r 36' t 41 - A.• CV /9--; VOL. LIX INTELLIGENCER & LANCASTERIAN PUBLIFIIIED EVERY TrESDAY, AR No. b NORTH DUKE STREET, BY GEO. SANDERSON• lEEE Svn,clurrioN.—Two Dollars per annum, payable in ad vance. No subscription discontinued until :di arrearages are paid, unless at the option of air ADVERTlSEMENTs.—Advertiserrwnts, riot exceeding one square, (12 liiuie.j will be insert•d three time,: foe one dollar, and twenty-five 'cols for each additional inser tion. Tho.e of a greater leng , h in proportion. JOB PRINTIS':—'II I4I n= 11,11 , 111, Posters, Pamphlets, Blanks, Lah.4...Cc., k,•.. executed with accuracy and at the shortest police. A BIBLE STORY FOR MOTHERS RACHEL—(GENEsis, xxviri TO xxx.) 'T was sunset in the land where Eden was— Reran, the fertile in the times of old. And now the flocks, from fur off field and hill, Home followed to the fold at Laban's well; And, when for them the stone was rolled away, They drank, and Jacob numbered them. For such As of its life had well fulfilled a day, The sunset seemed the giving of it joy— Joy fur the burned cattle with their calves; Joy for the goats with kids, the sheep with lambs; Joy for the birds, that tilted on their nests, Singing till twilight should enfold their young; And, from the lowly hut beyond the well, Rose the sweet laughter of the shepherd's babe; And Zilpah's sun, and Billalfa, on the clean Smooth floor between the household's circling tents, Played with the childrim of the unloved Leah. But, in the shadow of the tallest palm, There stood a tent, apart. Th' untrampled grass Told of mf frolic feet familiar there; And silence reigned within its guarded room ; And, by the half drawn curtain of the door, Sate une who felt her life too sorrowful To let the greeting of the sunset in. For, on the herds that watered at the well, And on the children that played joyous by, And on the flowers, and birds. and laden trees— Each lacking nought of life that was its own— How could she look and feel she was of them— itACllEL-t he Mad tess ' * "2 was another eve; And other summers had on Huron smiled— An eve of golden glory, that, again, Found Jacob with his flocks at Luhan's well. And now—uncovered, as at prayer—he stood, And looked where glowed the Bethel of his dream For, in the glory of that western sky, Be saw again the ladder rise to Heaven, And the ascending and descending troop That ministered to Ina who stood above— Ike place none other' than the house of God— There, where he poured the oil upon the stone, As ho mono east front Canaan. And, as wont, In the devoutness of that evening hour, lie recognized THE COVENANT fulfilled For he had food, and raiment to .put en— His cattle and his flocks in peace were there— A God still with hilt, I, lui ittertiased his store. And kept him in the way that he should go, And who the lily promise witald fulfil, Dearest to J acid, it, that ,tranger land, To bring hint to his father's house once more. Thus prayed he, with the setting of the sun. But, oh, there was another gift from God, And far inure precious, tho' unnamed with those; whose joy had waited not the sunset's glow, To kindle it to prayer, but whose fund fire Burned a thanksgiving incense all the day : She who 111 h'. term 100/ borne to him it child. And to the tent that stood beneath the palm— The tent apart, that was so shut and lone— The glory of the evening entered now ; The silken cord drawn eagerly and far That the sun's greeting should be all let m The rosy record of a day fulfilled Being the mirror of a mother's joy— For, on the tier, rejoicing in its light, Lay the boy babe of ItAenkh. She, of all The daughters of the bind must fair to see— Meet loved, and so most needing to bestow A jewel from her heart on him she loved— She who of women was reproached to be Barron tho' beautiful—and thus unblest, Refusing to be comforted—behold! Gaul had remembered hcr • Oh mother loved You have taken to your breast the child New given from your beauty unto him Whose soul is mingled In its lire, the link Of an immortal spirit wedded now Betwixt you twain forever, read you hero Bow in the Scripture is your story writ ! The sands of gold, from Nature's running brook, Were singled truly in the olden time. That which was holiest in our daily life Was, in inspired words, all wondrously First writtenas the stars are set to burn— Small tho' they seem, of an undying brightness. Jacob's for Rachel was a human love A heart won by tho beauty of a maid Met with her flocks beside her father's well, How beautiful was Laban's daughter there, 'T is written; and how tenderly he loved Is of his life time made the golden thread ; And of her sorrow that she bare no child, And of the taking that reproach away, 'T is lessened for the world to learn by heart— Sweet as a song—" Gun HEARKENED VNTO And oh the bliss of Rachel in her child— ; Its hallowed fountain was twice Scripture-tuld Look thou, oh mother, how again 't was writ— The story of thy babe as told in leaven- I "AND GOD REMEMBERED HER." THE BRIDE Or AN EVENING. BY EMMA D. E. N. SOUTHIVORTH °RAPIER I THE ASTROLOGER'S PREDICTION Reading, a few weeks since, one of De Quincy's papers—" Three Memorable Murders,"—recalled to my mind the strange circumstances of one of the most mysterious domestic dramas that ever taxed the ingenuity of man, or required the flight of time to,develop. - The locality of our story lies amid one of the wildest and most picturesque re gions of the Old Dominion, where the head waters of the Rappahannock wash the base of the Blue Ridge. The precise spot—Crossland—is a sub lime and beautiful scene, where two force t crowned ranges of mountains cross each other at oblique angles. At the intersecting point of these ridges nestles a little hamlet, named, from its elevated position, Altamont. At th , i period at which our story opens the tour estates, in the four angles of the irregular mountain cross, were owned as follows : The eastern farm, called Peidtnont, was the life property of Madame Auderly, a Virginia lady of the old school. The western and most valuable estate was the inheritance of Houora Paulo, an orphan heiress, grand-daughter and ward of Madame Auderly. The northern and smallest one, called, from being the deepest vale of the four— Hawe's Hole—was the property of old Hugh Hawe, a widower of gloomy temper parsimonious habits, and almost fabulous wealth. The southern farm—named, from the extravagant cost of the elegant mansion house, elaborate out-4ildings, and highly ornamented grounds, which had absorbed the means of the late owner, " Farquier's Folly"—was the heavily mortgaged patri mony of Godfrey Farquicr iDulanie, the grandson of Hugh Hawe, and now a young aspirant for legal honors at the University of Virginia. 