- - ... . " i -- ' V- NEAY-SERIES! VOL. 10, NO. 3S. SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1857. OLD SERIES, VOL- IS. v i . , ...... t i The Sunbury American. PUBLISHED BVERY SATURDAT ' - BY II. B. MASSEB,' . ' Market Square, Sunburyi Ptnna. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. "'j' TWO DOLLARS per aoimm lo bt paid balf yeariy In dvsrce. No paper discontinued, until ux arrengea ar communicntiona or letter on business relating to Wis Art, tu iii.ui. attention, mutt b POST FA1U. ... TO CLUBS. Tara eopiea to one address, Seven Do r.fieen Do . . Do MOO rivedoltara In advsnrs will pay for tare year's sub aaription to the American. Puetmnstera will ptease act aa oar Agents, and frank kltm oimtsinin. anhaeription money. They are permit tad to do thii under the Poat Office Law. TERMS Or ADVERTISING. 'Or-a ! of,a llnea,3tltnea, F-very auua.ient inaertion, On 9qut months, mmuhs, One year, n milium Cards of Five llnss, per annum, islarctaiiia and olliera, sdvertismg by ths . er, with the privilene of Inserting ,nn"eren. advertisements weekly. tT La.ei A.ia'tiaementa,ai par agreement 100 J()0 80 eiio 1000 Va hnya eoriaacted with onr establishment a wel V.'.eeted J ) II O FFICK. which will enable ua to executo the neatcit sfyls, every variety of printing. " 2. B. ATTORNEY.AT LAW, BUNBUK'jr.lS'A. Business Mtende-1 in the'C'chmties of Not ihuml.crland, Union, Lycottrrlg Moour and .iliimhi. References in Pliiladelpliti : U n Ti. Chas. Gibtons, tMj. iiur A Snodgrass, Lipi, Smith Co. LOCUST MOUNTAIN COLLIERY SUPERIOR. WHITE ASft ANTHBAOITB COAL, f rom the Mammoth Vein, for Furn acea, Found rics, Steamboat and Family use, 4,rCABMSt, NeaToiiniA' VavMTt, Pa. SIZES OF COAL. I.TTMP, for Blast Furnaces and Cupolas, STEAMBOAT, far Steamboat, Hot Air "furnaces and Steam. BUOKEN, rT rnte, SlevsndStea. EGG, y ... STOVE, I For Stovea, Steam and burning Nt;T, , Lima. 1'EA, for l.imehurrrcrs a-nd muking Steam. Ordera received t Mu Carmel or Korthum erland Wharf, Will rcceivt prompt attention. M. B. HEI.L-, t). 3. 1.E'.Vl, WILLIAM May 3, I8S8 If PHILADE1. BXA Wood irBouldiiig Mill, TTiUon Street above Twelfth, Xorth Side. MOULDINGS euital'l for Corpcntera Guilders, Cabinet and Frame MaVeVS worked from the beat and thoroughly aeaaoned material, alwaya on hand. Any pattern work d from a drawing. The eubarriber having purchased the entire interest, will continue the buainen with increas ed facilities. Agents waned in the varfou's towns in this portion ot the State, to whom opportunities will te offered for large profits to themselves. SAMUEL B. HENRY. July 1ft, 1857. Zm 2Jp A; J. CONRAD. HOLLOWING RUN. RESPECTFULLY informs the public that he has roplhii-hoJ his Store with an ex-, cellent aortinent il New (iooja junt received from i'hiladelphia; which he will sell on. terms as rvasonable aa any othT eitabliiihmcnt. Hia ae.ortment consists in tia rlcf , t'LOTIIiS, CASSIMERES & SATTINETt,' 'A'inter Wears for men and boys, ell styles ami price Ladies Dress Gootii. toniiitirt; of Black Silks, Merinos, AlpacaAj De Lsinr-?, Calicoes, Ginghams, Muslins, Trim tnings, Ac. Also a trcQ tiipply of GROCERIES of all Vinds, HARDWARE and aUEKNSWARE, Cedarware, Brooms, dee. Alto a large assort ment of Boots and Shoee, suitable for Men Wo trien and Children. Hats and Caps, Bilk Hats, And all goods usually kept in a Country Store. All the above named stock 6t goods will be Inld positively at low prices for cash, or in ex thange for country produce, at the highest market price. Hollowing Run, Noir. S, 1858. If r iTE.vr wheel tin ease. rXHIs Grease la rerommended to the notice of JL Wagoners, Livery Stable keepers, &cst eing Scrcaioa to anything of the kind ever in educed. Aa it doe not gum upon the axles is much more durable, and U not aflt-cted by tha weather, remaining the aame in summer f la viator, and put UP m bit canisters at 37S and ? rr.u.br sL by A, W, FJSHEK, March H, 1857. lvrtjeia i jxxrazai M R. O. KIMBALL, UU ef Elmira, haviag become a resident of Sunbury, respectfully inforrus the ciuuene and oilier, that he intends to form a Staging CUae, both secular and sacred se4 will impart instruction to all who may desire to plate tbrru selves under hia charge. N. B Mrs.O. Kimball is prepared to give instruction to few more pupil on tha Piano Forte. Hunbury, September 10, 1857 If Tb 810 and $15 Single and? Double, Threaded Empire Family Sewing Machinei. AN AGENCY for the sal of these Sewing Machines can he secured on liberal terms for the Couuty of Northumberland. No one need pply without capital sufficient lo conduct the business properly and who cannot bring refer ences a lo reliability and capacity. A personal application will be noceanary. The peculiar adaptation of these Machine for II purpose of Family Sewing, will, where ever thsy are ottered for sal command a rady and unliuirted dtimanil. JOHNSON GOOD ALL, . 8. E. Corner of 6th and Area bl, t'biladel'a. August (, U57. tf , IILAXKSS IllViXKS! BLANK Deed. Mortgsgee, Bonds, Warrant A ttechment, CommitmenU, Summons, Sul Cis, Eiccutions, Justices' and Constables Rilta, dec, tc.,caa k had by epf lying a ski utfk. it it g MY EON, THOU ART MY HEART'S 2 DELIGHT. " . The following beautiful and touching line were written by Daniel Webter, on th death u um bu naries: , . My on, thon wart my heart's delight ; Thy BOm of life Was f.w anil rKn I That morn had rushed to audden night, 1 ny lather a bouse i sad and dreary, f hold thee an mv lrn m mn t And kissed thee laughmg, kissed tllbe weeping J nut an my i mte a ay Is done . Thou'rt with thy angel sister sleeping. The staff on which my years should lean, Is broken ere those years come o'er me ( My funeral rite thou ihould'at have seen, But thou art in the tomb before me. Thou rear'at te me no filial stone. No parent' grave with tear behoIJesl ; Thou art my anceator, my ton ! 