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i.i.Am nor annum. A b mid hntf-yearlT
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a advano. A' paper discontinued nntit aft r
renragc art paid. - .
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Tlirea eopioa lo Ml addreaa, - - 00
Seven do , do - - 10 00
yillccn do do 20 00
j'iva Pollers, In adYanc. will pay for throe years'
. ubicrl'tlon to the Ameriam.
diibniVcriptlonsimist ba Invariably paid In ad
vimoe. and sent to one address.
If subscriber neglect or refuse to take their news
tmpers from the office to whloh they are directed, they
are responi He until thoy have aoltlod the bill and
urili-reil thi. discontinued ' - -
I'ostimister will pleaae act a our Agents, and
frank loiter containing mbscriptiun money. They
arc permitted to do thU under the l'ost Office Law.
P 0 ETRY.
llallud or Itosm MngNlmw .
Bts linpslinw wan a coMdler
Once livin' at Hull's Head,
Where long he wax-ed iitput and fat
As well as hissliue-tbread.
And while he rowed not what he reaped,
Ho ripped what he had sewed ;
And alinoat apostolio care
For wayworn solea ho showed.
The Boss a doctor never was,
Though often did he heel ;
And kips and calves he did cut up
All fur the public wcnl.
VThilo he could neither write nor read,
The shoeless were aware
'Hint for theunderstaudiu' he
Did exercise a care.
J"o evil fortune, small or profit,
Could make his spirits full ;
lie oven sung right merrily
When once he lost his awl.
And even to his dyin' day,
I'f lingshnw be it told.
He never sold a lctiky boot.
Though such ho oft half-soled.
Once ho, from too much drink, was in
A state of lealhcr-gy,
AVIien thieves made booty of hi? shoos.
. And with them they did flee.
Al lien he enmc to. says he. "If I
I liet once upon their tracks,
'nr bavin' stolon of my stock,
i'Le'H jet shoemaker's whacks."
Tlint afternr.r.n oie (Wf lie caught,
lint nuaklv cane to Rrj.'t ;
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j. " jua uu ntm nvm nxi. i
To weltiu' of the thief.
shoes
The M. T.'s got annlhcr one
A iimkin' out nf town ;
And when the thief was taken up
He seeined quite taken down.
liosyplied his trade for forty year',
Or eomrwhere thereabout :
i'or lie. though long a pejrgin' in.
Was longer peggiu' out.
Hut Hnpdiaw couldn't always live,
Like cobblers in the past,
lie one day from his last did go
To come unto hi last.
TELES & SKETCHES.
si iintiti ti: w..vri.i.
The other dny Chief Engineer Decn of the
Vire Department called at the office where
J make rltned lor ft living, ami hiimled me
.i I iig white envelope, notifying me that I
Wiis tlnittcd .iiid must leport myself for
cxmniimtion, tit Ijiwrenef, on the 18th dny
'if Atigtist.
Now 1 con stile? it.. the duty of every citi
zen to give his lilV, if heed lie', for tlic de
fenee of his country, so oil the morning of
tin- eventful 18th, I put on a clean shirt n:id
my tnnnUy elothef', t'tvl started for Law
rence, to see if I could gel exempted. Law
rence, ns nil know, is sittintel hi) the Merri
mack lliver, and its jnpc'liid productions
ni'e mud, dust, and factory girls. The city
proper, nt least that part that I saw, con-.-istcd
of a long, narrow entry, up one flight
of stars, adorned overhead with n frcscoin"
of gas litntcra iM'X carjieted witH w'rtrn out
tohacco iuid, and furnished with one
hair, two settees, as many huge, square
packing eases, marked (J. M. D. Scattered
m ound this palatial entrance hall were some
forty or lifty conscripts, looking very much
as if they expected to lie exempted by rea
son ot old age before the young man with
the ferocious mustache should notify them
of their turn. JI(it nf them, however,
were doomed to dNrppiintincnt, for while
they counted tits hours of delay, a door
would (suddenly open, and the tall young
man would single out a. mail and inarch
him through the open door-way, to be seen
no more.
lly and hy that is after several hours
waiting, my turn came.
John Smith !" shouted the door-keeper.
That's me,'', s'hs 1, and with a cheer '
from the crowc1; I entered ft large square
room where two' persons sat writing at ft
table, and a third evidently the surgeon
was examining a man in the last stage of
nudity. .
One of the writers at the table, a you'iig
man with surly eyes and blue hair nodded
to me, and dipping his peu in the ink,
Commenced
"John Smith, what's your nanie?"
"John Smith," says I."
"Where were vou born ?"
"Podnnk, Maine."
"What did jour great grandm'i:'thcr die
of?"
"Darned if I know," says I.
"Cull it happenlap," says he ; "and your
fjranill.itlier too '
"1 don't caru what vou call it," suva I, for
I was a little riled by h'S nonsensical ques-
toil.
"Did you ever have boils?" says he.
"Not a boil."
"Or tits."
"Nary fits."
'Or delirium trtmtus '(''
"No sire ee !"
t'r rickets?"
"I'll Cricket you," says I. I thought ho
meant something else.
"Did you ever have tho measles V says
he.
Ierc I took off my coat.
"Or the itch?"
"Yes, sir," says I "that ere fist (and I
hhoved a very large brown one within three
i i r , iii. .1
liielu ot his nose,) has been itching for the
last ten minutes, to knot k your iiesky head
nil' your little mean, low lived couteuiptible
whelp you."
"My dear sir," said tho mild spoken, gen
tlemanly surgeon, laying his hand on my
linn ; calm yourself I pray. Don't let your
itni'iy pusaiotis rise, but takeoff your clothes
o 1 caii see what you are made off."
