pup VOL. LXTTT. THE* LANCASTER INTELLIGENCER. BIISHZD EVERY TUX3DAT, AT NO. 8 HOSTS DUKE STRUT, BY QSO. BANDEBSOH. TEEMS Subsosiptioh. —Two Dollars per annum, payable In ad vance. No subscription discontinued until, all arrear ages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. Advertisements. —Advertisements, not exceeding one square, (12 lines,) will be inserted three times for one dollar, and twenty-five cents for each additional inser tion. Those of greater length in proportion. Job Printing —Snch as Hand Bills, Posters, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, Ac., Ac., executed with accuracy and on the shortest notice. “LIBERTY AND UNION-NOW AND FORE'VER ONB and inseparable.”—Webster. Ye would sever the Union—bat-can ye undo The relations of brother to brother? Ye may coldly regard him, and slander him too; But when sorrow o’ertakes him, your heart will be true To the love ye once bore him, when togetherye grew In peaoe by the side of your mother. Ye would sever the Union—but Tian ye untwine The numberless ties that have bound you? Like the threads of a creeping and delicate vine, That has silently spread in the rain and the shine, Until, when ye would burst them, each gossamer line "Would turn to “Cord and to Cable” around you. Ye would sever the Union—What? Ye who were nursed In the arms of so holy a Mother— Would ye dare to pronounce her astray and accursed, Who rock’d you to sleep in one cradle at,first; Who shielded your head from the storm when it burst, And ne’er gave the oharge to another ? Ye would sever the Union—but can ye forget How our fathers stood shoulder to shoulder? How like one in the conflict they met, How like one in privation their stern hearts were set, How like one melted by sorrow, and yet How in danger grew bolder and bolder? Ye would sever the Union—but who then shall claim The Grave of our Country’s Defender?— Will the North and the South fan the fuel to flaihe, And flght o’er his ashes whose glorious name Is a watchword of Liberty, Justice and Fame, We would all sooner die than surrender! Ye would sever th^Union—but who shall divide The Flag of our Freedom and Glory ? It waved o’er the fields where our forefathers died, Their ohildren unfurl it with reverent pride, And whose shall the task bo to throw it aside, And tell the sad nations tho story ? Ye would sever the Union—our Union! and why? Short and few are -the words of the reason; The North thinks the South should adjure Slavery ; And the South thinks the North does not tenderly try To view all her deeds with unprejudiced eye, And each finds a refuge in Treason. “Judge not that be not Judg’d” God The right of condemning your brother— Until like an owner ye stand on Jftis sod; Until your feet in His pathway have trod; Until ye are scourged both alike by His rod, Never dare to pronounce on another. But cherish the Union with heart and with hand, As ye would cherish your home and your altar; Through the length and breadth of our wide-spread, ing land, Alone by the eye of Omnipotence spann’d. Rise up in your strength and the-Craven withstand, Who dares to dissemble and falter! If ye sever the Union, then Liberty dies ! To restore her in vain the endeavor — She will soar to yon distant and cloud-mantled skies, And in vain will the world lift its questioning eyes, She will not be moved by her grief or surprise, Once mute, she is silent—forever. f ßeading Gazette. THE HEAP OLD LADY. Of all the old women hard of hearing, The deafest, sure, was the Dame Eleanor SDearimr On her head, it is true, Two flaps there grew, That served for a pair of gold rings to go through • But for any purpose of oars in a parley ’ They heard no more than ears of barley They wore oars that might servo her now and then As extempore racks for an idle pen, Or to hang with hoops from jeweller shops With coral, ruby, or garnet drops; r Or, provided the owner so inclined, Ears to stick a blister behind. She was deaf as a house, which modern tricks Of language would call as deaf as bricks • “ a Bt<m °-S“y one of the stones Which Demosthenes sucked to improve his tones : She was deaf as the ducks that swam in the pond And wouldn’t listen to Mrs. Bond • r As deaf as any Frenchman appears When he puts his shonlders into his ears Or, still to be a simile seeker, As deaf as dogs’ ears in Enfield’s Speaker She was deaf as any tradesman’s dummy Or as Pharoah’s mother’s mother’s mummy Deaf to sounds, as a ship out of soundings. Deaf to verbs and all their compoundings, Adjective, noan and adverb and particle Deaf to even the definite articie— ’ No verbal message was worth a pin, Though you hired an ear-wig to carry it in THE BOX LOUNGE, Or Six Feet of Reasons wily Miss Fanny Grey, Uncle Joshua’s Daughter, Would’nt Marry City Mr. Jacobs. A COUJVTRY ROMANCE, Unole Joshua Grey owned a fine farm in the neighborhood of the Hudson High lands. He was rich enough to retire ; but he oouldn’t bear to give the farm up, de claring that seedtime and harvest had be come aotual necessities of life to him, and he must go on sowing and reaping until the siokle of the Great Reaper should lay him out of sight of the harvest moon forever. He worked with his men like one of them selves ; told them many stories when they took their ‘ nooning,’ and was the first to pass round the bottle at afternoon lunch. There was no music sweeter to him than farm music, as he called it, and the sharp ening of the scythe under the warm blue skies, the chirp of the cricket in the grass, the twittering of swallows flitting round the barn whioh held their nests, the tink ling of the cow bells at milking time and the song of the robin at sunrise comprised an opera for him ever varied and delight ful, of whioh his ear never wearied. Uncle Joshua liked his joke, and liked to have his own way. His wife had been dead many years, and he had never signed away his liberty, as he termed it, by marrying the second time. His household