TEIIMS OV AOVKKTIWI.ta. The following are the ratea for adrerUnng In in Ankricar. Thuso having advertising to do ml. find tt convenient for refcrenca : t-ZKMil Of Til U "AMEKICAA." TERMS TWO DOLLARS pT annam. $1 SO If ctpaid within th y.ar. No paper dltoontlnued ntil all arrearages art paid. That, termt will be strictly adhered to hereafter. If aubKrlbor. neglect or refuse to take their new, papers from the office to whloh tlmy are direoted, they are responsible until they hare fettled the bill! and ordered thorn discontinued. Pixtmiutcra will pleaee aet a our Agenta, and frank Utter, captaining .obsoription money. They are permitted to do tbie under the Poat Offioe Law. JOB PBINTINO. We have connected with our establishment a well elected JOB OFFICE, which will enable ua to eiecute, in the oeatett ityle, every variety of Printing AMERICAN I t. 2 t. fm. 2m. j 1 y fcjizo Bquaro, I .4 SI. OH f l.nnM,til.wi.fti.(iu.i.ti 3.001 OH 7IM 7.110 13011 1 column, fl.Oll A.00il6,0U 20.110 in.dll 14.UU 2n.llUl ou OH If. nn U lul :IS.MI (SI) III) 6,00) Ten linea of thia aited typo '(minion) make one Auditors', Administrators! and Exctora' Nolici j J.1.0O. OI)ilurics (except the usual announcement which ia free,) to be paid for at advertising rates Loeal Nolieoa, Society Kesolutiona, Ao , 10 ecnla Advcrtisemcnta for Religions, Charitablo and Edu- PUBLISHED . EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY II. B. MASSER & CO., SUNBURY, ;; NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENN'A. Icntinnal objects, ono-nalt me awveraic. Transient advertisement, will be published untl ordorod to be discontinued, and charged accordingly NEW SERIES, VOL. 4, NO. 39. SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 25,-1868. BUSINESS CARDS. O. "W- HATJPT, Allorney nnd t'onntcllor nt Ijn.Tr, OFFICE in Ilaupt'i new Building, on second floor . Entrance oa Market Square, 8UNBUBY, V Will attend promptly to all professional buitneaa entrusted to his cars, the collection of olaimi in Northumberland and the adjoiuing counties. Banbury, January 4, lHftt. ; C. A- KEIMENSNYDEH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SUNBURY, TA. All busincsa entrusted to hla care attended to iiromptly and with diligence. Eunburjr, April 27, lu7. JNO. KAY CLEMENT, tirrmwm "at slaw, Uusinoss In thia and adjoining oountioa oarofully nnd promptly atttended to. Office, in Market Street, Third door west of Smith A Uenther'a Stovo and Tinware Storo, Ni;lll I(V I'JE.WA. Bunbury, March 31, 1806. y JACOB SHIPMAN, FIBS AND LIFE INSURANCE AGES' T, SUNBURY, TEXN'A, KErmtacRTa t Fnrmcra Mutual Fire Jneurnnoe Co., York Pa., Cuuiborliind Valley Mutual Protection Co., New York Mutual Lifo, Glrnrd Life of Phil'k. 4 Hart ford Conn. Uencrnl Accident. 0. 1. BUUKEB. L. n. KAfiB. BBUHSffi & AS3, Attorneys nnd 4JoiiiincIIoi8 ut luw, Chcsnut Street, west of the N. C. and P. A E. Ralt rond Depot, in the building lately ocoupied by F. Lntarus, Esq., eTJ-JSTB TTIi, T PBNNA. Collections and all Protcsiiuiml buiHnwa promptly attended to in Korlhumborliuid and adjoiuing Coun ties. BOYEE & W0LVERT0N, . AlTOliETK AT IVW SUDBURY, PENN'A, B. 11. Lover aso W. J. Wolvkbtos, respectfully nunouuee Unit they have entered utto co-part norehip in the praelioeof their profession in Northumber land and adjoining counties; Consultations can bo hud in the ukcma. - ' April 4, ly ' ' ' II. . JUASJSUK, Attorney nt I.nw, SuNBURY, PA Collectiona attended to in the countiea of Nor thumberland, Union, Snyder, Montour, Columbia and Lycoming. - - - " KErincKcss. . -" Hon. John M. Reed, Philadelphia, A. U. Cattell A Co., . " Hon. Wm. A. Porter, " " Morton MoMicbacl,Kj., " . KetchiUu & Co., 369 1'oarl Street;, New York. John W. A?bmead, Attorney at Law, " Matthews & Cox, Attorneys at Law, " Kunbury, March '29, 1662. Yl'U. M. ltOCKEKKLI.KB. Lloyd T. Robrdach. ROCKEFELLER & ROHRBACH. O FFICB in Uanpt'a now Building, second floor. Jntranee on ainrkei Bquaro, f-niitmry, Jnnmiry 4, ISPS. Teeth I Teeth I I. IE. CHESSIXUKIC, SUKQEON DENTIST, fnrmorlvnt' ASHLAND. O.. annonnocs to the oiti- eensof Northumberland county, that he baa located in fUNUUKY, for the pructice of Dentistry, and respectfully eolicila your patronage. Special atten tion paid to fitting and ttrtsting teeth. Teeth ox trncted without pain, by using Narcotic spray which I have tuud for three years with perjict me ecs.i uud no injurious results. Otlice in Rooms formerly occupied by Dr. J. 8. Angle, in Pleasant'. Building, Market pquaro, Sunbury, Pa. mar. 7, 03, jEORQE Hill, " Bmoit V. WoLVinTon. niLIi & WOLVERTON, ilttoraieyai nnd CoiuiKeloi'ii nt Law. 8UNBTJRY, PA. WILL attend to the collection of all kinds of cluiuit, including Baok Pay, Bounty and Pen ions. apl. 1, 'on. g3 Wo 5Z33'BD312Bg ATTORNEY AT X.AW Korth Kido of Public Square, one door east of the Old Bunk Building. SUNBUHY, PENN'A. Cullootions nnd all Professional business promptly attended to in. the Court, of Northumberland and adjoining Countiea. f bunbury, Supt, 15, 1866. . ' T.Ij.Tdkuv, J. D. Jake.. ATTUUNKVa AT LAW, BUNBURY, I'A. OflTce in the second story of Dewart'a buildlnp, ad- j'.iuiuK Ilia Dovwaral olfiee, o. the aorta side of Mxrkut tkaar. Will atleud promptly to the collection of claims and other profeesionul busiuesa intrusted to bis oare, in N'urlhuuibcrlund and adjoining counties. November , tttt7. 6. S. Wkuer, Johh Kukkle AUCU BXRKKT, between Third and Fourth Stree 1MIIL.AU1:1.1M1IA. WKBEtt t, RUNKLE, rroprietora. June 29, lhf,7. ly ATTOUNEY AT LAW, BUAMOKIN, UTorthumbcrlnnd County, Pa. VLL business atteudod to with promptues. and diligoace. A'liamokin, Aug. 10, 1S67 ly Dr. CH A 8. ARTHUR, ?i)o m cropallj i c 1J tpi rin n . Uraduate of the lloinceopnthio Medical College of l'enusylvania. OpKice, Market tquareoppoait th Court House, ;i'XULIHV, PA. Jlliec Hours 7 to 9 morning ; 1 (o. J afternoon ; 7 iu V -nvonlii j. . : ' Sunbury, April T, ly. ' ' 'tt f " JEB.EMIAII BYDEe7 Attorney t'wuasulleral ltv. Hl'Alll ItV. . 