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NEW SEMES, VOL. 10, NO. 49.
SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1858. . OLD SERIES, YOL 18. NO- 23-
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ELIAS EMERI0H,
TTa ESPEOTFULI.Y informs the citirehs of
ll L of Lower Augusta township and the pub
He ..eralW. that he has purchased the
bite'ly kept" by Isaac Martr., in Lower Augusta
township near Emcrich's Tavern, and has jil.t
opened a splendid stock of
Pall asst. Winter GOODS.
His stock consist of Cloths, Cassimere. Cnssi
neitsof all kinds, linen, cotton and Worsted.
Also, Calicoes. Ginghams, Lawns, Motisscline
Do Lnin.-s and all kinds of Ladies Drew Goods.
GKOCBIUES, Hardware, iuccnawu..
lious-stylcs and p-ittcrns. r .
Also,.,,, assortment of ReaJy-Made Clothing
of all descriptions. Hoots and SShoes, iats and
Cap... sAt KISH. &.C., and a variety of
ctiier artiulf-s such as aro suitable to the trade,
all of which will be sold at the lowest prices.
0 Country produce taken in exchatigo at
thn hiehe-il market prices.
Lower Auusta twp., Octolwr 10, 187. tf.
ftvv.xv wilCKL GREASE.
rnir'j Oreaso is rccoinmrndcd to the notice of
1 inr Sm-Knioii to anything of the kind ever in-trjduci-d.
As it docs not gum upon the axles
in niu.h mor durable, and is not affected by
tUe weather, remaining the same in summer af
,,i winter, and put lip in tin canisters at 37J i and
To coiil?, for sale by A. W. I IH LK.
Martli 1-1, 1857.
IvITJSIO 1 3VTXJSIO I
MR O KIMBALL, late of Elmira, having
l'.-come. a resident of Sunbury, respectfully
informs the cilizens and others, that he intends
to form a Singing Class, both secular and acred
and will impart instruction to all who may desire
to place thcm.-elve under his charge.
N. B Mrs. O. Kimball i prepared to give
instructions to a few more pupil on the 1'iano
l-'orte. ,
Sunbury, September 19, 1857. tr
Sew rSilSaTcIplila Dry Goods!!
SHAKl'LESS BROTHERS,
i. nr. Towhsksd Siiabpless &So,
D-WU removed to their new store, N. W.
corner of Cliesnut and 8lh Streets, and
have opened their usual full assortment, of Au
f.mii and Winter DRY GOODS, which they
i.fcr at very lew prices. Their stock includes
JjIu-.vI-i, i'lack and Fancy Bilks. Merino's ami
oil.er Du-es Goods, Meu's and Boy s
Wer.r, Blankets, Housekeeping
Goods, and Goods for
'Friends Wear."
Oct. El, nZl. Cia?c
BTJS3TO7 STEAM FLOURING MILL
5A1IE subscribers respectfully announce to Ihe
-- public, that their new Stoam Flouring Mill
in this place, has been completed, and will go
into operation on Monday the 3tsl day of Au
' gus', inst. ' iff
Having engnsl a competent and. careful
Millir. thev trust they will be able, with all the
modern improvement, adopted in their mill, to
Eive cntWe satisfaction to aU who may favor them
YDEr! mEHART & HARRISON.
Sunbury, August 29, 1867. tl
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GETABLES, No. 4 North Wharves, 4tu door
Miiiket street, Philadelphia,
ih-ausca, Apples, Dried Fruits Butter,
i cmons, Dmons, ' Mer Potatoes, Cheese
jiv.sins. Tomatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Beans,
IV. Nuts, l'eaches, Cranberries fcggs. &c.
(jrhe.. for Shipping put up with care and dis-
GQODS sold on commission for Farmers
and Dealers.
October 2. lo.
Tho $10 and $15 Single and Double
Threaded Empire Family Bewing
Machines.' '
A N AGENCY for the sale of these Sewing
A Machines can be secured or. liberal terras for
' v,.i,l. No one need
the County oi nnuw"- -
nulr without capital suffi cent to conduct the
Z Ll properly and who cannot br.ng refer
erne. a. to reliability and capacity. A personal
mil cation wi l uo IIBCO..OIJ.
1 The peculiar adaptation of these Machine, for
,11 purpose, of Family Sewing, will, where ever
"Iu ' , r i. ,n,nnnJ a ready and
tliey are oiit-rou ioi -
unl.ini.ed HNS0N C0OBLL. .
S. E. Corner of fill, and Arch SU., Pbiladel a.,
August 15, 1857. tf '
TTJ LANK Deeds, Mortgages, Bonds, Warrants
U A ttclin.ents,Coma.itmenU, Summons 80;
vm Executions, Justice and n,M
Fee Bills, &c, Ac, can be had by applying at
t Us olnce.
TTniCKLESof variou. kinds, Lobstera, Bar-u.i;-
a, iust receded and for sale
. .uha.Jirue oiore . - -
4td $Mtxz.
HAVELOCK.
He is gone Heaven's will is best I
Indian turi o'erlies his breast,
tihoul in black, nor fool in gold
Laid him in yon hallowed mould.
Guarded to a soldier's grave
Ily the bravest of the brave, '
He hath gained a nobler tomb
Than In old Cathedral gloom.
Nobler mourners pa id the rite,
Than the crowd that craves a right,
England's banners o'er him waved
' Dead, he keeps tho realm he tavcd
Strew not on tho hero's hearse
Garlands of a herald's verse I
Let us hear no words of Fame
8ounding loud a deathless namei
Tell us of no vauntful Glory
Shouting forth ner haughty story.
