(tl)c Lancaster fntflligmM VOL. LYIII. ' GPMtb. H. L. Campbell, wife of Hon. James H. Campbell] Congressional Representative from Sohuylkill County, has won considerable celeb rity as a poetess.. She is the daughter of Judge Lewis, and seems to have inherited much of the talent of her distinguised father. Her last effusion, which we find in the Miners’ Journal , and which evidenUy points to the death of Preston S. Brooks, is entitled : DEATH AT THE CAPITAL. The domes of the city have lost the last light, And slowly around them, now gathers the night, With revel, and wassail, for gallant and dame, — For student and statesman, both labor and fame — With love for the cherished —neglect for the lorn, And rest for the weary, who slumber ’till morn. 0, domes of tbe city, insensate and white! 0, gentles and ladies, so joyous to-night! 0, poet! enchanted with visions of fame, And statesman, still lusting for power and acclaim 1 A lesson from Heaven falls fateful and fo3t — Cease dalliance and travail, there’s death on the blast. Fair maid, with tho lilies all pale on thy brow, — He breathes on thy bosom, but passes thee now ; Sweet babe —whom the angels are waiting above — Still slumber to-night on tho bosom of love. ’Tis not to the watching or weak death has come He wrestles to-night with the stalwart and strong ! Ye sainted, through sorrow ! be patient in prayer, While. he cleaves’..with swift rushing the turbulent Ye ripe for the harvest! all hoary and scro, Yet tarry a while in your weariness hero ; From the haught brow of manhood, falls shattered tho crown, And the locks which are brightest, in dust are laid Behold, when the morning breaks misty and hoar, How sleeps tho atkhta , whose Btrivings are o’er! The fight arm of power lies palsied and chill, But the lips, dumb forever, are eloquent still, As the passionless face, in its solemn repose, With a smile of good will looketh up to its fues. Unmoved they beheld it when flushing in wrath, But are awed with the calm which its helplessness hath, And words of contention have faltered to prayer, O’er the soulless humanity stiffening there. “ God pity his errors, and pardon our hate ! And mercy keep ward at the crystalline Gate !” Washington. Juliet H. L. Campbell. I’D FIND ME A GRAVE BV LIEUT THOMAS WILSON, T\ S. A. I’ll make me a home, says tho sailor lad, . In the ship, as she rides the wave; I’ll laugh when the ocean’s raving mad, I’ll smile when tho tempests rave. Lot the winds rave on, let tho black skies frown, For what oare I how it be ? When the vessel’s a wreck, I’ll go down, down, down, And find mo a grave in the sea. I’ll make me a home, says tho soldier bravo, Amid battle and gory fight; When the eagles in triumph above me wave, I will shout with a mad delight, I could die so well on the battlo field, My shroud of the star flag’s fold ; On tho spot where the trumpots of victory peal'd; I’d find me a grave with the bold. I wish not a home mid the battle’s tide, Nor a life on the briny sea, But I’ll settle mo down at my own fireside. With her who is all t(T me. I wish not a death in the battle’s strife, Nor a tomb in tho ocean’s foam, But I’d find, when my heart beat its last in life, A grave near my boyhood’s home. THE LEGEND OP ARGIS. One of the most curious and pathetic legends of Wallachia, tells of the founda tioh of the great Metropolitan Church of Argis. In the middle of the fifteenth century, the Prince of Niagoe, warring against the Turks, was on the eye of fighting a great battle, and went to the hermitage of a pious anchorite, before whom he made a vow, that if victorious he would build on that very spot the most splendid temple that ever sought the rays of the sun.— Consequently, it is his triumph was complete. The Ottomans were dis persed, and he had nothing, to do but to accomplish his purpose. Princes are usu ally faithful in these kind of undertakings. Niagoe had much wealth at his command, and knew of an able architect named Ma noli. To him he entrusted the task of constructing the temple—bidding him collect the best Greek, Arab and Byzan tine workmen. That solitary region was accordingly soon peopled with strangers. The forest began to retire, the flanks of the mountains were torn open, and the bears that looked in while passing down the long glades on the rugged ruins be oam^: convinced that their occupation in 'that part of the world was gone forever. Manoli had set about his task with en thusiasm. There were day gangs and night gangs, so that the walls rose as if by magic. Already the topmost pinnacle began to appear to the distant traveler over the surrounding trees, when suddenly the edifice sunk into the earth, and spread upon it in ruin. Manoli attributed this disaster to some .defect in his plan, or to the great haste with which it was carried out, and began again with more oaution. But no sooner had the building reached its former elevation than down it came again. Not one stone remained upon an other . Manoli had confidence in his own talent, and was therefore convinced that some invisible power was determined to cross his purposes. He would have been inclined to give up the work altogether, but Niagoe had become furious. As usual in building enterprizes, the expenses of the first construction exceeded the esti mate by at least a half. To effect the second the Prince was obliged to sell the diamonds of his wife. His vow was cost ing him dear, but he dared not break it. The simpler course was to swear by his beard that Manoli should be decapitated and all his workmen hanged, if the church was not finished by a given time. Under these circumstances, Manoli went to consult the aged anchorite who had witnessed Prince Niagoe’s vow, and asked him what was to be done.. “Build again,” was the reply, “and when the last stone is about to be placed, come to me, and by that time I may have found an expedient.” Manoli acccordingly, for the third time, brought the church near perfection. Then he paused and went to the anchorite, who received him with a glare of horror such as he /had never seen before, hurriedly interrupted his pious salutation, and said, in a strange unearthly voice, “Watch to morrow from the pinnacle and the first woman thou beholdest approaching the east, cause her to be taken when she reaches the place of work with whatever she may have in r her arms and walled up .within one of the pillars of the church.