13 lttiai-i't Allorney lor INorllium. It'i-laiil County. J. II. HXLBUSH SUEVEY0S AND CONVEYANCE AND JUSTICE OF TUB PEACE. Mihonoy, KortliumKrhind County, l'enua OBieo 'iu Jackson township. Engagement can bo inudo by letter, directed to the above address. All business entrusted to his oare, will bo promptly attended to. J f. OO 33 O BEO K,' MERCHANT TAILOR, And Dealer In t.'I)TIIS, CAHSIMKRES, VESTING, Ac, ' Fawn tr-t, onls of lVearer' liotel. BUNBUR "V, Maroh l 1 7? A. TO BTJILD2CE.3. w IDUW (il- and Building Hardware, at the lowest i mo I'rieea at Tkn aji urn moth toro of iLY, yKILINQ K" tMEMCERTlyerly at'naw Picture Gallery thf 4uof we' Hi tb rll'y MarkM Square- INTRODUCED INTO AMERICA . V FROM GERMANY, in U35. - "' HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS, and HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC, rKKl'AREU BIT DH. C U. JACKSOX, PHiLwaLrni, Pa. TAe grtatttt inrw rtmtditi far Liver Complaint, DYSPEPSIA, Nervous Debility, JAUNDICE, Diseases of the Kidneys, ERUPTIONS of the SKIN, ml nil niseasea arising fYom a Dl ordered Liver, btoniKeh, or i3iWHirrt or tub fir.oon. Read thf following tymptomt, and f yw find that ynur ittem i$ aTrcttd by any of Ihrm, ym may rtH annrtd that dfiritK hat enrnmenefd its attack on ttit most important orpant of ynnr omfy, mnd unless soon , Wi:.vil by tli. uss of pnytrrful rtmtdifS, a miserabtt ' lift, soon tsrminating its sV-jih, tviU fas Ike result. Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles, FulnesH of Blood to tho Head, Acidity of tho Stomach, Nausea, Heart burn, DiHRUst for Foort.Fulnoa. or Weight in the Stomaoh, Sour liruotntioua. Bink inp or Fluttering at the Pit of the Stomach, Swimming of tho Hoacl, Hurriod or Dimoult Uroathine, Fluttering at the Heart, Choking or Suffocating Senanlions whon in aLyinqPoature, Dlmneaa of Vision, Dots or Webs before the Bight, Dull Pain in tho Head, JDoil cioncy of Perspiration, YeU lownORB of the Skin nnd Eyos, Paiu in the bide, 13uL'k, Cheat, Limbs, etc, Sud don Fluahoa of Heat, Burning In tho Flush, Constant ImaginliiKe of Evil, and Great Depression of Spirit. 11 these indicate ditcas of the l.irer or Diyestivt Oryanr, combined with impurt blood. jooflaub's (German Hitters la entirely veRelable, and contains no liquor. It Is 11 compound of Fluid Kl. trade. The Hoots, llerlis, and Harks from which these extracts are innite are yrntltcrt'd In Gennotiy. All the nedicliinl virtues are vxlritcted from them by it scleul.lno chemist. These extracts are then forwarded to this country to be need expressly for the Mian 11 fact lire of these Mil ters. There le no alcohollo substance of any klntt used lit compounding the lllltere, hence It la the only Bitters that can be used In cases where alcohollo stlin ulanl are not advisable. Ijoofliiiib'B crinntt Conic is a combination of ail tin inffredicrts of the Jtitters, 101I1 ruiiE Mnta Vrus Hum, Orange, etc Jlisttsrdfor the same diseases) as Hit Wttcm, in efffrf tehtre some pure aeeolwtic stimulus is reflurmt. Yon nnill bsar in miud thett these, remeihes are entirely ililfersnt from any ethers advertised for the cure ef the diseases named, three lieing scientific preparatimis of medicinal extracts, white the others are mere decoctimis of rwn in tumi form. The'COHIO is decidsdly one of the. most pleasant and agreeable remedies ever offered to Uie fnMic Its taste is exquisite. It is a pltaitnt to take st, white its life-giving, ejrhitarating, and medicinal qualities hare caused it to be known at the greatest of Monies, CONSUMPTION. Thousands of eases, when the pa ttent supposed he was aHlleteil with I his terrible disease, have been cured by the use of these remedies. Kxtrcme emaciation, debility, and cough are the usual attendants inwa severe r"ases of dyspepsia or disease of the digestive orKans. Kven In cases of genuine Consumption, these remedies will be to 11 ud of the greatest benefit, etresKtheutiis and Invigorating. DEBILITY. Trrt $ fii mtdicint equnl to Ifctflinft German Bat fit nr 'ihnie in eateg of Debility Tftew impart a tortf uh vigop to the whnte tyttem. strengthen the op pctitt, ciHM an tnjayment of the food, enable the stomach to ttty tt itt purify the bloott, gu good, $nuutt henlthy eomplevitm. eradicate the yellow ting frnm V't rv. impart a bloom to the eJueki, and change h? yntieul from a short-breathed, tmacimtedt waJe, an-i nertvue uicalul, to a ttWuwJ, stout, uud wtf r out jcrs-m. 1 Weak and Delicate Children are made strong by using the Hitters or To uie lu iactv Hiry are Fnmlly Mrdlclnes Tkc- cau be atlinlaUf eretl wlifc iterfret snfety to a clilltt three mo i-l Us ol'l. tbe most delicate fetualc, or a mau vt uluety Thtst Remedies are tfu bext ; fi'r known, and will cure all distant mulling from lad blond, AVfp your llootl pure j lefp your Xiifr in order ; krfji your dgtitie organs tn a vuic, htatthy cemdi tion, by the use of these remedies, und tw tlitease will coer assaU you. TH3 O02.2PL32IC1T. . Ladles who wish a fair skin and Kniul complexion, free from a yellow U tinge usui all other illsAguremeist, should use these remedies occasion ally. The Llvcrln perfect order, and Hie blood pure, will result In aparls -ling eyes and. blooiulug cbecks. C Al'Tlfllt, ff-ioltaiuTs Herman Remedies are rmtnterfeiteet. ' The genuine hare the signature of t JV, OnifkmoH on the. frtU of the enUsuie wrapper of each boltte, uud the name if the article bloum in cuci bottle. All others are counterfeit. . Thousands of letters have been re- elvrd, t eel trying to I he rlrtne of these remedies .... READ THE RECOMMENDATIONS. FB0VJ HON.OEO. W. WOODWAim, ; Cliirf Justiee of III Suprsme Couit of renosylrsnia. l'mupku-uil, Miacu lfltb, 1847. I