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Vesting, Taylors Trimmings, ao., No 31 South Fourth Street, between Market end Cheanut Street, Philadelphia. Merchants other vititing the city would find j . . . . 1 .. k . ..all mnA av I it to llieir auvjmnge 10 gi- ltl - Amine their atork. March 10, 1800 HARDWARE 1 HARDWARE t ! TJL'ST received by A. W. FISHER, at his $ Drug Store, Sunbury, Pa., SCOOP.S. SHOVEI.8, FORK8, LOO CHAINS, MILL 8AWS, CROSS CUT 8AVVS. AUo, .Screws, Butts, Door Knoha, Thumb I.atche, and all hardware neceaaary for building. A splendid bt of pocket and table cutlery, Scis ora, German feilver Spoom. I.oulil-.g Glasses. A large stock of Looking Glattea, received anJ fr .ale by A. W. FISHER. Sunbury, July 17, 185S. DEFOREST, ARMSTRONG & CO. DRY GOODS MERCHANTS, 80 and 82 Chambers Street, New York. 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A ceiiirnl locution, convenient to places of bustneat, i. wll a. plnce. ot auiu.eineut. M. K.:ripul.ni.ly cicuu, well furui.hed aitiiuf rooms, tvnh a magnificent ladtej Pallor, commanding an cxttii iv view of llroadway 31. large and aapeibly furni.I.ed sitting rimmi, with a mntonfieiii Parlor, couimaudiiig an cxieutivs view of Itnmdway. 4 tit. lteing conducted on tha European plan, vititort can live in the belt .tyle, with tht gtauteat ecunoo. Stb. It it connected with Taj tor's) Celebrated Saloon, where viiltor. can have their meal., or, if they deair the will be furnished in their own rooma. 6 k. The la:a aerved in 111. rWloona and Hotel it ac. knowleili:ed by epicuiea, to be vaatly aupariur to that of anv other Hotel in the city. Willi all ihee adanugea, the coat of living In tha International, it much below that of auv other firat class Hotel. 01L8ON CO , Proprietors. Anpn it 4 , IHBO. It BLANKS! BLANKS!! Anew supplv of 8ummona', Executions. Warrants, 8upasnaa, Deeds, Mortgages, Honda, l.eaaea, Naturaliiation papers, Justices nd Constable Fee Bill., 4 e., cVc, just printed and for sule at this Office. Sunbury. April 80, I8&9. SPAI.UINO'8 Frepared Glue, and Sh.ll.ya Mucilage Price ner bottle and brn.h cents Cordial Eliiu of Caliaay Baric Benaine, for reraovlng t,Me- FOR 8 VLE AT THIS OFFICE. . Sunhary, March 17. 160. MP. W I.PT OF HARDWARE & 8AD. DLERY. Also.'th liest aaaortmeot of Iron Nails and Steel to be found in the county, at the Mammoth store of FKlLliMU ttUKftNT. Sunbury, Jan 3, I860. qwct.v.TON HTtlKTS. a t tha Mammoth Store will be found a J. fery Urge assortment of Skeleton Skirt from Beven hoop op to ininy. Oct. 6, 1860. FItlLlWOcV ORANT. II O! YB LOVERS OF 80UP I A freab suddIv oMcaroni an Confectionery at VV 3 TRILINO ORAWT'8. "LA CANADIENNE." rROJITHE FBRNCn.J At by the crystal fount I strayed, On which the dancing moonbeam played, The water teemed to clear and bright I bathed myself in its delight I loved thee from that hour we met, And never can that love forget. The water teemed to clear and bright, I bathed myself in ft delight; The nightingale above my bead, As tweet a stream of music shed The nightingale above my head At tweet a stream of music thed. Sing, nightingale 1 thy heart it glad! -liut 1 could weep, fur mine it lad I Sing nightingale 1 tby heart it glad I But ! could weep Tor mine It tad! For I have lost my lady fair, And she hat left me to despair I For I have lust my lady fair. And she hat left me to despair ; For that I gave not, when she spoke, The rose that from this tree I broke For that I gave not, when shs spoke, The rose that from its tree 1 broke ; I wish the rose were on its tree. And my beloved again with me ! I loved thee from the hour we met, Aod never can that love forget. The above song is vory popular in Lower Canada, where it it known at "A la claire fontaioe." It wat repeatedly tang by the lion. Curtier, when with the Prince's parly, the Prince alwayt joiuing heartily iu the chorus. It it a aweet and simple air. liscellaiufitts. From the New York Tiraea. The President Elect. Vift'f of a Ntte Yorker to Springfield Anec dotes Lincoln as a Chess Player, j'c. BprtiNOFiKLD, 111., Nov. 10th, I860, a, While en route for Springfield, your cor respondent could not but conjecture the poHBible circumstances tinder which he would meet the newly-elected President of the United Stute. Imaginutisn pictured Mr. Lincoln in crowded room, the centre of a circle of prominent leader of his party, the subject of a volley of congratulations, the galled aod sleepy victim of the over-zealous attentions of enthusiastic friends, vainly en. deuvoriog to obtaiu a minute's rest, a mo ment's peace. But, bow strikingly different was the fact ! Learning, with tome difficulty, the locality of the office of "Abraham Lincoln, Lawyer," the place wat found to be a mesgerly-fur-uiobed room on the tocood floor of a some what time worn building. Oo the right-hand tide nf the street door, as you go up stairs, is a modest tin tigo, about a foot loog, aod a few iDches wide, tacked awry on the wall, bearing the following record: LINCOLN & HERND0N. Climbing the steep staircase, and peering through the darkness of the Egyptiao passage-way, another modest sigo economically printed on paper, aud a long, leao, lank, skel elonic band, supposed to be ao accurate