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NEW SERIES, VOL. 9, NO. 19.
SUNI3U11Y, N011TIIUMBEULAND COUNTY, PA -SATURDAY, AUGUST 1S56.
OLD SERIES, VOL- 16. NO 45
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The Sunbury American,
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BY II. B. MASSER,
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. T T O Ii N E Y AT LAW,
SCNBUBV, PA.
Husiness attended to in the Counties of Nor
thumberland, Union', Lycoming Montour anil
Columbia.
Hefurcnttes in Philadelphia:
Hon. lob R.' Tyson, Chan. Oibliona, F.k..
Homers & KatKlcrass, I.inn. Sinilh 4: Co.
LOCUST MOUNTAIN COLLIERY
S U P E U I 0 il W II 1 T E A S II
ANTHBACITB COAL,
From the Mammoth Vein, for Furnaces, Found
rios, Steamboats nuil amily use,
M T. CaIIMBL, NllllTltCMBr.ltl.ANU ('Ol-STT, Pa
SIZES OF COAL.
LUMP, for liltiat Furnnccs anil Cupolas,
STEAMBOAT, for Steamboats, Hot Air
Furnnccs and Stearu.
. BROKEN',) por fimtcs, Stoves and Slcam.
K(i(f, )
STOVE, ) For Stoves, .Steam and burning
NUT, "Lime.
PEA, fur Limcburners and making Steam.
frders received at Mt. .Uarincl or Xorllium
. barlanii Wharf, will reccivo promit attention.
M. 13. BELL,
1). J. I.HVH,
WILLIAM MUIR.
May S, 1856.-tf
DILWORTH BRANs'ci & CO.
' Hardware Merchants,
' Huvinij removed from No. 6 to No. 73
Mtnkct Street, Pliiliideljhia,
Are prepared, with Rrea.tly increased facilities,
to fill otdtrs'for HAUDVVAlii: of every variety
on best terms, from a full assortment, including
I K:iilrnad Shovels, Picks, 4 c.
Coontiy incrcliiiils ail olliers will find it to
their intttrcvt to cnl! and examine our slock be
fore I'urcluisinu ebsewliere.
April 12, isnn. ly
"Gml wul our Notice Land."
QUStiUKlIAXNA CAMP, No. 2. of the O.
" of the I. 8. A. holds its stated sessions every
Momiat evening in their New Hall, opposite L
V. U rights sMro. yunbury, Pa. Inilitation and
rcBn'ia,.S2,U0.
JO!! X G.YOUNG, V. C.
i:'i.Wii.uiit, H. s.
Kiuiburv, July 1, le'SB Oct 20 '55
O. OUT XJ. -A- 3VE.
M N1)I KY (.UUXCJL, No. 30, O. of U. A.
M. meets every Ttksiiat cveniiiK in the
American Hull, opposite E. Y. Uriahl's store,
Market street, Snnbury, Pa. Members of the
order are respectfully requested" to intend. t
Wll. A. BKUXEK, C.
C V. Smith, I! S.
.tinbnrv, Juiv S, tSrfi o 50, 55.
J. S. OF -A
T-srASHINGTON CAMP, No. 19 .1. S. of A
holds ils stated meetings every Thursday
evening, in tin American 'Hull, M.trket Street,
Sunbury.
A. .1. rtOCKKFKLLEH, P.
J. P. SlIIWIlKL (itllllN. It. S.
Sunbury, July 5, 1850 tf.
elicit)) Watches 5 Jewelry
V7HOLESALE and Itetail, at the "Phihidcl-
phia WaU-h and Jewelry Store," No. 06
North Second Street, corner of Quarry,
hHIIiADELPHIA,
Cold I, ever WaWies, full jeweled, Iw rarnt cnes, 82,0(1
tiold Lepiua 11', Sil.lKilFiiiefilvrT SHx.tucles. I .SI)
hilvrr U-p. full jewlleil, S'.l.lfiokl llriieeluta, 3.IKI
hilvi-r l.i vcr, full jrwiy It! l! tidies' Hold Pencils,
irttpeiior iiunriiem, 7. silver Tea spoons, set, 5,00
(iold fpeetui-les. T,tul
Gold Pens, with Peui ilnd Silver Holder, 1,0(1
" Gold Finger Kings, 37i cents to $80 ; Watch
Glasses, plain, 1VJ cents; Patent, ISj; Luuet,
ii5; other articlcs'in proportion. All gods war
ranted to be what they are sold for.
STAUFFER & HAKLEY,
On hand, some Gojd and Silver Levers and
Lepines, still lowr tlian the ubove prices,
Sspt. 0, 855, Ly.
ir fe w cTo'o ids
, AT
. P. W. Gray's Store.
A large assortment just received from Phila
delphia, and sold cheaper than ever for,cash or
country produce. Among bis stock will be
lou.ij
. . Fancy Ircs Coodn,
of all kinds and the latest and most fashionable
, stiles, II lurk and Fancy Dress Silks, Challies,
liraize Do Luir.s, Ginghams, Lawns, Shawls,
Prints, Dress Trimmings, Hose Gloves, Stocks,
Cloths, Oussiincfes, Yestiugs,, .ntn Drills,
Irish Linens, Muslins, Parasols and Uutbrellus,
&c., 4-c. ' . '
HA KDWARE a general assortment.
