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SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA.-SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1855. OLD SERIES, YOL- 10. NO. 10.
NEW SERIES, VOL. 8, NO. 36.
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The Sunbury American,
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ir l.srgei Advertisements, as pet agraemeat
JOB PRINTING.
eeeA with nnt establishment
e.ieete.t JOB Or-FICF-, winch will enable u. to execute
ia Ue ns.teit atyle. IW)' variety uf priming.
4TTORNEY AT LAW,
suNBtjair, pa.
B asinee attended to in the Counties of Nor
teumherlend, Union, Lycoming Montour and
Columbia.
Reference! in Philadelphia :
in. tou R. Ttenn, Chai. millions, esq..
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60
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goo
lfOt
well
kltti $)0ttrg.
S-imers A $ii.grasa,
Linn. Smith 4 Co.
WHIT IS ASH ANTHRACITE COAL
Kau THE LaNCASTXH CoLLlIRV,
Northumberland county, P.,
T.TTHERE w have very extensive improve
v menu, and are prepared to offer to the
Mi a very superior article, particularly auited
far Hie instiufacture of Iron and making Steam.
Oar aires id' Coal are:
l.KMP. V for Smelting purposes.
STEAMBOAT, Y for de. and Steamboat
BUOh.L.N.1
Kti(. fer Family uae and Steam
STOVE, )
PF K ' kimeburners Bl",n,
Out point of Shipping ia Sutieury. where ar
i.agemonls are wade to load boats without any
COCHRAN, PEALE U CO.
I. J. Cocukis, Lancaster.
C. W. Ptiix, Shamokin.
Bkj. Rkisholb, Lancaster.
A. llAL'MriAvnsxn. do.
tfT Ordera addressed to Shamokin er Sunbury,
will receive prompt attention.
Keb. 10. 1H55. lv
THE CRUCIFIXION.
BY O. . P,
Extended on th' accursed tree. He dies I
The God Incarnate bows his sacred bead j
Nature is shocked and silent with surprise.
And saints desert the mansion of the dead.
Thick darkness o'er the firmument is spread;
The sun with horror hides his golden light,
And earth, astonished, quakes beneath the
tread
Of murd'rers' feet, and trembles at the sight,
Veiling her myriad hosts ia gloomy shades of
night.
In twain the Temple's veil is rent, and harkl
Too mutt'ring thunder breaks upon the ear;
Sharp lightnings play upon the storm clouds
dark
Tn fearful grandeur and portentous glare,
The solid rocks asunder burst with fear,
And crumble into atoms at the sound
Of that expiring cry that rends the air :
Creution writhes in solemn grief around ;
in one unbroken moan the dismal notes re
sound.
Tho conflict past! He hangs in silence now.
w hose gentle words did heavenly peace
coi.vey :
lie who in love divine did'st meekly bow.
And through Death s gloomy portals mark
the way
That leads from earth to glorious realms of
nay.
Upon that cross, in death, proclaims His love,
And throngo its dismul shades there gleams
a ray
Of light immortal, from the throne above,
Whose calm effulgence guides while through
this vale we move.
Oh! list ye mortals, to those dying groans !
These pUintive accents breathed in anguish
there I
See how ha bleeds! for you that blood atones.
List to his words ! those solemn words of
prayer !
For you they fall, ye sinners in despair !
Ye mourning souls by pangs of sorrow riven;
Ye trembling ones, whose path is dark and
drcor;
Ye tempest toss'd, by earthly conflicts dri
ven 1
For you that cross was reared it points with
hope to Heaven !
A THANKSGIVING STOEY.
IXCBLS01R BATING SiLOUS!
I IS Alt I. W1I4BTOM
n.S Mkn the Sloon formerly occupied
by J. W. Washington,
In Marl et Square, Sunhury,
where he will be happy to dispense to his
ft ienda and the eating public generally, all the
delicacies of Uie season. includiiiR Oysters Iresh
and spired. The bill of fare will include sub
stantia!" and delu ncies. calculated to satisfy those
who are luiimrv. and tho who desire merely to
ae tl eir palntrs tickled. It will be open at all
b.iirs of the day, and all reasonable hours of the
iulil. iie u a call and taste f ,r yourselvea.
IV Families and parties aupplied on short
tire.
uakury, !ept. 3. 1835.
LEATHER.
rui f . ni:.iiitv &. to.
-Vo. Xnrth Third Street, 1'hiladetpMa.
1 UKOrt'l) Manufacturers, Curriers and Im
i'k porter or FRENCH CALF-SKINS, and
ae.lets in Ited and Oak SOLE LEATHER fc
MrM'.
Fee. 17, 18.15. w ly
F. H. SMITH,
rORT 1I0NNAIE, POCKET BOOK;
DresNtna; Cae Maoufucturer,
A'. W. cor. of Fourth CA4ut Sti.,
PHILADELPHIA.
Always en hand a large and varied aasortmentof
Port Monnaies,
Pocket Hooks,
Bankers Cases,
Note Holders,
Port Folios,
Portable Desks,
Dressing Cases,
Work Uoxes,
Cabas,
Traveling Bags,
PackRammon Botrds,
Chess Men,
Cigitr Cases,
Pocket Memorandum Books,
Also, a ceneral assortment of English, French
and German Fancy Goods, Fine Pocket Cutlery,
Ruzora, Razor Strops and Gold Pens.
