VOL. L. SIT CCJRA FUTURI. Equitable life insurance comrany Office — No. 74 Walnut treet, ’Philadelphia. President—JOHN W. CLAGHORN. Vice President—PETEß CULLEN. TRUSTEES: Joseph T. Thomas, Edw. C. Markley, William Craig, 1 Robert Morris, George N. Diehl, Stephen R. Crawford, Peter Cullen, Alve E. Laing, Wm. G. Alexander, William M. Baird, Wm. W. Haly, * R. F. Loper, Clayton B. Lamb, Harry Conrad, Peter Rambo, F-tfmklin Comly. H. G. TUCKETT, Secretary and Actuary. Capital $250,000 —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 the are healthy and fit subjects to be insured. In this Office !thero arc 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 tk> 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 various 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 case 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 a'n 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 after 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 aad, 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 tual 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 debtor. 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 lessexpense 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 particular}- re-- quested to th^ HALF CREDIT RATES OF PREMIUM Per $lOO. (Without security or deferred note.) Half Credit. j Age. Half Credit, during 5 years. during 5 vears SI 46 175 213 2 64 The assured has to pay the premium in all cases in advance, and has ko liability of any kind, sort or description. A deferred note is not neces sary to peifeet any operation, and none will be taken by the Company. Persons insuring should bear in mind that a pro missory note given to a Mutual 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 from the burdens of. dividends to shareholders, should be very much lower, than those of stock companies; yet the Equitable 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 after twenty-one years. Annual Premium payable during Twenty-one years only, for an assurance of $lOO at death. Age. An.paym’t. Age.An.paymU. Age. An.pavm’t. 20 $1 77 35 - $2 75 50 $460 25 2 04 40 3 20 55 5 76 30 2 SG 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 Mutual Offices are 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 o’f the term, a WHOLLY CONTINGENT AND REMOTE PROMISE for it is self-evident, and cannot for a moment be ques itioned, they must suffer loss by every insurer who dies before the amount paid by him in premiums with the accumulated interest, shall be cquai to the amount of his policy —nevertheless, in the Mu tual Offices the “profits” (???) are to be shared in by the representative, should the insured die im mediately after pne or two payments. By 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, or placing recent entrants at a disadvantage—a combination presented by no other office than the Equitable Life Insurance Company. Tjie actual Mqney Bonus 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 CFNT Profit Scrip (?) Pamphlets, tables of rates* lists of agents, obtained at the office, 74 Walnut from the agents throughout the Unued States. •• The public are requested to examine carefully the Prospectus of “ The Equitable” before insuring elsewhere. JNO. W. CLAGHORN, Pres’t. Francis West, M.D.) J. B. Biddle, M. D. \ Medical Examiners. JKTIn attendance'daily from 12 to 2 tPclock, Treasurer —F. W. Rawle. Solicitor —Wm. W. Halt. Actuary —H. G. Tuckktt. GEO. A. MILLER, Agent for Lancaster, Penn’a- April 17 ’4O, Marble Yard. THE undersigned adopt this method of inform ing- their friends and the public in general, that they have tjjkcn the Marble Yard, formerly conducted by Daniel Fagan, situated in North Queen Street, in the city of Lancaster, a few doors north of. Van Kanan’s (formerly Scholfield’s) tavern, whe e they are prepared to execute all orders in their line, in the neatest manner, at the most liberal prices, and with every possible expedition. William Leonard acquired a thorough know’ r.lje of the business in the most celebrated Marb : es tablishments in Philadelphia and New Yom. Abner S. Bear was an apprentice to Daniel Fagan, and has had many year 3 experience. As their work is all to be finished by themselves, they feel assured, that they can afford entire satisfaction to their customers. DO" They exhibit John Beard’s celebrated BOOK OF DESIGNS, embracing a large and attractive variety, from which their patrons can scarcely fail to make satisfactory selections. WILLIAM LEONARD, Dec. 25-6m-48] ABNER S. BEAR. Yew Arrangement. PIUENIX LINE WAY TRAIN now leaves the Depot, No. 272 Market Street, EVERY DAY (except the SabbathJ at 11 o’clock A.M., for Down ingtown, Lancaster and Columbia, and on its return to this city, will leave Columbia at 8 o' , clock, and ' Lancaster at 9 A. M , and arrive in- Philadelphia at 1 P. M. This line is intended to accommodate the public in general,and Passengers will be taken up and put down at any point along the road. The Cars will pass the following