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NEW SERIES, . VOL. 10, NO. 20.
.SUNBURYi NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY AUCjUST 8, 1857.
OLD SERIES VOL. 17. NO- 4(5
The Sunbury American.
PUBLISHED EVEttY BATCKDAT
BY H. B. MASSER.
Marktt Square, Sunbury, Pnn.
TERMS OF SU BSCRirTlO.t.
TWO DOLLARS per .uuiun to be pnid hnlf Y"'iy "
adv.. ce. No tl" lcoi.liiiud until au. .rrenge. .r.
Alieoromnnicstlon. or teller, on l!,'inI
TO CLL'BS.
Thr..eop...won..ddr.-,
Fifteen v T
Ftv.dolt.rs In advsnee will pay for Ure. r.r..ui-
Mrlption t" the Americ.n.
P ,.t,n-nter will plense set a. our Aeents, and fr.nk
d t" dollus under lb. Part OlSe. L.w.
TERMS OF ADVEIITIS1NB
' 1ecm oT Kline", S tliow,
Vrv .o.tqaiit "-settion,
" oe5imie, 1 months,
rtx months,
i,.ii.c4. of Five line., r """.
MMc'iiil. '"l other.. sdvert.sina by le
M;.,t" with the nriviieg. of inserting
I Oil
S3
300
800
800
sou
100
JOB PRINTING.
W .OTfTcE hineoeleo
B. iASS3Pk
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
8TJNBUBT, PA.
Va-ines attended to in the Counties .of Nor
Ihumberland, Union, Lycoming Monloui end
Columbia.
rvViviircj in PhiUuhhiJi'a
Hon. J.,l, H. Ttsnn, Oh" --
Stumers A Saodsrsss, Lmmith
'CUsFMOUNTAfN COLLIERY
SUPERIOR WHITE ASH
ANTHRACITE COAL,
,rom the Mammoth Vein, for Furn sees, found
ries, Steamboats and Family ue,
i r. Caumki., NuuTUCJ.HEUi.AaD CuciiTr, Pa
SIZES'OF COAL.
I,i;MP, for Mast Furnace, and Cupola.,
STEAMBOAT, for Steamboats, Hot Air
Furnaces and Slearo.
BROKEN, j For Gfgteg, SloTe. and Stea.
STOVE, ) For Stove, Sleam and burning
NUT, 5 Lime.
1'BA, for Limcburncr and making Mcnm.
Orders received at Mt. Carmel or Northum
brian:! Wharf, will receive prompt attention.
M. B. UhLL,
D. J. LKWIi,
WILLIAM ML'IIt.
May 3, 195C tf
O. OF XT- J-
Scnr-cuy COUNCIL, No. 30, O. of V. A.
M. meet every Ttmhav evening in the
American Hull, oppo.ile E. Y. Bright' .tore,
Market trcet. Snnbury, Pa. Member, of the
order ore respectfully requeued to attend.
M. L. SHIN DEL, C.
8. S. HtinnicM, R. 9.
Sunbury, Jon. 5. 1857. oct 20. '55.
VVASIIINOTON CAM P. No. 19 J. 8. of A
hold. it. stated meeting, every Thur..)ay
evening, in the American Hall, Market Street.
KU"bUry- A. ARTER SlIISSLER, P.
H. Y. Fniuso, K. S.
Sunbury. July 5, 1857. tf.
IMMEN SE EXCITEMENT ! I
involution in the Dry Goods Business ! ! !
J. F. & X. P. KLINE,
Respectfully announce to their friend, and the
public in general that they have received at their
Store in Upper Augusta township, Northumbcr
land county Pa., at Klinca Grove their Spring
iid Summer COODS, and opened to the public
a general assortment of merchandize See.
Consisting in part of Cloth., black and fancy
Casamerj, Satinetia, Check., Kentucky Jean,
together with a general assortment of Ppring
and Summer Good, adapted to all cla.aea of per.
ona. .
Ready maJe Clothing, eon.nting of Ceata and
Veata.
Ladies Brcss Goods,
Bumrr.cr Sbawla, Uinghaui., Lawna, Ducal.,
Calicoes, black Silka c.
Also a fresh .upply of Drug, and Medicinea,
Groceries il( c., of all kind..
A new eupply of Hardware. Queen.ware,
wooden ware Brooai.JC.
A large us.ortment of Boot, and Shoe, amia
ble for men women and children.
H ATS AND CAPS.
School Books, Stationery, Envelope., Ink, cVe.
Fish iso Salt.
And all good, usually kept iu a country atore.
Come and sec, Come one, come all.
The public aro rcspectfullv Invited to call and
ciainiue our stuck btlore purchasing elsewhere.
All of the above named stock of gooda will be
. ild positively at low pricea for cash, or in ex
change lor country prouuee bi iu uigu".
kct price.
Thankful for past favor w. hope by .tnct
attention to business to merit a continuance of
the same.
Kline'a Grove, Pa., May 16, l57 tf
A. J. CONRAD,
HOLLOWING RUN.
I ESPECTI'I LLY inform, the public that
i . be has reuleninlie d his Store with an ex-
n.iu.nt assortment of New Goods just received
irom Philadelphia, which he will sell on terma
s reasonable as any other establishment. Hi.
assortment con.isls in part of
CLOTHS, CASSIMEKES & SATTINETT,
'.Vinter Weara for men and boy., all. tylea anj
price!
Iadien Ircs CJoodt.
Consisting of Black Silks, Merino., Alpaca.,
De Laines, Calicoes, Ginghama, Muslin., Trim
mings, Ac.
