utttrnr SUN1UJRY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA, SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1856. OLD SERIES, VOL- 1G. NO NEW SERIES, VOL. 9, NO. 6. ion 8s (HiO son 1000 Well The Sunbury American, rOltltllKD KVSRT SATtJRDAf BY II. B. MASSER, Market Square, Sunbury, Penna, TKRMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. TV? DOLL, AI19 per annum to ha paid half yearly in d irnites. No paper iliav.ontii"tel until all arrearugee art paid . All e'lmmanieatinnt ur letter! en bushiest relating to the office, to inaure attention, mint be POS T PAID. TO C1AU9. fhree copiee ti out adiltett, tsifl Seven U tin IO(io Fifteen fin Vn VI 110 . Five d illara in advance will pay f' three yeaf'e aub teriptitm to Ihe Ameriran. P utm.intere will nlenie act at nor Arenu, and frnnV rttera cmtamiiift anlweriptinn money. They are permit ted to do thia under the Poat Office Law. TERMS OF A D VJSRTI8I NO. O io Aminif of II linee, S titnee, Keerv euunequisill iuaertion, O.ie Siume, 3 mnntbe, Hi a mintha, One year, Rwiineia Carile of Five linea, per annnm, K-th tine and othe ra, atveriisin liy the yr-ir, with the privilfje of inserting d.ferent afWertiaemeiila weekly. larget A.tvertieemeiits.ae per agreement. JOB PRINTING. We have r"tinertrd with onr cataMiahment taleHe.i JOD OFKICF., which will enable 01 to execute in the nextut atyle, every variety of printing. ST B. XA3SEB., ATTORNEY AT LA V, ETJNBtTHV, PA. Dusincst attended to in the Oountiet of Nor thumberland, Union, Lycoming Monlour and Columbia. References in Philadelphia : Hon. loh R. Ttann, Chat. GiMnns, V.v.. Homers tt Siimlcraaa, Mini, Smith it Co. LATEST ARRIVAL, largest and Best Assortment CHEAP, HANDSOME & DURABLE rpHE subscriber take pleasure in itiforniin - his customer! and the public generally that he is now in receipt of an tinutually larpe and Splendid Assortment of New Goods. To endeavor to enumerate the one hundrclh part of the articles would be useless. Suffice it to aay, they have been selected with the greatest care, and they will be disposed of at at low prices at the same quality can be purchased elsewhere. My motto is "Quiet Sales and Small Prof.ts." He takes this method of presenting to the public his thsnksfor the liberal patronage exten ded to him, and by stiict attention to business, lie respectfully solicits a continuanre of the same. It will be advisable for purchasers to call and examine his assortment before purchasing else where. All kinds of produce taken in exchange. EDWARD Y. BRIGHT. Sunbury, December I, 1855. TT. S. OIF -A "God and our Xatice Land." 2i:sqt;bhaxxa camp, Xo. 20, of the o. of the U. S. A. holds Its stated sessions ever) Momiii evening in their New Hall, opposite E. Y. It rights store. Sunbury, Ti. Inititation and eega'ia, $'i,00. 0 D. 0. E MAIZE. W- (' Em1. WllAlItT, H. S. Sunbury Jan. 12, IPS 6. oct "0 '55 WORK FOR HEAVEN. If thou hnst thrown a glorinns thought Upon life's common ways. Should other men the pain have caught, Fret not to lose the praise. Great thinker, often shalt thou find, While fully plunders fame, To thy rich store the crowd is blind, Nor knows thy very name. If thon art true, yet in tliee lurks For tor Time a human sigh. To Nature go, and see her works, That handmaid of the sky. Her own dorp bonnty she forgets, Is full of perms and seeds : Nor glorifies bprsolf, nor sets Her flowers above her weeds. She hull's the modest leaves between, She loves untrodden roads ; Her richest treasures fine not seen By any eye but God's. Accept the lesson. Look not for Reward ; from out thee chase All selfish ends, and ask no more Than to fulfil thy place. ' O. OIF XT- -A.- IMZ- CM-XBCKY COUNCIL, No. an, O. of I O M. meets every Ttesdat evening American Hull, opposite Market street, Sunbury A. in tnc E. Y. Bright store. I'a. Members of Hie ,u,...if,,llv reouested to attend. P. M. SHIN DEL, C. A. Hoovr.n. R. S. Sunbury, Oct. 20, 1S55. J. S. OF -A-- WASHINGTON CAM P, No. 19 J. of A holds its stated meetings every Saturday evening, in the American Hll, M.irkct Street. bu"bUr)'- H. CLEMENT, P. Henry Y. F riling. R. . KuHliury, January 9, 1SSS. tf. Cheiip Watches cjJcwclr WHOLESALE and Retail, at the 'I'hiladel- ' phia Watch and Jewelry Store," -No. 96 North Second Street, corner of Quarry, PHILADELPHIA G,.ld Lever Wutuita, loll jeweled 1141 S,UU 1,01) If curut cmes, Wi-,m M ,iil l.ei nc to- , Silver l:vsr, full )ewl'd 1 t adie' G.-I.I Pencils, tMipeiior qimrtieia, 7 Silver Tea sp-wns, set, ;,.M (ieeuclea, 7,ti ivi. with Pencil and Silver Holder, Wold Finger Rings, 37J cents to 80 ; W atch Glasaei. plain, 124 ctnU; Patent. Sj j Lunet. t5; other uitirca in proportion. All goods war rauttJ to be what they are sold for. hTAL'VFER cV HAULEY. o,. bivnrl. Boine UolJ and Silver Levera and l.epincs, still lower than tht above prices. Kept 0, 1835. ly. F. H. SMITH, POET M0NNAIE, POCKET BOOK, ssa UreauslneT Case Manufacturer, X II". cur. nf Fourth Jj- Chestnut Sti., PHILADELPHIA. Alwayt on hand a large and varied assortment . - U'...l IU..I 1 on .Monnaies, Packet Books, B inkers Cases, Note Holders, Port Polios, Portable Dasks, Dressing Casta, Cabas, Traveling Bagt, Hackgammon Boards, Chesa Men, Cicar Cases, Pocket Memorandum Books, Also, a general assortment of English, French Md Osrnwn Fancy Goods. Fine Pocket Cutlery, tlnzora, Rsxor Strops and GolJ Pans. Wholesale. Second and Third Floors. F. II. SMITH, iv C.oit. Ai Plmilniil Thilada, , it . cor. i wm. ... . - . . - ---- N. B. On the receipt of $1, a Superior Gold ... u.i!M iiont to any fart of the United States, m nviU wdeacrib'tng Pn luu 1" r1' 90 toft. fhila.. March 31. 