TF.R91M OF TUK "A1HRM1CAJI."
TKHM8 TWO DOLLARS per ' innnm. H M If
not paid within the year. No payer' discontinued
until all arrearage i are paid.
These tortu will be strlotly adhered to hereafter.
If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their news
paper, from the oOloe to whloh they are directed, they
are responsible until thoy hare settled the bill and
ordered them discontinued.
Postmasters will clean aet ai our Agent, and
frank letter! containing subscription money. Tbey
are permitted to do thif under the PoefUffioe Law.
JOB PHINTINO,
We have connected with our establishment a well
iclocted JOB OFFICE, whloh will enable ua to
execute, in the neatest style, every variety of
Printing
The following are the rates for advertising fa the
Aibioaj. Those having adveiUeisf U do will
tnd it convenient for reference :
1MEEICM.
8ise.
Square,
2 ."
i column,
SflBSEf
1 ; .
,10.
7 .(Ml; IJ,l'
16,00 .
20,0(H X,0
b,W 60,0
i
1
Ten lines of this sited type (milieu) iaka one
Auditors', Administrators' and Eaeeutora' HoileM
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY II. B. MASSER & CO., SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENN'A.
JS3.00. Obituaries texeepl me asaai mrgniKtrntoi
which Is free,) to be paid for at advertising rates
m
cent.
Local Notice,
a, Society tteeoiuuone, , iv c
iu, lln.1
Advertisements for Religious, Cbaritableand Edu
cational objects, one-half the above ratea.
Transient advertisements will be pabHrhM antK
ordered to be discontinued, and charged accordingly.
NEW SERIES, VOL. 4, NO. 10.
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 18G7.
OLD SERIES, VOL. 28, NO. 10.
.l.00$I.MSZ,6ftl,M
2,00 8,00 4,60 6,60
,oo s.eo
10,00 14.00
BUSINESS CARPS.
.A.TTOTSTE'Y A.T LAW
North Side of Tubllc Square, one door east of the
Old Bank Building.
SUNBUIIY, PENN'A.
Culleotiunt and all Professional business promptly
attended to iu the Courts of Northumberland and
adjoining Counties.
Banbury. Sept. IS. lh6o.
V. l. uiuker. ' . Kar.
lltornfjra nad Coitnuollorsi at Law,
t'hesnut Street, west of the N. C. and P. ft K. Rail
road Depot, in the building latoly occupied by
V. I.atarus.
SUNBURY PENN'A.
'Collections nud all Profemioiml business promptly
ntlendcd to in Northumberland and adjoining Loun
Mcs. . .P. !
. 1 m '....HHi.lliir fl I I.II'VV
nsr... :,K .i.i.nru.rkal street, five doors East !
of the N. C. Railroad,
SUNBURY, PA,
Will atlnnd ttromntlv to all iirofessionul buiness ,
entrusted to his euro, the collection of claims in I
Not thunibcrland and the adjoining counties.
Suuhury, April 13. 1867. j
II. II. .n.isi:it.
. 4 iinrni'V tit I JIM. SrXIU'HY.
PA
f Nr-
A Collections attended to in the counties
lliomlierland. In loll Miyder, .Montour.
C'luiiihia
and bvcotuing.
iir.rF.iir.xcts.
lion John M. Heed. Philadelphia.
A. O. Uatt'.ll Co ,
Hon. Win. A. Portor. "
Morton McMichacl. Ki. ,
E. Ketcham A Co., 2.-M1 Pearl SirrH. New ork.
John W. Ashmcnd. Attorney at Law,
Matthews A Cox, Attorneys at Law, "
uiibury, March 2W, 18H2.
JACOB SHIPMAN.
FIHE AND LIFE INSURANCE AOENT,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
ItKI'IIF.SKSTS
Farmers Mutual Eire Insuraiicc Co., York Pa.,
.nmborland Vulley Mutuiil Protection Co.,
ew York Mutual Life, tJirard Lite of Phil a. A Hurt
ord Conn. Ooueral Accidi-itN.
.Nuubury, April 7, ly.
W. J. WOLVERTON.
ITTOin ICV AT I. AW,
Market Street, i doors weft of Dr. Eyster'a t-tvoe.
SUNBURY. PKNN'A.
All priifunsionnl business in this and mljoiuiii coun
ties )-roin jitl V attended to.
Sunbury, November I. Hi'1'. Iv
J. R. HILBUSH
SURVEYOR AND C0NVEYANCR
AND
jr.-tick of Tin: 1'i:.ce.
V.ihonoi, Xorthnmhfihntil Comilif. J'lfii'rt
Offi-e'iii Jap.kann towm-hip. I'.iiKBiremenls fan
be made hv letter, rliri-rl-l t" the ul.o i mldrew.
Ml hii'incfe ciuru.tc.l to hi. an-, will ''v promptly
uttendt'd l'
April 22. Hfl7.-1?
V M M. Il'K KKKKI.I.KII. I.LOVnT. HollllBAI'll.
ROCKEFELLER & R0HRBACH.
si m itv. ii:.' .
OFFICE the .ante that has been herclotnn' o eu
pied by Win. M. Ito-kel'eller. Km, , nearly op
p.,.ite lh" rej-i'lenee of Judge Jordan,
riiinliuiy. July I, ltij - ly
i fcolIUK Illl.C !510i P- W.ILVKIITO.V.
HILL, & WOLVERTON.
llori'J' Mini t'oiiiiM'bifaut I.HM .
SUN33UJHY. PA..
ilTILL attend to tlie eolli-ciinn of all kinds of
Y claim., including Back Pay, Bounty mid Pen-
apl. I. 'rtft.
EDWIN A EVANS,
ATTORNEY -A.T X.A.W
Market S(uure, near the Court lliiuec,
SUNUIT'Y, Northumberland County. Pa,
'.OlUttici'i promptly attended to in tliu and adjoin
inj5 Counties.
.y.psiiits. iv.
