V (LO EW SERIES, VOL. 9, NO. 2. SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1S56. OLD SEMES, VOL- 16. NO 23 ie Suntmry American,! rc iii.mnsii vvbut ti'mii BY II. B. MAESER, Market Square, Sunbury, Penna, TKUMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. O U'M.LAltS pur annum toba paid half yeorly in :n. No oanor ttiiuoutir.iuil until ALLam-amgei arc v.inTrmiiic'itiimi or lottra on business retsfing to eie, to insure attention, must bs TOST rAlA. To CLLLiS. i;oniA o one ud,.i... P po 10(10 ,i l-o tin SiiW i dollars in wlrnnce will V foT lhr" year's ,ub' ion to tlic Aiuciicun. miilrra u-ill nli-nun net as our Ants, anil frmiK c iiit iiiiing mitiMTlnliiin inancy. They are j-cruiit' do this uiuler Hie Post Office Law. TKBMSOF AUVERTISiriO. le.iir or 14 linen, 3 tiissa, r,.iMen,ooit iiipeuiuu, l.on.i, a mnnllis, aiths, yir, a Cards nf Fivs line". p annum, its and others, mh-Mtiliins by ths , with 1 1ts privilrte of inserting -t .i,.attiftmrniH weekly. ion an" 10U 1004 i.si jir Advertisements. ns per Rjrresmsnt. JO H PRINTING, tuive cnniieetP!! with nnr estnlllhmr-nt a we ,1 JOH Or-TICK. which will ennlila ustoexecuto ne:iU-Pt atylr, every variety of printing. 3, r T O K N fi Y A T LAW, ETJIJETJICSr, PA. linria attended tn in the Countiei of Nor icr'.mij, Union, Lycoming Menlour ,iliia. References in Philadelphia : tot, 11. TT.in, Clus. OiMinna, Esq.. rs auo.li-rass, Linn, Smith Jit Co. nd LATEST APdUVAL, Largest and Best Assortment lAP," HANDSOME & DURABLE. B subscriber takes pleasure in informinS lis customers ami the public RCnerally that now in receipt of an unusually large nJ iicltd Assortment of New Goods. endeavor to enumerate the one hundred) f tho articles would he useless. Sufiiee it , they hae been selectsd with the greatest in J they will be disposed of alas low prices name quality be purchased elsewhere lotto is "Qnu-1- Sales and Small Profits." takes this melhod of presenting to the his thai, ks for the liberal patronage extcn him, anil by stiict attention to business, pertfully solicits a continuance of the same, be advisable for purchasers to call and ne his assortment before purchasing else- . All kinds of produce taken in exchange. EDWARD Y. BRIGHT. .bury, December 1, 18.r5. XT- 0. OF "God and our Native Land." QUHII ANNA CAMP, No. 2'J, of the 0. ' the U. S. A. holds its stated sessions ever) iy evening in llieir -ew ji an, opposite t. iijhts store. Suubury, Pa. Inititation mid i. 5--,l'U. D. O. E MAIZE, W C. 'l Vi'iivwt, 1!. N. ibnrv Jon. 12, IfcCfi. oct 20 '55 O. OF XT. .A-. "M"- Iii:KY COUNCIL, No. 30, O. of U. A. 1. meets, everv Ttksiiat evening iu the ican Hall, opposite E. Y. Uright's store, :l street, Sntibury, Members of the sre resi-ectt'ully requested to mtend. K M.tilUNDEL, C. 'iJllTiR, It. S. ,borv, Oct. SO, $bt. CT. O. OP -A ASH INGTON CAM P, No. 19 J. 8. of A h )l'is Us stated meetings every SatunUy 12, iu the American II1I, M.irket btrcet, A. A. SHISSLER, I. !. rvockefeller, R. H. il'ury, January f, 1855. tf. mi.ESAI.E and Uetail, at the "I'hiladel p'.ii Watch and Jewelry Store," No. bS iJtcon i street, corner of Quarry, rRH.dBJ3r.PHI4. -v.t V.'at.-hti, T'll jeweled, 1H carat case. t-i.(rfJ tt.''"' Tine Silver Spoctudes. 10 1 fi-'l iewlVil, 'l Ifijid Ilracrlets, 3.i ,.',er. fjli jcv.-i'd I 'J t adies' Gold PeneiU, I .till i t;a'.iiic;s, 7.iSilver Tea s;Kwns, set, t.jO v-f..--e, ?.!! :.. v, .l!i Pencil a:id Silver Holdsr, J,00 .', rir.r;rT Min-.. C: i ceDte to SffiO ; Wnieh s, plain, 1SJ cents; J'atent, 1SJ I.Tirmi, i'.cr Brtic'.is in proportion. All goods war i t ) be whnt lliey arc sold fur. S'l'A i;rt'EK d HAUt.EY, hand, ou. !o!d and Silver Levers and .a, tull lower than the above prices, t. ti, 1 355. Iy. r. n. smith, RT M0IJNAIE. T0CXET BOOK, AND resslng tawo 5Ianuraclrcr, JI' car. o f Jourth Chestnut Sts., l'llll.AUBi.l'UIA. ; on hand a large and varied assortment e t Moniiaits, Work Boxes, let books, Cabas, iters Cases, Traveling Bags, :e Holders, llackgammon Boirda, l l-V.ios, Chess Men, lable Desks, Cigar Cases, s-int? Cases, Pocket Memorandum Booka, o, a general assortment of English, French erman Fancy Goods, Fine Pocket Cutlery, Hainr Strops and GolJ fens, "sale, Second and Third floor. F. II. SMITH, . cor. Fourth & Chestnut Sts., fhilada. II. On the receipt of $!, a Superior Gold ill be sent to nv part of the United States, il; JesciiUng pen, thus, medium, hard, ls March 81. 1855. ply. FOR BALE I TEAM ENGINES 80 Horsepower each, with huiirrs. Would make excellent fjump. giues, together with i large blowing cyliu- uilable for blast furnace. Apply ie Ji EN UY LONGENECKER V CO. eiUimokin iron Works, bhawokin, Pa, oiakin, July 11, 1855- PATIMERS TAKE NOTICE. ) bushels Flaxaeed wanted immediately at i Cliesn fetore of E. Y. Bright, for which ;hest market price will be paid, burv, October , 1855 tf STOVES' I C.S.T.P. sn excellent second-band Cook nr Store, also several Cylinder CoeJ rfrrf . ?1nrfnr r; T03 KOTHEE'S A fatl)rr ORfJ his little son On wintiy waves were FniMnjr; Ft, finni thuir way tliH I!p!it of dny In rhuitl tiinl plrciii wrs fnilii'.j:; And fierct'ly round their 1 ! ! tl r lmrk The Etormy wir.J wiro wuiling Tlioy knew tliat j r'l lioveinil ii"ar; They proved, ' O henveii ! ile'ivor;" But n wildor hlnst cuuio liowHiifr post, And soon, with Bob nnd ihir.'r, Tlify Htrupiiflptl in the icy jTrnsp Of that duik, rushiii" rivor. 