VOL. L. SIT CUBA FUTURI. EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMRANY OFFICE—No. 74 Walnut treet, Philadelphia. President—JOHN W. CLAGPORN. Vice President—PETEß CI. LEN. . _ _ TR US T.E,,E4 4 / : Joseph T. Thomas, - Edw. C. Markley, William Craig, Robert Morris, George N. Diehl, ' Stephen R. Crawford Peter Cullen, Aloe E. Laing, Wm. G. Alexander, William M. Baird, Wm. W. Hilly, IL F. Loper, Clayton B. Lamb, Harry Conrad, Peter Rambo, Franklin Comly. H. G. TUCKETT, Secretary and Actuary. Capital 8250,000—Charter Perpetual. Make In urance on Lives at their .office, - in Philadelpha, and at their Agencies throughout the States, at the lowest rates of premium. ;Persons should insure their lives, and do so without delay, whilst they are healthy and fit subjects to be insured. In this Office there are advantages greater than have ever yet been derived from the system of Life Assurance; which reason and experience convinec the Trustees may with safety be offered to the public. It will be found, on inquiry, that most offices have in the outset professed to act on some new principle; or to offer to assurers some one particular benefit not to be obtained from other societies. But policies are effected under larious circumstances, and with widely different objects, and what may facilitate the views of one man, af fords no accommodation to another. It appears, therefore, to the Trustees of the Equitable ' that the greatest good will be effected by that office, which allows such reasonable advantages to every assurer, as at the time of completing his Policy, he considers to be suitable to his particular case. On this principle they act, and a few instances will suffice to show the benefits derivable from its adoption—the greatest good of the greatest number. No policy will be disputed, unless under an act of fraud by the assured, and after the same shall have been declared by referees of undoubted char acter. In ease of error, either as to age, or in the form of policy, or the answers of referees, such errors, unless wilful and fraudulent, will not be deemed to vitiate the policy. The travelling leave is extensive and liberal. Persons insured for life have liberty to pass to and -from the States of Virginia and Kentucky, and west of the river Mississippi, between the first day of November and the first day of July following. And to pass from any place or port within the British North American Colonies, or United States north of thirty-four degrees north latitude, without pay ing an extra premium. They are allowed to cross the Atlantic in first class steamers during May, June, July, August and September, free of charge; during remaining months of the year, 25 cents on each $lOO insured. The age of the assured will be admitted on the policy. If the insured die in a duel, by his own hands, or under sentence of the law, such death will not invalidate the policy, except so far as it was the property of the deceased. Thirty days allowed after each annual payment becomes due, and fifteen days alter each quarterly and half yearly premium becomes due, without for feiture of policy. Premiums or lapsed policies may be renewed at any time within six months on the production of satisfactory evidence as to the health of the insured. When a party effects a -policy upon the life of hnother, the Company will be satisfied if the party and, at the time, a bona fide interest in the life of the assured. The policy may be assigned to whom soever the assured pleases, without the knowledge or assent of the Company (there being no clause in the Equitable, policies usual in the policies of Mu aver. Companies, claiming a right to be notified of an assignment and their approval obtained) so long as the assignment or transfer of a policy in the Equitable is a legal act, and the party who claims can give a legal discharge, the amount is paid by the Company. The extraordinary advantage afforded by means of the Half Credit system, in not requiring, under any circumstances, an outlay of a larger sum of money than is absolutely necessary to secure the amount insured; is. peculiarly applicable to the CREDITOR desirous of possessing a policy on the life his prairoa. If the debt is paid off during these five years, he can discontinue the assurance alto gether, having secured the amount, in the event of the debtor's death previously, at a less expense than would in any mutual office be charged for assuring the life for seven years. If the debt is NOT PAID he would be enabled to continue the assurance for the remainder of the debtor's life, whatever.might then be his state of health. Attention is narticulary re- quested to the HALF CREDIT RATES OF PREMIUM PER $lOO (Without security or deferred note.) Age, Half Credit. during 5 years Ave._ Half Credit. during 5 years 40 $1 46 45 1 75 50 213 55 2 64 The assured has to pay the premium in all cases in advance, and HAS 50 LIABILITY of any kind, sort or description. A deferred note is not neces sary to pMfect any operation, and none will be taken by the Company. " Persons insuring should bear in mind that a pro missory note given to a IltruAr. OFFICE at com pound interest, soon amounts to more than the sum assured. Thus, $lOO per annum for 20 years at 6 per cent., would cause a DEDUCTION from the sum assured of THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT DOLLARS AND FIFTY-FIVE CENTS. The premiums of Mutual Assurance Companies being, as they profess, (though the. Mutual offices "do somehow" advertise guarantee capitals) free froth the burdens of dividends to shuruholt3rs, should be very much lower, than those of stock tlcimpanies; YET THE EuurnantE Is LOWER BY SIX TEEN PER CENT. THAN ANY MUTUAL OFFICE, and at the SAME RATES OF PREMIUM charged by the "New York Life," "The New York Mutual," "Albion," " Worcester Mutual," "Connecticut Mutual," " Pennsylvania," "Girard," "Penn," "New England," "Hartford," "Baltimore Mu tual," " Boston Mutual," &c., &c., &c., in the Equitable the payments cease altogether altar twenty-one years. 