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NEW SERIES, VOL. 10, NO. 10.
SUNBUIIY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA -SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1857.
OLD SERIES, VOL- 17. NO 3G.
The Sunbury American.
H'llLIsHED KV4.UX" SA'I L'KDAY
BY H. B. MASSES,
Market Square, &mbry, I'tnnM.
KRMS OP SU U9CRIPTIOW.
TWO DOLLARS pe' aunuin to be paid ba!f yrijr u)
advarce. No paper tliscoiitic.usd miul au. arrets, era
'"aU cominunicetione or teller, on basilica, relating to
ta. uOr, w uisut untiiii h. 1'UaVi' 1'sUV.
TO Cl.t'09.
Tnrae eopi. I" "' aildre.., W
,, 1 Do He lW
riue.n Uo U UW
r'iv. dollar. III advanc. will pay for tar real'. b-
acriptton to the American.
Postmastera will please act a. our Aeent., sua" frank
tears containing .uli.criplii.il miniay. Hiey ar. permit
j t dotliia under the Post Olivt Law.
TKBM9 OF ADVKETllim,
,v.mr H 1 Hue". 3 '! - J?
One ?!'"' . Simmto.
ii months,
BUSc.d.fFtwllM,ptMj, as
Mcrchuiu .....I "thera, w.lvMli.inij by the
l,lTereilttrtveii.e.neiila weekly. .
I ui(ei Advertisements, ns per Bree4.
JOB PBISTisu.
Wa have connected with' onr establishment a w.l
Uc?edJlll OKKICK, which will ei.al.la a. lu es.cato
n the lumte.tjitvleevery variety of pri.itii.jt.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
EU2VBURY, PA.
Busine attended loin the Counties of Nor
th.nnherland. Union, Lycumiag Moulour end
7uluml.ii.
Peferencei in MladetpM :
Hon. lol. R. Tyson, ' Chas. gi".., E,..
nera It !alTss. 1.1ml. South Co.
t nntfsT "frvrWTAIN COLLIERY
SU PERU) 11 WHITE ASH
ANTHRACITE COAL,
rm the Mammoth Vein, for Furnace, Found
riea, Steamboat and Family ue,
It. Cab ms v, NurUMSKRi.A Couaxt, Pa
8IZKS OF COAL.
LUMP, for Ulast Furnace and Cupola,
STBAMBOAT, for Steamboat, He! Air
Furnace and Steam.
BROKEN. I por Grate., Hut, and Stea.
Ei(J. ...
aritVK, For Stoves, Sleam ea burning
NUT, Lime.
PEA, for Limeburners and ma&ing tem.
Order, received at Ml. Carinel or N'orthuut
lerleud Wharf, will receive prompt attention..
M. B. BUM.,
D. J. LKWH,
WILLIAM MUIR.
May t, 185 tf
" DILWORTH BRANSON & CO.
Hardware Merchants,
Having removed from No. 59 to No. 7
Market Street, Philadelphia,
Are prepared, with greatly increaed facilities,
(a 611 order, for HARDWARE of every variety
on best term, from a full a..ortmeut, including
Railroad Shovels, Pick, J-c.
Country merchant, and other will find It ta
their interest to call and examine aur .UK, be
fore purchasing elsewhere.
April 12, 1856. ly
O. OF XT. -A.. IvI.
SUNBURY COUNCIL, No. 30, O. of V. A.
M. meets every Ttesiuv evening in the
American Hall, opposite E. Y. Urieht'e etore.
Market street. Simbury, Pa. Members of the
arder are respectfully requested to attend.
M. L. SHIN DEL, C.
8. S. IIkviihicks, R. S.
Sunbury, Jan. . IS7 oct 0. '55.
lirAHlNUTU.S CAM P, No. l'J J. of A
hold its atnte.l meeting every Thur.day
evening, in the American Hall, Market Street,
Sunbury.
WM. II. MUSSELMAN, F.
A. A. SnissLitn. R. H.
Sunbury. July 5, 18f6. tf.
A. J. CONIIAD,
HOLLOWING RUN.
g ESPECTFULLY informa the public that
Hq, he ha. replenished Ilia Store with an ex
cellent assortment of New (Soo.l ju.t received
from Philadelphia, which he will aell on term
a reasonable as any other ettabli.h.uent. Hi
assortment consists in purt of
CLOTHS, CAfSSlMEREr & HATTINETT,
'.Vinter Wear for men and boy, all tyle and
price
fjndic Ilrt'sK Cioods
Consisting of Black Silks, Merino, Alpar,
lie Laiues, Calicoes, (iiughama. Muslin., Trim
mings, &c.
Al.o a Ireah supply of GROCERIES of all
kinds.
HARDWARE and QUEENSWARE,
Cedarw.ire, II rooms, etc. Also a large assort
meut of Boots and Shoe, lu'lnblc for Men Wo
men and Children. Huts end Caps. Silk Huts,
and all good usually kept in a Country Store.
All the above named .ock of pond will be
anld positively at low prices for cash, or in ex
change for country produce, at the highest
market price.
Hollowing Run. Nov. 2!. 1IIMI lv
I't.KvT WIIUI.L,
frjtlll Grease i recommended to the notice of
1 Wugonera. Livery Stabl keepers, die, as
being Suvkiiioii to anything of the kind ever in
troduced. Aa it does not guin upon the axle
is much more durable, and is not affected by
the weather, remaining the same in summer as
in winter, and put up in tin canisters at 374 ami
75 cms, for sale by A. W. FlSHER.
March 14.1857.