Wholesale, Second and Third Floors.
F. H. SMITH,
N. W. cor. Fourth &. Chestnut Sts., Philada.
N. 11. tin the receipt of $1, a Superior Gold
Pen will be wiit to any part of the United Statea,
by mail ; describing pen, thus, medium, hard,
r suit.
Phila.. March 81. 19S5 ply.
DANVILLE HOTEL,
JOHN. J3EE3ST, JR.,
Marlet C'.reet, Danuille, Pa,
rt"Wt9 is one of the largeat and most comme-
JL dioua hotels in the interior of rennsylvania
tt has been recently filled up, in excellent style,
with all the modern conveniences.
Danville, Sept. 32, 1855.
TO GROCERS AND CONFECTIONERS,
1 U V your goon, from Stat, bawls and save 90 per ont.
I The under.igiied lias in store and offers for aula at the
lowest pure, with a discount of 3 per eaut. lor casn.
AI.MOVPS. - RAISINS. FIGS,
WALM'W. CI'HRANTS, OHANOF.9,
rKKWCNUTS, CITHUN, l.KMONS,
FUiK'IW, ' PHl'NES, BWKKTIHL,
6K..LMINCTS. 1JATK.S. CAST1LESOAP, e.
AU ord.r. by Mil pr.iptly s BOND,
41 8. Water Street, Philadelphia.
Phila. Sept. li, 18SS. Imp.
FARMERS TAKE NOTICE.
1100 bushels FlaxaeeJ wanted immediately at
the Cheap Store of E. Y. Bright, for which
the higUsl market price win oe paiu.
Sunburv, October 6, 1855. tf
HARDWARE .-Table Cutlery, Raiora, Pock
et Knivee, Hand saws' Wood saws in
frames. Axes, Chisels, Door Locks, and Hinges,
Hand Bells, Waiters, c, just received and for
Ml, by W. TEN CK UO
Sunbury Dec. , 1854.
'ANILLA BEANS just received by
WElsER cV BKUNER.
Sunbury, May J9, 1855.
BLACK Put good article fo sale by
May WKISIR ds B RUN BR.
11
L'SBANO'S Msonesia far sale by
Vfcsr r. VIHN iJWI
At five o'clock upon Thanksgiving morn
ing l'eacon Hson arose as he was wont, no
holiday making any change in his hours. Yet
now he no loncrer sprang from his bed with
the alacrity which changed duty into pleasure;
he rose because imperious necessity comman
ded it. There were the cattlo to be fed and
watered, and the poultry to receive the snmo
attention, and there was, moreover, a Ere to
be made in the huge old kitchen (ire-place;
for the deacon had njw no servant or helper,
and in the grey winter of his lift) the whole
burthen of managing his place had fallen on
his shoulders. 1 ultimately they were broad
and strong fortunately his constitution was
good, his spirits elastic, and his piety sincere,
for his burthens and trials were indeed weigh
ty. He had been comparut ively rich he was
now in embarrassed circumstances. He had
looked forward to the time when a son should
relieve him of the most laborious of his toils,
while a daughter performed the same kind
office for his wife. Both hnd been disappoint
ed nnd now the old couple were the solitary
tennr.t? rf that lone farm house.
The deacon went mechanically about his
morning labors; he drove the cuttle tn the
water tank ; he supplied them with fresh fod
der, and after seeing that they were comfort
able, returned to the old kitchen. Hv this
time the good wife had prepared a breakfast,
and a genial fire was diffusing its heat through
the apartment.
I he old couple sat down to nreukmet auer
blessing by the old farmer, but the meal
passed by in silence. It was followed by a
fervent prayer and the reading of a portion
of the Scripture. After this they adjourned
to t lie sitting-room.
ell, said she, with a si:h, "this is
Thanksgiving day. It doesn't seem like old
-ii j i i n
iiiuea ui an. e usea 10 nave noiise mil
of company, frolicksome young folks and
cheerful old people, and now we are alone,
alone."
"Last Tbaiikscivinir dav." said the old man.
"there was one with us who seemed to my old
eyes like an angel of licht. with her fairy
gulden hair floating like aclory on her shoul
ders, and her little foot making music as she
moved about the old house. ' Hut even then
there was a hectic flush upon her cheek like
the red upon the maple leaf in autumn.
M hen the Januury snows lay deep on the
bills and iu the hollows, we carried her to her
lust home but God's will be done."
"You forcet that we have another child
alive."
"No, I do not forzet it." said the old man
bitterly. "There is one living somewhere
wbo uas brought disgrace npon car name,
woo nas lorgotten bis parents qua his Jod
who has drunk deep of the cnp-'Of. iniquity,
and who has brought ruin and woe upon his
name and family."
"Po not speak harshly of poor William."
pleaded his mother,
"Why should I not! Was he not insonsible
to kindness steeled against affection t Did
he not scatter my hard earnings to the wind t
Is it not to him that I owe the prospect of
oeggary ana destitution T ltemember the first
or l ebruary. 1 bat is the last dav of rrace
If the money comes uot then, and God knows
whence it is to come, we are houseless beg
gars. Who will care for us then T"
"God will care for us," said the aged wo
man, raising ber eyes reverently to heaven.
