if -1
I . j lt. .
NEW SEMES, VOL. 10, NO. 40.
SUNBUIIY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA-SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 0, 1858.
OLD SEMES, VOL IS. NO-, 20
- .
The Sunbury American.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY
BY H. B. NASSER.
Market Square, Sunbury, Penna,
TERMS OF BU US CBlTTION.
ru n liiil.l.ARS nrr annum to bt paid lwlf yc-nr-
ly in mlvsnce. No r raa discontinued until all ancurugcs
Thren Conies to one sddicss JJJJ
Pcvcn . do. do
Kiva dollars In advance will pay foi three year's sub
scription tntlia American. , , rt
I oslnmMors will please act a otif A coals, nrt rrniiK
1 TIimv nm nelllllt
letterifonliitiiinn Buiist-Tipiu'n ni"ir.
ted to do lliu under the Ton Office Low.
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
One Square of 18 lines' 3 tunes,
Kvery (iilnrquent iineition, ...
i Ine Square, 3 month., "
fix nuuillis, - " " "
( ne venr, -
Itiisiiiria Cants or F Ire lines, per annum,
MrrliniiUnnri eillicrs, ndvei tiling ly h y"i
with the pririlejre of iiiieiting different novci
tucntcnts werltiy. .
y larger Advertisements, af per rgreemcnt,
81 00
So
3 (10
S (HI
. 8 IKI
3 (10
10 00
JOB PHIHTIHO-
1.... n..ni..i with ur establishment a veil se-
eo'e-d JOU OKI'ICK, which will Minnie u to execute
he neatest style, every vaneiy m pnm...K.
ATTORNEY AT L AW,
stmBTjinr, pa.
Kusincss attended t in the Counties of IS or
linmbcrhind, Union, Lycoming Montom and
Julu tnlia.
references in Philadelphia :
n,, i,.i. rt.Tvsnn. nm. I"' r."i
Srmiers Snnil;mss,
laai, Smith fc Co.
ZDsTIErW" STOBE.
ELI AS EMEIUCII,
TJ"" ESPECTFL'I.I.Y informs the cilirclia o(
gj&, of Lower Augusta township and the pub
lic pei.criilly. tliat lie lins purchased tlic Store
lately kept by Isaac Mam. in Lower Augusta
township near Emcrich's Tavern, and has just
opetiej a splendid stock of
rati and Winter CJOOBS.
Ks stock consists of Cloths, Cassimeres, Cas.;i
tiellsof all kinds, linen, cotton and Worsted.
Also, Calicoes, (iinghams, Lawns, Mousseline
l)e l.aines and nil kinds of Ladies Dress Hood.
HKOCEKIUS, Hardware, (.Jucciisware of va
rious styles and patterns.
A 10, an assortment of Heady-Made Clothing
of all descriptions, Boots and Shoes, iats and
:aps. HALT KIS11. &c, and a varieiy of
other articles euch as arc suitable to the trade,
all or which will he sold at the lowest prices.
Country produce taken in exchange at
the highc.it market prices.
Lower Augusta twp., October 10, 1857. tf.
IMTEVT TSIICri CRTISE.
rilHIS Crease is rccommendid to the notice of
JL Wagoners. Livery (Staliln keepers, &e.,as
Iumii? Si ri'.nioH to anything of the kind ever in
troduced. As it docs not gum upon the axles
- is much more durable, and is not affected by
the weather, remaining the same in summer af
in winter, and put up ill tin canisters at :t7 and
76 cents, for sale by A. W. FISH EK.
March H,18.')7
MUSIC ! XvITjeiO 1
MR. O. KIMUALL, lata of r.lmira, having
become a resident of Sunbury, respectfully
informs the citizens and others, that lie i'llenJs
to form a Singing Class, both secular und s;ieo d
mid will impart inslructinn to all who may desire
to place themselves under his charge.
N. U. Mrs. O. Kimball is prepared to give
Instructions to a few more pupils on the Piuno
V jrte.
Suubtuy, September 19, IS.17. tf
Kcw Philadelphia Dry oorts!l
SHARFLE8S 15ROT HEKS,
lite TowxaKNii SinnrLEss &. Sos,
n AVE removed to their new store, N. V.
comer of Chesnut and 8th Streets, and
have opened their usual full assortment of Au
tumn und Winter DUY iJOODS, which they
olbr ut very luw prices. Their stock includes
Shawls, Black and Fancy Wlks, Merino's and
other Dress (Jooda, Men's and Hoy's
Wear, Elankets, Housekeeping
(Joods, and Goods fur
"Friends Wear."
6cU 21, 1857. Gro2c
SUNBURY STEAM FLOURING MILL
rIMlE subscribers respectfully announce to tho
-- public, that their new Steam Flouring Mill
in this place, has been completed, and will go
into operation on Monday the 3UI day of Au
gust, ir.st. .
Having engaged a competent and .careful
Miller, they trust they will be able, with all the
modern improvements adopted in their mill, to
give entire satisfaction to all who may favor them
with their custom.
sNVDEH. KINEHAUT & HARRISON.
Sunbury, August 29, 18.77 tl
GXLEE3.T ETTL5C1T,
Slccessob to
J ft. tAMrUEiiL &. fO., AND L. C. IVES,
(Formerly No. 15 North Wharves.)
DEALER IN PRODUCE, FRUIT AND VE
;ETAULES, No. 4 North Wharves, 4th door
.Market street, Philadelphia.
Oranges, Apples, Dried Fruits Cutter,
f.emons, Ooionn, Mercer Potatoes, Cheese
Raisins, Tomatoes, Bwcet Potatoes, Deans,
J'ea Nuts, Peaches, Cranberries Kggs, Ac.
Orherafor Shipping put up with care and di-
atc' ,
fy GOODS f oUl on commission for Farmers
end Dealers.
October 21. 1857.
The $10 and $15 Sing'o and Double
Threaded Empire Family Sewing:
Machines.
