Sunbury American. (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, November 23, 1867, Image 1

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TERMS-TWO DOLLARS pet annum. 92 M U
Act paid wtthli the year. S paps 4oeeotiMea
mil )t arrearages art paid.
Thee term will be sir ioflj aiWt to hereafter.
If subscriber neglect or reree to take their new,
taper ft-om the oftics towhloh they are directed, they
art responsible until they bar settled the bill and
ordvreu; meumucontioued.
Pusiiuaaiera will please sot as our Agent, and
frank letter oontaining lubseriptioa money. Thy
ar permitted to do this mnder the fort Office Lew.
JOB PRINTING.
We have connected with oor eetablishnient wet
elected JOB OFFICE, which will enable ui to
execute, in the noatest ityle, every varioty of
Printing
BUSINESS CARDS.
Wo m&eMKB,
ATTORNEY A.T
North Side of Publlo Souaro, one door eait of the
Old Bnt.lt Building.
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Collection! end all Professional business promptly
attended to In the Courte of Northumberland and
adjoining Counties.
Sunbury, Sept. 15. 1H.
O. t. BROMtll. t"
BBBHIS a SCABS,
Attorney nnd Conawellorsi nt I.ifv,
Chesnut Street, wort of Ibo N. C. ami P. A E. Rail
road Depot, in the building lately occupied by
F. Lntarus, Esq.,
BUNBURY PENN'A.
Collection! and all Profesdonal business promptly
attended to in Northumberland and adjoining Unm
tin. apl 87
Attorney nml Counsellor at Law,
Cffice on south side of Mnrkct street, fire doors Enst
of the N. C. Railroad,
STJNBTJBY, PA..
Will aitcnd promptly to all professional business
entrusted to liia cure, the collection 01' cleinu in
Northumberland and the adjoining counties.
Snbury. April 13. 1SI7,
H.'ll. MAKMsUIC.'
Attorney nt t.nw, SUNBIRT. PA.
Collections attended to in the counties of Nor
thumberland, I'nion, Snyder, Montour, Columbia
and Lycoming.
rr.riinKNCpa.
flon. John M. Kecd, Philadelphia.
A. l. Cnttell l'o.,
Hon, Win. A. Porter,
Morton McMicliacl,Eq., "
K. Kctcham & Co., 2t8 Pearl Street. New York.
John W. Ashuiead. Attorney at Law, "
Matthewi .t Cox, Attorney! at Law, "
Sunbury. March 2U. I.ti2.
JACOB SHIPMAN,
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE AGENT,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
RLPHKSfcXTS
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co . York IN.,
vuinlerland Valley Mutual Protection Co..
eir Yoik Mutual I. i'le, Oil nni Life of PbilV &. Hart
ortt Conn. Ocneral Accident!.
Sunbury. April 7. ly.
W. J. W0LVERT0N,
a'I'tois-m:v at law,
Market Street, 5 doon wt of Dr. Kyutcr'e Ptore.
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
All professional business in this and adjoining coun
ties promptly attended to.
Kuubury, November 17, 158. ly
J. R. HXLBUS H
SURVEYOR AND C0NVEYANCR
AND
JUSTICE Of THE PEACE.
jV.V)iift, Xnrthiim'b'rUiiul County. I'rnn'ti
Office in Jackson township. Engagements can
be luado by letter, directed to tho above ddre.s.
Ail business entrusted to hia care, will be promptly
attended to.
April 22. lRi!7. ly
Wm.jM. Kot'kKFKLI.KK. I.LUV ! T. ItlltlK PACIl'.
ROCKEFELLER & R0HRSACH.
SI StlKY,
OFFICE the tame that ha! been" heretofore occu
pied by Win. M. Kojkefoller, Ksq., nearly op
posite the residence of Judge Jordan.
Hunbury, July 1, lH6i. ly
itoHUK Hill, Simox P. Woi.vehton
HILL feafWOLVEETON.
allorncya and CoutiHelorsi :it l.niv.
f3UIMI3XJPlZ". FA.
I7 ILL attend to tho collection of ali kinds of
V elaimt, iucluding Back Per, Bounty and lu
ioni. apl. 1, 'tiii.
EDWINA EVANS
ATTORNEY A.T LAW
Market Square, near the Court House,
SVNBCRY, Northuuibcrlund County, Pu,
Coilections promptly iittouded to in this and adjoin
ing Counties. :
April 1.1. 1;'p7 j
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
Attorney & t'oiiisstvllor ut loiw.
Ml .-Mil It V, I'.
(Jr IiKlrii't Attorney lor orlliiuH-t-i-l:in!
4'oiinly.
Sunbury. March 31, 18C6 !y
"bouYy for "soldiers..
X1IAVE made arrangements in Washington City,
for the prompt collection of Bounty under the
late Act of Congress. I have nieo received the pro
per blanks to prepare tho claims. Soldiers entitled
to this Bounty snonld apply immediately, as it is es
timated that it will requite three yean tu adjust all
the claims.
All soldiers who cnlUted for three years and who
have not received more limn f 100 bounty arocntillod
to the benefits of this Act, as well as soldiers who
have enlisted for three years and discharged after a
ervico of two years, hy reaxou of wounds received,
duca.?c contracted iu line t.fdiily. or re-enlistment.
LLOYD T. ROUUUACH.
Sunbury. August IB. lKiItt.
JA. G O B O B E C Xt
MERt'IIANT TAILOR,
And Dealer in
C'LOTlli, CASSIMEIIUS, VESTINO, Ac.
Fuu u ttlreet, xoulU of VeiierH
Hotel,
BUNBCRY X A..
