II II I! . . . . . . ... . NEW SERIES, VOL. 8, NO. 40. SUN13UHY, NOKTIIUMBEULAND COUNTY, PA -SATUKDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1855. OLD SERIES, VOL- 10. NO. 14. The Sunbury American, runLiUEi t:nitt satch.iat DY II. B. MASSER, Market Square, Sunbury, Penna. TKHU3 OF SUBSCRIPTION. TWO UOLI.AUS prr iinnuin to ba paid liulf yearly In silvniue. No paper uieeoiitic'ieu until all srrvaruges are paid. All cifirnntiir;tiiiiii or letters on business relating to the oaice, to insure atifiinoii, mint b POST PAID. Tt) ci.ujjs. Three copies to one mlilress, 5 0 .even D Do IUO'1 Fifteen Ao Ho 40(111 Five it 'Ibtrm in n.H-nnc will pay for three year's tub ncripte'ii to lhi American. Postmasters will (ilfnae net u onr Agents, and frnnk tetters i-.iiLtaiiiiiijr stilisrnpti'ii money. Tliey are pcruut led to il l this umler llir I" st Office Law. TKRMS OF ADVERTISING, 'hip Saiimc of I t lines, :l times, tlO? S5 en" 80" 300 t'veiv Sll!i9eiueut iiisi'llioa, Mne pume, 3 months, Six months, One vear, (liisin'ess Cauls of Five lines, per annam, ior.;,nni oml others, lulvernnin liy the vear, with the privilege of inserting ibflVront uilvertisemeiils weekly. 10(10 fjf !,arei Advertisements, as per agreement. JOB PRINTING. We have ronnnctfil with onr estnhliihment a well selected JOB OFKICK, which will enable us to execute in the neatest style, every variety of printing. H. B. iASSSP., ATTORNEY AT LAW, BUNBUET, PA. Business alien JcJ to in the Counties of Not. lliiimhcrhiiid, I'ninn, Lycoming Monlour and Columbia. Prferenccs in Philadelphia : If-.n Ir.h II. Tyson, Ch-is. Gihtmns, Esq.. Siimf's V St.o lirrass, Linn, Smith & Co. Will Hi ASH ANTHRACITE UOAL 1'tloM Tits L A N L' AST lilt CoLLIEUT, .Noitliuinberlaiid county, Pa., "ITf HEItE wc have ver.v extensive improve- " menu, onil re prepared to oiler to the public o very supnioi aiticlc, particularly BuilrJ lor the manufacture of Iron and making Steam. Our ar.e ol Coal aro : LUMP, for Smelting; purposes. 8TE M IJOAT, J- for do. and Steamboat Bit OK EX. J r,(;f. y for family use and Steam. STOVE, ) PL' ' "r '''mcl,urner na' 5,ealru Our point of Shipping is Stinhury, where ar titngcuieiilo arc made to load boots without any doiay. COCHRAN. PEALE & CO. J. J. CoiiiiiAN, Lancaster. C. V. I'l Ai r., Sliaiiioliin. Uiij. IvKixiioLii, Lancaster. A. 11 l vn ut'N m, do. IT-" Orders addressed to Shamokin or Sunbury, in ill receive prnuipt ntlention. Feb. 10. IhSo ly TT- S. OIF -A- "God and our Anire Land." i;i:SQI7KIIANNA CAMP, No. 29, of the O. of tin-L. S. A. holds its stated sessions every MoxnAT evening in their New Hall, opposite E. Y. II lights store Sunbury, Pa. Inititation and rega ia, 2,00. P. M.SHINDEL, W-C. Em' i. WiivtiiT. It. S. Sunhurv Oct. 20, 1855. O. OF TT- J CUNBVKY COUNCIL, No. 30, O. of V. A. -i l. meets every Ttmuay evening ill the American Hull, opposite Market fctreet. Siitiliury, E. Y. I) right's store, ' Pa. Members of the ! trder ate respectfully requested to attend. 1'. M. SHIN DEL, C. A. HlHITEK, ft. S. Sunbury, Oct. 20, 1885. EXC E L SOI M EATING SALOON! 4 II Alt Li;S U. WBIAKTOX HAS tike't t'te Saloon formerly occupied by J. W. Washington, Jn Market Square, Sunbury, where he will he happy to dispense to his friends nnd tlie eating public generally, all the delicacies of Ihn scanon. including Oysters tresli and spiced. The bill of fare will include suh staniiabnii'l delicacies, calculated tosatfy those wlio are hungry, and those who desire merely to nave their palates tickled. It will be open at all hours of the day, and all reasonable hours of the uicht. Give us a call and taste f t yourselves. V Families and parties supplied on abort notice. Sunbury, Kept. 82, 1835. LEATHER. I'lSM Z, II 12111 V A, Co. .'o. 29 Xorth Third Street, Philadelphia. IOMOUCO Manufacturers, Curriers and Im porters of FJ1ENCH CALK-SSkl.NN. and dealers in Ited and Oak. SOLE LEA i libit it KIPP. Feb. 17, 1855. w ly F. II. SMITH, PORT MONNAIE. POCKET BOOK, ABD Dressing Cake SlauuTailurcr, A'. IK. cor. of Fourth Chestnut Sts., PHILADELPHIA.. Always on baud a large and varied assortment of I'oil Monnaies, Work Uoies, Poikct Hooks, Cabas, Hankers Cases, Traveling Dags, Wote Holders, llackgammon Boards, Port Folios, Chess Mun, r'ormlilo Desks, Cittar Cases, Dieting Cases, Pocket Memorandum Hooks, Also, general assortment of F.ne'.i.h, French and Gorman Fancy Goods, Fine Pocket Cutlery, lt.izors, Itaxor Strops and Gold Pens. Wholesale, Second and Third Floors. F. II . SMITH. N. W. cor. Fourth & Chestnut Bis., Philada. N. On the receipt of $1. a Superior Gold Pen will be sent to any part of the United States, by mail ; describing pen, thus, medium, hard, or sop. Phila., Marc't 31, 1855 ply. DANVILLE HOTEL. JOHN 33EE3ST, JR., Marktt Strut, Danville, Pa, 'pHIS ia one of the largest and moat coinnto. dious hotels in the interior of Pennsylvania. It has been recently fitted bp, in excellent alyle, won an vnc mnuern conveniences. Danville, Kept. 2'4, 1855. FARMERS TAKE NOTICE. V)0 bushels Flaxseed wanted immediately at the Cheap Store of E. Y. bright, for which the highest market price will La paid. ejunhure, October 6, 1808. W ' . n A It DW ARB-Table Cutlery, Ratora, Pock et Knives, Hand saws' Wood saws in frames. Axes. Chisel. Door Locks, aad Hinges, Hud Bella, Waiters, irf jnat received and for akIby ' 'I. W.TCx.KiyU. Buobury . 