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6UNBTJRY, PA.
Business attended to in the Counties of Nor
thumberland, Union, Lycoming and Columbia.
Uelertol
P. & A. Rovoudt,
Lower & Barron,
Sinner & Siiodffrass, Fhilaii.
Reynolds, McFnrlond & Co.,
Spering, Good A: Co.,
" H. J. WOLVERTON,
ATTOR1TET AT LA"77.
OFFICE in Market street, Sunlmry. adjoining
(lie Office of the "American" and opposite
the Poat Office.
Business promptly attended to in Northumber
land and the adjoining Counties.
KtrKn to: Hon. C. W.llegins and D. 13nn
tian, Pottsville; Hon. A. Jordan and H B. M Ba
ser, Sunhury.
April 10, 1852. ly.
IL L. SHINDEli
ATTOPwlTET AT LAW.
Offut
Market strict Sitnbury, opposite
Weaver's Hotel I
BUSINESS will be promptly attendrd to in
the Counliea of Northuiulicrland, Union,
Columbia and Montour.
Sunhury, Oct. 11, 1851. ly.
HENRY DONNEL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office opposite tltt Court House,
Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa.
Prompt attention to business in adjoining
Counties.
J. H. & W. B. HART,
WHOLESALE GROCERS
No. 229 North 3(f St., ahove CallovhiU,
PHILADELPHIA.
A large assortment of Groceries always on
hand, which will he sold at the loweat prices for
Cash or approved Credit.
April 10, 1852. ly.
J. STEWART DEPUY.
AT 223 North 2d street, aliove Wood,
(Burnt District,) Philadelphia, would
reaiectl'ully call the attention of hisfriends
and the public in general, to his lariie and
well selected stock of Carpets, Oil Cloths,
Mattings, Window Strides, Stuir Kods,
&c &c
Veniiiui Carpeting from 7 ctt to WO eta per yd.
Intrrmn tl " 00 "
Tliriw Ply ' 100 " 1SS " "
Hruuela 114 " 150
Door Mails. Ho would invite the alien
lion of denh-ra and others to his large stork
of Door Malta which he manufactures
in great variety and of splendid quality.
Oil Cloths, from I yard to 8 yards wide
wholesale and retail.
April 10, 1852. 8m.
HARRI3BTJRO STEAM WOOD
TURNING AND SCROLL HAWING
SHOP. Wood Turning in all its branches,
in city atyle nnd at city prices. Every varielv of
Cabinet and Carpenter work either on hand or
turned lo order.
Bed Posts, balusters, RosetU, 8l.1t and Quar
ter Mouldings, Table Legs, Newell Posts, Pat
terns, Awning Posts, Wagnn Hubs, Columns,
Round or Octagon Chisel Handles, tee.
Ir This shop is in STRAWBERRY AL
LEY, near Third Street, and as we intend to
fleaxe all our customers who want good work
jonc, it is hoped that ell the trade wil' give us a
call.
1 1 Ten-Pins and Ten-Pin Dulls made to or
der or returned.
The attention of Cabinet Makers and Carpen
ters ia called to our new style of TWI.ST
MOULDINGS. Printer's Riglels nt $1 per 100
feet. W. O. HICKOK.
February 7, 1852 ly.
" . M'CAllTY,
BOOKS F. LLKR,
JIurket Street,
STJNBTJRY, PA.
TUST received and for sale, a fresh supply of
F.niVGFXICAIi mi SIC
for Singing Schools. He is also opening at
this tune, a large assortment ot Uooks, in every
branch of Literature, consisting of j
Poetry, History, Novels, Romances, Scientific
Works, Law, Medicine, School and Children's
Books, Bibles ; School, Pocket and Family, both
with and without Engravings, and every of vari
tts of Binding. Prayer Books, of all kinds.
Also just received and for sale, Purdons Di
gest of the laws of Pennsylvania, edition of 1851,
price only $6,00.
, Judge Reads edition of Blackatones Commen
taries, in 3 vols. 8 vo. formerly sold at 910,00,
and now ottered (in fresh binding) at the low
lirice of 80,00.
A Treatise on the laws of Pennsylvania re
cpecting the estates of Decedent, by Thomas F.
Gordon, price only 81,00.
Travels, Voyages and Adventures, all ot
witch will be sold low, either for cash, or coun
try produce.
February, I, 1851. it
lycoming Mutual Insurance Company.