AN AGENCY for the sale of these Sewing
Machines can be secured on liberal terms for
tha Couoty of Northumberland. No one need
apply without capital sufficient to (conduct the
business properly and who cannot bring refer
ences at to reliability aud capacity. A personal
application will be necessary.
The peculiar adaptation of these Machines for
all purposes of Family Sewing, will, where ever
they are oflered for sale command a ready and
unlimited demand.
JOHNSON i, GOOD LL,
8. E. Corner of Olh and Arch Su., Philadel'a.
August 15, 1857. tf
I1X4XKS! It Li NHS!
BLANK Deeds, Mortgages, Bonds, Warrants
Attachments, ComiuitmenW, Summons, Hu
amis, Executions, Juilicei' and Constables'
Tf Bills, Ac, 4.,can b bad by applying at
his office. ' ,
"WklCKLEel of Vfiious kinds, Lobsters, Sar
(lines, Ac, Ac, just received and for sale
una Drug More ot a. y. r isiicn,
usibor,, August 1, 1857.-T
TIIE PASS OiP DEATH.
It was n nnrrow pn!
Watered with Iiutnnn irnri.
For Death had kept the outer gate
- Imost six thoumtrd years.
And the cease Ion tread of tlieworkVt feet
Whi ever hi my eara
Thronginfr, jottling, hurrying by,
At if they were only born to die.
A atntfly knig drew near,
This nnrrow pnas to trend,
Around him hung a gorgeoua robe,
And a crown wai on hit head ;
But Death, with a look of withering worn,
A r rented him and Raid,
"lit humble dress must the king draw near,
For the crown and the purple ore useless here."
Next came n mnn of wen'th,
And his eye was proud and bolti,
And he Iwre fn his hand a lengthy scroll,
Telling nf sums untold:
D it Death, who careth not fat rank,
On re Hi as little for gold
"Here that scmll I cannot allow,
For tho gold of the richest is powerless iww.M
Anotner fillnwed fast,
And a bvk was in his hmid,
Fillwl with the finches of burning thought
Tluit arc known in many a land ;
But the child of genius f)nai!cd to hear
Death's pitilrss dtmnntl
"Hers that book cannot enter with thee,
For the bright flaah of genius is nothing to me "
Next rnme n maiden fnir,
With that eye so deeply bright,
That Ptirs within yon sfrnnge, sweet care,
Phnuld you meet on a summer night:
Hut T)c:ith. ec the gentle maid passed through,
Pnutclicd away its 1 i 1 1
'I.enuty is power in the world," he tinth,
"Hut What can it do in the Pass of Death ?"
A youth of iiekly mien.
Followed in thoughtful mood,
Whose heart was filled with lve to God
And the early brotherhood;
Death felt he could not quench thi heart
That lived for others' good
"1 own," cried he,- "the power of love;
inuBt let it pais to the renlms above !'
select (Laic,
A FRENCH WILL ST0EY.
"Is fho dead, then ?"
"Ycr, niaduin," replied a lirtle gcDtlemnn
in brown coat and short breeches.
"And her will?"
"Is goinj; to be opened Lore immediately
by her solicitor."
"Hhall we inherit anything?"
"It must he (supposed so ; we lmvc claims."
"Who is that miserably dressed personage
who intrudes herself hero ?"
"Oh, she," said the little man, sneerinp
"she won't Lava much in the will ; sho is sis
ter to the deceased."
"What, that Anne, who wedded iu 1812 a
man of nothing an officer 1"
" Precisely so."
"She must have no small nmount of ,'fJif n
denee to present herself here ; before a re
spect uhle family."
! ' l l.i) more so, as bisier r.gerie, or noble
birth, had never forgiven her that mesulli-
unce."
j Anno moved at this time ncross the room
in which the family of tho deceased were as
sembled. Sho was pale, her Dno eyps wero
filled with tears, and Lor face was furrowed
by care with precocious wrinkles.
"W hat do you come here for ?" said, with
great haughtiness, Madame de Villeboys,
t he lady who, a moment before, had been in
terrogating '.he littlo maa who iuhetittd with
her.
"Madam," the poor ludy replied, with hu
mility, "I do not come here to claim a part
of what does not belong to me ; I come solely
to seo M. Illinois, my poor sitter's solicitor,
to inquire if tho spoke of me iu her lust
hours."
"What! do yon think peoplo bnsy them
selves about you?" arrogantly observed Mud
rim du Villeboys j "the disgruco of a great
house yon, who wedded a uian of nothing, a
soldier of lionnparle's 1"
"Madam, my husband, nlthongh o child or
the people, was a brave soldier, and, what is
better, an honest man," observed Anne.
At thi3 moment a venerable personage,
the notary llubois, made his appearance.
"Cease," ho said, "to reproach Anne with
a uuion which her sister has forgiven her.
Ar.ne loved a generous, brave, and good man,
who had no other crime to reproach himself
with than his poverty and the obscurity of
his name. Nevertheless, had he lived, if his
family had known him as I knew him, I, his
oldjlrieud, Anne would be at this timo happy
and respected."
"Hut why is this woman here ?"
"Hecause it is her place to be here," said
the notary, gravely ; "1 myself requested ber
to attend here."
M. Dubois then proceeded to open the
will :
"I. being sound in mind and hoart, Kgeria
du Dameuing, retired as a boarder in the
Convent of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart
of Jesus, dictate the following wishes as the
expression of my formal desire aud principal
clause of toy testament :
"Alter my docensn there will be found two
hundred thousand francs in money at my
notary's, besides jewelry, clothes, and furni
ture, as also a chateau worth two bnndred
thousand francs.
"In the convent where I have been residing
there will only be found my book, "Jleures
de la Vierge," holy volume, which remains
as it was when I took it with mo at the time
of the emigration. 1 desire that three ob
jects be divided into three lots.
"luetirst lot, the two hundred thousand
francs in money.
"1 he second lot, the chateau, furniture and
jewels'.
"ine third lot, my book, "Jlenres de la
Vierge."