1654. The following beautiful verses aro from tho pen of Mr. J. O. Whittier, ur.der the title of THE VAUDOIS MISSIONARY. 0, lady fuir. these eilkn of niiue Are beautiful and rare The richest web of the Indian loom Which beauty's self might wear. And these pearls are pure and mild to be- ' lurid, And with radiant light they vie ; I have brought them with me n wenry way: Will my gentle ludy buy f And the lady smiled on the worn old man, Through the dark and clustering carls Which veiled her brow, as shu bent to view II i silks ami glittering ponrlo; . And elie p'need their price in the old man's hand. And lightly turned away: But she paused at the wanderer's earnest call "My gentle lady, stay I" ''0. lndv fair. I have yet n gem Which a purer lustre flingf, Than the diamond Hash of the jeweled crown On the lofty brow of K ings ; A wonderful pearl of exceding price, Whose virtue shall not dceny : Whose light, shall be ns a spell to thee, And a blessing on thy way 1" The lady glanced at the mirroring steel, Where her youthful form was seen. Where her eyes shone clear and her dark locks waved Their clasping fiearls between. "Bring forth thy pearl of exceeding worth, Thou traveler gray and old. And name tho price of thy precious gem. Aud my pages shall count thy gold." Tho cloud went off from the pilgrim's brow, Asa smnll anil nieagru bonk Unehased with gold or diamond gem, From his folding robe he took : 'Here, lady fair, is the pearl of price Miiv it prove ns such to thee ! Nov. keep thv gold I nsk it not For the Word of God if free!" The hoary traveler went his wav But the gift he left behind. Hath had its pnro and perfect work On that high-born maiden's mind j And she hath turned from her pride of sin, To the lowliness of truth, And given her human heart to (Jod, In its beautiful hour of youth And she hath l.-ft thp old gray walls Where nn evil faith hath powr, The conrtlj knights of her father's train, And the maiden's of her bowers; And fhe hath gone to the Yaudois vale, By lordly fee t tint rod, Where the poor and needy of oarth are rich, In the perfect love of God. Effecting torn. From Moriis and Willis' Home Juunu.l THE NIGHT FUNERAL OF A SLAVE. Messrs. Mobp.is and Wilms: Travelling recently on business, in the interior of Geor- p-j.i, I reached, inst at sunset, the mansion of the proiirictor throueh whose estate for the last, nan tiour oi my journey, i mm pursued I my way. My tired companion pricked his j ears, nnd with a low whinny indicated his j pleasure, as I turned tip the broad avenue I leading to the house. Calling to a black hot in view, I bade him inquire of his owner if I j could be accommodated with lodgings for the I night. Mv request brought the proprietor hnnscir to tlio door, and from tln'iiee to the gate, when, after a scrutinizing glance at my per son nnd equipments, he inquired my name, busineps and destination. I promptly re sponded to his (ttiestiois, and ho invited me to alight and cuter the house in tho true Fpirit of Southern hospitality. He was apparently thirty years of age, and cvdientlv a man of education und refinement. I soon observed an uir of gloomy abstraction about him; he said but little, and even that little seemed the result of an effort to obviate the seeming want of civility to u stranger. At supper the mistress ol tho mansion ap peared nnil liu the honors ol the table, in Her larticular department : she was exceedingly adylike and beautiful, only as Southern wo men ure, that is beyond comparison will, those of any other portion of this republic 1 have ever seen." She retired immediately after supper, and a servant handing some splendid Ilabai.nas on a smull silver tray, we had just seated ourselves comfortably bTore the enormous fire of oak wood, when a ser vant appeared at the end door near my host, hat in band, and uttered in subdued but dis tinct tones, the to me startling words : ".Master, ile cofiin hob come. "Very well," was the only reply, and tho servant disappeared. Jlv host remarked, my gaze of inquisitive wonder, and replied to it "I havn been very sail, sum lie, to-uay. "t have hud a greater misfortune than I have experienced since my father's death. 1 lost this morning the truest and most reliable friend in the world one whom J. have been accustomed to honor nnd respect since my earliest recollection; he was the playmate of my father's youth, and the mentor of mine; a faithful servant, uu honest man, nnd a sin cere Christian. I stood bv his bedside to- duy, nnd, with his hands clasped in mine, I lieurd the lust words he uttered j they were, Master meet mo in Heaven. 