:W SERIES, VOL. 3, NO. .35. : SUN13UUY, NOllTllUMliJULAND COUNTY, PA,-SATUltDA Yt-NOVEMBER 24, 1855. OLD SERIES, YQL- 10. NO. 9.
o Suabury American,
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. T T () II N R V AT LAW,
6UIII7URV, PA.
:u,iiis attended to in the Countiea of Nor
HiLerliml, Union, Lycoming Montour and
tumliia.
Reference in Phititdeli'hia :
in if.w n tt. mi.
Clei. nil'li'-nt, Flap.
l.imi. i-nulll & (-.
UlTE Arfil ANTIIKACITK- COAL
Kll TJ t.ACATMC C'OI.LIKHT,
N.nlliunilicriiiil county, V.,
VHKKE we Imve very cxlrn.ivc improve-
nil-ills ml rc iire(iiiieil to nllcr to tlte
il.'.ie ery mipeiior article, pnrticularly nuiteil
r tii uimi'iilai'tiir of Iron nJ inaWing Kleam.
r tr "I Co.il r !
I.UMI', for Stneltins purpofei.
V I'K M lillA'l', for d. mnl Sletmlioat
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V.Cti. fur Fmily ute nd Steam.
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0r puint nf Sliiipin i fulibury. where tr
.j.intiit. ! nmde lo loi.l lionti without ny
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J. J. ('ecu it a -i. I.muakter.
C. W. 1'kai.e. HSIiBiimUii.
lit.sj. IU:iviiin.ii, Lini'iiattr.
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$r Onlrr n.lilreoil lo ShamoUin or Sunhury,
mil ictcivc iirompl Htli'iilioii.
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EXCBLSOIR EATING SALOON!
tESAIil.KAD. WII4RTOM
r7..S tk'i t'ie Ss'oon formerly occupiJ
-jr
t.v J. W. liins""i.
7:i Marlet Sijuure. Sunbury,
wker he will b ImPl'.V to lipens lo hit
Climes nnd the eatitiR public Renerally, H lite
.. :....I...1L.. Oualsr, Ireli
"sn.'.!" ,,.d delicacies, ndcul.i.cd to.a.i.fy th.i.e j
.. 1 .l.. ...1... .l.i.A .,irrlu t.l
vilto nre hungry, on '" "
n tl eir paln'tei tickled. It will he Ojien at all
kiK of l!ie dav. and nil reasonable hournnf the
Kit. tiive u a call and taste fir yonr.elves.
tV- Kamilin and partiea aupplied on short
wmice.
ftuukury, S.pt.2:. 1835.
LEATHER.
VIUTX, !1UIKV & Co.
.V.. '20 Xurth Third Street, I'hiladetphic.
I J. i llii.l .'t'l Mannfwctureis. Curriers and Iin
n,.f FKCNCJi CAbf-ShlAS.
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lied and Oak KOLU LBATUEU 4:
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T. II. SMITH,
; OKT KOKWAIE. POCKET BOOK,
AMI
, r t e-? Cane Ji;utullttHi er,
.V. I!', cor. of Fmirth Chettnut Sts.,
niii.ADKi.i'iiiA.
Alvt naiin hand a large and varied assortment of
Per'. Mouiiaica,
Work lioie,
I'.iikcl liooka,
ii.inUer ( 'anea,
.Nnte Holders,
. ', ;i f'u'ii'M,
('alms.
Traveling Baa,
I'acksiiinmon Boards,
t'hraa Men,
C'icir Canes,
p.irt.ih'.e lle.Ut.
Dresiili! luse.
Pocket Memorandum Bnok.
.lo a "eneral aasoitmeiit of En$lili, French
.,n I lirrm iti Kainy tio.ul... Fine I'o.kel Cutlery,
ll iors. Kiixi.r Utropa and Guld Pens.
Wh.iiei.ale. Second and Thiol Khfair.
F. II . KM ITU.
N. W. cor. Konrlh &i Clieatnut ft., I'hiUda.
. li.(o the receipt of a Superior Gold
Timi will he .cut to any part of the United Slule.
!y mail; ilcicrihins pen, thus, medium, hard,
or liof'.
l'hihi.. Marc'i 31. IBM ply.
DAKVILLE HOTEL.
JOiilSr DEEN, JR.,
Murkct Street, JhouiHU, Pa,
Tl'H i elie of the Inrucst and moat com mo
.dioiw hole'. i" the interior of Pennsylvania.
!t hJ. been rei etitly lined i.s eicelU-nt atyle,
villi all ll modern eoineuiences. ,
iM.e i'.le. r'ept. 'U. ISS-
TOGRaTASD CONFECTIONERS.
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FAETvIEIlS TAKE NOTICE.
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viii i.m.I1b Klataeeii w.iniru u...
ihe t heap Store of K. V. IbigM,
tor winch
tne lnL'iicai m'r
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H.JIV VKB-Tald Cutlery. Baiora, Pk
et Koivea, lUnU ' Wouil ""
fMmea. Ae..Ch.U. I.ock .ml Hiaeea.
I Bells. flJ?J?ycV"
.alel.y ' IfcAfctt&Ui.
Sioilinrv Bee. , ISM.
MI.LA BEANS iul receil by
isiinbiirv, May 19. IhS.V
iAMt" AliltAVr,ei.-Tlie bignct J-rire
1 .i...
TIGHT BOOTS.
Of all t1irf'pIpT"M wor'J nfenre.
To m..ke n i.? "wrathy." orniiikr- him stvcur.
There la Jiothiii,; re,..
, Ai a pinched i.'." nnj1.TMn.linr.
A follow wit h lion,'" n I.-.'"- n fnmll,
Is more to be pitiYil i'.'v mm """ ""
Tlinn nn innocent pip lust iiihIhi 0 Wtt11
Or tlrtinkeii covies disliniJ'lintr.
His inMep anJ toe nre terribly "fqvt'.it,"
His licelfi were ns numb as tho' they were
Troze,
And nil nrp nn cold n? n dend man nose,
Or fob of n defunct cobbler.
