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NEW SERIES, VOL. 9, NO. 5.
SUNHU11Y, NOIlTIIUMBEItLAND COUNTY, lV.-SATUItDAY. APRIL 26, 185G.
OLD SERIES, VOL- 16. NO 31
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BCITTtjril'n, PA.
Rutinem attended to in the Countiee of Ner
t'lii'iilrorlatul, Uniou, Lycoming Mentour anJ
Co linn liia.
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rnil E subscriber tske pleasure in informin
- liia customers anil the public generally that
he ia now in receipt of an unusually Urge anJ
Splendid Assortment of Now Goodn.
T.i endeavor to enumerate the one lmndreth
part of the articles would be useless. Suffice it
to say, thev have l.en selected with greatest
care, and they will he disposed of at aa low price
na t!ic aame quality can he purchased elsewhere.
My motto is
"Quick Salei and Small Profiti."
He takrs thia mrtlmJ of presenting to the
puhlic hia thanks fer the libera i pra'.rotiaue exten
ded to him. auJ hy stiicl attention to business,
he rcice.lfully solicit a continuance of the aame.
It will he advisable for purchasers to call and
examine hia assortment before purchasing else
where. Ail kinds of produce taken in exchange.
EDWARD V. BRIGHT.
Funbury, December 1, 1855. '
XT- S. OF -A.-
"God and our A'utui Land."
Sl'StlCElI ANN A CAMP. No. 59. f tb. O.
of tje U. 8. A . holde ita stated sens'ioue everv
Moxnai evening in their New Hall, opposite E.
Y. Bright store. Sunbury, Pa. Itiititation and
regVia, $2,00. ,
D. 0. E MAIZE, W- C.
Ex'iWiuuT,!!. S.
Hutiburv Jan. 12, 185C ect SO '55
O. OIF XT- .A.. IvT.
INllLKY COUNCIL, No. 30, O. f y. A.
M. meets evcrv Ttkspat evening in me
American Hall, opposite E. Y. Bright a store,
Market street, 8nnbury, l'a. Members of the
rder are respectfully requested to attend.
P. M.SllI.NDEL, C.
A. Hootch. R. r.
A'uu'.iury, Oct. 20, 1855.
J. S. OP -A
ETA81IINGTON CAMP, No. 19 J. of A
holds its stated meetinge every saturuay
evening, in the American Hall, Market Street,
Su"bur'- II. CLEMENT, P.
Henry Y. Friling. R. ft.
SuH'jury, January 5, 1855. tf.
Clu'iip AVntclics Jewelr
"ft VHOI.ESALE and Retail, at the "1'hilad. l
v T ri,i Watch and Jewelry Store," .No. 96
North Second Street, corner of Quarry,
PHILADELPHIA,
i iv u..h.a f till leweled. IS carat ruffe. t3,00
U Id licpiue 1". SJt.iil'iajjilver ,HxtMekIa. I.SO
Silver l.Vo. full jewll-l, W-Oold Bract eta, 3.0(1
Mlver Lever, full lewl'd 11 U ad.es' bold renelia, i.uv
r...Uii..riur,rt.ria, 7. Silver Tea apoona, aet, ,u
l,o.d Pw, wiih Pencil and S.lver Holder, 1,00
Gold Finger Kings, 37 J cents to $80 ; Watch
Glasses, plain, 18J cents; Patent. 1 Sj ; I.unet,
5S ; other articles iu proportion. All goods war
ranted to be what they are sold for.
KTALFKER4 HARI.EY.
On hand, aome Gold and Silver Levers ami
Upiiiis, still lower than the sboTe price.
Kept. C, 1S35. ly.
F. IT. SMITH,
POET HONNAIE, POCKET BOOS,
ass
Hi-exMlug Case aianufacturer,
Y. U'. cor. nf Fourth r Crftntil Sii.,
PHILADELPHIA.
flways on hand a large and aaried assortmeote
Tart Monuaies,
Pocket Uooks,
Blinkers Cases,
Note Holders,
Port Folios,
Portable Desks,
Work Doles,
Cabas,
Traveling Bags,
IWkgammOD Hoards,
Cheas Men,
Cigar Cases,
llrnxii, or Cases. Pocket Memorandum boocs,
Also, a general assortment of English, French
and German Fancy Goods, Fine Pocket Cutlery,
tinxors, Kaxor Strops and OoU Tens.
Wholesale, Second and Third Floors.
F.H.SMITH,
ar W -nr. Fourth & Chestnut Sta., Philuda,
. 'ji, u. On the receipt of 1, a Superior Gold
Pen will be sent to any psrtol tha l.inied mates,
ov mail : describing pen, thus, medium, hard,
or sof .
Phils.. March 31. 1855ply.
FOR SALE!
ft FTEAM ENGINES 00 Horsepower each,
jSl withUniere. WoulJ make excellent pump
Ing engines, together wilh S large blowing cylin
ders, suitable for a Wast furnace. Apply t
HENRY LONGE.NUCKER l CO.
Bbamokin Iron Works,
. ' , bhanidkin, Pa.
Iharoakin, July 1, l!S5r-
FAEMEUa TAKE WOTICE.
1100 bushels Flaxseed wanted immediately at
the Cheep 8 tors of E. Y. Bright, for which
the highest market price will be paid.
8unbur, QctoberB, 1855. tf
STOVES-
fOR gALS an exet'.Unl seeoni-hsnd Cook
A- ing btove, also several Cylinder Coal
Cto gazabo t tbit olrW.
Select 0firg,
ATS AUEHICAN F0HEST SrilINO.
