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Pobters, Pamphlets, Blanks. executr.l with accuracy and at the -4,..rtost For the Intelligeneer NO NIGHT IN HEAVEN And there sh,ll be no Night there"—Rev. 22-5 No night shall be in Heaven—no gathering gloom Shall o'er that glorious landscape ever come ; No tears shall fall in sadness o'er those flowers That breathe their fragrance through celestial bowers No night shall be in Heaven—no dreadful hour Of mental darkness, or the tempter's power; Across those skies no envious cloud shall roll, To dim the sunlight of the enraptured soul. No night shall be in Heaven. Forbid to sleep, These eyes no more their mournful vigils keep; Theis fountains dried—their tears all wiped away, They gaze undazzled on eternal day. No night shall be in Heaven—no sorrows reign— No secret anguish—no corporeal pain— No shivering limbs—no burning fever there— No soul's eclipse—no Winter of despair. No night shall he in lieaven—but endless noon No fast declining sun or waning moon : But there the Lamb shall yield perpetual light. "Mid pastures green. and waters ever bright. No night shall he in Heaven—no darkened room No bed of death, or silence of the tomb; But breezes ever fresh with love and truth, Shall brace the frame with an immortal youth. COLUMISI'S, N. Y. THE LAST "GOOD NIGHT!" ,• Good night—good night!" a eilvery voice Rang through my midnight dream; And a fair young lace with flowing curls Flashed in the fancied stream Of the moonlight on my curtained couch, With a 'wildering tender beam. hood night!" broke from my answering tongue, And the beauteous shape was gone, 1 woke as the distant clock tolled out The hour of another dawn; And the holy union was smiling down On the cottage porch and lawn. "She is dead!" a voice sobbed faintly forth I knew she had gone before! to her sweet Good night!" my waking ear Would never listen more! The beautiful rngel, Death, had come, And opened his pearly door. And down in hor bedroom's mellowed light Lay Florence, white and fair; With the pitying moonbeams on her brow, And the curls of golden hair: But I thought of the spirit above the stars. And only the casket there. • t ill ARLOR DA.UGHSERS. BY A BACHELOR Girls, young ladies, and if you please, mothers too, just listen a moment, for I have a short story to tell you and perhaps at the close of it, we will find a 'moral,' and perhaps a sermon. A few days since, I called upon a young lady. 1 may as well say that, having been considerably 'impressed' by her beauty and brilliant conversation at several evening social parties, I had resolved to prosecute the acquaintance. I will not affirm that there had not floated vaguely about in my brain certain pleasing rose colored 'Bach lor's reveries, in which figured conspicu ously the beaming face and elegant figure of Miss E. Be that as it may, I called; and, being ushered into the parlor, I sat down, and awaited with some impatience the appear ance of the lady. Ny attention was soon arrested by voices in an adjoining apartment, and the door being ajar I was perforce a listener. Oh, Carrie, said a very weak voice, if you would only have assisted me three hours a day, this attack might have been averted ; but now 'tie too late. I know that weeks, if not months of illness, are before me. lam all tired out.' Why, mother,' replied a voice almost petulantly—l had admired it the evening previous for its spirited yet amiable tones why mother, no body does .kitchen work now: at least, nobody that is any body. Just think of Mrs. Smyth; or Miss Brown, or Mrs. Soule associating with your kitchen girl with her dingy, hands.— why the idea is absurd ; and besides, I hate house work.' Well,' replied the invalid voice, I don't know what would have been thought of your assisting me about the house a few hours each day, but I do know, that for the want of help, lam now ill. Yes, Car tie, for the want of your help, I have been obliged to overtask myself.' Miss F. soon made her appearance, with her winning smile, gay laugh, and brilliant repartee ; - but, somehow, the image of he? overtasked mother constantly came between her and my previous admiration ; so, after a few ill-at-ease attempts at conversation, I took my leave. As I slowly walked away, musing, ' a change came o'er the spirit of my dreams. A daughter who hateth housework' to such a degree, as to allow her mother to get all tired out,' and ill, from being overtasked,—could such a daughter be come that most estimable boon this side of Heaven, a good wife ? What if her husband had wealth, and filled his house with troops of servants ; could he have a quiet, neat, well ordered home No. A parlor daughter will make a parlor wife. Brilliant, fascinating—a rare and costly ornament—challenging the admiration of the world, it way be, but never the holy source and centre of the comfort and peace of her family. And thus rudely my rose-colored rev eries were clfoged to sombre-hued rea:i ties. I queried, was Miss F. an exception to this rule? How many young ladies of , my acquaintance were really 'helps to their mothers' in domestic affairs. How many would not blush with shame at being seen making bread—not cake, but bread ? How many could cook and get on the table a good dinner, or superintend and direct such an undertaking ? 'low many to whom the old-fashioned 'dish-cloth' is not a 'hor rid thing ?' How many could starch and iron a shirt-bosom or collar, so it would look respectable ? Alas ! how few could I recall who would not properly be numbered in the long list of those to whom these things were not only mysteries, but absolutely disagreea -bles and undesirables. I say c alas !' for it is a sad thing, not only for us young men, the future husbands of these frail c lillibs of the field,' who 'toil not, neither do they spin,' but to the daughters • themselves. Look-at them—look at them yourselves, young ladies. Where is the round, plump. solid arm and cheek of your grandmDther, at your age Where is her power of endu rance, her exuberant spirit, depressed by no circumstances ; her energy and self-re liance, equal to her emergencies ; and where in the future are yon to obtain strength to pass unscathed through the perils of maternity, as did she. Look around you at the young wives and mothers ; what pitiable specimens of feminine humanity ; what discouraged, dis heartened objects of commiseration ; what traces of pain and illness b re written upon their shrunken visages before the fifth an niversary of the honeymoon.' Look at the unhappy countenances of half the young husbands you meet I Do they not speak of pleasing anticipations, followed by unpleasant realities ? How many a husband, who in his bachelor day fondly dreamed of a blithe, cheerful, neat housewife, whose lark like song shout'. testify each morning that household duties were a-well-spring of pleasure, has found by sad experience, the wide difference be tween romance and reality. And how many a young man of marriageable age and fine prospects, seeing the rude dispelling of this or that companion's dream of domestic enjoyment, takes warning, and holds him self sternly aloof from all matrimonial en tanglements. I assure you, ladies, I know many a young man, considered by calcula ting mammas and amiable daughters as decidedly a good match, who, in confiden tial conversation, does not hesitate to say that he does not dare to get married. Why,' said a young man of wealth and position to me, but last week, 'when I mar ry, I want a home, and I have been look ing for the last five years for a wife, calcu lated by nature and education, to make a home for me, and a true mother for child ren, but in vain, so far. Is not health needed? but how can the frail lounger and dawdler, to whom the midnight glare of the chandelier is far wore familiar than the morning sun, have health for herself, or to bequeath to her children ? Is nut a cheer ful disposition needed? but how can this be acquired or kept by those whose lives are but one constant round of selfish friv olty ? How can one gain habits of careful application, without ever having even the care of her own room ? How can one su perintend the details of housekeeping, so as to minister to the comfort of the house hold, to whom every item of that house keeping is not only unknown, but positive ly 'hateful ?' No, I tell you, Fred,%although may be able to support an animated par lor ornament, yet my taste does not run that way and so I choose to remain a bachelor, until I find an intelligent girl, with domestic accomplishments.' Is not this a common-sense conclusion, ladies ?. Whether it is or not, many of the most desirable young men for husbands are thus resolved, and more are coming to think so. Moral. Young lady, if you wish your mother's life prolonged, help her about the house. If you wish health and lasting beauty do housework. If you wish a good husband, and wish to make him happy, don't hate housework.' --- Sabbath for the Working Man. I3Y JOAN ALLAN QUINTON But cheer thee, child of travail ! The blessed Sabbath is thine own! It is -the excellent gift of thy Maker—see, then, that no man rob thee of the boon ! It is the heirloom of thy family—see that it be not alienated from their possession ! It is a sacred inheritance bequeathed by succes sive generations of the godly—see, then, that its frail fences are kept unbroken, and that its fruitful soil is not, through neglect, cursed with sterility and nakedness! The fifty-two Sabbaths of rest with which the year is interspersed are like patches of verdure, watered by ever springing foun tains, that dot the inhospitable wilderness, and invite his fail ting travellers to exhili ration and repose. They are the ports that fringe the sea of human industry, in which the distressed bark may find. sure anchor age, and where it may renew its outfit for time and for eternity. Oh, preciouS day! the workman's jubilee —the slave's release the shield of servitude —the antidote of weariness—the suspen sion of the curse ! How it smoothes the brow of Care ! How it brightens the coun tenance of Gloom ! How it braces the the enervated limbs of Labor ! How it revives the drooping spirit of Despair! How it gives wings to the clogged affec tions and aspirations of the soul ! How it pours some drops sweetness on the bitterest lot, and sheds some gleams of sunshine athwart the saddest heart ! How it lifts the groveller from his low pursuits, and fills him a noble self-respect ! How it ex tinguishes the jealousies and rivalries of week day occupations, and links men's hearts in the bonds of brotherhood! It does homage to the glorious attributes of the man, even when it finds him in the condition of the surf. In most oases it proclaims to the servant equal liberty with the master. It is a perpetual rebuke to the reigning rapacity of the world. It deals out, with even handed justice, the essential rights of manhood to all classes alike ; and is designed to protect the poor from the bribes of wealth, and the weak from the encroachments of power. Companions in labor ! think how the abstraction of the Sabbath would hopeless ly enslave the working classes, with whom we are identified. Think of labor thus going on in one monotonous and eternal cycle—the limbs forever on the rack—the fingers forever plying—the eye-balls for ever straining—the brow forever sweating —the feet forever plodding—the brain forever throbbing--the shoulders forever drooping—the loins forever aching—and the restless mind forever scheming. Think as your imagination beholds the unvarying wheel of work, the treadmill of labor thus going round, and round, and round, with out a change, without a pause, from morn to night, from moon to moon, and from year to year—think, if you can of the des olations that must follow this absolute reign of Labor over the whole realm of time. Think of the beauty it would efface, of the merry-heartedness it would extin guish, of the giant strengths that it would tame, of the resources of nature that it would exhaust, of the aspirations it would crush, of the sickness that it would breed, of the projects it would wreck, of the groans that it would extort, of the lives that it would immolate, and of the cheer less graves that it would prematurely dig ! " THAT COUNTRY LS , THE MOST PROSPEROUS • WHERE LABOR COMMANDS THE GB.EATEST • BEWARD."