NEW SEMES, YOL. 13, NO. 28.
SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 18G0.
OLD SERIES, VOL. 21. NO 3.
The Suntmry American.
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We hnva connected with our ctauli.hmenl a well se
lected JOB OFFICK, which will enable Oslo execute
ia the neatert .tyls, every jaiiely of priming.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SUNBXjaT, PA.
Business ottended to in the Counties of Nor
mmberland, Union, Lycoming Montour and
Columbia.
Reference in Philadelphia :
Hon. J. R . Tvon, fhn.. Oil.ljona. F..q..
Homer. . Sii Klgmw, Utm, Smith
1 1 o r n c ij a t a to ,
lVo. 12S nroadWB)', ft'cw York.
Will carefully attend to Collection, and all Vtiier mutter,
intrusted to hi. care.
Mnyal.lMe.
FRANKLIN nOUSE,
REBUILT AND RKFl'RNIS II K D ,
Cor. of Ifoxrard ami Franklin Street, a few
Square West of the X. C. 77. R. Depot,
DALTIMOBE-
FuriM, f 1 pkh Dv
C. I.EISENRINO, Proprietor,
July Id, lM9.-tf From Selin. Grove, l'n.
WILLIAM K. miMERS C II A LK LET SnMIllir
G. SOMERS & SON,
Importers and Dealers in
Cloths, Cassimeres, Yestings, Taylors
Trimmings. &c,
Ko 33 South Fourth Street. between Market and
ChesnUt Streets, I'hiladelphia.
Merchants others visiting (lie cily would find
it to their advjnlage to giv them a call and ex
amine their stork.
March 10, 1860
HARDWARE ! HARDWARE ! '.
5ITST received hy A. W. FISHER, at his
Drug Store, Sunbury, Pa.,
SCOOPS. BHOVE1.S, FOI.K8, LOG
CHAINS, MILL cMWS, CROSS
CUT SAW'S.
Also, Screws, Bulls, Door Knolis. Thumb
alches.and all hardware necessary fur building.
A splendid lit of pocket and table cutlery, Sciit
ors, liorman feilver Spoons.
Ladling; Glasses,
A large stock of Looking (ilasses, received anj
.or sale by A. W. FIrtHEK.
Sunbury, July 17.185S.
DEFOREST. ARMSTRONG & CO.
DRY GOODS MERCHANTS,
80 and 82 Chamber Street, A'eic ' .
Would notify the Trade that they are opening
Weekly, in new and beautiful patterns, the
WAS1SUTTA FltEVTst,
also the
A m o s k c a ff t
A New Print, which excels every print in the
Country for perfection of execution and design
in full Madder Colors. Our Print are chenper
than any in market, and meeting with extensive
tule.
Orders promptly attended to.
February 4, IB10 ly pi
J. P. SHINDEL GOBIN,
Attorney 5 Counsellor at Law
BXTNBTJRY,
WILL attend faithfully to the collection of claims
and all professional business in the counties of
Northumberland, Montour, Union and Snyder.
Counsel given in the German language
tV Olfice one door east of the Prulhonotary's
office.
Sunbury, May S6, I860. ly
LI COL, WOOD & NICHOLS,
Manufacturers and Importers.
STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS
Silk onn els, French Flowers,
PANAMA, TALM LEAF, I.K.CHOItN AND STRAW
HATS,
No. 735 Chesnut Street, 3 doors above Masonic
Temple, PHILADKLPHIA.
MayJ, IHliO. 4m
THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL.
UROADWAY, COHNKK OF FRANKLIN STREET
2STEW -STORK OITY,
Oifur. inducements to Merchants and T'turi.t. visiting I
New York, uiuuirpatted by any Hotel in the MetrtHHi..
The following .re among the advantages which it pnasea-at-a,
and which will be appreciated hy all traveler..
1st. A eentral locution, convenient to ph? of busmen,
as wefl u place, of amusement.
tM. 8criipulmi.ly elean, well furnished sitting rooms,
with a nuifniincent Ladies Failor, commanding ail exten
sive view oi Uniudway
3d. I .urge and superbly furni.lied sitting mom., with a
nunrnihent i'arkir, ooiumaiiding au extensive view of
ilioadway.
4t.li. Urine conducted on the Europeaa pain, visitors
can live m Uie best styler wila the greatest eeouutny.
Alh. It iscounecUal with
Tajler'a Celebrated Saloons,
where vi.itor. can have their meala, or, if they desire
Ihcy will be furnished in iheir own roou...
61 h. Th. fa.-a served in the ttaloai. and Hotel is ac
kimwlediied by epicuiea, to be vastly auperiuf to that of
any other Hotel ill the city.
With all theta advanlacM. the cost of livint In th
Inlernatiuiial. is much below that of any other first elaas
Hotel. (ilLbON Jr. CO., Proprietor..
Aueuttt, I860 ly
BLANKS! BLANKS!!
Anew supply of Summons', Kxeculiona.
WarranU, Supcenaa, Deads, Mortgages,
Bonds, Leases, Naturalization papers, Justices
nd Constable Fee Bills, Ac-, Ate, just printed
and for sale at this Olfice.
Sunbury, April SO, 1859.
SPALDING'S Prepared Olue, and Shelley. Mucilage
Pries per bottle and brush 9-) cents.
Cordial Elixir of Caliaaya ttark fc Uenlioa, for removing
r"Ue' FOR 8 VLE AT THIS OFFICE.
Bunbary. March 17. IBttu.
A
DLERY. Alo,Jih beat auortment of Iron
Nail and Steel to be found in th county, at th
Mammoth (tor of FK1L1N U 6t UK AIM I .
Sunbury, un 2, 1880. .