4'Art/to.t.c.//4t ..71.1ttcilit/Alicit/e.t. But little benefit to the heir was tb be hoped from the inheritance of his father's burthened property. In the first place, old Hugh Hawe had bought up in his' pwn name all the claims against the estat!e of Farquier's Folly--doubtless to prevOt a foreclosure, and to save the property for his grandson. But, unhappily, Godfrey had mortally offended the despotic old man by declihing an agricultural life, and persisting ifd the study of a profession—a course that lhad resulted in his owu disinheritance. To make this punishment more bitter to his grandson, the old man had taken; nto favvr his nephew, Dr. Henry Hawe, whom he had established near himself at Far quier's Folly. At this time, the disinherited heir, hay ing finished a term at the University, had come down to spend a part of his vac4ion in his native place. It was upon the Saturday evening of hie arrival that he found the little hotel, and, indeed, the whole village of Altainont,lin a great state of excitement, from the fact ithat the celebrated heiress, Miss lionora P2t:ule, had just stopped there, and passed thrdbgh on her way home. Those who had been so happy as to catch a glimpse of her face, vied iwith each other in praise of her many charms, %plc those who had not, listened with eagertfess, and looked forward to idemnifying them selves by seeing her at church the .next morning Th to nex. __,y, . ,y church, where he saw and fell iu love with the most beautiful and intellectual-looking girl he ever beheld. From the cheapness and simplicity of her attire, be supp6sed leer to be some poor dependent of Madnwe Auderly's, in whose pew she sat. Godfrey was completely captivated, and he resolved at once to woo, and, if possible, win Ilthis lovely being for his wife, poor girl though she was, lie was glad she was poor,ilbe cause she could for that reason be More won. But on accompanying Mr. Will(Mgh by, the clergyman, and his brother-iniaw, Ernest Heine, home after church, vj'hat was his astonishment and dismay at. being introduced to the supposed "poor girl," whom he found to be no other thanthe celebrated Miss llonora Pattie, the greatest heiress and belle, as well as the best and noblest girl, iu the State of Virginia. iShe greeted him cordially, and iu a few ildn utes the company were busily engaged) in conversation. The topic of "capital pun ' ishment" having been started, Godfrey turned to I lonora, and said : ii 44 I take an especial personal inter4t iu having capital punishment abolished—Miss Paule, do jou believe in astrology r' 1 lionora started, fixed her eyes int4tly upon the questioner, and then wididralving them answered -11 44 Sir, why did you ask me if I believe in astrology ?" 1 " Because, Miss Paule, J. was abutit to relate for your amusement a predidtion 1 that was made concerning myself, by a professor of that black art.'' 1 " A prediction," exclaimed Mrs. Wil- I loughby, drawing near, with eager interest. " Yes, madam," replied Mr. Dulanie, smiling, "a prediction which, if 1 believed, would certainly dispose me to favor the, abolishment of the death penalty. Three years since, while I was sojourning 't - )r a short time in the city of Richmond, on my way to the University, I chanced to hear of the Egyptian Dervis, Achbad, who was at that time creating quite a sensation ir i i the city. His wonderful reputation was, the theme of every tongue. " Idleness and curiosity combined to lead me to his rooms. He required a night to east my horoscope. He demande4 and I gave him, the day and hour of my birth, and then I took leave, with the prowiSe to return in the morning. The next day I went—" il " Well ?" questioned Honora, earne s tly. " My horoscope was a lloarton-scope in deed ! It predicted for me—a shoq and stormy life, and a sharp and sudden death." " Good heaven ! But—the detaiq?" " It prophesied four remarkable events, the first of which has already comer to pass." _ ~ "And that was—?" 11 " The loss of my patrimonial estatO!" " Singular coincidence!" interr4ted Mr. Willoughby, as he arose and jdlned his wife and brother-in-law at the ether end of the room. "I thought so when the prophecy; was fulfilled," replied Godfrey. 4 4 And the other three events ?" softly enquired flonora. " The other three events, if they f4llow as predicted, must happen within the pext two years, or before I reach my tweiinty fifth anniversary. The first of those is to be the unexpected inheritance of vast Wealth. Upon hearing this, a bright smile played around the lips of lionora, and banished the clouds from her brow. She waited a few minutes for him to proceed,) but finding that lie continued silent, she slid— " Well, Mr. Dulanie, go on ! what, was the third predicted event ?" "Do you command me to inform yon ?" " No, sir ; I beg you ; of your courtesy, to do so." cc - Very well," he said dropping his Voice to a low undertone, " it was to be myltuar- Hoge with the woman 1 should worsltip." A deep vivid blush supplanted the bi;ight smile that quivered over Honora's variable face. There was a pause, broken at le'ngth by her voice, as she gently intuired—i " And the fourth r' The answer came reluctantly, ad i d. in tones so low as to meet only her ear. "The fourth and last predictionllwas, that before my twenty-fifth birth-day I should perish on the scaffold." A low cry broke from the lips of Ijono ra as her hands flew up and covered her face. After a minute or two she dr4ped them, and looking him steadilyin the Tace, said with quiet firmness— You doubtless wonder at my enaltion. Now hear me. On the autumn folldwing the summer in which that, predictio4 was made to you, 1 was in Baltimore witli my grandmother, and with Mrs. Willoughby, who was hen Miss Eleine. _Curiosit3ltook us to the rooms of the Egyptian, wlitl was then practising in that city. Andlafter some such preparations as he had used in your case, he cast my horoscope and Tread my future. It was this, that befor9 my twentieth birth-day, I should be a bride, but never a wife, for that the fatal form of the scaffold arose between the nuptual benediction and the bridal chamber. ;Such were the words of the prophecy." 