NEW SERIES, VOL. S, NO. 30. SUNBUltY, "NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1855. OLD SERIES, VOL- 10, NO. 4. The Sunbury American, CDLiailSD SVIRT SATCrlDAt BY H. B. MASSEK, Marlet Square, Sunbury, Ptnna. TEIIMI OF 9UDSCIIIPTION. Vo Dot.:. VR3 per nnmim tole paid Imlf yearly In wt - .use. ' .Nu .or uiacoiilieawi until AttarrearHgea ure All communication, or letter, on liulue. relating to th. office, to iniura intention, mint be POST I'AIU. TO CI.UUS. Three conie. ! one nJJreti, ?,"!! Beve,. D. Do J ' Fifieeti o Do , Five A Mnrt in ailvane will py for three year .ut aeription to Hie American. Foatmittcr will piivmenet n. mir ARenU, and frniik letter, rout iiniiiir luln-riptioii money. Tiny nr. purmit-lt-1 tu Jo tin. under Hie lVat Ollk'e Uiw. T F. It M 3 O F AUVF.RTISI.NO. Ono Siunirot 14 line., .1 timer, Every sii'.ine.ineiit ni.erliou, (in. & puie, 3 month., S a in nth., Ooe year, .'tniii Cntil. "f Five line., per annum, Meicliiili nn I other., n.lvertinnl ly the yeir, wild Hie privilege "f inerting (Liferent n Ivrrti.einml. weekly. IJr Unrt;et A lv.'rtiemeut.n per agreement. J OH PRINTING. I.-.. mt.oiOi.a with nnr e-MlliMimeiit Jf) Jlj5 on" son son 1000 Well etectca Kill u'-'l'll'l',. whiih will ennnio.ua to execute in the ne iti-st lle. every variety of printing. A T T O tl N C Y AT LA W , SUNBTTHV, PA. Business attended to in tlic Counties if Nor thumberland, Union, Lycoming Monlour ami -Celumhia. Ilefncnecs in Philadt'jJtia : n..n. toh h.Tvk'ii, rhi. nii.i.ni.. r... Sorner. It Sn ilra.M, I.nm, Smith .V Co. WHITE ASH ANTHRACITE COAL Funst r.ir. Lacatt.ii Coi.titnr, Northumberland county, Pa., LTHEUE wo liavc very extensive improve ments, and are prepared to oiler t. the public a viy auptiiur oriicle, particularly auiled lor the manufacture of Iron and making Steam. Our tiica ul Cool arc : tl'MI', ) for S:neHiiie: purposes. S'I'i: A M UUAT, y for do. and St. auuYut IlitOivEN, ) F.li'i. for Family U6e ari l Steam. STOVE, ) TEA ' r Eiine'iurncrs ,nJ f 'tm Our point of Shipping is Sunbury. where ar iungeiuent sro inaJo tu load boats without any deity. COCHRAN, PEALE &. CO. J. J. CocnitAM, Lancaster. C. W. I'kali, 8h.anioV.in. Btm. IIkimiolo, Lancaater. A. 13 avmgaiii)eh, do. O" Ordfra addroacJ Shaiiioliii or SunVmry, will rtrcio prompt altculicn. tch. 10. 1R5.V ly EXC ELSOIR CUING SALOON! i. c. 11. risiai:;: &. c. i. mi .iris HAVE taken t!io ,.i,v,ti formerly orcut ted bv J. W. V'a"oinstoii, In M-irktt Siuare, Sunbury, where '.'iry will be happy to dispense to their fiientU ami the tatinj public enenilly, all the lie !irai-ir of the aeason. inc-lodinc Oyclera Ircsii and spired. The bill of fare will include aul--atanliiil.i niul Jelir.irics, c.ilrnlntci! to satisfy those ho arc hungry, ond Iho'e who desire merely to nave their palates tickled. It will b" open at nil hours of the day, ami all reasonable hour of the uicht. (live us a call ond tuMo f ir yourolves. tfunhnry, Sept. Si, I LEATHER. FRITZ, BIi.t5iJV & Co. Xo. 29 Xorth Third Strut, Philudctjihia. MOROCCO Mantitriclurers. Curriers and Im porters of FliENCM .'AI.F-sKINs. had dealer, in Red and Oak COLE LEATHER & Ktn fib. 17, tSo5. w ly F. II. S1IITII, POUT MONNAIE, TOCICET BOOK, .NO IlrenHlng t'nse Sliiiii".ttui tr, .V. TP. cor. nf l'turth .y Cit (ou Sts., VIIIl.ADr.U'ltiA. Alvavaon haml a large ko,1 varied aaaortnient of J'ort Monn.iiea, Work Uoira, 1'otket Hooks, Danker. Caea, Note Holders, Port Folio., Caba. Traveling I3ai, l'.ai'kainnion IJotd., I'liras Men, roriablfl Keska, Citrar 1'jm, Dressing Case., Poc:;ct Menmramlorn Hook., AIo, a general aamrtinent of Kneli-.li, Kiencli anJ (ierinan r'atwy (io i,U. Kino I'oekit Cutlery , Raiors, Uazor Strop niul (iold IVna. Wlultnale. Second uml Third I'loorj. I'. II. SMITH. N. W. cor. Fourtli fc Chestnut SN., I'hilad. JS'. 1(. On the receipt of 61, a Popertor (i old Pen will 1c sent to ativ part of the I Tinted States, ly mail i describing pen, tliua, ntcJiuin, hard, cr 'of!. I lid 1., Marc'i 31. ISoS ply. Do you want a Iiur;;iin ? "F SO, THEN CALL AT . 1TOUNGS' STORE, "rHEI!E you will find tho chcupest asbort- incut of SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS ; ti Sunbury, ccne'eitititj in part of Dry (Jood., firoeeries, Qiiernswiire, Hardware. Cedar ware, Fancy Article. Stationary, Con fectionarie., Ac, which will be sold at the lowest prices for cah of country produce. Ground Suit by the sack or biikhfi. Sunh.irv. Nov. i. W. 1OOH0CEK3 AND CONFECTIONERS. f C V your pootH fr'm ttrn honrt. nnrt rive 0 per ent. I The uiuler.ijned ha. iii.l'"e awl ndi-i. lor .0. ottii. Ijwct pile., Willi uiaounloia per cent, lorca.li. AI.MOVDS, II AHINf. FIOS. WALNUT. CbHHAVr, ('ItANnF,, niEAM NUTS, flTllllN. l.KIDN!. FltKltTl. 