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No suuscription diarontinued until all arrearages are paid unless at the option of the Editor. antitatisexciret—Accompanied by the CASII, and not exceeding one square, will be inserted three times for one dollar, and twenty-five cents for each additional Insertion. Those of a treater length in proportion. Ine•Pairienca --Such as Hand B.lla, Posting Bills, Pam pli.eta Mimics, Labels, etc., d,c., executed with ac curacy and at the shortest notice. SONG A maid reclined behind a stream, At fall of summer day, And half awake and half a dream, She watched the ripples play ; She marked the waters full and heave, The deepening shadows throng, And heard. as darkened down the eve, The river's bubbling song. And thus it sang with tickling tongue, • That rippling shadowy river— ,. 'Youth's brightest day will fade away Forever and forever:" The twilight past, the moon at last Rose broadly o'er the night, Each ripple gleams beneath her beams, As wrought in silver bright: The heaving waters glide along, But mingling with their voice The nightingale now pours his song, And makes the shades rejoice: And thus he sang with tuneful voice, That bird beside the river— " When youth is gone true love shines on Forever and forever ' LOVE SONG She who sleeps upon my heart Was the first to win it ; She who d;:eams upon my breast Ever reigns within it ; She who kisses oft my lips Wakes their warmest blessing the who rests within mine arms Feels their closest pressing. Other houis than these shall come— Hours that may be weary ; Other days shall greet us yet— Days that may bo dreary ; Still that heirt shall be thy home, Still that breast thy pillow ; Still those lips moat thine, as oft Billow meeteth Sleep, then, on my happy heart, Since thy love hath won it ; Dream, then, on my. loyal breast— None but thou bast done it ; And when age our bloom shall change With its wintry weather, Alay we in the selfsame grave— Sleep and dream together GIRL HUNTING A HALF LENGTH FROM LLFE A themo of perilous risk Thou handiest, and hut fires ,eneath thy path The treacherous ashes nurse.' (Can't you let our folks have some eggs ?" said Daniel \-Vebster Larkins, open ing the door and sticking iu a little straw colored head, and a pair of very mild blue eyes, just far enough to reconnoitre; "can't you let our folks have seine eggs'' Our old lieu don't lay nothing but chickens now, and mother can't cat pork, and she ain't had no breakfast, and the baby ain't dressed, nor nothin'." "What's the matter, Webster? Where's your girl"" "On, we ain't got no girl but father, and he's had to go 'way to a raisin'—and mo ther wants to know if- you can't tell her where to get a girl t" :Poor Dirs. Larkins ! Her husband makes but a very indifferent girl, being a re markably public-spirited person. The good lady is in very delicate health, and, having an incredible number of little blue eyes constantly making frcelx 4.6111%113s upon her time and strength, she usually keeps a girl when she can get one. When she cannot, which is unforttinately a larger part of the time, her husband dresses the ehildren— mixes stir-take for the eldest blue eyes to bake on the griddle, which is never at rest —milks the cows—feeds the pigs—and then goes to his. business, which we have supposed to consist principally in helping at raisings, wood-bees, huskiugs, and such like important affairs, and "girl hunting" —;-the most important, and arduous, and profitless of all. • ' Yet is must be owned that Mr. Larkins is a tolerable carpenter, and that he buys as many comforts as his neighbors. !lhe main difficulty seems to be that "help" is not often purchasable. The small portion of our damsels who will consent to enter anybody's door for pay, makes the chase utter them quite interesting from its un certainty, and the damsels themselves, subject to a well known foible of their sex, become very coy from being over-courted. Such racing and chasing, and begging and praying to get a girl for a month! They are often got for life with less trouble.— But to return. „ Having an esteem for Mrs. Larkins, and a sincere experimental pity for the forlorn condition of "no girl but father,” I set out at once to try if female tact and persever ance might not prove successful in ferret ing out a “help," though more industry had not succeeded. For this purpose I made a list in my mind of those neighbors, in the first place, whose daughters some times condescended to be • girls; and, sec ondly, of the few who were enabled by good luck, good management, and good pay, to keep them. If I failed in my attempts }von one class, I hoped for sonic new light from the other. When the object is of such importance it is well worthy to string one's bow quite double. In the first category stood Mrs. Lown tie,l, whose forlorn log-house had never known door or window, a blanket supply ing the place of one, ad ther being repre sented by a crevice in the logs. Lifting the sooty curtains with some timidity, 1 found the dame with a sort of tangled reel before her, trying to wind some dirty, tangled yarn, and ever and anon kicking at a basket which hung suspended from the beam overhead by means . of a strip of hickory bark. The basket contained a nest of rags and an indescribable baby, and in the ashes on the hearth played several dingy objects, which I supposed had once been babies. "Is your daughter at home, Mrs. Lown des ?" "Well, yes, M'randy's to hum, but she's out now. Did you want her 1" "I came to see if she could not go to Mrs. Larkins, who is very unwell, and sad ly in want , of help." "Miss Larkins ! Why, du tell! I want to know! • Is she siek agin, and is her gal gone ? Why, I thought she had Lo-i-sy Paddon ! Is Lo-i-sy gone ?" "I suppose so. You will let Miranda, go to Mrs. Larkins, will you ?" "Well, don't know but I would let her go for a spell, just to 'commodate them.