'And atand'st in Heaven' account the oldest. On earth my lot was soonest cast, Thy generation after mine, ; Thou hast thy predecessol past; ;. Earlier eternity is thine. . : I ahould have set before thin eyes The road to Heaven, and shewed it clear; But tbou, untaught, spring'st to the skies, ., Anu leav st tay teacher lingering here. Sweet seraph, I would learn of thee, , And hasten to partake thy bliast And oh ! to thy world welcome me, At oral l welcomed thee to lb is. Dear Angel, thou art safe in Heaven; . , . No prayers for thee need more be made; Oh ! let thy prayers for those be given, V ho oft have blessed thy head I . My father ! I beheld thee born, And led thy tottering steps with care ( Sffore me risen to Heaven s bright morn, Mv son ! my father ! guide me there A PANIC EPISODK. TT.E "SORROWS or A MONEYED MAN. One rnorriinp. not many days aince. Mr. Von Muff conceived and executed the ides, of rising at five o'clock. To the preat disgust and indignation of Mrs. Yon Muff be contin ued the practice ; to use ber own words, "bo deprived ber qi her sleep, and exposed ber to a cold draught before it was light." She fol'ioved him one mortimfr, and found bitn in a state of extreme Jftn&'fita, reading tue i imeg. .... "So this is your occupation, 13 ft, Mr. Von MaffT It is to see the newsnanor. ia it. that yon deprive tne of my rest,, and destroy my health T Are you not esharrwd of yourself, sir?. Why canS.yoa reaf'ihe papers after ort-nKiast, iiKe otner ioiks, en7 Iiecaii9o there's a panic, Felicia, and I want to find out who ware attacked with it yesterday." "I aoic, indeed I Yon re enough yoorsolf to give any one a panic. I expect you will havo to bury me before long, if this sort of treatment, fa continued. Then, I suppose you will be overjoyed." "My dear .Felicia, don't agitate yonrself. Tiut, really, our financial condition is fright, fill. Nobody trusts anybody. I feel qnite alarmed, for, as yon know, my money is all in the Blunderbuss Bank, and if that Bhould burst!" "Serve yon right if it did, yon. fool! Wby don't you put it into the 'Waterspout Bank' that won't burst." "No ; but there may be a run upon it." Draw out the money altogether, then, and lock it up in an iron ebest "Why, yon see, if I did that people wouli) laugh at ine ; though, upon my boul, if this panic continues, I must." .. "Really, Mr. Von Muff, yon are the most inexplicable person I ever encountered. Here we are, it seems, on the verge of ruin; and yet you hare tbs beartlessness to get up at five o'clock, and sit here quietly for. three hours almost in a stile of nudity reading the papers, , I'ni dgusted with you, sir. What are yob gating at . Are, you going to make no effort to save joqr 4nnecent family, from destruction ? M'ul . you . sit there forever, doing nothing but reading the papers ever lastingly reading the papers V Von Muff made no reply, bat dressed, breakfasted, and took his leave. As ho opened the front door a well known voice called after him from the top of the stairs t "Joseph" "Yes, my dear." .. "Draw that money out of tne Blunderbuss Bank this very day, if yon don't wan't to find yourself wifoless and childless within a week t" With this awful threat she disappeared, and Joseph bailed an omnibus. . "Ah ! Von Muff, how d'je do!" "Good morning, Crokur. Dreadful times, these. '.What's the news f" "You've seen the morning's papers? Enor mous list of failures. Can't stand it much longer, sir. Everything must go yon and I most go everyining general smasn-nn.- "Gracious! you can't mean it. Burely the eity banks are safe. I have a hundred thou sand deposited." "Draw it at once, then. Don't hesitate don't lose an instant. Perhaps you're too late now. Get gold nothing but gold or you're lost That's all I've got to say. Von Mufl polled out his large red pocket handkerchief and wiped the perspiration fron his face. lie remained silent overcome by reflections. When he left the omnibus at Stone street, Crokur put bis head out of the window and called after tbe retreating capi talist: "Attend to thut at once, Von Muff, or consider yourself a ruined man." ." Von Muff entered bis office in Stone street terribly perplexed. lie found Scrummage there Scrummage, who knew the financial condition of every institution in tbe country. "Well, Scrummage, bow are the banks ?" - "Bound to go before long. I've given a week." "What, do yo think so too, Scrummage? And tha Blunderbuss?" "Not better than tbe others. Got money theroT "Yes." "Then draw it out immediately; that's my advice." And off be went to counsel some other bewildered mortal. Von Mud now began to realize tbe panic. To think was only to make matters worse, lie rnshed into the street ia frantic alarm as ha harried along be saw an immense erowd of people before the doors of the Waterspout. "What is the matter bare?" be timidly iUfjaiied of a by stander. . -.