dot ir SERIES, VOL. 14, NO. 2. SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, VA -SATURDAY, APRIL G, 1861. OLD SERIES, VOL. 21, NO 23 Sunbury American. 3LI8IIED EVEKT SATURDAY BY H. B. MASSED. arket Square, Sunbury, "enna. RMS OF-BUBSCBIVTION.. IIOI.I.Arl. per nnnnm to he paid hnlfymr iv. Xurtrit Unomitinued until all rrearigc TO OLXTBSl ilea to on ddre uo. do. do. di.- f S 00 10 Oil SO (HI liar, in advnnee will py foi " rr' ,uh uilie American. . inter will plenenct n' Aient, nd rrmi taming autncriptinn money. They re peimil .In. umtei th I'ml Olhce Law. U M dfHIIVKRIIIlS. re of IS I""1.' !) time, iitiienl Insertion, ie,3 mouth., 1 00 25 3 00 5 110 ( no 3 oo Cnnlt it Five line.. per nnmim, . niul other, dva:liinx l.y th ye e nrivilrceof iiuei tine different uvei il wp.kitf. io on rgei Advertienient, P" Bureenient. JOB PBIKTINO- er cnnuertf.1 with our ental.h.liment a well e-)U- OFFICE, which will enable in to execute ute.t Ik. every vunnv if limiting. T l tt N. HY AT J A W , SUSTBTJRY, PA. lien attended to in the Counties of Nor land, IVn.n. Lycoming Montour and bin. Reference in Philadelphia? 'nl. n.Twm, ' ChaaRiMnn,F.q.. . Snvlera.., I.inn Smith Co A,?kLES 1 1 o v n c ij a t a w , 1-2S Rromlwny, lev Yorlt. efulle Mcnd t Collection anil ell other matter, d i" Iv. care. 41. ISS. FRANKLIN nOUSE, ;HVII.T AND REFURNISHED, Howard and Franklin Street, a fere uares MV.vf of the X. C. ?. X. Depot, BALTIMORE s, f I rr.n Pat O. LEISENKING. Proprietor. 16, 1650 tf From Selin. Grove, I'a. TmK. HIIMCKS CHil.KI.ST HMtHV r. SOMERS & SON Importers ami Dealer in is, Cnssimeres. Vestings, Taylors Trimmings. &c, S South Fourth Street, lietween Market ml Chesnut Sirens, PL ilmlolphia. Tchniit other" vUiliiiR the rily would finil heir advantage to giv thera a csll and ex- llieir stock. irch 10. ISM HARDWARE ! HARDWARE ! ! :ST received by A. V. FISHER, at hi Drug Store, Sunbury, l'a., ;oopa. SHOVELS. FORKS, LOU CHAINS, Ml I.I. SAWS, CROSS CUT SAWS. so, .Screws, Bull, Door Knobs, Thumb he, anil all hardware neceary forbuilding. plemlid I .t of pocket and table cutlery, Sei ticrinan feiNer Spoon. I.ocUln? tilasse". largo stoik of Looking filaiwea, received and !e by A. VV. FISHER, inbury, July 17, 15. J. P. SHINDEL GOBIN, -torney 5 ('ounsellor al Lly SUNBUR", 3? -A. .I, nttoiwl fiiithf'iillv to the collection ofclaima nil nr.ileaiinnal busines in the counliea of thiimberlaiiil, MJfitour, Union and Snyder. mcl eiven in the German laniiRe. 1T Oiiico one door east of the. l'rolliJnotary'e e. uiihury, May 50, l60. ly IEE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, JADWAY, CORNER OF FRANKLIN STREET NEW YORK CITY, '. lii1ueemeiita to Merchant, and T"uri.i. vLlting v Yoik. uiifurpaoi'd by nny Hotel in the Metrpnii. I'.ill.iwingaie uinoim the advantage winch it potM mill wllii li will he appreciated !' ah traveler.. . A central Uicalnm, convenient to pluce. of buwneu, veil a. plarr. of ntnueement. I. Sirapul mly clean, w-H fumi.hed titling room, h a magnificent ladtc l'uilor, cuiinnandnig nil extcn i view i'f Urnailway .... ... I Ijitee and aupeibly furnuhed itling rnom.. with a tnifieiit Parlor, cuinmaiiding an exieiuuv view of 'iBcn'ii eon.Iucted on the Furopean plan, v'uitor. live in i lie lei tyl, with the grcuiet ecoiion.y ill. I: l. cmiiected with ' TnjIorV Celebrated Snloon, ere vuilor. enn hnv their meal, or, if they dcire v will las lurniiihed in llieir own room. .i. Th. r..: arveil in the tinhMiii. and lintel i ac iw'leilged by cpicuie. to b atly uperior to that of . other Hotel in the city. iVllh all nice u.aniiige, in -,..i enuiioiial. ia much below that of any other firm eluu . , (ilLSON A CO , I'ropiietor. Vuu.t4, lfiHO. ly lAI.DING'9 rreoured Glue, and She lie). Mucilage i Pni e per biltlc and hrmh cent, i.rdul Elixir of Cull) Br t Bennne.for r.movmg "t FOR 8 VLE AT THIS OFFICE, iinliury, March 17 lt60. l NEW LOT OF HARDWARE it 8AD - DLERY. Alao, the beat aaaortment of Iron aila and Steel to be found in the county, at the amrnoth alore of FRlLLMi & UK X I". Bunbnry, yune S, 1860. SKELETON 8KIRTS- VT tbe Mammoth Store will be found a very largo assortment of Skeleton Skirts om seven hoops up to thirty. Oct 6, 18(50. FIULINO 4 GRANT. Keroneiie Lamps. VERY LARGE and cheap aaaortment will be found at the Mammoth Store of Dec. 15, 1 860. KKILLNOoj. GRANT. O! YE LOVERS OF SOUP ! A freab supply f Macaroni and Confectionery at FIUI.ING St GRANT'S. Sunbury. June 3, 1800. IT ia important to the LADIES to know that Filling St Grant, have tbe beat and largest aaaortiueiit of Dreaa Good in the county. Sunbury, June S, I860. FRESH 8UPPLY OF DRUGS at the Jl Mammoth Store, Alao, anew lot of par fuiuerv, Soaue and Fancy Article. Very cheap. FRIL1NU k GRANT. Sunbury, May 38,1860. " ATENT URITTANIA 8TOPPERS fo . I I Deir Dome ior hh dj H. B MAH8ER. 1! R Iron. 8teel. Naila, Ticka, Grub-Hoes and Mason Hammers, at low price. DI'IGHT A PON, Punburv, June M, 1810. Sflrd 0flrg. ' THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. BT U. W. LONOrtLLOW. Under Fprending cbcsnnt tree Tba Tillage tmitby itandt The gmilb a n:ihly man ia he, With large and sinewy hands; And the mucleol his brawny arm, A re strong as Irou baDds. His hair is crisp, and black and long. Uis luce ia like the tun Ilia brow is wet with boneat sweat, He earns what e'er he cun, And looks the whole world in tbe luce, For b ones uot a ivy mau. Week in, week out, from morn till nigbt, You can bear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured bent, ood slow, Like a Sexton ringing the villiuge bell, When tbe evening sua is low. And children coining home from school Look in hi the open door ; They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows ronr, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like elm J' from a threshing Boor. lie goes on Sunday to the church, A nd sits among his boys ; He bears tbe parson pruy and preach, He hears his daughter's voice Singing in the villuge choir, Aud it makes bis heart rejoice. It sounds to Mm like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise ! He needs inur-t think of her once more. How in the grove die lies; And with his hard, rough hund he wipes A tear oul of his eyes. Toiling rejoicing sorrowing, Onward through lile be goes ; Each morning gees some task begin, Each evening sees it cluse ; Something attempted, something done, He has earned a night's repose. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou has Innghl : Thus at the flaming forge ol life, Our fortunes must be wrought ; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought. iincous. A DECIDEDLY TALL STORY I'liTf.ADRLPHlA, March lClb, 18C1. Messr. Eilitnrn I noticed several days ago, in the llnlltliu, a clipped article, nlatirg (he wonderful powers of I lie Eut-t India Magi cians. If yon will print me a ibort space iu your columns, I will t"ll you of what I consid er a much stranger feat a feat so strange and so completely counterfeiting reality, that it was a diflicult matter to believe it to be do ccplion. The tiick of legerdemuin was per formed ten years before 1 saw it by the Kuine man. 1 was a student of medicine in Puns, in 1858-9, and in company with other Ameri cans, tired of the hum-drum, monotonous lift) of tbe Quartier Latiu, I frequently roamed through tbe new city, on tbe nest bank of the Seine. Concerts and operas, gardens and singing cafes, bazaars and bouiiijues, were all visited by us Oue evening, at early riu.k, a party of us were strolling through tbe Hue Uichelien, and when near the Boulevards, our atteution was drawn to a flaming poster of an Eastern juggler, who was performing at some hall on the boulevard du Temple. Among the things, very wonderful, this man wtuld cut off the dead of a living man, and defy any one to surprise bim in the trick, lieing consider ably accustomed to manipulating with the knife on the dead, and being thoroughly hard ened to all sights of horror, we detemined to go and see tins vapnderful necromancer. At the hour appointed, we repaired to tbe hall, and obtained a seat Dear the siege. After performing wonderful tricks, tbe mnciciun came forward end announced his feat for the evening, tbe actual decapitation of a living muu apparently. 1 o prevent feelings of bor roi among the ladies, he assured the audience, it was a tiick of legerdemain, mere slight of hand that be did not, in reality intend to cut the mans bead c 11. With this explanation, be invited any one in tba audience, desirous of capital punishment, to step forward, prom ising speeoy salisiuctioo. r or some moments no one appeared anxious for the honor. At length a soldier, a private in the infautry, stepped lorward and signified his readiness to be decapitated. There could have been, it was pluin, oo connivance between the men. No man dure assume the martial bearing of France, without authority. li reiting the man l divest himself of bis coat and neck-tie, or stock, the magician brought out ois intiiruuietu oi ueaiu. it was an euor inoui knife, resembling a ponderous cleaver. He tbrew it oon to sbow its weight, and it left a large impress in tbe boards. There was oo deception in the weight of tbe knife, lie then made the man lie down, and placing tbe Soldier's bead fair in a block, tbe magician tixed a long baodtu to his enormous knife, and proceeded very leisurely, and with heavy, well directed strokes, to chop the man's bead off. During this, he merely lowered tbe fool lights, without obscuring tbe view at all, Cries of borror and amazement burnt from tbe terror- stricken audience, as with every descending mow ol tne cleaver, tne oiooq spirted away. The man who was undergoing the operation simply quivered through bis lower limbs. oou tbe d.smembered bead rolled oo tne door. tbe blood isnoed in jett from tbe cot arteries. and the jaws dropped, while the eyes turned up in death. 11 was a horrible sigbt. Tbe magician then took tbe bleeding bead by the bair, and passed it not more than three feel before our party. It seemed to tne a dreadful reality. 1 almost expected to see a fierce gen d'armt seize and arrest tbe murderer. Suddenly, Dot only lor an instant, toe room was darkened. Ja a second all was light again. And we saw tba magician busy at work, coap itating tbe bead to the bleeding trunk. Dil igently be worked, and for some momeuts, ap parently to no purpose. All at once, howev er, be slapped the dead soldier smartly on tbe back; immediately the man arose; leil anx iously around bia neck; looked foolishly around, and descended aniidat lb audience, 'i'bis is veritable affair, and tbera are living witbin three hundred nines oi roiiadelpbia, those who can vouch for its troth. Very respectfully, Student. Money Wok t a Dud Mau. At Koe. then, Saiooy, recently, gentleman engaged in play at faro table, and died in bia seat. Ilia death was not discovered ontil bis mooey by being left oo tbe table all tbe while, bad woo heavy tain. A law suit resulted between tba banker and tba dead