y I . . . - " ': ! .. ......... i .... : ; a - 1 1 1 1 NEW SERIES," VOL. 10, NO. 25. SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA -SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1857. OLD SERIES, VOL- 17. NO- 51, -The Sunbury American. fUBLIBUBD EVERY SATCRDAT BY n. B. MASSEB, Market Square, Sunbury, Penn: VERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. . . m h. nuid half TMTit II I'"" !..;.. or letter, on bnniiieee retMing to AU communication, or .' . OST pAJ1). tk. UIUC, W lu.ui. f 500 to on tu oo JX Do r;":do...r. In ad-an. will P.y to ...... ' W . . i ..riff an . TERMS OF APVBRX1SIN. SI 00 loO 00 800 ia ninnta.. One yer' . . iM i)ne., pe .Mem, BMinon Cd. of Vrtvertiiin? by la ,00 11,0 .Went drt,"me,"VTtr. P agre.m.. elected JOU OFFICh, " of prlllt,g. the nnteat ' S. B. MA ATTORNEY AT LAW, tnomberl.nd, Union, Lycowung Monioui Columbia. . . , l!rf,rencei in rhUadeipmn Hoe. Joh R.Traon, tcniere ft Siiod.raaa, n;M.nna. r.ea. Linn,' Smith ft. Co. nrTTCT NTftTTWTATTI C0LLIEEY superior WHITE ASH ANTHBACITB COAL, - from the Mammoth Vein, for Furn .res. Found ri.. Steamboats and Family ue, .CaBMS1., NoTUOBmtB t OWBTT, Pa. SIZES OF COAL. LUMP, for Bl.rt Furna... and Cupoltt, STEAMBOAT, for SweoiboaU. Hot Air forn.ee. and Steam. BROKEN, ) ror Oral.., Slovs. and Ste. tVroVK, For BtoTsi, Sl.am end burning TEA,' for Liin'ebur'ner. and malting Steam. Ordsr. rac.iv.J at Mb Caimel or Northum rlaod WUarf, will ""''Jeu " d'. j.'lewh, william ml'ir. May 3, 1888 tf .... OTOF XJ. A- SUNBURY COUNCIL, No. 30, O. of U. A. M. mcoU every Tti.day evening in tlie American Hall, or.po.ila E. Y. Br.gh t . .tore Market atr.et. Snnbury, Pa. Member, of the .rder are re.pectfuUy ViIINDeL, C. fi. 8. IlasDKtcK., R. 8. Sunbury, Jan. S, 1857. oct 80. 65. WASHINGTON CAMP.No. 19 J. A hold, iu .tated meeting, every Tbursday ov.ning. in tbe American Hall, Market btre.t, 8unbUry' A.ARTERSHISSLER.P. H. Y. Fbimito, R. 8. Bunbury, July 5, 1857. tf. '"IMMENSE EXCITEMENT 1 ! Revolution in the Dry Goods Business ! ! ! J. F. & I. T. KLINE, Re.pectfuUy announce to their friend, and the public in general that they have received at their Lore in Upper Augurta township, Northumber Und county P... at Kline. Orove their Spring ,d Summer GOODS, and opened to the public a i.neral awortment of merchandue &c. Coni.ting in part of Cloth., black and fancy C... mer., (S.tincUa. Check.. Kentucky Jean. l0Kethor with a general assortment of Spring nd Summer Good, adapted to all cla..e.of per- " Ready made Clothing, eon.i.ting of Ce.U and Ladies Dress Goods, Bumrcer Shawl., Gingham., Lawn., Ducal., Calicoe., blnck Silk. oc. ..... A l.o a frc.h .upply of Drug, and Medicine., Crocerie. IfC of all kind.. A new supply of Hardware. Queen.ware, wooden ware Urooms 4 c. A large as.ortmont of noot. and Shoes sulla la for men women and children. HAT8 AND CAP8. Bchool Books, Stationery. Envelopes, Ink, Ae. Fish SiLT. And all good, usually kept in a country .tore. Corae and aee, Come one, come all. The public are respectfully Invited to call and . i. t.nrrhnsinir elsewhere. examine our iw r - All of the above named .lock of goods will De aold po.itively at low prices lor ei, " change for country produce at the highest mar ket price. . . . Thanklul lor paai lavo.. , ..,-.;..n to Luainess to merit continuance 01 aiivci.'." 4be same. . Kline'. Grove, Pa., May 16. 157 tf X2T5J53Ny Oi CD CO 1X5 33, A. J. CONllAD, ITOLLOWING RUN. fJTJ ESPECTFl'LLY informs the public that MM, he has reptenisheo nis Dioro 1.1m T. . r M. finntli iu.t received cedent aHunintm from Philadelphia, which he will Mil on term. i.i ... ntl,r estab i.bment. His ai reaauiiauic a.ortmeni eon.i -j v - ulTTIvpTT 'i.nTHS.CA8SlMERE3 & 8ATTIN E.T1 , WinUr Wears for men and boy., allttylea and prices v .a : llrrsH Una A. ajj4auav " J t in. i, HiiLa. Mxrino.. Alpaca.. 4jon.i.tuig oi uiv ---- : . Be Laine.. Calicoe., Gingh.ro., Mu.Une, irim- B AUotue. supply of GROCERIES of all TTPTiWAttE and QUEENSWAEE, ,C.darware, Brooms. &c. AUo large aMort. . i Hkiuj niialile for Men WO- ment or uou auu men and Children. HaU and Cap.. Bilk Hat.. and all good, u.uallv kept in a Country e. ore. All the above named .took of goods will be m lm. ...laa fnr rttah. Or Itl OX 010 posiliveij . .b.n.a for eountr produce, at the highest market price. Hollowing Run, Nov. 9, lBftS IT aiTrT WHEEL. Git EASE. THIS GreaM ia recommended to tlie notice of Wagoners, Livery StabU ksepera, 4Vc., a. beiug Sonaioa to anything of the kind ever in Iroduced. A. it doe. not gum upon tha axles ' mnr. durable, and u not affected by ih. weather, remaining the m. in eumm.r a. winter, and put up ia ."iJlV 7S cants, lor saw oy ' " lafiieli ft.lSSIW THE DREAM OF EUGENE ABAM - BT THOMAS I1O0D. rt . . . Ttn Um in T.nnrlnn. In 1708 wn, tbe son of a respectable publisher, of the n. .r Tfnnit nr.il Shame. lis WBB 11 1 lil Ul I ClUVlf vw " J - broucht op an engraver be became a writer ..... 1 . . i . I'll ., 1 1 m -a. inti ol 'Wliinig ana uaumee, u "- r n.n.t in,l nrioinal power. Ine patbos waa remarkably exempuneu jij aIAIDIUI IUIIU UI1U IWCt'lO ucoiiu """" ly sensitive to the ills of bis fellow creatures. 1 he sorrows which be has dclineoiea are uut nnronl tliinrrn 11a HiaH In lH4fi. his CfOut merits haviiie been previously recognised by Sir Ilobtfrt Teel, who bestowed on him a pension, to be continned to bis wife. ' That wile soon followed Dim 10 lue grave. u poDsion has been continued to their children. 