, 4 NEW SERIES, VOL. 8, NO. 19. SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1855. OLD .SERIES, VOL-'15. NO. 451 The Sunbury American, rcBusnm ivtm iaturdat BY II. B. MASSEIt, Market Square, Sunbury, Penna. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. TWO DOLLARS net annum to be paid hnlf yearly In advance. No panel UiecoiUii"iel until all arrearage! are paid. All communication or lettera on bimineta relating to tne office, to maure attention, muat be I'US I I'AIU TO CLUBS. Three copies 19 one address, S6 00 ,(en D Bo 10W Fifteen Do 90 00 , Fivedillara In advance will pay lot three year's sub. scriplinn to lire American. Postnviatera will plwiae act as our Agents, and frank lottera containing sunaenntmn money, l ney are permit' twl tu do thia under the Post Office Law. TERMS OF ADVERTISING. 1nc Snnmc of 14 llnea, 3 times, 'f ,very auUsequent inaeition, - .One Sqcn.e, 3 months, fix mouths', ' Vine rrAT, l mines. Cards of Five lines, per annum, Morchaiits and others, advertising by the yeni, with the privilege of inserting different advertisements weekly. ty Larger Advortiseinenta.nS per agreement. JOB PRINTING. v- Livm cf,inMto.l with onr establishment Ill" 40 30 S()0 fllO sou 1000 Well AcnedJOU OFFICli, winch will eimlilo us to execute iu tho neatest siyle, every variety ot priming. 3. 3. ATTORNEY AT I.AW, BUSTBtTRTf, PA. Business attomlccl to in the Countice of Nor thumberland, Union, Lycoming Columbia. Monloui anil Reference in Philadelphia Hon. Job R.Tmon, Vomers A Suodgrass, Chas. fliblions. Ksq., l.inn, Smith 4 Co. WHITE ASH ANTHRACITE COAL FnoM tii Lascastkk Collieiiv, Northumberland county, Ta., T "IT HE RE wc have very extensive improve . ' ' mcnts, and are prepared to offer to the public a very supe-ior article, particularly suited nr the manufacture of Iron and making Steam. Our tvies of Coal arc : LUMP, ) for Smelting purposes. STEAM HOAT, ) for do. and Steamboat BROKEN, ) ECU, for Family use and Steam. STOVE, ) Si' t'' for I.imcburncrs and Steam. PL A, ) Our point of Shipping i Sunbury. where ar tutigemonta arc made to load boats without any "iC"iy COC H RAN, PEALE & CO. J. J. CticHHAN, Lancaster. (!. W. Pkalk, ShamoUitu Uksj. Hhijiiiolii, Lancnsler. A. Uai-hhiriixkii, do. ITT .Orders adJresscd to Shamokin or Sunbury, will receive prompt attention. Feb. 10. 1855 ly. Father. F55ITZ, E3i:.SS:V Al, to. JVo. 29 Xwlh Thin! 'Jirett, VtiliMjihiu. M' OROCC'O Manuf-irlurorif.l iirrier ami Im porters of FKKNCH CALF-SKINS ami dealers in lied aim u.u K1PP. Feb. 17, 18Vi. w ly SOLE LEATHKU & V. II. SMITH, PORT MONKAIE, POCKET EOCK, nrcssitvs Case Blsii.nr.tt turer, X. 11". rnr. of Fourth !, Chestnut Stt., viiii.AiiKt.rniA. Always on hand a large anil varied assortment of Fort Jioniinica, Pocket Ui.oltrf, flankers Casen, Note Holders, Tort Folios, Tortable Desks, Work Uoxes, Cabas, Traveling Bags, Backgammon Boards, Chess Men, Clear Cases, Pressing Cases, Pocket Memorandum Books, Also, a ccnerul assortment of LngUiih, rrencu and (Tcrman Fancy Goods, Fine Pocket Cutlery, Razors, Razor Strops and Gold Pens. Wholesale, Second and Third Floors. F. H. SMITH, -N. W. cor. Fourth & Chestnut Sts., Philada. N. B. On the receipt of if 1, a Superior Gold Pen will be sent to any part of the United States, by mail j describing pen, thus, medium, hard, or soft. Phila., March 31. 1854. ply. A CARD. GEORGE BROWN, Inspector of Mines, ten ders his services to land ownern and Min ing Companies, in making examinations, reports &c, of Mines and Coal lands. From his experi ence in mining operations, as ho understands the dillercnt branches, having carried on Mines for a number of years in Schuylkill Co., and having now a largo number of collieries under.his super--vision be hopes to give satisfaction to tho-e who may want Lis services. Refers to Benjamin Miller and W.Payne, Esqrs.. Philadelphia, and D. E. Nice and James Neill, Esqra., Pottsville. Communications by Mail promptly attended to. PotUvillo, March 17, 1855. 3ra. COAL! COAL!! COAL!!! IRA T. CLEMENT respectfully informs the citizens of Sunbury and vicinity that he has ibeep. appointed agent for the sale of the celebra, ited red ash coal, from the Mines jf Boyd Rossei ,St Co. All the various sizes prepared and screane4 will lie promptly delivered by leaving orders with the subscriber. IRA T. CLEMENT. Sunbuiy, Pec. 80, 1851 tf. Do you want a Bargain ? IK SO, THEN CALL AT' YOUNGS' STOttU, ITHERE you will find the cheapest assort Dient of SrRING AND SUMMER GOODS u Sunbury, eonsisling in part of Dry Goods, Uioeeries, Queensware, Hardware Cedar-" ware, Fancy Arliclea, Stationary, Con foctionaries, &cn which will bo old at the lowest prices for .', eabh of country produce. ,' Ground Salt by the sack or bushal. .- Suubury, Nov, 4, 1854. . , nARDWARE.-Tuble Cutlery, Kazors, Pock ct Knivea, Hand saw4 Wood saws : in rsmes, Axes, Chuels, Door Locks, and Hinges, Hand Bells, Waiters, just received and for Ml by L W. TUNER & CO.. bunbury, Dee. 8, 1854, , . .-. COAL Buckets, stove shovels, Ames' shovels, forks. Door and lad locks, curry combs, &e.,ftt . YOUNG'S 8TORE. Bunbury, Nov. 18, 1854. f TANILLA BEANS just received by W - ' WEISER tc BKL'NErt Hanbary, May 19. 865 " INES and Liquors for Medicinal purposes Sanbiir. May 1. 