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No living object see I hero— No genial voice the gloom to cheer My prison walla are all I see, And they look dismal unto me; No joyous harbinger oomes near, My gloomy prison hall to cheer ' • Naught but my clanking chainSl hear, And they sound lonely on my ear' My parents dear, oh, if they knew, • Their child imprisoned here for years; Their hearts would break with cankering grief, Their eyes be dimmed with scalding tears Imprisoned here, but when or how, My burning brain can't tell me now ! Enough to know, that in this cell, With fettered limbs I'm doomed to dwell, Mutt out from every object dear, That could my aching spirit cheer, And cool my burning brain again, And ease my fettered limbs of pain. A captive here; no friendly voice, To whisper comfort to my soul; Ur soothe the tides of wild despair. That o'er my darkened spirit roll. Youth's happy season once I knew, When rosy health was my behest; When life was bright, and cares were few, And all I viewed seemed pure and blest But now a change—a dismal change, Has fallen o'er my once bright way; And all the scenes my boyhood prized, Are hid in darkness and decay. Ab, little thought 1, years ago, When innocence was all my owe, ' That I should be a captive here, Within this prison wall of stone Though fettered here with galling chains, . _ My soul forever will be free; The manacles that bind my limbs, The immortal spirit still clan floe Oh, God ! how painful, 'tis to be— Shut out from all we love and prize; Debarred from t ,nature's harmony, To see no more the earth and skies. Why am I here' my soul oh tell, What was my crime, that I should he Denied oven the breath of heaven, And bound in wild captivity. Even the beasts that roam the fields, And e'en the birds that fly in air; Enjoy the freedom heaven gave, Without the torturing pains of care. When I, the image of my God, Walking with form erect and free, Am bound by"man, to wear the chains Of hopeless, dark captivity. My brain; oh, how it reels and burns,. My heart; eh, how it swellslwith pain; I feel a burning anguish deep, More torturing than the galling chain. Oh, must I be imprisoned here, Within this drear and narrow room; And hear no friendly voice to cheer, The solitude, and dismal gloom; A freezing chill inwraps my form, A clammy dew is on my brow; And wild, strange visions fright my sight, With spectres dark and frightful now. Oh, horror wild. sahnt What spectral shapes do now appear; Dread forms which don't belong to earth, But in some region dark had birth. They mock my pain, with grimace leer, Which makes my prison hall more drear, And adds more deeper shades to gloom, That o'er my anguished spirit loom. I can not can not die, So binding is captivity ! The iron fetters, galling things, Have bound together life and limbs, A cankering fullness chokes my breath, Which dooms me to a living death. I shudder at the dreadful thought, That I am doomed a dweller hero INo more to tread my native earth, No more a kindred voice to hear ' The happy visions all are gone— My boyhood scenes, I loved so well; But memory still will call them back, Though in a prison's gloomy cell, E'en now my fancy paints to me, The Bowery fields, and sunny wood , And e'n the old, familiar rook, On which in boyhood I have stood. The plain, the meadow and the brook That babbied on, with silvery ohime, All rise before my vision now, Bright as in boyhood's happy timo I see again where often I iffy brothers and my sisters strayed. To pluck the flowrete wild; and cr.p The daisy, 'neath the cooling shade Tho songs of happy warblers free, That did delight my boyhood's ear, And caused my pulse to beat with joy, sometimes I fancy, still I hear' But oh, the sad, and chilling thought, To know those scenes with pleasure fraught, Are hid from me forever mfire, My anguished spirit eau' t endure No brother kind to me remains, No sister dear to soothe my pains; No kindly hand, to press my, brow, Or ease my throbbing pulses now. The thought is wild, my burning brain, Tells me that reason can't remain ! A dimming film shrouds my sight, That makes my cell a dungeon dark; The last faint, flickering flame of light Is gone, that cheered my gloom apart. Hark ! what a fearful sound is that, That wildly breaks upon my ear, The wailing of a thousand friends, From the dark region of despair ! I feel the truth—the awful truth, My doom is sealea, sna. reason Oh, save ! Oh, save ! the chord is broke, Your work is done ! I'm mast 1 I'm mad ! NEW PROVIDENCE, 1556. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Superintendent of Common Schools in Lancaster County. Since the time at which my report for last year was submitted to the Department, I have examined several hundred teachers, visited a large number of schools, become acquainted with the directors and many citizens of the districts, taken careful notes of school houses, school furniture, condition of schools, and mode of teaching; and I am, therefore, prepared to give a tolerably authentic account of the educa tional interests and feelings of the county. These statements will be confined to facts, with such com ments as the space alloted by the Department may permit. The most important duties of a County Superin tendent, as enjoined by the law, are those of exam ining teachers and visiting schools. Examinatzon of teachers :—The examinations of teachers have from the beginning, in this county , been public, and in the presence of the respective boards of directors to whom they first made applies tion. Public examinations in the respective districts huve several advantages over thosirwhich are con ducted privately, at the office of the Superintendent. Among them are : Ist. That it gives better satisfaction to directors, who are the employers, and responsible to the dis trict. 2d. That it furnishes opportunity to parents of being present, and learning the character and qual ifications of those into who's° hands they intrust the education of their children. 3d. That it saves teachers the expense and trouble of meeting the superintendent at a distance from their homes, and enables such as are well qualified, to assume their proper standing in the district. 4th. That it affords the Superintendent an oppor tunity of explaining the school law, and making suggestions to boards of directors and teachers, that he could not otherwise enjoy. sth. That in ease accusations are made to the con trary, it puts it in the power of the Superintendent to prove the fairness and impartiality of his exami nations, from the presence of disinterested witnesses. Schobi visitatiosts.—Visiting Beheads is a much more pleasant duty than that of examining teachers, Inge more argent tie lend advice antl. - ek. to. . MINENIIII sistance to teachers, than it is to decide on their qualifications and character. The school law provides that the County Supez in tendent shall visit the schools of his county as often as practicable. It is scarcely practicable in this county to visit all the schools once during the term, and to do so more frequently would be impossible. The visitations for the past year, were commenced in October, and diligently continued with len than a week's intermission, till April, and then it was barely possible to reach all the schools before they closed. Three visitations do much good.—lt is true that the Superintendent can not do much actual teaching in the short length of time for whickhe can remain in each school, and, it is presumed,this is not ex pected of him, But his visits are advantageous in many ways • Ist. He can obtain for his own use and that of the Department, valuable educational facts concerning school houses, school furniture, schools and teachers; thus enabling those in authority, to make pointed and practical suggestions for their improvement. 2d. He can learn the condition of schools, and the skill exhibited by the teacher in its management, and thus I,e enabled to award just credit for his abil ity and success. 