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Hy NORA Pl9lOl Tying bar !mint under her elan, litho tied her raven ringlets in ; But not Mono In tho silicon inert Dld oho outoh her lovely floating hair, For tying her bonnet under hor ahlo, Bbe tied a young mane heart within. They were strolling together up the bill, Where the wild wind comes blowing merry and chill , And it blew the curia a frolicsome race, All over the happy peach-colored face, Till molding and laughing, she tied them In, • Cinder her beautiful dimpled chin. And it blew a color, bright as the bloom Of the pinkest Mashie's Waning plume, All over the cheeks of the prettiest girl That ever imprisoned a romping curl, Or, in tying her bonnet under her shin, Tied a young man's heart within. Steeper and steeper grew the hill— Madder, merrier, chillier still The western wind blew down aneplayed The wildest tricks with the little maid, As tying her bonnet under her chin, She tied a young man's heart within. Oh, western wind, do you think it was fair To play such trioks with her floating hair? To gladly, gleefully de your best To blow her against the young man's breast, Where he as gladly folded her in, And kissed her mouth and dimpled chin ? Oh, Ellery Vane, you little thought, An hour ago, when you besought This country lass to walk with you, After the sun had dried the dew, What a perilous danger you'd be in, Ai she tied her bonnet under her chin A BEAUTIFUL STORM You were not here yesterday," said the gentle teacher of the village school, as she laid her hand kindly on the curly head of one of her pupils. It was recess time, but the little girl had not gone to frolic away the ten minutes, nor even left her seat, but sat absorbed in what seemed a fruitless attempt to make herself mistress of a shin in long division. Her face and neek crimsoned at he re mark of her teacher, but looking 'up, she seemed somewhat re-assured by the kind glance that met her, and answered, " no ma'am I was not, but my sister Nell was." " I remember there was a little gill, who called herself Nelly. Gray, came in yesterday, but I did not know she was your sister. But why did you not come ? You seem to love study very much." 6 , It was not because I did not want to come," was the earnest answer, and then she paused, and the deep flush again tinged that fair brow—" but," she continued, after a moment of painful embarrassment, 4 , mother can't spare both of us conveni ently, and 'so we are going to take turns ; l' ni going to school one day and sister next ; and to-night I'm to teach Nally all' I have learned to-day, and to-morrow night she will teach me all she learns while here. It's the only way we can think of getting along, and we want to study very much, so as to sometime keep school ourselves and take care of mother, because she has to work very hard to take care of us." With genuine delicacy, Miss M. forebore to question the child still further, but sat down beside her, and in a moment ex plained the rule over which she was puz zling her young brain, so that the difficult sum was easily finished. You had better go out and take the air a moment, you have studied very hard to-day," said the teacher, as the little girl put up her slate. "I had rather not, I might tear my dress; I will stand by the window and watch the rest." There was such a peculiar tone in the voice of her pupil, as she said 4‘ I might tear my dress," that Miss M. was led in stinctively to notice it. It was nothing but a ninepenny print of deep blue, but it was neatly made, and had never yet been washed. And while looking at it she re membered that, during the whole previous fortnight Mary Gray had attended school regularly, that she had never seen her wear but that one dress. "She is a thoughtful little girl," said she to herself, " and does not want to make her mother any, trouble. I wish I had more such scholars." The next morning Mary was absent, but her sister occupied her seat. There was something so interesting in the two little sisters, the one 11 years and the other 18 months younger, agreeing to attend school by turns, that Miss M. could not forebear watching them very closely. They were pretty faced children ; of deli cate forms and fairy-like hands and feet ; the elder with dark, lustrous eyes, and the younger with orbs like the June sky, her white neck veiled with a wreath of golden ringlets. She observed in both the same close attention to their studies, and as Mary had tarried during play time, so did Nelly, and upon speaking to her as she had to her sister, she received the same an swer, " I might tear my dress." Again the reply caused Miss M. to notice the garliof the sister. She saw at once it was the same piece as Mary's, and upon scrutinizing it closely, she became certain that it was the same dress. It did not fit so closely on Nelly, it was too long for her, and she was evidently not at ease when she notiad her teacher looking at the bright flowers that were so thickly set on the dark ground. The discovery was one that could not but interest a heart so truly benevolent as that which pulsated in the bosom of that village teacher. She ascertained the'resi dence of their mother, and though sorely straitened herself by a narrow purse, that same night, having found at the store, in the plane, a few yards of the same ma terial, purchased a dress for little Nelly, and sent it to her in such way that the doner could not be detected. Very bright and happy looked Mary Gray on Friday morning, as she entered the school at an early hour. She waited only to place her book neatly in her desk, ere she approached Miss M. and whispering in a voice that laughed in spite of her ef forts to make it low and deferential.