GROCERIES, Fish, Cheese, It aisins, Tobacco
, and Cigars, I jueensware, boots, Shoes, Hals and
Caps, and a general variety. ,
tyPLEAsE CALL AND SEErj
P. W.GKAY.
Sunbury, May 24, 1856. If
' lHJtt SALK!
Tt) KTEAM ENGINES 90 Horse power each,
tt J with boilers. Would make excellent pump-
i
a on gi lies, together with 8 large blowing cy lin
ers, suilublo for a blast furnace. Apply to
HENRY LONG EN EC RE It it CO.
, Shamokin Iron Works,
Shamokin, Pa.
. Rhamakin. July SI. 185, -
STOVES' .
IORifiALE ait excellent second-hand Cook
ing Stove, also svyerU Cylinder. .Upal
JiOves.-cEn puire at this ortiis.
Bargains at the Old Stand.
FRILING & GRANT
,4 RE now npcninr; a new and very desirable
atock of Spring and 8umrricr Goods, em
bracing an endless variety. Their stock con
sists in part of
Blaok & Fancy Broadcloths &Cassimeres,
Summer Wares for men and boys, all styles and
prices. i
DRESS GOODS.
SIT.tCS I'lttin and Figured Dlacl:
An assortment of Pldid Stripe and Figured Fan
cy Dress Silks at unusually low prices,
Shcllica, Brazes, Brazo UoLains, Mus.
Do Lnins, Lawns, &6,
GIN G H A MS from U to 25 cent pbf yard.
CALIUOHS 3 "12$ . "
. . ; 'VVillTE GOODS,
Cambric, Juconctts, Swiss, Tarlton, MuHTCobi-
nett, French and Swiss Lares, Edgings, At!.
Drown and bleached Muslins, llrillings. Ticks,
Checks, Towlings, Tablu. Diapers, 4 c-
onoi'Kitii.s.
HARDWARE and QUEENSWARE,
Cedar-ware, Hollow-ware, tron, Steel, Plaster
Salt and Fish.
Alsa a tresh supply of
' DHUUS AND MF.DICINK9.
Thnnkful for past favors, wo hope by strict
attention a nd a desire to please, still to meet with
the approval of our friends.
CV Country produce of all kinds taken at the
highest market price
Sunbury, May 24, 18riG ly.
Flour, Feed and Provision store.
SEASH0LTZ & PETERY,
liroadteay, belirecn Murl tt J- Blackberry Sis.
RESPECTFULLY inform the citizens of
Snnbury and vicinity thnt they have just
received a I urge and well selected assortment
of choice
-FIJULTLT? GP.CCEPJES,
consisting in part of Hams, Shoulders, Mackerel,
Herring, White Fish, Cod Fish, Salt Preserved
Fruit, Pickles, Crackers, Cheese, Molasses, Kice,
Sugar, Coffee, (croon, roasted and ground.) Im
perial, i oung Hyson, liuiiponricr and 13 lack
Teas, Ccdar-wnrc, Stonc-warc, Soaps, brushes
plow and wash lines, boots and shoes, tobacco,
scgars, &c, together with every article usually
found in a first class Grocery Store, all of which
will be sold at the lowest prices, either for cash in
country produce. We arc also prepared to sup
ply the citizens wilh Tresh bread, twist, rolls, pics,
pretzels and cakes of every kind.
IS. U. 1 he lugliest casli prices will be paid for
butter and eggs, corn, oats, rye and wheat.
Sunbury, May 31, 185G.
AT
S. IT. Thompson's Store,
In I.oirtr Autusta tnwHxhipf at the Junction vj
the 'J'uljichocken and Plum creek roads.
rTHIE subscriber having returned from the city
with a new and extensive assortment of
fashionalile'goods, rcspeetfulfy calls the attention
bf Fnrmers, Mechanics and others to the same.
SFK1NG AND SUM M Kit GOODS,
a consisting in part of
Dry tlootls, viz :
Cloths, Cassimercs, Cassinets, Jeans, Drillings,
Muslins, Vesting, Tweed s, and all kinds of
Spring and Summer Vcar,
LADIES DliESS AND FANCY GOODS,
Calicoes, Muslin de Lnins, Lawns,
Uinchams, Veragcs, llols,
Woolens, Flannels, fyc
c;itot
Sugar, Teas, Colli e, Rice, Molasses, Cheese,
Spices, Salt, &c, Ac, &c.
ESnE'iUtare,
Nails, Screws, Hilcs, Sjiws, Knives & Forks, A.c
Queens and Glassware,
of various stvles and patterns.
boots And shoes.
A large assortment of Hoots and Shoes, for
men, women and children.
Hats Caps, Ac, of various sizes and styles.
BcViilrs a large and general assortment of
fashionable goods. Call and examine for your
selves. CS Country produce of all kinds taken in
exchange at the highest market prices.
S. N. THOMPSON.
Lower Augusta, 0 mo. 24, 185(1.
MOUNT CAKMEL HOUSE,
.MOUNT CARMEL,
Xorlhitinha laiid County, I'cnimylcaniti.
fBHIllIS large and commodious Hotel is situa
U ted nearly half way between Sunbury and
i'uttsvillc. The sceneiy the salubrity of the
atmosphere and the cool mountain breezes, make
it one of the most delightful summer retreats in
the country. The Hotel. Is a new structure, four
stories high, fitted up with all the modern con
veniences. The pure mountain water is intro
duced into every chamber. The place is easy
of access, being but one and a hull hours ride
from Sunbury, over the Philadelphia and Sun
bury Ruil Roud. From Pottsville, it is 17 miles.
