rERMS Of THH "AWEHICAH."
1KRM3-TW0 0LLAR8 pt annua. CI 60 If
aoipaidwIUiiB the year. N paper diwwnliiiuod
.until all arrearages are paid.
.These term WfU be itriotly adhered to hereafter.
If subscribers neglect or refute to lake their aew-
papers from the oflioe to whloh they are directed, they
are responsible onHl they have settled the billi and
ordered them discontinued.
Postmasters will please aot aa pur Agonta, and
frank lettera containing anbsoription money. They
are permitted to do this under the Poet Office Law.
JOB rBINTIHQ,
We have eonnectcl with our eeUbllahment a well
. solocted JOS OFFICE, whleb will enable u to
exocute, In the noatest ityle, every variety of
Printing
BUSINESS CARDS.
UKORaalliLL, BmoK P. WoLVtnton.
HILL & WOLVBETON,
Attorneys nnd Counselors at 'I-nw.
SXJJSTBXTR"5r,
WILL attend to the eolleotion of ail kinds of
cluims, iuoluding Back Pay, Bounty and Pen
sions. api. 1, flg
JACOB SHIPMAN,
.FIRE AND.LIFB INSUBANCE AGENT
SUKBUKT PENN'A.
nKP-niSEHTS
Tarmers Mutunl Fire Insurance Co., York Pa.,
Cumberland Valley Mutual Protection Co.,
Kow Vork Jtutual Life, Girard Life of Phil'a. Hart
ford Conn. Goncrnl Accidents.
Sunbury, April 7, ly.
Dr. CHAS. ARTHUR,
)omcropatIjic ftfjfisfrian.
'araduate of tho Homccopalhio Medical College of
Pennsylvania.
Office, Market Equare opposite the Court House
Kl'NIiUKT, PA.
March 81,lHfl.
JOHN B0WEM, WVl BEESIIOLTX.
Bowen & Seesholtz,
WHOLESALE RETAIL DEALERS
in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL,
J. Huns A Co's Lower Wharf, Kunbury, lu
Orders solicited and filled with promptness and
despatch.
Sunbuiy, June 2, 186.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SUN BURY, Northumberland County, Pa
OFFICE in East end of Weaver's Tavern, Market
Stroct.
All business entrusted to hiui will be careful y and
punctually attended to. Consultation in the Eng
lish and Uerman languages.
ttanbury, April d. JhtlS.
AMBROTYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH.
GALLERY.
Corner Market A Fuwn Street, SUNBLUY, Pa. j
S. BYEULY, Pmopriktok,
Photogrnjih. Ambrotypes asd Mclainotypes taken
the best style of the nrL npl. 7, ly
J R. HIIi BUSH
SURVEYOR AND CONVEYANCER
AND
JUSTICE OF THE PEA CE.
MiiIkiiioi, NortliMitlterhuid County, PeutSa
Office in Jackson township. Engagements can
bo made by letter, directed to tho above address.
All business entrusted to his care, will be promptly
uttended lo.
April 22, 18B8. ly
V. M. Rockefeller. Lloyd T. Roiirbach.
ROCKEFELLER & R0HRBACH.
SI .Mil KV, PESXU.
"vFFICK the siuiic that has been heretofore occu-
J pied by Win. M. Rockefeller, Esq., nvurly op- j
iusite tho residence of Judge Jordan. I
Sunbury, July 1, lsiio. ly j
ti. W. .IKOLEll. L. H. CASE ;
SIEGL2CE. & CASE,
ATT011NEYS AT LAW,
SUNBURY, PENNSYLVANIA.
I'olleotions and nil Professional business promptly
I tended to in the Courts of Northumberland anil
vl joining Counties.
-Also, special attention paid to tho Collection
I Pensions, Bounties and Back Pay for Widows
rpbiin und Soldiers
Sunbury, March 18, 1S(55.
" a i7 ii.-M an s i:k,
i tlornor lit SUNBURY, PA
X t'ullectioiis alti'iidcd to in the counties of Nnr
uinberland. Union, Snyder, Montour, Columbia
d Lyeoiniug.
llEFRRKNCES.
'Ion. John M. Reed, Philadelphia,
. O. Outtcll 4 Co., "
Ion. Win. A. Porter, "
Iorton McMicliacI, Esq.. "
1 Keteham t Co., 289 Pearl Street, New York.
obn W. Ashinoad, Attorney at Law, "
iattbews Cox, Attorneys at Law, "
anbury, March 2'J, 18B2.
WHOLESALE AN1 RETAIL DEALER
in o ery vuriety of
VNTIIRACITE COAL,
Upper Wharf, SUNBURY, Penn'a.
'-Orders solicited and filled with promptness and (
tea.
bury, Mav 12, 1866. y
e. o. aoBiisr,
. - I
i-nry anil l'oiinelloi- at Iim,
JONVILLE, CCOPER CO .MISSOURI.
I.L pay taxes on lands in any part of tho
State. Buy and sell real Estate, and all other
i entrusted to him will receive prompt attcn-
8, 1S65 octJ5, '61.
lilt, i:. . LLIILKY,
SICIAN AND SURGEON
NORTHUMBERLAND, PA.
.,1'MLKY has opened an office in Northum
and offers his services to the people of that
d the adjoining townsLips. Office next door
oott'a Shoe Store, whore ha can l'eond at all
imborland August 19, 1865.
FISHBH'S
NTG & LODGING HOUSE!
v Htrpsi .orlU oftlie Iepot,
SI .Mil ItY, PA,
LS AT ALL HOURS, DAY AND NIGHT
y, Jan. 20, 1866.
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
ncy V I'oiiMBtllor ut I Jiv.
hi .Itl 1IY, 1A.
trict Attorney lor 1 or Ilium.