— Id After this week, Nelly is coming to school every day, and, oh, I am so glad'." " That is good news," replied the teacher kindly, "Nelly is so fond of her books, I see, and I am happy to know that she can have an opportunity to study her books every day." Then she continued, a little good hu mored mischief encircling her eyes. " But can your mother spare both conveniently?" "0, yes ma'am she can now. Some thing has happened which she did'nt ex pect, and she is glad to have us come as we aro to do so." She hesitated a moment, but her young heart was filled to the brim with joy, and when a ohild is happy, it is as natural for it to toll the cause as it is for a bird to warble when the sun shines. So out of the fulness of her heart she spoke and told the teacher this little story, She and her sister, worn the oily chil dren of a poor widow, whose health was so delicate that it was almost impossible to support herself and daughters. She was obliged to keep them out of school all winter, because they had no clothes to wear, but she told them if they could earn enough by doing odd chores for the neigh bors to buy them each a new dress, they might go in the spring. Very earnestly had the little girls improved their stray chances, and very carefully laid by the copper coins which usually repaid them. They had each saved nearly enough to buy a calico dress, when Nelly was taken, sick and as the mother had no money before hand, her own treasure bad to be expended for medicine. "0, I did feel so bad when school opened, and Nelly couldn't go because she had no dress," said Mary. " I told her I wouldn't go Other ; but she said I had better, for I could then teach her some, and it would be better than no schooling. I stood it for a fortnight, but Nelly's little face seemed all the time looking at me on the way to school, and I couldn't be happy a bit; so I finally thought of a way by which we could both go, and I told mother I would come one day and the next 1 would lend Nelly my dress and she might come, and that's the way we have done this week. But last night somebody sent Nelly a dress just like mine, and now she can come too. 0, if I only knew who it was, I would get down on my knees and thank them, so would Nelly. But we don't know, and we have done all we could for them. We've prayed for them ! and oh, Miss M. we are all so glad now. 'c Ain't you too ?" "Indeed I am," was the emphatic answer. And on the following Monday, when lit tle Nelly in her new dress entered the school room, her face radiant as a rose in the sunshine, approaching the teacher's table, exclaimed in tones as musical as those of a freed fountain—" I'm coming to sohool every day now, and I am so glad !" Miss M. felt as she never before felt, that it was more blessed to give than receive. No millionaire, when he saw his name in public prints, lauded for his thousand dol lar charities, was ever half so happy as that poor school teacher, who wore old gloves half a summer longer than she ought, and thereby saved enough to buy the little fatherless girl a calico dress. THE SABBATH.-But blessings, and ten thousand blessings, be upon the day ! and let myriads of thanks stream up to the throne of God, for this divine and regener ating gift to man. As I have sat in some flowery 'dale, with the sweetness of May around me on a week day, I have thought of the millions of immortal creatures toiling for their daily life in factories and shops amid the whirl of machinery, and the greedy craving of mercantile gain and, suddenly, that golden interval of time has lain before me in . all its brightness—a time, and a perpetually recurring time, in which the iron grasp of earthly tyranny is loosed, aua Peace, and Faith, Freedom, the angels of God, come down and walk once more among men ! Ten thousand blessings upon this day—the friend of men and beast ! The bigot would rob it of its healthful free dom, on the one hand, and coop man up in his workday dungeons, and cause him to work with down cast eyes and demured steps ; and the libertine would desecrate all its sober decorum on the other. Let us still avoid puritan rigidity and French dissipation. Let onr children, and our servants, and those who toil for us in vaults, and shops, and factor:es, have free dom to walk in the face of heaven, and the beauty of earth, for in the great temple of nature stands together health and piety. For myself:l speak from experience, it has always been my delight to go ont on Sun day, and like Isaac meditate in the fields , and, especially in the sweet tranquility, and amid the gathering shadows of evening, and never, in temple or in closet, did more hallowed influence fall upon any heart,- With the twilight and the rush of earth, a tenderness had stolen upon me—a love for every creature on which God has stamped the wonder of his handiwork—but, espe cially, for every child of humanity ; and then I have been made to feel that there is no oratorio like that which has heaven itself for its roof, and no teaching like the teaching of the Spirit, which created and still overshadows the world with its wing. —Howit THE BITER BITTEN.-A few years ago, a farmer, who was noted for his waggery, stopped at a tavern, which he was in the habit of stopping at, on his way from Bos ton to Salem. The landlady had got the pot boiling for dinner, and the cat was washing her face in the corner. The traveler, thinking it would be a good joke, took off the pot-lid, and, while the landlady was absent, put the grimalkin into the pot with the potatoes, and pursued his journey to Salem. The amazement of the landlady may well be conceived, when on taking up her dinner, she discovered the unpalatable addition which was made to it. Knowing is ell the disposition of her customer, she had no difficulty in fixing on the aggressor, and she determined to be revenged.