NEW SERIES, VOL.- 8, NO. 22,
SUNl3UllYvN01lTIIUM13EnLAND COUNTY, PA-SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1855.
OLD SEKIKS, VOL- 15, NO. 48.
Tho Sunbury' American,
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ECNBURV, pa.
t .i,ia ,.1'li.nA't.it tit In tlm flnimtlps if Nor
thumberland, Union, Incoming Montour ml j
Columbia.
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tenners & 8il nlgrase, l.inn, ftuiih C".
WHITE ASH ANTHRACITE COAL
I'hoM Tlt LaNCASTSU CllLLIKIIT,
Northumberland county, l'a.,
"5riini!n we have very extensive improve-
incuts, a i id me prepared to offer to lite
public a very superior ariicle, particularly suited
lor llie manufacture of Iron nnd making Sslc.un.
Our sizes ol Coiil are:
M'MP. S for fsmeltinz porpr.su.
STEAM HOAT, for do. anil Steamboat I
Iilit)iJ:.., )
i;ilf. for Family use and Slcam.
KTOVE, )
IT ' f " ''',ueuurnr "" S"6"1,
Our point of Shipping ia Sunbury. where ar
iMnqenieutrt ate made to load boats without any
kUy" COCHnAX-VEALE & CO.
J. J. ClICIIHAN, l.HIICHKler.
V. W. riui t, Shaniokin.
15 m. Kkisiuii.ii, Lancaster.
A. UlU AHIIXKH, do.
I"" Orders addressed to Sharuukin or Sunbury,
will receive prompt attention.
Feb. 11). 1H55. ly
LEATHER.
FKITK, IIUXUIIY A. CO.
Xo. 23 Xorth Third Sued, Philadelphia,
TV VJllt)f'CO Mnntifiirturera, Curricra and Im
.H ,,,. f riiENCH OA1.F-SKIXH. ami
.lenlera iu lied and Oak SOLE l.EA J'HEIJ Si
KIIM'.
Feb. 17, 1855. w ly
F. n. SMITH,
POUT K0NNAIE, POCKET BOOK,
Aim
IM csMlng C:ie Maiturt tm er,
.V. II'. cor. nf Fourth Chestnut Stt.,
riiii.ADr.i.piiiA.
.Mwava on hand a large and vurird aMortmetit of
1'uit Moniiiiiia, Work Uoxes,
1'iH'ket Hooks', Cabas.
Il:inkers Cases, Traveling Bass,
ISole llulilcm, llarkgnmmon Uuirds,
7'ort Kolioa, Chens Men,
Tortalile Urslis, Ci; ir Cases,
DresMiiir Canes, Pocket MctnnraniUim Hooks,
Also, gcnernl asortment of F.imlUli, I'roneh
iiii.I (iermin Fmi' y Goods. Fine I'oeket Cutlery,
liuzors, Uiixor Klropa and fiold l'ena.
Wh.ilenulc, Second and Thiol Floors.
F. II. SMITH.
N. W. cor. Fourth & Chestnut Sts.. I'hilada.
N. 15. On the receipt of I, a Superior Gold
IV.. .v!ll lt nt tn anv tmrt of the United States,
liy mail j describing pen, thus, mediuui, hard,
at iof .
rhi!-j.t March 3t. 1854. ply.
A CARD.
C- HOnCF. UKOWN, Inspector of Mines, ten-
ders his services to land owner and Min
inw Ciimpanies. in makini? exatnintitions. report
Uc, of Mines ami Coal lands. From his ex peri,
nee in mining oierati"ns, a be uiidrrslamls the
OilVerent brunches, having; carried on Mines for
a number of years in Si liuylkill Co.. and bavins
now a Urje number nf collieries under his auper
vision he hopes to cive satisfm-liou to those who
mnv wunt ri services, llvfera to Uenjatnin
Miller and W. Payne, l'.sira.. I'hiladehibia. and
D. E. Nice and James Nrill. Ksqrs.. PotUville.
CominiititcHtinns ny Mail promptly attenJvd to.
Pottsville, March 17, le55. 3in.
COAL! COAL!! COAL!!! .
IU T. CLEMENT respectfully informs the
cittZ'-us of SSnnUury and vicinity that he baa
iiten appuintrd aucnt for the sale of the celelira
tc I red yli coal, from the Mines of lioyd House.
V Co. All the vurioua siiea prepared ano
sciruiitd will be promptly delivered by leaving
orders with the subscriber.
lit A T. CLEMENT.
Suubujy, Dee. SO. 1851. if.
" J)o vou sit n lJargain?
"F SO, THEN CALL AT
si. YOUNGS' STORE,
"llfHEliE yuu will find the cheapest asort-
lllflll of
SPUING AND SUMMER GOODS
ii Sunl.iiry, c.'iimm'hij in pact of Dry Good.
iio.-eri, ic, uswsre, II arduare. Cedar
ware, Kuney Articles. Klalionary, Con
I'ecliiHiaries, cVc, which will be
sold at llie lowest prices for '
cah of country produce.
Ground Salt liy llie sack or bushel.
Suuhur), Nov, 4, IH54.
t I AUUW ltE.- Tal,le Cutlery, Kazor. 1'ock
iA t Knives, Hand saws' Wood auwa in
frames, Axes, (,'hikcls, Door Locks, and Hinges,
, Hand Uclla, Waiters, 4eH just received and for
I. W. TEM EU & CO.
Sunbury, Dec. , 1154.
c
OAt. UucVots. .toy, .hovel., Ame.' .hovels,
fork., Door and mil locks.
H', v . VOUNU' BTOUB. '
Sunbury, Nov; 18, 1854. . J
V AXILLA 13KAX8i,i.treceU,Jh-
i m EI,ER it URU3IER.
teuiibury, May 13, lt&5.
TTIXU3 aaj Liquors foe MeJiein.l purpose.
