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AMEMJAIN
BUSINESS CARDS.
i. anoxER. L. n. Kill.
B&UHEB & EASE,
ttorncjn ont Counnrllora at I -aw,
lesnut Street, wcet of tha N. 0. and P. A E. Rail,
road Depot, fb the troilding lately occupied by
F. Latarus, Esq.,
BUNBTTRy,
Vmctiont and all Professional business promptly
andod to in Northumberland and adjoining Conn
I.
B0YER & W0LVRT0N,
ATTORN 121'! AT Uffi
8UNBUIIY. PENN'A.
B rtnna and W. J. WotraRToM, respectfully
lounce that they have entered into co.partnemhip
the praotice of their profession in Northumber.
d and adjoining eouoiies,
1 in the Uemhaii.
Ipril 4. 198 ly
Consultations ean ba
I. 11. !IAr.lC,
tlornoy nt Lnu, St'NBUKT, PA
L Collootiona attended to in tha eountiea of Nor
mberlnnd. Union, Snyder, Montour, Columbia
I Lycoming.
KErinaxcEl.
Ion. John M Read, Philadelphia,
l- U. Cattell A Co., "
ion. Wm. A. Porter, "
rlorton McMichael, Kaq., "
5. Ketcham A Co., 288 Pearl Street, New York,
'ohn W. Ashwoad, Attorney at Law, "
datlhewt A Cox, Attorneya at Law, "
u.'hury. March 2i), 1862.
I. M. ROCkEfKLLE. LLOTDT. ROHRSACH.
ROCKEFELLER & R0HRBACH.
iFFICE in liuupt'a new Building, aocond floor.
Entrance on Market Square,
iunbury, January 4, loa.
Teeth I Teeth I
J. IC. CRESSIUUH,
STJBGEON DENTIST,
itrlv of ASHLAND. O.. announcea to tha citl
f of N'orthuuiberland oounty, that he baa located
jUXUURV. for the praoiice of Dentistry, an 1
icftfully solicits your patronage. Special atten
I pnid to Ailing and ilrtxting teeth. Teeth ex
ltd wilhunt pain, by ueing Narcotio spray
ch 1 have used for three years with jiirjecl tuc
i and no injurious result,
tike in Rooms formerly occupied by Dr. J. S.
;le, in Pleasant'! Duilding, Market Square
,bury, Pa. mar. T, 'M.
JllUKillLL, SlUON P. WOLVERTOX.
HILIi & WOLVEHTON,
tomeya ami i'ounaclora at Luw .
STJNBTJfVX", FA..
TILL attend to tbe collection of all kinds of
r clainit, including Baok Pay, Bounty and Pen
ii. apl. I, 'oli.
0 Wo mmsmio
ATTORNEY AT L AW
th Eida of Publio Square, one door east of tbe
Old Bank Building.
SUNBUUV, PENS VA .
ollectiona and all Professional business promptly
mded to in the Courts of Northumberland and
lining Counties.
(."bury.Snpt. IS, IMS. '
1. PiRDT, J. D. James.
r"JPkDY& JAMED.
TOUNEYS AT LAW, SUNBUUV, PA.
so in the second story of Dowart'a building, ad
lining rjie Democrat offico, on tba north aide of
l.irkot .Square.
ill attend promptly to the collection ofolaima
nihor professional business Intrusted sobia eare,
nhuiiiherland and adjoiuing counties.
evember 9, liit'i7.
i. Wkder, JonN RtlXKLE
CU STREET, between Third and Fourth Strea
iiiii,aii:i.imia.
WKBER A RUNKLE. Proprietor!,
une 29, 18B7. ly
ADDISON O. MARR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AMOKIN, Northumberland County, Fa.
I.L busineu attended to with promptness and
. cliligi
huuiok
;ence.
in, Aug. 10, 1867 ly
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
iitoraiey Ac CoiiHMcIlor at I-aw.
fal .A llt ltV, IA.
'3ksri-t Attorney for ."ortIium.
i-liiiKl t'oiiaily.
J. A. HILBUSH,
6URVEY0R AND C0NVEYANCR
AND
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
hcoy, Kortlivmlierlnnd County, TVnn'a
ffi". 'in Jaokson township. Engagements ean
' ba mode by latter, directed to the above address.
buMnesa entrusted to bis oara, will be promptly
mded to.
pril 22. 1868 ly
A. OOB O. BEO k:,
MERCHANT TAILOR
And Dealer in
.OTIIS, CASS1MERES, VESTING, &s.
'nun fctrcct, mouiIi of lVeurer'a
llotil,
8TINB U R "5T, I A.
Jarch 31 1866
Or "W iiAUPT,
torsiy and Counwllor at laWt
FFICE in Ilnupt'i new Building, onieoond Boor.
Entrance on Market quara,
t3TJN"BTJR'S". 3? A.
VIII attend promptly to all professional holiness
ru.xd to his care, tbe collection oi olaimi in
rthuuiberland and the adjoining countioa.
anbury, January 4, 1868.
C. A. BEIMENSNYCfcu,
rTOKNEY AT LAW, SUNBURY, PA.
'"jsinesa entrusted to hii oar attended to
imptly and with diligenoo.
unbury. April 27, 186T.
JN0. KAY CLEMENT,
iuslness in tirrs and adjoining eoantiea carefully
I promptly amended to.
ice in Market Street, Third door west of Smith
A Qenther'i Sto and Tinware Store,
i:iti itv ii:..-'A.
