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May 41. JP5.
FRANKLINIIOUSE,
HKDl'ILT AND R F. F U R M S II K D ,
Cor. of Howard and Franklin Street, a few
Squares IVest of the X. C. li. It. Dipnt,
BALTIMORE-
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O. LEISENKLNG, I'ropripthr.
July It, l5! tf From Selms Grove, Fa.
WILLIAM T.. IUMLRI
CH tlKlET SOMERS'
G. SOMERS & SOS,
Importers and Dealers in
Cloths, Cassiraeres, Vestings, Taylors
Trimmings, &c,
No 33 South Fourth Street, lietween Market Anil
Cliesnut Streets, Tbilailelpliia.
Merchants others visitiiiR the city would finJ
It to their ailvintage to give thvm a call anJ ex
iinine their stork.
March 10, 1880
HARDWARE 1 HARDWARE ! !
JUST received l.y A. W. HsHER. at his
Drug Store, Sunbury, Ta.,
SCOOPS. SHOVELS, fOKKS, LO.
. CHAINS!, MILL SA WS, CKOSS-
CL'T SAU'tt.
Al."0, .erews, Butts, Door Kuohs, Thumb
LateheK, ami all hardware necerotry fur buiDiiifr.
A splendid ht of pocket and table cutlery, bcis
oia, (jerman Silver Spoons.
I.OoLllIK (ilaNNCH,
A large stock of Looking (ilaases, received and
for sale by A. W. FISH E it.
Sunbury, July 17, 185S.
J. P. SHINDEL GOBIN,
Attorney Counsellor nl Law
bbtjitbtjr-z-, fa
will attend faithfully to tbe collection of claims
and all professional business in the counties of
Northumberland, Montour, Union and rinydcr.
nunsel given in the Ueitnan lanpusse.
ns" Ollice one door east of the Prothonotary's
oflice.
Sunbury, May 86, I860. ly
THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL.
BROADWAY, CORNKR OF FRANKLIN STRUET
JNTEW -2"ORK CITY,
ffen itiilui'f inentt to Merchant! and Toarittf visitiiif
t-w Vnrk, uiisurjwiut-d hy any llulel in th Metnipoln.
1ir futlt'WitiK re ninnufr; the lactvHiitaKea wlurh it pnuea
K', oimI which will he npprei'inleil hy ull tmveler.
1st. A central lm'iiiii,(-iiivtiiieut t pUieca of buainen,
u well us place of niiiUMemetit.
.(.. tSorupjl"uily rlan, wll furiiilieaj itiinfr rtntnitt,
vith a mngniliceiit liliei I'uilur, C'nuiiMU(iiiig un extru
sive view it IJr.milwny
3d. Iariri; and euperl-ly furnished tittinf rrvnmi. with a
nuixnitimit i'urlor, cwtiiuvitiduig un exu-imive view of
Undv,uy.
4 tli. Ufinc c xulurted on the 1 umtwan plan, visitun
can live in Hie beet atyle, with the greateal ecuiioiuy
S'.h. It is oiiiniei'teil with
Taslor's C'elebraled SalooiiH,
where visitor win Imve their meals, or, tf they desire
they will be riiriiutheil in their own ruins-
flfh. The ih:c served m the hnl.M.ns mid Htel is ao
kuowledgf--! hy ejiieuiea. to be vastly super. t tliat uf
rh other 11'Mel in the eity.
With all these ailnnUii!es. the enst of Ik'ins? in Uie
ItitemnUoiial, is much below that of any ofher firnt class
ll'itel. GliUN k CO., Proprietors.
Autust 4. 1-W1 lv
BLANKS! BLANKS!!
Anew supplv of Summon, Executions.
Warrnnts, Supccnss, Deeds, Mortgages,
i)omls, Leanes, Naturaliaation papers. Justices
mil (Jonsiahli'ii Fee Kills, &c, ic, just printed
4 and for sale at this Ollice.
' Sunbury, April 30, 1859.
SPAI.DINli'B I'repared tilue, and Shelleys Mucilage
Frivs per bottle and hril.h ttS cents.
Cordial liluiir ofCulmya Uaik A Kenziiie, for removing
fiease. KOR B iLE AT THIS OFFICE,
uuhurr, March 17 ISoO
A. NEW LOT OF HARDWARE &. SAD
DLERY. Also, the best assortment of Iron
Nails and Steel to be found in the county, at tbe
Mammoth store of FR1LINU & OA ANT.
Sunbury, June 8, I860.
SKELETON BKIRT8-
AT the Mammoth Store will be found
Tery large assortment of Skeleton Skirt
from (even boopi up to thirty.
Oct. 6. 1HG0. FU1L1NO 4 GRANT.
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O YE LOVERS OF SOUP! Afresh
supply uf Macaroni and Confectionery at
t KIL1AU & U KAN To,
Sunbury, June 2, I MHO.
IT is important to tha to know that
Frilinv Sr. i rant tiavA tha Ki.t I.ha.1
assortment of Dress Goods iu the ceunly
eunoury, June , IHOU.
A FRESH SUPPLY OF DRUGS at the
ffl Ms id moth Store. Also, si new lot of xaKWm
uuuiry, Boaps and Fancy Article. Very cheap.
KRII.IM1 X, OH N'T
Sunbury, May 88,1860.
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JATENT BRiri ANIA STOPPEKe) fa
bar bottles far eale by
H. R MASSER.
T? AR Iron, Steel. NaUs, Picks, Urub-Hoae and
Muua Hammers, el low prices.
