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SUNBURY, NOltTIIUMBEIlLAND COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1801. OLD SERIES, VOL. 21. NO 23
NEW SERIES, VOL. 13, NO. 48.
The Sunbury American.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY
BY H. B. MASSER,
farket Square, Sunbury, Penna.
TERMS OF SUBS CRIl'TION.
TWO lOLt..R per onnnm to I paid hnlf year.
V III ivailC. .No lATKR discontinued until arrearage.
lre paid.
1 TO CLUBS:
'Hires Cpiei to one addre.. S 00
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Five dollars in advene will pay lot three year's eub
Miintioii to Hie American.
i n.linnstere will plenee act a. our Aeut., mid frail
t -Uer. containing euhscnptinn money. They ate peimit
t-. to do tint under the Foil Office lw.
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Lced JOB OKFIl'K., which will enable u. to execute
in the neatest st)le, every tmieiv of pruning.
H. B. MAS3EF...
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BUXTBUBT, PA.
H usintas attended to in the Counties of Nor
tumberlatid, Union, Lycoming Monlout and
Columbia.
Reference in Philadelphia:
Hon ..Inl. R.Tvnon, Chas. flihlions. F.sq..
Snmers A Snoderass, l.inn Smith k Co
. chXrl33 Matthews
attorney a t a w ,
So. las Brosiiwj KfW fork.
W, carefully nttend to Collection. nd nil other mutter"
j.orustrd to hi. cure. i
Mnv it. l-5.
FRANKLIN HOUSE,
It r. Hlll.T AND RKFTRNlSIir.D.
( or. i if Howard and Franklin Street., a few ;
.v.j',i(,rtJ UV.K of the X. C. R. R. Depot,
BALTIMORE i
I'r.BM, Jl run Dv
C. LEISENniNr., Proprietor. j
July 10. IMn tf From Selin. Grove. 1's.
wii.i.iim r. iDMrH)
rilALKI.F.T NOMKRK'
' G. SOME11S & SON, !
Importer! and Dealers in j
Cloths, Cassimeres, Vesting, Taylors ;
Trimmings. &c, j
No 33 South Knur:!? Street, hetw.'en Market and I
Chesnut Streets, Philadelphia, j
Merchants others veiling the rity would find!
it to tlir-ir advantage, to giv the in a call and ex
iminr their slock. I
Miirch 10, lt0 !
HARDWARE ! HARDWARE ! ! i
' TM;ST M'ccivi-d by A. W. FISHER, at lii. :
j? Drug Store, Sunbury, Pa.,
SCOOPS. SHOVELS, FORKS. I.Ofi. i
CHAINS, Mil, I. HAWS, CROSS-
(JUT SAWS. !
Aln, .V'crrwa, llutts, Door Knobs, Thumb;
I. mi-lien, riiiI all hardware necessary for building, j
A pilid I )t of pocket and table cutlery, Scia-1
or., lirnnnn Silver Spoona. i
! A hrRp stock of Looking Cilaiwea, received and
' f. al by A. W. FISH Kit. !
Sunbury, July 17, 185R.
J. P. SHINDEL GOBIN. !
A ttorney ' Counsellor at Law ',
GUNBUB'S'.PA.
Wll.l. attend faithfully to the collection of claims i
mid all pr.ifemioual bu.itiesa in the counties of :
Nortliumlierlund, Montour, Union and Snyder, j
oiinnvl Eivcu in the (ierman language. ,
. Tf1 Uliice one dooreat of the Prolhonotary'a '
ilTi.'e. I
Sunbury, May 36, 1H60. ly j
THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL. (
ltROADWAY,roRXi:R OF I IIANKIJN STHF.ET
NEW TOBK CITY, j
rrem iiid.n rm. nl. to Merchant, and Totin.t. vi.itiug :
w York, uiiMKiuueri hy any Hotel ill the Metropolis. !
I'm; f ill .wing are ammi; the allvantnte. which It poK- )
a. a:il which will he appreciated by all travelers. j
l.t. A ceiitnil Inoitioii, convenient to plfice. of blt.llte.., '
s well .'in place, of aiuii.i-iuciit. i
I'd. S:r.ipul "U.:y clean, will furin.hed itlin) room., :
.vith a in.i''.iilH'eut tallica l'mlor, comminuting an cxlcu-
.,ve view of Uroaiiwav I
3.1. l-irire and .iipeil.lv fnrni.l.ed .mine; room., with a :
MWiitieiii l'arlor, eouiuuiiding an exien.ive view of j
Hio.nhvnv. i
Itii. Ilr'inii conducted on Ilia Furopenn plan, visitors
ii.ii live in the hcl style, with the gie.uct econoii.y
5tli. It i. connected with i
T.i-lor's) t'tlcbratcd Snloonsi, (
where visitors eaii have their meals, or, if they dcire
ficv will be furni.hed in Iheir own r.MiiH..
:h. The la:e aeived in the Haloons and Hotel i. ac
Vnowlelurd by cpiruies. to tie vnstl) superior Ui that of
umv '.llicr Hotel in the city.
With all thee advantage., the cost of livinc ill the
International, la much below thut of any other first class
Hotel. tilU'SO.N & CO., I'ropnetors.
August 4, 10.lv
SI'AI.UING'S lVejwre.1 Clue, nnd Shelleys Mueilage
IVice per bottle and bru-h li-r. cents.
? C, nlial l:iixir ol Calisaya Hjrk 4 lleuline, for reiruiving
Ffirt S VI.K AT THIS OFFICE.
Sunbury, March 17 160U
A NEVn.PT OF HARDWARE & SAD.
llUERY. Also, the beat assortment of Iron
Nails and Steel to be found in the county, at the
Mammoth store of FK1LI.NU &. Ofi ANT.