Jront Street Wire Manufactory,
m rsox.iovi, c:o.,
No. 48 Vorth Front Street, cornel of Coomb's Alley,
between Market ami Mulberry (Arch) S.reels, Pliilnilel
nh.il , miii.nfuclura of superior (luulily, Uihm nail Iron
Wire Sieves, of hI I kinds ; Hn.u. u.ul Coppei Wir. Cloth
for Piper M nicer., Ae. Cylinder, and Pauily Itoll. co.
Verct in the Ih-mI n.nnner.
Heavy Tw.lle.1 Wile for Spark Catc)iera, ieve. for
Brass anil Iron Foumteia, torcea Wire. Window Wire,
K-ifes, Traps, Dish Covers, C..al s.ul raud bsrssns, .(.
Fnney Wire Work if every description.
March 14, 1837. Sin
Uhikilia aso P.ttsaoi.MiacrACTrai,
Ka.3Korth Fourth Street, N. W, Corner tf
Market, Philadelphia.
T A8 now on hand an extemiva aortirint
of the newost and meat desirable kinds, in
eluding mxny NEW STYLES not heretofore
lo be had in thi maru An examination of
our t K-k ia solicited before purchasing elsewhere.
Manh 7, !7 3m
COUNTY ORDERS County order uken
aa cash for good, and on not or hook .
eaont by E. Y. DRK3HT 0i.
NEW A.rGrEILEISrT 1
DRUGS, PAINTS, OILS, Ac.
f IlIIE undersigned having taken the etore for
JL nierly kept by William A. Ilruner, ie now
ready to All orders and prescription at a mo
menta notce. He lia. a larg. and woll .elected
lock of fresh and pure
DRUGS, CHEMICALS,
Dye-lufls, Oil, I'ainU, Glaaa, Putty, and all
kind of Patent Medicine..
FRUIT AND-CONFECTIONARY
Tobacco and Imported Segar of the choireit
brand.. Fancy Notion' toilet article., and Per
fumery of all kind. Toolb and Hair Brushes
of every variety.
Camphint and Fluid always on hand.
Customer will find hi slock complete, com
prising many article it is impossible here ta enu
merate, and all .old at moderate price.
Itemrmher the place, neit door te E. Y
Bright' Mammoth Store.
. A. W. FISHER.
Sunbury, March 14, 18S7.
Ii. C. IVES'
Produce and Frull Store,
No. 15 North Wharves, Philadelphia.
Skipping and Cauntry Oordrrs promptly filled
on rrronsible orders.
Farmer and Dealers' Produce Sold en Com
mission. Apple, Banana, Pine A pplee, Dried Fruit,
Onions, Oranges. Shell Barks, Raisins,
Resns, Lemons, White & Sweet Figs, m
Turnips, Cranberries, Potatoes, Poultry,
Reaches, Ground NuuU, Chcsnuts, Eggs, ore.
Foreigu and Domestic Produce and Fruit gen
erally,
February 28, 1857. ly
HOVER'S LIQUID HAIR DYE.
Thit liuir dye necrii only n trial to lutiKV all of tti per
ffctinu uo ui a Dye, mid i he fuliDwitiic tcititnuniHl iroin
Ihttl eniineiit Analytic Chcmiat, Piurcnanr iK'lh, rtftha
j. . Mint, will only cniiarm wtiat tlif iiwiuU nave pro.
viuual) txtrii tesLiuiuny In
4,juA0uKAToKr torn Practical Chemutit,
St. Stephcn'a Hlm-e, J
pHiLlnti.pnu, ffbiuMiy 1?Ui, 1657.
"Bring wll arquuiutetJ with llie a-jlstiuires !iin(vaing
Havik' Liquid Haih IHt, I am auiisfirtJ tUat by ftlltw
inj Uie Rimpie ilircotumt given for ill use, it will not
ii.'jure tbe Uuir or yiiin, hut will give a natural and ilu ra
il eukr tu tlie l-fnir.
JAM KS C. nOOTH, Aimlvtic Chemitt
HOOVKR'9 VK1T1.0 INKS, i.icludiiikj JJ.K.ypr'a
Flaid, and IIov-r'a Imkllible Inka, are tnt well known
and iiititxluced to require any additional testimony of
their clmrucier. The anlra Imve been jurrciiftuflr rinfa
their firt introduction, giving evidence (lint the article!
truly ponRrj thut intrinaic meiit claimed at firat fr them
by he Matiulacturer.
Oidcra. addrrufiwl to'the Manufartnrv. No. 4lfi RACE
atreft above KOl'KTU, fold rio. 114,) Pbiladdphia, wiU
receive pruoipt ttntinn by
JdKPII JF. HOOVER. Manulacturar
PbilaJelphia, April US, lt'57. ly
LEASE OF VALUABLE COAL LANDS.
PIIIE Northumberlsnd Improvement Compa
1 ny invite proposals for the Lease of a por
tion of their COAL VKIN8, situate on their
property in Northumberland county, Pennsylva
nia, two and half miles above the town of Sha
mokin, and directlv on the line of the Philadel
phia and Kunhury Rail Road.
The Vein of Coal are well l.w-ated fur easy
aud profitable operation. Apply lo
JOSEPH at. 1)IXN. Agent,
Mount Carinel, Pa.
erteCHAS. S. FOLWEI.L. Sec'y.
IK South 3d street, Philadelphia.
March 7, 18.'.7. 3m
FURNITURE POLISH.
at. RAE'S Premium Patent Enamel Furniture
Polish. This polish is highly valuable for restor,
ing the polish on all kinds of Furniture. Glass,
Carriage Bodir. Hair Cloth, Ac. Also, for re
moving spots, hiding cratches, cVc, Ac. War
ranted to dry immediately and retain it gloss.
Price 50 cts. per bottle. Sold by
A. W. FISHER.
Msrch 14, IB.Vr.
THE DAUPHIN & SUSQUEHANNA
RAILROAD.
