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H. B. MASSER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
" OFFICE, MARKET STREET, OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE.
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NEW SERIES VOL. 5, NO. 20.
SUN BURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1853.
OLD SERIES VOL. 12, NO. 32.
TERMS OF THE AMERICAN.
XI,M.F'IycAN U P"ll'l'"l every Saturday nt
TWO DUl.l.ARS per annum to be paid half yearly in
paid""' mm li,co""nued u"1" ALt rrrarngw are
All communication, or letter, on Im.lnem relating to
the office, to insure attention, muit In l'OST l'All).
TO CLU13S.
I'hrre pupiu. to one tddren, 95 00
Pcvcu !) no 1(100
"J" , D" Do 80 00
t ive dollar, in advance will pny for three year. ub
oription to the American.
One SainT. of It line., 3 time.,
V.vciy .ulnequent iniertiun,
'ne Square, 3 month..
Sl month,,
One yen,
lluaiiiei. Card, of Five line., per annum,
Merchant, and other., ailverti.ing by the
ymr, with the privilege of inserting
different adveTti.mentB weekly.
GP" larger Adrerti.einent., a. per agreement.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
6UNBURY, PA.
B nsincss attended to in the Counties of IS or
thumbcrland, Union, Lycoming and Columbia.
Refer ioi
T. & A. ltovoudt,
Lower & Uurron,
Somcrs & Snodgras", Vhilad.
Itcynoltls, McFnrland A. Co.,
Spering, Good & Co.,
H. J. W0LVERT0N,
ATTOPlTEY AT LAV.
OFFICinu Market street, Sunliury, adjoining
the Ofllce of the "American" and opposite
tlie Post Office.
Business promptly attended to in Northumber
land and the adjoining Counties.
Kefeii to: Hon. C. W.Hegins and B. Ban
nan, Pottsville i Hon. A. Jordan and H B. Mas
ser, Sunliury.
April 10, 1852. ly.
M.i7SHIELi
ATTOR1TET AT LAV.
Office in Market street Stmbury, opposite
Weaver's Hotel
USINESS will be promptly attended to in
tho Counties of Northumberland, Union,
Columbia and Montour.
Sunbury, Oct. 11, 1851. ly.
' HENRY "DONNELT "
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office opposite the Court House,
Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa,
Prompt attention to business in adjoining
Counties. .
J.H. &W.B.HAET,
WHOLESALE GROCERS
No. 229 North 3d St., above Callowhill,
FIXIZ.ADELPHIA.
A large assortment of Groceries always on
hand, which will be. sold at tho lowest prices for
Cash or approved Credit.
April 10, 18.r)3. ly.
J. STEWART DEPUY.
AT 223 North 2d street, above Wood,
(Burnt District,) Philadelphia, would
resDecllullv call the attention of hisl'riemls
2 and the public in general, to his larrje and
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well selected stocK oi carpets, uu . iuuid,
Mattings, Window Sh-iilca, Stair Rods,
&c, &c.
Venitian Carpeting from 7 Ms to 100 ct. per yd.
Ingrain " 13 " ' " "
Three I'ly ' 100 " 1S " "
BrusKl. " 112 " 150 " "
Door Matts. He would invite the atten
tion of dealers and others to his large stock
of Doot Matts which he manufactures
in great variety and of splendid quality.
Oil Cloths, from 1 yard to 8 yards wide
wholesale and retail.
April 10, 1852. 6m.
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HARRISBURG STEAM WOOD
TURNING AND SCROLL SAWING
SHOP. Wood Turning in all its branches,
in city style and at city prices. Every variety of
Cabinet and Carpenter work cither on hand or
turned to order.
Bed Posts, Balusters, Rosetta, Slat and Quar
ter Mouldings, Table Legs, Newell Posts, Pat
terns, Awning Posts, Wagon Hubs, Columns,
Round or Octagon Chisel Handles, tec.
VW This shop is in STRAWBERRY AL.
LEV, near Third Street, and as we intend to
please all our customers who want good work
lone, it U hoped that all the trade wil givo us a
call.
13T Ten-Pins and Ten-rin Balls made to or
der or returned.
Tho attention of Cabinet Makers and Carpen
ters is called to our new stylo of TWIST
MOULDINGS. Printer's Riglets at $1 per 100
feet W. O. HICKOK.
February 7, 1852. ly.
wmT M'CAKTyT"
BOOKSELLER,
Market Street,
SUNBURY, PA.
