. Messenkop's Hater,
rnd one door east of James Smith's Apothecary,
where he is prepared to do all work in his line lit
business with neatness and despatch. lie has on
hand a general assortment of
French & Morocco Skins for Boots,
to which branch of his business he devotes particu
lar attention, and guarantees his Boots to be made
in the neatest and most fashionable manner. Ile
has also just received from the city an assortment
or lasts of the most fashionable styles for Ladies
Shoes. Ile also keeps constantly on hand an as
sortment of Ladies' and Misses' Shoes of his own
manufacture, which lie is confident will give gen
eral satisfaction, as they are made in the neatest
and most fashionable manner.
April 25, IS4S
DENTISTRY,
D. J. WAYLAN would respectfully inform the
citizens of Lancaster, and others, that he has
moved his Offi- e, and pow occupies Rooms oppo
site Scholfield's Hotel, North Queen Street,—and
as numbers in this city and elsewhere, can testify
to his skill and faithfulness in the various operations
of Dental Surgery, it is only necessary here to say,
that he will spare no efforts to render entire satis
faction as heretofore.
For the information of those who are yet stran
gers to his manner of operating, he would take this
occasion to remark, that the Baltimore College of
Dental Surgery awarded to him the FIRST PRE
MIUM, a Mounted Rosewood Bar of Dental Instru
ments, as a testimonial of his superior skill in the
various operations pertaining to the profession of
Dentistry.
February 6, '49 tt-2
CITY OF LANCASTER, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 3, 1849.
OF THE NEW YORK STORE
ARE now opening a choice and well selected
assortment of Goods, suitable for the season,
to which they respectfully solicit the attention of
purchasers, consisting in part of the following
Goods, viz :
LADIES' GOODS.
Splendid Plain and Embroidered Canton Crape
Shawls from S to 30 dollars. •
Silk Shawl* Barrege :Shawls.
Paris Grenadinis and Utgandres.
Plain and Fancy Ber'reges, all colors. -
Mourning Floods in great Variety.
Linen Lusterd Ginghams.
Mouslin de' Laines, from 12 to 31 cts.
Scotch Ginghams.
Lawns, beautiful assortment.
White Goods for Ladies' Dresses.
Swiss Books, Mulls, Jaconets, Nansooks, &c
French Worked Standing Collars.
French Embroidered Capes.
French andl Swiss Edgings and Insertings.
Bajou's Kid Gloves, a full assortment.
Lisle Thread,
Silk Gloves', embroidered and plain.
Wide Sash Ribbons, very handsome.
Bonnet Ribbons, beautifhl assortment.
Cap and Faincy Neck Ribbons, very rich.
Ilellings' 131 k and Fancy, full assortment.
Parasols and Parasollets, "
Hosiery in All Styles, " "
GENTLEMEN'S 'VEAL!.
Palm Leaf Hats, a full assortment.'
Leghorn Braid, Dunstable Braid, Rice Straw and
English Braid Hats, in full, assortment fur Boys and
Men.
Plain Brown Linen Coating.
Fancy Cheek -Linen for Punts and Vests.,
Plain and Twill'd lilk Summer Cloth,
Golden Mia'd CoddingtOns.
111 k French . Drab d'Ete.i
6-4 French Lustering, English new for Gent
Summer Coating.
7-4 Single Twill'd 131 k French Cloth.
Silk and Satin Vestings,lgreat variety. •
White and Fancy Marseilles Vestings.
Cravats, Waves, Collars; Hosiery, &c. &c.
May 1,'49 l 14
SAVINGS INSTITUTION.
..:10,NEY LOST—BY OT CALLING AT
Plokrrion 4 Snieliz's.
fIUR friends and the public will please read,
kJ bein g that we have just received a splendid
assortment of DRY GOODS, &c., which we will
sell as low and perhaps a little lower thancan he
had elsewhere. The
style and q uality cannot be
excelled by arty other store in the city. We most
cordially invite all to call and examine our § tock of
DRY GOODS,
Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestings, Sc., Changeable and
Plain and Satin Stripe Alpacas, De Lains or various
shades, Linen Lustre, Laii.ins, Gilig,hams, Calicoes,
Hosiery, Gloves, Bleached and Unbleached Muslins
with a variety or other for'eign and domestic Dry
Goods.
Groceries and' Q?teensware,
Tea. Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, with every article
in the grocery line. Oran ] s, Lemons, Figs, Rai
sins, Candies, Almon '3; Filberts, Cream and
Ground Nuts, dtc. ,
Baskets—French md other travelling, also mar
keting Basket",ith or without covers, Basket
Carriagez,>r. , &c.
ILLICKi;REL.
150 Bbls. 1 and ; bbls. o f the choicest brands—
Mackerel warsanted. I
JACOB W EITZEL
0:4
TOBACCO AND SEGARS wholesale and retail
. . .
