VOL. LIX. THE LANCASTER INTELLIGENCER. ohy;jner*sy, : ,mOTcyv merey'!*- 11 'These'ravings POBLIBHID EVERT TO2SDAT, AT 50. 8 WORTH DUSK STREET, ! 1 ended 111 do&th. by geo. sa.itokr.9on. It is the custom in Scotland to eit up t eITm s three nighte with the? dead. The corpse Subscription.—Two Dollars per annum, payable in ad- °f Andrew Allen '(for that W&S the yOUUg vance. No subscription discontinued until all arrearages man’s wm nlaftpd tin ataire in A hnnt are paid, nnleaß at the option of the, Editor. . “: ““r 1 ? / was P iacea U P BcairBlll a DacK Advertisements,—Advertisements, not exceeding one rOOEQ, ,It rested npon & rude table. CoH sqnare, (12 lines,) : will .be inserted three times for one n v ’ .• dollar, and twenty-five cents for each additional inser- , ®l®tlUg 01 four mde benches Supporting tion. Those of a greater length in proportion. ’ two boards. It was wrapped in a sheet, , and two half-crown pieoes were placed on i the eyes to keep them closed. The black smith's house was built upon a very simple plan. The outside door opened into a small hall down stairs, and at the further I end of this hall were two bed-rooms. A | staircase commenced near the door, and led to the second story, in which there i were what might be called an ante-room, and the large apartment where the body ;of Andrew Allen lay. A door entered into this chamber from a narrow platform at the head of the stairs. And one de scending the stairs from the ante-room must pass in oontaot with the door. Evening came on and the blaoksmith’s two sons, cousins of the deceased, were appointed to sit up the first night. They were to occupy the ante-room. It was too warm for fire, so they were provided with a couple of tallow oandles, a jug of ‘ moun tain dew,’ and some tobacoo and pipes.— Jamie was just twenty, a fine looking lad, of quiet demeanor and industrious habits. Archie, twenty-two years of age, was far more sprightly. He took great delight in being involved in love scrapes. In fact he was what they call in the Highlands, ( the vera deil amang the lassies.’ Hour after hour he entertained Jamie with his conquests, until the latter began to show symptoms of doubt. ‘ An’ are ye sure, Archie,’ he asked, * you’re na telling me a pack o’ lees V They had not givun. their cousin in the adjoining room a single thought. They could not disguise the fact (nobody could) that they were glad he was dead, smother ing their gratification, however, under the old comforting maxim, ‘it was wcel the puir body was relieved o’ his sufferin’.’— The night dragged on. Archie continued his amatory reminiscences to the great an noyance of Jamie, until the town clock 6 strak the twal ’ —it was midnight! The candle required snuffing, and Jamie reaohed forward his hand for that purpose, but a sound reached his ears from the room where the corpse was—a sound like the moving of a bench, which oaused him in his treraulousness to put out the light.— The darkness was total. The young men held their breath, each one choked by the throbbing of his heart. ‘Jamie,’ said Archie, * it was naething —naething but the wind. G-ae doon an’ get a light.’ ‘ Oh, Archie, for the luve o’ God take hold o’ mo—it is na your voice—you dinna speak in your aiu voice !’ • The next moment the brothers were locked in each other’s arms, and fell- cower against the wall, shuddering in the ex tremity of terror; for another sound reaohed them and one calculated to para lyze the bravest. They heard with un mistakable distinctness ‘ the two half orown pieoes drop on the floor.’ When the old blacksmith went up stairs at daylight, and saw his sous crouching in the corner of the room, he thought they had been drinking too much, and be gan to ohide them, Bnt he soon stopped, for they rose up and oame to meet him with a wild expression of joyful relief on their countenances ; and pointed to the door at the head of the stairs. They were not able to speak a word. The old man, without hesitation, pushed open the door and entered the room 3 but he came rush ing bank, uttering a cry of horror—suoh a cry as none but an old man can give— shrill—tremulous. They fled down stairs —out of the house, and into the street.— The neighbors were aroused—the story told—and in less than half an hour there was a tumult. The stair case in the blaok smith’s house was hoou filled with people ; but none had courage to open the door.— The head of the column stood upon the platform resisting the force from behind. It increased to suoh violence, however, that resistance availed nothing. There was an impatient rush from below—the door was pushed open, and, in an instant, the terrible room was filled with visitors. Not a word was spoken—they could only !ook Job Printing— Such as Hand Bills, Posters, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels. Ac.. Ac., executed with' accuracy and at the shortest notice. i From the Knickerbocker. WINTER IN THE COUNTRY. BY ISAAC MACLELLAN. The winter moon rides high, The yellow moon shines bright; The frosty stars, like jewels, Entwiue the brow of Night, And the wintry winds are calling, And the feathery flakes are falling. The snow shines on the roof, The snow drifts o’er the street; Road-side and field are sprinkled With the sharp