NKW SERIES, VOL. 10, NO. 9.
SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA.-SATUIiDAY. MAY 23, 1857.
OLD SERIES, VOL. 17. NO 35.
The Sunbury American.
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SUNBTJRY, PA.
Husiiie. attended to in the Countie. or Nor
.iimherlari.I, Union, Lycoming Monloui end
7ilumli.
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men A SamUraM, Linn, Smith tc Co.
iOCUST MOUNTAIN COLLIERY
SUPERIO 11 WHITE ASH
ANTHRACITE COAL,
"rom the Mnnimh Vein, fr Furnace., Found
ricl, Suambjata and Family ue,
tT. CaHUKL, lNoHTIIf!aRLSD ClIOJIlI, P.
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srii.MB)AT, for Swuboat. Hl Air
Furniti'i and Steam.
JJKOKCN, ) p Grilt Stove and Sua.
K,!rt- J . . .
STOVE, (For Stovea, 8uam and burning
MT, i-ime.
I'E X.for l.iineburnor and making Hteam.
Order, received at ML Carmel or Northum-
.irUnd Wliarf, will receive prompt attention.
M. D. UKI.L,
: D. J. LEWH,
WILLIAM MUIR.
1 May 3, 1856. tf " r
DILWORTH BRANSON & CO.
Hardware Merchants,
Having removed from No. 69 to S0. 7S
Market Strcel, I'liiUdcIphia,
Are prepared, with greatly incrcaaed facilitie.
to fill order for HARDWARE of ever; variety
cn best term, from a full aiwortment, including
RiiilniMi Shovels, Picka, i c.
Country inerchanla and other will find it to
heir imeresi to call and examine our lock be
ore pur.-liuaing eUew'.iere.
April 12, 1866. 1 ' ' '
O. Or XT- -A.- 3E-
SUNUIKY COUNCIL. No. 30, O. of U. A.
M. meets every Tti!iit evening in the
Ameiicaii Hall, opposite E. Y. Uright' tore,
Market street. Sunbury, l'a. Member of the
order are re.peclfully requested to attend.
M..L. SHIN DEL, C.
R. S. II EM IIHICKK. R-S.
Suiil.iirv. Jan. 5. 1857. Oct 20. 55.
WASHINGTON CAM P, No. 19 J. S. of A
hold it elated meeting every Ihuraday
evening, in the American Hall, M.trket btreit,
n""3, VVM.H.MUSSELMAN.P.
A. A'.T-iiiLrn. R. M.
Sun'.iury. July 5. IH56. tf.
A. Jk CONRAD,
- HOLLOWING RUN.
KT ESPECTFULLY inform the public that
fi,he ha replenifhrd hi Sl." with an ei
rcllent a..rimeut of New Oood jut received
Irmu Philadelphia, which he will tell on term
a rrannnable a any other etablihmeut. Hi
lirtnieiit ciinail in part of
CLOTHS. CASSIM HUES Si 8ATTINETT,
'.Viuter Wear for men and boy, alloy lei anJ
price
nlic Dress Koods
Consiatirg of li'lack Bilk, Merino. Alpaca.,
Do Laine. Culicoo. Gingham., Mu.ini, J rlw
""AUotlle.h .upplyof GROCERIES of .11
'"hAEDWAEE and ttUEENSWARE,
CeJrwre. Ilrooin.. &e. AIo a large aort
iii ii nt of Hot and shoe. nitlile for Men Wo-rnt-n
aui Children. Hat and Cap. Silk Hat.
eh. I all good munllv kept in a Country 8tore.
All the above named inck of good will he
void poisitlveiy at low price for caah. or in ei
vlianje lor country produce, at tha bigheat
nark""t price.
II, .11. min a Run. Nov. 49. RS It
I'llKM WIIEKl. fillEASB.
riHH Grease i recommended to the notice of
I Wagi'ticrs. Livery ettalit keepers, dress
bein? Ki-rsaioa to anything of the kind ever in
troduced. A it does not gum upon the axles
is much more durable, and is not affected hy
the weather, remaining ihe same in summer ss
in winter, and put up in tin canister at 37$ and
7.5 c n.a. for eale by A. W. FISHER.
March 14. 1837.
jront Streft "Wire Manufactory.
WATSON, COX & Co.,
No 48 N.irili Ffinil Rlreet, eornef of Coomb'. Alley,
t i,..L- ... a Mniiurrv i Arehl Street. Philailel-
,,l,.a , iiiaiiufuenue of .apanor nuulily, BraM aad Ir.MI
Wire Sieve.. "I nil kind.; Brass and Coppel Ire CkHh
f..r Puiwr Mnker., Au. Cylinder, and Uasidy Roll eo-
Haivv Twilled Win for Spark Catchers, Sieves for
Hruaa mid Iron Piiuiirteis. Hcreen Wire, Window W ii,
Hate.. Trupi. l)i.h Civer.. C.al and Sund Screen, e
Fmiey Wir. W.wanf .very deaeripuoa.
March U, lti' 3
Umbbkii PasoLMiscriCTBt,
No. 3 North Fourth Street, N. W, Corner '
Market, Philadelphia.
H AS new on hand an extensive Mortmnt
Jl 1 ..f il.e newe.t and mast desirable kind, in
eluding miny NEW STYLES not h.r.mfor.
to b had in this mariei. nn a.mina.uua
our stock is solicited before purchasing Uawucra,
Ma'cti 7. Iioi. 1
rtaiiNTV ORDKIiS. County order taken
J a cash for goods, and on noU or book o-
countby f,. . owum y
ro., issa.
NEW ABB Ala-CJBltfETT, 1
eA Arrival of
DRUGS, PAINTS, OILS, &o.
fllHE onde4slR-ned having taken tha atoro for.
