OOOP®Bv”K**l ,l B* SOIf '* **'• H. <3 SMITH, . J.JI.OOOFBB, WH. A. MOBTOH* . : AXIFBED SAJTDBBSOIf TERMS—Two Dollars per ftimnm, payable all cases In advance. OPPIOE—South ooekeb' of cbntbs SQUABB. ■ r S&&.U letters on "business should be ad dressed to Cooper, Saotebson * Co. foctry. Change. We dldnot fear them once—the dull gray morn- Nociieerless burden on our spirits laid The long night-watches didnotbring os warn- Thaf we were tenants of a hpuse decayed^ Theearly snows like dreams to us descended, Thft rrost did filry-work on paveand bough, Beauty' and power, and wonder have not that we fear the WlnteriHiow ? Their house-fires fall as bright on hearth and chamber * Their, northern star-light shines as coldly The woods’stmdceep their holly for December, The world a welcome yet for the new year. And far away, In old-remembered places, The snow-drop rises and the robin sines; The sun and moon loon out with loving faces— Why have our days forgot such goodly things? Is It that now the north wind finds us shaken By tempests ttercer than Its bitter blast, Which fair beliefs and friendship, too, have taaeu , A,vuy like Summer foliage os they passed. And made life leailess In Its pleasa L valleys, Waning the light of promise from our day, Till mists meet even iu the inward palace— A dimness not, like theirs, to pass away? It was not thus wheStireams of love and laurels Gave sunshine to iDc Winters • f our youth, Before Its hopes had fallen In fortune s quarrels, Or Time had bowed them with his heavy truth; , Ere yet the twilight found us strange and lonely With shadows coming when tlic nrc Uyraa Tn tell ot’dlstaut graves and loss' s only- The pa:-.t that cannot change and will not go. Alas ! dear friends, the Winter is within us; Hard Is the Ice that grows about the heart; For petty cares and valn'regrets have won us From liie s tnle heritage and better part. Seasons and skies rejoice, yea, worship rather; But nations toll uud tremble e’en us we, Hoping for harvi sts they will never gather, Fearing the Winters which they m«»y uotsee. ptmwj}. Long Engagements. BY ANNA CORA RITCHIE, “ "When theheartsurrenders, confirm the blushing promise quickly at the altar’s foot!” is the adjuration of every enamored suitor, eager for the climax of the wedding-ring. But the maiden who reflects will re spond with no husty “ amen” to that fond prayer. Reflects ? —does not King Oberon still walk the earth, performing as fantastic and amazing feats with his magical flower as in the days of Bully Bottom? And did women ever reflect after the fairy monarch had stolen upou her slumbers and pressed the juice of liis purple blossom upon her folded lids? The portals of her heart open-with her eyes when the latter have once received that mystic flower’s touch, and the eyes take in and the heart enthrones the being lirst looked upon. Let him wear what shape he may, he is transformed and glorified to her vision by Love’s glamour. That raomeut Reason is un ceremoniously thrust out of doors. In vain she clamors to be heard, and warns the infatuated fair one against precipi tancy—in vain shereminds her that her happiness is more easily perilled than inau’s—that her susceptibilities are keener—that her sufferings will be greater—that her risks are a thousand fold more numerous. Love fashions a fool’s cap out of his madrigals to bind it upon Reason’s brow, aud from that hour she passes for Folly. Goldsmith’s “ Citizen of the World ” quaintlyremarks that “marriage has been compared to a game of skill for life; it is generous, then, in both par ties to declare that they are sharpers in the beginning. In England, lam told, both sides use every art to conceal their defects From each other before marriage, and the rest of their lives may be re garded as doing penance for their for mer dissimulation.” la this a malicious slander ora rudely expressed truth? Are not lovers, all the world over, zealously engaged in cheating each other? Does not the very state of mental exaltation pro duced by au absorbing affection give birth to unpremedhated deception? Nay, has not love, iiPilie dawn of its existence, a beautifying influence upon the whole constitution of man’s soul? Are not commonplace miuds elevated and rendered poetic by its refining power? AVhat, then, must be its effect upon spirits of finer mould? The period of arfopen, prosperous be trothal is the blossoming season of life. The sun of a pure passion calls forth the fairest flowers upon every tree, and the air is filled with the melody of birds carolling joyful promises from the branches. In the sunshine of bright il lusions —the exhilarating atmosphere of alternate hopes and fears —the heart glows, and swells, and takes in all cre ation with unwonted tenderness; the dullest prospects are tinged with orient hues; the simplest incidents communi cate a thrill of joy ; nature puts on her gala-dress to welcome the enamored pair wherever they wander, and shakes down odorous tributes upon their heads from every bough. And it is well. It is better for the soul, even when love is misplaced, to give a boundless devotion than to entertain a tame affection for an object -syorthy. of the whole wealth of the heart. The man of herchoice is always a hero to a woman who loves heartily, and her fond fancy invests him with an abund ance of captivating attributes, which possibly have not the most shadowy ex istence util of her imagination. On the other baud, Shakspeare tells us that to men “women are angels wooing.” But O! the bitter disenchantment if in the glare of Hymen’s torch the ideal charms vanish away, the mantle of glory falls from the hero’s shoulders and the “angel,” at whose shrine the lover de voutly worshipped, stands before him a most terrestrial being, full of failings— wants —caprices —inconsistencies! Unconsciously his eyes must then forget “The gentle ray They wore In courtship’s smiling day—' his voice must lose “The tones that shed A tenderness round all they said—” the roses of her bridal chaplet must wither and leave a martyr’s crown of thorns upon the brow they encircled. The probation of a long engagement is the surest talisman against thiß rude dissolving of the spell that surrounds lovers. During the interval their vari ous phases of character are revealed by unforseeu chances—by life’s inevitable mutations; and, being discovered at this blissful period when no life-shackle makes endurance compulsory, even gruve faults and temper-trying peculi arities are readily tolerated and excused. Mental angularities are worn away and rounded oft* to a graceful smoothness, by the attrition of constant association.— , Their bouls become attuned to the same key. The indispensable les son of mutual forbearance is con ned betimes. Love has leisure allow ed him to build his temple upon the rock of perfect trust, which no storm can shake. The flashing flame of en thusiasm, by which its shrine was illu minated at consecration, is gradually replaced by that steady, holy light which fiercest gales cannot extinguish. Good spirits have whispered to the wife elect that she will need Martha’s execu tive hands and Mary’s appreciatingsoul .