CONNECTS the Heading Railroad at An
burn, on the Schuylkill, (10 miles below
Tuttsville.) with the Northern Central Railroad,
at Dauphin, on the Susquehanna, and wita the
Pennsylvania Railroad at Kockville, (5 miles
above Harrisburg,) and runs u.m passenger
train ill winter, and two passenger truins in
summer through between Auburn and Harris
burg, each way, daily, (Sunday excepted.) on
time arranged ta connect properly with these
roads; with the Cumberland Valley and Harris
burg and Lancaster Railroads, at Harrisburg,
and with the Cattuwissa Railroad, and it north
ern connections at Port Clinton.
EI.LWOoD MORRIS, Eng. Jt Supt.
March 7, IH57. Cm.pd.
' JOHN STONE & SONS, '
A. 45, Hccimd Street, Philadelphia.
.4 RE now receiving theit spring importation
of SILK and MILLINERY GOODS, con
sisting in part ot Fancy, Cap and Bonnet Rib
bon. Satut and Mantua Ribbon, Glace and
Plain Silka, Marcelines and Florences, Black
Modes, French and English Crapes, Tarlatane,
Malina and Illusion Laces, j-c. Also, a full
assortment ol French and American flowers,
which they oiler to the trade on favorable terms.
March !, 1857. m., P. 3.
Citrate of Magnesia
ua
TASTELESS SALTS.
THIS preparation is recommended a an ex
cellent laxative and purgative. It operates
mildly, is entirely free from suv unpleasant tasie
resembling lemonade in ilavor, prepared and sold
by A.W.FISHER.
Sunbury, March 14, l5f.
MISS A. M. TOMER,
Successor to Mr. M. Hill,
Faklilouuble Struiv aud Faucjr
Milliner,
No 3S1 North Second Hlteel, below Nobis, epposits Red
Lion Motel, Hiuidelu ia
I) AT T Kit N Bonnets imuls to order. Oidw. re.psat
fully licited and proroplly stteiidsd to.
Wurcn ae, le57 3iii w
New Wall Paper Warehouse,
BURTON & LANIN0,
M ANITA riX'RIJKS and impoiiers. No. 134, Arch
street, second door above s.lth, HlitUidelphiu. wliets
may Us found llis largest and best at-lecled stock iu tits
tuy.
COL NT11Y PURCHASKRS may h.r. h. aeei.mmo
dated without the inconvenience i.r kiokinK lurlher, and
may be assured that they will receive the sdvautsss of
taeu uibiicy. ULR IUN ft I.ANIXU,
141 AHCIt street, auovs U.xlh, PlnluJe nhia.
Match SS, lRj7 3.ne.
r'obaccO and SegarB SO.OOO Imported
begar of various brand. Eldorado, Fig,
CavendtsU and fine cut tobacco at
A. W. FISHER'S.
H.inhtiry. March 14. I P.5.7.
SL'GAR CURED HAM A lot just received
and for sale by. LEVI 8EA8HOL7Z.
A prill IW.
A SIIAVI Y roil BALK.
raIIE subscriber offers for sal bis SHANTY,
1. Co.)k-f5loe, eke, on the Rail-Road below
Trerorton Bridge, Apply soon to
M. B. MASSER.
Suntary, Ajn-a , !R57.
. (From Hsrper'a Waekly. : 1
AN INVITATION TO THE COUN
TRY. BT WILLIAM C. DRTAJT.
All day, from shrubs by oar Summer dwell
W,
The Euster-pparroT repeats his song;
A merry warbler, be chides Ihe blossoms,
Tbu idle blossoms, that sleep so long.
Tbe blue-bird chants, from tbe elm's Ion;
branches,
A hymn to welcome the budding year ;
Tbe Buuth-wiod wanders from field to forest,
And softly whispers, Tbe Spring ia berel
Como, daughter mine, from the gloomy city,
Before these lays from the elm bare ceas
ed ;
The violet breathes by oar door as sweetly
As in the air of her native East.
Though many a flower ia the wood is wak-
inp.
Th i daffodil is our door-side queen ;
Sim pushes upward the sward already,
To spot with sunshine tbe early green.
No lays so joyous as these are warbled
From wiry prison in maiden's bower ;
No pampered bloom of the greeu-hoo.ee
chamber
Has hull' thu charm of the lawn's first flow
er. Yet these sweet lays of the early season,
And these fuir sights or its suuny days,
Are only sweet whuu we fondly listed,
And only fair whuu we fondly guzu.
There is do glory ia star or blossom
Till looked upon by a loving eye ;
There ia no frugrunce in April breezes
Till breathed with joy as they wauder by.
Come, Julia dear, for the sprouting willows,
Tbe opening flowers, aud the gleaoiings
brooks,
And hollows green io tho sun are waiting
Their dower of beauty from tby glad looks.
anemts.
A SHORT STORY.
We mast work. Many who have been
fortunate in business, and having early ac
quired wealth, bare retired from active pur
suits of life to find what they call ease, have
found instead an accumulation of cares and
evils, reul aud imaginary, which tbey never
supposed to be connected with a life of idle
ness. There, for iustauce, is our old friend
Coffee, for many years one of the firm of
Uutl'ee, Rica & Co., bulesule grocers, iu South
stteet. Co He commenced business iu early
life, and being euterprising and energetic,
and as ''busy us a bee," tbe business pros
pored, and the firm became widely kuowu for
rtisuccusbful trading- After CoTe h&4 bee a
ia busiue.-s for about twenty years, be couclu
ded be would retire from active life and spend
the rest'of his days (he was only forty-five)
in seine secluded spot, where the fluctuutious
of the flour market, or the rise aud full of
pork aud molasses would disturb bis quiet uo
longer, lie would not be an anchorite ; no,
not be. I lo loved good living and good so
ciety too well for that. He would build him
a munition ia the country, far from tbe noisy
sound and noisome smell of South street.