'Cliiiff fast to me, my dailinp chili'," An Riifruielied voico wns crying: While, silvery clenr. o'er te in pent drear, Hose softer tones, rvplylnrr, "Oh, mind not mo my f.ithor dear I'm not afraid of dying. "Oh mind not mo, but finvn yourself, For mother's sake, denr father ; Leave nio, Biid linftn to the shore, Or who will comfort mother ? The anprel forms that evor wait, Unseen, on man attendant. Flow up, o'erjoyetl, to heaven's bright gate, And there, on pnge resplendent, Ili'h over those of heroes bold. And martyrs famed in story. They wrote tlfo immo of that brave boy, And wreathed it ruutid with glory. "God bless the child 1 nye, he mo b!es3 That noble self-deniul, Ar.d safely bore him to the shore, Throiifrh tempest, toil and trinl. Soon, in their bright and tranquil home, Son, sire, und that dour mother For whose ewoet sake so much was done, In rapture met each other. Kmki.ine S. Smith. The im'iclent e.-immcmorateii in tlic oMve liin-s. an- peitrptl in s rew spnpt-r, a short lime since, uiiti was there related as a fact. SlCdtilliimfidtli. v wl V tj ALABAMA BILL. A Q AMBLER FATE. "Alabama Bill" was u mnn of about years of aue tall, powerfully built w deep-set. black nnd piercing eve, which, fifty ith n tha- tied by heavy, dark rye-brows, f.'avo to his features a sinister nnd wicked expression. Ho was a native of the State of Alabama, but had passed a larf: portion of his life in the city of Mexico, pnmblincr, where ho received the "sobriquet" of "Ahthnmu Hill " An ex pert motile duaVr, nnd au fait in nil lliu finesse of the pune, ho amassed a eonsidera blu fortnne ; but bi'insr of n rnvinrr disposition lis visited Rio de .laniero, Valparaiso. Lima, and other South American cities, and landed in California with only a few thoiif and dollar left. It was a dark and rainy day. in the winter of '50. A larpe number of persons were con (.'refjated around the monto table of 'Alabama Hill," in the Kunlrn, nt 1! liar, on the Tuolniniie river. An old miner by the name of Harris, was bet tins early in the rtinrninjr, with bad lock, and nlrendy linniln do nf dol. lars hnd pasaed from his pockets into P.ill'3 I bunk. j The old man was seated at the end of the tnble, slightly intoxicated, with one hand restiiiL' on a larjje buckskin ba?, onntnining seven.l thousand dollars, the other jrraspintr ; nervously a hBl!-li!led glass of whiskey. Not b word was spoken tis the fame went on. j Herri? had two thousand dollars "staked, on i a card, as he watched, with e-iper look, tlm ! motions of Hill, who witl.out the least excite. ment visible on his cold stern features, slowly 1 drew o0' tl-.e curds. j "I'vo won this tiino!" exelniirnd Harris; p.s l.ia card turrd np first. Mv bick baa! turned tip now, find I'll tret Im' k nil I've bst, uiu moru too, befiire I am doim with yon." A slizhtly purci'ptisi't- sn'-er w.is th only reply of Bill, us lu l-.-Nurely diti;rcd his ilvfck of cards, and nioceeu;d to thi.f'le them. "I'll b :t four thousand dollars, tlio h.in;r bnais t'no fix," tuid Harris, ks a new "lay O'll" v;as made, plai'injr his liaf of d u .-. t on tlio kiiifr. "Tlicre's l.othiti'j like preisiui: one's luck." The cro'.vd of bystanders lookcl cileutly or., v-ii.Usaliiis coiitinued. 'the six ?.. "I've lost," said ITarrls: "that devilish e;x has beat me. Give me some moro w liis- iey." A class two thirds full was handed him. which he drank tit a draught. I here s that cursed king ajram," ho ex claimed, as tho dealer gracefully threw tho king una queen on tuo tuuie. 1 ho king ulwavs beats the queen, ex claimed he; there's two thonsaud dollars Dioi e in that bag, and here's a specimen which weighs ten ounces. I will bet it all ou tho kinfr, if 1 lose that I am broke." A strange expression nashetl across the features of Hill, who drew the cards off in a sluw and careless manner, us though the sum at stako was but a lew dollars. His. Iramo was atritatcd with excitement. Hitintr from his seat, and leaninjr, partly over tlio luiile, he watched unsiou.-ly the uiotious tf tho dealer. The king lost ! "Ha ! ha I I'm broko !" ha lanchad, os he staggered out into the middle of the room, tho crowd making way for him on either side. Hill coolly placed the bajr of dust in the bank, and made another "lay out," but as there were no more bettors, lis placed tho cardg iu a small box ; aud lighting a cigar leaned back in his chair. Harris went up to tho bar, called for ano ther glass of whiskey, drank it, aud then turned towards tho door. "I say old fellow, you pot broke, didn't you!" said a tall, rough-looking man to him, as he staggered pust. "And what business is that to yon, if I did f" replied Harris, turning around and fa cing him. "I've a right to lute my own mon ey, haven't I ?" "Oh, certainly," answered the other, coolly, "provided yon lose it fairly.'' "Fairly I" exclaimed Harris, 'do yon pre tend to say that I didn't lose my money fair ly T" - - The crowd now began to gather around the two speakers. "Certainly," said the tall man, with the most impurlurable coolness, "be pulled waxed cards on yon." "Then I'll have mT money Vack ejrain." exclaimed Harriii, bottrfwly aud he veut to Ttru to itne, F.ill set. quietly smoklnjr dnring the conver sation, allhourfh a keen observer mitrht have seen, as Harris approached, his hand grasp the handle of a small pistol iu ono of his j)nn tnloons' pocket. "Look limp, sir, yon cheated mc you must give me buck mv money." Yon cannot touch one rent of that money,' said Mill coolly, pointing to Hie bank. "We'll e about thtit." mii'l Harris, nnd ns ho spoke he -mined hold of the hair of dust. v,lin-ii was still 111 tin- hnn't ' Kinml back 1 il.