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OFFICE, MARKET STREET, OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE.
gl jramfli) iictospapcr-Dctootci to Jjolftfcs, aftcrnturc, iHoraltts, jro.Mfon Domestic iUtos, eSrfritte ant tht Arty, aorfculturr, iwartcts, amusements, t.
NEW SERIES XXih, 3. NO. 49.
SUNMJUY, NOUTilU.MKIiUI.AM) COUNTY. PA., SATURDAY, MARC1T I, 1831.
Ol.l) SERIES V.Ol.. II. ISO. 2S-
M K
TKKMS or THK AMKHISJ.4.V
THK AMKRTCAS it pnr.Kiilied .very ftitutitsy at TWO
t01.I.ARW per niiruiffi to lie paid tins' yearly In iraVaiice,
Ha paper iitucimtiriiiefl mini at.l arreriifmi tr pi.
All curriimnritntUiin "' letter, on Iwmiifi" rotating to the
.celtoSrfti'1tteniii nvot He lusi taiu.
TO CLL'UM.
rt - l.i . e.3f0
m 1 i uA lull
E-Wtee o Du S0 0
Five Mian in advanc will.pay fur Hires yew". sultsciip'
titfn tu the America.
One Sarnie nf 1 liurr. !l time.,
Krery .ulnerueut insertion,
Uim Bquure, 3 inoullit,
fis miHtthn,
Uhi year,
Mueiaeu Csnli of Fivs line., per imain,
ilerenaMt. anil .'them, atlvariising.hy the
year, with the privilege of iinerlhig dil
rrat aarertiirineiila weekly.
CI on
S3
ami
4'.o
U0
300
10 CO
y Larger Ailvurtiaumeiiu, ui per ogreeinenl.
?" H. 3. 1C ASSES,
ATTORN li Y A T LAW,
SUIT BUS v, r A.
Business attended tu in the Counties of Nor.
diumbeiland, Union, Lycoming and Columbia.
llrlr !
I . or, A. Fmviu'ht,
I.IIW KH At lillllll.
o.ri.s & f'Kiiiimi ,
list solus, lr!'HL,n & .
Nfxkinm, 'ftllltl Jl...
yi'.hilatl.
THE VE" L.iTKST iUUlT.il.
NEAV GOODS,
AT TEE GTCItE OF
CP.A T. CLElCSlTTi
IVHO takes, this method of nifyming his
" friends and customers, tltnt he h,u just re
rived and opcucd a splendid assortment of
NEW (i ODDS.
rhicli lie ollci,. to llie public at the lmvest prices
His stock cpnsists of every variety ami quality,
cesary fof the farmer, uterinum', and Ishorer,
well as tlif professions! man, via: nil kimlso'
)1(mis' Apparel.
tCH AS. fl-CiTHS. CASSIMF.IIKS. itTTIXETT!,
VKHTl.ViS, Ac
ALSO:
a larire assortment ut
pulicnn, Mtntss"liitc Dc Laities, Alpaccas,
Mcriims.Shtwh. Ifainikerrhkjs.
t (llavnt. JlnUtctf. Cliec'is,
Cumlirtrs, f'ni.g
hamx, A'c.
AIo a lare assdrtmrnt of
i7au. anl S.'toes, Uils ttml Caps
Gum o"er .VWs,
Al.SU A AsiS.ORTJIKT P,F
READY MADE CLOTHING,
general iiswrlment P.f (icoeei ;t's, Sugar,
CotFee, 'IV, (.'hcfse, Mo
lasses S;!ic,s.
An nsmirtnient of
JlarJicart, J'ft''J! 4,',tt'' c'"'
I,itUoi;s,
trh a Brnml Gin,, Rum,, Whisfyty, Src
IV I'rodnee of ul kinda.will be ttken ill ex.
ange, and the hilifst nyirket price ijak for thp
me.
.Siinbury, Nov. U0, Jfi0. Iyt
GrwEA1? AEHIVAI,
Lvmy go ops'.
Karket Sts,, Suuburj', Pa.,
JOHN V. l'Ri,5N(; respectfully informs, his
friends mid rufinuu'r that he (in juiat re
ived a large and uiivUome uskoi Intent of
Dry fioods,
Connintiiig of plofl, CHwiinrn Buttif ttv
)e l.ains ('uiiroi'H, anfy
mid Mi. pic lioixU.
ALSO:
GROCERIES of every tlrsrription,
DltfC AV1 MI'.DIflVr'S
iUEENSWAEE AND HARDWARE.
Fiah, Molt, 4'lnKtrr nnd a t;enornl nMorlutfnt of
' auth kikmIh hi will nil rluasr; 'be rar
er, Mei'hatiic, Laborer ititd (.Jfnilv'.isifii of ull
ofetsious.
T li : L n t i v
'ill find a RTent variety of all gtp'h, trtii'!i'H as
ey will (iced ff the, pnwnt season.
