SSsUSt?!. Wi* VOL. LXIII. JJHB LANCASTER INTELLIGENCER. ’ «U>HU> XVJEBT TUESDAT, AT NO. B.NOXTH DOKI STRUT. BT GEO. BAKDBRSOI. TERMS. Subscription.—Two Dollars per Annum, payable in ad* YAlice. No Babscription discontinued an til ell arrear age* are j>a!d, unless at the option of the Editor. Anv*RTtsec*sTS.—-Advertisements, not exceeding one Square, <l2 lines,) will fan inserted three times for one 'dollar, and twenty-five cents for each (additional inser tion. Those of greater length in proportion. Job PMHTnro—Sneh as Hand BUls, Porters, Pamphlets, Blanks, labels, Ae., Ac., executed with accuracy and on the shortest notice. PARTING LINES, TO A DEAR FRIEND ' The following beautiful lines, addressed to a lady who was going North from her native city, by a gifted clergyman now numbered with the dead, we deem worthy of publication. They contain too much poetical merit/und too much pure and right feeling, to be kept from the good they might do and from the feelings they might awaken by a wider circulation: Farewell! farewell! sinoe thou wilt leave us, fairest, May guardian angels guide thee on thy way; May friends the purest, and may joys the rarest Smile the glad welcome where’er thou ehalt stay. Cold the world is to thee, and grief and sorrow Thus far have mark’d the path thy feet have trod; Bat, as from darkness days their brightness borrow, So happier for the past may prove thy morrow. Grant it, oh, God! Yet look not thou to earth for thy chief pleasures : Sin here throws poison in eaoh oup of joy; Fading and perishing are all earth’s treasures But there arq. those which time can ne'er destroy: Though toss’d and restless, as was the homeless dove, Unto the ark of God speed thou tby flight; Admitted surely by His kind hand of love, Thou shalt life’s raging waves ride far above— Safe in His sight. ' Think not thou art friendless—though oft-times weeping,' There is One attends thee where’er thou art, With hand almighty, and with eyes unsleeping, He will still shield and bless thy lonely heart. Trust thou alone in Him—His will obeying, Watohfully shupning sin’s bewitching snares • And thoogh thorns line the path where thou art straying, On His unohanging love thyself still sfcavine “Cast all thy cares.” 1 And when from us, alas! thou shalt be parted, ’Midst other scenes and colder dimes to dwell Remember thou the warm and faithful-hearted ’ Who now in sadness sigh their fond farewell! Think of the friends who here have stood beside thee, _Who oft for thee with weeping eyes have pray’d Who now in ardent faith to God oonfide thee, ' And still will pray, whate’er on,earth betide thee, “ God be her aid!” But oh! remember, too—the humblest flowers Which lowest bow beneath the darkened skies, Are first to drink from earth Heaven’s grateful showers, And first with brightest, sweetest smiles to rise; So, if thou o’er would’st taste of heavenly pleasure, Thus humbly bow, while clouds obscure tby way, And in a lowly life seek thou that treasure— A glorious life of bliss no mind can measure In endless day. ’ Farewell’. farewell! and when, peroh’ance, another In tones of kindness may salute thine ear, Thou then wilt think of him who, as a brother, Oft o’er thy sorrows shed the burning tear; But give thy love supreme to that Redeemer To whom he pointed thy sad, bleediDg heart; Then shall we meet again where raptures linger, j Far, far beyond the reaoh of grief or danger, No more to part. Aunt Miriam’s Adventure. BY AMY RANDOLPH. Evening had closed around the little brown farm house in the hollow ; gray November nightfall and the wild Niagara of crimson sunset fire had poured its flam ing sides long since into the great unseen chalice of splendor that ließ hidden some where beyond the - western hoiizon line— the monumental urn where rest entombed alike the days crowned with roses and those baptized in tears. There was no sound without, save the branches of the huge sycamore tree chanting uneasily against the moss-enameled roof, and the complaining wind among the brown and scarlet drifts of leaves that carpeted every dingle of the woods. Within, the red bricks of the hearth had been swept until they shone as if oarved in coral, and the many tongues of flame danoed and sparkled and crackled among the gigantio logs like a band of elfin spirits. The cricket that harbored somewhere in the ohimney corner had oommenoed his ves pers, and' Aunt Miriam Fenner’s brisk knitting needles shone and glanced in the firelight, as she sat there in an old-fash ioned cap border and spectacles, looking almost as pretty—so uncle Peter thought —as she used Jlo look in the days when he went sparking, and was wont to contem plate the evolutions of her gleaming needles while he considered what it was best to say next! Nobody would have snspeoted Peter of any such romantic meditation, as he sat there sorting out seed corn and packages of blue beans on his round table, and la beling them with potentous deliberation ! So little do we know what is passing in the minds of others. There was a third person, sitting in the red hearth glow, however ; a young man of almost twenty-four years of age, with dark brown hair and eyes to correspond, who amused himself by tantalizing aunt Miriam’s kitten with the good old lady’s ball of yarn—the animal, like all the rest of her sex, becoming more and more anx ious for the wooly sphere, the higher it was held. ‘ So you’ve really made up your mind to get married, James?—do stop teasing that kitten !’ said the old lady, with a con trasted voice. ‘ Yes, aunt Miriam : it isn’t good for a man to be alone, you know.’ There was a silence again. James Ainett wound and unwound his yarn very unneoessarily ; uncle Peter eyed his seed peas thoughtfully and Mrs. Fenner knit on energetically, with pursed-up slip and a scaroely perceptible shrug of the shoulders. ‘ Aunt Miriam, I wish you could see Millicent,’ said the young man at length. ‘ I can’t say that I have any desire to see your city young ladies, James,’ said aunt Miriam, coldly; ‘ they’re too fine spun for an old woman like me. White hands and piano playin’ may be very grand—l dare say it is—but it don’t suit my taste.’ fi But, aunty, I am shure you would like her.- Come, now, do be reasonable and go over to Squire Brownell’s with me to night; she is spending a week at her grandfather’s, and she would be so much gratified to see you !’ ‘ Thank you, I ain’t curious'on the sub ject;’ responded aunt Miriam, primly.— ‘ Only I heered that Mis’ Brownell had a bad stroke of the rheumatiz, and I don’t see how she gets along to wait on her new fangled granddarter!’ f J pnn’t understand why you are so prejudmed against p oor Millioent, aunt Miriam, said the young man, uneasily.— ‘ 1 won t disguise from you that it makes me very unhappy to think of marrying without the approval of one who has been. a mother to me, and yet’ ‘ And yet you’re determined to go your own gait; that’s the plain English of it, >’ said aunt Miriam. ‘ Well, I sup jiqse ... you can do withon t my . consent • jpu’U never get it, anyhow!’ id she £?-V27*' poked the fire vigorously as the old olook began to strike. ‘ Seven o’clook!’ ejaculated James, starting up, ‘ and I promised to be at the. post-office by this time. There’s to be a meeting abont the minister's Thanksgiv ing donation party, you know, nncle Peter! Bless me, I didn’t imagine how late it was.’ And, with a gay parting nod to his aunt, be disappeared. ‘ There he. goes—as good a boy as ever lived,’ said Uncle Peter; ‘but I guess before the evening comes to an end, he’ll contrive to get round to Squire Brownell’s. Miriam, yon may as well say yes to that affair at once ; he’s determined to marry that gal—rings, oity fashions and all.’ ‘ I wish we’d never sent him to oollege in New York,’ sighed fflrs. Fenner; «then he wouldn’t have oome across this city sweetheart.’ ‘ Then he’d ha’ oome aoross somebody >else ; so it’s as broad as it is long,’ re marked uncle Peter, philosophically. ‘ Yes ; but it might have been a smart, stirring gal, who knew how to keep house —not a useless toy, good for nothing but to hang gay olothes on. I tell you, Peter, I can’t approve of it, no how.’ Uncle Peter whistled ‘ Hark from the Tombs a Doleful Sound,’ and returned once more to the contemplation of his melon seeds and corn kernels. Nine o’olock ; the fire covered with a mound of brown ashes ; the cricket chirp ping drowsily, and uncle Peter snoring melodiously from an inner room ; still Mrs. Fenner sat there mechanically plying her knitting needles, yet unoonscious that the kitten was frisking about, and hopelessly entangling her preoions ball of homespun yarn—deaf and dumb and blind to every thing but her own thoughts. ‘ I wonder,’ she began, and then stop ped. ‘ After all,’ she mentally resumed the next minute, < there can’t be any harm in it if I just- slip on my hood and shawl and go through the orchard path to Squire Brownell’s. Not that Pd go in ; not a bit of it ; but I’d merely take a peep in at the beepin’ room window as I went past. I would like to see what sort of a face it is that has bewitched James so completely ; but he must never be any wiser for it.’ ’ She pondered a second or two longer, then rose hurriedly, extinguished the candle that stood in a shining brass candlestick on the mantle, listened a mo ment to the unbroken monotony of unole Peter’s snores, and, muffling a shawl around her head, withdrew the bolt of the kitchen door, and crept out into the star less gloom of the November night. It was but a short distance, under the leafless branches of the gnarled old apple trees and into the turnpike road. Aunt Miriam felt a little conscience strioken as she lifted the wicket of Squire Brownell’s gate, and stole noiselessly up the chrysan themum bordered walk; she could not heip wondering what Elder Oliver would say if he were to become aware that she, the sagest lady in the congregation, were prowling about like a thief in the night. ‘ It is all for James’ sake,’ said the ven erable dame, under her breath, as she pushed, aside the great sweet-briar that hung over the panes, and peeped slyly into the window. Mrs. Brownell sat in a big arm-chair by the . fire, her feet swathed in flannel , the Squire was smoking a pipe over a three days’ old newspaper ; and before a pine table, at the other end of the room, stood a rosy-cheeked girl, of perhaps seventeen, the sleeves of her crimson merino dress rolled up above a pair of exquisitely'dim pled elhows, and her hands buried in a wooden tray of flour—engaged, in faot, in the operation which housekeepers call ‘ setting a sponge.’ So much at home did she seem in the culinary art, that aunt Miriam said to herself, very deoidedly, ‘ This can’t be the oity visitor; I wonder where she is ?’ when her doubts were all dispelled by Mrs. Brownell’s voice : ‘ Millicent, I wish you’d write out the receipt for that oake you made for tea. I don’t see where you learned to be so handy about the house !’ ‘Why, grandmamma,’ said the young lady, gayly, < you seem to forget that my mother was educated under your eye. She does not believe French and music are everything a girl needs to learn. Now, do you put those stookings down—l’ll see that they get mended bye-and-bye.’ Aunt Miriam turned away from the window more bewildered than ever, but with. a very satisfactory feeling stirring under the prejudices that had filled her kind old heart. If this were the much talked-of Millicent, things might not be so bad, after all. And Milly worked away at the sponge, the merry smiles dimpling her face, like sunshine on a bed of roses, utterly unoonscious of the audience of one who was now contemplating a retreat. But the adventures of the night were not yet at a close. As aunt Miriam groped her way toward the path, lamenting the pitohy darkness of the night, and the craokling of erisped leaves as her not very clastic feet shuffled through them, every pulse in her frame came to a sudden pause of terror, as a pair of musoular arms were thrown round her, and a moustache came in contact with her cheek! Suoh a kiss ! Aunt Miriam couldn’t remember its like since the days when Peter Fenner courted the beauty of the village. In vain she struggled breathlessly to esoape : whoever the individual might be, he didn’t do things by halves, and evidently had no dis position to relinquish his prize. ‘My darling little Milly! how did you know I was coming to-night ?’ Then came another kiss, before aunt Miriam could exolaim, in stifling ac cents— ‘ James Arnett, are you crazy ? Do let go of me, and behave like a sensible crea ture !’ The arms unclasped with electric speed, ‘ Aunt Miriam ! how on earth’— ‘ Hush ! don’t speak above your breath! There, now—if you’re going to laugh like that you’ll raise the town!’ ‘ I—l cant’t help it, aunt Miriam,’ gasped James, dinging to the gate post, and vainly trying to ohgok the gusts of laughter that would come. ‘What would uncle Peter say ? who would.have expeoted to find Mrs. Fenner, Vice President of the Dorcas Society ?’ ‘James, bold your tongue, if you don’t want me to box your ears. And if you breathe a word of this to any living soul’— ° ■ ‘ Well, I won’t, aunty—l won’t, upon •my word, only the whole affair is so. su premely. ; ridioulpuSi , •; • , ’ ' • ‘ NonsenßeiMaaid aunt Miriam, slipping “THAT OOUHTBT IS THI HOST LANCASTER CITY, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 1862 throng! the gate. ‘ There, you needn’t turn baok with me, yon silly boy. Go in and see Milly—l know that’s what yon prefer. And Jamie’—- ‘ Well, annt Miriam V _‘ I’ve changed my mind abont that little Milly of yonrs. I don’t believe yon ean find a prettier wife: so settle the matter as soon as yon please, and wo will see whether yonr old annt Miriam has forgot how to make wedding cake.’ * But are yon in earnest, aunt V ‘ Never was more so in my life.’ * ‘ What has altered yonr convictions ? surely I may ask that one question V ‘ That isn’t at all to the purpose, young man. But remember, not a word of this ridiculous adventure!’ ‘ You know how to administer bribes, aunt Miriam,’ said the youth, gayly, as he enfolded the old lady in his arms, and gave her yet a third kiss. Through the Btarless darkness she hur ried— under the wind-tossed apple trees, and beneath the friendly shadow of her own porch, where nnole Peter’s snores yet resounded like muffled trumpets. 4 What makes you so late, wife 1 ’ de manded a drowsy voice from the inner apartment, as.she glided around, replacing shawl and bonnet. ‘l’ve been as fast asleep as a dormouse, I do believe—but I did think I heeredthe oliok of the bolt.’ ‘ It must have been the kitten among the tin pans,’ quoth aunt Miriam—the nearest approaoh to a fib she ever indulged in, be fore or after. , And in subsequent life, when the firm oonviotion seised her that James Arnett had imparted her secret—in strict oonfi denoe, of course—to his pretty wife, she consoled herself by saying, mentally : ‘ Well, I don’t care if he has j for my part, I shall always be glad of that peep into Squire Brownell’s window.’ A Ghost Story. A gentleman took a fanoy to a certain elegant villa in a oharming part of one of the loveliest counties in England. On in. quiring about the rent it seemed to him so extraordinarily low that he objected to take it, suspecting that there mnst be something radioally wrong in the building. The proprietor assured him there was nothing of the kind, but informed him that the objection in the neighborhood to the villa was that it had the reputation of being haunted. He laughed at the vulgar super stition, and at once aocepted the terms and moved into the cottage. He was not very • long in it before his domestios informed him of strange noises whioh they had re peatedly heard in the night. They had distinctly listened to the opening of a door, and heard the steps of a man ascending the stairs. Another door was then opened, water was poured out, and the sound of washing hands was unmistakably audible. After a short time the window was opened and the water was thrown out; the window was then closed, and, shortly after, steps were heard descending, and the house door opened and closed. This, the servants de clared, they had severally and collectively listened to numerous times. The gentle man could not gainsay their statements ; for himself and his wife had at different times listened to the same unaccountable proceedings. On one occasion, particularly, on the arrival of the ghost at the house door, several persons went out to meet him. He ascended, as usual, the stair-case : went through his regular ablutions, and depart ed, as was his custom. But, though they followed him, their cars alone were con-, vinced of the presenoe. of some being. They could see nothing, notwithstanding every one of the party was provided with a light. These nocturnal visits were con tinued so regularly that the gentleman was at last compelled to abandon the villa, for the simple reason that no servant would remain there with him.- Here is a poser ! We may laugh at the credulity of those who are frightened at ghosts and at mysterious sounds, but how are we to account for them 1 I remember having heard that, at the Patersville, in the county of Meath, the sound of Colonel Tucker’s footsteps periodically terrified, and, perhaps, still terrifies, the present in mates, although the veteran to whom the property belonged departed this life many years ago. The only rational explanation of these phenomena was adduoed by our fellow traveler, the American consul. According to him, apertures in the ground, or subter ranean cavities, forming natural tubes, often act as conductors of sound, so that what may be done in one house, at a dis tance, will be audible in another. He re membered in a hotel in his State (Dela ware) the sound of the trampling of horses in a stable, which was situated some 200 yards off, was heard as distinctly as if the horses had oooupied the chambers of the hotel. Many ghost stories and mysterious rappings can, no doubt, be explained upon the same principle. An Interesting Chapter.