"N I suppressed my anger, anil wiiu-
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jdiitii ovLTcuoir, tuu iitpi.v iiivio, iiiug
l-.jr a lutdch."
"Noting man," dd the surgeon, looking
me airuiyut iu tho eye, "you hav got tho
myopia."
"Y, sir." raid I, "itnd ft good one, too,
little Diiiingir, with ft drop of Moughtou
inuko u xtilleut tye opcuei, of ft worn-
ii'lt"
"And tin re kxiii ta be murotln t .i
.limy of the liU i)B, ntcouijianled llb
tipthuluiia."
".-iliau !" ajiva I.
"Au4 tli.it white p4 In the lift tji lt
''tnr mean W
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I lnli.ij t;iit"
Hawing to a corner, i nung my clonics ou Slli wm0 r luo brilliant varieties are worn
tho floor, und presented myself for exunvimt H4 ornaments in ladie' huir. One man
lion, tluil only with thecowring haturo had miirme to ettra his living by selling in
14i v u me except about ft square lucli of w,(.u ther leciiiieni to the strangers
ourt plaster un my right shia which 1 had wu0 . ,ue p,irU j j0 kotps twelve aUves
SUIBUR
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY
NEW SERIES, VOL. 1G, NO. 3G.
"Was your family ever troubled with
epilepsy ?" ays he.
"Only the two boys," tny I, "ond when
they catch them, my wife always goes at
them with a lino tooth comb, the first
thing."
Jumping off the chair be hit me a lick in
the ribs that nearly knocked me over, and
before I had time to remonstrate, his arms
were around my neck and his head pressed
against my bosom the same way that So
phia Ann does, when sho wants me to buy
her some new bonnets and thing.
"Just what I thought," says lie, "Tuber
culosis and Hemoptysis, combined with a
defect in the senpulur membrane and inci
pient phthisis."
"Heavens 1" says I, "what's that i"
"And Cardiac disease."
"No 1" said I.
"And I'cndardites 1"
"Thunder ."(Said I.
"Stop talking 1 Now count after mo
one P ;
"One 1" said I half dead with fright.
"Asthma 1 Two."
"Two," veiled I.
"Exostis" of the right febule ! Three."
"Three 1" I gasped.
"Coxalgia I Four."
"Murder 1" said 1 "Four !"
"Confirmed Duodenum of the right ven
tricleFive." "Oh doctor ! dear doctor, ain't you most
through? 1 feel faint 1"
"Through ? No, not half through. Why
my friend, Pandora's hog was nothing to
yintr chest. You have sphynixiana and
gloriosis and conchoilogia anil persiflage
.md"
Here my knees trembled so I leaned
against the table for support.
"Ami ft permanent luxation of the anteri
or lolie of the right phalanx."
My only answer was a deprecatory ges
ture. "And Scrofulous diathssis and Otnniopc
dities." 1 sank to the door in utter despair.
"Klutriation P he yelled, for, he saw 1
was going fast "aml'Maxillaoium, and"
; c ,
When 1 woke to consciousness again I
found myself in a puddle of water, and the
surgeon astride of my chest, shouting some
thing into my ear, of which however, 1
could hear nothing.
1 smiled feebly in acknowledgment of his
attention. At a' sign from hiin, two atten
dants drew near, and having I'fted me into
a chair, for he was absolutely black in the
face Willi the violence of his exc!tipns, they
hoisteed me to a perpendicular and the ex
amination proceeded. ,
Hut I will not harrow your feelingr :by
repeating the heart-rendering details. Suf
fice it to say, that I was afflicted with Gas
tritis, Kiiiphysematii'h, Kmphymation,
Marciditv, Knidyenia, Obesity, Condyle nf
the Humerus, lli'licose veins, llerina in both
great toes, and Hernieriods in the heels, be
Miles lots of other diseases whose names 1
cannot remember. Finally, after a rigid
examination of my toe-nails in search of
eruptive lessens, he arose to his feet, drew a
long breath wiped the perspiration from
his face with a stray newspaper, and recom
menced. . .
"Voting man," said he, and his ryes glis
tened with delight as he spoke, "you are
really the most interesting subject I have
ever met with. Keully most wonderful case.
1 don't know when I have spent a half hour
so thoroughly. Why, sir, with the excep
tion ot two or at most three, you have symp
toms of everv disease in the medical dic
tionary. Please let me cmbraire you again,
just to sec if I can't detest cxiosis of the
viccous membrane. Well, no," lie continued
with a slightly disappointed air, as ho re
leased me. "1 don't seem to it, exactly, but
would vou mind coming around to my
hoarding house, after tea. so that I can spcud
the evening osculating after ?"
He was so anxious to find that particular j
symptom, that 1 Wis rorry to retusc Imu,
but I had promised Sophia Ann that I '
would be home to tea,' and 1 knew she ,
would worry if I stayed, so I was obliged to (
decline. Seeing there was it lady in the
case, he politely exeued me," very much to '
my relief. "Well, good bye my friend," I
s,;iid he, as I took my hat to go. "I wish it j
was so you could go to war, I would have '
you in my hospital in less than a month, i
and then 1 could examine you at leisure. 1 ,
am positive a little exposure would bring )
on those two symptoms 1 spoke of and then I
. i . ii i. i
wnat a maginnecnr, sni'v;i y'u womu wit
How 1 should like to dissect you 1 Hut per
haps you don't feel like it, and if you don't,
I don't know as 1 can blame vou much for
, nreserviii! vour wonderful organization as
j long as you can, so just go into the next
room and t apt. Derrick will give you n
furlough to go homo und provide a substi
tute or pay your commuuiiou. Roy, cull
the next oil the list f"
' Hut, sir," said I, aghast at his conclud
ing remarks, "vou don't pretend to uecept
me us able-bodied ?"