Sunbury, June S, I860.
SKELETON SKIRTS-
AT the Mammoth Store will be found a
very large assortment of Skeleton Skirts
from seven hoop, op to thirty.
Oct. 6,1800. FK1LINU & URANT.
HeroHcue Lamps.
A VERY I.AKI.'E and cheap assortment will
be fouod at the Mammoth Store r'
Dec 15. 186U. FlMLINdcV. GRANT.
II
O! YE I. OVERS OF SOUP ! Afresh
supply of Macaroni and Confectionery at
HII.1.U 6t UKA.X1 9.
Sunbury, June 2, IflfiO.
IT is important to the LADIES to know that
Friling & Grant, have the best and largest
assortment of Dress Goods in the ceunty.
Sunbury, June 3, I8C0.
A FRESH SUPPLY OF DRUGS at the
ft. Mammoth Store. Also, anew lot of per
fumery, Soaps and Fancy A rticle. Very cheap,
FRILING fc GRANT
Sunbury, May S, I860.
J.VTENT BRITTANIA BTOPPER8 fo
oar pomes lor aai. oy
H. B MASHER
A R Iron, Steel, Nails, Picks, Grub-Hoee and
Mason Hammers, at low price.
I) Mb' 11 1- A80N.
Pun'ury, June ?', I860.
Select IJodrg.
BOCK ME TO SLEEP.
The subjoined poem wo know not who
wrote it is no of the most beautiful of its
kind w have ever seen. We do not eovy
the heart which does not thrill to its wild and
tender music :
Backward, turn backward, Time in your
flight,
M ake me a child again jnat for to-oipht !
Mother come back from the ecboless shore,
Take me aiiain to yonr bpart as of yore
Smooth, the few eilvery threads of my hair
Ocer my slumbers your loving watch keep
Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep !
Backward, Row backward, oh, tide of years !
t am so weary of toils sod of tears :
Toils without recompense : tears all in raio ;
Take me and pive my childhood apain I
I have prnwn weary of duct and decay,
Weary of flincinp my soul wealth away !
Weary of sowing for others to reap ;
Rock me to sleep, mother rock me to sleep !
Tired of the hollow, the bae, the ootrue.
Mother, oh, mothpr, my heart calls for yoo !
M any a summer the praps has erown preen,
Blossomed and faded j our faces between ;
Yet with strong yearning and passionate
pain,
I. nop I to nipht for your presence again :
Cnnis from the silence so loni and so deep !
Rock mn to sleep, mother rock me to
sleep I
Over my heart in days that are flown,
No love like mother love ever has shown !
No other worship abide, and endures.
Faithful, on-elfish and pntient, like yoars.
None like a mother can charm away pain.
From the sick soul and the world-weary brain;
Slumber's sort calm o'er my heavy lids creep !
Rock me to sleep, mother ; rock me to
sleep !
Come let your brown hair, just lighted with
gold
Fall on yoar shoulders again as of old ,
Let it fall over my forehead to-night!
shading my faint eyes away from the light.
For with its sonny edged shadows once more,
Hap'ly will throng the sweet visions of yore j
Lovingly, softly, its bright billow sweep
Rock me to sleep, mother rock me to
sleep I
Mother, dear mother ! tby years bsve been
long
Since I Inst hnshed to your lullaby song ;
Since then and unto my soul it shall seem
Womanhood's years have been but a dream !
Clasp to your arms iu a loving embrace.
With your light lasbes just sweepiug my
face ;
Never hereafter to grieve or to weep
Hock me to sleep, mother rock me to
sleep !
llltsccIlancDiis.
AN INDIAN ADVENTUBE.
I was the acknowledged belle of Clinton, a
small village bordering on the western wild- '
ernees. 1 could out .hunt any one, even the
old woodmen tbut thronged our village. My j
mother was kept in perpetual alarm by mv '
during exploit ; in fact, as '.be old trappers i
said, 1 was cut nut for a buck woodman's wife, 1
1 had two lovers then ; one wag Harry Che- !
verly, atid tbo other Mark Rutbson. Harry
Cbeverly was a splendid specimen of an 1
American back woodman, wild a heart troe
as steel ; and, to my experienced eyes, he
was the vety persouilivatioo of manly excel- 1
lence. )
Mark Ruthson was contrary to bim in I
every respect. Handsome he was, bat on '
bis face was tucb a byprocritical expression '
tbat 1 perft'Ctly detested bim. He seemed
awara of my dialiko and assuming an air of ,
injured innocence, he pressed his suit with j
the utmost zeal. )
One evening, as I was riding out, enjoying
the monutuin scenery, 1 approached a little ;
emineoce on which there was a thick growth 1
of underwood ; as I passed it, Mark Ruthson j
lode out and joined me. He pressed bis suit I
with his usual fevor, his byprocritical fuce j
looking, if possible, more repulsive than ever.
He manly offered me bis band and heart '
Rising in my seat, 1 said : j
"Murk Rutbson, no words can express the i
disgust 1 feel for you ; aod if yon insult oie '
again 1 will cowhide you, sir '." i
It would be impossible to depict the ex-;
pression of rage that swept over bis face.
"Jane Manueriog, mark my words : I will j
be revenged !"
Ca ng him a glance of unutterable con
tempt, 1 whipped up my burse aud soon lost :
sight ol nun.
The next day Mark Rutbsou left tbe vil
lage, aud weul no one knew where. A year
from that day Harry Cbeverly and I were
married, aod, with the blessings of my mother
and the best wishes of my friends, started for
the Western wilderness.