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
JArtvriwv Al lmaifHriH
lS SMwtViT AlluritO 4tr .oi-Iihiii-Ix-rliiiiil
foanl y.
euulmry, March Cil, JSCd. ly
B ) J C ST F 0E SOLDIERS.
HAVE made arrangeuieoU in Washington Ci'.v.
1 ftW the prompt collection uf Bounty under the
late Act of Congress. I have also received the pro
per blanks to prepare the claims. Soldiers entitled
... .1.... !.... ai...l.l nniilv ii,ii,iLiliale.lv. a it 14 f-
fll uir Mu.; v .- - -
Winnted Ibattt will reouue three years to i'liu'tiill I
the claim.
All il. lien who eulisted for three years and h
June nut received more than f 1 110 bounty are entitled
to trie benenis oi mis an, a won "i'i'vir u.i
havo enlisted for three years and discharged alter a
orvico ot two vears. ny reason oi sum, itcmra.
lUieuiue couiracuu iu line m mo . "r re, i.u. u.
LLOYD 1 ItUllltllACII
SmAtwr. Auguft ljMsrth.
if A. C O 33 O 32- 23 C K
MERCHANT TAILOR,
And Dealer in
CLOTHS, CASS1MKUKS. VKSTIXO, c
l a vvn lr-l. koiiIIi enVravrrt'
llol-l.
BUNBU BY F A.
March SI
i si ASiioi.TZ. c. H uoi.vEaros, c. r. sM.noi.r
COAL! COAL! COAL !
T
MIE subscribers j-cKjiectfully inl'.nn tlieeJtrons oi
Suubury and vioiuif-, tuav wy t--.u
COAL YARD
t J Haaa A Co i Lower Wharf. Kunhiiry, I ii.
where they are prepared to supply all kind, of Sha
mokiu Coal, at cheap rates. Families uud others
promptly supplied. Country custom respectfully
aolieited. .... .1.ASI10L1 L X
Bunbury, Jan. 12, IW
JN0. KAY CLEMENT,
TXT
Business lu this and lutjoiuimj eounuos car.iu..j
aud promptly at t tended to
... .- - ..!!..
Offic
ID aiaraoi fv., "'"-.
A Oenlher Htovo ami Tiuaaro Mrc,
Mil ICY FU.VVA.
COAL! COAL!!
COAL!!!
en. a a T OB
Ksller
mter
Win n: RKU AKH tO Us
lo every variety.
Hole Agenu, wustward, of the Celebrated Henry
Clay Co LowIiR wAIiri Sl it-r, Tl
Sunbury, Jan. 13, lb6.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALEB
ia every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL,
Upper Wbrf, BITNBUBY, Ponn'a.
iy Order solicited aed Ued wib premptne and
Puncv, .1. D. Je.
JAMES.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, SUNBUIIY, PA.
Office In the second story of Dewart's building, ad
joining the Democrat office, on the north side of
Market Square.
Will attend promptly to the collection of olaims
and other professional business Intrusted to his care,
in Northumberland and adjoining counties.
November 1, ltJttf.
C. A. REIMENSNYDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, SUNBURY, PA.
All business entrusted to his fare attended to
promptly and with diligence. iel,l Hl
S. .". Wkbkii, Job Rixki b.
AKCIl STREET, between Third and Fourth Street
iiii..iii:iriiiA.
WKBKR 4 KtNKMJ. Proprietor..
June 29, l7. ly
ADDISON 0 MARE,
A T T O R N K Y A T L A W,
SHAMOKIN. Northumberland County. Pa.
j LI. biiinc attended to with promptness ana
i diligence.
' Minmokiu, Aug. 1. 1W7. ly
Dr. CHAS. ARTHUR,
5l)omcropat!)ir 13ijnsirian.
iradiiiiteof the Ilonirt'opathie Medieal Col lego of
Pennsylvania,
flrrii r. Market Square oppnite the Court Houeo
SI'XItl llV, PA.
"fliee Hours 7 to 0 morniiig : 1 to afieriioon ;
7 to It nulling. May IS.
DB. J. S. ANGLE,
C"1 It A L'l ATE of Jefferson Medical College, with
JT five vears practice, ofl'ers his professional ser
vices to the citizen or Kunhury and vicinity will
attend all culls promptly
OFFICE over Thacher's Store, in Pleasants' build-
iiilf, Market .Siuare.
tlrt ii E Iloi its I IrouiH to 10 A. M.
( 2 to i P. M.
Sutiburv. April 27, 107.
AMBROTYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH
GALLERY
Corner Market A Fawn Street, SUNBURY, Pa.
S. liYKRI.Y, PitnntiKToii,
Photograph. Ainbrntypcs and Melnlnotypes taken in
the bsl style of the art. apl. 7, 1
UiNION HOTEL-
411 A. I TXICIi. IiMriMor.
lu Cako's Addilii n to Sl'XIiURY, near tho Penn n.
Railroad Company's Shops.
PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT HOARDERS,
kept who will find ample aeeommodations. Utaal
cooks and waiters. Iwarders eau enjoy the quiet cum
forts of home with fare equal to the best hotels.
His LbUurs nro of the elioieest kinds.
Sunbnry, June , ISH7.
Mount Carmel Hotel
MT. CAH11EL, Nortlmniberlnnd Co., Pn.,
T11"S. Ill lfKKT. l'ltofltiKTOK.
' Till- liirr comti o ii.'ii Hotel is located near the
I depotf of the Sha kin Valley and the (Juakake A
I New York Railroads. Traiusiirrivc and depart dul y.
, This huuse is locati'd in the centre ot the Coal Re
' gion nud aftord? thebestaecoiiiiii'"lntiousto travelers
i and permanent c'l'loinrrs. jay
GIRARD " HOUSE,
CHESTMT STREET. I'lllLADELPlflA.
1
1HH well known Hotel, fittrito near the corner
of Ninth .V CueMlut Wreets. I'hiliulelpdm, is. on
I aecount of it. superior locution and excellent nceoiu- j
1 . r.. .. 1 . ... 1 1- I.. .1.1.. ...- 1
uodatious, one of the hot and most do-irabio stop'
ping places in the city.