IV" t 'onntrv prmluee of all kinds taken in ex-
ange at the biyliest market prjee.
Mtiubury, Ntyv. fi, 1R50.
MORE NEW GOODS
Al the iew lore nf
OIIN IUJYERSCQt,
MaikfcJ Street, Sunbury.
VHO liaii just rcived and opened larrje a
sorlnient of new and fasblonablc goods, of
ery variety, suitable, for the fall and wilier ea
ti, for all persons ; and UitVlpch lib calls the at
iliotf pf friends and custoinsrs. II is stock con
is in part qf
DRY C.OOBS.
SICI A3
CJofc, Cquimrrr, Satltnetln, Jlicrjnoj,
J5 Lainen, Calicoes, Shawls, Ilund
kerchief, and all kinds if wear
iiig oppaitl.
ALSO i
IIarlvare, CJucennvyare,
Groceries, Fjsb, Salt and Piaster,
id all artjclef tliil may be vyanted by th,e com
inity. Thp Laijics
ill find, by falling t hia afpiB, thf he J)aa not
in unmindful qf' thfjir waiU, and respectfully
litea them to t xamine hia Wilcctiuu.
tar" (Country prfjiluceef nil kinds taken in ex
inge fyr goods at the highest market price.
Sunbury, Nov. (', 1850. ly.
fEW STAQE LINE
FROM HOTTSVILLB TO Bl) 4MOKIN.
A new Imp qf gtogea is now running daily be
een the ahoye places. A coinfitttalp two horse
ge will lave Mt, Carmel for Bharngkin, imrae
itely after the arrival of the PqtUville stage at
it plc, id wil) return the pexf day from
impkr, fq s to meet the qtuvl stags on
return fo PpWvle.
Fropi BhAinokia to Trevorton
,rs will be established a DAILY LIE by next
ring so as to connect with this line, af bhamnkin.
the mean time private conveyances wijj bp in
sdiness at Shumokitl on the arival of juusen
CONRAD KERshNER.
Shamekjn, Dec, 14, 1850. tf.
S'K. Boureau'a eelebmted ink, end alee Con.
great ink for sale, wholesale end retail bv
f H. B. MANSER.
Decsunher t, I860.
SELECT POETRY.
Selected for the American.
' Ths Hebrew's Prayer.
BY T. K. HKRVBV.
A Hebrew knelt in the living light j
Hia eyes weru dim n ml coM,
Thn linir. on his brow were silver w hale,
Anil his blond wn thin nud old :
ll lifted his book to his latest mil,
For hu knew that his pilijriiiinue wdpne :
And as lie saw God's shadow there,
His spirit poured itself out in prayer.
"I came unlo Death's second birlh,
Beneath a strauuer uir,
A ptltrrim on a dull cold eart'
As all my falheis were :
And men l(ve stamped nte vvil!l,a curse,
I feel it is nut hink ';
Thy merey, liko vim sun, was. rratle
On me us. them In shine ;
And then-lore dare I lift mine eye
Through i but to Thee, before I die.
In this great temple built by Thee,
Whose ultais are divine,
Beneath ynn latrip, that ceaselessly
Liylits np Thine own true shrine,
Oh lake my latest sacrifice !
Look down nnd make this sod
Holy as thai, where, long ago,
The Hebrew met his God.
I have not caused llie widow's lears.
.Nor dimmed the oipban'e eye,
I have not stained !(); virgins years,
Nor tnni'ked Ihe mnurner:s crv :
The soul's of Ziou in my ear,;
Have ever been most sweet,
Ami always when I felt I hue. near,
My stiiies woie oil my teet.1
I have known Thee in the whirlwind,
1 have known Thee on the tylk,
I have lovetl Thee in the votoe of bird
Or the tinisie on the rill ;
dreamed Thee in the shallow,
I saw; Thee in the liibl,
1 heard Thee in Ihe ihnhder-neal,
And worshipped in Ihe ni'hl ;
All beauty, while il spoke of Thee,
Mill made my soul rejoice,
Ami my spirit bowed within itself.
To heat lThv still small voice.1
I have not felt myself it ihina!
Far from Thy presence driven,
By llaminj sword, or wavinjr vinst
Slyil otil from. Thee ami Heaven :
Must the wliiilwind reap, because
My failnvs sowed the storm 1
Or sink, because anoiher sitiuei
B.eneaih Thy red rilit arm i
Oh X much of ihis we dimly sca.il,
And niuc.U is all unkuovn,
But I will not take my curse from, MA,Kt
1 turn lo Thee alone S
Oh ! bid my faitilins spirit live,
And what sdark reveal,
And what is eyil, oh 5 I'lrsive.
And what is, broken, heal !
And cleanse my ualnre liom nboyo.
In the deep Jordan ol Thy love.
I know not if ihe Chrisiaiu's b ;aven
btutll be lite same its mint'
I only ask In be. foiniveu
And taken home to Thine :
I weary on a far dim siiand.