4177/4121 Premiumm, payable during Twenty-one years only, for an assurance of $lOO at death. Age. An.paym't. Age.An.paym't. Age. An. paym't A 2 $1 77 , 35 $2 75 50 $4 60 25 2 04 40 3 20 55 5 76 30 2 86 45 3 73 60 7 00 The assured being thus entirely relieved of pay ments (if he is under 35 years of age) before he has passed the prime of life, and that for the same pre mium charged by the Mutual Offices. The premiums charged by the MITTLTAL OFFICLS Ira all on the highest scale, (and by their own ad vertisements) much beyond what is requisite for the purpose of their business. Their "profits" can "only be realized, if ever realized at all, after a lapse of twenty years. The word Profits, therefore, is an abuse of the term, A WHOLLY CONTINGENT AND REMOTE PROMISE, for it is self-evident, and cannot for a moment be ques tioned, they must suffer loss by every insurer who dies before the amount paid by him in premiums, with the accumulated interest, shall be equal to the amount of his policy—nevertheless, in the Mu tual Offices the "profits" (171) arc to be shared in by the representative, should the insured die IM MEDIATELY after one or two payments, 13Y the diminution of the premiums in the Equi table, THE GREATEST PRESENT BENEFIT IS SECURED to all persons assured by this company; whilst those who wish to participate in the profits can do so, by the purchase of the reserved shares, (first instalment, 10 dollars) which at all times afford a good and really profitable investment for capital, beside a vote for each share. This action the TrusteeS conceive must commend itself to the judg ment of every unbiassed inquirer, being based on the broad principle of equity; and securing to all the members, the advantages to which they are justly entitled by their actual payments; without opera ting to the peculiar benefit of old standing members, qr placing recent entrants at a disadvantage --a combination presented by no other office than the Equitable Life Insurance Company. -THE ACTUAL MONEY Swims given by the Equi -table saved, is upwards of 15 per cent., at the time of effecting the insurance; OR IN ACCORDANCE with the SCRIP BONUS OF A MUTUAL OFFICE; THE SAVING IS EQUAL 'TO TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY PER CENT. Ppafrz Scan. (1) 0:3 - Pamphlets, tables of rates, lists of agents, obtained at the office, 74 Walnut Street, or from the agents throughout the United States. The public are requested to eAamine carefully the Prospectus of" The Equitable') before insuring elsewhere. JNO. W. CLAI:IORN, Pres't. FRANCIS WEST, M. D. 2 . Medlcal Examiners, J. B. BIDDLE, M.D. Dtr In attendance daily from 12 to 2 o'clock. Treasurer—F. W. It.awr.t: Solicitor—War. W. RALY. Actuary—H. G. Tucxra-r. GEO. A. MILLER, Agent for Lancaster, Penn'a, April 17 149, Salt Salt GROUND ALUM, FINE AND DIARY SALT for sale in lots to suit purchasers, by June 12-3m-20] WILLIAMS & CLARKSON. /7 ' " , 11111,' 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 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 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. S‘IITH, Patentee. AGENTS—Wax. KIRKPATRICK, Lancaster City. A. K. 8i A. L. Wyrrann., Paradise. irr Revolving Horse-Rakes for sale at the above places, and at' J. Router; & 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 et , 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. ivlessenkows 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 ?=.>so 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 .:::;ng tub, which is placed 'partly above the still, tr which tub the doubler is inclosed, the beer which is pumped into the upper tub passes down by a plug pipe into the doubling tub, where it is brought to a boiling state before it is let into the still, which pipe is opened or stopped when requisite by means of a plug made of wood, copper, or any other material. What I claim as my improvements are the above described doubling tub and the plug by which the beer pasSes from one tub to the other, or from the tub into the still. Having received information,amounting to proof, that my patent for the above described improve ment.: 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 slarclynext, suit will be instituted against all and every such person or persons. JACOB WEITZEL. Feb. 22, 1848 SAVINGS INSTITUTIO N. MONEY LOST—BY NOT CALLING AT Pinkerton §- Smeltis. 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, &c., Changeable and Plain and Satin Stripe Alpacas, De Lains of various shades, Linen Lustre, Lawns, Gihghams, Calicoes, Hosiery, Gloves, Bleached and Unbleached Muslins 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, &re, Baskets—French and other travelling, also mar keting Baskets, with or without covers, Basket Carriages, Chairs, Rtc. MACKEREL 150 Bbis. 4- and bbls. of the choicest brands— Mackaiel warranted. TOBACCO AND SEGARS wholesale 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. SO North Queen St., under the lluse.4=, two squares from the Court House. PINKERTON & SMELTZ. ly-I0 April 3, ,49 S S O DR. HUNTER will forfeit $5O, failing to cure any case of Secret Disease that may come under his care, no matter how long standing or afflicting. Either Sex are invited to his private rooms, 38 North Seventh St., PHILA., without fear of interruption by other patients, as thousands are cured yearly by his practical experience and great remedies. 'Strangers and others who have been unfortunate in the selection of a Physician, are so licited to call on the Doc.tor. His RED DROP and his SPECIFIC apt like magic in diseases of this class. READ . AND REFLECT.—The afflicted would do well to reflect before trusting their health, hap piness, and in many cases their lives in the hands of Physicians ignorant of this class of maladies. :It is certainly impossible for one man to understand all the ills the human family are subject to. Every respectable Physician has his particular brancl , in which lie is more successful than his brother pro fessors, and, therefore, to that he devotes more of his time and study. Dr. HUNTER is known to be the most successful practitionerin the United States in diseases of the sexual organs. YEARS OF PRACTICE exclusively devoted to the study and 'treatment of gleet, stricture, effects of solitary habits, ulcers upon the body, throat, nose or legs, pains in the head or bonds, mercurial rheumatism, gravel, irregularities, climate, or im purities of the blood, whereby the constitution has become enfeebled, enables the Doctor to offer. spee dy relief to all who may place themselves under his care. Office open during the week from 7 A. M. until 9 P. M. On Sundays the office will 'close at 2 P. M. Dec 12 ,4S W. Whiteside, ATTORNEY AT LA'W'; - ETAS removed to the office formerly occupied 11 - 11 by E. C. Reigart, Esq., in West King street, 3d house below Mr. Reed's Tavern. April 10 11-tf Removal. lE. HIESTER, Attorney at Law, . Has removed to the Office hitherto occupied by Judge Champneys, a few doors west of the Lan caster County Bank, in East King Street. April 3, 249 6m-10 Sign Painting. TORN L. KEFFER has commenced the above ft) business, in A. N. Brenneman's Building, Cen tre §quare, Lancaster, and will do the beet he can, by strict attention to business and moderate charges, to satisfy all who may be pleased to favor him with their custom. - (May 1848.