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Ei, of Lower Augusta township and the pub
lic get.erally. that ho has purchased the Store
lately kept by Isaac Marts:, in Lower Augusta
township near Emerich's Tavern, and has just
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Lower Augusta twp., October 10, 1857. tf.
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March 14,1857.
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MR. O. KIMBALL, lata of Elmira, having
becomo a resident of Sunbury, respectfully
informs the citizens and others, that ho intends
to form a Singing Class, both secular and ancrrd
and will impart instruction to all who may desire
to place themselves under his charge.
ji, B Mrs. O. Kimball is prepared to give
instructions to a few more pupils on tho Piano
Suiibury, September 19, 1857. tf
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Oct. 84, 1857. 6me
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In this place, has been romploted, and will go
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October 24. 1857.
The $10 and $15 Singio and Double
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the County of Northumberland. No ona need
i iply without capital auffi cient to Conduct the
3 new properly and who cannot Ug refer
encea a. to reliability and capacity. A personal
application will be necessary.
The peculiar adaptation of U,es. Machines for
.11 purposes of Family Sewing, will, where eve
?her'eoflerod for sale command a ready and
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August 15, 1857. tf
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BUCKLES of various kiiids, Lobsters, Sar
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Bunbary, August 1, 1867.
Select )flCh-L
PASSING AWAY.
BT C. SWAIN.
Lok from tlie easement look, and tell
What's pnssing, mother dear
Since dawn, l'va hcaid a funeral bell,
Slow pealing on my ear J
And now there conies the solemn fall
Of footsteps sweeping nigh.
Look down the street, I hear their feetj
Some funeral's passing by.
The mother gazed with anxious face,
But nothing there wns seen,
Except each old accustomed place,
And wlrnt lind always been.
A moment yet, dear mother, stay;
Strange sounds are on the air,
Like oiigels singing on their way,
Or voices deep in prayer !
Oh, lift my pillow liigli more high
For I am fnint and low ;
Help me to look upon the sky,
Anil bless tliein ere they go !
The mother raised hci daughter's head,
But no word could she spenk ;
The hope that from her bosom fled
Left Icnrsnpon her check.
The night looked thro' the casement old,
And sow a cheek so pale
A form so wasted, thin, and cold
No skill might there prevail ;
But that which cenqucrs Death yet beamed
Upon her wasted brow ;
And sweet, ns though an angel dreamed,
The sufi'erer rested now !
Ah, who the mothei's grief may tell !
Or who may comroil bring ?
Yet, high above the funeral bell
She heard the uugcls sing !
Select torjn
A WondevliiJ Story.
Tho following wondorful story appeared
several years ago, from the pen of an un
known uuthor:
The other monuuer, at tho breakfast table,
our friend, the lion. John C. Calhoun, seemed
very much troubled and out of tho spirits.
You know ho is ultogotber a vonerablo man,
with a hard, stern, Scotch Irish face, softened
in its expression around tho mouth by a sort
of sad 6t)iiIo which wins tho hearts of all who
converse with him. His hair is snow white,
lie is tall, thin, nnd angular, lie reminds
you very much of Old Hickory. That he is
honest, no ono doubts ; he has sacrificed to
his fatalism his brightest hopes of political
advancement has o!fi-red up on theshrino of
that necessity which ho worships all that can
excito ambition even tho Presidency of the
United Slalos.
But to my story. The other moruing nt
tho breakfast table, where I, an unobserved
spectator, happened to be present, Calhoun
was observod to gaze frequently at his right
hand, and bruoh it with his left in a hurried
and nervous manner. He (lid this so often
that it excited attention. At longth one of
tho persons composing tho breakfast party
his uamo, I think, is Toombs, and ho is a
member of Contrrcss from Georgia took
upon himself to tho occasion of Mr. Cul-
bonn s disquietude.
"Does your baud pain yoa ?" be aslied of
Mr. O.
To this Mr. Calhoun replied, in rather a
flurried manner :
"1'shawJ It is nothing! Only a dream I
had last night, and which makes me see per
petually a large black spot like an ink blotch
upou the buck of my right band. An optical
illueioa, 1 suppose."
Cf course these word3 excited the curiosity
of tho company, but no one ventured to beg
tho details of this singular dream, until
Toombs asked quietly
' What was your dream like ? I'm not very
superstitio'13 about dreams : but sometimes
they have a great deal of truth iu them."
"Hut this was such a peculiarly absurd
dream," said Mr. Calhoun, cguin brushing tha
back of his right hand ; "however, if it does
not intrudo too much on tha time of our
friends, 1 will rolato It to you."
Of course, the company were profuse in
their profession of anxiety to know all about
tho drecui. In his singular sweet voico, Mr.