1 She spoke with a solemnity that seemed to overshadow every other feeling. !! " THAT COUNTRY IS THE MOST PROSPEROUS WHERE LABOR COMMANDS THE GREATEST REWARD." LANCASTER CITY, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19, 1858. CHAPTER 11. yet striving with a feeling that she felt to THE SYBIL'S CIRCLE. be unworthy, she smiled, reached forth her The next day, Honora informed her hand, drew a tablet, and passed it to the grandmother, Madam Auderly, of God- Sybil, who, in an effective voice, read— frey's presence in the neighborhood, and ~ , But ho'w is this , A dream is on my soul ! the old lady sent her only brother, Colonel I A s s e bride—all,tiadel delighted visions, crowned isio, o. vi t i t t e h: i mrs , and smiling, Shannon, to fetch him to Piedmont. God- of a dread chasm—andthou art she!" i frey accepted the invitation. On his ar- Hogora heard in silence, remembering rival, he found that General Sterne, the the strange correspondence of these lines governor elect of Virginia, and his son. with the prediction of the astrologer, made had just taken up their quarters with long ago, endeavoring to convince herself Madame Auderly ; and the old lady, in that it was mere coincidence, and vainly his honor, at once sent off cards of invita- i trying to subdue the foreboding of her tion to some of the neighbors to visit her . heart. that evening. ,‘ Mr. Dulanie !" said Rose, shuffling the When tea was over, the company ad- tablets, and passing them to him. journed to the drawing room, where, soon He drew a card, and returned it to be after, the guests invited for the evening perused. joined the. i The Sybil tok it, and a thrill of super- First came Father O'Louherty, the par- ! stitious terror o shook her frame as she ish priest of St. Andrew's Church, at Cross- I read— land The next arrivals were Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby, and Mr. Heins. Immediately after them came Dr. and Mrs. Henry Hawe—the doctor, a man of great fashion and elegance, the lady, a delicate pensive woman, with a sort of sad, moonlit face, beaming softly out between her fleecy locks of jet. And, last of all, to the astonishment of everybody, came old Hugh Have, ?rho had be'eu invited as a matter of courtesy, and was not in the least degree expected to make his appearance. He came not alone. On his arm he brought a young girl, uninvited, but whom, with grave courtesy, he presented to his hostess as Agnes Drake, the daughter of a deceased friend, and now his ward, who had arrived only that morning, and whom, presuming on Madam Auderly's well known kindness, he had ventured to pre sent to her. Dulauie attended Madame Auderly, a reader of faces, was certainly attracted towards her ; and, after a little talk, that confirmed her first favor able impressions, she took the hand of the orphan girl, and conducted her to the group formed by the Misses Auderly, Mr. Sterne, Mr. Home, Mr. Dulauie,and lion ore Paule. Under the auspices of Miss Rose Au- Orly, they were just abbut to form what she called a Sybil's Circle, for which pur pose, Messrs. Heine and Sterne were dis patched to bring a round table. Miss Rose went to a cabinet to seek the " Sybil's Leaves," which she presently produced.— All then seated themselves around the table. A dead silence reigned. Rose shuffled the cards, turned them with their faces down, and then addressing the right-hand neighbor, Mr. Sterne, in a low voice, she demanded— " What would you with the Sybil ?" " 1 would know the future partner of my life," was the formal answer. " Draw !" The young wan hesitated for a while, smiled, and, rejecting all those cards that were nearest himself, put his hand under the pack, and withdrew the lowest one. " Road !" ,he said, extending the card to the cc Hear !" she exclaimed : A widow beautiful as light, 'Twill be your lot to wed— With a rich jointure, which shall pour Its blessings on your head.' " There was a general clapping of hands, and shouts of laughter. It was now Miss Jessie's turn to test her fate. Being a young lady, she would not put the question in the usual form, but merely inquired what should be her future fate. The answer drawn was— " !To dandle fools and chronicle small beer.' " a reply that nearly extinguished Miss Jes sie for the evening. "I declare, if here is no Mr. Hugh Hawe !" exclaimed the lively Lily, as the old miser sauntered deliberately to the ta ble, and stood looking with indolent curi osity upon the game of the young people. "Come, Mr. Ilawe ! I declare, you shall have your fortune told !" " Well, well—the commands of young ladies are not to be disobeyed," replied the old man, gallantly, as he extended his hand and drew a card, which he passed to the Sybil. Amid a profound silence, and in a solemn voice, she read— " !Thy fate looms fuYl of horror ! From false friends, Near at hand, perdition threatens thee ! A fearful sign stands in thy house of life ! An enemy—a fiend lurks close behind The radiance of thy planet.