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.
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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