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SUN13UIIY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, TA.-SATUllDAY, JULY 25, 1857.
OLD SERIES, VOL 17. NO 44.
The Sunbury American.
PIUUSIIED EVERY SATURDAY
BY H. B. MASSER,
Market Square, Sunbury, Pernio.
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Fiv. dollars In advance will pay fur three yeai'ttub-
vcciption lo trie Aiiiericun.
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! to dollus under the Foil Office Law.
TERMS OF ADVKRIISIJIH
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Kvwy eujteqneiit intertion,
"One 9qiime 3 Biontlii,
ix months,
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H. B. IfiASSEP.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CDUBURV, PA.
Busii.es. atlenaed to In Ih. CouiU.e. of Nor
humberland, Union, Lycoming Monlout and
Columbia.
lleferenccs in Philadelphia :
Hon. Job R. Tyson, Cl.aa. Grb.t. K..
Somer. ft Snodnra.., I-""'-
"nWflWTINTAiN COLLIERY
SUPERIOR WHITE ASU
ANTHRACITE COAL,
from the Mammoth Vein, for Furn aces, Found
rict, Steamboat, and Family use,
tlT. CL, NoUTUCMBLULAKU Col'STI, I' A
' SIZES 01? COAL.
LUMP, for IllaBt Furnaces and Cupolas,
STEAMBOAT, for Steamboat., Hot Air
Furnaces and Steam.
UllOKEN, ) v . fjratc. Stove, and S?tea.
EGG. S ' ...
STOVE, i For Stoves, Steam and burning
NUT, Lime.
PEA, for Litneburncrs and making Steam.
Order, received at Mt. Carinel or Northum
wrland Wharf, will reccivo prompt attention.
M. B. BELL,
i). J. LEWI.-,
WILLIAM ML' IK.
May 3, 18S6.--lf
O. OP XT- -A
SPNBUKY COUNCIL, No. 30, O. of I. A.
M. meet, every Ttf.pat evening m the
American Hall, opposite E. Y. 11 right store.
Market .treet, Sunbury, Pa. Member, of the
order arc respectfully re.iucslcd to
M. L. SHIMJEL, j.
H. S. Heuiihick., n. S.
Sunbury, Jan. 5, 185V. oct 20. 5-r-
ITAS1IIXUTON CAM P. No. 19 J- f A
V hold. iU stated meeting, every Thursday
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evening, in the American Hall. M.irkct Street,
8UI,bUry- WM.H. MUSSULMAN, P.
A. A. SlIlSSLKB, K. .
Sunbury, July 5, 1850. if.
""Immessecitement 11
Revolution in the Dry Goods Business ! I !
J. T. & I. F. BL1NS,
Respectfully announce to their friends and the
Public in general that they have received at their
Store in Upper Augusta township, Northumber
land comity Pa., at Kline Grove their Spring
arid Summer GOODS, and opened lo the public
general assortment of merchandize ic.
Consisting in part of Cloths, black and frncy
Cass mers, Satinetts, Checks, Kentucky Jeans
together with a general assortment of Spring
mid Summer Hoods adapted to all classes of per-
ons. , ,
Ready made Clothing, consisting of CeaU anil
Vests. .
Ladies Dress Goods,
Sumn-er Sliawls, Uinghaini, Lawns, Ducals,
Calicoes, black Silks Ac.
Also a fresh supply of Drugs and Medicines,
Groceries 4c of all kinds.
A new supply of Hardware, Queensware,
wooden ware Brooms Ac
A large assortment of Hoots and Shoes suita
tie for men women and children.
HATS AND CAPS.
6chool Books, Stationery, Envelopes, Ink, Ac.
Fish ao SSaI.t.
And all goods usually kept in a country .tore.
Conre and see. Come one, come all.
The public arc respectfully Invited to call and
examine our stock belorc purchasing clsiw here.
All of the above named stock of good, will be
.old positively at low price, for cash, or in ex
change for country produce at the highest mar
ket price. , , , ,
Thankful for past favor, wo hope by strict
attention to business to merit a cuntinuance or
the same. mm . t
Kline . Grove, Pa., Hay it.. t-o
A. J. CONRAD.
HOLLOWING UUN.
i EiSPECTFULLY informs the public that
be has replcnisheJ his store wnu an ex-
JH....t .Moment of New l.oods lust received
from Philadelphia, which he will -HI on terms
, reasonable as any other establishment. His
assortment consists in part of
CLOTHS. CASSIM EKES Sl bAIIINEU,
'.Vinter Wear for men and boy., all sty lea an J
pricel
lift die s Press Wood.
Consisting of Black Silks, Merinos, Alpacas,
Do Laincs. Calicoes, Ginghams, Muslms, 1 rim-
ro Als'otuesh aupply of CKOCERIES of all
HARDWARE and QUEENSWARE,
Cedarware, Brooms. Ac. Also a large assort
n,...,! ..f Roots and Shoe.. .Stable for Men Wo-
men and Children. Hat. and Caps. Silk Hats,
nd all goods usually kept in a Country more.
All the above named .lock of good, will be
anll iinniiiveiv at low vrice. for cash, or in ex
change for country produce, at the highest
.market price.
