T/tic 34 an/?e(tOteit /itt/c/itiklcit/et VOL. LXIV ~ s 1~ t ~H i lINNINID TVICRY T03401.T, AI NO. 8 NONPH DUNN EITIANIT, BY GEO. SA.NDERSON. EEEEEI SOBSCHIPTIoN.—Tao Dollars per annum, payable in ad sauce. No subscription discontinued until all arrear we are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. Anattartsamsats.—AdvertSseinents, not exceeding one square, (12 lines.) will be inserted three times for one dollar, and twenty-five cents for each additional laser; tion. Those of greater length in proportion. Jou Penvrrmo--Elueh as Hand Bills, Posters, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &c., &c., executed with accuracy and on the shortest notice. THE OLD BEGGAR Be eitteth in the open street, Day after day he sitteth there, Unmindful of the Summer's heat, Or Autumn's chilling air; Hle fai•hful dog between his feet, And his vatch.beside his chair. He sitteth there from morn till night, That man of many years; His few thin locks are scarce lees white Than a silvery thread appears, And his meek old face is channeled deep, As it were worn with tears. He boldelh out his shrivelled hand To every passer by, And the idle boys that all day stand To laugh at his bleared old eye; And if a penny Is dropped therein, Be smiles, and looks on high. He smiles, and looks on high, for well lie knows how good a sight, To Him, who once on earth did dwell, Has the poor widow's mite; And be feeleth grateful for everything, And to all who give aright. Be smiles, but seldom speaketh he, Save when some winsome child Climbs carelessly up his tottering knee, Aud utters ifs prattle wild; Cr a grey beard friend tells o'er the tales— The tales that their youth beguiled. And then the blood mounts to his cheek, And his eye looks bright again, While he talks of many a merry freak, Of the days ere they were men; Of the glad, glad hours of other years, And the tryst-tree in the glen. But his cheek grows pale, and his old eye dim, When the name of one is spoke, And his very sight doth seem to swim, And the thought his breath to choke; For the fearful hour comes back again, The hour that his bravo heart broke. Then suddenly be looks on high, Up where the blue sky sleeps, And the light comes back to his dim old eye, Though yet he sobs and weeps; For there he meeteth a gentle glance, That still its vigil keeps. But when the heaven is overcast, Clouds gather round his heart, And the low wail of the northern blast Maketh his nerves to start; For he feareth that she is sorrowful, Till the clouds above depart. And when the daylight fadoth out, Be taketh his crutch and cane; And casting his eye on all about, For be may not come again ; With his old grey dog close by his side, He limpesh down the lane. And there in a hovel, old and torn By the showers of many a year, He lifts his heart, and a prayer is borne To Him who loveth to hear; And then he closeth his eyes in sleep, And fears no danger near. And thus ho livelh, day by day, That beggar, old and lame, And thus be waiteth by the way, Till death shall speak his name, And call bias up to dwell with Him Who loveth all the same. Who loveth all the same, and gives As bright a crown of gold To him who begs, as him who lives 'Mid mines of wealth untold ; And careth not for Power or Fame, More than a Beggar Old. THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON. Land and. Naval Attack on Fort Wagner. A BLOODY NIGHT ASSAULT AND REPULSE. - Correspondence of the New York Tribune • MORRIS ISLAND, S. C., July 19, 1863. Again Fort Wagner has been.. assaulted and again we have been repulsed,'and with, I regret to say, a much more formidable loss in killed, wounded and missing than in the first attempt. • The first assault failed, as I stated in my last ietter on account of the tardiness of the Seventy-Sixth Pennsylvania and the Ninth Maine to properly support the successful assault of the Seventh Connec ticut, who were left alone on the parapet and within the ditches of the fort to bat tle with the whole rebel garrison. In the assault of the 11th inst., but one brigade, and that a very small one, under the cummand of Gen. Strong, was engaged ; in that of last evening a, whole division, consisting of three full brigades, were drawn out in line to take part in the action, but on account of some misunder standing of orders but two actually par ticipated in the fight. Since the engagement of the 11th Gen. Gilmore has strained every nerve to strengthen his position on the Morris Island, and so far as human foresight can discern, had made his line of defence im pregnable before advancing to the attack. Three-fourths of the island is in our possession ; five batteries have been erected in all containing nine 30 pound and four 20-pound Parrotts, and ten 10 inch mor tars on the left, with two 30 pound Par rots, ten 10 inch mortars and three full batteries of light artillery on the ight.— The earthworks protecting these guns have all been erected by the New York Volun teer Engineers under the directions of Captain Brooks and Lients. Mirche and Suter, of Gen. Gilmore's staff. During the action of yesterday, Lieut. Col. Jack son, Chief of Artillery on Gen. Gilmore's staff, commanded on the left, and Captain Langdon of the First U. S. Artillery, Company M, on the right. The extreme right rests on the ocean beach, the extreme left on the edge of a swamp, about 500 yards from the small creek separating Morris Island from James Island. The whole line of batteries sweeps in the form of a semicircle, and is at all point about 1,800 yards from Fort Wag ner. Nearly all the guns upon the left are about 4000 yards from Fort Sumter ; bat being of light ca'ibre compared with the one on that formidable structure, were not brought to bear upon her at any time during the action. General Gilmore designed to commence the bombardment of the fort at daylight yesterday morning, but on account of a terrific thunder storm, which commenced early in the evening and continued until morning, delaying the work of the engi neers and dampening the ammutition, the action did not open until half -past 12. At that hour Admiral Dahlgreen signaled that he was ready, and in a few moments the Montauk (his