'T was fn the prime of summer time, A n vanlnir nnlnl ntlll P.nnl. And four-aud-twonty happy bovs Came bounding out of school : There were some that ran. and soma that leapt, Like troublets in a stream. Away they sped with gamesome winds. AUU DUUIB HUlUUVIlbU uj v..., To a level mead tbey enme, and there I uey arave ine wicaeis in ; rioasautly sbono the settiog sun wver tuo town pi ajjuii. Like sportive deor they coursed about, And ahnntud nu thiiv ran . Turning to mirth all things of eartb, . I. i . . AS OUiy uoynoou can , Hut the usher sat remote from all, j. muiancnoiy man i His bat was off, bis Test apart. tfi,. .-...I. tl Vit aq All lirAnVO 1 For a burning thought was in bis brow. And his bosom ill at ease : So he leaned his bead on his bands and read The book bctweuo bis knees T Leaf after leaf he turned it o'er, iiur Ui iauic-u OH in" . For the peace of bis sout he read that book in the goiucn eventide: Much study had niado him very lean, adq paie, biiu iuhuuu-ujbu. At last he shut the pondorous toma; WitK b Tag anil TArVnnt DrARn He strained the dusky covers close. And hied the orazen nasp ; 0 God, could I so close my mind, And clasp it with a clasp I" Then leaping on his feet upright, Some moody turns ho took Now np the mead, now down tha mead, A nd past a snacy nooii ; nd lo ! he saw o little boy, That pored upon a book. "My geotlo lad, whot is't yon read i rl.la ivomauce 01 iairy ibu.b i Or is it some historic page, (If!.: 1 A.na.na nnuttKldf V. 1 nlllS U 11 U 1,1 u i UUOVC.IU The young boy gave an upward glance. nil .' .1. . 1. t H 11 is luu ueaiu ui auui. The usher took six hasty stride,, As iron wun suuaen pain ; Six hasty strides beyond the place, Then slowly buck ogain : And down be sat beside tho lad. And talked wun mm 01 uam ; And long since then, of bloody man, Whose deeds tradition saves j Of lonely folk cut off unseen, A rxA lilil in mlilun rrrAVen ! Of horrid stabs, in groves forlora. Aud murders aone in cavv. ; And how the sprites of injured mon Shriek upward irom ine sou Ay. how the ghostly hand will point LV eiliun vuc v. 1. 1 i m i iwu , And unknown facts of guilty nets . ... i r J I Are seen in ureaius irum uuu i lie told how murderers walked tbe earth Beneath the curse of Caic, With crimson clouds before their eyos, And flames about their brain For blood has left upon their soul, Its everlasting stain i "And well," qaoth he, "I know for troth, Thoir pangs must be extreme Wo, wo, unutterable wo Who spill life's sacred stream f For why? Methoughtlast night I wrought a . 1 : .1 I A. muruer iu n uicnui "One that had never done me wrong a r 1. 1 r) A l A leuuio uiuu, uuu uiu . led him to a lonely field, 'riia mAnn fllinnA dour and cold ! Now here, said I, this man shall die, . ,i, , .11, ADd 1 win uave uib oiu i "Two sudden blow with a ragged stick, Ana oue wivu a. iicbtj oiyun. One hurried gash with a hasty knife And then the deed wag done : There was notbiug lying at my feet, .... I A X 31 I if at lueiess ueua ana uouv i "Nothing but lifeless flesh and bona, That could not so me m , And yet I feared bim all tbe mora Vr,r luitirr thra in Still. There was a manhood in bis look, That murder could 001 mil i "And lo 1 the universal air Peemed lit with ghastly flame Ten thousand thousand dreadful evel . Were looking down lo blame : took the dead man by tha uand, And called upon bis name. 0, God 1 it made me quake to sea Unnh oariDH within thn slain 1 Hut when 1 touched the lifeless clay TIia UaaiI 0iiftliArl nut amain 1 For every clot, a burning spot My bead waa like an ardent coal KM I, n a a anliil ira , .11 uraik no " , My wretbed, wretched soul, I ktew, was at the cuvii a price : A dozen times I groaned, the dead 11 ad never groaned but twice. "And now from forth tha frowning sky, From tha Heaven's topmost height, I beard a voice the awful voice Of the blood-avenging sprite I 'Tboo guilty man I take up tby dead, And bjde it from my sight.' "I took the dreary body op, A ad cast in a stream A sluggish water black as ink, Tbe depth was so extreme. ! My gentle bov; remember this i la Bathing bat s dream I "Down wont the corpse with a hollow plunge, And vanished in the pool t Anon 1 cleansed my bloody bands, And washed my forehead cool. And sat among the urchins young That evening in tbe scool 1 ' Oh, Ileavon I to think of their wbiU souls, And mine so black and grim 1 t conld not share in childish prayer, Nor join in evening hymn : , Like a devil of the pit 1 seemed, 'Mid holy cherubim I "And peace went with them one and all. And each calm pillow spread But Guilt was my grim chaiuberlaio That lighted me to bed, And drew my midnight curtains round, With finger, bloody red I "All night I lay In agony, In anguish dark and deep ; My fevered eyes dared not close, But stared aghast at sleep ( For sin bad rendered onto her Tbe keys of bell to keep I "AU tiight I lay in agony, From weary chime to chime. With one besetting horrid hint, That racked me all the time A mighty yearning like tbe first Fierce impulse unto crime ! "One stprn tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts its slave : Stronger and stronger every pulire Hid that temptation crave Still nrging me to go and see The