Sl)c iiancastcr JlntcUujciu'a: VOL. LYIII. LOVELY MARY DONNELLY. [The following exquisite ballad U the composition of Wm. Allingh&m, one of the late garland of British poets the past year has produced.J “Oh, lovely Mary Donnelly, it’s yon I love the best! If fifty girls were round you, I'd hardly see the rest. Be what it may the time of day, the place be where It will, Sweet looks of Mary. Donnelly, they bloom before, me still. £ “Her eyes like mountain water that’s flowing on a rook, How olear they are, how dark they are! and they give me many a shock. Bed rowans warm in sunshine, and wetted with a shower Oould ne’er express the charming lip that has me In its pow'r. “ Her nose is straight and handsome, her eyebrows lifted up, Her ohin is very neat and pert, and smooth like a ohina oup, Her hair’s the brag of Ireland, so weighty and so fine, It’s rolling down upon her neok, and gathered in a twine. “ The dance o’ last Whit Monday night exoeeded all before,' No pretty girl for miles around was missiDg from the floor; 1 But Mary kept the belt oflove, and oh but she was gay; She danced a jig, she sung a song, and took my heart away. “ When she stood up for danoing, her steps were so complete, The musio nearly killed itself, to listen to her feet; The fiddler moaned his blindness, he heard her so much praised, But blessed himself he was’nt deaf when once her voice she raised. “And evermore I'm whistling or lilting what .you Your smile is always in my heart, { your name beside my tongue ; But you’ve as many sweet hearts as you’d aount on both your hands, And for myself there’s not a thumb or little finger “Oh, you’re the flower of womankind In country or in town, The higher I exalt you the lower I’m cast down. If some great lord should come this way and see V" your beauty bright, And you to be his Indy, I’d own it was but right. “Ob might we live together in lofty palace hal), Where joyful music rises, and where soarlet curtains Oh might we "live together in a cottage mean and With sods of grass the only roof, and mud the only wall! “Oh lovely Mary Donnelly, your beauty’s my dis tress ; It’s far too beauteous to be mine, but I'll never wish The proudest plaoe would fit your face, and I am poor and low, But blessings be about you, dear, wherever you may FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW, Over lane, and roof, and steeple, Lies the soft and yielding snow ; And behold, a crowd of people Moving, noiseless, to and fro; Like to gangs of spectres—people Moving, noiseless, through the snow. Tho’ tba eohoes all are voiceless To the stepß that come aod go, Every step, however noiseless, Leaves a footprint in the snow, And each print, altho' 'tis voioelosa, Telia its story to tho snow. Here be steps of youth'and maiden, Age and manhood—pleasure; pain— Borne whom cares have overladen, Borne whom oare has sought in vain— Steps of manhood, youth, and maiden, - Care will follow not in vain! Yonder prints all blear’d—uneven— Marks some weary pilgrim’s shoon; After all his sins forgiven, May the grave aocept him soon ! He, whoso steps seem so uneven— May the grave aocept him soon ! There are foot-marks, hard and rigid— From their pressure we may know One, whose heart, as winter frigid, Melts not at another’s woe ! But, beware ! Wrong, howe’er rigid, Bight will overtake with woe. There an Impress, neat and slender, Shows where some fair girl hath pass’d— God'. o’erwatoh a thing so tender! Angels 1 shield her from the blast! Heart so frail, and form so slender, Heeds be shielded from the blast! Here a naked foot seems oreeping, Plainly mark’d eaoh little toe; Has some mad-oap child been leaping From the window, in the snow ? Out! some beggar’s brat is creeping, Creeping, shivering thro’ the snow ! While, with whoop and shout bewild’ring, Chasing, racing down the street, Here a band of merry ohildren Leave the marks of dancing feet’ To that bare-foot child, bewild’ring'' Are those marks of dancing feet.’ Thus upon the prospeot dreary, Like the ohild of long ago, I could gaze for hours, unweary, Counting footprints in the Bnow ! Musing o’er the prospect dreary, Reading footprints in the snow 1 In them lies no unwise moral — Footprints in the melting Bnow ! With the soft snow do not quarrel; But a little while—’twil go ! Meanwhile, all may find a moral, Reading the footprints in the snow. MR. BUCHANAN AT WHEATLAND. The editor of the Rome (N. Y.) Sentinel lately paid a visit to Mr. Buohanan, at Wheatland, and gives a very interesting account of in the Sentinel of the sth ult. The editor makes a mistake in saying that Wheatland is on the principal traveled route'to Harrisburg. It is on the turnpike which leads to Marietta. It is, however, the best description we have yet seen of Wheatland and its illustrious ocou pant. We take from it the following extract: We have traveled through the richest valleys, and witnessed the most beautiful scenery of New England; we have passed through the highly cultivated fields and the finest portions of New York and the Middle States,, we have crossed the fertile plains, and the rich and boundless prairies of the Great West—but never in our life has Our eye rested upon a richer or lovelier country than that portion of Lancaster County whioh lies between Lancaster City and Philadelphia. It is emphatically, and yrithout exaggeration, the Eden of Penn sylvania, and the