Hollowing Run. Not. 29, IRSfl ly
14TKT WIIEfcl CUKASK.
frill 13 Grease is recommended to the notice of
1 Wagoner., Livery oiaum aeepera, etc., as
being SceiRioa to anything of the kind ever in-..i,-,t.
A. it doc. not itum upon the axle.
i much more durable, and U not affected by
..outlier, rsmaininil the tame lit eummer a.
" Vuter. and put up in tin canister, at 37J and
Marrh Ro7. m
THE WATCHER.
Mother 1 watch the little feet,
Climbing o'er tho garden wall,
Bounding through the bueby ttlrett,
Ranging cellar, shed and hall ;
Never couut the moment lost,
Never mind the time it cost,
Littlo feet will go astray,"
Ouido them, mother, while you may.
M other 1 watch the little hand,
I'ii'kinff berries by the way,
Making houses in tho sand,
Tossing up the fragrant liuy.
Never dure the question ask,
"Why to me this heavy task ?"
Those same little hnnds may prove
Messengers of light aud love.
Mother! watch the littlu tongue ;
Prattling eloquent and wild ;
What is said aud what is snug,
Hy the hnppy, joyous child ;
Catch the word while yet unspoken J
.Stop the vow while yet unbroken j
This same tongue mnyyet procluim
Hlessings in the Saviour's name.
Mother watch the little heart.
Hunting soft aud warm for you ;
Wholesome lessons uow impart ;
Keep, O keep that young heurt truo,
Extricating every weed.
lowing good and precious seed ;
Harvest rich you then may see,
Ilipeuing for eternity.
ancous.
(From the New York Evening Pus!.
THE LATE SECRETARY OF STATE-
ANECDOTES, &c.
Mr. Marey has been accused of unsoria-
bleuess and bearish manners, and it must be
admitted that when interrupted in the midst
of his public occupation, by a visitor on what
appeared a trivial or suspicious crrund. he
did not present his most amiable nspect.
On such occasions be would generally civo
his ear long enough to ascertain the charac
ter of tho matter to which his attention was
called, and, if convinced that nothing of
practical importance could result from con
tinuing the conversation, would pur.-uo his
own meditations, without stopping to bid his
guest good-bye. Hut lo those who en mo on
business to his office, or who shared the
hospitality of his owu home, his appearance
was wholly different. Heat once abandoned
every other subject to attend to the question
presented lor his consideration, and so Ions
as thero was any practical point to be dis
cussed, would concentrate his whole mind on
its elucidation. Gen. Hobles, the Me.xicun
minister, has remarked, that in ten minutes
ho could transact moro important business
with Mr. Marcv than with any other man ho
ever saw in a much longer time, but tint he
never expected so become uequiiinted with
hi in, until una day when he visited him at his
house.
Although he was unwilling to cater for
the favor of the press to the extent which
characterized the conduct of other public
men, he generally had a good word for the
reporters and correspondents whom he met.
Well, Mr. , lie would sav, as he
walked up the steps of his oflice in tho morn
ing, to 6ome "member of tho press," who
affected or had a great acquaintance with the
secrets of state, "Well, what is the news in
the .Stato Department? iou know I have
always to go to tho newspaper men to find
what i' going on here." At another time,
he would suggest a paragraph which, lie
would quizically intimate, tnf;ht produce an
alarm in political circles, improvising, for ex
ample, at a party of Senator Seward's, some
story in the ordinary letter-writer style, about
Seward and Marcy being seen talking to-
gether, and ending with ominous speculations
as to an approaching coalition, Ac, in doing
which be would bo happily lilt on tho writers
for the press that they were compelled to
express surprise at his mastery of their diu-
lect iiut.. m Tact, Mr. Marcy, in Ins early
connection with the 1 roy Jitnliit and the
Albany Argus, had become a most excellent
judgo of a good editorial, und if his own
state papers surpassed tho labored compost
tions of bis predecessors in one thing more
than another, it was iu exhibiting the peculiar
merits ol etlective newspaper writing. 1 bey
had the point, the absence of surplusage, the
vivid directness and simplicity of style, the
ingenuity and discretion iu Hiking positions
and arrunging urguments which are ulways
found in a lirstcluss "leader." Aud Mr.
Marcy was not reluctant in confessing his
obligations as a writer to his newspaper
training.
j is relish for old I.nghsh literature may
also have done something in preserving the
simplicity ol Ins taste, lie was lainiliar with
the leading French writers, in tho department
of studies to which his duties required his
attention, and passably so with modern Eng
lish uud American literature Hut it wus
from the pure well of English nndebled that
be loved best to refresh himself. It was with
presents of such books as Shakespeure,
Milton's prose or poetry, Hucon's Essays, or
Sir Thomas Brown's Uru Uuriul, that he used
to direct aud inform the tastes of his friends.
So conversant was he with these uoble
authors that it was difficult, even fur those
who had made the ncrusal of this literature
a specialty, to tiud bis knowledgo at fault.
One day a gentleman in .Mr. Marcy uorary,
intending to gratify him with the gift of a
very rare English work of considerable anti
quity, inquired, expecting of course a nega
tive answer, if be bad ever beard oi me
book ? Hut what waB his surprise to see Mr.
Marcy, without rising from the sofa on which
it wus bis wont when reading to recline,
cooly produce the volume from under the
bolster, witu tbe reply, "O, yes, I am well
acquainted with it, uud here id a pretty fair
editiou of it."
