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KEW SERIES, VOL. 9, NO. 52.
SUNBUIIY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, FA. SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1S57.
OLD SERIES, VOL- 17. NO 2&
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The Sunbury America n.
I'CBLISHIiD EVERY SATURDAY
BY H. B. MASSER,
Market Square, Sunbury, Penna.
JSRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
TWO IVHXAIiS r" """ P"1 lM,'r vsnrly ,n
eilvnrce. So pp.r ili.cutiliiiU.a' uutil Lt sir.iisw ar
""ah eunnndiiKitlPiii or letters on l.owne relating o
111. otiie, to wsuia attenlioH, mu be 1 OSi l'All.
TO CI.UBS.
T ire copies lo on sttilress,
S.v.n l" H
Filifrn Uo Vo
6600
10 VI)
sooo
Fire MIrs In advance Will pay for tlir yar'sob
eriniiollt" !' American.
Puliiiuters will nlense set as .out Agents, snd frans
ur containing .ub.cripti.in money laey arc piH
ed to do tin. auder His Post O.lice Law.
TERMS OF AUVK TISINO.
One !q"c " l'2 l,,,r 9. ,,'n",
K.vctv o.tqum iii.ctlHin,
nt niiiie, 3 nionlhe,
ix months,
. q"1',"110.rc.M of Five line., P" .,
Merekmia ..! "H. "leni;iin by the
ve.r, with te privilego of inserting
ilitfcr.nt uaVeitisemeuls weekly.
ir iMvi Advertisement, as per agreement.
JOB PB.1NT1NO.
. .i ,iik our establishment I
100
95
300
600
BOO
300
1(00
well
elected JOUOKKICK, wln-li willennhle us to execute
n the .ie.tt .lvic1evvntieiT of pruning.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
surTBumr, pa.
Business attended to in the Counties ol ior--UntmberlanJ,
Union, Lycoming Montour aud
Jolumhia.
Reference in Philadelphia:
Hon. Job rJTr. .n, Chi... Oinbons,
Soiuers . S,io.Hr., I.i.iii Smith ifc Co.
LOCUST "MOUNTAIN COLLIERY
ir tt T fll 17 AO TI
ANTHRACITE COAL,
'rom the Mammoth Vein, for Furnacei, Found
rics.SienmbjaU and Family ue;
Bis-LiL., &z9
1r. CiKMkL, iXllltTUtrMBiriLASU CouTf, 1a.
SIZES OF COAL.
LUMP, for Blast Furnaij and Cupola.
STEAMBOAT, fur Steamboats, Uot Air
Furnaces and Steam.
BROKEN, j..or Grates, Stoves and Stca.
STOVE, For Stovea, Steam and burning
NUT, I-'-ne- , . . ,
PEA, for Limeburnera and muking bteam.
OrJern received at Mt. Carmo.l or Northum
jerland Wharf, will receive ,.rom,.t aUerM.on.
M. 13. 15
D. J.LEWl-,
WILLIAM ML'IR.
May 3, 1856. if
DiLWORTH "BRANSON & CO.
Hardware lilerchaiits,
Having removed from No. 69 to No. 73
Market Street, Phtladeluhia,
Are prepared, with greatly increased facilities,
lofifl ordur. for HA1U! Wft JIK OT every nnr.T
nr. beat terms, from a full asaorimeni, inc..B
awortment, including I
'Country merchants and others will find it to
their interest to call nd examine our stock be
fore purchasing elsewhere.
April CS, 1856. ly .
XT. S. 03T -A (i
"God and our Xatire Land."
. -Vf?QUEHANN A CAMP, No. 29, of Cye O.
5 of the U.S. A. holdsitsslstedaeasionaeveo
MoM.r evening in their New Hall, opposite E.
Y. Brights store. Sunbury, Pa. limitation and
regalia, 2,00. jt. J 81HNDEL, W. C.
Levi SeAhhoLtz, 1. S.
Sunbu;y. January 10, 1857 oct 80 55
O. OF XJ. 3Vl
s
-"UNUUIIY COUNCIL. No. :iu, u. oi t.'. n.
M. meets every TriiAT evening m
American Hall, opposite B. V. Bngiii. siore
Market street, Snnbury, Pa. Membra of llie
order are respectfuUy "J",' a
S. S. Hr.tiHitii, R. S.
Sunbury, Jan. 6, 1857 oct 20. 55.
WASH INUTON CAM P, No. 19 J. 8. of A
h.dJa ita staUd mcclings every 1 hursday
evening. i '' American Hall, Market Street.
Su"'JUry- VM. II. MUSSELMAN, P.
A. A. PnissLT.n. K. s.
Sunbury. July 5, 1850 tf.
Flour, I'ced and Provision store.
SEAS1I0LTZ & PETER Y,
.... .1.1 Ca
Broadway, between Mark y i,iuc(Lierry
RESPECTFULLY inform the citizens
1 . .t. tKttf ImvA
of
Sunbury and vkinitv that they have just
...;. ...1 lrL-e und well selected asiurtment
sfi-iioice
consiHiing in part of lUins, Shoulders, Mackerel,
H.rrinor. Whim Fih. Cod Fish, Salt Preii'ived
I'mii. Pickles. Crackers, Cheese, Molasi.es, Kice,
,ior. Codec, fcrecu, roasted and ground,) Ir-
jierial. Young Hyson, Gunpowder and Black
Teas, Cedar-ware Stone-ware, Soaps, brubhes
5)low and wash lines, boots and shoes, tobacco,
egr, &c, together with every article usually
.iound in a first class Grocery Store, all of which
Ivill be sold at llui lowest prices, cither for cash or
country produce. We are also prepared to aup
jjily the citizens with Iresh bread, twist, rolls; pies,
pretzels and cakes of every kind.
