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TOWS TALK.
OMXTHIHO ABOCT lATHMk TATLOR.
; HTht Lordhare mercy upm ys, -fy we
r widow!" j-Who has nofe8jr the
tory-Who does not know 'thin when
tb wild Waves made a grave for a husband
and a father of his oongregation, old hon-
wA Father Taj lor, lajinghis reverend hand
upon the head of the bereaved w idow, gave
txpression to sympath y of his heart in such
word "The Lord have mercy upon us.
for we are a widow!" Ah! well may that
flock of passage birds who make up the con
gregation at the Seaman's Bethel be proud
of that old grey head !n their pulpit though
he does rush the brimstone and bluefire
rather too steep for comfort! There is not
one amonget them upon whose head, first or
List, his reverend hand has not lain in bless
ings; there is not a heart upon which, iu
times of deep affliction, his holy words have
not fallen like dew from heaven; there
not a husband and wife in his congregation
whoso hands he has not united till death
hall them part; there is not a child amongst
them whose birth has not been sanctified
Art his imploring words, there is not
mound in the eravevard over whose dust
he has not wept and prayed, as he would
weep and pray should some gem from his
own fireside go out from his gaze, to sleep
with the summer blossoms above them
such tears and prayers asyou who worship
in gilded palaces, whose needless adornment
would have fed a hundred starving sinner,
could never dream of such tears and pray-
rs as lay hold upon the promises of God,
and will not be denied! Oh, live, if you
will, a slave to that religion which circles
all around the heart but never touches
ground! worship, where selfishness passes
, for religion, and hypocrisy for truthwhere,
to pass current, you must advocate a Chris
tianity to live by, and not to die by ; but
give me the old honest teaching of a less
comfortable creed, so it comes to me in
that sincerity of soul which blazes out from
the rugged, manly heart of old Father Tay
lor! " Th$ Lord have mercy upon, us for we
o,rt a widoicl" Nor is it the widow alone
whose tears cease to flow in view of such
consolation. A bright young heart has
ceased its beating, and a bereaved mother
sorrow over the fragile little bud, laying
10 still and white before her. Baby is dead !
There are crowds to wonder at the mother's
passionate grief, to talk to her of the sin
fulness of her sorrow, and tell her how
much better off it is among the angels.
Useless useless all! The old minister
knows, mayhap, from bitter experience,
that it is useless! He knows how that
tiny bud had twined and braided itself with
her mother-heart-strings! He knows how
love and hope had blossomed to her mind
in its onward pathway, and he tells her to
weep her fill, for tkre is no sin in the
tears shod for thearly dead; so he tells her
to weep for the dear, fond face she will miss,
yearn for, but never see again! to weep
for the soft dimpled arms whose close clas
ping she yill remember, mourn for, but
never fee again! to weep for the little
golden lpd nestlingand childish confidence
to her bosom, which she will pine for, dream
of hm wake to loneliness and desolation!
He tells her to weep for the child-angel,
(tailed home before the taint of earth was
on it wing; but while she weeps, to remem
ber that there is a Father above us, who
will have mercy upon her because her heart
it widowed of its infant love!
The Lord have mercy vpon us for tee
art a widow!" There is treachery where
there should have been love, and the dear
est friend I ever knew comes to me with
those words upon her lips! . With a pure,
high heart, passionate and devoted in its
bearings, fate threw in her path one
very way qualified to win the enthusias
tic devotion of a snirit formed to Intra but.
once, and that once forever! I need not
tell you how she loved. I should fail in
language to convey a sense of the utter ex
dusiveneas, the almost morbid devotion she
lavUhedupon him. His word, his look,
his smilethere was nothing else for her
in the wide earth but them! But the world
taw her in her earnestness, lavishing the
wealth of her soul upon his shrine, and
grow envious of the happiness which radia
ted her life. The scandal, with its nmsnn-
, r
d iting, wreathed itself around her, tur
ning "trifles light as air" into seeming in
constancy, with which his ear was feasted!
And he believed it believed that she who
had given him her life, had made an unholy
me of his affection! Prayers, tears, en
treaties, all were in vain; he left her with
ft cold glance, and bitter words, which ne-
o vuum uo uunyuiifu. Auix WCU UCr
V,Arf hmlral fl, tV.t tl.. ll Li 11
v vvui vru, iruun tun Aimiguiy W0U1U
. inflict upon the slanderer one half of the
uffering she endures. That the dreary
. days which seem never to have an end
the drearier nights which arc dedicated to
tears and prayers for hira who has mora
than widowed her the dismal future seem
ing too dessolate to be borne, might haunt
the cowardly assassins of . her fair fame,
till they shall seek in vain for that peace
n tney nave driven forever from her bosom
- i And now she sits in her solitary chamber
, tnd writes songs which so to the heart nf
buv luuiuiuurj, iuu viuuumeB. wnon the
n Mtiittrnnn m mns. . i . i
w world growi vy dark, and deflate, ebe
iu pvu w oreame me oia man
pleading prayer "The Lord ' have mercy
upon us for we are a widow!" And from
every house and home in- our city, over
dear lostones laying in their shrouds bear
ing to us a living death, over affections
garnered up in heaven, or withered away
frem us by treachery and deceit, drifts up
that solemn appeal, made more solemn by
the earnest application of the good old sail
ors . friend -Father Taylor! And the
time will come when the Seamen's Bethel
will miss its grand old teacher forever
more in this world when the beacon light
which has saved the shipwreck of many
a noble soul, must be looked for above;
and when the congregation; which whilo
write, (for it is Sunday.) are listening to
his eloquent voice, in grief for that bereave
ment, will with one accord, send up that
impressive prayer 'The Lord have mercy
upon us, for wo arc a widow!" H. M. s.
