i r.RHlS OF Till! "AMEltlCAiV.' TERMS TWO DOLLARS jwr'uumm. i it if ot paid witfala the year. N paper dlioontlnued atU ill arrearages at paid. ' i . , . . - These terms will be strlotly adhered to hereafter. If suboriber rregWt or refuse to lake their new, upon from the ottoe to wbJeh they ere directed, they re responsible until they hero settled the bill end Ydered them dlaoontinued. . i . Pottmaateri will please ftot u onr Agent, and .rank lettert containing subscription money. They jre permitted to do thii under the Poet Offioe Lew. TIGRIS ; OF ADVKItTllitO. The following are lb ratoi for advertising In the Amirica. Those baring advertising to do will find it convenient for reference ; Site. 1 1 1, j t, 1m, a.m. (I'm j y 1 Square, SIINBIJRY illli AMEMCAE". ?4,60J$o,dofio.on 8,50 7.00 12,00 8,00 15,00 20.00 14,00 20.00 S5.00 a :" oolumn, i " 1 '! 2j,0035,00j 60,00 Ten linea of this iliod type (minion) taeke one tqunro. Auditirs, Administrators' and Executors' Notices f.1.00. Obituarlos (exnept the usual ann6unccnient, which Is free,) to bo pnid for at advertising rates Local Notices, Society Resolutions, to., 10 cents per line. . Advertisements for P. -Unions, Charllabloand Edu cationnl objects, ono-lmlf tlie nbovo rates. Transient advertisements will be published until ordered to bo diswn tiered, and' charged accordingly PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY H. B. MASSER & CO., . SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENN'A. . JOB PBINTINO. We hare eonnooted with onr eitablUbment well selected JOB OFFICE, which will enable us to execute, In the neatest style, every variety of Printing , , NEW SERIES, VOL. 3, NO. 2. SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 18G6. OLD SERIES, VOL. 27, NO. 2. $l,00fU.o0'f2,i"0 3,00 3.00 4.M 6,m lo.oo 16,00 BUSINESS CARDS. Xj. H. KASE, A1TORREY AT UVY, ' 'Two doors east of Frlliug'i store, Market Square, SUNBURY, .PENN'A. Buiinoss promptly attended to in Northumberland and adjoining oountiea. Is also duly authorised and Licensed Claim Agent for the collection of Bounties, Equalisation Bounties, Pension, and all manner of fihiims against the Uovernment. Sunbury, Sept. 15, I860. B. W. MEBMEL ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office, three doors west of Bennett' Drug Store, SUNBURY, PENN'A. Collections and all Professional business promptly attended to in the Court! of Northumberland and Adjoining Counties. Sunbury, Sept. 15, 1866. . Jeoroi Hill, Bihon P. Wolvertok. HILL & WOLVERTON, Attorneys Hurt Counselor) at Inw. 8UNBUBT, PA. w1 T ILL attend to the collection of all kinds of clniuii, including Baok Pay, Bounty and Pen Ions. apt. 1, oo. JACOB SHIPMAN FIHE AND LIFE INSURANCE AGENT SUNBURY PENN'A. REPIIKSEMTS Farmers Mutual f ire insurance to., lorn ra., Cumberland Valley Mutual Protection Co., tw York Mutual Life, Oirard Life of Phil'b. 4 Ilart ord Conn. General Aooidonts. Sunbury, April 7, ly. Dr CHAS. ARTHUR, l)omcropat!jtc Jijgsfcfan. Graduate of the Homceopatbio Medical College of Pennsylvania. Office, Market Square opposite the Court House SrXBURY, PA. March 31, 1866. ' ' lODX BOW EM, LEVI SEESBOLTZ. T CI t 1i isowen tx oeesuuiiz, WUOLKSALli 4 RETAIL DEALERS in every variety of ANTHRACITE COAL, J. Haas & Co's Lower Wharf, Simlury, la. Orders solicited and filled with promptness and despatch. , Bunbury, June 2, 1S06. SOLOMON JiIALIGK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BUNBURY, Northumberland County, Pa, OFFICE in East end of Weaver's Tavern, Market Street. All business entrusted to him will be earcful y and Fiunctually nttondod to. Consultation in the Eng. iu and (icrinan languages. Bunbury, April 3. lHdi. AMBR0TYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH Corner Market A Fawn Street, SUNBURY, Pa. S. BYERLY, PitoriiiKTon, Photograrh, Ambrotypes and Melainotypes taken in the beat style of the art. npl. 7, ly J. R. HILBUSH SURVEYOR AND CONVEYANCER AND JUS TICK Ob' TIM PK ACE. Mahonaij, Xortiiumherhind County, Penn'u Office in Jaokfon township. Engagements con be niado by letter, directed to the iibove address. All business entrusted to his core, will be promptly attended to. Aprii 22.J806. ly Wm.M. Rockefkllbr. Llovu T. Uohrbacii. ROCKEFELLER & R0HRBACH. si itv, ii:..-'a. OFFICE the same that has been heretofore occu nieil bv Wm. M. Kojkefoller, Era., nearly op posite the residence of Judge Jordan. Sunbury, July 1, 1H85. ly II. II. MASSF.lt, Attorney nt Ijiw, BUNBURY, PA. Collections attended to in the counties of Nor thumberland, Union, Snydor, Montour, Columbia and Lycoming. REFERENCE!. Jlon. John M. Reed, Philadelphia, A. U. Oattoll A Co., " Hon. Win. A. Porter, " Morton McMichael, Esq., " E. Kctchuin A Co., 289 Pearl Street, Now York. John W. Ashmcad, Attornoy at Law, " MtttthetTS A Cox. Attorneys at Law, " bunbury, March 2, 1862. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER in every variety of ANTHRACITE COAL, Upper Wharf, BUNBTJRT, Ponn'a. y Orders solicited and filled with promptness and deupatch. Bunbury, May 12, 1866. y DB G. QOBIN, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, BOONVILLE, COOPER CO , MISSOURI. W1 ILL pay taxes on lands in any part of the State. Buv and sell real Estate, and all other natters entrusted to nim win receive prompt atten tion. July 8, 1865. oot 15, '64. .7 ih. E.i7iIL'Mii:Y, PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON NOHTIIUMBERIjAND, PA. DR. LUMLEY has opened an offioe in Northum .berland, and offers his services to the people of that T)iace and the adjoining townsLips. Office next door to Mr. Scott's Shoe Store, where be can found at all jours. Northumberland August 19,1865. FLOUR & FEED STORE WUOLKSALE AND RETAIL. THE subscriber respectfully informs the publio that he keeps constantly on hand at his new WAREHOUSE, near the Shamokin Valley Railroad Dppot, io SUNBURY, Flour by the barrel and sacks of all kinds of Feed by the ton The above is all mannfuotured at his own Mills, and nill be sold at the loweet cash prices. J M. CADWALLADER. Punbury,-April 1, 1866.' JEREMIAH . SNYDER, Attorney A Counsellor at tMyr. ... ftinUlJHV,.VA. i ;; t7llM(rlt Attorney for .Kortliuiu. lerland County. ' Sunbury, Mareh II, 1864. If -- Or. w. kattjpxT" Attorney nnd Counsellor at law, Office on south tide of Market street, four doors west of Ey star's Store, v .exJNBXJj"sr. pa, Will attend promptly to all professional buuccjs entrusted to hi care, the eolloctioq of claims in !ortbumbrlaud and the adjoining eountief . '" tnbafyApril f, labV ; : Bricklayer and Builder! rket Street, 4 doora Eaat of Third St., J'ToUaU JbliMC promptly at. O- BECK MERCHANT TAILOR, And Dealer In CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, ViiSTINQ, Ac. I'awn atrct't, south ofWcavcr'i ' Hotel, STT NUB mr , 3E A. March tl, I860. GEO. C. WELKER & SON, FIKE ft LIFE INSURANCE AGENCY, Office, Market Street, SUNBURY, PA. Risks taken in First Class 8tock and Mutual Compa nies. Capital Represented 014,000,000. Sunbary, May 12, 1866. y COAL! iDOAL!! COAL!!! GRANT Se BBOTHER, Shippers) Ac Wliolcnnle Ac Itetntl IcnlcrH in tviiiri: Ac iti:i A 11 COAL, in evory varioty. Role Agents, westward, of the Celebrated Henry Clay Coal. Lower Wharf, Sranunr, Pa. Sunhnry, Jan. 13, 1866. Pensions Increased. The late Act of Congress gives additional pay to the following Pensions, vis : 1st. To those who have lost the sight of both eyes, or both hands, or totally disabled so as to require con stant attendance, the sum of $2i 00 per month. 2d To those who have lost both feet, or are totally disabled in the same so as to require constant attend ance, the sum of $20 00. 3d. To those who have lost one hand or one foot, or are so disabled as to ronder thorn unable toper form manual labor $15 00 per month, and other eases in proportion. The subscriber is duly prepared for the immediate procurement of these claims. 8. B. BOYER, Att y at Law. Sunbury, June 16, 1806. Ilountiett Collected. G. W. IIACPT, Attorney at Law, Sunbury, Pa , oficrs bis professional sorv ices for the collection cf bounties due to soldiers under tho lute Equalization Act passed by Congress. As an authorised claim agent be will promptly collect all Bounties, Pensions and Urntuitics due to soldiers of the late war, or the war of 1812. Sunbury, August 18, 1866. THE VERY LATEST ARRIVAL ! ! Spring & Summer Goods! , JOSEPH EYSTEIt, (Siieeessesor to John Botren.) Corner of Market and Fawn Streot, SUNBURY, PENN'A. Invites the publio to oall and examine his elegant assortment of SUIVIIVIER GOOOS which he will soil at greatly reduced prices. His stock consists in part of CASSIMEEBS CLOTHS. &G-. Silks, Delaines, Lawns, Ginghams, Calicoes, Muelins, Sheeting. Tickings, Jeans, and a full assortmeut of Cotton and Woolen goods gonerully. Hosiery, Gloves, Uoop Skirts. Abo Handkerchiefs, Brushes, Combs. lints nnd Clips, Hoots and Miocm, His assortment of goods will not, be is nro sure full to plcH.-o tho fancy and suit tho mints of any de, eirous of purchasing. His stock of HARDWARE AND QUEENSWARE, and Urocories is large in quantity and choice in quality, comprising generally everything needed in the household either for use or ornament. He is always ready and glnd to see his friends and takes pleasure in showing them his goods even though no sales are mado. He only asks a oall, and is sure that the stook will compare favorably in price and quality with the chenpext. JOSEPH EYSTER. Suubury, April 21, 1866. J H EN GEL HAS just returned from New York and Philadel phia, and is now receiving a New Stock of Spring & Summer Goods, at a great reduction In prioee. eUentIenaen,ii Wtar. Fine Black Cloth at $4.00 that used to sell at f 8.00. Cassimeres, Satiuett, Casbmeretts, Kentucky Jeans, Coltonade and Linen Punting, at reduced prioee. Ladies' Dress Goods. Silk, Wool Delaines, Mohair, Silk Stripe, Paul De Chain, Alpacoa, Poplett, English and 6ooteh Ginghams, Challict, Dulaiaus, Lawn, Calico and Muslim, very cheap. White Goods. Linen Dress Goods, Linen Skirting. White Toilet Quilts, Brilliants, Swiss Stripe, Swim Cumbrie, Jae couett, Irish Linen, Shirt Fronts, ie. Ladies' Cloth and Flannel Sacking, and other flannel at low prioee. White Shetland Wool. Shawls. Balmoral Skirts, Ae. Skirting and the latest style of Hoop Skirts, very handsome and cheap. Yankee Notions in Great Variety Uosierv. Gloves. Pocket 7fanfl1cerebiArn. Rimnfln. dcrs, Neckties, Paper Collars. Umbrellas, a irood assortment of Spectacles, Coats, Spool Cotton, fanoy Buttons, Trimmings, see. Curpets, Floor and Table Oil Cloths, brown and green Oil Cloths for windows, Gilt Shades, Fixtures lor vi lnuow onnas. Hats, Caps and Ladies' Shakers, Hardware, Nails, rorai, euoveis, spates, iron-tooth Uarden Hake GROCERIES, SALT & FISH, Queemware, Glassware, Boots and Shoes, Faints, Oils, Glass and Fatty. School Books, and a new supply ol WALL PA PER, will be sold very cheap. All persons desirous of getting good goods at low price, fur easb or country produoe, will please give me a call. J. 11. ENUEL Suubury, April 7th, 1866. Sheet Iron and Stove Market Street, near Engel't Stre, SUNBURY, PA. A