—lt was the practice of an eccentric Irish divine to read a ohapter before the sermon ; and, to the amazementaOf his auditory, he requested them to read with him one day, ‘ for edifi cation,’ the first twenty-seven verses of the tenth chapter of Nehemiah. He might as well have asked them to read the first twenty-seveh pages of a Sansorit lexicon. But the doctor went on with the chapter, and, as he enunciated, in his own mouthy and sonorous way, one strange-sounding word after another, ‘ Meremonth—Mag plash—Meshezabeel—Hashabnab,’ every eye was strained to the pulpit, hardly a soul, for sßeer wonderment, ventured to draw his breath. At the end of the last verse, the reader put on one of his grim mest looks : ‘ You will have got as much good,’ he exclaimed, ‘ my attentive hearers, from this chapter, as ye seem to have got from any ohapter I ever read to you, and ye will carry home as much of it, and ye will carry as much of it in your daily praetioe.’ The Crops of Illinois.— The Chicago Dost says: From a oareful observation of our country exchanges, we learn that the prospect of an unusually large crop is very-bright.— The extent of land in which grain has been sown, was never equaled in this State in any previous season, and never have there been more flattering prospects of a foil crop than at present to gratify the farmers. This rich return is not confined to any one article nor’ to any section of the' State. It embraces' everything that is grown, including fruit, - which has' regularly failed for several years." This ,at least is one cause for gratitude, and wi.ll.'po .one great "source of relief, to .the' people .should theiyarbe'extehdej for another year. ~ vram uioi ( oouuu thi gmatkst uward.”- Hon. William Dner, on Union for the Union. Oswego. N. -Y., May 16,1862. - My Dear Sir: 1 have received yonr let ter inviting me to meet yourself and.other gentlemen constituting a committee ap pointed by certain members of the Legis lature designated as ‘ Republican and Union members,’ with authority, after con sultation with committees of other organi zations, to fix the time and plaoe for hold ing a : State Convention for the nomination of State offioers. I will give you the reasons why I think it proper to decline the invitation. The members of the Legislature by whom the committee was appointed with whioh you invite me to consult, Adopted an address and resolutions declaring cer tain principles, and inviting to a conven tion whioh they recommend, ‘ All Repub licans, Union Democrats, and loyal citizens supporters of the policy of the Adminis tration and responding to the . principles and policy ’ set forth in such address and resolutions. I cannot oall myself ‘ a supporter of the polioy of the Administration’ and I do not respond to the ‘ principles and potoey set forth in the address and resolutions,’ and, therefore, though a loyal oitizen, I am not embraced within this invitation. I am ready, indeed, to support the Ad ministration in the proseoution of the war for the preservation of our Constitutional Union, and I know that to this polioy the President is pledged by numerous aots and declarations, the sincerity of which I do not question. But whether he will adhere to the pledges in spite of that powerful influence in his own party whioh is seeking to convert the war into an abolition warj is yet to be proved. He has already recom mended an important measure whioh in my judgment is impolitic and unwarranted by the Constitution. With respect to the vital questions that remain, I regard the ‘ polioy of the Administration,’ as some what unfixed and uncertain, and until I see more clearly what it is, I am unable to call myself its ‘ supporter.’ But laying aside this objection, whioh does not seem to embarrass Republicans who are the open opponents of the polioy to.ashich the President is pledged, let us oonsider the proposed “union upon lis merits. Is it expedient, and will it pro mote the public welfare, to unite with the Republican party upon the principles of the legislative address and resolutions, for the purpose of defeating the Demooratio party of this State at the approaohing election 1 That is the question. A year ago, when the oountry was in imminent danger, the Republicans of New York and of other States invited Demo crats and-all other loyal men to lay aside partisan controversy and unite with them in support of the war for the preservation of the Constitution and Union. No other motive or purpose for the war was then heard from the leaders of the Republican party, or indeed in any quarter having the slightest influence upon public opinion. The messages and speeches of the Presi dent ; the proclamations of his Generals pledging the publio faith to the people of the invaded States, and of whioh his mere silenoe was an approval and confirmation ; the resolution of Congress passed almost unanimously, only two Republicans voting against them in the House of Representa tives ; the language of the press and of popular meeting—all united in declaring that the war was to be prosecuted, not to subjugate the South, nor to change South ern institutions, nor to deprive Southern men of their property, or rights, but simply to establish the authority of the Constitu tion over all the States. Such were the appeals and assurances under which the war commenced. But when we had half a million of men in arms ; when our armies were filled with Democrats and others, who volunteered to