1'ltlNKtJ, PVVKKTOM.. Olt'iLNU NL"TS. DATK.S. CASTILKSOAt',. AU orJar. by lutul promptly '" npvp- 418. Water Sneet, PiolaJclj.h;.. Phila. Sept. 15, lata Imp. HABDWAHE-Table Cutlery, Ruiom, Pock ct Knive. Hand uwi' Wood saw in frame, Axes, Chisel, Door Lock, and Hingei, Hand Bell. VVsiUr. C jut received and lor all. by I. W.TENER&CO. Sunbury Dec 1851. CO A I. Bucket. tove thuvela, A me' alioveU, fork, Door snJ pad lock, curry combs, a., ,t YOUNG'S STARE. Sunbury, No. 18, 185. VANILLA BEANJS ut rivd by WEIdER it DRL'NER. Sunbury, My 19. I8S5. WLN'ES Jld Liuuor for Medicinal purpoee M WEI6EB & BRUNERS. rifled IJflclrg. THE BEST ESTATE. BT CIIAItLKS SWAIS. The heart, it hntli its own estnt The mint! it hath its wealth untold j It ncods not fortune to bo great, While there's a coin surpassing gel J. Xo matter which way fortune lenng, Wonltli makes not hnppincss secure j A little mit:J hull) little nieuna, A uarrow lieurt is always poor. Stern fate the preatest still enthrals, . And misery liath its hiuh rompeers ; For sorrow enters palace hulls, And (,uccs are not exempt from tears. The princely robe ami beggar's coat, The scythe and sword, the, plume, aud plow Am in tho grav or equal note. Men live but iu the eternal "Now !' Still disappointment trades the proud, Tho liiavest 'netith defeat may fall i Tin- high, tho rich, tho courtly crowd Find there's calamity for all. 'Ti. not the house that honor makes, True honor is a thing divino ; It in tho mind precedence takes, It is the spirit nukes tho shrine ! So keep thou yet a generous lipart, A steadfast ami contented mind. Ami not till death consent to part. With that, which IVieud to friend doth ! bind. What's tittered from the life within, Is heard not by the lifo without ; There's itlwpys something to begin Twixt life' in faith and lifo in doubt! T;ttt grasp the truth, though bleuknppenrs The riigsed paths her steps Itavo trod: Bin .'II lie thy liiend in other sjiheres, C'oiiipaiiiou in the world of God. T!m dwvlliiij with tho wise and good, I'lie 1 ich in thought, the great in suul, Man's mission may be niiih'istond, Aud part prove' equal to thu whole ! Vv'e know not half wo may possess, Nor what awaits, nor whut attends, We're richer far than we may guess, Rich as eternity extends ; The heart it hath its own estate. The mind it hath its wealth untold j It needs not fortune to be great. While there's a coin surpassing gold ! C(jc Arctic Regions. hettir:; cr tiiexane expedition. Tho Advanca Left in tho Ico. A BRIDGE Of ICH I'ltoM nil i:i:"L AND TO THE CONTINENT. AN OP EX s 1: a" I'O L" n d. Tl.o return of Ir. ICano and parly from their visit to the Arctic Seas is a irra'tilyinjr termination of an adventurous ntidertakin' of more than rrdinnry peril. Tho expedition, started in May. 18.')3, and had not been heard of since July nf the same year. The Kxpedilon succeeded in crossing Mel ville Hay. and reaching t, headland of Smith's Sound, as early us the Cth of August, lbiJ. Finding tins ice to thu North com pletely impenetrable, they were forced to uttetopt a temporary passage along the coast, where tho rapid tides, running nl the rate of foiir miles an hour, with a rise and fall of six teen li ct, had Worn a temnorarv nncnin" Previous to taking this step, which involved great ri.ik which was, in fuel, equal to u Bacri'.ice of the brig iu which Hr. Ktitie w as a Francis metallic life-bout with a enshe. of provisions, was conceuled us u means of re treat. The penetration of the pack ico was atten ded by many obstacles. Thu vessel grounded with every tide, and but for her extreme strength she would not have been able to sustain the shocks. She was several times 011 her beam ends, and once 011 tire from the up setting of the stoves. Somu idea of this peculiar navigation may bo formed by u kiiowiuilge of the fact of lier losing her jiblioom, best bower anchor and bulwarks, besides about 000 fathoms of wrap ping line. They were cheered, however, by a small daily progress; ami by the 10th of September, 1803, they hail succeeded in gain nig tho northern face of Greenland, at a point never reuehed before. Here tho young ico froze around tha ves sel, uml compelled them to ?eek a winter asy lum, 111 which moy experienced u decree ol eol'l inticii iieiow any previous registration. Wlii-kcy fmze in Xncember, and fur four 111 mth in the year the mereur wan solid daily. I lie mean annual temperature was tivo de grees below zero. This is the greatest degree of cold ever experienced by man, nnd their winter quarters were nearer thu Pole than ever before occupied. Tho scurvy was easily controlled, but thu most fearful, as well as tho most novel feu turo of tho winter was a tetanus, or lockjaw, which defied all treatment, It carried u'way II tv seven of the best Esquimaux slcdae dogs, und was altogether a frightful scourge. THE SEARCH. The operations or search were commenced as rally as March tho first riarties under tho personal chargoof Dr. Kane, crossing the ice at u temperature of fifty erii drtjree httme zero. The loss of their dogs, obliged them, us tin only alternative, to adopt this early travel. Many c.f the party wore frost bitten, and underweut au amputation of their toes. It was by moans of these efforts that tha Expeditiou succeeded iu bringing back us results, j lie purties were in the field us tuie as tne luili 01 July, only ceasing from labor when the winter's darkness rendered it impossible to travel, THE GEOGRAPHICAL RESULTS OF THE EXPEDITION. Greenland hat been followed bv Dr. Kan and surveyed, with a coast line towards thu Atlantic, fronting due north, until a stupen dous glacier checked their progress. This mass of ice rose in lofty grandeur to a height of live hundred feet, ubuttinir into (he sea. It undoubtedly is tho only obstacle to the insu larity of Greenluud or. iu other words, the on'v barrier between Greenland and the At lantic, It it. however, an effectual barrier to all future explorations This glacier, iu spite of the difficulties of fulllnff berirs. wot followed out to tea, tba party rafting thomsel vei across