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SUNBURN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, P A, S ATURD AY, APRIL 28, 1855.
OLD SERIES, YOL ft. NO. 31.
The Sunbury American
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Uaainess Kended to in the Counties of Nor
fWiberlBiul, Union, Lycoming Motilour and
tfelumbia.
References in Philadelphia r
a m Sv rt.Tv.-m, Cho.. Gibbon.. F.q..
. S.iodjrsM, Linn, Smith it Co. ,
NEW DRUG STORE!
VE2SEH & BHUNER,
Wholesale and Betail Druggists,
Kn kit St., next door tit E. Y. B right's Stort,
SCNBUUT, TA ,
OFf'EK to. public the Urgent and best
n-ifclr) nock ever opened in llii. section of
j-.tr.tiv, consisting of
FRESH AND PURE DRTJGS,
inrs, Chemical, Ground Spire., Paints,
H;-i. Varnishes, Dye-stuffs, Window Glass,
I'di.-iit Medicine, together with a complete as
..nlM.onl of Paint, Clolhea, Hair, Tooth, Nail
M Mlnwiig RrtiPlies, Dressing, Side, Neck and
1'.. k't t.'oinb. Fancy Soaps, Shaving Cream.
Tit' a. Se,;ar, Port Monins, Stationary, Con
'ti'uiies,
H.'HE IVINE3 AND BRANDIES
fui Modlrinal us. English, Frenchnd Ameri
n'i IVnumery, Fancy Goods of every descrip-r.-n
. n .hoit every article kept by Druggists
geuenillv.
i'-i'itriptiont CarefitUu Compounded.
GKO. 1). WE1SER,
VM. A. BKUNER.
Haubury, May IS, 135-1.
V.UITH ASH ANTHRACITE COAL,
f'.OX THI LtSCASTXK CoLlIIBT,.
Northuniberland county, Pa.,
YV11'!' nave very "t'ensive improve-
rr.enta, and are prepared to offer to Ibe
public a very superior article, particularly suited
f.ir ihe manufacture of Iron and making Steam.
Our fiir of Coal ar;t
LUMP, V for Smelting purposes.
STEAMBOAT, V for do. and Steamboat
BROKEN, )
EOO, for Family use and Steam.
STOVE, S
PE ' tot Limebumera and Steam.
Our point of Shipping is Sunbury. where r
i iit i.ieiit arc made to load boats without any
'lel V' COCHUAN, PEALE & CO.
.1. J. Cocbras, Lanca.ter.
C, W. Pial, Shamokin.
II f itj. Rr.isnoLn, Lancaster.
A. Bacsiadnkr, do.
tT" Order addressed to Shamokin er Sunbury,
will receive prompt attention.
Feb. 10. 1855. Iy
LEATHER,
FRITZ, IIEftDllY & CO.
Xo. 29 Xorth Third Street, Philadelphia.
1fOROCCO Manufacturer., Curriers and Im-l'-l
porters of FRENCH CALF-SKINS, .nd
dealers in Red and Oak SOLE LEATHER &
KIPP.
Feb. 17, 1835. w ly
" Files and Rasps.
NEW STREET FILE WORKS.
PHIXADELrUIA.
THE subscriber is constantly Manufactuiing
for Wholesale and Retail, Files and Rasp.,
f every description, and having been practically
engaged in the business more than Thirty Year.,
ejn guarrantea bia work at the lowest prices.
Manufacturera and Mechanics, can have their
O'd File re-cut and made equal to New at half
A. original cost.
J. 6. SMITH,
No. 01 New street, (between Race
and Vina and 2nd & 3d St.
' rhtlad'a. Feb. S. 1855. w 8 uio. 3
Sole Agency for
BOAHDMAIf & GRAY'S
Celebrated Dolce Campana Attachment
PIANOFORTES.
386 Chestnut Street opposite U. S. Mint,
PHILADELPHIA.
Brareh 117 Market Street, Wilmington, Del
J01IM MARSH.
Phi!., Jan. 24 8m. C.
Do you want a Bargain ?
IF SO. THEN CALL AT
J. YOUNGS' STORE,
"IITHERE you will find th cheapest assort-
" meat of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS
in Sunbury, consisting in part of Dry Good,
(rrorerief, Queensware, Hardware, Cedar
wiira, Fancy Articles, Stationary, Con
feetionaries, cVc, which will be
told at the lowest prices for
cash of country produce.
Ground Salt by the sack or bushel.
Sunbury, No. 4, 1851.
Latest New Goods in Hunburjr.
I. W. TENEU & Co-,
HA VE just received another large lot of new
Winter Goods to which they respectfully
urit the attention ef their friends and tbe pub
hawthty wii! be sold cheap as beartoioe.
Amongst them will be fjund soma good
READY MADJS CL0TH1NO.
CF (Jjacbsrrie for sale.
. . I. W. TENCH 6i CO.
Sunburf, Dee- 1S5-I.
LINES.
To a Kumbrella Vender, luj'etted by seein' of
Aim eraWiV round a tryin' to tell 'em.
Pore feller t bow I pi(y yon sech swot day as
this is,
Strekon round 'he st reets wet as a wharf rat,
With pleDty oruiiurcllers under your arm
And nary one over your bead, cuueeyou hain't
got no chance to spread one.
F'rbaps your dryer tban you would bo under
one of 'em.
