7 4;14111?Otet jittC.ttigtit& VOL. LVII. Franklin and Marshall College. Addruses delivered on the occasionOf the ded ication of the new College Building. INTRODUCTORY DISCOUESE BY REV. E. V. GERHART, PEES/DENT The consolidation of Franklin College and Marshall College constitutes a new era in the history of those two Institutions. No other event occurring since they were established, is equally deserving of such distinction ; for it introduced a new order of things, giving a new phase and new power to all their educa tional operations. It was the point of conflu ence for two homogeneous streams, at which they begin to mingle their waters and pour them down through the valley of time in one deeper, broader, more majestic channel. Nearly three years have now elapsed since the formal opening of the Institution at Lan caster was publicly celebrated. During this period its course has been steadily progres sive. Unpropitious circumstances, indeed, have not been'found wanting. The removal of Marshall College, and its union with Franklin College, may be aptly compared to the transplanting of a young tree. It is put into a new suit. It occupies a new position. Some of the roots have been bruised and bro ken. The nutritive earth has not settled nicely around all the fibres. The north-west wind seems to blow upon it from a different point of the compass. Some of the destruc tive insects that buzz around it, or fasten on its leaves, or sting its trunk, may be of larger size or infuse a more poisonous venom. A little titne.is necessary, therefore, to recover from the first effects of a sudden transition, and appropriate, by a vigorous process of as similation, the superior elements of life from the new, rich soil in which it stands. Like this has been the experience of the new Institution. The old home was aiven up : the new home was indeed the ancient abode of education, but still new to her. Ohl currents of influence and support, were inter rupted ; new and stronger ones had to be started. Old ties were broken, and the charm of old associations had vanished ; new ties were therefore to be formed, and she had to wait on old Time to wave his hand and thrdw the charm of other associations around her new halls and new grounds. There, were warm friends, indeed, in her adopted home, but they were such rather from principle and resolution ; she had to be seen, and heard, and handled, that their hearts might become warmer still from affection and interest.— Confidence, affection and earnest zeal for her progress on the part of her new guardians, friends and patrons, could not spring up at will or in a moment. Nothing was more nat ural, therefore, than that the Institution should feel sensibly the effects of the great change. Yet the tree grew. Some of the limbs may have appeared less thrifty, and some of the leaves may have gotten yellow ; but it did not die; it lived on—it budded, blossomed and bore fruit in its season, and though the crop may not have been as large as on some former years, still the frdit was ripe and good. Long may the tree stand and thrive, spreading its branches wider, lifting 'its top higher, and with each returning sum mer enriching the State and the laud with a golden harvest. May coming generations sit in its shadox and rejoice in its strength ; and may the nations of the earth rise up and call it blessed. To-day we have assembled to inaugurate the first epoch in the history of Franklin and Marshall College. The liberal contribu tions of Lancaster city and county have pur chased these broad, beautiful acres that spread at our feet do either side, and erected this chaste and and substantial structure to serve the wants of the Institution. It is becoming to distinguish the day with appropriate cere monies—to suspend the daily routine of study, recitation and lecture—to turn aside from- the ordinary affairs of business—to come together within these walls, to invoke the benediction of the triune God, to reflect seriously upon the great interests of Litera ture and Science, and to contemplate the in timate relation'of Education to the weal or woe of society. It is becoming to set this new edifice apart, solemnly and hirmally, to the glorious and sacred cause for which it has been erected. For the work to which it is devoted forms the bone and sinew of the State, and gives color to the life-blood of the Church. Here scores and hundreds of youth will congregate from year. to year. They will come from the north and the south, from east and west, from the city and the coun try, from the valleys and the mountains, each one with habits and opinions of his own, modified by the place of his birth and the character of his early companions. They will come from the families of the intelligent and ignorant, of the rich and the poor ; some from the proud and ambitious, others from the hymble, each one with plans and views of life varying with the atmosphere of the parental fireside. They will come, some with strong and others with feeble minds, some with industrious, simple and moral habits, others with indolent, luxurious and immor al habits some with noble hearts, calm, bright hopes and a firm will, and others there may be who lack all the better and purer susceptibilities of our nature. To this spot they *ill come as to a common centre, acting and reacting on each other, mind striking against mind, will winning or re sisting will, and heart repelling or attracting heart, each one giving an impulse to and exerting some peculiar influences upon the life of the community. Some old habits will be laid aside, some old friendships dissolved, some old ties broken : here new habits will be contracted, here new, warm and lasting friendships will spring up, here soul will be bound to soul by tie. that neither age nor death can break. Above, before and in, all these apparently confused forces, must be the internal vivify ing spirit and the all-embracing atmosphere of the College itself—a strong general spirit that, working gently, silently but potently, assimilates to its own nature the various minds and repugnant tendencies that are here brought into contact—a spirit that gives due harmonious dirrction to the collection of contradictory aspirations and aimless pur suits, and breathes unity and order into the numerous conflicting capacities, faculties and talents of the whole mass of mind—an at mosphere that each student inhales, impart ing the life-sustaining oxygen to the blood flowing through the arteries of his immateri al being—an atmosphere that refracts equally all the rays of intellectual light that ema nates from the innumerable stars and moons and suns shining upon us, whether dimly or brilliantly, in the sublime, resplendent fir mament of Literature and Science. The spirit and atmosphere of the Institution will mould every susceptible mind into some de gree of likeness to itself. Each mind will receive a, mark, if ardent and impressible, a broad mark, which no friction from the ac tion of will nor the wear and tear of ruth less time,,cau ever utterly efface or destroy, From year to year, young men will go forth from these halls, with habits of tffionght and feeling, with principles of action, Whose in fluence will be traceable through the whole -course of their future life, whether they move the plane, or follow the plough, or min ister at the bedside, or plead at the bar, or officiate at the altar. With what intense interest will not, there fore; every reflecting, conscientious father, and every tender, affectionate mother, turn their eyes to this spot, and follow in imag ination the daily movements and progress of a beloved son. The chords struck here do not only resound in our ears, but they extend their vibrations even to thousands of warm responsive hearts scattered over our land. The name, and honor, and joy of the distant family, is. wrapped up with the work of the College—with the influences concentrated in this edifice. Every family is directly affected by the intellectual process going forward here. Nor is it unknown nor unfelt. Hith er many anxious thoughts wander, in the morning as soon as the eye opens upon the light of day, or at evening, when a book, a vacant chair, or a daguerreotype, reminds the fond parental heart of an absent son, or during the quiet solemn hours of midnight when a painful dream has driven sleep far, fai• away. 0 how many earnest prayers mingled with tears, go np, to the Throne of God, for special protection, guidance and blessing, upon those who are and will be collected in this building. With what deep concern should not also the community in general, look upon this centre of moral influences. Men will go forth from these classic shades to enter and labor in all the vocations of life. The State will receive some of her Legislators, Judges and various other office-holders from these halls. Public sentiment, than which no human agency is more powerful in its bearing upon the welfare of society, will be measurably determined by the nature and spirit of the instructions imparted in this College. The Church too, will be vitally af fected. Many of her Ministers, office-bearers and laymen, are and will be trained here.