— M'randy may go if she's a mind ter. She needn't live out unless she chooses. She's got a comfortable home, and no thanks of nobody. What wages do they give ?" "A dollar a week." "Eat at the table ?" "Oh, certainly." "lia.ve Sundays ?" "Wriy, no—l believe not the whole of Sunday; the children you know" "Oh, ho !" interrupted Mrs. Lowndes, with a disdainful toss of the head, giving at the same time a vigorous impulse to the cradle, "if that's how it is, M'randy don't stir a step! She don't live nowhere if she can't come home on Saturday and stay un til Monday morning." I took in leave without further parley, having often found this point sine qua non in such negotiations. My next effort was at a pretty little cot tage, whose over-hanging roof and neater outer arrangements spoke of English own ership. The interior by no means corre sponded with the exterior, aspect of being more bare than usual, and far from neat. The presiding ptSwer was a prodigious creature, who looked like a man iu Woman's clothes, and whose blazing face, ornament ed here and there by great hair moles, spoke very intelligibly of the beer barrel, if of nothing more exciting. A daughter of this viragoduid once lived in my family, and the mother met met me with an air of defiance, as if she thought I had collie with an accusation. When 1 unfolded my er rand, her abort softened a little, but she scornfully rejected the idea of her Lucy living with any more Yankees. "You pretend to think everybody alike," said she, "hut when it comes to the pint you're a sight more uppish and saucy than the ra'al quality at home—and I'll see the whole Yankee race to"- 1 made an exit without waiting for the conclusion of this complimentary- observa tion, and the less reluctantly for having seen on the table the lower part of one of my silver teaspoons, the top of which had been most violently wrenched off. The spoon was a well-remembered loss during Lucy's administration, and I knew that Mrs, Larkins had none to spare. _Unsuccessful thus far, among the arbi ters of our destiny, 1 thought 1 would stop. , at the house of a friend and make sonic in quiries which might spare me further re buffs. On making my way by the garden gate to the library, where I usually saw Mrs. Stayber, 1 was surprised to see it si lent and uninhabited. The windows were closed, a hall-finished cap lay on the sofa, and a bunch of yesterday's wild flowers upon the table. All spoke of desolation. The cradle—not exactly an appropriate adjunct of a library elsewhere, but quite so at -the West—was gone, and the little rocking chair was nowhere to be seen. 1 went on through the parlor and hall, find ing 'no signs of life, save the breakfast ta ble still standing, with the crumbs left un disturbed. Where bells are not known ceremony is out of the question, so 1 pen etrated to the kitchen, where I caught sight of the fair face of my friend. She was bending over the bread-tray, asd at the same time telling stories as fast as possible, by way of coaxing her little boy of four years to rock the cradle which con tained his baby sister. - "What does this mean ?" "Oh, nothing more than usual. My Pollftook herself. off yesterday, without a moment's warning, saying she thought she thought she had lived out long enough, and poor Tom, our factotum, has the ague.— Mr. Stayner has gone to some place sixteen miles off, where he was told be might hear of a girl, and I am the sole representative of the family energies. But you've no idea what capital bread I can make." This looked rather discouraging for my quest, but knowing that the main point of table companionship was the source of most of Mrs. Stayner's difficulties, I still hoped for Mrs. Larkins who loved the closest intimacy with her "help," and, al ways took them visiting with her. So I passed on 'for another effort at Mrs. Ran dall's, where three daughters had some times to lay aside their dignity long enough to obtain some much coveted articles of dress. Here the mop was in full play, and Mrs. Randall, with her gown turned up, was splashing diluted mud on the walls and furniture in the received mode of those regions, where "stained-glass windows" are made without a patent. I did not venture in, but asked from the door with my best diplomacy, whether Mrs. Randall knew of a girl. "A gal ! No ! who wants a gal ?" "Mrs. Larkins." "She ! Why don't she get up and do her own work ?" is too feeble." "Law sakes, too feeble. She'd be as able as anybody to thrash around, if her old lean didn't spile her by waitin' on." We think Mrs. Larkins deserves small blame on this score, "But, Mrs. Randall, the poor woman, is really ill and:unable to do anything for her children. Could'nt you spare Rachel for a few days to help her 1" This was said in a mostzuarded and de precatory tone, and with a manner care fully moulded between indifference and undue solicitude. "My gals has enough to do. They ain't able to do their own work. Carolina hasn't been worth the fust red cent for hard work ever since she went to school to A—." "Oh, I did not expect to get Caroline. I understand she is going to get married". "What! to Bill Green? She wouldn't let him walk where she had walked last year!" Here 1 saw I had made a mistep. Re solving to be more cautious, I left the se lection to the lady herself, only begging for one of the girls. But my eloquence was all wasted. The Miss Itandalls had been a whole quarter at a select school, and will not live out again until their pres ent stock of finery is unwearable. Miss Rachel, whose company I had hoped to se cure, was even then paying attention to a branch of the fine arts: "Rachel Amanda!" cried Mrs. Randall, at the foot of the ladder which gave ac cess to the upper region, "bring that thing down here ! It's the prettiest thing you ever seen in your life ! turning to me.— And the educated.young ladybrought down a doleful-looking compound of card-board, and .many-colored wafers which had, it seems, occupied her mind and fingers for some days. - • • "THAT COUNTRY IS THE MOST PROSPEROUS WHERE LABOR COMMANDS THE GREATEST REWARD."--.