Also a lrc.h aupply of GROCERIES ef all
kinds.
HARDWARE and QUEENSWARE,
Cedarware, Urooms, Ac. Also large assort
ment of Boots and Shoes, auUable for Men Wo
men and Children. Hats and Cape. Silk Hat.,
and all good usually kept in a Country Store.
All the shove namej iock of good will be
aid positively at low pricea for cash, or in ex
change for country produce, at the highest
market price.
Hollowing Run, Not. 59, 1SSB 1
riTUHT WHEEL. UHKISU.
np(HI3 Grease is recommended to the notice of
JL Wag-mere, Livery Blame kceiers, dec, aa
being ScrsaioH to anything of the kind ever in
troduced. Aa it doea not gum upon the axles
is much more durable, and is not atfected by
the weather, remaining the same in summer as
in winter, and put up in tin canister at 87J and
79 cents, for aale by A- W. J13HER.
March 11,18ST.-.
Select IJodqj.
EARLY RISING.
BY JOHN 0. SAXS.
"God hies. Ihe man who invented aleepl"
So Sancho Ponza aaid, and ao aay I:
And blesa him, also, that he didn't kaep
Hi. Rrc.t discovery to himself; or try
To make it aa the lucky fellow might
A close monopoly by "patent right!"
Yes blesa the man who first invented sleep
(I really can't avoid the iteration ;)
But blast the man with curse loud and deep,
Whate'er the rascal' name, or age, or ata
lion.
Who first invented, and went round advising,
Jliat artificial cut-olV Early Rising !
' Rise with the lark, and willi the lark to bed,"
Observe some solemn sentimental owl.
Maxims like thete are very cheaply uid ;
iut e'er you make yoiuself a fool or fowl,
Pray just inquire about the rise and full,
And whether lark have any beds at all I
The "time for honest folks to be a-bed,"
Is in the morning, if I reason right ;
And he who cannot keep his precious head
I'pon his pillow till it's fairly light.
Anil ao enjoy his forty morning winks,
I up to knavery ; or else he drinks i
Thompson, tvho .ung about the Season," aaid
It wa a glorious thing to rise tn scasun.
But then he said'it lying iu his
bed
t ten o'clock A. M. the very rei
very reason
He wrote so charmingly. The simple fact i
Hi preaching wasn't sanctioned by hia prac
tice.
'Tia doubtless wrll to le aometimc. awake
Awake to duty, and awake to truth
iutwhen, a!a! a nice review we take
Of our best deeds and days, we find, in ooth.
The hour that leave the slightest cause to weep
Arr those we passed in chiidhooJ, or asleep !
'Tis beautiful to leave the) world awhile
For the soft visions of the gentle night s
And free, at last, from mortal care or guile,
To live, aa only in the angels' sight,
In sleep' sweet realm so cosily shut in,
Where, at the worst, we only dream of sin !
So let us sleep, and give the maker praise.
I like the lad who, when his fither thought
To clip his morning nap by hackneyed phrase
Of vagrant worm by early songster caught,
Cried, ''served him right ! it's nut at all surpris
ing. The worm wa punished, sir, for early rising I
Select Salt.
A LOST INHERITANCE.
Tlio Paris correspondent of the New York
Express write thns :
1 have a story tn relate to your readers this
week, which, thonpb occupying more rpace
than I osually devote to incidents, conveys
so excellent a moral, thut I have yielded to
thp temptation to pive it in full.
The train from Taris to Lyons stopped at
the station of Joigny, a town upon tho route,
and again went on, uftor leaving a few pnssen
gers, The dupot, for a mnmeut crowed with
railroad agents and lookers-on, was soon de
serted by all but two individuals.
One of these was an old mun, dressed in the
gnrb of a well-to-do farmer ; the other, a youth
of Gve-and-tweuty, who seemed to be waiting
fur some one to meet him. To this personuge
the old man finally uddressed him. "May I
presnnie, sir," suid be, "to inquire if you are
Clement B."
"Yes, my good man," replied the youth
with a haughtiness of manner ; "and 1 have no
doubt you are Mr. Murtin."
"At your service, sir," returned the other.
'Well, Mr. Martin," continued Clement,
"I began to imagine you intended to keep me
wailing. That would not beeu the best man
ner in which to have insinuated yourself into
my good graces."
The old man, instead of replying, let bis
head fall upon his breast as if in deep afflic
tion, and conducting the new-comer towards
an old-fashioned carriage, to which a rough
looking horse was harnessed.
"Here is your carriage, sir," said Martin.
"If you will be good enough to get in 1 will
have the honor of conducting you tu the Her
mitage." "That my carriage!" cried Clement. "Why
I shall be taken for a traveling pedlar !"
Notwithstanding, as there seemed uo means
of avoiding it; he took his seut besidn the
old man, but not without expressions of dis
dain. In another moment the man had
seized the reins, and tho horse sturted on a
clumsy trot.