LIFE PICTURES.
'She brushed away ajteai and passed out over
the threshold."
There is more poetry unwritten than
written. Some talk of romance, and thiuk
the fine pictures of the writer to be over
drawn and unnatural. Unnatural they
may be, but if by "overdrawn" they mean
too be beautiful, I bee to dissent. There
is that in the developeincnt of merely
common child from two years old to six, in
a lowly parterre of the cotter's garden, on
a common hill-side of a wooded pasture,
which no tongue can utter, no pencil por
tray. Then iu the moral field there are
thoughts, emotions, experiences, which have
as yet met their slightest indications on the
poet's page. So the thoughts flitted past
mo as I witnessed the above.
An old lady of three-score years and ten
passed out from a mansion which had first
been hers, and who may speak of the life
picture of which that silent tear was the
signal ! Is it not that her lot has been so
very unusual, 0, no, but rather that it is
so common, this is what sets me thinking,
As in a thousand cases, so in hers; how
bright life was ! A dear domestio circle,
joyous with the budding impulses of two
prattling boys, smiles and tears, chasing
each other in quick succession, and hopes
so sanguine crowning all. Who shall speak
of the hopeful anticipations, daily and night
ly conned over by the father and mother,
as the boys go in and out from their tasks
at school, or safely tucked up in the cot or
trundle-bed !
The years go gliding ly, and now the
solemn experiences begin to come. All so
different from those early dreams of bliss,
the youngest is seen to falter and to fade ;
his strength goes out while it is yet morn
ing, and the grave hides him. Anon "rich
es take to themselves wings ana ny awry
change after change is repeated, and they
with many a one can testify how very few
such early hopes are realized. Do we ask
why all this? Aye, the very questioning
implies iorgetfulness of what we ouht to
remember. We are immortal life is pro
bation ; in these two facts we have the key
to what otherwise would seem a mystery ,
God has so arranged, os that young life
shall be joyous in all existence; otherwise,
even the arm of probation would be nipped
in the bud. The youthful see with their
own eyes ; they cannot take our experience
at second fend, and we should be content
they cannot. Such look around them and
see that all jj not just as might be desired,
with their parents and elders, but they
never once dreamed but that they them
selves shall be more successful We may
each well remember an experience of our
own when we would not for a moment have
accepted of a future only as bright os the
then present of our parents; but to us as
to others, the chastning rod has come be
times, one ly one of those early illusive
vi&ions have disappeared, and sad were it
indeed, if better hopes and truer had not
taken their places.
These bright illusions have their end in
young life's ardent hopes, strong resolves,
earnest purposes; wherefore now the change
tosadness ? Even because we are immor.
tal, and our hold upon earth must gradual?
ly be loosened. Each vexing, corroding
caro, every passing sorrow, each heavy tri
al and bitter grief, together, all are but the
kind wooings of the gracious Savior, whis
pering in our unwilling ear, "this is not
your rest."
It is only by remembering these facts
that we can best bear our trials, only thus
receive the truest discipline. Some trials
come in such a way as to mingle bitter re
grets for our own misdeeds and errors.
These are very painful, but be sure, even
these are sometimes necessary. Other af.
fictions are so evidently from the hand of
God that the sufferer has little more than
to bear patiently and trustingly; yet none
moy say, "I have not deserved this."
Perhaps there is not a finer spectacle, in
the view of "ministering spirits," to be
found on earth, than that of a human soul
'made perfect through Buffering." mean
that degree of human perfection which the
grace of God enables ono sometimes to at
tain before the mortal coil is dropped
How well such an one bears with the infir
mities of others! how peaceful, confiding
he is when clouds lower in the horizon all
around him ! how little he has to fear in
the future ! Small difference it makes with
him where is his temporary lot ; lowly ser
vices do not degrade him, for through ser
vice, great and small, through suffering
merely chafing, or anon well nigh ciushing,
he beholds alike the hand of a kind Hear-
enly Father disciplining him for tb ikiei.
Every day man goes past my window,
and I wonder with myself if he be not one
who is quietly submissive and hopeful.
He is- age f, and the passing years have
bowed him to so painful a degree that one
can hardly look upon him but with sympa
thy. Anything like real labor is out of the
question ; so he has taken upon him care
and a pet. The sun hardly begins to de
scend (hp horizon ere he may be seen wen
ding his way southward with rope in hand,
to find his cow and lead her homeward.
