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 <f rhlladet*
XYL phia, and a Graduate of the Uuirersity of Penn’a- of
IS-Vo. had located hitusplf and "p.-uod an Offloe In the Til
lage of Paradise, Lancaster couuty. where he can at all
times be consulted, excupt when profaasinntUly engaged,
may 13 jm* 17
Removal. —WiLLAM H. PoUDNKY, Attorney at
Law has remoTrd his ottl.*e frv.ui N. Queen it. to the
building In the S..u;b Hast comer of Centre Square, for
merly known as lluulrj’s IL.ud.
Lancaster, aprii Id
Dr. J. T. Baker, llomrpathio Phy&lclap, *ucoea#or
to l)r. M’AlHs!t*r.
Office hi fc. i St., nearly oppo&iut the Firtt Qv
man Rovnu-'d Church
April 1
Railroad House, European »tyle Hotel
m i t .No. 4S Cuwiumvla] »nd Noi 87 CUy
sr a » rwi'o
HALXY 4 THOMPSON,
Proprietor*.
j*n '1 tf-fn>
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. Ilale, Bellfoqto.
ffcacry Broakerhnff, n *
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sep Id if 36
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LAXCASTKKcounty
EXCHANGE AND DEPOSIT OFFICES
Corner of hast King and I>uke Str®eU,
IIKT. 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 " <io.
43»A1h0, buy mid sell Heal Estate ami Stocks oa coafr
nii"
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JOHN K. UKKD. AMOS S. lIRNDERSON,
DAVID SHULTZ, ISAAC K ILIKBTER,
dec 25 49
ISAAC BARTON,
LK GKoUEK, WINE and LIQI’OK STORE.—
No* 135 —137 North ‘id itreet. Philadelphia.
d*r 2* tM#
rpHE Olticc of tli« Lancaster Kavlnfi lu
i. sLitutiim la opun daily troui y o'clock, A. U., uutil 4
o'lock. P. M.
Those depositor* who hate not exchanged oertifloatea
ure requested t<> 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 “ <n their care. Being prepared for the Man*
ufacture of TKKTII, we will be enabled to euit all
,J Block, Single Gum or i'lete Teeth, either om Gold,
ASP" Office— 3 door. Beet of Bchteroeeht*.
thjnh. for the
liberal patronage heretofore V tt ind
present arrangement to be enabled at all timet to attend
to those requiring our ■erTiee*—
July 22 ly 2T
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recollections of a ufb tihe. By
TALES OF SWEDEN AND THE lm
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