"1 have pardoned my sister Anne the crief
which she has caused to us, and 1 would have
comforted her in ber sorrows if 1 had kaowri
sooner of ber return to 1 ranee. I comprise
Iter in my will.
"Madame de illeboys, bit much beloved
cousin, Bhall have the first choice.
"M. atry, my brother-in-law, shall lave
the'second choice.
"Anne will take the remaining lot."
"Ab 1 ah 1" said Vatry, "Sister Kgerie was
a good one; that is rather clever on ber
ptrt;"
Anne will only have the prayer-book 1"
exclaimed Madame de Villeboys, laughing
aloud. The notary interrupted ber jocularly.
"Madame," bo said, "which lot do you
choose?" ,
"The two hundred thousand francs in
; money." . ...
"flave you quite made op your mind I"
"Perfectly so."
The man of law, addressing himself then to
the good feeling of the lady, said, "Madame,
you are rich, and Anne has nothing. - Could
yon not leave her this lot, and take the book
or prayers, which the eccentricity of the do
ceased lias placed on a par with' tho other
lots." . : '
"You mast be joking, M. Dubois 1" ex
clamed Madame do A' illeboys j " you must
really be very dull not to see the intention of
Sister Kgetie in nil this. Our honored cousin
foresaw full well that her book of prayers
would fall to the lot of Anne, who had the
last choice,"
"And what do you concludo from that?"
inquired the notary,
"I conclude that she means to intimate to
her sister that repentance ond prayer wero
the only help that she bad to expect in this
world."
As she finished theso words Madame do
Villeboys made a definite selection of tho
ready money for her share. Mousicur Vatry,
as may bo easily imagined, selected the cha
teau, furniture and jewels, ns a lot.
"Monsieur Vatry," said M. Dubois to that
gentleman, "even suppose it had been the
intention of the deceased to punish her sister,
it would be noble on your part, millionaire us
you are, to give tip nt least n portion of your
share to Anne, nho wants it so much."
"Thanks for your kind advice, dear sir," re
plied Vatry; "tho mansion is situated on the
very conlineH of my woods, and suits mu ad
mirably, all tho more so thnt it is ready fur
nished. As to tho jewels of Sister Kgerie,
they aro reminiscences which one ought never
to partwitii."
"Since it is so," said the notary, "my poor
Madame Anno, "hero is the prayer-book that
remuius to you."
Anne, attended by hereon, a handsome
boy with blue eyes, took her sister's old pray
er book, and muking her son kiss it after her,
bhe said :
"Hector, kiss this book which belonged to
your pooor nunt, who is dead, but who would
have loved you well had sho known you. .
When you have learned to read you will pray
to lleaveu to make you wise und good as
your lutlier was, aud bappier than your unfor
tunate mother."
The eyes of thoso who were present were
filled with lours, notwithstanding their efforts
to preserve no appearance of indifference.
The child embraced the old book with boy
ish fervor and opiuing it afterward:
"Oh ! mamma," ho said, "what pretty pic
tures !'
"Indeed !" said tho mother, happy in the
gladness of her boy."
"Yes. Tho good Virgin, in a red dress,
holding tho infant Jesus iu her urms. Hut
why, niaminn. has siik paper been put upon
tho pictures ?"
"Ut) that they might not bo injured, my
dear."
"llut, mamma, why are there ten silk pn
pcrs to each engraving ?"
The mother looked, uud uttering a sudden
shriek, she fell into the urms of M. Duboif,
tho notary, who, adJiessing thoso present,
suid :
"Leave ber nlono ; it won't be much j peo-
filo don't die of theso shocks. As forycu,
ittlo one," addressing Hector, "give mo that
prayer-book : you will tear the engravings."
Tho inheritors withdrew, making various
conjectures us to tho causa of Anne's sudden
illness, end tho iutercst which tho notary
took in her. A month afterward they met
Anne aud her son, exceedingly well, yet not
extravagantly dressed, tukiog en uiring in a
two-horse chariot. This led them to make
inquiries, and they learned that Mudume An
ne had recently purchased a hotel for ono
hundred and eighty thousuud francs, and was
giving a first rate education to her eon.
The news came like n thunderbolt upon them.
Madame du Villeboys and M. do Vatry has
tened to call upon the notary to abk lor ex
planations. The good Dubois was working
at his desk.
'Perhnps we are disturbing you ?' said the
arrogant old lad.
"No matter. I was in the net of settling
a purchase in the statu funds lor Maiiame
Anne.
"What !' e::cluimed Vatry, "after purchas
ing house and equipages, bhu has still niouey
to invest ?"
"L" udoubtedly so."
"I!ut where did tho money come from?''
"What! did you not see?"
"Whru?"
"When she shrieked upon seeing what tho
prayer-book contained which .lie inherited."
"We observed nothing."
"Oh! I thought thut you saw it," said tho
sarcastic notary. "Thut prayer-book contain
ed sixty engravings, and each engraving was
covered by ten notes of u thousand franca
each."
"Uood Heavens !'' exclaimed Vatry, thun
derstruck. If 1 had only inown it!" ehontcd Madumo
do Villeboys.
"You had your choice," added the notary,
"aud I myself urgud you to take the prayer
book, but yon relused'"
"Hut who could hare expected to find a
fortune in a breviary."
The two baffled old egotie'ta withdrew, their
hearts swollen with passionate envy.
Madame Antiio is 6till iu Paris. If you
pass by tho Hue l.afitte on a fine summer
evening, you will see a charming picture, on
the first floor, illuminated by the palo reflec
tion of wax lights.
A lady who has joined the two bands of
her son, a fair child of six years of ngu, in
prayer before an old book of "Heures do U
Vierge," aud for which a coso iu gold bas
been made.
"Pray for me, child," said the mother.
"And for who else ?" inquired the child.
"For your father, your dear father, who
perished without knowing you, without being
able to love you."
"Must I pray to the suint, my patron ?"
