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triLltRID KVIKT HATCRVAt '
BY H. B. MASSES, '
Market Square, Sunhury, Penna. .
"" TBSM9 OP SUBSCRIPTION.
TWO DOM, ARB pf minm to k paid hnlfvCTrly la
t - .toe, Miex ducuuUiwW miiil all orrnrage. r.
At oOifiiirtireaUnn. iir letter, on ha.liim rflatiitg to
n. rax, to nnure .itmnwi, mii.t o. 1'UBi' I'Altl
10 ULCUS.
Tare eoptt. to onaaddreu, (S00
Po.en. , . .. D Do ' KMK)
KiftBii Dn D" sooo
rive dollitr. In kitiranc will py lor thiea r.tl'i aub-
eriptionio l. American.
PaMiruntere will nlmte ael our ArMitn, anrl franV
. Httar. c.mtHiiiin eulacripti'm mnnay. Tliey are permit
ll to aj una amler the ruet umce law.
TERMS OP ADVERTISING
Oao Snuaie of 14 Hue., 1 tlinea,
Crery.alaeqaaiil InMtttvm, .
Uti. Square, 3 mouthe,
?il mxuih.,
Out year, '
BuiiiirM Cnrd. of Flva linen, par annum,
M.iehanti and oilier., ndvertiiinat by the
rwir, with the privilege f iiiierting
niTftrenta'lvvrti.ement. weekly.
larger Advertiaainenta. a. par apeem.nl
JOB PRINTING.
to
OT
301
60"
Mil
SOU
1000
tT. hare ennnected with onr aahlihtnent a well,
eelerted JOB OKFICG, whmli will enable ua to execute
a th. neateit atyle, every Tanety ot priming.
3. B.' MASSES.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
EOITEVHV, PA.
EuiinenaettenJcd to in the Countira of Nor-
ihamberlanil, Union, Lycoming Moiilour anJ
C!wmbi, . ' t '
jRtferenctiinPliiladeli'hia:
n.m. Jol. R.Tta w, .. Cha.. Gilil...
' fttmera & Sitixtgrau, Linn, 6;nh Ci.
HEW DRUG ST0SE !
V7Z2XS2II Si. BliUNKH,"
WTiolosalo and Eetail Dnsffgists,
Market St., nctt door to E. Y. JBrigA' Store,
fttrnraosv. rA ."
O1
kFFE" to the piihlic tlie largest ami teat
' alcnte'l stock ever opened in thia section of
country, e.m.islin j of
TrTcilii::e, Chjimcala, Ground biicra, Painl.
Oi!i, Varnishes, Uye-nilV, VViiiilow filasn.
I'itnt Mcih:ine!!, locincr wmi a cnini':io an
eartiumit of Pa'uit. Clthea, Hair. Tooth, Nail
sr.! KUaviag Brufhca, Dreeaing, Side, Keck anJ
Po.-kat Coi.i'.ia, Fancy Soopa, IShaving Cruainr
Tabawo, Sogara, Port Moniaa, Stalionary, Con
tcclioiiaric,
PUSH WIXE3 AND BRANDIES
Tar MciVtcinal use. Engliali, French and Amevi
jn Perfumery, Fancy Gooda of every desert
ion, in ahort every article kept by Druggisla
;ctinrallv.
ZJ" Prescriptions Carefully Comnou-.t'cd.
GEO. B. WElSEfi,
WM. A.BRUNEK.
BunVuTy, May 13. 1654
VHITB ASH ANTHRACITE COAL.
Fbom tub LAKCiaTEn Caiiiixr,
Noitliumberlaiid county, F., .
yHERE we have very extensive Improve.
' merits, and are prepared to of.er t i l!ie
blic a very superior article, porticulKrly a.ilted
the manufacture of Iron and making Sleam.
it tiidi uf Coal are:
I.ITMP, ) for Smelting purposes.
STE AMBOAT, ) for do. and Steamboat
BHOKEX, )
nno. S fur Family use and Steam.
STOVE, )
5rVT' tat Lhacbornew and Steam.
ar paint of Shipping Is Sutibury. where ar
cmeiit are made to load boata without any
COCHRAN, PEALE 4 CO.
J. J. Cocnma. Lancaster.
V. W. Pkaix, Shamokin.
Bwj. Rkiubolo, Lancaater.
A. Bii-nAanKia, do.
Or !era addreaacd to Shamokin or Sunbury,
eveive prompt attention,
b. 10. ly .
LEATHEE.
t.TZ, I1CVUKY X, CO.
29 Xorlh Third Street, Philatlelfhia.
iROCCO Mitnnfacturera.Ctirrieraand Im
lortor. of KKENCH CALr-SKIN. and
iu RcJ and Oak SOLE LEATHER &
17, 1855 w ly
Files and Rasps;
W STREET FILE WORKS.
. rctii.ASSX.ruiA.
a-uheerilier ia eonaUntly Manufaetutin?
Wuoiiil a. id Retail, Filea s d Haap.,
de ri!i!i:i, and bavins boen practically
in th luiaineea m ra thwn Tliitty Vra,
r.utea hia work at the lowe.t price..
,1 ala.rlianiea. ran liava tlieir
i re.cut aud made eual to New at tulf
iM caat. .
.J. B. SMITH,
No. 01 N'ew atreet, (Utweau Kci
a ft Vina andXnd tkl bta.
a. rVi. 3. iaii. w ma. 3
Eol Aysney for
OAIiDTIAN ti GRAY'S
at.d TjJ.-a t'ampana Aitaihmatit
AXO FORTUS.
at :. wl Sirtri aiimit U. S. Mini,
17 M.ikel Surrt, V ilu.ir.jton, T.l
JO.IM M vKbll.
:i 5m. r.
oil want u Uuruiii?
F Si THKN' CALL AT
DUNGS' STOITIJ,
ten will Uud l!it cnapl
AM wiNTlilt GOODS
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ANODE. .: ; ...
