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NEW SERIES, VOL. 13, NO. 5.
SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, TA.-SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1860.
OLD SERIES, VOL. '20, NO 31-
The Banbury American.
PUBMSIIEB EVERT SATURDAY
BY H. B. MASSER.
Market Square, Sunbury, Penna.
TERMS OF SUBS CR1PTION.
TWO OOLLAnS per annum to be paid hnlfyear-
m advance. NorArsa discontinued until all arrearages
TOCLUBS:
Three Copie to on addr 6 00
B-ven do. do. 10 u
Fifteen do. do. 00
Five dollar, in Advance will pay for tares year' ub
eiiption to the American.
.u.unn.trr. will please act ..our Agents, And rrAnk
l-ttersoonlaintng eubacription money. Tbey are permit
ltd to do thi. undei lb. Post Office Lw.
T K R M OF A D V BRTIIIMO.
On. Square of 13 tine 3 timet,
1 00
25
3 00
S 00
8 00
3 00
t:very subsequent insertion,
One Square, 3 month.,
Six month
One year,
Bnsiness Card, or Five line, per annum,
Merchant, and other., adveitmn hy the year,
with the privilege oi inserting aineromauvw
tenements weekly. 10 00
Xf 1-arger Advertisements, a per agreement.
JOB PRINTING.
"Vf have connected with our establishment a well se
'tttetecl JOB OFFICE, which will enable u. to (xecuta
tu the nenteit atyl, every variety of printing.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
6DNBtTRir, PA.
Business attended to in the Counties of Nor
aumberland, Union, Lycoming Montour and
Columbia.
References in Philadelphia :
Bon. Job R.Treon, Chns. Oibbons, F.sq..
Somen ft Snodgrass, Linn, Smith ft Co
tJliORGE HILL. J. I'. BIIINDEL 0OB1N
HILL SS OOBI3ST,
& 1 1 o v u c )) rj at 3L a to ,
SXJKTBXJU-sr, FA.
HAVING associated themselves together Tor
the practice of Law, all business in this and
adjoining counties, entrusted in their chargo will
l.e attended to with fidelity and despatch. Ollice
North side of Market Sijuaro; a few door east of
the Court IIouso.
fJT Counsel given in the German language.
Sunhnry, April 30. 1859.
3. 1 1 o r n c n at Caw,
Ko. VZH Rrontltrajr, cw York.
Will carefully attend to Colleclion and all other matter
intrusted to hi. care.
lUy ill. 1858.
J. Vv"PF,AL. " " 1-. R. DODGE.
Dr. J. W. PEAL AND DR. R. DODGE
HAVE entered into ropnrtnership
in tho practice of medicine and
surgery.
Although Br. real will be absent
a part oi his time, ne win aid nis
.partner in any and every case in which it may be
'desired. Thankful for past patronage, ho solicits
a coutinuance of the same to the firm of Peal &
Dodge, who will promptly and faithfully attend
la alt professional calls. He takes pleasure in
wromniending Dr. Dodga to hi old friend as an
Axporienccd physician, in whose hand they may
feel sufe.
The firm may be consulted t tho office of Dr.
Peal, .n t'unbury.
Sunbury, Juno , 1850. ly
BLANKS ! BLANKS 11
Anew supply of Summons', Executions.
Warrant, Supcrnas, Deeds, Mortgages,
fj oiid. Lease, Naturalization papers, Justices
,nd Constables Fee Bills, tic, dec, jut printed
and for sale at this Office.
Sunbury, April 30, 1859.
INDUSTRIAL STOVE WORKS.
W. C. NEMAN,
WHOLISALI AKD BSTAIl
STOVE DEALER,
TVJO. 3 Ninth Second Street, oppositt Chriit Church,
il rilll.Mir.l.rHI A. Msirafacturer of all the im
proved COOK AND HKATINU STOVES. All kind of
wnuiiifs nude toorilrr, Jabbing promptly attended to.
Novembci IS, ltsiS.
FBANKLIN nOTTSE,
RF.IUMLT AND RRFURNI8HKD,
Cur. nf llotrard and Franklin Streets, a fete
Squares Tesl of the X. C. R. R. Depot,
BALTIMORE
Tabms, $1 rsa Dat
ft. LEISENKINO, Proprietor,
J uly 1, 1S3. tf From debits Grove, Pa.
WILLIAX SO IBS (HALKLSt SOJIKSS
G. SOMERS & SON,
Importers and Dealers in
Cloths, Cassimeres. Vesting, Taylors
irunmings, etc.,
No 32 South Fourth Street, between Market and
Chesnut Streets, Philadelphia.
Merchants others visiting the city would find
it to their advantage to give them a call and ei
amine their stock.
March 10, 1800
HARDWARE I HARDWARE 1 1
TST received by A. W. FISHER, at his
Drug Store, Sunbury, Pa.,
SCOOPS, SHOVEL8, FORKS, I.OQ.
CHAIN 8, MILL SAWS, CROSS
CUT SAWS.
Alsa, Screws, Butt, Door Knobs, Thumb
Latches, and all hardware necessary for building.
A splendid I it of pocket and table cutlery, Scis
sors, German Silver Spoons.
Looking Glasses,
A largo stock of Looking Glasses, received and
for sale by A. W. FISHEK.
Sunbury, July 17,1858
GREAT WESTERN.
F1KEISUHANCE 4 TRUST COMP'Y
CIURTCa PERPETUAL-CAPITAL $300,000
Canmauv' Office, N. W. corner Fourth and Waluu
btreet, Philadelphia.
1 1 ISKS taken on Building., More, Merchandize, Fur
1 1, uituie, kc, ou the most lilwral term.
" ' C LATH UOP, Freaident.
Jami YVaioHT, Sec'y. and Treaauier,
Application and all necewary information eanbeob-
Uined by calling oa y p pjr(j)ELi COBIN, Agent,
Sunbury, June 18, 149 ly
"BTasICKLES of various kinds, Lobsters, Sar-
dines, ckc, etc., just received and for sal
aiihe DrugStora ol A. w.r ioxii.ii-
Sunbury, August, J 8,57. ly
STOVES'
IOR SALE an txeellent second-hand Ceok
ing Stove, also several Cylinder Coal
Stoves. Enquira at this onica.