Hud "Jlonllaitd't Otrmou Bitters'' is not an i'Uor irjiiing Iwsivr, Inst it good k'ic, useful ai'air ders of the Digestive organs, and of great twitU in ctij'i of debility and toant of nervous action tn Ms system. Yours truly, 6'a'o. ir. woovwAjiD. ritOM UO.N. JiME8 THOMPSON, . Jiule if the Supreme Court of riiuylvuiA. ' riiinniLniii, Aran Jsih, tHM. ' I etiiislili r " liooflaiid's German Ult ' ters" a ratuahlo snrdioina In ease of at larks of Indigestion or llyspepeia. I can certify this from any experience of II. I'sari, with respect, . JAMHU illOAIf HO. t'r.iai llliV. JOBKl'II II. KENNARD, I) O , rsiter ut lUs 'foiitb lU)itbt Church, 1'bilu.lxlphis, ll.jtlw-lm Kis -.Hare been. frequently re quested to eemneet my name with recommendations of different letmtm V' medunuet, but reuasrdmmti practice as out of my as'i'rojirsate tplure, fhaos in alt cases de clined ; but with a clear pro.. tn various instances, and ' parlicusarty in my mm family, of the usefulness of Ur. llwjlauds Uermau llilieis, I depart far enct from my usual course, to express my full coneKlfoa that toe conersl iMillily uf llitIni.snd ). llly tnl.reitt Cuii.)Hlitt, it is s Mb Ml vslwu.te pretisrstiou. in Some cases it mayfaU l ktit usually, I doulU not, it will be very beneficial to those who sujler from the abovt causes. Xows, very respect fittlv, J. II. ' ' ' ' M belam CotUet A Prloe of the Bitter., il.OO per bottle Or, a half doaen for 15.00. ' Prioa of the Tonio, 91.60 per bottle Or, huXt doaet) fur 7 60, The Totrte Is rut up lu quart buttles. Recollect that it is Pr, Unafland's German Remedies that ares universally met arid so kignly ,rail. : ed ; s.J sta not allsm Hat Jsruygist le induct you to take any thing else that lit May lay ujuis as ySod, be cause he mattes a lanter protu on it. Then Remediet wiU be setu by express Is any totality upon apptioeMun tttht l riMNClPAL OFFICK. . AT TH tJtKMAN MIOICIN? 8T0, A'e. til A RCit BTMIST, Jiiiladelplua. . CHAS, M. PVAhi S, Proprietor, m Pormarly 0. M. U0IS0N 4 00. These Remedies are fur eale by Dragglsls, htvrek eepers, and Msdl. clae Usalers everywhere. Ho net forget It examine well tin ti licit you iuy, in order to yet Uss ycuM'tt. POETICAL. THE TKTJNDLE BED. Aa I rnmniagntl through the attle, liist'ning tb tbe falling rain, Aa it pattered on the shingles, And againat the window pano Teeping over oheta and boxes, . Which with dust were thickly spread, Saw I in the farthest eoruer, Wat was once iny Uundlo bod. So I drew it from the recess, Where it had remained to long, Hearing all the whilo tbe mnsio, Of my mother's voice in font,', As she sung in sweetest acoents, What I since hare often rood 'IIubIi, my dear, lio still and slumber, Holy angels guaid thy bed." As I listened, recollections, v That I thought had boon forgot, "' Came with all the gush of mem 'ry, Horning, thronging to tbe spot; And I wandered back to childhood, To those merry dnya of yore, When I knelt beside my mother, By thia bed upon the floor. ' Then it was with hands So gontly l'lnecd upon my infant head. That she taught my lips to ntter Carefully tbe words she said, Never can they be forgotten Deep are they in mcm'ry driven j "Hallowed be thy name, 0, Father, Father, Thou who art in heaven." This she taught me, thoa sho told uio .1 Of its import great and deep, After which I learned to nttur "Mow I lay mo down to sloop." Then it waa with hands uplifted, And in accents soft nnd mild, That mother asked, "Our Fnther, AVilt Tbou kindly bless my child ?: Years have passed, and that dour muthor Long has mouldered 'nouth the sod, And I trust her anintod spirit ' Kevela in the homo of liod ; But that scene at summer twilight Never has from mcm'ry Hod, And it comes in all its freehnuw, When I ace my trundle bed. TALES AND SKETCHES. x :u-irr i .vsi;ii i.cnitu. A ;iiowll- V.unt Indian Title. It was an old fashioned building, and tbe ecllur, sepulchre, ur vault, was usod as a re ceptacle of tho dead, cither temporary or peruiaDL'Dtl; as was desired. Ia the center of the room was a trap-dunr, composed of an immense slab of marble, in which was fitted au iron ring which answer ed as a handle. In order to ga.e on the face of my darling, whose features were now cold iu death, I must raise the slab. And placing the lantern beside me on the stone floor, I seized the ring with both hands and exerted all my strength, which was taxed to its utmost limits. I finally succeeded in ruising it to a sullicieut height, and secured it to my satisfaction with a billet of wood, thiuking that if I allowed it to lay back its full width, I should not be able to replaco it iu its original position. Seizing my lautern and tools, I slowly de scended the stairs into tho dark, yawning chasm, rendered doubly so, and the gloom more intense, from the contrast afforded by the faint struggling glenms from my lautern, which threw a pale uncertain light around. A (lamp, disagreeable, fetid odor arose from the sepulchre (an ntmosphere peculiar to the abode of the dead) ; long, wavering shadows cast from various coffins and poOs, streamed across my path, which, to my ex cited fancy, seemed to bo endowed with life ; and I paused midway on tho stairs, ir resolute and half regretting the resolution I had formed. But, collecting my energies and casting a hurried glance around, 1 de termined to proceed, after progressing so far. 5Iy steps resounded through the sepul chre with a dull, hollow sound, and as I reached the foot of the stairs, I again paused and surveyed the scene before and urouud me as well as I was able. The vault was long and narrow, and cof Ous were piled one on another on both sides and at the ends. A great many had been there for years, and I noticed that a number of them were decayed and almost ready to full to pieces from age. As I slowly ad vanced, inspecting the coflins