JL" marly kept by William A. Bruner. U now
ready to fill order and pretcriptiona ml s mo
ment. nomH Ha ha a Urge and wall selected
stock of freah and pure
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, '
Dye-ituff. Oil, Paint, Glau, Putty, and all
kind of Patent Medicine.
FRUIT AND CONFECTIONARY .
Tobacco and Imported Segara of the choicest
brand. Fancy Nulion toilet articles, and Per
fumery of all kind. 'Tooth and Hair Brushes
of every variety. ,
Camphine and Fluid always on hand.
Customer will find hi dock complete, com.
prising many article it i impoasibl here to enu
mcratr, and all .old at moderate price..
Remember the place, neit door to E. Y.
Bright' Mammoth Store.
A.W.FISHER.
Sunbury, March 14. 1 857. '
L. C. IVES'
Produce and Fruit Store,
No. 15 North Wharves, Philadelphia.
Shipping and Country Oorder promptly filled
on responsible order.
Farmer and Dealer' Produco 8old on Com
mission.
Apples, Dananas, Pine Apples, Dried Fruit,
Onion. Orange. Shell Darke, Raisin,
Bean, Lemon, White dc Sweet Fig.
Turnip. Cranberries, Potatoes, Poultry,
Peaches, Ground Nunta, Chrsnuts, Egg., Ac.
Foreign and Domestic Produce and Fruit gen
rally,
February 20, 1857. ly
JAMES BROWNS'
GRAMATICAL WORKS,
HMIE first bock of lie 1 siiu tlyalem ol Eng
liah Grammar. SSct
The second book of the Pationtl system nf
English Grammar, designed to leach the process
of Analysinc the English Language with sound
judgment ; and the art of using it with gram
matical propriety. 3 1 c'a.
These work ars now used in the Public
Schools in the first School District of Pennsyl
vsnia.
The third book of the rational System of Eng
lish Grammar, designed to enable the learner to
become moat thoroughly acquainted wilh ths
nature and use of Ihe Prepositions, and may be
read hy him either in or out of sclioo1. 60 e
BROWNS' Gramntical Reader. This B ok
ee's aside the old Grammar, exposes their defects
demonstrate th little use of attending to them.
and presents to the teacher the unerr ng and
only way to the Grammar of th English Lan
guage. 37$ ct.
l or sale by Peter Griflee, IIS Arclt btrcct,
Philadelphia.
February SI, 1857 3m wS
LEASE OF VALUABLE COAL LANDS.
FlHE Northumberlend Improvement Cotnpa
1. ny invite proposals for the Lease of a por
tion ot their COAL-VEINS, situate on their
property in Northumberland county. Pennsylva.
nil, two and half mile above the towu of She
lftokin, and directlv on the line of the Philadel
phia and Sunbury Kail Road.
Th Vein of Coal are well located for easy
and profitable operation. Apply to
JOSEPH 8. DIXON, Agent,
Mount Carmel. Ta.
r to CHA 8. 8.F0LWE1.L. Scc'y.
1 South 3d street, Philadelphia.
March 7. 1857. 3m
FURNITURE POLISH.
8. RAE'8 Premium Patent Enamel Furuitur
Polish. This uolish i highly valuable for retor.
ing the polish on all kind Of Furniture. Glass,
Cani.se Bodies. Hair Cloth. 4c. Also, for re
moving spots, hiding scratches, &c, &c. War
ranted to dry immediately and retain its gloss.
Price 60 eta per bottle. Sold by
A. W. FISHER.
Mareh 14, 8."T.
THE DAUPHIN & SUSQUEHANNA
RAILROAD.
CONNECTS tho Heading Ruilroad at Au
burn, on tha Schuylkill, (10 mile below
Poltsville.) with the Northern Central Railroad,
at Dauphin, on the Susquehanna, and Willi the
Prnnslvaiiia Railroad at Rockville, (S miles
above Harrisburg,) and runs unh passenger
train in winter and two passenger trains in
summer through between Auburn and Harris
burg, each way, dally, (Sundays excepted) on
times arranged U connect properly wilh these
roads; with tho Cumberland Valley and Harris
burg and Lancaster Railroads, at Harriaburg,
and with the Cattawissa Uailroad, and its north
ern connection at Port Clinton.
EI.LWOoD MORRIS, Eng. V Supt.
March 7, 157 Om.pd.
JOHN STONE & SONS,
jVo. 45. Secitnd Street, J'hiladtlphia.
ARE now receiving theii spring importation
of SILK ami MILLINERY GOODS, con
.;..!.,!, in nart ol Kancv. Cap and Bonnet Rib
bon. Satin and Mantua Ribbons, Glace and
Plain Silka, Marreline. and Horetice. Ulack
Mode, French and Luglish Crape, aariatane,
M.line and Illusion Laces, Ac.i AIo. a full
assortment ot French end American flowera.
which they oiler t ihe trade on uvoraD.e lerma.
March 8. 1857. sin., r. .
Citrate of Magnesia
OK
TASTELE88 8ALT8.
THIS preparation is recommended as sn ex
cellent laxative and purgalivs. It operates
mildly, is entirely free from snv unpleu.unl last
resembling lemonade in llavor, prepared and sold
,y I ,.,,,.W..M..
ISunbury, Warm I, moe.
MISS A- M. TOMER,
Successor to Mrs. M. Hill,
JFakbtouaule straw and Fancy
Bi ii II tier,
No K I North Second Street. bel..w Nobl, opposite Red
Lwu Hotel, 1'niuu.wp w
PATTK-RN B.mneu made to order. Orders respest
fully ilieiied and pruiuptly siiended to.