N. B. The highest cash prices will be paid for
butter and efc?s, cam, oats, rye and wheat.
Sunbury, May 31, 1856
"ley raj "Q2"isO: X
A. J. CONP.AD,
HOLLOWING HUN.
K" Al'EC'J'FULLY infornm the pu!ie that
ng I has rrjilviiUhcd Ins bt-jre with an ex
cclllkliliss ittineut of New Goods just received
Iroj1 AfU'iladelphia, which he will sell on terms
s jivealile us any nther estublisbment. His
a was rtut consists in part of
CLOl li, CA8S1ME1IES 6c SATTINETT,
'.'.'inter Wears fur men and hoys, alls',, lea and
prices
L,n1k'tt II rv Uood.
Consisting of Black Silks, Merinos, Alpacas,
De Lainea, Calicoes, Ginghams, Muslins, Trim
mings, Ac.
Also a Iresh supply of GROCERIES of all
kinds.
HARDWARE and ttUEENSWARE,
Codarware, Brooms, &c. Also a large assort
ment of Boot, and Shoes, suitable for Men Wo
men and Children. Hats and Capa,'8ilk HaU,
and all uooJs usually kept in a Country Store.
All the above named sock of goods will be
asld iinaitiveiv at low D rices for cash, or in ex
change for country produce, at the highest
market price, '
Hutlowtaf Roa, K. W, lASiVi-l.
EVANS 3s GO'S
GREAT OIFTBOOK 8ALE.
400 BRODWAY, NEW YORK. '
Gold Jewelry given away to' I'urchuser
of Books.
All Books will be aold a low a ran be had
at other Store., many of them for leaa New
Dooka received daily. A Gift varying in value
from S5 cents to $100, given witt eachtbook at
the lime it ia void. Having on hand a very
large atock of new and valuable Books, and aa
onr motto h "Large sales and small gains than
ran be had elsewhere. Any took published in
New York or Philadelphia will be promptly sent
gift included, on receipt of publisher's price.
Catalogues of Books and Presents, containing
full explanations will be sent free to all parts of
the country.
The most literal inducements are offered to
Agents. Any person by sending us an order ror
ten books, with money inclosed, will be entitled
to an extra Book and Gift.
All orders for books, containiog money, (to
ensure perfect safety,) should be registered at
the 1 ost Unice where they are mailed, and dirce
teJ to Evan St Co., 409 Broadway. New York
JJeferenre. M. Thomas it 8ons., South 4th
street, Philadelphia ; J. B. Lippincott 4- Co.,
Philadelphia ; D. Appleton Ac Co, Broadway,
New Vork ) l)erby if Jackson, Nassau atreet,
New York. . .
BTSENDFORA CATALOGUE.
. EVANS & CO.,
Principal Store 409 Broadway, New York. -,
Branch Stores at 135 Chextnut Street, Thiladel
pbia and at Washington, D. C.
December 20, 1856. P3m 4
t.ast but not lA-asf.
N,K W ARRIVAL OF
FALt AND WINTER GOODS!
-Ira T. Clement
XO. I, CqiiFEIl OF. J I ARK El SQUARE,
A S just received a large supply of Fallend
'Winter Goods.
He will rionfintiA to sell T)rv GnoHa anil Gro.
cenes CHfiAPEIf than ever, as his goods are
bought cheep thejtyiil be sold cheap.
lie fuels confident wh his experience and
atilltv. that he can aoniWjfe with the
World at larjje aadrbTary in jmticalar.
He would enumerate articles if tuCcand space
would permit. ' "
It is enough to say that he has everything in
the line of
Dry Goods, Groceries,
A large Stock of Beady-Made
CLOTHING,
BOOTS AND SHOES, j-c,
that is kept in any othef store in town, and
Hi. banner is on the hreeS.
And long may it wave
O'er hud of the free,
And the home of the brave
Whit, her Stars andher Stripe
Shine out like the Sun,
Telling all nation
Thnt Freedom's begun.
This is a free country as was proved by the
lMinn nf It nrliflnan n, thjl AA'fUilv Urtrl.
therefore it is free for all to do their Ir.din'wUere
they can BUY ho CHEAPEST. All are invi-
ted to call and see. !
THE COUNTRY,
as well at the town are respectfully invited, and
every person, rich or poor, high or low, bond or
free are invited to call at No. 1 Markket Square,
opposite the Court House.
P. S. He is not to be undersold by any man
or combination of men. No charge for showing
goods.
All kinds of produce ( taken in exchange for
goods.
Sunbury, Dec. 50, 1856.
""'"iDETiSTDR-"
GEORGE 11ENX,
ANNOUNCES to the citizens of Sunbury sn4
virintv. that he Imaonened an ollicein Sun
bury, above U. J. Wulvcrton's oflice opposite C.
Weavers Hotel, where ho is prepared to attend
to all kinds of work belonging to the profusion,
in the latest and must improved style. All work
well done and warranted.
December 13, 1850.
OYSTERS ! OYSTERS! !
Fresh from Baltimore every Morning.
VANDYKE AND VAN DEN EK EH,
Northumberland Pa.,
Will furnish Kestuarants and private families
Superior Baltimoie Oysters, (by the Can or hal
Can. All orders promptly attended to 011 the
shortest notice.