Mr. Marcy. in Washington, commonly
composed his importaut desputches uot in his
uruce, but iu his library at nome. lieu
thus enguged, he would at once, after break
fast, begin his work, and write till Dearly
noou, when he would go to the Department,
receive culls and attend to the regular
routine duties of his position. Duriug the
hours of composition, ho was 80 completely
engrossed with his subject that persons might
enter aud go out or talk in tbe sume room,
without iu tbe least obtaining his notice.
He wore spectacles usually sat in bis dress
ing gown, with an old red handkerchief ou
the table before him, aud one could judge of
tbe relative activity of bis miud by the fre
quency of bis application to the snuff-box.
lo truth, he was au inveterate snuD'-tuker :
and bis consumptiou of that article appeared
to have injuriously affected his voice,
lie wrote deliberately, with few erasures
misctll
or changes, and Lis thonghts generally in the
first draft assumed tho form of expression iu
which he was willing to publish them, lie
almost always used a pencil, and left the
second draft to be penned by a clerk. This
however, be rarely altered. His handwriting
was legiblo aud handsome, without being
clerky.'
Mr. Marcy's library numbered perhaps five
thousand volumes, tho character of which
has before been indicated. He had but little
taste for tho fine arts ; yet l'almcr, the
sculptor, William Puge, the painter, and, wo
think, othor American artists of note, owed
the beginning of their success to his liberal
encouragement. In addition to the works
of these American artists, the bouse of Mr.
Marcy was adorned ith many foreign
f minting, among which wus a very fine col
ectiou (ubout one hundred in all) of Germuu
paintings, obtained by Mrs. Marcy 's sister
while travelling abroad.
No man could give a more ngreetible wel
come to his guests than Mr. Marcy. Though
always temperate in his habits, be never ob
jected to those cretitnre comforts which pro
mote conviviality, and are by many thought
to muke life pleasant. A glass of wine and
a pinch of snuff were rarely uuaccrptuble j
but he wus not fond of smoking.
Mr. Marcy was as willing to bo rallied es
to muke a juke himself at tho exnense of bis
frieuds. When Ambrose Spencer alluded to
the maxim imputed to Marcy. "To the victors
belong the spoils," Mr Marcy replied, "Why,
Judge, 1 hear thut at different times you
have iu substance avowed the same doctrine."
"That may be," retorted the judge, "but 1
never had the foil v to nut it into so auotable
a form." A very felicitous compliment.
He was much nleased with a humorous
allusion once mude to bis defeat in 1638. as a
candidate for a fourth gubernatorial term.
which was caused not by the popularity of
his opponent, but solely by tenioorory disaf
fection in the Democratic ranks, which thus
elected Seward. Some years later, when
Marcy's name had recovered its potency,
there was a talk of again putting him up for
Governor a nomination at that time equiva
lent to victory. Ilo, however, declined to
run, aud one day privately announced his de
cision to Seward. "I am very glud of it,"
replied Sewurd, "for otherwise 1 should be
put to the inconvenience ol running myself,
as I am the only man iu New York who can
beat you."
In this place it may be well to repent the
fact that, after his defeat in lb.'J8, Mr. Marry
never submitted himself to tho chances of a
popular election, and until he entered I'olk's
cabinet, withdrew to private life, with tho
exception, (which we have not seen mentioned
in any biography) of tho period when he
served as one of the mixed commission on
Mexican claims an office to which he was
appointed not far from the year 18-11.
During I'olk's administration, Mr. Marcy
was on friendly terms with John Y. Mason,
of Virginia, then Secretary of the Navy, and
whom, us one of the Ostend diplomatists, he
subsequently nonplussed so rcmaikably. He
was, however, rather disposed to hunter his
cabinet associate on the forwardness of the
Old Doniiuiou, the Mother of Presidents, in
urging the claims of her children fut federul
office a propensity which was amusingly
illustrated at a private diuner where they
were both present. "How strange it is,
Mason," said he, "that out of the thousands
of fut appointments we have had to make,
there is not one that Virginia docs not fur
nish u candidate for, and that every candidute
is bucked up by the strongest testimonials
that ho was expressly educuted for that par
ticular post 1" Mason bore the joke very well,
contenting himself with the observation that
the people of the United States seemed to
know where to look for her greut nieu.
Certain Cukk For Felon. We ure sure
that ul I who have suffered from a bone felon,
will thank mo for making known to the public
so simple, and yet so effectual remedy as the
following. In thousands of instances, weeks
uLd mouths or the most intense sufferings
have been endured, allowing neither rest by
day, nor sleep by night ; and when a cure is
last effected, the finger or thumb is often de
formed, or rendered useless for life. As soon
as it becomes apparrent that a felon is making
its appearance, which is known from a contin
ued soreness und pain proceeding from the
bone, and some! imes evincing but little change
for the worse for a week oi more, lake a
strong cord of any kind und wrap it around
the finger above the ulllicted part, as tightly
us it cuu bo doue. Keep it in this condition
until the pain can bo endured no longer.