fight for this cause and not for abolition ; when Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, relying upon our promises, had sent loyal men to Congress, opened their territories to our troops and placed themselves in our power—then first wo heard, that slavery, being the cause of the war, slavery must be destroyed. It is notorious, that at this day a large portion (to say the least) of the Republican party repudiate these pledges and trample even on their own Chioago platform. They are the open ad vocates of the abolition of slavery in the States, and measures of confiscation so sweeping and relentless, that their like has not been known since the day of William the Conqueror. They have theories, sever al theories. Some of them maintain that the seceded States are out of the Union, and therefore have no rights. They adopt the doctrine of secession, attaching to it a consequenoe that enhances its absurdity. The States, they say, are gone as States, but remain as territories, subject to abso lute power. This is the theory of Mr. Sumner. It is the theory adopted by a great meeting In the City of New York, over which a son of Alexander Hamilton presided. Others derive the power to abolish slavery from a different source. It may be done, they say, by the war power —in other words, by despotio power. Who can bound the war power ? And to what a miserable state must that country be re duoed, where it shall be thought a justifi cation of every violation of constitutional law, to say that it may be done .by the war power. I know that all these gentleman olaim to be (prominently even) the friends of the Union. They would sooner abolish slavery than that the Union should perish. They would exert a military despotism in the South for the sake of the Union. They are so passionate in their love that they would sacrifice law, liberty, the Constitu tion itself, to save the Union. Well, the Union, to which they are so devoted, is one for which I confess I have no respect or attachment, I know no Union but our Constitutional Union' of free and equal States. It is an abuse of words to call anything else the Union. Upon £he new platform, Phillips, who declares that for twenty years he has been the enemy of the Union, and Garrison,'who formerly stigma tized it as a compact with Hell, are both Union men. It is the opinion" of these gentlemen that the law of God and the Constitution of the. United States are at variance with each'other, and: therefore they-sought the overthrow: of the Union, but they havo become converted since it has_ been''discovered that one may be an enemy -of: . the Uonatitution, and yot a friend of: the Union i.-So,iMr. Garrit Smith, who sat 1 inf* seat ofhhnor at the New York meeting, informs ns in his circular, though, he hates the Constitution he loves the Union. ... The legislative address invites to the I proposed Union convention ‘ all Republi- I cans, Union Democrats, and other loyal , oitizens.’ This implies that all Republi cans are loyal; that disloyalty may be fonnd among Democrats and other oitizens, but nowhere else.' Such is not my opinion; We are in arms against the disloyal men of the South, and none here now oppose the war. 1 1 believe- that individuals may be found in the North who sympathize with the rebels and wish thorn success. But it would be absurd to organize a.political party against persons bo few and insignifi cant, and who dare only speak in whispers. The disloyal men of the North, from whom danger is to be apprehended, are they who seek to convert the war into a war for the emancipation of the black race, by means of the overthrow of the Constitution.—■ Where are these men to he found 1 Sum ner is one of them ; Wade another; Thad deus Stevens a third. If there are Dem ocrats or other oitizens among them, I think they will be found to fraternize with the or rather to be in a trans formation state. Is it not plain that if we need a Union party at the North, it is in order to defeat the schemes of these men ? But how can that be, if they are invited to take part in the movement ? There is no resemblance between this movement and that whioh resulted in the nomination of the Union tioket in this State last fall. There was then a show of opposition to the war at the North, but no difference as to its purpose. We all then were or proposed to be Constitutional Union men. Now all opposition to the war has disappeared, but a controversy has arisen as to the object for which it shall be prosecuted ; whether to establish the Constitution or to overthrow it, and reduce the South to the ■ condition of a conquered provinoe. Upon this question, the only political question that really di- ] vides the people of the North, a true Union party cannot be neutral or silent. \ For twelve years past I have thought .that there was a neoessity for a Constitu tional Union party. I wished that suoh a party might be formed in 1850. I hoped for it again in 1860 r -I-tbiok that loyal Demoorats, loyal Republicans, and all other loyal men ought to unite and form such a party now. The basis of suoh an organization (which might be temporary, leaving present parties to resume their former relations when the Union shall be restored) may be found in the resolutions adopted by the committee of conservative members of Congress, of whioh Crittenden was chairman. But I look in vain for any suoh declaration as the times demand in the address and resolutions adopted by the (so called) Union members of our State Legislature. There is muoh there about slavery ; £ut little or nothing about the Constitution. There is no declaration against abolition or general confiscation ; no assuranoe to loyal Southern men that their rights Bhall be respeoted ; no recog nition of any rights remaining to the peo ple of the seceded States ; no condemna tion of that most absurd form of secession ism whioh converts