-BUCHANAN LANCASTER CITY, PA., ,TUESDAY *ORNING, JULY 31, 1855. "There," said theF mother proudly; " a gal that's larnt to make sich baskets as that ain't a going tolbe nobody's help, I guess." I thought the boast likely to be verified as a prediction, and went my way crest fallen and weary. Girl-hunting is among our most formidable "chores." CONFESSIONS OF A GAMBLER BY CIIARLEti P. ILLSLY I remember the first game of cards that I ever played. I was sixteen years old, and my partners, sonde of them were, aged men—men who were old enough -to be my father, and who should have cuffed my ears and sent me home. But no, they praised my dexterity in handling the cards —flattered my judgment and taught me to glory in my skill; Thus, while they made rich my vanity they made wretched my pour pockets. Greater men than my self, way, with equal truth, advance this same sentiment. was true I did not play for much, we: only staked a small sum, just to make the game interesting; we scorned to cast a thought on the loss and gain : we played for amusement, not for the purpose of Making money. This was the language 'sve used to ourselves. But should an uninterested observer have looked over the table at which we were playing, and watched the eagernees with which the stake was seized when won, and the workings of the countenance of the losers, perhaps he wOuld have put a differ ent construction, than mere amusement, un the deep and intense interest each in dividual manifested.l The truth is, profit and loss are the ruliiig spirits at a game of cards, or a throw of dice. I know not which of the two liasthe most influence to keep a young man at the gaming table. It' we are fortunate, the desire is awakened for inure, and the dope encouraged that luck is on our side ;: perchance IT 0 pride ourself on our skill in the game, and su we resolve to try again, and if we are un fortunate, we try again to repair our loss, "luck was against us ;" "may be more for tunate the next time," and a thousand reasons the devotee of play can make to himself for trying again. I was then a clerk in a store, and as to y funds failed me, I had recourse to my was ter's drawer. Dollar after dollar of his money went that way without his know ledge. In a short ; time, I could toss my glass of spirits, and whiff lily segar with as much grace as the most finished gentle man ; and I was rs r rtect in an oath. I became an adept in pity : and soon played deeper games. Vet, with all my cunning and judgment, maU r y a midnight has seen me hurrying home with a heart terribly heavy, in consequenee of a pocket propor tionably light. I was the only sop of a widowed mother; and on me her futqe earthly hopes rested. Often would my ;conscience bitterly re proach me fur my cbnduct, when, on en tering-the house at a late hour in the night, I found my aged mid lone mother sitting up, patiently waiting my coining ; and when she expressed her fears, that I should injure my health by too close application to my business—fur I deceived that thud and trusting parent, by telling her that business of the store kept the away from home—and when she advised me to relax a lie e, awfully did my heart rise up against me and reprove my wickedness ; and again and again did I determine to forsake the "evil ways" that I had been treading. But smile nights I won , and then an intense thirst for more led me baek to the table ; and other nights I lost —and then I would try again to make it up. Soon, however, was that widowed heart to be shattered and bleeding; soon was it to he overflowed with the gall of bitterness. For a week ur ~,ore, I was peculiarly un fortunate; losing every night more or less. It may be supposed timi thin onntinued ill luck affected me considerably, and that my master's drawer had to suffer for it• This was not all. To the regret exper ienced ou account of my losses, I had re course to frequent; and liberal potations. The more I lost, the more I drank. I had often deceived my mother, who frequently detected the smell of spirit when 1 enter ed the room, by Offing her that I had been working among liquors in the store. For awhile this excuse answered. But when every night on my entering—the room I brought with me the scent of spirituous liquors, her suspMions became awakened. Never—never ALB I. forget the honc— the terrible hour; when a mother's hopes were blasted, and her fond heart plunged in wo ! I returned from the gaming table at a late hour, long past midnight. That night I had been unusually unfortunate; in consequence of which I drank freely and became excited. To have seen me at the table, shouting, drinking, and singing, one would have thought me the happiest fellow in the' universe. My purse was completely draineii; and I played on tick. But in my then frame of mind, money was no object to me ; so I played and lost, played and lost—Occasionally raising the stake, until I became deeply involved in debt. I cared not. I kepi on my riotous course of shouting, swearing, and singing, until the company broke up. My mother was anxiously waiting for me—and "my dear son how glad I am that you have come" went to my heart like a burning arrow. My excitement had not word'off, :and she eyed me suspi ciously ; so I hurried off to bed as quick as possible. From the effects of the liquor had swallowed, I was soon asleep. how long I remained asleep I know not, when 1 was awakened by something dropping on my face. On looping np I beheld my mother at the head of my bed, with her hands claspod, and the big tears of agony rolling down her care-worn cheeks. In a moment I suspected the worst, and hid my face in the bed-clothes. She had been bending over me,—and I was r awakened by a mother's tear! I dared not lift my face to meet her eye ; but I drew the bed clothes closer around me. Oh, how my heart struggled with shame ! Death ! Death! how I wished for you when I heard my mother's voice, trembling with age and agony. "Geoige, George ! that I should have lived to witness this hour ! Would to God I hid followed you to yonr grave in your infancy! My child !" she faintly and . broken-heartedly screamed, "would that in giving yon birth, death had taken us both! Nye is mo, that I have lived to witness my son's shame !" I strove to etop.my ears, t(lr. shut out: her voice,:but. in T 44 . 