Whose tiatisious are as tombs,
Ami lout; lo liml Iht' f.illter-laiul(
Where there nie many homes.
Oil 1 grant of all your starry t tponej,
Some dim and distant star,
Where iidah's lost ami scattered sons
May love Thee from alar.
Where ull eaith's myriad harp shall meet
In clonal praise ami ptayer,
Shall Ziou's liarp, of old so uweel,
Alone be wanlitiL' there 1
Yet place me hi thy lowest scat, ,
Tlioui.'h I, ns nqw, be there
The Christum1 scorn, te Christian's, Jest,-
Bttt let tne see and hear.
From some dim mansion in the sky,
Thy bright ones and their melody.
The stpi goes down wiih sudden gleam.
And beautiful as a lovely dream,"
tml silently air,
The yisjoii of a ilatk-eyed gitl,
Willi long and raven hair,
Glides in as guardian spirits glide,
And lo ! is kneeling by his side,
A if her sudden presence there
Weie tent in answer lo his prater.
(Oh ! say they nut that angels tread
Aiotind the gund ntans's dying bed')
His child his sweet, his sinless child !
And as he gaged on her,
He knew his God was reconciluij,
A'ld this lh messenger;
As jure as Qod has linn; on high,
The protnii.0 now hefoie his eye,
K trth's purest hope tbns o'er lain flunp,
To point his heavenward fajib,
Ant! life's most holy feeling strr.ng
To sing him into death ;
And on his dauuhler' stainless breast
The dying Hebrew sought his ict.
I'lati' calls Truth the body of Cxl,und Light bis lmt nr.
Sclcrt dale.
Vnm S-irtaiu'i I m m Magazine.
THE KENNEBEC CAPTIVE.
UY UEV. JOjIN TODD, D. D.
Some of the most beautiful scenery q be
fqund in this pr any land, is to be fount) in
the Slate ol Maine,. Her rivers are ngmer
ous and great, her mountains lofty and jm:
posing, her sea coast iron bound and rough,
boldly looking out upon old Ocean at he
sweeps alon with tides and storms, and
saying, 'Come on, sir, and I'll give you a
neany welcome,' tier inlann lakes still
sleeping in the wilderness, are large and
magnilicent, her valleys are warm and fer
tile, and h,er forest have yielded to none n
the world for the abundance and goodness
oi ineir inn er. l.ven now. her rivers
j;end out salmon and lumber for the use of
every part ot the nation, At 4 very early
period in the history of our country, aet-
tlers began to push up her beautiful riven.
and drop down singly or in small erouns as
they ljked. She was wild provjnee of
Massachusetts men ana tier population,
mpp'ilg with all the hardships of the
wilderness, and qf ber severe climate was
very sparse. ar qp the tmcljanftng Ken
nebec, ttt very early day, were twp lami.
lies who had emigraled from the same neislv
borhood, and who bad JWS been faithful
friends. Old Mr. Red field lived in com
fortable, but in no wsy imposing log house,
on the banks of the river. He was a kind
hearted, benevolent man', never believing
the world to be wicked enough to cneai
him. thouarh almost everv week laufrbt him
the opposite doctrine. lie labored hard,
was a good husband and father,' a warm
hearted and bumble Christian, arid loving
ll men much, but his Cod more, lie
honestly earned properly, but could never
make it stick to his hnaers. His wife was
a noble hearted woman, w ho had relin
quished brighter prospects that Fhe might
be happy with the man of her choice.
And she had been happy. One by one
theirj children had sickened in the wilder
new, and they had carried them to the little
opening in Ihe forest which they had clear
ed, for a burying-rplaee. It was the first
clearing he had made after racbi,ng their
new home ; the briers and wild weeds were
not allowed to, grow there. Al the ttme
my story commences Mr. Redfield had
reached the ase of sixtv or more. His
wife was ten years younger. Only one
child remained to them, a staid, sober,
quiet, yet courageous boy, of about len
years of nije, and he went by the plain
name of Daniel Redfield.
Somewhat further MP 'he river, was a
house of greater pretensions. It was built
ol brick, gambrel roofed, and was surround
ed b' fruit trees and gardens, spacious barns
and out houses. It stood in a pleasant val
ley, under the shadows ol a lofty mountain.