ns I proceed ed, the odor and stench became more pow erful and overpowering, and several times I was obliged to stop and recover from the nauseating effects of the vile atmosphere I was inhaling. ?foiii one of the top tiers a cofliu had fallen aud remained standing up light. The lid had fallen off, cxposiug to view a portion of the corpse, or, more pro perly speaking, skeleton, arrayed iu the Vortu eaten fragments of a white shroud. Its grinning skull and bones dimly seen through the intense gloom, filled mo with horror, and a shudder run through my frame as I gazed ou the terrible spectacle. I'aseing on, I commenced in terrible earn est my search for tho body of my lobt dar ling. Collin after coffin I searched and rummuged, glancing at the Lame engraved on the plate. In tome I found nothing but a mass of dry, mouldering bones, in others grinning skeletons uiot my gaze, with their ghastly white bones, from which all vestago of garments pertaining to the grave had long since rotted and been reduced to dut. From tier to tier I wandered in my fear ful search, aud aa I was endeavoring to clamber over a coffin that was in my path, it fell from its resting place carrying mo with it. The lid flew oil, aud its occupant, as though incensed at the sacrilege 1 w as committing, rolled over on me, rattling its bones and crumbling to dust, as wo lay to gether on the floor. My nerves were con siderably shaken, and many a fearful glance I oust around at I cleared my throat from the stifling; dust by which I was covered. ' At last I reached the end of the ' vault, aud in the corners were tilled a lu-go heap of bones of all kinds and descriptions. A large, black looking mass ou one side at tracted my attention, and making a noiso. : . j . , , t . 1 it, wuuiiueuucLj w wove siuwiy, ane) as It un coiled itself, a huge black snake was dis closed to my view. With a horrible hiss, it glided beneath portion of the heap, and with half-closed eyes I hurriedly retraced my steps. I was satisfied that the coffin I was la search of was not io that portion of the vault, and as I reached the stairs which lod to the upper regions, I tat down and strove to collect my scattered senses, at well as to breathe a moulhful of fresh air. At last, feeling somewhat refreshed, I again started up and recommenced my search In the op posite direction. J bad not overhauled a great many, before niy attention was attracted by a coffin that gleamed and shone in the dim rays of my lantern, and from Ut appearance I judged it to be new. I approached it, and kneeling by its side, threw the light of my lantern on tht broad silver plate, and without difficul ty, I read the inscription and name of Mary liovvtrd, My search was over ; the object of my love nnd solicitude was before mo, anil with feverish hasto I proceeded to open the cof fin. My blows were well directed, nnd they echoed through the house of the dead with a dull, rumbling sound. I worked in hasto and with terrible caniestncpa, and I at Inst succeeded in inecrting my chisel using it its n lever, and with a crush I tore the lid from its remaining fastening, and the form of my idol, my dearly beloved Mary, lay be fore me, and exactly ns I had seen her in my dream. Her face, pale nml calm, was still in death, the long black tresses, which had been my bonst and pride, were arranged so as to lay on her fair young breast. She was arrayed in a pure white robe, which gleam ed ghastly white in the lays of light. Wreathing my arms nrouna iter, 1 gently raised her from the collln, and pressed my lips mi her cold brow, while tho blinding tears filled my eves. . . At the same instant, with ft terrible sound, I heard something fall, tho concussion of which resonnded through the vault with a noise like thunder. In terror I started to my feet, and snntciiing my lantern, rushed to the sf aim. My worst fears were realized, thf Imp itiwr had fallen, anil I was a prison er in that horrible tomb. - Like a flash of lightning, the accumulated terror and danger of my position swept through my brain, and nearly frenzied with fright, I rushed up the stairs nnd exerted myself like a madman to raise tho slab. My efforts were futile, and I turned in despair to sit down nnd reflect what was best to be done, when my foot struck the lantern, and it fell on tho stone floor below, breaking it in a thousand pieces. To au instant I wa3 plunged in Cimmerian darkness, enclosed, walled up, intlmtliving tomb, surrounded by the dead. My brain was whirling, arid in nn agony of terror, I shouted aloud for help, but friahtened at tho sound tit my own voice, I paused, and listened with straining ears. Alas! not a sound could I hear all was still silent as the grave itself. I nt last thought if I conld find my ham mer ami chisel, they might be of some ser vice to me; at all events it would do no harm to try. ' And again descending into the tomb, I began to grope my way toward the place where I had left the body of Mary, stopping every few minutes to listen, hold ing my very breath. SndJcnly I heard, or fancied I did, the i sound of long nnd suppressed breathing. I listened intently, my eyes dilating, and vain I ly endeavoring to peer through the awful j gloom. Again I heard it, and this time I more distinctly, accompanied by the rustle I of cloth, and an irresolute, trembling foot- step. I It was approaching from tho direction in which I had desired to go. In vain I j died to cheat and deceive myself into the 1 delusion that it was nothing but my imagin- r.tion, that my fears and the shock I had received were deluding 1110 ; my cars could not be deceived, and I remained rooted to the spot, incapable of moving an inch from where I was standing. . I could hear the low faint gasps, and fan cied I could see some tcrriblu form nr denizen of the crave st indintt before me. ) aud