places at the following times for Philadelphia: Columbia $ Midway - 10 15 Lancaster 9 Downingtown 10 30 Bird-in-lland 915 Oakland 10 45 Lemon Place 920 Steamboat 1100 Kinzer’s 9 30 'Paoli 1145 Gap—Buyers’ 950 Eagle 1145 Penningtonville 950 Morgan’s Corner 12 00 Parkesburg 1000 Philadelphia 100 The undersigned have purchased the entire stock of the above Line, which will be run in future under the control or management of DAVID MILLER, who will spare no pains or expense to make this Line the most comfortable and accommodating on the road. PROPRIETORS: David Miller, Henry Musselman, Benjamin Mishler, Mich’l Musselman, Henry Sciienk, Benj. Snavely, David Hartman, Henry W. Hess, Henry Hines, J. B. Groff, John Hertzler, A. C. Buyers, Obediaii Rock, Ellas Eby. OFFICES—At Philade phia, 272 Market Street; at Lancaster, Lancaster City Exchange; at Colum bia, Washington Hotel. P. S.—ln returning my most sincere thanks to a generous public for the very liberal patronage stovyed on this line under the former Proprietors, I beg leave most respectfully to ask a continuance of it under the present. May 29,’49-18] D. MILLER. Strasburg and Lancaster Sta^e. THE undersigned, thankful for the encourage ment received since the establishment of this line, begs leave to inform his friends and the public generally, that he continues running a Stage daily between Strasburg and Lancaster. Leaving Miller’s, Strasburg, at 7 o’clock A. M. “ Shertz’s, Lancaster, at 4 P. M. FARE —Each way, 37£ cts. Children under 10 years of age, half price. Each passenger will be entitled to 50 pounds baggage. The cars from Philadelphia and from the West arrive in time for this stage. The subscriber has purchased the interest of the firm in the Stage, and intends to drive and manage it personally. , ° Passengers will be called for when Also taken up at any place along the road. The borough ofStrasburg is situated in the most beautiful and fertile section of Lancaster county, about 7 miles from the city of Lancaster, and is a most delightful place of resort for the summer season. To the citizens of Philadelphia, who are desirous of securing a quiet and pleasant retreat from the pestilential atmosphere by which they are surrounded, the Borough of Strasburg is recom mended as'possessing many advantages over other places. .It is but a few hours ride from the city* and board may be obtained of an excellent charac ter upbn the most reasonable terms. July 31-27 J C. EDWARDS, Proprietor. No. SO IMPORTANT JVo. SO Fall and Winter Dry Goods. CLOTHS, Cassiraeres, Satinets, Vestings, and other goods for Men’s and Boy’s wearing apparel. Merinoes, Cashmeres, Alpaccas, Delaines, Ging hams, See., of various shades and styles. BLK. DRESS SILKS, Silk Cravats, Hdkfs., &c. Calicoes, Hosiery, Gloves, bleach’d and unbl’d Muslins, Tickings, Checks, &c. LINEN'S, bleach’d and unbl’d, Cloth, Linen and Cotton Table Covers, Flannels, Blankets, Shawls, with a general assortment of goods generally kept in a DRY GOODS STORE. To which we would expressly invite our friends and the public in general, as vye.will spare no pains to please all who may call. Our Stock of Goods is" new, bought fur Cash, therefore we are satisfied we can and will sell goods as low as any other estab lishment in the city. Our friends from the country who wish to pur chase materials for a suit of clothes, would do well by calling to examine our stock of Cloths, Cassi aiEEEs, &c.; in this they will realize a great saving, as well as in any other article we offer for sale. 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. MACKEREL. 200 Bbls. & and £ bbls. of the choicest brands—* Mackerel 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. 80 North Queen St., under the Museum, two squares from the Court House. PINKERTON & SMELTZ. October 9, ’49 ly-10-37 ID IBs go WB2»®Hl&Srs s SURGEON sc® OFFICE —In Building , NORTHEAST CORNER OF Orange and IVortli Queen Streets, LANCASTER, PA. Lancaster, July 3, 1849. tf-23 GETZ & HARBERGER, PRACTICAL GAS FITTERS, WEST KING ST., LANCASTER. PLAIN and Ornamental Gas Fitting, and general furnishing of Gas Fixtures. Gas Pipes intro duced into Churches, Stores,Dwelling Houses, and pu ic establishments, at the shortest notice. All their work warranted. Old Fixtures repaired, a,id alterations made in the most improved and substantial manner. Orders strictly attended to. [oct 2, =49-tf-36 »r. S. P. Townsend’s Original and Genuine Sarsaparilla. 