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VOL. TiXTTI. THE LANCASTER INTELLIGENCER, QbISBXD SVERT TUT9DAT, AT WO. 8 WORTH DUD B*M*T, 3Y GEO. SANDERSON. terms. Subscription.— Two Dollars per annum, payable In ad vance. No subscription discontinued until all arrear ages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. Advertisembwts.— 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 Pbiwtiwo Snch as Hand Bills, Posters, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &c., Ac., executed with accuracy and on tho shorttFt notice. THE BASTILED DEMOCRAT, BY P. G. FERGUBOH. They bore bim to a gloomy cell, And barred, him frum the light, Because he boldly dared to tell The people what was right. He dared his single voice to raise Against oppression’s power, To show, by truth’s unerring rays, The dangers of the hour. They called him by a traitor’s name, And with a fiendish hate Heaped on his head a load of shame, Such as on felons wait. They dragged him from his peaceful hearth Upon a despot’s word, Although the vilest man on earth, Should by the law be heard. Thus he, a man of lofty soul, Wielding a magio pen, Whose word the people would control, And sway the minds of men, Is by a orazy tyrant’s nod Of liberty bereft, Struck by a base usurper’s rod—- In daik confinement left. They shut bim up, but could not chain His free and fearless soul; The sacred chamber of his brain Was free from their control. They could not bind the eagle thought That from his mind took flight, Effaou the lesson he had taught, Nor bar the truth from light. For tho* within a dungeon damp They shut him from the day, They could not quench truth’s airy lamp That burns with fadeless ray. But hark ! upon the sea of life, What sound comes from afar! It is the harbinger of strife, Of red ensanguined war. It is the People’s voice that breaks Like wild waves on the oar; It is the People’s tramp that shakes The earth both far and Dear. Lift up thy head, 0 martyr brave, Thy chains will broken be; The People come their friend to save — Look up, thou wilt be free ! • LEECHES, ’Tis strange, indeed, in times like these, How many show their feeling And love of country in a kind Of ‘'gently o’er me stealing /” Od6 man goes prating long and loud About our “ bleeding nation;” But while the soldiers gape around He robs them of a ration I Another, with long face he asks A blessing on our forces ; He wants u chanco fo try his hand In contracting for horses ! “He’s loyal to the Srars and Stripes, He voted, too, for Jackson As long as his contract lasts he says, “ Old Abe, just lay the tax on 1“ Another’s oldest brother went To school with Mrs. Lincoln’s; To show his love for country he Would furnish it with tin cans! Held like to cup old Uuole Sam, And trp that style of bleeding; And all the while he prates about “This damnable seceding l” Another wants a sutler’s berth, “ To fight be isn’t able;” And so he’d like to do his share By furnishing the table ! “ He loves his dear old country’s flag, And Yankee Doodle Bandy,” And so he shows bis love for them By selling poisoned brandy. Go where you choose, look where you will, You’ll find these army leeches ; In church, in Congress, on the stump, A-muking Uniun speeches. Bound bar-room fires these wintry nights They drink their whiskey toddy, While shiver, shiver in the camps The men they clothed in shoddy! Away with all such men as these, Who rob our flag’s defenders ! To Warren and to Lafayette With all such base pretenders! And if at all our dear old flag Is to be rent asunder, Let it be done by rebel hands, And not by those of plunder l Is there a heart that never sighed? Is there a tongue that never lied? Is there an eye that never blinked ? Is there a man that never drinked ? *l3 there a woman that never fainted ? Or, is there one that never painted ? If so, then heart and tongue f.nd eye Must tell a most confounded lie ! LETTER FROM EX-GOV. BIGLER, Clea field, Pa., ) November Ist, 1862. j My Dear Sir : In reply to your favor of the 30th ult., I have to say that you have been rightly informed. Ido not in tend to be a canaidate for United States Senator at the coming election, and have so expressed myself to friends on all prop er oooasions. I have a number of reasons, public and private, for this course, one of which is that the Eastern and Northern sections of the State, make special olaim to the Senator, at this time, on the ground that we have one in the West recentl, elected, and cannot reasonably claim both for so long a term. The other question you ask, ‘ what can be done to save the country,' is not so readily answered The usual response is, ■ God knows. Few of our best thinkers seem to have any clear views on the ques tion ; and it i, not even certain that the Administration at Washington has a well defined policy to that end. I have some thoughts on the subject which I do not hesitate to give you. They may seem to you crude, and on some points even novel and startling; but they are the result of some reflection. The sword is the only agency at work. But the sword cannot do all. It is an agent of destruction. It can. tear down but cannot build up. It may chastise and silence the rebels in the field ; but it can not make a union of States ; it cannot re store confidence and fraternity amongst a people estranged and alienated from each other. If the war was against the leaders in the South on y, as many at the begin ning supposed, then the sword might put them down and the masses could return to their allegiance. But the confliot turns out to-be with the whole mass of the peo ple within the revolted States, old and young, male and female, numbering many millions. With such a power, sooner or later, we shall have to treat and negotiate. The sword alone will nover restore this people to the Union. You well know that when the present calamities menaced the nation, I was for peaceful means to avert the blow. Then our present suffering and sacrifices could have been avoided, and as I believe the unity of the States preserved for genera tions, without the sacrifice of principle or honor, or conscience on either side ; pas sion, prejudice and fanatioism only would have been required to give way ; and. I still think, nay, I am sure that other means beside war are neoessary to save our country—our whole country—from present afflictions and impending ruin. 1 linowhow easy -it is to talk about war and caruage; about : strategic positions and brilliant victories; about the prompt subjugation of the South by the North ; even bow pleasant it may be to some to float in the common current of excitement and passion ; and especially how unpleas ant, if not unsafe it is to stem this tide. Bat the time is coming, if it be not now,' when the man who would render his coun try a substantial service must do this.