— She will feel the power of her literary insti tutions in the general spirit pervading her ministry in the exposition of the sacred Scriptures, in the tone of thought and feel ing regulating the action of the various mem bers of her mystical body. Neither Chtirch nor State can be indifferent to the kind of power put forth by such an Institution—can he indifferent to the use to which this costly structure shall be devoted for years and scores of years to come. How many vital interests cluster around this new edifice ! How solemn the work to he performed here from one decade of years to another! How far reaching and inflexible its influence In the name of the Boa - rd of Trustees and the Faculty,, in the name of every family whose happiness is linked with the transac tions of to-day, in the name of the commu nity and the State, in the name of the Church of Jesus Christ, we do therefore dedicate this building, solemnly and forever, to sound Learning, to profound, liberal, conweben sive and true Science, to the spirit of refine ment and of general social culture, to the fair genius of private, and public virtue, to the sacred cause of honor, truth awl religion. and to the highest interests of the communi ty and the State, the nation, the Church and the world. Let it stand, the object of sincere affection and unchangeable regard, to elevate. dignify and purify man in all the relations of life, and to bring glory to God, the Father, Son anil. Holy Ghost, throughout countle , s generations yet unborn. Address of Emlen Franklin, Esq. The condition of the general intelligence around us has so obvious and powerful an effect upon our own individual comfort and happiness, that any great movement in its behalf I roduces in us a spontaneous interest and regard. We all feel, that if every man and every woman in the community could be induced to seize, with an abiding zeal, up on all the means of knowledge within their reach, if they would diligently appropriate all the materials for mental improvement which surrounding circumstances have placed in their daily pathway, the pleasures of social intercourse would be vastly enhanced, many unfortunate distinctions would be oblitera ted, and the general aspect of society would be greatly improved. If, in addition to this. ,•ach individual would, with honest heart and pure intentions, conscientiously endeav or to make such mental acquisitions condu cive to the welfare of his friends, his family, and his race, according to the measure of his abilities and the influence of his position, how many miseries would be abolished, how much the area of general happiness would be enlarged, and the dignity of existence ex alted ! Many a philanthropic heart has throbbed with the desire—many a fond schemer has labored with the hope of assisting in the ac complishment of such a result. But the at tainment of a state of universal mental and moral excellence, realizing this ideal stand ard, is practically impossible. We are glad to believe that the wish to know is innate to every mind. But the desire of eminent men ; tal culture is not generally so strong a feeling of our nature as to successfully resist and overcome the force of adverse circumstances. It lives a spark in every human breast, NI hick constant food and care will cherish to a bright and steady flame, but whose frail ex istence is endangered by the presence of many enemies, banded together for its de struction. Indolence chills it with its cold and noisome breath ; unpropitious fate smothers it beneath a weight of cares; and d4spair finally extinguishes the sacred tire. The dif ficulties in the way of the attainment of knowledge are obvious, palpable; while its rewards are slow, distant and indistinct; con sequently, the lower men are in the scale of intelligence, the less is the value they assign to it: and it is precisely those to whom it is the greatest need, whom it is most difficult to convince of their necessitous condition. Thus a great portion of mankind remains careless, or becomes desponding ; and are content to bury their one talent in the earth, because it is but one, instead of being stimu lated by the smallness of their possession to that exertion which is necessary to increase their store. Moreover, moral improvement doe, not always keep pace with the development of mind, nor is the possession of eminent men tal attainments, always accompanied by the determination to dedicate them to the welfare and benefit of mankind. Each one of us within the limits of his own observation, may recall instances in which lie has seen noble talents and acquirements prostituted to the basest and most ignoble ends, and be yond and above our own limited experiences. history has recorded many melancholy les sons to the same effect. It is an unnecessa ry. as it would be an unpleasant task, to linger long over examples of historical char acters. blessed with every attribute of genia , and learning, who not only refused to em ploy their splendid faculties for the advance ment of the general welfare, but who seemed actuated by au insane desire to detract from the happiness and deepen the degradation of human nature. Yet, perhaps, it is fit to pause for a moment over the character of one, whose existence discloses to our view, a more vivid pictdre of mental excellence, com bined with moral depravity, than the imaai • nation could have conceived. To know that men have. lived, who from evil passions. culpable ambition,or other unworthy motives; have carried fire and sword, misery and deso lation, over smiling countries and happy na tions, is melancholy indeed. But the heart trembles with a deeper and more instinctive horror, in approaching one who, in the calm retirement of a private station, amid the pla cid influences of a literary life, could medi tate an attack en public virtue and happiness, ' plan a vast conspiracy against the well being of mankind, and devote the energies of a lung life, and a Herculean mind, to the mon- : strons enterprise. Yet such was Voltaire.— Endowed with the most consummate natural abilities, with remarkable powers of wit and sarcasm, and with these natural advantages adorned by an assiduous mental culture, and extensive stores of learning, Voltaire was fit te I to exert a vast and durable influence over the minds of men. He might have secured a ~ proud position in the temp ipppp of fame. He might have won a name ill .. 'ous as the benefactor of his race. But i stead of a blessing lie preferred to be a - curse. Evil seemed to be Ins good, and good his evil. He scorned and despised human nature ; he hated his fellow men with a malignant ha tred; and the sole purpose of his life ap peared to be, to wage an uncea-ing war against the best interests of mankind. He labored to prove that private or public virtue had no existence. He undertook to destroy Christianity ; and he endeavored to root out from the regard and respect of mankind all that is endearing and lovely 'in human na- • tare, everything that could make life desira ble, or the thought of death endurable.