BT ALFRED D. BTKEET,
Now fluttering breeze now stormy blast,
Mid rain, thvn bliistoiinir anow,
WintBr'8 stum fvtti'i-ing cold is pii6st d,
lut fwect Spring, where art thou T
T1.0 white cloud 11. mis' mid einiliiiji blue.
'J'lio broud bright Buushinv's gulden hues
But lit'9 the still frozen rurlb ;
'Tis changed 1 ubovu, black vnpors roll,
We turu from our expectuu stroll,
Aud seek the blazing hearth.
Ilurk that sweet corul I with delight
We leave the stilling room,
The little blue-bird meets our sight,
Spring, glorious Spring bus come !
The south-wind's bulni iu the uir,
Where its long rings uncurl the fern,
The violet, nestling low,
Casts buck the white lid of its urn,
Iti purple streuUa to show,
lienulilul blossom I lirst lo rise
And smile beneath Spring's weakening skies,
The courier of the bund
Of blooming flowers, what feelings sweet
(jush us the silvery gum we meet
Upon its slender wuud I
Warmer is each successive sky,
More soft the breezes puss ;
Tk maple's gems of crimson lie
Upon the thick green grass.
The docwood sheds its clusters white
The nie'ting snow-wreathes everywhere
Are leaping oil in showers ;
And nature, in her brichteuing looks,
Tells that her flowers uud leaves aud brooks
And birds will soon be ours.
A few soft sunny days have shone
The air has lost Us chill ;
A bright green tinge succeeds the brown
Ulion the southern hill.
Off to the woods a pleasant scene ;
Here sprouts the fresh young wintergrccn,
There swells a mossy mound ;
'Fhonirh in the hollow, drills are piled,
The wandering wind is sweet and mild.
rVuJ buds ure bursting round.
Tho biicll has dropped its tassels blight,
Cowslips re round the rill :
The thresher tthistles in the glen,
Flutters around the watbling wren,
And swamps huve voices shrill.
A simultaneous burst of leaves
Uiis clothed the forest now ;
A single dnv's bright sunshine weaves
1 Ins vivnl, gorgeous snow.
Masses of shade are cast beneuth.
The flowers ure spread in varied wroath,
Xicht brines its soft sweet moon :
Moru wakes in mist, and twilight gray
Weeps its bright due, mid Finiling May
Melts into bloom June!
ff jjort tftorg.
THE PISATE OUTWITTED.
Not many years ago longcnouch, howev
er, for Bangor to grow np from a little, wild,
uncouth, lumbering- village into n beav.'ifnl
city thero might have been seen, one day in
September, u small fore-nnd-art schooner lying
at one of the rude log wharves, taking in a
regular assorted cargo of pine lumber, pota
toes and codfish. It you step aft, nnd look
over her stern, vou can read her name Sarah
Ford. Banner. And that afternoon, after her
cargo was ull on board, if you could have got
a peep at her manifest tuid bill of lading, you
would have seen ttial sue was cominanueo oy
Captain Josiah Furbes, aud bound for St.
Tbomas.
Josh Forbes, as he was commotilv called in
IJangor, was born on the banks of the Fe
nobscot, and brought np at sea; and at this
particular time was just about twenty. three
years old, m:d laasternitd owner of the schoo
ner Sarah Ford. Josh had named his little
craft, which wa neaily new, after the daugh
ter of Colonel Ford, a very, rioh, r.ristocrntic
merchant or IJangor. There was a perfectly
safe understanding between Josh anil Miss
Sarah, entirely unknown to any one but them
selves; for Col. Ford would as soon have fol
lowed Ids only daughter to the grave as con
sented to her marrying the skipper ci a Down
bast coastvr.
Header, have von ever been to the island
ol St. Thomas, in the Danish West Indies T
Yes." Well. 1 am clad of it ; lor you will
agree with me, that it is one of the lowliest
of all those ocean gardens the Virgin Is
lands. "No !" Well, then, come with me ; it
will cost yon nothing, and a short visit will
amrdv renav rou for vonr timo and trouble.
1 he Island or bt. 1 nomas belongs to i 'en-
mark, and is situated lust far enough within
the tropics to enjoy nil the advantages of a
tropical climate, so liberal iu its variety of
fruits and (lowers, nnd just tar enough to the
windward of the larger islands, to insure it
against tha yellow fever and other prevailing
diseases, which often rage with such maligni
ty during tho summer months in the West
India Islands.
The Island is about eleven miles long, and
five in its greatest width. The city stands at
the bottom of a beautiful bay, opening in
from the Sonlh-east, and presents a mnguiB
cent appearance as you enter the harbor.
The fresh trade winds, entirely over the
island, reuder its climate cool and delicious
during the greater part of the year. About
half a mile to the wes1; ward of the town, thero
ia an old Catholie burying ground, which is
the favorite resort of St. Thomas idlers.
On Sunday afternoon, about four weeks
after we had seen the schooner Saruh Ford
alongside the wharf iu Bangor, you might
have discovered her commander. Captain
Josh, lying his full length on a black marble
slab that covered a grave under a huge
tamarind tree in the old Catholic burning
ground.
C'antain Josh wr g Csrurliiff awuT, with a big
piece of chalk in his fingers, and the marble
slab for a slate, calculating the expenses of
the voyage and the actual profits to himsell,
after having paid for his cargo, which he bad
bought in uangor on credit..
After a while he got through with his cal
culations, and drawing forth bis handkerchief,
he carefully wiped the chalk marks Irom the
polished marble, and lazily rolled off the slab
f:i(o a perfect little thicket of lillies and honey
suckles, which grew np in wild luxuriance
alongside of the tomb. J I is intention wus to
taken comfortable aftornoon nap ; but jast
as be was about to close bis eves, the sound
of voices near bv. and approaching still near.
r, aroused him ! and a moment after, two in
dividuals, whom be hud often seen since bis
arrival, seated themselves on the very slab
which linharl so recently occurred.