TUST received and for sale, a fresh supply of
F,V ANGELICAL MUSIC
for Singing Schools. Hois also opening at
... . .
this time, a large assortment of Ilooks, in every
branch of Literature, consisting of
Poetry, History, Novels, Romances, Scientific
Works, Law, Modicino, School and Children's
Books, Bibles ; School, Pocket and Family, both
with and without Engravings, and every of vari
ety of Binding. Prayer Books, of all kinds.
Also just received and for sale, Purdons Di
gest of the laws of Pennsylvania, edition of 185 1,
price only t6,00.
Judge Reads edition of Blackstones Commen
ts rice, in 3 vols. 8 vo. formerly sold at J 10,00,
and now ottered (in fresh binding) at tho low
price of 80,00.
A Treatise on the laws of Pennsylvania re
specting the estates of Decedents, by Thomas F.
Gordon, price only $4,00.
Travels, Voyages and Adventures, all ot
which will be sold low, either for cash, or coun
try produce.
February, St, 185311.
Lycoming Mutual Insurance Company.
DR. J. U. MASSER is the local agent for the
above Insurance Company, in Northumber
land county, and is at all times ready to .fleet
Insurances against hre on real or personal pn
perty, or renewing policies for the same.
Sunbury, April 26, 1851. tf.
WANTED TO BORROW
TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS in two
n m. of six hundred dollars each, for which
rrrwl freehold security will l giveB. Addresa
Wt r
'Sunbury, Feb. 88, 1852. tf.
TNK Boureau's celebrated ink, and also Con
grea ink for sale, whoUsale and retail by
December 28. 1850. 11. MABStK
TCRE8H Vanilla Bean of a superior quality
m- just received and for sale by
Julv 31, 1852. H. B. MASSER.
SELECT POETRY.
A CAMPAIGN SONG.
Am.-"wha'll be King but Charlie."
The news from Baltimore that came,
Is spread o'er hill and valley,
And like the cross of Highland fame,
The signal gives to rally
Then gather, gather! come all together ;
Tho cause, the men remember;
With Pierce and King we'll shout and
sing,
And triumph in November.
From wild Niagara's wat'ry world,
To where the great gulf slumbers,
From sea to sea our flag unfurled,
Waves over countless numbers.
In civil life, in martial strife,
Our leader won his glory ;
His praise the theme of minstrel dream,
His fame a nation's story.
Beside him Alabama's sou,
In statesmanship excelling
With men like these the fight is won,
And only waits the telling.
Tho Empire Slate wheels into line,
The North and Soulh assemble ;
On every hill the watch-fires shine,
Ami foes of freedom tremble.
Then gather, gather! Come all together!
The cause, the men, remember;
With Pierce and King, w'U shout and
sing,
And triumph in November.
a 0k etc!).
THINK TWICE.
"Did Horner pay the bill V inquired
Mr. Gilbert of his clerk, who had just come
in.
The young man shook his head.
"Didn't pay it ?"
"No sir."
What 8nswer did he give?"
"He was angry, and said that he wished
yon wouldn't send after the bill any more
that when he was ready, he would bring
you the monej', and not before."
"He said that, did he?" Mr. Gilbert
spoke with considerable excitement of
manner.
"Yes, si r. I never called on him that he
didn't get out of patience, and say some
thing unpleasant."
"Very well," replied Mr. Gilbert in a
menacing tone; "give me the bill. I'll
collect it."
And taking up his hat he left the store.
Within two or three blocks was the of
fice of. an Alderman, and thither his steps
were turned.
"Thank fortune, there's a short way to
deal wilh men in these cases." Thus Mr.
Gilbert talked to himself as he moved ra
pidly along. "Not send my bill, indeed.
Why dou't he come and pay, if he's so
nice in tnese matters." lie doesn't mean
to pay, that's the true reason. But he is
dealing with the wrong man, and he will
find it out before he is twenty-four hours
older. He can bluff off" a clerk, but he
will find a city bailiff a different sort of a
customer."
Horner, the offender in the case, was a
poor tailor, who had become indebted to
Gilbert for groceries. The amount of the
bill was sixty-six dollars a very lare
sum lor him, and for exceeding what he
had supposed it would be. Sickness and
the loss of a child had, some months pre
viously, lessened his income, and also bur
dened him with unusual expenses. But
lor this, he would not have become in
debted. Honest and sensitive, the debt
worried him. Instead, however, of going
to Mr. Gilbert, and asking him to let the
obligation stand for a short time, until he
could pay it off gradually, he kept away
Irora him, and fretted himself with think'
ing over his unpleasant relation he bore to
the grocer. As was to have been expect
ed the bill came in. The clerk, by whose
hands it was sent, made his demands in a
style that Horner thought rude, if not in-
suiting.