We would especially invite the attention or all
who wish to purchase arti i eles at the lowest possi
ble prices to call at No. 80. North Queen St., under
the Museum, two squares from the Court House.
PINKITTON & SMELTZ.
April 3, '49 ly-10
fr HE attention of Country Dealers, Coach Makers,
Cabinet Makers and others using Varnish, is
called to a large lot just received by the subscriber.
It embraces Coach, Coach Body, Polishing, No. 1
Furniture, No. 2 ditto, COmmon ditto, Brown Ja
pan, Scraping, Picture, Biti.ck and White. These
Varnishes are from Smithis Celebrated Factory in
New York, and are reputed the best in this Cotintry.
They are : put up in BarrelS, Half Barrels, Kegs and
Cans, and wiß be furnished to dealers and others
who purchase largely at Sinith's Prices.
GEO. A. MILLER, Druggist,
West King Street, Lancaster, Penn'a.
April 17,'99 3m-12
CHARLES M. ERBEN BR()
Hate this day opened at their
NEW STORE,
In the National House Building, North Queen SI.,
AN ENTIRE New and;choice stock of the most
desirable kinds, stylCs and qualities of
1)1{1( GOODS
Ever before offered in thiS l city• Their stock em
braces a Mil tmd most elegant assortment of every
thing in the
Fancy and Staplo Dry Goods Line,
And will be sold at remarkable low rates.
Their long acquaintaned with the business in this
city warrants them in saying that they will be able
to sell the right kind of goods, and at the
RIG HT FRIGES!
They will be constantly teceiving every new style
of goods - as they appear in the market; and it will
be their earnest endeavor-Ito satisfy all those who
may favor them with a call.
CHAS. M. ERBF.N Ss BRO.
tf-6
Coach andi Carriage
1
M INUFACTORY.
rpHE subseribers, formerly in the.., 7 . , 7?N - Q
i l
I employ of G. B. MoWery, would
respectfully iinform their riends and Wila m iiio -•
the public generally, that they have taken the old
and well-known stone, corner of Duke and Orange
streets ' where they are preparedl to manufacture
every thing in their line, consisting of
COACHES', CHARIOtEES, - ROCKAWAY,
•
SULKEYS, PEDLARIWAGONS, SQUARE
BODY WAGONS,
Of the latest and most imProved patterns, which in
point of style, neatness, and durability, cannot be
surpassed by any other establishment in this section
of the country.
Particular 'attention will he paid to all kinds of
repairing, and work executed at the shortest notice'
and on the most accomod' ting terms.
Orders Inc any descript on of Vehicle, will be
thankfully received and ,personally attended . 'to.
All work warranted to be lof the best materials and
workmahship, There arelno apprentices employed
at this establishment. Call and see before pOrcha
sing elsewhere.
By moderate charges and strict attention to bus
iness, they 'hope to receive a reasonable share of
patronr;;e. GEORPE DECKER,
Bookbindery.
IHE undersigned here 4 returns his
sincere thanks to his respected pa
trons; and the public in general, for the
liberal encouragement in his business, w ,
BOOK-BINDING; and makes known, at the same
time, that he still continues at his old AND WELL
KNOWN STAND, in Noi.th Prince Street Lancas
ter, Pa., to carry on his business, in all its various
branches. His work, in regard to beauty, durabil
ity and cheapness, cannot be exceeded by any other
in the State.
At the sante time, he deems it not superfluous
here to remark, that he likewise continues the bus
iness of writing POWERS OF ATTORNEY, LET
TERS, DEATH CERTIFICATES, RENUNCIA
TION DEEDS, &c., for his German countrymen,
as desired ; and will alsci send moneys for thorn to
any place in Germany, with perfect safety
July 4, IS4IS
T. C. WILEY.
tf-I3
LANCATER CITY IRON WORKS.
TAMES WHITEHILL ! Iron Founder and Mann
)facturer of Steam Engines, Boilers, Rolling and
all other kinds of MILL GEARING, Shafting, Cot
ton Machinery, Blaneing Machines, double and
single geared, Slidekand Hand Lathes, upright and
horizontal Boring Mills, of which I guarantee
to build on the most improved plans and finish in
the best style of workmanship.
N. B. Drawings, plans,tspecifications and estima
tes of mills and machi.ery made at the shortest
notice.
Oct 10, 1848
" THAT COUNTRY IS THE MOST PROSPEROUS, WHERE LABOR COMMANDS THE GREATEST REWARD.,,-BIICFIAAAN
Griel & Gilbert,
Varnish Varnish I
'BUG 1 Y and YORK WA GONGS
DANI]L A. ALTICK.
3m-II
PHILIP C. RANNINGER.
Iy-23
Read! Relief for the Afflicted.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY, that I have this day
imparted my instructions to Messrs. G. B.