And tbe handle niiirbt come off wbero it's
ducd.
And then vou'd bave to spit on it moke it
stick.
Nobody but a Nirislinian would have took op
such a business :
Nobody ever thinks of buyin' a numbrella,
When be can get one by just steppin' iuto a
nentrv.
You must be greener than Uio greenest in
your lot,
Pore feller 1 I think I see you up to Worces
ter Discharged incurable. Buyin' umorellurs I
ha! ha!
My pity's turned to scorn, pore credcrlous
fool.
Tho world had once a P:nk of Honesty
But that hns busted long and long ago
Tbe president obtains a precarious liviu',
And every man's rrrubbintr for himself.
Buyin' umbrellas 1 Clear out. rmrmuflin
I've heard that a nidiut's sometimes danger
ous :
And you're one of the darkest dye avium I !
THE WORSTED STOCKING.
The following thrilling adventure is from
on Kngli8h Magazine :
Father will have done the great chimney
to-night, won't he mother f" said little Tom
Howard, os he stood waitinar for his father's
breakfast, which ho carried to him at his
work every inornincr.
'He said he honed all the scaffoldine would
be down to-night," answered his mother,
and that'll be a fine sight ; for I never like
the ending of those great chimneys ; it's so
risky ; thy father's to be the last up."
"Mi. then, but I'll go and see him. and
help 'em give a shout afore ho comes down,"
said Tom.
And then," continued his mother, "if all
ocs on right, wo aro to have a frolic to-mbr-
row, and go into the country, and take our
inner, and spend ' all day amongst the
woods."
"Hurrah !" cried Tom, as ho ran off to his
father's place of work, with a can of milk in
one hand and some bread in the other. His
mother stood at the door, watching bim ns
he went merrily whistling down the street,
and then she thought of the dear father he
was going to, and the dangerous work he
was engaged in, and then her heart souirht
its sure refuge, and she prayed to God to pro
tect and bless her treasures
Tom, with a licht heart, nurunpil hi wnv
to his father, and leaving him his breakfast,
went to bis own work, which was at some
distance. In the eveninir. on his wav hnmp.
ho went round to see Jiow his futher was get
ting on. James Howard, the father, and a
number of other workmen, had been building
one of those lofty chimneys which, in our
great manufacturing towns, almost supply
the place of other architectural beautv. This
chimney wits one of the highest and most
tnpering that had ever been erected ; and as
Tom, shading his eyes from the slnnting rays
of the setting sun looked up to the top in
search of his father, his heart almost siink
within him at the appalling height. Tho
scaffolding was almost all down j tho men
at tho bottom were removing the last beams
and poles. Tom's futher Rtood alone on the
top. Ho looked all around to see that every
thing was right, and then waving bis hat in
the air, the men below answered him with a
long, loud cheer, little Tom shouting as hear
tily as any of them. As their voices died
away, however, they heard a very different
sound a cry of alurm and horror from above!
The rope 1 the rope 1" The men looked
round and. coiled upon tho ground lay the
rope, which before the scaffoldiug was remo
ved, should have been fastened to the top of
the chimney for Tom's father to como down
by ! The scaffolding had been taken down,
without their remembering to take the rope
np. There was a dead silence. They all
knew it was impossible to throw the rope up
high enough, or skillfully enough to roach
tho ton of the chimney j or if it could, it
would hardly have been safe. Thev stood in
silent dismay, nimble to give any help, or
luiiia, oi uny means oi safety.
And Tom's father. He walked round and
round the little circle, the dizzy beicht seem
ing every moment to grow more fearful, and
the solid earth further and fnrthpr from him
In the sudden panic he lost his presence of
nun. unu ins senses almost tailed rum. lie
shut his eyes ; he felt at ir the next moment
he must be dashed to pieces on the ground
The day passed as industriously and at
swiftly as usual, with Tom' mother at horn a
She was always busily employed for her hus-
uciiu aim kiiiiurvu, in some way or otner ;
and to-day she hot been harder at work than
usual, getting ready for the holiday to-mor.
row. She had lust finished all her prepara
tions, ana ner mouguis were silently thank,
ing God for ber happy borne, and fur all the
blessings of life, when Tom ran in. His
fcce was as white as ashes, and be could
hardly get hit words out : "Mother I mother I
He canna get down."
"Who lad t Thy father f asked hit mother.
"They've forgotten to leave him the rope."
answered Tom, still scarcely able to speak.
Hit mother started op, horror struck, and
stood for a moment at if paralized j then
pressing her bands over her face if to shut
out the terrible picture, and breathing s pray
er to God for help, she msbed out or the
bouse.
When the reached the place where ber
husband was at work, s crowd had collected
round the foot of the chimney, and stood
there quits hopeless, gazing op with facet full
of sorrow. -He says he'll throw himself
down," exclaimed they, as Mrs. Howard cams
up. MIIe is going to throw himself down."
"Thee munna Jo that lad I" cried tbs
aife. with s clear, hopeful voice t "thee moo.
as do that. Wait s bit. Tsk' off thy stock.
off, lad. and bd ravel it, and let down the
thread with bit of mortsr. Dost hear me
JemP
Tbe man made sign of assent, for it
eemed as if be could not speak ; and, taking
off bis stocking, nnrsYslled tbe worsted ,
tin-tiling !uitjj.
thread, row after row. The people stood
arouna in Dreamless suence and suspense
wondering what Tom's mother could be
thinking of, and why sho sent him in such
baste lor trie carpenter s can oi twine.