ANOTHER AR'RIVAL OF
NEW GOODS,
J. II. EX GEL,, of Sunbury, Pn,
n AS just arrived with splendid STOCK of
SPRING AND SUMM KR GOODS, fro,m
Philadelphia, to which he respectfully invites
his friends and the Public to call and inspect,
he will spare no time in showing them. Among
his stock of goods will befuund, FINE BLUE
AND BLACK
FE.E1TCE CLOTS.
Fine Black and Fancy Casimeres Tweeds, Sat
inetts, Jeans, Black Italian Cloth, Cashmeretle,
Cottonade, Linens, Linen Drill, Linen Check,
and Farcy Vesting, also a large assortment of
Ready-made CLOTHING for men and boys
(cheap.)
FOR LADIES WEAR,
Black and Fancy Press Silk very cheap. Silk
Tissuo, Uereges, Chali and Chali Holies, Berege
Delaine, Berege Holws, Figured Brilliant and a
variety of oiher Dress Goods, Spring and Sum
mer Shawls, Mantillas, Parasols, a good assort
ment of while goods, Collars, Sleeves, Irish
Linen, Shirt fronts, Marseilles. Brilliant Ac. A
general assortment of domestic Dry Go ds.
Also a large stock of Hats and Caps, Boota
and shoes. Hardware, Queens and Glassware,
Groceries, Cedarwnre, Stone and Earthenware,
Drugs and Paints, Salt, Fish, Cheese, Ham, Oil,
Tar Ac. &c.
N. u. Wall and Window Paper, Floor and
Table Oil Cloth, Carpets, all the above will lie
sold at low prices for cash or country produce ta-
en in exchange for Goods.
J. II. ENGEL.
Sunhury, May. 19, 181.0. If.
New Air Line Route
TONE 'W YOR K.
SHORTEST IN DISTANCE AND (JflCKKST IN
TIME lieiween the two Cities of
NEWIOEK ANDHARRISBUHG.
'IA
READING, ALI.KNTOWN AND F..V5TON.
Morning Kxpres. Wert leave. Now York ul 6 A. M . Slid
PliiliulilpliiH tit H a M , arrive, nt Harrialnirp lit fj IS r. M.
ronnei-ting nt llnirmliiiia with Irnin on Norlhcm t ciitml
Itoadfor Snnbiiry, illiami)rt, Lock lluveu and inler
iiie.tmtc ptntioiiH. .
Mini Tnoii Wert leave. New ork nt IS noon, and
Fhilmlelpliia nt :) :i P. at., ronneeiing with (mill on North
em Centcul Kind for Millions n iilwve, and alio ou all
tniiii.ou Hie Williauwnnrt iiikI Klmira.
MailTriiin Knsi leaves lliirrislmig nt 8, A. 51 , biiiI nr-rivt-.nl
I'lnlmlclphin nt I T. m., nml New Ymk at 3 30
w . in torn. t.i inke Umt orcni. for Ito.ton, Ac.
Fn Kxpien Kurt leave. H;irriln nt 1 15. on atnvnl
of Northern Onlml Tinin. and arrives at Philadelphia at
0 . 1.1 r m and New Yoik at 0 r. M.
No clmiioe of cursor Imignire Irttween New ork or
lMiilnili'lpliin mill llnrrislmig.
For liniiity of scenery and epecil. comfort and accommo
nation, tliii 'oute present, .upcrior iniluceiiicnls to the
travehuc pnMie
Olfice in New York, foot of Conrllnnd alreet, riilladel.
phin. Hrond nml t'lillowhill si reels. ,...,
Fare helween New York und llariinlmrg Fl h DOL
1. AKS. , .
For Tickets; Frcicht or ntlicr inforinntion, apply to
J.J. CLYDE, Ueneiul Agent.
Ilarriehutg, June SO, lf-00 ly
DANVILLE ACADEMY.
mill". Acnilrniic venr commences August 40, 1K0, lo
J coniiiiue foitv-four weeks.
ti. s..h.wil i liiviilml into a Prirmirv and a lliener De-
pnrlmeiit. each under iu respective Teacher. Bchoaiia are
adm tied at any time.
a m..iA nr..i...ini rnndc for nil the rentiliement. of a
IhnroUL'h and extensive course of .tudv, including the
Malhcmalic., Nntiiml Si-iences, Cla.sies, Modern lu-
......- 1 irn.ciiiir MllBlf. flC.
Si h.ilar. from nlmsul can obtnin Il.ld with facililics
for home study, ou veiy moderate term., on application to
the I'rin-iiwil.
The Piiiiciiml. fhnnkfiil for hi. part eeneroii. support,
assure. In. pntiona of hi. niiwcnried efforts to make the
chiad all that ran dc.ireil for the iiiqui.llloii of a
tlioloush education. For particular apply In
J. M WESTON, Principal,
Ferrv .ticet, ileal Deeu'. Hotel.
Danville, July SP, 1660. 3m
LI1IERTY STOVE WORKS
AND
HOLLOW. WARE FOL'XDR V,
riHLADELIMII A.
ABBOT Sc NOBLE,
Mannfactiirer. of the mo.t appioved .tyles of 6TOVE3
of everv ilcscriplion.
Sample nml Sale lliwims
r' !ilK Watei Sneet, New York.
I?" 4 III llrown Stieet. Philadelphia.
N. II. Send for CainloKiie.
A o'li.t 4, IHill. dm w
ITEV 1CJZI2 STOP.E.
No. 93 Maukkt Strkkt, Haukisbi-ho.
SHEET MUSIC .
INSTRUCTION BOOKS,
niuNlcal SlerchaiMllNe Generally
PIANOS,
MKLODKOXS,
GUI V A US.
VIOLIN'S.
FLUTKS.
ACCORDF.ON'S, &c,
0. C. B. CARTER-
PIANOS Tuned and Repaired by II. L. GooaoLD, by
pphcation lo the aiiove iwinea siore.