I exerted myself to tho utmost to move ! out of ils way, but my limbs refused their I office. A colli perspiration was running off I ait! in streams; my hair brintled with terror, ' and my tnnguo clove to tho roof of my j mouth. The in visible object moved steadily on ; I felt its breath on my cheek, and a i cold damp hand grasped initio, which sent a shiver cold as death to my heart. In a low. thrilling whisper, I heard niv nanio breathed. "Willie, s p e a k t-o m e." As if the whisper bad broken some invi- ; sible spell, unseen power which had bound I me wilh fetters of steel, I released myself : from ils terrible grasi), nnd with a veil of terror, fled, I knew not whither. I remember of receiving a terrible shock, of falling heavl' ly to tho ground, and for hours I must havo lain unconscious. Iwasfiually aroused by alight flashing in my face, and I saw that I was surrounded by friends. Again I fainted, and when next I opened my eyes and gazed about me, I was lying in a bed that looked strangely familiar, as well as the surrounding objects ; and I at last recognized it as tho room of my young and boyish days. At my bed side was my mother, and behind her what did I seo t Could I believe -my own eyes? was it a delusion ? - No, it was the form of Mary Howard, alive and well. ' I was soon strong' enough to hear the concluding portion of my adventure The old sexton was tho first who raised tho alarm. After waiting hours ho became alarmed, and raised the neighborhood, and in a body they proceeded to the chapel, forced open the door, entered, but could dis cover no trace of nie. It was finally suggested to search ' the vault, and they discovered me lying insensi ble on the floor, my head cut seveiuly from a blow I received from the projecting edge of a coffin, and a few paces from me lay Mary Howard, likewise inscnsiblo, but breathing faintly. Aid was at ouco sum moned, and we were carried to tho open air. Mary recovered rapidly, but I had an attack of the brain fever, and my lifo was despaired of. I lived, however. Mary told ino that she was conscious all tho whilo she lay iu her coffin, and during the ceremony ; that she knew when she won placed iu the vault, and vaiuly Hied to burst the bonds by w hich she was enthralled. Sho heard mo forcing the lid, and when the trap door full, and I droppod her body, the spell was broken. Uy a terriblo effort she rose from her cofliu, and endeavoring to make herself kno . n, nearly killing me from fright in the effort. I was the means, of sa ing my darling from a terrible death, and now, in our happy home, surrounded by every comfort and luxury, we look back with grattitude and satisfaction to our night ia the sopulchre. the kkd. . TuiaTLKS. Concerning the rapid spread of the Canada thistles wo find the following calculation; Dr. Adam Clark (Commen tary, on Genesis, chapter ill, versa 13,) has made this curious calculation : Suppose that each thrislle bears eighty heads, each containing only 300 seeds ; the first crop is 2i 000 the second, 370,000,000, the third, 18,tie4,60O,0OO,O00 the fourth, 81,778,000, 000,000,000 the fifth, 7,662,634,000,000, 000,000,000, a progeny more than sufficient to stock not only the sufaceofthe whole world; but. of all tbe planet of the aolar system, to that no other plant or vegetable 00 u lit possibly grow, allowing but one tqare foot for each plant. This wonderfull power of reproduction should teach every man to regard the tnristle a common enemy to be attacked and destroyed wherever found. MISCELLANEOUS. w aii iti:.ni.isci;.-ci:i. Nam llounloii IMirIii(-' tlic U'ar Ilia Speech on Mrccssjioii. A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, writing from Oalveston, Texns, says: "The history of General Sain Houston is the hUtory of Texas; covering the eveuts of nearly or quite lotty years, commencing with the struggles ngaiust Mexico for iude pendence.anU extending through the days of the Texas republic, the exciting times of annexation, including tho war between Mexico and tho United States, tho fifteen years of pcacuful connection with the Union under the 'Btars and stripes,1 down to tho unfortunate days of secession. "The 'old war horse.' had a most varied experience during this whole eventful peri odsometimes flghtiug as tho military chieftaiu of Texas then as political lender and anon as the official head of tho repub lic, or of tho state but his last battles were fought witii the evil dumou of succg- 1 sion. And permit mo here to say, aud re cord, that these last conflicts have never been well understood in our couutry, espe cially in the northern section thereof aud his words, actions and movements cannot bo correctly interpreted without knowing and analyzing the nuti-seccEsion animus by which he was actuated. "I do not essay to become his biographer, except so far ns, of my own personal knowj. edge, I am familiar with that portion of his history whereof I wrifj. "On the general question of secession there were several classifications of ideas and parties. Thero was tho oltl original Dyed in-the Wool, John C. Calhoun, (South Curolina, Nullifying Secession party. There was another partv, made ut of conditional men. They believed in secession nt a dernier resort, in case tho rights of the South could not be othcrwiso maintained. This party were the strongest of any in numbers, but were met with taunts of , pusillanimous sub mission to tho meddlesome tyrant of tho North, and when they said 'Let us stay in tho Union'and fight for our rights under the old flag,' tho answer was insullicient for the crisis of the times. They were borne down by the explosive power of slavery by which the public heart was fired North and South. A third party said, though tluy dare not say it very loud : 'Let slavery slide if need be, but let us have the Union, with the old flag, at all hazards; tho Union is better for us than any other possible condition.' "A fourth party opposed secession on tho ground of inexpediency and bad policy. They said they would not argue the original question of either the constitutional, the moral, or the natural right of secession, but eioufino themselves to the idea that secession would precipitate war, and war would prove disastrous to Southern rights, instead of remedial. This was old Sam Houston's party, of which he was tho acknowledged leader. 