1 County.
March 81, li)6 :.v
y and Counnellor at luw.
ith side of Market street, four doon wost
of Eyster store,
3TTNB"CJR"5r. PA
id promptly to all professional business
i Lis care, the eolleotion of claims in
land and the adjoining counties.
AprilJ 1866.
s. Wilder,
BTTIIjIDEjR.,
!URY
y, llrUU
and t'arpralcr
'.xt-utuliiiK und llfpairiag.
tiou done in the most modern styles and
auuor at abort notict, and at pricee to
'cb. 17, 1866. j
OB O: BBOZ
CHANT TAILOR,
. , And Dealer in .
DASSIMERKS, VESTING, &c.
Uett, noutb orWwrer'e
.Hotel,
TJB "S, P A..
m. .
I bllOES for l.OO. att
W.W.APey'-
.;mitu o:uv;:.-'
I )
PUBLISHED EVEKY SATURDAY MORNING, BY
NEW SERIES, VOL. 2, NO.
Bricklayer and Builder,
Market Street, 4 doon East of Third St.,
S XT 3NT BUR 5T , PENN'A.
1. II. All Jobbing promptly at
lend to.
Sunbury, June 2, 1806.
taxlohin a
J. F. SCHAFFER,
RESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of SUN
BUUV and vicinity, that he has opened a
Tailoring Shop,
the room over Fams worth's Grooery, oppoBito the
Cental Hotel, Sunbury, where he is ready to make
op garments of all kinds in the latest style and best
workmanlike manner.
Having had experience in the business for a num
bor of years be hopes to render general satisfaction
Custom work is respectfully solicited.
J. F. SCHAFFER,.
Sunbury, May 13,1865. ly
GEO. C. WELKKR & SON,
FIRE & LIFE INSURANCE AGENCY,
Office, Market Street, SUNBURY, PA.
Risks taken in First Class Stock and Mutual Compa
nies. Capital Represented 1 1, 000,000.
Sunbnry, May 12, 1866. y
COAL! COAL!! COAL!!!
GRANT Ss BROTHER,
hlppcm Jk. WlioleMiUc & ltetail
Dviilcrn In
WIIlTi: &. Hi:il A. It COAI,,
in evory variety.
Solo Agents, westward, of the Celebrated Henry
Clay Coal.
Lower Wharf, SrNnunv, Pa.
Sunbury, Jan. 13, 1866.
Washington House.
SAMUEL SNYDER,
on
'OBITE TI1G NKW COURT 1IOLSK,
SUNBURY, PA.
, "111 I IS popular nnd coinforl.ible Hotel bus boon
.1 fittea up in superior order for the accommoda
tion of Slrangcrs, Travellers, nnd the public gener
ally. No effort will be spared by the Proprietor to
make it a favorite resort and a pleasant home for
every guest His table, bis bar, and the lung ex
perience of the proprietor, warrant him in anticipa
ting a liberal share of public patronage.
Extensivo stables, and every dusirablo conve
nience. Sunbury, April 7, 186S. ly
JOHN WILVJER,
BOOT Sz SHOE
MANUFACTURER,
One door East of Friling's Store, Market Square
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
RESPECTFULLY informs the cititens of Sunbury
nnd vicinity, thut be is prepared to manufac
ture to ordor all kinds of BOOTS A SHOES, at tho
shortest notice and in tho best workmanlike manner,
of tho best material and at the lowest Cash prices.
Ho hopes to receive a full share of patronage.
Sunbury, Juno 2, 1SU6.
Norlliwii (Vntral Knihvay,
FOUR TRAINS DAILY to and from Baltimore
mid Washington city.
THREE TRAINS DAILY to and from tho North
and West Branch Snsquolluiina, Elinira, and all of
Northern New York.
ON and after MONDAY, MAY 21st, 1866,
tho Passenger Trains of tho Northern Central
Railway will run as follows :
SOUTHWARD.
I Mail Train, leuvcs Kluiira
j " llarrisburg,
' arr. at Baltimore,
i Eluiira Express leaves Kluiira,
( " llarrisburg,
arr at Baltimore,
1 Fust Lino, leaves llarrisburg,
arr at Baltimore,
llarrisburg Accoui. leaves llarrisburg,
arr at Baltimore,
Eric Express leaves Erie,
4.45 p. m.
l .'ii p. in.
b.'M p. ui.
5.3(1 p lu.
2.50 am.
7 00 a m
8 45 p m
12 30 p in
5 05 p m
J 37 p m
4 45 p in
8 33 a in
arr at llarrisburg,
NORTHWARD.
Mail Truin loaves Bnltimure 9 15 am
" llarrisburg, 2 (15 p m
arr at Eluiira, 10 45 p ui
Eluiira Express leaves Baltimore, 9 45 p m
" llarrisburg, 2 05 a m
arr at Eluiira, 1135am
Fast Line, leaves Baltimore, 12 10 p in
arr at llarrisburg, S ill pa
Erie Mail arr at Baltimore, 7 20 p m
llarrisburg, 12 00 a ni
arr at Erie. 6 55 p m
Eric Express, leaves llarrisburg 4 10 p m
arr at Erie 9 30 a in
llarrisburg Acc, leaves York, 7 10 a m
' arr at llarrisburg 8 40 a m
Erie Express North and Harrisburg Accomtnoda
tion South run daily, except Sundays. Elinira Ex
press North daily, and South duily, except ib'unduys
Fast Lino North and llarrisburg Accommodation
North arrive daily, except Sundavs. Klniira Ex.
press North arrives and Fast Line South leaves daily
muii iNorin anu &ouin runs uaiiy, except eunuayg,
J.rie express rxiulb arrives ually, except Mondays
For further information apply at tho Ticket Ofbce
in tlie l'ouusvlvania Railroad Depot,
For further information apply at tho Oflioe
I. N. DuBARRY
(Jon. Supt.