Now loosen the cord, and us soon as the pain
or soreness caused by tho cording, subsides,
tiuhtcn it again. Coutiuua tins lor several
days, or until the felon is completely blacken
ed and killed. We have known severul per
sons who have been off! cted with felons, to
try Ihis remedy with completo success; in
fact, wo have never known it to fail. The
cording slops the circulation thus aud the
soreness has nothing to feed on, and soon dies
of starvation, We have faith iu this remedy
even after a felon hus mude considerable pro
gress. A Missoi RiAN's TiuvKLKMNO II au. Dur
ing tho session of the Democratic Nutional
Couventiou in this city a delegate (whether
un insider or an outsider we do not remember
which fuct we are particular to state, as the
tho story is "most veritable") having taken
breakfast at the St-Charles, walked to the
counter aud demanded his bill. He was ask
ed what be had bad, und the reply was : "Sis
braudy cock-tails, tea and toast !' This so
fur as breakfast is concerned, is without a
parallel. Hut an incident recently came
under our observation well worthy to go
down to immortality with it. A gentlemun
from Missouri was in attendance at Lexing
ton at the laying of the coiner stone of the
Clay monument on the 4lh, and his baggage
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uuuerguiug iuvcbiiuiiuh wuo .vuuu .v w..
sist of a carpet sack containing four bottles
of whiskey and two revolvers, one shirt and
collars. Oue of his travelling companions
said that the shirt bad been put in simply to
keep tbe bottles from breaking. Cincinnati
Commercial.
Tim Sun tub Obioin of Forte.. Professor
Younian8 recently lectured in New York on
themical science, iu which he showed tbe or
gin of all forms of force to be in the suu-beam.
Every existing specific motion on the earth,
whether kuown as wind power, water power,
steam power, electric power, orauiinal power,
have their orgin in the rays of tbe sun. As
an illustration of tbe professor' mode of
elucidating bis argumeut, be stated that tho
deflection of the iron tuunel for railroad trains
over Ihe Menail river in Englnud which is four
hundred feet long, was out half an inch uader
the heaviest ptessuie of a train. When the
sun laid upon it some hour it bent up an
inch aud a half from it borzontal line. Tbe
Hunker Hill Monumeut i higher in the eve
ning than in the morning of tuuny duy.
Tbe little suubeams euter tbe pores of the
stones, like so many wedges, aDd lift it skyward.
A Visit to McKim tbe Murderer.
His Conversation! and Assertion of His Inno-
cense.
The editor of the Lancaster Inland Daily
Times has been on a visit to Ilolidaysburg,
Pa., and had an opportunity of obtaining an
intcrviow with David Stringer McKim, under
sentence of death for tho murder of Norcross.
We extract the following from the editor's
account of the interview :
Tho room in which McKim is kept through
the duy, is an apartment about ten feet wide
by twelve, and is the principal room in tho
jail. Communicating with it in the cell whero
he is confined at night. This is a small room
or closet about eight feet long and not much
more than five feet wide. At the time of our
visit, tho door was open, and we had a good
view of the whole arrangement made by the
Sheriff for keeping bis prisoner securely.
On our entrance we found McKim lying
upon a cot, with an open book in bis band.
lie appeared to be quite well, only a little
pale. His leg was fastened to the floor by a
strong chain, long enough to permit him to
move about freely in a circle of about five
feet in each direction. On a table in his
room were books, writing materials, and some
other articles, the whole appearance of the
man and the place indicating that be was
treuted with all tho leniency consistent with
keeping him safely. So fur us we were in
formed be bus never yet evinced any desire or
made any escape. No doubt he thinks that
any effort iu this direction would be fruit
less. In answer to tho question of the keeper, as
to how ho was getting along, he said, "very
well." We were then introduced, upou which
ho greeted us with greut cordiulity, uud wilh
the nir of a man well practised iu the recep
tion of company. After a lew common place
remarks he alluded to his situation, and spoke
of himself as a man who by tbe force of ad
verse circumslunces, wus convicted with a
crime of which he was entirely innocent. To
this we replied that his position was certainly
a sad one, but we were glad to see that he
bore himself so well and manfully under a
condition of affairs, calculated in our estima
tion, to drive any man out of his senses. 1 o
this he answered, no man knew what be could
enduro till he wuo tried, adding thut the con
sciousness of iunocense would sustain any
one under the most appalling circumstances.
In speukiug ol his trial and other mutters
connected with his arrest and conviction be
made no complaint against any oue, but pro
tested very strongly tbat he was entirely in
nocent. One of his expressions was
"The luw has condemned nio to deuth, and
1 Euppose I shall have to suffer, but my exe
cutiou will be an uct of great injustice."
He ufterward said he was not afraid of
deuth, and that he should die as firmly us any
man, for the innocent did not fear death, with
much more, all tending towards tbe same
point. In the whole conversation ho seemed
to have the idea of inspiring us with a belief
in his iunocense continually in his miud. His
last sentence, wheu conversing on this sub
ject, was :
'Mr. Goodull I am innocent man, and u
you see me executed, as 1 have no doubt you
will, ven will sec that 1 shall say the same on
the scaffold."
lie thou began to speak of the circumstan
ces which led to his arrest, and of his having
tuken two women to Pottsville, of his taking
one of Marcus Hehmc's girls along, and of
lifhmc's following him there. While be was
talking of Ihis he said :
' It was gambling and this woman business
that bus got me into all the trouble.''