'anbury, March SI. Ibort !y
.1. YOU.Ci.UA.VM
3ET-mi7JaJ .-6r9
rf Is tl.,lielweeB 9tl and 4tli, t'l
to llio lislll Mflsool lluuaiv.
BCNBURT, PENN'A.
C COS 3T07E3
of the beat Patter na.
3T.OWS.
Six patterns, tha toast In tha State.
o, wl.hlnir to bay itevea, aan purchase theiu
aaf.Tr at Ibis establishment than any where else in
I place
JACOB SUIPMAN,
KB AND LIFE INBUBANCE AGENT,
SUNBUUV, PJSJSJN A.
airaasaKTl :
rmere Mutual Fira Inauranca Co., Tork Pa.,
mbcrlaud Valley Mutual P"'tiun Co,
iw York Mutual Life. Oirard Life of PbU'k. A Hart,
d Conn. General Accident.
TO BUILDERS,
VINDOW Olaw and building Hardware, at lb
iowan Cash Prioa at
TURNER'S SELF mm
SUPPORTING
EACH LALDEB,
CAN BE USED IN ALL THE
FOIIVS SHOWN
i isr booth: cuts.
la Ttondily Lengtlimnl or Shortened,
Self Suiportin, Easily Transporter!,
Convertible into Step Ladder or SraflTold.
IT IS US2FITL TO
PARMER.
FRUIT GROWER,
MECHANIC.
HOUSE KEEPER, 4o.
10 Feot, extra weight.
JO Feet, 3 Sections, (each 10 fret long.)
Extended length about 28 feet.
41) Fret, 4 Sections, (one 12, two 10. and
one 8 feet long,) Extended length about
10,00
18,00
21.00
37 foot,
Other Siiea in proportion. Liberal discount to
the Trade.
Single Larldere forwarded, freight pre-paid, to
nearest Station nn receipt of retail price.
AUKNTS WANTED in avery county to canvass
and sell. AIo wanted, Energetic, Rclinble, Calla
ble Men to Travel and establish county Agents. For
Circular and Terms address
TitriM-r" lal'st lixtenotion I.n titles,
P. O. Box, 2018. or No. 26 South 7th Street
PHILADELPHIA.
June 27, 1S63. 4m
NEW CARRIAGE & BUGGY
MANUFACTOHY.
flMIE subscriber respectfully Informs tha eilitcm
1 ol Sunbury and vicinity, that ho has opened a
Imp in Sol. Stroh'a Mlncksuiithshop.Uuilding on
Chertnut itreet, Sunbury, Pa., where he keeps con
stantly on hand, and manufactures to order,
t'lirrinsrt-M, llus;')''', Sulkyw, Ac,
of tha latest stylo and of tha best matorial.
Repairing of Wagons, Carriages, lo., dona at tbe
shortest, notice.
Persons in want of fine Buggies and Carriages, ara
requested to call before purcbaiing elsewhere.
II. C. ROUSII.
Sunbury, July II, 1S68 ly
Wm. Fariok. Neliod Pcbb.
FUltNITURE ROOMS.
Wl:. FAE.S01T & SOlTj
lata of tba firm of Farton A.Davis.hava opened ware
rooms at No. 228 South 2d street, below Dock,
PHILADELPHIA,
Where they keep a full assortment of
PAULOU, CIIAMBEU, SITTING ROOM
and DININti ltOO.M FUUNITCKE.
Their old customers, and all persona wiihiug to
Eurohass, ara invited U call and examine their slock
dure purchasing elsewhere
Purticulur attention puid to packing. mj6 ly.
CARPENTERS
WILL find In our establishment a superior stock,
of Plane, Saws, Augers, IlalobvU, Hammers, Files
Chisels, Ao., Ao ,fur tula by
J. II. CONLEV A CO
STONE WARE.
THE beat and cheapest assortment of Stone Ware
in tba State, just received and tor tale cheap at tha
Mammoth Cash Slora of
II. T. FRILINO.
FLOUR & FEED STORE
WHOLESALE iKJJ RETAIL.
rXIIE lubecriber respectfully in forms the publio
1 mat ne aeapi eoiutantiy oo nana at but new
w Antiiuunt, near tn biiamottin taller Hailruad
Depot, in bUNULRV, Flour by tba barrel andaaoka
of all kinds of Feed byuheUu
The above is all luaiinfaelured at hit own Mills,
and will ba told at tbe lowest cash pricve.
J M. CADWALLADER.
Sunbury, April 1. 1868
Ult Vl ll.lKMi:it N.1LUOX,
Tha Oldest and moat noted Institution of
tha Kind in Sunbury.
J. W. WASHINGTON,
HAVING removed to bit new building on Third
S'reol, between Market and tha Depot, is now
prepared Ui serve bis eustoinore better tban ever.
Having secured the eervioee of first olaaa Ilarbari,
SHAVING AND IIAIK-LUESSINO
will ba executed in tba latest it vie.
TI..I 11: l - . . ...
u. ueuuiug uaving seen erected especially lot
tba purpose or a First Class barber Saloon, and
having, fitted It up In ih latest style, he hopes to
receive a liberal share ot' patrons J.
