VOL. LIX. INTELLIGENCER & LANCASTERIAN PITBLIORID AVERT SOMA; AT NO. 9 NORTH HORT STRUT, BY GEO. SANDERSON. IMEIM SUESCHIPTION.—Two Dollars per annum, payable In ad• Vance. No subscription discontinued until all arrearagee are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. ADVlMlSEMENTS.—Advertisements, not exceeding one square, (12 lines,) will be inserted three times for one dollar, and twenty-five cents fur each additional inser tion. Those of a greater length in proportion. J OB p ßlNT i N o—seich as Hand Bills, Postern, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels. &c., &c., executed with accuracy and at the shortest notice. NEVER SAY FAIL Keep pushing—'tie wiser Than sitting aside, And dreaming and sighing, And waiting the tide; In life's earnest battle, They only prevail Who daily march onward And never say fail. With an eye ever open, A tongue that's not dumb, And a heart that will never To sorrow succumb, You'll battle and conquer, Though thousands assail ; How strong and how mighty Who never say fail Ahead, then, keep pushing, And elbow your way, Unheeding the envious, All asses that bray; All obstacles vanish, All enemies quail In the might of their wisdom Who never say fail. In life's rosy morning, In manhood's fair pride, Let this be your motto Your footsteps to guide : In storm and in sunshine, Whatever assail, We'll onward and conquer, And never say fail ! For the Intelligencer TO THE MEMORY OF A. V. G BY W. A. WILAM A scene in the lone, still chamber of death— Without, the wild wind fearfully sighing ; 'Mid the solemn stillness each struggling breath Proclaims that the loved one is dying. By thy bedside through that bleak wintry night, While others wore silently sleeping, And the stars sent forth their clear pearly light O'er the spot where dear ones were weeping,— Stood the friends of thy youth, the young and fair, True friends who in life had esteemed thee ; And there rose that eve a wild, earnest prayer To Him who by dying redeemed thee. On that morn from the east the sun's gentle rays Sped swiftly o'er hilltop and mountain ; Ere it sunk in the west, the notes of thy praise Were sung by the life-giving fountain Vainly they wept by the side of thy bier, As slowly to the grave they bore thee ; And sadly they mourned that loved ones so dear So soon should in grief bend o'er thee. Thy grave is in the lonesome burial ground, 'Neath the silent monumental towers; And love's fair hand will gem that sacred mound With spring's best gift,—the fair sweet flowers. Thy spirit has fled to its saintly rest, Far distant from joys that are fleeting; Thy sorrows are o'er,—thou'rt the . Saviour's guest— The seraph's sweet strain is thy greeting ! MY ONLY ADVENTURE. BY A DENTIST I am not ashamed to own that I once got a terrible fright. In my early days, I—like many of my profession—traveled from place to place, just remaining in each Tong enough to pocket all the spare cash the inhabitants were willing to expend on dental orna ments. Sometimes I made a large town the centre of my operations, and remained in it for months, visiting the lesser ones in the neighborhood on stated days. It was in one of our largest manufacturing towns in the west of England that I met with the adventure I am going to give you. I had been uncommonly successful, and had made a long stay in the place on that account—indeed, I had spent some months there when it happened. I had excellent lodgings, and occupied three apartments— a- sitting room, and sort of reception room for patients, on the ground floor, and a first floor bed room, all facing the street. I always worked in the last named apart ment, and had the necessary tools and materials on a little bench near the win dow. Here I generally took my station, and spent the time, from six or seven in the evening till midnight, as I was then less liable to interruption. My apartments were all furnished with gas burners, and before winter set in, I added a gas stove to my bed room, that my working there might cause no needless trouble or expense to my landlady. One evening, being very busy, I sat later than usual, and when at length my task was done, I drew my chair close to the stove, and sat a half an hour reading before extin guishing my light. You are aware that we made use of gold plates and wire in fastening artificial teeth; and, in conse quence of my numerous orders, I had been particularly well supplied with the precious metal in this form, ever since I came to the town. Moreover, I was by no means de ficient in those pieces which bear a likeness of our most -gracious sovereign. Being very weary, and intending to recommence my labors early in the morning, I did not trouble myself to put away my materials. But I was careful to examine the fasten ings of my door; and this duty done, I extinguished the fire and light and got into bed. I fell asleep almost instantly and had a somewhat ludicrous dream. I fancied my self a keeper in the Zoological Gardens, which I had visited a few days before, and that whilst handing some food to my es pecial charges (the bears,) I overbalanced, and was just tumbling into the pit amongst the grizzly brutes when the shock awoke me. Again I dozed off, but only to get amongst the bears once more. I thought a tremendous specimen, a perfect Ursa Major had just been purchased, and that to me was entrusted the task of taming the monster. No pleasant thing, even in a dream, particularly at that moment, and in the in comprehensible manner only to be accom plished in sleep, the scene shifted to my bed room, and I found myself standing en chemise, without any means of defence, against the ferocious creature advancing open-mouthed. I thought I leaped on my bench, eized the blind-roller, and as he advanced, dealt a tremendous blow at him. But, alas ! he eluded, it with the dexterity of an' accomplished fencer, and