-BIICHANAN LANCASTER CITY, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 1858. See them toiling and moiling, sweating and fretting, grinding and hewing, weaving and spinning, strewing and Othering, sowing and reaping, razing and building, digging and planting, unlading and storeiug, stri ving and struggling—in the field, in the granary and in the barn, in the factory and in the mill, in the warehouse and in the shop, on the mountain and in the ditch, on the roadside and in the wood, in the city and in the country, in the sea and on the shore, on the earth and in the earth— in days of brightness and days of gloom— in hours of sun and seasons of storm—in times of trouble and times of peace—in the heighths of day and depths of night— through the savageness of winter and the gentleness of spring—in the energy of youth and the impotence of age, when health is merrily dancing in the blood, and when disease is eating up the strength— when death is in the lonely home, and when happy life encircleth the hearth— thus the wheel of labor would go round with the earth, and the children of ludas try, chained to its surface, must follow its ruinous circumvolutions, till, exhausted by unnatural efforts, they relax their hold, drop off, and suddenly disappear ! DRESSING FOR CHURCH. It was impossible to have visited some of the churches of this city yesterday, says the Cincinnati Times of Monday week, and not have been struck with the contrast presented between' the practice of the at tendants and worshippers, and the Chris tian humility and simplicity they have for mally professed. The one object in view, the most marked feature, the most con spicuous exhibition, what most attracted the attention of an unprejudiced observer, was the love and and ambition of dress—a fancy for show and fine things—a pride of rich goods and showy trimmings. We speak of the i fadies, of course. We have done it before. We are sorry we are obliged to. We have said, that with them, in the matter of fashion and dress, the world was stronger than the church. We are compelled to judge so by the weekly evidence presented of the fact. The first consideration in regard to a lady's dres sing is not what is consistent with my religious profession ; what conforms to the doctrines of meekness and simplicity taught by my church ; what is the gospel rule— but what is the prevailing fashion ; what is the expectation of the world ; what is the custom of society. It is sad to see this servitude to the whims and caprices of fashion-mongers, on the part of those whose duty should impel . them, and whose higher aim of ex cellence should lead them, as the lights of the world, to set a more consistent exam ple, and exert a more elevating influence. The Episcopal Messenger has been awak ened to the magnitude of this dress evil, and reads the ladies a pungent homily on the gross impropriety of their conduct, confessing that within its own church there are many women who " profess' and call themselves Christians," who spend many hours every day of the week at their dress maker's, and placidly regret that they have no time to make a visit of charity— whose modest competence is more than spent in the desperate struggle to keep up appearances, and to vie in splendor with their richer neighbors—whose poverty dig nified else by the remembrance that the Son of God was content to live and die in it, is made so painfully ludicrous by the miserable shams with which they deck it —women who see and know the folly and wickedness of all this, and yet lack the moral courage to make a stand against it. The leading organs of the church contend there must be a stand against it, sooner or later, if the devil is not to have things eternally his own way. The ladies themselves, too, are at last made sensible of the great sin they are committing in the eyes of God and man, to the great joy of many a prudent but obliging and indulgent husband. A lady writes as follows in one of the journals of the church : 46 We lament it, we confess it, we repent of it on Sundays, and on Monday morn ing we go to the most expensive shops and buy yards upon yards of the richest silk, and we hunt out the most fashiona ble dress-maker, and have it made up with a basque and seven flounces, and trim it with fringe, and gimp, and buttons, and lace—and the aforesaid French milliner only knows what besides—and wear it to church with hat and gloves, and et cetera, to match, as an evidence that the repen tance was a sham, and the renunciation of the world a miserable mockery." That is a true and candidly drawn pic ture. We had abundant evidence of its truthfulness and justness yesterday, and will have again next Sunday. The same person further confesses as follows : "Woman's dress, woman's extravagance, woman's devotion to the fashions,' is the standing joke, the universal butt of scorn and ridicule among the other sex in every civilized (and consequently fashionable) country in the world ; and if there are some who, with a patient forbearance wor thy of a better cause, are willing even to toil early and late, and to deny themselves, in many ways, for the sake of indulging our silly extravagances and puerile ambi tion, it is not because they do not see the folly, but rather because they believe wo man to be capable of nothing better." The Christian Witness, another journal of the Episcopal Church, within whose ac commodating pale the failing has been not by any means exclusive, but certainly more conspicuously, prevalent, thus catechises delinquent members, who are more syste matically conformed to the requirements and follies of the world than to the precepts and discipline of their church : " Our churches have quite the appear ance on the Sabbath of a great gala day, as if the people had assembled to hear an oration, setting forth the deeds iff man, rather than to worship Him in His holy temple in tho silence of deep devotion ; leaving without the din of the world and the trappings of its master. Does that Christian mother consider her example to those children, who she is anxious should avail themselves of the holy rites of the church I Are they not aware that she has promised not to follow or be led by the world ? Does she consider, when, at the table of our Lord, she extends her jeweled hand and arm to take the cup—of what? The blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was shed for thee; and may not His voice at that moment, with thrilling emphasis, address her, Daughter, lovest