-16. " THAT COUNTRY IS THE MOST CITY OF LANCAST New Goods the AT ERBEN'S CHEAP STORE!r to In the National House Building. ANOTHER SUPPLY of elegant SUMM' GOODS just received, which will be E . the l6wer than ever! aant Lawns! Lawns! Every deseriptitm of style fired 121 to 50 cts. .ele- Bareges! Bareges! Beautiful French Gorand selling from 12k cts. upward. Lin - en Lustres! Linen Tissues.'Bare s ge . sites .new and handsome styles at reduced prices. an- White Dress Goods! Plain, Figured, Striped ,and Plaid. Book Muslins from 121 to 371 cts., eheo ,, ing than ever before sold. Ginghams ! Ginghams ! an endless varietver i VERY cheap and fast colors. tber Parasols! Parasols' The most complete ass , the meat in this city. Every color, style, quality i• B• !price. ler; Mantilla Silks, Fringes and Gimp, Sacklttle Linens, Braids, 4-c., •kc., Bonnet Ribbons, B/oratie Laces, Gloves, Hosiery, new styles and low pri,non with a general assortment of Cloths, Cassimejoa . Dealings, Summer Cloths, Linen.Drillings, Twe!hn ; 4-c., 4-c. W. China Pearl, Braid and Palm : Hats ! a new very cheap. !trot Rich embossed Piano and Table Covers—Scaent :and Black and other colors. Give a call and you will find a complete assn, ment of CHOICE GOODS at prices that will ice. failto please. nce CHAS. M. ERBEN & BROTHER. 29 June 5, 1849. le. HORACE F. A. 511• ISAAC IL DILI/Ge Land and General Agency 0111C 0 b e r- AT THE CAPITAL OF ILLINOIS, I . T CITY OF SPRINGFIELD. • a To non-residents owners of Illinois Lands—Hold of Illinois Indebtedness, and all persons desire of purchasing State lands with Illinois scrip the bonds. .nd T HE undersigned would respectfully inform 0, public, that they have established in this Ciac —the capital of the state of Illinois—a Land ass. General Agency Office for the transaction of id. business appertaining thereto, within the limitsze, ,the State. es All transactions relative to the purchase and eats ,of lands, examining lands and reporting their lottl tion, anvantages and value, paying taxes, redeero ing land sold for taxes, investigating titles,&.!'"' buying and selling all descriptions of state index edness, this and every other description of basin< r _ attacfied to a General Land Agency on the m extended scale, will be promptly and faithfe ,') r 'attended to: sor ASH & DILLER. nd SPRINGFIELD, March 14, '49. REFERENCES Hon. James Buchanan, Lancaster, Penn'a. ",.. Benj. Champneys, ii Reah Frazer, Esq., ii o 'Wrn. Mathiot, Esq., ,ic ‘c Roland Diller, Esq., New Holland, Penn's Davis, Esq., ,ii. ii " Hon. Daniel Sturgeon, U.S. Senate. Jas. Cooper, ii ,i James Fox, Esq., • Harrisburg, Penn a. Gen. Robert Patterson, Philadelphia, " " Adam Diller,. i., Jos. L. Chester, Esq., «ii Col. S. W. Black, Pittsburg, " His Er' A. C. French, . Governor Illinois. Hon. Thos. H. Campbell, Auditor " " John Moore, Treasurer " " S. H. Treat, Judge SuprerFe Court Lyman Trumbull, 4, " J. Dean Caton, April 17, 1849. 11 Conestoga Foundry. STOVES! STOVES!! STOVES!!! 2000 STOVES on hand, comprising the best assortment ever kept in Pennsylvania. The following list includes a part of the most pop ular kind :41, Hathaway's Improved Cook Stoves. Buck's Superior Cook do. The very celebrated "Victory"do. The" Paragon" Cook do. Also a new Cooking Stove, called the "Farmer." Application has been made by the proprietor for Letters Patent for this stove, which .he has desig nated "THE FARMER," in view of its complete adaption to the wants and uses of this class of the community. It has been constructed with great care, upon the most scientific and approved princi ples, and bids fair to become the most celebrated Cooking Stove in the country.. In addition to the above, the subscriber has an assortment of other COOKING STOVES adapted to the use of coal or wood, such as the "Complete Cook," the "Parlour Cook," &c., &c., with all sizes of NINE PLATE WOOD STOVES, and a large variety of COAL Srovcs for parlours, dining rooms and offices. llThe proprietor of the Conestoga Foundry has purchased the right for manufacv- olg and selling the Hathaway and Buck's Patent Look Stove for Lancaster county. The castings at this foundry are made of the best No. 1 Codorus and Conowingo Iron, long celebra ted for strength. it:!r All kinds of CASTINGS made to order 'Moves will be sold and orders for castings received either at the Foundry or at the store of the subscriber in East King= Street, a few doors trOm the Court House in the city of Lancaster. June, 13, , 45-20-tf.] C. KIEFFER. Schceneck Coach Manufactory. lsrgHE subscriber respectfully informs his friends Fr and customers,- that he has now on hand a 1 e 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, and in regard to cheapness lie is re solved not to be undersold by any shop in thestate. 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 ones,—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. THE subscribers have taken the Coal Yard on nce 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 as 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 IV ills, 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. Nov is the time for Bargains! B. F. SHENK, R. H. LONG. 341-In retiring from business, our friends and the public generally have our thanks tor 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 18 A LEXANDER L. HAYES,, ATTORNEY AT LAW: Otte—West King Street, next door below C. Hager Son>a Store. January 9,,49 G EORGE W. IYPELROY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 'Offers his professional services to the public. Office in Centre Square, in the room formerly occupied by M. Carpenter, Mayor. [May 1,,49-14 JOHN A. HIESTAND, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office in West King Street, fourth door West of Peter Reed's Hotel, Lancaster. ancaster, May 15, 1849 61e-15. . . County COArt .Proclantatto . - , w n dent, Jews Gaoas and. - EREAso. he - 0 - ..' ELLis L ' E w ß - i ._ , - ' .-' „ i . ,'..r 7 e. . . Es q ~ ,, Associate : Pleas; -in an d for the c o " of Lancaster ~ ; - :I; : -• . . • Assistant Justice. °t o e c ourt or °ye , ~ . d. 1...— - ' --, 2 ' 3 • ..I ' ' ' „ . .. . . I?ei and General jaalDelivery and Q uar t er S, -. . . .. _ . .... Of the Peace , in auditor the said cou n t y o fL aj ia . . -.''' '' ''''' ~1 ? -t' :1 .... U.. . r 71 : .; ..,:! '" ..i. : : ;-. 4,_ , ::.- ... ter., have issued the i r p recept . to me di " , :.-- ....... ,- -...-,..,,,, ~- -, " , q uirin g me, . 0 ... : things to ~,,e p _ ~ - •. •, ,- ' 1 11 1 . Proclamation thr b n o mut my Ba il iwick , tha .. - - , ' , ---- . •- - _ - Court of GeneralQua.-ter Sessions of the Peace . . Jail Delivery, willcommence in the city of Lan,/ ' . , , ter, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on . THIRD MONDAY OF AUGUST NEXT, 1849, in pu ance of which precept . Public Notice is Hereby - Given, to the Ma . . Recorder, and Aldermen of the city of LancaCHE GREATEST REWARD."-7BUCHANAN. in the said , county, and all the Justices of Peace, the Coroner, Constables, of the city , county of Lancaster, that they e then and tir in their own proper persona, with the roII N_ING AUGUST 14 1849 s• cords and examinations, and inquisitions, and t 9 9 other remembrances, to do those things, whirl their offices appertain in that behalf to be dr and also, all those who will, prosecute against prisoners who are, or then shall be in the Ja the said county of Lancaster, are to be then there to prosecute against them as shall be just' Dated at Lancaster ' the 19th day of April, I JACOB HUBER, Sheriff. N. B.