Calhoun related it :
"At a lato hour lest night, as I was sitting
in my room engaged iu writing, I was aston
ished by the entrance of a visiter, who eutered
and without a word took a seat opposite me
at my table. This surniined me, as I had
e
iven particular orders to tho servant that I
bould on uo account be disturbed. Tha
oh
maimer in which tha intruder eutered, so
perfectly self-possessed, taking bis seat oppo- ,
site me, without a word, us thoii;h my room
and all wiliiiu it belonged to biin, excited iu
mo as much surprise as indignation. As 1
ruh-cd my bead to look into his features, over
the top of my shaded lump, 1 discovered that
ho was wrapt in a thin cloak, which efluctaally
coixea'.jd his face and features from my view.
And as 1 raised my head ho spoke :
"What are you writiug, Benatorl'rom South
Carolina ?"
"I did not think of bis impertinenco at
first, but answered him voluntarily
"1 am writing a plan or the dissolution ol
the American Union, (you know, gentlemen,
that I am expected to produce a plan of dis
solution, in the event of certain contingen
cies.) "lo tuts, the intruder replied, in the coolest
manner possible :
"Senator from South Carolina, will you al
low mo to look at your band your right
band t"
11a rose, tho cloak fell, and I beheld his
face. Uentlcuien, tbe sight of that face
struck me like a thunder-clap. It was the
face of a dead man, whom extraordinary
events bad called back to life. The features
were those of General George Washington
yes, gentlemen, tbe iutruder was none other
than George Washington. 11a was dressed
in tho ltevolutiooary costume, such as yoa
ece iu the Patent OUica."
II era Mr. Calhoun paused, apparently agi
tated. Hi. agitation, 1 need not tell you,
jvas shared by tho company. Toombs at
length broke the embarrasuinc pau3o :
"Well, we-e-11, what was the issue of this
scene r
A1 r. Calhoun resumed :
"The intruder, as 1 have said, rosa and
asked mo to look at my right band. As
thou ah I had not tba power to refuse, I ex
tended it. Tho truth is, I felt a strango
thrill nervado sna at bis touch ; he grasped
it and bold it near the light, tens auording
ma full time to examine every feature. It
was tha fuca of WashiuiitOD. Gentlemen,
shuddered as 1 beheld the horribly dead alive
of that visage. After holdiug my hand for a
moment, be looked at me steadily, and said
in a nuiet wav :
"Aud with this right liat.d, Senator from
South Carolina, you would sign your name
to a paper ducUnug the wuion aiwuivsu r
"I answered in tho affirmative. 'Yeo,' I
said, 'if a certain contingency arises, I will
sign my name to a Declaration of Dissolu
tion.' But at that moment a black blotch
appeared on the back of my hand, an inky
blotch, which I seem to see even now. 'What
is tbatt' said I, alarmed, I knew not why, at
the blotch on my band.
"That, said he, dropping my baud, "is tbe
mark by which Hcuodict Arnold is known in
the next world."
"He Baid no more, gentlemen, but drew
from beneath his cloak an objoct which he
laid upon the table laid it upon the vory
paper on Which I wus writing. That objoct,
gentlemen, was a skeleton.
"There," eaid ho, "there are the bones of
Isaac llayno, who was hung at Charlestown
by tho British. lie gave his life in order to
establish the Union. When you put your
name to a Declaration of Dissolution, why
you may as well have the bones of Jsaac
IJayno before you; ho was a South Carolinian,
and so are you. Hut there was no blotch on
his right, band."
"With theso words tho intruder left the
room. I started back from the contact with
tho dead man's bones, and awoke. Over
worn by labor, I had fallen asleep, and bad
been dreaming. Was it net a singular
dream?"
All the company answered in tho affirma
tive, and Toombs muttered, "Sir.gulur, very
singulur," at the same time looking curiously
at the back of his right band, while Mr. Cul
houn placed his head between his hands and
seemed buried in thought.
Encounter witli an African Lion.
Returning toward Kommnn, I selected the
boautiful valley of Mabotsa lut. 25 14 south.
Ion. 26 30?) 03 the rite of a missionary sta
tion, and thither I removed in 1813. Here
an occurrence took pluce concerning which
1 have frequently been questioned iu Kngland
and which but for the importunities of friends,
I meant to have kept iu store to toll my chil
dren when in my Uotacp. The Hakutia of
the village Mabotsa were much troubled by
lions, which leaped into tho cntllo pens by
night aud destroyed their cows. 1 huy even
attacked tho herds in open day. This wus so
unusual an occurrence that the people belie
ved that they were bowitclrod "given" as
they thoy said into the gower of the lions by
a neighboring tribe." They went onco to at
tack the uuiinals, but, being rather a coward
ly peoplo compared to Hechunas in goueral
on such occasions, tl.oy returned without kil
ling any.
