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rIvlMtrlct Attorney lor XorthMm
Iberland County.
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SOUTHWARD.
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Kingston, 6 66 11.15 6.20
Rupert, 9 16 8 63
Danville, 9 50 9 30
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Leave Northumberland, 8.00 1.05
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6 60 A. M. via Northumberland, reach Harrisburg
12 SO f . M., Baltimore .su r. si., nasnington JO..
00 P. M via Rupee coach Philadelphia at 7 00 p. m
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aSometlsr New and Morel tor
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seeking aa honorable and profitable business. Frae
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AB&OXT A D0WD, Manafactoxars,
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P 0 E T I C A L,
OTJB DEAD. i
Nothing Is our own ; we hold our pleasures
Just a little white, era they ara fled ;
One by one life robs as of onr treasures ;
Nothing is our own axoept ou dead.
Tbey are ours, fJhd hold 1 faithful keeping
Safe forever, all they took away ;
Cruel life can never stir that sleeping,
Cruel time ean never seiia that prey.
Justice pales; truth fails: stars fall from heaven;
uuman are the great whom we revere ;
No trueorown of honor oan be given,
; Till tha wreath lies on a funeral bier.
How tha children tears as, sad no traces
Linger of that smiling angel band ;
Gone, forever gone ; and In their places
Weary men and women stand.
Yet we have seme little ones, still ours ; ' '
They have kept the baby smile wa know,
Which wa kissed one day, and hid with flowers,
On their dead white faces long ago.
When our Joy Is lost, and Ufa will take It,
Then no memory of the past remains ;
Save with some strange, cruel sting, to make it
Bitterness beyond all present pains.
Death, more tender-hearted, leaves to sorrow
Still the radiant shadow fond regret;
We shall find in some far, bright to-morrow,
Joy that he has taken, living yet.
Is lova ours, and do wa dream we know it,
Bound with all our heart-strings, all our own ?
Any oold and cruel dawn may show it,
Shattered, desecrated, overthrown.
Only tha dead hearts forsake us never ;
Love, that to death's loyal care has fled,
Is thus consecrated ours forever,
And no change oan rob as of our dead.
So when fate comes to besiege onr oity,
Dim our gold, or make our flowers fall.
Death, the angel, comes in love and pity,
And to save our treasures, claims them all.
TALES & SKETCHES.
A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY,
It was in consequence of a letter received
from an old schoolmate, whose real name, as
I proceed, the reader will perceive the neces
sity of disguising, that I laid aside my books
and papers in the midst of term, and made
a hurried journey to a distant town.
Henry St. Claire, as I shall venture to call
the friend whose urgent summons I had not
felt at liberty to disregard, had been among
the most cherished of my early associates ;
and though I had seen but little, of him
since the dit8 of our boyhood, and our cor
respondence, like most others, had been ir
regular, and had long since ended, I bad,
nevertheless, from time to time, received
such intelligence of him aa one naturally
gains in answer to inquiries made, as occa
sion oilers, in reference to the welfare of ab
sent frieads. I knew, for instance, that he
hnd married ; that at the death of bis fatber-in-luw
his wife had inherited a large estate ;
that she had died not many years after,
leaving him a wealthy widowei ; that ho
had subsequently contracted another mar
riage, and now the father of three children.
From the melancholy tone of his letter,
in which he besought my attendance both
as a triend and a legs', adviser, I naturally
concluded he was in declining health, and
desired my assistance in relation to tho dis
position of his property.
On coming in the presence of my friend,
whom I had not seen for several years. I
was startled, not to say shocked, at his ap
pearance. His age could not have exceeded
forty; but he seemed a broken-down man.
His countenance was haggard and careworn;
his eyes sunken and restless; whilst his gray
hairs and stooping form bore a sadder im
press than that of years.
Ho expressed himself grateful at my ready
compliance with his request; and, at the
conclusion of our greetings, signifies his de
sire to proceed at once to business. I need
scarcely say I was prepared to receive in
structions for an equitable division of the
testator's fortune among his children two
sons and a daughter, all of tender years
making, at the same time, suitable provi
sion for his wife. Judge of my surprise,
therefore, when Mr. St, Claire named as the
sole successors to his property two indivi
duals unknown to me, and of whose con
nection with himself I was wholly ignorant
"Mr. St. Claire,' 1 ventured to remonstrate
"you have a wife and children."
. "I have," he replied, "but heaven preserve
them from the curse of wealth that docs not
belong to tbem."