translucent sleet. Big ioicles hang from the wall Like spar in grottos dim ; And a polished shield is thick enclasped Around tho old oak-limb; While sparkling crystals on each twig In liquid lustre swim. The brook hath lost its merry song, And ceased its playful chase : O’er glistening lake a rosy throng Of skaters ply their race ; The water-wheel is choked with ioe, Nor turns its dripping beam; Mute rests the frozen water-fall, Mute rests the frosty stream. The snow-birds perch on the garden-rail, The oarth denies them food; Under the hemlock mopes the quail, With her half-perished brood ; And the partridge sbivereth as the gale Howls through th* inclement wood. The oattlo haste’to the friendly barn, The sheep to their folds repair; The dame by the fire-side spins tho yarn, Her goodman nods in his chair; While children crowd to the chimney-nook, Intent on frolic, or piotured book. A GEM. The following, from the pen of James G. Pereira!, is one of the most touching poems in the English language. It moreover tells the story of many a breaking heart: THE DESERTED WIFE. He comes not—l have watohed the moon go down, Rut yet ho comes not. Onoe it was not so. He thinks not how these bitter tears do flow, The while he holds his riot in the town. Yet he will come and chide, and I shall weep; And he will wake my infant from its sleep, To blend its feeble wailing with my tears. 0 ! how I love a mother's watch to keep, Ovor those sleeping eyes; that smile, which oheers My heart, though sunk in sorrow, fixed and deep. I had a husband once, who loved me—now He evor wears a frown upon his brow, And feeds his passion on a wanton’s lip, As bees from laurel flowers a poison sip. But yet I cannot hate, 0! there were hours When I oould hang forever on his eye, t And Time, who stole with silent witness by, Strewed, as he harried on, his path with flowers. I loved him then—he loved me too. My heart Still finds its fondness kindle if he smile; The memory of oar loves will ne’er depart * And though he often sting me with a dart, Venomed and barbed, and waste upon the vile Caresses whioh his babe and mine should share, Though he should spurn me—l will oalmly bear His madness; and should sickness oome and lay Its paralyzing hand upon him, then 1 would with kindness all my wrongs repay, Until the penitent should weep and say How injured and how faithful I had been. MIT LANDLADY'S STORY. That hoax o’ night’s blach arch the key-stane. fTam O’Shan ter. Mra. Crowe, in her work entitled the < Night side of Nature,' makes allusion to the faots upon whioh the following little story is founded; but, strange, she does not give the details. It was a oase strik ingly in point for her. Was it too horrible to put in her book; or was she restrained by the same delieaoy that made every marvel-monger speak of it in a whisper ? It was told to me in Edinburg, by my landlady, Mrs. S . She was from Montrose, and spoke in a well-marked Gaelic idiom', that greatly enhanced her descriptive powers. It is a remarkable faot, that no language is so well adapted to the thrilling, the pathetic, and the hu morous, as the dialect of the Scottish Highlander. Sir Walter Scott owes muoh of his suocess to it, and the lyrics of Burns would- be comparatively insipid without it. I remember once hearing Mrs. S jest with her husband about some nonsense he perpetrated in his courtship. She was so muoh amused at it, that she fell back in her ohair, and exolaimed, ‘ I eanna think o’ it, but it makes me a’most splut me seeds a laohing.’ The same expression in plain English, ‘ I oannot think of it, but it almost makes me split my sides a laugh ing,’ is utterly tame by the side of the other. But Mrs. S , moreover, had a manner whioh made her narration vividly impressive. It was in the evening twilight, and we were watching, from the parlor window, the Inchkeith light in the Frith of Forth, throwing out its flashes of warning to the mariner. I forget what drew from Mrs. S the awful recital, the’ interest of whioh I have feebly attempted to maintain, by drawing upon my fancy for some slight amplification ; but she began, in substance, as follows, occasionally tapping me upon my shoulder and reducing her voice to a hissing whisper: It is soaroely a year ago since a young man died in the town of Haddington.— His conduot had been so outrageously dis solute that everybody repulsed him with abhorrenoe. Finally he sank down in a half starved condition, at the door of his uncle, an old blaoksmith of Haddington, and was kindly taken in and oared for.