V ,i VVEISEH. likUKEK'nT
Punburr. My 19. U59.
SONGS OF THE PEERAGE.
BY I.0BD T0M.N0DDT.
My Lord Tomnoddy's tho ton of an cnrl,
His liuir intraiglit and his whiskers curl ;
His loi'iisliip'3 forehead is fur from wide,
But theru's plenty of room for tho brains
inside.
lie writes his nanio with indifferent ensn,
but he is rather uncertain ubout tho "d's,"
but what tlocs it mutter, if two, or oue,
To tho Earl of Eitzdotterel's son T
My Lord Tomnoddy to college went
Much time he lost, much money he spent ;
Rules, and windows, ttnd heads he broke
Authorities niuk'd young men will joke I
He never peeped inside of u liotd;
In two years' time it degree he took i
And in tho newspapers vaunted tho honors
. Willi
By the Earl of Fitzdotterel's eldest sou.
My Lord Tomnoddy came out in tlio
world,
WaiRts wero tijjhten'd, nnd ringlets cuil'd,
Virgins InnguishM, und matrons sniil'd
"l'is true, his lordtiliip is rather wihl ;
III vl'V miliar tihii'MH Im siimiiiIb bis lift .
'1' ho re's talk of some children, by nobody's
wile i
But we must n't look close in whnt is dona
By the Eurl l-'itzdutterel's eldest sou.
My Lord Tomnoddy must settle down
'('Here's u vueaut seat in the family town 1
(It'dtime he should sow his eccentric oats)
lie hasn't the wit to apply lor votes ;
He vanliut e'eiHearn Ijim election speech,
Three phrases lis speaks . mUtaku in each !
Ar.d tlien breaks down but the borough is
won
For tho Earl Fitzdotterel's eldest son.
My Lord Tomnoddy prefers tho guards,
(The houso is u bore) no I it's on llio curds !
.My lord is u cornet ut twenty-three,
A uiitjor ut twenty-six is he
He never drew u sword except on drill ;
Tho tricks ol' parade, ho has learnt but ill
A lii'iiletiant ctiloiiel ut thirty-ono
li the Earl of Fitzdotterel's eldest son !
My Lord Tomnoddy is thirty-four,
T. c Earl can last but lew years more.
My Lord in the peers will'tako his place i
Iler majesty's counsels his words will grace.
Oflice he'll hold mid patronage uwuy ;
Fortunes und lives he will voteawuy
And what are his ipialiliculious? One 1
He's tho Earl of Fitzdott .rel's eldest sou 1
)ractical hficlj.
THE ONE ACRE FARM.
a cf be ron nAnn times.
' ITiw inncli land have you got here In your
lot, M r. Brijrss. ?"
"I have one ttcre."
One iVTi ! und here jou nre t ikiiifr llirep
njrriculttiral papers ; nnd nil because you
have one rtcre of pronnd 1 How many such
papers would you li tve to take if you had a
hundred iicres j"
"I shouldn't, prcilmbly need nny more than
I take now; yon know. Mr. Claptmin, one
can '::o throngli all the motions ou onotcrv,
ns well ns on a hundred." '
"A man can throw nw.iy money without
any if he bus n mind to. ' For ull the (rood
yon get from tho'O periodicals, you might ns
well, probably throw the money they cost
into the fire, they live nolhitiL' but humbugs."
"I pay in nil only ei:ht dollars."
Eight dulliirs! enough to buy n 'tip top'
barrel or flour, nnd a leg of bacon ; and i hen
if yon read these periodicals, there ii twice
the nnioitut of tho money spent in time read
ing them."
"I do usually rend, or hear road, ulmost
every word there is iu them, my boys and I
take turns iu reading, and ono reads aloud
while the rest work."
'Complete nonsense ! no wonder your
shop don't turn out any more boots in a day
than it docs." .
'Perhaps wo don't do n. great n4 days'
work, some days, ns some of my neighbors ;
but I guess that in the eottrse of a year, wo
turn tint as many, according to tho hands at
work, ns most do."
'I suppose it is out nf these publications
you get your loolisli notions tinoiil so many
kinds or Irnit trees, linonl my ooys cann;
home a while iigo. mid said Mr. Brings had
got lots of fruit trees und such things, that
cost, I dou t know how much, uiu 1 wauled mo
to btiv some grape vine, pear trees, and so
on. 1 told him it was ull foolishness, uml
not to let me hear him talk about spending
money so foolishly. You have, 1 dare say,
laid out ten or fifteen d illurs this sprint."
'Yes, nearly as much again : 1 have laid
out twenty-live dollars for trees and garden
flints.
"Twentv-fivo dollars! I wonder yon are
not on tho town, or in juil, at least, before
now."
"a am not afraid of either. Fll bet you
tha twenty-five dollars I'll sell you that
amount nf fruit from those things lor which
1 paid the twenty-live dollars, iu live years."
Hone! I'll stand you; so your trees will
cost you filly dollars, sure, in money, besides
tho tune thrown away in guUinjr them out
und taking cure of thetn."
"As lor the time spent in setting them nut
or taking euro of them, it is ns good exercise
as playing ball, wicket, or unylhing 'dse.
Wli le we were Retting ihein out, one or your
boyscamo to get my buys to go over to Mr.
Moody's, where he said there was to bo u
great time playing bull ; and I have no doubt
your buys spend jut us nfiu h time playing,
the strength is ull laid out for nothing."
"Well, it dou't co.-t unythiuj; to play ball,
but trees cost money."
Tho foregoing conversation occurred In
the shop between two neighbors, both boot
makers, in a towu uot more than twenty miles
from Boston.
Mr. Br ggs. in whose shop the conversu.
tiou took place, was a mutant more than ordi
nary intelligence, for one of his advantages
and circumstances iu life. II n hud been a
door boy, und by iudury, observation and
economy, hud worked his uy up in life, and
reared and well educated a family of children,
who like himself, were iiului-trious and steady.