He ulso suid he bad traveled a good deal,
had lived in Huston, hud been on tho Missis
sippi; that, ho hud begun to ganiblu there,
aud that it bad been lus ruin. At nnotber
time he said he hud gambled in Lancaster
and Heading, that be hud played with and
been intimate with Marcus Hehme, until that
woman affair, of which he had before spoken;
and that his wife and child hud beeu to see
him two weeks ago.
Of these persons he spoke in the highest
terms ; said his wife was a tirst rate woman,
good iu every respect, and thoroughly reli
gious, and that sho had never known of any
his misdeeds until this came npon her like a
thunderbolt. On this topic be spoko with much
earnestness and feeling, und among other
things said that his wile was not only a good
woman herself, but was of a good family, be-
M . . . I. ,, f 1, 1
ing a lirst cousiu oi mt. liroomuii, oi jeia-
ware county, recently a member oi tue le
gislature and a candidate for Congress.
M'KIm will be executed in the jail yurd,
a small oblong enclosure of ubout sixty by
lorty feet, on Friday, the Ulstof August next
probably without a single peison believing
those vehement assurralions of innocenco,
which we have not the least doubt be will re
iterate at the time.
Neatness in Nebraska.
We oUvavs like neat people. We always
did cherish a kind of tender for all neat wo
men. Hut we were nearly really "struck by
one uutil lustjweek, ond the way of it was
this : We were out west a few miles and got
beluted ; looked for a place to stay over night ;
found a cubiu ; asked if we could be accomo
dated ; and a tall woman with u freckled face,
red bair, buffalo skin moccasins, buckskin
dress, and a free soil buby, said she "recoued
we niought."
We got off our horses, hitched them to a
Cottonwood corn crib, and went in. We
asked for supper. We got some bacon, mo
lasses, boiled pumpkin aud corn dodger.
We ate heartily.
After meal was past, the woman said to the
oldest girl j "Now, Daddy June, yon buvo got
to keep thut slut and them 'ere pups from
sleeping in this 'ere meal box any longer.
In mixing this stranger' corn bread, 1 wus
first naturully pestered to death pickiu' the
small hairs and dead Ileus out of it, thut comes
off them 'ere pesky dogs. And if they sleep
iu it a week longer it wou't be fit to eat.
We were iu love with that woman ou ac
count of her neatness, and that evening we
laid down upon tho rough hewn floor, aud
had pleasant dreams. Ghostly liees were hop
ping about through our corporal divesities,
and spectre sluts, with goblin pups danced
before us iu boxes of unearthly meal, during
tbe live long night ; and our great grandfather
set straddle of us six hours, with ram rod to
a six pound cannon, stuffed cord of that
neatly prepared com dodger down our unwil
ling throat, and whistled ull the time for the
dogs; while the free soil baby aud its tidy
mother sat by and wept for Ihe departed boe
cake. We like neatness. Xttrasia News.
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In Marion county, Ohio, a few days ago, a
man sued another for tbe rent of a bouse.
On tbe trial, evidence was adduced that the
bouse wa baunted, and the jury decided tbat
the defendant be paid $15 as damages, in
stead of payiug rent. All tbe fools are tot
dead yet.
Tbe Croesus, of Louisville, and indeed of
Kentucky i ex-Secretaiy Uuthrio whose
property chiefly in lands, pays au annual tax
of uTr 850.IJU4.
SIAM.
Sir John Howring has given an account of
mum, and ton two kings of that country. He
says :
"Persons who know littlo of tho state of
Siam, will be surprised to leurn that tho lirst
king is well versed in the works of Euclid and
Newton ; that he writes and speaks English
with tolerable accurucy ; that be is a profi
cient in Latin, aud has ucquired tho Sanscrit,
Cingaliese and Pagan languages ; that he
can project and calculate eclipses of tho sun
and moon, and occiiltalions of Hie planets;
that he is fond of all branches of learning and
science ; that be has introduced a printing
press, with Siamese and English type ; and
that his palace and table are supplied with all
the elegancies of European life. He lived
twenty-seven years in retirement before be
came to the throne, and during that time he
acquired the accomplishments which muke
his reign a memorable and most beneficial
era in Siamese history. He wus bom in 1801,
and is uow consequently fifty-throe years of
age."
The second king, (his brother,) appears to
be equally estimable :
"My iutercouso with tho second king was,
in ull respect., most anreuable. 1 found him
a gentlemun of very cultivated understanding;
quiet, even modest in manners; willing to
oommunicaieiitjowiudge, and earnest iu search
of instructioa. His table was spread wilh
ull Ihe neatness and order that are found in a
wcll iegulated English household. A favor
ite c in iu sat on lus knees, whose mother re
mained crouched at the door of tho apart
ment, but took no part in the conversation.
The king played to his guests very prettily
on tho pipes of the Laos norlablo orran lln
had a variety of music ; and there was an cx-
nioition ol national sports and pastimes,
equestrian feats, elephant combuts. and other
auinsements ; but what seemed most to in
terest the king was his museum of models,
nautical and philosophical instruments, and
a variety of scientific aud other curiosities,
These kings reign, euch in prescribed limits,
in perfect harmony. This doublo monarchy
is an old institution of Sium, and is popular
with the people."