1HOW.
lMiIIndelpHlu Sc
lwoo.
lrie ltullroad.
THIS great line traverses the Northern and North
west counties of Pennsylvania to tho city of Erie
on Lake Erie.
It has been leased aud U operated by the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company.
Time of Passenger trains at Sunbury,
Leave Eastward.
Erie Mail Train, 11.45 p. m.
Erie Express Train, 5.55 am.
Elmira Mail Train, 10.35 a in.
Leave Westward.
Erie Mail Train, 4.50 am.
Erie Express Train, 6.45 pm.
Elmira Mail Train, 4.45 p.m.
Passenger ears run through on the Erie Mail and
Express Trains without change both ways between
Philadelphia and Erie.
Ssw Work Connection.
Leave New York at V.00 a in, arrive at Erie 9.30 a.
m. Leave Erie at 4.45 p in., arrive at New York
4 10 p. m.
ELEGANT SLEEPING CARS on all Niht Trains.
. For information respecting Passenger business
apply at Cor. 30tb and Market St., Philadelphia.
And for Freight business of the Company 's Agonta,
S. B. Kingston, Jr., Cor. 13tb aud Market St.,
Philadelphia.
J. W. Hevnolds, Erie.
William Brown, Agent N. C. R. R., Baltimore.
II. 11. Houston,
Oen'l Freight Agt. Phllada.
U W. OWIMMKB,
Oen'l Ticket Ag't , Thllada.
A. L. TYLER,
Oen'l Manager, Willlamsport.
June 2, 1866.
I.uckun unuu V Itloomttburi; Hail
roud.
ON and after Nov 27th, 1805, rauengot Trains
wui run as miiows :
.... . SOUTHWARD.
A.M.
6.50
6.55
9 15
- 9 50
P. M.
10.05
11.15
P. M.
460
, 6.20
8.53
9 30
10 15
3 05
3.40
4 15
6.55
Leave Bcranbm, 1
" Kingston,
' Rupert,
Danville,
Arr. Northumberland
10 30
NORTHWARD
Leave Northumberland, 8.00
t- DaaviUo, . 8 40
" Rupert, 15 ' -
Kingston, ' ' 8 3
Arr. at Kuranlnn. a. 44
A. M
8.30
95
8.10
Trains leaving Kingston at 8.30 A. M
for
Scran
ton, oo nn oct with
Train arriving at New York at a 20
Leaving Northumberland at b 00 A. 41 and k lags
ton 2 30 P. M. oonuect with tie Train arriving at
New York at 10.55 J. M. , ...
Puss UK us taking Train South from Eoranton at
5 50 A. M. Via Northumberland, leaoh Uarriaburg
13 SO V. M., Baltimore 5.30 r. M , wasntngton iu
P0 r. M via Rupert reach Philadelphia at 7 00 p. ni
U. A- fviva, pup i,
' '
Kingston, Hay. z,
TT "T""T "
if ' i
I
41.
POETIC A L.
' From the Atlantlo Monthly, for July.j
THE DEATH OF SLAVERY.
BY WILLIAM COLLKK BBTAHT.
0 thou great Wrong, that, through the alow-paced
years.
Didst hold thy millions fettered, and didst wield
The scourge that drove the laborer to the field,
And looked with atony eye on human tears,
Thy erucl reign is o'er ;
Tby bondmen crouch no moro
In terror at the menaoe of thine eye ;
For he who marks the bounds of guilty power,
Long suffering, hath heard the oaptive's ory,
And touched his shackles at the appointed hour,
And lo ! they fall ; and be whoso limbs they galled
Stands in his native manhood, disenthralled.
A shout of joy from the redeemed is sent ;
Ton thousand hamlets swell the hymn of thanks ;
Our rivers roll exulting, and their banks
Send up hosannas to the firmament.
Fields, where the bondman's toil
No mere shall trench the soil,
Seem now to bask in a serener day ;
Tho inoadow birds sing sweeter, and the airs
Of heaven with more caressing softness play,
Welcoming man to liborty like theirs.
A glory crowns the land from sea to sea,
For the great land and all its coasts are free.
Within that land wort tbou enthroned of late,
And they by whom the nation's laws were made,
And they who filled its judgment-scats, obeyed
Thy mandate, rigid as the will of fate.
Fierce men at thy right hand,
With gesture of command,
tiave forth the word that none might daro gainsay ;
And grave and reverend ones, who loved thee not,
Shrank from thy presence and in blank dismay,
Choked down, unuttored, the rebellions thought ;
While meaner cowards, mineled with thy train,
Proved, from tho book of Uod, thy right to reign.
Great as thou wert, and feared from shore to shore,
The wrath of God o'ertook thee in tby pride ;
Thou sitt'st a ghastly shadow ;
Tby once strong arms bang nerveles evormore.
And they who quailed but now
Before thv lowering brow
Dcvoto thy memory to scorn and shame,
And scoff at the pale powerless thing thou art.
And they who ruled in thine imperial name,
Subdued, and standing sullenly apart,
Scowl at the hands that overthrew thy reign,
And shattered at a blow the prisoner's chain.
Well wns tby doom deserved ; thou didst not spare
Life's tendcrest tics, but cruelly didst part
Husband and wifo. and from the mother's heart
Did wrest her children, deaf to shriek and prayer ;
i ii j luuvr mir utnjuiuu
The haunt of guilty shamo ;
Thy lash dropped blood ; the murderer at thy side
Showed bis red hands, nor feared the vengeanoe due.
Thou didst sow earth with crimes, nnd, far and wido,
A harvest of uncounted misorics grew,
Until the messuro of tby sins at lost
Was full, and then tho avenging bolt wag east.