I will pass over a period of ten years, during
which a substantial log cuWio had been built ;
rode though it was, love made it a little
palace. Our hearts were also gladdened by
our little Kddy, tbe image of bia father, aud
a noble little fellow.
About this time we beard news of the de
predations that tbe Indians were committing,
by some passing stragglers which filled us
witu temporary uueaaiuees, but our bars
soon passed away, aod we regarded those re
ports as greatly exaggerated or totally
untrue.
Oce evening Eddy retorned from bis daily
ramble, bringing wiib bim a moccasin, which
be said be bad found iu the woods. This
filled me with alarm aod oneusiness. I felt
presentiment of coming danger.
1 be next morning 1 mentioned my rear to
Harry, but be only laugbed at my terror, aod
playfully handing me a little revolver, bade
me defend myself like a man, and then went
to tbe woods to bis daily work. I slipped tbe
revolver playfully ia my pocket, but could out
wholly divest myself of my fear.
For an boor 1 tat in my low rocking chair,
with my child at my tide, coontiog the miu
uti st tbey flew, when my attention was at
tracted by a nose in tbe opposite tide of tbe
room. Lookiog quickly around, to my dit
may and terror 1 aaw a doieo Indian evi
dently just returned from war, each bearing
bit bleeding tcalp. Tbe foremost advanced
aod appeared to be tbe chief of the party.
He approached and would bav laid rough
bands on roe wbeo uiydarliog boy raited bim
self to bie full height, hit blue eye flashing,
demanded wbat they meant by their iutrosioo,
aud bow tbey 1ar lay Tioleot tiaodt oo bit
mother.
The cbief paid no attention to bim but
bade bis warriors bjnd as. hiih era. quickly
i done, and, after a fea ni' iio tilf, the chief (
tired In consultation ; when seising the op
portunity, 1 scratched oo tbe wall t
"Harry, we are in tho hands of the Indi
ans." Tbe chiefs soon returned, and wo were
borne with rapid but noiseless steps into the
wilderness. Tbe cbief who had bound its now
attracted my attention. 1 was snre I bad
seen him before, where, I could not say.
Three days and nights without stopping we
were borne away from home, and the fourth
day we stopped io a bollow, which I found
strewed with bones and skulls. While con
templating this scene with horror, 1 looked
np, and the Indian chief stood before me.
With a sneer over bis dark features, be said,
in good Knglish :
"Though yoo have forgotten me, Jane
Manuering, for so 1 will call yon, I have by
no means forgetten you."
"Who are yoo t" said f.
"I am Mark Rutbson," the cbief replied,
and in those painted features I remembered
tbe byprocritical face of tbe consummate vil
lian. There was no pity in bis revengeful beart,
and I read our doom io those bard features.
"Hoy on see youder tree," said be in a
qnick, sharp voice, "Before the night your
young boy will be bound to that ttee, and bis
young scalp will be clipped from his bead, by
my savage friends, and yon will remain, aud
iu the morning will share his fate."
A scornful silence was bis answer. O, bow
quickly the day flew end the night approach
ed ; and juet as twilight was setting in, a
ruthless savage seized bim roughly by tbe
arm and bound bim to tbe tree. First he
waved his tomahawk over bis bead to fright
en him but tho boy't bine eyes looked steadily
at tbe savage in scorn, and his cheek onver
blanched. In rage at bis utter scorn, the
Indian raised his tomahawk for the last time.
Instinctively my band rested on my revolver.
I felt sure of my aim. I raised it, slowly
pointing it at the savage' heart and fired.
With a frightful yell be sprang into tbe air
and fell dead.
With a scream of rage the Indians rushed
upon me j another one fell by my revolver.
Again I attempted to fire, bnt my pistol
snapped ; throwing it away I resigned to die ;
and just as the foremost Indian was about to
ink bis knife in my bosom, the sharp crack
of a rifle was heard and tbe Indian fell, bath
ed in bis own blood. The next moment the
stalwart Harry Chevelry leaped into the
ring. All tbe Indians fled but tbeir chief,
who rushed upon my husband, shouting.
"Ha ! Harry Cbeverly, revenge at lost!"
end pointed bis pistol, wbicb missed fire.
The next motneut my hnsband's knife was
in tbe renegade's heart. Our meeting I
need not describe. Harry had seen the lines
I wrote him, and tbat of my child. We
were troubled no more with savages, for the
next year old Tippecanoe, with tbe avenging
riflemen under bis command drove away and
cleared the forest of our dusky foe.
ArtemuB Ward on the Crisis.
Fkm.kr Sitf.rzcns, the Afiikan may be
Our Brother. Several bily respectyble gen
tlemen, and sum talentid females tell ns so,
It for argyment't sake I mite be injooced to
grant it, tho' 1 don't holeeve it myself. But
the Afrikan isn't onr sister & our wife & our
uncle. He isn't sevral of our brothers Sc all
our fust wife's relasbuns. He isn't our grand
farther, and our grate grandfather and our
Aunt in tbe country. Scarcely. & yit nu
meris person, would bav oa tbink so. It's
troo be runs fur Congress A sevral other
poblic groserys, but then he ain't everybody
& everybody else likewise. Notiss to bir.niss
man of anity lair: hitra charge fur this
last remark. It's a goak. A. W.
But we've got the Afrikan, or rother be's j
got us, .t now what air we goin' to do about
it T He's a orful noosunse. 1'raps be isn't
to blame fur it. 1'raps he was creatid fur I
sum wise pnrpuss, like the measles & New '
Knglan Rum, but it's mity bard to see it.
At aoy rate he's no good here, & as I stalid
to Mister Wbat 1 It, it's a pity he cooden't
go orf somewhere quietly by hisself, where i
be cood wear red weskits & speckled neck
ties, and gratterfy bis ambiebon iu varia
ioterestin wase, without baviu a eternal (uss
kickt up about him.