11 11. W. i AXAt: A, Proprietor
lVbimiry Id.
I mI?. I'm
HOOK BINDERY.
JOHN HERMAN,
Murth Mill street. J'ANVILLE, PA.,
IS prepared to Hind Books, Papers. Magazines
Music, lu., in any style that may be d cm red, ut
cheaper rales than can be done ill the cities.
rr "rder. left ut this Office, iil receive prompt
attention. oct.l'J,'U7
To mill I'liiiry jSow1m!
" .1 O II N 1) O I, L,
No. j('2 Market Street. Philadelphia. Importer of
lierinau and French TOYS AND FANCY ARTI
CLES, just received a' i ry large assortment of all
kinds of
Toy. China. Ware, Canes. Pipes. Harmonicas, Mur.
hl. Slates, Pencils. Maks, Baskets,
and aire, a variety of U AMES, Ac, in.
Country Merchant ill please examine my
Slock.
Oolober.'', IV.7.- ''.in
Pensions Increased, j
Tt' late Act of Congress gives additional pay to
lite following I'viisionc. vu : !
To time who have lost the sight of both eyes,
r iaith ltml. nt totally disabled so as to require con-
Maul aileiidancn. the rum ot uu per mourn.
2d To IhoM bo hat e loel bom leet, or are loiauy
I jij.,),!,,,! i ii,r moil; , a.- to require couidaut attend
i g.,., th imou nt t:o tai.
, n,, who have l"t one hand or one foot,
. r an m diwibb-d a l renrter tnem uuable to par
l form mi'uual labor I'd per month, and other
1 ca.se. in jiroporlion.
The Mili.crilM-r is duly prepared for the immcdiato
' i.vuiMin nu'iit ol these elaims.
,s. B. YER, Att'y at Law.
Soiil'iirv. .lune Ifi. Irtott.
OUOCEillES,
: Provision, and Flour
y & Feed Store.
luWeimct .sunning. aier cireei, near ivmg si.,
Ni.'K'' 111 MIIEH LAND, PA., "
INFORM their ;rils and the public generally
llial thev have l.Vge assortment of Oroceriea
Provision.. Ac, all frch nnd of the best quality, con
i.tiug of Teas, Coffee., tfu jars, and Spices.
Dried and Canned Fruits, Prunes, Raisini, Cheese,
and Crackers, and in Tact everything usually
kept iu the Urocery ;ne.
?h-v would also call attention to their large and
cheap W of Oood FAMILY FLOLR, Green Tea,
Hams, Shoulders, Ae , which are eomruntly kept on
hand. AIM, all kinds of Vegetables, Jo., Ac.
(live tbeta a eall auu sea lor y""
Northumberland, sept. 23, M7.
CARPENTERS."
will
linJ in our establishment a superior noes
of I'lauos. sietrs. Augers, Hatchets, Uammert,
File
Chisels, 4 ... e , tor , C0NLEV A qq
NEW GOODS,
Hiaa LOUISA 8HI9SLEB,
h .ide of Market Pquare, BUNBURY, Pa-,
HAS Just returned from tba olty with a large,
handsome aud cheapest aasortiuent of Paruuja
.tvlee of Udiee1 aod Muwiee' UaU and Bonnets i
"'T "7.1.. uu.li,. n.llxrm. Princess. Alaska,
mtnWi, Tirbaj., .to. Al,
SaoqueV, Brakft Shawls, Zephyr-knU 8-a.ues,
ttrY, velvet., .ilk., laec, orn.met.ui, Ttiwmln,
i ' -! i... v,ia. both Laoa and Urena-
J.!?5."iJrffia MM Collar.
B""..7rf"pfumerT, aad all
aoodTusually kept ia a well furniebed ablWimeiit.
nMkfulLriul favor, aha hope.
desire lo please the public, tne eonuuuaow.
patronage. ,
LPt'I'vA EH1SSLER.
T. II.
PURE LAGER BEER!
POUTKR AKD Al.i:,
... From the
Cold Spring Brewery,
SUNBURY, PA.
JOSEPH EACHEK.
RESPECTFULLY Informs the public generally,
that be is prepared to furnish
LAGER BEER,
l'ORTER AND ALK
n large or small quantities. His facilities for mak
ng Beer cannot be excelled, and is pronounoed stipe
rior toany other offered in Central Pennsylvania
It has also been recommended by physicians as a
healthy drink fur invalids.
Hotels, Restaurants nd private families supplied
at short notice.
Bunbury.Sept 21, I S67.
All kinds of fCHOOL BOOKS,
Slates, Pens, Ink, Paper, Ac
Miscellaneous Books, a good assort-
lnent. All uio new uooks receivcu
as soon as published, ai.d for sale at
Publishers pricos.
lillil.KS, Prayer Books and Hymn
Hooks, in every style nf binding.
Catholic Prayer Hooks.
FAMILY BIBLES in vnrious stylos
DICTIONARIES of all sites.
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Juveniles and Toy Books, a large
assortment
IllmiW llooksi
Forms of all kinds.
Foolscap. Legal Cap,
Note Papers.
COPYING BOOKS,
d Blank
Letter and
Inkstands
Pen Hacks, Files, Paper, Cutters and
Counting House Stationery generally.
PHOTOORAPH
and dear.
ALBUMS cheap!
Hold Pens and Holders.
Pocket Books and Bill M allets.
Picture Frames.
Stereoscope and Yiews, American,
French, Ac.
Drawinir Paper, nil sites, Bristol
Board, Ac.
Diaries, Mcmornnduui Books, del
Backgammon Boards, Uamcs, Chess-!
men, Ae.
Toys a large and complete assortment.
Ba-e-Ball and Hals. Fishing Rods
nnd Tackle. i
Perfumes, Brohcmiun nnd Parisian
Marbles, Ac. 1
Uold Pens re-pointed.
Lamps, Chides, U lubes, Chimneys,
Ac
Wall Paper and Uorder. all kinds.