- 1 Selecl Calc. "Run on the bank." " . " ' , . "Goodness I you don't say so V " , And onward he hastened. Two men. talk. Ing in an eager, excited way, dashed by bim tbe next . moment. ' He caogbt the word "Blunderbuss ; .. this was the climax of bis agony. He dfrected his steps at once to tbe bank where hi treasure, was deposited.' The quiet and repose that surrounded that veteran institution somewhat reassured him. His fears, however, were not to be dispelled. "This is the calm,'.' he euid to himself, "that Invariably precedes the storm. There is de ception in It. I am just In time. So be entered, drew his money in gold, and, with the aid of several porters and a cart, bad it conveyed to his office in Btone street. " Anx.air of Immense satisfaction pervaded Von Moil's ronnd, good-natured face when he saw tbe last twenty dollar piece deposited in bis safe boe of Chisselhem's iron, patent, everlasting safes.;, to fear of that bursting He lighted a cigar,, and porting forth the smoke in a long succession of wreaths, he turned to Feeks ahd jStnrp, confidential clerks of many years' standing , in the boose oi v on M nit v Co., and Whispered ! . "All right now, boys ; let the banks breas li tney like, and be hanged." it was, or course, necessary that the large amount of treasure recently transferred to Mono street should be watched at night, otherwise a burglary in tbe third degree might be disastrous as the breaking of a bank. Von M off himself, with tha enthusiasm of a recruit, declared be was ready to mount guard for a fortnight: be conld obtain sufficient sleep in the eveninc and morning before and after tbe fulfilment of his nocturnal duties ; and those accommodating clerks, Feeks and Sturp. consented to assist bim on condition that tbey should be eunnlied with brandy and cigars disrretion. These preliminaries being settled. Von Muff went home to din ner, lie looked ronnd onoh hia fellow-citi zens with tbe air of e mad who bad just achieved a coup d'etat. Von Muff experienced a special glow of pride that afternoon on entering the portals of his spacious mansion in the avenue. In the evening he returned to the office, taking with bim, for defensive purposes, the mnsket with which his sire performed prodigies of valor in the Revolutionary war. lie thought it prudent to inform his wife, throntrh the domestic, that be would tot return borne until the following day. The first night's watch passed off tolerably well. Cigars and stiff brandy and water were provided, and the guard were kept awake partly by the liqnor and partly by mysterious noises like the picking of locks and other burglarious sounds. On more than one occa sioo Von Mnff brought op bis musket to the "present," and took deadly, aim at the koob of the door, and his two attendants nervously bandied tbe revolvers tbey. had borrowed for the emergency. They had no occasion, how. ever, to use their weapons. Toward morning Von Muff looked very haggard and fatigued. He felt "confoundedly gone np," as he himself expressed it; so. about six o'clock, after a shave aad mntton-chop, he ensconced himself in bis arm chair, and fell asleep. But neither the attitude nor the place were favorable to a comfortable snooze. - - - - . People, toe. .commenced lo pour in, for the news of the night's watch hnd by this time ex tended throogbout the whole business com munity, and the utmost cariesity was manifes ted to know the result. Reporters of news papers, especially, were orgentin their de. mandsfor Von Muff's own statemeut of the facts that had transpired. "Well, , Vpn Mnff, how do you feel ofte; your night'o work?" "Is your money safe yet. How is it done op in bags or kegs?" "Take my advice nnd never loose sight of it again 6leep on it." "Good praciouBl you don't mean to say that yqn deposit your treasure in One of Chisselhem's-safes ! Might as well flidg it into tho Hudson!". "Keep up your spirits, old boy ! the panic will not lest over six months, and yon can watch it out!" - - These, and a multitude of similar remarks, from solicitous visitors disturbed tbe equili. brium of Von Muff's mind as mnch as his vigil bad disturbed the equilibrium of his body. ' He was, therefore, ill at ease, when, late in the afternoon, he found himself at borne in ,the avenue, u -' Mrs. Von Muff took no notice st first of ber spouse's dejection, but in the course of dinner she abrnptly broke out: . t. "Mr. Von Muff, may I ask if .yon've been drinking, for your conduct is inexplicable and "My dear Felicia, I was up (,'1, night," am. reajly quite worn not. I most tcke some sleep before I return." . , "I thought this would be the result pfyour freak. A pretty exhibition yon are making of yourself before your family, it wonld cer tainly be, the wisest etep you could take to go lo bed." ., .. . . , , , i Ton Mnff thought. bo too. A frightful yawn, that he tried in vain to repress, rather nurried bis movements, and he withdrew without further remonstrance ... ..T. ; He bad scarcely been asleep ap.honr, jiow. ever, when he was toneed lo consciousness by Mrs. Von Muff, who appeared to be alter nately shaking bim and punching bis head. "Do you bear tbat ?" she yelled ; "do you bear that?" "What ?'' tabbing Lis e.yes, . end full awa kened to tbe presence of his spouse, if not to anything else.. "What? Wfcy, the fire-bell, yon deaf ad der 1 it has been ringing eight this half hour. A pretty time for yon to be sleeping, when, probably, your office is in asbes, and we are ell beggars 1" "Oh I dear met yon don't say so ! Where's my bat and coat ?" and out be rushed reck lessly, leaving bis wife in the middle of sentence. . Von Muff hurried down town at the top of ois speea. tie asked everybody wnom be met, in wild way, where tbe fire was ; and s me wag, who recogoiied bin, called oat "Stone street." This answer drove him nearly mad. His perturbation, when be reached tbe head of