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BANK NOTE TABLE.
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
PENNSYLVANIA.
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Bank of Chambersliurg 1 dis
Bank of Chester Co. par
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AU solvent banks j dis
KIIODK ISLAND.
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All solvent Imnks dia
NEW YORK.
CITY.
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liana ol uermaniown
Bank of Gettysburg;
Bank of Lewiatown
1 dis't? Uk notes under S3 1 dia
COl'NTKi
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Montgomery t.1' f ik !' ' j jj.
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B:iukof Pittslmrg 1 . n.m.-rnal I tar ik JthJ
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York Bank, 1 dis
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A CALL TO H0TJSEXEEPER3
At the Cabinet Ware lloom of
-S'EB'N nOUPT & CO.
Market Square,
Alto at the corner of Fain, street If the Railroad
SUNBURY, PA.
'Thankful for tin patronage of lii frienda and
.Wtottteri during the 17 years he haa been in bu.i
nesa In thia place, lie .olicits from the public a roil
tirtuanfe of their favor.. Uurmr? th,s penod he
a. endeavored to keep up with the improvernctiU
of the day, and haa accordingly extended hi bust--ness
in every branch and variety. The public are
tthereftire invited to the attention of the present
4tock of
CAM-NET WARE AND CHAIRS,
Manutactubeb by
'SEBASTIAN H0UPT & CO.
At the Old
Where in addition to their former stock f the
establishment they now manufacture
.Mahogany, Walnut & Cane-Seat Chairs,
Law Spring Seat Rocking Chairs.
Dressing Bureaus, Centre Tables,
Marble Top Wash Stands,
and a variety of other
new style und
Fashionable Furniture.
H.vi,, secured a Hearse and made the neces
sary arrangement for the purpose, thoy arc now
jireparcd for Undertaking in all its branches, m
this vicinity or at any convenient distance.
Ye maids and iniitrt jses, and huslainds too,
Here's furniture of every style and hue,
From aide boards dowu to kitchen tables,
From rocking chairs to locking cradles
Should you not have the ready John to pay,
We'll wait awhile for a brighter better Buy,
Or take potatoes, outs, corn, wheal and rye i
Bark, hoop poles, slaves, or lumber wet and dryf
Or any tiling but yokes and threshing flails,
From pigs and turkiea down to Utile quuils.
Come on then friends, come one and all,
Keep trad, a moving, so "g"ea on the ball."
tST Orders from a distance promptly attended
to and work of all kinds delivered with dispateh.
Sunbury, March 9, 1S50- tf
EEF0EM YOUE HABITS.
Come ye, with garments bare and aeedy,
Ya bach'lors, wido'ers and husbands too,
If, in the outward man you'r needy,
VYe soon tun make you as good as new.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends
and the publie, that he will commence In tins
place, on the 8tbof April next, the
TA 11.011 1 VG HUSIXESS
m all iu branches. He will be careful to see that
fcia work is made up in the best manner, and Be
flatters himself, that he will be able to giv. .nUr.
utisfiictionin po'"' ofcut' fil a"d 'tyie',". T.
s in price. He therefor respectfully solicits his
Wends and the public generally to call and giv.
him a trial. . . ,
His shop i a new buHding in Fawn atreet be-
J.w Weaver'. Hotel. JACOBOfiECK.
Bunhury, March 38, 1S50. Cm
EDWIN IIAXL,
(Lat o the Fib or Watkiksob & Ham.,)
JVo. 24 South Second Street,
Philadelphia,
PE8PECTFULLY informs his old friends and
ft customers, as well as the public generally,
that he has opened an entire new stock of elegant
"Spring 4 Bummer Drew Ooodi.
Mia assortment consists of the latest and most deal
rakl styles of English, German, French & Ams-
t:-Ji. H,..b Delaines'. Tissues. Bera
tes, Silks, Lawns, M lins, Shawls, H dkfla, Gloves,
and every vsunety f Vinm and r ancy uooaa.
fhiM- M.rcn l, lM.ly
SELECT POETRY.
' TO ONE IN HEAVEN.
Sweet Sister, 'lis the huh of night !