His well knowu tbatifonoof a troop of
lions is killed, tho othrr3 take the hint and
lcavo that part of tha country. Ho, the next
timo the herds were attucUed, 1 went with
the people, in order to encourage them to rid
themselves of the annoyance by destroying
one of the marauders. We found tho lions
on a email hill about a quarlsr of a mile in
leugth, and covered with trees. A circlo of
men was formed around it, and they gradual
ly closed up, ascending pretty neur to each
other. Being down below on the plain with
a native schoolmaster, named Mebalwe,a
most excellent man, 1 saw one of tho lions
sitting ou a pieca of rock within the now clo
sed circle ol men. Mebalwo fired at bim bo
fore 1 could, and tho ball struck tho rock on
which the animal was sitting. He bit at tbe
spot struck, as a dog docs at a stick or stono
thrown at bim ; then leapiug away, broke
through tho opening circle and escuped un
hurt. The men were afraid to attack him,
perhaps on account of their belief in witch
craft. When the circle was reformed, weBaw
two other lions in it ; but we were afraid to fire
lest we should strike the mou, and they al
lowed the beasts to burst through also. If
tbe Hakatla had acted according to the cus
tom of tbe country, they would have speared
the lion3 in their attempt to get out. Seeing
wo could not get them to kill one of the lions
we bent our footsteps toward tbe village ; in
going round the end of the hill, bwevor, I
saw one of tbo beasts sitting on a piece of
rock as before j but this time be bad a lit
tle bush in frout. Heing about thirty yards
off, I took a good aim at his body through
tho bush, and f.red both barrels into it. The
meu then called oat, "ho is bugi, he is bhotl"
Others cried, "lie has been shot by another
man, too ; let us go to him !" I did cot seo
any cue els') tboot bim, but I saw tha lion's
tail erected ia anger bchiud the buah, and,
turning the people, said, "stop a little, till 1
load again." hen m the act of ramming
dowu the bullets, 1 heard a shout. Starting,
ond looking half rouud, I saw the lion just iu
the act of springing upon mo. I was upon a
little beif'lil ; ha caught tny shoulder as no
sptang, aud we both came to tha grouud be
low together. Growling horribly close to my
ear, bo shook me a3 a terrier dog does a rut.
1 be shock produced a Btnpor similar to that
which 6ceut3 ta be felt by a mouse after tho
first shake of a cat. It caused a sort of
dreaminess, in which there was no Benso of
pain or feeling of torror, though quite con
scious of all that was hnpponing. It was lil:o
what patients partially under the iufluouce,
of chloroform describe, who feel all tbe opera
tion, but led uot tho kuilo. Ibis Bingulir
condition waB not tho result of any mental
procoss, Tbe shake annihilating fear, allow
ed ns sense of horror Iu looking round at tbe
beast. This peculiar stato is probably pro
duced in all animals killed by tho carnivore,
and if so, is a merciful provision by our be-
nevoleut Creator for lessening tke pain or
death. Turning round to relieve myself of
the weight, as he had ono paw on tho back or
my head, 1 saw his oyes directed to Mebalwe,
wuo was trying to snoot uiui at a uisiauco ui
ten or fifteen yards, ills gun, a flint one,
missed fire in both barrels, the lion immedi
ately loft mo, aud attacking Melbalwe, bit
bis thigh. Another man wuose me i nau sa
ved before, after ho had been tossed by a buf
falo, attompted to spear the lion while he wbb
biting Mubalwe. lie left Mebalwo and
cauirht tha man bv the shoulder, but at that
momout the bullets ne uau receiveu iou ci-
foct, and he fell down dead. I be whole was
tha work nf & few moments, anu must uave
been his paroxysms of dyiug rage. In order
to take out the charm from bim, the Uarkatia
on tho following day mad a huge bonfire over
tbe carcass, which was Uecianu 10 ue tae iar
cest linn tbev had ever seen. Besides
crunching tbe boue into splinters ho left elev
en teeth wounds on lue upper parv vi mjr
arm.
A wound from this animal's tooth resem
bles a gun-shot wound, it is generally follow
ed by a great deal of tloughiug aud discharge
and paiua are felt in the part periodically
ever afterward. I bad on a tartan jacket on
tbe occasion, and I believe that it wiped off
all the virus from the teeth that pierced me
flesh, for my two companions in this affray
bavo both sucered rrom ine peculiar pains,
while I have escaped with the only incouve
nie nee of a false joint in aiy limb. Tbo man
whose shoulder was wounded shewed me bis
wound actually burst forth afresh ou the same
month of the following: year. This curious
point deserves the attention of Inquirers.
l.iuinaitonM Jjinmonaru travel ana ie-
tear ck,t in South Africa.
Tho Hon. Kins Mary Jones and tho
Count de WaBBOwaki.
(from tha Loudon Times of Beeember 33d.)
Tbe lion. Miss Mary Jones, a lady 42
rears "tf nga, occupied apartments at 74
Kbnry street, Timlico. In tbe same bonsa
thore resided a noble Tolo, who styled him
self tho Connt do Waszowski, and gave him
self out as tha son cf Frinco Wittgenstein.
He was 28 years old. Tho Polish nobleman
calls himself n professor of scionco and lan
guages, but in reality he lives by "taking on
with ladies. When he has dontt with one
lady he takes on with nnothor." TLo Count
ia the most terrible rpouscur of tbe day. He
was engaged to be married to the plaintiff in
"Swynten v. Swynfoti ;" that was broken
off. Then ho was engaged for four years to
a Miss Chad wick, but that engojoinent also
was brought to a premature conclusion by
tho father upon tho occasion of tho Count's
wishing to borrow 50. Thon ho proposed
for Miss Romscy, thon for her sistor, and it
w ould apper.r for many ladies besides. In fact,
tho Count got his livinjr by this sort of thinrf.