3d. He can correct defects in modes of teaching, suggest improvements and give directions that may be valuable to the teacher and beneficial to the school 4th. He may meet directors and parents in the school, and thus enjoy an appropriate opportunity for pointing out the relation they sustain to it and interesting them in its favor. sth. The expected visit of the Superintendent is a stimulus both to teachers and pupils from the com mencement of the term. The former work snore heartily because they see in the visitation the means by which their labors may be appreciated and made known, and the latter do so because they are anxious to exhibit creditable attainments. SCHOOL HorSES AND SCHOOL TTRNITCHE There are four hundred and twenty-one school houses in Lancaster county, and the value of its school property can not be lees than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Of these, four hundred and five were visited personally; and of the rest, seven are in West Cocalico, a district which has never put the common school system in operation ; and the others were not open at the time of the vis itation. Of those visited, two hundred and eight have what may be called a pleasant location, and one hundred and ninety-seven are badly situated ; two hundred and ninety-one have play-groundS, or grounds adja cent to them which may be occupiod as such, and one hundred and fourteen have no place to play; fifty-nine were built prior to the adoption of the school law of 1834, and one hundred and eighty two were built between that time and 1848, when the law became general, and one hundred and sixty-four have been built since I 848; one hundred and seven ty-five are all that can be called good, one hundred and fifty-five are middling, and seventy-fire are en tirely unfit for school houses ; ono hundred and two are either frame or log, one hundred and five aro stone, and one hundred and ninety-eight are brick; Lee heeAral and thirty era ventilated by ventila ting flues, allowing the window sash to fall from tai,. top) or by a ventilator placed in the ceiling, and one hundred are without means of ventilation of any kind. The ceilings of ono hundred are ten feet or more in height, those of one hundred and seventy-eight are between eight and ten feet, and those of one hundeed and twenty-seven are below eight feet ; the area of three hundred and three is four hundred and eighty square feet, (twenty-four feet by twenty feet,) or more, and that of one hundred and two below that number; (these measurements were mostly taken by the eye, and may not be entirely accurate;) one hundred and seventy have suitable desks and such as aro constructed with good taste, and 233 have desks, either clumsy, too high or too low, or other wise inconvenient. Out of Lancaster city, there are but thirty-one schools that have either globes, maps, clocks or any other school apparates worthy of the name. There are black-boards in three hundred and ninety-two schools, leaving but thirteen schools without them ; but it should be remarked that many of them are too small for all practical purposes. Location.-Too little attention has been paid to the proper construction of school houses, but much less to their location. The choice of location has been determined, too frequently, by centrality of position, regardless of ad other circumstances. Some school houses are situated in low, marshy, unhealthy places, while others have situations hot and unsha ded, or cold and bleak. The degree of exposure, the liability to interruption from noise, the adapta tion of the adjacent grounds for exercise, and still lees the beauty of the surrounding scenery, seems seldom to have exerted their due influence iu this important matter. Play Ground.—A majority of our school houses have play grounds attached to them ; but in many instances they are small, and unsuited for the pur poses of exercise and play, and in others, the open wood or the uncultivated commons furnish the only play ground. Often, when play grounds do exist, they are fenced in without taste, obstructed by rub bish, or covered over with a rank growth of weeds and brash-wood. There is also a sad want of shade trees about the schools. We have fine country school houses without a shade tree near, to break the force of the cold winds of winter or furnish a refreshing retreat from the heat of summer. There are districts, however, in which some attention is paid to this matter, and schools may be found with beautiful play grounds of half au acre, neatly fenced, and planted with evergreens and other shade trees, and, in a few instances, ornamented with beds of flowers. New Houses.—Our best school houses are those built since 1848; and no better proof is needed of the indbazed interest in education, than the improved style of the school architecture. Among these, there are school houses in rural districts which cost one mown= outia m and are well contracted, well ven tilated, and well furnisneo. 1... <r town ships, all the school houses are fine, new brick build ings, being at once an evidence of the liberality of the district and the interest the people feel in having their children comfortable and healthy. Some of them have paved walks through the yards ; porticos in front, paved with brick ; scrapers at the door ; shutters fur the windows ; a cellar underneath, or a house for wood and coal ; anti-chambers for hats and bonnets, with hooks upon which to hang them; desks for two pupils, and of a height suited to their size; desks and all other furniture nicely painted ; ink stands with lids, set firmly in the desks ' large win dows with curtains ; platform the whole length of of the room ; blackboards twenty feet long ; ther mometer ; clock ; steam apparatus for moistening the atmosphere of the room ; and other convenient and appropriate arrangements. There is not a largo number that would answer this description, but of the one hundred and seventy-five noted as '' good," it might be said that they are largo and convenient, well constructed, well lighted, and well warmed. Ventilation.—Our directors and teachers have much need of additional information respecting the proper mode of ventilating school houses, and resort is not always had to the imperfect means at com mand. There were but few schools which, upon en tering, I did not perceive that the air was more or less impure ; and I have visited some in which it was absolutely poisonous, producing at first a rest less feeling, and finally, a sense of suffocation. Pure air is essential to health, and as careful provision should be made for adequate ventilation as for the admission of light. School J!urnitnre.—The proper construction of school furniture is a subject which has been much neglected. School furniture is not only generally made without taste, but, sometimes, in such a man ner as to impede the healthy growth of the children. The seats are often without buts, and so high that the pupils' feet cannot reach the floor. This causes the head to be thrown forward, thereby con tracting the chest and materially affecting respira tion. In this position, the pupils soon grow weary, and become restless, and inattentive to study. The desks are frequently to steep, to wide or too narrow; and when long so arranged, with one end against the wall, that every time a pupil leaves his seat, es pecially if he sit near the end of the desk more dis tant from the aisle, he disturbs all his companions who sit at the desk. .All desks and seats should be ffrmly fastened to the floor, They should not be longer than to accommodate conveniently two pupils, and so arranged, with spaces between, as to admit ready ingress and egress. I have examined six hundred and thirty-nine teachers, one hudred and thirty-six of whom were examined for the first time the present year, and two hundred and thirty-two have been re-examined. Of the whole number examined eighty-one professional certificates, four hubdred and eighty-eightproviiional certificates, and seventy were refused certifioates of any kind. Of the latter thirty four were refused certificates at the mond examination after having been tried Aug band entire y. incompetent to teach. MEM " THAT COUNTRY IS THE MOST PROSPEROUS WHERE LABOR COMMANDS THE GREATEST REWARD."