MARKLEY & SON, with the privilege of commu
nicating them to others.
From the acquaintance and gentlemanly deport
ment of Mr. klarkley, I take pleasure in recom
mending both him and his Son, to the afflicted in
any place where they may offer my remedies, as
being as well qualified.as myself in all respects to
impart, prescribe or administer my remedies
Given under my hand and seal this 2Sth day of
Alay, 1849.
DR. S. M. SHANNON, [SEAL.]
of Nashville, Tennessee
G. B. MARKLEY & SON,
AAT OULD respectfully announce to the citizens
of Lancaster and the public in general, that
they have purchased the agency from Dr. S. M.
SHANNON, of Nashville, Tennessee, as the above
certificate will show under his hand and seal.
His unparalelled success in the treatment of a
large majority of those diseases which have ever
been regarded as incurable by the modern and
more fashionable practice, lilts induced him to send
fiirth this card to the afflicted portion of mankind.
He has within the past twelve months imparted in
structions to upwards of .2000 citizens of Tennessee,
Cirginia, North and South Carolina, Kentucky, and
Indiana, among them physicians of high standing,
and they all bear testimony of their entire satisfac
tion. He has also succeeded in giving permanent
relief to nearly 3000 individuals, ample proof of
which he can adduce. It is not pretended that the
Concentration of the results of medical research
emanates from one author, for be he ever so versed
in medical Science, he would coniefar, far short of
so herculean a tusk. •
Dr. S. has been engaged since 1536, in selecting
and purchasing all the popular and secret remedies
which could be obtained in England, Ireland, Ger
many and the United States, from those who were
eminently successful in curing some one of the
following diseases, viz: rheumatism, dyspepsia,
sick and nervous headache, pains or weakness in
the back and joints, paralysis, neuralgia, spinal
affections, epilepsy, toothache, contractions of the
muscle, weak or inflamed eyes, piles, asthma, can
cer, letter, trust bite, scrofula, ulcers, mercurial
diseases of long standing, female diseases, general
debility, &c.
For full instructions, for the cure of all diseases
originating in, or causing the derangement of the
nervous system, so that those who receive instruc
tions can act with equal efficiency as themselves,
their charge is only TEN DOLLARS.
Persons afflicted with any of the above named
diseases would do well to call on the above named
Agents, and if - not effectually relieved, no remune
ration will be required ffir their services. Their
motto is "NO CURE, NO PAY."
N. 13.—1 n connection with the above we are pre
pared to meet the wants of the sick and afflicted.
G. B. MARKLEY & SON,
June 5, '49-19] No. 60 East King street
HORACE F. ASH. ISAAC R. HILLER
Land and General Agency Office.
AT THE CAPITAL OPI ILLINOIS,
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.
To non-residents owners of Illinois Lands—Holders
of Illinois Indebtedness, and all persons desirous
of purchasing State lands with Illinois scrip or
bonds.
THE undersigned would respectfully infiirrn the
public, that they have established in this City
—the capital of the state of Illinois—a Land and
General Agency Office for the transaction of all
business appertaining thereto, within the limits of
the State.
All transactions relative to the purchase and sale
of lands, examining lands and reporting their loca
tion, anvantattes and value, paying taxes, redeem
ing land sold tor taxes, investigating titles, &c.,
busing, and selling all descriptions of state indebt-,
edness, this and every other description of business
attached to a General Land Agency on the most
extended scale, will be promptly and filithfully
attended to.
ASH & DILLER
SPRINGFIELD, March h 4, '49.
REFERENCES
Hon. James Buchanan, Lancaster, Penn'a
" Benj. Champneys,
Reah Frazer, Esq., t 4 r,
Wm. Mathiot, Esq.,
Boland Diller, Esq., Ter; Holland, Penn
Gabriel Davis, Esq., "
Hon. Daniel Sturgeon,
" Jas. Cooper,
James Fox, Esq., Harrisburg, Penn'a
Gen. Robert Patterson, Philadelphia, "
" Adam Diller, i
64
Jos. L. Chester, Esq., ~
Col. S. \V. Black, Pittsburg, ci
His Ex'l A. C. French, Governor Illinois.
Hon. Thos. H. Campbell, Auditor
' John Moore, Treasurer , i
" S. 11. Treat, Judge Supreme Court
" Lyman Trumbull, '
- " J. Dean Caton, .r
April 17, IS-19.11
U. S. Senate
Schceneck Coach 311anufaclory.
1 illi: subscriber respectfully informs his friends
and customers, that he has now .on hand a
large stock of CA /2/ZIA GE S,
BUGGYS and ROCKA IVA YS,
of the most approved Eastern patterns, trimmed in
the neatest and newest style, and of workmanship
that will be sure to recommend itself., Orders for
carriages will be punctually attended to, and de. ,
livered at any place that may-be requested. The
subscriber is resolved to do his utmost to please hit
customers, and in regard to cheapness lie is re.
solved not to be undersold by any shop in the state
He invites his friends to call and examine his word
before purchasing elsewhere. He also return:
thanks to his customers in different counties, who
have so well supported hint, thus Ihr.
