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OLD DR. JACOB TOWNSEND,
THE ORIGINAL DISCOVERER OF THE
Genuine Townsend Sarsaparilla;
OLD DR. TOWNSEND is now about7o years of.
age, and has long been known as the author
and discoverer of the Genuine Original Townsend
Sarsaparilla. Being poor, he was compelled to
limit its manufacture, by which means it has been
kept out of market, and the sales circumscribed to
those only who had 'proved its worth, and known
its value. It had reached the ears of many, never
thelesa, as those persons who had been healed of
sore diseases, and saved front death, proclaimed
its excellence and wonderful HEALING POWER.
Knowing, many years ago, that he had, by his
skill, science and experience, devised an article
which would be of incalculable advantage to man
kind when the means would be furnished to bring
it into universal notice, when its inestimable virtues
would be known and appreciated. This time has
come, the means are supplied ; this Grand and
Unequalled Preparation is manufactured on the lar
gest scale, and is called for throughout the length
and breadth of the land, especially as it is found
incapable of degeneration or deterioration.
Unlike young S. P. Townsend's, it improves with
age, and never changes, but for the better; because
it is prepared on scientific principles by a scientific
man. The highest knowledge of Chemistry, and
the latest discoveries of the art, have all been
brought into requisition in the manufacture of the
old Des Sarsaparilla. The Sarsaparilla Root, is
well known to medical men contains many medical
properties and some properties which are inert or
useless, and others Which it retained in preparing '
it for use, produce fermentation and acid, which is
injurious to thenystem. Some of the properties of
Sarsaparilla are so volatile, that they entirely evap
orate and are lost in the - preparation, if they are not
preserved by a scientific progress, known only to
those experienced in its manufitcture. Moreover,
these volatile principles, which fly off in vapor, or
as an exhalation, under heat, are the very essential
medical properties of the root, which give to it all
its value.
• Any person can boil or stew the root till they get
a dark colored liquid, which is more from the col
oring matter in the root than from anything else;
they can then strain this insipid or vapid liquid,
sweeten with sour molasses, and then call it 64 Sar
saparilla Extract or Syrup." But such is not the
article known as the
GENUINE OLD DR. JACOB TOWNSEND'S
SARSAPARILLA.
This is.so prepared, that all the ineit properties
of the Sarsaparilla root are first removefi, every
thing capable of becoming acid or of fermentation,
is extracted c rejected; then every particle oi
medical virtue is•secured in a pure and conceatra
ted form; and thus it is rendered incapable of los
ing any of its valuable and healing properties. Pre
pared in this way, it is made the most powerful
agent in the
CURE OF INNUMERABLE DISEASES
Hence•the reason why we hear commendations
on every side in its favor by men, women, and
children. .We find it doing wonders in the cure of
Consumption, Dyspepsia, and Liver Complaint, and
in Rheumatism, Scrofula, Piles, Costiveness, all
Cutaneous Eruptions, Pimples, Blotches, and a❑
affections arising from
IMPURITY OF THE BLOOD
, It possesses a marvelous efficacy in all complaints
arising from Indigestion, from Acidity of the Stom
ach, from unequal circulation, determination of
blood to the head, palpitation of the heart, cold
feet and hands, cold chills and hot flashes over the
body. It has not its equal in Colds and Coughs ;
and promotes easy expectoration and gentle perspi
ration, relaxing strictures of the lungs, throat, and
every other part. But in nothing is its excellence
more manifestly seen and acknowledged than in
all kinds and stages of
FEMALE COMPLAINTS
It works wonders in' cases of Flour Albus or
Whites,
Falling of the Womb, Obstructed, Suppres
sed, or Painful Menses, Irregularity of the mens
trual, periods, and the like, and it is effectual in
curing all4e forms of Kidney Disease.
By removing obstructions, and regulating the
general system, it gives tone and strength to the
whole body, and thus cures all forms of-Nervous
Diseases and Debility, and thus prevents or relieves
a great variety of other maladies, as Spinal Irrita
tion, Neuralgia, St. Vitus' Dance, Swooning, Ep
ileptic Fits, Convulsions, &c.
It cleanses the blood, excites the liver to healthy
action, tones the stomach, and gives good diges
tion, relieves the bowels of torpor and constipation,
allays inflammation ' purifies the skin, equalizes the
circulation of the blood, producing gentle warmth
'equally over all parts of the body, and the insensi
ble perspiration ; relaxes all strictures and tight
ness, removes all obstructions, and invigorates the
entire nervous system:, Is not this then the medi
cine, you pre-eminentli need
But can any of these things be said of S. P. Town -
send>s inferior article I This. young man's liquid
is not to be
COMPARED WITH THE OLD DR'S,
because of one Grand Fact, that the one is incapa
ble of Deterioration, and
NEVER SPOILS,
while the other does; souring, fermenting, and
blowing the bottles containing it into fragments;
the sour, acid liquid exploding, and damaging other
goods ! Must not this horrible compound be pois
onous to the system I What! put acid into a sys
tem already diseased with acid? What causes
Dyspepsia but acid ? Do we not all know that
when food sours in our stomachs, what mischief it
produces? flatulence, heart-burn, palpitation of the
heart, liver complaint, diarrhea, dysentary, colic,
and corruption of the blood ? What is Scrofula
but an acid humor in the body? What produces
all the humors which bring on Eruptions of the
Skin,Scald Head, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, White
Swelings, Fever Sores, and all ulcerations internal
and external 1 It is nothing under heaven but an
acid substance which sours, antthus spoils all the
fluids of the. body, more or ,Whs. What causes
Rheumatism but a sour or acid fluid, which insinu
ates itself between the joints and elsewhere, irrita
ting and inflaming the 'delicate tissues upon which'
it acts 7 So of nervous diseases, of impurity Of the
blood, of deranged circulations, and nearly all the
ailments which affect human nature.
Now is it not horrible to make and sell, and infi
nitely worse to use this
Souring, Fermenting, Acid Compound of S. P.