thou me more than thse V Is not thine heart even now toward thine idols ? Is thine adorning the hidden Man of the heart, the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which in deep humility cries, , God be merciful to me a sinner.'" And finally, that we may do fall justice to the church and its discipline, at least as far as its rebukes and remonstrances go, and leave the fault where it really ex ists, in the worldly minds of its " fashiona ble professors," we cut the following cut ting but deserved reproof from an article on this subject in the Churchman, the leading organ of the high church party of this country : " Even shopkeepers stand aghast with amazement at the reckless (and as they know, ruinous) extravagance of women who are victims of this mania. Husbands and fathers, who express delight on seeing mere gauds and trappings, in the shape of mantillas that cost one hundred dollars each„ or silk dresses that cost from three to five hundred dollars each, or hats that cost fifty dollars, or more—such husbands or fathers—why, they scarcely deserve to bear those honored names—they thus do more to enslave a woman, and to disgrace her, than almost anything else which could be mentioned. They acknowledge no ac countability to God, and hence they dress up their wives and daughters in earnest, just as ridiculously as we sometimes allow our little girls, in sport, to dress up their dolls ! What is the remedy? The pulpit of the church must sound a loud and true note of rebuke. Its sinfulness must be plainly and fully shown." It will be interesting to note what effect these lectures and reproofs will have upon those to whom they are especially directed, and if next Sunday is fine church weather, we shall endeavor to take an observation in some of our "fashionable churches" and see what improvement has been wrought in respect of this fine and costly dressing, among the followers of " the meek and lowly." I WISE YOU WERE DEAD. 61. wish you were dead !' They were thoughtless words, uttered in a thoughtless manner: but no soor_er spoken than re gretted. A bright-eyed child of six sum mers, whose countenance was the emblem of innocence and beauty, had been plead ing in a low, soft tone for his mother to remain at home. It was weary and sick, and longed to be cradled in the arms of her who had given it being. But the woman of fashion, arrayed in her silken robes, and with jewels glittering on her arms and neck, and impatient to display the same, had only brushed it aside with 6 Such a torment ! You plague me to death !' and those never-to-be-forgotten words : I wish you were dead!' The little eyes, which a moment before had been kindled with hope, drooped and fell. No cry was heard ; but when again they were raised, with a sad despairing glance at the form of the departing mother, the pearly drops were glistening beneath the tender lashes and trickling down the pallid cheeks. And while she who had pronounced those unintentional harsh words, and who had already experienced the keenest self-reproaches for the course she had pursued, was being rapidly whirled away to a scene of unrivalled splendor, the little sufferer had allowed itself to be undressed and placed upon the lonely couch, where it lay down to fulfil its moth er's unmeant wish—to die! It was late, very late that night, when the giddy devotee of the folly and show of life returned to her princely home. As the carriage drove up to the door, she per ceived lights passing to and fro before the windows. With terrible forebodings, and without stopping to bid adieu to the friends who had been her companions of the eve ning, she sprang out of the coach on to the walk, and hastily ascending the mar ble steps, flew by the servants she dared not question, and soon entered the room where lay what was, after all, her darling Eddie. Her husband and the physician stood beside the bed. The former glanced re proachfully at her, as, with a frantic move— ment, she came up beside him and leaned over. But she saw him not. Her eyes were bent upon the little form stretched upon the little couch, which, in its uncon scious delirium, moaned : No, Ito ! ma, you don't mean that do you. You don't want Eddie to die V No, darling, no ! Oh, God forbid !' she cried, in bitter anguish, as, throwing off her gilded trappings, she knelt down and pressed her lips to those of the sufferer. Must I die, ma? Must I go and leave you,' pursued the child, in agony. No, dear, dear Eddie,' she could not desist saying, I should be mad if you left me. Oh ! in pity,' she cried, tturning to the man of science, tell me hd is not dangerous.' A gloomy shake of the head was the only reply. The fever bad fastened upon the very vitals. 'Oh, Heaven have mercy,' she grband in terrible anguish, as to her conscience stricken mind came back those fearful words she had uttered so lightly awhile before, and felt that they were about to be realized--' I wish you were dead !' , You don't want me to be laid in the cold, damp ground, and never see you again, do you, ma ?' continued the delirious child, after a slight pause, during which a portion of medicine, just administered, had been struggling to take effect— , and never look at the green grass or bright sunshine any more; you don't want to take these from me—do you, ma ?' No ! No ! Oh, Eddie ! dear Eddie !' almost shrieked the unhappy mother, , look up, do you not know me, Eddie ?' she asked, in as calm and soothing a tone as she could assume. For a moment the eyes, with their wild, appealing glance, opened and turned upon the parent, whose cruel words—so cruel to the loving child—now tortured its . disor dered thoughts ; then, without sign of re cognition, closed them again, murmuring— Oh, ma! I am so tired and sick. Don't go away ; I want to lay down in your arms and rest.' Then, again, that heart-rend ing appeal, You do not want Eddie to die—do you, mat' Oh, my child! my darling child! what shall I do ?' cried the agonized mother ; my heart will break. Eddie, Eddie!' she repeated frantically. Again those little orbs opened, and this time a smile played arrind the sweet lips. 