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Market Stjuari, Sunbury, I'enna.
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.... p.ici uncomii'Mcu uiiiii ALl.rrearngere
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. tri(itin to tke American.
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lettara contHuiinir auliMTiplion money. 'Hiey are piTinit
lad to do tliia under the l'oat Oifice ijiw.
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A.TTOI'.NEY AT LA XV,
SUZTBUaV, PA.
' Oaaineaa attendcj to in tlie Countiea of Nor
thumberland, Union, Lycoming Monlour nd
Columbia.
' " lirfertnec s in I'hilailelj'hia :
' Ban. Job R. Trann, Chna. (liblmna, Kaq..
i Bontera St Biiodgrana, I.nui, Siniili Jt Co.
"WHITE ASH ANTIIUACITK COAL
' FltOM THE I.AVrTKK Col.M HI T,
Nartliumlirilaiiil coimtv, Ii.,
,"l"S7Hr.RB wc liave very extensive imjirnvr
; . menu, and are ireiiired to offer to Uie
public a very superior article, particularly auitcd
for the manufacture of Iron and making S5tenni.
Our fi7.es uf Coal are : ,
Ll'M T, for Pmelling jiurposrs .
STKAMnOAT, ) for do. and Stramlio.it
BROKEN, 1
EGCI. for Family use and Steam.
. STOVE, )
PEA' 'or 'J'mc'urncr8 Bn s;,'arn
, flur point of Shipping la Sunbury. wbere ar
tunpemeiita are made to load boats without any
delay. '
. COCHRAN, PEAI.EA. CO.
J. J. CurHHiii, Lancaster.
C W, Pealk, fihamokin.
J U!j. Rkmholii, Lancaster.
A. Uavjihariisi;!!, do.
"Sr Order addressed to Shamokin nr 8unbury, l
will receive prompt attention.
Feb. 10. 1H55. ly
LEATHER.
FIUTZ, iIEiIliV A: CO.
No. 29 North Third Street, Philadelphia
MOROCCO Manitficlnrers, Cnrriera and Im
porters of FRENCH CALF-SKINS, am
dealers in Red and Oak SOLE LEATHER &
KIPP.
Feb. 17, 1855. w ly
' p7n."BMITlli
' TORT MONNAIE, POCKET BOOK,
ANU
DrcNNlng C ase Manufacturer,
N. II'. for. of Fourth tf Chestnut $ts '
I'llil.ADKU'MA.
Always on hand a large and varied aaiorlmcnt of
Pert Monnaie8,
Work boxes,
Pocket Books,
Bankers Cases,
Note Holders,
Port Folios,
Portable Desks,
Cabas,
7' raveling Baca,
Dacki;amiiioii l)urd,
Chess Men; .. , . .
Cisnr Cases,
Dressing Cases,
Pocket Memorandum Books,
AIo, a general assortment of English, French
and German Fancy Good. Fine Pocket Cutlery,
Razors, Razor Strops and Gold Pens.
Wholesale, Second and Third Floors.
. F. II. SMITH,
.N. W. cor,' Fourth & Chestnut S'ts., I'hiluda. .
IV. B. On the receipt of $1, a Superior Gold
Pen will be sent to any part of the United States,
by mail ; describing pen, thu-., luediuiD, hard,
or soft. .
' ' Phila., Marc'i 31. 1854. ply.
A CARD. . i
GEORGE BROWN, Inspector uf Mines, ten
ders his services to laud oivnew and Min
ing Companies, in making examinations, reports
&c., of Mines and Coal lauds. From his experi
ence in mining oiierationa, as ho understands the
different branches, having rurried on Mines for
a number of years in Schuylkill Co., and haxing
now a large number of collieries under bis super
vision he hopes to give satisfaction to those who
may want bis services. Refers to Benjamin
Miller and W. Payne, Knr.. Philadel'itiia, and
D. L. Nice and James Ncill, Esijrs., Pottsville. ,
Communications nv Mail promptly attended to.
!..: Pottsville, March 17, 1855 3ui.
" REMOVAL."7 "
WETER V. GRAY respectfully informs hia
frif nds and customers, that he has removed
his Store from its old location, and now eccupies
the handsome and commodious Store room, for
merly occupied by H. B. Masser, in Market
1 equate, nearly opposite the Post Office, where he
will be happy to serve all who may give hint a
:call. . . ,
' Sunbury, Narch 10, 1855 tf . .
, Do yon want a Bargain ? ,
1 IF SO, THEN CALL AT
J. YOUNCS' STORE,
. VITHEKE yuu will find the cheapest assort
. incut of
FALL AND'WIXTER GOODS 1
in Sbiioury , CKiisisUiia; in pail of iiiy ijooils.
Groceries taeensware, 11 ir.l.Mjre, i-Vaai-'
ware, Pancy Articles, ritaiiuiiuiyi Con
fectioneries, &c, which will be
, 4 sold at the lowest prices for
' cash ot country produce. ' '' '
"' ' ' Ground Salt by the sack or bushel, i '
'.' Bunbury, No. 4, 1854.
ARDWARETable Cutlery, Razore, Pock
Knives, Hand saw a' Wood aawe in
frames, Aies, Chisels, Door Locks, end Hinges,
Hand Bells, Waiters, oc. Just received aud lor
ale by I. W. TENEU it CO.
Suubury, Dec. ,l854. 4f. i. s:..'l
e " l " - i o
COAL Bucket, stove shovels, Ames' ahorejs
forks, Beor and )iad locks, curry combs,
., .,. .i v. jVOL'Aq'S STORE.
. ,6uDbtfy, Nor,. i5,.854,:'
Bl?AN's'ji Reives byt v;
' V ' ' WEIEH k BRrER:,,
:!v..lf.'J iii lint .1 ; ... i.
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flunhu'ry.'May j4, 865.