Traps I'm bearin down too hard upon
Cuffy. Cum to think on it, I am. He
wouldeo't be sich a infernal noosanBe if white
people would let bim alone. He mite indeed
be ioterestin. Aud now I tbink of it, wby
can't tbe white people let bim alone. What's
tbe good of continnerly stirio him up witb a
tenfootpolet He isn't tbe sweetest kind of
Ferfoomery when io a natral ttait.
Feller Sitterzens, the Union's in danger.
Tbe black devil disunion is tronly here, starin
us all squarely in the face ! We must drive
him back. Shall we make a 2nd Mexico of
ourselves ? shall we sell our birthrite for a
meat of potash ? Shall one brother put the
knife to tbe throat of anulber brother? Shall
we mix our whiskey witb each other's blud f
Shall the star spangled Banner be cut np into
dishcloths T hluniliu bere in tbis here fekool
bouse, npon my naliv shore so to speek, 1
aoser Nary !
Ob you fullers who air raisin tbis row, and
who in the fust place slertid it, I'm 'shamed
of you. Tbe showman bluabes for yoo, from
bis boots to tbe lopuioet bar upon bit weoe
rable bed.
I say to tho South don't aesesb 1 I say to
tbe galyiaot peple of tbat sunny land, jet
lock op a few hundred of tbem tearin end
roerin fellers of yooro in torn ttrong boxes,
aud tend 'em over to Mexico. And we peple
op North bere will conjsine a ekal number of
our addle braoed rip toortert to the tame
lokallerty, and tbar let 'em Gte it out among
tbeirselve. No coosekeets, not tbe si it int.
which licks. Wbytbooden't the peple who
got op tbis Cte do tbe fitio ? Git these ornery
critters oot of tbe way, aod the sensible peple
oi tne ivorm ana "sootn can px liie matter
op very easy. And when 'tit fixt let botb
secsbuns resolve to mind their owo biziuiss.
Feller Sitterzens, I am in the Sheer and
Yeller leaf. 1 shall peg out I of these dase.
But while I do stop bere I shall stay in the
Union. I know not wbat tbe Sopervizers of
Baldinsville may conclude to do, but for ooe,
I tball stand by tbe Start and Stripes.
Under no circomstsDcea whatsomevsr will I
sesesb. Let every Stait In tbe Union tesesb
aud let Falmatter flagt Ante thicker nor
tbirtt on Square Baxter'! close lioe, still will
I atick to tbe good old flag. 1 be coootry
may go to the devil, bot I won't I Aod next
Summer when I start oot on my campaign
with my Show, wherever 1 pitch my little
tent, yoo tball tee flotio provdly from tbe
center pole thereof tbe Amirican Flag, witb
nary a ttar wiped out, nary a ttripe leas, bot
the tarn old flag tbat baa tilers Ootid thari
and tbe price of admiebuo will be tbe tame it
allert wat 15 ceuU, children half price
Vanity Pair.
Never flirt with a vooor widow who calls
you by yoor Christian Dane tbe second time
you meet her, unless yoa bav quite made
you iii.uoj op io ids worst.
Curious French Story.
A week or ten days ago, says a Taris
letter writer, a young man, originally from
the country, became engaged to marry a lady
equal to bim in age and fortune. She was a
Parisian. He occupies a lucrative place in
one of the railway companies offices bere
His father lives on tbe old family estate,
which is situated fo one of tbe mountain
gorges near tbe Franco Spanish frontier, and
separated almost completely from the world.
He bad passed for a widower above twenty
years. Tbe young msn paid a visit to the
old family seat, wbere indeed he was accus
tomed to spend his summer vacations, to
collect the innumerable docoments the French
law requires the officer who performs marria
ges to have jn his hands before be stamps the
civil contrsct made before him witb its Me
dean and Persian character. He asked his
father for bis mother's burial certificate.
The father was extremely embarrassed by
tbis appeal, hut as no bans could be published
nntil the burial certificate hud been lodged at
the Mayor's office where tbe marriage was to
be contracted, tbe father at last broke silence,
saying: "My dear boy, I have for a grout
many years concealed a secret from yoo,
because its possession would prove a painful
burthen to yon, and because the honor of our
house is interested in its maintenance, and
your tender years have hitherto rendered you
incapable of preserving it. Your mother
lives. Sbo is a lunatic. Come witb me, aod
I'll let yoo see bor."
He carried his eon, who was trembling with
emotion, into an old tower which lormed
part of the architecture of tne chateau, and
they went to the top of it. Tbe chamber on
the l.mt floor was the lunatic's cell. He
opened the door, the son entered it, and
kneeling at the pnnr woman's feet, sobbed,
"Mother! Mother!" in a most heart-rending
manner. These touching appeals, which
would have moved stone idols almost, made
no impression on the pnor lunatic. Hur
stare continued as vacant and ber lips as
speechless as ever. Ton son, bis soul sick at
the sad spectacle, then gently upbraided his
father for denying bim the melancholy solace
of shariDg the attentions he, the father, bad
bestowed upon his wife's wreck for so many
years. The father repeated the excuse he
bad first given of his son's yontb and the
importance of the secret to tbe family's hap
piness. It became necessary to avow this
misfortune to the bride's family, and they
naturally desired to see for themselves, as the
story that the wife was dead aud tbe story
that she was crazy, seemed something awk
ward, which needed explanation. Several
members of the family went down to the
distant chateau, and tbe poor lunatic was
introduced. As soon as she saw herself sur
rounded by witnesses, she said in a calm
tone : "I am not mad. My husband becom
ing the prey of a most nureasoning jealousy,
and I being alone in this secluded mansion,
to escape bis continual scenes of violence,
aod to avoid the fear I was continually under
of being assassinated by him, (be threatened
more than once to kill me,) I say, I feigned
madness in tbe bope of enjoying something
like quiet. 1 preferred languishing in prison
all my life to being hourly burassod by these
dreadful scenes of jealousy."