August 20, Is.Vj. ly
Another Insurrection !
flHE whole country is in a (tale of excitement
A with the new that another
CHOICE LOT OF fiOOliS,
has been received at the Mammoth Store. Not
withstanding the very lurge. STOCK OFUOOUS
we brought to Stinnury this Spring, and the fear
of our friend that we would not sell them, we
have been compelled (in order to supply the de
mamll to set un another lot of gooda.
We re determined to supply th people with
CHOICE, CHEAP & DESIRABLE GOOHS.
We re continually receiving good anJ will
keen uu our stock. Call at the Mammoth and
be convinced. FKIUNG Si GRANT,
Sunbury, June 30, 1 Hull.
DUSTERS
MATCH.
AND DRESS STUFF TO
Striped Duster.
Mantillas,
Solid Silk,
Full Bucks.
I'laiii Styles,
Genteel,
Lace Bournou.
COOPER & CONAUD.
Mixed uo.
Chena do.
fiaydere do.
Silk Challydo.
Lace Mantle.
8. E. earner (lib and Market, Philadelphia
July 7, I860.
wmfEGotSisT"
ORIOHT cV SON hav now opened a choice
lot of Wbil Goods, among whicti may be
found
Fine India Book,
Super Dotted Swiss,
Nainsook Mu.lina,
Cambria do
Bobinett,
Soft Cuiahed M uslin,
Inserting,
I. ace,
8 wis Mull,
Fin Tarllon,
Jacanett,
Undreaaed Drilling,
Swis Flouncing,
Dimity Band,
Edgings.
Needle-worked Collar,
Linen Hdkfs., &e.,Ae., Ae.
Sunbury, June S3, 1860.
MAOKAREL.
SH AD, Irish 8a!mon, Cod Fiah and Prim
Prime Country Ham. A large dock of the
abov at th stor of
B. Y. BRIGHT & SON.
Sunbury, Jun S3, 1860.
CMVE Barrels Portland Kroer Oil, the bet
I" : .t FRiT.IVfi St I.HAN i S.
Sunbury, Januarv
- tl't
docket
THE PARTING OF SUMMER.
DV MKS. IIKMAN8.
Tbou'rt hearing hence thy roues,
Glad Summer, fare the well I
1 hon art singing thy lust melodies
In every wood aod dell.
Hut ere the golden innset
Of tby latest lingering day,
Ob ! tell mo o'er tuia chequered earth,
How thou bast passed uway ?
Brightly, sweet Bummer 1 brightly
Thine hours have floated by,
To the joyous birds of the woodland boughs,
The rangers of the sky.
And brightly in the foreFts.
To the wild deer wandering free,
And, brightly 'midst the garden Uowers,
Is thu huppy, murmuring bee.
Hut how to human bosoms,
With all their hopes and fear,
Aod thoughts that make them eagle vriogs,
To pierce the suborn years T
Sweet Summer 1 to the captive
Thou has Uowo in burning dreams,
Of the woods, with all their whispering loaves,
And the blue, rejoicing atreuuis.
To the wasted and the weary
On the bed of sickness bouod,
In swift deleriuus fantasies,
That changed with every sound :
To the sailor ou the billows,
lu lougiugs wild uud vain,
Fur the gubbiug founts uud breezy bills,
Aud the bouies of earth agaiu 1
Aod unto me, glad Summer 1
11 ow hast thou flown to me T
My chaiuless footstep nought hath kept
From my bauuts of song oud glev.
Thou bust flowo io wayward visions,
lo memories ef the dead
)u shadows, from a troubled heart,
O'er ihy suuny pathway shed.
Io brief and sudden strivings,
To Hine a weight aside
'Midst these thy melodies have ceased
And all thy roses died.
Dut, Ob ! tboa gentle Summer !
If 1 greet thy flowers once more,
Urtng me agaiu the buoyancy
W herewith my soul should soar.
Give me to bail thy sunshine,
With song aud spirit tree ;
Or in a purer air tbao this
May that next meeting be.
liTiscclhuuons,
Travels in Abcssinia-
From a tew work issued by Ticknor &
Fields, of lioston. bv the lie v. Dr. J. L.
Jtrupt, being travels aud missionary labors in
Eastern Africa, during a residence ofeigh
teen years we make the following extracts :
Christian people upon curtb ore so
rigid in their tasting as the Abussiniuus.
I hey lust, in all, nine tnonius out oi tue
twelve every Friday aud Wednesday through
out the yeur, then again forly days before
Easier, tweaty-tive days after i nutty, four-
teen days in August, tweuty-tive days belore
Advent, and ou tuber ccvumous. Yet, iu
spile of this, aud of a close conformity to the
outward observances of a severe ritual, tbe
woeful departure from the pure teaching of
the Gospel, and a complete absence of culture
and koowledge have produced, geoerully aud
individually, a sad social condition in Abetai-
nia. Montgomery, 11 is iruu, is t iiuuiisuea oy
the church, but coucubiuuge is hubituul aud
eeneral. the kinc and bis live hundred wives
leading tbe way with a bud example; for
whenever a beoulilul womuo was noiuiea out
to him he sent for her. The duughters of
many erandees must in this way serve to
tiled political alliances, aud Sahela Selas6ie
actually wished lur-au r.nglim princes to
consolidate bis alliance with great lirituin."
Tbo Dokos have do cbiul, do lows, do
weapons : they do not nunt, oor tin me
grouud, but live solely on fruits, roots, mice,
serpeuts, auts, bouey, and the like, climbing
trees aud gathering tue iruns life moubeys,
acd both sexes go completely nuked. 1 bey
bave Ibick, protruding lips, flat noses and
small eyes; tbe bair is not woolly, and is
woru by the women over thu shoulders. Tbe
oatls on tbe bauds und feet are alluwod to
grow like the talons of vultures, and are used
iu digging for uuts, oud in tearing to pieces
the sei punts which tbey devour ran, for tbey
are ouucquainled with tire. Tbe spine of
tbe snake U ibe only ornament woru round
the neck, but .tbey pierce the ears wilb a
sbarp-poiuted piece of wood."