Thsss two persons were one, bis eicellen
ey Utn-errw vnRhoHeoborj, of 8. Tbeoss
nnd the other the captain of a beautiful
armed schooner tinder the New Gmnadian
flng, which had for a week past been lying in
the harbor, well out towards I'rinco Rupert's
ltocks.
For several years pnst. the Governor of St.
Thomas had been suspected of bring onnec
ted with the slave trade, nnd twice he had
been culled homo to Coponhngen to answer
charges preferred egniiist him. Hut he had
at each time been able to prove his innocence,
or the Government had h.-on nimble to prove
his guilt, which amounted to the same thing,
and the 1'aron Von Sbollrnberg dill retained
me oilire o! Ijuvernor ol St. Thomas.
Captain Josh was perfectly coneeuled un
der tho friendly shade of the honey-suckle
and lillies, and lying very qniet, he soon learn
ed from the couveisntioti of the two gentle
men seated on the tomb, that his excellency
was not only engaged in the Afiieun slave
trade, but t!:ut he was also connected with a
still freer trade, in which the cruisers wore
the bluet flaq ut the main peak, lie also
learned that the pretended captain of the
New Granadian schooner was no Jess a per
sonage than Chniles Mithell, the celebrated
Pirate of the Gulf.
Captain Forbes heard n grpat many things
that astonished him j and when the two wor
thies left the old graveyard, he crept out of
his place of concealment with a much poorer
opinion of the world's honesty than lie had
when he rolled off the murblu slab an hour
previously.
The Granadian schooner went to sea on
the following momine, firing a salute us she
got under way, which was returned by the
outer fort.
Three day, afterward, Captain Josh find
ing he could not get a homeward enrgr in St.
Thomas, got under wav, with the intention of
running down on the South side of Cuba, into
some of the bttlo by-ports, and purchasing
ins cargo ol sugir uiiil molasses: s hrewolv
calculating that if he went into some or the '
small out of the wav places, ho should ret I
his earno much ch. ai.er thun he could in unv i
of the larger and more frequented harbors. !
ivs soon us lie made I nt'O Maize, t tie :
Eastern extremity of Culm, be Imuli il i-We '
in with tho l'lii'l, mid running along down to
the West n urd, ho kept u bi :ubt lookout lor i
some little obscure inlet, nhich Would suit j
his purposes.
lie passed Tiiuii'ud, and began to think J
that he should be obliged to run round on j
the North side, to Jluvur.ii or Maniunz.is, i
when, one afternoon, as lie was keeping close
aiotig me beach, inside ol the Isle ol 1 ; lies.
his eye caught the entrunce of a little narrow i
channel that looked just as if it would suit hi'
purpose. The schooner's helm was put hard
up, and off she went before the wind, and in
fifteen minutes she was inside of a little har
bor, that had probably never been visited by
au honest American vessel before.
Captain Josh Forbes was not very oHon
astonished at anything he saw, but he was
taken all aback that afternoon ; for when he
got about a quarter of a mile np the narrow
creek, he discovered moored alongside of the
Umlr. bulf a mile further up, the New Grana
dian Schooner be hiol semi nti Kt.'l'l.vn,..
In double quick time, the Sarah Ford was
running alongside the bank, and lied up to
the trees, which grew close down to tho wa
ter's edge.
Josh Forbes, for once in his life was in n
quandary. He couldn't go out to sea again,
for the wind was blowing square into the
creek, and hu knew that before the laud
breeze would pet in at night, the gentleman
from the schooner above wouid pay him it
visit ; and then good bye to nil hope of mar
rying his little schooner's namesake, for nil
that he was worth in tile world, and consider
able more, was in the vessel. He had with
him the whole t.roceeds of the eatgo which
he hud sold in St. Thomas, and which he was
yet in debt for lit. Htingor.
For five minutes the Yankee captain was
lost in deep study, when all at or.co a bright
idea Seemed to strihe l..!! for I.e brightened
up and calling his little crew f five, all told,
ait, he addressed himself piiiticular'.y to the
yon ig man who uiled mate of llio little
schooner, and said :
"Warren, do you think you can take the
Sarah Ford home to linnpor?"
"Yes. eap'n, I do," replied the youngster ;
' but what are vou going to oo
Mel oh, I'm going home in that schooner
up t hero V
I he other looked at him in astonishment ;
but nil inquiries were cut, short by Captain
Josh, vhouca:ii addressed Ins mule aa lol-
lows :
'Warren, you jump aft there, and take the
bearing of that vessel by compass ; nnd then
take I lie compass out and bring it along, for
we must out for the bushes, if w ever want
to see Yankee laud again. I'll tell you my
plan after we get into the woods."
Iu two minutes the Sarah Ford was deser
ted by all hands. Captain Josh took the
compass from Warren, and led his little crew
back from tho creek about u quarter of u
mile, when he shaped his course by the com
pass, so us to keep along up, ubout parallel
with the bank. When he judged lie was
ubout opposite tho pirate, ho took the ad
vance and proceeded caiefally down towards
the creek. In a few minutes they came iu
sight of tho pirate schooner, nnd ut the same
moment Josli made a grand discovery, whhh
was that a little ahead of where the shooner
lay, there was an arm of the creek, which ran
otf ubout west, und opening out into the buy
a different channel from the one ho had en
tered. He saw at a glance that, as the wind
was, a vessel could run nut by this channel
with a free sheet. Abont the Mmio that
Forbes and his crew came in sight of th
schooner, the filiate had n.u-tered ull hands
and iust started off down the bunk of the
creek to overhaul tho Sar.;h Ford
As soon as thev were out of sight in the,
bushes. Forbe whispered, to his men :
Now's Vourthai.ee out knives pml rut
her fasts. Then jump aboard und thovo oti
and then nut sail on her."