garden of the world. It is of itself worth a visit in the summer time from any person who resides no fi&titar than three hundred milks. Lancaster City is situated in the interior of Pennsylvania, and has a population of seventeen thousand inhabitants. About one and a half miles from this city is Wheatland, the residence of Mr. Buch anan. The road from the city is a narrow, Macadamized one, and is the principal traveled route to Harrisburg, the capital of the State. There are no sidewalks, and pedestrians are compelled to take the nar- suraa patterned after the baronial halls 01 row footpath, (just wide enough for a sin- Old England, and since unequalled upon gle foot passenger,) or travel in the beaten this cpntinent. A spacious hall, decorat track of the road. The country is rich ed with portraits, large parlors, with furni and pleasant, not unlike that lying between ture, of carved oak, a dining hall where a Lancaster and Philadelphia. After leaving battalion could banquet, and a library with the city and taking the Macadamized road,: a bow window commanding a prospect of the passenger wends his way up a hill, | picturesque magnificence, especially when though not a long nor a steep one. j Autumn had touched the foilage with his This point attained, and the traveler has ; lua gic pencil. The bright Bcarlet of the a.fiQe view of the quiet city of Lancaster; j maple, the deep crimson of the dogwood, its, towers, domes, steeples and college j the lively yellow of the chesnut, contras 1 buildings loom up and adorn ope side, e d strikingly with the deep evergreen of while, a little way in the opposite direction, ] the cedar, pine and hemlook, scattered and down a gentle declivity, is the resi- j through the forests. Below, the river dence of the Sage of Wheatland. The j foamed over its rocky bed to spread into a road to, and the residence of Mr. Buch- | lake like a sheet, and was dotted with small anan are marked with quiet and unusual ; islands, whose shadows reached far down stillness; all is hhshed, as if no one occupied , i nto the earth-tinted tide, that mansion, or resided near; the hum of Nathaniel Bacon, the master of the es the voices in the city, the distant lowing j tablishment, was a hale and handsome of the cattle, the noise of the laborers in i man, with thick black moustache, clear the far-off fields can be distinctly heard at j black eyes, and a florid complexion. Edu- Wbeatland. . j oated in England, during the convulsive As you approach the house you are still struggles between the throne and the par more struck with its Sabbath-like stillness; j liament, he believed" that popular rights the fine lawn in front of the residence, ! equal at least tu royal sway. Not so shaded with tall and beautiful trees; the i with his sister Henrietta, who had passed semi-circle carriage way, neatly swept and ' a winter with the Governor’s family at trimmed; the plain white fence separating Jamestown, where she had learned to the'house from the road, and the post and reverence the (C right divine ” of her sov rail fence on each side of the yard, give a ereign. Her age at this time was about 'Democratic air and an elegant appearance eighteen, and although her form was not to the Wheatland Mansion. The building what the voluptuary would have called per is of brick, two stories m height. feet, or her face one that a sculptor would The structure is about ten rods from the have chosen for a model,,yet there was a highway, and reposes, partly hid, in a winning expression in her eye 9, and a grace grove of trees in front and rear. We i Q ber movements, that enabled her to pushed-open the gate and the carriage- charm all who knew her. way, or gravelled walk, which guided up At the time our story commences, she to the mansion. No steps of children mar bad just opened a letter, from which a the beautiful lawn, and no play toys litter printed packet fell to the floor, the neatly swept carriage-way; the voices u Here, brother Nat,” said she, «is one of childhood are not there heard, breaking 0 f His Excellency’s letters to the privy 'the quiet stillness. A gentle pull at the council, sent back in good London print.” door was quickly answered by a colored j Bacon took the document, but as he person; r the door was thrown wide open— ; read a flush came over his cheek. At denoting cordiality—and we invited in. length he exclaimed, in an angry tone — As we entered, some three or four gen- » Hear how Governor Berkley closes his tlemen frbm another State were taking their accounts of us leave, anti Mr. Buchanan was welcoming « X thank God there are no free schools Ex-Governor P., of , and a gentle- no r printing, and I hope we shall not have man who accompanied him. We found no ! any these hundred years ; for learning has -difficultyi in singling out Mr. BuchanaD brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects from the group of grey headed persons j n t 0 the world, and printing has divulged who stood there. He is a fine, looking them, and libels against the best govern personage, middling height, rather fleshy, men t. God keep us from both !” and stoutly built. He haß a large head “Excellent, I declare !” said the fair and a massive forehead, denoting great loyalist. intellect. His hair is thin and is as white u Excellent! do you call that excellent, as the driven snow. The pictures of him gj r l 7” « I