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The project is one of entire feasibility and the won der is that intelligent effort in this di rection has not long since received the united and earnest efforts of the |>co ple interested in this noble river. And now, that "internal improvement" has been permanently established as a fea ture of annual national expchditure > instead of appropriating the public money to clearing out trout streams for the amusement of special members of Congress in wild locations, let a combined and concentrated effort l>e made to secure the appropriation of a reasonable share of the money that may fall to Pennsylvania and other States directly interested, to make the Susquehanna what nature intended it to be—a great National and State tho roughfare for commerce and trade. We recollect that in the early days of the introduction of our canal system of internal improvement, this question of renderiug the Susquenanua naviga ble for steam vessels was discussed, and one of the first Commissioners, a citizen of this county and a practical and learned engineer, took the ground that this plan was not only practica ble but less expensive than the system of canals proposed, lie wa* deemed visionary at the time, and the unfor tunate system of canals was adopt- j ed. This Commissioner wa. ('hnrlcs Trcziyulny, nDd subsequent events are not wanting to prove the accuracy of of his judgment. The proposition now agitated to hold a convention of citi- , zens of New York, Pennsylvania, Ma ryland and Delaware, who are perhaps most directly interested, with a view to make the Susquehanna navigable, ; is timely and proper, and should be promptly called at an early day. It is no discredit to the enterprise, that they now propose to do what our old ' friend Trcziyulny urged upon the peo ple of Pennsylvania more than half a j century ago. THE President has appointed a col lector in Maine that will probably cause about the same trouble and dis cord that has distinguished his ap pointment in New York. At the re * quest of Hale, one of the new Senn tors from that State, Gen. Smith, for two years the acceptable Collector of Customs at Hangor, who is said to be a very prominent and popular Repub lican, has been removed to make room for ex-Governor Davis, who was de feated for re-election last fall. Davis ! was a candidate for Senator and stood in the way of Hale, and it is said this appointment is the consummation of a bargain by which Davis was induc ed to retire from the Senatorial con teat. Gen. Smith and bis friends are not pleased with the trade. TIIF. Hon. S. S. Cox, who has been spending the summer vacation abroad, took in the French Assembly, and from personal observation of its work ing* there, is fully satisfied that cabi net officers on the floor of Congress will be out of place and unadviaable here. It may therefore be taken for t granted that Mr. Cox will put in a lively opposition to the passage of Senator Pendleton's bill, awarding ex traordinary privileges to cabinet offi cers on the floor of Congress. HARRIET LANE'S HOME. I he Mistro** of Hie White House tlnr inr Buchanan's Term. .1 17.W< to llt >' A* ddtml4. near lMtic r ■ JitminUceners / the Seijhiorh Uurluman ami Thaddeui Steven*. V. A. Hurt iu tha i'rmi. Among all tho American women who have impressed themaclvea upon our itocial unit political lite, none ever held a higher place than Harriet I.ane. The many years she was tho light of tho household of her bachelor uncle, both at home and abroad, will still be recall ed with delight by tho thousands who visited him und whom he visited while ho was our ambassador abroad and tho executive of tho nation. Her queenly beauty, intelligence, rare conversational powers and charming manners made her a favorite everywhere. Thousands there aro still living who remember the grace and dignity with which she pre sided over the executive mansion, and will recall with pleasure their visits there while this noted woman made company welcome. 1 recall Harriet Lane to tho almost numberless people who have lost sightof her since she retir ed from public life and became a wife anil mother, because she is near this place. An accident took me to-day to her lovely home. She inherited Wheatland from her uncle, and she spends the summer at the old place, for it revives so many memories of the past. She still returns in a striking degree those graces of manner, queenliness of form and carriage, and intelligence which long ago marked her so prominently upon the pages of our social and politi cal history. Ago has not whitened her | lovely golden hair, nor disturbed her exquisitely chiseled lace, nor dimmed the lustre of the violet eyes which have sparkled upon so many grave and gay scenes. Death lias just drawn an impenetrable veil between tier and the public. Her favorite boy, James Buchanan John ! -ton, recently died. Upon his mind she had impressed much of her own force, and had carefully watched hint with tho hope that he would fitly wear and perpetuate the name of the man she idolized and to whom she devoted the best part of her womanly life. IL-r remaining son is stricken with heart troubles, the rheumatic fever, which carried her other son to the grave. ■ I loth these manly boys had grown into her heart and life, and this last and greatest sorrow dims all the charms of ■ Wheatland to her who ha* seen and heard so much within its walls, who so ! often was the life of distinguished com- I pany, and who during the days when | tier uncle was running out tho last | sands of life was his greatest comfort, j became his willing and devoted nurse. A reference to Harriet Lane, a visit to Wheatlaud, and a look about this country naturally recalls two of the greatest names known toils history ! •! imes Buchanan and Thaddeu* Stevens. What great events the mention of these two names recalls! How many con flicts in politics it revives ! They never agreed, and the clash of their opinions always struck fire. Here, where they | grew to he great, where their convic tions matured and their fame ripened until it became world wide, there are many things to recall these two men and the memories of their lives and achievement*. Both were old bachelors, hut a* di verse in habits, inclinations and ambi tion* as two beings possibly could lev Stevens was a fearless man, who pushed hi* opinions in season and out of season snd waged relentless war on all who differed with him. Ho was a good com panion. had hi* game* and quiet frolics and enjoyed life in hi* way. The little, unpretentious brick house in which he lived still stands in the business centre of the town. It sit* out on the street under the shadow of the a Democratic newspaper office, on Ibe one side, and that of a bait'-brced publican paper on the other. It i* one of the oldest house* in this old place and wear the mark* of age all over it. While it i* a landmark that the people always point out. a stranger marvels to find it appropriated to such peculiar ue. "There is Thnk Stevens' old home," said a friend who was showing me the striking point# of the city. 1 looked in the direction he indicated and found that a barber pole and a wooden Indian had taken possession of the two front doors to the house, f could hardly he iieve this to lie the place, hut my friend removed my doubts by saying: " That's the place, where there's a barber shop and a cigar store. There, where thev 1 shave you for ten cents, Stevens had his law oflire and won much of his fame j and fortune. He slept in the room un- i der the eaves directly over it, and had I the whole house in which to entertain his friends." Many are the stories that are told of this great hut queer charac ter, .who lived alone and compelled the respect of all by the power of his intel lect and the force of his will. In this old house ami from his bed room win dow ho first herd tho news of the assassination of Lincoln. The old mail carrier, who had for years trudged be tween the railroad and the pontoffice, came up in the gray of the morning on the llth of April, lWi5, after hi* early trip to the station. He knocked u|on the office window and Mr. Stevens rais ed the one above it, pushed bit bead out and heard from the mail carrier's trembling lips the fact that Mr. Lincoln bad been murdered. His only re|>onae was in his vigorous Pinglish, "Betrayed again—by Hod 1" The window went down with a thud, and Mr. Stevens waa soon dressed and on his way to Wash ington. In the great political events which followed this appalling crime, Mr. Stevens became the prominent fig ure in American history which he de served to be. * • • • The place where Buchanan lived and died is in striking contrast to that where Thaddeus Stevens passed his day. It ia aituated about a mile beyond tbe marble shaft, with it* four heroic figure*, which site in the centre square of thia little city. It is there as a tribute of respect to those who fell in the war of the re bellion. Wheatland is a beautiful place, and skirt* tbe turnpike which runs from Lancaster to Marietta. Juat aa you reach tbe brow of the hill, at the envi rons of the town, you catch a glimpse of tbe old landmark end it# charming surroundings. From thin point, too, Lancaster is seen, half smothered in the maple grove in which it is built. This picture of art and nature is set in a beautiful frame of green fields, into which is curved arin HC " r,e '' *uoh us can he found 110 where else in this country. , (hi the summit of the hill, just before you reach Wheatland, you pass the three striking evidences of this advanc ed civilization St. Joseph's hospital and chapel, a beautiful Human edilice just erected by the order of St. John of liod : tho Lancaster watch factory and the Franklin and Marshall college. So, standing guard over the old home of one of the most honored men in our American history, are these three strong outposts, representing Charity, Industry ami (education. The old roof tree at Wheatland sits well back from tho road and is half hid by the great trees which stand between it and the turnpike, lieforo tho porch stand two towering Norway pines, clad in their richest verdure, from the limbs of which beautiful baskets of plants and flowers hang liko gaudy pendants from tho ears of a dusky maiden. The grass grows rank on the lawn, and the Dowers are grouped together in tasteful array both before and behind the old time streaked mansion. The broad porch at the front holds the present