1886. Stltet 'Iktrir. LIFE'S A RAILROAD. Life's a railroad 1 Hurry onl , Always keep a coinp ! Never stop to look at flowers By the roadside growing. Never think of anything Bnt yotir present hurry, Whnt if yon should lose a train 1 Wouldn't you bo sorry t What's tho use of sighing so After beauty, lying Half asleep beneath the trees Where tho winds are dying ; Whcro throngh winding cattlo paths, Creep the lazy bonrs, And the slow-paced seasons walk O'er unconscious flowers T . Beatify changes with tho times, ' ' Once she chose her shelter Id the shndowy solitudes, Lest the snn should melt her. Stronger-breathed, sho dashes on, Now, from town to city, In a locomotive's shape. Nothing's half so pretty. Lfo wns onco a trodden path, Where the travelers cheery Spoko to all they chanced to meet, ! Or would rest, if weary. ' Rest is now quite obsolete ; Sips of slumber take you, Careless who beside you sits ; Norwalk draws, will, wake you, t Life's a railroad. Hurry on 1 Always keep a going 1 Never stop to look at flowers By the roodside growing. Never mind what's on the track j On though headlong faster. If tho engino Progress stops, That's the grout disaster 1 1 'fort tc.nj.' L07E IS NOT ALWAYS BLIND. Somo- twenty-two years ago, it was my fortune to form tho acquuiulunco of a young mechanic, just from Lis apprenticeship, in this city, named Henry . He often visited my room, end would spend three or four hours an evening with me. Although what was called a fashionnhle young man, and living as ho did tip to his income ns a journeyman,, ho was studious aim tonus of books ever ucKirous to roaa sucn dooks as tended most to form tho character and qnali- tho mind for the more euviablo walks of usefulness iu society. : '. Henry was free from dissipated and vicious habits, ever sociublo and lively. His educa tion was such ns is given unfortunately but too many young boys put out as apprentices to tho tliri'erent trades so very limited in extent that it reriuiied more than ordinary study to enable him to acqniro a tolerably correct knowledge of the theory of mechan ics, to that he could combine practice with it : vet ho did in an unusually short time master both tho theorynnd practice. I found him more and more desirable as a companion after tho labors of the day, and would sigh when he was compelled to be absent from my room. Henry hud free access to a well selected but small library in my room. Ho made tho best use of it .' Somo ton'or twelve months ' of this most agreeable association passed over us, when a change came over my young friend. I saw him but seldom, and when ho did call upon me I found him restivo and melancholy no disposition to read. Ho would sit by tho hour in reflection, until, nroused from tho thoughtful mood, I would laugh at him, joko with him, accuse him of some love scrape, to no purpose The secret was not to bo un veiled to me thro' that channel. Finally, I determined to possess his confidence, and urged Liin to impart to mo the cause of this most remarkable change, when a full disclo sure of all was mado mo. ' Ho hud engaged to marry agirl some seven teen years of age, the daughter of a poor wi dow, who had to assist her parent through her necdlo work to support her littlo family j and on communicating this contemplated union to Lis employer, Harry was iuformed that ou Lis marriage, be must seek work else where, as ho, Mr. S. boarded his Lands, and could not accommodate husband and wife ; nor would he employ a man iu his shop unless be would board iu the family. Henry bad no money and could get work in no other estab lishment iu the city. I fully appreciated his distress, and at once proposod that bo should introduce mo to his intended, lue eveuioer came, and the Uueen of Light looked down from her glory in all her majesty. It was the month or -May, ana nature smiled and shone forth iu all her loveliness. After a walk of four squares, we stopped in front of a two-story frame bouse the house stood back some forty teet Trora tbe street lence, and tbe yard was beautifully decorated with flowers. vines, and such like ornaments, evidently speaking loudly in praise of some skilful hand wiuno tho teuement. Henry entered tho gate, bidding me in. On bis knock the door was opened, and In a small, neatly furnisLcd room we seated ourselves.' Iu a short time thereafter a side door opened, and 1 was in troduced to MiPS Mart . She was runllv a lovely girl, whose unassuming and uncon scious uiginiy oi manner convinced mo of the wudomtif Henry's choice. We were joined by the mother, a plain but comoly woman, mm two suiuu cuuuren. I was received by this little family !u a in oo b curium maimer, wuicu gave evidence ihat by character 1 was no straneer. I fnun.l Aiury io ov a gin oi moretnan ordinary miud, greatly superior, 1n point of intelligence, to many young ladiesof better, condition and A - 1 1 ,T greater aavauiages oi tue, 4 no evcuiug sw iJap&iiig away, aou time for the uuion of the young couple was not fur distant I bene no tune wag to be lost. Thus, iu the presence of .Henry, Mary, and uie moiaer, i ooeueu my uusiueas, or tue oo loct of iny Turn. ...... 