-.:L ■ : ■ ■■■■ ’■ {I | V OLUME 67. to keep those altars swept and garnish ed, and have murmured in her partner’s ear that he must reign within those walls with Solomon’s wisdom .and Ja cob’s patience. Thus, the prolonged betrothal is often the tuneful prelude to a harmonious union, and no harsh discords disturb its life-long melody. From the New York Observer. “I Dare Tool” BY JENNIE HARRISON. “Pooh! I could doit easily, and be back here again before you could count fifty!” o ' “May be so; but you don’t dare to try it!” ' “ Don’t dare ! now Tom, you know better!” “ Well, I dare you!” The boy’s eyes flashed. In a moment he was over the boundary line, skating skillfully over the forbidden ice ; while nis school-mates looked on, some with astonishment, some with fear, and a few with shouts of applause. Clear to the otiler side he went, though the ice cracked and bent: —then, with a grace ful turn, he was coming toward them again, swifter,—swifter,— with a look of pride on his glowing face; and the praises of the other boys already sound ing in liis ears. “Good for you, Win!” “ Win by name, and win by nature !” “ Hurrah for ” Who? where was he? —where the proud form and smiling face, and the dark hair uncovered in the moment of exultation? Gone? hidden, in one mo ment, from their sight, under the ice! aud tire waters rose up over the spot, as if their time of triumph had come then. "Oh, what shall we do!” “Kun quick! get a rope!” "Stand back! every one of you!”— and the voice, generally so kind, fright ened them now with its sternness; and they looked in silence at the Teacher’s white face, as he drew off his gown, and crept with it to the boundary line which he had marked for the boys that morn ing. Over that, too, so carefully, yet so quickly:— and theiee cracked,—cracked! Aud the boys could none of them tell just how it was done, only that soon the dark dripping-hair of the school-mate appeared above the broken ice, then liis body—slowly, slowly dragged toward them, his hand clutching tightly the teacher’s dressing gown. Tlie teacher did not speak ; and they dared not. In his teacher’s own strong arms, Winthrop was carried to the house, and warmed and rubbed : and —no, he was' not dead ! —for, in a few moments, he opened his eyes, and, look ing at the group of anxious boyish faces gathered round, said “ All right.” How it brightened every heart there ! The boys could speak now. “Oh, Win! I haven’t counted the fifty yeti" burst out Tom, excitedly, trying to laugh,—but if he had not been a boy, be would certainly have cried instead. “ Now, let me hear all about it,” said their teacher calmly, as the color began to come back into Winthrop’s icheeks. “11 was all my fault! ” said Tom hum bly. “ How came you to disobey my rule, Winthrop, and go beyond the bounda ry ?” “Why I hardly thought about the rule, sir; I wanted to let them see I wasn’t afraid of the ice! they dared me to do it; and when any one dares me to do a thing, ” Winthrop stopped suddenly, as the recollection came over him of the cold, gurgling waters, and of those few terri ble moments of suspense. “ Then you always dare to do it; is that what you mean?” t “Yes sir;” but the voice was not as full of confidence as it hid been half an hour before. ( “And the end of yohr daring, this time, might have been —death!” A shudder crept over every boy’s heart. “Oh, sir! pleasedou’t! Idaredhim!” said poor Tom. “And so you think a boy is a coward, who is dared to do a thing, and doesn’t do it?” “ It looks so,” answered Winthrop. “Ah, my boy, you must get rid of that idea: it is all wroug! He who re fuses to do a sinful or a dangerous thing, even when people say “ I dare you,” is a true hero; and he who runs all risks, to do something, just because he is “dared,” is by far the most cowardly and foolish! Don’t look so down- i hearted, Winthrop ; I want you to be truly heroic;—and I know you can do things very bravely sometimes. For instance, if I should say you may not go skating another day during this sea son, —you would bear the punishment without a complaint, I think.” “ Yes sir!” answered the boy, with a ouch of the old pride in his voice. “ Mayn’t /bear the punishment? It was my fault.” “ I haven’tgiven any punishment yet, Tom, I have only given this lesson about true bravery, for you to learn. And now, be off, every one of you, and let Winthrop rest, while I go to examine my dressing gown ; and if it is entirely ruined, I’ll pass a subscription around among you, to get anew one !” And the kind man smiled as he left them, but his heart was full; and he went to thank God for the safety of his pupil, and to pray that he might become truly brave and noble. Boys, never be “ dared” into doing what is wrong. Do not take one step aside from the safe and straight path, no matter how many voices say “ I dare you !” Be brave enough to say “ I dare not,” to every temptation.. And always “ Dare to be right ! Dare to be true ! All the world’s scornlug can never harm you ! Stand by your couscienee, your honor, your faith; SLnud like a hero, and battle till death !” An Editor Forgets his Name. This vivid sketch of editorial charac ter on the Pacific side Is from Artemus Ward, who says: “My arrival at Vir ginia City was signalized by the follow ing incident: I had no sooner achieved my room in the garret of the Inter national Hotel, then I was called upon by an intoxicated man, whosaidhewas an editor. Knowing how rare it was for an editor to be under the blighting influence of either spirituous or malt liquors, I received this statement doubt fully. But I said, “What name?” “Walt,” he said, and went out. I heard him pacing up and down the hall out side. in ten minutes he returned, and said, “Pepper!” Pepper was indeed his name. He had been out to see if he oould remember it; and he was so flush ed with his success, that he repeated it joyously several times, and then, with a short laugh, he went away. I had often heard of a man being so drunk that he didn’t know what town he lived in, but here was a man so hideously In ebriated that he didn’t know what his name was. I saw no more of him, but I heard from him, for he published a notice of my lecture, in which he said I had a dissipated air!” township elections. Below will be found the official re turns of thte elections held on Friday, March 16, 1866, in the respective town ships and boroughs of Lancaster county: ADAMSTOWN BOROUGH. Judge: Jacob Vonqieda, 42; David R. Lorah, 37. _ , Inspectors: William Bicher, 42; J oshua Spots, 34. Assessor: William Slots, 76. Burgess: Henry Redcav, 62. Constable: Jesseßehm,42; AbrahamH. Kline, 33. Town Council: LeviHendel, 73; William Mohn, 46; Samuel Protzman, 76; Isaac Fichthum, 65. Street Commissioner: Jacob Maurer, 66. School Directors: Henry Fichthorn, 43; Samuel Stark, 36. Auditor: Ludwig T. Custer, 33: Samuel Fichthorn, 27. BRECKNOCK. Judge: Moses Messner, 195. Inspectors: Joel Brossman, 99; D. W. Bender, 50: D. M. SoUenberger, 44. Assessor: Benjamin Seifnt, 152; Jacob Keil, 43. Constable: Samuel Foltz. 