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SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY; MAY 7, 1859.
OLD SERIES, VOL 19. 0 22.
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T'OR ante Pnmiish Hides, Dried and Killed; Pry and
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Al OL'KlllKUS TOOLS, anil renerul assort
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II" Alt Wi.Js of Leather in the rtoujti wanted, for
winch the hicheat market price will he given, in cash, or
taken in e.vrlmice fir Hides.
Leather Stored free of churge.aud Sold on Commission.
PhiUklpaiu, July 3. IS53 Iy
HARDWARE '. HARDWARE ! I
T"JUT teccived by A. W. FISHElt, at Ilia
Drug Store, Sunbury, Pa..
SCOOPS. SHOVELS, FORKS. LOG
CHAINS. MILL SW.S, CKO.VS
CUT SAWS.
Also, .firrwa, Butts, Ioor Knobs, Tliumli
Latches, and oil hardware necessary forhuilding.
A splendid Ut of pocket and table cutlery, Scis
on, German feilver Spoons.
sLocKIng Classru.
A large stock of Looking f'lassc. received nnd
for tale by A. W. l lSiiUiv.
Sunbury, July 17, IBS.
r4TET WIICEls RUE I Mi.
rjlHIS Grease is recommended to the notire of
I. Wagoners, Livery Stable keepers, Ac.na
being SupKinoii to any thins of ihe kind ever in
troduced. As it due not gom upon the ns lea
- is much more durable, and is not affected by
I., weatber. reinniniim the game in summer af
In win'
inter, and tint up in tin canisters nt
cots, for sale by A. W. riSJIKK
1 1 nun
cen
JulvSl
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K. II ELLIN OS.
.Yu. 12 North U'harve, I'LiUuhlyhia.
100.000 lbs. Dried Apile.
S.000 bu-hrls Tea Nuts,
fiUO barrpls (Jreen Applet,
foil boxes Oranges,
V00 hnxea Lemoi.s,
2.000 buahels Potatoes,
1,(100 bushel Banns,
100 dot Pickles.
Also U;iiin, Fitf. Prunes, 4c, in store and
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April 10, I!? iy
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Oranaea, Applet. Dried Fruits Butter.
Lemons, Oniona. Mercer Potatoes, Uteese
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IVi Nut. Feachcs. Cranberries haga. &e.
Orher for Shipping put up with care and dis-
patch. , .,
fV OOOD9 sold on commission Lr V armers
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October 2L IRS7.
SOLOMON B. BOYEK.
. ATTORNEY AT T.A.yS,
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SUNUUKY, PA.
Collection, attended to in Northumberland and
... U aeauainted with the
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aennan language.
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H. J. Wolverton, Esq., Sunbury, Ta.,
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J. H. Ziegenfus, Philadelphia, I a.
Uenjamin-Kainerer '
Sunbury, iug. 14. 185S- iy.
ItlackMaaithiiig.
JAMES F. DEEN.
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ESPECTFULLY informs the public that
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he has commenced ma o" , "7, V
fionhurv and is prepared to do all Kino. o.
.rS,".rd.rwIding horseshoeing tn the
H.1 will ! Pt P iron rlilin l" ra0"
approved style and patrern.
Country produce taken m exchange.
Sunburyi Oct. 1. 1858 tf .
FURNITURE POLISH.
S RF8 Premium Patent Enamel Furniture
Polish.-Thi polith is highly valuable for resto
ring the po I U on all kind, df Furniture, Jla...
C.fr ageVdie.. ILir Cloth, &e. Also, Tor re,
moving spoU, hiding acr.tche., &e;. Ac W ar
r.nted to dr, imm.d.ately and reU.n .Ljlo...
Pric. 60 ct..Pe, bottle. FISHER.
July 17, 1858.
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PICKLES of various kind., Lobler, Bar
dine.. Ac. Ac. just received
atlht UrugStore of A. W.HSHLR
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1ANB WARRANTS The highest price
ill be live for Land Warrant bythe sub
t.t-, H.nMAeWER.
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T1IE OVER HEART.
BY t. O. WIIITTIER.
"For of Him, and throngh Ilim. and to
H im, are all things, to whom be glory forever!''
Paul.
Above, below, in ky and tod,
In leaf and spur, in star and man,
Well might the sage Athenian scan
The geometric liirn of Gnil,
The measured order of 1J is plan.
And India's myatiea sang aright
Of the One Life, pervading all,
One Being's tidal rise and fall
In soul and form, in sound and sight,
Eternal out flaw and recall.
God is, and man in guilt and fear
Toe ceutral fact of nature Owns I
Kneels, trembling, by its altar-stones,
And darkly dreams the ghastly smear
Of blood appeases aud atones,
Guilt shapes the terror ; deep within
The human heart the secret lies
Of till the hiduous ileillea ;
A ml painted on a ground of sin,
The fabled gods of torment rise 1
And what is He ?
The sweet dews
The ripe grain nod",
full, tho sweet tlowurs
blow,
But darker signs bis presence show ;
The earthquake and the storm are God's,
Aud good and evil in inlerllow.
Oh, hearts of love ! Oh, souls that turn
Like suo flowers to the pure and best '
To you the truth is manliest ;
For they the mind of Christ discern
ha leun like John upon his breast I
lo II tin of nhotn the Sybil told.
