3Ue iauaister antrtttaritftt, Published every Wednesday by H. G. SMITH * CO A. J. Steinman- H. G. Smith. TEUMS—i'wo Dollars per itnaum, payable all oases In advance. OFFlCE—Southwest corner of Centre SIiOARB. • letters on business should be ad dressed to H. G. Smith & Co. _ PtWWfJJ. Donald McGrle and tils Indigo. A TALE OF OLD AHFHDEEN In matters of business, if you can help it, as far as possible never commit yourself by speaking first, andon no account commit yourself by speaking hastily. If these propositions can be tolerated by the reader, let him readori and know that the hero ol this little moral sketch was a douce and canny Scot, a small trader, well known in Ab erdeen forty years ago. He was a chap mau in a promiscuous hue. In fact why should we attempt to disguise the truth? he kept what in London would be called a chandler’s shop. He condescended, merely for the con venience of his immediate neighbors, to sell candles so low as a farthiug apiece, indeed, he would, for the nouce, fur nish light so attenuated that you might purchase two for a farthing, and yet he nad small beer in ilia emporium more attenuated still. He also sold dyeing materials, among which I might have classed his small ale, and he had cocu las indicus to set oil' against a halt penny’s worth of salt, barilla against two sheets ol parliament cake lor a baubee, and indigo by tbe pound against snull’by the half ounce. Indeed, our trustworthy friend, Don ald M'Grie, had no small pride in his shop ; and the street in which he lived iu Lhegudeauld town of Aberdeen, had just so much pride iu Donald, Really r Donald was a safe chlel; he kept his accounts accurately, both with God and/ man, for he was as punctual at kirk as iu his payments, and, as he allowed no long scores with his neighbors, he took rare never to run in debt by crimes ol omission, which must be some day set tled before a tribunal so awful. Having thus sufficiently described Donald’s circumstances, \l’e must now proceed to narrate thujirst grand step that he made towards acquiring the splendid fortune that he so well de served and lived so long to enjoy. ~ He was out of indigo —that is to say, all the indigo that he lately had, had gone out from his warehouse by driblets. Thereupon he writes a letter to a house iu Loudon, a drysalter’s in the most ex* tensive line of business, ordering “Forty - one pons weightof indigo,’’stating at the same time that if there was not a vessel, they must "yet aw;." Such were the exact words lie used. Now, at the lime this occurred, com munication between Aberdeen and London was rare, and at farthest, four Limes in the year was the utinosiextent that Donald McGrie and his wholesale dealers addressed each other, 'there were no telegraph lines by which Donald could have instantaneous communica tion with the world over; nor, for the maLter of that, fast steam packets traversing Ihesea, norrailwaysthelaud; nothing bill those slow-sailing packets which Look time, and plenty ot it, to make their trips from port to port, or , the equally slow stage coaches. As 1 have 1 said, four times in the year was the extent of the communication between Aberdeen and London. Remembering this fad, let us proceed. The dealers were very much surprised at the extent ; of the order received from Donald. The 1 reader will not wonder at it when lie is , informed that they could neversuppose for a moment that a vessel could be ordered on purpose to carry forty-one pounds of indigo; so, after much scru tiny of the very hieroglyphical marks of M’Grie ali the heads of the linn took it firmly into their heads that their cor respondent had fairly written tor iorty one tons. They knew very little of the man, and of the nature and extent of his business; all, however, that they did know was most satisfactory; they had done business with him for nearly twenty years, and had, during all that time, been extremely well pleased with the puucLuulity of liis payments, added to which they had heard that he was wealthy. Upon ali these grounds, they, without hesitation, executed the order; but, as they had not anything like the quantity on baud, they were themselves forced to become purchasers, in order to fulfil the commission. Having col lected the quantity that they had sup posed that Donald had specified, they shipped it for Aberdeen, sending with it an in voice, and also a bill ol lading by post. When M’Grie received this precious bill of lading, his astonishment was at ouce ludicrous and stupendous. At length, in order to give himself a little mental relief, he determined to set it down as a hoax, for, said he, “What on earth can the people of London mean by sending me forty-one tons of indigo?”* It was more than sufficient, with the then consumption, to supply Aberdeen for a guide Scotch generation—twenty one years, However, his prudence still prevailed over every other operation oi his miud. Like a canny Scot, he kept liis per plexity to himself, for nothing was farther from his thoughts than to run hither and thither with his mouth open, aud the letter in liis hand, iu order to tell liis tale of wonder, and ex cite the stupid exclamations of his neighbors. Notwithstanding this stoical conduct, lie could not so far command his deportment, but that those about him remarked a definite, though a mysterious change iu liis whole man. He was nearly silent; but the activity of his feet made up for the idLeness of liis tongue. He was fidgetty, repeatedly leaving his shop without any conceiva ble reason, and returning hastily to it on thesame rational grounds. Foronce in his life, his neighbors thought that wily Donald did not very well know what he was about. In the midst of this agitation, time and tide, which wait for no man, brought the vessel that bore the indigo to Aberdeen. It would seem that, in order to quiekeu Mr. Donald’s appre hension, site had an extraordinary quick passage. No sooner was she moored, than the captain hastened to find the ■ merchant to whom this large and valu able cargo was consigned. Having gone previously to the first merchants, he, by nice gradations, at length arrived at the shop of the actual consignee, honest Donald M’Grie. Indeed, the skipper was us much astonished at the minute ness of the warehouse as M’Grie had been at the magnitude of his cargo, for the warehouse, had it contained nothiug else, would not have held the one-fifth of the consignment. After the first few introductory sen tences, that made each aware ol what was their mutual business, the captain became convinced that all was right, from the quiet conduct of Donald, who betrayed neither emotion nor surprise, though at the same time his heart was melting within him, as melts an ex posed rush-light on a sunshiny sum mer’s day. “ And sae, sir, ye’ll be sure ye 'a brought the tottle of forty-one tons. A hugeous quantity, eh, sir ? Aud did ye ever ken any one mon hue sac mickle before ?” “Never, Mr. M’Grie, never. Why, sir, do you kuow that the difficulty of getting all the indigo together had an effect' on the market. It was full three farthings the pound dearer on ’Change the very day 1 left London.” “O, ay—purely. It was —was it? Now, I’ll just put ane case —not that it is o’ the slightest consequence, but merely to satisfy my conjecture —sup- posing, mon, ye had all this indigo, what would