1855 pty. Cljiilling ghrftjr. rrom Putnam's Magazint. A LIVER S TALE. THE OCEAN DEPTHS. TI.c life of one who explores the mvstc- rics of the si-h, is not more perilous than fascinating. The charm of terror hangs nrnund it, and the interminable succession of excitinrr events renders it dar to its profes sor. Not to the common-diver of the East, who can remtiin but for a fraction of time be neath the wave, and grope fearfully amonjr rngsed ccenn mounds, but to the adept in the civilized mode of diving, who. in his protective armor, may remain submerged for hours, nnd wander with impunity, for miles along those unknown regions far below the sea. To him ure laid open the horrors of the watery cren tion. and he may gaze upon such scenes ns Arabian storv tells us were presented to the fearful eyes of Abdullah. To him the most thrilling occurrences of the upper world seem frivolous; for, in his memory, he retains thoughts that uiuy well chill thd soul with dread. I am a diver a diver from choice nnd I am proud of my profession. Where is such courage required as is needed here? It is nothing to be a soldier; a diver, however but I forbear. I will tell my Etory, and leave others to judge concerning it. An appalling shipwreck occurred net loaf aeo. upon the wildest part of the const of Newfoundland. The tidings of this calamity reached the ears of thousands ; but amid the crowd of :--- --"i-i- ..-',- succession, it was soon forgotten. Net riy us, however. We found that the vessel had sunk upon a spot where the water's depth was by nu means prent, and that a during man might easily reach her. i Sho was a steamnr called the Mnrmii-n. and had been seen gninj suddenly down, nit limit an instant's warning, by some fiheimen near by. Sh" had, undoubtedly si ruck u hid den rock, and hud thus been, in cue moment destroyed. I spoke to my associates of the plan, and they approved it. No time wits lost in ma king the necessary preparations, and a short time- beheld ns embarked in our small schoo ner for the sunken ship. There were six of us. and we anticipated cxtraonlinnrv success I nas the leader, nnd generally ventured upon anv explt it in which thero was uncoin inoii d.tiiL'er. Not that the others were cow. i Rids : on the contrarv. they were till brave I men, but I was gifted with a cooli ef-s and a presence of nnnn of which the otl.eis were destitute. As two persons were t di d. in order to explore, the Marmmn I hud selected ns mv comniinion a vounir lellow, wnoso stea diness and dauntless cournee had several times before been fearfully tested. It was a culm and uleasant dny. but. the southern and eastern wind looked deceitful. Hmall suspicious clouds were gathered there, ill of aspect, and "sneaking fellows, regular hang dug fellows, as my cmnraile, Uitnmer, remarked to me. Nevertheless, e were not to be put off by a little cloudiness iu the sky but boldly prepared to venture. Ho tleeu was tue water, that no vi siica oi a ship's mast remained above the sin ace to point out the resting-place 61 tlie .tiarnuon. We were compelled, therefore, to select ine scene of operations according to the best of our ability. Down went the sails of our schooner, and Rimmer and I pat on onr di ving armor. We fixed our helmets tightly, and screwed on the hose. Una by one each clumsy article was adjusted. Tub weights were hung and we were reatiy. "It looks ternblo blacKisb, lierton, saiu Rimmer to me. "Oh," I replied gaily, "it s only a little mist, all right l" Ant" He ottered a low exclamation which sounded hollow from Lis tuvernous helmet. "All readv." I cried in a loud voice, which they however, could not easily distinguish. 1 lien, making a proper aiii, i s over the side. Down we went. I Gist, and Kimmer close behind ma. It did not take a long time Tor us to reach the bottom. Wo found ourselves, upon what teemed a broad plum sloping downward toward the south, and risinfr slit; lit ly towards the north. Looking forward then, a dim. black obiect arose, which our expert anced eves knew to be a lofty rock. I mentioned to Umimer tnat we snouia they raced and chased one another in every direction. Heie a shoal of porpoises tumbled along In clumsy gambols, there a grampus might bt seen rising slowly to the surface ; here an immense number of sa alter fish float ed post lis, there somn huge ones with pon deri'Us forms floated in the wuter lnzily. Sometimes three or four placed themselves dir' tly before ns, stnrinirnt us. and solemnly wtrking lleir gills. There they would re m iin. till we came close up to them, nnd then, with a start, they would rinrt nwny. All this time we were wa'king onward, ii'img ihobiittnni nfthe pen. while nbove us, lik a black c loud in the sky, we could see onr boat slowly moving onward upon the sur face nf the water. And now, not more than a hundred yards before us. we could see the toveting form of that ebony rock which had at first greeted onr eyes from afar. As yet, we could not be certain that this was the place where the Munition had struck. But soon a round, black object became discertia bio. ns we glanced at the rocky base. Rimmer struck tny arm and pointed. I "igned assent, and we moved onward mure tiickly. A few moments elapsed ; we had como nearer to the rock. The black object now looked like the stern of a vessel whoso hull lay there. 