March 31 18(39
t,. f EAiUOLTX, C. -WOLVKRTUS, C. P. 8K1SHOLTX
COAL! COAL! COAL!
rilHK subscriber! respectfully inform thecititcne of
i Sunbury and vicinity, that they bare oponej a
COAL YARD
at J. Han & Co' Lower Wharf, Hsiisbsiry, l"u.
where tbey are prepared to supply all kinds id' Mia- j
inokiu Coal, at cheap rates. Families and others
nrouintlr supplied. Country custom respectfully I
ielioiUd. bEASUOLTE a; CO.
Sunbury, Jan. 12, 1S67.
JNO- KAY CLEMENT,
Busineaiin thii and adjoining counUo carefully
and promptly atttended to.
Officl in Market Street, Third door weit of Smith
A Uenther'i SUw and Tinware Store,
MIIMtritY I'KSVA.
CMi7 !"C0"AL YTCQ AL ! ! ! !
Q-RA T Sa BR OTH
Blilltperat V Wholettnle k Ketail
1 1 Ueulersj In
(UTIi it Hi:i ASH t'OAl,
In jvArv rarietv.
3i AgenU, wetwrd, of to ClebraUd Henry
Hay Coal.
LowWAr, BinBiT,P.
Sunbury, Jan. 13, JtMlo.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER
in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL,
Upper Wharf. BUMBUBV, Penn'a.
.uivi .ad filled wttb cromploa and
yjii.'"v--
J.-retail.
- rNTFTTTTnTTTTnkT7
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY
NEW SERIES, VOL. 4, NO.
T. H. Pchdy, J. I. Jams.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, SUNBURY. PA.
Offioe Market itreel. 4 doors west of the railroad,
lately ued as a Post Office.
Will attend promptly to tho collection oToUlmi
and other professional business Intruded to nil eare,
in Northumberland and adjoining countle.
November 9, 1M7.
C. A. HEIMENSNYDBK.
ATTORNEY AT LAW, SUNBURY, PA.
All businow entrusted to hid care attended to
promptly and with diligence. cpt,14.
8. S. WnntR,
Jour Kt-XEi.s
6
T:
ARCH STHKKT, betwoen Third and Fourth Street
IMIII.Alt:i.lIIIA.
WliUnt RUXKLB. Troprittori.
Juno 20, ISfiT. ly
ADDISON G. MAaa.
A T T O R N K Y A T L A V,
SHAMOKIN, Northumberland County. Pa.
A 1,1. bu-in-i atli udcl to with proinptneu and
diligence
'hain'ikin, Aui 1". lflT ly
Dr. CHAS. ARTHUR,
(irnju.ite of tiie llumuMpnlhic Medical College of
l'un.ylvania.
Oi Ktri:, M:irket .Vuuuri' npiiosite the Court House
Sl'XBrilY, PA.
OtH so Hours i to 9 -uioruing ; 1 to 3 afternoon ;
7 to 'J welling. May in
iVUGUSTA HOTEL;
N AJtt H A. Proprietor.
(Foruierlv of the Mansion House. Mahonoy City,
Schuylkill county, Pa.)
Jn Cake's Addition, near the Machine Shops,
BUNBUKY, 3P E JKT IST ' -A. .
Transient and permanent hoarder! will fiud tbia a
most cntnfurtahla house and possessing tho advan
tage! of convenience to the railway and busiucss part
of the town. Being newly furnished with all the
modern household improvements, there is every fa
cility for tho convenient accommodation of guests.
Oood stabling and experienced hostler! In attend
ance. Sunhurv, June 22. 5o67.
DR. J. S. ANGLE.
GRADUATE of Jcffurson Medical College, with
five years practice, offers bis professional ler
vices to tho citizens of Sunburv and vicinity will
i attend all calls promptly.
OFFICE over Thnchers Store, In Pleasanli' build
! ing, Market Square,
j OrncE Horns 1 from 8 to 10 A M.
( ( - 2 to 5 P.M.
i Sunbury. April 27, IS57.
j AMBR0TYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH
Cornor Market A Fawn Street, HVXBl'KY
j S. BYERLY, PimfitiKTon,
Photograph, Ambrotypos and Molninotypci taken in
tho best style of the art. apl. 7, ly
f IJiON HOTEL- "
4'II.mS. lroi lolot-.
In Cake's A Iditii n to SUNBl'ItY, near the Peuu'a.
j H.'.ilMnd Company'! .Shops,
j PERM A SENT AND TRANSIENT BOARDERS,
'kept Mho will find ample accommodation!. Good
j cooks and waiters, hoarder! can enjoy the quiet com
forts of homo with fure equal to the best hotels.
I Hi Liquors nro of the choicest kinds.
, Sunbury, June S, 1"57.
Mount Carmel Hotel
MT. CAEfJEI,, Novthumborlaud Co., Pa.,
L TITOS. BUKICET, PitoritiETuR.
This larjc couin odious Hotel is located near the
depots of the Shamokiu Valley and tho QuaUuke &
New York Hnilrondi Trains arrive and depiirtdnily.
This bouso is locited in tho centre of the Coal Re
gion and affords the best n"coinmod;itiou to travelers
anil permanent customers.
J'.L'j1 j
CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
rilHIS well known Hotel, situate mar the corner
JL of Ninth A Chesnut Streets, Philadelphia, is, on
account of its superior locution and excellent accom
modations, nnn of the bent and most dosirahle stop
ping places in the citv.
H. W. K ANA'l A, Proprietor.
February Id, 1SS7. tlui
ih)ok7uniThuv.