flagship,) the Ironsides, the Catskill, the Nantucket, the Weehaw ken and the Patapsco moved into line in the order in which I have named them, and commenced hurling their heaviest shot shot and shell around, upon and within the - fort; - and, with intervals of but a very few minutes, continued this terrible fire until one hour after the sun had gone down. During all the afternoon the iron fleet lay about one mile off from the fort, but just at the close of the engagement, and but ttlew moments before the first as sault was made by General Strong, the Admiral ran the Montauk directly under the guns of Fort Wagner, and, within 280 yards, fired round after round from his 15 inch gun, sending, as every shot struck, vast clouds of sand, mud and timber high np into the air, making one huge sand heap of that portion of the fort facing the sea and dismounting two of the heaviest guns. Deserters and prisoners tells us that Fort Wagner mounts thirteen rifled guns of heavy calibre, but during all this fu rious bombardment by land and sea, she condescended to reply with but two; one upon the whole fleet of iron -clads, and one upon the entire line of land batteries.— She may possibly have fired one shot to our one hundred, but I think even that number is a large estimate. There were no casualities , the Monitors or Iron sides, and but one man killed and one slightly wounded within the batteries.— The firing was almost entirely from our own side. With the most powerful glass, but very few men could be seen in the fort. At half-past two, a shot from one of our guns on the left, out the halyards on the flagstaff and brought the rebel flag fluttering to the ground. In a moment almost before we had begun to ask ourselves whether they had really lowered their flag and were upon the point of surrendering or not, the old red battle flag, which the Army of the Potomac has so often had defiantly shaken in its face, was run up about ten feet above the par apet, a little cluster of men rallied around it, cheered, waved their hats and then dis appeared, and were not again seen during the day. Fort Sumter, the moment the rebel rag came to the ground, sent a shot over our heads to assure us that it had been lowered by accident and not by design.— In this shot she also desired us to distinct ly understand that before Fort Wagner surrendered she herself would have to be consulted. With the exception of this lit tle episode almost profound silence, so far as the rebel garrison themselves could maintain it, prevailed within the fort. A heavy cloud of smoke and sand, occasion ed by our constantly exploding shells,hting over the fort all the afternoon, and it was only when the wind drifted it away that we were able to see the amount of damage we had done. In a few hours what had been the smooth regular lines of the engi neer, and the beautiful sodded embank ments, became rugged and irregular heaps of sand with great gaps and chasms in all sides of the fort exposed to our fire. From my point of observation a wooden lookout, fifty feet high erected for General Gilmore and staff upon a sand bill of about the same height, and situated a short distance back of the batteries, it seemed as if no human being could live beneath so terrible a fire, whether protected by bomb proofs or not, and in this opinion I was fully sustained by every person around me. There seemed to be but one opinion, and that was that we had silenced nearly every gun, that the 15 inch shells had driven the rebels from the bomb-proofs, and that if there had been a strong in fantry force in the rear of the fort we had made it impossible for them to remain there, and had slaughtered them by hun dreds. But there were a few later devel opments that their opinion was the correct one, who said this profound silence on the rebel side was signifieant,not of defeat and disaster, but of ultimate success in repuls ing our assault ; that they were keeping themselves under cover until they could look into the eyes of our men, and send bullets through their heads, and would then swarm by thousands, with every con ceivable deadly missle in their hands, and drive us in confusion and with terrible slaughter back to our intrenchments. The afternoon passed, and the heavy roar of the big guns on land and sea grad ually ceased. Slowly and sullenly the Monitors, with the exception of the Mon tauk, moved back to the anchorage ground of the morning. The music of the sub lime billows, forever hymning their sub lime chants, was again heard along the shore ; the sun went down, not in golden glory, but in clouds of blackness and dark ness, and mutterings of thunder and flash es of lightning. In the slight interval between the ces sation of ,the cannonade and the assault at the point of the bayonet, the artillery of heaven opened all along the western hori zon, and in peal after peal demonstrated how insignificant is the power of man when compared with that of Him who holds the elements in the hollow of His hand. For eight hours the Monitors and tip Ironsides have kept up a continuous fife, and Fort Wagner has not yet surrendered. For eight hours fifty-four guns from the land batteries have hurled their shot and shell within her walls, and still she flaunts the red battle flag in our face. " Something must be done, and that too, quickly, or in a few days we shall have the whole army of Virginia upon us," said an officer high in command. " We must storm the fort to-night and carry it at the point of the bayonet." In a few moments signals aro made from the top of the look-out, and soon Gen erals and Colonels commanding 'divisions and brigades, were seen galloping to the headquarters of the commanding General. A few words in consultation, and Generals Seymour, Strong, Stevenson, and Colonels Putnam and Montgomery, are seen hasten ing back to their respective commands.