March tb, IBS7 am w
New Wall Paper Warehouse,
BURTON & LANINO, -
MANUFArrURLHSandimpiiiler., No. 1M, Area
ireei. ucuiut il.,.., h,.i aiuii. Hhihuielruna. when
limy bs fuuud Uia Inrgeat and hot selected stuck, in th
C'cOUNTRT PURCHASERS may bera be accommo
dated without the inconvenience of looking fulther, and
may be uwuim that uiey will receive tha aavnuiag ui
their money. ' BURTON fc LANINU,
1st A sua iiiw, suoy Bum, ruuaue puia.
Mareh s, WS7. 3mo.
npobaOOO and BegaTS 80,0OO Imported
A Began of various brand.. - Eldorado, Fig,
Cavendish and fin cut tobacco at
A. W. FISHER'S.
' ftunhury. Mareh 14. Ia7.
CGAB CURED JIAM. A lot uat sjcai4
and for sal hy. LB VI BEASHOLTZ.
ApriMl I BUT.
... THE COMET.
IO.W. BOl.MSS.
The Comet 1 lie is on hit way,
And singing as he flip;
The whizzing planets shrink before
The spectre of the skies !
. Ah I well mny regal orbs burn blue,
And satellites turn pale,
Ten million cubic miles of head,
'J en billiuu leagues of tuil I
On. by whistling spheres of light,
He flashes and he flumes;
lie turns not to the left nor right,
lie Ohks them not their names j
One spurn from his demoniac heel,
Away, away, they fly,
When durkness might be bottlod op
And sold for "Tynan dye.".
And what would happen to the land,
And how would look the sea,
If in the bearded devil's path,
Our earth should chance to be?
Fnll hot and high the sea would boil,
Full red the forests gleom ;
Mi'thutight I saw aad beard it sll
lu a dyspeptic dream.
I saw a tntor take his tubs
The Comet's course to spy ;
I heard a scream the gathered rays
Had stewed the tutor's eye;
I sow a furt the soldiers all
Were armed with goggles green ;
Pop crucked the guns! whiz flew tha balls!
bang went tho magazine.
I saw a poet dip a scroll
Each moment in a tub,
I rend upon the wnrping back,
"The dream of .Beelzebub ;"
lie could not see his verses barn.
Although his brain wui fiii'd,
And ever unil onon he beut
To wet them as they dried.
I saw the scalding pitch roll down
The rrackling, sweating pines.
And streams of smoke, like water-spools
Buret through the rnmtiling mines ;
I asked the firemen why they made
Such noise about the town ;
They answered nol, but all the whilo
The brakes went op and down.
1 saw a roasting pnllet sit
Upon a baking egg: .
I saw n cripple scorch his hand
Extinguishing bis leg:
I saw nine geese npnn tha wing
Towards the frozen pole.
And every mother's gosling fell
Crisped to a crackling coal.
I saw the os that browsed the grass
Writhe in the blistering rays,
Ths herbage in his shrinking jaw
Was all a fiery bluze:
1 saw httgti lUhes boiled to rags,
Hoh through the bubbling brine ;
And thoughts or supper crossed my soul ;
I bad been rash at mine.
Strange sight ! strange sounds! O, fearful
dream!
lis memory haunts ice still
The steaming seo, tho crimson glare,
That wreathed each wooded hill ;
Stranger ! if through thy reeling bruin
Such midnight visions sweep.
Spare, spare, O. spare thine evening meal,
Aad sweet shall be thy sleep !
Eliscdl
ancous.
From ths San Francisco Bulletia J
Chinese Discovery of Americca 1400
Years Ago.
The 8paninrds discovered America 349
years ago. Hie elhli ciunn an euriier Dis
covery in favor of their Prince Modoc. Tho
Northmen, or the lltn century, ciuun tne
honor of the first discovery at eveu an earlier
dute. Hut the Chinese claim it prior to them
all at a time according to their history, about
1400 years ago.
In Chinese history wefinJ descriptions of a
vast country 20.001) le to the eastward across
the great ocean, which, Irom the description
given, must be Culiturtti i ami Mexico. 'The
account stutes that suveral Uuddhist priests
at llinschitu. ubout A. I). 4119. hiiving arrived
there, reported that Fusang ( America) luy to
the cast ubout 20.00U le, or u.uou irom Ju
lian: and that, in A. 1. 4.VJ. five mcdicant
nriests bad went there and distributed liudd
hist tracts and images among the inhabitants,
hich bv that nieuii6 chanced their customs
ua Rudilhifcin was not formerly known to them
The di -script ion ol l-usung, as giveu uy tne
Chinese historian, ilift'urs but little from that
given by the Spaniards, when they conquered
Mexico, lie culls I lie country r ueaiia, iruui
I bo nuine of h narticulur tree that crew there
and which he describes thus : 'The leaves of
the fusang,. when first produced, resemble
those of Ibo bamboo. Ihe inliuuitanis eat
the fruit, like pears, and weave its bulk into
cloth for clothing BDd articles of embroidery.
They have books which ore written on the
bark nil ha fusanu." Of this trco (the ma.
guey) Prescolt says, that its ''bruised leaves
allorded a paste, from which paper was made
i'.s juice was manufacture luto uu intoxica
ting beverage, 1'ti.QLB, of which the unlives,
to tins day, are excessively luuu; h icnce
supplied an impeiietrublu thatch for the mora
humble dwellings; thread, of which coarse
si u 11 j were made, und strong cords were
drawu from ilt tough and twisted tibets, pins
and needles were made ol the thorns at liiu
extremity of its leaves; and tha root, wheu
properly cooked, was converted into a pula
table and nutritious food. The maguey, in
short, was meat, drink, clothing and writing
material for tha Aztec ! tsurely, never did
ni Mini enclose, in so compact a form, so niuuy
of the elemeuu ol numau comiori auu civiu
lulinn."
