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NEW SERIES, VOL. 8, NO. 32.
SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1855.
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and spired. The bill of tWe will iiidude sul
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niuht. Oivo us a call and taste for yourselves.
t-" Families and parties supplied on short
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Sunbiuy, Sept. 22, 1835.
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AUTUMN.
Sweet Sabbath of the year,
While evening steps decay,
Thy parting steps mcthinkB I heftr
Steal from the world awuy.
And thy silent flowers
'Tis sad, but sweet to dwell,
Where falling leaves and drooping flowers
Around mo breathe furcwell.
Along the sunset skies
Their glories melt in sluulo, ,
And like the things we fondly prize;' .
Seem lovelier as they fude.
A deep and crimson streak
Thy dying lenves disclose ;
As on Consumption's waning clicek,
'Mid ruin, bleuns the rose.
Thy scene cneh vision brings
Of beuuty in decay :
Of fuir and early faded things,
Too exquisit to stay ;
Of. joys that come no more:
Of tlowern w hose bloom is find
Of farewells wept upon tlie shore j
Of IVioiIds estranged or dead ;
Of all that now may seem, .
T) memory's tearful eye.
The vanished beauty of a dream,
O'er which we ga.'.o and sigh.
31 Sljort Storn.
THE BAG OF GOLD.
A TALK BV AN OLD CARDINAL.
There lived in the fourteenth ceiitmy. near
Jiolne.na, a widow lady of the Lnniliertini
I family, called Madonna Luerczin, who in a
' revolution or the state, had known the bitter
I tiefs of poverty, and even begged her bread :
kneeling day niter day like a. stntnte at the
gale of the cathedral ; her rosary in her left
! hand, und her right held out fur charity; her
i Ion- black veil concealed a face that had once
adorned a court. und had received the homage
of as many sonnets ns Petrarch bus written
on Laura. Hut fortune had ut last relented ;
a legacy from a distant relation had come to
her relief; and she was now the mistress of a
small inn at llio foot of the Appcmnes. where
sho cntcrtaiurd as well as slio could, and
where those only stopped who were content
with a little. Tho lieiise. was still standing
when in my youth I passed that way, though
the siii of the White Cross, the cross of the
Jlnspitullur, was no longer to be seen over
the door: u sijiii wh:eh she hail taken, if we
may believe the tradition thefi', in tumor of u
maternal Uncle, a grand master of that order,
whose achievements in Palestino she would
so'.'.ietimea relate. A mountain Mroani ran
through the garden j and at uo great distance,
where tho road turnei its way to Bologna,
stood a little chupet, in which a lamp was al
ways burning before u picture or the Virgin,
a picture of great antiquity, the work of some
Greek artist. Here sho was dwelliiif, respec
ted by all who knew her, when an event took
pluce which threw her into the deepest afflic
tion. It was at noun day in September that
three foot-travellers arrived, and seating
themselves on n bench under her vino-trellis.
were supplied with a flagon of Aletico by a
lovely girl, her only child, the image of "her
former self. The eldest spoke like a Vene
tian, and his beard was sliurp and pointed
lifter tho fashion of Venice. In his demeanor
he affected great courtesy, but his look inspi
re I little cuididuice ; for when lie smiled.
which he did continually, it was with his lips
ouly, not with his eyes, and they were always
turned from yours., His companion, were
bluiTand fruuk in their manner, und on their
tongues had many u soldier's oath. In their
hats they wore a medal, such us in that age
was rftcn distributed in war: and they were
evidently tubulterns in one of those free bands
which were always ready to serve in any quar
rel, il u service it could be culled, where a
battle was a little more than a mockery, and
the slain as ou an opera stage, were up and
lighting to-morrow. Overcome ' with the
heat, they throw aside their cloaks, and, with
their gloves tucked under their belts, contin
ued f-r B".niu time in earnest conversation.
At length they rose to go. and the Vcuetian
thus addressed thir Hostess : "Kxcellent
lady, may we leave under your roof, for a day
or two, tins bag ol gold?' "lou may.' she
replied gaily, "out renu mber wo fasten mil v
with u l.itch. Kara and bolts we have none
in our village, and if we hed, where would be
our senility?" 'In your word, .tad v." lint
what it 1 tlie to-mglit? where would it be
then; sa.U she, laughing. 1 lie money
would go to tho church, lor irone could claim
it. 1 erhuns yea wnl favor us wilu an tic
knowleduinent. "If you will write it. An
acknowledgment was written accordingly, and
she signed it before Master Uartoln, tliu vil
lage plsysiciau, who had just called by chaneu
to learn tho news ot the ilay, tho gold to be
livered when apiilieu for, but to be delivered
(those were the words) not to cue nor to
two but to the three ; words wisely intro
duced by those to whom it belonged, knowing
what they know of each other, lue cold
they had just released from a miser's ttett in
i eniL'ia : and lliev weru or. u scent. Unit
promised more. They and their 'Inulows
were uo sooner departed, than the Vei.etiuu
returned, saying "i'ive iuh leave to set my
seal on the bag, as the others have done," und
she placed it on the floor before hint. Hut in
that moment she was called uavuv to receive
cavalier, who hail just dismounted Iroin Jiu
horse ; and when she came bark, it was gone.
