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SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1855. OLD SERIES, VOL- 15. NO. 51.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
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rjoiners At Snotljsrasa,
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Fnost Tin Lasca.tkr Collieiit,
Northumberland county, Ta.,
7HERE we have vifry extensive improve-
nicnts, and are prepared to offer to the
public a very superior article, particularly suited
ior the manufacture of Iron and making Steam.
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BROKEN, )
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STOVE, )
i' F' t fr I.imcburncre and Steam.
PEA, J
ilnr noint of Shipping Is Sunbury, where ar
langcments ar made to load boats without any
COCHRAN, PEALE &. CO.
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C. W. Pealt., Shamokin.
Uekj. RtisiioLii, Lancaster.
A. 11 iinmullJIH. do.
CV" Orders addressed to Shamokui or Sunbury,
will receive prompt attention.
Feb. 10. 1R55. ly
A GENUINE POEM.
The annexed stirring old poem, sayg the
Homo Journal, has the ring of the true metal,
and is as applicable now as when it was writ
ten for the philosophy is sound, and there
fore universal :
Who shall judge a man from nature ?
Who shull know him by his dress T
Paupers may be fit for princess,
Princes fit for something less.
Crnmpled shirt and dirty jacket
May beclothe the golden ore
Of the deepest thought and feeling
Satin vest could do no more,
There are springs of crystal nectar
Ever swelling out of stone ;
There are purple bads and golden
Hidden, crushed and overgrown.
Ood, who counts by souls, not dresses,
Loves and prospers you and me,
While he values thrones the highest
But as pebbles on the Eca.
Man, upraised above his fellows,
Oft forgets his fellows then j
.Masters rulers lords, remember
That your meanest bands aro men 1
Men of labor men of feeliug,
Men by thought, and men by fume,
Claiming equal right to sunshine
Id a man's ennobling name.
There are foam embroidered oceans,
There are little weed-clad rills,
There are feeble inch-high saplings,
There are cedars on the hills ;
Uod, who counts by souls, not stations,
Loves and prospers you and me ;
For to him all vain distinctions
Are as pebbles on the sea.
Toiling hands alone are builders
Of a nation's wealth and fame ;
Titled laziness is pensioned,
Fed and fattened on the same,
By the sweat of other's foreheads,
Living only to rejoice,
Whilo the poor man's outraged freedom
Vainly lifteth up its voice
Truth and justice are eternal,
Born with loveliness and light ;
Secret wrongs shall never prosper
While there is a sunny night.
God, whoso world-heard voice is singing
Boundless love to you and me,
Sinks opposition with its titles,
As the pebbles on the sea.
LEATHER.
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niJOf'Cf) Manufacturers, Curriers anil Iin
INCH UAI.-SM.a,i
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-dealer ill Red and
KIPP.
Feb. 17, 1855 w ly
litis tcKang.
(From the Chicago Times, August 4
A MAD MINISTER IN LOVE.
TOUCHING CASE. "
F. H. SMITH,
POST M0NNAIE, P0CXET BOOK,
CrcaNlng Case Manufacturer,
.V. II'. cor. of Fourth Chestnut Sts.,
PHILADELPHIA.
Always on hand a large and variod assortment or
Purl Mommies, Work lloxes,
Pot ket Hooks, Cabas.
Hankers Cases, Traveling Bag.
Note Holders, Backgammon Botrds,
Port Folios, Chess Men,
Portable Desks, Cir-ar Cases,
Dressing Cases, Pocket Memorandum Books,
Also a general assortment of English, French
and Herman Fancy Goods, Fine Pocket Cutlery,
lUzora, Razor Strops and Gold Pens.
W luli-salc, Second and Third Floors.
F. H. SMITH,
N W. cor. Fourth & Chestnut Sts., Philada.
"jV. U. On the receipt of l, a Superior Gold
Pen will be ent to any part of the United States,
by mail ; describing pen, thus, medium, hard,
or sof.
Fhila., March 31. 1854. ply.
Do you want a. Bargain? ,
F SO, THEN CALL AT
J. STOUNGS' STORE,
WTHEUE you will find the cheapest assort-
Tv mcnt of
SPKLNU AND SUMMER GOODS
n Sunbury, consisting in part of Dry 'Goods.
Groceries, yueensware, mu.i,
ware, Fancy Articles. Stationary, Con
iiCiunarics, &c, which will b
aold at the lowest prices for
cash of country produce.
.-. Ground Salt by the sack or bushel.
Sunbury, Nov. 4, 1S54.
A GAUD.
GEORGE BKOWN. Inspector of Mine, ten
ders his eerv ices to land owner and Mm
. Companies, in making examinations, reports
V s .l l'nl lands. From huexpen-
Z'e in'inining operations, he understands the
Sfc, " branclel, having carried on Mine, for
I number of years in Schuylkill Co.. and having
iow a large rmmber of collieries under hi. super-sAtotT-h.
hope, to give ti-fact.on to those who
want fcU service.. Kefer. to Benjamin
!T.y r o... v..n,.. Philadelphia, and
2TN-dJan;eiNei...E.qr. Fottavill.
Ilommunuations oy Mail promptly attended to.