You may imagine tbe effect this declara
tion made. The persons assembled thought
at first this accusation was but an additional
evidence of tbe distracted state of her mind,
for madness often borrows reuaoo's musk,
and wears it so well as to deceive even the
most practised physicians of the mind. I'ho
Faculty were appealed to. Before it could
decide, ber husband, who bad been in a state
of great agitalioo ever since bis wife charged
bim with ber sequestration, becamo raving
mad. His papers were inspected, aud it ap
peared that be had for years been crazy a
moooinuoiac bis frenzy arising from jealousy.
He was carried to a mad-house, and bis wifd
signed tbe marriage contract of ber son !
Iso't tbat Venetian enough for ye T To think
it occurred in France in this year of grace.
Totor Cart wright.
A remarkable character was Peter Cart
wright He was a great anti slavery man,
and Btruck right and left to all wbn opposed
him. One day, on approaching a ferry uuross
the river Illinois, he beard the ferryman
swearing terribly at tbe sermons of Peter
Cartwright, and threatening tbat if ever be
bad to ferry the preacher across, and knew
him, be woold drowu bim in tbe river, l'elor,
unrecognized, said to tbe ferryman :
"Strunger, I wuntyoa to put me across."
"Wait till 1 am ready," said tbe furry man,
and pursued bis conversation and strictures
upon Peter Cartwright. Having finished, he
turned to Peter and said :
"Now I'll put you across."
Oo reaching the middle of the stream,
Peter tbrew bis horse's bridle over a stake
io the boat, aod toid the ferryman to let go
bis pole,
"Wbat for?" asked the ferryman.
"Well, you've just been using my name
improperlike ; and said if ever 1 came this
way you would drown me. Now you've got
a cliauce."
"la your name Peter Cartwright ?" asked
the ferryman.
"My name is Peter Cartwright."
Int-tautly tbe ferryman seized the preacher ;
but he did not know Peter's strength ; for
reter lustantly seized tbe ferryman, ooe
baud on the nape of bis trowsers, aud plunged
bim into tbe water,' saying :
"I baptise tbe (splash) in the name of the
devil, wuese child thou art."
Then lifting bim up, added :
'Did you ever pray !"
"No."
"Then its time you did."
"Nor never will," answered the ferryman.
Splasb ! splash ! aud the ferrvmau'is in the
depths agaiu.
' vt ill you pray now T 8keJ Peter.
Th, gasping victim shouted :
"I do anything you bid me."
'Then follow me j "Our Father which art
in Heaven," 4c. Haviug acted at clerk, re
peating after Peter, tbe ferryman cried :
"Now let ma go.
"Not yet." said Peter, "you most make
three promise First tbat you will repeat
that prayer morning and eveuiog a loug a
you live : ecoodly, that yon will bear every
pioneer preacher that comes wiibiu five miles
of this ferry : and thirdly, tbat you will put
every Methodist preacher over free of ex
peuse. Do yoo promise aud vow V
"I promise," laid the ferryman.
And ttrange to say, that man afterwards
became a tbioing light.
A ltdy la St. Louis, over fifty-seven years of
age, bat just bad twins tbe first children
during a marriage of thirty one years. Tbe
case, w do oot believe, bat a parallel in
the history of tbe century j and we doubt very
much whether, outside of tbe Bible, can be
found the relation of a timilarooe.
Ao Arkantaa traveler aayt be knew a
young fellow who was to fond of a young
lady that be ribbed bit not off kissing ber
tbtdow on the wall.
The Pleasures of Being a Witness.
It is a pleasant thing to be a witness on an
important trial. If we knew that a murder
was about to be committed srrnss the way,
we are inclined to tbe opinion tbat we should
pnt our boots throngh a rapid coarse or loco
motion round the corner, beyond the range of
sight and hearing, to avoid the consequences
of being a witness. Being a witness yon are
called to the stand, and place your hand upon
a copy of tbe Scriptures, in sheepskin bind
ing, with a cross on one side and none on the
other, to accommodate eithpr variety of
Christian faith. Yon ere then arraigned
before two legal gentlemen, one of whom
smiles at yon blandly, because yoo are on his
side, the other eyeing yoo savagely for the
opposite reason. The gentleman who smiles
proceeds to pnmp yon of all you know, and
having squeezed all he wants out of yon,
relentlessly cbbIs yoo over to ihe ntbpr, who
proceeds to show you that yoo are entirely
mistaken In al! your suppositions ; that yoo
never saw anything that you have sworn to ;
thut yon never saw the defendant in yoor life ;
in short that you have committed direct per
jury. He wants to know if you have ever
been in the State prison, and tnkesyour denial
witb tbe air of a man who thinks yon ought
to have been there. Asks you all the ques
tions over again in different ways, nnd tells
you, with an awe inspiring severity, to bo
careful what yon sny. He wants to know
whether he understood yoo to say so and so,
and wants to know if yon meant something
else. Having bullied and scared you oot of
your wits, and convicted you in the eyes of
the jury prevarication lie lets yoo go. Ily
and by, everyhnily you have fallen out with is
pot on tbo stand, to swear that you are the
biggest scoundrel they ever knew, and not to
be believed under oath. Theo the opposing
counsel i'd summoning up, paints your moral
photograph to the jury, as a character fit to
he banded down to all time as the type of
infamy ; np a ninn who bad conspired against
innocence and virtue, and stood convicted of
the attempt. The judge, in his charge tells
the jury if they believe yoor testimony. &c,
v? , indicatino that there is even a judicial
doobt of your veracity, and you go home to
yonr wife and family a suspected man, all
because of your accidental presence on an
unfortunate occasion. Who would be a wit
ness? I'rnokhjn Standard.