'Suddenly Rimmer struck me again, and pointed. upward. Following the direction of his hiitid. 1 looked up and saw the upper surface of the wnter all foamy and in motion. There was a momentary thrill through my heart, but it passed over. We were in a dangerous condition. . A storm was coining on 1 Dnt should we turn back now, alien we ere so near the object of our search ? Alrea dy it lay before us. Wo were close beside it. No, I would not. I signalized to Rimmer to go forward ; and we still kept ogr course. Now the rotk rose up before us, black, rugged, dismul. Its rough sides were worn tij tho action of the water, and, in some pla ces, were covered by marine plants, and nameless ocean vegetation. We passed on ward, we clambered over a spur, which jutted from the cliff, und thero lay the steamer. The Marmion there she lay upright, with everythihs still standing. She hud gone ri'ht down, and had settled in such a position, among the rocks, that she stood upright here, just as though she lay nt the nharl. We rushed eagerly nnd clambered up tier side. There was a !ow menu in tho water. hich sounded warning1' in our ears, nnd told us of n swift iipproachiiiB danger. What was to be done must be dune speedily. We hurried forward. Himmer rushed to the cabin. 1 went foi wnrd to descend iutothe hold. I de sreuilt d the ladder. I walked into the engi neer's room. All was empty here, till was wnler. The Waves ol the ocean had entered, and were sporting with the woras of mun.- went into the freight room. Suddenly 1 was stall li il by an appalling noise upon the deck. I he heavy footsteps ol some one, running, us though in mortal fear, or most dreadful haste, sounded in my ears. Then my heart throbbed nildlv; for it' was a feurful thing to hear, fur nu in ihe silent depths of the ocean. I'shaw! It's only Rimmer. I hurriedly ascended the deck by the first onl'v that UMienred. When I speuk of hur ry, I speaK ol l!H- quit ncrv , ble, when covered wiui bo niuen uriuoi . uui this movement of mine wus quick j 1 rushed upwards. I sprang out ou deck. It was mmiuer. lie stepped forward and clutched my nrm. lie pressed it with a convulsive grasp, utid pointed to the cubiu. attempted to go ir.ere. He stumped his foot, and tried to hold me back, lie pointed to the boat, und implored me, with frantic gestures, to go up. It is nppnlliug to witness the horror-struck soul trying to express itself by sign It is anfultosee these signs when no luce is plain ly visible, and no voice is heard. I could not ' . . - ... . . , . .-i I :.. see bis luce plainly, nut, nis eyes, tnrougu ins heavy mask glowed like couls uf fire. "1 will go!" I exclaimed. 1 sprang from him. lie clasped his hands together, but dared not follow. Good heavens! I thought, what fearful thing is hereT What scene can be po dreadful as to paralyze the soul of a practiced diver! I will see for myself. I walked forward. I came to the cabin dooi. I entered the forward saloon, but saw nothing. A feeling of contempt came to me. Rimner shall not come with me again, I thought. Yet I was awe struck. Down in the depths of the sea there is only sih nee oh. how solemn ! I paced the long saloon, which had echoed with the shrieks of the drowning iiassons"rs. Ah ! there are thoughts which sometimes till the soul, which are only felt by those to whom scenes ol su blimity' lire familiar. Thus thinking, I walked to the after cabin and entered ' Oh, God or Heaven " Had not ny hand clenched the door with a grasp wiiieli moilal terror nad made cotivui nive. I should have fullcu to the floor. I tnod nailed to tho spot. For thero before me stood a crowil of people men and women caught in the last death struggle, by t lie overwhelming waters, und fastened to the spot, each in the position in which death had lound bun. Kadi one bad sprung Irom ins chair at the shock of tho sinking ship, and with one common emotion, nil had started lor the door. lint the waves of the sea had been too swift for them. I.n! then some wildly grasping the table, others tho side of the ca bin there they stood. Near the door was a crowd of people, heaped upon one another some on tho ttoor. others juishing over llietn all seeking, madlv. to gain the outlet. There wng one who sought to clamber over the ta ble, and still was there holding on to an iron pi st. So strong wus each convulsive grasp, so fierce the struggle of each wilh death, thut their hold had not vet been relaxed ; but each one stood and looked frantically ut the door. To the door good God t To me, to me they were looking I Thev were glancing at me, all those dreadful, tfiose terrible eyes. Eves in which the fire of life had been dis- nlaced bv the chilling gleam of death. Eyes rolled. Down In these awful depths the swell would not be very strong unless It thotdd in crease with tenfold fury above. But ft had been Increasing though I had not. noticed it and the motion of the water began t be' felt in three abysses. Suddenly the steamer was shaken and rocked by these swells. At this the hideous forms were shaken and fell. Tho heaps of people rolled nssunder. That demon on the tuble seemed to make a spring directly towards