pad guttiligatce. TELE BTH OF JANUARY AT LITIZ.—The Eighth of January fftlling‘on Sunday this year, the 9th waS substituted instead, and was appropriately observed in the delightful Village of Litiz on MOnday evening. Quite a number of Democrats from this city were present, accompanied by the Band of the Young Men's DemocraticAssociation,which furnished eloquent music for the occasion. At nine o'clock the assembled company sat down to.a bountiful and sumptuous re past spread in the large dining room of the Litiz Springs Hotel ).)y the " mine hosts, - Lichtenthaler. Various toasts were drank and appropriately responded to by A. J. Steinman, Esq., Abram Shank, Esq.. R. R, Tshudy, Esq., and Mr. Samuel E. Keller A capital amateur of This city, at the request of the company, sang a number of patriotic songs. After the boards were cleared, the com pany enj9yed themselves in the "misty mazes of the dance" until the "wee snot' hours" set in, when they separated to their respective homeS, with fond wishes and longings for the return of many such hap py occasions. The occasion was one of the happilist and jolliest which ever occurred in the. quiet village of Litiz, and the gentlemen present from this city speak in the most glowing terms of the real pleasures and joyous fes tivities of the night. The Intelligenerr fra ternity were represented by Mr. Morton. A HANDSOME SURPRISE. — The other evening, in Philadelphia. an old and (s . - teemed friend, Capt. Cyrus S. Haldeman, A. A. General of the District of Philadel phia, whilom of this county, and the racy "XX" of the . Intelligences during the Maine Liquor Laiv excitement, was the victim of a very agreeable surprise at his residence by the ()ricers of the 186th P. V., Provost, Guard. The surprise consisted of a valuable and handsome toll watch. which was presented in a neat speech by Col. 11. A. Prink, and reNponded to happily and felicitously by the Captain, who is au fait in such matters. Although a surprise, it was nevertheless a deserved compliment to a gallant soldier amid estimable gentleman, and it gives us much pleasure to note it. RETURN 00 COL. lIAMBRIOHT. — CoIoneI Henry A. Hambright, of the 79th Regiment P. V.; who commanded the advance in Sherman's late great march, returned home last week on a furlough. Ile needs rest to recruit his health, which lots become much shattered by reason of the woutal he re ceived at Buzzard's Roost, and front long continued and arduous duties in the ser vice. He has been doing a Brigadier General's ditty for months past, and should have hial a Brigadier's star long since. A great many persons have• rolled on hint at his residence, on East Chesnut street, to pay their respects, and welcome home Lancaster's most gallant and distin guished military son. ASSISTANT PROVOST MARSTIAL.—We have neglected to notice the appointment of S. IV. P. Boyd, Esq., late Sheriff of Lan caster County, as Assistant-Provost Mar shal by Capt. Stevens.' The Sheriff. barring his bad political proclivities, is a very clever gentleman, awl will wake a courte ous and efficient officer. SATURDAY NIGHT MUSINI%S.—" Brick' Pomeroy thus affectingly :Ad eloquently muses on the return of Saturday night, the blessed ending of a week of weary labor There is a great white counterpane ofsnow on the ground this Saturday night. God's charity, covering a multitude of sins ! Would that human charity would thus do— would whiten over the little bunnocks and ridges of life which can be removed from one place only to rise again in another ! The week just passed has been a short one. Teo short for many a one to settle with himself, yet he has done home. How tine flies. Ilas it always went by thus rapidly? If all the Saturday nights trod has ever givetins were betbre us, what an array of crime would be seen. Yet the day comes when they will all loom up with their debits and credits to curse or bless. Do you ever pause to think, reader ? If so, pause again. If net, begin now. Draw your chair to the fire. Turn the light so it will not hurt your eyes. Pull the curtain down at the corner. Listen ! A footsteps on the creaking snow. Some laborer going to his loved 01H•S. Weary and heart tired—may ~(rod warm his little home with love.-- Look back over the past week. It is not far. A room with six folding doors ! Open all of them. Turn the rooms into a hall—look down its short walls and see in Dießlery the pictures you have hung thereon. Another footstep! How the boot cretrits as the snow is crunched beneath its weig,ht. Listen! A lighter step. Some wife who ,is hastening home to greet her husband with the marketing for the morrow. Tired niam Ile sits and rests with little hands In his whiskers—little eyes peering, into his—little heads on either shoulder—stars which rank Mint a Major General in the service of. life! Hold them closer to vou—kiss them fondly to-night. Who but God knows who wi4)e in shroud, eolhn or grave ere another Satur day night comes around? Another step! The other way! Some hus band with heart full of ruined hopes going to meet at the beer table , . Some foolish youth swift stepping by, anxious to join the revel. Pitied husband. "forty not 0111,i a few years since. Who is to blame? Let us who know not the cares and shadows of the heart not do that which GOd lees told us nut to. Let un not condemn. He - will reward and Ile Will punish. The step (lies away. Around the corner. So her hope (lies away. So his heart's thoughts have died Out. Why will he leave his fireside this Saturday night over all others? Home once had charnis. The eye now so indifThrent once lit its way . to his very soul. The lips now cold except in petulancy, once put their rich fullness up to revel in the loved kiss. The tongue which now speaks lan to chide, once knew no lan guage but that of love. It was many Sattir day nights ago perhaps—but it was once. Why go to night? Is there . not some nic e cornier in the heart where the old love—the old hope--the old pleasure lingers? Must you go to night ? three von would net have left for an hour. Who has poisoned the least? Who has bittered the spring? Talk it over tins Saturday night. See who has shrouded the Pet and buried the Darting: of years agone. Go not elsewhere firer happi ness. It is not to be found in the wine cup. The glass of poison does not contain it. The allurements of the gaming table give no happiness. Rest tins night. If yon love each other, sit beside each other—eye to eye at times—hand upon or in hand at times. Read to her or 'him you love. Bead this little chapter. It is kindly meant, oven for those who differ from us. Look back Mal . see how much happier you have been than you might have been 'howmuch happier you might have been than you are. Do not blame. Do not chill the rivulet into an icicle. Good wife, don't let him Make home happy Vise for your own sake. Vive him love for love—kiss for kiss—confidence for coo lidence, lte to him as you were when you Won him. Call back the glance, the wont, the old caress—the electric touch, and•sit down together to bless God that you have each other to love and live for. Let new resolves be born to-night. They may die before another one comes around, but let them be born. God sent us here to be hap py. We live to make ourselves miserable God gave us Saturday night for love and reflection. He gave us the Sabbath for rest. Ile gave us six days for labor. And you, brother reader—comrade in life's battle, must you go from the home you have? It may not be quite pleasant, but can you nut help make it so? Save your earnings. Save sour heart. Save your manhocal. Keep faith with yourself: Give this night to rest —to-morrow for worship, and give total heartfelt blessing for the mercies you have. Some Saturday night will be your lust. We pray this may not. AN INNOCENT MAIDEN.—Some our has felicitously translated from the German of Claudius the following lines: It is a beim tiful picture painted with Flemish accuracy to nature, yet mingles gracefully with its fidelity of truth the coloring of the Italian schools. There is a charming.simplicity of innocence about it, with a faint, mystic in timation that the little maiden had already more than half guessed the mystery she is seeking to unfold. We commend these lines to the perusal of our fair readers, though we venture the assertion they are not quite so simple as the foolish little damsel who thus seeks to know concerning her rosy lips: My mother, she tens me— " Suture has given thee Lips to speak with, my daughter my own; And so thou must use them for spealytgalone, But why are they reel the. White lipB would answer fors peaking as ; And why has she said, then— • • " Only for speaking?" 0: who can tell A•poor little Innocent girl like me, For what,but to speak with, can my mouth be': ACCIDENT.—On Saturday evening, 'John Rooney, son of Mr. Thomas Rooney, resid ing in South Queen street, this city; met with an accident on the Pennsylvania Rail : road whilereturning home on the Fast Line West, lie was standing on the bumper of one of the cars, and as the train was round ing a curve In the road it came with such force as to pitch him off, throwing hith on a atone pile by the bank along the road, gut ting and bruising him very badly about the head, face and other puts of the body; THE ATTACK ON Rzv. MR. STEcK—A TRUE HISTORY or THE CASE.