The vale bad been clearetl up, and the
fields of wheat and corn, and the rich
meadows of grass, caused the passer by to
stop and gaze, and sav, 'Sqitire Ordway is
well to do in this world.' The 'Squire'
yas a man, who, lt,ke Ins neighbor, Ki-il-field,
was honest and kind ; but in worldly
wisdom he was far his superior. They had
both come into the wilderness poor, but
one was rich, and the other dwelt under
the shadow cf the lull of wealth without
being able to climb it. Mr. Ordway had a
lare family of boys. They were net very
polished, for they had to rough it from their
very infancy. Mutual dependence and
common privations, teach the pioneers of
the forest to be ready for any act of kind
ness which a neighbor needs; and no kind
er neighbors than the Ordways could be
lound on the Kennebeck. The parents
were proud of their boys j for none could
prostrate the forest, get out limber logs for
the mills, hunt the moose, or catch salmon
with more skill than they. Hut the pet of
Ihe flock was an only daughter, about four
years old. She blossoms about them, and
as beautiful too. Utile Susan was the idle
of the family. The father and mother
early discovered that she was 'a remarka
ble child,' and the hoys received it as a fact
not lo be questioned. Hence they cather.ed
lloW'Ts in the Spring, berries and fruit in
U;- S'lisimer, nuts in the Autumn, and plan?
ti"d slide? and sled-drawings on the ice in
the H iii Vr, for 'little Susan.' Hence it is
Pi.t to be wondered at that as she grew up,
she found a will of her own, and that her
litle foot sometimes came down with a de
t iijon that was unbending.
As the two families advanced, it was
plain that the Ordways were lo increase
and spread, and jrow wealthy. It was as
clear that the Kedtields never would.
Dunjel 'look to books.' Not that he dis
liked work, bill he yearned for knowledge,
so that there was not a book in the whole
region, of whose contents he was not a per
fect master. Happening lo light upon a
stray Euclid, the parents wondered much
over the bcautiltil figpres which he drew p,n
the while birch hark gathered from the for
est. Every pitch pine foot which he found
was careful ly saved to give him light for
study alter the labors of the day. At the
age of seventeen, the lather of Daniel be
gan lo droop. It was evident that he must
die. Like a wise man he had set his house
in order; ami the only regrets which he
had on the conviction that he must die,
were that he left his widow and child so
poorly endowed. Hut be knew the pro
mises of God to be faithlul, and his eye of
faith did not grow dim.
A few days before lie died, Squire' Ord
way came to pay his friend 4 visit. They
bad never quarreled and had no malice to
overcome, itiey had lived and loved like
brothers, and the teurs which I hey now
shed were the true currency of the heart.
'I do not doubt it,' said the dying man;
I do not doubt that you will advise and
encourage the po r woman as a brother
would ; and she'll need it. I have my
little faun paid (or, and the .cow and ihe
potiey ; but that's all neighbor. And then,
my boy Daniel ! I've tried hard, perhaps
not so faithfully as I ought, to wean him
from his books; but it's in him, and fire
couldn't burn it out of him. What can be
done tor him and with him?'
'It's no use in trying, my old friend, Jt's
jest as natural for him to study as for a
trout to bite at a llv. Study he will, and
study he mutt, and I'll promise to aid him
all 1 can.'
'Cod bless you for that, James Ordway.
And it he don't feel grateful, and thank
you, sure you are that you have the thanks
ol a dying father beforehand.
Who can tell but that, like one of our
own rough logs which, we send down the
river, and which worked intq a beautiful
house at Uostqji he may yet become some
thing that will honor us all !'
So said the foetid and neighbqr, and the
eye of the dying man kindled with joy,
and hope was there to cheer him, and faith
to strengthen him, and so his last interview
with his old friend was one of deep conso
lation. The good man was buried jn the little
gf-sveyard ; and th" deep snows soon laid
their white sheet ovef him, and the winds
that sighed through the lofty forest, tolled
hif requiem. Jn a short time Mr. Prdway
went to see the nearest educated mind in
tqe fegion ; a bumble minister of the Co-
H i HHq lyeo; o f poor sfiaofy ao.oup sx
mjles off through the woods, and had
followed his sheep there to keep them fnsjt
the wolves. The good man w.as, a finished
scholar and with a smiling face told Mr.
Ordway to send the young man without fee
or reward. He promised lo do so; but the
Squire had occasion to go that way often,
and it was noticed that he always stopped
ostensibly to inquire about his protege,
but in reality to drop a base of potatoes, a
quarter of beef, a few yards of flannel, or
something to add to the real comlort ol the
minister's family. Daniel was a good and
profitable pupil. Twice a week on his
pony, SJiang, did he go lo recite, and never
without stopping tit Mr. Ordiyays a mo
ment since he must needs 20 past his
door. It was soon found that Daniel qouh
in a measure compensate Mr. Ordway, for,
he now gave lessons regularly lo little Su
san,' as she was still called, though she was
now fairly in her teens. She had, never
manifested any very great love for books,
but under Daniel's superversion, she actu
ally studied and made rapid advances. It
is impossible to lell why, but younz, misses
do sometimes. They become ant scholars.