JAMES VANDYE,
JOSEPH VANDENE1CER,
Oct 18, 1850. tf
E. S". BBIOHT Aa SON,
HAVE just received from Philadelphia It
Rail Road, and aie now opening their third
supply of
WINTER GOODS.
Our assortment is unusually large, and will he
disposed oil' at the lowest figure.
We respectfully invite the Public lo call anJ
examine our Stock, and remember that "a penny
saved is a penny made."
3 The highest market price paid for Country
Troduce. E. Y. BRIGHT & BON.
Sunbury, January 17, 1857.
How Every Family Can Make their Own
BROOKS.
ONLY CO CENTS.
IOR 50 CENTS I will send printed instruc-
tiuns plain as the label on a bottle of medi
cine how to make Corn Brooms. The necessary
uparatua can be made by any blacksmith fur
less than 50 cents. hen a broom is worn
out, another cau be attached to the same handle
in 15 minutes. I positively guarantee this to be
no catch-penny advertisement to fleece the cred
ulous out of their money. Satisfaction given or
tha money returned. If afraid to risk 59 cents,
llieu send two 3 cent stamps for more informs'
tion, or refer to the rost Master here. I also
give information as to the best mode of raising
and curing the corn. Address,
I . K. MSHfcU,
Selinsgrove, Snyder County, Ta.
Jan. 31, 1857 2in
DIsioTuTION.
"XJOTICE is hereby given that the late partner
i-" ship existing under the firm of Smick St
Hilemun. iiesturant keepers, in lb Borough ol
Sunburv, was dissolved by mutual consent or
the 20th of January, last. The claiina of tha
late firm will be settled by G. W. Hileman who
will contina the business at the old stand.
JOHN E. SMICK.
G. W HILEMAN,
Sunbury, January 14, 1857. 61
: STOVES-
IOggALE an excellent second-hand Ceok
log Stove, also several Cylinder Ooa
rto, Taqnira at tbia stiles,
ejnctrg.
AN HONEST VALENTINE.
RRTUBHRD rBO!f TIIK DKAD LLTT8R OFFICE,
ThanV yon for your kindness,
Lady fuir and wise,
Love is fumed for blindness,
Lovers hem ! for lies.
Courtship's mifihty pretty,
Wedlock a grand sight I
Should 1 from thn city,
A plain man, nia'ui write,
Ere we spouse and wive it,
Just one honest lino,
Would yon e'er forgive it,
Pretty Vuletittue t
Hocfty moon qaita over,
If I lees should eeeru
You with eye of lover
Than of mortal man t
Seeing my fair charmer
Curled tip spire on spire,
All in paper urmor
By the parlor Cre :
Gown that wants a stitch in,
Hid by apron fine
Scolding In the kitchen
Oh, tie I Valentine. v " s. j j.'
... - - " .
Should I come kome surly.
Vexed with Fortune's down t
Find a huriey-burley,
House turned upside down,
Servants all a-snurl, or
Loitering on the stair, "
Breakfast still iu purlor.
Dinner aDy where.
Shall I to my bacon .
Meekly full and dineT
No, or I'm mistaken
Much my Vuleoline.
What if we should quarrel t
Biess you '. all folks do I
Will you tuko the war ill,
Yet half like it too T
When I storm and wrangle.
Obstinate absurd, ,
Will you sit nud jangle
For the latest word T
Or, while poor Love, crying;
L'pju tip toe stands,
Ready plumed for flying .
Will you laugh, shake bauds,
And the truth beholding,
Wilb a kiss divine,
Stop my rough mouth's scolding,
Ueutlu Yuicutiuo T
If, as times grow harder,
T.'e find a luck of polf,
Little iu the larder,
Lees upon the shelf.
Will you never tearful,
Make your old gowns do.
Id cud luy stockings cheerful,
And pay viaiU lew :
Crave uor gilt nor dqnor, ..-.
Old times, ue'jsr regret,
Seek uo friend, save Honor,
: 1 Dread no foe save Debt,
(Meet iltfortune steady,
11 curl to heart wub mine,
Like a ga'.iniH ludy
Will you, Vuletitine ?
Theu, Vt'hatevjr weather
Come or shine, or blmdo,
Let's set out together,
Ne'er a whit afraid,
Age is uot alarming ;
1 bhall find, 1 ween,
You at sixty charming
As at sweet sixteen ;
Let's pray, nothing luth dear,
That our funeral may
Make one date serve both, dear,
As our marriage day.
Clasp hands ! joy or sorrow ;
Thou urt miue 1 tin no ;
And we'll wed to-inorrow.
Dearest Yak-ntiuu !
rPistllancmis.
THE N0RCR0SS MURDER.
HORRIBLE PARTICULARS.
Tbo Philadelphia Hoenuiq Journal pub
lishes a full and deeply interesting account, of
the horrible murder which occurred ubnut the
middle of January at Altoona, on the line of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, at the foot of the
mountains, feu.ee that time various and con
tradictory narratives have been floating
through tbo press of the Stato, but in bo dis
jointed a form, that to elicit the truth was
nearly impossible. I lie Journal lias, howev
er, succeeded iu obtaining a nnmua uuj de.
tailed account of the whole affair, from the
commencement to the presout date which we
judge was writteu by oQicur Blackburn, for
merly a reporter, aim now uiii constuoie ol
1 uiladelpma:
WHO K0RCR0S3 WAS.