Tho manner in which he opened the trenches
upon Miss Jones was as follows : He attack
ed her maid with bouquets r.nd letters, which
wero to bo delivered to her mistress. Miss
Jones resolved, if possible, to put an end to
the annoyance so the point was a?tutely
onongh put by her counael by seoiug tha
defondant and remonstrating with him upon
his conduct. This was just what Waszkowski
wanted ; onco admitted, he was euro of vie
tory ; bo had only to como on in the old style,
to ravo about his misfortunes his exile his
noble father his succession to jC40,000 a
yenr when that noblo father was gathered to
his ancestors. Which of the poiuts told
most with Miss Jones it is impossible for ns
to say 10,000 a ear is a good round sum
the lady was 42 years of ago, tho noble
Count but 28 a result followed.
Tho lady, who bad sought tho intcrviow to
chide, remained to console tbo defendant.
WaszkowBki, tho exile, the noble beir to
40,000 por annum, was to find rest upon bor
bosom against the unkindly shafts of fate.
As soon as tho rngugomcnt was entered into,
or shortly aTler, it was very strange, tho
Count's remittances ceosed to orriva with
their foteaccustomod regularity. His watch
and chain disappeared, aud iu point of fact
bo was under the uecessity of borrowing 100
from Miss Jouss. In return for this ho gave
ber his nolo of hand ; but, ignorant a3 be was
of our laws ond customs, ho d row it upon a
penny stomp. When the question of settlo
mcnt came io bo discussed tho lady insisted
that all her money should bo settled upon
herself, to which tho defendant objected.
Hi3 system was, that "Whero honor and
alfectiun subsisted marriage settlements wero
not required." To this maxim in ber turn
tbo lady objected, and so tho marriage was
broken off. When tbo rupture was final and
complete, tho lady wished that the sum of
money which tho had lent to tho plaintiff
should bo returned to bur; but this ho was
unable or unwilling to do, and so the action
arose. The d( -fondant pleaded a set off, the
particulars of which included some curious
itctnn.
In the first place, wo Cud that the Count
ds Waszkowski was not attired in such a
manner as gave satisfaction to tho lady.
Above all things, on that duy which was to
bo the happiest of their lives sho wished bim
to look well. Accordingly, by bor direction,
and at her request, ho proceeded to Me3srs.
Nicoll's establishment and provided himself
with a nuptial equipment at tho cost of 10.
Again, and bofore tbo transaction connected
with the wedding suit, the Count had
equally at the plaintiffs request provided
himself with clothes from Messrs. Davics to
tbe valuo of 27. Again, there was a charge
of 15 10s. for a guitar bought by the Count
for Miss Jones, at her request. This guitar,
as he himself stated, ho bought iu Clerken-
well. I did away with tho guitar. I refuso
to say what 1 have dono with it, and I don't
moan to tell." This was not enough. A lit
tle lower down in tho particulars of set-off
there is a cbargo which is somewhat remark
able. "To amount paid to pawnbroker by
defendant at requestor plaintiff to redeem a
watch aud chain, the property of tbe defen
dant, 21." Tbe defeudaut, in fact, up to
this point takes the charges of money dis
bursed upon himself ond bis pleasures and
necessities, and coolly carries them to tho
plaintiffs account. Then an item of a dia
mond ring for himself, 15 15s., follows, and
then items of another character. This noblo
l'ole, tho son of Prince Wittgenstein, this
heir to 40-000 a year, for example, coolly
o'uarges Miss Jenes with tbe cost of a wed
ding ring bought "ut ber request," 14s ; with
a wedding cake at 2 2s., with a photograph
of his owu noble features at live shillings.
Such waa the particulars of the set-off plead
ed by this dear chivalrous croature in answer
to Miss Jones' demand for a return of ber
101). Whon be was put into tho wituess
box and examined, it was made apparent
by bis own confession that ho mado'a trade
of this kind of pursuit. His own statement
was, that in the Swynfen matter he got 300
for the return of tho lady's letters. "I have
got money from many people ; I have had
money Irem a great matiy lames," said wasz
kowski to tho Chief Daron on Monday last.
U hen 1 havo done witli one lady 1 tai'.e on
with another." Will people ever tako warn
ing by exposures of this description T It is
possible that ladies ol a certain position in
the world, and who may therefore be suppo
sed to have seen something of its ways, should
sutler themselves to become tbe laughing
stocks aud dupes of men who were probably
cooks or couriers if anything so honost in
their owu countries ? It might have been
hoped that the increasing habit of foreign
travel would nave done sometniug in amend
ment of this form of folly. A very short run
upon tbe Comment, or a mere smattering
sort or acquaintance witn uotmaeuiai liio,
might teach our Knglish ladies that foreign
titles even when geuuiue are a very insuf
ficient proof respectability.