All life long hia homage rose
To far other shrine than those.
"In hoc Signo," pale nor dim,
Lit the battle field for him.
A nd tho prize he sought and won
Was the Crown for lluty done.
(From the New York Evening Post.)
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF AARON
BURR.
M r. Tai ton, tho author of this life of Horr,
is in some rospecls unusually qualified for his
task. lie has displayed pi-cat industry in
tho collection of his materials, great skill and
spirit io. his narration, and, iu spite, of his
manifest bias in favor of tho subject of It is
memoir, a candor burdly to be expected in
presenting the Tacts which militalo against
the theory ho so warmly espouses.
liurr's early associations, his puritanical
(ruining as the refractory son of pious parents,
(hia fat her being a New Jersey I'rpsbyterian
iliviue and his mother tho daughter of tho
famous (Jul vinist theologian, Jonathan Ed
wards,) bis military services in the Revolu
tion ; his successful early career ns a lawyer
and a politician ; his rivalry with Hamilton,
ending with the fatal duel, from which is
dated bis downfall in the politic mind, his
maguihcent ulibustering scheme of empire in
the southwest, Lis exile and his return to so
many years or bootless toil, and finally bis
dtuth, a dishonored, yet still unconquerable
old man, in his native land, aro told with an
eflectivo nnd graphic power, which makes the
book extremely readable, end proves the
author's understanding of the popular tasto.
It appears that at the ago ol twenty-three,
wbilo commanding the lines in Westchester
county, ho fell in love with Mrs. Prevost,
who, three years after became his first wife.
This lady who was a widow of a British offi
cer, lived at ruramus, N. J., some fifteen
miles west of the Hudson, nnd a romnntio
story is related of Burr's midnight visits to
her dwelliag, across a wide river, blockaded
with the British gan boats, and, the interview
being ended, of his return before light to his
troops, who .were as ignorant as the enemy of
his clandestine exploits. The most enviable
period of his life is described io the account of
1118 FIRST UARKIAGG, AT TWE.NTV-SIX MRS.
PHEVOST.
That Colonel Burr the most rising young
wan io the Stale of Now York, handsome,
fiisciuutiug, well born and famous, whose
addresses lew maidens in tho country would
have been inclined to repulse, should have
chosen to marry a widow ten years older
than himself, with two rollicking boys, (one
of them eleven years old,) with precarious
health and no great estate, was a circutn
stanca which seems to have been incompre
hensible to his friends at the time, as it has
since proved a puzzlo to the writers of bio
graphical gossip. Upon tho theory that
Burr u-as the artful devil ho has been said to
be, all whose ends and aims were his own
advancement, no man can explain such a
inurriugo. Before the Revolution he had re
fused poiut-black to address n young lady of
fortune, whom his uncle, Thaddeui Burr,
iucessuuily urged upon his attention. During
the Revolution he was on terms of intimacy
with all the great families of tho stale the
Clintons, the Livingstons, the Schuyiers,
the Van Reusseluers and the rest allianco
with cither of whom gave a young'man of
only average abilities immense advantages in
u slate which was to a singular extent under
the domination of great families. But no
consideration of this kind could break the
spi ll which drew him with mysterious power
to tue cottage ol remote ana rural raramus.
The lady was not beantiiui. lie-sides being
past ber prune, she was sliglitly disfigured
by a scar on ber forehead. It was the grace
ful and winning manners of Mrs. Prevost
that first captivated the mind of Col. Burr.
Sbo was Indeed, in all respects, an estimable
lady aOeclionate, accomplished, well versed
in literature, end as much given to practice
as averse to the profession of piety. But it
was in her character as lady and woman ol
that world that Bbe proved so irresistibly
pleasing to him on their first acquaintance.
He used in after years to say that in style
and manners sho was without a peer among
all the women he bad ever known, and that
if his own manners were in any respect supe
rior to those of men in general, it was owing
to the insensible influence or bers. Ihe
reader may perhaps have observed that young
men or spirit uuu intelligence, who have been
brought up in the Bevere, ungracious way of
the stricter Puritans, are sometimes too
keenly susceptible of tho charm of manner,
nd are apt to aitacn to it aa excessive
importance.
But a more lasting charm of this lady was
her cultivated mind. Burr was a lover of
books, a lover of pictures, a lover of every,
tbicg that distinguishes man from the Puri
tan, and it was rare, indeed, in those days, to
find a lady in America who had the kind of
culture which sympathizes with such tastes.
Io Europe, women were only beginning to
emerge from the gross ignorance which was
thought to be their proper condition, and in
America, if they were not ignorant, few bad
the kuowledge interesting to a man like
Burr, 1 Among bis own female relatives,
there was penetrating and brilliant intellect
enough i but bow perverted, bow repressed.
Some of the most renowned, ladies of tbe
time, with a thouiand virtues, scarcely ever
looked into a book. . Mrs, Putnam was
mighty at the tpiiining-wbeel,. Mrs. Wash
ington, (as we lutely learn from Mrs. Mirk-
land's pleasant paces,) was a devotee of tbe
knitting needle, and the wife of another
famous ffeneral was not a little proud of her
patohwork quilts, . Burr bad met few ladies
in hit earlier, life who, like M rs. Prevost,
were familiar ivitta tbe most recent express-
European intellect, who could talk
AuobBu.it.. By Janos Varloa. Tail
intelligently with him abonl Voltaire, Rous
seau and Chesterfield, and could appreciate
those Authors without becoming their disci
ples. It was not more compliment when
Burr told Mrs. Prevost that it was from
knowing ber that ho had first learned to
believe iu the understanding of woman.
