I V. .; m ( i i i (.'!. - r i ,. ' t ! '''.' ".' '. ' -a, mi i lltlOltf eraitt SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1857. OLD SERIES, VOL- 17. NO- 50. NEW SERIES, VOL. 10, NO. 24. The Sunbury American. rtJBLIBHED BYEET SATURDAY BY H. B. MASSER, r Market Square, Sunbury, Penna. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. two DOLI.AP.9 per nuunm to be (mid hstf yearly in mlvnrc.. No paper '.liKonlinmHi Belli u. are will. Alicon.moi.ic.tim.. or letter, on bo'h.c. relating to fumee, to insula attention, murt tw l'OBl PA11. TO CLUBS. Three cople. one address, SBven go v bo 500 1(1 (Kl r i icon - Five dollars In advance will pay for thrs. year', sub scription to tl.a American. P.Mtmorter. will please act a. our Aeenti, and Iran to do tin. undei ll.e Post Office Law. . : I- 1111 Ull ' TERMS OF ADVERTIS1NB. one Squn.e of IS line., 3 timo., Vverr .uiwequent in.ertion, tine Scina.e, 3 month., ' month., 10? 8 SiK tnO 81 lO 300 Cine" Card, of Five line., per anniim veur, with the pr.v.lese of Inserting Afferent adve.t..emenl. weekly. . rf Lar.et Adve'li.eme.it..a per agreemeni, JOB PRINTING. .. .uiih nnr AstaMiBiimeiit leoo wel vMoBotFWB, wlmh will ...H. . to ecuto jheV?.tyle, every variety of nroU.,.. H. B. 1SSSR ATTORNEY AT LAW, tUNBUHT, PA. Business attended to in the Counties of Nor ihumbcrlantl, Union, Lycoming Monlour and Columbia. References i Philadelphia: Hon. Job RTtson, . "''?"? "" Sumers A Snodarass, n,,'Jm,", 1 lOCUSTHOUKTAnr colliery superior WHITE ASH ANTHBACECB COAL, from the Mammoth Vein, for Furn area, Found rica, Steamboats Mid Family use, Mt.Cau.ue1, NuKTitcmntfcusB Coukti, 1a. at SIZES OF COAL. LUMP, for BIbbI Furmrc-ca anJJpl"B c-i'iMMiin t'l'. for Steamboats, Hot Air Furnaces and Steam. BROKEN, por jratc, Stoves and Stea. STOVE, For 8tovos, Steam and burning NUT, $ Lime. . TEA, for LlmeburrrcTs nd making Steam. Orders received at Ml. Carmel or Nortliuin. isrland Wharf, willroceive prompt attention. 1). J. LEWI, WILLIAM MUIR. May 3, 1856. tf ol OIF "EX- -A- SUNBURY COUNCIL, No. 30, O. of U. A. M. mecU every Ttkskat evening in tlio An.erican Hall, opposite K. Y. Bright, .tore, Market atreet, Si.nbury, Ta. Members or the order aro respectfully requested to eitond- M. L. SillMlbL, C. 8. S. Hesi.hu k, R. 8. Sunbury, Jan. fi, 1857. oct 2055. iVASlUNUTON CAMP, No. 19 J. 8. of A t T Man ita alaled mectinRa every Thursday evening, in the A-nerican Hall, M.irket Street, U""Ury- A. ARTCll SHISSLER, P. II. Y. Fnitisn, K. 8. Sunbury. July 5, 1 857. tf. . IMMENSEEXCITEMENT ! ! Revolution in the Dry Goods Business ! ! ! J. P. 8l I. F. KLINE, r.eapectftilly announce to their friend, and Hie Vifulic in general that they have received at their in K.,..er Aueiwta township, Northumber land county I'a., at Kline afirovo their Spring and Bummer COODS, and opened to the public n onicral assortment of merchandize 4c j '...utfidinff in uarl of Cloths, black and fancy i,...J'mM Sutinetta. Checks. Kentucky Jean j....,il,ur with a oeneral assortment of Spring ml Bummer tioods adupted to all classes of per- .Ready made Clothing, consisting of Ceats and VOUtK. TAiAm Ttrnca nnnns. mrr.er Shawls. Uiiichama, Lawns, Ducals, Calicoes, black Silks e. Also a fresh supply of Df"8 nJ Medicines, jwriiu ,l c. of all kinds. A new supply of Hardware, Queensware, wooden ware Brooms ,yc A large assortment of Boots and Shoes suita ble for men women and children. HATS AND CArs. School Books, Stationery, Envelopes, Ink, Ac. Kihh ash Salt. And all goods usually kept in a country store, i ua r.nmA mm. ciime all. The public are respectfullv Invded to call and All of the above named Block of goods will De nn-itivelv at low prices for cash, or in ex change for country produce at the highest mar .f i i,f..l tnr r,t farorfl we hone by strict Mi.mi.,n to business to merit a continuance of the name. Kline's Grove, Ta., May 16, 157. tf A. J. CONRAD, HOLLOWING RUN. I ESPECTFULLY informs the public that . h h. renlenished his Store with ail ex y.IUut assortment 01 w v.oons iui rem. roin Philadelphia, which he will sell on terms ........ ,,., I., a. m other estublUlnneiit. His i. ....... ...niiu iii uart of CLOTHS, CA8SIMEKE8 & HATTINETT, Winter Weara for men and boys, allstylus and prices i.iiil'K M IJi-cfei Goods :o...isliiiir of Black Silks, Merinos, Alpacas, Da Laines. Calicoes, (Jiiijjhaius, Muslins, 1 run ' AUoalresh supply of GROCERIES of all kinds. HARDWARE and QUEENSWARE, ivi...,. Ilrnmnii. Ac. Alsoalariie assort ment of Boots and Shoes, suitable for Men Wo men and Children. Hats and Caps, Silk Hats, aud all goods usually kept in a Country Store. All the above named slock of goods will be sold posiliveiy at low prices for cash, or in ex .change for country produce, at the highest .market price. Hollowing Run. Nov. a, lSSO, -lv PATET WHEEL. UUEISE. THIS Grease is recommended to the notice of Wagoners, Livery Stable keepers, cVc, as being Surmioa to anything of the kind ever in troduced. At it docs not gum upon the axles -is much more durable, and is not all'ected by the weather, remaining the aaine in summer as in winter, and put up in (in canisters at 37 and 75 cents, Tor sulo by A. W. Fl 511 tit. March 14,1857. , (From the Ballimora Patriot.) NEVEB GIVE UP. Never give up, though all Taint and heart weary v Be tho lopes thoo bot buried, but steps to thy will To mount the dim future now silent and dreary, Beyond hope', horizon some light lingers still. , ' Never give op while the lamp of lilo burn tith, Though wasted with watching, be feeble Its flume ; The light may snDice, ere to darkness it burneth On Time's brightest record to blazon thy Dauie. Never give up till thy heart shall endow thee With strength to o'orcome in tho conflict with sin ; Nover give up. though the strife may sub due thee, Thy courage undaunted, a blessing shall win. Never give np, though to time bo not given To perfect the good thy genius ha9 pluun'd Auother shall strive where in vaiu thou . hast striven, Auother have strength in tho strugglo to slnnd. Philadelphia, 7th mo., 18.r7. grkt Calf. HUGGED BY A SERPENT. 