I, losing my balance, 'toppled. head first to the ground. The brute sprang upon me. He tugged and so did I—with might and main. I was getting the worst of it, when sud denly recollecting that any sort of attack is lawful, and that one may be permitted to waive ceremony with a bear, I seized the creature's ear between my teeth and bit the piece completely out. He dropped me like a hot potatoe. The ludicrously pitiful howl, and the way in which he applied the paw just taken from my waist to his wound ed ear, was too much. • I burst into a perfect roar of laughter, and so much noise did I make that it awoke me. I, was still laughing at this whimsical vision and wondering if it had any refer ence to an apprentice who was to come under my care on the morrow, and who was truly a.s" uncouth a looking cub as any gentleman need have to lick into shape, when I heard, not a ghost—they make no noise—but a sort of uneasy grunt, then a yawn, such as a person emits when dis turbed from a sound sleep. I listened at tentively, lying perfectly still, and, in a moment, distinctly felt something move below the bed. 1 knew no one could have entered after I laid down, as I am a light sleeper, and the door was too well secured to be opened without noise. I therefore felt sure they had been under the bed be fore I commenced working, and, having fallen asleep, been awakened by the bois terous laughter which had also dispelled my own dream. What was I to do ? I feared the wo men I set foot on the floor 1 should be seized, and what could little fellow, almost naked and unarmed—do against one, or perhaps more, doubtless prepared for a struggle ? Oddly enough, the remembrance of my dream gave me courage. I had loaded pistols in the room, and once out of bed, should be able to seize them in a moment. I resolved to leap out and secure them be fore lighting the gas, since I, being as I presumed, better acquainted with the arrangement of the furniture, might man age in the dark to elude my antagonist.— These thoughts occupied but a few seconds. In as many more, the pistols were iu my hands, and gas lighted. The intruder did not venture to appear, and the delay gave me courage. I boldly commanded that individual to advance and take the chance of a bullet. Something immediately be gan to move, and I soon saw the cause of my alarm. What was it, think you? You cannot guess. I will tell you ; it was a woman ! I see you are all beginning to laugh; and I suppose you think there is some long story in the case ; and that a damsel, beautiful as a Houri, or a heroine —which is all the same—whom I had wooed only to betray, had concealed her self there to reproach me with my broken vows, &c. All wropg. The deuce a bit of romance is there in the whole affair. Had you seen the coarse, sullen, ill-favored woman who stood before me, wrapped in a dingy plaid shawl, you would not suspect such a thing ; especially . as you have seen a specimen of my taste in the shap of the lady who bears my name. After all, the scene was droll enough. There stood I, shivering in my night habili ments, pistol in hand, ready to interrogate my visitor. She looked carving-knives in return ; but not seeming in the least shock ed at my scanty garments, though evident ly desirous of turning her back both on them and on the wearer. On looking, I thought her features seemed familiar, and I recollected she had lived as servant in tue house ; but my landlady, suspecting her of dishonesty, discharged her shortly after my arrival. I was about to question her, but think ing it advisable to have a witness I com manded he to remain where she was, and insured her obedience by locking the door. I roused the family, and as I was return ing to my prisoner, I heard my bedroom window hastily closed. "Ah !" thought I, "you are all right there for staying where you are ; for the window is strongly barred." On being interrogated, she said that my landlady, Mrs. Wingate, had forbidden her coming to the house ; but being friendly with the other servant she returned to visit her. Whilst talking in the kitchen, she heard the mistress approaching, and, fear ing discovery, stole up stairs, crept into my room, and hid herself below the bed, intending to leave the house when all was quiet. My early entrance cut off her es cape, and she supposed she had fallen asleep, as she remembered nothing more till aroused by a loud fit of laughter.— This seemed plausible enough, and but for the sequel would have passed off very well. But as we were about to dismiss her, with a caution not to repeat her visit, the door bell rang, and we found a police man waiting for admittance. He stated, that passing a short time before, he ob served one of the front windows hastily opone d. Something was thrown out, and then it was as quickly shut. After a short search he found a very large and sharp Spanish knife, which, he presumed, was the article thrown from the window. He also observed two fellows of suspicious appearance loitering about the place, and discovered them to be father and son— men of bad character—who got a good living nobody knew how. He had warned them away, and returned to see if anything were amiss in the house. On being informed of my visitor and her tale, he expressed a wish to see her, and at once recognized her as the daughter of the elder, and sister of the younger, man he had dismissed. Instead of liberating the woman as we thought of doing, we now deemed it pru dent to give her into custody. No one present at her examination entertained the slightest doubt that, during the short time she was in Mrs. Wingate's house, after I became an inmate of it,she had remarked the materials I used, and that a regular plan had been organized to rob, and, per haps, murder me. The'other servant also deposed, on oath, that her hiding in my room was needless, as she had abundant time to leave the house