Some two hours after, he is leisurely re
turning. Each green spot and grassy nook
he frequents with her, and thus whiles
away the hours till sundown. This is his
duty. I have admired his patient lowli
ness, and as his pet is always so docile, I
judge him kind of heart; and though I
know nothing more of him, not even his
name, I cannot but hope he is a christian
If so, how glorious his future ! Cong.
Journal.
Such passages of eloquent retrospective
and truthful pathos as the following, too
rarely gem the columns of the political
press:
The Future and the Past. The
celebration of a great anniversary turns
the tide of memory back along the track
of Time. In the living action of the pres
ent in the building up of the golden hopes
for the Future, the old, grey, misty Past
is forgotten: its experiences are slighted
its blessings unrecalled its sorrows blot'
ted out and its merciful chastenings un
heeded. A year ago! Do not the words awaken
some stirring thought? Is not the page
of an eventful history opened to the eyes of
the heart?
Then the cycle of time th'at has passed
round so swiftly, was the future, too; filled
with as many roseate visions, alluring with
as many buoyant hopes, as that which now
spreads out before us. And what has
that history produced for us, of sorrows
that wither up our youth of disappoint
nients that deaden our vital action of
rich pleasures that elate, and vivify? Much
tltat is bitter; and much too that is sweet
but, nothing that is useless, if we but learn
from its teaching the grave lesson which
God has written on its pages.
Into the home where wealth, and com
fort dwelt, adversity has come with his heavy
footstep. But perchance improvidence has
invited him to enter; and the wisdom learn
cd of experience will build up a new for
tune, more cared for, and more prized.
The hand of disease hath been laid upon
the blooming check, and its roses are chan
ged to the sickly hue of death; but, 'whom
God loveth, he chastcneth" and the affiic
tion that lessens for us the joys of earth,
draws us nearer Heaven.
Beside ocr hearth we sit, and gaze upon
the prints of tiny footsteps, such prints
as the feet of angels might have left behind
them-all are leading towards the threshold,
but none are returning, and the music
of infant mirth, a music that can make the
poorest home a paradise comes no longer
to our ear?: it is hushed forever. On the
crest of yonder hill where the trees are
tipped with the golden light of sunset,
we caYi see them from where we sit be
neath a small green mound, with a few
wild flowers, much of what made tho beau
ty of our home, and the charm our life, is
resting.
But is there no consolation even here?
In this bitter thought all bitterness? Do
we not feel our claim to Heaven stronger.
and our affinity more close, in the recol
lection that so much of all we cherished
here below is already in possession of the
inheritance which is equallv our own?
With so gentle a pleader before the
throne, shall not our supplications find a
ready ear, and our frailties a merciful con
sideration?
In the starry night, we recognize amid
the glittering orbs, violet eyes of infant
sweetness smiling down on us; and in tho
seraph music that wo ever hear in fancy,
thrilling tho skies, we recognize now a
familiar vnice.
Thus docs tho grief and suffering which
licts us here, draw closer tho bonds
that unite us with Heaven. Cin. Citi
zen. I'ooe Boy's CinuE. The Printing
Office has indeed proved a better College
to many a poor boy, has graduated more
useful and conspicious members of society,
has brought out more intellect and turned
it into practical, useful channel, awakened
more mind, generated more active and ele
vated thought, than many of the literary
colleges of the country. How many a dunce
has passed through those Colleges with no
tangible proof of fitness other than this in
animate piece of parchment; himself, if
possible, more inanimate than his leather
diploma! There is something in the very
atmosphere of a printing offioo calculated
to awaken the mind and inspire a thirst af
ter knowledge. A boy who commences
in Buch a school, will have his talents and
ideas brought out, if ho has no mind to draw
out, tho boy himself will be driven out.
tf. 7. Glole.
JtSTlt being reported that Lady Caro
line Lamb had, in a moment of passion,
knocked down one of her pagos with a
stool, tho poet, Moore, to whom this story
was told by Lord Strangford, observed
"Oh nothing is more natural for a; literary
lady than to double down a page.
"I would rather," replied his lordihip,
"advise Lady Caroline to turn over a new
leaf,"
BAESBimDnro.
In Pennsylvania there is no complete
farm without a barn, and tho plan of con
struction is almost uniform. A bank-barn
is deemed an indispensable neoessi ty . The
immense amount of money thus invested,
and the proportion which it bears to the
value of the land itself, is very satisfacto
ry evidence of its practical value. Not
withstanding the impression that exists in
other States on this subject, in my judge
ment, there can bo no good and profitable
farming without it.. Tho subject has,
therefore, sufficient importance to warrant
the consideration, whether this plan, so uni
form, has not been improved upon.