' ' T W. H. C. BORMER, '
Written to commemornlo 1ho settlement
oi I lie old fionecrsupon the Hnsquchaoua.
Give honor to the fearless band .
Who pierced the realm of night j
Bold forist-tamcrs of the land
Who came and lot in liplit!
To village preen, home, old clinrrlt-bcll,
New Enla id'a la'low'd prour.d
: And misty hills, they breathed, farewell!
With slo tt hearts Westward bound.
On wild Chenango's banks tlio smoko
Of settlement uprose.
And nxeman felled the pine and oak
Where swift Tiog-o flows :
. The Genesee, with torrent-dash,
A roaring welcome pave.
And camp-fires threw a reddening flash
On Susquehanna's wave.
The Red Man, in resentment rain,
Looked on a clearing wide,
For ended wns his ancient reign,
His dar of savage pride.
Too feeble for the strife of arms
Ho yielded to his doom
While luwns mid cultivated farms ;
Displaced the greenwood's gloom
The wilderness receeded fast,
And flocks and herds were seen.
Where late the buplc's thrilling blast
Ran through a leafy screen j
And at improvement's call and cry,
Like sisters hand in hand, '
Ciime Art and Tiiste to rear on high
Tall spire and teuiplo grand.
Look on tlirse yellow crumbling bonrs
Where ploughs nntnrn the sward !
A mighty realm no longer owns
The lied Man for his lord :
Where lightly rooked his Inr.g ennoe
Is hoard the clacking mill,
And where his feathered arrow flow
Steam wakes a whittle shrill.
Tl.en honor to our Pioneers,
Though, brown their hands with toil,
Fnr nnVn-r than t'mstri'o of spears
'Their conflict with the soil !
Fovarot not poi-iK woes end storms,
Through which they forced their way
While, one by o:ie, their aged forms
In honored" graves we lay.
iC!jnI!iiigShffc(;.
TALS CF HAVANA.
by part, ixav.
Ono of the most singular trials ever atten
ded, nud :tt the same time one of the most
intensely interesting and exciting, was that of
ft young Mexican who with myself was win
tering in that delicious snot where nature
holds her holiday the year around, known as
the "Queen of tfie Antilles."
It had been ft more than usually gay winter
in Havana. Strangers from all quarters of
the glube had congregated there for health
and enjoyment, uiul the stream of gold poured
from KX'kcta i'f weVlh i it tho ever-asking
bosom of trade ns freely and ceaselessly lis
tlio sparkling sprinir-fed water streams show,
ered themselves into the insatiate ocean that
wa?hed tlio lloro'6 base.
The yonn? Mexican of whom I spoke,
whose trial I witnessed, was one of the ele
gants of tho rhy. Midas himself, with his
wonderful Alchemical power of transmuting
all ho touched into gold, could not have scat
tered on all sides more lavishly the precious
metal than Leon T)u Gnesclin squandered his
on the fashionablo pleasures and follies of tho
Staon. His resources seemed exhaustless.
ned by his princely lavishness ha bad made
himsilf "Cjnito the wonder of the numerous
loungers ami idlers of tho motley city.
It was the second day after my arrival. I
was standing with my friend Du Val on tho
piazza of the hotel when a richly but rather
Handily dressed voting man sprang from his
horse and threw himself on ono of the garden
lounge's in front of tho hotel. He possessed
a slight but gracefully proportioned form, and
a countun.ir.ee peculiarly calculated to arrest
and rivet tho attention of the most casual
nbaerver. ' Thongh slightly effeminate,- it
possessed that singular beauty which is far
m"re npt to fascinate the unwary than please
th? thoughtful student of hunnu nature. His
features were tine and rcpular, with dark, elo
quent, b'utrk eyes, a rather high, though
somewhat narrow foruhead. a slightly aquiline
no., a perfectly formed mouth, filled with a
beautiful set of ivory teeth, and a classically
curved chin, all of which marked him with a
physiognomy that would have been as pre
podsessing aa it was handsome, were it not
liira something in the expression seen at
intervals like a lieht cloud passing athwart
the sun. which warned oiw to be wary in be
atowin rotilidenre. His complexion waa
dark, but very clear, almost transparent, ad.
dmir nvich lo his beauty t and as he threw
his hat upon the grus he displayed a profit,
sioit of tiltn-v bl.u k rorla rbiHtering upon hia
tiiielv fnrmi'd head with a rlas.icul grace wo
u 1 1 t eut.-d in some of it ipliai-l's lienn-a,
"Tilal I'm viiii'i? nalinb, LeeD dil Guei
il.n." observed l'u Val to me.
' The Crtf 4us you were speaking about la"t
eveii nf T'
I Iih me." repl ed )ii Val, "Hut )o..k t
y. nd.'r cornea the tarria . the wtultkv
Yanki'O iiterehaut, .lb b a bta'itll'ul Alturi
can ,(."
An opvn firriaf;". with live r'. J driver a;.d
ontrnli r, piM'd .lowly by. Its oeeupanta
were a in,.h!lo agej uiuu and a)uung and
I iv. Iv wiiiinul,
' That I. l.edvar'1 Wilton, one uf our Saw
York liub..l..." '.aid I.
"Yei but d'i ) 'tt aniiw hi lii.torv t"
iuul aay that I di, k!l'iuuib I bavn
met him In Itfinlwav and Im hi w a bun.
li' dtiiiK., iuiiiig iuli. tujKt lit him tUtu
b.a e tme."
II ' uat bom ill mil) of thp ruul lninr tT
Wi.Urt I'rli.i-vKai.i. grj up fat In lb .,
iiiiithi'i li b 'V, L iii' ai't In iv and nu lu re,
puking up tlmy but uf lit'KtltMlaje lnir
llvnaid tal bll.eiH. Al iltu. ailliMH
vaii.ii i I rili,i'utiuli, lUIM 4 IIU ulitt kii"
hi'. I'M t h L.iA.t lu I'll M 4 Muai. t and
tin, i.. u I. :j. I. and lix.n tlial liuiv an. Ui..