unperceived, had she chosen ; and that the visit to her was paid against her will—•she having no desire to continue any acquaintance with a person more than suspected of dishonesty. Still, we could charge her with nothing but the conceal ment, and after being cautioned against placing herself again in such a situation, she was discharged. The story was much talked about, and I got well quizzed by many ladies of my ac quaintance; but, after all, the thing might have proved no joke to me. I remained "THAT COUNTRY ES THE MOST PROSPEROUS WHERE LABOR COMMANDS THE GREATEST REWARD." LANCASTER CITY, PA., TTJEsDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1858. some months longer in the place, and be fore I left it heard many accounts of threats which the woman's male relatives had uttered against me, for casting suspicion on innocent (?) people. I had probably injured their business ; for I fancy, after what had occurred, few parties would have been willing to employ my nocturnal visi tor in their houses. Three years elapsed from the date of my adventure, and I had almost forgotten it, when business again called me to the same town. At first I thought of remain ing a few days ; but finding I should be detained longer, I sought out my forme; landlady, as—that one night excepted—l had been particularly comfortable under her roof. Finding my old apartments vacant, I gladly took possession of them again. During my former stay, I made many agreeable acquaintances, and now—it be ing near Christmas—l received many in vitations to supper parties, etc., which I fancy were not the less numerous because I was still a bachelor. On Christmas eve I accepted one, to spend it with a friend at his father's house, where there was a very large and charming family of sons and daughters. The father was a fine, jovial old fellow, and the moth er just the cheerful, but even tempered, gentle soul, who alone could bring up such girls as hers. We had a glorious evening. All sorts of joyous Christmas fun was carried on, and I kissed pretty girls under the missletoe, until either that pleasant exercise, or with quenching the thirst it excited, I became slightly elevated. 1 was to dine there the next day, and my friends would fain have persuaded me to stay all night -; but I was determined to return to my lodgings, as I knew Mrs. Wingate would sit up for me. It was past midnight, when I bade my , kind entertain ers goodnight, and with a hasty, but not too steady step, set out on my homeward journey. I was soon at home and in bed. Mrs. Wingate had more than once laughed about the od , : figure 1 cut on the occasion of my old adventure. She had also in formed me that the two men who Lid per formed the street part, had been since de tected whilst attempting to commit a bur glary, and imprisoned for twelve months, but were now at liberty. The good lady manifested no small uneasiness on my ac count, and cautioned me to be very careful not to give them an opportunity of execu ting their threats of vengeance against me. Her evident timidity and anxiety only excited my mirth, but 1 was, nevertheless, careful to examine the fastenings of my door, and always both locked and bolted it. When I reached my lodgings on Christ mas eve, I was, as I said, a little elevated, and, contrary to my usual custom, on get ting into bed, I could not sleep. I began to think ov_r the amusements of the evening, criticising the fair faces I had been so close to, wishing I had such a cheerful home ;—speculating as to my chance of success in the event of my ask ing one of the said fair damsels to part with her name in favor of mine, and thank ing my stars, that, at any rate, I should be a guest in the same place on the morrow. The cloak struck two, and found my thoughts still busy ;—but a sudden check was given to Vie current of my ideas. I heard a grating sound, and then fe]t certain some one was moving stealthily up the kitchen stairs. At first I was a little alarmed, imagining thieves were in the house, and then—pshaw ! thought I, Mrs. Wingate has been sitting up later than usual, o finish her Christmas pudding.-- It is rather singular that my former ad venture did not enter my mind ; though it had occurred in that very spot. I listened again. The footsteps were certainly audible, close to my room door— s hand was on the lock—it turned—they were'etealing along the floor of my apart ment—l became sensible of the presence of two persons—and now I felt the horrors of my situation. Every iota of what had formerly happened there, the menaces of the two fellows who had then, doubtless, been disappointed of their prey, and the thought of my own powerlessness nearly drove me mad. Fool, idiot that I was—l had in my tip sy folly rushed upon my fate. I had refused the cordial invitation which would have secured me from all danger, and had neglected the precaution of secur ing the door of my room, almost for the first time in my life within my recollection. I became aware of a dim light ; and par tially opening my eyes, I perceived two rascals fumbling about a lantern. I am not ashamed to own I was perfectly paralyzed with terror, and utterly incapa ble of doing anything—indeed, what could Ido ? I saw them remove the candle from the lantern, and convert toy inkstand into a candlestick. One proposed lighting the gas, but the other objected, that, if dis turbed, he might be flurried, and turn it the wrong way. They then, with singular quickness and dexterity, ransacked my desk and cases which they opened by means of skeleton keys. This done, and the plunder tied in a handkerchief, the younger suggested with an oath, that they should finish him. He approached my bed, drew aside the curtains, and, though 1 durst not - look, I felt was gazing in my face. Again he turned aside, and fumbled in his pocket, as if in search for something. I had all along hoped