BKKJH T 4 BON.
Sunbuiy, June 13, lu.
reeled rfocirgs
From the North Carolina Standard.
DISSOLVE TIIE UNION.
Dissolve Uie Union I Who would part
Tha chain that hinds us heart to heart f
Each link wag forced by aainted sires,
Amid th Revolution's fire :
And cnnl'd oh, where so rich a floor!
In Warren's end Id Sutnpter's blood I
Piasolve the Union ! Be like Fra,nrp,
When "Terror'' rear'd ber bloody laoce,
And mao became dpgtrnctinn'g child,
And woman in her passions wild,
Danced in the Ufa blood of ber queen,
Heforo tbe dreadful gtiilotine I
Dissolve the Union ! Ttnll away
The Spangled rUtt" of (ilory'e day j
Hint out tht history of tbe brave.
And desecrate each Patriot's prove,
And then above ttin wreck of years,
CJnnlfan eternity of of tears I
Dissolve the Union ! Can it be.
That they who apeak nuch words are free j
Groat God ! did any die to nave
Surh gnrdia wretches from the crave
When brpHflt to breast, and band to band,
Our 1'utriut fathers freed the land ?
Dissole the Union! Ho! Forhcar!
The sword of Pnmnclpa j, tlipre ;
Cut but a hair, and earth ahull know
A darker, deadlier tale of woe
Than History's crimson tale has told,
Since Nero's car in blond e'er roll'd.
Dissolve the Union I Spenk ! ye bills,
Ye everlasting mountains cry:
Shriek oot I ye strpams and mingling rills
And ocean ronr in aenny J
Dead hproes ! leap from Glory's sod !
And shield the manor ofyonr blood 1
From the N-w Oilcans Hunilay Drlta
THE MAN WITH TIIE BLUE UM
BRELLA.
It wna not Paul Pry, this man with tbe
blue umbruHu. Tall, finely formed, with a
pleosaut ee, and buir tossed back from
forehead browned by anient suns and shaded
by gome sorrow, be auddenly appeared on.
day in onr vill.io, when a eumtner ghowur
bud come op aud wag deluging the streets.
Tbe expression of bis countenance was anx
ious ; aud there was a questioning lift abuul
the eyelids, with a blight despondfng curve at
tbe corners of the mouth. Altogether, be
reminded one some way of one of those adver
tisements which appeur in the daily papers,
headed "Lost." There wus such a sugges
liveupss to bu tuarcbed for some treasure
gone.
The gay shop windows with their prints and
gorgeous flannels the tall church spire just
nuished, and intuudeil to "point a moral" for
every eye tbat sought its summit the pretty
cottages with their white clapboards an J cool
greeu blinds had no attractions whatever
for tbe uiuo with the blue umbrella. Down
Gray street and up Drown, through Yellow
aveuoe aud so on through Lune, be made bis
way till be disappeuied among the cluster of
bumble tenements to let, dowD near the river.
A stranger in a country towo is publio
property always. Tbe vexa'.ion experienced
at not knowing "the truth, the whole truth,"
concerning him, is readily compensated by
imagining a great deal uioie than the troth
ever contuiued. Every surmise was greatly
aggravated aud exaggerated, from the hot
tbat the stranger bad not been known to ex
change a syllable with any person since bis
sudden advent upen our streets ; and be might
have dropped from the clouds witb tbe first
great drops of that heavy shower, briuging a
sample 61 bine sky along for an umbrella, for
aught anybody positively knew to the con
trary. Aud what conld bo want down among
those tenements to let t Nubudy lived there
likely to interest a man of bis appearance.
The only person with Boy claim to respecta
bility, aud ber's was doubtful, was a young,
pale-cheeked womun, who some time ago
came quietly among us, and solicited sucb
bits of embroidery as the ladies might have
to put out. There was a mystery about ber
and a mystery about a woman is always a
relmke. Her work always came punctually
home, and not a fault could bu fouud with it.
Ifutiy one wondered whether she brought
sighs or tears witb ber delicate vinos or teu
dnls, their curiosity was never satisfied s for
ber sad gray eyes told no tule, and ber com
pressed lips guarded her secrets well.
She sal at borne all this summer day,
plying ber needle and thread, uutil the rain,
puttering upon the wevnvealeu window sill,
drew ber attention from ber work. She
glanced at the clouds then, and after watch
ing tbem awhile, leaned bur bead upon her
baud, aud areamed over a day-dreum which
came to ber ufleu now ; aud which she could
wake from without annoyance, for she was
very suie it would come to ber again.
She saw herself a elud hearted girl tbe
pride of an iudulgeut father's bouse ; her sole
rival ib tbat father's love, one ouly brother,
younger than herself, but borne she loved
witb a devotion which all big follies and fits
of evil temper (set down by tbe lather as tbe
sowing of wild oats) could not alienate.
They bad been left motherless at au age
when children miss a mother least and need
ber guidance most. Left to hired nurses,
who iu turn left them to themselves, tbe boy
aud girl grew op willful and headstrong
their only mutual ground their mutual love,
which, witb Clare, was pure and devoted j
witb Graham, tinctured with tbat selfishness
which clings closer to boys under sucb a sys
tem to tutelage than girls. And this waa
all in the home of neb John Boyd, iu merry,
merry England, many years ago.
