..'4'::•:..:• - •••'.'-' - '7..0,:4:. -4-4:0'.it.:,:.•'-...'...--'_4't*ll€4.--',,.,'.. VOL. LXIV HE LANCASTER INTELLIGENCER ILINEND TOCET TONSDLT, AT NO. 8 ROUTH DONN OTBMIT, BY GEO. SANDERSON. TERMS • - flinwicatiellow.—Two Dollars per annum, payable in ad vance. No subscription discontinued until all arrear ages-are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. ADVinnrlBllllllll3.—Advertlsements, not exceeding one square, (12 lines.) will be inserted three times for one dollar, and twenty-five Cents for each additional baser; tion. Those of greater length in proportion. .Tos Pancrnm—Such as Hand Bills, Posters, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, Atc., &e., executed with accuracy and on the shortest notice. A BIRDS-EYE VIEW "Croak, croak, croak," Thus the Raven spoke, Perched on his crooked tree, As black as black could be ! ~Shun him and fear him, Lest the bridegroom come near him ; Scout him and rout him With his ominous eye about him. . Yet, "Croak, croak, croak," Still tolled from the oak; From that fatal black bird, Whether heard or unheard "0 ship upon the high seas, "Freighted with lives and spices, "Sink, 0 ship," efoaked the Raven, "Let the bride mount to Heaven." In afar foreign land, Upon the wave-edged sand, some friends gaze wistfully Across the glittering sea! Three say : Now we have missed her!" " If we could kiss our daughter !" Two sigh across the water. Oh, the ship sails fast With silken flags at the mast, And the home-wind blows soft; But a Haven sits aloft, Chuckling and croaking, Croaking, croaking. croaking: Let the bridegroom keep watch keenly For his choice bride mild and queenly. On a eloped sandy beach, WhJoh the spring -tide billows reach, Stands a watchful throng Who have hoped and waived long: "Fie on this ship, that tarries "With the priceless freight it carries! "The time seems long and longer: "0 languid wind, wax. stronger." Whilst the Raven perched at ease Still croaks and does not cease One monotonous note Tolled from his iron throat: "No father, no mother, "But 1 hove a sable brother; "Bo sees where ocean flows to, "And he knows what he knows too." A day and a night They kept watch-worn and white; A night and a day For the swift ship on its way; For the bride and bar maidens —l;lear chimes the bridal cadence— For tho tall Chip that never Hove in sight for ever. On either shore, some Stand in grief loud or dumb As the dreadful dread Grows certain tho' unsaid. For laughter there is weeping, And waking instead of sleeping, And a desperate sorrow Morrow after morrow. Oh, who knows the truth, How she perished in her youth, And like a queen went down Pale In her royal crown : How she went up to glory From the soa•foam chill and hoary, An innocent queen and holy, To a high throne from a lowly? They went down, all the crew, The silks and spices too, The great ones and the small, One and all, one and all. Wes it thro' stress of weather, Quicksands, rocks, or all together? Only the Raven knows this, And he will not dieolose this. After a day and year The bridal bells chime clear; After a year and a day The br degroom is brave and gay; Love is sound, faith is rotten; The old bride is forgotten : Two ominous Ravens only Remember, black and lonely. A Night Adventure in Paris It was during the first months of my residence in Paris, in the days of Charles the Tenth, and nearly five-and-thirty years ago. I had been to take a farewell din ner, and a temperate glass or two of Medoc, with a fellow -townsman and neighbor of mine, who was on the point of returning to the paternal-roof in Somersetshire. He had been studying medicine and the ele ements of practical chemistry for the last year, under the watchful eye of his uncle, a pharmacien in the Place Vendome, and it was there, in the small sky-lighted back room behind the shop, which fronted Na poleon's triumphal column, that we had our modest symposium. I was loth to part with him, he had been so true a friend ; be it was who crammed me with colloquial French—the popular idioms of the Parisian highways ; who made me ac quainted with all the ins and outs, the bye_ ways and the short cats of old Lutetia, and taught me how to solve the difficult problem of cutting my coat according to my cloth, which in those days was unfor tunately very scanty indeed. It is not much to be wondered at that I forgot tho lapse of time,, and that, when at length I screwed myself up to the pitch of saying the last adieus, and had torn my self away, it should be verging to the small hours / of the morning. In truth, it was on the point of striking one when I left the house, and before I had well got clear of the broad ' Place ' the hour had struck. At any other time I should not have oared a straw about this, but have walked on quietly to my lodging in the Rue Riche- lieu ; but now I knew that would be of no use. That old concentrated essence of verjace, Ganaohe, the porter, to save him self a little trouble, had detained my let ters of a morning till I came down, instead of sending them by the garcon to my room on the fourth floor, and I had quarrelled with him in consequence, and given notice to quit at the end of the month. „Since our quarrel he had used me savagely, and knew be was no more likely to let me in after one o'clock than he was to pay my tailor's bill. This reflection brought me to a stand still. What should Ido ? Where should Igo 1 To increase my chagrin it began to rain in rather a sharp shower. Instinc tively I faced about, ran across the Place, and got under the shelter of the piazza in the Rue de Castiglione, just in time to save myself from a drenching torrent which burst on the streets like a water-spout. I was walking up and down in the dark, taking counsel of myself, until the storm should cease, when I stumbled and tripped over somebody lying crouched up at the foot of a pillar. Is that you, Janin /' said a rather whining voice, which seemed to proceed from some one in the act of waking from sleep. No,' said I, it isn't