— Aware that he would stop on his return for a cold bite, the cat was carefully dressed. The wag called, as was expected, and pussy was put on the table, among other cold dishes, but was so disguised that he did not know his old acquaintance. He made a hearty meal, and washed it down with a glass of gin. After paying his bill, he asked the landlady if she had a oat she could give him, for he was plagued almost to death with mice. She esid she "could not, for she had lost her's." What 'I" said he, "don't you know where she is 7" "0, yea," replied the landlady, "you have just eaten it." " THAT COUNTRY D 3 THM MOST PROHIIMMOUS WEDI3I3I - " I - ,11 4 II:I 43: •T:T : .: I "-800 : . LANCASTER CITY, PA., TUESDAY. MORNING, APRIL 20, 1858. The Late Thomas Zart Lentos. Colonel Benton was born near Hillsbor ough, Orange county, North Carolina, March, 14, 1782. His father died when he was eight years old ; his early educa tion was imperfect ; he was for some time at a grammar school, and afterwards at Chapel Hill, the University of North Car olina, but finished no course of study there, as his mother removed to Tennessee to settle on a tract of land belonging to his father's estate. Thomas studied law, and soon rose to eminence in his profession.— Ile was now cleated to the Legislature, serving only a single term during which he procured the passage of a law reforming the judicial system, and of another giving to slaves the benefit of a jury trial, the same as white men. One of his earli est friends and patrons was Andrew Jackson, at that time Judge of the Su preme Court, and subsequently Major General of the State militia. Benton be came his aid-de-camp, and during the war also raised a regiment of volunteers. It was from that service he derived the name of Colonel, which has clung to him through life. Notwithstanding the close intimacy between Jackson and himself, which was of the most cordial and unre served charaoter,a rude and sudden rencon tre took place, in Nashville, between Jack son and a posse of friends on one side, and Benton and his brother on the other, in ' which severe pistol and dagger wounds were given, and produced a rupture which estranged them for many years. After the volunteers were disbanded Mr. Madi son appointed Col. Benton, in 1813, a Lieutenant Colonel in the army ; but on his way to serve in Canada, in 1814, he heard the news of peace and resigned.— He now removed to Missouri, and took up his abode in the city of St. Louis in 1815. There he devoted himself anew to his pro fession. Soon however, engaging in the politics of the day, he was led to the es tablishment of a newspaper entitled the Missouri slrgus. In this position he was involved in many disputes and contentions. Duels were usual at the time, and he had his share of them, with their unhappy con sequences. In one of them, which was forced upon him, he killed his opponent, Mr. Lucas, an event he deeply regretted, and all the private papers relating to which he has destroyed. In 1820, with the organization of the State government, Mr. Benton was elected a member of the United States Senate, and remained in that body an active and con spicuous member till the session of 1851, (thirty one years in the Senate,) when he failed of a re-election. As Missouri, how ever, was not admitted into the Union until August 10th, 1821 ; more than a year of Mr. Benton's first term had ex pired before he touk his seat. This inter val he occupied in acquiring a knowledge of the language and literature of Spain : and thenceforth, for many years, his indus try as a student during his extra hours, seized from the early morning, and appro priated from the night, form a most inter esting feature of the economy and regular ity of his personal habits. The results, too, were of the greatest advantage to him as a Senator, for having acquainted him self intimately with the political, social and religious systems, and with the lan guages, laws, and literature of the govern ing nations of ancient and modern times, his knowledge of every great subject involved in a Senatorial debate covered the most minute experience and teachings of the history of man, and of his progres sive steps from the patriarchal institutions of the Hebrews to the comprehensive civilization of our own day. When" Col. Benton entered the Senate Mr. Monroe was President ; Governor Tompkins, Vioe President; John Quincy Adams, Seeretary of State ; William H. Crawford, Secretary of the Treasury; John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War ; Smith Thompson, of New York, Secretary of the Navy ; John McLean, Postmaster General, and William Wirt, Attorney General ; of whom all have disappeared from the stage of action except Mr. M'Lean. And here that voluminous and interesting historical po litical work of Mr. Benton— of his "Thirty Years in the Senate "—interposes its rich and copious details of the leading public characters, measures, events and issues which agitated the country, divided its political parties and determined the game for the Presidency from term to term, through all that long period. In glancing over the pages of these solemn volumes of a " Thirty Years' View " of " the Work ings of the American Government," we find that the first speech of Mr. Benton, prominently referred to is his speech of 1824, in favor of an amendment of the Constitution of the United States in rela tion to the election directly by the popu lar vote. It was not, however, until after the rupture between President Jackson and Vice President Calhoun, in 1831, and the breaking out of the war between Old Hickory and the United States Bank, that Col. Benton took the front rank in the Senate as a debater and the champion of the administration. The war