-'s s:otb- to choirt !" cried :"?'vra! voices. There w:s a hurried rush of the crowd, the simp report of a pistol, und old Harris f,. te !.,, p.r.,-r a !-f-r,M. 1 tso Qui!-!; nii.l ti'ieypocted had len the deed that the Inlanders were hnrrur-tdruck, uml made no elV.ut to n nest Bill. who. as somi its h" iliseliar;.'.-.! iho pistol, lonped PViT the pros! rate b..dy oT H.inis Mini lied out at the door. A few seconds the terrified crowd rrned on one another; then there was a loud, buitr and wild shout, and twenty men rushed out after the murderer, who was dartini? nlony the road with lightning speed toward the river. Then came n fearful nice between the pur sued and pursuers. Bill being a tall und powerful man run with great rapidity, nnd would evidently, from appearances, outstrip them nnd escape. He heeded not the loud cries lor vengeance which riinjr out. from the excited crowd behind him. I lis object was to cross the river, reach a thick wood oppo. site, nnd then aided by its fhade nnd the darkness of the night, which was last np pronching to elude them. Ho was gainiii!; on his pursuers ; tho diftunoe between thein pre-.v wirier and wider, nnd he already imnei ned his escape was certain, when "u noise smote upon his ear moro terrible than the lond cries of those, following. It was the roi.r of waier. The heavy rains had swollen the river to a tremendous leitht, aud us he turned a b'-r.d in the road, the boil ini: current rushed furiously along a few yards in front or him. The bridge liad been swept away. Then, for the first time, a cry of nngtrsh hrvka li'"in the lips ( f the murderer, ns he saw his oiil' . chance of escape cut of!'. On both sides of him. was a high perpendicular bank, impossi ble for a human being to ascend ; before, him a roaring flood over which there was no egress ;. behind him twenty merciless men who were now fast gaining' on him. Madly ho rushed from rue sidu tn the other, endea. voring to find some phico in the steep bank by which to escape. It was iu vain I He rushed to the very edge of the river, ns if to throw himself into its boiling current but his courage failed him that was a cer tain death 1 Wildly he stretched out his arms towards the opposite shore, ns if seeking the aid of some invisible power to assist him. i Vnin hope ! .... i.: i. ... .i . 1 On came his pursuers, their tdiouM growing nearer and nearer. Soon they would be upon him, und then what could he hope for? Noth ing but a horrible nnd tiisgracel'i.l death lo be l.utiijon the nearest tree ! Now they turn the bend in tho road and foremost amongst them he recognised the tall, rough-looking- man. who iirbi infoi'im-d Harris that he had ben cheated. They (lis. covered his position tho bridge his only ! means ol escape, gone and sent forth a shout of exultation. He turned and gave cue fear ful look behind him, then with n cry of defi ance, throw himself into the river. II is pursuers stopped jinl g.i::ed will) awe nt tho strin g man, ns he struggled ulaio-t with superhuman ell'orts. against the swift current. It was n desperate chance lor life, lie did not pain an inch his strength began to fail him already he began lo he borne by the waters, when a voice cried out ; ' Shoot him ! shoot him !" Instantly a dozen revolvers were dischar ged ut the struggling man, I here was a load shriek, a wildtoss upwards of tho n1 mis. nnd the body of the murderer sank beneath the muddy waters. A few sec. onds alter it rose to tl.o t-tirlace with its face turned upwards, and Hunted down the stream over the rough crags and rocks. Those on shore Untcheil it illi I il it was mil ,,1' I lion- t ,,!,) j and then slowly left the spot, i The liexl tiny a mutilated corpse floated l .. " 'i ' t in. ti v. , liio vii.ii i.iii. romi. i.uiutiMi. mi- ners cucIomm! it in a i r h ei ffln, buried it a ' s-horl .'inlai'.ee from lh,-h ,n!s of the river, i im.l i. bleed a rude slab nt ih,. h-nl. with the simp, Fa-, k uiHs. "A lata Bit'. A ( iAMHI.ru s Tssmo F I'a.vxov. At the Ordinance Department, Washington, cannon are tested as follows; (inns are cast jn ;n,v tdmpo that may be suggotcil by the process of jn veslig.itioli, thi n lirei! t.i test fbeir pi oject lie force, then (ired until they burst, ami w hen the result has fleell obtained, with every care to determine the causes and coinlit ions of l he experiment, seel ions of the broken metal are earelully drilled out from d.ll'ereiit parts of the piece from ihe muzzle and the breach, aud the inside and outside, am each piece is subjected to a strain to test Us tensile strength. It has been mpposed tint the camion, ulways cooling from without, and the outside contracting, therefore, around the in sula, still extended by heat, would become more brittle ; but this, in such tests as havo been used, would not seem to have been tlm case. A bar cut from the outside of the cannon will generally part with about the mine amount of extension as n bar cut from the inside, whether it be taken from a lor."