6 GROSS of the above original and only genuine Sarsaparilla, for sale by CHAS. A. HEINITSH, Wholesale and Retail Agent Nov. 20-43-2m] East King street. Alexander l. hayes, ATTORNEY AT LAW: Vtft o6 West Kftig Street, next door below C. Hager _ & Son’s Store. January 9, 5 49 50 CITY OF LANCASTER, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1850. Yew Store and Yew Goods. Corner of North Queen Street and Centre quare, Lancaster, Penna. T& H. BAUMGARDNER, having recently fit » ted up a building with a view to the comfort and convenience of customers, and purchased cheap for cash a very large assortment of Dry Goods, Clothing, Carpetings, OR Cloths, Look ing Glasses , Paper Hangings, Groceries, China, Glass, Queensware, Blind and Coach Trimmings , $-c., £c., are prepared to serve the public with all articles in their line as reasonable as can be purchased in this city, and they will warrant every article sold to be of the quality represented. By giving the establish ment their personal superintendence, they feel sure of satisfying their patrons, and will endeavor always to shew the greatest variety of goods in this county, thus giving purchasers the advantage of getting all the articles they may need without running about town picking up one thing here and another there, and get them too at reasonable prices. They have also made arrangements to get from the larger cities any articles which may be required in a very short time and without extra charge. Their stock shall at all times consist in part of LOW PRICED GOODS, which they will sell as cheap as they can be had any where, as well as the FINER QUALI TIES, of which they will always keep a large supply. With them may always be found Plain Black, Changeable, Figured, Watered, Flowered, Striped and Plaid SILKS, IYI. DELAINES and CACHMERES, from common to the richest and handsomest patterns. FRENCH, ENGLISH AND AMERICAN PRINTS in the greatest variety, Alpacas, Merinoes, and Plain Cachmerea, in all colors, Canton Crape, Silk, Woolen and Thibet Shawls, Plaid and BrochaLong and Square Shawls, Mourning and Second Mourn ing Goods, selected with great care, I .men and Muslin Sheetings, and Shirtings, Table Cloths and Covers, Napkins and-Diapers, Woolen and Cotton Flauhels of all colors, Woolen Blankets,.. from common to super qualities ; Brussels, English-3-ply, Ingrain and Venetian CARPETINGS, 3-4, 4-4,5-4, 6-4, 8-4, 10-4 FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, PAPER HANGINGS, from 6± cents to $1 a perce, with bordering to correspond. Their Clothing Room shall always be supplied with NEW STYLES OE FASHIONABLE GARMENTS, from the very low est price to the most elegant and superior PYench Cloth Suits, full 25 per cent, lower than the same quality can be had elsewhere. This department also embraces the largest assortment or black and colored CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, SATTINETS, and VESTINGS, in this city, together with a full stock of French, English, and Italian - Black and Fan'-y Silk Cravats, Suspenders, Gloves, Hosiery, Shirt Bosoms, Collars, Cotton, Merino, Silk, and Guernsey Drawers, &c. Their stock of QUEENSWARE embraces nearly every article in that line, to which they haveadded a very large and varied assortment of Lard, Pine Oil and Fluid LAMPS, from the most approved patentees. The propietors respectfully invite the attention of the public to this- complete collection .of Goods, feeling confident that they are now enabled to satisfy the variousa tastes of men, women, and children. & H. also receive and fill with promptness all orders for COAL, and have it delivered in any part of the city at the very lowest prices. October 9, ’49. st-37 SHENK & LONGS’ Coal and Lumber Yard. rrUIE subscribers have taken the Coal Yard on 1 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 as Lykens’ Valley, Baltimore Company, Pine- Groje, 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. 83“ 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 sanie 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 • 13 Ornamental Marble Works. EAST King street, next door to John N. Lane’s store. Charles M. Howell, Marble Mason, respectfully informs the citizens of Lancaster and the public in general, that he carries on the MAR BLE BUSINESS, in all its various branches, and invites all to call on him, as he is satisfied that he can sell any other establishment in the city or state. He invites the public to call and examine his stock of finished Mantels, Monuments, Tombs, Grave Stones, and also his collection of designs for Monuments, Tombs, &c., before purchasing else •where. j an 16 Geo. W. Hunter, ATTORNEY AT LAW. OFFICE —North Queen Street, first door to the right of John F. Long’s Drug Store. All kinds of Conveyancing, writing Wills, Deeds! Mortgages, Accounts, &c., will be attended to with correctness and despatch. April 3, ’49 ly-10 JOHN A. HIESTAND, ATTORNEY AT LAW , Office in West King Street, fourth door West of Peter Reed’s Hotel, Lancaster. Lancaster, May 15, 1849. - 6m-15* WILLIAM S. AMWEG, Attorney at La w 5 OFFERS his professional services to the public. He also attends to the collection of Pensions, and the prosecution of all manner of claims against the general government. His residence in the city of Washington for several years, the experience derived frpm the duties of the office, which he had filled duringthat time, and the mode in which claims of this sort are most speedily adjusted, give the most ample assurance that business placed in his hands will be attended to in such manner as can not fail to afford satisfaction. Office in South Queen street, second house below the Lancaster Bank. Nov. 20, 1849, Landis & black, ATTORNIES AT LAW: Office— Three doors below the Lancaster Bank, South Queen Street, Lancaster, Penn’a. $3“ All kinds of Scrivening, such as writing Wills, Deeds, Mortgages, Accounts, &c., will be attended to with correctness and despatch. January 16, 1849 " 51 W. Whiteside, ATTORNEY AT LAW , HAS removed to the office formerly occupied by E. C. Reigart, Esq., in West King street, 3d house below Mr. Reed’s. Tavern. April 10 ? 