against the bank was virtually declared in General Jackson's first annual message to Con gress in 1829, and the war began in earnest in the Senate upon the question of a re-charter in 1831—Mr. Benton leading the way as the most radical advocate of a gold and silver currency. In person, Col. Benton was tall, muscu lar and robust, and with a presence singu larly majestic and commanding. His fea tures were of the strong Roman mould, and their habitual expression was that of a self possessed, self-relying, positive and reso nte man. His marriage with a daughter of Col. McDowell, of Virginia, secured him an amiable and exemplary partner, and the domestic associations of an extensive circle of influential families. Mrs. Benton died some four years ago. Of his four survi ving children, all daughters, one is " our Jessie," the wife of Col. Fremont; another is the wife of Mr. Wm. Carey Jones, re turned from a government mission to Cen tral America; another is married to Mr. Ja cob, a well to do farmer, in Kentucky, and formerly one of Fremont's amateur moun tain men ; the fourth, and youngest, some years ago was married to an attache of the French Legation at Washington, and now French Consul General at Calcutta. In the important matter of religion, Colonel Benton was, if not a member, a faithful attendant with his family at the New School Presbyterian Church, near his res idence at Washington. Among the peo ple of Washington be was esteemed as a citizen, and beloved as a neighbor and friend. With Benton, the last excepting Cass, and we may say Crittenden, of the com peers of Clay, Calhoun and Webster, is gone. If Clay was distinguished for the love of his friends, and Calhoun for the veneration of his disciples, and Webster for the admiration of the commercial pol iticians of the North, Benton was particu larly distinguished for the esteem of those who knew him most intimately, and for the bitter hostility of his opponents who only knew him from his excusable egotism, and sometimes offensive, harsh, and imperious manner as a public debater in the Senate. FEMALE BEAUTY.—The ladies of Arabia stain their fingers and toes red, their eye brows blikok, and their lips blue. In Per sia they paint a black streak around their eyes, and ornament their eyes, and their faces; with various figures. The Japanese women gild their teeth, and those of the Indians paint them rod. The pearl of the tattoo must be dyed black, to be beautiful in Guzurat. The Hottentot woman paints the entire body in compartments of red and blank. In Greenland the women color their faces wirh blue and yellow, and they frequently tattoo their bodies by saturating threads in soot, and inserting them through. Hindoo females, when they wish to appear particularly lovely, smear them selves with a mixture of saffron, tumerio and grease. In nearly all the islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, the women, as well as the men, tattoo a great variety of figures on the face, the lips, tongue, and the whole body. In New Holland they cut themselves with shells,, and keeping the wounds open a long time, form deep scars in the flesh, which they deem highly ornamental. And another singular muti lation is made among them by taking off, in infancy, the little finger of the left hand at the second joint. The modern Persians have a strong aversion to red hair ; the Turks, on the contrary, are warm admirers of it. In China small round eyes are liked, and the girls are continually pluck ing their eyebrows that they may be thin and long. But the great beauty of a-Chi nese lady is in her feet, which, in child hood, are so compressed by bandages as effectually to prevent any further increase in size. The four small toes are bent un der the foot to the sole of which they firmly adhere ; and the poor girl not only endures much pain but becomes a cripple for life. Another mark of beauty consists in having finger nails so long that cases of bamboo are necessary to preserve them from injury. An African beauty must have small eyes, thick lips, a large flat I nose, and a skin beautifully black. In New Guinea the nose is perforated, and large 1 pieces of wood or bone inserted. In the north-west coast of America, an incision wore than -wo inches in length is made in the lower lip, and then filled with a wooden Iplug. In Guinea the lips are pierced with thorns, the heads being inside the mouth and the points resting on the chin. SHORT BIOGRAPHY.—The names of the Presidents of the United States ; the time and place of their birth ; also the time and place of the death of those deceased ; to gether with the length of time they severally held the office of Chief Magis trate : George Washington, Virginia. Born February 22ud, 1732 ; died December 14th, 1799, in Virginia. President eight years. John Adams, Massachusetts. Born Oc tober 30th, 1735 ; died July 4th, 1826, in Massachusetts. President four years. Thomas Jefferson, Virginia. Born April 13th, 1743 ; died July 4th, 1826, in Vir ginia. President eight years. James Madison, Virginia. Born March 16th, 1751 ; died June 28th, 1836, in Virginia. President eight years. James Monroe, Virginia. Born April 2d, 1759 ; died July 4th, 1831, in New York City: President eight years. John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts.— Born July 11th, 1767; died February 23d, 1848, in Washington, D. C. Presi dent four years. Andrew Jackson, South Caroiina. Born March 15th, 1767 ; died June Bth, 1845, in Tennessee. President eight years. Martin Van Buren, New York. Born December bth, 1782 ; still living. Presi dent four years. William Henry Harrison, Virginia. Born February 9th, 1773 ; died April 4th, 1841, in Washington, D. C. President one month. John Tyler, Virginia: Born March 26th, 1790 ; still living. President three years and eleven months. James Knox Polk, North Carolina.