JOHN HERMAN,
North -Mill street, DANVILLE, PA.,
iS prepared to Bind Books, Papers, Mngaiincs
Musio, Ac, in any style that may be desired, at
cheaper rates than can bo done in the cities.
VP" Orders left at thii Uftice, will receive prompt
attention. oct. If , 'G7
'l'oyat uii1 I'ancy (aood !
JOHN DO L L ,
No. 5P2 Market Street. Philadelphia, Importer of
(Jerman und French TOYS AND FANCY ARTI-
! CLES.iusl received a ttry larv
c assortment of all
kinds of
Toys, China-Ware, Canes, Pipes. Harmonica', Mar.
bles. Slates, Pencils, Masks, Baskets,
and also, a variety of (1AMES, Ao., lo.
Ijf Country 1, r -lunits w ill ploase examiiui my
Stock.
Octohii 5. l'io7. Sui
ilEUDlC IIOUSR "
!'.. A. I PO-N, Ksip't,
WILLIAMBPOBT. FA.
Muy 2.', 18d7. Sin
jet :s&r jn ocj :hc H
Insure your Stock!
IN THE
iirrat Kiutrrn llelerllve llorae I n-
aunuiee Co.
ISAIAH 8. GOBBLER. Agent.
BUNBURY, PEN N ' A..
IS taking Policies fur the above Company in this
and adjoining counties, insuring stock of all kinda
against death by accident or otherwise.
Those having stock should not fail to have it in
sured a tones. Address,
ISAIAH 8. OOSSLER, Sunbury, Pt.
July 27. 1887. m
CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLI
NESS."
A FACT which is demonstrated at GUNNISON
CO S.,
sr'Irsst 'la Kha la.gr Hair CwUlajr
and HbampooalaVsT llooaua.
Two firat-claj BARBERS always in attendance.
Particular attention to eutting Ladies and Children'!
hair, tiivetuaeall at the New Rooms over the
Post Offioe.
Sunbury. August , 18(17. tf
SHOEMAKERS.
THE beet qualiilei of 6oI Leather, French Calf
skin, VoTTweoo, Lauiags, simum, ttie
i Tool of all kinds, and ever thing used bytb trad,
' for sal low by J u co.mji sw
G.
JPOETIC AL.
"DON'T STAY LONO."
A look of yearninjr tendorneH
Beneath her 1 n-ti.-n lies,
And hope and lovo unutterable
Are ihadofed In her eye,
A. in some Jxcp unruffled ttream
Are clouds arid fuuiiner tkiei.
Sho pawed to early noraanhood,
From dreamy, pircot girl life.
And oroaaed the rony tbroEbold but
To find her.olf a wil'o j
Oh ! gently should he lead her (tops
Along the path of life !
And n fho clasped her mall wLito hand!
tpon hia arm m lining,
How often, like n luminer sigh,
Or ft wect pleading .one,
She whisper, with a parting kls!.
"Beloved one, don't itny long."
ll'i almost always on her lips,
Her gentlest parting word.
Sweet as tho fragrance from rose leave!
When by toft tephyra stirrod,
And lingering in tho memory
Liko song of suminor birds.
And in iU heart they ncstlo warm,
When other sjenes nmid ;
He stays not till she weary grows,
And her fond eves nro hid
In tears which lie in bitterness
Beneath each roiling lid.
And oh. how miiny hearts arc kept
By that love-uttering song !
There's scarcely one who on life'i waves
Is swiftly borne along,
But what fins henrd from some dear lips
Those sweet words, ' lJon't Stay Long.1'
MISCELLANEOUS.
4eiiei'itl (jiriiiil'M JiiulificalIon.
Tlie Guletia (III.) Gazette, tlio lending
Radical Rcpuljlicttn nnwspnper ofits section,
))lu(-c nt t lie livnd of its editorial column!,
"For President in 1808, UlycMs P. Grnnt of
IIHoom, suliji'ct In the tlicision of tbc Ru
publican National Convention." In a long,
double-leaded editorial Upon the stilyect it
disclaims nny with, on the part of those
whom it rrprt'st-iitB, to insist upon the Gen
erul's notnitmliou if it vlmll not be found
that he is the real choice of a majority of the
purty. The Gazette then given tvbtit it con
ceives to be the reasons why General Grant
should be the next President. Its argumeuts
on this point are deserving of general con
sideration, as I lie cotimtite placed upon his
charartcr by those who have known liiiii tilt
longest. It say?-:
A i-.t'iliiT nf nnaiirnnsed renown, and
! tried in the covt rnnient of men in the field, I
no one denie to him a power ol the most
extraordinary character. In that character
is combined no Ics the civilian than the ,
soldier. He governs easily, because he gov-1
emu reasonably, and the secret lies in this, j
that men subject to his control are, more i
than under common incu, iuclined to gnrtm I
themtehc. This is the perfection of ndiniii- j
istrutive ability, especbil'y in a self govern- j
ment liko outs. This power is never an- i
quired by education, but has its fountain in I
the temperament. To suy that General I
Grant is a civil soldier, is saying thnt he is j
not arrogant, nor overbearing, nor tyrannical I
in his ii.iinner or spirit towards other men.