1. ighe; rworfis,• amide& in •.:tiara with horrid emphasis, and so to my dying day will they sound. The discovery of her son's vileness, the sudden crushing of het. hopes, were to melt for her; she sank senseless on the bed. It was a long time before she revived!, and heavely smote my conscience, as. I gazed by the dim light of the lamp, on her pale face and felt the coldness of her fore= head as I bathed it with vinegar. I waS fearful life had entirely forsaken her ; but at last she came too. I could not stand and meet her look, and' was turning toy leave the room, when in a faint voice, she requested me to stay by her. I was struck with the altered tone of her voice ; she did not speak reproachfully, but so calmlyi and tenderly, that the tears gushed from my eyes in torrents; it almost broke my hear to listen to her ; and there was something in her tone that thrilled fearfully through me, so that everyword she uttered, caused a dead sinking chill at my heart—it was so hollow and unearthly. "Stay, my sou,' said she, taking my hand between her ovin the iceiness of which made me shnelderl y "I wish not to chide you. But, oh George if you value your peace here, and etet+ nal happiness, leave off drinking : taste not, touch not the accursed poison ! God !" she fervently added, "strengthen him to resist temptation—turn his foot; steps from the path that leads to the dark and dreadful pits of destruction ! My son,l she added in a thicker voice, "If you res t pect your mother's memory-if you respect your own character—remember an g c o l o je -- guided by her last words,taste—" 44 Mother ! Mother ! what a3s you ?" . I screamed, for I saw her countenance changh suddenly. The blood began to settle abolit her eyes, which became glassy, and a palh streak encircled her mouth, while her breath grew shorter. •' I swear—mother—l swear never to touch another drop of the accurs, ed stuff!" I uttered in a hurried and treinh ling voice. A gleam of satisfaction slio;t across her face for a moment, as she with difficulty :articulated—" George, remembe i r your oath :'• T6a a were her last wordSl; and barely were they uttered bending over my mother's form, the onh living being in that still chamber. j DEATH IN THE DESERT. Those who have read the wild wastes which California or Utah emigrants' are obliged to pass in order to reach their Mit filiation, will readily recognise the seeng of •the following afflicting incident, which we copy from Mrs. Ward's " Female Lit. among the Mormons: " In a few days we entered a sandy an; barren region, where, to our other ills an incenveutences, that most intolerable of al , the want of water, was added. The stream: were all dried up—the rivers disappears from their channels—there was neither rat nor dew. But, though the air seemed intensly hotl and the sky exhibited not a trace of cloud. , there was a softness of atmosphere at nigh , a resplendent glory in the stars, altogetlie • incomprehensible and most deligntful. 7 And this region,.otherwise so sterile, was tilled with flowers of the richest perfume and the brightest colors. In many plaek where it would seem, front the gravelly', sandy nature of the soil, that no plaUt whatever could take root, cactuses, liter,- ally covered with a profusion of large erini sun flowers, thrived luxuriantly, thus pre senting a remarkable contrast to the sur roundin, desolatioa. For one of the re markable characteristics of this place, was the utter absence of animal life. Not 'a bird visited these resplendent blossonis not a butterfly or insect enlivened the sol itude. Neither hares nor pheasants lurked beneath their coverts. Even the Indians seemed to avoid the country. Once; and once only, we caught the glimpse of a tronp of wild horses, skirting the horizon. dt was only a glimps ; and yet I shall ever re member the graceful agility of their ntO dons, and the sleek sparkle of their glo'sy sides. Bat sadder sights than these await ed us. I had descended from the *a., : n to walk, in order that I might examine the beautiful flowers. I was particularly charmed by two or three huge plants of the cactus species, which had grown so cl se together that they appeared coinpact. They were, at least, ninety feet in cireuni ference, and large scarlet blossoms depend ed from the branches. But, while stud ing to gather a boquet, my fingers inadve - tently touched a relic, the sight of wld h filled me with horror. It was a hut n skeleton ; but the skin, instead of falli}ig ia away, still clung to the bones, showing 1 e veins, the muscles, and sinews, in a horr - ble state of preservation, yet with strict) , - delity to nature. The long, lank, bony U gers, yet held a paper clutched tightly bj tween them. Curiosity was stronger th i n fear, and I removed it. There were a fep , lines written with a pencil, which I had much difficulty in making out. They rani • 64 We can go no further. My wife add five children—all dying for want of watottr, ! Oh, God : this death is horrible !" I The poor fellow had evidently sought the shelter of the cactus to shield himself OM the burning sun ; and there died from burn ing, intolerable thirst. But the wife and children—where were they ? A little fiat titer on, in the same state of horrible atten uation, without decay. The mother yet clasped her infant in her bony arms, add the thin, tightly drawn lips of the child were pressed to her cadaverous breast.l-- Two of the children—a boy and a girl* had their fingers interlaced ; while the oth er two were twined in each other's arms, as if they sought to solace the agonies of that horrible death by the sweets of conge nial affection. And who shall say that they were not happier, dying thus, thie. Imultitudes have been who have departed 1 this life surrounded by all the comforts of I wealth and luxury, but with hatred gna - • ing Prometheus-like, at their hearts ? I- But the beat of us , were in no conffiti n Ito speculate or philosophize. Thirst, int 1- erable thirst, was burning our tongues and 1 scorching our brains. Our poor animals I suffered as much, or evert more than mix 1 selves ; and I half forgot my own miseries 1 in witnessing theirs. The Phrenological Journal, in article on temperaments, states, , 4 We never seen or heard of a red-haired min ter of the gospel, or rather of a minis., possessed of a pure sanguine temperamen D:* A manufacturing firm in Verrucint have a contract :with. the British govern , ment for machinery for making arms to die amount of one hundred thousand dolla s, and another, with individuals,- for j twert y r . Lfiva 1 $ , 11 ".‘ " • SOME OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF A RU MOR.