DR. J. D. MAS8ER is the local agent for the
above Insurance Company, in Northumber
land county, and is at all times ready to effect
Insurances against 6 re on real or personal pro
perty, or renewing policies for the same.
Uunbury, April 86, IBol u.
WANTED TO BORROW
TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS In two
sums at six hundred dollars each, lor which
food free-bold security will bo given. Address
M. W.
Bunburjs Feb. IS, lS5J.t
NK Baureau's celebrated ink, and also Con
g res ink for sale, wboUsal and retail by
UmmUeT t8. 1850, H- B- M A8SER.
FiREftH Vanilla Bean of superior quality
just noetwd sad (or sale fey
Jul SI, mi H. B. MASSE.
SKLECT POETRY.
TWENTY YEARS AGO-
I've wandered lo ihe village, Totn j I've sat
beneath the tret1,
Upon the M'liot I-house play ground, which
sheltered Jim and Hie;
But none vrete there lo greet me, Turn, and
few were Ml lo know,
That plnjed with iiptin the green, some
twenty years ayo.
The grass is just as green, Tom ; bare-footed
los at piny,
Were sporting jusl as we did then, with rpir-
lis just a tray ;
Bui the "Miistei'' sleeps upon Ihe hill, which
coated n'er with snow,
Afforded us a sliding place, just twenty years
ago.
The old Fchool house is altered some, the
benches are replaced,
By new ones very like the same our pen
knives had defaced.
But the same old biicks are in the wall; the
bell swings to and frn,
Its music, just the same, dear Tom, 'twas
twenty years ago.
The boys were playing some old game, be
neath t lint same old tree ;
I do forget the name just now you've play
ed the same with me,
On that fame spot ; 'twas played with knives,
by throwing so ami so ;
The lender had a task 10 do there, twenty
yeais ago.
The river's running just as still; the willows
011 its side,
Are larger than ihey were, Tom; the stream
appears less wide
But the grape-vine swing is mined now,
where once we played the beau,
And swung our sweelharls "pretty girls"
just twenty years ago.
The spring that bubbled 'neath the hill, close
by lite pleading beech,
Is very low 'twas onco so high, that we
could hardly reach ;
And kneeling down to get a drink, dear Tom
1 started so,
To see how much that 1 am changed, since
twenty ) eats ago !
Near bv the spring, upon an elm, you know
1 cut your name,
"our sweet hail's just beneath it, Tom, and
you did mine the same :
Some heartless wretch had pealed the bark,
'twas dying sure bill slow,
Just as that one, whose name you cut, died
twenty years ago.
My lids have long been dry. Tom, but tears
come in my eyes ;
I thought of her I loved so well those early
btoken lies;
I visited Ihe old church-yard, and took some
flowers to strew
Upon the graves of those we loved, some
twenty years ago.
Some are in the church yard laid some
Kleep beneath the sea,
But few are left of our old class, excepting
you and me;
And when our time shall come, Tom, and
we :ne culled to go,
I hope they'll lay at wheie we played some
twenty years ago.
Slide!).
DAVID'S LAST PICTURE.
When Napoleon was overthrown, this
celebrated artist was banished from Paris,
and retired to lirussels, where most ol his
time was passed in seclusion. On Ihe pre
sent occasion he was induced to take an
early walk to see a friend, to whom he was
much attached, who was to leave the city
that morning. While sauntering along
near the gate of the city waiting for his
friend, he suddenly caught sight of a sign
painter, carrying on his work in the open
air, though evidently more of a white
washer than a painter, y t from Ihe top ol
his ladder he was flourishing his brush in
a masterly style, and at times pausing, and
contemplating his work with as much com
placency as (Jros could have done to his
wonderful Cupola of St. Genevieve. The
great painter ol Napoleon passed the self
satisfied dauber twice, not without some
dissati.-.ri''d glances at the way he was plas
tering the back-ground of his landscape
with indigo, by way of making a sky. At
the top of the sign, now nearly finished,
was traced in glaring characters, "Break
of Day," a precaution as indispensable to
point out the artist's design, as the inscrip
tion "Dutch and Flemish Beer" was to an
nounce the article dealt in by the owner of
the house on which this master-piece was
to figure. "There's a pretty fellow," said
the artist to himself, "who has as much
knowledge of perspective at a cart horse,
and yet, I doubt not, thinks himself a sec
ond Rubens. He brushes away as if he
were polishing a pair of boots. And what
matter 1 Why should he not enjoy him
self in his own way V
But when he passed the ladder for the
mira time and saw a fresh layer of indigo
puiimg over tne hrst, bis patience could
hold out no longer, and he exclaimed,
without stopping, or even looking at the
offender, "there is too much blue !