His geographical knowledge of the country j
is u nsui passed. There is scarcely a loud or
river, a mountain or a valley of any note that
he hrts not studied. The people of every j
part of the country he knows, for he has!
either led representatives of all to victory. )
or helil them nt his mercy in defeat. This I
knowledge of the country nn.i ot its people
is a qualification of no .small moment in the i
j Chief Magistrate ot a nation HKe tins, at a j
(time when the finest sensibilities of the heart j
I ure to be reached in the process of hiirnio- j
nizing the conflicting element-! of feeling
that have been so diverse, and which have j
brought to the nation such an amount of!
accumulated wop. In general practical in- t
telligeoce itfnll things touching the inter- !
tsls of the country ami the well being of the ;
people, no man is his superior. lie practices ;
economy the most rigid in public expendi-
tures, oil the principle that it is wrong to do !
otherwise. His administration, in this re-
gard, would lighten the public burdens a ;
number of millions, in our opinion, that it I
would l e hazardous for us to name. His '
mind is as quick asa I3ah to detect a wrong,
und equally quick in devising a remedy,
where one is possible within tiie bounds ot I
just propriety. With foreign nations hi ,
policy would be that of peace, in every case 1
consistent witli tiublij honor. Iu every law ;
passed by the representatives of the people j
and of the States, intended to promote or
protect the pub ic welfare, he will consider ,
! it his sacred duty to ucquiesce. In coutaue '
to do right he is only equalled by his le- j
termineci disposition and will that riht j
j shall be done, and iu whatever position he is j
placed, to the full extent of his power, it
will be none.
; The Miory ol u 1'ulleu Woman sin
Jiv.n l.v lleii.e!t-
Funny Wright, the woman who killed
police officer McChesney, in New York, has
been removed to the Tombs, nnd now occu
pies u cell in the upper tier of the female
prison. In reply to interrogations she made
! the following statement respecting bar life :
About ten years ago I was living happily
with my parents at Poughkcepsie, in this
State. Nothing that I could wish for was
withheld. I was trained in the Roman
Catholic faith, and attended to my teligious
duties with carefulness and pleasure until I
was corrupted by a young girl of tho same
aee. who was my school fellow. She had
been reading novels to such an extent that
ber head became fairly upset, and nothing
would do her but to ttavel nut and see the
world. The dull life of a small couutry
place like Ponuhkeepsie would not suit her j
tastes anil inclinations, und from repeatedly
wbisiierinf! into my cars and persuading nie
that we would be great ladies, have horses,
carriages, diamonds and servants of our own, 1
I finally reluctantly consented to Ilee trom
borne, and we started together one neautnui
night for the city of New York. (Here the
poor woman gave way to tears again, and
obbed hysterically.) On our arrival in this
city we took up our quarters with Mrs.
Adams, at Ao. 87 Leouard street, and this
was the place where I Inst ray virtue and
commenced to leatl a life of Litter, bitter
shame. My family ultimately succeeded in
finding out my whereabouts and took me
borne, but I could not listen to the voice of
reason. I felt that I bad selected my mode
of life, and was determined at all hazards to
follow it out. I escaped a second time, and
went back to Mrs. Adams', wbore I was
confined of a sweet little girl shortly after
wards. I used to keep tnyselt very Clean,
sad pressed wttb gttat cars and tas(efulntl
ism
H. B. MASSER & CO.,
SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23, 18G7.
From Mrs. Adams' I moved to Mi-,, Wll
loughb at No. 101 Mercer street, and lived
theie until the death of my little girl, three
year ago j that had an awltil cnect upon
me; I could not help taking to drink to
drown my sorrow. From this period I date
tho commencement of my real hnrd.iliips.
My father emigrated to California, and I had
no ono left but a young brother; he tried to
reform mc, and also his poor wife j God
bless her, she used to cry herself eick nt my
disgrace. Previous to this the young girl
who accompanied ine from home in the lirst
instance fell out lucky, and got married.
Drinking was the only pleasure of my life,
Bod it was not long until it began to have
its results; I was arrested and committed to
the Island for sis months ; I got down before
my time was up and ngaiu took to liquor
and fctreet walking. I used to walk all the
time between Greene, Woostcr and Mercer
streets, in the eighth wurd. I was soon ar
rested the second time, and scut up again
f r six months. During the lust three years
of my life, I have been sent on the Island
six times altogether for drunkenness and
disorderly conduct. On the night the officer
was killed (here she gave way again to tears,
and rocked herself around on the bed in a
fearful manner) I was walking through the
street going home with a message, and pick
ing the kernels out of a hickory nut with a
small knife, when the officer came up to me,
1 was almost drunk ut tho time, and much
excited ; I did not know what I was doing,
when on the impulse of the moment I struck
him w ith tho knife. I never had nny enmity
against the man, in fact never saw Jiim be
fore until that time. It is not true that I
had only just come down from the Island ;
I was down from there at least six weeks. I
don't feel myself guilty of his murder, when
I never intended to do it, and I know God
will forgive me.
The brother of Funny, a rcspecfublo voumr
man, residing iu the neighborhood of
Poughkeepsie, called at the prison and had
an interview with his sister. A more affect
ing scene, says tho Express, it has seldom
been our lot to w itness. Although a strong,
robust man, he fairly shook with emotion,
from a keen sense of grief and shame. He
remained with her for nearly an hour. She
was almost frantic with violent outbursts of
grief, and after his Uepurture became, insen
sible.
The Married I, I To.
Unhappy marriages, how frequently they
now occur. Euch and all nt us have near
and dear friends whose married lives are
not happy ones. Sometimes wo are prone
to think that the spirit of love deserts its
cnp:ivcs as soon as the marriage ctriMiiony
is performed. Stilt this cantiot be, for ma
ny nl our friends have long been married,
and each year of their married life seems
only to indicate their love for each other.
Hence we must believe that
'True love, still born of Heaven, is blessed with
wings.
And onco tircj of earth, it plumes them back a.iin;
1 bus do mortals lose it.
Nature seems to have intended that all
wedded couples should enjoy happiness.
Deprive the bird of the society of its mute,
und watch the genuiue sorrow thnt follows.