you just do wi’ it?” “ Why,” said the skipper, “ I should not have bought it unless I wanted it; and if I had wanted it I should have known what to do with it. This is Mr. M’Grie, precisely your case.” “Ah, well, my mon, but you’re an unco’ cannie chiel. Do you na ken whether his precious majesty, may God bless • him. ain’t guan to make the vol unteer laddies wear blue regimentals— blue is a pure standing color.” % “ Why, I don’t know, but some re port of that sort may be stirring, for what with your large demand, and other matters, indigo is certainly get ting up. But my time is precious. Here’s your bill oi lading, so just sign my—ah, all right—when and where shall I discharge the cargo?” I'ancastcv fit teliigcnSefi VOLUME 67. “Don’t fash yourself, there’s nae hurry. I’ll just speak to two or three of my worshipful correspondents, and let you know on the morrow, or aiblins the next day after. I may hae to send to Edinbro’ anent the matter.” “Ah, yes, I understand, a joint con signment. It won’t prove a bad specu lation, I’m thinking. Good morning, Mr. McGrie.” So away trudged the skipper, leaving the owner of much indigo in a state of doleful perplexity, such as ought not to befad any nonest man. All that night he kept exclaiming, “Gude Lord, gude Lord, what shall I do with all this in digo? Na, na, Donald will not commit himself. But it’s a mickle heap.” Very early was Donald aboard the next morning inquiring of everybody all the possible uses to which indigo could be put. He got but very little sat isfaction on this point. He began him self to look dark blue. He had almost resolved upon a journey to London, awful as it appeared to him, to have this mistake explained, but he still resolved to wait a little, and do nothing in a hurry. The next thing that happened to Donald, with his forty one tons of dye, was his sad reflections when an old woman came and bought of him one farthing’s worth of stone blue. “Had ye na better try indigo, my gude faieu?” says Donald to the old washer woman. “And what think ye, gude mon M’Grie, I’ll be doing with indigo in the suds? Oot awa, mon, hut yer gaffing a puir old body.” So ofl the old lady .trudged with a damaged temper. ‘ “Had I sold a farthing’s worth o’ this domned indigo, ’twould have been a beginning. Had the auld washer bodies hae taken to it! and every little helps.” , . , About this time, the skipper who had brought the indigo was just passing the principal inn of Aberdeen, he observed a post-chaise and four, with the horses all foam, stop with a most imposing jerk at the door, and the managing and confidential clerk of Hubbens, Hob bins and Bobbins, the eminent drysalt ers. r lhe clerk almost flew into the arms of the skipper, and with breath less* eagerness asked him if he had de livered the indigo to M’Grie?” “ No ; it is still in the vessel, but he has the manifest and the bill of sale.” Then the property is now vested in “As securely as the hair upon your head is your own property. He seems cautious even for a .Scotchman.” “Is he in a large line of business?” “ i can’t really say that. We should call his place of trade nothing better than a chandler’s shop in London. But they mauage things in another way here.” “ What can he possibly waut with all this indigo? He has actually drained the market, and we have just received advices that all the crops of indigo have failed in the West Indies. There are also a large demand for it from govern ment, and it is now actually worth its weight in gold. “ You don’t say so. he was saying something like it. No doubt but that some West ludiaman has brought the news here of the failure of the crops. Besides, he talked largely about his correspondents.” “Ami I am losing all this precious time! Where does he live? I know nothing about the place.” “ I will go with you, if you choose. I should like to see how the deuce Scot manages it.” No, good captain. Just show me the door. If I prosper, you will just have to take thestuff back to London.” “So I thought. Butmind your bear ings ami distances with M’Grie. He is an over-cautious tradesman.” It had beeu a dullmoruing with Don ald. He had sold a little snuff' and a little sand, a little cheese, and a half score of ballads for a halfpenny, but not a particle of indigo, or no more stone or powdered blue. He was never known to give such short weight. He had wrangled awfully with his few custom ers, and was, altogether, in a very misty humor. “ I would just gie twa puuds Scotch to get out of tliis scrape, and some odd silver over;” and as he thus exclaimed aloud lie struck the poundof butterthat he was making up with his wooden paddles a blow so spiteful, that it re sounded like the report of a pistol. At tliis moment the clerk entered. He paused for a space just within its threshold, scornfully surveyed the shop and its contents, looked with an air that was not far short of contempt on its proprietor, and immediately settled in his mind his plan of action. He was something of the petit maitre , so he placed his white cambric handkerchief before his nose and mouth and then Jerking it away exclaimed. “Faugh !” taking from his waistcoat pocket a smelling bottle, which likeSliakspeare’s popinjay, " Ever anil aunn he gave it to his nose, And took’taway again.” But it was Donald who, Being angry when it next came there. Took’ii iu biiull." “What would ye please to buy, lonest man ?” said Donald pettishly. “Buy, my good fellow, buy! Does any one ever buy anything here? You will pardon me, but the stench is in tolerable.” “Ye fause young callaut! Here be naething but wholesome smells, such as sic pair thread-paper bodies as your gaiuself might grow sleek upon. An' ye no like the odor, healthfu’ as it be, twist round yer ugly snout, and there lies the doorway. So tramp, ye ne’er do-weel.” “ Pardon me. lam sure, sir, I did not come to quarrel with you, but merely to rectify a mistake. I believe I am speaking to Mr. M’Grie —Mr. Donald M’Grie?” “Ye don't lee, woo,” said Donald, very moodily. “ I wisli to release you from a great deal of uneasiness, in making right this little mistake of yours.” “And pray where may ye be from ?” “.London, Mr. M’Grie the centre of the arts, the seat of sovereignty—the emporium of the world —but that is nothing here nor there —I come from London, Mr. M’Grie.” - “And how long might ye a’made this long journey ? Aiblius by the slow wagon?” . “ It is you that areslow, my good sir.” said the clerk, flourishing his handker chief tastefully. “Chaise and four spanked along —astonished the natives never lost a moment, I assure you.” “Ye'll be making a long stay, nae doubt, in bonny Aberdeen?” “ Not a moment after I’ve rectified this little mistake. Southward ho! That’s the word “ So,” thought Donald, “ this spruce you chap is come, I’m sure, about the indigo. I'll save my two pounds Scots and the odd silver. He did not travel post for nothing. 1 shall be clear of my bargain free. But let us not be in a hurry.” “ Y'e are come to Aberdeen about the indigo doubtless ?” said Donald after a pause, and very deliberately. “ Yes. My principals feel sure that you’ have made a trifling mistake in the amount of your order ; so, to relieve your anxiety, they have sent me down to you, to say that they are willing to take the indigo back, and release you from your bargain, provided that you will pay the freight-and a very gener ous otter it is, I can tell you.” “ I am sure that I am over obliged to the gude gentlemen. But pray, sir, who may be yer ainsel’ ? A modest young man, nae doubt, but humble —yer pre ferment’s all to come. One would just like to know whom one is treating wi’ —some junior clerk, or perhaps one of the warehousemen ?