—The following curious story, in il lustration of the Russian military rules, is translated from a German paper : At the time the report of the taking of Sebastopol was current, a rich nobleman from the town of S—, on the frontier of Gallicia, received a letter announcing the fall of . Sebastopol and burning of Odessa. He had some friends with him at the same time, to whom he communicated the con tents, requesting them, however, not to mention it. Unfortunately his wishes were disregarded, and in a few hours noth ing in all Warsaw was spoken but the burn ing of Odessa and taking of Sebastopol. The ! report was carried to Prince Paskie wttch, who immediately sent for the noble man and asked him : " Count, from whence have you this news ?" The nobleman handed the Prince the letter. "There is not a word of truth in all this !" said the Prince. "I thought so," . answered the Count, "and I only mentioned it to a confiding friend, with a request not to repeat it." " The govern ment has full confidence in you, as you have, repeatedly given proofs of your loy alty," said the Prince; "we are far from a wish to punish you for this. But I desire that you should convince yourself, by a pleasure trip to Odessa and Sebastopol, that .the report is totally false." "As your Highness orders." "Go to my Secretary, and he will tell you of my further wishes." The Count left and repaired ti7the Sec retary who handed him a prepared pass port. Scarcely had he arrived in his own house, when au aid-de-camp entered and anuounoed to hint that the carriage and post-horses were awaiting him. During the time of the burning of Odes sa and the takihg of Sebastopol occupied all Europe, our unfOrtunate Count was on his unwilling journey, behind four fiery steeds, to convince himself of the truth of the report. At Odessa he was taken to the palace of the Governor, who received him very kindly, but immediately ordered him to Sebastopol. Here, also he was po litely received by Menehikoff, taken every where, and then immediately sent back to Warsaw, where, as soon as he was out of the carriage, Ire" was conducted to the Prince, who accosted him with the remark, "Well, Count, what do you now believe'? Are Odessa and Sebastopol taken!" "Oh, your Highness," answered the Count, who was half dead with the failure of his hur ried journey, "both towns are still secure; so secure tliat they never can be taken.— Go, then, Count, invite your confidential friends to the house; tell them under the seal of secrecy, all that you have just seen, so that on this day all Warsaw may kiatv • 31 Scarcely had the Count reached his house, when the same aid-de-camp enter ed, and handed him the bill of expenses of the journey. The unfortunate Count had. to pay seven thousand and seven hun dred silver roubles fur his indiscretion. Since this affair no one in Warsaw tells, even to his bosom friend, news from the seat of war, although it should have ap peared officially in the public journals. THE NECESSITY OP DROP:C:IIT, AND ITS BENEFIT.—The State Agricultural Chem ist of Maryland, Mr. Higgins, publishes -a paper, showing the necessity of drOugbts to replenish the soil with mineral substan ces, carried MT to the sea by the rajas and also taken up by the crops, and not return ed by manure. These two causes, always in operation, would, iu time, render the earth a barren waste, in which no verdure would quicken, and no solitary plant take root, if there {Vas not a natural counter action by drought, which operates to sup ply this waste in the following .manner.— During dry weather, a continual evapora tion of water takes place front the surface of the earth, which is not supplied by any from the clouds. The evaporation from the surface creates a vacuum, so far as wa ter is concerned, which is at once filled by the water rising up from the subsoil-of the land; the water front the subsoil is repla ced front the next strata below, and in this manner the circulation of water in the earth is the reverse to that which takes place in wet weather. With this water al so ascends the minerals held in solution, the phosphates and sulphates of lime, car tionate and silicate. of potash and soda, which are deposited in the surface soil of the water evaporates, and thus restores the losses sustained as above stated. The au thor of this theory appears to have taken considerable pains to verify the fact-by a pumber of interesting experiments. The subject is worthy the attention of men of leisure and of education, who pursue the rational system of blending chemistry with agricultural science. MRS. PARTINGTON'S LATEST.-" She has breastworks and knees," said Ike, describ ing the new United States ship Merrimac to Mrs. Partington, as he looked up at her roguishly. " What is that Isaac ?" said the old lady, looking up from a profound contemplation of Dudley Leavitt's almanac. She had not caught all the remark. "She has breastworks and knees," re peated -Ike, smiling. " Breastworks and knees !" said Mrs. Partirigton, impressively, with a face that had a whole moral code written upon it ; "and how do you know that ?" ".I' saw 'em," returned he, " and put my hand on 'em." " Well," said she, raising her finger like a guide-post, "you. must not let me hear such a thing from you again. Such shame less conduct is without a parable in one so young, and I am almost ready to believe in all :they say of the moral turpentine of youth." She looked anxiously at Ike, who was sitting on his legs and rocking to and fro. "It was the new ship I was talking about," said he, grinning at the mistake she had made. ' Oh," said she, " was that all Well, the lesson may be laid away in your mind till .you need it." The old lady took a pinch of snuff, with her , eyes upon the picture of the stiff cor poral upon the wall; but the picture was moveless, and she turned toward Ike, who was making a row of port-boles in the side of a sheet of gingerbread ready for the oyen.—Boston. Post. The water of Lake Ontario has risen eight• inches since the first of June, and the lake is still five feet lower than on Jul; first, 1854. • • UL That man that can't.. :: Or vaa't:laligh 7 4ha,ama,thak,,caalt #41p,.93. CARDS. Aldne J. Neff, Attorney at LlLNlf•—(lffied with 11. A. Shretter. Esq.. southwest corner ofeentre Square, next door to Wager's Wine Store, Lancaster, Pa. may 15, 1555 107 fTease Lands,—Attorney at Law. Office one door east of Lechler's Hotel, E King St , Lancaster Pa. 011„. All lauds of &ricening—such as writing Wills. Deeds, Mortgages, Accounts, &c., will beattended to with correctness and despatch. may 16,'6;. tf.l7 James Black.—Attorney at Las - . Mice in E. King street, two doors east of Lechler's Hotel, Lan caster, Pa. 1 11?" All business connected with his profession, and all kinds of writing, such as preparing Deeds. Mortgages. Wills, Stating Accounts, Cr., promptly attended to. may 15. tf-17 Dr. John Waylan, Surgeon Dentist.