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A W , Mu.uicra attended to in the Comities of Nor. lliuuiLcrlmid, Vtiion, Lycoming and Columbia. Refer lot P, & A. Iiovoiult, Lower & Barron, l Phi Houirrt & SnoJratiK, Vlulail. JJrynulds, McFarland & Co., I":'crinj, Good & Co,, " II. J. TVOLVERTOIX, " iLTTOSllTST 4-T LAV. fkFFICE in Market street, Sunluirv, adjoining; - the Office of tha "American" mid opposite the Pott Office. Business promptly attended to in Nortbumber land ami (lie adjoining Counties. ItKrF.itTo: Hon. C. VV. Hpniiis and 11. Dan nan, Pottavillc; Hon. A. Jordan and H U. Mns cr, Sunbury. April 10, 1952 ly. M. Ii" EiilJJDEL7 ATTOP.1TET AT LAV. UJjJlce in Market slnot Sunbitnj, opposite Weavers Hotel BUSINESS will lie promptly attended In in the Comilip of Nurtliuinberland, L'nion, Columbia and Montour. Punliury, Oct 11, 1351. ly. HENRY BONIIEL, ATTORNET AT 1LA.V7. OJJice opposite the Cuurt House, EunTniry, Northnmtcrland County, Pa. Prompt attention to business in adjoining Counties. 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J.EV, near Third IStreet, and as we intend to please all our c ustomcrs who want irood work jonp, it is hoped that all the trade nil' give us a call. W Ten-Tins and Tcn-Piu Balls inado to or dcr or returned. The attention of Cabinet Makers and Carpan ers is ealled to our new stvlo of T W '1ST MOULDINGS. Printer's Riivfcts at l j-r 100 feet. W. O. HICKOIC. ' February 7, i8S ly. "i war. m'cXrty", BOOK8KI. LKR, Market Ht red, SUNBURY, PA. JUST received and for sale, s fresh siiplv ef F.TAXCKLICII. MISIV iar Singing Schools. He is also opening at this time, a Urge assortment of Books, in every fcrauch of Literature, consUling of ' Poetry, History, Novels, Romances, Scientific Works, Law, Medicine, School and Children's Dooks, Bibles; School, Pocket and Family, both with and without Engravings, and every of vari ety of Binding. Prayer Books, of all kind.. , Also just eceivd unl for sale, Purdons Di gest of the laws of lVunsylvauia, edition of 1851, price only 80,00. Judge Reads edition of Elackstonei Commen taries, ill 3 vols. 6 vo. formerly sold at 910,00, nd now offered (iu fresh binding) at the low price of 80,00. A Treatise on the laws of Pennsylvania re specting the estates of Decedents, by Tlioiuas F. Cordon, price only $1,00. ' Travels, Voyages and Jdven(urcs, all ol which will be sold low, either for cash, or coun try produce. February, SI, 188?. . tycsmiag Mutual Insurance Company. DR. J. B. MASSER is the local agent for the above Insurance Company, in Northumber land county, and is at all times ready to sllect nsurauces against fire on ittai or personal pro perty, or renewing puiicies for the same. Suobury, April liU, 1651. tf. . AND BILI.S neatly printed on new type promptly cvecutei at this omce. Alto blanks, of all kinds on superior paper. Buubury, Feb. li, 195ii. ft iTnmny fiespnpei'-Drtottlr to UcUtfcs, attcratttre, fttotainy, jTorttflit mrt aomcsttc autos, SELECT POETRY. TO MY SPIRIT LOVE. I lovb you 'ti the simplest way The ihing 1 feel to lell ; Yet if I lold il all ltlJ day YouM never gnegs how well. You are my comfort and my liyht My very lifa you teem J 1 think of you all day ; all niht 'Tis but of you 1 dream. There' pleasure in the lightest word That you can speak to me; My soul is like the yCnliau's chord, And vibrates still to thee, 1 never read tint love-song ye', Su thrilling, fond, or true, But in my own lieuit I have met S:mtio kinder thought for you. I Mess I he shadows of your face, The lijiht upon your hair 1 like fur hum a 1" sit and liacj Tin) p.minsi chaiiccR then : , I lovo to hear yui.r voiue's tono, Aliliont'li you should not yay A siiiflw word to il renin upon When that has died uuay. Oil 1 ynu me kindly a llie beam That wanrm where'er it piny, And yon are senile ns a dicurn Of happy ful urt days And you are Hionrr to llie riht And swift the wrniip; to llee A'nl if ou weio not half so bright, You'ra nil the world to me. 53 h etc!). - THE GC0D AMGEIS. 