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BALTIIIOBE LOCK HOSPITAL
D
R. JOHNSTON,
PhoM.ii nf this celebrated Institution, has
discovered the most certain, speedy, pleasant and
effectual remedy in the world for all
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
Weakness ot the Back or L'.mbs, Strictures,
Affections of Kidneys and Bladder, Involun
tary Discharges, Impotency, General Deiuli-
KorannaiiHt. DvspeDSV. Languor, LOW
Tilftas. Palpitation of
OIIU a" will s.'va Va 7 -
n..rt TimiHitT. Tremblmes, Dimness
of Siifht or Giddiness, Disease of the llead,
v. r Skin. Affectionsof Liver, Lungs,
Stomach or Bowels-tbese terrible Disorders
arisln? from the Solitary Habits of Youth those
secret and solitary practices more fatal to their
victims than the song oi eyrens io vue j..u,...
of Ulysses, blighting their roost brilliant hopes
of anticipat ions, rendering marriage, ac, ..u
siblc. .
tnnso MEN
n..uw m-hnlinr liAcnme tlie victims of 8oli
tary Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit
which annually sweeps to an untimely prave
thousands of young men of the most exalted
talents and brilliant Intellect, who might other
wise have entranced listening rjenaves wumuc
thunders of eloquence or waked to ecstacy the
livine lyre, may call wltn tun conuuucc
MARRIAGE.
Married Persons or Young Men contemplating
marriage, aware of Physical Weakness, (Loss
of Procreative rower impoiencj -eitability,
Palpitation, Organic Weakness, .Ner
rous Debility, or any other Disqualification
speedily relieved. ,
ti. whn niaw liimnflf nndor the care 01 UT. 4,
may religiously confide in his houor as a gcntle-
-3 J .1- .1- t,-,a.Lill ASaPbV-
man, auu iuuuucuuj ivij "iu
6ician.
fiBCAVTC WEAKNESS.
Impotency, Lots or Power, Immediately Cured
and full Vigor Restored.
This Distressing Affection which renders Liie
miserable and marriage Impossible is the penalty
paid by the victims ot improper inauis"i"
Young persons are too apt to commit excesses
from not being aware of the dreadful conseqcnccs
that may ensue. Now, who that understands
the subject will pretend to deny that the power
of procreation is lost sooner by those falling into
improper habits than by the prudent I Besides
leing deprived the pleasures of healthy offsprine,
the most serious and destructive symptoms to both
body and mind arise. The system becomes de
ranged, the Physical and Mental uncuuu
Weakened, Loss of Procreative Power, Nervous
Irritability, Dyspe, Ja, Palpitation of the Heart,
liM'urention. Constitutional Debility, a Wasting
of the Frame, Cough, Consumption, Decay and
Death. o
A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS.
Pprsnna ruined in health bv unlearned preteu
dcrs who keep them trilling mouth after month,
taking poisonous and injurious compounds,
should apply immediately.
DR. JOHNSTON,
Member of the Koyal College of Surgeons, Lon
don, Graduated from one of the most eminent
Col'cges in the United States, and the greater
part of whose ife has been spent in the hospitals
or London, rris, rnilaaeipuia ana eisewuere,
has effected some of the most astonishing cures
that were ever known ; many tronblcd with ring
ing in the head and ears when asleep, great
nervousness, being alarmed at sudden sounds,
baehfulness, with frequent blushing, attended
sometimes with derangement of niiud, were cured
'iuiineuiatclv.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
Dr. J. addresses all those who have iujurrd
themselves by improper indulgence and solitary
habits, which ruin both body and mind, unfitting
them for either business, study, society or mar
riage. Thesis are some of the sad and melancholy
effects produced by early habits of youth, via:
Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Pains in the
Back and Head, Dimness of Sight, Loss of Mus
cular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyepepsy,
Nervous Irritability, Derangement of Dieestive
Functions, General Debility, Symptoms of Con
sumption, &c
Mentally The fearful effects on the mind
arc much to be dreaded Loss of Memory, Con
fusion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil
Forebodines, Aversion to Society, Self-Distrust,
Love of Solitude, Timidity, &c, are some of the
'evils prudueed.
TnortAKDS of persons of all ages can now
judge what is the cause of their declining health,
losing their vigor, becoming, weak, pale, nervous
and emaciated, having a singular appearance
about the eyes, cough and symptoms of consump
tion. rOCXG MEN
Who have injured th m selves by a certain prac
tice indulged in when alowe, a habit frequently
learned from evil companions, r at school, the
fleets or which are nightly felt, even when
asleep, and If not cured, renders marriage impos
sible, and destroys both mind and body, should
apply immediately.