In tha adjoining room a first elaas Confectionery
uoa own upeuvu, lur mo tela ui
Ice-Cretitas, ChuiIIs;, Cube, liter,
and numerous other Temperance Drinks la oommon
use. Oranges, and other delicious fruits and eatables
of boms aud foreign growth la rloai prolusion and
Iratbu tfytsbt , 184
POETICAL.
I From tha Philadelphia Press.)
LINES TO HORATIO SEYMOUR.
AT rUILlP O'KKILL,
A PtHHtjlrania Soitlitr, who did duty in tht
N. 1'. ior of July.
And thoa wouUl.t madly grasp a power
To cover up thy perfidy and sbamo,
To blind the gaso of justice for an hour,
And crown Ihy guilty life and deck thy name
With dignities vouchsafed alone to virtuous fame ?
Vain, vain the wish ! Thy blattod aun hath lot,
Thy unforgiven eriines in blackness roll
Ik'tore the nation's eyes, loud-crying yet,
Still Freedom's High Court sit.', in judgment o'er
thy soul,
And will, while honor fivea, Or virtue has control.
And didst thoa think to rule this nation free ?
Thou sneaking priuce of polished ribaldry ;
This nation auved from treason and from thee.
O, mnrvelloas great statesmau, tell us why
Should traitors rule what traitors dared destroy ?
The very dead would rise and ory, for shame !
Over the deep nbnsctnont and tbe stain
Clouding our honor, blasting our fair name,
Insulting our wounded, blackening the slain ;
Become tbe nation's sport, tbe jest of lutiio.
Chief of that faction wisely called thy friends,
The murderers of infancy and age,
You wor their choice your mutual likeness blends ;
You taught them their mob-logic, crime and rage ;
You still were true to them this is your briguteH
page.
And thoa oonldt live and recreant turn away,
While traitors strove thy oouutry to destroy ;
Nor rai.'ed a hand nor voice in bcr dismay,
Hut coldly watched her throes and hoard hor sigh,
And mocked her anguish a'en with savage cries.
The Spnrtan mother would have butchered theo,
Upon thy steps, to make a holiday ;
Would spurn thy coward blood to infamy,
And lling thy carcass to the dogs a prey,
Unworthy lite, or in the toil to lay.
And dost thou not deserve an equal fato ?
Tl.ou hast grown rich upon thy country's breast,
Aud in her need didst leavo her dculute,
And now thou liv'tt in joy a favored guest
liut 'tis by human snfleruuee at the ben.
Base sycophant of for'hne, faotion's tool.
Scorned be thy niune thro' all the coming years,
A bubbling demagogue ambition a fool,
Value, Jamr is thine, di-npita thy doubts and fours;
Thy name is written in thy country 's tcura.
Strange soil of freedom, breeding such a slave,
Devoid of honor, falfe to nature s tic,
It bore an Arnold but denied a grnvc ;
A serpent biaxed in bowers of Paradise,
Aud Seymour lives where patriot Lincoln dicj.
MISCELLANEOUS.
'lilt'- uo n i;i'io..
TAXATION OF OOVKItS VtUNT 1IONDS THK
DKMOCHATIC 1M.AN LKTTElt OK THK UNI
TED STATES TKUASCRKH.
We are obliged to omit a portion of Trea
aurer Spinner'a answer to the folltming let
ter for want of ppuco.
Isdiakai'oms, Aug. 29, 18C8.
Hon. Francis E. Spinner, I'rcaturer nf the
United State, Wathiinjton, J). C:
Dear Si it : No euliject of national concern,
except the question of peace und unity, can
be of greater importance to the American
people now tban that of fluuncc. Yet on no
subject euteriug into politics are tbe musses
of the people so uninformed. I do not claim
exemption from the prevailing ignorance
thereupon ; hence I hereby seek light at its
source, begging you to inform me upon one
item.
'J National Political Convention which as
sembled in New Yrk on the 4 til of July lust,
adopted us its fourth Resolution the lollop
ing, namely, "Equal taxation of every species
of property according to its real value, in
cluding Government bonds and other public
securities.
1 wish to enquire what has been the prac
tice of the Government since its foundation
respecting the tuxutiou ol Uoverument bonds;
or, if this iuformution cannot be brielly and
conveniently conveyed, permit me to modify
my enquiry, so that it may cover only lUc
peaiod between March 4, to March 4,
1SU1, extending through two historic Au
ministratiuua ol tho Goveinmect. I remem
ber that bonds, or other evidences of iuterest
heurinir indebtedness. oti'rinatinL' in loans
then contracted, were issued bv the Govern-
ment during the administration of President , t,oa ! "' Toucey, the then Secretary of the
Buchanan, at a rate of interest in gold oM2 j Navy, a specimen brick of Connecticut Dem
per cent, per annum. Wer theso public ocracy, fearing the loyalty and patriotism of
securities subject to taxation on nn equality our "aval commanders, ordered our vessels
with every other species of property ? 1 f war to unheard-of places in far distant
The other proposition contuiaed in tlio t-B9, wtivre tlicy coulil by no possibility be
resolution is that the lands of the farmer and needed, but where they would be beyond
homestead of the laboring people shall pay
an ud talvrem tax equal to that puid ou
luxuries bv the, atlluent' consumer. Slav I '
euquire it the Government has ever applied
this principle to its methods ot raising
leveuue, subjecting all the agricultural nud
producing property of the country to special
uurdens'f A reply to theso enquiries will
gratily me.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. (4. TlIOMI'BON.