Townsend,
and yet he would fain have it understood that Old
Dr. Jacob Townsend's Genuine Original Sarsapa
rilla, is an imitation of his inferior preparation.
Heaven forbid that we should deal in an article
which would bear the least resemblance to S. P.
Townsend's article; and which should bring down
upon the old Dr. such a mountain load of complain
and criminations from Agents who have sold, anG
purchasers who have used S. P. Townsend's Fer
menting Compound.
• We wish it understood because it is the absolute
truth, that S. P. Townsend's article and old Dr.
Jacob Townsend's Sarsaparilla are hearen-wid e
apart, and infinitely dissimilar; that they are unlike
in : every particular having not one single thing in
common.
As S. P. Townsend is no doctor, and never was,
is ono chemist, no pharmaceutist—knows no more
of medicine or disease than any other common,
unscientific, unprofessional man, what guarantee
.can the public have that they are receiving a genu
ine scientific medicine, containing all the virtues
of the articles used in preparing it, and which are
incapable of changes which might render them the
AGENTS of Disease instead of health.
But what else should be expected from one who
knows nothing comparatively of medicine or dis
ease ! It requires a person of some experience to
cook and serve up even a common decent met 1.
How much more important is. it that the persons
who manufacture medicines designed for
Weak Stomachs and Enfeebled Systems
should know well the medical properties of plants,
the best manner of securing and concentrating their
healing virtues, also an extensive system, and how
to adapt remedies to these diseases!
It is horrible to think and to know how cruelly
the afflicted are imposed upon by presumptuous men
for the sake of money ! Fortunes made out of the
agonies of the sick! and no , equivalent rendered
the despairing sufferers For sale by
J. GISH & BRO., Agents.
Jan 949 - i ly-50
"TImC is Money" and "Economy
Is Wean
THEREFORE, the Farmers ought to look to
their interests by examining the merits and
improvements in MONTGOMERY'S VERY JUSTLY
CELEBRATED FANNING 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 THEIR 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 pre superior in every particular to any here
tofore in use.
Our attention is especially turned to fitting up,
and all work undergoes, our careful personal inspec
tion before leaving our shop.
In addition to our important improvements, our
fans 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
isfaction upon trial.
IZI=I
We also call the especial attention bf farmers,
to KROUSER'S Patent Pennsylvania Buggy CORN
PLOUGH, which are admitted to surpass all now in
use. Farmers wishing a first rate article of this
kind, will do well to call and examine this, before
purchasing elsewhere..
Don't forget the place, a few doors' West of th
Museum, where the undersigned will be pleased to
wait on their friends and the public generally. All
Machines manufactured from the best material,
S AND WARRANTED."
J. \IONTGOMERY & BROTHER,
West Chesnut Street, Lancaster.
April 10 • 6mo-11
JOHN C. BAKER'S
COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT OF SARSAPARILLA.
THIS article is employed with great success and
by the Most eminent physicians of this city,
for the cure of the following diseases:
Scrofula or King's Evil, Rheumatism, Cutaneous
Diseases, Sypheletic Affections, Totter and Ulcers,
White Swellings, Scurvy, Neuralgia or Tic Dolor
eons, Cancer, Goitre or Bronchocele, (swelled
neck,) Spine Disease, Chronic Disease of the Lungs,
to counteract the destructive effects of Mercury,
Jaundice, Hypertrophy or the Enlargement of the
Heart, Palpitation and Trembling in the Region of
the Heart and Stomach, Enlargement of the Bones,
Joints or Ligaments. Also, all the various diseases
Skin, such as Tetter, Ringworm, Biles, Pimples,
Carbuncles, etc., Dyspepsia and Liver Complaints,
Nervous Affections, Dropsical Swellings, Constitu
tional Disorders, and diseases originating front an
impure state of the blood and other fluids of the
body, in short all diseases where a change of the
system is required.
• Prepared only by the Proprietors, J. C. BAKER
& Co., Wholesale Druggists and Chemists, No. 100,
North Third Street, below Race Street, Philadel
phia, importers and wholesale dealers in Drugs,
Medicines, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Perfu
meries; Surgical Instruments, Oils, Paints, Drug
gist's Glassware, Dye Stuffs and W indow Glass,
also a new article of IMITATION PLATE GLASS, at
about one-fifth the price of English or French Plates,
any size to order.
The Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla for sale by
HENRY & CASLOW, Druggists, corner of Market
and Third Streets, Harrisburg, Sole Agents for
Dauphin county.
The Compound Fluid Extract of Sarsaparilla for
sale by Clemens & Parvin, Pottsville; W. L. Heis
ler, Port Carbon ; James B. Falls, Minersville.
Dec. 4, '4B
Dentistry Improved
HAVING secured the Patent Right to use Gil
bert's "Central Cavity Plate," last summer,
we take this opportunity of informing the public
that after thoroughly testing this important inven
tion we pronounce it one of the greatest improve
ments in our profession. By means of which we
are enabled to insert partial or entire upper sets of
teeth without the use of clasps or springs, better
than by any other mode heretofore in use.
• Obturators or artificial plates inserted in the most
comfortable manner.
Persons having difficult cases which may have
baffled the skill of Dentists are invited to give us a
call at No. 36fr East King Street, Lancaster.
ELY PARRY, NI:D.!.
CHARLES H. BRESSLER, M. D.
November 14, 1848. 0142
DENTISTRY.
DR. JOHN M'CALLA, Graduate of the Balti
more College of Dental Surgery, begs leave
to inform the citizens of Lancaster and the public
generally, that he will continue to practise his pro
fession, at the old stand, directly over Messrs.
Sprecher & Rohrer's Hardware Store, sth door
from the Court House, Eaat King Street.
He deems it sufficient to say that he practises the
w6le of the Dental Art, and is constantly prepared
to supply artificial teeth under every variety of cir
cumstances, and upon any known approved princi
ple, from a single tooth to an entire set.
February 6, '49 ly-2
DENTISTRY.
