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BT ALTADA THE SOLITAIRE. “ Lye is a wildering dream” —existence Phantomed imagery, and death —yes, ’tis a Sleep; unconscious, wakeless slumber. Perchance The spirit flown oft hovers round its Mouldering clay, so silent, stark and cold, And, to its pulseless form imparts—not life— A dreamy consciousness of strange realities: For, strange indeed to spirit angel pure, Must human actions be. Long, long I watched His wasting form, and mark’d each day the Furrow deepening on his brow —his visage Pale, oft brightened by the crimson flush-like Night shade stealing soltly o’er the earth; —his Eye, more lustrous still, as gliding time mark’d The sure progress of a slow decay—then Turn’d and wept, that he, alas ! too soon must die. Now fast he Lded, as the silent hours Flew by; the hectic blossom’d on his cheek As op’ning primrose blushes to the breath i Of morn, then paled still whiter than the i Vestal snow. As closer twines the ivy $" To the latticed hall, so the deep, blue v Cordage ol his hands its tissues wove, till Pulse-tlirob ceased its beat, and prisoned life came Forth, hence, habitant of visionless spheres. As Nature tunes her orison of praise, And raptured songsters swell the symphonies ; So sing the sky-lit train that U’ear him home, “My father —spirit father home !” As gleams the frost pearl in the orient sun, As star-gems twinkle in the-distant sky ; So beam the vision’d eyes that light him home, “ My father —spirit father home !” As gently waves the eagle’s pinion high, As soars the bird of morn to op’ning day ; So wave the seraph wings that waft him home, “ My father—spirit father home!” As wailing sea-dirge nightly moans its lay, ( And murmuring billow sings to sister wave ; So mournfully chaunt the wild winds o’er his tomb, My father —spirit father’s tomb! As mourn 9 the night-bird for her absent mate, As sighs the mourner-train round lov’d one’s tomb; So father spirit lingering, moans me home, My spirit—sorrowing spirit home ! Montrose, Feb. IS, IS4B. From tbe Cincinnati Nonpareil. THE ORPHAN’S CRIME. BY 11. O. CHIPiMAN. It was a cold stormy night in December. The •wind came in fierce gusts from the north-west, and flakes of snow fell thick and fast into the Jro zen streets of New York City. Few people were abroad, and those who did venture out, hurried with a shudder along the almost deserted marts and drew their cloaks closer around them. In the third story of a wretched frame tenement on one ot the darkest alleys in the city, were two persons, a girl and a boy. They were lying upon an old and worn out mattrass in one corner of the room, and endeavoring to shield themselves from the cold wind which came driving in through the broken window panes, by shrinking beneath the tattered edges of a time-eaten quilt. Not a spark of fire was to be seen in the room, and the only light came from the long dim wick of a miserable tallow candle stuck upon the crazy mantel-piece, and flickering in the strong current of air which swept through the apartment. The blackened chimney-place was dark and gloomy, and the bricks were cold as the boulders in the street. The two children were orphans. One week be fore, their mother had passed off the stage of exist ence, and had been buried by the aid of the town ship. The day after the earth had closed over her, lifeless form, the landlord came, seized what little I .of furniture there was remaining, save the old quilt i and mattrass, which even he did not seem to think i worth taking, and gave the two lone orphans no-; tice that he should rent the apartment to some one | else the first opportunity. I The girl was the elder of the two, and was evi | dently unwell. A severe cold had been the result! of her abode in the open room, and a hacking cough ! had seized upon her. The evening on which we j have introduced them to the reader, severe pains were shooting through her head, her eyes were red and swollen, and everything indicated the approach of a fever. In spite of every attempt she made to resist it, a groan would occasionally break from her parched lips, telling of her deep sufferings. “Sister, you are worse tonight than ever,” ex claimed her brother, as one of these groans escaped her. unwilling lips; “let me go for a doctor.” “No, brother, I shall be better by morning. If we only had some fire and could warm this room a little, I know it would help me.” “But we have no wood,” said the brother slowly. “I know it. Ido not expect to have any fire; I only said if we could have some,” and the poor girl buried her-face in the quilt, and hot, scalding tears gushed freely down her cheeks. Slowly the brother threw'the tattered covering offihim, and sprung with a single bound to his feet. He was not over thirteen years of age, yet he might have been taken for one older, as with a flushed cheek and flashing eye he took up his rag ged cap from where it was laying in a corner ol the room, and started towards the door. “Walter, where are you going 1” exclaimed his sister eagerly, as she noticed these preparations. “ Ellen, the world owes us a living, and I am not going to starve and freeze any longer here. lam going to beg some food and wood,” and ere the girl could reply, he had glided from the spot. The wind seemed to whistle shriller, and the hard snow flakes beat stronger roof as the ladj dressed in a worn out suit of summer clo thing, descended tbe rickety steps which led to the He shuddered as the shrill breeze cut through his wardrobe like a knife, and drawing his cap closer down over his ears, walked out the alley, and emerged into the wide street. With hasty steps he traversed three or four squares, and sud denly came to where a large'foad of wood had been left laying, upon the sidewalk. He stopped and gazed about him. ; A light shone through the win dow of the elegant house in front of which the wood lay, and with a faltering step, the boy ascended the marble steps and rang the bell. A moment passed, then steps were heard approaching the door, it opened, and the owner of the mansion stood before him, who shivered and drew back as the freezing air touched his face. “What do you want?” he asked, in a peevish tone, as he beheld the form of the ragged orphan boy shaking with cold on the steps. “My sister is sick at home and freezing. I came to ask of you a stick or two of that wood to keep her warm. Our mother is dead, and we are or phans.” A look of deep scorn settled around the face of, the rich man, as he angrily answered, “Begone, I' have as much use for my wood as I want, without giving it away to beggars.” “But, Oh, sir, Ellen is freezing.” The door closed with a heavy alaip in his face: the orphan stood alone upon the wealthy man’s marble steps, the cold night wind'still sweeping around his shivering form, andjhe driving snow still falling faster and denser iis6 the street. For an instant he stood, like one bereft of every hope, then raising his eyes towards Heaven, be muttered, “God forgive me for the deed,” and de scer.ded the steps. Once more he stood upon the sidewalk beside the wood, and gazed long and eagerly around him.