ms. 1 fled, shrieking nil were after me, I thought. I rushed out, wilh no purpose but to escape. I sought to throw off my weights and rise. Sly weights could not be loosened 1 pnlled at them with frantic exertion, but could riot loosen them. The iron fastening had grown sliff. One of them I wrested off in my con vulsive efforts, but the other still kept me down. The tube, also was lying down still in my passage way through the machine rooms. I did not know this until I hod ex hausted my strength, and almost my hope, in vain efforts to loosen the weight, and still the horror of that scene in tho cabin rested upon me. Where was Rimmer? The thought flashed across me. Jin wns not here, lie nad re turned. Two weights lay near, which seemed thrown off in terrible haste. Yes, Rimmer had gone. I looked np ; there lay tho boat, tossing and rolling among the wavps. 1 rushed down into the machine room, to go back o as to loosen my tube. I had gone through the passages carelessly, nnd this lay there, for it was unrolled from above as I went on. I went back in haste to extricate myself; I could stay here no longer; for if nil the gold of Goleonda was in the vessel, I would not stay in company wilh Ihe dreadful deod 1 Hack fenr lent wines to my feet. I hur ried down the strt'rs into the lower hold once more, nnd retraced my stepn through the pas sages helow. I walked buck to the place into which I had descended. It was dark ; a new feeling of horror shot through me; 1 looked tip. The aperture trnn ctnnrd. Heavens 1 wns it closed by mortal nami i Had Rimmer. in his tinni'c flipht blindly thrown donn tho trap door, which I now re- nicint ereil to have seen open when l descen ded ? or hnd some fearful being from the ca bin, tin t demon who sprung towards me ? 1 started buck in terror. Hut I could uot wait here ; I must go ; I p. list escape from this den ol linrrors. 1 sprang tip the ladder and tried to raise the door. It resii-ted my efforts. I put my head against it. and tried to raise it ; the rung of the ladder broke beneath me. but the door was not raised ; my tube came down through it and kept it pnrliy open, for it wns a strong tube, nnd kept strongly tnipanded by close wound wire. 1 seized a bar of iron nnd tried to pry it upr I mised it slichtly but thore wus no vrny to get it up further. I looked around and found some blocks : with these I raised the heavy door a little; ph cing a block iu to keep what' I had gained. Hut the work was slow, and laborious, and 1 hnd worked a long while ben-ire I had it raised four inches. The seu rolled more and more. Tim sub merged vessel felt its power. Iitid rocked. Suddenly it wheeled over, and lay upon its side. rte0K anove, to try nflfl nrftpftb?'u..o.. j.ui when I came to the outlet. I knew it was impossible, for the tube would not permit me to go so far. and then 1 would rather have died a thousand ilonthi than have vciituted acaif. so tiear the cabin. I returned to the ful'en door: I sax down in despair and waited for death. I saw no hope of escape. This, then, wa3 to be tny end Iltit the steamer gave a sudden lurch, again again acted upon by the power of the waves. She bad been balanced upon n rot a, in hucii a way thut a slight action of the water was to trip her over. he creaked nnd groaned, and labored, and then turned upon her fide. I roso : I clung to the bidder; I pressed the trap dorr open while the steamer lay with her deck perpendicular to the ground 1 sprang out, nnd touched the bottom of the sea. It was in good time; for a moment af ter, the mass went over back again. Then, with a last effort. 1 twisted tho iron fastenings of the weight which kept me down: . . . . . . .. , . i . r II 1 jerked it. It was loosed, 11 ornie, it ion. In a moments I was floating on the water for the air which is pressed down for tho di vers' consumption constitutes a buoyaut mass, which raises him np from the sea. Thanks to heaven ! There was tho strong boat with my bold brave men 1 They felt nip rising ; they saw me, and camo and saved me. Rimmer had fled from the horrid seene when I entered the Cabin, but rem, lined in the boat to lend his aid. lie never went down again, but became a sea captain. As forme I still go down but only to vessels whose crews have beeu saved. It is needless to say that the Marmion was never aiiain visited. 1 fl.ttr !! From Die Kuleii) .scope. LOUIE LORN. ST ROBERT JOSSKLTK. Lollie. sweet bewitching creature, Lollie Lorn, I sing Beautiful in form and feature, But the strangest thinr 1 If von kindly speak to Lollie, if yon strive to won, Soon will you repent your folly, Never more to sue Lollie, Lollie, wns there ever Such a wilful maiden ? Never. Lollie's voice la low and tender, And her eyes of blue Rival, in their depth and splendor, Heaven's brightest line ; Never such a saint-like sinner Wielded Cupid's dart. But the very Devil's in her, Nestling in her heart. I.oliie, Lollie, was thero ever Such a wicked maiden T Never. Lollie's lovers seldom nnmber Less than half a score. And the beauty seems to wonder Why there are no more ; But she loves no human being, Nothing but her cat ; And her lovers marvel, seeing How she cares for that.' Lollie, Lollie, was there ever Such a selfish maiden T Never. Lnllip'll die nn ancient maiden, Sallow, wrinkled, spare. With her wig nnd sorrows laden, None will nionrn or care. She who lives unloving, only Heedlt tf of her-elf. Soon will wither, cold and lonely, Laid upon the shelf. Lollie, Lollie, was there ever f-uch a maiden? Never, never. Jfavmcr's cpatimcnt. Anecdotes of Dr. Franklin. j FOR SALE! PTEAM- ENGINES 90 Horse power ich, J i. :i yc'..!.i ,.,. oeellent pump Biigines. together with Urge blowing cyUn- tert, suitable lor a Waaf lurnsce. nfpty " ' HKNKV LONGENECKER&CO. Sbamokin Iron Works. Shamokin, Pa. SiamaHn. July 51, 1856, YARMERS TAKE NOTICE. 