VOL. LVIII.
SPRING’S FORAY.
BY BEAD THORNTON
By the flowry-banked Floridian river
The young Spring lay ;
Glinting sunbeams filled his quiver
That February day;
Biside him peeped the violet’s eye,
f And scented the breeze the orange blow ;
X The Virginia red*bird whistled nigh,
Beat south by the northern snow !
On his shield of golden sunshine
r The yflung Spring lay ;
'The flaming spear he held was made
Oflightning flashed in May ;
“ Thou, tyrant Winter ! hast come down
And overpassed thy line !
I’ll have a foray in thy field,
Since thou hast camped in mine !
Since over my southern floral clime
Thy snows have dared to brood,
I’ll try which is the stronger,
The gentle ortho rude.
“ Gather ! south-winds, gather !
Breeze up for the North !
Birds of sunny feather,
For the rear come forth !”
Northward trooped the gallant Spring,
Whilo Winter, cowed, retreated,
And left the plain for mountain tops,
Without a fight defeated ;
, Where Hudson’s rocks like dragons gape,
Spring breaks theiriicy teeth,
And from the valley’s turfy lap
Ho melts the snowy wreath —
Through mildest days he keeps the field,
While Winter northward rallies,
And made an ambush for the Spring
That with his danger dallies —
But the still woods hear the battle cry,
And warn the gentle Spring to fly !
Down from the Adirondack j
This second morn of Spring t
Come the vast aeriol surges
Their foam-like snows to fling—
Like hungry wolves of Labrador
The gusty winds will howl and roar
Yet bonny Spring, Godbles3 thee
’’For thy brief and bright foray—
We'll mingle with the winds of March
Thy foretaste of the May !
And when thejearly April
Shall deck with flowers the wood—
’Twill prove for thee the gentlo
Is stronger than the rude !
"WILLIAM F. PACKER.
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR OOVERNOR
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
William F. Packer, is above the ordina
ry size j his robust frame, with rounded
contour ; bis fair complexion, tinged with
the rosy hues of a healthy and vigorous
circulation ; his capacious forehead, indi
cating great intellectual power ; his intel
ligent countenance and agreeable manners,
render his personal appearance at once
prepossessing and commanding. In 1846
he was duly elected a member of the House
of Representatives from the district com
posed of the counties of Lycoming, Clin
ton, and Potter ; but by a mistake in car
ryingout the returus of ono of the town
ships in Clinton County, his opponent was
returned as elected, and actually served
during the whole of the session, before the
mistake was discovered. In 1847, the
people of his district appeared to be de
termined to manifest their views by a vote
so decisive as not to be mistaken or defeat
ed, and he was accordingly elected to the
House of Representatives by a majority
exceeding fifteen hundred over his compe
titor. Although this was his first appear
ance as a member of a legislative body, his
knowledge of the public interests, his ac
quaintance with parliamentary rules, and
his business capacity were so universally
known and acknowledged, that he was at
once chosen by his fellow members to pre
side over their deliberations as Speaker of
the House.
The selection of n new member to a post ;
of such great responsibility, and requiring |
such varied and extensive abilities, may ;
be regarded as a high honor, in which Gen. ,
Packer stands as the sole recipient in his ;
native State. Such a recognition of pre- j
eminent abilities, is of rare occurrence eve- .1
rywhere ; and it is believed never occurred “]
before in Pennsylvania. In 1848, he was
re-elected to the House. The brilliant .
achievements of a brave and successful ,
General, who was a candidate for the ■
Presidency had produced disastrous results
to the Democratic party throughout the
Union, and had given the Whigs a large
majority in the Senate of Pennsylvania,
and reduced the Democratic members in
the House to a bare equality in number
with their opponents. Notwithstanding
this circumstance, and although every
member was in attendance at the organi
zation of the House, Gen. Packer was
again elected Speaker of that body. Con
sidering his known attachment to Demo
cratic principles, his great influence and
continual activity as a writer and as a
public speaker in sustaining the principles
and candidates of the Democratic party,
his second elevation to the Speaker’s ohair
must be regarded as an honorable and
magnanimous tribute to his talents and in
tegrity,'and to the impartiality and ability
with which he had discharged the high
duties of the office at the previous session.
This compliment was in fact richly merit
ed. General Packer possesses a mind
' well stored with useful knowledge. Al
though self taught his education has not
■ been neglected. He is familiar with the
current literature, and with the teachings
. of history and philosophy. Although not
a member of the legal profession, he is a
much better lawyer than many who belong
to it. His thorough acquaintance with le
gal principles, and with constitutional and
parliamentary law, eminently qualify him
for the duties of the chair. And so satis
factory were his decisions upon many diffi
cult questions which arose during his two
official terms as Speaker, that they have
been in no instance reversed, by the llouso.
Indeed if we are not mistaken, an appeal
was never taken from any decision pro
nounced by General Packer as Speaker,
except in one solitary case ; and on that
occasion, upon hearing his reasons and the
authorities cited in support of his decision,
the judgment of the chair was unanimously
sustained,; the gentlemen who took the
appeal , acknowledged his error and- voted
against his own appeal to sustain the de
cision of the chair ; it is proper to add, in
this place, that General Paoker is one of
the most powerful public debaters which
our country has produced. In the prima
ry assemblies of the people, and in their
legislative halls, his eminent abilities in
this respect have been frequently dis
played and always acknowledged. In a
' government resting upon publio opinion,
the discussion; in public assemblies of the
people, of the principles and measures to
be opposed as detrimental, or advocated
as advancing the publio interest, is abso
lutely indispensable to suooeßs. The free-
dom of debate is emphatically the aliment
of self-government, which goes hand in
hand with free discussion in our public
journals. The freedom of speech and the
liberty of the press are the palladiums of
public liberty. But the temple would
soon be overthrown by the strong arm of
tyranny, unless its columns were constant
ly supported by the power and patriotism
of her writers and orators. In this age of
progress, the men who is unable to express
bis views to his fellow-citizens, and to dis
-cuss the measures of government before
the assemblies of the people, will be left
so far behind in the political race as to be
soon forgotten. General Packer’s distin
guished abilities as a writer arid as an or
ator, take him out of this category and
place him in the front rank of our most
useful, influential, and promising citizenS.