Janin ; who are you and why are you lying here this time of night g Lin panvre aveugle !' said he ; ' I am waiting here for my comrade ; who is gone to the - spectacle. Yon see, M'sieu, Janin Is fond of the spectacle, and while he is getting his fill of it, I take my pastime on the cold atonea.' I ihotight it but a grim sort of joke, and told Jilin should think better of. Janin if he - Weie mora'oonsiderate for his friend. The poor blind wretch did not agree with me, and, to my surprise, began vin dicating the character of Janin. You see, M'sien,' said be, if lam blind, Janin has good eyesight, and why should he not enjoy it? He may as well be blind as I, if he is to see nothing. One should not be selfish although one is unfortunate.' While he was-speaking, and I was in wardly admiring, his simple magnanimity, Janin came up at a quiok pace, and chant ing a lively ditty. What, my old philos opher! so you have company,' he said, I am afraid I must disturb your confer ence.' Make no apology for that I pray,' said ' but if you can direct me to a lodging I shall be obliged.' You are English,' said Janin ; there is ab English house in the Reu de l'Odeon, which is always open till two. If you make for the Pont Neuf at once, and step out, you will be there in good time.' Good night, then, my lads.' And away I trudged at a round pace for the Pont Neuf—crossed it in a pelting shower, and made the best of my way to the Rue de POdeon. I accounted myself fortunate in reaching the house a few minutes before the hour for closing the door, but found that I had not so much cause for congrat ulation as I had imagined, as the place was full, and the only accommodation the land lady could offer, was a small truckle-bed in a two bedded room, already bespoken for the night by a previous comer. Being wet through by the rain, and feel ing that I should not mend matters by faring further, I was fain to make a virtue of necessity, and accept the truckle-bed. Moreover, wishing to get out of my damp garments as quickly as possible, I asked for my candle, and was forthwith shown to the dormitory, which I found was up four flights of stairs. I lost no time in getting between the sheets, but had no intention of going to sleep till I knew at least what sort of a subject was. to be the companion of my slumbers. So I took a book from my pocket, and, placing a candle on a chair by the bedside, began to read, re solved to keep my light burning and my self awake until the sounkof footsteps on the stairs should apprise me of the ap proach of the stranger. After the lapse of about half an hour, the sound I was lis tening for approached me, and then, clap ping the extinguisher on the light, I lay back, half-closed my eyes, and affected to sleep. The figure that now entered the room was not at a.1.l a fascinating one, to my view at least. He was a man about five and-thirty, jauntily garbed in one of the pea-green, high-collared surtouts current among the fast men who affected the Lux embourg quarter of the Paris of that day, but which surtout, like the rest of his gar ments, seemed to have run all too sudden ly to seed. There was something boozy and vicious in the expression of his face, which, spite of a fierce-looking moustache, gave one the idea: of meaness and servili ty coupled with a reckless kind of bravado, which smacked rather of a swagger than of daring ; and in every feature there was the impress of debauchery and intemper ance. He uttered a brief, common-place greeting as he entered the room, but-find ing that I took no notice of it, probably concluded that I was asleep, and so said no more. In less than five minutes he had bundled himself into bed and had put out the light, and after a few minutes more began to give audible tokens of the soundness of his slumbers. Though I had formed the worst opinion of my companion, I did not feel the slightest alarm. He evidently had no hostile purpose; he had no weapon of any kind, not even a stick, and I felt assured that in a personal encounter I could easily master him. Still, there was something in his wandering eye, whsch never rested for a moment on a single spot, that I did not like, and I felt a little annoyed with myself that I had not placed my garments a little nearer my hand, instead of spread ing them on chairs in the middle of the room to dry. These thoughts, however, were but momentary, and in a very brief space J. had forgotten everything in a quiet slumber. I suppose I may have slept about two hours, and the dawn was just breaking, when 1 was awoke by a slight noise like something falling on the tiled floor of the apartment. Luckily I did not start or make the least movement, but, half-open ing my eyes, in the full consciousness of the situation, 1 saw that my companion was in the act of getting out of bed. His movements were so slow, cautious, and noiselessly made, that they roused my suspicions and I watched him narrowly through my seemingly closed lids. With stealthiness of a prowling cat he got upon his feet, and, with his eyes fixed on me, advanced slowly to the foot of my bed.— His object plainly was to be sure that I slept; and I took care to betray no sign of wakefulness that might undeceive him. After a statute-like watch of a few mo ments he seemed to have assured himself of my slumbers, and, turning softly round, thrust his hand into one of the pockets of my pantaloons, and, withdrawing the con tents, retreated to his bed, carrying the plunder with him. Here be lay motion less for several minutes, watchiog me at tentively the while. At length he raised himself, and, drawing a canvass bag from beneath his pillow, deposited beneath it the booty he had seized, replaced it, and lay down, as if to compose himself to sleep. My blood was boiling in my veins at the fellow's impudent robbery, and I felt half inclined to rise and pummel him as he lay, and recover my property. There was no occasion, however, for any hurry ; and, reflecting that second thoughts are sometimes best, I lay still, endeavoring