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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.