-BUCHANAN. LANCASTER CITY, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 29, 1856. Many more would have been refused certificates had it been possible to supply their places with others better qualified. .. p 1 Age, education, 4-c., of teachers.—Prom ques. tions asked at examinations, I learned that of the five hundred and sixty-nine teachers receiving cer tificates, twenty-eight were more than fifty years of age, ono hundred and thirty-one between thirty and fifty, and three hundred and forty-seven under twenty -fire, and of the latter, one hundred and sixty were twenty, or under that age ; fory-one had read two or more books on education or the art of teach ing, eighty-two a single book, and four hundred and forty six had never read a book appertaining to these subjects; one hundred were subscribers to the &two! Journal; twelve had been teaching more than twenty years, fifty-seven more than ten years, but less than twenty, three hundred and eighteen less than five years, and one hundred and tartly had never taught; two hundred and eighty-three had at tended, Mr a longer or shorter time, some college, academy, seminary or other private school, and two -hundred and eighty-six had received their education in the common schools ; three hundred and eighty stated that they desired to Make teaching a perma nent business, one hundred and twenty-seven that they had not decided in regard to it, and sixty two that they did not expect to do ..E0 Improvement.—Var teachers, generally, in their attendance at institutes, at public educational meet ings in their respective townshipi, at 'the Normal school, have shown a desire for improvement that cannot be too highly commended : and it gives me pleasure to state that the average result of the ex aminations thisyear, exhibits umnistakoble evidence that a good degree of progress has been made. zpetial training isecesary.—ltio idea has been quite general, that it required no special prepara tion to fit a person to teach school. ithlioemakers and carpenters serve an apprenticeship, in order to ac quit themselves with their respective trades, but the human mind seems to have been thought to be of so much less importance than leather or wood, or its mysteries so much more easily understood, that it was supposed right, in the case of the educators of youth, to depart from the rule prescribed for most other professions or kinds of business, and permit him to enter upon his duties, not only unpractised . in, but without any just comprehension of them.— On the other hand, , it would not be difficult to show that teaching requires talents and acquired qualifi cations equal to any other business or profession; and it exhibits a sad neglect of their chitdren's highest interests for parents to intrust their moral and intel lectual training to the charge of ignorant or unskil ful—a dereliction of duty only equalled by the reckless rashness of those, who, entirely unprepared, assume to be teachers. In summing up tho.result of the year a inspection, I think, I found about one hundred and twenty-five well disciplined and well taught schools in the coon. ty, about one hundred and pity that might be called middling good, and the rest were poor—some of them very pour. Urada ,Sehouls.—The schools are well graded in the city of Lancaster, and more or loss perfectly in the towns of Columbia,Marietta, Mount Joy, Stras burg, Manheim, Bainbridge, New Holland, Hinkle town and Millerstown. In Lancaster there are three grades, viz: primary, secondary, and high schools.— The primary schools are sub-divided into three grades, and the secondary school may be considered as similarly divided, since each school has three di visions and three teachers. There are two high schools, one for males and the other for females.— Before entering the high schools, pupils must bo weil grounded in the elementary branches; and the course of instruction in the high schools, embracing a period of four years, is more extensive than that of most academies. Pupils, graduating at tho male high school, i have entered advanced classes in respect able colleges. In addition to the usual branches of an English education, the Latin German and French languages are taught in Loth schools, the Greek in the male, on the piano, and drawing, in the female school. The advanced of both schools also enjoy the opportunity of listening to neular courses of lectures un several of the natural sciences. Night schools, one for males and the other for females, are open during six months of the year, and no one can doubt, who has witnessed their operation, that they do much good. General interest tn common schools. —The people of Lancaster conuty, among the last to accept the common school system, are not the most backwaftl in appreciating the advantages of common schools, and their interest in them is rappidly increasing. Many citizens were present at the examinations of teachers, and accompanied me in my visits to the schools of their respective districts. In particular schools, I have met as many as forty persons. The public generally have in large numbers ati'en sied the institutes and educational meetings, and been visitors at the Normal 6chool. It must be acknowledged, however. that while many deeply feel tne iniportauce of education and the necessity of making liberal provision fur its pro mot.on, there are ,thers who look distrustfully upon all educational movements, and are openly opposed to all progress; but as the former are rapidly in creasing and the later diminishing, the day is not far distant, when our common Fohool system will have overcome all opposition, and, untrammeled, move onward to complete its mission. What has been done.—Examinations were held in every district in the county, at which times, such remarks were made as were thought to be suited to the occasion. . Fuur hundred and five schools were visited once, a lew twice, and a few were not open at the time of the visitation. ••• • . Short addresses to the pupils were delivered In more than three hundred schools. The distance travelled during the year, in exam ining teachers, could not be less than one thousand miles ; and that in visiting schools must have reach ed two thousand ; and the time occupied In both was between eight and nine months. The average length of time spent in each school, was about two hours • • • - - Addresses were delivered at public educational meetings in thirty-live districts. Tree teachers' institutes were held, each for three days, at which three hundred and throe teachers were present, besides many directors. and friends of ea uoation. Three months Normal School. —Under my con- Stant supervision, and without compensation either for services or expenses, other than my official sal ary, a Normal school was kept open for three months, with an attendance of one hundred and forty-seven students and one hundred and ninety-two pupils in the model school. The idea of a Normal school was first suggested by the disposition shown, on the part of teaohers, to improve themselves, in order to meet the requirements of the new standard of qualifica tioni. Inquiries were made at almost every exami nation, as to a place in which instruction such as it was felt they needed, could be had ; and res olutions were passed at the different institutes, urg ing, if possible, the establishihment of such a school. The object of the school was Ist, to give a full course of instruction in the several branches required to be taught in common schools ; 3d, to furnish pro fessional training in the art and science of teaching; and, 3d, to inculcate the most approved methods of instruction, by actual practice in the model schools. OrCIMIlle of tun, "ave. ft 11.35:7,66 examinations in every district. A visit to all the schools in the county. A short address'to parents and children in every school, notice of the time of the visit having been given to the former, through directors and teachers, with a request to attend and witness the exercises, A circular to teachers, recommending them to form mutual improvement associations, to read the School Journal and books on teaching, to endeavor to interest the patrons of their schools in projects for their improvement, by visits to and from them. Educational meetings, wherever it is thought they may do good. Teachers' institutes, in sufficient number to accom modate the whole county and secure the attendance of all the teachers. A Normal school for three months, in whioh the Superintendents and teachers of other counties will be invited to join. Concluding remarks.