'Let down one end of the thread with
bit of stone, and keen fast hold f the other,"
cried she to ber husband. Tbe little thread
came wavinsr down tho tall chimney, blown
hither and thither by the wind, but at last it
reacned the outstretched Hands tnnt wero
waiting for it. Tom held tho ball of string,
whilo-his mother tied one end of it to the
worsted thread. "Now pull it op slowly,"
cried she to her husband, aud she gradually
unwound the string as the worsted -drew it
gently up. Jt stopped the string had reach
ed her husband. "Now, hold the string fast,
and pull it up," cried she. and the string grew
heavy and bard to pull, for Tom and his
mother had fastened the thick rope to it
lhoy watched it gradually and slowly uncoil
ing from tho ground, as the string was drawn
nigher.
T hero was brt one coil left. It had reach
ed the top. "Thank God ! Thank God 1" ex.
claimed the wife. She bid her face in her
hands in silent prayer, and, trembling, re
joiced. The rope was np. The iron to which
it should be fastened was there all right ; but
would her husband be able to niak ue of
them ? would not the terror of the past hour
bave so nnnerved him as to prevent him from
tnking tbe necessary measures for his safety t
She did not know the magic influence which
her few words had exorcised over him. Sho
did not know the strength that the sound of
her voice, so culm and Ftoadfnst, had nllou him
with as if the little thread bad carried him
the hope of life once more, bad conveyed to
him some portion of that faith in God, which
nothing ever destroyed or shook in her true
heart. She did not know that, as he waited
there, the words came over him, "Why art
thou cast down, O my soul ? and why art
thon disquieted within me? Hope thou in
God." She lifted up her heart to God for
hope and strength. She could do nothing
more for her husband, and her heart turned
to God. and rested on Him as on a rock.
There was a great shout, "lie's safe, moth
er, he's safe." cried little Tom. "Thou'st
saved mo Mary," eai her husband, folding
her in his arms. "Hut what ails thee T Thou
seeme'st more sorry than glad about it." Hut
Marv could not speak j and if the strong arm
of her husband had not held her up, she
would have fallen to tho ground tho sudden
jov, after such great fear, overcome her.
"Tom," said his father, "let thy mother loan
on thy shoulder, and we will take her homo."
And in their happy home they poured forth
their thanks to God for his great goodness ;
and their happy life together felt dearer and
holier for the peril it had been in, and for the
nearness that the danger had brought them
onto God. And tho holiday next day was it
not, indeed, a thanksgiving day t
From th. Sunitay Atlat
WHAT SHALL WE DRINK I
Tho query "what shall we cat V has been
discussed from time immoral, without any
positive, results, for among tho diversity of
viands with which the mnrkets teem, a choice
is no difficult matter ; but, "What shall we
drink ?" is a question that really begins to
assume a degree of importance, from the fact
that the range of choice is very much circum
scribed. We may havo a Maine liquor law
enforced, which may prevent the procuring
of ardent spirits; and if so, "What shall
we driuk ?" becomes a serious consideration.
Although such an act has passed, its enforce
ment muy prove a difficult matter; yet lb
query needs an answer nevertheless. The
teetotallers assure us thcro are no genuino li
quors in the market; that Hennessey, Otard,
Cognac and Dupuy are arrant humbugs ; that
ih'irgh last year's vintage at Madcria was a
failure, the supply of that particular wino has
not at all diminished ; that there is more
"champagne" drank in New York, than that
entire district produces ; tho gin is a sham,
and Irish whiskey a foo-foo. In fine that no
good liquors are imported, and as to domes
tic spirits, their quality needs no comment
from any ono. The lover of tho ardent, ro
torts with equal truth, perhaps, that small
beer ferments opon tbe stomach ; that tea is
but another name for gypsum and copperas ;
that beer is synonomous with coculas indicus
and rotten wheat ; that the vvatcr is cither so
filled with animalcules as to make one's stom
ach an aquatic menagerie, or else so impreg
nated with limo as to convert one's bowels
into a stone quarry. Indeed the question
becomes very difficult to decido when we ex
amine the paucity of beverages suitable for
gratifying the palate and allaying thirst.
aoda water which iu so popular during the
summer time, is often impregnated to such
an extent with coppor, that if a soda bibber
were to be dissected bis interior would be
found to present the appearance of a font of
copper-meed type. JUiJk, as it is here called,
is a nameless mixture, not an approximation
to the lacteal secretion of the cow. Coffee
is to identified with chicory and peas, that
ine irue aroma oi vne Arabian berry l, almost
a forgotten thing. Lager beer is attracting
some attention, but it requires considerable
time to acquire a taste for it ; and the pecu
liar flavor it derives from tbe coating ef
pitch which the interior, of the barrels re
ceive, is anything but satisfactory to an
unsophisticated palate.
Then, in view of these facts, we repeat
"What shall we drink V With no good
brandy, objectionable water, tad milk, drag
ged cotfe, poisoned tea, ale only fit to kill fish,
porter maao principally from decayed herrings
and rain water all the beverages of tbe
day open to similar objections. "What shall
we drink J"
TOBACCO AMI BACCHUS.
With tobacco and Bacchus you pass all the
day.