—surely ye no be ane of the porters ?” Very indignant indeed was the fop at these degrading conjectures. With much hauteur he exclaimed, “ I must acquaint you that I am the confidential principal and menacing director of the firm’s vast mercantile operations; that I am a near relation of Mr. Hubbens, the head of the firm ; and that I have full power and authority to do just what I please in this, as in every other trans action. My name, sir, is Daniel Hub bens, at your service. What do you say to my offer?” “ I should like to glance at your au thority—no offence.” Mr. Daniel Hubbena was offended, but finding the Scotchman firm, hewas obliged to give him .the necessary vouchers that he was empowered to treat with him for a re-sale of the mer chandise. The examination of this document still further opened the eyes of M’Grie to the value of his late pur chase, and he finally became more dogged and consequential. Mr. Hubbens. perceiving the turn affairs were likely to take, and that he had a difficult task to perform, at once altered the loftiness of his manner, and said: “ Well, well, my dear sir, the feet i-q you have long bought from us, I wish now to see if we, our_very respectable firm, cannot purchase from you. So come down to my inn, and we’ll talk the matter over a bottle of the best you can call for.” “Ou, there’s nae occasion; just say ’a here.” “ No, no, my dear sir ; come with me you must. I am very tired, and the best supper that Aberdeen can produce is providing for us two.” “ Sae ye are prepared for me. I un derstand. Ye would nae ta’en all this troublous wark for little. I’ll awa wit you, my man.” And away they both went; in the short journey; to the inn Donald cogi tating on the utmost he should ask for the resale of the indigo, and the man aging clerk endeavoring to divert his thoughts from the value of the goods in his possession. Tlie supper and its accessories were the besttliat ever fell to the lot of Donald to share ; but he was prudent, and the clerk gained no advantage through the meansofhislavish expenditure of choice wines, so, after many nourishes, and much circumlocution, he was forced to put the plain question to his guest, “ What will you take to pass your cargo of indigo back to our firm.” “ Troth, Mr. Hubbens, I’m at a lossa bit. What will ye gie truly ?” “Why, Mr. M’Grie, the fact is. we have received a very unexpected order for the articie, and our people have em powered me to come to Aberdeen and oiler you a thousand pounds to return the cargo just as you got it. There is a glorious chance for you! A thousand pounds! Don’t you feel yourself in heaven ?” “ No, no; I’m belteradvised than that comes to. 1 diilua buy the mickle Jot but upon souud calculations. 1 have friens, sir, friens who have the first in- telligence.” It is as I expected, thought the clerk: he has had the first news of the general failure of the crops. “ I’ll tell you what it is, Mr. M’Grie —it is a bold step, but i’ll take it upon myself to double the offer. Two thous and, sir, two thousand ! Hey ?” “Indeed, no, my man. I can make mair o’t than that.” “ Well, I must let you keep it,” said i 6 youngster, with an air of well af- fected indifference. “ Weel, weel, young sir, here’s to yer verra gude health, young sir, and a pleasant journey back.” “Thank you sir. May the indigo prosper with you !” They drank two glasses of wine each in silence. The mortification of Hub bens could not be concealed, whilst M’Grie’s visage represented content carved out in stone. After a considerable pause, the clerk lost his temper entirely—his patience had long gone before it—and he resum ed the attack upon the imperturbable Donald. At length the would-be pur chaser, not at all liking the prospect and the shame; of an unsuccessful journey back to liis principals, in a fit of desper ation pulled out his private instructions and said: “Here, read that, obstinate man of iron that you are. Just so far am I permitted to go, and no farther.” M’Grie read very deliberately that his host was empowered to offer him the freight both ways, and four thousand pounds. “ It is driviug me hard,” said Donald; “ but as you are an unco’ amiableyoung man, and no’ to fash you with your employers, { 4 gude men, I’ll just consent. And to show ye that I can b • liberal too, why, when ye hae settled the reck oning, I’ll stand a pint o’ Glenlivet atween the twa of us.” After this, the transaction was im mediately wound up, and the money paid down. Donald M'Grie took this accession of fortune coolly and temperately. He reflected that men make a thousand uulucky for one lucky mistake, and that cargoes of indigo don’t always quadruple themselves in price when bought by misadventure. Reflecting upon all this, he resolved at this, the proper seasou, to retire from business. So lie made over his stock in trade and his house to his nephew— "for a con sideration” of course—and bought the lands of C 0 , which at this mo ment are worth five times the money paid for them. We have made out our case, and that by the means of no fiction. It well ex emplifies our moral, “In matters of moment, never speak first, and never speak hastily.” In the lives of the most unfortunate among us, many lucky opportunities occur. It is neither the learned nor the clever who know best how to seize them, and to turn them to the best advantage. This faculty be longs to the prudent. Had Donald M’Grie spoken first, and spoken the wish of his heart, he would have said, “ Pray take fifty pounds, and release me from my bargain.” He held his tongue until it was a proper time to speak, and thus realized a handsome independence for himself and his chil dren. Inspired Eloquence, Iu one of the most populous of the western towiTs of the Commonwealth resided two orthodox deacons: one, Deacon Biddle, a wealthy resident of the principal village, the other Deacon Crawfoot, a plain farmer, and living iu the . ut-kirts upou the mountain side. During a protracted meeting, held in the village, Deacon Crawfoot came iu to attend it, and received and accepted an invitation to dine with his brother deacon. The latter (it was a good many years ago) had champagne upon his table, and asked Deacon Crawfoot to take a glass of wine. “ No,” said Dea con Crawfoot, “ I never take wine.” “But,” urged his entertainer, “this is as harmless as cider, and no more intoxicating. “Well,” re plied the farmer, “if that be the case, I will drink of it.” And he did drink and drank freely. The dinner ended, the brethren returned to the meeting, which was a conference. Very soon after entering Deacon Crawfoot, who evidently felt the inspiration of his gen erous dinner, started to his feet and ad dressed his brethren as follows: “It seems to me, brethren, that I never had such spiritual views and emotions as I experience now. And I thought it best to inquire whether these are confined to myself: or whether this may not be indeed a peutecostal season. Why, brethren, I never had such spiritual views aud emotions. It seems as if I was sitting astride the roof of this our consecrated temple, the organ swelling beneath me, the bells pealing above me, and every shingle on the meeting’us playing on a jewsharp !”