— He most look at the whole work before ns, and strike for the right regardless of clamor or consequences to himself per sonally. We have had war for eighteen months, the like of which the world has seldom witnessed before. To sustain which a national debt of startling magnitude, which must hang over posterity long into the future, has already been created, and more than a quarter of a million, of invaluable lives sacrificed on the Union side alone, in addition to the many thousands that have been crippled or diseased for life ; and yet but little, if any substantial progress has been made in the good work of re-estab lishing the Union, or even of maintaining the Federal authority within the revolted States. Has not then, the experiment of war, as a means of extricating the ooun try from its present deplorable condition, been already tested—tested at least to such an extent as to prove its futility un aided by other meana. It was a happy thought of President Lincoln, expressed in his Inaugural, that if we went to war we could not fight al ways ; ‘ and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, yon cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.’ This prophetic and highly signifi-, oant sentiment shows that even Mr. Lin coln, before the war began, anticipated the time, in oase it did begin, when it would be necessary to put the sword to rest, at least for a season, in order to re sume the identical old questions about in tercourse and settlement. It does not seem to have occurred to him that the sword coaid do the whole work, but that inevitably we would have to come back to the original point to compromise and settle. If then, we cannot fight always, what amount of fightiug is necessary to render it proper to prepare to cease, or suspend, in order to consider terms of reconcilia tion. There has already ‘ been much loss on both sides and no gain on either,’ and whilst the time to cease fightiDg may not be yet; the period has surely come when other means besides the sword should be employed in the effort to save the govern ment and country. Certainly the object of the war, and the extent to which it is to go, should be definitely known to the country. If it be intended to subjugate the States in rebellion, and hold them, not as States in the Union, but as con quered provinces, then the sword must be kept in constant motion, and war and car nage must be the order of the day. New levies and fresh supplies may be properly raised, for it will require a formidable army in each of the seceded States to ex ecute and maintain this scheme. If ex termination be the object, then the sword should have unrestrained license to deal death and destruction amongst the rebels, in all parts of their country, regardless of sex, or age, or condition. But neither of these purposes, if practicable, would re establish the Union composed of certain States. But, when the Union is re-estab lished, the South as well as the North must be in it; the family of States must exist as heretofore, else it will not be the Union about which we have talked so much and for which so many brave men have offered up their lives. The physical tri umph of the North over the South, in the field, as the North in the eDd jnay triumph, is not the whole of the task. The States must be brought together ; the feelings of the people of both seotions must be so constrained and moderated, that they can fraternize and live together, else the Union is gone forever. To subjugate the South ern States and so hold them, could sub serve no good end for either seotion, and in no way, that I can discover, advance the welfare of the North ; for so long 1 as the South was held their hate of the North would increase, and whilst the North so held the South it would do but little else, meanwhile its material interest must lan guish and die. But, in addition, such a work is utterly inconsistent with the genius of our institutions and could scarcely fail to lead to their utter perversion and ulti mate overthrow, adding to the calamities of disunion the sacrifice of free govern ment. Conquest and empire, however magnificent, oould not compensate for such a loss. To exterminate the inhabitants of the South, would be a deliberate emasculation of the Union, rendering its reconstruction at once impracticable and hopeless, and in volve a wofk of barbarity, from which the Northern people would shrink in hor ror. The existence of the Southern States, and on some terms of intercourse, is highly essential, nayy I will say, indis pensable to the welfare of the North. I am, therefore against extermination, and against the policy of holding the Southern States as conquered provinces. This ground can be so easily maintained on purely selfish considerations for the North, which will occur to all, that I need not trouble you with their presentation on this occasion. I am for re-establishing the Union as it was, or making a Union as similar as practicable, the States to be equals and to be sovereign to the extent the States now are, each to have and en joy suoh domestic institutions as it may choose, and, were I in Congress, I should sustain that measure of war and that only, that would clearly tend to the accomplish mentof these ends ; but no war of subju gation or extermination. I know it may be said in reply to all ■ this, then let the Southern people lay down ; their arms and come back into the Union, and all will be right again. Would to God they oould be induced so to dp There is no guarantee in reason that I would not be willing to grant them. But do we see any indications of such a return to reason and duty ? I can seen none, and I expect to see none, bo long as the sword is unac companied by agents for settlement and peace. When our army went to Mexico it was accompanied by a peace commission in order to embrace the earliest opportu nity for settlement. In God’s name, I would ask, should we do less when’ enga ged in a war among ourselves ? It is idle, and worse than idle, to delude ourselves about the nature of the contest in which we are engaged. We cannot make a Union by force, alone, though we may triumph 1 over the South in the field, and we may as «THAT OOUHTBT IS THB HOST PBOSFXKOUS WHKBB LABOR OOHXANDS TUB GBBATBST RBWABD.”- LANOASTEH CITY, PA., TUESDAY MOBNTNG. DECEMBER 2. 