' I he way to wasaowa lay lurouga every
description of country ; fruitful valleys aua
plains, mountain heights, past desert wilder
oesses ; sometimes amid dense populations,
sometimes where do human soul was to be
found ; and for the most purt, we bad to beg
for food and shelter. Occasionally a Moham
medan would receive us hospitably, oceanic
ully a Chribtiun ; in tbe latter case thu
motive frequently was to receive an amulet
against illness, or some magical cure from
tbe white man ; for it is a common belief in
Abessiuia. that all white men come from
Jerusalem, where tbey tbiuk tbere i do sick
ness, and all is plenty and splendor."
"1'be people of KulTa are partly Christian,
though after a very superficial aDd degener
ate fashion, and they practice circumcioion,
do not work oo Fridays end Sundays, and
observe the festivals or saints. Incredible
and fabulous appears the statement wbicb
Dilbo made to me respecting tbe relutioo be
tween husbaud and wife, wbicb was to the
effect that tbere is a public resort set apart
for tbe husband, where do woman is permu
ted to appear, and where do wire must eat
or drink with her husband, under nenallv of
I tDree years' iuiprisoomeot. Husband aod
wifa iee eacn oVhr only at night, never
meeting- during: tbe day. Tbe wife remains
in tbe inmost portion of tbe bouse, tbe hus
band occupying? the otner part, bucn a sepa
ration of tbe sexes is nokoown in Abessiuia,
and would presuppose that the inhabitants of
Hana are MoUammedans, wnn wnom tbe
isolation of their women is tba rale."
"On the second da; after my arrival to
Zanzibar I was presented by the English
Consul to tbe Sultan Said-Said, commonly
called by Europeans by bis other title, tbe
lmautn of Muscat. His palaee lies oatside
the city, snd Its exterior reminds tbe visiter
of n German or Swiss manufactory. Wben
the consul appeared with me at tbe entrance
of tbe palaee, tbe sultan, accompanied by one
of Lis sons tod several grandees, earn forth
to meet us. displayinr a cocdescemnon and
courtesy which I bad pot before met with at
IH nann oi but uriuuiai ruior. us vuu
t. i us iuto tbe sudieDce.cbamber wbicb is
pretty large and paved with Inarble slabs j
American chuirs lined the walls, and a
stately chandelier hung in the middle of tbe
room. The sultao bade us to be seated, and
I described to him in Arabic his native
language my Xbessian adventures, nod plans
for converting the (Julian, lie listened with
attoDtioo, end promisod every assistance, at
the same time pointing out the dangers to
which 1 might be exposed. Although ad
vanced in years, be looked very well, and
was most friendly and communicative,"
"lo general the Gallas bave a manly ap
pearance ; are large aod powerfully built, but
with savage features, made still more savage
looking and fierce by their long bair, woro
like a mane over the shoulders. They ate
principally of a dark brown color, by which,
no less than by intellectual capacity and
teacbableuess, tbey are so advantageously
distinguished from all other Kust-Africanp.
Tbe young women are much sought after,
and iu A rabia (etch from one hundred to one
hundred and Gfty dollars each. Their bodies
and long upper garment in form like the
llomaii toga, ore besmeared with a thick
crust of butter, giving an unpleasant odor,
which Blrengers scent from afar. Tbe women
wear a short gown of leather, fastened round
their loins by a girdle, on tbe skirt of which a
number of pieces of coral are hung by tbe
wny of ornament. Tbe more wealthy wear
also a large upper garment over this gown,
which gives them the appearance of European
women. Tbe weapons of the Gallas ore a
spear, sword and shield, and they all ride oo
horseback ; even tbe women gallop beside or
behind their husbands ; for among them it is
coosidsred degrading to go oo foot."
The Zouavea of tho Revolution.
At this time it may be interesting to know
that there were Zouaves in tbe. War of Inde
pendence. The extract of a letter, writteu
by a young soldier in tbe Connecticut army,
to bis paronts, which follows, states the fact :
"Dkar Paiikxts : Our company arrived
here last night very lute, hungry and tired.
Training is a good deal harder than old
Squire Fell tells of. If he'd marched four
teen miles a day for tbiee duys, and carried
bis prog, besides father's old French war
fusee, 1 calculate he'd not been so encoura
ging to us boys. I don't find fault, miud ; I
ouly wish to let you know that we are not on
May party.
"At Milford tavern we were joined by two
companies of soldiers from New Haven, and
u company of 'queer fellows,' as Jake calls
them, from tbe Southern coloniea. Tbey are
all riflemen, and are commanded by Colonel
Cresap. Tlmy dou't use any beds, as we do,
but sloop right on the ground, all in a row,
like Indians do. Hut their antics in military
exercises are of tbe curiousest kind. Tbey
load aud fire their rifles lying flat on their
bellies. After that tbey tangle themselves
all up in a knot, and look just liko a porcu
pine, with their guns slicking out all over
them. Hat the wonderniost part of their
actions is their hitting a mark. Ary of them
can bit a small potato at forty rods distance.
You uever saw anything like it. When we
get lo camp 1 will write more about these
nth-men, who would amose the gitls if they
could see them cut their antics."
Tbe cumpuny described in Ibis letter is
also alluded to in Moore's Diary of tbe Uevo
lution as follows :
"August 'th, 1775. On Friday evening
last arrived at Lancaster, Peon., on their
way to tbo American camp, Captain Ores
op's company of riflemen, consisting oT 130
active, brave young fellows, many of whom
hove been in the lute expedition under Lord
DuDmore, against tbe Indians. Tbey bear
in tbeir bodies visible marks of their prowess,
and show scars and wounds that would do
booor to Homer's Iliad. Tbey sbow you, to
use tbe poel's words,
Vhere the gor'd bailie bled at every vein !'