Hut tbe pale-cheeked woman's day-dream,
dreamed iu one o( those scorned tenements
to let, while tbe summer rain came down, was
not broken yet. She remembered ber manly
cousin George, who came down from
shire one pleasant spring to visit ber father
George Meyers, who, after the first week,
f ave up the exciting chase, tbe many plans
aid out to Graham to share, and devoted
himself wholly to bis Cousin Clare, till be
was merged in tbe lover, and bis appeal to
ber father was met with a burst or stormy
invective, ilow vividly she remembered the
moon-rise in tbe evening of tbat same day,
bea she stole out to tbe park to bi fare
well forever to tbe man her strong Datura
would cling too always with an ondyiog love.
Tbe intended parting eodui) as many another
before and siuce bas ended. "Why," George
orged, -should they yield op their lifelong
bapp.Dete to the whim of ao old man who
had out lived bis routh aod tbe memory of its
passions and Its hopes? Why should they
in spriog-ttaie brui m their breaste tb
blight t)f auU'i u? Why ,1, M tb.y prt,
since existence henceforth could he nothing
without one another t True he was not
rich ; bet what man was poor with youtb io
his heart and health in bis reins? No.no;
tbey would live, they would love, they would
wed!"
Ere the moon went down tbat night many
a mile lay between Clara aod the bouse of
her father. Tbe sunshine saw her George
Meyer's wife. Tbey did not brave the storm
tbey knew was raging io John Boyd's heart,
but tbey felt its fnsy wherever they turned
their wandering steps. 1'be young bosband
found that youtb in bis beartand health io
his veins were fragile weapone to foil sucb in
fluence as John Doyd could exercise, and
disappointment met him at every torn ; and
the fires of anger began to kindle in his
breast toward the father who could thus
subject to privation and misery the Clare
who was hie daughter still, albeit George
Meyer's wife. Tbe only gleam in their
cloudy sky was tbe adherence of Graham
through all things. He visited them wher
ever tbey wandered ; bnt be never failed to
bring accounts of bis father's continued
anger and threat of unmitigated Vengeance,
From bis conversation, Clare learned lliut
ber brother's course was wilder tban ever be
fore, and tbat his companions were such as
would, one of these days, bring a deeper sor
row to ber father's soul than she had ever
done. Io vain she expostulated. What wag
It to him that be waa a sole link left in the
old home between bis father's yooth and old
age 1 lie roust sow bis wild oats, be said,
aud the time was not yet come for bins to
dash away the cup of pleasure from his lips.
Nuy, be would drink the wine of life while it
lasted, its lees would reacb bira soon enough.
After repeated struggles to sustain bis wife
in a manner suited to ber former station,
George, at last despuring and discouraged,
accepted the position of lodge-keeper on ao
estate adjoining that of his obdurate father-in-law.
If he dreamed of reaching his heart
through bis pride, be fuiled signally lor
John Hoyd's nature wag all pride : his heart
only a necessary machiue to tbe maintenance
of that characteristic.
Clare found one comfort in ber position.
She could ruam io her father's park, revisit
the huunts of ber free aDd gladeoaie girl
hood, and bere, often joined by ber brother,
could not have forgotten, bad she chosen to
forget, t e step which bad ex led ber from
tbe untrammeled enjoyment of these scenes.
From sentences let drop by Graham re
cently, Clara grew fearful that ber father
bad reetncted biui in his allowance of funds ;
aud knowing ber brother's desperate nature,
dreaded lest be should resort to cards or
other means of keeping himself snpplied
with money. Tbe bead keeper of bis futber's
premises had biuted to George that Graham
was leading a headlong course, and threw
out insinuations that should be detect and
tuke into custody the poacher or poachers
who bad recently annoyed bis master so
much by carrying oO' bis pheasauts end
other game, that the old gentleman would
regret he bud uot let tbe rogoe escape. At
this Clara turned deadly pule and exchanged
a glance with ber husband a glance which
. the Dead keeper remembered well afterward,
j A few evenings after this George was re
; torning from a neighbor's estate, where he
, bad been to reclaim a gun lent some time
j before, aad in order to shorten tbe distance
leaped tbe pulling which enclosed bis father
j in-law'g ground, and was hurrying on through
the narrow path, when tbe bead keeper sud
denly stepped Irom behind a tree end con
I fronted him. George recoiled at first, for be
bad thought it was John hoyd, and be had
no desire to meet bim anywhere, much less
upon bis own ground- lie held out bis hand
to tbti keeper witb a sense of relief ; nor no
ticed the keen look witb which the other re
garded bim, nor the thoughtful expression of
his countenance as be attended him to the
last stile dividing bim from bis borne end saw
bim safely over it.
Several nights after this, George was sent
for to set op with a corpse, aud Clare remain
ed eloue. She watched ber husband as far
as she could see bim, with tbat dim and unde
fined presentiment of evil which every wo
man who bus lived and loved bas experienced
at some time. Tbe night was cloudy aud
dark, a high wind rising, and tbe agitation of
the outer world but served to increase tLut
in Clara's own breast. She tossed restlessly
upon ber pillow, and day bad not yet dawned
when sbe burned on her clothes, and think
ing to meet George returning, went out
through the lodge gate, climed be style, aud
struck into that path ou ber futber's estate
which she fancied George would tuke in ro
tating to her. Sbe bad gone but a few
steps, when tbe crackling of twigs, as if
crushed by a buinuu foot, attracted ber at
tention ; then followed a shot, instantly suc
ceeded by a dull clump, as a pheasant fell to
tbe ground. Tuen another guu was discbar
ed, und still another, and a lull which Clure
kuew was not the fall of a pheasant, for it
was accompanied by a man's deep groan.