player's heirs, wbicb was decidej ia fvor of tb psctll The Approach of JStorma. Abont tbe beginning of last month a suc cession of severe storms visited tbe British islands, causing great loss of life and property at sea. In an article on this subject tbe Lon don 'Tmrssays: "The event was predicted with as tnnch certainty as an eclipse, and could have been announced by signals as conspicuous as Gery beacons. The information was actually tele. trraped to Several places. Aberdeen, Hull, Yarmouth, Dover, Liverpool, Yalentia, and Ualway were apprised of the pending storm in tbe plainest terms. Notice was sent to those ports as follows: 'Uaotion. Uiile threat ening from the southwest, and then northward. Show the signal drum.' Now, as all points of our coast are connected by telegraphic .wires, and as there can be do dilliculty in showing signals of this description, we think ft highly desirable that the system should be established without delay. The plun, though organized at the board of trade, is not yet, we are told, in full practical operation, but, as tbe details, according to the delineation given, cannot iuvolve much trouble or cost, tbe. aoooer the scheme is introduced tbe better. " Meteorolney now rests opon evidence as palpable as that which confirms our theory of astronomy. We believe those theories because tbe predictions of an astronomical almanacs are infallibly verified. An eclipse occurs at the hour and minute set down for it, ocrultations end transits take place with similar punctuality, and as all things invaria bly happen according to programme, Ilia truth of the principles on wbicb the science is based becomes evident to all. whether learned or uulearned. We are now exactly in the pan.e position as regards meteorology. We cannot yet forecast tbe general character of the snasnn, but it seems that we can really foretell a gale three days before it comes, and even ascertain the quarter from which the wind will blow. If we have indeed got to this point aud there appears do reasoo to doubt it the rest ought to be easy." The New York Cummercittl invites atten tion to this important subject on tbe part of mtrchatits, shippers, Arc , and says : " It is important toevery person, but doubly so to those engaged io commercial pnrsuits. We assert, without hesitation, that the out break of every tempest may be calculated from one to three days io advance, allowing sufficient tine for vessels ou tbe coast to seek shelter and prevent tbe departure of others. At a very small outlay dangers of the most threatening character may be foreseen, and in nearly every case, averted. Will our men of enterprise aud intelligence not give this mat ter tbe consideration it deserves ? Within a a few days the series of spring storms which regularly travel up our coasts may beexpected to begin; and advantage should be taken of them to collect data for future uan. "We have an advantage over England :n the more extended use or tbe telegraph, which now reaches the island of Newfound land, penetrates the backwoods of Canada, and tbe great plains of the West and South west. The total extent of territory brought withiu reach of this instrument embraces twenty-four degrees of latitude, and nearly forty-five of longitude, to wbicb the western slope of this continent will soon be added. Witbin an hour dispatches may even now be received from nearly the whole Atlantic coast; and little longer time will soon be needed fur intelligence to come from Lake Superior, tbo Upper Missouri, Pike's Peak, tbe Mexican border and the (Julf coast. Every facility is thus provided for immediate use." A New Typo Setter Willis Describes a Wonderful Machine- Willis, in bis last letter to tbe Home Jour nal, says the machine "to insert a pig al one eud and gtind out sausages at the other" is really "slow"io Comparison with the new iu venlion for setting types a visit to which wag lbs object of one of bis receut walks iu New York : "AlJeo's type-setter not only con set types as fast as eight men, but distributes, or re stores to their places, tbe same amount by tbe same process an auto recuperation nf outlay, wbicb it is wondrous to believe (for au editor, at least,) may be a possible princi ple in Nature !. "Tbe type. setter is worked like a piano, by ployiog on keys to mere touch oo the key, lor the letter a, for instance, being instead of the old fashion of taking op that letter with the fingers, turning It ngbl side frout, and putting it into the line, to be adjusted with vpaces. It is a revolving table ol Drass the machine worked by the smallest steam-pour er, and the cost is about til lee u hundred dol lars. It would 'clear itsell,' of course, by the saving or labor, (to say nothing ol tbe accele ration of work to wbicb speed is so necessary.) in a very short time. Without going into a particular description of the machinery, 1 may suy, as one who has been a well taught type setter himself, that it seemed to me as the lo comotive seems to Ibe stage-driver or as the steamboat seems to tbe paddierof tbe cunoe an impossible uesiatrutum brought iniracu lously to pars. " reruaps the most curiously ingenious part of tbe iuveotion is tbat wbicb give the compositor a chaoce to scratch bis head or indulge in a revery, speak to bis friend or light bis cigar, mend tbe grammar or criticise the 'copy' cbviating,tbttt ia to soy, tbe necessity of rigidly keeping op with Ibe unvarying steam propulsion of tbe machine This is done by a register-wheel, which