1862. well look the complications square in the face as not. The first question is, do we intend—do we desire—to have all the Southern States back into the Union, on the terms of the Constitution ? If we do, then it is seen that they are to be the, equals of the Northern States, in rights, sovereignty, and dignity. Does any one believe that such a re ation oan be estab lished and maintained by the sword alone! Should a certain number of the States subjugate and humiliate the others, then they oonld not live together as equals and friends, for the subjugated are always the enemies of the subjugators. When all the States, therefore, resume their former re lations, or new relations of Union and in tercourse, it must be the aot of all, if the settlement is to be complete and perma nent. I have heard a great deal abont patch ing up a dishonorable peace ; abont. the humiliation and disgrace to the North; in volved in any and every proposition for settlement, and there is nothing that is said about the affairs of the country for whioh I have so little respect. It is even held by some that he is a dis loyal citizen who seeks to re-establish the Union by other means than the sword. How absurd! The sword has been at work ; its agency has been tested, vigor ously and terribly tested, and how stand the States now that should be in harmony 1 The sad response is, where they were when the war begun, arrayed in grim and re lentless hostility. Then why spurn other agencies to aid in the good work ? In the words of Mr. Lincoln, ‘ we cannot fight always,’ and we should not fight longer, unless we can do so as a means of ultimate Union and permanent peaee. What, then, can be done ? and I regret that all that should be done cannot be ac complished promptly. The States now in the Union should be in Convention, or have delegates ready to go into Conven tion, in order to reaffirm the present con stitutional relations among the States, with explanations on controverted points, or to make such new relations as may be found necessary to bring together and re tain all the States. The State Legisla tures oould petition Congress for suoh a Convention, as provided by the Constitu tion, and Congress could make the neces sary provisions for it, before the oloae of the coming session. Such Legislatures as do not meet in the regular order oould be specially convened ; and when the neces sary number of States petition, it is obli gatory on Congress to comply. The body thus constituied would be competent to adjust and settle all the complications which now embarrass us. ' In the midst of war, then, we should be prepared to inakc peace. Whereas, when the time comes for settlement, in the absence of such a body, it might be found that we .have no compe tent authority in do the things that may be necessary. Neither Congress, nor tho Executive, nor the two together, have rightful authority to change the old or to make new relations among the States. Congress may submit amendments to the Constitution for tho ratification of the States, and I believe the present calamities of the nation could have been averted in that way in the winter of 1861; but now the disorders of the country are probably too complicated to be reached in that form. Meanwhile, the President and Congress should prepare the way for settlement; iudeed, by consulting the people through the ballot-box, they might make a settle ment, to be ratified by the States thereaf ter. Let the President propose an armis tice, for the purpose of considering some programme of re-union and settlement, in which the feelings and rights of the masses in the South shall be duly appreciated and provided for. Invite them to come back on the conditions of the Constitution, with explicit definitions on controverted points, or on new conditions with the fullest as surance of justioe and equality when they do so come. Let him do this, and chal lenge the rebel authorities to submit such propositions as may be agreed upon, to an unrestrained vote of the citizens of the Southern States, as he will, at the same time, submit such propositions to a vote of those of the Northern States, with the understanding that if a majority of slave States, and a majority of free States ac cept the proposition, its conditions should be binding until ratified, or superceded by the States. Suppose the Confederate au thorities reject this, or any similar propo sition, no harm could ensue to the North ern cause. Such action would only leave them in a worse light before the world, and the Government at Washington in the better. The preliminaries for suoh a move ment could be readily arranged by com missioners selected for that purpose. It may be said that we are constantly inviting the Southern people to lay down their arms, and come back into the Union, and this would seem to be conclusive ; but it must not be forgotten that they rebelled because, as they say, the party now in power at Washington, would not permit them to enjoy, in peace, the real conditions and covenants of that Union, and that there is no evidence that they would fare better now. Besides, he has studied human nature to a poor purpose, who cannot dis cover that unconditional submission in volves a degree of humiliation, to which they will never oome so long as they have any means of resistance. In the effort to gain baok even the masses, their passions ! and pride, and self-respect, may be wisely j considered. We must give them some new | ground, some pretext, if not complete and I substantial guarantees, before we oan ex ■ pect them to entertain the idea of forsak j ing their present leaders, and embracing i the old Government. I am fully aware of the indignation and even contempt with which these sugges tions will bo perused, by some, in both sections ; but I care not. Are we not en gaged-in an effort to re-establish and main tain the Union, and are not the seceded States to compose part of that Union ? Then why ndf endeavor to rescue them from destruction, and cultivate good rela tions with them? When the family of States again exist as heretofore, they must become our breth ren and our equals in every particular.— What pleasure, then, can we have in their destruction or humiliation ? If there be any friends of the old flag, and the old Government within the seceded States they should cultivate the same spirit tow ard the North. The absent element of a substantial Union is fraternity amongst the people, and that can never be fur nished by the svyord. Again in the words of Mr.