Wl-NB ?nd Liqdor for Medicinal purposes,
,TT tt( i - ' WEIfcER & BRU.NEK'S. '
ffunburr. May 19. IS&ft-iJ V
;' no.ui;:.; : ; suyiiyitY; KoitTiii)u
inn - - . . i.... . .. . . J J , . . .
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pcin)
jl.i
: ' : A STEELING OLD iPOEH ''
Who shall jnJgo a nmn front timiiuers ?
Who bIuiiI know him by his tlrcss ?
roupors may ho fit for princes, ... , ,
Princes lit for Bomuthiug loss. i;
Crumpled Blurt and dirty jacket ,,'
Slay bcclolho the frulueu oro
Of the deepest thoughts and feelings
Sittiu vests could do no moro.
Thnro are springs of crystal tieetar
liver welling out of stomi ;
There nropurplu buds und golden
Hidden, crushed, and overirrowu.
I
ii
God, who couuts by bouIs, "noi dresses,
Loves nnd prospers yon nud tne, ......
AVhilu he values thrones the highest
But os pubble iu the .sea. , , .
Man,'nnm!.pt) nbovn his fellows,
Oft forffela his fellows then !
Musters ruler? rlords. remember
That J-onr meanest hinds nrc mmi ! "
Men by lalinr, men by feeliii!.'. '
Men by thought nnd men by fnmo,
Claiming equal rights to sunshine 1
lit a man's ennnbliug name. '
There, are foam-embroidered pcomis,
There are little weed-clad rills,
There are feeble inch-high sapilligs, .
There are cedars on the hills :
God, who counts by sonls, not station?,'
Loves and prospers yon find nie :
Tor to Him nil Vain distinctions '.
Are as pebbles in the sea. .
Toiling linmli nlon? nre builders .
O n nation's wealth and fame ;
Titled laziness is pensioned, . '
Fed and fattened on the Mine. .
T5v the sweat of other's foreheuils.:
I Living only 1o rejoice.
, AVhile. tlie pnor man's outraged freedom, if
i Vainly lifted tip its' voice,
; Truth and justice tne eternal,
! Horn with loveliness and light ; ' :
j Secret wrong Fhall never prosjier
AVhilo there is a snnnv right ;
God, whose world-heard voice is siiijring
Boundless love to yoti and me,
Sinks oppression, witli its titles,
As the pebbles in the sen.
Vmm Home I.ifr, or n perp ncrsa the OiresltoU.
THE HATJNTED HEAHTIIST0NE.
'All liO'scd wlieriii nic:i hac lived aiiO i!ic;l
Arcliaunted liousoi
''Do I believe iu liantitod house? V .Said
the aged woman, speaking rather to herself
than to the fair sweet grand-child, who nes
tled at her feet and looked up so earnestly
into thn wrinkled fiee. "Yes, indeed I do.
There's not a house in this whole village, nor
Tor miles around but that to inn is haunted
none, though so much as this. Haunted."
continued she speaking so slowly that a sol
emn emphasis seemed to rest on each letter,
'yes there are such things as haunted spi ts.'
And then lie dropped her knitting, took off
her glasses, wiped her eyes, aud leaning back
iu her arm chair, seemed lott in a sad yet
holy communion with the earlier passnge of
life. . , , .
It was a dark, stormy, winter's night. The
wind howled fiercely around the old farm
houso, drift it g the snow high on tho window
sills, fastening it to the rough panels of the
doors, sifting it through the crevices of tho
mossy roof und hcuping it up like giants'
graves all along the palhwuy throughout the
garden. ' But in doors all was bright, and of
it summer warmth. The hugo back-log had
been dragged in ere twilight, and was now
slowly dropping into eoals ; while the flames
from the lighter wood, which every few nin
ntes was cast on with so free a hand, bln;:ed
high and ruddy, nnd cast n genial light, and
glare in tho darkest corner, and scintillated
on the time-darkened ceiling like polar lluslics
on the midnight sky. '
It was one of those bitter nights that make
the hearih-stono the bonniest spot on all the
earth n night when the sheltered lift up
their hearts in thanksgiving, when tho home-'
less bow in supplication . a night when the
children kneel before tho lire nnd read bright
prophesies in the living fouls ; when tho aged
draw their ch iirs yet nearer to the blaze und
warm their sln'veri" memories ; u night when
all turn their bncks to the darkness, their fa
ces to the light. ' 1
It was a night to inaketrhost stories relish
well do, grandmother teli one.'
Tho head of thi xynug girl rested on the
knees of the old lady, and. is the latter lost
the thread of hordream and looked down, she
could seo n enthusiastic eagerness pictured
in tho bright blue eyes; a longing for some tulu
of romance, that "dropping into her heart,
should vivify its dormant passions. She hes
itated a few moments, and then tenderly ca
ressing tho one j et of her bosom, she said : 'I
will tell you a story about a haunted hearth
stono and Lizzie, ft will be no talc of fiction.
The plot i drawn from living memories, the
scene is laid here, here," 15nt her tremu
lous voice quivered with added notes, and af
ter a moment's stern but useless effort at self
control, it burst in sobs so loud and wild that
they rivalled the cries or the, winter wind, ,
. The young girl seemed not much frightened
and spake no soothing words, but only clasped
the Lund the had taken us, she asked iu the
story, with a tighter grnsp.-T'he paroxysm
did not continue long ; but, a it pussed away
she rose, and turning her trembling stops to
ward the dark) cold bedroom, aud going in
closed the door, and was absent a long while.