makes signals for the letters before tbey are taken, aud which will allow as many as sixty to accumu late before tbey are disposed of, with do hin drance to tbe action of Ibe machinery. Could anything be mora like a braiu lurued into braiBT "l'he inventor of ibis wonderful affair. llMoTiiT Aldkn, was a practical printer, and to it be devoted twenty years, dying, when be bad at lust perfected it bis brain aud norves giving way to the diseases of over concentra tion oi thought and will. How many men are victims io these 'Jtst jays,' to this kiud of overtaskiogl letAldeo lived enough of a I il, it measured by benefit to b:s race Wbat were the eventless centuries of Methu selah, (as a good to the wot Id,) in comparison with lu twenty-year Invention ol this ftlassa- cbnssettg type setter t" Cottob St rrLT Tba following is an ex tract from a private letter from a young gen tleman formerly of Providence, now iu Loo don, dated February 8, 1861 : "There is a large and very extensive cot ton company jn Manchester, started a few weeks ago, and tbey are making preparations to raise their 0o cotton hereafter. My room-mate Mr. .of Tennessee, is here snaking a contract with tbent to commence raising cotton ia Australia or Africa. Mr. has been a cotton planter for twelve years, and has owned five buudrad negroes most of tbe liute. He has closed bia affairs io America, and expects to start tbe growth nf eotion io Aastralia. He will have a very I -'y eipital to commence with." Wilke's Dislodging Table Rock. George Wilkeo writes : "1 said I had something to do with tbe fall of Table Hock, tbat broad shell oo the Cana da side, which in 1850 looked over tbe very caldron of the seething waters, but which tumbled Into it on a certain day in the month of June of that, by me, well remembered year. About noon on that day, 1 ncrompnuied a ludy from the Cliftno House to the Falls. Arriving at Table Hock, we left our carriage, and as wo approached the projecting platform 1 pointed out to my companion a vust crack or fissure which tiaversvd the entire base of the rock, remarking Unit it had never appear ed to me befoto. The lady almost shuddered as she looked at it, shrinking back, declared she did not care about going near the edge. Ab, euid 1, luking Iser baud, you might as well some on, now that you ore here. 1 hardly think the rock will tuke a notion to fall mere ly because we are ou it.' "Tile platform jutted from the maio land some sixty feet ; but to give tbe visitor a still more 'earful projection over the raging wa ters, a wooden bridge, or staging, bad been thrubt beyond the extteme edge fur some ten feet. This tei initialed iu a small box for visi tors to stand in, and wus kept ,n its position, and enabled to bcur its weight, by a ponde rous load of stone heaped upon its inner ends. The day was very bright and hot, end it being almost lunch lime ut the hotels, but very lew visitors were out, so wn occupied the dizzy perch bluue- We gazed learlully upon the awful waters, we streched our heads timidly over the frightful depth below, and we felt our natures quail in every fibre by the deafen, ir.g roar, thai seemed to saturate us, as it were, with an indefinable dread. " 'This is a terrible place,' said I, "Look under Ibere, aud see whal a mure shell we stund opon. For years und years the teeth of the lotrvnt, in that juttiue, angry stream, have beeu guawing at I bat hollow, and Buliie day this plune must fall.' My companion shuddered, and drew her self together in alurm. Our eyes swept the roaring circle of tbe waters once Bgaiti ; we gazed about in fearful lacination, a ben sud denly turning our looks upon each other, each recognized a corresponding fear. '1 do not liku this place 1 exclaimed 1, quickly. 'The whole base of Ibis rock is probably disinte grated, and perhaps sits poised in a succes sion of steps or notches, ready to fail out and topplo down at any unusual perturbation. That fissure there seems fo me unusually large to day. 1 think we bad better leave for 1 do not fancy such a finish ; aud, heside.4, my paper must be published next week.' With tbeso very words the letter uttered jocosely, though not without alurm 1 seized my I'ouipuoiuu's baud, und, iu absolute panic, we fled us fast as our feel could cairy us to wards wbut might be called the shore. We first burbt iuto a laugh when we guiued tbe land, aud jumping into our curriage, felt au lually as it we hud made a fortunate escape. We rolled buck toward the Clifton, but before we bad proceeded two minutes ou our way, a thundering report, like the explosion of un earthquuke, burst upon us, and with a loud roar the gruuud Irembled beneath our wheels. We lurued to find that Table Hock bad lullen. W o were the last upou it, and wus, doubtless, tbe unusual perturbation caused by our living footsteps thut disturbed the exactitude of ug equalibnuin, aud threw it from its final poise. In a uiiuute more the road was Clled with hurrying people, uud during the follow ing half bour we were told a bundled times in advance of tbe next morning journals, thut a ludy and geiilleiuau who were on lha Table Hock l ad gone down tbe (nils. We are told thai the trot of a dog would shake old London bridge from end to end, wbeu it would not be dis turbed by the rolling wheels of heavily loud trams. Table Hock hud not been run upou in the way 1 have been describing for years perhaps never, and therefore, whenever 1 bear it spoken of, 1 always shudder und feel aa if 