'Come Ady and Jan?, it's time you were in bed,' saul Mrs. Freeman to her Iwo daughters about nine o'clock one evening. Ady was nine years old, and Jane was a year and a nail younger. I he Iwo tlnl dtcn had been tittino; at the work table with their muther, oneofthein stm!yinr her li-sson, and the other enLra''eJ on a piece of lanry needlework. .'Papa liasn't come home yet," answered Ady. '2s!o, dear, but it's getting late, and it is lime you were in bed. He may not be home for an hour." Ady laid aside her woik, and left the ta ble, and Jane closed her books, and put them away in her school eatchel. ''You can lijr'.it the lamp on the mantle piece," said Mrs, Freeman, after a few moments, and looking around as she spoke, she saw the children had both put on their bonnets, and were tying their warm capes close about their necks. She understood well the meaning ol this, and therefore did not ask a rjuestion, although the tears came to her eyes, am! her voice trembled as she said, "It is very culd lo nijjht chil dren, 'But wa don't feel it, mother," replied Ady. 'We'll run along very quickly." And the two little ones went out, before their motheir, whose feelings were chok ing her, could say a word. As they clo sed the door after them, and left her alone, she raised her eyes upward, and murmur ed, 'God Ijless and reward the dear chil dren," It was a dark winter night as the little adventurers stepped into the street ; the wind swept fiercely along, ami almost diove them back into the door. Bui they caught each other lightly by the hands and bending their little forms to meet the pressure, hurried on the way they were going as fast as their little lect could move, The streets were dark and deserted, hut the children were not afraid ; love filled their h arts, and left no room for fear, They did not speak a word to ecch other as they hastened along. After going for a considerable distance, l hey stopped before a house over thl door of which was a handsome ornamental gasIamp, bearing the words, "Oysters and Refreshments." It was a strange place for two little girls like them to enter at such an hour ; but, after standing for a moment, they pushed against the green door, which turned lightly on its hinges, and stepped into a large and brilliantly lighted bar-room. "Ah !" exclaimed a man who was read ing at the table, "here are those Latei again." Ady and Jane stood still near the door, and looked around the room, but not seeing the object ol their search, they went to the bar, and said timidly to a man who stood behind it, pouring liquor into glasses 'Has pap been here lo night?' The man leanej over the bar until his face was close to the children, and said in uii angry way, I don't know anything auoui your lather. And see don't you come here any more. If you do, I'll call my big dog out of the yard and make him bite you.' Ady and Jane felt frightened as well by the harsh manner as tha angry words of the man, and they turned back from him, and were walking towaid the door with sad faces, when the person who had first remarked their entrance, .called loud enough for them to hear him, "Coniu here, my little girls." The children stoppedand looked at him, when he beckoned for thein to approach, and they did so. "Are you looking for your father?" he asked. "Yes, sir," replied Ady. . "What did the man at the bar say to you 1" "lie said that papa w,as not here ; and if we came here any more be would set his big dog on us." "lie did ? "Yes, sir." The man knit his brow for an instant, then he said, "Who sent you here?" "Nobody," answered Ady. "Don't your mother know you come ?" "Yes, sir. She told us to go to bed ; but we couldn't go until papa was home. And so we came for him first." . "He is here," BUNBUllY, NO UTII UAIIJ I "is he ?" and the children's faces Iright- ' rued. "Yes, he's at (he other side of tlio room. I'll wake him for you." Hall intoxicated and sound aslerp, it was with some difliculify that Mr. Free man could be aroused. As soon, however, as his yes were fairly opened, and he found Ady and Jane had each grasped one of his hands, he rose up, and, yielding pas sively to their direction, suflered them to lead him away. "O dear," exclaimed a mnn who had looked on with wonder and deep interest, "that's a temperance lecture I can't stand. Uod bless the little ones," he added, with emotion, "and give them a sober father." "I guess you never saw thein before ?" said one of the bar-keepers, lightly. "No, and I never wish to do so ajain at leavt in this place. Who is their father ?: "Freeman, the 1 iwyei." ".Not the oi;e who, a few years ago, condutie.l with so much uuiliiy the case against llie mnriue Insurance Company?' 