— Born November 2d, 1795; died June 15th. 1849, in Tennessee. President four years. Zachary Taylor, Virginia. . Born No vember 24th, 1784 ; died July 9th, 1850, in Washington D C. President one year and four months. Millard Fillmore, New York. Born January 7th, 1800 ; still living. Presi dent two years and eight months. Franklin Pierce, New Ramps .ire. Born November 23d, 1804 ; still living. Presi dent four years. James Buchanan, Pennsylvania. Born April 23d, 1791 ; inaugurated March 4th, 1857- THE REVIVAL OF BUSINESS.—Tae improve m..nt in every department of business, says the yew 'York TimeB, continues to be steady and decided. Trade increases in nearly every branch, and it is cdnilucted on a much safer basis than it has been for the past ten or twelve years. More goods are sold for cash, and were credit is given they are much shorter than before the panic. Nor is it as easy for every merchant fr the country to obtain credit as it u.,ed M re careful inquiries are rna•lc g-e tier pains are taken to avoid accumulation of doubtful debts. !The • ffeet ..f tide upon all partie, and upon the gederal business of the country, is de cidedly good. FLO-D IN TEIE MISSISSEPTI.—Accounts from St. Louis speak of a great rise in the ;Ale. sissippi arid Arkansas rivers. Whole cotton plantations are said to be under water, and the town .d Napoleo n submerged some places to the depth of ten feet. But few places will escape inundation between the mouth of the White river and the Louisiana line. The levee no the east side of the Mississippi had not given way. I lota or LIVINO. —A. purveyor for a large b strilieg house furnishes one of our exchanges statistics ill regard to the oat of living during the .past eight years. lie nays that the increase from 1850 to 1853 was 20 per cent. ; from 1853 to 1857, was 50 per cent.—making 70 per cent, in coven years, The present rate is about 25 per cent. less than last year at this time, when the highest point was reached G 7" Hard words have never taught Yet it appears that the present rate is 50 per wire tmem. cent higher than it was in 1850. wisdom, nor does truth req Beauty and Intelligence. It is not the most perfect in outward form•who usually inspire the deepest love. 13istorp~bhows ns that the most lasting and profound attachments were lavished on women possessing but a moderate share of personal attractions. Beauty in itself is so alluring and captivating, that it is worth our while to consider in what consists the mysterious and subtle charm which has the power to enchain the heart, in spite of the eye's criticism. Women have, an all ages, regarded beauty as the most effectual weapon to coquet and subdue man ; and the desire to possess it, wo beg to suppose, results not from any passion for domina tion, but from laudable desire to Influence him for his own comfort and happiness,— However this may be, well-intentioned or not, their solicitude for the possession of beauty has induced women of all times and nations to search after those things which seem to offer a chance of concealing imperfections, and enhancing or embellish ing their natural attractions. This has led them into numerous follies and extrava gances, and given encouragement to a crowd of charlatans, who have known how to speculate upon a woman's anxiety to ap pear beautiful. If the hours expended in contrivances for the casket were employed in polishing the jewels within—if half the time consumed in the consideration of a coiffure, or even in the arrangement of a corsage, were devoted to the moral train ing of the heart which beats within, and the developing the vast capabilities of that noble portion of the human frame which renders it the most beautiful and intelli gent of created beings, woman would find her influence more powerful and unfailing ; the admiration she would excite would be sentiment compounded of esteem, and love and in rendering herself worthy of these, she would attain what the toilette, with all its attendant mysteries, is of itself insuf ficient to accomplish. The lofter ambition to be admired for the graces of the mind, more than for those of the person, would suggest the habitual practice of the social virtues of amiability, kindness and good temper, as well as the careful culture of all the faculties which refine the taste, elevate the soul, and enno ble the heart. Intelligence, unlike fash ions of a day, becomes all countenances 5 and sweetness of temper has the inestima ble advantage of making ugly women ap pear pretty, and elderly ones youthful. It is a responsible duty woman owes to herself, as well as to her family and society, to render herself pleasing and agreeable. Her person claims a certain degree of attention ; she has a right to study the art of dress, and to avail herself of the legitimate appliances for the improvement of her appearance ; but the most scrupu lous attention to the toilet will never make her sufficiently attractive to be loveable or estimable. Rich, well-chosen apparel will not compensate for a cold heart ; a glowing cheek does not neutralize the effect of a freezing, supercilious manner nor a bright smile soften the severity of an uncharita ble word. Woman is happily endowed with quali ties of a gentle and enduring nature, which are often suffered to lie dormant or run riot. She is eminently qualified to be 'a. worker of benevolence—an inspirer of high and generous sentiments—an instigator of noble deeds ; let her not sink into the thraldom of vanity ; let her not be what we are told some sagacious sage defines her—" an animal that delights in finery." Let her awake to her own resposibilities, and feel conscious that her influence, well intentioned, and wisely directed, is a re generating principle ; that it is not the well dressed beauty, but the woman of high in telligence and sweet temper, who becomes the theme of general admiration and indi vidual attachment—the inspiration of the hour—the good genius of every scene.