Again : The Chinese historian states, "tuai
they bad no iron but they possessed copper.
Tbey did not esteem gold aud silver." The
use of iron was unknown to tbem, but they
found a substitute in an alloy or copper and
tin. with which thev could cut metal and
stones. Silver, the great siapie oi vueir
, v
country ut the time ol ina couque.i, uij
have, a thousand years earner, ueeu suudumu
nr uiicnVHled hvtliutn. v
By carefully examining the Chinese history
wilh that of Prescott't "Con
quest of Mexico," we find but few points of
difference. In their treatment or criminals,
habits of the iudires. relision. and in many
other respects, tbuy agree with each other so
well, that uo doubts peed bo entertained, in
tha least, res-ardinir the) authenticity of tba
Cuiuesa accounts. The religion of Aztecs
was la rooet respects like Buddhism Tbsir
arts, instructions and customs, were almost
too aamo aa tnosa ot tha Uhinsss. Hy a
careful examination and contrasting of both
hlStnrtM. Innnipiiie inlnil, will mm. 1-. .'
i - n ii, nut uvuui I a
tba least that tba Chinese discovered this
iontmcni a thousand years earlier than any
other nation
Mnal tiAnnla In Plifenf t... I ,1
v r.i u. mil ii.ia rilfllvuu tile
similitude existing between the Indians and
Chinese he,th In faulnra nA M . r
. I : ii , , . . . .
luuir niuuosviiuoio oiaiects. ant Irom mvown
experience, i n nu mat iney aro nearly the
same. The Chinean sppniit n u
- v .ui. .Jv i . ui u
throughout the Indian Inngunge; though the
most of the Digger Indians with whom I
have conversed, speak a great deal of the
ancient Aztec language. Not wishinir to
nrsiie this subject much further at present,
... . - -. ..v.uv " . hi. uin uiioc
.f I. .. : . i. . , r r
win LraiiarrniA a i. vnnia in, f i.a .... .r.-
u suuniug i nn analogy, as loiiowa
Indian.
Chinese.
F.mjliih.
N nog a,
Yl-soo,
Keok-a,
Aek-a-soo
Yuet-a,
Yeet-a,
Utyta,
Leo-lam,
Jlo-ya-pa,
Apa,
A -ma,
Ko-le,
Ko chap,
Koo-lae,
Koo-chu,
Choo-koo,
Nagain,
Nung,
Koa,
Keok,
Koo,
Yuet,
Yat,
lloto,
Ken-lung,
lloah,
A-pa,
A-ma,
Ako,
Tochae,
Ku ksy, .
. Chue koo
Kow-chi,
Yam,
Man.
Hand.
Foot.
Heard.
M oon.
nn.
Much.
Deafness.
Good.
Father.
Mother.
Hrother.
rbaiiks,
Hers.
Hog.
Dog.
Drunk,
Ti ram
in
the Inilian
Ian
Ti
neustre is night,
the arod or ,1,.
yam in
Chinese means
moon, or
night. Ilee-ma
iu Indian is the
sun. Ilee-ma in Chineau innana flip oeA nt
the sun, or day. Wolloe U a word commonly
used among the Indians to designate a friend;
it also means "man." Walla in the llimln.
stauee meuns a man. Numbers of other
words could ba given, but I shall make these
suffice for the present.
No dunbt lirtwl tm an1rl.iiin,1 lnn.n,n!n.
the assertion of the Chiiicso iu coming to this
continent at au enrly period; nor can we in
terpret coincidences so universal, so minute,
so remarkable, without rnmim, in il,. Am ni,,.
kiou. that they both sprung from one com-
nuu iiuurce. i ne iiiiiefe t usunir is no other
an the Amorienn ("!ulir,rn ;,. klv;..n.
and the Oriential discoverers consequently
cluim the honor of the discovery, a thousand
years earlier than any other nation.
The period when the continent was first
discovered may still remain a mystery, hidden
in the deep recesses of tho past. If ever it
be found, it will be almost likely ir. some of
iuh urieiitiui record?, lor in them we Una the
most ancient history, whose dates, reaching
in the nirbt mX Aim,, inf.-ii-m no f mr... ,,n
extinct, whose crumbling monuments attested
a civilization cliff, rent frm that nf tha mo
dern world. These ancient races progressed
snmn art. n-hidi In nlmn.i .. n 1-nn n .
and they must consequently have attained a
A ..e . , . ,
-; ui rruucmrni, wniun many OI US Bl
noai.nl IrfirtM. tit li,,t nf "V n. H.:.l.l . 1. -.
r - - - " vw. iituc vi. ci .null, lury
seem to as to have been in ignorance, becunse
vn enll hilt fMintle bi.a fl.,m ll.mtinb ll,ail.i.1r
clouds from which we have issued.9
J AMU JJani.kt, Chinesn Interpreter,
Chinese Camp, Tuolumne co.
The Little O no
There is a darkened chamber iu the house.
over the window of that room the thick cur
tains sweep downwurd heavily, aud tha sun
shine and the daylight are excluded. Soft
voices mingle iu gentle cadences there, and
softer footfalls across the covered floor.
Thero are no loud tones, no harsh sound. A
hush and a halo rest there, liko tha soft
drooping of on angul'8 wing. Close pressed
to a heart awakened to a new fount or joy it
never Knew or dreamed ol belore, lies a little
babe. Otily tha young mother feels the bles
sing and tbu responsibility of the precious
boon ; and in the shadowy room she lies and
thinks of tho little (Jod-gift on her bosom ; of
the world untried, the path untrod, whiib lie
before the portal of life it has just crossed.