—Oh, be warned!' " ?? Pshaw ! what serious mockery !" ex claimed the old man, scornfully, as he turned away, and gave place to his nephew, who had all the while been posted behind him, peeping over his shoulder. " Will you permit me to test my for tune 1" inquired the " fascinating " Dr. Hawe. 4, And what would yoli with the Sybil'?" was the response. ‘ , l would know the future." " Draw !" said the Sybil, in a tone of assumed sternness. Smiling his graceful but most sinister smile, the doctor drew a card, and passed it to the reader. " Hear!" said the latter, lifting the tab let of fate, and reading— ", I know thee !—thou fearest the solemn night ! With her piercing stars, and her deep winds might ! There's a tune in her voice thou fain wouldst shun, For it asks what the secret soul bath done! And thou!—there's a weight on thine !—away I Back to thy home and pray " "Look! I declare how pale the doctor has grown !" exclaimed the flippant Jessie. " One would really think, to look at him, that a deep remorse for some unacted crime ' preyed on him." Nonsense ! Jugglery !." said the lat ter, turning away to conceal his agitation. The eyes of Honora Paulo followed him with the deepest interest—there was that upon his brow that she bad never seen be- I fore. The next iu turn was Agnes. Turning to her, Rose said : " What seek you in the magic circle, lady l" " My destiny," answered the luscious " Invoke the knowledge !" Agnes drew a tablet, and passed it, as usual, to the Sybil, who read 4, .oh, ask me not to speak thy fate ! Oh, tempt me not to tell The doom shall make thee desolate, The wrong thou may'st not quell ! Away! Away ! —for death would be Even as a mercy unto thee" " Agnes shuddered, and covered her face with her hands. " Put up the tablets ! They are grow ing fatal!" said Rose. " Not for the world !—now that each word is fate ! There is a couple yet to be disposed of! Miss Paule, draw near !" said Mr. Heine. The cheek of Honora Paulo changed ; Dzsgrace and ill, And shameful death are near " An irrepressible low cry broke from the pallid lips of 1 lonora. " Throw up the I cards !" she said "It is wicked, this tam pering with the mysteries of the future !" The above is the commencement of Mrs. Southworth's great story, which is now being published iu the New York Ledger. We give this as a sample ; but it is only the beginning of this most interesting, fas cinating, and beautiful tale—the balance or continuation of it, can only be found in the New York Ledger, the great family paper, for which the most popular writers in the country contribute, and which can be found at all the stores throughout the city and country, where papers are sold.— Remember and ask for the New York Led ger of January 16, and in it you will get the continuation of the story from where it leaves off here.. If you cannot get a copy from any news office, the publisher of the Ledger will mail you a copy on the reoeipt of five cents. The Ledger is mailed, to subscribers, at $2 a year, or two copies for $3. Address your letters to Robert Bonner, publisher, 44 Ann street, New Xork. It is the hand somest and best family paper in the coun try, elegantly illustrated, and characterized by a high moral tone. The story is, of itself alone, worth the price of the Ledger. To peruse the his tory of the lovely heroine, Miss Paule— how she came to be a bride for only an evening, and all the strange and absorbing particulars connected therewith, will be a treat for all who take the trouble to get the Ledger. Her smile so soft, her heart so kind, Her voice for pityla oes so fit, All speak her WOl.llll ;—but her mind Lifts her where bards and sages sit. 1101PFIVIELN. A TALE OF LOVE AND RETRIBUTION Rachel Bently, the lovely daughter of one of the richest merchants of London, having married George Hoffman, one of her father's c;erks, during the old loan's absence in India, he on his return disin herited her and discharged George. The latter being overwhelmed by disappoint ment, took to drink, and in a few years became a habitual drunkard ; his wife sup porting herself and two children—Richard, now a fine boy in his thin eenth year, and Mary, a sweet child of six—by selling, one after another, the remnants of her once costly wardrobe and jewelry. On the last day 'of December of the year in which our story opens, Rachel was with out food, light or fire, and the very day the rent must be paid. Little Mary was moaning for bread, and crying with cold. The drunken father was at the dram shop. The agonized mother had but one more article of value left—a locket containing a lock of her father's hair. She had hoped to be able to save this, the last momento of her once happy home. But goaded by BY HIRAM TORREY little Mary's cries for food she seized the With how much of hidden emotion is locket, rushed to a pawnbroker's obtained this question asked at the city post-office ! a few shillings, put by the amount of the Many a time, after receiving our own let rent and with the rest purchased a little ters, have we stopped to watch the faces of bread and milk for her children, and then the throng who were waiting their turn to set out, with them, to visit the old confi aSk the common question : " Any letter den tial clerk of her father, Peter Mangles, !for me, to day i" and were always thus who had ever been kind to her, to consult led t 6 more serious reflection upon the joys him about sending Richard away from the and sorrows of life, and made more seri- contamina.tiug influence with which he was sibly to realize the power of little things surrounded. over human happiness. On returning home late on New Year's It is a little thing to ask for a letter, eve from her fruitless visit, for the old clerk and the answer "yes " or " no " is but a was not.at home, Rachel discovered that little thing ; the letter itself is but a small her husband had been home and stolen the package, in appearance, uninimportant and sum she had put by for the rent from the valueless ; and when passing the post place where she had concealed it, and gone office, we casually glance at the people who off again to " The Clown and Magpie" have come for their little messages, we tavern to waste it in drunkenness. Little deem it a very little affair—an every day Mary, chilled and hungry, began to cry for occurrence of no special significance.