Time moved on, or else our story could
not, The Revolutionary War' bad broken
out, and raged. The call of Ihe infant nation,
invoking the spirit of freedom, had pene
trated even the wilderness; and the young
Ordways every one left the axe, left their
clearings, and had gone to join the army of
Washington, lonn;; Kedbeld had com
pleted his college course, within lour
months, by the great efforts and economy
of his widowed mother, and the kindness of
her husband's old friend, when the college
was broken up bv the war, and the students
fcattered. Daniel returned home to con
sult his mother and his friend Ordwav.
whether or not he should join the armv
also. It was a doubtful question; for
though ho was a good hunter, and a dead
shot with Ihe rifle, yet ten to one, but if he
got hold of a book the enemy might charge
and ride over him ere he knew it. The
willow felt that she could not have him go
he was her all. Mr. Ordway hesitatecl
what lo advise, and 'little Susan,', now
eighteen, rmd as pretty and authorative as.
ever, declared it was a shame ; that he
ought not to go and leave his aged mother; ;
that it was lonesome to have everybody gp
of! ; and that she was almost ready to enlist
and become a soldjer herself, rather thtiji
stay there in the woods so lonely!
While this great question was undecided,
young Redfield one morning took his rifle
and went up the Kennebec to hunt (or
moose. A moose is a, large species of deer
If my readers never saw one, they have to
imagine a. round, fat horse, cut his tail short
oh", put an a,ss'-s head on him, with immense
horns often weighing ninety pounds
give him long, deer's legs and hools, and
you have a pretty good moose. They
weigh as much, and ollen more than a
horse, and stand up much higher from the
ground. Daniel went up the river, but
uirht came and he did not return. This
gave no uneasiness. Hut alter he had been
gone two, three nnd four days, the mother's
heart began to be alarmed. There had
been a great rain, and if alive and well,
why had he not come back? She caught
old Shang, and vwnt down to ennsjilt Mr.
Ordway. He at first thought Ihe young
man had been unsuccessful, and had deter
mined lo hunt until he bad got a moose.
Susan ullected to laugh, and said 'he tin;
doubledly had found moose enough, but
protiaoiv Dan tnrown a, tiooK al tliem in
stead of shooting: for her part, she had no
doubt be was looking up the book he had
thus thrown away !' At the same time the
poor girl stopped her sewing, her fingers
trembled so! Mr. Ordway procured an
old hunter, and they scoured Ihe forest in
search. I hey found his trail, and followed
it up to Moose head Lake, where Hit; Ken
nebec breaks out so boldly and so unex
pectedly from Ihe majestic lake. There
he had shot a moose, which was lying in
the edge of the water where it fell. There
they found his hunting knife, as if dropped
carelessly ; but no lurther could they trace
him. The shore of the wild lake was stony,
and no marks of the feet could be seen. In
vain they bhouteil, kindled fires, and fired
their rifles; the echos came down far up
Ihe lake, but no other response. Ijad he
fallen into the rapjd river? Ihey could
find no traces of him. Alter lingering and
searching 4 couple of days, they relumed
towards home, occasionally firing their
lilies, each in quick succession the hunj
er's signal hoping though tainlly, that f)e
hnd reached home. But no, he was not
there. It was a profound mystery. The
widowed mother was almost crushed by the
misfortune. Mr. Ordway sent all the way
to the army, to see if by any possibility his
sons bad seen or beard from young Red
field ; but they had not. They had expect
ed he would have joined them before this.
bo it continued tp be a profound mystery.
The mother made up her mind that he had
lulled into the rjver some where, and was
drowned. Ordway nearly coincjded will)
ber in opinion. As for Susan she didn't
and she wouldn't believe, that he was, but
that he knew enough to keep opt of the
water, or at least to rise up alter he was
dead nd Merit ' What her thenrv was ihe
' ... .... , , T
Inlil . ImiI llinu.rb nkii full l.jd on.nirrh
it was not that choking grief, which the
certain dealh of our friends always brings.
The old hunter averred that there yas a
mighty spirit by the name of Kinnio, who
owned that lake, and who sometimes de
stroyed people who came to his lake alone.
Ills home was on the mountain in the mid
dle of the lake, (now called Mount Kinnio)
where he carried his victims and aje them
half roasted ! And be consoled the mourn
ers with the assurance that he had no doubt
but they could find some of the young
man's bones the next season, thrown down
the mountain!
Young Redfjeld i)ad been lost, not ior
gotten about J wo years, when a suitor,
every way prepossessing, presented hiov
self at the 'brjcjc house and in the moat
proper way possible, offered bis band and
heart to Susan. To the surprise of all, she
civily declined both. The young man be-
sought her parents to intercede for him.
They did so and to no purpose. He then
sought the aid of the Widow Redfield, and
she had a talk with Miss Susan. To her
surprise, the girl would talk of nothing but
her son Daniel, nis habifs, his ability to
swim, his power to fake carp of himself.
To her amazement, positive Susan didn't
and wouldn't believe he was. dead or ever,
had been. Tb.e widow; almost forgot her,
errand, arid w;ent home, blaming herself for
indulging hopes on the'whim of a spoiled,
tjljijti. But she went to ;ork in right good
earnest to find Capeeno,an Indian who
sometimes came in those parts. After
great search, Capeeno was found, and fold
that Miss Su'san wanted ty, see him very
much.
Jo be Coutifiufd.)
DEGENERACY OF THK NOBIIJTV.