The tears M reamed down Lizzie' cheeks
wm n leit nlonn, and it was evident that the
aged relative hud some secret sorrow, vet
which she mourned intensely. 'When she
returned and aeain seuted herself In her usual
chair, only drawinc it a little closer to thu
fire, there was 6ncTi a caliu. beautiful, spirit
ual look, expressed upotrlier countenance,
that you could not but fancy sho hud conver
sed with the angela. Without any allusion to
MiirpuKt. without' any preface; the began,
utter alienee of peruapa half uu hour the
promised story. ituudeU down to me, it
read like this : .-. ... , ,, .. . . , . ,
It wan a night like this, for,- years or more
have passed since its wiud tlew and koow
wl2 . ' "'I"'18 ??ld ralied and Its darkness
frightened. Besides the same hearth stone
-the same otdy that h .-rrus not worn 0
smooth.' for the hpue then had tested but
ters-an - aged faiao tint his wife sat before
the bluing Are striving to while away the
loag veiling hours.. Therefwe not then as
now, daily mails coming Into our little village
LreiQ-hted with uni of ... .i. . .. '
1 i T ---.j uopv, l ing
press did not teem, as bow, . with niagasinea
nd books ; it was rare to see a newspaper In
this oki kitchon.' and rarer any volume, save
tub pxij. The old man hail studied that some
timo. Anil nil-.. folk- renlaccd it the LlbWdirJ
not then as how, grow dusty while other books
were .luurauetj to pieces. Jle, unu cuieu ui
nnidii. rlr.ink bis pider. allil cracked Some
wulnnt for his wifp, whose teeth were sounder
than his own j. and now sat close as lie couiu
himself to the flames without scorching his
homespun gurmonts. nodding good bye to
skV-bonnd sparks. I lie oiil ,iaiiy nan nuicu
up her knitting; nnd, with her broken lorn,
in . those days they had not heard of nut
picks with her two-tinned fork, which had
lost nnn,f ila mmnbeis. sal tlitfffinff cut with
a patience worthy of th.ii gold mines of these
tunes, the rich sweet Kernels. , . i
r'lliidenlv she dropped both fork and nut.
and in another instant started to lier leel,
her pan falling from her lap and threatening
many a grouse spot on tho well scoured floor.
I!nsiniuir to her husband, she shook his
shoulders, saying, 'Wake up quick and listen.'
llul friL'htenei . ho liimneU. unu came, nour
setting, his stocking feet upon living coals J
but his watchful wife, drawing . him off tho
hearth, whispered, a little wildly, 'Li-ten
now-1 don't you hear 7' ,-lIear what V said he.
still halfasleep. 'Why. the sound like n child
cryinir. ,. '1'liere now it goes ugain. Lo go lo
the ilnor.' .The old man, now fully roused,
stiMid with his hand to his ear, the right, one
the left had K-en deaf for tminy a year.
It's thu wind, w ife : don't you know it ? It is
a fashion it has when it is cold.
It wasn't the wind, said she, solemnly, with
little nervous agitation vet visible in her
face. '1 know the erv of tho wind: it never
ni'il;es a sutiuil . I.ke that. . J here.; and she
clung to him quivering like a dead leaf, 'don't
you . hear it V He certainlv did hear Rome
thing that sounded like the cry of a child ;
and now, it did not die away, ns it had when
his wife bad, noticed it, v.itlia finale sob, but
lengthened into gcn-unia. Hut how it. could
sound to near, or whence come, was a myste
ry ;. for thu house then stood far n way fioin
any other house;. but it was u child's cry,
that was certain.
'I'll go and see." said hu summoning cour
age to his somewhat faint heart, and he turned
to the door. His wife followed close onu fast
on his steps. As ho withdrew thu liltlu slip
of wood that fastened tho latch there wasn't
u b't or lock in the town. and opened the
door n bundle so it seemed, though of what it
was hard to guess, fell into thu room wit li a
heavy, iifeless sound. Tho w ind blew a while
sheet over it ere they could again fasten the
latch. Half horror, half wond.-rst ruck, thev
dragged the coarse blanket to the earth, and",
unrolling it, discovered a woman nnd child ;
the latter struggling to free itself from its
many wrappers, nnd screaming with all its
might ;, the former motionless as a corpse,
with lips as ashy aud cheeks us sunken. A
hull' hour's charity to the babe, who seemed
to have seen a twelve month, completely re
vived it ; nnd it lay on its pillow with it's Ut
ile white feet stretched to the fire, as hapy
as love could have made it, cooing us sweetly
as though nestling on its mother's warm L.I
soiu. lint it took lunger to bring back a
pulse to its pah,' protector i und many times
did thu good Samaritans turn from her. leav
ing the sheet drawn over her as we cover a
corpse, lint u sigh, so faint that it seemed a
dying breath, at length encouraged them, and
they applied re.-toratives until satisfied she
would yet live.
l!ut it was nianv a wearv ilnv ere she could
leave her bed ; when at last .-lie stole from it.
and sat up in the old lady's rocker, and lulled
nor baby with old tongs, she seemed toiler
watchers more like a spirit than a sick, sad
stranger. But gradually, through their ten
der nursing, she recovered strength, aud not
only tended her child, but assisted the old
huly in many of her domestic duties. But
she said very little less than they could have
wished ; for in their hearts they longed to
know her story. They knew she was a sinner.
knew it ny tho meek penitent way in which
she hunglier head when they rend the Bible,
nt uiorii and night ; knew it by tho stained
face she raised to tlieist after each prayer.
But they loved her all the more, or r.ithor
were all the kinder to her. Aud though slie
revived memories that it was agony to bear,
they folded her lo their affections, s they
would their own lust lamb, had she not gone
ere t hey could reach her. . The winter passed,
and still the stranger lingered, filling with her
little ouu a small place in the house, but a
large one in each heart. One bright golden
spring morn, after assisting iutho morning ns
had become her habit, she went into the bed
room wilh her babe, and soon re-appeared
wrapped in the same course garments thev
hud weru on that frosty night of their urrivat.
'Give her one kiss, erandnia, and' you
grandpa,' said she. holding the child first to
ouo, nud then to the ot hoi 's wrinkled faces,
'and now, fiither, mother, do lot me cull yon
this once ! give the uinvedded mother one.
and we will go. and wherever I go I will pruy
for you, and sue shall be taught too ;' and she
rushed wildlv to door. Thev stunned
her, caught her fluid, nnd pleaded" with her
to stay. ; "Be to us ttill what you have been
so long, ,oiir daughter, and do not take from
in our darlidg. baby, we should die without
her.' . . .. .'.'.'..'..;'.''