DR. J. WAYLAN would respectfully inform the
citizens of Lancaster, and others, that he has
moved his Ofki , e, and now occupies Rooms oppo
site. Scholfield's Hotel, North Queen Street,—and
as numbers in this city and else Where, 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 manlier of operating, he would take this
occasion to remarki that the Baltimore College of
Dental Surgery awarded to him the FIRST PRE
MIUM, a Mounted Rosewood Box of Dental Instru
ments, as a testimonial of his superior skill in the
various operations pertaining to the profession of
Dentistry.
February 6, 49
Removal—New Barber Stand.
CHARLES B. WILLIAMS respectfully intorms
the citizens of Lancaster,and strangers who
may tarry here until their beards grow, that he has
opened a
SHAVING AND HAIR CUTTING SALOON,
in North Queen St., opposite Kauffman's Tavern,
where he intends prosecuting the Tonsorial Busi
ness, jolts varied branches. He will shape you as
clean as a City Broker,
and cut your hair to suit
the cut of your head and the cut of your phiz.—
Then the whole object and desire is, to improve
the appearance of the human race. From long
experience he flatters himself that he can go thro'
all the ramifications of the Tonsorial Department
with such an infinite degree of skill, as to meet the
entire approbation of those who submit their Chins
to the keen ordeal of his Razor.
January 16, 1849. tf-b
Cheap Clothing Store:
Sign of the BIG PANTS, North Queen St., nearly
opposite Michael's Hotel.
QEU. SPURRIER, thankful to his friends and
the public for past favors, would inform them,
that he has a very large stock of .
. -
READY-MADE CLOTHLNG
of his own manufacture, which he can warrant to
be well-made and of good material. His stock of
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, and VESTINGS, is large and
selected with care, which he will make up to order
for those who prefer leaving their measure.
He has also a very large assortment of
FINE SHIRTS, SHAMS and COLLARS,
and a beautiful assortment of Fancy Silk Cravats,
all of which he will sell authe lowest prices.
Remember his Clothing is of his own manufacture,
and being a practical Tailor, he can warrant them
"well-made. Don't mistake the place. Look out
for the BIG PANTS, then you are right.
GEO. SPURRIER, Tailor.
April 24, 1899. 3m-13
Heyl's Embrocation : for Horses.
THIS most valuable Embrocation .
will cure Sprains, Bruises, Cuts,
Galls, Swellings and all other
plaints, which require an external _
remedy. It gives immediate relief in • jt j i .
the Scratches and the disease incident •
to horses of white feet and noses, produced by St.
John's Wort. It is also highly useful in relaxing
stiffness of the tendons and joints, and produces
beneficial effects in cracked heels brought on by
high feeding, splints and sprains. This Embroca
tion is highly recommended to Farmers, Farriers,
Keepers of Livery Stables, and private gentlemen
owning horses, and should be constantly kept in the
stable. The genuine article is prepared only by
W. A. RSHALL, No. 302 Race Street, below 9th,
south side, Philadelphia, and for sale by
GISH & BROTHER, Lancaster.
.Jan 2,49 ly-49
c , THAT COUNTRY IS THE MOST PROSPEROUS, WHERE LABOR COMMANDS THE GREATEST REWARD.,,—BIICHANAN
CITY OF LANCASTER, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 10, 1849.
Read! Relief for the Afflicted.
THi[S IS TO CERTIFY, that I have this day
imparted my instructions to Messrs. G. B.
MAR.ELEY & SON, with the privilege of commu
nicating them to others.
From the acquaintance and gentlemanly deport
ment of Mr. :Markley, 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 28th day of
May, 1849.
DR. S. M. SHANNON, [SEAL.]
of Nashville, Tennessee,
G. B. MARKLEY & SON,
WOULD 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, has induced him to send
forth this card to the afflicted portion of mankind.
lie has within the past twelve months imparted in
structions to upwards of 2000 citizens of Tennessee,
Virginia, 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 come far, far short of.
so herculean a task.
Dr. S. has been engaged since 1836, 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 eadache, pains or weakness in
the ba,cli and joints, paralysis, neuralgia, spinal
affections, epilepsy, toothache, contractions of the
muscle:, weak or inflamed eyes, piles, asthma, can
cer; bitter, frost bite, scrofffla, 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 for their services. Their
motto is «NO CURE, NO PAY."
N. R.—ln connection with the above we are pre
pared to meet the wants of the sick and afflicted.
G. R. MARKLEY & SON,
No. 60 East King Street.
June 5,'49-19]
HORACE; F. AS'H• ISAAC R. DI Ld.ER
Land and General Agency Office,
AT THE CAPITAL OF ILLINOIS,
CITY OF .SPRINGFIELD.
To nonrresidents owners of Illinois Lands—Holders
of Illinois Indebtedness, and all persons desirotis
of purchasing State lands with Illinois scrip or
bonds.
THE; undersigned would respectfully inform the
puiblic; 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, auvantages and value, paying taxes, redeem
ing land sold for taxes, investigating titles,
buying 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 faithfully
attended to.
ASH & DILLEIt
SPRINGFIELD, March 14,'49.
REFERENCES
Hon. James Buchanan,
" Benj. Champneys,
Reah Frazer, Esq.,
Wm. Hathiot, Esq.,
Roland Diller, Esq.,
Gabriel Davis, Esq.,
Hon. Daniel Sturgeon,
" Jsis. Cooper,
James Fox, Esq., Harrisburg, Penn'a
Gen. Robert Patterson, Philadelphia, "
Adam Diller,
Jos. L. Chester, Esq.,
Col. S..W. Black, Pittsburg, "
His Exn A. C. French, Governor Illinois.
Hon. Thos. H. Campbell, Auditor "
" John Moore, Treasurer 66
" S» H. Treat, Judge Supreme Court,
" Lyman Trumbull,
" J. Dean Caton,
April 17, 1849. 11
Schaneck Coach Manufactory.
THE subscriber respectfully. informs his friends
and customers, that he has now on hand a
large stock of CARRIAGES,
BUGGYS and ROCKAWAYS,
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 his
customers, dad' in regard to cheapness he is re
solved not to be undersold by any shop in the state.
