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Somera S: Snodurass, Thilad. Reynolds, McFarland & Co., Spcring, Good & Co., "henry donnel," ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office opposite the Court House, Sunbury, Nortliumberland County, Pa. Prompt allcntion to business in adjoining Counties. N. 31. Xovnam's Realty's Row, Norwegian street, PottsviUe, l'cnna. Plumbing; Shop, TIAS CONSTANTLY ON HAND A SUP- ily of all sizes of Lead Pipe. Sheet Lead, Work Tin, Bath Tubs, Shower Batlia, Hydrants, Hose, Double and Single Acting Pumps and Wa ter Closet ; alao, all kinds uf Brass Cocks for watrr and atcatn. Brass Oil ('tips, and Clones for Engines. All kinds of Copper Work and Plumbing don? in the ncntcst manner at the dhortest noliee. N. B. Cash paid for old Brass and Lead. Poltsvillc, Aug. 27, 1N5:1. ly United States Hotel, x Chestnut Street, above Fourth PHILADELPHIA. C.l- Mar.LEI.LAN, (Into of .IoikV Hotel.) lias the pleasure to inform bis friends and the trawling community, that bo lias leased this House for a term of years, and is now prepared for the reception of Guests. The Local advantages of thi I'avorilp establish nicnt n re too well known to need comment. The House anJ Furniture have been put in first rate order: the rooms are large and well ventilated. Tlio Tables will always bo supplied with the liest, and the proprietor pledges himself that no effort on bis part shall be wanting to make the United .States eiual in comforts to any Hotel in the Quaker City. Phila., July 8, 1854. WM. M'CAUTY, B O U K S K 1. I. i: K , Market Street, STJNBTJRY, PA . fL'ST received and for sale, a fresh supply of; " F,1'.ISr.EMC.4L Bll SIC fur Singing Schools. He is also opening at this time, a large assortment of Books, in every branch of Literature, consisting of 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 ety of Binding. Prayer Books, of alt kinds. Also just rercived and for sale, Purdnns Di gest of the laws of Pennsylvania, edition of 1851, price only ?B,00. Judge Heads edition of Blackstones Commen taries, in 3 vols. K vo. formerly sold at 910,00, and now offered (in fresh binding) at the low price, of SB, 00. A Treatise on the laws of Pennsylvania re specting the eslatea of Decedents, by Thomas F. Gordon, price only $ 1,00. Travels, Voyages and Adventures, all ol which will lie sold low, either for cash, or coun try produce. February, 21, 1854 tl. Shiunokiu Town Lots. flMIK auWribrr is no prepared to exhibit and dispose of Lots in the new Town-Plat of Shanmkin. Persons desirous of purchasing ran ascertain the terms and conditions of sale by railing on tho subscriber, at Khuiiiokiii. WM. AT W ATE It, Agent. Shamokin, Oct. 15, 1853. tf. LEATHER. FRITZ & HENDRY, Store, 29 N. 3d street rHZi.ADBZ.PHIA Morocco Manufacturers, Curriers, Importers, Coiiimisinii and General Leather Businras. WHOI.F.HAI.K ft KKTAIL. (T7 Manufactory 15 Mar'iirella Hi reel, Phila., August I"". 1 ly. EAWKKNCE HOUSE. SUNBURY, PA- 1 1111 K aula id'' ru'prctfully infotma lb public I that ) alilt continues lo kerp Ilia aUova named pulilie hoUM, and thai aim Us engaged Mr. Wviwr ifUff U aupedn'rud the mum. Mia bu also rerid a new supply uf uJ Ii.U.h and laiiiaa. and Uu.U Ibal itill U a ! lu giva Mtuiacliuit Ut all who tuy vt.a bi Itouasw MAKIA THOMPSON. Hunbury Mait h 4, 151. if. nAHUWAUK. Nails Ve, Tlo.4a, liura, il.la, I a pa, t'adal Wal, liiikMua, CiuUir., tiUuul tlwkt and lta4 U.ltaJ .ltd lul KaU I. W, 'I k'.Ntll 4 I'll, MubUity, Ap.il , m KAimi.bI, im tllt ,4 (,-f gu.jj J """-,-4to ...4 ii,., . In la- fiwas .u4 t M4g. lwt ... I. ... . 1 7 ' I KNKM 4 t o wM), AiU . tail aa. " r- rui. M r aiU Awi, U4- '"" 'M' u..t ltoO"l auj M t ' II 4 ' AH" ': tt 4 4" li a.uii'l Ht. l. iMM-. I J.,,.,.. 4, f J . wi. K '" 4 4ibk UH -f, Idm !. I' ' El : jFamfly ksctospapcr Dctotca to 3Jotfcs, artcrature, iiiovalftw, iforcfflit ani Domestic iirtos, SELECT JOE. From Hie Bo.ton Poet. THE CAMBRIC CHEMISETTE. IN A ROMANTIC AND KCONOMICAL TOINT VIEW. OF Oh, chemisette! Ilia fairest yet That e'er hid bosom, purer, whiter! Thou dost not know what envious woe Thy vpiline snow hath gi'en the writer. So neatly fiilled so plumply filled ! And then the eyes that shine above it. . 