- Lincoln, ‘there has been muoh loss on both sides and no gain on either,’ and the identical old question as to terms of intercourse are upon ns, and we should seek so to adjust them as to re-establish the Union on an imperishable basis. Bat, it may be asked, is this a war for the Union ? Are we sure that those in authority intend nothing else ? They cer tainly profess nothing else, and I attribute to them nothing else. If the war is not for the Union, and is not directed with sole reference to that end, then it is the most stupendous fraud that has ever been practised upon the world. We all know, however, that many, very many of its par tizans will not be satisfied with that issae. It might be very important, therefore, to the salvation of the oountry, when the time for reconstruction comes, if ever it should come, to have the soundings on this point taken in advance. I should like exceedingly to see a popular vote ta ken in the North, especially En gland, between the proposition to receive all the States back into the Union, on the terms of the Constitution, whioh makes the States equal and alike sovereign, eaoh with the right to have suoh domestic in stitutions as it may ohoose, and a propo sition to reoognize the independence of the Southern Confederacy. It might be interesting, as well as instructive, to un veil the hypoorisy of a certain school of politicians who have clamored so zealously about the war for the Union. It is pain fully apparent that notwithstanding this clamor, they do not intend that the Union shall exist hereafter on the terms of the Constitution, if it is to embrace all the States. The ratio of slave representation, and the rendition of fugitive slaves, are features of the Constitution which they condemn and abhor. Between the main tenance of these and the recognition of the Southern Confederacy, many of them, in my judgment, four to one, would prefer the latter. Their aversion to these olauses of the Constitution were a primary cause of the alienation and hostility of the South, and I fear they would not yield that aversion now to render the Union what it onee was. Let Mr. Lincoln try this question if he would solve the prob lem of the nation’s imbroglio. Do not understand me that I would yield the sword or any other means to render the Union what it was. What I mean is, that if the Union, and that only is the objeot, the sword will never find the belligerents in a better condition to con summate that work than they are now, and that other agencies should be prompt ly employed. I yield to no man in devo tion and loyalty to the Union as it was, and to the principles of government trans mitted to us by our fathers. The main tenance and perpetuation of these shall be the objeot nearest my heart, whether I be in private or public life. With mnoh esteem, I remain, Yours truly, WM. BIGLER. To S. D. Anderson, Esq., Philad., Pa, A Curious Chapter on Food, The diversity prevailing in different nations in reference to artioles of food seems to oonfiem in its literal sense the proverbial saying that ‘ fine man’s meat is another man’s poison.’ Many an article of food which is in high esteem in one country is regarded in others with abhor rence, whioh even famine oan hardly sur mount. In the Shetland Islands it is said that crabs and lobsters abound, which the people catch for the London market, but refuse to eat even when half starved. The John Dory is reckoned by epicures one of the choicest of fish, but in Devon shire, where it abounds, and also in Ire land, it used to be thrown away as unfit for foou. There .seems to be some super stition connected with this, as it» is said that a Devonshire oook flatly refuses to dress it. Eels, which are abundant and of good quality in Cumberland and Westmoro land, and also in Scotland, are regarded by the people there with as much disgust as snakes. Skate, which is in high estimation in England, in Ireland is hardly ever eaten except by the fishermen. Scallops, on the other hand, whioh are reckoned a dainty in Ireland, are hardly ever eaten in England ; and although they are abundant on many of the coasts, a few of the English have any idea that they are eatable. The cuttlefish (that kind which produces the inky fluid,) although found on our coast, is not eaten by us. But at Naples it is highly esteemed, and travellers report that it tastes like veal. Cockohafers are candied, and served up with other oonfectionary by the Italians. The hedgehog no one thinks of eating in England except the gipsies, and some who have joined them report that it is bet ter than rabbit. The sailors in the English and Dutch whale-ships do not eat the flesh of the whale ; but those in the French whalers (with their well-known skill in cookery) arc said to make a palateable dish of it. By almost all the lower classes in En gland venison and game of all kinds are held in abhorrence, and so are fresh figs. By the Australian savages, frogs, snakes, large moths and grubs picked out from the wood—all of which the English settlers turn from with disgust—are es teemed as dainties ; but they are shocked at our eating Oysters. Milk as an article of food (except for suoking babies,) is loathed by the South Sea Islanders. Goats have been intro duced into several of the islands, but the people deride the settlers with using their milk, and ask them why they do not milk their sows. On the other hand, dogs and rats are favorite articles of food with them. Those last, as is well known, are often eaten by the Chinese, who also eat salt earth worms, and a kind of sea-slug, which most Europeans will turn from with disgust. In the narrative of Anson’s voyages is a full account of the prejudice of the South Americans (both Creole and Indi ans) against turtle as poisonous. The prisoners captured on the prize ships warned the sailors against eating it, and for a time lived on bad ship beef; but see ing our men thrive on the turtle they began to eat it—at-first sparingly and at length heartily ; and when set ashore and'libera- they declared they blessed the day of their oapture, whioh had introduced to ’ —BTJCHAHAH. them a plentiful supply of wholesome and delicious food. Horseflesh, whioh most Europeans would -refuse to eat, except in great extremity, is preferred by the Tartars to all other; and the flesh of a wild ass’s oolt was greatly esteemed by the Romans. As for pork, it is on religions grounds that Jews and Mahomedana abstain from it, as the Hindoos do from beef. But the Christians of the East seem to have nearly an equal aversion to it; and the like pre vailed till lately in Scotland. The large shell