Every attendance will be paid by the proprie
tor to make guests comfortable. Charges mode
rate. JKSSE RICE.
ML Carmel,May 24, 1856 tf .
New Goods for the People !
DKXJ A 31 1 N UEFFN KU
RESPECTFULLY informs the public in gen
erul thnt he has just received and opened a
splendid stock of
SritING AND SUMMER GOODS
at his New Store, in Lower Augusta township.
II is stock consists in part ol
Cloths, Cassimers, Cassinets.
of all kinds, of linen, cotton and worsted.
ALSO:
CnllrocN, (liigliamH, LawiM,
MoiiMNVlinc lie L.utiiea "
and all kinds of Ladies Dress Goods.
GrocrrlcM,
Also an assortment of IlitrdwarC, Iruu
and Steel, Nails, &c.
Also an excellent assortment of
QUEENSWARE, of various styles and
patterns.
Also an assortment of IOOT8 & SHOES.
II ATS &: CA PS, a good selection. i
Salt, Fish, cc. !
And a great variety of other articles such as are
suitable to the trade, all of which will ba sold at
the lowest prices.
lV Country produce taken ineichanja a
the highest prices.
Lower Augusta, May C4, 1866.
Silk, cotton and linen Handkerchiefs, funcy
neck lies,. gents' collars, cotton, opera sack and
Welsh Flannels, port monnais and the best as
sortment of Hats and Caps in town for, sale- by
May 31 '56. E. Y, DKIGHT & SON.
RAISINS, Figs, Jujube Paste. Kivck Candy,
Jelly 'jukes and Gum Drops for sale by
May 31. '68.... . .WM. A. DRKKER.
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01
IS IT WORTH WHILE.
rnr martin r. tuppkr,
Patience ! O proud ond high spirited na
tions, Knglnnd, America bear, nnd forbenr I
Patience ! ir both of us will but have pa
tience, All may bo well by a trifle of care:
Only, inaleud of hot words with each other,
Hear without striking, and speaking with
out uilo
And, as to war between brother and broth
er. Count up the cost of it It is worth while?
There should indeed bo invincible causes
More than a matter or pique or of pride,
Moro thnti sorhe questions and quibbles of
clauses,
Partisan squibs and wbalevor besiilo
Tliuro sliuuld bo wrongs and much long-enduring,
. ,
Mutuul sins in a black double file,
There should be evils past beuring or cur-
ilirr,
Ere such a war.could bo over worth while
AVhat t shall a bhmdor or two o'ld a blus
ter. Got up by governments for t licit own ends,
Or the fierce pranks of some shrewd Filibus
ter. Turn into enemies kinsmen anil friends ?
Both of us may be ambitious and juulous
Some even here in this tight lit.tlo isle, '
Much such as you, are intruclublu fellows
But to bo foes would be hardly worth
while.
Freedom's own children each other destroy
ing, Having in folly, and raging in sin !
Think how tho despots of Europe enjoying
Such a vilo mtipsucre gladly would grin ;
Think of tho blood to bu poured out liko wa
ter, Blind to disgrace us as well m defile,
Think of the havoc and rapine and slaughter
All in ono family Is H. woith while?
It u in without mitigation or measure,
Knvuging all thul is good in tho world,
Myriads of lives and millions of treasure
Down to perdition, remorselessly hurl'd ;
Liberty scandalised, progress retarded,
Commerce by wholesule and bankruptcy's
tile,
Countries laid dosolato.cities bombarded,
All because pride, s'ays, a war a worth
while 1
O that a spirit of better confiding
More than diplomacy's craft comprehends,
Weru the good rula of humanity guiding
Governments how to keep people's good
friends ;
O that no slunderaus evil suspicions,
No bitter paragraphs brimming with bile,
Made us all utterly bud politicians, '
Dreaming that such a war would be worth
while !
All that is wicked on history's blazon
Would be but imiocence gauged with our
crifhe ; .
Guilt, such us wondering demons might gaze
on,
Wide as tho' world, and uuending wilh
time ;
For our carnage fraternal, gigantic,
Broadly would crimson for mile upon mile,
Both tho world's highways, Pucilii:. Atlantic,
Ay, nnd both hemispheres Is it worth
while ?
Neither of us (we are both Anglo-Saxon)
Ever give up, nor ever givo in ;
Victory neither have ever turn'd backs on,
Always we perish, or ulwnys wo win.
Russians, and Prussians, and other like tissue,
Eight with a courage we wouldn't revile ;
But for us two there is only one issue,
Both must be conquerors ! Is it worth
while ?
No ! wo nro Giants, but aons of ono Mother,
Let not the pigmires rejoice in our strife ;
Let us forgive, as brother with brother.
Aye, and help on ono another in life;
We can do good by wholesule together,
Winning man's welfare und Heaven's own
smile,
Wo can do evil the scnlo is a feather
Which is worth while brother, which is
worth while ?
Select Cnlc.
A FEARFUL NIGI1T.
"Como down nt onco Ellen is dying '."
That was all they said seven short words.
1 read the telegraph paper ttguin and again
before 1 could comprehend lliu full force of
the message it bore. My eyo wandered ovor
the regulations of the company, their tariff
of pi ices, the conditions under which they
undertook their functions, and at last revert
ing to tho pencilled lines, J roused myself
1 1 oui the stupor into which their receipt hud
thrown uie, ui.d understood their purport.