1 1 is voice faltered a moment, and he con tinued after a pause, with increased excito. ment "His loss is a melancholy ono to me. If I left my homo, I said to him, 'John, see thut all things are taken cure of,' and I knew thut my wilu and child, property and all, were us safe as though they were guarded by uh hun dred soldiers. I never spoke a harsh word to bim in all my life, for be uever merited it. 1 havo a hundred others, many orthein fuUh ful and true, but bis loss is irreparable. I com from a section of the Union where slavery dues not exist, and 1 brought with me all the prejudices which so geuurally prevail in too 1 1 c o iui.es ,ii rr-ga.ru 10 tuia institu tion." I bud already seen much in soften these, but the oUservutiuu of year would have failed to give me so clear an insieht into the relution between master and survunt as this simple incident. It was not the haughty planter, the lordly tyrant, talking of his dead slave, as of his dead . horse ; but the kind-hearted gentleman, .lamenting the loss, and eulogizing tha virtues ol his good old fritnd. A fur so ioUrvftl ct silsoco mj host tt- inttieo r ........ . "There are," said ho, "ninny of the old man's relatives and friend who would wish to attend his funeral. To ufford them nn op portunity, several plantations have been noti fied that he will be buried to-night ; some, I presume, have already arrived ; nnd desiring to see that nil things are properly prepmed for his interment, I trust you will excuse my absence for a few momonis." ' Most certainly, sir j but," I nddril, "if there is no impropriety, I wonld be plenscd to accompany yon." "There is none," he replied ; and I followed him to n long row ofcabins. situated nt a dis tance or gome three hundred yards from tho mansion. The house was crowded with ne groes, wlio ull oroso on our entrance, and many of them exchanged greetings with mine host, in terms that convinced mu that they felt that ho was un object of sympathy from them! The corpse was deposited in tho coffin, attired in n shrond of the Guest cotton mate rials, nnd tho coffin itself painted black. Tho master stopped ut its head, u nil lpying his hand upon the cold brow of his faithful bondsman, gazed long nnd intently upon features with which . he had been so long fa miliar, and which he now looked upon for tho last time. on earth ; raising his eyes at length, nnd glancing at tho serious countenance now bent upon his, he said solemnly and with much feeling "He was a faithful servant nnd a true Christian, if you follow his example, mid live ns he lived, none of you need I'eur, when the time conies for yen to lay here." A patriarch, with the snow of eighty win ters on his Dead, answered "Master, it is true, and we will try to live like him." There was a mnnnurof general nsset t, nnd after giving rome instructions relative to the burial, wn returned to tho dwelling. About nine o'clock a servant appeared with the notice that, they trio ready to move and to know if further instructions were nec essary. My host remarked to me, that by stepping into tho piazza, I would probably witness, to me it novel scene. The procession had moved and its route led within a few yards of the mansion. There were at least one hundred and fifty negroes, arranged four deep, and following a wagon in w hich v.as placed the coffin : down the entire length of the line, at intervals of a few feet on each side were carried torches, of the resinous pine, and here called light wood. About the centre was stationed the block preacher, u man of gigantic frame and stentorian lungs who gave out from memory, tho words of a hymn suitable for tho occasion. The South ern negroes ure proverbial for their memory nnd compass of their voices, und 1 thought that hymn, mellowed by distance, the most solemn und yet tho sweetest music that ever had fallen upon my ear. The stillness of tho night and strength of their voices enabled me to distinguish tho uir at tho distance of half n mile. It was to me a strange nnd solemn scene, and no incident of my life has impressed mo with morn powerful emotions than the night funeral of the poor negro. For this reason I havo hastily mid most imperfectly sketched I its leading features. Previous to retiiing to j T :.. .1... l i.. ..r .1 t.. ...r! Ill) MMMII, X iltt III IIIU Oil 1,1 : I'l o iionoiei IM , . ... .. the lady at whose house I stopped fr ,W i migaged . assislmg operations. night a number of the Home Journal, and it j The General in command is hero with us occurred to mo to send this to your paper. I us are also the Judges of the. Supreme Court perfectly indifferent whether it be published , ( plilpr (Joiirls und the Secretary or the or not. I nui but n br.ef sojourner here. I ! ,. . , , u i i hail from a cider clime, where it is our pr. nd i hU- "'J tho Oovornor will bo here as toon boast that ull men tire free and i-qnal. 1 ! as tho U. S. troops arrive, shall return to my Northern home, deeply j Just now looking out I sen the camp fires impressed with the belief, that dispensing , h.i7-m j,, a pretty wooded ravine untl these with the name of freedom, the negroes of the , . ', , . , , -,i Sot.ll. ure the happi-st and most contented !,arJ.V f-Uo lying about on tho ground with people on the face of the earth. I out any covering some sleeping some sing- Yours, n.j all in pood humor, although they have iator. , ii,,) fr0II) 40 t0 mj,.g t0 como (0 onr Fona.i.b Ciilimii' in NTyk.