The round, full moon ahines radiantly;
And that one ilar is beaming bright,
Thai ever bvst wa loved by thee.
The world around, ao calm, o Jlill,
Seems but to brenthe ol peace ilivino;
Oh ! on such niht how memory will
Go back to tboe, sweet Sister mine!
For like that star, serenely bright,
And radiant as yon silvery moon,
Sister! was thy young morning's light
The light without the glare of noon!
And calm as is this summer scene,
And gentle as this holy eve,
Was all that lay of life between
Thy cradle and thy early grave!
I sit me down, and call to mind .
Thy quiet walk, thy gentle ways,
Till heart is full, and eyes are blind,
So much I think to love Hiid'piaise;
How oft, before thy guileless art
And light caress my cares have flown ;
Now, thou art gone! and this sad heart
Must learn to bear its giiefs alone !
True, 'lis not yet of all bereft
Light lingers slill uhen day is gone;
And i have many a loved one left,
But oh ! not now the favorite one'
And as the soul, by anguish press'd, -
Will, in lis joy, e'en sonow see
So Sister, thouuh with these slill bless'd,
My spirit will yearn after thee !
3, Select Sale.
From the Family Messenger.
THE RECONCILIATION.
BY KATE SUTHERLAND.
"No. aunt." said Anna Lee. "I would
not enjoy myself, and, therefore, I prefer
remaining at home."
"I can't see what is to hinder you enjoy
ing vourselt, Anna," replied aunt Helen.
"You know as well as I do, aunt, that to
make one in a party, with Jane Gregory
and Alice May. would be anything but
tdoaenro In mp T U'mitrl A thmiKAnrl timpfl.
prefer the solitude of my own chamber, to
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any society ui wiiii.ii uiry were a pan.
"How do vou know that they are go
ing?" "I asked Hetty Blake, who is intimate
with them; and she says thev will be
there."
"So they are going without reference to
you."
"I suppose so."
"And, tf you will act like a sensible girl,
you will go without reference to them."
"No, 1 will not submit myself to the un
pleasantness of being in a party with girls
to whom I do not speak. Besides it would
throw a damper over the company ; and I
hardly think I have a fight to do that."
"How will you account for your ab
sence!" "I can say that I was indisposed."
"That will be saying what is untrue."
"Not exactly. I am sure I am indisposed
to go." :
"A subterfuge like that is unworthy of
my neice," said aunt Helen, gravely.
"Your words would convey a meaning be
yond what was in your heart."
"I can say that I did not feel like go
ing. There will be truth in that."
"Though not a reason for your conduct
sufficient to satisfy Mrs. Merrill and her
daughters; nor to satisfy the dozens who
will inquire as to the cause of your ab
sence." "What would you have me to do, aunt?"
"Act like an independent, truth-loving,
kind-hearted and torgiving girl."
"How am I to do all that?"
"By first reconciling this difficulty ; and
then going to the party."
"Reconcile it, aunt! Did I understand
you to say this ?" '
"I said" it, Anna: and I meant it. Jane
and Alice are, in some measure, to blame;
and you, to sp-ak just what I think, are to
blame in a greater measure."
"Me!" Anna's face became flushed,
and her eyes sparkled
"ies, dear, vou," returnea aum iieien,
calmly. "You in a greater measure than
they." '
"To blame !"
tYa Anna, to blame. And. therefore.
the first step towards a reconciliation ought
to be made ty you.-
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"Never!" And tne nine laoy stanipea
upon the floor with her tiny foot, and drew
up her petite form with an air of offended
"ty- - . . 11 . L
"What am X to undersiana oy mat ; en
quired Anna.
"W by, that your very state 01 mma
nmve vnn to be in the wrong ; and that
from you offer of reconciliation must come,
before the present unnappy reiauoui cau
cease."
"Then they never will cease."
"Say not so, dear
Forgive sad forget. Oh ! the aurth would U louely.
The garde a wilderness made tu delorm,
If the noweri but ra member ed the chilling winds only,
And the earth gays uo verdure foe tear uf tne swrm.
Reneat ttiese beautiful lines, until the
cloud passes from your heart."