1 sich I long nor is it wrong (At least in song,) dear girl, to love it. Sweet chemiselle! the coral set To chain thy folds in gentle dutj', Flings round a glow upon the suow To heighten so thy blushing beauty; And ne'er before, on sea or shore, Did coral feel a sofler billow Nor could the gold around it rolled, Though ten times tolJ, deserve tho pil low ! Oh, chemiselle! below thee met, A rosy tibbmt binds her boddice; And in her mien is clearly seen One half the Queen and one tho God dess. Her voice is low how sweet its flow .' Her upper lip disdains the under; Her hair is like daik waves that strike) A marble cliff ami run asunder. Oil riponina grace ! Oh, radiant face ! When love is love, it knows no mea sure ! Her hands are small, but yet can call The power of music at their pleasure; And as they pepp from sleeves of deep, Wide guipure lace, 'la mailt Ramillics,' Her fingers seem, (or else I dream.) Like stamens in the bull of lilies. The robe of blue the viulet hue The green leaves in Ihy dark hair gleaming! Thy feet that move as light as love Thy breath thy lips have set me dreaming. Thy c'.ierks are wet that chemiselle Was frilled and worn by soma eiichan I res ; But much I fear 'twere dreadful dear, Were sho my wife, to pay her laundress? 3, grilling Skctrlj. rrotil Slinrjie'l liOlltloll ,M;i:i7.iuc. A LEAP FOR LIFE. UV WILLIAM 1ILUTON. Alter my discharge from Ihe hospital al Havana, I shipped in the American barque Independence, Captain Robert L , bound lo Valparaiso, and thence round the Horn to the western coast ol North Amer ica. She was a large vessel, of some seven hundred tons register, with a handsome poop, top gallant forecastle, and all other points ol a Hash ship. 1 ne captain was a native ol Jersey, and Ihe crew were a mix ture ol American, Dritish and Spaniards, with a sprinkling of woolly-heads, or "snow bulls," as we called the negroes. We had not been a week out, ere very great dissatisfaction prevailed among the crew, for the captain, with unaccountable perversity, did not allow us half enough junk fi. e. salted beef) to our meals ; and even what we flirt get, was wnat sailors call "old horse," viz., hard, tough, lean, stringy stufl, devoid of nourishment. The usual allowance of junk on ship-board is one pound and a half lor each man per diem ; but I am sure we did not get more than half that quantity. The captain used to come on deck every morning, and stand by the steward as he weighed out the junk from the "harnass cask," to see that we did not get on ounce over what he had ordered, On the other hand, this captain allowed us thrice as much grog as is usual. Hut sailors, although very loud of rum, can't live upon it; and three quarters of a pound of "old horse," and a few rotlen bis j cuits, quite alive with "weevils," was a poor day's allowance (or a hearty lellow. Uur lirt mate oiten remonsiraieo wnn the captain on his conduct, and plainly old him that (he men would not long sub mit to it ; but the only reply the captain made Wat to tell him to mind what he was about, or lie would ''break him and haze him up," meaning that he would send the mute forward as a common sailor, and work him to death. At length, after a long and fu-rce discussion in the forecastle, we all went aft one morning in a body, and complained through the carpenter, as spokesman, that we had not enough to eat. Captain i. listened without interrup tion, and then coolly turned round and said Steward, go down in the cabin, and brinn my pi.toU." We looked at one another in silence. In couple of minutes the ateward re lumed wild the pistols, and, with a fat e as ialu as death, handed Itu-m to the captain. The latter coolly placed both oil full tuck, and U) in,? Ihein aide by tide on Ihe lop of the binnacle, crod his arms, and glared round at every soul of u ere he spoke. .ow, nun," cried tie al length, be Iweeit his teeth, "all I've u4 lo key is, that you are iiuikn il you think you are go in lu grt the uppt r hand ol me, I am your captain, and Hie w yivn me owr lu do hel I like. I on didn't .hip lu bul ly (ue. iiu fr'i I lu yum duty, and Hie uM ll-aH that htinleUa, of fit me any jw, I'll li..l bun a i would pi.vuit '" We luri.tilvj lu Ihe furecarfle in b.ly, a4 I .f liuufi Ur the c.pla.tt Walked Ihe dttk bi MllU bis ailueVamvul. 4 11- . , U - - -4 , ,.m. tk4 I.-. - i.... .a n..