1100 bushel HsisetJ wanted immtdiately at tba Cheap Stort of E. Y. Bright, for wbicb the highest market prtca wm m pttj. Sunbury, October 6, IBbS. if : STOVES- ' W-VIR o.XB an axealltnt secentVhand Cook JC i-r Stove also wwil Ortindsr CmI rr-orn at niscne. nroceed there. - ...... . I cannot tell the strangeness oi toe sensa tion felt by one who first walks the bottom of which still glared like the eyet of the maniac, .. 1 . -.i. - t,M . :il .1...;- tne sea. I Willi no expression, l lirj imw mil aim oivii There are a thousand objects fitted to ex- I cold and icy stare. 1 hey had I o me tiling r cite the astonishment, even in the mind ot for the soul had gone. And this made it still Dim who has dared the deed a hundred times, more horrible that it would nave been in lite ; All around ns lav the nlain. covered bv wa- I for the anna ling contortions of their faces. ter; but here the eya could not pierce fur I expressing fear, horror, despair, and whatever away, as iu the upper air for ihe water, in I else the human soul may fuel, contrasting the distance, grew opaque, and seemed to fade away into misty darkness. There was no sound, except tua incessant eurgie which was produced by tba escape of air from the breast valve, and the plash caused by oui passage through the water. We walked on at a good pace, for this armor which seems so clumsy op above, is excellent below, and offvra Utile iuconvenieDca to the practi-sd wearer. Pushes in crowds were around ns. Fishes of every shape and size met our eyes, no mat ter wbera they turned. Teey sw.m swiftly or vs z limy pnrt ro tsa wiwr i.v - v . with the cold and glassy eyes, mude their vu. cancy yet more leurlul. lie upon tue luoie seemed more tlendish than the omein ; tonus long black hair disheveled and flouted lion i bly down and his beard and moustache, all loosened cyme water gave mm me gnomes of a demon. Ob. what woe and torture! what unutterable agonies appeared in the despair ing glance of those luces faces twisted iuto spasmodic contortions, whilw the souls thut lighted tbciu were writhing aud struggling for life. 1 heeded not tho dangerous sea which event wbao wt) touched tba staaxer, bad slightly TKRRin.K SlKIKllINO AND DCATII FIIOM Cold. Our Minnesota exchanges givo an account of the death of .r. F. N. Ripley of Sli.ikonee. and the sufivrings of Mr. Mc Clelland, his companion. Dr. Ripley and his companion, on the first of March, got lost the cold was intense and Dr. Ripley becoming unable to go further, sank down in the snow McClelland attempted to rouse him, but his efforts were unavailing. His knees, one foot and lip were frozen, und ho would frequently lie down in the snow. He begged McC to leave him und hasten fir help and return. They parted no moia to meet on earth. The hitter succeeded in reaching the camp ofter dark, on the thiid dav from starting, when I t arrived with both feet badly frozen. Now commenced wilh him n period of suffering almost without a parallel, tor seventeen davs he lay ill tho eabin, wilh feet f o badly frozen that he could uot waik a su p, uu.il'1- to make a fire, his inaK-hea haviiig got wol with but one unit of rice and ono pound o cheese for food during the whole time, will the cabin only partially covered, and with no door to keen out lbs' wolves, there he lay until be was round by a surveying puny aim taken to Shakoote. The uninut ition of his lees was deemed inevitable. The bones of Dr. Rinlev were found picked clean by the wolves. His shawl and other parts of bis clothing were also found Dr. Lipley wus 28 years old, a native or nt xurn, wnere be was rospeclabiy cocueeiuu Cultivation of Plums jn most sections ine niauaumi m pnuns . . . . , has been greatly abridged by , he nes of j J, I IIO lUICUIlo, UI1U lliuixu llir iimiiim'u.i m'u.-- qticnees resulting from its insidious attacks, have been so greut, that very many who had entered quite extensively into the enterprise, h.iva bswu oompelleil to abandon It altogether. Whether there exists, at present, any efficient und reliuble remedy for this evil, is a question admitting, perhaps, of some doubt. Still, by u propper system of suitable soil, and who can ull'ord the exquisite amount of attention, may derive no small profit from the cultiva tion of uny or ull the nuineroa.? varieties ordi narily grown upon our farms. The soil which appears to be the most genial to these fruits, is a'if.bt,'Jvni'.V'1 VV'KabuT-""' approaching fully, nnd enriched by ntiiaU.l'?n3Te,1-out never with such matters as will ferment strongly. A compost of forest leaves, clay and rotten wood, chip manure from the wood shed, leached ashes, lime. gpsuin, nnd sdt. is much better than animal excrement, nnd it' thrown into a heap the year previous to its application, nnd ( ccasirimlly wet down with touii suds and urine, with a turning now and the season, to mix the inntenuls thoroughly, it will opoiate with great effic.eu cv. and iiiduce a rapid and healthy growth. ' Salt is e.