He would provide ample accommodations for
friends who might come to partake of bis
good cheer, and he would lead a pleasant,
easy life. Such were his plans. Hut alas !
poor Coffee! while thou was acquainted with
all tbe inns auA outs ol' trade, thou wuatiguo
rant ii f thine own self.
The partnership was dissolved, the site for
a house selected, aud in due time a splendid
mansion was built. It was tho most elegant
mansion in all those parts, Tbe bouest
rustics gazed with astonishment at the evi
dences of weulth it displayed, the country
storekeeper cougratulated himself on the
probable acquisition of a customer, the village
doctor calculated on au additional patiuut,
while the poor parson rejoiced iu his heart
that there was some probability of having
bis small salary increased by tbe liberality of
a retired merchant. Fur the first few mouths
everything went on admirably. Coffa hud
enough to keep him at work in arranging
matu rs around the place and getting every
thing in proper order for permaneut use.
But when all this was done, time hung heavi
ly ou bis bunds. There was nothing to keep
him employed, for all the work ou bis place
was done by hired bands ; and as he was de
termined to be free from all care, be even
employed a man as overseer of the whole.
Tbu sum total of Coffee's daily occupation
was eating drinking and sleeping, with a little
reading aud an occasional rule. It was not
long before symptoms of dyspepsia and gout
appeared, and after sufieritig months of
untold ugony, he left a splendid munsiou for
"tbu uutrow house appointed lor all tbe liv
iug." He died because he had uotbiug else
to do.
Then there was his neighbor Lapstone,
who tried hard to keep souls in the bodies of
hiinsell, wife and eight children, by daily
plying bis honest trade of shoemakiug. Lap.
tloue's bumble house was almost under the
shadow of the great mansion, and he often
sighed as be looked up from bis leather seat
and saw tbe rich Coll'ce whirled by in bis
splendid coach, and was so often tempted to
breuk the tenth coinniuudmeut and wish
himself away from his wuz-euds and his awls,
aud iu possession of some of bis neighbor's
riches. True, l.upstoue was iu comfortable
circumstances, though be was a poor man.
He bad a little garden patch, where he could
labor ao hour or two every day, and while
providing for bis table be preparing, by out
door exercise, for tbe in-door confinement of
bis trade Then bis wile was a perfect model
of a woman, frugal aud industrious, while the
eight young Lapstoues were hardy aud robust,
uud some of '.hem able to help id the shop.
But Lupstoue had fancied, at be saw the
wealth aud show of his neighbor, thut it was
Cue thing to be rich and take the world
easy. Therefore be sighed when bis neighbor
rode lazily along ia bis carriage, while be
sat fur ten hours a day hammering sole
leather. But wbeu at length be saw the
funeral train which couveyed tbe rich idler
to bis long home, be came to tbe conclusion
that health was better than wealth, and coo
leutmeut wore to be desired than great riches.
All that's thu moral of this story.
A Lui'KV Man. One of our exchanges an
nounces that a Mr. White, liviug iu Venice,
Pa., was receutlv murdered in hit n bad tiv
some one who wished to get bis mousy. Tbe
editor adds tbal ' luckily Mr. vVbite bad dis-
Sosited his money io bauk tbe day before." -It
Wfcite Hot nUl-iej bat lis l.fe.
i ComoU.
Ia ancient times, tbe vieita of comets were
supposed to pretend pestilence aud war; and
in the reigo of Justinan, when to immense
'blaring stars" appeared, the direful expecta
tions wore abundantly fulfilled not, however
that those calamities, which desolated large
perilous oi tue KaHten llouian Umpire, had
any connection with tkt comets. The, Out
alarmed mankind S OTth of September,
A. I). 31, and wal seen for twenty days in
the western quarter of the heavens, shooting
its rays into the north. ' The second eppeor
ed A. 1), 5 a 9, and increased lo so lurge size
that the bead was in the cast and the tail
reached west. It was visible for forty duys,
tbe sun at tbe time exhibiting unncual pale
ness. Varro records a tradition, that in the
same time of Ogyges, the fulber of Orecian
antiquity, the planet Venus changed her color
size, figure aud course ; "a prodigy without
example, either in past or succeeding agns.
This refers to 17b7 yeitrfcbefore Chiist. Tre
mendous cotnuti appeared ia the west, two
generations prior to Cyrus ; but one of tho
tn oh t splendid comets was seen forty-four
years belere Christ. After the death of Juli
us Caisiir, a "long haired star" was conspicu
ous to Home and to l notions, during tbe
games that were exhibited by young Octavinn
iu honor of Venus and bis uncle J alius Cic
fur; and tbe vulgar bftlieved that it convey,
ed the divine soul of the latter lo hf sveo.
Tbe superstition was ntiiveraul among the
ancients, that a comet, "from its brrrid bair
shakes pestilence and war?" But modern
philosophy end reseach have successfully dis
pelled such vain aud idle apprehensions, in
all civilized nations. At tbe birth of the
great Mithridutes King of Pontus, two large
comets appeared nbosa aplendor is fabulous
ly said to have equalled that of the tan. They
were seen sevetity-twe-J dayt together, and
occupied forty-five diiM, or the fonrtb purt
of the visible heaTens.V'viitoeca, tLe Uouiau
philosopher, who lived In the first century of
tbe Christian- era writes "Tbe time will
come when tho nature of comets and their
magnitude will bu demonstrated, and the
courses they tuke, to different from those of
i ue planets ; and posWrrly will wonder that
the preceding ages should be ignorant io mat
ter so plum and eay to be known. Arago
thought that not less than seven thousand
comets revolved in our system. Comets some
times pass unobserved by the inhabitants of
the earth in consequenc of the part of the
heavens in which they mere, being then under
daylight. During a total eclipse of the sun
sixty years before Christ, a large comet, not
previously seen became visible near the body
of the obscured luminary. Halley's comet
A. 1). 1400, covered a buiu part ol the visi
ble heavens, and was likened to a Turkish
scymitar. That observed by Newton, A. P.