1 hud something to do with its fall." Foi.i.iks or a Roman Prince. Tbe I'uris correspondent of the New Oileans Picayune says that " there was much gossip about llie folly of a Roman Prince, un old bachelor, who hnd an income of S-UO.OllO anuully. He distributed S40.GG0 in that city, on New Year's day, iu the slinpi of presents to per sons he was unacquainted with. He sent to fifteen of the prettiest actresses a note in these terms 'Good for twenty tivedozen pairs of gloves ut Bolvin's shop, 9 Hue du Castig lion. Charge to the account of an admirer of M'lle (Signed) Prince off.' He sent thirty ladies presents, not one of which was of less value than $41)0. and the majority of them were worth 61.200. Severut of these presents were returned, for he wns un acquainted with the ladies to whom they were sent. Una lidy sent her present back, with this note ' M'me de cannot have the pleasure of receiving a present from a person the bus not tbe honor of receiving iu her drawing room.' Tbe enlihysi uplelon be came qnitn angry, and nt tbe present to M'me Doc he. There w.s no dunger of ber sending it buck. He sent a gold mounted opera lilass, adorned with diamonds and pearls to M'lle Edite Hiqoer, of the French comedy, with this note Tnuce ou Degs M'lle Edile H'quer, of tbe French comedy, io be so good as to accept this Hussiao opera glass, which having been used yesterday, during tbe performance of 'Les Effroots,' io observing her grace, elegance and sympathetic beauty, must uo longer be directed by the same bund on another face.' Of couise, this old man is laughed at for his folly, even by those who receive his presents." Xbvkr do to Much at a Time. Sir Ed ward LSulwer Lytton, in a lecture recently delivered, gave the following history of bia literary habits : "Many persons seeing nie to much engaged in active life, and as much about the world as if I bad never beeu a student, have said to me, 'When do you get time to write all your books t' How on earth do vou coutrive to do so much work?' 1 shall surprise you by the answer 1 make. The answer is this : 'I coutiive to do so much by never doing too much al a lime. A man. to so Ihroueb work well must not over work himself, for. if be does too much work to-day. tbe reaction of fatigue will come, and he will be obliged to do too little to-morrow. Now since 1 began really and earnestly to study, which was uot till alter 1 left college, and was actually iu the world, I may perhaps say I have gone through as large a course of general reading as moat men of my time. I bave traveled much, aud I have seen much ; 1 have mixed much in politics, and the vari ous busiuess of life and iu addition to all ibis, 1 have r.ablithed some where about sixty volumes some upou subjects requiring much research. A nd what time do you think as a general rule, 1 bave devoted to study to reading and wriliug T Not more than than three hours a day ; and, when Parlia ment ia silling uot always tbat. Uut then during those hours I bavs glveo uij whole attention to what I was aboat. The Coolest Thing on Record. As Gen. Hcott's army was marching tiiutn phaotly into tbe city of Mexico, a procession of monks emerged from the gain of a convent situated on an eminence to the right, end advanced with slow and measured tread until they met th army at right angles. The guide or leader of the procession was a ven erable priest whose hair was whitened with the frosts of many winters. He held in both hands a contribution box upon which there was a lighted candle, and when within a few foot of the army, the procession halted. As thj army proceeded, muny a true believer in St. Patrick dropped some small coin or other into the old priest's box. And, whn it was observed tbnl a soldier was searching in bis pockets for something to bestow, the old priest would step forward and bold his box to receive the donation. Ultimately there came along a tall, gaunt, limber sided, gander-looking yankee, who, on seeing the old priest, thrust his hand into Ibe Very depths of his breeches pocket, as if in search for a dime, or something of iho kind. The, priest, observing this movement, odvan. ced, os usual, while Jonathan holding forth a greasy looking roll of paper. commenced very deliberately unfolding it. The old priest an ticipated a very liberal donation, and put on an air of tbo most exquisite satisfaction. Jonathan contiuued In unroll piece after piece of twi-twisled smoking tobacco. He oext thrust bis hand into another pocket, and drew forth a clay pipe, which with the utmost deliberation, he proceeded to fill by pinching ofl'sniull panicles of the tobacco. When this was doue, having replaced his tobacco in bis breeches pocket, ha stooped forward and lighted his pipe by the old priests candle, and making an awkward inclination of the head (intended, perhaps, for a bow,) hn said, "Much oblegcd to je Squire !" and preced ed on. F BAH lift. TRAOKDV IN RnXHURV. The TO cent tenement bouse tragedy in New York has found a parallel at Hoxbury, Mass., where a fire broke out, in the midst of a snow storm, at 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning, and com municated to a house occupied by fifteen poor families. I' bo Huston Journal says : In one of the rooms on the second story was the fumily of John Smith, consisting ol himself, wife, a daughter and several sons. The futher, aroused from his sleep to find tbe flumes raging all around him, leaped from the window, but not until he bad been severely burned