The temptation proved irrosistabla ; ami the
man and the money hud vanished together.
retched woman that 1 am. she cried, ua
iu ugouy'of grief she fell on her daughter's
neck, "what will become of us? Are we apain
to cast out into the wido world? Unhappy
child, would that tlioa badit nererbeep burn!
And all day Ion" she lamented : but her
tears availed W little. 'The other, weio not
slow in returine to claim their due : there
were no tidings or the thief; lie hud fled fur
awuy with his plunder. A process against her
was instantly began io Bologna ; und what
defence could she inuko how release herself
irora ine obligations of the bond t Wilfully or
in negligence she bad parted witk tU (told (
i-be hud parted with it la nna-wlu. i...k.... i.i
lave kept it for all. uu inevitahU ruiu awai
ted her. "Go, Uii.iH.tta," said she to her
laughter, "take this veil, which your mothe
has worn auJ went under so often, and iiu
plora the counsellor Calderino to plead for o.
on the day of trial. : Jle It irencrou and will
liiteil to the uufortunate. llul. if ha .ill .
go from door to door. Monaldi cannot re.f.i.
us.. Make haste, my child; but remeatUr
tu Cbapul as too pass by it. Nothing pros
pers without a prayer." Alas ! she went, but
in vain. These were retained against them j
those demanded more than tlv y had to give ;
and All bade them despair. What was to be
done? No advocate, and the cause to come
ou to.morrow! New Ginnetta had a lover,
and he wits a student of the law, a young man
of great promise, Lorenzo Martelli. lie had
studied long and diligently under that learned
lawyer, Givovanni Andreas who, though lit
tle of stature, was great In renown, und. by
his cotcmporaries, wits called tho Arch doctor,
the Kabbie of Doctors, the Light of tho
World. Under him lie had studied sitting
on the same bench with Petrarch ; nnd also,
under his daughter Novella, who would often
lecture to the scholars when tier father was
othcrwiso engaged., placing herself behind a
small curtain, lest her beauty should divert
their thoughts ; a preranlion'in this instance
at least unnecessary. Lorenzo having lost his
heart to another. Tj him she flies in her
necessity ; but of what assistance can he be?
lie has just taken his place at the bur, br.t
he litis never spoken ; and how stand up alone
unpractised and unprepared ns he is, ugain-t
an army that would ularnvthe most experien
ced? ."Were I as mighty ns I nm weak," said
he, "mv fears for you would make me as noth
ing. Hut 1 will be there, Ginnettu ; ittid mav
the Friend of the friendless give me strength
in that hour! Hven now my heart failn mu :
but come what will, while 1 have n loaf to
share, you anil your mother never shall want.
I will beg through the world for j on."
The day arrives, nnd the court assembles.
The claim is stated, nnd the evidence given.
. And now the defence is culled for but
none is made ; not a syllable is uttered ; nnd,
after it pnusu ami a consultation of some min
utes, the judges are proceeding to give judg
ment, silence having been proclaimed in the
court, when Lorenzo rises and thus addressed
them : "Keverend Signers, young as I nm
may I venture to speak in behalf of one who
has none else to help her; and 1 will not
keep you long. .Much has been said much
on the sacred nature of the obligation and
wo acknowledge it in its full force. Let it be
fullilled, and to the lust letter. It is what
we solicit, what we rupiire. Hut to whom is
the bag of gold to bo delivered ? What says
the bond? Not to one not to two but to
the three. Let the throe stum! forth ami
claim it." l'rom that day (for who can doubt
the issue?) iu.no were sought, none employed
but tho subtle, the elotptent Lorenzo.
Wealth followed fame; nor need 1 say how
soon he sat at his marriage feast, or who sat
beside him.
Tllli I-LOW I-. HS AD TUB COFI IN.
Last week I was nt a funeral. Two rooms
were tilled with friends, who had come to at
tend the burial of n little girl. Her bodvl.iv
in a coffin, on a marble table, in the middle
of the parlor. Her swwet lips were closed,
and her pale iiands. foldtd over her boscci,
were as cold ns uiarlle.
Hy the side of the coffin was a silver cup,
such as children use. und in it was a bunch of
fresh flowers. 1 dure say it was Kmily's cup.
Whenever her father and mother look at
it, they will always think of their child who
used to drink out of it.
It nuiv bo sorrowful to see theso sweet
flowers by the side of a corpse. They- were
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beautiful, but they were sad. Emily was like
these flowers -iihu grew up, and was us
promising and as lovely a3 they. No she is
cut down and withered.