The nerven that run In the base of hi brain,
A re telepTiiphir wiren for stroke? of pnin,
That make him cry nut nrrnin nntl njriiin.
"A curso on the uliiinlerinjr cobbler !"'
PerlinpR tlip first time he puts on the pair,
lie takes n futiev to visit his fair.
Quite proud of thu bootii he is ulile to wear.
And wonder in idie'll smell leather. '
lie thumps ut the knocks, nr pillla the bell,
And enters the p:irhr with Mich a MVi-ll,
You'd think the fellow could buy mid sell,
The world like a peacock leather.
But cosily fentcd the preelinps nit o'er,
1 1 in mind is forcibly called to the floor j
Me finds that bis toes nn? very sore,
And proniis o'er his ditmition.
lie dandles his left. le over his rijiht.
Then turniii); half round he dpuuks of the
night :
Bat smiles nre nil grins his boots are too
ticht,
And he murmers "Thunderation !"
ITe rhanrrps his lepp leans hack in his clinir,
Then changes apaiii. and brushes hiti huir
Tlien chaupfs apain and looks at his Tail',
And epeaks of his hcurt's devolion.
The lady perceives there is soiiiclhing the
fuss,'
And wonders What really can be the muss,
To ina'ce the freulleineu hitch about thus, .
With such n slippery motion.
She fears he is sick, and asks if 'tis so j
lie tries to hitijjh, and chatters "Oh no !" '
And says he certainly will have to j;o,
I Iioujmi it pains 11111 n mi ll to leave lier;
lit u- inn nun Infi I'liiiir lid finnintd iinnn tua
"i -
pegs
ITe walks very much like "trending on eggs,"
'Twas (pieer to notice the twist of his legs,
As llebby handed his beaver.
And home ho goes with a scowl on his face,
At being compelled to ramttse the place
Before ho'd commenced his wife. winning race,
Or called his lady's attention.
It'sn horrid thing when folks nre not ripht,
But a hundred times worse when boots "get
tight." , ,
As the one whose case wo mention.
And we earnestly warn all wife-hunt hip chnps
Who wear. stub toes and small trowsers wilii
straps,
To keep a sharp eve on the size of their tans.
i And thereby avoid the mishaps
I Or an over-farcv booting.
" y nru '"S". joa wdl hud you
Sl.tllll
For tanking a "dip" nt "Pa's" "tin" nnd land,
On a great deal easier footing.
Fnm the Ismlni Tiram.
ENGLAND & THE UNITED STATES.
To tiik Editor okthrTimrs : Sir C rent
Pritain untieipaten, it. appears, a 'fillibusler
imr expedition" from the United States.
What, then, was its first duty? Most clearly
to communicate its apprehensions to the
American Government, and thus to defeat
the offensive expedition, by drawing to it the
'attention or tho President. If. nt the same
time, it had thought it wise to send out a few
additional vessels to tho Ainereaii sea. and.
in a friendly spirit, had informed' the Kxecu
five or the United States that it did so in
order to pmird n?ninst inevitable accident.
and not with nnv distrust of the American
Government. iU conduct would probably
have escaped reproach : but. instead of this.
it keeps its information to itself; it makes no
communication to the United States; ami it
surprises them suddenly with the presence of
u larpu fleet in their vicinity, the purpose of
which they are nt liberty to conjecture, but
cannot know. Indiscretion nf this deseiip.
tion nre precisely tho materials nut of which
prow frequently the most serious diflieullii s.
A mnnc nations, us amonp individuals, dislike
nre ofiener the result of misapprehension j
than of necessity.
II the two wovernmcnts had been put in I
friendly cominunication on this subject, it
might have been discovered that the British
suspicion was ur.founded, There has imt
been u period for years whon 111 "Filibuster
ing" spirit was so low an ebb in the United
Stales a it i now.- The Cuban sympathiser.
wearied out by I ho vigilance and energy of
t!e Administration, have lung since dispersed
their force, mid given up, to all appearances,
their design To Jluyti no expedition bus
ever been undertaken from the United States;
and in Central America Col. Kinney ha re.
eenily lander?, almost solitary and alone,
breathing nut hitler complaint's npainst Ihe
Government of his country because) it had
prevented him from violating thu neutrality.
To Ireluml thu only invasion ever at tempted
from our shores was an invasion in 184" by
Auierieiin ship, which were loaded wiih grui'u
to feed ita Ihun starving population. Under
these circumstances, it is not easy to believe
lhat Great Britain is in any danger from
American "Filibusters." But. if its ularm
was well founded, its obvious duty was to ex
plain the cause or it to tho Goven.ment of
the United Stale. '
Hit Raid, kowever, that till explanation
would have availed ' nothing, because ihe
American government is too feeble to pre.
serve its own neutrality, Tim author of such
an assertion must eillur be uro'slv ipnnraut
of our liihtory. or !su huve feud it Aiuder Ihe
inHueuce or strung pi ojuilice. JSo nutiort on
the foci) of the earth deserves greater credit
in this respect than Ilia United fctatea. It
lias maintained it neutnlily at several pe
riods of its history under thu limi-t trying cir
cumstances, and its executive has just as
much power to arrest lawless expeditions as
is legally possessed 1iy the Queen of Grent
Britain. NVhy hould there be any doubt ol
this? When did thu American government
fail in its dutr toward neutral countries! If.
midur thu duotiouof fr institutions, and
with vunsUut immigration of resiles spir
it from the Old World, sopie of It people
ire lUbl t) forget at tiuaa tltejr duli to
taw. in their desire to benefit Immunity, se
niivh the greater praise is due our Govern
ment for having successfully restrained their
artlur within proper bounds.