The two sons of Mrs. Prevost, so for from
being regarded by Colonel Burr as an obsta
cle to his morringo, were really an inducement
to it. lie inherited his futher's passion for
(mining tho young. He was not merely fond
of children, but took tho liveliest possible
interest in their education. There was no
period in all bis long life when he had not a
protege under training. ' His system of edu
cation was, indeed, with all its merits and
with nil the pains be bestowed in applying it.
fatally deceptive, as was his own system of
life. But that be took a roal and ardent
interest and delight in the development of
the youthful character, and spared no pains
in promoting what he tboaght to be the
right education of his proteges, there can be
no doubt whatever. With a Saxon moral
character, Aaron Burr might have been a
schoolmaster of unheard-of-excellence such as
the world wnits for. Nothing, indeed, was
more natural to him than the tone of the
instructor. Komo montlis beforo ho was
married, he concludes one of his letters to
Mrs. Prevost iu language which illustrates
what I mean.
"You wrote mo too much by Don!. I hope
it wns not from a four that I should be dis
satisfied with less. Jt is, I confess, rather
singular to find fault with the quantity, when
matter and manner are so ut-lighllul. lou
must, however, deal less in sentiment?, and
more in ideas. Indeed, in tho letter in un
swer to my last, you will nred to bo particu
larly nttentivo to this injunction. I think
constantly of the approaching change in our
affairs, and what it demands. Do not let ns,
like children, bo so taken with tbe prospect
as to loso sight of the means. Remember to
write me facts and ideas', and don't torment
me with compliments, or yourself with sonti
ments to which I am already no stranger.
Write but little, and very little at once."
In another letter ho ri-comincDds her to
buy one of the New Franklin stoves, and
suggests the room in which it should be
pluced. After enlarging, in a style not com
mon to love letters, udou the various good
qualities of the stoves aud telling her that, os
her little boy would be sure to burn himself
nl least once witb it, it might be best to teacn
him the danger by slightly burning him, ho
concludes as follows : -
"I confess I have still some transient dis
trusts that you set too little value on your
own comfort. Remember, it is not yours
alone j but your lei ten shall convince me.
I wairo the subject. 1 urn not certain I shall
be regularly unctual in writing you in this
manner every day when I get at business ;
but 1 shall, if possiblo, devote one quarter of
an hour a day to you. In return, 1 demand
one half an hour every day from you ; more I
forbid, unless on special occasions. This half
hour is to be wine, to be invariably at the
same time, and, for that purpose, fixed at an
hour least liable to interruption, and as you
shall find most convenient. Mine cannot be
so regular, as I only indulge myself in it when
I am fatigued with business. Tho children
will each have their sheet, and, at tho given
hour, write if but a single word, fiiirr, til
this half hour, is to be a kind watchword."
While Burr was preparing for lis examina
tion, his slave Carlos was going very frequent
ly between Paramus and Albany, bearing
letters and girts. His letters were mostly in
the decisive, commanding manner of the ex
tracts just given, though sufficiently tender
and considerate. A notorious calumniator
has recently been, in a work of great preten
sions, insinuating that Colonel Burr, during
tbe winter in Albany, lived on terms of scan
dalous intimacy with his land lady. The
statement is false. Soon after his arrival in
Albany, Burr was called upon by Mr. Van
Rensselaer, tho head of the distinguished
family of that name. The two young men
soon became iotimato. Van Rensselaer was
dissatisfied with Burr's lodging?, and in a
spirit of friendliness and hospitality offered
to find him better. Burr soon wrote to Mrs.
Prevost, that Van Rensselaer had succeeded
perfectly to his wish. "J am with two mai
den aunts of his" he said, "obliging and (in
credible !) good-natured, the very paragons
of neatness. Not an article of furniture,
even to a tea-kettle, that would soil a muslin
handkerchief. 1 have two upper rooms."
la these apartments it was that bn daily
wrote such words as the following, to a lady
with whom be was anticipating a speedy
marriage : "Though I write very little, it is j
still half my business: for whenever 1 find
myself either at a loss what to do, or anyhow
discomposed or dull, I My to these sheets,
and even if I do not write, I ponder npon it,
and in this way sacrifice many hours without
reflecting that time passes away."
Oh the 2d of July. 1782, by the ReV. DaTid
Bngart, of the Reformed Dutch Church,
Aaron ISorr and 1 lieodosia i'revost were
married. They were forthwith established In
an ample residence at Albany, where Colonel
liurr relieved too monotony oi ousiuess by
assisting in the education of two boys. Uuu
of the first uses be made of bis new dignity
of householder was to give a temporary nome
to a friend who was in love, ami had a pro
ject of marriage which it was necessary for
some reason to conceal. 1 bat irionu was
tbe well-known Major Ponham, who was
married at Colonel Burr's nouso, and who,
fiftv-foor years after, held tbe pall which
covered Burr's remains as they were borne
to the grave.
Carlos made no more journeys to Paramus.
Tbe charm of tbe "Hermitage" had departed
from it. It may interest some readers to
learn that the traditions of tbe old house,
and of tbe family who iuhqrited it, still exist
In tbe vicinity. - borne oi tue waits oi me
house are sUuding, and serve as part of a
modern structure. Some relics of its elegant
contents a picture among other things-
adorn a neighboring laveru. btones oi tue
grand company that used to assemble at the
Hermitage are vaguoly told by some or the
older iuhabitants, and descendants of Mrs.