Great drops gathered on the still pah1
brow, whilst tears rushed down her cheeks,
and her lips quivered w ith a fearful agony.
Khe Wrung her hands, she beat her heart, she
lashed her .limbs she sc-cnied like one who
was half mud. "Give me the child one mo
ment,' she exclaimed and clasping it wildly tp
her bosom, she bathed its smilinsr face, with
drops wrung from its keenest woe, then kijsed
it passionately, and held it out tn them.
Both stretched their hands and the littlo one,
with an equal love, gave to tho pne its riirhf ,
and to the other its left hand.' and. upheld
between them, crowed and screamed in baby
glee.
'She' is the child of sin,' said the mother,
with a solemnity that awed, for a moment,
I hp carol of her bnbv ; 'the child of sin, but
herself jmre and holy trf the nlfVpring of a
wedded tie. Will you keep hur so if I leave
her hero? If she goes with me, she will not
long be an angel,1 unless, indeed, God takes
her; would he had taken lior mother when
she was ns youn" T 1 f she stays with you she
may ever be one. "Will yon keep her f and
she screamed the words into their ears, as
thonglr she would buve made their inmost
uerves awaken. ' '-, ' ' '
W'e will, we will !" said they; and more ;
wo' will keep you too. Stay with us staV!
you shall be to us a daughter replace the
one we have lost; we will ue your parents.
It shall tea home tons four. I cannot,'
said she, wildly. 'Your daughter was a stain
loss girl. I am' dyed in sin 1' and the shook
with agony.
1 And so did those she spoke to, and tears
as hot as those - that had m-aldeii her- face,
now flooded theirs.' A while they t. pt as
though their hearts would break ; then gath
ered calmness, and, while the old lady clasped
ti e two humbi of the Magdalen, the old niau
plared hia hand on her head aud spake :
"Our 'daughter I cd from 'us while in the,
beauty of her girlhood Qed with a strafijer,
" ' " . . i - '
.m - p ' i' t-t
who wooed her by fulso words to n fearful
sin. ' The child of our old nge. far awny frdin
haunts of early years, to tqiend the remainder
of our diiyn in a struggle to forget. Wo can
not forget but wo bare long since forgave five
even before we heard she was Head. Vfo
havo learned to' be happy,-eveh with the
memory of trial ever before u. But we miss
the hopes that were born with her. and wo
would cherish vou and your babe ait we should
her mi J hers, "had she coma back ere she re
pented, ns they told us. and died.'
The old mini's voice wus hushed. There
was no sound but that of sobs, save when the
babe cooed its little love Rung. A cry of
ugony burst from tlie white lips of the stran
ger, as loosening the bunds that held her, she
fell at the feet of those who had beeli so true,
a cry. ami then words.
'Father 1 mother I slio did not die slio
lives! 1 nm she your Lizr.iu your lost,
found child 1'
' - Let the curtain dron. It is n scene too
holy for any, but the' sight of God nnd un
guis).' .Mill .1 iril i I I I i i -i l I I
1 es. said Ihn old trrandniother. 'it wns
their long-lost, and as they thought, dead
Lizzie. She herself hud forired tho stoi v of
her death, to secure herself in the sin she had
learned to love. But, when utter years of
wretchedness nud crime, she became liursell'.
when she felt npon her breast the touch of
pure and holy lips then sho became herself
again, and felt how much, how deeply she hud
sinned, and she longed to have her babe nur
tured us she had been. It was lung ere she
could escape from her sinful associates, but
she at length succeeded Hiitl reached, as I
have told yon, her father's house. She nienut
to conceal hetselr till thev were ash ep and
then leave the babe anil go nway ; for she
had no hope they would cherish her again
for. O, she was very vile. But the fold was
so intense she dared not I p - 'Lo r! 'U. but
forced to kei p it to her breast ; nnd worn
and wearied wilh her lonu and tedious strug
gle with the drifts, at length became benumb
ed, nnd could no longer still the cries of her
little one ; and thus wns brought buck to love,
to home, to Christ, by the voice of the angel
on her !:crt.
The old ladv ceased her storv. and there
was no word spoken for n long while. Then
the yonngmnidon broke it. saying, 'And what
became of them nil. '
The two aged parents lived nenr a scere or
years, happy in the love of their restored
child, nnd in the caresses nnd tender care of
her little one. They lie buried in the old
church yard. The grandchild lived to be a
blessing to her mother for five und twenty
yours : then pussed nway, leaving n little one
to make good her place. Motherless ere it
hud seen the face of her who gave it birth, it
was fatherless ere the year was out.' Anoth
er long pause.
Yes, it is a haunted hearthstone, this.
Those aged Christians, that hcmililitl young
mother, that noble Father they hnmited it ;
not ns did ghosts of olilcii times, nuiiiing it a
weaird sput for the heart, but wilh si.eh holy
memories that the hour spent in communion
with them seems like a visit in the better
land.'
'Hearthstones are ever haunted, but few,
like this, have nngels for their guests.'
The anniversary or that bleak winter's
night came round. The lire burned us
brightly as before, the room was ns warm and
rosy; but tho young girl kneeled nun- before
the tire. There was no hip for her to rest her
head upon tlie old arm chair was empty.
The hearthstone w.is haunted by another
spirit a spirit that had finite', svjj'rrcd, and
heen tor'jhn. ....... i
(From the Kaliim're Weekly fan
THE NEW CRADLE.
A very little boy, whose infant brother had
died the day before, being asked where he
was, sweetly replied, "Asleep, lip stairs, in his
new cradle."
ri i ; i 1 1 . i . i i .' i : ! i f i f i .( j i
"Asleep, iu his new furndle"
How beautiful tlie thought! , , . .
Thy childhood, in its simpleness; '
From nature's heart, has cuuvht : !
