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PEA, for Limcburners and making Steam.
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May 3, 1856. tf
O OF XT- -A.-
UNBUKY COUNCIL, No. 30, O. of u. A.
M. meets every Ttksoat evening in tnc
American Hall, opposite K. Y. Unguis store,
Market street, Snnbury, Pa. Members of the
order are respectfully requested to attend.
M. L. SlUNDEL, C.
S. S. HtunmcK, R. S.
Sunbury, Jan. 5, 1857 oel 80, '55.
WASHINGTON CAM Pi No. ia J. 8. of A
hold, its stated meetings every Thursday
evening, in the American Hall, Market Street,
Sunbury. ...
VM. II. MUSSEt.MAN, p.
A. A. SlMK.LVB, It. H.
Sunbury, July 5, 1856. tf.
"Immense excitement i i
devolution in the Dry Goods Business ! ! !
J. F. & I. F. KLINE,
Respectfully announce to their friend, and the
public in general that they have received at their
Store in Upper Augusta township, Northumber
land county Pa., at Klines Grove their Spring
and Summer GOODS, And opened to tha public
a general assortment of merchsndite ic.
Consisting in part of Cloths, black and fancy
Cass'mers, Salinetls, Checks, Kentucky Jesns
togethnr with a gcnernl assortment of Spring
and Summer Goods adapted to all classes of per
sons. Keady made Clothing, consisting of Caats and
Vests.
Ladies Tress Goods,
Sumn.er Shawls, Ginghams, Lawns, Ducal.,
Calicoes, black Silks 4 c.
Also a fresh supply of Drugs a.id Medicines,
Groceries 4'C-t f " kinds.
A new supply of Hardware, Queensware,
wooden ware Brooms 4c.
A large assortment of Roots and Shoe suita
ble for men women and children.
HATS AND CAPS.
School Books, Stationery, Envelopes, Ink, dtc.
Fish ajd Salt.
And all goods usually kept in a country store.
Corre and see, Come otie, come all.
The public are respectfully Invited to call and
examine our stock before purchasing elsewhere.
All of the above named slock of goods will be
sold positively at low prices for cash, or in ex
change for country produce at tha highest mar
ket price.
Thankful for past favors wa hope by strict
attention to business to merit a continuance of
the same.
Kline's Grove, Pa., May 16, 157 if
A. J. CONRAD.
HOLLOWING RUN.
ET ESPECTFULLY informs the public that
Jl, he has replenixhed his Store with an ex
rellent assortment of New Goods just received
from Philadelphia, which he will sell on terms
as reasonable as any other establishuieuL His
agmrtmcnt consist, in part of
CLOTHS, CASSIMEKES & SATTINETT,
Winter Wears for men and boys, all styles and
prices
Toadies II r ess Goods.
Consisting of Black Silks, Merinos, Alpacaa,
De Laines, Calicoes, Ginghams, Muslins, Trim
mings, Ac.
Also a tresh supply of GROCERIES of all
kinds.
HARDWARE and QUEENSWARE,
Cedarware, Brooms, cVc. Also a large assort
ment of Boots and Shoes, suitable for Men Wo
men and Children. Hats and Caps, Silk Hats,
and all goods usually kept in a Country Store.
Ail the above named slock of goods will ba
sold positively at low prices for cash, or in ex
change for country produce, at the highest
market price.
Hallowing Run, Nov. S3, 1856 It
IViTKXT UIIEtl. laiUAStO.
rTlIIIS Grease is recommended to the notice of
I Wagoners, Livery stable keepers, die., as
being 8ursaioa to anything of tbe kind ever in
troduced. As it does not cum upon the axlea
ia much more durable, and ia not affected by
the weather, remaining the aama in summer as
in winter, and put op in tin canisters at 37 and
?A renU.ror sale by A. YV. rlMLK.
March It. 1807
deleft $)0clrg.
A Poetic G km. The following will be read
with pleasure by all who can appreciate the
trmtilnl, tbe simple, and the beaolilul. Mr
Mnckay ia one of the most successful writers
of the day : ......
A PLAIN MAN'S PHILOSOPHY.
Br CIURLES MACKAY.
I'vo guinea I can
I've a wife, nud I've a friend,
And a troop of little children at my
John Brown.
I've a cottage of my own,
With the ivy overgrown,
And a garden with a view of the sea
lirown ;
I can Bit at my door
Bv mv shndy Bvcamorf.
knee.
John
Large of faenrt, though of very small estate,
John lirown ;
So come and drain a glass
Jn my arbor as you puss.
And I'll tell you what I love and what I bate
John lirown.
I love the song of birds,
And tbe children's early words'.
And a loving woman's voice, low und sweet,
John lirown ;
And I bate a falpe pretence,
And the want of common sense.
And arrogance, and funntug, and deceit, John
lirown i
1 love the meadow flowers.
And the brier in the bowers,
And I lo.ve an open face without guile, John
lirown;
And I bate a selfish knave,
And a prom), contented gluvn.