- ! ''-o-mar.y of them the first men of You . enter tho church porch. The portly ' country. One feature which pleases mo sexton, with his thumbs in the urn. holes of i highly is that of a company composed entirely Ins vest, meets you nt tlie iloor. lie glances ut vou, your coat and hat are m w, so he graciously escorts vt ti In an eligible sent in the broad aisle. Close behind you follows a poor, meek, plainly clad seamstress, deprived from her treadmill round to think cue day in seven of the Immortal. The sexton is struck with sudden blindness She stands embar rassed ono moment, lln n, as the truth dawns upon her, retraces her steps, and. with tt crimson blush, recrosscs the threshold which she has profaned with herplebian feet. Hark to the organ. It is a struin front Norma, slightly Sabbuth-izod. Now the worshippers one after another glide in silks rattle plumes wave satin glistens diamonds .'lit ter and scores of forty dollar hundkerehiet's shake nut their perfumed odors. What un itisuriiity to preach tint Gospel of the lowly Nuzarite to such a set. Tho clergyman knows better than to do so. Ho values his fat salary nnd handsome parsonage too highly. So with n velvet tread he walks all around tho ten commandments places the downiest pillow under the dying profligate's ud and ushers him with seraphic hymning iuto an upper ten Iluaveu. Fanny Fern. F.XKKfisK is Tim Oi'i-x Air. From Hart- stein's expedition to the l'olur Sea, wo ex tract the following : "Nutnre has qualified man to breathe an atmosphere 120 degrees above zero or 03 be low it, a Uillerence o; imi degrees, wiuioui in jury to health ; and the doctrines of physi cians t lint great and sudden changes oi tem perature aro injuries to health is disproved by recorded tacts. Then are very lew Arc- tic navigators who d.u in the Arctic zone ; it is the most healthy climate on the globe to those who breathe the open fir. Wr huvo among our nssi ciute observers one who observes nnd records me cnanges oi temperature in Australia, where the temptr attire rose to 115 ut 3 o'clock 1. M , and uext morning ut 5 was down to 403 a chnugo of 73 degrees in fourteen hours ; there the peo pla are healthy and another at Frunconia. (N. II.) where" the changes are the most sud den, the most frequent and of tho greatest extent of any pluce with which I urn in cor respondence on tho American Contineut ; and yet there is no town of its size that has .. ;..L .1 .:. ... ...I... so great a proport ion oi its niuauiiuiua o.f pass the tg ol three score years anu teu. ii is the quality of the changed air that consti tutes the difference that , physiciaus notice, and not the temperature." Pa. Kank's AaiTio , Expkditiom. Dr. Kano is bu.ily employed on his work descri bing bis last Arctic expedition, and efforts are being made by th publishers, Messrs, Child & Peterson,, to have it out early the ensuing yuur The csliinutvd cost of its pro duction js 820,000. There will be twenty fine steel line eugravlugs, .including portraits of Pr Kaue and Mr. Uriuucll, executed uu tier the Ruperifiteudauc of J. M, Butler, Esq. The wood-cuts will be engraved in the highest style of art by Messrs. Van Jngen t Sojdsr, making ic all upwards of three biui dred illustrations. It will be issued ia two octavo volumes, jrx $5 for tha sntira work. iansas Affairs. Communicated for the American. Extracts of letters from a gentleman resi ding in Lccompton, Kansas Territory : LecoMrTON, K. T., Dee. 3, 1855. Mv Dkah C : I doubt very much that any fighting will toko placo, nnd should it occur, our forces aro ioo strong, and we aro too well backed up to meet with any rever ses. Wo aro now upwards of 1000 strong, with artillery, nnd every day reinforcements nro arriving. I havo no doubt but that by Thursday we shall havo 2000 frontier men who are no trifles ; besides, before this reaches you, eight companies U. S. troops, consisting of infantry, cavalry nnd artillery will also be with nsi. If we need it more than 5000 men will join us frcm other quarters, but we shall not need them, as wo think these forces, to gether with the U. S. troops, will sufficiently nwe tho rebels, whom wo hope to disperse without bloodshed.' All this proceeds from a systematic arming of men by tho Abolition Emigrant Aid Society of Massachusetts. Five hundred Sharp's rifles nnd several enn non have been sent by that Society to Law rencp. Two houses were there built with port-holes, ns strong as a fortress. In these tho nrmed men are kept. They drill regular ly, nnd in discipline nro effective. These men are not settlers, but the hired ruffians of tho fanatics of tho north. They are quartered through the neighborhood on the abolition squatters, and on any occasion needed, Dock to Lawrence. A convention was lately held at which they openly avowed their intention to resist the laws, and not recognise Gov. Shannon. In pursuance of their intentions and plans, the Sheriff of the county has been resisted in executing (ho laws, by these men, who waylaid him, and by a superior armed force