Hi . u a I'll M lie kwi iiiUnl. Y'i-1
b .nil Ul ! liiiu I.) L . ll-i" la b.i wi.
hi a 1-ilUi ..ell tin I'allua, ) JumI.jwI d
' 1 1 at ia an rtu kcaltad, bweW uui.ui IV I
I j ij )-4 '
f.4 a n.t.1' .a.4 ! VJ II. ui.
ii it,, t ry iu ,i: I p. a I" a ' . l-ia
But they say that she married him for his
goodness, and out of gratitude for his kind
ness to her after the death of her parents and
the marriage and removal of her elder sisters."
, Whilst we were talking, the carriage hail
moved on and wa nearly ont of sight. Both
Du Val and myself had noticed the effect
. . n ... , 1 ' I. . I
upon tne young jnexicno oi ino ocauuuu
vision that' had swept by. I He had started
like one electrified as she appeared In sight,
and had watched the merchant's wile as
though in some strange trance, until the last
flutter of her cobweb veil could bono moro
distinguished. : I ' " ' '
From that day I saw the handsome young
Mexican constantly in the company of the
merchant's fashionable wife, sometimes with
her husbnud, but more frequently toward tho
latter part of tho time accompanying my
lovely countrywomnn olono on horseback.
A more benntiful creature than Claire
Wilton I had never chanced to see. A 'slight,
eltgant fignre, of tho middle height, remarka
ble for the srraco and ease of its motions, a
pale, calm face, to which dark violet eyes,
frino-ed with lomr niirht-black lashes, imparted
tone' and character; features delicate and
reeular. with an air disgingnlshetl by tho
usistooratic contonr and bearing of tho head
and neck.
Such was tho lovely beinc whom tho weal
thy merchant loved and called wife. She
was one to whom tho appellation of "beauti
ful" would have been given at first ight, hut
npon looking more closely upon those almost
marble-still features, you could see nil occa
sional outburst of feeling in the upturning or
sin'.dun glance of her eyo that was perfectly
electrifying. If repose was lhc ch ef charac
teristic of her expression, it was not the re
pose of inanition, but rather that cf fervent
feeling tamed down and repressed by some
mighty power witliiu.
The season waa in its wrtne. Pu Vol nnd
myself were going on the next day. to quit
tho sunny skies tind balmy airs of the delight
ful island for the less poetic and colder clime
of our native hills. ' .
Many of the gay butterflies of fashion had
nlrr.idy flitted to other scenes, but tho
beautiful (llairo Wilton and her devoted hus
band still lingered, and tho brilliant Mexican
hung around the fa-ir Imericana like her
shadow.
' And how did Ledyard Wilton the nabob
merchant take nil this devotiou to his wifa
from n stranger T
I)u Gneselin, with his insinuating man: r
and man-or-the-world knowledge, had paid so
mnrh court to Wilton, and made himself so
r.greeable that Wilton in his unsuspecting
nature, seemed not to be aware of tho poison
ous power of the viper he was admitting so
freely, to sop from his bowl, and linger on
the sacred precincts of the fumiliar hearth
stone. On the morning of the day we were to have
gone, the whole city was thrown into a state
of excitement by the news of the most inhu
man assassination of Ledyard Wilton, the
generous American merchauL He wns fonnd
lying upon the hooch, and marks of a great
struggle and viojenre were discovered around
the spot. The Unfortunate man ecemcd to
have been actually butchered in the determi
ned and daring attempt to compass his death
at all hazards.
It so happened that ft member of tho night
watch, hearing the disturbance, reached the
spot jnst in timo to discover in the perpetra
tor of the fonl deed the well known features
of the bandit Hollo Guy. a man vou could not
have met in tho broad dayliglit without tv
shudder of fear.
The alarm was given, and although the
murderer had escaped, yet beforo noon the
next day he was captured and borne in tri
umph by the excited mob to the hall of jus
tice. So in earnest in this instance was the some
times tardy law that the trial was commenced
at once.
In tho most vindictive language tho assas
sin accused Pu Uucsclin as the abettor of tho
murder, naming the sum which was one of :
immense amount which ho had given as a j
bribe.
Here commenced a drama of the Judcment, j
the solemnity of which was truly appalling, j
Tho apparently uususpecting Pu Gnesclin,
prouauiy wiiun tu tt'iu ecmirr, ifuiruy
smoking a set-ur in the front of his hotel, nnd
although somewhat pole, was outwardly as
calm as the placid skies overhead. He ques
tioned those who go suddenly arrested him
"Prove yonr charge !" exclaimed he, in in
dignant reply. . "Am I to be condemned on
the testimony of a common assassin T I defy
you. and I defy the murderous bandit. lie
has stained hi dark soul with the one more
crime of murderous falsehood "
Tho Irwl commenced In good earnest, hnt
notwithstanding tli bold assertions of the
assassin In condemn Hu Gnesclin with him
self, Pu Gnesclin seemed on the point of be
ing cleared of the heinous charge by the
aiiroit defence he had on the instant brought
forward,
It had grown dark and the darkness was
deepening into night, when some one present
exclaimed, "Bring forward the corpse I Cou
fmiil the murderers and the murdered."
The suggestion was intUntly acted npon.
In a few momenta more the torches gleamed
upon the mitngfed remains or tho murdered
Ledyard Wilton and upon the fearful connte.
nance of the essa.in and his accuser". Nev.
er ahull I ferget the fierce, hardened expres
sion upon the face of the outlaw Guy with
h;a citron complexion, lank, melancholy jaws,
the corners of his tightly cuiiipres.'d muth
drawn fur dow.t l;!:o the't'ger's, his deep let
black eyes gleaminir lilto lamp front a cave,
desperate and wruttifiil, na Ins hands wire
pliM-ed upon the brr.isl of the murdered man.