—Punctual attendance of Jurors and 1 nesse' will hereafter be expected and requiree the first day of the Sessions. Justices of the Pe are particularly requested to return their reco zances on the week preceding the Court to I WESTER, Esq., the Prosecuting Attorney, that I of Indictment may be prepared, and ready to sent to the Grand Jury, so that that body may be unnecesserily detained for a want of busin. and the Prosecuting Attorney will have leisure proceed immediately to the trial of Indictme pending: [July 31—te- Strasburg and Lancaster Stag THE undersigned, thankful for the encoura meet received since the establishment of line, begs leave to inform his friends and the pul generally, that he continues running a Stage dt between Strasburg and Lancaster. Leaving Miller's, Strasburg, at 7 o'clock A. Shertz's, Lancaster, at 4 P. M. FARE—Each way, 371 cts. Children under years of age, half price. Each passenger will entitled to 50 pounds baggage. The cars from Philadelphia and from the W arrive in time for this stage. The subscriber has purchased the interest of I firm in the Stage, and intends to drive and main it personally. Passengers will be called for when requested. Also taken up at any place along the road. The borough of Strasburg is situated in the m. beautiful and fertile section of Lancaster court about 7 miles from the city of Lancaster, and ii most delightful place of resort for the sump season. To the citizens of Philadelphia, who i desirous of securing a quiet and pleasant rail from the pestilential atmosphere by which they t surrounded, the Borough of Strasburg is reco' mended as possessing 'many advantages over otl places. It is but a few hours ride from the ci and board may be obtained of an excellent char.' ter upon the most reasonable terms. July 31-27] C. EDWARDS: Proprietor Farmers Look Here: Steacey's Improved Seeding Machine—Grain Dr Patented-June Bth, 1849, and pronounced at flu Patent Office to be the best article of the Drill kind that has yet been invented. THE subscriber is' now manufacturing in te, borough of Strasburg, Lancaster county, AN I (PROVED SEEDING MACHINE, which for durability, efficiency, and neatness mechanism, stands unrivalled. Its properties as a Seeding Machine have Stirred the bright tresses on her infant's no caeek, While now and then with melting heart she pressed Soft kisses o'er its red and smiling lips— Lips, sweet'as rose-buds in fresh beauty dressed, Ere the young murmuring bee their honey sips. It was a fragrant eve ; the sky was full Of burning stars, that tremulously clear Shone on those lovely ones, while the low lull Of falling wateis fell upon the ear; And the new moon, like a pure shell of pearl Encircled by the blue waves of the deep, Lay mid the fleecy clouds that love to curl Around the stars when they their vigils keep. My heart grew softer as I gazed upon That youthful mother, as she soothed to rest With a low song her ehereshed one— The bud of promise on her gentle breast; For 'tie a sight that angel ones above May stoop to gaze on from their bowers of bliss, When Innocence upon the breast of Love Is cradled, in a sinful world like this. Miscellaneous. The Death of Don Pedro A SPANISH STORY Even in those fierce days—days of adventure and of blood—no fiercer action, no more hardily contested, was fought out, than that wherein nigh Montiel the fiery valor of the bastard Transtamara, backed by the flower of France's chivalry—Sir Alan of St. Paul, Sir Alyot of Calays, and a whole host of scarce inferior name, mustered beneath the banner of the far-famed Du Guesclin—prevailed in fratricidal strife over the desperate arms of Pedro— Pedro of . Aragon, The Cruel. Once re-established on his tottering throne by the Black Prince of Eng land, scarcely had he refrained from his accustom ed tyranny and bloodtliirst. during the presence at his court of Britain's hope and hero—but when the leopard standards ceased to wave in the soft south ern breeze, when the .stout archers of the Ocean Isle had turned their serried columns homeward, then on the instant, revealed in his true light, shone forth the tyrant. Blood had flowed river-like through every street of every Spanish town, till, as it ever doth, oppression gave birth to resistance —the gore found a voice, and cried to Heaven not all unheared for vengeance. Unsubdued still, although defeated, Henry of Transtamara had leaped joyously to arms at the first call of the indignant rebels; nor had his trumpet rung unechoed by the world-famous war cries of Frances best and bravest. It needs not step by step to follow up the fortunes of the fierce rival brothers. Enough! they met nigh Montiel, and though he did most doughtily a lead er's devoir, fighting in the front ever with a mighty axe, and striking down a knight at every invoca tion of his patron saint, Don Pedro was borne back. His mercenary troops—Saracens, Jews, and Portu guese—might not abide the brunt of Frances knightly spears, although the Moors of Belmaryn .and of Granada fought fiercely with their bows bpd archegayes, and did that day full many a noble (Feed of arms--although his banner was advanced, so that it met and rencountered that of his bastard brother, who fought within a speafs-lengt h distance, each shouting forth his battle cry! Then the bat talion of Don Pedro opened their serried ranks, and wavered—then came a fresh and fiercer charge,-led by the valiant Du Guesclin, all blood from spur to helmet-plume, 'Castile, Castile"-they shouted— "for King Henry! Castile, and our lady Du Gues clin"—and with that furious onslaught the battle in truth ended. Don Ferdinand di Castro, the stoutest knight and stanchest councillor of Pedro, turned his rein forcibly aside from the tremendous mellay, in which assuredly he would have perished else, and dragged him from the field. -Sire," he said, "'tis time—and little time enough —to save yourself; withdraw, then, straightway into your castle of Montiel, for if you be now taken, you are but a dead monarch." Well said that stout knight and stanch council lor. that there was little time enough; for, as they fled with loosened rein 'and bloody spur, twelve persons only in a body of all that mighty host, which made so gallant and so proud a show at sunrise, the Begue of Villaynes with a strong band of spears pursued so hotly on their tracli that, had the gates been closed, not one of their small com pany but must have died full knightly itt his shoes of steel, or yielded to his captor's courtesy. For tune bad not, however, as yet set altogether for Don Pedro. One