—The most cheering fact to be noted in tne table appended to this report, is the marked increase in teachers' salaries. This fact must exert an influence in attracting a better class class of persons to engage in teaching ; and should a like increase take place during the present and subsequent years, as it seems most likely to be the case, it must eventually give an impetus to common schools, which could result from no other cause. Coupling this fact with others detailed in this re port, it may be safely concluded that our schools have been better taught, the public have manifested more interest in education, and teachers have exhib ited more desire for self improvement and the eleva tion of their profession, than during previous years. That a proper education diminishes crime and de velops the industrial resources of a country, that it is the best foundation upon - which to build the su perstructure of religion—that, in the language of Washington's Farewell Address. in proportion as the struoture of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened," and that a common school system, such as ours, is the only system at all commensurate to the work of educating a whole nation, are truths which now find a ready acknowledgment among the body of our people. But while something has been done, much remains to be accomplished. Established modes of thinking are not easily changed, deep udices are hard to uproot, and our common school sYsteni has encoun tered both. It has been assailed by different clams of men, from unlike motives, but with equal bitter ness, it has gained ground ; it stands firm ; it must conquer its enemies ; and the glorious truth at last be universally recognized, that, as the air of heaven, so an education is the birthright of every man ; and that is a government like ours, it is the policy of the State, no less than its duty, to provide eohools, good. enonhh for the beet, cheap enough for the poor est, and free to all. J. P. WICKFASSAM. County Superintendent. ktuagna., Sept, 12,1854. CARDS. NT, ENV TON LIGIITNER, ATTORNEY. AT LAW, has removed his Oface to North Duke street, to the room recently occupied by Hon. I. E. Hiester. Lancaster, apr 1 tf 11 TUNIIIS B. ICALFFMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LP has removed his office to his residence, in Duke street, first door south of the Farmers ' Rank' near the Conrt ap 1 ly 11 T) EMOVAL.—WILII 31 S. AIME°, ATTOIL.NIEN7 13,AT LAW, has removed hie Office from his former place, into North Duke street opposite the new Court House tf . 12 apt 8 Dr. John. Weans, DENTIST—OffDe—No 4 Esst King street, Lancaster, Pa. f &pi 18 tf-1,3 D. G. Swartz, LAND AGENT FORTFIE STATEOF lOWA. Real Estate bought and sold on canioa ; laud War rants, located: Taxes paid; 3ioney invested on Land sa. clarity at high rates 4d? - 5,0 0 0 Acres of choice Land 1,1 - sale. tm. iltee in Nor th Dute Et , four doors above Walnut, latcaster, Pa ,ep ll ly3l 4,:ioninel H. Reynolds, Attorney at Law ? 0 Real Estate Agent and Conveyancer, Ocoee South Queen street, formerly occupied' by Wm. Slathlot. dee'd , Lan caster. Pa. REFERS 'fu W.F. Johnston, Pittshurg. •• Philadelphi., !lot, li. W. Woodward, • Alex. Jordan, Sun Laity . Pet,. McCall, Esq.. Philadelphia Joshua W. Comfy, Esq., Danville Hon James T. hale. BeDrente. Henry Broclterindr. " • lap 25 it :in Legge Landis t —kttorney at Law. Office one door east of Lechler's Hotel, F. King ll.,Lancaster *9...A1l kinds of Scrivening—sins as writing Wills, Deeds, Mortgages, Account., & will he attended to with correctness and despatch. may 15, '55 11-17 , Dr. J. T. Baker, HoncepsOkir I'llysirieu, successor to Dr. M'Allister. tali, in F. -Orange !Wally opirodie he Firet tiro-- mon Reformed Church. Lane:istor, April 17 Tames Black.—Attoruny nt. Law. Office in E. LP King street, two doors east of Lechler', Hotel, lan caster l's. Ala . : All hueiness connected with his profession, and all kinds ~f writing, such no preparing Deeds, Mortgages, Wills, Stating Accounts, &e., promptly attended to. may 15. tf-17 TT Stephens' Witte and Liquor Store, I I, is Duke street, neat door to the ^ IntrwozneEtt " office, and directly opposite the new COURT 1 10000. Lancaster, april 1 . 7 dui-13 Removal.--WILLAM B. FORDNEY, Attorney at Law has removed his office from N. Queen st. to the building in the South East corner of Centre Square, for merly known no llubley's Hotel. Lancaster, amil 10 AAThlteN Inititute.—Lneatod in Fork, Pa., ot- V fors Young glen all the advantaged of a thorough Mercantile Education. Circulars afrordineevery Informa tlen to be had on application to the Principal, n e t 2 lip 3S T. EIRE WHITE. JT G. Moore, Surgeon Dentist, continues .to practice his profession In Its various branches on the most approved principles. Office S. E. Corner of North Queen and Orange streets. N. R.—Entrance 2d door on Orange st. nov 1 tf-4I Remova.l.—.lSAAC E. MESTER—Attorney . at Law. Has removed to an Of In North Duke street, nearly pposite the new Court House, Lancaster, Pa, sPI Can-12. A Id'. J. Neil", Attorney at Law.-offiee. with /111. A. Shwffer, Esq.. south-west corner of ex," tiv Square, next door to Wager'a Wino Store. Lanca.ster. Pa. may 15, 1553 ly-17 JOIIN BROWN, CLOCK AND WATCH MAK hit.—The underaigned• has removed from No. 6, Ea=t King Street, to No. 30 North Queen St., east side, im mediately opposite the Black Horse Hotel, sod adjoining the Examiner k Herald Printing office. ape S 3m 12 JUIINPROWN. lvlllo'4gStielu'fr PROMISE .— T h e astVngss STORE. Just opened for Spring and Sommer Trade, Dress Goods. greatest variety ever opened. Rich Paris Dress Silk, Leautiful Jaspre timbre Stripes, Moire Antique and Plain Poult d'S..ires, magnificent Flounced Silk Robe Dresses. en tirely unique for the season: Rich Striped nod Plaid Silks, 60, 0 . 4./,, ' 57. 1 /.,; $1; large lot LIB Bolled Black Silks, war ranted not to cut; Deroge Robes, beautifully embroidered: two lots splendid Lawn Robes, 53,50; 54,50 per robe. DUCALE POPLIN, a new article for traveling dre.aes rich styles. all silk wove, Lupins' Challies; desirable styles Satin striped Brocha, Fig'd Sill and Wool Paris &Togo : elegant Plaid and Fig'd Urenedines, all silk; beantiful lot of Chailles, 15%, 25, plain ; rich and gay styles; new styles French Larvae, 25; 500 pieces Scotch and American Ginghtuns. 12 1 : to 25: large variety of Mourning Goods, Black Brocha Bereges, Grenedinea, Tissues, Lawns, ko., French. Brilliants, white and cold; another supply of thane N. L. N. T. 11 Brilliants. .12 1 .; ct.. . . . The above form part of a lira• of the handsomest new etyle Summer Dross Goods, e,r eft-ard .11' HITE GOODS, Ell BRO I DEIII ES, Sc.,Full andlarge lot; extta rich and wide worked Jaoonet and SaiS9 Rands, at bargain prices. Eau a lot French Embroidered ndersierves; ioO Needle Worked Collars, 6 , ' cis. to 55,50; Hem Stiched and Emb. Ildss, very cheap;' , 4 4 oo An Passe Collars of choice pattern, 75 to 150; Flouncings of the most desirable styles at exceed ing low prices: Lot of Linen Patent Shirt bosoms; Plain and Dotted Swiss 31uslIns, a good article fJr 1 . 2 cis.; Striped and Plaid Jaoonet and Cambrics, I eta. Op. A line of ex tra cheap Linen Cambric Ildks., CV, 10, 1%. SPRING AND SI:3I.MER .Sll,l W 503 different styles of new seasonable Shawls, Cashmere, ThiLet, ant/ Plain and Emb. Crape Shawls et prices unprecedented, .0.50 upwards, decidedy tea best as sortment ever offered. _ . . . . - CALICOES, CHINTZ AND MlSLlNS.—English, French and American Chintzes iu great variety; Cases Merimaek Copper Plato printed Sprague Emirslied Prints. The best White and Black Calicoes ever sold, for (I.4eLs.; Blenched and Brown MuAims, real tip top, he.; Marseilles Quilts, a Cull assortment at low price, But Lucy says this is Lut a part of her list. To be con vinced, she respectfully Invites her friends, ladies and all, to visit WENTZ'S STORE. apls 13 tf THE MODEL SEED STORE.