to farm some plan for doing myself justice, if it might be, vithout a scene of violence, which might be attended with unpleasant consequences, but fully determined to do battle for my own, if no other alternatiie presented itself. The contents of the pocket which the fellow had rifled amount ed to about three pounds English, all in five-frank pieces, which I had received from my friend of the night before, in final discharge of an accommodation ac count between us. This was no great sum, to be sure, but it was more than I could then afford to lose ; and indeed, the idea of resigning it without a struggle was the last I should have thought of enter taining. While puzzling my brain for some prac ticable expedient, which, however, did not present itself, I could not help admiring the calm placidity of the countenance of the villain who had robbed me, who, from "THAT COUNTRY ICB THE HOST PBOOTIBOI7B WHIM LABOR OOMMARDEI THE GREATEST ILIWARD."--11U0HARAN. LANCASTER CITY, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 11, 1863. his satisfied expression, seemed to be en joying the consciousness of some good ac tion; but in this I was deceived. The rascal was no more asleep than I was. If my anxiety and indignation were perplex ing me, his apprehensions were at the same moment troubling him; and just as I was abandoning all hope of concoclag a plan for the recovery of my money without fighting for it, a movement on his part put me in possession of one which had at least the, promise of success. I saw him open his eyes suddenly, and fix them full on me ; then rising, he with drew the canvass bag once more from be neath hia pillow, and stepped out of bed with it in his hand. There stood upon the widow-sill a withered geranium in a glazed earthenware pot—the plant was a mere stick, which had dried up and died from want of water. To my amazement the thief lifted the plant out of the pot by the stem, raising the earth in whioh it had grown, and which was all matted to gether by the roots, along with it ; he then deposited the bag in the bottom of the pot, and, replacing the plant, got quietly into bed once more. I saw at once that this move placed the result of the game very much in my own power, and I soon made up my mind how to act. Ido not suppose that either of us went to sleep again; and 1 have often thought since what a curious study we might have presented to any concealed spectator who should have been in the secret of our relative predicaments during the following two hours or so. I knew, of course, that my light-fingered worthy would not think of rising till I was up and gone; having placed his booty where he might reasonably deem it beyond the possibility of discovery, he was doubtless prepared to outface any suspicion or accu sation that might be made against him, and therefore he would lie there until he had the field to himself. Accordingly, about seven o'clock, I got up, deliberately washed and dressed, and, having finished my toilet, was almost ready to start, be ing well aware all, the while that the fel- low, who was feigning sleep, had his eyes upon me, and was watching for the moment when I should discover my lose. Of course I did not discover it; but when I had drawn on my boots, and was ready to go, I became suddenly aware that the at mosphere of the room was insufferably close, and began to puff and blow, and ejaculate interjectional complaints of the want of air; at the next moment I ran to - - the window, threw it wide open with one hand, and leaning forward as if to catch the morning breeze, awkwardly swept off the flower-pot down into the little court seventy feet below. In an instant the seeming sleeper was standing in his shirt on the middle of the floor, and demanding with an angry oath what I had done. Nothing,' said I, beyond breaking a flc wer-pot—the plant was withered and good for nothing. Excuse my awkward ness ; I will indemnify the landlady.— Good morning.' My nonchalance deceived the scoundrel, and he stood aside to let me pass, looking rather black, however, as I walked out.— There seemed to be no one astir in the house, save the garcon, who was roasting coffee at the open front door, and I was only made aware of him by the agreeable fumes which assailed my nostrils, as 1 sped like a greyhound down the stairs.— in half a minute I was in the little back court, where lay the smashed remains of the pot and the withered flower. Feeling morally certain that the shock-head and scowling visage of the thief were protrud ing from the widow above, I drew the can vass bag from the crumbled dry mould, and held it up to his gaze. There he was, sure enough, growling and grinding his teeth with rage and mortification. Why don't yon cry stop thief ?" I bawled out to him. Did you think to catch the Englishman asleep ? .du revoir, Coquin !' I waited no reply, but making for the street, jumped into the first &ere that came iu view, and in half an hour had alighted at my own lodging. As I was mounting to my apartment, au pat rieme, I met on the stairs my friend and chum 011endorf, who was sallying forth to meet his morning pupils. Halloo !' said he, you've been out all night ?' Yes,' said I, ' and I've had an adven- Good! let roe hear all about it.' I told him how I had passed the night, and all that had happened. Capital !' he cried, and have you ex amined the thief's bag ?' No, 1 have not done that yet; but of course it contains nothing but what is my own.' 4 Do not be too sure of that. Come, we will examine it together.' He followed me into my room, and I lugged forth the bag, 'feeling confident that the fertile imagination of my philo logical friend had misled him, as it was apt to do. To my astonishment there were in the bag, in addition to the money rifled from my pocket, a gold napoleon, a five franc piece and a pair of enormously large circular ear-rings of alloyed gold, such as one often sees the ears of the provincial immigrants who crowd the wharves, the markets and warehouses of Paris. There !' said my friend' you see that the rascal had more strings to his bow than you gave him credit for. If you had made an uproar and a charge of theft, he could have retorted the charge upon you—would have shown his own empty pockets, and might have stood as good a chance of orim inating you as you of oriminating him.