Fur whom tho prophet's hurp was toned,
Whose need thesugo and mngiuu owued,
The loviug heart of God behold,
The hope for which the ages groaued I
Fade pomp of dreadful imagery
W herewith mankind have defied
Their hute and f i lli.-hness and pride I
Th pie led dreamer wako to see
The Christ of Nuzureth at this side!
What does that holy Guide require T
No rito of pain, nor gift of blood,
Knt, man a kindly brotherhood,
Looking, where duty is desire
To IJ mi, the beautiful aud good.
Gone bo thu faithlessness, of fear :
And let the petying heaven's sweet rain
Wnsh out Ihe altar's bloody Stain,
The law of Hatred disappear,
The Law of Love alone remain.
How fall the idols fulso and grim !
And lo ! their hideous wreck above
The emblems of the Lumli and Dove !
Man turns from God, not God from bim,
Aud guilt, in Miffi-rinp, nhnpers Love !
The world sits nt tho feet of Christ,
Unknowing, blind, and unconsoled ;
1 1 yet sbull touch His gnrmetit's fold,
Aud feel tho heavenly Alchemist
Transform its very dust to gold.
The theme befitting angel tongues
Heyond a mortal's scope lias grown.
On heart of mine ! with reverence own
The fulness which i belongs,
And trust the unknown lor the known 1
Select Cale,
LEWIS WETZEL.
Among the heroes of border warfare. Lew
is WeizM held no inferior station. Inured
to hardships while et in boyhood ; and edu
cated in all the various arts of woodcraft,
from that of hunting the beuver and bear,
to that of the wily Indian, he became in
manhood one of the most celebrated marks
man of the day. II is form was erect, and of
that height beet adupted to activity, being
very muscular and possessed of great bodily
strength. His frame) was wurmcd by a heart
that never palpitated with fear and anima
ted by a spirit that quailed not, nor became
confused in the midst ofdaDgur and deuth.
From constant practice, he could hear pro
longed ami violent exercises, especially that
of running and walkhg without fatigue, and
hud ulfo acquired the art of loading bis rifle
when moving at full speed through the forest,
and wheeling on the instant, could discharge
a bullet with unerring aim the distance of
eighty or one hundred yards, into a mark not
not larger than a shilling. This art ha has
been kuowu more than once to practice with
success on his savage foes. A celebrated'
marksman in those days, was estimated by
the Borderers in the same wuy that a Knight
Templar or a Knight of the Cross was valued
by his cotemporaries, who excelled in the
Tournament of the charge in the days of
Chivalry. Challenges of skill often took
p'ace, and marksmen frequently met by ap
pointment, who lived at the distance of fifty
miles or more from each othor, to try the
accuracy of their aim, ou bets of considera
ble amount. Wetzel's fame bad spread far
kand wide through the adjacent settlements,
as the most expert rifleman of the day. In
the spring of the year. A. I. 1781, it chanced
that a young manra few years younger than
Wetzel, who lived on the waters of Duukard'i
Creek, a tributary of the Monoogahela river
bad beard of his fame, and as be was also an
expert woodsman, and a first rate shot, the
best in the settlement, be became very desi
rous of an opportunity for a trial of skill.
So great was his anxiety, that be very early
one morning shouldered his rifle, and whist,
ling bis faithful dog to his side, started for
the neighborhood of Wetzel, who lived near
the fork of Wheeling Greek, a distance of 15
r 20 miles, although the two streams rise in
the vicinity of each other. Wbeo about balf
way oo his journey a fine bock just started
np before bim. lie leved bis rifle with bis
usual accuracy, bnt the deer did not fall dead
in bis tracks, although mortally wounded
His stout dog seized bin and brought bim
to the ground but while in tbe act of so
doing, another dog sprang from the forest
upon tbe same deer, and bis master made his
appearance at the same time from behind
tree and with a loul voice claimed the deer
as bis property, having as be said, been
brought down by his shot, and seized by bis
dog. It so happened that they bad both
fired at the lame time, and at tbe same deer,
a fact wbicb may very well happen where two
active men are hunting oo the same ground
although one of them nay fire at fifty
yards, and tbe other at double that distance.
The dogs, feeling a similar spirit to that
of their masters, toon quit the deer, which
was already dead, and fell to worrying aod
tearing each other. In separating tbe dogs,
the stranger hunter happened to strike that
oftbeyonrig man. Tbe old adage, "strike
my dog strike me," arose in all force, and
with hasty oaths he fell upon the strange
hunter and hurled him to the ground. This
was no sooner done, than be found himself
tamed, and under his strong and more pow
erful antagonist. Perceiving that be was no
match at this play, be appealed to the trial
by rifle saying it was too much like dogs for
men and hunters to fight in this manner
The stranger assented to tl e trial, but told
the young man that before he proceeded to
put it to test, he had better witness what be
was able to do with that weapon, saying
that he was as much superior in the ose of
the rifle, as he was in bodily strength. In
proof he bid bim place a mark the size of a
dollar on the side of a huge poplar that
stood beside them, from which be would
start with his rifle unloaded, and running a
hundred yards at full speed, he would load it as
hu ran, and wheeling, discharge it instantly to
the ceuter of the mark. Tbe feat was no
sooner proposed than performed, the ball
striking the center of tho diminutive target.
Astonished at his skill, his antagonist now
enquired his name.
"Lewis Wetzel, ut yonr service."'