' In the nami) of Cod I swear thut I Lilleil
thin IMUl. Mr. Ledyard Wilton, intiateil
and hired 1'ieivt.i by Leon Pa (iuficlin, bu
i the real mar Ivn r." And llnar-'tlli uttered
in a tob'iiin, euvt riietis Vn.ee, carried ronvie.
lion ail h it into tho hem I of the arsvuibl.d
liiiitliluilu.
Th.' Imik which the a.-aualu eaat on the
runf'Ui!id"d lu llin i l.il a. In r' ttly ilialu .
U-'il ill its Vliidu UWIic.a. AlWr be haul fill-e-hed
hi. N'ljuritliuii Ida attuiury k mural
lo.iiiiuii l.d l'a li ii .t liu lw tak llw baud uf
lit rm pv aitti t'Mrw Ilia tiiurdi rir,
"May tl.tf li"J of telliteaiMa fureicr blast
b..lh in Oil l.fe and lb- nvil the ul of"
but pu I. He I'M, iniiiiia' .iiililmil) ' n1, oulil
iruirt.d li u r.'llivr. LfidiNlly tim.ielite
liairn he ic.inl al lie lii .4 fat e bvfi-re klui
aa in r vi r . ullvt.d auiue ceufuwij iuutt.r
li.y. ai4 tunu.4 away.
't'iiti a:" "f limai;.b. tkal lie fur lb ffuiu
lb. ..'' li 'l' tj.a )irteet!jr tie
luiaiv lit .1. ii.a i, M.I)
Mi Mli illt'll. Utade ii nlai
lb iva ai'ii.ll, a'u'l' I'1 livobe lelu
Im lie toj ttf k.a yeul, but be l it.iiM4 aamt
ti4 lunwutable (ii.ua Il.n atJ Ue bvei U
bit -4 utaua.
AH Ib.l aJl fwi4 W at" if b
'iuv.Ua le by bu k tl la j4g W.ie
iw.ti.ietl. 1 ba Iwe i.iiula ir
u4laUif, !! fc.i el ib. a-iu if. in
being to the last only lest Da Guesclin should
should be permitted tocscapB.lo :
, The remains of tho Mexican were tnried
by his friends with much imposing' ceremony,
whilst those of tho Robber Guy - wore buried
by the brotherhood of charity, o-i
Hw Tap tlm bniuitiful and- rrcB vnuntr wi
dow was implicated in-the murder of her
ntisnanci was never. Krtown.o uumorwim ucr
thousand- tongues whispered strange things
of what was deemed her lirunn with the Mex
ican t but as she preserved during the rest of
nor stay the same calm, impenetrable demean
or that at all times distinguished her. no one
could Tat horn tho real feelings of her heart .
Outwardly in deep mourning, soon after
the funeral of her husband the lately idolised
Claire Wilton, accompanied by her waiting
maid, sailed for her own borne. ' : '" .. .
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i PATIENCE.
BY JOHN KKAL. '
All precious things are elowofgrowtb,
Beloved girls . t
B'l patient like the moaning sea
That waiteth evor patiently,
Till tears are pearls.
Believe mo, there is not a star,
Nor e'en a flower,
But tcachest this blessed truth.
Comfort and hope for sorrowing youth,
And sorrowing power.
Be patient, therefore watch and pray;
The gems of earth,
Like those which burn o'er yonder tkics,
And human hearts are silently .
. Freparud for birth.
A MtlDCL DUN.
An editor "out West" thus talks to his noi
paying subscribers and patrons. If his ap.
peal does not bring the "pewter," we think he
need never try again :
'Vt'cnrfs, i'airnns, Subscribers nnd Adver
tisers : Hear us for our debts, and get ready
that you may pay ; trust us, we are in need,
and have regard for our need, for you have
beeMi long trusted ; acknowledge your indebt
edness, and dive into your pockets, that you
may promptly fork over,. ' If there be any
among you, one single patron that don't owe
us something, then to him we say step aside,
consider yourself a gentleman. If tne rest
wish to know why wo dun them, this is our
answer: Not that wo core about cash our
selves, but our creditors do. Would you ra
ther that wo go to jail, and you go free, then
you pay your debts, and we all keep moving ?
As wo agreed, we have worked for you j as we
contracted, wo have furnished our paper to
you i as we promised, wo have waited npon
you, but, as yon don't pay, we dun you 1 Iie-e
ere agreements for job work; contracts for
subscriptions; promises for long credits; and
dnns for deferred payment. Who is there so
mean that he don't take a paper? If anv, he
needn't speak we don't mean him. Who is
there so green that he don't advertise T If
any, let him Blide he aint tho chap either.
Who is there so bad that he don't pay the
printer T If ony. let him shout for lie's the
man we're after. His name is Lutjinn, and
he's been owing us for one, two.' thrre, four,
five, si, seven and oight years long enough
to make ns poor, and himelf rich at onr ex.
pcnr.fl. If the above appeal to.his conscience
does'nt awake him to a sense of justice, we
shall have to try the law and see what virtue
thoro is in writs and constables." '
A BIT UF HO.TIANCE.
Some yenrs ago, says tho St. Louis Intelli
gencer, a very beautiful young lady was the
ward of a pcron in Lottsiaaa, who defrauded
her out of quite a largo fortune. This lady
came to this city, whore she married, but no"t
living on good terms with herhusband, finally
obtained a divorce from him and retired to a
convent. Whilst she was there she received
a letter from tho sou of her former guardian,
informing her of his foiher's death, and that
himself had lielrod all his vast property, hut
that he could uot consent to retain that which
had been treacherously taken from another,
and offering to make restitution. The lady
immediately proceeded to Lousiana, had an
interview with the heir, and received back,
both principal and interest, all that she had
been wronged out of. Tbo strangest port cf
the story re-mams behind, ro-sootier had
r.he got possession of her for-tuue, t'nuii kite re
turned to this city, sought out her former
hiiKband. aiid in a few days was re-married to
him. Verity, the love ol' woman pusseth un
derstanding.' The parties are now living in
Si. Louis. .
wutr i n.e m hs dose is 13 vctr.s.