167. Supervisor: Peter Leininger, 135; Henry Kring, 129 Daniel Palm, 64. School Directors : Israel Messner, 139; Henry Stauifer, 120; Jacob Kern,63; Jacob Musser, 54. Auditor: John Frees, 194. Clerk : Samuel Ressley, 202. BART. Judge: Wm. M. Chamberlin, 115; Geo. 8. Boone, 123. Inspectors: W. B. Finney, 123; John Q’. Taggart, 114. Assessor: W. C. , Lytle, 115; Henry Baughman, 123. * * Assistant Assessor: John Meloy, 123; Wm. Phenegar, 123; Josiah Byers, 115; Charles Rynear, 114. Constable: Mathias Ault, 134; Robt. H. McCullough, 85. "Supervisor : Henry Heidlebaugh, 117; Wm. Hollis, 115; Samuel Good, 119; Philip Ritz, 119. School Directors: Dan’l M. Eaby, 126; Geo. Whitson, 138; John Heidlebaugh, 117; Wm. F. Pickel, 112; Sara’l Kessler, 99; Samuel A. Hughes, 111. Auditor: Leonard Pickel, 116; John M. Rutter. 143; Jas. K. Scott, 112; Thos. Nelson, 94. Clerk: Adam Rutter, 233. COLERAIN. Judge: Lemuel W. Dobbins, 131; Robert Boyer, 66. „ „ Inspectors: David Walker, 131; R. C. Morrison, 66. Assessor: James McCollough, 132; Wm. R. Furgison, 65. Constable; Joseph Shelunder, 131; Isaac Evans, GO. Justice of the Peace: J. K. Simpson, 124; William N. Galbraith, 122; Chnstain Le vevor, 65; Samuel Morrison, 07. Supervisor: Thomas S. Jackson, 130; William H. Whiteside, 131; Thomas Penn- ington, 66; Henry Webb, 65. School Directors: George Hastings, 131; Robert B. Patterson, 131; Madison Lovett, 12; D. M. Hastings, 66; Patterson Lovet, 56. Auditor: Robert Hogg, 131; Thomos Ba ker j 66. Clerk: John H. Swisher, 129. COLUMBIA BOR.—UPPER WARD. Judge: Peter Fraley, 112; William Mc- Divitt, 76. Inspectors: Frederick Williams, 110; Joseph M. Watts, 71. Assessor: George ll. Richards, 113; John K. Eberlin, 77. Constable: James McGinnis, 159; W. H. Mai shall, 29. Justice of the Peace: Morris Lebark, 108; J. C. Bucher, 77. LOWER WARD. Judge: Benjamin Haldeinan, 174; Geo. Tille, 136. Inspectors: Jeremiah Sheets, 150; H. M. North, 137; Uriah Sourbeer, 23. Assessor: George H. Richards, 174; John K. Eberlin, 140. Constable: James McGinnis, 175; Wil liam H. Marshall, 134. Justice of the Peace: Samuel Evans, 176; Thomas R. McClune, 133. CAERNARVON. David K. Planke, 122; Jacob Judge Yokn, 78. Inspectors: Levi B. Yoder, 120; Daniel Zell, 78. Assessor: William Yoder, 114; George Rigg, 83. Justice of the Peace: Edward D. White, 111; Wm. Ringwalt, 79. Supervisor: Moses Haust, 120; Peter Lichty, 115; Levi Coffroad, 81; John Yokn, 83. School Directors: Jacob Shirk, 122; Ephraim Ilertzler, 123; Levi Ring-wall, 79; Cyles Weiler, 70. Auditor: David Styer, 115; Wm, Wliit man, 79. Clerk: Peter B. Frazier, 111; David Mast, 10. Judge: Henry H. Wike, 85; John Y. Weidman, 100. Inspectors: John Getz, 56; Wm. Romig, 91; Henry Snyder, 43. Assessor : Jacob Buchter, 152; John Wie land, 51. Constable: Aaron NonhScharh, 51; Isaac Dissinger, 44 ; Wm. W. Klin, 13. Supervisor: John Doinmoyer, 76; Jacob Druckenbroad, 87; Wm. Miller, 93; Sam’l Engel, 22; Jacob Nessinger, 29; Jacob K. Faust, 31. School Directors: Daniel Furlow, 79; Abraham B. Snyder, 95; John H. Miller, 109, Daniel Buchter, 23. Auditor: Levi Wissler, 84; George W. Stoinmetz, 48. Clerk: Hiram Erb, 101. CONOY. Judge: John Hummel, 179; F.M. Gram, inspectors: Peter S. Gamble, 180; Fred. Dase, 67. Assessor: A. K. Stoner, 177; Wm. Defrew, 67. Constablo: Michael Maleliorn, 179; Jas. Finley, 69. Supervisor: John K. Hawthorn, 164; John Keener, ISO; Wm Snyder, 83; John Denison, 47. School Directors: Jacob Mecklev, 178; Jacob Brubaker, 180; Franklin McNeil, 68; Daniel Will, 67. Auditor: Joseph R. Metzler, 279; Jacob Ackerman, sr., 67. Clerk : Henry H. Smith, 181; Christian Essler, 67. CONESTOGA. Judge: Benjamin F. Hookey, 128; Benjamin E. Hess, 70. Inspectors: Jacob Bitts, 142; Aaron G. Warfel, 44 • Reuben Sourbeer, 13. Assessor: Henry Martin, 199. Sciiool Directors for Safe Harbor Ind. Dist.: Sam’l M. Wright (3 yrs.), 5; Urias Warfel (3 yrs.), 7 ; Benjamin Urban (1 yr.), 7; Wm. P. Wasson (1 yr.) 7; Da vid Warfel (1 yr.), 2. Constable: Jacob Henry, 193. Justice of the Peace: Benjamin Ur ban, 200. i Supervisor: John Graver, 196; Henry Hess, 196. School Directors: Dr. B. S. Kendig, 75 ; Christian Warfel, 195; Peter Snave ly, 122. Auditor: Henry Shenk, 171; Benja min Eshleman, 28. Clerk: Eli W. Shenk, 169; John T. Henry, 28. COCALICO WEST. Judge: John Bechtie, 109; Ferdinand Strieker, 93. inspectors : Benjamin P. Reinhold, 64; William Pawl, 26; William Young, 57; John Smith, 13; Jacob M. Shirk, Assessor: Andrew Henly, 171; John Edwards, 37. Constable: Jacob Carrell, 164. Justice of the Peace: Jacob Spengle, 81; B. B. Flickinger, 91; F. A. Strain, 109. Supervisor: John Gensemor,B9; John Scherb, 114; Wm. Steiner, 76; Albert Reddig, 62; Nathan Ruth, 39. School Directors: John Flickinger, 74; Adam R. Ream, 76; John Rein hold, 45; Daniel Steinmetz, 56. Auditor: John P. Hibsman, 101. Clerk : Adam ÜBner, 66; Reuben Bucher, 05. COCALICO EAST. Judge: Henry H. Shirk, 188. Inspectors: Isaao R. German, 122 Henry Zell, 100; ,54. Assessor; John A. Eberley, 179; Nel son Wolfsklll, 98. Constable: Peter Sweiger, 173 ; Bar ton P. Ream, 6. Justice of the Peace: Cyrus Ream, 204; Edwin S. Renk, 79; Martin H. Fry, 17. Supervisor: Joseph Klney, 137: Hi ram Cosner, 195; Peter Wemhold, 166. School Directors: Samuel H. Gring, 112; Nelson Wolfsklll, 107. Auditor: George Lorah, 58; Samuel F. Leid, 6. ’ Clerk: Curtis S. Fry, 66; Abraham B, Rhoads, 57; Jacob Showalter, 2t. LANCASTER, PA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. MARCH 28, 1866. DONEGAL EAST. Judge-rlOtk Disk: H. T. Albert, 106 ; N. L. Feck, 117. Inspector: H. S. Garber, 1H; D. Grove, 110. Judge—63d Dist.: George Long, 26; Bam’l Yetter, 20. Inspector: M. G. Marple, 27; Daniel Bender, 19. Assessor: John L. Marple, 168; F. Beidelinger, 168. Constable: H. Clay Knaub, 170; Jo seph Stape, 161. Supervisor: Levi Longenecker, 191; John Portner, 192; Benjamin Ebersole, 141; James Brant, 140. Sehool Directors: And. Armstrong, 183; John Zigler, 185; Christian Bech ler, 138; Abraham Rhoads, 139. Auditor: George E. 195; John Hays, 139. Clerk: J. J. Breneman, 191; Samuel Laueks, 139. DONEGAL WEST. Judge: Ssm’lL.Heisey, 73; GotleibGeb hart, 54. Inspectors: Samuel 8. Good, 73; David Dissinger, 58. Assessor: John-Prescott, 80; Isaac Win ters, 51. Constable: Samuel Neys, 75. John B. Horst, 56. * Justice of the Peace: Samuel Bossier, 74; Jacob Donecker, 57. Supervisor: Geo. Stellwagen, 71; Michael Geistwite, 74; John S.Sweigard, 59; Joseph Brincer, 55. V School Di Peter B. .Nip'' 81' School Directors; --or B. .Nissley, Geo. H. Rider, 68; George W. Woririly, 53; Martin Sweigart, 56. Auditor: John B. Hamaker, 79; Jacob Ream, sr., 52. Clerk: Sam’l Stauffer, 74; John Nune macher, 56. DRUMORE. Judge: N. N. Hensel, 182; Sanders Mc- Collough, 171. Inspectors: W. T. Clark, 182; James Cain Assessor: Edwin Shoemaker, P. Hutton, 181. Constable: Joshua Wilson, 188; Geo. W. Westcott, 161. Justice of tho Peace: John Moore, 179; Wm. W. Steele, 173. Supervisor: Thos. R. Neal, 126; Michael Westley, 177; Clark Phillips, 175; Joseph Hacker, 204; Israel Tennis, 18. School Directors : Albin Cutler, 175; Sam uel Long, 173; Geo. Evans, 175; James E. Perry, 173; Dr. J. Deaver, 173; Dr. H. E Ratio. 