1 wag more inan successful, and before Henry and myself left the bouse, I prevailed on them to postpone their uuion for one year longer, binding myself to be responsible for oonsequenceg on his part, I further exacted pledge from Henry that be would make me big treasurer fur tho time agreed upon, and made Lira calculation, based upon coustant employnieut and good, health, an regard to the amount be couia save rrom nis armoiri. The day following I called upon his employer, (DeiDg on intimate terms wud sua,) ana in. formed him of everything iu strict coufideuce lie viewed it favorably, i nut stood llenrv'i cae, . tleu called upon tbe late most wor thy firm of Kane & McQratb. merchant tail ors, who ever stood at tho helm of fashion during thoir day. and imparted in full to my more intimate friend McQralli tho case of Henry and Marv. Mac entered iuto my plain with a degree of spirit I did not expect, and promised to supply Mary (she being one of tho best Beam stresses in the city,) with the most profitable work put out for women to make and his promise was fulfilled. McGrath had a heart in the right place. . Thus passed tho time, when, after the lnpso of six months I was made treasurer of Mary also. At the close of tho year Henry nnd Mary had in my bauds about four hundred dollars, and I found but littlo opposition on their part to a postpone ment lor anotner year inasmuch as tuey naa done so well during tho first. Thus did time pass, and never Lave I met with two beings more warmly and affectionately bound togeth er. Mary laid asido little Gnery, was clad in less expensivo apparel, but at all times tho Jiink of ueatness, and Henry was not slow to ollow her example. I was. at tho period re ferred to, a teacher of tho Sabbath School in Christ's Church, (no doubt a better mnu than I am now,) and it is with feelings of prido and admiration I would sco Henry nnd Mary nt teuding church once or twice a Sunday arm in arm would they go to and return from church. AHhongfi they were not members of any religious order, they made it a duty, and it was no doubt a safe-guard to them to attend church. Ootwecn four nnd five years thus passed, and I was about to give up business to pre paro myself to enter tho regiment raised un der a requisition of Major General Gaines for the southwest frontier or Louisiana, when I advised that tho long-postponed marriage should take place, ami on tho day following I paid over to the young folks over two thou sand dollars, principle and interest, crlvinr; to each party tho amount deposited with mo. in a playlul manner Alary handed over to Henry the sum thus given to her, accompa nying the gift with a sweet kiss. Henry's employer proposed to take him in as a part- , t L. IT 1 -.1 tier in Dusiticss, mil it. nau mntie inner ur rangements and determined to more somo two hundred nnd eighty miles west of Louis ville and there to commence his business, l left for the fur south soon after his departure and iu the nps and downs of life I almost lost sight of my young friends until ono day with in the year, as I was on my way down fifth street te Main, who should meet me, on their way to my shop to see me, but Henry and Mary a most unexpected but cordial meet ing, Mary did pot shrink from giving me a sweet kiss. It wns none of your affected tide icipes, but a kiss from tho Lenrt, hailing mo as her old nnd most valued friend. l?y their side were two sweet children. Mary, iu form, was all her husband conld desire, Her eyes were just ns bright ns ever. I invited them to my houso, but the boat which bad just landed, on which they had taken passage, would not remain long enough to permit them to accept my invitation. I accompa nied them to the river and saw them off. They were on a pleasure tour to Niagara Falls, Albnny, lioston. and to return by New York, Philadelphia, lialtimore, Washington city, A c. 1 have, since this meeting, under stood that llnry is now worth from seventy to eighty thousand dollars. A man ol moral ortli ; in poiut ol uselulness no has lew equals where ho resides, and as for his wile, sho is uuiversnlly admitted to bo ono of tho best of women and wives, ever found with bcr husband on all proper occasions, sensible, no doubt, whatever adds to happiness, more than pays ner for all attentions. ii'i.. The above, gentlemen, is true to the letter, here are now surviving in ourcilv those v.lio ill recoL'iiio it is true, if il should, iu your judgment, merit a placo in your ever welcome Bulletin, yoar friend. . , T. M. 11. Tub KMPnns8 Klt.f.mie. Somebody Las written the following beautiful sketch of tho beautiful Empress of France . Ihe bmpress h.ugenie, without Deing Dy any means the perfect beauty bcr flatterers declare her to be, is certainly ono of the very loveliest looking women thnt could be fonnd. Her face is lighted up with sncn an innocent, gentle and vivacions expression, and a smile of such exceeding sweetness as to render her perfectly charming.-, llcrmaunor is at once graceful, dignified nud gracious ; she looks absolutely radiant on a public occasion, and performs her part so perfectly and with such a look of absolute happiness that sho seems not only as though she had Decn Dorn to too station to which her singular fortune has raised Lor, but appears beside Lor impassiblo and undemonstrative partner as though sho wag soveroign in Lor own right, who Lad spoused some man of humble rank and sought unconsciously to utotio for Lis comparative cold and ungracious manner by tho over flowing of ber own royal and native courtesy. And yet to gee her small, sweet, but pale and vcary-looking face at other times, one would say that she had already entered upon that est iny ol sorrow oi which me lino oi pain across her brow would almost seem to bo natures own prophecy. A Fcxny Ensoiife. A fow days since, we mentioned that a "small chance of a tight" had occurred recently at tho liardstown, Ky., between Hon. Charles ii. Wintersmitli and Ir. Jackson, candidates for Cougrcss in that District. Iu explanation of his part iu the a.r fair, Dr. Jackson Issues a card, from which wo tako the following extract : 'After I turned to the audience to depre cate such unfair treatment, 1 received a blow from Mr. W., which excited enough 'anger to induce me, aHhough held by the right arm ' a third party, to grasp tbe gentleman uy e tOD of Lis Lead. when, touiv astonishment and the coustornation of the crowd, the whole scalp came off I A