Somebody thus sums up Uncle Sam's
achievements s
Uncle Sum was born a nation seventy
years ago ; since he has whipped his mother
aud one of hia brother, thrashed the Barbary
cnu.iins, threatened France und made her
pity up, and cleared docks for battle with
Austria. Hu ha. ret nil example of liberty
and popular power that has thoroughly
li le'hleiieU the despot.t of the eavlh nnd peril
led (heir ancient throne. He has grusped a
continent and i faat covering it with a free,
educated and thriving 1 eople. He has built
111. ne tddps than any ntln r i.ul i -11 in the aaree
time, and hia flag is rmw aeeu on every ieun
and see, and in every hmbor und river. Hi!
ha bin t n or e ti'jiutm.ila, moro r.iilwa;,
noire Wleirruph hues, more school luu.'fe,
umro rlmrche, c.l.ea, hiryer babies, in that
ill year., thun any other nation in M)0 years,
Ami lias limited more uawapapeta. made
mure a.eeh. und ilmia more bragging than
any other nation ha. done Iu a Ihoaaaud
tear.
A f nuutryuiaii att.'inb-d eue ,f li l'r vi
dent', leteu.al winch t lid la'l.i. &)l vneJ III
full ball roatuine, (hat U lo a.tv, with drvuet
rut vary biw 1 I Ho neck, and h aving not 10
in in tit lh iniue-luatii'U a. poetry would r
iiuim, aa lu lb. charm, half ronrealud und b. ill
1I1M . td. Whril li e eiiaoph'slieatvil t'ltiru
as about tu lake b li-ee, the I'resalint at
lied h'ia (ipe.kiiiy i f lite Ur of ruuiar) if
be bail fettr awn mi b a .1, lit baferw, ".Vi,''
tdid be, wpbalirailr, ".V4 tin.', u evi
... . ... .
1 j gul.," atd bur ft , 11 4 Mr., purlins
lou lu bi I aaiaa ibe bib. I da), "touNiu.l Ktl
bu.b.ud. aa VMial aa iaaibiv, vl lli" II a! Uu
Uiur l. 1, d : '
Vs by a a i t T" In i iiia-l juh.
"b I I') Vu. l-aji' I. Oial ' (u
uloiu.l liii.aa liiixiiaud p'l e.fii.a, sinliu.r
I) all 4 Ibttti di-paU n. .. rj lej lb
Lai4 bi ha.ivt t4 aa put l.. " aa4 ibe
ltd U'ly l-..H. 1 !),. sly la tu. I. bin fcliM
t, j 1 '.a t a. 4
Fruan tbe Clmdnnattl Coluaanlan, March S3.
SINGULAR ; GKOLOOlCAb DIMCO VRHIES
AOASSI.Z A.MD LTKLt,NUNPl.USBD.
A getlmB,'Wh(Tewntly-trrTiTed In this
city from Vonangoconnty, Pennsylvania, has
in his possession, and has had . on exhibition
for several days past, some very curious pet
rified human bmirW.Trhich woro found byhim
in the bed of in stream, which is ' on of tho
Allegheny river. -"
These remains aro supposed to ho .thoso
of a- man and woman, who, by the wonderful
petrifictivo powers of nature, have been
turned to solid stone: which, on being struck,
gives out a clear ring, and is very bard. As
petrifactions, these stones nrc objects of great
interest; bnt as much of tho oppoarnnce of
humanity has been lost by the attrition from
the running water of the stream, in which
f hey had probably lain for uges, they might,
after attracting brief attention, have been
classed w-ith other ordinary petrifactions and
been forirotton, bad not their close examina
tion hv ono of our lie j led to tho discovery
that they are irrefiitgiblo proofs of the exis
tence of man upon tho revolving glebe long
I e"ore the tonedi when rorals, crinoidca and
trihohtes first mnde their appearance.
Heretofore no fossils have been found in
primitive rock?, and Lento Bco'nfts "3:1V,S
inferred that forvast reriods in the world's
history nothing but plants nnd tho lower
types ol amniHl Ide were' tit existence, anM
that for oges ilia earth was inhabited by
sauriar.B and ether creatures now found only
as fossils.
The petrifactions to wh.:ch we refer above,
and which overtn?n this theory, mar have
been carried a considerable distance by tiie
stream ; but we do not know the locality in
which they were originally p'11' They
ehow, by thoir constituent character, that
they bofonged to the very earliest period of
the world's history. The remains supposed
to be those of a female, are. evidently from
tho sandstone strata, and have nothing pecu
liar about them, except their iudCniteiiess
and wanting the feet.
The petrifaction supposed to bo tlmt of a
man is the greatest curiosity. Its feet are
now wanting, its body and leg9 aro composed
of sandstone, nnd its head of quart z nnd
gneisn. From this single fact scirnco h;.s
evolved conclusions which overturn the spec
ulative hypotheses of Agarsiz, Lycll. Dana,
and the whole hosts of cicdern geologists. It
i3 well known that quartz und gneiss are
primitive rocks which underlie thd sandstone
rocks. It is ussumed that when first found,
the feet were on this male petrifaction, but
at they seemed slaty and of a co-d-hke tex
ture, they were bnrned by tho women, who
prefer utility to scientific discovery.
If this was so, then probably the body
was originally so buried that, the feet ex'
tended upward into the carboniferons strata,
and were petrified into coal. As tho feet
are now gone, it is perhaps improper to
speculate upon their character, but luckilv
science has this wonderful body and head.
Tho bocty biiinj a Eaudstone, proves that
tho petrifaction must have been done in
the sandstone, strata, and tho head being
of gneiss und quartz, proves that it ' must
have been petrified into gneiss and qnartz
in the gnei&s formation. We may be asked
how this could happen, and thu enawer is
obvious.