The Siamese, by the report of Sir John,
are amiable and intelligent race, with a high
uegree oi civilization in ull that relates to so
cial institutions. They profess the faith of
Hudduh, and seem affectionately, though not
bigoledly, attached to it. They are willing
to engage in controversy wilh our missiona
ries, and show much acuteness in llieir urgu
incuts. The author relates :
"1 found no indisposition among the Sia
mese to discuss religious questions, and the
general result of the discussion was : "Your
religion is excellent for you, and oitn is ex
cellent for us- All countries do not produce
the same fruits and flowers, and we tiud va
rious religions suited to various nalioi.s." The
present king is so toleiant that he gave three
thousand slaves, (prisoners of war) to be
taught religion by the Cut hoi ic missionaries,
saying : "You may make Christians or these
people." Pallegoix, tho Catholic bishop,
who is a great favorite with his majesty, ro-
.ports several conversations with the first
king, which do honor to Ins liberal spirit.
"Persecution is hateful," he said; "every
man ought to bo free to proless tl& religion
he prefers ;" and ho added : "If you convert
a certain number of people anywhere, let me
know you hare done so, uud I will give them
a Christian governor, and they shall not be
uunoyed by Siamese authorities." I have a
letter from the king, in which ho says that
the inquiries into the abstruse subject of the
Godhead, "we cannot tell who is right and
who is wrong ; but I will pray my God to
give you his blessing, and you must pray to
your Godjto bless me ; uud so blessings may
descend upon both."
now to Tak tho Pennsylvania
"Dutch."
11 V OSK OF Tlll'.M.
The editor of tho Mauch Chunk (,'atetle
says that its candidate for Assembly must
learn German. He need not learn tho lan
guage entire only enough to convince that
particular wing of Ihe Dutch Democracy of
this county who can bo influenced against
him by the contents of the Wuisport Tde-
'J'"Vl- . .i.i-i
I II reel lessons are necessary muu hum, mm
if ho will study them well oud do as we di
rect, it will take a gun of greater calibre
than this Weisporl concern to bring him
down. Tho lessons are as follows :
1. Pronounce General Jackson in Dutch.
Tcheuerul Tchackson.
2. Declare yourself a Democrat, emphati
cally.
Flommt sei icb bin a Demmygrnut my
daudy uud mie gross dauiiy wurra Deuimi
graud un petummt ich ireh for der Tcheuerul
Tchackson, under Hookkannin un net for du
kerls wu sie vigs hesa for sully siu do dories
und demberens lito.
3. Pass a Democratic opinion of the Pluck
Republicans, iu Dutch.
Die llippooplikans wie sie sich liasa die
gebna for die weise lite uuner dio scliwortze
zu du uud so an luw zu puss dos dio nuger
die wiso wibeslite beirj, un for sie ftei zu
gevva dos sie do ruff kiimma kenna unser
binkle, uu sei, uti ull unser soch shtehla un
uf7.ufressa uu unser shtell obzubrcuna.
It would do no barm if bo would pructice
occasionully on "zwie lager, ein bretzel un
Schweitzer kase." Hut the greatest difficulty
will be with 6ome of the native Dutch De
mocracy, who were born Democrats ond are
Democrats because their fulhers und grand
fathers and greut-srundfathen boforo them
were Democrats. ' If the above suggested
declarations for Tcheuerul Tchackson won't
fetch 'em straight, then we fear your case is
hopeless. Hut you must try its the best
and ouly thing you can do. Should you fuc
coed, we will give you the biut, us often as
they "dutch it" on you.
Mopkrn Eloqcf.nce. A correspondent of
the Doston Courier gives the fullow iug extruct
r .n.na, .u.tflu .li.l ivrtwl hi n lrn.
ITUUI 11 l muu lew" " J .
fessor at Harvard L'uivetsity, and asks if
. r. ...I ..I 4 e.,,,1. I. in
students are saiu wueu c.puau iu .au-
guago :
Viuwiug this subject from the esoteric
stundpoiut of Christian exegetical nnalysis,
aud agglutinating ine puijuui
lasts oi oouioguuuuus uMi-iup-iii i" .wv..
at ouce tbe absolute individuality of this eu
tity while from tbat other stand point ol
incredulous synthosie, which characterize tho
Xenocratic hiearcby or the Jews wo are con
stantly impressed with the precisely uutiper-
Ibiatic ipjniiigr iucicvi.
A Maid hooked one of the best of her n'is
tree' dress the other day, but the affair wt
passed over because it was done behind the
lady' back so there was nobody to testify to
tbe fuct.
Archibishop ITitghes sails In the next stea
mer for Hume. He will be absent about a
J 0 c t x g
The following poem was written by James
Heddenwick, a scotch poet, I.ttlu knon iu
this country. Who that ever lost a brother
or sister could read theso lines without a ful
ter in tho voice and a tear in tho eye ?
FlTvST GRIEtf.
They tell me, first and early love
Outlives all after-dreams :
Hut the memory of a first great grief
To me more lasting seems.
The grief that marks our dawning youth,
To memory ever clings;
And o'er the path of future years
A lengthened shadow (lings.