opea water Space upon masses or See. Jo thl way they foeroeded a trftrvlljpg ftlty miles ntong its base, anil traced it Into n neto northern land. (This glacier is. we believe, the largest discovered by nny navigutor.) THE NEW LAND. This new land, thus cemented to Green land by protruding ice, is named Washington. Tho largo bay which intervenes between it aud Greenland, bears, we understand, tho name of Mr. Ueorge Peabody, one of the pro jectors of the Expedition. This icy connec tion of thu Old and New Worhl is a fcaturo of singular ami romantic interest. The range of the sledge journeys may be understood from the fact that the cntiro cir cuit of Smith's Sound has been effected, aud its shores completely charted. THF. OPEN POLAR SEA. But the real discjverv of the expedition is the Open Polar Sea. The channel leading to these waters was entirely free from ice, and this feature was rendered more remarkable by me existence ot it stone or solid ueii ol ice, since their departure from these shores, everv extending more than one hundred and twenty lace was covered with a sturdy growth of five miles to the southward. (This sea veii- j hair that was perfectly refreehmjr to behold, lies the views of Ir. Kane, as expressed to ! pr. Kane himself wore a beard of patriarchal the (Jeooraphical Society before his depar- proportions, in the corners of which still lin ture.) Tho lashingof the surr against this Pertd the silver traces or his residence in the frozen beach of ice was. we are assured, im-j Irigid zone. His little body was wrapped in pressive beyond description. Several gen- multidudinous lavers of llannels and skins, tlemen with whom we have conversed, speak ! und over all was drawn a tight worsted shirt, of it with wonder and admiration. An area so that his person was of almost 1'alstuMan of throo thousand square miles was seen, en- proportion. The doctor looked quite lleshv ttrely iree trom ice. 1 1113 channel lias been ! named alter lion, joiin l . Kennedy, late Secretary of the Navy, under whose rui.-piees tho expedition was taken. Tho land to the north and west of this channel lias been char ted as high ns 2 deir. 10 111:11. This is the nearest hind tn ihe I'ote y li.wnrcrel. It bears the name of Mr. llenrv (Jrinnell, the founder of the expedition which beafti Li name THE WINTER OF ISM '55. The extreme severity of the previous sea son made evident that t ho brig could not be liberated before the winter set in. She was fast imprisoned in the centre of a largo field r ice. Tito provisions, although abundant, were not calculated to resist scurvy, anil the fuel, owing tu ihe eineroencies of the winter, was deficient in quantity. Under these try ing circumstances Hf. Kane with a parly of volunteers, on an nl tempt to reach the mouth of Lancaster Sound, in hopes of meetiuo- the English expeditions, and thus giving relief to his associate.', passed in an open boat over the track of Dailin's travel, riding out a heavy gale. They found an uninterrupted barrier of ice. extending in one great horse-shoe from Jones' to Miitchi-on's Sounds, ami were for ced, after various escapes, to return to tho brig. During the winter that ensued, they ailop ted tho habits of the Esquimaux, Kriiuj upon raw tralrun meat, nnd surrounding themselves with walls of moss. In spite of thesejirceati tions. t in scurvy advanced with steady pro gress ; but by tho aid (,f u single team of dogs. Dr. Kane succeeded in effecting a coin intiiiicatioii wilh the Esquimaux, sevei.ty miles to the southward, (the coldest drive, accord ing to the doctor, that he ever lead.) 15y the system of mutual assistance, the Expedition exchanged meat with the Esquimaux, and by organizing a limit, releivod their party. At one time, every man of tho Expedition, ex cept Dr. Kane ami Mr. Honsell, were outli ned to their bunks wilh scuivy. Dr. Kane had to cook, cut ice. Ac., and Mr. Honsell had to do other menial service. J'.y Providential interference, the party escaped without a sin gle death. ESCAPE TO THE SOUTH. Tho great belt of ice made it clear that no relief expedition frtlil the south could reach : thu party in time to prevent theit imprison- I no nt for a thud winter, which, with their do- j (icieiicy of fuel, would have proved most ilis- j r.strnus. if not fatal. Under those circinii- j stances, Dr. Kanu wisely determined to I abandon his brig, inn! attempt to descend to ; tho south by u combination of boats und ' sledges. In accordance with this view thev left the brig on the ITth of Mav tho temiierature at that time being f decrees below zero. They crossed a bull of ice '."1 inih-s in diameter, bagging their boats behind them, uud curry ing lour sick comrades, hy means of a dog sldege. After a travel of'310 miles, wilh 8L days of constant exposure, they reached Capo Alexander and embarked in open water.