— Himself the fittest exemplar of the doctrines he inculcated, he struggled to pull down the world to the level of his own depravity, and lie wielded his powers with such terrible en ergy as to partially produce that effect. To him, and the band of conspirators of which he was the creator and acknowledged chief, are in a great measure to be attributed the iniquities which preceded, and the crimes and miseries which attended the progress of the French Revolution; and the seeds of evil then sown broadcast over the world will, per haps, continue to germinate and fructify for " THAT COUNTRY IS THE MOST PROSPEROUS WHERE LABOR COMBLANDS THE GREATEST REWARD." LANCASTER CITY, ages yet to come. With unflagging zeal Vol taire continued to prosecute his fell purpose during a career of more than ordinary dura tiou, to its final close. But in the dread hour of his own dissolution, that distorted reason which was his boast and pride. deserted him in the crisis of his need, td% ing before the stronger powers of an outraged conscience; and the story of the terrors of that bed e nf death, long concealed and suppressed, bnt at length given to the world. furnishes the most complete and eloquent vindication of the eter nal truths which he vainly labored to de stroy. In addition to other individual examples of similar character, history furnishes us a singular instance of a system of mental cul ture, whose effects upon human happiness were, if not unfavorable, at least positively arren. I refer to what,is 'popularly known as the scho!astic philosophy of the middle ages. It would be going entirely beyond the limit , of the present occasion to enter upon an examination of the fundamental princi ples of this system, and an exposure of its radical lefects. Its results to the cause of true wisdom, its influence upon civilization and general progress, are the only objects which demand our present attention. For many centuries it held undisputed sway over the literary world, and was the single chan nel through which flowed the genius, wit, and learning of the age. It was au era charac terized by great Mental activity, and illus trated by same eminent names in the records of literature. But such were the baneful and confining influences of the system, that in all that long period, hardly one valuable truth, scarcely one permanent law of animate or inanimate nature, owed its discovery and application to the purposes of mankind, to the founders or the followers of this scholas tic philosophy. It was a tree prodigal of foliage, but barren of fruit. tunnured within the secluded walls of the cloister, its disci ples there . njoyed a monopoly of the knowl edge then possessed by the world. and long successfully endeavored to prevent its rays from spreading beyond the same narrow lim its. And being thus separated in a measure from communion with their fellow creatures, they felt no sympathy with their wants and necessities, and esteemed it beneath the dignity of learning to cause it to minister to the physical or political good of man. Bu sied from list to last, with subjects which had not the remotest connection with the discovery of useful truth, or the advance ment of the general welfare, they exhausted great erudition and the most admirable dia lectical skill in their investigations, and have left as the monument of their labors, a vast pile of discussion and angry controversy, which has subserved no other useful purpose, but to exhibit at the same time, the great ness and the littleness of the human intel lect. If, instead of spendi.e; lives of toil. and filling ponderous tomes with disquisitions on topics without substance or profit, these representatives of the learning of the age, had given but a portion of that labor to the investigation of the social and political evils which then oppressed the nations. and the extension of the, dominion of man over the forces of nature. the greatest reproach that has ever fallen upon the cause of learning would have been avoided, and the world would Lave been much fin ther advanced iu its onward march of civilization and happi ness. In their hands knowledge appeared as a beauteous princess, suffering uudi,r the spell of a cruel necromancy. Snatched away from the enjoyment of the homage and devotion of her loyal subjects, aud locked in an en chanted castle, whose gates, barred by a mag ic charm, remained impassable to human steps, and only opened at the waving of the magician's wand ; with her fair form changed to some monstrous shape, and her very na ture altered by the power of the charm, helpless and powerless, her only resource was to hewai' her captivity, and pray for the coming of the gallant knight whose prowess was fated to deliver her from her hated thrall. Long and dreary wore the years of her oppression, But at length the destined champion appeared, armed with a more potent spell. With a blast of his charmed trumpet he summoned the oppressor to the combat, and at the sound the castle tottered to its foundations, and the spell bound gates flew open. With sword and battle axe he felled the dread magician to the earth, and led forth the ransomed captive, amid the acclamations of her joyous people, and arrayed in all L-?.r pristine loveliness, to her proper throne. To Francis Bacon, more than any other name, is the world indebted for its complete escape from the trammels of this dreary phi losophy. His genius first detected and de • monstrated its utter worthlessness for the discovery of new truth. He showed it to be merely a repository of old knowledge, not a nursery of new: and lie condemned it as turning to a stagnant water, what should al ways remain, l a living spring. He proclaimed that the only test of the purity of the motive for acquiring knowledge, and of the value of knowledge when acquired, was the produc tion of works for the benefit and use of man; and that as the old philosophy had proved itself inapplicable to such purposes, it was necessary to build up a new system of knowl edge, laid on other foundations and raised with different materials. In our day it re quires no argument to enforce such plain prin ciples. The mere statement of the proposi tion carries conviction with it. But in that era of comparative darkness and prejudice, it required a long and arduous struggle with its adherents, to accomplish the destruction of the old fabric, and the institution of a new philosophy, adapted to inquiries into the hid den truths and universal laws of nature But Bacon's final victory was complete ; and under the stimulus of his doctrines and new methods of investigation, human inquiry was at length,directed into an entirely new chan nel. Old subjects of dispute and discussion were dropped as unworthy of attention : and "with a strong persuasion that the whole world was full of secrets, of high moment to the happiness of luau, - the disciples of the new philosophy applied themselves zealously to the task of their discovery. From that moment only can science he said to have had a true existence ; and the long array of hies sings which has followed in her train, is the legitimate result of the revolutiOu in philos ophy accomplished by Lord Bacon. Others who preceded him may have assisted in the. good work by crippling its defences and weakening its foundations : but to him we owe the complete demolition of the edifice, where knowledge drooped, a pining captive in a gloomy prison, and the construction of the new and majestic temple, where she now sits, a crowned queen,upon a glorious throne. The contemplation of this beneficial revo lution in the history of learning, naturally in clines us to hasten to the brighter aspects of the picture, upon whose darker colors we hive thus bestowed a glance. These require no close examination for their detection, no studied explanation for their appreciation.