'I remember, a few days before the vote on secession, the old General caino down to Galveston, from up country, to make a speech on the subject, lie had been making 11 can vassing tour, and was full of the inspiration of his subject under which, as you may judge, ho was blessed with 11 'tolerable de gree of utterance,' as used to bo said of can didates for tho Methodist ministry when thought qualified therefor. "A self-constituted committee of several leading gentlemen of the city widted on tho General at his quarters and tried to dissuade him from attempting to make a speech iu Galveston that day. They said : 'General, you know wo are your personal friends, aud have been your political supporters hereto fore, but we ditler from yon in your views on the question of secession ; yet we do not wish to seo you personally harmed. These are exciting times, and we fear a mob may interfere aud your life bo in jeopardy.' HOfSTON't REPLY. "Ho said : 'Gentlemen, I thank you ore for your personal considerations and anxieties; but I have seen exciting times in Texas be fore, and I have heard my friends express their personal fears before; and, gentlemen, I shall tnako the speech to-day at eleven o'clock, from the upper gallery of Trcmont Hotel. Should bo pleased to sue you there, gentlemen, and, if need be, to help keep order.' This closed the interview, auc. the committee retired, biting their lips and mut tering, 'Stubborn old man.' "Directly, oue of the committeemen came into my office and related tho interview. I had thcu never secu Houston, aud bad an itching desire to see and hear him ; but, being a stranger in tho country, and the city being in an excited state, I concluded not to go and hear him, us I did uot wish to be caught in the presence of a mob. Eleven o'clock came, aud twelve, and a gentleman cauio in and said : 'Hoston is speaking, nud has been an hour, and all is quiet.' Con sidering uow that circumstances fuvored my desire to see and hear the 'old man eloquent,' of Texas, I went. Ou seeing and hearing him a few minutes, I no longer wondered he was not Interfered with by tho mob. uu reusoji.w. AiTKAitASCE. "There ho stood, the easy object of thou sands of eyes, and a fine mark for the assas sin's revolver an old man of seventy years, among the last of our country's giants the lone giant of Texas ; there he stood, over six fuot high, aud straight as an arrow, a planter hat iu one band, a deep set aud 'penetrating eye, that took in the vast crowd at a glance; a high open forehead with something of the infinite intellectual shadowod there, orowned with thin, white locks, fluttering in the gentle breeze, as though electrical conduits of mental and moral power from on high, for the occasion nud all this sustained by a powerful self-possession and deliberation that inspirited the assemblage into a state of awful quiet aud submission. Bvsorsis or 111s bpekcit. "I hoard the last half of his speech sub ject, the inexpediency and bad policy of sccesslon-and as 1 listened to uu lmpassioucu Utterances I felt myself inflated nigh, unto emotional collapse with tho sublime egoism (not to say egotism) of General Sam Houston on the occasion of an unprepedcrttod crisis iu the history of our country, when tbe question of Union, at compatible with the republican doctrine of self-government, wat being subiocted to the strain of the last fibre between life and death and liko Webster io his memorable defence of tho Constitution against the violent assaults of tlayne, of South Carolina, enjoying on ocoaaion fitted to call out hit eubliinott powers. "He aaid to hit hearers : 'I made Texas, and you know itthe history of Sam Hous ton is the history of Texas, and you know it. I wrested Texas from tbe hand of ethe Mexican tyrant, aud you Uuovv it. I com manded aud fought at the battle of Ban Jacinto, when the foc,Santn Anna, was whip ped and captured, and rendered powerless ever after against Texas, and you know It. I oigatiizcd and established the republic of Texas, and you know it. I took you in infancy and dandled you on my knee, and nursed you through all your baby ailments. I watched and aided your growth with fatherly caro and solicitude, from helpless I infancy till you reached tho full stature of independent political manhood. " 'I am an old man uow, and tbeso are my last counsels I havo no nuibitions for tho future of a personal nature ; my ambition is now all coucentrated in tho glory of my state and national Hugs. Soou 1 shall bo gutliered to the fathers. Will you reject these last counsels and appeals of your political fnther, and squaudcr your political patronage in tinseeming and riotous adventure ? " 'Somo of you opposed me on annexation, and I suppose have never .forgiven mo to this day, uud are now delighted to have an apparent opportunity of taunting mo with the results of annexation. Hut let mo ask ! Vrtll ttll aniin na nnnnfiili.tii Imsinttisi fiijtiivif ! y w- MO IIU..tlUIUIl UVt.UUIU IllOtl'l J did not Texas enter upon a degreo of pros- 1 penty she had never before known? Eo-1 Miles, the present troub.es are not the results j of my action at all, but of othei agencies , aud influences. j " 'Some of you Joculurly propose to drink i all the blood that will ever be shed as the , result of secession. 