He invites his friends to call and examine his work
before purchasing elsewhere. He also returns
thanks to his customers in different counties, who
have so well supported him, thus far.
Old carriages and produce taken in exchange for
new ories,—and all kinds of repairs executed with
cheapness and expedition—such as, painting and
trimming old carriages. All kinds of Blacksmith
and Wood work, belonging to my business, will
be executed. Letters must be'addressed to
JESSE REINHOLD,
Schceneck P. 0., Lancaster County.
May 1, 1849. 6m-14
SHENK & LONG'S
Coal and Lumber Yard.
subscribers have taken the Coal Yard on
Prince Street, in the city of Lancaster, lately
owned and occupied by Messrs. B. & J. Reinhold,
where they intend keeping a general assortment of
COAL FOR FAMILY USE,
such asi Lykens' Valley, Baltimore Company, Pine-
Grove, Shamokin, Pittston, &c., with a great variety
of Coal for lime-burning and Sulphur Coal for
smithing. Also, a general
ASSORTMENT 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
who 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.
[Cr In retiring from business, our friends and the
public generally have our thanks for the very libe
ral patronage they bestowed 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
Superioi Packed Teas.
1717 y HOSTETTER &.,BEATES have just re
-4..x ) ceived a supply of Jenkins and Company's
SUPERIOR PACKED TEAS,
an will hereafter keep them constantly on hand.
They are neatly and securely packed with metallic
and paper envelope, in 1, I, and 1 lb. packs, with
their printed card on each—showing the kind of
Tea, price, name of the Concern and depot in
Philadelphia. The prices range for
GREENS—Gunpowder 75, $1 00, $1 25, $1 50.
Imperial 50, 76, $1 00, $1 25, $1 50.
Hyson 50, 75, $1 00, $1 25.
Young Hyson 50, 75, SIOO, $1 50.
BLACKS-37i, 50. Fine and Extra Fine 75 cts.,
$lOO, $1 25, and $l5O.
These Teas are highly approved in every com
munity where they are used—and such a result
is to be expected every where, from the fact of the
advantages possessed by this Tea Company.
May 1, 1849. ._ 3m-14
Dr. M. M. Moore, Dentist.
STILL continues to perform a. operations on the
T:RETH upon terms to suit the times. Office
North Queen street, opposite Kauffman's Hotel.
april 19
TOE PRINTING neatly and expeditiously axe
tP wed at this office.
Greatest Agricultural Improvement of the Age!
PATENTED, NOVEMBER 4, 1846, TO, H. W. SMITH,
OF PARADISE, LANCASTER COUNTY.
PATENT LEVER DRILL
Or Grain Planter. •
THE advantages of this machine are fully estab
lished by use and experiment, and are: .
Ist, 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.
3d, A saving of labor, as this machine can be
made to complete from 8 to 18 acres per day.
4th, The grain is not so liable to be 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 outgrows the action of 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 of the kind, are its simplicity, durability,
and economy, and the facility and- certainty with
which it can be set or altered, by a regulated index
arid 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 the unevenness of the ground. It
will answer alike for rough and smooth land.
Manufactured by the Patentee at Concord, Lan
caster county. Address-to Paradise Post Office.
H. W. SMITH, Patentee.
AGENTS—Wm. KlnapArrucx, Lancaster City.
A. K. & A. L. WITAIER, Paradise.
Vr Revolving Horse-Rakes for sale at the above
places, and at J'. RUMPE & Co.'s Hardware Store,
Columbia.
April 10, '49 ' 6m-11
Sprecher & Rohrer's Cheap Hard-
Ware Store.
HARDWARE, Glass, Paints, Oils, and Varnishes
at that long established stand, East King st ,
Lancaster, formerly occupied by Howett & Krieder,
a few doors east of the Court House, next door to
the Drug Store of James Smith, and opposite Geo.
Messenkop , s Hotel, which they have recently taken
and where they will carry on the business.
They most respectfully beg leave to invite the
attention of their friends and acquaintances to their
stock of Hardware, which they have just opened
and will sell at the most reasonable prices, includ
ing every variety of Iron and Steel, Latches, Locks,
Bolts, Hinges, Screws, and all kinds of building
materials, every description of Files, Blacksmith's
Bellows, Saddlery, best warranted Edge Tools,
Planes, and Veneers. Also a complete 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 far bestowed upon them. .
GEORGE D. SPRECHER,
REUBEN S. ROHRER.
Old Metal and Flaxseed taken in exchange for
goods. jan 1 :7..-60
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Notice to Distillers,
AND ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
WHEREAS, I, Jacob Weitzel, of the city of
Lancaster, coppersmith, have received by let
ters Patent, recorded in the Patent office in the city
of Washington certain useful improvements in the
construction of Stills, which improvements consist
of an additional tub, called a dc ,rlMg tub, which
is placed partly abov<t.he still, it which tub the
doubler is inclosed, the beer which is pumped into
the upper tub passes down by a plug pipe into the
doubling tub, where it is brought to a boiling state
before it is let into the still, which pipe is opened
or stopped when requisite by means of a plug made
of wood, copper, or any other material.
What I claim as my improvements are the above
described doubling tub and the plug by which the
beer passes from one tub to the other, or from the
tub into the still.
Lancaster, Penn'a
cc cc
Having received in formation, 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.. tf-4
New Holland, Penn'a
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U. S. Senate
REMOVAL—T. C. WILEY,
Fashionable Boot and Ladies Shoe
Establishment.
rpHE undersigned begs leave to return his
.1 thanks to the public for the encourage
ment heretofore extended'to hint, and to ac
quaint his former patrons and friends and the pub
lic generally, that he has removed his fashionable
boot and shoe store.from North Queen to East King
street, dirictly opposite Mrs. Messenkop's Hotel,
and one door east of James Sniith's Apotheoary,
where he is prepared to do all work in his line of
business with neatness and despatch. He 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. He
has also just received from the city an assortment
of lasts of the most fashionable styles for Ladies
Shoes. He also keeps constantly on hand an as
sortment of Ladies' and Misses' Shoes of his own
manufacture, which he is confident will give gen
eral satisfaction, as they are made in the neatest
and most fashionable manner.