Forettiug bis animosity, the yonng hunter
seized In ni by tho hand with all the ador of
youthful admiration, and nt onco acknowl
edged his own inferiority. Ho charmed was
ho with Wetzel's frankness, skill and fine
personal appearance, thut be insisted on bis
returning with him to the Duukard's settle
ment, that he might exhibit his dexterity to
his own family, aud to the hardy backwoods
men his neighbors. Nothing loth to such
an exhibition, and pleased with the energy
of his new acquaintance, Wetzel agreed to
accompany bun, shortening their way with
their mutual tales of hunting excursions, and
hazardous contests with the common enemies
of the country. Amongst other things,
Wetzel stated bis manner of distinguishing
the footsteps ore whito man from those of en
ludiun, although- covered with moccasins,
and intermixed with the Hacks of the sava
ges. II is had acquired this fact from rlosi Iy
examining the manner of placing Ihe feet ; the
Indian stepping in parallel lines, and lirtt
bringing the toe to the ground, while tho
while man almost invariably lirtt touches his
heel to the earth, and places his feet at an
angle with the lino of march.
An opportunity they little expected, soon
gave him a chance of putting his skill to the
trial. On reaching the younj min's honse,
which they did late in the afternoon, they
found tho dwelling a smoking ruiu, end till
the family murdered, and sculped, except a
young woman, w ho hud been brought tip by
his parents, and to whom the young man was
tenderly attached, bhe had been tuken away
alive, us was sfcortained by examining the
trail of the savuges. Wetzel soon discovered
by a close inspection of the foot marks, that
the party cotipiated of three ludiuns and a
renugade white man, nn occurrunce not un
common in those dajs, when for crime or the
baser purpose of revenge, the white outlaw
(li d to lint savages, and was adopted on trial
into their tribe. As it was lute in the day,
Ihe neurest help still at some considerable
distiince. anil as there were only four to con
tend with they decided on iinuiediute pursuit.
And moreover, as the deed had very recently
been done, they hoped to overtake them in
their camp thut night, or perhaps before they
could cross the Ohio river, to which the Indi
ans always retreated after affecting a success
ful foray ; considering themselves, in a man
ner, sain from pursuit w hen they hud en s&cd
to its right batik, at that time wholly occu
pied by the Indian tribes. Ardent and un
wearied was the pursuit the one to recover
his loCt love, mid the other to ussi-t his new
friend, and take revenge for the slaughter of
his country men ; slaughter and revenge being
at thut period the daily business of tho bor
derers. Welzel followed tin trail of the retreating
savuges with the unerring sagacity of a blood
hound, anu just at dusk, trr.ced them to tbe
Ohio, some miles below Wheeling, nearly op
posite the mouth of Captina creek. Much
to their disappointment they soon f und that
ihe Indians bad crossed the river, by con
s'ructing a raft of logs ur.d brush their
usual manner of passing a stream when at a
distance from their villages. Hy carefully
examining "the signs." on the opposite shorn
Wetzel directly discovered the fire of the
Indian camp, in a hollow way, a few rods from
the river. Lest the noise of constructing a
raft should alarm the Indians and give notice
of tho pursuit, tho two hardy adventurers de.
termiued to swim the stream a few rods be
low. This they easily accomplished, both
being excellent swimmers. Fastening their
clothes in a bundle on the tops of their beads
with their rifles and amunition above, they
reached the opposite shore in safety. After
curefully inspecting their arms, and putting
every article of defence in its proper place,
they crawled very cautiously to a position
which save them a full view of their enemies,
who believing themselves safe from pursuit,
wore carelessly reposing around the fire,
thoughtless of the fute which awaited tbem.
They soon discovered the young woman alive
and seated by the fire, but niukitig much
moaning and complaint, while the whito man,
whose voice tbey could distinctly bear from
their position, was trying to console her with
tho promise of kind usage, and an adoption
into the tribe.
Tbe yonng man could liarJly retain Lis
rage, but was for firing and rushing instantly
upon the foe. Wetzel, more cautious, told
luiu to wait until daylight appeared, when
they could make tbe attack with a better
chance ef success, aud of also killing the
whole party ; while if they attacked in tbe
dark a part of them would certaiuly escape.
With the earliest dawn the Iudiaus arose,
aud prepared to depart. The young man
selected the white renegade, uud Welzel oue
of the stoutest Iudiaus; they both fired at
tbe same instant, each killing bis man. His
coinpauioo rushed forward, knife in band, to
release the young woman, while Wetzel re
loaded his piece and pushed in pursuit ot the
two Indiaos, who bad taken to tbe woods
until tbey could discover the number of their
enemies. When be found be was seen by
the savages, Wetzel discharged his r.fle at
random, in order to draw tbem from their
cover. Directly tbey beard the report aod
found themselves uuhurl, they rushed upon
bim before be could again reload, thinking ou
an easy conquest. Taking to bis heels, he
Loaded Lis gun as he ran, unnoticed by bis
pursuers, then suddeuly wheeling about, die
charged its contents through the body ojT bis
Dearest and unsuspecting enemy. The re
maining Indian seeing tbe fall of bis compan
ion, and tbat bis antagonist's gun was now
certainly empty, rubbed forward witb all ener
gy the prospect of revenge fairly before
bim.
Wetzel led bim on, dodging from tree to
tree, until bis rifle was again ready, when
suddenly facing about, he shot tbe remaining
enemy dead at bis feet. After taking their
scalps and recovering tba.lost plunder, Wei
gel and bis frieud returned with their rescued
csptive nuharmed to tbe settlement.