"Reullv, my friend," said he, "the fact is
j you have so muiiy diseases, that I actually
i don't know which to specify. It won't do
to sav cruntul disease, when it's your heart
that is affected, and if I mentiou your heart,
what's tho use of your having consumption I
Rut I know Dr. Cogswell will be pleased to
! receive vour commutation fee, or if you will
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I "ring III) U 1 1 M'ly luinuiuio 1 hhum iro viu-
.jl t wj 't0 w.e ,,, iomo day when we
tiring up a IlKciy tunsuiuie i suun oo up
nre both at liberty, I shall Iks moot happy to
huvo you cull upon me. Hold I Just un
button your coat for ft moment, 1 must
' find that exco '
Thk Ri o Tiumk. Rugs are an lmport-
I ant article in the truilo or wo Janeiro.
i 'I'l.i.Ir u iima am made into artificial flowers.
- .--o : . . . . .
i (Mm-itttiUIr cmnlovou in onuuig mo "ukn
shell and crenu which are titoat in de
mand. The nearest approach to this is tho
trade of Are flies In llavan. The Insect be
ing carefully caught and fed on the sugar
cane, is used as un ornament In ladles' dress
es. Iking twice the alio of the Araericnn
fire lly, it is very brilliant ft night. The
Creole cutch them on the plantation and
t U them to the city belles j iwiie of theu.
cury thew In ilver cage ttr hod to their
bracelets, and rnak Iiu display Ump
light.
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M.iSCELLAOUS.
A Coiisiltnlionnl I'mIoii Jinn,
From the X. 0. Times.
Wc give place to tlio following, as con
veying a good idea of a Constitutional Union
man in some localities tnoru than a thousand
miles from New Orleans. A countryman
wus recently brought before Captain ,
in one of the rural districts of Missouri,
when the following dialogue took plarc ;
Captain. What were you arrested for
Countryman. 1 don't know, sir.
Captain. Are you ft loyal tnnn ?
Countryman. 1 am, sir, a Constitutional
Union man 1
Captain. Constitutional Union man ; whnj.
do you mean by that ?
Countryman. I mean that I am in favor
of the Constitution as it is, and the Union
as it was, and that I never enlisted iu the
Southern army.
Captain. Never enlisted in the Southern
army? I should have expected a loyal man,
living in your neighborhood, to enlist in
the United' States army.
Countryman. 1 couldn't think of it, sir.
The fact is, I have religious crutlitfo against
fighting.
Captain, liutlnm told that you furnished
horses to two neighbors, to go South, is
that true ?
Countryman. John and Kill
borrowed two horses of mo und never
brought them back.
Captain. You knew they were going
South ?
Countryman. I thought maybe they were;
but I would have given horses to Union
soldiers too. I treat both just ulike. I
would not take up arms, though, on either
side.
Captain. Rut I'm told that you were in
Price's army at Lexington. Is that so I
Countryman. I was there a few days, but
I was fitrtuaiM out. 1 didn't enlist.
Captain. And you were with Porter last
summer at Kirksville?
Countryman. Yes, but I did not fight
any ; i was with the baggage.
'l'lic IIoiiho (lull .Ictl Uuill.
The Hartford Post 'ipctratcs the follow
ing, with an introduction thus:
The following history of the celebrated
edifice erected by J. Davis, Kq., is authen
tic. It was written for the purpose of
giving infant politicians a clear, concise,
and truthful description of the habitations
and the fortunes and misfortunes and doings
of the inmates :
I. The Southern Confederacy. This is
the house that Jeff built.
II. The Ethiopian, This is the malt that
lay in the house that Jell' built.
."III. The Underground Railroad. This is
Hie rut that eat the malt that lay in the
house that i'"fC built.
IV. The Fugitive Slave Law. This is
the cat that killed the rat that cat the malt
that lav in the house that Jell' built.
V. The Personal Liberty Rill. This is
the dog that worried the cat that killed the
rat that eat the malt that lay irt the house
that Jell" built.
VI. Chief Justice Taney. This is tho
cow with the crumpled horn that tossed
the dog that worried the cat that killed the
rat that eat the malt that lay in the house
that Jeff built.
VII. James Ruehanan. This is the mai
den all forlorn that milked the cow with
the crumpled horn that tossed the dog that
worried the cat that killed the rat that eat
the malt that lay iu the house that JelT
built.
VIII. C. Ccsh. This is the man all tat
tered and torn that married the maiden all
forlorn that milked the cow with the crum
pled horn that tossed the dog that worried
the eat killed the rut that eat the malt that
lay in the house that Jeff built.
IX. Plunder. Tins is the priest all, sha
ven and shorn that intoned the man all
tattered and torn to the maiden all forlorn
that milked the eow with the crumpled
horn that tossed the dog that worried the
cat that killed the rat that eat the malt
that lay in the house that Jeff built.
KxrLoit ation or thk Rivkii Oiiinoco. j
The true urea of the basin of the Orinoco is i
nearly three hundred thousand square miles. !
It receives, in its course of sixteen hundred i
miles, no less than tour hundred navigable
tributaries. Its sources drain the suino re
gion and actually connect by a navigable
inlet with the Negro and the Amazon, while
it mora northern limbs, the Apure and the
Meta, stretch westward to within a day's
travel of Bogota. At two hundred leagues
from the ocean it has a width of three miles,
and opposite the little town of Rurruncas,
at the head of the delta, and about one
hundred miles from the ocean, it expauds
to something like four miles trout shore to
shore.
The delta of the Orinoco Is at this tunc nn
extremely interesting region, having all the
requisites for cotton culture which nave
given the famous "Sea Islands" of South
Carolina their high reputation, and having
a climax tit for producing two crops u year.
