PUBLUteED ETHBT WSBNBDAT BY a. G. SUITE * GO. H. Gr. Smith TERMS—Two Dollars pet annum, payable la all cases in advance. The Lancaster Daily intelligences la published every evening, Sunday excepted, at $5 per Annum In advance. . OFFlCE— Southwest corner or Centex Square. fjtwttt}, LIFE LEAVES. The day, with Its sandals dipped In dew, Hoe' paused through the evening’s golden gates, And a single star In the cloudless blue For the rising moon In silence waits; While the winds that high to thelanguld hours A lullaby breathe e’er the folded flowers. The lilies nod to the sound 'of the Rtrearn That wlndH along with lulling flow, And either awake, or half-a*dream, I pas« through trie realms oflongago; While faces peer with many a smile From th. bowers of memory's magic tale. There Joys and sunshlue, sorrows and tears, That check the path or lire's April hours, And a longing wt*h for the coming years. That hop ' ever svrealhes with the fairest flowers ; There are friendships antlelefs—love as bright And pure as thv stars In the hulls of night. There are ashen memories, bitter pain, And hurled hopes, unci a broken vow, And an uculoc heart by the reckless main, And the Hen-breeze fanning a pallid hrow, And a wanderer on the shell-lined shore, Listening for voices that speak no more. There are passions strong,and ambilions wild, And the ft rce de*-tro to stand in ihe van Of the bat-1« of life; and the heart of the child Is<rushediu the breast of the struggling man; Rui sftort the regrets, and f w are the t* ars That fail at the tomb of the banished years. There la quiet and peace, and domestic love, And Joy- uri>o?'.g Horn fai h uuu tiuih, An-i a truth ur.quejtMmjlug, far above The pa'iHiomt uureatn'n of ardent youth ; -vAhd • Isses of ciiiiorm on Up and cheek. Add the parent s bliss which no tongue can ppeuk. There are loved ones lost! There aro little graves In Ui.) uistaiit deli, 'neath protecting trees. Where the hireamiM. >inds, and the violet waves, • Ami the grasses sway to the sighing breeze ; And Wo mourn for pressure of tender lips, Aud tlio lit;hi of eyon durkened in death's eeilpv'. And thus a-; the glow of the daylight dies, And the iilvhL'n first, look to tiieearthlscast, I gu/.i*, 'neatli I hosn braiilliul summer skies And tiie picl ures lmil hang in the hail of th**. past ; S Uii! .Sorrow and Joy cbsiut a uiiugled lay,'' When to mtinory's wildwoo.tl wo Wander away. JiltettUiutcmtsi. i Tale of True Love; <ir. Tim Applr tJlrl'n Tullsiuun Homo year.-* ago, when! v;as a ramb 'Jer through of Cincinnati, lor the purpose of poking up trifles to interest the readers of tile local column of a city paper, I often purchased ap ples, nuts, and caudles of a young girl who had a stand near the junction of two business avenues. She was not handsome in the com mon acceptation of this much-abused word, but there wuh un artlessness and yet a winniug grace in her manner which convinced me that iier station , in life should be above the one she then J occupied. Her dress was invariably a close-litting pink calico one. I felt Chat her parents must be very poor, and as I saw her day after day in the same attire,. I hud my suspicions that her wardrobe could not lie very extensive; yet, as she always appeared neat and tidy, it was a rgimyalery to me how tills striking neat ess', was secured, and why there was not ever any variety in her apparel. I saw that it was tasteful and becoming, but I knew that tin* ladies arc prover bial for a love in the variety of dress, ■aud I had an interest in knowing why thiw simple girl was so marked an ex- ■ ■cepiion. I hat/oul ways delighted to study char I aeter, cither in high or low life, and I j took it upon nn* to investigate the pretty app'e girl's peculiarity. Her I fruit was ever clean and temptiug, butt 1 often made purchases merely for the 1 sake of forming an acquaintance. At | length, known to heruwa liberal patron, she begau to have less reserve with me ■than when 1 lirst noticed her aud final- i iy I was emboldened to make inquiries ' iu reference to her family. IL wassouic ! time before she conversed freely, butby | dint of perseverance 1 learned that she lived wiih her mother in a pleasant -aottuge on a quiet street in the suburbs ■of the city. 7 I knew the spot; its at iructiveness had often interested me, and I now became more curious than ever to hear the story of the apple girl 'ill the pink calico dress. I ventured te ask permission to call •an her mother and make her acquain tance, under the plea of a love of birds and flowers, with both of which the •cottage was surrounded. I did not re- ceive the encouragement I wished, but still wai* left to hope that my curiosity might some day be gratified. As ob stacles to my purpose increased I became more determined, and I resolved to change my tactics. I could not under fltand'the girl’s disinclination to allow -our acquaintance to become in any re* spent familiar, but I knew that she . Would not dare to treat id e rudely, and, watching my opportunity one ttuuday afteruoon, 1 addressed her as she stood at the street gate of the cottage, and as I admired some flowers which grew iu a bed near the house, she could not es cape, politely, from the necessity of in wiling mo to wulk through the yard; Accidently we met the mother. I had an invitation to enter the cottage. Of course J uccepted with pleasure, and, finding the mother inclined to be more communicative than the daughter, I managed to learn that they were French folks, although they both spoke Eng lish remarkably well. The cottage par lor was furnished plaiuly.Jbut elegantly. There were upon the walls several pic tures, and upon th'e-mantel a number of delicate works of art, which I was satis fied could not have been purchased by the limited earnings of an apple girl. Why a young girl who lived in such a cottage, with so much evident taste and cultivation, should invariably wear a pink calico dress, and sell fruit, nuts, and candies on the streets, was to me a perplexing inquiry. There was a web of romance weaving arouud the myster ious apple girl, which became more and more interesting, and every day my resolution to unravel it became stronger. There was so much modesty in the girl's bearing at her apple-staud—she seemed no much afraid of scandal, should any converse with hpr longer than was necessary to make purchases—that there was no way left for me to solve the mys tery of her life but by visiting the cot tage. ’Again 1 went without an invita tion, and boldly made known the curi osity which led me to force myself upon there acquaintance. The daughter laughed heartily, and aaid gaily, “ We have been just as much atfault to understand your curiosity as you were to reconcile our circumstances with our employment.” “Then we should be mutual confi dants,” I observed, 41 1 have been very frank with you, and hope you will re ciprocate.” “ But our relations are uot similar,” she archly replied. ‘‘We are not re sponsible for your curiosity, but you for ours.” "Why. so?” I cried. • "It was farced upon us.” " Indeed, and was not mine forced upon me, in such a manner, too, as left me no choice hut to seek out the mys tery? But a truce to this bandying of words; you will not take advantage of my frankness for any otherpurpose than to reward it with full explanations?” She looked at me a moment, as if questioning ray apparent honesty, and then said pleasantly: “ Well, as you have been ao good a patron of my apple stand, and you have \ taken such pains to know the romance '.of my history, if you will piomisese- Sicy, I’ll tell you.” ‘ I’ll accept any condition that T can fil,” I answered eagerly. " Walk with me Into the garden, then,” said the girl. We had a pleasant seat undera rustic arbor, when the lady remarked : \ " Mother told you that we once lived in a village near Faria.” "She did,” I answered, "on my first visit.” “We were not i*lch, but we had a pretty cottage, and an income sufficient to support us. Father died when I was a little girl. I Jiad no brothers, but I had a playmate-.wbo was dearer to me than a brother. \ As we grew older, his parents, who ware rich, forbade him to visit our house. /We met In the fields. We loved each other, and would not be -separated. His fatner learned that we still met, and lie was very angry. He told his son that if he visited me he oould not live at home. Our fathers had been bitter enemies, but we could not understand yhy that should make us enemies when we loved each other, and/Emile declared that he n , ot /neglect me if his father did shut ibis doors against him,— One .day*he riaid to me, ‘ I am going' to run away, Viut not from you—from father, and yo u shall come to me, and then we shall *iever be parted.’ It was hard to consentV but Emile insisted, and wa took leave ofr eaoh other, and he did A. J. Stkinman run away* Xfc wasalong time before we heard from him; then we got a letter which told us he was in America. I had changed very much since Emile’s absence, aud mother was afraid I would die. I coaxed her to let me go to America. Emile told us in his letter that he lived in Cincinnati When we arrived in Boston, we inquired for Cin oionati, and were directed to this place. Mother bought this cottage, and here we have lived expecting to meet Emile.” “Have you never heard from him?” I inquired. “ Only once,” she answered. “ Do you know where he is now ?” “ No, indeed: if we did we would not stay here long.” “ Havfe you never written him ?” “We do not know his name. He has changed?it, as he told us in his letter, but he neglected to tell us what name he now bears.” “Do you think you will ever find him ? ” “ Yes, indeed, I do. I dream about him every night. I know beis not dead, and I shall soon meet him.” I made inquiry, hoping it mightiead to some explanation of the pink dress and apple selling mystery. Hhe under stood my look and tone of curiosity, and answered pleasantly. “That will explain to you the ro mance of my dress aud occupation. When Emile and I played together in France, I often wore a dress very much like this one. If he should see me any where in this dress he would know me. I might meet him and not know him, but he would recognize me, and I would not dress in any other style, for fear we might miss each other,” “ But why sell apples in Ike street ?” said I, with a look of admiration at her devotion, which shecould not well mis take; “ there is certainly no necessity that you should be so occupied.” “Yes, there is;”, she answered naive ly; “I must be where- Emile could see me, if he were to visit the city. I dare not he on the street all this time, unless I am occupied, and I. never thought there was any disgrace in selling ap ples.” “Certainly not,” I exclaimed; but all who know your history will honor you. Accept my nineereet wishes that your devotion to the lover of your youth may be fully .rewarded by an early meeting and a happy re-union,” “ Thank you, thank you ; but he is my lover now as much as he was wheu were in France, and I know I am going to see him soon. I will show him to you here before winter; I know I will. Mother says lam foolish, but something tells me to hope, and I do hope.” “May you not be disappointed,” I said, involuntarily. I A few weeks alter this interview, I missed the apple-girl in the pink dress from her accustomed stand. Fearing that she might bp sick, I resolved to call at the cottage wu the evening. When I went to my boarding house at supper time, a note was liauded me. It con tained these words “Dear Sir: Como to our houae this evening. We have something more to tell you about the romauce (as you call it) of my humble dress and occupation. “ The Apple Ginn.” I went—the mother stood in the door : to welcome me, but the daughter ran to J meet me, and taking both of my hands i in hers, in a delirium of joy, she cried : ! “ He’s come—he’s come.” In her pink dress, at the apple stand, she had met Emile the day previous. I stood that night a witness to their -union, and a happier wedding,l never attended. The devotion of the simple girl was rewarded—her faith woo not misplaced—her homely talisman proved a true'one. Breaking Criminals on the Wheel. The good old times must, in very many respects, have been very bad oJd times. Head, for instance, the following extract from the instructions given in 174 G by the Paris Parliament to “Mon sieur do Paris,” that 13 to say the Parisian executioner, in regard to the course he was to pursue in breaking criminals: After uudresslng the prisoner, no mat ter whether male or female, until noth ing but a short shirt covers them, he will tie them to the St. Andrew’s cross on the scaffold, stretching their limbs out as fur as possible, and turning their elbows outside. After giving the chap lain notice to leave the scaffold, he will taks the bar (an iron bar four feet long, and very heavy) and commence atrik iug on the prisoner’s limbs. He will commence at the left shoulder, crushing the bones by two deliberate blows. One blow will be sufflci n: for the upper arm, two for the left elbow, two for the wrist and,hand. Two heavy blows will be on the left hip-bone, three on the left knee-joint; twa well laid on, on the left leg, and one on the left foot. “Monsieur de Paris” will then wait a minute or and commence “ work ing” on the right side of the culprit, commencing at the foot and finishing at the shoulder. The greffier of the court will see to it that these instruc tions are strictly carried out. The screams of the culprit must not be heeded by “Monsieur,” nor must he give him the coup) clc grace before fin ishing on the right shoulder. The coup dc grace is to consist of three heavy blows,to be delivered on the breustof the prisoner; if the prisoner is a woman, the c oup dc grace will be delivered under her ribs, lest her bosom should break the force of the blows. The body of the culprit will be delivered to the medical faculty of Paris, which will give a report on the condition of the corpse to the greffire of the Parliament. This horrible mode of punishment was witnessed on an average once a week by the Parisians. Oue of tho last of this atrocious cruelty was a :poor servant girl, who had been con* evicted of stealing two or three dresses •of her mistress. She was broken on the awheel because larcenies by domestics had become very numerous iu Paris. Her agony lasted seven minutes, and a stream oi blood, spouting from her mouth after her kuee joint had beeu crushed, drowned her heart-rendering cries. Queen Maria Antoinette had been appealed to to save the girl and haughtily refused. This was afterward remembered against her. During the reign of *ouis XVT. about three thou sand persons were actually broken on the wheel. Sdch were the “good old times” !u France. Tom Moore spoke truly when ho said that the best of all Wayß to lengthen our days is to steal a few hours from (he night. Only we must steul for a good purpose, not-for pleasure or dissipation, elsewe-are losers instead of gainers by the thefhModerate night work does no hurt to bodily or mental health, but rather the contrary, I fancy, and I speak from experience; Note how well, and to what old' age, nocturnal toilers and watchers rethin theirstrength and facul ties. Look afcastronomers, whom in our mind's eye werdways regard as snowy locked, strong framed aretHey not, as a rule? Kemember Galileo,living toseven ty-eight; Hevelius watching till he was seventy-six, and Copernicus till he reached severity. Take our English Astronomers Royal, too. There was Flamsteed, who, in spite of a disorder ed body, toiled by night and day harder, j as he said, than a corn-thrasher, and yet reached seventy-three. .Bradley, who .1 muc * l night-watching, ran out the allotted period of tnree-score and ten years; and his successor, Marke jyne, told four-score all but one year. Then call to mind grand old Hershel, whbste dally labors and night watch log lasted so long, and were performed so well that he may be said to have n< s. H le . l WOrk of - t& ree lives, and he reached the good age of eighty-four. And have we not his son, a giant in science, who stole hour after hour from the starry nights of his youth, and gives us now sparklirg essays and sound les sons taught with the experience which seventy six years have gathered to his garner? Lastly, learn that Handler who is now seventy-four, came to the British Association meetings a few weeks back, and told the savans something that proved his eye—after an operation for cataract—and his intel lect to be as good as they were when, thirty years ago, he made the noble map of the moon, a work that must have in-' volved night watching enough to send ' an ordinary eight hour Bleeper into an everlasting dose. Whose wishes to rob the night to the best advantage, let him sleep for two or three hours, then get up an ?.5 V 0 for two hours, and then sleep out the balance of the night. Doing this, he will feel the loss of the sleep he has surrendered.— Once a Week. .r>! yr ,8-i ■> ;*r r -"‘' 1 ;>rqixt,xs;:t>tj ' t -8 r p n.-p --a- - ~/,.L r -.i <M)t fntdlipn&£ J QLDME 70 ; LANCASTER PA. WKDNfc-DAY MOKMXO .IAXL'AIiY 13 1869 'kUMBKR-.: Pennsylvania *1 capital for tbe Insane. Philadelphia, Dec. 19.—Duringthe E resent year, several accounts Have een published regarding insane asy lums, which conveyed the idea that a man who is in his right mind, or who is only eccentric, may be committed to a lunatic asylum and confined for an indefinite period, and for the alleged reason that his relatives may get posses sion of his property. Recently, some cases before the Philadelphia courts have called public attention to tbe treatment in the “Pennsylvania Hos pital for the Insane,” and I came hither and made a thorough inspection of this institution. This hospital wa9 founded in 17-31, and among the originators was Benjamin Franklin. When the city had grown so much as to surround the hospital a large portion of the real estate wa3 Hold, and more than 100 acres of land, lying two miles west of the city, was bought, and about 2S years ago a large buildiDg was erected, to which the pa tients were removed. The original buildiDg was left for the use of the city as a hospital in which thesick and those injured by accidents were received, making it correspond in almost every respect with the New York Hospital on Broadway. This hospital has been in i high repute, and its intluence upon the 1 medical knowledge of the country has ! been marked. The Hospital for the Insane has also had a high reputation, for it was tbefirstinstituLionof the kind established in this country, and it was among the first to lead the way in new methods for treating the insane, which not only bere but in many other insti tutions have been so superior to any known before, that now the whole number permanently cured averages about eighty cases in a hundred. This hospital is not a Wtate institu tion, for it owes its existence to the hu manity and munificence of the citizens of Philadelphia. The control is in a board of managers, elected by the con tributors, and this board appoints a visiting committee, with the duty to inspect the,hospital once every week, which duty has not been neglected in a single instance. So well satisfied have been the people of the city and Legisla ture of the State with the management hitherto, that the regulations adopted in 1751 areunchanged, and their legality has become established by virtue of the common law; nor does the city make i assessments of auy kind. Large sums have been given and bequeathed by j wealthy citizens, aud so great has been the general confidence, that one gen I tleman, who had never been within the walls, willed a very large sum for the improvement of the condition of the in sane. For 28 years Dr. Kirkbridge has filled the responsible position of physi cian and of general manager to tile in stitution, aud he still retains the confi dence of the citizens and