Hut few days before, Mr. Clement B.,
who now puts on so many grand airs, was a
simple clerk iu a crockery store in l'aris, and
possessed tho reputation ol being a quiet, un
pretending Iltlla lelloW. hut, tuen, bud
brought about this sudden and rudicul trans
formation 1 Ho had become, since the pre
vious day, a rich man ; and it may be well un
derstood that the possessor of un income of
20,000 francs a year finds it iliQicult to retain
the modest demeanor of a poor clerk. On
tho previous day, while dusting the crockery
under bis charge, a letter had arrived for him
by the post containing Ihe startling intelli
gence that one of his uncles, of whom he hud
often heard of as au eccentric and very
woalthy old man, but whom ho bad never
seen, had just died at his chateau in Burgun
dy, leaving his nephew, Clement, sole legatee
of his estates, to the exclusion of many other
heirs. The letter was from a notary of the
province, who desired him to leave l'urii im
mediately for Joigny, the town' near which
his uncle Lad resided, wbere he would be
met by Martin, au old confidential servant of
the defunct, and conducted from the railroad
to the "Hermitage," the name which the de
ceased bad given to his chateau and his es
tate, which constituted the main. Almost
driven out of his senses by suucb an unex
pected stroke of fortune, he hastened to obey
the notary's directions, and upon hit arrival
at Joieov. joined old Martin, as we have seen.
On jolted the queer vehicle, in which our
hero had so contemptuously taken a place,
uutil alter a ridu of several miles the occu
pants arrived at their destination. Martiu
offered the honors of the Hermitage to the
new proprietor, called all the servants, and
introduced tbem to their future master, and
then couducted the latter to bis apartments.
"Tins was the sleeping apartment of your
ancle, sold Martiu, as they entered a vast
apartment, furnished in old fushioned style.
It was the room be died in ten days ago.
Hut the nephew, instead of evincing aov
emotion upon being shown tbe chamber of
bis benelactor, tnrew upon ait srouuu a ioo
of scorn, and cried, "Upon my word, I can't
mt I think much of tb old boy's last ! I
never satt anything so frightfully ugly in till
toy life."
"Notwithstanding, sir," replied Martin,
"it's the best there is here ! and If you cannot
content yourst If I really do not know where
you will find othor lodgings."
"I live here I Yon don't Imagine I'm such
a donkey, I hope. For ub young fellows,
d'ye see, Paris is the old place so I shall sell
this old rookery at once, and bo off."
"Sell tbe hermitage, your nncle's favorite
place of residence! Impossible. And we
servant, who hoped to end our days under
this roof what will become of us I"
"Mr. Martin," retorted the young mnn,
"let me have none or your complumts, 1 beg.
Get me some dinner, and afterwards you will
drive mo to my nolnry s. "
After having eaten a hearty meal, notwitb
(landing he found the meats insipid and tho
wines sour, the legatee still accompanied by
Martin, re-entered the old curringe, and the
two ngmn started on.
"If I am uot mistoken," observed Mr.
Clement, after an hour's ride, "v.o passed
this spot this morning, and that," pointing to
a building, "is the railroad depot. Uo we
take Ihe curst"
"You, alone, will do so," responded his
companion, speaking very gravely, and in a
manner which caused the young man to
tremble in spite of himself. "I, sir, am your
uncle, anil, happily, 1 am not rinacl. lluving
heard good accounts of your conduct, I re
solved to make you heir of all Hint I possess ;
but, beloro doing so, 1 wished to know
whether you were really deseiving of my
generoi-ity, and I had recourse to stratagem,
which has thoroughly exposed your true
character to me. Good bye, Mr. Clement.
Hi-turn to your shop, and remember tbut your
arrogance and ingratitude have lost you that
which will never uguiu be placed within your
reach."
The old man then gave his foolish nephew
a few hundred francs to indemnify him for
the expenses or his trip, he took leave of him
at the door or the depot, and returned home.
The feelings of the youth may readily be
imagined, but, as tbo yellow-covered novels
say, "they canuot be described." 1 think
this true story is nn apt illustration ot the
maxim ; "Never hullo uutil you are out of
the woods."
From the Boston Trsve'er.)
BEAUCHAMP TRAGEDY
TIIE
IN KENTUCKY.
We were ied, a short time since, to recall,
i l connection with tbe novel of W. Uilmore
Simms, aud review the circumstances connec
ted with the well nigh forgotten lleauchump
tragedy, in which everybody in the country
was interested thirty years ago. In noticing
Mrs. Howe s new play rrcenllv. we speke of
its similarity in a singlo point to this Beau-
champ story; but the whole history of the
strange uU'uir is worth recalling from obli
vion.
Our main authority is tl o confession of
Beauchainp himself, made shortly before
bis execution, and printed in a thick pam
phlet at Bloomfield, Kentucky, in lSU.
1 his pamphlet, which contain also some let
ters of lieaucbamp, some verses by himself
and his wife, and au account of his lust hours
is exceedingly rare, the only copy we have
ever seen being that belonging to the Boston
Athenaeum ; and we heartily wish it could be
reprinted, for it bus vuslly more interest than
any novel Mr. Sitnms ever wrote.
On the night of aundav, the Gill of No
vember, 1825, Col. Solomon P. Sharpe, ono
of tho foremost lawyers in Kentucky, former
ly Attorney Gencrerul of the State, some
yeurs earlier a member of Congress, and at
that time a leader in the newly elected Mute
Assembly, was murdered at Frankfurt, under
circumstances of peculiar atrocity, lie was
roused Irom Lis bed by somo one knocking at
his door, and ho was there seized by the us-
sussin. who, after some words, stabbed him to
the heurt, almost in sight of his wile, n ho
rushed to his side, but too late to hear a syl
lable from him, or to learn in any way who
was his murderer.
Suspicion soon foil, however, on a young
lawyer named Beauchump, who wus arrested
tried and condemned apparently on false evi
dence, but who yet wus the real murderer.
l'urty animosity, then furiously excited
throughout the State by some question relat
ing to the courts, ascribed tbe murder to po
litical hatred, for Sburpo wus the leuder of
bis party, and tbe luol ot tbe people ; nor was
it till alter the trial that tho astounding story
of Ueauchump's actual crime and his reasons
for it were made public by his own iugeuious
confession.