— Everything was done for him that even affeotion could suggest, but he grew worse and worse until he went into a delirium, and uttered things of such frightful im port that few persons oouid remain near him. There were oertain expressions which excited more astonishment than others—indeed they drew tears from those who heard them, as well on aooount of the earnestness with whioh they were uttered, as the distracted gestionlations accompany ing them. He seemed to stare at some very distant object—distant as a fixed star; and, with his outstretohed hands thrust forward as if to resist the rapid approaoh of something, he shouted in a voioe bub bling up through his death-rattle, ? Baok ! back-—awa’ wi’ ye! awa’ wi’ ye! It is na sae written ! lam not to be bruised. .No, no, no! It is written that the seed of the woman shall braise— awa’ wi’ ye—meroy 1 [Here it was that Mrs. S plaoed her hand upon my shoulder, and whispered in m y _ car —her breath throbbing painfully against my excited tympanum.] One of the benches was slightly moved, and the left foot of the corpse rested upon the floor. The eyes were open—wide open, aud starting at something far—far away. Without any ohange in the lines of the face, there was yet an expression of curiosity merging into fear, which, taken in oonneotion with the disturbed position of the body, forced the opinion upon the spectators that the dead man suddenly started. Terror began to be diminished into simple wonder. The people at length conversed with one another, but all they oouid do was to olose the eyes of the deceased and replace the half crown pieces; lift up the leg and again envelop it in the sheet. That day no work was done in Haddington—no one ate aoything. But night oame on again and others must take their turn at watohing in the ante room. Twelve men volunteered—eleven of them citizens of Haddington, but the twelfth was an upstart student from St. Andrews, who derided the cruelty of the people and quoted Dr. Brewster. Excellent oheer was provided for the watohers. A fire was kindled in the ante room, and a kettle enlivened the oompany with its song. The Btudent talked inoes ! santly about speotral illusions, but his ; oompanioDS did not listen to him—they | sipped their hot water and whisky in silence, occasionally holding their breath i at some fancied sound. The night wore i on. The town olook struck the first peal j of the midnight hour. Each stroke swelled on the air like a groan. It was midnight. The student burst into a boisterous laugh. It was, at first, a laugh of derision; but it soon ceased. The young man rose up— gave one look toward the platform at the head of the stairs, and fell down swooning, for the half-crown pieoes jingled upon the floor—rebounded and fell again— two benches were turned over, the ends of the planks, which they supported dropped down, and the corpse was distinctly heard to slide along the inclined plane. The listeners all sprang to their feet, under an impulse to make their esoape, but they dare not pass the dreaded platform, so im pressed were they with the oertainty (as they all afterwards testified before the in- " THAT COUNTRY IS THE HOST PROSPEROUS WHERE LABOR COMMANDS THE GREATEST REWARD.”—BUCHANAN.- LANCASTER CITY, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1859. ) vestigating committee) that Andrew Allah would appear, in the door of his chamber, i and implore them not to leave him. Long t before daylight the honse was again ;; thronged. A crowd rushed up stairs, to : the great relief of the watchers, who has ■ tened to acquaint them with .what" had oc ; ourred. Great excitement began to be i manifested. The people needed some one i to lead them, and no one had the courage . to approaoh with the intention of opening the door of the terrible - apartment. At i this jnnoture some one cried oat: ‘ Rin for the onrate! rin for the ourate!.’ This good man, a Mr. Handyside, lived in a_ neighboring hamlet, preferring the qniet he enjoyed there to the noise in the busy town of Haddington. He is still alive and beloved by everybody; but, sinoe his participation in the mysterious horrors of the third night, he has been regarded as a man having knowledge of things whioh no mortal ought to possess. He cheerfully obeyed the summons, and repaired to the blacksmith’s house. It was now after sunrise. The people gathered around their pastor and told him what had happened. He paused a moment in deep meditation, and then entered the dreaded chamber. Not more than three persons acoompanied him—the others, as eaoh one passed the door and looked into the room, pressed their hands over their eyes and fled into the street, uttering loud ories. [I remember the distant chimes of St. Giles, reaching our hearing at this moment, accorded sadly with the whisper to which Mrs. S had again lowered her voice!] The two benches, supporting the feet of Andrew Allen, were thrown some feet from where they originally stood, as if they had been kioked with some violence. The dead hody was consequently in a half sir ting posture. The eyes were again opened, sand this time gazing at something nearer —very much nearer, than wAat they had stared at on the previous night. The hands were unlooked and thrust forward, as if to implore or resist; the physiognomy, with out any change in the facial lines, betoken ed the most agonizing alarm; while the general attitude inclined the beholder to ; the belief that the body had been stiffened in the attempt to rise up and make its es- ; cape. Some of the persons who had fled i from tho house had Allen’s death-struggle i so forcibly recalled by appearances, i that they declared his voioe was issuing ] from his oorpse, and repeating his dying ] words, ‘ Back! back—wa’ wi’ ye !itis na 1 sae written!’ , Under the encouragement and direction i of the ourate, the body was readjusted. He i proposed to the people that they should l bury it at onoe ; but they would not vio- < late the old Highland custom, especially t sinoe “it was but ane night rnair.” The news had by this time spread in every direction. Persons came from Edin- burg and Glasgow. Crowds poured in from the neighboring towns and hamlets until, at twelve o’clock, the streets of Had dington oould not hold them. No doubt more than a thousand persons visited the room up stairs in the blacksmith’s house, and hundreds offered to watch with Mr. Handyside, and acoompany him into the dead man’s chamber at the first nnnsual sound, (for suoh was the ourate’s purpose, frequently avowed in the oourse of the day,) but when that good man, a few hours after night-fall, mounted thj stairs with his candles and his bible, only fonr men follw ed him. Seated at a table, he calmed the fears of his companions, by boldly investi gating the awful faots subjected to their consideration. He acknowledged his belief to be that a supernatural agency was at work, and insisted that the citizens of Had dington should .treasure up the oiroum stanoe as a warning against dissoluteness. ‘ Perhaps,’said he with hesitation, as if the idea he wished to advance was incom prehensible even to himself, ‘ perhaps, in this case, death has been, too eager —so that disease could not complete its office of bodily punishment, and there is yet in the disturbed oorpse a soulless sensibility, over which conscience and Satan have control—not that I wish to judge Andrew Allen. God forbid !’ He read suoh passages from his Bible as had a bearing upon the personality of the Infernal Being ; and impressed them upon the minds of his hearers, by repeat ing, with a happy emphasis, the sublime paraphrases of Milton : “ Forthwith upright he rears from off the pool His mighty stature; on eaoh hand the flames Driven backward, slope their pointing spires and rolled In billows, leave in the midst a horrid vale, Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air.” Mr. Handyside thought it was in the adjoining room—his friends that it was, perhaps, in the street, among the crowd— but there was a wail—a subdued sound like a ventriloquial shriek—a voice pro nouncing the words, 1 Black! back ! awa’ wi’ ye. I’m not to be bruised—l’m the seed o’ the woman !’ Almost simultan eously with this there was a crash. The benohes were all dashed away from under the boards, and the body rolled upon the floor. The curate startled to his feet, but his companions held him back. Clinging to one another, they listened in a sort of asphyxia for what was to follow. They heard a step as of being barefooted—heavy. The house shook, and the sound would have been muoh louder if the footsteps had not been oautious, stealthy. But soon they heard another noise, like the dragging of a human body over the floor. The four men cried in a loud voioe—but suoh a cry! In its spasmodio quivering it sounded like laughter, and from the thronged streets a yell of horror rose upon the midnight air, suoh as never yet had been heard ; for the doomed oorpse was dashed against the par tition separating the two rooms with a foroe far above human. When it fell it was drag ged away, and again hurled against the wall—at each repetition the oonoussion producing a sound more and more dull.— The curate looked every moment for the wall to be dashed down. He had no one to restrain him ; he took his candle and rushed into the room, exclaiming, as he did so, ‘ it is my duty! ’ The noises oontinuedsometime after Mr. Handyside entered the ehamber, but at length they oeased. The people beoame alarmed for their pastor, and several of them want to his assistance. They found him in a swoon, from which they soon resnsoitated him.— But they gazed around and—what oouid they expeot to see ! There lay the body of Andrew Allen bruised—beaten into a quivering, gelatinous olot of gore ; while upon the floor, printed in blood, were foot prints of gigantio dimensions. Mr. Handyside has never told what he saw. Hi* only amwer to the importuni ties of his friendr has been, ‘ I thought it was my duty, bat I was mistaken—l com mitted a sin. Heaven forgive me.’ A Match-Malting Mother Outwit ted; Well may the Philadelphia Eve ning Journal relate the following tale with great gusto, for since the days of Adam and Eve, we do not believe that it has ever been equalled. The Journal vonohes for its truth, and moreover says that it is a case of romance in high life : In a certain aristooratic street, in an aristooratio neighborhood, in an aristocrat io ward of the city, stands a mansion whioh rejoices in all the sombre of a brown stone front, and whose general stately air beto kens it the residence of people of wealth and fashion. Its exterior corresponds well with the internal appointments, all of which are arranged in a style of elegance and splendor, to suit the luxurious tastes of the occupants —a widow and her only son, the latter of whom has but recently entered upon the years of manhood. The doting mother, whose whole heart is centered upon the welfare of her darling offspring, reoently decided that the time had arrived when it was his duty to marry. He had sown his wild oats, and having reaped but a spare harvest, had sobered down into a quiet, dutiful young man, and it was high time for him to marry, not so much, how