176. Auditor: David Brown, 180 ; Richard C. Edwards, 168. Clerk: W. H. Potts, 182; Wm. Rodgers, 171. EARL. / Judge: Solomon Diller,2Go; Johh-GrMar tin, 15; Isaao Holl, 11. Inspectors: Ellas Glauper, 234 f David 8. Besore, 26 ; Samuel Holl, 20. Assessor: Christian Johns, 200. Constable: Isaac High, 73; William H. Ream, 55. Justice of the Peace: Roland Diller, 272. Supervisor: Isaac Hildebrand. 185; John B. Sensennig, 171; George Drybread, 122. School Directors: E. G. Groft* 187 ; Isaac H. Sheaffer, 157; Christian Horst. 143 ; Abra ham R. Kurtz, (1 year.) 245; Elias Nolt, 16. Auditor: William M. Smith, 256. Clerk: G. W. Smith, 262. EARL EAST. Judge: Theodore A. Kinzer, 215. Inspector: David S. Kurtz,2ol; Harrison K. Haller, 19. £ Assessor and Constable: JohnSausman, 97; Hezekiah Killian, 119. Supervisor: Samuel E. Ranck, 188; Rees H. Davies, 199, School Directors; John Schweitzer, (3 Sears,) 147; David Frantz, (3 years,) 212; Lenry Souder, (2 years,) 216; Isaac W. Stauner, (2yeais,) 78. Auditor: John S. Weaver, (2 years,) 217; Henry A. Wallace, (3years,) 216. Clerk: William J. Wallace, 215. EARL WEST. Judge: Edward Yeagly, 228. Inspectors: John Bair, 95; Isaac Ruth, 21; Samuel Spera, 32; David S. Rattew, Assessor: Jacob Wolf, 149; Daniel B. Brown, 78. Constable: J. B. Brown, 92; George Taiiklioifrer, 17; Jacob Zook, 110. Justice of the Peace: E. Burkholder, 100; A. E. Sellers, 131. Supervisor: Charles Adams, 67; Jacob iShoab, 114; Christian Myers, 25; Jacob Cooper, jr. 86; Abraham Frankford, 32; Jacob Bive, 89. School Directors: Christian Brown, 173 ; Reuben R. Bitzer, 173; Gabriel Carpenter, 47. Auditor: Henry Zwally, 236. Clerk : S. M. Seldomridge, 239. EDEN. Judge: Henry Keen, 86; Mikle Row, 95. Inspectors :o. N. Herr, 77; John White side, 97; Daniel Hunter, 5. Assessor: George Hunter, 64; William Dungan, 115. Constable: G. W. Keen, 181. Supervisor: Isaac B. Myers, 104; George W. Kunkle,lo4; Samuel Pagan, 77; Thomas Walker, 72. School Directors: Wm. Dungan, 114; G. J. Hildtbrandt, 97 ; David Keen, 70; Au gustus Withers, 73. Auditor: Isaac Meora, 98; Henry Bush ong, 76. Clerk: Lawrence Suitor, 104; .Robertßea, 73. EPHRATA TWP. Judge: W. H. Spera, 242. Inspectors: Francis M. Coover, 130; Samuel K. Wolf, 62; Jacob W. Leber, 106; John J. Yeager. 17. Assessor; John W. Gross, 234; John H. Spera, 127. Constable: Samuel Smith, 156; Israel,F. Lied, 161; William Segner, 5. Supervisor: Edward Nagle, 176; Henry ShaetFer, 126; Samuel Peiffer, 180; James D. Trego, 101. School Directors: Elam S. Myers, 260; Martin Albright, 219; Martin Sharley, 162; Cyrus Miller, 19; Henry S. Fretz, 12. Auditor: Isaac L. Royer, 208. Town Clerk: William Frazer, jr., 64; J M. Watson, 26; Albert Stober, 16. ELIZABETH. Judge: Israel Weidman, 76; Ephraim 0. Ebv, 45. .. Inspectors: Addison Zartman, 76; Benj. Breitigam, 41. Assessor: Urias Lenhert, 115. Constable: George Fry, 74; Samuel Ham mer, 35. Justice of the Peace: James E. Donley, 22. Supervisor: Joseph Weidman, 112; Dan iel Shelly, 99; Christian Hemly, 20. School Directors: Emanuel Weidman, (3 yrs.) 80; Samuel H. Hess (3yr5.)72; Wm. Enck, (2 yrs.) 66; Henry Ressler, 6. Auditor: Jno Koehler, 79; Jacob R. Hess, 41. Clerk: George Bentz, 120. * ELIZABETHTOWN BOR. Judge: John Oldweiler, 64; Charles W. Murrev, 56. Inspectors: Sebastian Keller, jr., 68; Ma thias C. Brinser, 52. Assessor: Thos. Buck,63; Wm.H. Wag ner, 63. Constable: Benj. H. Lehman, 64; Michael Kauffman, 64. School Directors: Abraham Reasecker, 61; Henry B. Breneman, 63; Geo. F. Wag ner, 67 ; James Lynch, 52; Geo. W. Gard ner, 55; Harrison T. Shultz, 54. FULTON. Judge: James K. Drenning, 117; James McSparran, 54. Inspectors: Jacob K. Brown, 115; J. Harvey Clendenin, 55. Assessor: Robert K. McCullough, 113; Harvey Swift, 55. Constable: John Reily, 165; Thos. Stubbs, 6. Justice of the Peace: James Hanna, 116; George Zook, 112; Samuel Wicks, 65; Sam uel W. Scott, 65. Supervisor: John Bicknell, 114; Albert Haines, 102; John Riley, 18; Sam’l McClen egan, 54; James Riley, 53. School Directors: Samuel Gatchell, 114; Joseph C. Stubbs, 108; James Smedley, 116; Isaac W. Towson, 56; W. F. Jenkins, 67 ; G. W. Whitaker, 60. Auditor: Davis A. Brown, 115; Jeremiah Brown, 55. Clerk: Lewis Brown, 111; John Kenne dy, 62, HEMPFIELD EAST. Judgb: Emanuel Miller, 74 ; William D. Reitzel, 110; Jacob Baker, 31. Inspectors; Christian Hoffer, 75; Henry Myers, 32; Benjamin Stehman, 101; Jacob Swar, 7. Assessor: Frederick Hoffman, 191. Constable: Henry Heiser, 148; Hiram G. West, 67; Joseph Kinch.B. Justice of the Peace: JohnG. Brown, 204. Supervisor: Jacob Brubaker, 202; Eman uel Kinch, 165; John Belmesderfer, 57. School Directors: Andrew Brubaker, 220; Frederick Sheets, 186. Auditor ; Elios B. Bomberger, 216, Clerk; John L. Miller, 216. HEMPFIELD WEST. Judge: Isaac Hogendobler, 311; David Leonard, 118, Inspectors; Jacob S. Clair,'Bo7; J Hnll Fridy, 119. Assessor: Joseph Bard, 814; David Weid ler, 116. Constable: George Rettew, 260; Henry Brenner, 173. Supervisor: Cornelius Gram, 231; John Shallabarger, 199; John Hogentobler, 178; Elias Fisher, 102. • Sohool Directors: Rudolph Heir, 270: Ja cob Frey,24B; Michael G. Shindle, 178; H. Kehler, 141. ’ Auditor;: Jacob EL.iflershey; 310; Bertf. F. Gram, 114. • ; Clerk: JacobKeridig, 254; Abram Heina mari/133. LAMPETER EAST. J udge: Amos N. Bushong, 243. Inspector: Benjamin N. GrofiC 144; Al bert Y eager, 78; Christian Hess, 36. Assessor: Jacobs. Landis, 252. Constable: Albert Miller, 251. Justice of the Peace: Calvin Cooper. 