"But, my friend," I persisted, "there is
such a thing as being over-scrupulous. I
ara aware that your large possession ara
by your first wile, but tue property was Hers
to do with as she would. She became the
sole heiress of her father when his three
sons were "
"Hold t" he cried, in a tons which wonld
have startled me had I not, at tho moment,
been looking in his face, from the expres
sion of which I perceived there wa some
mystery to be disclosed.
"St. Claire," said l, approacning anu lay
intr hand on his shoulder, "we were once
companions and friends. As a friend, as
well as a lawyer, you nave sent ior me.
mere is some mystery oi wniuu i am sure
it was your purpose to disburthen your
mind. Whatever may oe tne secret,
rest assurod it will be sate with me ; but I
can never become the instrument of beggar
ing your innocent wife and children for rea
sons of the sufficiency of which I am not
clearly convinced.
"There is a mystery," said ne, "a reariui
mystery and, when it is disclosed, neither
you nor any man can call me friend ; but it
will not be long that 1 shall nave occasion
for friendship. First hear my reasons, and
then decide upon their validity."
1 resumed my chair, ana placing mmseii
in a position partly to conceal on lace, ne
nroceeaed :
"It is upwards of ten years, as you know,
since I married my first wife, the daughter
of Mr. Benson, the wealthy barrister. She,
you are aware, was the child ol a former
marriage ; and the immense fortune of my
father-in-law belonged to him or rather to
his three sons in right of his second wire,
who was dead at the time of my marriage.
"I had not the most distant hope that
this immense fortune would ever reach me ;
for, though I knew that, ia the event of the
death of my wife's half-brothere withont
issue, the estate would be entirely st her
tather'e disposal, what reasonable ground
of expectation was there that three nealtby
boys would die, and thus make way for
Agnes I I bad not married for mokey ; and
the thought of sacceeding to the wealth
which afterward became mine bad never, at
that time, entered my mind. -'
"I will iell voa the first time the thought
dawned upon me. There was aa epidemic
raging tn Uie MignDornooa, ana my lacner
in law's three aou were attacked by it at
the same time. One evening when tny wife
received a nesaaee tbai it wee doubtful If
any of them would survive tne tugnc, me
thought flashed upon me that, if they should
not, now great would be the change in my
prospects, l repeueu tue iciea as ueartiess
and cruel; but it possessed a strange lascina
tion. and was constantly returning. I lav
awake the whole night, and found myself
planning tne disposal ot an inheritance
which, in my distempered imagination, I
fancied already in my grasp, forgetting that
another life that of my fatber-in-law
stood between me and its present enjoy
ment. "Next morning, however, a favorable
cbango had taken place, and all three event
ually recovered ; but so firm was the hold
taken on my mind by the hopes thus sud
denly engendered, that I regarded the event
that dissipated them not only with feelings
of the keenest disappointment, but as an
untoward accident which hnd deprived me
of something to which I was rightfully en
titled. You must understand that these
were thoughts, fcelinirs. fancies. Hnd I
stood by the bedside ot the boys when tho
flame of life was trembling in tbc socket, I
would not have extinguished it. I was no
murderer then 1
You know something of the river here.
and of the passion for boating which pre
vails among tue inhabitants, l lie tnree boys
often indulged in this exercise : and it some
times happened that I accompanied them.
One day we had rowed several miles down
the river, and it was nearly sunset when we
thonght of returning. The sky was sudden
ly overcast, and it began to rain heavily.
In the scramble for cloaks and umbrellas
which ensued, the boat was nearly over
turned ; but it righted immediately, and the
circumstance merely Bcrved the boys as food
ior merriment, in mo the ctlcct produced
was very different. More than a vear had
elapsed since the epidemic gave rise to feel
ings which I have already confessed, and
which had been nearly, but not quite for
gotten. At that moment they recurred with
tenfold force. If it had upset V I said
within myself 'if it had upset t' and then
the prospect of wealth again opened before
me. The boys were shouting and laughing
while I sat moodily apart, indulging in my
ro-awakened reflections.
As we continued to row, darkness set in.
The boys were in the height of their glee,
and I was absorbed by fancies I was now
powerless to struggle against, when we
passed some ol jeet floating in tho water I
know not what. Half in boyish curiosity,
half in sport, the three brothers spiang to
the side with arms and oars extended to
intercept it, and in an instant the boat was
capsized I"
St. Clair pronounced the last words rapid
ly, and apparently under great excitement,
though he had yet said nothing tending to
criminate himself, and the occurrence re
lated appeared, as I bad always understood
it to be, purely accidental.