that by feigning sleep I might escape ; for I knew, should a struggle ensue, I could not escape, since they were powerful men, and I quite un armed. While he was feeling in my pockets, I could not help stealing my hand up to my throat, thinking, at the same time, how little chance there was that it would again be used as a vehicle for Christmas cheer. Guess my horror, if you can, when the elder scoundrel, in an impatient tone, bade his son " make haste, if he meant to do it, and not keep him waiting there all night." The young man tumbled over the articles that had been displaced in their search for plunder, and not finding what he sought, inquired, with another oath, what his father had done with the knife. At first, the latter seemed puzzled, and then informed his son, with an equally elegant expletive, that he bad left it on the pantry shelf down below. The young, bitterly nursing him for a greedy fool, who must begin to eat before the deed was done, bade him fetch it. " Well, Bill," replied his parent, " that ham was stunning, but you couldn't stand those 'ere cheese-cakes; bat won't this do for him V'--Landing up my pistols. "Yes, a pretty thing . ; fire, kick up a row, and be scragged for it—that would pay nicely. Fetch the knife and have no more jaw ; or we skall wake the chap in stead of sending him up quietly to spend his Christmas in heaven without any invi tation." He chuckled, and the old fellow seemed equally delighted at his son's wit ; then, taking up the candle, went off to fetch the knife. All their motions had been so noiselessly performed, and the conversation carried on in a tone so wonderfully clear, though low, that I was astonished at the perfection they had attained in their horrid craft. During the father's absence the son was not idle. He actually loosed the collar of my shirt and then stood quietly awaiting the other's return. You could never imagine, unless pliced in similar circumstances, what a multitude of thoughts passed through my mind 'in a few brief minutes. I verily believe that every Christmas, with its accompaniments of fun and feasting at which I had assisted since I was the height of the table, was reviewed in turn. Then I thought of the morrow, and the fair girls I had left, and how, an hour before, I was full of hope that ere another Christmas came round, I should call one my own. Still I found time for earnest prayer, and to think of all sorts of expedients to escape my impending fate. Once I fancied, now there was only one to contend with, I might do something ; but just then the touch of the muscular hand on my throat reminded me that a move ment would cause my instant destruction. Indeed, 1 have often wondered that the fellow did not strangle me in his impa tience. How bitterly did I reproach my self for not raising an alarm when the footseps first became audible. At length, the fellow fairly gnashed his teeth with rage, and uttering a smothered exclamtion of " Hang the" tippling beast, he's at that wine again !" he also left the apartment to recall his truant parent, and fetch the implement of murder. Now was my time, and you may believe I lost none. The instant he left the room, I was on my feet ; noiselessly I approached the door, dashed it to, turned the key, shot the bolt, lighted the gas, and once more I stood, my heart ready to leap right into throat with joy and thankfulness, with my trusty pistols iu my hand. There was no chance of their re-entering for their skeleton keys lay on my table, and every article of plunder was there also; for intending to return, they had not con veyed it from the room. I made noise enough from the window ; my hostess and her damsel, now aroused, joined in the chorus, and soon, at the head of a host of alarmed neighbors and a couple of policemen, we searched the house from top to bottom. One of the men I knew had left the premises, as I beard him dash over the area railings, and down the street; but the elder ruffian we discovered, stupidly drunk, in the cellar, the danger of his posi tion not having sufficed to prevent his in dulging his favorite propensity when temp tation was so strong. We found they had gained admittance by cutting away the zinc from the pantry window, their skeleton keys having made the rest easy. Bill, the younger ruffian, was too well known to escape detection. He was cap tured in a few hours, and both he and his father eventually obtained a free passage to a distant laud in a vessel provided for that purpose by Her Most Gracious Majes ty. The affair made a prodigious sensation, and I became the lion of all the Christmas parties that year; and the extraordinary sympathy manifested by a certain fair in dividual at the recital of my story, brought about a most satisfactory explanation. My next Christmas dinner was eaten in my own home, with her as its mistress. I have often blessed my stars that good Mrs. Wingate was not a member of the Total Abstinence Society ; for had it not been for the liberal replenishing her cellars underwent a few days before Christmas, in readiness for the sons and daughters who were to gather around her celebrate in her house that true home festival, my throat would have been in tko condition to perform its functions when that time arrived. Now I Came to be Married. A cautious French writer has observed that "most men are mortal." The remark is too genera! to give offence even to the most sensitive, but, for my own part, I am not sensitive on this point at all. I belong to the great majority who at once admit their mortality and plead guilty to its weaknesses. Now chief among these weak nesses is the disposition to undervalue *hat we possess ourself and to overrate and covet that which is possessed by others.