— Officers shout, bugles sound, the word of command is given, and soon the soldiers around, upon, and under the sand hills of Morris Island, spring from their hiding places, fall into lino, march to the beach, are organized into new brigades; and in solid column stand ready to move to the deadly assault. - NS in widely extended battle line, with cavalry and artillery at supporting dis tances, but in solid column, on the hard ocean beach, for half a mile before reach ing the fort, in plain sight of the enemy, did these three brigades move to their ap pointed work. General Strong, who has so frequently since his arrival in this Department, brav ed death in its many forms of attack, was assigned to the command of the First Bri gade. Col. Putnam, of the Seventh New Hampshire, who, although of the regular army, and considered one of the best offi cers in the Department, had never led his men into battle nor been under fire, took . command of the Second, and General Ste venson the Third, constitutiug the reserve. The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Icolor ed), Col. Shaw, was the advanced regiment cg THAT 00. ky: • : : I 1;:y • I: II : . .001.. I g :1 G. v:y : • . AB,D."—Bucautm LANCASTER CITY, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1863. in the First Brigade, and the Second South Carolina (negro), Col. Montgomery, was the last regiment of the reserve. The se lection of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts to lead the charge was undoubtedly made on account of the good fighting qualities it had displayed a few days before on James Island, an account of which you have in my letter of the 17th. Just as darkness began to close in upon the scene of the afternoon and the evening, General Strong rode to the front, and or dered his brigade, consisting of the Fifty fourth Massachusetts, Colonel Shaw, (col ered regiment), the Sixth Connecticut, Col. Chatfield, the Forty-eighth New York, Col. Barton, the Thtrd- New Hampshire, Col. Jackson, the Seventy-sixth Pennsyl vania, and the Ninth Maine, Colonel Em ery, to advance to the assault. At the in stant, the line was seen slowly advancing in the dusk toward the fort, and before a double-quick had been ordered, a tremen dous fire from the barbette guns on Fort Sumter, from the. batteries on Cummings's Point, and from all the guns on Fort Wag ner opened upon it. The guns from Wa gner swept the beach, and those from Sum ter and Cummings Point enfiladed it on the •left. In the midst of this terrible shower of shot and shell they pushed their way, reached the Fort; portions of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts, the Sixth Con necticut, and the Forty-eighth New York, dashed through the ditches, gained the parapet, and engaged in a hand-to-hand fight with the enemy, and for nearly half an hour held their ground, and did not fall back until nearly every commissioned offi cer was shot down. As on the morning of the assault of the 11th inst., these brave men were exposed to a most galling fire of grape and cannister, from howitzers, raking the ditches from the bastions of the fort, from hand grenades and from almost every other modern implement of warfare. The rebels fought with the utmost desperation, and so did the larger portion of General Strong's brigade, as long as there was an officer to command it. When the brigade made the assault, General Strong rode at its head. When it fell back, broken, torn, and bleeding, Major l'impton, of the Third New Hamp shire, was the highest commissioned officer to command it. Gen. Strong, Col. Shaw, Col. Chatfield, Col. Barton, Col. Green, Col. Jackson, all had fallen, and the list I send you, will tell how many other brave officers fell with them. Stories are flying about that this regiment and that regiment broke and run ; that but for the frightened Fifty-fourth Massachusetts (negro), we should have carried the fort ; that the Ninth Maine did not reflect much honor upon the gallant State she represents, and a thousand other reasons which I care not to enumerate. It is absurd to say these men did not fight and were not exposed to perhaps the most deadly fire of the war, when so many officers and so many of the rank and file were killed. It must be remembered too, that this assault was made in the night— a very dark night—even the light of the stars was obsoured by the blackness of a heavy thunder storm, and the enemy could be distinguished from our own men only by the light of bursting shell and the flash of the howitzer and the musket. The First Brigade, under the leadership of Gen. Strong, failed to take the fort:— lt was now the turn of Col. Putnam com manding the Second Brigade, composed of the Seventh New Hampshire, the Sixty second Ohio Col. Steele, the Sixty-seventh Ohio, Col. Vorhees, and the One Hun dredth New York, Col. Dandy, ,to make the attempt. But alas ! the task was too much for him. Through the same terrible fire he led his men to, over and into the fort, and for an hour held one half of it fighting every moment of that time with the utmost desperation and as with the First Brigade, it was not until he himself fell killed, and nearly all his officers wounded, and no reinforcements arriving, that his men fell back, and the rebel shout and cheer of victory was heard above the roar of Sumter and the guns from Cummings's Point. In the second assault by Col. Putnam's brigade, Col. Turner of Gen. Gilmore's staff, stood at the side of Col. Putnam when he fell, and with his voice and sword urged on the thinned ranks to the final charge. But it was too late. The Third brigade, Gen. Stevenson's was not on hand. It was madness for the Second to remain long er under so deadly a fire, and the thought of surrendering in a body to the enemy could not for a moment be entertained.