There can De no doubt of the great supe
riority of the two storied bank-barn. The
plan of constructure which will most conve
niently economise time and labor will best
promote the farmer's interests. Having
one of each kind, experience has shown
me the great superiority of that which
recommend. Tho difference between them
cannot be better expressed than by saying
that the improved barn has two sets offloors
one above the other; and as you drive into
the upper one, it of oturse, requires a cor
responding height of natural bank not so
high, however, as may not be had on most
farms of rolling land. The upper floor,
has an elevation of seven feet above the
slower. The advantage of such a barn, is
first, its great capacity. It has a height
and depth of twenty fix feet, without high
pitching; for your loai is about the middle
of it, and you pitch bith down and up
down to the bottom of tho mow, which is
on a level with the lewer floor, and up to
the height of an orditary barn. But the
particular value of thij is, the immense com
pression which results from a high and deep
mow the grain or kiy is pressed into a
space which is almosj incredible to any one
who has not experiejeed it. After filling
the mow nearly full you are led to wonder
at its capacity to reec ve more. I need only
add, that all other arts of the barn are
improved in their c nvenience and space
by this simplo alter tion in principle; and
the size of your ban is made to consist in
its height instead o, its length and breadth,
whereby you save, :i point of expense, the
extensive roofing, a d add nothiug to your
height of wall, whic i you do not take from
its length and brenc ;h, and what you gain
is, the value of pres ure in packing away,
and, the saving of 1 bor, in requiring but
one or two hands tdput your grain in a
small mow, when t o or three, or perhaps
four, would be req ired in one of greater
space.
But this is but nc point of convenience
and economy. Td thresh grain with n
machine requires fir, five or six hands
the number dependiigupon the convenience
of putting away tb straw. It is easy to
perceive the diffrencc in putting away
straw in mows and over-shots feven feet
below the floor, and in those on a level
with it. And soon after you begin to gnt
out your grain this state of tho case arises,
and it will be found ftat one or two hands
less are required. '
The capacity cf tit common bank barn
will allow you to thrlsh from one hundred
to one hundred and fifty Dushels at a time,
and then you must jtop, discharge your
hands, and occupy tie next day or two in
cleaning up and getting your grain out of
the way, whereas in the improved barn the
threshed grain passes to tho lowest floor, is
not in your way, andyou thresh on until
you are done. Ant in a barn thus con
structed more than double the quantity can
be threshed in a day. I In the common use,
it requires about twtnty-two minutes to
run through ten doztn, and twenty-seven
minutes to cave it ijp ; in the improved
one all tho time of can ing up, being more
than one half, is saved The same machine
will thresh one hundred bushels a day in
the former, with onehand less will thresh
two hundred in the; latter. One of the
lower floors is used in cleaning your grain,
and the other for, garners; and both con
stantly useful for many other purposes.
I commend to farmers tho examination
of this improvement before they build a
barn. FREDRICK WATTS.
Carlisle, Nov. 19, 1854.
Salting Beef for Summer Use.
For 100 lbs, of beef, takelG quarts fine.
Ashton sack salt and 4 ounces saltpetre;
cut the meat and pack it edgewise, after
rubbing the pieces all over with Bait; and
after a layer is completed, take an axe or
mall, and pound down solid. Then sprin
tl- - l-i.i. i i ml ,i
kio on a nine saitpeuo anu nil up an in
terstices with salt, and bo on until the
cask is full Those who do not like salt.
petre, may omit it without injury to the
meat.
I have salted my beef in this way for
fifteen years. It needs no soaking before
boiling, and will be tender and sweet the
year round. By this Way of salting, it
makes its own brine and never wants re
packing nor the brino scalding. If the
brine should not cover it, in the Spiing'suffi
cient may be added for that purpose.
"Jenny, what is the mean temperature
of the summer weather in Ireland?" said
a Yankee to an Irish girl, recently.
"Mane, sir; There s nothing mane
about Ireland, bad luck to yees, ye spal
pano ye!
jty In this world, a lucky rogue is more
respected than an honest man suspected
of poverty. Whether it is so in the next
remains to be soon. It is doubted, however,
and it's this doubt which enables "patient
merit" to grin and bear" things.
Economy in a Family.
There is nothing which goes bo far tow
ards placing young people beyond the
reach of poverty as economy in the man
agement of their domestio affairs. It mat
ters not whether a man furnishes little
or much for his family, if there is a contin
ual leakage in his kitchen or parlor, it runs
away he knows not how, and that demon
Waste cries 'More!' like the horse leech's
daughter, until he that provided has no
more to' give. It is the husband's duty
to bring into the house, and it is the wife'
duty to see that none goes wrongfully out
of it. A man gets ' a wife to look after his
affairs, and to assist him in his journey
through life; to educate and prepare his
children for a proper station in life, and not
to dissipate his property.
The husband's interests should always,
and ever be the wife's care, and her great
est ambition carry her no further than his
welfare or happiness, together with that of
her children. This should be her sole aim,
and the theatre of her exploits in the bosom
of her family, where she may do as much
towards making a fortune, as he cann the
counting-room or work-shop. It is not
the money earned that makes a man weal
thy it is what he saves from his earning.
Self-gratification in dress, or indulgence in
appetite, or moro company than his purse
can well entertain, are equally pernicious.
The first adds vanity to extravagance, the
second fastens a doctor's bill to a long butch
er's account, and the latter brings intem
perance, the worst of all evils in its train.