11-tf Dr. M. 111. Moore, Dentist. STILL continues to perform a. operations on the TEETH upon terms to. suit the times. Office North opposite Kauffman’s HoteL april J 9 George w. M’Elroy, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Offers his professional services to the public. Office in Centre Square, in the room formerly occupied by M. Carpenter, Mayor. fMav 1,’49-14 Sign Painting. JOHN L. KEFFER has commenced the above bnsiness, in A. N. Brenneman’s Building, Cen tre Square, Lancaster, and will do the best he can, by strictattention to business and moderate charges, to satisfy all who may be pleased to favor him with their custom. fMav 1848.—15. 1849—-New Mackerel. BBLS., i and received of this seasons MACKEREL} of the best and choicest} brands, which we have and are seir" ng at a smal advance. Please call and see. A 1 ‘ Mackerel we sell warranted. PINKERTON & SMELTZ, No. 80 North Queen st., under the Museum. October 9, ’49 ly-10-37 BLANKS neatly and expeditiously executed at thie office, in the rear of the Market House. “ THAT COUNTRY IS THE MOST PROSPEROUS, WHERE LABOR COMMANDS THE GREATEST REWARD.”— Buchanan. Intelligencer & lournnl. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING, BY GOE. SANDERSON. TERMS: Subscription.—'Two dollars per annum, payable in advance; two twenty-five, if not paid within six months; and two fifty, if not paid within year. No subscription discontinued until all rearages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. Advertisements.—Accompanied by the CASH,and not exceeding one square, will be inserted three times for one dollar, and twenty-five cents foreach additional insertion. Those of a greater length in proportion. , Job Printing.—Such as Hand Bills, Posting Bills, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &c., &c., executed with accuracy and at the shortest notice. ilttetdlcmeous. . From the New York Tribune. CHANGES. BY MRS. H. E. G. AREY. Down where the meadows With blossoms were laden, Roved, ’neath the shadows, A youth and a maiden ; And while the myrtle-vine Slept in the white moonshine, Culled he its gentle flowers, emblems of Jove ; Twining them tenderly. Faltering he asked, would she Wear on her bosom the garland he wove ? Grasped she the blossoms fair, Smiling so peerlessly; Yet on the evening air Fluttered they carelessly; Petal from petal torn, On the light winds were borne, Soon as she felt that the gift was her own, Till ’neath her beaming eye, Mourned by his stifled sigh, A'l the green bank with that garland was strewn, Yet, with cold art, On his eye she was smiling, All his fond heart . From his bosom beguiling, Til), lrom the casket chased, Where Life’s true wealth was-placed— Pearls'he had watched by and cherished for years, Down at his idle feet Laid he those jewels sweet, - ‘ ’Blest by a mother’s prayers —watered by tears. At her wilL, soon Lay the boon she was seeking, And o’er her brow The proud triumph was breaking; Still she smiled peerlessly ; Yet, oh how carelessly, Ere she had measured the wealth of that store, E’en with Hope’s light in them, Crushed she each gleaming gem, Heedless that casket could yield her no more. Back to the festival, Where joy was gleaming, Wandered they, blest of all — Calm in their seeming; And from the light guitar Poured she the music far, While at her side he stood—called by the throng— And in the wonted strain Mingled his voice again— Mournfully, scorniully, blended the song. Time with his chasing Her brow was o’ershading ; Flatterers were passing, And beauty was fading; Yet, with her peerless art, Still from that wounded heart Sought she the gems she had trampled, again ; But with his careless eye, Still from her stifled sigh, Turned he the gift she was seeking in vain. Once, when with misty Bhroud Years had thronged round his way, He from his dwelling proud Struck that remembered lay ; And a lost maiden, With sorrow o’erladen, Listening with startled ear, turned from the throng, And, in the wonted strain, Mingled her voice again— Mournfully, scornfully, blended the song. THE TRAGIC WEDDING. A THRILLING NARRATIVE. BY A. BRADLEY DAVIS. I am no professed story-writer, but there are many tales that I have listened to of the early times, when the red man vainly strived, by wreak ing his vengeance on the defenceless settlers of our frontiers, to gain the ascendancy gone from him forever. These tales are invariably 'interesting; first because they