comprised one widowed sister, older than himself, his own daughter, Fanny, as sweet a girl as ever was born to a farmer, and one servant. Unole Joshua almost idol ized Fanny. He. sent her to school, and had her instructed in all the higher branohes of study, including whatever ac complishments she chose to acquire. Be sides the asparagus bushes and peacock feathers whioh always occupied Unole Joshua’s parlor in summer time, there were a number of things worked in worsted, suoh as yellow lambs standing on blue grass, and cottage scenes with a setting sun illuminating a green sky, of which Unole Joshua was justly proud, for Fanny ‘ did ’ them, and he had roundly paid to have her learn. Uncle Joshua would not let Fanny' sit down at the same table with his 1 hands well enough for him to do so, he said, but that was no reason why Fanny should. He didn’t think a dozen dirty men, reek ing with perspiration and covered with dust, was a sight likely to add to a young girl’s appetite; so Fanny ate her meals alone, save when she asked in some neigh bor’s daughter to cheer her loneliness!— Now, Fanny had a'oousin, a tall, hand some, merry-hearted ohap, who had oharge of the neighboring farm. Many were the sleigh rides they had had together, in the long, cold winters, and many the ohat at the bars, when Fanny, just for the sake of the walk, used to go down to the three cornered lot to bring home the oows. One time, when Cousin iNathan had taken Fanny to a dance, some ten miles from home, and she had been so sought after all the Evening that she had only been his partner once, he discovered that his heart SWWUT' - cf £ U: had passed out of his possession altogether, and on going home he charged Fanny with having the knowledge of its whereabouts. Anyhow, he said she was the last one who had it. Fanny looked half pleased and half provoked,, bnt admitted that she had met with , a similar loss, and as fair ex change was no robbery, she would keep his since she had fonnd it, if he would be satisfied with her’s in return. So they thought it a settled matter, and next day, after working hours, Nathan ‘ spruced up’ and strolled over to Uncle Joshua’s to ask his consent. The old man sat smoking his pipe in the poroh. His evening opera had just begun ; the sun was setting, and there was a soft, benign expression about the old gentleman’s mouth which Nathan thought boded well for his mission. He was a manly, straightforward young fellow, and after shaking Unole Joshua’s hand, he sat down by his side, and said, gently : ‘ Uncle Joshua ?’ ‘ Well, Nathan ?’ ‘ Fanny ’ —a pause, which Uncle Joshua filled with two long whiffs at his pipe. ‘ Fanny and I love each other, Unole.’ ‘ The deuce you do.’ ‘ She referred me to you, sir,—have you any objections ?’ ‘ Any objections to her referring you to me ? Of course I haven’t, why should I?’ ‘ Any objections to our getting married, Uncle Joshua V ‘ Getting married, eh ! Well, what would you do with a wife ?’ ‘ Love her and oherish her.’ ‘ Does that mean support her ?’ ‘ Why, of course, sir.’ ‘ And what have you to support her with V ‘ Two stout arms, and a stouter heart, sir.!’ ‘ W ell, they won’t do for my Fanny, Nathan, no how. Fanny hasn’t been educated and accomplished and made a lady of, just to throw herself away upon some young country chap, who, one of these days, will be just such a stolid old farmer as her father. Now, I’ve seen you kinder hanging round here a good deal, but I never dreamed it was Fanny you was after. I don’t believe in oousins marrying, anyhow, for the Bible expressly forbids it.’ . , ’ —but leave unto ‘ It forbids only the marriage of second cousins, sir.’ ‘ Well, whoever wrote that law, didn’t suppose first cousins would ever be suoh fools as to wish to marry.’ ‘ I believe I could make Fanny happy, Uncle Joshua.’ ‘ May be you could : but my grandchil dren would all be idiots.’ ‘ Oh, Uncle !’ ‘ Well, Nathan, ’taint no use talking— Fanny don’t know her own mind yet.— This thing, however, is settled—you and she can’t marry each other ; and as long as you imagine she ought to be your wife, and she thinks you ought to be her hus band, why, the less you see of eaoh other the better. Just keep away from her after this, and when Fanny gets over this nonsense and is married to some one else, you oan be cousins again ; till then, you must be to each other nothing.’ ‘ We shall be all the world to each other, always.’ ‘ I’ve no doubt you think so Nathan,’ replied Uncle Joshua, rising and knocking the ashes out of his pipe, * but mind, you must come here no more, and don’t let me hear of your enticing Fanny into any clandestine meetings ; if.you do, it will be the worse for you. Go home now, like a good lad, and get rid of the ‘ matter of moonshine ’at once. I don’t want to fall out with you, my own sister’s son, but if you persist in this matter at all, then I shall declare war.’ Uncle Joshua held out his hand, but Nathan didn’t see it, his eyes were so full of visions of future desolation and loneli ness. ‘ Uncle Joshua let me see Fanny, just to bid her good bye.’ Nathan had been blind when Unole Joshua held out his hand. Uncle Joshua, was deaf now, when Nathan made his re quest. He passed into the house and closed the door behind him, shutting Nathan out with an air of utter uncon sciousness, and led Fanny baok Into the house just as she was ooming through the hall to join him. ‘Fanny,’ said Uncle Joshua, drawing a letter from his pocket, ‘ you have heard me often speak of Timon Jacobs, havn’t you! Well, here is a letter from him, stating that his Bon’s health is not very excellent, and he is anxious to find for him some quiet country home where he can be quiet and reoruit. Now, Fanny, this young man is well educated, is rich, is son of an old friend of mine, and moreover, he is a moral young man. I have written for him to come here at once. I saw him, you know, when I was down to New York last fall. Well, Fanny, I’ve brought you up fit to be the wife of any gentleman, who was good enough for you, and that kind is scarce—and if you can set your cap for young Jacobs, and win him, you’ll be lucky. You’re far enough ahead of any city girl he knows.’ ‘ But, father, the idea of his caring for me ! True, you have sent me to sohool and been very kind to me, but think how my tastes for climbing oherry trees and hunting hens’ eggs would shook a city bred man !’ ‘But you will dispense with all that while he is here, I hope. Well enough for you to indulge in such things here by yourself, but lay them aside when Mr. Jacobs comes, and show him you know how to behave like & lady.’ ‘ Oh, I never could entertain him, father. I should be frightened to death. It is an easy matter to talk to Cousin Nathan and these oountry beans, but these city people, who think one cow gives skim milk and another oream, and that we keep one ex pressly to give buttermilk—such people are not congenial, I could not aot myself before him. I wish you’d send me away somewhere until his stay is ended.’ ‘ Send you away, indeed ! when it is you he is ooming to see; that is,’ he quiokly corrected himself, ‘ he is ooming for his he f. lth - But then I know his father would rather have him marry some healthy, sensible oountry girl, than any city lady in the land.’ J J 1 ‘ But Cousin Nathan, father?’ faltered F anny. *9?' ns *F N?*han oan go to grass,’ curtly said Uncle Joshua. J ‘ And I along with him ?’ she asked with a roguish smile. t, ‘ u a Nathan can’t marry, Fanny. I m agin it, the Bible’s agin it, and the fates are agin it. He’s promised to see u THAT COUNTRY IS THI HOST LANCASTER CITY. PA... TUESDAY MORNING. JULY 8. 1862. yon no more until you are the wife of some one else. He has given yon up slick and dean, and I hope you’ve got too much spunk to feel any hankering for him, after that.’ ■ Fanny’s cheek flushed very hotly, then grew white again. She swallowed a qniok sob, and said : ‘Very well, if, after all he said to me last night, he oan give me np in this way, I’m sure I don’t care. He didn’t even bid me good-bye!’ Uncle Joshua thought by’ the way the bluish shade settled around Fanny’s mouth, that she did oare a vast deal more than he imagined she could. ‘ When will Mr. Jacobs be here, father?’ ‘ To-morrow afternoon, in time for tea.’ Never had Fanny felt suoh a dread of ‘ to-morrow afternoon ’in all her life. It came at last, and she knew the expected guest had arrived, because Unole Joshua was in the parlor down stairs talking to somebody, and that somebody, she felt sure, was Jeffry Jacobs. 1 I’ll run out and get the eggs out of the speckled hen’s nest,’ thought Fanny, ‘ be fore I put on my best dress.’ Fanny considered the gathering of the egg»her sole prerogative, and had any one else touched the hens’ nests, there proba bly would not have been another egg laid in Unole Joshua’s barn, so well was it understood among tho feathered tribe that Fanny never ‘ shoved ’ them off the nest to get the fresh egg, or picked the shells to hurry out the little chickens not yet ready to be hatched. Fanny had scarcely reached the hay mow, when she heard Uncle Joshua enter the. stable below, and commenoe to desoant upon the fine points of that ‘off ox ’ to his young guest. ‘ I would just like to get a peep at that young man,’ thought Fanny, and stealing to the edge of the mow she ventured to look down into the stable below. Alas for Fanny! The board on which she stood tipped with her weight, and in a cloud of hay and dust, down she went, alighting squarely on the back of that off ox. Had a witoh upon her broomstick fallen before him, our Jacobs could not have looked more astonished. . Fanny could ory with vexation and shame; Unole Joshua took her like a baby in his arms, put ‘ her over into the next stall, whence she could escape into the house, and went on telling of his off ox as if nothing had happened. At tea Mr. Jacobs wondered if the graceful little figure presiding at the table was the eamo which had oome down upon him with such a perfect rush, as he termed it, out in the barn. Unfortunately, for Fanny, she had a face which once seen is never forgotten; and though she had combed her hair differently and ohanged her dress, and decKed her hair with daisies, Mr. Jacobs made up his mind that it was the same head whioh he had seen decked in dust and hay seed a little while before. ‘ Never mind,’ thought Fanny, «I’ll dis guise myself in a new dress to-morrow. 111 finish that blue silk which father brought me from New York and then he’ll be sure I’m not that dusty little wretoh he saw out in the barn.’ With a heightened color, she talked to Mr. Jacobs, and the evening slipped away so delightfully, that the young man retired with the firm oon viotion that country air was already doing him much good. The next forenoon, when the house was quiet, and Fanny imagined that Mr. Jacobs was out in the fields with her father, she took out her blue silk dress, and com menced sewing upon it. Hard as she tried to keep up her indignation for Nathan’s quiet desertion, her heart would swell and soften in spite of herself, and the blue silk dress would have been ruined, if salt water could have spotted it. Finally she threw aside her morning wrapper, and tried on the new waist to see how it would fit, for Fanny was her own dress-maker. Unole Joshua’s house had no superfluous furniture, and the only mirror it contained hung in the parlor down stairs. Fanny thought she would run down while no one was about, and see how her dress looked. She oer tainly looked very sweetly, with her bare neok and arms swelling out from the un finished waist, and her white skirt, con trasting with the rioh blue silk. She walked into the curtained parlor turned herself around and around before the glass, and well pleased with the figure she saw reflected there, she made a smiling bow to it, stepped baok a few paces and .curtsied, held out her hand in her most bewitching manner, and said, ‘ how do you do?’ then she suddenly drew herself up and stood as if transfixed—stared wildly at the glass, then covered her face with her hands and darted from the room. What had she seen there ? it was another face beside her own, with eyes full of a kind of amused pity, and mouth struggling to keep from breaking into a smile ! Fan ny knew it was Mr. Jacob’s face, that he was sitting at .the opposite side of the room the darkness of which had prevented her from discovering him when she first entered—that he had seen all her ridicu lous gestures and her strange attire ! ‘l’ll burn the blue dress up !’ she ex claimed, as soon as she had regained her own room. ‘ I shall hate Mr. Jacobs, I’m sure I shall! Must he always see me in my most ridioulous plights V She aotually cried with vexation ; then sat down and wished in her heart she could just get a glimpse of Nathan, she would like to see if he looked sad or happy. When Fanny told the morning’s event to Uncle Joshua, he only laughed heartily and pooh-poohed at it, and told Fanny Mr. Jaoobs was a gentleman, and she must treat him as though she did not know he had been in the parlor. But a woman finds it difficult to forgive the spectator of any of her silly absurdities, however uninten tionally he may have acted suoh a part; and Fanny, notwithstanding it was very plain that Mr. Jacobs sought her sooiety on all occasions, avoided him just as muoh as possible. He made up his mind at last that her heart was pre-engaged, and de termined to learn who was his rival if he could. In the little sitting-room down stairs stood a box-lounge, answering at the same time for a closet and couob. It was simply a rough board box, about six feet long and two feet wide with a lid on it. It was far from being air tight, the baok being pretty well perforated with knot holes. It was no longer used to put anything in, but it was Uncle Joshua’s favorite resting plaoe, when he oame in at night, and had his • wash ’ after a hard day’s work. In this little room was one deep window, curtained with ohintz and opening upon the poroh. The afternoon was sultry, and Fanny WHXKX LABOR 00KKAHD8 THX SUAKSI UWASD.”—BUCHANAN. sat alone in this little room, her thoughts were earnestly dwelling npoo Cousin Nathan, and totally unaware that Mr. Jacobs sat just outside the open window. Fanny’s cheek was not as rosy as it used to be; and when Unole Joshua noticed her troubled, anxious look, and saw that the roses had fled from her face he won dered if Nathan had anything to do with it. He had pondered the matter very seriously lately and had said to himself, ‘ what’s the ÜBe, of stepping between two happy young things like that? Mr. Jaoobs with all his money, isn’t in reality half so j good a match for Fanny as your nephew, | and as for these idiot grandchildren that’s rather counting ohiokens before they are hatched—and you might as well run the risk of them, as to make your daughter Unhappy.’ Moreover, Unole Joshua, not aware of Fanny’s constant and studied coldness to Mr. Jaoobs, was a little piqued that he had not been sufficiently struck with Fanny’s charms, to propose for her hand, and on this same sultry afternoon, when Fanny’s mournful morning kiss had clung to him all day long, he suddenly threw down his scythe, and slapping his hand on his knee, said, ‘ let ’em marry, let ’em marry, Joshua, you’re rioh enough, if Nathan ain’t and you can set ’em up in suoh style, as would make Mr. Jacobs’ eyes water.’ Acting upon the kindly im pulse he started for the house. Meanwhile, Fanny had been startled at seeing a tall shadow fall across the thresh old, and looking up, she clasped her two little hands over her breast and ejaoulated, oh, Nathan ! The next moment he had her in his arms, and their lips had met as cousins will sometimes. Then Fanny drew' herself up and stepped baok. ‘Hpw is it, Nathan,.you come to see me to-day, when you have kept away so long, and besides, gave me up without bid ding me good-bye ?’ ‘ Nay Fanny,’ said Nathan, his sunburnt oheeks reddening a little, ‘ you don't know how Unole Joshua talked to me. He told me never to set foot in his house again till you were put out of my reaoh, by being married to some one else.’ ‘ Oh, Nathan, did father say that ?’ ‘ Indeed he did; and he forbade my bidding you good bye, and I have had such a lonely, wretohed feeling in my heart all this time. Then I heard you were soon to be married to this New York ohap as is staying around here, and I oouldn’t keep away any longer.’ ‘ What, Mr. Jacobs? Wby, Nathan, I hate him. I would like to have-some fairy piok him up and set him down gently on the summit of Mount Blanc. I wouldn't marry Mr. Jacobs if he and I were the last of creation, and only one strip of green turf left for us two to inhabit, I would either jump off, or push \im off, that’s sure, for I can’t bear him.’ ‘ Oh, Fanny, what a relief to me to hear you say that. It pays me for sneaking into a man’s house in this way, when I’ve been as good as turned out of it. I felt mean to do it, mighty mean ; but, oh, Fanny, if you only love me still, and will always love me, I would walk into the dominion of the Fire King himself, though he waved a fire brand in my face to keep me out.’ Again their lips met in that cousinly way, and just at that moment they heard Unole Joshua’s step coming towards the door. ‘ He mustn’t find you here, Nathan.— Father, you know, i 3 so set in his way— he would never forgive you. Here,’ she cried lifting up the lid of the lounge, ‘jump in here—lie down, and I will let you out just as soon as I can.’ Nathan was in, the lid closed, and the oushion replaced on the lounge before Na than fairly knew what he was about.— When Unole Joshua came in, Fanny was on her knees brushing up some shreds into the dust pan. Unobserved she managed to put her lips close to one of the knot holes and whisper, ‘ oan you breathe ?’ to which Nathan as softly replied, ‘ Yes, but it is awful hot here.’ Unole Joshua sat down and called Fan ny to his knees. ‘ You are looking pale, ohild, and you’re troubled. What ails you? Tell your old Father, Fanny.’ ‘ I am not sick father, indeed, l am not. How can Ibe sad ? I am not; but Ido wish Mr. Jacobs would go away, for I can’t bear him!’ ‘What! and you wouldn’t marry him, Fanny, if he should ask you to ?’ ‘Me? No. Never, never!’ ‘ Well, I s’pose that young scamp Na than has something to do with that ?’ ‘ Don’t call him a young scamp, father.’ ‘Mustn’t, eh? Oh, 1 s’pose you think he’ll mako me one of the best of son-in laws, and wouldn’t be carrying you off from the old home as some of these city chaps do, and he’d work the farm as I grew old, and all that ?’ ‘ Indeed, indeed, yes! I know he would !’ eagerly exclaimed Fanny. ‘ Well,’ said Unole Joshua, drily, ‘ I don’t intend to let him try that game yet awhile. Run and get me a glass of cool water— that’s a good child.’ Fanny oast an anxious look toward the lounge, and left the room. The instant she vanished, Mr. Jaoobs threw up the curtain and stepped in through the window. ‘ Mr. Grey,’ he said in a low voioe, ‘ I come to bid you adieu. After'knowing Miss Fanny’s feelings toward pie, as I learned them this afternoon, I oan no longer stay. I would have loved your daughter, sir, and would have been glad to have lent my wealth toward embellish ing this fine old place, but Mies Fanny has willed it otherwise, and I’ve nothing more to say.’ ‘ All right,’ said Uncle Joshua bluntly; as for the place, it’s got along so far with my means, and I don’t want no one else’s money to keep it up for the rest of my days. As for Fanny she's* a girl of good judgment, and if she oaDnot like you I s’pose she has reasons for it.’ ‘No doubt she has,’ Mr. Jaoobs said, very much nettled, ‘ and if you lift up the lid of that lounge yonder, I presume you’ll find abont six feet of her reasons in there. Unole Joshua smelt a rat at once; but pretended not to notioe Mr. Jaoobs’ re mark, he quietly bid him good ,bye, hoping his visit bad not been so unpleasant this time as not to bear repetition, and as he wished to reach the depot for the evening train, Unole Joshna stepped to the.window and ordered the horses put to and per mitted him to go and paok up. When Fanny re-entered the room her father was lying quietly on the lounge. - ‘ Bring me a pillow, Fanny, I believe I’ll take a nap.’ >-'i a&'so •• ■ n?■•••• • ' ‘ Hadn’t you better go into the other room, father, it’s cooler there.’ ‘No, ohild, no, I’ll stay here I believe, and ’spose you sit down and keep the flies off me while I snooze.’ Poor Fanny! there was no alternative, but the perspiration pouring from her faoe in sympathy with poor Nathan, who she really believed would melt in that olose box. The minntes slipped by—her father still slept, and with tears on her faoe, she again put her lips to the lounge and said, ‘ Can you breathe ?’ ‘ What’s that, child, ’ saidUnole Joshna,. instantly opening his eyes, ‘ did you ask if I could breathe ? I dreamt you did—it’s deuced hot here—but I can breathe, oh yes!’ The next minute he was snoring again, and Fanny, in despair, sat fanning away the flies, not daring to ask Nathan another question, but suddenly she heard him Bay softly, ‘ Fanny.’ ‘Fanny,’ said Unole Joshna quickly, without opening his eyes, ‘ some one is calling you ; run dear, it may be your aunt; and Fanny, kiss me; good night ohild, it is your bed time and you must go at once. You need not come baok.’ Fanny felt as though her heart would break, but she did not reveal the truth of the matter to Unole Joshua, so trusting that Nathan’s exoellent constitution would survive his close imprisonment she went away. In a few minutes Nathan heard Unole Joshua snoring again, and he made up his mind there was no use trying to endure this any longer. His olothes were satur ated with perspiration, his brain was throb bing, and a steam bath was nothing to this horrid incarceration. He was getting ner vous, too, the dimensions of his box were so like a coffin ! He shuddered, and the perspiration poured out faster than ever. Suddenly drawing up his knees and push ing with the palms of his hands, he tried to lift the lid of the box. He succeeded in raising it about an inch. ‘Hallo,’ cried Unole Joshua, ‘hallo within there, what’s to pay ? Is anybody in a tight box ?’ Nathan suppressed a groan. ‘ Hallo, I say, are there any spirits in this lounge as would like to communicate with me ? If so, let them rap.’ Nathan gave three very emphatic raps. The hope suddenly entered his heart that he could frighten his tormentor off. ‘ Are you a relation ?’ Three more dis tinot raps. ‘ Are you a dead relation ? ‘Almost,’ groaned Nathan in his most sepulchral tones. Uncle Joshua chuckled, ‘I think I know your voice, spirit,’ he said, ‘ it sounds to me wonderfully like my nephew Nathan’s, who used to be hanging round here after my Fanny—l haintseen him in some time —he’s an honest fellow and kept a prom ise he made me to oome here no more— he’s an honorable chap and sticks to what he says. Well, spirit of Nathan, what'do you want ?’ ‘Oh, Unole Joshua!’ groaned Nathan, in utter despair, ‘ don’t fool with me ; let me out and forgive me.’ ‘ But I owe you a grudge for trying to tilt me off the lounge a minute ago. Be fore I let you out, tell me how you got in ?’ ‘ I came to see Fanny and hid from you,’ said the voice of poor Nathan, ren dered sepulchral in spite of him. ‘And you and Fanny have agreed to give eaoh other up, I ’spose.’ ‘ -Vo, sir, we have agreed never to give eaoh other up—we intend to love on till we die.’ ‘lndeed! Well, what if I give you Fanny will you live here with me, promise to give up chewing tobacco, work the farm and go to meeting every Sunday ?’ ‘ With all my heart.’ ‘ Upon your honor.’ ‘ Yes ! Oh, for heaven’s sake let me out.’ ‘ Very well. Shade, of Nathan, come forth!’ Unole Joshua lifted up the lounge and poor Nathan crawled out, looking more like a parboiled beet than a spruoe young farmer beau. Uncle Joshua put his hands on his sides and surveyed him. ‘ You’ve had a warm season, I reokon,’ said he ; ‘ but there’s one consolation, it sweated the tan off, I guess, and you'll look all the better for it in the end.’ Fanny and Nathan were married ; and often now, when Uncle Joshua of a win ter’s evening sits surrounded by his merry grandchildren, every one\ of whom re futes tho old saying that cousin’s ohildren are always fools, he regales them with the history of the nap he onoe took on the old box lounge. ‘ Sat it or Bust.’ —The late eloquent and learned Dr. Rice excelled in the fer vor and unction of his prayers. In his congregation was an aged negro, very pious and very excitable, who would al ways shout ‘ Amen !’ when any petition was put up whioh touched his feelings. This at length became quite annoying to Dr. Rice, especially as Caesar’s hearty ‘ Amons !’ not unfrequently filled the room. Finally the Doctor told him that his shouts disturbed the congregation, who were not aooustom ed to them; and if he could restrain them it would be a great favor. The good negro was shocked to learn that he had disturb ed any ong, and faithfully promised silence in future. But it happened the very next Sunday that the Doctor was .unusually earnest in his supplication' to the throne of graoe. He fairly ‘ wrestled in prayer.’ In the gallery, as usual, sat Caesar, writh ing sympathetically with the emotion whioh he oould not suppress and would not utter. -More and more fervent waxed the prayer —deeper grew Caesar’s emotion—more and more violent his struggles to avoid giving vocal utteranoe to them. Nature at last oould hold out no longer. ‘ Amen!’ shouted Caesar. ‘ Massa Rice, I had to say it or bust !’ A good joke occurred about a Con gressman the other day, in the Army of the Fotomao. A Michigan Colonel was in command of the guard. Citizens were prohibited admittance. Several came up and asked the corporal to pass them, say ing that they were Congressmen. The corporal stated the case to the Colonel. ‘They are Congressmen, are they?’ asked the Colonel, fieroely. : ‘So they say, sir.’ ‘ Well let them pass and go where they please,’ ‘ let them tramp on torpedoes, go into the magazines, and wherever there is any prospeot of their being blown to the devil, for that is the quiokest way to end the war.’ •' Good Advice for Matrimonial Candidates. The following items of advice to the la dies remaining in a state of single bless edness, are extracted from the manusoript of an old dowager : If yon have blue eyeß, languish. If blaok eyes, affect spirit. If yon have pretty feet, wear short pet tiooats. If yon Eire at least doubtful as to that point, wear the-long. If yon have good teeth do not forget to laugh nowand then. If yon have bad ones yon must only simper. While yon are young, sit with your faoe to the light. When yon are a little advanced, sit with your back towards the window. If yon have a bad voice, alwayß speak in a low tone. If it is acknowledged that yon have a fine voioe, never speak in a low tone. If you dance well, dance seldom. If yon dance ill never danoe at all: ' If yon sing well, make no puerile ex ouses. If yon sing indifferently, hesitate not a moment when yon are asked, for few per sons are competent judges of singing, bnt every one is sensible of Hie desire to please. If in conversation you think a person wrong, rather hint a difference of opinion than offer a oontradiotion. It is always in your power to make a friend by smiles ; what folly to make ene mies by frowns. When you have an opportunity to praise, do it with all your heart. When yon are forced to blame, do it with reluctance. If yon are envious of another woman, never show it bnt by allowing her every good quality and perfection except those which she really possesses. If you wish to let the world know you are in love with a particular man, treat him with formality, and every one else with ease and freedom. Maxims for Youth. —Those children that are best beloved by their parents, should be most obedient to their parents ; and then their love is well bestowed, and well returned.. Whoever hates his brother, or his sister, is a murderer; for he will be one if he have an opportunity. Young people should take their good parents for their best friends, and be ad vised by them, and not by flatterers, who wheedle them to make a prey of them. Those are never likely to come to good that are undutiful to their parents. Reverence your own mind ; reoeive the nurture of instruction, that the man with in you may grow and flourish. Young persons have need of strong reins ; they ate sometimes hard to be ruled, easy to be drawn aside, and apt to be de ceived. No one can pursue solid learning and frivolous pleasure at once. The eye of the great God is ever upon you, and your eternity may hang upon the conduct of an hour. Early religion lays the . foundation of happiness both in time and eternity. Few boys are born with talents that exoel; but all are capable of living well. Piety is not only the best safeguard of youth, but also its brightest ornament. Dewdrops of Wisdom. —lt is a proof of our natural bias to evil, that is slower and harder than loss in all things good : but, in all things bad, getting is quioker and easier than getting rid of. Worldly happiness—a glittering false diamond, placed upon the top of a smooth greased pole, which all try to climb and secure. They, who disbelieve in virtue, because man has never been found perfect, might as reasonably deny the sun, because it is not always noon. Toil and trial are grim schoolmasters ; but a flush of hope oan make them beau tiful, even as a sunbeam the rude moun tain frost. You may judge pretty well as to a 'woman’s secret vioesj by observing what she condemns most fiercely in others. Auger your friend, and you will