Potuvillc, March 17. 1B55. Jm.
rnT.t COAL! ! COAL!!!
RY T.CLEMENT respectfully inform, the
I . c w....i..., .n,l viriuitv that he ha.
. ...n1 for the sa eof the celebra.
uiredU coal, from th. Mine, of Uoyd Roet
X Co. AH the variou. sie prepared and
r,,.ned will be promptly delivered by leaving
order, with the subscriber. CLEMENT.
Sunbujy, Dec. 30, 1851. if.
CwicnWARE.-Tabla Cutlery, Rator., Pock
11 et Knive.. Hand w Wood m
i-rames A les, Chisel, Door Lock, and HtngM,
HanSllelU. Waiter., 4r,. Ju-.received and for
leby I.W.T..vw.
Sunbury, Dec. 9, 1854.
OAL Buckets. .toe .hovel., Amei" .hovel.,
r...b. llnnr and Daa lor, tuuj - I
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Ac. at
Sunbury, No.
wrtMLLA BEANS ju received by
VAr1U WEISER it BBUNEB.
Sunbury, May 19.
VOUNG'3 STORE.
18, 1854,
WINES and Liquor, for ".du-Jnal P'P"
u WEISER A BRLNER
Junbnrr. M? !
Yesterday art examination took placo
before JuiIro Manierre, at Chambers, which
revealed one of the strangest cases of insanity
it has been our lot to witness. It came up
on the petition of Jl r. . 13. tJobb lor a com
mission ue lunattco xmuirendo, in the case ot
tho Rev. George D. Goss, a Baptist minister
p T 1 x . L . o .1 1-
aim lormeriy cnapiuin oi xue oecuuu jveu
ucky olunteerd, m the campaign in Alex
ico. Mr. Goss is a bne appearing man
about 35 years of age. He graduated
Georgetown, Ky., after which lie resided
1 ans, in the same btate, and olueiateu as
pastor of a church. On his return from
exico, he took up his residence for a time
at Covington, on the Ohio river. lie has
beeu in this city since the 1st of January
last, and it was since that time that his mind
bctran to loso its balance. No predisposing
causo of insanity is known, but it is said (aud
Mr. (joss tells a version oi the story him
self) that ho had one or two love affairs iu
Kentucky, whero the course ot true love, in
his case ut least, did not run any smoother
than in Chicago.
Dr. L. D. Boone was sworn, mid stated
that he had known Mr. Goes since some time
last winter ; he came to his (witness') office
on one occasion, and desired a private con
sultation ; the request being erautcd. Goss
proceeded to mako inquiries in retard to
Mis. Mutteson, (relict of the late Joe l.Mat-
teson, and proprietor of the Matteson House,)
stating that he had partially formed an in
tention to marry her, ana desired to obtain
tho opinion of a third party in regard to the
matter ; be appeared to be perfectly sane and
sincere, and went about the matter as any
prudent man would : tho first time witness
suspected Goss to be out of his right mind,
was when the latter, on one occasion, came
to witness and declared that a number of
persons were watching him (Gosb) for some
purpose wnicu lie suspected was not nnht :
that often when he came out of his boarding-
uouse, nesaw persons standing on the oppo
site siuo oi me sireei, looKing at him, una
that at oue time they followed him to the
Post-0 flicc ; Dr. Boone told him it was mere
fancy, and thut euded it for the time ; this
was about the first of April last ; some time
subsequently, Goes culled on witness, and
showed him a letter which be had received
from the brother of Mrs. Matteson, informing
him that his visits to that lady were disa-
greeablo to her, and desiring him to discon
tinue them.
Goss declared his belief that the letter had
been written not by Mrs. Matteson'g desire,
but by her brother, without her knowledge.
and contrary to her sentiments of regard for
him. lie desired Dr. Boone to see the lady
and ascertain if such were not the case. Two
or three days afterwards he called again on
Dr. B. and renewed the request with such
peruuacity mat the latter weut to see Mrs
Jl about it. She informed him that Goss
had become excessively annoying by his
persistent visits to her house ; that he bad
made a proposal of marriuee. which she had
rejected, aud told him that his visits were not
agreeable ; but continuing to call she bad
desired her brother to write the letter in
question, uuring me uaplist anniversaries
iu May, several ladies, Btraneerg to Mr.
Goss, complained that be cams into the Dew
with tbem, aud was guilty of ungeutlemaoly
conduct in putting bis limbs against the ni
hil, feet upon theirs, and using other rude
familiarities.
Mr, Goss who occupied a teat at the end
of the judges table, here interrupted the wit
ness, and said the ladies were mistaken.
1 be witness proceeded. Some of the ladies
compluined that Mr. Goss stared them im
prudently iu the face, aud put bis arm behiud
them on the back of the pew, letting his baud
rest over their shoulders.
Mr. Goss contradicted thu also, and said
Lis band was ouly placed on the back of the
pew, and when the ladies leased buck,
came in contact with tbem.