(, 4 SUNBUUY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA., SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1854. We had light baffling winds for many days, and the temper of the captain grew perfectly savage. I3y-and-by came a calm, and he was a complete madman- He stormed and swore from morning lo night, and "hazed" us nil, from the cabin boy"up to the mate. Our allowance of meat was worfe than ever, and he stopped grog alto gether, and pnt us on half allowance of water, under pretence that he feared to run short if the calm lasted. But when a breeze sprang up at the expiration of four days, our allowance remained the same half meat, half water, no grog! The sail ors grew half desperate, and curses both loud and deep were bandied from mouth to mouth, and indistinct menaces utlpred. J5y-and-hye it grew whispered in the ship that the captain had had a coup-dc-solid, orsun stroke, before leaving Havana, and that he had drank freely of brandy ever since, and was consequently really insane to a certain extent. This would explain his conduct, and we all were in clined to accept it as the proper solution ; but the captain had certainly never yet committed any act which would legally be held proof of insanity; for all that he did, although highly cruel and tyranical, was within the bounds of that fearful amount of almost irresponsible power that the law allows to sea captains. We had been three weeks out, when it was my morning watch t on deck. Six hells (seven o'clock) had just struck, and I was engaged coiling away the line ol the log, which had been hove by order of the mate, then in charge of the deck, when Captain L unexpectedly came out of the cabin. I noticed thathe had a wild nervous look, for he glanced around and alolt, just as a man might do when sudden ly aroused from a dream. 'What's the course?" he abruptly de manded of the man at the wheel. "South ea.-t by east, sir." The captain then stepped up to the bin nacle and looked at the compass. Turning round with an oath, he struck the man a blow in the mouth that knocked him away from the wheel, and thundered "You take the spokes in hand! You know no more about steering than your mother!" (Such were the exact words, for I distinctly remember them.) The poor fellow who was one of the best helmsmen in the ship took hold of the spokes again, the blood trickling down his chin, and muttered 'I was steering lo n haii's-breadth." "What's that you say ?" "I say was steering as well as any man could, and you're a tyrant captain." The captain's face grew black with pas sion, and the light foam flew from his lips, as he screamed ".Mr. Jackson, clap this fellow in irons ! No, seize him up make a spreud-enle of him! I'll teach him to toe the mark!" The mate, Jackson, in vain attempted to soothe the madman, who compelled his officers to "seize up" the unfortunate sailor that is, to lash his wrists to the shrouds, with his back bare lor punishment. This is called making a "spread eagle." I dare not dilate on the sickening scene that en sued.' Suffice it that the captain with his own hand flogged thman most brutally in preconce of all hands, and not a soul of us dared to speak. That night we all signed a"round robin," that is, a paper stating a grievance, or peti tion, with the names of the men written in a circle, so that not one can be pitched upon as Ihe ringleader addressed to the chiel mate, stating that we all felt that our lives were not sale in the hands of the captain, as he was obviously insane, and requesting the male to take the command of the ship, and place the captain in con finement. We sent this to Mr. Jackson by one of the boys, and in a quarter of an hour the mate came forward. 'Men,'' said tie, "do you know what you are about? lou are in opn mutiny ami you know what Ihe penally lor that is. For (tod's sake let us have no more of this. Captain L is captain, and his will is law. We must ail submit to it. Were I to do my duty strictly, I should show llii," pointing .i (he round-robin, "to the tu tain ; but I don') want to make mutters worse. Let us g. t to port, and then com plain as you please. Hut lor your own sakes and for my sake il'iu't mutiny." We all respected the mud', and his words made a great iiiiprt'ssnn. We conxulled together, and the prudence of the majority overcame Ihe fierce impulse of the bolder spirits. Il wa, however, tacitly under stood, that il mutters grew much worse, we Would liak the dreadful penalty of mutiny by wilting the captain, for we now consid ered he was undoubtedly inune, although