Go, then, accursed of God, and take thy place
With baleful memories of the older tirao,
With many a wasting pest, and nameless crime,
And bloody war that thinned the human race ;
With the Black Death, whose way
Through wailing cities lay,
Worship of Moloch, tyrannies that built
Tho pyramids, and cruel creeds that taught
To avenge a fancied guilt by deeper guilt
Death at the stake to those that held them not.
Lo, the foul phantoms, silent in the gloom
Of tho flown ages, part to yield thoe room.
I see the better years that hasten by,
Carry thee back into the shadowy past,
Where, in tho dusty spaces, void and vast,
The graves of thoso with whom thou hast murdered
lie,
Tho slave-pen through whose door
Tby victims pass no more,
Is there, and thcro shall the grim block remain
At which the slave was sold ; while at thy fect
fccourges and engines of restraint and pain
Moulder and rust by thine eternal seat.
There, 'mid the symbols that proclaim thy crimes,
Dwell thou, a warning to the coming times.
TALES & SKETCHES.
xiik two vai,i:.vit:i:s.
On the evening of the 13th of February,
1850, two young men sat in a comfortably
furnished room in a New York boarding
house. A bright fire glowed in the grate,
well chosen engravings adorned the walls
aud a bright light was diifused about the
room Irom an Argand burner.
Let me introduce tho occupants of the
apartment ns Tom Stacy aud John Wilbur,
young men of twenty-five or thereabouts,
wlio were known m the busiuess circles as
Stacy & Wilbur, retuil dry goods dealers,
No. Broadway. They had not been in
business lon', but were already doing unu-
sally well. They had taken apartments to
gether, one of which is now prcscntod to
the readers.
"Had it occurred to vou, Wilbur," asked
his partner, removing his cigar and knock
ing away the ashes, "that to-morrow is St.
Valentine's Day !"
" les, I thought of it tins afternoon, as I
was walking up from the store."
"ho did 1, and to some purpose, too, as I
will show you."
Tom Stacy went to a drawer, and drew
out a gorgeous Valentine, an cluborato com
bination of hearts, doves, etc.
"What do you think I gave for that V he
asked.
"I don't know, I'm sure. It appears to be
very clegaut."
"It cost mo ten dollars."
"Whew!" whistledWilbur. "It strikes
me you are either very extravagant or very
devoted. May I know what fair damsel is
to bo made glad by the receipt of this ele
gant missive "
"That's my secret," said Tom laughing. "I
don't mind telling you, however. It's to go
to Kdith Castle ton !"
"I presume you feel particularly interested
in the young lady ?"
"Not at all. But I told her I would send
her a Valentine, et la volo 1 Shan't you con
form to the custom of tho day ?"
"I had not thought of it," said John,
thoughtfully, "but I believe I will."
"And what fair lady shall you select as
tho recipient ?"
"You remember the poor seamstress who
occupies an attic in the house."
"Yes, I have met her on tho steps two or
three times."
"She looks as if times were hard with her
I think I will send her a Valentine."
"And what good do you think it will do
her J" asked Stacy, in surprise.
"Wait till you see tho kind of Valentine
I will send."
Wilbcr went to his desk, and taking out
a sheet of paper, drew from hisport-mounie
a ten-dollar bill, wrapped it in the paper on
which ho had previously written "From St
Valentine," and placed the whole in an en
velope. " - - -
"There," said he, "my Valentino baa cost
as much aa yours, and I venture to say it
will be as welcome." -'
"You are right. I wish now I had not
bought this costly triUlo. , However, as it is
purchased, I will send it."
The next day dawned clear and frosty,
It waa lively enough for thoae who . aat by
comfortable firea aud . dined at luxurious
tables, but for the poor who thared nn of
these advantage, it was indeed a bitter
day. . . . ,
. Ia an attic room, meanly furnished, aat a
young girl, pale and thin. She waa cower
log over a scanty wood fire, the beat she
I could fffoxd, which heated ha fooa mtfj
i i .. i- a
. f -.iw-a..r
H. B. MASSER & CO.,
SATURDAY MORNING?,, JULY 21,
insufficiently. She was sewing steadily,
shivering from time to time, as the cold blast
shook the window and found its way through
the crevices.
Toor child! Life had a very black aspect
for her on that winter dny. She was alone
in the world. There was absolutely no one
on whom she could call for assistance,
though she needed it sorely enough. Tho
thought came to her more than once in her
discomfort, "is it worth while living any
longer!" But she recoiled from the sin of
suicide. She might starve to death, but she
would not take tho life that God had given
her.
Plunged in gloomy thought, she contin
ued to work. All at once a stop was heard
ascending the staircaso which led to her
room. Then there was a knock at the door.
She Arose in some surprise and opened it,
thinking it must be tho landlady or one of
tho servants.
She was right. It was a servant.
"Here's a letter for vou. that tho nost-bov
just brought, Miss Morris."
"A letter for me ! ' repeated Helen Mor
ris, in surprise, taking it from the servant,
"who can have written to me 1"
"Maybe it's a Valentine, Miss," said the
girl, laughing. "Vou know this is Valen
tine's day. More by token, I've got two
myself this morning. One's a karcktcr
(caricature) so mistress calls it. Just look
at it.
Bridget displayed a highly embellished
pictorial representation of a female hard at
work at the wash tub, the cast of beauty be
ing decidedly Hibernian.
Helen Morris laughed absently, but did
not open her letter whilo Bridget remained,
a little to the disappointment of thut curious
damsel.
Helen slowly opened the envelope. A
bank note lor ten dollars dropped from it to
i the floor.
Shu eagerly read the few words on the
paper. "From St. Valentine."
j "Heaven be praised !"' she said, folding
her hands gratefully. "This sum will ena-
j ble me to carry out the plan which I had in
view.'"
Eight years passed away. Eight years
! with their lights and shadows, their joys and
sorrows. They brought with them the mer
j ry voices of children, they brought with
them new made graves; happiness to some,
ami gnei to oiuers.