have half a mind to sell used for electioneering purposes, are very : my plantation, and remove to the North.” good resemblances, though we think they | (( Ah, brother Nat, you would have your hardly do him justice; we think he is the j noge frozen off, even if you only go among finest looking person, for so old a man, j t b e Manhattan Dutchmen, and—” that we ever saw. He extended his hand Here the laughing was interrupted by in a manner so cordial and frank that he t b e entrance of a stranger, who presented made us almost forget that we were in the a letter to Mr. Bacon. Glancing at the presence of one who is eleoted to. the Chief exterior, he introduced the new comer to Magistracy of the Union. . j his sister as Mr. Rupert Wythley, of Ac- We presented ourletter of introduction, comae, and breaking the seal, read the from a personal and political friend of Mr. contents. Buchanan. On reading it he gave us uj am happy to see you,” said he, when another friendly greeting, invited those be had perused the epistle; “ and regret present to be seated, and asked be ex- much to hear of the extraordinary course cused for a few moments, as, he said, there 0 f me Governor in disbanding tbe volun were some lady visitors in an adjoining teers. Can it be possible that at this time, room waiting to see him. He returned in w h en the yells of the savages resound five minutes, and gave evidence of his through the woods, Virginians must retire social powers, affability, dignity, decorum j their plantations, there to remain until and gentlemanly bearing. We remained i t h«y a ro «*alp«d!” but a short time ; but were very favorably j «Ah! I am glad to hear you talk so,” impressed. Mr. B. is a gentleman of replied Rupert Wythley, “ for I have come frankness and determination, possessing a expressly to request your acceptance of will and a.mind of his own. We are more the commission of General. Here it is, persuaded than ever that after the 4th of signed by five hundred as brave men as March next he will be “no longer James t b ero are oa the continent.” Buchanan,” but emphatically ihe President j « You surely are not asking my brother of the United States. to take up arms against Governor Berkley’s Extreme men at the North and South asked Henrietta, with a smile, will find no favor in his sight. His ad- | «Nay, Miss : but the country is in dan m we have not the least doubt, i g er> ” said the young man, who had already will one, and he will adminis- j began to admire the fair Henrietta, ter the affairs of this Government in a ■ . t xt i 3 a grave question,” remarked Mr. manner that will not only disappoint his j B a con, “ and I must ponder over it; moan enemies, but fully realize the highest an- l w bde, my sister will escort you to the falls, ticipations of his wamest friends and most j and ro ck where Pocahontas saved ardent admirers. | *he life nf Captain Smith. At dinner This is the first visit we ever made to | timQ j g i ve you an Answer.” the residence of a President, and it will Kupert Wythley was a young planter in all human probability be the last. A , near Jamestown, who, with a well propor feeling, amounting almost to reverence j Honed person, and a.' manly countenanoe, and awe, came over us as we approaohed ; possessed a noble heart and a cultivated the Wheatland Mansion. There, in that j j n tellect. His idea of female excellence quiet retreat, upon a farm in the rural dis- . bad been formed upon an ideal model of tricts, within that plain brick edifice, re- = perfection, in which he had blended the Bided one who is soon to be the ruler of | accomplishments of all the heroines of some thirty millions of people, 1 p o etry and romance. Vain had been his No sentinel guarded his door; about the j searc b hitherto, but ere he had been long gates of that mansion could not be found j w ; t b Henrietta, he imagined if her quali regiments of soldiers on guard or parade, j 0 f m { n( j corresponded with her personal protecting the owner from an infuriated , Karras, he had at length found the beau mob, or from secret _ assassination. The . ideal of female perfection, ballot boxes have decided who is to be the . Meanwhile her brother had been sorely successor of the present administration, . doubled at heart by the invitation to lead and spldicrs are not required to enforce g f e ]i o w-citizens. Like every true Vir the decision of that ballot, or to protect the : g; n ; ari) be felt that bis country was in dan life of a successful competitor. In the ■ r j for death was ravaging the land un calm and quiet retredt of the shades of der the hideous form of savage cruelty.