A reach our "Swee.tost fcihakspeuru.",
Himself has failed to win ; . ,
. And one whose truihlul tei.deriiess ,
. Must tnuko "the world all kin." 1 ,
"Asleep, in his new cradle" ' '
Sad mother dry your tour-;
In this, your heart-bereavement,
God's teliderest loVe nppeais ;
The cradle, yon provided 1
From death could not be free ;
Your loveliest hits now secured
His iuimortulity. :
"Asleep, in hia new eradlo" '
He wakes in i'nrudise
The lullabies of nature; -j
Lost in its symphonies,
Among the holy children,.
. In pastures green, h plays, i.
Or joins, with lisping accents,
lu thu music of their lavs.
Asleep, in his new cradle"
He waits for vouto come,
"roin earth, its sins and sorrows, '
To bis bright and huiinv home : '
Till the resurrection breaking '
God's much loved ones shall bring,
And the dead in Christ, awaking, ' .'
Reign with their Saviour-King. , '
. I A Mill III Ht It (iAIWITED.
- On tho morning of thu 2Ut, 1 was passing
by the I'unta prison, ubout seven o'clock,
where 1 found alargocrowd assembled Tho
erowd, the hour and the place nil savored of
un oxeculioii. but at no pr igia.nme ol's.ich u
triuleeily had been advertised, I was some
what surprised. Upon inquiry I found that
a young Spaniard was to be gurroted for
murder. He had been ar rusted on suspicion
of murder, and while muniu.'led in priaou hud
killed three men und dangerously wounded
several others. He richly desi rved his fate,
uo doubt, it wu8 in fact too good fur him
but tlm scene of his death was dreadful in
dued. .; : ! i ... i ... .
Bo fore ho had reached the Fcaffold, this
young tiger had torn to shreds the long gown
which id always worn at an execution by the
criminal, and struck one of his guard upon
the head with a candle-slick, which he
snatched from the altar of the chapel. He
was drugged to the scaffold, and when there,
seized the executioner uud gave him a tho
rough kick, und beating, lo thus, as lie said
I my hiw oil before baud for his job. Wlmn
iiially secured iQ.tho chain the priest handed
him t)re crucifl to kif but tbp hardened
rebel threw it on the ground, and died a be
had livLd.-Tuia;iu C'r. JV. Y. fctpreH. , nf
,, ' s ,.,,,,, e I .;!' i" f .
Homo lazy follow pUs Tciiose eter
this fashion : 10 C . ' f
p g c t r ji .
1855:
" ' 1 ' 1 i ...
- FILIAL, IIEVOTtOIt AMI IT It fcWAKD.
An old rag-picker died in I'nris, in b state
of the moXtSibiert' poverty".' 'His only rela
tion was u niece, who lived n servant with a
greengrocer. ; Thu girl always assisted her
uncle nst far Us her slender means would per
mit. AVhen she. learned of his death, which
look place suddenly, fche wus upon the point
or marriage with ajourney man linker to whom
she had been, long .attached. The nuptial
day was fixed, but Susettebad not yet bought
her wedding clothes. liy hastened to tell
her lover that their marriage must be defer
reil'as she wanted tho'pricn' of her bridal
finery to lay her nnelo decently in the grtive.
Her mistress ridicufed the idea, and exhorted
her to leave the old mnn to be buried by
charity. Susotte refused. The consequence
was n quarrel, in which tho young woman lost
at once her place arid her lover, who sided
with her mistress. ShO hastened tolhoiiiis-
erublu garret where her uncle had expired,
and by the swriii'-e net only or the saving
Tor her wedding attire, but of nil her slender
ward rotie. she hail the olil man decently in
terred, , Jlerjiious laal fulfilled, she sal alone
i in her uncle s room, weeping bitterly, when
tlieinfister of the fait loess lover, a young,
good-looking man, entered. "Ho, my good
S n sot to, I find yon lmvu lost your place V"
said he ; "I am (joine to oiler you one for
life will you marry me?'' "I.sir i " e.xclaiiued
Suselte ; ''yon nre joking." "No, faith, 1
want ft wife" nnd I'm sure I can't find a bet
ter." "But every one would laugh at you for
marrying a poor girl like me V" "Oh, if that
is your only objection, we shall soon get over
it fcome, come along; my mot her is prepared
tn receive yon. Suset to hesitated no lotiqer.
but she wished to tuko with her a memorial
of her deceased uncle ; it was a cat that he
hud had for many years. The old man was
so fond ofthe animal that lie d-ti rmiie'l t hut
c v e n i.i I' t:. i...i M.i.nni not seo.-ur.m i i !-
l.e inn! hi r sullied and pirn eil I. poo li e lc-l i
of his beik As bust tie tocU puss dow n, she
uttered an exclamation of surpristi nt finding
her so heavy. '!'! e b-ver li.e-lened to open
the animal. 'when out fell a shower of gold.
A thousand Bold napoleons were conrealeo
iu the body of the cat ; nnd this s n I . i , which
thu old miser Lad starved himself to annus,
became the just reward of the noble gil l and
her disinterested lover.
Tkaus ok to-day. There is a tear of joy
and a tear of grief. The tear of to-day mux
not be forced by tho sauio cause which over
flowed tho eyo yesterday. A tear may be
sent up from the heart by joy or sorrow. It
is the same liquid diamond in either Case. A
little tear drop on the cheek has n language
of its own. It speaks to persons of all ua
tonic. It is interpreted readily by persons of
all countries. Tho tear of to-day nu an j ux
or sorrow. The face udoxvn xvi.ich a tear
runs tells whether it springs from the foun
tain of joy or grief. A tear draws forth sym
pathy because it is the embli in of I.ovm, uf
Hope, or of Grief. When it is prjef our
pulse beats faster, lor our heart is agitated i
anil touched deeply. 1 be true leeling erthe
heart is seen in a tear which lingers in the
uye, that little bright window of the soul!
The tears of to. day, if they do spring from
grief, may to-morrow be wiped away by rainbow-
hues of peace, happiness and prosperity.