ever, thought the good lady, for him to have an objeot on whioh to oentre his love, as in order to increase his wealth, and oonsoquently raise his standing in the community. Looking about her for a lady whose means oould make her worthy of so eligible a match, she finally discovered, far in the wilds of Jersey, a lovely young woman, whose good sense and personal attractions were only equalled by the depth of her purse. In short, the young woman had “the rooks.” Careful not to oonfide the plot to either of the parties who might naturally be supposed to be interested in its accomplishment, Mrs. X. invited her newly found friend to pay her a visit, and become acquainted with the solemn merri ment in whioh the City of Brotherly Love is so wont to indulge. The young woman oame according to appointment, and spent several weeks with her amiable friend early last summer. She was delighted with oity life. She regretted the fate whioh up to that moment had kept her in the seclusion of country existenoe, and out of sight of the world, whose strong temptations she was fain to try. Bat Time, though he treads on flowers, will still keep on his course, and the day at length oame when the young lady must terminate her pro tracted visit, and paok up her trunks, bandboxes and bundles, and return to her home. Unfortunately for the fond mother’s hope, she had never been successful in bringing about even an intimacy .between her son and her fair visitor. Barkis was extremely unwilling, and the visit passed by without a single point in her game being won. But with a woman’s fertility of in vention she possessed all the dogged obsti nacy with whioh some ungallant persons are wont to invest the fair sex, and she determined to try it again : and, accord ingly, about a month ago, the young rural maid was again duly installed in the best room in the house, and every blandishment was bestowed upon her to soften her heart, while the young man found himself con stantly engaged, without exactly knowing how it happened, to accompany her to parties and entertainments. But all was without avail. Cupid’s quiver was ex hausted, and the widow was prepared to give up her undertaking as hopeless. One day, a week or so ago, the lady of the honse, wishing to speak to her guest, ascended to her room, where she rapped gently but received no response from within. Again and again she knocked, but all was silent. The door was looked inside, and not knowing what oould have happened to the fair inmate, she screamed for the servants to -'come up and break open the door. Judge of her dismay when the door opened suddenly and her hopeful son made his appearance on the threshold, and with faltering voice begged her not to make a scene before the room of his wife ! An explanation was soon made. The young dog had stolen a march on his mother, and the marriage, whioh had been secretly consummated some months previ ous, had ever been concealed from her. A Boy’s Trials. The Springfield Republican has a oapital article on this subject. Here are some extracts HIS REGULATIONS WITH THE “ OLD HAN.” We suppose that the first severe trial a boy has to undergo is to submit his will to the old man, whom he iB taught to con sider his father. To be restrained in doors at night, to be forbidden to go in swimming five times a day, or to be hindered from pinohing the rest of the children just for fun, is an interference with natural inalienable rights, every way injurious to the feelings. And then, when upon some overwhelming temptation, the boy asserts his independence of parental oontrol, and receives a ‘ tanning’ with a switoh from a quince bush, either upon his baok or his bare feet, it beoomes really a very serious thing. We never oouid see that the smart of an operation like this was at all assuaged by the affeotionate assurance that it was bestowed out of pure love. SITTING WITH THE GIRLS. The next great trial of that boy is to be obliged by a cruel master to sit with the girls at school. This usually oomes before the development of those undeniable affinities whioh, in after life, would tend to make the punishment more endure ble. To be pointed oat as a ‘ gal boy,’ to be smiled at grimly by the master, who is so far delighted with his own ineffable pleasantry, as to give the little boys license to laugh aloud, and to be plaoed by the side of a girl who had no handkerohief, and no knowledge of the use of that article is, we submit, a trial of no mean magnitude. Yet we have been there, and have been obliged to ‘ sit up olose’ with big Raohel, laughing and blushing, till we oame to hate her name. We wonder where the overgrown, frowzy oreature is now, and what the condition of her head is ? THE FIRST LONG-TAILED COAT. We do not believe that any boy ever put on his long-tailed ooat without a sense of shame. He first twists his baok half off, looking at it in the glass, and then, when he steps out of doors, it seems to him as if all creation was in a broad grin. The sun laughs in the sky ; the obws turn to look at him; there are faees at" every window; his very shadow mocks him. When he walks by the oottage where Jane lives, he dares not look up for his life. The very boards oreak with consciousness of the strange spectacle, and the, old pair of pants that stop a light in the garret window nod with derision. If he is obliged to pass a group of men and boys, the trial assumes its most terrifio stage. His legs get all mixed np with embarrassment, and the s flap of the dangling appendage is felt upon them, moved by the wind of his own agitation; ho oould not feel worse were it a dish-oloth, worn as a badge of disgraoe. It is a happy time for him when he gets to the chnroh,-and sits down with his coat tail under him; but he is si ill apprehensive with thinking of the Sunday school, and wonders if any of the ohildren will ask him to ‘ swing his long-tail blue.’ GOING HOME WITH THE GIRLS. The entrance into sooiety may be said to take place after boyhood has passed away, yet a multitude take the initiative before their beards are presentable. It is a great trial, either to a tender or a tough age. For an overgrown boy to go to a door, or to knoek or ring with absolute certainty that in two minutes all their eyes will be upon him; is a severe test of oour age. To go before these girls, and mike a satisfactory tour of the room without stepping on their toes, and then to sit down and dispose of one’s hands, without putting them into one’s pockets, is an achievement which few boys oan boast. If a boy oan get so far as to measure off ten yards of tape with one of these girls, and out it short at each end, he may stand a chance to spend a pleasant evening, but let him not flatter himself that all the trials of the evening are over. Then oomes at last the breaking up. The dear girls don their hoods, and put on their shawls, and look so sauoy and misohievous, and unim pressible, as if they did not wish any one to go home with them. Then comes the pinch, and the boy that has the most pluck makes up to the prettiest girl, his heart in his throat, and his tongue clinging to the roof of his mouth, and orooking his elbows, stammers out the words, < shall I see you home V She touches her fingers to his arm, and they walk home about a foot apart, feeling as awkward as a couple of goslings. As soon as she is safe inside her own doors, he struts home, and thinks he. has really been and gone and done it. Sleep comes to him at last, with dreams of Caroline and oalioo, and he awakes in the morning and finds the door of life open to him, and the pigs squealing for breakfast. CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS, We have passed ovqr churning and learning the catechism, lfeoause we are fearful of making this article too long, although we might have talked of butter that would not be persuaded to come, and perplexities of a literary turn of mind, and a head that measured seven and a quarter whenasked what the chief end of man was. Boyhood is a green passage in a man’s experience, in more sepses than one. It is a pleasant thing to think over and laugh about now, though it was serious enough then. Many of our present trials are as ridiculous as those which now touch the risibles in the recollection ; and when wo get to the other world and look upon this, and upon the infancy of the soul through which we pass here, we have no doubt that we shall grin over the trials which we experienced when we lost our fortunes, when our mills were swept away or burned, and when we did’nt get elected to the Legislature. Men are but boys of a larger growth. Thoughts for TmNKERS.-Sound travels at the rate of 1,142 feet per second in the air ; 4,960 in water—l4,ooo in cast iron ; 17,000 in steel, 18,000 in glass, and from 4,636 to 17,000 in wool. Meroury freezes at 38 deg. Fahrenheit, and becomes a solid mass, malleable under the hammer. The greatest height at which visible olouds ever exist does not exoeed ten miles. Air is about 816 times lighter than common water. The pressure of the atmosphere upon every square foot of the earth amounts to 6,160 lbs. An ordinary sized man, sup posing his surface to be 11 square feet, sustains the enormous pressure of 30,440 lbs. Heat rarifies air to such an extent that it can be made to occupy 5,500 times the space it did before. The violence of the expansion of water when freezing is sufficient to cleave a globe of copper of such thickness as to require a force of 28,000 lbs. to produce a like effect. During the conversion of ice into water, 140 degrees of heat are absorbed. Water when converted into steam, in creases in bulk 18,000 times. One hundred pounds of Dead Sea water oontains 46 lbs of salt. The mean annual depth of rain that falls at the equator is 96 inches. Assuming the temperature of the inte rior of the earth to increase uniformly at the rate of 1 deg. for every 46 feet, at the depth of 60 miles the degree of heat would bo sufficient to fuse all known sub stances. The explosive force of closely confined gunpowder is six and a half tons to the square inch. The greatest artificial cold ever pro duced is 91 deg. Fahrenheit. CARDS. WT. McPHAIL, . ATTORNEY AT LAW, mar 31 ly 11 Strasburq, Lancaster Co., Pa. Newton lightner, attorney AT“LAW, has his Office in North Duke street, nearly opposite the Court House. Lancaster, apr 1 tf 11 Removal.— william b. fordney, Attorney at Law, has removed his office from North Qneen street to the building in the south-east corner of Centre Square, formerly known as Hubley’s Hotel. Lancaster, April 10 DR. JOHN H’CALLA, DENTIST.