"One of the warriors in particular shows
the cicatrice of four bullet holes through bis
body. These men have beeu bred in tbe
woods to. hardships and dangers from tbeir
infancy. Tbey appear as if they were entirely
uuacquainted wilb, and bad never felt the
passion bf fear. With tbeir rifles in tbeir
hand ihey esse me a kind of omnipotence over
their enemies. One cannot much wonder at
this wbeo we mention a fact which can he
fully attested by soverul of the reputable
persons wbo were eye witnesses of it. Two
brothers io the company took a piece of board
Gve inches broad aud seven inches loug, with
a bit of white paper, about tbe size of a dol
lar, nailed in tbe centre, and wbile one of
them supported this board perpendicularly
betweeu his knees, tbe other at a distance of
upwards of CO yards, and without any kind of
rest, shot eight bullets through it successive
ly, and spared a brother's thigh.
'Another of the company held a barrel
stave perpendicularly in his bands with one
edge vlose to bis side, wbile one of bis com
rades, at the same distance aud iu the same
muuner before mentioned, shot several bullets
through it without any apprebeusion of dan
ger on either side. The spectators, appearing
to be amuzed at these Teats, were told thai
there were upward of Gfty persous in tbe
same company wbo could do the same thing ;
that there wus not one wbo could not plug 19
bullets out of 20, as they termed it, within an
inch of tbe bead of a tenpenny nail, lo short,
to evince tbe confidence tbey possessed in
their dexterity witb these kind of arms, some
of them proposed to stand witb apples on
tbeir beads, wnilo others, at the same uis
taoce, undertook to shoot tbem of!; but the
people who saw tbe other experiments, de
clined to be witnesses of this.
"At Digbt a great fire was kindled around
pole planted io the court bouje square, where
tbe company, with tbeir captain at their bead,
all nuked to tbe waist and puicted like sava
ges, except tbe captain, wbo was in an Indian
shirt, indulged vast concourse of people
wilb a perfect exhibition of a war dance, aod
all the mana'uvres of Indians, holding council,
going to war, circumventing tbeir enemies by
denies, ambuscades, auacaiog, scalping, and
so forth. It is said by those wbo ore i'i Ices
that do represeutation could possibly come
uearer the original. J he captain t expert
ness and agility, in particular, in these expe
riments, astonished every beholder. This
morning tbey will set out oo their march for
Cambridge."
Garihai.di' Wirt. A letter from Mar
seilles, or tbe 2"th nit., say t
Tbe wire of Gee. Garibaldi bas been In tbl
city for tbe last two days. She appears to
bave given op tbe Idea of embarking in the
Peusilippe steam packet, wbicb leaves this
venicg lor Civita Vecchla and Naples, and
will probably wait for some Garibaldian ves
sel, which frequently arrive bere. Tbe depar
ture of the wife of tbe Dictator leads to tbe
supposition that a reconciliation bat been
brought about between tbem. It may be re.
tnembered tbtt Garibaldi, after having receiv
ed an anonymous letter wbicb led to a stormy
explanation, separated from bis wife, one of
tbe daughters of the neb Marquis Uajuioudi,
on tbe very evening of tueir marriage.
A Woman at Fiko's Peak.
The Guluua (III.) Courivr contaiusa letter
from k lady at the gold district, which is
certainly not very flattering. Hear what she
says :
It will be three months, the Sth of August,
since I bave been in a bouse or But in a chuir.
I am now silling on the ground with a board
for a table, aud that ou my lop. If I had
known what a journey it was to come here, 1
would never have seen the Hocky Mountains.
It is too bard for any woman to come hete.
Over one hundred women started buck to tbe
States lust week. My advice to all wuineu fl
that Ihey bad better go to tho poor bouse
than come out here. 1 bave not spoken to a
woman since I came to the monntuins. 1
have had to sleep in my wagon ever since 1
lelt St. Joseph, I do not know what dry
clothing is. 1 sleep iu a wet bed, aud wear
damp clothing all tbe tune. Most of our
company were sick on the way out; I here
ore a great many dowu with tho mountain
fever, which is very dungerous. F.verybody
is goiug home. There is hardly any money
in the country. As for gold, 1 have seeu
some, but it is not plentiful yet. Next yeur
will be better titan this for making, money
here. There are sixteen mills in this gulch,
aud as soou as they get to work, times will
be a little better. 1 have nut been two yards
from my tent since 1 came bere. It is an
awful bard life here, and 1 have got enongb
of 1 ike's l'eak. A man or woman, to live
bere, has lo work like "fits," and then, if tbey
do not get sick aod die, tbey are well off.
A correspondent of tbe New York Tribune,
writing from Tike's Teak, says :
A former bunker from Leavenworth is now
ic the mines, engaged in selling pies. He
was a deacoo in one of the churches iu Eastern
Ransus j here he retails whisky on Sunday.
Last year, ou the Uepublicun route, 1 eu
countered an ex-Cincinnati lawyer, aud an
actress from the New York Howery Theatre,
united io bunds matrimonial, and engaged
keepiug a slage-stuliou on tbe Great i'luius,
4UU miles from civilization.
Pkath from tiik Hitk or a IUttlksnakr.