Ai7 dusptrandmn. Never despair. Fireside
Journal.
A Unoi-Kit Hkhi ki:. The father of Mr.
Calhoun wns a member oT tho Legislature of
South Carolina nil uilonted eitizei. a uen. :
tloman of talent and ability ; but lie disliked j found interest irg nt the present time. In
the pedantry of certain young lawyers who ! calling att .ntion tn it. we would suggest to
were accustomed to interlard their 'speeches I students of natural history the propriety of
with Ciceronian quotations and scraps of j making accurate observations of these curiou3
Latin und rising one day iu the assembly he j insects, during their present appearance:
observed that there wore several plain, i-oui- 'I he locust's favorite resort is that of a
mon-sense men in the Legislature who were j Copse of young nnd rather thin oak wood,
unacquainted with foreign languages, and if , where the soil is rather soft and light. They
tlie objectionable eonrse xvas peristed in, to i are first dkcovered in . the ground near the
their annovancc, he would speak in a tongue j suiTacc, in the fi.rm of a large grub or worm,
which would be a puzzle to the most erudite , ami n quarter of un inch huliiimetcr. Where
among them, vis: his native Irish. The ! or in what mode they pr. through the erysa
threat had its eff. ct, nnd Latin xvas rarely had - lis st .te, and become,, fully invested with
recourse to afterwards. . . ' j xvings und f tin r mertilnjrs, l ibnot know ; but
Tri-ism. We find the following in the
Boston I 'rtprrut ; 1 i
. If you observe a (.enlleiuan xvith his urui
around the xvuist of a young lady, it is moral
ly rortnin that they are not married.
Whmiex-er yoii see a huly nnd gentleman
alone in a cub, each looking nut of a different
window, be convinced that they utv perfectly
harmless, for they have been married some
months at least.
If yen observe a man and woman crrx-cting
each other in company set thcin doxvn as man
and wife. i : i . . ' . . j
If yuu seen married couple in company,
constantly using every endearing term in ail
dressing each other, be assured that one is a
tiger, and the other a tigress, when at home
A Fish Story. Four Clergymen, a Bap
tist, l'resbyteriiin, Methodist, Uoiiihii Cutho
lia, met by agreement .to dine on fhdi. Soon
as grace was said, the Catholic rose, armed
with knife nnd fork, and taking about one
third of the fish, comprehending the head,
removed it to his plate, eAclaiiiiug as he sat
down, with great self-satisfaction', -I'apa est
caput ecclesia'" (the I'ope is the head of the
Church.) Immediately the Methodist min
ister arose, und helping himself tn about one
third, embracing the tail, seuted himself, ex
claiming, "Finis .coronal opus" (the end
crowns tho work.) The I'lesbyterian now
thought it was time for him to move, and
taking tho remainder of the fish to the plate,
exclaiming "In niedu est Veritas" (truth lies
between the two ext wines.) Our Baptist
brother had nothing before him but uu empty
plate and the prospect of a slim dinner, anil
snatching up the boxvl of drawn (mil'ed but
ter, he i!:: bed it ever' them e.li. . m l.u:ei.;r',
u baptiu voa" ;1 ht ze xeu all."
Loet sT Moi-xT.xis Cai.. The coul lately
introduced into this market by Davis, Pear
son A l'o from the Big Mine Bun CoMierv,
ill the second coal field, is being highly prai
sed for its excellent quality by thosu who
have tried it. It is a very pine formution.
containing, ns has beeu ascertained by uuul
Bys, !)6 17-100 per cent of combustible sub
stance. It is remarkably free from slate and
bone, yields a lurg amount of heat, is hard
in texture, of a beautiful bright .color, and
admirably adapted for domestic and manu
facturing purposes. The coal is now deliver
able at retail, and those of our citiA-ns who
are laying in their supplies of fuel, would do
well to uiuke experiment of its quality. A.
American.
i. i.i i i.i i .
. Bkactifci. Bassaoe. The following is
from the pen of Walter Savage Lamlur;-.
"The Jumps of autumn siuk into the leaves
and prepare them4ur-UM ueeeneityof the full;
aud thus inseiMibt) are we, us yeitrs eJoeu
around ns, delauiMtd ioui our teuacity to Ufa
by the gentle pressure of record! torrowe."
" tfrifl tbe llnfilo Per, lernex-)
Af sTLKPilAir'S FRATKItlAI. FKF.I.IJfJ
:' 1 A.n AFFIXTIO.
" hi'n n wagon drawn by. several elephants
was passing our olBcu vesterdav. the follow
ing story was told, xvhich we "vouch for ns
tine :
Last season a menagerie visited the village
of .lohnstown, Herkimer County. When the
cavalcade left town it Massed over a bridgo
which the road crossed, leaving two elephants
to bring up (he rear. These were driven to
the bridge, but, xvith the known sagacity of
the race, they refused to cross. The water
of tne creek, which floxvs through a gorgo in
the ,late form.it ion, presenting at that point
bunks of precipitous character and thirty feet
in height, was low, und by taking u coursn
across a com field, a ford could lie reached.
But the proprietor of the coi n field refused
to ylloxv his properly to be so used, except
on the paviiieiit of "an exorbitant sum, ami
this the ngent of tho menagerie revised to
submit, fo. Accordingly the elephants were
again driven to the bridge, and again they
rifii-cd to attempt fho crossing. They would
try the trm-tiiii' with their greist KVet,- feel
cautiously along the plunk with their probes,
cal fingers, but each timo would recoil lroui
making the dungx-rous experiment.
At last, however, goaded by the sharp, iron
instrument of the keeper, and accustomed to
obedieiice.they rushed on xvith a scream, halT
of agony, liulfof anger. The result showed
the prudent prestince of the poor animals to
have been correct ; the midge broke, nnd
went crashing to tho bottom of the gorge,
carrying with it both the monstrous beast si.