— gtice No. 56 North Queen streat, East r;ate, Lancaster, may 1 t 615 • fl Stephens , Wine and Liquor Store, •in Duke street, next door to the •• iNTELLIULNCLIt office. end directly opposite the nes, Corn?' llorsE. Lancaster, april 17 Dr. J. T. Baker, llomeliathic Physician, successor Lite Pr. :11*A1lister. Unice in E. Orange St., nearly opposite the First tier man iter.rined Church. Lancaster, April 17 (tr-13) emoval.--WILLAW B. FORM EV, Attorney at Law has removed his office from N. Queen st. to the building in the South East corner of Centre Square, for 'fiierly known as ilubley's Lancaster, april 10 BELLEVUE HOUSE COLUMBIA, PA. BARD WELL & BRENEMAN, PROPRIETORS, (Late by Mrs. Haines and John Barr. Refurnished with all Modern Improvements for the Con Weiler of the travelling public. 4.1 7 - Terms undo racy to suit the times—call and see. Gun. IL BAIIDWELL, f 11. M. Bar.strltAN, Wynniing co., ISt. f apr 17 tf-I3 ILancastur co., Pa. Junius B. If..nufmn.n,- ATTORNEY AT LAW, and Agent rel. procuring Bounty Land Warrants. (Mice in Withuyer's Building,:inuth Duke street, neat' the Court Blouse. war :11 T G. Moore, Surgeon Dentist, continues ty .to in . :Loh, his profssion in its various bralldlCS vt the must approved principles. Office S. E. Corner of North Queen and ()range streets. N. It.—Entrance •1(1 din.' On t tango at. nov 1 I f4l. Tur T. McPhail-..AITORNEY AT LAW. Stras IV .burg It..rotlgh, Lane Aster Pa. jun., 14 1f.21 rV eorge W. 111 , Earoy, ATTOILNEY AT LAW.— kJr e— E. ihAsite et.. dirsetly stiptosito the Sheriff 's I tide, liattruster. tFIK elni C ai rump,. dd to nn o I ii .k u t k tu n s te) . • ; , :t uo l aa t r w ii pposite the new Court lions, Lancaster, Pa, at 1 eitn-Itt Ir. John. Wen DENTIST-0111 , --Nn 4 East 1 - / King street, Lancaster, Pa. [apt T Gallagher, Dentint, hay Ingeloented In the City of Lalleast er, respectfully oilers his prolissiou at services to those who may need them. and choose to give hint a rail. lie has been engaged in the profession over tell years—has had all extensive praet ire for the last via Or seven in Chanter county—and can give the lktst of ref erence and evidence respecting his prokssilonal skill and inalitications. lie would also allnolltieu that lie has obtained the ea elusive riWit. to use CIA Y'll IN'S PATENT N otf making tool SO Art iticial Teeth 4 in I.,ineaster City 'and County improv e - • lli•lit IN snore Which is aci:no.leed by gentlemen who on the bx.intininig DoilliStry in the New York Crystal 'tab.,. by Professors ~r Dental Colleges. and It :scientific Dentists generally, to ovary Other plait now !MAR -only, strength,cliintinsssand • and re:i.lence on the Bide of North Duke oil.. lbetweeo Oranee 3111 i (11,11111 t, o sqtrtre and a hall north of the o.urt 11,use, awl a short di,lllllel• south of kaprott. bray 1y.)9 • JOB PRINTING. T AVING within a few d.iv, t•ttithlital the xvil It a I I lor,e.t-s .rtiaht t.t . 1. • A N ' y E, troin the I , 4olltdry 1...10ac,t0: Co.. Philadelphia, %. I atter earsea ht I.lh o 1.11,1 i.f :oz woltz In a Ay!, Dy Any litho] . I City wits , Handbills, Cards, Bill-Heads, Blanks, stud tiers ~peo:es si V)ob 4.4 jilting .1 Ai,. would d d 41,1 judAu fur t6-4,1 , F1CE liiti ..ppositu It 2 s, ore. . L.i'l .N/t MEM===Sil Sertnowi by hey. I,lsihod :3. Spenser. D. U.. btie Pnster of the stoboll ['rushy t••ri. to Chuich. Brooklyn, B. I. Au thor of — A Patdor's Sketches," with a sketch of his life.— By Itsv..l. 31. Sherwood. Star Papers: or experistices of Art and Mature. By 110o ry Ward lieseher. The Commulliolt Table: or a plain and pradical .t•xposi tinn of the Lord's Supper. By the Itsv..l D. D. Aural jolt: or, all saved that die in I the tier. John Cumming. D. D. Tht, Baptismal Font '.r. the Nature all 11 I obli gall.. of Chi ktian Baptism. Ity the Rev. John Contosits,. D. U. Element:: of Criticism. By Henry Kaman, ~ . .dited by Zev. Jaunt's It. 803 d, with Notes..kc. Chalmetis Astronomical Sermons, with a brief sketch of his Ilio,raphy. The Watelonan. A new lloxk.• Cone Cut Como,: tits experience td' a conservativ e Yam ly iu F:t➢t ast Adam (Thoinasi , --The l'hree Divine Sists. 7, or. Faith. It fe and t hal ity. h ;tit Istrudostion by ilts I; es. kV. 11. Stowell, Rotherham. Vttlitlg Christian. or the Intportate....lll . 3lill lug at au elevated standard id' Piety. Ity a Village histor With nn Introductory Hatety by the Rev. Dr. Alex:. eler Dime. Alltdne (fiev. Joseph)—tiospel Prootives. Being ash or view of the great and precious promises of the Gosp el I Surd. INDRPENDENCE TRUE AND FALSE.—.lust issued 1) the Amer. S. Dubai. Thu :dew, new and geed b“el; with lb...mods of other of a similar sitar:icier MI hand. iuritsting the Ina-gust. :11.d Illritit aS,III .. ent of timid:9 , School Rooks to le resod in any one establWitnent betwueti Pitittulelphis atilt Pittsburg. llnving been actively entraged in Sunday School opera time for over twenty years, and given this den:tauten t of our tow:inv.s the most unwearied attention. we belie. Sun 'ay t 4 elett'.lB can Ire leaner accommodated here than at ally other store in the country, and equally. as troll ;MA full as cheap so in any of the large cities. We invite an examination of our stock and prices. MCItIIAY Kramph's Building, N. Queen st., Lanc*, j ane tf.L: I - I an Light for Country If othica 1.3 ease for Burning Catophine. Fluid. The subsrril er is now prepared to ogli Comity rights for using Bengole or Atmospheric Gas. t The above Is one of the most beautiful as well as the cheapest artificial light that has over been offered to the public. It iv more bill Rant and less than one half the cost of Cord Gas. It Is ',erred ly harmless, no trouble whatever. and the Genera tor Is nu larger than au ordinary Gas Meter. For further information apply to Roffman, Leine° & ogelsby, Gas Fitters, N. 1:1 tirutir :Seventh street. between Market and Chesnut. Philadelphia, where the (las ran be s e en hi practical operation. County Right swill t, sold at such rates as n•ill ensue any person to make a handsome profit on their investment. For further particulars re speetlou Gra Gas, or negotiation thr County - Rights, ad dress pest-paid, W. C. wirrEics, • Sole Agent for the dote 44' Penna. Or apply personally to him at No. 13 South Se oath st Philadelphia. Juno 