TERMS OP ADTEKTIAlftU 1 TJtRM-Twi t0LLAB8 pie" uin, IS M If aotpaldwlthla the year. 'No paper dlsoon tinned until ill arrearages art paid. Then torn will be strictly adhered to hereafter. Tha following ara tha rat for advertising In tha AaaaicAi. loose having advertising to do will Bod It oonvenleot for reference t Slse. I Square, , .. h eolumn, It. in. im. JJ-L1 l,00 11, to; :M,Mi M,Milfn,ouliv,o If rubserioars neglect or nhato take their new 3,00 4,60 w r,oo I2.no papers from the office to which they art directed, they nam maible 6,00 00116,00) 20.00 ara responsible until tbey 1 .1 J 1 ll i retnonsiDie until toey bar sotuea toe nh 10,00 14.00 20,00 85 00 0,00 entered them discontinued jl,00 24,00,35,00 Bl PnamuM mill nliai mm fmr .A rents, end Ten llnat of thii sited type (minion) maka ona Square. Auditors', Administrators' and Kxeoutors' Notlees 11.00. Obituaries (exaept tha aiual announcement whloh li free,) to ba paid for at advertising rate. Looal Noliooe, bouiety Kaeolutione, Ao-, lu oeaU per line. Advertisements for Religious, Charitabla and Kdu eationat cbjeots, one. half tha above rntoa. Transient advertisements will ba published until ordered to ba ditoontioaed, and charged accordingly. hank lattart containing eabsorrpMoo money. They ara permitted to do thii ahdar tha Port Offloe Uf. ... . ' c " ; job . yawTXHO. Wa have eonnsetod with oar establishment a well ooleeted JOB OFFICS, whloh will enable aa to execute, la tha aeetest ttylo, every variety of Printing ,., , PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY II. B. MASSER & CO., SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENN'A. NEW SERIES, y0U 3, NO. 23. SATURDAY MOJMNG, MARCH 23, 1867. OLD SERIES, VOL. 27, NO. 23 TERM Ott THH "AlVEKlCJU.r MM BUSINESS CAED3. jaosaa Him., . 1 Bwok P. Woi.vbbto. HILL St WOLVEBTCm. Attorney aad Cemnaelort) at Law. SXJN"BXJ"Sr. ' WILL attend to tha collection of all kind" of olaiml, including Back Pay, Bounty end ran loni. ! 1. H. EASE, 'ATTORNEY AT UWi Two doora east of Frlllng's itora, Market Square, SUNBURY, PENN'A.. Business promptly attended to In Horthumberland and adjoining Bounties. Is alao duly authorised and -licensed Claim Agent for the collection of Bounties, Equalisation Bountiea, Pension, and all manner or claims against the Government. Bunbury, Sept. 16, 1808. ATTORNEY AT LAW, North Side of Publlo Square, adjoining reeldenoa of Geo. Bill, Eeq., SUNBURY, PENN'A. Colloctlom and all Professional business promptly attended to in the Court of Northumberland and adjoining Counties. bunbury, Sept. 16, I860. .T. n. HXI.BUt3H SUEVEY0R AND CONVEYANCE AND t JUSTICE OF THE PEA CE. STahonoy, Northumberland County, Penn'a Offioe fa Jackson township. Engagements can be made by lotter, directed to the above address. All business aaJriutcd to his care, will ba promptly attended to. April 22, aBM. ly WM. M. ROOKBMIAa. Llotd T. Robriacb. ROCKEFELLER & E0HEBACH. VNIIURY, IE.VA. OFFICE the same that has been heretofore occu pied by Wa. M. Ro;kefeller,Ei., nearly op "uocito the residence of Judge Jordan. Bunbury, July 1, 1S64. ly II. II. MASSKH, Attorney at SUNBURT, PA.- Colloctieus attended to in the counties of Nor thumberland, Union, 6nyder, Montour, Colombia and Lyooming. BBFERSNGBS. Hon. John M. Beed, Philadelphia, A. O. Cnttell Co., " lion. Wm. A. Porter, " Morton McMichael, Esq., " E. Kctchom Co., 289 Pearl Street, Naw York. John W. Ashmead, Attorney at Law, " Matthews A Cox, Attorneys at Law, bunbury, jiarcn a, ioo JACOB SHIPMAN. FIRE AND LIFE IN8UHANCB AGENT SUNBURY PENN'A. BEFRESEEITS) Formers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., York Pa., Cumberland Valley Mutual Protection Co., ew York Mutual Life, G irard Life of Phil'a. 4 Hart ord Conn. General Accidents. Sunbury, April 7, ly. , Or. CHAS. ARTHUR, IDomcrooattitc ?3teictan. Graduate of tha Homcaopathio Msdioal College of reDD.yivaui. Officb, Market Square opposite the Court House BUNBURY, PA. March 31, SUNBURY BUILDING LOIS 1 N J. W. CAKE'S Addition to tbs Boiough of I cunbury, tor Daie on rewmam. w Apply to Dr. R. H. AWL and, SOL. BR0SI0U6, Sunbury, Pa. Or P. W. SHEAFER, rottsville, Pa. Nov. 24, 1868. AMBR0TYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. Corner Market A Fawn Street, SUNBURY, Pa. 8. BYERLY. Proprietor, Photograph, Ambrotypes and Mclalnotypos taken la the beat style oi we art. i 'j FLOUR & FEED STORE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. mnE subscriber respectfully informs tha publlo I i . L. MHd.ntl nn hanfl at his new WAREHOUSE, near tha Shauiokin Valley Railroad Depot, in SUNBURY, Flour by tha barrel and sacks of all kinds of Feed by the ton Tha above is all manufactured at his own Mills, and will bo sold at tbe lowest easo price.. J M. CADWALLADER. Sunbury, April 1, 18M, " JEREMIAH SNYDER, Attorney Sc. Coamaellor at Law, SI INIIUKY, PA. tSOintrlet Attorney Tor Hlortbum- berlaad County. Banbury, March 31, 186. ly G. -W. HAUPT, Attorney and CoaaaeUor at Law, Offloa on south side of Market street, four d0rs wast or JSyster s btore, BTTNBURY. Will attend oromotl to all professional bulneai entrusted to bis eare, tha collection of elaiaus in Northumberland and tha acoiiang counties. Bunbury, April 7, 1866. Bricklayer and Builder, - Market Street, 4 doora Seat of Third St., SUNBXJKT. PENN'A, N. II. All Jobbina; promptly at. genii to. mnmm fcunbnry, Jane a.iaee COAL! COAL!! COAL!!! Shipper 6c Wboleaala Sc Ketall Uealera In WHITE At RED ABU COAL, In every variety. Sole Agents, westward, of the Celebrated Hear Clay Coal. Lowbb Waiar, Bcaaear, Fa. Bunbury, Jan. 13, lo66. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER . in every variety of ANTHRACITE COAL, Upper Wharf, BTJHBUBY, Fenn'a. rjrOrdera solicited and tiled with promptness and despatoh. Bunbury, MayU, Wd. y ' E. O. QOBIN, Attorney and Connaellor at Law, BOON V ILL Jl, OCOPKR CO, MISSOURI. WILL pay taxes oa lands ia any part of the State. Buy and sail real Kstato, and all other matters entrusted to bin will receive prompt atten tion. July 8, lS6i. ootlt, '64. ' " IR. E. 1. Ll'MLEY, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON NOBTHTJMBIBIiAirD. TA- DR. LUMLEY has opened an offioe ia Northern arland, and oBera his servieas to the people of that lsce and the adjoining township. Offioe next door Mr. Koott's bboe Stoje, where be eaa lenad at ail lours. MorthonVarUad August l,lo. JAOOB.O.BBCK MERCHANT TAILOR, And Dealer in CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VESTING, &c. Fawa atreet, aoata X Weavefi Hotel, BIT XT TJ 33 BT, X A. March 81, loot. ' W. J. WOLYEMOlf, ATTORNEY AT LAM', East and of Pleasant 'a Building, Up Stain, SUNBURY, PENN'A. All professional business la thii and adjoining oeun ties promptly attended to. Bunbury, MoTember 17, law. -ly L. MASHOLTI, O. WOLTHTOH, 0. P. MABBOLTI. COAL! COAL! COAL! THE snbscribera respectfully inform theeitisena of Bunbury and vicinity, that they bava opened a COAL YARD . . v m r k . 1 .1 J . xi nu a vo suower nnari, rawnuni-y, m ra. wbera they ara prepared to (apply all kinds of Sha- moain i;oai, ai uuoap ikivb. iuuin .m viucn promptly supplied. Country custom respectfully solicited. 6EASU0LTZ A CO. Dunoury, Jan. n, 1001. 3000 ACRES OF TIMBER T AND rOR ALE On tb Line Mountain just hip, Northumberland county, Pa., and ntar tha du am ok in ana mnnonoj voai iviuv. V ' P. W. SHEAFER, Engineer of Mines, Pottsville, Pa. December 3Jd, 1866. 3m Pensions Increased. The late Aot of Congress gives additional pay to tha following Pensions, via : 1st. To those who have lost the sight of both eyes, r hnih hnri. or totally dlsablad so as to require con stant attendance, (he sum of $26 00 per month. 2d To those who have lost botb root, or are toiany disabled in tha same so as to require oonstant attend ance, the sum of 20 00. 8d. To those who have lost one hand or one foot, or are so disabled as to render them unable to per form manual labor $14 00 per month, and other cases in proportion. The subscriber is duly prepared for the immediate procurement of these olaims. D. B. JJVJL, All J ua. Sunbury, June 18, 1808. I B inn following ponum ro eugumi w twvnv mu X increase of Bounty under the Aot of Congress 1 f..l1U.AA t. innaliM TtnnnfiM. 1st All soldiers who enlisted after the 19th day of April, 1861, for S years, and served their time of enlistment and have been honorably discharged, and have received or are entitled to receive a Bounty of $100, are entitled an additional Bounty of $100. Zd All sucn soldiers woo eniuvea lor a yesro, uu have been honorably discharged on account of m- n .1. in lin nf ilntv .re entitled til an additional Bounty of 01 OO. 3d Tbe Widow, Minor Children, or Parent of such I J . I JI.J Ik. inniaa a" wmmll ab liABlk. ara entitled to as additional Bounty of $ IOO. By application to S. r. wui- jsk ivh, j , oi BnMBDRT. Pannflylvanla, who ! an authorised Claim Agent, ill trach elalmi can be speedily col loo ted. l' i A .. -a A ItiHA OUUUUrjr, AUgWti iow EQUALIZATION OF BOUNTIES. X.. XX. KASE, Attorney at Law, Mnnbnry, Pa. "IS duly authorised and Licensed by the Qovern 1 ment to eolleet all Military Claims against the United Mates. Bounty money due soldiers under the late Equalisation Act of Congress, and all mili tary elaiaus against the State, due soldiers of 1812, far Peocions and Gratuity. Claims due soldiers of the Pennsylvania Reserve uorps :rom enlistment to the dtf muster, promptly eollootod. Buotasry, Augusta, iboq. Uonntlea Collected. a. W. HAUPT, Attornev at Law, Sunbury, Pa offers his professional services for tho collection of bounties de to soldiers under we lata ruaiiiauon Act passed by Congress. As an authorised claim agent be will promptly collect all Bounties, Pensions aad Oratuitios due to soldiers of the late war, or the war of 1812. Bunbury, August 18,1866. ' ISO. KAY CLEMENT, Baainoss to this and adjoining counties carefully and nromntlv att tended to. Office in Market Street, Third door west of Smith at U anther's bUive and Tinware store, 8l)KHi;UY PEN.H'A. ELEVENTH & MARKET STS., PQILADEL'A. fTVUIS new and elegant House is now open for tbe JL reception of guests. It has been fitted up in a manner equal to any in tho country. The location being central makes it a very desirable stopping place, both for MerobanU and parties visiting tha city. The parlors are spseious , and elegantly furn ished. The tobies will be supplied with all the deli cacies tha market will afford, and it is tha intention of the Proprietor to keep io every respect a First Class Hotel. Terms $3 00 par day. CURLIS DAVIS, Proprietor. February 2, k)67 6m Hount Carmel Hotel. MT, OABHSIi, Northumberland Co., Fa THOS. BURKET, Proprietor. This large commodious Hotel la located near tbe depots of the Bbamokin Valley and the Quakake New York Railroads. Trains arrive and depart daily. This house is located in the centre of the Coal Re gion and affords tha best aooommodations to travelers and permanent customers. jay 6. GIRARD HOUSE. CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. THD3 wall known Hotel, situate near the Corner of Ninth A Cbesnut Streets, Philadelphia, is, on uiaonnt of its suoerior location and excellent aooom modations, one of the best and moat desirable stopping places in ue ciiy. r S. W. KANAQA, Proprietor, February 16, 186T.