1 i:n,TlM Os) TUB "AMEMKM." TKRM8 TWO DOLLARS pot armasa. 1 0 If not paid wlthlath year. No paper dUoontiaaed antil ell arTre4iar paid. . - , - .. 'the term Ul e sytotly adhered to hereafter', I f rohsoribet ajl wt ot rfu t tak their ew papers from th oflioa to whioh they ar dir acted, they ere rsapoturtble antil they ku svUled tha bill eu ordered than diaoentinaed. ' Pcwtaaatort will please act aa our Agents, end frank latter containing eubeorlptioa money. They Iti permitted to da taie under tha Peat Oflioa Law. . i a - JOB PBIHTINO. W hav connected with eetblihmBl wall selected JOS OFFICE, whioh will nabl tu to aiaoata, In tins neatest style, arary variety of Printing TERM OF ADVERTlStftU. Tba Following ara tha ratal frt advertising ia tha AaiRtCAir, Tbos having advertising to da Will and rt oonvanlent for relereoe I 1 1, 1 1 1, lm. Jr. dm 1. 1 y. 11,60 ,t0 iM,6fl,fl,bO fin.ob 4.M 0,00 0.60 T.00 12,00 8.00 IS AM 30.00 10.00 14.0(1 MOIll 8& 00 116,00 ,26,00,.S,Ool 60,00 Tan llbet of thl flied typa (minion) tnaka ona Square, Auditors', Administrator' and KkeeUtora' Notice 13,00. Obitaarlaa (except tha araal announcement which la free,) to be paid for at advertising rata Local Notioaa, Society Resolutions, Ac, 10 can la par I in. Advertisements for Religions, Cbarltabla and Eda aational ohjeota, one-half tha above rata. Transient advertisement will bo published until ordered to be diaoontinued, and ohargbd aooordlngly. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY H. B. MASSER & CO., SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENN'A. NEW SERIES, VOL 3, NO. 46. SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 1867. OLD SERIES, VOL. 27, NO. 46. 1IE1 Biia. f 1 Bquar, if l,nw J 1,06 l,M i column, ' I I BUSINESS CARD3. J. R. HILBUSH SUBVEYOR AND CONVEYANCR AND ' JUSTICE OF TUE PEACE. Mahonoy, NortiiumLerland County, Penna Office In Jackion townahip. Engagement can bo made by letter, direoted to the above address. All buiinasa entruBted to hit owe, will be promptly attended to. April Si, 1867. ly Wa.M. RocK-rEM,.'' Lloyb T. RonnsAca. HOCKEFELLER & ROHRBACH. KllllKV, PESl'J. OFFICE the aame that ha been heretofore occu pied by Wm. M. Rockefeller, Eos;., nearly op tHieite the rosidonoe of Judge Jordan. Sunbury, July 1, 196i.-ly tfioRoalliLL, 8i0! P. WoLtanToit. HILL Se WOLVEKTON, ttornej Counselor- ut Law. sxjisrBXTJRTr, fv. WILL attend to the collection of all kinds of claiint, including Back Pay, Bounty and I'cn Ion. P'- lf0 Wo Mmmi, ATTORNEY AT 3-A-W, Korth Side of Publlo Square, one door east t the Old Bai.k Building. BUN BUIl Y, PENN'A. Collections and all Professional business promptly attended to in tha Courts of Northumberland and adjoining Counties. Bunbury.cscpi. i, iwjo. 8. 8. Wkbbk, Job Rokkli "OTIS ' ' ARCH STREET, between Third and Fourth Street PllII.ADKI.nilA. ' WEBER 4s KUNKLE. Proprietor. Jane 29, 1807. ly ADDISON O. MARR, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 8HAMOK IN, Northumberland County, Pa. ALL business attended to with promptness and diligence. Miamokin, Aug. 10, 1887. ly J. 3D- JAMES. ATTORNEY AT LAW, SUNBURY, PA Office Market street, 4 door west of the railroad, lately used as a Feet umoe. Will attend promptly to (he collection of claims and other professional business inirustoa lontaeare, in nortnumoeriana ana adjoining counuee, August 10, 1667 POETICAL. Sr. CHAS. ARTHUR, ?t)omaopat)ic Ijystcian. tiraduateof the Hotncsopathlo Medical College of Pennsylvania. Orririt, Market Square opposite tba Court House Sl'NHURY, PA. Office Hours 7 to 9 morning : 1 to 3 afternoon ; 7 to 0 evening. May 18. J -A. CO B O BE , MERCHANT TAILOR, And Dealer in CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VESTING, Ac. I'n m ii Kirvcf , Mont h of Wearrr' Hotel, C. 1. BRDNBR. L. KASB. 8UNBTJ March 31, I860. RY, P A- Atlornoyw) mid t'ounHcllom at Cbesnut Street, west of the N. C. and P. A E. Rail road Depot, in the building lately occupied by F. Lamrus, Esq., SUNBUHY, PENN'A. Collections and all Profcsiional business promptly attended to iu Northumberland and adjoining Coun ties. "PiL a-.' W. I -A.TTJPT, Attorney nud C'ouiiwfllor nt lw, AUGUSTA HOTEL, NAM IJEI.. JlA.VTf, Proprietor. (Formerly of the Mansion Houso, Mahonoy City,' Schuylkill county, Pa.) In Cake' Addition, near the Machine Shops, SUNEURY , F E 1ST 1ST ' A. -Transient and permanent boarders will find this a most comfortable house and p,isscssinir the advan tages uf convenience tothu railway and business part ! of the town. Being newly furnished with all the : modern household improvements, there is every fa- cility for the convenient accommodation of guest. Office en south side of Market street, five doors East (lood stabling and experienced hostlers in attend afik. V I! ltui.rnnil HnA bunbury, June 22, :sor. BTJNBUBY, FJ. j Will attend promptly to all profcseionnl buiinem entrusted to bis cure, the collection of claim in j Northumberland and the adjoining counties. Sunbury, April 1:1, 1867. . EDWIN A EVANS, ATTORNEY A.1 LAW, Murket Square, nonr the Court House, SUNBURY, Northumberland County, l'a, Collodions promptly attended to in this and adjoin ing Counties. April 13J867. it. i:. i. i.i jii.uv, PHYSICIAN AND 8UHGEOX NORTHUMBERLAND, PA. DR. LUMLEY has opened an olBco In Northum berland, and offers hi. services to the people of that pliice and the adjoining townships. UUice next door to Mr. Scott's Shoe Store, where he ran found ut all hours. Northumberland August I9.18A5. JEREMIAH SNYDER. Altoruey Ac 4'oniiKrllur at t Lint . ?I'.'iii:kv, 14. Uplisti'U't Attorney lor .orltium lierluml County. Sunbury, March 31, 1866. ".y I.. REASBOLTI, C. H WOLVKnTOX, I'. P. RE1HHUI.TZ COAL! COAL! COAL! f pilE subscribers rospectfully inform thecitir.ens of X Sunbury nud vicinity, that they have opened a COAL YARD at J. Unas & Co ' Lower Whurf. "iunkiiry. I'll. where they nro prepared tu supply all kinds of Shu cnokin Coul. at cheiip rules. Faiuilios and others iirutnptly supplied. Country ointom respectfully aolioited. . SEAS11ULTZ A CO. Sunbury. Jan. 12, I8U7. ' jnkaycYement; Business lu this and adjoining counties earefully and promptly atttended to. Office in Market Street, Third duor iwt of Smith i (ienthcr's Store and Tinware Store, ri itv pks'a. II. II. JUfiSliK, Altoruey at l,n, SUNBURY, PA Col I eel ions attended to in the counties of Nor thumberland,. Luiuu, Snyder, Montour, Columbia and Lycoming. RKPRKENCKR. Hon. John M. Heed, Philadelphia, A. U. Catlell A Co., ' Hon. Wm. A. Porter. " Morton McMii'hael, Ks((., " E. Ketchaiu A Co., 1M Pearl Street, New Vork. John W. Axhmoad, Attorney at Law, " Matthews A Cox, Attorneys at Law, " Sunbury, March 2H, I8ii2. JACOB SHIPMAN, riRE AND LIFE INSURANCE AOENT BUNBUUY, PENN'A. BBFRESEXTS farmers Mutual Fire Insurauce Co., York Pa., Cumberland Valley Mutual Protection Co., ew York Mutual Life, Oirard Life of 1'hil V A Hart ord Conn. General Acoidenti. Sunbury, April 7, ly. W. J. W0LVERT0N, A'l'I OIl.IiV AT I.A1V, Market Street, 6 doors west of Dr. Eystor' Store. SUNBURY, PENN'A. All professional business in this and adjoining oeun ties promptly attended to. Sunbury, November 17, 1866. ly COAL!AW'"'cLlT! GRANT Se BROTHER, jhiper X Wliolesiiile Ac KetRll Dealer) in IVIIl'l'i: At Kl!l A Nil COAI, in evorv variety. Role Agent, westward, of the Celebrated Henry Hay Loai. LoWBB WllABK, SuNBt'BY, PA. Sunbury, Jan. 13, JfSbS. THE OLD OAK TREE. Oh ! the old oak roe Is (landing now Where it stood so long ago. When in it shade we ohildren played, Till the sun In the west grew low j And it branches reach as far and high, - And the sky above is aa clear But under it now no children play, In tha golden day of lb year. Tha sunbeam creep through the rustling leave That fall on the moss grown aeat, And tha tall grass waves where in other years It was trodden by children's feet ; And the bees hum laiily in the shade, Through the long bright summer' day, And the soft wind murmurs with lonely sound, Where we children used to play. We are all gone from our ehildhood'a home, And have wandered far away ; Of all that band of the dear old time,. There is not one loft to-day. We are parted now by many a mile, O'er the waves and mountain high ; And on has gone to the borne beyond, Through the golden gate of the sky. And many a year has come and gone, And many a summer sun litis passed adown the golden west. When the long bright day was done', And many an autumn wind ha blown, And many a winter oast O'er bill and vale it shroud of snow, Sinco we children met there last. The weary years will still move on, With their sunshine and their pain ; But hero in the shade of the old oak tree We will never all meet again. But there is a eity of quiet rest, And its portals are open wide ; And one by one as the angels oall, May we meet on the other side ! TALES AND SKETCHES. NOT CiOOl K.OI H FOR HER. A True American Story. DB. J. S. ANGLE. GRADUATE of JefTerson Medical College, with five year practice, ofl'era bis professional er viees to the cit irons of Sunbury and vicinity will attend all calls promptly. OFFICE Market Street, npposlto Weaver' Hotel. Office Hours ) from 8 to 10 A. M. j 2 to 6 P. M. Sunbury, April 27, 1807. AMBR0TYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. Corner Market A Fawn Street, SUNBURY, Pa. 8. BYEHLY, PittiriiiKTon, Photograph, Ambrotypos and Molainotypcs takon In thu best style ot tno art. api. i, ly Attorney find t'oiinwellor at Ijiw, I10ONVILLE. COOPER CO .MISSOURI. WILL pay taxes on lands In any part or the State. Buy and soil real Estate, and all other matters entrusted to him will receive prompt atten tion. July 8, 18B5.-octl5, '64. UNION HOTEL- CHAN. TZEIh Proprietor. In Cake Additkn to SUNBURY, near the Ptnn'a. Railroad Company's Shops. PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT BOARDERS, kept who will find ample accommodations. Oood cooks and waiters, boarders ean enjoy the quiot corn form of home with fare equal to the best hotels. His Liquors are of the choicest kinds. Sunbury, June 8, 1867. Mount Camel Hotel JIT, CARMEL. Northumberland Co., Pa., j TII03. BURKET, Phoimuetoh. This largo cmnn odious Hotel is looated near the deiHita of the Shamokin Valley and the Quakake A Now York Railroads. Trains arrive and depart daily. This house is located in the centre of the Coal Re- i pion and affords the beat aoeemmodaUons co travelers and permanent cistomcr. Jay & E0U3E, CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. THIS well known Hotol, situate near the corner of Ninth A Cbeauut Streets, Philadelphia, is, on account of iu superior location and exoellent accom modations, one of the best and must desirable stop ping places iu the city. II. W. KANAUA, Proprietor. February 16, 1867. 6in young man went out again into the world battle witn bis heart ana conquer his unhappy passion. Ho subdued it, but al though lie afterwards married a woman whom be loved honestly and trututuny, ana who was worthy of his lovo, he was never wholly dead to his first love. Too time passed on and tne young man began to reap the reward of his labors. He had never been to the houso of Mr. O since his cruel repulse by tho partner ; but the latter could not forget him as his name toon became familiar in every Virginian household.' Higher and higher he rose every year, until be bad gained a position from whicb be could look down upon tne poor planter. Wealth came to him, too. When tbe trrcat struiiule for independence dawned, he was in his prime, a happy hus band and one of the most distinguished men in America. The struggle went on, and soon tbe "poor surveyor" held the highest and proudest position in the laud. Wben tbe American Army passed in tri umph through the streets of Williamsburg, the ancient capitol of Virginia, after the sur render of Cornwnllis, the officer riding at the head of the coluras chanced to glance up at a neighboring balcony, which was crowded with ladies. Recognizing one of them, he raised his hat and bowed profound ly. There was a commotion in the balcony, and some one called fur water, saying Mrs. Lee bad fainted. .Turning to a young man who rode near bim, the officer said gravely "Henry, I fear your mother has tainted. You bad better leave the column and go to her." Tho speaker was George Washington. once the "poor surveyor," but then coiiiman- dcr-in-cbicf ot tbe armies ot tbe tinted States. The young man was Col. Henry Lee, commander of the famous "L.ilit Cav alry Legion ;" the lady was his mother, and formerly Miss G , the belle of the "Nor thern Auek." WHOLEBALB AND RETAIL DEALER in every variety of ANTHRACITE COAL, Uirnor Wharf. BTJSBUBY, Fenn'a. tOrderolioitd and filled with promptness and aeepaton. Sunbury, May 12, 1861. y BOUNTY r0RS0LDIER8. t nVR mult arrangement in WaahinctoD City, I for the prompt oullootion of Bounty under the late Aot of Congrea. I hav also reoeived tha pro per blank to prepare the claim. Soldier entitled f ,hi. R.,tv should atinlv immediately, a it is es timated that U will require three year to adjust all the claims. ... . . All soldiers who enlisted for thro year and who i .nt jtaivad mora than lluu bounty ara entitled to the benefits of this Aot, a well a soldier who hav enlisted for thro year and diaoharg ed after a service of two years, by reason of wounds received, ikseasa contracted in line of duty, or ro-euliatiuent. (ftseasoouuuac ,l,n'D T- ROHRBACH. Soubury, August II, IS IIERDIC HOUSE, i:. a. ri'so, gup't, WILLIAMSPOBT, PA. May 25, 1867. em AYER'8 CATHARTIC FILLS ARE the most perfect porgHtive we ar able to produce, and, as we think, haa ever yet been made by any body. Their ef fteta have abundantly iabown to tbe eommunity now muoD tney excel mo other medicines in use. They ar safe and plea sant to take, but powerful no cur. Their penetra ting properties stimulate tbe vital activities of tbe body, remove tho obstruction of it organs, purify the blood, and expel disease. They purge out the foul humors which breed and grow distemper, stim ulate sluggish or disordered organs into their natural action, and impart tone and strength to tbe whole system. Not only do they cur the every day oom- plaint oi everyDoay, out loruiiunum ,u uin diseases. While I hoy produce powerful effect, they are at the same time, in diminished doaea, the safest and beat pbysie that ean be employed lor onuaren. Being sugar-ooaiea, iney are pieasaui to , m, being purely vegetable, are entirely harmless. Cure Lave boea made that would surpass belief, were they not substantiated by men cf suub exalted eharaater as to forbid the suspicion of untruth. Many eminent olergymen and pbyaieians certify to the publie tho reliability of our remedies, while others hav (eot us tb assaraoo of their eooviotion that our preparation contribute immensely v me relief of our afflicted fellow-mea. Tb Agent below named is pleased to furnish gratis oar Amerioaa Alasanac eontaining direetion for tho use of taeae oMdioines aud eertittcale of their euros of the following complaint : Costiveoess, Bilious Complaints, Bbsumatum, Dropsy, Heartburn, Headache arising from foul atomash, Nausea, Indigestion, Morbid Inaotioo of the Bowels and Pain arising therefrom, Flatulency, Lossof Appetite, and all disease whioh require an evaeuant mediein. They also, by purifying the blood and stimulating the system, euro many oom plaints whioh it would not be supposed they eould reaob, uch aa Deafness, Partial Blindness, Neural ria and Nervous Irritability, Derangement of th Liver and Kidney. Uout, and other kindred disor der arising from low Mat of the body, or obstruc tion of iU functions. Do not be put off by nnprinoipled dealer with other preparations an which they make more profit. Demand Avar's and tak bo other. Th aisk went lb bast aid there i for thus, and they should hPrepar4 by Dr. J. 0. Art A Co., Lowll, Mas., and old by all Druggist and dealers In uodioin TTaVi.' by W. A BENNETT, Druggkl. Sob bury, Pa- Aug. M.-M The "tncestors of the good people of tho United States went to that country ostensi bly to escape the persecution of aristocratic England, but alas I for the inconsistency of human nature they were very tar trom aiian donina aristocrucy when they left the mother country. They took it with them, together with all its accompanying notions ana aiv surdities, and have left it to their children us an inalienable legacy, which they seem to be trying to increase every day. In the days of tho good colony of Virgi nia, the distinctions between rich and poor were based upon laws, which, like those of the Modes and Persians, altered not. One of the most devout followers of this cocie was a wealthy planter, living in what known as the Northern Neck, lie was in all other respects a frank, open-hearted manlv gentleman : but his estimate of his fellow-men was founded upon the principles tnal governed ins selections oi uorse blood. Wealth, too, was by no means an unimportant feature with him. He had our human weaknesses, and like all of us, was intlueticJd more than he ever believed by nountU. Khillinss and pence. This Mr. G had quite a large family Among them was n daughter whose beauty was the standing toast of the county. She was just eighteen, and budding into lovely womunliood. Kot only was she beautiful in person, but her amiable disposition and many accomplishments made her more than ordinarily attractive, and half the gentlemen of Northern Neck were already sighing for her love. There was in the country at this time young man who was already rising in the esteem ot bis neighbors, llo came oi good family, but was as yet a poor young surveyor, who had taught himself bis pro fession. and who hud spent much of his time in traversing uukuown forests, with nothing but his compass for his guide, and j his chain for his companion, locating lands and settling disputed titles. He was a mo- i del of manly beauty, and excelled in all the various feats of strength in which the olden time Americans tnk such pride. He was calm and reserved, and there was about him a dignified sweetness of demeanor that ac corded well with his flunk independence of character. He was a great favorite with all who knew him, and there was no gathering to which he was not asked. Mr, Q seemed especially to like the young man, and it was not long before be insisted that the latter should abandon all ceremony in bis visits to him, and come and go when be pleased. The invitation was heartily given, and as promptly accept ed. The young man liked the planter, and he found the society of the beautiful Mary G a very strong attraction. The result was that ho was very frequently at tho planter's residence; so frequently, indeed, that Mrs. G felt called upon to ask her husband if he did not think it wrong to permit him to enjoy such unreserved inter course with their daughter. The father laughed at the idea, and said he hoped his daughter knew her position too well to al low anything like love for a poor surveyor to blind her to her duty to her family. Nevertheless, Mary G was not so fully impressed with this conviction of . duty as was her father. She found more to admire in the poor surveyor than in all her wealthy aristocratic suitors ; and, also, before the knew it her heart passed out of her keeping, and was given to bim. She loved him with all tbe honesty and devotion of bor pure heart ; and she would have thought it a happiness to go out with him into the back woods and share his fa tigues and troubles, no matter how much sorrow they might bring to her. Nor did she love In vain. Tho young man, whose knowledge of the world was atterwards so great, had not tben learned to consider as binding tbe distinctions which society drew between his position and that of the lady. He knew that in all that makes a man, integrity and honesty of purpose, lie was tue equal of any one. tie believed that, except in wealth, h stood on a perfect equality with Mary G , and he loved her honestly and manfully, and no sooner had he satisfied himself upon the state of his own feelings than be confessed bis devotion, simply and truthfully, and re ceived from the lady's tips the assurance that she loved uim very dearly. Scornful to occupy a doubtful position, or to cause tho lady to conceal aught from her parents, the young man frankly and man fully asked Mr. G for bis daughter's band. Very angry grew the planter aa he listened to tbe audacious proposal. ' lie stormed and swore furiously, and denounced tba young man as an ungrateful and inso lent upstart. "My daughter has always been accus tomed to ride in ber carriage," be said. - "Who are vou. sir t" "A gentleman, nr, replied tba young mn quickly, and be left tbe nouso. The lovers were Darted. Tho lady mar ried, soon after, a wealthy planter, and the 'ight flowered barnge, discolored by the fear ful stain of murder. Vividly indeed do such sad relics though really unimportant they may be vividly do they recall the in cidents of the never-to-be-forgotten tragedy of that Good Friday night of 1805. The widow of President Lincoln has never visited the old home In Springfield. She soid she could never summon up nerve to do so. A year or so ago she come to tho town, and, quite alone, went to the St. Nicho las, then the leading hotel of the place. Dressed in black and bidden by a long, thick mourning veil, she was not at first recognized ; but on disclosing her nume, re ceived all the attentions due ber former po sition and ber misfortunes. Mrs. Lincoln took up her residence for a while in Chicago, but does not seem disposed to remain there permanently, as she has sold out ber furniture, and is staying for the summer at a hotel in Racine, Wisconsin. Mr. Itobert Lincoln is practicing law in Chicago, anil thus none ol the Lincoln fami ly remain in Springfield, a town which will henceforth owe its chief celebrity to the fact that it was the home of tho head of that family. AT. Y. Evtning Pout. MISCELLANEOUS. The City oi'MempbU In lcrtl. THE SL'BTlillllANEAN FLOW OK THE MISSISSIP PI. A correspondent of the Nashvillo Unum and Diiatck having suggested that Mem phis Ma liable at any moment to "fall in" to a watery ubyas beneath it, caused by the subterranean How of the Mississippi, thu Memphis Bulletin adds tbe following : "The river shore in the navy yard has rapidly disappeared. There steamers rarely land. In trout of the city proper there are always from teu to twenty steamers. By these the earth, at tbe water's edge, is pro tected and the force of tho surface current is broken. Hence it happens that the earth at the water's edge, and for ten or twenty feet below, remains unbroken. Tho great body of the mighty tide of waters, forty and fifty leet below, rushes onward in its unre- liow far the stream passes beneath the city there is, of course, no means of ascertaining. The explosion of torpedoes, forty or fifty feet below the river's surface, shook every building west of the bayou. Beyond tbe bayou the shock was unheeded, unfelt. "Many years ago a raw mill was ut work in tbe swamps ot Arkansas, twenty miles from the Mississippi. The owner awoke one bright morning to find his well dry, iu which the day before there was water three or four feet deep. He cut a trench to a broad long surface pond, not far away, ami was again supplied with an abundance of water. This trench connected the pond and well. Three days elapsed, and pond and well both were empty. The old man of the mill was amuzed. Tho story was told to a traveller from Memphis. 'It is plain enough,' he said, 'tbe river is lower than for yeurs paBt, and your well and pond have emptied themselves into the great sewer of the continent.' Tho Mississippi ' not only overflows but underflows all the broad valley through which it passes. Its channel, however broad and deep, could cot contain all the rains that full and streams AGRICULTURAL. eluding the deni-tempttre alike an Impo sition and a falsehood. In such case, we should recommend, for the sake of both parties, that during at least tbe wedding tour, the same precautions should be obser ved as when Louis XV. traveled with "the unblushing Cateauroux, with her bandboxes and rouge pots at his side, so that at every new station a wooden gallery bad to be run up between their lodgings." Tnirrns ron Wives. In domestic happi ness, the wife's influence is much greater than her husbands' ; for the one, the first cause mutual love and confidence being granted, the whole comfort of the household depends upon trifles more immediately un der her jurisdiction. By her management of small sums, her husband's respectability and credit are created or destroyed. No fortune cau stand tho constant leakages of extravagance and mismanagement and more is spent In trifles than one would easi ly believe. Tho one great expense, what ever it may be, is turned over and carefully reflected on, and the income is urenared to meet it ; but it is pennies imperceptibly ( acid, will bring them to produce such crops sliding away which do mischief ; and this as will pay the farmer fnr supplying bis tne wite alone can stop, for it docs not come crops with this manure. I have been in the wunin mans province, 'lucre is often an practice of using bones for several years in some form, cither put on In their raw state, nnciy ground, or manufactured into super- pnospuate, or a fertilizer of wbicb super phosphate is the largest ingredient. iictore tne war 1 made my lertilizcr ot finely ground bones, sulphuric acid and gu ano, in the following manner : Take one hundred pounds of bones, dampen them On the IJsie of Hone. The use of bones as a manure for our cul tivated plants, is not as strongly advocated in tbe columns of your highly useful paper as their merits demand. Bonos are a highly concentrated manure, and in their natural state insoluble. The element of bone are obtained from animals, being part of tbe structure of organized beings whicb they obtained through or by the food they con sume. This food must contain those ele ments ; if it does not, it will not be relished by the animal. This food, therefore, must obtain it from the earth ; if it is not in the earth, the plant will not thrive and grow will not come to perfection ; and as phosphate of lime and phosphoric acid, of which bones are largely composed, are in tbe soil in comparatively small quantities, they are soon exhausted, and the land fails to produce remunerative crops. Now, bones applied to those lands in some form, either ground, decomposed with alkalies, or made into super-phosphate by the use of sulphuric unsuspected trifle to be saved in every UUUBUllUlll. It is not in economy alone that the wife's attention is so necessary, but in those nice ties which make a well-regulated house. An unfurnished cruet stand, a missing key, a ouiiomcss SKirc, a soiled table-cloth, a mus tard pot with its old, cold contents, 6hak ing down about it are really nothings, but with water, and pour on them 80 pounds of TheTomb or llnco!ii I He old Liu. coin llomcMteud 'l'he Where about of the Lincoln Fnniily. Two years ago the place inherited a sad and peculiar glory in becoming the burial sUtcd course, rending away the earth 1 A I I I 1 . 1 : I r . . . I . 1 . 1 ;. ljinuo vi vuranuiu ijiuuuiu , uui ever aiut:o his tomb has been the resort of thousands of his countrymen and countrywomen. No stranger thinks of passing through Spring- held without visiting tbe sepulchre, and many come to Springfield for that express purpose. Oak Ridge Cemetery, where the honored remains repose, is scarce a mile from the State House. Horse cars convey visitors thither every half hour, the route following a leading street until thu latter turns iuto a country road and then lades into an unde veloped, ungraded avenue ; and at this point the railroad deftly switches aside, passing through a grove of shady oaks into tho public park. Just beyond this is the ceme tery, an umbrageous, unduluting tract, which already contains a number of graves. Tho Lincolu tomb is in a prominent position on the brow of a rounded knoll. It is a vault with a simple front of plain brick, faced with unpolished whito marble, the wings at each side bearing empty marble vases, tbe only feature of adornment that this unpre tending mortuary structure possesses. The doorway consists of two large slabs of mar ble cemeuted together and to the wall of j that como down from the mountains, tcrri tlta ..nillnlini anA fl.A Ant inaltrlnflfin IB tltn 1 ...... -f A ......t... A . V,... T. I vuo nruuibiuv nuu uiu vuij ,uov...hv -u , IUUCS OIIU Clans Ul AUICIlua, one word "Lincoln." The grass is growing luxuriantly over the roof of the vault, anil a young oak tree has found place to take root amid this gross, while larger trees shade the spot in the rear. In its quiet, old-fashioned simplicity, the tomb of Lincoln reminds one strongly of that of Washington, nt Mount Vurmoti, and each raise an augry word and cause (iiscom tort. Depend upon it, there is a great deal of domestic happiness about a well-dressed mutton chop, or a tidy breakfast table. Men grow sated of beauty, tired of music, are often too wearied for conversation, how ever intellectual ; but they can always ap preciate a well-kept hearth and smiling comfort. acid a small portion at a time ; too much at a time is apt to burn them stirring them wen togeiuer leave them to stand a woeK or ten days. Tnen I mixed 75 pounds of Peruvian guano with the mass, completely incorporating it together, when it is fit for use. ibis fertilizer would make its mark on any crop I put it on, and I have put it on all crops. After the war came on, guano oeing so expensive, I mixed with tho du- A woman may love her husband devoted- solved bones as many drv cround bone9. ly may sacrifice fortune, friends, family, land found this mixture to act admirably. country, for him ; she may have the genius There is no danger from tho handling of tho of a Sappho, the enchanted beauties of an I vitriol, if there is only reasonable core used. Armida ; but melancholy fact if with I consider this fertilizer, or phosphate, if tiiese sue tans to raoKe nis uome comiorta- you c noose to cnil it so, cheaper, and more ble, his heart will inevitably escape ber. to bo relied on, than any of those that are And women live so entirely in tbe affections, I sold in the market nnder the name of super- tnat without love tueir existence is void, puospuates. 1 here is no advantage in mix- Better submit, then, to household tasks, ing plaster. I have mixed ashes with the owever repugnant they may be to your dissolved bones, and raised most excellent tastes, than doom yourself to a loveless wheat, followed by a very luxuriant growth ome. Women of a higher order of mind of timothy ; but I never let lime come in 1 1 . .1 .,. . .1 I . I . . . I I . - ... !. in nut run una risa , iney auuw mat nieir contact wilu it. feminine, dut'.cs. At Fort Pil low and Randolph every evidence of war has disappeared, swallowed up by the great river. Earthworks at Randolph, built in 1801, three hundred yards from the shore, have gone to the Bulizo. At both these places the river current, as here at Memphis, strike the shore at almost rigut angles, a city uaoer tells us how a planter, within there seems tu be a beautiful (though pro- i the week, deposited five thousand dollars uauiy an accidental; consistency in me iact that the two Presidents who moat thorough ly won the affections of the people and se cured tho most prominent pages of history should be similarly entombed, ihetomo on the prairie and the tomb by the Potomac! Wbat a vast procession ot buman beings will for ages to come pause before their un pretending portals! At tbe toot ot the Lincoln tomu mere is notice announcing "live dollars fine to write upon or deface this tomb, or to pluck wild flowers iu these grounds." Yet, re gardless of this well meaning if ungrumma- tical injunction, una in denauce ol all rules of decency divers shabby wretches have already scrawled their names upon tbe brick work, and even upon tho marble floor ol the tomb. The miserable egotists bail chiefly from the West, though Philadelphia is dis graced by one of them. Were there any from New York, their names would appear here in full. At first Mr. Lincoln's remains were placed in a receiving vault, where the coffin, visible through the iron grating, was always cov ered with fragrant flowers. For a year this place of interment was under the charge ot a military guard, which was dispensed with after tbe removal of the body t its present resting place. A plot of ground eight acres in extent has been secured in the immediate vicinity of the tomb, as a site for a suitable Lincoln monument but many years may pass before it is built. Tho Lincoln house is, next to the tomb,. the object of greatest interest to strangers. It is still owned by the Lincoln, ami is iic- cupied by Mr. Tilton, who, with bis family, : preserves with reverent core the Homestead , of the fallen chieftain, aud kiudlv permits visitors to examine the interior. When tbe trouble and inevitable annoyance of thus receiving any one who may choose to call are considered, the cordiality of tbe permis sion given renders the public a real debtor to the Tiltons. On the day of the funeral in SringOeld no less than fifteen hundred persons an hour pessed through the house, and visits are now of daily occurrence. At the sale of Mr. Lincoln's furniture, the Tiltons purchased severs! important pieces, among tbem bis boon case ana writing tiesK, whereon is now a book for visitors to regis tcr their names. The paper on the walla is the eitme as when Mr. Lincoln lived there ; but tbe furniture is of course different. Among tbe many interesting souvenirs of tbe late President is a preserved wreath and shield of flowers laid upon bit coffin by the ladies of New York and Pennsylvania, and a fao simile of the emancipation proclama tion. Some time ago Laura Keene, the actress, who, it will be remembered, ran to tbe Pres ident's box immediately after Booth's fatal shot, and supported Lincoln's bead, came to Springfield and visited the homestead. She brought with her the very dresa she wore on that eventful night, with the stain of tbe President's blood upon it, and cutting out a piece, presented it to Mr. Tilton, There it is now in tbe Lincoln House, in its little glass frame, with Laura Keene'a autograph beneath it, and tbe words, "Tne blood of the martyred FrttidcDt " above, a fragment of Xhe I.ate Indian IJaUle-.Sioux lleuteu by Crowi, Sr. Locis, Aug 20. The battle reported from Omaha between two hundred Pawnee scouts and a large number of Sioux turns out to have been a fight between fifty Paw nees and one hundred Uheyennes, at Plum Creek, at which tho Pawnees took fifteen scalps, captured forty head of cattle- and two prisoners. Many other Cheyenncs are supposed to have been killed and wounded, but carried oil by their comrades. The Pawnees are now south of tho Platte river, hunting the Cheyennes. beveral Indians were killed by ligbtnin at tbe Yankton agency on tho 10th. The Sioux and Crows had a battle near Fort Stevenson, in which the latter were even if be has to borrow the money to pay victorious. Several were killed on both for them. G. S.. Cecil Co.. MJ.. in Country aiuea. vcniieman i THE OREGON CHOI'S THE INDIAN WAR, San FnANCisco, August 20. The steamer Continental has arrived from Oregon. The general crops of that State are good, but tbe worth of supplies upon the river bank some where in Arkansas. He had not gouo half a mile wben tbe country behind him disap peared w ith all hisbtores. "lieclfoot Lake is fathomless. It is not far from the river. The night before the earthquake of 1812 lofty trees stood where deep, silent, still waters have unbroken re pose. Cypress trees two hundred feet high went down. Their loftiest branches do nut reach the surface of the wonderful lake. Years before thu great river bad undermin ed the country, tbe bind weut down and water come up. Everywhere around New Madrid we have indubitable evidence that the mighty river finds its way far beneath the earth's surface. An earthquake's shock broke down the earthen bridges that every where along the river shores span mighty streams and deep subterranean lakes that are reservoirs to supply atmospheric mois ture and hold the super-abunduut waters of this broad valley." From the Saturday Hoview. Itdie l-'iiliiou. WHAT IS A BONNET I It is long enough since a bonnet meant shelter to the face or protection to the head; that I lag men t of a bonnet which at present represents the bead gear, and which was some years ago worn on tue oac oi tue head and nupe of the neck, is now poised on the front, and oruameuted with birds, nortion of beosU. reptiles and insects. We j have s'.c-n a bouttet composed of a rose and ' a couole of leathers, unother of two or three j liuttertJies.or a tnauy beads.and a bit ot lace, and a thud represented by five green leaves joined st the stalks. A white or spotted veil is throw n over tue visage, in oruer mat the adjuncts properly belonging to the tbca tre may not immediately be detected in the dure of daylight : and thus, with diapha nous tiuted lace, large poiuted eyes, ana etereotroed smile, the ludv goes lortli. looK -rf r - . , . . - . f ing much more as U she uad Btepea out oi thu ureeu room of the theatre, or trom a Haymarket saloon, than trom an i-ngiisu home. BOW MUCH IS REAL I It is not true that by taking thought one cannot add a cubit to one's stature, tor la dies, by taking thought about it, do add, if not a cubit, at least consideraoiy, to tneir height, which, like almost every thing about them, is often unreal. With high heels, tvupe, and hot, we may calculate that about four or five inches are altogether borrowed for tbe occasion. Thus it comes to a grave matter of doubt, wben a man marries, bow much is real of tbe woman who has, become his wife, or how much of ber 1 her own ouly in tbe tense that she bas bought and possibly may have paid for it. To use the words of an old writer. "As with rich furred conies, their cues are far better than their bodies and. like tbe bark of a cinnamon tree, which ia dearer than tbe whole bulk, their outward accoutrements are far more precious than their inward endowment." Of the wife elect, her bones, her debts and ber caprices may be tbe only rsalities which she can be stow on ber husband. All the rest hair, teeth, complexion, cars, bosom, figure, in- thcir domestic, are their first There is a vast amount of bones in some form used in this section of the country. They are brought here all tho way from Chicago. One of my neighbors told me he put on bis farm (it was very poor wben he bought it) GOO pounds of ground bones to the acre for each of his crops corn, oats and wheat j tho consequence was, a very marked improvement in his farm bis laud was poor and ho was poor, but now he has a good farm, and got comparatively well off. Several years ago an acquaintance bought a poor piece of land for 10 per acre, and went to putting on ground bones, which improved the grouud so that the first three crops paid for tbe land and bones, too. Tho land became very productive, and is now what might be called a first rote form so that where grain or forage crops fail, no man need be afraid to apply bones, ilIakiuK Cider. , As cidcr-timo is at band, the Lynchburg News publishes the following information as to its proper manufacture, furnished by a frieud, which will be of much use to those who will give due attention, in enabling them to secure a better quality of this de lightful beverage. Our friend says that "much of the excellence of cider depends upou the temperature at which the fermen tation is conducted, and is a point nreatlv overlooked by manufactures of this liquor. as socn as ex pressed irom tncfruit, it should be strained into aulphered casks. and placed in a cool situation where the temperature docs not exceed fifty degrees ianrenueit ii icir in toe beating sun. hay crop is deficient. Tho experiment in flax culture has been vary successful. General Cook bad two engagements with Indians last week in the Puebla Mountains, Idaho, routing them with tbe aid of friendly savages. The Arizona Indians are plundering and murdering as badly as ever. r out Hays, August 20. The Indians are all around us, and very troublesome. Work has been stopped on tbe railroad Deyoud this point for the last week. The Indians have hi-pn firinr at everv person venturing beyond the fort, and have succeeded in tak- much of the alcohol formed by the docorn ing a great deal of stock. To-day a strong position of tho sugar is converted into vine expedition has left this Fort against them, gar by the absorption of atmospheric oxy- - - . . . . - m . i.i I : I ' . 1 composed of three bundred men of voiun- geu, nun mus mo miuur uecumea acta ana - . .... .1 .. i. 1 . i. - - . : . I. r . teer Kansas cavalry, ana tuirty regular ruuu. u iue cumnrj,ii lusitsruienuuon tronriM nnrli-r command nf Contain Aimes. be conducted at a low temperature, nearly This expedition designs striking some of tne wuuio oi tno sugar is converted into al the Indian villages on tho Huline river, ten couui uuu reiumua iu me nquor instead oi days' march from here. undergoing the process of acetification. The No wawma are taken and the troops co acetous fermentation or the conversion of al- prepared to move rapidly. More troops conoi into vinegar proceeds most rapidly at are demanded here or theTerritoy will have a temperature oi vo degrees iabrenhe.t, and in I in nlmmlnni.,1 as lower temperatures tne action Becomes Tl.n commandinrr officer at this fort is slower, until at 48 degrees fahrenbeit no , . , i ... . 1 .1 l.n I an Mi Mi u n era f nlroa nlann fnilananrt-ntl. . . completely cnppiea, uciug surruuuucu uy ,uUVpuu6u,n ui avages and having hardly a corporal's differences in the quality of the fruit, this is guard of men. tVe PrD'Pal cause of the superiority of the Iumvr uiauu vy uiio persurj over anotuor, living in the same neighborhood. The one nowncd stump orator, who was running for bas a cooler cellar or barn than the other the office of constable, "whar, my enlighten- to store his cider in. In practice, it has ed friends of the sixty-sixth militia district, been found that sour and rough apples pro- was Andrew Jackson in the battle of New duce tbe best cider. This arise because Orleans 1 Wtirhethart He war. He was they contain lees sugar and more malic acid, a ridin' up and down oo a bobtailed Ara- and tbe presence of the latter impedes the bian, a wavin' of acracked sabre, up to the con version of alcohol into viuegarj but armpits in blood and mud, and a given oi pciuer maao witn sucn apples can never tha British thunder: tbe genius of hi coun-I equal in quality that prepared at a low try a hohliu'ff her a-gis over bis head, cot- temperature from fruit abounding in sugar, ton bale paveneering in front to protect which, if properly strained or racked at him from every danger, and the American every indication of fermintation, will keep eagle, with the stars ana stripes in its dbck, gooa twenty years." . Bn.H:-t .l..f In I,a hi, in mnvnAn prvin1 I mi-ii r-.,t.,.i,lu t I . , av. - - i ri ... .... 1 v..ia i ritt. rises pint oi milK wnere ml f t a. I. I . ST M sil itini.m I a . ... . . . 1 lie lllgiiest aciiiBveuiciii, m a iiuniiiou j w, i j,eat -i- ,nn heat tnrrAtlinr nn n is the judicious Kissing oi oaoies, goes wbite sugar, one-half cup of flour with two straight .o tue motuer s neari, auu mates egg, and stir it into the milk whon it is her a zealous canvasser for tne oaiance oi e., boiling. Stir raoidlv until it icookrl the campaign. Iu kissing babies of a larger Ulmrouo-hle arl.l ouu-n nt imnn .n,i growth, especially if they are pretty, and pour upon the crust which should be'baked tne per-uaaiou leiraie, me is uuuKci i uo- betore tuo cream is put in. This will raako iug regarded aa one having an eye to per sonal attractions. But with little babes tbe case is different, and the act is an undoubted compliment to tbe little darling a mother, Wanted to oo Home. John tells a story of Thompson and Rogers, two married bucks of New York. who. wandering borne late one night, stopped at what Thompson sup posed was his residence, but which his com uanion insisted was bit own house. Tboin son rang the bell lustily, wben a window was opeued and a lady inquired wbat was wanted. "Madame," inquired Mr. T., "isn't this Mr. T-Thoinpson'a bouse I" "No." replied tbe lady, "Una 1 tba rest dence of Mr. Roger." "Well," exclaimed Thompson, "Mre. T-T-Thompson beg your pardon Mrs. Rogers, won't you just step down to the door and pick out Mr. Rogers, for Thompson wanta to go home." two pies. If you wish it extra, make a frost ing of tbo whites of two eggs and three table spoonful of sugar spread this evenly over tho pies, and set again in the oven and brown slightly. Kxckllknt Couoh Remedt. Boll one teacup of honey ; remove the scum, and add one ounce of pulverized wild turnip bottle for use. Take a teaspoouful five or r.x time a day, aud ofteuer if the congh ia troublesome. Sponuh Cake. Take three eggs; two cupt of sugar beat together ( half cup but termilk j half cup tour cream one tea spoonful of saleratua, threw cup of flour. uocoanut uabml One pound of sugar, one-fourth pound of floor, one-fourth pound of butter, one teacup of sour milk, four eggs, one-third of a teaspoouful of salt, one teaspoontul of soda ; mis thoroughly. Then add one grated cocoanut. Country iftntL-Hum. t
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