drawing of "Uncle Abe'" digits direct you to the aforesaid rear apartments. "I Mr. Lincoln in!" "No, Sir." "Do you know where be may be found?" "Well, he may be at borne, aod may be at the State lluose." "How shall 1 find him in the State House." "You go up stairs, and you see a dark passage-way leading to the northeast; at the end of that is the Executive room, aod there you will probably find Mr. Lincoln." W lib not the remotest idea of the direction of northeast, but having a firm confidence in the dark passage, together with the perseve rance of Japhet in search of a father, we grope our way through the first dark passage, and fiud somebody at the end thereof in the act of locking the door. "It that you, John?" said the voice; and desisting from hid occupation the gentleman stood erect. The voice and the erectcess alike revealed the object of out search. "I was lurking fur Mr. Lincoln, Sir, and 1 believe " "You are right. Sir, this It the man." And, sure enough, it was the mm. He obligingly unlocked the door, invited us to walk it, and we found ourselves alone witb whom but twenty-four bonr previously the people bud declared to be the Chief Ex ecutive of this mighty nation. There wa, no crowded room, no noisy politicians, oo boiste rous throng of congratulating friends, no hap less victim of persistent attention but, a serene, gooduutured, cordial gentleman, ac companied only by two little boys, just oo the point of going home to teal Speaking of the South reminds me of poli ticians, aod thinking of politicians, reminds me of an appropriate passage in one of Mr. Liucolo' speeches oo the distribution of Fed eral offices: lu hia speech at Springfield, in July, 1858, Mr Libcoln says: "Senator Douglas is of world-wide renown. All the anxious politician of hi party, or who have been of his party for year past, have been looking upon him certainly, at oo distant day, to be President or the United States. They have seen io bis round, jolly fruitful face, poBl offices, land-offices, martial- ships and Cabinet appointments, cnargesnips, and foreign missions, bursting aod sprouting out io wonderful exhuberance, ready to he laid hold or by their greedy bands. Oo the contrary, nobody has ever expected me to be frttulent. lo my poor, lank, lean lace, no body ha ever teen that any cabbages were sprouting out." Ito I that a lorewarniog of the fate of many a patriotic cititeo anxious to "cabbage" a fat salary io in rosi-omce or Custum bouse! At a lawyer, Mr. Lincoln bat been moat successful io criminal business. Hi power wnu jury i proveroiai, ano oe Da beeo ID trusted wilb tb most important criminal as well a civil io tbe Slate. It is estimated that be resigned do lets than S20.000 wortb of law business in 18f8. to eca-an io bi cam. paigo witb Mr. Douglas, lie it better as an advocate before tbe Supreme Court rbao as a practitioner io tbe Circuit, and is considered one of tbe beet meo at the Bar of the State to arrange aud present a case clearly, lie conducts a cause with the most extravagant show of honesty. It i often charged that be admit loo much; that b almost admit hi clieol cai away. But he U far too. cetaful nevertheless aiming, a be doet, to show that oo hit own premises, bi opponent is wrong exactly a io chat be let hi op pooeot take lb attack, Wn he thiak be cs loecmiunj i'. i 'i e. ii. Japanese Little Polka Tb Hon. Frank Hall, who is now lo Japan speak thus favorably of tbe Niphooete chil dren t During mot thao half a year' residence In Japan, 1 have never teeo a quarrel among young or old. I have never teeo a blow strock, scarcely ao angry face, I have see a tbe children at their sport, flying tbelr kites oo tbe bill, and no amount of iotertaagled string or kite lodged in tbe tree provoked angry words or impatience. 1 bare teen them intent oo tbelr gamna of jackstooet and marble ooder tbe shaded gateway of tbe temples, and bave never seen an approach to a quarrel among them. They are taught im plicit obedience to their parents, bat I bave oever teen one of tbem chastised. Respect aod reverence to the aged is oniversal. A crying child is a rarity seldom seen. We bave nothing to teach them in this respect oat of our abundant civilisation. I speak what I know of the little folks of Japan, for more than any other foreigner have 1 been among tbem. Of all that Japan bold tbore I nothing I like half so well a the happy children. I (hall always remember their sloe black eye aod ruddy brown face with pleas oi. 1 have played battledore with tbe little maidens io tbe street, aod flown kite in tb Geld witb a happy a aet of boys as one would wish to see. Thev have beeo inv guides In my rambles ; shown me where tbe j streams and ponds were, where tbe Mowers lay hid in the thicket, where tbe berries were ripeoing on the bill ; they bave brought me shell from tbe ocean and blossoms from the field, presenting them with all tbe modesty and a lees bashful grace than a young Ameri can boy would do. We bave hunted the fox holes together, and looked for tbe green aod golden ducks among tbe hedge Tkey bave laughed at my broken Japanese and taught me better, and for a happy, good-natured set of children I will turn out my little Japanese friends