are full of thrilling incidents, and t£en again, because they are true. The story qf the Tragic Wedding is one among the many that' I have listened to lrom the lips of an aged friend of mine, (a pioneer in the settle ments of Northern Vermont,) during the long November evenings of IS4-, when banishing from my mind, as much as possible, the dogmas of the learned commentator,” I betook myself to the happy fiieside. and gathered profit and recreation from the old man's narrative. “Just fifty-one years ago this very night,” began the old man, one evening, “on the identical spot where Squirt P *s house now’ stands, occur red a tragedy, the remembrance of which fills me with horror. It was one of the most cold-blooded transactions that in all my residence in the wilder ness, of seventy years, ever came to my knowledge; it filled the whole region round about with conster nation, causing mothers to hug more closely to their bosoms their helpless infants, and the hardy men to take up arms and swear vengeance on the heartless perpetrators. Listen I will tell it to you. “A few of the more hardy and daring ol the early settlers of M , becoming a little dissat isfied with their situation there, removed into this then wild and unexplored region, distant about thirty miles from any settlements; and finding a fertile soil and advantageous location, built them selves log houses, and made clearing. Things went op prosperously with them, and they lived with but little fear of the Indians, as none but a straggling hunter or two had been known td visit the vicinity since a battle between a large party of settler.? and the tribe which occasionally located themselves there, occurred, in which the Indians were signally defeated, and more than half their number slain. “The settlement numbered some twelve families who were located within a circuit of tw r o miles. My elder brother and sister were among the num bers. Among them, as a matter of course, was a fair springing of lads and lasses, of whom Mary S -■ ■ ,of the latter sex, was a universal favorite of old and young, and the belle of the settlement. She was, my young friend, a girl that was a girl, — not one of your sentimental, pale faced, wasp-wais ted, dainty-figured Misses of the present time ; but a bright-eyed, blooming and laughing brunette, who could spin tow and w’eave the cloth of winch her dress was made. Oh, she was a charming girl, and wherever she went, happiness followed her foot steps. Her guileless heart shed its kindly influence all arourifl'her, imparting to all who came in con tact w’ith her a kindred feeling. “Jack H was exactly her counterpart, brave, generous, intelligent and enterprising, a per fect model ol a man in character as well as in form. And as there w*as always a rivalry among the yoong beaux of the settlement in striving to gain the favor and approbation of Mary, so among the girls each strove to gain the attention of Jack. The knowing ones among the old folks planned deep schemes for entrapping the young couple into alliances best suited to their own particular interests; but Jack and Mary, disregarding the wishes of. others, had taken this matter into their own hands, like sensible young people, as they were; and in spite of the plotting of the old ladies they had come to a perfect understanding, and formed an intimacy which nothing but death could sunder. c: At the time of which I speak, this matter had long been settled, and all the necessary arrange ments made for the wedding' of the ‘likeliest cou ple in the settlement,’ as the old ladies said, which was to take place on the evening of the Annual Thanksgiving. “Thanksgiving, according to the Proclamation of the worthy governor of the province came—and young and old gathered together at the ■ spacious (for those times) house of Capt. S to cele brate the nuptials of Jack and Mary ; and ample were the preparations for the feast. Bright eyed damsels with blushing cheeks, and gallant, hardy young men were there. The worthy'parson from the next settlement was there also, and by his side sat another personage, with whom, in these fasti dious times, it would be deemed sacrilege to asso ciate the man of God—l mean the fiddler. But things ain’t now as they were then. All was joy, •all was gaiety. Ah, little did those gathered there dream of the awful fate that awaited them! “1 was just then twenty-two. and having married my worthy wife—peace be to her mouldering ashes —only a few months before, I was unprepared to go with my brother and sister at the onset, but was intending to follow them as soon as my affairs could be arranged. I had been out for a week or two, trapping sable, and knowing what was to come off, I made it in my way to be present. The gaiety of the party was at its height. The cere mony was just being performed. The minister had pronounced the solemn words—‘whom God hath joined together let no man put asunder'—the kiss was exchanged, and all were crowding round the happy pair with congratulations, when