To Bacchus tobacco you puff ;
So yon use up your system and drive health
away,
Oh 1 it not ono poison enough T
Is not Bacchus himself strong enough fur tbe
deed T
Why tobacco can dry yon alone 1
But tobacco to Bacchus the grape to tbe
weed
It tbe cruelest folly that's known.
Bceks. The crowded deck of sn American
packet to California.
Culiforniatt to tbe Skipper "I should like
to havs a sleeping berth now, if you please.
"Skipper "Why. where bave you been
sleeping these lost two nights since ws left t"
Calilornian "Well, I've been sleeping on
top of a tick man, but be is getting better
cow, snd be won't stand it aoy longer."
Tbs Spriogfield Republican says, that tbs
Enow .Nothing who would not use the word
patriot, because it began with pai, bas conclu
ded to emigrate somewhere, because he bas
at last fouoa out tbst "America was discover
ed bytforeijmr" ,
I Saw Her First in Cabbage Time.
BT SLOOVst BI.COGS, ESCJ.
f saw her first in cabbage tiino,
She was a cutting crout
She'd stop the cutter, now and then,
To turn a head about ;
And as she'd salt it in a tub,
And stamp it down awhile,
Upon her fresh and rosy lip,
Reposed a witching tmilc.
I saw her next in winter time.
And still the gaily smiled ;
For there opon tho cooking ttove,
Her grub was being b'iled.
Around the hugo and greasy pot,
The steam came poaring out ;
And from the smell, I knew that she
Was cooking "speck" and crout.
When noxt I saw her, in the spring,
She smiled not as before ;
A heavy weight was on her heart
Tbe crout was "all no more 1"
The pot sho osed to cook it in
Was eaten op with rust ;
The cutter hung opon ti e wall,
'Mid spider webs and dust.
I've seen her often since that time, "
Whon all around were gay
When others laughed and talked tho most
She'd frown and turn away :
I've watched to see a ray of joy ;
But watched, alas I in vain
I never hope to see her smile,
Till cabbago time again I
KISSING MARRIED WOMEN I FRNNCE.
In Franco, to kiss a lady with whom vou
are not at all intimato, on meeting her, is very
common ; especially is this tho cose if she be
a married lady. Not only tho members of
the family, but all the guests, expect invaria
bly to salute, the lady of the house on coming
down iu the morning. But tlnuch tho mod
est American may, perhaps, escapo tho cere
mony on ordinary occasions, yet on New
Year's day it is imperative. On thut morn
ing, says a Puris letter-writer, I cumo down
to my cofieo about 9 o'clock. I sat down
quietly, bidding Madamo a bon jour, as on or
dinary occasions. But 1 was not to get off
so easily. In a few moments sho was ut mv
elbow, with "Mons. B., 1 am very angry with
fou. i expressed, ot course, a reeret. and
norance at having given her offence.
"Ah," said sho. "you know very well the
reason. It is because you did not embrace
mo when you came down this morning."
Madame was a lady of perhaps twenty-
eight, v ith jet-bluck, glossy hair, large lus
trous black eyes, a clear, fair complexion.
She was very beautiful ; had she been plain 1
should have felt less embarrassed. She wai
ted as Ihourrh cxnectintr mo to atone for mv
ueglcct ; but how could I before the whole
table? 1 sat all this timo trembling in my
seat. At length Madame said : "Mons. B.,
embraez root." The worst had como. I
arose tremblingly, put my white-bloodless
lips, all greasy with butter, and wet with cof
fee (for in my embarrassment, I dropped my
napkin) to those of Madamo. This was my
first French kiss.
A SI BSTITUTK FOR GUANO.
The Montreal Commercial Advertiser savs
that a French farmer, by the name of Mulon.
lias discovered a method of converting t:-e
offal and refuse fish into a valuable manure,
equal in fertilizing power to the best Peruvi
an guano, and possessing no offensive quali
ties. He conceived a project of converting
these fish into a more compuctainl convenient
kind of fertiliser, and accordingly, after a few
trial experiments, embarked iu 1851 for New
foundland and established a large factory at
Herpon, in tho Straits of Bel'- T3lo. Ho
associated with himself a partner who es
tablished also a similar factory at a little
fishing village near Brest, in 'France. At
these factories the refuse fish and offal of all
the fishermen in tho vicinity were bought.
They were first boiled under a pressure of
fifty pounds to an inch and then tho pressed
cakes wero reduced to a pulp by a niechani
cul rasp! and dried in a hot stove. The ma
terial was next ground to powder in a milt,
and packed away in bags and cartels for
use. One hundred parts of the fresh fish
yielded twenty-two of fish powder, and is.
eagerly purchased by the farmers. From
the water in which tho fish is boiled, about
two and a half percent, of oil is skimmed.
The French factory produces some fifteen,
hundred tons a year of fish manure, und that
of Newfoundland is expected to produce an
nually eight or ten thousand tons.
Frost and Iron. During the very severo
cold weather of the past winter a difference
was observable in the wear and tear of the
rails upon tho New York Ceutral Road.