"Eh ! Do you want anything, sirl" said
the sign painter but be who bad ventur
ed the criticism was already at a distance.
Again David passed by. Another glance
at the "Break of Day and another ex
clamation, "too much blue, you block
bead !"
The insulted plasterer turned to recon
noitre the speaker, and, as if concluding
by bis appearance that he was no great
connoisseur, be quietly set to work again,
shrugging bis shoulders in wonder how
it could possibly be any business of bis
whether the sky was red. erern.or biu
For the lourtb time the unknown lounger
repelled his unwelcome criticism j "too
much blue !' The Brussels nainter color
ed, but said in the subdued tones of man
wishing to conceal his anger, "The Gen
tleman may not be aware that lam painting
sky." By this time be had coma down from
tbe ladder, and wsi standing md lurveyio;
his work, with one ey eclose(l,nd at the pro
per distance from it to ot its effect,
and his look of evident satisfaction showed
that nothing could be more ill-timed than
any depreciation of his labor. "It is be
cause 1 suppose that you do want to paint
a tky, and lor that reason I wanted to give
you this little piece of advice, and tell you
that there is loo much blue in it." "And
pray, Mr. Amateur, when was there ever
a sky seen without blue!" "I am no
amateur, but I tell vou once more that
there is loo miich blue. And now do as
you like ; and if you do not think you
have enough, you can put on more."
"This is entirely too bad," cried the now
exasperated sign painter, "you are an old
fool, aud know nothing of nainline. I
should like to see you paint a sky, w ithout
Diue
"I do not say that I am a good hand at
a sky ; but if I did set about it there should
be no blue."
"A pretty job it would be!"
"It would look like something, at all
events."
"That is as much as to say mine is like
nothing at all."
"No indeed ! for it is very like a dish of
spinach, and very like a vile daub, or like
nything else you please."
"A clisli of spinach ! a vile daub !"
cried the artist of Brapont in a rage. "I
the pupil of Ruysdale I, fourth cousin of
Gerard Dow ! and vou pretend to know
more of my art than I do an art I have
practised with such credit at Antwerp.
Lauvein, and Liege ! A dish of spin
ach, indeed!" And by this lime the
fury of Ihe insulted painter had increased
to such a decree that he seized David by
the arm, and shaking him violently, added,
Do you know you old dotard, that mv
character has been long established. I
have a Slag at Nochlin, and a Charlemasne
at Aix-La-Chapelle, that no one has ever
seen without admiring."
"I his is beyond all patience," said Da
vid, and suddenly snatching his palette, he
was up the ladder in a moment, shoutine.
"wait awhile and you shall have yourself
to admire, with your fool's pate and your
ass's ears !"
"Stop, stop, you villain !" roared the
luckless artist, pale with consternation,
"my splendid sign! a painting worth thirty-five
francs!" and he continued shaking
the ladder and pouring out a torrent of
abuse upon David, who, caring neither
for the reproaches of his victim, or the
crowd which hod collected around, went
on pitilessly defacing the "Break ot day."
And. now, not less rapid in creating than
destroying, the new sign painter sketched
and finished, with magic rapidly, a sky
with the grey tints of early dawn, and a
eroup of three men, glass in hand, watch
ing the rising sun, one of the three being
a striking likeness of the white washer.
The crowd, that had shown at first a dispo
sition to take the part of their country
man now stood quietly watching the out
lines as they shone through the first layer
of color, and shouts of applause burst from
them when the figures grew beneath the
creative hand of the artibt.
"I see it all now," said the fourth cousin
of Gerard Dow, "he is a French sign
painter, and only wished to have a joke
apainst me. It is but lair to own that he
has the real nack and cau paint even better
than I do."
The artist was now coming down from
the ladder, when a stransrer ma 'e his ap
pearance, mounted on a fine English horse
who seemed inclined to ride over the
crowd, in his eagrnesss to get a good look
at the picture. "That painting is mine.
1 will give vou a hundred guineas for it,"
cried the stranger.
"That picture is not to he sold," said
the dauber, with as much pride as if it had
really been his own production.
"Certainly not," said the vender of beer
"for it is already sold, and partly paid for;
the picture is mine, and though not very
anxious to sell, perhaps we can come to an
understanding about it."