— Thus only will success crown thy effortß.” Manoli was a humane man, and his heart shrank within him at hearing this order. But his own life, with that of many others, was at stake, and he went away from the cell sadly, determined to obey what he conceived to be a divine command, lie was awakened next morning by the singing of the workmen, and climbed up immediately to the appointed place, when, shading his eyes from the low sun with his hand, he anxiously looked forth. Some time passed and no female form appeared. At length a slight figure was seen ap proaching down a glade, in the midst of a light mist kindled into gold by the still slanting rays of the sun. Manoli was abrfut to rejoice, when suddenly he recog nized in the devoted victim his own young* wife Uca, his wife of two Summers only, the mother of the boy whose smiles and even whose cries gladdened his heart, when he drew near home. He knelt down , and prayed with streaming eyes, that soma obstacle might present itself to turn back her steps. He had scarcely concluded when a huge dog rushed out from a thicket, 1 overturned the basket of provisions which Uca was bringing for her husband, and forced her to go back to prepare a new meal. i Manoli rejoiced, and continued to look ; toward the silent and motionless East.— : Suddenly the form of a woman again ap peared. He strained his eyes beneath his broad hard hand, leaning forward so that he nearly toppled over, and to his dismay saw that it was tJca again. The ' good housewife had returned to her home, had replenished her basket, and was not now walking, but running, lest her bus- j baud might suffer by the delay. Manoli resorted to prayer once more, although he believed it was almost impious thus to strive with fate. This time a gaunt wolf stalked forth from beneath the trees, and Uca again fled back to her dwelling. Manoli returned thanks in a passion of joy, and remained for the whole day still looking anxiously out. The sun had gone down beneath the loDg black horizon be hind him; the treos had melted into a dim ; shadow; the course of the stream could no longer be traced; the flocks on the hill sides faded from sight, though their mo notonous bleating and the shouting of the shepherds could still be heard. Manoli began to believe that the church was destined never to be finished, and resolved to share its destruction. Sud denly, near at hand, quite among the workmen, he beheld the indomitable Uca, with a third basket of provisions on one arm, and her babe upon the other. She looked around for her husband, eager to explain the causes of her delay, and to justify herself. He was soon in her pres ence. Looking on by the workmen’s torches; which were already lighted, she wondered at the solemnity of his aspect. He did not shed many tears, for he be lieved that he was obeying the thrice expressed will of Heaven. He kissed his wife tenderly, putting aside the hands of the little child, which endeavored to clasp his neck—for how could he have resisted that caress I—and then in a loud, husky voice, ordered the two victims to be in closed in the central pillar of the great aisle. They wondered and murmured— but they obeyed—and the shrieks of de spair that thrilled at first through the darkness were soon drowned in the noise of hammers, and chisels and pickaxes.— Manoli looked sternly on until the pale face of his wife had disappeared; and then he went apart, and throwing himself on the ground, spent the night in despair, which no consolation came to visit. Shortly afterwards the church was fin ished, and all the country round came to shower prsise on the architect. But some say envy, and some say injured affection, was on the watch. The most probable story is that the father of Uca, a master workman, silently excited his comrades against Manoli. One day when he had ascended the highest tower to see that all was right, they drew away the ladder and called him tauntingly to come down, if he could. The unhappy man shrieked aloud, endeavoring to justify himself. He had obeyed the orders of Heaven, given through the anchorite of the cell. They replied that the anchorite had died the day before his last visit, and that he had been deluded by a fiend in human shape. His despair then became overwhelming. But love of life is strong. He was a great mechanician, and endeavored, they say, to fabricate a pair of wings, by which he might fly down from that immense height. He dared not to implore the succor of Heaven, and he leaped with mad courage. Down he came. The wings, shattered by the first shock, beat uselessly around him during that terrible dive. He was seen to descend like an arrow ; and they say that the earth opened like water to receive him, and closed again over his head. The legend asserts that ever