— slthenmum. THE SUNKEN SHIPS AT SEBASTOPOL RAVAGES OF THE TIMBER WORM -THE AMERICAN WRECKING SHIPS ADVERTISED FOR SALE. —The Constantinople correspon dent of the London Times writes : " The schooner Silver Key and the steamer General Knox, belonging to the American Wrecking Companies which un dertook to raise the vessels-of-war sunk in the harbor of Sebastopol, have returned to Constantinople, and are advertised for sale. The attempt to raise the sunken vessels has completely failed ; not one of them was recovered. The Black Sea ter edo so often attributed to the well-calcula ted imagination of the Russian Admiralty is a stern reality. It has eaten up the body of the Russian fleet, leaving only the outer shell. The wheel of the " Twelve Apostles" has been brought down as a specimen. Although it consisted of strong mahogany, two years and a half in the water of Sebastopol have reduced its weight to almost nothing. No external change is visible beyond a few small holes, where the greedy miners sank their shafts. The most approved contrivances were tried by the rival companies. The vessels were caulked and made seemingly watertight, but when it came to pumping out, it was found that the timber was so rotten that the water percolated everywhere through the galleries made by the teredo. To this in itself invincible difficulty must be added the fact that most of the vessels had sunk from four to six fathoms into the mud.— Even if the ships had been raised they would have been of no use. As they could not be raised, it was tried to blow them up in order to clear the harbor, which at this moment is so blocked up that only a nar row channel marked out by buoys is left, through which small vessels can with dif ficulty wind their way. The damage done to the timber is, however, so great that not even the attempt to blow the vessels up suceeded. As much as 6,000 pounds of powder was tried with a two-decker; but., as the rotten timber had too little power of resistance, the result was that the weakest point gave way and the explosion tore out a small part in the side of the vessel, leav ing the rest altogether untouched. The harbor must thus remain blocked up until by degrees the work of the teredo is done, and the ships fall to pieces. According to the account-brought down, eighty-one ves sels were found sunk, which is much more than ever was known or supposed. The companies have brought up sufficient anchors, cables (to., to pay at any rate, part of their expenses and probably the Russian Government will make up the dif ference." TIMER'S A FELLER A COURTIN' A GAL HERE.—Not long since, a worthy pastor of one of our city churches, who combines divinity and humor in a woof of wit as bright as a lioloth of gold," was called upon one evening, by a nameless gentle man, and informed that his services would be required at au early hour in the morn ing for a peculiar and delightful duty, and took his leave. Bright and early the reverend gentle man was ready and waiting, when a carri age was driven up by a "sorrel" boy, with tifreekled" horses, who rang the bell, whioh was answered by the dominie in propria persona., The following dialogue ensued Boy, ills a pussou 'oro as goes to the oars'!" ""No, sir, I mu going to a wedding!" The boy's face fell, as he said i(get in, "But," remarked the clergyman, "do you know where to go'!" "No, air!" "Nor do I ! Who scut you i" Mr. —, sir." "Well, go and find Mr. —, and in quire where I am required V" Off went the boy with his carriage, and in a short time returned and the conversa tion was renewed. "Have you found out the place ?" asked the minister. "No, sir, but I've found out what street he went on ; you'd better get iu, sir ; I guess I kin find it!" And in he got. After driving some distance the carriage was stopped, the driver got down, opened the door, and with the most sober countenance said: "There's a feller a courtin' a gal here ; you might try the place." And the dominie did try it, and found the precise place where his services were needed by two anxious and palpitating hearts, which he quietly bound together in the indissoluble bonds of matrimony.— After the services were concluded, the story was told, and a happier and jollier laugh has seldom been heard. "There's a feller a courtin' a gal here ; you might try the place." Falling in Love. From the title of my subject, I am sat isfied that I shall have the attention of all young persons, and especially those of "sweet sixteen." And by the way, there might be an interest awakened in the minds of some old maids and bachelors.— They still hope to find some one on whom to bestow their heart's purest love. Now what is meant by "falling in love." A Mr. Smith attends a splendid party given by one of his friends, and at thar party he sees Miss Brown in her best and latest style of habit, with a "circumference as beautiful as the moon." Her beautiful black curls hang gracefully upon her snow white neck ; her hazel eyes beam with de light, and laugh out in joy. Her com plexion is clear and delicate ; her nose is well formed, and she moves like a fairy queen. Poor fellow ! how his heart beats Oh! what an impression she has made upon him. He thinks her too lovely and pure for earth. Her bewitching smiles charm him, and his poor heart flutters be fore her like the innocent bird in the spell of the charmer. He yields to the power of the charmer, for he is a wounded bird. That mighty young man, who walked out in his dignity and strength, is taken cap tive