Prevost reside a few miles liom tue old
estate, in an elegant abode, which contains
interesting memorials of tbe olden time.
At Albany, in the brst year of uu mar
riage, was bora Colonel liurr a only legiti
mate child, a daughter whom be named 1 be-
odosia. bbe bad a joyful welcome into the
world, the beautiful child who was to have
so torrible an exit from it. . A father, ever
fond, if not ever wise, received to bit arms
the iufant who was to be to una so much
more than a daughter, when her indomitable
fidelity was all mat united mm to the family
of maa. ,
OH SECOND MABRIAOS AT fOCBSCOBE MADAMS
.. JVHKU ' .J..'",
There was talk of cholera in the city.
Madame Jumt-1 resolved upon taking a car
riage toutilk tbe country. 8efoja setting
out she wished to take legal advice respect-
iug tome real estate, and as Colonel Burr's
reputation in that department wt prt-emi-
nent, to his office In Reodo street she drove.
In other days ho had known her well, and
though many on evontful year had passed
since he had seen her, ho recognized her at
once. He received her in his courtliest man
ner, complimented her with admirable tact,
listened with soft deference to her statement.
He was the ideal man of business confiden
tial, self-possessed, polite giving his client
the flattering impression that the faculties of
nis wnoie soul were concentrated upon lite
affair in band. She was charmed, yet feared
him. lie took the papers, named the day
when his opinion would be re-idy, and banded
her to hor carriage with winning grace. At
seventy-eight years of age ho wasstill straight,
active, agile, fascinating.
On the appointed day sho sent to bis office
a relative, n student of lav, to receive his
opinion. Ibis young gentleman, timid and
inexperienced, had an immense opinion of
Linrr s talents : had heard nil good and all
evil of him j supposed him to be, at loast,
the acutest of horrible men. lie went. Bnrr
behaved to him In a manner so exquisitely
pleasing, that, to this hour, be has the liveliest
recollection of of the scene.' No topics were
introduced, but such as were familiar nnd in
teresting to youiiir men. His manners were
such as this age of slangy familiarity cannot
so mucu ns Imagine, the young gentleman
went home to Madame Juiuul only to extol
nnd glorify him.
Madamo nnd her party began their journt-y,
revisiting Ballston, whither, in former times,
sue nnd been wont to go in a chariot drawn
by eight horses; visiting Saratoga, then in
t io beginning of iw cel -hrity, where, in
exactly ten minutes after hor arrival, the
decisive lady bought a house and nil it con
tained. . Returning to New Yor't to find that her
mansion had been despoiled by robbers in her
absence, she lived for n while in the city.
CoUidoI Burr called npon tho young gen
tleman who had becu Madamo's messenger,
and, after their acquaintance bad ripeued,
said to him, "Come into my office ; i can
tench you more in a year than you con learn
in ten in the ordinary way." The proposition
being submitted to Madume Jumel, flic, odx-
ious for the yonnc man a advancement, ulauiy
and gratefully consented. He entered the
office. Burr kept him close nt bis books.
He did teach him more in a year than he
eonld have learned in ten in nn ordinary way.
Bnrr lived then in Jersey City. J I is olnco
(23 Nassau street) swarmed with applicants
tor aid, nnd he seemed now to Have quito lost
the power of refusing. In no other respects,
bodily or meutul, did he exhibit signs of de
crepitude. '
borne months passod on without ins ngutn
mcetinir with Madame Jumel. At the sug
gestion of the stndent, who felt exceedingly
grateful to Burr for tho solicitude with which
he assisted his studies, Madame Jumel invi
ted Colonel Burr to dinner. It was a grand
banquet, at which he displayed all the charms
of his manner, nnd one to conspicuous ad
vantage. On handing to dinner tho giver of
the feast, be said : "I give you my hund, Mad.
ame j my heart bus long been yours." This
was supposed to be merely a compliment, nnd
was little remarked at ihe time. Colonel
Burr colled upon the lady : colled frequently
became wnrmer in his attentions; proposed,
at length, and was refused, llo still plied
his suit, however, and obtained at last, not
the lady's conseut, but an undecided No.
Imnrovinr; his ndvantneo on tho instant, he
said in a jocular manner, tbit he should bring
out a clergyman to Koit Washington on a
certain day, and there he would oueo more
solicit her band.
He was as cood as his word. At the time
uppointed, he drovo out in his gig to the la
dy's residence, accompanied by Dr. Bogart,
the very clergyman who, just fifty years be
fore, married him to the mother of his Tbeo-
dosiu. The lady was etubarrrssed and still
refused But then the scandal 1 . And, after
all, why not? Her estate need a vigilant
guardian, and the old house was lonely. Af
ter much hesitation, sho at length consented
to be dressed, and to receive her visitors.
And she was married. Tbe ceremony was
witnessed only bv the members of Madame
Juiiiel's family, and by tho eight servants of
tbe uousebold, who peered eugeny in at tuo
doors and windows. The ceremony was over;
Mrs. Burr ordered supper. Some bins of Mrs
JuiikiI's wino cellar, that bad not been open
ed for half a century, were laid under contri
bution. Tbe little party was n very merry
one. I be parson in particular, it is remem
bered, was iu the highest spirits, overflowing
with humor and anecdote. Except for Col
onel Burr's great age, (which was not appa
rent) the match seemed not an unwiso one.