since, at the hour of midnight, a plaintive woman’s voice is always heard murmuring through the church, imploring Manoli 'to release her and her child. The present inhabitant of the ruined Argis has never heard these words; for he has never been present at the hour when they are uttered. But he knows that he can do so when he will. Mean while, he never wakes at midnight without offering up a prayer for the soul of poor Uca, and even for that of the unfortunate Manoli. Munificent Donation. —George Peabody has donated §300,000, to be increased here after to half a million dollars, for the establish ment of an Institute in Baltimore, the details of which are given in a letter, published in the Baltimore papers, from him addressed to a number of the leading citizens of Baltimore, whom he requests to act as trustees of the fund. First, there must be an extensive li brary, well furnished in every department of knowledge, and of the most approved litera ture, the books of which are not, except in special cases, to he taken out of the building —a library, in fact, for students and persons engaged in researches. Second, arrangements must be made for the regular periodical de livery, at the proper season of each year, of lectures by the most capable and accomplished scholars and men of science, to which not more than fifty scholars of each sex in the public high schools shall bo admitted free. .Twelve hundred dollars must also be distributed an nually in the same schools, as prizes for merit cleanlinesss, good manners, morality, etc. — Third, there must be also an academy of mu sic, with a capacious and suitably furnished, saloon and all other facilities for musical ex hibitions, ooncerts, and all the means for stu dying music. Fourth, the plan includes a spacious and appropriate gallery of painting and statuary, with annual exhibitions of the fine arts. Lastly, accommodations are to be provided in the Institute for the Maryland Historical Society. “THAT COUNTRY IS THE MOST PROSPEROUS LABOR COMMANDS THE GREATEST REWARD. 55 - LANCASTER CITY, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1857. THE GOVERNESS. BY AN OLD CONTRIBUTOR. The old story ; I was a governess; a poor dependant in a noble house. I had many times seen the father of my two little darlings ; I knew he was handsome, though I seldom raised my eyes to his ; ■ I thought him unwontedly gracious, but that was all. They told me I was beautiful. Even the stately old housekeeper, stately to all but me, used to part my long hair with her slender fingers and once she said in a dreamy sort of way “ its very fine glossy, child, its very soft and silky. In all the wide world, child, there is nothing like a beautiful face—and the Lord made man in his image—oh ! be thankful, child, that you are lovely, but often, often think that through eyelids as white as yours, through lips as ruby, on pure cheeks, over lofty brows, through long and golden tresses, between soft fingers, under gleamy teeth, the worms, the worms have revelled, child.” How I shuddered at this ! and once when she spoke in her cold way, the bar onet came in, saying, “ Don’t frighten her good Mrs. Hunt ” Even then, I did not think upon his kind glances and tender in terest, as some girls might. The children, fair-haired darlings, how they loved me ! They were both beautiful. So lovely ! Uraee was a fairy, sparkling-eyed child.— Gertrude had deep, dark, shining eyes. They were well named. Gertrude was cajm, and reflective, given to strange say ings, and dreamy, mysterious thoughts Grace was only happy when both dimpled hands were heaped with roses, and kisses were showered on her round cheeks; she lived in an atmosphere of love. Gertrude, yes, even then, I think she had a being in heaven. I was only a governess, and 1 took no airs upon myself. I was very humble minded, for I had seen great trouble and poverty ; very grateful, for my situation was a delightful one, and everybody was kind to me. There was a friend of the family who always affected me strangely. She was a noble lady, proudly handsome, rich, and titled. She pretended to bo my friend, but her cold, suspicious glances, confused and made me unhappy. She gave me much advice, was always telling me how poor and lowly I had been, and how humble I should be, cautioning me to be ware of the baronet, and giving dark, mys terious hints, that invariably frightened me into a head-ache, and led me to shun the good baronet. One day when my brain was hot and heavy, I carried little Grace over to Lady Isabel, as she had requested me. My brow beat and burned intolerably, so that 1 coud not lift it up with ease. “ You are getting subject to these head aches,” said Lady Isabel, “you suffer, don’t you?” . “ More than I can tell,” I answered, faintly. : “ I can relieve you, easily,” she quietly remarked. “ How, tell me ? for it is very painful,” I cried. Her look flashed through my brain.— She sat close beside me ; she gathered up my heavy curls. “ Your hair, child,” she muttered with almost closed lips, “ it will induce brain fever; kill you, perhaps—let me cut it off,” and she reached her scissors, fastened in their silver.sheath. “ No—no !” 1 cried, for I was proud of my hair, and like a flash came the hideous thought that this grand, beautiful woman, was jealous of me—of a poor little govern ess. Her eyes flashed fire; she stood, her jewelled hand lifted, her eyes gleaming with furious passion. “ Oh ! you think yourself a paragon of beauty—l can see. You wish to retain your long ringlets, that you may mesh them about the baronet’s heart. Yes, you think your bright eyes will enslave him. Yes, you poor beggar; and so they may; but mark me, minion, only to your disgrace.