Some yeors before, Apparently as early os
early as If 18, Col. Sharpe had seduced Miss
A u n 10 Uouke, a young lady ol respect nolo la
mily, educated und refined, mid us appears
from her subsequent course, of tinustiul force
and severity of character. Proud and intense
of feeling, she withdrew entirely from the so
ciety where she hud been admired and court
ed, and with ber widowed mother, ber books
and her slaves, she hid ber disgrace- iu the
most complete seclusiou of a Kentucky plan
tation.
It wus hero thut Beauchahip, in a fatal
biur for both, sought her out, urged himself
on her acquaintance, fell pussiouulely in love
with her, uud, led on by his passion, devoted
himself, with a barbarous uiiignanimity, tu
her dreadful thirst for vengeuuee on her be
trayer, llecuuuot have been morn than
nineteen years old at this time, and he bud
been on the point of commencing the study
of law with Col. Sharpe, when he was repel
led from such a conuecliou by the story ot bis
villany toward Miss Uooke. Uenerous,
though ungovernable of temper, he looked
with uversiuii on a man so stained regarding
him as "no better than horso thief," os he
himself naively says.
His natural pity fur Miss Cooke was
strengthened by the praise bestowed on ber
beauty and wit by a friend of bis ho bad
been ber former admirer. He visited her in
self-imprisonment, but she refused to see him;
be insisted uud she at last came lorlh, but
she received him coldly. He pretended a de
sire to use ber library, and borrowed a book
which gave him a pretext to call again iu a
few days, when he ugain saw her. Little by
little ber reserve wore off, while his enthusi
asm for her grew into fervent love. Ho ur
ged bis suit aud besought ber band in mar
riage, which she at first steadily refused, aud
only -yielded finally on condition thut be
should first kill Col. Sharpe.
This was iu 1821, and in the Autumn of
that year he went to rrnnkfort lor the ex
press purpose of challenging Sharpe, and of
shooting him if he declined. The two walked
out together along tbe river at I'laukTort,
and when tbey bad come to a retired place
outside the town, lieaucbamp disclosed to
Sharpe in what relation be stood to M iss
Cooke, and asked if be would fight him. Tbe
hute of tbe enrged man turned to scorn at wbat
be thoueht the most glaring cowardice, he
struck Sharp.) in the face, called biu) by tbe
most insultinar names, and swore be would
caoe bim iu the streets every day till be for
ced Mm to duel. J bey parted, ana cany
next morning Sharps left Frankfort, and
ueancuamp lost his opportunity.
Miss Cooke now resolved tokill tiorbe'r r
er with her own hand, and with Beo'ic hamn
she contrived a Plot as artful a that bv which
Leonora betrans Iothrrvto bring him to her
house, where she could shoot him. This fail
ed, and after a long time she gave up her
cherished plan, and left the murder again to
Beauchamp, who, meanwhile, by a sophistry
such as familiarity with a dreadful purpose
often produces, bad persuaded himself that it
would be right to kill bis enemy, not openly,
ss he had first purposed, but by assassina
tion. Accordingly, after bis marriage with Miss
Cooke, in June, 1824. be formed his olsn for
the dued. Never was a murder more delibe
rately committed. For more than a year
ho wus busy making nrrnnjements so that no
evidence could be brought against him. He
even deferred the act till after an election,
hoping that Thomson, who ran for Governor
against Desha, in 1624, would pardon him if
he were chosen, as he was not. Disappointed
in this, ho determined to kill Sharpe at such
time that his death would seem occasioned by
political enmity ; for which reason he chose
the beginning of a session of the legislature,
in which, as we have eaidSbarpo was a prom
inent man.
lie traveled to Frankfort, as if on business,
iodged at the houso of a relative of Col.
Sharpe, and disguised as a negro, he lurked
about the house of his victim till he made
sure he was within. He then knocked, called
him to the door, showed bis face thut he
might have the agony of knowing who his
murderer whs, and then Blabbed him to the
heart. The unfortunate mun knew his assas
sin, but so sure had been tbe blow, that the
only words be spoke were, "pray, Mr. Beau
champ," at the snme timo striving to throw
his arms about his neck ; but no one heard
that exclamation, and Beauchamp bad the
satisfaction of seeing that no such evidence
as this could bo brought agdiust bim. He
lingered near the bouse till he was seen by
Mrs. Sharpe, then went back to bis lodgings.
After having resnmed his own dress, and
with a tranquil and satisfied heart, as he savs
himself, he luy down to sleep.
In the morning the wholo town was in ex
citement at the horrid deed. Beanchnmp's
host suspected him, but his calm demeanor
did away all suspicion, and he was allowed to
leave Frankfort without molestation. Ashe
drew near home, bin wife, who bad been
anxiously awaiting his return, saw him ap
proach waiving a red flag, which hud been the
token of success agreed upon between them.
Sho was full of joy, like himself, at the ful
filment of ber just vengeuanco, as they
thought it, and they talked over the details of
the crime with a fearful satisfaction.
Beauchumti wus soon arrested, as lie ex
pected to be, but contrary to his expectations,
lie found thut all his plans to destroy evidence
had been fruitless. Circumstances those
fatal caves-droppers bore too sure witness,
and where a link was wanting in tho chain of
testimony, it was easily supplied by exagge
ration or perjury. 11" was convicted on the
lUlb of May, 1M2G, and in spite of tbo doubts
of many eminent lawyers, who maintained
tbut there wub no existing luw to punish
murder, he was executed on the 7th of July
following. He bud in vain tried to throw
the crime on some other person, and to obtain
a purdon Irom Gov. Deslia. who, to be sure,
bad pardoned his own son, twice convicted of
murder and robbery.