— Wheatland, resides, the so ereign of these ■ The force out un d er the command of Cap- United States ; a simple brick structure is ; j o b n Washington had proved entirely his palace; a solitary servant his body insufficient, yet tbe Governor, instead of guard; a powerful intellect, an unsullied i ad( Jing to it, had rebuked them for killing reputation and a faithful servant m his a party of chiefs, because it injured the country’s service, his qualifications and leaver trade, of whioh he had a monopoly, recommendations; and a nation s choice r j'] an arme d resistance to the Indians his highest ambition and reward. was neceß g ar yj he did not doubt, but the thought of rising in arms against the will of the King’s Governor rather siaggered him. Old Bicks was an awful snorer. He could be beard further than a blacksmith’s forge ; but his wife became so accustomed to it that it soothed her to repose. They were a very domestic couple—never slept apart for many years. At length the old man was required to attend oourt at some distance. The first night after, his wife never Blept a wink ; she missed the snoring. The next night passed away in the same manner, without sleep. She was getting in a very bad way, and probably would have died, had it not been for the ingenuity of a servant girl. She took the coffee-mill in her mistress’ chamber and ground her to sleep at once. A new kind of telegraph has been sug- to place a line of women at the distanoe of fifty paoes from eaoh other, and then commit to the' first the news to be transmitted, as a profound se cret. It is confidently thought that there would be greater dispatch seoured by such a plan than by any telegraph now in op eration. We don’t pretend to say how it would work, though. « that country is the most prosperous where labor commands the greatest REWARD. V LANCASTER CITY, PA...TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1857. LOYALTY OF LOVE A TALK Or VIRGINIA. In the Autumn of 1674, the present site of Richmond was divided into two plantations, belonging to Colonel Byrd and Nathaniel Bacon, the mansion of the latter standing upon what is now called Shockoe’s Hill. It was one of those tine old man-. “ At any way,” said he to Wythlcy, as they sat enjoying their wine after dinner, “I will go to Jamestown and see how matters stand. Let the news reach me that a single white man has been harmed by the savages, and I will lead you on to vengeance, commissioner no commission.” A long storm, at the conclusion of which the fords were impassable, detained Rupert Wythley a week with the Bacons. He well improved the time; for ere he left, Henrietta acknowledged that she was not disinclined to treasure up the rich harvest of affection which he laid at her feet. __Nay, she was rather disposed to become more republican in her feelings, and to admit that Virginians might be capable of self government. Weeks passed, and in vain did Nathaniel and .while the name of the Wythleys is Baoon urge Governor Berkley to abandon remembered by many who visit the beau his scheme of detached forts, and organize tiful looality of their homes, onoe the scene a volunteer foroe of riflemen. At last ho of deadly slaughter, history sounds the left Jamestown in despair, and, ere going' praise of Nathaniel Baoon, and inscribes home, paid a visit to Henrioo, where the -his name, in golden letters, high upon the ■harp-iheeten were encamped, nnajpall«A 1 arobifeature of our National Pantheon. by the edicts of the Governor, cemmanding them to disperse. The men soon went on parade, under the command of Rupert Wythely : but ere he had learned the re ports of the sergeants, a horseman approa ched at full gallop. Riding up in front of the line, he checked his foaming steed, and shouted : . “The savages-are at the falls of James : River, killing and plundering. Turn out, ■turnout!” | “Where are they 1” asked Baoon, pale ] with apprehension. “They first killed all at the mills, and then camped around Bacon’s house on the hill. They say it is Powhatan’s council ground, and no white man shall possess it.” “And Miss Bacon V eagerly inquired Wythley. “I heard they’d got a white gal pris oner, and meant to torture her in a few days at a grand war dance.” “Baoon,” exclaimed Wythley, “do you now hesitate 1” “No! no!” Then raising his voioeuntil it rung in trumpet tones over the fieltf, he continued, “Virginians forgive my hesita tion. Now, that my own home is desolate, can I ask you to follow me to the rescue of a loved sister V' A loud shout of “Lead ou !” made the hearts of Bacon and Wythley beat high again ; nor was it was it many hours ere the force was in motion. A braver set of men never hastened to the fray., The sun had set in clouds behind the ridge, and woods grew dim, as the Virginians ap proached the house of their general.—: Scouts who had been sent in advanoe to reconnoitre reported that there was an | entrenchment around the house, within I which a huge counoil fire had been lighted I exactly at sunrise. It was evident no time was to be los l . The mounted cavaliers, under the command of Wythley, were or dered to sweep around to the right, while Gen. Bacon led the bulk of the force di- I rectly up the hill, against the frowning silent breastwork. On they moved, with a cautious tread, uncertain as to whether their coming was known to the entrenched foe. But when they were within about twenty paces of the breastwork, there came along from its whole front a cloud of arrows, making many a brave man bite the dust. The scene which followed is described as one of deadly warfare, for no sooner had the Vir ginians reached the breastwork, than a yell was given, and the rude terrace swarmed with painted warriors, each bearing in his left hand a blazing torch, and in his right hand a war club. Springing into the midst of their assailants, the savages dealt their murderous blows on all sides, often thrust ing their burning torches into the faoes of the whites, who could not use their fire arms, so close was the encounter. “Sound a retreat!” shouted Gen. Bacon, and in obedience to the brazen trumpet his men fell back. 1 At that