"Well, 1 saio, "the boys wero unhappily
drowned ; but it was in consequence of their
own imprudence, and through no fault of
yours "
"Btay," he continued, "you are here to
hear a confession, and I am here to make it.
Two of the boys the two youngest as
Heaven is my judge, l never saw. 1 believe
had I seen the youugest, I would have done
my utmost to save him. The eldest rose
close to me. We were within twenty yards
of the bank. I could have saved him I
believe I would have done so, had he called
for help. I saw him but for a moment ; and
I think, as I struck out to swim, I kicked
him beneath the water, but it was unde
signedly! But I did not turn to help him.
I made for the bank, and reached it, and it
was then too late. I saw the ripple on tho
water, and tho boat floating away, but
nothing else, I ate his murderer I"
St. Claire paused, overcome by the vio
lence of his emotion, when I ventured to
hint that the peculiar circumstances which
bad attended the event might have so
wrought on his imagination as to confuse
his memory of the facts.
"No, no 1" ho exclaimed ; "I am no fan
cier. But if you still entertain doubts, let
tbem be dispelled by what I havo yet to re
late. My father-in-law succeeded to the
fortune, and my wife became prospectively
an heiress. Brighter prospects led to in
creased expenditures, and embarrassments
thickened around me. In my difficulties I
appealed to my father-in law. 'Not a penny
till I die.' was the answer he gave with un
yielding obduracy. He was, as you know,
an inveterate miser, who could not think of
parting with the smallest portion of his
wealth save with his life.
"It was at that time that Mr. Benson was
seized by a complaint to which he had long
been subject, and whicu required prompt
medical aid. With the assistance of Dr.
Ncale be Lad come safely through several
similar attacks ; and, on tho present occa
sion, the doctor's skill bade fair to prove
equally successful. My wife had spent the
night in the sick chamber, but in the morn
ing, the patient being pronounced nut of
immediate danger, she yielded to my entrea
ties, backed by those of the physician, and
went to seek an hour's repose. The doctor,
who was also worn out with watching, em
braced the opportunity of temporary relaxa
tion thus offered.
" 'I have some apprehensions of another
attack,' said be, as he left me alone with his
patient 'but there is no cause for alarm ; it
will only be necessary to lose no time in
summoning me in case such an event should
occur.' ,
"Mine was a singular situation. I, who
for years bad had my hopes fixed on a great
inheritance, and bad seen the most formida
ble obstacles removed, was now alone
watching the sick bed of the last individual
who stood between me and the goal of my
wishes. There was a table near me with
several phials upon it. I took up one of
them. It was labeled ' laudanum.' All the
demon was roused within me. My pecuni
ary difficulties seemed to augment, and the
value of the old man's uie to uimiuisn. ue
called for drink. The key to wealth and
enjoyment was in my hand I The tempta
tion was fearful, but I resisted it.
"I bad replaced the phial on the table,
when certain unmistakable indications as
sured me that the physician's fears were
about to be realized. I knew from tbe doc.
tor's previous treatment that everything de
pended on tbe prompt use of tbe lancet.
My heart beat quickly. I rose hesitated
reseated myself rose again listened again
sat down pressed my fingers on my ears
that I might hear nothing, and leaned my
head upon the table. I continued in this
posture for a time, and then started up and
listened. All was silent I rang the bell
violently, opened the door, and cried out,
"Cell the doctor instantly I" I returned to
the chamber and seated myself, feeling that
tha last obstacle to fortune bad been re
moved, and knowing that I was a second
time a murderer 1
1 "In a few moments the doctor entered.
He approached the bed, bent over it. and
bhiu, -i iear n is too isto 1
"Terhaps not,' I answered. 'At all
events, make evorr possible effort'
"He did, of course, everything in his pow-
. --- r i . 1 1 . .
ui , uuv iu a lew minutes ue uesisieu, say
ing, as he shook his head, ' A little, and I
have reason to believe, only a little too
late.'
"Since that time," St Clair resumed, I
have never known a moment's peace. My
wife's tears for her father full on my heart
like drops of fire. Each look she gave me
seemed to read my inmost thoughts. She
never spoke that I did not imagine she was
about to accuse me of my crimes. Her rre-
sence became oppressive. I withdrew from
licr and from her society. I fancied men
looked suspiciously upon me. I had no
companionship but with conscience 1
"At length Agnes sickened and died.