'The sanio.' 'Is it possible ?' A little group now formed round the man, and a good d.-.il wa. said a!;out Free man and his fill from sobri-ty. One who had several times s"en Ady und Jane come in and lead him home as they had just done, spoke of thein with much feeling, and urged that it was a most torching scene. 'To see,' said one, 'how passively he yields himself to the little things when they come alter him, I feel sometimes, when I see them, almost weak enouch to shed tears-." 'They are his good nniT' Is ' remarked another. J?iit I'm afraid" they are not strong enough to lead him back to llie paths he has forsaken.' 'You can think what vou please a'lont it, gentleim n,' fpoke up the landlord, but 1 Can It' I vrill tnv riniMinn tinmi ih, su! eel. 1 wouldn't .jive much for the mother who would let two little thincs ' ike thein go wandering about the street i alone at this time ol night.' I One of them who had eE pressed an in- i terest In the children A lt angry at these . romniL-c nn.l h. r..lr.rt.l itl ...m.. hIii.. I ... ..,.' i .( u ..in. nuiiiv ui I in ni ss 'And I would think less ol the man who would make their father drunk.' 'Ditto to that,' responded one of the company. Ai d here's mv hand lo that,' said an o her. The landlord, finding that the majority of hin'-compatiy Wi fe likely to be against him, smothered his angry feelings, and kept silence. A few minutes afterward two or three of the inmates of the bar room went away, About ten o'clock on the next morning, while Mr. Freeman, who was generally so- ur. ,,, Lie .o.e pan o. , or uay, was in Ills : c r .L . i . i. uuo-i, a Dtiuii:ri cuiriru, nue, unci blillljg down said, 'I must crave your pardon beforehand for what I am going to say. Will you promise me not to be offended ?' "If you offer me an insult I will resent it,' said the lawyer. 'So far from that, I come with a desire to do you a great service.' 'Very well say on.' 'I was at Lcwso i's Refectory last night.' . l . . 'And i saw (-ometiung there that touched .art. If I slept at all ast night, it ' i , i -. T T ' was only to dream of it. I am a lather, i sir; I have two little girls, and I love them tenderly. Oh, sir ! the thought ofi their coming out in the cold winternight in scotch of me in such a polluted place, makes the blood feel cold in my veins, Words so unexpected, coming upon Mr. Freeman when he was comparatively so- ! ber, disturbed him deeply. In spite of all . his endeavors to retrain calm, he trembled ' all over, tie made an edort to say some- , tning in reply, bul cou.U not ultera word, "My dear sir," pursued thtf stranger, "ycu have fallen at the hand of the mom-! ,-ter intemperance, and 1 feel lhat you are in great pejil. You have not, however,'' Idlien ...pe.essiy. ,oU may yet ns-, .1 you will. Lji-t me, in the name of the sweel babes who have shown jn so wonder ful a manner their love fur you, conjure von to rise up superior to tiiis deadly foe. Keward those dear children with the high est blessing their hearts can desire. Come end story used as a smoking and diinke with me and sign the pledge of freedom. j j ig room. They had been for some weeks Let us, though s!rangers to each other, on terms of enmiiy; and having on this no unite in this good act. Come!" j casimi drunk sufficient lo render themselves Half bewildered, though with a new j oblivious of consequences, mutually abused hope in his heart, Freeman arose, and sul- : each other on their nationalities, Wilkius fered the man, who drew his arm within his, to lead him away. Before they separ ated, both had signed the pledge. That evening, unexpectedly, and to Ihe joy of his family, Mr, Freeman was perfect ly 8b;f when tie came home. Alter tea, while Ady and Jane were standing on ei ther side ol him, as he sat near their moth, er, au arm around each of them, he said iu a low whisper, "You will never have lo come for me again." The children then lifted their eyes quickly to his face, but half understanding what he meant, "I will never go there again," he added; "I will always stay at home with you." Ady and Jane, now comprehending what their father meant, overcome with joy, hid their faces in is bosom, and wept iur very giaunesg. Low as all this had been said, every word reached the mother's ear; and, while her newt yet stood trembling between hope and fear, Mr. Freeman drew a paper from his pocket, and threw it on the table by which he was sitting. Slu opened it has tily. It was a pledge with his well-known signature subscribed at the bottom. ; . L With a cry ofoy she sprang to his side, and his arms encircled his wife as well ss children in a fonder embrace than they had known for years. The children's love bad saved their fa it.,,, 'n i i.:.. I ..... 