1 ',80, bad a tail 123.000,000 of miles iu length.
A comet A. 1). 1744, Lm six tails, spread out
like a fan, across a large space in the bky.
t'tnnsylvania Jnqutrer.
A Sl'RRCI! ox Scot.PiNO Wives. At a
young men's debating society, down in Indi
ana, the question for discussion was : ''Which
is the greatest evil, a scolding wile or a
smoky chimney?" After the appointed dis
h,..t asVliidttrWeek.i.'.t,.,
1 " ... . .',.:..'(
roso una begged the privilege of making a
fuw remarks on the occasion. Permission
being granted, be delivered himself in this
way :
'Mr President, I've been almost mad a
listening to the debate of these 'ere young
sters. They don't know nothing at all about
the evils of a scolding wife. Wait till tbey
bave bad one for twenty years, and been hum
mured, and jammed, and shammed all the
while wait till tbey have been scolded be
cause the baby cried, because the fire wouldn't
bum, because the oven was too hot, because
the cow kicked over the milk, because it
raiued, because the sun shined, because the
hens didn't lay, because the butter wouldn't
come, because tbe old cat bad kittens, be
cause they come too soon to dinner, because
they were one minute too lute, because they
suug, because they tore their trowscrs, because
they invited a neighbor woman to call again,
because tbey got sick, or because they did
anything else, (no matter whether they could
help it or not,) before they talk about the
evils of a scolding wife ; why, Mr. President,
I'd rather bear the clatter of hammers and
stones, and twenty tin pans and nine brass
kettles, than the din, din, din, of the tongue
of a scolding wife. Yes, sir-ree, I would.
To my miud, Mr. President, a smoky chim
ney is no more to be compared to a scolding
wife, than a little Dero is to a dark uigbt.
BnANry;iTH Manifacttrh. The follow
ing uccouut from thu Toronto Colonist of the
death of a man from tasting a poison ased in
manufacturing brandy from raw spirittcooveys
its own moral :
At about 11 o'clock, Thursday morning,
clerk in the employ of Mr Wright manufac
turer, at liramptor, left the store for the pur
pose of manufacturing a quantity of bruudy
from raw spirits. He look with lum a pre
paration used for this purpose-by fume called
essence ol bluntly. 1 bo preparation was f
placed on the table ia the wurehouse, and
the deceased (Mr. Morris,) after preparing a
portion of tbe liquor, returned to the store,
and took a glass of ale with some friends Irom
Toronto, lie had scarcely returned to Lis
former occupation more than fire miuuter, oe
lore the porter ran into the store, io great
alarm, exclaiming, "Mr. Morris has been
lusting tbu essence of brandy, and it has kil
led him." Ou those present running to the
spot, it was found thut the repoit was too
true ; the sufferer had inadvertently tasted a
fuw drops of the drug, which is ueurly allied
to prusaiC acid, aud instant death was tbe
cousequence of the unhappy mistake. Au in
quest was held tbisal'teruoou ; but tbe verdiet
of the jury was not given at the time the cars
left Brampton. M r. Morris was a very well
educated young muu of highly respectable
family iu Cloucestershire, Lug land.
Lady Politicians. In tbe recent parlia
mentary elections iu England the women
teem to have been unusually active. Lady
John Uussell contributed much to her hus
band's re-election by visiting the different
polling booths with her smile and courtes
ies among the electors. Lady Mill'red Hope
is beleived to have carried tbe election of
her husband for Maidstone. She did not ex
actly cauvass for him, but all through the
election the wat cnitstaully driving about tbe
town ; tbe wat also most active at the nomi
nation and during the poling ; and at the
polling ; and at the close, unable to restrain
herself any longer, she threw up tbe window
of ber hotel, and addressed tbe mob iu a
speech which everybody agreed wat belter
than ber husband's delivered immediately
afterwards from tbe same place,
Psnntrotal. It is said that pennyroyal
woven into their oets, will perfectly aud cer
taiuly protect hens Irom the svnoojauce of
vcruiiu. Some poultry raiser, wata the
et.', t5t;r!y t'-.t 5l;c:'g :.-. 4 Vr.
' ZIormon Outraged.
During the month of March a wholesale
tragedy was unacted near tbe walled town of
Springvillo, which contains about 2,500 in
habitants, and is distant some sixty miles
from Salt Lake City. A man named l'arrish,
a seceding Mormon, had deloriuiued upon
leaving the Territory and coming to the
States, and, in order to do so, sold out his
property and purchased some horses and a
wugon. In the counto of the nigl.t previous
to his Intended depurture his wagon and
horses were stolen, and some time hnd passed
before be discovered which way they bad
gone. He found them in the town of Provo,
some miles off, but, on imlent ideation and
application for them to the Mayor of Provo,
he was decidedly refused all relief. Finding
it uo nso to remonstrate, he returned to
Springville, and finally, in company with his
two sons and two other men respectively
named Potter and Darger, be sot out for tbe
States on foot. Thpy bad not left the place
more than a few hundred yards behind when
they were attacked by a number of men
nrmcd'and dinguised. Potter was shot dead,
five bulls baviug entered his body; Parrish
fell wounded, when one of the assailants
rushed upon him, and, in his disabled condi
tion, cut his throat from -ear to ear, and
ripped up bis abdomen. One of Parrisb's
sous ran obout eighty yards, when he was
struck down, bis throat cut, and his ubdomen
ripped up. The other young Parrish and
Durger contrived to escape. The only uolice
taken of the matter by the Mormon authori
ties was tho summoning of a coroner's jury
who sat upon the case and returned a verdict
of ''assassination by somo persons unknown."