wrested a prisoner from him. These men have been burning and destroying tho property of actual settlers, who either differ ed from them in politics, or whose claims they wanted. The ringleaders tire known to be men of most infamous character in every sense.. There are 40 warrants now to servo and arrest these vagabonds, and for this pur pose is the force now ordered intended. It is to sustain the civil authorities, and not Tot ally other purpose, but what may be tho result of un outraged people it is impossible to say. and it will be difficult to restrain them. We have two camps, one near Lawrence ond tho other here, und I take a few moments while all are asleep, to write, as 1 am constantly of Free Soilers. nre also on their way to join us. There is tilso diflused through our differ ent companies a number of Free State men, but who tire law nbidingcitizens. 1 hope the papers in the east will do us justice nnd place no confidence in tne slanders and falsehoods circulated by tho abolition papers of Law rence, the nrticles of which aro generally written in Boston. lEiT.Mnwi ft, 1855. No further news of consequence troops still arriving. Judge Btirrel from I'ennsylva nitt arrived hero yesterday a pleasant and mild man. Ho and Judge Cato take their seats to-day, Judgo Lccompto recognising them in place of Kllmoro nnd Johnson remo ved. On the 1st of January we shall havo a paper issued from hero. A full exposition of of the secret order combined for the over throw of tho Government has been made by one I.utighlin. A despatch from the President received, ordering all the troops at Leavenworth to place themselves ut the Governor's orders, und they are now on their way. This disap points our boys, as there will bo no'fighting. Lkcomptos, Pec. C. lej'i.i. My Pkar C. : I write you another letter, ns I deem it important that yon nnd your friends in Pennsylvania should be jnade aware of the extent of the treasonubla acts of the abolition party here. To-day two priso ners were brought in, on whom were found important papers, proving their guilt and the participation of these parties. They ut tempted to destroy those papers by swallow ing thorn, but they wero choked and mado to disgorge, the pieces put together, of which I send you copy. The excitement increases every moment, as these treasonable acts are discovered. The TJ. S. troops are now on their woy with the Governor at their head. We shall make a Jointure with tho troops. The rebels have thrown np entrenchments and are fortifying themselves and forming barricades in Lawrence, but unfortunately for them, a Li h prairie hill commands tho town, and they cannot take possessien of it. Wo shall, and from it, with the artillery we have, aud that of the U, S. troops, will soon demol ish the whole place. A very large force is also at Fort Riley, which, if necessary, will be called upon, though there will rot be the slightest necessity. The names of the per son taken are Dr. Cutler and a Mr. Warren. This Pr. Cutler is one who figured so largely in the Ufcedr election, and the convention at Toptka. Tbe other is (be celebrated Col Geo. F. Warren of the Kansas Legion. It was upon tie person of Warren that tbe p pors were found. All these papers fully es tablish Put Langhlin's exposition. Warren has authority to ruiso a regiment, and was at this work with Cutler when taken. COPY OF PAPER3. Lawbencb, K.T., Aug 15,1355. "To whom it may concern Greeting: I havo this day appointed brother G. F. Wnr ren of Leavenworth city Deputy Grand Agent for Leavenworth District, and for any other portion of the Territory which he may visit. In testimony whereof I havo hereunto set my hand this 15th day of Aug. 1855. Signed Ik'Tciii.vsoN'. G. O. for Kansas Territory. Nkw York, Nov. 18, '55. "Dbar Bno. 1 thought I would write yon to let you know our whureubouts. I have boon receiving the Kansas Herald very glad to have the privilege of reuding it thank you for your kind regard. Yon will see by tho card that I nm in New York doing business, good prospects done little work removed my family on here last week should bo very glad to hear from you often, and very gltnl to see you. 1 see by the paper yon are buttling for tho right continue to strike for the right you will please direct tho pnperlo G7 Beck man street. New York. Tho oldfolks wero till well nt Wnlden when we left hope they will be out here in the spring all send their love to you. Truly Yours, C'iias. J. Wafrfn. Memorandum found in pencil on C.J. Warren. Sampson Miller, $5,00 Joseph Elderdy, 5.0f) T. Kyle, 4.00 Brown, 2,50 Liucstono, 2,00 In Tnl: R. II. Phelan, Wnvnesburg. Greene CO., Po. Card or il T. A- S. W. Wnrren. Patterns and Model Makers, No. 07 Beek mau street, New York. Copy of Sion3 from G. F. Warrk.v. Signs. Question Left fist doubled and Est test ing on left hip. Answer Kight thnmb in vest arm hole. Grips. Thumb presspd middle joint of third finger Certifying Conversation. Question Where have yon been T Answtjr Not far off. Question What have you seen T Answer I saw sights. Signals of distress find danger. Left hand held up, fist closed. Right