She left me the who'.o of her fortune, and I
married again. But the curse of a double
murder v.'os upon me. The evening on the
river, and the old man's death-chamber, are
eternally presented to my fancy, and leave
me no rest v
"You havo now heard all : and now. mav
I ask, are you ready to frame my will as I
have directed I I am possessed of a auattcr
of a million, and it rightly belongs to tho
heirs of those originally entitled to it."
l could not but admit the lustice of the
proposed restitution ; but, with some diffi
culty, prevailed on tbo wretched man to se
cure a moderate competency to his wifo and
children.
It grew late.
"Henry St. Claire," said I, rising to take
my leave, "let this subject now drop forev
er. 1 here are remedies for tho stings of
conscience ; apply yourself to fhem, and you
may yet pass years of happiness in tho soci
ety of your fumily."
"I know there are remedies," he answered :
"and I will not fail to seek their aid."
Not many days afterwards I received a
letter announcing the death of my unhappy
friend. He was found lying lifeless on the
floor of his chamber, with an empty phial
clutched in his stiffened fingers, which left
no doubt as to the remedy by which he had
sought to quiet an accusing conscience.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Trout sKlHhlnjt.
The season for trout fishing has arrived.
As there are quite a number of citizens of
Sunbury who delight in capturing the
"speckled beauties," wo give place to the
following bit of practical information rela
tive to trout fishing, from tbe Country Gen
tleman :
First, as to the habits of the trout. They
seek in the warm season, clear, cool, running
water. In winter, they retreat to the deeper
water, such as fords and deep holes. The
trout may be said to dislike civilization, and
when tbe forest and brush are cleared from
its old haunts, he takes good care to leave
also. There are many streams in this region
which twenty years ago yielded trout abund
antly, that are now almost deserted. Soli
tude is therefore indispensable to their in
crease, except when propagated by artificial
means. When spring opens, and the streams
are warmed by the sun, the trout run up
into the brooks and may then be taken by
experienced anglers. The trout is very shy,
and he who would catch him must keep
without the range of his eye as much as pos
sible. Noise does not frighten him. They
usually lie under logs or the edges of rocks,
or under banks, or in any place where seclu
sion can Le obtained. When in search of
food, as at sunset or in (fie early mornifTg, or
at times on cloudy days, tbey are all about
tbe stream, but will oftcnest be found in
quick water or in the very deepest water.
Second, the best time to catch. This is
usually in the morning and at evening.
Cloudy days preferred to bright days be
cause the fish arc then less liable to see tbe
angler. Often in pond fishing, a light rippie
on the surface of the water is as good as
cloudy weather. And often, too, I have bad
great success in the brightest days. It is
impossible to tell just when they will bite
best. My rule is to go whenever I get ready,
and take tho chance. April, May and June
are the bc$t months.
Then as to the tait. For urooK nslunpr
there is nothing better than the angle worm
or a dew worm.
For pond fishing, the artificial fly, and so
ti terta. Large trout, however, are often
est caught with tho fly. Minnows are good
and will trcquently tempt large trout when
the worm and fly both fail.
Death, of the Last ScnvivoR of tiir
WvoMrso Massacre: A .etter to the Balti
more Sun, dated York Springs, 12th inst.,
says, The death took place yesterday of
Samuel Kennedy, near York Springs, Adams
county, Pa., in the 93d year of his age. He
was the last survivor ot the Wyoming mas
sacre. His raotner brought him away when
five years old, in her flight from that inhu
man slaughter. She, with her son Samuel,
settled in Mcnallen township, then York,
and new Adams county, where he has re
sided until his death, surrounded by his
children, grand and great grandchildren, a
respected citizen, without an enemy, lie
loved by all who knew him. His father,
John Kennedy, with his two brothers, Sam
uel and Thomas, settled in Wyoming settle
ment some time before its destruction by
the Indians. Samuel was killed, and his
wife and six children taken prisoners and
never heard of after the massacre, but John's
wife and three children, the eldest being tbe
boy Samuel, just deceased, after biding in a
wheat-field, surrounded by Indians, all night,
finally escaped. John was absent at the
time, having gone to Penn's valley to assist
in guarding the people there from the In
dians. Two of bis wife's brothers were
killed in the massacre. The other Kennedy,
(Tbomts) was a single man at the time, and
was uninjured. Tbe deceased was born the
6th of December, 1T78, in Northumberland
county, Pa..