This was more in imagination than in
reality
"I can't pay this now," was the tailor's
brief answer. He spoke with a troubled
voice and countenance. The clerk inter
preted his manner by the word anger.
"When will you settle it?" he en
V -.L .1 . I
; quireo, wun sometniug peremptory in HIS
voice.
"I can't tell," said
Horner in a short
quick tone of voice.
1 he cleric went away. His report diu
not please the grocer, who, in few days,
sent again for the money, The second de
mand came upon Horner, while he was
thinking of the bill, and hopelessly casting
about in his mind for some means of pay
ing it. Not possessing a great deal of self
control, he unwisely uttered an expression
of impatience the moment he saw the clerk
of Gilbert.
"Well, sir; what about the bill?" said
the clerk.
"It's no use to keep calling on me," re
plied Horner, "as soon as I have the mon
ey, I will see Mr. Gilbert."
A third time the clerk called, l oor
Horner was in a very unhappy state of
mind. He had been tbinkins of little else
besides the erocer's bill all the morninsr:
in his mind, was a nervous presentiment
that he should have a visit that day from
th collector. He was not in error. Even
a the thought troubled him. ooen swnno-
the door, and 4he messenger of Gilbert
entered.
"See here, young man," exclaimed
Horner, before the other had time to speak,
Just tell Gilbert not to send that bill here
again. It won't bring the money an hour
sooner. When I aru ready I will pay it,
and not before."
The cleric turned oil and left the shop,
without a word ot reply.
"That wasn't right, John," said the tail
or's wife, in a tone of gentle reproof, after
the lapse of five minutes. She wisely
forebore to speak until time enough had
elapsed for her irritable husband to regain
a degree of self-composure.
"I know it wasn't," answered Horner,
pausing in his work, and giving vent to his
feelings in a heavy sigh. "I know it
wasn't. But this constant dunning is hard
to bear. He knows, as well as I do, that
he will get his money as soon as I can pos
sibly earn it."
"No, John, not as well as you do," said
the wife mildly. "He cannot see your
thoughts."
There was a brief silence.
"Have you seen Mr. Gilbert ?" inquired
Mrs. Horner,
j I "No. But"
The tailor hesitated. He saw what was
in the mind of his wife, and he felt its
force.
"Don't you think it would be better to
see him and explain just how it is wilh
you ? I don't believe he would give you
any trouble if you were to go. There is
no telling what kind of messages his clerk
takes to him. If he gives simply your
words to-day, Mr. Gilbert will be angry
and there is no knowing what he might be
tempted to do."
"1 don't want to see him," replied Hor
ner, "I can't bear to look into a man's face
iflowehim money."
The wife sighed but did not answer.
Both remained silent for some time. Hor
ner's own mind soon suggested all that his
wife wisher!, but, hesitated to say. It was
but right for him to see the grocer, explain
to him fully his position, and alter assur
ing him of his honest intention to pay
every doHar of the debt, ask of him a lib
eral extension of time.
"I will see him," said he at length, pau
sing suddenly in his own work, and getting
down from his shop. In a little while he
was ready lo go out, when he stirted forth
to see his creditor.
In the meantime Gilbert had kept on his
way toward the Alderman's fully resolved
to hand his debtor over to the tender mer
cies of the law. He was within a few
doors of the office when he met a friend.
"What's the matter!" inquired this in
dividual, "you look as though you was go
ng io sue somebody."
"Just what 1 am about doinp," replied
the grocer.
"Ah, indeed ! Who is the hard case
that requires such a stringent mea
sure ?"
"Horner, the tailor. You know him, I
believe."
"Yes, very well. But you are not going
to sue him V
"Indeed I am."
"How much does he owe you V
"Sixty odd dollars."
"I'd think twice before 1 troubled poor
Horner," said the other, shaking his
head.
"He sends'me only insulting answers,"
replied Gilbert. "I've dunned him for his
indebtedness until I am tired."
"Perhaps you have dunned him too
hard. He is sensitive and irritable.
"No I've only sent three or four times.
mis morning he returned lor an answer
that he would pay me when he was ready,
and not before."