JARRIS' Soolhing Syrup, for Ohildren teeth
ing. Forasl.at FISHER'S
October 16. '68.
MLVER WATCHE8-A fw JoubU catt
English Silver Watches, for sal at very low
VtTILLIAM 3. S1TYDEF,
MANUFACTURER OP
FURNITURE AND CHAIRS
Of the most Fashionable Style.
Sofas, Divans and Lounges
Bureaus, Secretaries, Sideboards,
Sofas, Breakfast and Dining Tables,
and also VENETIAN BLINDS, equal to Phil
dclphia manufacture.
BEDSTEADS, of every pattern and price
CUPBOARDS, WORK AND CANDLE
STAN DS, TOILET TABLES AND
EXTENSION TABLES,
In ahort, every article in this line of his business
rPHE subscriber respectfully calls the attention
of the public to his large and splendid as
sortment of every quality and price of
cAinrr-vAUL
which cannot fail to recommend itsolf to every ene
who will examine it, on account of its durable
workmanship and splendid finish, made up of the
best stock to be had in the city. No effort if
spared in the manufacture of his ware, and the
subscriber is determined to keep up with t he
many improvements which are constantly b ing
made.
Ha also manufacture all kinds andqualitics
CHAIRS
nctuding varieties never be for o to be had ii
Sunbury, such as Maiiooast, Black VValsut
AKD CURLID MAPLK GhKCIAS i AKD WlSDftOI
CHAIRS, AMn fakcy Piao Stools, which are
of the latest styles, and warranted to be excelled
by none manufactured in the Cities or elsewhere.
The subscriber is determined that there shall
be no excuso for persons to purchase furniture in
the cities, as every confidence can be entertained
about the quality and finish of his ware and
Chairs
These articles will be disposed of on as good
term as they can be purchased elsewhere. Ceun
try produce taken in payment for work.
L'NDUKTAKIN'U. Having provided
a hnndsomo IIuhse, ho is now prepared for
Undertaking, and attending funerals, in this vi
cinity, or at any convenient, distance from thi
place
TheWoro Room is in Fawn 8troet, be
low Weaver's Hotel.
He has also purchased tho right of manufac
turing and selling in Northumberland county,
Ciould's patent Excelsoir Spring Bed, which lie
will furnish at reasonable rates. Spring put in
eld bedstead for three dollars.
WILLIAM S.SNYDER.
Sunbury, January 11,1800.
To Farmers and (Jardencrs.
ri'llKmiliJcrilwra offer for cile 80,000 barrels of POU
J. DKKi'TE, mnado bv the LoDr MAKCFAcrrRrNO
Coair-AMf, in Lot. to suit purchaser. Thi. arucle ia in
the twentieth yenr of its introduction into this countiy,
ami has outlived fertilizers of every other desctiption, lor
the following rens"u:
in Hi. nude from the night soil of the City of New
York, by the L. M Co., who hnve a capital of 8100 00
invented in the business, which isut risk should they make
a bad article.
yd. For Corn and Vegetable it i the cheapest, nentest
and handiest manure in the world ; it can he placed in di
rect contact with the seed, force and ripen vegetation
two week, eurliei, prevents the cut worm, doubles the
crop, and is without disiigteaMe odor. Three dollar,
worth or two barrels is all suulcientto manure an acie of
corn in the hill.
I'xica Ibbl 81 2 bbl. 83 60 5 libit 8,, and overt
bbl 81 60 per baerel. delivered free of cartage, to vessels
or railroad m New Voikcity.
A pamphlet containing every information, and certifi
cate from farmer, ull over the I'uitcd State, who have
used it from two to seventeen years, will be sent free to
any one applying for the same.
(KIFFINU HROTIIF.nSft CO.,
North River Agncultural Waiehouse,
6U Courtlaud Street, New York.
Or'ISfl South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia, Fa.
Marah 10, I;tW. piimt
HEW STOP.E.
No. 93 Mahklt SrHKET, H nnmuuRo.
SHEET MUSIC,
INSTRUCTION BOOKS,
Musical merchandise Generally.
PIANOS,
MKLODEONS,
GUII'AUS,
VIOLINS,
FLUTES,
AUCORDEONS, 4c,
0. C B. CARTER.
riANOS Tuned and Repaired by II. L. 60EB0L0, by
application to the shove named store.
August 20, ls5!(. ly
18C0 WINTER ARRANGEMENT. 18C0.
NEW YORK LINES-
CAMDF.N ft AMDOY AND PHILADELPHIA
AND TKKNTON RAILROAD CO.'S LINKS,
1'iom l'hiladdphia to Xew York and Way
Places.
From Walnut Street Yhnrf and Kensington Depot,
Philadelphia, will leave as 'oilows, iz Sass.
At 8 A M, via Camden and Amboy C ft A Accent-
nut:iUon, (3 S5
At 0 A M, via Camden and Jersey City New Jer
sey acr.oiniiioilation, 2 33
At S A M , via Camden and Jnsey city Morning
Mail, 3 00
At Hi AM, via Kensington and Jersey city, Ve-
tcrn Lipret., 3 00
At HI PM via Camden and Amboy, accommodation 2 25
At P M, via Cauideii and Amboy C aud A. EJt-
pre, . 3 00
Attj P M, via Kensington, and Jersey city, Leo
nine, bxprem, s uii
At4 P M, via Kensington and Jci ey city, Sd
cum. I ICKCl, X
At S I' M , via Camden ft Jeriey city Evening M ail 3 00
At 1 1 P M , via Camden and Jei.ey city South. Mail 2 5
At 5 P M. via Camden and Amboy Acconiiiioda-
Uon, (r teight and Paaswiger,) l.t class ticket, S 25
Sd " 1 AO
The P. M. Mail Line tun daily. The 11 Southern
Mail Saturday excepted.