The Two Gifts.
In New York, a Fifth Avenuo young
lady well known in fashionable society, was
the recipient, on New Year's Jay, of a
most elegant flower gift.
It was made in the shape of an elaborate
ly wrought table with an octagonal vase,
enclosing a canary bird suspended under
the central basket in a beautiful 'cage.'
The flowers were of the richest and rarest
native and exotic and tho cost nearly
200.
In New York, also, on that same day, a
young shall we call her lady ? for she
was poor living whether on Fifth Ave
nue or fifteenth, we do not know and care
less not well known in fashionable soci
ety, received a beautiful gift. It was a
little babe; a little innocent, lovely babe;
and yet the mother took it to her bosom
without smiles. Why ? For months the
iron hand of poverty had bound down to
the very earth her youthful husband and
herself. There were no full furnished
drawers, with cunning wardrobe meet for
the little immortal ; and well for tho moth
er if she might find a crust for herself.
$200 for a loquet of 'perishing lowers!
It. A. I).
Not so Vehy Green. A young and
apparently verdant strip, who gave his
hailing place as 'Old Varnionnt,' found
himself surrounded, upon a certain occa
sion, by a crowd of quizzing upstarts, who
seemed bent upon displaying their own
smartness, nt the expense of the Yankee.
'Hello, Johnathan ! ! says one, 'where
are you bound ?'
'Deoun to Bosting, on a little tramp,'
was the reply.
'What's your business in Boston?' con
tinued the inquisitive gentleman.
'Oh, I'm deown aftr my pension mon
ey,' responded greeny.
'Pension money !' ejaculated whiskereo
'how much do you get, and what arc you
drawing pension money for ?'
'Oh' answered the countryman 'I get
four cents every year tew mind my own
business, and tew let other folks' business
alone !'
The crowd had no more remarks to offer.
The answer was entirely satisfactory.
TWELVE BULKS FOR THE YEAB.
The following arc intended, mainly for
the guidanco of young men and women:
1. Get married if you can ; look be
fore you leap. Love matches are roman
tic, nice things to read about, but they
have brimstone in them now and then ; so
says Ike Marvel, Esq.
2. Unite in overthrowing the fashion
kifth trotiKlates civility into love.
3. Go to church at least once a week.
4. Whenever you see a lecture adver.
tised the evening upon which it is to be
delivered, set opart for reading fifteen pa
ges of a good book.
5 .Circulate no scandal.
6. Avoid all kinds of spirits particu
larly spirit rappers.
7. If in tho theatre, or other place of
public amusement, do not level your opera
glasses at strangers.
8. Never notice tho clothing of per
sons attending divine worship, nor stand
in front of the house of God after the ser
vice. 9. Never ask a man his business-where
he is going towhere he came from-when
he left-when he intends to go back-or the
number of his dollars. You may inquire
as to the state of his health and that of his
parents, sisters and brothers but venture
no farther.
10. Defend the innocent, help the
poor, ana cuitivato a spirit ot iriendship
among all your acquaintances.
11. Never speak disparagingly of wo
men, and endeavor to conquer all your
Ji ti; ii , ,
prejuaices. jcueve an persons sincere in
the relldon which thev wofess.
12. Be economical, but not parsimoni
ous nor niggardly. Make good use of your
dollars but not idols, Live within your
means, and never borrow money in antici
pation of your salary.
CHANGE OF TIME. '
Steubenville and Indiana Eailroad-
ON AND AFTER THURSDAY, JAN
UARY 4th, Trains will b run daily (ex
Cspt Sundays,) as follows :
THE EXPRESS TRAIN
-Leaves Steubenville at, 7,00 A. M.
Arrives at Newark at.... ... ... 3,00 P. M.
RETURNING,
Leaves Newark at... 11,15 A. M.
Arrives at Steubenville at....;. 7,15 P. M.
THE ACCOMMODATION TRAIN
Leaves Steubeaville at 4,15 P. M.
Arrives at Cadis at . .6,30 P, M.
RETURNING, -
Leaves Cad is at 7,30 A. M.
Arrives at Steubenville at 9.50 A. M.
THE FREIGHT TRAIN
- Leaves Steubenville at 5 30 a. ii., and arrives
same place at 6.00 t. x. Leaves Hanover at
3.45 a. ra., and arrives same place at 5,00 p. m
Passengers by the Express train connect at
Newark with traius for Columbus, Dayton,
Cincinnati. Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Mt.
Vernon, Mansfield, Shelby, Cleveland, Monroe
ville Sandusky City and Chicago.
By this arrangement, there are sever, miles
of staging, which will be continued for a few
days, until the track is laid into Newark.
ISRAEL PEMBERTON,
Jan. 4, 1S55, Superintendent.
New Fall and Winter Ooods.
OPENING THIS DAY AT G. & J.
v SCOTT'S, 30 pieces french merinoes, all
Hhades.bne quality, at 07 to SI; au pi. uo
burg cloth 6-4 wide 31 to 62,50 ps. black and
colored Alpacas from 15 to 75, plain colored all
wool delaines; 37J; 55 ps. black and colored
dress and mantle silkn from 62', to $1,50.