States into territories, and ereots a military despotism upon the ruins of the Constitution. The play of Hamlet with the part of Hamlet left out is not more ridiculous than a Union party that leaves out the Constitution. I entertain tbe hope • that the conserva tive men of tbe North will in some way unite and act in concert with the loyal cit izens of Kentucky, Maryland and all other Southern States that are or may become free from the usurped power of Jefferson Davis. I trust that there will be some movement for this purpose at Washington before the adjournment of Congress. But whether, this shall be accomplished or not, I certainly can enter into no combination with Republicans to overthrow the Dem ocrats of this State. Whatever faults they may have committed in the past, the Democrats of the North are in the main loyal and patriotic ; they are the chief bulwark against the assaults of the North ern disunionists ; upon them rests in a great degree the hope of the Union. They have not only magnanimously forborne from factious opposition to the Govern ment, but have even made no slight sacri fices of partisan feeling in its support. — They have defended the President when many of the professed partisans have as sailed him, and, if, as I continue to hope, and believe he shall prove true to himself and to his country, he may, perhaps, find among them some of his best friends and firmest supporters. I have written somewhat at length, be cause, having no opportunity of personal consultation, it is only in this way that I can present to you, and through you to other friends in tbe city, the reason of my course. My opinions and my feelings upon this subject are both strong. I am, and have been from the beginning, in favor of putting down the rebellion by foroe of arms. But lam for mercy, for humanity, for constitutional law and liberty ; and I abhor the fanatical spirit that to liberate the degraded Africans would put the whites in chains, and condemn to misery and despair eight millions of people of our own raoe and blood. I know, indeed, that this atrooious scheme oan never be accom plished ; I know that the North would not support a war for this purpose; I know that the South would resist it, so long as the white race should survive ; I know that all Christendom would rise and forbid it. The end, reached at last, would be. the dissolution of the Union, but after the most frightful expenditure of money, and saorifiae of life. I am confident, my dear sir, that after some experiment, perhaps, you will at last reach the conclusion at whioh I have ar rived. For myself, I see no use in meet ing with gentlemen with whom I am sure beforehand to disagree. The whole basis of the proposed organization is. wrong. It wants the vital principle of a Union-party, fidelity to the Constitution. : It imposes a test that the Southern Union men will not admit. It embraoes men who ought to be exoluded, and exoludes those whose co operation is essential.. It is .but the. Re publican party without the Republican name ; - and I fear its tendenoy may be .to; strengthen the radical branch of that par-, ty, ahd to weaken" that portion which is best disposed to support the- President in a.Conservative aha 'Constitutional.policy. If I am not mistaken, the Executive Committee of the « Constitutional .Union • party.M of;I860 still Burvives,and;you andhaySClf are bothmembers of iti In- defed, I suppose that it is intflat capacity yonr letter: was addressed to me.* good as to communicate my ans wer to the other gentlemen.of the Com mittee, as I suppose the question to whioh it relates, may come before them ; and believe me sincerely, your 'friend and servant, WILLIAM DUER. E. J. Brown, Esq., New York. * The invitation addressed by Mr. Brown, whose name was placed at the head or the Legisla tive Canons Committee, to Mr. Doer, beoanse he is not only a member of the present Constitutional Union Committee', bnt also beoanse he is one of the Committee of the Syracuse Union, organisation of 1861, which nominated the State tisket elected last year, and now holding office. Valter and TJs Continue Our Valk. WE CONVERSE ON MASQUERADES. Valter, my boy, did you ever stop on the oorner of a year to oount up and think what a queer world this is ? ‘Not muoh.’ Well, my boy, let us figure a little on it. There are very many shows going oh. Some are advertised—some are not. These shows are singnlar, as no admittance fee.is asked. Opera glasses, convex speotaoles, nose blinders, with silk oords and gold rims, are useless in the great show of life.' If yon have out your eye teeth—if you have learned to be your own fanning mill and to shake ont the biles of ohaff, staffers are shovelling with glib tongues into yonr hopper, the mental vision will need no telesoope. That is so, Valter. Some men whistle when they have nothing to do. Some men whittle with one eye closed. Some sit aronnd, and their brain takos up . all the foolishness they hear; as a bar sponge wipes np the slops.and dregs of a soore of filthy beverages, spilled over or flirted out of the glasses used to drink from. Suoh men see, about as you would peel an old potato with a pine knife. They don’t think. That is the trouble my boy. They are too busy with their laziness. Laziness keeps some men awful busy— them in constant employ. Suoh men never see the show—never realize that life is one grand masquerade, where nine out often are substitutes for others—aoting a different part from the oo« nature designed them for. They evi dently got their costumes when the boss was out. Now, Valter, my boy, stand close.— Don’t look wise, or folks will think you are a fool. Look careless like, and listen. Don’t anchor your eyes—let them float. — Here comes a lady. She wears silk— crinoline; No. 1 gaiters; lifts her ampli tude daintily ; steps over a half inoh eraok in the side walk as though it were a snake; lets her head roll like a dram solo. She is nice—she is pretty, as the world goes, my boy, but all that taking style, is for street effect. If she oaught a husband by that bait, she will delight to play the gaudy hook before his eyes, forever afterward.