against the world. Uod bles the boys and girls of Niphoo 1 Cockney Criticism. The correspondent of the London Times seems to bave visited our country witb the determination of showing bow very versatile bis pen can be, and bow particularly free from vulgar prejudice regarding truth is be. Io this view he flourishes tbe very magnificence of praise, and sootb to say, there are few pieces of Eoglisb composition more exquisite in word painting than his description of a praiiie auupet, aud bis ride over the Allegha nies by our Central Railroad. Yet. it may be remarked, that be doe not avail himself of opportooities to pursue this view respect ing anything but objects of outure. Neither man or nine's arts are permitted to rejoice in bis powers of laadation; but then comes in humor, satire, flippancy, and that description of invention somutitnes denominated "yarns" by tho charitable, though severe moralists call it by a Still shorter name. It is queer bow the English hit npon points io what they call our nutioual characteristics, which are just the things in which they are themselves most deficient. A very beautiful aod thriving city, one of the first visited by the Prince, was dubbed tbe "city 'of shocking bad bats," whereas it was the genera! remark among us that his Royal Highness and suite bad about the most frightful and rowdy head coverings ever seen io America. Again, the crowd wore taken to task for being badly dressed, but tbe writer did not appear to koow that the Prince's costume when not full dress, ws everywhere in this country con sidered shabby, and that there is no confidence felt out of a certain small island, that there ever was such a thing as a well dressed Eng lishman. Tbe Cincinnati! Enquirer is taken to task for asserting that "the Prince can't dance" wbicb is strictly tree as to his excel lence io the Terpsicborean art, as all who saw him at any of the balls will testify; but the Globe seems to think we are do judges of this, ignoring the world acknowledged truth that Freocbmeo and Americans are tbe only males who anderstand tbe gay science. "Dad bos Struck lie." The Hartford Courant moralises thus on the amusing story wbicb has been going the round of tbe papers, and which originated in in the Pennsylvania oil region. The gist of the story waa the air pnt on by a young lady who gave at a reason, "Dad bas struck ilo." We quote : How completely does tbe above anecdote exemplify American human nature ! We bave no aristocracy of rank aud birth. Those who are at tbe bottom of tbe pile of society in one generation may become the top sticks of the heap io tbe cext. Wealth makes all that difference witb us, wbicb birtb and rank io Europe makes. "Dad bat struck ile" bag a wonderful effect on the estimation of others or on tbe value we attach to ourselves. When we tee tbe daughters of a couple that bave worked bard tbroagb lifu and eaten tbe bread of carefulness, thrumming ou tbe piano or sweeping the sidewalk with their expen sive silks, we think at once that tbey are showing the public that "Dad has struck ile." W ben we see a young woman nirtmg in tbe street with all the idle young men while ber mother sits at borne mending ber stockicgs for ber, it is very evident that she tbinka -Dad has struck He." When a man bas (ruct ile himself, by bis own perieverence and industry, we like to see bim nee It well, and il necessary, even lor bis own enjoyment. But we want to see biro bring op his children, as ha was brought op himself, to work. Let them 6e taught to use their own perseverence and industry and fri!' ile for themselves. It will be of more use to their characters and future destiny than if "Dad" bas struck it for tbem. Every oo wbo tread Uod's earth, and breathes Uod' air, should feel it to be a doty to work to make the world better for having lived in it to be of some use in day and generation. Let every one labor witb bis mind, ir be does not witb bis hands. It is a sin and a shame for stalwart men and women to fold up tbeir bands and sit idle, merely because "Dad has struck ile." There is work to be done io tbe world. Jl bas not been redeemed from sin, sorrow and solleriog. There are wauts to be supplied, tears to dry ep, afflictions to be soothed, advica to be given, tb erring to be reclaimed from their wandering, tbe vicious to oe coo trolled, lb world to be improved. It i a most admirable spectacle to see those upon whom God showered tbe riches oi mis world in etroest in their endeavor to do good perseverioclv industrioos in tbeir effort for tbe amelioration of all classes of want aod ig norance witbio tbeir reach. But nothing can be meaner and more degraded spectacle than to con and daughter living in pride aod luxury, aod idleness, beoaua "Dad has irucc ." A tt liny t.. . - - -ni. d..l'. r If .nl ( establishing a magnificent palace, built of Fraocb cast iron, (or a museum of aotiqoitie u vv oueu wjio relics of antiquity roona in r w employed under tb direction of ... iue rranco arcbieolog tt. Eomantio Career of an Eooontrio Girl About four years since our commonity was startled by tb announcement, in tbe daily journals, or wbat was tuppnged, at the time, to be fearful tragedy, io which a young and beautiful