An inconsiderable mlvenmrermny steal out
occasionally from nny pnnnlry. Louis Napo
leon went on nn expedition once from London
to IJonlotfiie, A sinitle oxpedilion. nN '( uTer
lonif hnd patient wntcliintr. escnped frun
America to Cuba ; but It went with the bun
of our Government restitnr npon it. which do
diiiiliced every fine of its Hiistruided leembers
ss euilty of piracy, anil forewurni'd t hem of
the wretched fate tiiut speeilily overtook
them, lias there been any Fil'ibtislerinjf"
fioin American posts dmiiir; Ihe f.xistinif
War? Have our privateers swarmed npoti the
cce.""i pp have we allowed a sinule vessel Jo
Ievc our Jiorts in order to depredate on Brit
ish POi.inieree J On the cent mry, your A ns
ttnlian clipi-'ers rom." i-.narirsd to their riesti
n ition. and unlao'.' in satV! v their rieli freiehts
of treasure, which nnVht "have fully sat isfiu!
the crcciliiies? of a bamlii. Willi sn'.''1 ti nin
tatiiins to b:id num. in it not mi.rvelloli." -'.I-
most that not one ship has appeared frol'Miny ,
(art of Ihe world lo it id Ihe interests of RtiS" j
sin by plundering the Allies on the ocean?
Such fact, it appears to me. is highly credi- i
table to the civiliat on of the nL'e. nnd fnr- .
niches convineiiiL' proof either lhat Aniericnns I
are less predatory, or their (Jovernment moru '
powerful, than The V'iWxof Thursday appear- i
ed willinjr to admit. The only serious iliffi- '
etilly which has been met by the United ;
States in pre?erviii(T its neutrality dminir the
present war. is n difficulty occasioned by
Great Britain herself, the net ion of whose ac
cretlitedMiiiister nl Washington, in orpani
r.injf a secret recrniliiijr service in n neutral
country, has been reproved by some of the
London journals themselves, with jm-t se- j
verily. '
lu its viporons course with respect to Mr. '
Crainpton and his nuenls. l).e American Gov
eminent only shows that regard for its lieu
triility which has charaeteried all its career
since it was first organized. rilibusterinjr" ;
is not a word of American orifrin. nor is it n
practice which derives nnv sanction from
either the principles or the conduct of our
Republic. It is fashiotiuble. I know, to meet I
all assert inn of this kind by allusions tn'IVxus !
and Mexico, as if these names could call up
liny recollections of which an American should
feel ashamed. Kven Lord Lllestnere. who
ought to know better than to participate ill '
such a vulgar prejudice, described the Jlest-
can war. in lus recent .Manchester speech, ns
, p, .... . ...
a kiiih oi iiiieaoiering expeililinii : lmi i ne ;
! annexation of U'xas was only the reception
into the American L'nioti after full discussion,
mid upon generous terms, of a free and inde
pendent sovereiirnty. which had been recogni
zed as such both by Kngl and and the United
States. And ns lo the Mexican war. it is
one of iho'H chapters iu onr history which we
read always with pride and satisfaction. Wo
think it nu honorable record, not only for the
proofs nf American gallantry which it dis
plays, but. for the tributes, also, which it re-cord-
of American Immunity and justice. The
Mexican war had limbing bneanieriiig in its
character whatever. It was forced npon the
Union by repeated injuries for which it could
obtain no redress mid was nt last accepted
by our Government after it had be. n actually
commenced by Mexico, and therefore could
nn longer be avoided with honor. It was I.
then waged with vigor, courage and success.
In a single campaign onr army went on
from glory to glory, in the midst of an one
my's country, lighting battles wherever they
were offered, conquering citadels, and storm
ing heights, and rapturing armies, until, en
camped in the citv of the Montc7.nmas, it had
nil Mexico at its feel. The country was con
quered and entirely ut the merry of ils con
quered. They were free to keep it or to
surrender it. What did they do ? They made
liberal peace; nnd Torn portion of Mexican
territory which they really desired to have
they stipulated to pay. and I hey did pay. n
price proportioned to ils value. They had
mailn no plunder; they had purchased Ihe
very supplies which were needed for Iheir
army, and had so respected Ihe riphls of reli
gion, of persons and propeity, that a rare
spectacle was presented in many place of
a people who absolutely lamented the with
drawal from among them of a foreign nrniv.
But the withdrawal .vas speedily accomplish, j
ed. Our volunteer soldiers relumed to their j
homes, and Ihe war was closed Can Great
Britain , paralle tins chapter in her who .. us.
purchase and ret're? If there w is nnv bncca-
niermg nbont the conduct or onr Mexiran I
war. I pray tint nil war" may be conducted j
upon buccaniciiiig principles to the cud of
time.
But I chiefly regret the rcepnt action of
England, nnd the excited articles which it has
occasioned, because they nil come nt a most
inauspicious lime. You are mistaken in sup.
posing that there is no real ground of differ
ence hoi ween England and the L'nited States.
There is one, at least, of a very serious char-
icter. It involves nothing less than a ques
tion of treaty obligations mid national good
filth. Bv the Clayton and Bnlwnr conven
tion of 1S.10 it is well known that stipulations
were entered into between the two countries,
intended to prevent any occupation of Central
America, not on.v bv Great Britain or the
United Slates, but by any other foreign
Power whatever. The Union gave its remar
kable pledge never to acquire territory there;
r.ngland was not to occupy or acquire, to as.
siime ilomiuion or exercise it ; aud thev hoth
were to try aud persuade other Stales to fol
low theirexnmple. Yet America claim thai
Kng'nml In not kept Iter faith ns it wa
pledged in Mils treaty. She not only contin
ues to occupy in Central America, but she
has absolutely established a new colony Ihere
since the treaty was made This conduct Ihe
United Slate Government exclaims against,
not chiefly a a violation or the Monroe doc
trine, or a an injo-tiee to Honduras, (igainst
whom, indeed, it smacks of bnecaniering.l Imt
us a plain disregard of a solemn and elf-im-posed
obligation. While ome real pause
iif difficulty exist between the two nations, it
is doubly unwise to dwell upon imaginary
one.
A war with thp United States, it seems to
me, ought not to bo lightly spoken of, It is
a contingency which no lover of hi race can
cnntemplate'wilhnnt emotion. It would be
almost a fratricidal war. It would be long,
bloody, and destructive. Each nation pos
sesses a large population and vast resource.