The rainy season, however, swells tho vast
flood of this river to such a degree that large
a:ts of the delta arc periodically immersed,
but in October the waters begin to subside,
lccreaKini; regularly until the mouth of
March, when they are lowest. These bene
ficial fluctuations are regular and invariable
and discusaious have ariseu whether they
are not more attributable to the annual mel
ting of the snows of the Southeru Cordilleras
than to the ruins.
Cotton is Indigcuous to Venezuela, grow-
inL' everywhere with tho least cultivation,
and sometimes appearing as a weed, In uring
its blossoms, Its buds, una its ripened pro
duct all at the same time. Rut it i believed
that the vast delta of the Orinoco, covering
an alluvial are of something like live thous
and square miles, preseut attraction for its
cultivation stijierior to any oilier.
Among the women of Kngland there were
at lant account 10 bankers, 7 money leader,
74 commercial clerks, ill commercial trav
ellers, 04 broker, St) merchant. 2U farriers,
819 priutcrs, I ahrpherds, 4SJ,vo4 out door
agricultural laborers, 13 ladie were doctor
I wrr Ixineacltcrs, 5 w ere reporter of hurt
hand writer. B pariah cleiks, 4 chori.Um, 4
teachers of elocution, 17 deuti.t. S k rack
era, 4 conjurors, 1 ftotrunomrr, H "natural
Lis." - . . i mm aa -
John Tlo, to celebrated Cheroku t hief,
with ftilelignlionfroui that In I of civilised
Indian, liv arrived t WUlugUn, oq
hutiiun w lib th Kovernutcut KlUv to the
fUli of that nation,
Th )luuliUM( IxgUlatur ha paaact
bid making the pay of lit colorwl icgl
invui inuetrMil lut thtt rvW from tU4t
fliv v i ul ) lUul ol th w hit lrwi.
II. B. MASSER, SUNBURY,
SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER
Irmocrnlsi Who Knpport Urn Witr.
"As a matter of future reference, when the history
of thoMi times is written; we moan to publish the
names of tho pretended War Hoinoerat. who in this
crisis, Ihrow tboir iiilluoiue in favor of the Adminis
tration. Cliiriitmili Enquirer.
And what a noble list it will be ! It will
comprise nearly all the men who have given
tone and character to the Democratic party
in days that arc past. Let us enumerate a
few of the more distinguished of those who
arc placed under the ban of the Enquirer for
"throwing their influence in favor of the Ad
ministration," mid insisting thnt there shall
be no compromise with traitors :
Senator Douglas, who redeemed the errors
of a lifetime by sacrificing party to country
in his last days.
Lewis Cass, Democratic candidate for the
Presidency in 1848.
General Logan, the friend and confident
of Douglas, und the "war horse of the Illi
nois Democracy'
Cien. Grunt, the most successful officer of
the war.
Gen. Rosccruns, the favorite of the central
army and conqueror of Tennessee.
Gen. McClernand, the most talented nnd
influential Democratic leader iu Central 11
nois. Judge Canton, the ablest jurist on the Su
preme Jicncli ol Illinois.
Senator Rice, the acknowledged leader of
the Democracy in Minnesota. "
F.x-Govcrnor Wright, RuchanaVs Minister
to Rerlin.
John Rrougli, the "old Rraitis" of the Ohio
Democracy.
Governor Todd, the ablest and strongest
Democrat of northern Ohio.
Gen. Butler, the recognized chief of the
Democratic party iu Massachusetts.
Gov. Cannon, of Delaware, a Democrat
"dyed in the wool."
James Guthrie, Secretary of the Treasury
under the Democratic Pierce.
Joseph Holt, Postmaster General, and af
terwards Secretary of War under President
Ruehanan.
Andy Johnson, Democratic United States
Senator from nnd Governor of Tennessee.
Robert Dale Owen, United States Minister
to Naples under Ruehanan.
Samuel Cony, Governor-elect of Maine.
Henry A. Foster, ex-Democratic United
States Senator. j
Daniel S. Dickinson, the "old wur horse
of the New York Democracy."
John A. Dix.
James T. Rrady.
Horatio Rallard. i
Lyman Treniain.
Daniel E. Sickles.
John Cochrane.
Thomas Francis Meagher.
What n contrast to this noble array of
names is presented by the shabby crew who
vow "run" the Democratic party Vullund
igham and I'ugh in Ohio ; Jesse D. Rright,
in Indiana ; George W. Jones and the "Mar
tyr" Mahoney, iu Iowa ; Dick Merrick and
W.F.Storey, in Illinois; Stuart, in Michi
gan ; Woodward aud Ingcrsoll, iu Pennsyl
vania; Tom Seymour and Isaac Touccy, in
Connecticut ; Fog Smith in Maine ; and
Frank Pierce, in New Hampshire ! In Wis
consin, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and
Vermont, the party has so completely "run
to seed," that no names of'a national reputa
tion or evv'ii national disrepute ocelli's to
us aa being connected with it. In New York
it is a little better off, but even here among
its most active manager are Ren. nnd Fer
nando Wood, Jim Brooks, of the New York
Kxpress ; E. O. Perrin, Fort Lafayette Flan
ders, O. Chuuncey Rurr, und Isaac Ryndcrs.