dead man in his grave I ' Heavily 1 rose tip, as soon As light was in tho sky, And sought the blnck accursed pool With a wild misgiving eye ; And I saw the dead in the river bed, For tbe faithless stream was dry I "Merrily rose the lark, and shook The dew droo from its wing ; But I never marked its morning flight. I never heard it sing : For I was stooping once again Under tbe horrible thing. "With breathless speed, like a toul in chase 1 took him np and ran There was no time to dig a grava Before the day began : In a lonesome wood, with heaps of loaves, I hid the murdered man 1 "And all that day I read in school, But my thought was other where l As soon as the mid-day task was doue In secret I was there ; And a mighty wind bad swept tbe leaves, And a still tbe corse was bare 1 Then down I cast me on my face, And brut becan to weep, For I knew my secret then was one That earth refused to keep; Or land or sea, though he should be Ten thousand fathoms deep I So wills tbe Berce avenging sprite- Till blood for blood atones. Ay, though he's buried in a rave, And trodden down with stones. And years have rotted off his flesh The world shall Bee uis Doces i Oh God, that horrid, horrid dream Besets me now awake I Again ogain, with a dizzy brain, The human lile 1 take ; And my red baud grows raging hot' Like (Jraumer s at tho BUKe. And still no peace for the restless claf Will wave or mould allow ; Tbe horrid thing pursues my soul It stands before me now I" The fearful boy looked up and saw Hugo drops upon uis brow I That very night, while gentle sleep Tbe urchin's eyelids kissed, Two stern-faced men set out from Lynn, Thronch tbe cold and heavy mist ; And Kngene Aram walked between With gyves upon hid wrists. (From tti. TbilaJelpliia Duily Nowa. THE CAMEL-ITS INTRODUCTION TO OUR CONTINENT. The camel bas become a beast of no little interest to our people, since the subject of bis introduction to the exteBsive aud arid plains of the West and Southwest, has been agitated. lie is a strong and enduring crea ture, and well calculated to traverse the vast tract of country lying between our western settlements and the Pacific Coast, lie exists several days without either food or water, and tbe physical arrangement by which this end is attained, is exceedingly cofious. The camel bas a series of cells in bis stomach, in which experiment proves be carries conside rable quantities of water, and which is kept separate from the food. Besides these re servoirs of water, the animal is provided with a storehouse of solid nutriment, on which he can draw for supplies, long after every diges. UDie panicle ua. ueeu exiruuieu iruiu iu stomach. This storehouse consists of ono or two largo collections of fat, stored np in ligamentous cells, supported by the spines of tbe dorsal vertebra;, ana lorming wuai are called humps. hen tbe animal is in a re gion of fertility, the bump becomes plump and expanded, bui auor a proiruciuu journey it shrivels ud aud is greatly reduced in size. Surely such an admirable adaptation to tbe physical characteristics of tbe locality, to which the animal belougB, is very curious, and shows in an eminent degree how wisely tbe Creator bas ordered tbiogs here as well as elsewhere. There are other characteristics which lit tbe camel for tbe localities of which be is a native, aud bonce to the purpose for which be bas been brought to our continent from bis far-off home in the Kast. Tbe nostrils are nurrow, oblique slits, defended with hair at their edges, and protected with a sphincter muscle like tbe eye-lids, so that they can be closed at pleasure. This action is necessary to the exclusion of tbe fine sand which is drifted along in clouds by tbe sirrocos of tbe Desert. Tbe expanded sole of tbe foot, too, elastic as a cushion, prevents the leg Irom Bioking in tbe sand j while the long joiuts ami lofty tread also enable him to get over tha end surfaca ha treads with ranid Drogress. Tbe camel is truly, in tbe beautiful metapho rical language of tbe Kast, "tbe Ship of the Desert." Touching the camels which have been ob tained from the East, and which are now in Texas, tbe first lot was brought over by Ma or Henry U. Wayne, of tbe U. a. Army They embraced thirty-three animals, and are what is known as the Arabian camel. Tbey are feTorite beasts botk for bordep and fof ITatnml pstorg. riding. Their powers and hardiness vary with climate and breeding, and as a crheral rule their strength and endurance are.JtW.or the farther North they are found. w , Although the camol is generally represented as exceedingly meek and docile, yet Major Wayne, in bis report to tbe Government, says, strange as it may seem, nombers arc trained for the arena ; and one of the amuse ments of Oriential life) is Contests between ''fighting camels," in which one or the other is generally severely hurt, and not unfre queutly killed by a dislocation qf the cervical vertobr.