of the board of managers. In 1559 the people of Philadelphia [ contributed funds for a new building to be occupied exclusively by men. It ! has a main front of 512 feet, with two wings, each of JG7 feel, all three stories high, while other extensive buildiugs are either attached or adjacent. There are also engine-houses, shops, and other structures. Nor is the building for wo men less complete of extensive. Each is surrounded by a massive stone wall, including a space of more than 12 acres, containing walks from one mile to two miles long, brick pavements 0,000 feet long, also groves, flower beds, and veg etable gardens, thus making the most complete aud costly establishment iu our country. StilJ, there have been charges of cruelty, and of general dis regard of the objects for which the in stitution was founded. I arrived at the hospital in the after noon, entered a gate kept by a porter, then, passlug a short distance in au avenue bordered by evergreens, came to the main door, which opened into a long carpeted hall, and passing to the further end I reached the office, where I stated my business. At once, every oppor tunity fur a thorough inspection was offered. Oue entering a lunatic asylum for the first time will expect to see sad and hor rible sights, aud not unlikely will fear to be suddenly assaulted by some raving maniac. For our knowledge of insane people is derived either from English literature or from pictures of the inmates of Bedlam, with sunken cheeks and ghastly eyes, while they exhibit their chains and declare themselves mad, or, irom those sad sights iu some far olf country side, and in the days before asylums had beeu erected and endowed, where the insane were confined in the county jail or poor house, or were pro vided for by their friends at home. Many will remember having seen in, those days, iu some rural region, a small hovel near the farm house for the confinement of au iusane member, of the household—a son, a daughter, a father, or a wife and mother. This hovel was about eight feet square oftenest built of logs that it might be strong, without a window, perhaps without a door, having an entrance through the roof, and there could be no fire. Food was introduced as if to an animal, and if one looked in the captive would be seen crouching upon a bed of straw, huddled in a cornerglaring with rage, or shrinking in fear, Avhile the garments hung in rags, if any rags re mained. I knew a father and four grown sons, tall and strong; another son, the first born, was confined in a log house in a meadow by a brook. It was a rule, once in two weeks, and on Sunday morning, for the five to go thither aud unbar the strong' door, when, armed with clubs, they would all rush in, grapple with the maniac, and ; tie him with a rope. Then they would j wash him, put on clean garments, clean 1 out the hovel, and leave him for two weeks more. Thus the poor wretch lived, never improving, always, fierce, or said so to be, aud it was thought an act of great bravery in the father and sons to persevere in J their care. In a very small room be longing to a county poor house, I once saw a woman, still young, who sat on the floor with her face on her knees: her hair was spread out and matted, and as dirty as a mat; for two years she had noti spoken, and when she was cared for her ac customed posture. Ouce, admired and loved, she had moved in the best of so ciety. This was not more thau three miles from one of the most cities in the West. Across the road from a farm house, and in a lone field, stood a log hut, with an opening between the logs large enough to admit food and water, a crazy mother was a prisoner. Worn out with daily labor, and watch ing and nursing a sick babe which final ly died, she had no strength to with stand her gfief; reason departed; her husband could not care for her, nor could she be trusted with her children • and I have seen those children on cold mornings hurry across the road with victuals, whi-.-h they thrust in, a piece at a time, beneath a shelf of frost and snow. There she lived from year to year, aud grew gray, the light of day or of home never shilling, while the farm house abounded with comforts, and where at last, another came to fill the place she had left vacant, and another race of children fed her. Jfigbtivork, Taking the keys, the chief physician of the Pennsylvania Asylum led the way. At the head of the staircase is a large picture of Christ healing the sick, which was painted for this institution by Benjamin West. It is a celebrated piece, and worth astudy of hours. For several years it'was exhibited in the city, and large sums were received for admission. The entrance is into a ion" well-lighted hall, with rooms on either side, with beds in each ; the floors are carpeted, there are white curtainsat the windows, and though the sashes are of iron, they are painted white, and do not look different" from common sashes ; pictures hang along the walls, and Scripture mottoes are over the principal doors. A woman who had been recent ly admitted sat near the room assigned to her. She believed that great cala mities were impending; that murderers, thieves, an d robbers were on every hand; thatshehad so sinned againstlight and knowledge, that there could be no for giveness. As we passed along wesaw sev nn»o?£?iV aoh , oontainin g two beds, ™ w° f f blchwasfor an atten dan t,and we n^/^„ r ?„ OlDaa '; mptuou6l y furai9h ed, also containing, two beds, which were dor rich patients who could afford ex clusive accommodations, and a constant attendant. Then we saw a middle-aged woman in a rocking-chair shaking with laughter, and having her attention fixed upon a shawl which she held in her arms, folded so as to resemble a baby, and it seemed to be her darling and her joy. Another .woman aged as THE ISBA3E, much as SO, who became blind when 16 years old, but who married and was the mother of seven children, was active seemed to have worked hard: In some occupation, and requested that word be sent to such a street and number sent as quick as possible, that her friend might come, that we should not fail; all of which rtas repeated over and over. Another inquired “ Will father come to-day?” Answer “ a pleasant, low voice, “ I think he will. ‘ But are you certan ?Ia it not too late, or too cold, or too far ? ” “He certainly will come, if not to day to morrow, or certainly this week.” “ And when he comes, will you let him see me immediately? Do you think he will come to-day?” Another lay on her neat, white bed, almost dying. Shebad attempted to starve herself; then, re penting, was anxious to live, but it was doubtful whether it was not too late. All the doors, as we passed, were open, but we came td one which was closed. To a gentle knock itgently opened, and ! a young lady stood wringing her hands I and crying piteously. “ Well, how are you to-day? You have been sick.” Answer: “ Yes, I have been very bad, but I feel better now, and Xhopelshall be much improved to-morrow.” She was soothed by the kindest words and the gentlest hands. Her case was thus : Six years ago she was cured and restored to her friends, living in afar country, but she had come aguin. On both occa sions she had worn.herself out in watch ing and in taking care of thesickinher native city, and both times her reason gave way. Now, this asylum is divided into ]fi wards,, entirely separated from each other, the inmates of which form fami lies numbering about 15, for whom a table is set and food especially prepared. The cooking is done in one establish ment,as isalso the washing and ironing and that which is required for a partic ular ward is transported by a railway in the basement and received in the proper place upon an elevator. The wards are separated by halls and locked doors, and to most ot the wards belong spacious yards planted with trees aud flowers ajrd surrounded by walls. In each of these 16 wards, all of which areqocqpipd by females is a piano also q library, while there are interesting specimens ia glass cases, and everywhere are engravings which represent domestic aud cheerful scenes. In short, every thing is oaloulated to produce neat ness, order aud agreeable im pressions. The patients in one ward have no connection with those of an other, and generally eacli is isolated as if it were tlie-oDly one in the building. The object is to place those of like con dition together. To associate the timor ous and weak with the boisterous and strong, would make both worse, for one would shrink with fear, and the other would hecomeaudacious. This arrange ment corresponds to classification in the sciences; the advantages are as great in one case as in another, and without it i little or no progress could be made i Another advantage arises from tbo os- i sistance derived from sqeh patients as i are in the process of recovery, for it is ' found that they at once use their new ly recovered faculties in helping their companions, since they syrppathise with them and Unpty their wants even better than their attendants; and yet those very ones may be far from being -restored, and they still need assistance from the physician or those still more advanced. After they have reached a -certain stage in their recovery they are removed to a ward where the condition of the patients corresponds to theirown. There is much in this similar to the Lancastrian system of education. There are several aged woman in this institu tion, aud some have grown old in it having been here from 30 to 50 years It is uot improcable that if such had at first been treated by the present methods they would have been restored, for nothing is better ascertain ed than that the earlier proper treat ment can commence the more certainty is there of a speedy and permanent cure—that is, unless the case isattended with orgauic disease. In one ward was a most cheerful sight. A lady, perhaps 50 years old, sharp featured, active, and dressed in blue and black