These details may seem like those of a com
mon murder, too common iu these days un
fortunately, deriving their interest only from
a morbid craving for a knowledge of such
horrors. Hut there is a deeper reason why
the atrocities of Iieuuchamu und bis wile-
stand forth in prominence on the sud calendar
of crime. The feeling which impelled them
was an lusatiublo thirst for vengenunce, it is
true ; but this finds some excuse, in the great
ness of their victim's guilt ; while it is exulted
ubove the fury of the ordinary mnrder by the
solemn fuunticism which made them regard it
as a duty, and by the tenderness of their love
for each other. Nothing can bo more touch
ing than the gentleness and reverence wilb
which, everywhere in bis confession, Heuu
champ speaks of his wile ; and she, in turn,
seems to have felt tbe most eutbusiustic
affection for bim. He was her chevalier
her champion, and the champion of injured
virtue everywhere; and iu her steady rel'usul
to outlive bim, she showed tho constancy of
a Homun matron, and died as heroically as
Ll ruins' Portia, or the more famous l.ucretia.
After his conviction she spent much time
with him, and in the hope of dying together
they both took poison, which, however, proved
iiielfectuul. They were then carefully guard
ed, but in spite of this, on the morning of his
execution, they contrived to stab themselves.
LSeauchump was not mortuily wounded, but
his wife lingered only a few hours after his
execution. As he wus carried to Ihe gallows,
too weak to sit on bis coffiu in the curt, ac
cording to the burburous custom, be asked
to be taken to bis wife, then lying unconscious
from her wound. He laid his band on ber
face, und sought in vain to muke brr lecog
nizo bim ; then bidding her the tenderest
farewell, uud bowing to the ladies ad the
windows, as he pussed uluiig thu streets, be
weut on to the scaffold.
Some verses by Mrs. Beauchamp, written
just before her deuth, and printed iu the
pamphlet above mentioned, supported tne
conception of ber character which one forms
Iroui her wonderful story. 1 bey all relate to
her husband's crime and fate, aud their style
indicates a cultivated mind and a lofty and
poetic nature. A single stanza, m which she
speuks of ber husband dying with her, may
serve as a specimeu :
'Ai d wedded to kis side my form shall li.
Eaeirck-d by his arm, for nought but f.to
Could movelny stubborn spirit, free lo di.
With all my soul holds dear ful food, or great "
Novels and plays have been built on this
story, and perhaps that of Mr. bimms is tbe
best among them ; but it is impossible for
fiction to equal the anlul simplicity with
which Beauchamp' confession portrays the
whole series of events. Nut tun Othello so
much absorbs our interest or moves our emo
tions. The action proceeds with the dreadful
certainty of the Greek tragedy, wbere an
invincible lute drives on tue nonio ana gene
rous to crime. In the wilderness of Ken
tucky, among attornies and planters, and
backwoodsmen, you see agaiu Orestes and
tlectra, Clytemuestra and Agamemuou ; and
the events are as sublime and terrible as any
which yfcschylus or Sophocles have immortal
ized in verse.
"Oil. Icuch of nature make, the whole world km."
A roan tried in Boston for stealing a horse
and wagon, being called to speak for himself,
said : "I have nothing to say in particular
The fuel is, wbeu I get half or two third
drunk I thiuk everything I see belongs to
me." Whereupon the Boston Post makes
this parenthesis : "There are some very sober
people who act as if tbey think just as Joe
dues wbeu be is drunk,"
isccllancous.
Y Matdr Sfhviit is a Damsel of a plea
sante dyspositions ys a verio great helpetoye
goode Hovse-vvvfe. Ye , cheerful Mayden
vvyl synge righte" mertiely abovt ye llovse.
She ljketh belter a merrie gong'e than ye
PbuIiiics of Slerneholde & Hoppkyns. She
Ivkevvrse lonulh not in ln,la ( r
yeLordovpon a pleasant Sabbathe; but yf
soe be that aha tnvirht. vvnlila rnHri!
jnyo Fields & Woodus vvytli herr svvete-
ncarte, sitt vvyth bym ju some shudie
plnyco, vutyl ye goinge dovvno of ye sun.
" myisu jo ueeu, iisio nearttin vntoe
mO. all Vl llvahlknilita vt if la unit t,.-Btn
for ye Goodman of ye Hvse to have much
tnlke vvytli ye Damsel, more especinllie yl
she becoinelin fair tn 1
peradventure, ye Good-vvfo sbovrld be trov-
1.11. ..1 . L. Jl . , .
umvu Yvjui jcaiousie inereaii tne wnycu
ys nolt goode yn maytuinyiug ye penco of yo
iiucae-uuiuu,
Comino Ai.oxo. V. Vernot has calculated
tho orbit of the comet recently discovered by
a Berlin astronomer. He appears to be ap
proaching the earth so rapidly that it will
soon present a fine object lo the nuked eye.
At present it is believed that it is not
Charles tho Fifth's comet, of which there has
been so much talk, and destined to coma into
collision with the earth on the 13th of last
month. Its position is in the constellation
t erseus. I be comet wouderera can now
start a fresh excitement.