-c. In Its general character and dis eases the camel resembles more the ox than any other division of animals. Naturally hardy, tbe camel will nndergo much exposure and fatigue without serions Inconvenience ; and, beyond the ordinary ailments of the Ox tribe, it has but two diseases of consequence, the itch and a violent pneumonitis, or inflam mation of the lungs, which is apt to carfy it off in two or three days. The camel will wade streams, even op to the bump, but reluctantly, and is said by some writers to be nr.able to swim. In regard to the usefulness of the Arabian camel, the report says : "From its formation, tho Arabian camel is calculated for burden, and not for draught, though it is used occasionally for ploughing, and lias been harnessed by the English in India in their batteries. Its deep chest and strong fore legs enable it t force well a load f)laced over them ; but its narrow loins and ong ungainly bind legs deprive it of the force necessary for longitudinal strain. Its additional joint, too, in the bind legs, by which it is enabled to kneel down and take a position particularly suited to tbe packing of burdens upon its back, and of readily rising with them, iudicato unmistakeably it particu lar qualification for that kind of service. "Unfitted by the formation of its nostrils and lungs for violent exertion, its long and regular strides, however, with its canacitv for coutiuuous labor, enuble it to make extensive journeys iu comparatively good tune. It is said, uud l believe it, that the camel will, on emergency, travel at its regular gait for sixty successive nours without stopping, l'ormed rather for a level than a broken countrv. tbe camel meets, though without inconvenience, a fair amount of mountain and valley, and is not distressed in ascending or descending moderate slopes, though they be long. "The foot of tbe camel, clothed with a thick, tough Bkin, said by some to be true horn, enables it to travel with facility over sand, gravel, or stones. It will also stand a tolerable degree of volcanic debris or rockv soil ; and, aided by art, (provided with st shoe of bide, iron shod ut the bottom, and which 1b attached around tbe fetlock joint,) it traverses these impediments without difliculty. and also ice and snow. In wet, clayey, aud muddy soils, tbe camel moves with embarrassment, apt to slip and slide in it without tbe ability to gatbor itself quickly. "I lie tlesu or tbe camel is good for food, resembling beef, though said to be more deli cate and tender. Its resemblance to beef is such that it can be readily imposed for it upon the unsuspecting without detection. Its milk is good to drink, and is not distinguishable from that of cows. I have used it in my tea evury morning for some weeks, kuowiug it to be camel s milk, without perceiving any diller- enco in color or taste. The pile ol the camel, also, though coarse, is applied to the manu facture of many useful articles, as carpets, coarse cloths, and rope, but not to any ol Hue texture. - "Another recommendatory characteristic of the camel is its pasturing npon almost every shrub and plant that grows, even the thistle, prickly pear, and other thorny vegeta bles, and thereby 'reducing materially tho obligation of providing it witb fond. A little, besides thanks to its hump goes a great way; so that, in comparison witb other aui muls of burden or draught, it tequires a less provision of forage an economy at any time, but materially an advantageous arrangement for a journey. Tbe camel can also, ou emer gency, travel three, four, even seven days without water or lood ; acd it is serviceable from four to twenty five years of age. "As un animal ot burden the powor or the camel depends upon its stock, and measurably upon climate, thoso of Central Asia being ordinunly stronger and more vigorous than those ol Africa or India. From the most reliable information, confirmed by observation, very strong camel will carry for Short distances, Bay from one part of tbe town to another, about irom 1,(JUU to 1,U0U pounds. "Un journeys the loads lor the strongest camels range worn 450 to COO pounds and of the coinmou kinds rrora JUU to 4j0 pounds) and these they will carry from eighteen to thirty miles a day, according to the character of the couutry, whether broken or level, over which they travel, uud moving ror the usuul daily travelling time of from eight to ten hours. Y ith lighter loads tbey will travel somewhat faster. vl a tailtlle animal, or dromedary, tho capacity of the camel for burden is little, its conformation to qualify it for riding being necessarily lighter; but it compensates by speed for its comparative want of power. be average load tor a drouiedury ranges from 100 to 300 pounds, and tins he will carry continually, travelling from eight to ten hours a day, about uity miles a day. Uu emergency they will inaue irom seventy to ninety miles a day, but this only Tor a day or two, aud over a level couutry. Instances of greater speed being kept up for severul suc cessive days are related, but tbey are few and fur between. Muior Wayne thinks that be is satisfied that Americans will be able to inanago camels not only as well, bat better than Arabs, as they will do it witb more humanity aud Tar greater intelligence. Tu,ne be obtained were lunded at lndianola, lexus, on the Utu or May, 185C, aud be remaiued in charge of them until January or this year. In a letter to tbe Secretary of War, ou the 12th of Feb ruary, be says that tbe process of acclimation has been partially, and bo far successfully accomplished ; so that be has uo doubt of its complete success. He proposes that the camels should bave a fixed borne for three or four years at some point on the froutier. where they