— Look at her, my boy, then on the neat lady over you, who, minds her own busi ness—wears clean skirts—keeps her faoe clean, hair in order, and saves her smiles for one who makes earth Heaven for her. When yon wedlook, my hoy, as you will some day, don’t piok up the bundle tied with the most, strings-—it may be .a stone, nicely done np to fool somebody. Here comes a nice looking man. Store clothes ; mustache ; oily hair; white hand kerohief about an inch out of pocket, sweet stuff all over him till he smells like Lubin’s extraots ; blacked boots; pants strapped at both ends, and a oane. lie taKes style heavy. Another masquerade dress. No good for work—no good man to battle with life. He is now young.— By and by he’ll wedlock some frail tene ment, and the misery clerk will have another pair to keep account of and with. He will have a wife—will oatoh some flirt who likes style—in six months he will love her but once in twenty-four hours, and in a year he will go to the sagar bottomed tumblers, while she makes her eyes into piokle pots, over her own foolishness. Ah, Valter, my boy, style is a huge item. People will swallow a porcupine, either way, if slaved over with style.— Every body wears a fanoy dress. And my boy, when twelve o’clock comes—when the little bell says “masks off,” what an open ing of peepers there will be, sure. No discount on it. That happy couple so well matched and amiable, will prove to be a fairy and a dwarf—a square and a circle. That holy man of God will stand covered with brass buttons, on whioh de ceit, envy,' malice, impudence, hypocrisy and devilish meanness (of which we’ll tell you, my boy, around the corner) will be stamped in living characters. And the man whose heart has been tied to one, will jump for joy at the sound of the bell. And my boy, the one you walked with so long as a friend, will stand before you labelled ‘ selfish that was sold.’ And the poor man in ragged blouse, will come out a king. And the rich man in character, will carry hence a small valise labelled bankruptcy. And the rough-looking, rough-talking, sauoy dare-devil, whose heart you think is like stella, will show that in his soul dwells more of the true and beautiful, more of the blessed influ ence of a holy love and fragrant affection than the crowd ever dreamed of. And that poor woman win rags, now despised for lack of silk and rouge, will stand en robed in sacred love, the queen of all in happiness, the heart bride of some one really loved. Now, Valter, my boy, learn a lesson. T-he human from divine is all right but the last word. When all are in disguise, don’t be deoeived—don’f harness to a .partner in lovd or business, till you have heard .the bell. When the cloaks drop, go :in and win, but don’t bet too high on: costumes. Don’t judge people by- their dress—by their talk—-by their style. Many, a hunter is deceived in his game. Labels" are often put on by mis take—often'put on to deceive. Good old wine sometimes goes as kerosene or cider 1 vinegar, to keep the boys from s tealing, and so with people. There is very muoh masquerade in the world—it is a good show, and you and us, my boy, will see all of it that is visible. —La Crosse■ Democrat. '■ ‘ ' : ‘ ' A young lady who lately gave an order to a .milliner for a new bonnet,'said: “ You are tomake it plain and; at the same time smart,-as Fsit.in a'-very' con spicuous place in ohuroh.” :-. .. BlF* An old maid being at, a loss fop a. pinouBhion, made,WBe bf" an.onion. 'On;- mornmgshe, found thajQdl -the needWhad iears.in timk byes,, “ : ,: xO'BTtmt^The~ur'oTa-^ilu ' °* os ®i -'damp, musty, that of the house top ig pure and bracing. On the surface ofthe earth the atmosphere is oold, raw and kppure on the mountains it is dry, rarificp and health-giving. The purer the air is, the morelifedoea it impart to the blood, the more perfectly is the brain nourished, and'the more vigorously does the- mind work' audthebody move. Hence the ‘ study * of the clergymVn,the ‘offioe’ of the. jihysioian and thelawVer, the ‘ library’-; of the family, the * sitting room’ of the household, and the < ohamber’ of every sleeker, should alwaysin, the upper stories, not for the greater purity of. the air, but for a reason seldom thought of, and yet of very gnat-sanitary valne. The higher we aseend, the' more ratified is the air, the greater bnlk is re quired to impart a given amount of nourish ment tp the ’ system; this greater .rarity oxoites the instinct of our nature to deeper, fuller breathing, without any effort on our part, and this kind of breathingaa the re flecting must know, is ahtagbniatib' of con sumption, that fell scourge of oivilized society, which destroys full one-sixth of the adult population. Henoe- the very suggestive remark of the distinguished naturalist Bufion: ‘ All animals ing high altitudes have larger lunge and more; oapaoious ohests than those whioh live in the valleys.’ In the same direo tion is the suggestive statement that .in the oity of Mexico, situated nine thousand feet above the level of the sea, only three persons out of every hundred perish' from that disease. It should, therefore,'he the aim of every student, of every sedentary person, of every invalid, to have the room in which a very portion of the inactive part of life is spent, as far- above the ground** floor as practicable, and in suok a .situation as will allow the sun to shine into it for the largest portion of the day, for this rarifies. the air still more, and still more aids,in in developing and expanding the lungs by the greater depth and fullness of breathing which the increased atmospheric rarity induoes.