TllK fisilif Tt.Tt nnin T?n.rw,.. - .v.
w i.nivur, ivfua nie
Ohio at bteubenvi lie. ami nf iha mmA ikK
across the "pan-handle" at Pittsburg, is
about to be completed, the Cincinnati papers
say, by the Pennsylvania Central Kuilrond
company, wno nave come forward with the
means to enablu it tn hn rinil,a.l k. i. i.
- VJ kliU l.i
of rebruary uext.
It is related of a certain atenoornnhor fntut
of his nips, that be is an excellent reporter,
and in nroof it was shown thut if a man .r.
to talk brundy for two hours and a half, be
could take it all down. Boston Gazelle.
Cultivating a Railroad. Th e Aubnrn (N
Y.l A merican savs that "mile, and eon-i.. nf
miles within tbo fenced track of the Central
Railroad are planted with potatoes by the
employees of that great roud." These ''rail
road farms', are attended to mostly by the
t ui lug uiii pil1 CIS,
A glass-bottle and cork establishment is
under wuy in California, for tho purpose of
famishing the means of bottling op the na
tive wino which promises to amount to some
thing. Cork trees grow in Los Anngelos
county, the grapes ripeu on the hills, und in a
few yenrs we shall hear of the "vintage-time"
in California, as a most important yearly
epoch.
A IIkalthv Statu of Moral. "What is
tho state of morula in your district ?" said a
loni? fucudd reformer tn a fiirmnr uU bud
recently visited town.
"I retty good replied the farmer, "every
body seems disposed to mind their own busi
ness iu our purls."
A bacheler correspondent sends tbe Bos
ton I'ust the following: "Tell mo, yo winged
wiuus mtu rouuu my patuway roar, no ye not
know some spot where women fret ua more f
Some lone aud pleasant dell, some 'holler' hi
in tho crouud. where babies never veil, am!
cradles aro not found? The loud wind blew
the snow into face, nnJ enickered as it an
swered, 'nary place.
A Gentleman or Alabama, was lying in bed
one morning, when a friend, stepping in, said:
"V- .breakfast is coining ou j" "Let
it come," exclaimed P , with a look of
defiance,"! am not al'ruid or it."
Madame Do Genlis, says somebody, repro
ved her librarian for putting bdoks written by
male ar.d feiimle authors upon the same-shelf.
"Never do it," said she, "without putting a
prayer book betweeu them."
Tbe waterfalls which surrround the Valley
of 7.0 llamite in California, are beleived to be
the loTtiest in the world. One of them is es
timated ut20U0 feet high.
A divine informed a sailor that the devil
was chained up.
"How long is tho ropo?"
"Oh," was the dignified reply, "it extends
over the win le world."
Does it," rejoinder Jack, "if so the lubber
might as well bs loose."
A cubic mile of ocean contains two pounds
aud three quarters weight of silver.
Such is the velocity and force of a common
rocket that the stick or one on the 4th in Hus
ton penetrated through u solid gutter or wood,
three inches thick.
A little daughter of Jacob Darton of II urn
melston, near liarrisburg. Pa., was killed lust
Sunday, by the breaking of a swing rope.
Her father was swinging her at the timo.
Ak AcoMMODATiso I.aMii.osd. A board
ing house keeper ill Baltimore, Md., advertises
to "furnish gentlemen with pleasant and e4iii
fortuble rooms. Also, one or two gentlemeu
with wives.
The poppy, which produces opium, Uculti
vated in India, where more than 1U0.OU0 acres
are occupied for this purpose.
Dr. Ueese, of the New York State Lunatic
Asylum, who was bnrued at the late tiro tbeie
died yesterday afternoon, from the effects of
bis injuries.
A lady of rank, complaining that her hus
band was dead to fashionable umusement he
replied, "But then my dear, you make me
ulive to the expense."
A (Jurat Saviso. The Tuhuantepet tran
sit ir said to lessen the distance from New
York to San Francisco California, 2,200
miles.
Who Is the slrohgesl man T Ho that can
lift bis notes everyday without borrowing.
Tbe lowest place in the region of eternal
despair is reserved for hypocrites.
TheTerre Haute Kxpress reports the death
of Mrs. llannegan, wife of ex Senator Hanoe
gan, at Covington, la.
One of the boys tells of a scarecrow made
by Uncle Ben. It not only scared off every
crow that saw it, but ono crow was so frcight
ened that be brought back the corn he stole
three days before.
A man attempted to seize a favorable op
portunity, a few days since, but bis bold slip
ped, aud he full to the ground considerably
injured.
No man living should fay an ill word
against th doctors.
Fifteen deaths resulted from lightning Wed
nesday, laut id Ohio,
1 a t i r g .
fclFFERENCES.
The King can drink the best of wino
So cm 1 1
And has enough when he would dine
So havo I ;
And cannot order Rain or Shine
Nor can I.
Then whore's jhe difference let me seo
Bolwixt my Lord the King and me T
Do ttusty friends surround their throue
Night and day?
Or make his interest their own?
No, uot thev.
Mine lote me for mysolf atone
Bless'd be tbey !
And that's one difference which I see
Betwixt my Lord the King and me.
Do knaves aronnd me lie iu wait
To deceive,
Or fawn and flutter when they hate,
And would grieve T
Or cruel pomps oppress my state,
By my leave T
No, Heaven be tbunked I A lid herb you can
soe
More difference twixt the King and me 1
He has bis fools, with jests and quips,
When he'd play ;
lie has his armies and bis ships
Great are they ;
But not a child to kiss bis lips,
Welba-day ;
And that's a difference sad to soe
Butwixt my Lord the King and me.