-i- tudinal or vertical section of the .'un. E.umiQUART.s. There nre two theories re specting the cuuse of earthquake. lt. Tho igneiis theory ; which maintains that this earth wus once a molten tiery ball, and that its inteiior is still a fiery mass, and is some- tunes caused to generate waves, winch pro duces oscillations on the earth's sntface. '2d. The clectrie theory; which attributes the shocks to disturbed magnetic action in the crust of tho globe that the shocks are no thing more than powerful electric shocks. As earthquakes are local, those w ho dis pute the igneous theory assert that if the interior of the earth were a molten mass, and earthquakes were caused by waves of this fluid, then the oscillations would be felt eqoully strong on crery part of the earth' crust. Ah A KAMA Widow When an Arabian woman intends to many again ufier the deuth of her husband, she come iu before her sec ond marriage to the grave of her dcud hus band. Here she kneels und prays to him not to be ofleuded not to be jealous. Al how ever she fears he will be jealous und angry the widow brings with her a donkey laden with two gout-skins of water. Her prayers and entreaties done, she proceed to pour on the grave the water to keep the first husband cool under the irritating circumstances about to take place ; and havicj well Mturittad hi in, she depart. A CHEAT FEEUSYLVANIAK". Among the thirty thousand Germans who undertook to emigrate to America in 1709, wn John Conrad Weiser, of Herrenborfr, in Wi-tenberg. He. wn9 one of the detachment which fell into the hands of Governor Hunter of New York, and settled, first on tho Hud son, nnd afterwards, at- tho invitation of the Mohawks, on tho Schoharie. ' When the inacliinntions of the governor were nguin set at woik to dislodge them from this asylum, 'hey sent three deputies to England, o 'plead their ensc before the queen nnd parliament. Weiser was one of those deputies. They succeeded, nft.-r great difficulties and reverse's in obtaining snmn concessions, but tho main purpose of their mission was not achieved. A Iter his return from England, ho was re quested by a Mohawk chief named Qungnant to sanction the departure of his son Conrad, thi-r a boy of fvnrt. en, to the Indian villages, for t year's stay. The relations of tho Ger man settlers with the red men were generally such, that this request was not calculated to excite any surprise in the breast of tho father and his ready acquiescence appears to have caused no remarks in the circle in which he lived. The hid went with tho chief, t ight willingly; though he partly repented of Ids bargain while suffering from the cold and starvation of an Indian winter and the bru- 1 tality of drunken savuges. But he acquired i a thorough knowledge of the Indian language, j and the cor.tidenee and friendship of niauj j Indians, neither of which he ever Io;;t. On returning from his copper colored J friends he found his father settled at Womels I dorf in Bennsylvaniu. He remained under I 1. is roof for a time, but the desire to liMiru. I which had imj elh d him to study the Indian btngunge nnd character, soon drove him forth from his German home to mingle with the , Kiu-H-h pouulntion of the Slates, and acquire j p.a iimch of an education ns the then stale of ; the province placed wil'uin the reucli of n : vouch of his condition. 'I bus. lie was ouali- lli d to hold a position of eoual use fulfil n to tile three nntiotuillies by which his country' ' was then inhabited the EnglUh, the (.'or .' man. ami the li.dian. Tl.o animosity which , then blazed lireely between the " H.ih.t iocs'- and the "English," might have led the ex- cesses far worse than actually ensued, but i for the ben ie unit influence of such men us ; Wois.tr and I'lanl-lin. And if more men had bei-ii found to second the former, it is by no i means certain that the war of extermination which ultimately exterminated tho red men might not have been staved off, and that these sons of the forest might really have been educated to take and hold some bclit ting position in our present society. I lie held an office, which became extinct j after his death, nnd which might havo been i entitled if such titles were not too much u-f .r"resi . . .. . giniawilh debased by modern LuiT.inncrv that of M in- nt of the l'i nnsvl vania aud Vir ginia with the liitlr.iD tribes, hut what makes the title inappropriate is thtit he always com. mended the entire confidence both of tho party sending him and of the party to whom he was sent, lie seems to present a genuine specimen of the theoretical virtue uf integrity and the oblivion which covers his name is without doubt use rihahle mainly to the fact that, though in public life, he was an honest man. The savages did almost everything he j suggested, because, ns li:ey s.ini, " they had round him a true and good man, who spoke the wolds of iho government to them us the government spoken to him." Whoever bears this dictum in mind, will hardly read without smiling the profound disquisitions so plentiful in our literature, on "the inscrutable fatality which hovered over tho Indian race, wherever they come in contact with the whites." Many years ul'ter his death, which tiinl. i.eie.4 in 1 ,1,1) in t in f.Utli iinii fit led ago. the Indians made pilgrimages to tho i grave of "their good father," und none of them passed tho hillock without paying it their rude but beautiful tribute of respct 1 lis descendants appear to have no thought of the grave of their ancestor, for tho plain stone which marks his renting place, about a mile east of Womelsdorf, on the ct,ulll bide of the road, is falling to decay. On the ladder of iitulur und cmolumeutary greatness the oiilj- one of which il is proper to take account in lliese enlightened tunes In- liscelided no hi ii o n giier man u mo uiguny o Justice of nio a eaee. 111 1110 a u-ik u ami Indian wars", however, hu was a colonel, ill command of nine companies, and was, l--r- l.aps, the virtual commander. At ull events he was essi lit ml to the urmy by biipplyiug it ig the marches und with provisions, directing nv. rung ilanger. He leceived no upolhesis, buf appears to have enjoyed the coini.euaa ling privilege of n Ills', which, though bea coned bv hard labor and some difficulties und dangers, was not check, d by any g-ere mia- mi iiiiii, uiui t.iii.'ii iuuot iivii i.j con tciuuMii.