— Hall's Journal of Health. T'HE LANCASTER INTELLIGENCER X JOB ERINTINQ ESTABLISHMENT* • No. 8 NORTH DUKE STREET, LANOABTER, PA. The Jobbing Department!* thoroughly fhrnishe>dwith new and elegant type of ©very description, and is under the charge of a practical and- experienced' Job Printer.*— The Proprietors are prepared to - PRINT CHECKS, NOTES, LEGAL BLANKS, CARDS AND CIRCULARS. BILL HEADS AND HANDBILLS, : _ _ PROGRAMMES AND POSTERS. PAPER BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS, • nDTWnmiTn BALL TICKETS AND INVITATIONS, PRINTING IN COLORS AND PLAIN PRINTING, with neatness, accuracy and dispatch, oh the moat reasons 1 ble terms, and in a manner not excelled by any establish* ; ment in the city. . . , •&S** Orders from a distance, by mail-or otherwise, promptly attended to. Address GEO. SANDERSON k SON, Intelligencer Office, _ No. 8 North Dube street, Lancaster, Pa. 1862. APRIL. ARRIVAL OB’ SPLENDID NEW SPRING GOODS 1 Lot of FOULA.RO SILKS, only 12}4 cents. 1 Lot Spring Challie DELAINES, 12&c., worth 200.' <. 1 Lot Brocha VALENCIAS. Boqoa, 25, QL 1 Lot Buper Boqoa CHALLIES, only 26c.. SHEPHERDS’ PLAIDS, beautiful and good, 25ai . 1 ; All oor best CALICOES, selling at 1214 c. 1 Lot Extra Good CALICOES, only 10c.’ 1 Lot excellent Bonnet and Apron Ginghams, 12}£o, MfllE. DBMOREST'S U ARTERLT MI_RROR_OE SABHIOJNS, THE BTJMMSB WOIfBEB WILL OONTAIB •• a, FOUR LARGE AND SPLENDID FASHION-PLATES. THREE FULL-SIZED PATTERNB, • - Comprising the New French Waist, an Elegapt Sleeve, and a Misses Sack, together with nearly 100 Engravings of'all the novelties for Summer Bonnets, Cloaks} Trimmings, Children’s Dresses, etc., and valuable information to Mi 111- □ers,,Dresß Makers, Mothers, and Ladies generally, pro* seating the largest and beßt Fashion Magazine In the World published 473 Broadway, New York, and sold everywhere at 26 cts., or sent by mail post free, on receipt of the amount. Yearly $1 with the following valaable premium: Each yearly subscriber wlll be entitled to: the selection of 50 cents worth of. plain patterns, frptn the designs In the book, or from the show-room, or they may be ordered and sent by mall any time during the year,.by paying the postage. 4^*Splendid Indncements to Oaovassen. - -•> SUMMER NUMBER WILL BE READY ON OR ABOUT THE FIRST OF MAY. - • DBE SSLER*B HAIR JE If ELRT BTOBB* No. 206 Nobth Bta Srara* above Race, PHILADELPHIA.. : On hand and for sale, a choice assortment of superior patterns, and will plait to order ... BRACELETS, EAR RINGS, FINGER RINGS, BREAST PINS, . GROSSES, NECKLACES, GUARD AND. VEST CHAINS. Orders enclosing the hair to be plaited may .be sent by mail. Give a drawing as near as yon can on paper, and enclose snch amount as yon may choose to pay. - - -< 2 Costs as follows: Ear Rings $2 to s6—Breast Pins $3 ;to s7—Finger Rings 75 cents to Chains 18 to s 7— Necklaces $2 to $lO. - •, ■T; 43“ Hair pnt into Medalions, Box Breast Pins, Rings} kc. OLD GOLD AND SILVER BOUGHT AT FAIR RATES, apr 16 ly H NOW 8 PR I S G BT T L Rif . The undersigned calls special attention to a new and well selected stock of MILLI N~BS T GOODS , of the latest styles, eoniistlog of colored aqA white Btmw Goods of all klods and prices, bonnet frames to fit every body, French and American Flowersln'great variety, rib bons, quillings, laces, edgiogs, Jolnbland, gimp and hair lace, and a great variety of Bonnet Trimmings,-Alik, satin, crape'and different kinds of bonnet materials, r ■ „ /-g-T\ TRIMMED, STRAW A FANCY BONNETS, >\ < mrAl) a large assortment to suit every taste, espe* Qga iPF cell, crown-linings wire, and a great .many articles unnecessary to mention, all of which T will-jell cheaper than the cheapest, either .wholesale or retail.. - - A!so, a fine assortment of JEWELRY and DRY GOODS, on hand, and various Notions,. all or which will 'he. fold very cheap. . . . . 4 ... Call and examine my stock before purchasing elsewhere. Thankful tor past favors, the subscriber hopes to have the patronage of nls old easterners, and many new ones;' '' - : ib. BAUM,;. .. No. 31 North Queen St. apr X 3m 12] 1862. 1862. 1862, QPBWISG OF NEW SPUING GOODS. JUST RECEIVED, direct from New York and Philadel phia, a choice lot of NEW SPRING DRESS GOODS. • ■ Shepherd’s Plaids of every variety. Alan, a lane lot of NEW CHINTZES, - T - Purchased at low prices tor cash, which we guarantee to sell at prices that will • • DBPYCOMPBTITION. BEST ENGLISH CHINTZES ...12&eent*. BESTMEBBIMAGCHINTZRS—..—...-.1254 ciSta. BEBT AMERICAN CHINTZES-.;.- ...lucent*. BEST COCHECO CHINTZES.- SStfc BEST PACIPIC CHINTZES— 12&&ntg. BEST SPRAGUE CHINTZES,..—//..’....—..—l2}£e*nt*. BBSS MOURNINGGHINTZES4— oeflts. ALSO, Large lot of good, heavy Domestic GINGHAMS. I^®4 *-, Good. Apron Ginghams and Breached and Unbleached MUSLINS, onr/e** wMe,l2s£ ■■■ ■.\ <i ‘ . NOW IS THE*TIME * A -fall line of BLACK SILKS, Hew Style* of SPRING DRESS GOODS .. “"wzffljfiSje** *w*/ WE&TZ BROS., Noi 5 EaitKingJfereet. mar 18 if.lo] TTAIB.; DHBSSISO AUD SETA^tta *• ** .8:. A%' Oi o** If #■:}-* * gjiaiUEL J* WILLIAMS takes pleasure innotlfyipghls Domertros Mends sad customers, that be has iemcTed-hii Saloon fromCoprarfs Hotel to the basement.uuder;P»terfv 'M’-Obuoaiy’d flh<fe Store, in WestKlngstrOeti near -the Market House, aad haefittefllt pp nan And ringßfcdfrto or the accommodation ofcustomers.„ ' . yam I>&BSSING,SH AVDDJIAHD BHAMHjQlfflte are TwrfoVhi^wiihtbe^i&dS^iUse ( whUluri, l And gJuusSltee the cdomioib* applied ; , Give the Professor a call, andJxe flatten himself JOut he i datfifefcflofai;£ :■: s'<?!.iittii’taqai p/I *$&$::&. - i’ J v lOilv gf.fi av- N 0.21 11 ENT Z BE OS BRAWL AND CLOAK ROOM. New Stock of PRING SHAWLS AND CLOAKS. Beautiful Stella Shawls. day brings something new.” CHOICE BARGAINS OF THE DAT, Opened dally at WENTZ BEOH., . No. 6 East King Street.. GREAT IMPROVEMENTS.,
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