The subject of this sketch is thus before
the reader, and we see what he is now, —
Let us look into his past history that we
may understand the means by which he
has acquired his present eminence. He
was born in Howard Townshfp, Centre
County, on the 2d of April, 1807. He is
decended from a highly respectable family
who belong to the Sooiety of Friends ; but
they were Whigs of the Revolutionary
period, and were attaohed to the cause of
their country in her struggle for liberty.
His grand-father, James Packer, was born
in 1725, on a farm in New Jersey, where
the town of Princeton now stands. His
father also named James, was born in
Chester County, Pennsylvania. On tho
maternal side he is connected with tbe
Pettits, a large and influential family in
Pennsylvania. When Packer was but
seven years old his father died leaving a
| widow and five small children. At this
; tender age he whs under the necessity of
j contributing to his own support, and that
of the family, by the most severe and ex
: hausting labor ; and some years after at
i age of twelve years, he traveled from
; Bellefonte to Sunburv, for the purpose of
learning the printing business with his
cousin, Samuel J. Packer, formerly a dis
tinguished Senator, and then editor of the
Public Inquirer, a paper which advocated
with great ability the re-election of Wil
liam Findlay for Governor, in 1820.
some time after the defeat of Mr. Findlav,
the Inquirer was discontinued, and in 1823
General Packer retarded to Bellefonte to
oomplete his knowledge of the printing
business, in the office of the Bellefonte
Patriot, then under the control of Henry
Petriken, Esq., who was subsequently dis
tinguished as a Senator. General Packer
completed his apprenticeship in May, 1825,
and was employed as a journeyman at the
profession of tbe great Franklin, on the
public printing in Harrisburg, in the years
1825, 1826, and 1827. In the latter year
he purchased an interest in the Lycoming
Gazette, at Williamsport, Lycoming Coun
ty ; and in 1829, upon the decease of his
partner Mr. Brandon, became the sole own
er of that time honored Democratic journal.
Its years already number more than half a
century, and it still carries at its head the
motto : “Be ye just and fear not,” &c.,
which was placed there nearly thirty years
ago by the present Judge Lewis, of Lan
caster, during his editorial control of that
paper. It is stijl a flourishing and influen
tial journal, and is at present conducted by
C. D. Eldred, Esq., a gentleman of fine
abilities and exalted judgment. While the
Gazette was under the control of General
Packer, which was about nine years, it sup
ported the election of Andrew Jackson,
Martin Van Buren, George Wolf, and oth
er Democratic standard bearers of that pe
riod ; and the cause of Democracy was
greatly indebted, during these contests, to
he discreet counsels of Gen. Packer, and
to the power of his pen as made known
through the editorial columns of his paper
In 1829, G-enerar Packer intermarried
with the daughter of Peter Vanderbelt,
Esq., a respectable citizen of Williams
port, who had occupied various official sta
tions, indicative of the public confidence of
his fellow citizens. Miss Vanderbelt was
the granddaughter of Michael Ross, Esq.,
a gentleman distinguished for his energy
of character, and • strength of mind. He
was at one time the owner of the land
whereon the borough of Williamsport now
stands ; and his descendents continue ex
tensive proprietors of valuable lands ad
joining the. town.
In 1832, shortly after the improvement
system had commenced in Pennsylvania,
and after the West Branch Canal had been
adopted as a part of the system, through
the votes and influence of the Philadelphia
members, the West Branch Improvement
was left out of the Improvement Bill, and
thus threatened with abandonment. Had
this decision been adhered to, the people
of that section of the /State would have
derived no benefit froqr the large expendi
ture of the publje money for improvement
purposes. Public meetings were immedi
ately held, addresses were delivered, res
olutions adopted, and, among other strong
measures, a direct appeal was made to the
people of Philadelphia City and County
against the suicidal policy of their own
members. This last measure had the de
sired effect; and the Philadelphia mem
bers, under the influences brought to bear
upon them from their own immediate con
stituency, retraced their steps, and voted
for the West Branch Improvement, and it
was thus saved ! In all these proceedings,
Gen. Packer, although a very young man,
bore a leading part. To his efforts, more
than to any other individual, are the peo
ple of that section of the country indebted
; for the construction of their valuable canal.
As the work progressed, the public voice
very properly called for his appointment
as Superintendent, which offioe he held
until the spring of 1835. He discharged
the duties of this station to the satisfaction
of the people, and disbursed without a
dollar’s loss to the State, while he held
the office, more than a million and a quar
ter of the public money ! His accounts
were all regularly and properly settled.—
In 1835, General Packer was the warm
friend of Governor Wolf, and received the
Democratic nomination for Senate, but
as the Democratic party was that year
distracted by the .unfortunate guberna
torial contest between the friends of Wolf
and Muhlenberg, a portion of the friends
Muhlenberg coalesced with the Whigs in
favor of Alexander Irvine, then a Muh
lenberg man, but since U. States Marshal
under General Taylor, and General Packer
was defeated. In 1836 he united with
Messrs. Parke and Barret, in the publica
tion of the Harrisburg Keystone. The
! paper itself is the best evidence of the
i eminent abilities of those three gentlemen
as editors. This connexion continued
• until 1841. Mr. Parke is now engaged
■ in the praotice of the law, and Mr. Barret,
“THAT COUNTRY IS THE MOST PROSPEROUS WHERE LABOR COMMANDS THE GREATEST REWARD.”—BUCHANAN.
