(Tlic lancastcr fntdliat'tm't; VOI,. LX. THE LANCASTER INTELLIGENCER 'PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, AT 80. 8 NORTH DUKE STREET, BY GEO. SANDERSON, TEB M 8 ÜBBOBIPTION. —Two Dollars per annum, payable In ad ▼ance. No subscription dlscontinaed until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. ADTERTiSEJtBHTs. —Advertisements, not exceeding one square, (12 lines,) will be inserted three times for one foliar,And twenty-five cents for each additional inser tion. Those of a greater length in proportion. loe Printing —Such as Hand Bills, Posters, Pamphlets Blanks, Labels, Ac., Ac., executed with accuracy and a* ho shortest notice. 1 THE LOST BRIDE—A LEGEND BY KBS. WELLINGTON BOATS. It is young Brian’s wedding-day, The bridesmaids scatter flowers of May; With floral gifts the walls are hung, A harper there, with harp full strung, To cheer the rural guests, and ohime The joyous lays of olden time ; But anguish clouds the bridegroom’s brow, No Norah there to pledge her vow. One maiden, bolder than the rest, Betrayed the secret of her breast, And sighed: “Alas lin sportive glee, Poor Norah hied to yonder tree, And from that aged, mystic thorn Stole buds for this her bridal morn, And well we know that none may dare The flowers of haunted tree to wear.” And then the bard, by blazing fi|e, Drew forth bis harp, and touched the wire; And, while its witching echoes rang, His faltering voice with pathos sang: “No more her lovely form will glide Around this place, an earthly bride, None have profan’d that haunted plain, That e’er to us returned again. “Last night a band of elfin men Lured me along the haunted glen, Beyond the healthy primrose dell, Within the caves where fairies dwell, To sing tbe fairest bride That e’er was wooed by mountain side. “We paused where stands the old white thorn, Our leader wound his elfin horn; The echoes pieicod the dark hill-side, And golden portals opened wide; And lo! beneath a glittering dome, We stood within the fairies’ home. “The walls with costly jewels shone, Tet brighter jewels gleamed upon The queenly form and tranquil brow Of hdr who pledged the bridal vow ; Full well 1 knew our village pride— ’Twas graceful Norah was the bride. “I screamed, and broke the mystic spell; At morn, beside the fairy well, Beneath the sun’s first roseate beam, I woke, os from a troubled dream, And ’mid that foxglove, wild parterre,' Myself and harp alone were there.” The old ones sighed, the maidens wept; But dark resolve o’er Brian orept, He mounts his steed, und toroh in hand, He hied him to the fairy land, And fired the tree, while thus he oried: “Enchanter! yield me back my bride!” The steed stood still, the rider fell; And, now, beside that crystal well His grave is made, and Brian’s bride Is said by moonlight there to glide, Wearing the wreath of snowy flowers She slyly stole, in joyous hours, From off the fairies’ fatal thorn, To grace her brow on bridal morn. RUTH rB-AJVKZiUV. BY VARA MONTROSE. It was a warm afternoon in the month of June, and arrayed in her loveliest garb, fair nature smiled from every hill and vale. A group of children had assembled upon a sloping green, and the clear air re-eoho ed their shouts of glee. The largest of them was seated in the friendly shade of a wide-spreading elm, and the others had strewn her lap with flowers. Her bonnet was lying beside her, and the breeze played lightly among her ohesnut ourlß. ‘ What are you going to do with all theße flowers?’ sho asked, as she inhaled the fragranoe of a half blown orimson rose. ‘ We are going to make wreaths for our heads ; you know it is Lida’s birthday.’ ‘ I am to have the biggest wreath ; and lam going to give Miss Alice a pretty little bunch, and put that rose in it that you have m your hand,’ said Lida Grey, in whose honor the flowers had been gathered. ‘We will have nice fun, Bath. ‘ls this rose white ?’ asked Ruth, still holding it in her hand. ‘Can’t you see that it ain’t white ?’ asked a boy, a stranger in the village. Ruth turned her dull, roving black eyes in the direction of the voice, and in a tone of mournful sweetness, said. ‘Toannot see—l am blind!’ There was a quiet hush over the gay group, and sympathy beamed from every eye. They all knew that Ruth was blind, excepting the stranger boy, but the reality seemed now to strike them with deeper force. It was a gala day ; Lida Grey was nine years old, and all the village ohildren were rejoioing. Miss Alioe Hay, the friend of them all, was to give her a party —she was to be seated upon an elevated throne in the grove, crowned with spring flowers, and her companions, j with wreaths and garlands, were to sing and sport around her. They were all so happy, it would be such a beautiful sight; but now a dark spot in their pleasure was a thought that Ruth Franklin could not see it; how ever gay and beautiful the scenes around her, all was darkness to her. She felt the warm sun’s rays as they fell upon her head; Bhe heard the spring birds warble their sweetest lays; she inhaled the balmy fragranoe of the blossoming flowers. They told her that the sky was blue, that the little birds were of varied forms, and the flowers gay and bright, but she was blind, and that one word J told of the void in her life. Rdth Franklin was twelve years old, but to look at her, you would have thought her older; she was very slender, and there was a careworn look upon her face, yet she was beautiful, and an angel could soaroe have borne a holier countenance. She was born blind and there was noth ing visible in her large black eyes to tell of the darkness that veiled them. The beauties of earth were shut out from her gaze, but Ruth had an inner eye 1 that saw holier things than the sparkling orbs of her little companions, and she often startled Alice Hays, who was her cousin and protector, for Ruth was an orphan, by telling her of the visions that had come to her during the dark watohes of the night, or when she had been sitting for some time alone. The ohildren all idolized Ruth, and although she waß debarred from joining in their sports, they could not play if she was 1 not sitting near them—her presenoe made them happier; her gentle voice settled their - disputes, and their united devotion for her seemed to malm their I love for eaoh other stronger. They all | knelt around her to make their wreatha, and Lida whispered: ‘ Dear Ruth, yon oannot see when I pat | on my white dress and pretty wreath.’ ‘ Bat I knowyoa will look lovely, coasin Alioe says you will, aDd I am very happy for you. ‘ Ruth must have a lovely wreath on these sweet curia,’ said one who was twining a ringlet around her finger. ‘ 1 will have a white wreath on them soon, Bessie,’ answered Ruth. ‘ What do you mean, Ruth V exclaimed half dozen voices ; but Miss Alioe came up and said : ‘ Run, ohildren, and get ready, it is time we were in the grove.’ ‘ Don’t, go and leave me oovered with flowers —I won’t be a basket any longer,’ said Ruth, laughing. The flowers were gathered up, and the children ran away. They soon returned where Miss Alioe and Ruth had waited for them, and the bright party of innocence and youth sought the grove where Lida was orowned on her ninth birthday. They daueed and saeg the merriest songs, while Ruth sat, with a smile upon her lip, listen ing to them. ‘ They are very happy, oousin Alioe, l am so glad,’ she said. ‘ Indeed they are, and they look beauti ful. ‘ 1 know they must, but, oousiu Alioe, I do not want to see them ; the kind God who made me blind, knew that it was best, and he gives me a great deal of pleasure.’ ‘My precious Ruth!’ said Miss Alioe, as sh: kissed her pure brow. The ohildren now gathered around Ruth, and asked her to sing for them ; she had a fine voice, aud Miss Alioe had taught her the words of a great many songs. At the earnest request of her little companions, she sang the last one she had learned— “ The Blind Girl.’ Sweeter than usual sounded her voioe as it lingered upon the last line of eaoh verse, and how truly oould she sing it, "Ism blind, oh! lam blind." More than one pair of eyes filled with tears as she sang, and they all kissed her for a reward. After this, they all walked several times around the grove, partook of the repast whioh the oareful Miss Alioe had prepared for them, and then eaoh one returned to their homes, long to remember that happy day. No one enjoyed it more than Ruth, aud she could desoribe eaoh one and every amusement as minutely aa ( if she had seen all. The bright summer passed, the grove was decked in autumn’s gaudy hues, and the evening breeze blew oold from the Yes, mountain, The melanoholy days had come— The saddest of the year, Of wailing winds and naked woods, And meadows brown and sear. Heaped in the hollow of the grore, The withered leayes lie dead, They rustle to the eddying gust, And to the rabbit’s tread. It was evening, and the sun was calmly sinking to his night’s repose; over the autumn sky were floating olouds of purple and gold, and a single sunbeam penetrated throughia oasement and fell directly across the marble brow of a dying child, and threw a shade of glorious light over the heavenly countenanoe and dark brown curls. The sunbeam was not shut out, for its brilliancy, however dazzling, fell powerless upon those dark eyes, for it was Ruth Franklin that lay thus, watohed over so tenderly by Miss Alice. , ‘ What time is it, oousin Alice ?’ she asked. ‘ The sun is just setting, darling, there is a bright beam upon your brow,’ said Miss Alice. Ruth raised her hand to her forehead as if to touoh the stray sunbeam, then she said : l ltis a lovely sunset; I just know how the sky looks. Oh ! I have dreamed such a sweet dream. I was groping about in darkness, when all at once 1 saw a bright light; it shone all around me, and I think it must have looked like the sun. I saw the grove looking just like you told me it did, in the colored leaves that autumn makes, and oh! the lovely musio that I heard coming from there; there were so many different sounds, like your harp, and all of us children singing, like we did on Lida’s birthday ; and just when 1 thought 1 oould see you and all of them, the musio grew louder, and I saw a strange plaoe with clear, shining water in it, and trees and flowers, and so many bfight beings all dressed in white, and wreaths on their heads, and it was them that were singing. An angel with wings took me to that beautiful valley. I was no more a blind girl, but with a wreath of white flowers on my curls, I saw all the beauty, and sang with the angel forms. Then I thought of that poetry that you taught me : “ There is a beauteous river In the city of our God, With margins of perpetual green, By angel footsteps trod. It beareth faint resemblance To the rivers of the earth; For the lovely things around it Alike have heavenly birth.' 1 Then I knew that it/was heaven I had seen, oousin Alioe. I hear the sweet musio again, and the angel is waiting until the sun has set, to take me to the Saviour for my white wreath. ‘ Oh hush ! Ruth, my darling, you are not dying; you will get well,’ said Miss Alice. ‘ Don’t say dying, oousin Alioe. I always thought that was a cold, dreadful word ; lam going home. You have read to me from the Bible that Christ when he was on earth said, “ Suffer little children to oome unto me.’ Now I am going, and I will not be blind y I shall see my parents there, and when the angel comes for you,'dear: Alice, there. I shall see your loved face. The ohildren did not think when they all saw me this afternoon that it would be the last time I Bhould talk to them ; I did not myself then, but now I know ; tell them all to be good, that they may oome where I can see them. Alioe listen ! the angels are singing, “ Come to that happy land, Come, oome away, Why will ye doubting stand, Why Btill delay ?” ‘ Alioe, good-bye, until we meet again ! Ido not delay—l am ready, lam waiting, oh ? angels, take me home.” The sightless eyes were raised to heaven, the hands were olasped, and the spirit fled from the tenement of olay. The waiting angel bore it to heaven, and there the blind girl tasted the realities of all that she had dreamed. They robed her in white, and placed a raowy .wreath of autumn flowers upon her “THAT COUNTRY IS THX MOST LANCASTER CITY. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 1859. brow. A sad band of her fellow-playmates followed all that remained of her to the tomb, and as the damp sods of the valley fell upon her coffin lid, they remembered the day when she told them of the white wreath she would soon wear, and sang of the time to come when she would never more murmnr, “I am blind, oh! lam blind." j That time had come, and, now before the ! throne of the Lamb, Ruth was singing glad ! hosannas, while her friends sadly wept to I think that she was no longer among them. There was not one of their little band that would hare been missed like her,-for she was dependent upon them all, and was yet the main spring of their joy—the one to whom each went with her petty trials, and found sweet sympathy, or her joys to be rejoioed with. Autumn and winter passed away, and spring flowers blossomed around the grave of Ruth, and the band of ohildren of whom she had heen so loved a member, hung garlands of flowers, wreath ed as she had been wont to wear them upon her brow, on her tomb-stone, which was marked with the appropriate insorip- "Oar Ruth," " Whereas I was blind, now I see." m. BKowxrs mishaps. Mr. Eliphalet Brown was a bachelor of thirty-five or thereabouts ; one of those men who Beam to be born to pass through the world aloue. Save this peculiarity, there was nothing to distinguish Mr. Brown from the multitude of other Browns who are born, grow up and die in this world of ours. It chaned that Mr. Brown had oooa sion to visit a town some fifty miles dis tant, on matters of business. It was his first visit to the plaoe, and he proposed stopping for a day, in order to give himself an opportunity to look about. Walking leisurely along the street, he was all at once aooosted by a ohild of five, who ran up to him exclaiming : < Father I want you to buy me some more candy.’ ‘Faiher!’ was it possible that he, a baohelor, was addressed by that title 1 He oould not believe it. ‘ Who were you speaking to, my dear v he inquired of the little girl. ! I spoke to you, father,’ said the little one, surpiised. ‘ Really,’ thought Mr. Brown, 1 this is embarrassing.’ ‘I am not your father, my dear,’ he said, what is your name P The child laughed heartily, evidently thinking it a good joke. ‘ What a funny father you are,’ she said, ‘ but you are going to buy me some oandy. ‘ Yes, yes, I’ll buy you a pound, if you won’t call me father any more,’ said Brown, nervously. The little girl olapped her hands with delight. The promise was all she remem bered. Mr. Brown proceeded to a confectionary store, and actually bought a pound of candy, which he placed in the hands of the little girl. In ooming out of the store they encoun tered the little child’s mother. ‘ Oh, mother,’ said the little girl, ‘just see how muoh candy father has bought for ‘ You shouldn’t have bought her so muoh at a time, Mr. Jones,’ said the lady, I am afraid she will make herself siok.— But how did you happen to get home so quiok ? I did not expeot you till night.’ ‘Jones—l—madam,’ said the embar rassed Mr. Brown, ‘ it’s a mistake ; I ain’t Jones at all. It isn’t my name. I am Eliphalet Brown, of W , and this is the first time 1 ever oame into this city.’ ‘ Good heavens ! Mr. Jones what has put this silly tale into your head? You have concluded to change your name, have you ? perhaps it is your intention to change your wife.’ Mrs. Jones’ tone was now defiant; and this tended to increase Mr. Brown’s em barrassment. ‘ I haven’t any wife, madam; [ never had any. word as a gentleman, I never was married.’ * ‘ And do you intend to palm this tale off upon me,’ said Mrs. Jones, with excite ment. r lf you are not married, I’d like to know who I am ?’ ‘ I have no doubt you are a most res pectable lady,’ and Mr. Brown, and I con jecture, from what you have said, that your name is Jones; but mine is Brown, mad am and always was.’ ‘ Melinda,’ said her mother, suddenly taking her child by the arm, and leading her up to Mr. Brown, ‘ Melinda, who is this gentleman ?’ ‘ Why, that’s father ! ’ was the child’s immediate reply, as she confidently placed her hand in his. 1 You hear that, Mr. Jones, do you ? You hear what the innocent child says, and yet have the unblushing impudenoe to deny that you are my husband! The voioe of nature, speakiDg through the child, should overwhelm you. I’d like to know, if you are not her father, why you are buy ing candy for her ? But I presume you never saw her before in your life/ ‘ I never did. On my honor, I never did, I told her I would give her the oandy if she wouldn’t call me father any more.’ ‘ You did, did you ? Bribe your child not to oall you father ? Oh, Mr. Jones, that is idfamous ! Do you intend to desert me, sir, and leave me to the cold charities of the world ? And is this your first step?’ Mrs. Jones was so overcome that* with out warning, she fell back upon the side walk in a fainting fit. Instantly a number of persons ran to her assistance. ‘ls your wife subjeot to fainting in ihis way ?’ asked the first comer of Brown.— ‘ She isn’t my wife. 1 don’t know any thing about her.’ ‘ Why, it’s Mrs. Jones, ain’t it ?’ ‘ Yes, but I’m not Mr. Jones.’ ‘ Sir,’ said the first speaker, sternly, ‘ this is no time to jest. I trust that you are not the cause of the excitement which must have oooasioned your wife’s fainting fit. You had better oall a ooach and oarry her home directly." Poor Brown was dumbfounded. I wonder, thought he, whether it’s possi ble that I’m Mr. Jones without knowing it. Perhaps I’m Mr. Jones, and have gone orazy, in consequenoe of whioh I fancy that my name is Brown. And yet I don’t think lam Jones. In spite of all I insist that my name is Brown. ‘ Well, sir, what are you waiting for ? It is necessary that your wife should be removed at onoe. Will yon order a Car riage?’ KJB WHXBI LABOB COMMASDB THX GBIATIBT BIWABD.” Brown saw that there was no use to pro long the discussion by a denial. He, there fore, without contesting the point, ordered a hackney ooaeh to the spot. Mr. Brown accordingly lent an arm to Mrs. Jones, who had somewhat recovered, and was about to dose the door upon her. ‘ What, are you not going yourself ?’ ‘ W hy, no, why should I?’ ‘Your wife should not go alone; she has hardly recovered.’ Brown gave a despairing glanoe at the crowd around him, and deeming it useless to make opposition where so many seemed thoroughly convinced that he was Mr. Jones, followed the lady in. ‘ Where shall I drive ?’ said the whip. '1—I—1—don’t know,’ said Mr. Brown. ‘ Where would you like to be oarried ?’ ‘ Home of course,’ murmured Mrs. Jones. ‘ I don’t know,’ said Brown. ‘ No. 19, H street,’ said the gen tleman already introduced, glancing con temptuously at Mr. Brown. ‘ Will you help me out, Mr. Jones ?’ said the lady ; ‘ 1 am not fully recovered from the fainting fit into whioh your cru elty drove me ?’ ‘Are you quite sure that I am Mr. Jones!’ asked Brown,with some anxiety. ‘ Of course,’ said Mrs. Jones. ‘ Then,’ said he resignedly, ‘ I suppose 1 am. But if you believe me, I was firmly convinced this morning that my name was Brown, and to tell the truth I haven’t any recollection of this house.’ Brown helped Mrs. Jones into the par lor, but good heavens, conoeive the aston ishment of all, when a man was discovered seated in an arm chair, who was the very fao simile of Mr. Bi own in form, feature, and in every other respect! 1 Gracious!’exclaimed the lady, whioh —whioh is my husband V An explanation was given, the mystery cleared up, and Mr. Brown’s pardon sought for the embarrassing mistake. It was freely accorded by Mr. Brown, who was quite delighted to think that, after all, he was not Mr. Jones, with a wife and a ohild to boot. Mr. Brown has not sinoe visited that place where this ‘ Comedy of Errors,’ hap pened. He is afraid of his indentity. Speech of Zachariah Spicer. On the question “which enjoys the great est amount of happiness, the married man or the bachelor ?” ‘ Mr. President and gentlemen : —I rise to advooate the cause of the married man. And why should I not know something about the institution ? I do. Will any gentleman presume to say Ido not ? Let him come with me to my home. Let me oonfront him with my wife and seventeen children, and decide. High as the Rooky Mountains tower above the Mississippi Valley, does the charaoter and condition of the married man tower above that of the bachelor. What was Adam before he got acquainted with Eve? What but a poor shiftless, helpless, insignifioant crea ture ? No more to be oompared to his afterself than a mill-dam to the great roaring cataract of Niagara! [Applause.] Gentlemen, there was a time, I blush to say, when I too wa - a bachelor; and a more miserable oreature you would hardly expect to find. Every day I toiled hard, and at night I oame home to my comfort less garret —no fire, no nothing. Every thing was in a clutter, and in the words of the poet. Confusion was the monarch of all X surveyed.’» Hero lay a pair of pants, there a dirty pair of boots, there a play-bill, and there a pile of dirty olothes. What wonder that I took refuge at the gaming table and in the bar-room ? I found it would never do, gentlemen, and in a lucky moment I vowed to reform. Scarcely had the promise passed my lips when a knock was heard at the door, and in came Susan Simpkins after my dirty olothes. ‘ Mr. Spicer,” says she, 1 I’ve washed for you six months, and have’nt seen the first red oent in the way of payment. Now I’d like to know what you are going to do about it ?’ I felt in my pooket-book.— There was nothing in it, and I knew it well enough. ‘ Miss Simpkins,’ said I, ‘ it’s no use denying it. I have’nt got the first pewter, I wish for your sake I had.’ 1 Then,’ said she, promptly, ‘ I don’t wash another rag for you.” ‘ Stop,’ said I, ‘ Susan, I will do what I can for you. Silver and gold I have none ; but if my heart and hand will do, they are at your service.’ ‘ Are you in earnest ?’ says, she looking a little suspicious. ‘ Never more so,’ says I. ‘ Then,’ says she, ‘ as there seems to be no prospeot of getting my pay in any other way, I guess I’ll take up with your offer.’ Enough said. We were married in one week; and what’s more, we have’nt repented it. No more attics for me, gentlemen ; I live in a good hi use, and have somebody to mend my olothes. When I was a poor, miserable baohelor, gentle men, I used to be as thin as a weasel.— Now 1 am as plump as a porker. In conclusion, gentlemen, if you want to be a ragged devil, without a coat on your back or a shoe on your foot; if you want to grow old before your time, and as un comfortable generally as a hedge-hog, rolled up the wrong way, I advise you to remain a bachelor; but if you want to live decently, get married. I have got ten daughters, gentlemen—[overpowering ap plause]—and you may have your pick.’ Science Answering Questions. Why is rain water soft ? Beoause it is not impregnated with earth and minerals. Why is it more easy to wash with soft water than hard ? Because soft water unites freely with soap, and dissolves it instead of decomposing it, as hard water does. Why do wood ashes make hard “water soft? Ist. Beoausa the carbonic acid of wood ashes combines with the sulphate of lime in the hard water, and converts it into ohalk; 2d, wood ashes convert some of the soluble salts of water into insoluble and throw them down as a sediment by whioh the water remains more pure. Why has rain water such an unpleasant smell when it is collected in a rain tub or tank? Beoause it is impregnated with decomposed organic matters washed from the roofs, trees, or the oasks in which it is colleoted. Why is there always a draft through the window orevioes? Beoause the external air, being.colder than ’the air of the room —BTJOHAHAH we ooonpy, rushes through the window orevioes to supply the deficiency caused by the escape of tbe warm air np the chimney. Why does water melt salt? Because very minute particles of water insinuate themselves into the pores of the salt by capillary attraction, and foroe the crystals from each other. How does blowing hot foods make them cool? It causes the air whioh has been heated by food to ohange more rapidly, and give plaoe to fresh oold air. Why do ladies fan themselves in hot weather ? That fresh particles of air may be brought in contact with their face by the action of the fan; and as every fresh partiole of air absorbs some heat from tbe skin, this constant ohange makes them cool. Does a fan 000 l the air ? No, it makes the air hotter, by imparting to it the heat of our face ; but it cools our face by transferring its heat to the air. If you open the lower sash of a window there is more draught than if you open the upper sash. Explain the reason of this. If the lower sash be open, oold external air will rush freely into the room and cause a great draught inward-; but if the upper sash be open, the heated air of the room rushes out, and, of oourse, there will be less draught inward. By which means is a hot room more quickly cooled—by opening the upper or lower sash ? A hot room is oooled more quickly by the lower sash, beoause the 000 l air can enter more freely at the lower part of the room than at the upper. Why does the wind dry damp linen?