the street, and found it actually blockaded by firemen, was over whelming. He knocked people about, right and left, and when be reached bis office, and fjund that tbe fire was round the corner, the reaction nearly produced an appoplectio fit He sank into a chair, faint and exhausted w th hi exertioos. The watch tbat aigbt was a painful one. Neither Von Muff nor his a S-t Cts could help falling asleep. Brandy and water only made them more drowsy. Tbey nodded at each other like mandarins, and every now and then Von Muff would start from a dream, in which be bid been is impotent iec a oi the robbery of his own safe. He passed an agonising night, and when morning dawned be looked as though be bad been dragged by the legs along a corduroy road. - "Sturp I" "Yes, sir." "I feel as if I couldn't pat one leg before the other. I can't stand this aoit of thing any longer. I think I'll take tbe money back to bank ibis morning.') ' I bepe yon will, sir." ' "I'll think over It Sturp." ' " '. ;- : - Toxin enterod the office about ten o'clock. Toxiu was one of tbe first victims. ' The panic had loft its impress on bis face and his sole occupation now was to alarm other people.- "Von MnlTl" he Ahnntr-rl. " "Is that yon toxin ?" was tbe faint aWnswer from the inner omce. ' "How dy'e feel old fellerr : ? . ' "Fairly done op.". - "Well, I've come to tell yon tbat you must immediately get a new safe. ' At tbe fire, last night, one of Chisselhem's ssft-s was bnrrted to cinders, and poor t ripper lost ten tbou Band, ib bard cash 1" "Yoa dou't say so !" ' V- ' "Ye 'lis a fnrl IJnorl hv ' Poor Von Muff was now utterly bewildered His money weighed bim down to the earth, aod tbe fears for its loss that he felt in other davs were liebt in comparison to tbe resnon sibilities and perplexities that tormented .his soul now. He visited the banks to see if any ot tnem wonld accept bis gold as a special deposit, but they all refused. He even im plored the Waterspout Institution, npon which there bad been such a run, to take pity on bim, bnt without avail. Finally, he re' solved to pocket pride, and redeposit his money in the Ulunderbnss. , His mind was relieved from an appalling weight when tbi9 was done. A severe trial, however, remained. How should be inform Mrs. Von Muff of the course he bad pursued? tie approached tr.9 subject timidly, as loon as be reached home. "Felicia, my dear I" , - "Well ?" . . . "1 have sent my money back to bank." '. . "What! to the Blunderbuss?" "Yes." "Upon my word, iryoo aren't a fool," and worse, I don't know who is." "But what can do?" '"Do! Canyon sit there and deliberately tell mo you don't know what to do with money when your wife and children are positively going about in rags ? No wonder tbsre's a panio, if all men are like you." History saveth not what resnonse. if anv. Joseph Von Muff made to this particular at tack of his spouse. It is probable, however, that he was too experienced a husband not to find safety in Bight. The next morning Mr. Von Muff Reamed, to bis despair, tbat all the banks, including tne nluoderbU8S, had sutiiended specie rnv- ment ! (From the Westminster Review tap October. ' i'EMALE DRESS FOR 1867, We doubt whether tbe age of our national history, or on any spot or the'globe, a more indefensible mode of dress conld be poiuted out than we have displayed before ub at this moment in the Y orld of Fashion, published by Simkin and Marshall, and (as the title page declares) patronized by the Queen, and the Ladies' Gazette of Fashion, distinguished by its faithful presentments of tbe actual mode of npper class dress. Putting aBide Punch, and every kind of caricature, we have plenty of priuta of existing ladies before us every day to meditate npon with more leisure titan tbo mind can obtain in parks, Crystal Palaces and Cbiswick Gardens, were we have met tbe origin&ls ; and a quiet contemplation of the garb of 1857 cab leave no other con viction, we are confident, than that, if our ladies were rational five years ago, no more reliance can be placed on reason than on ca price. But tbe truth is, dress is not a mat ter in which reason has ever yet bad much concern. It may be occasionally reasonable j but it is not tberefoce determined by reason. A variety t f passions of feeling maybe Im plicated in dress ; and any oue of them is more likely than reason of equipoise or neu trality, wheu the jndgment has a chance to rule lor once. As judgment and taste go together, it seems rather turpi ising than rea sou should have so little to do with .dress ; but tbe fact is so ; and, in tbe supposed realm of taste, we see tbat arbiter set aside, to gether with tbe judgment, on the first inter ference of any emotion. The female world, which, in tbe absence of any particular per tubitlion, Borne years ago. dressed in gowns of au easy length, and. breadth, of moderate weight in the skirt, and a natural division at the waist, now plays tbe fool in a costume which barbarians might mock at ; and all this because Paris is charming to. the imagi nation and venerable jri the traditions of the toilette, and because tbe womankind of Pan's is now ruled by a second Josephine,, with whom dress is her favorite branch of tha fine arts, and who is also a sprightly witch, well inclined to try how far she may go in caprice with tbe wo rid at her heels, and to put to tbe proof tbe power of ber beauty in making fools of "all ladies in al) lands." A crowd of emo tionscuriosity, wonder, admiration, and all the feelings which. go to make np what we call romance bave