1 was brought np near the Canadian lino in Vermont. My futher owned a lurgo farm, though he was an Iron worker by trade. I think he made some of the best rifles ever nsi'd. Not fur from his farm wos quite a lake. We used to enjoy ourselves at fishing and shooting, for wo had one of the best sailboats ever put into fresh water. AVe knew thero were plenty of snakes about tljis lako, especi ally on one part of it a wide piece of flats, here tho water lay most of tho year, and here the tall crass and reeds grew thickly. It was a sort of bay, making up iuto a cove on tho opposilo side from the farm. We had seen some lurL'O snakes in tho water there, nd 1 had tried to shoot them as they swam with their heads tip, though I never happened to got ono of them in that way. I am suro I hit some of them, but they managed to cot away into tho grass ; and I had no desire to lollow them, especially into sucn a place Most of those thut J. saw were tho common black water snake, but they were not all liko. .Some of tho largest ones had a licht colored ring round tho nuck ; and I was told, by those who knew, that these latter were by far tho strongot and most dangerous. However, I was destined soon to have my eyes opened, une aiternoon l saw a nocuoi black clucks uy over llie house, otm l was suro they lighted on the lake, so 1 seized my oublo barrelou gun and amutiilitin, aim started off. When 1 reached tho lauding 1 saw tho ducks away off by tho opposite shore. 1 at ouco cut some creeu boughs with my tiifrt ; and having rigL'od up thu bows of a mall flat boUotnud scull wo kept on puipose for such work, 1 jumped in and started off. There was a bole in tho stern through which we could nut the oar, and thus scull tho boat without sitting up in sight, bo from where the ducks were my contrivance hnd the appear ance only of a simple mess of boughs flouting along upon Hie wuter. 1 bad cot uoar enoucit lor a snot, onu uau rawn in the scull, and was m inn eel oi takinr up my Run, when tho ducks started p. As quick as possible I drew ono hnm mer and let drivo. I hit two of them, but thev dida't fall iuto the water. They flutter ed alone until thev fell among tho lull grass up in the covo. 1 be water was low, ana tuo place was dry where they wero I pulled up as fur as I could, and got out and waded up. j 1 knew very near where one of tho ducks bad fallen, and very soou hud my eye on it. As I run up to tuke it 1 saw the head of a black suuke pop out and catch it by tho wing. 1 saw only the head aud neck of the reptile, una bad no idea how largo a one it was ; or, f 1 had, probubly I should have done lust as 1 did, fur 1 had no idea of fearing such a thing. 1 had left my gun in the boat, and had nothing to kill tho chap with, but as 1 took the duck, 1 just put my foot upon the thiol" neck. Tho ground was moist and slimy, and tho snake had his body braced umoug tho roots of the stout reeds ; ho took his head out from under my foot about as quick as a man could comfortably thick. 1 thought I'd run back to my boat aud get my gun, and try to mil this lellow ; and 1 bud just turned lor that purpose, wheu I felt something strike my Ii.pk us limn en Bomeuodv nail thrown a roue around it. 1 looked down and found that the snake had taken a turn rouud my leg with his tail, end was in the act of clearing his body from the grass, I dropped the duck and cave a Binurt kick, but that didn't loosen him, so I tried to put my right loot upon uim, and thus draw my lee sway ; I uiichl as well have tried to put my foot upon a streak of lightning. Aud hadn't I been deceived ? I had forgot ten the proportionate size of the head of the species of the black suuke. 1 had expected to soo a suuke four or five feet long, but instead of thut ho was nearly eight feet and a hair. Still, 1 badu t yet ony great tear, lor 1 sutmosed thut when 1 Put my hands on him 1 could easily take bim otr, Tor I was pretty strong iu the arms, lu a few seconds lis had his body ull clear, and it was tlieu that tho first real thrill shot through me. There he held himself by the siinplo turn around my leg, and with bis back arched in and out he brought his head just on a level with mine I uiudo a grub for him, but missed him ; aud then, as quick as you can snap your finger, he swept bis head uuder mv arm. clear around my body, and slruightoned up and. looked me in the face again. I gave auother grub at him, and another, as quick as I could, but he dodged me in spite oi all 1 could do. 1 felt tho snake's body working its way np. The turn of the tail was turned to my thigh and the coil around my stomach comineuced to tighten. About this time 1 began to think there might be somo Berious work, aud the Quicker 1 took the snake