a yell, wild and hideous, rent the air—the deadly war-hoop of the Indians. Terrible was the consternation of all, and faces a moment before radiant with happiness, were turned in agony of horror to heaven. In an instant the doors were burst open, and savage after savage, with glittering knife and tomahawk, rushed in to the slaughter. My God! what a moment was that! The hideous yells of the savages—the shrieks and groans of the dying, they ring in my ears even to the present day! I saw the bloody tomahawk cleave the skull of poor Jack, as he vainly endeavored to protect his bride. I heard her wild shriek as the deadly knife pierced the bosom of the lovely Mary. I saw my sister fall dead at my feet. I saw the savage’s arm I felt a stunning blow, and knew no more. “ How long I remained insensible, I have no means ; of knowing—l awoke as from a fearful dreams I was nearly crushed and covered entirely with dead bodies, to which circumstance I probably owed.my life. With a struggle, I extricated my self from-the dead upon and around me, and stood upon my feet. The sun was shining high in the heavens. Oh, horrors, what a sight met,my eyes! There, in their blood, lay every one that had form ed the bridal party, not a soul had escaped! How was it that I was alive? Involuntarily 1 put my hand to my head, and felt for my scalp ; I found the fracture. I had been struck with the back of a tomahawk, and only stunned, and being covered by my friends, the Indians had neglected to scalp me. ‘•One by one I examined the bodies of all, to see if life was remaining in any. I found two or three whom the savages had neglected to scalp—but not one alive. The sight was too horried for human vision. My brain reeled, and I fell to the earth.— Coming again to my senses, I hurrid from the dreadful spot, stepping over the mangled corpses of my sister and brother, and the bride and bridegroom, in the embrace of death. I passed to the next house. An aged lady and four children lay dead in their beds. I.passed to the next—death had been there, too. The smoking ruins of others told but too plainly the tragic story; there was not a living being beside me in the settlement! “ When I think of that awful night,—of the hor rors of the morning as I awoke to sensibility, my blood curdles in my veins, and my head swims.— From that time I swore vengeance on the red skins. It ha%Jong since been accomplished. Not one of that tribe lives to tell the story.*’ On my way home that night, I thought I saw Indians in every bush. And when at last I slept, I saw' the cold glare of the eyes of murdered men and women upon me, —I was pressed down by the weight of dead bodies.' The incidents of that tragic wedding, as I heard them from the old man's lips, for a long while moved before me as a pano rama ; so deep was the impression made upon me by the old man’s story. —Portland Transcript. Southern and Yankee Ladles. A CONTRAST. A raw Yankee is now travelling in Georgia and writing very graphic letters ior the Boston Chrono type. In his last dated at Athens, he thus de scribes the distinctive characteristics of the south ern and yankee women. The first thing that struck me, in regard to the women ol the south, was their beauty of form— their symmetrical and harmonious figures. In this and in the ease and grace ot their motions, they excel northern women. Many of them dress with exquisite taste—olten very richly, but seldom gaud ily, or with any display of tinsel. The proverbial affability and urbanity of the southern character finds its fullest developement in the woman. The southern lady is naturally and necessarily easy, unembarrassed and polite. You may go into the country, where you please; you may go as far as you pleas*, from town,, village or post-office; you may call at the poorest house you can find, provided you don't get among “ Crackers,” (I must devote a separate paragraph to them) and whether you accost maid or matron, you will be answered with the same polilesse , and treated with the same spontaneous courtesy. I have olten been struck with the contrast between the daughters of the planters who reside on their plantations all the year, and have little communication with the city or town, and those of the New England - farmer The latter are bashiul, and consequently awkward. They blush and stammer in the presence of stran gers, and know neither how to act or what to say. The former without being bold are perfectly self possessed and graceful. They neither blush nor stammer when a stranger unexpectedly presents himself, but do the honors of the house without embarrassment and with a polish of manners that would do honor To a Parisian. We shall see*pres ently thaf this is not the only point of contrast be tween the country girls of the south and those of the north. s I have said that in beauty of form the women of the south excel. They have also, in a great ma jority of cases, finely chiseled, clear and symmetri cal features; and the dark hair and eyes which we