—It Will be recollected that about ten days ago a vile and slanderous attack was -made by the Harrisburg Telegraph, which was copied into the Express; of this city, upon Rev. Daniel Steck, formerly pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, this city. Since then; having written to Dayton in reference to the matter, we have been favored with a state ment of facts by Mr. Steck himself, ivhich he has authorized us to use at our discre tion. We therefore give the following ex tracts, which, although lengthy, will be read with great interest by his many friends here, as being a complete vindication of, himself: In this connection we may remark that the " Church Council" of the Dayton Church, to which considerable reference is ,made, is composed of six members, all of 'them Abolitionists of the deepest dye, men who believe in" wiping things out," "crush ing out," ttc.; who need but to know that a minis a Democrat in order to hate him to death. This information is given us by a gentleman of that city of the highest re spectability and veracity. Pretty Chris tian (?) truly to sit in judgment upon the actions of their fellows : Permit me to say, then, that my labors in the Ist Evangelical Lutheran Church in Dayton extended over a period of exactly two years and a half. I had left a desirable position in the east, had served the ties which bound me to the companions of my youth, and, in response to what I deemed the call of duty consented to the unanimous request of the church just named, to become their pastor. When I came, I was kindly receiv ed. The prospect before inc was all I could desire. There was but one circumstance which gave me solicitude, and that was the alienation existing between members on political grounds. I seas no politician, but was in sentiment a Democrat, was known to be such by some of the principal mon ters of the Church, and Waii, by them pro claimed to be such prior to my coming. But whilst I had my political preference, as a preacher my judgment and conscience were against the proclamation °fatly gospel but that which brings salvation to the lost. I told my people these were my convictions, and they SinelllCll 10 aCqUieSei... The rule I lull down for myself here, as everywhere, was that of the quiet enjoyment of whatever political sentiments I entertain ed. From this rule, this whole community will do me the justice to say, I have never for a moment sw - rrvell. I believe, and still Ingieve, that any other course of conduct in ', a r t ] to secular affairs, is out of place in the minister of the gospel. (if the Master it tens I,tretold,thut " Ile would neither strive low cry ; nor would His vole, be heard in the streets. - And when He made liis ap pearance in our world the prediction was fulfilled in the manner of . Ills life. lie ad dressed himself with a single aim to the one great purpose of II is divine mission. Should it be looked upon as a reproach in the ser vant that lie - ,be as the Alasterin this respect? Still, let it not be supposed that I have at tiny time been indifferent to the dangers which threaten our I.olllltry. By tin means. In couunon With patriots I have recog nized those dangers. But when I have ttsked myself how I might best serve my country in a time like this, the answer of my hest judgment has been, by fulfilling in the completest manner I could the great spiritual functions of the °Mee which trod has entrusted to my hands. Thus, I had it,•itlult time nor heart to mingle in the strife of parties. I had my political opinit tile, and they differed, in some important respects, front those of the majority of my people. I lad I availed my self of my right, on all occasions, to express them, I believe my labors in my late charge would have been terminated almost as soon as they beg,an. This I saw immediately on my arrival. Hence my determination to stand aloof from the prevailing strife, and to enjoy my opinions in quiet. About Gun' months after my arrival in Dayton, I WIN tulle¢ On In cant/Jill the funeral services of the lamented Bolmever, who fell by the hand of violence in the streets 01' our city. I complied, In; it was my sad duly and privilege to do. • For that act not a few of my own people condemned nie in the sev,,trttst Icons. Several who are now officers in the church were among, them. From that day I began to lie stig matized by the reproachful partizan epithets which continue to be liettpLd upon many of the best people in the land. In the fall of Ist;:l I attained the right to vote for the first time in Ohio; but, having had occasion to visit my native home in Pennsylvania some time previous to the election, and not being able to return till it was Oyer, there was a great out-cry raised against me by some of . my people, because I did not hurry back to vote for the candi dates of thOf clatice—not mine. Some of thcott lit that Lillie Went 50 far as to threaten la• withdrawal of their support from the church, and that tbr the sole reason Thai I h e y ,tm,,,,,chttl my sympathies wen• not With the dominant party. But this spirit of political intolerance reached its height when, on the sth of No vember last, 1 cast nIV vote for Oetn7e IcClellan, the candlitite whom I wished to see t;•levated 1 , 1 the ofliee of President of the ['Mod States. l'hut tote brought matters to a crisis—Mat act of a nieelnall—lllat act for which 1 fen' pnitlll of rho 11111161 ill which, but for it, I wmild still be secure. I lad I voted far r. Lincoln not a word would have been said. To con vince all that this is true, it is only neces sary to nutk,• the f.ll lowing statement: tin the morning if the .I , th of November I Wa , waited on by a messenger Prom the church council, who inbirmed me that said Council had held a ~ . .i•i•ct meeting on the evening, previous at a certain place, and that then am: then• they had determined to ask me ouiet/fl to i.e.-I . :tit to office as pastor of the church: and that they desired to lik,l toe 011 1110 oVollillO of that day, to confer with n 14.11111110 subject. AN - 11011 the messenger ha iicat , 4l to 1110 the ground 011 which I'ollllost was haSkal, I agreed to mum thorn: hot 10111 illl3l to say to those who sent. that the character of their complaint wits such that a 7iOr(withdrawal on Inv part was out of the question—that I could not ill dumb silence consent to saeri., lice myself on the altar of the demon of political intolerance—that I Wasl/001 . 01 . several hundred. dollars than I was when I came to Dayton—that nearly all I had in the world Wit, Illy gtuai 11111110, API l lint I would not surrender !hot without, at least, some show of resistance. The evening November Caine, and by seven o'vhs•k every member of the Conned had oouycned in my study. I then told them that I 11:1(1 been made ac quainted with the purpose of the meeting, and lit a nt' prat or 1 IVOIINI be ready to hear what thaw: haul to say. Prayer was offered, when the following offences were laid to my charge, lnot in writing, but ver- I 'ally, all of which I espy from memoranda taken 1113:self at the thine: 'they •'eharged n.e with having voted for meciellano•ontrary to their expectations, and that I had owta,l to having so voted, - McClellan. 1 plead guilty to their chage. claiming that it was Illy right to vote as I had done. They said " they had Leen Icd li, believe that Leas a 1:11i. , 21111:111, - i. e. that I watt num in the seitse of the so called Union ": r id that in voting as I did, I had deceived them. - My :Insurer was that I 1 , 10 a Union man, and that in my opinion 1 had vast a better 1111(111 Vote alum ally of then). I further claimed that if any deception was pracused upon them it was self-deeet,t ion; that 1 111111 never sit,/! to any ~r :my 011, tier, thiti it wits lily !.111'1..,.• I did. Ili, y They " iny public prayers, as well as fly sermons on days or National Prayer nid Fasting, were such as 110710 1.1111 a good t - Ilion 1111111 001.11 d deliver, and that in voting as I had done, I IVIII inconsistent with iny s,ff.- 1l answerto 1110 charge or incon- sistoncy Ica. to this effisq: rasked thew whether, in ease we were all on board a ship niannu , l iy an unskilful pilot, luid au'eatened with destruction, It would he right and emeastent to pray for the safety of the ship, and the aalvation of the Greve? They made me no answer. They further claimed that Christians were net found c./tine I lint done." My answer WVLS, Burt until OW. I had never been tell to suppo,e that the distinction he tween saints and SilllWyS WaS identical with that, whi e h obtains I ”•I waen 'Republicans and Dl2lllt/eraiS that 1 111 , 11Ight 1 knew some among the former who Wl•I'l• not very pious, ;11111 some :attune the latter who were. They complained further, that " I had been seen - -of course I,v spies—" itt eomier hiiail hinge:, listening to a distingillsh ed citizen ;lel: Is /iN I . dged ability and statesmanship entitle hint to the respect uf all our people." I did not - deny the charge. Theyl:aid I had been :seen at the . Head Quartet's of the Denote: alit party on the evening after the electitm, to learn the result. and conversing with men who were very odious to Union men and Christians." owned that I was there, and that while there 111,1(1 the pleasure of conversing with some of the very first citizens of Dayton. I then aslie(l them Whether any of the clergy were at the Ilead Quarters of the opposite party. They said, '",Yes, some five or six;"to which I added, then they and I are even, which after some discussion, scented to be conceit ed all round. They charged that " my 'most intimate associates in the church were Democrats, and