— The beauties of the scene lie patent to the eye, and steal spontaneously to the heart of the Most careless observer. In truth we have been but watching the shadows, which ever and anon, flit across the surface of the land scape, while beneath our eyes extends a suc cession of gorgeous woodlands,flowing streams and waving fields of grain, clad in all the splendors of a fertile beauty, and smiling in the radiance of a summer sun. No man at this day ventures to discourage efforts for the wider diffusion of the higher branches of knowledge, because universal ed cation is impracticable. All human attempts and aspirations are mere approximations to ideal standards of excellence. In no depart ment of exertion is absolute perfection at tainable. In every direction, man is constant ly approaching but never reaches the perfect standard; but to cease all efforts thereto, for this reason, would be to put a stop to human progress in every quarter. It is our destiny to struggle upward, upward, on an endless and limitless ascent, but from the high pla ces of the mountains, as well as in the lowly valleys at their base, resounds the same in cessant cry, which is the natural utterance of aspiring humanity—" Excelsior." To the pioneers and early advocates of the cause of general education, the prospect might well appear discouraging, and the difficulties insuperable. Even partial success must have appeared chimerical to all but the most en- PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY Q 7, 1856. thusiastic minds. But to us, who witness what has already been effected, who have seen the giant strides which society has made in this respect since the first faint impulses were communicated, no project seems too extensive or visionary for accomplishment. no limits too distant or comprehensive to be reached.— Every year adds to the number of the means and instruments for the more general devel opment of mind. Every succeeding genera tion increases the proportion of those, for whom fortune and favorable circumstances have placed those means within easy reach : and each generation multiplies the number of those resolute souls, whose fortitude no diffi culties can conquer, whose ardor no despon dency can abate, but who successfully strug gle upward against the pressure of an untow ard fate, to the highest eminences of the realm of mind ; not only realizing their own highest aspirations, but illuminating by the brightness of their example, the darkened footsteps of others following iu the same paths. From the operation of these happy influences, and their triple reaction upon each other, the obstacles in the way of the acquire ment of knowledge have been rendered so much less formidable, and the determination to overcome them so much more prevalent, that the ranks of intelligent and educated men now embrace a very large proportion of the members of every civilized community. When we reflect that but two centuries ago, the masses of mankind were shut out from even the first rudiments of knowledge, and when we consider that now. in our own favo red land at least, a fair degree of education and intelligence is the general rule, and entire ignorance the rare exception, What golden visions may we not indulge in for the imme diate future ; how can we resist or refuse an interest in that spirit of progress, which, messing forward far beyond these limits, now directs its efforts to the establishment of in stitutions, which will convey opportunities for the highest mental culture within the reach of all. In no field of philanthropic en terprise, does labor offer so rich or so certain prospects of reward as iu this. In many of the forms in which the progressive spirit of the present age manifests itself. the pleasure of the work is alloyed by the uncertainty of success or the ambiguity of its results, wheth er for good or evil. Bat in cherishing this interest : iu fostering and encouraging pro gress in this direction, we may enjoy the as surance, which is a source of the highest gratification to a benevolent mind, that any measure of influence exerted or labor expend ed in this behalf, however small or great, will inevitably yield a proportionate return of ben efits and advantages to humanity. That the interests of learning an'.; identical with the best interests of mankind. is no lon ger a subject of dispute. We cannot look around us in ear daily walk—we cannot open the records of time, without being impressed with the evidence of these truths : that " the • world is a vast theatre constituted' for exer tion : in which enjoyment is the natural •• consequence of industry, morality and in telligence : and suffering, that of ignorance and sloth and that in its history the gradual enlargement and diffusion of the map of knowledge, has been steadily followed with an increase and expansion of human happiness. The ages of general ignorance have been the aces of general depravity, mis ery and oppression ; while the age of general intelligence and education, is also the age of public virtue, security and felicity. Indeed, until within a comparatively recent period, the history , of modern nations presents us nothing but a picture of human folly, wretch edness and clime : an almost unbroken rec ord of War, rapine, disorder and desolation, from the contemplation of which we turn with a disgust hardly mitigated by the splen did careers of the heroes, statesmen and pa triots, with which its pages are emblazoned. But the era of the revival of learning was like the dawning of a new day upon the world. The dirk cloud which overhung the whole aspect of human affairs. fled before the brightness of that morning sun. With every ray that pierced the misty veil. some common evil was dissipated. some common blessing was unfolded: and from the time that, mounting towards the zenith, the full splendor of its beams shone forth, history becomes the chronicle of a different order of events. Inspired with new emotions of pleasure and delight, we trace upon its glowing pages the development of the idea of the common brotherhood of humanity, and consequent perception of the blessings of peace and commercial intercourse : the birth and growth of liberty ; the first emer gence, the struggles and the estahliShment of the doctrine of natural rights : and the sub jection of the laws of matter to the dominion and control of man. Yoking them rtne by one to his triumphal car, as the servants of Ids pleasure and the ministers to his pros perity ; until he finally- appears as a new be ing, clothed with higher attributes of power, and increased. capacities of happiness. All the sons of men within the limits of the civilized world are, in some measure, participants in these beneficent results. And this universality of the blessing is attribu table, in a great degree, to the two-fold influ ence which mental culture exerts upon indi vidual character. It not only adds a charm to the existence of- its recipient, by eniarg iug his command over physical comforts ; and opening new sources of enjoyment in intellectual pleasures, but it reflects these advantages upon the world at large, by im pressing him with the will, as well as the power, to advance the welfare of his fellow men. Mental excellence is generally illus trated and ennobled by a philanthropic spir it. That spirit stimulates the labors of the votary of science in his laboratory, the artist in his studio, the man of letters in his closet. And although the annals of learning supply us with many instances to the contrary, some of which have engaged our momentary attention ; yet on the other hand, the long and brilliant array of names, illustrious in all the departments of science, art an liter ature, who have sought the highest reward of a life of benevolent la" or, in the legacy of benefits which they have bequeathed to pos terity, evinces the almost universal applica