And a lout who'd rather borrow than
toil Jobu lirown.
Le'J
I love a simple song .
That awakes emotions strorp,
And the word of hope that raises him who
faints John Brown ;
And 1 hate contant whino
Of the foolish who repinp.
And turn their good to uvil by complaints,
John lirown ;
Hut ever when I botp,
If I seek my garden gate,
And survey the world around me, and obove,
John lirown,
The hatred flics my mind.
And I sigh for huniun kind,
And excuse the fuults of those I cannot lore
John Drown,
So, if you like my ways,
A nd the comforts or my days,
1 will toll you how 1 live so unvex'd, John
lirown j
I ncvpr scorn my honhli.
Nor sell inv soul for wealth.
Xor destroy one day the pleasure of the next
John lirown ;
I've parted with my pride.
And 1 tuke the sunny side,
For I've found it worse than fully tu be sad,
John lirown ;
I keep a conscience clear,
I've a hundred pounds a renr.
And 1 manage to exist and to be glad, John
lirown.
J-'ruin the PliiladVlphia Le-tgcr.
"THE VALUE OF A GOOD WIPE."
A Skrmox preached in Tine Street Church,
1 uiladulpbia, on the sudden death or a
femnlrt member of the church.
By REV. THOMAS nrtAINKRl), D. D. .
"Tht hvnrt of her husband doth safely trust
tit her. .o tliat he ahull have no need of
spoil." Fnov. XXXI, 11.
I lie rtcupst blesiugs are not always the
most obvious. It is tbe bidden moisture
which refreshes tbe flower. It is the bidden
spring which supplies the well. It is the
nutriment, buried in the earth, which feeds
the fibres of the vine and tree, and thus de
velopes the nourishing grapes and the shady
oak. The noisy cutaract is Dot so bcneticiul
as tho gentle rill that glides almost without a
murmur, and is belt known by the lively
green of its border, and tho flowers which
deck its meandering course. In the light
ing s nusn there is sublimity, but in useful
ness it yields to tbe gentle tuper, that lights
up a cottage evening. Mankind are moved
by exhibitions of power. They are atl'ected
Dj social changes which leave their mark in
the world, llence they pause to moralize
over tbe death or statesmen and heroes
over scholars and millionaries but few have
ever devoted time and thought and eulogy to
marK their estimate or the value of a luiitl
wife a good mother a good woman.
in this respect, us in most others, the Bible
is in advance of huinnu wisdom, and above
human aptitude and tendency. It selects
from its most elaborate, carefully worded and
emphatic eulogy, the domestic virtues of
a faithful wife and mother. As the light of
home is almost the only radiance which cheers
the uui'Knes8 ol man s earthly lot, King Sol
omon turns aside to pronounce a benediction
upon her w ho presides as a guardiau angel at
that altar.
There was sufficient reason for this What
are tbe outside revelliugs of pleasure worth
to bun who is compelled to return to a hllhy
and disordered home ? What is fame worth
to him who meets discord and reproach at
his own door and in his own chumber? What
can wealth do for him whose household is
devoid of taste, order and tomfort 1 What
can tho admiration of a crowd avail to him
whose own fireside is heartless aud desolate ?
Islt not wouderful, then, that the wisest
of men, King Kolomon, estimating things at
their real value, should ask, "who can bud a
virtuous woman T for her price is far above
rubies."
Elsewhere it is said, "A prudent wife is
from the Lord," and the gift is worthy of the
giver.
t The text, speaking of sack a wife, says :
"The heart of her husband doth safely irutt
In ber." There is a peculiarity in this lan
guage. Ordiuurily it is tbe oBice of divine
truth to weaken our couliduuce io earthly
blessings. Thus it is said : "He thattrusteth
in his own heart is a fool." "Trust not in
man, whose breath is in his nostrils." '-rut
not your trust in princes." "Trust not in
uucertaiu riches." Human friendships are
treacherous. Weullb ia too cold to fill a
warm heart. Fame bungs on a breath of air,
and comes and goes, rises and fulls by tho
caprices of a crowd. God ordinarily repre
sents all earthly things as vanity.
But in the text he seems to make an ex
ception in favor of a virtuous woman of a
true and faithful wife. Ue says :"'the heart
of her basband doth safely trust in her."
And for what may tbe bu.bsnd trust in
such a wife T
1. He may Irurt in her untetftth and perma
nent affection, I say with reverence, God
covets the love of his creatures: and man,
made in God's image, craves tbe love of
others, as essential to his own happiness.
Tho man that asks no love is a monster.
Tbe moo who expects none is a child of
despair. There may be hearts so frozen by
seltishnoBS. or ossified by pride and egotism,
or paralyzed by disappointment, as to be
iudillerent to affection.
But these are icebergs, drifting in . dnrk
ness, on Polar seas ; cold, barren, desoluto.