— Not a living soul was to be seen, and bending down he grasped a stick in his hands, and raising it to his shoulders, again muttered, “Ellen must freeze or I must steal” and ran hastily from the spor. Scarce had his form disappeared in the distance, before the window of the mansion was raised.'and the head of the owner was protruded through it, shouting in a loud tone, “Watch, watch, watch.” A moment or two sufficed to bring a hardy guar dian of the night to the spot. “A boy has just stole some of my wood, and carried it off'’ “Which way did he go, sir?" a “He ran down the street. Can’t you see his tracks in the snow.” ‘■ I see tracks going from this pile, sir.” “They .are his; follow them; arrest the thief, and 111 appear against him in the morning.” The window fell, hiding the rich man from view’ and the watchman followed the footsteps from the spot. With a hasty step Walter traversed the distance' between him and home, and ascending the ricketv stairs, wrenched off a piece of board as he went up, and entered the room. His sister still shivered be neath the quilt,' and going to work, the brother soon had a fine fire blazing in the room. This.done. his sister arose from the bed,'* tottered to it, and the lonely orphans, side by side, sat hovering before k. They had not been seated thus ten minutes, before rap, rap, rap, came a knock upon the door. Wal ter shuddered and turned pale, but rising to his feet, he went and admitted the stranger, the watchman. For a moment the guardian of the night stood looking around him upon that apartment of squalid poverty, and then rested his glance upon the form of the wretched sister. Then slowly advancing to the boy who had resumed his station by the fire, he laid his heavy hand upon his shoulder, and sternly exclaimed “ You are'my prisoner.” With a wild cry, Ellen sprung from her seat, and clasped her brother in her arms. r ‘‘Oh, sir. you must be in fun,” she exclaimed, ; while the tears gushed freely from her eyes, which : were fixed despairingly upon the watchmans face, “what has Walter done? - ’ “ He stole the wood with which that fire is made, and I have followed him from the pile by his tracks in the snow.” “Walter, why it is not so. Tell him he is mista ken, ’ and she twined her arms still closer around her only brother s form. “Ellen, he has spoken the truth; I did steal that stick of wood, but not until I had asked /or it, and was spurned from the rich man’s door. I had to become a thief or freeze.” “Oh God, that it should come to this,” murmured Ellen, as her head tell upon her brother's bosom. “ Where are your parents?” asked the watchman, in a taltering voice. “ They are both dead, sir. We have had nothing to eat lor two days, and it became too cold to live without a fire. I am willing to go to the watch house, sir, but what will become of Ellen? She is sick now and will die if left alone.” The watchman had not been in office long, and was not therelore a brutal man. His heart bled for the two « rphans, and he said— “ You need not go to the watch-house, nor shall your sister be left alone. Come home with me to night, both of you, and I will get you something to eat. In the morning I will take you before the Mavor.” “God in Heaven bless you; you are the only kind man we have seen since our poor mother died.” The morning came, and ten o’clock saw Walter arrayed at the box in the Mayor’s office, to answer the crime of theft. The orphan boy was pale, and still dressed in his thin, ragged apparel, and looked more like an object to be pitied than one to be con demned. At a little distance from him stood his accuser, the lord of the mansion lrom whom he had taken the stick of wood, dressed in “purple and fine linen,” and looking sleek and fat upon his hoarded gains. He testified to the facts aVeady known to the reader, save the bov.’s piteous appeal in regard to his sick sister; this was lelt out. When he was done, the watchman also gave in his evidence, but ere he was through, in/ormed the Mayor ofhis visit to the wretched - room, and of what he there saw and heard. Ihe Mayor pitied the helpless orphans, but the majesty ot the law had been trampled upon, and as the progfwas positive, he sentenced the boy to three months in the house of correction! And for what? For taking a single stick of wood £om a man worth thousands, who had refused to give the boy a stick, to keep himself and sister Jrotn freezing. This, and this only, was the Orphan s Crime. Tlie Wife of Gen. Jackson, The influence of this woman over her husband is said to have been very extraordinary.» She was of obscure origin and totally uneducated. Yet she inherited from nature those fine and noble traits of her sex to such perfection, that her power and fas cinations were very great. Gen. Jackson was at tached to her in early life, but by some means or other the matter was interrupted and she married another, who proved a villain and the connection most unhappy. Gen. Jackson became again inter ested in her; the consequence was a divorce, when he was married to her. She is said to haye poss essed none ol those accomplishments that are sup posed to adorn f fashionable life; reared in the back woods, seeing and knowing little of elegant and re fined society. Yet her fine person, strong affections and good sense, the three great essentials of a woman, enabled her to take and hold with irresistible force the passions of that bold, turbulent, strong and fiery warrior and'statesman to whom she was wedded. It was the Lion held in the embrace of the Fawn. The influence she exercised is said to have bordered on the superstitious. He imagined that no power or acts of his could succeed, or be carried out, averse to her will, or in opposition to her feelings. She seemed his guardian angel, by day and by night; holding in her hands his life, his late, his all. An intimate lriend>of his says, that so long as he lived he wore her miniature near his heart, and never alluded to her except in a manner so subdued and full of reverence, that the listener was deeply im pressed with her transcendent worth.