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NEW SERIES, VOL. 13, NO. 49.
SUNBUltY, NOIITHUMBE UL A N D COUNTY, PA.-SATUttDAY, MAltCII 2, 1861.
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CHARLES 1 AT THEWS
attorney a t a tu ,
!Vo. las Uroadwuy. Stw York.
(V ill carefully attend to Collection, and all other matter
jntiiiilcd tn his care.
Mm til. IMf.
FRANKLIN ITOTJSE,
u r. it t; u.t a n u Ruri'isn 11 k. d .
i 'i,r. of I Inward and I'ranUin Street, a few
.Quarts U'tl of the .V. C. H. A". Drpnt,
' BALTIMOnE
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O. LEIsENKIMi. Proprietor.
July IS, lfS! tf Ktom !elina Grove, I'a.
Willi am 1:. aoMEHS
(1I1LKLII IDIItRV
G. SOMERS & SON
Importer and Dealer, in
Cloths. Cassimeres. Vesting, Taylors
Trimmings, &c,
.No .12 South Fourtli Street, between Market and
Cheanut Street, Philadelphia.
Mi reliant., otliera tisiting tlie city woulil fi.nl
it t.i their advantage to give tliem a rail and ex
tiuiiiri tltrir stock.
March !0, IHtiO
HARDWARE J HARDWARE ! !
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"ff lST received by A. W. FIsHEIt, at hi
5 Drug Store, Sunbury, I'a.,
SCOOPS. SHOVELS. FOIiKS, LOG
CHAINS, MILL HAWS, CROSS.
(JIT SAWS.
Mi, .crrwa, Dutta, Door Kmiba, Thumb
I.ntcliea, nml all hardware neeeaaary for building.
A splendid bt of pocket and table cutlery, Mela
nin, German Mlver poona.
Luultlng f'lnHncR.
A tarjre atocW of Looking (ilanaea, received and
fr .ale by A. W. FISllEK.
Sunbury, July 17, ISfiR,
J. P. SHINDEL GOBIN,
Attorney 5 Counsellor at J.iw
ETJNDUBY, I'A..
WIM. attend faithfully to the collection of claims
all profeasional buaiucea in the countiea of
!Sortliuml4iland, Montour, I'nion and Snyder,
nine. I civen in the ticunan languaK.
VT Oll'ue one door eaat of the I'rothonotary'a
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THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL,
I'lIUAUWAY, COHXKR OF FKANKIJN STBKK.T
NEW YOBK CITY,
It, inducement, tn Merchant, and Tounata viaillitf,
York, uii.uipaaenl liy auy Hotel in the Metropolis
Mlowiiir. urr Hinonn the ailvaiiURea whn h it poaaee
e .. and which will he appreciated i.) all tiavelera.
Int. A eentrul hx-athm. convenient lo placea of bu.inen,
in well a. place, of amuneiuent.
J I. rv'ropul'iu.ly clean, well furnUhed itnn(r romna,
..ill, u inniinificeiil t.adie. 1'ailor, eoiainaiiding an exteu
jiv view of Hroadway
SI. Ijire and auperlily rurntal.co amine; nm.. wna a '
n u'lolient I'arlor, coniiuaiidiug au cxtenuve new ut
:.'U.lv.-uy. . (
1th Hi inf e ondueteil on III" I mopean pinn. union .
can live in the beet 'yle, with the gieule.t ecouun-y
iih. It i. connected with
'I'M) lor') Celebrated Saloon, j
tri-err fieilore can have their meaia, or, if theyde.ire j
ni will he fiiriii.hed in then own roome. I
v.h The fate aerved in the aloone and Hotel ia ae
k v.wl-lve.1 l) epieuiea. be va.tly aupcrior to thatuf
u,.v other Hotel in the city.
With all thee advanueee, the eoat of hvine m the ,
I eaintional, l much ll"W that nf anv other fir.t elaaa !
h'.ic1. GIIJSON ft CO , I'ropnetor..
Aiijnst 1. 1n 1v
. I'Al.DlNti'S I'rerwreil nine, and phelleya Mucilage
i. n.r hottle and hrilh ttf cents .
f '..rdial Klixir of Caliaaya Bark ft Meuxine, for removing
'''"c- FOR HII.EATTI1ISOFF1C1:.
"uul.ury. March 17 lhtie
A "NEW LOT OF HAKDWARB & KAU-i-
IjLERY. Alao, the beet aaeortmem of Iron
Nail a and Steel to be found in the county, at the
Mammoth store of FKILJ.NG Sc. OR ANT.
Hunbnry, 7une 8, IHfiO.
SKELETON BICIRT8-
VT the Mammoth Store will be found a
very large assortment of Skeleton Skirti
from seven hoops op to tntrty,
. ..... imtriv.l
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FR1LINU A GRANT.
Oct. 6. IKbU.
He roue ne "Lamps-
VVERY LARGE and cheap assortment will
be found at the Mammoth (Store of
Dec. IS, 186. FKII.IMJ 6t GRANT.
O! ! YE LOVERS OF SOUP! Afresh
eiiimlv of Macaroni and Confectionery at
11 FKII.INO Sl UKANT'S.
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Sunbury, June , 1H6U.
T U important to the LADIEU lo know that
At firant. have the beat and largest
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jaaortmeiit ofDreiaUoods in io ntumy.
Sunbury. June S, I860.