"Yes, my little friend ; but do not forcet a
saint who watches ns from heaven, and who
smiles upon us from above the clouds."
" bat is the name of thut saiut. mamma
dear?"
The mother, then watering the fuir cLilJ's
head with ber tears, answered :
"Her name u Sister r.gerie."
Ciiii.o Kiixkd at a Doctor's Mistakk.
A child two years old sick with the scarlet
fever, at 201 Seveuth avenue, New Yoik,
was attended by Dr. II. D. ltuunoy, who lull
a prescription of belladooua, opium and ac
onite, instead of tiucure of bark, as ha inten
ded to do, and the child died iu four hours.
1 he doctor was ceusured .by the corouer's
jury. ...
Finn raoM a 8iNOvt.Aa Cavse. The dwell
ing bouse of Daniel D. Morrison, near Mar
tiusburg, Va.. was destroyed by fire a few
days siuce. The fire originated by a cut
catching fire and running nnder the bed and
setting tire to some paper. This was extin
guished, but afterwaids rekindled, aud tha
bouso burnt to tba ground. , -
Turkish Contrasts.
Turkey is rich to overflowing the popula
tion meek in ail tho poverty of indolence.
Thy loveliness nf every lundscape is broken
by tho most hideous public misery. The
"climate is line, for the nir is fresh nud soft !
the temperature generally moderate. It is
bad, because it is both colt) and wet, foggy
and rainy. Af
The Turk proverbially loves his ease ; yet
he lives in the most inconvenient manner.
He smokes his rhibouq.ie or nnririlly on sofus
without bucks ; ho uses his knees lor a writing-desk,
nnd the floor for a dinner-table.
He is fund of visiting his friends in state, but
hns no curriugu j his streets tire neither
named nor numbered. Turks aro both clenn
and dirty. They ero always dabbling with
water, but they ent with their hands ; they
heap intolerable gnibage biTora their doors,
leave dogs to do the ollico of scavengers, and
nllow dead carcasses to putrify beneath the
windows of their palaces. They nre both
quick aud slow in business, for they have few
formalities : yet they have always got a score
of opposing interests in everything. They
neglect the in us I important olluirs ill endeav
oring to satisfy every body on some ocension,
and jump at cuncliiMotis with simplicity and
good faith almost ufi'ecting, upon others.
Tho Turk's wives ore niuflled up that they
cannot see where they are walking ; nnd they
roll iiboiit like barrels, from tho length of
ineir dresses and the largeness of their shoes.
He veil and itnpiisons i yet allows tin tn to
go whine they pleaso unaccompanied. Turks
ore never seen in public with their wives.
On tho other band they nppe.ir to consider
ladies ns Nature's choicest handiwork; for
they con imagine no present More grateful to
the Sultan, tm tho great festivul of the
1'airnni, than a young maiden. On the other
hand, they deny women any place or influence
in society; anil while th.-y refuse them a
soul, innst tl;:it they shall bo transported
bodily tu paradise. Iu Tui key n gill Seldom
brings a pvrtiou to her husband; but the
husband pays a stun (if money to her patents
Turkish women aro lively, gossipping, rest
less; tho men arc calm, taciturn, and npa
t In. tie. A Tnik considers it shnmeful to
look at a lady passing him. He never suffers
tho name rf a ile to pass his lips, and would
coiir iilir it an insult if you asked after her
health. Yet he is a polygamiet, and has
children by his laves.
The Ottoman is compassionate and cruc.1.
He will leave a legacy to u horse, and support
an unity of beggarj; but ho would roast a
Cliiisliiui with n great Zest, ajid bastinadoes
his tduves without a qualm, ilo is nt once
splendid and moan. Ut-tentatious iu servants,
horses, pipe-Mick, nnd bouses ; but his ser
vants are ill dressed, his horses aro worthless,
his houses r.re kept iu such Lad repair that
the rain rTten conies into his drawing-room,
uiu! pigeons build in the hall or an lienco of
his F'lltaus. Ho alv.ayf. reminds strangers of
tho ilei 'uri.tn noblemen, who hnve but one
spur. Nothing about him complete. A
saddle of cloth of gold will be gil t about his
steed with nn old tope ; and while the mouth
piece nf his pipe may bo w orth five hundred
pound, the bor.l ia not wonh a ha Tpeuiiy.
Ho is a democrat, tho'.igh he lives under a
government nominally despotic. He is a
democrat b cause he can hardly understand
any real differ, neo of ranks in a country
where u whim of the prince has often nindo n
minister of n colVet-boy or a water-carrier.
I .mom g:verumetit.f ere supposed to txamino
; affairs wiih sonn? view to '.heir settlement;
jut the IVtte? liny nro tis'.iiiliy investigated
j with a'vieiv of avoiding it. In other countries
I proniuliuri is slow, uud business is managed
I comparatively quickly. Iu Turkey business
I is conducted slowly, aud ptomoliou granted
; quickly. Klsewhere, thanks are usu illy re
turned lor a present f in Turkey it is custom
I cry to thank the receiver. A gmst invited
i to dinner is u!so thanked for coming,
j la Taikcy superiors, salute inferiors; else
I where the rcverce is the fashion. In Kurope
we uncover our heads as a mark of respect ;
j in Turkey peopln take off the ir shoes to show
i defLreiifn. A Turk is brief of speech, nod
seldom exaggerates ; but he is amused by
: intermediati: stories, and the most improbable
. lira Us ol lUiagiiiatiim. lie supers evils Willi- I
out complaint ; because he says they are
wiitten in thy book of fate, and he considers j
them as pail of the genuine cf divine Provi- I
uYucp. He lias a great contempt for ances
try, und concedes to tho descendant of Ma
homet no other advantage iu iil'u than a green
turban, lie has even a stinging proverb
always ready for those who claim merit on
account of their forefathers ; uud tells them
that they nre like the dogs who prowl about
tombs nr. J live upon old bones. ' I wonder
how a gentleman of their opiuions would get
on ut a fashionable evening parly in Mam
moth Street West (number 1 A,) Drobding
uajr Square.