4 HVJ Wl'lt IUUCCL1 111. gUUU ailgl'19. KUl.AN D COUNTY, tA., SAT til A Dl lit. I TIIK DARK. ; The following skeleli is rertninly very mariollous, and not a liiile improbable. We do nut vouch for iltt truthfulness, but jjivn it ns wo find it in ihe New Yoik Sunday Dei patch lo which it was furnished by" n cor lespoudent ; " Accounts of duels nt Ihe West and in California terminating in tragedies notwiih stiindint; the humanising infiueneps daily developing themselves appear to be rapidly on the increase. There appears to be a fas. ciiinlinn in ihe code duello that impels the weaker minds of tho community lo revive, with all its historio baiturity, a custom hs venal as cowardly, and which even our an ccs'ors, rude as they were iu'those. eouitcsie which form the true :eiilleniaii, looked upon with disgust. The duello is the braggnil's argument the coward's refuge. No hue m:m, unless forced by over helming pnblip s'litiment, would dare, lift his hand again' n fellow mortal, and for a li illhig insult, or w irds uttered in the heal of ttlleroutioii, de prive him of that which he cannot return. The press is equally culpable wbh lho-0 of low menial oioanizaiiun. It is iho first to sneer and point the finger of scam at the man who has hardihood sufficient to refuse a challenge J ami to prove its consistency, il also is the first to denounce wiih all Ihe epithets of publio indignation, those who are unfortunately induced to set their lives on a mere chimera. But ttio other day, two Creoles, during a drunken- broil, in one of di inking shops in New Cleans, quarrelled about a person who cared for neither the Queen of Spain. One said she was a wo man "pure and holy as ihe virgin." The o:her denied I his, and retorted by declaring her a fdewd debauchi e." A challenge was aopepled, and next mor.iing two fools met iu deadly combat. The challenger was taken u" "l" Proun" a rorrso A conservator of public morals, an cx-member of Congress, a mM reputed an nrr.a Lie mid woithy citr '-'" "f California, lost his life, in Sacramen- to, Iwo months Hgo, in a duel originaiins in ceiluiu political .stricture w hich he wrote and published in a juuri a'over w hich he had supreme control. Mai y other incidents of recent transpiration miib,' be alluded to; but tha purpose with whiih we sal out was to relalo the incidents of a tragedy which trans pired in this city about fif y years ago. We do not believe tho histoiy of this fatal affair has ever reached the pt.blic before : but. ns many of the lelilii-cs of ihe principals are y t living, and as they would not countenance ihe publication of their piogenitors' names, we are forced lo introduce them to the read er under ficticious ones. We shall adhere as nearly a possib'o lo a literal recital of the ' 1 fiU.s ng ,hey wure reatoj , us The reader may rely on the general tiuih of the state ment, although the names, fer tho reason as signed, are suppressed. In Broadway, whero now stands one of those stately buildings erected of lute years to llie purposes of commerce, stood a rather antiquated liwelliug house, which, before its demolition, was convened into a soit of half hotel, where a heterogeneous assemblage fioin all tho walks in life weie in the habit fif rnilKrtriiii A mnrirr limed n.lin iiMln.l lliij , , f, , . .. hotel were two gentlemen of middle ace , . . , , b T' W",kl"' ? Uov"11 80rl "f ma"' who haJ h successful trade, a s"u3 fulluil0l'f tweuly thousand dullnrs a fes-peetablo sum of money lo be reputed ihe possessor of iu those days. The other, whom we "ame Siniihsou, was a retired Biit. officer, livjng leisuiely on his half pay, and a small patrimony tie possessed in Eng land. This Smiihsoii was a prejudiced, cho- l leric nersonace. w ho on every occasion leric nersunaor who uneven- oeeas:nn in trnded h' cumpaiisons between this and his own country. Apart from l.i prejudices, ho was a good suri of gentleman enough, und, ahhough his nuditors were often neliled at llis remarks, yet