I wear the cap and be the crown
Wbatoribat? ;
I Bleep on straw and he on down
What or that T
And he's the King and I'm the clowa
What or that t
If happy I, and wretched he,
Perhaps tbe King would chungo with me!
CUARI.K8 Mckat.
farmer's gifpavinunt.
Effects of Clover Hay on Animals.
Some lalo writers have tuken tho position
that clover bay produces a mo3t injurious ef
fect on domestic animals, particularly horses :
and that to this cause the great increase ol
diseased horses is to attributed. We lately
heard a farmer affirm that he beleived tbe in
troduction of clover luy iuto general culti
vation tho greatest curse yot inflicted on the
country, and 6ssigncd as a reason for this sin
gular opinion, its effects on animals when
used us fodder. Late Knglish writers buvo
attributed to this kiuJ of liuv tho prevalence
of heaves iu horses, and tho great increase of
other diseases that effect thu respiratory or
gans. This is a most importanljsubject, und
should receive a full investigation. Clover is
tco important a plant to be discarded or con
demned, except upou tbo most satisfactory
evideuce. Its vulue as a fertiliser and a pre
parative for wheat, to say nothing of its use
for pasture aud buy, would demand that it
should not be condemned uuheard. For our
selves, we have very little belief in the injuri
ous properties assigned to clover. Wo have
used it coustnntly lor pasture and for bay,
more than thirty yeors, and never, to our
knowledge, has any auimul suffered from it ;
certainly, uo horso has beeu taken wilb the
heaves when fed on it, or while in our posses
sion. As hay for sheep we have considered
it unrivaled, uud Should have no fears that any
stock would winter well, w ith a supply of well
cured clover buy.
And here lies, wo think, the great source
of objection to clover hay. It is too often
imperfectly cured. To save the leaves and
the beads, which are apt to full in handling or
curing, tho hay is put into the barn while the
l.vge steins are lull of moisture or the uaturul
juices, and tbe fermentation which ensues
causes tho whole mass to btcuino dump ; and
if not spoiled wholly, it becomes mouldy, black
aud wheu used raises such a dust, it is nc
wonder thut horses uud cattle are choked or
their lungs destroyed. Our experience shows
that clover may be perfectly cured without
losing any or its valuuble parts ; cured so thut
when red out, uo more dust will be dying than
from timothy or herds-grass, and we shall bo
slow to believe that from such buy any in
jury to animals over ensues. Ohio YalUy
Farmer.
Amenean Wined.
The Amcricon grape crop is becoming
something of an iiistitutio in our country .
In the Great West, especially iu Ohio and
Missouri, thousands ofucresaro set upart for
thu cultivation of the vine and large quantities
of witie are now manufactured uuuu.uly. it
has been demonstrated by numerous e'xpeii
ments, thut our nutive grapes produce wines
fully as good as best imported from ubrund
uud so well aware are thu people of Ohio and
Missouri of this fact, that most of them pre
fer their own to tho best imported brands.
No crop, wo have beeu informed, yields a more
profitable return for the cure aud lubor ex
pended upon it', than the grape.
Oue aero produces about four hundred gal
lons of juice, and thu wine sells at a high price
the demand for it being greater than tbusup
sply. This very circumstances, however, has
led to its adulterutiou in some cases, as liq
uids have been sold for tbe pure native juice
of the grape which were but mixtures of log
wood, caramel, and a little native v.iue, to im
part its pewiliur aroma to the whole. It is
greatly to ne regretted than any wino manu
facturer should do such a thing ; but fur all
tbis there aro a number of Ohio brands much
prized by those who have quaffed the juice of
the grape in sunny Franco ou tbe banks of
the lthiue aud Douro. 'i he brands of Mr.
Yeutman, of Citiciunali, and some others have
a very high reputation in the market.
The soil and tbe climate or several of onr
States are very favorable for the cultivation
of the grape, aud we think that not many
years hence, tbo importation of loreigu wines
will ceace eutirely.
Ju Missnurri, a whole Country is chlely de
voted to the ruisiug of graH-r, wub tho sole
view of manufacturing them into wine ; while
Company has been formed there, with a
large capital, to manufacture, bottle, store and
sell it. Tbe wiue made in Missouri is quite
equal to the best in Ohio. The vineyards
around Ciucinuatti are extending rupidly
every year; one horticulturist alone, as wu
learn from a coteuiporary, sold oue millous of
cuttings iLe presdut season.
Whenever a plentiful supply of good pure
native wine is obtained it will supersede dis
tilled and malted liquojs beverages which
art now toe eommoniy used,
I.AnoE Wheat Growers. A gentleman
who seemed to be conversant with tbe. fscts
h id informed the Fredericksburg Herald tbat
Richard Baylor, Esq., would make on hit
Sandy Point osiatc. lying along James Rivof;
twenty thousand bushel of wheal this teaton !
And that Mr. jtllcn; whose estate or estates
border on tin same river, would make thirty
thousand Imthel of wheat! Mr. Allen is rep
resented to have made as much aa 25,000
bushels heretofore. We presume he is one
of the largest wheat growers in the State.
Mr. Baylor has also A large estate on the
Kafipabunnock, some 5,000 acres, if our mem
ory serves us correctly, and in all probability
grows tfiore wheat and corn than any other
man in Yirginiu. Richmond Whig.