-s of having benefitted bis 'W3 Oi'i t tation. What n glorious thing" it is lor the human heart. Those who woik hard seldom yield themselves entirely up lo Ian- Vied or leal sorrow. When grief bits down folds its huiiJs and uiorufullj leeiis upon its own tears, weaving the dim bliudows that u little exertion iinht sweep uway into u fuiierul pail, the strong spirit thorn of its might, und sorrow becou.es our master. When troubles tlow i;iuu joii, dark und heavy, toil llol Willi the waves wroth) Hot with the torrent, rather seek by occupation , to divert the dark wuters that threaten to ' overwhelm you into a thousand ihaniieb whk'h tho duties ol Ul'j ulwavs picvi,t. Be fore you illeaia of il lliiiM! Waters Will feilil i:;e tlm present uud give birth lo IVcmIi flowers that may brighten luo future lloweis that will becuiiie pure uud holy, iu tl.o buus'uiiio which pejeli nti s to tho path of duly, in spite of every obstacle. Oriel, alter nil, is but u selfish feeling ; uud most bclfith is tho man who yields liiuisell to the indulgence of imj pai.sioli which brings no joy lo Uis fellow mun. Mrs. inii awj'kene. lUilaltUAHi.r: Wouk u,' IIl'MAN LAbOK. Nineveh wus if) uiiie-s long, S wide, nni 4U miles round, with a wall 100 foet hih, und thick enough tor three chunotb ubreubt. tiu byloii wus OU miles within the waiis, which were 70 lyet thick, uud 00 lee I high, with 100 bruztu gales, 'iho uuiplo of 1'iuua, at Ephesus, hud 429 feet to support the roof. It was un hundred years iu building. The largest of the pyramids is 4(ii feet high, aud UUj on the sides its base covers H acres. The stones are about 30 feet in length, and the layers ure 208. lt employed 3o0,0CO men in building. The labyrinth of Egypt contains SOU chambers and 12 halls. Thebes, iu Egypt, presents ruins 27 miles round, and HID gates. Garlhnge ul 25 miles round. Athens wus 25 miles round, nnd coutuinud 200,000 citizens and 400,000 slaves. The temple of Delphos was so rich iu donations, Unit it was plundered ut' '500,000, and Nero carried away from it 200 statues. The walls of Home were 13 miles round. Suow is said to Lave fatleo pine Sundays is iMKWs(n, la CiudtDati, the post winter. 0 e i r it . II A'R C II . BY P. O. IIAU.KCK. The winds of March are humming Their parting song, their parting song. And summer skies are coming. And days grow long, nnd days grow long, 1 watch, but not in gladness, Onr garden tree, our garden troo, It bud.s, in sober sadness, Too soon for me. too soon for mo. My second winter's over, Alas! and I alas I and I IInvu no accepted lover: Don't nsk me why, don't ask me why.. 'Tis not asleep or idlo That love has been, that love has been j For many a happy bridal The year him seen, the year hag fcien ; I've done n bridesmaid's chity, At three or four, tit three or four j My best bouquet had beauty. Its donor more, its donor more. My second winter's over, Alas ! mid I alas 1 and I Havo no accepted lover : Dou't n.-k me why, don't ask mo why. His flowers try bosom shaded One sunny day, one tunny day ; The next they lied nnd faded, Beau and boquet, beau und bouquet. In vain, ut ball and parties, I've thrown toy net. I'vo thrown my pit ; This wall.iog. watching heart is Unchoten Jet. unchoscu Jet. My second winter's over, Alas! and I alas! and I Have no nnepted l iver ; Don't usk me w hy, don't Ci-k um hy. They t"l' me there's no hurry For Hymen's ring, for Hymen's ting; And I'm ton Young to marry ; 'Tis no such tiling, 'tis m such thing. The next spring tides will ila.-h on My eighteenth year, n.y eighteenth year; It pats me in a passion, Oh deir, oh dear ! oh dear, oh dear ! My second wi. iter's ovor, Alas I and I alius! and I Have no accepted lover: Dou't ask mo why, don't ask me why. aim, Bkak IIi'xt Gn.v. PiTN.vM OiTnoxi:. One day lust week, a hirga bear was seeu on the behrader branch of the Towaudu creek, i uud u number of hunters turned out to cup j lure biiiin. Ho was tricked through thn 'snow for three day p, and finally found, eo- curely escoused in his den, a fearful looking i cave, on tho bank of the creek. All elioils j to dislodge li i in fiutii his retreat Laving j failed, Win. Northrop niadu preparations lor I "bearding tho bear iu his den." Furnishing i himself with a torch und his trusty rille, and j with u rupo, tied to one leg', a la l'utnaui, to expedite his retreat, should it ba necessary, ! he entered the cave. The uscent for about 'eight feet, wub nearly pci pendicuhtr, aud crawling ubr.ut twelve feet further, the nper i tare widened sufficiently to admit ofhis Bland- pug upright. 1 be lij;i,t ol ins lorcu showed! ; him the bear silling cpou his haunches, ut ! j the further side of the caveru, awaiting tho I attack. Aiming at the eyes, which gleamed i i from the torchlight, he (lied, and made his ' (sit ns speedily ns possible. Having every ! confidence tr.ut lus mm nail been true, nml Hint Ins uiui had been ..iu tin.i , ui-uuui, in . niuii ii.ii. luiiiiiru, and found the animal dead. A rope having uueil pioeuieu iiuu mmm ru n. mo uc.ll, Ik 1 was drawl) out by the uid of those outside ! Ho was lulled to bo a monstrous ouimal, weighing over 5U0 pounds. lirudjurd lieij. Tiik lloi.Y L a NCK.