off the belter. Ho 1 just graspod him as near the head as possi. ble. by taking bold where be was arouud me, and tried to turn him off. Hut this only made it worse. The fellow had now drawn bituaulf op so high, and stretched out so, that be whipped auother turu about mo. His tail was now arxmud my left thigh, and tho rest of him turned twice arouud my body ; oua of them being just at the pit of my stomach, and the other one above it. All this had occupied just about half a minute from the bine be nrst got tue turn rouna my leg. The snake bad now nil bead 10 ironv oi my face, and he tried to make his way into my mouth. What his intention was, I cannot surely tell, though I have always believed that no knew he could Strangle me in that way. He struck me one blow in the month that hurt me considerable j and after I nod got him by the neck, and there I meant to h lold bitn at leant so that he could not strike again. lint this time another difficulty arose. The moment I grasped the snake by the neck, he commenced to tighten his folds about my body. It wasn't over a few seconds before I discovered that he'd soon squeeze tho breath out of me in that way, and I de termined to unwind bim. lie was in this way j the turn around tho thigh was from left to light ; then np between the legs to my right side, around the back to my left sido, and so on with the second turn ; -bringing his head up under my left arm. I had the snake now with my left hand, and mv idea was to pass his head around my back until I could reach it with my right, and so unwind him. 1 could press the fellow's head down under my arm, but to get it around so as to reach it with my right hand, t could not. I tried ; I pnt all my power in that one arm, but I could not do it. I could get the head just under my armpit; but here my strength was applied to a dit-advantnee. Until this moment 1 had not been really frightened. 1 had believed that I could un wind the serpent when I triod. I never dreamed of what power they had. Why, only think, as strong as I was then, and could not put that snake s bead around my dbck. I tried it until I knew I could not do it, and thou I gave it up. My next thought was of my tack-knife: but the lower coil of the snake was directly over my pocket, and I could not got it. I now, lor the lirst time, cniiod out lor help. I yelled with all my might, and yet I kDew tho trial was next to useless, for no one could easily gain tho place where I was ex cept with a boat. Yet I called out, hoping against hope. I grasped the snake by tho body and pulled 1 tried to orean. j ins plan presented itself with a gleam of promise ; but it amounted to nothing. 1 might ns well have tried to break a rope by beuding it backward and forward. A fow uiinotes had now passed from tho tune when I first triod to puss tho snakes head arouud my back. His body hud become bo elongated l.y lus gradual prussure around my body, that he had room to carry bis head around in a Iree and symmetrical curve. He bud slipped from my grasp, and when l next caugin mm, i found that I was weaker tbau before I I could not hold him 1 The excitement hud kept me from noticing this until now. For a few moments I was in a perfect frenzy. I had leaped op and down, cried out as loud as I could, and grasped tho snuko with all my might. Hut it availed mo nothing. Ho slipped his head from my weakened hacd, and made a blow at my face, strikiug mo fairiy upon the closed lips. Hut the moment ot need was at hand, i full the coils growing tighter and tighter around my body, and my breath was getting weak. A 6everc pain was beginning to result from the pressure., and 1 saw that tho suuke would soon have length enough for another turn. Ho was drawn so tightly, that mo centre of his body was no bigger than his head 1 The black skin was drawn to a tension that seemed its utmost ; and yet I could tell by the working of the large hard scales upon tho belly, thut ho was drawing himself tighter still. 'For God's snko !" I gasped, stricken with absolute terror, "ttbat thull 1 do?" What could I do T The enemy for whom I hud ot first hold so little thought, was killing me; killing mo slowly, openly, and 1 had no help ! I, a stout, strong man, was actuully held at tbo deadly will of a black snako. My breath was now short, faint aud quick, aid 1 know thut 1 was growing putplo iu the fuco. My Lauds aud arms swollen and my fingers numbed 1 I had let go of the snake's nock, and ho now carried the upper part of his body in a graceful enrvo, his head vibrating from side to side with an undulating motion of extreme gracefulness. At length 1 staggered I 1 was losing my strength rapidly, und the paiu of my body was excruciating. J ho snuku s skin, wiiero it wus coiled about me, was so tight that it seemed almost transparent. He had found me, or 1 bad round bun, in a state or hunger, his stomach free from food, ond his muscular force unimpaired. A second time 1 staggered, aud objects began to swim before me. A dizzy sensation was in my bead, a ihiiii- ness at my heart 1 The snake now had three feet of body free. Ho bud drawn himself ccrtaiuly three feet longer than before. Ho darted bis bead under my rigiit arm, ana brought it up over my shoulder, and pressing bis under jaw firmly down there, lie made a sudden wiud that made me groan with puin. Each moment was an agony ! eucu second a sten nearer to death. My knife T Uh, 11 1 couia oui reacu hi Wbv not? Why uot tear it out? My arms wero free 1 Mercy! Why had 1 not thought of this before, when my hands bad some strength iu them! Yet I would try it collected all my remaining power for the clloit, and made the attempt. My trowsers wero of blue cotton stull, and very strong ; 1 could out tear it. I thought of the stitches. Thev might not be so tenacious. 