LOVE IN HUMBLE LIFE. '
In East Boston, a few weeks since, wns
borne to the geave, a maiden wife of less than
twecty years of age. Her husband and lover
a young man of twenty three, was a mechanic.
They had loved each other from childhood, i
and were to have been married some six or
seven months since when she was prostrated j
by consumption. Nearly nil hie lelsuro from
labor was passed at her bedside ; cheering
her with prospects of restored health, and
a life of happiness ; hut the fell disease was
too firmly implanted in her sj stem to leave
any hope of ber recovery. When tbe physi
cian informed her that death was inevitable,
she expressed a desire to partake of the .Sa
crament of the Lord's Snpper, and her wish
gratified. Her lover prn?ured a carriage, sat
by her side, and born her in bis arms to and
from the Lord's table. She returned to ber
bed never again to leave it in life. About a
fortnight before her death, she said that she
had only one eartbly wish ungratiGed ; she
desired to be united to him who bad loved
her so long and bo truly, in the hope of being
bis in Heaven. He could deny her nothing
he married death ! Bolstered up by pil
lows and supported in the embrace of her
mother, she was nnited to her lover, ber fee
hie YOicc was hardly audible in responding to
Ihe questions of th marriage ceremony. She
was bis, and said she could din without re
gret. From then, nntil she passed away, she
was unable to speak above a whisper; bot
she appeared bappy and though wasted to
skin and bone, a pleasant smile left its im
press on her fare, aB ber tool rutarned to
God, who gave it.
Many cases have been recorded of people
being married on the brink of tbe grave, to
accomplish some material end such as to
give a legal title to property, or to render
an act of long delayed justice ; but rarely or
never have we heard, of poor people marrying
nnder such circumstances, purely for love.
The stern realities of life press so hardly npon
the laboring poor, that the finer feelings of
their sonls have to make way for the cares
nnd toil of providing for tbe wants of the
body.
The only legacy which tbis affectionate
maiden left her husband was a lock of ber
bair and a favorite copy of tbe Bible.
A Lion's Love for a Black Tigress
Remarkable Instance of Affection.
Tbo Philadelphia Xorth American records
the followiug singular case :
Io one compartment in the capo io which
the animals perform at Van Amburgh't
bountiful menagerie, in Cbesnnt street, is a
huge tawny Asiatic. Lion His mom-mate is
a black female tiger. The tiger is small
com pared to the regal lion, but ia highly
valued as a zoological curiosity, and the only
specimen of the black tiger in this country.
She was purchased by Mr. Van Amhurgh
some two years ago, and has lived with the
lino ever since. The attachment hntweeu tbe
two is something remarkable. When other
animals are in the same cag ', and any affront
is o ire red to the little tiger, she runt under
tbe belly of tbe lion, and woe be o any ani
mal that dares approach her. No matter
bow hungry be may be, the lion uevur touches
his share of their daily meat until bis little
chum has Selected ber share, and even this
he never entirely consumes until certaiu that
she has had enough. All the auimals are
fat as moles, but tbis black tiger is alder
manic in ber proportions, and no remedy
exists fur the matter. She has been twice
removed from tbe lion, but nntil she was
returned the generous beast would take nei
ther food nor rest, while tho frantic manner
in which be dusbed al the bars wat a sufti
eient warning that the further deteutiou of
the tiger would be a dangerous matter.
Should bis mate die, the lion woold proba
bly pine to death. Once when she was taken
away a liooess was substituted. I he lino
instantly fell upon her, aud at a single bite
broke her spine, and crushed some of her
ribs. Careful nursing saved her life, and she
it still living, but witb ber binder partt im
movably paralyzed.
"Don't you hat kothino kxckft wbt tup
Old Womah cooks roa tkT' A good heart
ed old Republican yeoman of Illinois, having
imbibed the foolish notion that attempt are
to be made npon Mr. Liacolo'e lire by poi
too or otherwise receotly walked a long
distance for the porpose of ottering hit so
lemn warning. Arriving in tbe pretence
cbamber of Republican royalty, bo became
abashed and forgot bis errand. He wat turn
ing to lav, wbeo a todden inspiration ttrork
bim, and be ttid quickly,"! won't leave till I
tell ye. lit? Jost mark my word ! Don I
you fir no kif except tchai the old ni'in
cool's for ye .'"
I From the Daily Alias and lice J
A FAST LADY OF STATE.
in imitation or risen.
"Mow not that I duddeniy proceed ;
For what I will, I will, and there', an eud."
For I will not live with Uncle Sam !
I'll give the door behind a slam,
And let the world know who 1 am.
I always felt palsying shame,
That 1, a bold imperial dame,
Should be compelled to live to tame.
He tells me that I can't secede,
Nor revolutionize. Indeed!
I trample under foot tbe erred.
A clement qneen be knows I am ;
I bore tbe crimes of Uncle Sam,
Until be proved a worthless sham.
Bot now his stubborn bearing calls.
For blows convincing till ho bawl.',
Aod cries "F.noogb," and overhauls.
His hateful acts for forty years :
And then witb penitential tears,
Admits my right to box bis ears.
My uncle stares and calls me "fatt,"
A nd let bim stare 1 He finds at last,
My days of compromise are past.
The Yankees said I would net dare.
To consumate the "dreadful scare ;"
But now they whimper "Oh forbear!"