What a pity that a young man, the fccpef his
country, the darling Of his parents, should be
snatchy from all prospects aod enjoyments ol
life, by the consequence of deviating from the
path of nature and Indulging in a certain secret
habit. Such persons mcbt before contemplating
"MARRIAGE.
. reflect that a soatid mind and body are the mo1
1 necessary requisites to promote connubial happi-
ness. Indeed without these, the journey through
' life becomes a weary pilgrimage ; the prospect
hourly darkens to the view ; the mind becomes
shadowed with despair and filled with the inclan-
choly reflection, that the happiness of another
becomes blighted -with our own.
A CERTAIN DISEASE.
When the misguided and imprudent votary ol
pleasure finds that be has imbibed the seeds ol
' this painful disease, it too often happens that an
ill-timed sense of shame, or dread of discovery,
deters him from applying to those who, from
education and respectability, can alone befriend
him, delaying till the constitutional symptoms of
this horrid disease make their appearance, such
as ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, noctural
pains in the head and limbs, dimness of sight,
deafness, nodes on the shin bones and arms,
blotches on the head, faca and extremities, pro
gressing with frightful rapidity, 'till at last the
palate of the mouth or the bones of the nose fall
in, and the victim of this awful disease becomes
a horrid object of commiseration, till death puts
a period to his dreadful suffering, fcy sending
him to " that Undiscovered Country from whence
no traveller returns."
It is a melancholy fact that thousands DIE
victims to this terrible disease, through falling
Into the hands of Ignorant or unskillful PRE
TENDERS, who, by the use of that deadly Poi
son, Mercury, &c., destroy the constitution, and
incapable of curing, keep tbe unhappy sufferer
month after month taking their noxious or in
jurious compounds, and instead of being restored
to a renewal of Life Vigor and Happiness, In des
pair leave hint with ruined Health to sigh over
his galling disappointment.
To such, therefore, Dr. Johsstow pledges hira
scir to preserve tbe most Inviolable Secrecy, and
from his extensive practice and observations iu
the great Hospitals or Europe, and the first in
this country, viz : England, France, Philadelphia
and elsewhere, is enabled to offer the most cer
tain, speedy and effectual remedy in the jvortd
for all diseases of imprudence.
DR. JOHNSTON.
OFFICE, NO. 7, 8. FREDERICK STREET.
Baltimore, M. D.
"Left hand side eolng from Baltimore street, a few
doors from the corner. Fall not to observe name
. and number.
J5JNo letters received unless postpaid and
-containing a stamp to be used on the reply. Per
sons writing should state age, and send a portion
of advirtisement describing symptoms.
There are so many Paltry, Designing and
" -ilortlfless Impnsters advertising themselves as
. Physicians, trifling with and ruining the health
or all who unfortunately fall into their power,
that Dr. Johnston deems it necessary to say es--,ecially
to those unacquainted with his reonta-
tion that his Credentials or vipioroas always
linnkT in his office.
ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS.
The many thousands cured at this Establish
ment, year alter year, and the numerous lin
Dortant Surgical Operations performed by Dr.
.Johnston, witnessed by tbe representatives of the
press and many other papers, notices of which
have appeared again and again before the public,
.besides his standing as a gentleman of character
;and responsibility, is a sumcient guarantee to the
-uSlicted. cluu diseases spceany cured.
April 9. 1875. It
MMIILK AM I'UMVU DULLS
Third Street, adjoining Phila. & Erie R. R., two
SUNBURY, PA.
IRA T. CLEMENT,
w 4 t.n-iai-v1 to furnish every description of lum
L ber required by the demands of the public
u.rinn ii th liatmit imnroved machinery for
manufacturing Lunber, he is now ready to fill or
ders at all kinds oi
FLOORING, SIDING, DOORS SHUTTERS,
SASH, BLINDS MOULDINGS, VE
RANDAS, BRACKETS,
.ml all kinds of Ornamental Scrowl Work. Turn
lag of every description promptly executed. Also,
a LAKGB ASSORTMENT OF
BILL LUMBER.
HEMLOCK and PINE. Also, Shingles, Pickets,
Lathe, &c.
Orders promptly filled, and shipped by Railroad
r otherwise. ajva a. .
dCl9-CS:U
professional.
TH. II. KANE, Attorney at Law, SUN-
BURY, PA. Office in Market Square,
(adjoining the office of W. I. Grcenough, Esq.,)
Professional business in this and adjoining coun
ties promptly attended to.
Sunbury, March 16, 1872.-ly.