1 ears ol love aud leelinir upon tho little brow
as she thinks in what way is the world to try
this pure young spirit, aud whose hand will
safest guide it over that untrodden way!
I he twilight comes, and the stars shine out,
and a bcmulictiun and a prayer sway like hea
venly pinions over the centlv pillowed bead
of the ucw born ; while throocli Ihe house a
new light sbines, and manhood's brow grows
brighter, aud woman , eyb grows softer, aud
under the roof-tree of homo they "rejoice
with exceeding great joy," for a little one is
there.
Spring has come, and the babe, a bright
and pretty prattler now. is out among
the flowers. The eye of affection watches
him anxiously, for the lily disputes possession
wilh the rose on that fair cheek, and the blue
eye, soft as a dew-laden vinktis lifted to the
fur-off skies, us ir il knew its home was there
Slightly the little feet patter upon the stairs,
sweetly the little voice sings through the
house, and the mother heart melts with
tearful delight in listening to it. Out on the
turf the father lies down in the shade of Ihe
summer sunset, aud like a child himself plays
with his bube, anil clasping Ins treasure to his
itianlv breast, fuels bis eye grow moist with
tbe dew of affection, aud thankfulness to God
for his glorious gilt.
Again there is a darkened chamber in the
house. Tha windows are more deeply shaded
the footfalls are soft; the voices are subdued
and sad. Tbe little one is ill ; Quietly upon
his little couch he lies and suffers. I be
sweet Iids utter no moan: The irentle features
evince no pain; and it seems as though angels
soothed bun into sileuco. Again tno iwingnt
comes: aeuin the stars shine out; but there
is no joy now in the house, and tha prayers
of thuukssiving era turned to supplications
for aiercv. to rileadini! at the throne or grace
to spare tbe loved one yel a nine wuue ion.
cer.
Morning dawns, ana mere is a cotun in tne
. ., nf . . I .
honse. A little narrow box, not two Teat
long I Robed in whit with flowers among bis
golden hair, and waxen bands folded over
the heart that is still rorever, lies tne dead
babe Oh, the aching hearts that bend over
him; oh, the hot tears that fall down upon
the flowers nod golden hair I How they tell
of earthly love and the frailty of earthly
things I How they tell of hollow bumau
hopes and tha mockery of mortul trust I In
tha very room where ha was born, they close
the cofliu-lid and yield him back, dost to dust
earth to earth, ashes to ashes. '
Days and months roll away. Time, the
consoler, has laid a healing hand upon tha
broken hearts of those who loved tha child,
and they bava learned tbe great lessons the
baba was sent to teach. The tepdrila of the
yoong vine, though faded, still retain their
clinging hold apon their memory and their
love; but out in tba graveyard stands s pure
whila monument, never forgotteo. and never
passed by without a tear which poiuts its pah
finger to ths bine skies, soil whispers, "Lay
up for y ourselves treasure to Heaven."
A Snake Vale.
Says tho lawyers "Animals sometimes very
nearly appronch reason in their cunning."
X "I gbt interaatcd. in the study or ci pentS
down in Arkansas, where 1 spent the most of
last year. 1 dou't know why, but I was con
stantly watching them and testing their sa
gacity, by placing them in new situations, and
surrounding them wilh novel expediments.
Of all kiuds 1 experi mentcd most wilh rat
tlesnakes and copperhead.
"One afternoon I seated myself on a little
knoll in the woods to smoke mid read for I
always had book or newspaper with me und
hud been onjoy;ng myself for some lime, alien
1 espied a copperhcud making for a hole, wilh
in ten feet where I sat Of votirse I threw
down my book and cigar, and proceded to
try a new experiment. As soon as I stirred
the rascal uiuo'e a rush for tho hole; but I
caught his tail as he got nearly iu und jerked
him some twenty feel backuord. He threw
himself into a coil in ho time, mid
waited for me lo pilch in. Dut I concluded
not to let him try his hole nguin. After a
while he sturted for it, stopping when I stir
red to coil himself up ; but as I kept pretty
quiet he recovered confiih uce niid again aent
in. Again I jerked him out. Nofooner tlid
be hit the ground Ihuu he mnilu a grand rush
for the hole in a straight line for my legs I
Hut that didn't work, for 1 got out of the a ay,
and gave him another lint !
This time be lay still nahile. appearing to
reflect ou the course to be taken. Alter a
time he tried it ngniu though rather slowly.
After getting Ins bind a little nay in." la-
stopped and Kigglcd his tuil, us if on purpose
for me to grab it. 1 did so ; ami tiuicker
than a flash ha hi. head out and came
witbm about a quarter of un inch of slrikiiiL'
Die in the fuce. However. I ierked him nnitn
a distance, and resolved to look out next
time. Well, he tried the samti game Hgnin,
but it would'ut wotk I Wus loo tu ck lor
him.
This lime he lay in a coil half an hnurwith-
out stirring. At Inst he, however, he tried
once more. He advanced to within five feet
ol Iba hole very slowly, roiled agiiin, und
then, by heaven ! uut Ihe I lie stmt of me bv
one of the cutest tricks vou ever heard of.
"HuwwssitT" we all exclaimed in ono
breath.