A icul Tnik cares lit'.lo fer politics; mcFt
of the persons mixed up in public affairs in
hi3 country being Uieelis or ol Greek descent.
Ho is bravo uud sensitive ; but he never
dreams of a duel, nor have the French been
oblu to inoculate him with their entertaining
ideas on the eubj. ct. 1 can rccnll tio single
in.-lat.co of a l ink who bus committed sui
cide. He will tell yon. indeed, that the hour
of his death is written, and that he can
neither hasten nor retard it. Persons who
are fond of theories usually recoil with in
stinctive prudence from all practical tests,
und it never occurs to a theoretical Turk
to try tho soundness of his dnctrine with it
ra:;or or a pocki t-pisti 1. The conduct of
tho Turks in this respect may be therefore
held up ns a model for polite imitation. The
police or Constantinople Lave much more to
do with thu Christians of Peru nnd Oalata
than with tho M.us::elir.uus of the whole ud
joiuing city. Murder, or robbery is rare in
the Turkish quarter; tlsewhere it is tf daily
occurrence. Indeed, the Turks aro a great
deal better than tho institutions under which
they have hitherto lived ; and they ore accus
tomed to say, with no less truth than good
humor, "Wo like our government best when
it neglects us most."
1 once asked n Turkish gentleman with
whom i had tho good fortune to bo ou terms
of great inlimary, whether he did not admit
that Mohammedanism was iu itself opposed
to what tho Western Franks are pleased to
call progress? His reply w us just aud spirited.
Ho referred me nt once to the splendid story
of the Spanish Arabs, uud enlarged with
much dignity and good sense on the notoiious
fact thut they were for some centuries per
haps the most learned and enlightened people
in the world. The F.gyptiaus ond Syrians
ulso, he added, not to nientiou the Persians,
had at severul periods of their history made
notab'e advancement iu tcieuce ; but their
government bad been unfavorable, and they
had necessarily retrograded. A Tuik can
hardly Fpeak lung without saying something
quuint and seutootiona j so that 1 was not
surprised when my friend, looking demurely
at me, concluded thus : ' hiuce, aleo, the
Christiana ate often avaricious, selfish, luteru
perale, iod unjust qualities which, 1 am
informed, are much condemned by your
Sacred Writings do you Dot thiuk it possi
ble tbat a Mohammedan of our ag might
tako example from them, nnd breakthrough
those prebepts of the Koran which might
linvn been misinterpreted to connsel us an
eternity of ignorant" ?'' ,
I bowed my head nt the ingenious reproof,
ond sought refupo in the cloud of smoke
which our pipes charitably emitted.
A Literary Thief.
Dr. C. II. Roberts, nf Poughke rpsif, vhUf?.
New Voik a few days ago, nnd sprpt an evening
nt the Acadamy of Music. While there he had
his pocket picked of a wallet containing forty or
fifty dollars in bnnl; biils nnd some papers. After
returning home lv received from the pickpocket
Ine inllowing letter, which he banded over to the
Pougtikt-rpsic Eagle for publication :
Ni.w Your, Jan. 5, 1 8.18,
Dr. Chas H. Roberts Dear Sir. I had
the pleasure of relieving you of your pocket
book on tap evening of the. 2l, in a crowd at the
Academy of Music. I presume you on became
aware ut your iltspoascsMon, and have perhaps,
had mine anxiety as to (ho application of the
funds it contained. You have inv assurance that
they have fallen Into appreciative bands, nnd
Hint every cent will lie applied in gralnymg Ihe
laMcs nuil laucies ol a lellow trliig whose aiiilu
tion soars l.iqln r than his calling. You need
not (latter yourself with the idea that vo'i have
my nruiiniuiai re, because I favor you wiih mv
correspondence ; do Doctor, divest yourbclf of
Hint niiiWtmn.
I wrilo you in arenrdance with tho law of
honor among thieves, end lo do vou the justice
of returning to you the two endured pieces ' of
paper, winch are ol value lo you and woilhless
to mc one lung a note Taxable to vonr order.
and the olhera formula for making teeth ; neilhrr
ol winch can ever ho available lo me, as mi
present employment probably p,i better, ard is
s business more pleasing tii my tastes. From
the date if ihe note I renclinled that you had
been in town several days, which may account
ci ine iigniness ot yoc.r purse N ow, declor, a
proper refpert for gentlemen cf my calling, should
never allow your purse lo beanine so low : it is
hardly up to thu average of iibiial collections.
'1 hen, 1 have rcas"!i lo pnite-t against gentlemen
ol your standing carry ing mciiiierit money. It
is under serious consideration to return to you
the 85 on Moiris County Uank, N. J., which I
find at considerable di-cuunt; Ihe six lives on
the Pouglikcep.-.ie banks go current nnd the few
smaller bills can be easily dipo:ed of by per
son of my habits. From tho name and recit e
which I found in the pocket bonk, I concluded
that you bio the well know n dentit who long
since did ine much service in your line of busi
ness, w bile pursuing my avocation in I'oui'.h-
kcep-ie.
Plow, Doctor, don t con-idcr it New York
hospitality to extract nurses in return for extract
ing teeth, but reincmtxr that all have to do
something fjr a living. You wero following
your avocation on me, and I was only doing the
s.imo on you whrn you visitej our ci'.y and
mis case aiiorus a lair example CI tho compara
tive points of our business. You spent much
time arid received a small fee, mine win an opera
tion ol a moment. When I consider this dif
ference and the gen'le inani.er with which you
attended to ine, I am quit inclined to return
your purse ond contents, but that would he un
prolcE.-hmiil, and beside, wsuld involve a lois of
time on my part, for such crow Js do not occur
every day, even iu Ne-.v York ; but be assured
that had 1 recogurcd you I would have spent
the time appropriated to you upon some oilier
person. The only reason I enn nscriho for not
remembering you is, that I nrv-r saw you but
once before, nnd I pnxums that whrn you come
to the city you dress up in your best, and look
very dill'erent than when attending to your busi
ness nt some. This litlle lesson limy be of ser
vice to you, and b nrn you that pocket hooks are
not sale in crowds, and if you arc ever caught in
one again, let your vigilance bo directed to your
purse in proportion to its uiuiensijiis.