Wiudow Curtains, Puncr (jilt and
Oiled. I
Muric and Musical Instruments.
fp'All kinds of Books nnd Stationery not on
hand
promptly ordered.
All tho Daily nnd Weekly Tapers and Magaiines.
Agent fortho "American Organ."- Also for "La
Rose's Hair Restorative," Enamel ofAmerica, and
"National Steam Navigation Company. :'
.Sunbury, May 18. 1S7.
VAMAUI-K
PROPERTY FOR SALE.
THE subscriber oflors for salo the valuable proper
ty now occupied by himself, on the corner of
Second and Walnut street, Sunbnry. Tho lot is on
Inch ground and has a front of 9(1 feet on Walnut, nnd
2.10 feot on Second streut. Tho improvements are a
new and well-romtructcd
TWO-STORY BRICK HOUSE,
42 feet on Walnut and 51 on Second streets, with a
lramo Kitchen Id by 22, with an excellent Cistern i
1 .1.- I.' I ...J utl I .Antka. MMMMrff .1111 Utllfll
! in the Kitchen, and all the other necessary and usual
Outbuildings, including good Stabling, the premi
I ses are handsomely locatod with a good Garden and
I excellent fruit. Possession to bo given on the fir.-t
of April next.
For terms apply to Wm. M. Rockefellor A L. T.
Rohrback, Ewirs.,' or the subscriber.
1 P. W. (Ill AY.
Nunbury. ept. 21, 1R07 .tin
4ii:i:ir.s ioit r .ie,ii:
'! ' Iiiiilr-ll"'niri-piilln
lor 4'liurrli or 4'oaiiiiiuniou
Pll-OM'.
ALSO,
EXCELLENT FOR LADIES AND WEAKLY
PERSONS.
VJ.yiCVARDS, NEW JERSEV.
HVKKU'fi POUT URAFU WISH.
FOUR TEARS OLD.
This justly celebrated native Wine is made from
the juice of tho Oporto Orapc, raised in this country.
Iu iuvaluablo
I onic A: Mi-onftllieuisis FroertIe
. i i .. A,kn nnhi'i, win. Ueinff
Aro unsurpajaeu oy nj vi.v. ........ - - -
the pure juice of the grape, produced under Mr.
K.,.,r'. own nersonal supervision, its purity and
aenuinoneas are guaranteed. Tho youngest cn.iu
It is, iu every respect.
A WINK Til Hi1, lifcliitu
Invalids use SHEER'S HOHT ORAPE WINh.
Female use SHEER'S PORT OKAPK WINE-
Weakly persons find a benefit by lis use.
SPEER S WINES in hospitals are preferred to
other winea.
rjs-Sold by all Druggists and uroocra.
ATBPEER'H VINEYARD, New Jersey. Office,
2H BROADWAY, New York.
For sale by W. A. DBSMSII, eunnury, ra.
Oct. 26 ly.
ARCH STREET FOUNDRY !
J. YOUXUMAN, Proprietor.
Art-la HI., between 3d and Alb, rloao
- to tbe Public tic-hoot House,
SUNBURY' PENN'A.
THE nronriotor of this establishment respectfully
inform, the public thai he has commenced the man
ufacture of Cooking and Heating
3T07I3I
hich he will eell at lower priee. then they ean be
nKtinad elsewhere.
MILL Gearing, etoVaa, and tbe largest oianoi
Callings made promptly to oraer.
AUo, Window Weight., Frame, and QraUa for Cel
lar Windowa, Ae.
Cast Iron Chimney Top.
WATER TROUGHS DOOR BTEl'S.
A liberal priee paid for old ea.ting.
TUK CELEURATED LIVERPOOL PLOW, luv
ii manufactured at Ibiaeatablishmont. Also
Stove Orate. of ell kind., Kettle., and every variety
lljjjfiwt i
may partake oi iu gsnmuu. h ,-- . "
... i...ii,i .uv iimk it to advantage. It li partlou
...uihiu Bawl inn WMI
ly beneficial to the aged and debilitated, and auited
ti the various ailment, that afflict tho weaker aex.
of small castings
bunbury, Oct 4, 1T
MISCELLANEOUS.
The k"n t nitty or Overwork.
It is said that the (inaacinl crash of 1837
killer! thirteen B'ink Presidium in the city
nf New York. The; were nut all crushed
to denth Instantly, Some were, and they
were dug nut of the ruins only to lie buried.
Others survived several months. They drag
ged their shattered frames ubnut from place
to !nct. Some crossed the oceun, nud
wandered in foreign lands, seeking rest nud
Bnding none, rjome lived on n year, two
years, or more, wrecks indeed of what they
liuve been, "dying At tho top," as Dean
Swift suid he should die, and as lie did.
Ferbnps the number thirteen is an exagge
ration. Perhaps it should not bo stuted at
a dncn. 15 nt more than that number of
business men, men of finance and standing,
on whom great burdens of responsibility
ami anxiety rested, succumbed to that storm,
And nre now at rest in their graves. At
this moment, many men of high position in
commercial mid professional lil'o- tnerclinnts,
bankers, ministers, lawyers, and some phy
sicians nre traveling in Europe in quest of
repose of mind, relaxation from the cares of
business, who have gono ton late. A friend
of ours, recently returned, lins mentioned
the names nf gome he met abroad who nre
searching in vuiu for a new lease of life.
They are dying nt the top. One is from .
He began iu trade in that city less than ten
years ago. lie was prosperous from the
start. As the grain wag poured into his
granaries, the gold or the greenbacks flowed
into his colters. Riches increased, nnd he
snt his heart upon them. The more he had,
the greater hi greed for more. He guvo
his mind to his business all day and most of
the night. lie had smnll time to sleep, and
none to pray, lid is now sick nnd weak.
In the prune t lite, in the midst nl Ins
days, he was threatened with softening of
the brain. lie is dying nt the top. A New
York merchant is over with his family.