In a fuvv hours the flowers will be dead
nlso. Hut here is tho ilitlereiiee. Tho (low
er, v-ill never bloom again. .They nro gone
forevi r. Hut Emily is not gone forever.
I'he little body will live u'uiu. Christ takes
care of it in the grave. 1 saw it put into
1 he ileep, uarU. cold vault. ( hrist was bu
ried in the same wey iu the sepulchre. Hut
no rose ugaiu, and that is a sign that i'.miiy
will rise again, ti o. As surely us Jesus rose,
so surely will he r.uo this dear little one. i
AVhen these flowers die. nil is over with .
them. All their gay colors, till their sweet'
perfumes are lot-t. Hat all is not over with
Emily. Her soul is not hv,t. ilUwith Chri-t. ,
It is better to be with him than to be with
us. The soul shall be joined to the body ut
the resurrection. Then soul and body will
bo happy to all eternity. This is what I
thought on looking nt the silver cup and
flowers beside the colli u.
fcCLFlll.eS.
God has written upon tho flowers that
sweeten thu air upon the breeze that rocks
the flower on tint stem upon thu rain drop
that reiVeshes the sprig of moss that lifts iu
head in the duscrl upon the ocean that
rocks every swimmer in its deep chambers .
upon every pencilled shell that sleeps iu the
caverns of the deep, no less tl.au upon the
mighty sun which warms and cheers millions
of creatures that livu in its light upon his
works he has written "none of us bvetli for
himself." And probably we were wise
enough iu undk.rst.iuil these works, wh should
liud that there is nothing from the cold
stone iu lhe eai th or the minutest creature
that breathes which may not, In some way
or other, minis to the happimss of some
living treat in We admire am) prase that
flower that I' answers the end for which it
was created, ai.d bertows tho most plcm-uie.
We. value uud praise that horse, which best
answers tlie end lor whcli it was crcul.d.
und the tree that bears Imil the most rich
und abundant ; .the bUr I hut is the most
useful in the heavens U the star that we
admire the most.
And is it not reasonable, that man. to
whom li e whole creation, from the flower up
to the spangled heavens, nil minister man,
who has the power of conferring ikeper mis
ery or higher happiness", thriii any being ou
earth man, who can uel like God if ho will
is it not reasonable that he .hould live for
the noble end of living, uut to himself but
for others?
MmiANiPAL Jxvf.NTioN. Wre kuvu seen
lately, as specimeu of rare Americ1"' me
chauicul genius, - a machine, costing nut over
five hundred dollurst invented by a working
man, which takes hold of a sheet of brass,
copper or iron, and turns off complete hinges
at the rule of a irrosa iu tell minutes hinges,
Inn. neater than thev uro. made bv uliy other
process. Also, a-machine that lake hold of
ua iron rod and win us it into perfect bit-pom
ted screws with wonderful rapidity sud by a
single process. This is also the invention of
a working man. And both theso macuines
are superior to anything ol tne iu i" me
world. No other process of manufacture can
compete with them. Yet these are but u
rracliou orilie marvellous inventive inumpua
constantly going forward iu this country .A'.
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' Thauksoiviko Dat. The Governors of
Pennsylvania and Okie have designated the
22d, and the Governor of Massachusetts the
2 tub of November-as thanksgiving day in
their respeetive States, Maryland and Vlr
iritna will be weak in advance- of tham. aa
I they will observe the 15th of November.
ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA.
LITER FIUIM I lltUPli
Halifax, Oct. 24. The Cunard steamer
Africa arrived here this morning at iO o'clock
with Liverpool dutes to Saturday, 13th inst.
FROM THE CRIMEA AND Tilli
DANUBE.
Tho Allies havo been threatening on at
tack on Perekop, but their advance bus been
checked for the present.
French troops are concentrating on the
Danube
The Allied fleet is before the walls of
Odessa, and the bombardment was to bu
commenced immediately.
A force often thousand men are employed
in making a road from Balaklava to tile Al
lied camp ut Sevastopol.
A Frankfort paper states that tho Rus
sian army has been withdrawn from the
plateau on Hie north side of Sevastopol to
wards the heights of Belbee ; and that only
a few thousand men are now garrisoned iu
the northern forts. In the neighborhood of
Nieohtef! 45,0(10 men are concentrated.
The allied fleet anchored before Odessa on
the Hth of October, consisting of eight ships
of the line and twenty-seven steamers.
The Emperor of Russia arrived ftt Odessa
on the 2'2d tilt , and left tho next day for
Nicolae.r to attend a council of war.
Tim detailed nceotints show tho Russian
losses for the three weeks previous to the
fall of Sevastopol to hnvo been over 22,OU0
men. not counting the deaths from disease.