-om Tr-JCJaVeas Sheet Iron and Stove Mrket StreeL near Eattol's Store, SUNBURT, PA AN immense stock of erery kind of Tin Ware, . .1 j. T XAT a .11 lu..ti',v. XJb and oaeof a run niri v iu atwpwapnuii. STOVES, COOK, OFFICB and PARLOR STOVES of the best Brands which ara unsurpassed for beauty of finish. SlODWllOUJ VI B I - durability and eaeh stove warranted to perform what they are represented. ComX Oil, Coal Oil Lainpa, I-anterna, hades, Chieanye, and all artlolos usually kept ia aa aaieoiisumenui miu kw.. . . . ,. COPfU,uaA3ead IB0N KETTLES, of all 'fRUIT JARS and CANS of the Intel Improved lie is also prepared to do all kinds of Spouting and tloonng, nange iuu s u .Pairm,.heaplydBeouoyi:a Banbury, July T, looo.-iy FEMALE COLLEGE. UORUEIvTOlV.'V, IX. J., PLEA8NTLV LOCATED ON THE DELAWARE . B1VER. , Two aad thraa-Martor hoaia' ride by railroad fron Nea- fork, aad eaa aad a oaerter troa Phila delphia. BUMMER BKSSI05 COMMKNCES MABCH Sth. for Calaloeaet, containing terms, etc., address Rev. JOHJf B- BAAKELSY, A. M., Prest., . Bordeatowo, N. J. rabraary ! lMTUf POETltlAL. I FBOII WHITTIEK'8 "TINT ON THO BBAOH." 11 Prayer for him, for all who rest, Mother earth upon thy breast. ' Lapped on Christian turf, or laid , . In rock-care or pyramid ; All who sleep, as all who live, ' Well may need the prayer, 'Forgive.' " Desert-smothered caravan Knee-deep dust that once was man, Battle-trenohes ghastly piled, Ocean-floors with white bones tiled, Crowded tomb and mounded sod, Dumbly orave that prayer to God. " 0 the generations old Over whom no church bell tolled, Christloas, lifting up blind eyes, To the silenoe of the skies ! For the innumerable dead Is my soul disquieted. Where be now these silent hosts t Where the camping-ground of ghosts T Where the speotraloonscrlpts led To the white tents of the dead T What strange shore or cloudless sea Holds the awful mystery ? " Then tha warm sky stooped to make Double sunset in the lake ; While above I saw with it Range on range, tbe mountains lit ; And the culm and splendor stole Like an answer to my soul. Hearest thou, 0, of little faith, What to thee the mountain saith ? What is whispered by the trees t Cast on God thy care for these ; Trust him, if thy sight be dim ; Doubt for them is doubt of Him. " Blind must be their close shut eyes Where like night the sunshine lies, Fiery-linked the self-forged chain Binding ever sin to pain, Strong their prison-house of will, But without lie waiteth still. " Not with hatred's undertow Doth tbe Love Eternal flow ; Every chain that spirits wear Crumbles in the breath ef prayer ; And the penitent's desire Opens every gate of fire. " Still thy love, O, Christ arisen, Yearns to reach these fouls n prison ! Through all depths of sin and loss Drops the plummet of thy cross ! Never yet abyss was found Deeper than the cross could sound ! " Therefore well may Nature keep Equal faith with all who sleep, Bet her watch of hills around Christian graves and heathen mound, And to cairn and kirkyard send bummor s Bowery dividend. THE FKOrvriEK WEII1.. BT THE MIKISTEU'B WIFE. One day in early winter my husband re ceived a summons to Burke's settlement, to unite a couple in tbe bonds of wedlock. It was especially requested that bis wife should accompany him, as we should bo expected to remain all eight and partake of the fes tivities. It was twenty miles to the settlement, and we reached the log bouse of Mr. Burke, the father of the expectant bride, about noon. A dozen tow-baired children were at the door, waiting our arrival. They telegraph ed the news instantly. "Marml tnarm! Here a tbe cider ana uis woman! They're nothing butyU She's got a man's hat on, and a turkey wing in front of it; his nose is just like dad's crook ed as a cow-bora squash." Alas for Mr. Morrison s aquiline nose, ot which he was a little vain! "Sam!" cried a shrill, female voice from tbe interior of the cabin, "run out and grab the rooster, and I'll clap u:m into the pntl Sal, you quit that churn and sweep the floor. Kick that corn-dodger under the bed. Bill, you wipe tbe tallow cut of that cheer for the minuter s wile, ana uo pry about it." Further remarks were cut short by our en trance. Mrs. Burke, ia calico short gown, blue petticoat and bare feet, came forward, wi ping her face on her apron. "How ao you ao, elaer I now a'ye ao marm? Must excuse my head haint had chance to comb it since last week. Work must be did, you know. Powerful sharp air, hain't it f Shoo, there I Bill drive that turkey out of tbe bread-trough. Sal, take the lady's things. Set right up to the fire marm. lianas coo. ( well, just run em in Bill's hair we keep it long a purpose." Bill presented his shaggy head, but 1 ae clined with an involuntary shudder. "Lawk, if she ain't actually a shivering!" cried Mrs. Burke. "Bring in some more wood. Here. marm. take this hot corn dodger inter yer lap it's as good as a soap stone." A fearful squall announced the execution of the rooster and shortly afterwards he was bouncing about In a lour quart kettle, bung over tae fire. Sal returned to her churn; but the extraordinary visitor must have made her careless, lor she upset tbe concern, and