The Lebanon (Ky.) Democrat says that
Mr. Uriah Gurtoo, of Marion county, has for
a few months past bad some ratllesuukes,
which he bad caught iu tbe bills, and occa
sionally exhibited them, lie kept tbem iu a
box, but would take them out aud throw them
about the floor, suspend I be in by tbe tail, aud
at last bold tbum by tbe neck and suQ'urtbem
to coil their bodies around his neck. On the
lUlb, while thus exhibiting them, in Lebanon,
in changing one of the snukes from one band
lo the other, he was bitten on the left band,
between the thumb end fore-Guger. He iin-'
mediately got himself insensibly drunk with
whiskey, thinking thereby to avert the futuli
ty of the bite. It was of no avail ; his hand
and arm almost immediately commenced to
swell, and continued until tbe morning of the
lltb, when be died.
How 11k Savkd h ih Lhk The drummer
boy of tbe Milwaukee Light Guard was on
board tbe ill-fated steamer Lady Elgin, and
was saved oy toe means or his drum, lie bad
presence of miud sufficient to whittle a plug
ana close tne air vent, then lushing the drum
to his shoulders, be trusted himself to the
waves. The drum supported him, and also
four others, wbo seized hold of it ; but these,
one after another, dropped oil". The drum
carried the boy nearly ashore, wben, by some
uieans, me oeaa was burst iu, aod it DIM
with water. Tbe boy abandoned it, and seiz
ing a fragment of the wreck, succeeded in
reaching tbe shore. The drum afterwards
came osboro, and was returned to tbe boy
whose life ir. bad saved.
Rksii.t ov nig Svbian"Massa:rk. Tho
Iteyrout correspondence of Loudou Daliij
stw, writing on tne oi August, says : 1
(m otioned that the number of Christians mas
sacred iu Damascus during tbe Gve or six
duys that the reign of terror lusted amounted
to 5500 men, women and children. This bas
been fouud to be corn et. Tbe total bwmber
of persons killed in cold blood by Druses and
Moslems since the disturbances Grst com
menced at the end of May, including tbe va
rious towns on the Lebanon, 'Sidom, Damas
cus and elsewhere, amounts to tbe fearful
number of 12,000, besides those wbo fell en
gaged in opeu tight, when os yet tho war was
a mere sectarian outbreak. The amount sf
property plundered, burnt, destroyed aud oth
erwise swept away 'during the suuie period
not counting the consequent losses to trade,
but simply the actual loss of money, jewels,
houses, furniture, horses, cattle, silk cocoons,
silk factories, mulberry and ollive trees, vines,
oil, wine, gruin, floor, and (a very considera
ble item) church plute, has been very careful
ly calculated, and has been found to represent
no smaller sum tnan between fourteen and
Gfteeu millions sterling. The number of villa
ges destroyed omouuts to 1C3. Tbe churches
burnt are more than 220. Of convents, largo
and small, seven have been destroyed, and
nearly 200 priests Lave been butchered iu
various parts.
Tub Pkrry Statuk. This statue, which
was inaugurated at Clevelund, Ohio, on Mon
day tbe 10th ult., is eight feet in height, and
stauds upon a pedestal of Hhode Island grau
ite seventeen feet in height, so that tbe en
tire height of the monument is twenty-five
feet. It stands io the centre of tbo park, and
commands a view of tfee lake that was tbe
scene of Perry's exploits. Tbo statue is cut
from a block of pure white marble from a Ver
mont quarry. Tbe propriety of placing it upon
Khodo island granite is apparent wbeti the
fact is Doted that Perry was a native of that
State, aud that bis follow officers were chief
ly llbode Islanders. On the front of the ped
estal is a medallion representing in bas relief
in minature the battle at t hat point of time
when Perry passed iu a small boat from bis
disabled ship, tbe Lawrence, and transferred
bis nae "Dou t give up the ship" to His peak
of the N iagara. 1 be monument bas been erect
ed at a cost of 10,000.
An AmsiNa Hoax was perpetrated at St.
Louis, oo tbe 17th ult., in the personation of
the Pnoee of Wales aud bis suite, by some
wags. Tbey sent a dispatch from Chicago,
saying that tbe Prince would arrive by the
next train, and in the next train, sure enough,
tbere was liaroo KenTrew, aod bis Mentor,
tbe Duke of Newcastle. A crowd was as
sembled, and the ladies never thought of tbeir
crinoline, to eagerly did tbey press forward,
lo get sigbt of royalty. Tbe Priuce bowed,
tbe venerable Duke smiled benignly, in wbicb
tbe Trince joined, wben tbe crowd offered to
take th horses out of tbe carriage tod drag
tbe vehicle themselves. Tbe carriage moved
over tbe whole city, surrounded by eager and
excited spectators, and it wat not till tbe
next day that they discovered that they bad
been paying bonort to a bogus Priuce.
'Wbat't jograpbyt uil'lT" "1ft t tellin"
of forrin lauds that we know ootbin' about
by 'cute chops that's Dover eceu 'tin." Bill
got t goveruuiout liluutiou.
Ptiring the last wnr, a qnaker was on board
an American ship, engaged in t-loso combat
with an enemy. preserved his peooe prin
ciples calmly, until he saw a stout Union com
ing op tbe side of the vessel by a rope that
hung overboard. Seizing a hatchet, the (Qua
ker looked over the side of the ship, end re
marked : "Friend, if thee wonts that rope,
thee may have ft I" When, suiting the action
to the word, he cot the rope, and down went
tbe poor follow to a deep aud natery grave.
Tun Garden of F.des might bave been lo.
catd in Kansas. The Ilible plainly soys thot
the rivers of 1'aradise arose from one source,
and, finning oat of tho garden, divided in four
great rivers, running in different directions.
Nowhere but in the sooth port of Kansas,
says tbe Buffalo Express, is such a thing
known on eartb.
The passenger railroad cars of Philadel
phia carry some 200,000 persous daily.
An Irishman tells of a fight in which there
was only one nose left in the crowd, and that
belonged to the toy kettle.'
LINES
BY A MOTHER
SON'S BIBLE.