For the lew years past, he had become
interested in horticulture, and both for exer
cise und umus ment, hd turned his atlt.iiinn
to cultivating his -one acre, farm." II is at
tention w..g hi gt called to this, by means of
back number nf the Few Fnplan't Furmtr.
which was put round some things bought ut
the store. Mr. Briggs futind this so inter
f sUnjf that he purchased another at tu pe
riodical depot, acd then h becaoi regular
nbscribor. 1 1 i. flans became Intorested in
the same direction, nnd the interest of the
father and sons increased to tho pitch indica
ted in tho foregoing conversation.
In time: everv Inch of the acre of ground
was brought under tho spade, nnd ulmost
every "best" vurioty of fruit had a pluco
there, and the father und sons found pleasure
and profit in the garden, after being cooped
np in tho shop till tho "stent" was done, and
the exercise was far more prolitublo thnn
the spasmodic, violent exercise, taken in
games.
Mr. Chnpmnn. tho other neighbor, wa n
man of the "common stamp." He looked
upon every thing new or uncommon, as
"folly." aim nonsense, and was ready to sneer
at every one who stepped nsido from I ho
common track. It looked simply silly to see
a man stay nt homo from "muster." or -I rain
ing." or "shows," nnd spend his time in culti
vating a garden j or instead of loitering away
tho evening nt tlm store, smoking, nnd hear
ing or telling n deal of nothing, or worse, to
spend the evening ut home, reading such
"nonsense" as the Farmer and Horticulturist
affords.
Years pass, and Mr. Briggs' "ono acre
farm" shows that he nnd his boys havo not
read "the paper" in vain. They have learned
how to set out a tree, and how to "take cure"'
of it uftnr it was set out. Everything showed
it received tho right kind of food und care,
und straightway began to bring forth fruits
meet lor good cultivation, in a snort time
the wants of the family were more than sup
plied, und the surplus found a ready market
with the neighbors at good prices.
Thoso early apples, so rich and tempting,
when nil oilier tipples wero so green nnd
hard ! nnd then such pears ; they went ns
fast ns tho sun nnd house could ripen them,
at three, four, and five cents apiece. Then
such rich rino cranes too templing for tho
coldest to pass without a watering month.
.Mr. Chapman s lamiiy were almost, inc. nest
customers fur tho tempting fruit first having
learned their excellence liy the liberality of
Mr. Briggs, who never failed to r.cnd u speci
men of his best to his neighbor.
The fifth season canif. It was a fruitful
year. Apple, pear, peach, plum, jind is 1 1
other trees wero loaded with fruil. Keeping
in mind his conversation with Mr. Chapman,
Mr. Enggs had directed his lumily to set
down every cent's worth of fruit sold to Mr.
Chapman "und his family. This year, ns it
happened, was a year of extreme "hard
times." The boot business was ut its worst
ebb ; little work and very low wages and
yet tho price of every kind of provisions
"was up to the highest notch, and money ex
tremely tight.
But thero was one family that did not
.seem to be tho least efiected by the h'trd
times, low prices of labor, high prices of pro
visions, or tho scarcity of money. Mr. Briggs
and his two eldest sous nil of them hud a
little sparo chnngo to h4 on short time,
"with interest," to their needy neighbors.
One day Mr. (.'huiininn, who was short,
applied to Mr. Briggs for a hull','' for a
"quarter," meaning fifty dollars for three
months.
"Yes," said Mr. Briggs, "I have a 'half
or n 'whole,' just as yon like.
"What, a hundred dollars by you at these)
times? 1 don't see how it comes. You ami
your boys don't work any harder than I ami
my boys do, and wo enn hardly get along ;
w nre saving nnd pinching ns can be. too ;
times are so dreadful hard, nr.d everything
a family has to buy is so druntUul high, uml
wages so low ; potatoes a dollar a bushel,
beef fifteen cents a pound, pork sixteen
cents a pound, eggs, twenty-five cents u
dozen, and flour tiii or twelve dollars a bar
rel. How can a man live ?
'It won't oe hardly fair for me to ask yon
for that tiventy-fivu dollars now, will it ?"'
" Twenty-live dollars ? What do you mean?
I d'ln't understand you ?"
"Don't you recollect we Jild n bet be
tween ns about the price of some fruit trees
I bought five years ago next spritisf ;
"Ah. I do remember something Hhotit it.
You wero to give mo twenty-five dollars
back if you didn't get your twenty-five dol
lars buck from mo for the products of these
trees and things! It will come very hard
just now."
"Bon't bo too fast, neighbor t I am afraid
it won't couiB very hard just now. That
was what I was dunning you for, that tweuty
five dollars !"
"What, you don't pretend to. say wo havo
had twenty-five dollars worth of stutl' from
your garden ?"
'More than that from that very twenty
five dollars worth of trees and other things !
Here is an account or everything you have
bought nnd p lid for ; of course, it don't in
clude what I have sent you gratis."
"And you havo certainly not been stin
gy. Why, the bill amounts to thirty-seven
dollars! is it possible ?"
"It is just so; you hnvo had over twenly
bushels id' apples, and three bushels of pears,
and tlwso ulonu come to twenty-five dollars."
"I own up tho 'com ;' draw the nolo for
seventy-five."
'No, 1 g'ness we will let the twenty-five po,
I only mention it to show you that there
may be good sense iu new things sometimes.
Now, 1 will bet the twenty-Jve dollars over
again, that my store bill has not been half
as largo tho past season as yours, though 1
huvo had one more in my family."
If 1 Jad not been so badly token in bo
fore, I would stand you ; but I guess it won't
be safe."
"We have raised onr own potatoes, corn,
peas, beans, und all other garden vegetables.