The old man made no reply, for bia otter
ance was choked. At that moment the old
clock that stood tickiog in the corner struck
the hour or nine. 1 lie deacon rose.
"It is time to harness old Dobbin," said be,
"for we have long way to ride to meeting,
and the roads are in a bad condition."
Their preparations were soon made, and
tha old couple, poorly but decently attired,
sallied forth to their publio devotions. The
services ended, the deacon and bis wire, a
they issued from the porch, were kindly
greeted by many old friends and neighbors,
more than one of whom pressed them to com
and partake of their thanksgiving cheer. But
the deacon shook big head.
"Many thanks, my friends," said be, "but
ver sine I have been a householder, 1 have
kept my thanksgiving at borne, and I shall
coutioue to do so aa long as I have a bouse
remaining- over my bead."
So they rode home together. While the
deacon drove up to the barn to put np his
horse, the old lady opened the back door,
which was always on the lutch, and entered
the kitchen. Aa she did so she started back.
A stranger was seated by the kitchen fire,
who rose on her entrance. He was a tall,
stalwart mar., dressed in a rough suit, with
a broad-leafed hat. his countenance embrown
ed by expnsnre to the sun and wind, and his
upper lip almost concealed by a heavy and
luxuriant monstache.
"Good morning, ma'am," be said with some
embarrassment. "Finding no one answered
my knocks, I took the liberty of wulking in.
I believe 1 owe no apology, for I have officia
ted as turnspit and saved your thanksgiving
turkey from ourning."
"I am very much obliged to you, I'm sure,"
answered the old lady, pulling off her mit
tens. "But did you want to see mo or the
deacon r
"Both of yon." answered the stranger.
"Yon hnd a son, I believe T"
"Yes," said Mrs. Wilson, with hesitation,
and casting down her eyes.
"I have seen him lately."
"Where?" inquired the mother, with in
creased agitation.
"In California-"
"Was he doing well t"
"Admirably. Mother ! mother !" he added
impetuously, throwing back his hot. "don't
you know me don't you know your William?"
He rushed into his mother's arms and was
clasped to her betting heart. After the first
greeting was over, the young maa asked :
'Where is sister Emmy ?"
'Gone," answered the mother, as her tears
flowed forth anew.
William sank into a seat, and hiding his
face in his hands, wept bitterly. The mother
did not attempt to check him. Sho knew
those tears were precious.
"And my father?" nsked the young man,
when he retrained his composure.
"He is well. But you had better retire for
a while. Go to your old room my son, it is
just as you lot t it, and wait till 1 summon
j you."
! It was with a fluttering heart that the over
! joyed mother went about the preparations for
dinner, and when the table was nearly set.
I every dish in its place, and the turkey smo
i king hot, waiting to be carved, she summoned
the old man. lie made his appearance at
once, and took his seat. Glancing round the
table, be said :
"What is this, wife ; you have set plates
for three."
"I thought perhaps somebody might drop
in unexpectedly."
"There is little danger hope, I mean of
that," answered the deacon sadly.
At this juueture Mrs. Wilson, with a mys
terious expression, rang the bell, with which,
in happier days, she was wont to summon her
tardy children to their meals.
It was answered by the appearance of the
long lost William.
The deacon, who recognised him after a
moment, gazed upon him with a stern eye,
but with a quivering lip that betrayed the
force of his ill-suppressed emotions.
"So you have come back at last," he said.
"Yes, father, but not as I left you. Father,
last Thanksgiving day I went into my lonely
room, and there, kneeling down, addressed
myself to heuven, and solemnly abiured the
fatal cup which hud brought min upon me
and woe upon this once happy family. From
that day to this I have not touched a drop.
Is my probation enough ? Can you now wel
come back your son and bless him ?"
"Bless him ! Yes. yes, bless you, my dear
uear noy r said the old deacon, placing li is
tremlilinir hand on tha dark locks of the
pleader. "You are welcome. William, though
o c t r 2 .
KISSES.
There's treasured pearls upon my cheek and
brow,
Unseen to earthly seeing,
But which I prize and cherish now,
With all my life and being ;
And I will count the dearest o'er
(For which 1 thank Inch Heaven)
And think again, to live no more,
The bliss that tuey have given.
My mother's kiss! a holy thing,
t blip gave whilst she was praying,
And I, a child, looked, wondering
The words that she was saying ;
I knew not that for me she prayed,
And with that kiss she gave me
Her prayer before her God she laid
To watch, and guard, and save me !
Another yet 1 It fell upon my brow
One happv summer even,
From lips wliose warmth hath vanished now,
To wake to life in Heaven.
The moonbeams struggled through tho pine,
Then smiles of beauty clearer,
Silently drawing, line by line.
Their shafts of silver noarcr.
And I since then have wept have wept
In grief that hath not faded,
Above that form that lowly slept,
By gloom and dampness shaded ;
The morning sunlight fell like gold,
The dark brown hair caressing
Ah ! used to press those lips so cold
That throbbed not back at kissing !