Old carriages and produce s taken in exchange fb
new ones,—and all kinds of repairs executed with
cheapness and expedition—such as, painting ne
trimming old- carriages. All kinds of Blacksmii
and Wood work, Imlonging to my business, wil
be executed. Letters must be addressed to
JESSE REINHOLD,
Schimmel( P. 0., Lancaster County.
May I, 1849. 6m-14
SHENK & LONG'S
Coal and Lumber Yard.
T HE subscribers have taken the Coallrard on
Prince Street, in the city of Lancaster, lattly
owned and occupied by Messrs. H. & J. Reinluid,
where they intend keeping a general assortment of
COAL FOR FAMILY USE,
such as Lykens' Valley, Baltimore Company, Pine-
Grove, Shamokin, Pittston, &c., with a great variety
of Coal for lime-horning and Sulphur Coal kir
smithing. Also, a general
ASSORTM - ENT OF LUMBER,
will be kept constantly on hand. having made ar
rangements with the Saw Mills, every kind of bill
stuff will be furnished at the shortest notice.
It is the intention of the subscribers to give their
personal attention to the business; and their object
will be at all times to please and accommodate all
‘vhn may favor them with their custom, pledging
themselves to sell as low as any others in the city
of Lancaster or its vicinity. Now is the time for
Bargains! B. F. SHENK,
R. H. LONG.
In retiring. from business, our friends and the
public generally have our thanks for the very libe
ral patronage they best Owed upon us while in busi
ness, and hope the same may be extended to our
successors, Messrs. Shenk & Long, as . we are
confident they will merit the confidence of the
public. B. & J. REINHOLD.
May 27, '49 IS
....
Rernoval-Eurniture Ware-Robin.
•
RIGEORbK.P. ROTE bar removed his
FLI i?.. NITUPE WAR E-11! 00 M ,
to the Mechanics , Ins;titufe, in South Queen
Street, where. he will keep on hand 'or make to
order, at short notice, all the fashionable and plain
varieties or Chairs and Furniture.
Persons in want of gocd and cheap Furniture of
any description are invited to call before purchasing
Kr The Undertaker's branch of the business
particularly attended to. [May 15'49-16
E. M. HARIBRIGHT,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
TTAS removed his establishment from his old
stand to one door below COOPERS, directly
opposite the Lamb Tavern, where he keeps con
stantly on hand Clothe, Cassimeres, Vestings,
which he is prepared to make up for customers,
after the newest and most approved - fashions. He
is thankful for past favors, and will be grateful fo - r
a continuance of public patronage.
april 24 • 6m-1:i,
WILLIAM F. -BRYAN, Attorney at of
ace opposite Sprecher , a Hotel, East King.
Lancaster. ' Wet: 8-40-ti
The Birth-Day of Freedom.
TuNE.--" Anacreon in Heaven.'
All hail to the Birth of the happiest Land,
That the Sun in his journey is proud to awaken,
Heie - -Energy—Enterprize—Knowledge command,
By i /Lstaele hearten'd—by Danger unshaken!
Virtue, Valour, unite,
Prop the Pillar of Might,
Rear'd by Him, who surmounts it an Angel of Light!
Oh! proud beat our Hearts, and our Valour swells
high,
Un tke Birth-day of Freedom—the FOURTH OF JULY!
Long--long was the Conflict—and doubtful the
• Fray.
Whet to crush the Phillistine our David descended ;
➢ut Justice, indignant, decreed Us the Day,
And Heaven our Virtue and Valour befriended.
Then our Chieftain belor'd,
And Compatriots approved,
From,the Camp to the Senaterin majesty moved
We Reemen were bornoand lye Freemen will die,
And ai.Oath we renew—on each FOURTH OF JULY !
The tyre of the Bard—the Historian's Page,
Shall 'our Chieftain resound 'till Fame's clarion
sever;
The tru—the Statesman—the Christian—the Sage,
Who aws bound with Freedom in Union forever.
Oh! accurst let Him rave,
And no Lenity save,
Who hares plant a nettle on Washington's grave !
Our !leaks to Mount Vernon, sad Pilgrims will hie,
To wren at his Shrine—on the FOURTH ot• JULV!
o,Frerdonf !—how soothing to Sense and to Thought,
The Nurse of the Arts—and the Cradle of Science!
To protect thee, our `fires their Descendants have
taught,
A'nd we scorn foreign Threats, and ice ask Af Al
liance !
For Who dare molest, •
The fair Queen of the West,
While her Sons imbibe NVarnor-blood from her
breast!