the mate acted lightly tuough in holding aloof at present, a. the captain bad not vil evinced hiiiixll incapable of maajin,! the .hi p. Whether any win per had leaked out in Ihe cabin, through Ihe steward or ufl'u rrs, I rellii'4 t-II, but Ihe captain undoubtedly suiprclcd what had paed. Al ihhiii Ihe net I day he raine on deck, with double barreled gun in bis band, end deliberately loaded t with ball in uur piewute, lira he had due lliu, he tailed all bands till, ud HI lanujie Ihal .ulhtiriilly mdu alrd, fioin its wild iiKuhcr, nty, that be was Un duiiMrdiy insane, he .IJirwd the trw, winding up with the wuiJ- "Vuu ll.n.k lu get Iheuppri baud uf m, du your VuU will mutiny you will lake the tbip y fiom me I I'll m.ke sn auiplu -l h w )uu whom )uu bae lu Jv.l tiiK' Mr.Jta l Wt.fi t 1 itieu le,ii4 up Una it, nul, i.,r fit m.k J !! esLa o 't in tuia live," At be ike Ihe tapiaan ..ml.. iu lu t4 the l4(at (urn itt an AmriuaH, the Wtt.t i :tjli.hinaM. Ik.aepuuf Mlu I 1.. - 1 4 ii 1 -1 . 1 1 . . a r I. '.. r tt 1 K. 1.., looked round at their messmates, and see ing how undecided all were, they suddenly urned and sprang into the rigging run ning aloft for safety. The captain's eyes glared like a wild bpasl'g, and seizing his gun, he shouted "Lay down this moment, both of ye, or I'll shoot ye!" They saw the threatening movement, and heard the command ; but this only caused them to run up the rigging higher and higher. Twice more Ihe captain hail ed them, and then he raised his piece, and, quick as lightning, levelled and fired. A burst of execration from us all followed, for the ball had struck the Englishman, and broken his pg. He fell like a wounded bird into the main-top, and screamed in agony. "Oh, God ! what have you done, Captain L V exclaimed the horor-slricken mate, "You have committed murder!" "No, I have not," answered the captain, "I ordered the fellow down, and if he won't obey, its mutiny, and the law will justify me in killin him, or killing you either so mind what you sjy." The mate turned aside, and when one of '.he oldest seamen whispered in his ear "Say the wold, sir, and we will clap the madman in irons," he only shook his head, and buried hfs face in his hands. Meanwhile the American, a fine young fellow, known by the soubriquet of "Hoston Bill," had ascended to the royal yard, and was looking down on deck to see what course matters were taking. The captain, not satisfied with disabling one man, al this moment pointed his gun at him, and hoarsely ordered him on deck, threatening to shoot him if he refused. "Come down, man, for heaven's sake !" repeated the male. "He will flog me if I do, sir." "Yes, I'll flog you, sure enough," yelled the captain. Th.in 1 will die before I come down !" Without another word, the captain com menced taking a deliberate aim, and half a dozen voices shouted to the man whose was life in this fearful jeopardy "Jump overboard, Bill, or you are a dead man! Jump for life!" In an instant Ihe sailor rati along the foot-rope, and clung to the royal yard-arm to leeward. The alternative was indeed horrible. If he descended he would be flogged if he remained he would be shot if he leaped overboard from that dreadful height he ran Ihe risk of being dashed to pieces if he fell sideways on the water, or of being snapped up by a shark or drowned, let him fall which way he would. The captain shifted his aim, and his finger was on the trigger. "Jump, Hill, jump !" screamed his mess mates, and his resolution was taken. He would leap for life ! Lowering himself from the yard-arm with his hands, he pointed his feet down ward, and clove the air with the velocity of a cannon-ball. A second or two, and he had disappeared in the curling green sea. The pent up excitement of the crew found vent at this moment. One party rushed on the captain, and disarmed and hound him, while the rest put the helm down and threw the sails aback, to stop the motion of the ship, and sprang to the falls of Ihe quarter-boat to lower away to pick up the American, should he rise to the surface. A breathless pause of very nearly a min ute ensued, and then we beheld the head of the sailor emerge at the distance uf a hundred yards; and, being a capital water- uog, he struck out boldly for the ship, and amid a loud hurra was picked up. His "leap lor life" had been successful. The other poor fellow who was shot aloft