Clare rushed forward in tbe direction of the
tiring, and came suddenly io view of a pros
trate and lifeless form extended on the ground
aud recognized it as ber father's- Over bim,
with pule and frenzied feature, bent a face
she kuew too well : a face marked bere and
there witb bis victim's blood, aod the band
be was slowly withdrawing trom tbo dead
uiau'g beart was gory I Tbe murderer lilted
bis eyes tbey met those of Clare; but the
next instant she was gone without a word,
und she was prone to believe it was but a
vision of ber excited fancy.
Ao bour afterwards, as Clare sat io a sort
of dull misery io ber room, a Knock startled
ber, and tbe bead keeper came in. Clare's
face could oot grow any paler, but it seemed
to ber, ber beart was turuing while.
"I have bad news for yon," the man said
pityingly as be saw Clare's quivering lip. "I
don't knew bow it was, tbe master last night
insisted en taking my place ; end toward
morning, as be was going the rounds, be wa
shot, ma'am shot dead I I hurried on as
soon as I beard tbe firing, bnt the master
was still and cool quite gone. YouuMr.
George was a beodiug over bim, ma'um, qoile
pale and frightened like, bis own guu dis
charged beside bim, and a dead pbeasaut not
far off. We took bim into austody, aud be
is now lodged io jail. I dr- aded this job of
telliog you, ma'am, but couldn't get rid on't
no way."
"You did oot say any luiband.'" Clare
burst forth : "yon are mistaken it was oot
him. Ob 1 cao prove it was oot bim."
"I hope you cao, ma'am, sure I do ; but
everytbiog tends agin bim uow. There was
bis owo gun, with bis name oo tbe lock, close
by for oo thing."
Sb shivered : for she knew to whom, with
out ber husband's knowledge, sbe bad lent
lbs fowling piece only a few oigbt's before.
8b sank back breathless upon her chain
aod, a the keeper went oat, fell into a deep
stupor, from which she was aroused by some
oo bathing her lips and temples. She
opened ber ayes epoo ber brother's face. It
rl aod aexioes, aod sympathizing. 1
-.i i sluiok from br wistful glance.
"This Is terrible business, Clare," be said
to her, kissing her tenderly.
"And George! Graham, he shall not
suffer for ." She stopped, and what she
might have said was lost io a burst of reliev
ing tears.
'He shall not suffer' if we can help him,"
Graham answered, gently. "Calm yourself
now, and read this note he hue sent you."
"Did he send it by you t llve ym looked
Opnn him in prison ?" Clare cried with a be.
wildering look.
"As goon as 1 heard of his arrest I flew to
him," was Gruham'g quiet answer.
Clare sank back upon her pillow, and read
the hastily scrawled lines her brother had
thrust lulo her hands :
"Dkar Ci.arr Do not he cast down. I
am in prison, but you urely know I am not
guilty of this awful crime. 1 woa returning
to yon in the grey of tha morning:. 1 took
the fatal patb which led me directly tn your
father's dead body. I knelt aod placed my
bund npoo his heart, and, es 1 did so. wag
discovered there by the keeper and two of his
men I Appearanceg are against me; but
never, in my biltirest moment wag I guilty,
even in the thought of such a deed. Can ynu
remember who borrowed my gun after I car
ried it home from Norton's? It wag found
upon the spot. Yon see how important it is
for me to have this bit of evidence cleared
away."
Clure witb trembling lips, read this oloud
to Gruhatli.
"You do not remetnbar who borrowed the
gun, do you ?''
"1 do, distinctly," Clare said, fixing her
searching eyes upoti the culm face neas her.
Graham rose and walked to tbe window.
There wus a long painful silence, which wag
not broken till the door closed behind tho
young man's retreating form.
Upon Georgn'g trial, evi ry bit of evidence
turned against bim; The speaker spoke of
the rcceiit snneyance from the poaehers ; bis
having mot George once or twice iu the park
with that selfsame gun in his hands ; the
well known fued existing between the accused
and deceased ; his being found, pale and
bloody, beading over the corpse, his fowling
piece discharged beside him. Then came
the evidence uf the ninn w itb whose brother's
corpse he bad watched tbat night, showing
at what time be left the house and thut, at
the usual pace of a man, be would have reach
ed the fatal spot about the very time the
tiring was bcurd.
'J ben Clure was called upoo t!ie stand. It
had been positively denied by George's coun
sel that he had the gun for several nights
before the murder. CUre was expected to
show who had borrowed ber Lusbuud's gun in
the meantime. She took her pluce without
glancing at George, with whom she had not
beeo allowed the least intercourse since his
incarceration ; bnt the eyes turned involun
tarily to a distant corner of the court room,
w here her brother's eyes looked at ber from
a face blanched to deathly paleness and wan
from fearful anxiety.
Clare could tell uotliing. If she knew who
borrowed the fowling piece, the terrible shock
she hud endured bad driven tbe circumstance
wholly from ber recollection. Sbe bad nut
noticed the gun siuce tbe night her bnsbuud
had brungbl it home from Norton's and hung
il in its accustomed pluce.
A death like silence reigned as she sat
down, end Clare saw two Humes of crimson
shooting up over ber brother's pule cheeks as
you have seen the red aurora boreulis streak
the white northern sky.