"Aunt " aaid Anna, errowins more strri-
rious. and at the same time exhibiting less
excitement ; "vou a&k me to do what is
t
impossible . . -,;- '
itl-lnw infl 4 ' ' . -
"Yo ask mq to violat my own self-re-
ipeci." ..i.i..,. ,
"No, I only ask you to regain it."
"I have not tost it." replied Anna, again
Hrawinor herself ud croud I v. - -
"A different state of mind will give you
a dinereni view oi tne case, iuo uiai
ran nf th lifnult was a triflincr matter'.
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and your errot in noticing it at all 11 the
o-rminri nf all this unhaDnv feeling on both
side. 1 am satisfied the s'lfli meant you
ao ill will
"No girls with any principle would
have said what they did."
"I will not assent to that, Anna. We
often say things on the spur of the occa
sion that are wrong. J o act from a want
of principle is to act deliberately. No, no,
my child; the young ladies have sufficient
ly manilested their regret for the pain they
occasioned you. Your unforgiving spirit
is a far worse trait. of character than any
they have manifested in the case."
"Of course, I am always in the wrong,"
said Anna, in an offended tone, "and every
body elsf right, no matter what they may
do to me."
Seeing that she was not likely to make
the impression she desired upon the mind
ol her neice, Aunt Helen replied in an in
different manner:
"Oh ! well, Anna, you must do as you
please. I have only given you my thoughts
in regard to your position towards these
young ladies; and 1 am much inclined to
think they are about the same entertained
by every one else who has heard anything
of the difficulty. In staving away from
Mrs. Merrill's new year's party, you will
be the one rendered the mosl'Uiihappy by
the circumstance."
Saying this, Aunt Helen turned from her
niece, and left her to her own reflections.
The cause of the i.ffencc. Ss in most cases
of the kind, was light. Jane Gregory and
Alice May, on a certain occasion, spoke ra
ther lightly of Anna; and someone who
heard them, very improperly n ported the
substance of their remarks, and in doing s,
considerably exaggerated what had been
said. A few days afterwards, Anna met
the young ladies in the street. They pau
sed, smiling, to speak to her, but still feel
ing indignant at their light remarks, she
passe.d them without even a look of recog
nition. Unable to understand the meaning of
this, Jane and Alice asked a mutual friend
to call upon Anna and learn from her the
cause of offence, if any existed. To this
person Anne told what she had h. ard, but
did not give her author. The young la
dies recollected, dimly, having uttered
something of the kind, and therefore, could
not deny what was alleged in toto. But
the language represented as having been
used by them, they entirely rejected; and
requested the mutual friend to offer every
apology and lo say that they were extreme
ly sorry for any thoughtless words they
might have used, lo Anna, this was only
making things worse; and she told the
friend who sought to reconcile the breach,
that Jane and Alice were a couple of ill-
natured, unprincipled girls, and she would
have nothing more to do with them.
"Oh, very well!" was the remark of the
latter, when this was stated to them.
"She can do as she pleases. We have done
all in our power to make reparation for the
injury she has received."
And there the matter rested, so tar as
any further attempt to reconcile the diffi
culty was concerned. Alice and Jane act
ed in everything, without reference to
Anna, while she carefully avoided going
into any company where she was likely to
meet them. They thought of her but little,
and made it a point never to speak of the
unhappy diflerence that existed ; while she
thought of them nearly all the time; and
on every occasion, almost, spoke of them
disparagingly. Ol course, Anna was tar
from being happy. No one is happy while
indulging a feeling of resentment.
The party from which Anna meant to
exclude herself, was to be at the house of a
lady who was the favorite of a large circle.
Her parties, the most pleasant that were
given, were always well attended; and
Anna, who had notice of Mrs. Merrill's
intentions weeks belore the time at which
the entertainment was to take place, had
prepared herself for the occasion, and was
looking forward for its arrival with lively
feelings of satisfaction. But all was mar
red by the unfortunate circumstance to
which we have alluded. Having ascer
tained that Alice and Jane were going, she
determined to remain at home rather than
meet them.
Aunt Helen tried hard to make her give
up this foolish whim, as she called it ; but
the young lady was not to be moved ; and
left Anna alone to her bitter fancies.