K immense stook of every kind of Tin Ware XV. and Sheet Iron n are of all deaenption. STOVES, COOK, OFFICE and PARLOR STOVES of the best Brand which are unsurpassed for beauty of finish, simDliekv of araanKement, aombinini: cheapness end durability and each stove warranted to perform what Uiey are representees Coal Oil, Conl Oil IaiupM, I.anteru Shades, Chimnys, and all articles usually kept in an establishment of this kind. COPPER, BRASS and IRON KETTLES, f all uses. ... FRUIT JARS and CAKS of the latott improved Styles. lie is ajao prepared to do all kind f Spouting and tioonng, nang ana urnaoe n or. , . . , Repairing, cheaply and neatly executed. BEN ZKTKLilOYER. Buubuiy, July T, J86 iy ; 1 AAA Carriage Makers Wanted to bur Felloes llVU Spoke, Hubs, Axle, Spring, Bands, Bolt and everything pertaining to die busiues at the Cheap Hardware and iron etore or J. H. CONLEY. A CO.' ftNi Myrtle J'otastuo, ai the Fancy Store of aa rAi.un P 0 E T I C A L. PENNSYLVANIA JOB THE UNION I DY A. i. B. 0CUAM5E. Hurrah for Pennsylvania! she's biasing np at last, Like a rod furnace, molten with Freedom's rushing blast! From all her mines tho war-light shines, and ont of her iron hills The glorious fire leaps higher and higher, till all the land it fills ; From volley's green and mountains blue her yeo manry arouse, And leave the forges burning, and the oxen at their ploughs; Up from highland and headland they muster in forest and plain, By the blase of their fiery beacons, in the land of Anthony Wayne. Hurrah for Pennsylvania ! her sons are clasping hands, Down from the Alleghanioa, and up from Jerseys sands ; ... Juniata fair to the Delaware la winding her bugle bars; And the Susquehanna, like warlike banners, la bright with Stripes and Stars ; And the hunter soourt his rifle, and the boatman grinds his knife. And the lover leaves his sweetheart, and the hus band leaves his wife ; And the women go out in the harvest, and gather tho golden grain, While the bearded men are marching In tho land of Anthony Wayne. Hurrah for Pennsylvania ! through every vale and glen, Beating like resolute pulses, she feels the tread of men ; From Erie's lake her legions break from Tuscaro ra's gorge And with ringing shout they are tramping out from brave old Valley Forge ; And up from the plains of Paoll tho mtnuto-men march once more, And they carry the swords of their fathers, and tho flags their fathen bore ; And they swear as they rush to battle, that never shall cowardly stain Dishonor a blade or a banner In the land of Anthony Wayne. Hurrah for Pennsylvania ! she fears no traitor hordes ; Bulwarked on all her borders by loyal souls and swords, From Delaware's strand to Maryland, and bright Ohio's margo, Ench freeman's hand Is her battle-brand, each frco- man's heart her targe ; And she stands like an ocean breakwater in fierce Rebellion'! path, And shivers its angry surges, and baffles its frantio wrath ; And the tide of Slavery's treason shall dash on her in vain Rolling back from the ramparts of Freedom from the land of Anthony Wayne. Hurrah for Pennsylvania! we hoar her sounding can, Ringing out Liberty's summons from Independence Hall! That tocsin rang with iron olang in tho Revolution's hour, And 'tis ringing again, through the hearts of men, with a terrible glory and power ; And all the people hear it that mandate old and grand ; "Proclaim to the uttermost nation that Liberty rules the land !" And nil the people chant it that brave nnd loyal strain On the borders of Pennsylvania the land of Antho ny Wayne. Hurrah for Pennsylvania ! and let her soldiers march Under the Arch of Triumph the Union's star-lit Arch ! With banners proud, and trumpet loud, they come from border fray From the battle-fields where hearts were shields to bar the invader's wav ' Hurrah for Pennsylvania 1 her soldier woll may mareh Beneath her ancient banner the Keystone of our Arch ! And all the mighty Northland will swell tho tri umph train From the land of Pennsylvania the land of Antho ny Wayne. TALES fc SKETCHES. I" UK TOIIX HI 1. 1,. It was in the spring of 1804 tbnt the inci- lents which I am about to relate occurred. I was at that time postmaster in the town of L . An unusually spell of warm weath er had carried away much of the anow, left tho roads very muddy, and rendered the travelling very bad. I thought of this as I closed the shutters about nine o'clock in the evening, and also remembered that, as it , was Wednesday, the stage from C was due at eight, but owing to the bad going it was not yet in. I therefore determined that I would, as I had often done before, lock the froDt door between the inner and outer rooms, and, leaving a light burning, go to sleep, trusting to the driver to waken me by rattling the door. It seemed but a few moments, so soundly had I slept, ere I was awakened by a pound ing on tbe door. Glancing at tho clock, which stood opposite, I discovered, how ever, that it was one o'clock in the morning, and that I bad been asleep neariy tour hours. As I hurried toward the door, I put my hand into my pocket for the key and found it was empty. Tbe two door keys and both tho keys ot my safe, all ot wuicu 1 baa wnen I went to sleep, were gone. Stepping to the rear door, in the lock of which I al ways kept the key, I also found that locked and the key gone. This so surprised me that for a tew moments I remained on tho spot, ntterly unable to solve the mystery. From this state I was aroused by renewed pounding on tbe door. There was but one available mode ot exit from my prison, and