Question by a juror Doctor, at a medical
man, is it your cpiuioo tbat Mr. Con
insan
Witness replied he had not the least douht
of his insanity.
wr. uoss asked tho witness, "as a medical
man," to explain what a crar.y man was. The
doctor, he said, might be a medical man, and
a mayor s but know nothings irot to bo mnv.
org and legislators sometimes; and unless
the doctor would tell the jury what a crar.v
man was, he thought his testimony wag not
good for much.
Witness Well, Mr. Goss, I wilt explain
by giving an illustration. When a man tells
ino be is about to be married, and goes so
far as to purchase weildino- rlntlma
gloves, and all the other etceteras usual forj
such an occasion, when the lady he declare
is to bo his wife has forbidden him her honso
only a day or two before, I think it some evi
dence that he is insane. '
Mr. Goss denied that such was the case.
,and made a very ingenious and amusing ex
planation of his object in purchasing tho
clothes.
Mr. S. B. Cobb was sworn. He said the
first time he heard about Mr. Goss' insanity
he was spoken to by Mrs. Matteson in regard
to it. She said, when Mr. Goss first called
on her, she thought bo was a gentleman, and
received him as such. When he mado a pro
position of marriage, she began to think he
was deranged, one told mm sho would not
marry him nor any one else, and desired uim
to discontitine his visits. He replied be
could not keep awoy from her ho must visit
her and begged her to receive him. lie
persisted in going to her bouse staid there
till lute of nights, and at length becamo so
annoying by his behavior that the police were
called in, and ho was ejected from the house.
1 ho witness detailed some oi his singular
behavior. The most peculiar and striking
indication of insanity was that of touching
everything with his hand. He would walk
about the room, and touch with his hands or
feel every object, all parts of the wall, Arc,
and could not be induced to leave the house
so long as anything remained untouched.
Mr. Goss contradicted several statements
of the witness, particularly in regard to his
staying late at night. He said he never
stayed later than ten o clock but once, and
then Mrs. M. urged him to remain longer.
Mr. Cobb Mr Goss, don't you think
yourself you are insane.
Mr. Goss acknowledged bo might bo ec
centric. Mr. Cobb Do you know how far these
eccentricities may lead you ?
Mr. Goss I cuunot tell, any more than
you can, whether yon will bo crazy at Cvo
o'clock to night. God only knows.
In regard to another question touching his
insanity, Mr. Goss said : Poets and enthusi
asts are thought by some to bo lunatics ; so
is any man who bends his mind wholly to one
idea. I understand something of theology,
law, and physic ; let one of tho jury put u
question to me in any of these sciences, aud
if 1 don't answer him correctly he may pro
nounce me insane.
Mr. Boone Mr. Goss don't yoa believe
all tho men in this room ore insane T
Mr. Goss I did think my friend Dr.
Boone was a little inane on the temperance
question, but I find he is hardly insane
enough.
Mr. Goss acknowledged that ho might bo
insane in love, for, said he, '-1 love that woman
(Mrs. Matteson) more than any other on
enrth. I'll marry her yet."
The jury retired to make up their verdict.
As soon as they had left the room, Mr. Goss
rose, ntid commenced "toucbing,"commencing
with the books and papers on tho Judges
table, and coinrr to every ouiuct in tho room
touching the hands, arms, and limbs of each
one of the spectators, and even to tho buttons
or. their garments, lie conversed pleasantly
and rationally all tho while, displaying nu
unusual degree of wit m ninny ot his replies
to questions. The proceedings wascoutinued
until the jury returned, when Mr. Goss re
sumed his sent. The verdict was handed to
the clerk bofore tho "call" of the jury ; after
calling the roll bo proceeded to read it, but
had read but a few words when Mr. Goss
interrupted him.
"Judge, isu't it usual to ask the jury if they
havo agreed upon their verdict ?"
The luqtury was then muclooi tno jury, wno
replied affirmatively and tho clerk proceeded
to read, but was again interrupted.
"Judge, isn't it usual for the jury to rise
and face tho prisoner while tho verdict is
reading?"
Judgo Manierre said it was.
"Well, then, I should like to see them get
up," said Mr. Goss. Tho jury rose, aud the
verdict was read, to the etlcct mar. tno uev.
Mr. Goss was insane and distracted.
Mr. Goss immediately aguin commenced
'touchinjr." Advancing to Judge Mamerru,
he said "Judgo, 1 want to touch you before
you sentence mo i you are a very good looking
man rather short in tne necu, iiko uougius,
but about rii;ht. I eucss." In this stylo he
went on until the bystanders left the room
Verily thero was method iu this mad lover's
madness.'
Mr. S. L. Brown was appointed by the
Court to be the revercud gentle wau s guardian.
CIIIMBSK l.laiNCERITY.
A Snake in a Hen's Eoo. There aro at
least some thines in heaven and cath that
have scarcely been dreamed or m man s phil
osophy, and are certainly beyond ni capaci.
tv satisfactorily to account for. e have an
instance in poiut. A ben's egg was shown
to us, at Luray, a few days ago, which has tho
perfect representation oi a suuko raiseu on
the shell, in full coil, on the smaller eud. No
artist could have produced a more exact rep
resentation of a serpent. The forked tongue
the eve. and symmetrical proportions are as,
lull v developed as in a real snake, uniortu-
nately, the shell of the egg was broken, when
it was discovered tbat the indenture, on the
inside, contained what appeared to bo a bona
bde snake. It wag as perlect in every re
soect. as the renre.entation referred to on
the shell. It was carefully taken out. and
put in a glass vial in spirits, and may be seen
at the hotel of A. J. McKay, in l.uray.