-haps one of the best of all known f. riiliseis for t!ie !'!'" I'i i'. native state that of the beach plum it is always found in situations where it is copiously irrigated bv salt-water, und is there never infested by the evils which so greatly lessen its value in a cultivated ftule. i'rubably un occasional sprinkling of salt and water uvula about ns strong us the sea water is, and applied by an ordinary garden syriuge. to the limbs nnd leaves, would tend somewhat to mitigate the evils resulting from tho cnreulio, if it did not wholly prevent them. Washing tho bark, frequently with soup suds, urine, er wtnh u-, und splilting the bark from the roots upward to the junction of the larger limbs, nave a good eifect. All green und iuiniuVne fiuit should be carefully destroyed as sport us it falls. It contains tho egg oi ;ne uy iK rn bices the curculio, as may be seen by iiispiii- ing it as it comes from the tree. 1 think that very many who attempt the cultivation of plunis. aro enforcing them too .... I 1-1 . : -. .... l.n vigorously. I he pear une.ni, m -y is attributable to the sume course. In old times when penrs were set in apple orchards, there was no complaint as to meir uwi'"c. The disease was, indeed, wholly unknown, and has only been developei of late years, whan it is thongl.lt hat the loroing principle, . . . i- I ;.. 1 ur;,. so perniciously appneu in our iiii . To ries of Knowledge," is equuny ousiiau. ... celeratiug the maturation ol vegetables, aim pushing -Iiamo Nature 'aiieau oi ueiseu, iu the detriment of her more important cliurac-fiir-.tii. nnt tiowers. Gerniantoii'n 7W. Ikdiah Ravasks The Indians huva been ravaL'iliL' several of the frontier towns id' Mexico. At New Cumargo, they killed one or two men and carried ell several women besides robbing the ranches and driving ofl the stock. They encamped nearly all of one day iu the neighborhood of Mier, and did not un pear to haw the least fear of the inhabi tants. It was not eertaioly known to what tribe they belonged, but tiiey. went suppose to ua Upon. J. B. 15. Experiments in the M a si facti p-k of Lims It has been a question whether as good an article of quick lime could be made from the carbonate, with stone and coal alone, ns with wood, or with coal nnd wood combi- ned. It is a known bid that considerable water is contained in wood, while there is verv little ill coal ; about 4t)0 gallons ol water are' required in the manufacture or every 1010 bushels of quicklime. It appears that at an establishment in Pennsylvania lime is riow manufactured with coal alone as luei. iiw top is burned with anthracite, and the arch with bituminous coal ; unuer n finn blast driven ny a steam eng.ne ; alio oi me tnpoMheeye and over ine imiuiimuus . ..... is u pipe introducing Into the arch a constant jet of steam from the engine, which can be regulated as to quantity at pleasure. T'.i Viter Cisterns. We would advise those who are about to dig cisterns, to hold rain water, to comiddcr whether it is not worth their consideration to make their cis terns above ground. Mako a heavy trussel work, then a heavy frame work of the dimeii sionx desired board that up, lino wilh lean, cover with tin roof painted, and direct the wa ter into il frcm the roofe. I t will last a quar ter of a century with care; and by it you have onlv to turn a cock to let water run, in stead of pumping it up wilh much labor. If well put up, it will invsr leak. The first eost of this kind of cistern may be greater than those dag in the ground, but they are baudier and better, aud with a little) ear iu wiuter there is no danger of freeing. Tbe wheat crop of Virginia is said to look ry tbrifty, and stodll upon the groutjd, At the age rf seventeen ho left di3 nntive city of Boston, and after a somewhat tedi ous Voyage, arrived at Philadelphia, about 8 o'clock on a Sunday morning. Soon as the boat struck the place of lunding, Ben put his hnnd into his pocket and fiFkcd what was the nnmege?The boatmen answered, "nothing," which wns very well for him, as his whole stock of cash amounted to but little more than a dollsr. Having parted with tho companions of his voyuge, he walked up mnrket street in search of some thing to eat. He had gone but a short dis tance beforo ho met a child lienrit g in his arms tliuLjnost welcome of all Eight9 to n hungry man a Cno lonf of bread. Ben ea gerly asked him liere he hnd got it. The child, turning rotwid, lifted his little arm, and, pointing up the street, with greut sim plicity and sweetness said, "Don't you see that little hanAwihnt little white lviuse way up yonder ?"XI." said Ben. "Well, then." continued the chiH, that's tho baker's house; there's where rhy mummy sends mo every morning to get bread for till u-e rhil drtn .'" Ben blessed Lis sweet lips of irno cence. nnd hustening to the house, btih.ly called for three pence worth of bread. The baker threw dim down thiee large rolls. "What, nil this for thrte-peme .'" inquired Ben, with surprise. "Yts, nil thot for three pence." replied the baker, with a fine yankee snap of the eye, "all that for only three pence." Then measuring Ben from head to foot, ho said, with n sly. quizzing sort of an nir. "pray, now, my little man, where may yon huvc come from ?" "From Boston." re plied Ben. "Plague on't." replied the man of dough, "und why didn't you tell mo that ut first, for you know you couldn't have got all that bread ill Yonkeetown for les3 thnn a good fouipence," "Very cheap," said Ben, "three large rolls for threepence ; quite ti'J 'heap." So taking tl.eui up. hu began to stow them awny in his pockets, but soon found it impossible for the want of room ; so, placing n roll ur.der each arm, nnd break ing the third, he began to eat us he walked along up Market street. On the way he pu..