delaine, was playing the Devil’s Dream on the piano, while two Jadies, not far from SO years old, danced a reel, aud they were as loving and gay as any youug couple dancing in a coun try tavern. Another was dressed in fire red; another as an Indian princess, and another was the Queen of Sheba. One, seeming to have an important commu nication, came to the Doctor and told him that when she wanted to leave she would let him kuow. One was the wife of an eminent man ; one the sister of another, the names of which were whispered. As we passed along, one, well dressed and seeming every way proper, gave to some of us a wink. in tlie various wards, all grades are included, and they range from gantiy dressed lady who goes with an attendant in a carriage to the'city, to make purchases—being almost restored, or the great calamity is impending down to those who sit silent, and seem neither to see nor hear—with wasted hair, and paralytic twitches, and in whom reason seems like a flame that flickers in the act of expiring. The view is a series of steps leading from brilliancy down to imbecility. In one is beheld some deficiency ; io the next> another deficiency is superadded; in the next, still another, until, at last, all that makes woman attractive and loved is gone, or, what is worße, bo little is left that the condition is as if the sun were blotted from the heavens and chaos bad come again. The last state is called dementia, and it differs from idiocy only in having a beginning. Still, of ihe majority, there are always hopes; they are more or less active, they receive impressions, their conduct is mainly exemplary, they understand some things clearly, and more than three fourths are restored to their right mind Every means for affording rational amusement is supplied ; there isagym nasium, also a lecture room, where lec tures by eminent men are delivered mainly on some popular branch of the Natural Sciences, and exhibitions are held with the magic lantern and various optical and chemical instruments • several carriages are kept for thepatients use ; in short, whatever art, science, industry, or experience, can contribute toward bringing the mind to its former condition is liberally and industriously applied. I was shown every room • even the closet doors were thrown open • and, besides, I followed along the labyrinths of the vast basement up to the attic aud dome. Those patients who go by the general name of maniacs are said here to be in a high state of excitement, and when they become wholly unmanageable they are placed in rooms containing only a mattress laid on the floor. These rooms correspond to the grated dungeons of Bedlam, where chains are fixed to the walls. There is a window so high that it cannot be reached, and there is a transom window over the , . they contained a bed and a little furniture, they would be similar to many of the rooms in a good New York hotel. Patients of this class will readily commit suicide if they can, and often they are ingenious in seeking the means. The usual preventive is a gar ment which has sleeves joined together at the wrist, entirely enclosing both hands. As the patient recovers, a bed stead is brought in, or there is a removal to a furnißhed room, and Anally to the society of one of the wards. This ex treme condition is of short duration often it is intermittent, and as nbne among more than 200 were so confined on the day of my visit, or seemed in any respect requiring it, the improvement in the treatment of the insane over for mer methods mußt be manifest. As to chains, dungeons, or any means for punishment, I saw nothing of the kind YVhen a patient becomes highly excited the two attendants of the ward come on each side, and each taking an arm a transfer to a room is dexterously, gen tly and quickly made. One of the rules is’ that an attendant must speak only in a low unimpassioned voice; often it is found unnecessary to speak at ail, even where the manifestations to thecommon eye would appear of the most alarming character: During the night, watchmen pass through the halls at stated periods, while their passage is marked upon a card within the case- of an ingeniously constructed clock. The clothing of each latient upon retiring are placed outside in the hall. In the evening I attended a tea-party —for one was given to the patients every week—that is, to a portion at a time, and they lopk forward to the oc casion with great interest. All the ofli oera with their ladies were present, and notwithstanding this was a class much lower than others, with regard to the progress at their cure, I had never mingled In a company which showed more propriety; indeed,. I have sat at festive tables where the company might betaughl something by the behavior of these unfortunates. After the dishes were removed several games were in troduced, lb which mostof the patients took some interest, and conversation was intermingled. Still, there were these whom nothing could arouse and they sat listless and downcast. On this i occasion was present a lady with a his tory of the most interesting and affect ing nature, but it cannot be told until in all probability, the hand which holds 1 this pen shalrbe moldering in the dust May the choicest blessings attend her through every period of her existence On the nexreyening was a lecture ; on the next, some other entertainment and thus this part of the work goes on through the year. The hospital building for men is near ' Iy half a miledistant. Between are the two walls of therespective institutions- . and also, a low valley, not inclosed’ thus making, as it were, a gulf which cannot be passed. Upon a little reflec lion, the necessity for seperating the sexes will be obvious, but it would be a sufficient reason in the fact that many ladies would not enter if they would be likely to meet men who In after life could lay claim to an acquaintance formed in such a place. The general plan, the interior arrangements and provision for instruction amusement, aufl cure, are the same as in the department for females. Tlte.num her of males is, from year to year, about the same as of femirfes, which shows notwithstanding complainings in cer tain quarters in regard to women, that both are happy and unfortunate in an equal degree. . Surely, if anywhere, some of the scenes of Bedlam would be presented among the men. The door was opened. It was neither an iron nor a massive door, nor did it differ from the parlor door in one’s own dwelling. Here was the same well lighted and cheerful hall with piotures on the walls, with libra ries, cases of insects, and various curi osities, but the inmates were less retir- indeed, our entrance awakened activity and ouriosity ; all eyes turned toward us, and there was a general movement on the part of each to secure a position favorable for seeing or hear ing. A large business-like man bustled up to us with confidence, holding in his hand a petition addressed to the Presi dent of the United States, praying for an appointment to the office of Secre tary of State, or of War, or of the Treas ury, or of the Navy, or Pension Bureau, or as Embassador to England, France, or Itussia, or, in case none of these place should be vacant, the Superinten dency of the United States Mint would be accepted. Wl* did not hesitate tosigD his petition, because we could not con ceive that the public service would re ceive a new injury even should he be appointed. The next great man was a poet, who had 320 poems which he wished to sell, one of which contained 4,050 lines, and all were superior to any poetry published or unpublished. If this wfts'the only evidenceof his insan ity, the reason for his detention did not seem apparent, because suoh men are far from being uncommon, Next we were introduced to a gentleman stand ing in hia door way, and he politely in vited us to enter. On a table was a large oolleotion of standard books, i Shakespeare having a prominent place, : and he told us that he was devoting I every moment of his time in makiug 1 himself familiar with the English : classics, and in particular with Shakes- j peare. “These investigations,” suid he, “develop the interior faculties far more than any secondary basis, whether attached to a higher or a lower plane, and the laying down of a formula de duced therefrom is excelled only by the dilutions and analysis of abstract ideas when compared with the concrete of a higher life.” Next was a small, well dressed young man, who had something of an English air in his manner, and when I asked him how he got along, and how he liked it, he said: “The inaiitution is fair, you know, and the grub is good, but the trouble is, you know, there is nobody here, that is to say, out of the whole, there is nobody fit for society, you know, unless there may be three, in fact not more than two, if so many, and all the rest are ! simply nobodies.” j Going into another ward, the first per son introduced was the President of the United States. He looked as though he lived well, and he offered me several offices, and in particular to be Minister to Holland, but, as the salary was only $l5OO a year, it was declined. Then he wanted others to take offices, and, after considerable begging they were all filled. It seemed to me that if that other gentleman who wanted office so badiy could have had an interview with this President, a great deal of trouble would be saved; in fact, there is abund ant material here for organizing a com plete government, aDd they might issue money and then steal it, and thus lead earnestand actual lives. The President, being a musician, went the piano, and played a song on the bad effects arising from cutting one’s toe nails on Sunday morning. During the performance a poor creature came in, with vacant eyes, when the attendants tried to make him turn around, but he was as rigid as go much India-rubber ; finally, they forced him into a corner, while not a word was spoken, and taking a cloth