Tbo best advice we cun give our fair coun
try women for the future, when they come
across ono of these interesting refugees, is to
koep him at arm 8 length until they have
ascertained from oue of bis own countrymen
of acknowledged roepeetability the history of
their new friend and his cnaracter.
frorathi Ceruamtown Telegraph.
;Sugar from the Chinese Cane.
Our friend George Jones, cf Cheltenham
it.raii or four miles north of us, has left with us
a sample of sugar which he granulated from the
sirup or tne Uliuiose augar cane. i is pcuccuy
i.rmed and drv. and prove conclusively, even
v.,l n no other evidence, that this cane does not
much differ, in its granulating properties, frorn
the cane of the South. '1 tie evporaling eoniri.
d stare of a domestic nature, and of
fered very poor assistance in the operation which
turned out so successful ly.
Tha sainule of svruD which accompanied the
nn, ws tha best wa have ever tasted. It was
boiled down to the prescribed degree ol density
(3&.) and is as ours and at excellent a eyrva as
we ever tasusw -
Col. Johnston, the Leader of Our Utah
lArmy.
The interest attached to tho Mormon ques
tion naturally excites some curiosity as to the
individual charged by tbe government with
the difficult nnd delicate responsibilities of
tne present Utah expedition, ue not only
to exhibit military abilities of a high order
for tho security of his little army in its Sibe
rian campaign, but be must be possessed of
superior civil qualifications to guide Ins deal
ings with tho misgoverned people who are
represented an denying the authority of our
constitution. The following sketch of hi3
past career, which we find in the Tress, will,
therefore, be read with interest !
Colonel Albert Sydney Johnston, of the
Second regiment of cavalry, now commanding
in Utah, stands a littlo over six feet high, is
of a large, bony, Bincwy framo, with a grave
but pleasant fnce ; possesses quiet, unassum
ing manners, forming in all a person of at
tractive and rather imposing appearance.
Horn in Kentucky, be was graduated from
tbo military academy at West I'oiut in 1B20,
o about thu 030 of twenty. Though holding
i high position in his class, his active temper
atnent iuduced bim to waive oppoiutmeut in
tho mora scientific but sedentary brunches of
tho service, and ho wus gazetted a brevet sc
coud lieutenant of thu sixth regiment of in
fantry, thon engaged in servicocu our Indian
frontier.
Tho excitements of frontier life, though,
did not satisfy Iii3 aspirations, and in the
breaking cut of the Texas revolution he re
signed his commission, in the Uuited States
army, and proceeded at ence to offer his ser
vices to the embryo ropublic, entering Texas
without letters or acquaintances, he uiddestlv
joined the army as a simple volunteer. Ac-
ciueni one day urougnt tna young volunteer
to tho notice of the lato lamented Husk,
then holding tho office of a general. Struck
with tho comprehensiveness and clearness of
his remarks, tire general mado some inquiries
in relation to him, and sending fur him, found
that ho bad in Ii ia ranks a man not only con
versant with military organization, in its gen
erals and its details, hut who possessed pro
found military kuowludgo with greut strata
gic abilities. He at once made him the od-
jutaiit-gi".:eral of bis command, and in this
grade J ohiiBton shared with Ins discriminat
ing commander in the victory of San Jacinto.
Tho revolution in Texas af'.'orded but a
small field for military Uistiuctien ; yet be
foro its elose, tho adjutant-general had at
tained the rauk of a general. The war ended
General Johnston settled npori a farm, and
literally converting bis sword into n plow
chare, Cincinnatus-pku, tilled the earth with
his own hands. Called from his retirement
to fill tho oDico ol Secretary of War, he sus
tained himself with groat ubility, and gained
in his political, as bo had done previously in
his military career, thu respect aud edection
of tho peoplo of Texas.
- When Mexico worried ub in a war in 181C
this gradcate of West l'oint adjutant, adgn-tant-gonu
ral, general Secretary of War, again
tendered his serriccs to his country. Hush
ing no claims for office, though he might with
propriety havo sought tho highest, he came
forward, with his rillo on his shoulder, S3 a
private soldier. The regiment however
made him its colonel, and iu that capacity ho
serv'ed until disbanded by expiration of ser
vice Gen. Taylor, though ho parted with
the regiment, would not with its colonel ; and
to secure his vuluable aid attached him lo bis
person as an inspector-general.
Sharing with Old Zack" the dangers and
glories of Huuna Vista, be returned to the
United States and to bis farm. Offered a
pay mastership in the army in 184C, he accep
ted it. In March, 1855, ou the raising of
fonr new regimouta, the Hon. Secretary of
War, Mr. Jefferson Davie, who know John
ston's'uiilitary qualifications and services, ap
pointed him colonel of the second cavalry,
and soon after ordered him to the military
command of tho department ol Texas. The
present administration have assignod to him
the command of Utub.
In all tho relations of l!fo Colonel John
ston, or General Johnston, as ho is more
generaly called, Foetus to have filled ably
every purt to which ho has been cast. Not
only has be been aide, out 11 is ability nas
been accompanied by tho esteem and re
spect of all the communities, civil or military,
into wliu-11 he has been tlirowo.