— However, you may forgive him, since he has paid you for the trouble of defeating his purpose ; and really, I think he has treated you handsomely. Against his will ; but seriously, what ought I to do ? had I not better put the affair into the hands'of the police 1' Do you know the rule in such oases here ? If not, I must tell you that if you put the thief's money into the hands cf the police, you will also be compelled to hand over the whole contents of the bag; and how Enoch of it you will get back, and when you will get any, you must be clev erer than I am if you can guess.' I finally decided not to trouble the po lice with the business ; but as I could not have made use of the scoundrel's money, any more than I could have worn the huge ear-rings, I wrapped both up in paper to gether, and placed them in my pocket book until time and circumstances should present some fit and proper mode of dis posing of them. It was about a year after the above ad venture, and when the details of it had al most faded from my memory, that I - 711 - 1 - 3 invited by a friend from England to accom pany him on a visit to one of the Parisian prisons—if I recollect right it was the New Bicetre, which, after a deal of solicitation and trouble, he had obtained permission to inspect. While we were wandering through the workshops, in which the pris oners labor together in silence for so many hours a day, as my friend was committing his dotes to paper, I amused myself py scanning the demoralized physiognomies around me, little "suspecting that I was destined to find an acquaintance among them. Close to my elbow there stood a man at a bench, bending over his work, whioh was that of carving sabots from un shapely blocks of willow wood. I was ad miring the rapidity and boldness of his ex ecution, when he suddenly lifted his head, and exposed to view the face, which I had formerly studied with such deliberation, of the thief of the Rae de l'Odeon. I knew him at once, and saw that the recognition was mutual, for he lowered his head in stantly, and plainly sought to elude my gaze. I could. not of course, speak to him then, without contravening the rules of the prison , but on my imparting my wish to do so to the guide who had us in charge, be promised to give me.,„the opportunity I sought, when we had finished our survey. He was as good as his word, and before leaving the prison I was conducted to the delinquent in his own cell, whither he had been remanded that I might see him. The poor wretch, who, it was clear, imagined that 1 was going to 'iodge a fresh charge against him, seemea struck with a mortal pallor as I entered Do not be alarmed,' I said, 4 I have no complaint to make against you ;• but I have been wishing to meet you, and to make a restoration of property which may perhaps be of use to you.' I unfolded my pocket-book and took out the little packet containing the napoleon, the five franc piece and the ear-rings. These, I think, belong to you— is it not so ?' He bowed assent, but did not speak. Take them,' I said, and take better care of them than you did when you had them last.' He glanoed at the attendant as if to im ply that the man's presence prevented his saying more, and merely replied with im pressive earnestness, M'sien, you are a man of honor !' I wish I could return the compliment Bulls. Every jest-book has a collection of 4 Bulls,' chiefly of Irish extraction, always diverting but not always genuine. Too many of them.are like the prize bulls at a cattle fair—reared on purpose to show.— Bat there is no need to force this species of bovine product, in order to get the high est excellence. Nothing was ever got up' in this line half so good as the bona fide production of Sir Boyle Roche, an Irish member of Parliament, and an orator of real eloquence and genuine wit—notwith standing his ocoasiunal and most prodigious verbal blunders. A recent article in 0 nce a-Week contains a very amusing collection of the eccentric Baronet's bulls. Here are some of the best of them : Sir,' said the orator in a Parliamenta ry speech, 4 1 would give up half--nay, the whole of the Constitution, to preserve the remainder.' This, however, was parlia mentary. Hearing that Admiral Howe was in quest of the Fretich he remarked somewhat pleasantly that the Admiral would sweep the French off the fade of the earth'.' By-and-by came dangerous times of dis :ffection, and honest men's lives insecure. Sir Boyle writes from the country to a friend in the Capital this discouraging view of his position : You may judge,' he says, of our state, when I tell you that I write this with a sword in ono hand and a pistol in the other.' It was Sir Boyle who spoke in such feel ing terms of the gentleman with whose family he was connected by marriage He gave me his oldest daughter, sir,' he said to one of the professional wits of the Irish bar; ' his eldest daughter, sir.' To him the wit replied ; ' If he had an older one he would have given her to you.' On one occasion, when the famous letters to the Public .thicertiser were attracting universal attention, Sir Boyle was heard to complain bitterly of the attacks of a certain anonymous writer called Junius.' He it was who recounted that marvelous act in gymnastics, when, in a tumuit of loyalty he 'stood prostrate at the feet of hillsovereign.' He it was who denounced in withering language the apostate politi cian who turned his back on himself.'