— food, and the suffering mother, in hopes of But could we see the expectation, desire, regaining a portion of the money taken by the trembling hope and fear, smothered her husband, set out with .her children to beneath the simple question, " Any letter the haunt of vice whither George Hoffman for me ?" then should we know that it is had gone. not a little thing to the heart interested. There was a great crowd at the bar of There is no other place in the world where "The Crown and Magpie." The landlady strong feeling, genuine heart emotion, is —a stout, vulgar-looking woman, with red so immediately aroused as at the post ribbons in her cap, a profusion of false office. It may be subdued, it is true, or curls, a heavy gold chain round her neck, hidden from the human eye, but it is felt and numerous rings tin her fat fingers—was there. No where else can so great a vari busily ebgaged in pouring out gin for her ety of feelings be called into exercise ; for customers ;the regular ones she was treat- here all come, all ages, classes and condi ing—for it must not be forgotten that it twos of men, each hoping and fearing. I was New Year's eve. i Any letter for me to-day ? asks the man Such was the scene of yice and dissipa- of business. Yes. He takes it—opens it tion which wet the eye mid sickened the and reads notice of a protested note ; or of heart of Rachel when, with little Mary in a failure ; or of some other calamity from her arms, and protected by the presence of 1 which he must date his own ruin. Per her son, she ventured into the house. , haps he reads of rise in real estate in " Is Mr. Hoffman here ?" she inquired, 'stocks, or of the success of some grand faintly. mercantile speculation by which he is sud- The question had to be repeated several timesdenly released from embarrassment, and before she could get an answer, made rich. Oh, what an electric touch " Can't tell the names of any of my cus tomers," replied the mistress of " The to his whole being is that letter , Any letter for me, to-day ? Crown and Magpie," snappishly. asks the aged mother ;her voice trembles, and her heart " Perhaps you will oblige me by aster- . raining." throbs heavily while . the clerk turns to "Too busy, ma'am! Hot water Sally 1 look for the expected message. Her Ail- Three and eight-pence, sir. Half-and-half dren are all scattered over the world— directly ! have been gone from her for many years, " You can't go in there !" shouted the but she still feels the same love for them s landlady, as Rachel was making her way she did when they were " wee darlings " towards the parlor. "Mine is a respec- nestled safely under one roof, and a letter table house ; I allow no females beyond the of good news from either of them thrills bar." the heart with the same old joy which " But I am Mr. Hoffman's wife." their smiles and merry glee brought to her "So they all sAy," anwered the woman, long years agone. with a sneer. Any letter for me to-day l asks the There was a course, mocking laugh from young man who has been but a few months the crowd of half drunken wretches stand- from home, seeking employment in the ing near. The eyes of Richard flashed city. His countenance indicates a quick angrily ; but the voice, and still more, the alternation of hope and fear, and when the imploring look of his mother restrained , answer is given, "No letter, sir," he turns tiitu. away, .as he has many times before, strug- He had " Let us return home," she said, in a gling to suppress tears and sighs. despairing tone. " I feel faint and sick at , been unsuccessful in his efforts of business heart." ' —the means given him by his father when -BUOILA.NA.N And leaning on the arm of her son, the he started out to try the world for himself unhappy wife tottered rather than walked were exhausted, and weeks before he had from the place. written imploring further aid. Thus with- The keen, frosty air partially restored out money, without work, in want and alone her strength and Rachel proceeded with in the great city, what home yearnings her children till she reached the thorough- arise in his heart, and upon that little ex fare leading through St. Margaret's church pected letter seems to hang his whole des yard towards the Almonry, when a faint tiny. moan from Mary, whom she still carried in Any letter for me to-day ? timidly in her arms, arrested her steps. She placed quires the maiden, her face suffused with her hand under the thin faded shawl which the blush of first love. The clerk knows covered her ; the child was cold as ice, and it is the heart that speaks in those low, shivering, as if seized with an ague fit, soft tones, and a little joy touches his own, " She is dying !" groaned the terror- it may be from sympathy or the awakening stricken parent —" dying for the want of of some cherished memory, as he discovers food !" her name so prettily written upon an em- The heart of her boy could endure no bossed envelope. So he places it in her more—it was breaking. The cup of misery hand with a cheerful smile, and with joy and endurance had been filled to overflow- beaming eyes she hurries away eager to ing. His brain was on fire—tears could read over the vows of constancy and devo not quench it. tion, which create a new paradise in her " Take her home mother !" he cried— ' soul. Trusting girl ! Little does she " take her home ! never fear but I will dream of the wide difference between love bring you food? Mary shan't die! in letters and love in real life. beg—beg," he added ; " anything to save Any letter for me, to-day 1 asks the her !" wife whose husband is away. in California 4 , Richard! Richard !do not leave me !" I seeking gold. He could not be contented shrieked his agonized parent. " Let me with the " slow and sure " growth which not lose both my children ! if you love your , honest labor invariably secures ; but