moment, the oavaliers, under ! Wythley, charged through the savages, and when they had passed the infantry, poured in murderous volleys. Again the cavaliers swept through their painted ranks, and, then with a cheer, the en trenchment was stormed. At the head of those who first eutered the breastwork, fighting like a demon, was Rupert Wyth lcy, and at the door of the old mansion as he rode up to it, with a heavy heart, he saw his own Henrietta. “She is safe ! Thank God she is safe ! ” he exclaimed, and in an instant he had reached her side, and she was olasped to his heart. Our limits will not permit us to portray the etory of her imprisonment, as she nar rated it that night around the family hearthstone. Destined for sacrifice, she had been carefully treated, and allowed the unmo lested liberty of her own room. But that night was to have witnessed her immola lation. A Divine Providence had nerved her heart, as she was already summoned to the burning pile when a scout gave the alarm cry. Then, by the light of the torches, she plainly witnessed the fray, imploring upon her knees, before the win dow, that a heavenly arm would sustain those whom she loved so well. Morning dawned, and a horrible scene | presented itself around the house. There i —where St. John’s now stands—lay I mingled corpses in the stiff attitude of i death, and the stream near by was tinged ] with blood. The wounded were oared for, the dead interred, and by dinnor time the horrors of “grim yisaged war,” no longer met the eye. The last oouncil fire of the Indian race at James River Fall was extinguished, and the few surviving descendants of that terrible tribe of Pocahontas, began their funeral maroh towards the setting sun. Success insures success. Had Bacon been defeated he would have been shot as a traitor to his king; but now the haughty Governor rewarded him, and he was hailed by the Virginians as their defender.— ! Marching to Jamestown, he forced the • Governor to adopt new laws, which code was completed July 4, 1676—0ne hundred , years to a day before the Congress of the U. , States. Adopting the Declaration framed ; by the statesmen of Virginia, began a new : era in the history of men. The eighteenth century in Virginia was the child of the seventeenth; and Bacon’s rebellion, with , the corresponding scenes in Maryland, and : Carolina and New England, was the early harbinger of American Independence. And where was Henrietta, that sturdy lovalistl Not in the stately rooms of the , Governor, but with the sisters of her affi anced lover, Rupert Wythley, who had a ; residence in Jamestown. Her dreams of 1 royal protection and a noble husband had vanished during her terrible captivity, and : she now bowed in homage before her heart’s lord. Soon they were married, and returned to the plantation, which Nathan iel Bacon gave his sister as a dower.— Some olouds darkened their pathway of : life at first, but they lived many years in : as perfect happiness as mortals oan enjoy; : nor did she ever forget, in after’ years, in narrating to her grandchildren the events ! of her resoue, to add : For all that, my dear, your grandfather did not hold the king’s commission—Virginians would act for themselves. Years rolled on. The Old Dominion became the leader in a great movement, ’—BUCHANAN. ABOUT HOOPS. The New York Post has an artiole about hoops which are becoming an important branch of manufacture—in which it gives some items as to their cost, preparation, &c. ; The Btyles of skirts are numerous, vary ing in shape, size and cost.. Not less than seventy-five kinds are sold at the estab lighment referred to, the wholesale price of which range from six to seven dollars a dozen. There are, for example, the skel eton skirt, several varieties of the Zephyr skirt, the La Frange skirt, the Congress, La Sylphide, and the Union skirt. Silk, muslin, haircloth, cactus-cloth, and other materials, are employed in their manufac ture, besides the tape, cord, bone and steel which are needed to give them their set. In the matter of hoops, a general prefer ence is expressedffbr the round whalebone, which, when boiled in oil, loses that brit tleness whioh has been the main objection to its use. Some, however prefer steely and others insist upon cord, which, with" crinoline, constitutes a sort of compromise fashion. The most popular styles of skirts at present appear to be the Union, the Skele ton and La Sylphide. The latter is a simple, tasteful article, bell-shaped, and in size, a just medium between the un graceful straight petticoat, with its folds collapsing round the hips and legs, and the full blown ultra mode, which is such an annoyance to the wearer’s companions in the theatre or in an omnibus. It has three bones, the lengths of whioh are fifty six inches at the top, seventy-four, in the middle, and ninety-five at the bottom. These are considered the proper propor tions, though we have seen some skirts at Genin’s, which, at the lower bone, measure no less than one hundred and fifteen inches in circumferenoe. As for the number of hoops, tastes differ. Some ladies go as high as six, while few are content with less than two. The skirts most universally worn last summer were the “skeleton skirts.” They were first made of round whalebone hoops, held together by tape ; but these were eompluinad of as being apt to trip up the wearer. A deep border of