FRESH SUPPLY OF DRl't.s at tbe
Mammoth Store. Alao, a new lot of per.
funhury, May S. IH80-
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a TENT UKITTANIA TOPPEH to
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blr DWUe lur ia 'T
H. B MASHER.
AR Iron. SiwI.Naila. Picks. Urub-Horeand
I Maaou llammarj, at low prlcee.
UF.IMHT A BON.
tSiin'miy, 'una ' I1"-
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LINES BY LORD BYRON.
RAID BT WaLTRR SCOTT TO RS TUS DK8T BR
EVRR WROTR.
There is a mjntic thread of life
Su dearly wove with mine alone,
That destiny's relentless knife
At once mast sever botb, or nooe.
There is a form on which these eyes
Have often gated with fond delight,
By day that form their joy supplies.
And dreams supply it through the Bight.
There is voice whoe tones inspire
Such thrills of raplare through the breast,
1 would not hear a seraph choir
Unless that voice could join the rest.
There is face whose blushes tell
A Section's tale upon the cheek,
Jut pallid at one fond farewell,
Proclaims more love than words can speak.
There is a lip that mine bath pressed,
And none bath ever pressed before j
It vow'd to make me sweetly bless'd.
And mine, miue only pressed it more.
There is a bosom all my own,
Hath pillowed oft this aching head,
And moutb wbii-h f miles on me alone,
Ao eye whose tears with mine are shed.
There are two hearts whore movements thrill
lo unisou so clorely sweet,
That pulse to pulse responsive still,
Thut both must heave or cease to bent.
There are two souls wboso oqoal flow.
lo gentle streams go calmly run,
That when tbey part, they purl ! ah no !
They cuiioot part, these souls are one.
Select Ciik.
TIIE CAREER OF A POISONER.
Toward the close of the last centory there
lived in Paris ayonng merchant of the name
of Pesruos, who, formerly a petty grocer, bad
hy bis good management and marriage with a
rich wile established large commission busi
ness, lie bad a large circle of friends and ac
quaintances, and was cnusidered trustworthy,
well educated and pious. How be maintained
this character to the end, the following nar
rative will show. After bis death be wus
known by the name of Vinfame lVsrues, tho
mention of whoau name aroused horror nod
terror, as that of a criminal of cold-blooded
barbarity, and a perfect hypocrite.
Itorn ut Chart res in lTl.'i, Anloine Fran.
qois Dosru 'S lust his parents in bis third
year. His relatives took charge of tho boy,
but oue after the other got rid of him, because
they saw that be pilfered, lie vagabonded
uuout for some time, till one of bis cousins
apprenticed bim, at the age of fifteen, to a
raria grocer. Here be was one day impu
dent enough to sy to bis mistress, "Yon are
in a far better position than you think, for
you have all the meaus in your baud to be
happy. You have some one you euvy, hate,
and would gladly bury, and in your shop you
have everything at bund. !' re pare the soup
cleverly, and all will be right.' We are nut
told if the woman followed bis advice, or
punished Ic8rnt s for it ; but she did not de
nounce bim to. the police. We. however,
learu that the advice he gave bis unstrcts j
became the principle of his life. j
Heerues robbed bis master repeatedly, but
so cleverly that nothing was missed. On-the l
contrary, be recommended bim, iu I7C7, as !
clerk tn bis sisler-in law, who kept a grocer's !
Fliop, having been a widow for several years. 1
Hearues employed the three years nf bis stay
here to acquire a fortune, while the widow
was almost ruinud, but be mauagud it so :
craftily that not tl e slightest suspicion fell I
upon bim. He was the most moral and vir-
tuoos of men ; be was remarkably pious ; be
uever neglected mas, fasted strictly, gave
alms, and went to confession regularly, though
so young. For these three years of monastic
life be required compensation. The person
with whom he was felt uuable to carry on her
bueioess. She bad constantly to struggle
against difficulties, which were so much gain
to Uesrues. At length she sold him the busi
ness for an annuity of 1,'JUO livres, and ber
board and lodging for the term of ber life.
Two copies of the azreeioeut were made.
One day liesrues went to the poor widow aud j
asked ber to sbow him her coulract, as he j
had mislaid bis, because ho did uot remember !
when the first payment bad to be made.- j
The woman uusuanectioely produced tbe '
paper, but Desrues scarce bud it in bis bands '
era he tore it up. The widow, borntied, re- j
cognized the meauiug of the act, and read tbe :
uiau'g character at u glance, bbe threatened i
him with the law. j
"Accuse me !" be saiJ, coolly : "I owe yon
nothing. You have no further proof against 1
me thau putting me on uiy oatu. and 1 will
take it rcud.ly. l'eople will believe me, Ma
dame." The unhappy woman broke oat into exe
crations, sibicb he listened to laughingly,
even when she added ;
"Wretch, may Heaven be merciful to your
soul, bnl 1 ahull yet eee your body ou tbe
scaffold !"
Another heavy suspicion rests upon bim,
but it was never proved. A young man
came from tbe proviucea, about that time, to
establish a grocery business in 1'aris. les
rue had the reputation of being a substantial
tradesman, aud the juuog niuo applied to
bim to set about in tbe right way. For Ibis
purpose be banded bim tbe sum of 8,000
livres. In a lew weeks Desrues said be knew
of a good business for sale, but it would cost
16,000 livres. 1 he young mau wrote to bis
parents, who sent bim 4.0U0. We gave thetn
to Desrues, who promised to do all be conld.
At bis parents beard nothing lor a long time
from their son, thty became alarmed, and
wrote to Desrues, who informed tbeoi tbat
the yooug man bad recalled his money, as be
had chauged bis plans, and bad probably left
Paris. At nothing was ever heard of bim
again, tbe public eventually believed Dosruus
bad poisoned bim.