Each is a maritime nation. Each is capable
ordoius thp other immense injury; nnd their
interests, indeed, nre so connected thut nei
ther cun strike a blow without feeling, more
or le, it reaction. Uyoiir fleets would at
tack our town, the descendant of Paul
Jane might reciprocate such attacks; and if
your people would illustrate their courage
anew iu arh a war there is no deed or gallant
hiring or desperate enterprise In which our
people- would not show themselves tpunl.
Every consideration, both of duty ami inte
rest, reonire both count riea to kn ilm
peuce. But neither, country i unmindful of
iu nelt-respect. Gfat Britain, 1 em far.
, woirl not yteltt its conviction! tc toy threat;
and Ihe foiled States, I am equally anrp, will
repanl with indignation, rather than fear, the
menace in its sen. of a hostile fleet.
A Citizvn or tiik Umtfd States.
I ondon, Oct. 26.
The following libellous article is nndonbt
eilly from the pen of a bachelor who is evi
denlly not. familiar with "the subject under
consideration :"
Skiiits. Oh! Venus ile Medici! such
skirls and wai1s! How can w embriico
them ut, all! Positively, there is no such
ihinir ns iteltinir round them in one i ffort!
Skiit havp swollen to that extent of fashion,
lhat no door is wide etionjrh for them to pass
tlironph without considerable sqiieezinp.
Ken I ' belles" of thp fushion now seem like
nioi jojr bells, ,'iter.illy. so that mnllcls mid
men liai'i to fleer tcll in the slrects, else
thev will run affn.'nst mri'!', hoops, ba'.mnt-
linir. crinoline, nnd tiiO deiK"e knows what,
which now inhabit Ihe ladies dress, and com
p'etely lake up the sidewalks. As for tho
pill hv Jove! She seems no where! The
ol'ier i!:iy wo happened to seo two ot lbe
"dnmpy" kind of niovinp belle of fashion,
saili'.'',?'.''!;1!'"; the street a lu "pointer" slyle
hands close and' ."kills out. At forty puces
distant I hey seemed like miniafnro pyramids
of silk; 1 twenty pace n strong rmell of
colopno water mid other essences; nt tell
p tees ii Utile lump like a bonnet was discern
ible nt the top of the skirt pyramid ; tit three
paces distant the imbedded voice of n female
in the drers could le heard; ut two paces,
four ringlets of slim appearance, resembling
cat-tails dipped in molasses were discovered
two eyes of weak and consumptive) expres
sion resembling boiled onions lips like unto
thin sandwiches with a bit of discolored beef,
steak slicking out. thin and dry and cheeks
"rouged" with mien-fun. (Chinese colorinc.)
This v:i9 all that could create in us the im
pression of imagination, that tho above
tilings, dry poods, etc., formed a woman t
W'u moved aside In allow canvas, ropes nnd
hoops In pas. and went on onr way rejoicing
thiit such was not our share of what happy
husbands like to term, "O ! my honey!"
Ankcdotf of Chief Ji-stick Parsons. Tt
is related of Tht'oph Ins Parsons, that while
he was a member of the Convention which
voted on the ucci n'ance of the Constitution
of the United .Stat.s, he made n convert of u
puritanical clergyman who held a seat in tin
convent io
titin. MB U'iio rt.r.p...l tl... .. .1....
.. . ..I.
ol the Constitution. I h.s minister said then
was no presiding nng'M nt the formation or
tho instrument. It could not bp good, for
the name tit God was not in it. Parsons in
stantly replied that, such an argument would
go too far so Tar as to destroy the authority
of one of those books of the Bible which were
held canonical, for one of the books of the
Old Testament had not the name of God in
it. The astonished clergyman said, if such a
book could be shown, his scruples would cer
tainly be shaken ; but hu assi-rled that no
such book could be fount). He was requested
lo road the book of Esther ; nnd in truth the
name of God could not be found in it. direct
ly, or by any appellation. liottun Trun
crit. Btiiri-r.K." Tint Tidwell war a bird.
rim's character was a book : n mysterious
volume. When among Ihe b'hoys he was j
always full of fun nnd frolic, nnd his nppenr- i
ntiee among them was the signal for a 'smile.'
But Tim was diffident and awkward when iu I
ladies' company, and it is a debatable (pies.
tion whether it was from real modesty or a
smack of waggery, which seem to have per-
vaneti nis spiru irotn a ooy ; nut that is not a
material point. "Listen to my story."
-In the leafy mont h of June." n party nf ns.
tired of the dut and dullness incidental to a
town liTe at that season left tho village or
for a short lime, on an excursion to u
picnic on the banks of a beautiful stream
which meandered thruighn shudv prove a
' P ! . .. t It,- ... .. ' , ,
tew nines inuu mwii. i mi went, as no saui,
more us a "looker on" of the run and fishing,
than to be quorum jutrt. But he was not
long permitted to maintain his dipnfied si
lence. Thinking that something rich was in
him. thev were all bent on drawing him out.
I r.... .1,... i .
l;, (1;u.h om ' Mdot9
son"
j, .,.;; nnr,lrltlna,pU. ,,,,;,, ,w
hl,ihJ, ,, ,,., ;,m,, ,rfxl(.
.' lie opposed the proposition, but the ma-
jot itv ruled nnd the song and juke went round
till Tim was enthusiastically railed on. Tim
staretl wildly. He looked up in vacancy, and
wisiietl he was non tl. A lion he scanned
the ground as if he would give worlds for a
hole into which he might "crawfish ;" but he
was evidently not in luck. At last nn idea
seemed to strike him, and looking up in man
ifest relief, he snid ;
"L-l-l-huiie and g-g-g-g-g-gentlemen. I p-e-p-pan't
t-t-t-tell no anecd-tl-d-dote. nor I p.p.
cenn't sing; but I'll let a f-f.f-f fund nwav
went the ladies helter-skelter, snickering and
Mushing, before poor Tim could get out)
f-f-friend sing for me?"
