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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:
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.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.