Ellen Luttrell was dying. Shu was my cou
sin, my earliest playmate, niy embodiment of
ull that was lowly, pure, und womuuly. 1
have no sisters, but had 1 been so blessed, I
could not have loved her with a deeper ull'eu
tion thau I bestowed on Vi'llen. My regurd
for her wus utterly passionless, utterly inde
scribable. Love, in the common acceptation
of luu word, bad never been mentioned be
tween us; we canlided to each other all our
flirtations, all the caprices, annoyances, and
jealousies which, are lliu lot of young people.
Wheu 1 first engaged to Lucy. 1 wus not
happy until Ellen could share my joy, could
see the object of my choice, and in sweet sis
terly tones could congratulate me upon it. It
was iny delight to see the affection springing
up between my cousin and her whom 1 now
cull my wife to hear their mutual praises of
each other, and to think that, until some fa
vored suitor should come to claim her for bis
own, Ellen would gli'iro our new houie.--This
was not to bo. Just befora my marriage, my
cousin weut to Burgundy, on a visit to an old
school fellow, whose husbaud, a sickly and
consumptive man, was compelled to reside
there furrfbe benefit of bis heullh. llor stny
in Fiunce, which wob to have occupied but a
few weeks, extended over sis months. 1 heard
from her but twice during the intervul, but on
the occasion of my marriage she wrote a long
and ollectionate letter to Lucy, telling her
that she was perfectly happy, and speaking
iu those mysterious terms which girls love to
use, of a certain Yivouipte do Bode, who was
paying her great attention. Two months
ufuir, Ellen suddenly returned to Engluud,
accompanied by her brother, who bad been
dispatched to briug ber back Teere was a
1 mystery conooctsd viifa -utlurn which
could never fathom ; her mother, Indeed,
wrote me a plaintive letter lamenting the fol
ly into which young girls usually throw away
their affections, and hinting thnt even Ellen's
good sense was not proof against womanly
weakness, nnd that had she not been recalled
when she was, she would hove been drawn
into a marriage which for reasons hereafter
to be verbally explained to me, must have
been an everlasting soorco of misery to her.
At the receipt of this letter from my omit, I
was, it is needless to Bay, very much pained,
but being forbidden to answer it (for Ellen
was unaware that 1 had been writton to. and
the sight cf a letter in my wcr.';iiown
hand-writing would doubtless arouse her
suspicions,), I was compelled to wait tin
til further information was afforded mc. That
information never came, and wntil her brother
telegraphed to mo in tho words with which I
havo commenced my story, I heurd nothing
of the Luttrell family.
Within ten minutes ofter I received tho
telegraphic message, I had thrown a few
things into a carpet-bag, had a card stitched
on to it with my name, and Bolton's, Tam
worth, for the address (for 1 urn old-fashioned
ulways to direct my luggage in case of loss.)
and was rattling in a Hansom to Eustou
Square I arrived just in timo to calch the
night mail train ; tho platform was thronged,
there were Oxford men going back to tho
university, barristers starting on circuit,
sporting men going down for the Leamington
steeple chase, and invalids off to Malvern in
search of health. Porters were pushing rush
ing against stolid old gentlemen, crushing
their feet with enormous heavily laden bar
rows, and cryinir, '-by your leave," white the
sufferers were clasping their mangled limbs
in anguish. The post-ofllco van, with its trim
arrangement of sorting boxes, nnd it travelling-capped
clerks, stood gaping to receive
the Hood of bags pouring into it from tho
shoulders of tho red coated guards ; non-passengers
were bidding adieu to their friends
at the doors of tho carriage J tho policemen
were busily unhooking the various labels from
neighboring Bletchley to distant Perth, with
which the vehicles wfro bedizened ; commer
cial gents, those knowing travellers, were set
tling theaiselves comfortably on the back
seats of the second class; tki old gentleman
who is always lute, was being rapidly hurried
.to his place; und tho black-fuced stoker wns
leaning forward, looking cut for the signal
of tho station-master to go head, whuji I
sprung into n first-lass compartment aud
took tlio only vacant seat I found there.
Once started, I looked round upon my tra
velling compuniuns, who wero apparent
ly of the usual stamp. There wns a stout, red
faced, gentleman-farmer looking man, rather
flushed with tho lust pint of port nt Sinison
nnd the exertion of cramming a fat little pm t
mnuteau (the corner of which ttiU obstinate
ly protruded) under tho seat; there was n
thin, pale-faced curate, with no whiskers nnd
slsirt-collor, but with a long black coat, und a
silk waistcout buttoning round tho throat,
a mild, washed-out, limp, .afternoon-service
style of man, engage in reading a little book
with a brass on the back, ond "Ye Lyfl'e of
St. Crucifidge," eniblazoncd of in red letters.
There wus a fidgety, pinched up old lady
with n face so wrinkled as to make one thank,
ful she wus a female, as by no earthly menus
could she have shaved it, who kept perpetu-
uuy peering into a mottled looking basket
suggestive of sandwiches ntid sherry-flasks,
under apprehension o having lost her ticket,
and there a young man apparently devoted
to the stock-broking interest, stiff us fo all
his rounder checked as his trousers, natty as
to his boots" who kept alternately paring" his
nails, stroking his chin, whistling popular
melodies in n subdued tone, aml-uttcmptiug
to go to sleep. Filially, on the opposite sjilo
to me, and iu the further corner, there was a
largo bundle, tho only visible component
parts of which wero a large poncho cloak, a
black beard, and a slouched, foreign looking
hat, but these parts were all so blended and
huddi'd together, that after five minutes sharp
scrutiny it would have been didicult to tell
what the bundlo really was.