116111 )lindg BIIIud.I2—VENErIAN BLIND MASI: )I , AIIiWV. The sul ewrilier take. this inethad of in IMiniut the citizens Of Lancmter county, that he still continuos to manufacture Blinds of the no,st beautifut and fashionable styles, at the shortest possible notice, at his new establishment in East Gentian Street, (one door below the Public Schools.) . - - Auy person desiring to look at his different patterns, ran do so by calling as above, where ho will at all times be pleased to wait upon them. Us has received some buauti ful patterns from Philadelphia. Also, Walnut Blinds made to order. of •whielr specimens eau IS, seen nt dwelling: these blinds are warranted not to fade or draw Window Shades hung. Hair. flunk, NI Amt . . Straw and Cotton Mattrasses made lo order and taste. Also, Cush ions. Curtains and all kinds of Upholstery made and re paired. Carpets cut, sewe•l and laid. All kinds of Forni tare made in the latest fashion and style. Old Furuittir. repaired and varnished to link as goon as new; Orders eau be left at the Don Franklin printing Ofner. North Queen street, next door 4a Shober's Hotel. Jitrot King's Grocery stone R'itua,•yor A Barnes' Furniture Warehouse; D. Bair's Dry Store; Erben's Dry Good store; T. J. Wents's Dry Gond store: at the lt.•d tin Hotel West King street; Illeinitsh S Carter, l'ainh•rs, Orange at.. D. Herr. Columbia; and T. Gould. Safe Harbor. CONItAD ANNE. june 19 Gm• 22 • Agent. eather.—WitlTZ, 110:i1)31" & W., no. 30 North I /Third street, Philadelphia. Ninnweo Nlanufactur•r, Carriers and Importers of French Calf-Skins and dealer in Keil and Oak Sole Leather and Kip. fel. 27 ly-n • • Land Agency .—The subscriber o ff ers himeell d.: public as Agent tilr the purchase of Lands in N Joh tan. Weston and layette counties, Va. Tracts from lt, VI 5000 acres improved and uulutpr,,ved. from $3 to $l2 pet erre, can be purchased for farming •tir grazing purposes.— Fee In each case from to s,,t). The lands of those coun ties are preeminently suited for Sheep ralsim.f. The Co, ington and Uhio Railroad, the undo improvements of the State, passes throu,h this region. Cannel and Rhumb:tom Coal Iduds, and Irnu elan purchased for Companies, with facilities to the Ohio. All letters rtquirlog Information must enclose fee, $5. Postiedd.• Reference, • , HENRY M. PRICE .1 Nleholas Cl'., We would prefer Democratic . Settlers, Creo..of.lime Sdß ism or K. N's. • • Reference—Hon: Henry. A. Edmondson. Member-•of One greet. P. 9.--Purcinisers 4011 - itaire 50' per - cent: by having an Agent hertgacquainted - wlth the Table - of land. - - 0111.21 Guano : ; i Guano.;l•l,4-itult reCeiVadai lot of emperiur Guano, In 1l rreis. For salo In Jots .to sum parchatert, i 080. Office 34 , ICAtteeti street,ymil OrtncolAndipti In undersigned, &gen t for the t. 143 Well Slate. the superiority of L. is prepared to rontrztet for Roof . Thu safety end superiority of lenses t. All work dune in Lb ipresently attended to. UEO. yl. STEIN MAN, ire Store. West King sts, Lan. L , late RootWg.—'l% 001 Ihe . sled Coil which is r.aerally known. Ing or for furnishing Slate. Slate Roofing needs no an best wanner, Intl all order: ETECE3 LCIIENS, Surgeon Dentist, re his triends mud the public In ruled his intention of lesvitig his °nice to N 0.34. liramptes tlireetly opposite Pinkerton rk emoval.—Dr. S. W spoetfully announces general. that having aba Lancister, he has routes bottom... North Queen st. Staymaker's Ste In returning his gratefu memos patrons -and friend held out to hint to remain, testimonials offered lu rem of his work. he Lakes plea! that he has taken into his and improved method Teeth upon Atmospher of Gold. Plaints or Silver, accordingly, to suit the wi patient. This mode of operating I 11iLtIculcies and ..Usadvautti heretofore been obliged to . work comfortable. services are obliged to wear :wand: of Dr. S. Welchet.. No. 34. 1 specimens of his plate seer efforts. 1 ackuoteledatnents to nil , for the great .encouragement imi t ate° for the very !lettering rd o the integrity and beauty urin stating to the public, practice a uew of mounting Plates either .liit e . prices varying uts arid ilreumetantes of the urmounts many embarrassing es with which Dentists bare on tend. in order to render their Ide and plensent to those who I teeth. Please cell etthe Office Building. and examine , to which he directs hie beet epr 10 tf.l2 ITE=rl ulcanlzed Ind! . . , STOCKI NUS, SOCKS. i.NEE.CAPS, Re., for Varicose, 1 or Enlarged Veins, Weak uss at. Knee anti Ankle Joints, Swollen Limbs. Itheumati. in, (lout. 4,, Re. This Elastic Comprossing Fabric is fu wed of India 'tubber Threads, prepared by the calves; of 'uleanixing. so as to retain per manently its elasticity. hose thaeads are afterwards covered with silk and en tun, and woven Into net work, stockings, Re. It is light n texture. and porous, so as to permit the exudation of u l.turo, keeping the kg always cool and comfertable. Tit yqn be drawn on sod off with extreme facility, thus sa h og all the time of lacing or bandaging. and giving m re equal pressure and support than any other bandage manufactured. They have re. echoed the highest Immo al of physicians, both In this country and in Europe. . or sale wholesale and retail by ' C. W. VANIIOItN le CU., ;t1 Bandage Nlanufacturers, North Ninth Street, Philada. Truss and Surgi No. 3 VANLIORWS PATE CHEST EXPANDER AND SHOULDER BRACE, pro onto and cures Sto.,ping, of tho Shoulders, Contr.:thin aid %Voabuess or the Chest, in adults and children of t ,th sexes. They are light and elastic, and do }lot lute, m w ith any style of dress. Mill can be worn Wili2 both •• 1 and comfort. dty wearing the Expander, an elegance of figure is el rained, and disarms of a pulmonary charatr preventad. For Children while growing they ar •o Drtualde. The ilentleman's Brave also answers the.p rpor,,or rho bud onadrUchal suspenders. Measure rednired artist nd the chest and waled. Price.: Adult $1; Children A Lady in attendance to wait on tomato". I C. W. VAN HORN k CO., Surgical Bandage Nl:in uthrturers, • No. : 2 North Ninth .street. Philuda. C. W. VANIIORN'S IM ItO9ED 13I.Asnc 11T611113 AB DOMINAL SUPPOIITEIt t (fur Prolap , o, Uteri. or Falling uC the Womb.) This ins! mama is light and elastic., wed Is Matto without the Stool prings. which are objeet 'unable on accnimi of their chnti uc the hips. be.. making them very utipl.nnsam.LO near. They are constructed oil sound Jurgioal principles. sin; m recountiondod by the ledieid Faculty. Ladies itvinn.s, vein in lady attendant. C. W. A N HORN err CO., 31: North Ninth St mot; lwlow . Arm, J.li`ladniPhia• SUPERIOR FItENCII 1 lUSSES.