LANCASTER CITY. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 24, 1857.
after, a season of retirement from publio
life, has again made his appearance in the
editorial chair, and his abilities will, no
doubt, insure him an appropriate reward.
In 1838 General Packer distinguished
himself by his political tact and the power
of his eloquence as a speaker at public
meetings of the people, in advocating the
election of David 11. Porter, then the
Democratic candidate for Governor. In
1839 he was appointed Canal Commission
er, in connexion with Hon. James Clarke
and Hon. E. B. Hubley, and continued to
discharge with unsurpassed ability the
the highly responsible and difficult duties
of that office, until the month of February,
1842, a period of three years. In May,
1843, General Packer received the ap
pointment of Auditor General, of the Com
monwealth. He continued to discharge
the duties of this office until May, 1845, a
period of two years. His him
a seat in the Cabinet of the Executive, and
thus called into action his knowledge of
men, of measures, and of the diversified
interests of the Commonwealth. .Holding
jurisdiction over all the publio accounts,
the large expenditures of money for public
improvements, and the numerous difficult
questions and complicated cases which
arose for adjudication, called for the exer
cise of the soundest judgment; and no
mind, save'one enlightened by an exten
sive acquaintance with common law and
equity principles, as well as with the s at
utes of the Commonwealth, could have
discharged the duties of this exalted sta-
tion. The settlement of the claims of the
domestic creditors, with the other business
of the office arising from the increased
public expenditures for improvement and
other purposes, rendered the duties of the
Auditor General, far more burdensome
than they have been since, or had ever
been before, at any period in the history
of the government. And the ability dis
played by General Packer, his perfect
mastery of every question which arose,
and his impartiality in the discharge of his
high duties, in the settlement of these
questions, are acknowledged by men of all
parties.
It may with great truth be said of Gen
eral Packer that he is indebted to his own
industry for the education and knowledge
he has acquired, and to his own merits for
the distinction to which he has attained.
He is thoroughly democratic in his princi
ples, and is always ready to devote his
talents and his .means to the success of
those principles. He is no empty talker
about names and forms, following the sub
stance and not the shadow. Springing
from the people, he is always ready to do
battle for their rights. Looking to them
as the legitimate source of all political
authority, he is ready to trust them with
every power consistent with representative
government. Aware of the nature of the
federal compact, and of the unwillingness
of the early statesmen of democracy to
trust the central government with any but
a limited authority, he is ever ready to
stand by the state sovereignties in con
fining the General Government strictly
within the powers granted by the Federal
Constitution. Men of eminence in' the
party to which General Packer belongs,
may occasionally differ in the application
of principles to particular cases, but all
politicians, of the genuine Democratic
school, subscribe to the great fundamental
doctrine of the party, that “the powers not
delegated to the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
States, are reserved to the States respec
tively, or to the people.” Upon the steady
support of this principle the permanency
of the Union and the liberties of the peo
ple depend. Every extension of territory,
and. every increase of the great sisterhood
of nations, of which our glorious confeder
acy is composed, is but a new demand
upon the patriot Tor a vigilant and ener
getic support of the ancient, safe and chief
principles of the Democratic party, a strict
construction of tha Federal Constitution.
So long as this principle of construction
is adhered to by our public authorities,
and by those who clothe them with power,
the rights of the people and of the States,
will be protected against the usurping ten
dencies of a great central government.—
With this principle constantly before us,
and with our public men able and willing
to maintain it either in the legislative hall,
or in the judicial forum, we can have no
fears of nullification or consolidation ; but
our great and glorious Union, standing as
an illustrious example of the capacity of
the people for self-government, shall not
only seoure its own greatness and perpe
tuity, but shall light all the nations of the
earth in their onward march to freedom.
HONEST—A WESTERN SKETCH,
BY DAVID COOPEREIELD,
It was a beautiful autumual morning, in
the western part of the State of Kentucky,
that myself and several of the young set
tlers who had made up a hunting match, set
out across the prairie for the place of ren
dezvous. After an hour’s ride we came in
sight of a new frame building, when the
winding of the horn, the tramp of horses,
and the barking of dogs, warned the last
of our party of our approach. William
King, before whose house we now reined
up, had been a few years back among the
first merchants of Philadelphia. Meeting
with sudden reverse of fortune, he had re
solved to seek for more propitious luck in
the “ Far West.” He had been among us
but two summers, with his young wife and
an only ohild, a beautiful boy of three
years, whom he called after the “ Father
of his Country.” Little George clung to
his father as he crossed the yard, followed
by his favorite dog, an old spaniel, whioh
he had brought with him from Philadelphia.
‘ Stay George,’ said King, as he mount
ed his nag —‘ stay, and when father comes
back you shall have a ride,’ for the boy
was eager to ride behind his father; ‘ and
you, Honest, mind your young master till
I return.’