A well-to-do Parisian apprenticed bit too
to Desrues, who constantly complained ol tbe
boy's iuatleution and pillering One morn
ing be rushed to tbe father, and declared tbat
tbe young scamp bad ran away with sis
hundred livres. Tbe terrified father did Dot
dare coutradict Desrues' assertions, and paid
tbe money to save tbe honor of tbe family.
Tbe sacrifice was in vain ; the lad never
appeared again. Cuuntlee iuslaocet were
afterwards quoted in which there wat the
ttrongest saapicion that Desrues bad forged
and cheated, and put people out of tbe way
to eurich himself. It it certain that be con
trived tbiee fraudulent bankruptcies, io which
be succeeded in makiug bit creditor! believe
bim tbe victim of circumstances.
In 1771, after otarrvinir the JaMer of t
rich .aJdli-r u'. .Mi I'm, h" i. 'if' bit rcUJ
trade, and nndertook wholesale commissions.
Owing to his severe morality, bis respectable
appearance, and pious life, be naturally gained
confidence, and the brightest prospects were
before bim. Hit business wat flourishing,
when, in 1775, be formed the acquaintance of
a gentleman, Hi. Fauet de Lamotte, who
wished to dispose of bis country estate
This property seemed to Desrues very advan
tageous for speculating witb, so he determined
to get possession of it. He bought it for
130,000 livres, the payment of which was to
be completed the following year. Twelve
months passed, however, without payment ;
there were noforeseen hindrance!. In tbe
meanwhile, however, Desrues wat threatened
witb arrest by his former creditori, and had
tbe impudence to seek a refuge at Lamotte'a
house, wbo received bim as a friend. In No
vember, 177G, be proceeded privately to
Paris, under the pretext of receiving an
inheritance which would enable bim to pay
for tbe estate. Still he made no payment,
and Lamotte at length lost patience, and
wrote him either to pay or annul tbe contract.
Lamottee was too much engaged on bis estate
to go to Paris, and therefore tent bis wife,
witb full authority to settle the affair in some
way. Madame Lamotte Btor'.ed with her son,
seventeeo years of age, for the capital, and
the father never saw them again.
Desrues, who bad been advised of their
coming, mot them, and offered them lodgings
in his own bouse. Tbe lady declined ; but
be became to pressing, that she at length
consented. She, perhaps, had an instinct of
what hung over. Mother and eon bad been
but a few days in Paris, wben both com
plained of illness. Tbe son recovered, and
bis mother sent bim to a school in the
Marais. Desrues employed tbe absence of
this important witness for bis systematic
operations. Tbe mother must die slowly,
that there might be a valid reason for her
decease. Hut the worse she grew, the more
she urged bim to cnnie to a settlement. His
excuses on longer availed, and the lady
seemed to be growing suspicious. At length,
as she daily grew worse, she decided oo re
turning to tbe country. As this would have
completely ruined Desrues' plans, and be had
no time tu lose, he gave her a powerful dose
of poison in her medicine, from which she
died the samo evening io frightful convul
sions. He naturally kept tbe death secret :
the son did not hear of it, and Desrues had
now mprely to dispose of tbe body. A few
days before Madame Lamolte's arrival, be
bad hired. In the namo of Ducondrai, a cellar
in the Jlue tie la Martellerie. The next
morning be packed tbe corpse in a chest ho
had bought for the purpose, and had it cur
ried to a cabinet-maker's, a friend of bis,
where it remaiued several days. Thence he
took it to the cellar, in order lo bury it uuder
the stairs.
As be could not perform bis task alone, he
bad brought a mason witb him. He ordered
bim to dig a hole five feet deep, under the
pretext of burying iu it a quantity of bottled
wine be bad in the chest, to improve its qua
lity. Tbe mason shook his head ; the wine
would do as well two fuel under ground as
five. Tbe merchant was not put out, but
ordered it to be done, and the mason went to
work, wilb shaking bead. Wben tbe bole
was sufficiently deep, Desrues begged tho
mason to help bim in drsggiag the box to
the edge or the pit, that he might take the
bottles out more easily. He did so; but
such a pestiferous enitll a'sailed him tbat be
started back. Desrues seeing that decep
tion would no longer avail, threw biineelf at
the mason's feel and told bim that he was a
tradesman from the provinces, who had come
to Paris witb a friend's wife. Shu hud sud
denly fallen dead of an apoplectic stroke, uud
in fear of being regarded as ber murderer, be
wished to bury her in the cellar. To con
vince tbe man, be himself opened the chest,
and. showed bim the body, asking bim if be
could see any wounds she wus swollen blac k
and blue could tbere be a better proof that
she died of apoplexy ? Fresh tears and vio
lent sobbing convinced tbe mason of tbe
truth of bid statumeuts, and be did all tbat
Dearuog wished ; promised silence, and went
oQ perfectly conleut witb the fable aud two
louis d'or.
The mother haviog been removed, tlx re
still remaiued two victims. He must first
get rid of the son, and then tbe futber't turn
would come. On the 11th of February be
visited the young man at bis school, and
asked bim to come for a walk ; be wished to
lake bim next day to Versailles, where bis
mother was. The following morning they
left Paris, after drinking chocolate, the young
mail's cup having boon poisoned. Oo reach
ing Versailles, he was taken dangerously ill,
and Desrues took lodgings in the name of
lieaupre, represuutiug himself at tbe lad's
uncle. He did not recover, and yet did not
die ; hence Desrues gave bim two more doses,
which at length produced the effect. It was
heart-rending to see with wbat sorrow the
uncle stood by bis nephew's dying bed. He
burst into tears, wrong his bands, aud, kneel
ing by tbe bed, uttered prayer after prayer.