In them no tree or shrub plants a root; no
flower sheds its fragrance there. No melody
of living joy is chanted there. God fonnd
that it was not good for man to be alone,
chiefly because be needed the conscious affec
tion of a female heart, to soften the asperities
of his owl', and thus give completeness to his
bping.
In tbe deep, full affection of a wife's heart.
tbe husband finds that appreciation and
interest which every soul covets. This stinv
olates bis enterprises. This makes him brave
in peril. This cheers his hard labor. This
comforts him under irritation, slander, re
proach, in the outside world.
io meet this cravine ol man woman is
adapted.
She is not ambitious of wealth or fame
She shrinks from great chances and great
perils, bbe is not fitted for the struggles of
me lorum, the conflict of arms or the labors
of tbe field. Her home is her earthly Heav
en ; and she holds a loving heart to cheer
him, to whom God has given a loftier ambi
tion, a deeper craving ol earth s wealth.
stroneer arm and a hicher courage.
Subjected by the ordinunce of God and the
laws ol the land, to abide a sterner will thun
her own, she is furnished with a wealth of
a licet ion which makes her burden of subordi.
oution light, and melts and moulds to tender
ness the controller of ber destinv.
"I am loved at home." savs the husband or
the son ; and this thought nerves his princi-
imu iu tne nour oi lemptuiion. ana uives
solace to hardships on the land or on the
lone sen.
The treasure of a wife's nffertion. like the
grace of God, is given, not bought. Gold is
power. It can sweep down forests, raise
'ties, build roads, and deck houses. It can
bribe silence or uoisy praise. It can cjllect
troops of flatterers, and inspire awe and fear j
but, alas! wealth con never purchase love.
uonapurio essayed tne subjugation or Kurope
under the iufluenco of a genius almost in
spired an ambition insutiable and backed
by millions of armed men. He almost suc
ceeded in swaying bis sceptre from the
Straits of Dover to the Mediterranean : from
the Hay of Biscay to the Sea of Azoff. Ou
many a bloody Geld his banner floated tri
umphant ; but you all will bear witness that
bis greatest conquest was the unbonght heart
of Josephine his sweetest and most price
less treasure, her outmced but unchanged
love. If a man has failed to estimate the
affection of a true-hearted wife, he will be
likely to mark the value in his loss, when the
heart t li tit loved him is stilled by death.
II. The heart of her husband duth tofely
trust in a faithful irife for companionship.
The family relation gives'retirement without
solitude, and society without the rough intru
sion of the world. It plants in the husband's
dwelling a friend who cuu bear his silence
withont weariuess who can listen to the
detail of his interests with sympathy who
can appreciate his repetition of events only
important as they are embalmed iu the heart.
Common friends are linked to us by a slender
thread, we must retain them by ministering
in some way io tneir interests or their enjoy,
nient.
As we cannot always give novelty and
interest to our conversation ; as we cunnot
always make it for the interest, convenience
and pleasure of our friends to adhere to us,
as we are liable to those pecuniary and social
vicissitudes which may tax their patience or
their purses, our ordinary friends, like sum
mer bird, ere liuble to come and go to be
coldest when wo most need sympathy and
absent and indifferent, when we most need
their support.
What a luxnry it is for a man to feel that
in his own homo there is a true and affec
tionate being, in whose presence he inoy
throw off restraint without danger to his dig
nity ; ho mny confide without the fear of
treuchery ; ond be sick or unfortunate with
out being abandoned.
If in the outward world he grow wpnry of
human selfishness, his heart can safely trust
in one whoso soul yearns for his happiness,
and whose indulgence overlook his defects.
No wonder be says ;
''My every earthly joy to blend
And harmonize my life,
Give me a tine, tender fiicnd,
And be tliat friend Mr wiv."
III. The heart of a husband doth $aMu
trust in a faithful u ife for pertonul vamjort.
n iiu is iv in a i gives cure io ine ueaiuess,
order and tidiness of our dwellings, our halls,
our parlors, our bedchambers? Who is it
that consults our tastes, our affinities, our
repellances ; aJ so regulate onr tables, our
couches, our apparel, us to minister to our
comfort T
Who is it that supplies our lack of interest
in ordinary things, aud sends us out in society
prepared to meet tho claims of decency,
taste ond propriety? Who caters for our
appetites and swelters in heated kitchens
for our indulgence; and often, uuthauked
and unblessed, plies the needle, in tbe lone
evening, for our benefit?
Who iB it that schemes by a rigid economy
to get tbe most elegance and comfort from
the least tax on our incomes ; who furnishes
tbe ready pin, tbe napkin, the bandage for
our wounds, tbe cup for our thirst, the friction
for our aching bead, the medicine (or onr
pains? What angel of mercy is it that
watches by our sick pillow, bears all onr
complaints and irritations, and moves with
muffled step when we slumber ?