— To fight their way back to the intrench meets was all that could be done, and in this retreat many a poor fellow fell, never to rise again. Without a doubt, many of our men fell from our own fire. The darkness was so intense, the roar of artillery so loud, the flight of grape and cannister shot so rapid and destructive, that it was absolutely im possible to preserve order in the ranks of individual companies, to say nothing of the regiments. More than half the time we were in the fort the fight was simply a hand to hand one, as the wounds received by many clear ly indicate. Some have sword thrusts, some are hacked on the bead, some are stabbed with bayonets, and a few were knocked down with the butt end of mus kets, but recovered in time to get away with swollen heads. There was terrible fighting to get into the fort and terrible fighting to get out of it. The cowardly stood no better chance for their lives than the fearless. Even if they surrendered, the shell of Sumter were thickly falling around them in the darkness, and as pris oners, they could not be safe until victory, decisive and unquestioned, rested with one or the other belligerent. The battle is over; it is midnight; the ocean beach is crowded with the dead, the dying and the wounded. It is with diffioulty you can urge your horse through to Lighthouse Inlet. Faint lights are glim mering in the sand holes and rifle pits to the right as you pass down the beach.— In these holes many a poor wounded and bleeding soldier has laid down to his last sleep. Friends are bending over them to staunch their wounds, or bind up their shattered limbs, but the deadly glare from Sunken eyes tells that their kind services are all in vain. In this night assault, and from its com mencement to its close, General Gilmore, his staff, and his volunteer aids, consisting of Col. Littlefield, of the Fourth S. C. and Major Bannister and Styker, of the Pay master's Department, were'oontantly under fire and doing all in their power to sustain the courage of the troops and urge on re- inforcements. All that human power could do to carry this formidable earthwork seems to have been .done. No one would have imagined in the morning that so fierce a cannonade from both the navy and the bat teries on shore could fail to destroy every bomb-proof the rebels had erected. But the moment our men touched the parapets of the fort 1,300 strong men streamed from safe hiding' places, where they had been concealed during the day, and fresh and strong, were prepared to drive us back.— We then found to our sorrow that the 15- inch shot from the monitors, even' when fired at a distance of but 1,080 yards, had, not injured them in the least. Only the parapets of the fort had been knocked into sandheaps. In their proper places I forgot to men tion that the gunboats Wissahickon, Capt. Davis, the Chippewa, Capt. Harris, the Paul Jones, Capt. Boger, and the Ottawa, were also engaged in the bombardment at long range, and that during every day of the week, from the 10 to the 17th, had been more or less engaged with the work. The amount of shell thrown at Fort Wagner would almost build another Iron sides. Persian Stories of Husbands. A married man presented himself tremb ling and sorrowful at the gate of paradise. He had heard so often of his faults and short-comings while upon earth, that he believed in them devotedly, and had no hope of being admitted to the hab itations of the blessed. One wife, he had been repeatedly informed, was a blessing far beyond her merits while in the flesh ; how, then, could he hope for the smiles of seventy houris ? But the prophet, when he presented himself at the gate of heaven, to his great surprise, greeted him with a smile of ineffable compassion. Pass on, poor martyr,' said Mahomet. You have indeed been a great sinner, but you have suffered enough upon the earth, so be of good cheer, for you will not meet your wife here.' A man who had hitherto crept up to heaven, now stood up confidently and pre sented himself to the prophet, upon the ground that he had been twice married.- Nay,' said the prophet, angrily, 'Para dise is no place for fools.' A ruffling young fellow married the widow of a great Kahn. On the wedding-night she determined to assert her authority over him. So she treated him with great con tempt when he came into the ante-room, and sat luxuriously imbedded in rose-leaf cushions, caressing a large white oat, of which she pretended to be dotingly fond. She appeared to be annoyed at her hus bind's entrance, and looked at him out of the corners of her eyes with a look of cold disdain. I.dislike cats,' remarked the young soldier, blandly, as if he was making a mere casual obervation, they offend my sight.' If his wife had looked at him with a glance of cold disdain before, her eyes now wore an expression of anger and contempt such as no words can express: She did not even deign to answer him; but she took the cat to her bosom and fondled it pas sionately. Her whole heart seemed to be in the cat, and cold was the shoulder which she turned to her husband. Bitter was the sneer upon her beautiful lips. When any one offends' me,' continued the gallant, gall:, I out off his head. It is a peculiarity of mine which I am sure will only make me dearer to you.' Then drawing his sword, he took the eat gently' bat firmly from her arms, cut off its head, wiped the blade, sheathed it, and sat down continuing to talk affectionately to his wife as if nothing had happened. After which, says tradition, she became the most sub missive wife in the world. A henpecked fellow meeting him next day as he rode with a gallant train through the market-place, began to condole with him. Ah !' said the henpecked, with deep feeling,' you, too, have taken a wife, and got a tyrant. You had better have re mained the poor soldier that you were.— I pity you from my very heart.' Not so,' replied the ruffier, joyfully, keep your sighs to cool yourself next sum mer.' He then related the events of his wed ding-night, with their satisfactory results. The henpecked man listened attentive ly, and pondered long. , I also have a sword,' said he, , though it is rusty, and my wife is likewise fond of oats. I will cut off the head of my wife's favorite cat at once.' He did so, and received a sound beating. His wife, moreover, made him go down upon his knees and telt her what genii, or evil spirit, had prompted him to com mit the bloody deed. Fool !' said the lady, with a vixenish smile, when she had possessed herself of the henpecked's secret, 'you should have done it the first night.' MORAL—Advice is useless to fools. A HAPPY WOMAN.