— Because dry wind, like a dry sponge, imbibes the particles of vapor from the surface of the linen as fast as they are formed. By which means is a room better venti lated-by opening the upper sash ? Because the hot, vitiated air, whioh always ascends towards the oeiling, can esoape more easily. Why is the gallery of all publio places hotter than the lower parts of buildings ? Beoause the heated air of the building ascends, and all the cold air which can enter through the doors and windows keeps to the floor till it has beoome heated. Why do plants often grow out of Walls and towers ? Either because the wind blew the seeds there with the dust; or else because some bird, flying over, dropped seed there, which it had formerly eaten. Shall Robins be Silled? At a meeting of the Massachusetts Hor ticultural Society, early in 1858, a resolu tion was introduced authorizing the Presi dent of that Society to petition the Legis lature for a repeal of the laws prohibiting the killing and destroying of the robin.— This motion was laid on the table, but a commifteo was appointed to investigate and learn the habits of the robin, and report. The consnittee reported the present spring. We give in brief the results of the com mittee’s investigations as reported by its chairman, Prof. J. W. P. Jenks : Ist. Early in March numbers of this bird made their appearance in this vicinity ; but until the second week in April only the male birds. - 2d. The gizzards of those killed in the morning were, as a rule, either entirely empty or but partially distended with food, well macerated; while those killed in the latter part of the day were as uniformly filled with food freshly taken. 3d. From the almost daily examination of their gizzards, from the early part of March to the first of May, not a particle of vegetable matter was found in the giz zard of a single bird. On the contrary, insects in great variety, both as to number and kind, as well as in every variety of condition as to growth and development, were the sole food. But nine-tenths of the aggregate mass of food thus collected, during this period, consisted of one kind of larva which, through the aid of Baron Ostensacken, Secretary of the Russian Le gation at Washington, I was enabled to identify as the Bibio albipennis, Say, and whose history and habits, by the aid of Dr. Asa Fitch, entomologist of the New York State Agricultural Society, I was enabled to make out quite satisfactorily. From one to two hundred of this larva were frequently taken from a single giz zard, all in fresh, unmacerated condition ; and usually, when this larva was found, it was the only food in thejgtomaoh. 4th. During the month of May, the Bi bio larva entirely disappeared from the gizzards, but, up to the 21st of June, was replaced by a variety of insects or worms only, including spiders, caterpillars and beetles of the family Blateridae, the pa rents of the well-known wire worms, so destructive to corn and various other seeds when committed to the ground. The earth worm 1 found to be a favorite food for the young bird, but sparingly employed by the adult for its own use. sth. From the date of June 21st 1 be gan to find strawberries, oherries and pulpy fruit generally, but in a majority of the examinations intermingled with in seots, which led me to eonolude that they were not fond of an exclusively vegetable diet, but they adopted it as a dessert, and from the ease of procuring it, particularly during the enervating season of moulting. At this seaton of the year I discovered a marKed difference in the food of the birds killed near or in the village and those killed in the country, at a distance from gardens and frnit trees, the latter having less of stone fruit and more of inseots in their gizzards, which led me to oonclude that the robin is not an extensive forager. 6th. The mixed diet of the robin seems to continue from the ripening of the straw berries and cherries|to Ootobor, the vege table portion consisting, during August and September, n great part of elderber ries (Sambucus canadensis) and pokeber ries (Phytolacca decandra). 7th. During the month of October the vegetable diet iB wholly discarded, and its place supplied by grasshoppers and orthop terous inseots generally. Bth. Early in November the robin mi grates southward—the few remaining ek ing out a miserable existence during the winter months on bay berries (Myrica eer ifera), privet berries (Ligustrum vulgare), and juniper berries (Jnniperus oommunis). CARDS. JESSE LANDIS, Attorney at Law.—or flee one door east of LechleHs Hotel, East King street, Lancaster, Pa. I 0&-.A11 kinds of Screening—such as writing Wills, Leeds,* Mortgages* Accounts, Ac., will be attended to with correctness and despatch. mo# 16, *6fi tf-lT ABA AM 8 H ASK,* ATTORNEY AT LAW, Omn witH E. Q. BsHLzson, Esq., No. 88 North Durx St, LANCASTER, PA. J Edward h’ooyeeh, ATTORNEY AT L AW, No. S Sooth Queen street, in Reed, HeGnura, Kelly A Co.’s Banking 801 l ding, Lancaster, Pa. apr 6 tfl2 WT. McPHAIL, • ATTORNEY AT LAW, mar 31 ly 11 Btrabbuxo, Lancaster 00., Pa. Newton lightner, attorney ATLAW, has his Office in North Duke street, nearly opposite the Court House. Lancaster, apr 1 tfll REMOVAL.-WILLIAM B. FORDNEY, Attorney at Law, has removed his office, from North Queen street to the building in the south-east oorner of Centre Square, formerly known as Hubley’s Hotel. r Lancaster, aprll 10 TT/ILLIAM WHITESIDE, SURGEON y Y DENTIST.—Office in North Queen street, directly over Long’s Drug Store. Lancaster, may 27, 1856. ly 16 ALDUS J. NEFF, Attorney at Law.— Office with B. A. Shaffer, Esq., south-west corner of Centre Square, Lancaster. may3s, *66 ly 17 UEBIOVAL.--DR. J. T. BAKER, HOJH (BPATHIO PHYSICIAN, has removed his office to No. 69 East King street, next door above King’s Grocery. Reference—Professor W. A. Gardner, Philadelphia. Calls from the country will be promptly attended to. apr 0 tfl2 DR. JOHN H’CALLA, DENTIST.