For Belvidere, Ka.ton, Fleiningtnn, &e., at S A.M.,
from Walnut street wharf and 3 P. M , from Kensington
I or Munch Chunk, Alleutowu and Uuthlekcm, at 0, A M.
via In-hluh Valley Railroad.
For ater Gap, Stroudiburg, Scranton, Wilkeriiarre,
Montrose, Great Bend, Ac., at 0 A M, via Delaware,
tarkawaiina and Western Railroad
For Freehold, at 6 A.M. and 9 P. M.
For Mount llollv. mt a nd a A M . and . ami II
P.M. ' '
VAV LINES,
For Bristol. Trenton. Ac . at 3 and 41 P. M.. from
Kensinton.
For Pabnyra, Delonco, Beverly, Burlington, Borden
town, Ac., at HI, 3, and 4 4 P.M.
t ifty pounds of Bargage only, allowed each passenger,
Pauengers are piohibiled from taking anything aa Bag
gage but their wearing apparel. All Baggage over mty
pounda to be paid for extra. The Company limit then
responsibility for Bugguge to One Dollar per pound, and
will not b liable foe any .mount beyond 100 DolUis, ex
cept by special contract
VM H G ATMER, Agent C. ft A. R. R Co.
February IB. 1WW.
DE FOREST, ARMSTRONG & CO.
DRY GOODS MERCHANTS,
80 and 82 Cltambert Street, New York.
Would notify the Trade that they are opening
"iji iw ana oeauttiui patterns, in
WAM81TTA PRINT",
also the
Auioikca g,
A New Print, which excels every print in the
Country for perfection of execution and design
in full Madder Colors. Our Prints are cheaper
than any in market, and mealing with extensive
sale.
Orders promptly attended to.
February 4, 1800 ly pi
COTTAGE BIBLES.
I,"V3R SALE, cheap, tbrea copies af the
- Cottage Bible, in tt
wo volumes, with ram
merjfar.f.
If It M assi-:i:
CiUVEU &. BAKER'S
NOISELESS
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE.
rpHE undersigned, Clergymen of various denominations,
I having purchased and used in our families "Gaevna
AT Bakkb1. Celebrated Family Sewing Machine," take
pleasure in recommending it a. an instrument fully com
bining the essentials of a good machine. Its beautiful
simplicity, ease of management, and th strength aud
elasticity of its stitch, unit to render it a machine un
surpassed bv any in the market, and one which we feel
confident will give aatisfacUon to all who may purchas
and use it.
Rev. W P Strickland,")
Rev N Vaniant, I New York.
Rev R B Yard, f
Rev C Larue, I
Rev E P Rodgers, D.k.
Ro W B Sprague, DD
Rev J N Campbell, DD
Rev Charles Anderson,
Rev Charles Hawley,
Rev Daniel H. Temple,
Rev T M Hopkins;
Rev Wm Hosmer,
Rev O H Tiffany, D D
' C J Ziowen,
" Jona Cross.
VAuburn.N. V.
" John McCronn, DD Baltimore, MJ
" W T V Clemm, I
" W H Chapmau,
" F. S. Evans, J
" R B Galbraith, Covanstown, Md.
" T Daughcrty, Wayneslioro, Pa.
" Tho E Locke, Wcsttcorelaad co, Vs.
Rev W A Crocker,
John Paris, S Norfolk, Va.
J F Lanncan, Salem, Va.
Ch. Hankol, Dl),l
C A Loyal j Charleston, 5 C.
A A Porter, Selma, Ala.
Joseph J Twise, Speedwell, S C.
B B lion. Mobile, Ala.
J. I. Michaux, Enfield, N C.
A C Harris, I
o F Harris, ) Henderson, N C.
Konry A Riley, )
A L Post, I Montrose, Pa.
W D Wilson, D D )
W F Curry, A M. ( Geneva, N. Y.
Eibert Slitigerlaud, Scotia, N. Y.
Prof. John Foster, 1
Rev. Francis G Gratx, I Schcnocl'y.NY
J Turnbull Backus, D D. f
Prof. Benj. Stanton, J
Rev P C Prugh, Xeuis, Ohio,
B W Chidlaw, A M. )
W Porkins, Cincinnati, O.
E Grand Girard, Ripley, O.
A Blake )
E C Benson, AM, Gambiur, O.
J J M EIhenny, D D. )
F Chester, Ironton, O.
E F Hasty, Cambridge city, Iml.
J C Armstrong. Saline, Mich.
Arthur Swaxcy, )
A Hunt, Galena, I!U
Enslcin Morbough, Cambriilgo city, lud.
Richard White, Milton, Ind.
Calvin Vale, Marlinsburgh, N Y.
Joseph Eldridgo, No. folk, Conn
John Jennings, 1
11 L Way land. Worcester, Mass.
Wm Phiptis. J
Osmond C Baker, Bishop of
" I
1
M E Church
Thos Dathay,
Henry E Parker,
Concotd,
N.H.
G N Judd, Montgomery, IM i .
A M Stowe, Cauandaigua, N Y.
Win Long, Cliff Mine, Mich.
Officce of Exhibition and Sale : 493 Broad
way, New York. 730 Chestnut Stroet, Phila
delphia. 181 Baltimore Street, Baltimore.
SEND FOR A CIRCULAR.
Marsh 84, I860 ly
HEG-EMAN & COS
COItDIAL ELIXIR OP
CALISAYA BARK
Prepared only by 1IEGE.MAN ft CO., Wholesale and
Retail Clieims'.a and Druggists, 101, 3'J, ill and 790
Broadway, New Yoik.
THE virtue of PERUVIAN BARK as a Tout have
been tiio long known to need comment.