Tbeir bair, affrighted, stands oo cud,
To see my bristle aod defend
My rights without a single bend.
But I will grant no peace, nntil
Myself and fcoyji by Congress bill
Can go jut t when aud where we will.
I'm out of patience, that I am !
I'll give tbe door a stunning slam,
And smash tbo face of Uncle Sam.
farmers' geparimenf.
Growing Fine Wool.
Fino wool in its perfection cannot bo grown
on fat sheep. Honce Cdo sheep, kept for
wool growing purposes, are most profitable
when kept in good store order ooly.
Suppose I have a piece of land that will
furuish food for one buudred full blood Merino
sheep tbe year round, bot will keep them iu
good store order only, aud tbey yield me four
pounds of snperGne wool per bead, worth fifty
cents per pound, making two hundred dollars.
Then supposo tbe next yeur I keep but eight
sboep on tbo produce from the same piece of
land, (the sheep and feed being the same ns
the year before.) bnt the sheep having one.
fifth more feed, tbey pet in high condition
and I shear from them fifty pounds ofiuferior
wool por boad, worth fifty ceuts per ponnd,
making one hundred aod sixty dollars.
Now, it will be seen tbat it costs just as
much to grow a ponnd of the inferior wool as
a poood of firBt qnality, and 1 appeal to man
ufuctorers who buy their own wool end make
and sell tbeir own cloth, if tbe value of tbe
wool per pound is not decreased (on account
of its being more barsh and coarse,) in tbe
same proportion as the weight of tbe fleece is
increased above what it would have been bad
tbe animal been kept in good thrifty store
order only.
I am aware it may ba said by some that
tbeir full blood Merinos averaged Gve, six, or
seven pounds, aod that they sold their wool
for as much per pouud as some of their neigh
bore, who bad the same kind of sheep, and
kept tbem in good store order only. But
tbis does not prove tbat the heavy fleeced
were worth as much by the pouud ns tbo
others it only proves tbat the buyer or
seller was dishonest or ignorant of the value
of tbe article io wbicb be was dealing.
We frequently see article in agricultural
papers wherein men boast of their heavy
fleeces which means that tbey have taken
from single sheep au unusual weight of second
quality wool oil aod tbe dirt tbat adheres to
it in spite of ordinary washings. Now, what
are these heavy fleeces of wool, oil, Ac, made
of? Certainly tbey are made from tho feed
the animal consume, ; so, if the feed given to
three sheep bad been given to four, or more,
it would bave yielded quite as many pounds
of clean wool, wbicb would bave been worth
from fifteen to twenty per eent. more than
that of the heavy fleeces. If sheep are kept
for mutton, then make them tat, and in oo
case should they bu kept poor. But my po
sitiou is tbat on any given piece of land
tl ere can be as many pounds of cleanted wool
grown on full-blood Merino sheep, kept in
thrifty store order only, as can be grown of
equally clean wool no tbe samu piece of land,
aud ou the same kiud of sheep kept fut, or iu
very high condition.
Mr. John Johnston contends tbat all sbnep,
whether tine or course, and whether kept for
mutton or for growiug fine wool, should be
kept fat, excepting, perhaps, breeding sheep.
1 read Mr. J.'s articles with pleasure, and iu
tbe maio with profit but from bis opinion
that fine wooled sheep should be kept fut
wbeu kept for growing wool, I entirely dig
sent.
From Uic lluliiinura Weekly Pun
Fruit Raising.
As to tbe kinds of choice winter frolta
suitable for the middle States or real excel
lence, the following ate bigbly esteemed in
tbe western part of the State or Keutucky
aod southern Ohio, home or wbicb do well iu
this region, others are comparatively ua
kuown. The Rome Beauty is probable the most
profitable apple cultivated. Hon. A O.
Jeakius, M. O. from tbe Kanawha Diatiiut,
says : "For early and constant bearing, size,
flavor, aod keepiug qualities, it surpaaset any
I know of." Ail orchard of ten year aud
upwards will give au annual prulit of $"00 an
tore.
The Crawford Keeper will keep until June,
retaining its flavor large and prolific good
to very good ; a frost or to betters it belnre
gathering : several farmers have five hundred
or more trees io tbeir orchards tuu above
originated near Guiandutte.
The Putnam Ritmt, similar in appearance
to the Roxbury Husset, but of much finer
flavor, great bearer, good size) ; considered by
many to be about Ihe best apple grown.
The Prior Red Origin Botetourt county,
Vs., ia cultivated to tome exleot io H e
valley of Virgiuia, very reliable, may be
niarked No. 1.
The Albemarle Pipin cultivated extensive
ly on Jain) River wilt alwaytsell in Rich
mond market from three to au dollar per
barrel.
The Whi!e Pippin it amongst tbt best at
to use, flavor. He. Tbe abovt aftt Urge,
marketable, and among tbe best.
I know o. bot one bearing tree this side tit .
Allpghery t,f the celebrated Rome Beaut v.
thot gives satisfaction no doubt they wool'd
be an acquisition in this region.
The Wine Sop, Uowlet Janett, and Rom.
snite are Hue bearers keep well but deficient
in size.
For rll nse the Cooper, Long Peermain,
rtambo. Fall Pippin. Belmont. Bell Flower,
sbeep Nose and Seek-r.o further, ere good'
enough for anybody, ai.d 60pply from Septem
ber to December.
For summer nse these are great varieties
everywhere, and to suit all tastes snch as
the Carolina Red, Karly Chandler, Summer
Pearmain, Farly Harvest, Sweet Bongb,
Gold Irop, Red Astrachan, &e. Our next
will treat oo the culture on trees, cause and
prevention of hitter rot, prnfiti of fruit-grow,
ing in different localities, Jcc. 0.