that I had, by cultivating such intima cies, s I iglited the very pillars of the church." I denied the charge, and appealed to facts to prove that it was groundless. It was charged that "the worst thing I ever did was to preach a sermon on "CON GREGATIONAL PEACE," November Itith, 186-1. In that sermon I insisted on the cultivation of a liberal spirit, a spirit of . bileration as absolutely necessary to the at tainment of the blessing so much needed. I was amazed to find that there was no room in their minds for the admission of the ra tional and scriptural sentiments of,pat ser mon. It was charged that " the Democratic party wore the enemies of Christianity and of Christian ministers ; and yet I had voted with that party." My answer was that I had seen no proof that the chargewas true. I was aware that many of the speakers and editors of that party had.complained. that politibal themes had been sastituted for the gospel, and that Christian ministers had, in multitudes of instances, lost eight of the true end of their calling. That there was cause for the complaint I was con strained to admit. • It was chtirged that "many believed Mc- Clellan to be a traitor, and that in voting for him -I would ~ be regarded in the same light." My answer was that /considered 3fcClellan a patriot, and demanded that my act in voting for him must be judged of in the light of my own convictions as to his •character. After listening to these and some other charges of the same import—all political without exception—l ventured to tell the Council what I knew in regard to their pur poses, in case I voted the Democratic ticket. I recited to them what one of their own number had told me on the day of the Oc tober election. On my saying to him that "I thought the good of the church required me to abstain.frorn voting altogether," he made this reply: "If you don't vote (the Republican ticket, of course,) you cannot remain in Dayton any more than you can fly to Germany ; you have no idea who the men are that feel so about you;" and then, nanfin,g some of them, he remarked, "you know where your support comesfrom !" I mayfurther say Isere, that another mem ber of the congregation told me after the trouble began, that "he knew what was in store for me in case I voted for McClellan; and that he was on his way to my house to tell me early on the morning of the Pret;i dential election; but having learned that I had already voted he did not call." Thus there seems to have been an under standing—to use the mildest term the case will admit—that should I vote as I have done, I was to lose my posinon as pastor of the church. To the request that I should quietly re sign my office, I refused to give my con sent ; and urged them with Ilan the earnest ness I could command to take back their request, telling thou) that when I had the proof that I could no longer be useful among them, 1 would need no request to induce ine.to withdraw. But they would not hear me. It was then proposed to hold another meeting on Tuesday evening the Jilt of December to which I did not olject. The appointed time arrived. (in that occasion, I asked the favor of idlowing the presence of di s n i t v r es ted brethren, that they might be the witniisses our interview._ The request was denied in.. I then asked permission to spread a pr..test which I had prepared against Ile`ie :tr•ti,n, upon the minute hook of the Council. This was also reins. d. The next thing was tel niv ultimatum nn which to adjll,l the dillhmhy I/0W . 0 , 11 uur arid the Council. It was this -- L. That the Council unconditionally with draw their request to ri.sign. '1•1e re fused. L. That I have the priimise of the 111111rty i.o-operation of the I in my pastoral work. They' would make no promise of the I<ind so called for. 3. That the Council use their earnest en deavors to eounteract anv like impressions which their action may liave acasioned or given color to. They said they were not aware that their action hail caused any false impressions ' and they nothing hi coun ter:Let. That is, when by their action they had provoked ignorant people t.. look upon me as disloyal on 111 1 1 , ,,1111 I,l' Ills vt,li•, they had caused them to think rightly. 1. That a failure to sett lc the on these terms he retranied as the l'Ijk•l•I my farther services as: pastor of this church. The following resoltition was then by the (!tittiwil, which I in t he li_ht of notification to tayseilf that I Sillslii=nti=s cil from the office of past or 1 iy th,,rtal hysiilrrei, That :IS Wl' , [111 : 0.iillit•il thet 1,1.1 1'1,91 - 1 tile ivi• the Coimexion el Hey. h. Siterk, as luster Of this Church he umi tvshteil hy parties ht Ito tli,solved. It has been claimed' by the t sihee the alt , ive action was taken, the di , ,,ltith Ii \vas annual. Aic ate,ver is , that the prep ot:itieits for adjustment N ' Verti mine, I/11l (liii ill, ill vni ink Illy nits work 4,1' the (tetweil e. Thus have I been suddenly removed front a position of usefulness in Whieh, lait for the relentless spirit of political intolerance, I would have been 0.1•111" e 11/-1111Y. And yet, I feel no disposition to indulge in harsh de nunciation of the 1111211 111 11111151• 11111111 1 1111Ve sllllere.l wrong. tan other occasions they have treated me with kindness. In this ill Stallly they were hurried,on by a spirit of evil, the real character of 211M.12 they do not seem to have understood. It wtts the same with those who nailed the Saviour to the cross, and my prayer, like 111111 of the dying Redeemer shall be, " Father lot give 1111,111 ; they know not what they do." Chen I plead NVIIII 1111111 to rise with 010 to the high path of duty which the occa, sion pointed out, they would not heed um. They sat still in sullen silence, and made tile 110 11111-1 I . le only propo,ition to ilieh 1/ they Wl/111 isten - was 111211 they :111(1 111111,1 Sollarate, I was 511111 ttp 111 the 110- Ceooll‘' of yieltlillg 11/ the pre.,lll.e. 111111 pre ferred to tome an ibrotcrlitlic decision of the quc,ton to the 111112111111iV, of .11,111illg 111 11 .while longer under the 111111,1 implied startling request to resign. 'h Itordcul has been a trying one; but, thank (Mil, in pass ing through it, I have brought nty honor with no , ! Thank (both for that! What, if it had been otherwise? \\ l hat if, in an evil hour I had yielded to the worldly consid derations witieL were brought to IleOt 1.1111/11 1110, disregarded my convictions, and sacri ficed conscience and principle upon the altar of expediency I"i:hen had I been un able to loi)lt. 1111 V 111 - 1110 St 1111111 ill the 1111.0. 111a111101/t1 WUIIIII have been gone, :11111 I 1)1)11111 have been a dead man witli the breath still hi me. Pitt no such calmnity has befallen me. On the other hand I ti.el that ill principle and in conscience I am every Whit NVIIOIO, Whilsl al tlle 011110 time I am cheered and animated with a firm purpose to 110 what 1 can to promote the kingdom or llitn who has 'O,ll Illy Shly It dais 111 V 11111' of trial. )111' ' 11PAN ' ' church enterprise hegins most l/ur Si TVil!I'S are 1111,1 - r largely' attended limn thosc or any church ill to \VII. I\ - ,2 have rrnhvl a. large 11;i1L, vapabl. .f sealing eight himilrcfl persons, a n d It is fillcd uu evcr3 - occa•Mn. .\ nc,ro in- ClAligent, solcmn and altenliNm iss ph• it has never lwen my Ihrivliege to hellrin us, Iho eutcrprize rom it in a speedy and grand 5111,055, Ai vI , I. 11;15-1. I had such a 11,411 her( ,re Luc--ono so full of pr.litis.. ,nnne Fut urc time, not fur hence, you shall hear fowl Incoll Ihe sul,jeel of our progress. iIITICK" POMEROY ,1N IKXTI N,i.—That versatile genius, " Brick" P.,lner,,y, thus gives hisexperience in teaching his " M iran da" her first skating lesson. Ti is true to nature, as many 11 Illt!kic ,, iLd ti ell iur experience in the skating line has re ceived an additional lln.l in the Way or knowledge. milandit \ Valli,l IO ]earn to Skate alai bi.ing slightly inclined to gal lantry of course we could not deny the dear creature. So we proceeded to Jones' hard ware store and purchased a pair 4,r skates; thence, with Miranda clinging lov ingly upon the sleeve orour best l/at, lathe snuvnL ire Where IllOrtak were gliding around giddily and with great velocity. our Miranda seated herself on the cold crystal, and we feeling humbled, knelt slowly, rev , ' erently before her. Then came it nervous (imp indeed. ft is singular what diffi culties are C0111112,(Cd With the putting on to ii pair of pretty little feet a pair of skates. \ 0 lingeringly worked anil tugged till tinally the deed was accomplished. Miranda scorning assist: nee arose nimbly, and sal down spreadingiy. She grit cns to under stand that e 1.. it throw her down in that rude manner. We protested to the contrary, laid the dispute soon ended in an (lifter trial. Miranda clung to us heavily tmd nint. so many bows, I iackward and ii that we thought the French Ilane- Master had been around. Miranda tinally struck out with one foot, and struck us with a hundred or two live weight. She wished us to stop our fooling and not drag tier down so much, Of course we apologized and tried again. After a while Miranda went it alone, and while making one grand oircle she enthusiastically threw herself into our Fatherly tutus, with so much vehemence that We again threw her fair form im the bosom of the placid water; of course Wt , lien too, lint wishing to be rude. We soon re covered loom our entanglement, and tried once again, this