girl wa believed to bave beeo car ried away by eoma wretch; aod as totblng bad since been beard from her, little doubt was entertained by ber friends that she bad, after a brief space, either experienced the fate of "Desdemona," or what was more ahocklog still, bad beeo compelled, iu ber dis grace, to barter virtue for life. Her parents, wbo were well advanced io years, gradually sunk beneath tbe terrible calamity, until tbey became living personifications of settled melancholy and despair. Numerous circumstances had led them ir rositibly to this conclusion; and on tbe night of her departure, policemen had heard the smothering shrieks of a female in the vicinity or hor parents residence ; but before tbey reached the spot, all waa silent; neighbors, too, had heard mysterious noises, and ob served dark figures beneath tbe lady' win dow; but, strange as it may appear, they did not think to raie the alarm, or even speak of tbe matter, oolil ber absence was discovered; but afterwards tbete was such marked simi larity in their stories that there wb no room to doubt tbeir trutb. besides, if she bad simply eloped witb a lover, and been legally married, she would b'ave informed her'psreuts of ber whereabouts, and ascertained from them whether they approved or disapproved the course she bad taken, before she bad cut tbem off forever. Nor waa this all. Her lover, the man to whom Bbe was supposed to bave been betrothed, still remained, and evinced a distress as deep, if not as lusting as that of tbe parents. Under such Circum stances, tho conclusion that she had been forcibly abducted appeared necessarily to follow. About the same time a young man, or ra ther a boy, nunied Frank Bates, of light sta ture, bnt with rosy cheeks, smiling face; ready step aod winning demeanor, engaged in the service or a river captain as a cabin boy, and by his promptness and iogeniousneea so ingra tiated himself into the good will of his patron, that he was elevated to an assistant clerkship, a position for which his education and activity eminently qualified h:m. He remained oo the boat in this capacity for about two years, when be went to Couucil Bluff's, Iowa, aud engaged as a clerk in a dry goods store. Here his affability did not fail to draw to ward himself numerous friends, and among the fair belles of tbe Bluffs he was the ad mired of all admirers, end bis employer's store was noon discovered by all or tbem to be the best in the village, and Frank was everywhere applauded as tbe most agreeable of clerks. When be attended parties aud places of amusement be was always assigned the post of honor, and it must be confessed that no other young man in tbe vicinity could till the station with such perfect eaee and grace as could onr young hero. It would be useless, however, to trace bis hietury during the two years he remained at Couucil Bluffs, nor to chronicle the oft raised hopes and repeated disappointments by bis feuiule admirers tbey will readily suggest themselves to the reader, liut in lbs midst of life there is death the glory of victory is often succeeded by difsgreco end defeat, aod it so happened in this case. About three weeks ago, at a masquerade, "Frank" was discovered bow the paper that relates tbe facts narrated above, does not state to be a female, much to the cbugrio of all the fair sex, and to the scandal of the neighborhood. At tbis unlucky mishap, "Frank" revealed name aud parentage, at tha same time coolly re questing to be retained in bis employer's service, promising to draw around the place of business two male patrons for every fe male repulsed, but whether or not be was allowed lo remain, we are unable to say. That veteran defender of State rights, old Father Ritchie, who had such ao influence upon tbe opinion of Virginia politician of bis time, aud, we may add, npon the Demo cratic party of bis time, wrote at follow in iu U.cbmond Enquirer, November 1, 1814 : io man, no association ot men, no state, or or aet of Slates, bat a right to withdraw itielf from this Union of its own account. The same power thut knit as together can unkcit. I be game formality which formed the liuks of the Union is necessary t dissolve it. The majority of States which formed the Union inuBt consent lo the withdrawal of any one branch of it. Until that consent has been obtained, any attempt to dissove the Union, or distract the efficacy of its constitutional laws, is treason treason to all intents and purposes. A Sad Cask' A lad named Frederick Cooper, who. at the age of only fifteen years, bad become ao babitual drunkard, tell npon the railroad track at Jersey City on Tuesday evening, while intoxicated, aod wat run over by a train ot cars. Mis legs were crushed to a jelly, and be survived but a few boors. Only an hour before be died, he indulged in tbe most profane language. He bad spent the greater part of bis life io tha county jail and at tbe present time there are three brothers and oue sitter coufiued io prison. Tub Dahomey Massacre. The Dahomey massacre seem to have been as bloody end revolting as it possibly could be ; tbe victims were numbered by thousands. In the Loo don Times is tho following extract from a letter dated : "Cape Castle, Gold