April 25, 1948
MONEY LOST-43Y NOT CALLING AT
Pinkerton smeltz's.
OUR friends and the public will please read,
being that we have just received a splendid
assortment of DRY GOODS, &c., which we will
sell as low and perhaps a little lower than can be
had elsewhere. The style and quality cannot be
excelled by any other store in the city. We most
cordially invite all to call and examine our stock of
DRY GOODS,
Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestings 4, &c., Changeable and
Plain and Satin Stripe Alpacas, De Lains of various
shades, Linen Lustre, Lawns, Gihghams, Calicoes,
Hosiery, Gloves, Bleached and Unbleached Mullins
with a variety of other foreign and domestic Dry
Goods.
Groceries and Queensware,
Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, with every article
in the grocery line. Oranges, Lemons, Figs, Rai
sins, Candies, Almonds, Filberts, Cream and
Ground Nuts, &c.
Baskets—French and other travelling, also mar
keting Baskets, with or without covers, Basket
Carriages, Chairs, &c.
150 Bble. and 1 bbls. of the choicest brands—
Mackerel warranted.
TOBACCO AND SEGARS wholisale and retail.
We would especially invite the attention of all
who wish to purchase articles at the lowest possi
ble prices to call at No. 80 North Queen St., under
the Museum, two squares from the Court House.
PINKERTON & SMELTZ.
April 3, '49 ly-10
THE 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, Black and White. These
Varnishes are from Smith's Celebrated Factory in
New York, and are reputed the best in this Country.
They are put up in Barrels, Half Barrels, Kegs and
Cans, and will be furnished to dealers and others
who purchase largely at Smith's Prices.
GEO. A. MILLER, Druggist,
West King Street, Lancaster, Penn'a.
April 17, '49 3m-I2
JUNIUS B. KAUFFMAN, Attorney at Law,
offers his professional services to the public.—
Office in Longenecker's building, Centre Spuare,
next door to Kendig's Hotel.
April:l3, 1847. 11
TILLIAM F. BRYAN, Attorney at Law, of
fine opposite Sprecher's Hotel, East Ring.
Lancaster.[dec-8-45-tf
T. C. WILEY.
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SAVINGS INSTITUTION.
MACKEREL
Varnish ! Varnish !
poetry,.
THE WORTH OF WOMAN.
Honored be woman ! she beams on the night,
Graceful and fair like a being of light;
Scatters around her wherever she stays,
Koses of bliss on our thorn-coveed ways ;
Roses of Paradise, sent from above,
To be gathered and twined in a garland of love
Man on passion's stormy ocean,
Tossed by surges mountain high,
Courts the hurricane's commotion,
Spurns at reason's feeble cry.
Loud the tempest roars around him,
Louder still it roars within,
Flashing lights of hope confound him,
Stun with life's incessant din.
Woman invites him with bliss on her smile,
To cease from his toil and be happy awhile ;
Whispering wooingly, " Come to my bower—
Go not in search of the phantom of power—
Honor and wealth are illusory,—come !
Happiness dwells in the temples of home."
Man, with fury, stern and savage,
Persecutes his brother man ;
Reckless if he bless or ravage,
Action, action—still his plan.
Now creating, now destroying;
Ceaseless wishes tear hie breast;
Ever seeing, ['e'er enjoying;
Still tb be, but never blest.
Woman, contented in silent repose,
Enjoys in its beauty, life's flower as it blows,
And waters and tends it with innocent heart ;
Far richer than man with his treasures of art ;
And wiser by far, in the circles confined,
Than he with his science and lights of the mind
Coldly to himself sufficing,
Man disdains the gentler arts,
Knoweth not the bliss arising
From the interchange of hearts.
Slowly through his bosom stealing,
Flows the genial current on,
Till by age's frost congealing,
It is hardened into stone.
She, like the harp that instinctively rings,
As the night-breathing zephyr soft sighs o'er the
strings,
Responds to each impulse with steady reply,
Whether sorrow or pleasure her sympathy try ;
And tear-drops and smiles on her countenance play,
Like sunshine and showers of a morning in May.
Through the range of man's dominion
Terror is the ruling word—
And the standard of opinion
Is the temper of the sword.
Strife excites, and pity, blushing,
From the scene departing flies,
Where, to battle madly rushing,
Brother upon brother dies.
Woman commands with a wilder control—
She rules by enchantment the realms of the soul,
As she glances around in the light of her smile,
The war of the passion is hushed for awhile ;
And discord content from hisrfury to cease,
Reposes entranced on the pillows of peace.
From the National Era
THOUGHTS OF HEAVEN.
No:sickness there,
No weary wasting of the frame away,
No fearful shrinking from the midnight air,
No dread of summer's bright and fervid ray !
No hidden grief,
No wild and cheerless vision of despair;
No vain petition for a swift relief,
No tearful eye, no broken hearts are there
Care has no home
Within that realm of ceaseless praise and song,
Its tossing billows break and melt in foam,
Far from the mansions of the spirit throng.
The storm's black wing
Is never spread athwart celestial skies !
Its wailing blends not with the voice of spring,
As some too tender flow'ret fades and dies.
No night distils
Its chilling dews upon the tender frame;
No moon is needed there ! the light, which fills
That land of glory, from its Maker came.
No parted friends
O'er mournful recollections have to weep ;
No bed of death enduring love attends, .
To watch the coming of a pulseless sleep !
No blasted flower
Or withered bud celestial gardens know !
No scorching blast, or fierce descending shower,
Scatters destrUction like a ruthless foe !
.No battle word
Startles the sacred host with fear and dread;
The song of peace Creation's morning heard ;
Is sung wherever angel-minstrels tread !
Let us depart,
If home like this await the weary soul,
Look up, thou stricken one; thy wounded heart
Shall bleed no more at sorrow's stern control.
With faith our guide,
White-robed and innocent, to trace the way,
Why fear to plunge in Jordan's rolling tide,
And find the ocean of Eternal Day 7
Miscellaneous.