Mil. SPINNKU S Jil.I'LY.
Tkeasuhy or tub I'kitkd States
Wasiiinuto.n, Sept. ii, 'OS.
Sir: Your letter of the 20th ultimo was
received by yesterday's mull.
agree with you fully, thut there is no
subject of national concern, except the ques
tion of peace and unity, of greater practical
importance to the American people Hutu that
oi liuuuce. The first will be rightly and
finally settled by the elccliou of Grant and
Collux. The lust, 1 hope, may be equally so
settled by that result. But 1 fear we have
a lew leadiug men in our own party, who
are not well grounded in ethics or political
economy. These the party will eventually
slougb off, aud, if liecessury, take from the
dcbii of tho disintegrated Democratic paity
euough meu w ho utu souud 011 the question
of liuuuce, and who are alive to Uie living
issues of the day, to save the couutry from
the disgrace of purtial or total repudiation
ami cuusequeut national dishonor.
It the people were simply "misinformed."
as )ou state it, I think; there would be no
danger of the country's ruin. The truth is.
tbe Democratic demagogues are educating
the peopUs to ignorance aud rascality.
As tlie Issue in tue elections in the future.
after tha next coming oue, will probably be
made up ou the questions connected with
the national timtnues, there need be no fear
lhat alter full discussion the people will
uot reuder their verdict in accordance with
the true interests of tbe country, and with
their own inoatt sense of justice anxl right.
You rail my attention to the fourth reso
lution of tbe New York Fourth of July Con
vention, which you quote in these words:
"Equal taxation of every species of property
according to its real value, including Uov
erument bouda and other publio securities;"
aud you say that you wish to enquire what
has been tbe practice ot the Government
1 since it foundation respecting tbe taxation
Now, I do not believe that nnybody of
sound mind ever believed that this or any
other civilized Government on the fuce of
tho curth ever taxed its own stocks, or per
mitted them to be taxed by any other power
within its limits or jurisdiction.
Mr. Spinner then gives a statement of the
decisions of the Supremo Ootirt, and then
proceeds ns follows :
This decision of the Snnreme Court of the
Ur.itctl Slates, uearly forty yeuri no, seems
to imvo semeu tlie question Unit United
dtates stocks cannot be taxed by States mr
by municipalities; and it has been acquiesced
in by all parties from that time till now.
The question whether the Government of
the United States can tux its own stock or
not has never, to my knowledge, been ad
judicated. That it has not been, is probably
due to the fact that it is patent to the mean
est understanding, that uny taxation by the
Government of its own stork would be re
pudiation tu the extent of the amount of
such taxation. You sny that you "remem
ber t hat bonds, or other evidences of interest
hearing indebtedness, originating in loans
then contracted, were issued by the Govern
ment during the administration of President
Buchanan, at a rate of interest in gold of
twelve per cent, per annum ;" ami yotl ask,
"Were these public securities subject to tax
ation on nn equality w ith every other species
of property ?" 1 have no means of knowing
whether these particular securities were
taxed by States or municipalities. Th-.-y
certainly were not by tho General Govern
ment ; and I doubt whether any other ever
attempted such taxation in tho face of the
Supreme Court of the United States, to
which I have referred you. But let thut be
as it may, there is a history about this
twelve per cent, per annum loan that the
people should be slow to forget. It Was n
part of the rebellion itself. Howell Cobb,
former Speaker of Democratic Mouse of
Representatives, late Brigadier General in
the lute army of the late Confederate States
of America, and then Mr. Buchanan's Sicre
tary of the Treasury, carried thes securities
in his carpet-bag in blanks to the .city ol
New York, and alter slandering the stocks,
traducing the credit ol the Government, and
announcing bis opinion that they never
would be paid, but that he mu-t have the
money for them at any rate, ottered them on
the market, and then tilled up the interest
blanks at nu ll rates as li s political friends
chose to nt-k hi in to insert. Most of them
were paid in gold witli the stipulated exor
bitant rate of interest added after I dune
into this ollice, and after the war had begun,
antl w hen, notwithstanding all this, the Gov
eminent wus then obtaining loans nt six per
cent, per annum. This loan was made, too,
within a very short time alter the same
honest Democratic Secretary tit the Treasury
had been using the funds in the Treasury,
intended lor tho enneut expenses of the
vjineinr.i in '".lyi'ijr ui) in the market tin;
fr.r cent, bonds of the I' tilled Suite, that
had then many years tn run to maturity at
about twenty per cent, above their par value.
Think of it. lie bought the miniatured six
per cent. Ftocks at K'O, and immediately
thereafter, in an apparent timo of profound
peace, and when money was abundant, sold
securities, receiving par and stipulating to
pay at the end of one year 112.
Was Cobb a fool, think you ?
Not at all ; ho kntw exactly what he was
driving at. He was already at that early day
a truitor, and hoped, by his rascally manage
ment, to so cripple the resources and derange
the litiances of the Government, in w hose
service he then was, and whose interest and
honor he had sworn, lor pay, to protect, as
to make secession easy and sure. This man
tho original "carpet-bagger' is now, as
j lis was then, a leader and a shining light in
I the Democratic party. But this was only a
' part of the great conspiracy. While Cobb
was accomplishing this, his great financial
i achievement in the interest of the coming
rebellion, Thompson, then Secretary of the
Interior, made away with the Indian amnesty
trust funds belonging to tUe Government;
Floyd, Mr. Buchanan's immaculate Secretary
of Wur, robbed the Northern forts and ar
senals of tneir arms antl munitions nl war,
and transported them South, to be used
"gainst the Government and lor its destine
llle ll',lc of recall by the Government in the
' day of its peril. This is the parly and these
are the men that now canvass and solicit the
vole8 f outraged loyal people. Heally
their former rascality is outdone by their
present impudence.