Our eggs are. always fresh and in abundance
from the nest j and for more thitu two years
wo have not been without ripe, fresl) fruit."
"Well, 1 declare, that is something I
never thought of; but it takes so much time
and bottler to got these things started
then it is an everlasting job to take care of
them."
"It needs no ninro time nnd money than
you I hrow nw.tv oa things that amount to
nothing iff all, and un abundance of fruit will
suve the expense or a heavy mo.it bill, which
is not healthy in hot we itln-r. No doctor
has been called to set fa. in my door for
over four wars past. Fresh, ripe fruits are
sure remedies fur all ailineuts, and they are
uot hard to take."
Mr. Cli.tpni ia put tho "fifty" in his wen-sol-skin."
und lol't with a "Una iu his ear."
Aa England Farmer,
Si.nol'I.ar Coincidkkcb. The name of God
is spelled with four letters iu almost every
language. It is in I At in. Bens; French.
I) leu ; Creek, Tlieos : (Tu is but one letter In
the Creek language:) (jerinau, Colt ; Scan
diiiavian. Odin ) riwedirh. Cotld ; Hebrew,
Adon t Hyriun, A dud ; Persian, Syria Tar
tarian, Idgai Spanish, Bias; East Indian,
Esiri r Zeut i Japuuese, Zain; Peruvian.
Lian ; Wullachian, Z.-ue Etrurian, Chur;
Tyrrhenian, Eher; Irish. Bieh t Croatian,
Boga ; Magyufisu, Oese I' Arabiau, Alia ;
Dalmatian, iWt. "
. t ,
Mean toss ftdmire wealth, yreat bd, glory.
MIKE FtrK Al THE Dt XL.
The story of Mike Fincknnd thebullwonld
make a cynic laugh. Mike took n notion to
go in swimming, and ho had just got his
clothes tff when he saw Beacon Smith's bull
making at him the bull was n vicious an
imal, and had cotno near killing two or three
persons consequently Mike Telt rather
"jubus." Ho didn't want to call for help for
he was naked, nnd the nearest pluce from
whence nssistunco could urrive was thu
meeting-house, wliieh was nt tho time filled
with worshippers, among whom was tho "gal
that Mike was paying his devours to." ro
he (IiiiIl'i.mI the Imfl ns the animal came ut
him, and managed to catch him by the tail.
He wus drugged round till nearly dead, mid
when he thought he could hold on no longer,
he made up his mind he had bitter "holler."
And now we will let him tell his own story :
So looking nt the matter in all its bearing.
I cum to the conclusion that I'd better lei
somo one know whar 1 was. Ho I gin a yell
louder than n locomotive whittle. nnd it wuru't
long before 1 seed tho deacon's two dogs a
comiii' down "ike .is if they war seeing which
could get thar lust. 1 know'dwho they were
al ter they'd jiue the bull ngnin me, I was
sat tin, for they weiV orl'ul wen imoiis. nnd had
u spite ngin mo. ho says l, linl ininuie, as
ridiu' is us cheap ns w.ilkiu' on this route, if
you've no objections. I'll ji.st take a deck
passage on Unit ur back o yotirn. no J
wasn't very long getting astride of him ; then,
if you'd uin thai', you'd have sworn thar
wuru't not hjn' human in that 'ur mix, the silo
Hew so orl'ully us the critter und 1 rolled
round the Held one dog on one side und one
on the other, tryiu' to clinch my feet. 1
prayed and cussed, uml cussed und prayed,
until 1 couldn't tell which 1 did ut last and
nuither wuru't of no use, they were so orl'ully
ini.xed Uji.
Weil, I reckon I rid about half an hour
this way, when old brindio thought it wire
tune to .-ti p to take in a supply of wind, mid
coj l oiru 111 lie. ,So when we got round to a
tree that blond thar, he naturally halted. So
sez 1, old buy, Nuii'll loose one passenger
sai l in So ljist elniii iipa branch, kalkelntiii'
to roust thar till 1 staived afore I'd bo r;ii
round that ur way uuy Ion i r. I war a
m akin tracks lor the top uf the "tree, when I
heard sutliiii' a ni ilun' un oi liil liuzzin' over
head. 1 kinder looked up, mid if I liar uan'l
well, that's no use a sweariii' bill it war.
the bigge.-t horm l's nest evi l bill. You'll
"gin in" now, 1 reckon, M ike, cause there's
no help fti)- you. But an idea struck tnc tiieu
tint I stood a heap belter chance a ri'hu'
tlnbull than whar I us. Si. 1. old feller,
if you'll hold on, III ride to the next Station
anyhow, let that be whar it will.
Soljist dropped aboard him agin, nul
looked aloft to Pee what I hud ;;aiued by
changiii' quarters, and, gcsilleti'.en, I'm a liar
if" 1 li t r wmi't nigh huli'u bu-:',ii l of the stingiu'
varmints ready to pilc'.i into me when the
word "go" was gin. Well, 1 reckon they gut
it ; for "ul! hands" starled for our company.
Some ri!i Yin hit the dogs ubout it quart
BtrueW me. and the rest charged on briudle.
This time the tings Ii d o!T l'".t dead bent
Tor tho old deaei.n'.-., and as soon its old
brindle and I could get tinder way we fi.l
lowed, and its I w is only a deck passenger,
and had tiiithiu' to do with stceriu' the i r.tTt,
I sware. if I li.nl, wo shoi'ld'nt have run that
channel, anyhow. But, as I snid In I'mIv, the
dogs took the lead briudle und I next, nnd
hornets die'kly aricr. Tho dg yelliu'
brindle beileiiii', und the hornets buzr.iu' and
blillgill'.
Well, wo hud got about two hundred yards
from thu liotin', nnd the deacon heard us uml
come out. I seed him I.o'd up his hand und
turn white. I reckoned ho was pray in' then,
for he did'nt expect to bo called for so soon,
nnd it wuru't long neither, after tho whole
Congregation men, women ami children
cum out. und then all lunds went to yellin'.