A Sad Disappointment.
The latest and most ludicrous evidence of the
truth of the adage that there is many a slip be
tween the cup and the lip," occurred at Cincinnati
some days ago. A gentleman had been fortunate
enough not only to Win the affections of a lady and
prevail on her to name the happy day, but had the
felicity to see the day arrive. Full of love, fervor,
and anticipations of bliss, he repaired—with his
license and minister's fee snugly laid away in his
coat pocket—to a barber's for the purpose of being
enabled to present himself with a face as smooth
as his heart was full to his expected bride. Unfor
tunately for him, the operation of shaving is one
which cannot be properly performed without the
removal of coat and cravat, both of which he care
fully hung up in the shop. The operation was
finished, and having, in the most serene state of
mind, approached to resume the articles of which
he had divested himself, he was amazed to find that
his coat was gone. It was a most grievous predic
ament, and his manner proved that it was so; for
he raved and stormed, and hunted and threatened,
in a most violent manner—but the coat was not
forthcoming; and with the coat the license had
departed—not to mention the fee that was to end
and crown the ceremony. There was no help for
it. The hour appointed had arrived; and to the
amazement of the company, the unfortunate bride
groom presented himself to his astonished Dulcinea
in his shirt sleeves, and in a broken and incoherent
speech, explained his dire misfortune. Very for
tunately for him, the lady was both considerate and
lind; and the match was postponed until another
license--and another coat and fee—could be pro
cured, to finish it in a proper manner.—N. .11merican.
Goodness of God.
Wherever we direct our eyes, whether we direct
them inward upon ourselves, we behold His good
ness to occupy and penetrate the very toot and
centre of our beings; or extend them abroad tow
ard the things about us, we may perceive ourselves
enclosed wholly, and surrounded with His benefits.
At home we find a comely body framed by His
curious artifice, various organs fitly proportioned,
situated and tempered for strength, ornament, and
motion, actuated by a gentle heat, and invigorated
with lively spirits, disposed to health, and qualified
for a long endurance; subservient to a soul endued
with divers senses, faculties and powers, apt to in
quire after, pursue, and perceive various delights
and contents. Or when we contemplate the won.
derful works of nature, and, walking about at our
leisure, gaze upon this ample theatre of the world,
considering the stately beauty, constant order, and
sumptuous furniture thereof, the glorious splendor
and uniform motion of the heavens, the pleasant
fertility of the earth, the curious figure and fragrant
sweetness of plants, the exquisite frame of animals,
and all other amazing miracles of nature, wherein
the glorious attributes of God (especially His tran
scendent goodness) are most conspicuously dis
played, (so that by them not only large acknowl
edgements, but even congratulatory hynns, as it
were, of praise, have been extorted from the mouths
of Aristotle, Pliny. Galen, and such like men, never
suspected guilty of an excessive devotion,) then
should our hearts be affected with thankful sense,
and our lips break forth into His praise.—Dodor
Barrow.
Wealth of the English Aristocracy.
We find iu a digest of Mr. Colman's recent book
on Europe, prepared for tbetßoston Transcript, some
interesting particulars of the wealth of several of
the noblemen of Great Britain :
Althrope, the residence of Earl Spencer, consists
of 10,000 acres, "all lying together in wood, mea
dow, pasture, gardens, parks, and everything in a
style of superior beauty and order." His house
contains sleeping rooms for seventy guests—the
entries and rooms are filled with pictures and sta
tues. A gallery of pictures, one hundred feet long?
contains many of the works of the first masters
His library comprises more than 50,000 volumes,
and is said to be the finest library is the world.
The duke of Richmond's home farm (Good
wood) consists of 23,000 acres. His whole do
main at Goodwood is 40,000 acres. He has a
summer retreat in Scotland of between 200,000 and
300,000 acres. "Of the beauty and magnificence
of this establishment," says Mr. Colman, "1 cannot
give you any adequate idea ;" extensive parks,
through which you ride for miles and miles—herds
of deer, sheep, and cattle—twenty five race horses
in the stable, and a groom for each—an aviary,
filled with a variety of splendid birds—fish ponds,
grottos, &c.
The annual income of the duke of Devonshire,
the proprietor of Chatsworth, is said -to be £200,-
000, or one million of dollars. This is said to be
the most splendid nobleman's seat in the kingdom.
His arboretum, covering many acres, contains one
or more specimens of every tree that can be accli.
mated; the kitchen garden covers twelve acres-e , a.
conservatory, 367 feet long, 117 wide, 67 high, with
a carriage way. This conservatory is covered
with 7,600 square feet of glass, and ;warmed with
hot water, passing through an extent of seven miles.
The fountain at Chatsworth throws the water to
the height of 278 feet. Here the duke owns 3,500
acres, and a full account of their interior arrange
ment; style of living, &c., the reader is referred to
the lettters of Mr. Colman.
On page 108, vol 1, Mr. Colman gives an ac
count of several noblemen whose annual income
varied from £lOO,OOO to £150,000, that is, from
$500,000 to $700,000. Speaking of Lord Yar
borough, he :says that his lordship " has an indefi
nite number of hunters;' &c., and adds: "It was the
custom at this Place for his lordship, and his guests
were always invited to accompany him, at nine
o'clock precisely, in the evening, to visit the stables,
where the hunting and riding horses were kept,
which were reached by a covered passage-way from
the house. The stables presented all the neatness
of a house parlor; and the grooms were more than
a dozen in number, all drawn up in a line to re
ceive the company." Lord Yarborough has more
than 000,000 acres in his plantation; he has six
hundred tenants, and you can ride thirty miles, in
a direct line, upon his estate. " Many of the ten
ants of lord Yarborough pay 1,000 to 1,400 guineas
a year rent, and several of them live like noblemen,
keeping their dogs, horses, carriages, and servants
in livery."