hour later, and the gates of Mon tiel would have been closed, the drawbridge lifted, the guard for the night watch posted. As it was, unchallenged and unchecked they dashed across the clattering drawbridge, beneath the echoing vault of the large Gothic arch; and the portcullis fell, clank ing and rattling at their heels; and the uplifted bridge opposed its massy strength to their pursuers. Still they might see, however, within brief distance of the ramparts, not indeed out of bowshot, had they been English archers who mustered on the barbican and ballium, the Begun of Viltaynes pitch ing his knightly banner on the road, and marshal ling his men-at-arms so as to ua rd each outlet, and frustrate every effort at escape. The night, "that common friend of Wearied and dismantled armies," fell darkling over hill and dale, and put an end to the pursuit, which had so fiercely and so mercilessly urged the few and faint survivors of that most bloody field. The night fell dark and gloomy, but not with so obscure and palpable a shadow as that which sank down, like a misty cur tain, over the high and cheery courage—his sole redeeming feature—of the blood-thristy Pedro,— The morning rose again, filling the firmament with splendor and with melody, chasing each shade and mist-wreath, from the bright face of nature, but banishing no single cloud of those which frowned so hopelessly, so pitilessly dark on the broad manly brow of this—the desolator desolate—the victor overthrown. With the first dawn of day - the scanty garrison of Montiel—scanty, yet faithful— was mustered under arms; to repel any onslaught which might be attempted by the followers of the Begue. Right strong, however, was the castle, not less by natural position than by artificial works, and able to have held out for mouths, nay, years, against the feeble means which alone had been in vented at that early day for the assault of strong and castellated buildings. Bdt, haplessly for Pedro, it had so fallen out, that there was scant four days' provision in the magazines, nor any method for re cruiting them. The castle, built on a high and craggy eminence, o'erlooking many a mile of lovely champagne, vineyards, and oliv .roves, and seas of bright and waving wheat,' w'S the dark um• brage of the glossy cork-wood ik ersz reed on all sides, could be approached only by one teep and i_ .. terraced road, on which midway the cent, the foreign 'standard of the Seigneur of Villay s waved proudly, as in triumph, under the all-sufficieht guard of some five hundred lances, among which shone the blazoned pennons of three or four—the noblest, of Du Guesclin—while all the plain below for a mile's distance from the mountain foot, was whit ened by the close pavillions of Don Henry's con quering host—a camp sufficient for the sojourn of, at the least, ten thousand warriors. It was apparent at a, glance that no attack was thought of; the enemy were, it could scarce be doubted, as well in formed of the resources of the garrison, as they who looked so .anxiously from their eleagured ramparts; and had determined to incur no chance of loss to bring about an end, which, aided by no effort, must come to pass at list, and that at no far season. Hope left the bold heart of the Spanish king as he gazed downward from the walls, and 'saw the banner of his detested rival, detested more in that he should have been beloved, Henry of Transtamara displayed again.4t his last stronghold. Hope lest him, for he knew that, pent as he was in that rude mountain fort, no rallying point was left to his discomfited and scattered forces; that not one trumpet would be blown, nor One lance laid in rest to rescue him, for whom. had he stood free and fearless on the battle plain, ten thousand swords would have leaped from their !scabbards, ten thous and noble voices swelled the lwar-cry of "Aragon for Pedro." Hope left him, it is true; but in her place doubt came not, nor despondency, nor fear— and yel he knew rescue impossible—rendition worse than fruitless. He by whom no terms had been ever kept, who had respected no engagement, held no oath sacred, whose want df knightly faith and knightly honor had only been'less famous than his pre-eminence in hardihood and daring valor—how could he look for that from another—another too so bitterly, so 'more than deadly hostile as was his bastard brother—which he had not been hypocrite enough even to feign himself one capable of grant in.? Well he knew that three more days at far thest must put an end to his ability to hold out any longer; that no relief could be afforded from with out; that to surrender was to die, unaided, uneven. ged—all this he knew, yet of such stubborn metal was his dark sullen spirits moulded, that he not only showed no outward marks of solicitude, but actually felt no internal tribulation. "My mind is made up," he exclaimed, "Senor, my mind is made up, seek not to alter it. To lin ger here is but to starve, to yield is but to die, and dying leave all joy, all wealth, all power, to that thrice cursed miscreant and dog. Surrender thou, Don Ferdinand di Castro, surrener thou and wel come; with thee they will keep faith, with me 'twere idiocy to dream of it. . This night will I do on my harness, and mount rny,desirier, with my shield on my neck, and my lahce in my hand will I ride forth under the cloud of Midnight—follow me few or many—like the evening serpent will I crawl down upon their out-posts, but like Jove's eagle will I launch my bolts upon their unsuspecting heads—it may be s l can cut my road through their array, and to escape to work them wilder wo. It may be I shall fail, yet even in failing shall I die full knightly, in my steel harness, SLAYING r "Most noble Ring and Lord," Don Ferdinand re plied, "withersover you ride forth, thither I follow. If so be that you escape, why 1 in altertime may conquer at your bridle-rein, if that you fail and fall, it will at least be something to die with so great a king, a knight so hardy." No words more were exchanged, but coats of steel and calques of proof were yielded to 'the armorer's busiest care; lanced were chosen of the toughest, two-handed swordstwere girded. The evening meal was spread, the board was laid with the choicest fare the leaguered hold could furnish, cups 'of the golden Xeres, or the rich fruity Malaga went round; and there was bcild and gay discourse of deeds of knightly daring, and tales of woman's love. The. feast, protracted though it was till the last hour but one of night was pealed forth by the castle bell and noted by the drowsy sentinel, was ended. The king, all sable mail from crest to spur, with neither cognizance nor blazonry, nor plume, nor surcoat, Strode down the clanging staircase— clanging beneath his steel-shod feet and the steel scabbard of his mighty espaldon. Five knights, six veteran men-at-ar.ns, and;two guides followed