— Exeter News Letter. A Predicament. Quite a ludicrous scene occured the other eve ning in a fashionable street up town, in New York. A spruce looking girl of twenty, tripping along at a moderate pace, with a small bundle under her arm, was accosted by a gentleman—a fancy gentle man perhaps—who asked permission to accompany her. “Certainly,”, said she, “just hold my bundle while I tie my stocking,” and presenting it to him as she spake, instantly ran off at full speed. The gentleman felt a slight movement in the bundle, and in great trepidation trotted after her, repeatedly bawling out, “Here, you woman! come back and take your baby!” Soon a crow r d gathered to learn the nature of his distress. “A woman gave me her baby to hold, and then ran off” piteously exclaimed the man of the burden. “Take it to the alms-house,” snouted some half dozen voices. “Let ussee it, first,” cried one more sagacious than the rest; and as a large coarse towel was unlolded, out full grown cat, who scampered off amid the vociferous shouts and laughter of all present, save one, who looked awfully sad. It seems that a lady, desiring to rid her house of one of these animals, whose petty larcenies in the kitchen were a source of great annoyance, had commissioned the servant girl to take it out of the neighborhood and drop it, which secret mission like many others of greater import, was completely frus tr. a flisinterested party “letting the cat out of the bag.” THE two sexes. When Adam turned from Eden’a gate, His soul in sullen musing slept: He brooded o’er his future fate : While Eve, poor Eve, looked b»ek wd wept. “THAT COUNTRY IS THE MOST PROSPEROUS, WHERE LABOR COMMANDS THE GREATEST REWARD.”— Buchanan. CITY OF LANCASTER, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1850. From lbe.Boi:on W«dcty Museum. IRELAND* BT J. AUGUSTINE OBRIEN. Land of my fathers !—Erin, ’tis to thee, I fain would wake my fond harp’s minstrelsy :-r of sorrows —beautiful and fair, Bright £re thy waters—sweet thy balmy air; Old Ocean worships at thy emerald shrine— Laves thy bright shores, enriched by hands divine; Thy glassy lakes reflect the verdant hills, Proud in their grandeur-—musical with rills ; Majestic flow thy io.rdly rivers bright, Their golden ripples dancing in the light,— Through emeraldj plains and fragrant dales they glide, And wild flowers bow to kiss the sparkling tide, No other land can boast thy beauties rare, In Nature’s bounties, none with thee compare. But gone the days of glory, once thine own, — When o’er thy vales the star of Freedom shone, — And undisturbed the emerald banner waved O’er a proud race, that scorned to be enslaved. On their proud necks, vainly the heathen Dane Sought in his might to bind his galling chain; Scarce had the Sea-king landed from the flood— Scarce had the tyrant’s foot green Erin trod— When each bold chieftain seized his mace and bow, And poured his legions on the invading foe ; The mighty Bards echoed the warlike tale, And woke the slumbering hosts of Innisfail.* Then kingly Brian led his warriors forth, To meet the conquering tyrant’s of the North ; O’er evpry field he saw bis green flag wave, And found on Clont'orfts plain, his glorious grave. Then, o’er thy fields of beauty, Queenly Isle 1 Wisdom and Science shed their cheering smile; .And Learning flourished ’neath thy changing skies, Ere from her darkness Albion sought to rise, The pious pilgrim sought thy peaceful shore, From Europe’3 wasted fields of bloed-staine 1 gore, To thy blessed plains, forced from such barb’rous taints, Proud Home of Learning! Island of the Saints ! Lured by thy faithless sons the stranger came, — Again thv vallies shone with war’s red flame; — Gone were thy days of peace—thy glories flown, When tyrant Albion called thy dales her own; Long-drawn the contest—sad the tale to tell — Proud Albion conquered—saintly Erin fell. Now o’er thy wa ted fields, and verdant plain, Disease, and Death, and ghastly famine reign ; Thy lofty crags, and verdant vallies fair, Echo the wails of woe and wild despair. Shall Wrong still triumph ?—Tyranny still reign ? And Erin never burst her galling chain? Are her sons brave? Each field the answer gives,— On foreign fields green Erin’s glory lives ! Cremona’s walls with answering shout reply, And Fontenoy shall wafttheir fame on high. Still, with fierce longings, Ireland’s patriot sons Pause till the wished-for hour of vengeance comes, When hand to hand her children shall engage Their tyrant foes, and strife for Freedom wage. When the dear land that caught their first-drawn breath Shall rise in glory, from her sleep of death. *The ancient name of Ireland. Mr. Polk’s Administration and California. JL/" As the attempt has been made by the whig press, taking their cue from the California message, to make the public believe that the present Admin istration, in their interference in California to influ ence a certain result, were only lollowing in the footsteps of Mr.