Tbe assiduities of a faithful wife are so
common, so various, so cheerful, so unexact
iug, that husbands are likely to regard ber
kindness as they do tbe sunlight and the
dews of Heaven, matters of course to be
received without gratitude. Hut the con
stancy which makes them familiar to a
rightly constituted mind deepens the sense
of obligation. While the husband safely
trusts iu tbe companion of his years for his
personal comforts, she has a right to expect
that ber beneficence shall be appreciated.
If uot, he will be likely to find her worth in
her loss. Her absence or death, is, to tbe
little world of home, like tbe loss of tbe
glowing sun, which alone protects our earth
from eternal darkness and frost.
IV. The heart of a husband doth tafely
trust in a faithful uife for counsel.
It is difficult to find a frieud who Is so
deeply interested in our welfare as to take
the trouble to study our perplexity so con
versant with us aud our affairs as to under
stand our wants and dangers so morally
brave as to venture to tell us unwelcome
truths so perfectly disinterested as to assure
os that do selfishness prompts his advance
and so persevering as repetitiously to urgo
-nun im. ii io mr vur oeneui.
A wife is such a friend, and a wise man
will often seek her counsel.
Her love casts out fear. Ucr ..confidence
inspires boldness. She is always at hand
with her aid. Her eyes have seen all. Her
oars have heard all. Her heart has felt all
that pertains to onr interest or our reputa
tion. She is tho husband's ether self at a
different angle of vision, watching with earn
estness for bis welfare.
And there is something in the ready, in
stinctivo impressions of an intelligent wife
which no sane husband should ever despise.
She does not pause to collect facts, weigh
arguments and draw inferences. Her im
pressive nature, which renders her indisposed
slowly to reason, is furnished with an in
stinctive perception of the right, which is
belter than logic.
It is wonderful how often, in nicely balanced
cases, when we appeal to the judgment of a
wnr, uow instani v ana decidpa tii nnmi mn
for us, and how generally she Is riqht. In
ordinary affairs within her province, the
judgment or a wife is almost an instinct of
propriety ; or, rather, an inspiration from
Jlim who ordained "thot by her counsel she
should be a helpmeet for man." Pilate was
embarrassed in the struggle between his
sense or justice and desire of popularity ; but
bis wife said at once, "have thou nothing to
do with that just man." Had he heeded her
counsel Pilate's hands would not have been
stained by the blood of tbe Son of God.
In questions affecting the health of a hus
band his good name his morals his com
panionshipshis business enterprises his
religion how often has the ready counsel of
a wife held him back from danger, disaster,
ruin. A nd how sad must be tbe brother here
from whom such a counsellor both lisen to.
cently removed by death.
V. The heart of her husband doth safe.'
trust in a faithful wife for competence.
It is true there are some wives who cannot
thus be trusted Actuated by a foolish von-
ItV Of dreSS. furniltirn anil ontiinAcra mwl rnnb-
less of a husband's toils, anxieties and pecu
niary embarrassments, thev will sustain n
certain style in the present, even if they have
i numpio on a uusnand's broken heart and
ruined reputation in the rtrnrpss. TIipba art
the wives that drive husbands to wild specu
lation, to frnHd and embezzlement, to debts
never to be Paid, to Inttprv o-nmhlinir tn
desperation and a premature grave.
Hut I am huppy to believe that such coses
ore lew. Asa ceneral fact, the principle of
jiioi.ee, economy anu lurnt is strong in the
noon oi a woman. Jler home destiny quali
ties ber for a minute rerard to the Hi tail, nf
domestic economy, and her love for her hus
band and regard for the welfare of her chil
dren dispose her to use wisely and well the
earuings entrusted to her control. She is
the one that obeys Christ in "gathering up
the fragments thut uothing be lost." Hers
is no hireling's eye and bund. The husband
lays his purse in her lap, assured that the
comlort and respectability of his house, and
the interest of his property ore safe in her
keeping. He hath, soys the- text, "no need
of spoil." He has no need of falsa pretence
of tricks of Irade of graspingspeculatlon
of over-trading and debt of over-tasked en
ergies ami feverish dreams ; for his wife reg
ulates his family expenditures by his fair in
come, and is contented with her lot. How
crushing is the augmeuted responsibility,
when a husband reulizes that such a care
taker is no more at the head of bis house
hold !
VI. The heart of a husband doth safely
trust a faithful u-ife in the care und training
of hi children.
A father regards his children as a heritage
from tho Lord. His sense of parental re
sponsibility, bis yearning und absorbing affec
tion, their dependence, their perils, their in
experience, tbeir confidence all combine to
press them ou his heart. But while these
little ones dearer to him tbun his own life,
demand constant tenderness and care, this
father must be abroud for their support. He
is a soldier, and umst dwell iu camps. 1 Io is
a sea captain, and must for months und years
inako his home outhe deep. He is a bunker
and must be found at tbe dusk. He is a me
chanic, and must ply his trade, lie is much
abroad ; whin he returns he is too absorbed,
too weary, too impatient, to sympathize with
his little ones, to touch them their prayers
uud smooth the pillow for their slumbers.