tion of the principle, that benevolence and the desire of au honorable fame are the nat ural consequences of the development of mind. In the great and perpetual conflict between good and evil, of which the world is the battle ground, the forces of knowledge are irrevocably enlisted in behalf of the gen eral welfare. Some of her disciples have viewed the contest with indifference ; others have desertysi the good cause and endeavor ed to betray it into the hands of its enemies ; but the great body of her followers compose a vast army, which has constantly borne for ward its standard, and marched from victory to victory over the enemies of the rights, the liberties and the happiness of mankind. I have thus endeavored to represent the pspularizulion, if I may so term it, of intel ligence, as the great lever of material pro gress and social improvement. To give prominence to the idea that it is not the mere possession of a greater amount of scientific truth, brit it is the application of that truth to practical purposes and the number of minds to which it has penetrated ; it is, in fine, the dissolution of the old exclusive priesthood of learning, and the diffusion of its essence through the whole current of com mon life and every day affairs, which marks the superiority of the present age, and gives life in the nineteenth century a dignity and glory which it never before attained. It is not the simple passage of the Nile across the plains of Egypt, as it carries its turbid stream along its proper channel to the unfathomable sea, which constitutes it the praise and bless ing of the land. But when, swollen with its annual flood, it rolls along its vast volume of waters, laden with the seeds of life and sources of fertility, and bursting from its narrow banks, pours its rich tide over the parched and burning soil j then it is that its genial influences are manifested in the con version of those desert sands into a glad suc cession of smiling meadows and cultivated fields. So the flood of knowledge, breaking forth. from its channel, and spreading over the whole surface of the mental world, has changed the hlank desert of human existence into a fair garden, blooming in its beauty and plentiful in its fruitfulness. I am confident that this attempt, however bumble and imperfect in its character, will -13L'CliANAN not be deemed inappropriate to the present occasion, upon which we have assembled to celebrate the final installation in our midst of a new institution of learning. My theme points, with unerringsertainty, to au increase of the opportunities of tlwrough collegiate instruction. as the end to which a truly phi lanthropic spirit of progress should direct its efforts. As au iustrument, , therefore. which promises to exert a powerful influence for the further diffusion of intelligence through the mind of the rising generation, and for-the transmission of its blessings with increased lustre to poNerity, I congratulate the com munity on the final establishment of Frank lin and Marshall College. 'lt snot as an ad dition of one more to the numerous colleges of the State that the opening of these spa cious halls deserves our countenance and regard. The multiplication of college, is a very different thing from that increase of the opportunities of thorough collegiate instruc tion which the wants and requirements of the times demand. The building up of so many petty colleges throughout the limits of Pennsylvania has been a positive drawback to the development of its intellectual re sources in their highest character. 'Without adequate means for the employment of a competent body of accomplished teachers, or for the acquisition of the apparatus necessa ry for a thorough iustructiom they drag out at best a languishing existence, filling rather, under the dignified name of colleges, the office of academies, for the tuition of the youth of the immediate communities in which they are located. By their very num ber they have prevented any one of them from ac.,uiring that wide spread respect and confidence which are essential to the support of a great institution of learning, thus dissi pating resources, which. if concentrated, would have sufficed for the permanent estal,- lishment of oueiustitution. which could make a, decided imprrc upon the age, and give a distinctive character to the mental culture of Pennsylvania. It is because Franklin and Marshall College affords a fair prospect of accomplishing this centralization, of con centrating in some degree upon itself these resources, now scattered an•i isolated, and of attracting the support and affection of the great body of the citizens of the Common wealth, that this occasion claims our special interest and favor. Apart from its present energe , ic and efficient administration of its affairs, the fundamental idea upon which the whole structure rests, united with the advan tages of its location, give promise of the realization of this high destiny. If ever the general mind of Pennsylvania is to acquire a• healthy, vigorous and complete develop . ment, it vitizt be by a mode of culture pecu liar to itself, and corresponding with the origin and special characteristics of our pop ulatiou. hi the colleges of New England. we see an order of education which harmo nizee with; and refieets in every respect, the origin, tin- habits of thought, and the consti tutional eliaraeterisfics of the people of New England. And for this reason they have gained a support, and consequent influence and celebrity, superior to any others in this country. But, though the -,effects of their order of education upon the general genre of those states. is such as upon com parison with ourselves, to call a blush upon the cheek of a Pennsylvanian : yet it is not by a slavish imitation of their methods that our marked inferiority can be overcome.— That mode of culture, exactly followed here, as it has generally been, will never succeed in developing to their highest point the in tellectual resources of Pennsylvania. Any institution which aspires to the high place of being the leader and exponent of that de velopment, must exhibit in its own organi zation, the constitutional differences whiaft distinguish our population from that of other states of the Union. Our Commonwealth. is pre-eminently a German State. It is stamp ed in every part with the impress of the German character of its people. So great . a proportion of its citizens is of German de scent, so large a part of its fertile territory and personal wealth is in German handS, that their national characteristig,s and habf, its of thought have exercised a prepondera ting influence on its public and slicial char acter and conduct. Any order or education, therefore, which takes no account of this peculiarity in our condition, which ignores the existence of this element, is not the proper order for Pennsylvania. The stub born prejudices of our German citizens against the cause of education, have been notorious, and the fact that to their mental lethargy has been justly attributed the failure of Penn sylvania to keep up with her sister states in the race of intelligence, not only exhibits the extent of their influence upon her position and character, but proves the necessity of appealing to their peculiar interests and af fections, in order to achieve eminent success in any movement in the cause of mental culture which - is intended to -effect the whole state. It is well ascertained that those pre judices are fast disappearing, and that the German mind in our midst is becoming every day more and more awakened to the neces sity and advantages of Knowledge ; and the great desideratum now is, the establishment of some noble institution of learning, in whose halls that element may feel perfectly at home; which acknowledging a congenial sympathy, and harmonizing its mode of cul ture, with their characteristics and habits of thought, may attract their general confidence and affection, and which, at the said time, by the