'Mother,' was faintly murmured ; the little hands tried to move ; there was a slight struggle—a gasp—then all was still. .The spirit of little Eddie had passed away. Over the scene that followed, we drop the veil. The sanctity of grief precludes description; Suffice it to say, that in long after years that mother never forgot the terrible lesson she had learned. She be came a woman, and when tempted to resume the heartless course she had for saken, to neglect her children, or repeat harsh expressions, her thoughts invariably wandered to the little form which slept beneath the yew tree's shade, and she was saved. PRETTY WOISIEN.-If we have a weak ness or foible incident to human nature, it is our admiration of pretty women. The following correct description of one of 'em must have been written by one who was similarly affected : A pretty woman is one of the institutions of the country—an angel in dry goods and glory. She makes sunshine, blue sky, Fourth of July and happiness wherever she goes. Her path is one of delicious roses, perfume and beauty. She is a sweet poem, written in rare curls, choice calico and good principles. Men stand up before her as so many admiration points, to melt into cream and then butter. Her words float around the ear like music, birds of Paradise, or the chimes of Sabbath bells. Without her, society would lose its truest attraction, the church its fittest reliance, and young men the very best of comfort and company. Her influence and generosity restrain the vicious, strengthen the weak, raise the lowly, flannel-shirt the heathen, and encourage the faint-hearted, Wherever you find the virtuous woman, you also find pleasant fire-sides, bouquets, oleen clothes, order, good living, gentle hearts, piety, music, light and model insti tutions generally. She is the flower of humanity, a very Venus Divity, and her inspiration the breath of heaven." GOING TO THE SPRINGS.—It is becoming very fashionable for married people, who aro anxious to be "blessed with an heir," to visit the springs. We heard of the following incident a few days ago, and re late it for the benefit of the public : A Southern gentleman, who had been mar ried for several years, and yet had no children, resolved to visit the springs in company with his wife and a colored serv ant. They went, and in due course of time, the gentleman and his wife were blessed with a fine young daughter. He felt dis appointed, because he wished for a son. Two years afterwards, he told Sambo to make the necessary preparations for another trip -to the springs, at the same time asking Sambo how he would like to have a young master. Sambo replied, " Dis child would like it fus rate, Massa, but taint no use goin' to de springs, dat good looking clerk aixt dar ,now CUBA AND tits SLAVE'TRADE.—In the New York Times of Tuesday is 11 letter from Cuba, from which we take the foll-d-ving : " The slave trade has received iimomentary check in Havana, through the actiNity of Mr. Smage, the American °Also' ; hut all other ports df Cuba are in the constant receipt of slaves ; and the general success, for the last twelve months, has sharpened the appetites of the adventurous dealers in this unlawful traf fic. It will never be checked until Spain is true to herself, the laws of huManity, and those international treaties that have compromised her to an active participation in the abolish ment of this abominable trade. The coolie trade, as now organized and de veloped, is unquestionably to perpetuate sla very. Coolies are first kidnapped, in various ways, packed, like sheep, into crowded ships, and conveyed_ to any slave port the shippers may direct, and there the unfortunate survi vors are sold, without consultation, to the highest bidders, for eight years, or truly speak ing for life, as a recent law, in Cuba, has added eight years more to the term of oontract, and another law orders that coolies who have ser ved out their terms =hall promptly leave the island or return to bondage. As it is known that they will be without means at the expi ration of their terms of service, the law can be viewed in but one light, that of aiming at legalized perpetual servitude. The African slave trade is properly ana , thematized by all Christendom, and yet it is, lin all its characteristics, but mild in enormities compared with the coolie bondage, or. free emi gration—a bondage deprived of that positive ownership which would insure regard for ,personal property, and consequently sufficient Ware and humanity, to superinduce some of those corresponding affinities of feeling and interest as exists between master and slate in 'the southern portion of the United States." A BOLD, BUT BEAUTIFUL FlGURE.—During the delivery of a sermon last Sunday, in St. Patrick's Catholic Church in this city, the eyes of the congregation were suddenly riveted upon the speaker, Rev- Francis X. Boyle, by what, for the moment, seemed to be a digress ion to the all absorbing topic of conversation and conjecture throughout the civilized world —the Atlantic telegraph. The eloquent divine spoke in terms of glowing panegyric of this wonderful triumph of human science, and dilated upon the revolutions which the grand achievement will accomplish in the commercial, political, and social condition of the two hemispheres thus successfully united by means of the electric wire. What is it after all, exclaimed the speaker, when compared with the instantaneous communication between the Throne of Divine (trace and the heart of man? Offer up your silent petition for grace. It is transmitted through realms of unmeasured space more rapidly than the lightning's flash, and the answer reaches the soul ere the praysr has died away on the sinner's lips. Yet this telegraph, performing its saving functions ever since Christ died for us on Calvary, fills not the world with exultation and shouts of glad ness—with illuminations and bonfires and the booming of cannon. The reason is, one is the telegraph of this world, and may produce wonderful revolutions on earth ; the other is the sweet communion between Christ and the Christian's soul, and will secure a glorious immortality in Heaven.— Washington Union. MOMNEY ABUNDANT.