The cup tain's orders were promptly obeyed,
and iu le-8 than, ten uiiiiutes, the New Gra
mpian armed schooner Brandy the favorite
cruiser of Mitchell, the pirate wud under all
sail, and passing rapidly dowu tho Wibtern
channel.
At the moment that the pirates reached
the Yankee schooner, they baw their own
vessel under weigh, and going to seu. in
stantly comprehending the Yankee trick, and
boiling wild rage, lliey immediately gut inu
Sorah Ford under way and followed h r.
Iu half an hour, both vessels wero outsioe.
Forbes, with his new commund, was running
awav to tha Westward, about a point free,
aud keeping the luff of Lis sails lighting, so
that she. shouldn't no too last inmugn we
water. The pirates were ttalidii.g right ou
bis wake, crowding oil ull soil to overhaul
him.
After leading them off about ten miles,
Cupt. Forbes suddenly tucked ship nud'stood
hark on tho other tack towards the nirutes.
aud. passing them to windward, just out of
pistol shot, lie nailed him t
Now, geutleuien, you will ploasa to keep
n m vsj ar g-ouif. i y&fl aissyt w aasu
your sail. I'll sink rou
A yell of mingled rage and despair rang
out horn the pirate s deck, and immediately
the schooner's helm wan putJuird dowu, in
order to go on stays.
I'efore she was bend to wind, a nine pound
shot from one of their guns come crashing in
through the schooner's bulwarks, telling them
in the most emphatic manner they had better
obey orders.
And they did ton. In an instant the
schooner's helm was put up, and she was kept
off on her course.
Captain Josh reefed his fore aud aft sails,
so his vessel would just hold way with the
other schooner, und then he kept on after
her, lust within point blunU range ; all
tlirniiijh the night nhich was clear nnd
beautiful v. believer the pirates appeared to
forget their orders, and began to keep off, or
haul to off thuir course, it genie hint from
Forbes' long pivot gun brought them to thuir
senr.es directly.
And thus he drovo them all the way into
Havana, where they were secured by the un
thorities. The Governor-General of Cuba was so well
pleased with the affair, that lm gave the
firnndy ( lurch.) up to Josh, just as she was.
And he also gave special orders that the
Sarah Ford was to pay no export duties on
her cargo, nor wus she to be subject to any
port charges.
Inn week, Captain Josh Forbes sailed for
New York, und if he did not 2nd so much
gold in his prize as Kiihl lon Nii nlong the
coast, he found enough to i.:V him the rich
est man Down East : aud Colonel Ford was
perfectly willing that he should marry his
daughter Sarah.
Know mo as an Enemy.
K now me as an enemy ! Yes ; be a man or
a woman bu honest and frank aud if you
really lmle us, be above deception. Away
with your Judas kiaxts. Don't bold that con
!:.:;;.; huii.t i:i yaur's a ha'l'uu kuur, telling us
how much you are interested in our wellure
hotv coidialiy you wish us success ; nnd then
iumL iur immu Uit-roc-i.rulty 1-j the licxl
Ineiiii Jou meet, magnifying onr fiulU, lutigli
ing at our weukm-, and telling our secrets,
which wo had cunli.led to your care, thinking
your bosom a perfect "cialammider safe,"
which even the lire of persecution would faJ
to e tract from thence.
Don t speak in those solt, tender, lute-like
tones to us, mid with that serpent's hiss be
hind our back. Don't flatter oui vanity, until
' undertake some foolibh scheme for the lur-
tliernace ol tame or lortune, wlncii vou know
(being more worldly wise) will result ultimate
ly in our uiortilication, it not our ruin.
Don't cry ubout poverty, and cheat us in ft
bargain bel'uie your handkerchief is dry.
Don't manifest yuiir niicctioiis by intruding
upon our working hours, until we have given
you the greater shure of our precious time
without uuy earthly compensation.
Words cost nothing; ifyuu area friend,
prove it by deeds give us available sympa
thy not empty pity, l'ity is a fles'Jess" bone,
only tit for dog- ; it snooeU !f.u,-r thnn it
lieuia . i n tint, vucxbulary : 1 oor
thing !" "poor fellow 1" -. tow fallen !" "1
would like to help you, but it is uct conveni
ent." And there we lie, floundering iu the mud
o despair, while Mistress l'ity, having made
her speech, walks coldly on j but Sympathy
silei.tiy takes us by "the hand, unites her
strength with ours until wo overcome our dif
ficulties; und hardly listening to our earnest
thanks to-morrow
Away with milk and water friendship!
Know me as u friend, or "know me ns un en
emy." He is a wolf in wool, who amuses us
with pleasant words, while he knows the al
most mortal struggle of the soul with pover
ty and care, nor liiis a linger ill our behalf.
U!i. company don't write us any love-letters
don't bieuk your neck in making low obei
sances tight openly for or against us : or get
j out of the way that we may have time to for-
! get you.
Poetical Curiosity.
A curious performance is given in the
fol-
lowing poem of different Bibicul texts
1 1
mg In toe Mignty uue,
Fs. lxxxix. 19
Cling in thy grid ;
Clii g to tho Holy One,
Hu gives relief.
C'.ing to the Gracious One,
Cling in thy pain ;
Cling to the Faithful One,
Hu will sustain
Cling to the Living One,
Cl.Pg in thy woe ;
Ileb, xxii. II
Deb. J. VI,
I's. cxvi. 9.
I's. cxvi, 5.
Fs. I v. 4.
l.Thes. v. 24.