munificence of its endowment, and the greatness of its capacity for instruction, will be equal to the duty of dispensing the highest mental culture to the numbers, Which that general regard and confidence will gath er to its bosom. It requires nothing but. the proper tribute'froa the overflowing wealth of Lancaster City and County, nothing but , the exercise of an encouraging liberality on the part of our citizens, to enable Franklin and Marshall College to retell this high posi tion, and fulfil this noble duty. It is formed by the union of two corporations, which have always maintained au intimate connection and relation with this German element. By the terms of the charter of Franklin college, its funds were expressly devoted to serving the cause of learning among the German part of our population. Marshall college, in the twenty years of its existence, had al ready gained a strong foothold in their affec tions and confidence; by adapting its instruc tion to their peculiar genius, and faithfully devoting its energies to the awakening of their slumbering mental power*. Ushered into existence therefore with such antece dents, the new College appeals to the same element for support, and stands pledged to pursue the same ends and` devote its ener gies to the same purposes. By the constitu lion and complexion of its faculty, by its public promise to maintain a lively coin,. munieation with the 1 terature and science the philosophy and religion of Germany," and by the reigning spirit of its culture, it redeems those pledges, and now presents it self to the State as the representative and exponent of an order of education which is the only one calculated to develope its capa bilities in their best form. The local advan' tages of its situation are also eminent. Easy of access from all quarters by great high ways of travel, healthy in its climate, with all the conveniences of life largely and cheap ly supplied, and possessing a rare combina tion of the benefits of city life with the de lights of rural senery iu its most beautiful and fertile forms, the mere geographical posi tion of the College is superior to that of any other in the State. But it is with reference to the peculiar character of the Institution that those advantages are most conspicuous. Situated in the heart of a pre-eminently 'German county, the industry and enterprise of whose population, their stern integrity of life and homely virtues, combined with their prosperity and ahnridant wealth, have made it the chief seat and centre of the German influence of the State, the college is thus placed on an eminence which cannot fail to attract the gaze and fasten the attention of the whole German population of America. These are some of the elements of success which make the dedication of these Halls, in which Franklin and Marshall College will henceforth pursue the purposes of its mis sion, an occasion full of high hope And prom ise. A distinguished friend of and laborer in the cause of education, Bishop Potter, has expressed the opinion, that if we could blend the deep and comprehensive thought, the speculative research and liberal enthusiasm of Germany, with the active practical energy and the indomitable enterprise of the Ameri can character, we might inaugurate a form of culture nobler and more beneficent than the world has yet seen. This is the special object and purpose of the new College, and this peculiarity of its mission, therefore, far from impairing' its general usefulness, only ennobles the form of culture which it is'pre pared.,to confer upon all classes of onr fellow citizens. And if it achievescornplete success in this high mission, we may expect to wit ness such effects upon both individual and State character, as will draw to it the eyes of the whole uatim), and render:it one of the greatest and most Influential institutions in the land. With such magnificent results within the boundaries of our vision, every feeling of philanthropy, every impulse of State and County p.ide forbid us to permit the experi ment to languish or fail for want of material encouragement and support. Its success will redound-largely to the.honor and credit of our City and County, to the diffusion of a taste for learning in our midst, to the exal tation of the tone of our society, and the advancement of its material prosperity. To what benevolent object then, can the super -abundance of its wealth be applied, which in the pleasing perCktion of its . beneficial operation, will render a larger or More grati fying return What nobler or more endur ing fame, can any one desire than that of being a chief instrument in the accomplish ment of such a destiny as is here promised ? No one can hope to enshrine his name iu more splendid monument, than this living one, which by continuing to confer blessings upon humanity, will perpetuate the memory of its builders, in the grateful recollections of coming generations. Private endowments and bequests to Colleges are said to be things unknown in our State. But may we not with justice suppose, that this is owing to the fact that we have had no institution which from its wide sphere of influence and prospects of extended usefulness. seemed to be a worthy recipient of an enlarged and liberal bounty And may we not expect that now, when a fitting opportunity pre sents itself, our wealthy citizens will come to the assistance of a college ; which with such efficient aid, cannot fail to become one of the leading institutions of the country With the earnest hope that such just expec tations may be realized, and with these vis ions of future grandeur floating around us, and consecrating this occasion, I again con gratulate the community on their new pos session, and recommend it to the ardent support and good will of every one before me, who cherishes in his bosom one spark of patriotic State or County pride. STATE OF HENRY REIST (now deed) L ,ktel Ann hi, S kIo, in thel' ml nt Common Pleas the , •z,ehte Who . Erb and Jo,ph lhoiry 11'J , tio.:: , 11 da) of Aprrilto„o hl: iu t officeof the Prininiontitry Sa n ) Ciitn i t. 111,111ilt ;.,tate. ar,Notirt. hereby hiveu to all persoon ititerestett in the said Estate, that the said l'ourt have appointed the - 211.1 day ot Juno. In'4l, for th ..eol,h.di•ot thereof, unlens xuption. le tiled. .ith . t l. It. o‘VMAN, Pr, 411'y. l'ittiOs Odic, i.nn ape .2ti apr'29 4t I Ilieup Bookn.--Greai Hafglahlls.-111 tot the lerreliii . t iinsines at the of, and Clear lieu Cyan, and the Wald routa ler the transacting .4 the i nereased busitions, the design. is to retrieve the 11,-k z't -re to the serend 11-er of the hui 'Hag en Ile corner the hunting:, in which the It ank Slo,re is nL present. And as the lea, has, jest rie used freal tle• Tta.l, Sahm with a nory pnrg, of IKS nt. exeeeiling:y low pri:ies netkeS their t.talr',, inlieh larger th in it ever has been.— li intend. and are centpell,,i io nefie tle• plesent-as much :Ls p..ssible. e l I/ -- I their very l nn.to wit their IV° ea, the I , ill/ ll • great oppontunity to hay nanny valuable Literary nenin as "tic IN.', are niew :Ind ,leet. these t their Lil,•acies would de cell by talking and examining ter Yeti will 'lint in noli !bat yon eill iv:iat. and ,At /Olt ‘rill repay )i.lir Awunq the malty. yen will ;BI ll,lpty A. Pee', \ oda,. 'Pret. N.tatts 1 I,art., St.. k rtll,l ‘VOC,S. Sp irk a A.eettoalt Iti •c /aptly. ye a 1.1 , 1 t the Peat et The 410,..ii1.•t• ate. have the ral Ntv: .tn . , 0! th.• rt/11,1,..r.' ran,, ill he otatittitly 11/AN:i..l ill any part ail the entinty. e art-inlet, in th.• nee V at; la,kter. tia -.2. any peraon ran hare it protoptiy tar nne year. tat the retular day ui pultliatt iva. Itentotitket the New and ('heap .Stere, latte,onet. ant . 22 ff 14 s: or. PRING • AND SUIIIMER. C'LOTTIING t. 7 The undersi.rned roprets the attention of his friend• and the public to hi: new and Inerte a s rtment or AND rIUMNII.:I{ all of which Ir uf his own mannfaeture, every artirlc warranted l tn Le well :mule. nod will be eel(' ns 4avil h. Imught at tiny other sh.re in this city. Ills larze And vt , inplete stoel; of r.pusi , t,. in 1.1..1.