Rations havo been ordered to tho Danube
for 40,(11)0 French troops, who are exacted
to arrive ut Sili.st riu iibnut the nd of Octo
ber. The Anglo-Turkish contingent has
been ordered to Shiimhi.
Austria has issued a circular to its repre
sentatives in which it is stated that though
Prussia is at liberty to act us a mediator, the
present is not tho proper time. That the
Western Powers must follow up their ad
vantage and not treat with Russia till she is
expelled from tho Crimea.
ASIA.
General Monriucff announces a successful
engagement between' the Cossacks, militia
anil dragoons nnd the Turkish cavalry and
the Rashi Hazouks. tollm number of nearly
three thousand. The Turks had nearly four
hundred killed, and their commander, Ali
Pasha, was taken prisoner.
Tho Turkish garrison at Kars was reduced
to great extremity, timer Pm.hu was ad
vancing from Batonm to attempt to raise the
siege.
FROM THE BALTIC.
The Russians are repairing Swcaborg with
great activity. Tlie accounts concerning the
bombardment of Riga state that the batter
ies at tho mouth of the Dana suffered very
little; but that at Hallen, they were much
injured.
Three of the allied ships anchored at the
north or the Salis on September 25th, and
set ou tiro ten vessels.
Nineteen Russian merchant vessels have
been captured off the coast of Finland.
FRANCE.
Tho London Times' correspondent fays
that an alliance between Prince Napoleon
and the Princess Royal of England is ru
mored in political circles.
DENMARK.
It has been announced that the Danish
Government had invited nil the various mar
itime powers, including the United States to
meet in Congress at Copenhagen to settle
the question of the Sound Dues. -
GREECE.
The ministry has resigned and a new cue
has been formed.
A British llert of five ships tins been sent
to the coast of Italy, proceeding Crst to the
Hay of Naples.
A TOrtlll.Nfi M KNK.
At the celebration at King's Mountain, the
following sentiment was o He red :
"Hon. William Ca.mi-bkll Pkkstos ; Re.
kindled iu thu grand-son, has been transmit
ted to us the spirit which gleamed in the
grand-sire. While wo have assembled to
honor the patriotic deeds of tho one npon the
battle field, let us not forget llio statesman
ship and eloipience which have thrown a halo
of imperithablo glory around the other. In '
the fullness ofage. ns in the pride and strenrth !
of manhood. South Carolina delights to do
him reverence.
What follows, we give in the graphic lan
guage or the reporter of tho Charleston
Standard :
When the rending of this sentiment, nnd
the cheers which it occasioned, were ended.
an aged and feeble gentlemen was seen ma-
kni!r his wav to the stand. He had once pos
sessed a massive frame, but it was much
wasted ; his hair was while, and, even with
the tissiftaneo of his crutch, he walked with
difficulty. This was all that is left of Col.
illiam t". Preston, one or the most ncr.ert
orators this country has ever kirmvii. He
said : "If anything could now relume the
embers of a life which, ut times in mv vouth
and manhood, has erhiips burned brightly, it
would be the sentiment which has just been
uttered. It touches the objects which are
dearest to mo. - It points to a life which has
been animated by wjiut I thought and hoped
had been elevated objects ol ambition, and to
an oncost ry whoso memory has been most
fondly cherished ; und here, in these scenes
of primeval grandeur, and upon a spot with
which it has been the fortune of that ancestry
to be associated, it comes upon ma with
rial force ; but if I could ever spnk," he said,
"I ran speak no longer, and if excusu be
needed, I would appeal to this," raii-ing up
his crutch, ''and to this." laying his hand upon
locks us while as snow: "yet still my he.nt,"
laying his hand upon his breast but thu idea,
whatever it may havo been, could find no ut
terance ; the tears trickled slowly down his
sunken cheeks, and bowing low to the audi
ence, Who were scarcely less affected, ho re
sumed bis scat."
Tim Tabi.s Turnkii. Thero wns a time
when we wero indebted Io Europe for a por
tion f f our finest machinery, oud foreigners
regarded American inieeuity as at its climax
in Uie production of wooden nutmegs and
ilothes.nina. Latterly we bavo u8tonished
i hem with ohr nutent reapors, nud six-shoot
ers, and ut last they have come to acknow
ledge that our mechanics are entitled to rank
with the best of their own. A fartW illus
tration may now be given. Yesterday a sloop
arrived nt Ibis harbor, bringing from the Jer-
sey shore, 40 tons of iron machinery construe
r... nca in Kxntlund. and the same is uow
boing shipped direct to Glasgow. . It isde
stgtiod Ibr W manufacture of India rubber
goods, process to which America u ahead
FEMALE WlArtACTER.
Character to a woman ts liko cash to a
man without it one is poorly olf indued.
The person who will deliberately injure a wo
man's reputation by word or deed, is guilty of
tin act that should crimson the cheek with
shame, nnd bum the conscience ns with tin.