As Old DicscitnTios of Modkhn Cor
I'F.uuEAns.. In one of the speeches made
during the hist war with great Rritain,'.ly
Felix Grundy, of Tennessee, occurs the fol
lowing apt description of a thorough-going
Copperhead, as seen at the present dny :
"An individual goes over, joins the ranks
of the enemy, und raises his arms against
his country; ; is clearly guilty of treason
under the Constitution, tho overt act being
cousumated. Suppose the sumo individual
tmt to go over to the enemy, but mmin in
lit oifn mi!ilmriwt, a id hy Uirtiiitnif hi in tin
eticr diuuti ti n nun rum enlittimj ; I ask in
which case has he beuelittcd the enemy and
injured the country most C
Again, he says, in answering the question,
"Whom, then, do I accuse ("
"I accuse him, sir, who professes himself
to be tho friend of this country and enjoys
its protection, yet proves himself by his ac
tions to be the friend of its enemy. I accuse
him who sets himself to work svstematieully
to weaken the arm of this Government by
destroying its credit und damping tho ardor
of its citizens. I accuse him who has used
his exertions to defeat the loan and to pre
vent ho young men of the country from
going forth to tight their country's battles.
I accuse him who announces with joy the
disasters of our arms, and sinks into mclun
rholy when ho hears of our success. Such
incn l caunot cousider frieuds to this tuition."
Effect of Skiiiet Coitkkhkad Okoan
izatioss.' Reuben Stout, of tho Sixtieth
Indiana Regiment, was executed on Friday,
23d tilt., at Johnson's Island, near Cleveland,
for desertion and murder of the ofiiccr w ho
attempted to arrest him. The prisoner con
fessed hi guilt and said :
"I was led by evil' counsels, ami by my
connection with a secret traitorous organiza
tion, to stay aw ay from my post of duty in
the army. 1 am truly sorry that I acted
thus, or thut I for a moment listened to
these evil counsel. I am sorry that I ever
lifted my hand against the life of my fellow
tuun. 1 think the man who came to arrest
uie did not act right, but I do not excuse
myself for my wrong doing ou that account,"
Statistic or tiik Rombahumfnt or
St'MTKM. Since the bombardment of Sumter
commenced (on the 7th of August) lit) to
Thursday last, IS.oHli knots had been fired
at it, of which It.Mti'J ktruck. Of tho garrl
on, 27 have been killed and tl'J wounded.
The flan, diirins tho same time, ha been
cut down HI time. Th average weight of
shot U-ini 200 ixiuud. the weiirtit of Iroii
was 8,110.0110 pi uuiU, or Il3.4tt pound of
Iron tn each man killed. 110.870 l-oumls of
lion to each ciaualty. If th charge of
powder avciag'd 13 pounds, w liav H.a,
711 pound of powder Ukud, orB,0J7 pound
of 'warder ' each mail killed, and (,434
liouud of iiowder lo each casualty. Sumter,
lu ruin, laugh at her ninny, who still fiail
to tut In r battered walla. Charleston will
hava valuahW Iron iuui In th ruin of
funnier i and even nur, when lion U scare
ndkill l.lu, ludu,itr at vtry lit l In ruk,
I.HjjUl Ul4k loMUU. IJ.
AMEEICil.
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
23, 18G3.
OLD
Toii-liiiiD; Nrcnn in It 'o itrl-ltoom.
One James Sutherland, who has been on,
trial at Indianapolis for several days lor kill
ing Roddy A. Small, was acquitted on
Thursday. His wife and three children were
in court at the time. After the ahiibunbo
ment of the verdict there followed a scene
says the Indianapolis Juurmil, not often wit
nessed in a court-room : . .
"The prisoner that was a prisoner now
no longer fell upon his knees, and lifting
his eyes towards heaven uttered an earnest
prayer of thanksgiving and praise to God
whose justice and mercy has been so won
derfully manifested in 'him. The prayer
was irresistibly eloquent, and when Amen
was pronounced, Amen came back in re
sponse from every part of the room, and
there were tears in every eye. All rose to
their feet; the acquitted man advanced and
took each juryman by the hand with a fer
vent 'God bless you ! Vou have saved an
innocent man from shame and disgrace ;
you have taken a foul stain from my name.
God bless you 1' And to the prosecutor,
whose conduct in the case commands ad
miration from till for fairness and honesty
he gave a cordial 'God bless you !' The
old white-haired father, whose firm trust
hud supported the son in the dark hours of
trial, now melted in tears of jov that his
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acquitted ot guilt,
f.T' , maineit untarnisl.e.l 1 he
, '19 c?'r. 10 ,n,.t',"t ,m!1
come itnbnlilen, ordered the Sheriff to ad-
JOUI u l HI! com i.
How T.ui.oukssks auk Paid. At the
meeting of female operatives in New Y'ork,
the following facts were elicited in re
ference to the payments received by the
tniloresscs for the work they were employed
in :
A cloakmaker stated that she received
forty cents for making a lady's cloak of the
large size, the work occupying a day nnd a
half. Some shirtmakers present remarked
that all they received for making a dozen
shirts was sixty cents, the time required on
the work, even with a sewing machino, be
ing a day and a half. Fine shirts brought
them $1 yer dozen, all finished. Flannel
shirts from four to six cents each, tho store
keepers selling them for $3 each 1 Over
alls and drawers brought fifty cents per
dozen making six being a good days work.
Those engaged in making boys' clothing
said all they received for making a whole
suit was sixty-eight cents each suit, requir
ing fourteen hours labor on it. Sackout
makers stated that they received for making
a dozen, $1, out of which to baisters 48
cents ; rent of machine, 18 cents, ami cotton
40 cents, leaving a balance of 81 cents for
profit on each half dozen made. Raisters
on cavalry pantaloons get eight cents a piece
and can only finish four a day. Linen c uts
bring '20 cents each, ten hours being requir
ed to finish two of them. Cap-makers get
3-i cents per dozen, and it requires a smart
woman to complete a dozen between day
light anil nine at night. Tho statements of
the insults nnd slights these poor women
arc obliged to submit to from the little des
pots who have the direction of tho large
maniuacturing estaiiiisiiinents would excite
tho indignation even of a city railroad direc
or. Most of those who related their expe
rience nt the meeting were young women,
but there were others present of an older
growth, whoso poverty-stricken nppenrance
and unhealthy bodies spoke volumes of the
privations they were subject to, though they
were industrious, honest and hard-working
people. We trust the infamous oppression
this class of metropolitan society is exposed
to, will be fully ventilated, and" its authors
publicly exposed, before the matter it done
with.