are accustomed, to associate with southern beauty, are often found in all their perfection. But the complexion of southern ladies are almost uni versally bad. Their faces are, almost without ex ception, either very pale or very sallow; The rich, healthful glow which the sunshine and the breeze give to the cheeks of New England's yfceautiful daughters is unknown here. And that harmonious blending of the carnation of the healthful blood with the tawny hue imparted by a Southern cli mate, of which the poet must have been thinking when he said, “Give me the brown girl, with a bright sunny glow; ” And which was my ideal of a Southern complex ion, is not often found. I have seen my ideal real ized in a few instances, in Creoles Irom Cuba, and once ,or-twice in the Cherokee countsy, in females in whose veins was a tinge of Indian blood. I well remember a young maiden of sixteen or sev enteen summers, a perfect brunette, with jetty, shining tresses, a beautiful face and dark eyes, which were truly fascinating. I met her at a re ligious meeting in a log school-house, in the Gold Region of Georgia. I forgot the text that time, and the sermon I did not hear! Doubtless the climate of the south has a great influence upon the complexion of its people, but the 51 extreme and almost universal paleness, is I think, owing in a great measure to other causes the most prominent of which is bad ’diet! When I tell you that pork is, par excellence , the food of the people of the south, and that almost every other kind of food eaten here, is perfectly saturated with the unctious secretions of that vile quadruped sometimes trailed a—hog, I need say nothing more. Pork should be. looked upon as an abomination everywhere, and at the south its effects are far more deleterious than at the north. The men who take a great deal of exercise in the open air—on horse back or otherwise—do not feel so sensibly thej effects of this unwholesome diet. The women take little of any kind, seldom go out except in their carriages, keep their window blinds carefully closed when the sun shines, and actually wear gloves in doors—walking and sleeping— to keep their white hands delicate and soft! Who wonders that they are pale ? Southern women make loving wives and tender and affectionate mothers, but seldom fit companions for educated, intellectual and thinking men Their education is generally very superifical. They go to a fashionable seminary, learn French, drawing and music, and get a smattering of natural sciences, bu; never learn to think. Here, alter all, is seen the greatest contrast between the women of the south and north. The New England farmer’s daughter, of whose bashfulness and awkwardness I have spoken, does more thinking in one year than a polite and “accomplished’" southern lady does in a lifetime! The term “Cracker” is here applied to a distinct and peculiar class of bipeds of the genus homo , some of whose distinguishing characteristics are igno rance, rudeness and stupidity, and lack of every thing like refinement either in feeling, speech or action. They are incorrigibly coarse and vulgar. They are not always poor, but always shabby, and have the servile look ot men who have no sense of equality or independence, but who feel their in feriority and degradation, The term, however, is sometimes used in a broader sense, and applied to country people generally. The women of this class are not afraid of sunshine, seldom wear bon nets, usually go barefooted, are as swarthy as Mex icans and invariably ugly! You may call at the house of a “Cracker,” and if his dusky-cheeked, snarly beaded, and barefooted daughter meets you at the door, she will neither greet you with the sweet politeness of the planter’s maiden, nor the blushing awkwardness of the New England country girl, but will stare at you with stupid wonder, as though you were the “man ia the moon” just come down. THE EMIGRATING TENANTS’ ADDRESS TO HIS LANDLORD. Air. — ec Susanna don't you cry." I am going to a country where From poor rates I’ll be free, For Ireland’s going to the dogs As fast as fast can be ; I know you’d like to stop me, So I’ll do it on the sly; And with me take your half year’s rent— Your honor! don’t you cry. Oh your honor ! don’t you cry for me— I’m going to a country where From poor rates I’ll be free. Now that the corn laws are gone, The grain’s so mighty cheap, I’ll hardly find it'worth my while My plot of oats to renp. But when it’s cut and sold off To Yankee land I’ll fly; Your honor! don’t you cry. Oh your honor, &c., kc I don’t believe I ped the rent W ithin the last three years, And so I owe your honor Some trifle of arrears. I mention this, because, perhaps, * You’d like to say good bye To those arrears—l have them snug— Your honor, don't you cry. Oh your honor, &c., &c. I hope your honor may have luck When all the country’s waste ; And when they give out-door relief, May your honor get a taste; But if they build a Union For the landlords there to fly, And you get in, why, then, I