1IIO I. ALIc.l 1 A ( W lilig )' I. i"s nt''i vutu- .
able of the numersus vnlielies of the Peruvian Bark, and
in the KLIMlt is combiiieU with oilier ingredients that
increase us eiticncy unu ai me bnio nine uvtimc tnc
intensity of its kiltci, rendering it a most Agreeable Cur
dial. For persons living in FEVER and AGUE district, it
will be found invaluable as a preventive, Hull" of a wine
glass full taken night and morning, rendering the system
much less subject io the unhealthy influence ol the atmos
phere. DIRECTIONS Dose for an adult, half a wineglass
full lief or breakfast and dinner ; children finm ane to two
teaspoons lull; it Diay be taken Willi or without little
water
For stile at this office.
March 17, 180u
WATCHET"GiVEN "AWAY ! I
A GIFT valued from two d illarsto one hundred given
with every Book Bold at retail price.
.If least one Watch is guaranteed to cverj
twelve books!
These iuducerot insure offered by th
BTjrrOLK EXOHANOH CO.,
110 Washington Sireet, Boston,
The most extensive and the most liberal Gift concern in
existence. Sfeud for a Catalogue. Tnose who have pa
tronized other tint lUusea are particularly requested to
acauainl themselves with our terms. Our inducement
are unrivalled, and put all othere in the .hade.
1 lie following areaoine ol the bill to purcnasoi oi
books :
English Lever uold atches. hunting ease,
Patent lver " " "
Indies' Lever " " op-en face,
Detached bever Silver Watches, hunting cases,
Lepin Silver Watches, open face,
Gold Ixickels, various sises,
ladies' aud Gents' Gold Chains, various style,
Ladies' aud Genu' Gold Sleeve Buttons and Sluds, oil
pattern,
Gents' U Kim Pins, new and rich style,
Gold Pencils and Pen.
1.0. lies' and Genu' Gold Rinca.
Gold Watch Key. and Bell Pun,
A great variety of Ladies' Jewelry, Pin and Ear
drops, comprising ll the stylesnow worn, such aa
Cameo, Mosaic, Gold Sums, Lavs, Florentine, Ac ,
Gold Bracelet, all styles.
The list of Books comprise a great assortment of
standard works in every dcnaitrnent of literature, interest
ing to the young and old. lo noi ibii u kuu ioi a cw
logue. CaUloguea mailed free to any address.
' 1 ia Washington street, 1 ostoa.
C. W. ELtaiooa, Treasurer.
March 31, ipOU. 3tp3 ,
PLATrOKM SCALES.
OF F.VF.HY DESCRIPTION. SUITABLE FDR
RAILROADS, ft , for weighing hay, coal, orejCx
and merchandise generally. Purchasers run no nsk ; II
every scale is guaranteed coireci, aim u.aucr niai,
not found satisiactory, can be returned without charge.
r r actory at lue oiu siauu, mie wmn
Ihiity-fiva yeuis. ABBOTT CO.,
CoruerofNinth and Melon SireoU, Philadelphia.
Msrch 31, IftSU Sm'2to
DR. ESENWEIN'S
TAR AND WOOD NAPTHA
PEOTOHAL,
IS the best Medicine in the world for the Care of Coughs
and Colds, Croup, Bronchitis, Asthma, Difficulty in
Breathing, Palpitation of the Heart, Diptheria, and for
the rebel of putieuts in the advanced erases of Consump
tion, together with all Diseases of tlis Throat and Chest,
and which predispose t Consumption.
It is peculiarly adapted to the radical curt of
Asthma.
Being prepared by a prailical Physician and Druggist,
and on of great experience In the cur of the various
diseases to which the Human frame is liable.
Ii ia offered u the arHicted with the greatest eoahdene.
Tiy it and be convinced that it ia invaluable in th Cur
of Broi enmianseiHwa. rnsa 9v cvnia per xhivuis.
r PaarASso only by
Dr. A. FSF.NWtlN ft CO.,
Druggisu and Chemiats,
N. W. Corner Ninth and Pooler Sis.. Philadelphia.
HP" SOLD by every n spec labia Druggist and Dvaler ia
Medicine throughout ine BUI.
Philadelphia, March 31, lb). lyw
RAH pounds of CARPET RAGS wanted at
JyJ the siora of BRIGHT bON.
Kinthury, 7, 1860.
tnlctt IJoclrg-
TO A LAbY I KNOW, AGED ONE-
BY W. C. tlENNKTT.
Oh. eoDDy carls 1 oh, eyoi of blue!
'i ke hardest nature knowo,
Uuby, would softly fpeak to yoo,
With strangely teDder tone;
Wbat marvel, Mary, if from such .
Yout sweetness love would call,
We love you, baby, oh, how much,
Moat dear of all things small I
Unborn, how, more than nil on eatlh,
Your molhec yenrn'd to meet
Your dream'd of face ; yoo, from your birth
Most sweet of all thiugs sweet I
Even now for your small hands' first press
Of her full happy breast,
How oft does she God's goodnoes bless,
And feel her heart too blest I
Yon came a wonder to ber eyes,
That doted on each grace,
Each charm that still with new surprise
She sbow'd us io your face ;
Email beauties T ah, Id her not small,
How pluio'to her blest oiiud !
Though baby dear, I doubt if alii
All that she fouod, could Gad.
A year hi 9 gone, and, mother say,
Through all that year's blest ruutid,
In her, has one sweet week or day
Noisome new beauty found !
What moment bus not funcied odp,
Since first your eyes she met ?
And, wife, 1 know yon have not done
With fiadiug fresh ones yet.
Nor I j for baby some now charm
Each coming hour supplies,
So swcot, we think change cau bat tar a
Your sweetness in our eyes,
Till comes a newer, and we know
As that fresh charm we see,
Io you, sweet nature wills to show
How fair a babe can be.
King God, that gave this precious gift,
More clung to every day.
To thee our eyes we trimbliog lift
Tako uot thy gift away 1
Looking on her, we start ia dread.
We stay our shuddering breath,
And shrink to feel the terror said
In that one dark word doatb.
Oh, tender eyes. Ob, beauty straDge I
When childhood shall depurt,
Ob, that thou, babo, through every change,
May'st keep that iufant heart 1
O gracious God ! Oil 1 this make sure.,
That, of no grace beguiled,
Tho woman bo in soul as pure
As now she is a child 1
j I i i. . . . A .