He may be rich ; but can money buy a
heart to lovu these little cues as be loves
them? Who will listen to their hundred
grievances? Who will be unwearied by their
clamor? Who will settle their little contro
versies? Who will answer their thousand
questions? Who will watch tbeir incipient
ailments, and palieutly ubide their nights of
fever ? Who will guide their opening intel
lects and train to strength their forming
minds? Who will impress daily and hourly
lessons of taste, refinement, self-control, be
uevolence and piety ? Who will teach their
lisping tongues to pray ? Who will bear them
in teuas and eatreaty, to the altar of Him
who on earth took little children iu his urius
aud blessed them.
The heurt of a basband safely trusts all this
to a faithful wife aud mother. She represents
all his affections, and more than all his pa
tience and cure.
The highest confidence ever implied by one
human beiug in another, is exhibited iu tbe
iu the satisfied, confiding security with which
a father gives up his children his greatest
treasures, to the sole guiduuee of a good
mother.
When such a woman is removed by death,
when the eyes that watched are dim, wheu
tbe heart that yearced is still und cold, where
cuo the busbuud aud father fiud solace but
in resignation to the mysterious will or
God?
Such a wife and mother hath been suddenly
cut down in this church. Au intelligent, am
iable, sincere, true hearted wife aud mother,
is a treasure uot alone to her fiuiily, but to
the world ; uud in the loss or such uu one, we
have all occasion to mourn to day.
In view or this subject, 1 would ask wives
and mothers now present, to remember that
life is uncertain. Valuable as they are to
their husbands, their children, they are liable
like tbeir sister, at any time to lie down and
die. How carefully and prayerfully should
they then live. Howmucudo they need a
practical aud earnest piety, tbat their respon
sible duties may be all done aud well done.
As tbeir childreu are liable to be Lauded over
to the cure of strangers how necessary that
they be led carefully aud safely to Christ.
In view of this subject, I would ask hus
bands, here to appreciate those who make
joy of their dwelliugs. Are not the kindness
of wives often unnoted, unthanked, unregar
ded? ltemomber, that tbese companions of
your existence fill offices of dignity aud high
usefulness. They are shut out from the
world's applause ; let them rest in tbe assur
ance of your gratitude and consideration.
When you see them still and cold in death,
it will uot grieve you to remember that yeur
love has thrown sunshine iuto the shade or
their alotlment. that von nrsvers and mm
pie have given them aid in the right training
v yvur i-iiiiuren.
In view of this subject we see how much
necessity exists for personal and family reli
gion. Wives are tora from their hnsbands,
mothers are separated from their darling
children. The wand of death leaves the
most cheerful family circle cold and deso-
iuie.
J here is but one relief. The pins dead are
not lost, and in onr deepest sorrows, we are
anowea io iook up and say
"There is a world above,
Where parting ia unknown;
A long eternity of love,
Formed for the good nl'Mie.
And faith behold, tfie dying here
Translated to Unit lieuveuly .phere."
At the crave of the ennd. wn mnv wpll
adopt the language of the Apostles : "Lord,
iu wuom snail we go lor tbou alone bast the
words or eternal life ?" Lire he re is a sha
dow Heaven is a fixed and immutable reali
ty ; and "Blessed are the dead that have died
in the Lord, tor they rest rrom their (labors,
and tbeir works do follow them."
In respect to her whom we all mourn, we
may say
"Now take thy re in Ihy .hadnwy hall,
Iu Ihy mournful ahnwd reposing
There i. no blight on thy soul to fall,
No miat on ilk light ia eloaing.
It will .nine in glory when time i. o'er,
When neb phantom of earth (ball with. r.
When the fiienda that deplore thea aigb no more,
But lie down in lha duit together.
Though aad wind, wail in the eypreaa bough.
Thou art reeling col in and untroubled now."
A Sknsibi.k SoitTOKCwRTBuip. A yonng
Nicaraguati beauty would have many favored
lovers; but after a time, bethinkinsr her that
it would be wefl to marry and settle, she would
ask her father to give hera portion or land near
to where he lived. When he has appointed
what land she should have, she would call her
lovers together, and tell them that she wished
to marry, and to take one or them as ber bus
band ; tbat Blie did not possess a house ; but
thut she desired that they should build her
one on the laud which her father had given
her.
The prudent damsel did not hesitate to
enter into details as to the kind of house she
wished to have built, and would add. if thpv
loved her well, the house would be built bv
such a duy, giving them a month or six weeks
to complete it iu. Jo one she would give the
charge of furnishing the woodwork; to another
to find the canps which were to form the wall ;
to another, to provide the cordage; to anoth
er, to gather the straw rortheroor; to anoth
er, to procure the dried fish to stock tbe
house ; to another, to get deer and pigs Tor
her ; to another, to collect maize.