"Why, said the narrator, sinkine his voice
to the acme of solemnity, and looking as hon
est and as sober as a man could look, "why
he turned bis bead towurd my hand, and went
down that hole tuil first I"
Y ANkF.K Fioiitixo. The Memoir of Sir
Churles Napier, just published in England,
contains many passages interesting to Ameri
cans. We select a couple of paragraphs :
When at Hermndu, in 1813, with bis regi
ments. Colonel Napier, writing to his mother,
says: "Two packets are due, and we fear they
have been taken, for the Yankees swarm
here; and when u fri"ato goes out to drive
them off, by Jovo they take her I Yankee
fight well, and are gentlemen in their mode
of warfare. Decutur refused Cardou's sword,
saying-, "Sir, you have used it so well, I
should bu ashamed to tuko it from you."
llieso Yankees, though so much utilised, uro
really fine fellows. One, un acquaintance of j
mine, has just got the Macedonian; ho was
here a prisoner, and dined With mo. ho had j
taken one of our ships, but w as l.iinsill taken '
by the Poictiers. seventy-four, boin now in '
an English frigate ; if he meets us we must
take hint, or nu are uo longer sovereigns on
the ocean."
From lie rm nil a Charles Napier sailed for
America, and became engaged in some of the
daring and ilifaslrous operations curried on
against the Americans by tha Government
over which King George III. exercised a
despotic power. The bush method of warfare
struck him as cowardly, aud us fur the system
of loading cannon to the mouth with otlds
and ends of old it on, it wus It is abhorrence :
''Seven thousand men are nt Baltimore, , und
we have no sticn force ; still my opinion is,
that if we tuck up our sleeves and lay our
ears back we may thrush them ; that is, if we
catmht them out of their trees, so S9 to slap
at them with the bayonet. They will but
stand that. But they fight unfairly, firing
jagged pieces of iron und every sort of devil
ment, nails, broken pokers, old locks ol guns,
gun barrels, every thing that will do iiii.-cliiel.
On boiinl a twenty-gnn ship that we took, I
found thi sort of ammunition regularly pre
pnred. This is wrong. Mad delights to be
killed mccoiiliiift to the lav of nations; end
nothing so pleasant und correct ; but to bo
doused against ull rule is quite vfl'eiisive. We
don't then kick like gentlemen. A '24 lb.
shot in the stomach is fine ; we die heroic
ally; but a brass candle-stick for stuffing,
with a garnish of rusty two-penny nulls
makes us die ungintccUy, and with tbe
cbolic."
Focutain or Blood in a Cankrk. K. G.
Squire's notes on Central America describes
a wonderful effusion of fluid lure mbling
blood neur the town of Viluil, in the slute
of llotidurus. It appears that thefp is con
tinually oozing and dropping from thu roof
of a cuvurn there u red liquid, which upon
fulling conguliites so us to precisely resemble
blood. -Like blood it corrupts, in.-t-cW de
posit llieii larva: in it, und dogs utnl buzzards
resort to the cavern to eat it. Attempts
have several times been made to obtain some,
of this liquid for the puvpnsii of analysis,
but in ull cases without success iu conse
quence of its rapid decomposition, whereby
the bottles containing it were broken.
' Tho small cavern tr grotto duni g tho day
is visited by buzzards and hawk s. mid at night
by s multitude of vampire lints for the pur
pose or feeding on the unnatural blood, It
is situated on thu border of a rivulet, uhich
it keeps reddened with a small How of the
liquid which has the color, taste end smell of
blood lu approaching the grotto it disagree
uble odor is observed, and when it'is reuched
there may be seen pools of the apparent
blnod in a state of coagulation.
The peculiarities ol this liquid are consid
ered due to thu rapid generation ol this
grotto of some very prolific species of infu
soria. Tbe California State Journal, remark
ing on the above, observes that the eslera of
lliH town or Monterey contains a species or
blood red inrusoiiu, (the larva; or water
insects) which at certuin seasons of the year
smell precisely like fresh fish, or on exposure
in a vessel, like putrid fish. In some seasons
it has been round dried in flakes, and of the
intense color of verinilou. Scientific Amtri-
Dc8TucTto to Jloisa Bcos.-The French
Academy of Science is assured, by Baron
Tboasrd, that boiling soap and waler, con
sisting of two parts of common soap and 100
parts of waler by weight, infallibly destroy
bugs and tbeir eggs. It ii enough to wash
wallsand woodwork, &c, with tbe boiling so
lution, to ba entirely reliaveu from this horrid
pest.
A shawl was lately sold la Philadelphia for
for 81.425. Ia the same city, wouiea make
shirts lor six cants sack-.
I" "IT it" t i r ii .
SPRING VOICES,
cr jori.t wiLso.
Come forth, come forth I it wore a ain
To stay at home to-day !
8tay no more, loitering wilhin
Come to the woods away !
The long, green grsi is filled with flowers,
'The clover' deep, dim red
Is hiighieiied with the morning shewers
'That on the wind have fled.
Scattered about the deep bluo sky,
In white and flying clouds,
Some bright, brief ruins are all that lie
Within those snowy shrouds.
Now, look ! our weather glass is spread
The pimpernel, whose flower
Closes its leaves of spotted red
Against a luiny hour.
The first pale green is on the trees
'Tim l veidure more like bloom ;
Yon eini-boiigh hath a hord of bee,
Lured by the faint perfume.
The cherry-orchard flings on high
lis branches, whence are struwn
Blossoms like snow, hut with an ey",
Dark maiden, a tkine own !
A yel our flower are chiefly those
Which fill the sun-touched bough;
Wiihiu the sleeping: soil repose
'Those of Ihe radiant brow.
Dut we have daisies, which, like iova
Or hopo, spring everywhere ;
And primroses which droop abovo
Some sell-consuming car.
So sad, so spiritual, so pale,
liorn all loo near the snow,
'They pine for Hint sweet southern gale
hich they will ncvir know.
It is loo soon for deeper shade;
Dut let us skirt the wood,
The blackbird there, whose nest is made,
Sits singing to her breud.
These pleiaant hour will soon be flown ;
Luvo make no more delay
I am too glad lo bo alone.