muslin was then added, which rendered them all that could be desired. Theif great merit con sisted in their extreme lightness. During the busy season, three thousand a day were made of this kind alone. Another style is called the “Union skirt.” It is made of white or dark cloth, with the lower part quilted in large diamonds, finished round the bottom with jute cord. Above the quilting is a whalebone hoop, and about a quarter of a yard above that, an other. The back is then finished by three small hoops of whalebone, which form skirts one above another, and extend over the hips. These are joined by tapes a quarter of a yard in length, which are sus pended from the front of tfie binding, and attached to the hoop in froik of the skirt. In regard to hoops,, we me told that every day adds something to the novelties whioh are said to combine all the advan- tages, with none of the difficulties, of those which preceded them. The gutta percha hoops, a late invention, have proved quite impracticable in wearing. They . break immediately, and will not bear stretching twice in one place. Another strong ob- jeotion is the fact that, on becoming warm they emit an unpleasant odor, which soon renders them intolerable. The steel hoops, a still later, production, are free from some of these objections, but are neither so elastic or flexible as the round whalebone boiled in oil, whioh is the best material for hoops we have seen. Made of very highly tempered steel, they are also very expen sive, §lO each being the prioe aßked for some, whioh were only of common mate rials. They are also very apt to break, an example of which was afforded a few evenings since at one of Thalberg’s con certs, A lady’s steel hoop broke and sprung into her leg nearly an inch deep ; the wound was very severe and may make amputation necessary. Few persons are aware of the extent to which the business of making hooped skirts —a business soaroely three years old—is now carried on in this city. One firm in the business, besides their establishments in Connecticut and other plaoes, oooupy three floors of a building in Broadway, 200 feet deep and thirty wide, in the manufac ture. In the busy season, 300, girls (a charming congregation, by the way, to the admirers of female beauty), earning from §54 to §lO each week, are employed in cutting out .and sewing skirts, 3,000 of which are turned out in a day. One hun dred & fifty of Wheeler & Wilson’s sewing machines and a variety of labor-saving in ventions are constantly in play, so that a single skirt is made in ten minutes. We have known a husband enter the store, give an order for his wife’s skirt, have it pat terned and made, and received it all done up and ready to be carried home before he had half smoked his cigar. A ton of cord is consumed in a week in the manufacture, and not less than $6,000 worth of whalebone in a month ; and then what acres of muslin and crinoline—what lengths of thread and tape —what enor mous quantities of little brazen tubes to unite the hoops, will in process of time be consumed, it has not entered into the head of man to estimate. The imagination fairly breaks down in the contemplation. Though the new fashion has not triumphed univer sally, it is irresistibly contagious. Wher ever it is seen it is admired and adopted. Perhaps it is not extravagant to conjecture that the day may yet come when, secure in these moving towers of bone and steel, our invincible wives and daughters will laugh at the exploded theories of female frailty, and when every woman’s petticoat will be her castle. “Pray, madam,” said a young romantic looking gentlemen, addressing the daugh ter of an up-town bookseller, whom her father had deputed to stop in the shop just while he went next door—an amiable crea ture —about the age of sweet sixteen— “may I ask if you have Ten Thousand a Year?” “No, sir,” she sweetly but simply replied, letting htr finely lashed eyelids fall—“no, sir; but father says he’ll settle the house in ■, street on me : that though, don’t rent for more than four hun dred a year!” The young book-buyer had liked to die a larfin, as Sam Slick. “I say, John, where did you get that loafer’s hat ?” “Please your Honor,” said John, “it’s an old one of your’a that Missis' gave me yesterday, when you were to tew*.” THE OMNIBUS, Grandiloquent.—The following mag nificent sentence is taken from the initial chapter of a story which is about to appear in a popular paper called the .Yew York Codger. It will no doubt have an im mense sale, as nothing can exceed it in sublimity and beauty. It describes tbe heroine of a story, who had just reoovered from a fainting fit: “And rising to her feet with a majestio mien, and a smile of angeliojsweetness, she seated herself by the tea-urn, and perform ed the honors of her uncle’s table to the satisfaction of all concerned.” “Suppose, sir, (said Boswell to Dr. j Johnson, after having put the case of one who was accused of forging a will, and who i sunk himself into the Thames before the ! trial of his authenticity came on,) “that a man is absolutely sure, that if he lives a few days longer, he shall be detected in a fraud, the consequence of which will be utter disgrace and expulsion from society.” I “Then, sir, let him go abroad to a distant oounrty, let him go to some place where he is not known; don’t let him go to the devil, where he is known.” Almost eveiybody has a bad cold about now, Smith and Jones among the rest. A street-corner dialogue botween them, sounded something like this : Smith : How d’eye do, Jones ! Jones: Pretty bwell, ody I have a bad code. How are you, Smith * Smith : I have subting of a code too, but its getsig bwell agil. Jones : What bedioil did you take 1 Smith : I sduffed up laudabub al bwater.p-Do you take anything! Jones: Do, i/just grid ad bear it. / “What are you staring afef sir, may I ask!” said an imperialedf moustached “blood” to a “Hoosier” tjm a Mississippi steamboat, who had been watching him as cat watches a mouse, for some fifteen min utes. “I thought sir!” exolaimed the Hoosier, the moment the other spoke ; “I said you’d got a mouth, and I was only waitin’ to be sartin about it to ask you to ‘liquor.’ Stranger, what’ll you drink 1 or had you rather fight! I don’t care which myself.” A woman will cling to the chosen object of her heart like a possum to a gum tree, and you cannot separate her without snap ping strings no art can mend, and leaving a portion of her soul upon the upper leather i of her afleotions. She will sometimes see j something to love where others will see nothing to admire ; and when her fondness is once fastened on a fellow it sticks like glue and molasses to a bushy head of hair. A London paper gives a very gratifying account of the progress Christianity has made in New Zealand. A chief of that cannibal country was questioned by one of the missionaries as to how far tbo, study of the Scriptures had broken him of his un natural passion for human flesh. The chief answered proudly, “ You missionary men have done me much good ; I never eat my enemies on Sunday now.” Admiral Lee being on board his ship one very rainy and stormy night, the offi cer of the watoh came down to his cabin and cried out: —“ Sir, the sheet anchor is coming home !” “ Indeed,” . was the an swer, “ i think the sheet anchor is perfect ly in the right of it. I don’t know who the devil would stay out such a night as this. A servant girl fell againßt a Btove in such a manner as to brand upon her arm the date, which happened to be on the Btove—lB49. A surgeon was sent for, who, however happened to be absent, and in his place an assistant came ; but when he saw the date, he shook his head and said to himself: “ There is no longer any help for this, it is too old an injury.” A monster, whose name we withhold for the present from the just indignation of our fair readers, says that if women were turned out of doors in Kansas with no more clothes on than his wife and daughter wore when they went to a party one cold night las,t week, it would have been an “outrage,” and the press would have had two long leaders on the subject. There is a man out West so forgetful of faoes, that his wife is compelled to keep a wafer stuck on the end of her nose, that he may distinguish her from other ladies, but this does not prevent him from making occasional mistakes. nROSPECTUS OF THE UMIIBD 1 STATES DEMOCRATIC REVIEW, TOR IW7. —The Proprietors of tbia inn* eatablished and popular Democrat!# Magazine have, by the advice of distingulfhed friends, m.-ul** arrangement* to publish it, commencing with Janu ary 3d, 15.'", In the form of a Weakly Journal. Bach Dumber will contaiu eight page«, and forty columns of rending matter, and will be printed on floe paper; and its typographical execution will be superior to any Weekly Journal published in the United State*. The POLITICAL DEPARTMENT will contain eoHd a*4 well digested articles on all matters of national eoneern, and political intelligence from every portion ef the coun try. Eminent writers In the Democratic party will con tribute to its column*, and iu toae will be strictly national aud conservative. The department of LITERATURE will contain a ebdoe aud copious selection of sparkling aqd varied fiction, origi nal and selected—interesting tales, biographies, travels and . , , . , . . i uilveuture— eketches of character and social life, and essays A clergyman, engaged in catechizing utHjU Brt aud mor au. tVifl vill a. crn Rf'linnl nskpd ft VOUDfrstGr" The departmeuts of DOMESTIC and FOREIGN NBWS tne vmago school, asK.ea a youngster, . win tft wwkly reT ,„ w or , Tenu in every portion ef u W hat his godfathers and godmothers did ; the oid w<>rid and America. c L* JJ /, r j i > , ' The proceedings in CONGRESS, carefully collected from for him. X don t know, please your ()fl lc j a [ Reports, will be published; also, elaborate and reverence,” rejoined the lad; “ they’ve {careful_ literary, dramatic and musical cm done nothing for me yet.” W Fur th- M»n of Iluilnera end the hrmir, • r.ll«b]« ul . , ~ "* • . , , 1 c ?i imi.nrtial review of the MARKCTS, and of MUNIY ..d A modern writer, who 13 probably nt 1 o/mmujick .in i* given iu each number, with tb. w only for “treason, stratagems and spoils,” | says: “.Everything is very fine until you and oilier chid p-'iut.- Of iuteiest. will contribute whatever i " . A - - J „ in life aud literutme is Worth telling or reading. have gOt It. A Singing Wire 18 IlKe &, In‘hurt, the Proprietors will spare neither money nor piping bulfinch, great fun for your frieuds j —duced tiresome to yourself. i SPECIAL Notice.