'Let me tell VOtl tlin &tntn nf lliinrra rlinr. ! s. iniuu vim ionow close on the heels of so- fathers and husbands, aud sons aud brothers, will be herded together like sheep and cat tle, nt the point of tho bayonet and your mothers and wives, and daughters and sis tors, will ask, where aro they ? and echo will answer where? " 'Tho fact is, tho North are determined to preserve this Union. They are not a fiery, impulsive people, liko you are they live in cooler climates. Eut when they begin to move in a civec direction, where great is -VBOIU". s uu fcimo will r.nnio wlwn vonr sues are involved, like those between the North and South in this crisis, they move with the steadiness, perseverance aud mo mentum of a mighty avalanche; and what I fear is, they will overwhelm the South with igucblo defeat. Eut I could say amen to secession, with all the results of blood and misery I have pictured, if I did not believe that our troubles would be adjusted re moved without invoking the Moloch of insatiate war if there were no alternative to secession and the sequence of war, then I would say fight, for it is better to dio free men than live slaves. " 'In conclusion, let me ask you, aro you of tho same opinions and purposes of seces sion now that you were when you enmo to hear me to-day ? And if you are, will noth ing but tho perdition of war satisfy nud turn you from them f " 'I sum up tho whole to-duy with a pre monition that borders on the spirit of pro phecy hear it, O, God, ye angels of His hear, O ye people of Texas secession will land you in consuming fire and rivers of blood 1' "I noticed several times during tho speech the very men who, in the morning, opposed tho speaker ami the speaking, applauding lustily with voice and hands such was the magical power of Sam Houston over a Texas audience. The fact is, it was morally im possible for him to bo mobbed iu Texas. Tho urm of the mobocrat was paralyzed in his presence. Doubtless this fact was well understood by him, hence ho feared no mobs. Houston was a friend ami lover of Union, though a believer in state sovereignty." The lrclleiiry. What have tho Bluirs iu common with tho Democratic party 1 They all contributed to the extcut id their ability, to widen the gulf and increase the bitterness between tho North and the South, which led to tho lato treuieudous convulsions. It is this Illnir family, whose history is thus truthfully sketched, which uow claims position and a voice in the Democratic party, and even as sumes to dictate its nomiuutiuu fur the Pre sidency. Iu fuut, it has tho modesty to claim tho nomiuatiou for oue of iu own members the butcher of St. Louis tho uicu young gentleman who so adroitly balanced betweeu the Speakership and a Erigadier Gcueralship, nud to whom Lincoln so kind ly tossed the latter when the former was not to bo caught. Has tho Democratic party , saud banks as 'they do now, gradually de falleu so low as to bo used by such crea- , fined the limits of the tributary streams, ami lures J Is it so cravcu as to allow such fellows to say what it shall do or what it shall uot do ? Tm Crutse Democrat, July C. The Cincinnati Comnwrciul calls Seymour tho "Great Decliuer." "Let us havo peace," wrote Gen. Grant. "My voice is still for w ar," cries Frank 1". Elair.jr. lu marrying Frank Blair, the Democracy marries tho w hole fumily. They will find it very expensive . 27ic Hoctetter Uciisoaritt, with much pithi ness, announces tho Democratic nomina tions ; "Seymour aud liUir-nil and whisky." The anagram of the words "Vote, for Horatio Seymour" is, "For you to have more riots." Tho one contains the other, exactly ; nothing more or less. A Westorn journal tnys: "Since Johnron failed to get the Democratic nomination, he may be said to be decidedly a 'dead duck,' so that hereafter it shall be known that 'ducks,' as well as chickens, come home to roost." A Washington correspondent writes : "L'hief.Justioo Chase was present on Thurs day evening" nt a dinner given by the British Minister to ltcverdy Johnson, and he re marked that it looked as though Grant would bo elected President." A Washington dUipatcb says; "Gov. Randall, Secretary McCutloch, and Secretary Seward indicate to their friends that they have no interest in Seymour's success. Mr. Welles and Mr, Browning re, hosveter, earnest for a Democratic victory." Lieut.-Gen. Sherman, according to Th Chicago (Democratic) Time, replied to a crowd in St. Louis on Friday evening, when asked what he thought of the nomination of Seymour : "It is bad nomination, and will be beaten all to pieces. Grant will be elected.1' ' The N- York Worli ou Thursday occu pied three columns with its discussion of the ciuestiou, "Does Grant Drink I" The Jiartfurd Ijt now asks it to turn its atten tion to Blair, and furnishes the following copy of bit bill at the Allyn House In that city for a two days' stay during last year's campaign : "Two days' board 10 : letnoua end whisky, t35 ; total. $75.' Tho proprietor of Th- Washington. Even ing Star, telegraphed from Npw York at fob lowt: "While VllBfcdigbam was tpeaklng yesterday, Insisting on Seymour'i nomina tion, Mr. Seymour approached the stand to again dooliue, and, at be laid, to nominate Chase, according to agreement. One of hit particular friend, (topped him, h&viug ascertained what he intended to do, and sold 'If you do it you are forever politically damned.1 Mr. Seymuur then retired from the hall." Gen. J. L. Alcorn, one of the ablest men iu Mississippi, in his late speech at H ly Springs, paid a handsome tribute to Gen. Grant. He said the Southern people owed him a debt of gratitude ; that he had saved tho nation in mercy, nnd when the South had surrendered her armies, Gen. Grant hud held iu check the tierce wrath of Andrew Johnson, who stood ready to make good his pledge for blood and confiscation. He stated that 13 months