"And on the spur ot the moment you
have determined to put the account in an
alderman's hands."
1 have."
"Too hasty, friend Gilbert. In all mat
ters of this kind it is better to think twice.
Remember that Horner had sickness and
death in bis family. These I know have
thrown him back. Here lies the cause of
slowness in paying. But surely these
things ought to entitle him to consider
tion.
this."
He is honest ; 1 am quite certain of
"I didn't think about his sickness and
the loss of his child," said uilbert in a
modified tone. "But this is no justification
for the rude, unsatisfactory answer he sent
to my application lor money."
"Of course not. But every man cannot
at all times, control his feelings. -An hon
est mind often feels a quick sense of indig
nation when a demand is made for a debt
where present inability to pay exists
This is no doubt the case with Horner.
Honest in his intention, he felt your repea
ted applications as questioning that hones
ty, and he could not bear the imputation
with coming patience."
The two men separated. Gilbert had
thought twice ; and instead of going to the
magistrate's office, returned to his store.
There, a little lo his surprise, he found the
tailor waiting him. They met with some
reserve atid embarrassment, but Horner
said in a moment or two, and in a subdued
voice
"I am sorry, Mr. Gilbert, to have kept
you out of your money so long ; nothing
has prevented my paying you but inability.
I have had sickness and trouble, or it would
not be with me as it is. I felt worried
when your clerk called to-day, and sent
you an improper message. Let me recall
that. And now, 1 will tell you the best 1
can do. If you will take from me five
dollars a month until the whole bill is set
tled, I will lailhlully pay you that much,
and more if it is possible."
"Perfectly satisfactory," replied Gilbert,
in a voice so cordial that it tent the blood
bounding through the veins of the unhappy
man. "If you hart only made this propo
sition before, it would have been cheerfully
accepted."
When the two men separated, each was
wiser and each felt happier. The tailor
kept his engagement, and the grocer not
only received his money, but retained a
good customer. So much for sober, second
thoughts. So much for thinking iwict.
A Lazt Fellow lying down on the grass
aid, "Oh ! how 1 do wish that this wai cal
led work; and well paid."
a ?Qumorott0 stutcti.
A STORY WITH SPICE IN IT.
Wo remember to have heard in "Yan
kee Land" of a young man that had just
entered into the silken bonds of matrimo
ny. His wife, a most amiable creature,
had a mortal hatred of liquor; and though
Tom often indulged on the sly with his
convivill companions, he took care always
to be "right side up" on going home. He
would not have his wife find him in such a
state, for all the gold in the universe ; and
yet he could not sign the pledge of total
abstinence, from the fact of being the vice
president of a club of jolly fellows, all of
whom believed in grape juice. For at
least six months after his marriage, in the
presence of his "better half," he was as
"straight as a pin," and she had set it down
that a blessing in the shape of a strictly
sober husband had fortunately fallen to her
lot.
"Tom," one morning, said she, lovingly,
"we have now been a wedded couple half
a year, and never once have I had the
slightest occasion to reproach you."
Of course Tom was deligted to hpar his
dear little wife talk so encouragingly' and
express happiness at his behavior ; and he
he repeated assurances of his determina
tion always to be an attentive, sober hus
band. But in the ocean of life how little we
can foresee the breakers of temptation !
Tom had to dine that very evening with
the "Owls" (the ornithological title of his
ciub,) and he felt in admirable spirits, and
his health was drunk warmly and frequent
ly after the removal ot the cloth ; the con
sequence was that by time the company
seprated he was in a happy stale of eleva
tion with a vivid notion of men, women,
and all things terrestrial.
"Hic-c-c-. I r-r-eallv helieva T'm H.rl.
runk!" soliloauized Tom. noisinr? himself
on his heels, with his arm clasned endear-
ingly around a lamppost. "W-w-hat Ihe
d-d-evil'a to he done? Ami rl-rl.renmlniT
or am
I d-d-runk which is it ? Will
somebody tell me ?"
A knot of wags passing at the moment,
hearing his voice, roared in combined tones
you're drun; beastly drunk !
"There, now, it's out, and no more than
I s-suspected," continued Tom, mournfully,
n a maudlin voice. "What will Clara
say, ugh ? Curse that last.julip, 1 say if
it ii ao n't been tor that I'd have passed mus
ter ; but now she can tell it by my eyes
I f-f-feel as if I had a dozen pair of eyes ;
and as for ton-tongue, I've ot a score all
waggin' away fov dear life."
loin here losing a proper and important
equilibrium, his heels suddenly Hew higher
n ine air than is necessary for every day
cases ot pedestriantsm, and, per conse
quence, he was the next moment in a
most ungracious position in the gutter.