The old dog here leaped up and lioked
his master’s hand in token of obedienoe,
as if oonseious of his charge, and at the
fresh winding of the bugle we set off for
the chase. It appears that after we were
gone, Margaret King had gone over to see
a sick neighbor, leaving the chilcl asleep in
his cradle, and the house to the sole care
of the faithful dog, who lying down by the
side of the cradle began to doze, when he
was suddenly aroused by a low growl, and
the next moment a large she wolf flew at
the child as he lay sleeping, unconscious of
danger, until awakened by the struggle
made by the wolf to free herself from the
dog, who had resolutely attacked and foro
ed her from her intended prey. During
the fiercest of the oonfliot the affrighted
child rushed out of the apartment, closely
followed by the wolf, which ever and anon
would snap at the untiring dog that still
hung about the room from whieh there was
but one outlet. The little boy retreated
to the farthest corner of the room, expect
ing at length to be torn in pieces ; but
Honest, as if he had reserved all his
strength for a last effort, bounced anew
upon the enraged Wolf, and after being
dreadfully lacerated, he succeeded in throt
tling his ravenous antagonist, and after a
mighty struggle plaoed his charge beyond
the reach of danger by the death of the
foe. George now lay down on. some car
peting, afraid to pass the wolf, though dead '
as she had fallen directly across the'door- 1
way between the two rooms. Honest drag
ged her to the opposite corner, but still
George would not move, and the weary
brute crawled down stairs into the yard,'
and lay down to watch our return. • I
Owing to an accident which befel one of
our party, we were obliged to go back
much earlier than we had intended. Mar
garet had not yet returned and as we rode 1
up to the gateway, the old dog arose and
tottered towards us, his mouth and feet!
covered wi:h blood. On entering the house ,
not suspecting what really had happened,
and knowing that the child’s attachment
would never allow the dog to be away from
him, our minds misgave us that he had de
stroyed him. King cried ‘ George !’ but
received no answer, nor yet could we dis
cover a single trace of the child. The
father rushed up stairs, and guided the
blood to the chamber; but, 0 ! heavens,
what a sight for the despairing parent. —
The blood, the cradle overturned, the
clothes torn and bloody; everything ap
parently went to confirm our suspicions of
the death of the child.
A cold shudder came over each as he
entered the apartment. There stood the
father, for a moment astonished at the
sight, his eyes roaming wildly around him ;
when suddenly turning, they fell upon
poor Honest, who had followed us into the
house and now stood wagging his tail and
licking the clotted blood from his nose and
mouth. In an instant the rifle which King
held in his hand was raised and the fatal
trigger pressed, when, with a mournful
cry, Honest sprang from the floor, and
then staggering for awhile, slowly turned
and entered the next apartment. A soream
now attracted our attention, when
ing the sound, what was our astonishment
to find a large she-wolf lying torn and dead
in one corner of the room, and then darl
ing George sitting up on the carpeting
where he had been asleep until the re
port of the rifle ; and the sight of his play
mate faint and bleeding had elicited the
scream. The child had his little, arms
thrown around the neck of his poor dog,
and there he Bat kissing him, with the
warm tears rolling down his rosy cheeks
and mingling with the life blood which
trickled from Honest’s side.
At once the truth flashed upon our
minds. The wolf had, during our absence,
entered the chamber where the child was
sleeping guarded by the dog, and, being
attacked, was overpowered and killed,
after long struggling. Judge now what
was our feelings, especially those of Wil
liam King, when the faithful brute disen
gaged himself from George, crawled to
wards us, and raising his glaring eyes
upon his master looked up earnestly into
his face for a few seconds, as if reproaching
him for his rashness, and then with a low
whine he sunk at the feet of his slayer and
continued to lick his feet, still becoming
fainter and fainter. William untied his
neck cloth to stop his bleeding by binding
it to the wound —but too late, ’twas in vain,
ne gradually stretched himself out, limb
after limb, as his breathing became harder
and harder, and ceased altogether. The
faithful animal was dead. —Philadelphia
Sunday Mercury.
Judicious Readino. —A man may cram
his mind with reading, and yet he may be
very ignorant and/ill-informed. What is
knowledge but truth 1 The man therefore,
who desires to be well-informed (and who
does not 1) should make truth the sole ob
jeot and aim of his reading. Every young
man, especially, should endeavor to culti
vate habits of judicious reading. He must
pursue truth with assiduity, if he would
store his mind with knowledge; he must
endeavor to derive solid pleasure from the
study of true and useful works, if he would
rise to eminence in literature, in politics,
in law, in engineering, in chemistry, in any
of the sciences or pursuits of life, to be
distinguished in which implies a cultivated
mind.
The character of a man is as much in
dicated by the books and papers which he
reads as by the company with which he as
sociates. We have but to know what books
and papers a young mehanic, engineer or
artist reads, to form a very sound opinion
of his qualifications and his abilities. If
he takes no papers or periodical, containing
useful information relating to science, art
and improvements, he cannot be intelli
gent, he cannot be expected to attain to
distinction in his profession, for he denies
his mind that food which is necessary for
its proper growth and sustenance.
KISSING A BACHELOR..
A correspondent relates the following
incident: —“ We have a friend—a .bache
lor friend—very fond of the society of the
ladies, but extremely modest and diffident t
withal. A few eveningsbince he went to
make a call upon an acquaintance, who had
reoently taken to himself a wife, young and
beautiful, and as a matter of course, over
flowing with affection for her husband.—
Now this lovely wife for a week, like all
other wives, could scarcely survive the
brief absence of her husband for the dis
charge of his business, and always upon
his return met him upon the threshold, and
smothered him with kisses. It so hap
pened when our friend called, that the
husband was absent, but was momentarily
expected by the fond and anxious wife.—
She heard his footfall upon the step, and,
supposing it to be her husband, rushed
forth to meet himand he had scarcely
laid his hand on the bell-pull before the
door flew open, and his neck was encircled
by a pair of white arms, and burning kisses
fell thick and fast upon his lips and cheeks
—while a full and throbbing breast was
strained to his 1 There was a trying situa
tion for a diffident man, and our friend
came near fainting on the spot; but fortu
nately, the lady discovered her mistake in
season to prevent such a melancholy event,
and he escaped from the house more dead
than alive. The last we saw of him, he
was leaning against a tree, fanning himself
with his sombrero, in order to recover
strength to regain his lodgings.”