Charleston 1 a.
Tilo Draininp.
j The celebrated farmer, of Western New.
I York, Joho Johnson, whose name is coustaot.
ly seen in our agricultural joornals, was
I mrtnf 1 1. . F: : ', n . k .. . U . . . . .
...c,, iu in., oisi. io experiment
with tiles in draining bis lands, and bis sac
cess has been so triumphant tbat inquiries
are medo of him from all quarters, on all
sorts of questions connected witb the subject
on tbe supposition that they (tbe inqnirers)
are going to tbe fountain head for tbeir inTor
mation. Recently iuquiries were made by a
correspondent as to the merits of the various
kinds of drain tile, aod the following is hit
answer printed io tbe Country Gentleman :
When 1 commenced tile draining, pipe tilo
were not known in either England or Scot
land, or at hast in l8:(.r, when I sent for a
specimen tile. I commenced with horse shoe
tile, as tbey are called, and as tbey did well
enough, I bad no wieh to make a change when
the pipe was introduced, although I laid con
siderable pipe when tbe others were not
ready for me. I bavo eeen no difference in
the oporation of tbe pipe from tbe others
they both droin the land perfectly. As to
collars, I think they are only a humbug 1
would not take tbe trouble to lay tbem if
given me at the ditches. V nil n ru unrliMt ht
ed)y aware that a great deal or the draining
io botb England and Scotland has been done
by money loans by tbe goverument, tbe gov
eminent employing agents in different coun
ties to see that it is properly done, and I have
no doubt but tbat this humbug originated
with those agents. I at Bret got a thousand
collars, bnt before 1 had laid hair of them I
was satisfied they were of no use, and I laid
no more. Nothing disturbs the tile after the
earth is filled ia over tbom, if tbey are largo
enongh to carry the woter. At first 1 bad
trouble on accouul or putting too small tile,
or too few of them in my main drains, bot
with no others, end 1 have had some tilo laid
over 22 years. If the bottom is soft I think
sole tile may answer better thau any other,
but we should always get down to a bard
bottom if possible. The drains should alwaye
be filled up rounding, so tbat wheu the earth
settles, tbe cartb over the draiu may bo full
as high us tbe land oo either side, else in
sudden thaws iu spring, or in heavy rains a
stream moy run along on tbe top of tbe drain,
and wash up tbe loose earth making boles
down to the tile.
Yours, etc., JonN Jounston.
Sorghum Sibxp. We have not yet been
able to collect accurate reports of the amount
of sorghum simp manufactured the lust
season, in Yermillion county, but from tbe
statistics already received we aro able to set
1 down tbe number of gallons at from 80.000 to
lUU.UOU, valued at rrom SriO.OOO to $80,000.
As to the quality and flavor of this syrup
we have personally tested at least that of
twenty different manufacturers, and with bnt
few exceptions found it nearly if not quite)
equal to the best sugar-bouse molasses, and
in some esses closely resembling in transpa
rency, consistence, and flavor tbe best golden
sirup. Should the seosoo be favorable old
Veruiilliun will next fall manufacture 200,000
galloos of sorghum sirup equal to the best
New Orleans molasses. Uansville ('.)
Rrjmllican.
U.vDKHDRAiNiNG Uoguy Land. In deep,
mucky bogs it is a difficult matter to make
underdraiot that will work, but it can be
done. The lioston Culticator says: "We
have seen deep ditches in a soft bog partly
filled witb sand, so as to make a solid founda
lion, boards laid on tbe sand and the tile
laid oo tbe boards, and then covered in tht
ordinary woy. They have remained it, gooi'
order, aod teams pass in anv directiou ov
the ditches"
I) u m o r o u s .
A Cask Hardknkd Onr. Bill Rigdo
whose exploits duwn on Bed River we ha'
meotioned beiore, bad been drinkiug son
and contrary to his usual custom, was bio
ing considerably, eud finally said be col'
run fnst-ir. jump higher, dive deeper, a
come out dryer, chew more tobacker, dri
mure whiskey, aod do more strange, qu.
aud impossible things tbao any man in I
crowd, winding up by ottering to throw t
man or fight a duzeu, one at a time, then i
there. A tall, cadaverous, fever-and eg
looking chap got up and said ;
"I'm io fur tbat lust, stranger. I'm tc
on a wrastle myself, aud I'll try yoo."
At it they wen, aud Bill got thrown ba
They theu tried jumping, aud U.ll was
cured sguin. Tn re was no witer near to
puriment at diviug in, and Bill himself
posed tluil tbey should try soma whiskey
Wolf" said fever and ague, "1 don't c
'.obttcaor, but 1 j.st km drink you dead dt
in au hour."
"Never !" shouted Bill, and they sat rJ
wbiling the time aw .y by pie) ing eucbn
tiauie after game and glass after
pos-ed, without the leust apparent efiect
the strangur. while Bill showed it badly,
tot being able to tell the cards or evi
handle them. At tb.s stage the pale
arose, remarking :
V1, 1 gui-sa as bow you're drunk en
and i f you'll m ike me one drink I'll t
my pony and be i ff "
" bat'll you havH ?" said tbe clerk.
"Gut any liruudy ?"
"Yes."
"Put in a middling dram." It was
"Got any red eye ?"
Yes."
"Will, a leetle of that- Anytorper
' Plenty."
"Abeuat aspuneful put io. Any r
per !"
"Yes."
"Shake io soma ; and now, my
you'll put in a leetle of tbat aquaforti
up lhar, I'll take my drink aod be goo
"My ," groaned Bill. "1 sboui
von would. I give it op. I'm beat
Ir n't it "
Amid the roars of the crowd the pi
mouD'td bis pouy aud ctulrJ aeay.