None of 'em had tin! fust notion that briiuMe
and I belonged to this world. I jist turned
in v head and passed the hull , cougivgal ion,
1 see the run would be up s. on, for briudln
couldn't turn nn inch from a fence that stood
dead ahead. Well, we reached that fence,
and I went ashore, over tho whole iritiers
head, landin' on t'other side, and lay thar
stunned.
It warn't long aforo some of 'em as was
not scared, cum runiiiu' to see whar 1 war;
for ull hands k ilkelated that the bull and I
belonged together. Bat when brindio waik.d
off bv himself, they seed how it war. tun! cue
of'ein s.tid, "Mick Finch Inn got. tho wust of
it scrummage once iu his hie ! (jentle'iieii,
from that day I dropped thecnurlin' business,
and never spoke to a gul since, uml win n my
hunt is up on this earth there won't beany
more 1- nicks, ami iu ull owiu to luacon
Smith's Brindle Bull.
EsCAl'K OF A FonfiErt fllOM THE WlLI.IAMS-
outJaii.. The (Jazet'n of the loth, gives
the following account of the escape of Her
man l iMk.coiil.mil in tho iliiuiusport Jail,
on lust Thursday night:
His escape was a most desperate lent, in
no wise owing to any lack of precaution on
the part of Sheriff Bubb. Ho was heavily
ironed and strictly confined ill the cell in the
northwest coiner ol the juil. lie liau re
peatedlv expressed an intention Ly kill him
self rather than go to the Penitentiary. He
sawed off thu chain which couliued his legs
willi a knife borrowed from one of the other
prisoners in the jail. Willi a piece of stme
grating us his only in-I.U uient. ho succeeded
in digging u hole through the wall of the
j iil. and getting into tho yard. With the
slats rroui across the bottom ol Ins bedstead
ho built a kind or a platform on which ho
r ached from one window to the other on the
outside or the jail wall aud succeeded iu
clambering upon the roof. ,
alking along the lull roc", ho attempted
to descend tho lightning rod. as is supposed,
it the eastern end ol thu lail, and finding a
descent impracticable, either fi ll or jumped
to tho ground from the roof of the building.
lie must hive fallen with great ndence upon
the Ini k pavement. The bricks were biukiu
aid driven into the ground, and nun In of
blood found wher he fell, and upon the gain
where ha went 'out. lie escaped without
other clothes than his shirt und p ant iloolis.
and wit Ir irons upon his legs. He probably
had confederates about to help him away,
us no chid has since been obtained of him.'
It is a hard nutter to keep in conQiiuiiient
a man who evidently had so little regard for
his own life. His escape was truly wonder
ful. An Englishman in New York,' who w is
trying to make a In t w ill no Amu l -an ou
thH .dv capture tf Scbastopol. took up
the fo'litw ' nr proposition: The A tneriiiin de
posited 100 in the hands of tho Englishman,
for which lie was to receive, '2" per inenlh
unr l Sebatopol was taken. This was on the
Ut of November l ist, ami the, Aer"-'1,W "
received pis 825 jwr month ever since that
time. One hundred dollars could hardly have
(been Inverted bttT.
MOW 1IIH JHO LAW" VA rASSKD.
At tho Reading Temperance Convention
Mr, Strong, Spanker fT tho Into House of
uepresciilatiVes. in a discussion or I lie reso
lutions of thu Convention is reportetl as fol
lows :
When the third was rend Mr. Strong said
he knew the convention would indulge him iu
a few remarks on this item.. Ho staled that
a majority of tho membei.i elected fo the
House hist yenr were in favor of enlire Pro
hibition ; but it wns well known to them that
ol her branches of tho government diC'eretl
Willi the House. It was therefore tlm inten
tion of that body, in taking up the bill draf
ted by a diMiiigc.ishcd jurist (known ns
'Ctitniiiiiigs' bill,") to simply repeal the li
cense system and thus disconnect the govern
ment wilh it iiilinly. JJut that bill was
uiiiiudcil in the Senate nnd passed there by
u bnru majority of one vote. When it carne
back to the House the members f.iMjrable to
it helu a caucus, when it was ascurtaitivd that
if the bill again went buck to the Senate
there wits danger of its being postponed un
til next session. Liquor dealers cniiie to
members if the House und naked them to
pass an enlire prohibitory law rathei tloui
eotictir in thu .Vlintu iiiiieiniineiits hut us
they hud got ono niember of llie senate to
recant, tins was a scheme to defeat all legis
lation on the subject lor that tcssiuii, and
tho Inst thing a majority of I ho House could
i.O was t C on l.r, w.iliieil-iimi'iidi.'i n','in r u
action of the Senate. Thu House, to which
the friends of Temperance had elected a nui
jority did the v. ry be.-t they could do under
I lie cirenuiritatiees iu which they found them
s lvisplced by the p ctlliar views O. i lher
bra u lies i f I Iio go.e. nine t o.i hi ; qi e 'ii r.
At the conclusion of M r. Strong's
llie rttsoluli'ju was aiittjitLil una: i t.uuiy.
i 0 C 1 X
1)
-0
f Pr m uii;'kerUfJiiT, August, "t.
EOXG OF THE MECHANIC.
The h'i'.ii of a thousand wheels i-i our car,
l.ikr s oiie old ponderous gong ;
The sledge-hammer ringing iihvnns in the
glare;
.Tin- gio.m of n press, ns if burdened with
cnic ;
The tr.im) of tin; Iron horse, fleeter tlmii
air,
Alnl his thunrteriiig snort, heard overy where ;
'Tis but llie orchestra ill it e'er
Accompanies their song.
Men of the braw ny arm nre we,
M 'ii out ashamed of labor;
Though clouds may sometimes veil onr face,
Our heart shines through in smilesthut chaso
The darkness from our neighbor.