may be carefully attended, and their increase in number promoted, and from which they may be used from time to time io transportation and scouting. Their present location (Camp Yerde, Texas,) is recom mended as an excellent one. After the tbirty-three camels procured by Major Wayne were landed, tbe untied mate, snip supply was immediately despatched for another lot, which wore duly obtained and landed at lndianola on the 10th of February last. They were forty-one in number, and much finer animals than the first lot, although their cost wa, no greater. Tbe prices of camels range almost as widely as tbe sums paid for horses in this coontry. Tbey are sold at from 815 to 81000 eacb, accordiug to their breed and peculiar characteristic. Tbey bave been used in Tuscany for two baudred years. The present Grand Duke owns two hundred and fifty, and. although badly cared for, they will do tbe work of one thousand bories. ' ThjCpider ftqd the Snake). : ASTOMIStltna fSJAT OP A HOCBB RPIDRR. It would iGeeari that thcrews no living thing so obnoxious, not to find some admirers. What creatures so repulsive as rats and spiders t Yet the London Quarterly finds something beautiful and even lovcable in tbe former, and Dr. Asa Fitch, in . Harpers' Monthly, labors to ebow that the latter "deli cate littio objects" are worthy of our esteem and admiration I He denies that their bite is fatal to any sane insects, and extols their agilty, adroitness, sagacity and heroism as worthy of all praise. In support of these views he tells the following curious story concerning a heroic spider who captured a snake. The affair came off last summer,- in the store of Chas. Cook, in the village of Ha vana, Chemung County. N. Y., aud is attested by the Hon. A. B. Dickinson, of Coming, who himself witnessed the phenomena, as did more than a hundred others. An ordinory looking spider of a dark color, its body not'larger than that of a common bouse fly, had taken op its residence, it. appears, on tbe under side of a shelf beneath the counter of Mr. Cook's store. What may we suppose was the surprise aud consterna tion of this little animal on discovering a snake about a foot long selecting for its abode the floor underneath, only two or three spans from its nest. It was a common silk snake, which, perhaps, had been brought into the store unseen in a quantity of sawdust with which tbe floor bad been recently "carpeted." The spider was well aware, no doubt, that it would inevitably fall a prey to this horrid monster the first time it should incautiously venture within its reach. We should expect that to avoid such a frightful doom, it would forsake its present abode, and seek a more secure retreat elsewhere. But it is not im probable that a brood of its eggs or young waa secreted near the soot, which the parent forseaw would fall a prey to this monster if tbey were abandoned bv their natural guardi an und protector. We can conceive of no other motive which could have induced the spider so pertinaciously to remain and defend liiul particular spot at the imminent risk or her life, when she could so easily have fled and established herself in some secure corner elsewhere. But how, we may well ask, was it possible for such a weak, teuder little creuture to combat such a powerful mail-clad giant T What power had ebe to do anything which could subject the monster tceven the slight est inconvenience or molestation? Her ordi nary resort, that of fettering and binding her victim by throwing her threads of cobwebs around it, it is plain, would be of no more avail here than tbe cords upon the limbs of tbe unshorn Sampson. Aware that ber ac customed mode was useless, bow did she acquire the knowledge and sagacity requisite lor devising auother, adapted so exactly to tbe case in hand one depending upon the structure and habits of the serpent to aid in rendering it successful! Llow was she able to perceive that it was in her power to wind a loop of ber threads around this creaturo's throat, despite all bis endeavors to foil her in this work a loop of sufficient strength to hold bim securely, notwithstanding his strug gles and writhings, until by her tackle like power she could gradually hoist him op h orn the floor, thus literally hanging bim by tbe neck until he was dead? For this was the feat which this adroit little heroine actually performed a feat beside which all tho fabled exploits of Hercules in overpowering lions aud serpents and dragons sink into utter insignificance 1 And who cau say that in the planning and execution of this stupendous achievement, thero was not forethought, reasoning a careful weighing of all the dilli culties and dangers, and a clear perception iu the wii'ii if of this little creature that she possessed the ability to accomplish what she uudertook ; in short, an exercise of faculties of a much higher order thuu the mere instinct which is commonly supposed to guide and govern these lower animals in their move ments T By what artifice tbe spider was able in the first of the attack to accomplish w hat it did, we can only conjecture, as its work was not discovered until the most difficult and daring part of its feat had been performed. When first seen, it had placed a loop around the neck of the serpent, from tho top ot which a single thread was carried upward and attached