Yours, Ivroo.
Tho King aud Queen of Delhi in Cap
tivity.
DeDii Pul.icc (N'or. 10) Carrcsoonileiice 0I" ',e I onuon
TlllKT.
We have seen tho captive King
and royal family ; they ure in ruinous little
room, in one of the gules of the palace. The
old King looks' very frail, and has a blank,
fixed eye, us of one on w horn life i-; fast closing,
lie certainly is loo old to be responsible for
anything that has been donn. With his sons
much more guilt may lie. Home have bec u
shot, ns yon must have roadjoomo am yet
untaken. The youngest sou wo Saw looks
like 1.") (they say 18) ; bold andcoarso to look
at. Hit is tho only child of thu Queen.
Willi her some or oc.r ladies have bad a
long interview. They round her seated on a
common charpoy (bedstend) dressed in white
cot '.on clothes, w ith a few and very trifling
ornaments -oil of her grand things having
been taken from her. Sho is described us
shorthand stout nbovo thirty yeara of ngo,
with a round, animated fac, uot at ell pretty
bnt ha, ing very pretty little plump hands;
she was" cutting betlenut, to eat with her
pawn. Somo thirty females, relatives and
menials, surrounded her. She professes iho
utmost horror of the third cavalry, to whom
slio traces nil her misfortunes, fcihe says the
King was helpless to control iheirt, and that,
when their arrival had placid Delhi in re
bellion cgninst ns, they were as ready to rob
her as any one else. She says the mutineers
did rob the palace, end thut nil her jewels
were only saved by being buried. Sho docs
not seeiii to blame us for their present capti
vity ; sho understands tho necessity for in
quiring into guilty or innocent parlies, but
she did uot seem to assert thu King's inno
cence us much us h 'r own. She said ho hud
becu in the binds of bad people. There
appeared to bo frightful rivalries oinon.'r the
women ; It is said sho criminated thu sons of
the former wives, she being tho last. Her
sister is represented as much belter looking
than herself, nnd has a daughter of thirteen
murrii d to the King's youngeH son, already
mentioned, nnd reputed very beautiful. Our
ladic describe lo r us having superb large
eyes, and a most biut.tifi.l lulu tneulh, but
hi-r face otherwise too Hat uud full. Somo of
the women told them they had Knglish wo
men and children iu the palace after the
massacre, in hopo of irescrvi-ig thein, but
that the uiul.meis t'emnuded them, and
cuold not bo resisted. They fy the sepoys
coin) Lulled that tho King was tecdiug F.rg
lish women daintily, while he only gave them
gram fcr food. Heaven knows if tho royal
family bo cleuu iu heurt end baud or not.
I say uothing Kcutimental about them, but
I pity them. Thuir religion is quite enough
to excito our pity; ond if they have been
uholtora of uiui Jers.tbey ought to be pitied
for their sins. Iftbey are, us they say, inno
cent or any shure in tho rebellion, tin y ure
victims indeed. 1 trust oil examinations may
be judiciously and fiirly conducted. Mr. is
au excellent man most upright uud indefati
gable in discovering the truth, and withal
most teuder-beorted. He will not sparo ihe
guilty, nor inflict sufferings on the inuocont.
Snooks says the prettiest sewing machine
he ever saw was about seventeeu years old,
with short slooves, low-oeck dress, and gaiter
boots on.
i a c t r i .
LOST CIIILD.
T JAMK PA RftKR,
The tiijiht comes in and the stm-m ! wiiil,
There's n biting Hani and a diiviitis ulctt,
And up nml down cncli lonely timet
The criers cull, "i,ot chiM ! List chil l V
What, ft little nn-( this hiltrr nlghr,
Alone and lorn in Imwlin;,' storm t
Cm kI Heaven, he merciful, wc ny(
And nhielil the tender form.
Fpeed ! speed Ihce, rider ; twrenm thy cry !
He may he frozen, and crnr! I und dead !
A ni"ther wails f.r her tn 'i iiiitr !',
And cuiift lliou tuke her a corpse inMctd
Pjiccd ! speed thee, rider, and murk Hie prints
Of little feci ncrM tUe snow ;
And rail the father's from every houre
lpon your Kcnrch to g .
And while ye sr!c, let a louder voice
One thai the wh"le wide, wrld can heir
Hrenk out atove the ImwIiTitr sVtrin,
In lor.es m"it thrilling, l;ud und clvir :
I,oT ! in the r.tormy nipht of Pin,
An orphnn cii!d with the cross on his Lrow ;
'Ti years nnd rents since he wandered nwny ;
Christian turn out and seek for him now !
I-T ! from n motner, one (tunny dny,
A lilile girl Willi u hlite dove ey ;
hchnth lost hr way to Heaven, and now
Kits hath fallen in woe to die !
Lo.it ! from the paaturo many a lnnili
That wand-rcd nwny when shepherds did sleep;
And now they nre roving, 01 only knows where,
He enn only hear their sluvtrii.g Meat !
Iot ' lost ! and the nirht drift in
Children more than you ever will find ;
Turn out ! turn out, nnd with pity seek,
And bring them m fh in the bioiin urft! the wind.
Perchance your liule ones a: e jnne,
Andiheir feet will never I'irn back npain ;
Haste ' fat ber, h:iste. and follow their tmelf,
3I.uk every sp.t where they hir e been :
And if yc find them, th.i;ik your Cod
For many a tiiDther is winlini to-nii;ht,
Tor a birdling bl that fche'll never find,
Not even in Heaven's miming light.
liliscdlancou
Tho Women at Salt Lake Becoming
Hard to Rule.