- Their guns supplied them with animal food no provisions being carried in the boats ex cept powdered breadsluft's and tallow. Tal low, says lh Ilottor. Is 11 very good (iHiig.J I'i'oin Capu Alexander thev travelled to the south ward, sometimes over ice, sometimes through water, shooting riileh duck and seal. und collecting enough eggs to keep the party 111 good conililicn. At Capo rik they burned up their spare boats aud sledges for fuel, und left the coast. Striking out into the open tea of . Melville Day. they then steered for the north Danish settlements of Green land. Here they pro identially landed on the ('.ill of August, in vigorous health, after their travel of JuOd miles, and tiijltt'j-one days of constant exjiosure. LKAVINO Tl!F. COAST f AU.tNO IS WITH HART- STKIX'S KXei'IUTION. From Ope rnivik. the largest of these Set tlements, they took passage in a Danish sail ing vessel for England. Hy great good for tune, they touched at Disco, where they were met by Cupt. llartsteius Expedition. This last searching expedition had found the ico of Smith's Sound still unbroken, but having communicated with the Esquimaux, hud heard of the departure cf Dr. Kuuo, aud had retra ced their sleps. I'll E DEATHS ON THE EXPEDITION. The Expedition has to mourn tho loss of three of its comrades, two of whom perished of lockjaw, und one from ahress, following upon 11 Irozen extremity. I hose men may lie said to have fallen In the direct discharge of a noble duty. Their names are : Acting carpenter. Christian Ohlsen ; Jellerson La ker, ot f liilttUoipuiu, and ruler kciiuoert, volunteers. OLD DOG TOODLES. Our reporter found in tho forecastle, a somewhat aged and docile specimen of tho canine species, whoso history is quite event- Inl. lie is 11 largo lull-blooded animal ol tlio Esquimaux breed known by the soubriquet of "Tootles." and is u greut favorite with thu meu. both 011 account of his saguteity, and the faithfulness with which he has served them during the cruise. He it the solo survivor of a pack of sixty dogs used by Dr. Kune and hit coiiipauiuns, some of which they were af terwards reduued to the nucessily of killiug for food. Poor Tootles had a narrowescapu ! One morning found the purty without a par title of food, and only a siugle dog this faith ful aud affectionate Tootles, who bad beet) the compauiou of their vicissitudes, shared their sutlermg, aud who hod lost the um of two toes by tba frost In their tervioe. Thus Tootles had accumulated claims on their gratitude, and lor a long time, thny LesiuueU before awnOkiug him. fiiu.tdiloagu ihe ties of fmodshiv are hard to break, tbt oki of a hungry stomach will not be Fatmficd with sentiment, and; consequently Tootles was doomed. The pistol was already loaded, and the stew pan prepared which was the con vert thu shaggy body of Tootles into a savory ragout, when, providential interference I one of the party made his Appearances with a iseal. w hich lie had just succeeded in capturing. Tho tippenranco of n numerous head of seal in that vicinity, prevented a recurrence of actual starvution, uml thud Toudles was sa ved. APTEAKANCE OF THE N'AVIGA TOIW. A northern latitude is eninently conducive to tho developomunt of hair and fat. At least the samples, of its effects in the persons of the returned Arctic navigators yesterday would iiiiavoida'nly lead us to this conclusion. Every one was stout and rosy, and as no ra zor had marred llu lienri nf t!io mm-iimru m the face, nnd altogether his Arctic sojourn feemed to agree with him wonderfully well Hot ween the doctor nnd his men nn almost fatherly feeling seemed to exist, they looking up to him with pridu ond veneration, feelings which he re-turned by an nfi'ection for them that was truly paternal. At nn early mo ment alter anchoring, Dr. Kane, l.ient. IIart steiu, Dr. Kane's ofiicers and several of his men went on shore, accompanied by their nu merous friends, who had already put o.T to the ship to welcome them home. The vessels are in good trim, stanench and ready for another tussel with tho elements; but 110 doubt for the present they will be laid up in ordinary. Wo observed numerous ar ticles of Esquimaux manufacture 011 board ; among them ladies' seal skill brepi hes, ele gant leggins and mocassins that looked exter nally big enough for a giant, so small on the inside that only a very delicate foot would don them but we must draw to a clo.-e, and take another occasion for a minute examina tion of these curiosities. A Hl:sl LI, WOMAN Madame George Sand, or Dudevant, in the lastrutVefo't of her life in La I'nsse, giving 1111 amusing account of her deceased mother, who had a hatred of repose ; "She would buy for instance a bonnet, be cause she thought it charming. The evening of the day she bought it sue would find it hideous take oil' the ribbons, ami then the I llowers lake out the lace and change the i arrangement with icadincss and taste. Her bonnet would please her all the next day. I Hut the day after theremnst bonnothor rnoi j cal reform ntid so on, for some eight days, until the unlucky bonnet, always in a state , nf metamorphosis, became totally indili'erent 'toher. Then she would wear it with the utmost, disdain, professing that she did not care what she put on till the fancy should seize her to buy another Hew bonnet! Her I black hair was si ill very fine. She got tired i of being a brunette, and put on a blonde Jwig; yet by doing so she could not manage j to disfigure herself. She took a fancy for j herself as a blond for a while, then she abused herself for being flaxen, and chose to I be a bright chesniit. Presently she returned j to ashy pale locks then went back to her i own mellow black hair and Ihisto such pur ! pose that I saw her with different hair for I every day in week. This childish frivolity 1 did not exclude laborious occupations anil j vnry minute domestic cares. She had her ; own delights of imagination and would read ; the romances of