Tbe people of the house were themselves
moved to tears; and the next duy Desrues
had the body buried, leaving a considerable
sum of money for masses for his soul. Wbeu
be returned to Paris, be dined with some
intimate friends ; be told them be bad just
returned from a visit to bis oalive towu, and
all remembered, later, never to have teen
this geuerally teriou man to merry and
cheerful. They suspected that be must have
done an excellent stroke of business.
While these events were occurring in
Paris and Versailles, Lamotte was iu tbe
greatest state of anxiety, a be received oo
newt from wite or ton. Desrues arrived to
ease bit mind, and seemed at first surprised
tbat Lamotte bad received no letters from
his wile ; but toon found an explanation
Madame Lamotte and ber sou were botb at
Versailles, and very happy, for tbe lady bad
a prospect of obta.niog a court appointment,
and wiahed lo turprise ber husband by tbe
news.
For all thit, though, and tbe mysterious
letters tbat arrived from Paris, Lamotte did
not conceal bit suspicious from Desrues,
though be doet not teem to bave suspected
bim. Probably tbe meant failed to poison
Lamotte in bis own bouse, or Desrues became
alarmed, for tbe latter proceeded to Paris,
and thooce, under ao assumed name, to
Lyons. From thit city be teut Lamotte ao
authority, signed by bit wife, to receive tbe
30,000 livret still owing on account of the
estate. This document completed the fatber't
alarm, and ha hurried to Parit, where, by a
coriout dispensation of Providence, be lodged
is a hotel next door to tbe cellar io which bit
wife was buried.
AU bit ioquiriet proved ineffectual. De
at length determined to proceed criminally
against Desrues. Oo being qaealioned about
uaaame iemotie, tbe latter slated at fol
lowt t
"While thit lady wat at Versailles, she
wrote me to teud ber too to ber. 1 weut
tbere witb tbe young man, and met the lady
in the park, bee wat accompanied by a
Heo'lemao about tixty yean of age. She
eu.i-vi at iu; briegiog ber tun, for
tbe received me so coldly that I determined
on returning to Parit al once. A few days
later I received a letter from her stating she
was at Lyons, and asked me for news about
her husband. Instead of answering ber, 1
went straight to Lyons aud found hor really
there. 1 tried to persuade ber to go witb
me to a notary, and draw np a document to
prove her being in existence, but she declined.
On the 8th of March, however, she bronirhl
me a full power to send to her husband.
Suddenly she disappeared in the most myste
rious manner, aud as I could not find her, I
resolved on returning to Poris "
The Judge was embarrassed. The story
could not have been told with greater troth
fulness, or in a calmer tone, lint the affair
changed wben Desrues was asked how he hud
obtained the 100,000 livres to pay Madntne
Lamotte. Tbe story he told being. proved to
be fold, Desrues was arrested and conveyed
to Fort L'F.veque. On April 8. Lamotle's
attorney received a package of bills, payable
at sight, amounting to 70,000 livres. 1'bey
were enclosed in a letter which was signed hy
an unknown marquis, and sent by tbe city
post, a most insecure way of transmitting
such docaments. The marquis stated that
be had met in bis travels a Madame de La
motto, wbo, knowing that he was going to
Paris, begged bim lo deliver these papers to
the attorney. Pressing business, however,
prevented bim doing so in person.
Ou inquiring at the oflico where tbe letter
was posted, it was found that a servant of
Desrues bad brought it. Tbe tirl was ar
rested, and confessed that she hud received
tbe parcel from Madame Desrues. Upon
this, she was also arrested, and the inquiry
was commenced wilb renewed zeal. '1'be
truth was already oozing out, but tbere were
still many doubts, and a fresh circumstance
increased them.
The strange document signed by the Damo
Lamotte at Lyons was delivered by a wine
dealer of the Seigneur's village. In order to
prove its authenticity, tbe notary who drew
it up was summoned to Paris. He deposed
that a tall, stately lady, calling herself Ma
dame Lamolte, bad ordered him to draw it
up ; end on being asked if ho could recog
nise ber, be declured bis doubts, owing to her
being closely veiled. Desrues was brought
io, but be did not recognise him. The pri
soner was then dressed as a woman, but this
proved of no avail. Desrues seemed greatly
pleased with the joke; for the first tune be
quitted bis pious character, while jesting with
those present about his pretty costume.
"You must confess," he said, laughingly, as
he stroked his chin, "that 1 looked very
charming in this dress. Without flattery, 1
believe that 1 could have made conquests in
it."
Pressed by other facts be betrayed himself.