Fs. xxviii. H.
Heb. vii.
I's Ixxxvi. 7.
Cling to the Loving one,
1. John.iv. I(.
Rom.viii29,3
Is. iv, 7.
John, xiv. 2".
F.xod. xv. 2(5.
I's. cxlvii. 3.
1. Jelill, 1. -,.
John, xx. 27.
Rom. vi. 9.
John xv. 4.
Rev. xxii, 20.
Titus, ii. 13.
I's. xcvi. I
I's. xvi. 11.
Through all below.
Cling to the pardoning One,
lie sneuketh peace J
Cling lo the Healing One,
A iignish shall cease.
Cling to the Bleeding One,
Cling to His side ;
Ciing to the Uisen One,
111 Hun abide.
Cling to the Coining One,
Hopu shall ni ii-e ;
Cling to the Reigning One,
Joy lights thine eyes.
Do Rtr.iiT. The true motto for life is, to
do right and let the consequences take care
of themselves. It is all sheer vanity to strive
to uc oinmodato yourself at every point to
the whims and notions of some other person,
and try to square your ideas to please this or
that sect or party. On the score of mere
personal gain alone, you must inevitably be
the loser; nnd once losing sight of your in
tegrity end indepeuJer.ee, you become th
slave i.f petty tyrants, and uiuke fur yourself
burdens heavy to be borne.
Do right though you have enemies. You
cannot escape them by d'.ing wrong. And it
is little giiin to baiter away jour honor uud
integrity, and divest yomscll ol moral com age
to guili what t Nothing- Better libido by
the truth frown down ail opposition, and ro-
joico iu the fei ling which must iuspire a fin-
anil independent man.
Fax ny Fni'.N, in her sketches of the news
uper notables of New York, published in
t he Ledger, thus describes hor now ly acquired
husband :
And there is Mr. James rurlon, author of
tho Lifo of Horace Creely, whom 1 occasion
ally meet ; Jim is five feet ten inches, and
modest wears his hair long, uud don't be
lieve in a devil has written more good and
anonymous articles, now flouting nnbaptized
through newspaperdom. (on both sides of the
water) than uny other man, suve himself,
would suffer to go unclaimed. Jim believes
in Carlyla and lager beer can write a book
better lima he cau tie a cravat ; though since
Lis lute marriage I am pleased to obterve a
wonderful improvement in this respect. It
is my belief that Jim is destined by steady
progress to eclipse many a man who bat shot
up lies a rocket, and who will finis out aid
ettteirwa a s'k
$) o e t r t.
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SPRING.
Nature ia smiling around,
From mountains high to rallies low,
And O I I hear a churming sound,
From littJo birds so freely flow.
I've followed them from tree to tree,
In childhood's gay and thoughtless hour,
Listening to their soft melody
lu yonder sweetly-scented bower.
But now, ul though their littlo songs
May be as blithe ns those of yore.
By cheerful notes dwell on their tongues,
J'l! join their unlhuuis never more.
And though the spring, with all its flowers,
And all its sunshine now is here.
To me they are but lonely hours.
a cannot bring their buauty near.
I love tho flowers, but soon they'll fade,
Wnd withered fall upon the ground,
Ch ! there's a nudunchollv shade
On every earthly joy that's found.
But there are flowers that never die;
That bloom iu a more congenial clime,
There sweetest pleasures meet the eyu
And feast the soul on joys sublime.
5iucn,
THE HEART'S GUESTS.
When age has cast its shadows
O'er life's deoliidng way,
And the evening twilight gathers
Humid our departing day.
Then shall we sit and ponder
On the dim and shadowy pnst ;
Within the heart's still chambers,
The guests will gather fast.
The friends in youth wo cherished
Shall come to ns once more,
Again to hold communion
Ah in the days of yore.
They may be stern nnd sc.nl.r; ;
They might bu bright and fair;
But the heart will have i's chambers,
Tho guests will gather there.
Hew shall it be, my sisters?
o, then, idiall be our guests?
How shall it, bo my brothers,
When life's shadow on us tests?
Shall we not, 'midst the silence,
J u accents soft and low,
Then hear lamilinr voices
And word3 of long ogo.
cdlann,
I.iKiiia on Bkkr. I.iebig recently delivered
a lecture ut Munich, Bavaria, on the nature
and uses of beer a beverage for which Ba-
gnished." lie sVteudVrf!!!2e!,l!y ,,iHti
malter for supplying the waste of muscle, it
was only a supporter of combustion to sup
ply warmth. The nitrogenous portion of the
barley the muscle constituent is separated
by boiling and fermentation.
A chemist of Munich, eleven years ogo,
asserted that tin brown beer contained gum,
two grams to the quart. I'.stimating only
that which it presents as gum, a loan who
drinks eleven pints of bver per day would get
no moro gum in n whole tear than n five
in a whole voar than a five pound loaf of
bread furnishes. Beer serves to make peo
ple I'at who are tliiu in fieth, it has the same
effect as in bread. It has its value in supply
ing warmth, but not in thu formation of blood,
it has its use as a stimulant to the nerves,
but that does not come into tho account of
cnemistry. Liebigiiiliuiuted.il! conclusion,
that tho best proportions of food for use were
one of nitrogen to thieo of carbon.
TitF. ScAiti.f.T Vki'.bksa. The most beau
tiful und charming littlo perennial flower
wlutn can adorn a lany s grir.icn, is urn c.u- j
let verbena ; but it is very il.Rscult to pre
serve through the winter. Its beuuty, huw
ever, repays the euro which may bo bellowed
upon it. It is nut only desirable for its tine,
full scarlet blossoms, but it blooms from
April to November. The scarlet verbena
loves a rich, light, dry border or bed, in u
sunny situation ; they delight alo iu lock
work, where they have been known to exist
throueh the winter. The roots should be
planted about six inches apart, und keep
pegging down the shoots as they throw them
selves along tho bed. A profusiou of flow
ers nnd plants ure produced by this means.