urged, tbe women of Eng land, Russia,. America, and perhaps a good many more, into extravagant exaggerations of the caprices of an extravagant beauty. One article alone, the full skirts, will remain a mopament of their impressiplenessv It was convenient for the graceful Empress, to dis guise ber figure for a time, aod every dowager aud every. young maiden just emerged from the schoolroom, adopted tbe device without any consciuasness of the absurdity of the imi tation. Thus are our ladies proving them selves no wiser than their great grandmothers though tbey plumed themselves for a time on being so. Their feelings bave carried them away into a fanaticism of fashion which. Punch msy expose, bnt can hardily carica ture. ' Glancing at therushions for 1857, what do we see ? On the bead is something, tbe pur pose of which it wonld be difficult to discover by reason a structure of silk or straw adorned with flowers, ribbon and lace, crowd ed on the angle of the jaws and tbe nape of the neck, and with its forepart just teaching tbe crown of tbe head. We bave Mr. Spur geon'l authority for the effect to the eye of tbe speetator in front Being advised to preach against tbe prevailing folly in bead gear, ba paused as he stood up on tbe plat form, looked aronnd him and aeld "I have been requested to rebuke tbe bonnets of the day ; but npon my word, 1 dod't see any." This is the bonnet of the summer of 1857, pinned to the head of some troublesome way, .erring the face exposed it a manner which one need not be a Turkish parent to disap prove, and causing the hair to be powdered with dust, and the bead and face to be alter nately heated and chilled by tori and fciud, so that tbe physicians are easily believed when tbey declare that caaes of eye disease, of toothache, and neuralgic pains of the bead and face are beyond all precedent in their practice. For many months psst English women aod the ladies of America, where the extremes of beat and cold are greater than with as, have been subjecting themselves to the inconveniences of going out bareheaded, with tbe added annoyance of an apparatus which beats and worries tbe back ef the ncrk. Tbe most delicate floweii lo tbe gaideo ate cot off by the ladies' betns as they walk the fiath, and the little green-house is no place or such tragedy queens ; tbey cannot move' without knocking down., have, a, dozeb pots. If tbe children are younit. the parent dares not commit more than one at a time to the charge of a nursemaid, for a neighbor's child was ac tually swept into tbe water from a bridge by a stiff skirt,' which went flaunting by, tbe wea rer being unconscious of the mischief.-. If be Walks with his wife, he has to be on his guard all the time. If the wind blows, be is fettered by her superfluity of garments ; and if it rains bo Umbrella can cover them both. H the weather is settled fine, tbe lady's traiu raises a cloud of dust, and sweeps the path of all loose filth as they go. If they enter the parks the steel rim of her petticoat cuts bis legs aa they sqneer.o through the narrow gate ! krld if they try the high road, there is too. hin.ch probability that the whole apparatus may bo come inverted by a sudden gust catching the balloon. Umbrullus get turned wrong side out; and tbe existing skirt is much more essy to invert. If it is to be a drive and not a walk, the good man runs the risk of being dismissed as a haughty actress dismissed an bid friend. With a vehement prohibitive gesture, she drove him bark from the carriage step, with "Pardon me I and my dress occu py the carriage." Tbe same women Who in tbeir youth marvelled bt tbe slavery to fashion wbicb induced their grandmothers to kneel in the carriage for a drive of many miles to save their lofty head dresses, now banish husband or father to tbe box, or compel them to walk, to make room for the accommoda tion of flounces or steel springs. Sunday is changed. Tbe children cannot go to church because mamma leaves no room for tbeni ; and pnpa has to stand aside, in the face of tbe congregation, while his lady is effecting the difficult enterprise of entering her pew. Are the ladies aware ..that tbo dullness of church is relieved to bachelor gebtlemen by tne amusement or watchinge-nnd arterwaras discussing, the comparative skill ofthe.ladies in passing their pew doors. We are concern ed to find that a new method of getting np prujer uuuks unu uiuics ior cnorcn use, ena bles tbe ladies te find tbeir own amusement while apparently engnged in worship, lit seems to be really tbe fact that the ladies' prayer books have a small mirror bound rip with the cover probably of about the size aa tbat in the hat-crowns of dandies which they consult while devoutly coverinc faces on en tering their pews. In the present travelling season, tbe trip is found a pursuit or pleasure nnder difficul ties, unless the ladies will retrench their gar ments. It is now a common thine: to take more places everywhere than the number of individuals requiring them ; and on cross roads where coaches and posting are the only means of conveyance, the gentlemen have no chance of room unless the Indies take more places than they want. On the Scotch, English and Iri3h lakes, tbe decks of the small steamers are unsafe for children and other unwary passengers amidst tbe sweep of hoops and bidden clotbes-lines. It is out Of the ques tion for tbe ladies to trust themselves to a pony for a mountain ride, wjiile carrying a balloon about their waists: nnd tbey cannot climb to the ridges in a dress as heavy