JB»sT»i<£3,>-r £—-- : ■-. ..w _. • ~ . ;.-.l' " *S--: •”*' • •* ' " • • • • ■ ''■.uS' 1 - (T * VOL. LXIII. THE LANCASTER INTELLIGENCER, hidden by clouds and in & little while a ?iissii> *rar tox9d&t, ATVO. BVOMH dim sttiiY, [drenching ahower of rain commenced to by gko. gAHDKBSOir. i fail. I now actually looked with kind- TB& Hs . | ness on old bine cotton for the protecting ££ I fl \ elter . il was affording me, as I should . .«*■ p*id,'nDirt* at thaopttoa of the Editor. { otherwise have been wet to the skin, which X&ZSA Z | wonld have been anything but comfortable, dotUr.Md Mat* for <Bch additional luer-1 not to take into consideration’the soiling tloo. Tho&e 6f groat., I.ngth !u proportion. J of a faahionable Bait 0 £ olothes J had tb ° t i d »y for the firafc Ume d°nnod. . the ahorteyt aotiea. ' • Well, Ihsunot proceeded far under ‘ j my ample shelter, when I observed and j pame up, to a young lady who was nnpro : teoted from the rain, and was hurrying i along much disconcerted. I offered her a j share of my umbrella and was most grati fied when she frankly and unhesitatingly i accepted. After continuing our way for I some distance in silence, 1 made bold to ] inquire how far off she resided, and on : being informed I begged her permission to : conduct her safely home, assuring her that it wonld be no tronble whatever. This led to an agreeable conversation, by whioh I discovered that she was an accomplished . and\horoughly educated young lady. Her ; conversation was sprightly, sparkling and i witty, her voice sweet and melodious, ad j ded to whioh she possessed a charming face, , beantiful for its heavenly-like innoeent 1 expression, and a graoeful figure of mid dling stature. j ‘ But I will not say any more of her pre possessing qualities, at least for the present. Suffice it to say that before I had walked a half-mile I was completely infat uat§d with her—in fact in love at first sight, if you will. In a little time we reached her home. It was. a neat two ‘ story frame oottage where she and her i widowed mother resided alone, on a small but cornfot table inherited maintenance. I pulled the bright brass bell-knob for her, ; and when the door was opened by a nice, tidy serving-girl, she hesitated on the stoop and then deeply blushed. I can see her now in ‘my mind’s eye’ as she stood there, divided in her mind whether to invite me to enter or not. I turned to i depart; she then timidly said, as though j ] seized by a sudden resolution. ‘ Will you not walk in, sir V ‘lt was the very thing I was longing for, and 1 eagerly 'accepted tho invitation. Ushering me into a snug little parlor, and excusing herself, she left me alone fo con template the adventure. After glancing around the room and notioing some works of art and several fine water-colorings and oil-paintings, 1 was about to lose myself in meditation, when a comely, matron-like looking lady entered the room and most kindly greeted me, saying : ‘ ‘ Sir reoeive my sinoere thanks for your kindness to my daughter. Though you are a stranger, from your address and ap pearance I feel oonfident you are a gentle man ’ * SINGLE. What a fancy world la this, To to sore—to be sare; What a changeful world is.this, To to sare. What a fanny world is this, Where everything’s amiss, And we find no perfect bliss To endure—to endure, i And we fiod no perfect bliss To endare. “ A moment fortune smiles,” Ah, how true; ah, bow true! A moment fortune smiles, Ah, how true! A moment fortune .smiles, And our happiness beguiles, But soon ber oruel Wiles We must rue —we must ruo ; Ave! soon ber cruel wiles We must rue. Ob! philosophy, great shade, Where art thou—where art thou ? Philosophy, great shade, Where art thou ? Philosophy, great shade, How often I have prayed That thy soothing nand were laid On my brow—on my brow ; That thy soothing hand were laid On my brow. I gaze upon the throng Bushing by—-rushing by, I gaze upon the throng BnshiDg by. I gaze upon the throng, And the universal song Is, self-interest, right or wrong ; What oare I—what care I, Is self-interest right or wrong, What oare I ? 'Tis an easy thing, I ween, To be just—to be just; ’Tis an honest thing, I ween, To be just. ’Tis an honest thing, I ween, But such is seldom seen, ’Til policy, so keen, Says we mast—says we must, ’Til polioy, so keen, Says we must. As we journey on the way, Should we find—should we find, As we journey by the way, Should we find; While we journey by the way, Should we find some soul astray, Let’s point him fair, and say Something kind—something kind; Let’s point him fair, and say Something kind. Poor wanderers in the night Though we be—though we be, Poor gropers in the night Though we be. Poor searchers in the night, Let us strive to find the height* That alwavs guides aright, Those who'll see —those who’ll see. That always guides aright Those who’ll see. How bright this world would be We should find—we should find, How bright this world, would be We should find; How bright this world would be If we struggled to agree, And bad more charity For our kind—for our kind, Oh ! had more oharicy .For our kind. ‘ I thanked hgr for her good opinion, and told her the service I had rendered her daughter was but that whioh any gentle man would offer to any lady under the cir cumstances. She enquired my najne, and upon being informed she evinced great sur prise. Observing that 1 noticed her agita tion, she asked me if 1 was related to Rich ard Marshall, the banker. When I assur ed her I was his son, she sighed, as she remarked that she was intimate, years ago, with the olass of refined society of which she considered Richard Marshall so bright an ornament, bat that time makes great changes, and the world uses some roughly. However, she said, in a more cheerful voice, ‘ Contented hearts were always happy, even though clouds of darkness did sometimes obscure the sun of prosperity from them ; and that those who followed the right path would always find gleams of sunshine to direct and guide them through all adversity and trouble, as she had most truly found by experience.’ , ‘ I was singularly impressed with her manner and language, though you know I was not then muoh given to moralizing. 1 was determined to learn her misfortune, for 1 was confident she had seen better days. At this moment the daughter entered and seated herself opposite to me, and we all were soon engaged in a conversation upon the general topics of the day. ‘ After remaining nearly two hours, and as evening was now near, I arose to depart, but they gave me suoh a kind and sinoere invitation to take tea with them, that I had not the heart to refuse, even though 1 had wished. I need not tell you how agreeable 1 endeavored to make myself, how pleas antly the time passed, and how I reoeived another invitation to visit them again and again, and beoame an intimate friend. ‘ But what was I then ? A dissipated, recklesß young man, oaring only for the wild pleasures of life—for the drinking saloon, the gaming-table and the society of the most dissolute. Yet my heart was not wholly adamantized. There was some good left in it still. It was not yet turned to stone and entirely lost to love and vir tue. How many young men I have seen, ‘Well!’ he exclaimed, and the merry by dissipation and indolence cast out from smile of former years again lighted his society, home and friends, resign them - really handsome face, ‘ yog didn’t expect selves to a life of orime and debauchery, to find me alive and kicking eh V and in the end meet a drunkard’s grave ‘ Most assuredly I did uot, Dick ! But or a gambler’s terrible fate—a violent tell me what or who it was brought about death! I calmly contemplated that life, this wonderful miracle, for you were far thought of the many who were going gone when I last saw you, and I often headlong to certain ruin, and I shuddered, shuddered when I contemplated your pro- What, if I continued in that same road, bable fate. Did you suddenly come to would be the inevitable consequences 1— your sober senses one fine morning and Was I a proper man to love and wed Grace remember you were a man ?or was it the Hartwell I—l thought! And thought, <_dootrine or preaching of Father Matthew oa ' m ! serious thought, saved me ; for as I 'or somebody else in that way V , thought, these subjects arose before me ‘No!’ he quietly said, ‘but light like huge mountains and hid her from me, another segar and I’ll tell yon all about an( i then I knew I loved her! it? . It will interest you, I know.’ ‘ I was determined to reform, and im- Lighting a fine Havana and oomfortably mediately, for I felt that proorastination . sealing myself opposite Dick, he related to ; would breed danger, and dark presages - me the following somewhat romantic his- : gave me certain evidence that if I contin tory of his salvation. : ued it would not belong before I found ‘•lt was one sultry afternoon,’ he com- \ the road to a drunkard’s grave. I thanked menoed, ‘in the summer of 1855, as 1 was God that I yet might be saved. trudging my way along to an old maiden j «This determination to commence re aunt^ of; mme, to returm an umbrella form q therefore pnt into immediate exeou _ which some of the folks had borrowed of tion . for q felt that thongh not u d P K ar 1 » h , aVe . t 0 the 80ul > it would be hazardous for everything returned to her, no matter how me to tie to myself for life, even if I could, Hnd pVnrp 18 um^ r f lla WSB .°, ne of the a young and innocent being, until I was far oM fafhbn^ 8 u \ 6 b r a f gU ' ful1 ? convinced that I was entirely free lar old-fashioned, knob-handied, heavy fromvioe. I felt certain that if I could br»i r bo w n b e ;ch ra T a ‘ bOUnd ’ blue - o ° tton , u ®- retire from my loose and injurious com- LhLmed fn LLTb 9 T L o ° Dfo,mdedl y -panions and their influence, there was hope T g \ the n raet ’ ea - for me, for my strong, love for Grace had ' “JL" a *, a ! l ?, ar , d *y- wasm-: instilled into my breast an overwhelming r h« fhfl peering: desire to return to toe right path. Shf : heat Bat h we h do g n’t a?wT« r ng with . was Worantof the dissolufe mode of life 1" always have sun- I had led, and I was fearful lest she should d «OPY« it. tout:shd would Well, .we all must plod oar way While we’ve breath—while we’ve breath, We all must plod oar way While we’ve breath. We all must plod oar way, Aad our destinies obey, Until at length we stray Unto death—unto death, Until at length we stray Unto death. “ SUCH.” AS HE SAW IT. Sneh ribbons and roses, such ringlets of hair; Such feathers and flounces, so white and so fair ; ’Boohrosy fanedcheeks, such teeth and Bach eyes; Such a snowy white neck, of such delioate size; ';Sach a bit ora waist, such a love of a hand ; Such a foot, such an ankle, such an air of grace, and ’ Booh “ a line figure of a woman.” AS SHE SAW IT, Such a fair, manly brow, such a modest moustache ; I Such a sweet winning way, no swagger or dash ; ! Such Jove-lighted eyes, suoh an aquiline nose; : Bueha-neok, sneh a neck-tie, such nice fltting clothes ; Such an air all at ease, such a model of grace; Such alorm, such a figure, such a beautiful