While in the drawing room, and before
she had seen Mrs. Merrill, Aunt Helen met
Alice May.
"Hag Anna come yet?" enquired the
latter.
"No," replied Aunt Helen. "She does
not intend coming out to-night."
"Indeed! Is she not well ?"
"Well enough in body, .but, I regret to
say, not in mind."
"I'm sorry. 1 h'iped to have met her
to-right. I was going to call upon her
this very afternoon, hut was prevented. I
have been waiting in the dressing room for
half an hour, expecting every moment to
see her come in."
"I wish you had called, Alice," said
aunt Helen."
"I hope she is not staying away on ac
count of her little misunderstanding."
"I am iorry to say that she is, Alice."
"Oh ! that is too bad ! To think so light
a thing should have produced such an un
happy effect. We were wrong, no doubt,
in speaking of her as We did; but what we
said was but little, and that spoken with no
ill feeling. I merely remarked that I
thought her a little vain, and rather too
quick tempered ; and Jane assented to what
I said. We all have our faults; and we
all occasionally remark upon the faults and
peculiarities of our friends, yet without
meaning to be ill-natured. Dear knows
I wish I had no greater fault than I laid at
the door of Anna.",
"She heard your remark, I presume, in
rather an aggravated form," said Aunt
Helen.
"I am sure, ma'am, that I ha- repeated
it to you in almost the precise language I
usd. And, at to the manner, it could not
have been offensive, for I felt no unkind
ness. Some one must have done me great
injustice."
"Anna says that you called her a proud,
vain, ill-tempered girl."
"How wrong for any one to to change
the meaning of a light and, almost thought
less remark ! 1 do not wonder that Anna
was hurt, I only regret that she did not
meet my effort to reconcile the dilliculty.
Had she done so, all would have been
quickly forgiven and forgotten."
"No doubt of that. 1 blame her most."
"I must see her to-nighl," said Alice.
"It is too late how."
"No. I must see her before entering
the parlors below, and it. ingling with the
gay company theie assembling. I have
suffered myself to feel indifferent about The
matter, knowing that I had wilfully done
her no injury, and believing that alltwould,
in due time, come right. To-day I thought
more seriously about it, and would have
called upon her, could I possibly have done
so. Being prevented in this, I determined
to meet her here, and have all reconciled
before joining in the social pleasures of the
evening. But she will not come and all
on this account ! I must see her at once.
Your house is only in the next block. I
will run around there alone."
"I will go with you," said Aunt Helen.
"Oh no! Let me go alone. It will
look belter, I think."
And Alice putting on her cloak and
hood, went out quickly.
Anna, after her aunt had left for the par
ty at Mrs. Merrill's, sit down in the parlor
alone, and tried to read. But the pages of
the book she bent over had no power to ab
sorb her attention.' There was an evil
spirit ol angry resentment in her heart, and
that controlled her thoughts. Oh ! how
unhappy she felt. There were particular
reasons why she wished to go to this party;
and her disappointment was therefore the
greater. As she sat and mused over this
all absorbing theme, she more than half-regretted
having permitted herself to notice
what bad been said of her. one remem
bered having spoken quite as censoriously
of Alice and Jane ; and that, too, to the
very person who had repeated the offensive
language she had used respecting her.
All at once, it flashed through her mind
that this person might first have told what
she said, and this provoked them lo speak
against her. The thought made her cheek
burn. An old adage touching news car
riers came into her mind and gave force to
this suggestion.
"Oh dear!" she said aloud, shutting her
book, and leaning her head back against
the great rocking chair in which she was
sitting. "How careful of our words we
should be. I wish Hetty Blake had kept
what she heard lo herself. No doubt in
the world she made it sound ten times
worse in repeating it to me. And its more
than likely she told them something that I
had said in the first place. She's not over
particular. Its a lesson to me."
And Anna continued to rock herself, and
to feel very unhappy. Her cheeks burned
as if she were sitting before a large fire, and
her head, beside aching slightly, felt :is il
bound around wilh a tight band. There
was a heavy weight upon her bosom ; so
heavy that she breathed oppressively.