slight left-banded blow rrom me, wlucn made a distinct occuiar de monstration, wag all the fight I perpetrated ; me rusu and mteriurence enucu it. auci. wards I approached Mr. W., who acknowled ged himself in the' wrong, and not able to fight me. After a short interview between ua, he colled the audience together, aud made a Public annlns-v in thm. nnd then TJUUUCIV asked my pardon, whicb was promptly grau- e.e eei a i ' - An Awcwinn Pnitnrr amkkt Last Satur day evening, Just at dusk, two young gen- iiemeo woo were batbiair in tbe Miami river u Layion perceived a scamp rupuiug on with their clothes. They instantly swam ashore and gave chase, but without guocess ; and thev Were ennir,nllirl Ia hetakei them. selves to acquatic sports until the evening wag far enough advanced to enable them to Cain their hnnrdino hnn.. r..ll Thtfl. feat they accomplished about midnight, after gome unplwasant encounters with mosquitoes auu vugs. f ' ' ' ' ' ' ' . . -. . i ',; ' . A TitooouTruL Fsirxd.-A sentlemaa wbi had been absent from home two years, says that tbe first wbo came to. c engratuluto him on big return was the tax-colleotor, . SUfcSCE, ART AND DISCOVERY. Lkkoth or Lifb. M. Flotirens, a French savaut,' has broached, and sustained by inge nious argument, a most comiortauln theory t that infinite number of People, who, not withstanding the trials and troubles of this life, are well satisfied with the world and have no desire to quit it a moment sooner than possible. He enlarges tho limit of life from three score years and ten to one hundred, nncl makes those who do- not reach that patri archal age tho victim of improprieties if not of excesses a theory which, while it may be pleasing to the hope of long lifo oftho living, is not very complimentary to thnt vast ma jority of tho dead who have failed to enjoy nulf the years they wero entitled to. M . Floureus divides life into six' stages, . and though tho division is not a new one, yet tho classification be makes is decidedly so. He classifies the stages of life us follows: The first ten years of life are infancy, properly so called. The second ten is the period of boy hood. Tho first youth is from twenty to thirty, and from thirty to forty tho second youthful term. The first manhood ia from forty to fifty-five. The second from fifty-fre to tcventif. Thus, according to tho new sys tem, we are still boys at twenty, youths at forty, and at fifty-five enter unon that period which M. Floureus designates as the ace of strength the manly period of hitmau life. Alter seventy has been reached old ago bo- gins ; the first period of which extends from seventy to eighty-five, and the second com mencing at eighty. The theory is confirmed by iiuflon, who asserts that "the man who does not die of accidental disease, lives every where to ninety or a hundred yeurs of age." ZfufTou investigated with great labor and patience the thoorv of animal lifo. He con cluded that "the total duration of life may be estimated to a certain degreo by that ot tho duration of an animal's growth mau in creases in height till his sixteenth or eigh-' tecuth year, and his full developement is at 1 thirty man who takes twenty to thirty years to grow, will live to ninety or a hundred years. . Mr. Flourens assumes that the growth of man ends nt twenty, nnd that this maturity, as in ull animals, should be multiplied by five, to give the duration of life. Thus : Man grows for . Ct) yam, and lives lo On or too 4tl Si ' 1? or 20 90 The Horso ne iiimel H ' S 4 4 ' 11 " . 1J l" ii The t The I.hi , TheDng The Cut The Hate y The tiuiuea rig HI or or 1) S 7 months, ' 6 or 7 In order to enjoy old ago it is deemed fit to obsorve rules: First, to know how to be old; second, to know oneself well ; third, to make a suitable adjustment of the daily life, and lastly, to attack every malady at its begin ning, lilacftwood's Magaziiio.throiighwluiso agency wo Lave become acquainted with M . Flouren's theory, says : ' Do these speculations ns to the quantity of lifo upon the globe interfere in any way with our reasonings and conclusions ns to the natural and Possible length of human life ? Not in tho least. As an abstract re sult of physiological inquiry, it has been ren dered probable that from ninety to a han dred years is the natural length of an ordina ry human life. As a special and individual positivo result, affecting each of us to whom this information is given, it has been render ed further probable that, by loading a moder ate and sober lifo, any of us may uttain this length of lifo in comparative health and com fort. As to what would happen on the face of the globe, wero all men so to live that none should fail to reach t lint rrreat age as te how the people would multiply, and what would become of them these aro questions which do not concern its as individuals anx ious to live lorig, which, were we all to begin incontinently so to live, could scarcely causo' anxiety for generations to como, and which wo may confidently leavo to bo answered by the All-disposer." 