1 grasped the cloth upon the inside of my thigh, and gave my last atom oi sireiigui to tno cuori, The stitches started ; thoy gave way ! This result cave me hope, and bono cave me power. Another pull with both hands, and the Docket laid bare. With all the remaining force 1 could command, with hope of tile, of home, of everything 1 loved oil earth in the effort, I caught the pocket upon tho inside aud bore down upon it. there was a crack ing of the threads, a sound of tearing cloth, and my kuiie was iu my uauus. I had vet sense enough to know that the smallest blade was me sharpest, und l opened it. With one quick, nervous movement pressed the keeu edge upon tho tenso skin, aud drew it across. With a dull, tearing snap the body parted, aud the suake fell to tho grouud iu two pieces. 1 staggered to tho boat I reached it, and there sank down. knew nolbiug more until 1 beard a voice calling my uauie. 1 opened my eyes and looked ud. My father stood over me with terror depicted on his countenance. I told him my story as best I could. He went up and rnt the duck 1 bad taken irom tbe snake tbo nihnr one ho could not find i and also brought uloog the two pieces I bad made of my enemy. He told me ne.neara me cry out., and at ouce started ou iu the large bout after me, though it was a long while ere be saw my boat. 1 had lain there over half an hour when be found me. When we reached homo the snuue was measured, and found to be eight feet and four inches in length. It was a iiioulb before I fully recovered from the vlTccls of thut hugging, and to this day thore is something in the very name or snake that sends a chill of horror to my boart. National Magazine. Tho Camels In tho Southwest. A correspondent or tbe ltichmond Exami ner, writing of the progress of tbe HdQlhwcst Expedition, speaks as follows of tho camels which have been imported to do duty on that route : The camels used by ns arA said to bo vory superior ones, and certainly present a fur more sightly appearance than tho miserable creatures which have been exhibited to crowds in tbe strolling menageries that some times visit your city. They are purchased for tbe government as a choice lot, and may doubtless be regarded as fully capable of testing the utility of thoir species in crossing the wide extended plains lying between the Mississippi Valley and the Pacific Ocean. "'.Vilh their pack saddles on, which are not ofton temnved, they stand about eight foet in height. Their general conformation does not indicate great strength," in which, perhaps, they do not much, if at nil exroed tho horse ; but their fitness for tho travel westward, il the result proves their Gtness at all, consists in their capacity to endure the want of food and wuter. They are said to be very hardy, manifesting but little choice in their food, seeming, in fact, to prefer that in which other quadrupeds Gnd but little nutriment, such as twigs, tho leaves of trees, and even sticks, when pressed by hunger, 'Thoy are very docile, and ore easily man aged. Their gait is slow, but their stride is greater than 4hat of a horse, being about three feet in length, and with steady traveling they will average 3J miles per hour. "They do not kucel to receive their load, as has been stated, at the word of command ; but with a kir-r-r, kir-r-r, and a gentle pres sure upon tho neck, or a pull upon their halters, thoy assnme the recumbent position. "It has also beon stuted lbt when too heavily laden they refuse to rise, and nttor a piteous cry. 1 have not seen one overloaded, but thoir cries are ottered to express their distress or dissatisfaction at all times. When half suppressed, they are the same as the lazy grunt or a hog whose repose is rudely disturbed ; but when enraged it is much more wild, and greatly like thut of a Bengal tiger when his keeper 'stirs him np with a long pole.' "We had about COO pounds of corn on each of them for tho first day or two, after leaving Howard's lUnch; but each duy reduces it by feeding until we lay in another supply. They have worked admirably well so far, and promise to fulfil our most sanguine expecta tions iu regard to tho experiment. "Mr. A. N. Breckinridge, of Staunton, Va., had charge of the caravan, assisted by J. A. Worley, of Abingdon, and myself. If csro and attention will promoto the enter prise, 1 feel confident or its entire success. "On Thursday, tho 24th or June, wo left tho Hunch end resumed our journey. The camels brought np the rear, and creutod no little excitement iu every settlement through which wo passed. Men, women aud children rushed out with almost frantic energy from every hut to seo them, l'ell-mnll, harum scarum, they besiego us on ull Bides." Ho.mkstio Plate Oi.ass. Tho annual im portation of C,1U0,000 square, feet or polished plate glass into the city oi XSew xork, at an expense or l,U'J por square loot, bus inducod the organization of thu U. S. Manufacturing and Polishing Plato Glass Company, (or the urpose of producing un article lor boiuo onsumption, at