-ed the house of thut beautiful trirl. M!:-3 Deborah Reed, who. ; happened to bu ut tho door, was so diverted j at the droll figure he iniide, that she could not help laughing outright. Very little idea I had she. ut the time, that she wus presently to be up to hereyeti in love with this young gawky, and, after ninny a deep sigh nnd I, curtail e. was to marry him; and yet ull this uctnully enme to puss, as we si. nil pres to me com- young men who, inougu they mny be sometimes laughed nt for their oddities, yet. if like Franklin, tiny will but stick to the raw-in chnni-e i isinkss and ro L'catiok. they w ill. assuredly, liUo him. over come at the last, nnd render themselves, the admiration ot thoso win once despised them. But our hero is in too interesting a past of tho story for us to lose a moment's sight of him : so. after this short moral, wo turn our eyes on him iiguin,.,?,,,,nna Viiiln, u'nh j h;e bundle. ;nrnin the .u-rners ot tne streets, gaziPg. a'"3 l0".VV",,t mowing where he is he pw on. .fe street had become fi(li"'6t well-dressed people, all going the same way. Ha therefore cnt in. nnd fellow ing the h'ne of march, wns thus insensibly led to a 1 iigo Quaker meeting. Sans cercuionie ho pushed in nnd sat down with the rest, and, louking round him. soon fell the Motions, if not t f a devout, jet of a j l-a-untly, thoughtful spirit. It camo to Lis rtcollcctiou to have heard that people must go abroad to see strange things. And here it seemed to be vur.liod. "What, bo pulpit! Who ever saw a meeting house Iu tore wil.u ut a pulpit I lie could not for los lifj conceive where the preacht r wns to stand. But his sttentiun was quickly turned from the tnccling boue. to tin.- congregation, whose appearance, par ticularly that of the young females, delighted him exceedingly. Such simplicity of dies?, with such an ui'r of purity and in utp sj. He hail never set n tiny thing l.ku it beforo. and vet !l admirably s'uitcd to the gentle harmo ny of their looks. And then their eyes ! for j meekness nnd sweetness of cvpression, they looked l;ko dove's eyes. While indulging these and such like soothing sentiments, without any sound of singing or preaching to distiab' him, and tired nature's softest j 'jiii'iii.r stealing over him, 1 e sunk insensibly j into sler p. We are net informed that he was visited during slumbers by any of those be tii.v.ileiit soirits- who once descended i:i the dreams of the youthful patriarch us he slept in the plains of Bethel. Bat he ttlls us him seir that ho was visited by ono of that be nevolent s.;ct in whose place tifwcrsbip he had been overtaken by sleep. Waked by some gt ntlo hand, ho j pei.ed his ' c-', uud !o, a fjmule countenance, ubcut middle uge, nnd of eiichaiiling sweetness. wa smiling at hitil. Roused to a recollection ol the linpro priety Im had been guilty of, ho was too much confused to speak, but hM reddened checks told what he lelT. Hut he pan not to j fear. Gently shaking her head, though with out u fiow n, anil ith a voice as swttt as music, the said to him, "My son. thee ought pot to sleep iii mi cting." Then nivilig him j the look of a mother as she went M.t, slm j budo him farewell. He followed her us well j as ho cm!'1, and left the meeting house much . uioitlticd at having been Ci.uglit asleep in it ; i but deriving, nt the same tin e. fidt I'liu- ! sal-.; from the circumstance which gave icca. j ien to tho go...i 'Jio.M'i- I'tdy to give l.ilil j 'oil motherly lock." II '.' ' j i it'.i. ' i A Bbai'tivpl Am.vooby. Mr. Ciiitendf,n wns engaged in defending a man who had" been indicted for a capital offence. After ntr elaborate and powerful defence, he closed his effort by the following striking aud beautiful' allopory t t . "When God, in liii eternal counsel, con. ceived the tlionght of a man's creation, he called to him three ministers who called con stantly upon his throne Justice, Truth and1 Mercy, and thus addressed them. 'Shnll we make man ?' Then said Justice, 'O, God, make him not, for he will trample upon the laws.' Truth mako answor nlso, '0, God, make him not, for he will pollute thy snnctu or'es.' But mercy dropping npon her knees, and looking np through her tear?, exclaimed, 'O. God, make him : I will watch ovpt him with my care through all tho dark pathes he mav have to tread.' "Then God made man nnd said to him, 'O, man, thou art the child of mercy ; go and deal with thy brother.' " A Nkw Importation. The schooner Leansvillp. arrived at New York, from Trini dad, on Saturday, loaded principally with old iron guns, nnd an anchor, from the remains of Spanish men-of-wiir. that were . burnt in tho Gulf of Poiia. near the Port of Spain, in 1797. at a time when they were blockaded by the British fleet. There are ninety guns, which were recovered by divers. During the ope rations, tw o six-pour.ders of brass, iu a re markable state of preservation, were nlso res cued