Another yet! npon mv lips it fell,
In silence dear and holy
While shadows wandered down the dell,
Silent as we, but slowly;
That was in summer too, when earth
O'er buds and flowers rejoices
And streams glide murmuring from their
birth.
Of love in rippling voices.
Oh joy ! to look in eyes so dear,
that looked in kisses solely
Press brow to brow in trust, and hear
Not words, but heart throbs wholly I
To tee the smile from cheek to cheek
Pass, hope and rladness sounding
To know the words each one would speak,
.Buiorc tney oreaif. in sounding I
My mother's kiss ! the one she gave to me,
In gentle, holy blessing,
When riy young heart leapt glad and free,
Mad j but for love caressing
It lingers with me in my dreams.
When I seek sleep, the lowly,'
It guards me ever, and it seems
A foretaste of the holy !
And of that other I would speak,
That fell from lips that's dearest
iV.ipped down upon my lips and cheek
W hen our two hearts throbbed nearest,
I pray my heart may love as now.
When Heuv'n from earth shall clear it,
And kisses pressed hero on my brow,
Shall there be kept in spirit I
you come only to witness the downhill of our
house."
"Not so, father," answered the young man,
joyously. "I huve come hack to save you to
utono for my prodigality, for all my errors.
It was this hope that sustained lue'in the lone
heart of Sierra Nevada, when I was panting
with thirst anil dying with hunger. Thoughts
of home, of you und mother, and of God's
angels, enabled mo to conquer fortune. I
have come back with a store of gold you
shall not be a beggar in your old age j father,
we shall keep the farm."
After this it is unnecessary to add that joy
entered tho old homestead. It was u chas
tened joy, for the shudows of the past yet
mingled with the sunshine of the present ;
but tho felicity which attended the prodig-il'a
return wag euougn to compensate for many
sorrows.
A NEW ZEALAND "LADY."
A young gentleman who left Preston in
England, above four years ago, thus writes
home from Wacanm, in New Zealund, to a
friend : "Needle-women are much wanted
in a double capacity ; it; the first and most
important us wives, in the second as dressma
kers, A-e. AH young men should marry be
fore emigrating. Many who come out here
form matrimonial Connections with the na
tives. My partner is a native, and thonob
faultless in form, her complexion s not more
fair than bluck ii plain luniniace she is a
woman of color, the exact, shade approaching
much nearer to polished brown paper or ma
horanv. than anvthinir else I run remember.
She rannot speak English, and is much ad
dicted to what you would call smoking, but
wnai sue elegantly terms lai tuprka An
glice, food tobacco, flor hair hangs in neg
ligent gracefulness, and is of a beautiful and
brilliant bluck. Her eyes are brown, her
person tall and erect, and her carriage fault
less and as dignified as tbat of any huropeon.
t rom one ear is suspended a shark tooto
and the other is embellished with a bit of col
ored worsted. Her feet were never tortured
by shoes, nor concealed by stockings ; they
area tree as when nature formed them, she
swims to perfection, can manage a canoe iu a
sea that would appall a London waterman,
and ia such an adeptant catching fish that
Uaak Walton would have shrunk in oppoti
tion to ber. I have been induced fo make
theso remarks, as they will apply to tho whole
native rare. European women are so scarce
thut English and Maori connections are little
noticed. 1 he practice is common t and the
dark complexion, naked feet, aud kai tupekd
nave Become laminar to us as possible.
. I'RRsiDKNT Podding. For a two quart
mould, boil a sufficient quantity of chestnuts
to produce a quart of meal, pressed into the
measure, after being pounded and passed
through a sieve. Boil three quarters of a
pound of lump sugar ia on pint of water,
with a stick of vanilla, until reduced to one
third. Boil one pint of cream, add to it tho
flour of chestnuts, then the syrup, and twelve
yolks of eggg nicely beat np ; set it on tbt
urt. Moore $ Curat Iew Yorker,
If yon would make a young lady bat
"churning," teach btr to play the piano
would you stock ber with "osrve'" toll her
tbat it's low to do kaosswefk.
A HAPPV MAX.
In several of yesterday's papers appeared
the following advertisement extraordinary.
which we doubt not created some excitement
throughout the citv :
"Birth. New Orleans, October 9, 1855.
The Hon. Mrs. Marccliue Aubrau gave birth
to a fine daughter this morning at 7 o'clock,
mother nnd child doing finely."
Yesterday we found out all about it, and
as none of the parties concerned cun read,
and, in consequence, will not have their feel
ings lacerated by seeing themselves in print,
we snail ten our readers ail aoont it.