From the Grand Travese Herald.
How Bennett Started the New York
Herald.
As James Gordon Dennett is the confiden
tial counsellor aud adviser of the 1'resideut
of the United States, and bis paper is the
accredited organ of the Administration in the
city of New York, it may not be uninterest
ing to our readers to know bow, and undor
what circumstances a paper was started
which has ultaiued so great notoriety, and
wields such a powerful iutlueuce over a certain
class of tho whole community.
We are cognizant of some (acts connected
with its early history, which came under our
immediate observation at the time, and which
are probably known only to Iloruce Greely,
James Gordon Bennett and ourselves. We
violate no conGdence in placing them on
-
record 08 a matter OI DlStOry, and OS teOUlOg
t0 illustrate the fttCt that which IS CODCOlVed
in sin and brought forth in iniquity will grow
and flourish only in a congenial atmosphere
of pollution and iufaoiy.
io 1831, just after Horace Greely 4 Co.,
had started the New Yorker, io the old j el
low two-story building which then stood on
the southwest corner of Nassau and Liberty
streets, there stalked into the office, one day,
a lank, bard-visaged, squint-eyed, villainous
looking man, who appearod as if he had just
escaped from or was about to bo sent to tho
Penitentiary, and introduced himself to Mr.
Greeley as James Gordon Dennett, late Edi
tor of a rhiladelpbia paper, (Penniiylvanian
we think, though wo may be mistaken in the
name.) He slated that he had called to hold
a consultation with Mr. Greeley relative to
the expediency of starting a cheap Daily ia
New York. As Mr. G. was busily engaged
at the time, Mr. It. did not fully unfold uis
clans, bot promised to call again. The nest
day be spread out bU programme, the main
feulure oi wincn was a paper uevoteu io
scaudul in 'high-life' but to bo conducted
with such consummate ability anil tact that
it would 'take' with all classes. Ho said he
had oue thousand dollars to Iuvest io the en-
terprize, but as that sum was not sufficient
to ensure success, be wished a partner who
could furnish a like amount, and asked Mr.
Greeley to join Into. Groeley listened pa
tiently to all bis plans, and then, in his bluot,
off hand way, told him that such a paper
might pay if a man could be found to couduct
it who combiuod the requisite talent and
meanness and flatly refused to have any
thing to do with it. And this is the reason
why Bennett has bated Greeley ever since.
At this time there was a printer in Ann
street named Anderson, who was a eeueral
jobber and newspaper printer, but who did
not publish on bis own account. Bennett
procored an introduction to him, and by fair
promises and false pretences, induced him to
enter into the scheme and the New York
Herald was nsbered into being.
Anderson soon fouod tbal Dennett bad
deceived him with regard to funds Dot oue
penny of the tboosaud dollars ever having
been paid over and that ha would have to
bear the whole pecuniary burdon until tbe
paper should work its way op to a self sus
taining point. He expended a large sum of
money to keep it alive, until, just as it began
to be remunerative, tbe great fir of '35 oc
curred in Ann street, which made such terri
ble bavoo among the printers, and Anderson
tost presses, type and everything, with little
or Do insurance. His friends, who bad faitb
in tbe ultimate (access of tbe Uerald, aided
him to procure a Tower Tress aod ether
materials; but Bennett, meantime, made
clandestine arrangements with another print
er, and tbe Herald appeared tbe next morn,
ing with James Gordon Bennett as Editor
and Proprietor. He refused to recognize
Anderson at all, or to pay bim a peooy for
his interest in the paper, or for the large
sami which be bad advanced to sustain it.
Anderson took the matter 10 deeply to beart
that be died in a short time, and there it
ended.
About this time Elleo Jewett, beautiful
and celebrated courtezan, was murdered at
tbt booia of nqeiua TowuaenJ, in Tbomss
street, by ayonng man named Robinson, wbr
was a clork for Joseph Iloxie, and through
whose influence he was acquitted. This mur
der was a devilsend for Benoott (he nover
had a Godsend. ) He procured, or pretended
that ha had, a list of tbe names of all those
who lodged at Mrs. Towosend's house that
night some seventy men, most of whom
were married, and occupied high stations in
society aod threatened to exposo them in
tbe columns of bis paper. This ruse bronght
to his coffers an notold amount of black-mail ;
and before the affair was ended he had made
money enough to buy a printing office and set
op business on bis own account.
It is not oar purpose to follow bim any
farther in his course of infamy, our suji.joct
being only to show how tbe JVtto York Her
ald was started. Pecuniarily be hns met
with unbounded success the success of infa
my and crime. But be bas not reached his
present position without stripes. We have
bad the pleasure of seeing In in twice cow.
bided on tbe public sireet, kicked down three
flights of stairs by bis journeyman printer,
and cuffed and spit npon by the late Thomas
Hamlin all of which he submitted to with
the abject humility of a coward.
Such is a faint outline of Jnmes Gordon
Bennett, tbe editor of the Aire York Herald,
and bosom friend of tbe President of tbe
United States.
Snuff Dipping in New York City.
A graphic account was published by one of
our cotemporaries, a fow days ago. of the dis
gusting practice of "snuff dipping," so exten
sively in vogue among women of all classes io
tbe Southern States. People from tbe
North, traveling through Virginia, tho Car
olines, Georgia and Alabama, bave been
astonished at beholding the open end matter-of-fact
method of indulging it at seeing
pretty young girls, lovely ladies, married
women aud single, sitliug in circles, formed
expressly for this purpose. Each Bouff dip
per bas b;r bottle and swab stick, or box and
mop, from and by which she conveys tbe
Gitby dust to her lips, aud then, withdrawing
tbe mop, perhaps passes it along to her neigh
bor as an act of delicate attention. Without
doubt this habit of snuiT.dipping would be far
more unseemly than that of tobacco chewing
if practised by meu, and when it is considered
that women only bave adopted it, one can
hardly repress a shudder of disgust.