proprietor, Henry KUintt Johnston, the eminent I banker of Baltimore and the husband , of Harriet Lane. He welcomed us to the . home of Buchanan, and we passed into tho great, broad hall, which runs clear through the house, then to the left | into the little parlor which is tastefully | furnished, the walls of which ore hung 1 with portraits and beautiful landscapes, I many of which were presents to Mr. Buchanan while he was abroad as our I minister to the Court of St. James and I Russia. (Ml' this parlor, in aw ing of 1 the house, is the library in which Mr. Buchanan did his work. It is a plain hut commodious apartment, still kept 1 as nearly as possible as in the days 1 when the statesman occupied it. His portrait hangs over the mantel piece, and on the opposite wall a copy of his {inaugural address, printed upon sstin, delivered on the 4th of March, lv">7. In tiie dining room, still glistening with the family plate, stands an old clock, the property of Mr. Buchanan's father. It has ju-t been recovered by Mr. John ston after years of search It had been bought at Mr. Buchanan's father's sale near Mercershurg and taken west to the Rocky mountains by a Frauklin county ' farmer. A publication of tins fact led to the spareh and recovery of the an cient timepiece, which often indicated the school and working hours of J antes Buchanan when a boy, and it has just j been put in the 'lining room at Wheat | land. AH over the place and through | the old mansion there is an ctfort to preserve everything as nearly as po..i --| tile as the great man who owned it lclt 1 it. Relics belonging not only to him ■ but to bis f ith'-r and mother are promt ! licntly displayed. From tiie back jiorclt a turf walk leads you between two ltn- of flower , beds past the garden to the gr< it hick ory grove which forms a striking back i ground to the cultivated, shrubbery clad, Dopier and gro* docorated lawn in the front and rear of the old house. This grove wo* one of Mr. J'.uchanan's favorite places of resort, and beneath the grateful shade of these several seres of towering hickories ho often walked and thought, or sat and read, arid often took bis friend-, or went himself to view the heautllul country which lies j around about this home. From the hark of this forest home a charming scene is presented. A little valley, which look* like a cradle hung lietwc n two hills, with its bed made of maple leaves, locust twig* and oak l>migti, runs for miles among fertile fields until lost in a sloping hill, which makes * pretty pillow for this charming farm nd woodland scene, broken only by the tasteful farm house and spacious ; barn which is such an im|iortant evi ; dence of the thrift and energy of the ■ Pennsylvania husbandman. On the side of the grove nearest the house the scene 1* different but none the less striking. Stretching for nnles away, the best evidence* ofsintelligent husbandry to lie found anywhere on the j globe greets the eye. (ireat fields of waving grain, beautiful farm house*, and spacious barns to hold the gathered harvest* ; beautiful groves, and behind all those, forming an impressive back ground to this tasteful and thrifty pic- ! ! lure, are the furnace hills, rising like a hank of blue clouds against the horizon. Here the great Cornwall mine* and fur naces add their smoke and dust to the quiet farm scene* which they overlook. A* much a* Mr. Buchanan loved this picture there is one on the old place ' which i* still dearer to him. Almost by the roadside and to the right as you enter the gate 1* a great spring walled with brick, a dozen feet in circumfer ence. Around this is a trio of great , weeping willows and under the*e was Mr. Buchanan's favorite resting place. He could sit here and take in most of the scene* I have #0 crudely described, and from this spot there was a view to him more charming than all other*, H look* down the road toward* Marietta, and not only take* in all the charming picture of farm scene* which eree|w from Wheatland up to the mountain*, hut ho* for it* background and wilhin easy eye range the beautiful chestnut hill* not two mile* away, lawn half way up and then grove clad. It is a beauti ful spot, not only to look ujion, but to visit, and here the good people of Lan caster flock in the early spring time to gather arbutus and have their littlo soetal gatherings, and at May time frolic over the green sward and quaff their nut-brown ale to the good health and prosperity of those who hare made na ture *0 beautiful by all the evidence of worldly prosperity and intelligent agri culture which charm the eye which ever way vou turn. In the fall these same people come here to gather chestnuts, and in "that mild season of moist and mellow fruitfulneea" take a last frolic as tbey gather the nut* for the winter store, and then adieu to out door sporU until the arbutua comes again. By this old spring and under these willows the ex-president loved >0 well, Buchanan and Stevens were to have greeted eafcta other after years of even social seiiaration. I>r. Carpenter, the village physician, who treated both Ste vens and Buchanan, and at whoae wed ding year* before these two men had turned their backs upon each oilier, conceived thut ago mellowed the asper ities of