be sur prised to find what a villain you are even in his estimation. Common sense is very uncommon, though eaoh.man thinks he has enough of KF" Now let me tell you a secret worth hearing. This looking always for enjoy ment don’t pay. From what I know of It, I would as soon chase butterflies- for a living, or bottle up moonshine for cloudy nights. The only true happiness is to take the drops of happiness as God gives them to us every day of our lives ; the boy must learn to be happy when he is plodding over his lessons; the apprentice when he is learning his trade ; the merchant when he is making’ his fortune. If he fails to learn this art, he will be sure to miss his enjoyment when he gains what he sighs for. We are never satisfied that a lady understands a kiss unless we have it from her own mouth. THE LANCASTER- INTELLIGENCER JOB PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT, No. 8 NORTH DUKE STREET, LANCASTER, PA. The Jobbing Department is thoroughly furulshod with new and elegant type of every 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, BALL TICKETS AND INVITATIONS, PRINTING IN COLORS AND PLAIN PRINTING, with neatness accuracy and dispatch, on the most reasona ble terms, ana la a manner not excelled by any establish* ment in the city. 49* Orders .Grom, a dlstaaoe, by mail or otherwise, promptly attended to. Address GEO. SANDERSON k SON, Intelligencer Office, No. 8 North Duke street, Lancaster, Pa. 18 61. A P E I L.. 18 6 2. j. MOTHER. ARRIVAL OF SPLENDID NEW SPUING OOOBS AY 7 , ENT ZEROS. 1 Lot of FOULARD SILKS, only 12% cants. 1 Lot Spring Gballie DELAINES, 12&c., worth 20c. 1 Lot Brocha VALENCIAS, Boqna. 26,81, 87%c.. 1 Lot Soper Boqna CHALLIEB, only 25c. SHEPHERDS* PLAIDS, beautiful and good, 25c. All our best CALICOES, selling at 12Uc. 1 Lot Extra Good CALICOES, only 10c. 1 Lot excellent Bonnet and Apron Ginghams, 12%0. SHAWL AND CLOAK ROOM. New Stock of FRING SHAWLS AND CLOAKS. BiAunrcL Stklla .Shawm. : Every day brings something new.” CHOICE BARGAINB OFTHE DAT/ V; • -v •••* . WENTZ 8808- 'T."* * • ‘ KaSßufcKtagß&aafc DRB881iB&>8 ' *'•* - w BAIR JR*£LBY BTOR 4 No. 900 Nobtb Bth Bzaxn aboyi tuim frim.APßT.pnT a * : On hand and for sale. a choice assortment ot superior patterns, and will plait to Order B&AOEIiBTS. EARRINQB, FINGER BXNG&-- -. ' voSabband - TEBTOHAIMS. 49* Oiden enclosing tha hair to fa'plaln&may fa seat by mail. Give a drawing u near as yon oan on paps?, apd encloee sneh amount aa yod.piay ehooeeto'pay.'• s x Coeta as follows: TTsr fHnflrifi.to tfl !Tii)aiTnTiltn%l s7—Finger Rings 76 cents to s&66—Ysst Chains idtotf— NecklacessBto V \ - ~4r>* OHpOOLD TSfaßm aprlS ;. •• . ... " > . lyl* NB W 8 P SIS O 8T Ttß 8 . The nndendgnedcalls specialitVn to anew and well selected stock of : . - ’ Ml It LI BMB T GOOD B, - , of the latest styles, consisting of colored and Goodsof all kinds and prioeejboanet frames.todt mn> body, French'and noicqaiQneatVttlfttyrrtv* boos, quillings, tacayedglngs, - join bland, gimp and hair lace, and a great .variety of Bonnet Trimmings, silk, satin, crape and different kinds of bonnet materials, 7 rtETv TRIMMED, STRAW * FANCY BONNETS, '>\ jB&li) a large assortment to suit every taste, cape* flg (pi nett, crown-lining, wire, and a great many articles unnecessary to mention, all df which I will fell cheaper than-tbe-eheapeat, either, wholesale op retails ryr-. Also, a fine assortment of. JEWJHiBYahd-DRY GOODS, on hand, and various Notions, all_ofwhleh will ba sold very cheap. Call and examine mystoekbefbrepttrdbaslngeliewhere. Thankful tor past favors, the subscriber hppee to have the patronage of his old custom art, and many uear one*. - L. BAUM, No. 81 North Queen St. apr 1 8m 12] 1 flflO IAA9 > . •• . lOM. OPBNING OF NBW SPRING GOODS. JUST RECEIVED, direct from New York and. Philadel phia, a choice lot ot - NEW BPRING DRESS GOODS. . Shepherd’s Plaids of every variety. Alack a large, lot of NEW CHINTZES, Purchased at low prices tor cash, which we guarantee to sell at prices that will DEFT COMPETITION. BEST ENGLISH CHINTZES.., BEST ME RBI MAC CHINTZES...... BEST AMERICAN CHINTZES BEST COOHEOO CHINTZES. BEST PACIFIC CHINTZEB BEST SPRAGUE CHINTZES.. BEST MOURNING CHINTZES ALSO, Large lot of good, heavy Domestic GINGHAMS, 12% eta; Good Apron Ginghams and Checks, 12% cents; Good Bleached and Unbleaehed MUSLINS, one yard wide, 12% cents; Cotton Flannels. cents. NOW IS THE TIME TO BUT. A fall line of BLAOK SILKS, cheap. New Styles of SPRING DRESS GOODS Of every variety and quality, OPENING .DAILY,, mar 18 tf 10] Biotina roopi k g . MASU7ACTUBED BY SSI UNITED STATES BIOTJNA ROOFING COMPANY. No. 9 Oobb Blocs, cobnxb Gbxut and Pma Sea, BOSTON, MASS. This Portable Roofing is the only article ever, offered to tho public, which is ready prepared to goon the roof Without any finishing operation. It ia light, handsome, and easily applied, and can be safely and cheaply transported to any part of the world. It will not taint or discolor water run ning over, or lying on It, and is in all'respeets a very, de sirable article. Its nonconducting properties adapt it especially to covering manufactories of various kinds, and it Is confidently offered to the public after a test of four years in all varieties of climate and temperature, for covering all kluds of roofs, flat or pitched, together with ears, steam boats, Ac. It is both cheap and durable. Agents wanted, to whom liberal inducements are offered. Send for sample, circular, Ac., with particulars, to “ U. S. ROOFING 00.. No 9 GOBI Block, Boston ” r apr29 BmlB jhe official war map. HAZARD’S RAIL ROAD AND MILITARY MAP OF THE SOUTHERN STATES. From the most authentic sources, and the Coast Survey, eng.nved in the Finest Style of Map Making. It gives so recent and snch valuable facts concerning all the.Bailroad% that the War Department Immediately authorised Its pub lication, and distributed ONE THOUSAND COPIES among the Generals arfTColonels of the Army. As