She turned then to ber husband. Ilis eyes
were fixed upon ber with a wild, doubting
expression in them, lighted by the veiy depth
ol despair. She sewuied to feel that a gulf
bad suddenly yawned bulweeu thorn. She
stretched upon her arms to him, shrieked out
his nntne, aud fell inanimate to the floor,
When she recoved her senses, she saw no
familiar object. There was tbe sound of
rushing waters end the tread of many feet.
she sprang to tbe lljwr, opened tbe door and
looked out. She was on board a vessel.
"Whither bound?" she asked iu dreamy
tones, of some one uear her.
"For America," was tbe quiet response.
The captaiu, at that nuinieut observing ber
stepped forward and placed a note ia her
bands. "Your brother ordered every comfort
and attention for you, iiiis.h," he said ; "and
I hope you will make free to ask for whatever
you wish during the voyage."
Clure mechauically read tbe papers thus
thrust inte ber hands. "1 will explain oil to
George," it said. "He is Condemned, but be
shall not die ! I will move heaven and earth
but he thull be saved. This, though, is uo
longer the land for you. 1 might have gone,
you 8y, iustead of ynu. Oh, no ! tori cun
save aud you could not. God bless you !
forever bless yon, Clorn !"
Ob, tha agony of those loop, long days !
What would her busbaud think of her? llud
she not read his glance, which told ho kuew
she had suppressed tho troth which might
have saved bim? Did bo not look upon her,
the wile of his bosom, as his betrayer ? Would
be oot curse her for ber cruel desertion ?
Could she trust the brother who bad taken
advantage cf her insesibility to tear her, per
haps forever, from ber husband's sight, to ex
plain everything to him as be bad promised ?
Could he, would be really save, as be so con
fidently averred be would ? Torn by these
contacting doubts and fears, tbe weary days
at sea weut by for Clare like a slow proces
sion of chained convicts ; aud when, at last,
lauded in New York, the great city was a
burror to her, end she fted away from its be
wilderiug sights and sound, and buried her-
eelf in a quiet country village, selecting sucb
shelter as ber sleuder purse could pay fur.
This was the history which, day by day,
the pulu-cbeeked woman, down iu one of those
tenements to let, conned over und ever agaiu
Uow bitterly sbe accused herself; bow sbe
puudered and poudered, dreamed out results
wbicb sbe knew were vain, and indulged her
self with hopes sbe dared not cherish. Wea
rily d)d aha work, determined to go back to
the sceue of all brtr misery, to learn the end
and be relieved of Ibis frightful load of sus
pense. Sbe had no news from her brother,
and she must believe ber letters never tacbd
their destination, or were never answered.
So sbe mused tbis summer day, witb tbe rain
falling down, while ber bead was oo ber
band and a bitter s'.gh burst from ber com
pressed lips.
"Clare I" a voice said, close to her a voice
full of holy joy aod rapture "Clare look
up!"
Sbe did look up. Outside tbe low, little
window, stood the man witb the blue um
brella. Clare did not screen or faint away. She
pressed ber band very hard upon ber heart,
and gave a recoiling spring from ber chair.
The next inetaul tbe blue umbrella closed,
end, witb its owner, sprang into lb little
room.
Clara stood lilt eae- transfixed only a
pleadiug look about tbe eyes aod quiver
about tbe pale lips.
Tbe mao approached and opened his arms
"Clare, sny poor, suffering, persecuted wife
aw not welcome, tbea ?"
Oh ! how the cotes of tbe woman's sou!
flew open then how the pent-up grief of
'uiibuo jjuureu loriu, suutviug tun biioi, p." 1
ih form with a force which brought pitying
tears even to tbe eyes of the husband.
"Andyvu forgive me all, George? Yoa
have sought me ont you love me still ?"
"Forgive yon, Clure ? Was 1 not the first
grief you ever knew the thorn in jour path ?
Did I not blight your happy girlhood with
serpent presence In your Eden I, who could
give you only love iu return for all yon gave
up tor me T Yv hen I come to know oil tlitl I
not rend the struggle you endured between
the love which had grown with your growth,
for an only brother, aud a husband who after
all wu.i, as it were, but a stranger of an hour
who hud deprived that brother of your sis
terly influence, but for which this last great
misery might never have come about ? For
give you ! oh, ('tare ! a thousand times yea ;
and for months I have sought you everywhere.
To-day, when I saw the shower coming up, I
stopped at a ceuntry inn for shelter. There
I drew forth your miniature, and, as it lay I
before me, the landlord saw it and exclaimed:
'1 know a lady who looks just like that
She nursed my brother's little boy through a
fit of sickness lately," Then I felt that my
pilgrimage was ever. I received explicit di
rections bs to your whereabouts, ond as the
storm burst overhead for tbe first tune in
weary months."
"And Graham?"
"lie used every effort to effect my escape,
but failed signally ? His wild career contin
ued, with only tho one apparently steady
resolve to soften its reckleness, tbe hopn cf
savang me. lie finally, at some orgy, insulted
a young captain in the army. He wag chal
lenge;) ; he fought and fell. The last act of
his existence wag to reveul the spring of a
6ccret drawer which rontaioed his confession,
and made me a free man. Your father's
property reverted to you. Yon have only to
jirove the identity and claim it tbo-jgh Eng
land, Clare, can he no home for us I"
The next doy the embroideress was gone
from our little town. Every one was asking
bnt nobody know, witb whom sbo bad taken
her departure. Only one fuel was ascertain
ed, which wus, that it was with tub un with
TUB JILfE l.MHRKt.LA.
Ifl'tsccIIaiKous.