buttermilk went swimming over the floor. "Grab the ladle. Bill," cried Mrs. Burke, "and help dip it up. Take keer don't put that snarl of hair in. Strange Low loins will be so nasty. Dick, do keep your feet out of tbe buttermilk ; it won't be fit for tbe pies when the butter s gathered. Drive that hen out; quick : she s picked up a pound already. There, Sal, do try and churn a little more keerful. If you are a gwine to be spliced ter-morrow, you need n run crazy about it," "1 advise you to dry up r remarked tbe bride elect, thumping away at tbe churn. By tbe time I bad warmed, dinner was ready, and you may be sure I did not injure myself by over-eating. Night came on early, and after a social chat about tbe event ot the morrow, 1 aignl fled my desire to retire. Sal lighted a pitch-knot, and begun climb ing a ladder in ona corner of the room ; I hesitated. "Come on," said she ; "don't be afraid. Sam, and Bill, and Dick, and all the rest of ye, duck your heads while the elder's wife goes up. Look out for tbo Iooao boards, marm i and mind, or you'll smash your brains out against tha beam. - Take keer of the bole where the cblmbly cornea through." Iler warning came too lata. I caught my toot in the end of a board, stumbled, and fell bead-long through what appeared to be interminable space, but it was only to the room I had just left, where I was saved from destruction by Bill, who caught ma in bis arms, and set ma on my feet remarking cool It. "What made you coma tlftt way t We generally nso tha ladder." I was duly commitaerated, and at last got to bed. Tbe less said about that night tbe better. Bill and Diek and four others slept in the tama room with na, and made the air vocal with their snoring, I fell sleep and TALES & SKETCHES. , dreamed I was just being shot from the muzzle of a columbiad, and was awakened by Mr. Morrison, who informed me that it was morning. The marriage was to take place before breakfast, aud Sally was already clad in her bridal robes wlueu I descended tbo ladder. She was mnonificcnt.ln a green calico.over a crinoline full four inches larger than the rest of ber apparel, a white apron with red strings, bluo stockings, a yellow neck rib bon, and white cotton gloves, llor reddish bair was fastened in pug behind, and well adorned with the tail-feathers of the defunct rooster before mentioned. When it was announced that Lem Lord, the groom, was coming, Sally dived be hind a coverlet, which bung across one cor ner of tho room to conceal sundry pots and kettles, and refused to come forth. Mr. Lord lifted one corner of tbe curtain and ppeped in, bnt quickly retreated with a few sharp words from Sully advising him to mind his own business. Lemuel was dressed in blue with bright buttons. The entire suit had bece mado for his grandfather on a similar occasion. His bair was well greased with tajlow and his huge feet encased in skin pumps. Very soon tbe company began to gather, and the room was well filled. "Now. elder," cried the bridegroom, "drive ahead t I want it done up nice ; I am able to pay for the lob ; do year bear t Come, father Burke, trot out your gul I" But bally refused to be trotted. She would be married where she was cr not at all. We argued and coaxed, but she was firm; and it was finally concluded to let ber have her own way. Mr. Morrison stood up; the happy couple joined hands through a rent in the coverlet, and the ceremony proceeded. Just as Mr. Morrison was asking Lemuel, "Will you have this womau ?" etc., down came the coverlet, enveloping both minister and bride groom and filling tbe bouse with dust. Dick had been np in the lott and cut the strings which held it. Mr. Morrison crawled out lookiug decidedly sheepish, and Sally was obliged to be married openly. To tbe mo mentous qnestiou Lemuol responded, "To be sure; what else did I come here for f" and Sally replied, "Yaas, if you must know." "Salute your bride," said Mr. Morrison, when all was over. "I'm ready to do anything, elder," said Lemuel, "but skin me if I know about that, sir. Just show me how, and I'll do it if it kills me." My hucband drew back nervously, but Sally advanced, threw her arms around his neck, aud gave him a kiss thut made the very windows clatter. "I vum, if I don't do ditto I" cned Lem uol, and hastily taking a huge bite from a piece of maple sugar which be drew from his pocket, he made a dash at me smashed my collar, broke my watchguard into a doz en pieces, tore my hair down, and succeeded in planting a kiss on my nose, greatly to the delight of the company. 1 hen be turned to my husband. "Now. elder, what is the damage! Don't be afraid to speak." "W hatever you please," said Mr. Morrison Lemuel produced a piece of fur. "There, elder," said lie, "there's a musk- rat's skin, and out in tbe shed is two beads of cabbage, and you're welcome to tbe whole of it." My bt'sbnnd bowed bis thanks, tbo young people went to dancing, Mrs. Burke went to getting breakfast ; at my earnest request Mr. Morrison got our horse, and we bade tnem adieu. I never could have lived through another meal in that bouse. I have since beard that Mr. Lord said if ho bad seen tbe elder's wife before she was married, Sallie might have gone to the dick ens. "Alas, it might have been 1" MISCELLANEOUS. The Democracy Want Marabo'a Vote. The following laughable burlesque por trays tbe desire of tbe so-called Democracy to secure tbe votes of the enfrauchised ne groes, merely foreshadowing what will be a common occurrence among