You speak of another proposition contain
ed in this same fourth resolution of the
Democratic Convention, wherein it is sub
stantially proposed, "that the lands of the
farmer and homesteads of the laboliug pen
pie shall pay ad valorem, tax equal to that
paid ou luxuries by tlie atlluent consumer;"
and you enquire "if the Government has ever
applied this principle to its method of rais
ing revenue, subjecting nil the agricultural
and producing property of the couutry to
special buidcus ?"
The only mode by which "equal taxation
of every species of property, according to its
real value," can be reached is by a direct tax.
This manner of taxation has been resorted
to but four times in tiie history of our Gov
ernment: The first timo for $3,000,000, in
1709, during the administration of the elder
Adams. The second lor the prosecution of
the war with Great Britain in 1 13. for $3,
OUO,000,iu the administration of Mr. Madison.
The third, during the same period, ami lor
a like purpose, was passed Jan. 0, lc) 13, lor
fU, 000.0110. But as the treaty of peace w as
signed at Ghent, by the Commissioners on
the part ot Great Brituin ami the United
States, fifteen days bcfoie the act was pass
td, this tax was not collected. The fourth
aud the lasl act for the collection of direct
tax was passed in August, ISUl. It called
for $20,000,1)00. Aud to this day, after
seveu je.irs, it has uot all been collected Irom
the States.
This mode of taxation would bear heavy
upou the laud, stock, and utensils of the
tanner ; upon tho house, shop, mid tool of
the mechanic; aud upon the small property
of the poor laboring man. All this kiud of
property is, under present laws, entirely ex
empt from General Uoverouveot taxation.
Ho, too, under such rale, a tax would be
collected ou all incomes ot $1,000 aud less.
These too, under present existiog laws, are
exempt from General Uoverument taxation.
L'uder the proposed mode alt the small
means and the small incomes of the great
masses of our industrious people would be
taxed. Perhaps all this is intended, so that
more taxes may be wrung from the poorer
nd the middling classes, that the bloated
aristocracy, with foreign banker at it
beta, who new control the Ueosoeiiie
party, may be still further relieved from pay
ing their just proportion of the burdens now
necessarily imposed upon the whole people
by the criminal acts of these very men. Call
you ull this epial taxation t I can conceive
of no fashion or style that would be further
from it. But the members of tho Conven
tion who passed the resolution were not in
earnest; they fTnew better. Bui this last,
like the, first proposition in the resolution,
to tax "Government bonds," was intended
for "Buncombe," and nothing mnret as such,
it may have its day, for thu hypocrisy will
bo exposed. If. on the other hand, it is
earnest, an intelligent people will soon have
the opportunity to apply tho proper correc
tive. Very respectfully yours,
F. E. Spinner.
J. Q. Tiiomi'Bon. Esq., Shelby vide, Iud.
Sktmouii is 18G1 Tun Tkstimokt op
Ji'dgk HcnnEi.i., of Wisconsin. Last
week, at a political meeting held in Wam
pum, Wisconsin, Judge Hubbell, of Milwau
kee, made some important statements iu
regard to what he knew personally of Gov
ernor Seymour's sentiments during tho wnr.
Judge Hubbell was formerly Circuit Judge
in Wisconsin and a strong democrat. Du
ring the war he was one of tho most earnest
of war democnus. We give a report of
what lie said nt the Wampum meeting, as
reported in the Leader, of that city :
"Judge Hubbell stated that in the spring
of 1S0I, when the tiring upon Sumter had
electrilied the country, aud when the awa
kened North wns rushing to arm, a meeting
was held nt the Chamber of Commerce, a
meeting that many will remember as the
one in which the leading democrats of Mil
waukee. Judge Hubbell and Matt. II. Car
penter among them, camo out strongly for
sustuinini; thu national unity. At that meet
ing it. was announced that Governor Sey
mour was at the New hall House, and it w as
proposed to call him out. Judge Hubbell
was sent to unn mince the fact to Governor
Seymour. He found him in his room at the
Newhall, to nil appearances a very sick man.
The Judge informed him of his mission,
but Seunotir told him it wus impossi
ble for him to appear, he was too sick. At
this time several other gentlemen arrived
and t i'd Seymour thut he must nppcur,as the
crowd were outside calling for him and he
could not be excused. At last, with the
assistance of a couple of gentlemen, he w as
got out upon the balcony, where he thanked
the assembly !vr theil demonstration, but
excused himself from addressing- them on
the ground of extreme illness, and went back
to his room. Now murk this; not over fif
teen minutes -before Judge Hulibell's ap
pearance in Seymour's room, another gentle
man went from the Chamber of Commerce
to the Newhall to apprise Seymour of what
was going on. He found him in the ladic'
parlor, anil tn his inquiry concernino his
health, that gentleman expressed himself as
'never b-jtter.' When he wns apprised of
what was going on, ho told his visitor that
he could not ndtlress them, and he must
have him excused on the ground of illness.