U is certain that msn, when alive, tmst
have inhabited the sandstone for a period,
and if, as wa think ts evident, .he was bu
ried head downwards, and at just such a
depth that his head came in the gneiss,
and his b'.t'y in the sandstone formation,
then it is ctusy to conclude that hid body
petrified into sandstone, and his head into
quartz and gneiss. Upon no other hvpo
thesis can be quarts' 'rind gneiss hsad cf
this petrifaction bo accounted for. It is
hardly likely that the man was buried in
sandstone strata, where all but the head 1
petrified, sad that then, by someconvuision
of nature, ho was jammed into the lower
primitive rocks, where he lay for Rge3, until,
by some other convulsion cf nature, ho was
thrown out iuto tho stream,, where found.
Whichever of these theories is adopted,
the old theory about man not being found
in the primitive rocks is completely over
turned, and geologists will have to acknowl
edge that there "aro more things in heaven
and earth than lire Creamed of iu their
philosophy." .
Tied Pows at Home. A friend cf ours,
living not far from Pontise was one day im
portuned by his .wjfe to take her a riding.
The gentleman being a man tf business,
pleaded his engagements, when the wife re.
plied with tho old story, that she must be
' tied down at home." The hunband replied
that if nr.y perton . wcnld furnish him with
clothing lo wear, and enough to eat and
drink, ho would be Willing tc be tied down ut
home.
A few days after the gentleman came home
earlier than usual, and tcin fat.gned. lay
down en tho sofa und All inio a sound sleep.
1 lis wife took cords and slyly tied hia lmi.iis
tovot'ier. served Lis feet in .tli) same way.
ui.d made him fast to the aofa, Sho thr.'i stl
a table with all that tlie-honse afforded, and
placed un ext'.i suit within his roach. This
done sha started to pay a Ir .n.l a visit.
Upon her returning late in t!i evening shu
found her subject of domestic (Jiselpliinj ia
the samo position, except ho was wide awake
and very mad.
"What to caith does a'.l tbia mean ?" said
he. j
"Nothing." qnlctty remarked his wife, "ex
cept lh" iNMnoniatioa ef your earthly wishea '
-enough to eat, ilnuk, and wear, und to be '
lied diiwu ut heme.
Tlity wire. f,ei.i rut ridii g next d.'y.
Tu Aumivo Yoi ni Mim I want lo
g.i inn buiinc.," i tti 0 afpiiuti..n of our
youn? wen. 'Can't you tlnl me it 1 tare In
iiie city :"i lliel. it'll -1 .,i ,nr;'i!rT. "Friend."
wo anaiter to many, "tin Lt biiiin yuu
'an ft liita. yca'w ll fin! oil yotir fdiher'a
P-' rut or wurki'n . If 1 b ivu as family r
f.li.ul. In.l.lyiu, led le pivft iier.(d
1 1 toe th iii, tur t ti ir la u to l. o Givt
W, an I thete du I.I 11,1 a hi mo ai d a
f.ift.ii.e. Jtui d. uiu u. 1 of e Hu if suibl'iilv
rivli, by fiueiilttH' a, ra, nllv I y l..la, r any
b " t y a jn.f.wuu. All thett v i;i .a stu
elmkid by .,'rr, tiruei.f.' u.jHai.lj, ki.U
led lnd-1 be I1u1.1l. 11 ili..l l.l h pr,,
wbsirx pun eaii aaiill upon h( iiHi'.iu. re
l.aulib'it la ba i.ur ir w.all i. Alio. all.
b ue, L r a'; 4 a 1 b uu 1 of b.-nv-.t iu.
dai'ryiaiil if J.U inlth )w-iuii li,. ' x
anything More r pe -I ib'e tht i Hi t. 1.
.ii.ii.vd of it la 1,'w Ual day cf year Iiie.
Of, I lua bad )w.f l.Mk.l'a' M'uie tWuh.ll)
I be btii4 if i'Ur rua.iu the i'ueita.ui.e,
lliaa "I yuuf uiielu Ibe lt V tinil 'i, a. m b
nia yi.ui.ilf !i.ti .e tn'my la im iiui.ti,.
Imua, ki4 Ua.Ur lu It. ti au.ly t.f bum.it.
tia.eia.
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t C Uaaid i ali.w guU (lui at Wi.it
tbai-i, Matt, tb4iu4 4e fw la. .b
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THBBRW FLYIMQ MACIII1K.
- W find the following statement in the Pa
frt'ai Tbo Academy of Bciencos is a ffioi
deal interested by the invention of a flvmg
machine by Don D ego do Salamanca. With
this machine Don Diego's daughter, ttosaura,
rose in the air sime time ago at Madrid, to
tho great astonUhmeut of tho Spaaiwds, who
are but I tile aixuatomed to this sort of mir
acle. Dor Diego du Salamanca and his
daughter ar about to arrive at Paris to show
tho effects of his marvellous invention. The
machine U very Simple ; it consists in a case
two feet long, and cie foot wide, adapted to a
band of leather round the waist, buckled be
hind. Two iron rods fastened to tl.ecaso sup
port a small pieco of wood 1 n which the feet
repo e. The case contains a simp'.o andinfro
nions mechanism, similar to that, employed to
set an automation in motion. Tbo mechan
ism is worked by means of a handle. It set
in work two largo wings ten feet long, made
of very thin caoutchouc, covered with feath
er., and the wing) may be so worked ns to
ploduce vertical, perpendicular, or horizontal
flying. The number of tarns given to the
handle determine., the height to which it is
desired to go. The handle hi3 to be ttmvd
every quarter of a league to regulato the tli?
tauce ; thi operation of turning lasts a min
ute.. Horizontal flying is the most tliflieuit ;
the wings bent the nir like tho oars of a bout,
or rather as thu feet of t swan when it swims.