out of his pocket, they wiped his nose. Thence we went to a large room, where several old men sat around the wall, as if at meeting, while the Winter sun shone upon them brightly, and they were as stupid as if drugged with opium. They had reached the iowestatage. For a reason that need not be stated, we hastened away. In the hall was one who, long agcS was an officer in the re gular army, and it was said that if he had not resigned he would have out ranked Gen. Scott. He wanted only j one thing, and that was a chew of to-1 bacco. Another wanted a cent, which I was given him, and it was stated that, he had laid .up quite a fund, but I sometimes he invests something in candy. Another had been a lawyer; j be understood his condition, and he i stated it. He had worked hia brain when it was already over-worked, and I still he had worked it, taking neither 1 sleep nor relaxation, and now all was I gone. In saying this he shed fears. As I we approached the end of the hall two remarkably intellectual looking men, j with dark shadows around their eyes, stepped toward us quickly and lightly, and they seemed as ready to make a | spring as if they were tigers. And yet, neither these nor any others are feared j by the attendants. Generally, an in-1 sane man is a coward, and he will shrink before the steady gaze of a de- j termined man in his right mind. One 1 had a little wheel on a small shaft. , ‘•‘What is this for?” “To turn around.” I “But what is the object?” “To turn around.” “Yes, yes; what kind of: machinery is it?” “It turns around.” Then we were taken into what have been called the dungeons. They were i simply bare rooms with two windows, and such as described in the department j for females. The walls were defaced, and one room was in process of repair, having been set on fire by a patient, whose friends unaccountably had given him some matches. We were shown what is called a “ saddle,” which is used to prevent a patient from doing himself i boaiiy injury. It is composed of straps I and webbing, about two inches wide, fastened to the bedstead; it confines i the limbs and the body, and is so ar-' ranged that the patient can move his limbs or lie in any position, bat he can | neither arise nor throw off the bed clothes. It is ingenious, and it was de- i olared to have saved many lives, par- 1 ticularly for the reason that when the i patient finds he cannot get away, his | muscles finally relax and he sleeps. None of the stupefying gases are used, because they produce no mental change. Having gone through the whole building, and seen every apartment, re- 1 gardless of the use to which it was ap plied, and making in the whole extent a walk of a mile and a quarter, I was told by the superintendent that I had seen every apparatus by which Violent or any class of patientß are restrained. These dungeons and chains belong to the treatment of the past, not to the present. Briefly, the means used for restoring the loßt senses are innocent amusements, exercise in almost every form, lectures, books, carriage-rides, mechanical pursuits, walking, and gar den-work, all of which, as I saw, are ample in provision, and the printed di rections demand that the application be regular and unremitting. Gentle treat ment is enjoined, and the Scripture text* ov er toe doors, directing the practice of all the virtues and charities, form the spirit of the rules by which the attend ants are to be guided. The general im pressiona which a visitor receives are of Jightoesa, comfort, neatness, and ele gance. The number of choice and ele gant engravings cannot fail to strike the eye. The selection of pictures for a particular ward seem intended to help recall such memories as are supposed to be within reach. For the men's de partment they are striking, always cheerful, sometimes bold, and the female figure is not wanting. In one ward, perhaps where despondency pre vails, is a pictare of one asleep io a hammock which is swinging from Doughs, and the vines and wild flowers and the drapery of the sleeper, denote that it is a tropical scene. The cooking, washing, and other in uustnes, are.complete and on a lame scale. The heating of the apartments Dysteamand hot air requires extensive works, and having been first devised here they were next adopted io the Lapitol at Washington, and afterwards in aJi parts of the country. Ventiia tion demands the use of the steam en gine every day in the year, and th® necessity In a building like this, occu pied by human beings as a residence, is absolute. Even when a small number permanently Jive in one building ing, unless there is perfect ventilation a sickening taint wiiTattach to the walls and furniture which is almost insup portable, aud there are someinaiitutious uot excepting colleges and churches’ where this odor can be detected, mak ing the buildiDg unfit even for tempn- I rary occupancy, Lunatic asylums find 1 nothing more difficult than the secur | ing of ventilation, and some which I have visited fail to attain it. In the Pennsylvania Asylum it la nearly per fect ; but where there is a local require meut, a portable apparatus, something like a fanning mill ia operated at a windo\if. This great difficulty always must oppose a reorgan isuitlou of society In combined households, and it would seem that a family placed in one dwell ing is in a condition for securing health which cannot well be improved. It was natural that I should ask Dr. Ivirkbridge what are the causes of in sanity. He named first dyspepsia, which undermlneß the health. Next is a want of sleep. Still, this may also arise from disease. Nothing is more important than sound sleep; it has remedial powers; and it has most value if taken in the earlier part of the night To lie in bed and think is in the high est degree Injurious, and all thinking should be done before retiring. One of the best means for securing sleep is ex ercise taken in the open air and In the sunshine; opiates ought never to be a means, except by the direction of a phy sician. Good, nutritious food is far more useful than stimulants. Men de ficient in physical powers will be able to perform a vast amount of work of any kind if the wasted powers can be restored regularly by sound sleep. The next cauße is want of employment. Man was made for activ ity, and for the exercise of all his powers ; by the disuse of any, a decay is but natural. Intemperance is another fruitful oause. But cases are mentioned where, on the approach of insanity, a taste for strong drink became irresisti ble ; and, on being gratified, the work wasfinished ; when the malady yielded to treatment, and cure was completed the desire for strong drink no longer existing. In questions as to whether insanity exists, the following query, by a Philadelphia judge, forms a good definition : “ Has a man the power to distinguish right from wrong, and has he the,power to adhere to the rightand avoid the wrong ? ” Hereditary insanity in our country is much less frequent than is supposed. the general forma of Insanity are man ia and dementia, with the subdivisions of moral insanity, monomania hypoch ondriasis, suicidal monomania, homici dal monomania, insane impulse, Ac. In what manner the mind loses its balance and acts in a new plane is, at present, unknown. Generally, and perhaps always, insanity commence.- with absence of sleep, which is followed by fever, and it is highly probable that fever is always connected with madness. One of the most notable Bymptoms of incipient insanity is a rigid tendency to dwell on a single idea, aud frequently, in conversation, to repeat words over 1 and over, but the repetition is more closely confined to the mind itself. Often an insignificant idea will take sole possession of the mind, and be repeated or reproduced with the regularity of a conspicuous mark on a swiftly revolvingwheel. Onepartofthe mind seems disconnected with the other parts', and it may be compared to an en gine' with one portion at rest while another portion runs with great veloci ty. Sometimes, in what is called health objects come before the eyes, orcommon words are spoken in connection with passing events, which seem only a re collection—that is, they are remembered as having been presented to the mind in some past period, inexactly thesame relation they are presented in the pres ent. Much more remains for scientific men to discover in the future than has yet been revealed; and if the various problems concerning insanity are ever to be solved, they will be so by patient investigations through many periods, and with the assistance of those once insane. Thestarting point undoubtedly is in our Insane Asylums. As yet, they are new institutions, and little has been done than to secure organization, and to demonstrate to legislators and think ing men their great usefulness. The public mind at present is Inter ested m considering the means by which persons are declared insane. In most cases no question can arise, but at in tervals there are cases where doubts do arise. In Pennsylvania, the writteD certificate of a single physician is suffi cient for an arrest and commitment, and in view of this there is a general feeling, which finds expression, that the rights of the personal liberty of those alledged to be insane require further protection; not because there is any doubt that the great mass of physicians would do in justice, but because there are some physicians who are unworthy of per forming an act so momentous. When our country was new, when each , was acquainted with his neigh bor, and when the number of unprin cipled men was less than at present, the requirements for proving insanity were sufficient, or, if they were not, the su perintendents who were devoting their lives to building up of these institu tions, and who thereby showed their regard for human suffering, would have refused to receive any that were not proper objects of their care. But now that fortunes are many and large, now that