EXTKAC'RMI ART I'lIKNOMKN A IN BoRIMrl
fok Oil. in Ca.nada A number of residents
of Michigan went over to Sonibra, C. W., in
the early part of October, and commenced
boring some fifteen or twenty feet from a
creek, ondbr the beiiel that oil would be found,
and on the 17th of the month, when they bud
got down about fifty-seveu leet, tbey struck a
vein of gag.
On removing their anger, which was sev
eral feet in diameter, the gas rushed with
great force from the aperature, and continued
to throw up dry sand for an hour. It then
ceased, ond the boring wus resumed ; but es
soon as tbis was done, the gas again rushed
up with such violence as to throw the drill
a piece of iron one and a half inches iu diame
ter, eight feet long aud weighing fitly pounds
clean cut of the bole, and it conliuued to
discharge gravel, water and stones, some of
tbe latter weighiug tweuty-five pounds, np
into the air a distance of one hundred feet.
The stream widened out tn the diameter of
a barrel after leaving the hole, and the quan
tity was to ruise the creek considerable above
its ordinary level, though it is bere above
twenty five Cet wide.. After the flow of
water subsided, the gas was fired, aod an
explosion took place which shosk tbe ground
for half a mile, end t lieu continued to send up
e sheet of flame as high cs the water bad
previously gone. The flume could be seen
tor miles, and was ultimately extioguisbed
with great difficulty. It is thought that tbe
oil, spring, fur such it has proved to be, will
be one of the best in the eountry.
A Monster Rivkr The Mississippi River
extends '2100 miles from the frozen regions of
the North to the sunny Sonth, and with tbe
Missouri River, is 4T00 miles in length. It
would reach from New York across tbe
Atlantic Ocean, or from Frace to Turkey
and the Caspian Sea. "Its average depth is
fifty feet. The floods are more tban a month
traveling from its source to its delta. Tbe
trappers cao exchange the forg of animals
caught by them ou the Upper Mississippi for
the trepicul fruit, gathered ou tbe banks be
low. The total vultm uf steamers afloat or. the
river and its tributaries is more than SCO,
UIIO.OHO. nnmbering 10(10 boats, with mom
than twice the steamboat tonnage of Eog
land. It drains an area of 1,-00,000 square
miles, and was lies the shores of twelve now
ful Stutes. In one reservoir at Lake
Pepio, between Wisconsin and Minnesota,
2500 miles from the sea, the ouives of the
world might ride at anchor.
A Woman Kiilko hy a Pakthkr Par
don cihaw, of Lanesboro', N. Y., beard
screaniB on Mooday and Tuesday, which
be attributed to a panther, and ou Wednes
day he armed and equipped himself for a
grand bunt, beiug joined by his sons. At
the bottom, of a steep declivity they found
the body of a woman with her dress torn, her
face knawed, blood spots around, and marks
of a severo death struggle. The corps was
recognized as that of Matilda Dedouaogb, of
Stepbentown, N. Y , a semipaoper ol weak
intellect, some 2a years old.
Prentice propose! the following method of
"saviuc tbe Cnioo : lie reccommenas mat
Union men of both Houses withdraw and the
remainder assemble ic the Hall of Kepre
sentalivea, provided with ao ample supply of
,nl.4 II. . n.knn 'f 1,,lla ruvnlvers HnwiA Ifnivpa
V.I l It uuuiuuu, - -
aod Joba Drown pikes. . Lock tbe doors aod
let 'em fight. He who commits the most
havoa will be tbe greatest benefactor to his
coootry. The sole survivor to be dubbed
Champion of America, aod to be pensioned
for life.
A crooked gentleman, oo bis arrival at
Hath, was asked by another what plaee be
hod traveled from ? "1 came straight from
London." replied he. "Did you so ?" said the
other, "Then you bav beeu terribly warped
by the way 1"
Io Providence U. I., one hundred and Ave
persons or seventy years and upwards died
during the year IBM. On of these was 101,
one was 100, sixteen above 90, twenty two
above 60. and sixty-two 70. aod upwards, lo
various other parts or these States eight
nsrsons bav died or the respective age of
104. 105,111. 119. 120. 125. 137. 135.
E. B. Wrd. the Npoleoo or lake steam
boat owner, write to the Detroit Advtrii-
ter tbat he bs iron tufficieut for 'CO cannon,
and 20.000 tttnd of rifles, wbicb be will tell
to tbe Stat or Michigan oo twenty years'
time, if tbey will muk it up io gun to pre-
letf lb Union.
A sleigh-ride in Pari is an unwonted oc
currence, but tho denizens had an opportuni
ty a few weeks ago lo enjoy it. The Empe
ror and Empress rode in au American sleigh,
behind two gigantic and beautiful American
b usages.
A Coi lkor von Giriji There is a bill be
fore the New York Legislature to incorpo
rate a College at Poughkeepsie, exclusively
for young women. It is to bo endowed to.
the amount nf g-IOO.OOO by Mr. VaRsar of
that pluce, ond will take its name from bim.
A fellow went into a etnre at Troy, on
Saturday eveninc. and reonested tn have his
cup filled with molasses, as it was for a wager, i
wnun me mil cap wus banded to him, he
complained that it. wag musty when the
Rrocer went to smell it, the thief dashed it ic
his face rendering him bliud. aud then rob.
bed the till of (J.
Io the city of Canton China, there iB on an
average about 5,000 suicides every year.
I.ote accounts from Aostralia sav that one
of the natives who had just died there wag
4'JU year old.