- Polk's administration—we think it subserving the cause of truth and justice to pub lish the letter of instructions from Mr. Buchanan toJVIr. Vorhies, on the eve of his departure for that territory. The letter will speak for itself, and completely falsifies the assertions of those who, to cover up their own guilt, would fain make it be believed that Mr. Polk's administration was parti ceps criminis with them. [copy.] Department of State, 5 Washington, 7th October, 1848. J Wm. V. Vorhies, Esq., Washington City: Sir—Previous to your departure lor California, the President has instructed me to make known, through your agency, to the'eitizens of the United States inhabiting that Territory, his views respect ing their present condition and future prospects. He deems it proper to employ you for this purpose, because the Post Master General has appointed you an agent, under the “ act to establish certain post routes,” approved August 14, 1848, “to make ar rangements for the establishment of post offices, and for the transmission, receipt and conveyance ol letters in Oregon and Calilornia.” The President congratulates the citizens of Cali fornia on the annexation of their fine prairies to the United States. On the 30th of May, IS4B the day on which the ratification of our late treaty with Mexico were exchanged—California finally be came an integral portion of this great and glorious republic; and the act of Congress, to which I have already referred, in express terms recognizes it to be “within the territory of the United States.” May this union be perpetual !• The people of California may feel the firmest conviction that the Government and people of the United States will never abandon them, or prove unmindful of their prosperity. Their fate and for tunes are indissolubly united with that of their brethren on this side of the Rocky mountains.— How propitious this event, both for them and for us! Whilst the other nations of the earth are dis tracted by domestic dissensions, and are involved in a struggle between the privileges of the few and the rights of the many, Heaven has blessed our happy land with a government which secures equai rights to all our citizens, and has produced peace, happiness and .contentment throughout our borders. It has combined liberty with order, and all the sacred and indefeasible rights of the citizens with the strictest observance of law. Satisfied with the institutions under which we live, each in dividual is, therefore, left free to promote his own prosperity and happiness in the manner most in accordance with his own judgment. Under such a constitution and such laws, the prospects of California are truly encouraging. Blessed with a mild and salubrious climate, and a fertile soil, rich in mineral resources, and extending over nearly ten degrees of latitude along the coast of the Pacific, with some of the finest harbors in the world, the imagination can scarcely fix a limit to its future wealth and prosperity. We can behold, in the most distant future, one or more glorious States of this confederacy spring ing into existence in California, governed by insti tutions similar to our own, and extending the bless ings of religion, liberty and law, over that vast re gion. Their free, and unrestricted commerce and intercourse with the other States of the Union will confer mutual benefits and blessings on all parries concerned, and will bind us together by the stron gest ties of reciprocal affection and interest. The foreign trade with the west coast of America, with Asia, and the isles»of the Pacific, will be protected by our common flag, and cannot fail to bear back to their shores the rich rewards of enterprise and industry. After all, however, the speedy realization of these bright prospects depends much upon the wise and prudent conduct of the citizens of California ir. the present emergency. If they commence their career under proper auspices, their advance will be rapid and certain; but should they become entangled in difficulties and dissensions at the start, their prog ress will be greatly retarded. The President deeply regrets that Congress did not, at their last session, establish a territorial gov ernment for California. It would now be vain to enter into the reasons for this omission. What ever those may have been, he is firmly convinced that Congress feel a deep interest in the welfare of California and its people, and will, at an early pe riod ot the next session, provide for them a territo rial government suited to their wants. Our laws relating to trade and inteicourse with the Indians will then be extended over them. Custom-houses will be established for the collection of the revenue; and liberal grants of land will be made to those bold and patriotic citizens who, amidst privations and dangers, have emigrated or shall emigrate to that territory from the States on this side of the Rocky mountains. The President, in "his annual message at the commencement of the next session, will recom mend all ;hese great measures to Congress, in the strongest terms, and will use every effor, consistent ly with his duty, to insure their accomplishment. In the meantime, the condition ot the people of California is anomalous, and will require on their part the exercise of great prudence and discretion. By the conclusion of the treaty of peace, the mili tary government which was established over them, under the laws of war as recognized by the practice of all civilized nations, has ceased to derive its au thority from this source of power. But is there, for this reason, no government in Calilornia? Are life, liberty and property under the protection of no existing authorities? This would be a singular phenomenon in the face of the world, and especially among American citizens, distinguished as they are above all other people for their law-abiding charac ter. Fortunately, they are not reduced to this sad condition. The termination of the war lelt an ex isting government—a government de facto —in full .operation; and this will continue with the presumed consent of the people until Congress shall provide for them a territorial government. The great law of necessity justifies this conclusion. The consent of the people is irresistably inferred from the fact that no civilized community could possibly desire to abrogate an existing government, when the al ternative presented would be to place themselves in a state of anarchy, beyond the protection of all laws, and reduce them to the unhappy necessity of .sub mitting to the dominion of the strongest. This government de facto will, of course, exercise no power inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution of the United States, which is the su preme law' of the land. For this reason, no import duties can be levied in California on articles ol the growth, produce, or manufacture of the U. States, as no such duties can be imposed in any other part of cur Union on the productions of California. Nor can new' duties be charged in California upon such foreign productions as have