'A Ll" MI Ml I'M. M. St. Claire Deville has lately been de lighting the French Academy of Science by exhibiting his discovery of the means of ob taining from common clay a metal callud "Aluminium." wich rivals silver iu beauty of appearance, and surpasses it iu other quali ties. The metal has heretofore existed only in small quantities ; but by the new process cau bo produced iu masses sufficient to bring it into geporal uso, and maKu it replace tor many purposes the reul article it so nearly re sembles. The national Iutelligencer learns from I'nris that tho members of tho academy of Sciences. and the numerous auditory were loud in their admiration and gnruriso at tho beauty and brilliancy of many iguots of alu minium presented by Mr. Dumas, the cele brated cuoinist It wns impossible to believe they were uot silver until taken into the hand, when their extraordinary lightness at once proved tho contrary. That a metal should weigh tutle seemed almost increaibio. - The price of aluminum a short timo since in Franco was about the rato of gold ! . Mr. Dumas assured the Academy that, owuig to roccut discoveries' reducing the exponseg of extracting it, the cost of production was now ubout one hundred times less, and Mr. Hal lard, another member, stated thero was littlo doubt that the etlect or competition iu us manufacture, together with the advantage of throwing it opeu to the industrial resources of the world, would bo to roduce the price as low as five francs the killogramuie, or about forty ceuts a pound. . Thia important result is mainly attributable to the facility with.which we are now ablo to procure pure sodium in abundancoj which Is tho acuvo agent tor tue reviviucnuuu vi minium, and which was at one time very ex pensive. Soda is obtained by tho decompo sition of carbonate of soda by charcoal, lly the aid of a littlo lime it has been found easier to separate it from oxygen. The conversion of alumiuious earth or clay into chloride of aluminium takes place so easily mat tue pr.eo of the chlorido only comes to ubout teti tx-uti ft pOtlttJ. , . ,1 . Al.rt A.arnli7fi- tiou of the procedure of Mr. Pevillo, the ap plication of chlorine to the extraction of meU ilia, IV l Ilia u" v - w - - .... . Among the many reiuarKuuie qualities oi aJuruiuiuiM, suca an its ni"""ll vv either io the air or by acids, its hardness, it3 w,wi.,rfi liirhtiinaa. ka malleableneM, tue fa- ciUtyofmouldiugit, &c, Mr. Dumas men- anotuer, lis suuum,, e- , ., . ,. ded by a string, and!, being bfc'Ltly truck, emitted the Guest tones, such as are obtaiued only by a combination of tbe best metals. i ' i. .1 .in' i 11 ' ." r"nwirrvTi Ai.. A man in Brooklyn, ' N. Y.. advertised last week for clerks, to go to iJJTii .o,iv v .T ilia bad plenty of applications, and made an engagement for ,itk tum vnnmr men.' lhy were te gtart next morning, and in oruor i i assured that tbey weuld not disappoint Lira, .i them to leave their watches, md they complied. , Tbe young men left, and so did their employer. then 1 at ix n. . From the fxiuisvillo Journal. THE WORLD IS FULL OF JBEAUTY. There is beauty in the forest Where the trees uro preen end fair; There is beauty in tho meadow Whcro the wild flowers i-eciit tho air; There is beuuty in tho sunlight And the soft blue beam above j Oh ! tho world is full of beauty When tho heart is full of love. There is beauty in the fountain, Singing gaily at its play, While tho rainbow hues aio glittering On its silvery shining spray j There is beuuty in the streamlet, Murmuring softly through the grove ; Oh ! tho world i3 full of beauty When the heart is full of love. . There is beauty in tho moonlight - When it fulls upon tho sen, While tho blue, fonm-erested billows Dance and frolic joyously ; Thero's beauty in the lightning gleams That o'er the dark waves rove , Oh I the world is full of beauty When tho heart is full of love. Thero is beauty in tho brightness lleaming from the loving eye, Iu tho warm blush of affection I In the tear of sympathy 1 In tho sweet low voice whose accents Tho spirit's gladness prove 1 Oh 1 the world is full of beauty When the heart is full of lovo. SKA H YTIIlNa. Sea bathing reriuircs caution to mako it useful and health imparting. Sir Arthur Clark says; the manner of bathing, though a point of the first importance, seems, by most people, to bethought of no consequence at all ; but let tho effects of bathing bo con sidered, and this iudifferenco will appear in a strong light, liy tho compression of tho wholo external surface of the body which takes placo on judicious immersion, the blood is carried on with increased force to the heart, and returned by the re-nction with proportion nl impulse, liy this increased action and ve locity, tho capillaries aro opened, tho sluggish nnd tenacious humors loosened, and tho whole syetem invigorated j but nil this depends upon total and iustnnt immersicn. To supposo that stepping iuto a bath, or wetting the body by parts, will produco these effects, is mi absurdity. Everything beyond a sintrlo plunsro is preventive of benefit. 15y continuing in tho bath the body is robbed of its natural he.u, reaction prevented ; tne ves sels collapso. and transpiration by the nutttral channel of tho pores is suspended ; ouj.uuc tiona nro confirmed, and paralysis is frequent ly induced. To leap from a bright into tha water is injurious. An easy nnd noarly a horizontal position is the be6t for tho moment of immersion ; and the proper timo for bathing is when tho natural inclination is tho strong est ; mid this, generally speaking, will be af ter considerable exercise, but short of pro ducing sensible perspiration or fat igue. No thing can be more injurious tlmn lingering on tho margin of tho flood till tho stagnating fluids refuse to obey oven tho spur of immer sion. Tho bath should be used only onco a duy. With regard to tho excrciso of swim ming, it should be of moderate duration ; when long continued, it Las, in numerous in stances, occasioned tho loss of limbs nnd not nnfreqnently proved fatal. Sir Arthur Clark seems conscious of trending on slippery ground when ho advises ladies, to disuenso with dresses whilo bathing. Children should never be