A dove is said lo have left its nest and died
a lingering death apparently, because its
companion had been killed by some thought
less boys. And the universal expectation
of all young people is that their married
lives will be bappy ones. Deluded dream
ers ! They imagine that they are dillcrent
from other people, and that when they en
ter the portals of matrimony, love, peace
and prosperity will ever be their attentions,
fcmch ones had better by far consider them
selves the same as others, but form iron reso
lutions to do dill'erently from other married
people; resolutions that will keep them
from the dangerous coasts on which so
many have been wrecked and ruined.
Unhappy marriages depend upon many
causes. In this fast ugc there is too much
deceit piacticed by the young of both sexes.
Previous to marriage, many try to appear
more intellectual, more handsome, or more
accomplished thun they actually are. Pride
enough to appear well iu each other's so
ciety is in the highest degree commendable,
and is always to be cxpeeted. All this can
be done and still no gross deception prac
ticed. Disguised os it may be, ull happy unions
must depend upon moral worth. Moral
worth has its origin and foundation in the
heart, and it alone can throw a lasting and
transparent lustre around the married life.
Wealth and honor alouu combined cannot
bring happiness. But two loviug hearts,
animated by puro and upright sentiments,
w ill form a pleasant union iu spito of the
lack of riches or rank. Depend upon it
that love brnuuht into existence, by a moou-
light stroll, strengthened by deceit and fash-
ionaole displays, ana tonally consummated
through the influence of intriuuin" friends.
will fade in after life almost as fast as the !
flowers which compose the biidal w reath.
Hasty marriages, based upou pretended love,
are but a mockery of disappointed hopes
and thwarted anticipations. Family altars
erected upon unloving hearts are but vast
monumeuts of miser v to those w ho arc com
pelled to Assemble around them.
"Marriage is a civil contract." It is a
reality And not a poetical fancy. Men and j
women are machines, and Are all somewhat
alike. They are not the ideal images which
poets and novel writers would have us be
lieve. Our lovers are just about the same,
or perhaps not quite as good, as our bro
thers and sisters. Hence but few need ex
pect perfect happiness after the wooing and
winning is over.
But disappointed hopes are not the only
cause for uuhappincsa at the fireside.
Wives and husbands are each apt to beciomu
neglectful. Many a good husband bas un
consciously lott the love of bis w ifo by in
attention and carelessness. Their business
absorbs all tbeir time and attention. They
seem to think that if their wives have plenty
of money to spend they ought to be happy.
itu some wives pteniy v tnsii is iuc
qua non of happiness ; but, thank God ! it
is not true of nil. Some wives must be
loved. A heart felt kiss and an affectionate
good bye in the morning are worth more to
them tuan all tn greeniiacus in exisieuee.
We have beard of an old gentlemau w ho for
fifty years never left home without the kiss
ami "Good bye. dear," and while bis bome
was a typical heaven, peace and prosperity
bad always smiled upon bis efforts in life.
Married life brings its joys and it sorrows.
Th.r spema to be less beauty, in it tban in
the single state, but it is far safer ; it is more
joyful, or more sorrowful, according to cir
cumstances. Ilapov marriages are moral
saving banks in a community. Single
vounu men. especially, are like a ship at sea
without a rudder. To them it matters but
little whither tbey are carried. No helpless
heinas depend upon tbem for support. No
AMERICAS'.
SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENN'A.
OLD
bright smiles and rosy lips welcome them at
the close of day. They feel that they are
'ut an atom in the world of life, and whe
ther livi,,,, r ()eat)t or W,cth,,r ,t.jr cmr.
?.!" K""(1 "r '"''"''-rent, it matters
out little to the community at large.
i ,i.W,-,"ri;rcnt u, ,llu carried man ! He
to a upport ,! l)ro,cct from Uie ru)e to
. ..J.',..." V1'" .8tronK be dares and
n oewithKf o't'T'-V'r1 bCnU
two together love hi-r IP ,1,B
m'h
where 2indncS intcr
.cntion are show,, , ,Ucl, LTm $t.
t.on, jealousy, i 1 temper and te,,,u ion
find uo footing there. 1'iuuon
l'.venlnK PariloM.
No one would accuse Thackeray of puti
tame scruples or a tendency to reliuious
croaking. Ho speaks as a close observer
antl a merely humane critic in one of the
papers found in his recently issued volume
where he says: "The system of evening
parties is a false and absured one. Ladies
may frequent them professionally with an
eye to a husband, but a man is an ass who
takes a wife out of such assemblies, havimr
no other means of jtidgiug of his choice!
You are not the same person in your white
crape mm sunn sup as you nre in your morn
ing dress. A man is not the same iu his
tight coat, and feverish glazed pumps, and
his still' white waistcoat, as ho is in his i?reen
double-breasted frock, his old black tlitto,
or his woolen jacket. And a man is doubly
on ass who is in the habit of frequenting
evening parties, unless ho is forced thither
in search of a lady to whom he is attached,
or unless he is compelled to go by his wife.
A tnun who loves dnncing may be set down
as an ass; and the fashion is creatlv coins'
out with the increasing good sense of the
age. Do not say that he who lives at homo,
or frequents clubs in lieu of balls, is a brute,
and has not a proper respect for the female
sex ; on the contrary, ho may respect it mcst
sincerely. He feels that a woman appears
to advantage not among those whom she
can not enro about, but among those whom
she joves. He thinks her beautiful when
she is at homo muking tea for her old father.
He believes her to bo charming when she is
singing a simple song at the piano, but not
when she is screeching at nn evening party.