think Your honor need’nt cry. j Oh your honor, &c., Sec. Dublin Evening Mail. The Happiest day or my Life. The ancients certainly made a great mistake in not choosing Niobe lor- the Goddess of Marriage. Hymen is by far too jolly ; he is all smiles—more of the hyena than the crocodile; whilst Niobe is just what she ought to be—all tears. There never yet was a marriage that was not a perfect St. Swithin affair. No one, unless he has the soul of gulta percha, thoroughly water proof—should think of going to a wedding with less than two pocket handkerchiefs; and even then, a sponge is better adapted to the “joylul occasion.” Men take wives as they do pills, with plenty of water —excepting, indeed, when the “ little things' 1 are well gilt. If a kind of matrimonial barometer were kept in each family, and its daily indications as to the state of the weather at the fireside ac curately registered, we have no doubt that on the average being taken the following results would be arrived at: Before Marriage, Dctring MAnniAGE, After Mauuiage, Metenologically speaking, it would be highly in teresting could we arrive at a knowledge of the exact amount of “ doo” prevailing during court ship. Nobody can feel more truly wretched than on the happiest day of his life. A wedding is even more melancholy than a funeral. .The bride weeps for everything and lor nothing. At first shes heart broken because she's about to'leave her Ma and Pa; then, because she hopes and trusts Charles will always love her; and, when no other excuse is left, she bursts into tears because she's afraid he won t bring the ring with him. Mam ma, too, is determined to cry lor the least thing. Her dear girl is going away, and she is certain something dreadful is going to happen ; and, good ness gracious! she‘s lorgolten to lock the dining room, with all the wine and plate on the table, and three strange green grocers in the house. At church the water is laid on at eye service; indeed, the whole party look so wretched no one would imagine there was a “happy pair” among them. When Papa gives away a darling child, he does it with as many sobs as if he were handing her over to the fiercest polygamist since Henry the Eight— instead of bestowing her on one who loves his “ lamb,” regardless of the “ mint” sauce that ac companies her. The bridegroom snivels, either be cause crying's catching, or because he ought, for decency's sake, to appear deeply moved; and the half dozen bridesmaids are sure to be weeping, be cause every body else weeps. When the party return home, however, the thoughts of the breakfast cheer them up a little.— and the bridesmaids in particular seem resigned to their fate. As if they grow hungry by crying, or the tears had w etted their appetites—they drown their cares for awhile in the white.soup tureen.— The champaigne goes on and goes round. • * Then, the father gets up and after a short and pa thetic eulogium upon the virtues of that “ sweet girl,” whom he u loves as his own flesh and blood,” thumps the table and tells the company .that “ any one who would not treat her properly would be a scoundrel.” Upon this every one present turns round to look at the wretched villain of a bridegroom, and then they fall to weeping again. But so strongly has the feeling set in against the new son-in-law, that it is only by a speech full of pathos, that he can persuade the company that he has not the least idea of murdering or even assaulting bis wile. At last the mother, bride and bridesmaids retire to say “ Good bye,” and have a good cry altogether up stairs. Then the blessing and the weeping begins again with renewed vigor. As-at Vauxhall they seem to keep the grandest shower for the last.— The bridesmaids cry till their noses are quite red, and their hair is as straight as if they had been bathing. And when the time comes for the happy pair to leave, in order to catch the train for Dover, then the mother, father, sisters, brothers, tride, bridegoom, bridesmaids, and every soul in the house,: all cry,—even down to the old cook; “ who knowed her ever since she was a baby in long clothes”—as if the young couple were abc ut to be “ transported for life,” in the literal rather than the figurative sense of the term. lE7*To believe a business is impossible, is the way to make it so.. Revenue derived from Lancas ter County. From the report of the Auditor General we find that the following sums were, paid into the State Treasury from Lancaster county during the past year : TAX ON BANK DIVIDENDS. Farmers Bank.. .$1831.84 Lancaster bank,. .$4,588,09 Lancaster Co. bk, 610.00 ’ tax on corporation stocks. Earmers Bank. ; $1001,60 Lancaster bk $1764,65 Lancaster Co-, bk 367.20 Savings Institution 50.80 Harns’g turnpike 116.26 Harris’g Rail-road 1280,50 Colum'a& Marietta 22.82 Tax on real and personal estate « Tavern licences . . 1 Retailers licenoes ** ’’ ’’•**; Pedler’B licences [ Patent Medicines (city) Pamphlet laws Militia Fines- Tax on write, wills, dec’ds, &c , by late Pr