It is stated that a day or two before tho day
which Parrish bad fixed for leaving, the
Mormon Bishop of Springville sent a wogon
express to Hrighani Young in Salt Luke
City, which wect and returned within twenty
four hourj. This unexampled cirrumstunce
is thought to connect Young with privity to
the murder, ami the further fact is stated
thut, just before the bluody transaction, the
aforesaid liibbnp of.Spr.nville blessed a
number of bis flock preparatory to thoir un
dertaking a "work of the Lord," and prayed
that the "Lord would give them strength to
perform his work."
1 otter was a brother or one or the men
killed in Gunnison's massacre, and was one
of the very few who kuow the secret history
of that sanguinary transaction. Parrish and
his son were also well acquainted with the
Mormon secrets, having once been in full
Mormon communion.
Another tragedy, not very dissimilar, is
ulso reported l.y tho last mail from Utah. It
occurred about seventy milet from Parowan,
on the California road, uud the victims were
a small party of seceding Mormons emigra
ting to California. Four were shot as they
sat encamped at the foot of somo rocky hill.
Tbe names of two of these men were Tobin
and Pellro. They too were well apprized of
the aims and secrets of thu Mormons, and
therefore too dangerous to be allowed to
emigrate.
Of the other, thw adulterous btnci of
Mormon practice and policy, only a (act or
two is stated. Joseph Young, a sou of Jiriir-
nam, oae returned irom j-.nguiid.to which be
ia uaea uccretiiteil
hi a r.ii-ji.'ca: v. lln
lelt a young wife behind him wheu be under
took his mission, but since his return has
taken no notice of her. To make up for this
ovhciency he has "sealed two new wives, one
of tbem a niece of tho deceased Jedediab
Grant. Brigham's youngest daughter, Alice,
by his first ami true wife, has been recently
, , , i ...
seaieti, mucn aguinei ner momer s will as
well as her own, to a muu named Clawson,
who had already three or four wives. Hap
tisms bad been very frequent in Great Salt
Lake City. At one of these ceremonies fon
hundred Mormons were baptized and re-baptized,
and at another three hundred wetit
through the same "purifying" rites.
We bave been advised,, by accounts of a
prior date, recently received, that crimes of
the most horrible description have increased
to such au extent that the life of no settler in
the territory is sale; while a secret society
cunea l'amies nave to some extent disorgan
ized the Mormon society by introducing
general system of murder, arson, robbery,
KCt on tue most extensive scale.
Permanent ai.i'r ok Kkowi.kdcik. One
of the most agreeable consequences of know!
edge is tbe respect and importance which it
communicates to old age. Men rise in char
acter often ns they increase in years ; they
are veneruDie noin wuat tbey have acquired
and pleusiug for what they cuu impart. If
tbey outlive their faculties, the mere frame
itself is respected for what it once contained ;
but woman (such is their unfortunate style of
education,! hazards everything on one cast of
the die; when youth is gone, all is cone.
No humau creuture gives his admiration for
nothing ; either tbe eye mutt be charmed or
the understanding gratified. A woman must
talk wisely or look well. Kvery human being
must put up wita me coldest civility, who
has neither tho charms of youth nor the wis
dom of se.
"I un Iiit'ii ?" Many a sigh is heard
many a heart is broken many a life is ren
dered miserable by the terrible infatuation
which pure Ms manifest in choosing a life
companion for their daughters. How is it
possible for happiness to result from union
of two principles so diametrically opposed to
each other in point, as much as virtue is to
vice? Howol'teii is the first question which
Is asked respecting the suitor of tho daugh
ter this -is he rich ?'
''Is he rich ?" yes, he abounds in wealth ;
but does not afford an evidence that be will
make a kind and effect innate husband.
"Ih he rich?" yes his cloths are purple,
and tine liiiuun, and be fares sumptuously
every day ; but do you infer from this that be
is virtuous?
"Is be rich?" yes, be has thousands float
ing on every ocean ; but do not riches take to
themselves wings and (ly away? Will you
consent that your daughter should marry a
man who has nothing to reccommend him but
his weulib? Ah, bewure: the gilded bait
sometimes covers the barbed book. Asksiot
then "Is be rich t" but "Is be virtuous ?" Ak
not if h bat woalth, but if he has honor
and do not sitcrufice your daughter's bappi
uess for money.
Clovkr and Orchard Grass. One of oar
amateur farmer friends tells us, thut these
two grasses ripeu together, and make the
best of buy for cuttle. Ho also says tbe
orchard grass springs right up again efur
cutting, and like thu clover, makes tbe best
of early spring, summer, and fall feed, especi
ally ou dry land. One bushel of orchard
grass, and eight quarts of clover seed, should
besowu on aa acre. Ohio Farmer.
Samuel D Grimes died a few dayt ago in
Pike county, Georgia, aged 110 yvan, having
rfpPu t: t.'t i:r a taalti-y rase
) 0 e i r jt
WHEN
I SAW SWEET NELLY
HOME.
nr mart rRANrit) xvr.n.
Oor renders will agree with ns that the
following lines are very fine equally teuder
iu sentiment and melodious in rhythm :
In the sky tho bright stars glittered.
On the grass the moonlight fell,
Unshed the sound of daylight's bottle,
Closed the "Pink-njed Pimperunll,"
As adown the moss grown wood-path
Where the cattle love to roam
From Aunt Pattie's quilting party
I was aeeiug Nelly home.