Ye matrons, the accents your Infants first try,
Be Washington—Freedom—and Founrx 01 JULY !
Here—Genius his Badges, respected, may wear;
Ambition toil rising the Mount of Promotion:
Iterc—Ycomanry whistle, unarm'd, at' his Share;
And Religion choose sarely her Shrine of Devotion !
Here Modesty roves,
In Cashmcrian groves,
Like Innocence led by the Graces and Loves!
Ye Bards of the West!—to no Helicon fly,
The Theme shall inspire—on the FOURTH cc JULY!
Ifere—Commerce, exulting, shall spread her white
wings;
Ilere—the Fields, breathing perfume, wear golden
their tresses;
To the base rumbling Wheel, here the shrill Anvil
rings,
And the taper's late vigil pale Study conlbsses.
Where's a Country on Earth,
So Divine in her Birth,
Can boast of such Prowess, such Beauty, such
Worth
Wlio loves not his Country, abash'd let him ll v,
To the caverns or darkness—this Fun RTII or J LILY !
Shimld iactimt—Encroachment—Oppressi• n arise
W instinctively turn to our good -Constitution;
The Cynosuregtin our political skies!
The Oracle—lfnowing, nor Change, nor Pollution;
Lo! the eye of the Seer,
In Futurity's year,
Sees America—Empress of Nations appear!
the Great God of Armies, Who marshals the sky
Let our Gratitude rise—on this FOURTH OF JULY!
Declaration of Independence.
fy the Repre.sentahres r!I . Nee tniled States of Amer
left. in Congress assembled. . Ju ly Ith,
WHEN, in the course of human events, it becoMes
necessary for one people to dis.solve the political
hands which have connected them with another,
and assume, among the powei . s of the earth, the
separate and equal S t tatiou to which the laws of na
ture and natures God entitle them, a decent respect
to the opinions of mankind requires that they should
declare the causes which impel them to the sepa
ration.
We hold these troths to be self-evident- that all
men are created equal: that they are endowed by
their creator with certain unalienable rights; that
among these are lite, liberty. alit' the pursuit of
happiness. That to secure these rights governments
are instituted am Jug men. deriving their just powers
from the consent of the governed; that whenever
any form of government becomes destructive of
these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or
to abolish it. and to institute new government, lay
ing its Mundation on such principles, and organizing
its powers in such form. as they shall seem most
likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence,
indeed, will dictate, that go% crnments long establish
ed should not be changed for light and transient
causes: and accordingly all experience bath shewn.
that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while
evils are sufferable. than to right thernselveS by
abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations,
pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a
design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it
is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such
government, and to provide 1112'.V guards for their
nature security. Such has been the patient suffer
ing of these colonies; and such now is the necessity
which constrains them to alter their former systems
of gavel nmera. The history of the present King
of Great Britain is a history of repented iuju ries and
usurpations, all having in direct ohjega the estab
lishment of an absolute tyranny over' hese states.
To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid
world:
He has refused Ills assent to laws the most whole
some and necessary for the public good.
Ile has forbidden his governors to pass laws of
immediate and pressing importance, unless suspen
ded in their operation till his assent should be ob.
tained, and when so suspended he has utterly neg
lected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accom
modation of large districts of people. unless these
people should relinquish the rit;ht of representation
in the legislature; a right ineF timable to them aud
formidable to tyrants only.
lie has called together legislative bodies at places
unusual, uncomfortable, ant', distant from the re
pository of their public records, for the sole purpose
of fatiguing them intc, compliance with his mea
sures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeated.
ly, for opposing, with manly firmness, his invasions
on the rights of tae people.
He has refused. for a long time. after such disso
lution, to cause others to be elected, whereby the
legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have
returned to the people at large for their exercise;
the state remaining in the meantime exposed to all
the danger of invasion from without, and convul.
sions from within.
He has endeavored to prevent the population of
these states; for that purpose obstructing the laws
of naturalization of foreigne rs: refusing to pass
others to encourage their mirjation hither, and rais
ing the conditions of new appropriations of lands.
He has obstructed the administration of justice,
by refusing his assent to laws for establishing judi
ciary powers, s .
He has made :judges dependent on his will alone
for the tenure, o f their offices and the amount and
payment e', their salaries.
He erected a multitude of new offices and
sent l' . ,ither swarms of officers, to harrass our peo
ple and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in time of peace, staid:
ing armies, without ,consent of our legislatures;
He has affected to render the military indepen
dent of and superior to the civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to u
jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unac
knowledged by our laws: giving his assent to their
acts of pretended legislation:
For quartering large bodiea of armed troops
among us:
For protecting them, by a mock trial, from pun
ishment of any murders which they should commit
on the inhabitants of these states:
For cutting off our trade with all parts of the
world:
For imposing taxes on us without ons consent:
For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits
of trial by jury.