Democratic poli ticians. It is an extract from a letter writ ten by a colored voter to a brother negro of lennessee: Dar's a diffrense tween Washington now and Washington six weeks ago a percepti ble difl'rense. Dey had a way ob kickin niggabs dat wuz aggrawatin. Kbery Secesb in de city bed learned de most tendercst spot on de shin, an de brickbats I Lord Ureas you, Sarayoocl, dis chile neber could understan befo' why de nigab's skull wuz so thick. De I.oru madu ii, so on pupus so dat brickbats wood bounce off ob era. b erything is fitted for tho place it fills. Ef de niggah's skull wuz like a white man's dar woodent a been a livin niggab in Wash ington to-day. But dar is a change in de sobhel cotulishun ob tings. Yesterday dar wuz a member ob de Common Council wat want's to be elected agin nex March, come into my barber shop and scz I to him, "Shave, mas'rl" "My deer sab," sed he, ketcbin me by de hand an fallin across my shoulder, "don't call me mas'r no more. Under de shaddei ob dat flag," sed be, pintin to de Capitol, "ebcry man is tree, and dar aint no mas'rs." "Wha-a-a-when t aence when I" sed I, 'stonished, for he wuz de most 'fecksbnit man I ebcr did see sence tbe day I wuz married. "My brudder," sed he, "de Afiikin, ob which race yoor a magnificent specmen, is now in a fur way ob workin out bis mish un. De shackles falls off his limbs, and be stans up in de lite ob de bressed sun, a man, and a brudder and a voter. Yoo la my ekal, and " "But wat's de matter 1" sed I, "I 'mem ber Viinlilv. only two free sebral weeks ago. yoo kickod me off de sidewalk for askin yoo for de two last shaves you owed me for. Wat's cum ober yoo f Am I more a man an' a brudder now dan I wnz den t" "My frend," sed be, "I hope, I earnestly hope, dat you won't 'member dem little spasms agin me. De fack is, I I notice yoo bed ambition into yoo, an' I wuz feer lul, 'deed I wuz, dat you'd rise faster dan wui for your good. But fiat's all ober. Come." Aud dst man made me shut up de shop, and wo walked out arm-in-arm and we went to de beer shop wid me. On de way wa met a pile of Irishmen, and dey wuz 'ston ished. "Nigger 1" dey yelled and dey made fo' me, but dey seed I wuz in good company and dey tteyed dar bant. We stopped in all da beer shops, and he payed f all .1 ifroaVimflntM .ilwirv lima taucliin mi class and drinkin to de petual Wuiony ob de races, and hopin dat so far ea de Da mocrisy of Washington wat concerned, de hatchet wus berried fe.bpcr. "My frend," sed be, In a whisper, "de fack is dat de gubermiut ob de city lies kum to de 'elusion dat de Irishmen workin on do pnblic works ob de city ain't de right men, and we shall hey to turn em loose. Kin we git, d'yon eposc, two or three hundred cullud men to take dere places, and when de 'lection kums, cf we'se 'locted, dar'll be more places for em." It seemed to me jes ez tho I smelt suffin. Sea I, "My frend for we are frends now, ain't wo!" "Kin you doubt It t" sed be. "I nebber take a 'cisive step widout 'suit in Potifer." "And who is Potifer," sed be. "He's a man and a brudder, too," sed I. "Now I tell yoo vat. We'll go back to my shop, and stay dar till I fetch Potifer, and we'll 'scourse on dis pint." lie went back wid me, an' I went to Pot ifer an' tole him all 'bout it. We 'eluded we'd see jis how far dis 'ticklar man and brudder wud go to git a niggah's vote. When we 'ribed we talked it all over till baf pat one p. r., (dat means in de rite season, 'member dat,) when dis man and brudder sed it wuz high time for hini to go. "No," sed I, "my friend for you is my friend it's rainin out, de street is dark, stay here ; here is my mattress, its radder narrer for tree ob us, but data better dan goin out. Stay wid us, and we'll talk it ober ; dar's a good deal to bo sed, ain't dey, Potifer!" And Potifer sed yes, and finally for fear of 'fendin us, be 'eluded to do it. I bilt up a rousin fire, so dat it was hotter dan a ground-bog's hole, and Potifer, who's a la borin man an hadn't washed bis feet for a week, an 'side all dut he's counted de loud est smellin shade in dc city, laid down on de back side ob de single mattress, and do man and brudder wat wants to be Alder man, in de middle, an' I on de forside ; and dar we lay and awet and swet, till de poor fellah wuz a'mos smoddered. When I thought he bed 'nuff ob it I got np. "Now," sed I, pullin him out, "Git 1" "Wat!" sed be. "Git," sed I. "Duz ou link dis chile a fool ! Duz you tink dis niggah don't know p'cisely wat yoo want an' how yoo speck to git it ! Wat yoo doin hcah, slecpin wid niggnbs in a seven foot square room, wid a hot fire, an' atween 'em at dut ! Duz yoo tink I don't 'member de kickin two weeks ago, and woodent yoo dun it to-nite ef it wuzcat dat I got de power ob kickin you next month at de ballot box! 