"Hie, hie, this is r-rich, I must 6ay.
bpose Clara should s-see me now 'twas
only to day she praised my in-in-tergrity.
Tom, Tom, you're a b-b yes you are, so
don t deny it you're a b-beast !'
By dint of a series of vast efforts he sue
ceeded in gaining his feet, and proceeded
towards home, reeling, and talking to him
self all the way. After mistaking the
house next door, the door front of which
was the same, for his own, he had an un
decided search ot at least an hour for his
latch key, which he at length found in his
boot, it having slipped down his trouser leg
through a hole in his pocket
Xow in the hall, he leaned up against
the wall and undertook a cogitation. He
could sufficiently gather his senses to re
member the clock in his wife's room was
out ot repair, and as she had retired, she
would not be able to ten the time he had
got it. That was a grand point gained
"I know what I'll do ; I'll go to bed in
the dark, and then she won't notice my
eyes," ruminated Tom. "But hold on I'd
like to forget it she'll smell my breath
how can l fix that?"
He puzzled for a few moments, and in
the end concluded to seel: the kitchen, and
meddle slightly with the since box. Down
the stone stairs he went, and after putting
his hand into half a dozen various fluids,
feeling into a row of pans, jugs and dishes
at length he found a handful of cloves,
which he thrust into his mouth as if they
had been so many sugar plums.
"T-t-they're d-devlish hot," spluttered
lorn.
answered the purpose. How I wish Bob
Stiles was here to tell m whether the
brandy is sufficiently disguised ?"
Satisfied that the fragrance of the cloves
had out ordoured the scent of the "ardent,"
he mounted the stairs, and, with the ex
ception of a couple of small stumbles,
gained the chamber in safety. Now he
would have been happy had his wile not
been wide awake.
"Why, Thomas, how late you are," said
she; "Where's the candle 1"
"Oh, never mind the candle," said he,
in as steady a tone as he could assume.
"It's not late."
"I should judge it was very late," said
she -, "dear me, I must have that clock
fixed."
"Y-e-s, so we must," said Tom, with
miraculous deliberation, for one solitary
hiccup would have betrayed him. As to
the clocks uncertain condition, it was a
phenomenon of good luck for him
"Does it look like rain, dear 1" kindly
inquired Clara
"Nov, it Tom had been put on hit oath
ha could no more have answered correctly
in regard to the appearance of the weather
than the man in the moon, and not half so
much, for it is fair to suppose that if there
w mail in me moon, lie is not aauictea
lo the practice of drinking, and, therefore,
keeps a bright look out on things below.
He replied gradually "Pon mv word
j don't know, but I'll look," and, feeling bis
,wnyt ) the window, Se threw aside the
curtains, and a bar of pale star-light threw
itself immediately on his wife's face. "Clear
as crystal, you perceive, dear" and down
went the curtain again.
Clara was very thoughtful and affection
ate, and suggested that if the curtain was
kept up he could see his way better about
the room.
"No, no, dear," replied Tom, very slow
ly, as before; "I've heard that star-light
produced lunacy after" midnight he was
about to say, but caught himself dexter
ously, considering his situation-"and that's
dreadlul, you know."
Tom made several stumbles after this,
and presently his wife caught a whifTof
the cloves.
"Good gracious, Tow how long you are,
and how dreadfully you smell of cloves."
"Eh?" said Tom, starting 'C-l-o-v-e-s ?"
"Yes, cloves! any one would think
you'd been embalmed like a mummy."
This made him twitch and go wool gath
ering. "Phew! you're regularly scented with
them. Where have you been tonight?"
Tom was thrown entirely of his guard;
his brain rambled, and, without the remo
test idea of what he was saying, replied
"W-w-why hie Clara, dear, the fact is
I just been on a Utile trip to the East In
dies, and while I was there I fell over a
spice box !"
This told a tale. Clara immediately sat
up in bed and shed tears. The cat was
out of the bag, and we should not be sur
prised but that a Caudle lecture as long as
a charity sermon was the consequence of
poor Tom's unfortunate slip of the tongue.