Oh ! oft my mind rccnlls tho hour,
When to my father's home
Death came, an uninvited guest,
From his dwelling in tho toiib :
I bad not seen his fuce before
1 shuddered at the sight :
And I shudder yet to think upon
Tbe anguith of that uigbt 1
A youthful brow and ruddy cheek
Became all cold and wan :
And eye grew dim in which the light
Of radiant Taney shone ;
Cold was the check, and cold the brow,
The eye was fixed and dim ;
And one thero mourned a brother dead,
Who would have died for him !
I know not if 'twas summer then,
I know not if 'twas Spring j"
Hut if ihe birds sang in the trees
1 did not hear them sing;
If flowers came forth to deck the earth
Their bloom I did not see ;
I looked upon one withered fldwer,
And none else bloomed for me I
A sad and silent time it was
Within that house of woe :
All eyes wero dim nud overcast,
And every voice was low ;
And from each cheek at intervals
The blood appeured to start,
As if recalled iu sndden haste
To aid the sinking heart 1
Softly we trod, as if afraid
To mar the sleeper's sleep,
And stole lust looks of his sad fuce
For memory to keep.
With him tho njjnny was o'er,
And now the puin was ours :
As thoughts of his sweet childhood rose,
Like odor from dead flowers!
Aud when at Inst be was borne afur
From the world's weary strife,
How oft in thought did we agaiu
Live o'er his little life.
His every look, his every word,
His very voice's tone.
Came back to us like things whose worth
Is ouly prized when gone ?
That grief has passed with years awa,
And joy bus been my lot ;
Hut the one is long remembered,
And the other soon forgot !
The gayest hours trip lightly by,
Aud leave the faintest trace ;
Hut the deep, deep track thut sorrow wears
No time can e'er efface 1
Jfantur's Department.
Training a Ualkv Horse. lu India,
where a horse becomes stubborn and refuses
to more, instead of whipping him, us is our
custom, or setting fire to straw uuder the
belly, ns practised in England, a ropo is at
tached to his fore leg, aud one or two persons
go ahead and pull at the rope. It is suad this
starts tho most refactory horse. The Michi
flan I'urmer says a horse became balky in
Detroit a short time since, and neither whip
ping nor coaxing conld make bim stir. A rope
was fastened around bis neck, und he w as
drugged a short distance by another team but
this did not effect a cure. The rope wus then
taken from his neck pussed between his legs,
and fastend firmly to his tuil. In this man
ner he was drugged ashort distance, and when
the rope was taken off, the hitherto, unruly
animal wus perfectly obedient to the will of
his muster. We havo seen this method
tried wilh similur results. l-'armer dud Me
chanie' Sri.pitrn and tiik Gkate Disease. For
severul years past the grape vines of Europe
have suffered from a peculiur disease, by which
the vine product has been grutely reduced.
This evil has been severely fell iu France,
where the annual value of ihe grape crop a
mounted before tbe disease to over .100,000,.
000 francs, but which has been reduced to
less thun one-half. It has been found that
the opplication of flour sulphur to the vines
three times during ono season, cures the dis
ease and it is expected thut itsgenerul appli
cutiou regularly pursued, will bring all the vine
yards of France back to their former Iruitfnl
couditon. If the same disease should visit
the vino on our continent, the above informa
tion will bo very useful to those who culti
vate the grape. The sulphur is mixed with
some sail aud water, aud is applied wilh a
brush.
Remedy for 1!i.o.vtki Cati.i.e. Mr. A
Cornwall, of Penheld, N. Y., a few days since
bud a yearling heifer fo badly bloated from
eating clover that sho could not Walk. Re
membering that bo hud heard of tar as a re
medy be applied a small quantity to the root
of the tongue making three applications at
interval of a minute or two. The animal
soon recovered entirely, and chewed her Cud
in a few hours. He thinks a remedy which
is so simple and effuctual should be generally
known and we therefore give it publicity as
being both useful and seasonable-
Savixo Garden Seeds. The first vegeta
blcs, peas or 6nap beans that appear, sure fur
seed; the first stalk of okra- that shows a
pod, let it go to seed ; the first cucumber,
squash or melon, save for seed. Iu this way,
we may succeed in getting much earlier vege
tables than by following the usual method of
taking the refuse of all our gulden crops.
Save the earliest and best of everything for
seed. Our egg plant might be brought into
bearing much sooner, if we would save the
first for seed. Who can stand it, with all
tbe long year's dearth of delicious morsels,
to save the first roasting ear or tomato, that
may apnear for seed? aud yet if we would
bring forward tbe whole' crop two or three
weekB earlier, it must be douo. Let it be a
settled maxim of the gardener the jint and
bi 't of everything for s(tJ.
Sui.Ptn-R ron Grapes. Our friend Robert
Huist, speaking of the use of sulphur to pre
vent mildew in graperies, says it has been
known here for twenty years, though tha
savans of Europe have just found it. out. lid
recommends i'S use ns follows : "Take a few
pounds of sulphur, and place it on several
pieces ( f boards, as neatly ns you please
keep them in your grapery, stirriug tbe sol
phur once a week, aud you will have so mil'
dew nuless you give heavy waterings, anl
allow cold currenls of air."