—Is she not the very sparkle and sunshine of life ? A woman who is happy because she can't help it— whose smiles even the coldest sprinkle of misfortune cannot dampen I Men, make a terrible mistake when they marry for beau ty, for talents or style. The sweetest wives are those who possess the magic secret of being contented under any circumstances. Rich or poor, high or low, it makes no dif ference—the bright little fountain of joy bubbles up just as musically in their hearts. Do they live in a log cabin, the fire that leaps up on its humble hearth becomes brighter than the splendid gilded chan deliers in Aladdin's palace. Were the stream of life so dark and unpropitious that the sunshine of a happy face falling on the turbid tide would not awaken an answering gleam—why, these joyous tempered people don't know half the good they do. Farmer R.-- was sitting in the country church. He had been working hard in the harvest field ; hands were scarce, and Farmer R— was dozing.- 7 - The loud tones of the minister failed to arouse the farmer, until atlength, the time waning, the good man closed the lids of the Bible and concluded as,follows : Indeed, my hearers, the harveit is plenteous, but the laborers are few.' Yes,' exclaimed Farmer R—, offered two dollars a day for ()radian, and can't get 'em at that.' L Pat Doolan, at In kerman, bowed his head to a cannon ball which whizzed past six - inches -dime his bearskin. g Faith,'. says Pat, one never 'loses anything by politeness.' PUMPS vs. HYDRANTS . The warm weathered scarcity of lee have cre ated quite a "run" on the town.pumps, and the con sumption of the "old-fashioned' beverage is enor mous. There are but very few of these, relics of '•long syne" remaining with us, and we are glad to see that they are' regarded by the people in their respective neighborhoods- with proper respect and veneration. • Spoiler! spare that pump ! Touch not its liquid spout; In youth it quenched my thirst, And is not yet played out. 'Twas my forefather's hand That placed thee in this spot ; Then, spoiler, let it stand— Its waters harm thee not. • That never-failing pump, Whose waters bless the town, That gushes pure and free— Why would'st thou take it down? City fathers' make no laws To fill up these old wells; Oh ! spare the city pumps! For in them life, health, dwells. When but a poor school boy I seized thy ladle dear, In all its drippingjoy, And quaffed thy waters clear. Bare my mother washed my face, And scrubbed my little hand ; Forgive this foolish tear, But let that old pump stand. gib When hydrants pour forth mud From reservoirs Impure, And good wives scold and fret Such evils to endure— To thee we tufo, old pump, For water cool and clear, When clay streams fill the plugs, Then thou art still more dear. To thee bright buckets bring Arid pitchers, tirt-oups, send. Drink from thy crystal spring, The poor man's only friend. Dear pump ! thou shalt remain On this old watering spot, Altho"tls very plain Improvement loves thee not. DEAD. Dead ! The weeping girl, kneeling in sorrow I.z . , tide the bier, gazed on the pale face of the inanimate form beside her, the clay of him she had once called father, and gave vent to bursts of passionate grief. Would those features, so often lit by the smile of paternal love, never relax from their rigid sternness I Would those lips accustomed to words 'of encourage ment and of love, never again be parted ? Would those vex, that used ever to beam with happines?, never open and gaze upon his darling child again ? In vain she clasps the icy hand, whose touch strikes coldness to the heart, and covers it with burning kisses ; in vain she murmurs the name of father' in his ear ! He is dead to the transient joys, the manifold sorrows of this world—dead to the ecstatic hopes and despairing grief—dead to the cheer ful voice of his daughter, to the kindiy embrace of friends. No more, as in the days departed, would he clasp his darling to his heart—no more will his rich voice be heard at twilight in songs of praise— no more will his smile illumine that lonely home. Well does the maiden remember years ago when, a little child, she sat upon his knee, as she rested at evening on. the, rustic porch, and listened to the tales of fairy-land that he had stored in his brain ; and the many tears she had shed as he told her of her gentle mother, who had passed from the earth long ere her child could remember. Through all these long years he had watched over and protected her, uniting all the gentle tenderness of a beloved mother with the strong energetic care of a doating father. No wish had remained ungratified, no desire unsatiated, until her pleasant home seemed like a little heaven below ' to her. But now how altered ! The manly form, once upright and robust, now lay prostrate, and the glee and happy sunshine it had brought to that hearthstone, were gone forever, the dark shades of gloom and despair usurping their place. Alone, all alone in the world, to buffet its angry waves and chilling blasts, was the orphan girl. She could not realize the stern reality. He lay there as beautiful in death as he 'had been in iife, and it seemed unly a deep slumber from which he would awake with the morning light. But she remem bered that with the morrow would come the shroud, the long, narrow coffin, the solemn-looking hearse, the concourse of friends and neighbors, and the last sad scene of all—the dark, yawning grave, and her tears fell like spring rain, as it greets the bursting blossoms. A few brief weeks, and the grass would wave in silence above his breast, the greedy worm would prey upon his cheek, so often blest by a daugh ter's kiss, and a few crumbling bones would alone remain to tell the sad tale that he had once mingled in the scenes of earthly care and trial. The unconscious sleeper still slumbered on, and the bereaved daughter still kept her vigil by his side, while the busy world hurried on, never heeding, never caring for the one dead slumberer, the one last drop in the bucket of life. Dead !' No, not dead, but sleeping,' was the soft and gentle whisper that fell upon her ear, seeming an echo from the choir in the celestial sphere above, and, listening to the melodious strain, the maiden slowly bowed her head, and the *angel of Sleep, filled with pity for the daughter's grief, past her dark mantle o'er her, and she slept. Side by side, the dead father and the sleeping daughter, both alike unconscious of the world and its trials, the one in peaceful rest forever, the other to wake with the morning light, to encounter the ills of life.