Come forlh with me to day.
I.VTLlEXCEOr A I.ITF.RABV TaSTK. To 0
young man owoy from home, fi ieudlessand for
lorn in a great city, the hours of peril ore
those between sunset and bed-time; for the
moon and stars sou more evil in a single hour
than the sun in his whole day's circuit. The
poet's visions or evening are all composed of
tetnler and soothing images. It brings the
wituderer to his home, the child to his mother's
arms, Ilia o.v. to his stull, and the weary la
borer to his rest. But to tho gentle-hearted
who is thrown upon the rocks of a pitiless
city, end "strands homeless nmid a thousand
humes," the approach of evening brings with
it nn aching sense of loneliness and desolation
which comes down upon the spirit liko dark
ness upon the earth. In this mood Ilia best
impulses become a stuiro to him, and ho is led
O'lruy because he is soeiul, nfl'ictionate, sym
pathetic, and warm-henrlcd. If there be a
young man thus circumstanced within the
sound of my voice, let me say to him thut
books are the friends of Ihe friendless, and that
a library is u home to the homeless. A taste
for reading will carry you to converse wilh
men who will instruct you by their wisdom and
charm you by their wit who will soothe you
when weiiry.counsel yon when perplexed, und
sympathise wilh you ut ull times. Evil spirits,
in tlin middle ages, were exercised und driven
away by bell, book and candle, und you want
but two of these ngents, the booli and the
candle. Ukokiik S. Hii.i.uku.
Plurality of Worlds, A writer in the
Eilinburg Hi-view says thut thu i.U n of a plu
rality of worhls lins been gradually developed
till men have cotno to believe thut not only
planets, but also the shining stars of the
boundless firmament in ull their countless
myriads, must be scats both of life aud of son
sient intelligence, cupublo of enjoying nnil
employing its faculties and al tributes. Mo
dern astronomy has also gone out far beyond
the boundary of the etar tiriuaiieiit, and there
il lies ili'.-erilii d, lying in immeasurable dis
tance, faint deli nits clouds of filmy light, which
even to good telescopes look, us lliey float iu
the chasm of darkness, like whbps of pale
phospheresceut mist. - At (irM these- were
taken to he thu vuporons comets of the re
mote universe, und they w ere called "nebulae"
by their discoverers. In process of lime,
however, as lliu cojistruction of tho telescope
was rendered more perfect, it was found that
some of these light clouds were really clouds
of stars.
How fiuito is man, and how infinite the
Creator!
How to Make Wiiitrwasii. As the sea
on of the the year when considerable white
washiiiir is pciTcrnioil, is near nt hand, wo
give the following receipt for nuking the com
position, which is said lo be first-rate ; Take
a ch au barrel that will hold water, put into
il half a bushel of quicklime, and slack it by
pouring over it boiling water sufficient to
cover it four or five inches lii en. und stirring
it until quite (lucked ; dissolve iu wutrr and
add two pounds of sulphutu t.f zinc and one
of common suit, w hich cause the whitewash
to harden on Ihe wood-work, in u few days ;
add sufficient water to biing it tho consisten
cy of thick whitewash. To make the above
wash of a pleasant cream color, add 3 pounds
yellow ochcr. For fawn color, add 4 pounds
umber 1 pound India red, and 1 pound lamp,
black. 1' or gray or stone color, add 4 bounds
raw umber and 2 pounds lampblack. The
color muy be put on with a common white
wash brush, and will be f mnd much mora dura
ble than common whitewash.
nxrri.iKO for a Baby. The Dubuque Ex
press relates that a woman recently came to
the Minnesota House, in Duiileilh, with s
young child, aud uflei stopping a day or two
suddenly left, minus the buby, and did not
return. Tho landlord happened togoover to
Dubuque, and mentioning thecircumstaiice
a couple ol friends, married, but childless, one
or them proposed to adopt the little oue as
his own. The other immediately made tbe
same proposition, when a dispute arose as to
which of the would be "parents" should have
the infantile waif. Finally au appeal was
made to tbe dice-box. Quite a number or
people gathered around the table, interested
spectator of the aiugular contest, und tbe
winner named Beesler, was greeted with
shout of applause. Tba child is a pretty lit
tle girl, tbrea weeks old, aad its new found
pareuti are brimming over wilh happiness.
Raniuel D. Grimes died a few days ago lu
Pika county, Georgia, aged 110 years, having
bean all bis life s healthy niao.
Braiw Woks;. Or nil dally toll for bread,
tbe hardest toil is that of the brain. 'What
own be mora wearing to mind and body, than
to be called on, imperiously and unsparingly,
week and daily, for certain amount of work,
which must be done; but the doing or which
depends, not anon the will to do it alone, not
upon the muscles of the body, nor tbe quick,
ness of the eye, the cunning of the band ; but
upon the most dolicately organized, the most
nervously acceptable, and tha least certain
part of as our brain ! to be obliged to
spin yards or that delicate woor, to order,
exhausting energy, health, life itself, 'in tba
r. UJt uun tiinb iue oreon oi wne and
children depend npon our faculty to produco
rrom this loom ; whether the machinery be
right or wrong, in or out of working trim ;
even though some of the belts bu reluxed by
sickness, tbe springs rusted, and the screws
loosening, the cog wheel jarred and out of
placet Yet this poor Hood had to do, weekly,
daily ! and spite of sickness and suffering, ha
did it bravely and maoftilly, und with a cheer
ful heart. 6'. Vandenhnff.