Desperate Conflict wrrn a Nkoro
Tub Neoro Drowned. Tho Lancaster Ex
press of Friday says 1
1 oreoino time past a negro named, i-isncr
lias been residing at VVrightsville, York CO.,
where he had decomo noted as a desperate
character, as be bad previously been, oven so
long as Bix or eight years ago, when he lived
at or near McCull's Terry. He was knowu
as a co 1110:1 thief, and although a warrant bad
been out for bis arrest for about a year, for
the larceny of a lot of leather, tho constables
had up to this time failed to arrest him,
owing to hia cunning and desperatu charac
ter. Constubio I'.ouerta, ci w rigutsviiie,
however, determined that he should be arrest
ted, and being satisfied that Fisher was at
home, he selected a posse of citi.ens and pro
ceeded to bis homo about midnight, where
they filially found tbe object of hia ssarcb,
disguised u la bloomer, but his tall stalwart
appearauce failing to convince the officer
that he was a woman, his surrender was de
manded. 1 isher made a desperate resistance,
shootinir at the party and using a kuifo when
it came to Closer quarters, cuiuug some 01
tho party severely, but not seriously wound
ing theiu. Fiually escaping from tho bouse,
he wade for the canal and plunged in, in
tending to make his escape down the tow
path 1 but tho "watery element" was too
much for bim, and saved the pursuers any
further trouble. Ilis body was rtcoVerod,
( tbe kuilo which be used iu the attack being
found firmly cleuchud iu death,) and this
morning was brought over to Columbia for
the purpose of holding an iuquost upon tho
same, the death having occurred within the
limits of Lancaster county high water mark
ou the York side being the boundary line bo
tween tho two counties.
rchi'UASK or Mount Vkunon. Itis stated
that upwards of seventy live thousand dollarB
has already been raised and pat out at iuterest
of the sum required for tbe purchase of Mouut
Yeruon. Two hundred thousand dollars is
the sum demanded for land aud buildings.
"AFrAia or Honor." On the 6th lust, a
hostile raeoting took place near Savaunnh,
Ga., between Messrs O. A.L. Lamar and
Henry Do. Hignon, of that city, which resul
ted iu tke latter gentleman receiving a pistol
ball in the right eye, inUictiug a Tory serious
wound.
Faciii or" Fbk Lov"and Sfirituawbii.
Harlow Lewis, the busbaud of lb lady
whose name bas become so notorious, in con
nection with that Tyler, tbo " Iree love" prea
cber bus been pronounced by a jury to be iu
sane, aud a couiinittee appointed to take charge
tf bis estate.
) a 1 1 x 1 .
COUllTlNa IN CONNECTICUT.
'Twas 9umtny night in I'tntuhk valley,
In clear, cold, wintry weather,
Joinh Perkins and hiH Sully
Pat by the fire together.
Twi.9iio r!R-?fiinii':ti iron ens,
With (ntvy won sdorning,
But a real oU-fushionud fire-placo,
On purpnne Mimic for warming.
Thecrnckiiig wood in ehrerfu! Muzo
Aroiiiulthe mom wns throwing
Its heat am! light in ruddy rnys,
iCnd oil their faces glowing.
The npplrs by the chitnnry rug
Were slowly getting warmer i
The cider in the pewter mug
Was bubbling in the comer.
A wooilen settee Grin and gond
Their loving forms supporting)
'Twa marie of seasoned white pine-wood;
And just the thing for courting.
At one end Sully stuck like pilch,
While Josinh seemed to fear her ;
But after a while he gave ahiteli,
And got a little near sr.
She cust her eyes down looked quite tame,
Though very sweetlv blushing ;
While all the blood in Josh's framo
Hcemed lo his face a-gnshing.
II hitched again and got quite near
lie con Id not then resist her ;
lie called her his own Sfctfly dear,
Then hushfully he kissed her.
"Good grncioas !" she gave a start from him,
Her nuger did nut smother
She faid "if you do that ogntn,
Now, Josh, 111 tell my mother."
They soon made tip, and she came Lack,
And calmed her agitation ;
When hut I saw them thrungU the crnck
They were kissing like tarnation.
ffoceIIanc0iis
A Wife Poisoned hy he IIusbanh's Ne
0110 Mistuers. Great excitement exists in
Henry co., Kentucky, in consequeuco of the
poisoning of Mrs. Porter by a slavo woman,
who had long (it ia alleged been on terms of
intimacy with tho husband. The Shelby
News gives tho following account of the af
fair :
"On Thursday, 21th of December the wife
of Mr. Ilous l'orter died, three or four days
after her accouchment, under circumstances
whidb induced a strong suspicion thct 6he
was poisouod. An examination of tho etoin
uch was mado and strychuiue found. A ne
gro girl about twenty year3 of ago, belonging
to Col. Ed. Smith, was arrested on suspicion
and tried on Tuesday, the fith instant, when
facts gciug to show that Mrs. I, was poison
ed by the women weio proven.