— He knows how well you love him—laughs at it; despises you for it—he—he told me so.” A blank came over my life—oh ! the weary time that passed! I would not look at nor speak to the baroDet, till our little Gertrude died. I saw her well at evening ; I was roused at midnight by the baronet himself. A deathly chill crept over me, as I cried, seeing his white face, “ leave me, sir—how dare ” He had not heard me, 1 humbly hoped, for his words dispelled my terror. “My little Gertrude is dying, and calls for yf>u.” Till she died, that dear head rested on my'bosom; in the morning, I laid back the damp curls and kissed her cold lips.— She was gone.. “ I must go,” I whisper ed, over her clay—“ I cannot stay here ; it is agony.” So not long after, I gathered my few clothes, and stole softly from the house, that envy and jealousy had made terrible to me. 1 shall never forget that night.— The hills were white with moonlight, and I wanted to pluck- one violet to take with me. In that quiet hour, I knelt sobbing over the little mound, breathed one prayer, gathered my flowers and turned to go—l knew n,ot whither. A tall form stood be side me, I could not fear him now, nor dislike him ; he was so pale, so sorrowful, as he said, “ Lillian, what does this mean ? Where are you going, my child ?” His voice trembled. I turned away, and the tears ran down my cheeks. “Do we not treat you well, Lillian 1” he asked, how mournfully ! “ Yet, oh! yes,” I murmured, “ you have been only too kind.” “ And my poor little motherless child ; would you leave her, Lillian ?” At this I lost all my self-control. “If you had not jested at me,” I sobbed “ de-- spised me, boasted that I—l -” “ Stop, Lillian, what do these words mean ?” he asked in stern tones. • “ Lady Isabel!” I gasped, and as I grew calm, as far as my delicacy would let me, I gave her cruel language word for word. “It is false—false, all false,” he said, taking my hand, “ for so far from boasting that I knew' you loved me, Lillian, I did not dare believe that one bo young, so beautiful, so good and gentle, might feel other than sentiments of friendship, for a man so much older and graver than her self.” His voice grown soft and musical —I was astonished—overwhelmed ; my confidence deserted me. “ Yes, Lillian, gladly would I make you my own dear wife,” he added, drawing me to his side. “True, you have neither gold, nor station, but the wealth of a pure, glad young heart like yours is all I ask.— Say, will you take the place of the saint ed one, who lies here with little Ger- trude ? Lillian, tell me ; can you love me well enough to marry me 1” Oh! heaven knows I had long, long loved him, not daring to whisper it to my self in the darkest night; and over Ger trude’s grave, I told him, “ Yes.” Poor Lady Isabel! she had trusted to her beauty, her gold, her power, and they had failed her. When she first saw me with my noble husband, she grew white with anger, disappointment and terror, that her duplicity had been discovered.— Poor Lady Isabel! —she is unmarried to this day, and she loved the baronet herself. From the N. Y. Spirit of the Times. HOW JIM DONNELLAN OUT-TRA DED UNCLE BILLY SNOW. Old Uncle Billy was and is the keenest trader in the country. He was never known to make a bad bargain. Many a trap has been laid to catch him, but his operations always turned out so as to add something to his pile, and still more to his reputation. Some time since a party of young men, talking of Uncle Billy’s great luck in this way, various instances were mentioned of his extraordinary trades and his uniform success. Jim Donnellan of fered to bet that he would catch him be fore two days. Of course that was taken as soon as proposed, and soon after Jim left them to make his preparations to win. The next day was court day, and Jim and Mr. Snow met at the Court House. ‘ Good morning, Uncle Billy,’ said Jim ; ‘ all well to day ?’ ‘ Pretty well, I thank you Jeemes, my ‘ Any trade on hand this morning ?’ en quired Donnellan. ‘Nothing in particular, Jeemes ; times rather dull just now ; people don’t trade as they used to do.’ ‘ That’s a fact, Uncle Billy,’: responded Jim.’ Well since nothing better offers, s’pose you and 1 make a trade?’ ‘No objection in the world, Jeemes. Go ahead and let’s hear from you.’ ‘ Well, Uncle Billy, I have a mare yon der, that I want to trade for that of yours —how will you trade V . ‘ I don’t know exactly, responded Mr. Snow, ‘ but as mules are generally consid ered worth more than horses, and your mare is getting along in years, I spose ten dollars would’nt be too much, would it? Give me ten dollars and the mare, and you may take the mule.’ ‘Done!’ exclaimed Jim, perfectly de lighted. The money was paid over, and the crit ters handed over to their new masters.— Jim took the mule home, and that night the beast lay down and died. This was a sore blow to our hero, but he had one more day left, and determined to save himself. The next morning found him and Snow at the same place, and in conversation as fol lows : ‘ Uncle Billy,’ said Jim,‘l think you come the strong game over me yesterday, in that mule of yours. I dont like him so much this morning as I did yesterday—l dont think he improves on acquaintance— what’ll you take to rue !’—(swap back.) ‘ Now, Jeemes, my son,’ answered Uncle Billy, ‘I don’t want to be hard on you, but you took me up on the first hop, and you know a trade’s a trade. But if you are anxious to ru», I dont care much. Give me ten dollars more and you may have your mare back.’ ‘ Uncle Billy, I’ll do it!’ exclaimed Jim in great delight. ‘ Bud only on one cone dition—each man nljidt come after and take away his I didn’t bring my mule along toaay, and I see you didn’t ride the mare, so it is as long as it is broad, I’ll give ten dollars now, and I’ll go home with you first and get the mare, and afterwards you can send or come for the mule at any time.’ ‘ Any way, Jeemes,’ replied Mr. Snow. The money was paid, and Jim and the old man started. The next day when the crowd had met to deoide the bet, Jim was there giving his' experience as follows : ‘ The old man and I went along very cosily together, talking about everything in the world except our trade. This ques tion I dodged. I was afraid to open my lips until I got my mare safe. At last we reached the old man’s house. He said to me, as we entered the yard— ‘ Jeemes, my son, there is your mare— you can take her away with you.’ ‘ And boys, if there wan’t the old mare layin’ in the yard as dead as a door nail. The infernal cuss died the same night with the mule /’ Past and Present Condition of the Negro.—The new York Observer, in the ■course of an article on Slavery, says : “ When the ancestors of those negroes were torn from their homes in Africa, by the slave traders of New England, and placed under the influence of Christianity at the South, they were among the most degraded and miserable of the human spe cies—slaves of cruel masters and victims of bloody superstition, believers in witch craft and worshippers of the devil. And now what is the condition of their descendants ? Several years ago, more than 300,000 of them were members of Protestant Evangelical Churches in the slaveholding State's ! About 10,000 Amer ican negroes, trained chiefly at the South, transplanted to Liberia, now rule nearly 200,000 natives of Africa, and through their schools and churches are spreading the light and love of the Gospel in that land-of darkness and heathenism. True, more than nine-tenths of the ne groes of the South are still slaves, but is slavery under Christian masters in Amer ica, the same as under heathen tyrants in Africa 1 Degraded as these slaves may still be compared with the sons of the pil grims of New England, or even with the mass of laborers in some of the enlightened countries in Europe, can 3,000,000 or 1,000,000 negroes, bond or free, he found in any part of the world, who oan oompare for good .condition, physical, intellectual and moral, with the 3,000,000 slaves at the South? Has Christianity, aided by all the wealth of British Christians, done as much during the last twenty years for the elevation of the 800,000 emancipated negroes in the West Indies ? British philanthropists themselves being the judges of what it has effected there, as it has done during the same period for the elevation of our 3,- 000,000 American slaves ? , Disunion. — A convention of Abolitionists as. sembled at Dtica, New York, on Monday last. It was attended by about one hundred dele gates, who passed resolutions endorsing a dis solution of the Union. ’—BUCHANAN. Meeting of Gen. Jackson and J. Q. Adams at President Monroe’s Levee. —The following aocount of the rencontre between Gen. Jackson and John Q. Ad ams, at President Monroe’s Levee, the night after Adams’ election over Jackson for the Presidency by the House of Rep resentatives, is taken from Peter Parley’s “ Recollections of his Lifetime I shall pass over other individuals present, only noting an incident which re spects the two persons in the assembly, who, most of all others, engrossed the thoughts of the visitors—Mr. Adams, the elect; Mr. Jackson, the defeated. It chanced in the course of the evening that these two persons, involved in the throng, approached each other from opposite di rections, yet without knowing it. Sud denly, as they were almost together, the persons around, feeling what was to hap pen, by a sort of instinct, stepped aside and left them face to face. Mr. Adams was by himself; Gen Jackson had a large, handsome lady on his arm'. They looked at each other for a moment, and then Gen. Jackson moved forward, and, reach ing out his long arm, said—“ Hew do you do, Mr. Adams ? I give you my left hand—for the right, as you see) is devoted to the fair ; I hope you are very well, sir.” All this was gallantly and heartily said and done. Mr. Adams took the General’s hand, and said, with chilling coldness— “ Very well, sir; I hope Gen. Jackson is well!” It was curious to see the western planter, the Indian fighter, the stern sol dier who had written his country’s glory in the blood of the enemy at New Orleans —genial and gracious in the midst of a court, while the old courtier and diplomat was stiff, rigid, and cold as a statue ! It was all the more remarkable from the fact that, four hours before, the former had been defeated, and the latter was a victor, in a struggle for one of the highest objects of human ambition. The personal charac ter of these two individuals was in fact well expressed in that chance meeting; the gallantry, the frankness and the hear tiness of the one, which captivated all; the coldness, die distance, and self-concentra tion of the other, which repelled all. A somewhat severe, but still acute analyst of Mr. Adams’ character says : “Undoubted ly, one great reason of his unpopularity was his cold antipathetic manner, and the sußpiciomof selfishness it suggested, or at least added greatly to confirm. None approached Mr. Adams but to recede.