they good nnluredly winked . ,. .:.:,, :jb,., :.. cimidura,ioil 0f lis other traits. On one particular night iu December, Wil kins and the iinsciblu Englishman, found themselves 'alone in the back room of ihe . alluded to certain triumphs of the American arms over lliu Biilish during the Revolution, ary war, which irritated ihe F-'iglishman to such a degree that ho pronounced the "American people, without an exception, a race of cowards Iho bastard spawn uf tho cravens of Ihe earth." Wilkius usually a good tempered man, lost his self-control at this, walked up to his opponent, slruck him in Ihe face, nud at the same lime called him a ''liar !" This double; jusull, instead of fine-jug the Major lo the uitejance of fuiihef irritating and injurious epiihels, had iho con.. Iiaiy effect. Iiis brmwej face became of an ashy hun; and his exeiteinent, by a powcvftfl effort, was subdued. Djliberalely gttiing tip, he walked lo (ha door and locked it ; and then, approaching Wilkius, huskily iold him lhat he must havo satisfaction, and lhat im mediately. Wilkius, under the iuffuence of the wine which he hud drunk, laughed, and told the Englishman that, "in addition to the word liar, he fell il incumbent on him lo call him a fool !" '. "We shall see," said ika Major.; '-For this, either you or f shall be oariiej out pf ibis room a corpse iu less ihuu halt au hour " n . , ''Nonsense," replied Wilkins, "I am nol in the habit of fighting duels, and if I were I reruinly should not fight on such short notice. " Scftncr ,m the arts, aurtculturc, jKsrlU is, amtisnttents, &c DAY, OCTQBEH oT I iS.Te. 'fight you tnast, or lako the conse quences," returned lht Euglihman, as he placed upon the table a formidable pair ol duelling pistols. - ''1 will not, nud your throats shall not make me." "Wo shall see. Take up lhat pi.tol, or your blood be on you own hands," and seiz ing one of the weapons, he deliberately pre sented it at the bend of Wilkius. "Hold," exclaimed Ihe American, some what sobered at the determination nnd ha tred expiessed by Smilhson, "hold, sir, un til I reliio nud unai ge my affairs, mi I 1 will then meet you on any terms you may cluo.-e lo dictate." "Like all your countrymen," reloilcd tha Englishman, "w hen you find yourself in a position leqiiiiing coolness nnd bravery, your skulking trails come out, and by cunning you endeavor to invade that jiisiice a brave gentleman would inflict. Publicly acknowl edge yourself a liar and a poltroon, und wjl Condescend lo forgive you." Wilkius' cheek burned nl this iusuli, and, grasping the remaining pistol, told !ijs oppo nent that although unused lu the employ ment of deadly weapons, ho would prove himself a brnver man limn was Smilhson. "Very well, sir, wo will fiylt." "In this room, and w ithout witnesses ?" asked the American. "Certainly, Why not'" "Because, if an accident t-h'uld occur to either of us, there would bo no testimony to exonerate the survivor." "That difficulty shall be obviated j nnd no further excuse offered by you shall be enter tained by me," was the Englishman's re- ply. Tho major sal down and wrpte a few lines detailing 1I40 circumstances under which they had quarreled, mutually exonerating each from entertaining other than the most honorable motives. To this declaration Smilhson placed his name, and then handed it to Wilkins, who without hesitation appen ded his signature. The Englishman then wrote by way of postscript thai ha had "forced" Wilkins lo fiuht Tho prelimina ries tin being fettled, Smilhson rose from his seal, and, in reaching for his pistol, his aim upset Ihe lamp, which was immediate ly extinguished, and two men, resolved if possible to destroy each othei on Iho instant were standing in the dark, armed ! Mlad you nol better ring for a light ?" rer marked Wilkius. "And give you nn opportunity to evade the punishment I am about lo iullict ?" sneered tho Englishman." 'Come, sir, prepare yourself ; we will not further procrasiinate," interrupted Wilkins, in a determined voice ; "If you ure resolved to push this ridiculous matter to nn issue we had belle; bejjin." 