240. Supervisor: Abraham Conard,9B; Jacob ByejJy, 253; Andrew Kennedy, 157. School Directors: JoelL. Lightner, 100; David N. Landis, 252; George Hoffman, 252; Christian H. Kendig, 160. Auditor: Abraham Howry, 77. Clerk: Jacob Riddle, 255. LAMPETER WEST. Judge: Joseph K. Reiff, 91 ; C. S. B. Herr, 127. Inspectors: Beni. Mylin, 50; Jacob Byers, 78; Daniel Ulmen, 82. Assessor: Geo. W. Benedict, 127; Geo. Ulmer, 90. Constable: Philip Shissler, 222. Supervisor: Henry Byers, 137 ; Benj. Elliott, 127; Jacob Burkholder, 101. School Directors: Jacob Herr, 165; John B. Kreider, 177 ; John C. Bald win, 76. Auditor : David Landis, 129; Frank J. Herr, 91. Clerk: Henry Miller, 113; M. H. Krei der, 109 LITTLE BRITAIN. Judge: Wm. Robinson, 125; Wm. Hays, Inspectors: Jeremiah King, 124; Wm W. Hensel, 93. Assessor; Isaac Wood, 117; N. H. Wells, Constable: Wm. P. Scotten, 122; R, K. Clendenin, 93. Justice of the Peace: Washington Walk er, 121; Christopher Hess, 94. Supervisor: Samuel Wright, 118; John Johnson, sr., 122 ; Wm. Peoples, 94 ; Me- Oollough Reath, 92. School Directors: Simpson Preston, 121; ROb’t Gibson, 125; John P. Hays, 93; Rob ert Gainey, 92. Auditor: Wm. P. Haines, 123; E. M. Zell, 93. Clerk: John K. Hamilton, 125; Hardy Lovett, 93. LEACOCK. Judge: Wm. Kennedy, 139. Inspectors: John N. Woods, 138 ; Robert Wade, 49. Assessor: Joel S. Eaby, 133. Constable: Josiak S. Zook, 135; John Miller, 31; John Sides, 6. Justice of the Peace: Abraham Bair, 137. Supervisor: Reuben Wenger, 148; Jos. Harsh, 81; James Lindsay, 108. School Directors: John Smoker, 134; A. R. Spangler, 138. Auditor: Moses Eaby, ;139. Clerk : Jason K. Eaby, 139. LEACOCK UPPER. Judge: Adam Bare, 125; Peter Heller, Inspectors: George K. Swope, 119; Cy rus Miller, 57 ; John B. Raff, 20. Assessor: Lewis Sheaffer, 131; John Kreamer, 63. Constable: Israel K. Mearick, 187. Supervisor: William Lytle, 140; John Pickle, 127 ; Henry Weidler (smith), 68,Eli as C. Heller, 54. School Directors: Adam B. Miller, 128; Christian R. Landis, 132 ; Henry Barton, 66. John Sigle, 64. Auditor: Jacobs. Eby, 131; JohnSoders, 64. Clerk; 11. G. Dissinger, 127; Franklin G. Harple, 68. LANCASTER TWP. Judge: John Johns, 92. Inspectors: M. L. Oberholtzor,47 ; Abra ham Fisher, 38; Benjamin Longeneeker, 8; Abraham Leonard, 7. Assessor: Samuel Horst, 85; Benjamin Huber, 21. Constable: Martin Stanton, 68; Isaac Heiney, 26. Justice of the Peace: Albert E. Carpen ter, 51; D. K. W01f,.23. Supervisor 1 : Benjamin Herfzler, 58; Hen- iristian Johns, 51: P. S. ry Smaling, 49 ; Cl Ewing, 36. School Directors: Michael L. Huver, 97; John Shenk, 96. Auditor: N. Ellmaker, 67 ; Amos Shenk, 21. Town Clerk: \V. T. Youart, 91; C. Bruba ker 2. MOUNT JOY. Judge, 53d District: Daniel E. Gingrich, 26; Cyrus Schwanger, 27; David Farmer, 7 inspector: Christian H. Nissley. 56. Judge, 49th District; Michael (Joer, 69, Inspector, Jacob Faust, 24; Jeremiah Martin, 45. Assessor: Isaac Gish, 129. Constable: Jacob Souders, 114; William Bechtold, 126. Supervisor: Joseph Bamhar(Ll29; Jac. Beamesderfer, 111; Jacob Stauffer, 5; Jos. Bachman, 13. School Directors: John Risser, 129; David Kline, 66. Auditor: John H. Zellers, 128. Clerk: Christian H. Nissley 119. MOUNT JOY BOR. Judge: Alexander Patterson, 143; Henry Shaffner, 17; F. H. Aliys, 10; L. D. Galla gher, 84. Inspectors: John Hogendoblej, 53; Hen ry H. Lons, 107 ; F. A. Ricker, 11; Freder ick Alsbach, 72. Assessor ; J. R. Fitzgearld, 255. High Constable: Peter Waltz, 252. Constable: Jonas Risser, 54; Jacob Shel ley, 192. Justice of the Peace: C. M. Martin, 82; C. W. Johnston, 86; Samuel Eshleman, 80. Councihuen: Jacob Lawrence, 40; Ja cob Hamaker, 91; A. B. Landis, 103; B. F. Eberle, 91. ’ . School Directors: H. B. Dunlap, 139 ; Dr. A. Sheller, 157 ; S. S. P. Lytle, 169. Auditor: Henry Greenawalt, 259. Burgess; B. M. Greider, 252. MANHEIM BOR. Judge: Benjamin L. Gibble, 98; Ben jamin Donavan, 43 ; John Shreiner, 9 ; Inspectors: Benjamin D. Danner, 87; Henry D. Miller, 44. Assessor: Henry Diffenderfer, 102 ; Andrew J. Eby, 40. Burgess: Willoughby Litzenberger, 92: James M. Dunlap, 48. Constable: Josiah H. Gibble, 90; G. W. Fisher, 48. Councilmen: Moses G. filler, 97; Henry Eby, jr., 98; David Fisher, 41; Jonas White, 49. School Directors: Henry C. Boyd, 97; Abram H. Heist, 90; Nathan Worley, 43 ; Henry Arndt, 53. Auditor: Henry C. Gingrich, 100: Jacob G. Leber, 45. MANHEIM TWP. Judge: Peter Hunsecker, 274. Inspectors: John K. Stoner, 167 ; Geo. S. 74. Assessor: A. C. Ilyus, 124; George E. Wisner, 147. Constable: Samuel S. Geist, 260. Supervisor: JacobKepperling,2ll; John K. Grube, 188; Geo. Hauck, 51; George F. Hallman, 44. School Directors: Henry S. Hostetter, 135; John N. Eby, 81; Benj. Workman, 154; Jacob Johr, ir., 151. Auditor: Jacob Esbenshade, 264. Clerk: John Kepperling,263. MANOR. Judge: John Charles, 93; Jacob Myers, 5r.,37; Abram Kline, 26; Jacob S. Witt mer, 121; Frederick Sener, 21; John Do- ner, 76. Inspectors: Joseph Habecker, 95; Ed ward House, 97; Amos Sourbeer, 26; Fred erick L. Frey, 120; Jacob Gamber, 21; Ja cob S. Heiland, 52; Jacob H. Hostetter 23. Assessor: John W. Witmer, 97; M. R, Shenk, 278. Constable: Lewis Hilton, 98; Jacob Pickle, 101; Henry Souder, 6; Levi Able, 164. Justice of the Peace: Jacob Gamber, 98 f Tobias Kauffman, 267. Supervisor: JacobSoures, 111; Christian Gehr, 115; Jacob Greenawalt, 262; Henry Lover, 250. School Directors: Benj. C. Kauffman, 121; Adam S. Deitrich. 100; John Lintner, 279; Jacob C. Mellinger, 252. Auditor: Bernhard Mann, 100; Benjamin Kendig, 135: C. H. Mayer, 142. Clerk: Abram Young, 100; Frederick Stoner, 277. MARIETTA BOR. Judge: Albert Ropp, 195: WilliamH. Eagle, 118; A. B. Cassel, 18. Inspectors: A. B. Cassel, 190; Henry Rollin, 116; William Nixon, 19. Assessor: F. L. Baker. 142; Reuben Welshans, 102; Robert Carroll, 22. Constable: R. A. Child, 40; Samuel Loucks, 90; Daniel Updegraph, 7; Frank Crawford, 77. Justice of the Peace: John Auxer, 226; Jacob Berkart, 28. Sohool Directors: J. M. Larzelere, 139 ; John J. Libhart, 141; James Cush man, 105: George W. Bucher, 106; Geo. Shriner, 17; George U. Goodman, 18. MARTIC. Judge; John Armstrong, 180; George DutikTe, 82. Inspectors: John Horner, 85; Alexander L. Payen, 173. Assessor: James A. Ewing, 146; William N. Gibson, 115. Constable: Hugh O’Neil, 232. Supervisor: Daniel D. Good, 118; David W. Huss, 204: Patrick Moss. 140; Joseph Smith, 56. School Directors: James McCreary. 210; Christian Hackman, 157: Henry Galen. 126, ‘ ' Auditor: Thomas E Ambler, 173; John Galen, 88. Jterk: Daniel MoMichael, 163; David Cramer, 83; Elijah Hagen, 5. PEQUEA. Judge: John Huber, 75; Amos McAllis ter, 75... Inspectors: Abraham Snavely, 10S; Ja cob Heidlebaugh, 43. Assessor: John Zercher, 151. Constable: John Harman, 150. Justice of the Peace: Samuel M. Mylin, 70; John M. Fulton, 82. Supervisor: Benj. Good, 147; Jolm Herr, 128; Emanuel H&rnkh, 20. School Directors: Andrew Mehaffy, 151; John M. Warfel, 150; Benj. Snavely, (1 yr.) Auditor: Jacob L. Hess, 78; Frank Mus selman, 74. Clerk: Jacob D. Will, 79; Levi Reesel, 72. PARADISE TWP. Judge; JohnS.Smith, 130. Inspectors; Joel Bair, 131; Aaron Bane, 22.* Assessor: Elias Miller, 130. 1 Constable; James Smith, 128. Justice of the Peace: H. C. Miller, 1. Supervisor: !Murtin Dennlinger, 12o; Isaac Dennlinger, 127. School Directors: H. H. Sherta, 127; Henry Breckbill, 123 ; Jesse Davis, 8. Auditor: John Dennlinger, 1.30.; Clerk: Henry Baer, 129. PROVIDENCE. Judge: John Strohm, jr., 135; John M. Shenk, 34. Inspectors: P. H. Gochnauer, 110; John Conrad, 41; John Hershock, 26. , Assessor: John M. Martin, 170, Constable : B. ET. Witmer, 79; Benjamin Dyer, 95, Supervisor; John Thomas, 115; Daniel Bair, 169; Peter Reese, 60. School Directors: Jacob F. Andrews, 126; John M. Shenk, 109; John K. Raub, 52; Henry McFaLls, 62. Auditor: John Strohm, jr., 129; John Hershock, 48. Clerk: Amos Groff, 174. PENN. Judge: John Fisher, 110; James Boyd, 80, Inspectors: John Graybill, 112; David Conrad, 78. Clement G. Boyd, 113; Isaac Assessor Gingrich. 