corruption, in an increased degree, is united with cunning, and now that the time cannot be remote when the original superintendents, in the course of nature, will give place to others, it would Beem that the facts in any case of insanity should be so established as to avoid objection, not so much with a view of considering the feelingof the friends, however greatly this may be desired, as to.seeuretheconfidenceoflhe public. For the usefulness of these institutions, and their ability to proceed unobstructed, depend alone upon this confidence. On the other hand, the public, and the reading portion in particular, should be cautioned against the reception of ideas derived from novels descriptive of En glish asylums, which, although they may possibly be true there, have no ap plication to any here—at least, to none which I have visited. A large class of readers desire sensational stories, and writers gratify- them; but the injury done is increased in the proportion that the important concerns of life are based upon scientific facts and actual experi ence. Surely there are marveis enough to be found by those willing to seek them in thediseoveriesof modern times and in the astonishing relations which the mind and everyday life bear to thousands of invisible, and yet actual agencies, which bring new combina tions, and almost making society itself new, without attempting to engraft upon a growth of beneficence the tradi tions of Benlam or the horrors of Udolpho, The adjourned extra session of the Flori da Legislature began on Monday. Yester day the House organized, but the Senate Is without a quorum. . o ?? eT ß or Hoffman sent his flrat message *7,® New York Legislature yesterday. T < h JL? ove, : i :2 r a j. e^ a a « alnst the > proposed aivlaioQ ot the State, and recommends var ious reforms, He also urges the repeal of the metropolitan police and excise laws. The proposition before Congress to regulate suffrage in the States is deplored, and the hope expressed that the State Courts will not be deprived of the naturalization power. The message is mainly oooupied by local matters* Thorvaldsen's First love. Some fifty years ago, a young woman of prepossessing appearance was seated in a small back room of a house in Co penhagen, weeping bitterly. In her lap lay a few trinkets and other small artiole9, evidently keepsakes, which she had received from time to time. She took up one after the other, and turned them over, but Bhe could scarce ly distinguish them through her blind ing tears. Then she buried her face in her hands and rocked to and fro in her ago Dy. '♦ißk,*” moa ned she, and is it come to this 1 AU my dreams of happiness are vanished—all my hopes are dead ! He will even go without bidding me farewell. Ah, Himlen! that I have Hve'd to see this bitter day ? Love vare God! ‘ At moment a hasty tap at the door was followed by the eu trance of the object of her grief. He wasayoungmao about twenty-five years of age, hia per son under sized and strongly built hia features massive,, regular and attrac ttve—bis long hair flaxen, his eyes blue. J his was Bertel Tborvaldseu—a name ' which has since been sounded through out the world as that of the most illus trious sculptor of modern times. His step was firm and quick, hiseye bright, and his features glowing as he euterea the room; but vhen he beheld the atti tude of the weeping female a shade passed over his countenance as he murmured, “ Amelia! ” “ Bertel! ” The youog Dane drew a chair to her aide, and silently took her tear-bedewed hands—“ Amelia!” said he, after a ■ pause broken only by her quivering •sobs, “I am come to bid the farewell, I go in the morning.” She ceased weeping, raised her face and releasing her hands, pushed back her disheveled hair. Theu she wiped her eyes, and gazed on him In a way that made his own droop. “'Bertel why did you win my young heart?— why did you lead me to hope that I should become the wifeof yourbosom? r I always meant it; I mean now She shook her head mournfully and taking up her trinkets, continued : “Do you remember what you said when you gave me this—and this—and this ?” ‘‘What would you have, Amelia ? I said I loveyou; I love you still—but—” But you love ambition, fame, the praise of men far better!” added she. bitterly. Thorvaldson started, for he felt actu ally the truth of her words. “Yes you will leave gamle Denmark —you will leave your poor fond old father and mother, whose only hope and only earthly joy is In you—you will leave me, and all who love the sound of your footsteps, and go to the distant laud and forget us all!” "Min Pige ! you are cruel and unjust. I shall come back to my old father and mother—come back to thee and we shall be happy again.” "Never, Beriell!—never! When once you have goue there is no happiness for us. In heaven we may all meet again; on earth never! Oh no, never wiil you see in this life cither your parents on your poor, broken hearted Amelia!” and again her sobs burst forth. Thorvalden abrubrjy rose from his seat and paced the rooni in agitation. He was much distressed, and once or twice he glanced at Amelia with evident hesitation. His past life, the pleasure of bis youth, the endeared friends and scenes of his childhood, the affection of Amelia, the anguish of his parents at the approaching separation, all vividly passed in review, and whispered him to stay and be happy in the city of his birth. But a vision of Rome rose abo aud beckoned him thither to earn re nown, wealth, and immortality. The 1 pride of conscious genius swelled bis soul and he felt that the die was cast forever. He reseated himself by the side of Amelia, and once more took her hand. She looked up, and in one glance read his inmost thoughts "Go,” said she, " go and fulfil yourde'stiny—God’s will be done ! You will become a great man you will become the companion of princes and kiDgs, aDd your name will 1 extend the fame of your country to the uttermost parts of the earth. I see it | all; aud let my eelfishlove perish. Only promise this; when you a e hereafter: in full blaze of your triumph, sometimes 1 turn aside from the highborn, lovely dames who are thronging around, and drop one tear to the memory of the Dan ish girl who loved you better than her herself. Bertel, farewell! ” The next day Thorvaldsen quitted Copenhagen for Rome, wherehe resided uearly the whole remainder of his-long life, and more than realized his own wild aspirations for fame. But the pro phesy of poor Amelia was literally ful filled—be nevermore beheld his parents, nor her his first true love ! Nearly half a ceDtury bad elapsed, and again the Beene was Copenhagen, The streets were densely crowded with eager, sorrowing spectators, and every window of every house was filled with sadly expectant faces. At length a cry, " They come !” was echoed from group to group, and the crowds swayed to and fro under the sympathetic swell of com mon emotion. A withered old woman was seated at the upper window of a house. When the cry was taken up, she raised her wrinkled countenance and passed her hands over her eyes, as if to clear away the mist of more than seventy winters. An immense procession drew nigh. Appropriate military music preceded the corpse being conveyed to its last earthly place. The king of the land, the royal family, the nobility, the clergy, the learned, the brave, the gifted, the renowned, walked after it. Thebauners of mourning were waved, the trumpets wailed, and ten thousand sobs broke alike from stern and gentle breasts, and : tears from the eyes of warriors as well ' as lovely women showered like rain. It was the funeral of Bertel Thorvald sen, with the Danish nation for mourn ers! And she, the old woman who gazed at it as it slowly wound by—she was Amelia, his first love! Thorvaldsen had never married, neither had she. "Ah, Himien!” murmured the old woman, wiping away tears from a source which for many long years had been dry, “ how marvelous is the will of God! To think that I should live to behold this sight! Poor, poor Bertel! All that I predicted came to pass; but ah me! who knows whetheryoumight not have enjoyed a happier life after all had youstayed with your old fatherand mother, and married me. Ab.HimleD, there’s only One can tell! Poor Bertel! Four years more sped and on one fine Sabbath morning an aged and decrcpid female painfully dragged her weary limbs through the crowded rooms of that wondrous building known as Tborvundsen’s Museum. She paused not to glance at the matchless works pf the sculptor, but crept to an open door way leading into the innerquadrangle, in the centre of which a low tomb of grey marble encloses the mortal re mains of him whose hand created the works which fill the edifice. Step by step she drew close to the tomb, aud sank on the pavement by its side. Then she laid down her crutch, and pressed her bony hands tightly over ber skinny br>w. “ja, ja!” murmuredshe : “they told me he lay here aDd I prayed to God to grant me strength to crawl to the spot —and he has heard me. Ah, Himien I can die happy now!” ’ She withdrew her hands and peered at the simple but all comprehensive in scription of “Bertel Thorvaldsen” deeply cat on the side of the tomb. Then she raised her forefinger, and earnestly traced with it every letter to the end. Smiling feebly she let fall her hand, and complacently smiled, while an evanescent gleam of subtle emotion lighted up her lineaments. “ ’Tie true* he moulders here. Poor Bertel, we shall meet again—in Heaven?” Her eyes closed and her hands slowly sank on her breast, In which attitude she remained until one of the officers of the Museum, who had noticed her sing ular behavior came up. “Gammei Kone (old ;wife) said he, what are* you doing?" She answered not; and he slightly touched her shoulder, thinkingshe was asleep. Her body gently slid to the ground at the touch, and he then saw that she slept the sleep of death ! Old Stamps. Our readere have doubtless often wondered