French and Scotch plaids entirely new styles,
pnuts, printed delaines fco. 7o cartons or bon
net ribbons, the largest and richest stock ever
brought to the city. 10 cartons plain and fancy
trimmings, velvet do., silk, galoon and lace
gimp trimmings, tc. French flowers, bonnets,
silks and velvets. Bouuuts of all the latest fall
styles.
The subscribers hiye no hesitancy in saying
that they are now opening the richest and cheap
est lot of goods ever offered in this market.
Jan. 1, 1855. G. & J. SCOTT.
The State of Ohio, ,
Jefferson county, ss.
! Court of Common
Pleas in and for
Jefferson co., 0.
Nancy Blackburn,
vs.
Petition for Divorce
John L. Blackburn. )
rpHK Defendant will take notice that the
Plaintiff will take the depositions of sundry
witnesses, to be read in evidence on the trial of
said ca'ise, before competent authority, at the
Post office, in tho town of Momidsville, in Ohio
county, State of Virginia, on Friday, the 16ih
day of February, a. d. 1855, between the hours
or 1U o clock a. v. nnd 4 o clock v. m. or said
day; to be continued from day to day, between
the same hours, until they are completed.
MILLER 4 SHEItRARD,
Jan. 25, 1855. , Attorneys for Plaintiff.
A. H. DOHRMAN & Co.,
pORWARDING & Oommissson Mer
chants, for the sale of Flour, Grain, Bacon,
Lard, Butter, Wool. Seeds, Dried Fruits, Salt,
Nails, Window Glass, Merchandize and Produce
in general, Steubenville, Ohio.
. REFERENCES. .
Frnzier fc Dreimcn, Steubenvillo, O.
H. H. Collins, Pittsburgh. Penn.
Wm, Holmes t Co., do.
Hozea ii Frazier, Cincinnati, jan. 11, '55-t
Notice to Shippers.
Transportation Department, J
Okkice S. & I. R. R. Co., (
4 FREIGHT TRAIN is now running
to Hanover, leaving this Station daily,
(Sundays excepted,) at 5,30 a. m.
Shipments to all stations, except Unionport,
Cadiz, ("airview and New Market, must be pre
paid, and all freight delivered at the depot be
tween the hours of 7 a. m. and 5 p. m.
No fruight will be received or delivered after
7 o'clock p. m.
LAFAYETTE DEVEXNY,
Jan. 4, 1855. General Freight Agent.
O. H. I'UATCIIER. 0. D. KRRL1N.
Thatcher & Kerlin,
MERCHANT TAILORS, Third St.,
second door below Market, Steubenville,
Ohio, keep constantly for sale and make up to
order, Cloths, Cassimeres, and Vestings. Also.
Saspenders, Gloves, Shirts, Cravats, Hosiery,
and Furnishing Goods generally. UTOrders
respectfully solicited. Jan.-1, '55.
GROCERY AND FEED STORE.
rpilE subscribers have on hand, and in
tend keeping on hand a good supply of
Corn, Oats and Mill feed. Also a good supply
of GToceries, generally kept in grocery estab
lishments, South west, corner of Fourth and
Adams street, Steubenville Ohio.
Jan. 1, 1855. MEIKLE AND STARK.
FOR RENT.
A STORE ROOM AND DWELLING
House, on the corner of Fourth nnd Adams
streets, formerly occupied by John Powell.
Possessipn given on the 1st of April. The
store room and dwelling house, will be rented
together or separately. For terms apply to
NORTON HOTEL.
FORMERLY BLACK DEAR DOUSE
South Fourth street. Steubenville. Ohio T.
D. Hamilton, Proprietor. The above named
House is situated midway between the Steam
boat Landing and Railroad Depot, rendering
u a convenient stopping place Tor Travelers and
others visiting the city. Jan. 1, '55.
Marble Establishment.
COUTH FOURTH ST., STEUBE-
VILLE. Ohio. All kinds of Marble Work
done to order. On hand at all times. Water
Lime, Plaster Paris, and the bos quality of
Urind Stones. Jj, BORLAND.
Steubenville, Jan. 1, 1855.
J. C. M' CLE ART,
ATTORNEY AT LAW and NOTARY
x PUBLIC, Warrenton. Ohio, will cnrnfiillv
attend to all business entrusted to hiin in the
counties or Jctrerson, Harrison and Belmont, in
the fttare oi unio; and Brooke and Ohio coun
ties, Va. Office opposite tho Western Hotel.
January 1, 1855.
SERMONS FOR THE PEOPLE,
By Rev. T. II. Stockton.
fpHlS highly interesting book contains
pages, ncany execuiea, wun small
"ic type, on fine paper, 12mo. Price in cloth
1 . - ai rtt . ! 1..if ... . F n
i ; in xneep, ; in uuu morofco. $i,ou,
' A liberal discount given to agents and book
sellers, by A. H. ENGLISH & CO.,
Jnn. 1. 1855. No. 78, Wood st.. Pitt's. Pa.