By means of this cerions machine, n man can
go almost 0,1 npidly as s cnn-ier-pigjf.n from
tho Hotol-de-Tille to the Arc 'e Triomphe
do I' Etollc, in eight minutes, ar.d in half an
honr to Versailles. The experiments. wbic!
will be mnde in Pan's, will be on asmall scale,
and the flighU of Don Dicga will not extend
beyond thu department of the Seine ; bat at
1 later perior? ha proposes lo go to Lyer.s, to
Bordeaux. Toulouse, Marsa'lti.', nnd' Tour?,
and to take tho lines of railway. lie pretends
thr.t he can travel qn-cker than by rail. The
price of each machina will cot exceed 1.200f.
for men, nr.d J.OOOf. for women. If tho cxp?
riment succeeds, Don Diego will take cut a
patent, nnd will make tho sale of the machines
1 branch of commerce Although grentlyas
tonishGd ot this new invention, several mem
bers of the academy have pointed out the in
convenience of bringing it into general usfl.
Tn point of fact, there will bo no securi'v for
any one, if by the aid of such machines all onr
usages r.mt customs be overthrown, and if
malefactors can fly on the roofs of houses, af
terwards get into apartments, and commit all
sorts of depredations. It will be very curi
ous to see policemen in France and England
pursuing thieves m tie air, m order to Icck
them up on earth. It appears that 1355 pro
mises all sorts of marvels.
A PtTniOT A rTttrt HIS BOf NTV I.AS3.
Tho following is a copy of ono of the two
thousand letters applying for bounty lands
nnuer tne law 01 ine las? r.rssion 01 congress,
which were received, yesterday, ot the Pen
sion Bureau. The "frog 6tieker" referred to
which was sent e.long. carefully done tip by
way of circumstantial proof of the applicant's
snrvice as claimed, is an old-fashioned half
butcher's kuifo and half cut-a:id-tbrust rabro,
and look? as though it may have gone through
all the wars cf our country, from the eld
French wnr to tho very last" encccntsr with
the Sioux on tho great overland routo to Or
egon. Star.
VTA'-nrGTOir, March 27'.b.
Mr. Crrm'nirsiontr of Petitions
I send yon my frog-sticlcer. I was in tho
war ct bladensbnrg, and used this sabro
like a true solger. I want yoa to give me
land, as they say yon am the man for that
business, Rnd I want you to send my land
to mn by the rale rode, so that I can git it,
and I want vou to give the frog-sticker to the
Congress of America, for I see that old presi
dent jncksou bad his sord give to that be
nevolent asilnm, or you may givo it to the
Washington monument.
Your friend Elton Ereht.
I IT'LL TRY.
'I will try," was the motto of Alice Merton.
When htr teacher guvo a difficult 6nm in
arithmetic, nud aked her if sho could 0 it,
she ul ways said, "I will try." And she did
try, e.nd usually succrcr'ej. One time the
teacher gave all the scholars some verses to
commit to memory. Some said, "Oh, I can
learn then, easy e'nonh ;" tihile others said,
"Ob dear, I shall never learn them." "Well,
Alice, what do you think about it 1" "I will
try," was the simple repoti6e The next day
tbey were called to recite. Those who were
so confident of their oivu success fuikd, and
tho rest did no better. At lust it came to
Alice. She repeated every verse without a
single mistake. Shereceivedtheepprobatioa
ol her teacher, and the congratulations of her
school-matcr, who assured her they would
adept her motto.
Now, Alice wa by no means.' quick ot
learning; but she applied herself clusulv, and
became the best scholar in the school, and
won at the examination, amedul upon which
was engraved her favorite motto, "I viil try."
A Nsw Potato h Coxi.no Orr ' Profes
sor Mapes has received a new California po
tato, brouitbt thence by Mr. V. V. Mumt,
of New Brunawick, weighing three pounds
suvvn ounces. Its nppeurauce gnre. indica
tion of being a good k er, nnd of excellent
quality. The eyes protnido like those of the
li.ruiadit pnlalii. The geiitlaman who
brought it troni Culifntinu, rvimiri-ed at the
r aruier' tkb, New York, that these pota.
t.-tt. were gr w ii at tlie rate el Tf)n biibhvls to
li.tt acre; u'ao, that lite m'tmnutk tuber r fvr.
rd I ' wi.l he planted on t'..e farm t f Prof
i.i; 1.1, nho wal rvp.it on Its merits or tie.
iiit rita, on the rnisd may bo, r.i-reuft.r. Next
fad li.rie r 1 I be p.- baliiy be as (js-eat a ru ;h
t .r tiivu pet itt-e. as ibe-r. waa a year rr lo
ttgo lor ou.icliaif .
Ch.mmt in tht ifwi:' .Vib'm P,'i;rtt$ )',
("'Ai.i It ia atateu that lliv fiitl an4 avvill.l
dej-re.-a of ll.e Aioui-iian i rdi r 111 OUia hava
teen ei'ii'i'lldi'rd. ami ii iyreoim t iitftb y,i
d.ptee, i't. eld third U.-.-ree I. Mow t'oe
mill 1 aid a new d.en, v4'.!i,a thv ' Seailti."
bialvti. tobjUttt.J fr tl.e eU llifd
K imsl II til, the eulbra'.. Ba'tH
nrvai.b.'i, d4 ii.l 1 fee lot ).. v.t of il. il,
even I.i N.'bi.a.. A b, p. 4 i.titaj uxilur
llb but eutfi ,Huee nr ..'i, ban ut the
ei .JtiLMW. i I tai4 hi wkiitiiia- ..n..
!..t bi'in. L 1 ttvrv, Sit. II-IIC (4 I
a .u.-iiil 1 it. ,vi Ilia efwai'ib b.a r,
4n4 lepiiau tV t l i.s bri.-f - k,i -leg
tttmb be U."
. .