what became of the canceled postage stamps, and why.notlongslnce so many persons were anxious to collect them. Many of these collectors un questionably bored their friends for stamps merely because they desired to sea how large a number It was possible to actamolate; but It now turns out that not a few did so for the purpose of carrying out their money getting tend encies. China having suddenly become a market for these novel wares, if so they may be termed. It appears the Chinese have contracted the passion of covering their umbrellas, room, and houses with old stamps, and they buy them by thousands and millions. t)ue foreign mission, which ha 9 a station in tbe East Indies, collects these Btampg and sells them at about seventy-five cents per thousand, and for tbe money so acquired tbe mission educates such children as have been either exposeftor sold as slaves by their uunaturai parents. ' ews It+mn. Sergeant Bates has settled in New Orleans The editor of tbe Paris Paysehas already fought upward uf sixty duels. Tbe Housatnnic river Is frozen solid as far up as Derby, Connecticut. Tbe missionaries in Indio propose a g&aerul assembly. Tbe apothecaries of Paris are to lower tbe price of their drugs. The Methodist enumerates fresh air among tbe means of grace. T. S. Arthur, the well-known) writer, is about sixty years old. Napoleon expects to die oi a bunting ucci dent. A gipsy told him so. Congressman Cnrpy bits taken to lectur ing upou “The Wines of the Bible.” Last year the dumage done to the crops in France, b,y iaaecta, exceeded $105,000,1)00. The little Abyssinian PriDce Theodore is nt school in the Isle of Wight, England. There are twelve churches in Erie street Cleveland, Ohio, within a distance 01 half a mile. The Chicago police renort 21}.000 arrests during the year 1808, and 5276,000 worth of property stolon, Mr. Nathaniel Thayer took four $2,000 pews at the sale In the new First Church, Boston, lust week. Gen. John C. Fretnnnt would like, it is said, to represent the United Stales at t Tuileries. The far trade in lively at St. Peter, Mi nesota. Muskrat skins are the chi staple. The Legislatures of Ohio and Keutuoky met yesterday. The Nevada Legislature met on Monday. A runaway couple from New York were married on Christmas day, on u train on one ol the railways leading from that city. Woman’s rights petitions are being cir culated for signatures all over Massa chusetts. Six hundred and fifty-four peoplo were buried last year in the cometories of Rich mond, Va. An English Catholic papor prints a list of two archbishops and ten bishops shortly to be appointed a Catholie hierarchy in Scot land. The publishers of Putnam's Magnzino offer a liberal prize for the best article on “Advertising und advertising uguncies— their uses and abuses.” The miolater of the Netherlands, Mr. Adi an Mazel, was married on Thursday in New York, to Mias Moßae, a Baltimore lady. Stephen Abbot has beeu couvieted at New Haven, of murder iu the second degree, In killing A. M. Bronson, and been sentenced to imprisonment lor life. Thenew caseagaiosiSurratt wasdismiss ed by the Grand Jury ut Washington, on the ground that be’was pardoned by the last amnesty Proclamation. The movement for nnivorsal amnesty and universal suffrage, in Virginia, ie favor ed by 11 Democratic papers. Eight Demo cratic and two Republican papers oppose it. The Mexican Congress has raiilied the treaties with the United States relating to the rights of naturalized citizens and lor the settlement of claims of citizens of both countries. An insane woman near Bowmnnsville, Canada, on Tuesday drowned her two chil dren in a barrel of water, and when dis covered was herself getting into the barrel bead foremost. Gen. Stooeman informs the State Treas urer of Virginia that ufier consultation with Secretary Schofield, he declines to order the payment of tbo balance due the members of the Reconstruction Committee. The public debt statement for December is published to day. It shows a total debt of $2.652 533 622. Cash in the Treasury $111,826,782, of which $98,703,368 is coin] The debt hi November Was $2,645,711,154. Eight persons were killed and luiny se riously injured at Rochester, by the giving way of the floor of Sts Peter udU Paul’s Roman Caiholic School house, in which a lestivul was being held. Among the killed were a man hdu his wife. In a case before the United States District Court, at Chicago, Judge Drummond decid ed that the Whisky Jaw was Constitutional in eyery provision, and refused an injunc tion to restrain the Revenue officers from acting under it. It was recently reported at Durango, Mex too, that papers were found on Generals Ortegu and Pattori showing that the United Stutes had purchased Chihuahua and Sina loa, and would occupy these States within two years. Two colored men were found dead, in bed. at the French MI ister’s residence in Washington, yesterday. They bad been employed iu the house for some time. Nothing was discovered to account for their deaths, and the matter is being investi gated. State liemi. Messrs. Kelley and Z.iyner, of Indiana county, recently spent a week In the wilds of Clearfield county, and succeeded in kill ing thirteen deer and an A merican panther. At Hollidaysburg two blast furnaces, two rolling mills, two machine shops and foun dries. and numerous other smallor enter prises now furnish employment to a popu lation of about five thousand. The bill-posters of Pittsburgh are con stantly quarreling und fighting about their respective rights to certainold fences, brick piles, and vacant corners. One of them is now under bail for threatening to shoot an other. Robert Walker, of Danville, died last week, aged eighty-five. The deceased em igrated to this country from Ireland in 1819. He was one of tbo oldest members of tbe Masonic fraternity, having belonged to that Order for over Bixty years. A new public school building, costing some $35,000, was dedicated in the city of Meadville, as tbe " Huidekoper Grammar School,” on the 23d inst. Joseph Shippen, E.sq., one of the School Board, made an appropriate dedicatory addrety. A pauper in Tnrbett township, Juniata county, placed a bourd on lopof a litne kiln and lay down on it to keep himselt warm, but, becomingsuffocuted by the gas fell into the kiln. Wbeu found tho next day, his right arm and one side of his face were burned off. The Tionesta Press says: JTbere is an ex tensive mine of lead oro with eighteen per cent of silver in Forest county, which will be developed when the proper time come-, and this we know to be a fact beyoud the shadow of a doubt, abundant specimens of tbe minerul being circulated for inspection. At a sale of cows and heifers in Bucks county, last week, twenty animals, rang ing from three to ten years oJd, brought the sum of sl,99B—within a trifle of SluO per head. An Alderney heifer, three yearn old, sohi for S2SO, und auother, five months old! for $lOO. ‘ Two Pittsburgh officers made a tour through the city markets last week to in specf tbe poultry. They condemned 250 pounds as unfit to be sold, and bad it im mediately curted away and dumped into tbe river. Much of it was absolutely pu trid. and some of the fowls had been dis eased. Remnrknbio Story orn Boston Robbery. Boston Dec. 30. During the night of July 10. 1866, George F. Gooding's brokerage otlice at No. 16 State st., was robbed of $lO,OOO. nodeversincetbat tim-tbe robbery bas been a mystery until this eveniog when the following facts were developed .- In tbe beginning of July, 1866, Mr. Gooding let all of his store to a book firm except one window. Aug. Penny was the man wbo tepresented tbe hook firm Oq tbe after noon of tbe 9th of July Mr. Gooding, when he went away, left carpenters employed by tbe book firm bard at work on shelves <tc. At six o'clock tbe carpenters went home, but their places were at once supplied by rotrues disguised os carpenters, members of tbe said book firm, aud the work went on. Mr. Gooding’* safe whs in tbe back center of the store Augustus Penny mount ed » high platform which crossed the door, so that it could be opened only a few inches He was ostensibly engaged In whitewash ing. and when a stranger tried tbe door be was told that no oqo could come lu ; tbut Mr. Gooding had gone home, and they were busy. Another “carpenter” was busy on a screen, which shielded tbe left side of the store and safe from view. A third “carpenter” sawed wood violently m tbe middle of the store to bide tbe creak ing oftbe drills, and thsoth*r “ carpenters” were exercising tbe drills on Mr. Gooding’s In the safe was $lO,OOO In gold. When Mr Gooding came to bis store tbe next morning he found his safe door opeu and bis money gone. The broker put hi* case into the bands of detective officers # and he himself w nt ioto tbe haunts of thieves, bnt be was told toat tbe rogues bud gone to Canada. Hesoon learned that five persons were implicated. These were the person* ar rested.aud two other men named B trton and Wlis m, English thieves, fled .to New York and had their share of the gold exchanged there by a “fence.” Learning afterward' * that some one bad noised the robbez? abroad, they decided that the “ fence ” had KATiS OF ADVEHTIsifIfI. Jusihksb AdvjsßTißXHxirrs, $l3 a year per \oare or ten lines; $6 per year for each ad ttjanal square..; , » ' Real Estate abvertihiwq, 10 oeaU'a lloe for Ch*llrBt,aiidsoenU for each subsequent In* sertlan. \ Irnkraz, Advertising 7 cents a lldo for the flrar, and 4 coots for each sub»oquent inser tion. * ' - rectal ln Local Column lfi cent* perUtie^. 