M. d'Ailmoouit with posi tive Ircnzy lar into the night but that did not hinder her from being astir tit six iu the morning, to begin anew her toilettes, her excursions, her needlework, her merriment, her despair, and her fits of passion." Ixr.KNioi'K Tiikits kiiom I.kttkiis. Rob beries of bank mites and securities contained in letters have long been frequent in the post ollice of Prussia, but it was always easy to see, by tho state of the seal, or by rents iu the paper, that tho letters hud been opened. Recently, however, several merchants of! herlin received letters which had contained treasury hills, but which bills had been ex tracted with such skill as to leave not the slightest trace on the letters capable of being delected by the most practised eye. Tho ! police having made investigations, arrested a I few days ago a letter-carrier to whom sus picion pointed, and they found on him 11 larg 1 sum in treasury bills, for the possession of j which he could' not account, lie ut last con fessed that be had taken them from letters ; but for a long time he would not say how he had contrived to do so without leaving the slightest trace behind. At length he stated that he had done it by means nl a lougneeille, which he introduced into ihe letter, ami stuck into the folds of tho thin paper inside, lie then turned Uie needle round and round, car rying the paper with it, until ho had brought the whole into the form of 11 small roll, and then he had 110 great difficulty in extricating tho buper from the letter on the needle. He has been committed for trial. O'aliynani. WllEHK TO FlNII A WlFK. III OIIO of the factories in Maine, recently the proprietors reduced the wages, whereupon there was u general determination to strike, and ns they were obliged to give a mouth's notice before quitting woik, tlfe.y have meanwhile issued a circular to the world at large, in which is the following interesting paragraph ; "We oro now working out our notice, aud will soon be without employment j can turn our hands to most anything; don't like to be idle but de termined not to work for nothing where folks can ufford to pay. Who wants help? Wo can make bonnets, dresses, puddings, pics and cakes, patch, darn, knit, toast, stew and fry; make butler and cheese, milk cows, feed chickens and hoe corn ; sweep out the kitch en, put the parlor to rights, make beds, split wood, kindle fires, wash and iron, besides, being fond of nursing, and in fact do unythit.g thu most accomplished housewife is eupublu of; not forget liug tho scoldings on Mondays and Saturdays. For specimens of spirit, wo refer you to our overseers. A Nkw Coal Renins. Mr E. Meriam, says: The Arctic Zone is not a barren waste. It will in time be found one of the richest' mineral districts of the globe. Coal is mobt'ahundunt there as fur uoriu us beyond latitude lb. This fact being established, we presume an Arctic Zone Coal Company will toon be one of the Wall street fancies. We hope M r. M. will soon let at koow the precise value of Um "royalty" of one of these Arctic coal uoe. ' ' p 0 cir j. AN 0ID STORY. Once upon a time, a maiden Sat beneath u hawthorn tree, And her lover, close beside her, Murmured vows of constancy. Fairer, sweeter than the blossom Hanging over her, was she j And her heart within her bosom Throbbed and glowed tumultuoutly. Both were young, nnd fond, and foolish, Neither rich, thu story goes. Ma was proud and Pa was mulish, Great their love and great their woes. So they kissed, nnd wept, and parted, Swearing ever to be true, Died the maiden broken hearted t Was the lover faithful too? Pshaw ! she wed a wealthy banker, (Rumor whispered she was sold,) And no cityalatnes outrank her, With her pockets full or gold ; (jueen ntpevery ball and patty. Decked with lace and jewels rare, Looking fresh ami very hearty Reigns the victim of despair. lie confound the little fellow Took a widow, twice his years, Fat and forty, ripe 11 ml mellow, With a brace of little dears ; Dig plantation, servants plenty, Splendid mansion, pomp and easo ; Cured the boyish love of twenty That incurable disease ! Learn from this ye doting lovers In your anguish, not to break Anything of greater value Than tho promises you make. , Hreusts w,"re made to put in motion l'.lood that otherwise would cool ; Pleasure, profit and promotion, Graduate at Cupid's school. As Important Impuovemknt. Tho Ex press train from the East, which arrived t Rochester on Wednesday afternoon, attrac ted considerable attention at tho depot, in consequence of the wheels and connections of the cars being entirely concealed from view. Hoards are placed 011 the sides of the cars al most as low as tho rails, nud a Canvas extends from one platform to another, covering all the connections. This arrangement is de signed to keep down the dust which can only escape at the end of the last car in the train. It will also prevent accidents.' avoiding loss of life ami limb. No passenger or other per son can get from ihe ears nmler the wheels without removing the covering'. Then; is no such thing as falling between the wheels and the platform, lor the space between the cars is covered with a canvas capable of sustain ing thu weight of two men. This plan of protecting passengers in cars from ibist aud accident is patented, we under stand, and has always been introduced else where with success." We are informed that thu inventor designs