hunil in inside coat pocket loft side. Words ordinary "I have rights." More than ordinary "On to the rescue." Extraordinary "Liberty or Death." Past Words. Pass-word "Itemeinbcr.'' Explanation The 30th of March. The pamphlet which Warren attempted to swallow and tear up, ond which is mutila ted nt the corners, is entitled "Constitution ami Ritual of the Grand Eucampmeut and Regiments of tho Kansas Legion or Kansas Territory, adopted April 4, 1655. Printed ut Lawrence, ut the lUruld ollico. This book contains their object, regula tions, duties, oaths, vc, and the names of the officers of the Giand Encampment. Grand General Rev. G. W. Hutchinson, Lawrence, K. T. " Vice, C. K. Ilolliday, Topeka, K. T. " Quar. Master, T. K. Goodin, Lawrence, K. T. " Pay Master, Charles Leib, M. P., Leavenworth City, K. T. The Charter is signed by G. W. HuUhin" son and T. K. Goodin, in their owu Laud writing. Sharpening Edord Tools. We translate the following from u German scientific jour nal lor tlie t.enelit ol our mechanics and ag ricultural laborers: "It has lopg been known that the simplest method or sharpening a ra zor, is to put it for half an hour in water to winch has been tuhled one-twentieth of its weight of muriatic or sulphuric ncid. then lightly wipo it off, nnd after u few hours set it on a hone. The acid here supplies the place of u whetstone by corroding the whole sur- laco uniformly, so that nothing further but a smooth polish is necessary. The process nev er injures good blade, while badly hardened ones are frequently unproved by it, although the cause of such improvement remains un explained. "Ol lute this process lias been applied to many other culling implements. The work man ut the beginning of his noon spell, or when he leaves off in the evening, moistens the Mules of his tools with water acidified as above, the cott of which is nothing. This saves tho consumption of time mid labor. in whetting, which moreover speedily wears out the blades. The mode of sharpening here indicated would be round especially advanta geous for sickles and scythes." Commercial Vaice or tub Hon. The Working Farmer states that the value of tho hoc-crop this year in the United Slates will fall little short of two hundred millions of dollars, or S'0,000.000 more than the Cot ton crop. Mr. P. L. Simmonds. in thetratis ui'tions or the Highland Society, gives some interesting statistics of the number of swine raised in various countries, ns nearly as can bo u.certaineil. In the United States there nre believed to be 50.000,000, or li.ore than in ull the States of Europe combined. In Great llritian the number is estimated at 2,000,000, of which Ireland has a larpe pro poition, and Scotland scarcely 200.000. Austria bus about 5,500,000 swine and Aus trian Italy 250.0UO. France has from 5,000,. 000 to 0.000000. Kussia has an immense number of wild lings; but they ure merely skin nnd bono, vuluable principally for their bristles. It is estimated that 90,000,000 pounds of lard are made in the United States of which 20,000.000 are made in Cincinnati. England and Cuba each take annHally 0,000,. 000 or 10,000,000 pounds of American lard. Swift Compositor. The Boston Journal or tho 6th inst. says: "Mr. 1. F. Jones, a compositor in the Journal office, last week composed, distributed and corrected one hun. died and twenty thousand three hundred ems, which, at the price paid 33 cents per thou sand ems amounting to 638 49. We be lieve this is by far the largest bill ever made by any compositor in ony one week, iu this city at least." To Dbss PocLTav. Wbn tbe weather is very cold, cut out sod make eacb fowl jacket aud trowsers. Put then ou and your pnnltry will be dressed. foci rB. AT THE CHURCH GATE. BY W. M. THACKERAY. Although I enter not, Yet round about the spot Sometimes 1 hover ; And at the sncred pnto, With longing eyes I wait Expectant of her. Tim minster bells toll out Above the city's rout And noise nnd humming ; They've stopped tho chiming bell, I hear tho organ's swell She's coming she's coming ! My lady comes at lust, Timid nnd stepping fust, And hnslening tliithor, With modest eyes downcast. She comes she's here she's past. May heaven go with her! Kneel undisturbed, fair saint, Pour out you praise or plaiut, Meekly nnd duly. I will not enter tlierc, To sully your pure prayer With thoughts unruly. But suffer mo to pneo Pound the forbidden placo, Lingering a minute. Like outcast spirits who wait And see through heaven's gate Angels within it. Rkwarhh ok Mkciiamcai. Genius. Not withstanding tho stale complaint that me chanicul genius bus to struggle tigninst pre judice, und often dies poor and neglected, the invention which is really practical and valua ble appears to be very handsomely paid for. The profits of soiiib patents for mechanical inventions in use in this country nre enor mous. The Scientific American enumerates a few. The right to a portion of Ward's patent shingle mnehine was recently sold in Albany for 35,000. A portion of Robert son's sewing machine has also been sold for $30,000. This is nn invention which can be carried in the pocket, nnd will enable a seam stress to do in one day the ordinary labor of a week. Machines of this kind nro about to bo constructed in New Haven, Conn., by the Messrs. Jerome, nt 10 apiece; tho manu facturers are now constructing the machinery, and expect to sell orders in January. Howe's patent sewing machine yields, it is said, $f)0. 