—No. 309 Mar. kat Street, above btU street, Philadelphia. JAMES DANIELS, Seedsmau, &c., formerly F. F. Croft 3 Co. Gar den Seeds of the best quality only, and, every known va riety. Flower Seeds the largest and choicest collection in the country; Sweet and Pot Herbs; Grass and Field seeds of extra quality, Greenhouse plants, bulbous rootsi Shade, Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Lawn Grass iu all Its varieties. mar 4 3m 7 Dyeing and Sconring—Philip Hudson, Fancy Dyer, No 95 North Thirteenth Street, Philadelphia, three doors above Cherry Street, respectfully informs the Athens of Lancaster county and elsewhere, that all kinds of Silks, Crapes, Merinoes, kc., are dyed in the most fashionable and permanent colors. Ladles' cashmere and crape shawls, cloaks, Sc., cleansed and pressed.equal to new; Silk dresses watered in superior style. Gentlemen's apparel scoured and dyed in superior style; in short, Dye ing in all its various branches done at short notice, and on the lowest terms. Also, Carpets Cleansed. A call Is earnestly solicited, as It is very convenient for those who should want anything In the above line. Phila. mar 18 TO DEALERS IN CUTLERY AND FAN— CY GOODS.—The subscriber has a full assortment of fine Pocket Cutlery, Scissors, Razors, Portmonnule, Purses, Steel Pens, and flue steel goods and fancy articles of very description for sale to the trade at a small advance on in,. portation. G EOlO.l E K. TRYON , No. 1,8 North 2,1 st:, above Arch. Philadelphia. Pa. apr 8 .1t 12 ESTATE OF JACOB ALBRIGHT, LATE of the city of Lanessurr, &ed.—Letters of administra tion nn the above estate having been granted to the under• signed, all persons having claims or demands, Will present them duly authenticated for settlement, and those indebted Will male payment without delay, to CHRISTIAN ZERCHEIL rear 21 7t.' 10 City of Lancaster, Aduir. NOTICE.—The following Applications for F.atlng Houses, have been filed with the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Session, of the Peace in and for the County of Lancaster, and that the same will be presented to the Court Quarter Sessions, on Monday. the 3lh tiny r.i May. ISSO, at U o'clock iu the forenoon. Co!,,mhur R.,. Ealing 1101 . Ulrich Vogle, Michael Aiding,. Joseph Macs, Martin Vanelyke. Catharine Keller. Joseph Ulmer, Gotlelb nnttonlieffe.. Daniel Herr, Bernard Relbley, J. U. Zearing, Store . Gerhard Brandt. John W. Shuman, George Title, Store, Wm. Smith, theerfor T.,./..—Eating How,. John Smith. . Drionwe T wp.— Eating Mops,. Barbara Johnson. J. U. Malone, E lizabethlown Hone.. Benjamin ShealTer, Samuel Harmony. Hempfeld 11'rt—Eating Isaac Conklin, Robert Boise. Daniel Yenger, S. le 11. 0. Bruckhart, Store. R. Haldeman Co., Store, Lancer:oer oit y Ncolt, IHal Ward—Fating Jlonee Henry Frank, Hlizabeth Sprenger, Henry Stroel , le n Emanuel Shober. Store. to Wm. Kuhns, sell Liquor. Joseph Frick, Moses Wenger, Store, to Samuel Kiasimer. sell Liquor. E , =t I Mrd—Eszling John Barrack, Daniel C. Okencon. GmDeb Young. John Corr, Joseph Brintuall, .1. Abraham Sprenger. Sarah Matthcs, South 11;•s( lE,rd—Ealing Houses. iiitbriel Kai John Haag. Jacob Effinger, South Eric Mini—Eu(lm, Houses.. Hugh Fitzpatrick. Martin Itudy ' Win. Kautz, John Witlinger, Christian Manor Tvip.—Eoting Elias Darridinger. Mount Joy Top. Rudolph Reif, Mari..tto Bor.—Eating Housu. Benj. Taylor, . Frederick Moulleb John R. Ditrenbach, Store. . • - Providence Ticp.—Eating House Henry Brenberger. Paradise Tor.—Enling C. J. Rakestraw. Strasburg &r.—Elting Muses. i.rish Ilarting. Salisbury 2' trp.—Ealing 1701/,,. Tillman R. Clemwm. • John H. Skil., ' Sactsbury Tpta.—Eating louses. Joseph Ramsey, John Mlle. Joseph Benn, Warwick Tup.—Eating South. Jacob Weitzel. Clerk's ca, Lena. JOHN 3. PQR.TEB, o apr 16 Rat f Clark Quarter ReilWdns. NOTICE.—The following Applications for Tavern Lt- HAVRILD• IdERRIMACTITHSWit & DRUM.. eRRI.N Ferri A W GOODS, Nos. 78 and itilkurth. 2d at., . tenses, have been filed with the Clerk of the Court of ',..„.fripbo4 would call your attention to his tom otoiro. Quarter Semitone of the Peace in and for the County . of "" Lancaster, and that the same will be presented to tho Court We stock of Imported French Laces, Dunstables and tins of Quarter Sessions, on Monday, Me sth day of May, 1558, . Split Straws, together with a beautiful assortment of Leg at 9 o'clock in the forenoon. horn, Rutland, Pedal and Diamond Satin Bonnets; - Adamstown, Ladles' Riding Eats, Misses' Leghorn and other Eats, Boys' and Childrens . Hats. Sc , de. All of which will be sold at a small profit for Cash mar 25 2 10 Henry S. Shirk. Martin H. Weidman, Bart Twp. Adam Rntte Francis Lytlo. James fimbree Brecknoek Peter Good . Elijah Marta Istme Mener, felumbia Borough. Wm. Gardner Smith, Jeremiah Brown, John lf Ponald, Elizabeth Wolf, Daniel Herr, Gerhard Brandt, Catharine Howard, James McHenry, Rebecca Eberline. Cornelius Tyson, Josh= J. Oasis Jooeh H. Black. Martin Erwin. Andrew Better, .. . . . John Enamel Jaime Brown, John List. Henry K. Binlth (I.l , ,ingn Tap. Jacob \t', el John a Prole, A. S. G t, Elizabeth Ecknutt. George. V' Ho'. Andrew T. Metrtget C., rieuron Twp. Sib! Walla,. Ann Albrigla George Ax. 41.1. Jesse Buchs#, John W Mentiei Richard Flickmg, Fleury Kegerirc. Jacob Eblin. Mary Moron. CtiaN. Alit Israel Helmer Henry R 11,1., Andrew Hewn r, ~.. I I. iI Jeremiah Swish, J. B. Baldwin.k (finny De p. Abraham C,lliot John Filbert, John D. Heflt Drumb, Tali Nathaniel Myer, Edwin Garrett. Felix Sweigert, Ell Meeardel, John Kenedy, Edmund Sweigar J. D. Malone. • . - - .I)..negill East. Juhu A. llouee.il. Dennis Harkins., tieorg, Ilurrn). Samuel Smith. 'Thnegal Kist. Martin Kling.. Jonathan Differniettot Earl Twp. John Stye, John Myra, • Samuel Davis. Price Knight. Isanc Hell, Samuel Rife. LUrl Treat. Amos Weidler, John McCutchNm Henry Fritz, Ueorge Roland Jacob Buster, tr Peter Albert, Led Kempet Adam Black, William Coleman. eamuel Overholtzer, Eliwhrthfru•ri Borough. • A. Greenawalt, Catharine Foltz •• • , James Laird, Charles W. Murray George W. Bay-, Eli;abeth Trek Jacob Swarr, George Bentz Lewis R. Hibshman, Eden T KT. James C. Ewing. Ephrata Tzvp. Joseph Konigmarlier, Jacob O. Wenger, Samuel IlutTert, • Christian klertierottre. Devitt T. Bair, Samuel O. Kemper. John W. Grose, Martin 0 ro., .. . . Fitton T my. Wm. J. Hess, Washington Whitaker Samuel MeLenegan. Hyronimns Bcktnan. Edwin C. Woodward, Rerapfield West. • John Kendlg, Jacob Bletz, Jacob K lugh. Wm. Porthemore . Henry E. Watt . IfraiEfietti Each. David S. Royer. Wm. K. Martin, Adam Dietrich. Simon Minich, Martin Kendig. Emanuel'.. Hall, Daniel Hess, Jacob H. Metzget • Henry K. Denham, • John Shuman, Homy 31. Bear, Jacob K. Dunkle. John Davis. John Shreiner. !Ahead,. Pito North It'est Ward. Adam Trout. Henry Rosenfelt. Wendell Hartzell, Jacob Leamon, Elllllllml Shober, Henry S. Schenk. Michael Ml:rant, Peter G. Kreider. John Michael, Abraham Hostetler. Henry IR ickenstlerf, John Dorwart, Pis:aerie!: Owner. Jacob M. Baker, Hiram Kendig, Samuel Shauer George Kircher. Reuben Weidiet, Jacob .t David Itee,,,c, Henry 31. Eshbadi. Andrew Bear, George hurting. Am.: Funk, • Ni lh Fag Ward. Owen Hopple, Barnett a Cale John Cosgrove, Lewis Sprecher Harriet T. liellei, Conrad Miller. Anthony Lechle, John Hamilton Jacob Wolfer, IP,/ Ward. Christian Phillip Fitzpatrick John M. Eve Hog, azuuel CarmA oy 3 Fi a ' i o rg le . r r i e e t k Lewis lirletti .4 Sim Philip Snyd,r, Abner Miller, John Tymony, Conrad J. Plitt, Margaret McCionigle. William T. Timart Mary Momsenkop, John B. Watkins. Wm. H. di Go.. Leonard, • Lo,,ipeler But. John Rowe, Samuel M. McCainlbw John Echturna<hr. Henry Kenoagy, . 31. S. 31,1i.Erc, Lovi 11. Rhodos. West. John McCalister, John C. Baldwin Henry Gall 11. N. Kreider John H. Miller. 