—New Bedford Mercury. The state Sinking: Fund. We clip the following from the finan cial column of this morning’s Ledger : The bids yesterday opened at Harrisburg, by the Commissioners of the State Sinking Fund, in response to invitations for pro- sell one million of the five per cent. State bonds and one million of the six per cent. Slate bonds, .did not bring out sellers to anything like the amounts so licited. The entire amount offered was but $818,421, of which $790,421 were 5 per cent, loans, and only $28,000 of 6 per cent, loans. The latter were offered at 1041@105, and the fives at from par and interest down to 963. The high prices named by sellers afford little opportunity for the State to make much money from the purchase of its own over due obligations, but they establish the good credit of the Commonwealth, and point to theihope that this may be the last time that the law will require the Sinking Fund Commissioners to resort to this very reprehensible mode of meeting the past-due State bonds. LANCASTER PA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 211866 Arteuius Ward In London. Mb. Punch, My Dear Sir:— l was a little disapinted in not receiving a invi tation to jine in the meetins of the So cial Science Congress. I don’t exackly see how they get on without me. I hope it wasn’t the intentions of the Sciencers to exclood me from their de liberations. Let it pare. Ido not repine. Let us remember Homer. Twenty cities claim Homer dead, thro' which the livin Mr. Homer couldn’t have got trusted for a sandwich and a glass of bitter beer, or words to that effect. But perhaps it was a oversight. Cer tainly I have been hosspitably rec’d in this country. Hospitality has been pored all over me. At Liverpool I was asked to walk all over the docks, which are nine miles long; and I don’t re member a instance since my 'rival in Loudon of my gettin into a cab without a Briton coming and perlitely shut in' tlie door for me, and then extendin his open hand to’ards me, in the most frenly manner possible. Does he not by this J simpleyit tuchin gesture, welcome me to England,? Does’nthe? Oh, yes T l guess he doea'nt he. And it’s quite right among two great countries which speak the same laugwidge, except as regards H’s. And I’ve been allowed to walk round all the streets. Even at Buckingham Pallis I told a guard I wanted to walk round there, and he suid I could walk round there. I as certained subsequent that lie referd to the sidewalk iuslid of the Puliis —but I couldn’t uoubt his hosspital feelina. 1 prepared a Essay on Animals to read before the Social Science meetins. It is a subjeck l may trootiully say I have successfully wrustled with. I tackled it when only nineteen years old. At that tender age I writ a Essay for a lit’ry lustitoot, entitled, "(Is Cats to be Trusted?" On the merits of that Essay it does’nt beeum me to speak, but I may be excoos’d for mentionin’ that the lustitoot parsed a resolution that, “whether we look upon the length of this essay, or the manner in which it is written, we feel that we will notexpress an opinion on it, and we hope it will be read in other towns.” Of course the essay I writ for the Social Science Society is a more fluish euer production than the one on Cats which was wroten when my mind was crood and afore I had mastered a grace ful aud ellygant stile of composition. I could not even puuctooate my sentences proper at that time, aud I observe with pane, on lookin over this effort of my yooth, that its beauty is in one or two instances mar’d by ingramuiaticisms. This was unexcusable, aud I’m sur prised I did it. A writer who can’t write in a grammerly manner better shut up shop. You shall hear this Essy on Animals. Some day when you have four hours to spare i’ll read it to you. I think you’ll enjoy it. Or what will be much better, if I may suggest —omit all picture in next week’s Punch , and not let your contributors write anything whatever. (Let them have a holiday ; they can goto the British Mooseum;) andpubllsh my Essy entire. It will All all your collumes full, and createcommeut. Does this proposition strike you? Is it a go? In case I had read the Essy to the Social Sciencers, I had intended it should lie the closin’ attraction. I had intended it should finish the proceed ins. I think it would have finished them. I understand animals better than any other class of human creatures. I have a very animal mind, aud I’ve been identified with’em doorin my en tire perfessional career as a showman ; more especial bears, wolves, leopards, and serpunts. The leopard is as lively a animal as I ever came into contack with. It is troo he cannot change his spots, buLyou can change ’em for him with a paint-brush, as I once did in the case of a leopard who wasn’t nat’rally,spotted in a attrac tive manner. In exhibitin' him I used to stir him up in his cage with a pro tracted pole, aud for the purpose of makiu him yell and kick up in a leopardy manner, I used to ’casioually whack him over the head. This would make the children inside the booth scream with fright, which would make fathers of families outside the booth very anxious to come in—because there is a large class of parents who have un controllable passion for takin’ their children to places where they will stand a chance of being frightened to death. Oue day I whacked this leopard more than usuil, which elicited a remon strance from a tall gentleman in spec tacles, who said: “My good man, do not beat the poor caged animal. Rather fondle him.” “ I’ll fondle him with a club,” I an sered, hitting him another whack. “ I prithy desist,” said thegentleman; “stand aside, and see the effeck of kind ness. I understand the idiosyncracies of these creetures better than you do.” With that he went up to the cage, and th rustic his face between the iron bars, he said, soolhiuly, “ come hither, pretty creetur.” The pretty creetur come hitliered rather speedily, aud seized the gentleman by the whiskers, which he tore otr about enuff to stuff a small cushion with. He said, “You vagabone, I’ll have you indicted for exhibitin dangerous and immoral animals.” I replied, “Gentle sir, there isn’t a animal here that hasn’t a beautiful moral, but you musn’tfondle ’em. Y’ou musn't meddle with their idiosyncra cies.” The gentleman was a dramatic cricket, aud he rote a article for a paper, in which he said my entertainment was a decided failure. As regards Bears, you can teach em to do iuterestin things, but they’re un reliable. I had a very large grizzly bear once, who would dance, and larf, and lay down, aud bow his head in grief, and gave a wornful wale, etsery. But he often annoyed me. It will be remembered that on the occasion of the first battle of Bull Run, it suddenly oc cured to the Federal soldiers that they had business in Washington which ought not to be neglected, and they all started for that beautiful and romantic city, maintaining a rate of speed durin the entire distance that would have done credit to the celebrated French steed, Gladiateur. Very nat’rally our Gov’ment was deeply grieved at this defeat, and I said to my