— In my own case, this tendency is very marked ; a fact which I incline to attribute in part to my overweening modesty. I am vain neither of myself nor anything that is mine, and I highly appreciate others and anything that is theirs. For example, though by no means a deformed person, I have not a limb or feature with which I am content ; while if by taking thought I could add a cubit to my stature, I should do so. In this state of mind, lam con stantly envying their personnel—l want this man's eye, that man's nose, the third one's chest, and so on. It is notorious that bachelors, like Jews, are a persecuted race. Their most active persecutors (I speak of the bachelors—l am persecutor of the Jews myself) are those who are bound in the bonds of wed lock, and who will persist that everybody shall be "both almost and altogether such as they are," including "these bonds." I was the victim of this persecution, for I dare not say how many years, and for a long time the special care of a society in situted in Connecticut (my native State) for the "conversion and coupling of single men and women." It was plain from the beginning that I should have to give in. I was a marked man. Stephen Pearl Andrews could not have saved me. But I fought long and manfully against my fate, and fell at last, under circumstances which it was impossi ble to resist. Let the reader judge. During the long period of my single life my most intimate companion was a young man by the name of Driggs, who was one of my class-mates in college. Now if any one of an antithetical turn of mind will describe a character the exact opposite of what is called a fast man, he will describe my friend Driggs to the life. He was the slowest man in the world—slow in thought, slow in speech, slow in gait, slow in every thing but eating, drinking and paying his soot. But though slow, ho was aura.— - BIIMUNAN Whatever he undertook he accomplished. You could no more move him than you could move a mountain, but he would move you, or anybody, or anything, at will.— How he did it, no one knows, but there wa= no resisting him. He asked nothing, and got everything. He came upon you when he had an object to gain (as he gen erally had) unawares, and without obser vation, and moved steadily on as though drawn by a million or two of snails, who couldn't be hurried on any account what ever; but on the other hand he couldn't be stopped, and carried everything along with him. One day he resolved to marry. He Went to a farm-house, told the farmer he wanted his daughter, told the same thing in the course of his conversation to the daughter herself, and the next week he came in a one-horse chaise, took the young woman to church, and got the min ister, after sermon, to marry him to her, which of course the minister did, without asking a question ; he would as soon have questioned his off-deacon. As Driggs "never told his love," or anything else, for that matter, his friends found out that he was married by reading the announcement in that beatific corner of a village newspaper decorated (very ap propriately) with a transfixed heart. None of us were surprised, for nothing that he could have done would have surprised any body. We all thought we should like to have seen the courtship. He managed the matter in his own way. He didn't "pop" the question like an impulsive lover, but propounded it like a cool-beaded lawyer ; and the poor girl doubtless said "Yes," because no mortal could have met that stolid face of his with a "No"—said "Yes," and the one and a half repudiate the idea of the equality of the sexes) were forthwith made one—and that one Joseph Driggs. Now Driggs had an affection for me, and a devotion which nothing could shake —not even sitting up with me a fortnight when I had the chills and fever. It was his firm belief that I couldn't take care of myself, and that he was my special provi dence. He was resolved, therefore, what ever happened, to "put me through"—not that he ever used so fast an expression, but that was his idea, to put me through. Being the exact opposite of himself, he took, or, as Fanny Kemble would say, cot toned to me. He was the best scholar in our class, and helped me through all my troubles, though in such a droll way as to make me half suspect that I was helping him ; in fact, I got the credit of so doing, though I don't rememember ever having helped him in any way except through an occasional dinner. And having seen me safely through college, lie determined to see me safely through lire. Indeed, I found out the other day that he had actu ally secured a place for me at Greenwood, and had composed my epitaph. Now a part of his plan, it seems, was that I should marry, but understanding the weak point in my character, he knew very well that I should never fall in love with any woman whom I was at liberty to obtain, though ho gave full credit to my sensitiveness, (another weak point,) to fe male charms. Unfortunately, I had always found those women most charming who were married, at any rate engaged. The question was, how to obviate this difficulty, for marry I must, if I had to be chloro formed into it. It is needless to say that this resolution on the part of my friend was never even suspected by myself, else he had surely been foiled, and Miss had not now rejoiced in the name of Mrs. Crawfish ! In fact, though he was always speaking to rue about my future, he had never once alluded to marriage. I often led him up to the subject, but he didn't appear to like the look of it ; it was like leading a horse, that had just been drink ing, to a spring ; he would glance at it, pause for a moment, and then turn his long head round at me, (very horse-like, that,) as who should say, "How stupid you are !" Well, about six months after Driggs had set the example he meant I should follow, I met him in Broadway, (for we both had settled in New York,) with a lady on each arm, and looking for all the world like a steam-tug being towed down stream (in reversal of the usual order) by