without a struggle—he may not think so, but he has heard the voice of the siren, and the spell cannot be broken ; for he has fallen deperately in love, and is not able to tell why. Now this is being ruled by appearances, and I do not hesitate in say ing that one-half of the unhappy marriages are brought about in this way, without thought and consideration. Mr. S. solicits the hand of Miss B. in marriage, and ho does not know why. He is not prepared to afford her a comfortable home ; in fact, he is scarcely able to keep himself. He has no object in life, and why he wishes 'to undertake new responsibili ties, be cannot tell. He has "fallen in love," or at least he thinks he has, and he concludes that he must be miserable all his life without her. What nonsense ! Mr. S. has never analyzed her character; he has never studied and examined her disposition. In fact, he knows nothing of the elements that compose her social being. Every man should study to know himself, and each one should form his own beau ideal of a woman, and if he studies human nature he will have a perfect image of her formed in his mind—her size, her her form, the color of her eyes and hair, and even her movements. He then can scrutinize t e very social nature and being. We think t. :t no one who has considered hi,. • his relations in this life, need run in I It. culty by "falling in love."— He should have the power of controlling his own feelings, and he should remember that all are not perfect and angelic who are attired in feminine habiliments. When he comes to a proper age, and circumstances justify it, he is prepared to select the object of his love with judgment and timely care. Man should love philos ophically, i. e., he should be prepared to , love true moral worth, and not a display of finery and show. Man displays much care and attention in the selection of a home, and all the par aphernalia of business life. This is entirely correct, because it adds to his happiness. But does he display as much judgment and care in the selection of a companion as in the more ordinary business transac tions of active life 2 I answer, No ! Some have no judgment in the matter at all.— They are peifectly reckless, as if it were of no importance. Full many a cup has thus thoughtlessly been mixed with bitter ness, and drained to its very dregs. Many a fair on of earth, who bowed at the hyme nial altar with a light heart and spirit full of love,now fills an unhappy and untimelygrave! How the fair one trembles, as she beholds the growing effects of intemperance upon the one who pledged fidelity, to her. Her blooming cheek fades, that bright and sparkling eye grows dim by sorrow. Ah ! she mourns too late an unhappy marriage, and she fades like a flower torn from its parent stem. By a misguided judgment, we may be ruined for life. Marriage should not only be a matter of profound study and care, but a matter of deep re ligious inquiry. There is a Providence who will guide us in all the important af fairs of life, if we will but give up to the guidance of His Spirit, and yield obedi to all His laws, which alone is man's safe reliance in this life of deception. Love is no trifling thing; it is one of the strongest feelings of man's noblest nature and being. Is it a wonder that it oomea as a golden ci Aurora with morning dews upon her looks resplendent with promises of sunlit day." To the heart it makes all things new. It is a Proteus, at times, as suming all shapes, but has only one object. g , It comes like a fierce tyrant or a meek lamb." It is playful, and yet full of ear nest will. It is the substance of life's ro mance. It is the poetry of life's drama. It is life itself. Without it life would be dull indeed. It stirs up many an embit tered strife, and also quiets the raging heart, It has sweetened many bitter cups of agony. It throws its light over the earth like a Christian halo, and hangs out the ball of night. It is the soprano of na ture, and its trembling symphonies wake the ooho of unknown pleasures in the throbbing heart. it chants in the festive halls, and plays the requiem over the mai den's lonely and quiet resting place. Oh, Love, thou art wild and terrible. Thou rulest in calm and in storm. Thou art everywhere—in the lordly palace and in the lowly cottage. Thou art amid the din of battle, and Weeping over the loved and lost of earth. Thou (must make us angels of light or fiends of hell ! " Love Has lent life's wings a rosy hue. Bet, oh ! Love's dyes were oaugttt above ! They brighten—but they wither too." CARDS. DE 111 0 V AL.--WILLIAM S. AMWEG, Al, Attorney at Law, has removed his office from his former place into South Duke street, nearly opposite the Trinity Lutheran Church. apr 8 tf 12 AMIIEL H. REYNOLDS, Attorney at 43 Law. Office, No. 14 North Duke street, opposite the Court House. may 5 tf 16 WELCHENS 4 PRIGG, SURGEON DENTISTS.—Office, Krlnpult s Buildings, second thAtr, North East corner of North Queen and Orange trent., Lancaster, Pa. inn 20 tf I W T. 111 c P H A A T I T L . , Rl,l EY AT LAW m r 31 ly 11 LetllVlStOr ea, P. DR. JOHN M'CALLA, DENTIST.--Office No.l East Mug street, Lam:aster, Pt, apr 18 tf 13 NT, EIS TON LIGHTNER, ATTORNE Y 11 AT LAW, hail his Office ill North Duke street, nearly opposite the Court House. Laucaster, spr 1 tf 11 A LDUS J. NEFF, Attorney at Law... A Unice with 13. A. Sheller, Esq., south-west corner of Centre Square, Lancaster. may lb, '66ly 17 EMOVAL.--WILLIAM B. FORDNEY, Attorney at Low. hoe removed biz °Mee trona North Queen street to the builditht In the south east corner of Centre Square. formerly known as Hubley's Hotel. Lancaster, april 10 E DWARD III , GOVERN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Nu. 5 Nuaru DOER NTRKIIT—NEAR TRU COURT iliAl3l. LANCABTER, l'A. JESSE LANDIS, Attorney - at Low.