a cost or but littlu moro than ono hall of what is pmd lor tho imported Iuto class. At an exhibition or tbo process or grinding and polishing pUto glass made estenluy by tho uewly-lormed Company, at 41 Elm si root, it was shown that the pro cess or grinding requires two hours and a half for each side of a plate of glass, and one hour each for polishing, making seven hours for the griiiuu.g ui.u ponsimig ui a piuic, uui lutes, each three feet long and two lect wide, can bo ground and polished upon beds of tho ordinary size. A coarso and tine qual ity of beach saud aro successively employed iu the work of grinding, and tho polishing is accomplished by moistened rouge, upon a bed of soft felt, which is grooved for tho purpose of preventing suction. Specimen plates. which were manufactured in presence of a number of invited guests, wero closely exam ined and gave general satisfuetion. 1 he torn pany propose to manufacture V.UUU square feet of J inch pluto glass per day.ut a market prico oi uj corns per square iuoi. t. J CountC IIain-wateb as a Ckvkraok. Kain-water is the purest water in the world. Dr. Flem ing, of the water-cure at lloehester, allows no other wuter to be used iu his family or office. He passes this water through a filter, which separates from it every offensive taste, and extraneous matter. Its taste is better than any well or spring water. In all locations where water Is defective, the evil can ae rem edied by tho use of rain water. The miasmas of fever and ague countries can be completely cured by a proper use of this simple remedy. the appurulus lor bltering, suincier.l lor one family, can bo procured for from throe to eight dollars The writer while riding in tuo cars near nitighatnton, saw two brothers, healthy look ing men as you would see among ten thou sand, who had spent some twenty-live years in tho lowlands of Indiana. In conversation with one of them, he attributed his uniform good health to the constant use of rain water. Thev wero lawyers, and one of them the Pre sident of the Uuited States Senate, and or courso uctiog Vice Presiduut or the United States, (we want great names to give force to Utile truthi now a datis.) Mr. Hright's mode or purifying rain water, is to get it from win ter snows, which gives it iu its pure state, or when obtained from summer rum lets il stand some three weeks, when it will undergo a pro cess of fermentation, the extraneous matter will evaporate leuviug the article pure. Wa ter put up Tor a sea voyago will grow slimy and nauseous after a few days embarculion, yet will becomo pore in three weeks. Pure even as coming from the bund of ike Creator, when it was HrBt pronouncod good together with everything thou blades very good Coriimjr 6'tni. A Nut for Wiiiskft HrInkkrS. The crons of Harrison county this year, unloss cut short, will be very great. W'e will have to haul to tho depots ou the railroad, which rnna through the middle of the county, 300. 000 bushels or wheat, 100,000 bushels of rye, and 30,000 bushels of barley. Thousands upon thousands of barrels of' corn must be hauled to the Devil's Pass, there to make rrnnd old. Hnnrhnn. notwithstanding it made in Harrison, and if you will bat drink this pood old ltourbon. made in Harrison by the llarrisonites, with their improvements of logwood, arsouic, cockroaclics, ana moiasses, it will cat un vour- bowels iu less lime than Solomon built thetouiplo. Cynlhiana (Ay.) A'cuv PresorTing Fresh Moat The Sdnntiftc American translates from the Volytevhnuhe Journal an article on the subject of preserving fresh meat, which is decidedly interesting. It seems that a pro cess has been discovorod by which all vegeta ble and animal substances can be preserved without losing any of their peculiar qualitios, and without change in form or appearance. As regards moat, it must be observed that it should be freed from blood and all the watery parts, and then exposed to a current of air until it has lost its surplus natural humidity. W bole members of the auitnal, or largo pieces, are better lit for the process than thin slices. After tho meat has been sufficiently dried in the open air, It is suspended by a rope in a reservoir, and core must be taken that the several pieces are so far separate each from ine otner as to give iree access lo the air from all sides. Any box, cask or apart meut made of boards, or a common room, may serve for the reservoir, if the walls of tho latter have been covered over the bourds or sized paper. This reservoir has to be closed her metically against tho externul air ; tbe doors have to be lined with felt or india rubber, so as to closo op air tight. On the upper part or this reservoir a lead pipe is provided, by which the air escapes a similar contrivance is provided on the lower part. After the pieces or meat or other substances have been suspended in the reservoir, a current of sul phurous acid gus is let into the lower part. 1 bis eiicct is produced by the driving into the reservoir, by a pair of bellows, a current of air, which in its passage, goes through a closed vessel wherein sulphur (brimstone) is kept burning. If the plug on the upper part w hich roust also be of lead, be opened, tbe atmospheric air is driven out of the reservoir by the sulphurous acid gas, and ns soon as the lutter is seen to escape freely from tbe same pipe on tho top, tbe reservoir is closed. The substances have