She had closed her eves, and was so ab
sorbed in her own thoughts that she did not
hear the bell ring, nor notice that the ser
vant went to Ihe door and admitted some
one. I he sound oi a lootstep in tne room
aroused her, and she opened her eyes and
looked up with a startled air. Alice May
was standing before her. For a moment or
two she doubted whether she were not in a
dream. But all doubt quickly vanished,
for Alice, approaching and extending her
hand, said, while a pleasant smile lit up her
face:
"Anna, will you forgive any wrong I
have done you, and be reconciled ?"
Such an overture cam just in the right
moment.
Anna gave her hand, and tried to an
swer, liut tier quivering nps reiuseu to
utter the words she wished to speak. Lean
ing her head upon the bosom of Alice, she
stood for a few moments, her whole frame
asitated, and then yielding a passionate
gush of tears, she wept herself into calm
ness.
Half an hour afterwards, Anna entered
he crowded parlors of Mrs. Merrill, arm in
arm, with Alice. Hetty Blake saw this
with surprise, and so did some others who
had heard of the misunderstanding. But
Anna felt too happy to think of the past.
Her only wish was to cover it with the
mantle of forget fulness. Her only wonder
was how she could ever have f.-lt such bit
ter resentment towards one for whom she
now felt a real affection.
It is a dangerous thing to admit into the
heart a feeling of resentment. Once re
ceived as a guest, it brings many compan
ions of a like character, and they gel such
entire possession that it is hard to cast them
out. In most cases, those who admit this
guest, are led fo do a greater wrong than
they have received ; and change from the
really aggrieved into those who give cause
of offence. The true wav is to seek recon
ciliation immediately. There- is no bett-r
precept in matters of this kind than, "Let
not the sun go down on your wrath." In
nine cases out often, it will be found, on
examination, that there is no cause for an
ger except an imaginary one ; and that the
bitterest mortification might he sived by a
little self-possession and salutary self-re
strain!.'
Some on wishing to ba witty on a gentle,
man with a large mouth asked him.. "If ho
had a long lease of that mouth o his?" when
ha was good humotedly answered, '-No,
have it ouly from y-ear lo yar," , ,
Tut eigar-makeis of New York city are
on a strike, and raiMng grsat ''smoke."
WONDERFt'L LOG ROtLINO AT THE WIIT.
Am Englishman who was lately Travelling
on ihe Mississippi, told some rather tough
tvories about ihe London thieves. A Cincin
nati chap, named Case, fv ard these narra
tives wilh a silent, but expressive humph!
and thin remaiked lhat he thought ihe
Western thieves beat the London operators
all hollow.
'How so?' inquired the Englishman, wilh
surprise. 'Pray, sit, hve you lived much in
Ihe West?"
'Not a great ileal. I undettook to settle up
a business at the Oesmnius Rapids awhile
ago, but the rascally people stole nearly eve
rything I had, and finally a Welch miner ran
off wilh my wife.'
"Good God !' siiid the Englishman. 'And
you never found her?'
'Never to this day. But that was not the
worst of it."
'Worst1! Why, what souli be worse than
stealing a man's wife?'
'Stealing his children, 1 should say, said
the implacable Case.
'Children !'
'Yes; a nigger woman, who had'nt any ol
her own, abducted my youngest daughter
and sloped and jined the Ingins '
:Great heaven ! Did you see her do it?
'See her ? Yes, and she had'nt ten rods
the start of me; but she plunged into the
lake and swam off like a duck, and there
warrant a canoe to follow her wilh.'
The Englishman laid back in his chair and
called for another mug of nfl-an-afT, while
Case smoked his cigar and looked at his ere-
dulous friend at the sume time most re
morselessly.
'1 I shan't go any further West I think,'
at length observed the excited John Bull.
I should not advise any one to go,' said
Case, quietly. 'My brother once lived there!
but he had to leave) although his business
was the best in the country.'
'What business was he in, pray V
'Lumbering had a saw mill.'
'And ihey stole his lumber ?'
'Yes, and his saw logs, too.'
'Saw logs!'
'Yes, whole dozens of fine black walnut
logs were carried off in a single night
'Tine, upon my honor, sir. He tried eve
ry way to prevent it ; had men hired to watch
his logs ; but it was all of no use. They
would whip 'em away as easily as if there
had been nobody there. They would steal
them out of the cove, and even out of the
mill ways.'