WISHING.
BT JOHN <J. SAXE
Of all the amusements of the mind,
Prom logic down to fishing'
There is not one that yon can find
So very oheap as “wishing !”
A very choice diversion too,
If we bat rightly use it,
And not, as we are apt to do,
Pervert it and abuse it.
I wish—a common wish indeed —
My purse was somewhat fatter,
That I might cheer the child of need,
And not my pride to flatter.
That I might make oppression reel
As only gold can make it,
And break the tyrant’s rod of steel
As only gold oan break it!
I wish —that sympathy and love,
And every human passion
That has its* origin above,
Would come and keep in fashion ;
And scorn, and jealousy, and hate,
And every base emotion,
Were buried fifty fathoms deep
Beneath the wa_es of ocean.
I wish —that friends were always true,
And motives always pure ;
I wish the good were not so few,
I wish the bad were fewer ;
I wish that persons ne’er forgot
To heed their pious teaching,
I wish that practicing was not
Bo very different from preaching.
I wish —that modern worth might be
Appraised with truth and candor ;
I wish that innocence were free
From treachery and slander ;
£ wish that men their vows would mind,
That women ne’er were rovers ;
I wish that wives were always kind,
And husbands always lovers.
I wish—in fine—that joy and mirth,
Ani every good ideal
May come erewbile throughout the earth,
And be the glorious real;
Till God shall every creature bles3.
With bis supremest blessing,
An'd hope be lost in happiness,
And wishing be possessing.
A LAUGHING CLERGYMAN.
Wo have heard the anecdote of the
minister whose gravity was so overcome
at the sight of the ludicrous antics of a
man who had fallen asleep on the steps of
the church door, and upset by a pugnaci
ous ram, who mistook his nodding for a
signal of defiance, and charged upon him
accordingly. The minister beheld tho
scene through the open church door, and
burst into laughter in the midst of his ser
mon, much to the astonishment of his
hearers, who could not understand the
cause of his mirth. His mortification at
this outward incident was so great that he
would never again enter the pulpit. In
the Recollections of a Life time, by S. 0.
Goodrich, we find related a circumstance
of a somewhat similar nature which he
gives as follows:
“Once upon a time there was a clergy
man, the Rev. Dr. T., a man of high char
acter, and distinguished for his dignity of
manner. But it was remarked that fre
quently, upon the pulpit stairs, he would
smile and sometimes almost titter, as if
beset by an uncontrollable desire to laugh.
This excited remark, and at last scandal ;
finally it was thought necessary for some
of his clerical friends, at a’meeting of the
association, to bring up the matter for
consideration.
“The ease was stated, the Rev. Dr. T
being present. ‘Well, gentleman,’ said
he, ‘i he fact charged against me is true,
but I beg you to permit me to offer an ex
planation. A few months after I was li
censed to preach, I was in a country town,
and on a Sabbath morning was about to
enter upon the service of the church.—
Back of the pulpit was a window which
looked upon a field of clover, then in full
bloom, for it was summer. As I rose to
commence the reading of the Scriptures, I
cast a glance into the field, and there I
saw a man performing the most extraordi- Huckster down
nary evolutions—jumping, whirling, slap- ; smart Ullage of Cincinnati, there
pmg in all directions, and with a ferocious , a certai 8 hote l keeper who for
agony of exertion. At first 1 thought he ® , r , A *
® J i , ,j i cuteness is ‘some, you may depend. —
was mad, but suddenly the truth burst been f * tl impo9e d upon
upon me-he had buttoned a bumble-bee , hu *' . ; bou ' tifv / i arder wit h
m his pantaloons ! lam constnutionally , ; * f 8 b the wide awake
nervous, gentlemen, and the shock on my . , Blwk , buck ° ter3 , he deemed it high
vmvble sensibilities was so great that I ; \ - f cheati wasn’t a game that
could hardly get through the services.- ■ j/ , at . S( f one morni ° g , brigUt
Several times I was upon the point of . , K J * ju- u* k r „ *
; . . ill' * f.-, and early, he presented himself before one
bursting into a laugh. -liven to this day , J 1 r c , v
6 , r it- *1 1 of the numerous farmers wagons surround
the remembrance of this scene—through . , . • P . T „ n
l . . ,• c . °„ mg the market squares, with : ‘ 1 s-s-say,
the temptation of the devil—often comes _ p . . n y .m J
unnn me as lam ascending the nulnit fnend ’ g“g'g ot an J g“g eese • ( Tbe P
upon me as fam ascending the pu pit f ,, h t charle s Lamb’s defect of
This, I admit, is a weakness, but 1 trust it . 6
will rather excite your sympathy and your S P (V fi ~ ,
prayers than your reproaches.’ » . , J rv ' e up t 0 my bouse
The Youth op our Age.—Where is the all-f-firedest set of boys for g-g-geese
now our youth'!—where our old age ? J ou ever d-did see, and I want to h-head
Where are our boys I—where our men 1— ’em off a few with some tough ones—c-cani
We have men-boys and boy-men. But you p-pick me out a few old h-he fellers 1
where are the veritable boys—the boys « Well I dont know but I might find one
with eager heart, throbbing pulses, buoy- or two,’ and so turning oyer his pile of
ant spirits, gay hopes, glowing fancies, un- poultry, he collects on one side of his wag
reasoning beliefs, and ready faith—the on some eight or ten geese, whose claim to
boys with the young thoughts and the the title of ‘old he fellers, might justly be
young feelings gushing through them like pronounced clear and unquestionable,
the juices of young life—the boys who ‘Mine host * eyed the process of sepa
hail their,stage of existence joyfully, gath- ration with evident satisfaction,
ering its pleasures, battling its sorrows, ‘ Are those all the t-tough ones you ve
and venting its impulses; not striving and g-got V .