We are the men who forge, tho bars
That link the town und lia,
Where engines rushing through tho vale
O.ir children, racing with the gale
Are shouting lustily !
The mighty ship I hut proudly rides
Over the. restless deep
Was reared by lis. Her noiseless wings
Bend to the evening breeze that sings,
And rocks her into sleep.
Tho Tress that throbbing heart where
beat s
T!i p;:l-e of every thought;
The clock of mind which strikes the hour,
And a nation rises in its power
Without our aid is naught.
Tho pen which, dipped in lightning, writes
Al one btroke louud the earth,
Ne'er staid by mountain nor the river,
On whose broad face tho sun beams quiver,
Owes torur hand its birth.
These thoughts make gladness in our hearts
Be echo, like a bell ;
And l.Uo her voice w ho waits Act greet ns,
Or leads our l.ttl" clilld to meet us,
Mote sweet tbau we may tell.
Then let the joyous song bo heard,
Let nil be tided wil'.i mirili,
Let it be known throughout the land
That the members. of our iron baud
Are the happiest ou eutii.
The sound that lingers in our car,
Like some old ponderous gong,
Is but the orchestra that e'er
Accompanies their soug. .
A BrAi'Tirri. Simile. A few davs since
a lovely little child of four summers, was
buried iu lli.s town. Un leaving thu house
ol its parents, the clergyman, Rev. Mr. Jay,
plucked up by thu not a beautiful little
'Jorii-t-iiie-iiot, und took it Willi him to the
gave.
Alter tec lil tie embryo of humanity had
been deposited in tho grve, the clergyman
holding up the plant in his hand, said : "1
hold in my hand a beautiful flower which 1
plucked from thu garden wo have just left.
By taking it from its parent home, it has
withered, but I here plant it in the head of
this grave, und it will toon revive and
ttouri.s'i.
"So with tho litllo flower we havo just
planted iu thu grave. It lias been pluck
ed from its native garden, und has w.lud,
but it is transplanted into the garden id' lm
mortality wheio it will revive uml flourish in
immortal glory and beauty." Ohio Fanntr,
A Jeiisf.v Woman Advkutisinii iii:k llrs-
banu. Wo clip the fol!owit,g llOlll till
Mount Holly (N. J.) Mirre.r:
My Hi'siiANDUoxK Wo liUar Ptvard.
I feel il to be my duty to Inform the public
that my husband. Ceo. Smith, has lelt me.
withot uuy just cause ; und us it is believed
tliut he kis gone oil' with iiuother man's wile,
1 desire In warn ull women from having any
thing to do with him, fi.r il he will dt-seit olio
he will iiuother. und no confidence can be
placed in him. He is of short Mature, rather
Mi, ut, dark complexion, jet black hair, und
pretty good looking- ll he has taken iiuoth
er woman with him, ns 1 tup le his, I
shall consider him rather "mhuII poluloes,"
and never will live with him ugnin, but 1
sluuihl lik tu sen )i i iii for ubout half ull hour,
just to let him have the length of my tongue
ami oil '. wouldn I 1 give il iu mm. Any
In nly who will bring him luck, so lli.il he cii
have my oiiiieo of him, th .L recuvo two
dollars of liard-i'sini'd money.
Mount Holy, July 30. Jilia Smith.
Ct'Rt'ri's CoMPAiusoN. London has 103
firemen; New VoiW tOuO. Ill thu hiuur
place they are paid by the city , in the I .tin
they ui'd voluntary. Toe rales of In-.uiaa'.tfe
ure tive times us much in New Yoik us iu
Lolldoll, i . , ,
God requir s tiie lervice i f the vl o'.o be
lug. Strive therefore for a pure heart, a
clear mi ad, and s sound ssind.
u-mrtWAsiiiNo a defence against
ritK.
Messrs. EntTons Gentlemen t Few ppn
sons are aware of tho grnnt nnd beneficial cf.
Tods or simply whitewashing the mors or lion.
so. I refer to thoso only which nro covered
with shingles. A wash composed or lime,
salt nnd fino white sand nr wood nr.lirs, pu(
on in tho ordinary way nf whitewashing, ren
ders the roof firty.rold more safe n?ain.t tak
ing firo from .railing cinders or otherwise, in
case oT (ires in the vicinity. It pays the ex
pense a hundred-fold, in it preserving influ
ence ogams-l mo cllect ot llm weather; the
older and more weather-beaten tho shingles
the more benefit derived. Such shingles con
erully become mora or less warped, rough
ami cracked ; tlu application ol the wash, by
wetting l he upper surface, restores them ul
onco to their original or flat foim, thereby
closing the spaces bi'tAeen the shingles, iinil
tiie li uiu nnd saml. by Idling Hie ct.k l,s und
pores in thu shingle ileir. prevents its warp,
ing Tor y.nrs. if n it r.ircv r i Ik-vat r. O i
has i lily to ascend the roof nf u house iu nliv
part of the city, nnd behold the hundiids i f
acres ol'eoniliuMdile material of which mosl
of our roof i are composed, mid w.ll wonder
how they can remain niiignited. A munici
pal regulation requiring all roofs of this kind,
over three years phi. t bo whitewashed,
would not bo out o'f place. Insurance com
panies would save money to require it, or be
at the expense themselves on all Ivtildings in
sured. it keeps the wet blanket always
spread. It also powerfully repels thu hent of
the sun, rendering the upper portion of the
house much cooh r. The expense is so tii
fling (lioin 2f cents to SI), that it is no bur
against its general adoption. PkiludeMit
l.e'l'jer,
'Try it n.v !" The Knickerbocker tells ar
excellent story of Bnrchurd, the revivalist ;
not or him exactly, but of what happened nt
llie close of one of his meet ings. He was in
the habit of addressing his congregati in in
Ihis manner :
"1 am now going to pray, and I want nil
ihat desire to be prayed for to send up their
names on a piece of paper."