bear, shortly after as I was givin’ a exhibition in Ohio, I said: “Brewin, you are not sorry the national arms has sustained a defeat.” His busi ness was to wail dismal, and bow his head down, the band (a barrel organ and a wiolin) playing slow and melan cholly moosic. What did the grizzly old cuss do, however, but commence dancing and larfing in the most joyous manner. I had a narrer escape from being imprisoned for disloyalty. I will relate another incident in the career of this re'chid bear. I used to present what I called in the bills A Beautiful living Pictur—showing the Bear’s fond ness for his Master; in which I’d lay down on a piece of carpeting, and the Bear would come and lay down beside me, restin his right paw on my brest, the Band playing “ Home , Siveet Home,’’ very soft and slow. Altho' I say it, it was a tuchin thing to see. I’ve seen Tax Collectors weep over that perform ance. Well, one day I said, “Ladies and gentlemen, we will now show you the bear’s fondness for his master,” and I went and laid down. I tho’t I observed a pecooliar expression into his eyes, as herolled to’ardsme, but I didn’t dream of the scene which followed. He laid down and put his paw on my breast. “ Affection of the bear for his master,” I repeated. “You see the monarch of the western wilds in a subjugated state. Fierce as these animals naturally are, we now see that they have hearts and can love. This bear, the largest in the world, and measurin seventeen feet round the body, loves me as a mer-ther loves her che-ild!” But what was my horror when the grizzly and infamous bear threw his other paw under me, and riz with me to nis feet. Then clasptn me in a close embrace, he waltzed up and down the platfbrm in frightful manner. I yellin with fear and anguish. To make matters wuss, a low scurrilus young man in the audiens hollered out, “Playfulness of the bear 1 Quick moosic!” I jest 'scaped with my life. The bear met with a wiolent death the next day, by bein in the way when a hevily loaded gun was fired off by one of the men. But you should hear my Essy which I wrote for the Social Science Meetins. It would have had a movin effeck on them. I feel that I must now conclood. I have read Earl Bright’s speech at Leeds, and I hope we shall now hear from John Derby. I trust that not only they, but Wm. E. Stanley and Lord Gladstone will cling inflexibility to those great fundamental principles, which they understand far better than I do, and I will add that I understand anything about any of them whatever in the least —and let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrer money to do it with. Very respectively yours, Abtemus Ward. King George the Third. The correspondence of King George the Thiqd with Lord North, who was Prime MiWter of England during the Americanßevolutionary War, has been published in London. The literary ed- itor of the Press, in reviewing this publication, comes to a conclusion re specting the intellectual capacity of the King which differs from that generally entertained in this country. He says Judging from the portions of this correspondence already made public, the idea that George 111. was merely au obstiuate, half-witted, uneducated man, will now be removed. There is plain good sense in his Majesty’s letters, and the literary composition is rather above the average of country gentle men of his time. So it ought to be, for the education of British Princes, since the beginning of the reign of George 11., has generally been very good. Frederick, Prince of Wales, father of George the'fluid, was born in Hanover, seven years before the accession of the Guelphs to tlie crown of England, and though he had learned to speak the English language very well, and could converse fluently ill French and his native German, could not be considered well educated. However, he surpassed his own father, who declared when lie saw Hogarth’s amusing painting of “The March to Finchley, about the time when the battle of Culloden was fought, that the artist deserved to be bicketed for his insolence in make a burlesque of the royal guards, and that lie (tlie King) “ hated baiuting, and boetry too.” But Prince Frederick, tiiough a compound of knave and fool, was so fortunate as to have a sensible, well-informed wife (one of the clever Cobourg line,) who took care that their children the eldest of whom was after wards George 111., should learn some Latin and Greek, witli music, drawing, German and French. Vet, Prince Frederick obtained great popularity, albeit himself badly educated, by his substantial patronage of such authors as Pope, Tindal, Glover and Johnson. He died during his father’s lifetime, and thus his son came to the throne at the early age of twenty-one. Notwith standing a precipitate and ungraceful manner in ordinary conversation, George the Third read his speeches in public with proper emphasis and mod ulation : indeedj his master in elocution had been Quill,' tlie celebrated actor, who exclaimed, when his pupil read his first declaration as Sovereign in a manner which won a compliment even from Horace Walpole, the fastidious, “Ay,—'twas I taught the boy!” Tlie account of his interview with Dr. John- son, as reported ou dictation of the latter by Boswell, shows thatj(ieorge 111. had uot ouly considerable conversatioual powers, but large acquaintance with literary subjects—particularly histori cal, polemical, aud critical. The letters of George 111. to Lord North, now about being published in full, will strengthen the favorable opin ion we here express of that monarch’s intellect. At times, no doubt, he was insane, aud the last ten years of his life were passed under necessary restrictions from all society, but his common sense, on ordinary occasions, was evident enough. Duriug the fifty years of his active co-operation in the government of the British Empire, he placed full confidence iu two men—Lord North and the younger William Pitt. He was grateful to the former because, in 1770, at a momentous crisis, when the profli gate Duke of Grafton suddenly resigued his post of Prime Minister, Lord North, who was leader of the House of Com mons aud Finance Minister, yielded to tile King’s wish, and took chief conduct of the Government, in which office he continued until he formed an unwise and not creditable coalition with Fox; and the Kiug was grateful to Pitt be cause, that, at the age of twenty-five, he had the courage to accept the office of Premier, thereby defeating and exclud ing Fox, whom the King had good cause for disliking. North was Premier for twelve, and Pitt for nearly nineteen years, and during all that time scarcely a day elapsed with at least one letter, short or long, from George 111. to either. The letters to Lord North, now an- nouneed for publication, were laid be fore Sir James Mackintosh, who, ex tracting the most important passages transcribed them in a blank paper-hook which eventually passed into the hands of Lady Charlotte Lindsay, who was Lord North’s daughter. She allowed Lord Brougham the use of it, and he fully availed himself of the privilege, for his eighteen-page article on Lord North, in the “ Historical Sketches of Statesmen who flourished in the Time of George III.,” is supplemented, (vol. 1, pp. 6IS-IG6, Glasgow ed. of ISoo,) with one hundred pages of these extracts. The first bears