I had arrived so late at the station that I
had not had timo to provide myself with a
book, or even, to render the journey more
tedious, by the purchase of an evening paper;
so after, nl'ter settling down in my scot, 1 had
to content myselt with a perusal of Bradshuw
with wondering whether anybody ever went
to Ambergate, Flotton Episcopi, or Bolton-le-Moors.
and what they did .when they got
there, and with musing upon Deal's bedstead
which, according to the advertisement, could
be sent free by post, and upon tho dismayed
gentleman, who, iu the woodcut, cunnot put
up the umbrella, aud is envious of the sypho-
mud individual who huds comfort in a storm.
B'.tt this species of amusement, though uudo
liiubly exciting nt first, palls oil repetition,
and 1 soon found myselfletting tha Bradshaw
drop, and endeavoring to seek solace in sleep.
To seek, but not to titid. To me. 6leep iu a
railway carriage is next to impossible. First
the lump glares in my eyes, aud wheq I try to
cover them with my hut, the still' riin grates
over my nose, und scrubs mo to desperation;
then tho cloth-covered sides of the carriage
are rough to my face; my legs ore crumped,
und my feet in opposition to the rest of my
body, go to sleep, and are troubled with pins
aud needles ; and so, after much tossing, and
tumbling, and changing from side to sido, 1
sit bold upright, gazing ut tho lamb, aud
thinking over Ellcu and the object of my
journey, uutil we urrivc at our first halting
place, Bletchley. He we lose the curatt and
the stock broker, the flushing lumps of the
hitter's dog-cart boinjr seen outsidu the sta
tion yard. The old lady gets out too, under
tho impression that we uru at the Crewe, aud
is only induced to return ufter muchussuranco
and, iu fact, bodily force ou the part of a por
ter. She, I, the farmer, and the bundle, uie
left together again, and the truiu proceeds
And uow, worn-out uud utterly wearied, 1
full asleep in good earnest, und asleep so
soundly that I do not rouse till a prolonged
lloil'' reverberates in my ears, nnd starting
up, I find the lights of Crewe station Hashing
iu-iny eyes, tho farmer uud the old ludy gone,
and a porter holding up my carpet-bag and
tulking through the curriago wiudow, "An
bid lady has just left this carriage," says he,
"have tuku u carpet'buge in mistuke for her
own, bhe thinks. Does uny one own this hero
directed to Buttons, Tumworth t"
At these words, the bundle roused, picked
itself up, aud showed itself to u young man,
with a bearded face, aud a remarkubly bright
eye. He seemed about to speak ; but I, half
asleep, reclaimed my property, handed out
the old lady's luggage, aud, as the whistle
announced our departure, sunk back again in
slumber.
1 bad slept, I suppose, for abdkit three min
utes, when 1 was aroused by a choking, suf
focating sensation in my throat, aud ou open
ing my eyes, 1 saw the bearded countenance
of the stranger within an iuch of my face, his
e,(3 Hushing, his nostril dilated, aud his
whole frame quiveriug with emotion ! so that
his baud, although twisted in my Deckcloth,
trembling violently. Surprise fur a second
numbed my energies, but I soon recollected
jlbo practical teaching of my old initiator
the Worcestershire Nobbier, and finding I
could free myself by no menns,' denlt him a
blow with my left hand which sent him stng
gering to the other end of tlio carriage. He
recovered himself in an instnnt, and rushed
at me again ; but this time I was on my guard
and as he advanced I seized his hands by the
wrists, and being much the more powerful
man, forced him into a seat, and kept him
there, never for an instant relaxing my grip.
"Let me go I" he hissed between his teeth,
spoaking in a foreign accent. "Let me go
Scoundrel, coward I release me !"
Had any third person been present they
could cot have failed to bu amused at the
matter orfact tono of my remarks in contrast
to tho high flown speech of the stranger.
"What the deuce do you mean, sir, by at
tacking nn inoffensive man in this way?"
said I, "what's your motive ? You don't look
liko a thief."
"Xo," he screamed, "'tis you who arc the
thief, yon who would steal from me all that
I cherish in the world 1"
"Why, I never set pVps on you before !" I
exclaimed, getting bew'ildered and not feeling
quite certain whether 1 was asleep or awake.
"Xo, but I have heard of you," he replied,
"heurd of yon too often. Tiens I did not
you just ucknowledge you were going to
Boltous !"
"Well, what if I am ?" I asked. "You
shall never reach your destination." and with
a sudden twist he shook my hahd from his
neck, sprang at my face nnd Etrnck me with
such force that I fell on my back on tho
floor of tho carriage. In falling J dragged
my adversary with me, but ho was nimbler
than I, and succeeded in planting his kneo
on my throat while he pinned my hands to my
sides. Seeing mo at his mercy he gnvo a cry
of triumph, then staoping over mo he scan
ned my face with such a wild and scaring
glance that a glimmering of tho truth for the
first time flashed across me the man was
mad. I turned faint sick at the idea, and
closed my eyes. "Ah ha!'' shrieked the
lunatic, "you jmlo, yon tremble I Yon, on
Englishman, change color like a girl ! You
shall bo yet another color before I leave you,
your cheeks shall be blue, your eyes red,
Entends tu miserable?" And as ho spoke he
knelt with Eticli force on my throut that 1 felt
lisy ryes were starting from their sockets; I
struggled convulsively, but the moro I
writhed tho moro tightly did ho press mo
with his knee, until ut lungth tho anguish
grew insupportable, and I fainted.