'Pears like its all I kin do to keep my bans off ob you now. Pay me dem two shaves and git." And be did it. sVlmt Paper In IIoton. The first newspaper established in North America was tbe "Boston News-Letter," of which the first number appeared in 1704. But it appears from the following extract trom Buckingham s "Specimens of news paper Literature," a work which every news paper publisher should have at band, that at least one number of a paper wut Issued at a still earlier period: "Tbe first attempt to set up a newspaper in North America, so far as can be ascer tained from existing records, or from tradi tion was made in Boston, in the year 1000. Of the paper then issued only one is known to be iu existence ; and that copy is depos ited in the State Paper Office iu London, wnerc it has been seen and examined by the ltav. Joseph B. Felt, the Librarian of the Massachusetts Historical Society. No. 1 of this paper, and probably the only ouo ever published, is dated September 25, 1090. It is a small sheet, of four quarto pages, one of which is blank, and con tains a record of passing occurrences, foreign and domestic. Immediately on its publica tion it was noticed by tbe legislative au thorities. Four days after they spoke of it as a pamphlet; stated that it came out con trary to law, and cotaiiied "reflections of a very high nature." They strictly forbade "anything iu print, without license first ob tained from tUoou appointed by the govern ment to grant tbe same." It was printed by liichard Pierce for Benjamin llarria. Benjamin Harris, whose name is given as that of the proprietor of this first newspaper, bad a printing-house in Boston, and printed chiefly for book-sellers. In 10U2 and 1004 be printed the Acts and Laws of Massachu setts, and, accordiug to tbs imprint, was "Printer to His Excellency the Governor and Council." He was from London, and returned to that place about tbe year 1004. Both before, and alter bis emigration to this country he had a bookstore in London. Dunton,nn English bookseller, who had been in Boston, in his "Life and Errors," printed in London in 1705, says of Benjamin Harris: "Ho was a brisk asserter of Esglisb liber tics, and once printed a book with that very title. Ho sold a Protestant Petition in King Charles' reign, for which he was fiued five pounds ; and he was once set in the pillory, but his w ife (like a kind Rib) stood by him to dcfi-iid ber husband against tbe mob. After this (having a deal of mercury in bis natural temper) he travelled to New Eng land, where he followed coffee-selling, aud then printing, but continued Ben Harris, still, and is now both book seller and prin ter in Grace Church Street, as we find by bis London Pott; so that bis conversation is general, (but never impertinent,) and bit wit pnaDie to an inventions." Tub Moumon Girls. Richard Williams, who delivered a lecture at Buffalo, recently, on the Mormons, alluded as follows to one of tbe disturbing elements among tbe Saints: There is one element among themselves that is troublesome. The general testimony of the Gentiles who have lived in intimate social relations with them is that tbe young girls (to their honor be it said) are mostly disaffected. Growing up with it, they have seen the institution with all its abomiua tions, and opposed as it is to all their holier feelings and better instincts, no amount of spiritual thunder can entirely control them, llere, as everywhere, they are a privileged class, and cannot very well be whipped or imprisoned. Like most ot tbe descendants of Ere, they will talk, and are ever rendy to elope with a Gentile who has the courage aad can get away with them. They cannot marry a Gentile and remain peacefully at home. Very naturally they prefer a whole Gentile to one-tenth of a Mormon. The most effectual way of breaking up the whole system would be to send an army of 10,000 unmarried men there, and protect every man who married a Mormon woman and brought ber to camp. We might in tbit way get rid of the nuisance without blood shed or incurring the odium of a religious persecution. Tbe people of some districts of northeast ern Wisconsin are considerably alarmed, in consequence of tbe ravages of several large catamounts. - Taste a Moral qualify. I want you to think a little, says Ruskin, of tbe deep significance of this word "taste," for no statement of mine bas been more earnestly or oftener controverted than that good taste is essentially a moral quality. jxo," say many of my antagonists, "taste is one thing morality is another. Tell us what is pretty ; we shall be glad to know that ; but preach no sermons to us." Permit me, therefore, to fortify this old dogma of mine somewhat. Taste is not only a part and an index of morality, it is the only morality. Tbe first and last and closest trial question to any living creature is, "What do you like !" Tell me what you like, and I'll tell you what you are. Go out into the street and ask the first man or wo man you meet what their "taste" is and, if they answer you candidly, you know them body and soul. "You, my friend, in tbe rags, with the unsteady gait, what do you like I" "A pipe, and a quattern of gin." I know you. "You, good woman, with the : quick step and tidy bonnet, what do you ' like!" "A swept hearth and a clean tea ta ble, and my husband opposite me, and a I baby at my breast." Good! I know you also. "You, little girl with the golden hair and soft eyes, what do you like!" "My canary, and a run among the wood hyacinths." "You, little boy, with tho dirty bands and low forehead, what do you like!" A sby at tbe sparrows, and a game at pitch farthing." Good 1 wo know them all now. What more need we atk. "Nay," perhaps y,u answer, "we need rather ask what these people and children do, than what they like. If they do right, it is no matter that they like what is wrong; and if they do wrong, it is no matter that they like what is right. Doing is the great thing, and it docs not matter that the man likes drinking so that he does not drink, nor that the little girl likes to be kind to her canary, if she will not learn her lessons; nor that tbe little boy likes throwing stones at the sparrows, if he goes