Jetty ringlets softly fluttered
O'er a brow as white as snow ;
And tier cheek 1 tho crimson tunset
Scarcely bat a warmer glow.
'Mid ber parted lips' vermillioa
White teeth flashed like ocean foam ;
All I marked with pulses throbbing,
While 1 saw sweet Nelly home.
WheR the Autumn tinged the greenwood,
Turning all its leaves to gold,
la tbe lawn, by alders shaded,
I my love to Nelly told.
As we 6tood together, gazing
On the star bespangled domo,
How I blest tho August evening
When I saw sweet Nelly home.
White hain mingle with my tresses,
Furrows stunt upon my brow,
But a leve-smile cheers and blesses
Life's declining moments now ;
Matron in tho snowy 'kerchief,
Closer to Riy bosom come
Tell me, dost thou still remember
. Wheu I saw sweet Nelly homo ?
Tub Kich Mrs Also Dir. Tho decease of
tbreu wuiinent- merchant bankers of New
Y ot '., which, in qCick succession, has recent
ly been announced, wilt distribute, it is esti
mated, about 33,000,000 to their respective
heirs. Mr. Samuel Nicholson left about
$800,000. which goes by his will iu li'iurly
equal proportions to tha family relatives of
bis deceased wife and to his own sisters in
Ireland. He left uo children. His nephew.
resident in New York, is maila the executor,
with a legacy of $.".0 000. Mr. John F. A.
Sam! ford, and Mr. Jasper Giosvonnr leave
each an estute valued at ov.ra million of dol
lars. The legatees of tbe first are Mrs. San
ford and three children, including a ton by a
previous marriage. Mr. Grosreuor we hoar
leaves only one child.
A Chair of Hoam for tub Prf.sidiwt.
A backwoodsman, named Seth Kuitnun, of
Humbolt county, Culfioruia, shot with his
own gun two immense deer of tbe eik species
some time since, stripped thorn of their horns
and bides, and formed tkem into an arm chair,
which be inti ml presenting to President Bu
chanan, llis very uniquly constructed, there
being nothing but "Buck" about it, the ant
lers forming liie frame, work ami the seal be
ing made of the tanned hides of the auiniah.
The professional sportsman and amateur
chair manufacturer has had this modern
piece of furniture ou view for a few days past
in a buck room at the Marshal's office. He
will proceed with it immediately to Washing
ton. Sunday JJeruld.
A Qcaker Womax's- Lootc. The follow
ing is an extract from a Quaker womau's
sermon :
"There are three things I very much won
der at. The first is thut children should be
so foolish as to throw op stones, clubs and
brick bats into fruit trees to ktiock down
fruit ; if tbey would let it alone, it would
fall itself. Second is, that men should bu so
foolish, and even to wicked, as to go to war,
aud kill each other ; if let alone tbey would
die themselves. And the third and last
thing which I wonder at is, that men should
bo so unwise aa to go afterthe young women;
if they would stay at home thu young womeu
wuuld come after tbem."
Dili. Timfs. The Home (N. Y.) Sentinel
complaint oldull times in Western New York.
It says: "Any thinking person, by looking
about him, will find that in this region there
is no business which pays' a bare living be
ing all that is made. The loaning of money
at the West at 100 per cent., and the shaving
at the Kast of a fiO cent note by takiug CO
cents, is about the only profitable business
now going and even these branches are droop
ing ou account of being overdone."
Geuernl Cuss, it is said exhibits surprising
vigor and industry aud endurance in his offi
cial labors. He rises and commences work
ut five, and is continually engaged with small
respite, till eight or nine at night. His diet
is, however, very sparing, and he sticks still
lo cold water. Now and then be indulges in
a cup of coffee, tho only exhileraling bever
age which he can use.
Ilr.iei without JAi.if.v. The Persian am.
bassador at Paris, Ferouck Khan, has jnst
presented to Louis Napoleon four Arab
horses of the purest blood, from bis master
the Shah. Their peculiarities are two that
they are larger than any blood horses hither
to seen, and thut they bave no mane. Paris
was very much delighted with tho beauty of
these animals.
Good for tub GnvuR.vo. Tbe exhibitor
of a well known sewing machine, after having
finished a trial of it, a few davs since, in the
Kxecutive chamber, before Gov. Pollock,
asked his Kxcellency if he had ever seen a
more beautiful machine. "Oh, yes, a much
more beautiful one a pretty girl's hand,"
replied the Governor, io bis courteous man
ner. SoMF.Tiiisci to Svilr at. Sydney Smith
was once examining tome flowers iu a garden,
when a beautiful girl, who was one of the
party, exclaimed, "Oh, Mr. Smith, this pea
will never come to perfection!" "Permit me.
then " said Sidney, gently taking her band,
and walking towards tbe plant, "to lead per
itenon to the pea.
When Foote was at Rait Hill, he diaed at
the Castle; and when Partridge produced
tbe bill, which was mtuer exhorlmant, foote
asked his name. ''Partridge, an' it please
von ?" renlied he. "Fartl-iiliff." renlied
Foote, "it should be Woodcock, by the leugth
or your bin.
A good wife, according to Plutarch,
should ho as a looking class to represent ber
husband s fare and passion ; tr he be pleasant.
she should be merry ; if be louk ssd, the
should participate of bis sorrow, and bear a
part with him ; and so should they coutioue
iu actual love one towards another.
A l'roucb writer is icpresented as calling
'rn?"P-'l ."emoTA' w a ri'!ty rt'ascb.'.l
Jfanncr's department.