I uu lurking Icur no Had oi i-eing a poor
and homeless old man, was put to rest. Sho
had a companion who had ever been agreea
ble, aud ou ber t-sluto a stew ard, than whom
no one liviug was supposed to be more com
petent.
As a rem ant no! 6 circumstance connected
with this marriage, it may be just mentioned
that there was a woman iu new York who
bad aspired to tbe band of Colonel Burr, aud
who. when she benrd of bis union with anoth
er, wrung ber hands and shed tours 1 A feel
ing of that nature can seldom, since the crea
tion of man, havo been excited by the mar
riage of a man on tbe verge of fourscore.
W w w
Men of seventy-eight Lave been married
before and since. But, probably, never lias
there been another instance of u man of that
age winning a lady of fortuno aud distinction,
grieving another by his marriage and exciting
suspicions of incontinence against himself
by bis attentions to a third.
A few days after the wedding the "hojiDY
pair" paid a visit to t'onnecieut, of which
State a nephew of Colonel Burr's was then
Governor. They were received with altun.
tion. At Hartford, Burr advised his wile to
sell out her shares in the bridge over the t'on
necieut at that place and invest tbe proceeds
in read estate. She ordered them sold. The
stock was in demand, and the shareB brought
several thousand dollars. Tbo purchasers
offered to pay ber the moucy, but sho said,
"No i pay it to my husband." To him, ac
cordingly, it was paid, and ho had it sowed
up Iu U1S pocneb, n -.iruuigioua uuia, uuu
brought it to -Now lorn, ana uuposneu ll in
his own pocket to bis own credit.
C'oiicusio.'i next Keck.
Au. Tunouoii. Mr. Jones after having
spent an evening over bis bowl, went home a
little "bow came you so." He was fortunate
enough to find Us better half asleep, lie
weut to bed, and alter a momoni s coguuuon,
be thought it would bo policy to turn over,
lest bis breath should betray bim when Mrs.
Jones opened ber eyes, and in the mildest
manner is the world, said :
"Jones you needn't turn over you'rs drunk
clear through." ,
- An EUjtKanl once nearly killed an Irishman
foraniusult aCered to bis truck. .."The act
was rash io the extreme, but it was impossi
ble," laid tbe II iberoiao, "to resUt a nose
jc-aeoold pull wilb botu baud.." , :
scdliincous.
W 1HTI.0WS. Dr. Guinire, Professor of tho
1 acuity of Medicine, nt Mentpelcr, had just
published a letter iu tbe Abcille Mrdicalr,in
which ho desctibesa peculiar method of stop
ping tho progress of a whitlow. A whitlow
generally begins with a dull sensation of heat
in tho affected finger, near the nail ; a rose
colored spot marks the seat of disease. This
point, when pressed, is painful ; the color dis
appears, and immediately returns after the
pressure has censed. Alter tho lupse of a
few hours (he pain becomes more permanent
the color darker, and extend over a larger
spaco, while the skin is swollen. The pain
increases rapidly, but us yet (hero is no pul
sation. This, Dr. Guiltier says, is the proper
time for applying the remprly. 1 laving slight
ly wetted the inflamed surface, he passes over
tho whole ol it slowly with a poncil of lunar
Cii-.if.lic for at least a minute, in order to make
sure that the influence of tho c-iustic hs
penetrated through tho cuticl. Tho nitrato
of silver is allowed tn dry on the finger.
When tho skin ha become quito black, tho
cure is complete. Tho patient Tools no pain
not even nn ilrhing fensiition during tbo
operation, and a elmrt tiino afterwards the,
pnin of the whitolw disappears, 1 lie block skin
peels off after a few days, and no trace is left
of the disorder. If the" operation beperform
ed after the pain has become pulsative, the
latter Increases afler the cauterization, but
tho throbs cense in the cnurso of a few hours,
aud the enro is nflected with equal certainty.
Dr. Gninier is not sure that his remedy would
produce its effect after the commencement of
suppuration ; at all event", the euro requires
more time. He asscribes tho successful ro-
suit obtained from citrate of silver not to its
having destroyed tho diseased part, (the in
flammation is too deeply seated, nnd tho cau
terization too superficial for that,) but to a
revulsion or shock given to tho part, distur
bing its vicious stale.
IIortniiiLHCAsiior Ilvpiionor.u. The com
munity were 8oir.owhat startled a few days
ago, by a report that a young man residing m
Cedar alley rnnninr; between 8lh aud 9lh,
aud Washington and Wulnut streets was
suffering witb on attack of hydrohobia. Upon
inquiry we found the rumor too true. A
persou by the name of David Kindt, need
about 22 years, son of Jacob Kindt, carpen
ter was bitten ubout four or five weeks since
by a cat with which he was playing. The aui
mal was on his lap and being annoyed by some
one teasing it, suddenly jumped at tho chin
of My Kindt, aud bit it so severely ns to cause
the blood to How quite freely. Tbe wound
healed, and the cat remained as well ns usual
eviucing no signs of madness noi bus she,
indeed since that time and uo rurther thought
was taken of the matter.
On Friday, Mr, Kindt complained of feel
ing ill, and suQcred with gieut pain in his side
and breast, and in tho evening Dr. Huffman
was called in. Prom that period until last
tiL'bt bu continued to crow worse, soine con-
slautly from one spusin into another, and
being turown from one side ol tue room to
the other ot the mere sight of water.