The trouble of it is too often uttended with
no such result. Wifind the following afloat
on the sea of newspnperdom, which is good
enough to have the widest possible circula
tion :
"Never make use of an honest woman's
name at an improper time or in n mixed com
pany. Never make assertions about her that
you think a'e untrue, or allusions that you
feel she herself would blush to hear. When
you meet with men who do not scruplu to
make use of it woman's mime in a reckless
and unprincipled manner, shun them, for
they are the very worst members of the com
munity, men lost to every sense of honor, ev
ery feeling of humanity. Many a good und i
worthy woman s character has been torever
ruined, and her heutl broken by a lie,
iiiuuuractured by some villain, and repeat
ed when it sHbuld not have been, nnd in
the presence of those whoso little judgment
could not deter them Iron circulating the foul
and bragging report. A slander is soon pro
pagated, and tiio smallest thing derogatory
to a woman's character, will fly ou the wings
of the wind, and iiiugiul'y us it crculatcs, until
its monstrous weight crushes the pooruncon
scious victim. Respect the mime of woman,
for your mother, your sister, are women ; and
us you would have their fair names untarnish
ed and their lives linembittered by the slun
derei'd bitiiig tongue, hoed' tho ill that your
own words may bring upon the mother, the
sister, or wifu of some fellow creature."
CV
) 0 e i x jr.
GUESSIIJG.
What would become of Yankee land,
Were it not for guessing ?
This last best sense bestowed on us
Is reully quite a blessing.
The lawyer guesses at a Case,
Beyond his power of solving; ' '
Tiie jury guess he must be right,
hi!u verdicts they're envolving.
The doctor guesses tie will find
His patient quite a trouble; . . '
And sure his guessing, in my cas,
Will not ttiru out U bubble.
The gfrU arc guessing who will come
To take them to the party ;
The telle us guess who they'wiil take,
And slvp along quite smartiy.
Tho lover guesses tie had best
To make ".lie proposition,"
Guesses his heart, when that is done,
AV ill cease its palpitation.
The inniilen gnees what lie'" say,
And has her answer ready
Guesses she'll tell it off quite glib,
But finds her voice unsteady.
LThe mother guesses "snmrthin'-'s broke,"
bhe hears such wondrous clutter
Guesses the children told a lib,
By saying, "No great matter."
The father gnosog he'll be rich,.
1 f things should go to suit hint
Guesses "it costs a sight to livu"
A fact there's no disputin'.
The one who wrote this, guessed he'd make,
One day, a famous poet ; ...
The people guessed his head was turned ;
I guess these verses show it.
I.IFK. '
It is n true remark that yonth is the hap
piest portion of life; but like many other
wise sayings, it passes unheeded, till ut some
lute period in tho great journey, we look back
upon oar track, und, by a comparison of the
past with the present, are forced to feel and
confess the truth which we havo before
doubted or contemned. Mankind nro ever
tempted to think that there is something
better in the future than is afforded by the
present ; if they nre not hnppy y-t, they still
indulge bright anticipations. They nro re
luctant, even when advanced in veers, to
believe that tho noon of lile's toy is past. ' It
is not till tho shadows, dark and defined, are
creeping around us, and Torch)? ns to deal
honestly with ourselves, that admit the t nil li
that life is made np of a series of illusions ;
that wo are constantly pursuing bubble,
which sef m bright ut a distance, and allure
us on to the chase, but whieli (ly from our
pursuit, or. if reached, burst in the hand that
grasps them. It is not till wo ere already at
the landing, and about to tcp into the bark
that is to bear us from the shote, that we
come to the conclusion llr.it liumnii lite is a
hase, in nhich the game is nothing, nud the
pursuit evwy thing; and that the brightest
and best portion of tho chase is found iu (he
spring morning, when the lacu.ties are Iresh,
the fancy pure, and all nature robed in dew,
and chiming with the music of birds, and
bees, ami waterfalls. It is something to
have enioyf d li'e, even if that euioTinent mnv
not come back again, for memoiy can revive
the past, ami at least bring back its echoes.
Cheap Lamm. In Philndclphin on Wed
nesday thu following sales of Virginia lands
were made by 1 nomas .v. !-ons, auctioneers:
fell tracts of land, each 1,000 ncres. Dodd-
r'ge countv. a., i cents per acre ; nve iracis
of land. H2.1. 2,(Ml(, 2.000. 2,000 and 4,00(1
acres, Randolph county, a., 1 cents per
icre; one tract, I.OjI acres, Gilmer county,
Va.. 2J cents per acre ; two tracts. 2,000 nnd
3,000 acres, iisliiugton count r, va., 1 cent
per ucro ; four tracts, 2.000, 2.500 2.500 and
3,000 acres, Washington county.- Va.,- 1J
cents per acre ; one tract, 10,000 ncres.