was lowered on deck in a sling. He was more injured by the fall than by the ball in his leg. and died the same night in ex treme agony. The male now consented to take conv mand ol the ship, and Captain L was closely confined till we came to port. By that lime he was raving mad, and he dird within three days alter being conveyed to a hospital ashore. Pl'tTII Of THE NoTlllllOfS JoAUlM TIlO 1'l.ieer (( ulilHiiiia) Demoeiut this deaetibes lliu de.illi of llii. celebialed bandit, ufter long putsuit by u p.uly of Kangei, undor I.ieul. llyn.es : '-They ( 1 1 1 0 buudith) wcio encamped 011 lliu bank uf the Itin Ciuiura, at ils sink. Tin y weio mistaken as lu Ihe character uf llieir iippmaeliiii enemies supposing ihe li.meis lo bd imisiun catch eis 1111I1I l!)tnea was wiihin lilieen feel of Jnuipiin, lo whom he ciied mil, 'Joaquin, I have got you at last.' Jo-iquiii tn i.lo no reply but iiiiiiiedi.ilcly mounted beuiiUlul bay mate, and attempted lu ride oil'. Caplain II) me. hot al him, mid aeveial olbeis follow suit. A inuiiiiiii lilit now touk place, Mnii.iUi le'icalcd In a bili bank; three of Ihe men followed bun ; bit animal w at veiy la. I, until Mr. While .hut her in ibo ley wnh Insulin which au dlwMeJ bei at lu pietrnl lief tiateliiij. J.htiuiu now di.iuoiiiile J, llnvw Up bit haul, and t'lioj out in ripaui.h, 1 IWl tli'xii a; un I am dead 1 He liniue dialely lull tin Ina face, and died almoal in.Uiilunenii.l) - ha, 1114 itt'iita.l al leail lia'tailufu ball, in bit bad). Iheoiueit weie liti'tu iu another diioclion. Thtee ftnjieied Jat a and llnee olbait wait) klila.l and in lakia lu alanine, abate be wat Uui.f " Kilt..lll - vnl't mail tiwnin,! pUu If I iuii bu Jai.lV loci, f...,,lit llntu )vti..4i tbiae T11S blinUat tli ken M H i 1 be ll.nd ).' (be 'iil b bo lt biinai( Mauri el "oa bi-t. riwni tliua-d be tu-t I il uiib ! ,,t wi (a, a.i i a'l Ibe uui4 viJit al H I cui, af vre a avaa tut) Uiae uvul la al ILt a4'.ale la.'4 tui aU,H l I 1 1 uu ft! eatn 44 4. .. I'H. science antt the arts, ftcrfculturr, iWartUts, amusements, tc" poctvn. PLIANT OP THE OLD MAN. This was published some years ago in a book, now probably forgotten, edited by Miss Sheridan, entitled the Comic Offering. The anlhor'i mime was not stated Some boast of their bre-fulhes I I have not one! 1 am, 1 think (like Joshua), The son of tiQiic .' Heedless in youth, we little note How quick time passes, For then flows ruby-wine not sand In our glasses ! Rich friends (most pcor in honor) all have fled Sooner or later ; Psha '. had they India's spices, they'd not be A nutmeg greater J I've neither chick or chili., as I have noth ina, why 'Tis lucky ralher ; Vet who that hears a squalling babe wish es not to be A little farther ? Some few years back my spirits and my youth Were quite amazing ; Brisk as a pony or a lawyer's clerk Just fresh Worn Gray's Inn! What am I now? weak, old and poor, and by The parish found ; Their pence keeps me, while many an ass enjoys Theii parish pound! r.rtA!T Tiionni rn. alias "Lairib TODD." A few days since, we had the pleasure of visit to this eminent literary character, nd shall ever remember that occasion as one of the happiest of onr life. Mr. Thor- burn is now in his eiuhty-second year, and enjoys the same uninterrupted heullh, and ns social company as at the prime of life. He is said to bo the only man in America that has kissed Jenny I.iml. An account of it was published in the Tribune at the time. His conversational powers we have never seen equaled ; ho holds his listener ns by ihe power of magic, and you bend forward with eager, nervous anxiety, that not a sylla ble of the eloquent man's remarks may be lost. The late Henry Clay was the only man that we have ever seen, whose conversational powers came anywhere near equaling those of this eloquent representUive of a past age- He is small in stature, standing but about four feet two in height, mid is as quick and nimble as most persons at twenty years of age. He is now living with his third wife a most estimnble lady of forty, of fine edtica tion and refinement, and as near liko her veneerable husband in gaiety and wit, as two peas. Their peaceful, domestio hap piness and unbounded failh in and devotion to each other, are the strongest argument that has piescnled itself to us in favor of mati imony for a long time. Whenever Mr. Thoiburn visits New York which