Cft.TiTATios ofTunNirs. Tho flat turnip
is much esteemed for table use. Tbe time for
sow ing is during the latter part of tbe preset) t
month or first days in Angnst. Large crops
have been raised on newly-cleared land, which
was too rnoti to be plowed, by raking and
bufning it over, and then harrowing it befoTo
sowiug the seed. Where the ground can be
cultivated properly it should be freshly broken
and harrowed beforojsowing. Bow in coludy,
damp weather before a moderate rain, if pos
Sible. A top dressiug of asbes, sown broad,
cast, will be very beneficial to the plants. If
troubled by thu Py, sow some flour of brim
stone on tbo pluuts while wet with dew.
Keep tbo weeds down, and tbe ground loose
with a hoe, if you tvabt an extra yield.
Appr.ViN'i Makcrf. os tbk Sciefacb ix Th
Agitmn. Tho Country Gentleman says our
esteemed correspondent, John Johnson, in a
private letter says : "1 like your friend B.,
of Niagara county. I am much pleased that
he is going to try my plan of manuring. I
know full mauuring will have a hard strnggle
to get into use ; but it is like any other im
provement tbat does npt correspond with tbe
notions of old fogies, theorists, and profess
ors of agricultural sciunce, falsely so called.
1 would rather have two loads of Ointiufe ap
plied to tbe surface in thu full, than five plow
ed undbri"
... j .j. viiu.nuuiiri uco will-
mucicated the following as the mean results
of a great number of determinations of tho
average amounts of ash contained in various
' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 f, l-f.n ir ( nmn,-i. r.P .nli r. n l.n nil
.no uu-iajju .uiuuub ui aau iicu nil
kinds of wood aro as follows: 100 partu
wood from young stems, 1.23 ; stockwood,
1.31 ; branches, 1.54 ; twigs, 2.27.
Tub Grape in California. It is statod
that the cultivation of grape and the manu
facture of wiue are rapidly finding favor in
California. Already several enterprising citi
zens have engaged extensively in these now
branches of culture and manufacture, and
with highly satisfactory prospects.
Salt ronPi.i'M Tkkes. It is now almost
impossible to cultivate any kind of plums in
this climate, unless salt enters liberally a) Stl
iucredient in tho compost applied to them. -When
this article is used in conjunction with
honse-ashes, there appears rarely to be much
difficulty in producing cood aud healthy trees,
which ultimately prove highly productive of
fair and well-developed fruit.
Fi.our Contract. Tho Lousiville (Ky.)
Courier of Thursday last, states that a cou
tract has been made to deliver 1 000 barrels
of Hour in tbat city next March for 6-1, 50 per
barrel.
Recipes.
Bi.acRdkrry Win)?. The Richmond Ame
rican gives the following recipe for Black
berry Wiuo: Measure your berries and bruise;
tbem ; to every gallon adding one quart of
boiling water. Let the mixture stund 24
hours, stirring occasionally; then strain oil
the liquor into a cask, to every gallon adding
two pounds of sugar; cork tight and let it
stand till following October, nnd you will
hnvo wine ready for use, without further
straining or boiling, that will mako lips
smack as they never smacked under similar
influence, before.
Km iNc, Pea!i3. Downing says, "Many
sorts of pears that are comparatively tough
if ripened in a cool apartment, become very
melting, buttery and juicy when allowed to
mature in a room kept nt a temperature of
CO or 70 degrees." He also writes "So
iinportaut is tho ripening of pears in the
house that most amateurs of this fruit find it
to their adVantago to have a small room set
apart aud fitted up with shelves in tiers, to be
nsed solely as a fruit room."
Mr. Ilovey states "he keeps his winter
pears as bo keeps bis apples ia barrels iu
the cellar."
A Good Domestic MemcNE. The follow
ing is an excellent preparation of baik in the
form of beer very agreeable to the tuste.
A gallon or water, to a batidful of hops ; boil
fifteen or twenty minutes, then remove from
the fire and add a quarter of a pound of yel
low bark, cover and infuse nearly two hours ;
add one or two heaping tablespuonfuls ofgiu
ger. In fifteen minntes after straiu off, and
when about as warm as new milk add half a
pint or molussess ; keep rather warm until
fermentation tukes place, or froth appears ou
thu surface; bottle it, and to euth bottle add
a little essence of winter green. A favoritu
receipt or a very eminent physician. Th
Jl'j'iu stead.
Ct itK ion a TlATTt.ns.N ahi? Bite Tbe Mad
ison (Wis.) Journal contains the fallow,
ing
"We are informed by Dr Ward that tL
rhild of Mr. White, thut was bitten by a rat
tlcsnake IuM week, has recovered. Thereme.
dy used is so simple ahd attainable by every
one thut it ought to be generally known,
Thu bund which was bitten and arm were en
veloped in a poultice or moistened ashes and
the child was made to drink frecly'of whitkey
punch.
To Seal Presertfs Beat the white of
an egg; tuke good white paper, (tissue is
best.) cut it tbe sizo aa rnu rennira unit ,lin it
in the ecir. wettinsr bulb sides ('
jars or tumblers, carefully pressing down the
unj-e. ui inn paper. v lieu Ury, It Will be AS
tight as a drum board.
To Remov Fhvit StaKs. Let tlie stained
Dart cf the cloth imbibe a lit 1 OS a! tit.
out dipping. Hold the part over a 'lighted
common brimstone match at a proper dis
tance. The anllilinrir.n. 4.1.,'..k 1- .1:.
L v . i g .uivu i. un
charged by burning the makh in
kinds 01 wood, uried at 140 degrees : Ash
given by J00 parts of willow, 2.00; aspen,
1.73; ouk, 1.C5; aider, 1.33; red beach,
LOG: nine. 1.04: fir. !); hirch- 0 SS.