.There is a girl of twenty one, in the prison
at Morgantown, Ya , who has become hope,
lesaly insane, from inordinate nse of tobacco.
) o t t r j
The battle alluded to in tbe following, and
which knocks all the combats of the Ilomio
heroes, not to mention tbe nsual exp'loits of
P. R , into a cocked hat took place between
the celebrated "Tuscaloosa Sam" and another
fighting man whom lie bad affectionately in
vited to take a turn wito him in a quiet way.
It bus always since been known as
THE GREAT ARKANSAS FIOFIT
Tbey clinched like two rampagioas bars,
And each ftll on bis sit :
They swore a stream of six inch oaths,
And fit, and fit and fit.
The stranger snapped at Sammy's nose
And shortened it a bit,
And then tbey both wore awful hard,
And fit, and fit, aod fit'
The mud it flew, the sky grew dark,
And all the litenitis lit ;
Hut atill them critters rolled about,
And fit, and fit, and fit.
First Sam on top, then t'otber chap;
When one would make a bit.
Tbe other'd smell tbe grass ; aod so
They fit, and fit, and fit.
The night tame on, the stars shone oot,
As bright bs wimmin's wit ;
And still them fellers swore and gouged,
Aod fit, aod fit, aod fit.
Tbe neighbors heard the roar they made,
And thooght an earthquake lit ;
Yet all the while 'twas bim aud Sum
As fit, and fit, and fit.
For miles around the noise wag heard,
Folks couldu't sleep a bit.
Because them two ratilankerous chaps
Still fit, and fit, and 1.
Tbe result was that when tbe poet and
the "old man" went out the next morning
"We fouud to our surprise
Two quarts of buttons, two big knives,
Some wbiskeis, and four eyes."
Janiws' jjpcparlmcnt.
Cultivation of the Cranberry.
From the (Jermautowa Telegraph
Mr. Editor, In compliance witb your
request to furnish yon with a cranberry arti
cle, the following is at your disposal :
A long series of experiment and close ob
servation, have established some points which
ia is absolutely necessary should not be over
looked by any one entering into tbe business
of raising cranberries.
Ibis vine might also be called a marine
plant, so great is its love for water, and so
soon ooes u periou wueu aeprivea ol a lull
supply oi tuis us necessary aument.
1 be first aod most important point, is ta
select a piece of ground wbicb is always
moist, eveu in tbe severest jummer droogbls '
end if it has a stream running through it
which could be dammud, and in which you
could place a small draw gate, io order to
flood or drain at pleasure, so much the
belter. Stuguant water will soon kill the
vines ; consequently ponds or puddles having
no outlet or current, should be avoided.
Kecoodly. Having selected a spot as de
scribed, unless Ibe soil be nearly a pure sand
ot peat, it will be necessary to remove the
enure surface to the depth of several inches ;
or, if preferred, to cover the existiog soil to
Ibe duplb ot tnree mcnes wun eitnersand or
peat. Any attempts to raise cranberries
upon a clay soil must prove futile; tbey may
be raised upon gaudy loam, but the poorer
Ibe better, for Ibe presence or either animal
or vegetable mailer io the soil produces a
redundancy of vine, but ao almost entire
failure of btrriei.
Thirdly. It is very necessary, after having
set out the vices, that tbey should be kept
clean from weeds aud glass for the first two
years; afler wbicb tbey well so completely
cover tbe ground as lo require uo larlher
attention on tbat source. .
Fourthly. Be very careful in your selec
tion of vines for planting, otherwise you uiuy
bave a flourishing growth, but no fruit.
None but oua experienced in the cultivation
of the crauberry.can select lb healthy or
beariug from tbe unhealthy or barren vines ;
especially as tbe I utter bave much tbe most
attractive appearauce, being stronger aod
greener than tha fruitful vines. To accom
plish tbis, it will be oecassary either to select
from a yard which vo bave seen iu good
bearing, or to bay of a dealer iu whom you
can place implicit confidence.
Tbe cranberry win is very bardy. and when
once fairly rooled, needs but little farther at
tention. It maouer of growth, starting from
the root, is to throw out a ruuner of Irom two
to five feet ; from this springs upright stums
or shoots uf from four to six inches iu l oib
on which are borue Hie berries. With eich
succeeding season these runners extend iu
length, producing, new uprights the stems
of Ibe previous year iucreusiug io length aud
continuing io bearing, until tbe giouud i j
entirely covered or snuffed, a it is technically
termed.
Like all other plant, the erauberry is list
blelo tbe attacks of certain insects, which
either injure lb vine or destroy tbe berry.
l b twta attack to aw growio at or aooui
tba lime f blossoming; it doe not attack
the old growth, but commence at the bas
of lb new aod work upwards. It presence
is at once kuown by the appearance of a fioe
web which encircle tb apper portioo or tbo
plant. Tb fruit worm is lbs most dssituo-
tive making its attack on the berry about
the last of July, or beginning of August
I be only remedy known lo save the vines
Trorn these two insects is flooding, and with
out facilities for this, the grower will suffer
severely.
Tho crop ig gathered aboot the first nf
Oetober, when the berry is fully ripe, eqd
belnre it hag been touched by severe frosts.
Hand picking is generally done by women
aud children, but it jg both tedious and ex.
pensive ; end where a large yard is to be
gone over, ont of the question. Raking or
ocooping me eerrieg is decidedly the most
expeditinui manner, although it is objected
to by gome as beinu destrueLivH in Hi tf i ii a a
1 big may be obviated by raking alwnyg in one
direction, and will also be of some advantage
hy thinning out the vines when they become
too densely matted.