How long I remained insensible, I know
not; it can have been but a very few minutes,
however, when 1 came to myself I found the
fresh night uir blowing over my face, 1 saw
the door of the carriage open, and felt the
madman endeavoring to drug mo to the aper
ture with the evident iutention of throwing
me out upon the line:
And now I felt that the crisis was at hand,
and that it wns but a question of time
whether I could hold out until we urrived at
the station, or whether I should be murdered
by the lunatic. We were both young men,
und though, perhaps, 1 was naturally tho
moro powerful, yet his position gave him
great advantages, as I was still extended on
my back, while he was stooping over me. and
while my limbs were crumped he had full
play for all his energies. On seeing me re
covering from tho swoon, he uttered a short,
sharp cry, and bending lower, twined his
hands iu my cravat. Now was my opportu
nity; his back was to the door, bis facu so
close to mine, that I could feel his breuth on
my cheek. Gathering all my reinuining
strength together, 1 seized him by the uncles,
nnd literally hurled him over iny head on to
his face. Ho fell heavily, striking his head
against, tho opposite door, uud lay stunned
and bleeding. In a second 1 was on my feet
ready to grapple him, but as 1 arose the
engine shrieked our upprouehing udvent to
the station, und ul eost before 1 could raise
my fallen foo we run into Tuinworth. The
first person I saw on the platform was.Klleu's
brother, to whom, ufter hearing that she was
out of danger, 1, in a few words, narrated my
adventure, and pointed out the stranger, who,
still insensible, wus supported by some of the
porters.
"Let's havo a look nt the fellow !" said
Fred Luttrell an unsophisticated youth
but he no sooner had eyes on the pallid face
than ho drew back, exclaiming, "By Jove, it's
Bode."
And so it was ; and by the aid of explana
tion, 1 received afterwards from Fred Lut
trell, I was. in sotno measure enabled to
account for the attack mado upon me. It
uppeurs that Vicomle do Bode hud seen
Ellen while in Burgundv, and fell desperate
ly in love with her; but his addresses were
utterly discouraged by her friends, for one
reason alone but that a most powerful one.
His family were afflicted with hereditary in
sanity, uud ho himself hud already ou two
occasions shown tho taint. Of course it was
impossible to declare to him the real reuson
of his rejection and he was uccordingly in
formed thut Ellen's parents hud long since
pledged her baud to a connexion of her
own. -
After her departure ho grew moody and
irritable, and it wus judged advisable to have
him watched ; but he managed to elude tho
observation of his keepers, and to escape to
England. Ellen's address was well known
to him ; ho wus proceeding thither, and when
he heard the very house mentioned by thu
porter at Crewo us the direction, of my lug
gage, he doubtless, in his wandering mind,
pictured me us his rival and supplanter.
My dear Ellen recovered, and so did the
Yicouite that is to say, from my assault.
As to his madness, it stood by him, poor fel
low, until he died,
Poi.iTii'Ai, Bhl'tai.ity. Thu Now York
Mirror thus alludes to the course of the New
York Tribune. Thu Mirror is a Buchunau
puper:
The Xew York Tribune which has a
rampiro taste for the churchyard, and grows
fat iu obscene feasts over the disinterred bo
dies of the deud antagonists. endeavors to
make political capital by lugging into tho
Presidential campaign the name of the daugh
ter of ex-President Fillmore.
Aud so this lioblu uud happy. nuUirod young
person who, in her short lile-tiuie, never hud
an enemy, whose kind, aud frank, and auiiu
bio disposition, neither Buttery nor high sta
tion conld corrupt, und whose death, in the
bloom of womuuhood, plunged a family into
aflliction aud grieved tho hearts of all 'who
knew her, is made the text for an attack upou
her nearest surviving relatives, and is drag
ged into controversy of vilo epithets aud
slang.
The Lafokst Fi.keck Ykt. Daniel and
Moses Norton, of this town, to-duy, sheared
twenty-live pounds of unwashed wool, from a
full blood Spanish Merino buck four years
old. He was sheared ubout the ",01b of June,
last year, and the fleece weighed seventeen
pounds washed. 1 think this will be hard to
beat. it. B. W. Alabama, A'. '., July 3,
1 ii iu, Jiurul Asm,' I'orkgr, J A"
1 o 1 1 r'jj.
LOVE.
We lire young,
And both are loving.
Yon lovo mc,
And I love yon ;
Each, each other's
Faults reproving
Some in me,
And FOtno in you ;
What is best
For us to do ?
Live and love,
.Continue loving
Yon loving mo,
I loving you ;
Each, each other's
Fault's reproving
You reproving me ;
I you ;
This is best
For us to do !
feOAi?
Wo want soap, . .
Both need scrubbing;
You soap me,
And I soup you ;
Each, each other's
Rough hides rubbing ;'
You seffib fnt;,
And I scrub you ;
What is best
For us to do?
Live and rub,
Continue rnbbinr;
Yon-rubbing mo,
1 rubbing you ;
Krtch, each other's
Rough hide scrubbing,
You scrubbing me,
1 you ;
This is best
For us to do.