Fo'r transporting us beyond seas to the tried for
pretended offences: , .
For abolishing the free . I . istem. of English laws
in a neighboring province, establishing therein an
arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries.
so as to render it an example and fit instrument
for introducing the same absolute rule into these
colonies:
For taking away our charters, abolishing our
most valuable laws, altering fundamentally the
forms of our government:
For Suspending our own legislatures, and declar
ing themselves invested with power to legislate for
us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated government here, by declaring
us out of his protection, and waging war against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts,
burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our
people.
He is, at this time, transporting large armies of
foreign mercenaries to complete the work of death,
desolation and tyranny, already begun with circum•
stances of cruelty and perfidy, scarcely paralleled
in the most barbarous ages, and 'totally unworthy
the head of a civilized :nation.
Ile has constrained ..ur fellow citizens, taken
captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their
country, to become the executioners of their friends
and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst
us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants
of our frontiers- the merciless Indian savages, whose
known rule of warfare is an undistinguished de
struction of all ages, sexes and conditionsA
In every stage of these- oppressions we have pe
titioned for redress in the most humble terms. Our
repeated petitions have-been answered only by re
pealed injury. A prince, whose character is thus
marked by every act which may define a
. tyrant,
is unlit to be the ruler of of a free people.
Nor have we been wanting in attention to our !'
British brethren. We have warned them from
time to time of attempts made by their legislature
to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us.
We have reminded them of the circumstance of our
emigration and settlement here. We have appealed
to their native justice and magnaminity, and we
have conjured them by the ties of our common
kindted, to disavow the usurpations, which would
inevitably interrupt our connexions and correspon
deuce. They, too, have been deaf to the voice of
justice and consanguinity. We must, therefore.
acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our
separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of
mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the United
States of America; in General Congress assembled,
appealing to the Supreme Judge of the World for
the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name and
by the authority of the good people of these colo
nies, solemnly publish and declare, that these United
Colonies, are, and of right ought to be FREE and
INDEPENDENT STATES: that they are absolved
from all allegiance to the British crown, and that
all political connexion between them and the state
of Great Britain is and ought to be totally dissolved,
that as Free and Independent States, they have full
power ;o levy war, conclude peace, contract anion
! cos. establish commerce, and do all other acts and
ilings which inderiendent states may of right do.
And for the support of this declaration, with a firm
reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, vi e
mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes,
and our sacred honor.
JOHN HANCOCK, Pres't.
C/lARLES Tnovi'sox, -
reltaneous.
Heavy Hearts and Light'llearts.
What's the use of it? Trouble, trouble, trouble
—what a world of it we have! "Man is born to
trouble: . and "all in vanity and vexation of spirit
-thus and thus it is written. There are the trou
bles of infancy, of youth, of manhood, of old age !
The ,troubles of poverty, and the trougss of riches!
The trouble of living, and the trouble ;:if dying!
Who has not his troubles ?—who claims exemption
rom, who sees the end of them? And yet, after
all. what's the use of it! This fretting and repining
—this sorrowing and sighing—this 'moping and
. mourning—making misery more miserable—in the
name of common sense. I say, what's the vse of it ?!
Does it soothe pain, soften affliction, or ward off
misfortune! Will it call back deceased Criends, or
prevent others from dying? or deliver us from pov
erty. or make us healthy, or meliorate in one par
iicular our condition? Then do say, for the very
sake of sadness, what's the use of it!
Suppose the times are tight and pinching; that'
trade is dull; that you have not money enough to
live as well as you wish, and are obliged to labor
harder, even for the little you obtain, than is agree-1
able; do you grieve about it? do you abandon
hope, and with yourself dead Pshaw! what's the
vse q it! You get along, you will always get
if you are industrious and frugal : and the!
I
most fortunate do no more. Besides, a light heart j
will not break your fortune. hor aheavy one make it.
Is it your misfortune to have one of those pests
of society. a slanderous neighbor, who speaks ill of •
you. mil delights to do you every secret, back
handerrinjnry he can; who never fails secretly to
traduce your character, misrepresent your conduct'
and motives, and even tries to excite prejudice I
against you! And does this discompose and trouble
you! What's the use of it? Keep the windward I
of the fellow—let your actions give the lie to his
accusations, and you need not employ words for the
purpose. Wait the issue, and you will see the
maxim verified in his case, that he who "spitteth
against the wind spitteth in his own face.'' And
here, too.'it may be remembered that a heavy heart
is no answer to an accusation, though it may be a
false one, and that a light heart is not the heart
that pleads guilty before men; you had better,
therefore, have the last than the first, 6n all accounts.