Any estimate as lo the cost of putting in
an acre of cranberries, must of course depend
upon the locality of the place, aod the facili
ties which the neighborhood BtTorda for nrn.
curing vines, lobor, seed, Ac. ; consequently
it would be almost useless to give the expeu-
seg attendant oo reclaiming swamp lunds, or
: irrigating dry localities ; each farmer it is
premiued being as well posted np as the
writer.
In tbe locality from which I write, in Bar
lington courty N. J., which seems to have
been intended by nature for tbe cultivation of
this berry, end where the wild vines are found
growing on all tbe low grounds, producing
berries as fioe in appearance and superior in
flavor to the best cultivated berries grown iu
Massachasetts the cost of briogitig an acre
into cranberries may be reckoned as follows :
j.ano per acre, $20
Clearing and turfing,
Vines.
Cultivation,
Total,
7
10
02
it in n 0 n s
An Orioinai There is out iu Arkansas,
at Fort Smith a funoy fellow by the name or
Bright, over whose droll advertisements we
bove enjoyed a laugh.
Fundamental Principle Bacon, beans,
corn, rice, meal, sugar, coffee, molasses, and
strap iron, now on bond. De Oderlzed Cod
fish and beautiful unsophisticated mackerel,
taken during their kitleuhood, und of course
very tender, fat, and good.
Dom Viviamns Viviamus ! Signifies treat
yourself to Chesapeak Buy oysters, highfuln
tin clams, ond lantern-jawed lobtterg, aud
keep them fed with ketchup, pickles, ganres,
fresh peaches, raisins, prunes, figs, and Ep
som salts.
Lubricatives ! Lard oil, linseed oil, lisir
oil, bears oil, tanner's oil, aod tbe oil of glad
ness. Pjows A very Peoria root-ripping, sod
ripping and ground-tearing plow, warranted
to upset tbe holder over a six feet rail fence
about dinner time, thus saving tbe expenso
of a watch.
Like Yourself. la a Scotch parish there
was an ancient of the name of Sanders, whose
wit was reputed to be very sharp. Tbe lain
who was also a wag, met bitn one dBy, driving
a pig to market. "Weel, Sanders," quoth ha
"ye're driving yoar kizztn (cousin) to the
market."
"Na, oa, laird ; he's jilt an old
acquaint-
ance like yoursel."
A cat caught a sparrow, and was about to
devour it, but tbe sparrow said "No gen
tleman eats till be washes his face." The
cat struck witb tbis remark, set tha spcrrow
down, and began to wash his face with bis
paw, bnt the sparrow flew away. This vexed
puss exiromely, aud he eaid,"As long as I
live I will eat first and wash my face after
ward" which all cats do even to tbis day.
Tub Fi-our Alls. Io olden times there
used to be a famous tavern in England, uni
versally known throughout the kingdom m
tne I our Alls, on account of tbe bouiely dis-
I play of a great political truth oo its swinging
j sign-board. It bore the picture of a king, a
; priest, a soldier, and a farmer. Out of the
month of each were the words : Says tht
king, "I govern all." The priest, holding u
his uanda, and rolling np the whites of tm
sleepy eyes, says. "1 pray for all." Tbe sol
dier, cocking a huge gun, says, "I fight fu
all." Lastly, in oua corner stands the furmei
the most honest looking of tbe group, pullin
a purse reluctantly out of his pocket, und h
exclaims, "I pay for all I"
Samuel Rodger said "Those who go t
heaven will be very much surprised at tb
people tbey find there and very much su
prised at those tbey do not find there."
"I cannot!" is often a gentleman; whi
"I'll see" is generally a sueak. Very fe
who promise to "see" ever mean what thi
promise. It is a way the heurtlees have
evading a duty.
A oenti.fmah said to bis friend the oth
day, "How do you like tbe new minister
He replied, "First rale; he never nieddl
with politics nor religion."
An exchange thus pathetically describ
the faiuting of a young lady :
"Down fell the lovely maiden,
Just like a slaughtered lamb ;
Her hair hung round her pallid cheeks,
Like sea weeds round a clam."
An Ehypti n Daimv Mrs. Romee,
her Pilgrimage, speaks of '.he way in b
they cook a toikey io Egypt: "J ue
lusted a better turkey tban be gave us, a
upon complimenting bim ou its great deli
cy, I learned from him the Egyptian secret
reudering the flesb pur'.icufarly teoder. II
an bour before the bird is killed, a glust
brandy is poured down its throat, wbicb f
duces intoxication, and the flsb or tbe tl
turkey acquires a tenderness superior to I
wbicb is produced even by long keeping.
Man, anatomists says, changes entit
every seven year "Therefore," says
inimitable Joneu. "my tailor should uot
miud me of the bill I contracted io 1852.
ain't the uin.
An inventive Y'-iukee Iu produced
apparatus which he say is cure forscor
He fusteus upou me iimum nm yvr
tube leading to the tympanum or ibe
Whenever the suorer snores, oa Dim
reives the Cist iuioreniou, bnd bow e
greeable il is, and, f court, reforms.
You want nothing, do yoa ?" said Pi
an' if it's nothing you want, you'll bud
tb jug where tbe wbi.key was."
Parson Brownlow, of the Rooxvill 1!
speaking of tb forced loaa in South Caro
says :
"Tb Palmetto Stale is ia tb condi'.ic
tha fellow who taid, "It i no' biiia to
married, but it is k I to ktp bouee."