"Gsxid gracious!'
'Just to give you an Idea how they can
steal out there,' continued Case, sending a
sly wink at the listening company, 'just to
eive yon an tdea did yon ever work in a
saw mill ?'
Never.'
Well, my brother, one Hay. bought an 1
died fine black walnut log- four feet three
at the butt and not a knot In it. He was de
termined to keep that log, any how, and
hired two Scotchmen to watch it all nietil.
Well they took a small demijnhn full of whis
key wilh them, snaked tho log up the side
hill above the mill, and built a fire, and then
ot down on the loir to play keerds, just to
keep awake you see. 'Twas a monsus big
log bark two inches thick. Well, as I was
say in', they played keerds and drank whis
key all niiiht, and as it began to grow light,
went to sleep a-straddle of the log. A bunt a
minute after daylighi, George went over to
the mill to oe how Ihey got on, and the log
was gone!'
'And Ihey setting on it?'
'Setting on the bark! The thieves had
drove hii iron wedge into the butl end which
pinted down hill, and hitched a yoke of oxen
on, and pulled it right out, leaving the shell
and I ho Scutchers selling a-sliaddle of it, fast
asleep. '
The Englishman hare ro'ae, dropped his ci
gar stump tutu the spittoon, and looking at his
watch, said he thought he would go on deck
and see how far we'd be down the river be
fore morning.
The Workwoman's Rmt. Cheertfiee up,
child of labor! I ha blessed Sabbath is thine
own. ti is the excellent gift of thy Maker
see then that no titan rob thee of the boon !
It is ih- heir loom of thy family see that it
be not alienated from i by possession ! It is
a saored inheritance buqoeaihed by succes
sive generation of ihe godly see then that
its fences are kept unbroken, and that its fruit
ful soil is not, through neglect, cursed wilh
sterility ami nakedness. The fifty-two Sab
baths of rest wilh which the year is inter
spersed are like patches of verdure watered
by ever'apriuging fountains, that dot the in
hospitable wilderness, that invite its faint
travellers to exhilaration and repose.
A Valuable Invention. Mr. Charles
T. Judkins, formerly of Bangor, Me,, now
resident in England, has succeeded in in
venting a machine for cleaning wool, cot
ton, and other fibrous substances, which is
said t' be sup' rior to anything of the kind
heretofore invented, as it effectually separ
ates the wool from all its connections and
entanglements, and purifies it, ready for
working. All the, factories in England and
Scotland will soon be supplied with it fo the
decided advantage of manufacturers, and (o
the advantage also oi the wool growers in
South America, and etjew Here; particularly
when liable to be mixed with dirt and filth
tbe market tlu erf whose wool will b
rnntidmbly ahancd.
TEA.
"Tea Is associated wltk rest, after s day's toil, with Hap
py fite-sides, temperance, and peace." Maloa NoiB.
In no article of commerce do we find the
same uniformity in the amount imported into
this country.
The present consumption of Tea by all the
world, except China and Japan, is estimated
thus: -Pounds.
Great Britain and Ireland 2,000,000
Ruia 10,000,000
The rest of Europe 5,000,000
Australia 3,500,000
All other British Possessions 3,500,000
U. Slates (which exports much of
'') 20,000,000
South America, fcc, &c. 500.000
To'al
94,500,000
The Tea plant flourishes but on the poor
est ferruginous soils, (like the water-furrowed
barrens we see going from Reading to Potts
town.) lis cultivation in China exceeds be
lief; for every Chinaman uses it at each
meal, and at all limes through the day, as an
exhilirant. But the great Tea-growing coun
try covers about four hundred square miles,
between the 25th and 31st parallells of North
latitude.
The Tea-plant is a Camellia, that bears a
seed like a hazle-nut. It grows from five to
seven feet high, and is very leafy. It is very
hardy, and could easily be acclimated to this
latitude ; for we know that it flourishes na
tive on the slopes of tha Himalayeas, where
snow lies as long as it does here. We have
no doubt, therefore, that it will thrive in
Schuylkill county. In three years, the shrub
yields leaves for Tea. In seven years it is in
full yield ; and it lasts for Tea purposes fif
teen or twenty years.