"Not so fast," said the dauber, "the sign
is mine, and mv brother artist only lent me
a helping hand."
"I tell you the "Break of Day" is my
property," said the tavern keeper. "As
for this sign painter, he is a poor drunken
sot, who has leit himself without a sti
ver to give his daughter, who ought to
have been married a year ago."
"Do not believe him, Sir," cried David's
brother artist, "every one knows there is
not a fonder father in the whole town,
and more .hatne to me if I were not, for
never was there so good a daughter as
my poor dear Lezette. I have no money
to give her, to be sure, hut she is betrothed
to a young cabinet maker who is glad to
get her, poor as she is, as soon as he gets
a little money saved. And a more honest
fellow, or better workman, there is not in
the whole city."
"A good child, and a good workman,
and only waiting for wherewithal! to live,
this alters the case," said David, "and the
young couple shall have the picture. We
leave it to this gentleman's liberality to
name the price he is willing to give."
"Illustrious artist," said the Englishman,
"I have offered one hundred guineas, and
will gladly add another, if you will insert
the two words, 'Pierre David.' "
The name was no sooner mentioned than
a cry of astonishment burst from all present
and the poor sign painter implored pardon
for his rudeness. The decision met with
shouts of applause, which were almost
deafening, when the pretty Lezette, hav
ing heard the news, made her sppearance
and without a moment's hesitation, threw
her arms around Iht neck ol her bene
factor, who returned her caresses most
cordially remarking that he did not know
who had a better right to kits tne bride.
Loots NaroLEoy if sarioutly ill with ner
vous irritation. . , ,.
SINGULAR. AND RTARlLIKU SCENE IN A
CHURCH.
The Boston Journal has the following ac
count of a singular and startling scene, which
occurred on Sunday in the First Congrega
tional Church :
- During Ihe singing of Ihe second hymn, a
rabid dog, of enormous site, rushed op a
side aisle, and commenced an attack upon
the pew of Mr. Jonathan Harrington. Fail
ing to effect an entrance, he sprang with a
spasmodic leap lo tbe pulpit, beating furious
ly against the doors, until! he fell upon the
lop step, exhausted, and frothing with im
potent rage. The audience was instantly
thrown into great confusion, and a general
and perhaps fatal ruh for the door seemed
likely to ensue. They were somewhat reas
sured, however, by a caution from the pas
tor, Rev. Norwood Damon, "to be composed,
and remain in their seals, as the surest means
of safety."
At this crisis, Mr. Ephraim Pierce, a youth
of 18, and a son of Captain John Pierce, step
ped from his place, seized the animal by the
back of the neck, and notwithstanding sev
eral attempts to bite, succeeded in dragging
him from the house unharmed. The doors
were then closed, and the dog fled to the ad
joining grave-yard, where he was subsequent
ly shot.
After quiet was restored, the choir finished
their hymn, and Mr. Damon pronounced a
sermon on death. A member of ihe congre
gatioti had died during the previous week.
Mr. D. look occasion lo illustrate one of his
points the instinctive fear in man of death,
and of dangers tending to death by the oc
currences of ihe hour. He also cautioned
his audience against panic in sudden suppo
sed or real dangers, instancing the school dis
aster in New York, and Ihe destruction of
emigrants on board Ihe Atlantic. He spoke
of the necessity of sePpossession in the exer
cise of sound discietion, and the prompt se
lection of available means of safety or reme.
dy. He concluded wilha well-merited com
pliment lo young Pierce, 'lo whose herui-m,'
hesaid, "too much praisecould not be award
ed," and by a reference to "the great source
of deliverance and preservation in all limes
of dunger."
Ireland in Bygone Days.- If on any
occasion a guest left the room, bits of pa
per were dropped into his glass, intimating
the number of rounds the bottle had gone,
and on his return he was obliged to swal
low a glass for each, under a penalty of so
many glasses of salt and water. It was the
practice of some to have decanters with
round bottoms, like a modern soda-water
bottle, the only contrivance in which they
could stand being at the head of the table
before the host. Stopping the bottle was
thus rendered impossible, and every one
was obliged to fill his glass at once, and
pass Ihe bottle to his neighbor, on the per
il of upsetting the contents on the table.
A still more common practice was to
knock the stems off' the glasses with a
knife, so that they must be emptied as fast
as they were filled, as they could not stand.