Like honest Joshua Flesbart, after tbe
peace of 1795, tbe country becoming filled
witb new settlers, Wetzel poshed for the dis
tant frontiers on the Mississippi, where he
could trap tbe beaver, bunt the buffalo and
the deer, and occasionally shoot an Indian
whom be mortally bated. De died as he had
always lived, "a tree ma'n of the forest."
Our Foremothors.
We henr enough about our forefathers.
They w. re nice old fellows, no doubt. Per
fect bricks, in their way. Good to work, oat
or fight. Very well. Cot where are their
companions their "chums" who as their
belpmules urged them along ? Wbo worked
and delved fur our forefathers, brushed up
their old clothes, and patched their breeches ?
Wbo tinpetliconted themselves for the cause
of liberty ? Who nursed our forefathers,
when sick wbo sung Yankee Doodle to their
babies who trained up their boys T Our
foremothers.
Who landed at James River, nd came
over in tho May Flower, end established the
other early settlements? Were there any
women among them ? Oue would think not
Our Yankee neighbors, especially, muke a
wonderful tulk about the Pilgrim fathers who
squatted on Plymouth Itock, and there is
groat ado made over it every time they want
to get up a little etithusiusm on Liberty, and
refresh themselves by crowing over Freedom,
aud the chivalry of Virginia are nut u v. nil
behind them, when tbey take a notion to
vaunt themselves upon glory and gteulness
of the Old Dominion j and our staid Penn
sylvania Quakers, too, like to plume them
selves slyly upon the merits and doings of
Willium l'eiin und his associates ; but, with
all the "blarney" so plentifully distributed
on all sides, what do we bear or gather about
the foremothers T Didn't they land on a rock
too ? Didn't they encounter perils and hard
ships T Aud, after all, didu't they, wilb their
kind hearts and warm arms, sustain the flag
ging spirits of their male companions, aud
kept the stalwart but chilly old forefathers
from freezing to death, during those hornbly
cold winters which some of them hud to shiv
er through.
Who ushered us into this world oar fore
fathers ? Dah ! No. indeed, it was our fore
mothers 1 Who nursed (leorce Washington,
Anthony Wayne, Den Franklin, Israel Put
nam, and a host of other worthies whose
names will live forever, and taught them to
be men and patriots T Didn't our foremoth
ers? And who gives them the credit they
deserve ? Nobody I
We have our monuments commemorating,
and enr speeches, our tonus, our toasts, and
public dinners, celebrating the wonderful
deeds of our forefathers, but where tire those
in houor of our foremothers? We had belter
bo getting them ready. We talk ourselveB
hoarse, and write ourselves round shouldered,
while boiling over with enthusiasm about the
nice things our forefathers did, and yet noth
ing is said about our foremothers, to whom
many a virtuous net aud brave deed may be
ascribed, such os any hero would be proud
to own. Uesides, we foregnt to remember
that if it had not been tor our foremothcis,
we ourselveB would not been here to know
and be proud of w lint our forefathers did.
We wish not to distract. All hail to the
noble old boys, our forefathers, ay we, may
the clory of their deeds never be less but the
Good Hook tells us to "lieudor onto Cu'sar,
Ac," and wish to speuk a word in season for
women generully, und especially for our noble
and self Sacrificing foremothers, lest time,
and tho ono sided page of history shall blot
them forever from our memories. Norristown
Hfjistcr.
Tudcpcndcnt Order of Odd Fellows.
The New Haven Uegister gives the follow,
ir.g in respect lo the growth of this Order :
Ou the 'J.ith of April, ltU'j, at tho house of
William l.uptuii, sign of the Seven Stars,
Second street, Daltimore, Thomas Wiliiey,
and four others, being tbe otily five membeis
of the Order who could bo found in that city,
met and formed themselves into a lodge, un
der the name of Washington Lodge, No, 1.
Very soon alter this, foreseeing the evils that
would ensue, if the system of self-institution
was continued, they applied to an. I obtained
from a competent legal authority tho Duke
of York Lodge ol'Prestou, England a char
ier by which they were legally constituted
und duly authorized as tho head of the Order
to grant Charters, aud exercise supreme au
thority within these United States. From
t his humble commencement originated the
Grand Lodge of the United States and the
Slate Grand Lodges with tho numerous truiit
or subordinate Lodges aod contributing mem
bers. From so smull a term has sprung thut
mighty tree whose branches have spread
throughout every State in tbe Union.
Forty yeats have now elapsed, and Thom
as Wildey, who had so much difficulty in
finding four others to ni J him in starting thu
first Lodge, and to whose energetio and hide
lutigable exertions the Older is chiefly in
debted for its prosperity and existence, still
survives, to see Lodges numbering 200,0110
members, established from New Knglund's
bleak and rock-bound coasts to the golden
sands washed by the Pacific ocean ; to see
wherever the foot of enterprise aud civiliza
tion is planted a lodge springing up ; to be
hold a Grand Lodge in every State and dis
trict of the United States; to know that
there are over two hundred thousand human
beins who sympathise witb each other's
prosperity, and whose bauds are ever to open
to relieve distress or to grasp with friendly
cordially a s'.runger brother. During these
forty yeuis, it it impossible toeuumerute now
many have been relieved on the bed of sick
ness ; how many dealb beds have been light
ened by the knowledge that those that were
left behind would be succored aud cared for ;
how many widow's tear, have been dried by
the kindness of sympathising brothers, bow
many orphans bav been educated and guard
ed durinii their infancy, or bow mauy have
been reclaimed from the downward path of
vice, and induced to become worthy citizens
of the Slat., by Ihe acts and principles oflhe
Order. In the past year alone, there has
been expended more than $325,000 in reliev
ing the sick and the widows, aud for the buri
al of the dead while upwards of 12,000 Las
been paid fur tbe edacalion of orphans.