They and a man servant and a courier tako
enre of him, nnd lead him from city to city
nnd land to land. They were in Paris in
the early summer, nnd nt a German water
ing place later, and will winter in Italy or
Egypt. He hns no p.iin, and denies that he
is out of health. But others have to do his
thinking, and they lent! him "whether he
would or not," fur he is only n child in their
hands. By and by paralysis will tako him
as he sits in his chair after dinner, and the
family will bring him home ns freight. He
is not dead now, but he is dying at the top.
Fifty clergymen, perhaps more, have gono
from the United States witlm? the last six
months, becnusc they were overworked
or they overworked themselves. It conies
In the same thing. Their people got out of
them all they could get, nnd asked for more.
They save their people all they could give,
land wanted to give them more. Perhaps
as many lawyer, politicians, men in vnrious
I departments of nctivc life, have been com
pelled, for the same reason, to suspend their
' labors and seek in a foreign land a respite
from that intense application to business
which hn threatened them with a prema
ture burial. There are more men thus
j driven t death in America than in nny
other coiintrv. We nre the hardest-worked
people, on earth. The rush of mind in this
C(ln,r.. jH unexampled abroad. In England
.' - . n .
and nn tin) continent of Europe there is
mental competition and activity, nnd rivalry
and proed, anil ureat industry and earnest
j devotion to useful labors, and men accom
I plish prent things and aim at more; but they
! nre not in such haste to be rich, nnr so fierce
in tho pursuit of cond, nor so restless in
their ambition. You may see the difference
in the street, as men walk In their several
'railings. Here they jo with a rush as if
they were to be ruined if not at the place of
business ill time. Four thousand merchants
1 on the same floor in Hamburg present a
, widely different spectacle from tho same
number in New York. In no city but ours
! could an exchange be opened for business in
I the evening. Our people are iu such haste
I to do what is to ' be done, and nre so fearful
j that others will no ahead of them in the race,
. that thev saeriliee health mid life in the pur
suit of what is often of no ut.8 to them after
i they have pot it. for they are then hopeless
' invalids or dead men. Aeic lork Obierrer.
lMxeoTd-y of PhoHpbntea.
Immense deposits of valuublo phosphates
have been discovered on the plantations
hitherto considered of little value, Btrctch
ing idling the hanks of Ashley river, a few
miles above Churleaton, S. C. The Charles,
ton JVctM cives the tullotaiii" additional
particulars :
Tho deposits referred to extend alon the
bunks of the Ashley river for miles, and con
sist of di ciiniposed lumen and other animal
mutter, solidified until they have attained
the consistency of suit stone. Home samples
have been found to contain Irom CO to 73
per cent, of pure phosphates, and there is
every indication that the whole bed is form
ed of manure which is more valuable than
the Peruvian guano, which sells at $'J0 per
ton. The depoi-its cover many square miles,
and tuny pi ' luce tens of millions of dollars.
Charleston, thtough her munure beds, may
become linger ami more wealthy than Xew
York or ew Orleans. Specimen of this
marl or deposit wero tnkeu to Philadelphia
and shown to the ircbidunts.and ollicers of
the large tertiliztug works in that city.
They immediately uttructrd attention, as on
beins subjected to a close analysis tbey
showed a very large percentage of phosphate
of lnnc, and a imuiug and manutacturing
company was at once organized, all the
stock; being iukcd anu paia in.
Tub Ut'BTOM. jjunng a severe storm a
raft of choice lumber was broken up by
wiud and sea, and driven up a harbor,
where a portion was stranded on tbe shores
belonging to a citizen who was new to the
location aud perhaps unacquaiuted with the
law a and customs relating to estrayi of the
kind. Straightway be applied his beasts of
burden to the prize, and bavins hauled it
into hie field betook lumscit to bis noonday
refreshment. Meantime the proprietor of
the lumber appeared with bis men, and In
a short time had the material in the form of
a raft, which they were propelling through
the water, when the owuer of the land an
peared upon the back, surprised at the
turn affairs bad taken, he paced the strand
for a while, and then raised bta voice.
Mr. P ," said be, "what ia tbe cut
torn here regarding lumber that comes to a
man's shore t"
"Well," said T , applying himself
vigorously to bit setting pole, "the custom
appears to be to steal it."
Heaven rarely grauts to tbe same man tbe
gift of thinking well, speaking will and
acting well at all times,
A. Klde In the Sen t rs of Paris,
But a few of the Americans who visit
Paris, know cf the opportunity which may
be afforded them to visit the very extensive
sewerage of Paris, and examine its system.
Receiving cards of invitation, we stationed
ourselves near the tower of St. Jacques, at
an iron trap door, and the party were soon
culled upon to descend. Not knowing of
the modut operandi of gefting into these
dark regions below, we all felt as if were
goiug to "tako a leup in the dark," but what
was our surprise to find elegantly Cted up
enrringes or cars, lighted by four large globe
lamps ut each corner ! These cars contained
twelve persons each, and there were five of
them, muking sixty persons, which is the
limit of. the number invited atone time.
Of course our ride was limited to the large
tunnel or main sewer, which was about
twenty feet high and fifteen wide. The cars
run on a six font gauge track, and ore push
on n down grade by two meu to each car.
The water sewerage or drain is below,
and is from six to eight feet deep, so that
small boats can be towed all the way, and
has down grade enough to muke quite a
current. We rode by tliis train of cars
across t lie Boulevard Scbastopol, to the head
of the Rue Uivoli, alongside the palace nnd
Tuillcries' gardens to the Place Concord, a
distuncc of more than three miles, where we
disembarked into bouts, and sailed under
the whole leugth of Rue Royalu, coming out
by the side of the Church of the Madeline.
All along this main channel lire openings of
trnp doors covered with grutings at the head
of each cross street, which nre marked by
the names of the streets on tho side of the
tunnel. By this means complete ventilation
is secured. On the top of the tunnel arc
two large iron pipesin which passes through
the lrcsli water supply lor tho city one
from the aqueducts and artesian wells, the
other from the water pumped up from the
river Seine.