Cueen and Black Teas owe their difference
entirely lo the mode of preparation. The
Chinese never drink Green Tea; but all the
Black Tea that is left in iheir tea-pots is col
lected, and converted into Hyson, Gunpow-
der, &c, for the English and American mar
kets ; the color we admire being given arti
ficially. We know nothing in this country of fine
tea; or even what would pass for any sort of
drinkable Tea among the lower orders in
China.
Good Tea would not bear transportation by
sea; it would undergo a destructive sweat
ing. To fit Tea for a voyage, it must be
over-burned, which spoils it fora China-man's
palate. Consequently ever? sort of trash
under the head of Canton Tea. i. mivpH -ill,
it by the exporters, who consider that no i
part oi it is lea any how; and tho rubbish
is equal to what we call Ihe genuine.
A China doctor would honestly call it a
slow poison, as many of our medicine-men
have done.
In England, better qtialil ies of Tea are used
than with us, because the duly on all isalike,
say 41 cents a pound; which makes the
poorer too dear for the quality.
The proportion of Grsen and Black Teas
used are as follows :
Green.
Europe 300,000 lbs,
Australia, kc. 3,000,000 "
U. Stale 14,500.000 "
Black.
1,100,000 lbs.
1,000,000 "
5;500,000 "
Russia uses Black Tea almost entirely.
Extensive Tea dealers soon get rich. It is
an article that yields a heavy profit to every
one whose hands it passes through ; and a
deal of mixing and adulterating is done in
this country, from the Importer to the small
grocer.
Great efforts are being made in England)
to release Tea from the exorbitant duty im
posed. The tax amounts to 527,500.000
yearly !' It is alleged by merchants that un
less England increases the imports of Tea,
by removing the duty, the export of British
goods lo China must be lessened very ma
terially, for Tea is all tha Chinese have to
pay with, a yearly balance of $50,000,000,
thai is aceumulating.against lhat country.
There is an iucieasing inquiry in this
country into the practicability of raising our
our Tea, that satisfies us of an early move-
ment being made to cultivate the plant.
And we can foresee that the Tea-tree specu
lation will run over the1 land like fire in a
stubble field but unlike the mulberry fever,
it will end in firmly establishing among our
branches of industry the growth and manu-
facture of our own lea; and not till that time
shall we know what is a cup of real tea, f.nd
what a healthy invigorator it is of mind, and
body . Mining Register.
BCI.L UIRD,
One meet in the forests of Guyana bird
much celebrated with the Spaniards, called
camptnero or be',i-bird. Its voice is loud and
clear as the found of a bell it may be heard
at the distance of a league. No song,
no sounfj, oan occasion the astonishment pro
duced by the tinkling of the eampanero. He
sines morning and evening like most
other birds; at raid-day he sing also. A
stroke of th bell is heard, a pause of a min
ute ensues: a second tinkling, and a paUseef
the Same duration is repeated; finally a third
ringing, followed by a silence of six or eight
minute "Acteon," says an enthusiastic tra,
veller, ''Would halt in the heat of the chase
Orpheus would let faH his lute to listen ; so no.
Vet, street, and romanlio is the silver tinkling
of Ihe snow-wbil campamro."
This bird is about the size of jay; from
it head arise a conical tube of about three)
inches long of a brilliant black, spotted with
smal whit feathers, which communicates
with the palate, and which, when inflated
with air, rrssmblts an ear of corn. ' ' ' j
'A TURKISH LOVE AFFAIR.
The modern laws of Cos discountenance
in a Very singular manner, any cruelty in fe.
males towards their admirers. While Dr.
Clarke wok on that Island, art instance oc
curred, in which the fatal termination or
love affair occasioned a trial for what th
Mohammedan lawyer called "homioide by
n intermediate cause." The case was as
follow : A young man desperately In love
with a girl of Stanchio eagerly sought to
marry her J but his proposals were rejected.
In consequence of his disappointment, ha
bwght gome poison and destroyed himself.