IN HEK
Itomember, lovo, who gave thee this,
When olber days shall come ;
When she, who bad thy earliest kis9,
Sleeps in her narrow home :
Remember 'twas a mother gave
The gift to one sbe'd die to save.
That mother sought a plodge of love,
Tbe holiest, for her son,
And from the gift of God above
She chose a goodly one :
She chose, for her beloved boy,
Tbo source of life and light end joy.
And bade him keep tho gift, that when
Tbe parting bour should come,
Tbey might have hope to meet again
In ber eternal home :
She said bis faith in Ibat should be
Sweet incense to her memory.
And should tbe scoffer in bis pride
Laugh that fond gift to scorn,
And bid bim cast that gift aside,
That ho from youth bad borne,
She bade bim pause, and ask bis breast
If be or she bad loved bim best.
A parent's blessing on bor eon
Goes witb this holy thing ;
Tbe love that would retain the ooe,
Must to the other cling :
Kemember, 'tis do idle toy.
A mother's gift rkmkjer, boy 1
Janitors' gtparimmt.
tor Imi'ROVino Cidkr. Let the new cider
from soar apples, (sound and selected fruit is
to be preferred,) ferment from one week to
three weeks, as the weather is warm or cool.
When it bus attained to lively fermentation,
add to eucb gallon ooe quarter of an ounce
of sulphato of lime. Slir the powder aod
cider until intimately mixed, and return tbe
emulsion to the fermenting liquid. Agitate
brisKiy and thoroughly tor a lew moments,
and then let tbe cider settle. The fermenta
tion will commence at once. Wben, after a
few days, tbe cider has become clear, draw
ofTand bottle carefully, or remove tbe sedi
ment ond roturn to tbe original vessel. If
loosely corked, or kept in a barrel on draught,
it will retain its taste as a still cider. If
preserved iu bottles, carefully corked, which
is better, it will become n' sparkling cider,
and may be kept indefinitely long. The
above is from Prof, llersford. of Harvard
University, and is undoubtedly reliuble.
Plums. Tbe present season is a good one
for plums in Northern Ohio. Trees that
were well jarred, and the curculios killed iu
spring, ore loadod witb fruit. Many of those
that bave received littlo attention, bear a
good crop. Tbe rot, however, is thinning
tho fruit oiT rapidly, attacking it just as it
begius to ripen. If one plum is affected, it
communicates tbe disease to those next it,
apparently by a sort of innculutiou, and it
will, of course, be benuliciul to remove all
diseased fruit as soon as it begins to discolor.
Light colored or green plums are most liable
to attuck, ond tbey soon become purple, with
a light bloom. This, however, is not the
healthy bloom of tbe normally dark colored
fruit, but a fungus. We know of do cure for
this disease. (Mt'o Farmer.
Shkki' for Mutton. Col. J. W. Ware, of
Va. writes to the Genesee Farmer; "Of
all sheep 1 prefer the Cotswold, from experi
ence. Tbey mature early, are large and
hardy and take on fat easy. During the
summer ond fall that tbey are one year old,
(not fed on grain,) no mutton can be more
delicately flavored, jucy oud tender. Over
two years old, many uiuttoDS ore better, as
they tbeo tallow too heavily for the appetite ;
but tbe butcher will tbeu give almost auy
price for them ; and what prudent man wishes
to keep muttons to four years old when be
can sell tbem at one year old at much better
pri:es tban any olber sheep ut four ? 1 bave
rarely, if ever told my muttons of this breed,
the fall after one year uld under $10 each,
aud have sold older ones tnucb higher ; and
never sold them at the same age under t
each without having fed grain at all ; and tbe
fleeces amply pay the keep. Can any breed
of bogs show such clear profit and in so short
space of time ? and they bave uu wool to pay
the co6t of keep."
IIui.es for Pkunino Grains. The last
number of Unvey's Mtigazine give substan
tially the following geueral rule for grape
pruning, after recommending grape growers
to be free in tbe use of the knife, followed by
the remark that where ono vine is pruned too
severely, nine are not pruned enough. No
shoots should be osarer lhau one fool of each
other Prune back to within oue eye of tho
old wood, every full and spring, about oue.
half of tbn annual sboors tbe remaining
eyes producing canes to be retained for bear
ing next year woen tue tun ueariug wooa is
io turn to be cut out to make room for new
shoots. Disbud or rub off, as soon as they
appear, all sboolt not wauled as bearing
wood.
Cl'Rl for iN-ORtiwiNii Nails It is staled
that cauterisation by hot tallow is on imme
diate cure for ia-growing noils. Putt small
fiiece of tallow io t spoon, and beat it over t
amp until it becomes very hot, aud drop two
or tbree drops between nail and granulation.
The effect is almost magical. Pain end
tenderness are tt once n-.ieved, end in t few
days the granulations til go, leaving the
diseased parts dry, oud destitute of ill feeling
tnd the edge of the nail exposed, io t to
tduiit of beine pared twoy without tny incon
venience. The operation causes little if any
paiu, if tho tallow it properly Leafed.
R oa r Huns. A correspondent of tbe Oer
mantown Telegraph (oys : The value of this
article as a stimulant of vegetable life, can
not be too highly appreciated. It contains
tho aliment of plants in a state of ready solu
tion, ond wben applied, acts not only with
immediate and obvious effect, but with a
sustained energy which pertains to few even
of tbe most concentrated manures. When it
is not convenient to apply it in irrigation
tbe most economical method, perhaps, of
using it it should be absorbed by some ma
terial which may be nsed os an ingredient in
the compost heap. Sods, muck and other
similar articles, should bo deposited wben tho
uda Irom tbe sink ond laundry may und its
way to tbem, ond be absorbed, for the beneSt
of crops. In this way several loads of ma
nure, suitable for the support and sustenance
of any crop, may be made at comparatively
small expense. Tbe highly putrescent char
acter of this fermentable liquid qualify it
admirably for tbe irrigation of compost beans
of whatever materials composed. Being a
potent fertiliser, it must, or necessity, impart
additional richness to almost any material to
wine n it may be added. 1 ry it, and mark
the results.