There were three kind in use under the ob
servation of our informant tboso weighing
56 lbs. to the yard, those weighing 65 lbs.,
and those weighing 75 lbs. to the yard. The
heaviest railt wero worn the worst, the next
heaviest less, and the lightest the least of all;
und the hoaviest were injured more in propor
tion than either of the others. The 5(j lb.
rail stood the frost and percussion of the pas
sing trains, as compared with tbe 65 lb. one,
b'-ttcr than the latter did as compared with
the 75 lb. rail. . m 1
It has been observed upon the Central
road during the winter, that wheels aud rails
were more apt to break the day after iutense
cold, than on that day itself. At a mechanic
phrased it to os, "Iron breaks worse, Sir,
when the frost is going out, than when it is
going in." Buffalo Democracy.
The Spider's Lovg for heh Prooent. All
her limbs, one by one, may be toru from her
body without forcing her to abandon her hold
of the cocoon in which sho bad wrapped her
eggs s and if, without mangling the mother,
it be skillfully removed from her, aud sudden
ly thrown out of sight, the instantaneously
loses ell ber activity, teems paralysed, and
coils ber tremendous limbs as if mortally
wonnded. If the bag be returned, her feroci
ty and strength are restored the moment she
bas perception of iu pretence, aud tbe ru.het
to her treasure to defend it to the last.
Prof e tor JJentt.
Tub Loudon Timss is compelled to issue
a supplement doily, and as the act abolishing
tbe stamp duty requires all supplement! to
be charged with postage, tbe Times will
nave to pay lor two stamps, while the other
English papers generally will require but one.
The price of ths postage stamp is much
lower than mo stamp duty, it is intimated
that tbe act was passed by way of retailing
on the Times for its bold attack on the Min
istry for their mismanagement iu the couduct
of too war.
PRICKS Or LIVING IN ITALV.
An American traveler in Italy, "a
nice
young man," writing from that country, soys
that when once a man or a family prepared
to witbdrar from society, with tno view of
living cheaply then there are no places in inn
world like the Italian town. A man with
an annual income of $400 may, lifter ho has
learned tbe language and tbe customs, lend
a very decent, not to say elegant life. He
may take his meals at the first restaurant,
may visit the public assemblies daily in beflt-
ing attire and be a regular subscriber 10 toe
Opera, dnring the carnival season of forty
nights. Vi course by abandoning an tne
extraneous habits, the expenses niny be re
duced to 82.")0 per annum. Look at the
list of prices : Breakfast at a first class cafe,
including bread, butter, beefsteak and pota
toes, coUoe with the yolk of an egg in it, in
stead of milk, seventeen cents. This is not
a slop shop price, but the prico of tho best
articles the citv affords. A Crst-rato din
ner is possible fortwenty-Gvo cents, which is
not at i'aris. Clothing is not so reasonable,
Dot nearer onr American standard, ixnig
ing is cheaper. He says : "I have seen at.
Nice, Florence and Genoa, two famished
rooms, fit for a bachelor, aud each containing
a fire-place, carpeted, curtained, and gener
ally well ordered Tor $60 n year. A servant
may bo obtained to come three times a day,
and do all sorts of nnbargoiiicd for odds and
ends besides, for ono dollar a month. Twelve
dollars will feed one fire-place through a
winter. Naples kid gloves (Fans gloves ore
a luxury not required hy tbe highest fashiou)
cost 30 centH a pair j if worn loose, they are
moro apt to slip than real kid.
The aveaage rato paid by American artists
for their studios, unfurnished, is $100 a year.
Tho same quarters, they toll me, would cost
$600 at home. They consist for the most
part, of four rooms, of which tha annual rent
is $24. For $800, a family of four may live
respectably and comfortably, and maintain
an honorable position in the first English
and American society. -A family spending
$2,000 a year in New York, and fiuding
themselves poorly treated for the money,
might, in many of the beautiful Italian cities,
tor the same sum, live in considerable styie.
Laving a box at tho opera, givo a dozen
small parties in the winter, a grand route in
the Carnival, and keep a one-horso broug
ham ull tho year round. I think such a
family could wear Paris kid gloves. What
a comfortable prospect for some of our "Dim
mecrats" who have laid bv ten or twelvetbou-
i sand dollars, and wish to be able to say like
J the learned monkey who visited Rome "I
have seen tho world.
ANECDOTES OF CATLIN.
Wo have seen a most interesting letter,
soys tho London Morning Advertiser, from
a young man who has recently settled in
Brazil, in which he speaks of a recontre with
Catlin, the celebrated ethnographer and
traveller. Ho met him in George Town,
Demerara, and was immediately recognised,
although it was ten years since they had seen
each other in tho' Egyptian Hall. "You
won't know me ;" he said to Catlin, '-it is ten
years since you saw me," Catlin, in answer,
pronounced his name in an instant. They
proceeded, together. 1,500 miles, "by land and
by water, through forests and swamps and
prairies," following the course of tho Amazon,
aud we select the following incidents on tho
journey. The first relating to Colt's pistols,
contains a hint to some old Chief in England
We must explain that Catlin had received
tho namo of "Governor" from his youthful
associate t
How Tnn Old Ciitef was Astonished by a
Colt. "Tho Governor had ono cf Colt's
pistols in his belt ; and one of his revolving
rifles always in his hand, and I had tbe old
Minie, with whose power you are somewhat
acquainted. I had let out the idea that tho
Governor's gun could shoot all day without
reloading, which made an illustration neces
sary. They were all anxious to see it 'set in
motion, and I placed the door of our tent
which was part of a cow skin stretched on
a hoop, at the distance tt sixty or seventy
yards, with a bull's eye in tbe centre. The
wbolo village bad assembled, and the Gov
ernor took bis position and went off, one .'
two! three! four I five I six! I then step
ped up and told bim that was enough, 1 pre
sumed : and while the old Chief was assuring
him that they wore all convinced, and it was
a pity to wusto any more ammunition, the
Governor was slipping the empty cylinder
off and another one on, with six charges
more, without their observing what he was
doing he offered to proceed, but all wore
satisfied that his gun would shoot all day
without stopping, and this report travelled
ahead of us to all the tribes we afterwards
visited in that region."