000 for license to use it, and Singer's machiiic puts 875,000 into the pockets of the owners. Bights to tho use of a corn planter have been sold to tho amount of g"10,000. Clark's patent pump sold for 930.000. A portion of the right to an apple parins: machine, SJOOO. Creamer's patent car brake, S'00,000. Such j rewards ns these aro certainly s timulating to : mechanical genius, mid thu only wonder is (hat there are not teu meehunicul inventions where one now exists, when there is so wiJe a field for its exercise in almost every depart ment of business. Puhlic Ledger. Fonp of Flesh. The cnanibals of the South Sea Islands have recently been feast ing on some teachers sent among them. The report made by tt missionary ship, just arri ved at New York, says : "On reaching the Island of Fate, the dis tressing news was broneht on board that some of tho teachers, with their wives, left there on the last voyage, had been barbarous- ly murdered. Only nineteen days alter they wero landed, under the most che ringcirrum. stnnces, the two Karat ongar, teachers nnd their wives were murdered, to furnish materials for a horrid cannibal banquet. Tho real reason of this sudden act of cruelty could not be learned." Tho real reason, it nppenrs to hs. is plainly stated above. It is a bad business to send fat missionaries among those hungry fellows. Gently Chide a Child. A Child, when asked why a certain tree grew crooked, replied : "Somebody trod upon it, 1 suppose, when it was little." He who checks a child with terror. Stops its play nnd stills its song, Not alone, coninits un error. But a grievous moral wrong. Give it play, and never fear it, Active life is no defect ; Never, never break its spirit, Curb it only to direct. Would yon stop the flowing rirer, Thinking it would cease to flow? Onward must it flow forever Better teach it where to go. Fishing with a Sti:i:i.-Ti:ap. There is ut present a good business doing iu hardware in this city. One of our merchants, who has un eye to the interests of the trade. h.s in v. n ted u new mode of catching black fish, viz: a steel trtip. It has proved itself so valuable nn operation that all our fishermen are pro viding themselves with steel traps ; and the demand for the ttrticle is gr.-ater than the supply. The instrument used is of tint old fashioned kind, with iron teeth closittsr togeth er. Tho modus operandi is decidedly uuiiiie. The trap is baited and set, properly provided with a sinker, and let (town into the water. An oininious click below denote3 tint amuse ment ut hand ; the fish attempts to steal the btit, but immediately the trap steals the fish when, presto ! he is drawn up to the surface, (often three at a time.) and ut the rate of oue ' a minute! .V. Pegister. Do You Eat Pole ! Physicians have just discovered that the tao worm only troubles those who eat pork. Tho Gazetts Medicate asserts that the Hebrews are uever troubled with it ; the pork butchers tire particularly liable to it, aud that dog fed ou pork ure "universally so afflicted in fuct. it turns out that a small parasite worm, calltd eryttcr tut' (from two words signifying a smull sect aud u tuil.) which much uflVcii pork, no soon er reuche tho stomach than from thu change of diet and position, it is metamorphosed iu the well knowu tape worm ; and tho experi ments of M. Kuchenmciilcr, uf ZUti.riu, upon a condemned criminal, have established the fact beyond all contradiclioa. .Polk eaters will please make note. What Lttt Said. In a late speech, Lncy Stone said, "we know ther ii colt n in the ears of men. Let ns look for hope in the bo som of women." Exchange. She probably meant to say, "better look for hope in the eyes of men, for we know there it eottoQ in tbo bosom ct wattce Ereniny t'oti InteroRt. The following pnrograph is from tho pen of Henry Ward Beecher, and certaiuly pre sents as clear a viuw of the subject as any thing we hnvo ever seen : No blister draws sharper than interest doca Of nil industries uono is comparablo to thut of interest. It works day and night, in fair weather nnd foul. It has no sound in its foot steps, but travels fast. It gnaws a man's substance with invisible teeth. It binds in dustry with its film, as a Hy is bound upon a spider's web. Debts roll a man over nnd over ond over, binding him baud and foot, and letting him hang npon the mesh, nutil tho long-legged interest devours Lim. There is no crop that cull tifford to pcy interest money on a farm. There is but ono thing raised on tho farm like it, and that is Canada thistles, which swarms new plants every time you break its root, whose blossoms nre very piolific, nnd every flower father of a mi'liiuii of seeds. Every leaf is an awl, every brauch a spenr, nnd every single plant, is like a platoon of bayonets, nnd