— _ . He it was who introduced to public notice the ingenious yet partially confused meta phor of the rat. 4 Sir,' said he, addressing the Speaker of the Irish House, I smell a rat. I see him floating in the air—but, mark me, I shall nip him in tho bud.' In the Irish House these things were welcomed with uproarious hilarity. There was the famous speech which confounds generations. I don't see Mr. Speaker, why we should put ourselves out of the way to serve posterity. What has poster ity done for us ?' He was a little discon certed by the burst of langhter that fol lowed, and proceeded to explain his mean ing : By posterity, sir, Ido not mean our ancestors, but those who are to come im mediately after them.' His invitation to the gentleman on his travels was hospitaple and well meant— but equivocal. I hope my lord, if you ever come within a mile of my house,.you'll stay there all night.' Still, he could hit. hard, and for once avoid his natural, blundering turn. Mr. Curran stated that he was quite capable of being the guardian of .his own honor.— Sir Boyle retorted, 'I wish the Hon. gen tleman joy of his sinecure.' LONOSTREET'S DEATHS.—When Tybalt asked Merentio, What would'st thou have of me,' the answer was, Good king of oats, only one of your nine lives.'-- General Longstreet has already been kill ed three times since the war commenced, upon the roport of the telegraph, besides being wounded and taken prisoner, on the same excellent authority. He has been served worse than the poor Irishman, who was first drowned, and then shipwrecked in coming from Cork.' There is some com fort in the belief that this invulnerable hero, like Shakspeare's king of the feline tribe, oan have but six more lives to spare. When these are gone, there must be an end, and he who has been killed so many times, oan be killed no more. CHARGE OF THE FAIR BRIGADE. Round the room, round the zoom, Round the room, onward Like a teetetum, Revolved the one hundred; For all were in order. And no one had blundered. "Onward the bright brigade! All around!" Palfrey said; So round artil round the room Spun the one hundred. Bound then the bright brigade, No one the least dismayed— None—for the ladies knew They never blundered; Not theirs to make reply, Not theirs to seem too shy, Theirs bat fast round to fly; So round and round the room Whirled the one hundred. Rose all their arms so bare, - Flew all their skirts in air, Sweeping those Bitting there, Whirling and spinning, while Lookers-on wondered; Trod on and pushed along, Some looking quite forlorn, &me of their drapery shorn, Till they had reached their chairs Spun the one hundred. Gai lights to right of them, Gas lights to left of them, Gas lights above them, By glass pendants sundered, At Beata all rushing so, heated and out of breath, And from the figure there, Now all have reached a chair, All that are really left Of that one hundred. When will the next begin? Oh, that enehtipting spin! " Row old folks wondered, Bow can they. labor so, le that true pleasure, oh! Lovely one hundred ! THE EARTHEN JAR.—Rabbi Joshua the son of Cananiab, was a very learned tad very wise man, but he was ugly. His complexion was so dark that he was nick named the Blacksmith,' awl little chil dren ran sway from him. Yet his wisdom and learning caused him to be esteemed by every one, and even tne Emperor Trajan treated him with much consideration. One day when Rabbi went to court the Emperor's daughter only laughed at his ugliness, and said, with a smile— ' Rabbi, I wonder how it is that such great wisdom as yours should be contained in such an ugly head.' Rabbi Joshua kept his temper, and in stead of replying, asked.:-- Princess, in what vessels does your august father keep his wine ?' In earthen jars, to be sure,' replied she. Indeed,' exclaimed the Rabbi, feigning surprise ; why all the common people keep their wine in earthen jars ! An Emperor's wine should be kept in handsomer vessels.' The Princess thought that Rabbi Joshua, who always said such clever things, was really in earnest; so off she went to the chief butler and ordered him to pour all the Emperor's wine out of the earthen jars into gold and silver vessels ; earthen jars being unworthy of such precious drink. The butler followed these orders, and when the wine came to the royal table it had turned sour and tasted quite flat. The next time the Princess met Rabbi Joshua, she expressed her astonishment at his having given her such a strange pieoe of advioe, and said— Do you know, Rabbi, that all that fine wine that 1 had poured into gold and silver vessels turned sour ?' Then you have learned a simple lesson, Princess,' was the Rabbi's reply. Wine is kept est in common vessels, and so is wisdom.' The next time the Princess met the clever Rabbi she did riot laugh at his ugly faoe. THE DEACON AND ars .RAM.-A short distance from the line which divides Mas sachusetts and New Hampshire, lives a pi ous old deacon, who fears the Lord and detests levity. The deacon owns a ram, a savage fellow, always ready for a fight, and this belligerent spirit the old gentle man's two sons took advantage of. The deacon's farm has a stream of water running through it, on the bank of which there is a rook extending close to the water for some distance, and about ten feet above, and which cannot be seen from the house. The boys were in the habit of driving their father's sheep to this spot, and then vexing the old ram, until be would pitch at them with all his might, when they would drop flat down and let the old ram go headlong over them, from the top of the rock into the deep water below. This was rare sport for the boys, but one day the deacon caught them in the very act of giving old Thumper' a bath, and dealt with them as he felt in duty bound to do for such wicked-mindedness. Some time afterwards'the deacon chanced to go to the aforesaid rook, and seeing the sheep feed ing near it, be felt a strong inclination to see his ram make another plunge into the water. After looking about to make sure that no one was in sight to witness his folly, he crouched down on the edge of the rock, and made a show of fight against old Thumper,' who accepted the challenge, and charged with all his force so rapidly, that the deacon being rather slow, and. failing to drop in time, went over the rook headlong into the water with him. Here was a fix for a deacon to be caught in, sure enough; and, to add to his mor tification, by the time he and his ram got out of the water, the boys were standing on the rook above him, laughing most boisterously. The deacon went off home —the boys told of his mishap—and the old man is called Deacon Slow' to this day. A GOOD STOMACH.