time with inure success. Miranda succeeded in gaining some head way, in it horizontal position mostly how ever. We tried again and again, but iran dtis undurstzultling was unequal to die oc casion, and the first trial resulted in broken skin, sore bones, sorer heads, torn habili ments and a desire to try again some future time. We found relief in one way quite often. Miranda complained that the reason Of her falls was occasioned by loose straps. Certainly we tightened said said straps, took off and put on the skates, reversed them; it was such a pretty foot and laid so temptingly quiet in our hands. The exercise and excitement made rosy checks and bright eyes. This repaid us for all our hardships and tribulations, and if Miranda .did spread out tremendously, and insist that we were to bin me. we forgave her, and that is more than our "better half - has done ViA, 'Voting ladies who are making a first at tempt may expect to realize4i difference be tween terra firma and terra ica, especially with bright steel runners attached to their neat little balmorais. No matter how much difficulty you meet, how often you sit grace fully down on the clear crystal, how pro vokingly your skates will' act, how tired and sore you become, you will try again. "Julia Ann skates and I know I can," so you go and with the aid of Ike, you soon grow muster of the occasion and even scorn the assistance of the genus home, loan, ill putting on your sliding apparatus. AN EXCELLENT REMEDY.—Whoever is troubled with Hoarseness, Cough, or Soreness of the Throat, can apply an excellent and safe remedy by using Brown's Bronchial Troches. We have tried the article, and can safely recom mend them in all 'cases of Throat Irrita tion. To Singers and Public Speakers they are of great value.—Alton Courier, C.OIH PAYJSZENTS.-0111 - temporary, Abe .Charniersburg vades , Spirit, has the following sensible reflections on Cash payments, NO:doh we commend; to the attention of all interested The system '.of ce.di payinents, cash buSiness, does not work well unless it is Universal. We know men who do a cash business, so far as their receipts are involved, who do a credit business in disbursements. This, to say the least of it, is not fair. Men who demand cash for everything they sail should pay cash for everything they get. The reverses that men meet with in some kinds of business are caused by such dere lictions. hr those who are able but who neglect to pay. The publisher comes in for his share of these reverses. He has not only to pay cash for all his materials and labor, but he has to trust out much that might be paid at once, and his credits are generally in very small items. Several thousand dollars may be scattered over a large extent of territory, and in very small credits, which every one is able and per haps willing to pay. But the very small ness of the demand causes many to think that paying is of very little importance, whereas its prompt payment is by far more impor taut than large claims, _in regard to which men usually make calculations to wait on, at least for a limited time. If men would only consider for a moment the posi tion in which the publisher of a newspaper is placed, they would certainly pay up more promptly than they do._ This applies more priverly to the country than to the large cit‘''' papers. The managers of country or inland papers generally do a cash busi ness, so far as paving out money is con cerned, and a credit business so far as re lates to their claims upon others. The in telligent business man cannot fail to see that it must require large Capital to transact business according to these rules. For this condition of things there really seems to be no necessity, as reading anti advertising nien are generally able to pay at once; yet sach,.we arc sorry to say, is the fact in too many in:tances. TEE LADIES, in order to relieve the wants of the poor and assist the Dorcas society in their praise-worthy operations, are making an effort to distribute soup every Friday. Any person can aid in this enterprise by giving ten cords a week, or by contributing 1 either in.qd vegetables. Donations will be received every Thursday afternoon at the Repository, in Prince street. We hope all our citizens will avail themselves of this pasy mod.• of relieving the poor. With the hemvolent operations of the Dorcas, the Commissioner' Fund and the Soup Society, the wants ci our poor may be met, without their goiiig from door to door. Let all who have bec,ane subscribers please pay their . S I hs,ll ptions every Thursday afternoon. Fel. the 1110,111w-40,, Distinctions Between Our Political Par- Many partizans in exultation over what thew 14•gard as an evidence of superior in telligence in t heinselves, call attention to the fact, that a visible distinction, exists be tween the two political parties of our coun try, in regard to the materials of which each is coin!, Ned. Those who do exult are the dupes political knaves, not knowing the ignorance they display in regard to the his tory ,it• American parties, in the one hand WO are told that the wealth, intelligence and learning of our country are found; and on the other ignorance, vice and the super stition of the age stands arrayed. It is pro posed to diouss some of the reasons why there is a marked contrast between the two Iwrticsoi 11llr country: for the concession is freely inane, that ditTerent classes o f th e A nwrican people are itrrayed in antagonis tic att,t odes. The intelligent observer cannot lbit to have noticed this; and it is believed that no more potent argument has ever been addressed to the unthinking and onretlective than the reference which is ionic to the above alleged division of par ties. The assert ion has been frequently nnalo to oar ears, you have taken your on the side of ignorance, and against the progress of the Lige;' . mid it must be confessed, the charge is a grave one, if true. It is denied, however, that ignorance is ar rayed against intelligence; but that wealth Unit ariSllorral'y art` arraylal against the la boring moss , s, is a I . :a-I that should seem clear to the ordinary observer. The same division of parties has existed long ere tins, both in our own and - in tither countries. The ( 'tour( cuaatny parties, those of Cara/ici n o d ileum/head, and the Tory and Whigparties of England are only illustrationsof divisions of a Sindlaroltirao- • ter, namely—the aristocracy against the people. This saute line of division between the wealthy and the laboring masses (at certain times more developed than at other, has existed in country since the days of the American Revolution. At that perithl, those who remained loyitl to the Itritish Crown because they 1 ,referred a monarchcial government, belonged to the class of wealth; :Ind the flippant charge inade ever since by the 'Tories and theirdeseendants against the American patriots was, that they were up starts, and men who merited no notice un der the Inionial Government. But it may a said that many nwn of exalted position who took part in our revolutionary strug gle in favor of the colonies were wealthy, and this fact is not denied; and it is also unde niable that many men of wealth helong to the party of the people, (Dennicratic party• I That the hulk of the wealth, however, be longs to the ono party, and the mass of the laboring population to the other, is incon trovertible. After the achievinent of Amer ican indepeodence, ice find parties dividing Ilaenaselves into those which corresponded in their principles with the Tory and Whig parties of England. It is impossible to de lineate all the reasons which caused the people of America to divide into Federalisis and Republicans alter the revolution; but enough is shown by history to know that the original division between wealth and labor was kept up, ft was, indeed, intend ed at first, :is a reproach, to call a man a ,/c),,ecro : and he was regarded as possess ed of great courage who. would assume the name. Our .kmerican parties have much deeper rants, therefore, than is popularly understood : and rho period during Wash ington's Ad to Mistral ion, in whiCh the lead ing: mend .ers of his Cabinet, Hamilton and .1 elf e rs.,n, disputed in regard to questions ~f policy, rather marks the time what the two parties .assumed moues to themselves than when they , 711rst lit hied upon principles. Hamilton was the represeinatiVe of inunarchical ideas, and Jefferson ~1 popular rights. The former became the leader of the Federalists, on account of his advocacy of a strong govern ment anal other arist.wratical principles; the latter the recognized exponent of those who favored Republican or Democratic theories government, and the champion of Ih r , rights of the people and the States. It is 11111 to be wondered at, therefore, that the returned miles, and such of them as had remained in the country, but had sympathized with the Crown during the revolut ion, attached themselves to the Federal party.' The clearly expressed opin ion of Alexander Hamilton, in reference to the Constitution, was that 110 better could at the time be obtained from the represen tatives of the people, but that it would, re quirean crisk, or civil convulsion, or a civil war, to consolidate the country into a government such as might be permanent; in other words he thought a civil war, or other crisis, necessary to mould our govern ment into a monarchy. Who knows but a crisis has :It length arrived, such as was looked flu' by the admitted exponent of the Federal party. Hamilton and the other Federal leaders, in addition to their prefer-, clWe of a monarchical government. were the early ,lacings of a National. Bank, th, prate,m, cohere and iliftalial improve in,nt s. tool it requires but little stretch of , altaraa , - to rein tidier what parties have constantly advocated and opposed these 53-stems. These are but a few of the'promi tient .1 nestions that have from the origin of the government divided the parties of our country. 