Jlcfcrnb flatter.
IIC1TON IN THE FII LB.
Coi.. Bcxtos is stirring up the poliltical
couldron with a vengeance in Missouri
throwing into it, nil tho spicy ingredients
which he can so profusely commaud. They
rcmiud us, says tho Now Orleans'Bulletin j of
some of tho condiments used by tho witches
in "Macboth" in compounding their hell
broth ;
"Kye of news, and toe of froir,
WriMit of hut, anil tongue of tlog,
Antler's fork, ami blind worm's sting;
Lizzard's leg, and owlet1! wing'
Old Bullion has entered very actively upon
tho campaign, lie is a Candidate for Gover
nor of M issouri. There nro throe candidates
in tho field ono representing tho old line
Democrats, ono tho American party, and Col
Benton, tho nominee of tho Benton Demo
crats. While canvassing for himself he occa
sionally gives a lift to Mr. Buchanan, whom
ho considers a marvellously proper man for
tho Presidency. Some of the old lino Demo
crats are, however, not disposed to give him
credit for honesty and sincerity.
Speaking of President Pierce, he says :
No President, seeking a second election,
has ever been 60 repudiated before. Several,
so seeking, have been defeated by their ad
versaries, but no one has been defeated by his
own party. Tho elder Mr. Adams was de
feated by the Democratic party', then called
Republican ; tho younger Mr. Adams was
defeated by tho samo party ; Mr. Van Buren
.was defeated by tho Whigs. But each of
theso gentlemen hud tho consolation of hav
ing preserved tho respect nud confidence of
his own party. Not so with Mr. Pierce.
He is repudiated by those who had exalted
him. After four years' trial he is condemned
and thrown away tho victim of his advisers
It is tha most humiliating termination of a
public career that ever was witnessed.
Of Jefferson Davis, he says :
Ho is a mertinet, puffed up with West
Point science ; dogmatical, and pragmatical,
withiu his circle ; but thot circle is a narrow
one, and he moves uucoutrolled withiu it.
Ho is au avowed secessionist.
Caleb Cushing ho immortalizes in the fol"
lowiug stylo.
Of the outside force of nullifiers still less
remains to be said. They govern when they
please, and always iu tho same style by pre
senting a menacing frout. Of ull these the
Attorney General is the mnster spirit. Ho
is a man of talent, of learning, of iudustry
unscrupulous, doublo sexed, doublo gendered,
und hermaphroditic in politics with a bingo
in his knee, which he often crooks, "that
thrift may follow fawuing " Ho governs by
subserviency, and to him is deferred the mus
ter's placo in Mr. Pierce's Cabinet. I hud
known Mr. Cushing as au abolitionists, voting
agaiust Arkansas bemuse she was a Slave
State, aud bucking Slack1, of Vermont, in tho
attempt to ubolish slavery iu the District of
Columbia. I had known him as a Whig at
tacking tho Democracy and ull their measures
and as a Tylerite, auctioneering offices for
Tyler as long as ho had au office to go to the
hammer. 1 could havo no faith iu au udmiii.
istrutiou so led, and foretold its calamitous
fate from the moment it was seen who was to
bu iu it.
The entire speech is what is culled by au
exchange paper, an elaborate eudictmeut
agaiust the administration and all its mea
sures. TIIK Wlllli AM Mil I IIXMORE.
The Now York Herald, which has hereto
fore afl'ectod to believe that Mr. Fillmore
would not carry a 6iuglo Stuto iu tho Uuion,
uow says I
"Of lute, however, a resurrection of tho
"Old line Whigs" in tho South has given a
new impulse to the Fillmore cause. The
Old line Whigs" of Maryland, iu a formal
Statu Convention, have declared hini their
"o d line" candidate upon the good ideas of
tho old Whig party. -Thi proceeding in
Maryland has beeu heartily seconded by the
"Old Hue Whigs" of Virginia, and will doubt
less bo followed up by similar movements
throughout thu Southern States; und this
restoration of Mr. Fillmore to the respecta
ble position of the "Old line Whig" candidate
will be very opt to give hiui four or five, if
not a full lial. dozeu of the Southern Status.
This consummation will carry the election
into Congress, should Fremont fail of uu
electiou by the people by his vote in the
Northern States. Iu this resurrectiou aud
reaction of tho "Old liuu AY bigs" therefore,
Mr. Fillmore ceases tu be au insignificant
figure in 1 tie perspective, uud becomes a pro
minent object in the foreground of the picture.
The stiffness is taken out of his joints by the
Old Whig liniment, aud bu begins to jog
along on the South side of thu course ut a
fair uud promising pace, and iu a free pcrjii
ratiou." It will thus be seen thnt Fillmore is be
coming a formidable antagonist of Fremout,
and the question will sooutie narrowed down
to these two candidates.