to tbe Sunday School." Indeed, for a short time, and in a provisional sense, this is true. For if reso lutely people do what is right in time they come to like doing it. But they only are in a right moral state when they have come to like doing it; and as long as they don't like it, they are still in a vicious state. The man is not in health of body who is always thirsting for the bottle in tho cupboard, though he bravely bears his thirst ; but tho man who heartily enjoys water in the morn ing and wine in the evening, each in its pro per quantity and time. And the entire ob ject of true education is to make people not merely do tbe right things, but enjoy the right things not merely industrious, but to love industry ; not merely learned, but to love knowledge ; not merely pure, but to love purity ; cot merely just, but to hunger and thirst after justice. Medicinal Qualities of Pumpkins. At a recent discussion in the New York Far mers' Club, a correspondent writes of the virtues of the pumpkins : I will give you a simple yet very valuable cure for inflammatory rheumatism. A wo man's arm was swelled to an enormou size, and paiufully inflamed. A poultice was made of stuwed pumpkins, which was re newed every fifteen minutes, and in a short time produced a perfect cure. The fever drawn out by tbe poultices made tbem ex tremely offensive, as they were taken off. I know a man cured of severe inflammation of the bowels by tbe same kind of application. I think such subjects as this proper for dis cussion in a farmers' club. Dr. Snodgrass I have no doubt pump kins make a good poultice. Whatever holds water and warmth best is the most suitable. Dr. Smith In my travels in Syria I found pumpkin seeds almost universally eaten by the people on account of their supposed medical qualities. Not becuusc they are di uretic, but as an antidote against 'animal -culu) which infest the bowels. Tbey are sold in the streets as apples and nuts are here. It is a medical fact that persons bate been cured of tbe tape worm by tbe use of pumpkin seeds. The outer skin being re moved, tbe meats are bruised in a mortar, into an oily, pasty mass. It ia swallowed by the patient after fasting some hours, and it takes the place of chyle in the stomach, and the tape worm lets go its hold on the membrane and becomes gorged with this substance and in some measure probably torpid. Then a large dose of castor oil is administered, and tbe worms are ejected be fore tbey are able to renew their hold. SnABY. A man in Connecticut obtained a winter's supply of excellent potatoes in tho following cute manner: He gave out word he was desirous of obtaining a specimen ot tbe best sort of potatoes, and would pay three dollars for a peck of such, himself to be the judge. Potatoes poured into his cel lar from all the country round, .and when tbe avalanche bad subsided, the man banded over his three dollars for tbe best peck, and tbe next spring sold potatoes enough to more than cover the original outlay, besides having had a first quality article for home use all the winter. AGRICULTURAL, &0. (By Agricultural Editor, Baltimore Sun. J 1'AU.U !OTKN 1'UK lUAHC'll. WORKING STOCK. The horses that are to do the heavy work of tbe farm need now especial attention to bring them into the best possible order. Food of the lst kind should be given with regularity. Their grain should be ground and mixed with cut straw of good quality, and well cured corn blades, or timothy hay, should accompany it. Salt should be given regularly once a week, mixed in equal quan tity with clean hickory ashes. Clean, dry bedding should be furnished tbem, and the curry-comb and brush used once a day at least Very laborious work should be avoid ed until they have become gradually accus tomed to the change itom tue rest oi winter. Oxen having work to do should be treated with tue same regularity and care as horses, though they do not demand such expensive feeding. OTUKB STOCK. Milch eowt, and all animals having, or about having young, need tbe greatest care during this month. The early spring is es pecially trying to tbe animal system, and there is always hazard to the life botb of tht dam and her yonng, which must be guarded against by tbe utmost watchfulness. OATS. If the sowing of oats be made the first work for tha plows, tha comparatively light labor will suit better tha condition of the team. l is of very great advantage to have tha crop sown early, and the earliett time should be taken for it that tbe ground may to Imu& dry enough to work. A bushel and a half to two bushels of seed should b sown on ground prepared by Inst year's cul tivation, and put in with a light furrow, if grass seed is to be sown, sow on the fresh turned ground, and unless it be in very good heart, sow with it a hundred weight per acre of some good super-phosphate, and fol low with tbe roller, BARLEY. Barley needs very much the same treatment as oats, and succeeds best on a rich, light loam. If the ground be not rich, it must be well manured with some good fertilizer. There is no danger to this crop over-manuring, as the grain fills oat well, even when the straw fails. It is a better crop to tow grass seeds with than oats. CLOVER SEED OR WHEAT. If clover seed have not boen sown in Feb ruary wait now until frost is out of tbe ground, and it is dry enough for the roller to operate. Sow when tbe ground is crack ed upon tbe surface, and before it is dried too much with tho March winds, and follow immediately