He thinks by far the most valuable part of
her is her heart ; and a- kind, simple heart,
my dear, shines in conversation better thun
tho best of wit. Ho admires her best in
intercourse w ith her family and friends, and
detests the miserable slip slop that he is
obliged to hear from and utter to her iu the
course of a bull, and avoids and despises such
meetings."
- . - - . - .
O.nk or Till-. PllKDICCKKSOHS OP Wesvov,
the Pkdkstkian. The talk about the pe
destrian feat now accomplishing by YA'cston
revives recollections of no Englishman, Cap
tain Barclay, whose exploits in this line have
never siuoe been approached. In 1790, when
only sixteen, hn walked six miles in nu hour.
Some years afterward, while in training for
a match of ninety miles in twenty-one and
a half hours, lie walked ono hundred and
ten miles in nineteen hours. In December,
1801, he made a hundred miles in nineteen
hours. It is said that hit walked with his
body bent forward, so as to throw the
weight on the knees. His step was short,
and his feet w ere lifted but a few inches from
the ground. His walking dress was about
the same as that worn by Weston.
Hints os Domkstic Economy. Many of
the poor suffer in cold weather for lack of
fuel and bed clothing. The following hints
are offered to such. To increase the warmth
of a bed to tho extent at least of a heavy
quilt, just paste the edges of four newspa
pers together, and place them between the
other covering. Paper is non porous, and
holds animal heat, when combined with
quilts or blankets, better than the latter
alone. Again, for lack of fuel, get the coal
dirt or screenings, which can be had at a
coal-yard for carting owoy, and wetting it
to the sticky consistency, mould it in the
hands into rolls the size of snow-balls ; and
having a fire already made of coal, place
these balls in the stove. Never disturb it
w ith poker or lever, but keep the door closed,
and for weeks a house can be thus wanned
with no other trouble than putting on the
balls. Some families, iu no way compelled to
employ such economy, use little else. Ger
mantoirn Tchgrajih.
uui:vstii:k.
The United States government has sent a
steam fire engine to Alaska. Query: To
melt the ice!
The Allegheny Valley Railway is nearly
completed, and trains will tun on it about
tho middle of November.
The dome of the state house nt Boston has
been painted a light drab color, and no lon
ger looks "like a huge pumpkin ripening in
tho sun."
Grant clubs are being formed all over the
State.
Berks county. Pa., contains 820 square
miles of territory, and about 130,000 inhab
itants. Reading contains 40,000.
Tho Copperheads are recruiting in all
parts of the country, a new secret society,
the sons ol Jackson," as an onset to tlis
Grand Army of the Republic.
John B. Gough, the temperance lecturer,
is going iuto poultry raising quite extensive
ly. He has erected thrcu buildings, each
eighty by sixteen feet, at his place in Boyls-
ton. Massachusetts. lor tne purpose or oreeii-
ing chickens and other, feathered stock, of
w hich be already uas over a thousand speci
mens. A sum of money sufficient to buy a mile
froutage on the Thames river, at New Lon
don. Connecticut, was raised at a meeting
of ritirens in that place, recently. This
ground is to be deeded to the government
for a Navy Yard.
Counterfeit fives on the First National
Bunk of Jackson, Mich., have made their
appearance in Boston.
A coiiipliuiendary dinner was given to
the ex-rctiei uencrai usauregaru, in pi,
Louis, lately.
Over six hundred thousand kegs of lager
beer have been made in Milwaukee during
the present year.
Tho first snow of the season fell in St,
Paul, Minn., and Madison, Wis., on the 20th
of last niontti.
Buffaloes are unusually abundant on the
Plains this season. A party of ton hunters
went out from Fort Hayes and hilled nine
teen, 1 ho other day.
SERIES, VOL. 28, NO. G.
The olilpnf pnltnto In ni,in ... . t. i
, i. ... ...,, mo a sir, Bllll
Mrs. Boyd, at Irouton. He is 110, and she
107.
Large droves of sheep are passing through
Missouri from Pennsylvania, on their way to
Kansas.
A live pickerel was found in digging a
Well. fiftV.fivn foet li..t,o. .,..-. l
i Coldwater, Mich.
A printer in Texas has dubbed his infant
son iirevipr Fulll',,-., tnnoi ft,-, i .:n
" - vHlo, m Mil. vtiy win
earn from a long primer and be a minion of
knowledge.
Mr. Amos Muzzy, of Gardiner, Me., hns
enjoyed the unusual distinction of dodging
a meteorite, which fell within a few feet of
him. He says it looked like a largo ball of
Ore, sounded like a rocket in flight, and left
on the ground a kind of jelly something
like starch. b
The Nashville Diipatch says : "The Mayor
of this city lately received a call from Mr.
"eckcr. Mr. Decker's height is only
ti'irty-oue inches, his weight forty five
pounds, and he is nineteen years of age. He
r,n. . . 10 18 m,le anu K"od.ooking,
and rCntletUHn of most Pltog "'hlress
ana courtly manners."
Tho blond ia . .1.. , , ..
., " . - I'eneuiiy colorless fluid,
peppered with little red disks. It is hard
icrope" UDt"--.it through the
iBever b E"rPC nr U,orc "ous
inn ever ijelorn tTi..,.1K.. . it
;nnlish to.,ri.. t:i.J. '"I V ,p8ust ot
ThSdisciiat i. ?Bua nS"l writer.
. Milwaukee has a new hotel with the tempt
ing name of the "Cream City House." Te
should like to know in what way that
name occurred to tho proprietors.
A man rpppntlp l,ra-n . . ,
CaUSO tllO ladv did nnt nrai.
- r'.w j;vuu convcr-
sational powers. A wicked editor on com
menting on the fact, says : "He should have
married her. and thpn nfi.H i
, : : . u piu uer a
new bonnet, to have developed her powers
of taik."