—A country youth, having an uncle living in town, resolved to pay him a visit. He accordingly start ed off one morning, and arrived at his uncle's house just as supper was ready.— Being very hungry from his long walk, he no sooner got seated at the table than he commenced a furious onslaught on the eat ables, right and left. Hold on, sir,' said his unole, who was a pions man we always say something here before we eat.' Say what you've a mind to,' answered the boy between two mouthfuls, ' you can't turn my stomach ! - . A good looking fellow was charged with having stolen a watch. It was his first offence, •and he was ready to plead guilty. The magistrate asked him what had induced him to commit the theft. The young man replied, that having been ill for some time, the dootor advised him to take something, whioh he accord ingly did. The magistrate was rather pleased with the humor of the thing, and asked him what led him to select a watch. c Why,' said , the prisoner, c I thought if I only took time, that Nature would work a care!' . Lob* DRESSES:—The Autocrat' of the .dillantic .Monthly gets off the follow log: But confound the make-believe women we have turned loose in our streets ; where do they come from ? Why there isn't a beast or a bird that would drag its tail through the dirt in the way these oreaturea do their dress. Because a queen or a dttchess wears long robes on great occasions, of maid-of-all-work, or a factory girl thinks she must make herself a nui sance by trailing through the street, pick ing up and carrying about with her—bah! that's what I call getting vulgarity into your bones and marrow. Making believe be what you are not is the essence of vul garity. Show over dirt is the one attribute of vulgar people. If any man can walk be hind one of these women, and see what she rakes up as she goes, and not feel squeamish, be has got a tough stomach.— I wouldn't let one of them into my room without serving them as David did Saul at the oave in the wilderness—out off her skirts ! Don't tell me that a true lady ever sac rifices the duty of keeping all around her sweet and clean, to the wish of making a vulgarf4how. I won't believe it of a lady. There are some things which no fashion has any right to touch, and cleanliness is one of these things. If a woman wishes to show that her hus band or her father has got money, which she wants and means to spend, but doesn't know how, let her buy a yard or two of silk and pin it to her dress when she goes out to walk, but let her unpin it before she goes into the house ; there may be some poor woman that will think it worth disin fecting. It is an insult to a respectable laundress to carry such things into a house for her to deal with. UNACCEPTABLE GRATlTUDE.—Lienten ant J—n, late of the Sixteenth Regi ment, was a few days ago walking down Main street, when he was accosted by a fellow, half soldier, half beggar, with a most reverential military salute : God bless your honor ! (said the man, whose accents betrayed him to be Irish,) and long life to you.' liovio you know me V said the Lieu tenant. , Is it how do I know your honor ?' re sponded Pat. a Good right, sure, I have to know the man who saved my life in bat tle.' The Lieutenant, highly gratified at this ribute to his valor, slid a fifty cent bill nto his hand, and asked him when ! . _ . . God bless your honor and long life to you,' said the grateful veteran. ' Sure it was at Antietam, when, seeing your honor run away as fast your legs would carry you from the rebels, I followed your lead, and ran after you out of the way, whereby under God, I saved my life. Oh ! good luck to your honor, I never will forget it to you.'—Hartford Times. few nights since, Tom Jones went home to his wife in rather a disguised con dition. He had drank so often for the success of our volunteers, that he was compelled to eat a handful of cloves to remove the smell of the whiskey. While undressing, his wife detected the perfume of the spice, and said, g Good gracious, Tom, how dreadfully you smell of cloves.' Eh V said Tom, starting; c-l-o-v-e-s Yes, cloves; and any ne would think you had been embalmed like a mummy !' This made his wife go wool gathering.— Ptiew ! you are regularly scented with them. Where have you been to-night V confirmed the wife. Tom was\thri)wn en tirely off his guard—his brain rambled, and without the remotest idea of what he was saying, replied, Why—hick—Clara, the fact is, I have just been on a little trip to the West Indies, and while I was there I fell over a spice box !' Then she knew what was the matter. 11 When you go to kiss—first grasp with haste around the waist, and hug her tight to thee ; and then she'll say, Do go away—do won't you let me be ? Then, 0, what bliss ? but never miss so good a chance as that ; then make a dash, as quick as flash, and—Georgie hold my hat. A woman, quarreling with her hus band, told him that she believed if she were dead, he would marry the devil's el dest daughter. ' You mistake,' he replied ; 4 the law does not allow a man to marry two sisters.' 