This eir? presents to the mind of the pbil
osophic inquirer a curious question for solu
tion. Various opinions are entertuiued rela.
tive to this sinirular freak of nature, come
suppose that it is a real snake, but are most
provokingly puzzled to know bow it got into
the egg. Others solve the mystery in the
same manner that other uunatural uevelope
meuts in the animal kiugdom, that are wit
nessed daily, are solved. The bur&au form
for instance, is frequently disfigured by repre
sentations of fruit, vegetables, and even ani
mals that were desired, dreaded or creatly
feared, so intensely as to make the most vivid
impressing npon the mind. The snake had
no connection with the vital principle of germ
of the egg, but was formed between the mem
branous covering and shell, and wag entire.y
independent of both. This is a curious queg
tion, and we submit the facts, above stated
for the consideration of those who take an in.
terest in such matters.
The receipt of the Crystal Palace F.xhibi.
i tioo in PU dow reach 30,000 francs per day.
One of the most prominent features of the
Chinese character is said to be the insincerity
which pervades all classes of their society.
In their religion, for instance, although all
may profess to be partizans of Confucius,
Lao-tze, and Buddha, vet thev in reality re
ject all faith, and regard the three as equally
good. fll. lluc, a rrencb missionary in
China, in a recently published account of his
travels in that country, says that when two
respectable Chinese stramrers meet torether.
one of them asks the other, in a complimenta
ry way, to "what sublime form of religion" ho
belongs, and upon receiving his answer pro
nounces an eloquent panegyric upon that par
ticular creed, and finally concludes with the
words, "All religions are good t religions are
many; but reason is immutable; we are all
brothers." Thus it is that all true religious
sentiment hag vanished from tho popular
mind, and in the eyes of people worship is
merely an affair of taste and fushion, to which
no more importance is to be attached than to
the color of their garments.
Tho Chineso have always been remareble
for their powers of .dissimulation. M. H,oo.
says, in his description of n Chinese funeral,
that alter the body of a deceased person had
been laid in its coffin, the men and women as
sembled in separate apartments, and until the
tunc comes at which it is settled they shall
grieve, they smoke, drink, laueh and gossip
with such an air of careless enjoyment that a
stranger would suppose they were the most
contented and happiest peoplo in tho world.
But when the nearest relation informs tho
men that tho hour has arrived, their conver
sation ceases, their faces become lugubrious,
they surround the colunnnd the lamentations
begin. J he most pathetic speeches are ad
dressed to the dead ; every one speaks his
own sorrowful monologue, interrupted by sobs
end groans and sprinkled with a profusion of
genuine tears, lint at a given signal the
w hole scene abruptly changes again, the tears
are dried up, the performers do not even stop
to finish a sob or a groan, but they take their
pipes, mid lo I then aro again theso incompa
rable Chinese laughing, gossiping and drink
ing tea. The part of tho women is, if possi
ble played with still greater perfection.
Their grief has such an appearance of sin
cerity, their sighs nrc so agonizing, their
tears so abundant, their voices so broken with
sobs, that notwithstanding the certainty that
the Viholo affair is a purely tictucous repre
sentation, the beholder cau hardly help being
allected by it.
M. lluc, iu his work, observes that tne Chi
nese tire not remarkable for the strength
of their affections. As an instance of their
poiH-nil character in this respect, he relates
the tollowing incident :
We were staying with a literary man,
native of Pekin. who had left his family eight
years before to take the office of schoolmaster
in one ol the towns of the south. Ai any con
versations we had bad with tho Chinese had
led us to suppose that he was not of quite so
cold and insensible a nature as most of his
countrymen ; his manners were kind, and ho
had the appearance of possessing more
warmth of heart than is common here. One
day we were on tho point of sending off a
messenger to Pekin, and we asked him wheth
er he would not like to tuke the opportunity
of Rending something to his family or fr cuds.
After considering for a moment, ho snid, 'Oh,
yes j I should write a letter to my old moth
er ; I have heard nothing of her for four years
and sho does not where I am. Since there is
such a good opportunity it would not be
amiss if I were to write a few lines.'
We thought his filiul piety did not seem of
very fervent complexion : but we merely
told him that he had better, in that case,
write immediately, as the messenger was go
ing off that evening. "Directly, directly," he
replied j "you shall have tho letter in a few
miuutes," and be called to one of his pupils,
who was singing his classical lesson in the
next room probably some fine pasages out
of Confucious upon the love that children owe
their parents. The pnpil presented himself
with the proper air of demure modesty.
"Interrupt your lesson lor a moment, said
the master ; "take your pencil and write me
letter to my mother. But don t lose any
time, for the courier is going directly. Here,
tako this sheet of paper," and tho pupil ac
cordingly took tbo paper, and setibout wri
ting to his masters mother.