Ou Mo.idny night ubout 9 o'clock, he died
his suh'erines have at last completely pros-
uuieii iijui.
This curious result of a wound inflicted by
an nuimnl that has never shown signs of mad
uoss, will be a subject of interest und investi
gating to tho medical fraternity, and we trust
X'r. Jiulluuiu, llie attending ptiyiician mil
give to tho public a full account of tbe case.
Heading iluzctle ami JJemOcrat.
Sanctioned by tiik Arosn.Ks. At a lata
trial fur cruelty to a slue girl, in St. Louis,
a .Mr. aud Mrs. Peters wcro h-ied 1000.
This is ihe wty they treated the girl. Tho
sound of blows were found to proceed from
the btsoment of Peters' house, next dour to
the church. Tho witness named went to tho
fence and looked through the cracks, and
there saw .Mrs. 1 Yter, a lurie and powerlul
woman, witb a rawhido in her hand, lashing a
nuked girl, whose bauds were tied behind her,
and who was lying upon the ground. Mrs.
1 eters I jot was on tuo girls neck, und sue
was laying ou the lashes with all her force.
Sho then grew tired, called ou her husband's
brother, John 1 eters, and by liar direction,
he whipped tbe girl in the same manner for
uearly two hours. The witnesses stated that
the slripes ou ber buck could not bo counted,
they wure so many, and that her back and
shoulders were like a mass of raw flesh
the blood was streaming fromher. She titter
ed no sound but a low moan, and they sup
posed, from this ciicuinstauce, that sho was
gagged.
Tub Obanqk Chop or Lo.s Axoki.k, Cali
fornia, is coming into market. Tbe crop
amounts to about 170,000, and is sold on the
ground at $12 per thousand. Tbe cultiva-
liou of thu orange is destiued to become an
important source of wealth to the State, or
at loast it will occupy many persons, and hold
un important place in our trade, Tho trees
commence bearing when eight years old, and
will produce a crop worth Jj per tree, or
ifl.OuU to on acre continuing forty trees.
1 Lis estimate is a low one belt lor tuo price
and the quantity of fruit j for a good tree
often yields several thousand oranges in a
year. Tbe cullivullou in earnest iiua jusl
commnced ; this year's crop may be said to be
the brst which lias ever come to our mat Let
from Los Angeles,
The fruit is lur ;u aud
good. California ;u;er,
Laghr Beer Put is lion's IIkads. Atn
trial before tho Circuit Court in Brooklyn,
N. Y., recently for Belling intoxicating, li
qtiors ou Sunday, some witnesses swore
that lager wus intoxicating, while for the do
fence witnesses were equally possilive that it
was not- One witness swore that be drank
on a wager, in the city of Brooklyn, seven
aud a half gallons of lager beer iu I ten lours 1
Another one hundred uiitl sixty quart i.-t one
day! Another thirty pints with. n fivo miu.
utua. Another took fifteen glasses to give
bim an appetite for breakfast.
A Sixcui.ab Lake. There Is a covering
of uiueteeu hundred acres in Wright couuty,
Iowa, about one hundred and fifty miles wets
of Dubuque, which is surrounded by a regular
stone wall, five feet wide at the top, and iu
tome places, whore the water would be likely
to overflow the prairie ten feet high. As
the pioneers found the wall tbiire, the ques
tion arises, " Who built ill" Another re
markable fact is that the lake has uo visible
fueder or outlet.
A Nondescript. Major Ammon, residing
about 12 miles from ilarrisburg, P., on
Friday last, shot an animal, 18 incite iu
height, S feetl inches in length, aud weighing
13 pounds. It is of a dark color, partly re
sembling tbe Tox, the cat and the panther, yet
with 'bo positive mark to deniify it with
either species.- It has been stuffed for pre
isrvaliou. -
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ANCESTRY.
by Esiit.r nt:nMAN.v.
It pnins us ftnt, the pitying smile
Of F.urope's titled s -n,
Who boasts of bis proud ancestral pile
By fire ami cainago won.
The sturdy Swiurr's irtncier hills,
Britannia, vinn.rlad Gntil
The Anglian' home Iry Sleswig's ri II
Our fathers knew them all.
And whom the eagles build their neits,
Strong in the eyrie wild,
la found the aire, in dreamless rest,
Of some Columbian child.
And 'mid the smiling German hills,
Where rivers swift ore flowing,
Full in any a laden orchard tree
4bove Ihcir graves is growing.
But not for this our pleasant land
Her lofty plncc may claim,
It is that truth here ttpcads her hand,
And 1'rtedom writ, her name !
Joiners' jipeprinmrt.
Flora the Ccrmantnwii Telegraph
MAKING BUTTER.