— He never succeeded—he never tried to conciliate.” I recollect an anecdote somewhat illus trative of this. When he was a candidate for the Presidency, his political friends thought it advisable that he should attend a cattle show at Worcester, Mass., so as to conciliate the numbers of influential men who might be present. Accordingly he went, and when there many persons were introduced to him, and among the rest, a farmer of the vicinity—a man of substance and great respectability. On being pre- 1 sented, he said : “ Mr. Adams, I am very glad to see you. My wife, when she was a girl, lived in your father’s family; you were then a little boy, and she has told me a great deal about you. She has very often combed your head.” “ Well,” said Mr. Adams, in his harsh way—“ I suppose sho oombs yours now !” The poor fellow slunk back like a lashed hound, feeling the smart, but utterly un conscious of the provocation. A “BLOWER.” There is no denying that there is a class of individuals who seem to think that there is nothing in life so desirable as being in timately acquainted with prominent public characters. We have read many of such, but Maj. Luckey, as described in the fol lowing, is most decidedly just a huckle berry above the persimmon of many of them. Whenever the Major has a stranger in the neighborhood, •he opens : wide and “ spreads bimself,” and with a success that leaves us nothing to desire. The following scene took place between the Major and Colonel Peters, “ late arrival ” from Ver mont. “ Major, 1 understand from Gen. Coombs that shortly after the revolution you visit ed England. How did you like the jaunt ?” “ Capitally! I hadn’t been in London five hours before Rex sent for me to play whist, and a deuced of a time we had of it.” “ Rex!—what Rex ?” “ Why, Rex the King—George the HI. The game came of at Windsor Castle, Rex and I playing against Billy Pitt and Ned Burke, and resulted rather comically.” “ How so ? “ As we were playing the last game, Rex said in rather a familiar manner, ‘ Major, I suppose you are acquainted with Charles Washington, are you not V ” “ No sir-ee,” said I, “I am not—-but I tell you who I am acquainted with—George Washington, the Father of his Country.” “ Father of rebels !” said he. “He was a cursed rebel, and had I served him right, would have hung him long ago.” “ This of course riled me to that degree that I just drew back and gave him a blow between the eyes, that felled him like a bullock. The next moment Pitt and Burke mounted me, and in less than ten minutes my shirt and breeches were so badly torn and tattered that I looked like Lazarus.— This gave me rather a distaste for English society; on the next morning I set sail for America. Six weeks after I landed at Washington. The first person I met after entering the city was Q.” Q !—what Q ?” “ Why that old Federalist, Quincy Ad ams. . He wanted me to play nine pins with him. I did so, and won 5200 at two shillings a game, and then had a row.” “ About what V’ “ He wanted to pay me off in Continen tal money, worth a shilling a peck. I got angry, and knocked him into a spittoon.— While I still had him down, Jim came in and dragged me off to the White House.” “ What Jim V’ “ Why, Jim Madison. I went and play ed euchre for two hours, when Tom oame in’ and insisted that I should go home with him.” “What Tom'!” “ Why, Tom Jefferson. Jim, however, would not listen to .it, and the oonse quence was that they went in to fight. In the midst of it, they fell over the banisters, and dropped about fifty feet. When; I left they were giving each other “ fits ” in the coal oellar. How .it termininated I never could learn, as just then Martha ran in and said I must accompany her to Mount Vernon to see George.” “ What Martha ?” “ Martha Washington, wife to George Washington, the old boy that gave Jessey to the bloody Hessians.” About here, Coombs said the stranger began to discover that he was swallowing things. The next stage that came along he took passage for an adjacent town. The Major we believe, is still living, and still insists that the wolloping he gave .George Rex is “ the greatest and best thing on record.” The Larcest Room.— The largest room in the world is at St. Petersburg, Russia, and is G5O feet in breadth. By daylight it is used for military displays, and a battullion can conveniently manceuver in it. In the evening it is often converted into tfcvast ball room, when it is warmed by sixteen prodigious stoves, and 20,000 wax tapers are required to light it properly. The roof of this structure is a single aTch of iron, the bars alone on which it rests weighing 12,830 lbs. The most won derful part of the room is, that there is not a single pillar or arch to obstruct the view. Srsi’EssioN Bridge from New York to Brooklyn. —One of our exchanges says: “ Mr. John A. Roebling, of Trenton, who constructed the Niagara suspension bridge, and is now building a similar bridge over the Ohio, from Cincinnati to Covington, suggests the construction of a suspension bridge from Brooklyn to New York city, which shall be 200 feet high in the centre, so as to allow the passage of the tallest vessels under it. Over the bridge two railroad tracks to be laid, upon which passenger trains to be run every five minutes. The trains to be drawn over by means of wire ropes, passed over machinery, to be moved by stationary steam engines at each end of the bridge. A massive stone column at each end, 300 feet in height, to sustain wire cables, to whioh the tracks are to be attached. The estimated cost of the work will be two millions of dollars, which, it is calculated, will yield a net income of SGOO,OOO, leaving a very handsome profit.” Extraordinary Delusion.