One of them striking upon its task and shoul
der breaking tho former and very budly in
juring the letter ; the other, was, strangely
enough, unhurt. Now was shown tho most
sii'Tiilar and tvm irkab!e conduct on the part
! tiie brute which had escaped. Itscomiade
lay there, an extempore bed being provided
Tor ns comfort, while no temptation, no lorce.
no stratagem was sulfiiient to induee the
other to leave; nnd proceed with the main
portion of the caravan, which finally went on,
leaving the wounded bensl and its companion
under t!'0 charge or their keeper.
Day after day 1 hu suffering creature lay
there rapidly Tailing and unable to move. At
ihe end oT three xveeks, the water in the
creekVonunenced rising, and there xvas dan
ger it would oxei llow and drown the disabled
elephant. The keeper desired, therefore, fo
get it up nnd make it walk as far ns a barn
nearby, where it would be out of danger and
could be better cared for. But it would net
stir, lie coaxed, wheedled nud scolded, but
all to no purpose. At last, enraged, he
seized a pitchfork und was about plunging it
into the poor thing's flesh, when the compan
ion xvreiichtd the fork lioin his hand, broke
It in fragments and flung the pieces from it ;
then with eyes glaring and every evidence of
.rage in its manner, it stood over its defence
less and wounded friend as if daring the keep
er to -.pproach ; xvhich the man was nut so
iriMi.li fie In .1-1 iirr-iiii l-it!i isivn.t t.m-t.fwii
j mis i no injured animal lay mere until n
died. AVhen sutisfi-d that it could uo longer
be or service, the other quietly followed the
keeper uxvay iVcui the spot, and showed no
desire to return. K this was not reasoning
mingled xvith an affection some men nii.uht
pattern after, wo should! like to know what
to call it. i .
KATl'IlAL. HISTORY 'OF THE MHTST.
The fiilewing information concerning the
habits of the seventeen y- ars locust, given by
a writer in the Boston Advertiser, xvill be
they are sort) found in vast numbers, niuliu a
full chorus of
sonorous voices, iiuwmg the
: branches of tl.
sii all treis" They havo a
ilistinctlv marked funnd on the buck. In
j this st.ige of their lives they do int seem to
I bed. On opening one, the bodv appears to
be n moie hollow shell, without any feeding
or digesting organs. They continue in this
slate, 1 believe, about six weeks or two
' months - , , .
Shortly before their dioappeamuco, many
) of the small twigs of the young ouks appear
I to be girdled aud partially cut off. and hung
I snspeuded from the extremity of the brunches.
I Tim loaves turn red us when touched by
frost in Autumn. On examination these
i twigs appear to be sawed about txvo-thirds
i off and girdled, so (hat the circulation of sap
being cut ou, it suou dies, and probably lulls,
to the ground during thu ensuing winter by
the action of wind, ruin undsnuxv.
The general oelief is, that by a curious and
remarkable iustiuct, the insect is led to de
posit its eggs iu some secure mode upon these
small tw igs, und theu thus partially to sever
theiii from the parent stock, so that by their
full the eggs shall bo boi lio gently and wifely
to the ground, into whose bo.'oni tln-y are in
sumo form received and cherished, to reap
pear ill the folin of lu!l-gfoWII locusts, lifter
the lapse of seventeen xears. 1 jiii not unaie
that this fact of the deposit of eggs upon the
falling twig has been xeritied by ncttial obser-
vati it is one of the points which require
careful examination. -
Sheridan ouee succeeded admirably ill en
trapping a uoisy member, who was iu the
habit id' interrupting every speaker xvith cries
of "hear, hear ! He took an opportunity to
allude to a well-kuoxvn political character of
liij :iiue, who wished to play the rogue, but
had only seo e t nough to pluy the fool.
"Where ahull v.e tied a more foolish knave,
or a more knavish fool than this?"
i "Jleiir, hear," xx oa iustuutlv bellowed from
thu ucc.ustoined bench, 'the wick-d wit
bowed thuuked the g. iilleinau for his ready
reply lo, the question, and sat down, amid
the eunx-uliiioi.s of laughter of all but the
unfortunate subject.
An L'.NooxHriota Tiiinr. As a gentleman
was Waving Fuuueil Hull, B 'oii, Mass., hn-t
Mouday evening, where a monster meeting
bad beui held, a friend discovered a wutch
hanging by the chain, to a button en the
back of his coat. He weut at once, lo tie.
mlice office, where ho found tho owner of the
wutch; couiplainiug of uia lofs. Jn ihe jam
his chain Lid bitched uu lo the button, aud
boi u dragged tVniu llus pocket, both parties
I uitf V'lxiuUacii'Ue of the tracsftr. ,
f X pvur.f unitej bt j5neil baijk
to bunk by liguturu of some tight lueiie in
diaiiruto, re ou exhibition at Bo-ton. Both
are bright active girU, who, converge aud slug
with aosj animatee,.' ,
OLD SE1MES, yOL-.lo. No: 37.
; , A PIC'll-RB OF TUB .TCnksC..' - .
'HV A ItKCKKT VRA.TKt.RR, "
Among the lower order of. the' peopfc
Cicre ii considerable simplicity nud loyalty of
character, ami a fair disposition, to be obli
ging nnd rricndly. Among those whoemergo
I roui the mass, and have tho opportunities
iff helping themselves to the poet things of
the world, the exceptions Irora thorough
paced corruption aud extortion are most
rare ; nnd in the whole conduct of public bu
sjness and routine or official life, under much
apparent courtesy and undeviuting good
breeding, a spirit of sorvilily. detraction and
vindietiveiiess appears constantly nt work.