76. Constable: Jacob Blocker, 184. Justice of the Peace: David S. Kauffinan, 113; H. R. Hull, 77. Supervisor: Elias C. Heist, 115; Jacob L. Domray, 113; Peter M. Will, 81; John Buffennoyer, 71. School Directors: Jessee Oibblo, 107; Henry E. Stehman, 114; David W. Erb, 70; Isaac Bomberger, 64. Auditor: Joseph Connelly, 112; Peter Sellers, 77., Clerk: Jacob Busser IN9. RAPHO, Judge—s2d Dist.: John Hassler, 50; John Erlsman. Id. Inspectors: George Baker, 34; Jacob Good, 24; Henry Brackbill, 14. Judge—7th Dist.: Tobias H. Hershey, 161. Inspectors; Jacob Kauffman, 70; Henry D. Miller, 63 ; A. H. Reist, 46. Judge—s4th Dist.: John Hippie, 33; L. H. Shank, 17. Inspectors: M. Myers, 19, Wm. Thatcher, 31; Henry Assessor: C. K. Long, 173; Jacob Sum my, 97. Constable: Jacob Schuh, 177; H. Schuh, Justice of the Peace: Peter S. Stauffer, 254. Supervisor: Jacob N. Newcomer, 174; Frederick Fricker, 180; Martin Metzler, 95 ; Daniel Young, 97. School Directors: C. M. Greider. 195; Da- Aid L. Miller, 108; Benj. McCutcheon 63; Henry Martin 87; H. Metzler, 21. Auditor: George Eby, 7, George Biemrs derfer, 72. Clerk: George Buch, 270. SADSBURY. Judge: George Pownall, 113; Hahlon Fox, 30. Inspectors: Simeon B. Pownall, 103; Jacob R. Townsend, 40. Assessor: Wm. r. Brinton, 80; S. Albert Rea, 49; James Coates, 5. Constable : John Proudfoot, 101. Supervisor: B. Carter, 79; S. G. Fo gle, 91; Leonard Rockey, 47 ; William Hoy, 57. School Directors: P. 8. Bush, 96; B. Shan, 100; William M. Noble, 44; Na thaniel Gillespie, 44. Auditor: John Baker, 100; James Walker, 24. Clerk : Jesse Haines, 93. STRASBURG TWP. Elias Brackbill, 122; Frank Judge Clark, 67, Inspectors : H. Hoak, 124; H. Spind ler, 25. Assessor: Daniel Helm, 134. Constable: John Fry, 170. Supervisor: John Winters, 110; D. E. Mayer, 112; Jacob Myers, 83; M. S. Kreider, 81. School Directors: John Bachman, 114 Daniel Helm, 116; Christian Hoo ver, 67; Henry Musser, 70. Auditor: John Bachman (3 yrs.), 176; Enos B. Herr, (1 yr.), 177. Clerk : Jacob Martin, 179. SALISBURY. Judge: Samuel J. Henderson, 301; Win. Hamilton, 118. Inspectors: F. Miller Trout, 1.18; Daniel Lee, 147 ; Thomas W. Henderson, 120. Assessor: Arthur B. Ayres, 341. Supervisor: Hariison Ross, 306; John Sanders, 205; Isaac C. Thompson, 200. School Directors: Jacob ifmble, 313; R. W. Morton, 298; James Hamilton, 117; David Miller, 113. Auditor: Clinton Hines, 312; John Pat ton, 115. Town Clerk: Peter Worst, 315; U. G. Worst, 114. WARWICK Judge: Levi G. Komper, 218; Justice Dielim, 151. Inspectors: Tobias Martin, 238; Uriah Carpenter, 95. Assessor: Peter Witiner, 240; Chas. R. lvreiter, 94 School Directors: f Litiz,) Clement Geitner, 68; Emanuel Kauffman. 57. Constuble: Isaac Holl, 238; Ferdinand Burkholder, 24. Justice oTthe Peace: Andrew B. Hack man, 243. Supervisor; John Bollinger, 238; Sum’l H. Fry, 236; Henry F. Landis, 101; Blasius Gonder, 96. School Directors: Martin Rudy, 105; Ja cob L. Stehman, 177; John Uipple, 104; Hiram Kline, 136; Henry B. Buch, 75; Samuel Bomberger, 77. Auditor; Clement Geitner, 239. Clerk: Martin N. Stark, 239 ; Obed Bow man 94. JUSTICES OF THE iPEACE—ELECTED IN MARCH 1866. Manor —Jacob Kaufman. East Lampeter —Calvin Cooper. Warwick —Andrew B. Hackman. Little Britain —Washington Walker. t\ilton —James Hanna and Geo. Zook. Marietta —John Auxer. Pequea —John M. Fulton. Conestoga —Benjamin Urban. Elizabeth —James E. Donley. West Earl —A. E. Sellere. East Cocalico —Cyrus Beam. Penn —David 8. Kauffman. Lancastei —Albert E. Carpenter. West Donegal —Samuel Bossier and Ja- cob Donecker. West Cocalico —F. Augustus Streln and B. B. Flickinger. Drumore —John Moore. Borough of Mount Joy —E. M. Martin and C. W. Johnston. Columbia Borough — Upper Ward— Morris Clark. Lower Ward —Samuel Evans. Caernarvon— Edward D. White. Leacock —Abraham Bair. Earl— Roland Diller. Colerain —James K. Simpson and Wm. L. Galbraith. East Hempfleld— John G. Brown. The Sreat Bale of Condnet. The rule of conduct followed by Lord Erakine—a man of sterling indepen dence of principle and scrupulous ad herence to truth—ls worthy of being engraved on every young man’s heart. “ It was a first command and counsel of my earliest youth," he said, "always to do what my conscience told me to be a doty, and to leave the consequence to God. I shall carry with me the mem ory, and, I trust, the practice, of this parental lesson, to the grave. I have hitherto followed It, and I have no rea son to complain that my obedience to it has been a temporal sacrifice. I have found it, on the contrary, the road to prosperity and wealth, and I shall point out the same path to my children for their pursuit.” And there can be no doubt, after all, that the only safe rule of conduct is to follow implicitly the guidance of an enlightened conscience. NUMBER 12. English Horses and their Owners. The Stables of Earl Derby, tbe Dube of Bnecleugb and tbe Dube of Beaufort A KimoaH Gorrespondence of the N. Y, Evening Post. Torquay, Devonshire, Eng., Fob. 7. Ferhaps tbe most striking thing to an American visiting England is the size and perfection of the stables. For in stance: at Kflowsley, near Liverpool— the Earl of Derby's estate—the Btables are very complete. They consist of a quadrangle two hundred feet square, including a paved yard; in the centre a covered place for washing carriages, and beyond this a circle in Btraw, also under cover, for exercising horses in bad weather. LORD DERBY’S ESTABLISHMENT. The Earl's stables consist of a series of rooms from fifteen to twenty feet square on two sides of the quadrangle, aad rooms fifteen by fifty or seventy fCTk on the third side. The fourth side, likewise divided into apartments, is ap propriated for carriages. I The state carriage, which is very or nate, has a room—parlor, in fact—to it self; thqn come an endless succession of coupes, park and pony phaetons, Landaus, Alberts, Victorias, &c.; and in a long hall beyond this is au apartment filled with agreat variety of four-in-hand and park “drags," vans for conveying luggage to and from, the railways, dog carts, an omnibus for conveying the ser vants to church, &c. The prevailing color for the state and dress carriages is yellow, with crimson silk curtains to plate glass windows. All the dress and park carriages are scarlet, the running gear being picked out with black. The style of carriage most generally used afthisseason is the Landau; the top of which, dividing in the middle, each half falling back, makes a pleasant open carriage in fine weather, and can be readily converted into a close carriage when necessary. The stable and rooms at Knowsley are panelled in