—An exchange paper, referring to the bids for the last loan asked for by the Government, says : " What does the offer of thirty five millions for a five per vent. loan of tea millions prove? Why, it shows that there is plenty of money, but i❑ the hands of its owners, and nut of borrowers, and that they distrust the respon sibility of business men, railroad and fancy securities, and so are willing to put their money in a place of safety for the present, till they can see clearly who's who, and what's what. This is the whole matter. There is not too much money, though it is piled np high in the Banks. Let the wheels of business turn round, and sufficient time elapse to prove satisfactorily, who is really alive and sound and free from postponed liabilities, and let the new crop give the community the ability to purchase, and the heaps of gold in the Banks will be little enough to execute our domestic exchanges. This time will arrive ere long, interest will be up again, and prosperity will return, for interest will be the sign that a fair demand for money has been met by correspond ing confidence of Banks, and capitalists in borrowers. These will be stimulated to buy by their ability to make sales." Ir,-"' Somebody has called childhood ~ a rosy lawn between the cradle and the school house." - EXEMPTION IN MINNESOTA The Legislature of Minnesota has just pass ed a homestead exemption law, so liberal in its provisions that we think it may have a tendency to abolish the credit system in that State and inaugurate a new era in business. The following is a summary of the Act, from the St. Paul Daily Timts: The first provision exempts eighty acres of land with a dwelling house thereon, in any incorporated town plat, city or village. This exemption does not extend to - mortgages already on the premises, but no mortgage is valid without the signature of the wife. Besides the above many articles are exempt. ed, such as all wearing apparel, all beds, bedding stoves, cooking utensils, " and all other household furniture not herein enume rated, not exceeding $5OO in value," so that every article absolutely necessary to live, and live comfortably, is exempted by this law. In addition thereto the law exempts " three cows, ten swine, one yoke of oxen and one horse; or, in lieu of one yoke of oxen and a horse, a span of horses—or mules; twenty sheep and the wool from the same, either in the raw material or manufactured; the necessary food for the stock ; one wagon, cart or dray; one sleigh, two plows, cue drag, and other farming utensils not exceeding i 1350 in value." Also—the pr ivisions for the debtor and his family for one year's support, either provided or growing ; also fuel for one year. Also—the tools and instruments of any mechanic, with $4OO worth of stock ; also the library, and implements of the professional man. No property is exempt from execution or attachment for clerks,' laborers' or mechanic's wages. THOSE AMIABLE TIIIIKIB.—A few years ago the American press, copying that of England, was lull of maudlin sympathy with the Turks; and took sides with the allies in the Crimean war, which put back the civilization of the world half a century. The London correspon dent of the New York Commercial, in speaking of the terrible tragedy at Djeddah, says: " Since the horrible affair at Djeddah, another crime has been committed in Bosnia by the Turks of a different but not less grave character. A razzia was made on the Chris tian families, and 180 Christian girls were carried off for the harems of the Alossulmans. They robbed the houses and the Christian churches, massacred the old men, the married women and the children. The Christians are fleeing in large numbers to Austria, leaving their homes, famished and without means.— The Austrians have furnished slicker and food fir more than 4,000 women and children in flight from the atrocities of the Turks in Bosnia. „In fine, the whole Turkish empire is in a state of fermentation which must very soon demand the most energetic measures of repression, and this repression can alone come from without. She must like Italy, to the oeimpation of her iiirr,t n"‘ by foreign colliers." ATTEMPTED HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—We find the followin g in the Wheeling Tittelligenrer of Tuesday of last week :—" We had scarcely recovered from the surprise occasioned by the anliouncement that Deputy Sheriff Irwin had been attacked on the National road, two miles east of the city, on Friday night, and his money demanded by a daring villain, than we heard of another similar occurrence. On the same night, about 12 o'clock, a gentleman named Walters, from Pittsburg, in coming from Washington to this city, was stopped by two murdering looking villains near a stone bridge this side of Roney's Point. The vil lains both wore red shirts. One of them was armed with a double barreled pistol. They demanded of Mr. Walters his money or his life but that gentleman ditinot seem disposed to part with either, and without saying a word, put whip to his horse. and galloped away for dear life. The perpetrators of these outrages, from their irresolute manner of proceeding, one supposed to he new hfinds at the business." ROBBERY AND ARRE6T.— three well dressed men, representing themselves as strangers in the city, visited the U. S. Mint yesterday, and availing themselves of a favorable moment, stole several specimens of California and American coin. value iin all at 5265. The coin was missed shortly after the visitors had retired, and information was lodged at the Re. corder's office. The thieves attempted to pass some of the coin on proprietors of stores situ ated in the vicinity of Chesnut and Eighth streets. The robbery having been made known to the police, they were at once on the qui vice, and officer Carlin succeeded in capturing two out of the three. The accused were committed. Officer Carlin was one of the detectives under Mayor Vans, and was proscribed by the pres ent Mayor for political opinion sake. —Phila. Argus, of Thursday. THE FRAZER RIVER GOLD DIGGINGS PRO NOUNCED A HuullUG.