Thus early in tho war, an invitation to Sey
mour to declare himself a patriot made him
sick inside ol 111 teen minutes.
"In the following autumn he was in Mil
waukee, and visited Judge Hubell in his
office, and in the course of the conversation
told him that people supposed that he had
liccii up orth looking, utter his property,
when in fact lie had been keeping out of the
way, and he went on to tell the Judge how
many ports there were on the southern coast,
and how utterly impossible it would be for
the combined fleets of tho world to blockade
them, and then went on lo demonstrate the
impossibility of subduing the rtbellion."
The UrsBAND. Ladies sometimes do not
value their husbands us they ought. They
not tiul'tequently learn the value of a good
husband fur the lirst time by the lossot him.
Yet the husband is the very roof-tree of the
house, the corner-stone of thn edifice, the
keystone of the arch called home. He is the
bread-winner of the family, its defense and
its glory, the beginning and ending of the
golden chuin of life which surrounds it, its
consoler, its law uiver and king. And yet
wo see how frail is that life on which so
much depentls. How frail is the life of the
husband and father! When he is taken
away who shall till his place ? When he is
sick, what gloomy clouds hover over the
house I When hois dead, whut darkness,
weeping, agony ! Then poverty, like the
murderous assassin, breaks in at the w indow;
starvation, like a famishing wolf, howls at
the ooor. W ulowhood is too ofteo the as
sociate of sackcloth ami ashes. Orphanhood
too often means desolation and woe.
. m m m .
Goo. Pluck thut beautiful flower, look nt
it a long time. Become conscious that it is
thu expiession ofa beautiful thought ot some
mind. This is the magic key that will un
lock the reason of all nature. All the dowers
are thoughts realized. l'ns from the (lowers
to the trees. The rounded maple, the urxec
Iu! elm, the straight poplar, tho bending
willow every tree is tho thought of some
mind. Puss from trees to niounluins. How
mighty those realized thoughts! Look at
the sea. What an individed thought ! Pon
der the whole earth. A world of some ere
ting mind. Gate at the stars. Thoughts
line the firmament. How great, how wise,
how lovely, how potent, and how incompre
hensiblu the spirit whose thoughts are thus
put forth ! "The heavens declare tho glory
of God, antl the (imminent showeth his
handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech,
and night unto night showeth knowledge.
There is no speech nor language where their
voice is not heard.". He that built all things
is God. We walk upon and in the midst ol
his realized thoughts. How carefully and
lovingly toward him we should constantly
walk.
Bkino. Aoukbaui.k. The art of being
agreeable is to appear well pleased willt all
the company ; and rather seem well enter
tained with them than to biing entertain
ment to them. A man thus disposed, may
uot have much learning nor much wit, but
if he has common sense', and something
friendly in his behavior, it conciliate men's
mind more than the brightest parts without
this disposition ; and when a man of such a
turn come to old age, he is almost sure tu
be treated with respect. It is true, that we
sliouid not dissemble and flatter iu company;
but man may be very agreeable, strictly
consistent with truth ami sincerity by pru
dent silence w hen he cannot concur, and
pleasing asnt where he can. Now and ihen
you meet w ith a) person exactly formed to
please, that he will gain upon every one who
hear or behold him ; this ie not merely the
gilt of nature, but frequently the effect of
much knowledge of lb world, ud com
mand ovet th fMMna.
A IM.11 lor i:urly ItlhiuK.
Early rising has been often extolled, and
extolled in vain ; for people think that an
hour's odditionul sleep is wry comfortable,
and can make very little difference, after all.
But an hour gained or wustetl every day
makes a great difference in tho length of our
lives, which wo may see by a very simple
calculation. Pirst, we will say that the aver
age of mankind spend sixteen hours of every
twenty four awake and employed, and eight
in bed. Now, each year having 3CS days, if
a diligent person abstracts from sleep one
hour daily, he lengthens his year 3G5 hours,
or twenty-three days of sixteen hours each,
the length of a miking day, wh'.ch is what
we call a day these calculations. We will
tako a perioil of forty years, and see how it
may bo decreased or added to by sloth or
energy. A person sleeping eight hours a
tlay has his lull average of SG.i days iu the
year, nnd may therefore be said to enjoy
complete his forty years. Let him take nine
hours' sleep, and li i 9 year has but 342 days,
so that he lives only thirty-seven and a half
years; with ten hours In bed, he has 319
days, and his life is thirty live years ; in like
manner, if the sleep is limited to seven hours,
our year has 383 days, and instead of forty
we live forty-two nnd a half years; and il
six hours is nnr allowance of slumber, we
have 411 days in the year, nnd live forty five
years. By this wo see, that in forty years,
two hours daily occasion either a loss or gain
of fire yeart. How much might be done in
this space ! What would we not give at tlie
eloso of life for another lease of five years !
And how bitter the reflection would beat
such a time, if we reflected at all, thnt we
have wilfully given up this portion of our
existence n.er. lv tlmt wemiuht lie a little
longer iu bed in thu moruiug.
fare of Teeth,
Roussenn said that no woman with fine
teeth could be ugly. Any female mouth w ith
a good set tif teeth, is kissabli;. The too
early loss of the first teeth has an unfavora
ble influence upon the beauty and duration
ol the second. I he youngest children should
accordingly be made to take care of them.