1 Well ; when I call out fire, prepare your self." Wilkins had, while speaking lo the Eng lishman, silently slipped his feet out of his shoes, and walked noiselessly to Ihe fuithest end of ihe 100m, and, as near as he could judge, to the right of whero he supposed Major Smilhson stood. There was 4 pause fur a few moments, and so silent were the opponents, so suppressed their breathing, that if a peison could have opened Ihe dour he would have supposed it tenanlless. The click of the Major's pistol was heard by Wilkins, and iIia next moment the word "fire1' hissed, rather than spoken. Nervous ly Wilkins raised his pistol, and pointed it al random, for ha had little de.-iie lo aim at tha Eng'ishmnn. So simultaneous were the movements of the men thus singularly en gaged, that, when Ihey fired, the reports sounded to those who were iu tho room he ueuih, as once. Wilkius fell a sharp twinge on the crown of his head, but before he could deteimine its cause, he heard the body of the Englishman full heavily on the fluor. A moment after, and the door was burst in by the landlord and his domcslics. The scene which presented itself to their astonished gaze, on ihe subsidence of the smoke, was appalling, Wilkius stood iu an angle of the room, his fare covered with blood, the ball from the Englishman's pistol having cul a complete ftinow thioiigh the hair, but flighty groping tl e scalp. The blood flowed copiously, however, and its ho s'ood, he looked ns if Ihe upper pait of his skull had been blown off. As for the Major, ho lay ncioss a fallen chair, wiih his head und feel resting on the floor.- Tha life cnr. reut was pouring fie-m his heart. When raised by Ihe landlord, he was dead. The pistol of W.Uiuo, allbJUjih tired, 11s we havo mid, al random, hid sunt a ball through, the Englishman's heart ! It i unnecessary to say that, on an examina-ion of Ihe paper written by Siniihson, Wiljkin was exoner ated. The histoiy of this extraordinary rencoi.lre was confined 'O a few persons, and, Millionth the community heard ihe pnrtieulurs, the names of the beligereuts are known lu few even al this day. Wilkius from the intense excitement which be had undergone, was thrown Into a raging fever, and fur many weeks it was supposed lhat be pould pal re cover. Me became conrulesceut, huweyer; but hjs reason was gone. Suno two years iubsequcpt to tha events above lelalciJi b died jii an insane hoipilal, a laving madman t Before his death ho repeatpJ, inpohererilly, the preliminaries of ihe falsi night, and just as he uttered the word , njire," fell over, a corpse 1 H-Bpum')! or F.R. The fur to Boston by tha Full River lino of steamers, has beep reduced to 3 for cabin and li deck passage. TIIK F.XCAVAT.OX AT llEVi:H. I. 'tteis received in Pali from M. Place, Consul at Mosul, report fiulher excavalii in . lid successes among the mounds of Nineveh Among the recent j.'"b" from this lich mine of amiquhics, besides 11 largo addition of statues, has reliefs in iv.atble, pottery, and articles of jewehy, which thiow light on the habits and customs of the inhabitants of the ancient city, the French explorers have been nble to examine tho whole of Iho palace of Khorsabad and its dependencies. In so do ing, they are said lo havo elucidated some doubtful points, and obtained proof that llu Assyrians were nnt ignoiant of any of the icsourccs of architecture. M. Place has dis covered a large gale, twelve feet high, which nppiaislo havo been one of lliu en trances lo tho city two rows of columns, apparently extending a considerable distance the cellnrnf the palace, still containing regular rows of jars, which had probably been filled wiih wine fp.r, at the bottom of these jars there is still a deposit of a violet color. The operations have not been con. fined to the immediate vicinity of Khorsabud M. Place has caused excavations to bo made in the hils Baehicen, Karamles, Teu Leu ben Matlui, Kaiakock, Dignn, &c, on the eft bank oj the Tigris, within ten leagues from Khor-abad. In them ha has found monuments, tombs, jewelry, and some arti cles iu gold and other metal and in stone. Al D.i.iian there is a monument, w hich, it is supposed, may turn qut la be as huge as lhat of Khoisabad, Al Multai, and at a place called Barrinn, M, Place has found bas-reliofs out in solid rock ihey consist of a number of colossal figures and of a series of full length portraits of the Kings of Assy ria, M. Place reports, that ho has taken copies of his discoveries by menns of the photographic process and he announces that Col. Itawliuson has authorized him to make diggins pear tho places