dipped more than onoe and thnt with the greatest care ; let the immersion bo deep, and quickly duno. The proper depth for geuerul bathing is about four feet and a half. TlinilXINil E.SCATK MOM A Ul.ACK SNAKE. Ou Monday last, several children, among whom was an interest ing daughter of Joseph Hemphill, Esq., ai rd ubout ten years, wero enjoying a sociable pic nio in a woods about a milo south of West Chester, and wero thrown into a panic by a largo black snake. Miss Hemphill, lingering .behind her com rades at some blackberry bushes, espied a nest of young snakes, andlmmcdiatcly started to run towards tho cleoring. She succeeded in crossing the fence, when her progress was imncded bv a larco black snake, that had wound itself twico round her thighs, on tlio outside of her garments, aud bound her so tight that eIio could not movo. Hovvor when it got there sho could not tell, her idons being so confused bv fritrht oil seeitiir the nst from which sho run. She wag relieved in her locomotion by tho snako taking a higher position, when sho threw up her arms und ran, using tier baKcl to ngtit mo repine, which clung to her and bit incessantly at ber ress. S io was tinallv relieved nom uer perilous situation Dy a gcutiemau uu was attracted to tha spot by her cries, and wuo killed tha snake. II est Chester (ra.) Jtjj. t ...... .n fD.,nv,uu I'u'ntiiv-fii'n J iijuntna tt ..r....'.... ......... - - - years ago tho "Prophet" Joseph Smith or ganised tho Mormon Church with six mem bers. At tho present time tue v norm in 1',.-,(f,r.r rnntflina three nreshlents. Il, ,(.11 . VI J . seven apostles, two thousand and twenty-six 'seventies, seven nuumtu ana nueen mgru .Jai. lmlliln1 tin.1 II t M V-fflll T tflHrft- five hundred and fourteen- priests, four hun dred and seventy-one toachcrs, two hundred and twenty-seven deacons, besides tho usual ratio of persons in training inr me mnnsirv uot nnlnined and four hundred and eichty-ntne missionaries abroad. During the six inontns euuuig wuu mo u.-........e April last, tiiue hundred and sixty-five chil dren were born in the territory of Utah, two . . . . j. ... t hundred and seveniy-eigm vruu uir, imu hundred and seventy-nino wero baptized in tho Mormon faith, and eighty-six wero ex communicated from the church. A Yoi'kh Man Saws is Two. Tho Her ald regrets to learn, by privuto advices from Dunham, that, on friduy last, at iu. u. img. barn's saw mills, about six miles from that village, a young man, named Jouu fepooticr, 'ui aawn iii two bv a circular saw. '1 he saw was going very fast, and wag about two fet ia diameter, me young man waa stooping to pick something up, and full ou the carnage moving towards the saw. . 13 of ore be had time to recover himself, tho saw caught him and cut him iu two, iusUutly. Montreal Tvintcriyt. , ., ... .- . : . ' . . . . i I s .. 9 ' Brmedt ih Suhbtrokb.- Give tbe sufferer stimulants of brandy or ammonia, or the two together, till be revives apply mustard pout iIkki fronlv tn bis chest, abdomen and extrein. ities, keeping his head well bathed with, au- abundance ol cold water. . . LUST DAGQAGB ' Among tho curiosities which the visitor may see for tho asking in Kngland, is the Lost llaggngo Department of tho Great Western Railroad, in Knston Square. In this depot muy be found always every variety of articles, embracing the rango of the threu kingdoms,' nnimal, mineral and vegetable ; poodle dogs, bedding, umbrellas, monkeys, French sole leather, trunks, cntics, mnrket baskets, metallic cases, smuggled goods, gteen vegetables, despatches, ka., to tho end of thu catalogue. At stated times, whatever has luid unclaimed a certain number of montlts is sold at auction and tho proceeds credited t ) j lost baggage account, with full details. On ; tho railioads iu this country a similar depart- i incut is-becoming quite a distinguished fea- 'luro. Some of the larger companies arc ap-1 plying to their Legislatures for tho right to j uisposo ot theso accumulations- ol stray ong gngo after the system pursued iu V.urotie. Tho New York and Erie lttiilrOnd havo a depot for lost baggage nt the foot of Duano street, Xcw York city, to which all stray ar ticles from their lino nro sent. Tho New York Central Railroad have their stray bag gago depot at Rochester. To thoso who aro not familiar with the incidents of travel, tho amount of baggage nrd articles lost from tho passenger trains by the occupants will seem almost incredible. This lost baggage depot at Rochester is two hundred feet long by seventy-five feet wide. The articles in it aro so arranged that tho marks upon them can be readily rocn, and each stylo of article is placed together ; tho trunks in rows, ench of similar color and size, six or eight tiers in height, are ar.taycd around tho sides of tho hall and in parallel lines across. An officer of tho company is constantly in nlteiidnuco whoso solo business it is to see to this charge The nvcrago number of pieces of stray bag gage always in this depot is about two thou sand. People are continually applying for lost articles. Some ten thousand different pieces of passengers' baggage aro restored to their owners every year from this road alono. Resides this general depot at Rochester, the local stations all along tho line bavo more or less baggage in them awaiting claimants, which, after a certain number of d.