Mr. Aubran, the husband of the honorable
lady und mother above advertised, is an ec
centric old Frenchman, who keeps a grocery
on Ktiterpe street. Some years ugo, the wile
ol ins Dosom, not being able to present him
with an heir, became- disgusted with him and
run off. After awhile she returned aud open
ed negotiations with him for a divorce. Ho
being willing, the knot hymenial was severed
by due cohrse of law, and each returned to a
life of Biugle blessedness. After a lanse of
. . i .i ii .
lime, nowever, vueir uiesscuuess uejenerated
nto misery, their "affinities" brought them
together ugain and, after a brief courtship,
they n'greed to get spliced again, and every,
thing was got in readiness for the evens, Jus
tice Guiemie being selected as the officiating
priest, sja uie uuy preceding tne wedding.
however, the intended bride gave way to her
ancient fickleness, and run off to Mobile with
another man, who married her there. This
made Aubran so "pizen" mad that after a
courtship of forty-eight hours he married bis
housekeeper, Miss Kate. Being spunky
withull he published bis marriuge in some of
tho city papers, the notice being proceeded
by one announcing his first marriage aud sub
sequent divorce. This was about two years
ago. A yt ar having passtd after the last
marriage, without ottering the husband any
promise or even a ray of hope, that the one
wish of his heart would be fulfilled, his divor
ced wife who had returned to the city with
her husband, maliciously circulated stories
throughout the neighborhood, that be was
nothing but au old dry-bones, who was never
intended by nature to be a father ; telling this
as one who had a good right to know. Au
bran, though considerably nettled at heart
by this, made believe that he didn't care, and
threw the taunt back, by telling ber not to
brag till she had presented her second hus
band with an heir, a thing tbat she bad not
done yet.
W il bin the past year, the neighbors became
aware of a great change in Aubran. He be
came frisky, good humored, and somewhat
younger in appearance j and, as months rol
led on be became more and more so all
which was rather wonderful, he being in bis
fifty-fifth year. Within the last month, he
has been, to a certain extent, "wild." On
Wednesday mo'ning, the grand event came
off, and the old man then "flew off the han
dle" entirely. He flew round the neighbor
hood as if his house were afire, greeting his
friends with hand wringingsand exclamations
of "all right, old fellow all right I all right I"
The first outburst of enthusiasm over, ha re
flected twhile, and determined to publish the
glorious news to tha world. Being unable to
writ English, be got a friend to act as aman
uensis, and dictated to him tha nnioue notice
which bead this article. Tha prefix "don."
to his wife's dam is speciality, intended to
compliment ber, and at th gam tiui to
crush forever the satanio gle and th tat
tling of bia divorced wife.
In the advertisement, the mother and child
aiu announced as doing well. We are grati
fied in being able to add tbat the father also
is getting along splendidly. He ia at last in
tb honeyaong of his agister. N. O. CVee-
FARDO! Or DR. BEALSt.
The commnnitv was somewhat etartled on
Thursdny morning by the announcement that
Governor Pollock had extended the executive
clemency on Dr. Stephen T. Benle, convicted
of an outrage upon th person of a young la
dy while under the influence of chloroform.
Dr. lieale wag sentenced to an impnsonmeui
of four years and six months, the term com
meucing on the 28th of November, 1854. He
bos, therefore, served nearly a year of the
term for which be was sentenced. In the
document of mercy the Governor fully states
the reasons which actuated him in granting
tho pardon.
Ho had received communications rrom
about one hundred and forty dentists and
twenty-three physicians, of this city and the
country, stating their belief that the testimony
as to matters trauspiring under the influence
of ether is unsafe and unreliable ; from a
number of other physicians named, that they
believe bun innocent ; from a large number
of the bar, and citizens ot various states, in
cluding the names of Governors, Attorneys
General, vc, that they believe he was con
victed on insufficient testimony ; from a num
ber of clergymen, that they believe him inno
cent; from the Mayor of 1'hiladelplua, and
fifty members of the Philadelphia City Coun
cils; from members of the Legislature, Jud
pes of the supreme Court, editors of rbila-
delphia newspapers, and five thonsand other
citizens oi 1'anusyivania and ivew xorn, witn
five of the jury on the trial, all asking for his
pardon. After enumerating all these facts,
the Governor says :
And whereas, the JJoard or inspectors or
the said 1'hiladelplua County 1'rison, (as ap
pears by their communication on file in the
office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth)
have unanimously recommmended the pardon
of the said Dr. Stephen T. Beale, because, in
thetr opinion, the end contemplated by the
law in the moral reform of the prisoner has
been attained because lull and ample satis
faction has been rendered to public sentiment
by the imprisonment he has already under
gone because his health is undoubtedly
breaking down under the sufferings of body
and mind which he has already endured, and
because the destitute condition of bis aged
parents aud bereaved and sorrowing wife and
children imperatively demand the presence
and support of their son, husband and father.
And whereas, utter a full and careful exam
ination of the facts and evidence in the ense,
aided by the scientific discussions to which it
has given rise, (without any intentions to re
flect upon the prosecutrix, who no doubt tes
tified to what sho believed did occur nor to
impugn the integ-ity of the learned Judge
wbo tried the case, nor the honesty of the ju
ry whoconvicted the prisoner,) am now natis-
hed that the defendant. Dr. Stephen 1 . lieale
is nof guilty of the crime whereof he stands
charged, and was convicted upon evidence
unreliable in its character and insufficient in
amount.
I do, therefore, in consideration of the
premises, pardon the said Dr. Stepen T,
Beale of the crime whereof he is convicted as
aforesaid, and be is hereby fully pardoned accordingly.
MIKE WALSH.
The Louisville Journal of the 2d nit., gives
the following incident of the tender tears of
Mike WnUi ;
"The Hon. A. II. Stephens, in a late speech
at Giffm, Ga., called for three cheers I or M ike
uldh, and they were given from four thou
sand throats.