The Chinese mostkr write their letters upon
fancy paper, upon which are stamped, iu red
and blue figures of birds, flowers, butterflies
and mythological personages. The Chinese
character, being always of a fine black, is not
lost amidst these fantastic ornaments.
When Ike pupil had left tho room with his
sheet of ornamented paper, we asked this
schoolmaster whether this lad knew his moth
cr. "Not in the least," he answered. "I
don't think he knew whether she was living,
or had already 'saluted the world.
"In that case, bow can he write tho letter?
lou did nut even tell him what ho was to
say."
"IJoH t he know quite well what to say I
For more than a year be has been studying
literary composition, and bo is acquainted
with a number of . elegant formulas. Do you
think be does not know perfectly well how a
son ought to write to his mother?"
We had nothing to reply to this ; bnt wo
understood immediately the difference be
tweeu filial piety, as it is felt and practised in
Uhina, and as it is so magniucenliy described
and commented on in their books.
The pupil, obedient to bis master's orders,
lost uo time. He returucd soon afterwards
with his letter in an elegant euvelope, which
be bad bad the politeness to seal all ready, so
that the admirable son did not even give him
self the trouble to read tho unctuous expres
sions of tenderness and respect he bad ad
dressed to his mother; no doubt he had
known them by heart a long whilo, and had
himself taught thein to the pupil. He wished,
however, to write the address with big own
hand, which appeared to ns rather superflu
ous ; for the letter would have done just as
well for any other mother in the Celestial
Empire as for the one to whom it was addres
sed, aud any other would doubtless have felt
as much satisfaction in the recept of it.
TRETTY WOMEN AMD POLITENESS.
A talented lady who 'w rites for the papers,'
speaks thus of city railway cars : 'The Beats
of the car were all occupied crowded yet
tho conductor stopped for me. Not wishing
to disturb those who were seated, I was in
tending to stand, when a gentleman at tho
far end arose and insisted upon me taking his
seat. Being very tired, I thanked him and
obeyed. Presently a lady much younger nnd
much prettier, and much better dressed than
myself, entered tho car. No less than four
gentlemen aroso instantly, offering her a scat
She smiled sweetly and unaffectedly," and
thanking the gentleman who urged tho near
est seat to her, she seated herself with pecu
liar grace of manner. Sho had one of those
races Uaphael was always painting loucu
ingly sweet and expressive A little after
this young beauty had taken her seat, a poor
woman looking very thin and pale, with that
care-worn, haggard look that poverty nnd sor
row, and nard labor always gave, canio in.
She might have been one of those poor seam
stresses who work like. slaves, and starvo for
their labor. She was meanly and thinly clad,
and seemed weak nnd exhausted. She had
evidently no sixpouco to throw away and
came into the car uot to stand, but rest whilo
she was helped on her journey. v lule she
was meekly standing for tho moment none of
the gent1emeu(?) offering to rise, l!u'liael's
angel, with sweet, reproving eyes, looked on
thoso who had so officiously oflered her a seat,
and seeing none of them attempt to move,
and just ns I myself was rising to give thn
poor old ludy u'sent, she arose aud insisted
upon the woman tuking her seat. It was all
the work of but a moment ; and the look of
grateful surprise the old woman gave her,
and the glance of sweet pity the beautiful girl
bestowed on the woman us she yielded her
seat, and evident, consternatiou of the broad
cloth individuals, who were manifestly put to
shame all wore tome irrosistubly interesting
and instructive. Ono of these same broad
cloth wearers, apparently overpowered with
confusion, got up and left the car, aud 11a
phuul's angel look his vacant seat.'
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BEAUTIFUL STANZAS.
BY WAl.t.EP.
Go, lovely rose !
Tell her that wastes her timo and mine,
That now she knows,
When I resemble her to thee,
How sweet aud fair she seems to me.
Tell her that's young,
And shuns to have her graces spied,
That had'st thou sprung
In deserts where my men auuie,
Thou must havo uncommended died.
Small is the worth
Of beauty from the light retired,
Bid her come forth j
Suffer herself to be desired ;
Aud not blush so to be admired.
Tln-n die ! that she
The common fate of all things rare
Mnv read in thee
How small a part of time they share
That are so wondrous sweet and fair.
Yet, though thon fade,
From thy dead leaves let Iragrauce rise -,
And teach 'the uiniJ
That goodness time's mdo hand defies,
That virtue lives when beauty tries.
AMERICA?) TRIUMPH IM ECROPK.
The United States contributions to the
gie.it exhibition iu Paris have not made much
show, but, on being put to the teat, it seems
that they are of a valuable character. The
New York Tribune gives the subjoined ac
count of the trials of the machines for thresh
ing, reaping and mowing :
The net results of a half hour's earnest
work by the rival thrashers, and by six men
with flails, (estimated as a force equal to one
of the machines,) is as follows :
Six thrashers with flails, 60 litres wheat
Pitt's American Thrasher, 740 " "
Clayton's Knglish " 410 "
Dunoir'g French " 2S0 " "
Pinet's Belgian " 150 "
The French litre is a little less than quart:
36 litre make a bushel, very nearly.