Mjuy of oor readers will be surprised to
learn that a great mistake is made in suppo
sing that this foul and pernicious habit is
confined to the females of the South. We
have to record tho fact, based upon the care
ful investigation, tbat it is mora or less
secretly in practice among tbe women of our
own city, and to quite a considerable extent.
The article used for this purpose is the old
fashioned yellow Scotch snuff, ofwbicbfour
tiroes as much is consumed in this way by the
women of New York as for tbe litilation of
the olfactory organ by all tbe snuff takers
of both sexes. Cortuin tobacconists on
Broadway aud the Bowory bave established a
reputation for tbo particular quality of snuff
which they manufacture, and soil tbe greater
portion of the amount consumed. With
them BDd their customers tbe practice is
called "digging," iu6tead of "dipping," and
those who are slavos to it go by the titlo of
"diggers" a name that cortainly seoms mod
appropriate, if intended to convey the ida of
auuiogy between tueir nanus ana loose ol the
Digger Indians, who, of all wretcbod and bar
barous tribes, live on tbe most uuuatural and
loathsome diet.
Tbe votaries of snuff chewing are not con
fined to any particular class of the women of
New York. Though probably it is most
prevalent among the poorer aud unoducated
females, yet all the settlers agree that a large
part of the demand is from genteel and high
bred ladies io the fashionable walks of life.
1'emulos of all ages are among the customers.
Girls of tbe town are. often addicted to tbe
use of ibis snuff, Cuding io it a stimulant
more soothing aod enduring in its effects
than the liquors with which they seek to
drowu their misery and shame. The combi
nation of the various snulls is kept a trade
secret by the manufacturers, but about '29
per cent, is madd op of salt, pcarlusb, and
olber pungent substances, which add flavor
aod stimulating power to the article. Hun
dreds of worueu buy tboir snuff under the
pretence Of cleaning tbeir tectb, and is claim
ed by the dealers that all tbeir "digging"
customers, old or youug, bave their teeth in
a remarkably sound aod lustrous condition.
How the pructico came so extensively
spread in New York is not kuown, though it
is probably a Southern importation, and had
not obtaiued much of a foothold until within
tbe past tifieeo years. Those who are addict
ed to it bore do not display tboir babit
openly, as at the Soutb, but conceal it care
fully from tbeir oeartBt-friends, shutting
themselves in their rooms and secretly in
dulging in a 6nuff debauch. Tbey deposit
the mixture with a peculiarly-shaped born or
silver spoon, in lue insiuo ot the lower lip.
There it is allowed to remain until lboroue.li
ly moistened, when it is passed around to the
sides ol the mouth, where it stays till ex
hausted of its essential powers.
uen this uaoit bus once usteued opon a
woman, she rarely, if ever, is able to shake it
off. Neither ruiued health, self respect, oor
love for ber husband, children aud friends,
cau give ber sufficient resolution to abstaiu
from snuff chewiog. Among other instances
narrated by a prominent tobacconist, tllustra
live of this fait, was the case of a rich aud
fashionable lady, whose husband preseuted
ber, atdiuerent times, with a noree and car
riage, and other costly gifts, as pledges that
she would abandon the habit, but, after a
short abstinence, she invariably returned to
ber snuff. On one occasion, baviog taken
the steamer for Charleston, or some other
Snnthp rn nort. and havioe forgotten, in bor
hns of anufl. she Ktve a
black'stewardess 3 for a fw spoonsluls of
like ouulitv which the Utter bad in Der pos
'!.. .n i-ou.Ipm mav form some
BVBS1UU. iu.iv.1 r.l- I I .
idea of the enormous prevalence of this habit
in tboir midst, we may state mat oue to
i....nni.t havinir a small store on Iiroadway,
retails one hundred pounds per week, to bis
"digging" customers alone. 11 is snuffing cus
tomers consume but twenty-five pounds.
rin. firm keeDins a store on tbe Bowery and
.nnthar down town, make and sell three
barrels ("00 pounds) in the same number of
ays, all of which is consumed by women of
York Citv The amount used by each
"digger" vane from one quarter ol a pound
t0 a poUUd per wee i .1 nouns
Tus ('ivsra. According to the act of Con
tress oo deputy will be allewed over twenty
thousand inhabitants. Those who may be
appointed by tbe United States marshal will
be required t commence operations oo the
first day of June, and conclude tbeir work
six weeks thereafter. This arrangement will
make small district a necessity
A "Moral Debating Society" out West ii
engaged in a discussion on tbe following
ooestieo : "If a husband deserts bis wife.
which is the most abandoned the man r tho
Artificial Breeding of Fish.
We bave been favored with a copy of a
letter from Governor Wright, of Indiana,
now United States Miaister at Berlin, to I.
IJowland, of Indianapolis. It discusses sev
eral questions of interest to farmers and
horticulturists, but we confine our extracts
at present to what bo says epon tbe ertiGcial
production of fish :
"Pish have been artificially iucreased and
preserved io Chiua for centuries. A little
tnoro tbon a hundred yoors ago, tho subject
began to attract the attention of scientific
men in Germany, where the practice has al
ready reached a bigh state of cultnre. In
Kngland and Prance attention bag been but
lately directed to this branch of industry, yet
it is successfully cultivated in both countries,
aod promises to become of the utmost itnpor
lance to the world. I will not attempt a des
cription of the methods pursued io Prauce
aod Germany, at you will End one, better
written, and with details which I enncot go
into, io more than one of our scientific jour
nals. I should like to have some of our
Western men, who happen to be the owners
of small lakps or ponds, moke tbe experiments i
for themselves. The field for scientific In- ,
veBtigation is largo and important, and the
results, if successful, cannot fail to be bonefi
cial. If all our ponds, lakes, brooks and
rivers were stocked with the better kinds of
fish, tboir increase secured by artificial means
and protected against extripatien by wise
legislative provisions, wo should have a cheap
and healthy article of food constantly at
hand. Itisoolya short time since salmon
was a luxury in Hanover, Germany, only to
bo enjoyed by the wealthy ; now it is within
tbe means of tho peasant as well as of the
noble. On the 22d of lost Pebruary I bad a
salmon from llacover on my table, whlcb
weighed thirty-two pounds.