him. A small band indeed wherewith to dare the might of banded thousands; but in that little band there was not one who did not feel his heart swollen as it were with the hot blood of a hundred; his hand stron. b with the muscles of a host. So true it is that daring leaders, whether they lead to evil or to good, make daring followers; that energy, and warlike skill, and desperate self-devotion will win respect and admiration from the soldiery for any general, how ruthless, how tyrannical, soever. There was not one of those who followed to his last field him justly named the cricsi.,.who loved, or honored—not one who would have brooked to line, though all from various motives were prepared to die with him. The noble Ferdinand, because he was Spain's true king and legitimate ruler—Sir Reginald Holmes, far-famed as the Green Squire, and Sir Ralph Arundel, because they stood pledged by their English honor, and their high chivalry of soul, to fight beneath his banner to the uttermost —the others of the Spaniards, some for the hope of present safety and of future vengeance, and some from shame, and some for loyality—all boldly fall devotedly, all fearlessly—but none for love nor liking. . _ The gates were opened silently, and the bridge lowered. The night was dark as a wolfs mouth, while a small driving rain drifted continually, from the thick black clouds which covered all the firma. ment of heaven, betore a strong south-western wind. In sooth it had been a keen eye that could have discerned any living thing within a bow-shot's dis tance, and it had needed a right quick and subtile ear to have caught any sound above the pattering of the rain and the loud wailing of the blast. It was the very night, wherein to do some deed of great adventure, to perform some notable escape. Thereat was king Don Pedro very glad, and his heart was revived, and all his company, that were about him, were greatly comforted with hope, that they said each to the other, "Soh, sirs, but we shall 'scope, past hope!" and some did vow great candles of pure virgin wax unto the Queen of Heaven and their good patron saints, so they might go free from their present perils; and some did bind them selves to mighty feats of war; and sundry to great penance for their sins, and more than one or two to pilgrimage, even to the Holy Land. But none of these things in the end availed them anything. For the Begue of Villaynes—in sooth he was a sturdy man-at-arms and a right valorous and pru dent leader—mistrusted much the night, seeing that it was dark and suitable either for secret flight or sudden throwing in of succors; therefore it was, he kept the surer watch, going the rounds himself; and with him were afoot three hundred of his company. And they had kindled them a little watch-fire hard by the angle of the road, whereby the king was fain to have escaped, and they sat there and warmed them; when lo! a yeoman from the out-post, which they had set toward the castle gate--he was a mercenary—an outlawed EngliSh archer, well dight with bacinet of steel and a. light brigandine, having his bow of yew, a good six foot long in his hand, and in his belt twenty-four pea cock arrows of a full cloth-yard measure, with his stout Sheffield whittle and his leaden maul—came running in right hastily; and when he came near to the - Begue—"O, noble sir," he said, "I kept watch toward the castle gate; and in the lull between the guests of wind I heard a clanking, as of harness; and ever and anon a barbed horse-tramp; and there be men-of-arms afoot, and nigh unto us even now but whether they come downward from the castle, or whether they come upward from the camp. I cannot say to you, for of God's truth I knout not!" Then the Begue rose up hastily, and all his com pany about him, a good three, hundred spears, and he spoke low to them that would have followed him—" Sirs, keep you all still privy, for now I can I hear folks come in the way. We will go know what they be, and what they seek here at this time of night, peradventure there be some that are coming to re-victual the castle." And he stepped down into the hollow way, that led down from the castle of Mound ; with his dagger drawn ready in his hand. And there came down upon him Don. Pedro, and his twelve that had issued forth with him; and they wist not that the Begue was there; but he came suddenly on him that rode next to Don Pedro, and said, "What art thou?" but he, being nobly horsed, and of quick wit, set spurs to his destricr, and rushed forth from him, and passed by them; and so the king would have done likewise, but the Begue stepped up quickly, and seized him by the bridle rein, and cried, 'What art thou'? _Show me, or thou art but dead!" and the three hun dred spears, that had kept them all privy until then, drew out at once and stood across the road, and compassed the king's party in on every side. Then when the king beheld that rout of men of war on every side, and that there was no escape, he showed himself and said, "Sir Begue of Villay. nes, I am the King Don Pedro, of Castile; I yield me to you as a prisoner, and put me and my com pany, which are but twelve persons, into your hands and pleasure; and, sir, I require 'you, of your gen tleness, to bring me into some safeguard ; and I shall pay you such ransom as will desire, for I thank God I have enough therefor, so that I may 'scage from the hands of the Bastard, my brother.' Then the Begue answered, and said, "Sir, 1 shall lead you straight, you and your company, into sor safeguard; and your brother shall know nothing cif you by me." Natheless he spoke not truly, nor as became a valorous knight and noble cavalier; for he brought the king straightway to his quarters in the private lodging of Sir Lyon di Lakonet, and he set meat beore him, and entreated him right cour teously, and prayed him to be disarmed of his proof harness. And King Don Pedro, at his prayer, laid aside his casque, and cerveilleire, his gorget and his coat of plate, and his mail hose; and he sat down to meat unarmed, save that he wore his se cret iazeran of mail over his pinion of chamois leather, and his misericorde or two-edged dagger, in his belt ; but his sword was unbuckled and his head bare. And when he set him down, the Begue privily sent one unto King Henry, that said to him, "your brother, King Don Pedro, is now captive - - and showed him where he was, at the Segue's lodging. And the king had not sat there the space of an hour, when there came there Henry of Trans tamara, the king his rival, and with that bastard the Earl of Roquebertyn, and certain others with Sir Bertrand du Guesclin. And Henry looked about him, when be entered in, and cried, " Where is that Jew and bastard that calle:h himself King of Bastile?" Then Pedro started up, and glared upon his brother, like to a baited bull, despitefully and dauntlessly; for, though he was