31Iehael Steer, Jacob Scher, Miami Bade', Jacob Bard, Samuel R 'Mye Lfma...7: Tap. John D. Pashto. Samuel S. Rutter, dune Weid John Sheaffer, Rhodes. Little Britain =EI Lanawbw Trop. Joseph Ditlow, Levi Summy James W. Ly tle, Thomas Fisher, Edward Hess, David M. Witmer, Christian H. Zimmer, John Brady, Jr., MElertown, George ifornherger, - 31111orstown. Jacob 11. Lightitelser, Jacob S. Mann, Jacob S. Kauffman, John Daily. Gottalb Selmer, Washington Borough Benjamin Kauffman. C. D. Martin, Jacob Kreider, " ' • .Vorictta Borough. William Appoiti, Sarah Plury, Simon Nagle. Lewis Martin, Lewis Ilonseed. Phillip Deitrich George Peters. David Cessol. S. G. Miller, Adam Koch, . • .1/. T . John Duukle, Sbreinor Levi Schlott, Jacob Grub.. Peter .liourer, A B. Landis Daniel Hoffman, John Bostick, Barbara Coulaton , Daniel Summy, Jacob Minieh, Jacob Landis. .11:ntheint Borough. Michael While, Abraham 11. line! Lewis R. Dreg. .loy Borough. Henry Shaffner. henry Snot Lobo Leounr,l K. Seltzer. Trap. John John Fisher. J 0590 Englo. 31." j Daniel 0. Donald. 120.1Niej.t'na Providence. T wp. Mary )Idler. John C..fiarlab, Po Twp. Christian llar3b Isaac Rial. John Tweed. Darid Snavely John Rack, henry Cloud. Rolitql Tager!. 11p," Trop. Benjamin Rowe, Michael &welter, Christian 11. Herr, Samuel Clutrios Benjamin White. Christian Hershey John Dutt, !iftmuel Fro) Peter K. Iteß:el. heury 11. Stone Jacob Summy. SYroAurg Borough. leacher Reese, Henry. Bear iVm. Echternaolo. Martin:Herr. Ttop. G. W. Wertdr, Samuel Leamon Jamas H. Houston, Jobn Hass, Martin Bear, John Ammon, John IT. Skiles, J W. Dickenson. • - •• Sulbbuey Tzup. S•vum•l D. Smoker, Miranda Roland Rirhard ‘ll9-411.11, ~ : trosbit rg Tipp. Benjamin Fritz, Benjamin FL Myers Beacob G. Miller, Amos Sides. lii,leick rail, Martin Kafrotbe, A. W. Shober, John Bender,Jacob Weitzel, Jeremiah Halacher, • Sarni. Llebtenthaler, Thomas Sands, Clerk's Office, Larecr, I JOHN J. PORTER, apr 15 3t 13 f Clerk Quarter Seesions. AUDITO.II. , 8 NOTlCE.—Assigned estate of Gor dont:Armstrong and Wife, of Martin twp. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Auditor, appointed by the Court of Common Pleas, to distribute the balance of the above estate, in the bands of Jobs Armstrong, assignee, to and among the creditors ttialreof, will attend for the purpose of his appointment, at the Library Roam of the Court house, in the city of Lancaster, on Tuesday the Zflth day of April, A. D,1858„ at 2 o'clock, P. M., when and where those in terested are requested to attend. apr 8 4t 12 BI3ION P. EBY. j.T NFORMATION WAN TEM—CHRISTIAN HERSHEY, a young man at the time about 21 years of age, and of Intemperate habits, left his residence in Manor township, Lancaster county, about the let of March, 845, for the purpose of visiting Washington City, at the I augumtion of President Polk. Since then nothing has been beard of him. If living, he is entitled to a legacy from his Mother's estate; who died about a year ago, which, if not called for, according to the will of the deceas ed, within four years from the let of Apr 11,1855, It will then be divided amongst the other heirs of said estate. Any information respecting the said Christian Hershey, will be thankfully received, by the undersigned Executor of his mother's estate. Address CHRISTIAN HABECHER, Columbia P. 0. April 8,1858.. LaR. Co., Pa. Exchange papers will confer a fever by COPYing the above. no 12 4t* APER HANGING.—HOWELL k ADAIR, No. P 292 Chesnut street, below 11th, Philadelphia. Haring stocked their Store with a large assortment of plain and ornamental WALL PAPERS, are prepared to execute all orders in their line of busineas in the city and country promptly and tastefully. The trade and builders supplied on accommodating terms. The public aro respectfully in vited to give us a calL ma 18 3 9 RICH PRAIRIE FARMS ! UNIMPRO VED LANDS AND TOWN LOTS In Illinois, lowa and adjoining States. For sale in great variety, at low prices, and on favorable terms. PAMPHLET CATALOGUE DE. SCRIPTIONS OF PROPERTY, with prices attached, for warded gratis by mall on application. Our extensive local connections will facilitate giving valuable information of any part of the west to applicants desiring to locate. BUYERS OF ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD LANDS can avail themselves of the knowledge and experience of Mr. DOPEY, the late land agent of the company, to supply the difficulty of making judicious selections. Particular attention given to locating warrants, exam ining lands, furnishing maps and descriptions, payment of taxes, and to a general Real Estate Business. CHARLES AL DUPUY S CO. Corner of llichigan Avenue and South Water at., CHARLES N. DCPCY, 1 near Illinois Cen. R. li. Depot, DAVID S. OGDEN. ) CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. mar 25 'lo3m C PRING MILLINERY GOODS.—JOHN STONE & SONS, 45 South Second et., Philadelphia. Would particularly call the attention of Merchants and Mil liners to their large and handsome assortment of SPRING MILLLVERY GOODS, such as. Glace SiDu—Crapes—Rib bons—Fancy Laces—French and American Flowers, and every article appertaining to the Millinery trade. The above goods have been imported expressly for-our Spring sales and comprise the best assortment to be found ni the city. Phila. apr 1 2m 11 %Xr3l. C. ORTH, WHOLESALE AND TAIL Manufacturer t Importer of PAPER HANG INO.S N 0.28 North Second street, Philadelphia. pa. Tho subscriber calls the,fttention of those within; to purchase Paper Hangings to - bia assortment, which moo nrises a great variety of patterns and qualities, all of which will be sold at exceedingly low rates. PAPER HANGING DONE AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE. DIRT lg am 9 The largest Stock of CHINA, GLASS AND QUEENSWARE, EVER IMPORTED, CON SISTING OF DINNER, DESSERT, TEA, AND TOI LET SETS, PARIAN MARBLE FIGURES, MANTLE ORNAMENTS, ENGLISH, FRENCH AND BO HEMIAN GLASSWARE, AND FANCY ARTI CLES FOR THE TOILET TABLE AND ETECERS. • Together with every variety of STAPLE and LOW-PRICED Wares, for Household and Kitchen purposes, all of which will be sold at RETAIL, in large or small quantities, to suit the wants of buyers, at less prices than they ran he found any where at wholesale. Our motto id, Buy of the Manufacturer and sell to the Consumer, ate small 1, .fit li,r*Cash. TYNDALE MITCHELL Ne. 219 Chesnut st., above Seventh street. num 23 Om 10 TOTICE.—The Stockholders of the Lancaster and .111 Snalluehanna Slackwater Navigation Company, are hereby notified, shat an election for the choice of Five Man agers, will be held at the Company's Office. in the city of Dancaster, on MONDAY the :.th day of May next, as requi red by their Charter. C Eo. CALDER, Lancaster, mar 25 of 10 Sce'y. BLINDS AND SHADES AT REDUCED PRICES —B. J. WILLIAMS, No. Li North Sixth st., Philadelphia, originator of all new styles of Venittan Blinds, Bordered and Painted Shades, of beautiful designs. BUFF, and all other `colors of Holland, used for Shades. Fixtures. Trimmings, itc...tc. STORE SHADES PAINTED TO OR. DER. B. J. W. thankful for past patronage, respectfully solicits the citizens of Lancaster county to call and examine his large assortment before purchasing elsewhere. • tat,. We study to please. apr 1 ant 11 fILOTIIING STORE. Spring and Summer Clothing, Fine and common Clothing, Plain and figured Clothing, Light rind !umbra Clothing, Night and morning Clothing, Noon and evening Clothing, Dress and Buiduess Clothing, Week and Sunday Clothing. Top and under Clothing, Homo and trav'ling Clothing, Bright and Soft hued Clothlug, " Big and little" Clothing, Boys and young men'a Clothing Grave and stylish Clothing, Cheap and medium Clothing, Or ANT FIND of Clothing, may he had at KRAMER'S Mutabsta TAILOMN,I and CI-mut:to ESTABLISHMENT, Corner of North Queen and Or , ange streets, Lancaster city, Pa., all manufactured out of sound material by Lancaster city workmen. ALSO, a large and well selected assortment of French, English, German and American BROADCLOTHS, CaaI3IERES. ERMINETS, CASLIMARETS, TWEEDS. MERINOS, Drap D'etes, Italian Clothe, Lustres, Queens Cloth, Lit:tendrilla, Satinetts, Giugbanut Checks , Marseilles. Satinet, arena dines, Fig'd Silks, Valeutias, &c., adapted to the prevailing fashion and the season; all of which will be made to order, with promptness and . chill, to suit the taste of the most fastidious. A general assortment of the best Shirts, Cohere, Cravats, Stocks, Surrenders, Handkerchiefs, Gloves and Hosiery con stantly kept on baud. Thankful for past favors, a continuance. of the game is respectfully eoliclied by F. J. KRAMPH, Merchant Tailor and Clothier, comer of North Queen and Orange etc. apr 8 3m 12 BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE.—There are now several handsome Building Lots for sale In South Prince street, I,ctwc,n irluce and Beaver streets, in the city of Inca-ter. Two of them front on Prince street 23 feet each, hail running barb 100 feet toe fourteen feet al ley; and one Lot 7.5 feet on Prince street, running clear through to Braver street, a distance of 214 feet. This Int Is admirably calculated for something al Importance, such as a Machine Shop, Lumber Yard. Ac., Ac. The water pipes are laid past all of them. They are the handsomest lots taht have ever been sold lu that quarter of the city, and will be sold on moderate terms by apr S 4t* 12 WILLIAM WIIITESIDE. JOSEPH E . WINNER, 'WHOLESALE & RETAIL Bookseller and music Dealer, b 7 North bilth street, below Race, Philadelphia. .111acellaneons Works, Bibles, Prayer Books, Hymn Book., Albums, School Books, Toy Books, Stationery, etc., etc. Together with a large ape sortmeut of Musical Herchandirr, consisting of Strings, Bridges, Tailpieces, etc., at prices defying competition.— All kinds of :Musical Instruments neatly repaired or taken in exchange. Dealers are earnestly requested to call. N. B.—Orders by mail promptly answered. Books and Piano Haste, etc., forwarded free of charge. _ apr 8 Om 12 DENSLOW & CO., COMMISSION Minx. CHANTS and Wholesale dealers In all 'kind. of For eign and Domestic LEAF TOBACCO, Itanufactured Tobac co, and Foreign and Domestic SEGARS,2I South Front st., Philadelphia. Importers of fine HAVANA SEGARS of the choicest growths of the NVELTA-ABAJO. A largeassortment of which are kept constantly on hand, and for sale at a small advance on cost of importation. 03. Consignments respectfully solicited, on which liberal advances will be made when desired. N. B.—Special attention given to orders f .r purchase on commission, of TOBACCO, as also every description of 3ler chandise, fur account of parties living at a distance fLom this market. /Of - Sole Agent for F. A. Goetze's Celebrated German Smoking Tobacco. comprising thirty different varletiPs. aprs ly ESTATE OF ILENRY WERTZ, LATE of Manor township, (We'd —Letters of administration on the above estate having been granted to the undersign• ed, all persona haviog claims or demands will present them duly authenticated fur settlement, and those Indebted will make payment without delay, to BARNHERD MANN, (Farmer,) BENJAMIN WERTZ, Manor twp. DAVID WERTZ, West Hempfield, Admea. in 1 25 Gt." 10 FTACKLE.—Best Kirby, Limerick, Vir _L' &tie, Improved Trout, Sea, Pike and Eel hooks, Swi vels, Salmon Gut, Trouctilies, Gut and other Snoods, Arti ficial Bait, Canton Grass lines, Spun and platted Silk lines, lay out lines with floats and hoops, walking sticks, trout and truing rods, cans reeds, seines, net net:si Dulcimer and Piano wire, Violins and strings, seine twine, gllling twlno, genuine Harlem nil. nholesnlo and retail. GEORGE ewe HEYBE, Importer, No. 50 North Bd street, t side, 211 door bo• low Arch, and nest door to the St. Charles Hotel, Phlla. 'Pr 6 41 12 - El ARIZ LANDS roil. SALE.—THE ILLINOIS ICeSTRAL RAILROAD tOMPAN k Is now prepared to sell over TWO MILLION of MACES OF FARMING LANDS, in Tracts of 40 AOJAES and upwards, on long credits sod at lose rates of interest Th.e lands were granted ry tho Government, to aid In the construction of this Rallt:oad, and include some of the richest and mast fertile Prairies in the State, Interspersed here and there unit magnificent groves of oak and other timber. The Read east o de Ifrom tAncago, on the North East, to Cairo at the ti0utu,....1 from thence to Galena and Uunleith, in,the North extreme of the State, and as all the lands lie within fifteen miles on each side of this flood, ready and cheap mesas are afforded. by It for trane• porting the products of the lands to any ut those peLautand from thence to Eastern and Southern nutrkets. Moreover, the rapid growth of flourishing towns and villages along tke Une;and the great incrtaso In population by immigra Lion, etc., afford a sutistantl I and growing home demand for farm produco. The soh is a dark, rich Mould, floor one to tire (bet iu depth, is gently rolling all. peculiarly fitted for grazing cattle and sheep or the oltivatton of wheat, Indian c,ru, ete. Foonomy in cultivating add great' productiveness are the melt known characteristicslllinois laud. Trees are not required to lot cut down, stinups genbutli, or stones picked elf, or IS generally The ea , ojln ethil) sting nese land in the older Stat.. The first erm of Indian . oil, planted en the newly broken sod. usually rhpa,s the coil fit plowing and lencing. Wheat sown on the net' turned Foil is gore to yield vary large profits. A Mari Wlthill plow cod two yoke of oxen oat break ono and a half Id to aeres per day. Contracts an ho made for breaking. ready for rotes cr e Scat, at limn r 2 to 2,50 per acre. By judicious manainquent, the lend may be plowed and fenced the list. and under a high state of cultivation the becund rear. II WA RD . . . .. .. . . Corn, grain, cattle. etc, trill be 1, , t wailed /It reasonable rates to Chicago, for the kaiteru niarkil, and to Cairo for the Southern. The larger yiehl ou the cheap lands of Sill nom over the high priced lends in the /astern and aliddle States, Is known to be much more than sufficient to pay the difference of transportationito the e:astona market. Bituminous coal is mined at several points along the Road, and is a cheap and dettrable fuel. It ran be deLivered at several points along tho.ltoad at 51,50 to 4,00 . per ton. Wood can be had at the same rates per cord. • Those who think of eettAidg ht loses or Minnesota, should bear In mind, that Laid, thpe, of any value, along the sea ter courses and for many miles inland, have beettdiaposed of,—that for those located tb the Interior, therea''e no con veniences for transporting the produce to market, lialltoads not having been introduced I there. That to send the pro duce of these lands, one or , wo hundred miles by wagon to market, would COSI meets in Ire than the expense of culti rating them; and hence, tio eroment lands thus eitnated; at $1,2,5 per acre, urn nut so gotid ins c-,tineuts as the land of this company at the prices I se& The same remarks hold *id lu relation to the lands in Kansas and Nebraska, tor although vacant lands may be lound nearer the water chases, tau distance to market is far greater, and every hundred mile! the ',reduce or those lands are carried either In i Wagons, of interrupted water communications, inertness time expenses 01 transportation. which must be borne by than settlers, in the reduced price of their Drkincte; and to that - tent precisely are the Incomes from their farms, and et coineo on their Investments, an nually and every year redound. The groat fertility of the !Suds now offered for sale by this company ' and their Consatueut yield over those 01 thetas-- tern and Middle utates, is Much inure thou suiticleht to pay the difference in the cOst transportau /toad, especially in ‘..,, view of the facilities tarot Lied by the e others ~ate othe with watch It connects, the otrattoue of winch are not en. terrupted by the low water lit summer, ur the iri,St of win ter. PRICE AND TERMS OF PAY3I.ENT.—The price will va ry teem SO to liS, according to location, rte. t...utracta for ',cols may be midi, during the year, 1510, stipu.atmg the - purchado money to be ptuu in 1.1,1 annual allltail/110.1t01 the ant to become due in two ~ are 1 . 1./ia tan,. ditto 0/ contract, and the others annually therestitcr. Thu last paytuaht will become due at the end of thS sixth year tram the date at the Contract. • 1 Interest will bu charged at only three per cent. per an on. As a security to tin; performance of the contract, the Arat two years' interest lutist be paid in advance, and It must be understood that at least ono tenth et the laud ptir• chased shall yearly be brought under culttlation. Twenty per cent. tram the credit price will be deducted for excl.