11HE 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 PAM PIILETS, BALL TICKETS AND INVITATIONS, PRINTING IN COLORS AND PLAIN PRINTING, with neatness, accuracy and dispatch, on the most reasons hie terms,and in a manner not excelled by any establish ment in the city. /HT. Orders from a distance, by mail or otherwise , promptly attended to. . Address LEO. SANDERSON & SON, Intelligences Office, No.B North Duke street, Lancaster, Pa. S FIEAPPE R'S CHEAP BOOK STORE No 32 NO NTH QUEEN STREET IS THE PLACE TO PURCHASE SCHOOL BOOKS & SCHOOL STATIONERY. COMPRISING ALL TOO VARIOUS READING AND SPELLING BOOKS, ARITELMETICS AND ALGEBRAS, GRAMMARS AND ETYMOLOGIES, DICTIONARIES AND HISTORIES, pair., , •SOPHIES, ho., &o. COPY AND COMPOSITION BOOKS, LETTER, CAP AND NOTE PAPER, BLANK—BOOKS,SLATES, LEAD AN SLATE PENCILS, PENS AND 1101 DENS, INK, INKS f ANDS. RULERS, and the best and most complete assortment of SCHOOL STATIONERY I N THE CITY. Air Liberal discounts made to Teachers and Merchants JOHN SHEAFFER'S Cheap Cash Book Store, 82 Nosth Queen street, Lancaster. if 40 11111 E UNITED STATES HOTEL 1 HARM-1311RO, P. rOVERLY & HITICEIISoN, Proprietors. Thlewell known Hotel is now is a cooditiou to accOMMO. date the traveling public, affording the most ample con veniences alike for the transient guest and Permanent boarder. THE UNITED STATES HOTEL has been entirely refit ted throughout, and now has accommolatione equal la extent, comfort and luxury to any hotel between Phila delphia and Pittsburg. Its location is the brat io the ttaue Capital, being in easy Errors to all the railroad depots and la close proximity to all the public offices and business localities of the city, It has now all the conveniences of A FIRST—CLASS HOT - EL, and the Proprietors are determined to spare neither ex. pause, time or labor to ensure the comfort of the guests. The patronage of the traveling public is respectfully solicited. [June 23 Gm 21 r 1 A.TTERSALL 9 S HEAVE PO W DER 1 Powdered Rosin, Antimony, Fennigreed, Stdplm Saltpetre, Amaicetida, Alum, Ae. For sale at . apr 21 11 14 THOMAS 'MUMMIES, Thmg and (I!townlasl Fit•rn. What King Brill A DIOS TB 1.-We want Agents at o‘,/, PO a month, eipeases paid, to sell our E•erlast: log Pencils, Oriental Barriers; and thirteen other new, useful-and curious artist. Fifteen circulate sent free., Jude dress BLIAW & CLAIM, Biddeford, Maths. , 2ra 20 pROSPF.CTIIS OF . "THE AGE. A NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER. ' To be publielted Daily and Weekly In the City of Phila delphia. by - A. .1 OLOSSBEENNRR ci CO. A. J. GLOSSBRENN ER. FRANCIS X. GRUND. "Tan AGE" will advocate the principles and policy of the Democratic party,and will, therefore, necessartly favor the restoration of the Union as It was, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and that of thla Com monwealth. It will freely and fairly discuss all legitimate subjects of newspaper comment, including, of course, and pre-eml nentiy at this time. all questions connected with the existiog unhappy condition of ear conotry. • It will fearlessly criticise the public acts of public ear vaata, and defend the legal and constitutional rights of in dividual citizens of sovereign States, against atusaulta from any quarter. " It will seek 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 etand as a nation—to exhibit the magnitude of-the task that is before them, if-they would check our downward progress—sod to inspire them wile patriotic deteimlnation to apply oils RILMSDY for OUT national il:s. In brief, it will, in all things. elm to be the faithful ex.' poneut of Democratic principles, and to render Itself worthy to be an organ of the Democratic party, under whose auspices our country prospered so long and so well. The restoration of that party—the party of the Constitu- tion and the Union—to power, in the legislative and execn tire governmental branches of the States and of the Union, we believe to be necessary to avert anarchy, and the utter cilia of the Republic. To contribute to that restoration will be our liiptiost aim. The News Literary, Commercial:and other departments, will receive due attautien, nod will be so conducted aa to make "Tae AGE " worthy of the support of the general reader. - - . 4.7-The many difficulties nom surrounding an _enter.,, prise of the magnitude of that le which the undersignegl , are engaged, require them to appeal to the public for a generous support, and ask for "Tua Ant" a liberal patron ago and extruded circulation The present state of the preparatory arrangements war routs the expectation, that the first number of the Daily will appear before the close of the coming month, (Febru ary, 1861) The Weekly will be Issued soon therealter. rxxmB . WESKIT. Per annum $6OO Per annum,. .... Six Months, lOU Six M0nth5........ Three Months, lenThree Months Copies delivered at the I Ten Copies ta one ad counter, and to [ dress Age ats and Car- Twenty Copies to one riers, 2 Cents each, ad tress, Thirty C, plea to one I address nobly In advance. 3LUSzBIi.LNN ER & CO., tnut street. Pbthidelphla. Riiir Payment required inva Address, A. J. feb 3 31.11 41 430 Ches. Qt)/KETHING NEWI 0 THE PATENT STAMP-SEALING ANL) POST-MARK PRESEItViMI ENVELOPE. The preservation on the letter Peet; of the POST—MARE and POSTAGE—STAMP. generally ilostroyed with the do. inched cover, nee long been deemed a matter of the first Importance. This desideratum is now triumphantly secured by this ingenious invention. Many obvious advantages must arise from the armored 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 rtertly done. Second—Security agsint.t. Ituperr.n.eut Intrusion; the letter and envelope being firmly attached by the stamps, anti inclolure cannot be inspected even if the flap be clan. th•stinr.ly opened. Third—.7afdty against Abstraction of Valuable Inclo .ures. if i 1 o flap be left unsealed, or opetuki with Mont nis intent. it will be impoisibie to °pert the letter and take hence hank notes and drafts without so mutilating the nefilope as to insure detection. .I.l.urili —Security for the free payment of the Postage: as the stamp, when once properly placed in this window, Cannot be removed without its destruction. Fifik—Advaut tio therefore to the Gave , nmeut; by the elf:mull destruction of every scamp in its first use. .ath—Facility to the Post Ofllas nperations; by a Uni form location of the stamp lu the upper rhibt hand corner, which is the most convenient position I,r the Post Office mark. Neverztli—Voritl,ation of the Mailing; by securing on the letter