—Office No. 4 East King street, Lancaster, Pa. apr 18 tf 13 ALDPS J. NEFF, Attorney at Law.— Office with B. A. Shsffer, Esq., sonth-west corner of Centre Square, Lancaster. may 15, ’65 ly 17 TOWARD M’GOVERN, JCi attorney a. t law, No. 5 NobtC Duke street —near the Court House, LANCASTER, PA. WILLIAM WHITESIDE, SURGEON DENTJST. —Office in North Qneen street, directly over Lortg’s'Drug Btore. Lancaster, may 27,1866. ■pEMOVAL—DR. J. T. BAKER, HOA&- XV> (SPATHIC PHYSICIAN, has removed his office to Lime street, between Orange and East King streets, west side. Reference—Professor W. A. Gardner, Philadelphia. Calls from the conntry will be promptly attended to. apr 6 tfl2 SAMUEL H. REYHOLDB, Attorney at law. Office, No. 14 North Duke street, opposite the Court Hops#. najfttflß } TESSE LAHOIS, Attorney at L«w.»Of- O nee one door east of Leehler** Hotel, East King street. Lancaster,Pa. a •» All kinds of Serivening— auch as writing Will*, -Deed*, Mortgages, Aoeount*, will be attended to with correctness and despatch. may 16, *56 tf-17 SIMON P. E B Y , ATTORNEY AT LAW, OFFICE:—No. 38 North Duke street, may 11 Iy 17] Lancaster, Pinna. FREDERICK S. PYFER, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Ofnci— No. 11 Noßin Duke street, west side, t.iw CA&TER, pa. apr 20 tf 14 RE mo V A L.—WILLIAM S. ABTWBG, 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 JAMES BLACK, Attorney at Law.—Of fice in. East King street, two doors east of Lechler’s Hotel, Lancaster, Pa. . All. business connected with hl» profession, and all kinds of writing, such as preparing Deeds, Mortgages, Wills, Stating Accounts, Ac., promptly attended to. may 15.; tf-17 JOHN F; BRINTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, _ PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Has removed his office to his residence, No. 249 South 6th Street, above Spruce. Refers by permission to Hon. H. G. Long, “ A. L. Hates, u Fkrrre Brinton, nov 24 ly* 46 “ Thaddjus Stevxks. PETER D. MTERS, REAL ESTATE AGENT, will Attend to the Renting of Houses. Collecting House aad Ground Kents, Ac. Agencies entrusted to his care will be thankfully received, and carefully attended to.— Satisfactory reference given. Office N. E. corner of SEVENTH and SANSOM streets, Second Floor, No. 10. feb 17 i y g Spectacles, to suit all who need them, in Gold, Bilver, Bteel, or Plated Frames. We keep McAllister’s Spectacles and Spectacle Glasses, and sell precisely at his prices. Old Frames refitted with Glasses to suit the eyes. Satisfaction Warranted. July 6 6m 25 H L. A E. J. ZAHM. TO FARMERS.—Hawing been appoint ed by Messrs. Allen A Needles agents in Laneaster for the sale of their celebrated' BUPER PHOSPHATE OF LIME, we would call 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, ized in saying it is the best application for Corn; Oats- Wheat, Grass and other crops which require a vigorous and permauent stimulant, that has ever been offered to the public. Apply to GEO. CALDER A CO., East Orange street, 2d door from North Queen st., and at Graeff’B Landing on the Conestoga. WOOD MOULDINGS. UNITED STATES WOOD MOULDING, TURNING AND SCROLL SAWING MILL. Fifteenth street , between Market and Chesnut streets, Philadelphia. Also, Sash, Blinds, Shutters and Window Frames for sale low—all of which are of the best materials and work manship. BENJAMIN EBLER, may 11 ly 18] •; Proprietor. CHESNUT STREET HOUSE. BAMUEL MILLER, No. 121 Chesnut street, between 3d and 4th, PHIL A DELPHIA. ROARDTNG. $1 per day. may 14 tf 16 Jjl A R E REDUCED. STATES UNION HOTEL, 606 A 608 Market Street, above Sixth PHILADELPHIA. Terms:— Sl 35 Per G. W. HINKLE, june 20 4ui 24 Proprietor. Have you seen them? That superb Eugroving. •• Thu Village Blacksmith," and the beaniiful Art Journal. %vhlch are furnished to subscribers of the Cosmopolitan Art Association, can now be seen at HEINITSH’S MUSIC BTOKE for a short time only. See advertisement elsewhere headed—New Fea tures, nov 23 tf 46 NOW OPENING THE HANDSOMEST N. W. COLLARS ever sold at great bargains lor Christmas Presents at WENTZ’S. CLOAKS at great bargains for Christmas Present* at WKNTZ’B. Broche SHAWLS. Long and of splendid quality for $8.50 at [dec 14 tf 48] WENTZ’S. RIFLES! GUNS! REVOLVERS 1-1 hare opened a large assortment of Rifles, Gpns, Re volvers, Pistols and Hunting equipments of all kinds, at low prices. I have engaged the services of Mr. Henry Gibbs, who will attend to repairing of Guns, Ac., in all its branches.