— The Philadel phia North American publishes a detailed account of one of the most remarkable cases of delusion of recent date which has just oc curred in that city. A large number of igno rant Germans have, it seems, permitted them selves to be victimized by a woman of their own race, who pretended to be the sister of Jesus Christ. She appenrs to have exercised unlimited control over them, extorting large sums of money, jewelry, etc. CARDS. Dr. John. M’Calla, DENTIST— 4 East Kimr street. Lancaster. Pa. faul 18 tf-13 JUNIUS B. KAUFMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, has removed his office to his residence, in Duke street, first door south of the Farmers' Bank’ near the Court House, ap 1 ly 11 Removal.— william s. amweg, attorney AT LAW, has removed his Office from his former place, into North Duke street opposite the uew Court House. T\R. S. WELCHENS, SURGEON DEN -1.7 TlST.—Office. Kmmph's Buildings, second floor. North East corner of North Queen and Orange streets, Lancas ter, Pa. Jan 20 tf 1 Newton lightner, attorney AT LAW, has removed his Office to North Duke street, to the room recently occupied by Hon. I. E. Hipster. Lancaster, apr 1 tf 11 Removal.— ISAAC E. lllESTER—Attorney at Law Has removed to an Office in North Duke street, nearly pposite the new Court House, Lancaster, Pa, npl d rn-12 Aldus J. Neff, Attorney at Law.— Office with B. A. Shasffer, Esq., south-west corner of Centre Square, next door to Wager’s Wine Store, Lancaster. Pa. may Id, 1855 ly-17 Jesse Landis. —Attorney at Law. Office one dnoi east of Lechler’s Hotel, E. King St., Lancaster I’a. kinds of Scrlvenlng—such as writing Wills, Deeds. Mortgages, Accounts, Ac., will be'attended to with Dorrectnes's and despatch. may 15. ’O5 tf-17 WILLIAM WHITESIDE, SURGEON DENTIST.—Office in North Queen street. 3d door from Orange, and directly over Spronger A WeflthaefTer’s Book Store. r Q Lancaster, may 27, lS5t5. ly 10 Removal. —WILLAM B. FORDNEY, Attorney at Law has removed his office from N. Queen st. to the building in the South East corner of Centre ?q uare, for merly known as Hubley’s Hotel. Lancaster, april 10 Dr. J. T. Baker, lloinepathic Physician, successor to Dr. M’Allister. Office in E. Orange St., nearly opposite the First Ger man Reformed Church. Lancaster, April 17 (tf-13) Railroad House, European style Hotel ind Restaurant, No. 4-8 Commercial and No. 87 Clay Streets, SAN FRANCISCO. HALEY A THOMPSON. Proprietors. jan 2 tf-50 James Black. —Attornej - at Law. Office in E 1 King street, two doors east of Lechler’s Hotel, Lan caster, Pa. 4®“ All business connected with his profession, and all kinds of writiug, such as preparing Deeds, Mortgages, Wills. Stating Accounts, Ac., promptly attended to. may 15. tf-17 SAMUEL H. REYNOLDS, Attorney at Law, R.-al Estate Agent and Conveyancer. Office, No. 4 North. Duke street, opposite the Court House REFERS TO Ex-Gov. W. F. Johnston, Pittsburg. William Bigler, Philadelphia. Hon. G. W. Woodward, “ “ Alex. Jordan, Snubury. Peter McCill, Esq., Joshua W. Comly, Esq., Danville. Hon. James T. Hale, Bellfonte. Henry Brockerhoff, “ LANCASTER COUNTY EXCHANGE AND DEPOSIT OFFICE Corner of East King and Duke Streets, BET. TIIE COURT HOUSE AND SI'RECHER’S HOTEL, Lancaster City. JOHN K. REED A CO. pay interest on deposit* at the fol lowing rates: b I A P er cent or one year and longer. 5 do. “ 30 days “ do. £3f“Also, buy and sell Heal Estate and Stocks on com mission, negotiate loans, collect claims, Ac., Ac. undersigned are individually liable to the extent of their estates, for all the deposits and other obligations of John K. Heed A Co. JOHN K. REED, AMOS S. HENDERSON, DAVID SHULTZ, ISAAC E HIESTER, dec lid* tf 49 THE Office of the Lancaster Savings In stitution is open daily from 9 o’clock, A. M, until 4 o’lock, P. M. Those depositors who have not exchanged certificates are requested to call at the Office with as little delay as possible and receive the new certificates now being Is sued in exchange for those issued prior to June 6th, 1565, in order that the Institution may proceed in the_regul.Hr transaction of business. By Order of the Board of Trustees. E. SCHEAFFER, President. A. E. Rousts, Setfy. oct 30 tf 44 J MARTIN.] STRASBCRG. [J. KINREAD, Dentistry.— martin * kinkead. having associated together in the practice of DENTISTRY, will endeavor to render entire satisfaction in all opera tions entrnsted to their care. Being prepared fur the Man ufacture of TEETH, we will ba enabled to suit all cases, with Block. Single Gnm or Plate Teeth, either on Gold. Silver or Guttn Percha. '35-Office —Main Street, 3 doors East of Echternacht's Hotel, Strasburg, Lancaster county. N. B.—l tako this method of tendering thAnks fur the liberal patronage heretofore received, and hope by the present arrangement to be enabled at all times to attend to those requiring our services, july 22 ly 27 J. MARTIN. JOSEPH A. NEEDLES, MANUFACTU RER OF WIRE, BILK AND HAIR-CLOTH SIEVES, Coarse, medium and fine in mesh; large, middle size and small In diameter. METALLIC CLOTHS OR WOVEN WIRE, of the best qualities, various sizes of mesh, from Nos.l to 80 inclusive, and from oue to six feet In width. They are numbered so many spaces to a lineal inch, and cut to suit. . .