Sometimes the guests, ns they sat down,
put oil their shoes, which were taken out
of the room; and the empty bottles were
broken outside of the door, so that no one
could puss out till the carouse was over.
Ireland Sixty Years S'go.
Car rucks in Amsterdam. A letter from
Amsterdam, in the Boston Transcript, says-
Burdens are diagged over Ihe pavements
in Amsteiilam) on wooden sledges, and there
is a curious vehicle still in use, which has
nowhere else a counterpart. If on a fine
summer's day, a gentleman were lo ride up
Washington street in a coach witout a coach
box, but placed upon wooden runnern, with
Ihe driver walking by its side, and occasion
ally thiowinga greased lug under the runners
lo diminish the friction, he would probably
have a voluntary and highly enthusiastic e
cort of the youthful portion of the community,
and be looked upon as a candidate for the
insane asylum. Yet, this is precisely Ihe
vehicle that goes squeaking along the streets
of Amsterdam. If ihe well-fed steeds who
draw it should be frightened, and run away,
they might attain a speed of six or eight
miles an hour. Dutch horses ate seldom
guilty of such irregularities.
A Thics Wall. The British Government
are constructing at Dover, an artificial harbor
for the safety of shipping. It is to consist of
a space of seven hundred acres, is lo be en
closed by a wall more than two miles in
length; moie than half of which space will
at all times secure a depth of water from
thirty to forty-two feet at the lowest tide
The wall will be 90 feet wide at bottom, and
fifty at top; the sides will be eighteen feet
thick, and consist of immense blocks of solid
stone, the middle filled iu with artificial stone
or concrete. The foundation of this stupen
doua woik ia now lavint? bv companies of
men who remain several hours, with diving
- - - 4 m '4 .
bulls, under ihe water. This gigantic dis
play of human power and skill will, when
fully completed, cost mote than two millions
sterling.
Host thou poww f Ik. wuk atitmi ; ' '
Light I give lifbt, thy kanwkslfe tend ;
Rick I raouasher Him who gave )
Fraat lie brother lo the slave.
SfLiTTiv thc Dtrrtsmci. The Spring
field Republican says: "Wa dou't know
whether to imils or wtf over tba following
picture of Jenny Lind, as given by a London
correspondent of the luverness Courier."
Vnder the circumstances, tba Hartford
Times suggests to tba Springfield editor tbe
propriety of blowing Mt wt, by way of
splitting thc diffafsncs."
MARRVINQ IN FUN.
It is rumored that on Wednesday evening
last, a young gentlemen of Ithaca, and a belle
of our village, went through the marriage
ceremony as a farce, tbe person officiating
not supposed to be a Justice by either bride
or uroom, Rumor says that they each slept
alone that night; but judge of their conater
nation the next, mornine, on finding that the
mock magistrate was a real one, as was pro.
vd by the magistrate presenting the bride
with a marriage certificate. The groom, Ru
mor further says, took it terrible hard at first,
but like all sensible people, both parties, at
last concluded, as it was only hastening mat
ters a little, to stand it, and so they did !
Elmira Republic.
We were last week told of a singular in.
stance. A very beautiful lady of this city
was paying a visit to some friends at a dis
tance, where a social patty was given in
compliment to her One of the guests of the
evening, a young gentleman, had evidently
become struck with the fair one alluded to,
and when some proposed a mariaae in jest,
he displayed a ready willingness to go through
with "the ceremony," provided the before
mentioned lady would act as the bride. Well,
Ihe play, us the lady supposed it to be, was
enacted, and Ihe pleasure of ihe evening con
tinued, when, all at once, it "leaked out"
that the acting clergyman was a clergyman
"de facto," and that the two had been really
married. In this case, the groom did not
"take it harJ," but signified his willingness
to abide by it, but the lady declared most
vehemently that she "wouldn't stand it," and
became quite angry at her friends, who, it
seemed, knew that ihe gentleman who mar-
lied them was a real clergyman. The result
was, the two became very intimate, and if
Madam Rumor tells the truth, are soon to re-
enact the "play," but this lime give it the
interest of really. Troi Post.