is oiten the richest and proudest in ihe city f.iiily loaded him wilh cards of in vitations to attend their fashionable soirees and eveuhtg parties Whenever ho consents to bo present on such occasions, there is great rejoicing among the lovers uf anecdotes and spontaneous w it. for the sliaipest among them are but mere scrub-hoes, compared lo the razor-like edge of Laurie Todd. A short time since, while keeping the company 111 a roar with anecdotes ot tne days of Washington and Jefferson, Bonaparte and Robespierre, two tall sous of Voik not unkown to fame in the literary world one standing each tide of Ihe little man, ex claimed, "How do you feel, standing between two such dignified peituuages as we are? Don't you think yuu appear like a little stunted thorn-bush between two majestio oaks?" The gentleman made the lemaik in good nuluie, believing Ihal Ibey would get full 111 telum, with all Ihe microti that Ihe law would allow, and they were no) mistaken in their man Mr. Thoiburn rapidly glanced from one tu the other w ith hit deep blue, lun swimming eyes, and replied, "1 am not so much of thorn myself, per haps at my reply may prove lo your (unity question, fur I teul veiy much Ilk a gold Jullar between fire cents." The company thouled, and Ihe two younjj meii ciwd lustily fur uiinrlrr, which, at Thuit'Uiu prosed II, civated taulegs in the t'unriuiiuii. Ki .hih Start Au r'ugli.h officer, aer ting hi Ibo Haltie, wriica at follow t of Ihe HuMian jM'asauliy : ''We look tome piwouuita tliml linie since iu Um I Ihal bad been t'tuhl bieakiug the blt. ke.le in avert h of salt, lot which, 1 tup pus, ihe iwoplg tie In', inning iu be baid up. Tli"e iiivu appvaivil lu me lu be f"d t'wcMiient uf Iteaaiau evils, Muially aud b)ieally I bey apvaiej tbjoil Uve l'U4 iu euaiau bieau tluiusy gamm.ile, wiiU Coni cal wui.lij aps, Ibey appaaivJ paiie .'in k eu wiiti leiioi al their pvsiliuu, aud uue uu fiiiui.aie biii (I wju'I say man) wattu fteu'wuie, I bat be lei! Inle eiul.ie III. Ibe tt'eue wat uid,i4 wbeu Ibey weit) uabvied lulu Ue Adwiial't xa4e. I bate bai! at aiatee 4 e ling i ibe tMaatuee el tbau tuatleit, aua) biaaag Ibe Iuh4; 4el ll.U letiuiea, I ant MJ, avioallf lbe 1 ! 1,04 a. 4 etiu ib valval I La f ii ab4.4su'ly to I II,., W bol IW J Iw U 1 al II. .' Alf ALLEGED CASE OF ABDICTIOM FRVS TRATFD. A young man from ihe North, named Sutlifle, was arrested at Pitlsbnrg, on Mon day, on the charge of attempting to force a young lady, the daughter of an editor of an influential journal, Franklin, La., to accom pany him to Philadelphia, against her wishes. The Pittsburg Dispatch has Ihe annexed ac count of the singular affair: About two years ago she became acqnaiut ed with Sutlifle, who attended a store in Franklin, and being of an easy, pleasing (lis position, she conceived an affection for him which he lost no opportunity of cultivating This acquaintance continued for some months, during which sho became much at tached to her lorer, and it was only termi nated when Miss J father sent the lady and a younger sister to finish their education at a seminary in Granville, Licking county, Ohio, conducted by a Mr. Sandford. Whether it was that the lovers corresponded or Sutlifle had learned the whereabouts of his mistress through some other channel, we cannot say, but, eighteen months after her ar rival at the seminary, the prisoner made his appearance there, and intimacy between the parties was renewed. Whatever representa tions he made lo Miss Johnson, he prevailed on her to fly wilh him from the seminary) and under pretence of taking her ti Phila delphia, where he promised to marry her, he brought the lady to this city. They arrived here on Friday night, put rip at the "Riley Hotel," on Grant stieel, where he introduced the girl as his cousin, and re mained there till Sunday night, when Mr. Riley learning some of the facts of the case, and fearing that the fellow intended sedu cing the girl, and then perhaps placing her in one of those fashionable brothels which abound in Philadelphia, ordered him to leave the house. He refused at first : but consta ble Rea was called in, and his presence de terred the follow from offering any further opposition to tho will of the landlord. The girl, hearing of his conduct, became alarmed for her safety, and opening her eyes to ihe gulph of misery which she had escaped, de sired to be sent