Kiiopp. Island Lscf-.nsk Law. A new act
has been intioduced into ihe Rhode Island
Assembly, to supersede the existing liquor
law. It provides, iu substance, that cities
and towns may grant licenses for the sale of
liquor in qu intilic not less than one quart
the party licensed giving bond that he will
not allow tiny such liquors to bo drank en the
premises where the sumo is sold that he will
not sell to any person under the influence of
intoxicating drink nor upon .Sunday, or up
on iniy week day after ten o'clock in the
evening nor sell any liquors not pronounced
pure by a commissioner appointed for that
purpose nor give credit for any liquor
sold. Hotels not to be limited to the quan
tity gold.
Musical Skwi.no Maciiik. There is now
on exhibition in the Crystal Pulace, New.
York, a new article of furniture, in which
sewing machines ure combined with a melo.
dioii. The apparatus has the uppeiiiauce,
externullv. of a small parlor side-board or vs.
criloir. Von lift the front and find a hand
some set of piano keys. Close it. and I urn
back a hood on the lop, and you have a com
plete sewing machine, t'ouvenieutl) arranged;
conceaied below, within side doors, ure Iwo
pedals, one for the music, the other for the
sewing machine, When the holy becomes
tired of playing at sewing, sho may change
her foot to the other pudul, open the inelo
deou part, and dhcnure sweet music. The
price of these contrivances is 82U0. IVy
forni very ornamental articles of rurniture.
It is A New-Orleans Invention, and is now for
the first time on exhibition. .
' Hon. Johv Y. Mason. Iidleis reecirri)
by ihe last European steamer five aa.urutw
that onr M'uiMeV to Franc bag t ntirely re
covered from the effects of bis paralytic at
lack, auit agsia blasted wits bis
health. t i '. ' i : .' . '
PIKESSIXVILI.K IRO VOnK.
The American mnnnfncture or railroad iron
now renchrs nbotit 21)0.000 tons nnnnally,
piiough ut least to lay 2(100 miles or single
track road. The first rail rolled in this coun
try, were made, we think, nt Danville. Pu.-
This was in 18 lf. Tim Peter Cooper null nt
Trenton, N. J , commenced shortly after. In
1810, the Phtrnix Iron Works, (then in the
principal ownership of David Beeves, Esq..)
comnienpcri rolling rails nlsn. The extent and
regulation of these works warrants, therefore,
some general skelc li of them.
The ore used nt the Phnmix villa Works is
giilheriMl in from 3 to U! miles from the works,
fnrui.-liiiigsixdiflerent varieties. Among the
ores used is the Warwick, from the old War
wick mines, which are said (o be the olde.it in
the United Stales, having been opened ns
early as 1S09. These ores have been worked
over sixteen ncres or aurfiipe, and to a depth
of one hundred and fifty reet. They furnish
a primitive ore, yielding CO per cent of iron.
Another ore is ii 'hematite, yielding. 40 per ct.
.t other is a primitive magnetic nre, yielding
55 per cent, and containing a small quantity
of lime, which is nn advantage, in smelting.
j nol I her is the Oakley ore from Rending; n
primMl've. not magnetic, nnd free from Snl
phnr. Th? ore gives 38 to 40 per cent.
From 45.000 to SO.OfO tons of ore nre used
yearly, making over JO.ODO tons of pig iron,
besides which 10.000 tons of pig ure purcha
sed yearly from other nmnufm'tnrer. From
1500 to 1C00 tons of anthracite co.:l arc nsed
weekly, or 80.000 Ions yearly.
There arc throe hot blast furnaces, 12, 13,
nnd 14 feet diameter respectively at the bo
she nnd 33 feet high of stack. These turn
out, together from 300 to 335 tons u week.
The blast is supplied by two sleam t-ngines
and 4 blowing cylinders. The blast is kept
at from 3 to 4 pounds pressure, per inch us
required.
There nre 10 steam boilers suspended over
the blast furnaces nnd heated by the burning
gas therefrom. There ure nlso three 40-inch
boilers below, which are ninety feet in length,
being probably the longest in tin's country
These boilers nre also heated by gas led
throngh n flue from the furnaces. There nre
nlso six boilers 28 inches iu diameter and 32
feet long, which ure heated with coal whenev
er the other boilers were not in use. Thus,
then, the entire steam power of the concern
is supplied with waste heat, except at times
when the gas (Iopr not work well, or the gas
burning boilers are under repair. Thu Rluuin
is carried from Ihe boilers, many hunched feet,
to several of the steam engines ubout the
works.
The rail mill nnd East and West puddling
mills occupy a space 444 by 102 feet.
There is also the North puddling and mer
chant mill, 190 by 150 feet. In nil the mills
nre equal to 65 single puddling, furnaces, ma
ny being double, nnd 17 heatitrr rurnnces.
Over these furnaces nre, in nil, 4'J boilers
to supply tho engines which works the rolls.
These boilers nil feed into onu main steam
pipe, which makes the circuit of the mills.
All the puddling furnaces have n heating
oven. In this oven the pig iron is heated
with wnslo heat, preparatory to puddling.
This saves over 15 percent of the time which
would be required in puddling from cold iron,
ns in the old manner the puddler took but
five heats a day, while he can now take six. !
In each of the three puddling mil's is a ro- j
tarv Kineezer in which the slag and t iieh
ciii'iors
cT ihe puddled balls are worked out. The
balis nre afterwards taken to the puddle rolls
and worked into bars, of 14 feet in length,
mid CO nr 70 pounds weight each. All mound
the puddling mills is an overhead rail or track
from which is suspended a traveling platform
on which is piled the pig iron for stocking the
different furnaces, and for currying tho puddle
bars to the shears, and thence to the re-heating
furnaces. In slocking the furnaces par
ticularly, the overhead track, with I wo men,
does the former work of 3 men with a horse
and cart.
The puddle bars coming from each furnace
nre kept separate, and the product of each
day's work of a furnace is weighed at one lift,
and moved on the traveling truck
The puddling furnaces produce 450 tons of
puddled bars per week, using Mill tons of pig.
the loss of weight being from 10 to 12 per cl.