—Office No. 4 East King street, Lancaster, Pa. apr 18 tf 13 SAMUEL H. REYNOLDS) Attorney at Law. Office, No. 14 North Duke street, opposite the Court House. may 5 tf 16 SIMON P. BBT, ATTORNEY" AT LAW, OFFKJE:~>No. 38 North Duke ttreetj may 11 ly 17] Lancaster, Pxnha. Frederick s. ptfer, ATTORNEY AT LAW. OFFICE—No. 11 Nobth Dues strait, (wist side,) Hn oastir, Pa. apr 20 tf 14 RE M OVAL WILLIAM S. AMWEG, Attorney at Law, has removed his office from his former place into South Duke street, nearly opposite tbe Trinity Lutheran Church. apr 8 tf 12 JOHN F. BRINTON, ATTORN EY AT LAW, PHILADELPHIA, Pa- Has removed his office to his residence, No. 249 South oth Street, above Spruce. Refers by permission to Hon. H. G. Lono, “ A. L. Hates, “ Fibres Briktoh, nov24 Iy*4o “ Thaddeoh Stitcitb. PETER D. MYERS* REAL ESTATE AGENT, PHILADELPHIA, will attend to tbe Renting of Houses, Collecting House auU Ground Rents, Ac. Agencies entrusted to his care frill be thankfully received, and carefully attended to.— Satisfactory reference given. Office N. E. corner of SEVENTH and BANBOM streets, Second'Floor, No. 10. feb 17 ly 6 JAMES BLACK, Attorney at Daw.—Of fice in East King street, two doors east ofLechler’s Hotel, Lancaster, Pa. All business connected with his profession, and all kinds of writing, such as preparing Deeds, Mortgages, Wills, Stating Accounts, Ac., promptly attended to. OCRIVENING A CONVEYANCING, The undersigned respectfully announces to tbe public that he has taken the office lately occupied by John A. Hlestanrt, Esq., where ho will be pleased to transact all business connected with the above profession *h«t may be placed in his hands. 4^^Office No. 2fi Vorth Duke street, Laucn-nier, Pa. 0. K. HAYES. feb 15 ly 5 City Regulator. Horse and cattle powder. TATTERBAL’S HORSE POWDER. HEAVE POWDER, ROSIN. FENNUGREEK SULPHUR, GEUBIAN, CREAM TARTAR. COPPERAS, Ac., For sale at THOMAS ELLMAKER’S Drug A Chemical Store, West King street, Lanc’r. feb 9 tf 4 THE PHILADELPHIA EVENING BUL LETIN, AN INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER, : devoted especially to the interests of Pennsylvania. Con taining Important Telegraphic News, slxteeu hours in ad vance of tbe Morning Pupers. Original, Foreign and Do mestic Correspondence. Editorials on all Subjects, and full Reports of all tbe news of the day. The Commercial and Financial Departments are full, and are carefully attended to. 49* As an Advertising Mbdidm there is no better paper in the State, the circulation being next to the largest in the city, and among the most intelligent and influen tial of the copulation. TERMS, SIX DOLLARS PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE. CUMMINGS A PEACOCK, Proprietors, No. 112 South Third street, Philadelphia. THE PHILADELPHIA SATURDAY BULLETIN, a handsome, well-filled, Family Weekly Newspaper, Is pub lished by the Proprietors at the following uoprecedentedly low rates: 1 Copy, ooe year,. 6 Copies, “ IS “ “ 21 “ «♦ 30 “ 100 “ “ FURTHER INDUCEMENTS l THE LARGEST CLUB (over 100) will be sent for three years THE NEXT LARGEBT OLUB, (over 100) will be sent for two years. Address CUMMINGS A PEACOCK, Proprietors, Balletin Building, No. 112 Soatb Third street, Philadelphia, nov 23 tf4s Drug and chemical store. The subscriber having remored bis 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 Drag business consisting in part of Oils, Acids, Spices,' Seed*, Alcohol, Powdered Articles, Sarsaparillas, Ac., Ac., to which the attention of country merchants, physicians and consumers in general is invited. THOMAS ELLM AKER, feb 9 tf 4 West King street, Lauc’r. Howard association, PHILADELPHIA. A Benevolent Institution established by special Endow ment, for the relief of the Sick and Distressed, afflicted with Virulent and Epidemic Diseases. THE HOWARD ASSOCIATION, in view of the awful destruction of human life caused by Sexual diseases, ana tha deceptions practiced npon the unfortunate victims of such diseases by Qnacks, several years ago directed their Consulting Surgeon, as a CHARITABLE ACT worthy of their names, to open a Dispensary for the treatment of this class of diseases, in all their forma, and to give MEDICAL ADVICE GRATIS to all who apply by letter, with a descrip- tion of their condition, (age, occupation, habits of life. Ac.) and in case of extreme poverty, to FURNISH MEDICINES FREE OF CHARGE. It is needless to add that the Associ- ation commands the highest Medical skill of the age, and will furnish the most approved modem treatment. The Directors of the Association, in their Annual Report upou the treatment oi Bexual Diseases, express the highest satisfaction with the success which has attended the labors of their Snrgeons in the core of Spermaterriicea, Seminal Weakness, Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Syphilis, the vice of Onanism or Self Abuse, Diseases of the Kidneys and Bladder, Ac., and order a continuance of the same plan for the ensuing year. The Directors, on a review of the past, feel assured that their labors in this sphere of benevolent efforts have been of great benefit to the afflicted, especially to the young, and they have resolved to devote themselves, with renewed seal, to this very important and mach despised cause. An admirable Report on Spermatorrhoea, or SemlDsl Weakuees, the vice of Onanism, Masturbation, or Self- Abnse, and other diseases of the Sexual organs, by the Con sulting Surgeon, will be sent by mail (in a sealed envelope) FREE OF CHARGE, on receipt of TWO STAMPS for post age, Other Report* and Tracts on the nature and treat ment of Soxual diseases, diet, Ac., are constantly being published for gratuitous distribution,and will be sent to the afflicted.