Tbe duke of Choisoul, who murdered bis
wife in Paris, many years ago, and was said
to have committed suicide in prison, has
been seen lately in that city. It is asserted
that the Government connived at his escape,
and that be ha been living in San Francisco
for twenty years past
Dr. Newland, who killed tbe seducer of
his daughter, nas been acquitted oy tne
jury. The verdict meet witu approval in
Now Bedford, Ind., where the homicide oc
curred.
The Commissioner of Agriculture has re
ceived through the United States Consul at
Honduras, Central America, a nive oi snug.
Imi bcea. Tha bees form no comb, but de
posit their honey in a sack or pouch, in size
J .1 tlt 4 k.n'a anna
auu sua" siiuuai v m uvu b o"-
Toilet of a Pompclian Indy of
Fauhlon.
This was the subject of a recent lecture,
The lecturer began bv savins that he remem
bered seeing a picture, discovered in 18S3,
representing a gentleman entering the toilet
room or a l-'ompelian lady, lie remembered
the story of the minister whom the people
iiKca because no pitched into old jNeuuciia
nezzer for his sins, but said nothing of theirs;
so, if he should enter one of the toilet rooms
of a Pompeuan house, and should there see
an inlaid box containing a white powder,
and if he should discover a lady endeavoring
io piace tnis powaer upon her face by means
of a light feathery brush, It should not be
forgotten that he was speaking of 1800
years ago, and not of scenes of to-day. They
don't do such things now. If he should
discover a lady endeavoring to conceal the
loss of her natural hair by means of tbe
manufactured article, remember this was
1800 years ago. They don't do such things
now.
Tho lecturer then proceeded to bis main
subject, and opened by saying that in all
ages the dress of woman is what makes her;
men and women exist for each other, and the
reason that women adorn themselves is to
please men.- Our girls of to-day are no less
eager to adorn themselves than were the
girls of Pompeii ; but the position of women
among us is entirely different.
in the words ot tbe apostle, tbo women
were made beautiful according to the flesh.
Tbey used every exertion to conceal tbe ex
istence of wrinkles there are none now-a-days.
They had many rouges, eta, to destroy
the marks of time, and in their endeavor to
E reserve their complexion they were wont to
athe in luxuriously scented baths of asses'
milk until the whole body became perfectly
smooth. Their toilette occupied an entire
half day. At the snapping of the fingers the
servant came to the bedsido to more
thoroughly awaken her mistress. First her
faco must be washed before any man was
permitted to see her. And not such a wash
ing as is undergone now, for the paste of
bread and milk, with which the face had
been thoroughly coveted the night previous,
was to be removed so carefully as not to
leave the slightest redness of countenance.
The teeth were then replaced, the eyebrows
penciled, and the complexion improved.
Notwithstanding the comparatively recent
discovery in dentistry, the teeth of Pompci
ians were filled with gold.
Brown, yellow and even red hair being
scarce (red hair there is no sucn" thing
now-a-days, it is either gold or auburn,)
were considered fashionable then as well as
flt the present time. A species of soap was
used to color black hair ; but when tbe hair
absolutely refused to change color it was
cut off and tbe head supplied with a fash
ionable tint This is never done now.
The Koman ladies knew, with ours, that
secresy is one of the charms of their toilet.
Their beauty was not of tbe class to be
handled, taken apart, and put together
again by those whose eyes they desired to
please. Like the ladies of our time, they
attached value only to that which was for
eign, and no kind of wash or rouge could
be. used unless it had a foreign name.
When in grand toilet a Pompeiian lady of
fashion glittered in real gold not Attlebo-
rough and she bad a great number of
jewels. Some of the cameos are so delicate
ly engraved as to require a leus to see the
design ; and how could these be engraved
unless the Homans had magnifying glasses?
The lecturer, before closing, noticed sev
eral similarities between a Pompeiian lady's
method of dressing tbe hair and those now
in vogue with us, and illustrated tho same
witrr numerous drawings. One bad rats
and mice skillfully arranged ; another had a
fine waterfall I
Bwlaw IaundrcHses.
They are such important and much desired
personages, that tbey must be engaged some
time before they are wanted ; you must also
bespeak tbe fountain near which you reside,
by nailing on it a pieco of paper, on which is
written, that on a certain day named, Ma
dame so and so requires the great stone
trough into which tho water runs, for her
lessive, and then no one on that day dare
put a nnger in it without your leave.