—A merchant of thi4 city, who has been extensively engaged in shipping goods to California, went out there some months ago t attend to his business affairs. On his arrival he found that all the miners of Greenwood Valley, where he had a brother residing. and many other places in the neigh borhood of Sacramento, were clearing out for the new El D,rado, on Frazer River. He, therefore, concluded to proceed thither himself, and ascertain what chances there might be for making a good " spec," by sending his goods to that region instead of to California. He now writes home, to the effect that he " has seen the elephant, tusks and all, and that it is the greatest humbug ever got up " The infor mation is obtained from a respectable firm in this city, who assure us that it may be relied upon as correct—A'. Y. Tribune, 17th. FALL FROM A STEEPLE.-A correspondent of the Louisville Democrat, writing from Carpen tersville, Incl., says: A Mr. Logan, while erecting a lightning rod to the Presbyterian church in town, was precipitated from a height of one hundred feet, by the breaking of one of his ladders, into his wagon of rods and tools below, breaking both of his legs, fracturing his skull, and mutilating his body in the most. horrible manner. In falling, he jerked the rod loose, and the end pointing downward, penetrated the eye of Mr. 0, (an eider of the 0. S. P. church,) and prostrated him to the earth, stunning him severely Mr. Logan has since expired. The other gentleman is suffering very much, and is considered dangerously hurt. The Mobile Advertiser states that at. Greenville, Miss., a family of seven fell victims to the " milk sickness." Milk was a daily article of food in the family, and they ignorant ly continued the use of it after their cows had been attazked by the prevailing disease and died. [1:" A Farmer was sowing his grOT:ind, and some dandies came riding that way, when one of them Called to him with an insolent air: " Well, honest fellow, it is your business to sow, but we reap the fruits of your la bor." To which the countryman replied : " It is very likely you may, for I am sowing hemp." CARDS. DR. JOHN W CALLA , DENTINT..—OffIoe No. 4 East King street, Lancaster, Pa. apr 18 tf 13 NEWTON LIGHTNER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, h. h. Office in North Duke street, nearly opposite the Court House. Lancaster, apr 1 tf 11 RMOITAI..WILLIAM B. FORDNEY, Attorney at Law, ha removed hie office from North Queen street to the building in the south-east corner of Centre Square, formerly known es Hubley's Hotel. Lancaster, spill 10 A . LDIIS S. NEFF, Attorney , at Office with B. A. Shaffer, Esq., sontli-weet• minor et Centre Square, Lancaster. 1./ It SIBION P. EBY, . '• • ATTORNEY AT LAW, " OFFICE:—No. 38 North Duke strut, —•- • may 11 ly LANOJANZLE, PLentA.. K ER, F ILEDE A R T I C T I S I . N P E Y Ir L A - W OFFICE.—No. 11 NORTH DOER BTREET, WEST RIDE, LAN CASTER, Pa. apr 20 tf 14 RE 110 V A S. ' ADIWEG, Attorney at Law, has removed Me office from hie former place Into South Duke street, nearly opposite the Trinity Lutheran Church. riPr 8 tin SAN EL x. REYNOLDS, Attorney at Law. Office, No. 14 North Duke street, opposite the Court House. may 5 tflei • W T. Dic,PHAIL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, • • • mar . 3lly 11 STBABBOILO, LaXlCaSter CO., JESSE LANDIS, Attorney at Law.-.of. fled one door asst of Lechler's Hotel, bust Slug 'street, Lancaeter, Pa. gel, All kinds of Scrivening—such as writing Deeds, Mortgages, Accounts, die., will benttended to with correctness and despatch. may 15, 'B5 if-17' TAMES BLACK, Attorney at Law -Of ft) flee in East King street, two doors east of Lee . hlosi'e Hotel, Lancaster, Pa. Stir All business connected with his profession , and all kinds of writing, such as preparing Deeds, Mortgage; Wills, Stating Accounts, he, promptly attended to. may 15. tf-17 JOHN F. BRINTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Has removed his office to Ma residence, No. 249 South 6th Street, above Spruce. Refers by permission to lion. H. G. Lox°, " A. L. HATES, " Fgrialz BeilirroN, THADDEUS STERNS. uov ly a EDWARD II , GO VERN, ATTORNEY AT, LAW, N 0.5 NORTH DOME BTREST—NIAR THE COURT ROUSE, LANCASTER, PA. WILLIAM WHITESIDE, SURGEON DENTIST.-office In North Queen street, directly over Long's Drug Store. Lancaster, may 27, 1856. )EMOVAL.--DR. J. T. BAKER, ROA LEPATHIC PHYSICIAN, has removed Ws office to Lime rtroot, between Orange and East King streets, what side. Referenco—Professor W. A. Gardner, Philadelphia. Calls from the conutry will bo promptly attended to. apra tf 12 PETER D. DIVERS, REAL ESTATE AGENT, PEILLADZLPIELM, will attend to tho Renting of Houses, Collecting House and Ground Rents, &c. Agencies entrusted to his cue will bo thankfully received, and carefully attended to. Satisfactory reference given. Office N. N. corner at SEVENTH and SA.NSOIiI streets, Second Floor, No. 10. feb 17 ly 6 1 - 1 RIIG AND CFIEMICAL STORE. j The subecriber having removed hie store to the new building nearly opposite his old stand, and directly Opytosie the Cross Keys Hotel, has now on hand a well seleeted stock of articles belonging to the Drug business, consisting In part of Oils, Acids, Spices, ,Seeds, Alcohol, Powdered Articles, 6nreaparillas, &c., ,Scc., to which the attention of country merchants, physicians and consumers in gendrial is Invited. THOMAS DUMMIED. • Went King street, Lauer. rro FARMERS.--Having been appoint ed by Messrs. Allen & Needles agents In Laneastar tot the sale of their celebrated SUPER PHOSPHATE OP LIME, we would cull the attention of Farmers to this Fertilizer, It being superior to all others; and from the testimony of those who have used it for some years past, we feel author, iced in saying it is the best application for Corn, Oats- W heat, (4000 and other crops which require a vigorous and permanent stimulant, that has ever been offered to the public. Apply to GEO. CALDER et CO, East Orange street, 2d door from North Quoen st., and at Graeff's Landing on the Conestoga. ITONIGMACHIGH & BAUMAN, TAN• ners and Curriers Store, hack of ILobt. Moderwelre Commission Warehouse, fronting 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 " Lancer's celebrated Sole Leather," also, Leather Bands, well stretched, suitable for all kinds of machinery, of any length and width required, made of a superior quality of Leather. Furnace Bellows, Band and Lacing Loathe, Gar den Hose, Tanner's Oil, Currier's Tads, Idoroooos, Shoe Findings, &c. All kinds old Leather bought In the rough; highest paces given for Hides and Skins in cash; orders will be prompt ly attended to. Mb 6 ly EDUCATIONAL HEAD QUARTERS SCHOOL BOOKS. SCHOOL APPARATUS, ko. Such as the Holbrook School Apparatus, the Franklin Globes, Pelton's Outline Maps, Sanders' Elocutionary Chart, Sanders' towns, and Parker & Watson's aeries of Readers. Brook's. Stoddard's. Davies' and Greet,leafs series of A rithmetica,McNally and Montioth's, Smith's, Mitchell's, Colton and Fitrhe's and Warren's sodas of Geographies.