A letter from' a gentleman ensatfed in
taking the vote of the .Missouri soldiers at
Chattanooga, on hist election day. says the
voting was done under the tire of tho ene
my's guns. As tho men iratlicred together
anil deposited their ballots the rebel shells
were exploding all about them. T hree hun
dred and twenty-seven of them east their
votes, und every one of them for tho Union
ticket. Men whose hearts are in their work
could not do anything else.
A despatch from St. Paul states that Can-
tain Fish's expedition, which left last sum
mer to ascertain the best northern route to
tho Gold Diggings, has been heard from as
late as the fust of October. 1 hev were dig
ging gold at Grashoppcr Creek, Idaho Ter
ritory, getting hall a million per week.
They say tho diggings are the richest ever
opeucd.
According to Washington reports, the
members of the Diplomatic Corps fully ex
press opinions that a war in Euro)e, next
year, i evitable. 1 he position ot Russia to
wards trance and Luglaiid is represented
as being haughty and likely to remain so.
An awful tragedy took place recently in.
Woll'stow n, Canada. Tho wife of ouo James
Sheridan, while in a state of insanity, kilicd
four of her children the eldest being a fine
girl of fifteen. The instrument wus un axe,
with which tho bodies were shockingly
mangled. Her husbaud was absent at the
time.
A dreadful story was told some time ago
of mincrahlu drunkard who was drowned ;
hi body was not found for several davs,
'und, w lieu ut last it was fished up his
clothe were tilled with eels. He wus car
ried homo to his wilV, aud when they usked
her what to do with him, sho kaid, "Set
him again."
Miss Slidell, tho daughter of tho Confed
erate ambassador, is shortly to be married
to M. Kilauger, tho Coufcdcralo loan con
tractor. Five girls, dressed In male uttiro, arrived
at Louisville tho other day iu a party nf ,'iUO
rebel prisoner.
Tuk edil.inuf the ScientiiU Anierieaa bare received
from California a ice ul wuud fiuma Ire lliiiiy
fuel iu diauielvr. thu auuual ring, uiuu hivh iudioale
Urn e;u ut the Ue to t 0 Joo. '
AUIUOULTUKAL.
Jajiaaeae Arrluliur lalrrkla(
tuit lulruclle .
Dr. 11. laron ha made a report" to the
MiiiUterof Agrieulture at Berlin on Japauc
huslMUidiy, which I full of interesting facts
aud eminently suggestive. Th Japauta
cultivator follow routine which Ihe expo
rivue of centime ha ma'aod out, and
though thrr U nothing about their yn iu
which ldietr prorr, h.-ir re.uli ahow
that their actual Hat ol ruliivtion is far In
dffturw uf mora civilised countries. 1 he
. ... . i .h.... .l.
art ol ii, japan finpirw i aimut m
kio ft that M Ort IUU4IU litUu.1,
SERIES, VOL. 24, NO. 10
nnd contains a far larger population ; yet
Great Britain is obliged not only to import
food from other countries, but to also import
largo quautitics of fertilizers to aid iu raising
its crops. Japan on the contrary, imports
neither grniu nor manures, but exports con
siderable quantities of food. This is the
present condition of Japanese agriculture,
taken as a whole. Its details are not such
as could be carried out among our people,
t9 they bend, the whole energies of a large
majority of the population to producing the
greatest possible atnotiPt from a small crea
of soil. The wholo arable land of tho coun
try is divided up into plots of from two to
five ncrcs each, and their agriculture would
bo considered by us a very close system of
gardening. . Tho hind is kept constantly up
to it3 greatest productiveness, and this-is
done by a system of manuring and cultiva
tion which ljtay offer some suggestions to
our own farmers. In the first place, the
Japanese follow deep tillage, the arable soil
being several feet iu thickness. What is a
wheat patch at one month is converted in
part into a rice-swamp the next. One part
of the field being excavated, and the earth
thrown upon the other to make nu elevated
island for the growth of sweet potatoes and
other crops, while the lower portion is flood
ed with water for tho rico crop. ., In this
way the whole soil is frequently turned over
to the depth of two or two and a half feet.
Another peculiarity is, that the crops, of
whatever character, are always grown in
dribs ; sown in this way they can receive tho
highest possible culture and special manur
ing. Each crop is grown with no rcferanco
to thnt which will succeed it. The system
of rotation and fallows is unknown, but tho
hind is looked upon as a bank which will
honor any drafts made upon it if the drawer
has made a sufficient deposit of manure.
The amount of manure on hand determines
tho breadth of hind which tho Japanese
farmer will sow. The peculiarity of Japan
ese husbandry is that no animals are kept.