Of the duke of Richmond's style of living, &c.,
Mr. Colman says: "The service, at dinner, was
always silver and gold throughout, plates and dishes,
except for the jellies and puddings, and those the
most beautiful china." 'ln truth, Mr. Colman's
book resembles the grotto of Antiparos, the glitter
of whose illuminated stalactites does not surpass
the splendor of the gold, and silver, and diamonds,
and pearls, which were displayed before him. In
a certain sense, apart from the valuable and curious
information which it conveys, this work may fitly
enough be called—the ladies' own book. The
duke has more than forty race horses, and sixty
grooms and hostlers. His salmon fishery at the
Gordon Castle used to be let for £lO,OOO. and now
lets for £7,000 per annum, or $36,000.
If the reader is desirous of knowing something
of the style of surpassing splendor in which a Bri
tish baronet may live, with his 500 tenants around
him, he will be abundantly gratified by turning to
Mr. Colman's account of Sir Charles Morgan's es
tablishment at Tradago, vol. 1. p. 193. Then let
him turn to the account of Woburn Abbey, p. 310,
residence of the duke of Bedlord, which, says Mr.
C., "in its magnificeyce distances anything I have
yet seen, and next to the royal palace, may be con
sidered the acme of elegance and grandeur."
After alluding to a court ball, which one lady
wore £60,000, or $300,000 worth of diamonds,
Mr. C. remarks : "The duchess of Roxburgh, whom
I do not know, appeared most splendidly; and well
she might, as the annual income of the duke is sta
ted to be £300,000."
Upon this point these statements may suffice.
There are very. very few of our wealthiest men,
whose entire estate is equal to the income of this
nobleman for a single year.
In the eyes of these noblemen our "merchant
princes" must appear to be a set of beggarly fel
lows. The comparative estimate of wealth is well
exhibited in the remark of John Jacob Astor, of
New York. who is reported to have said that he
who had only five hundred thousand dollars, was as
well off as if he was a rich man.
Newspaper Credit System.
The correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot,
speaking of the National Intelligencer, says that the
outstanding debts due to that establishment, are es
timated at $400,000.
This shows the folly of - 'the credit system in the
newspaper business. The National Intelligencer
is one of the oldest newspapers in the country ; and
we believe that its list of subscribers is, on the
score of respectability;wealth and mind, equal if
not superior to that of any other newspaper estab
lishment in the country. There is hardly a Whig
planter in the Southern States but is a subscriber
to the Intelligencer. There are hundreds of per
sons, men of wealth too, who have for years been
receiving and reading that paper without contribu
ting a cent to the support of its proprietors, two of
the most generous hearted men in the printing
business in the United States.
We doubt not that there are other subscription
papers, the proprietors of which can tell as sad a
story as that given above. The loss to every paper
of the kind is not less, on an average, than twenty
per cent. per annum. ,We know of an instance
which occurred in this city a few years ago, where
on old establishment was compelled to fail; and at
the same time its outstanding debts were not less
than $26,900, not one quarter part of which was
ever collected by the assignees. The late. Major
Russell once attempted to draw up his subscribers
to a paying point—some of them were indebted to
him for twenty years' subscription. One of these,
an old farmer having received a lawyer's letter,
called upon the Major, and in a great rage ordered
him to stop his paper. "I'll be d—d," said he,
"if I will take a paper of any man who duns me
to pay for it!" The old scoundrel hail read the
paper for over twenty years without paying a cent
to its proprietor.—Boston Herald.
Limits of the Human Mind.
Newton was one day asked, why he stepped for
ward when he was so inclined; and from what
cause his arui and his hand obeyed his will? He
honestly replied that he knew nothing Abut the
matter. "But at least," said they to him, "you who
are so well acquainted with the gravitation of plan
ets, will tell us why they turn one way sooner than
another?" Newton still avowed his ignorance.
Those who teach, that the ocean was salted for
fear it should corrupt, and that the tides were crea
ted to conduct our ships into port, were a little
ashamed when told that the Mediterranean has
ports and no tides. Muchemdrock himself has
fallen into this error.
Who has ever been able to determine precisely
how a billet of wood is changed into red hot char
coal, and by what mechanism lime is heated by cold
water.
The first motion of the heart in animals—is that
accounted for? Has it been exactly discovered
how the business of generation is arranged? Has
any one divined the cause of sensation, ideas, and
memory? We know no more of the essence of
matter than the children who touch its superficies;
Who will instruct us jn the mechanism by which
a grain of corn, which we cast into the earth, dis
poses itself to produce a stalk surmounted with an
ear; or why the sun produces an apple on one tree
and a chesnut on the next one to it? Many doctors
have said, "What know I not?" Montaigne said,
"What know I?"—Scientific American.
The Lamented Polk.
The funeral of the-ex-President took place at
Nashville, on Saturday, the 16th of June, at 3
o'clock, P. M_ The Nashville Union, of the 18th
speaks in the following touching and eloquent terms
of the interment, and the illustrious deceased:
In accordance with the request of the Mayor and
Aldermen, all the ordinary avocations were sus
pended, stores and other places of business closed,
and several houses draped in black on the day'' in
dicated. At the special request of the deceased, he
was consigned to the tomb by Masons, and with
Masonic orders. After the fraternity had gone
through with the customary ceremonies—both
affeqfing and impressive—at his residence, the body
was conveyed to the Methodist Church, and a fu
neral sermon delivered by the Rev. J. B. McFerrin.
The speaker, in that portion of his remarks perso
nal to the deceased, gave a brief sketch of his life
and public career, passed a high and deserved eulo
gium on his moral character and unblemished in
tegrity, and detailed, in a forcible and impressive
manner, the particulars of his last illness and death.
Early' in his sickness Mr. Polk had connected him
self with the Methodist Church—a church for
which, as his fiiends and acquaintances all know,
he had always felt a preference. The funeral ser
vices performed, the body was conveyed to the
grave yard, accompanied by the masons. the city
authorities, and a long train of mourning cilizens,
and deposited in the tomb with masonic forms,
after a brief but beautiful and appropriate address
by Wilkins Tannehill, P. G. M., presiding officer
of the fraternity. A benediction by the minister
closed the ceremonies, and our distinguished fellow
citizen was left to his last and long repose.