We give below an acount of the elegant
amusements which the English nobility and
gentry sometimes indulges in. It shows that
Ihe habits of our elder brothers are somewhat
changed ; since Ihe sovereigns of England as
sumed Ihe title of King of France and de
fender of Ihe failh in addition lu the one they
were in fact entitled to. The days of Sir
Francis Drake, Admiral BJake, Lord Nelson
and ths Duke of Marlborough are now past,
and we fear little of that chivalry remains
which enabled the Duke of Wellington lo tri
umph over the "child of destiny'
At the steward's ordinary, at the While
Hart Hotel, Aylesbury, after Iho aristocratic
steeple-chases yesteiday week, ihe conversa
tion turning on ihe teal of, bringing a horse up
into the dining-room in which the company
were (hen assembled, which was once done
by Lord Jocey liu and Mr. Ricardo, during the
meeting of the Royal lunt some few years
ago, Mr. Chailes Symouds, of sporting noto
riety at Oxford, offered to bring a grey horse
of his up stairs and lead him around Ihe la.
ble. No sooner was this said than done, for
of' he started, fetched the animal from the
stable, and very shortly announced h'" pro
gress by n loud clattering on ihe oki oak stair
case. In a few minutes Ihe horse was gaz
ing on the assembled company. Iis owner
(hen led him over a flight of chairs, which he
jumped beautifully. Nothing then would
satisfy tlie company but that he must jump
ihe dining tables. Mr. Fowler, proprietor of
the hlel, fearing lest some serious accident
might occur, as the room is of great antiquity,
haying been built by the Earl of Rochester in
llie lime of Charles II, made strong objections;
but he was overruled thn horse was led over
the tables, everything standing.
The champagne glasses rattled, the plates
quivered, the randlesticks shook, but nothing
was displaced ; back again he went, clearing
everything at a bound ; whereupon a most
anient sportsman, Mr. Manning, of Wen
dover, volunteered o ride him barebacked
over, and, to ihe astonishment of all present,
he accomplished it without bridle or saddle.
The celebrated gentleman jockj Captain Bar
lowe, then next essayed, & mlnaaed lo make
a Gmash of one table with its contents. This
was only a temporary check, for in fhe face
of n tremendous fire and the cheering of all
present he achieved the feat gallantly. It
was now time to desist nnd to get the hotse
down stairs, ihis was sooner said than done,
for the stairs and passace being kept polish
ed, the gallant gray slipped about dreadfully,
and was evidently nfiaid of the decent. At
length, he wasblindfolded, nnt thus decended
into ihe entrance hall, but managed to break
a dozen of the carved oak baunUters in his
progress. Rucks Chronicle.
LADIE'S WAISTS.
Mr. Swisthelm, in a savnga article pgainst
Ihe magazine fiuiion plates, says:
"We know women now who are dying by
their own hands, and piously saying their
prayers every day, Mini foi their death, the
Magazine publishers ate accountable at ihe
bar uf the Eternaj. They are murdering litem
as truly as ever pavid slew Uriah by ihe
sword of the Arnalekiles. No human agency
can teach those victims uf fashion plate mon
gers, that the long whale bones sucking down
in their sides, the light strings tied around the
small of their back, and weight of skirts drag.
giug on them, are crushing their lives nut
and dragging tjiem to iheir grave. They will
not believe tfcey are entailing misery and
disease nnd death upon Iheir childien. But
yet many of them do pot know il, and with nil
their vaunted love for their olTspiing, would
rather see their iltle ones suffer len thousands
deaths lhan that they themselves should fail,
to look "like Prometheus my picture here"
a long side funnel set 011 a jog."
A REMARKABLE FACT.
The sea-birds, thn ptdlin, the guillemot,
and ihe razor-biitl, cannot tly over ihe land
.. . ..11 .1.1 L .1 : f. ... III. m..m
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laCe Ol the
1 sea with equal facility, mount to
as indefinite height, l)y with amazing rapid;
jty so Inittj. ns the sea is .immediately be
neath them, feut no sooner do they fly above
dry ground Mian they drop as if sjiot. During
a strong wind from Mie sea, it not unfrequeut
ly .happen that the birds Jn mounting higher
vhan l!he edge -of tn cliff, are suddenly
blown a few yards over Jand, when they im
mediately fail, and ran .regain lieir .r.aiural
eJemeut ordy Jty crawling to the edge of the
precipice, when new vigor Mem jo inspire
tbem, a nd lby at once soar away w(i$ Jbeir
usuaj '.? eJoPjity.
H r.v?'7 ff'T J?rea' fr mf mily," said a
Jjazy sfnne ft) a, public company. "Nor I,"
replied an iuduslrious miller, "I am obliged
to work for it."
I oi vino hm bears."