—ThiS trout Its exhales ue.ttiese and ightnees,lllll,:bing only threettttt ess. and its successful treatment of the most difficult ernes of Hernia, has wo for it the 111 . ,11, ht plaint, from physicians, both in this eiioniry and Europe, over the brave, clumsy Trms her I Or., teem r. If it WO. State which sills is atilichal, an , ste,. mound the hips. C. IV. VANIIiIRN & Co., Ita ialrlers a. d M:11111Ewt urera or Tru.., 42 North Ninth :,.t.reet. LI the Natinnal Safety (1111paily, :limit street, south J west corner of Third t.. im.orporated It) the State or Pelinsylv•Din iu 11,11. Five per cent interest it given and the latiney Is always paid buck wheneversit Is called f 4, without the necessity of giving notice it Lek rehand. • People who have large emits pill their money In this ving Fund, on account it the superior safety nod =IVY. shiner it affords, but any sum, large or sinall. Is received. This Saving Fund has torn Ilan half a millictu of dollar. securely invested for the salidy of Depositors. The Office in open to ret eive and pay money every day, from ii o'clock io the nuirviog, till 7 ...dock in the evtdilukli and on Monday and Thu slay oven lu g s, lilt II 9.n 9,k. p o .ph, who, liars Hiss, to put In, are invited to call at tb, o nk o the hurl her 1011 , nation. lIENItI 1.. BENNER, President. • RORER' S ELP It ice President WM. J. it:Ell, Secretary. may 29 HID/ In 011 - lr.r.pl. i - - . re then out Cr it hoeri it, And 'lnin,....iitu, bus! jib lv i•anniii Ire 111,11.1. ed With. I the Lod three Reedits . liver AIM) I a,. gelitleiteM are ougugod in t Chance Selido illeniployundit desk in nos, by ...cloning me I) turn of wall. a Ito,lid in ort.ry family, and WI hate distributed within Ito-Apts. Ladies, 118 wi the sale of it. 1i..1. •I'llOM I:INS WHITE, MileS:ol., 1411111. City, I's. ther.— /0. joUllild Or 5C1111.605 Addle- p.,st pai I, juae. r, 4ao, Oftest:_;p3nish I.,;tltu /01.).) tr.unds WOO potaiiik ..f Hoplo,! Ned -sole Leather. I.nued Slaughter. •s,ol tool: t of erery kind of Leath .; Teri not Saddlers, to which the led IO rdcauline. I , No. 17!....", trot Klug stret. M. )1. LOCIIk:R. HAM tt, atildr. of Count Together wish a large or, suitable tor r-Ime De trade is losperLfully iur , At (Ito Blgn of the IA 'A Lk' S 1( 1 NS. —.t superior article I ,kio.,jtu.l and for ludo u. 173 , (, We ..t King mlrcer. M. It. LOCI-LEH. rATEsT S FRENCH of French nod l'ateot C a y t the idgu of the I a...L. of Piuk and Bark and. m )IWCCII k PINK IA colors .1 :11‘,..i• Skiux o 1 ..f N100t,t,,, of ,tile, he Lenther, of the Ls No, 17'z very dest•ript ion and iunlity, for wen and Shoo Finding Store..ign t King nt. 31.11. LOCHER.. —A large and well selected stock for. gale. e. r.ilataal primes, Inwer a:, city, at the Last :51.4,re, N 0.17% Ileitmain's Hardware Sliwe. t.ASTSA 801 r i " r E of 14,1h6 MIL I" ' Tr .''' . b e . ..ought in t Welit King ntr Oet, ands just rereiv. : 4 ' from the Mad :lt Nu. 173.. rt IV..st ink% tinVot, 31: - I I. lA/LYE:It: SIIOE N .1 11., 4 .—. “ 1 16 ofactur..r, ' Pr aign the Last. April 24 otice.--CAIIINET 1111 dendood hereby tTiv: CABINET-MAKING and business at the old stand Street, formerly kept by Henry M. Miller. :twilit returns tier sincere t formerly bestowed nth of former custom is rmlie mar y-n 'Ali INII PUSINE , S. The tit, n „ Alen thist. she will carry on the 'uJa. taking er 11 . .4 he At.' U.." sum, f or the Ii bend patronage t. A continuance dully and urger: U); ~ l irllethr . European style Hotel N Vouonorrial and No. B 1 Clay R ailroad Haut.; It..2.lAurant, No. SAN FIIANCI. HA.LEY SE THOMPSON, Proprielmr, pn 2 tf :0 pring rand hum nor Clothing.—,e,l Coats :.),,, i t s l o u d ste e ses, lea • sleeves and sloe t C.. 1.. PAN -I'A LOONS that have .1 ally got lea b• them, but there . Ippears to I,e 110 - ollowane for any other convenience.— V r:STS til:lt positively lo ve holes witere the arms may rest St 1,1.6, but no clan.rer e chafing the goods us got muslin al st the back extends se lenity Into the body to stlpply t l i the deliclonerm of ateria . trienth•mett who are in went of clothinA had butler holt ire before they 1.14 of those who ,re not merhanirs. Soto • men follow a trade they never learned. TM, cannot Iml the Merit:title's honest pride 311.1 high Minbilislll to ex,l to his legitimate busi• nese. livery limn to 111. 'Own trade Is the 4•1•1 nil. age. The Cl..thing business In particular, is beset with Indi vi•l oats who sere formerly Alt:reliant. Paters. 'haters end I! aders. who ore 11,w rolloWillg a trade the) never learned. It .sawa)s feel It .ppy %vb.) we see ,he Mechanic raise him •Irsuperior to those Vandals In business. The extunsiv business done at the ICIO Wing Bazaar • y, gratis) becistow thii Proprio of only a Gentleman. but a 310 the highest p..int hone, aliva)s o (or the nittonGscturc of coped de of hunt talcs and small profits. of of good and cheap clothing to in gut,en I Franklin limo, Ilkilten Wok).- ASTER CLOTIIINti BAZAAR. I ' :itroltl 13=1 this season is particsilnrl for i./usepu liwaniavi ie ehanie.. who hiss risen (01 maintaining his re:4)4M or clothing on the prittivi reconanetiti iilJ42i he Clothing . , House di t : ! trsint, LAN e No. 58 opposite II .npriLl7 oust,. sign zt Ornattentstl Painting. LL — tt est ()range t. trait upp.,111,, Ll.te Atorat lekti (Jodrell. Laucaoter. S. V. TAYLtIIL A cot. thank' ul fur the, favors.. respectfully. Informs his friends and the public In general. rind has log linished his contract in • painting the New Court House, he Is 'M... more fully pre paro to receive. and ea acute all orders for House Valet tig,'of 'every Vescil pt Ida h de=patrh. io a uomk not cliko .tuanuer,tind. he fronts, to, the satisfaction of all who may favor hint with a call. . 110 lug imadenrripa gement:lt with bII,IOIIN L..K.EF 14ilt, whose capability as a Sign Painter ore too well I:11Typ totequlrc.cominetit,•edaty deberlptlon of Sign acid 'Orna marital Yaintbaig. #ll Nility oiri3Etn . ty.iLuur,ell.. / • June 12 '' • ' . " NO. 28 e U ROICAL M. 11. lAICILf:R.
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