two lit tle yachts. "Yacht No. 1," said Ito my self, "is evidently Mrs. Driggs. What a splendid woman she is, to be sure! What luck some people have in this world ! What could she have seen in Driggs ?" Yacht No. 2 I didn't much like. I ap proved neither her cut nor rig ; she looked too much like a smack. I had just got the ridiculous idea of a smack in my head, when I came full upon the party, and, hailing Driggs, I asked him where he was bound, and how he happened to be under such charming convoy The result was, an immediate introduction all round, one of the ladies turning out, as I had sup posed, to be my friend's wife, and the other her sister, Miss Thorp. "Will you join us ?" said Driggs, "we are going to take an ice cream." • Nothing, of course, would give me greater pleasure; so I offered my arm at once to Miss Thorp, though not without a look at her sister, which said plainly enough that I had no choice in the matter, else, etc., and in a few moments we were at Maillard's, where we spent nearly an hour—my friend Driggs in such unusual spirits that twice he positively smiled, and I the unhappiest and awkwardest of mortals. The only moment I enjoyed was that in congratulating my old classmate, and consequently complimenting his wife, who looked—well, if I must say it, looked divinely. But my chief attention had to be paid to Miss Thorp, whom I decided at once to be very pert, very matter-of-fact, and, in a word—under the circumstances —a very great bore. Still, I deported myself gallantly to her, spilled one spoon ful of cream upon her dress, and doubtless gave her the idea that she had made a very favorable impression. Ice cream fin ished, conversation run out, and the hour getting late we separated, and Driggs in vited me to come the next day and dine with him, the invitation being cordially seconded and thirded by the ladies. Now, was ever a man in such in a bad fix I was positively in love with Mrs. Driggs ! In love with my friend's wife ! I had never seen a woman who came so near to my idea! She had all the bloom of the country and all the grace of the city. She was intelligent, refined, and (I had no doubt) accomplished. Her hands, to be sure, were rather large, but their whiteness was ravishing. And then, too, what a neck, and what teeth!! Such ex pression, too ! Her smile, instead of being confined to her lips, indeed, eye and lip, brow and cheek, all contributed to it, and when it grew more and more animated, until at last it broke out into clear ringing laughter, why, it seems as if her happy soul, no longer able to contain itself, had broken loose and flooded her whole coun tenance! As for Miss Thorp, I hardly gave her a thought. I, really had not no;.: - sded her enough to know the color of her eyes. I don't believe I looked her fair in the face once the whole evening. The idea that she was single, perhaps free, and that pos sibly my friend Driggs imagined she would "do for me," prevented my• taking the least interest in her. The only feeling that I had in respect to her was that she ought to have been Mrs. Driggs, and that Mrs. Driggs ought to have been Mrs. Crawfish ; and I pitched into the Fates that it was not so. What right had Driggs, a dull, slow, unromantic creature, to marry an angelic, seraphic being like Kate Thorp? Who sv. , uld dare to talk to me, after this, about matches being made in Heaven ! Twice I wrote to my friend, pretending that circumstances—"ciroumstanoes over which I had no control"—would deprive me of the pleasure of dining with him, but in neither instance had the resolution to send it. The fact is, I was con science-stricken. Suppose a second sight of Mrs. Driggs should make me love her still more—should " feed my guilty passion," as the novelists say. Bnt was it my fault that I loved her the moment I saw her ? Didn't Driggs probably do the same thing ? Again ;if I am so made that a certain combination of features, a certain air, a certaitt feminine make-up, in fine, a certain style of woman sets my heart on fire, am 1 to blame fottlit? To all which conscience replied, " Fool that you are, do you not know that you love that woman only because you know she is another's ? That if she were single and attaiable you would not, perhaps, deign to look at, her? That in truth her beauty had nothing to do with the matter, anu you had ought to cure yourself of this ter rible propensity of coveting what is anoth er's ?" But I appealed to conscience to answer me if Mrs. Driggs was not the most beautiful of women ? If Driggs himself did not introduce me, etc. But it was no use ; the little monitor stuck to its text, and I stuck to mine—and went to Driggs' to dinner. To tell all that passed that afternoon and evening would require a three volume novel. Driggs shown as he had never shown before, and he seemed to be the happiest man in the world. ' Why should he not be, I asked, with such a wife ? After coffee we had singing. I had heard Jenny Lind and Grisi, but what were they to Mrs. Driggs ? 1 verily believe she would have sung either of them off the stage.