already paid duties in any of our ports of entry, for the obvious reason that California is within the territory of the United States. I shall not enlarge upon this subject, how ever, as the Secretary of the Treasury will perlorm that duty. The President urgently advises the people of Calilornia to live peaceably and quietly under the existing government. He believes that this will promote their lasting and best interests. If it be not what they could desire, and had a right to ex pect, they can console themselves with the reflec tion, that it will endure but for a tew months Should they attempt a change or.amend it during this brief period, they most probably could not ac complish their object before the government estab lished by Congress would go into operation. • In the mean time, the country would be agitated, the citizens would be withdrawn from their usual em ployments, and domestic strife might divide and exasperate the people against each other; and this all to establish a government which, in no con ceivable contingency, could endure tof a single'year During this brief period it is better to bear the ills they have, than to fly to others they know not of. The permanent prosperity of any new couutry is identified with the perfect security, of jts land ti tles. The land system ol the General Government has been a theme of admiration throughout the world. The wisdom of man has never devised a plan so well calculated to prevent -litigation and place the rights of owners of the soil beyond dis pute. This system has been one great cause of the rapid settlement .and progress of our new btates and Territories. Emigrants have been attracted there, because every man knew that' when he had acquired land from the Government, he could sit under his own vine, and under his own fig tree, and there would be no one to make him afraid. Indeed, there can be no greater drawback to the prosperity of a country, as several of the older States have ex perienced, than disputed land titles. Prudent men will be deterred from emigrating to a State or Territory where they cannot obtain an indisputable title, and must, consequently, be exposed to the danger of strife and litigations in respect to the soil on which they dwell. An uncertainty respecting the secu rity of land titles arrests all valuable improvement, because no prudent man will expend his means for this purpose, whilst there is danger that another may deprive him of the fruit of his labors. It is fortunate, therefore, that Congress alone, under the Constitution, possesses “ the power to dispose ot and make all needtul rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States.” In the exercise of this power, the President is convinced that the emigrants will re ceive liberal donations of the public land. Although Congress have not established territo rial government for the people of California, they have not been altogether unmindful of their inter ests. The benefit of our post-office laws has been extended to them ; and you will bear with you au thority from the Postmaster General to provide lor the conveyance of public inlormation and private correspondence among themselves, and between them and the citizens of Oregon and of our States East of the Rocky mountains. The monthly stea mers on the line from Panama to Astoria have been required “ to stop and deliver and take mails at San Diego, San Francisco and Monterey." These steamers, connected by the Isthmus ol Panama with those on the Atlantic between N. York and Chagres, will keep up a regular communication with Califor nia, and afford lacilities to all those who may desire to emigrate to that territory. The necessary appropriations have also been made by Congress to maintain troops in Calilornia, to protect its inhabitants against all attacks from a civilized or savage foe. and it will afford the Pres ident peculiar pleasure to perform this duty prompt ly and effectively. But, above all, the Constitution of the U. States, the safe guard of all our civil rights, was extended over Calilornia on the 30th May, 1848. the clay on which our late treaty with Mexico was finally con ! summated. From that day its inhabitants became ! entitled to all the blessings and benefits resulting I from the best form of civil government ever estab , lished amongst men. That they will prove worthy j of this inestimable boon, no doubt is entertained. Whilst the population of California will be com posed chiefly of our own kindred, ot a people spea king our own language and educated tor self-gov ernment under our own institutions, a considerable portion of them were Mexican citizens before the late treaty of peace. : These our new citizens ought to be, and from the justice and generosity of the American character the President is confident that they will be, treated with respect and kindness, and thus be made to feel that by changing their alle giance they have become more prosperous and happy. Yours, very respectfully, JAMES BUCHANAN. CARDS. WILLIAM S. AMWEG, Attorney at Law, 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 from the duties of the office, which he had filled during that 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. W. Whiteside, ATTORN EY\ AT LA W , 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. M. Moore, Dentist. STILL continues to perform a. operations on the TEETH upon terms to suit the times* Office North Queen street, opposite Kauffman’s Hotel j april 19 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 l,’4y-14 JONAS D. BACHMAN, . ATTORNEY AT LAW: Office in Market Square, in the room lately occupied by G. W. M’Elroy, Esq. april 24 ’49 tf-13 JOHN A. HIESTAND, ATTORNEY AT LAW , Office in West King Street, fourth door West of Peter Reed’s Hotel, Lancaster. Loocaetti, May 16, 1849. flm-15* Wooing a Wife; Strange Courtship. We copy the following strange revelations from Hoadley’s * Adoronack, Or Lile in the Woods;” The other day I took R boot to a shoemaker, or rather mender, .of whom I was told a capital anec dote. An English emigrant had settled down in a remote part of the forest, where he cleared a little space about him and built a log but. He had been here but a year or two. when one day as he was absent in the woods with his eldest daughter, his hut took fire and burned down. His