straining after an unripe knowledge and a ‘Yes, sir, and I vowldidn tknowJ. had
forced maturity ? Where are now our 80 many.
veritable gray-beards—the old men who. ‘ Well,’ was the reply, ‘ g-guess 111 take
calmly, and of course enter on their stage the other lot!
of life assuming its dignities, claiming its x ntten * a ma3qeU rade ball,
privileges, and fulfilling its functions; tl d h throng be falls in
separating themselves from the turbid ac- &ir * a im black silk, whose
tiou, the toil and stnfe of the world, and h ’ now . white Dec k, and
reposing honorably in the retirement of bewitch f % oqnettish airs awaken in his
experience and counsel; not clinging to 03t ‘ apturou3 l ove . She easts
the semblance of foregone periods not en- h;m , dokg the mogt la ishi
vying the energies of youth or the prime he revelg in th(j h 0 f haying
of manhood, but keeping alive the memo- , - , . rj . °
, c c i xl • j made a blissful conquest. He musters up
ries and feelings of both to ray their de- coar aDd fo address her ;
climng day with mellow light—the old men „ wh( f thou lovel ma3k ,» asks Dr.
who rejoiced to wear their grey hairs as a v , .. . u , . ,/ » ■ i rtTT „ .
crown of glory, and stood amid their fel- X .almost melted in the g™°flove
lows with iheh- hoary heads, their wise “Is it possible you do not know me, Doe
hearts and brows engraven with the lines or a honor j do not know
of thought like tke(J f , * J
" T^ e whit 6 alm<md T* f “ 11 ° f B ° od day j-'“, « Bethink yourself, Doctor.” ■
Such men may still exist, scattered like „ Ab , tbou are sure ly the gracious fairy
old pollards over the leveled face of socie- who has’appeared to me to-day, for the
ty ; but they are not thy products, not the fonrth time t 0 open to me the gateß of
result of thy materialism, 0 Age ! The b jj gg „ »
youth which opens under thy auspices, and ® y ou migtake) Doctor; lam no fairy.”
rnns by tby creed, cannot sow the seeds of „ A h—who art thou then V’
such a harvest. The youth formed under : « j am t h e well known lady to whom
rhy influences and action will have no yon have now these nine weeks been indbt
growth, will not know the natural process Jn th(j gum of two do n ar3 and seven
of maturition—“ First the blade, then the ahim &r waah ing an d ironing !”
ear, after that the full corn m the ear. Tk e dootor stood like a petrified herring.
Thy youth will be put up and fashioned
like a piece of mechanism, set to work like r_ i
a steam engine, moving ever by the same dF” A farmer out west, in announcing
hard heavy material laws—so much speed bis willingness to take a wife, declared tna ,
from so muoh power, so much knowledge he is himself in clover, he has no. objection
from so much pressure.— Blackwood. I to take a-lady in weeds....
ESSAY ON LOAFERS.
BY “ NEMO NARO.”
The title of this may appear strange to
many persons, hut we are treating of a
queer class of persons familiarily designa
ted as a loafer, can be found, in the sum
mer months, basking his “ wearied ” limbs
on the soft side of a white pine board ; and
in the winter months lounging around the
counters of stores, or nestlmg oLse to the
stove, thinking of the necessity but impos
sibility of his attendance in every place, at
all times, while he thinks is absolutely
necessary that he should attend to every
body’s business except his own. These
idlers inhabit stores, and by their apparent
drowsy state would be taken superficially
as not having the least idea of what is pas
sing around them, but they are wide awake;
they notice every gesture, every sale, every
customer, and calculate the profits and ad
vantages derived from the articles which are
bartered away. Loafers are divided into
two classes.
Ist class—The per.-on belonging to this
class you may think a great deal of; they
may be particular friends ; these are rather
delicate to approach; still he is a “loafer,”
and should he classified as one. But, say
you, it would be very improper for me to
consult a chosen friend of mine, on the
propriety of removing his person from my
property ; that would be preposterous. —
Rut he is a loafer and should he treated as
such. His continued presence iu your
store prevents many lady customers from
coining in to purchase. If he does observe
such hints as these and comprehends them,
it does not retorm him; for in a few days
he is found occupying the same old place,
reclining in an arm-chair, enveloped in
a cloud of smoke, gently rising from an
immense ‘ Havana,’ which he carefully
removes from his mouth to give a clear
passage for a volume of tobacco spit.—
While enjoying all these comforts, he
would take it as an unpardonable insult if
you should ask him to retire. ; This may
meet the eye of some one who will no doubt
see that it applies to his case exactly.
The second class consists of professional
loafers, who can bear all the reproach that
could possibly be heaped upon them, with
out taking the least insult from your re
marks. The members of this class can
always be found inhabiting printing offices
and grocery stores, sitting on the counters,
or stretched at full length on boxes and
barrels, prying into everything that does
not concern them, and carefully avoiding
those which do; dictating to tho attendants
j as if they were the supreme ruler of the
establishment. Of such loafers a good
kicking out of doors would be the shortest
and most efficacious method of getting rid
of them ; they deserve such treatment.