-The lance which opened the side of onr Divine Saviour, is uow kept at Home, but has no point, Andrew of , Crt-tu, who lived in the seventh century, says i lt uus lJim,.j together w it h 1 h pn, mill St . I (ire.rotv of Tours nod Venerable. Heiln testi. fy tL.ut"i their time it was kept at Jerusv j i.,, v.,r i;.ar ,,r th S,irnriw il was buried I ,,rivatelv at Autioch, in afterwards found, and tvn which city it was rouirht many miracles, as Hubert the monk und many eye witnesses testily. Jt was lirst carried to Jerusalem und then to Constantinople, and at the time this city was taken by the Latins, Baldwin 11, j 8l.ut xu po:ut f jt to Venice, us a pledge for a loan of money, Kt. Louis, kinir of France, redeemed it, by paying the sum for which it was pledged, and had it conveyed to l'uiis, where it is still kept in the Holy Chapel. The rest of the lance remained ui Constant inop!o alter the Turks had taken that city to the year M'J2, when the Hultan Bnjuzet sent it by an ambassador in a rich and beautiful cuse to Hope Innocent YliL, adding that the point was iu the pu;ctioU of the Ling of Fiance Mn, Macaitky tells us that what now i call id the leading article in a newspaper, seldom uppeared, even tiller the courtship of iho pre us expired in lo'J, uu.efn waul of news! ' hell tune v.s ol intelligence, w'm 11 tie- B,;-;h iletaim.ii by the we-t w::!, v.l ees were quiet in 1 1 -0 M.'g of Ail, aUgo voi.t'U buu bjeil sWippCil I men, when no c-iiJim.m ee:.':n there wus u a tcaic.ty i! were t'.e rappai 11, V e,il; Lo y i..pinuy :; 1 1. a into bien oisijurueu by i-i !,d liiei,, w.. 1 Do a.n ,h uil.t..- bai-sador Lad made hm entry V..'.h train ol com lies and six, when ie" ,ul Lad been bur.ed iu the Abbey, and peel when Consequent y it wus dih ull to r.u up .te-t' till 1)1 lour ed a scanty pag.i, then IU leading uil.cis-, uud u.-t uut.l iheU. How Makv Milks a Fiuxtub's Hand Tuavklh. Although u pi inter may bo selling all day, yet iu his own way he muy be a great traveller (or, at least bis Laud is,) us we shall prove, A geod printer will svt about 8,000 ems a day, or about' 2-1,000 letlwrs. The ilistuuce traveled over by his hand will average about one foot per letter, going to the box us iu which they are coutsined, aud of course returning, making two feet every letter be sets. This would muko a distance, each day of 48,000 feet or a little more than nine miles , and, in the course of the year, leaving out Butidaja, the member travels about 3,000 miles. As a leap year party consisting of nine couple, were crossing the river f rom Rush yille to Beardstown. N. Y., iu a (deign, the sleigh buui near the ceutre of the river, and all were lest. Fresh sh&d are selling at Norfolk at 4150 cents. , , A Ycnr.g- Kan's Character. . No young man who has n just, sense of his I own valnp, will sport with his own character. ! A watchful regard to his character in early youth will bo of inconceivable value to him in all the remaining Years of his life. When tempted to deviate from strict propriety of deportment, he fhnuld ak himself, can I ur. ford this? can 1 eudure hereafter to look bo"k upon this ? It is of amazing worth to n. voung man tn l ave a pure mind ; for this is the foundation of pure character. The mind, in oiiim' to be kept pure, must bo euq-lo-, , d in topics of thought which ero themselves lovely, chns tencd slid elevntin". Thus tl,e Ui'iid hath in its own power the selection of its themselves lovely, chastened elevating. Thus tho mind hath in its own power the selection of its themes of meditation. If youth only knew how durnblo and how dismal is the injury pro duced by the indulgence nf degraded thoughts, if they only realized how fiighlfal r.re the moral depravities with a cherished habit of loose Imagination produces on the sou! they would shun them ns the bite of a serpent. The power of books to excite the imagina tion is a fearful element of moral deuth when employed in tho service of vice. The cu'livut iv.ti of an amiable, clt vatcd i.n l glowing heart, alive to all tho beauties of nature nnd ull the sublimities of truth, invig orates the intellect, gives tn the w ill iiuh. pen deiice of baser pns.,ions, and to the alfrctions that power of adhesion to whatever i3 pine, and good und grand, which is adapted to lead out. the whole nature of man int.'. those scenes of Hctiou and impression by which its energies may most appropriately be employ, ed. and by which its Vrrh destination may be i..,.jt i P. ctunily reached. The i'M;ioi ti'uii ies of exciting these facul ';es in benevolent nnd self-denying elforls for the welfnro of onr fellow men are so many nad great, that it really is worth while to live. Tiie heart which is t ruly. evangi-lieal'v benev olent, may luxuriate in an age ; il ia, 'i'he promise T Cod ni" inexpressibly rich, the. main lenilepci.'s of third'! so mnoii'.