that was through aside window. Throw ing up the sash I sprang out and hurried round te where I expected to find the dri ver. Mysteries seemed to have no end, for instead of meeting the driver, I came upon an excited crowd or about twenty. , My ap pearance was the signal for all to commence telling me tne cause ot tbeir excitement. Silence was, however, at last obtained, and then the Sheriff told mein as few words as possible the-state of affairs""4' ' It seems that ope of the. physicians of tho town, Dr. Smith, was returning from a pro longed visit to a patient, and when about a mile from the town heard, in the road ahead of him, a pistol hot Hurrying on .he found, about half a mile further, the stage, for which I was waiting, drawn np by the side of tbe road, and in the middle of the road the body of a man. Bringing hi lan tern near tbe face be found that it was tbe driver, and that ha was dead, baring been shot through tbe bead. lie found the robes, fec., of the team scattered around on the ground, as was also tbe mail bag, but the latter had been unlocked, not cut open, and thn contents were cone. II lifted tbe body . up and placed it in the stage, and was just starting on for assjjlsn.ee, when be saw a revolver lying near by, which, from tho fact that one barrul bad been discharged, ua de cided was tbe weapon with which the deed -bad boea committed. Arriving" in town be arose the Bnerin ana a few neiftnbors : and while some were dispatched with tu Doc tor after tbe body, the Sheriff and others had gone after me. Finding I was not there, they came to the onica, and just as 1 Joined iQuu ipa boot arr.veci. - ,. . a - This was the substance of the facts rela ted to me. It seemed strange that the Sheriff should have gone to my house, instead of after the body, and I wits about to express myself when he stepped forward, and laying his hand upon my shoulder, said : "I arrest you, John Blanchard, for the murder of Chnrles Smith, stage driver." If he should have struck me I should not have been more surprised. I tried to rea son with him, but although very civil, he was equally firm, nnd the result was I spent the remainder of tho night in tho cottuty jail, which building wa9 situated in L , that being the shiro town. The examina tion tho next morning chcitatcd the follow ing facts : When the Sheriff searched my person ho wa9 surprised to find no wallet or memo randum book. Sending to tny assistant, he obtained tho door keys, but the safe keys could not be found, and my clerk declared that I always carried them with me. Upon entering they found thnt the letters were all gone, tho money drawer empty and a few stamps, which the clerk informed them we always left out of the safe nt night, missing, and no truce could be found of the safe keys, Supposing that I had disposed of them in order that the trace of my guilt, which it was taken for granted I had concealed in tho safe, could not be discovered, they brought a locksmith, and after much labor forced the lock. This labor served only to show them that tho safe had been complete ly rifled, and the sum of three thousand dollars, which had beer, in it tho night bo fore, was gone. I found that tho onuses which led to sus picions being fastened upon mo wcro tho tnrce following : First, tho revolver with which the deed was committed had upon the butt a silver ' plate, on which was engraved my name. The clerk took nn oath that the weapon was ' mine, and that I always kept it in the office. When they produced it I could not doubt for a moment that it belonged to mo. Second, that the bag was unlocked nnd not cut open, showing that it must have been dono by somo one having in his possession a United States mail key. Third that I had not been at home during the evening, nr.d when summoned nt the post-office I delayed bo long in making my appearance. To combat these fiicts I argued thnt the state of the office proved conclusively that it had been robbed; and that without doubt tho keys and tho revolver hud been taken at thnt time. Also, thnt no trace of any of the stolen articles was found about me, my house, or my office; and Ihut further, if I had desirud to fob the mail, I minlit have waited until it had arrived at the office, and thus saved myself the crime of murder. Against the third statement I told the rea son of my remaining in the office so late, and brought forward witnesses to prove that I often did so on Wednesday evenings, In order that the mail might be delayed as little as possible. Further that the reason of my remaining so long in tho office was that I could not open the door, and brought forward the fact that the keys were missing, to sustain my allegation. Although these arguments were by no means fully satisfactory to tho e who took tho ground thnt I was guilty, still thr-y were so fur that I was released on bail of five thousand dollars, which I readily obtained. By consent of the Post-office Department, I turned tiie affairs of the oflire over to my assistant. I was thus left frco to pursue every means to prove my innocence, which I felt could only be douu by discovering the guilty party. I accordingly placed tho best detectives at work, with orders to nommuuicate to me the first suspicion that they entertained, for I found it was anything but comfortable to be looked upon'as a murderer, although I knew that I was innocent. Thus three weeks passed without any thing of interest occurring, nnd at the cud of that time I could endure tho suspense no longer. Therefore I wrote to an old friend of mine, who