— Bullion's. Green's Covers, and Smith's Grammars, to., to. In addition to the above, we have everything in the educational line, needed for the complete outfit of a well supplied schoOl room, to be had at the Educational Depot at the most reasonable wholesale and retail rates. The public have been informed of the recent change in the firm of the Cheap Book Store, but we would here state again, that the same undiminished efforts used by the preceding firms, will be continued to meet all the wants of the people in the most satisfactory manner, and as to the ability of the new firm to fulfil all its promises. We would extend to all a cordial invitation to call and see tho choice, select and extensive stock, ascertain the low price, and we will be responsible if you don't buy. Never was there a more extensive and cheap miscellaneous stock of Books, in any one store in Lancaster before, than now on the shelves of the Cheap Book Store. Those wanting Rood Books, and the most valuable for a select library, should call at the Cheap Book Store of JOHN SHAEFFERi Successor to Murray, Young k Co aug 10 tf 30 rrO THE CITIZENS OF LANCASTER. 1 The season is rapidly approaching when the health of the city may be affected by the condition of cellars and yards, as well as of the streets and alleys. A little barer now, may prevent much sickness and suffering, It is ac cordingly respectfully recommended that attention bo at once paid to this matter. Cellars should be thoroughly purified and ventilated; decaying vegetable and other matter should be removed from yards and lots, or covered completely from the action of the sun and atmosphere; and alleys should bo cleansed. Existing City Ordinances also enjoin upon the reamers or occupants of all property adjoining to or fronting upon the pavements or footways of the streets, to keep said pave ments or footways swept and clean, and also to keep the public gutters open and clean opposite the property owned or occupied by them respectively, under penalty of a fine of ten dollars. Notice ie now given to all concerned, to comply with this Ordinance within ten days from tide Mitt, after which time the High Constable will be Instructed to enforce the tine against all who shall then have neglected to comply. aug 17 3t 31] TIIO. 11. BIIIIROWES, Mayor.. DUNCAN'S NEW BOOK STA. TIONERY AND PERIODICAL STORE. BEi VIE CENTRE SQUARE BOOK STORE, fertilely curfewd on by Murray, Young & Co., has boon purchased by the undersigned, who Intends to conduct It In all Its branches as heretofore; n,d by attention to business and to the wants of the people, be hopes to render satisfaction to his friends and to the public generally, who favored the old establishment under his management. Having been to charge of this concern for some years, under Murray, Young k Co., he has become Intimately acquainted with the nature of the business, and does not doubt his ability to manage it to the satisfaction or the public. Ho therefore respectfully asks encouragement. • CHEAP FOR CASll.—There le at present on his shelves a largo stock of Miscellaneous Books in all breaches of liter ature, which will be sold extremely LOW 108 CABE: BOOKS ORDERED.—Any book not on our shelves will be ordered Immediately if desired. TILE LATEST PUBLICATIONS will be received aa moon as possible. STATIONERY.--A generatersortment of PLAIN AND FANCY STATIONERY will Le kept constantly on band. MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS of the latest datee will be received at the earliest moment. SUBSCRIPTIONS will be received for all the Periodicals at the lowest subscription prices, Magazines or Newspapers will be sent by mail. If desired, to any part of the country. BACK NUMBERS FURNISIIED. SCIIOOL BOOKS, ;arlons Books in use In this city and county, will be kept on hand and sold as low as elsewhere, wholesaleand Retail. The public le invited to call and look at the stock of the CENTRE SQUARE BOOK STORE of July tf 28 W. F. DUNCAN. E W YORK WINE & LIRAJOR STORE. ADAM REICIART. Wholesale and Retail Dealer: bs FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS. No. 6, North Duke Street, next door to the offies • • of the. INTELLIGENCE.II," and directly opposite the Court House, Lancaster, Pa. • The subscriber take this method of informing the ppb -1 that ho has jest opened a large assortment of WINES and LIQUORS of the choicest Brands and Quali ties. Having made arrangements with some of the Ana houses In Cognac and Rochelle, enables him to furnish 'to his customers, upon the most liberal terms, the followiull brands of Cognac and Rochelle Brandies: OTARD, Li ENNESY, PIN ET CASTILLION, T. MILES, MARTELL, • MARRETT, PELLEVOSIN, J. J. DEPOT' & CO., A. SERGNETTE, &c &c. WINES. OLD OPORTO, CLARET, MADEIRA,. • • TENERIPFE, . ' MUSCAT and MALAGA WINSB. of various brands and qualities. Holland Ohs Scheid= Schnapps, Jamaica Spirits, Scotch and Irish W•idakeYs Peach, Apple, Lavender, Blackberry, Cherry, Ginger and Raspberry Brandies; Cordials, Wine Bitters, AmsterdiM Bitters, Also, Agents and Sole Proprietors of the OLD WHEAT WHISKEY. Constantly on hand, an extensive stick of Old Monon gahela Whiskeys of various grades, soma , of which he guarantees to be superior to any in the country. All goods from this establishment ars gnarantled to Ors satisfaction, with the privilege of being returned, . • apr 28 • 1Y - le CHAMPAGNE, BURGUNDY, BREN.IIY, LISBON, HOCK, - %lTOOD.—Hiokory, Oak and P/110 Wood Y V of the beet quatity, for sale by GEORGE OALDER a Office East Orange street, 2d door _from North ilneen.isnd at Oraet' Landing on the Conestoga. fin 2D. Ulf, ~.• - IL V E R W AR E....SP.O.CONSFVOIRARII, 0 KNIVES, LADLES, - U., alwars'fbr gala 'at Diablo order by H. L. E. Corner East King street and Centre. ikvire. , :!_; Old Silver taken in exchange at its hiOest value—Old Coin at $1 20 per ost fulYl,lStgi BEES NO 33,
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