George W Childs, of Philadelphia, is said
to have offered James Gordon Bennett a mil
lion and a half dollars for the Herald. Ben
nett is considering the offer.
An eel, weighing fourteen pounds nnd
four feet nine inches in length, is exhibiting
in New Bedford, Mass. lie is a rouscr, and
must have outgrown his strength.
A damsel in Boston recently borrowed
five hundred dollars, and gave herself as
"collateral." Tho note hn3 one year to run.
Miss Dickinson lectured on "Idiots nnd
Women" before the Middlesex Mechanics'
Associ-itiou, recently, iu Lowell, Mass.
Tho Williams Manufacturing Comn.inr r.f
Derhara, Conn., makes 100.000 worth of
japnnneu tin ware m a yeur.
The statistics of the corset trado in Bos
ton seem to show that one woman out of
every three over the age of sixteen, uses
theso straight jackets.
Pitholp City, Pa., onco contniniiiff four-
teen thousand inhabitants, polled ninety
two Votes at tho late election.
A new secret society has been established
in Michigan, called "Tho Order of the Sa
cred Temple." Its object is said to be the
moral und intellectual improvement of wo
men. Duly lemales arc admitted.
Messrs. J. Q. and G. T. Deiso left "Wayne
stntion, a few mornings since, for a deer
hunt, at seven and a half o'clock. Bv ten
o'clock they had killed thirty-one rattle
snakes and a spike buck, and got back by
twelve o'clock. The letter giving us this
information, (says the Lock Haven Democrat,)
says they didn't kill half the snakes, but got
sick and couldn't stand it any longer. Snakes
are unusually numerous this year.
Jacob R. Goodman vs. The Pennsvlvania
Railroad Company, was tried iu Lancaster,
last week. Mr. S. sued for damnees fnr Mm
oss of his wife, who was killed while crosa-
ing the ruilroad in a carriage. The jnrv re
turned a VCrdlCt for 8.1o0. At a former
trial $7,500 was awarded, but the Company
obtained a new trial, and got a worse ver
dict for doing so.
Illinois bids fair to be a creat rival of
Pennsylvania in supplying the country with
coal. Nearly the whole State is underlaid
with inexhaustible beds of bituminous coal.
scarcely surpassed anywhere in quality and
thickness ; una as a source ot wealth, it is
rapidly becoming a leading interest. East- 1
em capitalists have already organized some
ot the very largest companies lor working
tiie mines, trom wbieii it is anticipated the
entire West and Northwest will be shortly
supplied with tlie black diamonds.
B. II, Paino, who some years aero wrote a
little book to prove that the negro is not
possessed of a soul, is now in jail in Nash
ville, charged with murder.
Tho three Austrian archdukes who before
18G0 held honorary posts as chiefs of Prus
sian regiments, and who resigned them at
the outbreak ol the war, have resumed them.
Ex King George of Hanover has at last ac
cepted the terms offered by the King of
rrussia. iie gets sixteen million dollars
down, the famous summer palace of llozzen
hausen, and, probably, the two million nine
hundred thousand dollars iu English three
per ceuts.
The Washington Star says the authorities
at tho Arsenal in that city haveerected head
boards over tlio trench In which the bodies
of the assassination conspirators are buried,
bearing tho name or tne persons buried. It
is understood that this is done in compliance
with the orders of the War Department.
A roan in Wisconain baa written to the
Treasury Department to claim the nineteen
thousand dollars lately received there as
supposed conscience money. He says be was
too ill to write before. The Secretary will
scarcely see it in that light, we fancy.
A Texas editor, on being asked how be
get along with his paper, said be bad writ
ten one editorial and shot three mcn in the
previous twelve months.
The Kentucky railroad is nearly comple
ted to the Tennessee state line. It passes
through immense coal beds.
Of one hundred and twelve men drawn for
the jury in a county in Louisiana, but twenty-live
are white men.
Recently quito a number of burglaries
were committed in Harrisburg. Bii dwell
ing bouses were broken open duriog one
night, and attempts made to enter two more
The principal citizens of Minnesota are to
be invited to .Milwaukee on the occasion of
celebrating the completion of the Milwaukee
and r)t. Paul Railway.
The Tuuncsaee legislature has passed a law
giving blacks equal privilcjrs with whin
in all public couvuyance.
The following ere the rate for edTerthlng In the
Amrricar. Those hiving advertising to do will
nod It convenient for reference :
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4. SOI 8,6111 T oil! I1M
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,00 26,00 i,Vi 60.00
Ten line of thii sited tvr rmlnlnni m.b.
square. vu"
!I1" Administrator' and ExecntorV Notices
per line. nesoiuuon. o-, JO oent
Advertisement! for Religioui, Charitable and FH.
oation.l object!, on.-half the above rate, d""
wv M-rouuiwiueu, ana cuarged accordingly.
JSltijral, &c."