• The subscriber also keeps constantly on hand, SCREENS, for Coal, Sand. Ore, Lime, Grain, Gravel, Bumac, 'Sugar, Salt, Bone, Coffee, Spice, Drugs, Dye-Stuffs, Ac. Together with an assortment of BRIGHT AND ANNEALED IRON WARE. All of the above sold wholesale or retail, by * J. A. NEEDLES, June 8 ly 20 54 N. Front st., Philadelphia. Great bargains in furniture, at the HOUSE KEEPER’S EMPORIUM, North Queen Street, near Orange, Lancaster. The undersigned have on hand a very extensive assort ment of Parlor, Chamber, Dining Room and Kitchen Fur niture, of a qnality equal to any that can be procured in Lancaster or Philadelphia, which they will sell (fob rxadt cash) at prices far below the usual rates. Window Shades of every variety for almost nothing. “A word to the wise is sufficient,” come and see. N. B.—Splendid Cottage Chamber Setts just received. , dec 9tf 47 KETCHUH A TIOKBRY. Blinds? Blinds lI—VENETIAN BLIND MANN FACTOKY. The subscriber takes this method of In forming the citizens of Lancaster county, that, be still continues to manufacture BHuds of the most beautiful and fashionable styles, at the shortest possible notice, at his new establishment In East German Street, (one door below the Public Schools.) Any person desiring to look at his different patterns, can do so by calling as above, where he will at all times be ple&sed-to wait upon them. He has received some beauti ful patterns from Philadelphia. Mso, Walnut Blinds made to order, of which specimens can be 6een at his dwelling; these blinds are warranted not to fade or draw. Window Shades hung. Hair, Husk, Palmleaf, Straw and Cotton Mat trasses made to order and taste. Also, Cush ions, Curtains and all kinds of Upholstery made and re paired. Carpets cut, sewed and laid. All kinds of Furni ture made in the latest fashion and style. Old Furniture: repaired and Tarnished to look as good as new. Coders can be left at the Ben Franklin Printing Office, North Queen street, next door to ShobeHs Hotol, Jacob King's Grocery stun:; Witweyur A Barnes’ Furniture Warehouser D. Bair’s Dry Good Store; Erbeu’s Dry Good store; T. J. Wentz's Dry Good store; at the Red Lion Hotel, West King street; llelnitah A Carter, Painters, Orange st., D. Herr. Columbia; and T. Gould, Safe Harbor. june 10 fltn-22 BARRY’S TRICOFHEROCS. —Lyon’s Katha iron, Storr’a luvigorator, Bollard's Regenerative Cream Jules Iluuel’a Eau Lustral, Harrison’s Philicone, Halrley’a Pomade, Extract Rose Geranium, Jockey Club, New Mowu Hay, Crystal Palace Mark, Verlera, Ac. For sale at THOMAS ELLMAKER’S Drug A Chemical Store, West King Bt., Lancaster, dec 4 tf4« Keystone state saporifier, or C9ncentrateU Ley for making Soap. Full directions for use accompanying each box For sale at THOMAS ELLMAKER’S Drug A Chemical Store, West Kiug st., Lancaster, dec 4 tf 46 Hardware— PINKERTON A 8 LA YM AKER, No. 37 North Queen street, Lancaster. Pa Wholesale anil Retail dealers In Foreign Hardware and domestic, cutlery, glass, nails, paints, oils, Tarnishes, Ac. Always ou hand a complete assortment of building ma terials, (arming utensils, housekeeping goods, cedar ware saddlery and Coach Hardware. They are the exclusive Agents for the two most celebra ted COOK STOVES in the Union, the Morning Star and the William Penn, warranted to give entire satifi&ction or no sale. Also, a complete assortment of the latest and most improved Cook and Parlor Stoves in the market, adapted to both wood and coal. tt£,They respectfully invite the public to examine their stock, before purchasing elsewhere, as they are determin ed to sell as cheap as the cheapest. Thankful for the liberal patronage heretofore extended to them, they respectfully solicit a continuance of the same. PINKERTON A SLAYiIAKER. sep tf 34 Konigmacher &. bacjlan, tan ners and Curriers Store, back of Robt. ModorwelPe Commission Warehouse, fronting on the Railroad and North Prince street. Cheap for Cash or approved credit.—' Constantly on band a full assortment of all kinds Saddler's and Shoemaker’s Leather, of superior quality, Including •* Rouzer’s celebrated Sole Leather,” also, Leather Bands, well stretched, suitable for all kinds of machinery, of any length and width required, made of a superior quality of Loather, Furnace Bellows, Band aud Lacing Leather, Gar deu Uoso, Tanner's Oil. Currter'a Tools, Moroccos, Shoe Findings, Ac'. All kinds ol(l Leather bought in the rough; highest pi ices given lor Hides and Skins in cash; orders will be prompt ly attended to. teb 5 ly 6 WANTED.— A PARTNER IN THE MILLING BUSINESS.—To a person who can com mand a capital of $lO,OOO, a good opportunity is offered In becoming associated with the advertiser In the above busi ness. in a now Steam Mill, located convenient to the Penn sylvania Railroad and Caual; and also in a good Grain country. Tho location is n desirable one for entering Into tho DISTILLING BUSINESS, iu which tho pre&ont proprietor is desirous of engagiug. Any person wishing to embark in the business should make application immediately to secure tho advantages of the Spriug trade. Address AURORA, Lowistown, Mifilin couuty, Pa. jan 27 4t 2J Patent Ambrotypee. —The subscribers having purchased the exclusive right of Lancaster city, are now enabled to offer to the public a new style op Pictures, far exceeding, iu beauty and durability, anything over l»e fore made. These picffcres are not reversed, (as daguerreo types areand may be seen in’anyllght. They also possess the rare property of being imperisiiaulk; being hermetically sealed between glass plates, which is secured by Letters Patent, in the United States, Great Britain and Prance, and practised in Lancaster rify by T. <£• 11’. OUMMJTiGS. only, ovor Sprecher & Bro.’s Now Store, North Queen it., Lancaster. EXPLANATION The term AMBROTYPE, by which those Pictures am designated; is derived from the Greek word Ambrotos, sig nifying indestructibility, permanency,