On thu occasion to which we refer, there
wns at once sent up to the des'i quilo a pile
or little slips of paper, with the name on
whose behalf he was to "wrestle," as ho Said
with the "Almighty."
A p ulse soon ensued, w hen he said :
'Send 'em np ! I cm pray for five thousand
just as eay as I can for u dozen. Send 'cm
up. If yon haven't any paper, vi t r.p and
name the friend you want prayed for."
At tiiis stage in the proceedings, n man
whom we shall call O.ie.l Bigg, a stalwart
man or six feet and a hali' in his Mocking?, a
uolorimis unbeliever, nnd U Confirmed wag to
boot, rose in the midst of the congregation, tt
mark for ull, und amidst tho winks anil becks
mid smih-s of the auditory, said :
"Mr. Bnrchurd, 1 want yoa to pray for Jim
T!io:npsrs)i."
The Bev. petitioner saw. from thn excite
ment iu tho uudiance, that Oziil km a hard
casi.
"What is your name, sir, and who is Mr.
Thompson 1"
"It's Jim Thompson ; he keeps a tavern
down in Thompsonvillc, and 1 keep a public
house t. little below him. Hois an infernal
scoundrel, and I want you to give him a lift."
"But." said Mr. Bni'eliard,-"have you faith
in the efficacy of prayer? Bo you believe in
the power of petition ?"
"That is n'i her hero nor there," responded
Oziel, " u-ant yon to try it on him !"
TilR National Dedt. The largest portion
of our national debt was contracted chiefly in
consequence of tho Mexican war.- But a few
years have elapsed, nnd yet, while other na
tions are plunging deeper und deeper into
thu sen or pecuniary obligation, in order to
support their armies abroad and at home, we
have been gradually liquidating our indebted
ness. Tlm Washington Sentinel says:
"Having redeemed much of tho stock of tho
loan of 1810 tho Treasury Department tin
pounces that the whole or nny part of the re.
mainder, redeemable on and after tho 12th
of November. le"6. will be pnrchued by it
at nny time previous to tho oUth November
next." for which three per cent, premium will
be paid in udditioii to tho sums expressed in
the certificates ; for the slock of tho loan of
1H !2 a premium ol ten per ce.nt., ol tho loans
ol lis l anil IS Id tilteen, ami lor tlm stocK is
sued under tho act of 13o0, coinmolv called
Texas indemnity stock, a premium of six per
cent. Willi eighteen nr Iwetitv millions of
dollars in tho Treasury, subject o draft, Un
cle Sam can well afford to pay his debts "
A STi-nrons Jcry, The Portland Tran
script tells a good story of Col, M . living
in Washington couiity, Maine, who Inn a
great aptitude, for serving as a juror. When
thus serving, he had a very great anxiety that
ids opinion should be largely consulted iu
jiiuking up U verdict. Some years ago. while
upon a case, utter many Hours trial to agree,
but failing ho marshalled the delinquent jury
from the room to their seats in tho court,
where the impatient crowd awaited the result
of the trial.
"H ive urn agreed upon a vcrdk t ?" inqnir
ed tho rtt i k. " .
Col. M arose, turned n withering glance
upon his brother jurors, und exclaimed :
May it please the court, we h ivo not ; I have
done tho best I could do. but hereure eleven
of the most contrary devils 1 ever had Ul y
douuiigs with,"
"Wlmt brought you here V said a loiiu wo
man, who was qn. to "tlust rated," the utliet
morning, by an curly mil from a bachel.-i
neighbor wlo lived op osile. uml whom shin-carded
with picit iir favir. 'though slit
never dared to tell her love, but let conceal
ment, I.ku a worm iu the bud. hide in the fur
rows uf her uuwrinkled face and change her
bkin to parchment."
"I cuiiiS to borrow matches."
"M itches! that's a likely story! Why
don't you make u mutch yoursell t I know
what you came for," cried the exasperated
old virgin, as also backed tlw bachc lortnto a
corner "You come hero to kiss mo ulmoM
to ileiilh ! Bat you shan't, without you're
the stiougebt, and the Loid kaow that you
are 1"
Tiis Acjuxifts Gold Bcbi i.e Exploded
A i orrei-poiideiit of the Cincinnati Gazette,
writing from Fort Smith. (Arkansas.) states
that hlters have been received ut that place
from authentic and reliable sources that give
llie Arkansas gold bubble ull t ll'iCtual quie
tus. One gentleman, Lieut. N. B. Pierce,
of tl'.B Vlh United States in'aiitry, writes thai
not fa i fit) in Grand river le hud met v.ilh u
pally of near threw hundred p.-rwns Laving
with them C''lity yagon ami teams, oil toe.r
return homo tu -J, ..oui i. TliiV iiad been t''.
the ' Red FuiV," and for udus along: it had
literally "loru tho tarlU u tV iu tUir fruit
less sea it a lor tue yellow dust.
To Grt tou Rkal Fr.Avoti or CnrrEi?.
In Klrgton's "Forest Lifo in Ceylon" am
the fullnwing hints on the preparation v
Com e, derive from lon(f experience t Th
snblle nroma which resides in tho .s..u,i d
oil ortho coffee berry, is, gradually d.'.ipr!. d
tiller roasting, and or ronrse still tnuiu after
being ground . In order to enjoy . thu fail
flavor i'i.. perfection, tho berry-'sl.onld prs
at once from the roasting, pun it the mill,
und thence to the coffe-pol ; and affair:, after
having been made, should bo mixed nt a
boiling hent wilh the hot milk. It mu?t bo
bad enfl'ee indeed, which, if these pr c n'tiori
nre taken, will not ufTurd a:i Agreeable end
exhilarating drink.