date February, ITUS, when North was Chancellor of the Ex chequer, and the last was written in November, 1783—the time when Ireland was gallantly combatting for that legis lative independence which was bo base ly sold in 1800, and in it the King says : “ By the sad measures we have adopted, Ireland is now, in fact, disunited from this Kingdom.” The correspondence with. Lord North, covering the whole time of the Ameri can war, and confidentially communi cating the King’s hopes and fears, likes and dislikes, antipathies and friend ships, is extremely interesting, even when given piecemeal by Lord Brougham. The manuscript book of extracts, from which hequoted so freely, was placed in Lord Mahon’s hands in 1847, and some quotations are made therefrom in the Appendices to the fifth and seventh volumes of his “ His tory of England but he does not give a single sentence not previously pub lished by Lord Brougham, and take the liberty, in some instances, of changing the King’s language, and particularly of filling up blanks, and of substituting words in full for the contractions often used by his Majesty. It is instructive to note, in these con fidential letters, how entirely the King, contrary to the Constitutional theory that he should reign and not rule (his ministry, not himself, being responsi ble,) held the'ribbons in his own hands, all through, and reduced the Premier to the condition of'a principal clerk. The King’s will is strongly expressed on all questions, from the pitched battle be tween John Wilkes and the House of Commons, to extravagance of the Prince of Wales and the “immense” cost of the war with America. In Sep tember, 1780, commenting on a despatch “ certainly of a very gloomy cast,” from Sir Henry Clinton, the King writes: “ But the giving up of the game would ' be certain ruin. A small State may certainly subsist, but a great one mould ering cannot get into an interior situa tion, but mustbe annihilated. We must i strengthen the West India squadron, ; recruit Clinton’s army, not for contest, ■ but to keep what he has.” Fifteen • months later (Christmas 1781,) when i every one but George 111. and Lord , North say American Independence was i all but won, the former protests against *' the getting a peace at the expense of a separation from America, which no difficulties can get me to consent to.’’ In a letter (January 1772) the King writes his approval of the sketch or first draught of the Speech from the Throne to be read at the opening of the Parliamentary Session: “ When the sentences are a little rounded [the italics are his own] and thfe foreign articles is added, it will make a very good one.” Five years later, (Junel777,) he writes, very honestly, “ I have not the smallest doubt that Truth ought to be the chief object in a speech from the Throne.” In that same letter he adds. “In my opinion the Americans will treat before winter.” From the abstract already printed, it may be reasonably expected that the whole correspondence of George 111, with his Prime Minister ; Lord North, will throw considerable light upon the history of his reign, and particularly that period of it in which the American contest for Independence took place. Missouri. The following correspondence, which we take from the Cape Girardeau (Mo.) Jrgus, explains itself: LETTER FROM OOV. FLETCHER. City of Jefferson, Oct. 19, 1866. ItEv. Father O’Kegan Dear Sir—Herewith please find a remittal of the flue imposed on you by the Circuit Court of Cape Girardeau county, for solemnizing a marriage without taking the oath of loyalty. On an examinationofthe record at J ackson, I found that there was no final action in the cases of Father McGerry and 'Father Kyan. I also found that the cases of the ladies of St. Vincent’s Con vent were continued. The Constitution of the State only permits me to interfere “ after convic tion.” I regret that it is so, as it would have been a real pleasure to me to re lieve from further auuoyance from the indictments found agaiust them, the venerable and ortliy Father McGerry and the estimable and devotional Sisters of the Convent, and whom you may assure I will do as soon as it can be done legally. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Thomas C. Fletcher. Cafe Girardeau, Oct. 29, 1866. To His Excellency, Uoc. Fletcher: Dear Sir— l have received your letter of the 19th inst., remittiug the fine im posed on me for solemnizing marriage without having taken the “Oath.” Though not sorry for the past, nor purposing amendment for the future, 1, however, gladly avail myself of the favor ofy our executive clemency, where by I am freed from past penalties, and, I hope, preserved from future annoyances. 1 feel most grateful for your favor, and for the generous sentiments accompay ing it. Who would have thought, a few years ago, that a priest would need pardon from a governor for the performance of a purely religious ceremouy? But it will be said that we are punished, not for religion, but for disloyalty. We are not disloyal; no one has ever heard us express a disloyal sentiment. True, we have not made all the exterior display that otheis have by the Hying of flags and frothy eloquence; but if we be judged by our actions, which speak bet terthan words, our loyalty will be found far superior to that of any in this city. For, though there was au army chap lain who once and awhile visited the hospital, distributed a few tracts and went his way rejoicing in his pay, yet to comfort and console the poor sick soldiers, in their long and weary hours, and to aid them at their death, devolved on the priests, one of whom visited the hospital every day. I myself, with my owu hand, have administered baptism and extreme unction to many of them, and closed their dying eyes. The lint for the wounded, and the cloths, came in great part from the College ; the pillows and beds, on which the sick soldiers lay, belonged to the priests of the College, who never asked nor received one cent in payment for what they gave or did. The nurses saw and knew all this ; the sick soldiers felt it; the doctors can tes tify to it—but the gentlemen of the grand jury knew no thing about it. What mattered it to them whether a dying soldier of the Union had a soft bed, or whether his last sad moments were cheered by the consolation which relig ion alone can give? Why, if theonehun dredth part of what we have done for our soldiers had been done for one poor Confederate, we would be stigmatized as traitors aiding and abetting the enemy. But have we not sympathized with re bels? Yes ; when some poor forsaken prisoner, far from friends and home, lay pining in the prison, in rags and ver min, shivering with cold, we have at times, with contributed to his comfort and cleanliness: and if that be a crime in the eyes of God or men, then we plead guilty. Let me assure you, dear sir, that no Priest, however loyal, can take a politi cal oath as a qualification for the exer cise of his priestly functions. He may and can take such an oath as a qualifi cation for a political end, as for voting, Ac., because the State may impose po litical conditions on the exercise of civil rights. But he cauuot—he dare not, take it as a priest—as a condition for preaching or administering the sacra ments ; for this would be to grant to the temporal authority what belongs to the