—Ex. ' Sam,' said a late minister to his man of all-work, 'Yon must bottle the cask of whisky this afternoon, but as the vapor from the whisky may be injurious, take a glass of it before you begin, to pre vent intoxication,' Now Samuel was an old soldier, and never was in better spirits than when bottling whisky; and having received from his master a special license to taste, went to work most heartily.— Some hours after, the minister visited the cellar to inspect progress, and was horrified to find Sam lying his full length on the floor, unconscious of all around.— ' 0, Sam !' said the - toaster, yon have not taken my advice, and you see the conse quence. Rise, Sam, and take a glass yet ; it may restore you.' Sams nothing loth, took the glass from the master's hand, and having emptied it, said : 0, sir, this is the thirteenth glass I've taken, but I'm no better,'. lig" Say what you will of old maids, their love is generally more strong and sincere than that of the young milk and water creatures whose hearts vibrate getween the joys of wedlock and the dis sipations of the ball room. Until the young heart of woman is capable of settling-firm ly and exclusively on one objcot, her love is like a May shower, which makes rain bows, but fills no cisterns. Change of Habits in Old Age. A man may change his mode of life if be is on the youthful side of middle life ; the meridian line once passed all such radical change is attended with the peril of death. Have you ever ncticed in the burying grounds or in the necrological columns of newspapers, how often husband follows wife, or wife husband, with brief intervals of time between their departure, when they have.long lived together 7 The ageworn constitution is unable to react against bereavement, and to adapt itself to the new circumstances in which it is placed. The usual form In which death invades the body of those aged person dem onstrates this truth, for they die either of apoplexy or of paralysis of the brain. The mind shrinking instinctively from death, exerts all its powers of recovery, to rally after the blow is received, but the exertion is too ranch for it ; it is shattered by every attempt. Have you never heard the vulgar remark that the builder of a house dies almost as soon as the house is completed. The ob servation has some foundation in truth, but the cause of the effect is not black,' it is the very inability of the aged mind to react against all habits lost. Men rarely build houses until they have" amassediaomething like independence of fortune: in other words, they are generally in the afternoon of life, and they build the house for a har bor from the cares of business, where they may twirl their thumbs and enjoy life by oppressing themselves with idleness. As long as the house is building, all goes well ; they don't miss the absent shop or count ing -room. There is the bricklayer to be scolded,and the carpenter to be overlooked, and dioussions to be held with the archi tect ; and money to be paid out ; in fine, there is something to think about, some thing to worry over or to fret about,it is the old round of life, in minature if you will, but still it is the old round which has been paced for forty years. But when the house is complete, when the last coat of paint has dried, and the last chip has been removed, and the bits of mortar taken away when the owner has nothing to do but enjoy his fine house and his affluent fortune, then comes the vacuum, nothing to do. The old man finds years have changed his body, and the toy tires the old man ever sooner than it tires the child. There is no co relation between building a house and death ; but there is a close connection be tween age and the change of life. RATTIER BIBLICAL.—Some young ladies who had been attending an evening party, desired to return home, but had no male attendant. The master of the house re queited his son to accompany them, and made use of a Scripture name. What was it? Jeroboam—Jerry beau 'ctn. Jerry proving reluctant, the gentleman desired another son to act as escort. What Scripture name did 6e uttor Lemuel—Lem you will. Still there was a difficulty, and a like request was made in a similar manner to another son. What was it 3 Samuel—Sam you will. Sam having consented, the parties took their seats in a sleigh for the purpose of going home. It was found that there was plenty of room for one more. What Scrip ture name did the old gentleman use to induce another son to accompany the guests ? Benjamin—Ben jam in. The driver was requested io start in another Scripture name. What was it Joshua—Josh away. When the sleigh was fairly off, it was discovered that one of the young ladies had been left behind. There was nu pos sibility of rescuing her companions, so the old gentleman asked still another of his sons to console the young lady for her dis appointment. What was the last Scriptural name thus used Ebenezer—Eben ease her. SWEETNESS Os' TEMPEII.— , I cannot for bear pointing out to you, my dear child ,' said General Jaokson.onae to a young lady in whose welfare he felt a deep interest, 6 the great advantages that will result from a temperate conduct and sweetness of manner to all people, on all occasions.— Never forget that you are a gentlewoman; and all your words and actions should make you gentle. I never heard your mother—your dear, good mother—say a harsh or hasty thing to any person in my life. Endeavor to imitate her. I -am quick and hasty in my temper ; but it is a misfortune, which, not having been suffi ciently restrained in my youth, has caused me inexpressible pain. It has given me more trouble to subdue my impetuosity than any thing I ever undertook.' Let these words of the venerated sage be taken to heart, not only by young ladies, bat by every one. Strive by all means to culti vate sweetness of temper.. THE LANCASTER INTELLIGENCER JOB PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT, No. 8 NORTH DUKE STREET, LANCASTER, PA. The 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.