He still solemnly protested that it was not
be who hud the document drawn np by the
Lynns notary ; but be allowed be knew it was
not Madame Lamolte, but another ludy, a
distant acquaintance of his, end who had
done it for a sum of money. This in itself
was a suspicious confession, but not uearly
enough to condemn him. This examination
was drawing to an end. and be could euter
taiu the hope of being acquitted, when a re
markable discovery guvea fresh turn to tbe
investigation. I
We mentioned that he Sioux Lamolte
lodged in the Hue de la Mortellerie. He did
not conceal hia fears from persons in the
house tbat bis wife bad been killed by the
viliian, and eecretly got rid of. The next
hou.ie, in which the body wus buried, belong
ed to a Madam Maasou, and a friend of bers,
who knew what hud brought Lamotte lo
Puris, culled on her. Madume Massou. who,
like thousands in the capital, had heard no
thing of the 6tory, wus afraid that the lessee
of her cellar would not pay his second quar
ter's reut, rs he bad not yet appeared. In
conversation. Madam Masson meutioned her
feurs to ber friend, who said, "Good heavens !
suppose the stranger baa buried anything
there; suppose be was the mun who robbed
Steur Lamolte of all that was dear to bim t"
I bis reached tbe ears of Lamotte, wbo
grasping at tbudowa iu bis despair, rushed to
the police, who at once gave orders to bave
the cellar examined. Tbe first search pro
duced no result, aud they were about leaving,
wben the police commisary noticed tbat the
grouud uuder tho stairs was softer, and of a
ditfureut color. He had it dug up, and the
corpse was found. It was washed aud laid
out. Many persons recognized it as Mudvne
de Lamotle's. Desrues' wife was obliged vo
confess tbe fact. Desrues, too, most be con
fronted wilb tbe body He was still the culm
impudent, pious mun.
lie asked whither be was being tuken.
'To the ltuo de Iu Mortellerie." He did not
know it. Wben taken into tbe cellar, hia
eyet first turned involuntarily to the bold
uuder the stairs. The commissary noticed
this, the body was sbown him. He did nut
change color or turn pale ; be did uot know
the body; "it could nut be Madame Lamolte,
for she still lived." Madame Massun was
confronted with bim, aud was uot a moment
in doubt, "ihis gentleman hired my cellar."
He smiled. He never bud ibo honor of aeeiorr
tbe lady before."
At length tbe viliian could no longer resist
tbe evidence accumulating against him. Tbe
most cuuning man must make some conceg.
sious, if he wishes lor a loophole to escnpe.
He ceufensed tbat the body was really Ma
dame Lamolte's, and that he bad buried ber.
Suddenly a new fable was ready. She had
died lo bis house, of an illness she was trying
to cure by her own recipes ; through fear that
be might be falsely suspected, be buried ber,
although knowiug that it was wrong. The
next day tbe body was dissected, and tbe
pbysiciaut declured uuaniniously that she bad
died of poison. Lamolte, wbo wat present
at tbe operation, sprang, oo beariug tbit
opinion, on tbe accused, crying, like a mauiac
"Viliian ! restore me my wife and ton I"
Desrues auswered witb ao ironical smile and
a tarcastio remark.
Wben asked about tbe son, be seemed to
consider it no longer necessary to bide a fact
which could not alter bis fate, llestuted that
be died suddenly during an excursion to
Versailles, in consequence of his excuses.
Tbe same day Ihe body was exhumed and
dissected ; the youag man indubitably died of
poison. After this, Desrues bit ou a fre.b
device ; he constantly wept over tbe loet of
young Lamotte :
"1 loved bim at a too and he called roe bis
little papa. What meeting ours has been I
Such are the tad remit of youthful excess !
The only thing tbat consults me it thut tbe
lad quilted tbit world with all the consolation
religion conld off. r."
Tbit wat speculation. Desrues knew that
be was closely watched, and that every word
he uttered wat taken down and reported to
tbe judget. Hence be played tbe devotee in
every word, look and movement. Ue con
stantly read religious books. He wat per
mitted at timet to play cards wilb tbe jailors,
to dispel any thought of suicide ; and would
say at every paate in the eame :
I "Uelieve me, you are playing with an Inno-
ruut man. If toy judges CouUetou ue, I b.iiw
for merry io souther world."
He never displayed the slighted alarm or
releotlessness about his fnte ; his countenance
did not once change. What he said was dic
tated by moderation and sound senso. It was
possible that an iunocent man might display
such calmness, but bis judges were not de
ceived, for tbey had overwhelming evidence.
Hit sentence was that he should do penance
at the door of Notre Dame, be brokeo on a
wheel, burned, and hit asbes thrown to the
winds. Such was the refined cruelly of our
ancestors. When the sentence was read to
bim, he declured that he had no other feeling
Inao the preservation of bis honor. He tbeo
made a bitter attack oo Lamotte. With tbe
calmness that only innocence can impart, be
sail
"1 can forget evcrythine bnt not this cry
ing despair. I will attuck bim when the time
Comes, and make him restore my honor. He
shall be condemned in heavy costs, and I will
teach bim what it ia to braod the character of
an honest man."
liefore execution, he had to undergo tbe
torture, to force a coutessioo from him, aud
the names of his accomplices. "1 bave
nothing more to say," was bis sole answer, as
be removed his clothes. He bore the torture
wilb great patience ; only once, under the
frightlul agony he r-crcamed : "Accursed
money, to whot have you brought me I"
This remarkable serenity did not desert
the criminal to the Inst momeut. Ou tbe day
ol execution he ate witb considerable Appetite.
The hangman came in, but tbere was no alter
ation iu bim. He quietly deceuded tbe steps
of the Cbatelet and entered Ihe cart. Oa the
road be bowed politely to several persons of
his acquaintance. When he reached tbe
Hotel de Ville be asked leave to go in, which
was graoted, us it was supposed be wished to
confess. Nothing of the sort. With firm
step Bnd earnest fare he wulked up to the
magistrates and exclaimed :
"Gentlemen, 1 have nothing further to soy
to you thau that 1 die, like Galas, a victim of
igneranco aud prejudice."