Most of the iron worked ut PhuMiixville, is
Ihe "red short" quality that is, brittle
while hot, unil lough while cold. This is bet
ter and stronger for most purposes than cold
short iron which has opposite qualities. Ju
fuiuiing a pile for a rail, bars ure laid up to
form a pile G niches w ide ami a inches high.
On the top and bottom of this pile are laid a
bar, hv I inch.
I hu wholu pile is mall v neaieii nun pm
throngh the roughing nnd then through the
finishing rolls, there being 5 grooves in the
former nnd only four in thu hitter. The rail
is then carried to the saws and cut off at the
nils. From thence it is drawn endwise to a
hot straightening plate, where it undergoes
that operation, and is then pushed on to the
hot bed to cool, alter winch it is transported
by an over-head railway to the cold straight
ening machine. This has a powerful moving
die worketl bv an eccentric. The rail is luid
upon the machine, and a man sights the rail,
and brings nnv discovered bend under the die.
A swedge. of a wedge shape form, is held be
tween tlie rail and the end of ihe die, and the
latter coming down slowlv mid with great
power, brings the end into a straight line.
Bails were formerly straightened by hand with
heavy sledges, a laborious and impelled pro-
cess indeed. The Welsh mills have quite
lately ndopted the power straightiier It is
verv useful iu straightening heavy shafting,
thu bars for which nre made at Phccuixvilie.
and nu idea may be hud of its power w hen we
add that it has broken square off a six inch
square bar of iron, quite cold.
The rails nre next chipped ami Hied smooth
at their ends and afterwards carcfolly in
spected, punched, and piled up Tor delivery.
I he works run night ami nay, mnl employ
over 1100 men and boys in all, one hulf that
number being nt work ut a time, 1 he inoni li
ly payments or wages are over 411,000. The
entire cost or the works, with Hock at any
time on hand mid working capital is nearly
31,500.000. There nre 225 tenant houses,
occupied by the workmen, and belonging to
the property.
These works are now turning out 400 tons
rails, 100 tons merchant bur, and 20 to 25
tons railroad spikes And wrought iron chains
per vrtk.
Kails 25 feet, (66 lb, to the yard.) have
been rolled continuously at the rate of one
jxr minute.
)a the entire works there are ten steam
cngiiiipSi. ,
These works have also a large machine
shop, foundry1, sojithy, etc. '
, The whole establishment is the property of
Reaves, Buck & Co., of PhiLadi lphiu. This
firm owns also, the uuil works At Bridgutou,
New Jersey,
A Western Editiir declares that some of
the young womet who pas his village iu the
grki, on the river, nre erfeet divinities, "lie
rutins tsyg a southern extemporary, "ark
A RACY STUMP SPEI.CII.
The following eloquent, grand, lofty ami
stupendous effort was recently intuit! In u
promiscuous genius, who had uniiouueud him
self as a candidate for Congress :
Friends and fidlow-cilizeus or this cuiiUjc
tuoits community :
Now. I'd like to have you pay parl.'r-nlar
nttenlinii, ns the preacher spys when the boys
is pitchin' Menus ut his nose. I sny u ( ri.'is
ha.s arrived, Ihe wheel.- of government is stop
ped, the machinery needs gruasiu', 'the rud
der's unshipptil, tho Idler busted, nnd we're
atloi.it nnd tho river risin" Our glorious Ship
ofSb.'le, Hint, li'cii u bob-tailed gander, is
floated down tho current of time, lias had its
harmony tl:stnrbed. and is now drift in' with
fenrfiil ra'icilv towards the shoals mid quick
sands of di-union, tliTi.-alPi'iii' to dash every
thing into fliiiters, and pick itseir np in the
end a gone govdi'ng. Ilurkcn no longer ye
worthy denizens' of Hog Huh:, Terrapin Neck
mid udjucent regions, to tho siren voice thai
whispers in your ears the too delusive sound,
peace, pence. Tor peace has sloped and flowed
to other lauds, or drivto the depth rf the
mighty deep, or in the nniplmtis language of
Teehuiuseroni, gone flikTin' through the
frogs or othcrcliiiies ; tou idu' Ihe miser watch
er in his dimes. Or the gien. Alexander at
Ihe battle or Hunker's Bill. ho, in thu agony
or despair, frantically shrickfed. O. giuvy!
pence has gone like my sketile-bcy days, m.d
I don't care n darn. He was n wholu boss
nnd a team, share.
Fellow-citizen and gals, too in mnr ball
of legislation confusion runs riot nnd uvur'diy
reigns supreme Kise up, then, like pi. ki-rs
in n Inter patch nnd shako the den-drops o.T
yer hunting-shirts ami fall into iniiks. Mound
tui.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'Miiinr. i;imih'i
ting from lull ton, unil from gopher hill to
gopln r hill, shall reach the nilamuhtino hills
of New England, the ferruginous disposition
oT the Mi soui'i, and Ihe nnriferniis particles
id Calilbrny to pick up Iheir oar., and in
whispered accents, inquire of her vulors
"What's out?"
Fellow-citizens nnd the winimin I repent
it. to your posts, mid fioin tint topmost, peak
of Ihe Ozark mountains, bid defiance to lbe
hull earth by hollerin' "Whose a fee red?" in
such thniiilerin' tones that, quakin' with ter
ror, you'll forget what nigger is. .)on your
rusty regimental, nnd grease the locks of
your guns mid put in new Hints ; grind your
old scythes and make swords out on 'em,
mount your bosses nnd save your nation or
bust !
Ladies nnd gentlemen tho great bird of
American liliertys Ucwctl aloll and Sorn up
en the wings of the wind, and now hoverin' j
high over the cloud-clapped summits of the
uockv .Mountmiis, nnd when hi: shall have
penetrated into Ihe unknown regions' of un
limited space, ami ll.en shall have tiiv down
and bf on daddy's wood-pile. I shall be led to
exclaim, iu the l.iinrnagi! of Paul, tin? ostler,
"Boot, pork, or die I"
Time is critical ; blood's g"in' to be poured
out like soap-suds outeil a wash tab, and ev
ery man that's got n soul ns big as the white
of n nigger's eye, "II file, bleed nnd tl e for his
country. Them's the times you want men
iu the councils of the nation that von can de
pend on that's me
Elect me to Congress
and I'll stick lo yon through thick
like n lean tick to a lii-. r's shin !
and Iiiui.