A bed or border sloping lo mo souiu is uiu
best situation for the scurlet verbena.
A Woman's Irir.A ok ll.irru;rft. A ly
correspondent of the Boston Times givia her
ideas "of perfect bliss" in the following para
graph .
"I'm a woman, wilh a woman's weakness
and having a good constitution, cull bear u
great deal of happiness. If 1 was n.-ked my
idea of perfect bliss, 1 should say a fast horse,
a duck of a cutter, plenty of buffalo rol.es,
a neat Citing overcnut with a handsome man
in it, und one oI'M'me Walsh's little French
bonnets ! If that wouldn't bo happiness for
one lifetime I'm open to couvictiou as to
what would!"
Fkncf.s Ehiars, if. See that ull your
fences are forthwith put iu a state cT Com
plete reimir : see to this duty yourself.
While superintending your enlire lines of
fencing have every bliar, bramble and bush
growing along them cut dowu or uprooted ;
have ih. in placed in piles, and when dry
onouj.li I: uve them burnt. If. howev.r. on
have any gullies on y..;r ( luce ; it would t
well to have tiiciii thrown liier.in. to t i v.. e
barriers ii'.'i'.ii.ct the further Wkbiii!;s of li e
rui!,5.
TtT.sixd tiil Tahi.1" is Rkai.ity. Ti ei
was u grun.l "row" lately ut a lectnro in l'a. s
l'olice agents in plain clothes were present :
they made a mark with chulk on tha backs
the most uproarious of the students to tha'.
thev might be known and arrested wheu they
loll the bell ; tho students (Wtectcd the man
oeuvre, uud slyly chalked the police ugen s ;
,l.n ilia ollieeis left thu place, the berg. I.
do Yille arrested them, lodged them iu pi .sou
und kept them there for a day and a night.
How small is the diameter of Hie human
throat, and short its imasaro. Yit it will
give the same note with the pips of an organ
tiyht feet in length ! uud the valve which cov
ers It, and plays wilh electric swiftness, (imi
taled by the reed of the organ,) is, as we ull
know, a very little thing, yet with the con
tractions and expansions of the throat, it will
otter a scale of seventeen degrees.
Yicious company is as dangerous as an
infectious and contagious distemper, and
therefor ought to b cantfullr aud icdua.
I arUss'.y sssiaUi
Summer Friends.
"Tho friends who in our sunshine live,
Wheu winlur comes ate flown,
And he who litis but tears to rivo
m usi weep those tears alone.
'Deeorted in his ulmnst need
By those his former bounty fed.
On the bare earth exposed he lies,
With not a friend to close his eyes."
"Ts there none ofnll my lulls; Lave nurst,
i age, squire, knight, groom,
No one to hrtng
Some blessed water from the spring
To slake my dying thirst V
There is a sad truth repented in tho above
lines from the poets. The desertion of
friends in adversity is an ugly trait in onr
selfish human nature. Tho world flies from
the unhappy. Tho Triest and the Levite
pass ns far from the sufferer na possible. Tt
is only the genuine Christ-man the good
Samaritan, that ever pauses to listen to the
sorrows of tho wretched, or to pour the
balm of kindness into wounded hearts nno
hopes. Misfortunes n-o rr.hl'y trc'ited a.-,
crimes; und that, t'to. when tirosncritv or
adversity depend upon mere accident, a
uncontrollable as the turning of a card or
thu toss-up of a copper. Johny Reckless, a
drunken loafer, b suddenly seized with the
"California fever," and rtis'hes on br atd the
first vessel up for the Golden l.nnil. Stum
Ming into a gold mine, he returns at the end
of fivr years h millionaire, bespangled with
diamonds onil h-iiled ns "a jewel of a man."
Fifth Avenue places open their floors to his
auriferous touch ; nnd ha who was regarded
ns n lazy, dirty, vulgar lout but n few years
ago, is to-day courted and coddled ns a gen
tleman of most exepn'site purity nnd part?.
An accident has made him. wl.ut nature
never designed him to be what the world
calls n gentleman.
Springing from the fnmo sod, wo may
point to one, the very opposite in organiza
tion and character of the coarse clod we
have sketch) d, who was "born with a gold
spoon in his mouth;" early accustomed to
the tcile'yst care and most refiner! culture
of all his faculties ; who is loved nod envied
rom his cr.ieie up ; but who, in eaiiy miili-
is suddenly be it ft nf fortune and of
';-!th ; and, by n turn of that tide, which
n:'V'!. i- tinii noiisly controls "t lie iifi'.iii.s ol
Lion," finds himself stranded and deseited
up. r, "lhi bunk uud shoal of lime," nn out
cast nnd a waif, fortakui and forgotten by
the very friends whs swarmed around him iu
his golden dawning, nnd gaily fiutiered in the
sunshine of his b.ighter hours.
These are sad views to Like, and to exhib
it, of huiiinii uliHiueter mid human practice;
but none who has lived ob-ervantly can deny
the truth of the picture; end soMeni u d:iv
passes that wean; net painfully reminded dt'
"man's inhumanity to nun." by the cotis-iler-ation
bestowed on the liclii tion-i uriuiindings.
ami not ou the ch .meter or the individual.