There are also three lines of telegraph
wires inclosed in lead pipes. It is well
known that these great sewers are built for
a double purpose, and one is for the under
ground transportation of troops in the time
ofun insurrection or wur. By this means
Napoleon can transport, secretly, troops
from one part of the city to the other, sud
denly appearing upon the ground ut almost
nny point. The telegraph would alsn be
serviceable on such occasions. Besides this
navigable sewer which is fitted up especially
for pleasure tiiju, there are smaller sewers
running under tweuty-five of the principal
streets, and the whole length of the sewer
age ot Paris, large and small, including that
under construction, I was informed, is over
three hundred miles in length, and by these
means the drainage ot Paris is effected on
u magnificcut scale, nnd far surpasses the
subterranean wonders ol undent Itouie.
VarU Correspondence.
Uooks in a Familt. Give us a house
furnished with books rather than furniture.
Both if you can. but books nt any rate. To
spend several days in a friend's house uud
hunger for something to read, while you are
treading on costly carpets, and sitting down
on luxurious chairs, and sleeping upon down,
is as if one were bribing your body for the
suke of cheutiug your mind. Hooks am the
windows through which the soul looks out.
A house without books is like a room with
out windows. A book is good company : it
is full of conversation without loquacity. It
talks to you, not through the ear, but ano
ther WHV.
The Ki.astic Eoo. Take a good and
sound egg, place it in strong vinegar, and
allow it to remain twelve hours ; it w ill then
become soft nnd elastic. In this state the
egg can be squeezed into a tolerably wide
mouthed bottle when in it should be cov
ered with water having some soda in it. In
a tew hours this preparation will restoie the
egg nearly to its original solidity, alter which
the liquid slioukl be poured oil, and the
bottle dried. Keep it as a curiosity, to puz
zle your friends for an explanation how tho
egg was laid in the bottle.
I.nuajiitants or an Oysteh. Observa
tions with a microscope have shown that
the shell of an oyster is a world occupied by
an innumerable quantity uf small animals,
compared to which the oyster is a colossus.
The liquid enclosed between the shells of an
oyster contains a multitude of embryos cov
ered w ith traticpareti.t scales, w hich swim
withciiae; a hundred and twenty of these
embryos, placed side by side, would not
make an iuch in breadth. This liquor con
tains ulso a great variety of atiirnalcuhu, five
hundred times less in sir.e, which give ont a
phosphoric light, let besides these louabl
ants ol this ilwelling, there arc also turee
distinct species ot worms.
Brazil anticipates this year the largest
harvest ot cotlee ever gathered.
Kitro clveerine was discovered in 1847 by
an Italian chemist named bombrero.
The stock of flour now in New York is es
timated at half A million of bancls.
Viho is wise ? Uu that is teachable. Who
is mighty 1 Ha that couqtiers himself. Who
is rich ? He that is contented. Wuoisuoq
ored ? He that honorelh others.
Love cannot exist in the heart of a wo
man unless modesty is its companion, nor in
that of man unless honor is its associate.
There was a Feuian ball at Norwich,
Conn., U'centlv, at which generals and
colonels appeared in full uuiiorm of
I. It. A.
A "bellows" fish wss caught at New Lon
don, Coon., the other day, six feet long, and
wtitrliHiL' tour hundred and titty pouuds.
His mouth was eighteen inches wide, ami
full ot sharp teeth.
Lurce beams of decaved wood, like cedar.
with numerous sea shells, have been found
forty feet below the surface of the ground
in (Jonnesviuc, iuii., wuuu cogging to my
railway track.
There is an old gentleman living in uiare
moot county. 111., who believes that the
earth is flat, aud that the duuioctatio parly
it the only hope of tbe country.
A farmer in Wisconsin raised seven acres
of bops this season, and made a clear profit
of seveu thousand dollars.
The sheriff of one district In South Caro
lina baa Bix teen hundred executions fur non
payment of taxea in bis bauds,
japan has shipped 1,000,000 pounds more
tea to New York this year than last, all
coming thither direct except 100,000 pouuds
by way of Han jrrancisco,
Josh Hillings, in bis advice to a young
lady at to bow the should receive a proposal,
savs: "You ouaht tew take it klud, look
ing down bill with an expreehuu about half
tickled and balf acart. After the pop ia over,
if ytira luvyer wants tew kiss you 1 don't
think I would say yes or no, nut let tuc t ning
kind of take lit own course.
A lady in Rhinobcck was recently rending
to her child a boy of seven years of age a
story of a little fellow whose father was taken
ill and died ; whereupon the youngster act
himself diligently to work to assist in sup
porting his mother. When she had finished
the story, the following diuloguo ensued :
Motlier Now, my little man, if pa was to
dio would'nt you work to help your mother?
Bey (Not relishing the idea of work.)
Why ma, what for t Aiu't we got a good
house to live in t
Mother O, yes, my child ; but wo can't
eat the bouse you know. .
Boy Well, ain't we got flour, and sugar,
and other things, in the store room t
Mother Certainly we have, my dear, but
they will not last long, and what then !
Boy Well, ma, ain't there enough to last
until you con get another husband t
An old bachelor remarks that, though the
scripture says "tho glory of a .woman is in
her hnir," it nowhere says that the glory of
any woman is in any other woman's hair.
Weston having reached his destination, an
amateur pedestrian makes tho following offer
in a Western paper :
"I will walk with any good-looking girl,
who has a fortune in her own right, upon
any given moonlight night, both parties to
go as slow as they please, and neither to
hurry back to the starting-point. I will
then, on the word, walk into her affections,
and walk off with her fortunes."
Tale op a Purp.
Oh, the pup, tho beautiful pup !
Drinking his milk from his china cup,
Gamboling around so frisky and free,
First gnawing a bone, then biting a flea,
Jumping,
Kunning
After the pony,
Beautiful pup, you'll soon bo Bologna.
Ob, tho pup, tho beautiful pup t
With his tail in the air, and his nobe turned
up,
Was thrown one day into the dogman'scart.