The whole business ot mo wasn last tour
days. Ou the first day tbe clothes are
steeped in cold water only. On tbo Second
they are all put together in an immense tub,
over which is laid a strong linen sheet; on
this a great quantity of wood allies is placed,
ana then boiling water is poured on them
till the linen is covered with tbe lye. Then
tbey are allowed to lio an hour, when the
liquor is run off through a tap; then more
boiling water is allowed to filter through
the asTics, and this process is repeated till
evening. The third day the linen is taken
out of the lye and well washed with hot
water and soap, and tho tourth, it is re
moved to the fountains to be rubbed and
beaten on boards, rinsed and blued. When
the linen comes out of the lye, any one unac
customed to this mode of .washing would
be sure to think it irretrievably ruined, so
yellow is it, and it is not till it has been
well thumped and nosed in the fountain
that it regains its color and becomes beauti
fully white.
These washerwomen are a peculiar anu
distinctive race. Tbey are the greatest
gossips, the loudest talkers, the biggest eat
ers and sometimes urinaers, oi any in tue can
ton. They are all ugly, old, and bent, with
lean hands, wizen faces, and thick limbs.
All wear immense bats, with a knob at the
top, and their old petticoats and jackets
look as if tbey had been buried hundreds of
years and then dug up again. The three or
lour days mat, twice in tue year, tuey are
on a visit to your bouse, your servants have
quite enough work to do in cooking a
variety of dishes to suit their fastidious ap
petites, for they have a diet peculiar to their
body ; and ii you don't oblige uiem in this
respect, you sre left in the lurch, and your
linen must go unwashed.
After all is dried there is ironing for seve
ral days, during which every female in the
houBO is pressed into service, as weu aa two
or three laundresses, and then when all is
aired, mended, and put away, there is quiet
in the bouse for five months or more ; and I
am not sure if we bad but the same immense
supply of linen, we should not find it a
better plan, both as regarr.s toe uieavuuig
of the clothes l id the comfort of our house
holds, than our everlasting, unsatisfactory,
order destroying weekly washes. All
my . ate 1 shall tuiun oi tnose weird
looking women, gabbling and bawling away
at the fountain, and I am convinced that if
I could return to Switzerland two hundred
rears bence. tbe race would be unchanged,
and that one of tho first things that my eyes
rested on, would be, to all appearances, the
aama W If ,! Sltla4 ll B fT t B rf I D fY III f Yl
U1W VIWaVMi wtawtnus eaej - ' 0 MM e asv
mud round the fountain. VUlag L in
tjieuttrland.
1 Tho Round Tablt illustrates the vulgar
passion for notoriety which has come to be
such an Americanism by saying that it
knew a man who was detected in a dis
graceful theft, and the affair was to havo
been quietly hushed. Bnt he begged hard
to make a public confession, on the score of
conscience as he pursuaded himself, but
most obviously for the sake of notoriety.
This passion is being directly fostered by
the so-called ladies who make heroes of
murderers, and lionize seducers who may be
"unfortunate" enough to be convicted. .
The old fashioned custom of rejecting a
man as a juror on tbe trial of capital of
fenders because he has been intelligent
enough to read the newspaper reports of tho
case and sane enough to form an opinion on
the basis of those reports, is, we rejoice to
see, falling at last into disuse. In the choico
of the jury for trying Probst, in Philadel
phia, tho Conrt admitted as jurors those of
the panel, who, notwithstanding the forma
tion of an opinion, answered that they
would be governed in their verdict by tho
evidence before the Court. This is a deci
sion of a common sense.
The Government has given the Paclffio
Mail Steamship Company the contract to
carry the mails to China at $500,000 per
annum for ten years. Tho ships now build
ing in New York are 800 feet in length, with
5,000 horse power. Thev will cost 1.000.-
000 each, and be incomparably the finest
vessels in the world. On the first of Janu
ary, 1807, they commence running monthlv
from Sanfrancisco to Shanghai, with a
orancn to tne ranuwicn islands.
It is rumored that Hon. Edward Cooper.
private Secretary to the President, will short
ly wed Mrs. Stover, the widowed daughter
of President Johnson.