Are men dishonest? Will a long face and a sad
heart reform them? Are you sometimes deceived,
wronged, cheated ? Will being discouraged mend
the matter, or melancholy make you sharper in
your future dealings? Not a whit Losses are
lessons; all men buy their experience at the same
market, though all may not pay the same price for
the commodity. The only way is to make much
of what comes dear; and you can do this with a
light heart better than with a heavy one. A heavy
heart,—what's the vse of it ? Will it make your
fortune! No; it Willmar it. That's the use of it.
Patience Under Injuries.
Has any one permitted himself to make use of
injurious expressions towards you ? Reply to him
by blessings. Does he treat you ill? Be patient.
Does he reproach you? Is the reproach just? If
it he, condemn yourself; if not, it is but a - breath
of air. Flattery could not really impart a merit
*.o you, if you have it not; nor calumny give you
faults that you do not actually possess. Does he
tax you with ignorance ? In showing yourself
angry, you justify the charge. Does he persecute
you? Think. of Jesus Christ. Can you ever suf.
ter as he has suffered?—St. Basil the Great.
The Way to WM.
At one of the anniversaries of a Sabilath school
in London, two little girls presented t hemselves
to receive a prize, one of whom had recited one
verse more than the other, both having learned
several thousand verses of Scripture. The gentle
man who presided inquired "Ann, couldn't you
have learned one verse more, and thus have Iterit up
with Martha?" "Yes, sir," the blushing child re
plied ; "but I loved Martha, and kept back onpuryose."
"And was there any one of all the verses you .have
learned," again inquired the President, "that taught
you this lesson?" "There is, sir," she answered,
blushing still more deeply: "In ' honor preferring
one another."
i-r" The sun is like God, Balding, abroad life,
beauty, and happiness; and the stars like human
souls, for all their glory comes from the sun.—
Jean Paul.
Death-Bed Scene of 'Ex-President
Polk. -
The Nashville correspondent of the New York
Herald gives the following interesting account of
the last moments of Mr. Porn : •
Yesterday, at twenty minutes before five o'clock,
P. M., James K. Polk expired. at his residence in
this city. Mr. Polk had suflbred from diarrhoea,
on his way up the Mississippi river from NeW
Orleans, in March ; but the attack passed off and
he reached this city in good health. A few days
after his arrival he moved into his new mansion. a
stately edifice, which has just been completed and
furnished in a style of combined elegance and taste.
His estate lies in the very heart of te city, on an
eminence known as Grundy's Hill, having been the
home of the Hon. Felix Grundy, from whose heirs
Mr. Polk purchased the property.
Having taken up his abode here, the ex-President
gave himself up to the improvement of the grounds,
and was seen every day about his dwelling, aiding
and directing the workmen he had employed.--
Now overlooking a carpenter, now giving instrue
tions to a gardener, often attended by Mrs. Polk,
whose exquisite taste constituted the element of
every improvement. It is not a fortnight since
that I saw him on his lawn directing some men,
who were removing decayity , cedars. . I was
struck with his erect and healthful bearing, and the
active energy of his manner, which gave promise
of long lire. His flowing grey locks alone made
him appear beyond the middle age of life. He
seemed in full health. The next day, being rainy,
he remained within and began to arrange his large
library ; and the labor of reaching books from the
floor and placing them on the shelves, brought on
fatigue and Flight fever, which the next day as
sumed the character of disease in the form of
chronic diarrhoea, which was with him a complaint
of many years' standing, and readily induced upon
his system by any over exertion.
For the first three days, his friends felt no alarm.
But the disease baffling their skill, (and for skilful
physicians, Nashville will compare with the first
cities in the Union) Dr. Hay, his brother-in-law,
and family physician for twenty years, was sent for
from Columbia. But the skill and experience of
this gentleman, aided by the highest medical talent,
proved of no avail. • Mr. Polk continued gradually
to sink from day to day. The disease was checked
upon him four days before his death, but his con
stitution was so weakened, that there did not re- •
main recuperative energy enough in the system for
healthy reaction. He sunk away so slowly and
insensibly, that it was eight hours after the heavy
death respirations commenced before he died.
He died without a struggle, simply ceasing to
breathe, as when deep and quiet sleep falls upon a
weary man.
About half an hour preceding Ifis death, his ven
erable mother entered the room, and kneeling by
his bedside, offered up a beautiful prayer to the ;
king of kings, and lord of lords," committing the
soul of her son to his holy keeping. The scene
was strikingly impressive. Major Polk, the Presi
dent's brother, was also by Ins bedside, with other
members of the family.
Upon the coffin is placed a plain silver plate,
with these words J. K. POLK, Born November
1795 ; Died June 15, 1849."
The body lies in State to-day. The noble draw.
ing rooms are shrouded in black, and every wiq•.
dow in mourning with black scarfs of crape. The
tall white columns of the majestic portico facing
the south are completely shrouded in black.