to be kept in the reser voir ulled tbe gas for a time, which is in pro portion to their volume or weight. Pieces weighing four or bve pounds only require about ten minutes, while large pieces of ono hundred to two hundred pounds weight re quire twenty to twenty-fivo minutes. After the pieces bave thus been penetrated by the gas they are taken out of the reservoir and dried iu the open air. After this substance is covered by a very thin layer oi varnish, prepared from two pounds of albumen dis solved at a temperature of 136 to 140 degrees in oue quart ol a strong decoction ot marsh-mallow-root, to which a little molasses hus been added. This varnish is applied with a fine huir brush, and cure must be tnken to reach all the corners ud crevices of the sub stunco. Meat treated by this process remains per fectly fresh and good, and can be used as if just received Irom tho butchers, r owl, (wiin or without leathers,) ush, Iruit and all kinds of vegetables can bo piesorved by this pro cess. Substunoes prepared a described may be sent to any distance, if packed up in barrels and covered over with tallow or lard, which latter articles, however, must bo kept at as low a temperature as possible. If heated too much it goneratos fermentation. Arabian HortsKs for IJai.timohk. Mr. W. M'Donald, or Baltimore, who has been for somo timo traveling iu the East, has pur chased, in Arabia, two fine specimens or the Arabian horses. 1 hese horses are thus allu ded to in Ualicnani's Messenger of a late date : "All who take an interest in horses will be pleased to hear that a praiseworthy essay to improvo the native American breeds tho bust trotters in the world by an infusion or puro Arabian blood, hus just been mado by an American gentleman, Mr. W. iU Donald, or Baltimore. While on an Eastern tour, he purchnsed, at Damascus, a superb gray maro, "Futime," four years old, fifteen bunds high, and a boauty in overy respect : and at Con stantinople a five year old more, "Zuleima," which is described as unrivalled for temper and speed. These horses have safely arrived in Paris, en routo to the Stutes. Ml. M' Donald also tukea homo a rich collection of Eastern and modern antiquities, which will give the inhabitants or Maryland on excellent idea of tho manners and customs of the natives of tho far East." Tho Rev. Dr. Buird has statod that "little or no wine is drauk iu France in a pure state, except it may be at tbo wiuo press. Thu dealers purchuso it at the vineyards iu a puro state, but in their bands it is entirely changed by adding drugs or distilled spirit." Tho livers in Manchester (hngland) say. "tho wine brewers are running away with all the best logwood;" and tbe London people say, "H you wish to get gcuuiue I'ort, you must go yourself to Oporto, mate your own wine, and ride outside the barrel ull the way li lonio. It was Napoleon who says : "strange as it may appear, when 1 want my good head-work done, 1 choose a man provided ms uuuca lion has been suitable with a long nose His breathing is bold and free, and his brain. as wel! as his lungs and heart, cool and clear, In my observations of men, 1 bave aimos invariably found a long nose and head togolb er. A Dhowst Damski.. The Rockvillo (Ind Republican tolls tho most extraordinary rob. bery story that we ever heard. It says that some fellow entered the bouso of Mr. Jesse Wright, of that (Burke) county, ond robbed the room of Mr. Wright's daughter, who was sleeping in bur bed. After plundering as much as ho could, he proceeded Very coolly to steal the ear-rings out of tbe cars of tho drowsy damsel. Then he pulled the rings off her lingers, and thiuking still that be budu made tho robbery complete, be cut all 111 huir off one sido of her bead. And he accom plished it all without waking tho girl A Western paper says: "The editor of this paper wants to marry somebody. Now don't misunderstand lis ; we are not odverti Bing for a wife. "We wish to marry two people ; nor are we Mormon. From looking over tho new statutes, it appears that justices of tho peace are allowed two dollars as a Toe ror solemnizing marriage. W'e aro in want of money and wish lo marry a couple for two dollars." Quaint Inscriptions.- There is an inscrip t on on a tombstone at La 1 Olnt, Lake su rnrior. which reads as follows : "Job Smith accldeutully shot as a mark of affection by his brother." This, says the North Carolinian, reminds us of one on a tombstone near baa Dieco. which run as follows t "This yere sakrid to the momery of William Henry Skraken, who enm to doth by boing shot with Colt's revolver one of the old kind brasi mouutid and of such is the kiugdou of heaven." Coumterfkits. Counterfeit Gold Dollari are beiug in circulated in Baltimore in largo numbers. They are made of tin, of the size of the new umissiou, aud galvanised uuu ai easily beut witb the lingers, a tlx i "Tho Old Arm Chair." I loTojit, I love it, and who shall darn To chide me for loving (.bat Old Arm Chair; 1'vo treasured It long as a holy prize. I've bedewed it with tears, aud embalmed it with sighs Would yon learn tho spell ? a mother sat there, And a sacred thing Is that Old Arm Chair. In childhood's honor I lingered near That hallowed spot with listening oar j And gontlo tho words that mother would give, To fit me to die to teach me to live. She told me ill would Dever betide With truth for my creed, and Uod for my guide, She taught mo to lisp my earliest prayer, As I knelt besides that Old Arm Chair. I sot ond watched her many a day When her eyes grew dim and her locks were gray ; And I almost worshipped her when sho smiled, And turned from her Biblo to bless her child Years rolled on tho last ono sped, My idol was shattered, my earth star flod, I learned how much the heart can bear When I saw her dio in that Old Arm Chair! 