All that is necessary is to brush them several
times a rlay with a little oidinary soap or
magnesia and water. Grown people should
clean their teeth at least five times in the
course of the twenty-four hours on rising
in the morning and going to bed at night,
and after each meal. A brush as haul as can
le borne without pain should be used, and
the best of all applications is powdered char
coal and water, always lukewarm. After
eating, the particles of food should be care
fully removed from the teeth by mentis of a
toothpick nt quill or wood, but never of
metal, and by a thread passed now nnd then
between the teeth. Camphorated aud acid
tooth powders are injurious both to the
enamel and the gums, and, if employed,
every particie of them should be removed
(nun the mouth by carefully rinsing. The
habit which some ladies have nf Uoicg a bit
ot lemon, though it may whiten the teeth
and give the temporary firmness and color to
the gums, is fatal to tho enamel, us arc all
acids. No one, young or old, should turn
their jaws into nut-crackers ; and it is even
dangerous for women to bite off, as they
often do, the ends ol tlie thread in sewing.
It is not safe to briiia very hot food or drink,
especially if immediately followed by any
thing cold, in contact with tho teeth.
I in prove the ITeiilsi;!.
With the return of lengthened and plea
sant cool evenings comes the query to all,
how shall we best improve them 1 There
are a thousand pleasant ways of spending a
fall or winter evening, within the reach of
those who have Command of their own time ;
antl prominent among these are, indulgence
in literary pursuits. How few comparatively,
of the young people of tha present day,
appreciate as they should, tho inestimable
privileges they enjoy 1 Surrounded, as are
the young of large cities, with all the op
portunities necessary for the cultivation of
a literary taste, not one in a thousand ap
pears to improve theso golden chances.
Occasionally, it is true, we meet with a
young man. or a young w oman, w ho tirmly
grasps the idea, that "knowledge is power,"
but these, unfortunately, are the exceptions,
not the rule. Thousands of young men w ho
have comfortable homes w hose parents are
willing to supply tlitin with books and
papers instead ot availing themselves of
these advantages, t.pen,l their long full and
winter evenings cither in idle lounging
around corners, or in company with frivolous
associates, mule or feuiule. Thus, winter
after wiuter passes away, each oue bringing
them nearer to tho ago of manhood, but
not fitting them for the proper discharge of
the duties thut a full manhood requires.
They enter upon the busy stage of lilu with
none of those safeguards w hich a cultivated
intellect throws around its possessor. They
start life, laboring under a thousand disad
vantages, und conl'ionteil by innumerable
obstacles which disappear like shsdows
before the well informed mind. Tbe fact
that they do not contemplate adopting a
professional career doe not in any degree
relieve them from the charge of being untrue
to themselves,! heir friends und their country,
while thus frittering away the most precious
hours ot their lives iu idle indiffcrcucu, and
frequently in the company of those, assnci
lion with whom, is contamination. How
many nl them w ill rt-aolve to "turn over a
new leaf" and improve tho long evenings of
thu full and winter I
Femalk Logic As a young woman was
walking alone one eveuing. a man looked at
her, and billowed her. The' young woman
suid, "Whv do yon lollow me r He an
swered, "Because I have fallen in love with
vou. The woman enl. "Whv are you in
love with me I My sisttf is much handsomer;
she i coming alter me; go back and make
love to her." The man turned beck, anil
saw a woman with an ugly face. Being
greatly displeased, he turned to the first wo
man and said, "Why did you tell me false
hood f" Tue woman answered, "Neither did
you speak the trutli ; for if yon were really
iu love with me, why did you leave me to
look upon my sister i"
Advick to Yoono Men. Let the business
of every une alone, and atteod to tour own.
Don't buy whut you don't want Use every
hour to advantage, and study to make a
leisure hoifr useful. Think twice before you
spent! dollar; remember you will have
another to make for it. Look over your
books regularly, and if you find an error
trace it out. Should a stroke of misfortune
come upon you in your business, retrench,
work harder, but never fly the track. Con
front difficulties with unflinching perscve-
i ranee, and they will flv at last ; then you will
I be honored; but shrink, and jou will be
dipied.
AGRICULTURAL, &C
Storing Poluioes.
Experience has pro'-fi t- every potato
raiser, that the practice of digging t hem in
the morning and leaving them on theground,
exposed to the bent of the sun during the
day, is a very injurious one. Tliouf Ii tjotv
toes aro provider! with eyes, it is better if
they never sec the I'mh. Poat )es that Iibvu
be!:o'::i'e Vieated in the sun, are exceedingly
liable to rot; but even if they escupie this,
their liealthl'tilness and nutritive rfnalitits
are greutly impaiied. In f ine fectioiis of
Ireland tle custom prevail of fiuitinjt tba
potatoes into a covered top immediately
after they are dug.
The dtyer the atmosphere is, nnd tlie cold
er providing it is above the freezing point
thu better it will be for keeping potatoes.
If placed in such an atmosphere, they will
show no Stridency to sprout or rot for years;
nor can they be distinguished from freshly
dug potatoes. AM changes of temperature,
or of the deurce of moisture, are uufuvorable
to the keeping of potatoes.