face; Suoh a gem of the speeies of human. AS SOME BOD IT EI..SE SAW IT. Suoh a swell of a chap, sneh a gay flaunting belle; Nome brains, but'more hair, no wisdom to sell; Sneh near-sighted eye-glasses, astride sneh a nose; Such an earnest desire for the largest of “shows.” "Snoh motions, such gestures, so vulgar and rude ; Bach a pompous young snipe, suoh a mincing young prude; So queer is the human vision. from the New X’ork Atlas. Dick Marshall’s Danger; and : How He was Saved. BT THOMAS WM. PITTMAN. I had lost sight of Diok Marshall for a number of years. When I left for the frontier, he was pursuing a wild and reck less com se or dissipation in the oity, and 1 bad predicted, if he.continued in it, and there seemed no prospeot of his reforming, that he would be early laid in a drunkard’s grave. So, when I returned to the oity after an absence of some half-a-dozen years, and learned that Diok was not only alive, bnt married and getting along splendidly, I sincerely rejoiced, for I liked-Diok, and I hastened to hunt him up. “THAT COUNTRY IB THE HOST PROffIfBBOTB WHKU LABOR 00HHAHD8 THB flanwr UWABD.’ 1 LANCASTER CITY. PA«. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1862. | ded place far away from the town and all ! its temptations. ‘lt was on a bright September morning that I- took my leave of Grace, giving her my destination, bnt no hint of my motive except the unexplained plea of necessity. Oh! that parting ! What worlds of joy it gave me ! She made no protestations, bnt as she uttered the word ‘ Farewell !’ her voiee trembled with emotion, and a. bright tear , foie a moment glistened in her eye, and then silently stole down her-fair da-: mask cheek. ' Oh! what an exquisitely happy moment that’ was to me! I knew that she loved me now, and I vowed to be oome worthy of her pare love. And as I saw_ the loving look beaming from her heavenly deep bine eyes, I mnrmnred with Motherwell : ‘ Endearing t endearing ! Why so endearing Are those dark, lustrous eyes, Through their silk 1 ashes peering ? They love toe—they love me— Deeply, sincerely— And more than aught else on earth I love them dearly! ’ ‘ I had selected a secluded retreat about one hundred miles from the oity, and over ten from any town or village. I took a good selection of books to while away the dull hours, if by ohance they ofcne upon me, with an abundance of sporting imple ments. for fish or fowl to dispel ennui. It was an old and commodious farm-house, and its situation was perfectly delightful, surrounded as it was by wood and dale, near a fine stream of water, where fishing was plentiful and all kinds of game in abundance. ‘ Twice a week I rode on horseback to the nearest village to post and receivelet ters from my most dear and intimate friends. Grace wrote regularly to me and Ito her. What endearing thoughts were interchanged by us, burning with love and hope and poetry. Oh 1 how I longed to see her—how I wished she was with me in my solitude, and when in the evening I took a stroll through the grand old tinted woods and along the grassy banks of the noble lake, I wished for a companion to whom I could communicate my thoughts. ‘ I had often observed in my lonely strolls a young man usually sitting on a large mossy rook under a huge old oak tree near the lake, who was always deep in study with a book. I often watched him from the opposite bank for hoars to gether, as he sat wrapt in silent study, seemingly uneonsoious of anything else. 1 made inquiries concerning him, and learned that he was a young miniate?, who had lately graduated from college and was preparing to take oharge of the village ohureb. 1 determined to make his acquaintance, for he was the very person I wanted to advise and counsel with. ‘ I introduced myself to him one fine morning, and found him to possess all those manly virtues whioh ennoble and exalt mankind, and whieh gain the love and esteem of all their fellow-men. To him I laid open my heart, and reoeived his sympathy and soothing oonsolation. Our intercourse became almost constant, and each day 1 found something good and new in him to admire. ‘ I was present at his first sermon in publio, and as he arose in the pulpit to commence, his frame trembled his voice faltered, and he oould soarcely dis tinctly articulate a word, he was so ner vous. But as he progressed he seemed to beoome inspired; his words now flowed without hesitancy—his eloqnenoe became grand and his voioe intoned by the sweet est melody, and I never listened to a more satisfactory and classic sermon, thongh it was delivered to a small conntry congre gation. From him I received a holy balm, for the sweetness and power of his persua sion was irresistible : “ ‘ Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff remained to pray.’ ‘ I remained here until late antnmn, when I returned home. Yon oan imagine the joy with which my family reoeived me; it was like the retnrn of the prodigal son, and new life and new hopes were infused into all of ns. I had arranged that Grace and myself should be married by my friend, who willingly resigned his duties and his studies for a brief period and came to the oity. All preparations were com pleted : the wedding day arrived. Grace looked more beautiful and good than I had uver beheld her; and when all our friends had gathered in the little parlor of her mother’s cottage, Grace and I stood before the good man and ‘ Spoke those words, and vow'd those vows, Which bind the husband to his bride.’ ‘ And that wedding sealed my seourity from dissipation and temptation. Graoe is as good as she is beautiful—the sunshine of happiness ever beams upon our paths— the flowers of peace, plenty and content ment bloom around our hearts as brightly now as on our wedding day, and I trust in God it may always be so.’ 1 Amen to that, Dick !’ I exclaimed, as the door opened and his young wife ap peared. She was all he had so glowingly pictured her, and all that Cowper wrote: 1 Graceful and useful in all she does, Blessing and blest where’er she goes; Pare bosomed as the water-glass, And heaven refleoted in her face. ’ And thus, through the power of woman’s gentle love, and the intervention of an umbrella, Diok Marshall was saved. Habit op Exaggeration.— ‘ I will skin you alive if you do that again,’ ex claimed a mother to a naughty child. It was a sort of hyperbolical expression that has crept into frequent' use, with the multitnde of expressions of similar char acter. She did not mean that she would flay her little one as a butcher would a calf or lamb. The execution of her own threat would fill her own soul with horror. She would not have strength to make to much progress in the very barbarous work of Bkinning her child alive. It would not be motherly. ‘ I will whip you.within an inch of your life,’ said a father to his erring son. This wonld be a terrible whipping indeed. Com ing so near death's door with the rod would be revolting. But he did not mean this.— He only meant he wonld administer a very severe chastisement. No one wonld be more oareful than he not to jeopardise the life of his son. His expression was only a form of exaggeration whioh sooiety seems to tolerate. How many precisely snoh speeches are made in almost every oirole. ‘it was done quiok .as lightning.’ .‘ It is as cold as Greenland.’ There ia no end to snoh ex pressions. And they indicate .that the ihahit pfepyaggegkjiM iq the. hhman .family ie,,yei^.,stppßg fct Jpmah k&gm “ defld < * reason that snoh strange atones are told, often becoming magnified to such an extent; after passing . through several hands. ‘ A story loses nothing by travel ingis an old saying. It usually grows, like a ball whieh school-fellows roll. .Every tongue that: repeats it gives it additional turning over, by whieh it accumulates. None mean to exaggerate. ’ It is a fanlt however, is it not 1 May it not be a sin ? It is entirely deceptive to tell a child that yon would skin him alive, when yon have no idea of perpetrating the .infernal deed. Should we not talk as we mean ? Let oar yea be yea and nay nay. —■ At least this should be done to ohildren. Plain English. —The English lan guage is powerful in its expressiveness, when used in its simplicity, and becomes weakened, ’ in proportion only to the amount of grandiloqnenoe, extravagance, and exaggeration in whioh iHs .employed by,so many at the present day. Educators of yonth, fall into this extrav agant style, very frequently, and are gnilty of inflicting a grievous error on their pn pils. It should not be forgotten, that the more learned the: man, the plainer and more simple his manner of employing words. The grandest thoughts ever con ceived have been expressed in the simplest forms of speech—frequently in monosyl lables. .‘Let there be light, and there was light,’ is a striking example of the power of simple speech. Let us compare a few examples of plain English with some of the < Modern im provements ’ on our mother tongue:— Whioh do. you prefer, fellew teacher—a large room well lighted, or an extensive apartment, effectively illuminated ? A man going home, or an individual prooeediug to his residence ? A house burned over the way, or an awful conflagration of a domi oil on the opposite side of the street ? By some legerdemain, men become ‘ in dividuals ’ —woman ‘ fair sex ’ —people never go, bat always ‘ prooeed ’ —never feel, but ‘ experience a sensation.’ When will this sublime nonsense, in the use of the English language, cease ? Not while teachers indulge in it. Mind What You Sat Before Chil- DREN.-It isalways well to avoid saying any thing that is inproper, bat it is especially so before ohildren, and here parents, as well as others, are often in fanlt. Chil dren have as many ears as grown persons, and they are generally more attentive to what is said before them. What they hear they are very apt to repeat; and as they have no disorotion and not snfficient knowledge of the world to disguise any thing, it is generally found that < ohildren and fools speak the truth.’ See that boy’s eyes glisten while you speak of a neighbor in language that you .would not have repeated. He does not fully under stand what yon mean, bat he will remem ber every word ; and it will be strange if he does not cause you to blush by the repetition. A gentleman wsb in the habit of call ing at a neighbor’s house, and the lady had always expressed to him much pleas ure in seeing him. One day, just after she had remarked to him her happiness from his visit, the little boy entered the room. The gentleman took him on one of his knees, and asked : ‘ Are you glad to see me, George V ‘ No sir,’ replied the boy. ‘Why not,’ my little man?’ he continued ‘ Because mother don’t want you to come,’ said George. Here the mother looked daggers at her little son, and become orimson. But he saw nothing. < Indeed! how do you know that Geoage ?’ ‘ Beoause she Baid yesterday that she wished that old bore would not call again.’ The gentlemen’s hat was soon in requi sition, and he left with the impression, ‘ Great is the truth ; it will prevail.’ A boy onoe asked a gentleman who it was that lived next door to him ; and when he heard the name, inquired if he was not a fool. ‘ No, my little friend, he is not a fool but a very sensible - man. But why did yon ask the question ?’ ‘ Because,’ replied the boy, ‘ mother said the other day that you were next door to a fool; and I wanted to know who lived next door to you.’ < Mother sent me,’ said a little girl to a neighbor, 1 to ask you to oome and take tea with her this evening.’ * Did she say at what time my dear V ‘No ma’am ; she only said she would ask you, and then the thing would be off her mind ; that’s all she said.’ Ibish Bowie-Knives. —Many years ago I was sitting in the criminal court of Philadelphia, the judges of whioh were Barton, Conrad and Doran. The'case then before them was for receiving stolen goods, and the criminal was a big, double-fisted Irishman, who had kept a sort of second hand old-iron store down in North Water street, whom the police had been spotting for some time. His establishment was un doubtedly a regular school for young rogues. Bob Soott was prosecuting; and the glibness with whioh the defendant’s wit nesses accounted for the existence of vari ous articles charged in the indiotment as stolen, rather alarmed Bob ; he feared they would swear his case away, and a great villain would esoape. Bob had a pride that way, and it seldom suffered a fall. A very pretty Irish girl was oalled to the stand—daughter of the prisoner. She pro ceeded to give an acoount of how every thing had come in possession of her father, whioh .he was charged with receiving, knowing them to have been stolen. Among other things was a lot of bowie knives. ‘ Now Bridget,’ said Scott, 1 You say your father had these knives long before he came to Philadelphia. Now tell the jury, on yonr oath, where he bought them.’ ‘ Sure, your honor, he niver bought thim at all, at all. They were a part of my mother's fortin, and we brought them wid us froih ould Ireland.” It is scarcely necessary to add that this kind of swearing was not swallowed by the jury. The Difference.— Parson D— , Or thodox,of Marblehead, liked a joke ;so did Pargon A—, Baptist. The latter being near'the ; farmer’s honse, when a shower ojune up, called on Parson D. and request? ed the loan of an umbrella. 1 thought,’ said Parson D, s that yen liked voter.’— ‘BdrPdbJ’Saidtbeßtotist,' ‘bntPwisbto iWfwy.. B '.’' J'.vi ~v THE BATTLE OF MARENGO. by john s. c.Abbott. When Napoleon returned from Egypt, the latter part of the year 1797, he found republican Franoe assailed, both by sea and land, "by the Combined fleets and armies both of Engfand and Austria. The peril of France was so great that dictatorial .power seemed essential for its salvation, Napoleon, by general acclaim, was plaoed at the head of the government, with the title of Consul. - His first act was to write to both Eog -1 and and Austria, imploring peace. Both governments contemptuously refused to heed his appeal. An Austrian army 150,- 000 strong was on the banks of the' Rhine, menacing the Northern provinces of France Napoleon placed 150,000 veterans, - the elite of the Frenoh army, under the com mand of Morean, and sent them to repel these invaders. The work was effeotnally accomplished in the great battle of Hohen linden. The Austrian General Melas, with 140,- 000 men, was marching upon Franoe through western Italy. He had already reached the plains from whioh the Alps ascend, and was preparing to penetrate Franoe through the undefended defiles. Napoleon formed the plan of presenting no resistance to the head of those formida ble Columns, but secretly to cross the Alps, where his passage would not be thought of, and to assail the foe unexpectedly, and with overwhelming energy in the rear. Sixty-five thousand troops were assem bled, at points on the eastern frontier of Franoe, where they could attract but little observation, but from whioh, at a few hours notioe they could be oonoentrated at the contemplated rendezvous at Dijon. From this station, at the foot of the Alps, almost with a rush they were to oross the pass of the Great Saint'Bernai d, and to sweep down like an avalanche upon the Austrian hosts. The minutest details of the expedition were arranged with the utmost care, that there should be no possibility of failure. Immense magazines of provisions were collected. An ample amount of gold was plaoed in the army ohest to hire the peas ants, with their mules, to aid in*dragging the guns over the pass. Meohahic shops rose, as by magic, all along the way, to repair promptly every possible breakage. The ammunition was Btored in small boxes, whioh could be transported on the baoks of mules. Hospitals were established on both sides of the pass. .On the summit of the mountain is a oonventof world-wide renown. The monks were provided with an ample supply of bread and cheese and a oup of wine to present to eaoh soldier as he passed. Napoleon superintended all these details, while, at the same time he arranged all the comprehensive combinations of the campaign. As the precipitous path could only be trod in single file, the carriages were taken to pieces, and slung on poles, carried by men. Large pine logs were split and hollowed out, so that the heavy guns oould be fastened in the grooves, and thus they were dragged by a long string of mules, in single file. When the mules failed a hundred men were harnessed to a single gun. The summit of the pass is eight thousand feet above the sea. The distance across, from the plains of France to the plains of Italy, is twenty miles. Though there were several disasters by the way, and not a few lost their lives, the feat, which had been deemed impossible, was accomplished, and the army appeared, as if it bad descended from the olouds upon the plains of Italy traversing the banks of Aosta. The Austrians, who were eagerly crowding upon the frontiers of France, had no conception of the peril thus gathering in their rear. Melas heard the tidings, and, alarmed, began to concentrate his forces. Napoleon gave him not a moment of leisure. To Lannes and Murat he issued the order, ‘ Gather immediately your divisions at Stradello. You will have on your hands fifteen or eighteen thousand Austrians. Meet them and out them to pieces. It will be so many enemies less on the day of decisive battle we are to expect with the entire army of Melas.’ The prediction was true. Lannes and Murat encountered 18,000 of the foe at Montebello, strongly posted with batteries which swept the plain. The Frenoh sol diers, inspired by. the almost miraonlous power, with which Napoleon infused his own spirit into his troops, appeared to pay no regard to shot or shell. Though but eight thousand in number they rushed upon the entrenched foe. ‘At the first discharge of the hostile batteries,’ said Lannes, ‘ I could hear the bones crash in my division like glass in a hail storm.’ For nine hours the oarnage Continued. Just as the Austrians were routed, and were flying before their victors, Napoleon appeared on the field. Lannes had been the hero of this bloody day. As he stood amidst mounds of the dead, Napoleon grasped his hand with a smile of gratitude, and conferred upon him the title of the Duke of Montebello. Four days after this, Napoleon with bnt 30,000 men, encountered Melas with 40,- 000 troops upon the plain, of Marengo. The Austrian force inoluded 7,000 cavalry and2oo pieces of artillery. The Frenoh Gen Desaix, with 6,000 men, was nearly thirty miles from the field. Fortunately, when reolining in bis tent he heard the first crash of the battle, as it came booming over the fields like distant thunder. His troops were instantly on the march, and j ‘ You see, my friend,’ he continued,' they pressed forward with all possible I ‘ I’ve got several shipments of this article speed to the aid of their comrades. , consigned to me, and this is only a simple All the day long Napoleon held his iof it. I ezpeot to make a splendid specu gronnd against a foe outnumbering him two i lation out of it, and to control the market, to one. It was how three o’olook in the 1 before my lease expires.’' afternoon. The contending hosts were ! ‘ The devil yon do V within pistol shot of each other, and in 1 ‘ Oh, yes,’ said ‘ Washoe,’ with the nt many oases blending in the fiercest fight, i most nonohaladhe ; ‘ I shouldn’t wonder if On parts of the field the Freneh, exhausted I should get a contract to supply the army and overpowered, were retiring in con- j with it.’ fusion, pursued and out down by the ‘ You shouldn’t, eh? Well, in oase you oavalry of the foe. Napoleon by his per. shouldn’t get a contraot to supply the army sonal supremacy, still held a few squares 1 you intend to make this your depot, I pro* together, slowly, reluctantly, but in good sumo V order retiring, while the victorious Austri- j ‘ Certainly, on the strength of this arti ans closely followed them, ploughing their de l hope to realize quite a sum.’ ranks with two hundred pieoes of artillery.! ‘lf you realize' a sum commensurate Melas doubted not that he had gained the with its strength,’ angrily suggested 'the day,: and despatched couriers' throughout auctioneer, <it will be quite a sain!’: Europe to announee his .viotpry. 1 That’s my idea, too’; what a coinoir Just then the solid columns, of Desaix denoe ?’ appeared, impetuously entering the plain. ■ The auctioneer saw-he: had-icanght .ia Eesanc oast an anxionß glance, over the; tartar, and foresaw ruin to his business if •opnfhsiph .around him, and upon the: themheese oontinli^’tosWiye he was. broken,, h|eeding and .retreating battalions -too shrewd' bunpelfnbt to kuftw. Wsfr-. toped to the pomt r where ‘ Nspoleonßtood, s £ •>&& ■ ' .scctaT osav&S. *ia •fsairasS j enveloped in the smoke and dust of the eonfliot. ‘ I see,* said Desaix, ‘ that the battle is lost. I can do no more for you, I suppose, than to cover your retreat.-’ ‘ By no means,’Napoleon replied. ‘ The battle I trust is gained. Charge with your column. The disordered troops will rally in your rear.’ Desaix, at the head of his division, made an impetuous charge upon the front of the advancing foe. At the same Bine Keller man received an order to charge the foe in flank with his cavalry.■■■The'change was like one of magic. In an instant the whole aspeot of the field was transformed. Those on the retreat were partially rallied by the voice of Napoleon, as he rode along their broken ranks. ‘My friends,’ said he, ‘we.have re treated far enough. It is now our turn to advance. Beoolleot that I am in the habit of sleeping on the field of battle.’ The Frenoh now raised shouts of victory, which rose above the'thunders of the can nonade. A panic, and a well founded one, now pervaded the ranks of the Austrians. In the wildest confusion they broke and fled. They were-pursued, out down, and trampled beneath the iron hoofs of Keller man’s dragoons. W hen the sun went down behind the distant Alps, after witnessing twelve hours of this frightful oarnage, more than twenty thousand human beings were strewn upon the plain, weltering in blood, The rout of Melas was so entire that escape was hopeless, and he was at the mercy of his viotor. Napoleon rode over the field, and gazed sadly at the aspeot of misery spread everywhere around him. As some ambulanoes passed him laden with the mutilated formß of the wounded, he stopped and uncovered his head, saying : ‘ We oannot but regret not being wound ed', like these unhappy men, that we might share their sufferings.’ Under the influence of suoh feelings he took a pen, upon the gory field, and 'Wrote as follows to the Emperor of Austria • ‘ Siee : It is on the field of battle, amid the sufferings of a multitude of wounded, and surrounded by fifteen thousand corpses, that I beseech your majesty to listen to the voioe of humanity, and not to suffer two brave nations to out each other’s throats for interests not their own. It is Uiy part to press this upon your majesty, being upon the very theatre of war. Your majesty’s heart oannot feel it as keenly as does mine.’ The letter was long and eloquent, but unavailing. England and Austria still continued the strife until the Frenoh armies, within sight of the steeples of Vi enna, compelled a peace. Limburger Cheese; or, A Strong Way of Paying Rent. It is admitted on all hands, especially in Washoe, that some of the sharpest, outest and farseeingest ousstomere to be mot hail from San Francisco, The subject of this screed belongs to this class, and our hero is the daddy of them all. When he went to Washoe he had more ‘feet’ to sell, and sold more fortune-seekers, than any dele gate our city had there. He returned home the other day, and before long had half a dozen irons in the fire. One of his specnlations has a touoh of fun in it, and will probably do to tell. A well-known anctioneer, on the corner of Battery and Front streets, holds forth tri-weekly in a large salesroom whioh is above a fine spa oious basement, eligible for storage. This basement, at the time of which we write, was unocoupied, and the bill, ‘ To Bent,’ on the door, denoted the want of a tenant. Our friend from Washoe saw the plaoard and a speculation at once. He entered, and took a lease of the premises for three months. The day after the lease had been executed, a number of ourious-looking boxes were carted to the door and stored in the basement. The next day the auc tioneer had a large sale, and his room was crowded with customers; but before he had got fairly warmed to his knooking-down buisiness an intolerable odor began to per meate the apartment. The olfaotories of the knight of the hammer were evidently not peouliar, for his customers beoame res tive ; handkerchiefs were pressed to noses, and sundry expressions of disgust assured him that the air was horribly foul every where. At length the atmosphere thick ened, and various jooular suggestions about cutting it with a knife, accompanied with the ‘ ontting off ’ of the speakers, roused the auctioneer to the fact that his sale was being very Eeriously injured. It was evi dent that the aroma came from the base ment, a faot whioh was out by the auctioneer following his nose in that direction. Here he found our Washoe friend, coat off and up to his arm-pits in work. A number of boxes had been opened; and scattered over the floor, some cut in two and others denuded of their can vas coverings, were several juioy packages of Limburger cheese. "Uf course this dis covery at onoe explained the aromatic mys tery. Auctioneer was savage with rage. He wouldn’t allow such offensive articles to be stored in his basement. They must be re- moved at once. ‘ Washde ’ was not of the same mind ; he had leased the premises for the purpose of storing merchandise— ‘ And if Limburger cheese,’ said he, with a slight twinkle of his eye, ‘is «not merchandise, what the devil is it V 1 It may come under the head of mer. ohandise,’ replied the auctioneer; ‘ but if you’re going to make my place smell like a hog-ranche, I want you to leave.’ ‘ Washoe ’ conld’t think of it. leav6-in consideration of* hnndspmsbenus, whioh w» gladly paid can oeled and - the Limburger cheese taken away. ' •. We have not been informed as to where that oheea has beonremoved; but if« W ashoe ’ hasn’t leased-abasement on,the east side of Montgomery streetj flomewhere be tween California and Saorainento, then a sewer has ‘ broke loose,’ that’s all. —San Francisco Morning: Cdll. v. .y PaKrar Good Joes. —A; Itqndbn (O.) paper tells a pretty good bheidf./an old bachelor of that place, who wahpreabnt at a butter-fair reoently held-in' wal town. A lady who enjoys a joke him if he woald like to see the milking maehine. one of which was On^eiihibition. The gentleman, of course eigtiifie&kis aa sent, when Mrs. ■' conducted him to a far oorner of the room, where a very young person was drawing sustenanoe from the maternal fount; and-pointing to the oherub, Mrs. ——:—- said that thatwas one of the most perfeot arangements for the use in question eyer invented. Suoh a roar of laughter followed as was likely to bring down the plastering. rrHB naSOASTBR ISTBIiLIOBSaSB 1 JOB PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT, No. 8 NORTH DUKE STREET, LANOASXBB, PA. Tho Jobbing Department li thoroughly ftunUhnt with new and elegant type of every description, and If under the charge of a practical and experienced. Job 1 Printer.