Boi'NDronTiiB North Polk OvkhI.and
An ardent young naturalist started from Chi
cago on Monday, on a journey overland to
tbe polar sea. His object is the pursuit of
his favorite science. Mr. Robert Kennicott
(for that is the name of tbe adventurer) will
go first to Fort Garey, on the Red river of
the North, and thence will make bis journey
witb tbe ageuts of tbe Hudson Day Company,
to wbom be bas letters from the Governor,
Sir George Simpson. He will visit York
Factory ou the Hudson Day during the Hum
mer, aud returning to Fort Garey, will make
a Winter trip on dog sledges to Great Slave
Lake,, retching McKenzie's rivet In tbe
Spring of 18C0, with tbe whole of tbe Sum
mer of that year before him te pursue his ex
ploratloos along the coast of the Polar Sea.
He expects to retain in 1861.
Destruction Railroad.
The following is a good thing from Fisk's
Family .Journal Young man, are you tick
eted through on thut road? There are in
iiostoli, thirty five hundred Directors on this
road, and the city government is .deeply in
terested in tLo stock :
The Directors take pleasure in reassuring
numerous friends and patrons that tho road
to ruin is now iu good order. Within the
last three months it bus curried more than
three huntlrnt thuunmil pussengers clear
through from the town of Temperance to the
city of Destruction, while the number of way
passengers is encouraging. An enormous
amount of freight, such a mechanic's tools,
household furniture, and even whole farms,
have gone forward ; and the receipts of the
year have been so largo that the Directors
have resolved to declare a dividend of ullU
per cent. The truck Ims been much im
proved, and relaid with Messrs. Dinbolus k
Co.'s patent rail. Tho grades nre reduced
to a dead level, and the switches brought to
such perfection along the route as to jerk the
cars in a moment from the main truck, to
avoid collision with the Total Abstinence
engine und I he Teinperunce trnins which re
cently occasioned so much trouble. In short,
we have spared no expense to make it supe
rior to nny other lloml to Kuin ever estub.
lished. It gives lis great pleasure to cull the
attention of the public to the improvements
in our engines and iitrs. The old ftvorite
locomotive. Alcohol, has a lire chamber ol
doublu cupncily, and patent driving-wheels,
after tho fashion of old Juggernaut. Our
wine-curs are models of luxurious conveyance,
after the patterns of the far-famed London
gin palaces, where ladies nnd gentlemen nt
the first water can have all ntteulion. To
keep tip wilb the spirit of the times, our
whiskey, rum, and brandy cors have been
greatly enlarged, nnd fare reduced to ball
puce. Our cider, porter and beer cars are
exciting preut attention among the children
Our experienced engineer, Mr. Deliul, and
our polite and gentlemanly conductor, Mr.
Mix, have been too long known tothelrovel
ing public to need any enmmendaticn. In
deed, so sw.ft and sparkling nre our trains,
tout some have called it "The living artillery
of hell let loose on the earth." Tickets must
be obtained of Mr. Mix, at the Drinker's
Hotel, where you may see the following ex
tract from our charter from government :
"Lirensed to make a strong man weak;
Licenced to lay a wise man low;
Li'-ensi-d a wife's fond henrt tn brentf,
And make her children's tears to flow.
Licenced to do thv neighbor harm ;
Lieensed to hate nnd strife ;
Licensed to nerve the robber's arm ;
Licensed to whet the murderous knife
Licensed where pence and quiet dwelt,
To bring dlsi-ase ai d want and woe;
Licensed to make this wot Id n hell,
And fit man for a hell below."
RKarr.ATioNS.
The down train leaves Cidcrville at 6 A.
M., Porlerville at 7 A. M., Ilcertown at 8
A. M., WineviliH at 0 A. M., lirandy borough
at 10 A. M und Whiskey City ot 12 M.
The speed of the train will hu greatly in
creased as it proceeds; stopping, however,
to land passengets at Poorhonseville, ilos
pitnltown, Prisonburg, Gallowsvillo, etc.
On Sunday cars will be ready as usual
especially for way i-osscngrrs until further
notice.
N. B. All hapgnge at the risk of the
owners, and widows and orphans ore particu
larly requested not to inquire after persons
or property at Il'iin depot, os in no case shall
the Directors hold themselves liable for acci
dents to passengers.
W.m. Wholesale, Prs't.
Rohkrt Rktail, Vico Pres't.
FnA.vKi.iy Abettinc: an Eloi-kment. The
celebruted painter. Henjainin West, before
be beciime kuowu to fame, f,-l in love with
Miss Elizabeth SheweM. West was poor,
tho Sbewella were rich. Stephen Shewell,
the proud brother to Elizabeth, desired her
to, marry another suitor, which she refused
to do. West was forbidden the house, but
Elizabeth continued to meet bim, and they
were engaged to be married.