to tbe under side of tho shelf, whereby tho head of the serpent was drawn up about two inches from the floor. Tho snake was moving around aud around, incessantly in a circlo us lurpo as its tether would allow, wholly unable to get its becd down to the floor, or withdraw it from the noose ; while the heroic little spider, exultingly no doubt in the success of its exploit, which was now sure beyoud R peradventore, was ever and anon passing down to the loop und np to the shelf, adding thereby an additional strand to the thread, eacb of which new strands being tightly drawn, elevuted the bead of tbe snake gradu ally more and more. But the most curious and skillful parts of its performance is yet to be told. When it was in the act of running down the thread to the loop, tho reader will perceive it was pos sible for tbe Buuke, by turning its bead verti cally, to snap at and seize the 8pider in bis moulb. This bad no doubt been repeatedly attempted in tbe earlier part of tho conflict ; but instead of catching the spider, bis snake ship caught himself thereby iu an additional trap. The spider, probably by watching each opportunity when the mouth of tbe snake bad thus been turned towards her, adroitly, witb her bind legs, as when throwing a thread around a fly, had thrown one thread after another over the month of tbe snake, bo thut he was now perfectly muzzled, by a series of threads placed over it vertically, and these wero held from being pushed asunder by another series of threads placed horizontally as my informant status be particularly ob served. No tnuzzlo of wire or wicker work for the mouth of tbe animal could be woven with more artistic regularity and perfection ; aud the snake occasionally making a desperate attempt to open his mouth, would merely put these threads upon a stretch. The SDake continued bis gyrations, bis gait becoming more slow, however, from weakness and fatigue, and the spider continued to move down and up on the coid, gradually shorten ing it, until at last, when drawn upward so far that only two or three inches of tbe tail touched tbe floor, the snake expired, about six day after be was first discovered. A more beroic feat than that which this little spider performed is probably nowhere upon record a snake s foot ia length bung by a common bouse spider 1 Truly, the race is not to the swift, nor is the battle to tbe strong) And this phenomenon may serve to indicate to us that tbe intelligence with which th Creator ha, endowed tbe .humblest, feeblest of bis ereatures, is ample for enabling them to triumph in any emergency in which He places them, if they but exorcise tbe faculties He baa given them. It i only the slothful, cowardly, timorous, that fail, and tbey fail not so much before their enemies as before tbeir own snpinenses. ' ....piscfllattcoitSo (From the Philadelphia Ermine. Bulletin) The late David Stringer" M'Kim. Mbssrs. Editors: The grave has closed oyer McKim, and his soul has winged its flight to that dread tribunnl where the secrets of the heart are known where lies and de ception avail not. Far be it from me to say or do anything to harrow np the feelings of the respectable relativerte has left behind ; but even they must know that "the evil that men do lives after thorn." Neither have I any thirst for notoriety ; but, actuated by a sole desire to have justice done to the witnes ses wbo wero maligned and traduced by tbe colprit but a few minutes beforo he appeared before the bsrof tho Almighty, 1 have conclu ded to make a statement such as, 1 hope, will remove any floubt as to the guilt of McKim, ir any such doubt may have been ruised by the solemn asseverations of a dying man. Shortly after the arrest of McKim, on the day be was expected to arrive at Hollidays burg, I culled upon the Deputy Sheriff, John McClure, Esq., and mode a proposition to him to go into partnership and publish a life, trial and confession of the murderer, if the latter could be had. Mr. McClure expressed a willingness to enter into such an arrange ment, aud I gave kirn tbe necessary instruc tions bow to proceed. The week before tbe trial was to take place McClure called upon me aad stated that the McKim matter was fixed, and that he promi sed a confession, in case of conviction, for $50, which sum ho wanted to enable bim to fee another lawyer. A day or two after we went to bis cell and there talked tbe matter over. McKim stated that be had received a remittance and paid his lawyers, and bad use only for $25 ; that if w would advance bim this Bum, in case of a conviction, ho would furnish ua with a coufession ; and, if acquit ted, be would refund the money. With this understanding we left. This conversation, of course, wa confidential, but 1 informed A. F. Osterloh and O A. Trough bofora tha trial, and Wm. A. Stokes, Esq., one of tbe counsel for tbe Commonwealth, immediately after tbe trial, of the arrangement we bad made. On the first day of the Court I told Mc Clure to pay McKim the money, and I would re-imbur8e bim tbe week following ; to which he agreed. As be never called upon me for tbe money, I was at a lots to know whether McKim refused to take it, or had taken it and returned it again, but his speech in the Court-House, before seutence was passed, staggered my belief that be would ever make a confession of any