Having boeu apprised of the certainty of her
conviction aud punishment, she has made a
full confession, deeply implicating l'orter, the
husband of the deceased. She Bays that l'or
ter bas been tryiug to get hor to kill Mrs. P.
for Beveral mouths, threatening to kill her if
she did not. 1 hat 1. told her taut be would
bear with it no longer if sho didn't kill his
wife ; that was the last timo ho would ask her ;
if sho refused ho would cut ber throat or
words to thatefl'ect. He gave her strychuiue
and told her how to use it. Sho did not we.ct
to use it ; bad nothing against M rs. 1'., and
believed she was a good woman, but sho
feared 1. would kill her, and did it to save
ber life.
It was shown that l'orter bocght strych
nine last August and many other corrobor
ating circumstances being brought to light
throwing suspicion on him ho was arrcetod
and pluced to confinement until Monday next
when he will pass an examining trial. Pub
lic opiuion is very decided in tho belief of Por
ters guilt."
Remarkable CorRAnH of a Yol.'.u Ladt.
Tbe Atlas and Argus relates the manner
in which 0 young lady prevented theeuicido
of ber father, Mr. m. Haughlick, of Scoha
rie county, N. Y., who attompted te hang
himself, a few days since. From his singular
manner, and from tho few words that ho ut
tered, his wife become apprehensive, that he
intended to destroy himself, and requested
thoir daughter, a girl of IT years, to watch
her father's mo. emeriti, lie started for a
barn, about half a mile from bis resilience, Iho
girl followod him at a distance to prevent his
observing ho eutered the barn she came np
and outored also, when tho horridyin spec
taclo of her father sunpeuded by the neck, and
black in tho face met ber ga:-.o. Sho imme
diately ran to bim and tried to raiso bim up,
but finding bim to hoavy, cko thrust her hand
into bis pocket drew therefrom bis knife, and
cut him down. She then laid him on tho
barn floor took bis cap from his head and ran
to a Bpring, filled it with water, returned and
commenced bathing him with it. After a
while he began to breathe. Sho then left him
aud called for assistance. lie was taken home
and is now in a fair way of recovery.
Never be cast down ly trifles. If a spider
breaks hia thread twenty tines, twenty tiii.es will
be mend it again. Make im your minds to do a
thing, and jou tviM do it. Fear not, if trouliles
come upon you ; keep up your tpiriu, though
the day be a dark 0110.
Troubles never step forever;
The darkest day will pass away.
If the sun is going down, look t'p at the stairs j
if (he earth is dark, keep you eyes onjieavcn!
With God's presence and (iod'ii promises, a man
or a child fray lie cheerful.
Never despair when fog's in the sir ;
A sunshiny morning comes within warnins
h.ttru'b KitnAKKR. It is know to our
readers generally, that Batten's Patent for
his Coal Breaker has been renewed. In
order to prevent any furth?r difiiculiy be
tween Mr. Hatton aud our Coul Operators,
wa learn that it is the intentiou of John
Tucker, Kan,., to convene a meeting of the
Coal Operator, shortly with a view of having
this busiuess adjusted.
A general meeting of the Coal Trade lor
consnltation also on other questions, we thiuk
would be advisab'.o. Miner Journal.
Counterfeit One Hollar Bills on the Mechanics
and Trader's Bank of Jersey City, and on the
Bank ef Commerce, New-l.omlon, maJe their
appearance in New-York City on Thursday last.
It is estimated that of C.COO persons tried
before the N. Y. Court of Special Sessions
during last year not more than 9 1 wero sober
wheu arrested.
A Clergyman who went to see Donnelly
bauged on Friday last, at Freehold, bad his
pocket picked of eight or nine dullars.
PrtoriT or roiLTrtr. Solali Galphin, of
Westfield Society, Middletown, Conn., kept,
last yar, fifty hens, and also a strict account
of their produce and thoir cost. These fifty
hens laid five hundred and eight dozen rr-gs,
raisod thirty chickens, consumed thirty-four
bushels of corn and five bushels of buckwheat.
Some of the pullets commenced laying in the
Fall, when abont six mouths old, nnd laid
enough, perhaps, to make tip what tbo hens
would have laid that raised the chickens.
Hon. Tarker Sheldon formerly a useful
public man, is now a pauper at Gardiner, Me;
He is now old ond i nbecile. A hard case.
New CouNtr-rtFKiT!". Counterfeit go's on
the Philadelphia Ban!:, and 5'a on tho
Iron Bank of New Jersey, are in circtilalion.
No description of them is given in any of tho
detectors.
Gov Tacker is ngaiast the Locomptori
swindle.
There are seventeen thousand, nine hnri.
dred and eighty-Bix miles of 'railroad iu the
Free States to six thousand four hundred and
niuety-nino in tho Slave States.
Cincinnati, according to on eslimato of
the Gazette, bas a population of 245,000 in
habitants, an incroaso in ton years of over
87.000. The valuo of manufactures nod in
dustry Is set dowu at 1330,000,00'J.
Sptkkv. Sixteen returned filibusters havo
ublished a card in the papers at N 01 full",
a., announcing that they consider them
selves ''prisoners of war," aud are ready at
auy moment to return with Gen. Walker to
Nicaragua.