early manhood they might he brought, together. He undertook the tok, which billed only because it was delayed until their earthly accounts had too ncurly approached settlement. He had arranged with Buclianun thut u certain hour of the duy he wus to be in his favorite place by the spring. The doctor was to tuku Stevens in Ids car riage, drive out the turnpike rood to ward Wheatland, and as they approach cd Buchanan wus to wulk out and greet thorn, and the hostility of years was thus to have been softened, if not oblit erated. Before the day set apart for this reconciliation Mr. Stevens was stricken and died without again speaking to the "Sage of Wheatland." The friends of each tell this story to show that both were willing toward the sundown of life to temper the animosities which bitter politics and the conflict of ideas upon the slavery question had aroused. TALKING BIRDS 1 From Lslaur* lloar. Parrots, starlings, and jackdaw* are j not the only birds that "tulk." Birds I not possessed of native powers of mel ; ody are usually gilted with very varied 1 abilities of articulation. A hooded crow, I lor instunce, can produce an astonishing | variety of complex noises from his | throat, and his talents only lack culti vstion to enable him to give utterance to words; but ins natural language is the very reverse of melodious, mid can j not in any sense be considered as a | "song." I have known u hooded crow 1 to ouy "Papa!" with great correctness, and what is more remarkable, be in l variably applied the name to its prop er owner not the hoodie's papa, but j bis master's. The starling talks very roughly, indeed, to his fellows, but he j is one of the best mimics we have, im itating the notes of other birds, and even the human voice, with great ac curacy. Magpies also can be taught to | urtit-ulatc with a tolerable degree of ac curacy. The mocking bird, too, so well known in some parts of the United ' >tates, has no natural melody of his own, but he contrives to copy in a most faithful manner the songs of nearly all i bis feathered neighbor*. But it i* a little MirDrUlng' to Bod, that the ennsry, so superbly endowed by natuie with musical teste and skill, will condescend on occasion to imitate the umnclodiuu* tones of the human voice, ait hough the fact that he does so 1- I oyond dispute. A correspondent of "Land and Water" mentions a canary owned by an old lady residing in Salt ford, near Bath, whi h was able to pro nounce several words with remarkable distinctness. At the conclusion <> its I song the bird nearly always said, "Kiss, ki-s, Miss Lizzie, k:**, kiss' Miss Lizzie being the daughter of its owner ; rind, after repeating the words more than once, a new song wa begun. It -ecms that thfso words were acquired several years ago, when the bird w.i* quite young, and during the moulting setsoo, when its natural song would Ire I discontinued. Curiously enough, tho only case* I j have known of talking canarie* have occurred in the West of I.nglstid. but ■ I am not able to draw any conclusion of j value from that circumstance. It may ; bo a mere coincidence, or there nmy possibly be a certain family of canaries settled in the wet country, who-'- peculiar gift it i* to imitate, with a fair amount of accuracy, the various mtona tion* of the human voice. A canary which was owned by a lady in Weston super Mare was accutomed to b-ar it* an invalid, #ay, on conclusion 'if it* song. "Oh beauty, beauty ! "-log j that again J" These words the bird : pirked up. and was soon able to repeat, ! but it* education made no further pro gress and no additional word* were ac quired. The hort sentence, as in the caae of the Saltford bird, was never ut tered save after a brilliant burst of ong. It is wholly incorrect to *upj>o*e that in m/am i.; l* ever attached by talking birds to such word* or short sentence* a* tbey may be able to pronounce. The i well known case of the Edinburgh par rot. whose singular accomplishment* have leen already noticed in more than one |>eriodical, ha* settled this question 1 once and for ever. So far **• tbi* .clever bird above "mere parrot-talk'" , that be rarely *poke a word which had not direct relation to surrounding ob jects or events. A strange dog intro duces! into the room w greeted with loud cries of "I'ut him out! Put him [ out 1 Irn 00 frightened !" Clergymen I attending hi* numerous levee* were | politely requested to "die 001 the | i'salm !'' and, as this by itself would savor somewhat of habitual irreverence 1 on Poll's part, it is only fair to add that i lie w* very particular at meal times in 1 telling the assembled faintly to "Say J grace first f" No Hospital Needed. No palatial hospital needed for Hop I Bitter* patients, nor large salaried tab j ented puffers to tell what Hop Bitters will do or cure, as ibey tell their own story by their certain and absolute cures at home.—AYw York Iruitptndfni. ** jjVff LOOK HERE! 'PIIE undersigned would reapectful- I fully Infbrm hi* thr*mghmjt Centre roan* t J that ha la at | pa. sr manufacture flic best OYER ALLS ill flic country. 45 Call and examine tliem. B 41 LAND & NEWMAN. Neu) Advertisement*, as With COSTIVENESS, tick Htadetbe. DVSPEP BIA, Loa. 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