— Miss Thorp sang also ; but to be frank, I tcok her powers for granted, and retired to the other parlor with Mrs. Driggs. And there for hours (so the clock sait., but it seemed incredible, besides being improper) we talked about-every imaginable subject —about the weather, the country, the city, about the opera, the fashions, the last new novel, about poetry, and sentiment, and love—until at last one of my hands, without the slightest consciousness on my part (parole d'honneur) had slipped into hers, and the other I verily believe was about to clasp her to my heart, when came—Driggs ! My hands were trans ferred to my pockets in a second, and I shrunk from my friend as if I had been stealing his silver. I had not said a word to his wife (so at least she told me since) which was not perfectly proper, but I felt as if I was the blackest villian in the world. Judge, however, of the State of my brain, of my utter bewilderment, when I stepped to the window to hide my emo tion—or to jump out of it were it neces sary—l overheard the lady saying to my friend— My dear, what .a charming man Mr. Crawfish is ! How intelligent ! He has read everything. And then how beauti fully he talks ; and how afiectionate he seems. Ah ! if I had a husband like him, I would be perfectly happy." This was terrible ! I had made her dis contented with her hush Ind. It was too much to bear; I siezed Driggs by the arm, hurried him into the hull, owned up my villainy, asked him a thousand pardons, promised never to cross his threshold again, and then rushed for my hat, when, with the most imperturable coolness he walked between me and the door, looked me quietly in the face, and said : "My dear Crawfish, be calm. Come with me to the garden, and let us sttle the matter at once." Settle the matter ! What ! fight with my old friend Driggs, the dearest friend I have in the world, and fight with him on his own premises ? Never ! I own up that I have grossly outraged you, and beg your pardon, if necessary, on my knees.— Moreover, if you require it, I—" I. tell you again, my dear friend, keep cool." By this time we were in the garden, and Driggs forcing me into a chair, continued thus : " Now Crawfish, be quiet, and listen to me while I, too, make a confession. I have a secret to tell you. All right!" The words, " all right," relieved me immensely ; but what manner of man was this who could use them under such cir cumstances The mystery was soon solved. "My good fellow," said Driggs, in a tone severe but kind, "do you really fancy you love Mrs. Driggs l Don't be afraid to answer ; tell me honestly and truly.— Remember you have met her but twice, and it may after all be nothing but a ca price." My dear Driggs you are cruel. Why torment me thus ? Have I not made a clean breast of it, and confessed all I" Then you do love her ? Good ! I be lieve you. Listen now, and hear my story. I sympathize with you most profoundly, for I too, cold as I appear, know what it is to love, and to tell you the truth, do this moment love—love with my whole soul— the lady to whom you have hardly spoken a word this evening." " What, Miss Thorp! Impossible! Com pared with your wife, she is not worth a thought. Why, she—" " Hold, my friend, not so fast. You may praise your own love as muoh as yon please, but not a word against mine, for know I not only love that lady, but she loves me, and in fact she is my wife." " Your wife !" " Yes, you dunce, and any one but a crazy pate like yourself would have disoov nod it long ago. 80, my good follow, if you really love her sister, now is your chance." I did love her ; it was my chance, and I improved it: so that the reader knows now how it was I came to get married. CARDS. E 0V A L.--WILLIAM S. AMWEG ,Ii RAttorney at Law, has removed his office from him former place into South Duke street, nearly opposite the Trinity Lutheran Church. apr 8 tf 12 SAIIIIIEL/ IL REYNOLDS, Attorney at Law. Office, No. 14 North Duke street, opposite the Court House. may 6 tfl.6 WELCHENS & PRIGG, SURGEON DENTISTS.--Office, Krialpah'a Buildings, second flor. N orth East coruer of North Queen and Orange streeta, Lancaster, Pa. jan 20 tf 1 W T. McPHAIL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, mar 311 y 11 STRASBURG, I.IIIICBSLOT CO., P. 7\TEWTON LIGHTNER, ATTORNEY LI AT LAW, has removed his Office to North Duke street, to the room receutly occupied by Hon. I. H. Mater. Lancaster, npr 1 tf 11 ALEOUS J. NEFF, Attorney tit Law... (MICH with B. A. Shmliter, Esq . ., south-west corner of Centro Squtre. Lo n o.uttor. um). 15, '55 ly 17 EItIOVALWILLIA3I B. FORDLIEY, Alioraey at Lis , . hoe removed Ms olflo from North Queen street h. the hulhfins. In the noulh•eant corner of Centre 6quare, formerly known ue Ilubloy's lintel. lAturnster. sprll 10 T ESSE LANDIS, Attorney at Law.--Ofe cl fie° one door oart of Lochlor's 11.401, East King street, Lancaster, Pa. tt . 4_ All kinds of &Hr.:ming—such as writing Willa. Detqls, Mortgages, Accounts, ac., will be attended to with correctrioss nod despatch. may 15, '55 if4l' i I rILLIA3.I WHITESIDE, SURGEON DENTIST.--001ce In North Queen street, 3d door from Orange, and directly over Sprenger A Westhaeffer's Book Store. Lancaster, may 37, 18.56. DR. JOHN 111'CALL A t DENTIST .-- Office No. 4 EN,I King to rm.!, La.lstur, Pa. apr 18 13 IR.. J. T. BAKER., liloinceopatlsto Pity. sm•cr.s,.r to lir. 11cAllister. Oitice 19 H. orange 1,11.., uoarly opposite the First Ger man Reformed Church, Lancaster. April 17 TAMES BLACK, Attorney at Law.--Of— tf hc&. in East King street, two doors east or Lechlees Wash Lancaster, Ps. •FE AU 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 JOHN W. lIIECKLE V, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Hes removed his office to Sea th Duke str,et, opposite the Lutheran Church, L....ester, Penn'. Also secures Pension and Bounty Land Werrants, and attends L. the Col leetiun of Claims. [feb id ly 6 JOHN F. BRINTON, ATTORN EY AT LAW, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 11,0 removed his office to his residence, No. 249 South Bth Street, above Spruce. Refers by permission to Hon. FL G. Low!, " A. L. ISATIS. " Y[RRUE BRINTON, TIIADDZUS SIEVIKB nov A ly• 5 ALEXANDER HARRIS, Attorney Ist LAW. Wilco South Queen St., West side, near Vine St. REFERENCES Uorornor James Pollock, Harrisburg. lion. Andrew G. Curtin, do. Hon Joseph Casey, do. lion. A ndr,w Parker. Muffin:town. Ilint..lsnws A. R. M. I tit,. Esq., I innnbersburg. pETER D. REAL ESTATE AGENT, will .st rend to the Renting of !louses. Collecting Howie arm tl round Rents. &v. Agencies entrusted to him care will la, thankfully received, and carefully attended to.— Sstisfartory reference gives. 