Mr. II ..r 1L0 t.ut..u lu I.i i.i Su
t i.i.i. HI. I tuMa. U.. kit liu Hi.li.l i
ll t IKi'l, I ll 111. ii.' aa l ilil, i uimy,,.,,,
oi lbs Ik. ef el b. dca V
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M.'t uftia bi... la Vt.r wl J.I Un (i
l h 1 in a-t
SKVASTOrOL FROM THE INSID
An American physician, attached to
Russian army, has written a letter to
Provi Wnco Journal, dated Sevastopol. 1
2b. - After describing the situatio'i or
town, and the beautiful views from the w
be continues :
"Three days ago I crossed the bnv for
first time, passed several hours in the t
and had the honor or dining with lien. Os
sacken. who has lately taken the defence
the city, and was most cordially roecivct
Aid-do-Camp Rnmsui conducted mo to
cnpola of a honso used es a plaro t f obsei
tion. on the rido noirest the Fieieh wo;
which commands n perfect view of the em
English and French batteries, and of tl
encampment. The trenches of the Frei
are a little within SO!) feet of the outer lii
of the Russian batteries, but 1 believe tl
have approached no nearer than they w
two weeks ago.
The city having bsen besieged two mont
and t half, has not, as yon may imasrine,
entirely desertnd appoarnnce. fit ores a
open, women nd children are soen here n
there in the streets, nnd every ples.ant afti
noon there is music on the Boulevards. C
my way to the ferry, after leaving tho gc
eral'3 tn return to the hospital, my progro
waa sudden! v nrrcsted by some" plaint i
strains watted down from the heich'sof tl
Boulevards; end as 1 listened, the music
nndored more plaintive, and even mr-i
tonchingly sublime, by the oft-repeated pea
of the cannon, ever nnd anon inlet minglin
their deop ond terrific ba?s.
"I'he tiilitnty operations, as conducted n
presort. Ccnist only f f more or less Gnu
from the different bastions during the eay
nnd occasionally at night sotno pretty ho
cannonading. To witness at nisrht. t tries,
times, the rupid'y succeeding flashes of .ti
gnn, the bombs, like balls of fire, pei formir?
their bor."tifal enrves through the air, und tc
hear the terrible whizring of tho balUi.i;
peculiarly and fearfully interesting. jChrijt
mas has passed here without anything -trV.l.
ever to remind me of the delightful ai' J nr-
ry Chr:stit;r.s bolicjys of home. Tho Knrrin
Christmas comes twelve days later, us their
dates are so much behind ours. The climate
hero is not severe, with very little snow
dtuiag the winter. Last night it wns suffi
ciently ccld to freeze np the mud, of which,
in rainy weather, the depth is actually fright
ful ; ami for the weather to-day, nothing could
be Ciier, clear, bright and mild, and it is ou'y
at long intervals that we bear the report of
cannon."
rftems of lefo$a
He that tells his wife news is bnt newly
married.
Injuries ere seldom forgotten benefits
seldom remembered.
Edmund Lafayette; a grand son of General
Lafayette. Is on a visit to New Orleans. ;.
On the 2."th nit. 73 families passed Louis
ville, bound for Kansas.
OT 64,010 voters in Connecticst, only 3000,
it is said, are adopted citizens.
P. T. Barnnm is lecturing in Worcester,
Mass., on tho art of making money.
The New Jersey Senate has postponed llo
Prohibitory Liquor Law bill, until next ses
sion. Tns tnest happy man is he who knows how
to briug into relation the end and beginning
of life.
The Green Bay Advocate, speaking of tho
cold weather, wtyg an Indinn was found dead,
from "the whiskey freezing in his stomach."
It is computed that upwards of thirty tho-;.
sand persons have already departed from
Great Britain for the Great Salt Lake.
The Snpreme Court of Ohio lately divorced
thirteen couples. In nine coses the female
applied for the dissolution
The dwelling of Mr. Keller, in Rye town
shin, Perrv county, was destroyed by fire, and
his three children'perishcd in tho flames.
It snowed hard Thursday. 25th ult., bo
treen Oswego and Syracuse. N. Y. In soma)
places it was drifted ten feet deep.'
At Princeton, Caldwell county, Ky., licen
tes to sell liquor have been locretued to
Sl-00 per annum, as -
Tbc use of travelling ia to regulate im.
nginatiou by reality, and, instead of thii.kiiif
how things may be, tu see them at. tV-J are.
Tho number ff bngniges spoken in tha
world, amonnts to. three thousand anal sixty
four. The inhabitants of the glouti profess
more than one thousand iLG'ercu rwiigicns.
Tlie nerfsparer is n law hook for the indo.
lent, a sermon fer the thoughtful," a library
for the poor. It may M'.mulato tho Indilfer
ent, it ni iv ako inMriict (he most pro'ound.
K tea a its. the forger, who wea sentenced on
Pr.d ty to the New York State Prison for
2 vars aytl ti month. He made a speech
acanowledKing tbe justice of the senteneo.
A Fiti'.ycnui who propoevd tit etaWu.h
a arbeol, laving heard that a. high Hhool
would b mole rvspfftl'id'y patrvn.xed, toe It
a rcuui in the gauvt i f a lour-awry iiotite.
O' t J.ij s-ivj, th-t wl vmvir ho wints a
hot bath, nnd htit't the cl.ane to pay fr ;t
l o hia nn'.v to tM lu jrt-1 that he ha' alu.ut
ni-i'le cp Ivi min I tu avV. t a inil.er tweel
heai !, Tu.d l.e i- til I. at water diioi iK,
Me llf.sv Siv ; - baa le a-ej ef -i
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tether bv a r p'v eb-i rvit v a !' .-n ihleli
Itirv tad lea'M ."v at rred. v. "Nrnt I 1
b both an.iy al the i.mi. (..u'e. "
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t ill rH.'.'i in etaW'. IK it tne i.ly u(
t'li.. avo i ii... it nuine itU'U t a ma I 1 4 1 r
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