He has never touched cloves from that day
to this, and it is probable, ere long he will
avoid the "bottle" entirely, his wife insist
ing that every one that drinks, must sooner
or later keep company with a subterrane
ous person, distinguished from the rest of
mankind by a remarkable species of tail
an(1 "cloven" foot; this latter adornment
woul(l keP Tom out of his road, if nothing
else succeedpd- Mosl decidedly. Home
Journal.
FLAYING THE DEVIL.
We were a good deal amused, nt an anec
dote we heard the other day, of a certain
preacher whose calling confined him within
the limits of old Kentucky. He had preached
in his parish many years, and of course run
short of tho eloquence so much needed lo
keep his parishioners awake and astonished.
Let him preach ever so well now, it made no
difference ihey had got used to him and
used lo sleeping, and sleep they would to his
great annoyance. At last he hit upon an ex
pedient to bring 'em up standing, as the say
ing is. He procured a small tin whistle,
which he took with him into the pulpit, and
afier taking his text, and "blazing away" till
his lungs were sore, and his hearers all
comfortably dozing and nodding approval to
each other, he suddenly drew it forth and
gave a shrill toot-a-toot. In an instant the
whole congregation was awoke and upon
their feet, staring at the minister, at each
other, and wondering what in the name of
pickles and human nature, as Sam Slick
savs. was lo come next. "You're a set of
smart specimens of humanity, ain't you ?"
said the divine whistler, as he slowly gazed
around on the astonished assemblage
When I preach the Gospel to you, you all go
to sleep ; but the moment I go to playing
the devil, you'er all wide awake, up and
coming like a rush of hornets with a pole in
their nest !" Essex.
The Third Trial. An Irishman working
at the Peltibone tunnel on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railraid, last winter, went to the Maga
zine for powder, wilh a fire-brand to light
his way. An explosion of Ihe four kegs of
powder therein destroyed Ihe shanty, and he
picked himself up some 150 feet down the
hill, on which he started. He was but little
bruised. A few weeks after he fell down
a shaft, caught partially by a wall, sixty feet
from the surface, and then fell thirty more,
receiving no injury but torn hands and
sprained ankle. Two weeks ago a heavy
shower broke away the dam at the mouth of
the tunnel, and the water came in a flood.
Part of the men escaped over the embank
ment or bottom cut of the tunnel, and others
leaped in the bucket and were drawn up.
Our fortunate unfortunate was too late to get
in, and he seized Ihe edge of the bucket with
his hands, and was swung up the dizzy height
whirling in the daikness. His hands were
knocked off by the bucket striking the rim
of the shaft, and his last accident was a fall
of 160 feet upon the jagged rocks of the tun
nel's bottom, from which his mangled body
was afterwards gathered and buried.
Wheeling Va.) Gazette,
Tub bill of indictment preferred against
John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress,
etc, was as follows "John Bunyan hath
devilishly and perniciously abstained from
coming to church, to hear divine service, and
is a common upholder of several unlawful
meetings and conventicles, to Ihe disturbance
and distraction of ihe good subjects of this
kingdom, contrary lo the laws of our sover.
eigu lord, the king," &c.( was convicted an
imprisoned twelve years and six months.
We saw a woman one evening this .week
well-dressed and tidy, leading a man, npp.ir
enity her husband, home from a rum nhop.
He was cursing her dreadfully, and she was
weeping as though her heart would break
no doubt it was broken. Another sad com
I mentary upon the vicissitudes of life-
. A suit was lately cornmeuoed id the Un
ted States Court against a person fcr using
I letter stamp a second time. The person
I chose to pay the penalty, t0, and have the
J suit discontinued. ' I
FLOGOINO AN EDITOR.
About twenty years ago, when a Certain
Western State (which we will noi name) was
Territory, and a very few inhabitants, a
young lawyer from ono of the old S:atca em
igrated thither, and settled in the town of
. He succeeded admirably in his
profession, and rose rapidly in popular favor.
He had been there nearly two years, when
he induoed a printer to come and print a
eekly paper, of which he was editor and
proprietor. Squire S. was much pleased for
while wilh editing a paper. He was a
man of very low stature, but he used the edi
torial we as frequently as if there was a dozen
of them, and each as big an Daniel Lambert,
or the Kentucky Giant. Strange to say,
(here were men in office who were not a par-
cle more honest than they should be a
thing which probably never happened before,
and never will again. Squire S. felt nil the
patriotism of a son of '76, and poured out
grape and cannistei against the public abuses.