snail, called esoargot, was a favorite dainty with the ancient Ro mans, and still is so in a great part of the sonth of Europe, though most English men would be half starved before they would eat it. In Vienna; the large wood ants are served up and eaten alive. Small land crabs are eaten alive in China. The iganana, a large species of lizard, is reckoned a great dainty in some of the West India Islands. Maize (the Indian corn of Amerioa) has been introduced into New Zealand by the missionaries, and the people cultivate and highly esteem it. But their mode of pre paring it for food is to -Europeans most disgusting. They steep it in water till it is putrid, and then make it into a kind of porridge, whioh emits a most intolerable stenob. Human flesh has been and still is eaten in many parts of the world, and that by people considerably above the lowest rank of savages—suoh as the Fijii Islands and an Indian people oalled the Batta, who are said to have a written language. And even in cannibalism there are great diver sities ; some nations eat their enemies and some their friends. Herodotus relates that a Persian king asked the Indian soldiers that were in his servioe what reward would induce them to burn the dead bodies of their friends in stead of eating them. They replied by entreating him not to mention anything so shocking. On the other hand the New Zealanders —before their conversion, who seemed to have considered that the proper diet of mankind is man—seem to have eaten only their enemies. Tough Witnesses. Witnesses in court are not always as manageable as 1 clay in the hands of the potter.’ Sometimes the dullness of the deponent proves a dangerous weapon to the lawyers,or mistifies the bench in a man ner to set the audience in a roar of laughter. Not seldom a stupid exterior masks the most mischievous cunning, and so to the delight of the lookers on, a brow-beating attorney ‘catches a tartar,’ and the witness escapes in triumph. The elder Matthews used to tell a capital story of a witness at the York Assizes—a court which the cod median was accostomed to attend for the fun of studying character, as displayed in judge and jury—barrister aud witness. Here is the annecdote : An action was brought agains the owner of a wagon, whioh, by the oarelessness of the driver, had crushed an unlucky donkey against a wall and killed it. Sergeant Cockle, well known for his roughness of examination, was perplexing one of the witnesses, who found no other means of extricating himself than by giving a graphic description of the mat ter in question. ‘ Well, my Lord Joadge, said the hesitating clown,, ‘ I’ll tell you how it happened as well as I can. My lord, suppose I am the wagon, hero I was. Now, my Lord Joadge, there you are, you are the wall. The desoriber now paused as if trying to recollect his third position. ‘ Come, fellow,’ exclaimed Cookie, ‘ out with your story at onee. You have not told us where was the ass V ‘My Lord Joadge,’ said the witness, with a sudden sparkle in his eye, ‘ His honor the Coon sel is the ass!’ Of oourse the oourt was in a roar. But the lawyers are not the only vic tims of facetious witnesses. Now and then the court ‘ catches it ’ in tho most palpable and ludicrous manner. Here is a case which will bo remembered by a good many people who were present on the occasion, as a veritable fact that they made a world of fun at the time of its occurrence in one of the southern counties in this State. Judge Gr. (this initial must suffice) is a very de cided character, and more good stories are told about him than any man on the bench in that region. The Judge’s manner in courtis dogmatic, pragmatic, and arrogant; and nothing pleases the bar so well as to see him heartily laughed at. They had a' fine chance one day when an Irish witness was on the stand, who being rather un manageable, was taken in hand by the Judge with a manner which said very plain ly ‘ You shall see, gentlemen, how 1 will handle him.’ ‘ Well, Denis,’ said the Judge, blandly, 1 tell me the contents of the chest.’ 1 Yes, ye’r worship,’ said the witness, eagerly.— ‘ First, there was a picture of Dan O’Con nell—the great Irish patriot—may be yer honor’s heard of him ? ‘ Certainly,’ said the Judge, ‘ go on with the inventory.’ ‘ Then there was a pioture of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ—may be yer honor has heard of him V The seemingly un affected look of inquiry and doubt that accompanied the witness’ words, set the audience in a roar of laughter—and the Judge will never hear the last of it. Hogs in the Apple Orchard.—No body sends such apples to the market as my neighbor John Jacobs. He always has apples to sell and gets the highest price. Folks prefer fair, large apples ; and such are always paoked in Jacobs barrels. You might search them with a candle and not find a knotty fruit or a worm hole. Such Rhode Island Greenings and Roibury Russets I have never met with in the old States. They are as handsome as any thing in the virgin soils of the West. I was by Jacobs’ orchard last summer, and I had the curiosity to call and examine for myself. Says I—« Neighbor, what is there in your soil that makes such smooth, large apples ? They are a third bigger than anything I can get, and my trees look as well as your’s.’ ‘ The sceret is not in ; the soil.’ John replied, with a twinkle in in his eye. ‘Do you see those grunters there? My pork brings me fifty cents a pound—eight in flesh, and the balance in fruit. 1 began to pasture my orohard | ten years ago with hogs, and since that; time I had no trouble with wormy fruit.— j Apples, as a general thing, don’t fall from the trees unless somthing is the matter { with them. The apple-worm and ouroulio lay their eggs in the fruit, and the apples drop early. The pigs devour the appleß, and by September nnsonnd apples are gone, and I have nothing but fair frnit left.— The orop of insects for the next year is de stroyed by the pigs. They root around nnder the trees, keep the soil loose, mannre the land some, and work over what mannre l spread. The apples help the pigs, and the pigs help the apples. I saw John’s seoret at onoe, and have profited by it. I never had so few inseots as this spring, and I give the pigs oredit for it. In taming the orohard into a pas ture, put in pigs- —not land pikes, with snouts like levers. You may lose trees as well as insects in that oase. But well bred animals, with judioious snonts, will root in a subdued and ohristian-like man ner.—American Agriculturist. A Clever Chap.