Coast, Sept. 16. The atrocities at Dahomey bave lar exceeded tbe report, oi wbicn you are aware. Ibousaoda bave been sacrificed. Latterly came a ateamer oo that coast and bipped off 1500 slave. A man oTwar being on tbe spot, saw tbe vessel, bat suspected nothing ol ber design. v bear tbat bogiieb people and olber European bave beeo im prisoned there most probably from refusing to witness tbe human sacrifice, or take part io tbe rites of diabolical superstition." Cacsk add ErriccT. John McConnell, son of tbe Postmaster at Newry, Blair county, wbo wat arretted for abstracting letters from the Westero mail, atthal point, was taken lo Pittsburg on Thursday week last, by De puty U. S- Marshal Dougherty, aod lodged io prison to await bi trial. Tb cause of bis dishonesty wa tbe usual one leading a faBt lire and not having the mean to keep It op. II is a young man, not over twenty years of age, aod is very respectably connected. T G KAT North. W kt Thsrr-irjnisar now (0 nearly completed tbat we can approx ImaU closely to tb population of the north west. It will stand about a rollowt i Ohio 2.500.000- Indiana. 1,400,000 1 Illinois, 1,. 600.000 1 Wisconsin. 900.000' Michigan 750,000; Iowa, 700,000 1 Minnesota, 180,000. Total, 8,030,000. Aw Amobt Fathsk Pct Down. I'll teach too to play pith and toss I I'll flog you for ao boor, I will." "Father." instantly replied tha incorrigible, a b balanced a peon; oo bl tbomb and flogar, ''I'll ton yos io mat it two boot or coming - Qi'itrtn Victoria' Prcdknck. The Lon don correspondent of tbe New York Sun says : "I was told tha other day an anecdote of me yueen, wbicb Hiostrale ber eood sense and real desire to promote the welfare of her subjects. She hid agreed to have ber photo graph taken for the gratification of such of ner (objects as mltrbt deere to oossess tbe counterfeit presentment of their ruler. She presented herself in a plain black silk without a particle of ornament. Tha photographer ventured to suggest that she should tend for eome Jewel. "No," laid the Queen, "this photograph is to go among my people, aod 1 wish to do all in ray power to discourace ex travagance." It is euch little anecdotes as Ibeie that bave secured the Queen a high place in the regard of the ueople. I have everywhere heard ber spoken of with affec tionate respect." An Irishman was requested by a lady, no torious for ber parsimonious and niggardly habits, to do for ber some handiwork. The job was performed to ber complete satisfac tion. "Pat," said the old miser, "I must treat you." "Uod bless your honor madam." renlied Pat, "Which would yon prefer, a glaBS of porter or a lumber of punch." "1 don t wish to be troublesome, madam," said the Hibernian turning around and wink ing at the thin ribbed butler, "But I'll take the oue, while you're making tbe olber." Rev. Mr. Smith, familiarly nicknamed Jo Smith jr., seems determined that tbe world shall bear in mind tbat he is the son of a pro phut. Ile bas recently put forth tenders, in the shape of letters, to the fair sex, request ing tbeir early entrance to bis bappy borne. aud promising on tbe word of an honest Mor mon, to do the best he can for them, and to make their condition a peculiarly bappy one Oil. Excitkmk.st. The oleacenous fever broken out iu Cambria county. It is report ed that there are surface indications of oil in many places on tbe monntain ; and it is said tbat a saw mill in that county ha beeo sup plied from tbe surlace or tbe dam, for years past, witb all the oil needed for burning and greasing purposes, aeverul companies are forming, and wells are about being sunk to ascertain the trutb of tbe reports. Tub Prbss tkrsis tub Pulpit. Henry Ward Beecher, on a receut occasion, said : 1 he articles of tbe press go further than the sernioo, and carry with tbem really mora weight, certainly where one hears three, which is ao abomination before Uod and man. No preacher, who is fit to preach a sermon, is fit to preach more tbau one a day, and no man is fit to bear more ; or, if be does, he is not fit fur much else. Sermons are like boys' pop guns ; however many wada you put io, it's the last wad tbat drives the others out." Buffalo Robrs. Tbe St. Louis (Mo.) Democrat says that a total of 60,000 buffalo robea bas been received io that city during tbe present year. I bese robes are all tanned by tbe Indiuo squaws, as the men never stoop to such work. Great Yiri.d or Corn. Mr. E. D. Flail of Holly Shelter, New Hanover county, N. C receutly gatbered from a single acre one hundred aud Iweoly two but-buls and three pecK ol corn. Strange Morality. A lew months ago the typhoid fever made its appearance in tbe family or Mr. liieber. residing near Harper s tavern io Lebanon coculy. by wbicb nearly the whole family have died. The mother was tbe firBt victim, and after her the father and other members of the family, until six of tbem have been laid in tbe cold and silent grave. How to Select Flocr. First, look at the color ; if it is wbite, with a slight yellowish or strawcolored tint, buy it. If il is very wbite will) a bluisb cast or witb black specks la it, refuse it. Second, examice its adhesiveness : wet and knead a little of it between your fin gers ; if it works soft