to make a furl hi r im provement with 11 view to carrying the smoke und cinder from tho locomotive under the cars also to the rear of the train. If he does this he may be regarded as a benefactor. We hope the Central Company will introduce this improvement upon all their passenger trains. Hnchestrr Union, Si uoLAits. No one can bo made n schol ar, almost all persons can make themselves scholars. Labor-saving machines do not ap ply to the mental world in the same seti-e as to tho physical. It is not among vast libra ries, surrounded by numerous teachers and professors, that prodigies of learning are pro duced. The person who in youth leurns to exercise his own pmvers of iiiintl, is sure to turn nut a scholar and a useful practical man, if he lives to the middle period of life, Jf he does not learn to think for himself, us well us to read books and receive facts from others he w.ll never become really learned. Who ever heard of a scholar made by lec tures or by teuehers in any form IT I l as not every scholar who has yet appeared in tint world become, such by his own efforts by personal application liy the patient and thu ja'tsevering use of the machinery within him? Who ever heard of hereditary learning, or of ideas manufactured liko cotton cloth by steam or water power 1 HhROlSU dp A Dm: IS TIIK ClttMKA. Tile following account of thu exploits of a dog in tho Crimea is translated from the Gazette of Trieste, uml surpasses every thing heretofore recorded of the devotion and bravery of ibis noble animal : "A great sensation has been caused in the camp of the Allies by tho heroic deeds of u dog belonging to Col. Melniann, of the 73d Regiment of tho Lino. On the loth of August, dining the bailie of ihe Tchernaya, the quadruped broke his chain, fought iu ihe ranks of the army, saved the lifo of a ser geant and u soldier, uud took three Russian prisotiurs. A ball struck his' foot, but the wound only embittered the uiiimul tho more. Ho threw himself upon a Russian officer, Hung him to tho ground, und dragged him prisoner by his coat collar to thu French. A physician has bound up the wound, und the four-footed hero is convalescing, lie Will probably receive soino lii.ilii of honor, lis another dog in the English army has bo. -11 rewarded with a medal for his devotion to his muster." Sickness is Ispiasa. The Indianapolis Journal of tho 3d inst., says: "Wo have no ilotibt there is more sickness iu Indiana this full than before. Nol of a fatal character, it is true, hut distressing and expensive. The chills have come, like locusts in Utah, devour ing the accumulated health of many summers Those who havo boasted themselves ball proof have shaken like a coward entering u battle, und many a robust constitution has its t l ninny coldness overspreading tlietubke a November drizzle. From every quarter of the Statu we hour the grunting of buckrucked patients, ami the combined fever of ull the afflicted would muke a heat sufficient to set up a young volcano." The entire West is uOlicted with sickness to un extent unparalleled iu tho history of the country. It it not confined to particular localities, but appears to be generul, on flie hills as well as iu the valleys, iu towns as well us the country. Coai. or Recr.nt Foumatios. At Huroe Island the Arctic expedition found coal ap parently of recent formation. The grain of tho wood was still perceptible, und it was In. terspcrsed with small musses of a very pure resin. The supply was limited iu depth only by the frost, and was so loose that It could be shoveled up without difficulty.. It was fWaad to kva weld ; ' NEW PLAN FOIl A PACIFIC RAILROAD. The American Railroad Journal publishes a communication from A. P. Robinson, u Railroad Engineer, to Hon. J. M. Wood, member or Congress from Maine, proposing an entirely original plan for thu construction of tho great Atlantic and Pucific Railway. Hy this plan the hopes to accomplish the fol lowing results, viz : "The easy attainment of n speed of ono liundicd miles per hour j increased safety, even almost to the extent of absolute immu nity from Occidents arising from unseen im perfection in the track or tho breaking of axles; and increased accommodations and conveniences, even to the extent of sleeping, eating, and sitting rooms, with all the com forts had upon our steamers." The plan is briefly this : Ilo p'oposes to lay four paralel rails of the ordinary pattern und weight, forming two distinct tracks, each of a guago of 2J to 3 feet, and having an in termediate spaco of five to six feet, lie would lay these tracks upon distinct nud se parate sleepers, having u ditch or trench be tween them, but so connected ns to preserve a uniform guage. The car body would rest upon four tracks, and be sustained by n sin gle bearing at the centre of each. With this arrangement the cars would bo constructed or a width or twenty feet, and carry ot least double load, which would be divided between the four rails. The locomotives would be constructed double, with two distinct sets of driving wheels and two ryjenders oil each side, leaving room between for a boiler of five feet in diameter. The axles of the driving wheels not extending ucross the space occu pied bv the boiler, il matters not how large the drivers ore. These nro the prominent features of the proposed plan, modeis ol' which ore now on exhibition in New York. It will be seen that any