From a spdocIi oT Ilcber Kimball's in n
lute number or the Deseret K'eirn, wo bliould
judge nil was not smooth among the Mormon
huronts as it should be for the conilott cl
their lords, during theso "piping times of
fvir." . Says he :
1 hear iny leader say, tho other day, that
ho could itianace the affairs of this people,
and of tho United States, and of Europe with
more easo to his mind than be can listen to
tho little, peevish, trilling complaints that
woihaa bring to him. A good deal of it is
littlo peevishness.
What kind of matters do they trouble him
with? Why. or.o woman runs and says,
Hrothcr Brigliaui, my old hen has laid an egg
and I heard that if 1 set it on one end it Would
be n hen, and if on the other end, a rooster
end 1 want a rooster. That is a sample. 1
nm speaking of this for you to let him uhme.
If you have difficulties, bretheru or sisters, go
to your llibhops. nnd let there liishops inves
tigate the case, nnd if it is worthy ol his no
tice, let your Ilishop go to lliother Ilrigham
and have h:J ccuncil upon it.
1 have ono or two v.ou .n that I cannot
control, and Dever did ; and I would as soon
try to control n rebellious mule us try lo con
trol them. I hnvo not given them n word of
counsel for tho last eight years but what they
have murmured or rebelled against it, and
called i;ie n hard muu. I have not toid you
who they ore but I know them.
It is wrong to Fpeik or theso things? I
have ono or two women that 1 cannot control
end never did. "lo you support them '
say s one. Yes, as well as the bebt w omen I
have; and if you want to know why 1 do it
it is because I want to got along with it as
well as I can in this life ; but I cm tell you
that if the time conies when 1 am obliged to
desert, und lay waste my habitation, 1 will
thee l:;g them no uit r!".
A 7ain he nays :
The husband has to learn to give proper
counsel and direction ; he bus to learn how to
inanugo i,is wives nud children ; and it tnkes
him somo timo to learu how to inunugu wisely,
nnd to bjstow comfort npou each member of
his fumily.
It does not frot'lilo tcn woman to follow
out the cour.si 1 of their husbands they will
serve them iu faithfulness, th. y w ill honor and
respect the power of the priesthood that is
upon their litisbandl In this respect they do
well and i njoy themselves in doing so, as
every woman will; but iir the relationship
that exists Li twi-n them tnJ either icins J
tha' man, you ure very apt to see u liLtlo ilU
cord. It requires mere energy and more strength
of purpose in a man lo follow out the coiinsi-l
of ono who is just ubovo him, than it does tu
fol!vv a man thut is a long way uhead of him.
So it is in regard to the wojii.m they ca'i fol
low the counsel of their husband nnd do r.s he
wishes, much better than they can renard one
another, but we should e.0 cur duty, u eel so
pleasing to ourselves.
CAfTION TO O.N'lON-h vii'.t:s 'i'lm Illisti
tU. 1.) PUait'ix, recently made tli3 following
statement :
Within tho lu: t six weeks sevciul persons,
some of whom ur amouir our acquaintance,
have v.ithoat any known cause, lest all the
hair from tho head nnd body. Within two
weeks from the timo tho h"ir commenced
coming out, not a Fpire was left. The eye
brows or.d eyelashes also dropped out.
Neither or Ihe persons bad suffered from re
cent sickness, nor had used hair dyes, nor
taken any medicines. They h ive npi. lied to
severnloininent physicians, hut can loi.ru no
cause for thi singular circumstance.
Whereupon the Provideuco t of -rs l!,o
following:
Perhaps wo can explain it. At least v.o
will state a fuel which is well vouched for to
us. A few years ago, Mr. Win. Smith Peck,
lam, who resides iu M iddletuwp, only two or
three miles from Newpoit, bad a boiso troe.b
led with "heaves." Ono night tho horse
found his way into tho burn without tho con
sent of the owner, and there had access to a
largo quantity of onions. Ho ate heartily de
vouiiug a bushel or two. The medicine cur
ed tho heaves; but very soou afierwords the
hair of the borse commenced railing off, aud
iu a short time uouo was left.
Tbe tradesman who does uot advertise
liberal ly bas beeu very eppropriut ly conl
pared to a man who bus a luotoru but is too
(tiogy to buy a caudle
Saii Mistake Mnj Heale, tho chivalrous
Vermonter, hns jost returned from his Furo
penu tonr, but his fe-llow townnmeu nre aston
I'died ond horrified nt bis altered nppearnnce.
When in Paris ho challenged a French Col- .
onel, nnd the weapons being sworda, at tin
first stroke, tho major's nose was . severed
closo to his faco. Hastily picking up and re
placing tho organ, ho tied his handkerchief
over it. Afier leaving on the bandngo for,
eleven days he removed it. when to his con
sternation ho found that lie boil placed it
wrong sidj op and it was now healed. Al
though it looks ugly, ho finds it Very conveni
ent for tuking snuff. Avnusta Cvnstitutim'.
rtM. -
A rAiTiivtt, Poo. Paring the time thai.
Comstock was engaged in murdering his fa
ther nnd mother, near Hamilton, X. Y., a
few days ago, a dog was in thr room, nnd tha
prisoner ufiirms that during his bloody work
this animal several times attacked him ; that
he tried to kill the nniuinl and get his heart,
but was roiled in his efforts. Aflcr he lay
down, the faithful dog sat all night watching
by his lifeless mistress, liming the whole "
examination of the bodies on the inquest, this
faithful animal remained under the bed, and
could not be removed from the room.
L'r.rTiEs of uiu Lav,-. At -tho rcccui
term of the Circut Court of Tazewell, Teun.,
a fellow was arraigned for stealing a raw hide.
He ulleged that he had purchased it from a
negro. The attorney lor the Cooimonweulth
odmitted his statement end he was acquitted
out was immediately indicted Tor trading with
a negro. Thereupon the accused introduced
two witnesses to proo that h hail stolou
the hide, when he wai of course discharg
ed ; and Loving nlieaily been tried lor
stealing he could nol bo tried tho seceud
timo for the same offence, and was turned
loose unpunished.