-- awl Brown C1"111 Frock and Dn., 0.! an , i Wire do do 131:14.1: and Fan v Cam4n..re =II . . , . . Shirts. Collars, Shwas. Cravats mill it lo.rether with a eoniplete asstirtiiont of all arti,liis ususlly kept at establishments of this clas.. Cl. G. , issiiners and Vestings in the piese. always on hatol. mid will be made up to order at the lowest prices. in the In st manner. and with punctuality. Having purrhased his goods for cash. he is prepared to soli at the very lowest prier, jy — Creroxcu Roue Made to order at the shortet.t notice, and in 1110 111.4 werkinanliae manner.— By strut attention to business. and a desire to please his customers by selling none but the hest goods at lair prices. the undersigned hope, to secure a cent unto, of the Wen :d share of public patronage he hits , ner, I-fore riateiced. Non h 411,11 Lnlwastpr. thv St 4 r... t.f 7ahm ontl 114 'y Itntlor vreAllister'm Pia:4ll2ln Points for Light. 131_ SING Rita:l.—Oar Point, itrn of iiiperi tbhloa !wily about sin I nchee %r id' pill with puro gold to prevtilt th.• action of weathor. unit tipped with soiiil Notion. 'Choy bor. been in to flyer twenty and Inter i r nsrn general Prices:V."o =:t ,t.o•i per pilot. aocordittir rite rin,nt.ty of Platina. l'rinti it di, hoot tircumpli ^l,ll point tlannfartnred It NI. A1.1,1 , 1'4;14 Ell . E,t.tbli-hid in 1 ,4 4 4711,-inut ,tr. id, Philadelphia. 11, I titpli , for Llghtuin.4 toi tlo• lowicoit pri it'd 1:2 :tin - . 14 i.trg.- awl ,lect :I.,Uttnwnt tli- nbove. , tarran , ”tt and embracing 1)120) wholetaie .Vonntrs hbEtral ilixot.t. )1.1t1:1S k (; Phil.i. Tarot, Kircher, Manufacturer of Nock's t) Patent Le. ks and 1 nk-tit no!, P. E. cot: er of 7th nu.' Mar ket Streets. id Story. Philadelplost. are and -.f.rt kind r made for iron door,. ,tor, , and dwellirwr, Alav:—Manufacturer r.f Patent for :svitrlios and Railroad CA, l'at..nt lialvdand, and luk•Woll-Cover, f"r r 4.11. 4A th.shr. These inntrunnnits aro il, lab—t and in•lvt appru,d kind o, made. 't'hc public getn•rall} at.' invited to cai! and thorn :in rxmmination .1Ar(113 K IRCIIE)I. E. Corn, nt 7th And Market Streets. 410 ea 14 iranted--AT THE CHESNL f HILL IRON ORE 11 UOMP:tiNrF Wt 111 on eln•sntit Hill..ven ndlrx tr.mi Innoector, itta three from Colombia. Lancaster hi., 100 go9,llal,nug bond.. Wer.:,..4 F.r.t T., month, end paid in cash every in...nth. Thit is a healthy plmefree ag nc. 11. li. KNOTWELI ' ... ht- Ii Manager.' pREMENDOCS EXCITEMENT :—T If I.: bargains I am now offering in CAKI't.TS: are worth the attouti in of o reel - one. Bru , nels carpet worth $112!.:: l'lrtuiner, do. 37.: worth 50 et. Gold Winlow Shade*, . . . ),lercharits. Hou , ekeepers. Hotel Proprietors, ownerq of Ve,sels and Steam Boat, Committees. and iu fact ever) elao, who want to furnish with good goods, a tlow prices, cannot find a better assorttnent at such reduced price, , I nm now at. Call arid examine :II No. 117 North Second street. (above l' A itie.) Philadelphi JIM N M. EVANS. apr 15 3m 13 JOSEPH E. WINNER, WHOLESALE & RETAIL llo,ksell.r nod Mode Dealer, ST North eixtli street. below Race, Philadelphia. Miscellaneous Works, Bibles, Prayer Books, llytuu Books, Albums, School 800 I. s, Toy Books, ...itationery, etc., etc- Together with a large an 6ortmout of Musical Mercbandlm., comdstlng of Strings, Bridges. Tailpieces. etc.. at prince defying competition.— All kiuds of Musical Instrument.; ueally repaired or taken iu exchange. Dealers are earnestly requested to call. N. B.—Qrders by mail promptly answered. Books cud Piano Thede, etc., forwarded free of charge. 'aprv flm 12 iHE MODEL SEED STORE.—No. 309 Mar ket Street, above Bth Street, Philadelphia. JAIIIES DANIELS, Seedsmau, Ste, formerly F. F. Croft & Co. liar deo 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; limas and Field seeds of extra quality, tireenhou.se plants, bulbous roots, Shade, Fruit and Ornamental Trees. Shrubs, he., Lawn Grass in all Its varieties. mar 4 8m 7 AND CHEMICAL sty of Drugs, Medicines and Lancaster, at Dr. & Welch- Nu. 27 North Queen be National House Charles M. Erien I jrlee an. iiiiiiweinunts fur th people. Every article tor sale is at Philadelphia prices and warranted fresh and pure. It any article prOves not to be what it is represented, or d u es not do what is prowl. fur It, when properly used, we ask its return. when the nt ney will be refunded. The _ . VXCELSIOR DRUG _Li STOKE. The greatest v. Fancy Artiehm ever opened in ' DI - 114 and Chemical lu the ',tore Hoorn in ' 1 c•rm'rly ovelipied by Beether. ideek id every article Line which can be obtained In 111 is or soy other city. .!;piees and Extracts' for Family Use. Farina. Corn-Starch, Eakin i Powdery. Highly concert tratod lI fl xtra:ts, for avoringj Hies, custards, £c. Fancy Soaps aid Perfumery. A large end splendid variety of the finest and beet Per. turnery and z , oaps over opened In this city. Oils and Tinctures. All the Essential OM. and T primed of a superior quit dy, Aiwa), fresh and pure. I Patent .Yet All the leading and most use rt which 05t, kept by no other tinith'A I.7l,tri,ini. Von itantrei lit, slid certain Cure fa. the medicine new remedy rer t wanauted to cure in every cue Daguerrean dint Am rotype Chemicals. A I.irge variety and the only supply of such chemicals as MN' used by diniuurreau cud brotype artiste kept any where in the city, and as ,low he they ran be purchased In Philadelphia Dentist's .11alerials. ueit article, as are lined by he Dental Profession always hand, and can be furnished to dentists In the country et the shorn-t n-tice, by lette. or order. in: ruments of th :.yrittgos of a pinnn urinals, male awl female, tattalvrs. glens pipe:. nipple nholle. vrtorts, lot t.ratittatlag giStlneS. 110111..01in. r very variety altil niz ifumw4athic 110 °ugh the earnest solidi lions and assistance of the hottneopat hie physicist's of tie city, I have been Induced to 'w uric lull and general s pply of the purest and beat line Apatti, medicines, and atilt be prepared to 1111 orders, , ,•r prerttatoor. with much afety,aud an good Oltsdieftler be pr,ettred at any tluni in the larger citlea. Hullo. o Arno, l'hister.; Arnica dourt Plaster, Adltedive Plas ter and Adhesive Straps. Also, a superior article of 'lonia , opa t hic Arai', Tincture alway on hand. Persons wishing to have their medicine chests filled, can be accommodated with the barite modieines that they bare heretofore beau at ' the cep., .ending to the city of Philadelphia for. Prescriptions. • ilaniing plot-urea the hervice of a thoroughly educated drddzist, who has put up from ten to fifteen thousand Pre. ~i,tions in a year, 1 feel bold in saying to Physicians and ethet, that that branch 14 th /. business which nil agree to be the ur st ilabgerous and res .onsiblo, will he attended ha with grunt rare nud iu n seient tic manner. a % Horev, ANI. Cants l'owu a on hand, fresh. apr tf 14 A'FCHES, CLOCKS' &. SPECTACLES ZAHN & J CKSON, At I Sir old established Cluck, Watch and Jewelry Store, No. 13 North Queen street, Laticaker, respectfully Inform choir friends and the public lu •eueral, that they continue 1,, L.,...), it large and well ',lee oil assortment of Goods lu their liar. They arc conetantly reevivli • additions to their stock, front the - C . oi, , of New York hi d Philadelphia, and flatter Ilit•111,1,N 11. t they lama, .f f . Mtt. i which enable them t . t.:ler iad cements nut often let with out of larger cities. I id, stmt contists in part tit Gold and Silver Chronom eter:l nii.lex. Le‘or. Lonnie, Et glish and Quartier •• I% and, t, Glinting Ca... Aland open face with richly 1i,.. ) ea; i -.1 alit plain Cases . , 1.../..kb (8 day &30 hour' , Off - It, Iss. Mann, Lever ..tid other %inchs. A la, go ...ssortaioilt of spectacles, Gold, Slaver, Steel, German Silver land plated—bum near sighted and tit het s, eutbi acing every variety, and sold by the dozen or tingle pair at coy prices. Jewelry, Gold and Silver Pencils, Gold Pens, (with or without cases, I,:oli,, and 'Vents Breast Pius, Fiugor Rings, Ear Rings, Girard Chain, Lockets. ere. :• , 1 L.