JOHN A. B1N0HAM. W. ft. LLOYD.
N BINGHAM & LLOYD,
A TTORNEYS AT LAW. Office at the
corner of Third and Market streets, oppo
site the Court House, Steubenville, Ohio.
January 1, 1855.
JOHN SHANK. J AM KB M. 8IIANI
J. & J. .M. SHANE.
A TTORNEY'S and Counsellors at Law:
will promptly attend to all business en
trusted to them. Office, Kilgore buildings.
Vf --I.-, o & cs, i iii- ai7. '
iiituncii uircw, oieuu uvuib umo.
January 1, 1855. '
Wesley Starr & Song.
TOBACCO AND GENERAL COM-
MISSION MERCHANTS, No. 4 Light St,
Wharf, Baltimore, attend to the sales of To
bacco and all kinds of Western Produce, Pro.
visions, Ac, Ac. Jan. 1, '55.
J, C. CABLE, M. D.
OFFICE at his residence, on Fourth, be-
v tween Market and Washington streets.
oiBuiwnviiia. Jan. 1, '55.
W. CUL. GASTON.
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Steubenvillo.
Ohio. Refers jo Hon. Wilson Shannon
Hon. Wm. Kennon, sr., Hon. Beni. 8. Cowan.
and Hon. T. L. Jewett. Office on Market st,
Mow Thk4 street. Jm. 1,'St.
,NirV7 GOODIE si
T ALLEN has just received ue aun-
t:
ply of French Merinoes; Coburgs; Owi-
meres; J&ibel uiotus, sun warp njfurta ana
plain Alpacas; Bombazines, all wool; plain and
Beared De Laines; Press Silks, plain, figured
and fancy, all colors; Ladies Cloaks and Ma.
tillas, a beautiful assortment; long and iqasnt
Shawls; woolen, Thibet, Cashmere,: Silk and
Delaine Shawls; a large assortment Prints; Boo
ne ta and Ribbons; Irish Linen's; Linen TabU
Cloths; French Table and Tiano Covers; Woo!Ar
cotton and silk Hosiery and Gloves; Vails; EnV
broideries; plain and croas-barred Mnslins, Cam
brics, fcc; Tickings; Toweling; Blank'ets; Flaa
ncls; Linseys; blue Checks; brown and bleached
Muslins; ladies and misses Shoes, Girope, Frin
ges, silk Laces and dress Trimmings) men and
boys' Caps; Broad Cloths, Cassimeres, CatsV
nets, Jeans, Tweeds, a good assortment t4
8800 yards CARPETING, at all prloes.
The above Goods, and a host of others too
numerous to mention, will be sold wbolenale or
retail very low for cash, at the store of , ,
J. ALLEN.
Corner Third street, adjoining the Court Hon
Steubenville, Ohio. . Jan. 1, '55
Saddle, Harness and Trunk Manufac
tory, Wholesale and Retail. -1VO.
137, Market street, opposite Wash-
ington Hall. -Hie undersigned would je
pectfully announce to their customers and tb
fiublic generally, that they have now in store a
nrge and splendid assortment of Saddlery,
comprising the following articles: plain and
fancy Saddles, Bridles, Martingale, Harness,
Trunks, Collars, Whips, Lashes, tc, Ac, man
ufactured of the best material, by the most ex
perienced workmen. Also, Mattresses of vari
ous kinds, made to order on the shortest notice.
Dealers in the above articles are respectfully
invited to call and examine our stock before
purchasing, satisfied that we cgn accommodate
on the most reasonable terms for cash. '
WM. M'LAUGHLIN fe SON,
Steubenville, Jan. 1, 1855. Cm
Sevastopol Not Taken I ' .;
lEIST, Market street, has-in store an
excellent assortment of CONFECTIONE
RIES, tc, purchased expresf-ly for this market:
Raisins by the pound or box; Crackers, choice,
brands; Currants; Candies; Dates; Prunes; Lem
ons; Figs; Citron; Gum Drops; Know Nothings;
Jenny Lind Drops; Cakes of all kinds; Nuts of
all kinds; Fruits: Fire Crackers, Torpedpps, Ac.
Parties furnished with Pound, Fruit, Lady Cake
and Ice Cream. - ..".; ' - i'. ii :
Great inducements offered to Country merch.
nuts nnd others, who wish to purchase by thn
quantity. For bnrgains iu Confectioneries, call
at - M.. FEIST'8t
Jan. 1, '55. Market St., Steubenville,
J. R. SLACK & CO., :
OOKSELLERS, STATIONERS and
PAPER DEALERS, Market street, above
Fourth, south side, Steubenville, Ohio, keep
constantly on hand nnd for sale, a large and
well selected stock of Miscellaneous nnd School
BOOKS ; Plain and Fancy STATIONERY ;
Writing and Wrapping PAPERS, BLANK
BOOKS, etc., etc.; nil of which they, will' sell
on the most fuvorable terms at wholesale or
retail. - ;. ... ..