io endeavoring to rescue some of tbe members of bis family. The distance to the ground was about 15 or 20 feet, and he wus so much injured by the fire and tbe fall thut Dr. Streeter eives his opiuiun that he Cannot live through tbe night. After the fury of the flames had been some, what abated by the persevering labors of the. firemen, some of tie police entered the house through the almost blinding smoke, and in the room occupied by tbe Smith family, found the wife and a daughter of 16 years dead r.p on the floor, aud their bodies badly burned. Iu oce d the rear rooms, occupied by John Kelly and wife, each about 85 years old, tbe couple were found on the floor, burned to a crisp. Mr. Killey had been sick for some time, and it is supposed that the wife had at tempted to aid bur more feeble husband in making his escape, but that both Were suffo cated by the smoke, and died by that means ratner man Dy me names. Tiik "Lnttns" of Grkat Britain. Tbe roll of the Lords of Greet liriluin show that there are thirty spiritual lords and 427 temporal lords, reckoning Lord Aukland among the former as bishop of Datb and Wells. I he spiritual lords are 20 Enclish prelates and 4 Irish, the Irish prelates on the roll this tension being the Archbishop of Liuoun and tne liishops of Iiown, Ussoryaort Cork. Of the temporal lord three are of the blood loyul the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cumberland ( l ing of Hanover) and the Duke of Cambridge. Then follow 20 dukes. 22 marquises, 131 earls, 23 viscounts', and 223 barons. Assigning all such peers to tbe rank and title by which tbey are common ly known, and speaking popularly, the tern, poral lords are, a prince, a king, 27 dukes, 35 murq'iisfcs. 170 eurls,31 viscounts, aud 162 barons. The whole number in the House therefore, is 457 ; a generation, ago it was Dot 4(10. Stranok Cask Mr. Lewis Foot, of Plain" ville, N. J., aged 72years, died oo Monday, the llth, and ou Tuesday au immense bony excrescence, extending from the buck of his right ear to bis right hip was removed. It weich blty two and a hulf poundri, and is a "deeeiieration of the shoulder blade. It had been growing since IfeaO, and did not ullect bis general health very seriously. The operation wus performed by Dr. Jackson, of New xoik. assisted by Dr. Moody, of 1 bnu ville, Dr. Hart, ol Suulhing'.on unl Dr. Car- ringlon, of l armington. Ml. root was at the National Convention of medical men ot New. Haven lusl year, aud the universal testi mony was thut nothing it had ever before beeu seen. The size of this extraordinary excrescence or tumor is Buch that it nearly (ills the hulf barrel in which it was put for preservation as a medical curiosity. Pl'THlD Sore Tiikoat -Cl'ltR A Isdy, says the New York Tribune, who bas expe rienced the benefit of tba following simple remedy, is very anxious tbat others should be made acquainted with it aod its value: " Mix one gill of strong apple vinegar, one table spoonful of common suit, oue table, spoonlul of drained honey, and a half pod of red pepper (or hulf tea spoouful of ground pepper,) boil them together to a proper con sistency, then pour it into half a pitit of strong sage tea. In tevere cases bull a tea spoonful every boar for a child; odb tea spoonful for an adult. As tbe caucer decreases, decrease lbs frequency of tbe doses. Gold Cakb Just the same as above, only use Ibe yolks instead ol the whites of the eggs. As Azuma conuot be obtained in all places, 1 give you my receipe for making it. 'lake two parts cream tartar, aod oue of saleratna, well sifted aud mixed ; must be kept light 1 keep uiiue in a tight un box. "Tbe ocean speaks eloqoenlly and forever' says Ueecher. "Yes" retorts Pieotice "And there is no use telling it to 'dry up!' " Female Societt. "Without female socie ly," it bas been justly said, "the begiooiog of men s lives would be helpless the middle without comfort." W hen Jemmima went to school, aha was anked why the noun bachelor was sinxular. "Decauae," the leplied, "It's very aingular tbey don t get married. "Are dose bells rioging for first" inquired Simon of Tiberius. "No. indeed," answered Tibe; "dey ab got plenty of lire, and de bells ars cow ringing for water. "I am afraid you will coma to want," said an old ladv to a VOttUaT BenHSUiaU. "I have coma to want already," he replied. "1 want joor daughter. 0 c t r u KATIE LEE AND WILLIE GREY. Two brown heads with tossing curls, lied lips Kbultering over pearls, Bare Teel while and wet with dew, Two eyes black and two eyes blue Little boy and girl were they, Katie Lee aud Willie Grey. They were standing where a brook, (lending like a shepherd's crook. Flashed its silver, and thick ranks Of green willow fringed tbe banks ; IJolf in thought and half in play, Katie Lee and Willie Grey. They had cheeks like cherries red He was taller- most a head ; She, with arms like wreaths of snow, Swung a basket loo and fro, As the loitered, half in play, Chattering to Willie Grey. "Pretty Katie," Willie said And there came a dash or red. Through the brownness of bis cheek "Uoyo sre strong and girls are weak, Aud I'll carry, so I will, Katie's basket up the bill." Katie answered, with a laugh, "You shall carry only half ;" And then, tossing back her curls, "Hoys are weak as well as girls." Do you think that Katie guessed Half the wisdom she expressed ? Men are only boys grown tall, Hearts don't change much after all ; And when, long years from that day, Katie Lee and Willie Grey