Tun TfiLKiRArtT. -Chevalier BonoM fiaj
proposed u plan for "nrrving- the submnrina
line ulivady in oprrt'.fion from Genoa to Sur
di'uiit, from tlietico to Constantinople, by way
of Malta, Candin. Alexandria, Sin, tho" port
of Athens. Smyrna, A'c.., upon a plan of his
own. which would reduce tho estimated ex.
peqse to.tlm government interested, from fif
ty to sixty millions of francs, and tho .tims
risked for its accomplishment from two years
to six months The cord will bo 4,000 miles
in length. Professor Botta, or the Universi
ty or Turin, has at length completely succcn
ded in establishing the practicability of send
ing counter messages simultaneously on tho
same wire.
! IT
St. Lo-t. Ang. 11. Major Armstead and
wife havo fallen victims to the cholera ct
LeuviMiwortli. It is reported Hint for.ty-cight
other citizens or that place had died nf tho
disebse. Further advices from Fort Riley
confirm the death of Cant. Ogden. nnd state
that the wife of Major Woods and fonr of her
children hive died .Dr. Simmons nnd "the"
ladies of garrison have left, and tho Chaplain
is l he only officer remaining in tho fort. Tho
cholera is of the vt nrst type, nnd very fatal.
The workmen employed about the fort are
endeavoring to get at the .public funds.
C.ipt. Lenmnt nnd party left Leavenworth
for Fort Riley to-day. ...
To Mars ATr.Rxsto EcTTfifi. Split the
watermelon open: with a spoon scrape out
the pulp into cullender, nnd strain the water
into vessels; boil it down to syrup; then put
in upph'S or peaches, like, makinar apple but
ter or any kind of preserves. Or the syrup
may be boiled, without fruit down to molas
scs! which will be round to bo as fino as the
best sugar-house molasses.
Fatal CuntostTV. Several persons have",
of late, been testing the cmestion whether
larger beer is or is not intoxicating. Among
others, a Mr. Emig tried tho experiment at
Rochester, N. J..' last ' week. He drank
three gal'nns in t.velre hours. Vint he died
the same night. Two qusrts wero pnmped
from las stomr.ch iu tho endeavor' to roliove
him.
Tub Wfather axd Cnors. A letter jnst
received from Athens. Georgia, say j s "Ii
r'r.ins nearly every day here. Never, perhaps,
was thero snch n pro'spect of a great corn
crop Unless a flood should come nnu sweep
1 tie lowland crops, com will be very low.
Wheat is good worth from 75 cents to SI
per bushel."
' A.v Involuntary Kidnapper, Mare aret
Cain, nt Albany, N. Y.. a few days since,
stole a covered basket from the steps of a
grocery store, nnd made haste to get1 away
with her bnotv. What wus her astonishment
nnd chogrin to discover, on opening the bas
ket, a pretty little baby, snugly tucked in and
sleeping.
Bad Pi-NcVr.Tio.N. A Llundorlng corrl
positor. in setting up tho toast, "Woman;
without her, man would be a savage," got tho
punctuation in the wrong place, which made
it road : "Woman : without her man, would
bo a savage." The mistake wns not dis
covered until the editor's wife undertook to
read the proof.
Dr.uauTFct. SvMMr.r. Reiidencs. Some
patches of snow still remain on theNortheas
tern slopes of tho Whito mountains. N. II.
On Mount Jefferson there is a snovf bank
some feet deep. At this place, snow his ro
nniiiitid iu former years till the middle of Au
gust. Caxai. tolls. From tho first or December
last to the Still of June, tho tolls collected on
the North Branch Canal, ut Beach Haven,
was 70.948.78 being and increuse of $2,200,
C 1, over the same period last year. The col
lections for July not yet reported.
A IiAr.n Spf.ll. Tho following is placard
in a h-tth house at Atlantic city.
Vn;. Tlm woman that takes cara of the
clothes gets no renmner-ition' from the Pto-
priter and has to depend on me iiucia.iou oi
the ladies.
Showers or BnrjMToyn. The Mississippi
p-ipers mention a singular phenomenon, vis ;
l liu falling of showers ol hrimstone mere
within tho hist two weeks. It lots been dried,
nnd is found, it is alledad, to bo the geuuiuo
article
Corn and Potatoes in Onie. Tho Cin-
cuimitii Luquirer euvs that the corn and
potato crops were never so glorious as this
season. Potatoes are so plentiful that they
tire expected tn bo down, to i'i J cts. a bushels
I- ..
Akothkh Party ! A new narfv il bnmo
organized to oppose tho nre iif.fanj in church
luiiiuug in chin ch being considered wicked.
We have known some wicked Fannies, it is
true. Itostun Pout,
Cen. Suiter, the refcran pioneer of Call-
forni.i. is said to have .ustuineil a damage of
$1(1,000 this yiur iu his crops by grasshop
pers.
Miss. I.onisa Render, a niece of Gov. Reed-
er, if Kansas. Ins written ji play, called ' .Ma
ry Morton, or The New Yrk" Seanibtrcu,"
wuicu has produced at Cleveland, UUio.
Followino a PHescnim.?. A man in
Maine, who hod stolen a watch, gave us au
excuse that he was unwell. ind his physician
uuvise'j Him to lui.t toiiietittng.
It is Vnl thero wr forty cholera deaths
in the Luuatio Asyium at Leiiulon,. liy.
List weelt.
A cuusns of Milwaukee, just completed!,
slows that city t ) have 'il.Oi inhabUauU.
Iu the ymr li 00 it bad 20,Oi,l.
Dr. John McMiUnn, nf South C.irtd'ns. re-
eeuily died of clso'rji at Sov.ito;n,, lie was
a suryeou in the P. uMall ;VJT !')'.
Mors pcrsoirs full out coneernlny tho ritbl
road to Heaven, thojt ever ut u tha tJ
I VWir ji.srBij.