Country merchants and other dealers will b
supplied at very low wholesale priced 1
J. R. S. t Co. are prepared-to furnish the
best American Magazines, as early as they can
be received by mail. They also keep, on hand
a choice supplyjof Sheet Music. Jan. 1, '55.
M'DOWELL & C0.,t
BiioksclUrs, Stationer, Vitper Dealers, Bkvi
Hook Manufactures and Book Binders,
riEALERS'at Wholesale and Retail, in
Scheol, Classical, Medical, Theological,
Miscellaneous, and Blank Books, Ruled and
Plain Cap, Post and Note PapeM, Printing and
Wrapping Papers, Wall Papers and Borders,
School, Counting-IIouse and Fancy Stationery.
Merchants and others desiring to purchase,
will do well to call and examine our stock. '
The highest market price pnid for Rags.
M'DOWELL & CO,
North side of Mai ket, above Fourth street,
Steubenville. Ohio. Jan. 1, '55.
Sky-Light Daguerreotype Rooms.
Q W. WISER, respectfully announ-
ces to the imblic, that he has recently 're
fitted and refurnished the rooms, corner Fifth
and Market streets, in a style inferior to none.
He lias spared no pains or expense to make hi
rooms plensant, where one and nil may take
pleasure in visiting, and where all 'who wish
may be supplied with Daguerreotypes 0f the
finest lone, true to the life, at very reasoiiabl
rates, and will take great pains to please all
wnn niny iavor imi with tneir patronage.
CP Rooms comer of Fifth and Market streets,
immediately over Ilalsted's Shoe Store. .
btcubenvillo, Jan, 1, 1855.
AURORA,
A NEW' COOKING STOVE, new in
xx design nnd principle, lor burning Coal, tian
an extra large oven, a good draft, and easil
cleaned; construction such as to meet the expec
tations of all, and guaranteed to give satisfac
tion 10 uie purcnaser. ill you call and see Hz
JN os. J and 4 hxtra Coal Cook 8tovcs.
" 1 2 Hartley " do.
" 3 " 4 Air Tight Wood do.
" 2 " 4 Premium da. do. "
" 1 " 2 H Cook or Bachelor Rtor.
Egg, Parlor and Chamber Stoves of beanliful
design, Funcy Grates, Fenders, etc., etc., all at
reduced prices, at the Ohio Foundry Warerooms,
Mnrket street. SHARP' ft CRAIG.
Steubenville, Jan. 1 , 1 855.
Wholesale Drnsr House.
fJMIE subscribers havo on hand a large
nnd well selected stock of Drugs, Chemi
cals, Paints, Dye Stuff, Oils, Varnishes, Brush
cs, Patent Medicinos, Perfumery, Surgical In-
sirumenis, uugucrrcoiy pe siock, liiasswnre, etc.,
etc., which they offer very low either wholesale
or retail. Poolers will find it to their interest
to exHinine our slock nnd prices, as we are do
tormined to sell as low as any house in the
West. Orders promptly executed, aud personal
ntteniinn pnid to shipping.
DRUG EMPORIUM, Market street. tw doi
below the Jefferson Brunch Bank.
HENING fc MELVIN.
Steubenville, Jan. 1, 1855. .
New Boot and Shoe Store.
J A. TONNER has on hand the larg-
est and best OHHortnient of Boots, ShoM
Hats and Caps that have ever been offered in
this part of tho country. As he is doing clu
sivelya cash business, he can and will sell,
wholesale anil retail cheaper than any othor es
tablishment in the city. All who wish to pur
chase, will plensecall at the new Boot and Shoe
Store of V , E. A. TONNER,
Market street, between Fifth and Sixth'.'
Steubenville, Jan. 1,1855.
S."
House Painting, Glazinir; &c.
pERRY COYLK would notify thtf pub
lic that he is still rendy to wait on his pa
trons m the business of House Painting, Gla.
ing, Paper Hanging and Graining. Sign Paint
ing done by journeymen. Shop on Market it.
south side, opposite Kllgore's new Hall.
Steubenville, Jan. 1, 1H55.-
I. H. MILLKR. Ri SHEnRABD: 11..
MILLER & SHERRARD,
A TTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS
AT LAW. Offico, Market streot, opposite
Washington Hall, Steubenville, Ohio. Prompt
attention to collecting and securing claims
Agents for obtaining Pensions and Bountr
Lands. Land Warrants bought and sold
January 1, 1855. ; '
BR. LOTJIS KELLS '."" '
OFFICE Mardet Street, between Third:
and Fourth streets, Steubenvillo, Ohio."
January , 1855. . , ,; ,
CHAEUS r. TI!AC!!M. : KOBMT .'WoDCaor-
THACHER WODDROP,
"WI10UE8ALK BOOT, SHOE ANT
' 1RUNK WAREHOUSE, No; 95 Market
street, up stairs; between Second and Third
streets, upper aide, (over Miller fe Lyon,) an 4
No. 24 Church Alley, Philadelphia.
January 1, 1855.
THOMPSON HANNA ft ONs'.CMo.
, Paper Manufsofcurert, terbetvUU, .
January 1. 185...