- Some of the new remedies and methods of treatment discovered during the last year, are of great value. Address, for Report or treatment, DR. J. BKILLIN HOUGHTON, Acting Surgeon, Howard Association, No. 2 South Ninth Stroet, Philadelphia, Pa. By order of the Piiectorß. EZRA D. HEARTWELL, President. Ko. Fairchild. Secnxtary. jan 18 ly 1 PATENT AMBROT YPES—The sub scriber* having purchased the exclusive right of Lan caster city, are enabled to offer to the public anew style of Pictures, far exceeding, in beauty and durability, any ever before made. These pictures are not reversed, as'daguerreo types areand may be seen in anylight. They also possess the rare property of being imperishable; being hermetically sealed "between glass plates,' which is secured by Letters Patent, in the United States, Great Britain and France, and practised in Lancaster city by T. <& JP. C UM.M INQS. only, over Sprecber A Bro.’s New. Store, North Queen at., Lancaster EXPLANATION. The term ASIBROTYPE,* by which these Pictures are designated; is derived from the Greek word Ambroid, s{g-; nimng Indestructibility, permanency, Ac. The Picture is taken upon plate glass, " to which another plate of corres ponding size is secured with an indestructible cement, by by which the picture will retain its original brilliancy for ages; it will not corrode by adds, nor be Injured by water or climate. It is bold in its often, beautiful in tone, surpasses any thing in the gradations of light and shade, and may be seen In any light. The public are cautioned against imitation* made on single platu of glau, with the black varnish In immediate contact with the Picture.— Such are not permanent, as the varnish must eraek and destroy the Picture. AMBROTYPE STERESOOPES MUBT BE SEEN, to be appreciated—the relief being fully as perfect as Ilia. Citizens and Strangers are invited to call at the Ambro type Gallery of the undersigned, and examine specimens before they procure Pictures elsewhere, as they are Insured of polite attention, sep 25 T. A W. CUMMINGS A CO Carolina ybllo « pine floor ing boards. 50,000 Feet Carolina Yellow Pine Dressed Flooring Boards. 30.000 Feet Do. Undressed. 50.000 CYPRESS SHINGLES, No. land 2. 50,000 BANGOR PLASTERING LATHS, Jnst received' and for sale it GreafFs Landing, on the Conestoga. Apply tp . , : GJSO CALDBRICo, Office Ka*t Dredge it, new JLQtiMdfc, Uacaster "Jpg PDBLIOUIOn. rASMRR3, JPBVIT aEO WEES, OARDBNSM3, do. SUBSCRIPTIONS TAKEN at CLUB RAyea. An those In want of a good Agricultural end Horticul tural Journal, at a low prioe, have now an opportunity to subscribe for the best, and on the same tenar a* they can be procured at, direct fromthe publisher. We will add ,the names of a few with the prices. £o* THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, published month ly, is a thorough reliable and practical journal, devoted to the different departments of Soil Culture, such as growing field Grope, Orchard and Garden fruits, Garden vegeta bles and flowers, Trees, Plants and flowers for the. Lawn or Yard, In-door and out-door Work around the Dwelling, Care of Domestic Animals, Ac., Ac. Also, a Calender of Operations for the seasons is month. TERMS—One copy, one year, $1 001 Cash Six copies “ “ 5 00 > in • Ten “ M “ 8 OOj Advanoe. The price of the German Edition of the AmarWn Agri culturist is the same as the English Edition. THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN; A Weekly Journal of the Farm, the Garden and the Fireside, contains fully twice the amount of reading on rural subjects, and has a larger list of practical correspondents than toy other paper of its kind. Its publishers are practical men in Agricultural matters and have been engaged as editors for the last 20 years, being the original publishers of the Gaiieases Far mer. VIRUS or THX OOtmTBT 'IXSTLXUJLH One oopy, one year,.. $2 Qv 1 Three copies, “ u 6 00 vCash In Advance. Fire “ “ « ......... 8 OOj THE CULTIVATOR is published monthly at the office of the CoantryGentleman, being the oholce matter of the Country Gentleman, and forming an volume of . nearly 400 pages. It Is said to stand among the beat Agri cultural monthlies. We will take subscriptions at the rate of 60 coots a year. THE HORTICULTURIST AND JOURNAL OF - RURAL ART. established by A. G. Dowkxxo in 1816, and edited by J. Jat Smith, of Germantown, Pa., is a journal which needs no commendation. It is just the journal for the Fruit Grower, Oardener and Rural Architect. One copy, one year, $2 00 Two copies, “ “ 860 Ten “ “ “ 16 00 THE GARDEN £R’B MONTHLY, edited by Thomas Mrs hah, a new journal Just started in Philadelphia. Price, $l,OO a year. This will be especially useful to the Gardener of our State and Climate, THE ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL REGISTER OF RU RAL AFFAIRS, containing 144. pages, embellished with about 160 engravings, constitutes a complete miniature Rncylopedla for the Farm, Orchard and Garden. Prioe, 26 cents. We will take subscriptions for any of the oboro Journala on the above terms, and will supply any of the Agricultu ral books published in the country at the lowest rates, JOHN BHBAFFEB, Successor to Murray, Young, A 00. jan 19 tfl American guano from jarvis ISLAND.—We Cake pleasure in informing Farmers, Dealers and the pnbllo generally, that, having been 1 ap pointed by the AMERICAN GUANO COMPANY, SOLE AGENTS for the sole of this valuable Fertiliser, in Philadelphia, we are prepared to furnish it in any quantity, from the single' bag or barrel to a ship’s cargo, at the scale of prices adopt ed hy the Company, via: FROM 930 TO B*o PER 2240 POUNDS, according to the amount purchased. Experiments made with Jarvis Island and Peruvian Quanoe upon all kinds of soil, have, in every Instance, re sulted in favor of the former, and we are now enabled to congratulate the Agricultural community upon having within its reach, a GENUINE GUANO, at a reasonable price. The ship REYNARD will shortly arrive at this port, direct from the Islands. We are prepared to take orders for delivery from her cargo,'or from those ol the “ White Swallow ” and “ Flying Eagle." ALLEN A NEEDLES, No. 42 South Wharves, and 41 South Water, st., Philo. Bole Agentsfbr the States of Pennsylvania, New'Jeipey and Delaware. [fob 16 3m i 1859. 