he mother, return—for pity's sake return !" must amass wealth quickly, make a fortune The appeal came too late. Her son, •in two or three years, then he will return stung, maddened beyond endurance by the to live in " splendid style." This dream sufferings of those so dear to him, had l of greatness was worth to him more broken from her feeble grasp, darted down than all the comfort and endearments of the thoroughfare, and was already beyond home ; and so he made the sad exchange. the reach of her voice. During the four years he has only written Rachel clung to the railing of the church- as many letters to his wife, and sent her yard for support, till a second moan, still money barely sufficient to procure the ne fainter thanthe first, sent a pang through cessaries of life. But her love towards her maternal breast, him did not falter—it reached all the way " She must not die in the street !" mur- i to that distant land, and brought him still mered Rachel. " Home--home !if I have nearer to her. The few lines received at strength to reach it." these long intervals, are read with tearful " Oh, God !" she cried with a sudden I eyes, many times over, and sacredly treas burst of anguish, " protect my boy ! Shield : ured as mementoes of her husband's love. him from crime ; guard him against vices I But to day she received a letter' bordered and the hedious snares which in a thousand with black, and the hand writing is not forms assail . unfriended youth ;or take him, his. How like lead it falls upon her heart. she added solemnly, " take him in Thy • The dream of her husband is ended—the mercy." delusive gold vision has faded, and he has It was a Christian's prayer wrung from passed awalibka the possession of immortal a mother's heart, uttered in faith, in agony, riches ! That little folded sheet brought and tears , and angels bore it to the mercy- to her a life long wo. seat on high. And thus, one after another of the great Clasping her perishing child yet closer to human throng, come up to the post-office, her aching bosom, the drunkard's wife with the same inquiry upon their lips, hastened to her home. " Any letter for me, to-day 1" The rich As Richard Hoffman rushed along the and poor, the joyful and sorrowing, the street, scarce knowing whither he went, learned and ignorant, the good and de and only intent on the one idea of getting, prayed, all, have friends somewhere in this by somE means, food for his famished wide world ; and what a blessed thing it mother and sister, he was hailed by Jack is that through this medium they can hold Manders, au impish acquaintance who lived communion. Letters are winged messen near Richard's home, and to whom lie told gers of the heart that go out every day the desperate state in which he had left I from thousands of homes. There is more those so dear to him. Jack listened with ! truth in them than spoken or printed words, much interest, and at once proposed to for their literature is not studied, but felt. Richard to help him to pick the pocket of They are mostly the issues of the affections an old gentleman, who was staring into a —the utterance of the inner life, and full window on the opposite side of the street. est representations of the various phases Richard refused with horror, although Jack o f common humanity urged the necessity of at once getting some thing to save the life of his toothier and little Mary. Jack then undertook the business alone, and just as he had relieved the old gentleman of his pocket-boolg„ a policeman sprang from a doorway to arrest him ; but Jack made good his escape. Not so Richard, who was at once seized by the policeman as an accomplice of the escaped pickpocket. 4 , 1 am no thief, sir," cried Richard breaking from the strong grasp that held him, and throwing himself at the foet of the old gentleman, who had just come to the spot, " though poverty and hunger tempted to me become one. My mother and sister are starving." The future history and trials of this poor boy will be given in the New York Ledger of January 16, which is for sale at all the bookstores and news offices. Any Letter for Me, To-Day. " MOTHER'S GRAVE."—" How Still it is." The wind frills up the long summer grass, and rustles the swaying willows under which I am standing, just as softly as that other breeze that wafts up the years that lie in the shadow of the past, and stirs up my heart, with the old memories it brings with it. Twelve years ago I sat just as I do now. I am greatly changed, but all around me is the same. The far off hills with their blue misty tops, half wreathed in the folds of white clouds, the green meadows with the country sunshine, flashing like sweet thoughts all about them, and nearer the old grey stone and the cool water splash ing down softly on the white pebbles. remember all. " Mother !" I need not whisper the name so low ; for there is none to hear me but the birds on the lops of the willows, and it will not disturb her slumber. No, no, though I sit here with one arm wrapped closely round the grave, where the tears of manhood are dropping thick and fast, as the tears of my childhood dropped on her bosom ; I know she will not waken. I remember it as though it had all hap pened this morning—how, her cool soft fingers used to drop like snow flakes on my hair, and her lips murmur sweet blessings over me with every night fall. Oh ! lam a rich man now ! The dews of night fall on my broad acres and the spray of the far Pacific washes the keels of my proud ships: but I would give many a goodly acre, many a treasure that sleeps deep in the hold, to lie down one night under the old garret rafter, with that sweet seraph face bending o'er me with its playful kiss, just as it used to do. Mother ! mother ! the daisies of a score of summers have bloomed and fallen above your grave, but your memory slumbers deep and sacred in the heart of your boy still. The memory of your prayers and your counsels have been with him in the long way that his feet have trodden, and he has cause to thank you for this now ! Look over the shining bastions sainted mother, and see me as I lie here, with my cheeks pillowed in the moist grass. Here, only here, basting off all my manhood, I can be a child again, for the world will never know me as you have known me, dearest mother. We shall know each other up there, too, where the 'snowy blossoms never wither on the everlasting hills, and the autumn never braids its scarlet fringing through .the green eternal summers. Your boy will come to you, and from that land which is far off, we shall go no more out forever, mother. GlRLS.