Bloomer Huntino-Groukbs. The corres
pondent of Ihe Lowell Courier describes a
colony of young Bloomeis, whom he acci
dentally stumbled on in New Hampshire, Ihe
other day. This story reveals the prettiest
feature yet, in the new system: "As I was
passing up this side of the White Mountain,
near Conway, says the correspondent, I came
upon a nest of Bloomers from Boston some
fifteen or twenty young ladies from that city
having hired a house for ihe season, and keep
ing 'bachelor's hall.' They wore Ihe Bloomer
dress lo enable them the better to get round
here among the sharp and high places, and
spend (heir time cheifly in sporting. I met
one with a light fowling-piece, another with
several wood-peckers or other birds, a third
with a basket of berries, a fourth with a
tiring of liout, &c. Yon would take Ibem
at riist for a party of the b'hoys, but they are
all fine young ladies from the city of notions,
who prefer the mountains and streams, to
brick walls and scorching pavements, during
the hot season-"
I reinrmber, I remember,
Wlien I went hookiu' peache,
How a dog came out and cnaght me
Iy Ihe uiylui of my breer.pauuiioons ,
II w 1 liung on tti the bushes
How the dog hung last lo me,
Till my crying brought a man who
Flogged me, "offuile.11
A correspondent of the Liverpool Albion
says that, some years ago, there was a Joru
salemite individual in Palis, who in the pre
eiue of Dt. Robeitsun anil ull ihe i-liemtcul
savaus of the day, gut into an oven aud sail
a song, while a gou.se was being cooked.
When he went into the oven, his pulse was
72, and rose to 130. At ihe second expeu-
ment, it rose to 176, '.he theimotneler indicia
ting 100 oi Reaumur. At the third experiment,
he was stretched on a plank, surrounded by
lighted candles, and then put into the oven,
Ihe month ol which was then closed. He
was there live minutes, w hen the spectators
cried 1 Enough !" Accordingly, the door was
opened ; out he came of this fiery gulf, and,
wiih his pulse at 200, lumped into a cold
bath, and bucanie as coil as cucumber im
mediately after.
Mamtactcue of Iron. An expennient
in ihe manufacture of Pig lion, by ihe use of
"Citmel Coal" in the furnace, has been re
cently tried in Ohio, at the Buckeye Furnace,
Jackson county, one mile from the line of the
Cinci'inaii, Hillsborough and Patkersbuig
Railway, Commencing the blast entiiely
with charcoal, they gradually introduced,
first one quarter, then a half, ai.d, finally
three-fourths ot "Cannel Coal." An improve
ment in the working aud yield of ihe Furnace
was noticed at each successive addition to
the chaigesof "Cannel Coal," Having push'
ed the experiment thus far, it was suspended,
until the metal conld be tested in the pud-
dlina-furnace and under the rolls. This has
since been satisfactorily done, and this inter,
eating experiment will be further prosecuted
Opening a Man's Chkst. George G. Par
ker, a lawyer and highly esteemed citizen of
Ashburnhum, Mass., was attacked with pltui
risy and inflammation of the lungs, which
terminated in the foimation of an abscess in
the chest, completely filling the right side.
Dr. Hitchcock, of Fitchburg, lately perfoimed
the operation of opening '.he chest between
the ribs, aod drawing off, through a silver
tube, mora than five pints of matter, whlob
affotded him great relief.
A Momtr eieated soma consternation at
No 459 Broome street N. Y , OH Tuesday
evening. He entered the house by an upper
story window, and descended to the parlors,
where he comroeooed demolishing minors
to., till itourcd.
THE METROPOLITAN.
This huge establishment! after en expendi
ture of $!)50,000 and three years of constant
labor, is on the point of completion, ar.d is
announced to opened on the 1st of Septem
ber. It is, with scarcely an exception, the
most gorgeously furnished hotel of its size, in
existence. Magnificent mirrors, costly up
holstery and cabinet ware, choico marbles
and rich velvet carpeting, render its apart
ments luxurious to a degree not easily de
scribed. The building, which has a frontage
on Broadway and Prince streets or S16 feet,
or nearly one-tenth of a mile, is five stories
in height, ar.d is beautifully decorated
throughout with rich fresco painting, of every
shade of color and variety of style. Nearly
one hundred parlors with bath rooms and
chambers attached, are richlv overlaid with
velvet carpeting of the most costly kind, and
overhung with drapery of a design and shade
corresponding with the tiesco painting of the
walls, which is in no 2 apartments the same.