was then on tho detective force of P , at L , and together V e set about the search. A week passed without bringing more to light, and causing us to despond, for we feared the murderer had so covered his track that it would be impossible toiliscovtr him. We bad been at work two days in tho city of O , and being about to leave, I entered the hotel office to settle. Having uo small bills, thero was considerable change handed back, and among it a ten dollar bill, winch had beet torn id two. As 1 turned it carefully over I found that the pnrts had been fastened together with the margin of a couple of postage stamps, which had printed upon it "No. 15 Plate," but the '"No." and the "Plato" had been crossed out, and substituted in their place was "Mar." aud "1864," muking it read "Mar. IS, 1864," which was the day before the robbery and murder. This may seem all common enough, but to me it was a ray of light and hope ; for the change was in my own hand-writing. I also remembered per fectly well making tho change ; also, that I had placed my initials on the underside, and that the bill must have been in the safe at the time of the robbery. Calling my friend we went into a side room ami thero care fully removed the paper. On tho other side was discovered, as I expected, the letters "J. B." much blurred from wetting, but still legible. My friend agreed with me thut it was a very important discovery, and in or der to press it lorward we called in tne undlord and questioned him. lie remembered having received the bill that mowing, and had rather questioned taking it on account of the tear. On being asked to describe the man he said : "As near as I can recollect, bo was about fivo feet ten inches in height, and quite Btout iu proportion. He was dressed en tirely in black. The only peculiar mark that I noticed was a deep scar running acroM his face, and his tuft eye was gone tho placo beios supplied by a piece of black silk, which be showed very plainly when he winksd." I thiuk I must have started very per ceptibly when I beard this description, for !., . , . - 1 recoguizcu luo iuuu iiuiueuiuitsiy u a run ner for tho firm of Bagley & Nelson, of Bos ton. who bad been in town for a week pre vious to the murder, and bad left the same morning. Ilia own name was James Burn- ham. . As we could learn nothing more from the landlord, save that he ordered the hackman to drive to thn Boston depot, we dismissed him and held a consultation. We both agreed ;t was best to go immediately! to lioatou, sea muli fc fcelson, and, it poss bio, learn of Burnham's whereabouts.- Carrying out this plan we luarted fronite firm tli following tacts: James Burohain was a good, reliable business man, Ha had betn in tbeir employ tnrnt fAf ahoqt fjfteonyeai,s, and they were jwillirjjjto '.nut hiui with any amount of their funds. H8 waa now in .Vermont, where he had been sinco leaving L , and had not to their certain knowledge been at a- , This rather perplexed uB, but at Inst we determined that he must havo deceived his employers j and although wo did not think thnt wo had sufficient cause to arrest him still we determined to- track him. For this purpose we wcut. to Vermont and fell in with him nt Montpelicr. For a week we observed his every motion, but at the end of that time we had discovered nothing, save that he would ctay in tho town one week longer. Feeling that my friend was fully capable of watching him alone, I de termined to go to Boston to see if I could learn anything new ; nnd accordingly on the 21st of April left, hnving first nrranged a system of cypher, by which we could com municate with each other if occasion re quired. Karly on the morning of the 22d, I was standing on the steps of hotel, when a paper dropped at my feet, apparently from one of the upper windows. Stooping down I picked it up, but discovered that it was but an empty envelope, and was about to drop It ngntn when the name upon it ennght my eye. It was that of a leading merchant in L . Looking up at tho window, I saw to my surprise tho face of James Burnham, aud that ho turned deadly pale when ho saw mo. Feeling certain now that ho knew my errand, I saw that it would not be safe to let him escape longer. I immediately de termined on having him arrested at nil haz ards. Hurriedly writing a despatch, which to tho operator would read "Join me in Portland to-morrow. Immediately on re ceipt of this you may close tho bnrgain winch 1 spoke to you about vesterdav : ' but to my friend, "James Burnham is in Boston. liy arc you not ? I have a clue, bliall arrest him immediately." I sent it to the tele graph office, and then hurried to the police station. Here I told my story In as few words as possible, and in fifteen minutes more was at tho door of the room from which the envelope had come. A noise as of some one moving rapidly about told us thnt the occupant was still there. lhudnorol tho room was not fastened, but ns the officers nppronched, Burnham sprang forward to do so ; but they were too quick for him, and had entered before he could get it done. As wo came in he stepped buck and in no gentle tones de manded the causc ot tins intrusion, in an swer to him, one of the officers said : I arrest von, James liurnliam, tor tlie murder of Charles Smith and the robbery of the post-office at L , on the night of the lutli ot March Inst." The effect was instnntaneous. He turned deadly pale and sank into a chtiir, near by, but alter a moment roused Inmsclt and said : "You have mistaken your man. My name is not James Burnham, but William