Vprv near a vear aeo. a voune man named
Samuel T. Norcross, of affable manners, kind
and generous'disposition, and in every respect
a pcrlect gentleman leu 11 is parents and
friends, at eust Lexington, Massachusetts,
with the intentions ol entering upou the prac
tice of medicine (his profession) at Dnnleilh,
opposite Dubuque, on the Mississippi Hiver.
i robably there were alio oilier views in his
mind in reference to speculating in lauds mid
real esUte. The place of his destination
reached iu safety, and under the cure and tui
tion of an M. D., Mr. Norcros3 gave every
promise of rising to emiueoca iu his curcer.
lie was universally esteemed by the many
Iriends he hud made. But after continuing
for some time in the fulfillment of his profes
sional duties, his health began to fail. An
abcess 111 the side, with which be wag uhlictcd
troubled him exceedingly, and after a season
of doubt and indecision heat length determin
ed by the advice and urgent request of his
family at houie, to retnrn to them and reliu-
quish all the bright prospects that the West
seemed to oron to Ins young manhood, lie
prepared to leave Dutili itli.
THE fATAU ACQUAINTANCE.
Then caine one of those circumstances that
inexplicable and strange, sometimes induce
weak minds to assert a sovereign principle of
futility. A very short time before he started
for borne, he became acquainted with an out
law from society a villian uamed David
Stringer McKim. This man, with the trench,
cry 01 a fiend, wormed himself into bis confi
dence, aud the unsuspicious nature ot young
Norcross, could discern no guile. lie foil
into the snare, and the two became very
friendly. At Dunloith they were always to
gether the serpent and bis victim. Nay,
in or 0 so kind aud 10 much interest did Mc
Kim take in bis friend, that be resolved to uc
company him Jo the East, and, on account of
i his nlnean, to sea bioa borne In safatj. Nor
Select i
cross was charmed by the sscriCce and threw
his heart and soul into friendship.
TIJH "THIRTT PIECES Or SILVKIt."
In the early pnrt of Januury, the twain, in
company, left Dunleith, the pussign of both
having been paid by Norcrcs, with his ac
customed generosity. In hi . possession nt
tho time of his departure, w'rtsr as can be
ascertained, wero between TH Teen find iumib
Jive hundred dollars, iu not! and gold, to-
gotlier with two bonds of f-SDO ench and n
gold watch, trinkets, &a. All tliece were on
his person. MclCim had absolutely nothing.
But at this point we must explain thnt
Mclvim, in order the better to carry out his
design., was passing undcr no. nin of Dan
iel H. Mclvinuni'y, and as sach, had introdu
ced himself to Norcross.
THE TRAVEL EASTWARD.
What thoughts passed thro' tho minds of
the two travelers as they journeyed onward
day by day. no mortal pen cud reveal. While
the one, unsuspicious mid confiding, as the
shades of night covered the earth, fell into
the sleep of innocence, the other, demoulike,
uo doubt was revolving in hi fertile . bruin
every possible schemn to take, the life to
murder his companion eo future events at
least indicate. Still the iron horse journey,
ed forward, nnaQfcted. and all unheeding the
potent passionn of the lumates of its lengthy
bnrdeti.
tllABntJCAI. SCHEME SON-EXECCTIOS.
Pittsburg wns reached tb night of Janu
ary 14lh, 1857, and the couple proceeded to
the Eagle Hotel and cnnged a double bed
ded room. Now mark tbo actions of Mc
Kinney ! Before retiring tattft, he went to the
landlord nf the hotel and told hint thnt his
friend (Xnrcrofs) was very eccentric, aud was
accustomed to ware much notsc aunnn the
night by screaming, walking arunnd and utter
in ij frightful cries, lie (' landlord) must
not hm alarmed if Norcross . ho-dd do so that
mijut! What does tins imli 'atc, but that U
was Die intention of McKibAey to tnarder his
friend at night, and prevent any alarm being
communicated to the household, by thus tell
ing the landlord a false Btory. calculated to
allay suspicions should there be any noise in
the coinmittal of the l!cd ? Was ever infer
ence more plain, or inductive evidence more
positive? But yet, from soma cause, the crime
wag not committed, and the victim was suCer-
ered to live yet awhile longer. On the morn
ing of tho loth ult., the purty left Pittsburg
for Philadelphia, their two trunks being
cheeked through, and the checks taken in
charge by McKinney. Norcross, all this
time, be it boroo in mind, was paying every
expeusc incurred by his friend. (?)
THE MfHtlEtt.
Before daybreak, on tho ICtb ult., Hie cars
arrived nt Altoona, aud Norcross nud McK in-
ney got out, and stood for a time upon the
platform station. The dead tell no tales, and
wo cauDot say what excuse the viilain invent
ed to induce the poor enfteb'cJ Norcross to
walk with hiin up the railrou'j (nu-lt towards
the east, for the distanco of about a mile.
Perhaps he told hi 111 that luev would co to
the houeo of a friend, and remain until the
departure of the next train, ,-,id rest them
selves, lertmn it is thul the; vTere seen to
walk alorxr in company, ly tw L. j n who were
Kuiug to wuitt m L- !! J-1 a'boy passs.'d
from all mortal eye?, and bee&ath the canopy
of Heaven, at a spot where no ear could bear
a cry of agony 110 hand assist tho Buffering,
the victim wus felled to the earth by tho man
upon whom be had bestowed tho kindest
feelings of his heart. The instrument of mur
der was that of Cain, a billet of wood from a
pile : and with litis by repeated blows upon
I he bead, McKiinorMelv inney murdered Sam
uel T. Norcross in cold bluoJ. Hut he did
not instantly die, and McKim, with devilish
forethought, drew the body across tho rails
of the track, so that it would bo run over, and
the belief induced, when it was found, thut
the individual bad been run oxer by the cars.