His wife was brought to him, and she fell
unconsious at his feet. Desrues sprang, as
if electrified with joy, to ber, und kissed and
patted ber. With bitter tears he called her
"his dear, dear wife " It was found necessa
ry to tear her from bis arms ; and in parting,
bis last prayer was "that bis beloved children
might be brought op in the fear of God." So
soou as be bad nnrted from bin wif.i he
assumed bis former calmness. He looked
most cheerfully at the aseumbled crowd. On
tbe scaffold ho undressed himself, kissed the
wheel that was to crush him, aud, aftur a
short prayor, walked to deuth.
On tbe 7th of May, 1777, ot seven in tbe
eveuing, the bells of the Hotel do Ville au
nnnnced tbat this criminal had suffered hia
last penalty. He wus a few mouths over
thirty two years of age. It was afterwards
discovered that bis wile bad been ao accom
plice in eome of bis crimes. Two years later
she was condemned to be branded uud whip
ped, aud died in the hospital.
We find the following well deserved
testimonial in the columns of the Aetr lout
Leader, and cheerfully copy it for the benefit
of oar readors :
"Tint ItioiiT Skwi.hu MAriiiNP. Nobody
in theso dnys of pructicul go-ahead ideas will
deny that a sowing machine is a decidedly
nice institution to have in the family. It
does so much work in so little time, and does
it so neatly and with such comparatively
slight labor, that the women folks feel almost
like cooking up excuses for running the ma'
chine, when there is really no work to be
done. Hut amid the multitude of machines
end apologies for machines with which tho
market is Hooded, it is Eoroetimes difficult for
the bewildered purchaser to decide which
machine is the one be really wants which is
the best, and will do him the most satisfactory
service. A trail of over two years enables
us to say with tho greatest confidence that
there is no better inuchine for general family
use than that mannfuetured by IheGROvitK A
JJakkr Skwino MhuinrCo. It makes a
beautiful elastic seam thai does not rip with
wear or washing, run almost noiselessly,
is plain, simple., easy to work and, and aot
liable to get out of repair, fastens the ends of
its own thread, and uses threads and silks
directly from the spools on which they are
bought. Add to it a set of tbe Company'a
inimitubln hemmers and stitchers, and you
havo everything about as complete and satis
factory s you could reasonably expect. It is
an article of furniture, ooce in your boose,
you will never willingly part wilb under any
consideration.
Not long sinre, in South Carolina, a clergy'
mftll Waft rtrPKCbintT linnn ika .lidnk-ilmn... f
t... l - J . I . .. .. I
uouno, minu uuiiiuiuuueu io go ant preacn 10
tbe Ninevites. After expatiating for a con
siderable length of time on tbe truly awful
consequence of disobedience to tbe divine
commands, he exclaimed in a voice of thun
der that passed through the coniTeration like
an electric shock, "Aud are there any Jonahs J
here ?" There was a negro present whose
name was Jonah wbo thinking himself called i
on, immediately arose, aud turning up bis
white eyes to the preacher, with his broadest
erio and best bow auswered, "Here be oue,
massa."
In one of our exchanges appears a state
ment Iroin a correspondent iu Japan, that
'Tommy" ia dead. According to the report
of the Japanese, the cause of the death was
tUlirium tremens, a disease which, we believe,
he introduced to tbat country. The foreign
residents, however, doubled this statement,
aud strongly suspected that the gay youth
had been beheaded. It is to be hoped that
tbe rumor may be unfouuded.
A Physician io Katb, England, lately re
marked in a coffee bouse in that city that he
had throe fiue daughters, whom be should
give $10,000 each, and no one had coaie for
ward to marry them :
"With your lave, Doctor." said an Irish
man wbo was preseot, stepping op and ma
kiug a respectful bow, "I'll tnke two of tnem."
A vor.su l.iWVKa lately conrluded bis ar
gument in a case of trerpass with tbe follow
10c sublime burst : "If. a centleman of the
jury, the defendant's hogs are permitted tn
- . 1 . . 1. f 1' 1 1 e 1 .
iuuiu at luro over tun luir uem ut uiy Client
with impunity and without yokes than yet,
then indeed have our forefathers fought and
bled and died io vain."
"Madam, a good many persona were very
much disturbed at tbe concert last night, by
the crying of your baby." "Well, 1 do won.
der such people will go to concerts."
A teacher of vocal music asked an old lady
if ber grandson bad any ear for vocal music.
"Wa'll," said the old woman, "I really don't
know. Won't you take the caudle and tee 7"
Many poor womto thlokt the ran do
bulbing without a husband ; aod when the
gets out, finds lit can do nothing witb bim.
) a 1 1 r a .
Mr- -7 -
DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP.
A SOMO Or THE UNION.
Sail nn. O Ship of State !
Bail on, O Union, strong and great 1
Humanity with all ita fears,
Is banging breathless on thy fate !
LONOKKLI.OW.
Tc.nr. "A Wet Sheet and a Flutcing Sail."
There is a stately vessel,
That, four score years ago,
When heaven above was dark witb clouds,
And howled tbe teas below,
Our fathers with unequailiug hearts,
Launched on tbe stormy deep ;
And the words that rang, at she forward
sprang,
Were Dou't give np the ship, my boys,
Don't dou't give up the ship I
Let tbe tempest rage, and tbe seas ran bigh.
Hut don't give op the ship 1
And on tbroagb maddened surges,
For many a weary year,
Tbe good ship tossed, uofounderer), manned,
liy hearts that knew not fear,
With colors to the mast-bead nailed,
Itigbt onward she did sweep ;
And the crew still tang, sang, when a leak
she sprang
Oh, don'l give np the ship, my boys,
Don't give up tbe ship 1
Though the port tie fur, and storm unspent,
Oh, don't give op the ship !