Tho next is a Tiger story :
Kekp Cool and Don't Spili. the Gravy.
"One day when he had landed and most of
our party were lying asleep on tho boat, which
was drawn under the shade of some large
trues, the Governor and I had collected wood
and made a large 6 re, over which we were
roasting a fat pig which I bad shot from the
boat during tbe morning. 1 was squat down
on one side of the fire, holding a short handled
frying pan in which we had made some very
rich gravy, which the Governor, who won
squatted down opposite to me, was ladling
over tho pig, witn an Indian wooden spoou.
All of a sudden, I observed bisevesfixed upon
something over my shoulder, wnen he said to
me in a very low tone, "Now I want you to
keep perfectly cool, and don't spill the gravy
there is a splendid tiger behind you !" I
held fast to the frying pan, and turning my
head gradually uround. I bad a full view of
the fellow witluu eikM paces of me, lying flat
on his tide, and with his paws lifting up and
playing with the legs of ono oftho Spaniard's,
who hail laid himself down upon his belly and
was fast asleep. Our rifles were left in the
boat! The Governor drew himself gradually
down the bank, on his bands and feet, order
ing me not to move ; I was iu hopes he would
have taken his old Minie, but he preferred hit
own weapon, and getting it to bear upon the
breast, be was obliged to wait tome minutes
for it to raine its huad, so as not to endanger
tho poor Spaniard ; at the crack of. the rifle
the animal gave a piercing screech, and leaped
about 15 feet straight into the air, and fell'
quite dead. Tbe Spaniurd leaped nearly at
far iu tho different diruction ; and at the
same iobtunt, from behind a little bunch of
bushe on the opposite tide, r - not half the
distance frenv our fire, and right, belaud the
Governor's back, where be bad been sitting,
sprang the mate, which darted iuto the
thicket and disappeared. We skinned this
beautiful animal, which was shot exactly be
tween the eves, and after all bands bad with
drawn to the boat waited several boon in
hopes that the other one would ihow itself
again, but we waked in rain, and lost onr
gume."
At Work Again. Tbe Midlothian coal
pill, in Virginia, at which the late fearful
explosion occurred, arc again being worked.
KECESfSITT Or SLEEP.
No person or active mind should try to
prevent sleep, which, in some persons, only
comes when rest is indispensable to the
continuance of health, in fact, sloop once In
twcnly-fonr hours is as essential to tho ex
istence of mamalia at the momentary rcspira
t on of fresh air. The most unfavorable con
dition for sleep cannot prevent its approach.
Coachmen slumber on their coaches, and
couriers on their horses, while soldiers fall
asleep on the field of battle, amid all the
noise of artillery and the tumult of war.
iunng ine retreat or cfr John Moore, sever
al of the British soldiers were renorted to
have fallen asleep upon the march, and yet
they continued talking onward. Tho most
violent passion and ritpmonr. cannot pre
serve eveu powerful minds from sleep ; thus
Alexander the Great slept en the field of
Arabclo, and Napoleon on that of Auster-
mz. r,ven stripes and torture cannot keep
off sleep, as criminals have been known to
sleep on tho rack. Noises which servo nt
first to drive away Bleep, soon becomes indis-
ppnsaoio to us existence j thus a stage coach
stopping to clmm;e horse?, wakes all tho
passengers. The proprietor of an iron
forge, who slept close to the din or hammers,
forges and blast furnace, would awake ifthero
was interrnption to them during the night ;
and a sick miller, who had his mill stopped on
that account, passed sleepless nighlsuntil the
mill resumed its usual noise. Homer, in
the Illiad, elegantly represents sleep as
overcoming all men, and even tho Gods, ex
cepting Jupiter alone.
The length of time passed in sleep is not
the same for all men ; it varies in different in
dividuals and at different ages ; but it can
not be determined from the time passed in
sleep, relative to the strength or energy of
the functions of the body or mind. From
six to nine hours is the average proportion,
yet tho Roman Emperor, Caligula, slept only
three hours, Frederick of Prussia, and Dr.
John Hunter, consumed only four or five
hours in repose, while the great Scipio slept
during eight. It is durincr infancy tiint sWn
is longest and most profound. Women also
sieep longer man men, and young men lon
ger than old. Tho sleepless nights of old
ago are almost proverbial. It would appear
that carniverous nuimals sleep in general
longer than herbivorous, as that superior
activity of the muscels and senses of the
former eeom moro especially roquiie rcpnir.
TUB HORRORS OF WAR.