Not Huiietied with this, ho with a razor cut
1 the throat of the victim, and threw the in-
ajlrumi'iil beside him, ill order to make it lip
pear, if the body was discovered before tho
passage of any train, that suicide had been
committed. Vet the victim iru. nof deud,
strange to eay. McKim then rilled t!it pock
ets of the man of every valuable, including
the niouev and bonds, und secreted himself
in tlm neighborhood, probably impelled by
tho a w 1 1 1 1 leeliug that appears to he inherent
iu those who lilt their hand against theirbroth
er, to linger uear the spot of the occurrcuco.
IllSCOVF.IlV or TUB VICTIM.''
Probably it might havo been nn hour after
word, that soino workmen coming along the
railroad with gravel trucks, discovered the
fiii ui of a human being a few yards from the
iron rails. They went to it, and just as they
arrived, Norcross, lor it was toe, tnado a last
effort to raise himself, and uttering faintly the
ginale exclamation, "My God," fell back. Ho
lived but a little while longer. In the aw
ful agony he had dragged himself to the place
wbero lomid. 1 he uc.iv was token to At
tooua. The finding of the razor hud induced
the belief thut tho man had committed suicide
The Coroner's Jury assembled. The post
mortem examination revealed the fact that
tho deceased had come to his death It blows
on the heud by a club und by tho wounds of
the rar.or lor no important urtery was se
vered. 1 he excitement ut Altoona became
at once absolutely appalling The words
"lynching" and hanging" were commou aud
at the very time the murderer was hanging
around the town, awaiting the course ofevents.
As soon us he saw that the murder was dig
covered, he tied with the celerity ot guilt,
as though the avenging angel was iu pursuit.
THE COMMUNITY AROfSKD.
But the storm was raised. Ferdinand E
Hayes, a gentleman of the highest intelligence
and 6kill, acting us tp.sciui cetective 01 tue
Pennsylvania Uailroud Company, commenced
an investigation of the mutter. The Govern
or ol 1 ennsylvania ollered u reward ol jOO,
(afterwards increased to i 10UU,) the Govern
or of Massachusetts tillered 10110, und the
ciliZDiia of Altoona a (urlher sum of ."00.
The Railroad Compuuy and the tslulives of
the murdered nmu exprndcu money iraeiy
and the community was uwakvued. No stone
waB lelt uutuiued.
Fl.IlllIT OF THE OUTLAW,
The guilty man nVd to Reudiug, Pennsylva
nia. v.llb the ill cotten siioiI.h. lluw ue reach
ed there is uot knov.11. On the 0th of Jan.
uary he sueaked iutu the borough, aud went
uirtctly to a house of ill-fume, kept by one
Musau l'.more, o. 1, Walnut street, at tlial
place. Ue engaged boarding there, and Uv
ished his money on amusements, such as
sleigh-riding and sporting. He became inti
mate with the rowdies aud led free-aud easy
life, killing coiiiciencs with animal gratifica
tions. But his plot was not yet matured
He must make another wove lo avoid suspi
cion. . .
. A PLOT TO IXI.L SUSPICIOH.
' At the house of the woman Kmoro were
two girls, uamed Catharine Jane Nugle aud
KaU jteudall. These the murderer otiose as
aricofpl1veiablKhetn. He ofiVred to fur
nish them with every laxnry provided they
would accompany him to l'ottsville, and with
him establish thore a house of prostitution.
One of them must pass as his trife. They con
sented, nud on the VClh instant the pnrty
started lor that place, in company with a man
calling himself Casse Uoycr, who was to
"make himself useful about the house,"
upon the establishment orthe new institution.
At Pottsville, tho party went lo tho Potts
ville llouso, kept by Hnmtiel Mann, Esq.
McKim represented himself as a carpenter,
that had bro't his own and his brother's wife
to the borough with the intention of remain
ing, be being about to enter into partnership
with his brother. On thn 27th of January,
he leased a fine three story brick house of
L. AVomelsdorf. .;It was upon Callowhill
street, in the very midst of a highly respec
table neighborhood. The house he furnish
ed cleguntly tho carpot bill alone beiug
over So00.r The landlord he paid $100 as
advance rent
$ RECOGNITION BT A GAMRI.EIt.
Bnt now comes tho part of the narrative
in which his detection was nearly brought
about. While the party were in the cars,
going from Heading to Pottsville, they were
seen by a gambler, iiHtued M B . He
knew the girls, and when McKim went out
of tho car for a mement, he talked to them.
They said that they were going to Pottsville
for the purpose named, and invited him to
como and see them there. They also gave
him to understand how finely they were do
ing McKim. Ho promised that he would call
011 them in n week or two, on his return
froaa a travelling expedition, but equully with
them, was unable to account for a mun like
McKiin's appearance having so much money,
lie left them, nnd a few days afterwards visit
ed them ot Pottsville, nnd became acnnaliit-
ed with McKim, ignorant, however, of his
character. But sented one day at a hotel.
ho accidentally picked tin u copy of tho L't tn-
ing Journal, und read a notice ol the Norcross
murder. The idea flashed on his mind that
McKim was the criminal He requested the
landlord of the hotel to telecraoh to Phila
delphia for a description of the murderer.
11 wus sent he knew his game, but kept
quiet nnd told no one. but sent word to the
city that the guilty person was in Pottsville,
ami would be arrested, ot the same time con-
vtynig the idea to the Philadelphia Po ice.
thut the accused wus in such a condition as
lo be et any moment grasped by the hand
or tho law. On the 5th instant word was
sent to Philadelphia Tor au oliictr to tome to
Pottsville and lake tho man.