Itsar the legal suidenceof the time and place of it hring . !nailed. Thia hue loos been esteemed-so that ninny prudent persons are constrained to dispense woh the use of envelopes, that they, may have the poet mark on the letter; and others take the precaution to pin the On a_aiu on tire letter ior Identification. Eiglalt—C,taiaty of the Dote and Place on the Letter, whi, h are frequently omitted by Writers in carelessness or burry. Ninth—Ornamentation; whlch, though some may think of bautli imp ,rtance, curcaluly meets the approval of all perAons of taste. Tenth—Co.t. Notwithstanding the many and unrivalled advantages or the •• Stamp •eating Envelopes," they will to turnivord at a very email advsure upon the plena of those not having, the bsurlit at this patent. Can be had at J. M. WEISTLIAEFFIt'S Cheep Book Store, Corner North Queen and Orange Ste. nov 4 tf 43 GREENEWALD , S WEST INDIA BITTP,RS CURES ALL DI-E ISE.S ARISINC PROn DISORDERED STONIACII. AND DY.IPEPAIA -- • . Therm are el« gant 'littera, pleasant and palatable, used" in debilitated mtates of the digestion org to and of the system generally. They give a goo I appaito, aed will cure the f .Ilowinq diseases: Depro•eioo of Spirits, 'nod constant imlgining of]the various diseases to which'our natare is belt. to, Liver Dl,vateH, Ileart Burn, Pain in the Bank and Side, Disgo,t. fur F Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart, DiIIII,OSEI of Vision, throu4ll the System, Piles. Constipation, Sour Stomach, Swimming In the Head, Fever and dull Pain In Head, Yellowness of the Skin, Diartreba. Rising In the morning with a Ilad Taste in the Month. Ilundredv of nue gallant soldiers' lives have been saved by these splendid Bitters, that otheraime would be lost, not only to their country but to dear Liends at home. The Bitters are manufactured and for-sale under H. L. tt E. J. 7.4.hune Jewelry Store, N. W. Corner Centre Square and North Queen street, Lancaster, Pa E. GIEENEWALD. 3m 23 Lancaster. June 16 1863 S CHAFFER, SON & CO., rCli SON & CO., SCHAFFER SON & CO., BCIIAFF'ER, SON & CO.-, Bella F FER, S..N & Co., SCHAFFER. SON & CO. IMPORTERS OF WATCHES, IMPORTERS ON WATCHES, IMPORTERS OF WATCHES, IMPOR CEKS OF WATCHES, IMPORTERS OW WATCHES, Nos. 169 and 171 Broadway, N. Y., Noe. 169 and 171 Broadway, N. Y., Nos. 169 and 171 Broadway, N. Nos. 169 and 171 ihoidway, N. Y., Are receiving by the European Steamers, di' eat from. their agency In Chaux.de.Pougs, Swi z-rland, large importa• Lions of the Celebrated MAGIC TIME OBSERVER, MAGIC TIME OBSERVER, MAGIC TIME OBSERVER, MAGIC TIME °ISSN:RYER, MAGIC TIME OBSEItV MAGIC TIME GEISER VEtt, MAGIC TIME OBSERVER, MAGIC TIME OBSERVER, The Height of Mechanical Ingenuity! The Height of Mechanic 1 Ingenuity I The Height 4. f Meehan nal I, genuity I Th. Height of Mechanical logenaity I Being a Hunting or Open Mace Watch Co nbined, . Being a Hunting or Open Face Watch C , omhined, Being a flouting or Open Face Watch Combined, Or: a LADY'S or GENTLEMAN'S WATCH in ONEI Or; a LADY'S or GENTLEMAN'S WATCH in 0 , El Or; n LADY'S nr GENTLEMAN'S WATCH In ONE I WITH SELF WINDING IMPROVEMENT. WITH SELF WINDING IMPROVEMENT. One of the prettiest, moat convenient, and decidedly the best and cheapeFt timepiece ever offered. It ban wi,bia It and connected with its maehinery, its own winding attach. meat. rendering a key entirely unnecessary. The cases of thi. Watch are comp-Fed of twa metal., the outer one being fine 16 carat gold. It has the improved ruby action lever I,lloVern• I) L, and is W A lOLA NT ED AN ACCURATE TIMEKEEPER, WARM NMI) AN ACCURATE TIMEKEEPER. WARRANTED AN ACCURATE TIMEKEEPEFL WARRANTED AN ACCURATE 9151 EKEEPEIL Price 'Flit KTY-PIVF, DOLL AR', sent by Mall In a beautiful velvet lined morocco case, upon receipt 1 Its price. A prompt and sire delivery guaranteed. R.mit ances may be made in Culled States money, or Droll pay his to our order in this city. REGISTERED LETTERS, ONLY, AT OUR RISK. We have no agents or circulars; binern must deal direct ith us, ordering from this advertisement. Address " SCHAFFER. SON & CO. Importers of Watches, Woe. 169 and 171 Broadway, New York. Bm 17. BUILDING SL A 'P T EC THE BEST QUALITIES IN THE MARKET. The undersigned, baying made arrangements with Mr R. JONES, for all his best quslity of PEACH BOTTOM SLATE, (or this market; and a similar iirrangemetit with the proprietors of eix ot,the principal and beet quarries In York county,. be has lest received a large lot orthese superirr quantities of Biiilding Slate, which will be put on by the square, or sold by the ton, on the most .reason able terms. Also, constantly on hand, an EXTRA L GHT PEACH BOTTOM SLATE, intended for Slating on Shingle Roofs. As these qualities of Slate are THE BEST IN .THE MARKET, Builders and others will find it to their interest to call sod examine samples, at my office in WM. D. SPItECHES'B, New Agricultural and Seed Ware.rooms. • GEO. D. SPEECH ER, N 0.28 East King St., 2 doors West of the Court Rouse. Ai- This Is to certify that I do not sell my best quality of Peach Bottom Guaged Slate to any other Boron in Lancaster, than Geo. D. Sprecher, as above stated. U. JONES, Manufacturer of Peach Bottom Hoofing Slate. XTAN ING.EN S.NYDEB. V DESIGNERS 'AND ENGRAVERS ON WOOD, N. E. Coam STU 6•1) Onzarnin 8 11 4-xlx,- •- • PHILADELPHIA. Execute all kinds of WOOD ENG RAPING; with beinity,' correctness and despatch—Original Designs furnished for Fine Book Illustrations—Persons wishing Cuts, by sending a Photograph or Dagnerreoty hey can have views oL COLLEGES, CHURCHES, COTTAGES, STORE FRONTS,. PORTRAITS, MACHINE/3, STOVES, - PATENTS, AG. Engraved as well as on personal application. • FANCY ENVELOPES, LABELS, BILL HEADINGS, SHOW BILLS, VISITING,,BUSINESH and other CARDS,. engravOln the highest style of the Art; and at the lowest For Sixedniens of Pine Bitirriiing, see the Inostisitett. Works of J. B. LIPPINCOTT &, H. H. BUTLRft:a Cog" • foot 23441 . NO. 31 WILLIAM H WELSH
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