Assuming, in the absence of data, that
these machines are of equal cost and are
worked with equal force, nnd that the average
expense ot thrashing and wiuuowing w iieai
in the old way is ten cents per buunel, me
Belgian thrasher reduces this to about four
cents, the French to three, the English to
to two, and the American to baroly moro
than one cent per bushel, or one-tenth of the
cost of flail thrashing in the old way. This
j cars crop or wheat rye and buckwheat in
ine united States can hardly fall bck-v 200,-
uou.ouu bushels, which could only be separa
ted from the straw and chaff iu the old way
at a cost of S20.000.000. The Belgian
thrasher, if in common use, would reduce this
to SH.000,000, the French to $6,000,000, tho
Eiiitlish to 81,000,000, and the American to
some 82,500,000 a clar national saving of
$17,500,000 per annum in the cost of thrash
ing nnd winnowing our small grain alone !
And tho saving to France from the substitu
tion of Titt's thrasher for the best of her own
invention can hardly bo less than ten millions
of dollars per annum.
So with regard to reapers. Tho timo re
quired for cutting equal portions of heavy and
badly lodged wheat by the several European
machines, ranged from half an hour to an
hour nnd a half, while tho three American
machines cut an equal area as follows :
Huscy's. (with Wright's improvements,)
iu 18 minutes.
Manny's, (an Illinos machine,) 16 minutes.
McCormick's, (operated by.McKenzic,) iu
104 minutes.
We venturo to say that this last was the
quickest time ever mnde iu cutting grain, even
though we assume that tho area cut was not
moro than two-thirds of an acre. Aud, with
out at all detracting from tho merits of the
victorious machine, we believe n share of the
credit is duo to J. C. MclCcnzie a thorough
Yankee, who won tho triumph fur McCor
mick in England, at Mechi's farm, in 1S51
aud who, as a manager and operator of this
class of machinery, has no superior. There
are not live men living who could havo raked
oft the cut grain into sheaf-armlulg nt the un
. 1 ...1 J T 1ln-..- aU'l. vnn...... ...
piuieueuiuu ,mi:u VI miv.uiuiii.nB icujui iu
tho recent trial. t
It thus appears that, in the public official
testing of both reaping and thrashing ma
chines, open to all the world, aud in which all
the good machines of Europe must iifce?ari
ly havo been presented every American mi
chine entered proved immensely nuperinr to i'
try European machine. This is to say : of
our four reapiug or thrashing machines sent
to Paris to compete with tho thirty or forty
best machines of Europe, each one of our four
proved superior to tho best rival machines
that Europe could produce ! So complete a
national triumph was never before achieved
in any world wide areua of industrial competition.
$!em$ of Tcfos.
As women are more affected by the preva
lence of immorality than men, it is reality
strange that they do not frown down thoe
vices of men which are so frequently futal to
their own tranquility. Many a female who
would not refuse to dine with a profligate,
would think herself foully insulted, were she
iuvited to take tea with a courtesan ; but the
ouly difference between the the two is, one
wears pantaloona. and the other pantuletts
the moral the game.
A Town wiTnocT A Hotel. In the town
of Beverly, Mass., which eontaius a large and
Erosperous community, there is not a single
otel or place of public entertainment. A
stranger iu the place, who wag left by the
cars a few days ago, could find no lodgings
for the night, aad wag obliged to walk into
Salem. We doubt if this cae has a parallel
in the country.
Fr.im llie Oermantowii Teleirrai'li.
WEIGHTS AMU MEASURES.
The Winchester bushel, which is the one
in uso in the United States, is 8 inches high
nnd 18J inches in diuineter and contains
2.150.42 cubic inches, struck measure ;heapcd
measure, it contain" 2.815 cubic inches.
A tun of wine is 252 gallons.
A Scotch pint contains 105 cubic inches
and is equal to 4 English pints.
One hundred and tony-;our pomms ;mm
O.upois, are equal to 175 pounds Troy.
A chaldron of coal is 58j cubic feet 36
bushels. Anthracite coal weighs 80 pounds
to tho bushel, which makes 2.rJ80 pounds to
the ton.
A commercial bain of cotton is 400 pounds,
but those put up in tho difi'ereiit States, vary
from 280 to 720 pounds.
A bale of hay is 30f pounds.
A cord of wood is 128 solid feet in tho
United States ; in Fronce 576 feet.
A perch of stone is 24.75 cubic feet ; if in
the wall 22 cubic feet.
A bushel of limpstone weighs 140 pounds ;
after it is burned 75 pounds, showing that 65
pounds have passed off as carbonic acid and
water. It is said this will absorb 20 pouuds
of water.
Oue hundred cubic Tect of hay, in a solid
mow, will mako a ton.
To find the number of bushels in ft bin :
Multiply tho length, breadth and thickness
iu inches, together, and divide bv 2.150.42.
and it will give the number of bushels, struck
measure.
A stone is 1 1 pounds.
Scripture Measures: A ".sabbath day.
jouruey is l.l.ia yarns iwu-iwiua ui
A day s journey j uuiea.
A palm,' 3 inches.
A Greek foot is 12 iuches.
A cubit 18 inches.
A great cubit 11 feet.