This soon stirred up a hornet's nest about his
ers; but as there was no other paper in the
Territory, there was no reply, and he enjoy.
his warlike propensities in security. At
ength he published an article more severe
and cutting against malfeasance in office
than any that had preceeded it. In fact,
though pointed at no one individual in par
ticular, it was a scorcher. Some three or
tour days afterwards he was silting alone in
is editorial office, which was a quarter of a
ile from the said printing establishment;
is pen was busy with a paragraph, when Ihe
door was opened without much ceremony,
and in stalked a man about six feet in his
stockings. He asked, "Are you S., the pro
prietor of this paper?" Thinking he had
found a new patron, the little man with one
of his blandest smiles answered in the af-
rmative. The stranger drew ihe last num
ber from his pocket, and pointing to an article
against rogues in office, told ihe affrighted edi
tor it was intended for him. It was in vain
hat S. protested that he had never heard Or
im before. The wrath of Ihe visitor rose to
fever heat, and from being so long restrained,
boiled over with double fury. He gave the
choice, either to publish a very laudable re
cantation, or take a flogging on the snot
Either alternative was wormwood, but what
could he do ? The enrased office holder was
twice his size, and able to qualify him for an
obituary. He agreed lo retract, and as the
isitor insisted upon writing it himself, he
set to the desk. Squire S. made an excuse
to go to the printing office, with a promise
that he would be back in season to sign it
s soon as it was finished. S. had hardly-
gone fifty yards when he encountered a man
who inquired where Squire S.'s office was,
and if he was at home. Suspecting that he
too was on tho same errand as the other, l.e
pointed to the office, and lold him he would
find the editor within, writing a most abusive
article against office holders. This was
enough. Tho eyes of the newcomer flushed
fire. He rushed into the office and assailed
the stranger with the epithets liar, scoundrel,
coward, and told him he would leach him
how to write. The gentleman supposing he
was some bully sent there by the editor,
sprang to his feet, and a fight ensued, The
table was upset and smashed into kindling
wood the contents of a large jug of ink
stood puddled on (he floor the chairs had
Iheir legs and backs broken beyond the skill
of surgery to cure them. This seemed only
to inspire the combatants with still grater
fury. Blow followed blow with the rapidity
of lightning. First one was kicked on the
floor, then the other, each taking it in turns
pretty equally. The ink on the floor had
found its way into Iheir faces, till both of
them cut the most ridiculous figures imagina
ble. The noise and uproar was tremendous.
The neighbors ran to Ihe door and exclamed
that two negroes were fighting in Squire S.'s
office. None dared separate them. At
length the circumstances of the case became
known ; and Ihe next day, hardly able to kit
on horseback, their heads bound up, they
started homewards, convinced that they had
obtained very little satisfaction in attempting
to flog an editor.
To the Farmers or Pennsylvania and
the Nkighborino States. The first Exhi
bition of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural
Society afforded satisfactory evidence that it
is not diificult to develops the resources of
our Slate for so interesting an occasion. -
Tlie exhibition itself, the pleasure we derived
from it, and its profitable effects, in the face
of the doubts and fears which always hang
heavily upon new projects, were beyond our
reasonable expectation. Now we know what
can be done, and, we propose to hold our Sec
ond Annual Exhibition at Lancaster, on Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday, the 20th, 81st,
22nd of October, 1852, to which we invite
all persona everywhere who feel an interest
in the subject. We have made arrangements
for the most ample accommodations and care
of all animals, products and machinery whicn
shall be brought there; and we trul every
Farmer, Horlioultuiist, Hanufaclurer, JVie
chanio and Inventor, will partake wilh u,
and consider himst If on engaged m the
work of making this exhibiiio" g"'
terering and profitable a U ia d'S" '
should be.
Our Society especially desires to recognise
the influauce and power that mother, and
daughter may exerlin promoting our object;
and we therefore cordially invite them to our
meeting, and solicit the contributions of their
taste and industry to give beauty and interest
to our Exhibition.
FRE.D K WATTS, JVuiJrnf.
CHILDISH aiMPIIt'ITY.
One of the passengers on Ihe steamer At
lantic, Mr. Aaron Sutton, in a letter lo the
Providence Journal, relates tho following in
cident. He was an excellent swimmer, and
apprehensive that Ihe boat would soon go
down, she being nearly covered with water
swam on some distance, with a child on one
arm and his wife and infant on the other,
partially supported by a life-preserver. He
says :
"While we were away from the wteck in
the water, I saw several dead bodies near, and
one, that of a man, came so near us that I was
obliged to kick it away wilh my foot, fearine
life might not be fully extinct, and we should
be caught hold of. My hands of course were
lied, having Frank in one, with his little arms
around my neck, and my wife in the other.