dressed oak about Bix feet high, the walls and ceilings being hard finished and painted some neutral tint; the floors stone, pipe clayed daily, a single plate-glass lantern, with gas, 1 being in the centre of each. The roomß, fifteen by twenty feet square, each con tain one pair of carriage horses, the room being sometimes (generally) divi ded into two loose boxes. There were fifteen pair of these, all dark brown, about fifteen hands three inches high, except two pair of slate-colored horses, and sixteen and a half high, and with their names flaunted over tneir heads, all beginning with D—such as Doncas ter, Dlomed, Damon, Dancer, Donereil. Dust, Doom, &c., &c. These were all in superb condition when we saw them, so far as flesh and lustre of coats were concerned, but with many of them the legß were bandaged, the animals hav ing come down from town the day be fore “considerably knocked up" the £room said, by the hard work of the iondon season. Although the day was warm they were all hooded and double blanketed, the under blanket and hood being scarlet, and the upper (half whip blanket) being white cloth, with the earl’s coronet and crest worked in scar let and blue in the corner. The single horses, hacks, riding horses, &e., were in stables containing each twelve stalls, six and one-half feet wide. Day and night the horses are kept well bedded with fresh, bright straw. Everything is, of course, in the finest possible order, there being a groom and helperallowed to four horses ; and I saw one of these helpers, who had nothing else to do, polishing the tinesof a pitch fork, and tossing as English grooms always do while dressing a horse. There are thirty-five grooms and six coach men at Knowsley ; thirty-five men and five women in the gardens; twenty-five lodges and gates in the Park; and fifty other cottages for gardeners, game keepers, foresters, &c. There were about Bixty horses here; the carriage horses costing from three hundred to eight hundred pounds a pair. THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUGH. The next best stables, out of some sixty or seventy we have seen, were at Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh, the seatof the Duke of Buccleugh. The Duke being a hunting man, there were fewer carriage horses here than at Knowsley, but more hunters, about ninety, when the family is at Dalkeith. The stables here, as everywhere else in England, surround four sides of a quadrangle, and are, as at Knowsley, divided into rooms containing two, sometimes only one box, thoroughly lighted and venti lated, and as clean fmd bright as any parlor ; in fact they only require a mir ror and a carpet to convert them into one of the small private parlors of the Astor House. The treatment and ap pearance of the horses were the same here as elsewhere. Endless hand rub bing and polishing with chamois leather and always hooded and double blanketed. The speciality at Daekeith is the sad dle-room—beautifully finished, with a fine bright soft coal fire in an open fire place—surrounded on the four sides by saddle racks, on each of which was the saddle, and under the double bridle bits and chains, and over the name of the horse to which they belonged. The chains, bits, and stirrups were brighter than the newestsilver. Thisisdone by daily burnishing them with steel chains, or rather steel bags, covered on one side with wash leather, the bits, chains, &c., being burnished by this little steel bag or square, (some three inches wide,) the wash leather preventing the moisture of the hand from coming in contact with the polishing chains. Here also, as elsewhere, all hunters, as soon as they come in, also the riding and carriage horses, are immediately washed all over from head to heel, deluged in fact, and then immediately double hooded and doubled blanketed and left for half an hour. At the end of this time they are uncovered and found perfectly dry and dean. “ All that remains,” the groom said, “ was to polish them off." THE HUNTERS. Having said this much for the stables, I will now say something about their masters. I should say the life of most Englishmen between thirty and sixty who can afford to subscribe £5 a year to a hunt was from ten in the morning to six in the evening in the saddle, in red coat, blue cravat, white breeches, and top boots. During the autumn and winter .there are meets of different packs every day, except Sunday, at distances from three to thirty miles from any and every place where you may happen to be. if the hounds meet at a moderate distance, you either ride over quietly on your hunter, or sending him very early ill the morning, you ride over on your hack, and find your hunter fresh for you attheplace where the hounds throw off. If, on the contrary, the meet (usual ly at eleven o’clock) takes place twenty or thirty miles off, you put yourself In to some early train, of which there al ways seems one just right about nine, and your horse into a hunting van, of which there are several attached to every train, and in an hour you are thirty miles off and your horse per fectly fresh. You follow the hounds ten, twenty, thirty miles, and when the fox or the day is ended your pocket Bradshaw will tell you the nearest sta tion where you can find a horse van— never over five or six miles —and seven or eight o’clock finds you quietly seated at dinner. Nothing more remains for the hunting Englishman than to regu late the tie of his white cravat, which is apt to twist after dinner nearer his ear than his chin, feel quite confident ofbelng able to say “Tooral Rooral Country,” or to Join the ladles for his cup of coffee before he retires to bed. A NIMROD. The great Nimrod in England Just now is the Duke of Beaufort, who, with his son,the Marqulsof Worcester,hunts every day, except Sunday, from Octo ber to the Bth of May, in order to kill the May fox. The Duke’s place, Bad minton, in Gloucestershire, about thirteen miles from Bath, has a very superb house, with an avenue of beeches four hundred years old, and the avenuo is three miles long and five hundred feet wide, in beautifully soft and green turf, the parkaboundingin deer, amongthem a great many red deer, unusual in Eng land. The feature of the place Is the stud.— square of ten lines; ten per oent* Innresseltor Craotionsofa^e^r. —- r:—- Buw&Rini msuit WoWßMSftllWyfff" xbaz* Anvzßxzsrsa, 7. cento a Une for the firsthand** eentrfor eacfr sntaeqiM&ruißcr- • Panorr Umdiohoeb and other advert* TO (Ad, column: •-••■ ,v Onecolumn, 1 Half column,! year., W Third oolumn,! year r 40 , Quarter column, so . BoanrEssGAsne, often lines or less, .■ • - one 10 Business Cards.tlve lines or less, one . XiSOAii AKn othzb Notices^ Execntora* n0t10ea~...~......,.....-..