"A Bov with ohm." The Caddo (La.)
Gazette is informed that there is a negro boy
in that neighborhood, about eighteen months
old who, about a month and a hall since, had
a pair of horns to make their appearance on
the front part of the head, precisely iu ap
pearance like those of a young deer ; they are
now about one and a half mouth old and are
full six inches long, well covered with velvet,
and on one of them two spike making their
appearance, and ere still growing remarkably
fast. When the foregoing is sifted, we ap
prehend tho only horn in the case will be
found to have been in tho noichhorhood of
the motif of the iuformatit of the Gazette.
Religion of Tna Ppksipents. The reli
gi ilia belief of the fourteen persons who have
filled the Presidential chair iu tho United
States, as indicated by their attendance upon.
public worship, and the evidence anordod id
their writing, may be gnmined up as follows ;
Episcopalians, ashington, Madison, Mon
roe, Harrison, Tyler and Taylor; Unitarians,
Jefferson, John Adams, John Q. Adams and
Fillmore; Presbyterian, Jackson and Polk;
Dutch Reformed' Van Buicu ; Trinitarian
CongregulioualUt, Pierce,
Sf.oon Ci-kp or CiieRKiaw. Mr. L. W.
Fox, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, hag a cherry
tree, which is producing a second crop this
ANTICIPATION OF THE Ft'Tl'RE.
It is an elevating and spiritualizing exer
cise of the mind. It tonds to carry tho soul
a little way towards its proper region. It
tends to lessen the fulse importance of the
things of this world, and to slacken their hold.
It contributes to obviate that unnatural and
pernicious estrangement and dissociation be
tween our present and future state It tends
to habituate tho spirit to seek aad find tho
grand importance of its existence in its here
after. It tends to awaken a lively and a sa
cred curiosity, which is surely a right nnd
worthy state of feeling with which to go to-
ward anot nor world, and to go into u. u
may help to turn to valuable account the va
rieties iu the present system of our existence
the facts iu surrounding nature the inime-
diete circumstances of our own being by
prompting, on each particular, the thought
and the question, "What corresponding to
this what in contrariety to this what in
stead of this may there be iu that other
world ?" It may aid to keep ns associated
with those who nro gone thither. It may
give new emphasis to our impression of tho
evil of sin, and the excellence of nil wisdom,
holiness, and piety, the thought, "What man
ner oretloct is this, or that, adapted to result
in, in that future btate ?"
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One wav to Cook Chickens. Ths follow
ing is highly recommended : "Cut the chick
en up, put it in a pan aim cover uu-r
with water, let it stew as usuui, uhu ul-u
done make a thickening of cream and flour,
adding a piece of butter and pepper and
salt; have made and baked a pair of short
cakes, made as if for pie-crust, but rolled
thin aud cut in small squares. Thig is much
better than chickeu pie, and more simple
to make. The crusts should be laid on a
dish, aud the chicken gravy put over it t.hile
both are hot.
LuiNEors Pai-ek Mill. A very large mill
is now in tue course oi eretuuu uiuu
Falls, N. Y., by G. W. Beardslee, of Albany
for the purpose of making paper liom
various kinds of wood. Its dimensions ure
to be 81 by 100 feet for the main building,
with a wing 50 by 90 feet. Twenty paper
machines will be employed, and aoout unv
tons ofnulii prepared weekly. It is intend
ed to have it in operation about the middle
of October uext.
Doxkybrook Fair. The subscription in
Ireland to raise 3278 to purchase the patent
by which Donuybrook Fair was held, from
the proprietress MisB Madden, having been
successful, the Lord Mayor Boyce, ol Dublin,
has issued his proclamation suppressing
this veterou scene of fun, frolic aud riot.
Old Dr. Foster, who practised in the "heal
iug art" at Buxford, tome yearg ago, wag in
the habit of Booking up all the soi t. of roots
aud herbg into mediciueg and gpecifics, and
trying them upon his wife, and if they did
not kill her, he wag ready for all hi other pa
lieuts. Notks and Dbaiohts. A liquor seller in
a neighboring town has since the new 1 quor
law wout into operation, chauged his s g i
It now reads somethin as follow : -'Notes
and 'drafts' negotiated an-i o!d."
A lady down east advertises for the young
man that embraced an opportunity, aud eayg
if he will corno to their.lowu ho can do better.
Since March. 1853. no less than .196 per
sons have been killed and 292 wounded, by
railroad accidents in tho United States.
A trotting horse, owned by tho proprietor
of Congress Hall, at Saratoga, and worth
from 4000 to 86000, died Iroin poison last
week.
Nlwark Citt. A State census ia now
being taken in New Jorsey, and the returns
for Newark City sum np as follows : Natives,
28,902; foreigners, 20,579, colored, 1230;
being a total population or CO, 1 11 .
Oil for Locomotives. During tho month
of May, forty-nine locomotives on tho Now
York Ccntrnl Kailroad used np over ono
thousand gallons of oil, which; at 2 per gal
lon, would givo over 40 per month for each
locomotive.