aod sticky, it is peor. Third, throw a little lump of dry flour against a dry, smooth, perpendicular surface ; if it falls like powder, it is bad. Fourth, squeeze some1' of the flour iu your baud ; if it retains the shape given by tbe pressure, that too, ii a good sigo. Flour that will stand all these tests it is Bare lo buy. These modes are given by old flour dealers, aud they pertain to a mutter that concerns everybody, namely, the staff of life. A Good Reply. An Irish carriage-driver made a very bappy aud characteristic reply the olber day. A gentleman had replied to Pat's "Want a carriage, sir?" by saying, "No, I am able to walk ;" when Pat rejoio ed, "May your bouor loug ba able, but seldom willing." Depression or thb Clothing Tradk in New York. The New York Express says there are about thirty-five large wholesale clothing bouses io New York, manufactur ing from four to five millions yearly, and employing at a moderate calculation from 8,000 to 10.C00 operatives, aod ruouiog at least 2,000 machiues. It is not generally auown, out iv is a luci. ioal since early iu August now about three months the bulk of these bouses bave been idle doing noth ing lur next year, most or them bave uot made a garment for next season. Such a thing was never bafore known. Omen to Let A very pleasant desk in tbe Boston Custom House, for four years. Apply lo Abraham Lincolo Boston post. After 11ii ith l Cnnm Tha Ki .T. sepb Journal says tbat a barber wbo married a young weman in Wintbrnp, lately having ueeu pouueuu ou oy a loruier wile tied, aud bad it announced that ha hrl han Irillu.l nn a railroad. The second wife sent ber brother siur biro who a coOin. The brother soon dissvered tbe trick, but say tbe coffio (ball not go back empty if he cau belp it. Tub break in tha Rchnvlkm (.i i. week, at Laurel Hill rocks, whereby about thirtv feet of the towinu hrw.b .,t 1...1. feet of bottom were washed into the river, is supposed 10 nave been caused by mui-k-ruls. Railroad Stock Levied On. Yesterday Sheriff Lyster levied upon all the property aod rolling stock of the Pennsylvania lUil road Company to ba foood io tbis city, on two execution amounting in the aggregate to $163,454, issued at tb iuslaoce of tbe Attorney Ueoeral for tonnage tax due the State, which the Company refused to pay llarrisbury Telegraph, 9M inst. A Literary Car Driver A prita of 20 for the best essay 00 tbe effect of Sunday cab driving ba beeo woo by John Cockrauo, a London cab driver. At lb meeting at wbicb tbe prit wa awarded, Cockraun told bi au dience tbat tha essay consisted of 19.000 words, aod wa written in tb opeo air, on the top of bi cab. What is thsl which tvery mtn can divide, bnt no on caa le whsr it ba beta divided t Vatr, Uono for tub Nineteenth Time A Westero Missouri cotomporary tells tbe fol lowing 1 On Tuesday last, new came to this city that a man wag seen banging between Inde. pendence and Maxwell' Landing. The Coroner wag promptly notified of the fact, and be, in tbe discharge of bis duty, eg tirnmntlv ronalrafl in iV. . i I J " -- vv 01. 1: Li o 1 iv inn surprise found the man alive, kicking and """"I! aouui m otner meo 00, witn no rope around bis neck where the rope ought to be. He (the Coroner) made some inquiries about the victim, and the old woman that is. Mr. ElliCOlt. the Wifa nf tha kn.i .,..1,. that be waa cut down, but not dead ; end urvuerremarKeo, mat it was about the 19lh time he harl illimnt.J i I,.,- i.:.ir i ----, 'v v 11 1, 1 1 mt m . 1 1 1 . 1 1 null had not yet succeeded, but she'd be totally "",uou ' " migna t nang me next time until lift ri.Arl. f hkf a tic .1 K .. a a 1 .1 , o vyuiu lie Tor i-UL lutj coru again to let him breathe easy. We understand that ElliROtt ia In tha h-l.;. , f hinin-i 1. : w unuis w. iniiU( "I'll Self fiTerv lima hm h&t. . LmiL t.. .1 though he hag made go many attempts baa u.o, ,e, gi wuoout signt 01 toe noose, where bis wife would n fail ir, ,. down before big wind shortened. A Washington letter writer gays : Dcoglag, whose Chicago snecillatimut nr. annnnaori tr. bav made bim enormously wealthy, is ember ransed beyond hope of redemption. Breckio- ridice whose larcn inventmanla ir IhaWaat conveyed an idea of riches, was impoverished by the failure of tbe Ohio Trust company, in wbicb be was a heavy stockholder, and oow owns neither farm nor slave. A laitv trhn 1. a ,1 ...J 1 1 t U . j ,. i.w uau io,u vi iuv eaieiiaive mannfanlnra nf mlnmnin.. - ,An i,-... r . carriage bad been run, said she wished Dnmn (nnnni:...ii ; 1 l . auusa vuuot;in;uit genius wouiQ .nveni an instrnmnnt. in fall ln-v. fa lnknn,in I i w 1 1 uun ( uu nun niin IIHU been in the evening, when they "just step r.n,l A . - ... . i. . ' pu u,.-ru lUB posi oiuce, or went out to attend a caucos." ATROCIOna "Rutav ms r!a-i" M . ..V ecu ..ii. Stubs. PIVintT Ilia Tcilo a rui nnmnnt;fl-. r.- v. y ' 1 li HU'llcu ,IUIID bles, "have tbe goodness to mend these trow sers ; it will be as good as going to the play tonight." Mrs. Stubs took her needle, but confessed she couldn't see the point. "How so f" said he. "Why, my dear, you will see the wonderful rove? in the tanf-o'.-iri.?." vuu uuieueu me job, and, banding back the trowaera tnl.l Sinho-.i'l'i,.,'. j j good." A RITUVRTtP AT. P,T, 0 Tf I J . . iiiuumuji, wnn sixteen legs, can catch tweuty nifle rabbits, with eighty seven legs, in Torty-four minutes, how many legs must the same rabbits have In itat a e. n f n. : I- 1 ... . . u er uuui eigm oogs, witn tbirty two legs, io seventeen minutes and a half? We bave seen sums io the books nearly as sensible as tbis. 0 t i x i A MODEL WORSHIPPER. "Tell me about the sermon dear ; Take off your shawl and bat, And come and git beside ine hero ; The text first where was thut T "Well, really, AuDty, 1 don't know, I bae forgotten quite ; 1 wisb you could see Jane Monroe, She dresses like a fright 1 "Miss Lyman wore a splendid shawl, Witb that old horrid bonnet, Tbe very one she wore last fell, Wilb that old trimming ou it. "Bnt Mrs. Deacon Jones had on One of the richest collars I ever saw, and her new dress Must bave cost fifty dollars. "Strange what extravagance and waste Some people always how I Then Hattie Bell, what want of lasts She dresses witb you know." The audience you remember, dear, ir you do not tbe sermon ; Which preacher do you like to bear, Tbis one, or Mr. Herman ? "Oh, I like Mr. Herman, for He's handsome, aunt you koow Then he's so graceful, aod his teeth How splendidly tbey show I" jfannen;' gqmrfnmtt The Catawissa Raspberry. There can be no lunger any question as to the merit or tbis ruspberry. We have now tested it for three years, and pronouuee it to be a real desideratum. It bears two crops of fruit io a season ; but as many persons have other kinds wbicb are better bearers at the time of ripening or the first crop, tbey combine tbe energies of tbe cane npoo the sei'ood crop which ripens late io the autumn ; indeed, coutinues lo ripen from September to the first of November, should tbe weather uot become loo 'severe. At Ibis writing, (November 1,) we bave upon tbe bushes large and perfect fruit, as highly flavored as Ihey would be in July. Yesterday, (October 31.) from the canes or five stoulri, a little basket of fine fruit was taken ; and the same quuu tily twice a week for some seven weeks. We know of several pretty exteuaive grow- era or tbe Catawissa, wbo cut down all the caues, alter ceasing H bear io the rail, close to tbe ground. Ihey will give strength to tbe new canes the ensuing season wbicb sup plies tbe lute crop. The early crop ii taken from tbe wood allowed lo remuio over winter Those wbo prefer tbe two crops, must, about the middle of tbis monlb, prune the vines ready for staking ia tbe spring, bend them catetully down lo the ground and cover the in witb from three to six inches of earth, shaped to a poiut oo the top. W beo tbis year's wood is removed, cover Ibe stools with ao iuch or two of soil, banked op io the same way Wa bave fouud ibis belter than any olber protection against frost. The way to propugate this raspberry, is to take up tbe roots, say lb latter eud of Jan uary or begiooing of February--cut them up iuto inch pieces, at tbe eye may indicate plant tbem io a box or saud about one iocb uuder the surfuce place under glass io a bulbed, aod keep moderately moist. 0;ue old stool will produce from twelve to twenty new canes. (Jcrmantown Telegraph. Artificial Fish Breedinci. Tbit ii be. coming to be quite a business io tome portions or our country, and wa do not see why it should not prove successful. A M r. Kellogg, or Hartford, Conn., ba already io the course or bi experiments, succeeded io producing by artificial means, over 1000 trout, wbicb are now doing well. II bat lately sailed rot Frao: to procura further information from tb great flab breeder of that country. On bi retura b will be joined in tb busiosst by Col. Colt, of pistol notoriety. Creeds of .English Sheep. At a recent meeting of the Central Farm, er's Club, at London, Mr. Charles Howard delivered u address on the subject of "The merilt of Pure-llred and Cross Bred Sheep." lo this address, be gave the origin and merits or several of the "ebtabli8hed"breeds. We condense as follows : Soutiidowns -Tbe South, or Sussex downs are descended from amnll, gray, and dark Taced sheep, which were found on t tie hilly and mountainous districts throughout Eng laoi. John Kllmnn was the nrigmnl im piover. He was followed end surpassed by Jonas Webb, who bus made the Soniliduwn perfect. The peculiarity of Ibis sheep is its superior quality or mutton and wool. Average weiglit. from 13 to 15 monilis, is 1J!6 pounds Weight or fleece, 6 pounds. The ewes are capital breeders, and gi-nernlly produce one-third twius. Tbey are best adapted to elevated siliiaiims and bar pasturage. Among the nobility and fancy farmers they are regarded as the elite of sheep. Thb Cotswold This is one of the oldest of tbe established breeds. They wero ori ginally heavy coarse animals, with a thick, heavy fleece, well adapted to the bleak, unin closed Cotswold bills. They are now very hardy, and will succeed well in elmost any Situation, and produce a great umnnnt of wool and mutton at an early age. Tbey sometimes reach 86 pounds to the quarter Tbe average weight or an odiimry flock when fit Tor the butcher, at 14 or 15 months old i about 18C pounds, and lh weight of wool of the whole flock would be ahnul pounds each. Many of these