% Eit IV ARE. 1 hir stook of Silver soul Plated Ware it the largest In thi, city, mud consists of Table, Tea, Dessert, Salt and M it,tar , l Spoons, Butter, Fish stud Fruit Knives, Napkin ::h ties. Mugs, z. 4 oup . Ladles. Cas ork • Fruit Baskets, Thim. ACCtilt D ;INS. El toy and itosewisal-Flutidas, Polkas, Plain and Dou ble die) ed, with Single and Doable Bass. . .. . . ...... . - ,ilver, ' , hell, Bulialti, H Horn nd Num Combs, Plain and Cased. Hair, Cloth, Infant, Flesh,' Kith, Comband NAB Drunks ,: Cutlery, Razors. PetolinivSs, .tc. A complete :test:mount of to rt Monsies. Pocket Books, Pueses and Money Belts. tallr:, and others supplied Pocket ith the above, or any oth er goods In their line, on the n'ost accommodating terms. t 1 wk., Watches. Jewelry all ,Spectucles neatly repaired and warren toot. ap. t, tf 12 . ...__ ._ r i 0 VAILIIIERS.—The übsrlbern respectfully call I the atteettun of all those id want of Fertilizers, to their ste. 'I: C.. 11,11,1111,4 4.1' PERU V lAN:Gt./VERN 31ENT IiCIANO, receiv; il directly Crum the gov rnment bgents. and In all caws ea; ramed to he genuine. We We also call your ellen oi.,ll t o illt. ..ob•blaa fr l'All , l OCEAt; (11.:ANu. This ar L ti .1. Is vet,•lll,i tally ~1 11:d t Peruvian IJULIIIO, as OVi urn, vtl by the stataysts and prat deal test of Farmers, and is odered at a loWl.r price than lw peruvittu. c‘t1..1.: 11111.1) 1; I; A N ti.—Thi article is also a 'good ter tiliZer, packed in barrels and it Id at a very low price Ilai is lee n appointed by M -en. Allen 811oettlea their :spells for the sale or their well-known I M PRoVED 6t: vole ATE i IF UM E,lee are now ready to fill ur r,.. de for the same. Fete the ti stimony of those who have lied this Fertilizer tier some years pant, we feel fully fai th, ,/ izvd 111 ea, tug that' it is the •• Bost Application " for Wheat. Cont. Mats. tiridei and other erops—which require a I Igloos and permanent stimulant—that has ever been offend lo the nubile. Also, constantly On hand,' PL.l.o*Ele--iii th.• lump Ida' ground. I ,LI /, T_ilr d uel Alma : old A'litou line. i',..4b.--We hare rdways on hand It large stook 01 0 PM III•Ii., quality for Lime Rusin• and Family floe, which we offer at the lowest market poce... rt , b • Apple at. lite Warehousefat Omen's Landing, on the Ciee,toga Navigation. or at tht. Conotoga Transportation I.lffi, 111 Llnral-1.,. 1 GEO. CA LI/ ER /1 CO. 1114 Apr-- _ . 1 yeing and Scouring—Philip Hudson, Fancy Lili2,er. Lai :North Thirteenth Street, Philadelphia, three doors alwve Cherry Street, respectfully tnforms the iitizetis of Lancaoter county nod elsewhere, that all kinds of Silks, Crapes, Merinoes, kc., are dyed In the most fashionable and permanent Ct. Ladles' cashmere and etc. crape shawls, cloaks, , del sed and pressed equal to new; dresses watered Its superior style. Gentlemen's apparel siioureil and dyed in sdperior style zit' short, Dye ing in all its various branches( done at short notice, and ou the lowest terms. Also, Carpets amused. A call is sarnestly solicited, as It is verY convenient for those wh ti hould WOOS anything in the above line. Phila. mar IS V'EW AND USEFUL 11— SAMUEL ill. o. Shingle and Stave Ma chine. Lumber uuas, Capitalietl soil Speculators will find in the. Machine a on re, sure anti profitable investment.— It will lira to ten tbousand Pine, Oak or Ches nut rhingl from Ow tell per lay; or Rive froju fifteen to Camay 111011.i:toil Chives. Ito great simplicity and the.per tem manner in which it discs work counnahild the mita ration of all who see it. Any person wishing to view one rail do so by calling at the Pollen W. irks nt Mii..srs. Miller Ot Tenenbaum. 'I p r 22 am 14 and Riot• bur wk. SAM ° T R CR E CL‘ N .SI E III I .N V C B I.I.I P Z R AAI I.ausaster. opposite IVe.idler's :01ALINti, Proprietors.—This . .•stAbli,litent is daily re , tiving city awl county t •r Clothing, yr) tip le the ni..st approved and ft quality, neatness nod durality, odr• i 0 the city 'it Lon:aster. IS am now opening our t; , ,oli:•, wind, have helm an- foul n' , 111.. of tlo 11,1, ill PhilWit,/phi.. and • it, di, Atention of .11r friends. public general 'to i, het..re elsewhei 11ient that ail orders received at attended to with promptness nnc ploy oote• but the bent workmen give satistartien. our stock of 111:A101 . ..11ADE CLOTHING for Men and fl a ys. o,iprists of the largest anti mast varied a.sertment to Lo foul in the city. not only comprising all the different hae.6 of g.ealb. but also the lat •st styles of color, so that all may he arrommodated who aver us with their patron route early friends. and 1:k1 assured, The cheapest Clothing you've secured, While the hewn in spreadiOg 'round at far. The resort in to the Clothing Bazaar. .11. r tt 15 _ _ oraur Tilt .11 mar 4 t: ` LATE ROOFING.—The subscriber, agent for C) John llmhphreys A Co's Rodfing hints, manufactured at Sate Rid. I"..rk county, Psi respectfully Inform. the itizeus •f tm Lancter city and c ,unty, that he la prepared t., put ‘•n roms in the beat manner, by the very beat work men, on abort notice. lie inritei those wlahing roofs put on to call and examine the quality of the Slate. WILLIAM WRIGHT, South Prince st., Lancaster. apr 29 3m 15 THE Subscribers ha r ring removed to E 1 their NEW ANP SPACIt )1.7S STORE, No .278 Cater:lsm t i Si.. FOURTH 0000 ABOVE TYNTH, a a now prepared to offer a large and well-eelerted 'dock o the following fresh and Memahle goods, principally of eir own importation, or bought at auction, which they +ire able to sell at the im• porters' prices, and to which their cordially invite the at o,otino of Country Merchants, tel Keepers, and famßlom generally. Buff. I lreen. and Venitian Win i dow Shading. Barnsley and Irish Linen Shee'ling,7-4, S-4, 9-4, 10-4,114, 134 wide. Bolster and Pillow Linens of several choice bleachers, and all widths from IS to 54 inches. lied Blankets of all sizes and q l ktalilies Crib and Cradle Blankets. Ertl Quilts of the following varieties, viz :—Marsailles, Welting, Knotted, Register, Alba rabrs, Allendale and Lan caster, of all the desirable !die. Bureau Corers, Table Covers; Window Curtain lima* Towels and Towelling of every variety: Damask Table Cloths and Napkins: Shirting Linens ant ; Cambric Hand kerchien. }:mbrolderies, Hosiery ? &c., &e. Bronstal, Da masks, Moreens, Embroidered Lnce and Muslin Curtains; Gilt Cornices, Bands, Gimps, Cord &c., &e. SHEPPARD 4" VAN HARLINGEN. importers and Dialers to Linen. and house Furnishing i;oods. No. 278 Chestnut St., abo ape 22 K EYSTONE FIRE 1311 1 'ORANGE CO. , PHILADELPH A, PA. Capital $300,000. Ch er Perpetual. Agent—S. 11. REYNOLDS, At rney at Law, S. Queen 4 trnet, Lancaster. op 1 17 11 attronst House, Eur "Lut Restaurant, No. 48 Co.. Streets, SAN FRANCISCO. . jan 50 .'7•••111 NO. 19 iu Ulu Drug and Cheratiml any first class drug store to ul Patent Medicines, many rug, Moro in the city. B. Rheumatic Lotinn, Rhode's ever and Ague. This teat tis stubborn disease, and is e, or rho money will be re- =MEI truments.. finest make and I sizes, or glass aunt tuntal; glans spittoons for invalids, .gloss lunch tubes; breast •h tubes, filtering runnels. is :And other viols, jars and Med'cines EL M. KING, Patentee Lenraeter, Pa 'lll THE LANCAN t No. - 58 North Queen at., [Hotel. DONNELLY & popular and well known niers from all parts of the .ich the proprietors make blamably silly—being in iperiur to Roy others lOW 11. 4 1N0 AND SUM. siilected with the 1 1 '1 moat I:l4ltienatne Id mostly respectfully the former patrons ofJes. y, to call and examine our that they may feel con our establishments will be dwipatch; Anil as we em we can warrant every si• e Tenth, kiladelptiLl. peen style Hotel ...relsl and No. 87 Clay EY a THOMPSON, PropTiators.
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