Chnse." Wo considered this, however, as but an attempt to bully us, and he was according ly led awav. The search which followed brought to liijht considerable money in 1 bills, a number of checks, many of them payable to merchants in L , and somo of them from citizens iu L , payable to persons living iu Boston. I immediately telegraphed the particulars of tho arrest to my friend, nnd ho joined me the next morning ; but strangest of ull James Burnham came with him, and then I saw it was a mistaken Identity. But it was not to bo wondered nt, for I think that I never saw two men thnt looked more alike. We also telegraphed to tho landlord nt G , and learned a thing we hnd neglec ted before, namely, that the man who had passed tbe torn bill went by tho name of Willinm Chase. Little more remains to bo told. The man, finding there was no hope for him, made a confession soon after his arrest. It appeared he was a notorious crimnnl, who, after some bold deed, had been lying for a time in tho country, and hearing that valu able mail matter would nrrivo from C , had determined nn a little professional busi ness, and had accordingly come to L . Thero he saw ine receive a large sum of money on the 14th of March, and hnd that evening, after I shut up, entered the office, and removing the keys from my pocket, end getting possession of tho revolver, rob bed me as described, and made off with the booty, still retaining the keys, which we found in his possession. From the office he hud gouo up the road, met the stngc, aud finding that he could not accomplish his purpose without committing the murder, hud done so, and then opening the bag had just timo to secrete himself when the doctor came along. By a wide circuit he came back to Boston, and arrived there by an other train the same evening I did. When I picked up the envelope he recognized me and mado up his mind that he had better leave and was preparing to do so when ar rested. A few more days saw mo bnck to L , and my innocence fully established, but I could not be prevailed upon to again as sume the duties of post-master, and my former assistant was appointed. As for William Cliaso bo was executed the follow ing July. Onk of the most horrible pictures of want we have met with lately is the account of the famishing to death of a poor widow and two of her four children in Montgom ery, Alabama. The whole family had been living on Government rations, nnd when these were supped nothing was left them but to starve to-deatu. The mother, hugging to ber bosom her hungry little ones crying vainly for food, could uot but bedew their hollow cheeks with, bitter tears. She was found dead on the floor. Her babe, wheu discovered, was too far cone to be rescued. Starvation had done ita work, but the in fant begged for bread till it expired. The next child, a pretty little girl seven years old, waa emaciated by bunge to a complete skeleton, rihe prayed only for bread ; her life could not be saved, The other two, it was thought, must perish, but with care they finally recovered,' and told tbo most heart-rending story of their mother's and tuoir own sufferiugs. i The damage bv the late rains at Indiana polis is estimnted at over f 300,000. A young man named Joseph Toy was killed by fulling from a enr near Harrisburg, Pa., on Saturday night, 6th inst. The proposed national monument to tbe forefathers, near Plymouth UocV, is estima ted to cost 800,000. A clerevman in Utlca. New 'York, bas been preaching against "the awful crime of K.qa Imll ittdviitnll ami nun Ws nnthlnrf www vmn I J " B I - . - - n but ruin to the Tounar men who engage in it," . We preuruo,La viil oon p.-tach njiua&t bass 61031125. s : . MISCELLANEOUS. IiOKt Arln. In regard to colors we are far behind the ancients. None of the colors in the Kgyp tian paintings of thousands of years ago aru in tho least faded, except the green, The Tyrian purple of tho entombed city of Pom pcii is as fresh to day as it was threo thou sand years ago. Some of the stucco, painted ages before tho Christian cm, broken up and mixed, revealed its original lustre. And yet we pay ti,0 ip;norarice of the dark-skinned children of tho ancient Egypt. The colors upon the walls of Ncro'g festal vault ore n. it painted yesterday. So is tho cheek of tho Egyptian princo who was contemporaneous with Solomon, and Cleopatra, at whose feet ttvsar hud the riches of hit empire. And in regard to metal. The edges of the statues of tho obelisks of Egypt, and of the ancient walls of Home, are as sharp ns if but hewn yesterday. And the stones rcmnin so closely . fitted that their seams, luld with mortar, cannot bo penotrnted with the edge of a penknife. And their surface is exceed ingly hard so hard that when the French artists engraved two lines upon an obelisk brought from Egypt, they destroyed, in the tedious task, many of the best tools which could bo manufactured. And yet these an cient monuments aro traced all over with inscriptions placed upon them in olden times. This, with other facts of a striking cha racter, proves that they were far more skill ed in metals than we are. Quite recently it is recorded that, when an American vessel was on tho shores of Africa, a son of that benighted region made, from an iron hoop, a kuifo superior to nny on board of the ves sel, and another made a sword of Damascus excellence from a piece of iron. Fiction is very old. Scott had his coun terparts two thousand year ago. A story is told of a warrior who had no time to wait for the proper forging of his weapon, but seized it red