— /he Company's construction look will bo reoeived ea cash. Ready named Harm tin utlingli, which can he set up In a few days, can be obtained from rublanisible persona. They will bull feet by luieet, thvided into one living and three bed ragas, and will cost complete set up on ground chosen auywheru along the atoad, Slat) in cash, exclusive of transpo, lotion. Larger buildings may 1,0 contracted for at proportionate rates. The Centrally will torward all the ma terials for such buildings 05 1 ,0 r their road promptly. Special arrangements I'lll.l dealers eau In: 111Ildcl lA/ supply those purchasing the Company's lands with fencing mate lots, agricultural tools, and an outfit of provisions in any quantity, at the lowest wholesale prices. It is believed that the prile, lung credit, and low rate of interest, charged ter-these lands, will enable a roan with a tee , hundred dollars in cosh and ordinary industry, to make himself independent tefore lan the imrelfaxe money becomew dile. In the meat time, the rapid t.ettleniont of the ceum try will probably have incrdaset I their collie four or fivefold. When required an experieenced person will accompany ap. plicauts, to give inforniatio4 and aid in selecting lands. - Circular. , -,, coutaimug numerous lIISIAIIO.I et successful farming, signed by respectable and well knun n farmers liv ing In rho neighborhood of Itho Itallregui lands, throughout the state.—oleo the cost of fencing, price of cattle, expense of harvesting. threshiug, eti., by contract—Or any other In formation—will ly given. on,appliCation, either personally or by letter. it) ISiglis L , French. or German, ad. dressed toJoIIN WILSON, b t.. ane ononissionei of ,the Illinois Central It. R. Co. Office up to rho first of May. No. I::: Michigan Avenue/ af ter that date at the l'as-qmq, Depob foot of &AUL Water street. Chicago, llli, of . mar 4 Gm 7 --• CLOTHING ::—.IOIIN A. EB BEN, Sign of the Striptld Coat. No. 42 North Queen street East side, near Oraur. street, Lancaster, Pa. The subscriber having become the solo proprietor of this popular Clothing E :midi:damn I, re.pectlfilly announces that lie has made all ~...- e ,sssy ..nu4emeuts to to/fultain the reputation Cl the cstabli,laueut, and to furnish the pa trons of the late firm, end all others who may favor him with their custom, with every article in his line of bust ness, made in. lie hied st t le and At the Most reasonable prices. Ile has now in store, and Is receiving every day new and destruhie styles of SPRENG dr. 5C73131E11 CLOTHING, for lieu arbl Boys,com posed of eve. ry description of NEW WAILS, someted with the greatest care, and Lunde in the latest style and taste of-fashion, und warranted to prove the same as represented at the than of purchase. IJ Observe, that every article of Clothing sold by the pro. prletor of this estaluilhmerit is of his own manufacture, and may he telied upon as being well mewed. Among his extensive at.tortuient may be found, Fine Black and Blue NEW STYLE DRESS AND FROCK COATS, made in the latest tashions of French and English Cloths. Now style Business Coati4 of Black, Bruwu, Blue, Olive and Green Cloths, and Plain and Fancy Cassimeres. Linen, Gingham and Cotton Cents of every description. D4l.lble and Single Breasted Ve.te, in endless variety, of Plaid and Fancy Silks, Settee, Cassimcres, Grenadines, and Mareeilles, du. Fine Black French Doeskih and. Fancy Caisituero Pants Plain Light-Colored Cassimere Pants—Spriug Styles. HOTS , CLOTHING. Just Completed, by far, tae largeit and cheapest assort moat of Boys' Clothing, suitably for Spring and Sun:mei, that can be pound In Lancaster, consisting of Boys' Frock, Sack And Monkey Coats ; Yitits and Vests of all sizes and ,qualities, to which coubtant additions will be made during the season. ALSO, a full assortment of SLirts, Collars, Bosoms, Cra vats, Pocket lldkfs., Susiluder:s Stocks, Gloves, Hosiery and Umbrellas. Just received, a large assarttnont of BLACK AND FAN CY COLORED CLOTHS, Summer Coatings, Black Duoslati and Fancy Casslmeres, Summer Va.:tines ' and a great earl. uty of um and Fashionable Goods for Pants uad Yeats, which will be made up to older, on the mot reasonable terra.. The Subscriber hopes by Strict attention to bUSInesS, and by endeavoring t,p please customers, to receive a continu ;ince o( public patronage. JOUN A. ERBEN. United :Rates Clothiug Store 1.;. , .11 of the Striped Coat, No. 42 North Queen street; east Lancaster. p.r tf ll titi ftSVEWRIC —SAMUEL M. KING'S Box, :shingle and Stave Ma chine. Lumber men, Capitalists a n d Speculators will find in this Machine a safe, sure and prontable investment.— It will make from five to Ma thoutand Pine, Oak or Ches nut Shingles from the bolt per day; or Rive from fifteen to twenty thousand Staves. Its great simplicity not the,per fect manner In which it does its work commands the admi ration of all who see it. Any person wishing to view one of the Machines in operation, can do so by calling at the Fulton Works of Messrs. JlWer& Fellenbaum. Machines and Bigots for sale. SAMUEL M. KING, Patentee. Lancaster, Pa. mar 11 3m 8 HALL VV RITE or 13.1EvelitI.Ses—Three Institution will commence on Mou ' day, the fitth of May next. Parents and Goat disus are teepecti ully recitureted to inquire into the merits of the Institution. The location le retired, pleasant and healthful, and the course of that race dun embraces the ordinargland higher brand:meat an tug lish education, together ullti the Latin, Greek, French and German Laugagnee, and Vdcal and Instrumental ]Susie,. TclFl3.l.9.—skurding, Weaning, and Tuition In Zngllah Branches, and Vocal Muliciper session weeks) 900,00 Fur Circulars conteiniugtparticulara, address, D. Dr.:NLI,NGEB., mar 11 2m 8 I Principal, liarrieburg, Pa. OFFICE OF THE (PENN MUTUAL LIVE INBI;BANCE CO3.IPS.SY. Philadelphia, February 6th, teed. Notice is hereby gi*en, that thin Company has de termined to pay in cash tar; Cortinemee of Sorip, betted for the DIVIDEND OF TilE, 46AR 1840, on presentation and surrender of the same, at the Office of the Company, at the North Past corner of Third! and Dock streets, on and after the drat day of March next. By order of the Bond of Trances. JOEL'S W. HORN'EIt, Seery J. ZIMMER3I.I.I4, Agent North Queen streetiLan. Dr. ELI PAKItY, Agent, , Eat King,street. mar II 4t LADIES' BONNET, RIBBON d. 11IILLI 31RRY 6T011f... As the season Is now approaching, for general SPRING 3111 LINERS'. arid oTkLA.W 000Ds. etc.. VC JIMIN RUCHI.I has supplied himself with a large and fresh stock of the same, and now invites the Lame. of this city and vicinity to inapeet his stink. An eutlra new purchasa of Ladino Fashionable . Straw Bonnets, with a large supply of white and colored Ribbons, Flowers, Wreaths, quillinge. Ruches, Head Dresses, ,be. de. EMBROIDERIES, ,Seers., Jacenet and Nainsook Florincings, Sleeves, Collars, Kerchief+, Infanta Bodies, Edgings and lusertiugs. LACES--comprising Black, White and Colored Silk La. cos, French do., Thread do, Linen Bobidn do.. Cotton do. Black and White tanglisb Crapv.; colored do. Black Silk Vella, with Veil Tissue. and ltereges, ,i.e., do.. &c. 1 . J. R. has bought his tined, this ,A,II C. the most favor able terms, and tapes to IR . able to SOI the same as cheap as usual. JOHN ROCOH,' , North Queen street, opponite Howell's Marble yar a p e 1 et 11 PROVED fiIiPER-PHOSPHATE OF TDI LIME.—The subscribets inform Deatera and Farmer. t h a t they have greatly improved the quality of their Soper-Phosphate of Lime, and now confidently recommend tau article as superior to any in the market. Alan, constantly on hand Peruvian and Mexican Guano, Oda, Olnalda, Scup, to,, at the lowest mar ket rates. lIITPUELL d eItGASDALP., Bncee.sors to O.IV. Ridgway & Co., No. ad North Wharveo, above Arch st., Philadelphia. tar Farmers can load bn Water street,and avof d. the crowded wharf. apr 1 Sin 11 _KEYSTONE , FIRE INSURANC.74CO. PIIILADr.LPiiId, PA. Capital .5800,04. Charter Perpetual. .• AgePL—S. H. REYNOILDS, Attorney at Law, B. Quee 11 n street,lanoaster. Aplly NO. 15
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