'The triumph of Federalists, yr its successor, by whatever name it has been has generally been sufficient to excite convulsions among the people, as is illustrated in the Whiskey Insurrection, and the Reign of Terror, which the people endured under the Alien and Sedition laws , John Adams. These convulsions were the efforts of the body politic to discharge the foreign mutter from the system. The people at length triumphed and: repudiated theories of government obnoxious to their rights; and the election of Thomas Jeffer son was hailed as a milleniun by the masses. The same influences favored and opposed the election of Jefferson, that have favored and opposed every Democratic candidate ter the Ptesidential chair, from that time until the present. Where stood the New England clergy in politics during the Pre sidential canvass of 1800? Where were nine-tenths of the aristocrats, bankers, mer chants ilud manufacturers of the country during the same political canvass? His tory responds, where they always have been, in opposition to Democracy. Is it inquired why certain classes favored and opposed Thomas Jefferson? The answer is to be found in the political creed, which he as the tether of Democracy promulgated. He declared himself opposed to every nionarehizing tendency in the government, or any odious naturalization law, against all monopolies, all National Banks, all pro tective systems, and all internal improve ment systems; but on the other hand he believed all power not delegated to the General Government was reserved to the States and people, and he favored freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press. It is not astonishing there fore that the. bulk of the citizens of foreign birth gave their suffrages to Jefferson. Had not Rufus King, a Federalist, on the other hand, whilst Minister to England, refused permission to the Irish exiles who bad en gaged in the rebellion of 1788, to conic to America? On this point an extract is given from Randall's life of Jefferson, vol. 2, page 400: "The exiles had made choice of Amer ica as their place of refuge. The American Minister remonstrated againstthis arrange ment, and it was broken up.'! To do Mr. King justice, wo are not aware that his feelings and views on this point *ere at all peculiarily different from those entertained by the other leaders of his party. A FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE. *Hammond's Political History, ToL i, p. 120 I:usnisittra.4i, SE , -lA.TE.—The Senate was called:to order at-3 o'clock P. .M. The credentials of new members were received. The Dertioc.ratie members, through Nix. Clymer, presented a protest against being sworn into office by. the Speaker. (Mr.-Tur , tell), until he (the Speaker) had been first re-elected to office for 1863. The members elect were then sworn, and William J. Turrel was elected Speaker. The followiug are the other officers: Chief Clerk—George W.. 'Tamersly, of Philadelphia. Assistant Clerk—Lucien J. Rogers, of McKean. Transcribing Clerks—Ebenezer Williams, Martin Orladv, E. K. Haines, Henry Cat lin, E. D. De . Wolf. Sergeant-at-Arms—John O. Martin, of Lancaster. Assistant Sergeants-at-Arms—James S. Johnson, Charles Williams. Doorkeeper—Joseph Riblett, of Phila delphia. Assistant Doorkeepers—J. B. Hinds, M. L. Novinger, Frank Acuff, .Jacob H.-Kline, Jos. T. Thompson, John A. Arnold. Messenger—William Duffee, of Philadel phia. Assistant Messenger—Wm. Shields. Adjourned. Housx.—The House was called to order at 12 o'clock .11, by Chief Clerk Benedict. The Secretary of the Commonwealth pre sented tare election returns of the members, which were read. The Clerk announced that there were two sets of certificates from the district composed. of the counties of Somerset, Bedford and Fulton, (one set was signed by one return judge, and the other set by two return Judges.) After some disdussion the Republican claimants were admitten by a vote of 58 to :35. (;. Olmstead was elected speaker by a vote of 130 to $6, and on being conducted to the chair delivered a short speech. The uiembers were all then either sworn or affirmed, and the usual resolutions were adopted : informing the Goyernor and Senate that the , II oust was organized. Adjourned. The I-Incase mot at 7.‘,. o',lot•k for elootion of “flirers. The follmving aro the °Meet, of the House.. Speaker—A. (;. ttlmstead, of Potter. Clerk—A. W. Benedictt, Runtilig.tion. Assistant Clerk—Willi:on 11. Dennision ; of Alle g heny. Transerilting. Clerks—Caleb Walker, .t.f . Philadelphia; A. I). Harlan, of Chester; Joseph Willson, of Allegheny; Thomas .1. li.err, of Washington. Postt:astr—:Alexander Adair, of- Phila delphia. Sergeant-at-Arms—Charles it s Idell , of Philadelphia. . I).)rkeepor—Janws T. Nle.futikin (.1 But 1.1': essenger—Asa Nichols, of Bradfora, In addition to the abort, are four Assistant Sergeant-at-A rills, four Assistant Door keepers, four Messengers, :{nll one Assistant Postmaster. Adjourned. WEI/N ESDA nn•t at -11 A. :NI. .1 motion was uncle and 'curried to ad journ (if the House 1 . 1111t•Ilr, frclll.l Until 'Tuesday. morning next, at S o'elock. The message of I enrol turt in was read, and, on (motion or Air. Ni , huls,l,ll,llllooopit, Wore ordered to be printed. Mr. I Intl, referring to that portion of the message w h ich alluded to the large quota of Pennsylvania, said that the State was al ways willing to supply her share or sol diers, I tnt should Oct be compelled to fur nish more than her just proportion. lie therefore movvki that it committee of three Lc appointed to confer with the (lovernor on the subject. VI r. Bigfiam said that the quolAwas about double what it should be if properly calcu lated. Ile had IS informed that in reality it Wati .11iy a 'hit to over :30,000. Mr. St. (lair moved to amend by authoi rizinq the committee also to COOSIIII With the President and Secretary of War. r. Fleming rocognizod the foot that Pennsylvania was an important l-:tato, but did not think that sho \vas finite so im portant as to hp rnquiroa, furnish one fourth of tho ontiro number' of men collo(' for. 'ft. Clymer said that we had furnished t.:7,000 men front Pennsylvania in 1 , 4;4, tual he could not understand how we t•ould pos sibly be GO,OOO short. f r Lowry apprehended that it would he found that the State had put many short term men in the service. This fact might account for the deficiency; for we had a just t iovernment, which would not call on a State for en undue number. Mr. llall disclaimed any intention of re flecting on the Government officers. All departments were liable to mistakes. The New York quota had heen reduced after the errors were discovered. All that was need ed was an Vt r.'Wilson said that the people would be Lotter satisfied if there was an inquiry. 'I lie amendment. to consult with the Pre sident and Secretary of War) was agreed to, and the original resolution, as tunended, was passed. The committee consists of Messrs. llall, Lowry and Wallace, .Mr. Hopkins announced the death of a member of a house of Representatives from his own county, viz: hr. Robert It. Reed. Ile accorded to the deceased all the attributes of a Christian gentleman, and paid an earnest tribute to his private and public worth. Ilinirhain offered the ustkal resolution of eond )lene. , , and on his 11 - I‘,tioti the Senate adjourned until Tue , day next. iloystjt—A long discussion took place upon the jcii,lication of a i y Lew is( a Ifcc,rd of 1.110 proceedings, and upon the manner. and time, after deliver} - , in which speeches, etc., \OOl-0 10 be printed. A com mittee was appointed M adjust the matter,. Mr. Was:: JJflcred the usual annual reso lution, giving the retiring officers ton days' pay and mileage. • Pay, Sj; per day. Mile age. 3U cents per mibe.J .Agrecd to. Mr. %Josephs .orfer,tl a resolution j dying Purdon's 1-4 and Zeig!ei's :slanted to each ineniber. AgrecJi to. Mr. Foster introduced an act relative to the Point. Breeze park association J authoriz ing an assessment of :7310 on thin instead of 5.5, provided Jt majority of the members shall so agree at a p111)11C Meeting Passed. The message or i he ( ;overnor vcns received nod read. :Mr. Slack innvcd hi print .IVIOII copies in Tinglisdi androo; in I;orinini,,,r lii nu~s sago. Agreed to. Mr. Josephs offered a restitution, ordering diagrams t f the !louse, and 1,000 of the Senate to lie printed. Mr. Boyer list the full sized portrait of the gentleman from Philadelphia .could Lc printed in the centre. • Mr. Smith suggested photographs of all the members with suitableemliellishments. [Laughter.] The rent ut hi]; wax lost. The HMIs.) then proceeded. to choose a committee to try the contested ideclion case of Charles Wilson, from the district com posed of the counties of Lycoiiiing, Union and Snyder. • The House then adjourned until Tut , ,,lity next. MajorAieueral Butler Removed and Or. dered to Report at Lowell. From the New York Herald of yesterday.] CITY PoINT, Jan. Bth, 1865. The news of the President's Order, No. 1, series of 1-45, removing Major General Benjamin F. Butler from the command of the Department of Vir ginia and North Carolina is eausing much ofmnent ; s, 'An as I can learn, little or no an iniadversion.