'To the State of Tennessee, the history of James
K. Polk is familiar. Early in life he commenced
his career as a public man, and for nearly thirty
years he has been prominently before the public
eye. 'Beginning at the foot of the ladder, without
any other aid than his untiring energy, patient in
dustry, and superior talents, he climbed step by
step until he reached the summit; and then, after
having filled every grade with distinguished honor
and ability, as if his work were done, sunk to rest,
alas, not full of years, but full of honors. Mr. Polk
was born on the 7th of November, 1795, and, of
course, had not quite completed his fifty-fourth year
at the time of his death. But in this brief period
of little over half a century, what mighty events
have been compressed ! When born, the throes of
infantine Democracy were convulsing the thrones .
of the old world, and promising an early and vig
orous manhood. At his death, the young giant is
again aroused, let us hope stronger-and healthier
than of yore. In his own country, he has seen the
young republic measure swords on equal terms
with the greatest of nations, and crush a more ig
noble foe almost without an effort. He has seen
the population which had just begun to ascend the
eastern side of the Alleghenies, spread over the
mighty valley, rise that loftier range whose sum
mits are lest in perpetual snow, and descend its
western slope to the surf-line of the greatest of
oceans. He has seen our territory more than dou
bled, and our boundaries definitely settled. And of
the most important of these. events during the last
quarter of a century, he was a part. Whatever
may be our opinions of the policy of his acts, in
his: different public capacities, we concede their
importance, and admit the ability with which they
were conceived, and the energy with which they
were consummated. If success, as seems univer
sally allowed, be the test of capacity, and the "true
touchstone of desert"—then he was eminently de
serving. He sleeps with the great and good who
have gone before him. May the earth lie lightly
over his remains.
Marriage Altar.
Judge Charlton in a - recent el9quent address be-
fore the the Young Men's Library Association, at
Augusta, Ga., thus sketches the marriage scene
I have drawn for you many pictures of death ;
let me sketch for you know a brief; but right scene
of beautiful life. It is the marriage altar; a lovely
female, clothed in all the freshness of youth and
surpassing beauty, leans upon the arm of him, to
whom she has just plighted her faith, to whom.she
has given up herself forever. Look in her eyes, ye
gloomy philosophers, and tell me, if you dare, that
there is no happinesson earth. See the trusting,
the heroic devotion, which compels her to leave
country parents, for a comparative stranger. She
has launched her frail bark upon a wide and stormy
sea; she has handed over her happiness and doom
for this world to another's keeping; but she has
done it fearlessly, 'for love whispers to, her that her
chosen guardian and protector bears a manly and
noble heart. Oh, woe to him that deceives her!
Oh, woe to him that forgets his oath and his man
hood:
Her wing shall the eagle flap,
O'er the false-hearted,
His lire blood, the wolf shall lap,
Ere his life he parted :
Shame and dishonor sit
On his grave ever:
Blessings shall hallow it, never,
Never, oh, never.
We have all read the story of the husband who,.
in a moment of hasty wrath, said to her who but a
few months before had united her fate to his—lf
you are not satisfied,-with my conduct, go return to
your friends and to your happiness. "And will you
give me back that which I brought to you ?" asked
the despairing wife. "Yes," he replied, all your
wealth shall go with you—l covetit not." "Alas!"
she answered, " I thought not of my wealth—l
spoke of my maiden affections--of my buoyant
hope—of my devoted love; can you 'give these
back to me ?" "Nor' said the man, throwing
himself at her feet. " No! I cannot restore these;
but I will do more—l will keep them unsullied
and unstained. I will cherish them Through my
life and in my death, and never again will I forget
that I have sworn to protect and cheer her who
gave up to me-all she held most dear," Did I not
tell you that there was poetry in a woman word!
See it here! the mild, gentle reproof of love, win
ning back, tiom its harshness and rudeness, the
stern and unyielding temper of an angry man.—
Ah, if creation's fairer sex only knew their stron
gest weapon's how many of wedlock's fierce battles
would be unfought—how much of unhappiness and
coolness Would be avoided.
Damascus.
There is no city, with the exception of Jerusa
lem, so noted in sacred history as this. It is now
an object of notice of the Christian world tin ac
count of the Jeweish persecutions. It is the oldest
city upon earth, and slands a solitary stately mon
ument in the midst of decay.
Babylon and Thebes were its cotemporaries; but
the former has had its magnificence, and the latter
is represented only by ,its startling ruins. Still,
Damascus remains, and now, with the exception of
Constantinople, is the largest city in the East.. It
is beautifully situated in an extensive and pleasant
plain, a few miles to the east of Antilibanus, where
the chain begins to turn off to the southeast, under
the name of Carmel.
Here are "Abana and Parphar, rivers of Damas
cus," again calling up the thrilling story of the
Syrian leper and Hebrew prophet. Hither, Saul,
with his relentless persecutings, following the early
Christians, and near its walls the voice from heaven,
and the light above the brightness of the sea, ar
rested his footsteps.
The traveler can still walk through. shown by
the credulous monk, the "street which is called
Strait," and the very house occupied by Judas,
where at the command of Ananias the scales drop
ped from his eyes
So rich is the country in fruits and flowers, that
it has been called, in all ages, the "garden of the
world." It is related of Itlahomet, that when, after
crossing the desert, he saw :this luxuriant valley,
he exclaimed, that he desired but one paradise, and
therefore would not enter here for fear of forfeiting
his interest in the paradise he anticipated after death
—but turned aside without,a close inspection of
this tempting scene.
Damascus has a peculiar importance, in connection
with the progress of Christianity in these parts. 'lt
has already been visited by the sigents_of the Bible
and Missionary Society. Being the great market
where eastern and western merchandise is exchan
ged, the general rendezvous of Islani caravans from•
the north and east, in their progress to Mecca, and
rendered comparatively a safe residence "by to
efficiency of Mehomet Ali, it opens one of the most
important awl extensive fields of missionary labor.
NO. 24.