—A gentleman from the oountry, stopping at one of the hotels in Cinoinnati, entered into conversation with one of the boarders, asking questions about the fair; boarder drew his cigar oase, saying— ‘ Will yon take a oigar, sir 1 ‘Well I don’t mind if I do,’ was the re p!y The cigar was passed to him; the one whioh our boarder was smoking, for the purpose of giving him light. He carefully placed the oigar first handed him in his pocket, and took his knife and out off that end of the lighted one whioh had been in the month of his friend, and oommeUoed smoking, saying— ‘ It tin’t often a man from the oountry runs afonl of Is olevor a fellow in the oity as you are.’ THE LANCASTER INTELLIGENCER JOB PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT, No. 8 NORTH DUKE STREET; LANCASTER, PA. Tho Jobbing Department is thoroughly furnished with new and elegant type of every description, and is under the charge of a practical and experienced Job Printer.-" 1 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, and in a manner not excelled by any establish ment in the city. Orders from a distance, by mail or otherwise, promptly attended to. Address GEO. SANDERSON k SON, Intelligencer Office, No. 8 North Duke street, Lancaster, Pa. CUJI'TON LAPS, TIS YARN AND J CANDLE WICK. To .the Merchants of Lancaster county. We have oo hand a good assortment of COTTON LAPS, TIE YARN, AND CANDLE WICK, which wo offer for sale at the lowest cnnh prices. F. fHRODEK, Agent, Cones'CßO Stoam Mill No. 1. oct 7 r.m 39] New fall and winter MILLIN ERY GooD3.—The subscriber calls attention to hi E t.ew and woll selected stock of FALL AND WIN'- ,n . TER MILLINERY GOODS, whi.h he otters, wholesale cr retail, as chesp as they can te pur (his j d any wheru. Ue deGen competition. His r slock consists of Black and F*ncy Velrets, Silks, Satins, ('rape, Mode. Illusions, Joinblond. Black and White Lace, Editing, Capeneit. Crown Lining, Tartlofon, Wire, Silk aid Velvet Ribbon of all colors and widths, Quillings, Franks to fit LadU s of all sizes, and agioat many other articles u-oi in the bonnet line. Also. FRENCH AND AMERICAN FLOWERS, Feathers, Plamei, and all the new novelties in the market; together with Straw Brnnets, Hats, Shakers, trimmed and ready-made Fancy Bonnets —a large assortment always on baud aDd manufactured to order. Dress Trimmings, No tions Jewelry. Hosiery and Dry Oo ds. fold very cheap. The Mibsciiber is thankful !'o* past fivors, and hopes to retain all his old customers and get many new ont*B. L. BAUM, No. 31 Ndtdh Queen street. Lancaster, September 9.1862. 3m 35 Dentistry. THE AMBER BASE, A NSW ANr> ®OPEaiOR METHOD of i MOUNTING ARTIFICIAL t e et h .'gmH'r I would announce to iny patrons and others requiring the services of the Dentist, that I am about introducing the A.MBKR BASE into my practice. The advantages of this method of mounting teeth over the metalic base have been ’■ ully established in the five rears in which it has been subject to the severest tests, with the m st satisfactory results. It i • fully as strong and durable as either silver or gold —more easily kept clean, more natural to the touch of the tongue and lips, and it is firmer arid more serviceable in the mouth, in consequence of our beiug able to obtuin a more periect fit to the cum. This wo»k is not so expensive as gold, but a little higher in price than 6ilver. It will be warranted to give satisfac tion, cr be excha ged for gold or silver work as the patient may prefer. OFFICE: No. 23 West Orajjue St.. Lancaster. July 29 3m 29J 3. WELCUENS, D. D, S. D KESSLER’S BAIR J&WkLRY STORE, No. 206 North Bth Street above Race, PHILADELPHIA. On hand and for sale, a choice assortment ol superior patterns, and will plait to order BRACELETS, EAR RINGS, FINGER RINGS, BREAST PINS, CROSSES, NECKLACES, GUARD AND VEST CHAINS. i B3“ Orders enclosing the hair to be plaited may be sent by mail. Give a drawing as near as you can on paper, and enclose*Bucb amount as you may choose to pay. Costs as follows : Ear Rings $2 to $6 —Breast Pins $3 to $7 —Finger Ringß 76 cents to $3.50 —Vest Chains $6 to $7— * Necklaces $2 to $lO. H air pat into Medalions, Box Breast Pins, Rings, Ac. OLD GOLD AND SILVER BOUGHT AT FAIR RATES, apr 16 ly 14 VAN INGEN £l SNYDER, DESIGNERS AND ENGRAVERS ON WOOD, N. E. Corner oth a«d Chestnut Streets, PHILADELPHIA. Execute all kinds of WOOD ENGRAVING, with beauty, correctness and despatch—Original Designs furnished for Fine Book Illustrations—Persons wishing Cuts, by sending a Photograph or Daguerreotype, can bare yiews of COLLEGES, CHURCHES, COTTAGES, STORE FRONTS, PORTRAITS, MACHINES, STOVES, PATENTS, Ac. Engraved as well as on personal application. FANCY ENVELOPES, LABELS, BILL HEADINGS, SHOW BILLS, VISITING, BUSINESS and other CARDS, engraved in the highest style of the Art, and at the lowest prices. For Specimens of Fine Engraving, see the Illustrated Works of J. B. LIPPINCOTT A Co., E. H. BUTLER A Co., Ac., Ac. Coct 23 ly 41 JRADE SALES 1 TRADE SALES I The subscriber, haviug just returned from the Philadel phia Trade Sales, offers at the lowest prices all kinds of Books, embracing LAW, FICTION, MEDICAL, RE LIGIOUS, BIOGRAPHY, MECHANICAL and other kiods. These books will be sold at the lowest prices, as we bad the advantage and were the only Bookseller from Lancaa-' ter at the Trade Sales, and, as a consequence, we can sell lower than any other Store. A few of the Books ore here mentioned: WEBSTER’S UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY, WORCESTER’S UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY, SOLDIERS’ TEXT BOOKS, REVISED ARMY REGULATIONS, McClellan'S bayonet exercises, U. S. INFANTRY TACTICS, ZOUAVE DRILL BOOK, GIFT BOOKS OF ALL KINDS, PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS, For the'Pocket or Centre Table, in great variety. The GIFT BOOK for the season. SCHOOL MAPS, CHARTS AND CARDS, PELTON’3 OUTLINE MAPS, SANDERS’ ELOCUTIONARY CHART, SANDERS’ SCHOOL CARDS, SERGEANT’S SCHOOL CARDS, WEBB’S SCHOOL CARDS. BIBLES in great v&rioty, from tweuty-five cents to twenty-five dollars, some of them having the finest bind ings and iliustratiODS ever received In town. SUNDAY SCHOOL BOOKS—Methodist, Lutheran, Episcopal, Presbyterian, American Tract Society, Ameri can Bnnday School Union. SCHOOL BOOKS—Sanders’, Towers’, Sergeant’s, Wil son’s, Parker A Watson’s Readers ; Monteith’s, Mitcbel’e, Warren’s, Smith’s Geographies. Also, Algebras, Arithme tics, Grammars, Histories, Dictionaries, Ac. Stationery, Copy and Composition Books, Cap, Note and Letter Paper. Blank Books, Slates, Lead and Slate Pencils. Pens and Holders, Ink