001,•e N. E. corner of SEVENTH and SASSO)! streetm,llo,ad Floor, No. 10. fob 17 ly 5 G ARDEN SEEDS, EARLY PEAS, M 1(1tOW FAT PKAB, 112=IIMM= SUGAR Lo WHITE SOLID CELERY, DRUM-HEAD WINTER D0..1.0N0 GREEN CUCUMBER VALENTINE BEANS, PURPLE EGG PLANT. EARLY CHOICE BEANL, LONG SCARLET RADISH. Ac. For nt THOMAS ELLMAK ER'S Drug, Chemical Store, Wiint King iitreet, Lane', tel., 9 tf ; y IVERY STABLE.--Having purchased .1.4 [h." unlit, 1,1 VERY ETA BIAS II )1 ENT of William Bell. in tho rear of Fun k'e Merrimac House, N. Prince street, I mu prepared to hire Homes, Carriages, ft:trout:hes, ke. , Sm., on Ike most accommodating terms. By Mettle; personal attention [mho business and an anxi ous desire to please, I hope to merit and receive a reasona ble shave of public patronage. Lun,mtrr, sep 9 I;LOWS, HARROWS, CULTIVATORS, itir,—A very largo stock, embracing all the LATEST I M PROS' ki M ENTS. Purchasers will find It advantageous to give us a calt b,rti purchasing elsewhere. feb 2 111 BOAS, SI'ANGLER & CO, Seed and Implemont Warehouse, 627 Market et. (100 D NEWS FOR LADIES! Any lady kjr who will hood hor addrosx to 111rw. E. Creaser, Dual. more, with three 3 rent/I P01i0413 Stump included, will revel,. I, return moil nornol him: of Importance to her. WOMAN IiNoW THYSELF AND OH HAPPY." jun 12 3m 53 "ky S. LAWRENCE'S NEW PAPER, PRINTERS' CARD AND ENVELOPE - - NO 405, COMMERCE STREET, PIIILADELPHI4. tYrr Cash buyers will find it for their Interest to call. lin 3 Om 51 - • DORTA.BLE CIDF.R AIiLLS..KRAUB— LL SR'S PATENT, for hand horse power, the best In Iles, Wheeler's Herne Powers and Thresh ers Improved Cirein Eons, Pennock's Wheat Drills, Cooper's Lime and Guano Spreaders, the most ap proved Hap and PodderCutters, Mott's Rollers, Grindstones reedy hung. with a general assortment of Agricultural and Horticultural Implements. PASCHALL, MORRIS & Co., Iniplement and Seed Stare, 7th and Market, I l'a. align tf 30 EMOVAL—Eart hen and Slone Ware. tIAsT x SUN have removed their Wareroom to S. Queen street. directly opposite the Odd Fellow.' HAI, where they keep on hand a larsre assortment of EARTHEN AND STONE WARE, of various patterns, and arc prepared to furnish Terra Gotta work, Garnishing. Moo and other kinds of Ornamental Work. Th. mannfkctory is still continued at the old stand in Smolt Chloe. sreet. xpr 21 t 4 14 PANG'S UNRIVALLED HAY STR A W AND FOUR ER CUTTER, Star Corn Shell/ors. linrse Rowers. Threo , hers, Grain Fans. (toot Cuttsra, 3c., in lance varisty. BOAS. SVANGLKR k CO, Seed and Implement Warshouse, t 27 Ma - ket at., below 7th. I)RUG AND CHEMICAL STORE. The subscriber having removed his store to the new building neatly opposite Ills old stand, and directly uppish, the er,ss Keys Hotel, Ilse now on band a well selected stock of articles belonging to the Drug business consisting in part of Oils, Aids, Spices. Seeds, Alcohol. Pondered Articles, Sarsaparillas. 6:e., A,., to which the attention of country merchants, physician• and consumers in general In Invited. THOMAS ELLMAKEH.. fob 9 tf 4 West King street, Lene'r. COPPERWARE MANUFACTORY AMUEL, DILLKR. Return his thanks for the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed upon him. and respectfully Informs his can• tumors and the public generally, that he still continues at the old stunt. in West King street, nearly opposite Fulton and is prepared to manufacture to order COPPER WARE, in all Its various branches, and on the most reasonable terms. lie invitee his country friends especially to give him a call, as he is confident of being able to please. lie also keeps constantly on hand, for hire, HORSES, CARRIAGES, BAROUCLIES, lex., tic., all in ex.dlerit order, and furnished at the lowest rates. Give him a call when you need anything of the kind, and he will suit you to a nicety. SAND I SANDI—Five Hundred Loads of Sand on hand, which will be delivered to any part of the . city. Homes and Carts to he had at all times, at the Livery Stable of SAMUEL DILLER, West King at., Lancaster. MIMED 11 0 N ACH ER & BAUFIAN, TAN II V nem end (hurlers Store, back of Robt. Moderwell's Commission Warehouse, trotitin4 on the Railroad and North Prince street. Cheap for Cash or approved credit.— Constantly on hand a full assortment of all kinds Saddler's and Shoemaker's Leather, of superior quality, including ' Rouger's celebrated Sole Leuther," also, Leather Bands, w.•Il stretched, suitable for all kinds of machinery, of any length and width required, made of a superior quality of Leather, Furnace Bellowe, Band and Lacing Leather, Gar den lose. Tanner's Oil, Curtier's Tools, hforuccoe, Shoe Finding,. Sm. All kind. old Leather bought in the rough; highest pr foes given for hides and Skin in cask; orders will DA prompt. ly attended to. feb 5 ly 8 NT, °TICE TO TRAVEL'ERS... From and after RONDA Y, DECEMBERI6, 1854, the Christiana and Chesnut I.vel Stage Line, will leave Christiana Tuesdays, Thursdays • and Saturdays, at 1 P. M., via Coopers- ~ K-454M111,, ville, Green Tree, Paxson's Store, Quarry , ville, Spring Grove, Mechanics' Grove, to Chesnut Level; returning, will leave the Level at O o'clock, A. M., on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and return the same route to Christiana. The above arrangement will afford persons an opportun ity of traveling in either of two daily lines of eara fo and from the eitiee of Philadelphia and Lancaster. Dee. 12 tf 477 By order of the Disnageta. INLAND INSURANCE AND. DEPOSIT ICompany.-office, corner of Centre. Square an South . - Queen it., Lancaster, Pa. - . Capital 11.112)1,000:: Charter PerpetuaL Dense against loosby Pito, and re.„ cells money on Deposit, as heretofore, payfrogbisto centolia Depoidts made for 80 days or longer. - RMOLPEILAAI3OI4 4- -;.' , lm iimitiaa anti deo 4 am 40 NO, 10 npr 7 1y 12 JOHN P. PETTFIRLY. tf 34
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