spiritual—to the civil power what Henry IV., of Germany, and Henry VIII., of England, claimed for themselves—su premacy in Church as in State. With some, preaching and marriage are regarded in a political light. But notsowithus. Our pulpit has never been converted into a political rostrum, nor our churches to places of public meeting. Marriage, too, with us, is a sacrament —a bond which never can be severed. The State need not acknowl edge the validity of our marriages as to ’ their civil effects. We do not ask it. But to acknowledge them valid, and yet place conditions on the administration of the sacrament is certainly wrong. For where Catholic parties present themselves before their pastor, and have complied with the regulations of the Church, he can no more refuse his ser vices to them than he can refuse bap tism to an infant, or extreme unction to a dying man. If he refuses, he fails in his duty, and commits a sin ; if he blesses their union, he disobeys the laws of the State, and is subject to fine and imprisonment. What, then, must he do? He can only raise his mind to God, whosA laws are just and immutable, ana say, with St. Peter, “It is better to obey God than men.” Come fine, come imprisonment, come death—it matters not—the laws of man must yield to the jaw of God. Did Saints Peter and Paul obey the com mands of Nero, and swear by the genius of Ciesar, and sacrifice to Jupiter and Venus? Did not they, and millions of others, prefer to suffer death rather than obey the laws of the St&te in opposition to the will of God, and the dictates of conscience. The spirit which animated the Martyrs of old, still lives in the Church ; and its clergy and its people are at this day as ready as of old to sacrifice houses, and honors, and riches, and friends, and liberty, and life itself, rather than deviate one hair’s breath from the path of rectitude, by acknowledging the supremacy of the State in matters of religion. Hence, not one priest has or will subscribe to the qualifying oath. Hence, too, it follows that if the Taw be put into execution, there will be a regu lar persecution of the Catholic clergy; ana the scenes of Pagan times—prisons, and torture, and confiscations, will be repeated in this land—once the home of civil and religious liberty. Let me also remark, that this oath is very impolitic. It drives from the ranks of the Radicals the whole body of Catholics—many of whom would otherwise be found in that party. But in Missouri, no Catholic can be a Radi cal ; for, as no priest can in conscience take the oath, no Catholic can in con science sustain it, or those who ad vocate it. It is therefore a pleasure to us that you, dear sir, do not advocate that NUMBER 46 clause; and I hope that your interven tion in my case will act as a reproof on the officiousness of those who have, in open court, wantonly wounded our most sensitive feelings, and caused us so much trouble. Hoping then, that thatlaw will remain a dead letter until it will be repealed by the Legislature, or declared unconstitu tional by the Supreme Court at Wash ington, Iremain, dear sir, your obedient servant, P. M. O’Regan, C. M, Only n Simple Flower. ‘‘lt is only a simple wild flower,” said a friend as he saw her eyes fixed intently upon a little blossom by the wayside. Yes, only a simple flower to him, neither pretty nor bright enough to at tracts careless eye; but most lovely and dear in our eyes from sacred memories which make it to us the holiest of all God’B countless flowers. With itcomes back to us the pleasant sounds and quiet gladness of a peaceful homestead, now a heap of blackened ashes. We close our eyes and we hear once more the laughter of joyous children, echoing through its corridors and groves of oak. Busy little feet come pattering in from the woodland, and nimble fingers choose, from their floral spoils, this very flower as a love-offering for the best beloved of the home circle. Crossed are now the little hands in their still re pose, quiet the busy feet, and the sweet voice will greet us no more until we hear it in the.choir of angels on the re surrection morn. “Only a simple flower!” but it bor dered a school-path trodden by one whose feet from childhood, through the short twenty-two years of his pure young life, never swerved from the path of duty. He, too, has gone lo tread the eternal courts, and the dust of our dar lings lies side by side in the country church-yard. “Only a simple flower!” but the dearest memories of a life, the bitterest throes of mortal anguish, the dumb despairof a crushed woe, and the dawn ing of a new and divine hope lie with in its leaves for us. It, too, will fade and crumble into dust like the hands that gathered it, and it, too, has a resur rection and a new life. The Mother, There is something in sickness that breaks down the pride of manhood ; that softens the heart, and brings it back to the feelings of infancy. Who that has languished, even in advanced life, in sickness and despondency ; who that has pined on a weary bed, in the loneliness and neglect of a foreign land, but has thought on the mother “ that looked on his childhood,” that smooth ed his pillow and administered to his helplessness? Oh! there is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son, that transcends all other affections of the heart. It is neither to be chilled by selfishness, nor daunted by danger, nor weakened by worthlessness, nor stifled by iugratitude. She will sacrifice every comfort to his convenience ; she will surrender every pleasure to his enjoy ment; she will glory in his fame and exult in his prosperity; and, if mis fortune overtake him, he will be dearer to her from misfortune ; and if disgrace settle upon his name, she will still love and cherish him in spite of his disgrace; and*if all the world beside cast him off, she will be all the world to him. Where's the Nipcer? A Radical sheet, the Tumuqua Journal, says: “ We have had the Republican victory— now, where’s the ‘ Nigger ?’ ” Thereupon the Bellefonte Watchman “goes in” at the following rapid rate: “Go to your store, and you get from eighteen to twenty-five cents worth of nig ger in every yard of muslin you buy ; irom ten to fifteen cents worth of nigger inever3’ yard of calico your wife and children use ; from six to eight dollars worth of nigger iu each burrel of flour your family consume*; twenty-five cents worth of nigger in each pound of coffee you purchase; from eight to twelve cents worth of nigger in every pound of sugar you buy to sweeten it; you’ll find a small bit of nigger in your box of matches, and considerable nigger in your plug of tobacco. You can eat nothing, wear nothing, see nothing, taste jiothing, or have nothing, that is not more or less alfecL ed by the miserable niggerism that has con trolled the country since ‘ Old Abe ’ left Springfield for Washington.” Political SfaduesH. The Pittsburg Gazette gives the following extract from a private note written by a jubilant Republican. It shows the crazy condition of the Radical mind: “ The Lord has spoken through His peo ple. His voice has been heard from Maine to Minnesota. Was not the Lhundor of Massachusetts terrible to evil-doers? I think it must have caused the dry bones in the White House to shake. If the <jood God does not see Jit to take me to Heaven when 1 die. , I