from the deep. Their surface was cov ered vitb pitch, and their bores were filled with the same material. Tho timber raised from the wrecks presented wr.ndeifi.l speci mens of preservation, pieces of pilch pine in almost perfect state, having resisted the ac tion of the salt water for fifty-nine yeurs, whilst oak and other timber, und the iron thereto attached, were r.curly destroyed, cop. per and pitch pine having resisted the effect of the water ahiuit n.tinlv. )nmorou5 Column. An anecdote ii told of Finney, the revival" ist : II" was 'holding orth' in Rochester, und in walking along the cnnal ono day came across a boatman who w as swearing furiously. Going up he confronted Lim, and abruptly asked. "Sir. do you know v.lute you are going;?" The unsuspecting boatman innocently re plied that ho was n going up the canal ou the boat "J tl.nny Sands." "No sir, you arc not." continued Finney, "you lira going to hell faster than a cau-1 bout can convey yon." The hoittmun looked at l.im in astonish mer.t for a miuute, and theu returned the question : "Sir, do you know where you arc going?'' "I expect to go to heaven." 'No sir. you are rjoinrj in tie canal 'v And c.,;:.,.. l,-. u.tinn lex tltu Uf.,r,l tip tm,1r Pill. waters, where ho would have drowned Lad ho not releutud a-id fished hici out. At a Kansas meeting; lately held in Now Havin, where one parson presided, another parson spoke, nnd u Deacon volunteered, it was announced that Miss Mary Dutton gnve twenty-five dollars for the purchase of a rifl-J to be used iu a couteinpluted civil war. Shoulder arms ! Miss Mary Button Your knapauk buckls tight ; Your soger breeches put on. And show 'cm bow to fight! Quick march upon the. foes ! (A Bible in your pocket,) Hold up yenr head md turn out your tooa! Present you rifle cock il ! Take aim, and sight it well : And now the trigger pull it And send a slav holder to In 11 With cery whittling bullet ! Huston Post. 'Doctor, kin yon tell ine what's the matter with my child's" nose ? she keeps a pickiu' of it." "Yes. marm ; its probably nn irritation or the gastric iiul'ohs membrane communicating; a sympathetic tiltillalion to tho epithelium ol ihe echociian '." 'Thar, now; that's jest what I told Becky;, she "owed it was the worrmns !" i An urchin of ten summers, was sent to school for the first time. The teacher to test his acquirements, asked him, "Who made you?" The boy couldn't answer. The teach er told him ihe propper answer, und desired the boy to remember it. Seme hours after, ihe teacher repeated the question. The I ov rubbed his head for a moment, in a kind of bioRn study, "I swow, I've forgotten the gen tltmau's name '." Wl.y are kisses like tin' rreatnm ? Because thev arc made out of nothing, und uro very go d. Tub Dkcnkrps Wn.t.. 1 leave to locl-dy a ruined character, a wretched example, und it memory that will soon rot. 1 leuvo my paieiits during the rest c. Il.eir lives, va much sorrow as humanity, in a tvcl.c und deen pid slate, can sustain. 1 leave to my brothers and si.-tcrs a; much morlifioatiou and injury us 1 Could bring ou tl.cin. I leave to my wife a broken heart, a l.io of wretchedness and shame, aud to weep ever my premature death. J pve and Uu(,UiiUiri to e ieu w nn l uuun u poverty, iguorance, a low character, uuJ tho r. iiiiiuttanca that tl.mr lather was a inou-stcr. A CosnnKKD Miskr A man of seventy three jeurs of ago recently died in tho India na penitentiary, of an uS'tction of the heart. Ho was a miter, wa incaiccrated for a for gery of S2.i, and has lull a fortune of iWl), OdO. Ho denied himself the smallest luxury be oud the prison fare, utid at tho time tf his arrest h was tendered counsel, who pledged tbemsolvei to clear him of the charge lor the fee of SiiOO. To this the old man replied, thai "if convicted, the eentonc would Oatly be for two years, and be didn't think he eould make his expenses and two hundred and fifty dollars a year out of th peniteuti ary. and it would iot him nothing to Uve there, and lie would save that much Uy bow I" The nprnetrator of the nbove vrns senteii- ced to kiss lift ecu young ladies, as punishm lit for his offence. He look the matter very eooly. saving that ho considered kisjing copi '.at pwiil.meitt. Nimiod cm von ti II tne who was the first ma.i':" "Adutn somebody Ills father wasn't no bo.'y. end h! never' hud a nvitiior, on account of tile scarcity of women, and the prissurc of the ti.ces." Hasty. A g -iitl-nian recently uddr. s-ed 3 uvnouuto bHUt-tintx ton lady, to wh.eh wc- added tho followitis pn-'scr; l:--T!eS'A sen.! a speedy answer to this, as I havo some body tl.e in my eye!" A'very excellent ludy bought to instruct her grandchild in rvhtioii to tie povUnt caro of Heaven : "Who give? yo t jour da ly bread ?" asked she. "Dod. re lud the chd "but Uue'i) Ft ter puU the butler uud sugar ou." "Bob, you pay that you believe most disea ses aro contagious. How long have you en tertaiiied such notions?" "Ever since I sat ulotijf oids of a blue-eyed girl aud caught lb palpitation of thu heait." Ax Iur.A. "I'm glad that this cuffee doc'i owe me anything," said Brown, a bouud-r, at breakfast. "Why?" soid Smith. "Because 1 don't beliere it would ever set tie." ''Among other blessings." said Dr. Frank lin, -a man should thank God for bis Yuuity because il make Lim ftel La; py."
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