Washington county, Vn , 1 cent per ucre :
one tract, 2,500 ecres. Braxton countv. Va..
14 cents per acre; one fruit. 2,500 ucrcs,
Monongalia county, 'n , (; cents per nere ;
one tract, 14,000 ucres, (,'iluier county, V.i.,
2i cents per acre ; eveniy-eight tracts. 1,
000 acres each, Montgomery and Fnvette
counties, Va., 1 cent inr ucre HWhmand
Lxumyner. . ,
Grai-kCui.turr. Tho Cincinnati Chamber
of Commerce, in u recent report on 'the busi
ness ol Hint city, tlaie thul there uiv imt less
thun 3U00 acres c.f Cutawba vines in culliya
tion in tho viciuity of Cincinnutl. of which
LtiUO acres are iu full bearing i ad that, by
the average productions of the past tew years,
Ibis area will yield ".OO.OllO gallons annually,
and io a very short time must be greatly in
creased . - -. j ' -
The game of fashionable life is to use hearts
against diamonds.
EXTRACTS JOTTFO DOWN FROM LET
TCRSOF fsNYDin SMITH.
"One evil of old ngo is, that as your time
has come, yoit think every little illness is thu
beginning-tit the end." "When a man ex
pects to bo nrrcsted, every knock nt the door
is uu alarm ;"' nnd again he says, "Among
thu evils of getting old, one is, that every lit
tle illness limy probably bo tho last. "You
feel like a delinquent who knows that the
Constable is looking out nfter him "
"Tho only consequences of a University
education uro the growth of vice and wasto
of money.
OT himself and wife ho says ; "Wo are
both tolerably well, bulrinij nut lUe oOl hnu
ks, but. with no immediate intention of tum
bling down."
The Scotch "are not to bo believed on their
oath, where tho climatu of Scotland is con
cerned." "It seems necessary tlmt great people
should die with some sonorous nnd quotable
saying. Mr. Pitt said something not intel
ligible in his last moments. G. Uoso made
it out to be 'Saee my country, Ihnnen!' The
nurse on being interrogated, said that he usk
ed for barley irutrr."
On inheriting ..0.000 from a brother, ho
says : "After heaving into'the C'onso!" and the
Reduced. 1 read Suneca. On the Contempt
of Wealth 1' W hat intolerable nonsense !"
"Your charming wife, 1 am sure would
bring any plant in the garden into full Cower,
by looking at it and smiling upon it. Try
the experiment from mere curiosity.
His daughter, Lady Holland, nnd her chil
dren, beiii with him. he writes : "My hous',
us I toll my (laughter, is as full of Hollands
us a gin shop."
"Tell mo now to dress tho herriiifs ; but,
perhaps I mistake, and they are to be eaten
uaked."
"By deaths nnd marriages tho w:orld i3
thinned since wo met."
"I am tolerably well, but intolerably old."
"As I never return books, I make it a rule
never to borrow them."
In one of his Into letters he. wrote, "If you
hear of sixteen or eighteen pounds of human
flesh, they belong to me, 1 look as if a cur
ate had been taken out of me.
GCTTIXOAN INVITATION.
It having been observed that acertnin rich
man never invited any one to dino with him
I'll lay a wager." said a wug, "1 get uu invi
tation from him."
The wager being accepted, ho went the
next day to the rich man's house, about the
time he was to dine, and told the servant that
he must speak with his master immediately,
for he could save him a thousand pounds-.'
"Sir," said the servant to his master,
"there's a man at the door, in a great hurrv
who s'ys ho can savo
pounds."
vou
thousand
Out come tho master.
"What is hat, sir ? Can you savo trie a
thousand pounds 1"
"Yes. sir. I can."
"Won't yon walk in?"
"Thank you : uo, sir. I see you aro at
dinner, 1 will go to mine and call again."
"Oh pray, sir, come iu and tako dinner
with me."
"J snail be trouUosome."
'"Not at nil."
TIip invitation wns accepted.
As soon ns dinner was over, and tho family
retired, the conversation was resumed :
"Well, sir." said the old man. "now to your
business. Pray lot me know tit once how it
is that you can save me a thousand pounds?"
Why. sir." said the other, "I have just
heard that you huvo a dttughur to dispose cf
in marriage."
I have sir."
"And you intend to portion her with' ton
thousand pounds."
"I do, sir "
" ell, then, sir if you'll let nio have her, 1
will most gladly tako her at nine thousaud."
The master of the house rose up iu an aw
ful passion nnd kicked him out cf the house
as he richly deserved.
A Max Fori'ipdf.v to Bib.s tub Dead
Body ok his Wife. The Milwaukio Ameri
can say3 that city was thrown into the great
est excitement on the 10th inst., by un at
tempt of a man there to burn the deud body
of his wife.