A very good method of keeping thehl in
small quantities, as for family Use, ie to ass rt
them into barrels, till the interstices with mhi
dried sand, and then cover the totfS of ,the
barrels with nicely fitted turfs. If kept if.
this manner, they are not likely to becoun.
shriveled, and will retain the freshness of
recently dug, potatoes tiil late in the seaso .1
afier they are dug. They will also show
very little disposition tn sprout.
If farmers are not provided with suitable
cellars for storing potatoes, thett they f p?
best prescrvetl by making heaps of them on
top of the ground, nnd covering them over
with straw and earth. If this method is
adopted, care should be taken to cut a small
drain round thu heap, through which tb's
surplus w ater may puss off and to provide a
means of ventilating the heap during the
warm weather that often occurs in the Writ,'
even during the wiuter. For this purpose
it is well to make n tube of boards, atinui
six inches square, which .will reach from the
bottom, or lroni riear the hntt.11n1.nf the heap
and which will extend i toct cr two above,'
the miter surface. Tho part placed w iihin
the covering should be perforated w ith aunt r
holes. The lop should also be closed by
means nl an end piece, through which should
be a t'O inch Imle, to be Closed
ut pleusur.
by means of a 3li Ie.
Farmers who live in the vicinity of a sand
bank, will probably find it will pay to vxca
Vate a EuMtuhle space in it for storing pota
toes, and to secure it from cuving io by
means of a' rude box. In some portions of
New England potatoes are stoted in this
way, even by farmers who have good Cellars.
Prairie Farmer.
.fluking asuiit'i'lii-nut.
As several ladies within the past two
weuks have desired us to republish our re
ceipt for making this much esteemed dish
by many persons, we herewith comply with
their request, in order that il nisi be in l.. no
lot this year's Crop of Cabbages. It is this :
In the first place let your "stand." holding
from n half barrel to a bnrrol. be thoroughly
scalded out; the cutter, the tub 6Vt the
stamper also well scalded. Take off till the
outer leaves of the cabbage, halve them.'
niove thu heart, ami proceed with the cut
ting. Lay some clean leaves at the bottom
nf the stand, sprinkle wi;ha hatidlul of suit,
till in half a bushel of the cut cabbage,
stamp gently until the juice just makes its
appearance, then add another handful! of
salt, and ao on until the stand is full. Cover
over with cabbagu leaves, place on top a
clean board fitting the space pretty well, and
on top of that a stoue weighing twelve or
fifteen pounds. Stand away in a coo. place,
and when hard fieezing comes on remove to
the cellar. It will be ready for use in from
four to six weeks. The cubbago should be
cut tolerubly coarse. The Savoy variety
makes the best urtJMi but it is only half i
productive as ilie Drumhead and Flat Dutch.
Gernuintoicn, Telegraph.
Farmers) Iioc jireuio.
Put into some fire proof vessel one fourth
pound of lard or soft grease like lard, one
fourth pound of tallow beef or mutton tal
low one fourth pound of beeswax, half a
pint of neatsfoot oil, three or four table
spoonfulls of lampblack and a piece of gum
camphor S3 large as a bin's egg. Melt t u
ingredients over a slow tire, and stir them
thorougnly after they are melted. Never
heat it so hot as to make it boil. Soft grease
which has snlt in it will not injure the leather.
Now, have the leather warm, and warm the
grease, not so it w ill flow, but have it so soft
thut it may be put on with a brush. StruS'ld'
tho leather seem to need it,- give tiVe shoes or
boots an oiling occasionally. It is not best
to dry this shoe grease all in before the fire,
but allow it to remain on the surface of the
leather. A light coat of this kind will ex
clude the water even if the boots are exposed
to the wet all day. This sti'ms grease will"
not injure leather by rendering it hard and
inelastic. When a man's boots are exposed
to wet, ho should wash them clean at night,
and hang them up in the kitchen where tlie
leather will dry gradually, and put on a lit
tie grease every morning. It is tar better to
grease a little often than to grease bounti
lully every ten or twelve (lay. Leather
should not be allowed to become very dry
before greasing. Always apply the grease
as soon as the leather is almost dry; then
the leather w ill be mellow, and never become
hard. Nothing injures boots or shoes more
than to set them a-idu to dry when covered
with dirt. Keep boots and shoes away from'
the fire when they aro liable to be heated.
Heating the leather injures it.
Another Hf.ckipt kor Stxwed Beff.
Housewives who are in the habit of using
only steak anil roasts, make a great mistake.
A capital dish may be made out of the
"chuck," as the butchers call it. or the neck,
when well prepared. Select a piece of meat
as large s thu demand of your table may
require, wash It well lo remove all the blood
or soil from the outside, have your dinner
pot perfectly clean, salt nd pepper the meat
well, lay h in the bottom end cover it with
water; boil it from two to three hours, or
till it it thoroughly tender; add half au onion,
a sprinkle of sage, thyme or summer savory.
If the msat is fat, let the water all stew
out a half hour before it Is put on the table,'
aud when your meat is browned well on the
lower side in the gravy, turn it over and
brown the other tide. When ready, take It
up, add a little flour ibickeuiug tn the gravy,
01 if you have a dredge box shake the flour
into the hot gravy and brown it, then add
boiling water, and jou will have adiah equal,
and, to my mind superior to tha comiuou
roast beef upon boarding house tablet.
Car must bo used lo turu it ; ut: co'inUy
necestaiy i good judgment in having it
tlkiir.moKI w l I iinnliM1 f ,. , t T-..L.