"1 send yoo tho enclosed paragraph from
on Knglish paper, as it uot only serves to
illustrate the practicability of tbo artificial
propagation of Csh, but conveys a hint to
ward tbe stocking of our great inland seas,
which should Dot be lost upon our country
mon. "At a recent sitting or the Socictiad' Ac
climation Dt. Cloquut read an interesting
paper on a successful experiment recently
made by M. Coste, in a pood situated at 6t.
C'ucufa, eno of the domains of the Ktnperor,
near St. Cloud. It has hitherto been con
sidered impossible to produce sulmon in a
slate of domesticity, without their emigrating
to ine soa toatos experiment proves
tbe contrary. Tbo small pood above alluded
to, situated in a shady valley, does not cover
a suriace oi more than two and a balfacte.
Its greatest depth is six meters, from which
tbe bottom rises in a gentle slope to the
grassy bank. It reccivos its waters by tian-
udation from tho high ground with which it
surrounded, lhreo years a20 it was
mptied for repairs, and when it afterward
again received its usual quantity of water, M.
Coste stocked it with trout, which are now
roar years old and about a foot and half io
length, la April end May. 1807. he added
several thousand lilliputian salmon, bred at
the College de r ranee two months before, and
notwithstanding the bavoo committed by
their voracious enemies, tho trout, they have
luriven so won toai some time ago, in tho
presence of their Majesties, upward of 200
kiliogrammP9' weight of these fish were
brought up in a single draught of tho net.
Tbey were, on an average, about a foot in
length. Hut the most important circum-
tance which M. Coste remarked on this oc
casion, and which adds a new fact to science,
was tbat all these fish were in a state of re
production ; tbe spawn ftbicb they contuincd
bad come to maturity, and it has sidco been
subjected to artificial fecundation ; the em
bryos resulting therefrom are so far develop
ed tbat they must soon bo batched. Hence
it is proved tbat salmon may bo propagated
io close waters ; and, also, tbat salmon, like
trout, begin to spawn at the age of eighteen
months. Jnilianapolis Ztate istnlmcl.
Miss NionTiSGAi.E os NuRPiMd. In ber
recently published work on "Nursing the
Sick," Miss Nightingale says :
"Macaulay somewboro says, that it is ex
traordinary that, whereas tbe laws dt the mo
tions of the heavenly bodies, fur removed es
they are from us. are perfectly well under
stood, the laws of tbe human mind, which are
uodor our observation oil day and every day,
are no better understood than tbey were two
tboosand years ago.
"But bow much more extraordinary is ii
tbut, whereas what wo might call the cox
combries of education e. g , the elements of
astronomy are now taught to every school
girl, neither mothers of families of any class,
nor school-mistresses of aoy class, oor nurses
of childreo, nor nurses of honpituls, are taught
anything about those laws which God ba.-t
assigned to tbe relations of our bodies with
the world in which He has pnt them. In
other words, the laws wbicb make these
bodies, into wbich be bas put our mioila,
healthy or unhealthy organs of those minds,
are all but unlearnt. Not but that these
laws tbo laws of life are io a certain mea
sure understood ; but not even mothers think
it worth their whilo to study tUem to siuuy
how to give their children healthy existences.
Tbey call it medical or physiological kuow-
ledgo, fit only for doctors.
Tin Oi'akkr Lapiiw oy Maink Quaker
youug ladies in tbe Maine Law States, it is
said, still continue io ieo u
tampering with liquor. Just imagiue a beau
tiful young girl approacbiog you, young
temperance roan, with all the dignity of an
xecutive officer, and lue lonoceoce oi a uoe,
with the choree : "Mr. , the ladies be-
licveyou ere io the babit of tampering with
liquor, and they have appointed me to ex
amine you according to our established ruins,
aie yoo willing f" You nod acquiescence.
She gently steps close op to you, lays ber
soft white arm around your neck, dashes
back ber raven curls, raises ber sylph like
form upon ber tiptoes, ber round, snowy,
heaving bosom against your owu, and with
her angelic features lit up with a smile as
sweet as Heaven, places ber ricb, rosy, pouty,
sweet, sugar, molasses, bolter, eggs, straw
berry, honeysuckle, sunflower, my, baby Jum
per, rosebud, cream, tart, appie-pie, peacn-
pudding, apple-dumpling, ginger-bread, nec
tar lips against yours, ana (UU, Jerusalem!
bold us !) busses you, by crackey 1 Hurrah
for the gals aud the Maine Law, and death
to all opposition. Exchange.
'
Undocbtedlt tho oldest man in the world'
says tbe New Orleans Crescent, is Captain
Viroux, of Belgium. He was born cn tbe
6lb of November, 1709, aod is consequently
151 vears old. He entered the army in 1830,
at the advanced age of 121 years, and re
mained in tbe service until recoully, when be
was put upon tbe ponsion list.
A man who is tired of hit wife bas only to
take ber to Japan. A traveler who went
there lately, accompanied by bis wife, bad
several good otfeu for bar, in ocdj !
A Perio.val Matter. Mr. Lovejoy dined
al Gov. Sewurd's on Fiidny with Gov. McRae
of Mississippi and other fire-eaters, who with
sociable enoogh. Before leaving tho table,
the host inquired why the Soutl erners bad
sat so still while Lovejoy was pitching into
slavory and them, but hic'r.e l tip a dost when
ho took a telipious vinw of the qtiestirio T
"Why," said Governor McUie, "wo were
dumb with astonishment when our institu
tions were attacked, and didn't recover until
Lovpjoy changed li ia topic." No, no!" ex
claimed Lovejoy, "yon sat still enough until
1 began In talk about the Devil, but con
sidered that a pertonal question I" All
lauohed, ntiil classes were emptied. Indood,
although the newspaper accounts ore alarm-
'Ki uur uiiiijjiesBiueu usri uui jet icuvunu
Concord pitch.