Mike has certainly been true to the South,
and with all his errors, we believe him to be
an honest man aud a patriot. We first saw
him nearly twenty-one years ago when he
wasn't more than twenty one years old. He
came into our office with au old suit of clothes
muddy from head to foot, took a dollar from
his pocket, which he said was all the money
he had in the world, and offered it to pay for
advertising a scoundrel, who, on his way up
the river, had stolen every thing belonging to
him. We could not take the poor fellow g
dollar, but we published his advertisement.
We hud forgotten the circumstance until he
recalled it to our mind, in th presence of
some or his congressional colleagues last win
tsr.
It seems that Mike was coming up the ri
ver with a fow hard earned dollars in bis fob,
when a fellow wbo claimed to be the son of a
clergyman in this city, got in the kind-hearted
youth's good graces by representing himself
to be sick and utterly destitute. M ike put
him into his own state-room, gave him a part
of his money, and took good care of him.
When the boat stopped at a landing the
invalid professed a great desire for milk, and
begged Mike to go to a house half a mile off,
and obtain some for him. Mike demurred
saying the boat would leave him. But the
fellow made such piteous appeals to rum that
he actually went, and the boat left him sure
enough, whereupon the invulid, recovering
suddenly, look possession of Mike's trunk aud
all his worldly possessions, except what he
carried upon his back in bis excursion after
the milk. Mike weiit to chopping wood till
he got tn Louisville, and on arriving here,
found as he expected, that his customer was
unknown in these parts.
w ithout a lurthiuir about him, he went to
shovelling in the canal, and th first dollar he
made there was the ono he brought to its
tte toneo in me rottd until he made enoucb
to go to Cleaveland on his way home, aud
there he met the man who had swindled him.
the swindler ran like a deer, but Mike pur
sued him like a grey-hound, caught him, aud
thrashed him nearly to death in the street be
fore any one could interfere. Mitt was sent
to jail for assault and battery, and his victim
was sent to th penetentiary. Mike is true
hearted, possesses very considerable talent,
and is an utter stranger to either personal or
political rear, we sav with Mr. Stephens,
"three cheers for Mike Walsh."
PERSONALITIES OF LITERATI.
JKRROI.n.
Douglas Jerrold, a well known contributor
to Punch, and editor of various publications,
is a man about fifty years of age, and in per
son is remarkably spur and diminutive.
His face is sharp, angular, ami his eyes of a
greyish hue. He is probably one of the
most caustic writers or the age, and, with
keen sensibility, he often writes under the
impulse of the moment articles which his
cooler judgment condemns. Although a be
liever in hydropathy, his habit do not con
form to the internal application of Adam's
ale. His Caudle Lectures have been read by
everyone. In conversation he is quick at
retort not always refined. He is a husband
and grandfather.
MACAC'.AT.
The Ilotiorablo T. B. Macaulay Is short
in stature, round, and with a growing ten
dency to aldermanic disproportions. His
head has the same rotundity as his body, and
seems stuck on it as firmly as a pin-head.
This is nearly the sum of his personal de
fects ; all elso. except tho voice (which is
monotonous and disagreeable.) is certainly in
his favor. His fuce seems literally instinct
with expression ; his eyes, above ail, full of
deep thought and meaning. As he walks, or
rather struggles, along the street, he seems
in a state of total abstraction, unmindful of
all thut is going on around him, and solely
ocenpied with his own working mind. You
cannot help thinkinp that literature with
hiits is not a more profession or pursuit, but
that it has almost grown a part of himself,
as though historical problems or analytical
criticisms were a part of bis daily food.
BAf LEY.
A correspondent of the Tribune, writing
from Nottingham, England, sns : "I have
seen Bailey, the author of "lestus" His
father is proprietor of the Nottingham Mer
cury, and the editorial department rests upon
him. He is a thick set sort of a man ; of a sta
ture below the middle size ; complexion dark,
and in years about eight und thirty. 11 is physi
ognomy would he clownish in expression, if
his eyes did not redeem his other features.
He spoke of "Festus," and of its fame in
America, of which ho seems very proud. In
England it has only reached its third edition,
while eight or nine have been published in
tho United States."
HI
itstcllami.
Bbead raoit Grown Flour. Mrs A.J
Sibley, of Amanda, Michigan, gives in the
Michigan Farmer, a new receipt for making
bread from grown wheat flour. As wheat is
frequently grown in all wheat regions, it may
be of service to soma of our housekeepers to
bave this receipt, which is aa follows ;
Last week 1 tried a new recipe, which I
will give to your reader ; it makes excellent
bread.
W use ber, generally, what is called salt
rising. I mix my bread with water, (warm,
of course,) kneading it pretty hard i I set it
in a warm place to rise. After i'. was light,
I moulded in all tb flour I could, shaped it
into loaves and again let it rise. I put in uo
sal?ratug, goda or alam. After it became
light, I baked it slowly about two hours, and
I do not think any one would know tbat it
wag once grown wheat. You can mak very
J u i . . ... 1 i, - . . -
guun ureaa or putting a nanaiuu or Indian
meai to a toar, ana Knead it thoroughly.