Orioin or Coal. Dr. David Da!o Owen,
in a recent lecture at Vincennes npon Agri
culttirul Chemistry incidentally alludes to tho
origin of coal. The Doctor is a believer in
tho theory of the vegutablo origin or coal,
but, in the langungo of the Gairtft, is an
advocate of the more modern and rational
idea that coul is tho condensation of the so.
lidiCcotion of tho vast volumes of the carbon
ic gases that surround the world before tho
temperuture of theearlh and its atmosphere
had been reduced to support animal life. It
was the gradual reduction of temperature,
and the absorption or the carbonic gases
so fatal to animal life into vegetables and
woods, and tha rntnlpnrailnn nr i.n
those vast store-houses of Itiul of cuul stra
tator me tutura use of man, that prepared
tbe earth first for tha mnni,.. ;J.iJ i
, , . . O UIIMIIUIS, UIIU
tioully for a habitation of man This is nn-
uouuieuiy iue true theory, and most beauti
fullv illustrates the henifieoni r
- - p. W . IUOIII U UI
the Creator, who transformed the most fatal
suosianco to man's existence in the early
neriods of tho world. In ho rati. tf ni,:nr...s
blessings in the matiirer ages of the earth
nucu man enouiu OB lined lor am! need its
use. And thus urn nil uninuni s;i nn
earth mado in His infinite providence, the
uuoia ui greui, goou to tuese subjects of the
Divine government.
Mental ExriTKMRNT m.i nnliiM
the action of the heart, oppresses the lungs,
uesiroys tuo appetite, stops ingestion, and
partially suspends all the functions of the
system. An emotion of shame flushes tho
luce; fear blanches it; joy illuminutcs it;
uuu an instant turiii electrifies Ct million or
nerve9. Surprise spurs tho pulse into a
gallop. Delirum infuses groat energy. Vo
lition commands, and hundreds of muscles
spring to execute. Powerful emotion often
kill.S tllfl hodv at a fitril1.-V f'ldln Tlinirnr(.a
and Sophocles died of joy nt tbe Grecian
games. The news of adefent killed Philip V.
Tho door-keeper of Congress expired npon
Hearing oi mo sarreuuer 01 vornwnllis. t.mi
nent public speakers have ofle-n died iu the
midst of an itnnassionod burst nf plnnnpnca
or when tbe deep emotion that produced it
suddenly subsided. I.argrave, the younr;
!....:-: J:.l 1 I. - i j . i. A . l - "t
unajuu, men vueu nu ucuru iiiai toe musical
prize for which he bad comncted was ndi-id.'tJ
to another.
II 0 V TO r L A S T Til B ES A N D S 1 1 111' US. You n g
trues and shrubs such as rose bushes ir re
ceived Trom a distant nursery and appear
dry aud withered, should be treuted us fol
lows : Dig a trench in the ground just as
long as the Wees or shrubs und roots, aud lay
them down ia this; cover with a little dirt,
pour on a pail of water, and thuu cover ull
over with six inches of earth. In forty-eight
hours the buds will be swelled out l ull, anil
then you can plant them out. This was the
method reccommendud by the lumonteJ
Dowuing and we have found it to exceed per
fectly. Scientijic American.
iutt.ormi.s.
Woman. It is seldom that Julius Cas9ar
llanniba! says anything worth quoting, but
Ibe following is not bad :
"ley may rail against women as much as
dcy like, dey cati't set mo up nguiust dem. I
hah nl vfbys in my life found dem to be fust in
lub, fust in a quarrel, fust in do dance, do fust
in do ice-cream saloon, and de fust best nnd da
last in do sick room. What would we poor
debbiU do widout dem ? Let us bo born aa
young, as ugly, and as helpless us we pleaso,
und a woman's arm urn open lo roceiba nt.
She it am who gubs us our fust dose ob castor
oil, and puts do cloze pon our helpless, naked
limbs, &ud cubbers our foots and loses ia long
flunnen petticoats; she it am w ho as we grows
up, fills our dinner baskets wid doe-nuts and
apples as wo goes to school, aud licks ui when
we tears our trowscs."
In the Lunatic Asylum nt Utica, says tho
Opal, published there, Miss Dix pastj
through, and u young daughter of our house
hold, just started in ber teens, madu ouo of a
cluster culled together by the occasion.
Girl "Who was the lady whom no saw
with the Doctor?"
l.cdy. "Thut was Miss Dix, tha philan
thropist." Girl. "What is a philanthropist, please t"
Lady. ''Philanthropist, my dear, is a word
from two Greek Words ; signifying lover uf
men."
Girl "Well then, are not all wo women
philanthropists!''
Matthew Lsnsbery nscd to say, "ir you
wish to have a shoe made of durable materials
you should make tbe upper leather of ths
mouth of a hard drinker, fur that never lets iu
water." He did worse than that ba said the
so!e8 should be mude of ladie.' tongues, for
they never wear out. Wssu't he a wretch!
A Fki.low went a few weeks since, into tha
store of a fushionnble milliner. "Have you
anv skirts!" asked he. "Plenty of all kinds."
"What do you ask a cord?" said the chap.
"A cord !" replied the woman. "Y'i s, I wani
about a cord. Up in our diggings tha petti,
coats has giu out. 1 see you advertise
'cordtd iLii ts,' and I thought while my hand
was in, I'd take what yon bad corded up."
The milliner fainted,
A Man who cheats in short measurs is a,
measureless rogue. If be given. be rt measure
iu wheat, tbeu he is s rogue iu grain. If ia
whiskey, then he is a rogue in spirit. If ha
gives a bad title to laud, thea ha is a rogue
iu deed. And if ha chests whenever ba can.
he ia indeed, iu spirit, ia grain, s Uieasurs-Usa
scoundrel.
Ia Paris' ladies wear daggers at their rfr,
diss. Io America tbej wer tbem ia thai
r