Stood again beside tbe brook. Bending like a shepherd's crook It is strange that Willie said While again a dash of red Crossed tbe brownness of bis cheek "1 am strong and you are weak j Life is but a slippery steep, Hung with shadows cold and deep ; "Will yoa trust me, Katie dear? Walk beside me without fear T May 1 cairy, if I will, All your burdeos up tbe hill T" And she answered with a laneh, "No, but you may curry bulf." Close beside the little brook, bending like a shepherd's crook, Washing with its silver bauds, Late end early at the sands, Is a cottage where, to-day, Katie lives with Willie Grey. In a porch she sits, and Io 1 Swings a basket to and fro, Vastly different from the one Tbat she swung io years agone ; This is long, and deep and wide. And bas rockert at the tide. aimers' What Fruit Shall I Cultivate P As tbe season is now here when those who desire to cultivate fruit should be op and doing, we propose io brief to present a list of such of the varieties as we should set out, were a selection about to be made. Oue thing should be remembered, that unless a person means to occupy a large breadth of ground und to go iuto tbe cultivation of fruit as a stiecialitv. but few kinda of each ahnnlrl be planted. For the general farmer, as well as fur other persons who may not bave much ground, or who may not care to devote much j ground to this object, the following list is reliable : six varieties of aiti.es. 1. American Pearmaiu, 4. Hays, 2 Maiden's Blush, 5. Smith's Cider, 3. Fall Pippin. C. Foiowalder. SIX STANDARD PEARS. i. Hloodgood, 4. Seckel, Hostizer, 5. Hell Lucrative liurlelt, C. Luwreuce- tlX DWARF I'EARS. OU, 4. Vicar of WitikGelJ, 2. Burtle't. ft. Houssock, 3. Fredericks Dreuier, 6, Did. SIX PEACHES. 1. Crawford's Early, 4. Oldmixon, (free) 2. George IV, 5. Oldmixou (cling,) 3. Morris White. 6. bcrgeu's Yellow, GRAPES. 1. Concord, 4. Clara, 2 Diana, S. Maxatawney, 3. Delaware, 6. Frauklio (wine ) If the Alvey grape a new variety should come up to expectation, it will prove superi or to either of the above. There is also the Flora wbicb prpmises to be very fine, and will we think, should it realize all that is claimed for it, ajro occupy a place in' the six best, to the exclusion of some one in the foregoiug list. SIX CHER H1K1. 1. May Duke, 4. Black Eagle, 2. Early Richmond, 5. Dowuton, 3. Black Tartarian, 6. Elton, RASP11ERRIES. 1. Brinkle't Orange, 2. Cattawisra. STRAWiiERRIKS. 1. Triompba de Gand, 3. British Queen, 2. Hovey's Seedling, 4. Trollupe's Victoria. CURRENTS. 1. Black Naples, 2. Red Dutch. O00SEHKRRIK4. 1. Houghton's Soedling. There are numerous other varieties of all tbe above, some of wbicb doubtles, as per sons different io taste, would be preferred to the list presented, liul as our ouly object is to offer a reliuble selection so far as it goes, tbe cultivator cannot err iu adopting it. He can afterwards add, as his experience may direct, such other sons as are deemed vuU able. We do not deem it necessary to add more at this time ibao to urge upou all tbe duty and usefulness of stocking their premises with the best variety ol Ibe diffetaut kiuds of fruit, according to the extent of their land aud Ibeir ability to provide tbe trees. Every ooe, who owns a square rod of unoccupied giound, should have some kinds nf fruit a grapo vine or two, a pear tree, a few currant bushes, half a dozen raspberry caues, a few Strawberries, to. Now is the time to look to it. Don't put off for a week or a month, aod then neglect it. Oermantuitn TeUgrapk. Sii.vcb Caks Mix together 2 teacups of white sugar, sod cup butter, then add the whites of 4 eggs, beaton to a Stiff froth ; add to this I cup of cold water, aud after it is well combined, stir io tbree cups of sifted flour Sprinkle two teaspooofuls of A soma over the' bailer, and stir briskly fi minutes. Bike io a quick oven. grparlincnt Purposes Served by Lime. Professor John.Hon. nf (!onnpetinnt un k1 affri(nltnrnt ebnniiat ttimam ilia r..lln.,M I... n e- ludn-in, in formation derived. from carefully conduct 1 analyses, of the purposes served by lime as an application to farm land. The purposes served by limn as a chemical rnttitueut of the soil are at least of four dis tinct kiuds. 1. It Sunnltpa a liirirl nf nrviinin fi,n1 1ii..U appoars to be necessary to tbe healthy growth u, mi our cuilivur.au plants. i. li neutralises acid substances wbicb arw naturally formed In the. soil, and decompose or renders harmless other noxious compounds which are not uofrequeutly within tbe reach of the rrtoia 0f plants. 3. It changes the inert vegetable matter in the soil, sn as grodually to reuder it useful ta lo vegetation. 4. It causes, facilitates, or enables other useful compounds, both organic and inorganic to be produced in the soil, or so promotes tbe decomposition r.f existing compounds as to prepire them mora speedily for eutering into the circulation of the plant". The fertilizing properties of lime, thin, appeor to arise in great measure, from the Torce from which it attracts carbonic acid from tbe atmosphere or soil to which it is ex posed. This attraction for carbonic acid is so powerful, that if lime.be placed io contact with animal or vegetable matter, tbey are decomposed or dissolved with great rapidity, and reduced to a fit state for entering the roots of plants. It is for this reason that we see such good results from the application or lime upon soils where green crops have beeu consumed on tbe land, or where any of the