a cruel and fierce tyrant, yet was he a right hardy and brave' knight; and Pedro said, in a voice high and clear and like unto a herald's summons— " Nay, it is thou that art the bastard. lam the son of King Alphonso. lam the King—Tas Kiss!" And Henry answered nothing; but drew his dagger. Then Pedro looked reproachfully toward Bertrand du Guesclin, for that he was a famous knight f .and one untainted with the shame of treason, and Bertrand answered him, and said, " Nay, thou shalt have fair play." Yet he too lied. For with the word, Don Pedro leaped against his brother with a fell cry, and thrust aside his dagger, and wrestled with him, and overthrew him. And Henry fell, doubled across a bench, with his right hand, that held his long knife, under him; and Pedro knelt upon his chest, and unsheated his misericorde and raised his arm to smite him. But then, despite the plighted faith of the Begue of Villaynes, and the pledged word of Du Guesclin, the Earl of Ro• quebertyn steppe I in, and seized Don Pedro by the arm, and overturned him' forcibly, 'and held him down until his brother gained his feet again and plunged his knife three several times into the pros trate body—while he, undaunted in his death, as he had been in life, shrank not from the keen steel, nor blenched at all, but gazed right in his brother's eyes, and at each mortal stab exclaimed, "I am the King!'' but with the third blow, from nose, eyes, and mouth forth gushed the dark red life blood; and with one shivering spasm his limbs stretched out, and his keen features fell, and he lay at his murderer's feet. Roused by the tumult, but roused too late, in rushed his men—Reginald Holmes and Arundel, with their swords drawn, came first, nor would they be appeased or pacified, but were struck down and slaughtered beside their slaughtered lord—true scions and examples of the high English chivalry —while Ferdinand di Castro and the rest received no evil, but remained the prisoners of the Begue of Villaynes, and of Sir Lyon di Lakonet. Thus fell Don Pedro of Castile, justly surnamed the Cruel. Peace to his soul! Amen! Moore as a Poet On a bed of pain, perhaps of death. in a thatched cottage in Devonshire, lies the greatest poet of the new tongue of Ireland. After a life of nearly sev enty years—for fifty years of which he has been famous—the son of a Dublin grocer, the friend of Emmett, Grattan, Byron. and Fox, lies, crushed in mind and heart, his memory, with all its untold tales taken from him, the quiver of his fancy empt ied of the last arrow, with many years and sorrows, like oak and lead wrapped about his body in anti cipation of the grave. Poor "Tom Moore, - how grey and cold sets in the night of his long and bril liant day! The poet's body must die. Let us leave that to the undertaker and sexton—it belongs lawrully to them. But the poets works and words, his genius, or that part of it developed in type, his philosophy as revealed in his writings, his moral influence on his nation and his age—these belong to us, who are of that posterity to which all the genius of the past has appealed, and before whom such men as Moore have laid their works, as it were in evidence. Of the moral influence of Moore on his age but little can be said. In temperament and tastes, he was neither European nor Christian. He was "a child of the sun"—an Asiatic. All his imagery and all his predilections were oriental. Born in the very west of Europe, on the brink of the At lanticein an atmosphere of salted mist, he was as totally unlike an Islander of that latitude, as man could be. Judging by his writings, he should have been a native of Rhodes, half-Greek, half-Asiatic, an intellectual compound of Epicurus and Mahomet. He sings forever of the sun, of nightingales, of liv ing in the open air, of orange groves and fire flies, palankeens and palm trees. A true child of the islands would have substituted for these the cloudy storminess of his own climate. The mighty Horn eric sea, the oak and pine, the struggling ship, and the thunder of Heaven. But his first exercise of self-will was to forsake his country, and to accli mate his imaginations in the east—an effort in which he succeeded, as no Western man ever did before or will do again.—The Nation. FOOD AND DIGESTION.—The London Atheneum furnishes the following table showing the compara tive nutriment contained in various articles of food in use among us, and the time required for healthy persons to digest each. The first column shows the proportion of nutriment in every 1000th part, the hours and minutes to digest or convert them into Chyle: 1000ths. hours. min 350 5 30 295 3 270 4 260 3 Veal Mutton Chickens Beef Pork 240 3 30 Codfish 210 Tripe and Pig. feet 1 Eggs 130 3 Milk 73 2 Wheat bread, 960 3 15 Benno, dry 870 Rice - 880 1 . Almonds 656 Plums 590 Grape 270 Cherries . 250 Potatoes 130 2 Strawberries 120 Cabbage 73 Melons 20 2 Cucumbers 25 I:17' We understand that the mother and sister of John Mitchel, the first "Felon" arid distinguished Irish patriot, sailed from Liverpool on the 26th of July for this country. We can safely promise them a most cordial and hearty welcome. Correspondence of the intelligeneer. PLULATISL.PI.IIt, August 6, 1849. For reasons known only to his enlightened Ex cellency, General Taylor,, President of the United States, Friday last was set apart as a day of fasting and prayer throughout the Union. From the.time when the memory of man runneth not to the con trary, Friday has teen noted as a " hanging•day"— a day: upon which guilty human nature pays the penalty of crime upon the scaffold! Why it should have been chosen, therefore, as a fast day, is a mys tery, to be solved only by the Solomons at the head of governmental affairs. However, overlooking this evidence of modern wisdom by the. Presided, and Cabinet, the day . ' in this city was very gen erally*observed, as all such oetasions — should be, by citizens boasting of civilization and professing Christianity. How beautiful—how refreshing is the thOught—the reflection, of an entire nation unit- ing in prayer and offering up from their heart of hearts„praises and supplicating for His intercession in averting the dread effects of the present prevail. ing efiedemic. There is something sublime—divine in thattiought, and to the pure mind the contem plation conveys au idea of the pleasures of Paradise. There' are those, however, who scoff at the work ings of Providence, as well as at the doings of men, and as an instance in point, I will give an incident that occurred on the morning of fast day. I met a gentleinan, who ,is known to possess considerable knowtedge, and was saluted with—" well, what an infernal set of hypocrites these Philadelphians are. They shut up their stores and go to church and pray, and for what? I asked a religious friend of mine this morning, these questions," continued he: do you believe