wife was sick, but she managed to crawl out, taking the straw bed on which she lay with her. At evening the husband returned to find his house in ruins. It was a winter night, and the snow lay deep on the ground. Calling aloud, he heard a faint voice reply, and ing in the direction lrom which it came,found his wife stretched on the bed in the snow. Getting together a few’ boards which were lelt from the conflagra tion. he made-a shelter over her. That night she was safely delivered of a child which survived and is now living. But under the exposure and excite ment together the husband took a violent cold, which, having fastened on his lungs, and being re sisted by no medical treatment whatever termina ted in the consumption. He however, reared another hut. and during the-summer a young settler came in and purchased a tract near by him. He being the only family within a long distance, this back woodsman often passed the evening in their society. It was not long before he discovered that his neigh bor could not long survive, for the most ignorant in this region know all the symptoms of pulmonary disease which carries off three-fourths ot all those who die. Accompanying this conclusion came naturally the reflection what could become of the wifr;; and as she was good-looking and industrious he thought he could not do better than to marry her himself. Acting under this conclusion he men tioned ihe matter to her, remarking that her hus band could not live long, and asking her il she would marry him after he was dead? She replied that she had no objection at all if “her husband was willing.” He said he had no doubt on that point, and he would speak to him about it. He did so, and the husband unhesitatingly gave his consent, adding that he was glad she would be so well provided for after his death. So when the winter approached, the young settler would come and “court” the prospective widow, while the dying husband lay and coughed on the bed in the corner. Blackwood’s Magazine and the British Quarterly Reviews. OWING to ihe late revolutions and counter-rev olutions among the nations of Europe, which have followed each other in such quick succession, and of which “the end is not yet,” the leading pe riodicals of Great Britain have become invested with a degree of interest hitherto unknown. They occupy a middle ground between the hasty, disjoin ted, and necessarily imperfect records of the news papers, and the elaborate and ponderous treatises to be furnished by the historian at a future day. Whoever reads these periodicals obtains a correct and connected account of all the important political events of the old world, as they occur, and learns the various conclusions drawn from them by the leading spirits of the age. The American Publish ers therefore deem it proper to call renewed atten tion to the works they republish an l the very low prices at which they are offered to subscribers.— The following is their list, viz: THE LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW, THE EDINGBURG REVIEW. ■ THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW. THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW, and BLACKWOODS EDINGBURGH MAGAZINE. In these periodicals are contained the view::, moderately, though clearly and firmly expressed, of the three great parties in England—Tory, Whig, and Radical—“ Blackwood” and the “ London Quarterly” are Tory ; the Edinburgh Review” Whig; and the “Westminter Review” Liberal.— The “ North British Review” owes its establish ment to the last great ecclesiastical movement in Scotland, and is not ultra in its views on any one of the grand departments of human knowledge: it was originally edited by Dr. Chalmers, and now, since his death, is conducted by his son-in-law, Dr. Hanna, associated with Sir David Brewster. Its literary character is of the very highest order. The “Westminster,” though reprinted under that title only, is published in England under the title of the “Foreign Quarterly & Westminster,” it being in fact a union of the two Reviews formerly published and reprinted under separate titles. It has, therefore, the advantage by combination, of uniting in one work the best features of both as heretofore issued. .The above Periodicals are reprinted in New York, immediately on their arrival by the British steamers, in a beautiful clear type, on fine white paper, and are faithful copies of the originals, Blackwood’s Magazine being an exact facsimile of the Edinburgh edition. TERMS. For any one of the four Reviews, 03,00 p. an’m. For any two, do • 5,00 “ For any three, do 7,00 “ For all four of the Reviews, 8,00 “ For Blackwood’s Magazine, 3,00 “ For Blackwood and three Reviews, 9,00 “ For Blackwood and the four Reviws, 10,00 “ Payments to be made in all cases in advance. *** Remittances and communications should be always addressed, post-paid or franked, to the Pub lishers. Leonard Scott &. Co., 79 Fulton Street, New York, Entrance 54 Gold st Delivered in Lancaster, Free of Postage by J. GISH, Bookseller. Feb. 12, 1850. 3-ly New Hat and Cap Store, East King Sta few doors west of the Farmer's Bank LEVI SdITH respectfully informs his lucnds and the public, that he has just received and is now opening at his new Store, a splendid assort ment of new and fashionable HATS and (’APS, for fall and winter wear, which Pjlßjf have been selected with great care, will be sold at the lowest cash prices. For beauty and superiority of finish they cannot be surpassed. His stock consists, in part, of Si'k, Beaver , Nutria, Brush, Moleskin, Russia , C assimere, fyc., of various sizes and shapes. Hats made to order at as short notice as desired. CAPS, CAPS, CAPS’! His stock of Caps are of various styles and prices. He iias received a new style of HAT-C- PS, with a variety of other patterns, such as Velvet, Cloth. Glazed, &c. Call and exnminte his stock, in East Kin; street, between the Court House and thr Farmers’ Bank. N. B. Hats bought at this establishment will \jt ironed free of charge. L. S Nov. 6, ’49. 41 ly Grand Centre of Attraction. Lancaster tower hall clothing STORE.