The oiistiuate bro'her kept his sister under
lock and key, till West sailed for Europe to
prosecute his studios. M iss Shewell, however
bud promised to meet him in any part of Eu
rope and marry him ss soon as Mr. W. infor
med her of his ability to maintain her.
The patronage which West met in London
soon justified him in sending for Miss Shewell
to fullil her promise. He made arrangements
for her to come in the samo vessel that con
veyed his request to her, and also arranged
that his father should accompany bur on thn
voyage.
Miss Shewell prepared for Lor departure ;
but her brother again confined her to her
chamber. In this state of things, tbe late
Bishop White, then about eighteen years of
!ie, Dr. Franklin fifty-nine years of age, and
Francis Hopkins, twenty-nine years of oge,
when the vessld was ready lo tail, procured a
rope-ladder, weut to the Captain and engaged
him to sail as soon as they brought a lady on
board, took old Mr. West to the ship and
went at midnight to Stephen Shewell's honse
attached the ludder to a window in MifS She
well's chamber, got her out the Vessel, which
sailed a few minutes after she entered it.
Mr. W. was in waiting for Miss Shewell when
she arrived in England, and they were soon
marri.'d, Septembir 2, 17C5.
Am Euh;i.'ent Extract Generation ufier
generation," says a line wrier, '"have kit as
we now feel, and their lives were us active
ut our own. They passed like a vapor, while
nature wore the same aspect of beauty as
which ber Creator commanded her to be.
The heavens shall be as bright over our
graves as they are now around our paths.
Tho world m ill have the same attraction
for our ofl-prirg yet nnborn, that she bad
once for our children. Yet a little while, and
all will have huppeued the) throbbing heart
Will be sillied and we ahull be at resl. Our
funeral will wind ils way, and the pr-iyei.
will be Said, and then we shall be loft behiud
in silence and darkness for the worm. And
it muy be, for a short time we shall be
spoken of, but tbe things of life will creep
in, and our names will soon oe lorgeiieu.
Dof g will continue to move on, and laughter
and song will be beard in the room iu which
we died ; aud the eye that mourued fur us
will be dried, and glisten again witb joy;
aud even our children will cease' to think ol
us, and will uot remember to lisp our names."
Printers and Urkwrbs. The question
"Why printers do not succeed as well as
Drawers I Is answered tuut: -uecause prin
ters work for the bead aud brewers lor the
stomach, aud where twenty men have stom
achs, but one bas brains."
That's So. Many politicians boast tbat
they can't be bought, wben tbey sirs really so
worthless tbat tbey can't be sold.
0 c t r n
From M'Hr'. Rum! New Ytwker.
THE OLD BARN.
BY CLARA AUGUSTA.
Rickety, old and cm7.y,
rihinalvless, lacking Rome doors)
Bad in the. upper story,
Wanling boards in Ihe floors ;
Dennis strung thick with cobwebs,
IJ iilsn P"le yellow and gray,
Hatifjing in helpless impotence
Over the mows of hay.
How the winds tore around it
Winds of a stoimy day
Prnlterins; the frogrnnt hay-seed,
Whisking the straws sway ;
(Streaming; in nt the crannies,
Sprrudinir the rlover smell,
Chnni;iii? the dark old graiiaty
Into a flowery dell. .
Oh. how I loved the shadow)
'I lint clung to Ihe silent roof.
Day-dreams wove wilh the quiet
Muny a Rlitlerinij woof!
I climbed to the hiulimt rafter,
Watched the swallows nt play,
Admired tile knols in ihe boirding,
And rolled in billows of hay !
Palace of kin, couldn't match it !
The Vnticnn loses its charm
ben placed in my memory's balance
Deride of the grny old barn '.
Splendor, wealth, may not charm us,
Associalion is nil
We love the love of our childhood
llrlter than marble-floored hall!
I sat for hours in the summer
On the threshold so ftrny,
And taw the cows ifi the pasture
Take Ihrir thsir lazy-paced way!
The lamb?, snow-white as the dais
Frolicked rom hill to tarn
Cr fell asleep in the shadow
Made by the "clever" old barn.
I've roved o'er the Southern country.
Stood in mosques of the Fast,
Galloped ill t.e Western prairies.
fathered in contentment, at least ;
And I'd rother scent the clover,
Tile! in the barn, roomy mows,
Thnn sit in breath of tbe hii;li1ands
Poured from Appeuine brows I
jumorDU5 hctcj).
From the Home Journal.
Courting in Kew England.
FltOM MH. K.KKIKL 1IKNTO.N TO SIR. AuRaIIAM
FITCH.
SmithviUe, N. It., March 22, 1859.
My Dkar Aiie: Since 1 lust writ, I've
been a puttin' u climax on my I. Co, by gilt in'
married. Now, you needn't hoist your eye
brows, and whissel 'cause it's ull over.
When 1 look buck and kinder think of it
coolly, 1 lay it all to my going into the quire.