1959. Popular trade: in ribbons and MILLINERY GOODS. RIBBONS 1 RIBBONS!! RIBBONS!!! To Merchants, Milliners, Jobbers, Dealers in Ribbons, MU inory Goods, and Cash Bayers in all sections of the country. Tll K CASH RIBBON 11 OUB K , 116 Cbambors street, New York, J N 0 . F A it E K L L tetabliklieii 1868. We hart) originated a new principle—a new era In the Ribbon Trade, whereby we make this business plain, sim ple, and staple as that of Brown Sbeettugs. WE SELL FOR CA.BHI WE BUY FOR CASH! We are satisfied with 6 per cent, profit. Ask no Second Price. Have all our goods marked lu Plain Figures, so that man, woman, and child, “buy alike,” aud receive the value for their money. Our prices for best Taffeta Ribbons, all colors, are No. 1 12 cts. per pie:e. No. 4 35U cts. per piece. .. .. » .. tl “ “ 2 20U *• •• “ U bIU “ “ “ 3 25% “ “ “ I2sl,of}s *• No. 16 $1,47*-<j per piece. We offer Fancy Ribbons, “all styles,’* “all colors,” “all qualities,” at prices defying competition, and FOR CASH ONLY. Our Establishment is the centre of attraction for RIB BONS. ‘-Quick Sales,” “Light Profits,” aud “Good Value,” for cash. ROUCHKB! ROUCHESI! New Styles and Pattern*, at a saving oi 30 PER CENT, from Credit Prices. Examine oar samples, and be con vinced. BLOND LACES, QUILLINGS, AC., AO. Our Hue of these Ooodshiways full. We Import and them at once for 5 per cent, advance. Marked prices on all Goods “in Plain Figures.” A saving of 40 PER CENT, on these goods from Credit Prices. Our intention is to make the Ribbon Trade as staple In regard to prices as domestic goods. To do this we must sell ONE MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF GOODS PER ANNUM! We are Union men. “No North,” “no South.” We Bolicit the patronage of Merchants in every section of the United States, and are the servants of all who favor us with their trade and patronage, t JNO. FARRELL'S CASH RIBBON HOUSE, 110 Chambers street, New York, r. u. waller. Near the Hudson River R. R. Depot, jan II 4m 52 .$ 1 00 . 5 00 . 10 00 . 16 00 . 20 00 . 50 00 Let every body read I> KB. ASHMEAD A STEOK'B HOMasOP A T B 1 0 REMEDIES PBtPiKKD IXPMSSIY FOB DOMSBTIO ÜBS. Every day's observation proves lncontestlbly the rapid growth of Homcßopathy in public favor. The blessings that have flown from the brilliant discoveries of Hahns* rn&nn, are now cooflued to no geographical limits, for within the boundaries of all civilized nations we find mul* ■ titudea of votaries to the Homoeopathic faith. How could i it be otherwise ? The record of her splendid achievements in every known form of disease, stands without a parallel in any otheruystem of medicine ever devised. That the advantages of this plan of treatment may become still more popularized, we have prepared a Catalogue of Homceo pathlc remedies, embracing thirty distinct setts, adapted to the following named complaints, viz: A. Dyspepda, B. Bore Throat or Quinsy, C. Coetivenese, D.* Biles or Hemoorhoids, E* Dlarrhcea, F. Dysentery, G. Cholera Morbus, 11. Liver Complaint, I. Worm Affections, J. Colds, Coughs A Hoarse* K. Whooping Cough, L. Croup, ness, M. Bronchitis, N. Anthmi^ U. Spasmodic Affections, B. Headache and Neuralgia, Q. Erysipelas, R.* Urinary Complaints, S.* Gout, T. Rheumatism, U. Fainting or Swooning, V. Scrofula, W. Chlorosis, X. Whites, or Lencorrhces, Y. Suppressed MenstJ ua tiun, EE. *• Morning Sickness,” UG. General Debility, Prices—single sets Extra sixes, I)*, K*, B*. In submitting oar remedies for the foregoing ailments, we do so with the fullest confidence in their efficacy, doubt not their value will beabandautly appreciated upon a trial of tbeir virtues. Persons afflicted with any of the above complaints, and are desirous of using oar Homoeopathic remedies, will ob serve that each disease has its Alphabetical Index— thus, Whooping Cough, K—Rheumatism, T—Headache and Neu ralgia, P. In asking for the medicines, it is necessary to designate the complaiot, or its index mark. THE bOLE AGENCY for Lancaster city and connty har ing been granted to the nnderrigned for the Bpeciflc Rem died prepared by Drs. Ashmead k Block, he is prepared to sell at wholesale or retail. A LARGE DISCOUNT made to country dealers, who will find it to tbeir advantage to keep these remedies always on hand. For sale in Lancaster city at, W. F. DUNOAN’B, feb 16 tf 6 Centre Square Book Store. POOFISG SLATS. XV Tbe undersigned have on band and are regularly re ceiving fresh supplies of ROOFING SLATE, which they offer on the most favorable terms to consumers. Slate put on by the square or sold by the too. Having none bat the best of workmen, all jobs done by ns are warranted. As we hare arrangements with the best and most approved of the Peach Bottom, York connty, Slate Quarries, we are enabled to offer a quality of Slate that cannot be excelled. Persons who contemplate balldlog.or covering their old Rods, will do well to give ns a call. None of even the inferior qualities in the market sold lower. Also a general sssortment of Hardware, Paints, Oils, Cedar Ware, Saddlery, Cattery, Ac.. Ac. GEORGE M. STEIN MAN A CO., feb 16 6m 5} West King st, Lancaster, Pa. New liquor stork, Opposite Kauffman's Tavern, and half a square south of the Railroad, m h/orth Queen street, Lawastee,Pa Tbe subscriber having opened a liquor store. Is prepared to furnish all kinds of Foreign and Domestic Liquors, wholesale and retail at the lowest cub prices. HU stock consists of WINKS, BRANDIES, GINS, m*l RUM, WHEAT, MALT, IHi POTATOEand RYE WHISKEYS, <*o. Having been engaged in the distilling business for up wards.bf twenty years, he Is able to furnish Genuine BYE WHISKEY of every yearns manufacture (except 8 rear*,) since 1642. He has also a lot of Potato and Halt WnUtey made in I 860; and Currant and Catawba Grape Wine made In 1853. Persona wishing Liquors lor medicinal or mechani cal purposes, can be supplied with the genuine article. LKYI W. QBOIF. tflO SEND 4 STAMPS FOR A SPECIMEN OF "NEWS FROM BOMB." A complete summary of the latest intelligence received from .England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the British Possessions in every part of the. World, and devoted to Politics, Literature, Science, Art, History, Ac., Ac. ENGLISHMEN, IRISHMEN, SCOTCHMEN, . WELSHMEN, anpport roar own family paper, and welcome the, NEWS. PROM HOME, which is published every THURSDAY and forwarded postage free tor ; Two Dollars for one year. One Dollar for six months. Fifty cento tor three months. Parties, getting up elnbs are allowed 26 per sent tor ' their trouble. , • . Postmasters and eetabUanedNews Dealers si’s atitncgrlaed to act as Agents. ,■ , . TOWNDRON A DAY, fidltoeaand Proprietors, NewVJork, I|ll NO 16. Z. Profuse and Paioful Men struation, S¥. Complaint* of Infancy, HU. Paiusaodfititchesintne Side or Cheat. 26 cent*. 5O eenta.
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