and Ink Stands, Rulers, Envelopes. The best Inks in the market are sold here, viz: Maynard A Noye’s, Arnold’s, Hoover’s, Laugblings A Bushfiold’s, Blackwood’s, etc. At tho Cheap Book Store of JOHN SHEAFPER, nov 12 tf 441 N°- 32 North Queen St., Lancaster, Pa More kew and interesting BOOKS. THE EARL*B HEIRS: A Tale of Domestic Lit*. By the Author of “ East Lynne; or, The Earl’s Daughter,” “The Mystery,” Ac., Ac. Paper price, 60 cents. MORGAN; OR, THE KNIGHTS OF THE BLACK FLAG: A Stbahoe Btorx os Brooms Taos. Paper price, 25 cts. For sale at J. M. WESTHAEPFER’S, apr 1 tf 12] Cor. North Queen ond Orange Sts FARMER’S UNION HOTEL, No. 929 MARKET STREET, Between 9tb add 10tb, PHILADELPHIA. r J. 0. EWING and J. H. KURTZ, Proprietors. BOARDERS accommodated on reasonable terms, and transient customers at $l,OO per day. Seventy-Five Horsee,-*S$. July 16 Thk weekly . . “PATRIOT <f VNIOW,” THE CHEAPEST PAPER PDBLHBHKD IN PENNSYLVANIA! AT*T» THE ONLY DEMOCRATIC PAPER PUBLISHED AT THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT! FORTY-FOUR COLUMNS OP READING MATTER EACH WEEK! AT THE LOW PRICE OP ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS! WHEN SUBSCRIBED FOR IN CLUBS OP NOT LESS THAN TEN COPIES TO ONE ADDRESS!. We have been compelled to raise the dub subscription price to one dollar and and fifty cents in order tOQOTeoor selves from actual lose. Paper baa risen, including taxes, about twenty-five per cent., and still rising; and when we tell, onr Democratic friends, candidly, that we can no longer afford to sell the Weekly PAt&toT AND. Union at one dollar a year, and mast add fifty cents orstop the publica tion, we trust tb»y wiU appreciate onr position, and, in stead of . withdrawing their subscriptions, go to work with a will to increase onr list in every, county In the Btate. We have endeavored, and shall continue onr efforts, to make the paper useful as a party organ, and welcome as a news messenger to every family. We flatter ourselves that it has not been withont some influence in producing the glorious revolution Id the politics of the Btate achieved at the late election; and if fearlessness in the discharge of duty, fidelity to the principles of the party, and. anxious desire to promote its interests, with some experiencear.da moderate degree of ability, can be made serviceable here* after, the Weekly Patriot and Union will not he leu use ful to the parry or less welcome to the family droie in the future than it has been In the past. We confidently look for increased encouragement in this great enterprise, and appeal to every influential Democrat in the State to lend us bis aid in running onr subscription Hat up to twenty or thirty thousand. The expense to each individual la trifling, the benefit to the party may be great. - Believing that the Democracy of the State feel the necessity of sustaining a fearless ceutral organ, we make this appeal to them for as sistance with the fullest confidence of success. The same reasons, which induce us to raise the price the Weekly, operate in regard to the Daily paper, the price of which Is also increased. The Additional cost to each subscriber will be bat trifling; and, while we cannot per suade ourselves that the change necessarily made will re sult in any diminution of onr daily circulation, yet, were we certain that such would be the consequence, we would still be compelled to make it, or suffer a ruinous loss. Under these circumstances we must throw ourselves upon the generosity, or, rather, the justice of the public, and abide their verdict, whatever it may be. The period for which many of our subscribers have paid for their paper being on the eve of expiring, we take the liberty o* issuing this notice, reminding them of the same, in order that they may RENEW THEIR CLUBS We shall also take it as an especial favor If onr present subscribers will urge upon their neighbors the foot that the Patriot and Union is the only Democratic paper printed in Harrisburg, and considering the large amount of read ing matter, embracing all the current news of the day, and TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES' from everywhere up to the moment the paper goes to press, political, miscellaneous, eeneral and local news market re ports, is decidedly the * CHEAPEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE STATE 1 There is scarcely a village or town in the Btate in which a club cannot be raised if the proper exertion be made, and surely there are few places in which one or more energetic men cannot be found who are in favor of the dissemination of sound Democratic doctrines, who would be willing to make the effort to raise a club. DEMOCRATS OF THE INTERIOR 1 let ns hear from yon. Tbe existing war, and the approach ing session of tbe Congress and State Legislature, are in vested with unusual interest, and every man should have tbe news. TERMS. DAILY PATRIOT AND UNION. Single copy for one year, in advance Single copy during the of the Legislature City subscribers ten cents per week. Copies supplied to agents at the rate of $1 per hundred. WEEKLY PATRIOT AND UNION. Published evert Thursday. Single copy for one year, in advance. Ten copies to one address Subscriptions may commence at any time. PAY AL WAYS IN ADVANCE. We are obliged to ra&ke this Im perative In every instance cash must accompany subscrip tion. Any person sending us a club of tweuty euscribera to the Weekly will be entitled to a copy for his services. The price, eveo at the advance rate, is so low that we can not offer greater inducements than this. Additions may be made at any time to a club of subscribers by remitting one dollar and fifty cents for each additional name. It is not necessary to send us the names of those constituting a club, as we cannot undertake to address each paper to club subscribers separately. Specimemcoplea of the Weekly will be sent' to all who desire it. nov 4 5143] rpHE HORACE WATERS MODERN J. IMPROVED OVERSTRUNG BASS FULL IRON- FRAME PIANOS are justly pronounced by the Press and Music Masters to be superior Instruments. They are built of the best and most thoroughly seasoned materials, and will stand any climate. The tone is very deep, round, full and mellow; the touch elastic. Each Piano warranted for three years. Prices from $175 to $7OO. Opinions or tub Paras.—“ The Horace Waters Pianos are knowu as among the very best. We are enabled to speak of these instruments with some degree of confidence, from personal knowledge of their excellent tone and durable quality.” —Christian Intelligencer. $ 1 6 0 .