with tho roller. OTITEIl GRASSES. Timothy should be sown in the fall, but may bo put in spring, if necessary. Orchard grass is best sown in spring with tbe clover seeds, and should never be sown without. Nor should it be sown exocpt on land quite fertile enough to ninkc a good crop. Tbe seed is expensive, and it makes a poor re turn from poor land. On land of good quality it is most valuable, making a hay crop nearly as valuable as fimothy, and a great deal of early and late pasturage. It is most valuable when closely cropped, and makes a firm and perennial sod. Two bush els of seeds are necessary to insure a closely set-turf. It should be sown only when per manent grass is wanted. TOBACCO SEEDS. Let no time now be lost in getting tobacco seeds sown whenever tbe ground may be dry enough. After preparing and sowing, as heretofore directed, have tbo ground very firmly trod, and covered with oak or other open brush, which may remain until it be comes necessary to pick tbe grass from the beds. PLOWING SOD LAND. The great work of tbe season is plowingi and much of the success of the whole year's operations will depend on the thoroughness and completeness with which it is executed. The tobacco land should be first broken, and should be so well turned that tbe turf may be thrown down where it will not be reached again during the season. This rotting turf will be a source of moisture as well as nour ishment for tbe crop during the driest sum mer weather. The corn field should be well turned, and immediate preparation of the surface follow, just preceding the plunting. This matter of thorough preparation in ad vance of planting, should not be over looked. The continual deepening of the surface mould Bbould be kept constantly in mind in our regular plowings, as the object of every one should be the permanent improvement of bis land. We should not be satisfied in an ordinary soil with less than seven inches, and should aim to approximate twelve. Soils which would make an exception to the rule of deep plowing at once should at any rate be gradually deepened. This ex ception is onlyln case of some deleterious principle, which needs exposure to the in fluence of the atmosphere, and in this case fall plowing it to be preferred. We cannot overestimate tbe value of a good depth of soil, for our summer crops especially. In the case of the all-important corn crop, tho firing and burning which so shortens the crop in a season of protracted drought would cease almost to harm it in a sufficient depth of mould. Any well turfed land, except of the very lightest kind, will need a three-horse team to break it well, and provision should be at once made for sufficient strength of team for doing the work effectually and in good time. Plows, gearing, and every other requisite should be renewed or repaired, that the sea son's work be not delayed unnecessarily. MANURES. Manures of every description will com mand tbe attention of tbe farmer. Composts that have been unmoved a long time should be well turned. Carting out manures and spreading upon tbe ground where needed should becairie I onat all convenient seasons. Commercial fertilizers that may be needed, including ;ime, plaster and ashes, should be procured and safely stored until needed. We need not nrge the importance of tbe amplest supply that circumstances will allow. CJAKDE NOTES. Atparagui Bed. Old beds should be dug and manured early if this necessary work has not been attended to in the tall giving a dressing of salt and ashes. If a new bed is to be planted, give the ground a very thorough digging, two depths of the spade, and manure heavily. Sow seeds in a rich bed for a stock ot new plants. Bean. String-beans may be planted in warm soil late in tbe month, though at some risk of losing the seed. Tbe only way to get an early crop is to plant early. Uaooage flant. sow seeds ot early and late sorts, in the open ground, whenever dry enough. Early Yorks planted on ridges in the fall may be worked and leveled tbe last of tbe month, unless it keep very cold. . Vetery. Ueiery seed, it an early crop be wanted, should be sown now. Carrot, Beet and Partntit. Seeds or all these should be sown as early as practicable, in well-prepared, rich loam. Early Pea. Let these be planted without delay. Of the sorts that need slicks, plant in double rows, six inches apart. Early Potato. Allow no delay in get ting these into the ground. For early plant- ( ing medium-size whole potatoea should be planted. If cut let it be done some time in advance of planting. The crop of early po tatoes is usually cut short by dry weather at the time tbe tubers are forming. This may be guarded against by a mulch of straw or coarse litter put on to the depth of six or eight inches, before tbe dry weather begins. Ltuue. Deed may now be sown in open border, and plants set out. Medicinal and Pot Herb. Sow seeds of these for supply of plants, and and let out plantt in ricb, warm soil. Bhubarb or PU Plant. Set out plants and sow seed. Onion. Onion sets must ba planted for early crop. For main crop tow seed early in very rich and well-worked soil. Keep strictly clear of weeds, thin out in due time, and tbey will get abundant size by fall. BaduK. Sow aeedt without delay. Tomato and Eyg-Plant. Sow aeedt ia open border for late planting. Better plants will be grown In this way, and much more reliable for lata bearing. Thoa growiug in hotbeds must have autotioa.
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