Tv citizens of Louisville. Kentucky, are,
aloat to vote on tb propriety of subscribing
$1,000,000 to tb Louisville and Nasbvill
Ksiircsd,
DE qfritCEY.
ne is one of the smallest legged, smallest
bodied, and most attenuated eQigies of the
human form divine that one could find in a
crowded city during a day's walk. And if
one adds to this figure clothes that are nei
ther lashionably cut nor fastidiously adjust
ed, he will have a tolerably rough idea of
De Quincey. But theu his brow, that pushes
his obtrusive hat to the buck part of his bead,
anu uis light grev eyes, that do not seem to
look out, but to be turned inward, sounding
the depths of bis imagination, and searching
out the mysteries of the most ohtruse lotric.
are something that you would search a week
to Gnd the mates to, and then you would be
disappointed. De Quincey now resides at
Lasswade, n romantic rural village, once the
residence of Sir Walter Scott, about seven
miles from Edinburg, Scotland, where an af
fectionate daughter watches over him, and
where be is the wonder of tho country people
for miles around.
I.AltAKTI.'lE.
Lamartino is yes, young ladies, positively
a prim lookinir man with a loner fuce, short.
grey uair, a slender figure, ana a suit or
black. Put a pen behind his ear and he
would look like a "confidential clerk." Give
his face more character and he would remind
yon of Henry Clay. He has a fine head,
phrenologically speaking large aed round
at top, with a spacious forehead, and a scant
allotment of cheek. Prim is the word, though.
There is nothing in his appearance which is
ever so remotely suggestive of the romantic.
He is not even pale, and as for a rolling shirt
collar, or a Byronic tie, he is 'evidently not
the roan to think of such things. Romance,
in fact, is the article he lives by, and, like
other men, he chooses to "sink tho shop,"
at least when be sits for his portrait.
DUMAS.
On the Contrary, is a burly fellow. His
large red, round cheeks stand out, till they
seem to stretch the very skin that covers
thorn, and looks as smooth as a polished ap
ple, li is blues crisped ban is piled nigh
above his forehead, and stands divided into
unequal masses, one inclining to the right
and tho other to the left. His eyes aredurk,
and his mouth sensuous, but not to the degree
or vulgarity, ins person is large, nnd Ins
flowing mantle ted. He is a gr.tlemun to
lay bare his throat and look romantic, not
Hyronieally so, but piratically. 1 et ho looks
good humored, and like a man whose capaci
ty for physical enjoyment is boundless. His
negro blood is evident enough to one who
knows he bus it ; but it would not be detec
ted by one who knew it not. It appears in
the peculiar rotundity of the man aud all his
parts ; it crispea unn neapeu ins uuir ; u
made him dress up in flowing red to have his
portrait taken. But his complexion is only a
shade darker than the average. The portruit
reminds us for a ..:oment oi the late Thomas
Hamblin, the actor,
, nt'OlKE SVE. -
Is neither prim nor burly. ITe is a man of
larire frame, over which a loose black coat is
carelessly buttoned. Complexion light, eyes
blue, hair once black, now pepper ana sun,
whiskers voluminous, eyebrows black and
thick, good forehead. And the lower face
ample. This conveys no better idea of the
man's appearance than a French passport.
But the truth is. Sne's countenance aud fig
ure have none of those peculiarities which
make description possible. He looks in his
portrait like a comfortable, careless elderly
gentleman, taking his ease in an easy chair
and easy coat, lie does not look like an au
thor authors seldom do. His air is rather
that of a prosperous citizen. Sue is only 45
years old, but he hits lived fust, and looks 55.
Laniartine is 63, aud would pass easily for 53
Dumas is fifty, and could get credit for thirty
eight.
Awkwardness in MA!irsTiso Torn toys
for Yot !t Lady. A few nights back a
party of ladies and gentlemen Were laughing
over the supposed awkwardness attending a
declaration of love, when a gentleman re
marked that if he ever offered himself, ho
wor-ld do it in a collected and bnsiness-liks
manner.
"For instance," said he. f.ddressing himidir
Jo beautiful lady present, "I would say,
"M iss S , I have been engaged two years
in looking for a wife. I cm in the receipt of
a clear iucoine or two thousand dollars a year
from my present business, which is daily on
the increase. Of all the ladies of my acquaint
ance I admire you the most. Indeed, to
speuk pluiuly, I love von, and would most
glndly make you my wife I"
Yon flatter me by your preference," good
hnmoredly replied Miss S , to the surprise
of all present.
"Not at nil ; I am entirely sincere."
"Then I refer ynu tn my father !"
"Bravo !" exclaimed the gentleman.
"Well, I dc-cl-a-r-e !" exclaimed theladleg,
in one united chorus.
The lady aud gentleman were married soon
after.
"Wusu't that," asks the narrator, "a mod
est way of coming to the point, and a lady
like method of taking a man at his word ?"
"Well, as Charles Lamb would gay, "It
wasn't anything else."