—Holmes in one of his poems says in a parenthetical way, my grandpa Loved girls when he was young No doubt of it ' • for Holmes is a sensible mafi and must have had a grandfather.— All sensible men love girls when they are young, and when they are old, too. We apply the "old" to the men—not to the girls, mind you. Girlhood is an institu tion—peculiar institution, which, as lovers of the union, we are bound to cherish and as to girls large and small, we hold that no gentleman's family is complete without them. Of little girls, an Ameri can poet says : With rosy cheeks, and dancing curls; And eyes of tender light, 0 very beautiful are little gills, And goodly to the sight. ' And as to the large girls—big, bouncing girls—what a pity it is they must soon be women—stately, matronly, queenly women, who are not angels, because they are not girls ! who, by-the-by, are not angels, eith er, but vastly more charming than any we remember to have seen in the pictures or elsewhere ! CARDS. R. JOHN WCALL A, DENTIST .-- Office No. 4 East King street, Lonemstor, Pa. apr 18 tfl3 REMOV AL .-- WILLIAM S. AItIWEG, Attorney at Law, has removed hie office from his former place into South Duke street, nearly opposite the Trinity Lutheran Church. apr 8 tf 12 AMUEL• H. REYNOLDS, Attorney at 0 Law. Office, Nu. 14 North Duke street, oppcullta the Court House. may 5 tf 18 DR. S. WELCHERS, SURGEON DEN. TlST.—Otlice, Krataph's Buildings, second floor,Narth East comer of North Queen and Orange streets, Lancas ter, Pa. Jan 20 tf 1, ir T. IIIePRAIL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, mar 31 ly 11 STRASBURG, LAITICRSTOT CO., Pa XTEWTON LIGHTNER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, hm removed his Office to North Duke street, to the room recently occupied by Hon. 1. E. theater. Lancaster, npr 1 tf II 4 LDUS J. NEFF, Attorney at Law... lA_ tithed with B. A. Sheeler, Esq., south-west corner of Centre Square, Lancaster. may 15, '55 ly IT B. FORDNEY, Attorney at Law, has removed his ranee from North Meese street to the builLtmg in the south4inst corner of Centro Square, formerly known as Hubley's Hotel. Lancaster, april 10 W1. D .1. 1: L N:. 1 s ll T l_ o W nic, l , l i l n T N E or S ti l , D tzt t e , n ; S tr U ee ß tl E ON d door from Orange, and directly over :f.prouger ct Westhauffer's Book Store. Lanc.tst,r, may 27, 1850 TESSE LANDIS, Attorney - of Lavr.—.-Of— tl !Ice o. door oast of Luclllar's Hotel, East King street, Lancaster, l'a. ta_ An kinds of Scrivening—such as writing Willa, Deeds. Mortgages, Accounts, Sic., will be attended to with correctness and despatch. may 16, '66 tf-1T J. T. BAKER, Romceopathic Phy- L/ sician, successor to Dr. McAllister. 011ie, 19 Orange st., nearly opposite the First Gel , man Reformed Church. Lancaster, April 17 -- TAMES BLACK, Attorney at Law.--Of -0 Lice in Mast Kiog street, two doors east of Lechler's Hotel. Lancaster, Pa. 4.4) All business connected with his profession, and all kinds of writing, such as preparing Deeds, Mortgagee, Wills. Stating Accounts, Ac., promptly attended to. may 15. tf-17 LEXANDER HARRIS, Attorney at ±I LAW. Office South Queen St., Wert side, near Vine St. REFERENCES: Governor James Pollock, Harrisburg. Hon. Andrew G. Curtin, do. Ilou Joseph envy, do. Hon. Andrew Prirker, MlSEntown. lion. James M. Sellers, do. A. R. McClure, Esq., Chembershurg. pETER D. MYERS, REAL ESTATE AGENT, • PHILADELPHIA, Win attend to the Renting of [louses, Collecting House and Ground Rents, &c. Agencies entrusted to his care. will be thankfully received, and carefully attended to.— Satisfactory reference given. Office N. E. corner of SEVENTH and S.kNSO.I.I streets, Second Floor, No. 10. fel, 17 ly 6 116VEIt'S LIQUID HAIR DYE.--The testimony of Prof. Booth and Dr. Briecklo having previcanc,ly üblished, the following id now added:— From Prof. NleCi. p i)Sl( ET. formerly Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine in the Female Medical College of Peomylrania, and into Professor of Surgery in the American college of Medicine, Sm. Pint.Anta.eula, Nov. 27th, 1950. E /lour:—A trial of you r LIQUID HAIR 1.)1' F. will c.invince the most skeptical, that it is a safe, ele gant and ,glicataus preparation. Unlike many others, It ties iu several iustan..ett proved serviceable In the cure of same cutaneous eruptions on the held. and I have no hest t.,tivii in epi e nientiinit it to those riviul.iu4 such au appll- Y,ry fully. J. F. X. MvCI,OSK EY, M. D., 47f.. Race St., above 13th 11,11 1 E1P: 0 WRITING INES, including HOVER'S WRI TING FLUID, and ILnVEIIS INDELIBLE INKS, still maintain their high character, which has always distin guished them. and the extensive demand first created, has continued uninterrupted until the present. Orders addressed to the Manufactory, No. 416-RACE St, above FOURTH, kohl No. 144,1 Philadelphia, will receive prompt attention by due If tf 40 JOSEPH E. IluVElt, Manufacturer. LL HAIL! CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. WENTZ & B G 8 . , In order to encourage "time honored custom," have sccured a large sod extensive variety of USEFUL CHRIST MAS PRESENTS. According to the -spirit of the times," they are enabled to offer BRILLIANT BARGAINS. ALL wi,hing to enjoy the jovial season, corns and eon. ff=MEI WMEI Christ nu. Itrocha Lona Shawls, Magnificent Presents. liantlwene Paris Cloaks. Useful Presents. Rich Black and FaneySilks, Valuable presents. Irish Poplins, fur Ladies' Dresses, Acceptable Presents Shawls—lcitt and Square, Comfortable Presents. 