We never knew exactly what was meant
fcv cjvjng & chat) "beans,'.' till we heard, Ihe
interpretation given to the phrase by a joung
lady in Indiana. As the'sjory goes, R gentle
man from Ihis region was paying her very
maiked attention, representing himself as
single, nnd disirous of chancing his fotlprn
condition. He lad madp some progress in
Im suit, when lh,e lady learned that he was
a married man. Her indjgnation, on making
tlje. discovery, was ttnboundpd her thirst for
vengeance scarcely slakeale. After yari
ous plans had been considered and abandon
ed, her purpose was fixed, ns follows :, She
loaded a pistol, with beans, nnd on his next
vipit she most, unceremoniously presented
the weapon, told him its contents, nnd inquir
ed if lie wnulil, have them rata or cooked.
Hesitating, ns it might naturally be expected
he would, in giving an answer, she decided
for him, and pulling the trigger, gave them
lo him roir. The nim of the heroine was so
good, thai two of Iho beans struck her admi
rer, inflicting slight, but somewhat gainful
wounds !, The source whence we derive
ibjs incident, the Dayton Journal, informs lis
that it is 116 fancy sketch ; and would, be
sworn to, on a stack of, Bibles as higl as a
meeting house.
A, TETE-A-TETE CAME.
We were much, amused, a few evenings
since, by the following game of questions
and answers, when played upon one ns yet
uninitiated into the mysteries, is well cal"
eulated to afford endless laughter. A lady
may be supposed lo request a gentleman to
write down this list :.
Set down a lady's name.
Set dtuvn some time past.
Write the name of a place.
WrlB either Yes or. No.
Yc$ or No again.
A bidy's name.
Some time lo come.
Y-es or No.
Yes or No again.
Name of a town.
Some color.,
Any number no excelling sx.
Some color.
Yes or 5i'o.
A lady's name.
A gentleman's name.
Set down a gentleman's name.
Another gentleman's name.
Name of a clergyman.
A sum of money.
Name of a place.
Any number nl nil.
When Ihese conditions haye been complied
with, ihe gentleman is requested lo read off
the list thus prepared as answers lo the fol
lowing series of questions :
To whom do you make our first ofTer
When ? '
In what place !
Does she love you t
Did you love h,ei !
Whom will you marry )
How soon ?
Does she love you ?
Do you love her ?
Where dues she reside ?
What jslhe color of her tjair 1
What js her height !
What is the color of her eyes ?
Is she pretty ?
Vho js 10 be thn bridesmaid ?
Who is to be groomsman
Who is your confidant 1
Who is your rival ?
Whaf clergyman is to marry you 1
How much is she wotth?
Where will you reside 1
How many servants will ynn keep '
fltl'MU APPLE TREES.
BY A. MAItfllAI..
This rnay be done in the mouths of Janua
ry, Febuary, or March, at a very (iltle ex
pense, as Iho orchanlist in this season of the
year, is very apt to have some leisure on
hand. Apple Jrees ought to be pruned, more
or less, every year. It is difficult lo give ex
plicit directions, as trees of different sizes re
quire different treatment. Suckers and dead
wood should always be cut oil'; branches
lha,t show a disposition lo extend beyond
their neighbors should be shortened, or
"headed back,.'-' weak branches should! be
trimmed out, and the upper surface uf the
iead of the tree be kept somewhat in the
sjiape of an open umbrella. J3y pruning eve
ry year, there js no occasion to cut very large
tynibs thus large wounds are avoided.
Many orcnanusts commit a great error in
pruning old trees by cutting out all thn lower
branches near the stern of the tree, this should
1 1 . - .-i
not be done. The upper branches should be
headed back am) so thinned as to admit thn
Sun's rays and a free circulation of air-
Be careful not to prune )o much 111 anyone
season, lest yon destroy the equilibrium be
tween the branches any Ihe roots, ami tnus
cheek, insleucij promoiiug the grow,lh of tjie
tree.
Pruning in the summer, by removing a
part of foliage, always tyieck.a the growth of
Ihe tree. 1 his operation niHy ,oo penornieu
to advantage oil' young, ,t,hrlfiy trees, aVisjjosed
tn loo much Sjovrlh, ij the expense of fruit
bearing. By beading back the extreme
branches in the months of July or AjJijust,
you will eausei them to form fruit buts for
the next year's crop. Remove about half of
Ihe presedt years growth Villaet Record.
Tucsc is a "gentleman" in the legislature
who caa be trusted with aay secret, for no
thing he tail say wil bo oejieved.
the late anna bailey, of ;roton".
connecticut.