which the English are engaged jn examining. London Athcnrtuvi- THE LIGHTNING A FEW HINTS. It may be well lo encourage timid people who are religiously or constitutionally ulnim- ed al lightning, to stale the doctrine of chan ces. As a ceneral thin?;, the lihtninp- does not strike within tho space of a square mile more than once a year. If the person is a rod distant, he is seldom, if ever, killed. Now here are 70,400 squaro rods iu a square mile, and if iho lightning struck rod after rod, it would take 190 years to go over jl; but it smjtes. here and there, and that it will smite any specified rod, there is not more than one chance to a hundred billions. Again, other things bei::g equal, tho chance diminishes as il regards a low object, as the difference between the square of its bight and thai of a lower; so that with a person six feel, and a tree sixty 'feet, there is bul one chance out of 3561 of the person's being struck. Jf ho will go close tq a tree, or in a house without a rod, his danger is propor tionally increased. Again, objects, non-conductors when dry, become good conductors w hen wet, A dry silk umbrella, jf not tipped wijh a metalljo substance, will ward off the lightening; but if wet, not. Got lightening rods for your bous es, and see lo it I hut the fastenings be much' smaller lhan the rods that tho rods enter the earth and fear not the "red urtillery." It is well for persons w ho ure naturally tim id 14 get olectiified a number of ijincs. Jt renders them less electric, and, therefore, less iu danger. Finally, a death by lightn niug is the easiest of all deaths. When electricity enters we are instantly filled, and lifo is gone without a pang. "Ah! but the hereafter)'' Well, live right here, and it will ba right w ith you there if it must ho so. MY TIIARA1I AN X. When tliea(el uenr iny Thnn.li Ann, My heart throhth wililly in my bstuiiu, Aail nth I all tier Uiiutieth Ihean I feel of .U luuukinil tne Isxht ; And wheu my una eiuolt)Ui her wuitht I Jie ditholved in heai-inply biith, Bat live again whene'er I taint. The Uiirup Ihwcethnrta ol" lire lab. Oh, Tliunih Ami, Uiektliiui anal, 1 01) iny laertli own (,'iy exu.l; 1-t ,it Um Uieiilli-'o Ui veot to tituj, To inoothc the ihieUielh of my th.aill R.IUHITS IN Pauis. e. tered a lestauiunl 011 Ihe other side of tho Seine, and oidered a rabbit. 1 was green, verdant as iho first cu cumber, even as early peas or I should not have done lliu. The rabbit car,;e, and ( ofj fered the ILuitcur lo an jhl Frenchman op posite, w hose eyes were fixed upon my 'pint,' but ho bowed a nngativa The bow puzzled mo. All Fionch iiuws nru polite, lul this was more it was companionate. 1 stuck my folk into tlio quadruped bcfiuo me. 1 was too much. '(Monsieur ha not been lung iu Paris V "No; 1 have juel arrived." Monsieur is going lo cat lhat?" "Yes, limy I offer you u slice" (A frightful grimace) Monsieur i!J ul low mo lo make a small observation 1" "Certainly," (.1 Imlo alarmed ) "Monsieur, (gravely.) that wLbjl tilcljPfil?" Dssth or a lloust rito.M Faiunr On Saturday mowing, as u Haiti of cars was coming in, a boi.e of Mr. Collins, butcher, which was bitched 10 a wagon near ihe raihoud track, became quite restive. He was seized and hold by til bride. As the car came nearer ho reared and plunged, ben trembled yjolently, sunk down, and died in his Hacks. Was a hkp pase eyei bofora knon. -r Vraulforl (Kxj ) Commonwealth. Ol.l) SP.IMKS VOL. 13, NO. 4. I 1 INK WTATOfcs, OF A K$W SPECIES. Mr. K L. Walker, Uf this city, exhibited to ns yesterday soma specimens of a new kind of potato, w hich he has raised on his, country seat, at Woodburn, about hnlf a milu from tha Falls "of Schuylkill. Tha seed is from Nova So ilir, nnd the potato attracting the attention of Mr. W. by its sine snd ap parent good quality, iu order lo lest its pro ductiveness ami character, ho planted fobs rows of this species, wiih twelve rows, of the same length, of the Mercer potato, from, Now Jersey, dojng nothing to the ground but digging it up, and manuring it in the usual, m n, or. T: a !w dverowsof the Me CTyielJi ed iwo and a half barrels or potatoes; from, the four rows of the Nova Scotia potato ha .b'oiued ft: Larrclr, Ihi weith of iqj of the potatoes which Mr. W. showed ns, wa, two pounds nine ounces; the weight of foun potatoes, eight pounds six ounces,; and