Thcroaro 10,156 inhabitants in Evansvilie,
Indiana.
Kvery acre of good land is capable of Sup
porting a family of five persons.
Girls Ret from 12 to $30 por mouth and
board, iu tho regions of Superior, Wis.
The population of Minnesota is estimated
at two hundred and forty thousand. If thia
estimate ba correct, sho is no entitled to
tbreo Representatives.
The old paying is that Christmas hnppenct!
on Friday, a mild winter and fruitful eeauoa
will follow.
Population of Beading. 24,000.
Doatbs iu New York last week, 337.
Recipes
Breakfast Me.
Cold meat when hasheJ for breakfast should
havo not a drop of water with it. Without
water it can be re-cooked so palatably and
with such a relishing taste as to bo universal
ly apr1,0"01!, and it uiay even afford a tiki
dish to help out a plain dinner or Buppcr.
For t hi 1 .urpose, cold roast veoi is tho best
if you bavo saved all tho gravy that ba3 been
left from the proceeding day, which must
have bad the fat carefully skimmed off. Any
nic3 fresh meat will do if you havo no veal.
Cat tho meat into moulhfuls, omitting all thj
fat parts. Pat the lean into a skillet with a
small piece of nico fresh butter drodged with
Hour. Season it with pepper aud four or fivo
bladoo of mace, or a half teaspoouful of pow
dered niaco or nutmeg. Cover the skillet anil
let tl'.o meat stow for half on hour. Then add
two large tablespoonsful cf tomato catchup.
Cover it ngaiu, and let it etew for half an
hour longer. All this stewing must bo dono
slowly, as the ingredients bavo been pre
viously cooked. It will be improved by add
ing a doen littlo dumpliugs made of flour and
butter. Observo there is to be no rearer in
this stew.
lfyou havo no diilike to onions, parboil
iu another pan a few email ones of the sort
called silver-skins. Thou slice them or cnt
them up very small, and add them to tho
stew at tho beginning. A teaspoonful of
terragon mustard will also be found an im
provement. Cooking tho cold moat with
water renders it tu3tolcss, tough and watby.
Done as above with gravy, butter and catchup
or boiled onions, it is a breakfast relish to sic
before visitors.
Onions should always bo peiloJ and pari
boiled before introducing them into any sort
of stow or hash, otherwise they are too Btroug
and overpowering.
P.oastko Con Fisu. For roasting, tako it
amall fresh cod cleun it well. Cut oft' tho
head aud tail. Split tke fish, clean it well
aud spread it open, epriukled with some cay
eune aud a very little fiuo suit. Have ready
a thick oaken plank, large enough (or a littlo
larger) thau will hold the fish spread out open.
Stand up tho board before a clear, hot fire till
thu Vibole piece of plank is well heated, and
utmost charred ; but take caro not to allow it
to catch tiro. Then spread out tho fish evenly
aud tack it to the board with four spike nails
driven in so as to beeasibly drawn out again.
Place the Inside of tha cod next the fire, and
the bark against tbe board, whick if it ban
beeu previously well heated, will cook it
through. Staud up the plank with the fish
on it before a close good tire, setting a dish
at the bottom to catcu the drippings, aud
when you seo tbr.t it is thoroughly done, take
it up but do not remove the fish. Send it to
table ou tho board, the ends of which must be
rested ou four Liuffin-rings or something of
that sort, to prevent injury to the tablo-clotb;
Kut it with uuy sort ol fish sauce, or with a
littlo butter and cayonno only. This is now
the moat approved manner of cooking a fresli
shud iu tbe upriug, aud nothing can be better.
Fith-boards cau bo bud at the furnishing
stores.
Wi'itr SotP. Biil a knuckle of veal a
long time. Add a quarter of a pound of
macaroni, and wheu dono, a pint of croanii
Season with lemon-peel and mace.
Buns. Put four ounces of sagar witn
throe quarters of a pound of Hour, two spoon
ful.! of yeast, aud half a pint of milk, whed
very light work into it a quarter of a pound
of butter, make it into small buns ; add cur
ruuls, if you wieb, and bake iu a quick oven.
Mincis Pis Wituokt MET.'!V:k a ponmi
of currants, a pound of apples chopped line,'
a pouud of moist sugar, a pound of euet well
chopped, a pound of raisins stoned and chop
ped, ma riaj anu juice 01 two lemons, nut
meg, cinnamon, clove and ginger, each a tea
spooful and a glass of wine. Mix all to'
gether, aud tie up in a jar. -
Afrt.B Minck Tie. Take twelve apples
chopped very tiue, add six beaten eggs, and a
halt pint of cream. Put in Bpice, sugar, rais
ins and currants, just as for meat miuSe pies'.
They are very good.
FoTATO Pie. Boil sweet or common pota
toes till soft ; then skin and sift them, on
quart of milk, three spoonfuls of melted but'
ter, fourbeaton eggs, may bo added to ball a
pound of potatoes. Sugar aud nutmeg W
.suit the tan.