The wide notoriety of Mis. Bailt is found
on a single incident which happened in the
summer of 1813 an incident, coarse nnd lu
dicrous in itself, but which has been widely
circulated, and yet so much more frequently
alluded lo than actually told, that a simple
delail of the fcls seems requisite. The
squadron of Commodore Decalur had been
chased into New Loudon harbor by n supe
rior fleet ; nnd an attack upon the town was
momentarily expected. It was of great im
pnrtance that the tort on Grolon Height
should be immediately prcpaied for u vigoi-
ous defence. Major Simeon Smith, with a
band of volunteers from New London, hasten
ed to tl)e reiiifoicement of the garrison, and
preparations were made lo give the enemy a
warm reception, when it was discovered I hat
they were short of cartridges. Wadding was
wanted, nnd a messenger was sent in haste
through the village lo procure flannel. Tho
inhabitants had mostly packed their goods
and were carrying them off to places less ex
posed. Mrs. Bailey was sending away her
effects, and had only a few articles left in the
house. She was crossing Ihe street to a
neighbors door when llie messenger, having
traversed Ihe village, asking in vain at every
house for flannel to make caitridges. accosted
her and made known his ennml and his ill
success. Without a moment's delay, as
quick as thought, she slipped her hand into
her pocket hole, loosened her skirt, shook it
off, and lifting it up, presented it to the mes
senger with a right hearty laugh, expressing
a wish, the important of which was, that it
might do its work promptly and effectually.
The by-slanders were much amused, and
uttered a Bhout of admiration. The messen
ger hastened with his prize to the fortress)
and made his report. The story was rehear
sed to the whole garrison, and the sacrificed
skirt being unrolled and displaced, was re
ceived with loud acclamations . the men,
rearing up on lieir pikes, declared that they
would fight under it lo Ihe last diop of their
Hood. Had ihe British actually made an at
tack at that time, it is quite probable that tho
memorable garment would have beer, run up
Ihe flag-stair, and allowed lo thiow out its
folds upon the wind as a banner.
This anecdote went forth with into the
newspapers, and was soon spread through
the Union. Mrs. Bailey was exalted to a
pinnacle of notoriety as the greatest of female
patriots. She wiis toasted, visited, caressed ;
letters, tokens, and presents were scut to ber
from all quarters. At a great naval and mil.
ilary ball given in New Loudon nut long af
terwards, Airs. Bailey appeared in aiitiqiio
costume, and, was led out upon the floor by
the officer highest in rank 1l1.1t was present
on the occasion. Since that period, stiangers
stopping at New London, have made it a
point lo visit Mrs. Bailey. Two Presidents
of the ynited States Monroe and Jackson
in their respective lours throush the Northern
Slates, after visiting Groton Foil, went in
stately procession lo pay their respects lo her
as Ihe heioino of Grolon. S. London Chron
icle.
Aneqdote, of Jefferson.
Mr. Stansbuiy, in rCmr's Ga.ittc, relate
the following anecdote of the Sage of Mouti
cello :
He had perched his country seat on a moun
tain height, commanding a magnificent pros
pect", hut exposed to tne sweep of wintry
winds, and not very convenient of access.
Not lar from Monticelln, and within the
bounds ot his estate, was a solitary and lofty
hill, so situated as lo be exposed to the blast
of cuttents of wind, coming up through val"
leys on different sides of it. Mr. Jefferson
thought Ihis would be an admirable position
for a wind mill ; ami having recently invented
a model for a saw-mill, to bo moved hy ver
tical rails, he sent for an engineer, and sub
mitted it to his judgment. The man of pro
fessional science examined thn plan, and lis
tened with profound attention and del'crejtco
to
air. jeaerson s explanations oi 11, auu iu
his eloquent illustration of tho advantages it
would secure; having heard him throuL'h, and
being asked by the philosopher -'What hu
thought of it V he replied, with great sin
cerity, that it was a most ingenious idea, and
was decidedly the best plan for a saw-mill he
had overseen Jefferson was delighted; and
forthwith entered into a written agreement
fqr the' erection of sr.ch a mill 011 the neigh
boring height. Tho work went bravely eii the
inventor very frequently mounting his horse,
and riding over to' see how it proceeded.
When the frame was up, uud the building
appioached its completion, the engineer rodo
to'Mouticello, lo obtain a supply or money,
and lo get some directions about the saws.
Jefferson kept him to liinnei ; and n heu the
cloth was removed, and wne tat upon the la'
ble, be turned to his guest, and w ith an uir uf
much satisfaction, exclaimed.
'And so, Mr., yon like my mill "
"I do sir, indeed, very much ; il is ceitainly
one of the greatest improvements in the con
stiuction of a saw-mill I ever w itnessed."
J'Vou think the sail are so hung lhat 11 can
no! fail lo work well V
"perlainly ; it must work, it csn'f help il..'
"And there's always wind poo tharhill ,
if it does not come epone valley, it is sure lu
come up the other ; and the hillwi high ami
sleep that there i noihing lo interrupt llu
full sweep of the wind, ecme1 which way it
will. You Ihink then; on the whole, ihut tho
thing cannot tail of rowplele surer?"
""should think so,1 sit, but for oue thing "
"Ah! what'atlmll"
"1 have been wondering in mv own mind
how you are lo pet nf yner soie-fops."
Jedersoti threw tip bands and eyes: "I
never thou: hi of itva.'' ; The mill wJs baii;
doaed.'of cuurst). ; " 1
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