Brass. The prettiest way fur a tnsn who
cultivates a little land to raise hit own dry
beans for next winter's use is, not to plant
the bush kinds by themselves1, for that would
require too much land, aa tbe product ia
small but to raise whito pole beans. Tho
common case knifo beans are excellent for
this purpose. Strike out a dozer) circles on
the ground as large as a cart-wheel. Put a
wheel-barrow load of manure into each, and
spade it up with the earth. Drop the seed
in tho circle, on tbe outer edge of the bill, taf
sijunches apart. Then insert eight or ten
poles just within the circle, at equal distance
for each other, and tin tho tops of the whole
together forming a cone. Cover np tho
seed and wait for tho result. Kuch of these)
hills will yield you a peck or hnlf a bushol
dry beans next fall which if you bave but a
dozen such bills, will give you perhaps half a
dozen bushels. This will bo enough for your
purpose. By this course but littin land is
occupied. Pole beans yield much mora
abuudantly than bush beans, and occupy air,
whilst the latter must huvo tbe surface of the
earth. If you wish to produce your own dry
beans, reader, try ibis system the present
season. Exchange.
A Substitute for Bran Poles. How ma
ny gardenB havo their appeuranco spoiled by
unsightly bean polos, ns the old saying is,
"standing seven ways for Sunday." 1 have
a way that looks better, aud as lor tho pro
ductiveness, there is half dillerenco iu my
plao. Set posts twenty feet apart, six feet
high, and fasten No. 8 or 10 wire on thu top.
Plant unfior tho wire in bills two feet apart,
leaving two plants in a hill to grow. Stick
with willow or any kind of sprtttts peeling
tho ends to prevent growing. Tie tbem to
tho wiro mid cut off tho tops of tho viuen
fwn nr thrne Inc.hftR above the wires. The
rows should ruu north and south, and bo four
and r half feet apart. Moore t aural vcw
Fortfr.
WoRs-orT Meadow. Their is rto mora
pofl table field belonging to the farm than a
good meadow, and yet comparatively few far
mers understand the art of keeping them iu a
productivo state. Meadows become warn
out, and consequently unprofitable, from two
causes viz : from want of proper manures, or
from akiud of Riess which farmers usually call
fog. rhu first is easily remedied by spread
ing a light coat of chaff, of any kind over the
sod any timo between Novemberand thorriid
dle of A pril, as this is not only the beet ma
nure for meadows, but should not bo put on
firm land at any time, ns it contains a great
quantity of the seeds of noxious plants that
greatly thin, Rod sometimes almost destroy
the grain crop. Tho second is effecluuly aud
permautly destroyed and converted into a
highly nutritious manure by a top-tirsejinj of
lime, say twenty bushels to tho acre.
Liquid M anlrk. This method of forlili
zing crops has lutely excited much attention
in Knglund, and has been adopted by quite a
number of enterprising larmeis. It ij U...i!
to be superior to solid manuring, producing
the greatest quantity of crops over attained
by any other method of culture. J. Nelson,
a farmer on the Farl of Derby's estate, about
eight miles from Liverpool, raised 100 tons of
Italian rye grass, last year, on one acre of land,
by liquid munuriiig. The soil was prevoutdy
fertile and well drained, but never had yiel
ded anything to compare with this crop.
This system of cultivation deserves tho at
tention of our farmers.
Feedi.no Sui.riiKR to Cattle. 1 have bepn
in the habit of feeding sulphur to cattle for
twenty years. I mix one pound of sulphur
with six quarts of salt, and place it in a box
where the cattle can have free access ta it
I have not seen any vermin on my call la
since I commenced this practice. 1 think it
has a tendency to make the old hair come otf
more readily. Tbe best time to feed it is ia
tbe fall or winter.
To Relieve Choked Cattle. My plau is
to fire a gun under the animal, wheu tho
animal makes such a desperate spring that
the wind from the stomach throits out the
obstruction from tho throat at once. Cer.
North- Western Farmer.
Fine Corn Mkai. Pldpino. Made of yel
low meal, stirred into scalded skimmed milk,
till as thick as gruel, and when cooled, add
ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and sweeten
ing to suit the taste, and a little fine cut
suet, and some raisins or dried peachps, or a
fine cut apple ; it should bake an hour or
more, according to size. No ono should fail
to try Ibis receipt.
Dumorflus.
Tub Mocstaciik Movfjifnts. .fyion.t.-..
"You find your moostarcheis agrrat Comfort,
don't you ?"
7'om. "Well! Yes! Dnt I'm afraid 1
must cut 'em ; for one's obliged to dress so
doosed expensive to make eTerythiug ac
cord 1" I'unvh.
New Sttlf.. The foreign papers say that
a Spanish beauty in Paris, lately appealed at
a party with ber dress buckled up the eidts
to ber knees, and that her ankles were em
braced by bracelets studded with diamonds,
Wonder if that fashion will coma across the
water.
An exchange says "it is aggravating to nj
a gooTl-looking muu wrestling with your wife
in a waltz, without having tho pririledgs cf
goiug up aud tighteuiug his neckerchief.
A colored preachergaviiiappnintrreiit: .
"I shall speak iu dis place a fortn'clit to dar.
do Lord willing; freu weiks, whudder or no."
The squirrel jumps from branch to branch
the Dirt from beau to beau.
A Miss AsUoon as a Milr. "Dimes" ssyt
that everywhere the old adage has been reul
ized by the young ladies, and that a Miss
now-a-days, iu circumference, is as good as a
mile.
A young man, who has recently tul-en a
wife, says be did not find it half to bard to
get married as to get furniture.
The man who "took the floor," hat beta
arrested for stealing lumber,
"Sally." laid a M!ow to a fill who had red
liuir, "keep away from me. or you will sol ice
afire
No dan cor of that." tie answer
re tco green to tort.'