it is THE ONLY MAP that is authorized as OFFI CIAL, it is the moat Reliable and Authentic, and from its large size,—B2 by 55 inches—shows at a glance the Princi pal Places and all tbe Strategic Points. Gin. MoCULUV has acknowledged tbe great importance of it to bis move ments. *' BEAUTIFULLY COLORED, PRICE ONLY ONE DOL LAR, to compete with inferior maps. In Cloth Case, SLSO. Dissected and Mounted on Muslin, $2 50. Mounted on Muslin, with Rollers and Varnished, $2.50. Sent Free by Mail on receipt of Price. - WILLIS P. HAZARD, No. 724 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Ay As every intelligent man wants THE BEST and ONLY OFFICIAL MAP, Agents can make money rapidly by selling this. 4y Newspapers inserting this three times shall receive a copy by Mail. „ [may 27 4t 20 Firth, pond a c o ~ MANUFACTORIES OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS , AND PUBLISHERS OF * SHEET MUSIC, 647 Broadway, New Yobs. Great inducements offered to purchasers. NEW AND SPLENDID PIANO FORTES, as low as $2OO fi?r cash, and every Instrument warranted. NEW PIANOS rented and the rent applied to nor* chase. MELODEONS AND H ARMONEUMS constantly on hand. BAND INSTRUMENTS. We manufacture and import Band Instruments of all kinds. A fall setof 12 Brass Instruments, forwarded fbr $l6O cash. List of prices sent on application by letter. EVERT KIND OF MUBIOAL INSTRUMENT, and all kinds of Musical Goods can be furnished in our stock. Parties ordering by letter and enclosing the money.' can depend upon prompt attention to their orders. OUR NEW GB&MAN SILVER FIFE, price *7XO, In case, is the best Fife ever made. GUITARS 1 GUITARS II The demandfor our Guitars is constantly on the increase, because they do not crack or split in any Every Gnitar of our make is folly warranted. PRICES. No. 1. MAHOGANY GUITAR, with patent heftd, in case, with extra eet of strings, $l6 No. 2. ROSEWOOD GUITAR, patent head, in case, Ac .. IS £°. 3. “ “ extra beading, Ac-.-...... 22 No. 4. “ fa oval back, Ac— 25 No. 6. “ « centrifugal bars, Ao- 86 No. 6. « “ elegantly Inlaid, and ' - finished in superior style,.—.— 60 We will pack our Goltars free of charge, on receipt of the price from parties ont of the city. Cheap imported Gaitars, from $2 and upwards. BANJOS 1 BANJOBM We make the best Banjos in the World! Our patent Banjos with extra screws and turning keys, for Solo Play* ers, has thrice the tone and power of the ordinary Banjo. Price, from $8 to $25, with case, according to finish/ Cheap Banjos, from $1 and upwards. Buckley’s New Method for the Banjo. The best book for it>*mTng that instrument* Price $l, copies sent by mail, postage paid. STRINGS I BTRINGSI] BeaUy good Violin Strings are a rarity. We make it a point to keep very superior Strings, for good-players. Price 75 cents per set. Sent by mail, postage paid. Beside the above we have Italian, German, French and wpgHfh Strings, for Violin, Violincello, JL'onble Bass, Ac. Jewellers, Dealers in Music, Books, Faucy Goods, Ac., are invited to give our Strings a trial. SHEET MUSIC AND MUSICAL BOOKS. Our Catalogue of Music is very extensive and popular, and we are publishing New Mnsle Every Pay. Beridea oar own publications we have all q/ the published In the country, and can furnish ForeJg»Mneie; Dealers, Teachers of Music, Heads of El*!. 6 ” News Agents, can have their orders promptly filled and forwarded by Express or mail. m rrrf The postage On Music sent by mail is only about one cent for each piece. This is the cheapest and Quickest way to forward small packages. - 49* Send for our Catalogues and Circular*. Remember the name and number. FIRTH, POND A 00- 647 Broadway, New York. jnay 6 8m 17] Da • J • T . BAKBB, HOiKEOPATHIO PHYSICIAN, Of Usoamie Citr. may be consulted professionally, at his Office, atHenry Bear’s Hotel, In the Borough of Strasbnrg, on Thursday of each week, from 10 o’clock in the morning to three in the afternoon. An opportunity is thus afforded to residents of Strasbnrg and vicinity to avail themselves treatment, and females suffering from chronio diseases may enjoy the advice of one who has made this of diseases s speciality. J. T. BAKES, M. D., Homoeopathic Physician, oct 22 tf 41J East King street, above Lime, Howard association, PHILADELPHIA. > For the Belief of the Sick and Distressed, afflicted with Vira:ent and Chronic Diseases, and especially for the Oue of Diseases of the Sesoal Organs MEDICAL ADVICE given gratis, by tbs Acting Boigeoa.' VALUABLE REPORTS,on Spermatorrhoea or Seminal Weakness and other Diseases or the Sexual Organs, and on theNEW REMEDIES employed In the Dlspensary.scnt to the afflicted in sealed letter envelopes, free of chvge. Two or three Stamps for postage will be acceptable. > - Address, DR. J.SKILLtNHOUQHTONTAeiIngSurgeon, Howard Association, No. 2 Boath Ninth St, Philadelphia jnnelO ..ly'22 - Mors hew and interesting: BOOKS. THE EARL’S HEIRS: A -Tali or Doixarn Lm...By the Anthor of <( East Lynne; or, The Earl’s Daughter, * v “ The Mystery,” A?., Ac. -Paper price, 60 centa. MORGAN; OR, THE KNI9HTB OF THE BLACK FLAG: A Snanei Story ox Btgok> Tubs. Paper-prise; SA et*. - For sale at J. M. WfiBTHAEFFEB’B, ' apr 1 tf 12] Oor.North Qneenond OrshgeStl'' rpATTERSAIaIi’S HEATE POWDIB X Powdered Bosin, Antimony, Fennlgreex, Sujphtg Saltpetre, Asaafoetida, Alum, Ac. Tor sale at apr 21 tf 14 ■' THOMASELIAUKEE, ; Drug : and pbemiea!-StA^i^Weiit Manual, and drill book, for ; the use of all Volnnteers and Militia, revised, cor* <1 rected, and adapted tothedisdpUne of the aoldifr of ,a 4. present day, by an officer In the United Statee Army. At * J. -: may 14 tf 18] Ncw44.oon36rN.Qooen AOnmgasfcs..-; g. Z. OOTTWALB r . ■ : so. sia. swh9 awoif :l .&?.- omuj mL/uatPßu:' - ■’ -'flidi*'}. NO. 26. .....12K eents. .....123* cents. .....TSKoents. .. (M I2K cents. .....12k oents. . mm l2K eents. 12)5 cents. WENTZ BROS., No. 5 East King Street.
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