Ned and liill Sims, nnd Joe Prestcu, und
half dozen of 'em, had been at me more
nor a month, wantin' me' me to come up aud
help 'em in tho base, but I fought shy, lellin'
'em I never could sing in meelin' ; but the
truth was, I ktiow'd I'd Teel pluguy queer up
among all them gals, for female 'ciety always
did take tho starch out of me wondrous ;
nnd aunt Barbara, you remember, used to say
that 1 was the awkardest feller among the
young women that she ever did see. Wei!,
limy pestered me so about gem', that what
did I do at lust b-Jt go. I'd rather bad a
double tooth out twice over, but then 1 was
ashamed to s ty "no" any more. So, on the
next Sunday moriiiu' after I promised 'em, I
dressed somothiii smarter than ordinarv, and
scented my
handkerchief with peppermint,
bini when i got to me cinrcn, h.ui bull a
mind to give it up, but juss then liill Sims
come up and clapped me on tho back, and
sez ho, Come Zeke, we're going to have a
prelude this mornio'. We must turn out
strong on that;" and so I had nothin' else to
do but just to go along up. Somehow or
'notber we went up the gal's tide, and when
I got to the top of the stairs, there, sure
enough, was the buli of 'em, and heariu' my
new creaky boots, what did they all do but
turn cleuo around and look straight at me.
1 tell you, I felt streak ed, and my head be
gun to go round as if I'd been a diinkiu', I
couldn't 'xackly see which way to go, but 1
tried somehow to git over where the fellers
wa9 ; when the fust thing I know'd I miss'd
the step, and went sprawling head foremust,
and would have been down in the middle
aible, if it hadn't been lor the fiotit of the
gallery. I got up as quick as 1 could, but
my pantaloons was all dust, my cout was
torn up the back, and the gals was a snicker
ing as if they'd bust. This made me kinder
Pdesperute; so 1 sat down and began to look
at a music book awlul Hard, jdst us il nothin
had happened. Dut I didn't aiug a note thut
mfiiuiu', aud never was so glad as when
meetin' was over. When the folks begun L
go out, I hung bark a little, so as to get
uway unbeknown; but the rest of th'nt in
the quire seemed to be awuilin' lor something,
1 had to push uhouil, when I II be bound if
.!.. .., r ,.nrwt ..'., I' . .
there was one ol tticm bu.j to ore, was
dozn that sef, so prnvokin', "Why,
Denton, your coat is all torn," juss us
r
'f 1
didn't know that. 1 didn't say nothin' hack,
but hurried out, and slipped round under the
shed till tha folks was gone. Well, Abo, it
was three Stiudavs after thut 'l' ic 1 went
into the quire aiten ; for, by thut tin e, I
guessed il had all blown over, and Joe mid
the rest of 'em were at me all the wh.le.
That time I tuk partickler pains to ba n
hand as soon as the church doors were upon,
and got in tho q'lira seats fust, sol tuk ihe
gals, you see, one at a timo. and not ail in n
mess'bke before. Well, I got along fust
rate that day, and begun uftr a fe.v weeks lo
get quito used to it, when something i;ew
turned sp One Sunday evu:ng 1 h id taken
my place at the end of ihe sht towards the
villi i and juss across the. I.ttle aisle at the
end of the gals' seat towards us sat ltrlt
Burroughs,. Now you recollect HePy yea
kuow yon can't skeer up many prettier Inc. -a
thnn she's got any way. Well, that day her
ribbon fixins set ber off astntishen'. We
were short of music books, and so, when
was stutidin' up to sins: the fust hymn, Hetty
sez to me, sen she, "M ister Denton, will sou
look over met'' I kiudoi started, but tuk
hold. Well, wheu 1 brgan to sing, I fonud
that my voice was a little lldstkated, and
that made Hetty luk straight at me, and then
I was Huitieoted wuss, and then 1 looked at
ber, and then she got to shakiu', and down
went the book clean over tbe front. ' K
chunk" it went, and made everybody jump.
When Hetty saw the book fall, tbe came
nigh fuiuting. aud grabbed my Inn not a
purpose, you know, but kiuder accidental.
Well Abe, it was that what did it. For you
see, wl.eu meetin' was over, Hatty sez to rue,
as going out, ses she, "Mr. Uviitun, I
was so confused I didn't know wl , wes
about. 1 beg your pardon for takiv jj
of your arm." "Lor, ma'am," sez Ii'jhrT
liked it." And then Hetty blushed.
ditln't say nuthia'. And then sez I, "I
wish you'd j'ist take hold of my ann, a"
let rne see yon homo." Well, do you believ
it. there was Hetty and mo a walking home
that evening, arm In arm. When I left her,
nnd pot to our house, I set down, and it. wn
for all the world, like a dream. I set np all
nii-lit rubbing my eyes, and a thinking and
then I'd gues it wasn't me but some other
fuller. Well, the folks in the house didn't
know v.hnt to make of tne ; for I went on
mighty cuiions, and rot as I nse'd to. I was
considerable 'stracted and couldn't eat nulh
in', and I broke atumbler, a meat dish, and
two Cups all in one Hav. As this was being
rather expensive, the folks couldn't stand it
any better nor me.
Next day, after Onr walk heme, I went to
see Hetty, t Link in' I'd have a glorious time j
but when 1 got to the house I set like a mum
my, and eotild't get np sleom to saynuthin'
nice. You see there was nothing there like
a music-book to start na. Well, I see Hetty
oir and on for a fortnight longer, nnd all the
town got a tulkin' how I was sparking Hetty
llurrouffhs, and then I made up my mind
that what wusto be was to be, and so I cal
culated on mnkin' the thing sartin as soon as
possible. I seed that Hetty wasn't vexed at
my stnppin' in so often ; and when a gal
ain't vexed at you in such circumstances, yon
may be sure she's rather taken with you.