— 'Whether rightfully or not, Gen'l But let has for months past been losing the confidence of the officers of the army, until very few will regret his departure outside of those that swarm around and attach themselves to those iti power.— It has been General Butler's misfortune to appoint too ninny of those selfish and irresponsible persons to official positions of trust and responsibility. Their in discretions have often cost him clearly, and are supposed to be in no small de gree instrumental in causing his pres ent removal. The ostensible grounds for depriving him of his command are undoubtedly his recent fiascos of 'Wilmington and Dutch Gap. But a mountain of dissat isfaction has been accumulating against him for months on account of alleged illegal and arbitrary arrests, imprison ments and punishments. It is said that many cases of glaring injustice have come to light, and many others are ex pected to be developed by his superse dure. Major General Butler is ordered to turn over his command, all moneys and the civil lknd in his possession, to the person named by Lieutenant General Grant as his temporary successor, and to proceed toALowell, Mass., and to re port to the War Department by letter. Major General Edward Otho Cressup Ord, comm4nding the Twenty-fourth army corps, has been named the tempo rary successor of General Butler, and will at once take charge of the depart ment. Thus . 4nds the military career of a dis tinguished civilian General. It is a singular, but instructive ladt, that no general officer has succeeded in this war who did not possess a previous military training and education, excepting a few who entered the service with only regi. , mental rank, and studied, worked and fought their way from thence upward. Without the previous knowledge or training—of one kind or the other—all have been extensive failures. os.. To the Nervous, Debilitated and Despondent of both Sexes. A great sufferer having been restored to health in a few days, after many years of misery, is willing to assist his suffering fellow-creatures by sending (free) on the receipt of a postpaid addressed envelope, a copy of the.forrnula of cure employed. Direct to .10Ms7 af, DAGNA_LL, Box 133 P. 0., deg 28 Mt Brooklyn, Zfew York, —lnhuman Treatment=4hey Feed on Dogs and-gab. - yhe New York . .Neuk of yesterday pub ' blies the followlng.froth a private let , ter, datefi Chicago December 27th:' * The, condition and suffering of the rebel prisoners at Rock Island is a source of agony to every heart not ab solutely dead to the feelings of common humanity, and the scantiest Christian mercy. There _are from six to eight thousand confined here. Many have taken " the oath "—any oath—to save themselves from actual starvation. These released prisoneA, though liber ated at different intervals of time, all tell the same story. The alloWance to each'inan has been one small loaf of bread—it takes three to make a pound— and a piece of. meat, two inches square per day. This was the rations ! Lately it has been reduced. Think of it, re duced! All the released ones say that no man can live on the rations given, and that there are men that would do anything to get enough, to eat! Such is the wretched ravenous con dition of these poor starving creatures, that several dogs which have come to the barracks with teams have fallen victims to their hunger, and they are trapping rats and mice for. food, actually to sn life. Many of them are nearly naked, bare-footed, bare-headed, and without bed-clothes, exposed to cease less torture from the chill and pitiless winds ofthe Upper Mississippi. Thus, naked and hungry, and in prison, en during a wretchedness which no tongue can describe, no language tell, they suffer from day to clay—each day their number growing less by death—death, their only comforter—their merciful visitor! `Many charitable persons, influenced by no other motives than common hu manity and Christian duty, have sent supplies of clothing to these prisoners, but they have not been permitted to reach them. I have heard of sales of such clothing haying been made across the river at Davenport, at very low prices. Is it possible that the authori ties at Washington know of and ap prove these things? A good many have taken the oath, stating afterwards to citizens that they did so really to save them from starva tion. I learn that there about five thou sand confined here, who have resolved to die rather than do so. Although they are wrong, is there not a sublime hero ism in the adherence of these men,amid such trials, to a cause which they be li,•ve to be right? Cabinet Changes We'd., not generally attach much ini portance to newspaper rumors of con ten plated Cabinet changes, but there is an odor of probability about some changes which a Washington corres pondent of the New York Work/ of ye:dtakty says are likely to take place. Senator MottuAN, of New York, it is sail will take Mr. FESSEN DEN'S place in the Treasury, and Mr. SEWARD will step out of the State Department into the vacant seat In the Senate. Mr. ADAms, Minister to England, is named as Secretary of State in embryo. 9pciui`Aotir.eo JDV Information Free! To Nervous Suf fer; rs.--A Gentleman, cured of Nervous De- Premature Decay, and Youthful Error iietnated by a desire to benefit others:will be hal q,y to furnish to all who need it, (free of charge,) the recipe and directions for making the simple remedy used In his case. 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It will in a short tone, bring on the monthly with regularity. In :ill cases of Nervous and Spinal Affections, pal u iii the:Back and Limbs, Heaviness, Fatigue on slight exertion, Palpitation of the Heart, Lowness of Spirits, Hysterics, Sick Readache, WI :ties, and all the painful diseases occasioned by a disordered system, these pills will effect a cunt when all other means have failed. These pills have never been k ieiwn to tall where the directions on the 2d p 5 . ,,,• Pamph let are well observed. For full partlenlara, get a pamphlet, free, of Ho. agent.. sold by all Druggists. Price hi per la t S , llO United Slates Agent, JOB AIOSES, 27 Cortland St., New York. N. t.—Sl and Opostage stamps enclosed to any authorized agent will insure a bottle contain ing over 50 pills by return mail. nol6-lyw Drathg. I t.. im.—Th is inurning, .:9th inst.,) In the Im,ugh nt Stra , burg, Mr. Samuel Bower; mer chant,. ill the tt tli 2, ear ul lilt age. Uaarto. The Marken+ at Noon To-day NEw Vow:, .lani 10.—Flour is 5 r+•nts lower; sales 4tl - 511 0 1,1,1, at SO 70.4.10:',:, for 1-11 ate Xll_o t'.l2 for uhio anti 010750r15 for southern. W 0 ,at clull; sales of 1.5,50 bushels at Chlcogt , l:pringlititl 112 503 for western. l'orn burh'i•ls sold at 51 90. Beet firm; Pork heavy—sales of IMO bbls at .511;,.. 21 for mess; Lard dull. Whi , 4lty firm ut $2 PIT u.:l Io.—The rain to-day has mostl suspended ut of door operations, and trade is very dull. The export demand for Flour Is extremely lirnityd, and only a few small lots sold at of I I :5 for Extras, ami SIT 50(4.1 . 2 for Extra Tl,reoeipts and stocks., very small. e and Cornmeal arc inactive. Th. • •!e•r.ligs of Wheat are small, d!el it is in steady demand at t , 12 654iti2 70 fur White. No change in Rye. There is more demand for Corn, and 4,000 bus Yellow at. $1 xi for Old and 51 75 for New. Oats are steady at leV4.ole. In Provisions there are firmer feeling; sales of Mess Pork at `l4; Limns in pickle at 203.21.'. Lard at 2-1 1 -:. Dressed Ihigs at 17e. Whiskey sells slowly at 112 3 t. In Petroleum but little doing- we quote Crudest 50e; Relined in bond at 7247:2;c, and Free at 93U&7e. Stock 3Lorkets. PHILADELPHIA, January 10. Penna. s's , 91i,', Reading Railroad . 57,/,, Morris Canal 94',1 Penna. Railroad 65% Exchange on New York, par. Philadelphia Cattle Market. MONDAY, Jan. 9.—The Cattle market is more active and prices have advanced about le per In; 1,800 head arrived and sold at the Avenue Drove Yard at 18@19c per lb. for extra Pennsyl vania and Western; 14@17c for fair to good do., and 1262i.13c per lb for common, as to quality.— The market closed tirm within the above range of f T P h r e following ices. are the particulars of the sales: 00 P Hathaway, Lancaster co 100 P McFillen, Chester co isaae, 140 Mooney & Smith, Ohio 16fA419 97 H Chain, .Perm's 13163,4 "^ • '31,1 54 J & J Chain, Penn'a_ , 14®18 , , 33 Chandler & Co., Chester co 185015,160 Main & Co., Penna 12 501 6" 70 B. Hood, Chester co 15€.19 24 A Kimble, Chester c0160,18 , A, • 16.1) Branson, do 16(L*18 42 .3 Clinton, Western , 45016 56 Dryfoon & Co., do 125016 16 W McCall, Chester co 145018 39 Hape & Co., Western 154.16% 153 Shamberg & Co., do, 14@d8 85 L Frank, do ' 1.W,15 110 Jones McClese, Chester co 14(q,17 . A 38 M Unman . do .16418Y4 89 Webb & Co., Western 12(16 50 E Mennen, Lancaster co 15a19 80 J S Kirk, Ohio 134113j5 HOGS—The market continues firm and prices are well maintained. 3,100 head arrived and sold at the different yards at from $lBOlO the 100 lbs net, the latter rate for prime corn fed. SHEEP—Are in good demand, and prices have again advanced. About 4,2oohead arrived and sold at the Avenue Drove Yard, at from 11501 le per lb gross, as to quality. COWS—There is no change to notice. About 100 bead sold at from 830 to $5O for springers, and $35 up to 575 per head for cow and calf, as to quality. EIX ECUTO S NOTICE.