Sin : Noticing nn inquiry iu your valuable
paper, in regard to the best mode of Making
Butter, I would beg leave to suggest a few
facts which I havo elicited iu tho course of
my experience In tbo first plnce I would
stato that I havo beon butter-maker for up
wards of thirty years ; nt times having made
as much as eighty pounds per week?; and
(without wishing to appear boastful,) I would
say that I had tho nntno of making the best
butter that appeared in tho Philadelphia mar
kit. A spring-house sixler.n feet square inside
made so ns to held two rows of pans, three-
fourths ol tbe way around it will contain nil
the milk from twenty cows. I think better
butter can be made in a spring-houso than in
a vault or cellar. Tho vessels in, which tbe
milk is kept, should not hold more than five
or six quarts each ; should never bo filled
within nl least two inches ol tbo top, nnd
should be plnced in water to half the depth of
mo deptu ot the pans, l-or any one to say
hojv long milk must bo left beforo skimming,
is impossible ; but it can be very easily told
when it is fit to skim, by pimply touching the
surface with the tip of the finger ; if nnfit to
skim it it will adhere to the Gngcr, but if
otherwise the whole hand may be laid on
without toe least particle adhering to it. 1 o
make it skim easily tho creutn should be first
detached with the forefinger, tbo skimmer
should then be carefully incerted under tbe
cream, being careful not to get any moro
milli witn it titan possible. Tho cream should
bo deposited ir. koltles made for the purpose,
(tin is tbe best,) and placed in the wntcr. It
should be carefully und thoroughly Btirred
every day, and should not bo left moro than
a week before churning. Be sure to strain it
before churning as there will bo somo hair,
small bugs, flies, &c.,in W.'H In warm weath
er the churn should be filled about one-third
of cold, clean water, over night, to draw up
the seams nnd cracks, and also to give it
a thorough cooling. In winter this may be
dispensed with, and instead, pour boiling
water in it nnd chum for two or three min
utes. Pour out nil tho water nnd then pour
in tho cream, not moro than enough to half
fill the chum. 1 urn slowly lor ubout ten
minutes, then steadily increasing until the
butter comes.
Pour off the buttermilk itnrm diately, nnd
pour enough cold water on tbe butler to co
ver it, then churn it for about five minutes.
My reasons for doin,; this, the butter does
not require moro lhau half the working to
clear it of tho butter-milk, as when (ak-;n im
mediately out fif the churn. Somo snv Unit
churning tho butter in water injures, but I
have followed it, nnd have known .others to
have followed it for years, and never known
it to injure it in any way, but rathtr to im
provo it in quality.
Much could be written on this subject, but
I have already written more (linn intended ;
and if it is not too great encroachment ou tlio
patience of the reader, I would add the fol
lowing recipe for Preserving Butter, which 1
havo used for several years and havo always
had excellent butter during tho winter mouths.
Take of
Loaf or white sugar, 2 or.
Saltpetre, 1 oz.
Fine Salt, 13, oz.
Mix tuein well together and ndd one ounce
of tho composition to every pound of butter
or sixteen ounces to every sixteen pounds of
butter. Work the butter ire, find do not
put it in water. Lay a clean cloth over it
und cover it with lino salt.
Butter should not b potted twice In the
same pot, unless it would be a stone or.e ; and
the butter should not be used for at Ui.t-t two
months after potting. S.
Xd Ward HiUullpliia, Jun.2'lh ItC-D.
I low To Fait n Lamt.s fhk Maukkt. A
correspondent if the Maine j'ir.ucr, suyp,
that Mr, Elislu S.iper. of Orlati-1, bus ior
years fed grain ti h s sheep, for tho purposo
of forwarding lambs, but received but li'.tle
benefit therefrom, lid nt last thought there
niij;ht be a better way, so ho tried iho expe
riment of feeding his lambs witb eats, in a
trough made by nailing two boards toenther,
covering tho ends, and racing it about tix
inches from tho floor, llo put in the outs
und leaves them until the lambs learn toeat,
which, ho says, they will do when ubout three
weeks old. He leaves a p.issago for I. is
lambs so small that his fhoc p cannot trouble
them, both in his baru and in a yard made
for tbo purpose, after going to pasture, and
continue to feed until ho sells, which is in
.June. He has lambs ten weeks old ihut will
dr8 fifteen pjuods per quarter.
Limr vor Potatoes. A correspondent,
Smith Groom, of Troy. N. Y., informs us,
that bis experience in tbo culture of potatoes
1,. A.,i,v-ini-.il bim thai ubout a handful nf
dry slacked lime placed in each bill tends to
brings tbe potatoes earlier to maturity, aud
imnarta to them a vicor which resibts the at-
ini.ii nf tha disease.. Au exnorimeut with
lime can be conducted by any ot out farmers
ti 1 Tr :t ........ ,
at a Blliuil UApuusv, uu i iv uucs uut pivveui
the potato rot, the lime will certainly enrich
tbe soil for other crops. Scientific Jmtrii an,
. G hound Nuts. These nuts aro produced
sodergrniind by various plants, chiefly shrubs
aud umbelliferous plants, wbilo in China they
como from tho coiuruoa Tctcb.
Coffee-Making and CoiTeo Drinking.
We find in n scientific journal, the follow
ing communication on the subject of Coffee'
Mliinri.
Coffee onrht to bo roased nnd and gronnd
daily in every family where it is nsed ; for the
purchase of it in a gronnd stato not oulj fccil
itates adulterations to a great extent, bit
causes a los of the best part of it, the vMnlilfl
oils, which havo evaporated long before it is
bought. In almost every Knrpenn family,
the roasting of coffee is performed in little,
drums ; and great car ia exercised to produce
tho right color. If too liltle ronteri it i
light brown (as it Is sold here ;) the tcnltilw
oils nre not entirely formed. If too milch
roasted, the oils nre volatilized dnring the
process. The rousted berrifS are then kept
in glnss bottles, closely corked, until the mo
ment when a beverage is desired ; a proper
buaritily is then ground nnd infused for nse.