Towards the last they brought the great
commercial crisis of '57 when houses that
seemed built upon a rock, tottered all at once
to their fall. l)o not many remember that
fall too well, when merchants, with anxious
faces, ran from ono to another to solicit help,
and met only averted faces and distrustful
looks f And how was it, in that time of
universal panic, with our friends Stucy &
Wilbur t
Up to 1857 they had been doing an excel
lent business. They had gradually enlarged
their operations, aud were rapidly growing
ri:h, when the crat.lt came.
They immediately took in sail. Both were
prudcut, aud both felt that now was tho
time when this quality was urgently need
ed. By great efforts they had succeeded in
keeping up till the 11th of February, 1858.
On that morning a note of two thousand dol
lars came due. This was their last peril.
That surmoiiutcd, they would be uble to go
on with assured confidence.
But this, alas, wus the rock on which they
had most apprehension. They had taxed
their resources to the utmost. They had
called upon their fiiends, but their friends
were employed in tuking care of themselves,
and the selfish policy was the one required
of them.
"Look out for number one," superseded
tho golden rule for tho time being.
As I have said, two thousand dollars were
due on the 14th of February.
"How much have you got toward it?"
asked Wilbur, as Stucy came in at balf-past
cleveu.
"Three hundred and seventy-five dollars,"
was the dispirited reply.
"Was that all you could raise V inquired
his partuer, turning pale. "Are you sure
you thought of everybody ?"
"I've been every where. I am fagged to
death," wus the weary reply ot Stacy, as he
sank exhausted into a chair.
"Then the crash must come,"suid Wilbur,
with gloomy resignation.
"I suppose it must."
There was a silence. Neither felt iuclin
eu to say anything. For sis months they
had been struggling with the tide. They
could see the shore, but in sight of it they
must go down.
At this moment a note was brought in by
a boy. There was no postmark. Evidently
he was a special messenger.
It was opened at once by Mr. Wilbur, to
whom it was diroctcd. It contained these
few words only :
"If Mr. John Wilbur will call immediate
ly at No. Fifth Avenue, he will learn
something to his great advantage."
John Wilbur read it with surprise, and
passed it to his partner. "Whut docs it
mean, do you think ?"
"I don't know," was the reply, "but I ad
vise you to go at once."
"It seems to be in feminine handwriting,"
said Wilbur, thoughtfully.
"Yes. Don't you know any lady on Fifth
Avenuo ?"
"None."
"Well, it is worth noticing. W'c have
met with so little to our advantago lately,
that it will be a refreshing variety."
In five minutes John AYilbur jumped iuto
a horse car, and was on his way to No.
Fifth Aveuue.
He walked up to tho door of a magnifi
cent browu stone house and rang the bell.
UHe was instantly admitted, and showu into
7tl,n ,....v. r. !..! I
oiu umniii'iuuui, Dujjui uiy iiiriuancil.
He did not have to wait long. An ele
gantly dressed lady, scarcely thirty, entered,
aud bowing, said, "you do not remember
me, Mr. Wilbur !"
"No, madam," said ho, in perplexity.
'Wo will waivo that, then, and proceed
to business. How has your house borne the
crisis in which so many of our largo firms
have gone down t"
Johu Wilbur smiled bitterly. '
"We have struggled successfully uutil to
day," be answered. "But the end has come.
Unless we can raise a certain sum of money
by two o'clock, wo are ruined." '-''
"What sum will savo yon !M was the lady'a
question. 1 '-r
"The note due is two thousand dollars.
Towards this we hare but three hundred
and seventy-five." -"' - u- ---
"Excuse me a moment," said the hostess.
Bha leit (ha room, but quit kly returned
- Therf,Hald she, handing a small strip
of paper to John "Wilbur, ia my check for
two Uiouaand dollars. - You oau repay it at
your convenience. I. yo would require
m0re. coma to me agaia,"
1 a ii"T1n"Trpi a
SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENN'A.
18GG.
OLD
"Madam, you have saved us," exclaimed
Wilbur, springing to his feet iu deliKht
"What can have inspired yon in such a be
nevolent interest in our prosperity J"
"Do you remember, Mr. Wilbur," said the
lady, "a certain Valentine containing a ten
dollar note, which you sent to a young girl
opcupjiug an attic in your lodgiug house
eight years since ?"
"I do distinctly. I bavo often wondered
what became of tho young girl. I thiuk her
name wus Helen Morris."
"She Btaiuls before you," was tho quiet
response.
"You Helen Morris !" exclaimed Wilbur,
starting in amazement. "You, surrounded
with luxury 1"
"No wonder you are surprised. Life has
strange contrasts. The money which you
sent me seemed to have come from God. I
was on the brink of despair, and made ap
plication for the post of companion to a
wealthy '.adv. I fortunatelv obtained it. I
had been with her but two years when a
gentleman in her circlo, immensely wealthy,
offered mo his hand in marriage. I esteemed
him. He was satisfied, and with that I
married him, A year since he died, leaving
me tins uouse ana an immcuso lortune. I
have never forgotten you, having accidently
learned that my timely succor cauio from
you. I resolved, if ever fortune put it in my
power, I would befriend you as you befriend
ed me. That time has come. I have paid
tho first installment of my debt. Helen
Eustace remembers the obligations of Helen
Morris."
John Wilbur advanced and' respectfully
took her hand. "You have nobly repaid
me," he said. "'Will you also award me tho
privilege of occasionally calling upon you?"
"I shall be most happy," said Mrs. Eus
tice, cordially.
John took a hurried leave, and returned
to his store as the clock struck one. He
showed his delighted partner the check.
which he had just received. "I haven't
time to expluin," he said; "this must at
once be enshed."