High Constable Bl ickburn, with a special
warrant, from Mayor Vaux. was despatched
immediately, fully convinced from the infor
mation received, that McKim was in the cus
tody of the officers, or at least securely plant
ed," as tho police phrase goes. W hat was
his surprise on arriving to tind that tho man
had gone, not, however, from any fault of
the Pottsville police, for they knew nothing
of the mutter until too lute; but because the
gambler, being so very solicitous to secure
tho reward, hud, in his over-anxiety to stick
to the prisoner, betrayed himself to him hv
some indiscreet word or uct, and becoming
ularmed,;)re.v7o McKim fled. His flight was
on Mon.ty, -r 'I'hn M11,,lnr
u.a i,m ii p ottsville authorities on luus-,
day, 3d iiist.,ad high Constable Baekburn'a
errand was rendered futile. At Pottsville.
McKim went by tho name of Thomas Braee. ,
the real appellative of his brother-in-law, liv
ing at Trenton, N. J.
JV.STICE AXD VICE CONFLICTINn.
Of course Iliiili Constable Blackburn could
do nothing more than seek further traces of
the murderer, und with the assistance of
obliging officers of the Mending Railroad, and j
others, ho was tracked to a hotel iu West
Maiket street, Philadelphia, where oil clue
was lost. Prior to leaving Pottsville. how.
ever, some disposition ol the property left
uy .ucivim was necessary, and lilatkburn
was but liillu disposed to let it fall into tho
bauds of tbo two lewd females. They were
turned out, stripped of their finery, nud it
and tho personal property sold ut public sale
lor tuo iienelil ol the Iriends ol .Norcross.
This move v. us the result of a decision made
by lion. Francis W. Hughes, a most able le
gal adviser, acting as council for High Con
stable Bluckburn, who hud the atluir in charge
It was commendable. , 1 ho two girls left the
borough on tho 7th of February, amid the
shouts and discharge of missiles from chil
dren, and thy house was broken up, to the
great pleasure of tho citizens of Pottsville.
Daniel 15. Crist. Esq., police onicor, rendered
valuable assistance in the matter.
PROOF CO KROPP.lt AT! YE.
No doubt in the world exists that McKim
is really the murderer. At Heading the girls
saw the buggage checks that be had got at
1 ittsgurgtor bis owu aud .Norcross trunks
aud a landlord at the same place saw the two
ileci bonds in his jiossession.
THE ANTECEDENTS OF THE OtTI.AW.
From his youth upwards he has been an
outlaw from S'icUly. He was born of parents
Irum 1 uo lsntisn 1 rovinees, but his people
uow live in New Jersey. They formerly re
sided for twenty years with him, in Chester
county, in this .State. He was obliged lo fly
from that place to the West, being charged
with twenty-three cases of horse-steuliug and
b gamy, having no less than four wives. One
of these is now living iu Delaware county,
another ut Wilmington, Delaware, and an
other in New Jersey. The fourth cannot be
found. When residing ut Pottsville, be was
about to marry oue ol the girls, aud hud pre
sented her with a gold watch, t ugiaved with
her namo and bis iu conjunction. A mure
notorious villian we have never heard of, und
if money and energy cau secure his arrest, it
ahould be aud will e freely txpeuied.
STIMULANTS TO EXERTION.
Tho rewards tfiut have been offered for the
arrest of this murderer, are sufficient to stim
ulate the most sluggish official. They are as
follows: ff
Governor Pollock, f 1.000
Governor of Massachusetts,' 1,00(1
. F ople of Alloouu, JT 500
Total, 2,500
Tho conduct of the Pennsylvania liailroad
Company an alluding erery possible facility
that would lead to'the delecllou of the culprit
is commendable, They deserve, together
with all those who have interested thuuiselveg
iu the subject much praise.
Rpimedy fou Decayed Teeth. An ex
change gives the following : Mix chalk, pow
dered fine, with enough salt to give it a deci
ded saline taste, I te once orlwice aday, as
a tooth powder, with no water, but apply
dry, with a tolerably stiff tooth brush.
The Ntrt Sugar Crop. An extensive plan
ter, who has recently txamid a large num
ber of plantations iu the parish of St. Mary's,
La., assures the New Orleans Bee that tha
prospect of tho next sugar crop is maguificcut
aed was never IfalUir than, at preewct;
SHANGHAI LINDEN.
A seriolragico poem, some relation to
tioti fix MXDEH.
Generally supposed to ncveheen written by the
Author,
In Sing Ring when the sun was low,
Not many hundred years ago,
A mighty Shanghai's awful crow
Broke 00 the still tranquility.
But Sing Sing saw another sight,
When the roosters rose, at the dead of night,
T exterminate, iu dreadful fight,
His long legged Shanghai majesty.
Then rushed tho dreadful battle's tide
Then Bew the feathers far and wide,
But louder than all elso beside,
Tho Shanghai crowed triumphantly.
In gown and night-cap all arrayod
The neighborhood awoke dismayed,
And cursed th' unusual serenade
In terms of great severity.
Each sleeper started from Ms bed,
And wished the noisy rascal dend,
And muttered vengennnco on his head
With deep, heartfelt sincerity.
The combat deepens ! On ye brave 1
Devote that Shanghai td his gravel
Wave, roosters, oil your feathers wave t
And crow with all your deviltry.
The battlo ended now once more
The neighbors slumber as before,
And thanks ariso to Heaven o'er
- Tho downfall of the enemy.
'TiS morn but scarce the lark's bich nnla
O'er hill nnd vale begin to Boat,
11, re that infernal shanghai s throat
Pours forth its dread artillery.