--01"- tir.• 1.3,4 liing ntreoL. LiiticaAter. „r <. --..0 , 0 Ivriliug Aevotints, ill boattewted to with \AFIL , LIAM W ESIDE, SURGEON y Iik.V2ISE.-oMee in North Queen streM, ad door from ;range. and direo ly over :%prtm go St NV erthaeffer's Book Store. Liturne 1,, may 27, liOt JAMES BLACK, Attorney nt Law.--Of— tice iu Eag t Riot two do to,: o.vot Locks or'e llotol. Lan-enter, Pa. 44- All husini,. ..on ne.oed with his profenniou, and all kill& of writing, .ohth no preparing Deedn, Mortgages, Who.. promptly attended to. may 15. tf-17 J o. F. [MINTON, A 1"r UK A Ey AT LAW PHILADELPHIA. to, Ili,' rettiovod hi. ..111., to hi, reNitlei.e. No. a 9 S"uth tith 1,01. Sp. ‘l,l. Hon. IL U. Loco. A. L. •• " TWO:MUM STEVENS Rr b.r. by perm isK nt t If iIK.IIOV &L..-DR. J. 'l'. BAKER, ROal. f retn..votl hi+ offir, Lime rtrem, botwol, Elva King sttofltn, Welt cmoltry will he prwupl.ly Attontiod npr II 1.1 12 IUPI AIING'S UNRIVALLED HAY k.j l'lt AIV AND FODDER curr P.ll, :gar 1' 411 :Owners. 11.1,.Thr05h,.. (loan hootCllo,4, A .!. ill largo varloty. 110 IS, SI'ASU LI.II & CO,. Warolion., 127 Mini kel .t.., lAqow PIC E 8, &0..-Cinnamon, Clove', Sala. 6 2 KATUS, BAKING :ntiDA. CREAM TARTAR. NUT. MEG 8, Av., For KAI° THOMAS E [AMA K ER'S Bats & Manion' liters, Wext King litr.q, LAnr . r. fob u tf ` i tr ALL PAPER STORE. V EVANS' WALL l'APLit STORE tax bran ruluoVud u' Nu. mr, North 9th street, where earl be haunt a torso nthrort merit 13r plain and decorative I'APHIt II ANNINNS. at the l o west cash prices. tluld I , liter at Trreta. per place and up wards; (hazed Pe per at la%eta. per piece, and unglazed at lusts. and upwards. PAPIIII - 111:Nii IN THE ('UUNTIIY by experienced workmen, and at the lowest cash prices, EVANS, No. 135 North 9th strt,t, ahoy,. 4 - 111,ry, 11List od.. Ph ll•d'n r ANC AS TER MERCANTILE COL. L LEO E. Incorporated 4Me Lovistattlre of Prnmryloonia LOOKCED IN .IENTRE SQUA E, LANCAICIEIt. T. 1.1. Potancr., Profe.o , of Book Keeping. O. 81,DEX.11,2E. Jr., Profesmor of Penmanship. A IL%notes, EN., Lecturer on Mercantile Law. A. Ti , ..•eNoy. Lecturer on Bunk Note Engraving. Fur eircolars. containing full particulars. rpecimens of nruanAbip. Jac.. address T. IL POLLOCK. Prelet. rep 2. It 311 lame:tater City, Pa. ICIACH MAKING.--The subacriber re t•poot full) iII lorm , hls friends and the public yearralla, that ht carmen on 11, Cil.kr II MAKING, in all its Vsrioun htanrhe•. at his shop, lo the ithey run ning east from the Court House, rear oi rlprecher's sod Lechler's llotels.Luncastpr. where he it.ttillittiles to make to order. and at the lowest possible prlctob CARRIAGES of every description, of the hest materials and In the meat subittantlal manner. ifer- All new work warranted. Repairing also attended to with dispatch. Lin [impact ully solicit,: a share of public patronage. My J ly 15 N ETT C A r S , H. Rj ,,, G ; HOOS HOUSE. ES R E IN I, ANDE 1. L Pnirth and Arch struts, Phila'd, are now offering full toock of SEW GOODS FOR SPRING OF 0358 rk.IONA.LE SPRINn 000DS, BLACK SILKS, 24 to •31 inches wide, Spring Dress Gies's, Ne went Stylen, shawls, iu all the Sewevt. Styles, Britivh, French and American Chinfzeti, Full ruck of Diamettie Full Stuck of Ell,prlll Gouda. N. B. Bargains in Sevaiinable Goods. daily received from the Auctiims t f New 'fork and Philadelphia. P. S Merchants are invited to examine the Stock— TERMS. Nett Cash. and low prices. C A.TALOGUE OF NEW MUSIC .11.,T PUBLISHED By MILLER & BEACIT.AM BALTIMORE, MD. Morning Star. Mach admired,— ...... . Separation. New Edition Rave Faith in One Another Gethsaine. Sacred Song A Day Dream. Beautiful INono piece...., Lancers Quadrilles. With correct figura. Boarding School Lifo. Dsscrilsing a day at Boarding School,. Ch. Grape. 50 Sea Shell Schottlse h Magruder, B. Anvil Chortle.. Front Opera Traratore Virginia Washington Monument. Grand Attach. Gem. pool in honor of the ertobbn of Crumfora's "Washing ton Statue" Embellished 29 rr a u- Mimic forwarded safely per, mall, Fun OF POSTAGE, on receipt of marked price. A liberal discount to Dealers. Teachers and Seminaries. Catalo2nes torwarded gratuitous(y. mar to if 9 XTEW MAP OP LANCA4'P-ER COUNTY. 'fhe tinderaignell in preparing to pitillish a new and complete MAP OF LANCASTER CCUNTY, ori an improved plan, (provided sufficient encouragement is given.) 'nark. ing the locations of all the p , incfpat buildings In the coun ty, all Schools. Churches, Poet Officris, Mille. Hotel's, he., with the names and locations of all sulacriber, to the MAP, and loostions of farm building's, MI ae ttsmake it &complete COUNTY DIRECTORY. To be ornamented with prospective views of the principal Colleges. Schools and other buildings in the county. En larged plane of the principal DI-ought; sod Towns will he given on the side of the GIJUNTY MAP, where sufficient subscription Is ..btalned. To be handsomely colored, show. Ing all the new townships, making a most complete and beautiful work, superceding all former MAPS. JAMES D. ecorr, Publisher, Lancaster Olt,. July 211(27 TO FARMERS.--Having been appoint ed by Menem Alien & Needles ihtetitm lu Latmuder fur the Nalr , of their ‘ , ..lobr.ted SOPER I'IIOSPIIATO OF ME. we would call the attention of !Partners to this Fordilser, It i being auparicr to all °there; and from the testimony of those who hare mead it fur woo years past, we fool author. , isoti in saying It is the but application Or Corn, Oat Wheat, Orson and other crops which require a 'lgo • and pormansot stimulant, that hao ever boon .offer the public?, Apply to OEO. CALDER k East Orange 'groat, 2d door from North Queen it., Gruff's landing on the Oonottop.. NO. 14 trlAy tf-17 Eng,.lbreeht, 25 Perring, 25
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