—Just received, together with the latest Fall and Winter Fashions, the largest and most splendid assortment of FALL and WINTER GOODS ever before exhibited in Lancaster county, at M. T. Ford’s Tower Hall Clothing Store, oppo site Vankenan’s (late Scholfield’s) Hotel. The citizens of Lancaster county, and strangers who may be visiting the city, arc respect ully in vited to an examination of this magnificent stock , comprising an unrivalled collection of uncut Cloths, Cassimcres, and Vestings; with Overcoats, Sack Dress and Frock Coats, Monkey Jacke.s, Pams, Vests, Shirts, Stocks, Shams, Cravats of all des criptions, Hosiery, Suspenders, Gloves, and in fact everything necessary to complete a gentleman’s wardrobe, and at prices that no others in the trade attempt to compete with. 0 Remember, gentlemen, that this is no. trade clothing shop, as the proprietor has from the start set his face against orders of all kinds, and conse quently does not put a high tariff on his customers for fear they may have a builder’s order, but sell ing exclusively for cash he can and does Bell his goods for less than it costs most of the Tailors to manufacture them. So you see your true interest lies in patronizing the Tower Hall of M. T. FORD North Queen street, opposite the Franklin Hotel. N. B.—The new style Kossuth Woolen Plaid Veaj, is just out, call and see. [sept 25-ly-35t IVew Millinery Goods. FALL AND WINTER BONNETS. MRS. MARY KURTZ has just received the Fall and Winter Fashions for Bonnets, to which she respectfully invites the attention of her old customers and the public in general. Her assortment is large and beautiful, and well adapted to suit the wants and tastes of her numerous friends and customers. Also, a BEAUTIFUL VARIETY OF RIBBONS, of every color and style; Artificials, Flowers, Head Dresses, Bonnet Caps, &c., all of which she will dispose of on accommodating terms, at her well known stand in North Queen at., nearly oppo site Wentz’s Dry Goods Store. , 03” The Ladieß of the city and county of Lancas ter are invited to call and examine. ' nov 20 ’42 THE ACCOUNT Of the Directors of the Poor and House of Employment for the County of Lancaster, From January 1, 1849, to January 1, 1850, Provisions. 1026 bush &. 35lbsof wheat $1059 46 Grinding 2291 A bush of do. 160 41 35 head Ca tie $B4B 07, 14,366 ll»s beef, $BOl 75, 1649 82 103 head sheep 177 50, 163 bush potatoes 80 50, 258 foo 1049 galls, molasse.- 240 71, - 2 bbls vinegar 7, 247 71 lbs Sugar 229 62, % 3518 tbs coffee 273 24, 502 .86 571 lbs of Tea 72, 14 sacks of Salt‘24 90, 96 90 640 lbs Rice 25 60, 100 lbs Rye flour 2 25; 27 85 Pepper, Allspice, Mustard, &c. 14 43, 7 lbs Hops, 56 cents, 14 99 293 Shad 46 88, 2 barrels Mackerel 22, 66 88 Fuel. 230 $• cord wood $746 86, sweeping chimnies 7 61, 754 47 101$ tons Stone Coal, 396 96 ll5l 43 Household necessaries, Clothing , dfc. 23 doz hats $17,35, 1 doz caps 2,75, 20 10 3 doz palm leaf hats 4,50, 2 gallons oil 3, 7 50 14 sett Bed Posta 8 42, can dle wick 75 cents, 9 17 418 yards satiinet and linsey, 118 75 2022$ yards muslin 152,24, 2 bonnets 4, 158 24 604 yards prison stripe 58,30,. brushes 36,56, 94 86 466 yds summer goods for pants 64 13 419 yds furnituro and apjon check 53,81, bools and shoes, 58,80, 112 01 3 doz handkerchiefs, 1 dozen shawls, ho£te, &c. 18 53 Combs, buttons, thread, &c. 41 75 Crockery & earthenware 28,47 dressing linsey 1,17, 29 64 105yds flannel & cotton flannel » 6,27. 284 yds calico 14,58. 30 85 80 pair blankets 98,69, 122 yds carpet for bed cover 23,06, 121 75 2 invalid chairs 6,50, 1 kitchen cupboard 12,50, 19 00 Tobacco, snuff and pipes, 153 10 Salaries and Wages. Stewards year due Oct. 1, ’49,400 00 Clerk and Superintendent, 1 year due Dec. 4, 1849, 337 .50 Treasurer 1 y’r due Jan. I‘, ’49, 75 00 Solicitor, l “ “ “ 30 00 4 Physicians (medicine includ ed; 1 year, due Feb. l,i 849, 325 00 6 Directois (mileage included) 1 yr due Nov. 3, 1849, 202 32 Baker 80, Wagoner 107, 187 00 Laborers wages, 79 02 Repairs and Materials. Ironmongery 83,90, castings - 10,82, * °94 72 Lumber 180,06, 5250 Bricks 48,08, 228 14 Bricklaying 15,87, Tinsmith work 188 14, 204 00 Repairing forcing pump, 3 00 529 87- Removals. Bringing poor persons to the house, (81 cases,) 117 70 Out door poor, attendance and funeral expenses. Temporary relief to out-door poor, (95 cases,) 1352 50 Attendance and funeral expen ses, (26 cases,) 147 00 9 Coffins, 22 00 Doctor Shop. 3 Trusses 5, belt straps for in sane 7,00 12 00 Fisher’s restraining apparatus for insane, 24 00 2 Stet’nescope’s 2,00, 1 Scarifi cator 1,75, 4 75 Steel sound and repairing eye needle 75cts., 1 stricture in strument 9,00, 9 75 Manufactures. Cotton Yarn and Carpet Chain, 32 78 Weaving 14,68,138$ lbs. Wool, 61,56, 76 24 Farm. Bala. on Threshing Machine and repairing, 74 85 Points, Shears, &c.,24,87, Rub bing Hemp, 5,16 30 03 1 Horse, 100,2 yoke oxen 165 265 00 Wagonmaker 1,25, horse-far rier 4,00 5 25 2 tons ground Plaster 14, Onion setts i 50, 15 50 Sraithwork 4 5,15, 142 Locust posts 65,10, 110 25 202 bu. Bran, Shipstuff. Oats, Chopping. &c., for feed, 55 01 663 bu. Corn 352.92, chopping 737 J bu. Corn for feed, 29 50 Contingencies. Prothy. and Aid. fees 2,25, Horse and Carriage hire 2, 425 Postage 6,55, grinding razorß 30 cts. 6 85 Tolls 9,65, 8 pair of spectacles 3.00 12 65 Repairing clock and steel pens® 3.73, Freight 113.87, 117 60 Bals. due Berks co.on settlement 7 84 Centre co. on acct. of bill ren dered, 10 00 Expenses in Bending away pau- pers, 9 70 Expenses in purchasing goods, E teain apparatus, &c., 41 95 Bal. due Philad.Alms House on settlement, 118 09 Centre co. Alms House in full, 168 46 2 double cooking* ranges and 2 steam generators,kettles,&c, 520 00 Lead pipe and spiggots for steam generator, 41 22 Orders paid on hand from 1848, 76 40 Bal. in hand* of Treaa. Jan. Receipts. Received for eand, 458 17 “ maintenance care and attendance, of sundry persons, 558 87 " sundry persons for sun dries, 170 55 ** Pauper* and left by them 12 84 “ from co. Treasurer, 10,500' 00 „ , 11,700 43 Bal. received G. Zahm, Esq., late Treasurer, January 1, 1849. 553 95 Orders on hand, not called for January 1, 1850, 83 80 Produce of the Farm and Garden. 65 ton* Hay, 15 bush. Onions, 420 buah» Pota toes, 15 bush, green Seans, 8020 head* of Cab* hag«, 31 bush. Red-beats, 32 bush. Parsnips, 1124 bush. Corn, 1150 bush. Wheat, = 105 bush. Rye, 480 bush. Oats, bush. Onion setts, bush. Tim othy seed, 32 loads Corn-fodder. 26 calves killed, 8146 lbs Pork raised and fattened. ' Manufactured and made in the House. 