hot, rode forward, and found to his surprise that tho cold air hod temper ed his iron into nn excellent steel weapon. The tempering of steel, therefore, which was new to us a century since, was old two thou sand years ngo. Ventilation is deemed a very modern art. But this is not the fact, for apertures, unques tionably mado for the purpose of ventilation, are found iu the pyramid tombs of Egypt! Yes, thousands of years ago, the barbarous pagans went so fur as to ventilate their tombs, while we yet scarcely know how to ventilate our houses. lMcuHUiit llonivs, Tho homes of America will not become what thoy should be until a truo idea of lifts shall become moro widely implanted. The worship of the dollar does more to degrade American homes than all else. The chief end of life is to gather gold, and that gold is counted lost which hangs a picture on the wall, which purchases flowers for the yard, which buys a book for the eager hand of rhildhoo l. Is this tho whole of human life? Then it is a uiuun, mcngre, aud most unde sirable thing. A child will go forth from a stall, glnd to find free air and wider pasture. The intluenco of such a home upon him in after life, will be nothing good. Thousands nre rushing from homo like these every year. They crowd into cities, they crowd into vil lages. They swnrm into places whero life is clothed with a higher singniiicancc, and the old ebeil or home U deserted by every bird as soon as it can fly. Anoestral homesteads and patrimonial acres have no sacrcdness; and when tho father and mother die, the strsngcr'a money and tho stranger's presence obliterate associations that should be among the most sacred of all things. J would havo you build up for yourselves and for your children, a home that will never bo lightly parted with a homo which will be to all whoso lives have been associated with it tho most interesting, precious spot on earth. I would havo that home the abode of dignity, beauty, grace, love, genial fellow ship, aud happy associations. Out from such a home I would have good influences flow into neighborhoods. In such a home I would see ambition taking root, nnd rucciviug cul ture. And then I would see you young hus bands and you young wives live happy. Do you deprive yourselves of such influences as will como through an institution like this? No money can pay you for such a depriva tion. No circumstances but those of utter poverty can justify you in denying these mllueuccs to your children. Tinmhy Tit- e-jmb. Lessok us WispoM. Tho late Frederica Bremer, the charming moralist, spoke ten derly and truthfully to those occupying the several family relations ; "Many marriages have commenced like the morning, red, and perished like a mush room. Wherefore? Because the married pair neglected to be as agreeable to each other after the union as they wue before it. Seek to please each other, my children, but in doing so keep heaven iu mind. Lavish not your love to-day, remembering that mar riage has a morrow aud again a morrow. Bethink ye, my daughters, what a word housewife expresses. The married woman is her husband's domestic trust. On her he ought to bo able to place his reliance iu house and family ; to her he should confide the key of his heart and lock of his storo room. His honor and his Lome are under her protection his welfare in her hands. Ponder this! And you, my sous, bo true men of hooor, and good fathers of your families. Act iu such wise that your wives respect and lovo you. And what more shall I say to you, my childreu ? Peruse diligeutly the Word of (iod; that will guide you out of storm and dead calm, aud bring you safe into port, Aud as for the rest do your best !'' Boy Ubinu Tobacco. A strong aud sen sible writer says s good, sharp thing, and a true one, too, tor boys who use tobacco. 11 has utterly ruined thousands of boys. It tends to softening and weakening of the bones, and it greatly injures the brain, the spinal marrow aud the whole nervous fluid. A boy who smokes early and frequently, or in any way uses large quantities of tobacco, is never known to make a man of "much en ergy, and generally lucks muscular and physical as well as mental power. We wouid particularly warn boys who want to be auy thing in the world, to shun tobacco as a most baneful poison. It injures the teeth. It produces an .unhealthy state of the threat and lungs, Hurts the stomach and blasts tbe brain and nerves. 1 1 ' ' ' ' I The Rev. Mr. Tuttle hoi been UDDiiaoui ly appoiuled bj the Houia of Biahopsof the Protestant Episcopal Cuurcp, Bishop of the now Dioct of Moouua and 'v-3, . Tba eew bishop it not ytt thirty- year, of age. AGRICULTURAL, &C. Work for I ho Mouth. Tho following items are from tbe October number ot thot excellent publication, tho Agricitlturht Live Stori nt this senson require the ?nr ful attention ot the farmer, ' for-it is now that the question of profits is really settled. Tho weather is not severe, yet bracing enough to give animals an appetite. Them is an abundance to eat, nnd it is not difficult to get stock iu good condition. Tho dire ful husbandman w ill husband those things which will keep best, nnd feed out those which are of a perishable nature. Soft corn, nubbins, grown grain, green pumpkins, and the fruits of tho orchard, which are- liable to decay, mny be fed to cnttlc, or cooked for swine, and help to. get them in first-rnto order for winter, before tho grass fails, and while it begins to afford not quite so good feed ns is desirable. ' ' 6W ought to bo yarded nt night at all seasons, but nt no time