Two o'clock came and the firm was saved
saved from their last peril. Henceforth
they met nothing but prosperous gales.
What more?
Helen Eustace has again changed her
name. She is now Helen Wilbur, nnd her
husband now lives at No., Fifth Avenue.
And all this came of a Valentine.
MISCELLANEOUS.
"'A CiiypMy Idlvor-c-e.
A writer on tho habits of tho gypsies
gives tho following account of the ceremo
nies of divorce. He says :
Divorce is common. It is performed over
the body of a horse, which is sacrificed for
tho occasion. The ceremony must take
place, if possible, "when the sun is at its
height." All the parties concerned in it
carry long staves in their hands. A horse
without blemish is led forth, and a member
of the company is chosen by lot to act as
priest on the occasion. He walks round the
animal several times, repeating the names of
all the persons in whoso possession it bus
been, and extolling its raro qualities. It is
then let loose, and several gypsies set off in
pursuit of it. If it is wild and intractable,
leups ditches, kicks nnd will not ullow itself
to be easily caught, the guilt of the woman
is looked upon ns enormous ; but if it is
tame ind docile, her crimes nro thought to
be less heinous, ami tho death of the horse
ij sufficient to wash them away.
But sometimes both woman and horse
used to bo sacrificed together.
Tho individuals who catch the horse bring
it before the priest. They repeat to him all
the faults and tricks it has committed, lay
ing the whole of the crime of which the wo
man is supposed to havo been guilty to its
charge, ami upbraiding und scolding tho
dumb creature, in an angry manner, for its
conduct. They bring, as it were, an accu
sation agaiust it, and plead for its condemna
tion. When this part of tho trial is finished,
tho priest takes a large knife and thrusts it
into the heart of the horse, nnd its blood is
allowed to flow upou tho ground till lifo is
extinct. The dead ar.iranl is now stretched
out upon tho ground. The husband now
takes his stand on one side of it nnd tho
wife on the other, and, 'holding each other
by the hand, repeat certain appropriate sen
tences in tho gypsy language. They then
quit hold of each other, and walk three
times around tho body of tho horse, con
trariwise, passing and crossing each other at
certain points as they proceed in opposite
directions. At certain parts of the animal
(the corners of the horse, was tho gypsy's
expression), such as the hind and four fect,
the shoulders and haunches, the head and
tail, the parties halt and face each other,
aud again repeat sentences in their own
speech at each time they halt. Tho two
last stops they make in their circuit round
the sacrifice are at the head and tail. At
tho head, they again faco each other and
speak ; and lastly, at the tail, they again con
front each other, utter some more gypsy ex
pressions, shake hands, and finally part, the
one going north, tho other south, never
again to be uuited in this life. Immediately
after tho separation takes place the woman
receives a token, which is made of cast iron,
about an inch aud a half square, with a
murk upon it resembling the Roman
character T. After tho mnrriugo has been
dissolved, and the woman dismissed from the
sacrifice, the heart of the horse is then taken
out aud roasted with lire, then sprinkled
with vinegar or brandy, and eaten by the
husbnud and friends then present ; the
femule not being allowed to join in this part
of tho ceremony. Tho body of the horse,
skin and everything about it, except the
heart, is buried on the spot ; and years after
tho ceremony has taken place tho husband
and his friends visit the grave of tho animal,
to seo whether it has been disturbed. At
these visits they walk round about tho
grave, with much grief and mourning.
The husband may take another wifo when
ever he pleases, but tho female is never per
mitted to marry again. The token, or rath
er bill of divorce which sho receives, must
never be from about her person. If she
loses it, or attempts to pass herself off as a
woman never before married, she becomes
liablo to the punishment of doath. In the
event of her breaking this law, a council of
the chiefs is held upon her conduct, and her
fate is. decided by a majority of the mem
bers, and, if she is to sutler death, her sen
(enee must be confirmed by the king or
piiucpal leader. The culprit is then tied to
astaka with an iron chaiu, and then cud
galled to dcaiu. The executioneis do not
extinguish liu at ona beating, but leave the
unhappy woman for a little while and re
turn to her, and at last complete their work
by dispatching her oo the spot.
. ' " ' i "
The Atlanta, Ga., people are endeavoring
to build aa opera bouse, to cost (70,000.
SERIES, VOL. 2G, NO. 41.
Olden Time Kngllxh Jtlnrrl-igeN.
In tho 16th century, according to Mr
Burns' history, marriages were frequently
solemnized in a funny way. The following
extracts of a parson's pocket-diary will tell
in what respect:
"Oeo. Grant and Ann Gordon, bachelor
nnd spinster, stole my clothes brush ; another
couple bad before stolo a silver spoon."
I . , i.ui) who uctcu as common
I husbands " wl, lor R fue ,nurri(!tl W0Ulcn jn
(lent, an th.l 41 ...
:, V ""-y couia pienu a convcrture;
tlie tellows foregoing ail claims against their
wives. "
"John Ferren, Gent., sen., of St. Andrews,
Ilnlborn, br., to Deborah Nolans, ditto, sp.
The supposed John Ferren was discover
ed, after the ceremony, to bo in person a wo
mau "no doubt to .free Deborah from her
debts, had to avoid tho common husband
This trick was frequently played, sometimes
for the reason nniiiml ami (mr ,,ii
jok(j ..-.-v...., 3U
Tho fees wcro sometimes compounded for
by silver buttons, worth 2s., and a ring of
smnll value.
"Lydia Collet and Richard Turner, brought
by Mrs. Crooks, behaved vilely, and attetnp
ted to run away with Mrs. Crooks' ring"
lent, it is conjectured, to perform the cere
mony. "John Ncwsam and Ann Laycock, widow
--ran away with certificate, and lefta pint
of wine to pay for." No doubt n suggestion
of the w idow if Mr. Weller's estimate be a
correct ono.