a field full of them is liko an armed hest. The whole plant ia a torment and vegetable curse. And yet a fanner had better make bis bed of Canada thistles, than attempt to lie tit case upon interest. ilisrelaiij. The game of fashionable hearts for diamonds. Ufa, is to play In 1839 Congress was two weeks in elect ing a Speaker. The Tyrone Era hoists the name of Millard Fillmore for President. The depth of the Niagara river, under the suspension bridge, is estimated by engineers to be 700 feet. A little girl observiiig n goose with a yoke on, exclaimed, "why ma there is a goose got corsets on. It walks like sister Sally." The project which was on Toot to make omelcls out of "egg coul," we learn has been abandoned. It is a pood sign to see tho color of health in a man's face. It is a bad sign to see it all concentrated in his nose. Marri.ig? resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated ; often moving in opposite direction, yet always punishing any one who comes between them. Always lunch while yoa can it is a chesp medicine, Mirthfnlness is a philosophy not well understood. It is the sunny eiue of ex istence. Prfscott's Works. Twenty-two thou sand five hundred volumes of Prescott's works have been published by Phillips, Samp son Co., of Boston. This includes fourteen thousand volumes of his Philip the Second. Mail Contract Awarded. The Post master General has awarded the contract for carrying the daily mail, by steamers, between Caiio and New Orleans to Messrs. Gaines, Eastman & Woodburn, nt 320,000 per year. House Si roeos. Ah, by the way, there's Higgin's case. There has been a slight mis takeit was the sound leg cut olf. Visiting surceon It's ol nn consequence, we can euro t'other so it conies to the same thing. That wa3 a keen reply of the buxom lassie I to rt little pigmy ol a man who solicited a I matrimonial connection "O. no," said tlie ' !..: i.l A..'t tl.L.L t.f it IV, i ii innnrnt Mil i. x v .in t, ilium v. . ...w...... The fact is, John, yon nro u little too big to put in a cradle, und a little to small to put into a bed." A Discovery. A Washington correspond ent or the New York Sun says that it is thought nt tho War Department, that n cer tain officer of one of tbo I". S. Exploring F.xpctlitious has di.-covercd thu Emerald Uetiott, known to the Motitczumas, but ut terly lost since tho conquest of Cortez. As E.xiuivors Boom. The largest rending rooui in the world is now nearly completed, in the. British Museum. It is circular, 140 feet in diameter, and HO in height. I Im tables will accommodate iiosV.y four hundred readers. The wrongl.t-iroti book cases will contiitt 102.00!) volumes. The cost of the room will be about ?300.00'.. What is a Morm.x ? A Mormon is n liv ing paradox ; he says grace before arotiilion, sweats in his sermon, selects his text indif ferently from the Bible, the books of Mormon, an almanac, or the president's messago, and is perpetually rpmrrellinor for the sake of peace. His religion is a ioke, und lie makes tho best storyteller a ciiiiT or the quorum. He uwnmes dignities, but has not thu slight est respect fi r them ; nnd the effect of his p:ety is apparently to put him on a level with tl.e greatest reprobates of the time. In short he isa Latter D.tv Saint, or in other words, the last one you w'culd think or calling a saiut. Tt,. Kunsn Constitution, udopted by the 'Free State Convention." was suomitiec iu a vole or thu people on tho 15tlijnst. It submit the question or slavery in Kansas to a vote of the people or the Territory. Under its ,.r"ai.io law the boundaries or the propo sed new State extend to the Uocky Monii t tins some seven hundred miles from tho M issouri river. Governor Shannon calla the Five State" movement revolutionary and treasonable, and snys lb laws enacttd by the Legislature govern tho fctalo.t Green Memucks. A writer from Wash ington City y-- .,.. " There are some new iuvnim.ia m !.- ent House, who wouIJ be great gaper n they could change natures tsilh the chame leon, and only appear green, when sitting iu gii-cu objects. 1 iib.ivud one ysrstcrduy chaffering with the old applo-womun in tho Capitol, telling her that three cent was good gracious to ue 111 elegant Ai-.;au a- tiun, an "awful" price for an apple, anu ru. king u feeling appeal to her tender bosou to sell tint Uo smull ones for three cents, as it was all the money that he bad. Poet Ornrr. Statistics. The entire re ceipUofthe Department from postn 'on letters, or newspapers, do., irom jl Jt.'.v 1853 to tho 30tU Jntie 1854. sum np six r' l lion twebtv threu thousand two hundred :". A sixteen dollars and seven cents. The pr.ti o receipt of tho Department from the sr.ivo sources, from 1st July le)54 to 30th ?. 'ti, amount to six million three uundrtrd f"vi f .v threo thousand end forty-four dollars ur i t.cv-euty-six cent. The iucreaso of red", c, to the fiscal year closing ou 30th Jur ; ? aruouuted to'about three hundred an.il. ;;y thousand dollars; but the expenses oftr-. j portation of the ni.A.i btive proportionally :a , creased.
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