The story is us follows : A Russian by the
name of Pl'eil married a woman who wus a
lir.ilimiii in belief. He Was possessed of
wealth, cud both were persons of culture.
She sickened and died, and requested, accord
ing to the faith of her fathers, that her body
should be burned. Pl'eil had collected six
teen cords of wood, arranged it properly, and
wus ubout to peifonu the deed, when news of
the tact was circulated, creating intense ex
citement. iiieritf Cnnovei-proceeded nt once to PM-il's
house nnd forbade the act. Thu Russian as
sorted his right und duty to be. to burn the
body of his wile. "No law foioids," said he,
"my religion commands ; 1 will doit." Tim
body was in its shroud, tho torches prepnrul,
und alt was ready to place il on the funeral
py re. "Let it be borne to its place," contin
ued tho Russian ; "there is no law against it
in Wisconsin.'' But the thenll'took posses
sion of thu body, ordered a cuffm, uud made
preparation for its ehri-!Lin burial. The
crowd grew und thronged round the hoi.se.
Alarmed or afraid tu persist, Pl'eil gave his
consent to a cliriftitui burial. "You mav or
der or have what ceremonies y.ui ploae ovi'r
the body." said .Sheriff Conovcr. Gentle-
men. replied I it'll, "it makes no diflercnce
wiilt us, if wo cannot go on in our own wav."
Thereupon the body was buried though The
Amen, an intimates that the woman had been
foully dealt with, and demands the fullest in-
vest gation into the matter. V. i;at aut'uoritx
il the Sheriff to interfere, and tu decide that
the man bhuuld bury und not bum his nil'u,
e leuve the lawve.s to settle.
PliOOF THAT THK MooX IS .SOT lSUAlilTKD.
Dr. Hcurcshy, in nn account thai he has givi a
of some icccnt observations made with the
Earl of Ross's tele-Cope, says: "With' re
sped to the moon, every object on its surface
of 100 feet was now distinctly to bo seen;
and he has no doubt, (hut under very favora-
blu circuinstutices it would bo so with objects
sixty fei t in height. On its surfuee were era
teis of extinct vulcaj.ot. rocks and musses
or ktoiirt almost iiiuiiuicrablc. lfo had no
doubt that if such a build, ug 3 he wus then
in were -.i poii the surfiico of the moon, it
would be rendered distinctly visible by these
instiuiix ni. But there were uo signs of in
habitation such us ours no vestiges of art hi
lecturu! remains to show that the miun is or
ever was inhabited by e ruce of mortals simi
lar to ourselves. It pros nted no uppoaruit.
CCS vhicll could luHtl to til,) tuppofciliuu (hat
it contained anything like green fields nnd
lovely verdure of this beautiful world of ours.
There was no water visible out a sea or a
river, or even the measure pf a reservoir for
supplying town or factory all teemed deto
late-"
the Iron traOe.
A i cording to calculation in the Pittsf.tirit
Post, tho iron manufacturers of this country
have it sure demand before them t.f pearly
j?:ioO.O00.('.O0 for rubric ta Ire turnid out from
their manufactories a demand thnt will re-
quir. ull. and more than HI their capnci'y to
supply last eiit.iir h. i no rnicitiai.ou ,
which the statements nro based, is thu exlen
of railroad now in course of constriT'tirin.--Wilh
otto hundred Ions per iniie, Pingio track,
it will reoniro 1.300.0110 tons of iron rail tn
complete the thirteen thousand miles of rait
. ... . ... i - t
roiul, either in progress or wii.cn win no n
progress ere long, incliiilini the Pacific Rail
rond. At S"0 per ton this would require-no
outlay ol SGj.OOO.OOO for single (racks nlonp.
But many of these roads will be double)
tracks, brides turnouts, Are. Then follows a
vast outlay for cars, locomotives, and oth'.f
iron works about sttch rrnls. And it mr.y bo
fuirlv estimated that nil the iron for them will
cost'liot less then 8150,000,000. Ocean nnd
inland steamers, iron ships, ninnnfhctu;ii:g.
machinery, iron buildings, and till the other
innumerable uses to whioli iron is applied
as much more j milking an aggregate sure de
mand for S3i 10,000,01 (0 worth of iron. Be
sides which, tunny other railways will be char
tered and tiiidertaUen every year, to keep rtri
a steady demand to that umoutit for inony
years to come ; if not a constantly increasing
amount. "Willi tho high price of iron nbroud
nnd the deniuud ut holne, the iron manufac
turers have a tolerable fair prospect of profit
before them, without the aid i-f legislation to
help them on their business, nt tho expense
of other industrial pursuits.
Tt'.NN LLINCI THK BHOAD MOUNTAIN.
The Potlsville Gazette states thnt Mr.