back to the Seminary. The prisoner was arrested at her request, and the Mayor, after hearing the girl's story and learning that the prisoner had actually dis posed of part of her jewelry, and attempted to gain possession of the remainder, ordered him to leave the town in six hours, else he would send him to the Hill as a vagrant. The prisoner protested his innocence at great length, snd declared that he intended making the girl his wife; but the guilt of his intentions was too apparent, and the Mayor declared that when the hour arrived he would carry his word into effect, if he were to be found in the city. Miss J is a handsome, pleasing young woman, about seventeen years of age, and very well educated. She will be sent back to the Seminary to-day. Since writing the above, we leain that Sutlifle refused to comply wilh the order of ihe Mayor, was arrested and committed to jail, in default of $2000, to appear at the next term of tho Criminal Court, and aiuwej a charge of attempting to abduct Miss , for the purpose of placing her io a houso of prostitution. FREEMEN I KANSAS. We find in the Columbian, of Cincinnati, tho following letter from Mr. S. N. Wood, a rreoSoiler, who has emisrnted lo Kansas. He writes from Independence, Mo, on Ihe 27ihult: - "We arrived here about a week ago, for the purpose of settling in Kansas, and con tributing our mile to prevent Slavery cursing the fairest pari of creation. We have made one short trip over into tho Indian Country, and salii-fied oujsrlves that a man ran get almost just such a home as he pleases. 1 never saw richer laud in my life; and it appears inexhaustible. We saw among the Shawnee Indians, some uf ihe best farms thai we ever saw in our lives. The only drawback is this slavery niietiion. Missou- riant have already flocked to this Territory by hundiods; many slaves are already in Ihe Territory. Even at the Methodist Mission they are henihenuinK'the black in order lo Christianize the led men. A few mission aries thought iu the start that thry would regulate the settlement of this whole Terri tory. Northern men were ordered off; lynching was freely talked of, even by l'. i1 oilier rs al Fori Leavenworth, merely because they happened lu be Uxn 1101th ut Mason and Duuu'a line. Some northern men were actually dnieii off ; others wore fiigbleued way. All matinee uf bee wvie lol.l, and miaiepreaeiilaliout made, in urdci tu keep iiuithhern men away Bui new Ihe t-harut it broken. A doten families uf r'ie Hollers diote ahead, and bat roinuirueeil eaiil.-iiiciil upon kaiiaat II..,., A uitfaiiiiia ia salted on J J 1 1 uf thoae fiieu-lly lu m..kiK b'anaat 4 dee Stale, I'.mikjianlt lium luw, Idmw't and Indtauaa ate aiming daily. Teu daje will nl aa until Ihe cebintul al UaM I" bundled hi pu uenitvf bU.ery will be in tiaiiuciwn. A (ew anuie, and we tUll U lutumble. Ad we waul U M eteiy uutbiu mau-etti) liuilbwru lauiily, Wba bate then Winds uii Ibis Teiilleiy, lu fume vu al vine, 1 bit Mateiy quraiiuu must bu ml au I devi U I mvw. I el Uey wuce g.l bol I, end be will bu bail l , '"la immih Jeuittiaii4 mow will taie all ibe ale btdOoit eel ul Ibe letuiuiy, au I iaii. ummw eUteiy dot being tuugl feet I awe. ear 4u ee aud all. wba ei.i J' tiutg baie, lu tiue al -e , a '"' ' w be 4"ti , ) wi I H i t e.i I t ..'.. ' v I kUiu,. i.v Isit 1 ) !t . . I -4 1 ' OLD SERIES, VOL. 14, NO. 44. TALL COR. We grow '-'tall corn" in America. Tli.t world is beginning to find it out. Kvciy year brings it more and more home to tho perceptive and digestive faculties of all civ ilized humanity. Like all lruth, it did not gain credit at once. True, every body sees it here with his own eyes, bnt not so on the) olhereideof the water. The firr account' of the productiveness df onr western prairie were read by the Buckhamshire larmrr will; nbont ns mnch respect as the fish stories ot the sailor Sinbad. It took even the highest dignitaries of Ihe land a long while to get fairly up to a level with the actnnl fact. Even at this day there is an ear of corn i" Ihe British Musenm which enjoys a very 'distinguished consideration" as a enriositv It divides attention, wo do not say equally, but certainty fractionally, with the Nineveh Bull and ihe great Koh-i-noor. It is a per fect marvel 10 our good cousin John Bull ; and yet it has but a veny simple history and is not a very extraordinary ear of corn after