529 yds. Linen and Carpet, 22 Roundabouts, 17 Vests, .93 pr Pants, 50 Shirts, 47 prestockings, 126 pr. Stockings footed, 43 Aprons. 81 Frocks, 34 Petticoats, 89 Chemises, 48 Caps, 16 doz. Com Brooms, 144 pr. Mer’s and Women’s Shoes, ISO pr. Shoes soled and heeled, 35 Children's gar ments. 5 horses, 1 yoke Oxen, 26 Milch Cows, 24 Steers and Stock Cattle, 2 Bulls, 15 head Sheep, 40 Hogs and Shoats. § g = £■;»-= h = p = ■? ~ ® 5 .0 —O CSJ =- - a. =■ i- 3 " -- as os'- * $4086 88 *3 I UWWAW-MrCCO--fO I -J I _0 O 4k_W_~ I ® / _ O' I | - ttSuvyjStQ 03 | © I 03 ■&. —Clto gl M ■ j oo i 1 l I 05 tO to JO I - - CJ to. to to V 1 J. Ol o>_—CJ — -J W 0-iCOCDO«©tOC©CO s - j. - t toutsioiouuuuuuu ■ UOMJ.OIOC Cv _ MtOtOMfOKSKWCM ti'tO f •JXO'it.oJUiOi-WCr-JX I CJI C 5 —• W : O (O CB 91 X I Average number maintained 260, at a cost of 90 cents per week of each pauper, exclusive of 481 wavfaring persons who were accommodated with supper, lodging and breakfast, JOHN ROHRER, 1 CHRISTIAN HIESTAND, | O JACOB FRANTZ. WIT.IJAM GORRECHT, CHRISTIAN WARFEL, BENJAMIN HOOVER, Attest —Wm. Taylor —Clerk. February 19, 1850. A BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT OF F 4 MIGOODS For ladies, Gentlemen and Children's Wear. MRS. RaNNINGEII takes pleasure in calling the atte tion of the Lancaster Ladies to her well selected and prettv assortment ol articles, for eeneral wear, which have just been received from Philadelphia, and consist, as follows : Long Shawls, at reduced prices; Children's Woollen . < acks and Caps; Ladies*'Gold Medal Scarfs; Gentlemen and ( hildren’s Woollen Scarfs; a large and handsome assortment of Ladies White and Block Woollen Hose, Merino worsted, Cotton bleached and unbleached, Lead color and mixed Hose. Also, a splendid assortment of Misses woollen. Merino and cotton Hose ; Men and Boys wool en, Merino and cotton Hose ; Ladies woo'len and Merino Jackets; Infants’ white woollen Jack ets, and Hose and Sacks; Woollen Gaiter f«>r Chil dren ; a variety of linen, cambric and lawn Hand kerchiefs, collar, chemisette, cuffs, edging, insert ing, and laces. Ladies’ kid, silk, fleece-lined gloves; also Lyle’s thread, cotton and woollen g’oves. An excellent assortment of Misses kid, silk, fleece-lined and" cotton gloves. Ribbons of every pattern ; Neck-ribbons, Belts, Slides, Breast Pins, Shawl-pins, Finger-rings, and Victorine Pins. 1635 84 AGKEAT ASSORTMENT OF DRESS TRIM- such as Jenny Lind Velvet, < lay G.mp and Cord*, Emhroidery, Braids, Tape, Hooks and Eyes, Whale-bone, Pearl-bone, Silk, Plated and Variegated Buttons, Sewing Silk, white & colored Spool Cotton, patent Thread, twilled and paper Muslins, Illusions, Worsted Cuffs and Wristlets, Caps and Head Dresses, Mourning collars &. cuffs, Velvet and Steel Bags, Purses, Purse-Silks, Beads and Claps, Port monies, Segar cases, Gentleman’s cravats, Tuck combs and side-combs ; Hair and Tooth Brushes, Curls, green and blue Bareges, white and black Veils, B ONNET VELVF.TS , SILKS SATIN FLOWERS, Bonnet Tabs, Pins and Needles, Toilet Soaps, Powders, Hair Oils, Jet and Steel Bracelets, Crusha, Tidy an’d Knitting Needles, Lamp Mats, Tidy Yarn, Straw Baskets, Band and Work Boxes, Talton Muslins, colored and white Crapes, whjte & black Groffrings, crimpeJ Taltons, and a variety of other Dress and Trimming goods, usually kept in Fancy and Trimming Stores. The Millinery Business, iff Will, as heretofore, receive MRS. RANNIN'GKk’S especial attention, in every branch of the-Trade. MOURNING BONN ET£ particularly attended to, > akirig with the tiilinery business. Therefore she has now engaged several competent Females in that Jin* 1 , who are fully prepared to make up in the most fashionable manner, CLOAKS, DRESSES, SACKS, CARDINALS, Stc , 4tc., on the most reasonable terms. ftCrEvery article warranted to be a com plete fit. ' RS. MARY RANNINGER, Fosth Queen St., next door to Van Kanao’s Hotel. Jui 15. 1850. 51 So. HO IMPORTANT So. SO Fall and Winter Dry Goods. CLOTHS, Cassimeres, Satinets, Vestings, and other goods for Meo’s and Boy’s weanng ipparel. Merinocs, Cashmeres, Mpaccas, Delaines, Ging hams, &c., of varinus shades and styles. BI.K. DRESS V ILKS, Silk Cravats, Hdkfs., &c. Calicoes, Hosiery, Gloves, bleach’d and unbi’d Muslins, Tickings, Checks, &c. LINEN’S, bleach’d and nnbl’d, Cloth, Linen and Cotton Table Covers, Flannels, Blanket*, Shawls, with a general assortment of goods generally kept .n a DRY GOODS STORE. To which we would expressly invite our friends and the public in general, as we will’spare no pains to please all who may call. Our lock ofCoodßis new, bought for Cash, therefore we are satisfied we can and will eell 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 cx.imihe our stock of Cloths, Cassi mebes, &c.; in this they will realize a great saving, as well as in any other article wo offer for sale. Groceries and Queensware, Tea, Coffee, 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, Sac. MACKEREL. ' 200 Bble. i and £ bbls. of the choicest brands — Mackerel warranted. ""OBACCO AND SEGARS wholesale-and retail. $12,199 54 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 & SMJ2LTZ. ly-10-37 October 9, ’49 $12,338 18 wm* On Opposite 'ankanans (formerly Schofield's) .Hotel, North Q»teiP n Lancaster, Pa* I heartily recommend to the people of Lancaster, ail others to who.™ this may come, Dr. Way Jan, Grndute of the Baltim ore College of Dental Surgery, as a gentleman eminently qualified to practice his profession in a skillful a.:d scientific manner, and ofmoral character that emit *ea him to all confidence. I do also certify, that Dr. Wayian did obtain, as the award of a Committee, contesting of Dr. Parmly. of New York, Dr. Roper of Philadelphia, and Dr. Noyes of Baltimore, a Case of Instruments, offered by the College as aprize for the greatest proficiency in the study and art-of Dentistry as tat’ght in the Institution. I do also certify that Dr.. Wayian has operated upon my mouth in a highly satisfactory manner. Thos. E. Bond, Jb., A. M., M. D. Professofof Special Pathology and Therapeutics in the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. Lancaster/Dec. 11, *4®. 4e»tf 13,338 18 NO. 5 - suotsstmpy - ~ - syutff ta to ■— ■— to -sjuduiadoii *YJW(T * punoq U3up/u s s *• © £ 3' - - - mr>X ■ o » n o J ?