And almost broke the narrator's heart,
As it howled,
Growled,
Scratched with its feot,
Beautiful pup, you aro now mincemeat.
CORRESPONDENCE.
(From our Special Correspondent.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, D. C, December 9, 1867.
Friend Wilrert :
The great humbug impeachment
is dead, and Andrew Johnson is safe to hold
his scat until March 4, 1800. On last Satur
day after tho preliminary business of the
House had been gone through with, the
Speaker stated that tho business next in
order was the resolution for tho impeach
ment of the President. After a deal of filli
bustering, calls of tho House, and a caution
by the Speaker that there should be no man
ifestations of approval or disapproval by
persons iu the galleries, (for which they
would be immediately puniahed,) a vote was
taken, which resultcd.as follows : For im
peachment, 07; against, 108. Sixty-eight
Iiepublicaus voted to save Mr. Johnson
they saying they thought there was scarcely
sufiicieut evidence for impeachment; most
of them being lawyers, perhaps went on
the principle of a Judge s charge, "to
live
all doubts in favor of the prisoner."
There Is a great ditlereiice ol opinion in
regard to this question, both for and against,
but thero is a certainty if Mr. Johnson had
held any other high position, and committed
hut half the deeds, he would have been
kicked out of office, head over hcela. It was
tho Presideut of tho United States that tho
people respected, nnd Congress did not like
to show to tho world that a man in whom
the great Republican party had reposed so
much confidence as to give him the highest
office in the gift of the nation, could commit
deeds that would warrant bis impeachment.
There was a large amount of testimony taken
betoro the Judiciary Committee, some twelve
hundred pages, book-form, aud a portion of
it of so black a character that it is unfit for
publication in a newspaper, particularly that
part relating to the celebrated Mrs. Cobb,
winch proved ttiat ms hignnets, even bciore
the war was ended, instead of "mounting
barbed steeds ' and attending to the "stern
alarums ot war, could "gailv nimble in a
ladva chamber, to the lucivious blessings
of a lute."
There is no doubt but that tho Secretary
of tbe Treasury will bu stopped in cancelling
notes and contracting tue currency. Air.
Schenck, on Saturday, reported back, from
the Committee on Ways and Means, the bill
declaring that "trom and atter its passage,
tbe authority of the Secretary to make any
reduction in the currency by retinue or can
celling United States notes is suspended."
Tins is designed as a measure to relieve tue
existing striugence, until some definite finan
cial policy shall be decided upon. Un eU-
nesday last the House repealed the two and
one-half per cent, on cotton.
Mr. Miller, tuu representative lroin our
district, is a hard working member, always
busy, not so mucu so, however, but that he
is williug to converse with a constituent, or
do any favor for him that lies within his
power. ISuing iu the gallery on one or two
occasions, I uoticed Mr. Miller in bis seat, and
from the gathering of members around him,
I coucludetl he was one of the responsible
members of this Cougreas. Tho tame may
be said of the llou. 11. L. Cake, representa
tive from the Schuylkill and Lebanon dis
trict, who, although a young member, has
already made his murk, and, continuiug as
be has commenced, will make a shining star
of which his constituency may well tcel
proud.
1 lie uovvruuieni i nniiug uuice, in wincu
I am eugaged, is the best conducted estab
lishment, of the kiud, in thu United States.
In it, all the work necessary to a book is
completed. Priutiog, press-work, folding,
stitching and binding, tiuished in an elegant
book, is dune in the one buildiug. Hon.
John D. Dcfrtes, Superintendent, appointed
by Congress, is the accomplished gentleman
wbo is responsible lor too carrying out oi
the instructions of the Senate and House,
iu the performance of Cuisbiug tho large
amount of work necessary to preserve the
Acts .passed by them, lie is In tho office
continually, aud Carefully attends to tbe
duties of bis appointment, o. 1(. Laturop,
his efficient foreman, is the man in the right
place. He understands his duties well, and
ucrforms them in a degree pluasiug to those
under biui, and with satisfaction to bis chief
and tbe government. I speak ot bun from
my observation as an employee in the office,
and do him but simple justice when I say
he it worthy of tbe situation.
There are tome two hundred printers
working there, besides bookbinders, press
men, folders, stitchers and laborers in all,
over ail hundred iersons. Sixty presses,
driven by steam power, aro running rwry
1 day nnd part of each night, (Sunday except
cd,) doing an immense amount of work.
One press, the "Bullock," is the wonder ol
the age. It is capablo of working off fifty
thousand copies in eight hours, and does it,
too, every day. When you consider the
exactness with w hich book wnfk must be
done, to muke a "good luipreaaion," "per
fect justification," and tho delay necessary
to steam power, it will be allowed that it
power is truly wonderful. This pros is dif
ferent in its feeding from any yet manufac
tured. It is done by one continuous roll of
paper, cut to suit the size of the form by ma
chinery as it passes through the press, aud t
tho same time is "wet dowu" by a sprinkler
placed over the paper, at a point befora it
reaches the knives.
Washington has been pay thus far iu the
season. The play, balls, concerts and
ladies' fairs give the go6d people plenty of
opportunities to spend their money. For
so short a period, four weeks, a I have been
in thiB city, I have never known so many
ttari to be ia one place ns there is in this
city of "magnificent dititanccs." We have
Murdoch, Lady Don. Mrs. Lander, Maggie
Mitchell, Hackctt, the celebrated Falstaff,
and next week Forrest, the world renowned
and Philnde'phia's favorite, is to trod tho
hoard of the National. Of balh, I had tho
pleasure (through the kindness nf my par
ticular friend of the Treasury Department)
of doing the "light fantastic toe" to my full
satisfaction, at a soiree given by the U. T'a,
an association of young gentlemen well de
serving of their naine, Union Trumps. Soma
who are not of their kind, jealously call them
Upper Tens.
With respects to all acquaintances and
regards for yourself, I remain,
Yours, fraternally,
ii. n. w.
iti,ciii:s, &r.
CinitAST Buss. Mix well together one
ounce of sweet yeast with a "pint of new .
warm milk, and add us mucli flour as will
form a thickiah batter, well mixing it in.