that the Almighty is just?" "Yes." "Do you believe he orders everything for the best?" "Yes: "Is lie changeable or uncangeabler= The latter." "Do you believe he sent the chtff era?" "Yes." "Then, why do you shut up your stores;' and pray, when you confess that everything is done for the best, and that what is done, cannot or will not be:altered ?" It is said that the ostrich hides its head, and imagines that its body is also obscured from view. The same with this gentleman. He hides the head of truth behind negative questions, while the whole body remains exposed; so that he, like the ostrich, from a confident superiority of knowledge, shows a want of common sense, and presents a picture truly pitiable as well as highly laughable, in their respective exposed positions. This morning's papers contain intelligence that will sound hideous in the ears of the administration at Washington. Tennessee is following i.i ffie footsteps of Connecticut and Virginia—her Demo cratic thunder is shaking the temple of Federalism, which ere long will be in ruins by its continuance. The time is fast approaching when the price of reiterated pledges will be paid—when the lightning of justice will strike the guilty-authors of the be tray ed—when the people's voices will hurl deliande in the teeth of political tricksters in high places. Demagogues and others, aspiring to eminence,may succeed by bartering the souls idol, honesty ; but the day of retribution is sure, and the victim will be made to pay dearly for his weakness and base ness Our Delegate elections take place this evening, and a very animated time is anticipated. It is generally conceded that the Democracy will make a clean sweep—hence a great anxiety to get upon the ticket. A large number of candidates are already in the field—good men and true—each backed by his particular friends ; and all animated with one feeling, that of harmony and success.— Like Tennessee, we intend to skin the coons in earnest. [ The above letter should have appeared last week, but it was received too late for publication. Ed. hdelligencer..] The Times. no/Wood and pestilence, as a combined scourge, has attracted not a little attention from the . daily , press; and one of our cotemporaries, in speculating on the calamaties of the times, considers it a special visitation of the Almighty, for the sins of mankind. But he seems to overlook one very striking fact= that if fire, flood and pestilence are the terrible evils of the times, that we are also visited by signal blessings to compensate for, and counteract them. Instead of famine, we are surrounded by vast abun dance. The earth teems ,with her fruits. Pros perity. crowns our trade, and the returns of com merce enrich the land. If we lose much by flood and fire, still will there remain a great balance in our favor. The pestilence, though fraught with wo to the bereaved heart, must be designed for good in its consequences. The movements of the world must be active. Where man is, commotion, agita tion, convulsion, will prevail. After all, what a happy contrast do we not exhibit, when out con• dition is compared to that of Europe!, Fire, flood and pestilence are common to all the earth. But Europe, in addition to all these, is accursed by every civil wrong. social oppression and political scum-ge, that tyragny, bigotry and sectarianism can invent, as a torment to humanity. The events of the new world are bright and cheering compared to thoie of the old; and yet, the latter has a bril liant future to look forward to. Abounding in money, successful in trade, blessed with an ever productive industry, the old world wears a smile of regeneration on her wrinkled front, that augurs well tor her freedom, not less than her prosperity. Gold! gold! gold! is the cry of het. banks, brokers, exchangers and merchants. Constitutions! Rights and Freedom ! is the cry of the people. And the cry must end in reality. Perhaps no age of the world before gave such abundant evidence of God's goodness, instead of God's vengeance. No page in the volume of mankind, beams with so much ra diance, as the one now spread open before us. And this too! in the face of French perfidy and Roman subjection ; both, however grevious and disgraceful, mere spots on the sun's disc. Neither the walls of Paris, nor the gates of Rome, embrace earth's pop ulation of freedom. Heads of farseeing sagacity, both in the old and new world, anticipate immense business, and prodigious profits, during the year 1850. But will they be realized The probabili ties are all in favor it. The elements are spread before us; and if they continue, 1850 will shame her predecessors. Where ; then, lower the thuds of adversity, that are to scatter their fires, and hurl their thunder-bolts, as punishment for sin? . Is pes tilence, fire and flood, nothing What are they, we answer, but partial evils, unfelt in the general lot of human joy, and scarcely to be estimated as an atom in the creation—a drop in the wide and unmeasured ocean of human being.—Ledger. Two in a Bed. Ned and Charley were two room mates but they occupied different beds. Ned's sleeping apparatus was so situated that he could get into either side— that is to say there were two fore sides to his bed, and no back side—which Ned found very conve nient on certain occasions. • One night Ned and Charley - had been out, and on returning, which they did near morning, both were considerably elevated. However, they walked up to their rooms with an air thatseemed to say, "not so very darned drunk after all," and sought long and patiently for_ matches and a lamp. After knocking the pitcher off the washstand and smash ing the looking gliss, they, - finally gave up the search and went to bed. Went to bed—yes, that's the word, but owing to the darkness, and the confusion of their senses they made a slight mistake, In short Ned's bed had the honor of receiving the two friends—Charley getting in one side, and his companion rolling in on the other. " I say, Ned," cried Charley touching somebody's calf, ".there's a fellow in my bed!" " Wonderful coineidenCe!" exclaimed Ned, °feel ing a strange elbow in the region of his ribs, "thire's somebody in my bed too." "Is there, though?" cried Charley, " let's kick them-r,uf?" " Agreed," saul Ned. And tiecoidiftgly the friends began to kick.j It lasted about a'. minute and a half, and Ned was sprawling sprawling on the floor; Charley was left in possess. ion of the bed. lor a moment all was silent. "1 say, Ned," cried Charley. ", What?" asked Ned sulkily. • "I've kicked my fellow oat!" i "You are a devilish sight - luckier glen I em, then," said Ned, "for mine has kicked . = out." uy The Boston papers assert that the cholera in that city is corifined exclusively -to the foreign population, and in the filthiest part of the city. NO. 29.
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