-.ys, if un owner is not fonnd, such articles arc forward ed to tho general depot. Rcfore stray bag gage is put into position it is examined, ond a full descriptiou of conteuts carefully recor ded in books kept for the purposo, a copy of which is furnished to the company's travel ling agent. This is a person who is con stantly travelling on the railroad nnd steam boat routes every whcro iu search of and to restore lost baggage. A convention of lust baggago agents from nil parts oftho United States is to meet at Rochester on tho 20th, for the purpose of comparing their books, und facilitating the business of their departments. Huston Courier. ATPALLINd SAt nil ICF. OF LIFE. War was declared against Russia by Kng land and France in March, lr54 only six teen months ngo. Tho prodigious loss of life which hostilities have, during that short Bpuco of timo, occasioned beirins to call forth remark from tho European press. Tho progress of enlightenment and of science does not seom, from tbo calculations that are made, to Lave rendered war less bloody than of yore, nor to have diminished tho aggregate of losses by exposure and disease. Sineo tho declaration of war by Turkey, in the autumn ofl8.-H. tho losi to that Empire is estimated at 130,000 men. Tho frcncU have, smco tlieir arrival in tho Crimen, lost 10,000, dead or invalid ; whilo the British havo suffered to tho extent of 30,000. Tho loss of the Russians is vari ously estimated from 1.')0,000 to 300.000. Austria, too, though uot at war, baa suffered immensely by diminution of force in tho un healthy localities where sho has been obliged to place her armies. Tukincr also into ac count tho mortality ou board the ships of w;irund transports, aud among laborers of I dillercnt liitnls attached to mo armies, oi whom there aro thousands in tho Crimea, it may be assumed that from 000,000 to 100,000 men have perished or becoino invalid sinco tho commencement of tho war, What tho amount of mortality will bo when operations shall bo conducted on a larger scale when bloody battles shall bt) fought in tho opon Held aud gigautio contests ehall decido tho issue of campaigns remains hidden iu tho future. Tho wars of tho French Republic and Empiro cost to Europe (3,000,000 ol men; but, if we may judge from the past eighteen months, tho presout struggle is destined to exceed all that havo gone before it in tho wido-spread destruction which it will cause. Journal of Com. Waom in G bum axy. Clerks in Merean tilo Louses get from $200 to $000 per year j wages of a carpenter (per day) hi summer, twuntv-nino cetits net: in winter, 27 cents net ; of a masou (per day) in summer. 29 cents net ; in winter, 27 cents net ; of a blacksmith per day 40 cetits, or 50 cents per week nnd boarded ; coopers 48 cents per week, and board j baker, 40 cents per week and boarded. Houso servants women from $1 to j?'2 40 per month j men at all prices, from $G and 8 down to tueir Doaru ouiy. Rt t.Ks roa Sti dy. The other evening Pro fessor Davis, the eminent mathematician, iu conversation with a young friend of his opon , i,n .-i,,ncn ivf si-stem in Btmlvine- ns welt as in every thing i-lso, took a pieco of paper and wrote off for him tho following important rules : 1. Learn one thing ot a time. 2. Learn that thing well. 3. Learn its connec lions as far as possible, with all other tliiutrs. 4. Relieve that to know everything of some thing, is bettor thau to know something of everything. ' A Sharp Rrjoindkr. In 1820 there wag a bill before tho New York House of Aasem bly in relation to a locality in Delaware county that was called "The Devil's Half-Acre.'' Elisha. Williams took occasion to express his surprise from what he aw in tho coun ty, in iao House, that the .devil's patrimony was go small thero ! Gen. Root (who was well aware that Williams Lad been a grent speculator iu land sold Tor taxes,) answered that bis patrimony had, onee been greater, but it had mostly been sold for taxes, and bought in by lug menus. . i .Oil' ' i i ; i A Grkat Owi -On Wednesday, Hiram Fuller, who rcsidea uoar town, caught a monster owl in a chickeu coop on bis pre mises. Tlio owl Lad forced Liinself through a small hole iu thu coop, and whilo it feasted so largely on youtig chickeng that be aa Dot able to got out again. H uieasuicd four foot teu iuchea between the tips of its winsrs, and two reel frotn the tip of its nose to tho end of its tail. - 1 ' ' ' . Venkrabi-h Lamks Uonh. Mrs. Marga ret Cumeron.agod 102 years, and .Mrs. Re thinia Steward, aged lot years, died iu Jlur lington county, N. J , dtirmj last Jup. ' TflE CITV OF KAl'VOO. Tho edijr of tho Keokuk Gate City thus describes Tauvoo, Illinois, tho former city of the Mormons, us it appeared to him on a Jato visit : "Putting up at the 'Nanvoo Mansion,' tho former rciddi'tire-of Joe Smith, and the ren (lei'ii tis of his elm), we found it a cool, conn trifled hutel, surrounded by shrubbery, every thing m-ni ly kept and cared for, and impar ling a fi-i sh, wholesome nir. -The hoste;s wa- li e former wife of Joe, who with her pie.sent husband nnd children by Lcr former spoiiic, Mill n si li s im the promises sho en tered with the prophet, when tho Saints first founded the city. She informed us t! nt she hud resided in the 'mansion' forsixteen years. During that period sho has witnessed tho origin, growth, ond decay of the city ; tho inc eption of a new religion, the most strahgo conglomerate of truth, fanaticism, sttpersti tou and nirunt cheating that was ever inau gurated in a civilized community ; Las wit nessed its developement, been familiar with its spirit nnd character, nnd cognizant oftho motives which rnlod its loaders ; seen the fir jt nnd thu last of all tho st rango things enacted thero j passed throngh all tho social changes incidental to that community ; observed all of tho important facts of its singular and in teresting history, and