as themselves, and longer than their own heels. If they venture on foreign travel, the prevail ing fashion compels a kind and amount of custom-bouse search highly distasteful to y family man. And where is the recom pense of all that ? lf.it is troublesome at home tbat no wardrobe or closet will hold the household gowns, it is no compensation to witness the effect of those dresses in company. An sdminiig father, who till lately delighted in bis daughter's grace and lightness, or movement, and, her elegant figure, now sees her doformed and trammeled whether at the piano, in the dance, or simply sitting on tbe sofa. In the first case, she can perform only at arm s length ; in tbe second, she steers about like a great steamer on the river, which all boats get out of the way of with al speed ; and in the third case, the spectator is reminded of nothing so much as the old way of bathing at Bath; when tbe ladies waded about in ponds, finely, dressed to the shoulders, while boors and tbe waters concealed all below tbe waist. A girl at a f)artyrnow looks like a romp half bid !n a laycock, or the aconite. pushing np bis blos som between two leaves ; we fear we must add like hunchback, all ruffed and frilled as hunchbacks are wont to be. There is an an ecdote to'd by a traveler in the United States or a dressmaker in a New jvngland village who. on being reproached about the fit of the gosrns she made, replied that she did not see bow sue coma on more man s'ie bad dune; she had obtained the proportion; of tbe Venas de Medici, and if the ladies were not satisfied with what Would fit ber, why, then tbeir taste -was not to pe admin d. What would the Venus oe Medici aod bur devoted dressmaker say to the spectacle of a pretty slim girl so smothered in apparel that, as she sits, she seems like a person uplo tbe arm' pits In a feather bed ? As to tbe bidden apparatus requisite for tbe management or such a mass of clothing, it is really too well known to reqnlre much description. When a man has gained 10,- 000 by such an invention as a lady's petticoat nia commodity becomes aa object or study at once ; and no oonoi tne gentlemen have contemplated lue petticoats m tbe shop win dows crinoline, gotta percba, and steel with as much intcvest as the lady customers wttbia. the gutta percba tubing (to be In Rated bv Tiersocs who despise their1 ancestors fr stuffing their nether garments with bran) soenis not to answer very well, judging by the proposals made to buy it on for transatlantic telegraphic purposes. Not only may the steel bird-cage which seems tbe most eligible, td be seen of drawing np the hoops by a string over tbe left shoulder, lo enable the wearer to sit down. . More harmless were the hoops or tbe Graodison days, when, as Harriet By ron shows us, tbe ladies made room for the gentlemen in carriages, and for their own cir cumference in sedan chairs, by slipping the hoop ppon the left shoulder. , , It would be well for women if tbey could perceive the wisdom of conformity to that or der in their own cdse : - for it. is iricoctestible that tbe grace which they lose in making disss more tbati an adjunct .caunot be com pensated for by anythiug in tbe dress itsolf. Let tbem try for tbemselve in regard to the most graceful creatures of other races. Wrap dp an Arabian horse in . tbe gayest trappings of the eld bobby bones, and what isnhe efleet? Dee se a dress for tbe deer which shall trommel tbeir limbs, and where is tbeir charm, be their caparisoa never so splonded? It is the hooded falcon more beautiful with its pert feathers on its crown, than when it can use its br 1 iant eyeg at will? Imagine for a moment the absurdity of sub jecting any other creatures, as our women subject themselves, to the race oi tne day. We call ours an iron age. We bave our iron railways and ships, our palaeea framed ia iron aod our iron stair-cases, and even bouses, as a security against Ore ; oar iron cables and telegraph wires letting girdle round the earth ; aod we tauuet slop here, bat frane end case the female form In iron', as the cur rier would defend his besieged town with an aparatus of leather. The stays and steel fotiffehirigs before and now tbe head-dress can io kept on only by a profuse employment bf obg pins. , The bonquet has a metalio foun dation like everything else, and each blossom and leaf is . Supported on a wire ; and so is each prominence and movement of the prodi gious skirts for our ladiei are actually cog ea in sieei, and merely Cover their cnge wite gorgeous silks, which are no more realry clothing wbicb the bronnham in which Ihev ride. It is a mournM climax with whictf na ture cops the absurdity. . $ When the tender crealnrea are wortt ptt with the weary toil and folly of their unnatur al mode of life, and their pale blood and lax fibre most be restored, the iron must be ta ken as medicine the steel goes into,the stomach.