The funeral took place at 4 o'clock this after
noon, masonic ceremonies being first performed in
he drawing room over the body. I saw the body
before it was encoffined. The features are in noble
composure. Death has impressed upon them the
seal of majesty. In his life, his features neverwore
that impress of command and intellectual strength,
that seemed now chiselled upon their marble out
line. He was habited in a plain suit of black, and
a copy of the Constitution of the United States was
placed at his feet. Reiore being taken to the cem
etery, the body was hermetically soldered within 'a
copper coffin.
From the house the funeral cortege, which was
very large, (all places of business being closed by
order of our good Whig Mayor,) proceeded to the
Methodist Episcopal Church, where, after services
performed by the Rev. Mr. McFarren, it was con
veyed to the cemetery, followed by a vast con
-course of citizens. The body was deposited in the
Grundy vault, temporarily; but it will soon be re
moved to a vault on the lawn of the ex-Presidentitl
mansion, where a willow now stands, and over it
will be erected a stately marble cenotaph ; thus the
President from Tennessee will lie entombed in the
heart of its capital. Mr. Polk, by will, the ev,ening
before his death, gave the lawn to the State, in
perpetuity, for this purpose.
Mr. Polk sent for the Rev. Dr. Edgar, of the
Presbyterian Church, seven days before his death,
desiring to be baptised by him. He said to bin)
impressively:
Sir, if I had suspected twenty years ago that I
should come to my death bed unprepared, it wouild
have made me a wretched man ; yet I am abont
to die, and have not made preparation. I have not
even been baptised. Tell me, sir, can there be any
ground inr a man thus situated to hope?'
The Rev. Dr. made known to him the assutiii ,
ces and promises of the gospel that mercifully run
parallel with man's life.
Mr. Polk then remarked, that he had been pre.
vented from baptism in infancy by some accidental
oc'c'urrence, that he had been several times strongly
inclined to be baptized during his administration s •
but that the cares and perplexities of public life
hardly gave him time for thb solemn preparation
requisite, and so procrastination had ripened into
inaction, when it was now almost too late to act.
. .
In his conversation with the Rev. Clergyman, Mb
Polk evinced great knowledge of the scriptures,
which, he said, he had read a great deal, and deep
ly reverenced, as Divine truth; in a word, he was,
theoretically, a christian.
The conversation fatiguing Mr. Polk too unfelt'
for him to be baptised. it was postponed; to take
place the fiat evening; but in the interval, the
ox
-I'resident recollected that when he was Governor,
and lived here, he used to hold many argumeiifs
with the Rev. Mr. McFerren, the talented and pop
ular Methodist minister of the place, his warm per
sonal and political friend, and that he had promised
him that when he did embrace christianity, that
he, the Rev. Mr. McFerren, should baptize him.irt-
He, therefore, sent for the Rev. Dr. Edgar, made
known this obligation, and expressed his intention
to be baptized by his friend the Methodist minister.
The same day the venerable Mrs. Polk, mother: cif
the ex-President, a very pious Presbyterian lad Y,
arrivedzfrom her residence, forty miles distant, ac
companied by her own, pastor, hoping that her dis
tinguished son would consent to be baptized.bV
him.
"Mother," said the dying ex-President, taking h r
affectionately by the hand, "1 ladve . never in my
lite disobeyed you, but you must_ yield 'tu your son
now, and gratify my wishes . Pmust be baplir.Cd
by the Rev. Mr. McFerren.:' • • -
His mother, wi se as she is pious, did not hesitate
to give her conse nt; and in the presence of the Re.'.
Dr. Edgar, and : the Rev. Mr. Mack, of Columbia,
the ex-Presidentreceived the rite of baptism, at the
hands of the Rev. Mr. McFerreii. -
Mr. Polk has died worth . about one hundred
thousand dollars, the bulk of which is settled u.
his amiable lady; who it is to baloped, will lo
make this city her abode—an ornament to its
ciety, for." all lips do praise her." •
A CHRISTIAN'S LIFE.
He envied not the pomp and pincer
Of kings in their triumphint,honi,
The deeds that win a lofty name,'
The songs that give to bards their fame,
He sighed not for the Old that shinesln Guinea's Invoke, in Ophir'aininee;
He stood not at the festivahi.: _
Of nobles in.their. gorgeous halls. , ,
He walked on earth, as wood-streamsr vast,
unseen heneath the freshened grass •
His were purethoughts, and hinxibleL-fititk, , :,
A blamelesilife, and tranquil &tab.'',
He -kept, in days of str;fe . inii wrath,
The Christian's straight and-narrow path; .
.tiut weep than not : - - - Wo:4:4o4lant wee, .14;
When they, who reitin.Jesns eleOp.
Wiiddictif Song*.
CoNunnnust.—When is *i t eer masest
When it makes Jinn,- Mac
When it makes .Adam, dliakiii4trt,;;., •
•
N0.Ff,23.