various plants used for that purpose have been plowed in-green. It also prodoces equally good effects, and for the same reason io soils newly broken up; io fact, iu ell soils rich io humus or vegetable matter. But the chemical action of lime is not con. fined In thd deroninnnition rif e.irrit.hlA " - -' i v ft 1 - l" " -. olber organic matter in the soil. It appears vo oe cieoriy esiaousueo oy tne experiment nf agricultural chemists, that this substance has also the oronertv of senior, at liheriv ih. alkalies which are present io exceedingly small quantities in ine sou, lavormg the lor niation nf soluble silicates, which are useful lo all of our crops cf grain. Lime, however, not onlv acts chemirallr hot In i.ri.'n extent it is alro useful hv lion'm. ih. .., o cbaniual nature of the soil. For instance, it renders cla;,ey soils less tenacious ; und it is also stated that it makes sandy soils firmer, aod loamy soils soft, mellow and licht. tSnrli is urn uy an mat. is Known ai present concer ning tbe chemical propensities of lime. Willow IJedoks The attention of farm- ers begins to bo diverted from the costly nod ugly tborns, with which writers bave amused themselves for forty years past. Some form ers, too, have amused themselves in this way a.ll.l I t. . . . . ' nil iiiej uuve uecume too wise 10 rely on them. After people leurced that the common thorn was a nuisance, they wers told tbat thn buck thorn was tbe right kind, as borers would not meddle with it. Next came the Osage orange, which was highly extolled by the New York and western papers, but now those pa. pers cotnpluhi thntthe borer uses that kind ui shabbily as it has dune tbe buckthorn, etc. We have tried tbe 0agei orange on our farm al Frauiiiighato and find that our climate is too cold for it. Most of our plants die in the winter. ADd though io Ohio tbe plants seem to miud the cold but little, they cannot stand the borer. But the yellow willow Is tbe right plant for a hedge. 4t grows rapidly and handsome on almost any soil, and is propogated at lessees! than any other plant. Nothing is required but to stick tbe tops the euttiogs iuto the ground where the hedge is to grow. A emull iion bur is the ouly tool that is Deeded to muke a place for the cutting. There are many willow hedges now growing and as tbey need frequent trimming, tba own ers will part with the lops at u very low price, iu case they are called for iu season. Now is a good time to procure some tops for setting. Tbey may bo kept till the middle of April without injury, in a pile by the side of any fence. The sticks, on setting, should be cut twelve inches long and should be inserted iu holes ten or eleveu inches deep, so that the top should Dot be much higher thuo the) suiface of the ground, la case the land is swarded, a little earth should be thrown in by thu side of the cutting so as to leave oo cavi. ty iu the hole. These cut tings may be set fioui six to ten inches asunder, and not on tba sido where cuttle, run through the summer for they eat the lops with great avidity wbiW growing green. Some turuu-rs cut the sprouts down cIo8S, after one year's growth, tuot they may shoot up umru vigorously aud till the vucuut spaces Five or six feet muy be expected fur one year's growth. In tneuJow ground the growth will be much greater. Thus tbe willow jg quite easily Set and propagated. It mukes a handsome tree or shrub, and is Tree from the numerous worms thut Bia found on many plants. Hedges by the side of meadows and wooda are very conveuieut and cheap fences W il- Iowb grow so fast in moist lands tbat they may be often trimmed to furuisb fuel. Tba trimmings, In many Ceases, will be worth inure than the co.l of cutting. Matt. I'low man. An Island r Guapkb. Kelly' UlanJ, in Lake trie, near Sandusky, ia famous for it vine yard. The number of acre on ibe Island set to grape i two hundred and thirty; of tbee s'uty two are iu bearing; the other weretel in 18.VJ and I r6 1 . Theae are divided among fifly wveu proprietor, each one having a vineyard of front one lo twenty three acre. About one tenth of the land i o-cupied. In one of the vineyard, lha vines ara aix feet apait one way, and tight feat the oilier, the rows tunning north and south, and the vine trailed on wire fastened to post twenty five feet apart- Al three years, the yield alioulj lie three thouund pound tn the acre, which is about half a crop, but an acre in full bearing will produce seven lhoeanJ pound, worth 450. (irape are (hipped Ka.t and We.t in boxes. -Tbe Calawl a ia the principal" variety. About ne-i.th of the Krl!" "P tins year was made in wine, 'l'he value of lat year's crop, which waa about twenty acre in extent, was $S.0ud ; there are aixty fo acre of graaw, worth $140 ptt acre JiSS.UOO in all. . DisiBiiiLTlon or Seed Upwards of ooa million papers of vegetable aud flower seeds have been put op al ibe agricultural division of tbe Patent Otliue within tbe past six days, and sent to members of Congress for distribu tion. The seeds were selected in Europe by Hno.T. G. Clemens, with greateare, and ioai prise many varieties not heretofore known on th scoDlineDt. Krb collection comprises one hundred ane fifty. four diuVreot varieties .f vegetable seeds, and Dearly the same ouu ber of varieties of flower seeds tba Bomber of papers of each varying from ane to fori, as the peculiar soil or climate for which they ara destined, may takt them mrr tr less Oathable.
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