failure of a single rail or an uxlo could not prevent thu running of thu train or throw it off tho track, as it would run on three tracks. The plan is a novel one and worthy of consideration. If cms cf dittos. It is staled that the cost of cleaning the streets of New York, this jcur, will reach 3 i00,jui. The Governor of Illinois has designated the 22d of November as Thanksgiving Duv in that State. The penalty or adultery among tho Mor mons is death, or marriage to the woman, so says a female correspondent of u western pa per. Large sales of hogs have been made in Kentucky at 4 ceuts gross, equal to G cts. net in the pens. Judge Gould, an eminent jurist of Florida, is dead, lie served an apprenticeship to the printing business in New Jersey. Somebody says a wife should bo liko roasted lamb tender and nicely dressed. Somebo dy else wickedly udds, "and without sauce !" Scene in a restauraut "Waiter, yon call tins bread ! bring uie a brick 1 wuut some thing softer. Useless Load. He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden wall a load ot books hitched tu bun. An alarming sickness, resembling cholera, is said to prevail in Livingston county, New Y'ork, causing many deaths. A wedding recently came off in Memphis, lent)., lvncli was llicmnii occasion on winch the bride had beeti uiudu happy iu matrimony. What is a Fuiknd? Punch says a friend is one w ho jumps dowu und puts 011 the drag, when he finds that you uro goiug dowu hill loo fast. Qiees Caroline asked Sir Robert Wul pole what it would cost to enclose St. Jutties' Park, with a view to exclude the public from it. "Madam," the premier is said to have replied, "only crown! ' Thu St. Louis Democrat says that its Kan bus correspondent re uflinns his assertion that Gov. Shannon said he was for slavery 111 Kansas. Tho Democrat promises a thorough investigation of the matter. A M aosificfst Pini.tc Park, two miles and! oiie-thii',1 iu length, by three-filths of u I mile in breadth, is talked of in New Y'ork I the cost between live umi six millions of dol lars! Fine pickings for public functionaries. An Irish drummer, who now nud then in dulged in a noggin of right pood poteen wus accosted by the reviewing general. "What makes your nose so red ?" "Please yer honor replied' Pat, "I always blu.;h when 1 spuko to a general officer." Hakbd Sum. Apvi.es. Wafh well tho ap ples ; place them in 11 pan ; pour in a teacup full of water and ono of sugar; bake them sluwly till done. Rut them with cr-aiil and the juice which cooks from thtni. There has been discovered in Liberia what is supposed to be the most valuable bed of iron ore in the world. Rev J. Tracy represent-, on chemical authority ( A. A. Hayes, ot Mass..) tho chemical composition to "be. 0i.4U pure iron. Raueij Sweet A iri.rs. Wash well the apples, place iheiii in u pail with a Very little water, that the juice may Dot burn, if tht-j are to be cooked in a buck oven ; then put the tipples in a jar, cover them close, und bake llieiu live or six hours. Sweet apples should be baked long ullter lliey uro tender. Tomatoes roa Wistr Use. Lute in the season, take tomatoes not too ripe, cut thou, into thick slices, salt them lightly ill a flat dish, sprinkling the salt over ikcm us you cut them. Pour off the water; put them in 11 jar, strewing black nud Cayenne pepper through them and u few slices of onion, two w ine-giassfiills or sweet oil, a few blades of mace, and vinegar enough to cover them up tight to exclude the air. Location of IIsi.i.. A curious sermon wus delivered a Sunday or two ago at the Roman Cutbolic Church of the Auiiunciution, at MauhutUnville, New York, by the Rev. Mr. Wulworth, a sou of Ex-Chuucellor Wal worth, of Saratoga. Thu topic of his dis course was the location and toriueuts of Hell. He undertook to demonstrate that Hell was siluatod iu the inside of the earth, commencing about twenty one mile from the surface, where granite begin to Dielt. lie also aQirmed that beat was the predominant characteristic of this abode of tha daninud, and illustrated the proposition by reference In the uniformly high, temperature of every thiug which bad reached us from that quarter f eur glebsv " ' 1 Cncnrn wnnorT a Wonsinvrrn. Tho Boston correspondent of tho Christian In quirer snys that "tho anomaly exists in lios ton of a chitrrh without a single worshipper, residing in the city, of the faith of thoso who built it. It is believed that not a single Quaker now resides in Boston. Diligent in quiry of the Friends ond of others has fui!jd to bring to light a (iimi7 (Junker as a ro.i dent of Boston for several years." Vct.TCREs. A letter from the Crimea tells tho followinr; tnlo : "Vultures uro very nu merous in the Crimea. They smell tho pow der, nnd await the coming of tho tight, to throw themselves on their victims. After ono of the recent combats, nn English officer was found on tho battle field, who hod just expired, pressing in both his arms ono of these birds of prey, dead, like himself, and which ho had crushed iu a last effort of agony !" A Gem frum as Old Book. It has been elotpiently and truly said, that if Christianity were compelled to ilou from the mansions of the great, the academies of philosophers, tho halls or legislators, or tho throng of busy men we should find her last retreat Willi women, ot the fire-side. 1 1 or lust audience would bo tho children gathering around tho kneo of a mother ; tho last sacrifice, the secret prayer escaping in silence from her lips, and heard perhaps, otily at the throne of God. Tun CnoroLATn Tram:. Tho Boston (Mass.) Traveller says : Few nro aware of the extent of the chocolate business, or tho supremacy which Boston has obtained in it si manufacture. Of tho hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of chocolate, in its different forms, sold in America dining the year, near ly all is manufactured by linns in this city. Scarcely a vessul leaves for a foreign port but has it on board. The business is not of sud den growth ; by fifty years of labor only hu3 it been established. The Elections still to comb is 1S55 Louisiana, Monday, November 6, State offi cers and fivo Representatives to Congress. Mississippi, Monday, November 5, Statu officers and Cvo Representatives to Congress. New Y'ork, Tuesday, November C, Statu officers, but no Governor or Lieutenant Governor. isconsin, 1 uesday, .November C, Statu, officers. Maryland, Wednesday, November 7, six Representatives Coti gress. Massachusetts, Monday, November 12, State officers. In Tennessee, Alabama, California. Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, the Legislatures iu each State elect one L'uited Status Senator. Popular Definitions. What is fashion ? Dinners at midnight, aud headaches iu tho. morning. What is wit? That peculiar kind of talk that leads to pulled noses ond broken heads. What is idleness? Working yellow moun tains on a pink sub soil, or a blue-tailed dog in sky-colored convulsions. What is joy? To count your money aud find it overrun a hundred dollars. What is conscience? Something that a guilty man feels every time it thunders. What is contentment ? To sit in thehoue and see other people stuck in thu mud. In other words, to be better off than oar neigh bors. llfx.oie Sritroorr with a Bear. A largo black bear was killed by an Indian 011 tho 1 ttli inst., near the source of tho Castor Rivei. The animal weighed upwards of 70J lbs. A desperate struggle, not unusual, how. ever, in such cases, took place between this enormous animal und the ludiau who killed him. Being but wounded by the shot, ha closed upon the Indian, who, in the desperat struggle, managed to plunge his knife into tho bear's heart, although the brave Indian had ona arm broken ut the time. At tho Anticost where bears arc perhaps more nu merous than in nny pait of America, a single Indian or hunter will never shoot ut a bear, as he is rarely killed by the first shot, and nliuost invariably attacks his pursuer if he is wounded. The escape of the Indian iu tho present instance will bo regarded as a matter of surprise by his race, who looked upon a struggle wilh a wounded bear as utterly hopo luss. Toronto Colonist, Si'iniTi-Al.isH. The Philadelphia Argus says : Tho hist, and ono of tho boldest follies we have heard, occurred last week, in tho upper part or tha city. The spirit 0(0 mur dered man has been for monthsin tribulation, but finally, a few days since, succeeded ;n communicating tho fact that having been murdered some ten years since, his body was placed in a dry well in a sitting posture', nnd the well having since been filled, tho position was found inconvenient, especially as the place had bei.ii built upon, und the spirit wants the body taken up und decently in teried. The precise location was indicated directly beneath the stops of a certain house in Hutchison street, between Poplar ami GirarJ avenue ; ami since then the most la boiiotis excavations have been going on to V'td the hody, while the story has afforded abundant food for gossip. Cool Imvi tence. "Will yon 0'0'iga me will) n light, sir If" "Certainly "with tho great est pleasure," says Stranger." knocking off the ash with his little finger, and presenting U'J red end of the cigar tjh a graceful r-ow. Siuilh commences fumbling in his cout pock et, takes out his handkerchief, shakes it. feels in his vest with a diirperate energy, looks blank. "Well ! I ileclure, I havu't got one, true as the world, llavo yon another you could spare?'' "Certainly," says Stranger, with a smile, 'and 1 beg yon will accept it." There is pud' pulling till the fresh cigar ignites w hen they separate with a suavo bow nnd a wave of the hand. Smith chucks his friend, who wus urar splitting with laugh ter, under the ribs, with "There, ilidn'l I tell you I would get it That's the way to get along in the worid. Nothing like tool.y.ilitt impudence!" We thought so two. Chicago TiiK. IIjw 1111: Dkvt 0i.l3!SArrr.England spent Jo million of pound iu lie Revolu tionary war, wl.cn William of Ofange asceu ded the throne 20 mllliors thereof hud been borrowed. 62 millions were spent in tho Spanish war from the 4 ih of May. 1702. to the 17th of March 1713: 32J millions borrowed. 24 millions in the Spanish war from tha 23d of October, 1739. to 3lHh of April, 174S 29 millions borrowed. 115 millions iu the war of seven years 00 million borrowed. 130 millions in the American Revolutiona ry wur from 1774 to the peace made in Paris the 30th of November 1782104 tPUUw'- borrowed. 464 millions In French revolutionary .war from 1st of Febuary, 1703, to the paco of Amiens, 1S02 200 millions borrowed. - 11. VJ millions in wur wjth Bonaparte from Ajiiit 1803, to 18th June, 1819 3s3 milliuc beioa4 sd 171 uuliiwu i-t4y taaf - ' f - t I . I
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