'I o see Society taking oil its rmt tot. I honi.ig
und smiling on some heartless, bniinle.-s
money-bag. or some pinchbeck counterfeit cf
bi'iimiiity. Iift-il by accident intrTa trnsitory
shoulders agailisfVl-tiPi'iff.i! Vio-" its coiil
tune's eclipse has cast into shadow, is enough
to make a misanthrope of the kindliest
hearted philosopher, did rot the thoiiglufi.l
eye look through and beyond the piesetil
phantasmagoria of unequal conditions, und
see the enigma solved by t!:o letnbulive ad
justment:, of a Future life.
Fish. In dressing ull sorts of flat-fish take
great care, if you ti,,il liiein. to haxe them
done enough, but ilo i.ol let them bieak.
l'ut plenty uf sail in thu water, ;.l:o hoise-
r nlish ; let the l:sli be wi ll i. rained, and cut
off thu fins when cleaning llieiu. When to
be fried, let them be well iiiied inn cioth ;
egg nnd bread cru in b them, ii'nl fry them of
a light brown ; use plenty ofl.it ; wuj when
done, drain the !i.-!i i n a to an coarse t il th.
If to be fried without egg und bicad-cruii.bs,
proceed as lor sausae,. s.
Shad are excellent w hen baked, cither on
a board, which is tiiu best, or by the f .lluwing
mode: Stuff them with u scu.-iunieg made of
made of bread dumbs, beater, salt, pepper,
and (if agreeable) par.-ely and spices. 1 tit
lac tisli iu a bulviii disli, with u cnplul ol
water and n lump ol butter. Bake IVoi.i
three quarters of an hour to an hour. Shad
broiled is also excellent, but it is spoiled by
frying, us it looses nearly all its fine flavor.
This being a moist fish, it should never be
boiled. Those who never eat u baked or
broiled shad, know nothing ol'lhut excellence
which we chu:i for this fish over ull olhers.
(iirmaiitutcii Tdt ijrajih.
Ml.-i:isAt le I'l.oM.K. Young ladies with
bonnets on rainy Sundays.
A witness in a bribery case.
A city .stii.rti.uau t ilk titiish cferc day's
ihv--li;ig.
A printer who publishes a paper fur uuth
inj uud finds himself.
A smoking nephew on a visit to on anti
smoking aunt.
A young doctor who has just cured his Crst
patient, und has no prospect of any inure.
A star actress Willi her liuinu in small let
ters ou the bi!l.
An editor with nothing but cold potatoes
for u Christmas tlinuer.
Ei-At'tlFfl. Tikut.iit Here is nno of the
very many beautiful thought which Tunny
Forester bus i.en e.Npr. s..ii n;
"O let me die in the country, where I shall
not fall like thu single leaf, unheeded ; where
those that love me need not musk li.eir heart
Id iiiit't the cureless multitude, and strive us
a dutv to forget n.e ! Bury me ill the Coun
try iimtil the prayers of the good und the
te'urs of tin loving : not in the Janin dark
V'lclt. nwuy from the sv.reteia d air, ar.rl the
cheerful H.T.'l liie, but in the opeii fields,
among the !'i trel'S. that 1 loved aud thcriihod
riiiie It'.i.lg."
The lei pest .f ilers ore thn most silent,
empty vj.-,eis make the (jreutcH sound and
tinkling 8. nil.. i!s the woit music. They who
think least, c niiiiuniy S s.ik ji.Ost.
Cijuenis. To fatten siiiu',1 shells or. orna
n.ental work, use i ilia T of the fo!'.(,ieg
. ei'i. nts: 1. !).: t Ive sio Han in enough rcc
til id spirit to uiuke a liqai.1 rf the consis
tence of trench). 2. Fine p'.vrdi red plaster
of l'uris made into a cream with water.
Xante's famous line, "All hope obondon.
ye who enter here 1" has b. en recommended
us a motto for Americau raiireatl cars.
"I'll take your part," us the dog tald to
the cat wheu be rubied her ol her dir.uer.
Usefcl Kkct-ipt. Wounds in cattle are
qnirkly cured by washing several limes u day
with the mixture of the yolk of cg-js aud spir
its of turpentiiiO.
Grow nothing cartleislf j whatever is
wsrtfc gteT.sj at ail it rti grtw.tg '.!.
Oil
Takinjj tfco Asiccsnent.
yha following pod story we find in t'.i
West Baton Rouge hngnr Fln-iters
When the immortal (lot. tvbh nssssroi'
or n neighboring pnri'.h. he was wont to have
a high old time. One day, as he wag asses
sing the valuables of tho occupants of a ln
c.ibin, Ritiiated In the pine woods, he in bio
usual urbiuio manner, "popped the questions"
to tho old womao. while the old man had
gone out to proenrs some "corn cub oil"
wherewith to regale his guest. -
"How many horses, cnttln, sVep, chickens
&c, have you got, nfy dear madam, and how
much are they worth V
"Well, thur's three old horses, but thoy
ain't wuth a cent three co-.vs, but they've,
bin lost this npriug two years nary sheep,
'ccpt my old man, and he ain't wuth a cuss;
but he tillers votes the Dirmnycr.ick ticket,
and boys Lis whiskey by the jug when he car,
't it a heap cheeper by tho biii'l. The
chickens wus ull stole the other night, nn' I
hope to massy they'll pizun the tcum;j that
hooked 'em.