at last finds herself the quiet housewifo of a pleasant country tavern, whicb was but recently the borne and head quarters of a band of men of peculiar charac ter and pretensions, and of her husband, who was their chief. Nauvoo, and particularly the 'mansion,' must possess a strango and remarkable interest for her. ' . "A daughter, (now a widow,) and several sons, children of Smith,' compose her family. Tho property held by Smith, ond falling to tho family, has left them very wealthy, but thero are no signs of ostentations lifo or .in cliuatious among them. Ascending tho hill (o examine the 'temple' and its surroundings, wc como upon tho communityofMons. Cabct, who wore gathered for dinner in a largo houso in tho rear, which seemed to bo the common eating room of tho Icarians. Tho meal, eco nomically provided, ond withentircuniformity ill its character, was enlivened by a band of instrumental music, numbering some thirty performers, and they seemed to bo as intent on celebrating, in their own way, tho great annivcr: ary, as anybody else. An address was pronounced by Jlons. Cabet, in the forenoon, in Frcuch, and other addresses wero mado in German and English. I ho tcmplo is a pilo of ruins, 03 most pcoplo know, except tho front. That, with thu exception of tho tower, still remains. Thero is enough in that to afford somo idea ot its almost wand like, incongruous, heathen ish, but fresh .and vigorous architecture. It is deeply to bo deplored than vandal Landi should have consigned it to destruction. It should have been permitted to remain as n monument oftho strange religion tliatcauFed it to be erected, and tho strange worship to which it was dedicated. Tho entrance to an underground avenue is stilldiscernililu among tho rubbish on tho south side of it. Thia avenue, and others, which tho husband of Mrs. Smith informed us, existed beneath tho surface of the ground, led by connection with them to several points where tho loaders for various purposes assembled to conduct tho affairs of tho community, concoct their schemes, and execute their "plans. "The large, and, so fur 03 completed, thor oughly built hotel, which is situated close by the 'mansion,' is to bo fiuishr.d up for a mill and machinery which the heirs. of tho .Pro phet design putting into it. Many of tho once fine but now dilapidated residences havo latterly been occupied, nnd tho town is evi dently improving. With a magnificent loca tion, and a point which, had it preserved its population and business, might havo' becoino a commercial centre of importance by this time, iu tho ordinary courso of eveuts, Nau voo, with tho usual character of population, might have been one of the largest and most prosperous towns in tho West. Rut now it is simply tho residence of tho fug ends of several fanaticisms, comprising the memorials, social and architectural, of a religion w hoso founder, character and influence havo won an unenviable but enduring, famo in history; there a Procurcur-General of Franco presides over Log-pens, distilleries, and the general economies of a new social organization, and. a few peoplo with common ideas, aro seeking hnppines ofld prosp6rity in tho ordinary way; and that is all of a city that might have been great and powcrtul, aud onco bid luir to no so." Kill SALT ABOUND FRIIT TREES. . Asa stimulant tor plum trees, salt is un questionably one oftho most efficient ami sal utary applications which can bo supplied. Tho pltim is indigenous in marine locations, and hence tho benefit of salt wheu applied aa a manure. Most of tho varieties of tho plum now so extensively cultivated, and so deser vedly admired, are traceable to the beech plum, censequently, when they are attempted to bo grown in the interior, they languish for thin clement, and sicken, and, indeed, very fre quently die if it be not provided. A good compost, in which salt is au ingredient, should be placed onder every plum tree, at trans planting, and a pint or so sprinkled over the surface of the soil, -above the roots, once or twice a year. The spring is a good time to apply it. Young plum trees d rive great vigor from its freo application, and old oucs are rejuvenated, and made to bear almost as liberally as younger ones. tier. Telegraph. ton Jl'exas) Herald hoists at the head of its columns the name oi i oionei axatc. nam for Congress, end publishes au address in which ho is opposed to the Know-Nothings; opposed to tho Texas Debt bill, and opposal to the State system of internal improvements proposed by Gov. Pease. j - . . , ; fin, n iv V.irtii Carolina. A little boy in Davidson county, N. C. lately found on the premises of his grandfather a lump of gold weighing 12!i pennvweirrhts.' Mr. Hedrick, on satisfying LimlV of the character of tha metal, gave his crami.son a nunureu uuuum as a reward for his discovery. , r -. n..,T, iii-.-ivirrnv. V Dr. Knapp. p , I..-.:..-.-.. !. K-.a rtnl.ttclii'lt n VnirfllV tn i uviun'i'ii. " " i" : -- esnv. in which ho professes to have ilisrover . ' i iu ..iiiiud ii t.t tuft ed tllO CllUSe Ol CIHMITTI. ho ure v "A hemorrlifffic wrmmatiitn, or a iiiaiine tation of the 'lying phenomena of scorbutus." that is exactly our opinion uibo. 1 ' Ti;i: Whhvii.. It is turncred tlmt the wee vil U ri'mniilliug ravages, among tho wheat fields ia t'Uiio parts of this State. 'Ilia 't vil U a great friend to speculators in tiread stuff. We tU'n.k tliat ti e n op harvested wi.l show that tho lurmii.t hau ; cut ins tottn. Qiliit-'iil, ViH.i, felly Or fifty a ,f imvIh' -wif6 i!iiM tioin Neilelky M-w York. Te3 trlim.l. .. .
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