—NEW 7-OCTAVE PIANOS In Rosewood cases, iron frames, and over-strung bass, of different makers, for 'slso; do., with mouldings, $160; do, with carved legs and Inlaid nameboard, $175, $lB5, and $2o0; do., with pearl keys, $225, $250 and $300; new octave, $135; do., 6%- octave, SIJO. The above Pianos are fully warranted, and are tho greatest bargains that can be found in the city. Please coll and see them. Second-hand Pianos at $25, $4O, $5O, $6O, $75, and $lOO. THE HORACE WATERS MELODEONB, Rosewood Cases, Taned the Equal Temperament, with the Patent Divided Swell and Solo Stop. Prices f r om $B5 to $2OO. Organ Harmoniums with Pedal Bass, $250, $276 _£nd $3OO. School Harmoniums, $4O, $6O, $BO and $lOO- Also, Melodeons and Uarmoueums of the following makers, Prince A Co’s, Carbart & Ncdbam, Mason A Hamlin, and S. D. A U. W. Smith, ail of which will be sold at extremely low prices. These Melodoons remain in tune a long time. Each Melodeon warranted for three years. ft#* A liberal discount to Clergymen, Churches, Sabbath Schools, Lodges, Seminaries and Teachers. The trade supplied on the most liberal terms. THE DAT SCHOOL BELL 35,000 COPIES ISSUED. A new Singing Book for Day Schools, called the Day School Bell, is now ready. It contains about 200 choice songs, rounds, catches, duetts, trios, quartetts uses, many of tbom written expressly for this work, be sides 82 pages of tbe Elements of Music. The Elements are so eiey and progressive, that ordinary teachers will find themselves entirely successful in instructing even young scholars to sing correctly and scientifically; while the tunes and words embrace such a variety of lively, at tractive, and soul-stirring music and sentiments, that no tronble will be experienced in inducing all beginners to go on with zeal In acquiring skill In one of the most health-giving, beauty-improving, happiness-yielding, and order-producing exercises of school life. In eimpllcty of its elements, in variety and adaptation of music, and in excellence and number of its songs, original, selected, and adapted, it claims by much to excel all competitors. It will be found the beat ever issued for seminaries, acade mies and public schools. A few sample pages of tbe ele meats, tones and songs, are given in a circular; send and get one. It is compiled by Horace Waters, author of “ Sabbath School Bell,” Nos. 1 and 2, which have had the enormous sate of 735,000 copies. Prices—paper cover, 20 cents,-$l5 per 100; bound, 30 cents, $22 per 100; doth bound, embossed gilt, 40 cents, $3O per 100. 26 coplesfor nlsbed at the 100 price. Mailed at the retail price. HORACE WATERS, Publisher, 481 Broadway, New York. SABBATH SCHOOL BELL No. 2 85,000 COPIES ISSUED. It is an entire new work of nearly 200 pages. Many of the tunes and hymns were written expressly for this vol ume. It will soon be as popular as its predecessor, (Bell* 1 No. 1) which has mn up to the enormous number of 660,- 000 copies—outstripping any Sunday school book of Its size ever i-suod in this country. Also, both volumes are bound in one x to accommodate schools wishing them in that form. Prices of Bell No. 2, paper covers, 15 cents, $l2 per 100; bound, 25 cents, $lB per 100; cloth bound, em bossed gilt, 30 cents, $23 per 100. Bell No. 1, paper coven, 13 cents, $lO per 100; bound, 20 cents, $lB per 100; cloth bound, embossed gilt, 25 cents, $2O per hundred. Beils Nos. 1 and 2 bound together, 40 cents, $3O per 100, doth bound, embossed gilt, 50. cents, $4O per 100. 26 copies fur nished at the 100 price. ' Mailed at the retail price. HORACE WATERS, Publisher, 481 Broadway, New York. NEW INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. President Lincoln’s Grand March, with the best Vignette of bis Excelleocy that bas yet been published; music by Helmsmuller, leader of tbe 22d Regiment Band, price 60 cents. Our Generals’ Quick-Step, with vignette of 86 of onr generals; music by Grafnila, leader of the 7th Begiment Band. f.O cents. Tbe Beven Sons’ Gallop, and Laura Keene Waltz, 36 cents each. Comet Sghottische, 25 cents; all by Baker. Music Box Gallop, by Herring, 36 cents. Union Waltz, La Grassa, 25 cents. Volunteer Polka, Goldbeck, 26 cents. Spirit Polka; General Scott’s Farewell Grand March, 25 cents each ; Airy Castles, 80 cents, all by A. JG. Parkhurst. Freedom, Troth and Bight Grand March, with splendid vignette; music by Carl Helneman, 60 ets All of which are fine productions. NEW VOCAL MUSIC. I will be true to thee; A penny for your thoughts; Lit tle Jenny Dow; Better times are coming; I dream of my mother and my home; Merry little birds are we, (a song for children;) Slumber, my darling, Lizzie dies to-night, Jenny’s coming o’er the green; Was my Brother in the Battle, and Why have my loved ones gone, by Stephen O. Foster. Shall we koow each other there! by the Rev. B. Lowry. Pleasant words for all, by J. Roberts. There Is a beautiful world, by I M. Holmes. Price 25 cents each. Freedom, Truth and Bight, a national song and grand chorus; music by Carl Heinemann, with English and Ger> man words, 30 cents. Where liberty dwells is my country, Plnmley. Forget if you can, bat forgive; I hear sweet voices pinging, and Home is home, by J. B. Thomas, *3O cents each. These eongs are very popular. Mailed free at retail price. Foreigu Sheet Music at 2 cents per page. All kinds o Music merchandise at war prices. HORACE WATERS, Publisher, 481 Broadway, New York NEW MUSIC FOR THE MILLION, IN CHEAP POEM, ABBAHQID AS ftUAßlittlS AND GHOBUBB PO MUSICAL SOCIETIES, BOfIOOU, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SEMIN ABUS. ETC. Shall we know each other there; Shall we meet beyond the river? Be in time; There is a beautiful world; Don’t yon bear the Angels coming; Where liberty dwells is my country; Freedom, Truth and Bight, (national songs.) Is there a land of love? Sorrow shall come again no more. Price 3 cents, 26 cents per do*., $2 per 100. Postage 1 cent. In sheet form, with Piano accompaniment, 25 cents: / Published by HORACE WATERS, 481 Broadway, New York, and for sale by N. P. Kemp, Boston; Chas. S. Lather, Philadelphia; G. Crossby, Cincinnati; Tomlinson .A Chicago, and J. W.Mclntyre, 8L Louis. July 29 6m 20 TATTERSALL’S heave powder Powdered. Rosin,- Antimony,- FennigteeK, Sulphur Saltpetre, Asaafcetida, Alum, Ac- For sale at , apr 21 tf 14 THOM AB ET.TJf AKIB, Drag and Chemical Store, West Bt?f ISAAC BARTON *. SON* WHOLESALE GROCERS. AND DEALERS IN OOUN ■ TRY PRODUOeTwINBS ANB LIQUORS," Nos. 166 and WT Northßeoondstre^r-^ dee 11 ’6O tf4B] PHILADELPHIA NO. 47. 0. BARRETT A CO., Harrisburg, Pa.