The Turkish police instantly arrested the fa
ther of the young woman, as the cause, by
implication, of the man's death; under the
fifth species of homicide, he became there
amenable for this act of suicide. When the
cause came before the magistrate, it was ur
ged literally by the accusers, that "if he,
the accused, had not had a daughter, the de
ceased would not have fallen in love; and
consequently he would not have been disap
pointed; consequently he would not have
swallowed poison; consequently he would
not have died; but he, the accused, had a
daughter, and the deceased had fallen in love;
and had been disappointed; and had swal
lowed poison, and had died." Upon all these
counts, lie was called up to pay the price of
the young man's life ; and this being fixed
at the sum of eighty piastres, it was ac
cordingly exacted !
UXTRAOllDIMAKY DISCOVERY.
Tho truth of the following statement is at
tested by M. M. Noah: A startling discov.
ery, confirmatory of the truth of the book of
Jonah, has been made by Mr.. Layard. In
excavating the city of Ninevah, he discover
ed the name of Jonah inscribed upon tha
ruins. The prophet, ns our readers know,
was sent to announce to the people of Nine
veh the destruction of the city. His elo
quence converted many of them, and God
'repented him' of the doom he had pronoun
ced, and spared the city for that time. Jo.
nah then became the prophet of Nineveh,
and was reverenced by the inhabitants. A
was the Oriental custom, they doubtless in
scribed his name in conspicuous places on
the wall of th public edifices, and the in
scriptions engraved by Assyrian hands, a
thousand years before the Christian era, have
been found by Mr. Layard. This is one of
the most extraordinary Demonstrations of
the accuracy of Biblical history we have
ever hcar(1 ot- As yet we have only seen
,he beginning of the end. The city of Nineveh
has scarcely yet been entered, and when the
excavations shall have been completed, if
Mahommedan jealousy should ever permit
that consummation, we may eYpect illustra
tions of the prophecies that will strike the
wotld with awe and wonder. Great credit is
due to the British government for the mu
nificent spirit they have exhibited in aiding
the labors of Mr. Layard placing at his com
mand vessels for the navigation of the En
phrates, conveying to England the magnifi-'
cent sculptures which he has disentombed,
and affording him every facility which
money or British authority could secure.
We should be glad to see a similar spirit ex
hibited by the government of this country, in
reference to American antiquities. Buff. C.
Adv.
Ax Apoi.oqt. A lawyer in a neighboring
county, addressed the Court as "gentlemen,"
instead of "your Honors." After he had con
cluded, a brother of the Bar reminded hirri
of his error. He immediately rose to apolo.
giSe, thus :
"May it please the Court in the heat of
debate, I called your Honors gentlemen. 1
made a mistake your Honors."
The gentleman sat down, and we hope the
Court was satisfied with the explanation.
Trimming Trees. I think, the early
part of June is probably the best time for
cutting out the small branches of fruit trees.
The farmer has more leisure at this season
j than in' May, and if the limbs are not large,
the wounds will heal rapidly perhaps
more rapidly than in the preceding month;
It is an excellent plan, I find, to go through
the fruit orchard and carefully cut out all
j the decayed limbs, sawing them off
I molblj', s near the point of junction as
practicable that the disposition of fresh gran
ulous matter may insure a speedy cicatriza
tion of the wound, and prevent disease- I
have seen some orchards of promising and
valuable trees nearly spoiled by the applica
tion of the axe in trimming, instead of the
saw, It is better not lo touch your trees;
than to mutilate thera in this way; Get'
tmntown Telegraph.
Bank of Oweoo. The cashier of this bank
cautious the public against one dollar notes, al
tered to tens and twenties. He states that it
is sufficient to protect the public against tha
imposition by stating, that all the tens and
twenties are registered on the back, sod tha
altered notes on the face.
'IfVi Hear no Abuse of the Country, or of
religion," exclaimed the pious Kynders, at
the New York Abolition convention ; "any
roan may speak; but the first insult he offers
to th church or country, I'll knock kim down,.
UrwABM of 250 abandoned women wet
simultaneously seixad by the polio of Glas
gow, on night in ord,- to detect icbbery
cmmitted "f n of that class. -.'