kind. I took an early opportunity to couimuoicute my suspicions to Mr. McClure; but be informed me that Mc Kim still told him that it wa "all right." On tbe strength of this, 1 even wrote to 11. B. Askmead for the estimated cost of 10,000 pamphlets. Two weeks later McClure could get no satisfaction out of bim. He declared his innocence of th crime most vehemently to the very man whom be prouiiicd a coufes sion I It will thns be seen that be had a confti sinn to make. The reason why he did not make it is evident. Subsequent evecta'preve that he had made np his mind to cheat the gallows by either escaping from prison or committing Buicido, and utider his hallucina tion he labored up to tbe day on which be was executed; But if there is any other evidence wanting uot elicited at the tiial look at his incon gruous statements'. To his counsel be stated that on the morning Norcroas wa murdered, be got off the cars about fifteen miles west of Altoona, in order to meet a frieud, leaving Norcross iu charge of a mau named Kobinson To his spiritual advisers be said, that be got off at the first station west of Altoona, think ing it was Altoona, and expecting Norcross to follow. When tho discrepency of these statements was pointed out to him he had nothing to say. A visitor asked bim whether, when he left Uallitzin for Altoona, bo took the railroad or the country road. Ho immediately answered "the country road." Now the fact is that no rood leads to Altoona but the railrod. Ue might have reached Altoona by going down Sugar Hun to Allegheny Furnuce, but that is a road no stranger could find in daylight much less at two or three o'clock in the mor ning. No man would venture through the tuuuel at night, and it would keep a Btranger busy to find his way over Tunnel Hill. Ouce on the other side, uo persou but one exceed ingly well acquainted with tbe country could find tbe ltomington road ; and even if found, one who did not know the path and foot-logs, would soon lose it, for at places the wagon track ia diroctly in the bed of the rivulet. During the trial, McKim told one of the Illinois witnesses that the first time be saw Attix in Dubuque, be looked npon biiu as a man wbo would swear another's life away, and yet on tbe gallows be declared most emphat ically that he never saw Attix until be saw him in the Coart House of Blair countyl Another case iu point and 1 am done. His bitterest invectives were against Mr. Fleck, who testified to McKim's tukiug breakfast at his houso on tbe morning of '.be murder. This McKim deuied, and gave an occurate description of Kearney', bouse, as the place where be breakfasted. It may be that Fleck was miatakeu, and yet it is uot at all unlikely that be was at but'u places. The evidence ouly went to ettubl.su the murder er's presence at Altoona, and yet in the same, breath witb which be denounced Fleck, he twice uclnuuledyed being in Altoona on the morning of the tragedy I But, it Is useless to pursue this subject fur ther. His career iu Heading, Polt.ville aud Long Fond, proves thut be was au unmitiga ted liar, and there waa not a single person who listeued to his long and loud protesta tions of iunacense, but what knew thut all the statements he mnde were lies, uiuliguual and black as bell itself. If those wbo bave read the speech, could bave listeued to the tone and euerty in which it was delivered, and then contrasted the whole with the evidence given on the trial and what 1 bave above written, tl conclu sion must have forced itself upon the minds that uo such an extraordiuury criminal ever expiated crime upon lb gallow, iu this or any other country, 1 consulted Mr. McClure In regard to this statement, and he is willing to certify to eatire truth of whut I have Staled, if necessary. U. J. Jo.vv. Hullidaysburg, Auyust 15th 1357. Tbe body of the son of Napoleon I. is toon te be brought to Paris. New hay sells at Chicago at 8 1 a ton. The old iojun sold at (40. The cruises of our natiooal vessels are to be shortened from three to two years Extensive frauds bave been Vliscovered ia fortogal in th manafaotura of vine. Explanation of tho Pnniahment of Ma tineers by Blowing from the Gmisi : The following is Brigadier-Oeneral CbanJ. berlain's address to the 85 ih Kegimeot Na tive Light Infantry, on tbe occasion. of tbe punishment Of death being inflicted on two Sepoys of that regiment, on tho morning of the ath of June, 1857 : "Nulive officers ond soldiers of tbe 35th Light lufabtry Yod bave just seen two meu of your regiment blown from guns. This is the punishment I will inflict upon all traitor and mntinoers, and your consciences may tell you what pun ishment the may expext hereafter. These men bave been blotto from a gufi, and cot hung, because tbey were Brahmins, and I wished to suve them from the pollution of the hangman's (sweeper's) touch, and thns prove to you that tbe British Government does not wish to injure your caste and religion. I call upon you to remember tbat each one of you bave sworn to be obedient and faithful to your salt. Fulfil that sacred oath, and hot a hair of yonr head shall be bort. God forbid that I should bave to take tbe life of another soldier, but like you I have sworn to be faith ful ond do my duty, and I will fulfill my vow by blowing away every man guilty of sedition and mutiny as 1 have dono