1 was obliged lo propel with feet alone, which
is not easy even for the best of swimmers.
I believe we were the only company who
went so far from ihe boat and were saved.
There were a few single men who went
where we were, and all for the same reasons.
My wife was perfectly calm and manacable
throughout the whole time. She seemed to
fear for the baby more than for herself.
Frank, when in the water, cried some, and
said 'Franky wants to go beddy,' 'Franky
don't want to go in the water any more,' and
''Franky wants to go in the boat.' Lc.
A CAT NURSING A RAT.
The annals of natural history often discloso
singular facts, at variance wilh the known
habits of ihe animals about which the facts
are loid. We have a most interesting inci
dent of this nature. At a house corner of
Kneeland and Hndson streets, N. Y., is a cat
who has recently been blessed with an addi
tion of five responsibilities, awakening ma
ternal love in its strongest action. Three of
the kittens were doomed to a watery grave
before the mother's eye were familiarized
t" her treasures. The morning after this
ruthless act had been cousumated, Ihe fami
were surprised, on visiting the quarters ap
propriated to the maternal grimalkin, at see
ing an infant rat sucking wilh the remaining
kittens, and the mother appearing to be in
tensely fond of her new strangers charge.
The cat, if the rat wilh her kittens are Taken
from her, betrays the gratest anxiety, and
the rat is always the first object that claim
her attention. She is proud of it, and will
nurse and fondle it more than she does her
own progeny. How did the little fugitive
get in such a position, and become the ob
ject of such dangerous love, are questions of
interest, lo naturalists. The fact is true as
we have related it, and can be attested by
many who have seen it. Herald.
Treating on a Trade. Some years since
when money was scarce, and almost every
thing was done in the way of trade, a man,
named Jones, called in at the grocery and
dry goods store of Mr. Brown, (down East,)
and atked for a darnincr needle, and offered
in exchango an egg. After icceiving the
needle, Jones, said ;
"Come, sir, ain't you going to treat !"
"What, on the trade !" inquired Air-
Brown.
"Certainly ; a trade is a trade, let it be big
or little."
"Well, what will you take ?"
"A glass of wine," said Jones.
The wine was poured out, when the
sponge said :
"Would it be asking too much to request
you to put an egg in this wine I am very
fond of egg and wine !"
Appalled by the man's meanness, Brown
took Ihe identical egg which he had receiv.
ed for the darning-needle, and handed it to
his customer, who, in breaking it into tha
wine glass, discovered that it contained a
double yolk.
"Look here," said the sponge, "don't
you think you ought to give me another
needle ! you see this ia a double egg !"
A Nice Yocnq Mam' Opinioh of Wo-
m bn. "Well, 1 always knew women weren't
worth think in' of; a set of deceithful little
monkey ; changeable as a rainbow : superfi
cial as parrots ; as full of tricks as a conju
rer ; stubborn as mules ; vain as peacock
noisy as magpie and full of Ihe old Harry,
all the time ! There's Delilah' now didn't
she take the 'strength' out of Sampson ? and
weren't 'Sisera and 'Judith' born friends !
aud didn't that little minx of a Herodias
dance John the Baptist's htad off ! Didn't
Sarah 'raise Cain,' with Abraham, till hs
packed Hagar off 1 Then there was (well,
the least aid about her the better) but didn't
Eve, the fore mother of the whole concern,
have one talk too many vilh the UAd serpei t !'
Or course ; (she didivt do nolhin' else ! :
Glad 1 never set Mir young affection t::
any of 'em !"
Significant. The following advert..- -ment
is placarded on the wall of Pari- ; -"Wanted,
on thousand well-dressed un.t
highly moral men, to propagate the 'HUiury
of Prince Louie Napoleon' in the Dupari
inent." A chap out west who bus been gevcicly
afflicted by a palpitation of the heart,
ay he found instant relief by the appli
cation of another palpitating heait. An
other triumph ip honicepathy. "Like cna-s
like."
The sailboat Chanticleer, from which &lr.
Fenno and family were lost, ha been raised,
and found much damaged by the action of
the tide. The bodie of the family have I'd
yet been recovered.
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