- Pjace the most bewitching of the an imal creation antler similar conditions of ar tificiality, and what will become of their grace abd charm ? Everywhere else tba,n iri tbe hu man case tbe valne and beauty of ohjncts re side in themselves, and not in their accesso ries ; and so it should be with the bnmai) ob ject, Whose accessories shout J alwoygbotoo subordinate for distinct notice. This is.Vhat Dr. Johnson meant when ha said thnt itin.a persons ore best dressed of whore dress no ac count could afterwards be given. This J nuav una oruuiinuii meant wneu ne ram that a man .whose . dress yon notice in the street is an ill-dror.aed mao. 1'his is what our countrywomen will perceive to be true when their minds are duly brought to bear on a subject to which a most unnecessary amount of time is at present devoted without any creditable result..; '.We ftfb bonrid to the course bf French fashiobs in tbe matter of dress ; ', and we see no sign anywhere; from the higlieBt lady in tho land to tbe maid of all work, of an impulse to independence, strictly persobul as the mat ter is. It is otherwiso in another conntry, where the fine ladies are even more enslaved to Pa ris fashions than in onr own. In tho United Slates tbo dress reform association has been for some time organized, and it appears to be prospering wel). Physicians of eminence support it, end that is a ravoreble sign. : . v Country Girls. - Mrs. Victoria Fuller, in' the Ohio Coltiva tor in a sisterly way, thus talks to country gins: .. .. . The farmers' dauhLers are soon to be tbe life, as well as pride of tbe country ; a glo rious race or woman wbicu oo other land can show. I seek not to flatter thorn ;. for before tbey can become this tbey will have to tnake earnest efforts of one or two kinds, .. There are some who depreciate their condition, and some who bave a false pride in it, because tbey demand more consideration than they merit. A want of intelligence upon all sub jects, and of refined education, ia no more to be excused in a country than a town bred girl in this age of books and newspapers. Many girls are discouraged. .because .they cannot Detent away irom uomo to .boarding schools ; bnt men or superior minds and knowledge of the world would rather have for wives women well and properly, educated at home. And this education can be bad wherever tbe desire is not wauting. . A taste for reading does wonders, and an earnest thirst after knowledge is almost certain to attain aeweet draught of the "pierian spring.!' Thete is a farmer's daughter in this very room in wbicb l am writing, a beautiiul re, fined and intellectual woman, in whose cirl hood, books were not as plentiful as sow. and who gained her fine education under circum stances which would bave discouraged any one but ono who bad as true a love of study. I will state why I think the country girls are yet to prove the hope of tbe country. The women of towns and cities are becoming so uuiversaiiy uunealtny, and so alasost eni' vers ally extravagant foolish aid fashionable, that men, are almost in des; air of obtaining wives who, are not invalids, and providing them with what they demand after tbey bave married tbem. Unless the young man has tbe fortune fsrood or badl to be the Inheritor of wealth, he must spend the best bloom of bis youth to acquire enongn to "start npon," as people are expected to begin npw-a-aays. Many even in high places would go to the country for their choice if tbey met tbeir equal rennement and intelligence. Women are preparing to taise a noble stand in history, una tney cannot do it in ignorance. Town girls have tbe. advantage of more bigbly polished manners and greater accom plishments ; but country girls have infinitely more to recommend them as rivals of their lair city sisters. Tbey have more truth, uouseooia Knowledge and economy, health, and consequently beauty, simplicity, affection and freshness of impulse and thought When tbey bave cultivated minds there Bra more chances in tbeir favor for good sense aod real ability, because so much is not demanded by tho fnvolties of society. The added lustre of foreign accomplishments could easily be caught by such a mind from every httle con tact with tho music, I would not etieak as. though onr farmers' daughters were deficient in education. Mauy brilliant scholars end talented women may be found among tbem ; in New England this is especially so ; but I would seek to awake the ambition of all to become that admired aud favored class which they ought to be, if tbey will but unite refined culture aitb their excellent graces. ... . , A sweet country bouse, with roses and honey-suckles trained to climb oter it, with good taste, beauty and intelligence Jwithin ; toil enough to. insure beaHh, ar.d leisute to court acquaintance with books and flowers, and tbe loveliness of nature; with peace, plen ty and love, is sure't one of the paradises which Heaven bat left , for the attainment of man. . Singular. W beard of a singular circum stance the other day which occurred a few mile uo tbe Lehieb. -A little girl about four years old awoke in the middle of the eight and told her father tbat there wes tt negro in the cellar He endeavored ttf quiet ber by tolling ber tbat she bad been dreaming but she resolutely insisted that Sae saw tbe man go in and was positive that be was there.' In order to quiet lbs child, therefore be arose from bis bed. looked out of the window (which commanded a vteW of the cellar door,) . and to bis surprise saw it open. He then weut downstair jdit in time to see a man coming out with a pot of milk lo bis hand. Tbe thief on thus being caught dropped the milk jump, ed over the fence and mad tracks, lie stop-' ped however and begged off, on threats or being shot This occurrence took eluce or) Thursday night last, fry what' means was this knowledge communkated to the child ? Was it through tbat presence or evil w&ich it is said sometimes warns ns or danger in our sleeping hoars ? lfno-it Dmocrut. James G. Birtiey died on Wednesday at hit residence at Esgletwood Perth Am boy. ' Ftnti the Germaritov ' . . Thcr Chinese S fy. 