Loaferism ranks the lpwest of all acts
natural to man. There are many genteel
i loafers who pop in once and a while to
| have a social chat with the proprietors. —
His occasional sittings do seem at first to
retard the business from going about his
work ; but gradually his visits become a
j fixed fact, and his presence begins to be
J intolerable. To such then we would give
! a little advice, viz : Stay at home to keep
; the children quiet ; and if you have none,
I stay to keep the stove warm. Spend your
j evenings at home, for you hinder the
merchant'from regularly attenning to his
! business. In fact, attend to your own
, business, and it will attend to you. You
1 must take it into consideration that you are
1 losing all the time you are loafing ; this
1 time is more valuable than gold. Why
I not be reading useful books when you have
leisure evenings. You are getting your
i character for loafing firmly set in the
1 minds of those persons whose places of
business you frequently inhabit. Take
warning in time, before you are entered on
their books as a practical, habitual idler.
“ For idlers destroy character.”
Twilight. —What a beautiful aspeot
does all nature wear, when the sun haa
just entered the gates of the East, or is
sinking below the horizon in the West.—
The heathen personified the morning twi
light as a goddess, and assigned to her the
office of opening the gates of the East to
introduce.the chariot of Appollo Phoebus.
In the evening, after sunset, the rays of
the sun still continue to illumine the at
mosphere, till he sinks below the horizon,
when the twilight becomes deeper, till it is
lost in dark night. Our hearts should ex
pand in love, to the great Being, who is the
author of ‘ every good and perfect gift,’
and'from whom all blessings flow, when we
look upon the great canopy, spangled with
brilliant stars, which are plaoed there, not
only for our admiration and delight, but
supposed to be inhabited by immortal be
ings, whose organs are adapted to their
peculiar ciroumstances. And while re
ceiving so many bounties from the hand of
our Heavenly Father, wo should love, and
never cease to thank Him, for ull His kind
ness towards us.
CARDS.
Dr. John. M’Calla, DENTIST—OffI™ No 4 East
Kim; street. l.ancast«r. Pa. fapl 18 tf-13
JUNIUS B. KAUFMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
tian removal bis office to his residence, in Duke street,
first door south of the Farmers' Bauk’ uear the Court House,
up 1 ly 11
Removal.- william s. amwko, attorney
AT LAW. has removed his Office from his' former place,
into North Duke stieet opposite the uew Court House.
.ipr 8 tf.l2
Dr. s. welchens, surgeon den
ims l.—Office, lirampb a liuildiiipcs second floor. North
Hast corner of North Queeu and Oruuije streets, Lancas
ter, I'a. jati 20 tf l
Newton lightner, attorney
AT LAW, has removed liis Office to North Duke street,
to the room recently occupied by Hon. I. li. Hiester.
Lancaster, apr 1 tf 11
Removal*-- ISAAC K. lIIESTICU—Attorney at Law
Has removed to an Offlre In North Duke street, nearly
pposic* the new Court House, Lancaster, I’a,
apl
Aldus J. NelT, Attorney at Law. —Office with
B. A. Sbn-tFer. Kstj.. south-weft corner of Centre Square,
next door to Wafer’s Wiuo J*tore, LancauUjr, l*a.
uiay 16, 1805
Jesue LandlU) —Attorney at Law. Office one dooi
east of Lechler's Hotel. E. King St , Lancaster I’a.
kimls of Sorivenlng—such as writing Willi,
Deeds. Mortgages, Accounts, ic., will be attended to with
correctness and despatch. may Ift, ’65 tf-17
1/"ILLI A.M WHITESIDE, SURGEON
}\ DKN7JST—Oftlce in North Queen street, 3d door
>m Orange, und directly over Sprongur k Weytliaoder’s
j<»k Store.
Lancast *r, may 27,1856.
[Removal.— WllXA.M 11. FUKD.XEY, Attorney at
LVLaw has removed *fiis oflice from N. Queen st. to the
uikliin the South East corner of Centre Square, for*
lerly known as Ilubley's Hotel.
Lancaster, a t>ril It)
Dr. J. T. Baker, llowepatbic Physician, successor
L> Dr. M’Allister.
Office in E. Orange St., nearly opposite the First Qer*
man Reformed Church.
Lancaster, April IT (tf-13)
Railroad House, European style Hotel
md Restauniut, No. 48 Commercial and No. 87 Clay
Streets, SAN FRANCISCO.
HAIfKY * THOMPSON,
Proprietors.
j.n 'J tr-r.r.
Jameti Blurb. Attorney at Law. Oflice In 15.
Kiug street, two doors east of Leohler's Hotel, Lan
caster, Pa.
X#- All business connected with his profession, and
ali kinds of writing, such as preparing Deeds, Mortgages,
Wills, Stating Accounts. Ac., promptly attended to.
may IS. . tf-17
II. REYNOLDS, Attorney at
o Ltiw, u. til K«!ii(.r ntid t'uiitvyaiifiT. Ufll«a, No.
4 Nottli Dius street, opposite the Court llousa.
at:runs to
Ee-Oov. W. F. JohnsUm, I’lttnhurz,
•* William Hitler, Philadelphia,
lion. G. \V. Woodward,
•• Alex. Jordan, y--Lury.
Peter McCall. Enq.. Phn»—
Jo-diua W. Comly, E<q., Danville.
ll.m. James T. Ilale. Bellfoute.
lloury Brockerholf, “
LANCASTER COUNTY
EXCHANGE AND DEPOSIT OFFICE,
Corner of Kiirft Kintf run) Duke Streets,
BET. THB COURT HOUSE AND SI’KECUEK’S HOTEL,
Lancaster City.
JOHN' K. HEED A CO. pity interest ou deposits at the fol
lowing rate l *:
6per cent for one year aud longer.
5 do. “ 30 days •* do.
gjj-Also, buy and sell Heal Estate and Stocks on com->
mission, negotiate loans, collect claims, Ac.. Ac.
45r~The undersigned are individually liable to tho extent
of their estates, for all tbo density aud other obligations o t
John K. Kihkl A Co.