I'm imt
goin to make an lectiotieerin' speech. I'd
scorn 1 he act. You know me. I've been I
lotchetl up among ye ; tdreauy upon thu wings
of tnp-liltctl iuiiiginat:iei 1 fancy I see you
marcliiu' up lo the polls in solid phalanx,
and with shouts that make the enrih ring,
"Hurrah lor Jim Smith, comedown on my
opponent like a thousand 0' brick on a rotten
puiikin.
Illiai LI FK UH.OW SIAlllV
When this satirical farce was first brought Out
in London. "Ol I Urury'' am very tiecr being
mobbed by the infuriated vales and lacqueys
whom it so cleverly took off. But in Young
America no such offence can be taken at a
squib, aud therefore the following, from the
New York porrespoudenru of the Sunday
Mercury, is a capital illustration of "Young
A1n01ie.11" grafted on u little Irish usjjiiranco
and impudent go-u-head ativeiiess.
I cannot drive the election out of my head,
and uiirnpo of that 1 just heard 11 .-y runny
anecdote relative lo ii. It runs in this wise:
borne two year, ago Colcmr.u and iMctsnn, of
the A.-tor House, had a pel. waiter, who sud
denly, for some unexjihiined reason, left t'leui
This "waiter was called Mr. Mooney Tin:
day before yesterday. Mr. Coleman happened
in ut the Metropolitan Hotel, and there, in
the reading room, ho saw Mooney as bugs us
life, sumkiog a cigar, uud perusing the uiuru-
lllg papers.
"Good morning
without rising.
Coleman," said Mooncr
"Good morning," responded Coleman, "I
am glad to see you. Are you here 11 iw
mean nre you located in this hotel !"
"Yes, sir."
"Gl.nl to hoar .or. too. You'll find the
Lolanil's first ratu men ; you'll like them, 1
know."
"Ye, they're pretty clever fellows." said
Mooney, impudently.
"Clever elme .'" exclaimed Coli nnn. who
wondered lion' Mooney would dare speak so
disrespectfully of his employers; "they are
excellent men. nnd you ouht to be proud to
be with them !"
"1 11111," said Mommy, pulling out from his
moiilli a fresh cloud of tobacco smoke.
"Well, Mooney," resumed Coleman, "I
wish you well, and 1 would rather huvo you
at our honsH than see yon here "
"1 11 may be come to yon abort ly," inter
rupted Mooney, with a patronising air.
"But. 110." continued i'olcimai ; "u into you
do well, slay lu re. Let me give you a piece
or advice, however. The Lehunls are, n I
said In lore, excellent, easy, good-natured
men ; but they do not like lo be imposed up
on. If they see you here smoking clears and
milking IVciV with'lhe guests, they will most
likely tell you to leave the house."
'Sir!" ' '
"My advice it." continued Coleman, with a
parental look, "lhat you never show yourself
here; stick to your own apartments, other
wise I could swear you'll be discharged."
"Why what the devil do you take niofor!"
cried M'noncv, starling to his feet, and dis
playing an elegant in filed shirt bosom, and a
cable watch chain. -
"Why. a waiter, or course I'' ':
'.Yo, "juV f" was iho reply. ''I'm a boarder
here and I'm a member of the Leyilnture.,"
Coleman left, ul'icr liiiviiig mndu a very
flowerv apology.- He ncknow 'edged himsell
done completely. With S'P'h law-iimUers
us Mooney, wo ought to tlouii.h, ought, wc
not T .,, 1 -
A Mii.d Wixths. We hope, for the sake
ol the poor, that the prognostics ma? twlrue.
The ludums tegard the- thin husk oh cor)i
an indication bf a mild . winter. Tips bejng
Ihe cusp, the oue jut apiiroacUiug will be ol
the gentle kind, a' the bwks are (aid to be
very thin. ;
the tocsin! bent the drum ! and blow the I piaceu the warer-lotiiitnin, tins spot be
tin horn ! till the stattlod echoes rover-bora- !'? '"u coa!''.'" the house. Fii opening
n.-PAHT r. asu tub akh-ia.t tiF.n.
Vhpn tint treat Napolpon wns in Egypt,
he determined to nscerinin as much as possi
ble t.Soiit the habits and customs of tho peo
ple : and amongst the res!, interested himself
in the practice so comnioi nmoiig thu Egyp
tians, of sTiake-ebaiininff or catching. One
day ho seiif formic or il'.ere suake-oalcher?.
mid said t ) him, bv nicnii? rf his i tli rprett r.
"There n n serpent in thi.-. house: if you find
it. yon shall have two sequins Tor yuj;';t'.f,
and two for your men.
The Inaii'liaving proslraVd himself, tailed
for two biickols of water. . As soon ns they
were brought, he undressed himself, then fil
ling his mo::tii Willi water and creeping rut
lo belly Jik, the reptile he sought, squiited
it through b'.i teeth, so as to ii:iituie tLe his
sing 'if a srrpent. Having cr. pt in this man.
tier through the ground floor, l;e piuctd him
self before Napoleon, and suid. with n savage
laugh, '.Vafiche ;" "Mafiche;" which moans,
"there is none.'" Tho General also laughed,
and said "How is this ? Is the felloe, iu good
earnest, able to t-ll ?" Ile then ordered the
interpreter to explain clearly tlint the reptile
had been seen. know it,'' replied the fel
low ; "I smelt, him ns I entered the Iioihh."
'Hero we nre," said tho General-in-cliief, "the
acting is now going to begin. Well let thu
serpent appear aud I will give thee two se
quins more."