The work was nsally put in band with the
utmost promtitude, nor was the least thing
dispensed with that she bad asked Tor. At
last the house was ready. Tho provisions and
the furniture were put iu it, and the hearts of
tho over-worked competitors beat rapidly as
the rurtunnate or the fatal moment approach
ed. A solemn feast was held in the new
house. When supper was concluded, tho
damsel rose and muile a short but gracious
speech. She first thanked them all heartily
for the labor they hud undergone on her be
half. She then said, that she wished it was
in her power to muke so many women that
she could provide a wife for each of her sui
tors. In times past they had seen what a
la' ing miEtres she had beeu to each of tbem
and now sho was going to be married, aud to
one alone and this is the one she said, where
upon she took tbe chosen suitor by tbe hand
and retired from the apartment. Her choice
having been declared, the disappointed sui
tors and tbeir respective factions went away
amicably Helps.
Lost Luooaoe. People in tbe United
States are rather careless of their'lives when
traveling, but they aro a great deal more
cereless of their luggage. Every railroad
compony has a depository, in which are pla
ced ail the trunks, boxes, carpet bags, and
parcels that are not claimed by passengers,
and these accumtiluto with surprising ropidi
ty. Under tbe luw of New York, all sncli
unclaimed articles may be sold when they
have remained on hand more than a yeor, and
the New York Central Railroad Company
announces such a salo to take place nt Alba
ny, on the 18lh of August. They advertise
a list of no less thun two thousand one hun
dred aud six articles thut had accumulated
during the years 1852, 18;"3, 1804 and lb.15.
in these are comprised trunks, boxes, chests.
portmanteaus, valises, carpet boirs. bund box.
es, but boxes, bags, bundles, and packages of
every size and description. About one-half
or these are not marked in any way, while
others are only marked imperfectly by initials
or ciphers. The aggregate value "of these
articles and their contents must bo many
thousands or dollars. On all the railroads or
the United States thero mast be annually
some hundreds or thousands or dollars' worth
of pcrsonul property lost or abandoned in this
way.
Dbixsion Sktti.kd. Tbe Peoria (Illinois)
Transcript notices tho urrival of some 400
Mormons in tbat city one day last week,
being some of those who arrived receutly
from Europe, and came thus far on the way
to Utah. The Transcript says : "The most
of the company are from England, and seem
to think that the land or piomise is not
quite what they were led to expect before
tbey left their own country. Many express
themselves satisfied with whut they have
heard or Utah, without going to see it, and
will probably scatter before they get there,
and cattle as soon 83 they fiud room. We
are coufident they will not go to Salt Lake."
These deluded individuals have probably
"read the papers."
A Safk Man to Instru. By a steamboat
explosion on a Western river, a passenger
was thrown unhurt into the water, and at
once struck out lustily for tho shore, blowing
like a porpoise all the whilo. He reached
the ban't almost exhausted, uud was caught
by a bystander and drawo out pauting.
"Well, old fellow," said his friend, "bad a
bard time, eh ?" "Ye-yes, pre-pretty bard,
eoosiderio'. Wasn't doing it for myself,
though ; was a workiu' for one o' tbem insu
rance offices io New York. . Got a policy ou
my life, and I wuuted to save them. J didn't
care."
To Keep Smoked Meat t Scmmkb. We
have preserved our bams for twenty years, in
the lollowing way, and have tbe first one yet
to be attacked by insects or become taiuted.
It is simply when the warm weather approach
es to have them well rubbed with clean, dry,
hickory ashes, then packed down, well sprin
kled with ashes, in a tight cask, and closely
covered. - Tbe ashes are easily washed off,
and help rather tbao otherwise, to cleanse the
moat. KJ. 7V..
0 t t X JJ
MY LITTLE COZ.
BY C. P. 0.
Like nn early June rose,
Young and fresh and fair,
Blushing in the sunlight,
Waving on the air,
Taling in tbe twilight,
When the sad stars weep
Tiny tears or crystal,
Prom the broad blue deep,
Beams the face of Fannlo
From her bright green hood,
Like the rose-bud. budding
Into womanhood.
Surely she hath stoloo,
(Once from yonder dale,)
Every grace and beauty
Of the flow'ry vale;
On her brow the lily
Dwells with look of love,
Like a ray or pure light
Gleaming from above ;
Modest eyes of violet,
Smilinir as thnv plnan.
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AjI
ips reflecting, temptingly,
a ue oeauties ot the rose.
Surely all the flowers
Have tbeir portion given,
So to make my pretty cos
, Prettier for lleaveu,
"Tell me, little cousin,
With thine eye of blue,
Will thou ever love me,
Will thou love me true ?"
This I asked my cousin
Ou a summer's dny,
When the woods were vocal
With voico of bird, at play,
"Wilt thou learn to love me,
Littlle Fannie May ?"
Cherry lips said laughing,
"Never learn to love,
For its spirit droppeth
Instant from above.
'Cannot learn to love tboo,'
Sings an older song,
For a heart voice whispers,
1 have loved thee long."