A "KKi-inous Pait.h" on Cir:c.u:o, Ii.i..
The Oospe! Banner says i Chicago is a poor
placo for a Yankee. The climate gives him
tho ague fever. 'I he water brings on diar
rhoea. The food, as cooked Ly tha tuckei--.
produces dyspepsia. Tho whisker, ti.icture:'
with strichniue, mukes him crazy. Or. if a
einporaiico man, three per cent a niauth it
sure to bring on the blues. Throughout tho
entire western country, homesick men uio
plontier than anything clso. No more wiso
and prosperous uieu will emigrate thither by
our advice.
KnoTEnsiN Wjnti:!:. Mrs. Joseph S. Tiko
sent us a beautiful bo'inuet of flower. cath-
ercd in her garden from tho opi n nir on
inursuay, .'1st ol January. There wero
Gajdeu Pinks end Celandine in full crown
lonf and ns fresh us in Juno, with variegated
runsies in lull bloom. Wo doubt whether
thu memory of man runneth back to a win
ter when xcgel.tliua was ia such u slate on
the 2 1st day of January iu this town. Ncu:
liur'jivrl Ila uLl.
AiTEr. t;i:: Y,'it:.f.ssin. An ttf.ror r.ffV.n.
gross nrrived in Boston on Friday to summon
before an investisntinur Committee of tbn
1 1 ouse. certain tier ions who nm r.nnnncr.il tr.
know in what manner the sum of jo7,000, ex
pended by Messrs. Lawrence Stone A; Co..
was distiiliuted nt Washington. One oT the
parties called upon was absent uom the city,
nud was not found by the National ofilcial.
A Good S'i:'i:i Plank. There is now on
exhibition nt tho .Merchants' Exchange in
New York, a red wood plunk from tho .Men- .
docina suw mills, California. It i.v'asurM
IU feet long, U feet 6 iucliC3 wiu'c and 2 inches
thick.
U. iS. Patent Omen. The f...llowio?' pat
ents wero issued to Pennsylvania for tho
week ending l!ih iist. ; To li. II. Masser, of
Sunbury, Pa., for improvement, in ice-cream
freezer'. Jeremiugli P. Siniih. of llummels
town, Pa , for improved eoi n slieller. B. Vi
dal, of Phi'.nh . 'pLiu. Pa., for improved scroll
sawing nut-Lines. Bengauiin 11. Shedaker,
of Philadelphia, Pa., us." igiu-r to I'.dwin Ben
der of same l.o.-e, for improvement in tho
cou.-.trticiiiin of mariucry fbors.
" ..!!-: Half f. lea c".i f.ill uf hdtor, ono
and u half of sn'ar, Well woi ked totlher, nn.l
a glass of wine : turn boiling waltr" to this a
little while htfforo it is wanted.
fanner's padmcnt
Oro Sort of IV;ruicra.
n. J. U. Williams, President of the
ii
.Michigan Agricultural College, iu his inaii"u.
ral address tltos alluded to a c!a.-s of fanuera
who are quite, loo uuuicri-us in many putts of
the country :
Pa.-s e.loiif' any great tLvrovH.Tu-.p, on.''
you w ill soon eomo ton f.ir.ner who yar.li
his cattle in the public nighwvy, v..vtes tho
manure which should fortiii.-e h!s field--, n:,v!
allows tho public to thread their Lri-akm.-c!:
passage among them. The neMt, peihnp?,
foods bis corn whole, anii h,-;..r-a th.iJ of it.'
nutriment. Another ii.-pti-.-e-s his j-.is of
light, i'li-l their r row th stt.r.s. Am-tl.er al
lows p": t.le'.'tial g:..-es. ;.'; .'. e 1 .ite-.l VU d.-r l o'
barn to bo ::. haled 1 y his :leik Another
allows his cattle to t!: it;!; out of m.-io u.u.l
hules; instead of pmo v,..tcr. Another ;.!
Ions hii sheep ill winter to go without any
: water ut nil. Tlunext exposes his calves
and culls to tho wintry s'.oiu.s thus ane.-t.i'.-!
their giov. Ml, while it ;i! J i ! .'..-ly c. .-t
leas lo keep them growi:.;; ai'.d housed. Tl:;:
uext has, perhaps, not u tit tool wherewith
to W'ork efficiently ou his who! IV. nn. Ano
ther sows p'Vjr or mixed teed, or n.it half
enough, end us a couserpierce, reaps hull' a,
crop. Tin) next plows Ins la:nl bat three or
four inches d ep. lie has lutle f iiih in deep
lowing and thorough pulverization, bet had
full f.ull) in the signs o! tlie Zodiac, the moon,
and lack. He believes in good lack whilj
putting in the seed, and has a realising sei.so
of ill-luck iu liai Ve'iitiur, costly espi-nei.ee iu
both theory and practice.
1 cocl't exteiid the liit of practical errors
to nu indefinite length. Siicu facts prove,
th. . t iiiilead ol less, tho fat iner has more lo
learn tactically about his business than eny
oth.T man iu the world. In fact, one-third
of the industry nnd energies of tho fanners of
cur oouutry, is literally rusted in consequence
of ignorance, and defiance oT all rules ol tli ift
and economy. 'J'he e rr.7i . :,o ,n
eifi in ether yjnuiti, tcuuld result jn i.uucui
ti.'e bauLrnptcy and starvation.
Keki'i.nh Poi i.trv. The leto Judge i.'uell;
kept poultry iu winter more than two t.ienths
in a perfect state of presei vulinii, by tilling
lhum uflcr they were dres e I, with powdered
charcoal, und then hangiti" tlijui iu ua airy
loft. .
Tt Makk Stiokino Salve. Three pounds
rosin, half a pound mutton tuUow. hulf a
pound beeswux, uud u t.ibh Sj'o.n.Lnl td' sul--phnr:
melted, poured into colJ Muter, an
worked and pulled aa hour.
V