A Fearful Tragedy. The London Times
l.-.ys before its readers tho particulars of a
horrible aflair. which recently occurred near
the Dutch settlement of Transvaai, at the
Cape of Good Hope, and which can only be
paralleled in atrocity among the achievements
of modern times by tho exploit of Marshal
St. Arnaud in Algiers, when he smoked and
burned to death thousands of his barbarian
opponents who had sought refuge in a deep
aud spacious cave :
in the cose at ihe Cape of Good nope, the
Caffre Indians had murdered, in October last.
under circumstances of gn at barbarily. ten or
iweive men and women or the Dutch sottle
uieut. Immediately General Pretorious rai
sed an army of five buudied men, and, accom
panied by Commander General Potgitfter,
proceodod on nn expedit'c to revenge the
blood of tho victims. After an abseuw of
several weeks, they reached some remarkablo
subterranean caverns, half a mile in length,
and from thrco to five hundred feet in width,
where tho Cuffreo had entrenched themselves.
Upon his arrival at this spot, General Prcto
rious attempted to blast the rocks above the
caverns, aud thus crush the savage beneath
tho ruint. The peculiar character of the
stono, however, rendered this scheme imprac-
i, .. ... ... .
iicauic, ano ne tnen stationed his men around
the mouths of the caves, nud built up walls
in front of them. After a few daos, many of
tho women and children were driven by hun
ger and thirst from their biding places, and
were allovrrjd to escape ; but every man who
came forth was shot dead by their rifles. Oa
tbe 17th of November, at the close of a siege
of three weeks, the besiegers, seeing no signs
of life, entered the caverns, and the silence
within, top-ether with the horrible odor arisinir
from the bodies of the dead, told how effectu
ally their object had been accomplished.
More than nine hundred Caffres had been
shot down at the mouths or the caverns, aud
a much greater number had perished by slow
degrees, suffering all the horrors of starvation
in the gloomy recesses within.
TERRIBLE ItFt'ERINQ.
One of the most remarkable instances of
preservation from shipwreck nt sea has just
happened in the loss of the ship William
i-aytin. 1 hit vessel put to sea from New
York on the 16th of February lust, freighted
with a rich and assorted cargo, bound for
Antwerp. On the 20th of February a severe
galo, which lasted for some days, completely
wrecked tho vessel.and, lashed to her floating
and helpless hull, the captuin aud crew
Sussed six days and nights, without a single
rop of fresh water and without a mouthful
to eat, excepting a single rat thut w as foond
swimming about tho wreck, and which was
fortunately caught and shared among tho
sufferers1 The account furnished by the
captain says :
Fur our better security, we each of us
lashed ourselves to the wreck, with whatever
of the rigging of the ship's ropes we could
get hold of. This alone saved us from being
swept away. In this condition, tied to tbe
wreck and constantly drtuehed uud almost
smothered with breaching seas, we remained
six long days and nights.each minute ofwhich
was almost an eternity of agony. Wo were
unable to loosen ourselves or siir about the
t-hip, for fear of being carried overboard.
We waited, but waited in vain, fur a lull iu
the tea or tempest. The first day passed at
our lathingt. and we were weak w.th hunger.
The second day, and the gnawing of hunger
made all other suffering insignificant In com
parison. Tbe third day, and our thirst and
hunger together held u in torture but little
short of tho pains of bell itself. Death at
this time would have been a relief Tri the
meantime the hatches of tho ship had been
burst open, and the cargo wasflnatingaround
us, but noue of tho provisions within our
reach.
Tbe knowledge that our ship's hold was
full of provisious, and we were starving aud
nuable to reach ft, only added to cur suffer
ing. Still, to aggravate our paint, tbe
potash in.thethip was dissolving, and making
a ley that wat eating into our flesh. Having
no water, we each took a piece of cold lead
into onr mouth.', and chewing this kept our
mouths moist, uud was fonnd to bo a great
relief. At this period of our sufferings, a rat
was seen iwimming about, and comiug near
enough to one of the tailors, it was captured.
Never did Hanter secure his game with great,
er satisfactory than did the seamen secure
this drowning rat. The rat was shared among
the company, aud never was a Fiorccsrr re
wived wrth a better relish. All that we
ha.d iu addition to this rat, were the boots
and shoes ni on our feet, which ttere mostly
Ui.d op at the time of our rescue.
On tbe third day of our suffcringu On Ii
25th cf February a vvssel hove in fight,
and we were all elated with tho mspect
o'rcliif. In thi-, however, we were arrrtis!
disappointed. This vessel, tho name of nhieh
I do not remember, eime within hailing dis
tance of cs, and speaking tho captalS, I
asked him to wnd me a boat. Tho reply
was, ho could do nothing for us ; and leaving
nt to our fato, we were compelled (b ee th'j
vessel sail awsr from us. Tin sea wns run
ning very high at tbe time th s vesel spnka
ns, but to have laid to and wniicd fc.i- a calm,
or to have made some show of a disposition'
to help ub, we thought was not too mi'ch to
expect. When this vessel was beyond rur
sight all bopo seemed surely gone. f?t,!J all
the crew kept np their spirits, as in'Kcd flier
did to a remarkablo degree during tho wholo
period of their snfforingi. Dunne; nil- thief
time thn weather wat cold enough to mako
ice. What was tho most remarkable, after
tho third day our hunger seemed to abate.
On the filth and sixth days some o' the
crew said they did .not feel so mnch tbo wait
of food ns tl.ey did on the third day. This
wa9 the feeling of most if not all of us. The
fourth,duy and night passed, and no assist
ance caino Tho fifth day came, and with it
succor. On this day we were hailed by tho
barque Sylph, Cap. Hcllox, from Guadalo'ipe,
bound to St. Peters, Newfoundland. This
V03scl spoke ns, and learning our situation,
promised to lay by till the storm abated. It
still blew a gale, and the sea was very hcary.