Then the roseligbt-twilight
Fell on coz aud me,
On the apple blossoms
Weeping 'neath the tree:
And the starlight-moonlight
Bathed sweet coz and me.
E'en now her voice is whispering,
Ah, love and live for mo, ' .
For thou canst uever, never know
The love I bear for thee.
And many golden years are gona,
Since first I beard the song,
AVhich Raid she could not learn to love,
For she had loved me long.
Hero are are a few verses which should be
read by all who contemplate suicide. We
would advise all such to read them, aud then
do likewise.
Tho landlord saw a carving knife,
One day, and, in his sin,
Ue took it op, and bared his breast,
And almost stuck it in.
Another time the railroad cars
Were going from Bos
Ton, and he went and laid bim down
Tbe hurried track across.
But as it happened for to chance,
The train hud gone before ;
And so be rose with mournful glance,
To thiuk of death once more.
Then he made up his mind to drown,
And sought the river's brim ;
But there up-foot and changed his mind,
Because bo couldu't Swim.
TnE WONDERS OF CALIFORNIA.
TUR Bid TREE OP.OVR.
A correspondent of the San Francisco
Bulletin furnishes the following description or
the celebrated "Big Tree Grove," in Calave
ras couuty, California :
We arrived at the hotel about sunset, and
found a large company already collected, ea
ger to engage in tbe dance or the evening.
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livery preparation uau oeen mane oy llie pro
proprietor. Mr. llavnes. for a trrand time
Between the hotel aud the base, of the Big
Tree, a fine spring floor had been laid to
dance upon ; which with tbe stump was cov
ered with a large arbor of evergreens, beauti-
tuiiy illuminated with many candles among
tbe boughs. The scene was romantic and
beautiful beyond description. Here, fifteen
miles from any habitation, where but a few
years ago nothing but the howl or the wolf
und panther, or the still more fierce whoop of
tue luuiun, ever aisturoeu me long silence oi
nature, the wilderness now echoed and re
echoed with the sweet note of merry music.
All seemed to enjoy the novelty of the occa
sion, free and unrestrained from the cold for
malities of fashionable life. We were some
what wearied with the fatigues of our journey
yet there was
''No .leep till morn, when ymh and pleuture meet,
To t-biiK Ibe glowing boui. with Syiag frrt."
The surface or the stump or tho big tree is
smooth solid timber, and ull'oids space for
thirty-two persons to dunce upon, being sev-enty-six
feet in circumference. Theatrical
performances have been given upon it by the
Chapman Family in May, 1853; also by tbe
Hobinson Family in tbe same yeor. It was
first discovered by some huuters in 1850,
whose accounts or it were considered fabulous
until confirmed by actual measurement. This
proud old monarch of the forest was destroy
ed by Cupt, Haudford, who has since taken
a section of fifty feet or the bark to New
York and Paris. He has met a just reward
for his vandalism by losiug a fortune in tbe
enterprise. It required the labor of five men
for twenty-five days to cut tbe tree down.
This was done by boring it with augers, and
then sawing the spaces between. It stood so
uear perpendicular that it required a wedge
aud battering-ram to cause it to full, alter it
was cut entirely off. Upon its trunk, about
one hundred feet from its base, is situated a
bar-room and ten-pin alleys, extending along
its upper surface eighty-one feet aud afford
ing ample room for two more alley beds, side
oy aiue.
After a short rest, we hastened, the next
moruing, with much anxiety, to visit all tbe
objects of iutorest in the Grove. As neatly
all the trees have already been described by
others, I shall not consume time io uotieing
thorn, bnt only a few Incidents connected with
tbese greatest vegetable productions of tbe
earth. At first sight the stranger can hardly
realize tbeir massive granduer with trunks
ninety-six feet circumference, liftintr their
huge branches three hundred and fifty feet
towards the heavens. It is only by compar
ing them with the surrounding pines, which
are ten feet in diameter, and then with those
half that size, (which, in the eastern forests,
would be considered very largo trees,) that
any just conception can be formed of their
real magnitude. The "Father of the Forest;"
who has long since bowed his "head to tha
dust," is still mighty in his ruins. His trunk -is
over thirty-two ieet in diameter, and can
be traced nearly three hundred faet, where it
was broken into fragments, by falling on an
other tree. According to the general taper
or other trees, this great progenitor must
have been ovor four hundred feet in length.
At the distance of two hundred and fifty feet
from the roots, we easily desceuded through
a knot hole in a cavfy, nt least eight faet
in diameter. The view, Whilo, seated npoa
the moss covered trunk of the venerable Fa
ther, surrounded by a groap or about twenty
giaut sons and daughters, form one of tha
most impressive scenes in in the forest.
Near the "Father" is tbe famouse "Horse
Back Bide." an old fallen trunk, ono hundred
and fifty feet long, hollowed out by tho fires
which have, in days past, raged in the forest.
The cavity is sufficiently large to allow a per
son to ride through on horsebrck. Most of
our party, both ladies and gentlemen, enjoy
ed the romance of performing this great nov
el feat.