'BCEaI Notices preceding marriages and 10 ,e«nu per line for Orel Insertion ana 5 cents for every subsequent lnsertior J liXOAX AHD OTH>-8 I Executors’ .allocs... ~,„ 2M Administrators' aotloes 2JO Assignees’ notices, * IMI 2.8# Auditors’ ‘, j^qq Other " Notices, ’ ten lines, or "less. “ three times, ljo I blowed." They followed him lo Pblla delphia ann fouud bits in u bur-room. One put his knee in tho middle of the back of the suspected traitor, and the other held down the bead and cut bis throat. Tho fence,” however, recovered, uid bis would be murderers are in a Pennsylvania jail. The victim of this outrage guve val uable information. Mr. Gooding went to Canada, where he fouud ami renewed tho acquaintance of Penny, who revealed some ihings concerning the robbery. Last Fri day, many months after that renewal of acquaintance. Penny went from Montreal with the tools of a burglar to commit a burglary in Ogdensburg, N. Y., on the f t anada line. The detective officer was on / his truck, and when, on Sunday morning, I be crossed over to Ogdensburg he was ar rested. Charles Sledman, a notorious i pickpocket, and Harry Jennings, were ar- \ rested in this city this morning, as uocom- V pllces, N --. A family Paper. The successful tmimlvr nf Illustrat'd papers in America, Frank Leslie, willissuo in ihe first week in Januurv a New Puniily pnp.-r entitled “The New World” devoted to Romance, Travel, Discoveries. Hvgiene tee Farm ami the Kitchen, Art, Poetry and' Humor. It is to coutain several features of 'merest not round in anv Fumilv News paper now published, but required by modern wants und improvements, such as a record of leceut Ncieutiilc Discoveries by Prof Joy, of Columbia College; transac tion* of the Polytechnic and Farmers de partments of the American Institute, lUus i rated ; Health und its Laws by Dr. A. K Gardner; Incidents ot Travel and Remin iscences of Adventure by Hon. X. G Nquier aud other travellers; Food and How to r,,ok i f « Hi® Dairy, the Orchard and tho Garden ; eueh number Is also to contain a bill ol Fare, with directions for its perpara tioD, adapted lo the season, for each day of the week by the Lelands ortho Metropoli Un Hotel. The whole tastefully printed and Illustrated. NOllCfcfro 'l'll E lIEIHH AMI LKGAI, repreKentat lv» s of l'i- thurlne Heudersnn. '«io ot Hart township, Lsucnsier county. pa dec ri —You are hereby unlllfVul to he anil ap pear In the OrphiuiH' tJoart. of l-ancumer (lH > of FKHUU ARf, 801). ..t 10 o’clock. A. M\. to aecent. the real estaie of c.uUnrlno Henderson Uec'U at the Valuation thereof m do by an inquest held llu-reou. aud confirmed by haul Court or slum ciuse why the urn* should not be sold according to law. J. F. FKLY, .Sheriff. Mi.riff's Ulllce, Lancaster, Dec, 81,18tH _ iitwl , EMTATt: «>F (i r OIUJK llAnaKlt. LATE { " x of KHcabolh township, Luncaator couuty \ tlec d.—The uudera gned AUditor.appolnt-d lo ' (iistrlbu e th* baluuro remaining lu the bauds ol Henry it. Hammeraud John K. Hammer, Administrators, io and among (hose legally entit led t'Mtin Maine, will sit lor that purpose on MONDAY, JANUARY •-olh. 1809 at IG o clock, P M.. In too i.lbrary Room’of the Court House. In tho City oi Lancaster, where all persons Interested lu bald distribution rnay “"ri?: 1 -, j. w.F.HwiFr, AuilHor, ©rrraaa UEK.UAJI lIITIEIIIS, HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC. Tho Great Romldlcs for all Diseases of tlio I.IVEU, SKIMACH, OH DIGESTIVE OIIUI.VS. HOOFLAND’S OHKMAN BITTERS la compiled ol the pure juices (or, us they are medlclually termed, | | tczinirU} of Roo.a, Herbs. and Barks, 11 making a prepara tion, highly coucentrilled, and entirely free from alcoholic admixture of any kind. HOOFLAND’H GERMAN TONIC, .i oom hlnatl°n of all the ingredients ot the Bitters, with the purest quality of dunta (rui hum, Orange, Ac., making one of too most pleasant and agreeable remedies ever offered to ihe public. 1 hose pref rrmga dedlclno free from Alco holic admixture, will use HOOFLAND'tS GERMAN BITTERS. Those who have no objection to tho combi nation of the BlLters. ns slated, will use HOOFLAND’S GERMAN TONIC. ThjULare both equally good, and contain the saulgjued icinal virtues, tho choice betweeu the two beluga mere matter of lusto, the Toni# being the must palatable. B u T t“ e^ toni . acUl l roiu a variety of causes, such as ludlgesllou, Dyspepsia, Nervous Debility, etc., Is very apt lohave Its functions derauged. The Liver, sympa /A thlzlng as closely as It does wllh the V_/ Blomuch, theu be comes affected, tlio result of which Is that tho patient suffers Horn several or more of tho foi owing diseases: CouslJpaUun Flatulence, Fu>»- of Blood to the Head, Acidity or the Stomach, Nausea, Heart burn, Disgust Tor >ood, Fulucss of Weigh' In tho Stomach,’ sour LruoU. lons Sinking or Flntterlug ut the I’ll of the Mtoim.ch owlmmlLg ol me Head, Hurried or Dlfhcult BreaLh- Ing, Flu M.-ring at' t the Heart. Choking or Hullocating fSeuttaLiou# when lo u Lying Posture, Dim* ness of Visum, Dots or Webs bo- '* fore the Slghi, Dull Pain In the Head Dedcleuey of Yellowness or the r>kiu and Lyes, Pain In the •Mde, Back. Unest, Limbs, etc., budd»-n Flushes ol Heut Burning In the Flesh. rousUmi Imaginings’ ol hvin ,». d O.ea l f'eprt'M.lun ol «plr“». Ihe BUtlerer from these dlaeuses should or. erclse the greatest caution In U,e selection ofa remedy for his case, purchasing ml that which he Is assured /\ from his luveatlga- Llo « and .Inqumes V.,/ iHJMsesses true* merit « skilfully compounded, is free from Injurious Ingredients, aud has established for lisoli a r ® urutlon for the cure of LiiesiVdiscas.-s fn this connection we would submit those well known remedies— HOOFLAND'H GERMAN BITTERS. AND HOOFLAND’S GERMAN TONIC. ■REPahed ay i> r . c. «. Jackson, PHILADELPHIA, PA, Twenty-two years tdnee they were first lu* trodu U Into tins country fioimiei mmv.dur ing which time they buve undoubtedly per. roimed more cure*, and benutlited suiicrlusr humuuity to a greater extern, than any other remedies known to tbe public. Tbes. remedies will oilectuully cure Liver Complaint,Jaundice, M Dysoupala, Chronic or Nervous Diarruosu r Disease of the kid neys .und all Diseases arising from a Disor dered Llvor, Htomaeb or i uteslluos. DEBILITY, Resulting from «uy 4'nune whatever PuoviuAija* t f v ,„ K Induced by N vere Dilmr, . Iliird sblpM, hipoimre. Fevers, Ac. „ IM , QU ru « ,J, cine extant equal to them remedies In sucb eases a Ume and vigor Is Imparted to the whole system, the appetite is strengthened, food Is enjoyed, the stomacu digests promptly, the blood is purified the complexion becomes sound aud bca.Lhy the yellow ting© is eradicated from the eyes a bloom is given to 'he cheelts, and Uio weak u2alt°y r te, U ,’ K . “ V “ UU “ “"-“Us uud ' I’EKhO.VS ADV V.NCUD-I.N LIKE. And feeling the hand of lime weighimi hcvl ly upon tuein, With ail its attendant ills, will dud in the useoi this Ul iTKiW.oi the TUNIC ao rhxer that wiJl lustli new life lulo their vein*, rcstoie in a m usure the ruergy and ardor ol more youthful days, build up their shrunken lorms, and give health und happi ness to their remaining years. 1 * N OTI CE . hJ, 1 , i? m w e»-«MDihHshLHj fact that fully ono hall of the Jemuie portiou of our population are seldom lu t*e cu i Joymoutof good healLh; or, to use - ±j tn»ir own expression never feel well. They are languid, devoid of al energy, extremely nervous, and have uo appetite. , • l blf j c,IIHH the BITTEIiH, ur We I UN IC, is especially recommended. WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN, Are made strung i-y the use oi either of thono r^r.1 r" wl:1 cur*- every case of MAlt- ASM Without fall. Thousands of certificate* havo accumulated in the bauds of the proprietor, but space will al ow of the puldicatiou of but few. Those It will Be olmer e ure uj.-u „t Hole anil ul bubß slandiug that they must be believed. TEHTI MON IA LS. HON. GEU. W. WUUD\VaIU), Chief Justice of the uureme Court of Pa., writes . _ ~ ~ Philadelphia, March Itl, HR>7. I and Hooflahd’soermab Bltiers’ isagood toulc, useful lu dls- a eases »f thodlgestlve organs, aud of great J\. benefit lu cusus of debiliLy, and want of nervous action In the system. „ Yours, truly, \ GBO. W. WOQDWAHn/j HON. JAMES THOMPSON Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. ... .... Philadelphia, April In, n#d. I consider Hoofland'a German iiltte/s’ a valuable medicine In cuso of attacks of .udlges tlon or Dyspepsia. 1 can certify this Trom my experience of It, Yours, with respect, James Thompson.” from Rev. Joseph h. kennakd d r Pcutor Of the 7 ctUh Baptist Church, Philadelphia Ur Jackson^- Dear Mr ; I have oeen frequent ly requested toco meet my name wltn lecuin- of dilTeroni kinds of medicines but regarding the practice us ou of my pnate sphere, 1 have In ah cases declined • but with a clear orool in XT vaiious instances and particularly lu \y my own family of the useiuiueM* of Dr tl■ ottand s Gorniuu ha ters, I depart for once from my usual course, to express my full convlct.lou tbut, for general debility of the system, arid especially for Liver QmtpUunl, U is a *nfe and valuable preparation, la some eases It inuj fail; but usually, 1 douot not, it will he very oeneliolal to those who sui ter from th- above causes, Youra, vtsr> reapcciluily, J. H. Kenxahd* Elglna, below Uoaunj at. From Krv. K. D. KENDALL. Assistant Jidaor ChrtShan Vhronicte, Philadelphia 1 havej.ierlved decided beuelil from the ut-.e of Hoofliaud's Gorman Bltt- rn, and feel a ruy privilege to recommend them as a most valua b.e tonic, to all wuo uresufiuriug irom general debl.Hy or from diseases arising irom derange meutol the liven ‘ Yours truly E. D. i'xndaia. • CAUTION Hoofland’s German Remedies are counter feited. See tnat the I \ signature of C. M. JaCKHUN Is on the J J wrapper of each tie. Al) oLhers are counterfeit. Prlnclpui Office and Manufactory at the Ger man Medicine store, No. 831 ARCH dtreet Philadelphia Pa. CHARLEB M. EVANS. Proprietor. Formerly C. M. Jackson <t do. PRICES Hoofland'a German Bitten, per bottle, $1 00 '* '* ball 4-i Zen...... ioo tioofland’e German rouu., nm uaiu quart bot ties, 31 50 per bottle, or a ban Jnr«n lor *7 ML WUouol orgeL to examine well tbe artlole jkpo bay. In or -wr to get tbe genuine. ““ “«>"*« Jfan, an 21 WsirdMo
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