sheep are now heint- MnnHuH t n A ., iu t " - . . . . ' '.u.li una ,w Jltiuuva firm ton for the miners. . Lincoi.nsuirfs As the Western part of GrenL lirifnin ia Ltimnd f..r (,..l.n...Uu is the Northeastern esteemed for the heavy wooled and lorge framed Lincolug, to which dsitnct they especially belong, and where for many years they held their own. Tbey, like the Cotswolds, have been improved by an admixture nf I.mVoctur hlnnl Tl, ent improved Lincoln sheep partakes largely or the peculiarities or the Cotswold and Lei cester, having the expansive rraine and nobili ty oroppearance of the one, with the quality of uVsb, compactness of form, beauty of coun tenance, and propensity to fatten of the other ; but they far exceed either io weight of fleece. Three-year olds sometimes weigh 9CJ pounds to the quarter, and yearlings 71 ....nrA l'l- .- L. . .. lamina, i ue weigni oi wool oi an ontira tlock, under fair averuga management, ia about 8J pounds each ; weight of carcass at 28 months 160 pounds. The Lincoln breeders consider tbe mutton excellent, having less fat, and a greater porportion of tiue-grain-ed, lean flesh, thao tbe Leicesters. Tho ewes are good breeders, but, like the Cots wolds aud Leiceatura thw ara nnt .,r,.,,( j ... - suckler. Thb Best Urates. A friend asks ns to give him the names of the best five out-door grapes, as he wishes to commence tbe cultiva tion of this fruit. We would advise hioi however, to defer bis plun'.ing until spring, which we deem much the better season. He must remember that there is a groat diversity opinion as to tbe quality of several vari?ties. Locality and soil bave mucb to do wilb quality of grapes as well as witb pear aod oilier fruit3. Nevertheless, were we obliged to make a selectioo of the grape vines now Tor sale, we would choose the fol lowing : 1. Concord ; 2. Diana ; 3. Alvey ; 4. Taylor's Bullet ; 5. Uarrigues. This lust grape is but little known, though we believe it we originated in Del uw ure county, by Mr. Uarrigue It is a seedling or the Isabella, but superior to it in several particulars ; it ripens eurlier, is less pulpy, and of better flavor. Th?re are other grapes coming into notice, of which we think very highly ; these, among others are tbe Flora aud C'Btherwood, and wilb tbe Alvey, will make a small sensa tion a year or two beoce. If our correspondent is a very yooog man, and will be satisfied with very small grapes, with a big seed and a thick skin, about tbe time bit hair will be getting gray, be may plant tbe Delaware also. Germantown 'J'tU. graph. Boii.kd Wheat for Dessert Pick over and wash a pint of white wheat, boil it four hours, put io salt tbe same as for rice ; refill witb boiling water, if more is needed ; stir often the last half hour, being careful not to let it burn ; cook it dry. Sometimes it looks starchy when dished, but that soon dis appears. Serve hot or cold, with sweet Cream. Tins we think o excellent dessert, aod very fine for invalids. Another very rich dish for dessert can be made of wheat, cooked like the above , then boil a quart of sweet milk, one cup of sugar, one cup oT raisins, currants, or any fruit, (raisins ere preferable,) two beaten eggs ; cook slowly, and stir until it boils ; s rve cold or hot, with out sauce. Or, after tbe wbeut is washed, soak it io warm water over night, keep it wet till lime for use, then simmer the water all out of it ; then add the milk and other ingre dients, and use as ubove. Remedy for Smut in Wheat "An old exper.enced aod reliable farmer" is responsi ble foi the following remedy, (from tbe Ohio Cullioatur,) for smut in wheat : "In old wheat, and on ground ( f stubble,) hicb has beeo clear of smut the present season The theo ry is that smut is caused by uo insect which deposits tbe germ in tbe succeeding crops ; and by keeping the wheat over, the egg is deatrojed. By otticing carefully when the wheal is about half ripe, the smut grains will be found to be full ol nmull insects." LlllINO FOLLOWED BY SoRREL It 18 quite generally the case that a year or two after lime, or plaster io large quantities, has beeo gowo oo land, it produce a beavy growth of gorn-l. "Tbe most effectual way to get rM of it," says a correspondent of the Genesee. Farmer, "is to tow unleached ashes at the rate of two or three btishi-U per acre, witb tbe first grass or clover growu after the D- plicalioo of the lime; aud vlnii sowing phater to mix a small proportion ofuuleacb ed ashes wilb it." Corn and Con M bal A correspondent of tbe Ohio Cultiratur, who bat fed uot leas than 5D00 bushel, most y ground in tlm Little Giant Mill, stales witb groat confi dence hia conclusion that cob meal is tha salest and cheapest feed that is raised 10 Ohio. Cattle that coat him (18 per bead iu the fall, brought him $45 68, after conauming ouiy aooui n oueueig, (u lbs. iu me ear r-s uuauei, ground aud cooked, unudiog cookiug, ba afilrms, double us va'oe, A Surb Remedy tor a Felon pint of common soft soap aod tt slacked lime till it is of tbe coi: glaxiers potty, Mak a leather it wilb tbis compoaitioo, ana in inereio, and a rare is certaia. Tbia it a dooissua ap tea f 7 f y 7 fcooskpr caa apply f'i? (
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