'Tie past 'tis post, but I gazo on it now W'itb quivering breath and throbbing brow; Twas there she cursed me 'twas there she died, And memory flows with lava tide. Say it is folly, and deem me weak, While the scalding drop starts down my cheek Bat I love it I love it, and cannot tear My son! from that mother's Old Arm Chair. That's Mr! A poor Hottentot in South em Africa lived with a good Dutchman who kepi np lamny prayer daily. Ono day ne read, "Two mou weut np into tho temple to pray." J bo poor savage, whose heart was already awakened, looked earnest at tho reader, aud whispered, "Now I'll loam how to pray." Tho Dutchman read on. "God, I thank thee I am not as other men "No, I am not ; but 1 am worse " whisper ed tho Hottentot. Again the Dutchman read, "I fast twice in the week. I give tithes of all 1 possess." "1 don't do that. 1 don't pray in that manner. What shall I do?" said the dis tressed savage. Tho good man read on nntil be camo to the publican, who "would not lift so much as his eyes to heaven. " " 1 hat s me, cried the bearer. "Stood afar off," read the other. 'That's where I am I" said tho Hottentot "But smote upon his breast, saying, Ood be merciful to me a sinner " That's me, that's my prayer," cried the poor creature, and smiting on his dark breast, be prayed, ' Uod bo merciful to me a sinner," until, like the poor publican, be went down to bis house a saved aud happy man, Military Glorv. During tho Mexican war, a company (Ul 01 1Uj ellecuvo mcu shipped from Detroit. The company went to Vora Cruz. Of theso, 70 wero cut oil in the 40 days before Vera Cruz. Five moro perished afterwards. The small remnant of 30 returhod from the campaign, nnd.went into duarters at Detroit, of thoso 13 bavo since died aud of the 15 not ono is capable of doing bard work. Port Ofkicr Axkcpotk. Tho Newbury- port Herald tells the following Post Olkce anecdote : A ran at the delivery. Postmaster "Well, my lad, what will you have ?" Boy "Here's a letter, she wants it to go along as fast as it can, cause there's a feller wauts to have her here, and she's courted by another feller what aint here j nud she want to know whether he is coiug to have ber or not " Having delivered his message with great emphasis, tho boy departed, leaving the Post master so convulsed with laughter that he could Biuke do reply. "Go it While You'rb Youno." Tho fol Inwiug marrige notice cut from the Memphis (Tenn.) Appeal or the 4tu utimo, is a prac tical carrying out the above advice : M arried on Fridav. the 2G day of June, in Heraudo, Miss., by Green V. Campbell r.sq., John t'ouaders, aged ID years, to ansa. lou. liar ns aged 1 1 years. A happy comment on the annihillition of time and space by locomotive agency !3 ns follows: A little child who roue nity nines in a railroad train then took a coach to her Viudu's house, somo five miles further, was asked on her arrival if she came by the cars We came a little ways in the cars, and llie ull the rust of the way in a carriage. A Nebraska editor announced his plaDS for celebrating. tbo fourth of July : "We shall'luxuriute over our dinner until about four o'clock, wheu wo shull go am! swim for half an hour, 'teter' for another half an hour, aud then pitch cents iu tho dark. 1 the evcuing we shall go a-courtiug. Railroad roi.i.oorv. 'I wouder whethe thev furnish any refreshments on tbe road ? askod passenger No. 1 ; to which No. 2 re plied, "nothing but jams, aim io. o, "excer smashes 'sometimes." Tub woman who made a pound of butter out of the cream or a joke, aud a cheese irom the milk of humau kindness, has sinco washed the close of year, and bnhg 'em op to dry cu a bee Hue. Rome noonle have about as adequate a idea of heaven as the good woman whom tho neighbor was consoling for tbe loss oi ber son "If his rrandmolber is in heaven," sobbed the poor woman, "I know she won't see Billy abused r Tha hest Description of Weakness we hava ever heard is contained In a wag query to bis wire when she gave him some chicken broth, if she would try to coax that chickon to wade through the sonp ouce more. "Where you ever in Cork?" said the gay Mrs. Jones, in tne oianuesi o. u.ou. " BweeLeat of tones. "No Madam," said I tlinneh in Dublin I've beon. Yet of toil it is ouTy the iliatiiiiys I've tvtu '." A Young Man doslrinus of mnrrvini? A daughter of a well-known merchant, after many attempts to broach the subject to tba old gentleman in a very stuttering manner commenced ; "Mr. O , are you willing to let me havo your daughter June 1" "Of course I am" grnllly ropliud tho old man ; "and I wish you would get some other likely fol lows to marry the rest of thorn 1" If wo could read the secret history of otir enemies, we should find in each man's lifo sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all our lma;ii:i- N. P. Willis calls women "ciphers men to for those, 'characters,' which standing alone, signify nothing ;' but which if properly added ou, easily multyply oue to ten !'' "Isn't it timo to think about getting on said tho wife, ns she rattled at the door. "Yes my dear. I have been thmkine about it an hour and a half." A clergyman asked or his scripture pupils whether "tho leopard could change bis pots." "lo oo sure," replied Hilly, "when lies got tired of ono spot he goes to another." "Pupa, have guns got legs? 