'Editor, Having with Mr. J. F; Lukens, I ant bis statement, as published in v br the 21st olt., is correct ahd tfifc yield be alluded to but, I think il' ilsp to say that he had there if we i closely about one-sixth or an acre tiiore one and a sixth acres of cane, Instoad or'b-. 1 procured some bf bis simp, est did from other who bad grown tbe cane, and hnd to reduce it one-tcnth to seperate the foreign matter from it; then, it graded nearly with the Steward sirup as Sold Usually by grocers In general use. . . ' ' 6 ' i Wj I.?8i,u', Bl8n('8 "M- "d thus re duced. at 39 degrees (Baume's Hydrometer for sirup purposes,) and hot at ot; degrees. 1 he sample 1 gent jou of mine, at cold, and 40 hot. . MBki" J110 aboTe deductions, We bave tho yield of 1 17 gullons of rich sirup as the result br bis arce, and a Bplendid yield it is. Unless wo reduce tbe sirup to the a btiiforrrt grndo or quality, it is hardily fair to givo the yields as furnished by many farmers ; enough, is certainly known, however, to assure the rarmer of a lucrative remuneration fer his lime and labor In growing the cane and producing th?,8'ruUP-Jr.ar- F. SlEffiKT. & t' i, 11 ou,tl be ns we" to state tBat Lonrnes Hydrometer forSirnps, cao be , ;.u V A""er s I'hilo.opblcal depot; - v.VB.auuw obtcvb, Kb uuy cent. , 1 kaS?aSo Association whose object Is to facilitate, tho recovery of lost baggage and freight has been in session during tha past two days at tbe Scott House in Pitts burg, Pa. The following companies and cor porut!on3 presented; New-York Central, Great Western, Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago and Rock Islund, Chicago Burlington and Quincy, Galena and Chicago Union, Dix ooand 1 Air-Line, Michigan Central, Cleveland rind Erie, Grand Trunk, Chicago Omnibus line. After the usual busioees was transac ied which resulted in the finding of a largo number of pieces of valuable friegbt and bag gogo the meeting adjournrd to meet in Chi tttgo, Illinois ou Wednesday, June 2, 1S58. 1 From the Germnntnwn Telripaph ) , . Choice Eeceiptb. ici? th,a weel soa,e choice receipts for the Housekeeper, in. the hope that, at IbiS season, when people tci'H indulge a littlb more than usual in tho good things or lifij, tbey may understand bow to make them in their own households. To Cindy Frtit. After pedebes, plums, cilroDs, br quinces bave been preserved, tuke the fruit from tbe mrup; drain it on a. sieve; to a pound of loar soger. put hair a teasup or water; when it is dissolved, set it over a moderate fire; when boiling hot, put in the fruit; stir it continually until the sugar, 13 candied about it; then tuke it upon a sieve, and dry it in a warm oven, or before a fire : rennut. this wn or three times ir you wish. Fbuit in JcLtr. Put in a basin half a.pint of calf foot jelly, and when it has becoma stiff !. . ki. of grapes with tbe stelkd unwards ; over this put a rew vine leaves, and' fill up the bowl with warm jelly; let it eland till next day and then set the bowl in water up to tho brim for a moment, then turn ont.rnr.rnii it is a very elegant looking dish. Excsll!:!;t F.hiit Cake. One cup of butter, one tif broa'n unrran xn.' of molasses, oue of sweet milk, tbree of flour and foureces. Ooa An.. ...tr r..n . or cream of turtar, and one or soda. Two pounds or raisius, chopped fine; one nutmeg and a little brandy, ir yon choose. This will ume i.g gooo sized loaves, which will keep moist without liquor from four to six week when it iu properly covered. - Sro.soK Cask. One enp of sugar; I teospoonfull cream cf tartar ; 1 cup 01 noor; i teospoonfull of or soda; 3 eggs, well beaten. The cream of tartar should be Hell mixed in the flour,' and tbe flour stirred very gradually into tbe beaten eggs and sngar. Tbe soda shnnM i. dissolved in a tabiespoonrulls of milk or cream, aud added just before putting into tbi oven. SlI.VKR C'aKK. The whites of 8 eggs; 1 cup or buttul, .- 2 do. sugar; 3 do. flour, 1 do. sweet tnilk, 1 teaspoonrull crecm of tartar. i do. eoila, KxcELtENT Plain- Cake. One Cup of sweet milk : 1 of suirar 1 rf molasses : 1 bf butter : 3 of flour i fist 11 n it chopped ruisitis; 2 teaspoonfuiU cream of tartar ; 1 of soda ; 1 of salt : 1 of cloves t tl cinnamon ; 1 or nutmeg. Extroct or leoien or rose-water, ir desired. Mix the cream of tartar thoroughly into the Uour. and dissnlru the soda in milk. Mix as usuul. One-half lard can be used instead or all butter ttt shortening. La-MON PlK. Take 3 good Sited lemons, saneeza tha' joice, and chop the peel, and mix with 2 cup ol molasses, 1 cup of mtrar. 2 eeira. ami ilthi salt. Pastry, ns for any pie. Ctmp the bottom Crust with a moderate thickness of tbe prepared lemons: place over thia . second crast ; then place more or the prepaied lemon, and cover with top crust Extb Nice Bakkd Aipi.es. Tuke soot apples those of a leen AW aad to every square tin filled with tbem, pour over a (eacupfull or Water, aad a teaeuprull of srrgar. Bake slowly a 1 11 done. Kut with ream, and tbe juice that cooks from tbem This is, iod d, cxce?leut To Mask Uimukb Ssaps. Take ere tublespoonfull cf pina-er am r lard, one teaspooufull of saVratus, half a pint of molasses, half a teaeuprull or water With e Sufficiency of flour. Kuead soft, roh thin, and bake in a quick oven.- To Mask Dot omits. One pint of milk, eoe toaeopfull of ahnrt'.- ening, two ofsuar, odo of yeast, three epgw, two toaspoonfulls of cinnamon, ene of salt! -Beat the eggs, sugar and spice well together, and stir in tbe other ingredients, with a u(& eieury of flour. Pry in bot lard. v
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