That's my flosophy yoti mny want to 3b it
sometimes, Abe. So one evenin' as I was a
sittin' by Hetty, nnd had worked rnyself up
to the slicking pint, sez I. "Hetty, if a feller
should ask you to marry him, what wud you
say ?" Then she laughed, and sez she, "That
would depend on who asked me." Then ses
I. "Suppose it was Ned Willis." Sezs'ie, "I'd
tell .Verf Willi, bnt not yon." That kinder
staggered me. lint 1 was tod cute to loose
Ihe opportunity, and so I sez ngen, "Suppose
it was mis f" And then you ought to have
seen her pout up her lip. and sez she, "I
don't take no supposes." Well, now. you sen
there was nothing for m to do but touch the
gun off. So bans? it went. Sez I, "Lor,
Hetty, it's me. Won't you say yes ?" And
then there was such a hnllababulloo in my
head, I don't know exactly what tuk place,
but 1 thought I beered n yes wbisperin' some
where out of the skirmish.
Anyhow, after that, Hetty nnd me wes en
caged, and six months after we were marnt'd
The day we was married we went off in tho
ufternoon cars for lioston. When we got to
lituttleboro', Hetty asked me to get her a
gluss ol lemonade. Well, while I was in for
the lemonade, off started the cars and when
1 got out, with the lemonade in my hand,
there they they was, a hundred yards bead
start. Lor ! didu't I holler! "My wife ! My
wife!" I yelled like a Injun, and run like a
Injun too. Awny went the cars, and 1 'fol
lor'd, screamin', and blowin', nnd holding tber
lemonade all the time. Then I threw away
the glass ; then I Ut my overcoat go ; then
my hut blew oil ; and thn I Ml down, blow
ed out, by tho side of the track. The first
that roused me up was Hetty's voice : "Ze
kel, O my Zekel ! are you dead ?" You see,
Hetty, seein' the cars was startin' and 1
wusn't back with tho lemonade, got out her
self on the other side, and let the cars go
w.thout ber, and so I had been a chasiu' the
cars, and Hetty bad been a chusin me. Tint,
no matter, we're all boppy egen, and I re-
main yours,
Ezekiei. Df.kton.
The latost s'yle of hotel architecture, is
raid to be tbat of a cupolaand mortgage on
top.
J;anners
CiiMcnsT for Pl.rM TnKKS Plum trees.
i nfall kinds, remiira a irreat deal of attention
in this climate, to render them productive.
Not only should tbe soil be of good quality,
but it should be well manured and keep in
flue tilth. A good compost for all kinds of
plum trees muy be formed by taking, as a
base, oue cord of good muck, three bushels of
caustic or unsluuked lime, two bushels of
yvpsuin, and one bushel of common salt.
Most our varieties of the plum have origina
ted from the "Leech plum," which is found
growing near the ocean, and generally in
situations where the roots are kept almost
coutiuuully wet with thu water, and foliage
moistened by the spray of the ocean. This
accounts satisfactorily for the hi.hiy betiefi
; c i ul effects of all saline manures when applied
to tbe plum tree. This compost should be
i applied to the trees in the spring, and well
j dug into the soil. Il will ulso have a good
j effect upoo apple trees that require a slim
! nlaut us well as upon ornamental trees when
first transplanted. It may be applied' in the
autumn as well us iu tbe spring. German
tow-t 'Jtlegrrjih.
IUmnnviNfi Potatoes If potatoes are
harrowed just before the shoots are coming
through Iho ground, the alter labor of hoeing
is gteully reduced. Thu harrowing also
breaks the Crust of the soil, and the shoot ran
penetrate through the ground more readily.
It has also another advantage; it removes
a portion wf tho foil from abuvi. the pluBt,
and ilia olant receives, durinsr the first staires
1 of its growth, when tne sou i coin
J direct influeuce of the sun. 6'enm
tne more
ennessee l ar-
mer.
Giiovi'I.m; Uadishks Here is a little piers
of itilornuitinn tbat may be useful to mauy
persons. Thomas Jones, of Centre county,
M ichigan, wants to tell ethers how to raise
radishes wilhont their being troubled with
weeds or worms; It is simply trenching the
earth two feel deep aud reversing the soil
that from that depth below the surface being
free from weed seeds ami worms. If necessa
ry, enrich the ground with liquid manure
lis says tbe idea occurred to bim fiom seeing
t'l-w well these plants srow upon dirt tlitowa
out of a well,
,
Tn DisriiT. Mrlt a quarter of a pound of
( fresh butler in a quart of warm milk, and add
a suit-spoonful ot salt, bill two pounds of
floor in a pan, make a hole in the centre, aud
pt.t iu three taUespoi nluls of the best brew,
er'a jeast. Add the milk and butter, and mix
it into a stiO' paste. Cover it end set it by
the fire to rise. Wben quite light, knead il
well, roll it out an inch thick, and cut it into
round cakes with the edge of a tumbler.
Prick the top of each with a fork ; lay I harp
in buttered pans and bake them ligbt brown.
Send them to table warm, and split and but
ter them.
A Smn.B Ukcii'e A simple re?ip for
preventing rabbits and bares from harking
trees is as much thoroughly skimmed milk at
required and mix it up with soot till aboat as
thick aspaist. With this paint over the tree
witb a wMievaih brush. It is done very
quickly, aod Is nu sxpeoit er trouble It
litis eo taateb.
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