Besides these, there are about 200 giitttle-
men's rooms finished in a style but little in
ferior, with hot and cold baths and every
other convenience. All the principal rooms
Rte provided with rose-wood furniture, vari
ously colored heavy silk brocaielle. The
entire building will accommodate from 600
to 700 guests. Mirrors, both mantel and
pier glasses, are placed in Ihe main parlois,
the aggregate expense of n hich is not far fro.n
518,000. The largest are 9J b) 8i feet and
are wider than any previously imported,
One of these is placed in the bridal parlor,
which is the most gorgeously furnished in
the building. The bedstead alone cost SI,
000; and the bed-spread which is of canary-
colored satin, embroidered with needle-work,
cost 300. The drapery in this parlor, with
its suite of rooms, cost S2.500 The cabinet
furniture is covered with gold and orange
brocaielle. In decorating the parlors and
dining hall, from $10,000 to 12,000 has
been expended. iV. Y. Jour. Com.
No Arab ever sits in a chair. They
squat upon their hands wherever they may
be indoorsorout. Tombs of Muhntninednn
saints are frequently met with. The boat
men of the Nile pray individually five limes
a day with their faces towards Mecca. They
kneel, and three limes touch their forehead
to the floor. Nothing can prevent the dis
charge of this duty. When the tax-gatherer
calls for revenue that has been assessed, und
it is not promptly paid, the delinquent is Hug
ged on the spot by the Sheik of the village,
and is subsequently imprisoned. If loo poor,
he is flogged but once, and is incarcerated
fiom one to Ihiee months. In this case he
is often marked off for the army and navy.
The banks all the way up, to within twenty-
five or thirty miles of Cairo, are perpendicu
lar, as if cut with spades.
Adulteration in Common Articles or
Food. The Loudon Lancet in exhibiting Ihe
extent to which articles of food, in common
use, are adulterated in England. The result
of a series of analysis of the various articles
of consumption, tends to show thai in hardly
a single commodity, is there such a thing as
absolute honesty. Perfect purity, as regards
the quality and genuineness of lea, coffee,
milk, cocoa, and fifty other articles besides,
is proved lobe almost fabulous; such a thing
does not exist, except in isolated cases, and
then nut intentionally on the part of the deal
er. Among t ho latest articles nnalyzed ia
Cayenne pepper, of which four samples only,
out of twenty-eight, bought of different deal
ers, were found to be genuine.
Reason for Rejoicing. From a private
letter from Seneca Falls, N. Y., a siib-criber
extracts the following; do you not consider
it too good lo be lost I
"A resident of this place started for De
troit, and intended to lake the Atlantic, on
Lake Erie, that being the fastest boat. It
was night when he reached Butfalo, and the
toutert ol the Sultana got hun on their boat,
making him believe all ihe while that he
was on the Atlantic He did not difcover his
mistake until the next morning, but his au
ger was somewhat modified when he heaid
that, during the night, Ihe Ailantio had gone
down, with thiee hundred passengeis
Don't cit into a Hurry. A gentleman
was sepaiated the other day from his wife,
a most awkward manner, by simply being
in too great a huriy. The gentleman allu
ded to, together wiih his wife, evidently had
intended lukiug the steamboat for Albany, leit
anived al the w harf just as the boat was ink
ing her depatlure. The simple-minded man,
loosing all judgment and self-command, in
his htirrv to get on board, gave a liemendiins
bound, hiicI gained the deck, leaving hi. bel
ter half behind, and didn't discover his mis
take, until he, in scanning the space over
which he hail leaped, discovered his wife
standing on the dock.
That witty publication, "The Lantern,"
has a caricature of General Scull in his pres
idential canvaiwiug. He is ihereiu represent
ed as playing an Lish character, with shile
lah end clothes to match. Tbe Guneial is
addressing an Iiishman "as knows beans,"
and says to him ; "Arrah, my honey, didn't
1 lade you to glory in Mexico 1" To which
tbe Irish voter replies silently but eloquent
ly by pointing hie thumb "over the left" lo
some grim figures whioh are hung in chains
fiom several gallows ! Can't fool bira
Jolia DtA appears shortly in Boston.
The fiee saye that Jujia ie young, pretty,
rich, ety, ibWllectual and eoterisiDing be
sides being unmortgaged.