One party was "married upon tick ;" and a
coachman came, and was half married, nnd
would give but 8. 07., and went off. On
the trial of John Miller, for bigamy, it was
sworn that any one might have a certificate
for 2. 0d., without any ceremony of mar
riage whatever. This was reducing tho busi
ness to such extreme simplicity, that n new
Marriage Act was passed, although Walpolo
wroto against it, and many of the most dis
tinguished members of the House of Com
mons tittered wilder opinions than ho in
opposition, and declaring that "it would
shock the modesty of a young girl to have
it proclaimed toYno parish that she was
going to be married," nnd Charles Townsend
declared "it was nnn ni' thn mnof r.,.,ni r.
tcrprises against tho fair sex that ever on-
tfiri.il fill. Iw,n. At 1 1 .
..v. uiu uvui , in iiiau, anu iiiui, ilia lie
nromote it. lin ulimili?
eyes torn out by the young women of tho
uisi. uuuuiry town ne passed tnrougli" ana
all because it compelled the rich heiress aud
the peer's son to wait until they were of ago
before they could marry whom they pleased,
and rennirpil IVillu In In. fii..,l tit,.. ;
A - - - . J v.. v. i . . tilllU 11IIIU3
in tho parish church before sue could be
come Mrs. Giles Jolter.
Inclined to bo (uurrclMoiuo.
Thcro was once a little, slim built fellow,
rich as a Jew, riding ulong a highway in tho
Stale of Georgia, when ho overtook a inau
driving a drove of hogs, by the help of a
big raw-boned six foot two specimen of hu
manity. Stopping before the last named
individual, ho accosted him:
'I say, arc those your hogs ?'
'No, sir; I am at work by tho month.'
'What pay might you be getting, my
friend ?'
'Ten dollars a mouth, and whitkey throwu
in,' was the reply.
Well, look here ! I'm a weak, little, in
ofi'unsive man, and people are apt to impose
upou mo, .d'ye see ? Now, I'll give you
twenty-five dollars a month to ridu along
with me and ptotect me,' said Mr. Gardner.
But,' he added, 'how might you be on a
fight?' .
'Never was '.icked in my life,' rejoined tho
six-footer.
'Just the man I want. It is a bargain ?'
queried Gardner.
Six-footer ruminated.
'Twenty-five dollars ; doublo wages; noth
ing to do but ride around and smash a fel
low's mug occasionally, when he is sassy.'
They rode along, till just at night they
reached tho villago inn. Gardner immedi
ately singled out tho biggest fellow in the
room, and picked a fuss with him. After
considerable promiscuous jawing. Gardner
turned to his fighting friend and intimated
that tho whipping of that man had become
a sad necessity. Six-footer peeled, went in,
and come out best.
The second night at another hotel, the
same scene was re-enacted. Ca-dncr getting
in a row with the biggest man in tho place,
and six-footer doing the lighting.
At last, on the third day, they camo to a
ferry kept by a huge, double-fistea man,
who had never beeu licked in his life
While crossing the river, Gardner, as usual,
began to find fault and "blow." The ferry
man naturally got mad, threw things around,
and told his opinion of their kind. Gardner
then turned to his friend aud broke tho in
telligence to him "that ho was sorry, but it
was absolutely uccessary to thrash the ferry
mun." Six-footer nodded his head but said noth
ing. It was plainly to bo seen that he did
not relish the job by the way. He shrugged
his shoulders, but there was no help for it.
So, when they reached the shore, both strip-
Eed and at it they went. I'p aud down tho
ank, over the sand into the water, they
fought, scratched, bit aud rollud, till at tho
end of an hour the ferryman gave iu. Six
footer was triumphant, but it had been
rough work. Going up to his employer, he
scratched his head for a moment, and then
broke forth : 'Look here, Mr. Gardner, your
salary sets mighty well but I'm of the
opinion that your inclined to be quarrel
some, liero, i vb ouiy ueen witti you luree
days, and l'vo licked the three biggest men
in the country ! I thiuk the firm had better
dissolve; for you sec, Mr. Gardner. I'm
afraid you're inclined to bo quarrelsome,
aud reckon I'll draw."
Irishmen are invited to step into the line
of progress. The Fenians of Chicago, on the
25th, resolved that "tho Fenian Brotherhood
is in tuvor ot umwriud liborty, and will sup-
ort no purtv that docs not stand up for the
Uerty of all men." The Senators of the
Brotherhood in tho city declare that those
who would preveut liberty to Ireland cannot
ue its ti lends in America. We suppose,
therefore, the Chicago Fenians are ound
Irishmen. Thcro is nope for Ireland. -
A lady died in Hartford Conn., last week,
under cirtimstanccs which could hardly be
accounted for by her physician. A post
mortem examination was held, and In tho
lower part of her body, surrounded by the
intestines, was discovered eight or ten plum
stones, a lot of fish bonos.some egg shells or
other bard substances, which bad lodged
there and formed a large ulcer, which wu
the cause of ber death.
The cattle decease has broken out among
the buffaloes on the plains of the lied Hiver
country.
Cholera Las appeared at Nantaa. in Franca.
and is making fearful ravages ia Holland.
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Local Notices, Society Resolutions, 4o7. 10 oonta
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Advertisements f..r Religions, Charitablo and Edu
cationol objects, one-half the above rates.
Transient advertisements will be published nntil
ordored to be discontinued, and charged accordingly.
Frotcclins Tree from Worsns.
The bandage system, which we were the
first to suggest sorao fifteen years ago, and
often referred to since, ia tho only effectual
protection we have yet seen against the ope
rations of tho worm in fruit trees. Wo repeat
again that in not a single instance have we
ever had a worm in our dwarf pear trees
whero this system was properly followed. It
is simply to bandage tho bottom of the trco
with any kind of muslin or cloth and tie it,
letting the bandage be about six inches
above ground und two iuches below. It
should be applied in February or as ssoq us
the ground is in a fit condition to go upon.