Tbo best apparatus Tor extricating the
whole steength of the coffee consists in a pe
cnliarly.fotmed kettle, having a perforated
plate on its top ; the coffee ia placed ou this
plate, boiling water is poured upon ilnnd tha
essence of the berry is thus obtained by hy
draulic prcsure. In Botno largo European
coffeo housi s, a number of small filtering ket
tles nre used in preference to ono large one,
in order to supply rresb iiifusions of roffen
ot nil limes throughout the day: the flavor
of ftfsh coffee being much snperlor to that
which has been long kept in the kettle.
Water ofconrso affects the tasto of cofTee.
Puro ruin water is the bes.t for tho purposo
of coffee-making ; but the Croton or other
similar wnter, does not so greatly deteriorate
the flavor of coffee ns do tho improper de
grees of roasting, or the time nnd monner
of griudingnud cooking this henltlty and in
vigorating beverage. .
. L. R. BREISACIT.
Krw-Yorl; Janruary 1858.
Scripts
Baked Cons Pudding.
The following is excellent ;
Scald three pints milk. SdIo which stir
smoolhingly 2 cups corn meal, and ono
cup chopped suet, or half enp butter. When
cooled add a well rounded cup olgood sugar
2 beaten ejrgs, 3 tenspoonluls ol cinnamon, 1
of salt, and io nint of milk, mixed with 3 ta-
blespoonfuMs of flour. Add a cup of raisins,
and bake 2 hours.
IIaiid Ginger Bread. One pintmolssfes;
J pint sweet milk milk ; 1 tablespoonful snle
ralus; a piece of butter the size of a hen's
egg; I tablcFpoontul girger. Dane in a
quick oven.
Soft Ginger Cake. Two cgp ; not qnitn
a teacup of molasses ; 1 teacup sour cream;
1 teaspoonful sodn ; 1 teaspooitful ginger; a
small piece of butter j if no butter, a little
salt.
Steaved Islian Pudding. Tbree teacups
buttermilk; 1 teaspoonful salt; liteaspoou
ful soda ; 1 egg ; a few dried berries or cher
ries will make it very good. To be served
with sweetened milk. Steam three hours in
a two quart basin.
Stongk Jf.i.ly Cake. One enp flour; 1
cup of sugar ; 3 eggs ; 2 spoonslul sweet
cream ; teaspoonful sulorutus. When dona
and while warm, spread over the jelly end roll
up.
Si:.:ri.E Cure ron BuitNR. Take some op-ple-tree
sprouts, scrape off the bark until you
get a double handful ; theu put it into a spi
der with ono teacup of fresh lard ; let it sim
mer until it crisps ; take out the bark aud
ndd a piece cT beeswax tho size of a hickory
nut.
SjMMVOUS.
Tn I.itti.k Flack Bo.-.v. "Chon. you
rpclilenifctnper tut liddle plack boLy 1 pyed
mit the beuler next week K"
"Yah, vol of him 1"
"Nothing, only 1 clinks I gits bbcateJ
burdy pud."
"So T
"Yah. Yon see, in do vmsht p'nee. lie in
j.lind mit bote legs, unt ferry lame mit von
eye. Den veu you gits on him to rite ha
rates up peltint nnd kicks np before so vurso
as shackmule. 1 dinks I duke him a liddl
rite yesterday, cud so sooner as I gits Btraddlo
his pack he commence dat vay, shust lilio a
vakin peam on a poatsteam, unt veu he gits
tone, 1 vas so mixed up mit every-drinks, 1
tints myslfzitting around paevards. mit his
dail in my hauts vor de pridle.
V ell, vet pe you a going to done milium V
"Oh, 1 vixed him Letter as chum up. 1
hitch him iu to cart mit his dail eio his lu-t
ought to pe ; den I gif him ubout a dozen
cuts nut a lutecow ; be starts to go, put eh
soon he sees te cart before bim he pinkest
puckvarils. Burty soon he 'stumbles pehiut.
tint sits town on his handles, tint looks liko
he feels purty shamed mit himself. Den I
tukej him out, hitch him do rite vay, unt
he goes off, so goot as anybody's bony."
A clergyman in a country village, desired
his clerk to give notice that there would bo
uo service in the afternoon, as he was gnirij?
to officiate with another clergyman. The
clerk, us soon ss the service wns ended, called
out, " 1 am desired to give notice that (here
will bo no service this afternoon, as Mr. L. i
going a tubing with auotbsr clergyman."
SImiA invented a patent hen persuader,
no. t, on which the eggs disappeared as fast as
laid. A hen went on It one morning, Smith
never saw her come off again. At nip tit h
visited tho persuader, in the upper com
partment was a handful of feathers, a few toe
nails, nnd a bill ; in tho lower compartment
were three dozen and eleven egtr I Smith
saw it all 1 Her delieato onstitotion had
been unequal to the effort, and, fired by young;
ambition, she hod laid herself all away.
" My dear Tom," said old Sheridan, ono
day, (o his son, "1 wished you would take a
wile." "1 have no objection, sir," said Tom,
" u host k-fV shall I tuke t''
AnmnyVne articles announced for sale in one
of the week's auctions, we perceive au article
entitled .i" mahogany child's choir." The
father c.f this wonderful Inrnut must have
been of tbe Wood fuinily.
-4r finrUsh Jmtg; In sentencing man' Jr
death, added, "You will now have the rotis
faciion of having your case transferred to thu
tr.bHnal at a Ligher, aud, let me add, an
abler judge." v
Man't Ttapptne'n is said to hsDg- upon
thread. This must be the thread th.t is
never at ban J to cw ou the shtcl but. ion that
is always iiS.
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