Poole, nil engineer or the Mine Hill Railroad,
has been Tor some time engaged, tinder tho
directions of that Company, to inuko reebn
noissnnccs tor tho location of the proposed
tunnel through the Broad Mountain. This
is one of tho most important public: improve
ments ever undertaken in that region, ns it
will dovolopo nn immense extent of coal ter
ritory which can have no other outlet to tlie
East, except by moans of heavy usceiiilinj
grades and inclined planes. The rock to bo
cut through is the conglomerate of the coal
formation, and although very difficult unit
costly to penetrate, it is confidently asserted
that the work cr.n bo -xocnted ut a cost of
less than 2 iiimi.OOO. It will pay the interest
of five times that amount. The tuiniel will
vary from 24 to 3 miles in lenglh; but the
selection of the location will depend more rtj
tho character of the rock und other local con
sideratioiis, than the length of excavution to
bu liuide.
cyy
As T.vtekestixo Fioht. Two deck hands
got to fighting on the landing, this hiornirg,
and finally rolled into the river ; but the
bath didn't serve to cool their ardor ; even
wLile they were partly immersed in the cv.r
rent, they continued to pummel away at each
other's bends, and in probability would not
have ceased until one or the otlier had been
drowned, had nut some humane individuals
interfered and drawn theia from the river.
C't'.'i. 'lime.
Mb. John Y. Maon. Privato letters froTt
Palis represent the physical condition of the
llou. Jolin Y. Mason, the American Minis
ter ut that capital, to be miHi more feeble
than the public imagine, wo apprehcud. It
is said that such has been the effect of pur
tilysis upon him. that he requires to be prop
ped up when sitting nt t'..o table. Washing,
ton Star.
The Mis!nh -TnosAfT. Winchester, who
ascended in n balloon from Nf.rwalk, Ohio, on
the 2d instant, hnd not been heard of up to
the 17th nt that place. The Cleveland (Ohio)
Herald says: "May be he landed in Canada,
so fur from railroads ami telegraphs ns to pre
vent tidings yet reaching his home." Ho
leaves a family at Milan, Ohio.
A Plain Sfoke.v Witness. "Facts nro
stubborn things," said a lawyer to a fern a to
witness niider examination. '1 he lady replied :
"Yes iuV-e-e ; und so are women, and if you
get anything out or me, just let me know it."
"You'll bo committed for contempt." "Very
well, I'll suffer jusJly. for 1 foel the utmost
contempt for every lawyer preseut."
Expehivext with a Bt rtxiN.i Diamond.
An interesting experiment was l:it !y per
formed bv Professor l'urradav. A Diamond
hold by a little platinum clamp and ignited
to whiteness in the oxy-hydrogeii flame, was
plunged, while incandescent, into ajar of ox
ygen. It was speedily dissipated iuto gas;
which was proved to bu carbonic acid.
The Sciciitijic .-merican publishes an en
graving nnd explanation of House's Patent
Alarm Bed. To the bed is attached nn alarm
clock, which will strike any time (i.e operator
may desire, und if tho occupant t.f the bed
does not apse in tt-a minu.es thereafter tho
lied tips up und pitches him headlong upon
tin- fli.or.
A Dkab March. A lady playinj on a pi
ano forte, on being called uj'oti lor a dead
march, a-k.-d n celebrated professor of music
v',iat s' e should play, he replied. "Any march
that you may play will be a tita.i one, for
you're sure to iii inUrH.'
"Gentlemen," said an engineer, by way cf
sett'ing u tli-pute us to the nlative speed of
engM'es. "i.,e last time 1 run the Bhmlurd
from Svrti". v: e. wo. went so fust the telegraph
poles o'n the track looUtl litt a pit tooth
Oliili.
R.v;i.vatii.v ok Gen. Simis's. The Ouily
News sayi : "We believe there U no douiii,
that General Simpson has resigned Ins com
mand iu the Crimea, and has leeoirmonded
General I'.vre cs his successor. '1 he Govern
ment, html ver, has declined to uecipt Got'
oral Simpson's it-sif nation.
Goon Ai.vii k Let by gones bo by gones.
Tho nasi has its darkness us well us light ;
1 . . . ... ... l, . r i !, . .
but surely llio latter is most oin.. v. ..
nen of the .n.t. One get,oiat.c..i ohotdd Uit
jeduo too harshly of tx pie ious cue.
At a Fourth of July celebration, a younjf
lady offefed the following toust i-
'Tho youii1; men of America. 7'AiV.arnis
our support, (iir arms their reward !
Fall iu men, fall in. Ahum I
Theaerage Ouiatioa of human l;f. through,
out the woild is Z'i year One quarter din-,
previous to the age of 7 yers j one-half berot-i
reaching sevei'ltei).
Be always employed doin-r loratthing
idleness oerer pays. ...
Time it wealth be bo Idles it, tqusodeiV
bit money.
4.
.of all the wona. . m.iout. w.
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