-H iy in ac cordance with them, the extent of moral iu '.I'leuee is so great, mid the effects of its er,: i.loviiielit so visible, that whoever aspires af ter benevolent action, nnd reaches forth things that remain for es. to the true dignity of his nature, can find free scope for his in tellect, and all-aspiring themes for the heart. Found 1 1 is Fauikr. "My son, can yon take a trunk up to the hotel j" suid a pussen ger stepping from n boat on tlio levee, to u ragged youngster who sat balancing himself on the tail end of a dray. "Your son," cried the boy, eyeing him from head to fool. "Well, I'll be dod drapped if 1 ain't iu luck. Here I'vo been trying to find daddy these three Years, and ail of n suJdeu up comes the old boss himself, and knows me right off. How lire you V" btietch ing out his muddy paw. The. traveler was non-plused. Between u smile nnd a frown, hu inquired i "What is your mime, sir X' "My name. You don't know. Will, it's nolhiiig iu these parts to have so many chil dren that they do not know their names. My name's William, but some folks call me rug ged Bill, lor short. What the other partis I reckon you know ; if you don't, you uiu.-t ax tho old 'onuin." . Ai d .-.houldering the trunk, he marched ou toward-i the hotel, mumbling to bin. self : "Well, this is a go. The old gemman cot:,o home at last, timid clothes, big tiunk, must havo tho tin. Well, I'm in luck." Ej.jovi.mi Divine Sunvicr.. Quito a sen sation, says tho Boston Times of Monday, wa3 produced yeeterdav morning in one of onr ,,rj,,cipal churches, bv the appearance of (.n,, j volulllB smol.o tlll Ollgll tlio trout the organ. The nusal organs, how- t y,.r pool) ir.lul llieU CVCrV 0110 liUlt it plO- ceeden Iroin cigais, utiil tliereiero no ui.irm prevailed in reward to personal snfely. It appears that thu bellows bandies oflhe organ protruded into u room especially provided lor the two "blowers," uml they, finding that t !.. y could not enjoy the excellent strmon, h..d set to smoking i.i the most comfortable manner, and the orgnn proved a ino!:t perfect conduc tor of tlio su.okc f"ui their private apart ments to the church. This 1? tho firt lima that we havo ivi.r observed the pipca of an ; organ to partake ol the characteristics aad Ut.llty Ol -Meerc!:ilUlliS. Oi'i'tblitOK ok Mars. On the 2d of April the planet Mais, niter un interval of moro than 2j months, w.ll ugaiucoine into opposi te! lo the sun ur.d to its least distance from the earth during its present I evolution, it tkercloie on that day will rise iu thu tast ui the bun goes dew a m the west, und even in the twilight may be recognised by its bnlhaul red light, ludeeii lor some time past it has beell alter about h 1 . jt. tile 01";, l conspicu ous object iu the southeastern stiy. TllU CCKg.N OK TilUHOKS. All old COtcU- muii, who had been uwlaily henpecked u'.l his life, was viMted ou bis death-bed by a clor gyinuu. 'i'lio olJ man appeared very iuuiOVr eiit, uud the paiioil tiled to lulisu blUl by laliiiii;; ol tho Ling of 'i viiors. HeUt, tout, moll,' eXelauued tlu hot,.li niun. 'I've bten living mix mid lorly jeais w.Ui the fuLcu ol I lie in, uud the King e-..i,u, be tn.eUlu wour.' "Veu jour'e u married Uiau, b'uuluiy, jou'll uo.c.ilueu u j.ier.1 i.i.u.) liiiugs as jou uon'l nui.i is.alia ni'H ; Ol. I vei.ur H Vuilii s.ie go u. ,,,..j.o oj it, uv u to it a; u &u little, ua i..u oej iiuiu Veil lie gut lo the i nil of tl.e a j-ii.ioi l, is a uiaili r oi tat,le. I think ill. Ut. j.t c.u'tr II Ll'.ir, Let your I'l iiveisatiun with men be sober ai.ii .iieviu ; jour utVoltuii to God liulilul uuu i.eeeiil ; lit tlie one Liu heal Iy ami l.ul hautlity ; let loo o'.Lci- bo hul.iOio but nut Itvuieiy. 6j live Willi uieu us If UoU saw juu j so piay lo God m il uieu beatd juu. lt has been beautifully said tliut the veil which covers the lace of lutunly is wovuu by Ihe hand ol uieicy. Ceeki Pol to ruise the veil, tueiel'oie, lor baduues might be been to shade the brow thai laiiey hud uriajed in smiles of gladness. There is raid to be a clothing estublishuicnt ia Bans which employs 06 suwiug uiacuiuea aud lUUU wouieu aud tins iu sewing. Mr. Filloioro has extended his travels iu Asia, uud his ucccpUuco of the Ehllttdclpbij, ueminaliou cauuot bo received till May, Hie Grand Jnry of Washington, D. V. bos adiourued, it is said, without tiiiuing a bill agaiuit Mr. Bust IVr ussiuliinj Mr Ureeley. A man who boards riches and enjoys them .Jl! l:fc an aa that carries troli and eats thistles. w - "Liberty or death, sitae rat &U heu liit tail was caught ju tb trap. farmer's Uttiadmcnf m Bloocl Mnmu'GS. The Englif.li Agricultural Gnzetto thus "e sc.rib.js the operations or the ' Cyanic Minima Company," of Loudon, in utilizmg ur.imii blood for fertilii:iiig li.ixtnrrs. The imiliuet ill which it is used is as follows : "Bone dust and ct fished coptolites (fossil manure) roe placed in a long tub. along tho central axis of which is the shaft of a revol ving agitator so many casks foil of blued 'ire poured in over the bones, and well mix' d by tie arms upon the Wurking thrift. .Sul phuric acid is added lo the mixture, which boils nnd effervesces order the action of tho vitriol on Iho bones nnd blood, and nfter thorough commixturn for about ten minutes, the liquid mass js ii!!o'.u;d to escape through the opened end of the vessel, and it rtu.u it) n, hi nn upon tho earthen floor, where, ns it eools.it hardens and dries. Some Id er 13 large vessels fall of this mixture me thus poured out in the course of tho day, forming, at the end oT it n large mass t.f probably -10 or f .") tons of manure. It soon hardens, and in e di-.y cr two is turned over with the spado and broken small, and is found alieady dry enough for drilling. This is the turnip ma nure of the company, In their wheat manure the same materials are used in different pro portions, nnd n larger quantity "f blood being n.