to day. Listen to no evil counsel, but do yoor duty as good sol dicrs. You all know lull well that the re ports about the cartridges are lies, propaga ted by traitors, whose only desire is to rob and murder. These scoundrels who profess' to find cows' and pigs' fat in the cartridges, no longer think they are forbidden when tbey break into mutinv aud shoot down women and children. Subedar Gajadeen Falnek, Sube dar fioostum Sing, and HaveldaUungaDeen Chowby, yoa have done well. I will bring yoor conduct to the notice of tbe Oovernor- Uonernl of India, who will reward voor loval- ty. Private Ilusuphul Sook yea beard tba niatiaons and seditious language which waa spokea by the Sepoys, aud on the court-roar' tial you would not give evidence. Yon are false to your salt, and shall be punished. In oWil with a Pocket Full of Book. A Tennessee planter lately visited New Orleans, and stopped at the St. Charles Ho tel, and in the course of a week created a prodigious sensation. lie was a stoat, plain looking fellow, and on the trip down from Memphis contrived to get very drunk so that from the time he landed in tbe city until he left, he carried on like a crazy man, paying fifty or a hundred times the value of every thing he bought. He gave a colored barber $20 for shaving bim, and refused to take an change ; paid half a dollar for a glass of li quor, declined tbe change, and gave tbe bar keeper $20 additional as a free gift On the latler qeing rejected, the planter crumpled up the bill, threw it behind the counter, and walked off in a rage. He bad all bis pockets 8 Ui flu d with baak notes of the denominations of hundred?, fifties and twenties, which he threw away recklcsly If be ran against a person he dashed a baudfull of bills iu bis face) Not satisfied witb this, be afterwards paraded about with alinen bag so full of silver tbat it bont him down to carry it. Wherever lie bad a chance, he paid for drinks, Ac, with a hand fall of half dollars. After a three days' tour of this description, be packed up aud traveled byck to Tennessee, where he belonged. He is said to be quite wealthy. The eockers about town era believed to bave reaped a grand harvest out of this poor inebriate's folly. Manure Around Trees. Ma. Freas, A little practical information on tbe subject of putting manure around trees may be of great advantage to farmers and others, by preventing them from killing trees by putting too much manure about the roots. M ulching trees of all kinds to make thorn more thrifty, is practiced to a great extent, and has been found so beneficial that is is a wonder that every person wishing to obtain fine fruit or shade trees, bas not adopted the plan. In the following, I make no allusion to that beneficial practice, but to a pernicious prac tice of throwing large heaps of manure at tba toots of trees. A farmer in this vicinity, in one instance, when hauling out his manure, threw it aroand tb truuk of a large chestnut tree, where it was left for more than two weeks, when it was removed; but io a few days the leaves began to wither and turn yel low, and the tree died. C'aman'own Tele grajh. Don't Talk too Mich. Tha following from the Liverpool Post may serve as a use fal warning to physicians and other given to talkiug too much. Dr. Locock, the Queen physieian was per portily dismiss, d from fui tin r attendance on the royal family, whore he bts been hitherto admitted on terms of familiar inter ejurse. H s salary 5,000 per annum, a royal present ou eacb safe delivery of the Queen, aud a large practice among tbe nobility is uo small Iofs. Tbe doctor has made every effort towards reconciliation but tbe Queen remains inexorable. It seems that it came to tbe Queens ears that Dr. Locock was given to too mock talking, and that though she told Prince Albert that hi habit of sleeping between the blaukets was "a vulgar, dirty Dutch practice, she did not care to have it told abroad. Fatal Collision. On Thursday afternoon a collusion occurred between two passenger traius, on tbe Galena aud Chicago Knilroad, near Wheaton, Illinois, whereby Mr. Sorgent the baggage master, was instantly killed and two pasiigcrs, a man and a woman, wero very badly injured. The engines were smash ed to pieces. Potato ks In Maine. Tho very best pota toes are sold in Bangor Me., at 45 cents per bushel. This does Dot look as if there was much of "the rot" ia tbat section. Mrs. Weston of Bridgeport, Con., left bet1 husband and two children last Monday and eloped witb a man named Greig. The deseN ted hnsband was much attached to bis wife and declares that be is willing to receive her back if she will return. The parties are all respectfully connected. Dsr.ticTiTK Hafits. It is Said tbat the early bird picks up the worm; but gentlemen who smi k--ind ladies wbo dance till three or fi er in the morning, mill do well to cousid' ir that tb worm also ricks ep the ear'. bird. A minister wbo bad received a number of calls, and conld scarcely decide which was the best, asked the advice of a faithful old African servant, who replied "Master, go whore there i the most devil." Mrs. Jameson say "The bread of life l love ; the salt of life i work; tbe sugar of life, poetry ; the water of life, f-itb." Hand us the bread and toj'; ucver P'iliA tbs salt.
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