Recipes,
Simple Cure for Dysentery. Tbe Mid
dletown, Ct., Henublican. publishes the fol
lowing simple recipe for the cure of this most
troublesome and oftentimes dangerous corn
plaint. The recipe bus been practiced in a
friend's fumlly, for many years, with uniform
success, even in tho most alarming stages of
the complaint :
'Take Indian corn, roasted and ground
iu the manner of coffee, (or coarse meal
browned,) and boil in a sufficient quantity of
water to produce a strong liqnid like coffee,
and drink a teacupfull, warm, two or threa
times a day. One day's practice, it is said,
will ordinarily effect a cure."
A Boiled Milk Pl-ddino Four a pint of
new milk, boiling hot, on three spoonfulls of
fine flour, and beat the flour and milk for
milk for half an hour; then put in three eggs
and beat it a little longer; after this, grata
in half in a half a tcaspoonfull of ginger.
Have ready a nice, clean pudding cloth, dip
it in boiling water, butter it well, and flour it,
put in tbo pudding, tie it close up, and boil it
an hour ; it requires great care whn you
tarn them out. Serve the padding with thick
melted butter, or wine sauce.
Buckeye Cake. One pound sopor, 1 cup
butter, 4 cups flour, I cup sweet milk, Ceggs,
1 teaspoonful soda, dissolved in the milk, 2
teaspoonfulls cream tartar rubbed in the
flour. Stir the sugar, butter and yolks till
light ; then add the well I catca whites
of the eggs ; theu flour and milk ; bake very
quick.
Clove Cookies. Throe pounds flour, I
pound butter, 1 pound sugar, 4 eggs. Hub
tho butter and sugar together; add as much
molasses as will mix the flour; I teasponful
ofsalaratus; cloves to your taste. Roll thin,
and bako in a very quick oven. Keep iu a
stono jar.
Jessie Cake. A small cup half full of but
ter ; one and a half cups of sugar; two of
flour; one cup nearly full of milk; half a
teaspoonful of soda dissolved in tho milk , 1
teaspoonTuI of tartar, sifted in the flour. The
whites of four eggs, flavor with almond or
what you prefer.
Soda Cake. Two and a half cups stlsar. 3
eggs, one and a half Cup sweet milk, a piece
of butter the size of a ben's egg, 1 heaping
teaspoonful of cream of tartar, two thirds of
a teaspoonful of soda, and very little nut
meg.
Bread and Bitter Pi-ddino. A layer of
quarterod sour apples ; a little nutmeg and
sugar; a layer of dry bread buttered, (no
mutter bow dry ;) another layer of apples,
with sugar and nutmeg as before ; and so
contiuue until you have filled your pan, tbo
first and lust layer being apples ; add 1 cup
of water, or sufficient to wet the bread. Bake
1 hour in a moderate oven ; eat without
sauce.
To make Ginger S.NArs. Take one table
spoonful ol ginger, ono of lard, one teaspoon
ful of suleratus, half a pint of molasses, half a
teaspoonful of water, with a sufficiency of flout
knead soft, roll thin, and bake in a quick
even.
To make Doi'uh.ntts. Ono pint of milk,
one teacupl'ul of shortening, two of sugar, one
of yeast, three eggs, two teaspoonfulls of ciu
tiamon, together und, and stir iu the ingredi
euts, with a sufficiency of flour. Fry iu hot
lurd.
Juvenilis Wit. An old physician was
dilating in our hearing tho other day, upon
the propensity which a mujority of people
display for eating unripe fruit aud vegetables
Said he
"There is not a vegetable growing in our
gardens thut is not best When arrived at ma
turity, and most of them are positively iujuri.
ous unless fully ripe."
"1 know one thing that ain't so good when
it's ripe as whon green," interrupted a littlo
boy, in a very confidential but modest manuer.
"What's that?" sharply said the physician,
vexed ut having his principlo disputed by a
more boy.
"A cucumber 1" responded the lad.
Tho doctor winked at us with both eyes,
but said nothing.
"Seo hero my friend you are drunk." "To
be sure 1 am, and have been for three years.
You see, my brother and I are on a temper
ance mission T He lectures and I set a fright
ful example V
Jemmy remarked to bis grandmother that
old Mrs. Cranshaw bad tho appearance of a
person who had one foot in the grave. "Well
really, upon my word," suid tho antique lady.
"I ibought I noticed that she walked a lectin
lame, lately 1"
A man named Aaron Bedbug, of Mont
gomery couuty, Ky., intends petitioning to
tho Legislature to change his name. He
says thut bis sweetheart, whose name is Oliv
is unwilling that he should be called A. lied
bug, she O. Bedbug, and tbe littlo cues litt!t
Bedbugs 1
A Lady of rank complaining that her hus
band was dead to fashionable amusemeuts, he
replied, "Hut then, my dear, you muke ma
alive to the expense."
Pulpernicle says, a Woman's heart is the
"most sweetest" thing iu the world ; iu fact
it is a perfect kuney coiub full of sells. ISee
ware.
Tbe verdict of a recent Coroner1 jury, on
a man who died a state of inebriation wa.,
"death by banging round a ruin shop."
Willis calls the nether limbs of ladies "slip
positions," Yes, they are supposed to btl
"there or thereubouts."
Young Ladies are like arrows they ar
all in a quiver till the beaux como, aud cau't
go off without them.
The man who wrestled with adversity worn
out hi silk stockings, aud got worsted.
When is wet weather favorable to bsjr Mi
king T When it "rains pitchforks,"