— 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 reasons ble terms, and in a manner not excelled by any establish ment In the city. 4iir Orders from a distance, by mail or otherwise. promptly attended to. Address GEO. SANDERSON A SON, Intelligeneer Office, No. 8 North Dubs street, Lancaster, Pa. SHEAPFEWS CHEAP ROOK STORE No. 32 NORTH QUEEN STREET IS THE PLACE TO PURCHASE SCHOOL BOOKS A SCHOOL STATIONERY. COMPRISING ALL SITE VARIOUS READING AND SPELLING BOOKS, ARITHMETICS AND ALGEBRAS, GRAMMARS AND ETYMOLOGIES, DICTIONARIES AND HISTORIES, PHILOSOPHIES, Al, COPY AND COMPOSITION BOOKS, LETTER, CAP AND NOTE PAPER, BLANK—BOOKS, ELATES, LEAD AND SLATE PEsICILS, PENS AND HOLDERS, INK, • INKSTANDS, RULERS, and the best and most complete assortment of • _ SCHOOL STATIONERY IN THE CITY. oz- Liberal discounts made to Teachers and Merchants at JOHN SHEAFFER'S Cheap Cash Book Store, .82 North Queen street, Lancaster. oct 11 td 40 VIE UNITED STATES HOTEL HARRISBURG, PA. COVEHLY R HUTCHISON, Proprietors Thievell known Hotel is now Ina condition to accommo date the traveling public, affording the most ample con veniences alike for the transient guest and permanent boiider. THIS UNITED ESTATESHOTtI;bas been entirely refit ted throughout, and now has accommodatlena equal la extent, comfort and luxury to any hotel between Phila delphia and Pittsburg. Its location is the beet in the State. Capital, being in easy access to all the railroad depots, and in chips proxtmlSy to all the public, offices and business localities of the oily. It has now all. the conveniences of A 7IItBT-- . OLASB . IfOTBL, ' and the Proprietors are determined CO spare neither ex pense, time or labor to ensure the comfort of the guests. The patronage of the treading poblio is respectfolly solidted. [June 23 Om 23 . SCHAFFER, SON dG ;CO., SCR A-FFER, SON & CO., SCHAFFER, SON & , SCHAFFER, SON CO. - • SCIIA FFER, SON A CO., SCRAPPER. SON & CO., IMPORTERS OF WATCHES, IMPORTERS. OF WATCHES, IMPORTERS OF WATCHES, • IMPORTERS OF. WATCHES, IMPORTERS OF WATCHES, Nos. 169 and 11l Broadway, N. Y., . Nos: 169 and 171 Broadway, N. I", Nos. 169 and 171 Broadway, N. Y., - Nos. 169 and 171 Broadway, N. Y., Are receiving by the European Steamers, direcd - frons their agency fn Chaux-de-Pangs, Switzerland, large importa tions of the Celebrated MAGIC TIME OBSERVER, MAGIC TIME OBSERVES, . • MAGIC -TIME OBSERVER, 'MAGIC TIME OBSERVER; ". . MAGIC TIME OBSERVER, " MAGIC TIME OBSERVE%• MAGIC TIME OBSERVER, • - MAGIC,TIME OBSERVER,- The Height of Mechanical Ingenuity I The Height of Mechanical Ingennityl The Height,f,f Mechanical Ingenuity The Height WP Mechanical Ingenuity I Being a Hunting or Open Face Watch Combined, sqpirig„a Hunting or Open Face Watch Combined, Behar a Hunting or Open Fans Watch Combined. Or: a LADY'S or GENTLEMAN' WATCH in ONEI Or ; a LADY'S or GENTLEMAN'S !WATCH in ONE I Or ; a LADY'S or GENTLEMAN'S WATCH in ONE! WITH SELF WINDING IMPROVEMENT. WITH. SELF WINDING IMPROVEMENT. One of the prettiest, moot convenient, and decidedly the best and chespest timepiece ever offered. It has within it and connected with Its machinery, its own windingattaoh. ment, rendering a key-entirely unneeeseary, The cues of this Watch are composed of two metals, the outer one being floe 16 carat gold. It has the improved ruby action lever movement, and le WARRANTED AN ACCURATE TIMEKEEPER. WARRANTED AN ACCURATE TIM EK EIE PER. WARRANTED AN ACCURATE TIMEKEEPER. WARRANTED AN ACCURATE TIMEKEEPER. Price THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS, sent by mail In a beautiful velvet lined morocco ease, upon receipt of its price. A prompt and safe delivery guaranteed. Remit tances may be made in United States money, or Draft pay able to our order in this city. REGISTERED LETTERS, ONLY, AT OUR RISK. We have no agents or circulars; buyers must deal direct with us, ordering from this advertisement. Address SCHAFFER, SON At . CO., Importers of Watches, Noe. 169 and 171 Broadway, Now York. tim 17 PROSPECTUS OF "THE AGE.' A NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER, To be published Daily and Weekly in the City of Phila delphia, by A. T. GLOSSBRENHER it CO. A. J. GLOSSERENNER. FRANCIS J. GRUND "Tea boa" will advocate the principles and policy of the Democratic party,and will, therefore, neemelarily favor the restoration of the Union as it was, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and that of this Com monwealth. It will freely and fairly discuss all legitimate subjects of newspaper comment, including, of course, and pre•emi• neatly at this time, all questions connected with the existing unhappy condition of our country. It will h.:tries/sly criticise the public acts of public ser vants, and defend the legal and constitutional rights of in. dlvidual citizens of Bovereign States, against assaults from any s r e It w ek to awaken the minds of the people to a proper sense of the actual condition of the Republic—to present to them, truthfully, the fearful perils in which we stand as a nation—to exhibit the magnitude of the task that is before them, if they would check our downward progress—and to inspire them with patriotic determination to apply TUB REMEDY for Our national ills. In brief, it will, iu all things, aim to be the faithful ex ponent of Democratic principles, and to render itself sjorthy to be an organ of the Democratic party, under whose anspicss our country prospered so long and ao well. Th e restoration of that party—the party of the Cerlatit.n. lieu and the Union—to power, in the legislative and execn• lice governmental branches of the Staten and of the Union, believewa to he necessary to avert anarchy, and the utter ruin of the Republic. To contribute to that restoration will be our highest aim. The Nee a, Literary, Commercial, and other departments, will rucei to due attention, and will be so conducted as to make• Tux Ann" worthy Ef the support of tho general Testier. The many difficulties u. prise of the magnitude of that our surrounding an enter- In which the undersigned appeal to the public for a THE AGE" a liberal patron• are engaged, require them to generous support, and ask for' ag. and extended circalation. Thu present state of the preparlitory arrangements war rants the expectation, that the first number of the Daily will apse:lr before the close of the corning month, (Febru ary, 1863.) The Weekly will be Issud seen thereafter. 