all. It reached iis present distinction some thing in this wise : In ihe month of January, 1947, at a cer tain dinner party in London, at which Lord J. Russell, I.otd Morpeth and many other distinguished men were present, the conver sation turned upon the Irish famine; and the remark was made by Lord John, that he re joiced that so good a substitute for the native brendslufl had been found as Indian corn. Turning to Mr Bates, the American partner in the Housed Baring, Brothers, his lord ship went on to say, "Why, Bates, some of the cobs have twelve or fourteen rows of crnin on them." Mr. Bates coolly replied, "Yes, my lord 1 have seen fiom twenty to twenty-fovr rows on a cob." "That is rank Yankeeism," was the pleasant retort of the Premier, and the whole company shouted an approval. The bnrst incredulous of merri ment over, Mr. Bates bought his peace by n, wager of a dinner fur the company all round, that he could produce such an car. "Done," exclaimed Lord John, and the bet was clinched. The dinner passed ofl, Mr. Bales returned home, but not entirely at ease. He had done a strange thing ; for the first time in his life he had made an engagement ho was not absolutely cerium of his ability lo fulfil. Ho had misgivings that ho had rashly pledged the honor of his country. It had been long since he had looked upon on American crib; and however patiently h winnowed ihe cornucopia of his memory, ho found that the cobs of his eaily days had gone glimmering through the lapse of time, among the things that were and were now so far off that he couldn't count the tows. He was, as Pluttis would say, redaclus ad t unfits, 111 lankee parlance, "hard up." But fortune favors the brave. Il happened that a friend of his dropped in the next day at the counting-house of the Barings. Mr. Bates, with brightening face, hailed him, and made known his difficulty. '-You are 1" was tho response; "if I live to get home, you shall have even a bigger car than you have promised." Our friend G soon returned, and straightway wrote to Messrs. Rogers & Rey nolds, of Lafayette, Ind , telling the story, and begging them, for the honor of the country to come to the rescue, and torn the tables on Lord John, showing him what Ynnkees could do. In the July followine. Mr. G received by express fiom La fayette n nicely arranged box containing six ear of horse-tooth corn, two of which bad twenty-nine rows, and two tkirttf tiro. The box was fotthwilh addressed to J. B.V.cs F.sq., care of Messrs. Baring, Bro. fc Co , ship, by Black Rail line, card of ihe Liver pool house. It reached it destination, and Lord John Russell, first Lord of the Treasury, third son of the late Duke of Bedford by the second daughter of George Viscount Turling ton, and lineal descendenl of Lord William Russell, the martyr of libetty, oriiiotriri'i.'fi.' (At rom." The dinner was won. Joshua Bates did not perpetrate a "Yankee iMii," and ihe Uiitih museum holds tho liophy. l ire In iVpuliiuif. .V. V. Colour.) Al t VLIMI vlOM.ll IITIIIttl. The people of I'era are circulating capi tal story, Ihe heroine of which is one of tint euldifi' wives. The woman and her bus bund wauled In en lu Slauiboid, tu see the busauis; but, when the lime fui going came, the man wat sent uu duly, so Im sent one of Ihe Turkish suijieanla with bit wife, lrllin bim, 01 causing him le bo told, that be mu.l lake bei about and thaw her rveryihing The iwo went uu in Ihe .learner, and when uu Stainboul bndjt-e-, the Udy look theTuik'a mi. The vouple, llius walking aloe;, rici led .leal uf Mention. At ibey pad lhioukli Ihe ;id ol Jai.l.ljini, lloi iu.k wat violently ahiiwd by Ibe load, bul In1) llvtinjl woman wba bauul Ihal p'aca. They Iboiijjhl ll alrvcivut thai be h miI.I openly : wilb an liiiidil woman. I lie) s'w abused Ibe lad), w'l'S undti .lauding what Ibey said, paid no alleiili'Mi lu Iheui. -I be Tw'b'h women Ibrn uum.u f I pnL I Hi a ' I ahuul, and Mir, Ilium lanalual Int. I Ilia le.i, .(hI HI bet lace. l "tu urn aviuuii ) woman uiul"iai'd llial M' li'""l aioiiud, piUbe-l lulu bel Tmii.b i.iii, and gas lli 111 a a-Miid dmbbl tf Hao .Loan the iau sol 11 ail alu'it ibal ai 'life woiutM te 4 uwiHt i W't lea a nm ilr. .be " "e ' tun, auol ui a ed .) ib-""1 l" 1,I' "! ..... a wb ' ' " t.i.. a !- ' -.' I. ' all 1. I ,,. fl U4 ll C. I I . ' , -g- i
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