JOHN K. HEED,
DAVID SHULTZ,
doe 25
AMOS S. lIKNDEUSON,
ISAAC K 111 ESTER,
tf 49
Oltice of the Lancaottr Savings In-
X stitutlou is npeu daily from 'J o'clock, A. M-, uutil 4
o’lock. P. M.
Those depositors who have not exchanged certificates
are requested to ca-H at the Office with as little delay as
possible and receive the uhw certificates now being It
sued In exchange for those Issued prior to June Oth. 1965,
in order that the Institution oiay pnx-eed In the.regulaa
transaction of business.
JJy Order of th« Bonrd of Trufltpea.
K. fcCll KAI FilK. i’resideot.
not :jt> tf 41
A. K. nOtIF.RTS, Sec'y
J MARTI* 1 aTRASUCKO. fj. KIfi&E.AD,
Dentistry martin a kini£kad. having
associated together in the practice of DENTISTIttf,
will endeavor to reuder entire satisfaction In all opera*
Hons entrusted to their care. Being prepared for the Man*
ufacture of TKKTII, we will be enabled to suit all esses,
with Block, Slugle Gum or Plate Teeth, either on Gold,
Silver or Gutta I’ercha.
J 3- Office—Main Street, 3 doors Hast of Echtern&cht’t
II >tel, Straaburg, Lancaster county.
N. B —l take this method of tendering thanks for the
liberal patronage heretofore received, and liope by tbo
present arrangement to be enabled at all times to attend
to those requiring our services.
July 22 ly 27
JOSEPH A. NEEDLES, MANUFACTU
RER OF WlilK, SILK AND UAIK-CLOTH SIEVES,
Coarse, medium and line io mesh; largo, middle size and
small in diameter.
METALLIC CLttTUS OR WOVEN WIRE, of the beat
qualities, various si7.es of mesh, from Nos. 1 toBo Inclusive,
and from one to «ix feet in width.
They are nuinl-ered po many space* to a lineal iucb, and
cut to suit.
The suhs:rn>er also keeps constantly on hand, SCREENS,
for Oal. SaDd. Ore, Lime, Grain, Gravel, Pumuc. Stitmr,
Salt. Bone. C.ffVe, Spice. D’ucs. Dy**-StnfTa. Ac. Together
with ar. assortment of BRIGHT AND AN'NEALLD IRON
WARE.
All of the above sold wholesale or retail, br
J A. NEEDLES,
54 N. Front st , Philadelphia.
June 3 lj *2O
(■'i RE AT BARGAINS IN FURNITURE,
J at the HOUSE KEEPER'S EMPORIUM, North Queeu
Street, near Orange. Lancaster.
The undersigned have on hand a very extensive assort
ment of Parlvjr, Chamber, Dining Rtvm and Kitchen Fur
niture, of a quality equal to any that can be procured ip
Lancaetor or Philadelphia, which they will sell (PoB READY
cash ) at prices far below the usual rates. Window Shades
of every variety f*>r almost nothing. “A word to the wise
is sufficient.” come and see.
N. B.—Splendid Cottage Chamber Setts Just received,
dec 9 tf 47 KhTCUUM 4 VICKKRT.
Super-phosphate op jlime —Tie
subscribe.-* present to the notice of Farmers and oth
ers interested, the above article. Thu excellency of our
preparation has been so well known for many years past,
that we deem it uiißecps-ary to s.*y much In respect to Its
merits, but merely remark that during a long serl*»« of
years, its purity and value as a stimulant for llie growing
crop, and as a
Permcnent Manure*
have been thoroughly established
Our 3uper Phosphate of Lime is not changed in Its char
acter every sea*m. but is what it purports to bo. uniform
in Its chemical constituents, and is relied upon u the best
Fertilizer in use f<-r
CORN, OATS. WHEAT, POTATOES, GRASS
and other cr ps requiring a vigorous and lasting manors.
Pamphle’s describing it, aud the mode of applying, can
be had gratuitously at our stores, or by mail when d»-
sired.
CAUTION. —Be particular to observe that every barrel
of our article baa our name and that of JhUs <& KUtt ■
branded on the head. This Caution is rendered uecessary,
as there are so many articles of doubtful value sold under
the uame of Super Phopphate of Lime, os to mislead those
who are unacquainted with the value of*
UKNUIN.K ABTIOLB.
PRICE $45 PSR 2000-LBS. {'2\/i OBXTS PIE LB.)
A liberal deduction made to Dealers.
Since last fall there has been imported but Oir* Cargo of
the Celebrated „
pacific Ocean Guano,
which we offer f-r sale in small lots.
FISH MANURE.
A supply of this valuable article fur sale.
PRICK $3O PER 20l<0 tin. {\\i ttSf MRUg>/:.. ;
No, 1 Government Peruvian Gw«lO|
For sale at l he lowest rates. . • -
The leading Agricultural Journals and Newspapers art.
regularly JUdatwur ojjiuforthe use of Farrnrrs.^\'. -
ALLEN A '• .
Ne. 23 South Wharves, and 35 South Water
store above Chestnut St., PhUada. ; > i. *'«'
jyy-Goods can be loaded at either front ox our ware
house*. Farmers are recommended .to drive to Water.
Street and avoid the crowded wharf. Ample facilities are.
afforded lu loading Wagons and attending to the U'jne* J
mar 3 * . •
JOHN L. KEFFEBr
SIGN PAfNTEK, : , •• • t
Will always befouDd kt hl« Mld.nM, lu SortK_Wbo»
■tmt, ojitfwlw Um SlotiTlui CtnwWrr*. . W IftqoT
' " " 'i ’ ... '. r.i'.umS
NO. 10.
J. MARTIN,