is it more important than now. The nights are long, the 90.W9 need some extra feed, which is best given in racks or troughs, or in the oroner stalls. , and the verdure they crop consists largely 01a leaves which nre tuil ot incrganic or osli constituents, hence their dung ' is of more value then usual. Keep up the flow of milk by feeding pumpkins (without tho seeps), roots, soft corn, cto. full Plvitin should not be neglected from pressure of other work, but hire ap ex tra hand or two and keep all tlm teams going. This year's corn ground, intended tor barley aud oats next spring, should bo plowed ns early as possible. Tho shocks of corn should be set in straight rows, aa far apart as wossiblq, nnd the ground plowed between them, finishing after corn is husk ed and shocks removed. ' Corn Stalk bound in small bundles and set in shocks, dry slowly, and ought to be taken dowu and re-shocked once in a week or ten days. When cured, stuck' near tho yards, and top the stacks with straw. Autumn Planting is generally to be pre ferred for apples and pears, provided it can be done early enough. The soil of thq pro posed orchard should have been prepared in advance. I'nll Hull ei- Hukiug, The cheese wasan is rapidly approaching a close, and that of butter about to com mence. It is jmportunt for thoso who have a great many cow's and put down butter for market to see to it that ' the article they make is of such a character as to find a ready pale aud give their products charucter umoug dealers who are competent to decido upon their merits. Sonic persons who know well cncurii how butter should be made and possess all the appliances essential 1,1 success in tho manufacture of it, fail to produce a good article because of a too great greediness for gam. J licy seem to reason that a pound of buttermilk, Ieit in tho mass, is as good to them as a pound of the pure article, hence the little lubcr bestowed in workiug it. They may succeed in disposing of parcels of this character, but, iu doing so, they aro seriously impairing their ' reputation as manufacturers and dealers. ' Again: Some reasou that, as salt is much less costly than butter, it is a capital good dodge to work in as large an r.mount of saline matter as possible luuviug it iu lumps oftentimes imparting a bitter tasto to tho butter, and thereby impairing its reputation with con sumers. In the end this will prove, ns it should do. to havo been a short-sighted operatiou. The best policy with butter makers os with all other producers, is hon esty. Work your butter as clear of milk as can be conveniently done; salt no more thau is necessary for its proper preservation; put it up or down nicely, and your name will bo aqiplo assurance to .those who pur chase that they nro not .bejiig cheated in the purchases they make. Nloriiig Celery. Many people complaiu of their celery one of the most difficult garden crops to raiso in perfection that it does uot keep well through the winter; sometimes it withers, but ot teller rots. It is recommended by somo that it should bo preserved in the rows where it grows, and.Ui&t removal always more or less injures it. Where tho plant is grown in soil of a dry nature and celery never should be grown there it may be kept well in the row, but wo deny most emphat ically thit removal injures it in the slightest, particular. We pursue two modes, and find both to answer well. The first is to remove the cel ery to high and dry ground ; dig a trench spade deep, stand up a row of plants, then three inches of soil, then another row, and so on until about a half dozen rows are fin ished : then commence another bed, and so on. Tho 6oil should be packed in firmly, and banked up, so that the tops of the celery are just covered; then spank off roof fashion, to turn the ruin. Over this twa wide boards, nailed together, should bo placed, as a se curity against moisture. For, remember, it is wuter, not frost,' as some say, that rots celery. Frost adds to it; tenderness. Another plan is to sink barrels in the earth, so that the tops are two or three inches be low the surface, then store them compactly full of celery, without any soil, put close or tight covfiis upon them, aud then a couplo of inches of soil. Bv this mode, somewhat more troublesorjjo than tho other, ours kept well for the lust two or three years, until it was consumed, which was late in the spring. (jtrmnHtuttn 3d. 'l'o .fluke lu re Aple 1Vuc. Take good, new cider, fresh from the press. dissolve in it 00 pounds of common brown sugar to ench fifteen gallons of wiue, and let it settle. Then put this fifteen gallons into cleau barrel, and fill tbe barrel up with clear cider, to within two gallons of buiug full, leave the buug out for forty-eight hours, then put tho buug to, with a small vent. Let the barrel stand a year tbe wine is then fit for use. It needs uo racking. The longer it stands tho better. We give the above re ceipt on the principle on which Moses tole rated concubinage. It is so much better to drink wine without poisonous drugs, that costs but 20 or 25 cents a gallon, than the vile poisons which cot from 3 to $5 a gal lou, that we think the change- would be an Improvement. A lecturer writes : "The fullest house I have bad was p,t Pilbole City, iu tbe oil re gions, iveiy man was lull ot buer. Tuu lecture went off very well, notwithstaodiug. It didn't go off as well as my doorkeeper did he went off with the receipts, " Th building of a.Bibla l.ousa is contem plated t Constantinople. X
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