Ciillarc or ien,l, OreWUsT
Tho New-York Tribw Mates that the
best peach orchards in Xcw-.lersey are m,t
n corn, till they begin lo bear ; aflr which
they are plowca and harrowed without
planting any crop. Jlone dust is applied at
the rate of about four hundred pounds to
tho acre which somo record aa Mm i.mt
manure, while others prefer manure from
tne yora. 1110 sume paper further states
that when cultivation is not attended to,
the produrUs poor, nnd the business unpro
rltable. This accords with our observations
in all places. No tree is more affected bv
cultivation than the peach when neglected
and encumbered with grass its growth ia
not one-tenth as great as when standing in
clean mellow soil. It is much less labor to
keen n npnrh nrrhnir! it,,.n ......
i l ' ' viviHi, ninu iuc II cvfl
stand bfteen feet apart, than a corn-field,
where the hills are three or four feet spart;
yet no good farmer thinks nf allowing hia
dim in nrlw im n ...... ' : . .....I.:
i.j, i.'t;i(t!.a. I uric ISUUUHUg
to which the old rule, that tbe best way is
tho cheapest, applies more emphatically
than to peach growing. We have measured
one year's shoots, on trees kept well cultiva
ted, that were from three and a half to four
anrl . i...ir r... . . - , ., ..
mu a. unit ii-ei uwjr ; wniic otners, stanaicg
In n.na. n .1 : .. L , , . r f .
u anjatcui., nnu snoots irnm lour lo
eight inches and there was nearly as much
difference as this in the quality of tho fruit.
ISemarksi on Ilrecdinr.
The Rev. II. Berry, in his cxcellant Essav
on Breetling, soys : "A person selecting a
stock from which to breed, notwithstanding
no nns set up lor himsolt a standard of per
fections, will obtain them with qualifica
tions of different descriptions and in differ
ent degrees. In breeding from such ho will
exercise his judgment, and decide where
indispensable or desirable qualities aro want
iug, and will cross with animals with a view
to establish them. This proceeding will be
of tho 'give and take' kind. He will submit
to the introduction nf a trifling defect, in
order that he may profit by a great excel
lence ; and between excellences perhaps
somewhat incompatible, ho will decide on
which is tho greatest and give it the pre
ference. "To a farmer beginning improvement, tlio
best advice is, to get as good a bull as he
can ; and if he has n good one of his kind,
to use him indiscriminately with nil hi
cows, and when by this proceeding, which
ought to be persisted in, his stock ba, with
an occasional change of bull, become suffi
ciently stamped with desirable excellences,
his selection of males should then be made,
to eradicate defects which he thinks it do
sirable to get rid of. Ho will not fail to
keep in view the necessity of pond Nood in
the bulls resorted to, for that will give tho
ODly assurance that they will transmit their
own valuable properties to their offspring ;
but he must not depend on this alone, r ho
will soon run the risk of degeneracy."
SKciritrc thk Leavks. -Tho woods aro
now full of leaves. Indeed they appear to
bo more abundant than ever, but farmers do
not valuo them as highly as we think they
should. For barnyards especially .thev are
profitable to haul in. Tbey are obtainable
too when there is little pressing work on
band. Gathered up in heaps they can b
readily loaded in carts and wagons with
close shelvings by using either a cloth somo
two or three yards square, or with a wooden
rake and the arm. Hogs are very fond of
them for litter, so are cow s ; and lor compost
they are excellent. As oats straw is now
usually fed to cattle and rye straw commands
a high price in tbe market, there is nothing
left for the purpose of littering except wheat
straw. Hence forest leaves should be hold
iu higher estimation that they commonly
arc.
It is a good rule to gather them this
month or early in December, as they are not
quite dry and con be loaded more readily
and larger quantities con bo got on the wa
gon. Germuntovn Ttleyraph.
A number of Pennsylvania ts ore buying
farms in Tennessee, especially in the neigh
borhood of Chattanooga.
REtPES, Ac.
Family Glck. I make my glue in the
following way : Crack up the glue and put
it in a bottle : add to it common whiskey ;
shake up, cork tight, and in three or four
days it cau be used. It requires no hcatinr; ;
will keep for almost any length of time, and
is at all times ready to use except in tho
coldest of weather when it will require
warming It must be kept tight so that the
whiskey will not evaporate. The usual
corks or stoppers should not be used. It will
become clogged. A tin stopper, covering
the bottle, but fitting as closely as possiblo,
must bo used. Germuntovn Telegraph.
Currant Lkaf Tka. Currant leaves,
when green, nre much used by French coun
try people for tea in cases of difficult diges
tion. With sngar this beverage is agreea
ble, aromatic, and possessed of exciting pro
perties. The leaves have been distilled iu
tbe same way as those of peppermint, bolin.
etc., the operation licing stopped when tho
liquid obtained is equal in weight to the
substance employed. They should be han
dled as little as possible, in ordor not to
crush their odoriferous glands. This dis
tilled water is a good vehicle for all sto
machic potations, and will keep two years.
IIoo Cuoleha. Tho Start Journal gives
the following receipt for this disease : One
pound of pure hickory ashes, one pound of
black antimony, two pounds of sulphur, one
half pound of fenngreek, one balf pound or
rosin, one pound of saltpetre, one-half
pound of ginger, two pounds of cream tar
ter, one pint of fine salt. Mil well together.
To prevent the disease, give each hog ooo
table spoonful three times a day. If tbe
bog is so far advanced in the disease as to
render him unable to eat, drench him with
the medicine.
Goon ahd Rich Mikck Meat. Ingredi
ents : Three large lemons, three largee ap
ples one pound of stoned raisins, one pound
of currauts, one pound of suet, two pound
of moist sugar, one ouuee of sliced candied
orange peel, one ouuee of sliced candied ci
tron, and same amount of lemon peel, one
teacupful of brandy, two tablespoonsful of
orange marmalade. Mode : Grate tho rinds
of the lemons, squeeze out the juice, Btrain
it, aud boil tbe remainder of the lemons
until tender enough to pulp or chop very
finely, then add to this pulp the apple,
which should be baked, and their skin and
cores removed ; put in the remaining ingre
dicnts ono by one, and a they are added,
mix everything very thoroughly together,
put tbc tniuce nifut into a atour jar. with
closely fitting lid. and in a lortnight il will
n ready tor use.
runbury, May 15, 18M.-jp