The bulk of the people are incredibly uniu
('orined and ignorant : I am told that they
noxv fully believe that the French and Eng
lish Meets have come in the pay of the sal
tan ; nnd when tho Austrian special mission
or Count Leiningen arrived iu tho early part
or this year, and led, by the way. to much of
what has siuce occurred, they were persuaded
that its object was to obtain the permission
of the Sultan to the young F.niperor to wear
his crown. Upon the state or morals I debar
myself from entering. Perhaps tho most
fatal, if not the most faulty bur or national
progress, is the incredible indolence which
prevades every class alike, from the Pasha,
pulling his perfume! narghile; in hia latticed
kiosk ou the Bosiihrous, to thf ninti in thn
ragged turban who sits cross-legged with his
unadorned tchiboouo in front of a mouldy
colfe pot in tho meatiest village. In fact, the
conversation of every man I meet. who is well
informed on the state of the population, xvith
very few- exceptions, might be taken doxvn as
an illustration, olten very unconciousiy cr
their part, or the sense Usually ussigfml ti.
the prediction in the Apocalopseol'lhcwut' is
of the lluiihrates being dried up. Oh the.
continent, in the island, it is the Click j.eus-
.,..1 ii;... (1,.. I'-nt.- r -
smokes his pipe, and decays. The Gleek
village increases its population nnd teems
xvith children : in the Turkish you find roof
less walls und crumbling mosques. States
men who do not see these matters xvith their
oxvn oxe
If told of the rotten state of thi
Ottoman Empire are opt to say. they do not
at all perceive that: this Prussian (iPiiciaf
inspected their army the other day, nud waft
highly pleased with its efficiency ; this Eng-,
lis.i captain went on board their fleet und
saxv them work their guns, and said that it
could not be better done in any English ship;
I heir military hospitals are perlect models ot
arrangement and good order. 1 believe nil
this to be true, snd I can well conceive that
in one or txvo campaigns, on a first great out
btist, the Turks might be victorious over
their Russian opponents ; but you lea've the
partial splendors or the capital und the great
state establishments, what is it yon find over
the broad surface uf u land which nature and
climnle have favored bevond oil others, once
the homo of art nnd all civilization? Look
yourself ask those who live there deserted
villages, uncultivated plains, bamm-haunted
mountains, torpid laws, a corrupt administra
tion, a disappearing. --.' Carlisle's Diary.'
Tin-: Vitality ok Skeds. The vitalifv of
seeds, under fuvorablo circumstances, can be
depended upon for the following periods;.
J ui snip, Bhubarbv and other thin scnly
seeds. for one year. ;
Balin, Basil, Beans, Cardoon.-CarrofX
( i-ess, Indian Cress, Lax-ender, Leek,,
Okru. Onion. Peas, Peppor, -liam-pion,
Sage, Salsify. Savory, Scorzon
era, Wormwood, Thyme. Tomato,. and
small herbs generally, for two years..
A rticnoke, A sparagns, Corn fcalaU,
Egg-Plant, Endive, Indian Corn, Let
tuce, Mangold. Manoram, Mustard,
Parsluv. Hue, Rosemary, Skirret, Spi.
nai-h and Tansey, for three years.
Borage. Borecole. Brocoli, Cabbage,
Brussels .Sprouts, Caulitloxrer, Radish,
Sea Kale, Tarragon and Turnip, for four
years. . ,
Hut. Knrnet, Celery, Cucumbers.
Chervil. 1 lill, Fennel. Hyssop, Melon,
Sorrid, Pumpkin, and Squash, from five
to eight or ten years, Schenok'i Ceirdencr's
JeXt li'H k: , r '
; . j '
Dr. Isaac Dinner. J"r.. an American sir-
goon, who has been employed in the Russian
service, died nt Sevastopol on the 2(llu of
M arch, or typhus fever, after an illness of four
weeks. Mis funeral was attended with, all
tho official marks of respect.
Not a Bad Ipka. A rumor is quite curs
rent in Knrope, und the statement has ap
peared in several foreign musical journals,
that the United Stub's bus passed a laxv im
posing a tax of SJOO on each foreign uinsi
cian xvho may visit this country.
Pitoi itasji.e Law Brparino. A mineral
water vender in Cincinnati, Ohio,- it is said,
pay 20 tine every Mouday morning, for sel
ling sodu water on Sunday. ' His sales on
that day average on which the profit is
Soil, h aving a clear gaiu of JO, after paying
the line !
A Good old (nker lady, after listening to
the extravagant yarns' of a storekeeper, as
long as her patience- would allow, said to
him : Friend 11. what a pity it is that jt is u
sin to lie, when it sceuis so necessary in thy
business '.' 3
A young man knowing thaf a young ladr,
of whom hu imagined himself m.minr..,l .','
derstood the luiifiuage of flowers, sent her 'u
ueauiiini rose, ns a declaration ollove, attach
ing a slip nf paper, on which wus written,
"if uot accepted, 1 proceed to the war." In
return, slie forwarded a pickle jar, containing
a single mango (mau-go.) - ; ....
Twil.VF HlkPRHII Watohmawup.-.. Tu
Houston ( Texas) Telegraph sur that twelve
hundred Swiss watchmakers wilt form a p.xr
tion or the iiprf coIoiit nbont to be istubljsh.
ed near Dullns, by i: Considerant. They
will carry on watchmaking biisinets on a prrt
ly largo scale.
Qru it AVoitK.dim Horace Yui'es siilna
horse mid buggy iu Wilson. Saratoga county,
last W oduesday. Thursday hu was aiitod,
rriUuy ho was indicted, arraigned, pled uuil
ty and beuteuecd to ituies I'rUou fur vi.-ir
years, , , , ... .
If you have great talents: indnsirv m,n il.
prrtvo them f if moderate abilities industry7
win tuppiy llieir deneiencii.. NolhuV' i, de- ''
nW to well directed labor nothing- fa" em'
iw uu enaipou wuuvmt t., , efHfild
J ' . '4- 1 d .t
A SKSsi hj Mak -CoI. IWy r.r PoCII
IkdluMdmu to
oiigrs,V.UuiM. UW owj.e.if, w,,, bIfl at
iniwtf9' ?"? "cfaaV "'ajig
m whu U drankani. atitoswd Wrk,