133330 Per annum,. Sim Months, Three Months, Copies delivered at the counter, and to Agents and Car riers, 2 Cents each. Per annum,. Sin Months,.. Three Mouths, Ton Copies to one ad drehs Twenty Copies to ono address, Thirty Copies to one I address , Are - Payment required invariably In advance. Address, A. J. GLOSSIIRENNER /I; CO., feb 3 3m 41 430 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. i. S ° T121 21 t; PATENT TI INI STAMP-SEALING II A V NI) POST-MARE PRE6ERVING ENVELOPE The preservation on the letter itself of the POST-MARK and POSTAI3E-STAMP. generally destroyed with the de tached cover, has long been deemed a matter of the first importance. Thie desideratum is now triumphantly secured by this ingenious invention. Many obvious advantages must arise from thy general use of this envelope. First—lncreased Safety by additional sealing; the stamp connecting the envelope and letter securely together; and this is never liable to be omitted, though the sticking of the flap Is frequently neglected or in p mfectly done. Second—Security against Impertinent Intrusion; the letter and envelope being firmly attached by the stamps, and incluiure cannot be inspected even if the flap be clan destinely opened. Third—Safety against Abstraction of Valuable judo sures. If the flap be left unsealed, or opened with feloni ous intent, it will be impossible to open the latter and,take• thence bank notes and drafts without so mutilating the envelope as to Insure (It tectlon. - - - - Pwrill—Eacurity fur the free payment of the Postage; Be the stamp, when once properly placed in this window, cannot be removed without its destruction.. Slyth—Advautage therefore to the Government; by the effectual destruction of every stamp in its first use.. Sixth—Facility to the Post Office Operations; by a ant form location of the stamp in the upper right bend corner, which is the most convenient position for the Post Office mark. Seventh—Verification of the Mailing; by securingun the letter itself the legal evidence of the time and place of it being mailed. This hue long been esteemed so- deldrable; that many prudent persons are constrained- to dinpetise with the use of envelopes, that they may have the post mark on the letter; and others take the-precaution to pin the envelope again on the letter for identification. Eighth—Certainty of the Date and Place on the Letter, which are so frequently omitted by writers In carelesatiess or hurry. • • Muth—Ornamentation; which, though some may think of small Importance, certainty meets the approved of all persona of taste. • • Tenth—Cost. Notwithstanding the many and unrivalled advantages of the •"Stamp eeallog Erovetopee,"• they will be furnished at a very small advance upon the prime of those not having the benefit of this patent. • - , • • Can ho hart at • J. M WEaTHAEFFIrkIi Cheap Book store, Corner North Queen and Orange *Sta. , nov 4 tf 43 • GItEEZIRWALD , S WEST INDIA . BITTE_RS , CURES ALL DISEASES ARISING FROM DISORDERED STOMACH AND DYSPEPSIA - - - . The are elegant Bitters, pleasant and palatable, tunal in d-bilitated states of the digestive organs, and of the systran generally. They give a good appetite, and will cure the following diseases: Depression of Spirits, and constant imeglning of the various diseases to which our nature, is heir to, Liver Diseases, Heart Burn, ' Pain in the Back end Side, Disgust for Food. Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart, Dimness of Vision Paine through the System, Piles, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Swimming in the Tread, Fever and dull Pain In Head, Yellowness of the Skin, Diarseeha, Dysentery, Rising in the morning with a Bad Taste in the Month. Hundreds of our gallant soldiers' lives have been sieved by these splendid Bitters, that otherwise would be lost, not only to their country. but to dear friends at home. The Bitters are manufactured and for sale under H. L. A: E. J. Zahms• Jewelry. Store, N. W. Corner Centre Square and North Queen Street Lancaster, Pa. E. GREENEV7ALD. 3m 23 Lancaster, June 16, 1363 B V THE B L ESI .3 QIIALT I' . I TIE G B IN - THE s E MARKET. - . . Tho undersigned, having made arrangements with Mr R. JONES, for all his best quality of PEACH BOTTOM SLATE, for this market; and a similar arrangement with the proprietors of Mx of the principal and best.quarrieri In York county, be has just received a large lot of these supericr qualititios of Building Slate, which will be put on by the square, or sold by the ton, on the most reason able terms. Mso, constantly on hand, an EXTRA MORT PEACH BOTTOM ELATE, intended for Slatingon Shingle Roofs. As these qualities of Slate are THE BEST IN TITE MARKET, Builders and others will find it to their Interest to call and examine samples, at my, office in W 2.1. D. SPRECHER'S, New Agricultural and Seed Ware-rooms. GEO. D. SPRECHER, N 0.28 East King St., 2 doors West of the Court Hones. teir- This Is to certify. that .L to not sell my best quality of Peach Bottom Gouged Slate to any other person in Lancaster, than Geo. D. Sprecher, as above stated. - - R. JONES, Manufacturer of Peach Bottom Hoofing Slate. 13 , 7 TT AN INGE N & - S' N Y D E H.'. • DESIGNERS AND ENGRAVERS ON WOOD, N. E. COiiiss &LAMM CIIISTIVIT $113=113, PHILADELPHIA... • Execute all kinds of WOOD ENGRAVING, with beauty, correctness and derpatCh—Original Design's furnished -for .. Fine Book Illustrations—Persons wishingents, by sending a Photograph or Daguerreotype, can have vieweof COLLEGES, CHURCHES, COTTAGES, STOREFRONTS, - PORTRAITS, MACHINES, STOV p4l , r/L. Engraved as Well as ES, on Rational 'application. ,al, - FANCY.ENVELOPES, LABELS, BILL SHOW FULT 8, VISITING, BUSINESS and other engraved in-the highest style of the Art; Bridal theliii4i, prices. • , For Specimens of Fine Engraving, see the Mastratett•-• Works of J. B. LIPPINCOTT AJA E. H. BUTLER k Co., . ko,ko. root 28 ly 41 NO. 30 WILLIAM H. WELSH
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers