Sunbury American. (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, May 25, 1867, Image 1

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. BUSINESS CARLS.
0. J. fiRurffcR.'
L. b. cat.
TAttArncyie and Councilor at Inw,
Chcsnut Street, west, of the N. C. and P. A E. Rail
road Depot, in the building lately occupied by
. 1 F. Lacarns, Kq.,
8UNBURY, PBNN'A.
Collections and all Profosrional bnsiness promptly
atlunded to In Northumberland and adjoining Coun
ties. api ni .
O. "W- HAUPT,
Atlompy nnsl Cennaellor at Lnw,
Office oq south side of Market street, five doors East
of the N. V. Railroad.
OTTTOrtaTTTJ V T A
Will attend promptly to all professional business
ontruatnd to his care, the collection of olaims in
Aiorthuin norland and the adjoining counties.
Banbury, April 13, 1$C7 '
EDWIN A- EVANS,
ATTORNEY -A.X LAW,
" Market Square, near the Court llouse, ,
8UNBURY, Northumberland County, Pa,
Collections promptly attended to in this and adjoin
ing Counties.
April 13, 1S67.
V J. H. IIILBUSII
SUEVEY0R AND C0NVEYANCR
AND
JVSTICK OF THE PEA CE.
MithonoyC Xbrthitmbcrltind County, Penn'a
OfFico in Jackson township. Engnfroinonta can
bu made by iettor, directed to the above addrem.
All business entrusted to his car, will be promptly
attended to.
April 22, 186. ly i.
IVm. M. Rockkpellkr. Lloyd T. Rohrdach.
ROCKEFELLER & R0HRBACH.
C.MItKV, PETVI.
OFFICE the same that has been heretofore occu
pied by Win. M. Rockefeller, Esq., nearly op
posit o the residence of Judge Jordan.
Sucbury, July 1, 180i. ly , ,
jaoKOa Hill, Smoa P. Wolvertoh.
HILL to WOLVEBTON,
.tlorn'j H and CoiiiimcIoi-h lit Law,
eTJ.N33TX.EVy, FA.
WILL attend to the collection of all kinds of
claim, including Back Pay, Bounty and Pen
ions, apl. 1, '06.
ATTORNEY AT I.A"W,
North Hide of Publio Sauare, adjoining residence of
Goo. llill, Esq.,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Collections and all Professional business promptly
attended to in the Courts of Northumberland and
adjoining Counties.
Sunbury, Sept. 15, 1806.
JN0. KAY CLEMENT,
Business In this and adjoining counties cnrefully
and promptly atttended to.
(Juice in Market Street, Third door west of Smith
' A Uenther's Stove and Tinware Store,
Nl'.-Mtl ItV JPU.WA.
II. It. ItlASWCK,
Attorney nt Ijiw, SUNBURY, PA.
Collections attended to in the counties of Nor
thumberland, Union, Snyder, Montour, Columbia
and Lycoming.
REFERENCES.
Jlon. John M. Reed, Philadelphia,
A. H. Cattell k Co., "
Hon. Vm. A. Porter, 11
Worton McMichael, Esq., "
E. Ketcham A Co., 289 Pearl Streot, Now York.
John V. Ashinead, Attorney at Law, '
Matthews A Cox, Attorneys at Law, "
. Suubury, March 2St, 1862.
JACOB SHIPMAN,
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE AGENT
BUNBUKY PENN'A.
REPRESENTS
furmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., York Pa.,
;uiuherland Valley Mutual Protection Co.,
ic York Mutual Lite, Uirard Life of Phil'a. A Ilart
crj Cuun. General Accidents.
6'uubury, April 7, ly.
bk. !:. i.
PHYSICIAN AND SUliOEON
NORTHUMBERLAND, PA.
DR. LUMLEY has opened an office in Northum
berland, and offers hi. services to the people of that
place and the adjoining townships. Office next door
to Mr. Scott's Shoe Store, where he ran feund at all
hours.
Northumberland August 19,1805.
JEREHIAH SNYDER,
'.Attorney Sc Counsellor nt Law,
l -IH III,
3T'Iltrlct Attorney lor JXorlliuiii.
lx-rlantl Count)-.
Suubury, March 31, 1S66 !y
L. BEa'sHOLTI, 0. H. WOLVERTOK, C. P. SEASHOLTZ
COAL! COAL! COAL!
niHE subscribers reepectfully inform the citizens of
X bunbury and vicinity, that they have opened a
COAL YARD
at J. Haas A Co's Lower Wharf, taunbairy, I'm.
where they are prepared to supply all kind's of 8ha
inokin Cual, at cheap rates. Families and others
promptly supplied. Country custom respectfully
eulicited. SEASUULTZ CO.
Suubury, Jan. 12, 1867;
bricklayer and Builder,
Market Street, 4 doors East of Third Bt.,
eUNBTJBT, PENN'A.
II. All Jobbing promptly nt
tentl to.
Sunbury, Juno 2,1866.
COAL! COAL!! C0ALIM
GRANT OS BROTHER,
iliippera 4t ' Wholenale V UeluIl
keulera in
wiiitl: v iii:i asm coal,
in every variety
Sole Agents, westward, of the Celebrated Henry
21ay Coal.
Xowe Wharf, Si'Kbdrt, Pa.
Bunbury, Jan. 13, J866.
fMMlWmm B33ESTB9
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER
in every variety of
ANTHRACITE C 0 A L,
Upper Wharf. BUNBTJBY, Fenn'a.
Orders solisiled and tiled with promptnMS and
aputuh. i ,
. uubury,Wyl3, 1866. y . -
BOUNTY F0 SOLDIERS.
r HAVU mad arrangemants in Washington City,
I fut the prompt oollouUon ef fioanty under the
ite Aot of Congress. 1 have alao received the pro
f blanks to prepare the elaiua. Soldiers entitled
. this Uounty snould apply immediately, as it is es
matod that It will require three yean to adjust all
,e claims.
All soldiers who enlisted (or three years and who
iv, not received more than f 100 bounty areeoliUwl
the benenta of this Aot, as well as soldiers who
tve enlisted for three years and discharged after a
rv ice of two years, by reason of wounds reoea Al,
ease eontraoted in line of duty, or rt.-enlistinent.
LLOYD T. ROHKBACH
Punbury, August l, lW
Dr. CH A 8." ARTHUR,
iiomcropat!)ic ?pl)sician.
Graduate of the Uomosopatbia Modioal College of
Pennsylvania.
OpricE, Market Square opposite the Court House
SUNBURY, PA.
Ofiioe Hours 7 to 9 morning ; 1 to 8 afternoon ;
7 to 9 evening. M 18-
JACOB O- BECK,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
And Dealer in
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VESTING, &c.
I'atvn titrcet, south f Venycr's)
Hotel,
SXT 1ST XJ B R -5T , OP A.
March 31, 1866.
W. J. W0LVERT0N,
ATTOItliUVATLAW,
Eaut end of Pleasant 's Building, Up Stairs,
SUNBUKY, PENN'A.
All professional business in this and adjoining coun
ties promptly atatnded to.
Sunbury, November 17, 1886. ly
ELEVENTH & MARKET STS., PHILADEL'A.
rilHIS now and elegant House ia now open for the
X rccoption of gucsta. It has been fitted up in a
umnnor equal to any in the country.. The location
being central ninkea it a very desirable stopping
place, both for Merchants and parties visiting the
city. The parlors aro spacious, and elegnntly furn
ished. The tables will be supplied with all the deli
cacies the market will afford, and it is the intenlion
of the Proprietor to keen in every respect a First
Class Hotel. .
Terms 'i 00 per day.
CURLIS DAVIS, Proprietor.
February 2, 1867 6m
DR. J. S. ANGLE,
GRADUATE of Jefferson Medical College, with
five years practice, offers his professional ser
vices to the citizens of Suubury and vicinity will
attend all calls promptly
OFFICE Market Street, opposite Weaver's Hotel'
Office Hodrs ) from 7 to 9 A. M.
j " 3to6P.M.
Sunbury, April 27, 1867.
AMBR0TYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH
Corner Market A Fawn Street, SUNBURY, Pa.
S. BYEKLY, PRopitiBTon,
Photograph, Ambrotypes and Mclainotypes taken in
the best atyle of the art. apl. 7, ly.
33. O. C3-OBI3ST,
Attorney nnd t'oiiiiMcllor nt Law,
BOONVILLK, COOPER CO , MISSOURI.
WILL pay taxes on landa in any part of the
State. Buy and sell real Estate, and all other
matters entrusted to him will receive prompt atten
tion. "
July 8, 1865 octl5, 64.
TnE following persons are entitled to receive an
increase of Bounty under the Aot of Congress
passed July 1866, to equalise Bounties.
1st All soldiers who enlisted after the 19th day of
April, 1861, lor 3 years, and served their time of
enlistment and have been honorably discharged, and
have received or are entitled o receive a Bounty of
$100, aro entitled an additional Bounty of tOO.
2d All such soldiers who enlisted for 3 years, and
havo been honorably discharged on account of
wounds received in tno line nt duty, are entitled to
an additional Bounty of 100.
3d The Widow, Minor Children, or Parents of such
soldiers who died in the service of wounds or disease,
are entitled to an additional Bounty of (slots.
By application to 8. P. WOLVERTON. Esa.,o'
fk'NBUKY, Pennsylvania, who is an authorised Claim
Agent, all such claims can be speedily oolleoted.
Sunbury, August 4, 1866. tf
T. S. SHANNON,
Practical
Watchmaker
JEWELER,
From PHILADELPHIA.
In Simpson's Building, Market Sqnare,
STT1TBTIP.7. PBITIPA.
HAVING become the successor of Mr. A. E. Sa
vage, he would respectfully solicit the custum
ot the ciliions in general. Hoping by strict atten
tion to business tout they will favor him with their
patronage.
Mr. S. has been connected for the past ten years
with some of the best houses in the city, in the
Watchmaking trade, and all work entrusted to his
care will be done with promptness and dispatch, and
warranted to give entire satisfaction.
His stock of Amerioan, Swiss Watches, Clocks,
Jewelry and Silverware, will be sold as low as can
be purchased in the city, and of the first quality.
Particular attention paid to the repairing of Fine
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry.
LjrAU orders promptly filled. Maaonio Marks
made to order.
Sunbury, March 2, 1867.
CLEANSLr THE BLOOD.
WITH oorrupt, or taint
ed Blood, yon are sick all
over. It may burst out
in Pimples, or Sores, or in
jome active disease, or it
may merely keep you list
less, depressed and good
tor nolmng. iiut you can
not have good health while
your blood is impure.
AVER'S S ARB AP A BILL A
jpurgesoutthese impurities
it expels disease una iciores health and stimulate8
the organs of life into vigorous action. Hence it ra
pidly cures a variety of complaints whiob are caused
bv impurity of the blood such as Scrofula, or King
Evil, Tumors, Ulcers, Sores, Eruptions, Pimples,
Blotches, Boils, St. Anthony 's Fire, Rose or Erysi
pelas, Tetter or Salt Kheum, Kcald Head, Ring
Worm, Cancer or Cancerous Tumors, Sore Eyes, Fe
male Disease, such a Retention, Irregularity, Sup-
Eression, Whites, Sterility, also Syphilis or Venereal
diseases, Liver Complaints, and Heart Diseases.
Try Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and see for yourself the
surprising active with which it cleases the blood and
cures these disorders.
During late years the publio have been misled by
large bottles, pretending to give a quart of Extract
of Sarsaparilla for one dollar. Most of these have
been frauds upon the sick, for they not onlyeootain
little, if any, Sarsparilla, bat often no eurative in
gredient, whatever. Heuee, bitter disappointment
baa followed the use of the various extracts of Sana
parilla which flood the market, until the name iuelf
baa become aynooymous with imposition and oheat.
Still we call this compound, "Sarsaparilla." and in
tend to supply such a remedy as shall rescue the
name from the load of obloquy which rests upon it.
We think w have ground for believing it bu virtues
which are irresistible by the elass of diseases it is in
tended to eifre We oan assure the siok, that we
offer them the bast alterative we know how to pro
duce, and we have reason to believe, it is by far the
most effectual purifier of the blood yet discovered.
Arse's Cbeny Pectoral is so universally known to
surpass every other medioine for the cure of Coughs,
Colds, lufiuenta, Hoarseness, Croup, Bronchitis, In
cipient Consumption, and tor the relief of Consump
tive Patients in advanced stages of the disease, that,
it is useless here to recount the eridenoe of its virtues.
The world kbows them.
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Area k Co , Lowell, Mass.
and sold by all Druggists and dealers in medicine
everywhere.
; Af 111 fV, l6J -Jm 0rA , , , , .
Uonntlest Collected.
Q.vr. HAUPT, Attorney at Law, Banbury, Pa
offers his professional services for the eolleolloo of
Bounties due to soldiers under the late Equalisation
Aot passed by Congress. As en authorised elaUn
agent he will promptly soil est all Bounties, Peusions
and Gratuities due to soldiers ef the late war, t Ue
war of 1812. . . ...
Punburv, Aufnit II, m
P 0 E T I C A L.
." ' CHBIBTIAN CHARITY.
Judge not ; the workings of bis brain
And of his heart, thou canst not see J
What looks to thv dim eyes a stain,
In God's pure iight may only be
A scar, brought from some well-won field,
Whore thou wohldst only fnint and yield.
The look, the air, that frets thy sight,
May be a token th it below
The soul hus closed in rtradly fight
With some internal fiery foe,
Wbc-se glunce would scorch thy smiling grace,
And cut thee shuddering on thy face !
The full thou darest to despite,
May be the sleekened angel's hand
Has suffered it. that he may rise
And take a firmer, surer stand ;
Or, trusting less to earthly things,
May henceforth loarn to free its wings.
And judge none lost, but wait and see
With hopeful pity, not disdain ;
The depth of the abyss may be
The measure of the height of pain,
And love and glory that may raise
This soul to God iu aftor days.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Urniit unl Sherman.
Tbo joint. Committee on tliu Conduct of
tlio Wat havo recently issued their report
ia an immense volume, containing reports
by Generals Sherman, Thomas, Pope, and
other generals. The volume contains many
documents never yet published, and among
them the two following letters:
(Privato.J
NASnviLLK, Tenn., March 4, 1864.
Dear Sherman: The bill reviving the
grade of lieutennnt general in tlio army has
become a law, and my name has been sent
to the Senate for the place. I now receive
orders to report to Waxhinton immediately
'in person, which indicates either a confir
mation or a likelihood of confirmation. I
start in the morning to comply with the or
der, but I shall say very distinctly, on my
arrival there, that I accept no appointment
which will require me to make that city my
headquarters. This, however, is not what
I staited out to write about. While I have
been emineutly successful iu this war, in tit
least the confidence of the public, no one
feels more than me how much of this success
is due to the euergy, skill, and harmonious
putting forth of that energy and skill, of
those whom it has been my good fortune to
havo occupy subordinate position under
me.
There are many officers to whom these re
marks arc applicable to a greater or less de
gree, proportionate to their ability as sol
diers. But what I want is to express my
thanks to you and Mcl'licrson, as the men
to whom, above uli others, I feci indebted
for whatever I have had of success. How
far your advice and suggestions have been
of assistance, you know. How far your ex
ecution of whatever has been given you to
uo entitles you to the reward I am receiving,
you cannot know as well as me. I feel all
the gratitude this letter would express, giv
ing it the most nattering construction. 1 lie
word "you 1 use in the plural, intending it
for Mcl'licrson also. I should write to him,
and will some day; but, starting in-tlie
morning, I do not know tliat I will nnd
time just now.
Your friend,
U. S. Okaxt, Maj. Gen'l.
Privato and confidential.
2eah Mis.Mrins, March 10, 1804.
Deaii Uknkiial: I have your more than
kind u'ld characteristic letter of the 4th. I
will send a copy to General Mcl'herson at
once. You do yourself injustice, ami us too
much honor, iu assigning to us so targe a
share of the merits which have led to your
high advancement. I know you upprove
the friendship 1 have ever confessed to you,
aud will permit mo to contiuttc, as hereto
fore, to manifest it on all proper occasions.
You are now Washington's legitimate suc
cessor, and occupy a position of almost dan
gerous elevution. Iiut if you continue, as
heretofore, to be yourself, simple, honest
and unpretending, you will enjoy through
life the respect and love of iriends, and tile
homage of millions of Luman beings that
will award you a large share in securing to
them and their descendants a government
oi law aud stability. 1 repeat, you do Ueu-
eral McI'Iicikou and myself too much honor.
At lielmont you manifested your traits, nei
ther of us being near. At Fort Donelson,
also, you illustrated your whole character.
I was not near, and Geueral Mcl'licrson was
in too subordinate a capacity to influence
you. Until you had woo Donelson Icon
less I was almost cowetl tiy the terrible array
of auarchial elements that presented them
selves at every point; but that admitted the
ray ot light which I have followel since. 1
believe you are us brave, patriotic, and just
as the great prototype, Washington; as un
selfish, kind-liearted, and honest, as a man
should be ; but your chief characteristic is
the simple faith iu success you have always
manifested, which 1 can liken to nothing
else than the faith a Christian has in a Sa
viour. This faith gave you victory at Shi
loh and Yicksburg. Also, when you have
completed your bust preparations, you go
into battle without hesitation, as at Chat
tunooga no doubts, no reserves ; and I tell
you it was this that made us act with con
fidence. 1 knew, wherever I was, that you
thought of me, and if I got iu a tight place,
you would come, if alive. My only points
of doubt were iu your knowledge of grand
strategy and of books of science and his
tory ; but I confess your common sense
sccti.i to have supplied all these. Now, as
to the future. Don't stay in Washington.
Halleck is better qualitied than you to stand
the bullets of iutrigue aud policy. Come
West. Take to yourself the w hole Missis
sippi valley. Let us make it dead sure, and
1 tell you the Atluntiu slopes and Pacific
shores will follow its destiuy as sure as the
limbs of a tree live-or die with the main
trunk. We have done much, but still much
remains. Time and Time's influences are
with us. We could almost afford to Bit still
and let these intluenne work. Even in the
seceded State your word now wou'd go
further than a President's proclamation or
an act of Congress. For Cod's sake, aud
your country's sake, come out f Washing
ton. I foretold to General Halleck, before
he left Corinth, the inevitable result ; and 1
now exhort you to come out West. Here
lies the seat of the oomiug empire ; and from
the West, when our Usk is done, we will
make short work of Charleston and Rich
mond and the impoverished coast of the
Atlantic. Your sincere friend,
W. T. Suebmaji.
General Gbast.
: Queen Victoria now has tea grandchild
ren. - -
ICoinnnoc In Itcal I. lie.
Singular Divoncn Cape A Husband
Found after Toihtv YEAns' Absence-
Reconciliation and Second Desertion.
From the Chicago Tribune, 8th Inst. 1
A bill of divorce has been filed in the Cir
cuit Court by Catharine against John Spell-
man, which presents many unusual features.
1 lie bill nlleircs that tho parties were mar
ried during the year 1880, at Megttglemuch,
in the county of Mayo, Ireland. They lived
together till some day in May, 1835. The
live years of their married life resulted in the
birth of three children, Patrick P. Spcllman,
now agod thirty-five ; Hrldgct Craig (wife of
Uwen Lralg), now thirty-four yehrs of age,
and Michael Spcllman, now aged thirty-two
years.
About the time of tho birth of tho last
child, it is charged that the defendant ab
sconded from his dative soil, taking his way
to some land unknown to his family. Two
years after his wife received a letter from
John, remitting to- her twenty dollars.
Eighteen months after she acknowledges the
receipt of fifteen dollars accredited to the
faithless John by the hand of his brother
Patrick. This last remittance was made
from New York. It is charged In this con
nection that the respondent, having left his
home and three small children nnd a wife,
leaving but twentv dollars in money aud
about: fifty dollars' worth of furniture, tho
amount remitted was insufficient to the sup
port of tho family.
JNo further communication was had be
tween the two brunches of the family until
the year 1830. In the ycor 1830 the desert
ed wife says she came to New York. She
stayeil there somo time and migrated to
Philadelphia, as she claims, in search of her
husband and a livelihood. She subsequently
cane to this county, and on the 12th day of
October, 1805, her eldest son saw his father
in the county of Stephenson, Illinois, a
wealthy tarnier, with a scovd n'tfe and a
family of two children to a.-it him in the
performance of his agricultural labors. Tho
second wife is charged to be one Sarah Aus
tin, known as Sarah Spcllman or Mr. Spell-
man, and with 'her he is faid to have lived
twenty-eight years, two children have been
the result of the bigamous connection. This
discovery being made, a correspondence eu
sOed between the putties interested in the
first marriage and the violator of the marital
bond. It resulted in his visiting Philadel
phia, where he met (as is churged) his wile,
on the 13th day of January, 1800. He made
protest of renewed affection, of a revived
love, and she alleges that, believing the pro
testations, she consented, ou condition that
he would have, never more, ought to do
with Sarah Austiu, to pardon him his de
linquencies, and receive him to a husband's
share of her affection and home. A further
moving reason to this condnnemetit is ul
leged to be the fact that the defendant had
property and the wife had none.
Having reunited their fortunes the parties
lived together, after, o separation cf over
thirty years, for two score days, und then, it
is alleged, the respondent proposed to return
to his farm in Stephenson county, to close
up his affairs and sell off his property. Con
fiding in his integrity, his wife charges that
she let him begone, aud since that time she
never saw "hide nor hair" of him. She does
charge, however, that her best information
leads her to believe that he returned to Surah
Austin, known publicly as his wife, with
whom she charges he committed adultery,
and is now living iu a state of open violatiou
of the law.
The defendant in this case is represented
to be a man of means. His estate is vulued
at thirty thousand dollars, yielding an an
nual income of three thousand dollars. He
is said to own a section and a quarter of cul
tivated land in Stephenson county, with al
most any . quantity of necessary farming
utensils, cattle, etc.
Leaving tub Door Open Important to
Ptrmut iu Search of Employment, In behalf
of a class of outraged aud helpless sufferers
wo publish the following, by a correspond- j
ent of the Scientific American. If these hints
should wotk a general reform, the writer
will have rendered a greater service to the
world than if ho had discovered perpetual
motion. He says :
During the last ten years, in the winter
season, according to our daily record, wo
have noticed tlio manner in which one thou
sand persons called for work, have opened,
shut or not shut our store door ; this, you
may say, is a (utile und useless undertaking;
but we entertain a very different opinion.
WUat are the tacts, and w hat the deduction?
first, out of one thousand persons record
ed, three hundred and thirty-five opened the
door and shut it carefully, when they came
in and when they went out, without much
noise.
Secondly, two hundred and twenty-six
opened it in a hurry, aud made an attempt to
shut it, but did not, uud merely pulled it to,
wlien they went out.
I lordly, three hundred and two aid not
attempt to shut it at all, either oncoming
ic or going out.
fourthly, ninety-six left it open when
they came in, but when reminded of the
fact, made ..'tuple apology, and shut it when
they went out.
i ilibly, one hundred and two opened it
in a great hurry, and then slummed it to
violently, but left it opcu when they went
out.
Sixthly, twenty came iu with "how do you
do, sir ?" or "good morniug," or "good
evening, sir," and all these went through the
operation ot wiping their feet on the mat,
but did not shut the door when they came
iu, nor when they went out.
Juinarka.- e have employed men out ol
all ol tho ubove clusscs, and during thut
time have had an opportunity ot judging ol
their merit, etc.
Tho brut cluss. of three hundred and City-
five, were those who knew their trade, auu
commenced and finished their work iu a me
thodical maimer, were quiet, but had little
to suy in their working hours, and were well
approved of by those for whom they did the
work. They were punctual to time, and lell
nothing undone which the; bad been order-.
ed to do. They did not complain about
trincs, and in all respects they were reliable
men, and were kind and obliging in their
general conduct.
New York, it is said, devours $2,000,000
worth of eggs year. One hotel in that
city consumes a barrel a day. These eggs
are gathered from a large extent of country
arouud New York. One, dealer, alone for
wards from Philadelphia to New York a
huudred barrels daily,
The peach growers of Delaware and
Mary laud, as well as of New Jcrtey, antici
pate iull crops. The shippers of peaches to
the New York market, it is said, Lave made
arrangements with the railroad companies
to send seventy-five can of peaches, daily,
during the season.
Why the National elt 1st llrlrt
i - INiltl. .. ., . . ...
The fact that the people of the United
States havo already paid off $225,000,000 of
their nati mal debt since the return of peace,
excites the amazement of tha statesmen of
Europe. On the occasion of the presenta
tion of tho annual "budget" in tho British
Parliammit for the current year, by the FU
nn.nr.ial Minister, Mr. Gladstone referred to
the debt-paving power of the American peo
ple, nnd uttered a glowing eulogy upon the
greatness of the Republic of tho West. The
Rritish Government has not reduced its
debt during the last twenty years as much
as ours has been reduced within the past
eighteen months. The rapidity with which
our large debt is melting down, is a marvel
iu the eyes of other nations. They caunot
comprehend bow it is douc or how we ore
able to do it without utterly impoverishing
t ii e masses ol our people w ill! taxes. The
Governments of the old world find them
selves scurcefy able to meet the interest t f
their debts, and with the exception oi Great
Britain and Prussia, tho debts ot tho other
powers ore steadily increasing growing
larger year by year, and that, too, in time
oi pence.
Rut thero is nn easy solution of the enie
ma of American success in reducing the
national debt. It is simply this at the ter
mination of a war our Government immedi
ately ilMtinda iti army, except a J'eio regi
ments, and tends the tnen Iwmt, and redueet
its nary to a jieac footing. Therein is the
secret of our debt paying capabilities. The
money which Europeun Governments ex
pend in maintaining huge armies and navies
in time of peace, our Government applies in
the liquidation of its debts.
' After the close Of tho war with the rebels
not a day was lost iu payirg off and dis
charging the soldiers , and seamen in the
public service. All the rebbl prisoucrs were
discharged aud sent to their homes : all tRe
Confederate soldiers who surrendered were
instantly paroled and allowed to depart to
tiieir places ol abode. W ithin a lew mouths
alter the capitulation of Lee and Johnson
600,000 Federal soldiers were settled with
and returned to their homes, at public ex
pense, jietore tne end ot a year less than
50.000 men remained iu the array. That
number uas been lartlier reduced until the
standing army is cut down to less thau 40,
000 men, and after tho reconstruction of the
rebel States has been completed, it will be
reduced to 30,000 rank und file.
Of the 000 vessels of war in tho service
when the rebellion collapsed, not nfbre than
100 remain in commission. The Govern
ment ia no longer obliged to support a mil
lion of soldiers and ono hundred thousaud
seamen ; on the contrary nearly till those
able bodied young men are now not only
supporting themselves, but helping to sup
port the Government.
France, with a population of 37,000,000
of people, maintains an nruiy of 400,000
men in time of peace, and a navy to. match.
The United States, with a population almost
as great, keeps up an army of barely 40,000
men, und a navy in proportion. It takes all
of the surplus euruiugs of three men to sup
port one soldier. To maintain a force of
40,1100 men ubsorbs the surplus earniugs of
120.000 citizens. The same rule holds good
in France, Germany, Russia, Great Britain
and any other European power. The French
standing army of 400.0U0 men consume the
surplus earnings of 1,200,000 Frenchmen
working iu civil pursuits. This is an awful
subtraction from the productive industry of
that people. Rut the loss is even greater
than we have stated, for that nation loses
the wealth which the 400,000 vigorous and
robust young aieu, if not in the army, would
produce. Hence, the military system of
France destroys tho surplus production of
more tliau a million and a halt ot workers,
while tho military system of the United
States subtracts but one tenth as much from
the wealth of the people. Suppose we were
maintaining a standing army of 400,000
men, how much of the national debt would
the Government bo paying off annually t
Not a dollar; but, on the contrary, the debt
would be inereasiiiir, as is the cue with tho
French debt, and iustead of Congress re
pealing fifty millions of taxes each session
it would bo obliged to levy heavier excises
und imposts each year, just us the Freuch
Government is doing. The reason the Bri
tish debt is not increasing is, that their
standing aimy is much smaller iu propor
tion to population than that of France, aud
trade aud industry is less crippled ; but if
the army aud navy of that nation were re
duced to tho same strength of ours, Great
Britain could pay oil' her debt in a few
years, without increasing tuxatiun or har
rassing her people.
Mui-riage AhhocIuIIoum.
These institutions, according to tho New
York Timet, aro getting to bo very common
among us. The editor says :
"Persons advertise to introduce ladies to
getlemen und gel them 'fixed' in the bonds
of matrimony tor the matter of a few dollars.
Cheap us the bargain may be, the husbands
and wives so united may prove to be dear
ut any price, especially if the system adopt
ed always resembles that practiced by a firm
of this sort at Chicago, It was given in
evidence before the magistrate thut one ol
the firm used to say to a young lady, 'We
will get you mtnfied for $ .' 'Of course,'
as the witness says, 'the lady replied yes.'
Then a rumor of her engagement is set
afloat, and some young man is set to work
to 'cut the lover out,' a favorite pastime.
The young man pays his addresses, und al
last is 'egged on' to propose, never dream
iug that he will be accepted. 'Iiut be al
ways is,' add these cold-blooded traders
upon the weakness of humun nature. We
must say thut they exhibit a good deal of
observation of the world iu their schemes,
especially of the softer sex we roen the
masculine. I tie plan above sketcued is
that which lias been pursued by certain
dowagers from time immemorial, with emi
nent success. It is used in fashionable life
and is rarely known to fail. But that peo
pie should pay to have tho operation of
snaring pertoruied upon tueiu is so utterly
incredible that we are disposed to reject the
whole story as a fabrication, and protest
that men are not so utterly unfit to be at
large as this spurious narrative would have
believe."
i
A lady says the tint time she was kissed
she felt like a tub ol rose swimming in
honey, cologne, nutmegs aud cranberries.
She felt also as if something was running
tliroueu tier nerves on leel ol diamonds, es
corted by several little cupids in chariot
drawn by honey suckles, aud the whole
sjireaa wuu weuea j-aiuuows.
A PttOBLBM. If, as the poet says, "beauty
draws us with a single hair," then w hat
Ob t tell us whatmast be the effect of a
modern waterfall.
m.uofiorg.
Don't touch the lute when drums are re
sounding. A wise man remains silent when
tools are speaking.
An exchange ndvisos gentlemen not to
part tUeir hair behind, for "bair parted in
that way reveals a soft place in the head."
The ladles : Mav their1 virtues exceed even
the magnitude of their skirts, while their
faults bo still smaller than tbeir bonnets.
It was a Scotch woman who said that tho
butcher of her town only killed half a beast
at a time.
Samuel Dunn is the only Revolutionary
pensioner now living, and a joker thinks it
curious mat -uone" snould close the list.
At a prayer meeting in New Hampshire a
worthy layman spoke of a poor boy whose
father was a drunkard and whose mother
was a widow.
An Irishman having been told that the
price of bread had fallen, exclaimed : "This
is tbe first timo that I ever rejoiced at tho
fall of my best friend."
A memlier of a fashionable church elec
trified a music seller some time since by in
quiring for "Solomon's Song," saying his
minister had spoken of it as a production
of a great genius, and that he wanted his
daughter to sing it.
It was a Dutchman who said a pig had no
car marks except a Bhnrt tail ; and it was a
British magistrate who, being told by a va
gabond that ho was not married, responded,
"That's a good thing for your wile."
A lady once asked tho Abbe do Matignon
how old he was. "Why, I urn only thirty
two," said he, "but I count myself thirty
three, because a little boy was born a before
I was aud died, evidently keeping mo buck
a whole year by accident.
A Yankee genius ont west, conceiving
that a little powdct thrown upon some
j; recti wood would facilitate its burning, di
rected a small stream upon tne smoking pile;
aud not possessing a hand sufficiently quick
to cut this off at a desirable moment, he was
blown into pieces. The corouor thus rea
soned out the verdict: "It can't be called
suicide, because he didn't mean to kill him
self; it wasn't n visitation of God, because
he WB8to struck by lightning; he didn't die
for tho "aut of breath, for he hadn't any
thing left to brentho with. It's plain he
didn't know what he was about, so I shall
bring in, 'Died lor tho want of common-
sense. '
Couldn't do Himsei.k Justice. A col
ored man who had stuck to the rebel arm
of Gen. Hood through thick and thin, w as
in hopes of being able to march into Nash
ville and pay his respects to a lady who be
longed to the upper crust of the colored
society ; but when ho discovered that tho
besieging army was retreuling, he determin
ed to break through the lines and throw
himself to Gen. Thomas, hat in hand, and
standing very straight.
"Where are you from ?" inquired tho Geu
eral. "I'se jest from do army, sail."
"What army I"
"Mr. Hood's army, sab."
''Where is Mr. Rood now t"
"He's leavin', sah ; he's leavin'. "
"Ah! I thought Mr. Hood, as you call him j
was coming into Nashville."
"A'u salt; Mr. Hood thinks he can't do Ais
sclj justice in Nashville ."'
Eating While Fatigued. There are
few habits more injurious to health than the
common one of Idling tho Btom'uch with
food while tho body is fatigued. Men will
come from the fields, from their shops and
iiieir couuicrs, wun ineir ooujes or bruins,
or both, almost exhausted, sit down und
Hurriedly cat a hearty meal, aud then go
buck again to their labors. If the brain or
any part of, or organ of the body becomes
unduly fatigued, tue wuole system requires
rest for awhile, that the nervous iulluenco
and the circulation of tho blood may become
equalized throughout the body before an
other demand is made upon the vital ener
gies. If the stomach is filled with food
while the vital forces arc powcifully direct
ed to the bruin or the muscles, digestion
cannottake place until and equilibrium has
been established, and the blood and nervous
power' determined to the Stomach, conse
quently the food remains undigested, fer
ments uud becomes sour and irritates the
stomach, causing derangement and disease
ot tlie digestive orgaus aud, through them,
of the whole system. If you have any caro
for your health and comfort never sit down
to eat while cither body or brain is fatigued
trout over exertion.
Queen Victoiua's GitANDciiiLDKEN.-Tho
Princess Christian, formerly known aa the
Princess Helena, tueeu Victoria s third
daughter, gave birth to a son on tho 18th
of April. She was married, July 5th, 1800,
to the penniless, middle-aged Prince Chris
tian ot Augustenburg, who, although he
had a niorgauatic wife and half a dozen
children in Germany, was selected by Queen
ictoria us a uusbaud lor her daughter. I he
sun of the Princess Christian is Queen Vic
toria s twelfth grandchild. lhe Crown
Princess of Prussia has bad five children,
(oue dead;) the Princess Alice of Hesse has
three; the Prince of Wales three. If the
live children of her Majesty yet to be mar
ried aro equally fortuuate, there is little
danger of the crown of Great Britain ever
parsing out of tlte Hunoveriau line.
Froin tbo Germantown Telegraph. 1
The OiUervui-.e between the Moll
und the Nubaoil.
Beneath the surface soil, in which we
place our seed, and which ii moved by tbe
passage oi tno piow, we nnd what is com
monly styled tho subsoil, which though
most similar to is often very different in
composition from thesuiface soil. Tuouirh
it does not contain the decayed vegetation
which exists in the surface soil, it olten con
tains much fertile matter which if brought
to the surface would do much to enrich the
surface soil. This is particularly the case
when a hard, retentive subsoil underlays a
rich, loose one ; tbe lime, iron, magnesia,
and saline constituents of the surface soil,
having a greater specific gravity than the
soil on which they lay or to wnicL tuey are
applied, naturally sink until they Mud a soil
of their own gravity, which if the subsoil is
bard and retentive Is usually in the upper
strata or layer thereof. 1 hit u ot great ana
vital importance in subsoiling, for it is evi
dent that in a subsoil of this kiud, it would
be very bad policy to bring to tho surface
six or seven inches of the subsoil. -
Nor are tbe saline constituents of the soil
all that are found enriching the subsoil, for
anything valuable in the upper toil U solu
bio, and however hard and Compact the sub
soil mnv appear to be it is more or less pene
trated by water, which takes with it end de
posits the fertility of the Burlace soil. It
often happens that tho farmer who practices
subsoiling will on this account receive more
benefit from the first brought to the surface
than from any subsequent operation. , .
The following analysis of the surface soil
with its adjoining subsoil from the banks
of the Ohio, niBde by Johnson, will proba
bly best show the difference between the
two. They were found to contain of
' . , soil. sunsoiL.
Silica, 87,143 64,281
Alumina, ' 5.0G0 1,873
Oxide of iron, 2,220 2,230
" magancse, 800 1,200
Lime,. C04 248
Magnesia, , 313 810
Potash, 120 110
Soda, ' 025 130
Phosphoric acid, 50 trace.
Sulphuric " 27 84
Carbonic "... 80 trace.
Chloriue, 85 trace.
ITumic acid, 1,804 trace.
Organic substances, 1,011 trace.'
Insoluble humus, 1,002 trace.
From the above observations we can rend-
ily see that the effect of subsoil plowing and
trenching, will -vary with thu character of
the subsoil ; if the latter is hard and com
pact it will probably arrest the downward
pass.ige of the water containing the valua
ble portions of tho Burface soil, which upon
being again brought to tho surface will of
course enrich the surface soil ; but if on tbe
other hand the subsoil 1b light and looso,
and of a texture not calculated to retain tho
saline constituents brought from above, they
will pass through it, and when it is turned
up it may not only not enrich tho ground
above, but may for a time decrease tho
crops, for the only benefit gained seems to
be that of deeping tho surface soil, which
even of itself is an important one. This
may in a great measure account lor the va
ried success which always attends subsoil
plowing, nnd a more careful attention to the
difference may be the means of preventing
uueu uisnppninuncnr, as bus been the chso
with your new correspondent, but old reader
CHEAT vallet.
lSniKing; l'car Trees.
Dr. Van Mans, of Belgium, has written a
letter to a correspondent of the Maqasine
of Horticulture, in which ho describes a new
mode of obtaining pear trees, which, if re
liable, will result iu increasing the number
of trees indefinitely. We suggest to those
who are transplanting pear trees to make
experiments according to tho process :
"I now propa-ratc for mvsclf and intimate
friends the most choice variety of penrs.
which I obtain by means of the roots. Not
a single ono fails in this new process. It is
mmutcuul in w hat manner thev are 6et out.
This method I discovered accidentally iu
consequence of some toots on which I in
tended to graft other kinds of pears, being
thrown on the grouud and covered with a
little earth, to preserve them until used lor
that purpose, and which wero lost sight of
and forgotten uutil tho next spring, when
an oi mem set up stocKs, which, in the
autumn, were as tall as those raised from
bo seed ot two years' growth. Thev can
be set out in tho spring us well as Buluu.n.
If I had sooner known this method, I should
not havo lost a single one of new varieties
of pears, for roots could have been taken
from all the kinds in niv large plantation at
IMC lime Oi IIS UCMIUCMOU,
Such roots should be selected as have ono
or more terminal fibres, and those that are
often cut off or left in the earth when a tree
is transplanted succeed well. They cannot
be larger than the' finger. The wounds Bt
the largo ends of the roots should be cover
ed with the same composition to protect
,. ! c! tmt .. i
vneiii, us iu graiung. incy must uo sot
obliquely.
How to Choose u Home.
An articlo, under the above caption, has
gone the rounds of most of the agricultural
papers. I he writer objects to a dish taceu
norso, as being lndiUerent und unreliable.
I have been an extensive breeder of horses
for nearly half a century, aud havo dealt
pretty largely in horses, and have always
found the best, sprightly and reliable horses '
with a dish lace uud wide between the eyes.
On the contrary, Roman-nosed horses ate
usually dull, and sluggish, and difficult to
teach, whereas the dish-face is sensible aud
readily taught, affectionate aud spirited. I
never did, nor never will, breed a good mare
to a Roman-uoscd horse. I would rather
send twenty miles to a dish faced horse.
Horso dealers iu Kentucky aro always ready
to make kuown to the purchaser of a horso
thut he is "cimblin faced," as they call it in
jockey parlance. I now own a three-year
old that is very mucu cimbliu faced, und a
more affectionate aud a better disposed ani
mal I never saw ; he is really troublesome
in pasture with his caresses he rubs against
me liko a cut. 1 once owned a blooded
race horse and a stallion, that was dish-
faced and extremely kind aud gentle; but
treat him roughly, and he would resent an
injury as quick as a man. Nothing could
be done with him when a foolish groom had
treated him rudely. He appeared to pos
sess tho instincts of humanity. Corres
pondent Country Gentleman.
iti:cii'i:s, Ao.
To Kkkp Mkat Fuesu. As farmers gen
erally reside ut a distance from regular meat
oiarktts, the following directions for keep
ing meat may be of use to those that trf it :
ut tne meat in slices ready to iry; put it
n a iar. in '.avers snrinkle with Bait and
pepper just enough to make it palatable;
place on tne top a imcic paper or cunu,
with salt half an inch thick : keen this on
all the while. Meat can be kept for three
weeks in the summer, ana tue last win o
as good as tho first.
Bedbugs Salt Tiiem. A lady writes
in th Tovaa Christian Advocate that salt it
a sure thing on bedbugs. Wash the arti
cles and places intestea wun tne ougs wuu
salt and water, and fill cracks and crevice
where the vermin bide they will give no
more trouble. They cannot abide where
salt is.
To Remove; Bcnburn. Milk of almonds
made thus : Take of blanched bitter al
monds half an ounce ; soft water half a
pint; make an emulsion by beating the al
monds and water together. Strain through,
a muslin cloth, aud it is made.
. I.'- I. I.
Egg with iron shells will be a fact at the
Paris Exposition. A Berlin chemist caused
bis hens to produce them by feeding them
on a preparation in which iron was mado
to take tbe place of lime. The eggs may
do very well for transportation, but how
about tne qucaens i