sinco he had written a letter iu which ho had declared for Grant. II still declared for him as the only liopo of peace to the laud. Elect Giant, and all would be well ; defeat him, and intestine feuds and internal commotion would con tinue in tho land, pressing back our coming prospects, aud opening tho way to wider ruin. Mr. George Wilkes makes tbe following offer : "A ClIANtli to Makk Somr Monkv Chant vs. Skvmouh. Some of our person al friends among tho Democracy informed us, while thtir National Convention was in session, that they would be willing to lay out a little money with us, oven up, on tho success of the nominee of that Convention against Gen. Grant. This, therefore, is to say tu those gentlemen, and all others similarly inr-llm.l tl,it u.n l,nU littlu mnnnn lM't notwithstanding our impeachment losses aud stand readv to start anew with a few thousands on Gen. Grant against Seymour for tho next Presidency. By way of making a distinct offer, we will begin with $5,000. We will double this offer if required, and go even a little further, if pressed hard. Who . speaks ?" ."fW Method ol'Npis uinfj Trout, Mr. Stephen H. Ainsworth, of West Eloomfield, N. Y., has invented a new spawning bed for the natural impregnation and propagation of trout. Ey this process artificial spawning aud impregnation is done away with, nnd conveniences provided for the fish to perform tbeso offices for them selves. The improved spawning bed mav vary iu width from two to four feet, and any desired number of feet in length. Tho Rochester (N. Y. ) Erprenn thus describes the arrangement and workings of the bed : "At the upper eud tho water is two inches deep, gradually increasing to fifteen inches, where it is open to the pond. The bed is compactly paved with flat stone, wit'i a very slight decline over which tho water is to run. Over this bed is first placed a tight screen, about ten holes to an inch, or close enough to hold tho spawn from falling through. This screen is to have sidoe about one inch high, forming a box with water running over it. Above this is another and coarser screen in sections three or four feet wide, with sides about two inches high, and filled with coarse gravel which will not fall through. Iu this gravel tho female makes her nests, depositing her spawn through the coarse meshes of the upper screen, aud the male follows and impregnates it the same us iu the ordinary trout brooks. "The advantage is that the spawn is all left on tho lower screen, where it is easily removed to the hatching beds, such as aro used by Mr. Ainsworth, Seth Green aud other trout growers. Every three or four days tho spawn can bo removed, and during tho entire process the eggs aro kept from the depredations of other Gsh, "The advantage over artificial spawning and impregnation is tho great saving iu trouble, and the certainty that all tho eggs will bo thoroughly impregnated." . my mm St. Che ation ov the Am axons. The mo ment the Andes arose, the great coutineutal valley of the Amazons was sketched out and moulded in its hip. The tidal waves of the Atlantic were dashing against the Cordil leras, and a legion of rivulets were busily ploughing up the sides into deep ravines; tho sediment produced by this incessant wear and tear was carried eastward and spread out stratum by-stratum till the shal low sea betweeu tbe Andes and the islands of Guiana and Erazil was filled up with sand aud clay. Huge glaciers (thinks Agas si.) afterwards descending, moved over tho iucliued plain aud ground the looso rock to powder. Eddies and currents, tlirowiiif nn directed them into one main trunk, which, worked for itself a wide, deep bed, capable of containing its accumulated flood. Then and thus was created the Amazons, thu Miightiest river in tho world, rising in tho loftiest volcanoes on the globe and Honing through a forest of uuparullelcd extent. In South America nature has framed her works on a gigantic scale. Where else com bined do we see such a scries of towering mountains, such a volume of river-water, and such wide-spreading plains t We have no proper couctptiou of Andino grandeur till we learn that tho top of the tallest mountain in North America is nearly a milo beneath tho untrodden dome of ChimboV rami; nor any just view of the vast dimt.u sions of tho Amazonian Valley till we find, that all the United States could b! packed' iu it without touching its bound; e'es ; oor any adequate idea of the Amazons itself till we oscei taiu that it discharges into the sea ono hundred thousand cubic feet per second more than our Mississippi rolling its turbid waters ten thousand miles exactly as it pleases, with au island iu its mouth twice tho size of Massachusetts, and tributaries thirty miles wide. JV. Y. Evening FuU. An exchange, interested iu biorai)hv compiles a partial list of tho member of tho New York Couveutiou, with their ante cedents. The names of the following noble patriots will bo generally recognized : Hon. fi. IL Hill, Ga., e Seuator U 8. Johu U. Gordon, Ga., Major ,eera,l C. S. A. W. W. Eaton, Cunu., ungual wearer of a "whito feather" in 1801. '' ' ' Wilbur F. Storey, III author qf tie "fire-in-the rear" threat. in 8. B. Buckner, Ky., Brigadier Geutial C. a. A. John Ulurrissey, If. y., Uuker. Z. B. Yauce, ii. C, Governor C. 8 E. B. Olds, O., douizeu of For, Lafayette Jeremiah 8. Black, 1, author v( lh "anti-coercion" dogma. James Chtstuut, 8. C.f Senator C. 8. Wade Iluippton, Geueral C. 8. A. M. L. Bonbara, K. p., orIqual aeceisiyuLiL and Governor C. 8. " J. B. Kershaw, 8. C, General C. 8. A. H. B. Rhctt, 8. C., original secessionist. N. B. Forrest, Teuu., For J'-illow inaean cre. T. A. Boeock, Va., Oongits O. S. T. L. Price, Missouri, Geueral C. S. A. Robert Ould, Va., Exchange CommUaiou cr C. 8. A. 3
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