— W« have made arrangement* to publish. J . . . ; oo or before the tir»t day of Juue licit, a valoable and Au exchange paper says that the girls ; ei^ntw. rk. tot* euiitied“James buchanan and in some parts of Pennsylvania are so hard . UD for husbands that they sometimes take - ol War, Secretary of the Navy. Secretary of the Treasury, r . , • , , J : ie L retni vot the Interior, General aud Altorney Up With printers anQ lawyers, I tjeneral engraved ou Steel by the celebrated Artist, BuaJUU. “Poppy what’s meant by a Jewish pass- ; xSTSK^E over?” “It means knocking down S a Israelite, and then throwing a summerset: bttndß omeiy bound with side title, *nd,»s* work of Art, „ I*, ° i w m be thM *elc-KBUI bo..keverpreeeotedt#th*publl*. over This book Will preparrd «xpres»-r for ?!*•**“ *° The Dutchman who stabbed himself I each subscriber, ■* won with a pound of soap, because his krout j “ ‘““f , r ™> would not “sohmeli” has been sent back ; advanM ' to ftprmanv ! Postmaster* and other*, who remit us $l4 for Ilv* Bub ,lo Lrermany. . U) ., nßj W |M receive a copy of the lUvibw tor one year, 1 11 " ' and a C opy of-BuchaDan and hi* Cabinet,” grutl*. Address, L. F. HARRISON k CO., 71 Nassau street, New York City. -.•MR. GEOROE R. SMITU li th. General a*enl for the IUVTI.W for the United State#. We have uo Agents. W'henever any ehall be appointed, we • notice of the feet. J.nStfM “ This ere animal is of the real stock, mum, and cheap at thirty dollars.” Young widow —“ It’s a sweet pretty darling— black and white—but in my present be reavement you must, procure me one en tirely black. This one will do very well in about six months for half mourning.” CARDS. Dr. John. M'CaUa, DENTIST—OffIw-No 4 East Ring street. Lancaster, Pa. japl 18 tf-13 JUNIUS B. KAUFMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, baa removed bis office to bis residence, In Duka street, first door south of the Farmers' Bank' near the Court House, apl ly 11 Removal..— william s. amweg, attorney LAW baa removed hia Office from his former place, Into North Dike street opposite the new Court House 8 triA Dr. 8. WELCHENB, SURGEON DEN jJgX Office, Kramph’s Buildings, second floor,North Beat corner of North Queen and Orange streets, Unc**- tsr, Pa. jan2Q_tn_ Newton Ijlghtner, attorney AT LAW, has removed bis Offioe to North Duke street, to the room recently occupied by Hon. I. E- Lanoaater, apr X Remo-rnl ISAAC E. HTBSTBa-Attornejat Law Has removed to an Office In North Dnhe etreet, nearly pposite the n«w Court Hoot*, lannaitar, Pft, *pl lduk J. Noff, Attorney at L«w.-OSIm with B A. Blueffar. Kaq., gouth-rreit corner of Centra Square, „xt door to WijwTVlao Storo, lommUt, E*- Je«sc Landis, —Attorney at Law. Office one (loot east of Lechlers Hotel, E. King St., Lancaster Pa Mods of ScriTenlng—euch as writing Wills, Deeds. Mortgages, Accounts, Ac., will be attended to with correctness and despatch. may 16, ’56 tf-17 \\TILLIAM WHITESIDE, SURGEON ! T Dh.N . IST —Oflic* in North Queen atrcet. 3d door from Oranuß, ami directly OTer Spreuger k Weethaefffcr’i Bi>>>k Store. , LaDcaat *r. may IT, 1856. AfEDICAL.—DR. Ja*. J Str.nwu, Ute James Black..—Attorney at Law. Office In H. King Mrwt, two doors ea.st of Lechler’s Hotel, lan caster, I’a. Jpo“ All hmdnetn* rontiecLKi with his profession, and ail kinds of wiiUn;. sm-h as preparing Heeds, Mortgagee, Wills, Stating Account*., dr.. promptly attended to. H. REYNOLDS, Attorney at Law, ILel Batata Agent and Conveyaiiow. Office, No. •1 North Duke street, opposite the Court Howe. KKKKRB TO hx-Oov. W. F. JohiiEtou. Pittsburg. William Bigler, Philadelphia flini, O W. Woodward, '• Alex. Jordan, IMer McCall, Phi»— piklc. Joshua W. Comly. Ksq^JaiiYille. lion Jam«s T. 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THE COURT HOUSE AND SI’KECLIEK’S lIOTEZ* Lancaster City* JOIIN.K. REED k CO. pay iuterodt on deposits at tha fal lowing r:tf«*a: per cent for one year ami longwr. 5 do. •* IK* days " rail at the Oflke with &■ little delay* possible and receire the new certificates now being Ir sued in exchange for those issued prior to June 6th, 1856, iu order that the Institution may proceed in tr&naacliou of business. By Order of the Board of TraaUea. H. BCILBAKFKK, Prwddani. oct80tf«l A. B. Roukkts, S**e’y. r STEWART DEPCY «fc BOSS—MA tJ . SONIC HALL, (Chesnnt street below »tb.) PHILA DELPHIA —Have opened a lorge and splendid stock of VELVET TAPESTRY, BRUSSELS, THREE PLY, IN URAIN nod VKNITIAN.CARPETINO. Kino FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGS. HEARTH HCOS. DOORMATS, DRUGGETS, STAIR RODS, TABLfI mid PIANO COVERS, Ac., Ac., which thay are telling very low for cash, wbnlesalo aud retail, aep 16 ■ *a M 1 PREPARE FOR WINTER l JOHN A, KUIiKN’3 CHEAP CLOTHING STOKE, SIGN OK THE STRIPED COAT, ' No 42 North Queen Strret, East aide, near Orange it., LANCASTER, Pa. -l« This Popular Establishment now contains the jM largest and cheapest assortment of Men’s and IjA Boy’s Winter Clothing in the city. Overcoats from $B,OO ta $lB.OO Dress and Krock Coats from AB6 to 18.60 Pautaloona from 1-18 to 0.00 Yeats from 1.24 tn 8.00 ALSO, Under Shirts, Drawers, Collars, Shlrta. A|. Just received, a largo assortment of Winter CfitJrHf, CAS3IMERS, SATINETTS and VESTINGS, wblab will ha made up to order, at short notice, in tbe most eatUfiMtory and workmanlike manner. JOHN A. KEREN, Bien of the Striped Coat, North Quean st., Lnaoaeter, Pa dec 16 A ENT Ist r y.-m AK-n n t kinkJe the practice of DKNTIBTE?: im eodearor to^render entire Mtlßfactioo la ellooer.- it “