The man immediately recommouccd creep
ing. and squirted waler c'n all sides, llu u?.
retided, in the same manner, a staircme lent,
ing to nn upper story, occupied by Bourrien
ne. A long dark corridor opened into sever,
al apartments. It was lighted by askv.liuht.
ut the Timber end, which gave a view id tho
country, and ut tho bottom trthis t-Uy-liplit
v,. , - - r -
ti'elf was sunkicntlv large to give, from tho
nthvr extremity of the corridor, n view of the
beu'i tifiil blue Egyptian sky. On attaining
Ihe i.i ndiiig-place of this corridor the juggler
pausci!. and betrayed emotion. lie was
closely followed by tho Gencral-in-chicf m,J
a number of officers, attracted by enn'ositv.
The Geuei'.d did not lose sight rftho fcilow
nn instant, .'mil was determined, if ho discov
ered the least trick, to take iiiui in the act.
On seeing him shudder mill clos.- his eyes,
"Thy man is b'.iniiiug his part," said 'tho
General to Jum.it. And, iu truth, the snake,
catcher was in n .most ' extraordinary Mate.
Habitually pale, ns all sw.uty skins me, ho
became every moment paler. He called for
more water, washed Ms body, squirted and
hissed as before, but produced another kind
of hissing. Ho looke d on each side of tho
landing-place, made a s'gn with Ins hand to
ke,'P silent, mid, still creeping upon his belly,
utlvaneeil to the right sice nl the corncor,
which was the darkest pari of it. In a shui t
t, me. after squirting his mr..".th!'ul nT water,
he exclaimed, ill a buy tone. "There he is
"I sM'.ild bp delighted to do him the honor
of hospitality," suid the Geiieri.'l-in-ckier.
! "But, nr.' friend, 1 sin-pud thou art laughing
nt us, io you know that this rascal Willi Ins
I hissing, has been making tools of us lor the
: last hoar, iu forcing us to run, without nni- -:
bn lias, ttPer his iinaginaiy serpent f The
shake-catcher continued to hiss mid creep,-.!
j On a sadden, a Ll.ii !; and round boby, reem.
i bling the branch of the tree, appeared in re-
lii-r upon tho puro azure, which was visible
i through the tkv light. It was a handsome -
sei- ei:t, real. ::iive, mul about six led long,
At this sight, the fellow redoubled his hissing
and squirting; and the serpent, after uncoil
ing itself from nroiind the louiituin. hissed in
its turn, but it; note was much more picr
cir.g. ',
The py--s or tite reptile slior.o, in this som
bre con itior, with n blood-colored flame. It
glkled along the fountain, ar.d stopped ; then
11 slight noise was heard ; it was tho reptile
rising upor. its tail. The snake-catcher could
not tin the same, liecause he had no tail : but
he raised himseir half up. and mads a slight
motion. In nn instant, tho reptile darted nt
him. Ile was waiting for this uf.ack ; and
at the very moment it was made, ruught tho
animal with one hand rouad thu threat, which
he squeezed with such violence ts to form
open, ils mouth, into which he s;iat. The ef
fect was magical ; the reptile seemed to have
received its dentil blow. J'.he man afterwards
extracted its fangs, or rather ilia veuoui con
tained iu small vesicles attached to ils jaws.
He then played with it, made It dancv, uaJ.
put it round his neck. "The se.ake-catchei,"
saii Napoleon, "is u, lucky charlatan."
RL.'IEDY VOll SUlUiAUR('K,
In the AmeriwiH Medial (iizcHe. Doctor'
Ueese thus earnestly reiterates his udi ice to
apply (lour to scalds nnd burns :
"We still see reported, almost daily, nn np.
palling number of deaths, by burns uud seulds'
not 0110 of which, we take upon om.-iilvc
to say need prove fatal, or would do so, if a
few pounds of wheut Hour onuld ho promptly
applied to the wounds made by lire, and lu
pcitcd until tho inflammatory stage had pas
sed. We have never known 11 fatal case of
scalding or burning iu which this practice
has been pursued, during more than thirty
years' excrieiice, and h&ving treated hun
dreds in both public and private p?; titc
We have known the most extensive burn:, by
'along into lulJ'.'ons ol boiling oil, mitt evru
molten copper, and vet tho patients were res
cued by tins simple anil cheap remedy, which.
I mm us nil.iliiLle success, should supplant all
the l'.i,liion,.l)lu nostrums, whether oil, cotton,
icr.d, water, ice, turpentine, or pain exlruc-lor-,
every one of which has been tried a thou
sand times with fatal result, and the victims
uive da d in excruciating agony, when a kw-
haiidfidls of Hour would have calmed llirni to
sleep acd rescued them from piun mid death.
Humanity should prompt the prules-ion to
jnil'lUli ulid republish tile facts 0.1 this tub
led, which urn esl.ilih.hcu bv tlte authority
uf standard medical worKS ou bjlli sides of
tho Atlantic."
U.-nir.)
TnAornv in Daxvkp.s-A Pistkr
Mri'.llKItt.D I V Ili:ll BltoTMEti, AMI "M'K'IPK or
nip M cRr-rnni. A ho:-r,blo tragedy occur
red in South Dinvers, Mass., on Th'irsday.
A man, about 42 years ol'sge, named Janu s
Brown, residing nt "Tho Bocks," who w.ia
doubtless in a dei..tigej state or mind, with,
nut miy previous inanifesiutious or violence,
attacked hi own sister, (who wag. Ids huusc-,
see no, r,) and discharged tlte contents vT a
loaded gnu or- pistol into her body, runl also
inflicted two wounds on her with." a knife, or
some other sharp instrument, thereby causing
her death. This Bloody jict Was immediately
followed by the. murderer cutting his own
throat, thereby causing bis uluiost install
death, btitoujwtitil, ,
1 . .
SKXTtMKNT AS WA ' A Si-NTIMBST.-A.il,
ponvitiul gathering a short tinm since Mr
I'hempson. or the Boston Ifernlil. was iailooi
'ti for a Sentiment, when bo g4v the follow.
illgi 'I-'"
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