Tni? Kansas Laws. Mr. Cotfo recently
delivered a speech in Congress, in which he
handles with great severity the lows pnsscd
by tho Kansas legislature. That such laws'
Bhould bo passed in a republicancrtintr by
inen prof?;sing to be Americans and freemen
ii surprising. Among other things the lawi
enact that to bring into the territory anything
in print calculated to produce disorderly dis
affection among slaves, (and horde ruffian"
judges aud juries, are to decide as the ten-'
doncy of any Such document ; for no man who
docs not admit the right to hold slave in tho'
territory is oljowcd to bo a juryman in costS
whoro slavery is at all implicated), sobjest oil
individual to imprisonment and hard labor fof
a tortri not lesi than five years; And merely
to maihtain by spoken words, that persons
have not the right to hold slaves in Kansas,
is made a feloryj to punished with imptisOn1
meet ond hard labor fbr a term not lets tbar!
two years. And tho Statutes provide for thd
carry-in out the pcrialtyjn this Charactcri6tid
way. Tho kcopor is to set tbo Convict at la
bor upon the streets, highways, public build ings
and other public works, or to hire hint
Out to private persons, as slaves are hired out
in the South, and cause whilo thus engaged,'
to be securely confined by a chain six ftd vi
length of not less than fonr-sixteenth9( nof
more than three-eights of nn inch links, with
a round ball of iron uf not less than four, nor
moro than six inches in diameter attached'
which chain is to be securely fustetied to the
ancle with a strong lock and key.
No wonder that Senator Claytou said they
wero atrocious and bloody, and that General
Cass announced them as disgraceful to thd
63?" They are builng a fine Hotol in Lock
Haven called tho 'Fallen House." The main
building is 109 feet front by 40 deep with rt
wing 70 feet deep runnfng to tho riror. It
will bo finished in September.
11HLTAL MLRDliil OF A YOUNG Ll'if".
A letter from McKenn, Erie county, Pa.
to tho New York Tribune, dated July 8'
gives the follotvinj; account of a murder in
that vicinity growiug out of a lovo affair:
It oppears that a man by the name of Wal
ter llayt had for some time been paying bis
attentions to a Miss Allen. He was over 40
years old, whilo she was in her ITith year.
Tho girl's futher had asked Hayt for the loan
of a rcrolvor,- which ho was known to have,
to shoot' rats with. Ho had, accordingly, lau
ded every barrel, and niter dinner proceeded
to the house of Allen, for tho doublo purposd
of seeing his daughter and delivering his pis
tol ; but after speuding some time with the;
girl, she told him that she would not "marry
him," and that if he was out of the way she
could get other beaus or another beau, when;
without a moment's hesitation, be drew from
his pocket the pistol, and placing it to her
bend deliberately fired, when she screamed
and fell. He then picked her up and kid her
on the loutige or settee, Jwhcn ho tired a sec-"
and barrel, tho ball passing thrdugh her head
forward of her ears. Tho mother of the girl,
was in au adjoining room, on hearing her
scream started to go to her assistance, but
Hayt commenced firing nt her,, ulso, but with
out effect. He then immediately left the
house und ran into tho woods, as was suppo
sed for tho purposo of secreting himself; but ,
instead of so doing, went as quietly as possi
ble and gave himself up to the proper author
ities. In his cxaminatiou he said that he had
no intention of shooting or hurting his victim
a minute before tho deed was done. He con
fessed everything, saying that he was perfect--ly
sane, but docs not know why ho tired at
the girl's mother, as he did not Want to harm
her. He was committed to the cure of the
jailor, and will probably havo his arial tho
first week in August.
A Rark Aximau Last Tuesday, Mr. Ja
cob 11. Stiller, of Allegheny Township, Blair
County, Pa , shot a hedgehog in a tree, on
his promises. This makes tho second unimal
of this species seen iu that country.
farmer's cpavlntcnt
E.iRt.Y Cki.krv Plants, if not yet set out(
no timo should be lost in doing so. Tho
young plants should bo carefully shaded, and
watered for a week or two twice a day after"
wards onco a day in the evening should bo
continued until the first earthing up. . A
liberal dressing of short barnyard manure
should bu applied, after tho plants havo
started to grow, and a few applications of
guano water, not too strong, will seud them
forward vigorously. Bekts, for lute-suso,
should now be sown, and C.uihai;k sot out.
We prefer most decidedly tho Drumhead
Savory both for winter keeping and for crout
but it is not a profitublo kind for market.
The heads are small and loose, and require at
Lust twice tho quantity to make a stand of
crout, but then it is twice as good ; and this
variety of cabbage fo winter boiling green
is exceedingly fine. Enuiyk should bu sown,
if not already done. It makes a line sulud,
if properly utteudud to.
nnl
Bcnnivt;.' Now is tho timo to bud fruit
trees. The cherry, peach, Ac, are much moia
cert Jin to grow by the budding process than
by grafting. Another advantage budding
has. Is that it call be resorted to in thoso
cases where grafting in the spring has failed,
thus giving bulf a year's start on grafting, or
at least allowing another chance for tho
growth of the scion. For ourselves, however,
wo prefer grafting for nil kinds of frnit. Tfnj
grafts ore stronger ond hardier for tho ensu-
ing winter, mnke better boughs, and generally,
eve.u with the half year's start of the bud,
are mora forwurd at the end .of two years.
If the cherry, even, which is the most difficult
to grow is properly grafted, there is littlo
doubt of growing. Our spring grafting of
the chuiry has turned out well.
Fhcit Growing. The progress madd
from year to vear in the cultivation of fruit,
is a marked feature in American Agriculture
and economic iudustry. It is stated that at
least one thousand persons iu the vicinity of
Rochester, New York, aloue, aro employed
in the cultivation of fruit trees, the sales of
the pre ducts of whose labor umoauted In
1634, to half a million of dollars. Hideed,
throughout the whole of Western New York,
fruit is rapidly becoming on of the staplo
productions.