A curious accident happened on Broad
way, N. Y., on Friday afternoon. A man tear
ing down the sidewalls of a seven story house
near Broome street, partially suspended from
a rope tied around his body, missed his foot
ing on tho wall, and was nearly hung to
death before being rescued, the rope having
slid over his waist to his neck, where tbe
noose tightened.
AGRICULTURAL, &C.
Experiments tvltU IToUUoe.
I sent you last year an account of several
experiments I tried in seeding potatoes,
which was published in the April numberof
the Farmer. From these experiments, and
many similar ones which I have tried, I be
came thoroughly convincod that large pota-
... a . r.. i-
wia nuiu vcbici xui piuuuug tuan email ones,
or large potatoes cut in several j iuces ; that
the buts of large potatoes was better than
light. I have tried this year to ascertain the
precise quantity of seed necessary to a hill,
and although i have not done what I in
tended, I think I have made some approxi
mation towards it.
Three or four buts ore the right ouantitv
of seed to a hill. Less than three gives a
smaller product : more than four gives no
greater product, and more small potatoes.
i no louowing is the result ot an experi
ment with seventeen hills of potatoes: 17
hills with two buts to a hill, which yielded
ma ios. o ozs ; n inns with three outs to a
hill, which yielded 117 lbs. 5 ozs; 17 hills
with four buts to a hill, which yielded 131
lbs. 9 ozs. Tbe hills being three feet apart,
four buts to a bill, would require 2H bu
shels more seed to an acre than would be
required were there only two buts to a hill.
Tho extra produce would be, according to
my experiment, 122 bushels to an acre ;
leaving a gain of 101 bushels over and above
tbe extra quantity of seed. Here is quite a
gain from heavy seeding. This experiment,
repeated, might give a little different result;
but I am satisfied it would bo only a little.
I send you this account because I think there
is an immense loss every year in the potato
crop, in consequence of scant seeding. Most
farmers plant either small potatoes, or large
ones cut very fine, putting two or three
pieces in a hill. Cor. N. E. Farmer.
The Sjatcm ol Iforse-Msoelng-.
Tho Faris correspondent of tbe Daily
Telegraph gives the following account of a
new system of shoeing horses, the invention
of a Paris blacksmith :
Instead of the shoe being placed fre
quently much too hot on the hoof, and
burning its own resting place, the outside
of the hoof is cut away round the foot to
about the depth of halt an inch ; this leaves
a ledge into which tbe shoe fits, and is then
flush with the frog, which just touches tho
ground ; and tho wholo foot rests on the
ground instead of being raised, as of old, by
the shoe. The visible advantages of this
are that the foot is little pared, and that,
instead of a great heavy shoe, the animal is
shod in what aro little more than racing
plates. Tho advantages by the inventor are,
that tbe bono never slips, that .the shoe
allows the foot to expand naturally, and
that it lasts as long, and is as cheap as the
old plan. We naturally objected that tbe
foot was less protected, and consequently
more liable to injury; to which the inventor
replied that horses in a state of nature have
no slices, that tbe frog hardens, and that
he has beeu for months shoeing the Paris
omnibus horses, which pass over very rough
streets, in bis new fashion, and with great
success.
A Good Substitutk for Paint. For the
benefit of our readers, both in town and
country, we publish the following recipe for
making a wash for buildings, which is said
to look almost as well as paint. We quote
from the Chemical U turtle :
"Take a clean water-tight barrel, or other
suitable cask, and put iuto it a half bushel of
lime. Slack it by pouring water over it,
boiling hot, and in sufficient quantity to
cover it five inches deep, and stir it brisk I v
till thoroughly slacked. When slacking has
been effected, dissolve in water and add two
pounds of sulphate of sine and one of com
mon salt 1 uese will cause tbe wash to
harden, and prevent it cracking, which gives
an unseemly appearance to the work. If
desirable, a beautiful cream color may be
communicated to the above wash by adding
tnree pounds oi yeuow oenre, or a good pearl
or lead color by the addition of lamp, vine
or ivory black. For fawn color, add four
pound of umber Turkish or American, tbo
latter is the cheaper one pound of Indian
red and one pound of common lampblack.
This wash may be applied with a common
whitewash brush, and will be found much
superior, both in appearance and durability,
to common whitewash.
Worth Rkmemberino. It is said that if
a piece of charcoal is laid upon a burn, tbe
pain subsides immediately. By leaving tbe
charcoal on one hour, the burn is bealed, as
has been demonstrated on several occasions.
This remedy is cheap and sinple, and cer
tainly deserves a trial.