—ESTATE OF ESTHER MILLER, late of Leacock town ship, deceased. Letters testamentary on said estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted thereto are requested to make immediate settlement, and those having claims or demands against the same will pre sent them without delay for settlement to the unclersigned&esiding in said townsha m GOTLiEB GRILBUR jan/1 OM* 1] =Swam eiv uI cfltau# NOTICE.—ESTATE OF JOS. ENRICH, late of Ephrata township, deceased. Let ters of admlniatration.on said estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons Indebted thereto** regnested to make imme diate settlement, and throe having claims or demandsasaLnst the same will present them without delay for settlement to the under signed, residing in said township. ANDREW BENJAMIN Administrators janll6twsl] ESTATE OF ARR•HAN BAUMAN, DEC'D.—Letters Testamentary on the estate of Abraham Bauman, late of Manheim township, decd, having been granted to the subscriber residing In said township: ail per sons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims will present them, without delay, properly authenticated for settlement. Jan 11 6t*wl.l HENRY SHREINER, Executor. XTE W YORK PIANO FORTES !! ERNEST GABLER, .EM==MMI NEW SCALE FIRST-CLASS PIA:s.:6-FORTES NEW FACFORY: Nog. 14 124 and 126 East 22d street, Respectibllv announces that he has now corn, pleted his large New Factory, and affected other arrangements for the ^reat incr,a4e of his manufacturing facilities. r ile therefore will be able henceforward to turn out 35 PER WEEK, to supply orders promptly, with out that inconvenient delay in whirh I ea!ers. and Purchasers have been subjected, from the fact that for more than two years past he has been continually a hundred instruments be hind orders. A full assortment at all times may be found at his manufactory and Ware roomsin New York city. Every instrument fully warranted for five years. Jan 11 hnw REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE FARMERS' MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Submitted to the eousideration of the Members at their Annual Meeting on Saturday, 31st day Of December, A. D., 1001. In conducting the business of the Company during the year just brought to a close, the Di rectors of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Com pany have met with nothing_ that seems to re quire any especial notice. The easualities by tire have not been numerous, and the losses oc casioned thereby have been comparatively light, insomuch that had it not been desirable to liquidate debts previously incurred, a tax during the current year would hardly have been necessary. But a small fire having oc curred near the close of the last year, and an ticipating further losses during the year then commencing, the Board deemed it advisable to levy a tax of one-tenth of one per cent. on the valuation of all the property insured by the Company. This furnished money enough to pay all outstanding debts as well as the losses which the Company has sustained during the year, leaving a balance in the hands of the Treasurer, which together with the taxes not vet collected, will be sufficient to discharge all the liabilities of the Company, and enable it tit commence the New Year free and untram meled by any existing obligations of a pecu niary character.. To attain this desirable consummation, has been the aim of the Board of Directors for the last three or four yeh'rs. but subsequent losses always absorbed the ft. is, intended for pay lug old debts, and left the 13i.ard in a slate of ina bility to dischargeifil its obligations. . _ The first fire that oceurred in property in sured by this Companyduring the current year tsok place in the Uweiliug House of Mrs. Ma tilda Weidier, of Upper Leaenek township, 071 the 26th day of March, A. D., 1861. The fire was extinguished without materially injuring the building. - The appraisers awarded the dam ages at 52:10. The next lire oceurreil in the Work Shop and Saw Mill of Jaeolt IL Zereher. of West Lampeter township, on the 17th day of September last. Fortunately the lire was dis covered in the afternoon, and there tieing a number of persons In the vicinity, :toil water plenty and convenient, the fire 1 7 77174 subdued be fore the building was entirely destroyed, and the spreading of the devouring element to the adjacent building hulldings prevented, other wise the loss might have been very serious,— The appraisers estimated the damage at Seen for the building and 5100 for contents. The origin of the the is not know!, :is there was no fire used about that budding on that day. The next In the series of disasters was a small barn on the estate of Patrick Kelly, deceased, near the city of Lancaster, on the 2fifh of (tetober, which together with the eon ten is was totally Ilestroyed. The fire oceurred at night, and was the work of an Incendiary, or resulted from the careless use of match', or cigars - , be so , straggling vitg,rant, or idle and misel: ieviins boys. The appraisers estimated the los, at 5500. The last lire that ennui to the knowledge of the Directors, hapriened to the lions, of Nancy Killheffer, in Millersville, on the eight of the 17th of November. The hoes° and cart of the contents ware cymsnmed, It is su.m.ls- - rd to have caught fire from the stove pi e or a flue in the chimney. The •appraisers reported the loss at theifcll amount for which the prom erty had been insured, a 55) for the tin i Id i ng and $175 for the contents, and were of the• own_ ion that the actual loss exeeeded that amount, but were prohibited by the rules of the penny from returning a larger st u n than that which the property had b e en insured for. In all the above cases, as well as in the Sill alter ones which the Treasnier's statement will ex hibit, the Board of Direetm•.s issued warrants for the payment of three-iourt Its of the amount returned by the appraise,. The amount in sured during the past year considerably ex ceeds that of the previous year, tints a ffording gratifying evidence of the estimation in which this Company is held by the ,ommuuity, The number of Policies: issued during . the year is 12-1, covering property to the amount of :3.11 - .,708 Additions matte to old Policies amount ed to Nfaklna a total addition of The number of Pollries womelled vas 60. The valurrtion of which amounted to The diminutions on girl Polieles amount to 2 ',s'Gs Making a total diminution of. Which being deducted from the addi tion exhibits en actual lecrea e 0f... 20(3,i , 32 Which increase being a ded to the amount exhibited by the last report., --- Makes an aggregate of t,i , 06,d12 as the whole amom t at present in sured by the Company. The following sibs' racl of the Treasurer's Ac collet exhibits the financial operations of the Comnanv during the vast year. PETER JOHNS, Treamrer of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company in account with the said Company. . _ To amount of tax collected 48,Rii f. 5 To amount: of premiums and additions to premiums during the year hi, 10 Whole amount Match 3, By cash paid Joseph Brown 131,25 April 1, do Susan Kreider on her Bond 700,00 do Susan Kreider Interest 35,00 do John Rohrer old ac- count 1,050,00 do John Rohrer 2 years In terest 120,)9) " 28 (lo A. SI. \Veld ler,for dam age to her house 172,50 Dec. 5. dci Jac. IlliZercher, dam age 675,00 do F,liza U. Barr, 'damage, 13,00 do Philip Frank. ford, do age 15,25 do Sundry persons for printing done during the 2 last years 191.20 do Internal Revenue tax. 01,07 do Sundries, rte 59 do John AlN...rimy, his salary as President Mr the current year 15,00 do Peter Johns' salary as Treasurer 73,10 do Sundry persons for col- . lectina 101,13 do John 'Strohm's salary - Secretary 75,00 ~ do Directors, their per (Item 21.00 '• do Appraisers per diem__ 27,00 Making a total or :3,553,1ii Which being deducted from the above, leaves a balance in his hands of' - .': - ;ss, In To which add balance on hand at the last settlement 11;1a And we have an actual balance of F10,:,o; The liabilities of the Company at this tune. are as follows, viz.: Due to Samuel Eshleman, for damage to his hake-house Dne to Mrs. Kelly for her Barn and con tents :MA) Due to SNant3 - Kilthrifvr, for her and contents. Due to Jacob M. Franti for damage at the Normal tielam' . , All of which is respect fully sulin tilt rd. JOHN MEC A 1.1. TN EV, JOHN REAM. JOHN STROFIM. ADAM S. DEITRICH, PETER JOHNS. At a meeting of the Me oboes of the farmers' Mutual Insurance Company, John Mecartney, John Strohm, Adam S. I/enrich. John Rearm and Peter Johns were elected Directors, and John Huber. Jacob Rohr, jr., Jacob Rohrer. Christian Herr, Perinea, John Friday, and Christian Johns were elected Appraisers. for I he ensuing year, anti at a meeting of the newly elected Board, on motion .John Meeartney was elected President ; John Strohm, Secretary awl Peter Johns, Treasurer. Ijan 11 aw 1 +~itSCCiXiIITCGI.a. A CCOUNTS OF TRUST ESTATES. &v.