A Valcasli Gold Mike in Sooth Cao-
Li.RA.-Wm. B' Dorne' El- ' Abbeville
District, S. C, has a gold mine on his farm
fwn which he has taken since the 1st. of
March last, the sum of eighty-four thousand
txiy-one and a half cwts. of gold, with only
etaht hands, and a small circle mill, propelled
by two mules, which only pulveriws about
fifteen bushels of ore per day. A gentleman
writing from tbe mine, to the Dahloneea
Signal, says :
'The vein widen as they go down and
retains its usual richness. They are not yet
within foity feet of water level. Should it
sass water level and retain in its present size
and richness, the probability is ihst its end
will never be leached by the present gener
ation. If ihe rich shoot that he is now oper
ting on should give out a water level, he
has then got the best gold mine that I know
anything about. The vein shows plainly on
the surface, a distance of three quarters of a
mile in length, and has been tested in several
places, which show a width of something like
(our feet, and tests to be worth from one to
two dollars per bushel, and seventy or eighty
feet of that above water level. Now just im
agine to yourself a vein three quartets of a
mile in length, four feed wide and eighty
feet to water level, how long will it take
eighty hands lo exhaust it'"
A Good Cement I have found gum shel
lac, dissolved in alcohol, very excellent for
joining broken vessels, it makes them nearly
as durable as if ihey were cemented by
heat. I have been using, for years, a mor
tar which was broken and mended in this
manner. It was broken in pieces, and could
not be then replaced. I applied the gum,
and bound the parts firmly together until tba
cement was perfectly dry. I then put it in
use and have continued to use it ever since.
Ibid.
Thr Tables Turned. The Macon (Ga )
Journal says that Ellen Crafts, the fugitive
slave, whose case excited so much attention
at the North a few months since, and who
is now in London, has gone into the service
of an American gentleman there, on condi
tion that he brings her back to Dr. Collins,
her owner in Macon !
From the recently published minutes of
the Mcihoolisl Church, we find that the num
ber of white members is 387,954; colored,
133 113; Indians, 3,327, making a total of
52!),394. Travelling preachers, 1,659 ; local
preachers, 4,036, making a grand total of
535,089, being an increase of 14,793 during
the last eclesiastical year.
A life-preserving trunk has been invented
and tried at Cincinnati. The contents of
the trunk were found perfectly dry, after
the inventor had made a short voyage on it.
Good life-preservers, in some shape, are very
much needed now-a-days.
The dower soon diea, but hope's soft rsy,
Unchanged, undying, ahiaca
Aiound that lorra where pale decay,
A peaceful heart enshrines :
Like ivy round the blighted tree,
It twiues -.round the heart,
Amid poor, frail humanity,
The only verdant part.
Gen. Taylor's Family. It is stated that
of the family of Gen. Taylor, there now sur
vive, Mr. Richard Taylor, Ihe only son of the
General, who is a sugur-piauter in tbe Parish
of Si. Charles, La., and Mrs Bliss, the lady
of Colonel Bliss, who resides in New-Orleans.
The Collins' Line of Steamships have
thus far made fifty voyages, or crossed the
ocean one hnndied limes. They have aver
aged about 90 passengers a Irip, making, in
all, 9000, among whom no loss of life or in
jury to person has occurred.
Tall Game. We leain from tbe Elk
Count v Advocate that two hunters nf that
county recently started a drove of Elk. In
less than five minutes seven of these "an
tiered monarch of ihe fotesl" were brought
down the remainder escaped.
Preservation of Butteu. The Washing
ton Telegraph say a patent-right has been
recently granted lo citizen of Ohio, for the
pieservatiou of fresh butter, by a chemical
process, to stand any climate for any time.
It is stated that Mis Stowe, the authoress
of Uncle Turn's Cabin, has engaged to write
a popular Tale upon the effect of the Maine
Liquor Law, intended fur wide circulation by
the irieuds of the law.
Oca Boston neighbors are having fine times
fishing. A shoal of mackerel has enteied
the harbor, and passed aiound even into thd
Black Bay, and ate to be caught from tkia
w haives and bridges in almo.t any number.
Mi. Amos Raymond, a Revolutionary pen
sioner, died recently at Allegheny township,
Potter county, Pa., aged 95 years aud A
months.
Thc steamboat fare from New York lo
Boston has been reduced from four dollars to
three dollars and twenty-five cents.
Mrs. Forrcst, that was, is about lo mar
ry an early love, en English soldier of fortune
attached to one of her Majesty's regiments,
now in Scotland.
Ths present force in Ireland it larger than
il bs been for ihe previous six months,
amounting ta upwards of 81,000 men.
A man en ohsnge yesterday called another
"eVpfppy'Vthsi's no disgrace in dog days,"
was the cool reply.
What mtstnew conceals, drvakerteesj reveals.
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