~.. SLOO ■ Administrators* Ti*rtlftps. i. ' i■ ■■ i 3.00 Assignees’ — *oa Auditors’ notices UW Other “ Notices,'’ ten lines, or less, three times, .. .60 We were fortunate in falling into the bands of the etud groom, a gentleman ly intelligent person, who gave us a thorough insight into huUUng life. He exhibited to us forty thorough-bred hunters in active service, besides-quan tities of hacks, carriage-horses, ponies for the Duchess and children, &c. The Duke requires twelve fresh hunters every day, (rain, snow, or storm never deter him from going out;) three for himself, three for the Marquis, of Wor-. cester, who is only nineteen—the Duke about forty—three for the huntsman, and one for each of the three whip pers-in. * \ The horses are always sent the night before to the meet, unless it may be within five miles, when they are walked over verjkearly in the morning* The dogs are sent over in three vans, each drawn by four mules. The Duke always drives over in a four-in-hand drag, changing horses every ten miles, the change being sent over, like the hunters, either the night before or very early in the morning. The work the Duke did the day we were at Badminton (as we found out the day after from a postilion who drove us to Bo w ood, th e Marquis of Lansdovrao’B) was as follows: J3© left Badminton at nine o’clock in a four-in-hand drag, driving himself twenty miles to Chip penham with two changes. Here he mouuted his horse—the second being ridden across the country by short outs and by a light groom. The hoUndß threw oil' at Sioperton Cottage, fa mous as being so long the resi dence of Tom Moore, near Devices. They ran the hounds eighteen miles before killing it—eighteen miles back, making thirty-six miles; brought the Duke to Chippenham about seven in the evening, where, resuming his drag, he drove home to Badminton, get ting there to dinner about nine. The hunters and dogs in the vaus reached home about eleven P. M, The stud groom said he supposed the Duke dally averaged thirty or forty miles In the saddle, besides twenty-five to fifty in th£ drag. The next day twelve fresh horses and another pack of hounds, and so on all winter. The stable yard was filled with grooms, helpers, post-boys, and white leather breeches fluttering in thfl wind to dry. In the porch of the beautiful old church counected aud adjoining the house, and where all his ancestors are burled, including the uncle, Lord Rag lan, who was the English commander iu-chief In the Crimea, were four pair of the Duke’s leather breeches, freshly pipe-clayed, knocking in the wind against the church door. H. W. 8. The Garden Spot of America. I heard the love of home oddly illus trated in Oregon, one night in a country bar-room. Some well-dressed men, in a state of strong drink, were boasting of their respective places of nativity. “ I,” said one, “was born In Missis sippi, where the sun ever shines, and the magnolias bloom all the happy year round.” “ And I,” said another, “ was bora In Kentucky—Kentucky, the home of im passioned oratory ; the home of Clay; the State of splendid women, of gallant men.” “And I,” said another, was bora in Virginia, the home of Washington; the birth-place of statesmen; the State of chivalric deeds and noble hospitality.” “And T,” saida yellow-haired, and sallow-faced man, who was not of this party at all, and who had been quietly smoking a short black pipe by the fire during their magnificent conversation —“ And I was born in the garden spot of America.” “ Where is that?” they asked. “ Skeouhegan, Maine, ” he replied kin I sell you a razor strop ?” When to Begin- “That you may find succes.” said Rev. Charles Brooks, in an address to boys, “let me tell you how to proceed. To-night begin your great plan of life. You have but one life to live, and'it Is immeasurably important that you do not make a mistake. To-night begin carefully. Fix your eye on the fortieth year of your age, and say to yourself, ‘At the age of forty I will be a temper ate man, will be an industrious man, an economical man, a benevolent man a well-bred man, a religious man, and a useful man. I will be bucU an one. I resolve and I will stand to ltd My young friends, let this resolution be firm as adamant; let it stand like the oath which cannot be wind-shaken.” Follow the Bight. No matter who you are, what your lot, or where you live, you cannot afford to do that which is wrong. The only way to happiness and pleasure for your self is to do the right thing. You may not always bit the mark, but you should always aim for it, and with every trial your skill increases. Whether you are to be praised or blamed for it by others; whether it will Heemingly make you richer or poorer, or whether no other persons than yourself know of your action, still always, and it&all cases, do the right. The Sacred Ball. It is well known that the late Dr. Huffnagle, of New Hope, imported from India, a "sacred bull,” and a cow of the same stock. From this pair Mr. H. raised a bull, which was full grown and recently sold to Col. Dan Bice, for exhibition with bis curiosities at his menagerie. Col. Bice sent his men to Mr. Huffnagle's to take the bull to the city, while the men were engaged In putting the ring in his nose, theanlmal tossed the man into the air. A rope had previously been placed around tne horns of the bull, to aid in bolding him, and the men gave this rope a quick Jerk, threw the bull down and bis neck was broken by the fall. They then loaded the carcass into a wagon and took it to the city. In due time the skin of the beast will no doubt be stuffed and on exhibition. These are curious animals, looking more like a camel than the ox. This one stood 15 hands high, with a hump, like that of the camel, on his withers. They are certainly a great curiosity, and it is a' Eity his life was destroyed. Dan Bice as recently imported a hippopotamus or river horse, a horned horse, and a Royal Bengal tiger, to add to his exhi bition. Thesacred bull was worthsl,ooo. —Doylcstown Democrat The New Conservative Union Farty. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says: The new conservative Union party movements will soon be in full blast. The Base Ball Club rooms have been opened at 400 Twelfth Btreet, between E and F, where the committee will soon arrange for dally meetings. The call for a mass meeting next Saturday' will be published in the city papers'to morrow, and persons leave here in the mornlDg for New York, Boston and elsewhere to collect some promised funds and to put the ball in motion. The club will circulate speeches, docu ments, &c., and supervise the organiza tion of branch dubs throughout the oountry. The chairman of the club’s ■Finance Committee visited the Presi dent to-day and is said to have been promised the necessary public patronage. The Washington correspondent of, the Philadelphia Ledger says there la no truth in the statement that has gone abroad to the effect, that the President was in favor of the resolutions of Mr. Stewart, of Nevada, looking to 1 general Suffrage and general 1 amnesty at the ISouth.
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