-- Li The aVCOURtS of the following nit med es tates will he presented for eon tionat ion on MONDA Y ' JANUARY `3d. 18a5: Samuel Carter, Assigned Estate, Jtwoh C. Pfahler, Assignee. , John \V. Groh, Assigned 1 7 . state, Martin Gross, Assignee. Joseph Royer, 'Estate,: David Plautz, Trustee. Lydia Thomas, Estate, Daniel Ensman, Trustee. Andrew Clavo, Wm. Burkins, Trustee. JOHN SELDO3IIII DOE, Prot honotary. PTothonotary's Office, Pee. 21th, Pell. dee 28 it w 51 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT The St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Benigl ..cial Society of Lancagter, Pennsylvania, hav ing presented their petition to the Court of comma! , Please of Lancaster county, asking for the dissolution of said Society. the Court has fixed the M MONDAY, In FEBRUARY, A. D., 1865, at 10 o'clock, A. 3t.. for hearing and grant ing of s dd petition, when and where persons having objections to makocan attend, if they see proper. Jan 4 tdwl JOHN SELDOMRTDGE, Prothy OVISTATE OF PETER SITAUB, LATE OF West Hemptleld twp., deceased. Letters Administration on the estate of Peter -haub, late of West Hempfield township, dee'd. 7 hav ing been granted to the subscriber, residing in Manor twp : All persons indebted to said es tate are requested to make immediate pay ment, and those having claims will present them, without delay, properly authenticated for settlement, _to HENRY Scl A UR, dec2B 6tw 4 Administrator, LANCASTER COUNTY BANK. LANCASTER, Dec. 26th, 1861. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, AGREE abIy to Section 2 of the Act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania, entitled an Act enabling the Bank of the Commonwealth to become Associations for the purpose of Banking, under the laws of the United States," approved the 22d day of August, A. D., 1864, that the Stockholders of the LAN CASTER COUNTY BANK, have this day voted to become such an Association, and that its Directors have procured the authority of the owners of more than two-thirds of the capital stock, to make the certificate required therefor by the laws of United States. W. L. PEIPER, deo 8/ Mel do 4tw.l enabler. - - WAIITHAN ENGE,LICALN, TOBACCO, 33,713i`F . A.kb'S'BGAR ILA NUB-4 OTOR No. 313 NORTH THIRD STREET, Second door below Wood, PHIL.k.DELPIIIA- J. W. WA.F.T.V.A.Zi' dee 20 SHIELDS at BROTHER, So. 119 :s.TORTII Till RD STREET, IBOVE ARCH IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN WEIRS HARDWARE AND CUTLERY, PHILADELPHIA S 3l 1 T lit d: SIIOE3I A 11 E. 11, B" II 0 E ALED R. T , DEALERS AND IMPoRTERS OF DRUGS, CHEMICALS, DYE STUFFS, eh.C., No. 243 NORTH THIRD STREET =Zia JORN C. YEAGER, MANCTAcTERER AND WHOLESALE DEALER L / CAPS • STRAW GOODS, BONNETS, and ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, No. 'sl' NORTH THIRD STREET, PIIILADELPITIA MEM= 3IERO IL.I NT 7'A TLOR No. 32 AND 31 snl. - TH FIFTH STREET Pll ILADELP II IA Bost quality of customer work promptly exvemed. [dee Illy d&w BERGER. AUDENIIIIED c FRI% WIIOLEsALE DEALERS IN Flsll, CHEESE, PThil - ISIONS, &C. Nos. n AND 13 sOUTII. WATER STREET, (BELOW )1.1.11ET,) Pll I I\D ELPII IA. We 1121,1 constantly on hand, an assortment of Dried and Pickled Fish, the., viz : Mackeral. Hams, salmon. Sides, Shad, Shoulders, Herring, Cheese, Codlit,ll, Butter, Salt, l'ork, Dried Fruit, Lard, &C., tt,:c. JAMES S.M.:R(3ER, LEW Is ArDEN'RIED, I'illl.ll' F. FRY. IMES= G NEAT IRED.I'VTION IN TIM PRICE OF Al;' Y oonDN! \VIN A No. _ti 'urn IEt,NI, s Fit PIIILADELPFTIA, Are now nlt l vrin4 their mn!.;nincent, stock 01 :shawls, Cloths, • Cloaks, Velvets, &c.,. far below 1) 0 ' I,resoat PRICIE-'S We ha\ e (1.. n got liana, a large Stock of Dt , .VP.N77 - t' (MODS, . . Mil we are now selling at a great reduct ion from the prices me have been selling them at. As WO have had ihe adValltage of a rise In the ',rives of our stock in the progress of the War for the last t wo or I hree years, ire now propose Aire our customers the ..-I.llant«fp. , of the fall Pra,..v. 1'.N.1,11'1 reduced, N ELS soil TABLE LINENS, reduced, N KEYS and all sTAPLE (:()DS reduced.. \Ve respect fully sel lel t 1 . 1 . 0111 the Ladles and u hers, vlsitina - Philadelphia. an examinallua eur ivluell is unsurpassed in variety zunl style, in this city. N. IL— \l'hele , ale Iluyers are Invited to 1111Ille Mir SI,Wk. EDWIN & CO., N. :11l South Secowl st., Philadelphia. ltd,t2m )11i.5rellaucou5 D INTI OVFICE FOR SALE.— Wishing, to re( fr.• Iron] the Printing Bid- , neAs, the publisher of :In old established Demo cratic Newspap.•r aml .lob Printing Office, In one of the nny.t popalons ;111d wealiny counties or Maryland, lies 11, Of Ill,' Inc sale. The oltieu is doing a heavy businr.s id present is well ~applied with Alat.-rial, Power :out Hand, preS,eS, Type, h 115111,,, in the aggre gate will am 'lint in :Omni i 7,000 per annum. A nargain call be had if lipplication be made at an early giv,o the FIRST APRII„ I,n), or 5 'oiler, it desired. For lurther partienl rs, attire s EDITI dee 14 461,t. C ILISTa i% 111111111./Vn .1131 N ET-WARE MAN FACTORY, o,ller of East King and Duke streets The largest, most complete and fashionable i,ortinent of Cabinet \Vare constantly on hand in the Wareroorns connected with thIP •st.•tbl ish meat., mid at prices to suit. I,lle line aoY'd l afdAw MA RR LE WORKS, No. QUEEN STREET, (EAST SIDS,) MANTLE...'4, GRAVESTONES AND MONUMENTS All orders attenetal to with neatness and de plinth. The public are invited to examine the Irawines and stock on ham!, gin E COLUMBIA INSURANCE COM PANY OF COLUMBIA, LANCASTER COUNT.Y, PA. FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT. • Whole amount Insured, 32,004,435 68 14'hole amount of Premium Notes,.. 255,931 46 Balance Cash Premiums, January I. 1810 Recp't for Premium less Agent's commission In 18153 9,382 46 Receipts tar Assessments less Agent's commis sions in 18111, Losses and expenses paid in Isi Bal. Prern. Jan. 1, 1814, .1u 133 32 . 3,751 17 913,887 79 A. S. GREEN, President. GEORGIiI YOUNG, Jr., Secretary. SIX NAN Treasurer. DIRECTORS : R. T. Flynn, John W. Steacy, .10111) Foildrich, GOO. Young, Jr., 11. li. Mooch, Nicholas McDonald, I F. Eburlein, Miehael 5. Shuman, Aso l S. Green, S. C. Slayinaker, Edmund Spering, Ciilurnbia, February 13, ISM. nuu.. IxEcuTo iirs SALE OF VALUABLE J REAL ESTATE.—By virtue of an order of the t Wolin n's 041;1 of Frederick county, the un dersigned, as Executor of Peter Mickey, late of said county, dee'd., Will sell (without reserve) nn the premises, on sATURDAY, the'Dith of A N A In', 1515, at 2 o'clock, P. M., the residue of the real l(Slltic of said deceased, to wit: The Bloomfielit Farm, containing 197 ACRES, Inure or less, 1. bout 13 Acres of which is Wood land, thickly set with Black NO White Uak, and Hickory Timber. 'Plus farm is in a good state of cultivation ; the greater part of it hav ing been and otherwise recently Improv -0, a considerable part of the fencing is post and rail ingood condition ; there is water in most of the fields, and never-foiling Springs of pure water quite mar the house, and a Hydrant ht's•dt water:it the kitchen door. The improve. menu consist of a StliNlall(ial two story BRICK IBA•sE, well iiginhcd, with Weather-boarded lot,, also antic story FRAME BUILDING tew fret distant, a Log Barn, double Corn 'House and Wagon Shed, nearly new, Black smith Shop, and nearly every Building neces sary for a farm. A particular description Is deemed unnces vary, as the purchaser will see for himself. 'Pie Apple orchard is large, and the Fruit well selected, alsu, the best varieties of Pears, Peaches, Plums, Quinces, (=rapes, Cherries, die. The band ion is healthy and certainly a desira ble one, lifizig 21 , : miles distant from the grow ing city of Frederick, adjoining a County road, :i neighborhood not easily excelled for morality and industry, convenient to Mills, Sc, It is susceptible of an easy division, and a part can lie sold at any time. Also, at the same lime, I will sell 3 Lots of valuable Mountain Wood Land, Containing, tram to 7 Acres each situated on Saw. 91111 • Branch, 1 mile mirth of the Hagerstown Pike, 4 miles Irmo the Farm. Term, 01 Sale.—Une-third of the purchase money to Jr f,aid on the dhy of sale, ron the rat ifieation thereof by the Court, one-third In twelve Montlis,aud the remaining third iii two yetis, with interest front the, day of sale, the purchasers giving their notes with good °AA SeCtin LY. Upon the payment of the whole purchase mom.) I will give a good title: will be given about the 10th day of Marco, perna4,s sooner. liL W A It D ki I.:CRIEY, Executor \\ t. B. AUCIAUIIevr. HMt ACE.: ‘V.l.lE l th• /%',4 7' M L. ESTABLISH RENT itt=MV=IMMMO EIGHTY NEW PIANuS, MELODEONS, HARMONIUMS, ALEXANDRE and CAW NEI' OIIGANS, at Wholesale and Retail, Prices low. SECOND HAND PIANOS at great, bargains, prices from Hit to $2OO. New 7 Octavo. Pianos,TAO and with Carved Legs And Mouldigs, ;ilia and upwards. Melodeons, Sis. to $2,20. A large Stock of SHEET MUSIC, MUSIC 10401(s, and all kinds of MUSICAL, uslsTau- MENTs, and Music Merchandise at the lowest rates. 10,0C.i0 Sheets of Music, a little coiled, at Cents per Page. rnov 23 3mddcw AU D I T 0 DS , 'S 0 T I C E.—ESTATE OF Mark Connell, Sr., deceased.—The under signed Auditors, appointed to distribute thb balance remaining in the hands of Arehim. des Robb and Henry Barton, Administrators of the Estate of Mark Connell, Sr., late of West Earl township, deceased; to and among those I legally entitled thereto, will meet for the pur po,e of their appointment, on FRIDAY, Pie, 13th day of JA:s.. CARY, A. D. 188,5, at 2 o?eloek,.;, I P. M., at the Library Room in the Court Hottae,. [ in the City of Lancaster, when and where. all: persons interested in said distribution are re, quested to attend. WILLIAM WEIDMAN, - ' • JOHN B. LIVINGSToN . ~ deo Hasa . i ' Atlitoie.:-, $13,887 79
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