Human excrement forms the principal ma
nure. The Japuneso farmer docs not allow
the crop to be eaten by cattle and then
return to the soil tho manure from them,
but he cats the crop himself, with the help
of his family, and returns tho manure direct
ly to the soil. The religion of the people
prevents their eating any animal food except
fidi; and they cat tho'inollusca or "shell
fish" in great quantities, and tho manure
from them is tho onlv fertilizing material
returned to the land thut docs not come off
f it. On tho farm human excrement is re
turned to the iand from which the fond
came, arid, the cities regularly return to the
country loads of human manure in exchange
for tho food which they receive. Through
out tho country the. greatest care is exercised
in preserving the night soil. The cabinet or
privy is an essential part of the houses of
the poorest as well us of. the wealthy. A
bucket or earthen vessel 5s placed wlierc it
will receive tho deposit, and is provided
with projecting ears into which o polo can
be inserted for the purpose nf carrying tho
vessel. At the towns und cities "thousands
of boats may be seen early each morning
laden with high heaps of bucketsful of the
precious stuff, which they carry from tho
canals in tho cities to the country. These
boats come nnd go with the regularity of
tho post ; it must be admitted, however,
that it is a species of martyrdom to bo the
conductor of a mail-boat of this kind. In
the evening long striugs of coolies nro met
with on the road, who, having iu the morn
ing carried the produce of the country to
the town, are returning home, each with two
buckets of manure, not in a solid or concen
trated form, but flesh- from tho privies.
Caravans of pack-horses, which often have
brought manufactured articles (silks, oil,
lacquered goods, etc..) a distance of two
hundred to three hundred miles from the
interior to the capital, arc sent home again
freighted with baskets or buckets of manure;
in such cases, however, care is taken to select
solid excrements." For tho way in which
the nt'anuro is treated wc can not do better
than to quote tho language of this interest
ing report :
"The excrements nre diluted with water,
no other addition of any kind being made
to them, and stirred until the entire muss is
worked into a most intimately intermixed
fine pap. In rainy, weather tho vessel is
covered with a movable roof to shield it
from tho rain ; in dry weather this is remo
ved, to allow the action of the sun and wind.
The solid ingredients of the pap gradually
subside, and fermentation sets in ; the water
evaporates. By this time the vessel in the
privy Is again ready for emptying. A fresh
quantity of water is added, tho whole mass
is again stirred and most intimately mixed
together, in short, treated exactly like the
first emptying. The same process is repeat
ed until the cask or pun is full. After tho
last supply of excrements, and thorough
mixing, the mass is left, according to the
state of the weather, for two or three weeks
longer, or until it is required for use ; but
under no clrcumstanco is tho manure ever
employed iu the fresh state. This cntiro
course" of proceeding clearly shows that tho
Japanese are no partisan of tho nitrogen
theory, and that they only caro for tho solid
parts of the dung. They leave the ammonia
exposed to decomposition by the action of
the sun, ami its volatilization by the wind,
but take tho greatest care to shield the solid
ingredients from being wasted or swept
away by rain, &.C As the peasant, however,
fuiys his rent to hi landlord, not in cash,
iu"t in a certain stipulated pei-eutage of the
produce of hi fields, hu argues quito logi
cally that the supply of manure from hi
privy must necessarily be insufficient to
prevent the gradual exhaustion of Ihe soil
of his farm, notwithstanding the marvellous
richness of tho latter, and in spite of the
additional supply of manuring matter deri
ved from tho water of the brook or rnr.ul
from which he take hi material for irriga
tion, lie iilueu, uicmorc, wnerever in
field is bordered by tho public roads, foot
paths, iVo., cask or pot buried in the
ground nearly to the rim, urgently request
ing the travelling public to make use of thu
same. To show how universully the econo
mical value of manure is felt and appreciated
ill all claase of society ill Japan, Iroui the
lilghest to the loweat, 'I need simply Hutc
the fuct that, in all my wandering through
the country, even iu the most remote valley,
ml in the hmetead aud Vi'iut of the
very Mont of the peasantry, I never tuiild
diacovci, even in the moat vrct and seclu
ded corner, the leat true of human rrtj
liitul. How very dillmvut with u in Uur
lii.uy (and in Auuric.- Kd.) where it way
be ncu 1)111,5 alamt in every tlln-t'lion, vtu
clow to th p.lwe! I newt not mentiou
that thu iniuiur hu hit by UuvvoUnil
truvvllir I tral'd c.actiy U the w way
a th luintly niauum.
'I h Japan farmer preiar 1m Com
post. A krep o wtiW o luift Iii
nw, ru , iui w, . . - ...
t ii,tput thut it l hi MUuvv Willi lue
o..i ru- lulu manure. It t inru-ti i in
ii h.uk or AinxitTirti.xj.
On square of 12 lines, it tinies,
(I no
3 (")
A HO
8 ml
tvery sunsoitieni lnuiuiu,i ',
One square, 9 uiunttu,
Six inoiitln,
One year,
fttisiness Card nf 5 linen, ff annum,
Merchant and others ndrTtait; hy the year,
OO
wiin ine prmii;e 01 insming Oiflorcut aa
TerfiMni world v.
10 Oft
fccfore Marriages and Deutbe, riVal CLXId 1'tK
LINK for each insertion. . ,.
IjP Larger Advertisement aa per agreement.
i , i ..JOB PRINTING.
IV hare cunnected with our establishment well
ilnclcd JOB .UIJ-WK, which wUl enable u. to
execute, in (he neatest itylo, every variety of
fruiting.
soil without 'animalization.' Tho method
jmrsucd to effect this object consists simply
in the concent ration of the material). Chaff,
chopped straw, hnrsc-diing, excremefct gath
ered in the highways, top and reaves of
turnips, peelings of yulns and sweet potatoes,
and nil tho olhir of the farm nre carefully
mixed with a littlo mold, shoveled up iii
smnll pyramidal heaps, moistened and cov
ered with a straw thatch. 1 often saw also,
in this compost, Itenps of muscclsand snails,
with which most of the rivulets and brooks
abound, and which, in all parts close to the
sen-shore, may be obtained iu any quantities.
The compost heaps nre occasionally moisten
ed and turned with the shovel, anil thus the
process of decomposition proceeds rapidly
under the powjr'iil notion of the suu. I
have also often seen the shorter jiroccss of
reduction ly fire resorted to when there was
plenty of straw, or w here tho manure w as
required for usu before it could begot ready
for use by the slower fermentation process."