These mammoth trees resemblo tne cedaf
very much, as is indicated by the the bark
and leaf, and according to many botanists be
long to the family of Tazodiums. Tbey have
justly been named the Washingtnnia Gigan-
tea, but, according to two or the greatest f.n
lish botanists, they are classified as an cntiro
ly new species, and to gratify English pride,
and extend the fame or tho hero or Waterloo
they named them Sequoia Wellingtonta.
There are ninety-two large trees of this fami
ly still standing. Tbey measure from fifteen
to thirty feet in diameter, and are from two
hundred to threo hundred and seventy fact
high.
ihe pleasant little valley in which the
gioro is located contains about three hundred
acres of laud, and in it aside from the mam
moth trees, which will ever make the place
classical in the future history of California
there is much to interest and amuse, the lov
ers of rural mountain scenery. The eleva
tion being nearly 4,500 feet above the level
of the sea, the air is always fresh, cool and
invigorating. Through the valley there is a
never failing stream of water, gracefully
meandering among the trees ; and the earth
unlike the parched pluius below, is always
moist and covered with green vegetation all
the summer. There are luxuriont groves of
young firs, cedars dogwood aud bazel, with a
few scattering yew trees (of which the Indi
acs make bows.) forminsr together a coolino-
shade under which tho traveler may sport
and muse, protected from the burning rays of
the noonday sun. Tho stately sugar pines,
towering from two to threo hundred foet to
wards the clouds, uke the as Dens, present a
gracefulness of form, and poetry or motion,
while rocking tbeir bouchs in the breeze.
that none can look upon except with interest
and delight. Through all tbe Grove the pro
prietor, at great expense, has cut fine walks
and drives, thus enabling those who d not to
wish to enjoy tbe manly sport or climbing;
logs and leaping brooks and ditches, to enjoy
the beautiful scenery upon horseback or qui
etly riding in tbeir carriages.
a suori wain to a little eminence to the
ight or the hotel cives a vipw lii,
, . - . uivm 19 K aula
oeyond descnption. la tha
peaks or the Sierras, glistening in the eternal
snows or winter. Hundreds of feet below,
the Stanislaus, swelled by the melting snows
or the mountuins, rolls rapidly through its
winding chinuel to the great "Father or Wa
tors." Whilo to the south and wost are tha
parched and burnimr plains or th irroot s.
ramento and San Joaquin valleys.
Chickens Cocm-cn lierntp if ir.m.. a
very amusing incident took place at tbe pub
lie speaking or the congressional candidates
ib Hickman, Ky., on Tuesday last. The edi
tor of the Times published au account of tha
speeches and how (Jrime. l.;c rn-!t
used Burnett up, some three hours before the
speaking commenced. Unfortunately for bim
Burnett got a copy or the paper, and was
cruel enough to read it to his audience. i'a-
aucun tier at a.
Remedy fob DiARnrWA. The following is
said to be very eflicatious. "Take a handfull
of strawberry leaves ond pour on tbem half
pint of boiling water; let it remain one hour
and drink tbe tea. Hyou cannot get boiling
water chew aud swallow tbo juice. This is a
most voluable and efficient remedy. It rarely
falls to give immediate relief and performs a
permaneut cure."
A comic poet who wrote before the recent
levivul of hooped petticouts, seems to have
had tbe spirit of prophecy w hich was ancient
ly ascribed to poets as well as the regular
vates Hear him talk :
'Behold some damsel, slender as a reed,
And fair as slender beautiful indeed
Suddenly grow to such enormous sise
That you cun scarcely half believe yoor eyes!
Spreading to seem, with each succeeding Ca
nute, St. Peter's dome 1 with a small child stuck
io it I
The following toast was given at the recent
celebrotion a Jamestown, Va : "The ladies
of Virginia while their faults are as small
as their bonnet s, their Virtue exceed the dimen
sions of their skirts."
Secretary Cobb has refused payment for
books ordered for members of Congress unless
evidence is given tbat they have been depos
ited in some public libary, in accordance with
the act of Congress grouting such books to
members,
Mr. A. T. Going, who we believe is about
the last of the Gentiles in Utah, announces
by letter his intention to quit that place.
Hrigham Young may congratulate himself
thut Going is going, but he had better bear
in miud tbat t'umminga is coming.
The Ponghkeepsle Tress states thdt as a
horse was passing through one or tho streets
Or that CitV on the Fourth, a lii-nj-rarkar .
pluded at bis side, wheu the animal gave ono
epnug aim luBiauuy uropj eii ueaa uudonot
edly scared to death. ..,
Oa the 13th nit , two children, one aged
five and the other three years, daughters of
Benjamin Potter, Ksa,., of Brunswick county,
N. C., were poisoned by eating honey aud
died io less than an hour" thereafter.
What is tbe most popular iuteruatiouel
drink in time of peace t
toteoU Cordial.