Punishment ron. Drcnkennrss. In Swe
den, a man who is seen drunk four times, is
deprived of his voto at elections, aud the next
Sunday after tho fourth offence, is exposed
in the churchyard publicly
Meanness. A few days since a mau went
to tho railroad depot in llulyoke, Mass., just
as vue cars wcro starting, and took the shoes
off an infant's feet, as part pay for a dobt .its
mother owed him. , .
UsrsrAi. Longevity. In the shocmaking
town of Lynn, Mass , thero are Buid to be
eight persons now living who aro over ninety
years of age. one of whom has almost reached
his ninety-seventh birthday. Besides these
there are fifty-five who havo attained the age
of eighty years. They seem to last, both
body and sole.
Tha Boston Tost has an edifying story of
a returned California, who met au old cred
itor in Boston and counted out to him ono
thousand dollars, as principal and interest on
an old note for four hundred dollars, and after
the creditor had expressed a willingness to
tako the faco of tbo nolo.
After three months' incessant labor, tho
Russians have replaced tho great bell in the
tower of San Juan, on tho Kremlin, which,
on being tolled for the late Czar, fell and
broke through no less than three separate
stories of vaults, killing five persons on tho
snot. Tho bell is snid to bo tho largest in
the world, weighing uo less than 80,000
pounds.
A x Excellent Hair Oil. Tako one quart
of olivo oil, or fine lard oil, 2 ounces of spir
its of wine, 1 ounce of cinnamon powder, &
drachms of bergamot. Heat them together
in a largo pipkin, then remove it from the fire,
and add four small pieces of alkanet root ,
keep it closely covered for six hours, let it'
then be filtered through a funnel lined with
blottiug or filtering paper.
ExTERRD a Convent. A Paris letter says
that the widow of Count Batthyuni, after as
siguiu; all her fortuno to her heirs, and dis
tributing 20,000 florins to her domestics, has
entered tho Convent of the Sisters of Mercy,
founded by her at Pinksfiold, upon tho fron
tier of Hungary, and has assumed the name
of "Sister Fuuuy."
A Rich City. New Bedford, Mass., is
said to be the richest city in the couutry.
The number of voters is four thousand threa
hundred and sixteen, and tho real and per
sonal taxablo property amounts to twenty,
five million eight hundred and nine thousand
dollars. This gives about six thousand dol
lars to each voter, a larger average, we venture
to say, thau will be found in any commuuity
iu this couutry.
Clarke Mills, Esq., the sculptor, has re
cently sustained the los of a beautiful elk ho
had procured at great tronble and expense to
be used as a model in some of the works npon
which he is now engaged. Tbo nninia), it
. , . . b
appears, escaped irora ins euciosuro at nigus,
aud, though wearing a brood collar, was mls-
taken'by some sagacious sportsmen lor a Duck
deer, and by them killed, 'quartered; --and
brought to market aud sold as venison.'' '
Sincii'lar Differences Tides. ProfeMor
Bache notices tho following singular .differ
ence in the motion of the tides in the Atlantic
and Pacific Ocean. On our own const, in
the Atlautic, they flow from east to west j;on
the coast of Great Britain from west to east;
and on tho Pacific their motion is circular;
they sweep round by Asia, turn and flow
back.
Rich. Au Irishman prescuted' himself at
the polls iu Chilicothe, Ohio, and his vote was
eballeuged. He aaid that he had bis papers,
and swore "be jabers" he would produce them.
Homo he went and returned and presented
tu the judges his papers. What laughter
couvulsod their houors wc need not say when
on opening the supposed papers, they found
tbem to be a dismissal from tae New Jersey
Peuitentiary I
Mr. Fh.lmork at the Frkncii CnrmT.
Theex-Presidout was presented to the Em
peror of the French on the 10th of August,
together with nineteen other Americana.
Mr. Fillmore was to have been favored with
a private presentation, and iu consequence
wvut in a black coat, but by some unexplain
ed accident was thrown among his country
men, who were in uuiform, and he thug pre
sented in more than one respect tho most
uoticeable figure iu the company.
Father .Gavazzi. The following is Ga
vaz.i's official announcement of bis visit to
this country, aud its objects, as given in a
letter to tbx New York Crusader, dated Chi
chester, England, August 13th, 1855 :
There is yet time to preach Umon among
all Americans, aud some hope to ace it ac
comtlUhed. I am decided to como to
Americans au Independent man. in order
toproichpuntyum erclusice'y Protestant.
ism and Americanism. 1 insist cm the neces
sity or a union amoi.g Protestant American..
I Jesire you to give publicly to theso words,
that America way know my true pnrpos..
M Ar.Nirior.KT Pw.r.vT.-YesteroVy Mayor
ConAd received, behalf of the ciiyofPliU.
adelphia, a magnificat, full g l"'
Washington, mad. on the
qrtard loom at th. city ol Lyons, F
the establishment of Mewra. Pooson Ph'liPP
k Vibert. Three were mad e-one I for Boa ton
..econd for New York.
i In. ritv The value of eaeh is g.MIuu. i uj
uC.V a distance? I.ke a flue oil paintina.
except thai tk. flsh color or tb. raina
portrait i. wanting. i J.
Mavor will deablles W. hung u W ,
dence Hall,
for it-