But longer yet those legs will grow,
If fate lays not tho monster low :
And louder yet that wretch will crow
Unless death seals its destiny.
Ah ! few would mourn, and none would weep?
If some dark bole's secure retreat,
About two hundred fathoms deep,
Should be tho Shanghai's sepulchre!
Anecdote of Wm. C. Preston and
Warren R. DaviB.
The Classical and the Vernacular.
The llou. Win. C. Preston and Hon. Warren
R. Davis, the one still honored and cherished
among the living, the other deeply lamcuted
and fondly remembered nmong the dead, were
alike given to something ukin to monnoly of
conversation, at dinner or social parties, r 1
both spoke bo well that their auditory ...
never weary ol listening. On some'dinnsr
occasion, they met at the hospitable board ol
a mutual friend, und were, us usuul, both
beset by the cacoithes loquendi; but Mr.
Preston, by superior tactics, nud much totbe
, ".(icii ,,f lit. rji.Cnt.ni.l"" -!-- -
colloquial rival, got the parole, voft kept it.
too, without stint or compassion: The theme
of the accomplished ex-Senator was a favor
ite oue with him, and one on which ho do
lighted to dwell and expatiate it was the
extraordinary power ot condensation, in both
thought and expression, which characterized
the ancient Greek and Latin languages, be
yond anything of tbo kind in modern tongues.
On it ho literally "discoursed eloquent music,"
adorning it with frequent end apt illustration,
nnd among other examples, citing tho cele
brated admonition of the Spartan mother to
her warrior son, ou the eve of battle "With
your shield, or upon it !" Tho wholo party
wero delighted with the rich tones and classic
teachings of the gifted colloquial, except his
eqnally gifted competitor for conversational
laurels, who, notwithstanding his enforced
admiration, sat uneasily under tho prolonged
disquisition, anxiously wailing for a!i oppor
tunity to take his place in the picture. At
length a tilillation seizing tho olfactory nervo
of Mr. Preston, he paused to take u pinch of
snuff, and Mr. Davis immediately filled up
the raccmim, taking up the line of speech, iu
this wise :
"I have listened," said he, "with equal edi
fication and pleasuse, to the classic discourse
of dur friend, sparkling with gems alike of
intellect and fancy; but I differ front him
toto calo. lie may say what ho will as to tbo
superior vigor and condensation of thought
and spoech, characteristic of classic Greece
and Rome ; but, for my purt, 1 think there is
nothing equal to out owu vtruarular, in these
particulars, and 1 am lortunatcly able, al
though from an humble source, to give you a
striking arid conclusive example and illustra
tion of the fact. ,
"As I was returning home from Congress,
some years since, I approached a river ia
North Carolina, which had beeu swollen by
a recent freshet, and observed a country girl
fording it, with sails furled, and a piggiu of
butter on her head. As 1 urrived at the
river's edge, the rustic Naiad emerged from
the watery clement. 'My girl,' said I, 'how
deep's the water, and what's the price of
butler?' 'L'p to my waist and nine-pence,'
was the prompt aud significant response.
11 my learned I'rieud beat thut, if be ran, io
brevity and force of expression, by might to
be found iu all bis treasury of classic lure."
A roar of laughter followed bis humorous
explosion, und a uuauimous vote in favor of
the vernacular awarded tne palm to tue dis
tinguished aud successful wag over his clas
sical but crest-fallen competitor. CUurlss
ton Courier.
The Boomkrano. This curious weapon, pe
culiar to the Australian, has ofteu proved a
puzzle to men of science. It is a piece of
cai ved wood nearly in the form of a cresent,
from thirty to forty inches long, pointed at
both ends and the corm-r quite sharp. The
mode of using it is as singular as the weapon.
Ask a black to throw it so as to let it fall at
bis feet, and away it goes full forty yards be
fore bun, skimming along the surface at three
or four feet from the ground, when all at once
it will suddenly rise in the air forty cr sixty
feet, describing u curve and f.nally drop
at the feet of the thrower. During its course
it revolves with great rapidity on a pivot,
with a whisking noise. It is wonderfull so
barburous a people have invented so singular
a weapon, which sets the law of progressioq
at defiance. It is very dangerous for a Euro
peon to try to project it at any object as it
may strike himself. In a native's hands it is
formidable a weapon, striking wit!iout,tht pro
jector being seen. It was invented to strike
tho kangaroo, which is killed by it With cer
tainty. UaxpN II iiiki Toledo, Ohio, is the great
mart of the West for green bides, the pay
menu for which by the dealers, it is saidj ave
rage 13006. ' . ,.
Tho Sorghti Sucre; or Chinee Sugar
fcsrne.
Mr. George Wilkin Kendall, of Ibf Pica
yune, writes 16 bis paper from his plantutiuu
neur New Braunfels, Texas, 14 follows :
"For the lust si months I hnve hardly
opened a paper, whether devoted to agricul
tural, politics, religion, sporting affairs, or
what not, without seeing same notice of tbo
Sorgho Sucre, or Chinese Bugar cane ; why
have I not a perfect right to add my expe
rience to the general stock Of information in
rolaiion to the cultivation of this new grain,'
or plant, or whutever it may be termed ? To
begin, then s In October, 1955, I purchased
in Paris a small poper of the seed. I do not
think there wag more than two beeping table
spoonsful of it, or threo at the outside. I
brought it with me to Now Orleans, und on
arriving sent it here to be plnuleJ. When t
reached this place, early in May last, it was
just peering above the ground, two rows of
it 111 a ten acre held, which had beeu uo voted
iu the main to millet, oats-, and a little Indian
corn, and four short rows iu our garden ; the
latter planted last, j .