Throw a double or thick cloth over the pan,
and let it stand where the warmth of the
fire will reach it without heating. When
perfectly risen, which will toko perhapa an
hour and a half or two hours, and which
may bo ascertained by bubbles appearing on
the top, add a little" tnlt, pounced sugar,
and flour sufficient to form it into a light
dough, currants, caraways, nutmeg, or other
spices being thrown in at discretion. Let
it stand some time to riso again, beat it up
with a spoon, and put it into cups or tin
pans slightly buttered for bukiug. The
oven should be a quick one, nnd the buns
be baked until the outside becomes well
browned. To muko a richer kind; lesa
milk should bo used and two or three ounces
of butter, crumbled up finely in the flour,
added to tho batter after tho first rising.
Holiday Cakka Two and a half pound
of flour, two pounds of currants, two pounds
of butter, half a pound of moist sugar, half
an ounce of pounded spieo, four yelks and
two whites of eggs, two glasses of brandy, a
table spoonful of yeast, and a little warm
water. Bub the butter into tbe flour, mix
all together, and put it before tho fire to
riso for about an hour. Then make it into
cakes about half an iuch thick or a little
more, and the size of a pudding plate. Bake
them not too quickly.
Skud Cake. Best one pound nf butter
to a cream, adding gradually a quarter of a
pound of sifted sugar, beating both together ;
have ready the yelks of eighteen eggs, and
the whites of ten, beaten separately; mix in
tho whites first, and then the yelks, and
beat the whole for ten minutes ; add two
gruted nutmegs, one pound and a half of
flour, and mix them very gradually with
the other ingredients; when the oven ii
ready, beat in three ounces of picked caraway
seeds.
Gooi Itt'ftK. Two teacups nf sugar and
not quite a teacup ol butter beaten together,
with two eggs and one pint of sweet milk,
aud flour sufficient to make a t-pmige. Add
yeast aud set it to rise before going to bed.
Next morning make upasbrtad and let it
rise again, then mould into biscuils.and when
light buke them. Some cooks put in nut.
meg and brandy, and a friend of milio fla
vors them with grated orauge peel, but I
prefer them without anything of the kind.
Lkmom Pik. Urate the yellow part of the peel of
one large lemou, and add it, with the juice, to two
thirds of a oup of sugar ; mix smoothly one and one
hall tablespoonsrut of flour to three-quarter, of a tea
cupful of water ; stir all together, aud add the well
beaten yolks of two eggs ; bake, with only an under
crust, to a nice golden-browu color; when doue,
pour over the top the whites of two eggs beatn to a
stiff froth, with twotablespoonsful of powdered while
sugur ; set in the oven fur a few minutes to harden.
Ci'Rbamt Cake Take two I'OunJs of flour, half
pound of butter rubbed in tbe flour, half a pound of
moist sugar, a few caraway seeds, three or four ta-ble.-poonstul
of yeaat. and a pint of milk made a Ut
ile warm. Mix all lueiner, ami let II stand an Dour
or two at the tire to ri-e ; then beat it up with three
egg" and a half pouud of currauts. Put it in a tin.
and bake two hours in a moderate oreu.
Ari-i.r and Pastk Pt ddiho in Basis Make
one liuod of paslu, roll it a quarter of as ineh thick,
layaoine iua bowl, fill it with apple cut io quar
ters, add two doves, two ounces of sugar, a little
butter ; put another piece of paste on the top, and
join the edge nicely i tie it in a cloth and boil. I
can ne servea up eimer in me oajou or mrnea oui
llo not open the top to put more sugar in, as it sjioih
the flavor and makes it heavy. Ail fruit pudding
may be done the same way.
Ol. n Fow i.e. Fowls of doubtful age many safel;
be cuuverted into a pudding. The fowls should h
trussed as for boiling, aud euveloped in a orust roly
pulv fashion that is. tliu pudding cloth tied at boil
ends. Roil for fire hours, by which time an ol
fowl acquires a degree of tenderness which it wool
never attain by ever vu careful boiling or roastin
Tbe flavor of the dish is considerably increased b
by stuffing tbe fowl with veal dufliug ol force-inei
ol any kiud. bausage moat is good.
Mixta l'l a a Withoit Mkat. Take . fig. at
raisins, any convenient proportion, chop, and add
little lemon juice or chopped sour apple. Stew
betore pulling in tne ernsi. inu requires no awes
eniug or flavoring, and is perfectly healthful. M
terials can always be got in the market, and are i
more expensive lhau those which require sugar
sweeten them.
Wakflks To one quart of milk add Ave eggs
pound and a quarter of flour, balf a pound of butt,
beat them well together; when baked, sift mi
aud ciunamon on them. If you make the wafl
before il is lime lo bake them, add one spoouful
yeast.
QixoEnaREAD. Two pounds of flour, one pot
of moist sugar, one aud a balf pounds nf treacle,
ounces of ginger, half a pound of butter, a ht
lemon peel, aud a little brandy ; make it oier nij
Lirop it on tins.
Cocoasut-Cakk. Whip the whiles of ten t
grate two nice eoooanute, aud add them , sill
pound of white sugar iuto half a pound of si
Hour; stir this well ; add a little roe watr to
vor ; pour iuto pan. and bake three-fourths ol
hour.
I
Rakbd Cistawd. t'pon three eggs, well bee
pour a pint of milk scalding bot.slirriug all tbe t
ewaetea to taste ; flavor with lemon or roso-w.
bake twenty minutes lu aa oven at a moderate h
it will bake better wbeu tbe dish containing
placed in another partly filled with hot water
custard made in this water la vastly superior to
made of cold milk, as it does not "whey "
Bisteir Pi; uniao. Crumble four moderate-,
biscuits in two pints of sweet milk ; ttke a pie.
butbir tbe site of an egg, one eup ol (ugar, i
eggs ; beat Ibem separate, and poor the whiter
1 add a ltttla DeisDSj htk balf s k"'ur
For ?. IM
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