-ed. artificial heat is needed lo dry the re suming compound. The turnip manure, con tains about 2 or 3 per cent, of nitrogen along, with (5 per cert, of soluble phosphate of lime; iho wheat manure contains about 7 per cent, of nitrogen, und the phosphate i-i reduced to lo per cent. .Several thnu?,-v,i, galloin of blood are used daily in these wcika, rtil'MNfl AND (Irl.TnnK OF Cl'RBASTS.-- No fruit pays better for good culture then the currant, yet none is more generally neg lected. As tiu-re is likely to bo a scarcity of summer fruits Ihis year. owing to the destruc tion of the pencil and cherry buds, Jfcc, fill who have currant bushes should bestow upon them speciul attention, so as to increase their I'riiiU'ulnesR Old und neglected bushes should have some of the old brunches cut away, so as to give tho young shoot a chance to fill their places, and these should be thinned out, if numerous, und shortened if long, so ns not to crowd each other. But especially dig out tho grass, it any, about tho roots, nnd apply a good dressing of mamno ond nshes, spading it in ; mid when the hot weather commeiicer, cover the entire surfneo ruder the Pushes with tun bark, saw dust, old leaves from tho woods, or chip dirt from tm old wocd pile; this will prevent iho growth of weeds, and keep the ground tr.pUt, greatly promoting tho quutitiiy aud quality tit the fruit. Gooseberry bushes should be treated in . similar way. -rdy more attention should be given to pruning, so us lo keep the bui-hcs open ond the leaves and fruit fully exposed to tho air cutting away half of '.lie lust year's blioots, and shortening the rest ouo half. Cuttings of gooseberry and i.criT.nl bashes I should be taken off as early ns possible, selecting tlio shoots ol ino lust, sens, i; s growth, and shortening the tops, s.ry to r. cr Id inches in h-ntu. They may be placed in the cellar, with the butts iii the earth rrsaiv.!, until the ground is fit for planting, then set them in warm sandy soil, about two thirds cf their length in the iriound. Compost fok Cohn Ashes, shell lime, burnt bones, cess pool depor-itos, and (-table manure, in equal pans, lightly mixed with guano, apply five ounces to each kill after first harrowing, I used this preparation the past seneon. It produced u vigorous growth of i-talk, large ears, and very large plump grains, und corresponding yield. This is a, cheap compost and is easily applied. During the winter months let farmers visit their j "horse heavens," and gather up tho bones for I "the campaign of ISOo." In my rambles, I never pur by a horse's head, or bleached j hIkiii k of any animal, but thnuhier up, aud 1 add it to my "pi!.-" that already reminds mo I of 1-li.ekiel s vioion uf the "valley of dry bones." Make compost ear! v in March. j Burn the bones, oyster uud tiam ebelU well vita cuips or tine churccoal. To Kf.f.1- E.i.is. During a long voyage to South America, it was noticed how fresh the eggs continued to be. The steward was cul led on for his porret. He said that as he pur chased his stock, lie packed it down in small boxes raisin boxes and afterwards, about once a week, turned over every box bet the one out of which ho was lining. This was all. Tho reason of bis success is, that by turning the eggs over, he kept tho yolks ubout thu middle of the albumeu. If iill the yolk wiil ul'ter n while find its way through the white to tho shell, and when it does so, ihe egg will spoil, liens understand this fact, for they, us is well known. Buu ovor their egg ou which they set at lewt (Iaily.-t'.ii.-:,'c; C?cl thmdn. Coai. and Wood. Wood generates beat m"re rapidly than coal ; but a pound of tho latter (tttithrncite) will evaporate thiee times more water than a pound of wood. As a compact fuel, coal, therefore, is the best for use in generating ft earn, because plenty of draft t'.-r rapid combustion can easily bo ob tained by a bbwer or tall chimney. As wood enu'u'ns'ft great quantity of oxygen, und un-thruf-itrt coal none, less air is taken fiom au apartment when wood is used for fuel thail when anthracite coal is used. This i3 ihe r n.-oii why the atmosphere of upaitmetit3 boated with wood fuel product i, as it were, a more genial influence; l.d why such fuel U also more healthy for boating; ulso why it does pot require such on amount of cold air from the outside to supply the fire, Fabvkr's iNvreTMBNTs. The followina sen. Bible advice from tho Homestead, should ba pondered by every farmer who thinks he has surplus capital : "No farmer can afford to invest his money off his own land until he has spent all the money that can usefully be spent iu improvements thereon. W hen there) are no more demands from the wasting ma nure, the useless swamp, the cold, wet upland, the bush pasture, the dilapidated barn, tha senntily furnished tool room, and the thousand other openings thet mIIow profitable labor, he may begin to consider the case of shingles, tape, and the other candidates for bis cspi tul." ' To Ki:kf a Bonnet Wune.---A white Lon-. ll" ""V 00 "T " y tl'u, ? f?" 7 ake of white wa beside it when iv I . . I. . I . . . I L is nut ai'av. Cover the box tiuhtlv. and on no uccouut epen it until you take tie bonm f out to be worn. In the sajie n.uuuer, whit fills cr Cactou crspeehawii maybe 1 reserve!
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