A MOTHHR, IN Sl'OKT, KlU.S HkR ClIILO.
The Hamilton (O ) 'I'vlenravh says: Last
Tuesday, a little child of Mrs. Shaffer, (sinter
of Mr. Campbell, who resides in tbe First
ard.) who lives in Germaritown, eot pos-
8 ssion ofau old pistol and snapped it several
times, after which she hsn.lid it to ber
mother, ond said in playful manner, "Shoot
me, mot ber I" ilrs. Shaller took the Pistol
aod pointed tbo muzzlo toward her child, and
puued tho Ineecr. explodiua the can end
sending a ball through tho child's head, kill
ing u instantly. '1 he pistol bad not been
discharged for more than a your, and was
-supposed not to be loaded.
Solid Oil ix tub Snxi R of Coal. Coal
from the neighborhood of Cairo station,
Ilitcbie county, Virginia, on tho North
western Virginia Kuilroad, bas been tested
by various chemists, Bnd has been found to
be as it were crystolized mineral oil, being
without Btratificiition, and free from any
foreign substaoce. The tests have shown
tbat it will yield one hundred and sixty-five
gallons of crudo oil to the ton. Alter ona
refining process, S'i per cent, of refined oil
was obtained ; after a second distillation,
61 per cent, of tho whole amount was obtain
ed in puru oil, and 30 per cent, of lubricating
oil and parBfine. By taking a portion of the
coal and loying it on a hot stove or shovel,
its extraordinary quality is obvious. It melts
and runs like wax Pittuburg Post.
Mips IIarhikttr N. Austi.v, editress of a
"Reform poper" in Danville, New York,
devotes a long nrticle to tbe subject of her
making op. Here is an important item :
"My pantaloons are all cut at the bottom,
like gentlemen's. I like them better than
straight ones ; and those which some ladies
have worn, full end gathered at tbe bottom,
are 'unmentionable.' My pattern was cot by
a tailor, bis wife taking the measure." The
spinster's precaution, as stated in the last
sentence, was doubtless intended to show tbat
wbat she was after at the tailor's shop was
"meaBures.not men." Nice girl is Harriette j
not young enough to be giddy, certainly ;
but rather lunar on pantaloons.
farmers' Pqiavlmcnt,
Pruit to Save from Frost.
We find the following ia tho London
Farmer's Magazine, but it is not new to us.
We know of tbe experiment having beea
tried in this country, with some twenty-five
plum trees, over which tbe rope was cast ;
and tbe end of the ropo placed into a bucket
of water. All tho fruit was saved, while ail
io tho neighborhood was lost : -Y. C. Planter.
Mr. J. Bruce Neil, io a Utter te a cotem
porary, states tbe blossoms of fruit trees
which are often so fatally cut off by early
spring frosts, may bo protected from them
aod all thoii pernicious effects, by the follow
ing mothod : If a thick rope bo intermixed
among tho branches of a fruit tree in blossom,
the end of which is directed downward So as
to terminate in a pail of water, should a light
frost tuke place during the night, it will not,
in tbo smallest dcgice, tiffed tbe trees, while
the surface ol the water in tho pail which
recoives the rope will be covered with a cake
of ice of moio or less thickness, though water
placed in another puil by the side of it, at
the same timo, by way of experiment, may
not, from the slightness of the frost, bave any
frost upon it at all. Tbo principle in par
ticular, as Mr. Neil justly remarks, is deser
ving of much consideration, as there is a pos
sibility of its being very beneficially applied
in a great variety or obvious ways, in pre
serving apples, during long aud severe winters,
tbo same uuthorily states that it is only ne
cessary to throw a linen cloth over them
before the approuclt of frost, (woolen clothe
would not auswer.) beo they will bo found
ontirely preserved, loweivr "were tho wiutor
may prove. There seems abundant reason
to believe tbat even potatoes might be pro
tected from frost (after being emokeil) by
some such expedient. This, also, like tho
above priuciple, to which it appears so very
analogous, merits hipjh consideration ; on J for
tho same important reason, its cupnl.ility of
conducing to tbo universal benefit rf mau
kind, aod the numerous auiuiuls uuder our
protection.
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Tus Arri.R Trks Borer A RKMr.&y.
Hecry Dull, of Pennsylvania, gives the fol
lowing account of his method of preventing
tho ravages of the borer, which is both
economical aud easily tried, anywhere, aud
on aoy farm :
1 plauted an apple orchard eighteen years
ago, aud lue trees thrived very well tor nvo
or six years, wben tbey begai to droop and
look sickly. I poo examining them 1 lound
tbe borer in great numbers, buvinc doue con
siderable damage, and some of them appoared
lo be past recovery, l went to work ami
took them out. After removing them 1 was
about to apply coal tar, but 1 was told that it
would be a worse enemy than tbe borer. 1
thought awbilo, and deciding to apply urine
from tbe cow-stable, baviog tanks and applt
caoceg to secure all this valuable liquid ma
nure, as every runner should have. 1 applied
this copiously around tbe'boltoni of the trees,
and washed the trunks thoroughly. The re
salt is, tbat I bave Dot a borer in my orchard,
and the trees have completely recovered, anil
give me abuudaul crops.
Cbanperriks At a recent meeting of tho
American Institute, the secretary stated that
Je?so C. Young showed bim a receipt for ooa
hundred and fifty six dollars, tbe net result of
oue-tbird of aa acre of the scrub-oak land of
Long Island, cultivated in cranberries. This
is the third year. He says : Tbe soil is a
sandy loam, tbe sand quite coarse. We have
to siuk our wells fifty-sevea feet to get water
just where tbe cranberries grow. T he vines
were tskeo from tbe swamps on the Island,
where tbey grow wild. 1 set my viues in
drills thirty iocbes apart, and aboot ten or
twelvo inches apart in tbe dril's, and kept
them clear by band weeding, using no manure.
I set my vines at aoy time in the fall or rpring
wben euovecicLt. 1 am plantirg them at
fiil time.
ice by M. U lAfvt.ii.