It will be seen from the foregoing that
tho Jnjvnnrse farmer applies his manure only
ns a top dressing nnd in the liquid form.
Tho munlire being fully fermented is brought
into immediate contact with tho seed, not
only without injury, but with decided bene
fit to its early growth. Another feature
which characterizes their culture is the ma
nuring with every crop. Each sowing re
ceives the necessary amount of manure, aud
a full return is expected from the Immediate
crop, without reference to the next harvest.
We have introduced this subjoct to show
that for thousands of years a successful sys
tem of ngriculture has been carried on main
ly by the aid of human excrement, in tho
hope of inducing our reader to add this
element of fertility to their farms. There
exists a sort of prejudice against the use of
night soil as a manure. A general knowl
edge of chemistry would dissipate this nnd
other notions. Human excrement, as well
as that of animals, contains elements which
arc needed for the gruwth of tho plant. It
matters nothing from what source these are
obtained, tho wondrous processes going on
withiu the plant will convert these clement
into food. Every thoughtful person will sec
that its man's duty, w-hen he has taken the
products of the soil for food, to return to it
those portions which are not needed iu his
own system, but which are, according to tho
operations pf nature, voided in such n stato
ns to dermml their removal, nnd which
form valuable plant food. Anteuiean Agri
culturist. Cover your Vines and IMnut
The advice cannot be too often civtu to
all who cultivate vines and plants, ns to
their protection throtiah the winter and
early spring. We have found, after a good
many years ol experience, that there is uo
mode of guarding all vines and plants not
entirely hardy, against our occasionally
severe winters, as laying them dowu and
covering them with soil. Of course wo
mean those wlitcu can be so treated. Ihe
covering should not be more than two to
four inches, according to the nature of the
thing laid down. If too much earth ia
used, tho buds, from the bent of the ground,
in March, may burtt too curly, nud may be
damoged by a late frost when taken up,
which should rarely bo done before tho first
of April. All young Grupc-vines should bo
laid down, thuugl), it will prove of great
benefit, iu our judgment, to ull grano-viuos.
young or old, hardy or otherwise, to prune
tiicm and lay tnem down anil cover tlium
with a few inches of soil. All Raspberry
canes should be pruned nnd laid clown ; so.
should Koses that nre liable to damage lrom
the frost. Strawin" up rosc9 and other
deciduous flowers and shrubbery, as it is
usually done, that is, binding them as tighty
ulmo.st as a pol", is far more injurious to
them than no protection at all. Where
struwing-up is resorted to, it should be
applied only ou the Side exposed to. the
sun.
All flower borders should have a good
covering of stable manure horse manure
being very good for this purpose. In the
spring tho long stuff should be raked off,
aud tho rest jinked in. It will not only
protect the roots ngninst injury during the
winter, but tho plants will appear in tho
springgr0a',ly invigorated, and the flowers
will be much more abundant nud prove of
much higher colors and greater beauty.
Even lcuve3, straw, debris of any kind ; or,
if there be nothing ele, a slight covering
of soil will be of good service.
We trust that no one who values tho
things about his prcniin hero referred to,
will neglect this brief ail vice and now is
tho time to attend to it at least not later
than the last of this mouth. C'irmdntotcii
1'cU'jrai'h.
Nf.w Wat to Fattf.x lions. During
our visit nt the Eust wc were asked to look
nt some fatting hogs in tho styo of Dr.
Caleb Plaistridge, of Lebanon, N. II. They
wcro very tine ones, but not us good we
were told as tho doctor usually raises. His
system is this : for twenty years prist lie has
planted one-fourth acre of sweet corn, nnd
killed three hogs. Tho hogs have n good
large, airy sty, with feeding trough so
arranged that they cangot interfere with
each other at feeding tune, and free access
to a huge, dry yard, through which runs tv
spring of clear water. W hen his sweet com
is lusgo enough to roa.-t, he ciunmenjcs.
feeding it, stark and all in the yard, giving
them all the swill they will eat. This ho
continues until they refuse to eat the stalks,
after which the balance of the corn is fed in
the car, und the fatting proces finished
with corn meal. During the whole twenty
years he lias failed but twice of killing hog.i
of over five hundred pounds weight each,
und he gives credit fvr most Jof the w eight
to the sweet dun. H" uy properly fed it
a bU at least two hundred huui!s to em li
ofhiihiv. I'ntil the frusi kills it, tlay
will eat the sweet ivru ktjk and ull.
fvntiite J,ukuiMi.
SlOH VIIOM RkiT-IIOOT M PB'SiF..
.Wording to an ollUi.il return, Ihe quantity
of hid rot sugar mudo from thu beginning
ol'lhe "campaigu'' up lo the end nf Augiinl,
wu 173.077 t..us, which wu 27,''0'3 tm
more thi.n lut year: and the quantity re
inaiiiing in bond at tho en. I of the month
wua till tuna .1211 ui'.ri) than at the kamu
dutu of 1BUJ. Tln'ie i Urne manufactory
Hi. I goiiu into ojmutltm bt t li.itawurth,
Willi.!, to innko bvut kilg'tr, by liviirrt
Brother, who haw hivcicd 5i),u6 lu lint
Hiliiuut. Thi-jf nre nun f t i ii nm
and hav ihoMi In Uulr employ lumilur
with th buviucaa. 11i Machinery ha U. u
imported I'utiu ticrumiiy, ami I the Ut
umhI tlure In ihe luuuulw tut of Ut u;r.
Ilia diWvii by two Kiwulul team nuglux.
It la U tlrtcd in Kt.liuaiy Imu but aiigar
f t in IU ul quality mu U' uu.l" at ...n
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