*” The Proprietors are prepared to PRINTOHECKS, NOTES, LEGAL BLANKS, . CABDS AND CIRCULARS. BILL HEADS AND HANDBILLS, - * PROGRAMMES' AND PtiBTfißB, PAPER BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS, " ... - BALL TICKETS AND INVITATI6NB, PRINTING IN COLORS:AND PLAIN PRINTING, with neatness, accnracymnd di&patcb,on the most reasons* ble terms, ana in a manner not excelled byany establish ment in the city. 49" Orders from a distance, by w»fl or. otherwise, promptly attended to. Address GEO. SANDERSON k SON,- Intelligencer Offlos, No. 8 North Duke street, iAncaiter, Pa. QPENING OF NEW SPRING GOODS* JUST RECEIVED, direct from New York and PhlUdel phiti, a choice lot ot NEW SPRING DRESS GOODS. Shepherd’s Plaids of every variety. Also, a large lot of NEW CHINTZES, Purchased at low prices tor cash, which we guarantee to sell at prices that will DEFY COMPETITION. BEST ENGLISH' CHINTZEB... BEST MERRIM AOOHINTZEB. BEST AMERICAN CHINTZES. BEST COCHEOO CHINTZES... BEST PACIFIC CHINTZ 88 BEST SPRAGUE CHINTZES... BE§T MOURNING CHINTZES. ALSO, Large lot of good, heary Domestic GINGHAMS, 12U eta.; Good Apron Ginghams and Cheeks, 12W. cents; Good Bleached and Unbleached MUSLINS, one yaiM wide,'l2*4 cents; Cotton Fiannels. 1214 cents. NOt7lB THE TIME TO BUY. A full Hue of BLACK SILKS, cheap. New Styles of SPRING DRESS GOODS Of every variety and quality, OPENING iDAILY. WENTZ BROS., No. 5 East King Stmt. mar 13 tf 10] “ THERE IS NO SUCH WORD AS PAIL." J'ABKANT'S Compound Extract or V UB E B 3 A N D CrO PAI B A This preparation is particularly' recommended (o the MEDICAL PROFESSION and the PUBLIC, as combining, in the most convenient and efficacious form, the" well establiahed virtues and properties of Oabebs and Oopaiba. For the speedy and eflectual relief aud cure of all SEXUAL DISEASES, it may Justly-be considered one of the greatest aud most valuable discoveries in the annals- of medicine, frequently effecting a cure in three or fbnr days. In its preparations an extractor ai.paste, the usual nauseons taste is avoided, and it Is, consequently, never Ibhnd to interfere with the dlgestioo, while, from Its greater.? on centration, the dose is much reduced. It may be relied.on as the bestmode.for the administration of-these, remedies lu the large class of diseases of both sexes to which they are applicable. ’N. B.—Purchasers aie advised to ask for T ABE A NT’S COMPOUND EXTRACT OF OUBBBS AND OOPAIBA, and to take nothing else—as imitations and worthless preparations, under similar names, are in the market. Pamphlets accompany the medicine, containing full and ample directions. Price, SLOO. Sent by express on receipt ot price. ‘ . Prepared aud gold wholesale and retail, by T A R BANT A CO., No. 278 GREENWICH STREET, CO Elf EX O? WaeXXS STREET, NEW YORK, And For Sale by Druggists Generally. 186 2'. APRIL. IBBIVSL OF ' SPLENDID NEW SPRING GOODS V> E N T Z BROS 1 Lot of FOUL ABU SILKS, only 12U cents. I Lot Spring Cb»IIIoDELAZmiS, l2Bc-worth 20c. 1 Lot B roc ha VALENCE AB, Boqns, 2 5, 8 L SIICo. 1 Lot Soper Boqaa OHALLIES, only 26c. BHEPHEBDB’ PLAIDS, beautiful and good, 26c. All oar best CALICOES, selling at I2k£. 1 Lot Extra Good CALICOES, only 10c. 1 Lot excellent Bonnet and Apron Ginghams, 12}£c. SHAWL AND CLOAK BOOM. New Stock of PRING SHAWLS AND CLOAKS. Bx&unruL Stxlla Shawls. Every day brings something new.” CHOICE BARGAINS OP THE DAY, Opened dally at PH(ESIX LOOSIHG GLASS A9D PICTURE FRAME MANUFACTORY, Nos. 221 East Twxktt-Third Braxß, 178 asp 176 Grand BTREZT, AND 215 CENTRE STRUT, NEW YORK. Established 1888. Established 1888. This Establishment has been In successful operation 24 years, and U the largest of the kind in the United Btatee. We have on hand, or manufacture to order, every descrip tion of LOOKING GLABB, PICTURE AND PORTRAIT FRAMES, PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL PIER, WALL,' OVAL AND MANTEL GLASSES, CONNECTING CORNICES, BASE AND BRACKET TABLES, WITH MARBLE SLABB, TOILET GLASSES, 40, Ao. • Mouldings lor Picture Frames, in lengths suitable for transportation, either Qnt, Berllng, Rosewood, Oak, Zebra, Birdseye, Mahogany, As. Oar new Manufactory and ez> tensive facilities enable os to tarnish any article in oar line as good as the beat, and as cheap as the rhcapoCt. 49" Dealers are invited to call upon ns when' they visit New York. We claim to be able to supply them with every article in onr line which they can possibly require, at prices lower than they can purchase elsewhere. Orders by mail attended to with promptness. Do hot iaO to call when you visit New York. Opficz asd Wabekoomb : No. 216 OXST&S St, N*W Yoxx, HORACE V. SIGLER, Agant. mar 25 3m 111 JQR Y GOODS AT ODD FRIO B S WENTZ BROS Have in store a large stock of DOMESTIC GOODS, Muslins, Bbeetings, Shirtings, Oallooea, 4fce^ Worthy the attention of all Housekeepers, and thoee about GOOD CALICOES, 10,12&, 15 and 16 Bleached and Unbleached Sheetings and Shirtings, with a lanta asscrtoent of - HOU 8 BKB BP I Nti GOODEy ■Many of them purchased hefore the advance in prices. Consequently selling at Old Priou. JUST OPENED NEW LOT OF BALMORAL BKIRTB, Beautiful Purples—Magenta—Green—Scarlet—Blue. * 1 CASE RICH NEW STYLE DE LAINES, Selling at the Old Prfoe,2¢a. THE WHOLE STOCK OF . DBEBB4JOODB BELLTNG 097 AT REDUCED PRICES, To make room for Spring Stock. - No* $ Bart Ring rtiwrt. feb 18 tf 6} jQBEggLI B ’» mn! JIHJLIBT-STOBX. So. 206 No»ih B** Bio, • . PHILADELPHIA.' - On hand, and ftr,sal* e choic# assortment ot. superior patterns, and will plait to order BRACELETS, . BREASTPINS. OB JSnB&KLACM» GUIIDAMD VIST CHAINS. OrdersendDsing;ti»hi4r tp bessnt by mail. Oirt a drawing as near «a you can onpepsr, and eooloee stick amount as yoamg } ; OM BODSBt • • >••>■■ -C . -,'y.y . - ..... ' ■ • . . .*yl sssii-ksi^fil^:,:: N 0.1& I cent*, cent*, cents, cents, cents, cents, dents. WENTZ BEOS., No.' 6 East Kiog Btreat.
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