— All work warranted g. A. DANNER, W>-st King Street, between Cooper’s and Leman’s Hotels, apr 27 tfl6 SCHOOL BOOKS. SCHOOL APPARATUS, (Holbrooks.) SCHOOL MAPS, (Outline.). SCHOOL CHARTS. (Sanders’ Elocutionary.) SCHOOL GLOBES, (Franklin.) At greatly reduced prices at the People’s Book Store of BPRENGER A WESTnAEFFKR, nov 16 tf44] No. 33 North Queen street. Furniture of every descrip. tion, warranted as good as the best, and cheaper than the cheapest—at KETCIIAM’S, Nobth Queen street, op posite Shank’s National House, Lancaster. N. B. To any one purchasing SS(J worth before the first of November next, 10 per cent, wil I be allowed for Cash, aug 31 tf33 Hager a brothers, have just received and offer for sale at lowest prices. CARPETINGS, VELVET, BRUSSELS, TAPESTRY, THREE-PLY, INGRAIN, VENETIAN, and RAG. of the best styles and manufacture. Also, su perior quality of FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, from one to four yards wide, FLOOR and STAIR DRUGGETS. WALL PAPERS, DECORATIONS, BORDERS, of entirely new designs in Velvet. Gilt. Glazed and Common - CHINA, GLASS AND QUEENSWARE. SPRING, HAIR AND HUSK MATRASSES, FEATHERS, Aq. #ep7 tf 44 David h. solis, IMPORTER 0 F FU R S 622 Arch St., above Sixth. Philadelphia FURS!! FURS! DAVID H. SOLIS has removed his removed his Fur Store to No. 622 Arch Street above Sixth, and has made up a choice assortment ot Furs of all kinds, to which he invits the attention of the Ladies. His style and make are well-known. All goods bought of him are warranted, and his facilities for procuring goods from Europe, enables him to sell at such prices as will suit all. Store always closed on the Seventh Day. nov 9 3m 43 KONIGMACHER & BAUMAN, TAN nere and Curriers Store, back of Kobt. Moderwell’s 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 “ Rouzer’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 qo&lity of Leather. Furnace Bellows, Band and Lacing Leather, Gar den Hose. Tanner’s Oil, Currier’s Tools, Moroccos, Shoe Findings. Ac. All kinds old Leather bought in the rough; highest prices given lor Hides and Skins in cash; orders will be prompt ly attended to. feb 6 ly 6 JEWELRY IN GREAT VARIETY. BREASTPINS, EAR-RINGS, FINGER-RINGS, CHAINS, dx., ALWATS FOB SALE BY H. L. A E. J. 2 A H M , Corner North Queen street and Centre Square. Hair Jewelry made up in any desired pattern. Persons can rolv npon getting back the same hair. July 6 * 6m 26 Dissolution.— >The Co-Partnership trading under the firm of WILLIAM DILLER A CO., is this day dissolved by mutual consent. WM. DTLI/ER. Lancaster, Feb. 24, 1868, GEO. J. DILLER. Tbe business will be continued At the old stand, North Water street, by jmar 2 tf 7] WM. DILLE f NEW YORK WINE & LIQ.UOR store. ADAM KEIGART. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS. f ?TiT\ No. 6, North Duke Street, next door to the office HFtj of the “ Intelligencer,” and directly opposite the Court House, Lancaster. Pa. The subscriber take this method of informing the pub lic that he baa just opened a large assortment of WINES and LIQUORS of the choicest Brands and Quali ties. Having made arrangements with some of the first bouses in Cognac and Rochelle, enables him to furnish to his customers, upon the most liberal terms, the following brands of Cognac and-Rochelle Brandies: OTARD, HKNNEBY, PINET CASTILLTON, T. HIMES, MARTELL, MARRKTT, PELLEVOBIN, J. J. DEPUY A CO., A. BERGNKTTE, Ao.. Ao. W I N E 8. CHAMPAGNE^ BURGUNDY, BHEBRY, LISBON, HOCK, OLD OPORTO, CLARET, MADEIRA, TENERIFFE, MUSCAT And MALAGA WINES. >f various brands and qualities. Holland Gin, Scheldam Schnapps, Jamaica. Spirits, Scotch and Irish Whiskeys; Peach, Apple, Lavender, Blackberry, Cherry, Ginger and Raspberry-Brandies; Cordials, Wine Bitters,.Amsterdam Bitters, Ac,, Ac. Also, Agents and Sols Proprietors of the' OLD WHEAT WHISKEY. Constantly on hand, an extensive stock of Old Monoo gahela Whiskeys of various grades, some of which he guarantees to be superior to any in the country. All goods from tblxestablishment are guarantied gtre satisfaction, "with th^-privilege of being returned. apr2B ' ' Ij 15 Drug aito ohehical store. The subscriber haring removed his store to the new building nearly opposite his old stand, and directly opposie the Cross Keys Hotel, has now on hand a well selected stock of articles belonging to the Drug business, consisting In part of Oils, Adds, Bplces, .Seed*. Alcohol, Powdered Articles, Sarsaparillas, Ac., Ac., to which the attention of country merchants, physidans and consumers In general , Is lnrited. THOMAB ELLMAKER. *y 16 feb 0 tf 4 West Klng'street, Lanc*r. National hotel, RACE STREET, ABOVE TBIRD, PHILADELPHIA. SJSSIBT.I , SIDES ACARMANY. mayU 4 tf!7 T>APEE GUTH- X 818, redding in North Queen st; three doors Poderiokst. ■ [doe 8 4T ly DR. CIILVKHWKIL Off WJiffHOODJ A Medical Etio, m a A’no.CMam and Softool Om tf £Paiularr>imt *a^'*a/MtlM: hu : r Uie of Iniemai Med&cixut* Ctuftar» uixftbn, or any 'AWwinf-' 1 ' ' ' caJ AppLiancu. r. I Just vubusoxd, the 6th edition, !u a sealed eßvatooehgHkttsi ' and mailed to any address^ poet-paid, on receipt of two work, emanating from a celebrated membero the medical profession; giree the most Important inlbrmat i: tion erer published to all persons entertaining donbU of their physical condition, or who are conscious of having' haaanbd their health and happiness■■ containing the par ticulars of an entirely new and perfect remedy for Sperma torrhoea or Seminal Weakness, ; Dtfolllty; • NcrvousneiM, ’ Depression of Spirits, Loss of.Knergy, Lassitude, Timidity, involuntary Seminal lmpaired Sight and Mem ory, Blotches and Pimples on the face; Piles, Indigestion, , Palpitation of the Heart, and Bodily Prostration of the whole system, Inducing impoteocy and memtal {ind phyat cal^incapacity,—by means of which eTery one may cure himself privately, and at * trifling expense. - ’ Address Dr. OH. J. 0. 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