A New Mammoth Company. Telegraphic
Reporting We have seen it stated is several
of our northern exchanges, within tho last
week, that a mammoth telegraph company
has been, or will shortly be, established in
New York, which is to monopolize all, or
nearly all, tho telegraphic, lines which now
thread the high-ways and by-ways of tho
country. The Morse patent is to be superse
ded by what is termed the Hughes patent,
wiucu tuner lusiruiaeni is represented to b
of marvellous construction and capacity ) so
marvellous, indeed, that it will speedily effect
a complete revolution in the whole of th
present saystem of telegraphic reporting and
communication. An intelligible description
of tho new wonder working instrument is not
given, ueither are wo furnished with the sys
tern of operations which is to govern this
mammoth company. But we are assured,
however, that means the most ample have al
ready been secured to start it iuto iuiuiodiato
and successful operation, ,
.Spiritualism in Trcy, N. Y. The Troy
Whig says: We do not believe tire greater
portion of our citizens have any idea of the
number of votaries the Spiritualist theory
hus in our midst. A gentleman, whose word
we regard as sufficient authority (or the as
ertiou, estimates th number of sincere be
lieverg at 1,200. These embrace many of our
leading citizens men of worth and intellect,
wbo duriuc their belief from philosophical
and liberal reasoning, and arc by no means to
be identified with th fanatics who ar always
ready to ambrac any new theory.
a. a a) st - i i i
A Wao in Detroit bas been taking liber
ties with tb reputation of th Pontiae rail
road. n was asked whether ha knew of an
accident or tbat road, and replied i "Never
but one a middle-aged gentleman left
Pootiao for Detroit, and died of old at
Birnragham half way !"
Masci'mns and Femini. r.g. The number
of males born is always greater than the fe
males by about four per cent. At twenty
years of age this preponderance is ent;rc!y
lost, and there are more females than males,
at forty years the balunce is again the other
way, and there are more mules than females..
At seventy tho sexes are about even, and the'
ultimate uge of the humun being is reached
wnnout any acciaed advantage to either sex.
fl . .on . ,
juuib uru now iou jvuiericau women aoovo
one hundred years of age.
An old fellow, who became weary of his
life, thought he might as well commit suicide,
but he didn't wish to go without forgiving all
his enemies. Sd at the last moment he re
moved the nooso from his neck, saying to
himself "I never will or can forgive old Noah
for letting the copper-heud snakes get into
the nrk. They have killed two thousand dol
lars' worth ot my cattle, and when he and I
meet thcro 11 be a general fuss."
A Qi'akkr, on hearing a man curse a par
ticular piece of road, went tip to him and
said, "Friend, I am umbr obligations to thee
What thou bust done I would have done, but
my religion forbids it. Dou't let my con
science, however, bridle thee. Give thy in
dignation wings, and suffer not the prejudices
of others to paralyze the tongue of justice
and loug sefleriug yea, verily."
Bridget fared badly when she came to New
York, and found, to her inexprersible regret,
that she had lost her certificate on the way'
across the sea. But her cousin Patrick sup
plied her with another in the following words
"This certifies that Bridget O'Flunnegan
hud a good character when she left Ireland,
but she lout it on the ship earning over."
"What's in a Nams?" A friend, just re
turned from abroad, sn.-s he once found two
Austrian Custom othcers endeavoring to
make out his r.ame from his travelling trunk.
One called while the other wrote. They had
got it, "Mr. Voranti Solezer." The trunk
was marked, "Warranted sole-leather."
Amat.iTa, does George kiss you because he
loves you ?'' inquires little Jaeky of his moth
er. "To be sure, sonny why ?"
"Wall, I guess he loves the kitchen girl
too, for 1 seen him kiss her mor'n forty times
lust Sunday, when you was to weetiu' "
In a C9rtaiu town of Texas a man dare not
swear in presence of a woman under penalty
of a fine. LWe he not swear he loves ber ?
What tyranny 1 The law was proposed and
advocated, no doubt, by t bachelor.
Men ere never so ridiculous from the onal.
itiee they have, as from those they affect to
have? the buzzard with his tail spread can
never be the lordly peacock.
The Sultan of Tnrksy had sent to Marshal
PeliiSier a magnificent sabre, and conferred
upon Li in the title of Sirdar, with a pension
of SOO.OOOf. (iSOOO) annually.
TRrr. When once infidelity cau persuade.'
men that they shall nns like beasts, tbey will
soon be brought to livk like beasts also.
During the last ten months the city jror-
erumeut of Boston bas paid for "entertain
ments" $10,005 72, aud for carriage hir 82,-
Robt. Owens, whilom of New Harmony, la.;
now in London, has recently been converted
to spiritualism. 11 i uow HO years of age.
On Saturday thirty-three slaves, including
thirteen children, were gold at Richmond, Va.,
for $20,665.
The t ransfer of the Canadian seat of Gov
ernment from Quebec to Toronto is being
proceeded with.
Mary SchacflVr, sged 15, was burned to"
death, In Bultimore, on Monday, by the ex
plosion of a campuene lamp.
It is estimated that 40,000 hog will b
slaughtered this season in Gibsou couuly.
Iodiaua.
Col. Kinney is said to b cultivating corn
and cabbag a a peaceful gquatter at Sn
Juau.
A gambler was ducked St Cairo, 111., th'
other day, for cheatiujj a negro out of 100.
Eaaves who truffle in cunniuf should nvf
git in "Moses' seat."
, On foolifch act m'av ondo a "
tioeeiy on sisk bis fortoo