'No.' How do they kick, thou? 'With their breeches, my son.' Tho man v,ho mado an impression on tho eart of a coqulte, has taken out a patent for stone-cutting. Disraeli once wroto of a certain fine lady : She had certainly some qualities to shiue in lasnionabio circle. She bad plenty of oatllVt Was tolerublv illiterate nrna liril. liabtly vain, and fertilely capricious : acqui esced with every ono, and diffused universal smiles." A Young Lady who was rebuked by her mother, for kissing ber intended, justified tho act, by quoting the passage "Whatsoever ye would that man should do unto you, do yo even so unto them." The Greatest Organ in tho world, somo old bachelor soys, is tho organ of speech in wo man it is un organ without stops. A French writer is represented as calling dyspepsia "tho remorse of a guilty stomach. During a late thunder storm at Greenvilla S. C, the lightning ctruck a mill, knocking over two negroes who wero at work in it. As soon as they reguined their feet tho first ex clamation of one of them, iu great surprise, was, 'Who fire dat gun ?' Punch says that every family ought to keep a kitten to amuse the children. They should also keep childrcu to amuse tho kitteu. A Company of ladies, the other day, dis cussed the following qucstiou : "What is tho great duty of muu ?" Ouo of them con tended with success, that it was to pay dry goods bills ! ji . . . i How to Cook Potatoes. Wo are all pota to eaters, (for ourselves wo esteem potatoes beyond any other vegetable,) yet lew persons know how to cook them. Shall we be bold enough to commence otir hints by presuming; to inform our "grandmothers" how. J o Boil 1 otatoks. I'uttbom into a sauce pan witb scarcely sufficient water to cover1 thorn. Directly tho skins bogin to brcuk lift them from the fire and as rapidly as possiblo pour off every drop of tho water. Then placo a course (we need not say clean) towel over them and return them to the tiro again until they are thoroughly doun aud quite dry. A littio, salt to taste, should bavo been added to tho water before boiling. Potato Cheesr Cake. One pound of mashed potatotes, quarter of a pound of cur rants quarter of a pound of sugar aud butter and four eggs, to be woll mixed together bake) them in patty pans, having first lined Ibcm With pull' pasta. Potato Colcanos. Boil potatoes aud greens and spinach separately; mash the po tatoes : squeeso tho greens dry ; chop them quito fine, and mix them with tho potatoes with a little nutter pepper and suit. I utinto a mould, buttering well first ; let it Etuud iu a hot oven for tea minntes. Potato Balls Raoout. Add to a pound or potatoes a quarter of a pound of grated hum or somo sweet heibs or chopped parscly, an onion or eschalot, salt and pepper, and u gra ted nutmeg, and other spico, witb the yolks of a couple of eggs ; then dress as potatoes cs colloped. Potatoes Fried in Sliceb. Peel largo potatoes slice them about a quarter of an inch thick, or cut them ioto shavings as you would peel a lemon ; dry them well iu a clean cloth aud fry them in lurd or dripping. Take caro that the fat and the frying-pau are quite cleou ; put iuto a quick fire and as soon as the lard I oils, aud is still put in the s'ices of pot: to aud keep moving them until they arc c i- ; take them upland lay them to drain on a seive. Send ihem to'tbe table witb a littio salt sprink led over them. Potatoes Escolloped. Mash potatoes in tho usual way wuy ; theu butter some nico clean scalloped 6hells patty pans or teacups or saucers ; put hi your potatoes, mako them smooth at the top ; crosss a knife over them j Btrew a few fine bread crumbs on them j sprinkle them-witb a pasto brush with a row fow drops of melted butter and set them in a Dutch oven. When nicely browned on tho top, tuke them carefully out of iho shells nnd brown on tho other side. Cold potatoes may be wanned up in this way. A New Jien'.edgin Iiarh(t, Cholera Infan tum, and Cholera Marfan. Wo have the fol lowing recipe from the Professor of Chemistry iu New York Hospital : 1 would wish through the mudium of your paper, to give publicity to the Taet that 1 have seen instaut relief given in cases oi Diurba n, by the use of Hydro Sulphuric Acid, a tea-spoouful of a suturuted soluiion being mixed with four times its iu wuter. Also in a case of Cholera Ir. runtuiu in which the child a as much reduce and the stomach in an extreme state of irn tnbillity so that nothing would be retained, this remedy was administered with ease, and the child immediately Improved and hassincrj recovered. Believing that this is a new rem; edy and that there is no reason to apprehend any ill-effects where it does not produce A cure, and beleiviug that it has had some sped fic effects in counteracting the cause, and im mediately arresting the dbeises. 1 am yours reppccuullyi LAURENCE UE1D. K Y. Tt-ilune. Butter Ph klk 1 gsllon of Wuter 1 poo'iid fine salt. 1 ounce saltpetre, 2 ounces loar su gar boiled and skimmed clear. Pour on cold and keep two iuches a'jove the top of tun butler. ilea)
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