'falai,. sod Chic Cheap mid Beautiful Presents. • Nterinees—All Shades, Real French-75ets., Nice Presents All Lunen,: de liaines, to Cheap Presents. Silks, endless variety. It ECIIERCIIE PRESENTS. Paris Cloaks, Velvet. Cloth, hr., Vol unbluTreenuts Bends, and Tephas Goods, Convenient Presents En,lle, Variety, Gloves, Kid, Silks, Easy Presents. Splendid Woken Gauntlets for ladies, Novel Presents. Cie4ant DeLaines,l,„l.lB4 rt '25, not to be refused t'res's NeM . Styles French Embroideries, liargaln Presents. 'F enable all to give useful Christmas Presents, leudid Goods are offered, cheap, as Holliday Presents. NVENTZ 3 BROS BEE HIVE STORE, East King and Centre Square lIIIMEIM MEW FALL AND WINTER MILLINE.• GooliS —The subscriber has received his new FALL AND WINTER GOODS, of the latest styles, which he id selling very low at whole rule or retail, 4n as to suit all customers. Ella stock con slqs of Silks, Satins ' elvets Crapes, Lawns, Tarl ton, Cats , Satin and mmVelvet Ribbons , Lawns, dm:l4,, Biondi, Quiltings, Blushes, Straw Goods of an kinds: (limp. Straw Cord, 1 reuch Blond, French and De 111. n lie Hot, toil the late,t styles, a large assort intot of Feathers, ready made. BONNETS, trimmed "sok in the latest I' aria style; Frames, Chemin°, Bon net and Ribbon It tr., and a great many articles malenes s try to mention—in fast, ON or) thing that is needed in that line of button to,. Ile invites his friends and customers to call Ix fore purchasing elsewhete as he is satisfied that he can exhibit a better and cheaper stock of goods than ever before brought to this city. Call and examine for your selves. N. B. DRY GOODS—A good assortment on hand, which he sells at cost. L. BAUM, TOVES TIN AND COPPER WARE.-- The undersigned respectfully announces to tile old friends and patrons, and to the public that he continues to keep on band a large assortment of Cooking Parlor, Of. fice and other STUVES,of the latest and most approved patterns. Ile also continues to carry on extensively the manufacture of TIN, SIIEET-IRON AND COPPER WARE Of all kinds, made in the neatest and meet aubatantial manner. Housekeepers and persons going to housekeeping sup plied with all articles desited at the very lowest prices.— Persons Wishing articles in his line are invited to call at his old stand, East King Street, a few doors from Centre Square. CIIitI6TIAN KIEFFER. tf 51 ‘ , UNDAY NOTICE.--Perrone wishing tJ lt,lichles on Sunday will please .11 between the Ina, of I and 2 P. M., at Or. WAYLAN'S Drug Store, No . SO North Queen street. apr 7 tf 12 XTOTICE TO TRAVELERS.-- 11 Fre and alter MONDAY, DECIEMBERI6, Thhl, the Christiana and Chesnut Level Stage Line, will le:lna Christiana Tuesdays, Thursdays end Saturdays, at 1 P. M., via Capopers rifle, Green Tree, l'axsou's Store, Quarry ville, Spring Grove, Mechanics' Grove, to Chesnut veh returning, will leave the Level at 6 o'clock, A. M., on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and return the same route to Christiana. The above arrangement will afford persons an opportune ity of traveling in either of two daily lines of cars to and froth the cities of Philadelphia and Lancaster. Dee. 12 tf 47 By order of the Managers. 5 0 0 AGENT EA D A F O N E T $ Dt s3lonoo WORTH . OF FARMS AND BUILDING LOTS, In the bold Region of Culpepper County, Virginia, to be divided amongst 10,200 subscribers on the 7th of December, 1,57. Subs,riptious only ten dollars down; or $l5, one half dawn, the rest on delivery of DEED. Every subscriber will get a Building Lot ore Farm, ranging In value from $lO to Thule Farms and Lots are cold so chap to Induce settlements. a sufficient number being reserved, the ins crcase in the value of which will compensate for the appar ent low price now asked. Upward,. of 1350 lots are already sold, and a company of settlers, called the "RAPPAEVINOCC bIeSSES ASSoCIATION," is now forming and will soon corn-' menet; a settlement. Ample security will be given for the faithful performance of contracts and promises. Nearly .15,000 acres of land in different parts of Virginia now at conunand and will by sold to settlers at from $1 up to $3OO per acre. Unquestionable titles will in all cases be given.— Wood-cutters, copers, farmers, Sc. are wanted, and erri — 500 AGENTS to obtain subscribers, to whom the !nest liberal inducements will be given. Some Agent. write that they are making $2OO per month. For full par ticulars, Subscriptions, Agencies, Sc., apply to aug 11 Om 30 E. BAUDER. Port Royal. Caroline Co., Va. Or to JNO. T. MOODY, Agent, Pleasant Grove, Lancaster co., Pa. 1, 1 SCHAEFFER AND SON, dill. No 1 and 2, Corner of East King and Centre Square, Lancaster, keep constantly on hand a ammo, large assortment of SADDLERY for sale, whole sale and retail, consisting of Patent Steel Spring 1. • Saddles, Shaffer and every other style, single • and d•,ubl•• CARRIAGE HARNESS, Steel Spring, Sole leather TRUNKS, Carriage WHIPS, Velvet, Hamel CAR. PET RAGS, and Ladles SATCU ELLS and Summer HORSE COIERS. We would call the attention of Farmers and Storekeepers to our assortment of superior Leather WHIPS, and also to our variety of FLY NETS from different manu facturers. N. B.—At the State Agricultural Fair held In Lancaster, October 1k52, PREMIUMS were awarded to them for, Sad dles end Trunks, and the Harness compared favorablylwlth others. [aug 11 tf 30] E. S. & SON. THE COLLEGE JOURNAL. OF MEDI CAL SCIENCE, A monthly Magazine of 48 pages, conducted by the Pao. ulty of the Eclectic College of Medicine, is published at One Dollar a Year, payable In advance. Communications for subscription, or for specimen numbers should be db rested to • Dr. C. H. CLEAVELAND, Publisher, juue 20 11 24] 138 Seventh Street. Cincinnati, Ohlo. A BARTON, I WHOLESALE GROCER, WINE AND ISQIIOII. STORE, Nos, 138-1137 North 2d street, Philadelphia. 611 28 149 NO, 1 Apr 7 ly 12 No. 62 N. Queen ut
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