This promise revived nt. During the t'ijht
of the fifth day of our sufferings tho 27th cf
February tho Silph drifted away from us.
and the next morning was out of sight.
I cannot describe our feelings when tho
next morning dawned up, and again showed
ns nothing within our vision but the Urn pes.
tuous ocean, capt. ilellox, nowever, upon
ascertaining, on the morning of ths 26lh.
that he had lost us, .crowded on all tho sail
his baraue could carry, and commenced tb
search tor us. He was successful, and foanif
us after a few hours' search, and at 10 o'clock
on tho morning or the 28th we were taken
from our li-shiiigs, and taken on board tho
bwnn. When relieved none of us wero ablo
to stand, although all of ot retained our sen
ses. Ono of the crew, when token from 0.8
prison of ropes, lost his toes, which droppc4
from him as he was lifted from the ship. The
potash lyo bad eaten the foet of tho suffcrcr
to this effect.
Rill Rrntvn pnra 4l,at C1...a1.a! .,.,..
is so tall, that he has to ret down on his l:nP!i
to crow.
A Yunkoo in Iowa has taasrht ducka ta
iwiin in hot water, and with such success, that
mey lay Dolled eggs.
An editor ont in' Iowa. taTs theV don't bratr
or the size of their babies, bat they aro a
most uncommon sure crop.
One of our Western editors, in o-ivirirr an'
account or a tornado, heads it as follows ;
"Disgraceful Thnuder Storm."
Dobba savs ha wnnlH hnra rlierl nf irir.tnri-
in August, if it had not ten Tor one thing
tue uocior gave mm up.
A' lot Of fallows tvonl-. nn rlaai- tinnl t.e.
other day, in Arkansas, and in less than threo
1 . , a t , ,
uoura, tupiureii uve gins ana a woman.
A rascally old bachelor asks "what is tbe'
most difficult operation asurgjon can' per
form ? To take the jaw out' of a women."
Louis Napoleon, it is said, has been invest,
ing large sums in California,' in tho names o '
other persons.-
Money and time are the heaviest burdens
of life, and the unhappiest of all mortal are
those who have, more of either thou they
know how to use
An Ex-Governor Turned M ayor. Tbo
non. Alexander Ramsey, Ex-Governor or
Minnesota, has been elected Mayor of tho
city of St. Paul, iii that Territory.
Physicians rarely take medicine, lawyers'
seldom go to bvw.-and ministers stecr'clear cf
other parson's churches.- Editors, however,
read all tho papers they cab get bold of
To go to sleep easy, read some oftho Phil
adelphia "weekly papers."-Air Tort Sunday
Afloi.
To hkh the Philadelphia Poit, rejoins r
"To go to tho devil easy, read some of the
New York Sunday papers."
Vheat Crop rs TrtE West. Wo continue
to have tho best acotiotsof fliecomiiVf? wheat
crop. From Iowa; Illinois, Wisconsin, In
diana and Michigan, all rp6rts are cheering'
the Wheat crops uever looked better;
Good Pricks. At a sale in PivyUwtowny
Pa., on Thursday labt, oats sold at Tl Cents
per bushel, cows' about $.'() each, and Other
things in proportion. And on Saturday, at
the 6aino place, the price ofhorsos ranged from
$61 to $'2t)5.
S rjVger Why uo you kill my dog t
II I'M r. Leeuutu'he a'as going to bite me.
Stranger. Why didn't you use tbe little
end of your stick T You could bave I'righteueJ
him und not kilM him.
Hint. Why didu't your do coi'ua at me
tail first then 1
Scene in au ftjiotharv shop after the pa i
tngo of the Maine I.iqunr Law. Two nice
young men enter. "Come, Jim, what ill yOu
take ?" "Well, 1 guess, I'll take a prussfie acid
gmaf.li." Clerk, to second geiit "What's
yours f "I II take a burning fluid cocktail."
Cot.. .Bentow has written a' letterj dated"
the LMh instant, in which hestatesfliat fhcru.
is uo Indian war on the Upper Missouri ami
North Platte that he hu received ann le
proof to sustain thif assertion, and that tbo
new regiment raised for another pur
pose, which, he fhinkit, lies in the direction of
Cuba.
Srsiors AcCipeni tro'si' Powder Or
Saturday night, Mrt. neiirv; wife of a grocor
at Richmond, Vn., while hi the store suuffej
a candle, and thro, ing down tbe snaff, it fell
iuto a throe pound rask of gunpowder, which
instantly ignited. She aid ber hatband went
seriously wouuded.
A BotAjiiCAi Oakpex. The most promi
sing attempt yet made iu the United State;
towards tbe establishment or a botanical
garden is now in progress fa' Brooklyn.
Messrs. Hunt. LOnulev snd Kent have m.,to
a donation, iu fee, of suBUieut land for the
or pose, tbe value ot which is stated at
23.000. and various citizens' of RroAllvn an I
New Yoik have subscribed magnificent turns
towards tbe grvat object. Thut, Win. Hnet
U let down at $50,000, Win. C. tangler,
$U,0D0, Henry A. Kcut,$l0,0O; and ethers
fur smaller aumi.