trust he will send me to Afassachusctts. If Andrew Johnson should now sec fit to kill himself, I should go up in a jlamc of glory , like the prophet." grofesustottal (Sards. B. S W A R K *ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, No. 13 North Duke Street, (Near the Court House,) LANCASTER, PA. n.iV 1 tfdAw B. JOHN McCALLA, SURGEON DENTIST, Office and residence opposite Cooper’s Hotel West King stbeet LANCASTER, PA. N DR E W J. STEIN HI A N ATTORNEY-AT-LAW opposite Cooper’s Hotel. West King street LANCASTER, PA. JI SHANK ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, No. 36 North street, LANCASTER, PA. JIBED. S pyrEK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ffice:|No\ 5 SOUTH DUKE STREET, LANCASTER I‘A nov 1 lyd«*w JAM CEL H. REYNOLDS ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, No. 53 East King street, (Opposite Lechler’s Hotel.) LANCASTER, PA. || J. CONSTIEPf, 'merchant TAILOR , No. 40 North Queen Street, (Three Doors South of Orange SlreeL,) LANCASTER, PA., Keeps constantly on hand a variety of Im ported Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestings, &c., of the latest and most fashionable pat terns. Also, a large variety of Gen men’s Furnishing Goods. Aj- Sest Quality of Customer Work I‘romptly Attended To. qep 21 (jmdjiw JIMPIBE SHUTTLE MACHINES Are superior to all others for FAMILY AND MANUFACTURING PURPOSES. Contain all the latest improvements; are speedy; noiseless; durable; and easy to work. Illustrated Circulars free. Agents wanted. Liberal discount allowed. No consignments made Address, EMPIRE 8. M. CO., Jnly 25 lyw 291 616 Broadway, New York. CORN BHEIXEB AND CIEASEB.-THE attention of manufacturers la called to this lately patented Improvement, by means of which the farmer can thresh apd clean, by one operation, from 1,000 to 1,500 bUßhels of Corn per day, with no more power than la required to drive the old-feshioned "Cannon Sheller,’ the machine doing the work In the most thor ough manner, and Is not liable to get out of order; the farmer being able In a moment to set the machine and to clean any sl2ed corn, mouldy or dry. County and State rights for sale on reasona ble terms, by addressing WM. R. BURNS. Lancaster, Pa, Jane 6 tfw 22 4OV£BTU»e. Bubotw adv*btibwu6»tb, $l9 ft you* per square of ton lines • ten dot cent, lncreaaefor fraotlons of a year. Biai< EgTATa, Fmaaoinx Pbofxbty , and Gx? • vral Advxbtibiwq, 7 oents a line tor (ha first, and 4 cents for each subsequent inser tion. Patint MzDionvxs ana outer adver's by the column: One column, 1 year, $lOO Half column, 1 year— 60 Third oolumn, 1 year, M . M . M ... m . tM , MM . 40 goarter oolumn, 80 usiKBBS Gauds, of ten lines or leu, one year,.—. 10 Business Cards,live lines or less, one year, 6 Leqai. and othbb Notices— Exeoutors’ notices....— 2.00 Administrators’ notices,—.—....... 2.00 Assignees’ notloes,.. 2.00 Auditors’ notices, 1.60 Other “Notices, ’ten lines, or leu, three times, - 1.50 s*ll ©ocjflsf, &i. rpHK GREATEST Pl.At'E cheap bargains In Lancaster City la at CHEAP JOHN’S VARIETY STORK, No. 3 East Kino Street, Wbero will be found a large assortment ot DRY GOODS! CONSI3TISO OF HANDSOME DELAINES FOR FALL NEAT AND DARK CALICOF-S FOR FALL, MUSLINS, CHECKS, FLANNELS, CANTON FLANNELS, A splendid assortment U ot| BALMORAL SKIRTS lor the Full. CLUCKS, JEWELRY, PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES AND ALBUMS, TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY, NOTIONS, GLOVES, HOSIERY TRI MM IN GS OFA L L KIN DS, •KRFU.MKRY, FANCY A N D OTHER SOAPS, GLASS AND QUEENSWARE, bouts as d shoes itc., Ac. All of which will be sold wholesale or retail at astonishingly low prices. 43"- Don't forget the place, CHEAP JOHN’S, No. 3 Kant Kiiuj St., and Side Centre Sfjuarc, Lancaster, Pa. WlioluHiilo mid Retail Agout for Prof. McEntyre’H Celebrated Medicines, uug 15 866. FALL ANU WIM'KIt 1866. DRY GOODS. II AG K R it RROTII K R S Are now receiving a full stork of Dry Goods ir Kali ami Winter Wear. LURKS’ DRESS GOODS, ’UI'LINS, VALENCIAS, FRENCH MKKI - WOOL PLAIDS, DM LAINKS AND CHINTZES. ,XTKA QUALITY IJLACK SILKS, BROCADE SILKS—Plain Shades. .AIN COLORED SILKS—AII Shades, MOURNING GOODB. BLACK BOMBAZINES, LINS, MERINOES, DK LAINES. SHAWLS WOOLEN LONU AND PLAIN, FANCY SQUARE SHAWLS, BLACK THIBET LONG ANI) SQUARI SH AWLS. LADIES’ CLOAKS AND CLOAKING CLOTHS, u all the New Styles. I IOUSE-FUHNISIIING GOODS. A complete stock of ,INKNS, DAM ASKS MUSLINS, SHEET I NOS, I’iANO AND TABLE COVERS, MARSEILLES QUILTS, &C. CARPETS, FLOOR OIL CLOTHS AND DRUG GETS, To be sold aL lowest prices. HAGER * BROTHERS. 1866. CLOTHING,CLOTHS 866 FALL. AM) CASSIMKKES. HAUER & BROTHERS Have now eady the moat complete stock of Full aud Winter C'lotnlug ever ofl'ered In this clly. FINE CLOTH DRESS SUITS. CASSIMERE BUSINESS SUITS. PLAIN AND FANCY SUITS FOR BOYS. MOSCOW BEAVER OVERCOATS. CLOTHING MADE TO ORDER PROMPTLY, IN BEST STYLE. Moscow and Tricot Beaver Cloths. Black and Colored French Cloths. Black Doeskin and Fancy Cassimeres. Cassimeres for Boys. Satinetts, JeaDs, &c., To be sold at LO WEST PRICES. HAGER & BROTHERS 866. DUY ° <,ODN - 1866. WENTZ ItROTIJERST BEE HIVE STORE No. 5 E.a st Kino Street. A BEAUTIFUL DEMONSTRATION. •RICES ARE DECIDEDLY' REASONABLE. Wehavouow on exhibition a most superb display of reasonable and fashionable goods as well aa a large stock of Staple and Domestic Goods, to which we Invite Early and Bpecial Attention. Our prices will be found low. CARPETS and OIL CLOTHS claim an earnest attention. The long established character of the "BEE HIVE STORE” iHftHuillcleut guarantee that every customer will get the worth of their money. ■ADIESSACQUES,CLOAKS AND CLOTHS. WENTZ BROTHERS Sign of the Bee Hive,” No. 5 East King Rtreet. apr 2.5 tfw IGJ %m, Caps & |urs. RADIES' FANCY FURS NOW OPENING AT SHULTZ & BROTHER’S tfj NORTH IiUEEN STREET, LANCASTER, PA A. very choice collection of Ladles’ Fancy Furs, .SABLE, MINK, SABLE, SIBERIAN BQ.UIRREL, GERMAN, RUSSIAN AND ROCK MARTIN. CAPES, VICTORINEB, BERTHAS, CUFFS and MUFFS FOB LADIES’ AND CHILDREN’S WEAR. Ladies’ and Children’s Hoods, Caps, and Fur Trimming. Gentlemens’ Fur Collars, Gloves, and Caps in all qualities. A complete assort ment of FANCY SLEIGHING ROBES. SJIULTZ A BROTHER , HATTERS AND FURRIERS. All kinds of SHIPPING FURS bought, and highest cash prices paid. inov 1-tfdAW IJUIE GREATEST BARGAINS, LARUKNT ASSORTMENT AND LATEST STYLES, TO HE FOUND IN THE CITY, ARK AT J. M. GREEN'S {Successor to Jesse Smith.) NEW HAT AND CAP STORE HOWELL’S BUILDING, No. Gi, North Qttekj* Street, LANCASTER, PA. The proprietor, having Just returned from New York and Philadelphia, would respectfully Inform his patrons and the public generally, that lie has now on hand the Latest, Best and most complete assortment of , HATS AND CAPS ever offered to the citizens of Lancaster and vicinity, and at the moat REASONABLE PRICES. This stock consists of all the novelties of the season, some of which are: THE CHAPEAU BREVETE, NEW SARATOGA,; CYNOSURE, INDICATOR, SARATOGA, MORTON, R A . SilIH- CRACKER. BISCUIT AND CAKE BAKER Three doors below Lane's Store, Lancaster, Fa/ JV All the artlolea for sale at this establish* meat are baked fresiuevery day* SATIN ETTS, TICKINGS, AC ALPACAS, PUP- AMERICAN FITCH, AND PETO. tfd&w
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