Tbe brave ship was tbe Union,
And thirteen were tbe crow;
She reached tbo port of Peace, at last ;
Tbe vanquished storm withdrew.
Witb crew increased, through many a squall,
one since nas braved the deep ;
And tbe cborus still, through good and ill,
Was Don'tgive up tbe ship, my boys,
Don't give up the ship 1
Though the sails be rent, and tbe masts bo
split,
Ob, don't give op the ship I
Dot now a mightier tempest
Lowers o'er tbe Ship of State ;
Some of ber crew o'er fancied wrongs
Hold mutinous debute.
They tear the starry peunon dowu,
With curses loud and deep ;
Uot we still, still bear from the rest a chuer,
Aud Dou't give up the ship, my boys,
Dou't, dou't give np tbo ship I
Hold to the holm, braco all the sails,
And don't give'op ship !
What though a few dosert ber,
A plank or two bo gone,
The glorious ship shall laugh at wreck,
And still sail proudly on !
Enough there ore of good end true,
Wbo still their faith will keep ;
Aud their song shall be, on the billowy tea
Oh, don't give np the ship, my bo's,
Don't, don't give up tbe ship !
Disgrace and shame track mutiny !
Ob, don't give up the ship !
Nail op, nail op the colors 1
Tbey shall not be tbe scorn
Of tyrants, but shall be tbe pride
Of millions yet uuborn !
Ye malcontents, be wise io lime ;
Let bale and euvy sleep !
Let us all again, witb might and main,
S;u-L)oo'l, don't give up the ebip, my boys,
Dou'l, don't give up tbe ship '.
Oo heaven rely, your duty do,
And don't give op tbe ship !
W. L. SlIOMAXKB.
Georgetown, D. C, Jan. 1Mb, loGl.
D u m 0 r 0 u s .
A correspondent of tbe Columbia (South
Carolina) Times, gives the following melan
choly illustration of tbe uncertainty of
the types. A young gentleman by tbo namo
of Uonkey, having been united by tbe holy
bonds of wedlock, sent tbe marriage Dbtic?,
witb a verse of bis own composition, to tho
printer for publication :
"Married Al Gosham, July 28 A. Conkey,
P.sq, Attorney at law to Misa Kupbemia
Wiggins.
"Love is the onion of two hearts
That beat in softest melody,
Time, with its ravages, imparls
No bitter fusion to its ecstacy "
He looked with much anxiety for the issue
of tbe Gvshatn Sentinel, in order to tee bis
name io print.
Tbe compositor into whose charge the
notice was placed, happened to be on a spree
at the time, and made a wonderful blunder in
setting tbe types. Here is tbe notice as
printed :
"Murried At Gosham, July 28, A. Don
key, Km., F.tetuully at Law to Miss P.upbeu
oia Piggins.
"Love is an onioo of two heads
That belts in soft melowy.
Time with its cabbage head imparts
No better feed to an extra druy."
Tbe feelings of the said Alexander Conkey
00 seeing this piece can be better imugiued
than described.
Vai.ik ok an Kxi'i.anation. A certain
king, it is suiJ, seut to auuther kiiif, saying :
"Send me a blue pig with a black lull, or
else "
Tbe other, in high dungeon at tbe presum
ed iusult, replied.
"1 bave nut got one, and if 1 bad "
On which weighty cause ibny weut to war
for many years. After a satiety of glories
and miseries, tbey fiualty bethought them
that at their armies and resources were
exhausted, end their kiugdoms mutually laid
waste, it might ba well enough to consult
about tbe preliminaries of peace ; but before
this could be concluded, a diplomatic expla
nation wu first needed of the insulting lau
guage which bad fotuied the ground ut the
quarrel.
"What could yon mean," asked the second
king of Ihe first, by suying, "send me a blue
pig with a black tail, or elae f
"Why, "said the other, ' 1 meant a blue pig
witb a black tail, ur else tome other eolor."
"But," retorted he, "what could you uioau by
sayiui;, '1 have not got one and if I bad T ' "
"Why, of course, if 1 hud, I should have
tent it 1" an explauaiiou which ui entirely
tatiafactory, and peace wut concluded accord
ingly. MoTiiKR, shouldn't ba surpris d if our Susan
got choked tome of these days.
"Why, my aoo 1"
"because ber beau twisted bit arm about
ber neck tbe Other Bigbl, and if she hadn't
kitted him be would bave strangled ber;
besides mother, be Kill by her wbiepert lo ber
and bogs aud bogs."
"Yr Lazir Fevrh." We take the follow,
ing from an old book. entitled "Tbe Kroviery
of Heaitho, by Andrew Hoorde, Pbisycbo
Doctotire," an Englishman, anno 15.ri7 :
"A Cukr roR yr Lazir Frvhe The llSth
chnplire dot be shoo of an evyll Fevre, ye
wtcu noine mucn rnmnre yonge persons,
named Ye Fevre Bnrden, or Lazie Fevre.
Among nil yB fevres 1 had almost forgot ye
Fevre Burden, wyth which many yonge men,
yonge women, maydens, and other yonge
persons be sore infected now-a days.