"About tho 8th of July tho two rows in tho
larger Cold had shot up, headed out, and
ripeued, notwithstanding tho drought und
heavy heads were cut for seed. Tbo onts
meanwhile had come up, the millet was hardly
above ground, whiio the lndiuu corn wus
parched and drying up for want of rain. Two
or three mornings afterwards, on looking nt
tho field from a bill close by, I noticed thnt
tho two rows of Sorgho Sucre had entirely
dir. .npeared, while rows of Indian coru on
either side were still standing. Ou close ex
amination, I ascertained that a lot of hogs
bogs are apt to do such things bad broken
into the field, and devoured tho Chincso su
gar cano root and branch ; it was cut cloau
to the ground ,by the porkers, not a sign or
vestige was left, while, as already stated, the
stalks of the Iudian corn on either side wero
loft standing. I wus thankful I had saved
the seed, and thought little more of it,
' Some few days after this perhaps a fort
night tho rows planted in the gavdeu were
examined, the heads of seed found to bo ripe
ur..H the greater portion rut tr.id brought to
the LCVv, leaving the tall stalka still t-taud-
inif.
, , ..,,; i .... r .1...
which must have been ten feet high, I found
Ulr vuuug uonil uiiu 1,1 lut. lauvi,
it to bo oxcei,lingly heavy, and 011 tasting
the cane it sec ','!;.to me to be os full of sac
charine juice t"', ''.ordirary Engar cano of
Louisiana. A1 lal' 1 'Vie time 1 had' two or
threo imported . Merino sheep in my
yard, in great I'" " 'n louder, and 011
cutting the co !,lJ;''f' pieces 1 found
they devoured 'reatest avidity.
After this 1 feu. 1r.'1 c? n it for somd
time, a single sta. Js'n ;a good buit. I
also gave some of f tf,.l?-.'lo ware, bhu
eating it even moro-S V '-.han tho sheep..
Somo llireo weeks u?5,ripe heads of
see,') were .ji;,;'ijliced"T ? ew heads had
shot up from ;vv',ls ',i11EM,f Jk ; and tlieso tow
heads br,r..t i .!;. ,,.,-v! l-,cccd 'a eP"
t',nJr M:ini'n'ii.clfi'r.Tv'Pht to tho
were Buft'ei"-1', "' v ill c..!.ti.:i;;vA?U droufB
aud Indian co.'ii.'1"-'' potatoes, wale
niellons, pumpkins, and tbo like, had died
down to tue very grouud.
"I now became moro interested In the
Sorgho Sucre tha.i ever, and although I t-till
fed out daily to tho merinoes and fnare, left
a portion of the stalks standing. Soon new
heads were seen shooting out, and these i:i
turn blossomed and ripened as did the first.
I kept no account of dales, bot think this
third crop of seed from the same stalk, if so
1 may call it, was gathered about the l int of
October ; It might have been duiing the se
cond week of that month. I plunted some of
this last seed, by way cf experiment ; it came
op rapidly, looked thrifty, grew uulil it was
nenrly knee high, aud was finally cut down,
by frost in November. A great number of
shoots and suckers, which had sprung up
from the stalks first planted, were cnt down
at the same time ; the Sorgho Sucra can
stand onv kind of drought, but the first sharp
rrost kills it to the ground. And w.iat
amount of seed do you think 1 gathered from
the little paper I purchased iu Paris? Near
ly, if not quite, two bushels I and had not the
bogs broko into the field, I should have had
three. It certajnly yields in the most mira
culous manner ; beats everything for dry
weather.
Of its properties for the production of su
gar I can say nothing : 1 only know that it
tastes liko the common sugar cane, and is full
of juice about the time the Ur!t heads ripen.
As u green ( alder it also beats everything
which grows : horses, sheep und hogs are cer
tainly inordinately fond of it, and so lull are
the stalks of saccharine matter, that they
must be both nutritions ond fattening. 1
cannot say what kiud of bread or cakes the
seeds will afford, nor can I tell what kind of
dry fodder the plant will make when cut
green ; these experiments 1 have yet to try
and now thut I have the seed I intend to do
it on a grand scale. I shall plant it iu rows,
or drills, shall sow it and shall cut it ot diner
out stuges to try its qualities as a dry fodder,
Let me repeat over and over again, that it
stands a draught better thau anything wo
have does not seem to require rain after it
is once up. Yours. Ac,
G. W. K.
Ijumormts
Here is a jcu d'espi it that is "quite as
good as new." A rich old gentleman of the
name of Gould marrie.-i a girl rot yet out of
her 'teens." After the weddi::g, he wrotti
the following couplet, to inform a friend of
iLe "happy event."
"You see, my dear Doctor,
Though eighty years old,
A girl of nineteen
Fulls in love with old Oould !"
To which the Doctor replied :
"A girl of nineteen
May love Uouli, ft la true,
But believe me, der sir.
It is gold without u"
A Fellojaslipped down on an Icy pavement
while sittifyr.he muttered, "1 have uo desire
to See the town burned down, but I tiucerely
wish tho street) laid in ashes."
Epigram.
"What's fashionable, 1 11 maintain.
Is always right," cries sprightly Jaiie.
"Ah, would to heaven," cries sprightly Sfie,
. "What's right was fashiouable too '."
Thirteen objections were once givQ by a
young lady for declining a match ; the fmV
twelvja be'.ng tha suitoi'a twelva tbildrea
a&J the ihtftaenlb the auivnt ktiuistif.