"Very satisfactory estimate of your valnu
bk's. particularly about the old man but
here's something woilii assessing (pointing
to a dirty little urchin ubout five yours old,
that was clinging to the old wonian's gown)
how much do you vr.lue that little nigger at i"
"Little nigger! Rakes alive ! ycu infernal
old rascal, do you dare to call my child a nig.
ger? Clur out o' hero, (,r J'ii ki.ock the day
lights out o' you in u tninit. Oh, my ! to
think 1 should live to be foily-oiid next clns.1
meeting, und to hear my own child tailed a
nigger by such u felioT us you ! '
By this time the old wo'mun had worked
herself opto n pitch of ungovernable fury,
and raising a voice to a shrill yell, she called
out to the old iniin, to come quick and "chaw
thu Colonel un." mid wo are compelled by nn
inward regard f"r vcracily. to record thai tho
Colonel's old bay made six miles of bad rond
in better time than Licomptc ever did in his
palmiest days. A deputy was sent to oltend
lo the mitiiiibhed business in the f ettien.er.t,.
uud the Colonel's renieniluuiico nf flint da'
woik has "hoibied'' him into other extreme,
for tho last and I iggest fight ha wr.s in wae
occasioned bv his entering uuon his record
when t-aliiin thu l...-,t census six little niu-
lu'toes aa the childten of oLe cf his const.tu
elils. Newly Maiikild Sruie : yt a Thousnnd.
Milts from the A cr-nne. Just after breakfast
new liu:dia:id equipped for down town.
t'Hislirc his calves I, eluro tl.o Pallor fire
New wife distributing; bits of' good thinin
from the breakfast table, to the net caaavicc
colloquy fcfisui :.
' .!- f.ove. i..t ir.:.-i: ar?. t.-n-ritlv trnauie-
soiue tiny get into the cuke hex urn! mv
drawer; uml your trunk awfully, au wuu't you
get !im a moils irnn 1
f.si.jfir.'Of
c terse I
lave e:
conrse.
II 'ife That's a
good clear ;
Tl'lOd : but illSt to ihinlr tlint riootrr tinen.p.
appetite, spoiU my teeth, and mother snvs r.
must take it through a quill ; hate get me
seme q-.ills. now, won't you?
.SsirniV Yes, dear (nervously pulling
his coat tails forward over each hip.)
HVV I wan't some pins, too, so bad. and.
it's such horrible walking I can't go cit ; so
please now get mo some pins, not the L':gcorl
n i eil in m kind.
llnn'i'intl Yer, !ovo inything che?
i Husband's calves werm up, ur.-l nl lie bends
down to ; crutch 'em, simply nitikeca wry face
hich means i! n.)
IV'; La, me 1 1 nrrr'v forf
eit. The corlc-
ere wo iiorrowod ol . lis. ' .; well, the coc it
has broke it, a:rl thero's nothing to he u..no
but pet another. 1 'in migl ty sorry, bet i-'s
ton lute to le-lp it. Don't be in such a hurry
Didn't burn your iegs, did yen ; ain't you go
ing to l.iss n e ? There-' Don't forgr-t, now.
J'ii's, e'D jl sc;y ; '.!'. c.tul a lucasr trip !
I Husband riishtj out bang goes tho hall
' door and an aciiUaiii'ance in llm street cciii-
uiiseralingly watchis l.im (ji.-nppear round
comer, repeating "pi:is, coiktcie-.v, quil',3,
uii,u.-u trap" Chicniio 'J'rihu:ic.
Am AvisiNii Mistake. A gentleman of
Dount, was going out in lijs carriage to make
some culls with his wife, when he discovered
that he hud left bio UsLing cauls, lie ordered
his foot m.ni, leitiiily Co:n" into his services,
to go to the nii'iith piece in his silliiig-rooni,
and brit.g the curds he should see the re. Tho
serva:ii did os ho tins ordered, rj!ui:i?d tho
articles to be u.-:d as bu v.us directed, and
oil' t hi toil the geiitler.mn. sendinj in U.o
I'outniati with curds whee tie "net ut borne''
occui red. As these were veiy nnnv.-rons he
turned to his servant wi:h tl.e question "How
many cards have you left?'' "Vi ell sir," says,
the footman very innocently, "tlieieS tho
king of rpaJes. tho six t.r hemts u:ni t'ne see
of clubj." "The deuce 1 ' txcluuned Ills
master, "TLa'.'i goue," said Juhti. .V. i'.
Mirrvr.
Tlino'v n Tit' Bos-n. Among Hi osiers,
they cull cotton thread "b ss," a term few
Yankees uiiJoisttiiid in that way. A fair
hi niietlo cue day steppe! into tliettoro of
a young inun und bough! a drc? of the
del I. "After it "aBS Jut off i-h e:ud to bin :
- Will. 1 rec!:o:i you'll throw in the "bosSi"
Certainly," repl.ed the cfirk, with his mouth
stretched from ear to (ar, "we throw in tha
"boss" here he is, you are welcome tohi:u."
A fellow was arrested by a farmer for steal
ing ducks. The farmer said ho should know
then, arywl.iie, atij went on t-j dcieriba
them.
"Why," said lha c r,nsel for tl.e prisoner,
they can't be such a .are br.ied of aucks I
hue. sMi.e of tli Ti in my own yard."
"'t int's very likely," "returned the farmer,
"I've lost a good many lately."
Counsel declined ruusccaiisa; farther wilh
the case.
The loson wiiy this is rolled leap ycer isf
becpt.se it is the privilege of every hanJn;iua
girl to throw herself jitn the anus of any
voting fellur she likes It is, furthermore, the
duty - f tho young fallar ufuicta-id to jump bt
tl.e'fjffer.
Ilobbs, the locks.tiith, 1ms pl.-ked oris of
the banquo's foxy locks: he oid it with a
pick axe. He 13 new ut wo.k on a wed lock.
A man in In'ncky was so enormously h'-v
that when he died it took two clergyuitu sj i
a toy to j.reuch his funeral stimuli.
The young lady who fell i:i lovo bus jutt
been lulled oat by the daring fellow vho suc
cessfully strtigjled with the world.
Whv is a Cy on of the tulett insects? be
cause he standi over sit (Vast wilbofci Lea