"Yk Cacsr of tr Impibmitk This Fevre
dotbe cum naturnllie, or els by cvyll and
slothful bryngyngn npp. If it doe cum by
nature, then is this Fevre oot to be cared
for iti can newer com out of ye fleshe that is
bred in ye bone. I f it bo by evyll bryngyngn
upp itt may be helpeo by much dilliijeut labour-
"Yr Rrmmitk There is nothyng so pood
for ye Fevre liurden as l. rujuentum r.acuti.
ntm; that is to sai take a sticke or wand
of a yard of length and more, and left itt be
so grate as a man's fyngnr ; and with itt
anoiut ye backe and sholders well, morninns
and evenyncs, and thvs doo one-and twenty
daies. If thys evyll Fevre bee not holpen in
that tyme, le-tt thorn bowair of waggyntre on
the gallows."
Co.ycNnitrMS 1. What wonld be the
proper names for tbe law, governing those
Horse Railway Companies who purchased
their charters of tbe Legislature ? Buy-luws.
2. What causes tho secessionists in tho
Cotton Stutes to multiply T There's to
many adders among thnra.
3. Why is it kuown that the Japanese
Tommy bat embraced Christianity ? He's
nuggea so many American lames.
4. Why would it be impossiblo for a jew
to be a member of the United States Con
gress? There's too much gammon swallow
ed there.
5 Wben is Major Anderson like a cannou
ball ? Wben be looks round.
C Wben is small beer not small beer ?
When itslar-ger beer.
WrfATTnB Echo A.nswkrs. What must
bo done to conduct a newspaper right?
Write. What is necessary for a fanner to
assist him ? System. What would give a
blind man the greatest dolight? Light.
What is the best piece of counsel iriven bv a
justice of the peace? Peace. What com
mits tbe greotest ternBer ? Fire.
Not Far Out or tur Wat Minnie one
was one day talking to her little cmsa in
Sunday School, about God's great lovo to
mni. Wishing to impressjit opon their miud
and to know whether tbey understood her,
she asked :
"Now, children, who loves all men ?"
Tbe question was hardly asked, before a
little girl, not lour years old, answerod quick-
"All women !"
Tbe following toothing stanza, signed A
Scything One," is copied from a young lady's
album :
"Fair made, when I H hold ore face.
A gaze in two ore a. hare ize
my love is warmed into a blaize,
A thauts within my bozum rize,
2 big for my week tnng to tttor,
which leaves mi hart all in a flutter."
A correspondent of the Charleston Mercu
ry, tayi he finds intelligent men in Washing
ton, who believe tbe present troubles in this
country, io Fnropn, and in Asia, foreshadow
tbe coming ofChrist. One nr these approach
ed a politician the other day, and told him
that our national disasters would soon be
quieted.
"By whom r inquired the politician.
"By no less a person than Jehovah."
"Ah! indeed. But who is G. Hover ? It
be a Northern or a Southern man ?"
This is an actual fact. The politician
really did oot think that Diety was sometime!
culled Jehovah.
A Cuii.d's Pcssffsions A woman ap
peared iu the court of Louisville, rerent'.y. to
be appointed guardians for her child, when
the following colloquy ennned : "Wbat es
tate his your child !" "Plaze your honor,
.don't understand yon." Jipok "I aav.
what has she got?" Chills and faver, plaza
yer honor."
Wife (complainingly) "I haven't wore
than a third ol tbe tmd." Husband, (triom
phantly) "That's all th law allows you."
Some one blamed Dr. Marsh for channing
bis mind. "Well," said be, "that's the differ
ence between a man and a jackass the
jackass cau't change bis miad tnd a man
can it's a human privilege."
Jarmcrs' pfpavtmcnt
G rafting The period is approaching for
grafting good fruit wood npoc indifferent.
Those who desire tbe best success, should
cut their pear and apple scions now. Cherry
scions should be secured in raid winter ; and
where this has uot been done, nut an hour's
delay should be allowed before it is now at
tended to. The cherry tree should be grafted
as soon after this week as is convenient the,
earlier the belter. All scions, until needed
to set. should be buried iu sand or nrmtv drv
soil. The pear, applp, and plum can be graft
ed up to the first of June wilb safety ; but
the cherry will fail if delayed long. A first
class baud ut grafting set from fifteen 10
twenty grafts for u a lew year ago, iu April,
and not one of them grew. Germantuu-n Tel.
Hints for tub Prksknt Grapevines not
already pruned, should be attended to forth
with. All runuine vines should now ho auh.
jected to the same process such as tbe Bik-
noma. Honeysuckle, Clematis, Wistaria, Ac.
The latter however should be bandied w:th
ureal ciroj but littli more than the dead
wood und the ends of the runners should be
removed, or a stinted array uf hi 10ms will be
tbe result. Blackberries, It ispberri-t. (not
laid Jown.) Currents, Gooseberries, aud the
f tniily of Itoses, abuuld at oare be knifed.
The latter Will bear sevure ubsciuding and be
the better for it. This wck should be done
cow, and not delayed DQtil active gulden
operation begin, lazy people frequeLtly
do. O'er M.uiioirri Tthjjruph.
To M akk W atf.h Soft If you are trotih.
led to gel aofl water for washing, till a tabor
barrel half full of wotd aibva, and fill it up
with water, ao that you may bave lye when
ever yoo waul it. A gallon a strong; lye, put
iulo a great kettle ofliurd water, will uiukeil
at soft as rain aaler. eiouie people use pearl
th, or poUrb ; but thit rosla somalhing, and
it very apt to injure tbe texture of the clotb.
Wiiitkwash that win, not Ur Orr
Mix up half a pailfull of lime and water, ree
dy to put it on the wall, then take one g'U
of floor and mix it with tbe water ; then pour
it while hot into the wbitewaab ; slir all well
together, and it it ready for o.