These bandages should be removed at tho
end of October. As long as this is continu
ed we defy the worm. The bug lays its eggs
an inch or two above the ground early iu tho
spring, that is as soon as tho warm days in
March will admit of its coming forth from
its winter qttaiters; the cgg9 are soon hatch
ed by tho sun, being laid oq the sun-side of
tue trunlc, and the young grub finds its way
down to the soft bark beueath the soil whero
it gradually works its way In. The bandago
prevents both tho laying of the eggs and tho
, descent ot the grub. Let doubters try it.
; One man will bandago two hundred trees in
j a day. We have no doubt it will also pro
, tect the peach trees in the same way. Cur-
mantoien I'd.
Sai.aiues. The largest salary paid any
ono man in New England is received by tho
agent of the Salisbury Woolen Mills, New
burrport, who has lilteen thousand dollars a
year. Tho lowest salary was probably re
ceived by that Methodist clergyman who
asserted at the Boston convention last week
that his remuneration for tho first year's
preaching consisted of a now hat and a
bushel of apples, while at present he waa
moro fortunate, his salary amounting to
about twenty-five dollars a year,
H.utuN ItoTHWim.D's Wine. Tho New
Orleans Picayune has a Paris correspondent
who, for some time past has been amusing
. himself by making surveys of Baron Hoths
' child's wine cellar. Ho reports that as soon
: as the Baron buys a cask of wine it is at once
j bottled, and there arc no less than 24,000
bottles ot wine in the collar. 1 lie Karons
servants arc allowed two casks a week, which
amount they generally manage to dispose of
in that timo.
Charles Hess, of Cincinnati!, has invented
a divan piano, which combines a bed, closets.
! writing desk, &c. It occupies no moro
Sluice than a square piano, except vertically,
and is intended more especially for schools.
Tho modest virgin, tho prudent wife or
the careful matron is much more scrviccablo
in life than pctticoatod philosophers, blus
tering heroines or virago queens. She who
makes her children happy, who reclaims
the one from vice and trains up the other to
virtue, is a much greater character than
ladies described iu romance, whoso wholo
occupation is to murder mankind with shafts
from their quiver or their eyes.
A living frog lias been found in the centro
of a solid block of marble in Springfield,
Kentucky. This old stager must be about
a milium years old. mora or less. He was
as contented as you please end as lively as
i if be had been hopping about every d?y of
i his life.
I W.ui and Ciioi.miA. A great German
, physician is publishing, in the Augsburg
, Gazette, a series of letters, iu which he takes
the ground that there are such germs of dis
ease in Germany at this time that if war
, breaks out there will be tho most terrible
' epidemic of cholera ever witnessed.
I Mrs. Lincoln has presented tho Chicago
Historical Society a cane of President Lin
jcoln. TUo cane is a handsome mahogany
: stick, with buckhorn handle, silver mount
ed. I At Springfield, Mass., a lady sent the fol-
lowing voluntoer toast: "Spruce old bachc
l lors, the evergreens of society."
Tho Hibernin fire company of Philadelphia
have resolved to visit the Paris exhibition
next year.
Keport says Mr. Belmont, of New Yoik,
has made over two million iu gold operations
uuring me last inrte nays.
iti:t'iii:, A.c.
KiTEiuoK II.vnvF.sT Beeu. For fifteen
gallons of beer, the ingredients are 12 or i t
ounces of hops, 6 quartz of molasses, and 10
eggs. Put the hops in a bag and boil in
three pails of water. Pour tho water iuto
a cask while hot. Then boil the hops again
in two pails of moro water. Wheu this is
put iuto the cask add the molasses. Then
till up tho fifteen gallon cask with cold wa
ter. When so cool as not to scald add tho
ten eggs, without beating. Stop up tho
cask close so that tbcro is no vent, lu
warm weather it is usually ready to drink
in three days. Jn cool weather the cask
should bo put iu a warm place. When
ready for use -the beer will foam and be full
of life, but as it has no yeast it will never
sour, at least for several months. The cask
should be a strong ono. When properly
made this beer will bo found a healthy and
plesant beverage in warm weather.
TiiE Ant Tkai As thescason is at hau l
for thoso pests, tho ants, housewives and
others who are troubled with them may pro
bably uso the following trap to advantage :
Procure a large sponge, wash it well and
press it dry, which will leave the cells quitu
open ; theu sprinkle over it some tine white
sugar, aud place it near where the ants nru
most troublesome. They will soon collect
upon tho sponge aud take -up their alxHUi in
the cells. It is then only uccessary to dip
the sponge in scalding water, which will
wash them out dead by tens of thousands.
Put on moro sugar, and set the trap lor a
new haul. This process will soon c ear tho
house of every aunt, uncle and progeny.
Si'MMta Pni'mmj. Tho last of this
month aud tbo beginning of next, is the
beat time to pruue with the view of produ
cing fruit. All non-bearing trees and rapid
growers should be subjected to a pretty se
vere shortening in of the branches. It usually
makes very handsome trees and they almost
invariably fruit two or throe years earlier
with young trees and insure an annual crop
where they are not allowed to overbear. Of
couiso this pruning has rcfercuco only to
trees making considerable young wood.
Look Afteii Yocb Gkakts.- In tho sum
mer many rapidly-growing grails become so
loaded wilh foliage as to break off during a
storm ' and especially when coveted with
water. Such grafts bhould be shortened bv
clipping off one half. Others grow vuy
slowly and feebly, which is frequently owing
to the sprouts growing on the stock in which
the grafts arc set. Kcmove these as fast as
bey appear, aud the grafts will soon start
.head.