Layk.ndf.ii a Fkkvf.ntiye of Moths and
Insects. Take the stems of lavender, tie
tbem in small bunches aod lay tbem liberally
about in tbe wardrobes aod closets, and
among tbe carpets. Of tbo various antidotes
lor tne moth, tried in oor lamily, we bave
never found ooe of equal virtue. The stems
retain their odor for years, if bent or bruised
little each season ; and ell la belle France
cannot produce a more pleasant, delightful
and clean smelling perfume than, lavender,
reminding one, loo, as it does or tbe days of
our good grandmothers, wbo always kept it
among the bed-lioen so tidily placed away ia
the drawers of the old mahogany bureaus.
Lavender is easily raised in our gardens from
cuttings or seed. To have it of good odor.
plant iu light soil. Germantown Telegraph.
Bread and Biscuit.
The following directions are copied from
tbe transactions of tbe Chenango County
(New York) Agricultural Society for 1859
Tbey are tbe statements of tbe ladies who
received premiums for the best bread exhibi
ted :
Mrs. John Shattuck's Statement for making
Drown lirtad One quart of rye meal ; two
qoorts Indian meal; two tablespooufuls of
molasses ; mix thoroughly with sweet milk ;
let it eland one boar, then bake in a slow
oven.
Mrs, Eugene Hart's Statement for maling
Whtat liread. Oue spoonful of bop yeest ;
two potatoes boiled ; oue pint of water, ami
maku u epouge, end when light or sufficiently
raised, mix hard ood let it rise, and when ii
is light again I mould it over and bake when
light.
Mrs, O. L. Crowell's Statement for making
Wheat Bread Grate one-half dozen pota
toes ; jam, oud add one qnort of water ; one
cup of bop yeost at night, and in tbe morning
when light, add. three teaspoonfuls of sugar
ond flour to form a dough. Let it rnu ;
wben light, pot it id tins; let it rise again,
and bake one half bour.
For biscuit, take some of the bread dough
in the meroing, as mncb as would make a
loaf of bread, add ooe cup of butter; mix
well ; let it rise, then make into biscuit, let
it rise, tbeo bake. Tea rusks, one balf pint
of new milk; ooe cup of bop yeost j set tbe
sponge nt night; add flour to tbo above to
make a batter; io tbe morning odd one half
pint of milk, oue cup or sugar, one of butter,
ooe egg, one nutmeg, floor to make it suffici
ently stiff ; let rise, then roll it oat and cut
it out ; let rise, tbeo bake.
Mrs. li. 11. 1'rentice's Statement for making
Molasses Cake. Two cuns of mnUcs..a two
cups of butter; three eggs ; onetbird cup of
nrA an...... - .11 ... . '
cold
bake.
""i vuo laoiespoontul soda, aud
$J U m ax oris
Startling Discovery. During the sitting
of a couit in Connecticut, not long ago, on a
very cold evening, a crowd of lawyers had cot
lected around the open fire that blazed cheer
fully on the beartb in tbe bar-room, wbeo a
traveler entered, benumbed with cold ; but
do one moved to give him room to warm big
shins, so be leaned egaiust tbe wall in tbe
back purt of the room.
Presently a smart young limb of the law ad
dressed bim, aud the following dialogue took
place
"You look like t traveler."
"Wall, I sur. pose 1 am ; 1 come all tbe way
from Wisconsin afoot at any rate."
"From Wisconsin! What t distance to
come on a pair of legs !"
"Wall, 1 done it, anyhow."
"Did you ever past through boll In tny of
iur travels ?"
yo
Yes, sir; I've been through tbe outskirts "
"1 thought likely. Well, what are tbe
manners aud customs tbere T Some of us
would like to know."
"Ob, you'll find them much the same'os in
this place the lawyers sit nearest the Jire."
Hf.amno a itian complain that political pa.
pers of all kinds hai become such liars that ha
did not beli ve any of them, reminds ut of a
story of the miller aod bis three sons. Coming
into the mill and finding the grist iu tbe
hopper, the old man cried out; ' Tom, have
you lolled this grist ?" "Yes, sir." "Dill, have
you.tolled this grist T" "Yes, sir." "You are
a pack or lying scoundrels," says the old man.
'1 don't believe a word you say l'U t0i it
myself !"
GoixiiTO Hkavfn via Arkansas "Wber
are you going Tsuid a young gentleman lo
au elderly one with a while cravat, whom he
overtook a few u.ilog from Little Kock Ar
kansas "1 am going io heaven, uty son I
. Tv ii . . , , e,8"teen yeara."
" ell, good bye, old fellow, ,f yoo have been
traveling towards henveu eighteen years ami
got no nearer lo it tban Aikumut I d take
another route.
Jonf.8 Attn Browm met at the post ofS
Jones complains of a bad smell about t
ce.
bout tbe
ouite atiu us us mown what it ran be ? Bro
doesu t know unless it may be the large nu
wo
ber of dead Utttrs
urn-
At Urokkrs
rill
.In Mote. u
Strange and True, tried tbeir wit. t'other da,'
on 'Change, Sav Moo- .r .
whole board
Will bltpm lKu.u .'a . i.
kn.ve.ud thai'. Strang,." Then'
Hrange, r.lher .ore ; -lm .ure.there'. oil
AW,.-., terrible knave .nd . Jewwh
cheated his brother, tnd would cheat hi
True"" "Oh, jes," replied Moore.' tbat i,
A man behiuJ the times, must be fej on
LiUn up.