ihero were hundreds of others, of the same extra ordinary siP, in the yield. The appenrancn of the potato i curious, being one enormous, sized potato as the moin growth, and four or five others springing fron it like excrescen ces, but each a perfect potato, and larger than Ihe ordinary production. The quality is pronounced equally us admirable as thu growth, the potato resembling in color, taste and cooking qualities, Ihe Bermudes,- which are esteemed as a superior production. Mr. Walker attributes the great yield he obtained from this potato, to the fact lhat ihe rows were planted sufficiently wide apart lo givq light, air and room lo the foliage. The dis. lance between the rows was five- feet. This was purely accidental, as his ground had been occupied with strawberry-beds planted that distance apart, nnd in Ihe space betweeq the strawberries he planted his potatoes. The gardener and other?, in watching their growth, pronounced them a failure, as Ihey ap peared to go all to lops; but Ihey discovered, their mistake when they came to see tho actual yield. Some of the same kind of po: latoes, planted only two and a half feot, in. hills, and did not yield so prolifically. Tho lops got matted together, and Ihe roots ran out Ihe sides of the hills. What produced sq wpll was plantpd on flat ground. Ledger. Mixing Measimo?. Msnouno Encmsii. There is an individual in the High street market "doing business," who is down oq customers who don't speak proper. "What's eggs, this morning ?" says a cus, lomer. "JSggj, of course," sajs the dealer. "I mean how do they go?" "Go? where?" "Sho ?" says Ihe customer, getting up his. Jury, "what for eggs?" "Money, money, sir! or good endorsed credit!" says the dealer. "Don't you understand the English lan guage, sir ?" says the customer. "Not as you mix it and mangle it, I don't'.' responded the egg merchant. ." VY hat is the price per dozen fojr your eggs ?" "Ah uoyv you talk," says the dealer. .'Sixteen cents per dogen, js the price, sir !' They traded. A mce place to live in. The low situa? lion of New Orleans, and Ihe warmth of tha. climate, cause a bountiful supply of all sorts of wjnged pests. The Picayune complains cf un invasion of small but aniuiying enemies, AU invasion cf bugs bugs that resemble beetles, which are dazzled by the light, bun their wings, cover tables, come like bullets into one's face, buzz, whirl about, and cannot bo got rid of or bo killed by any known means of destruction. If you go close tq ihe Ijght, the bugs bother you; if you get away fiom Ihe light, the mosquitoes bo! he' you So, it's a gcneial botheration any how il can be fixed. Can anv body minister tq bugs and mosquitoes, or mul physic be re? served for Ihe dog outy ? Fiik vii.rioK of Hermann, in Missouri, i the centre of a Trie-growing district, origiu ally settled, some fourrteen years ago, by 4 company of Germans. Tho soil of the coun iry was poor, and did not yield good 10 uf giuiu or tobacco, and many of tho first aol tiers left. In 1815 the experiment of (trap) culture on tho hills which are from 300 tq C0Q feet Jjighi 'ih a southern exposure S';n tiied, und successfully. Tho are now 437 ucie devoted to thegiapn, uiul he maiir uf.ieluio uf wiuu is carried ou to a considera ble extent. Jji village contains about 1200 inhabitants. K TKNJivi: Coal Hi: p. Tho raihoad froiq. Ciiijciiiniiti lo Zuuesville, through Ciicloville, Luucnster, &c , will pass a bed of caunej uuiil, iu Perry county, Ohio, which has beta announced by Professor Mather gild other distinguished rjcologUls, lo be the nius) ex, liiU'iv'tf i" lhoFiijt,ed .States, the depth of do positu ranging fiom sixty tq cue hundred and twclyu feet, Tia Coet, 1'iofessor Seechi, Rome, August 20, 3J A.M., while searching fop Biela's comet, discovered a small qpbu'ous, comet in thu constellation of t!a Tvyijja. Hi does not know whether this js a new comat or a portion of Biela's, which was divided jq Ihe beginning of 184j. L)r. Peterson, of Al: Hjnq, considers the new cqmet to tja un, doubtedly Biela's. A genuine Yanked thus alyeriis his tiu ant wire; fOu the J$it of August, on the niLjt of Monday, elope J from &)r husband Ihe wife of John Grundy; bis grief for her absei ce each day growing deeper, should un v J one fiiiJ bur, he begs hitn Ij keep (jer.'f
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