J ON El 1 1 Ta R X 1ft if,
ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Liverpool, Perry county, Pa.
All business matters in the counties of North
umberland, Snyder, Union. Perry and Juniata
promptly attended to. Consultations can be had
in the German and Euglish languages.
april 17, 1874.-ly.
n. A. SOBER.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND COUNTY SOLICITOB.
Office on Front Street below Market, Sunbury,
Pa. Collections and all legal bnsincss promptly
attended to.
JAMES REIKI, ..T
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office In nanpt's building, South East Comer
of Market Square, Sunbury, ra.
Special Attention Paid to Collections.
A. " ATTORNEY AT LAW,
a' - At bT
and actiso JUSTICE or thk PEACE.
Next Door to Judge Jordan's Residence, Chest
uut Street, Sunbury, Pa.
Collections and all legal matters promptly at
tended to.
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
ATTORNEY Al LAW, AND
ACTIXG JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Conveyancing.the collections of claims, writings,
.nd all kinds of Lesral business will be attended
to carefully and with despatch. Can be consult
ed in the English and German language. Office
in Haupt's buuuing, .Marset street, euuuu. ,
April 9,'75.
GA. ROTOORF,
Attorney-at-Law,
(ifciUKli Liu -,
Northumberland Co., Penna.
Can be consulted in the English and German
languages. Collections attended to in rorin-
umberland ana aajoinmi; rouuu.
Also Agent for the Lebanon Valley Fire Insu
rance Company. mul5
W. C. PACKER.
Attorney at Law,
Sunbury, Pa.
November 0, 1872. tf.
SB. DOVER. Attorney ana Mninseuor
at Law. Office in Wolvertou's Law build
ing, Second street, SUNBURY, PA. Professional
h..ti..P: attended to. in the courts of Northum
oerland and adjoining counties. Also, in the
Circtiif and DUtrict Courts for the Western Dis
trict of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect
ed. Particular attention paid to cane In jsanK-
nqitcy. Consultation can be had in tnc .t-
man language.
LII. KANE, Attorney at Law, tu
a BURY. PA., office in Wolvcrton's Law
building, Second 6treet. Collections made in
Northumberland and adjoluing counties.
April ,'.
Morrill Linn. Andrew H. Dill. Frank. 8. Marr.
EIXX, DILL A MARR,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Next door to the Presbyterian church, Market
Square, 8UNBUKI,
April 9,"5 Northumberland Co., ra.
EDMUND DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SUNBIKX, rw.v'A.
Office in Masssr's Building, south side of Mar
ket Square. April V, io.
JAMFS II. MeDEVITT,
Attorney at Law and
United 8tas Commissioner. Office with 8.
B. Boyer, Esq., iu Wolverton's Law uuiunng,
Suubury, Pa. April .'75.
SP. WOLVERTOIV, Attorney at Law.
Market 8quare, SUNBUBY.PA. Profession
al business in this and adjoining counties prompt-
attended to.
HB. WASSER, Attorney at Law, su
. HT'BV PACnllwtiona attended to in
the counties of Northumberland, Union, Snyder,
Montour, Columbia ana Lycoming. upuu-u
EO. W. ZIECiEER,
UT ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OfHee in Haupt's building, Market St., Sun
bury, Pa.
Collections And all professional business
promptly attended to in the Courts oT Northum
berland and adjoining counties.
illOlLU ACT. IUIIA
DR. C. M. 9IARTIX, Office In Drug
Store. Clement House Block, Office hours :
from ll a. m., to 1 p. m., and from 0 to 9 p. m.,
at all other hours, when not Professionally en-
aged car be found at his residence, on Chestnut
Street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular attention
given to surgical cases. Will visit Patients
either in town or country.
E,
C. GOBIX,
ATTTORN'EY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Office on east Market street, opposite the City
Hotel, Suubury, Pa.
Prompt and careful attention paid to convey
ancing.
May 14, 1875
GB. C A D W A L L. A O E R.Market Street ,
SUNBURY, PA.
Dealer in Drucs, Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Glass, Varnlbhes, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars,
Pocket Books. Dairies, vc.
DENTISTRY.
GEORGE M. KENN,
In SimiJMn"$ Building, Market Square,
Scnbckt, Pa.,
1 prepared to do all kinds of work pertaining
to Dentistry. He keeps constantly on hand
a large assortment of Teeth, and other Dental
material, from which he will be able to select,
and mee. the wants of his customers.
All worn warranted to give satisfaction, or else
the money refunded.
The very best Mouth Wash and lootn-rowaers
kept on hand.
His references arc the numerous patrons lor
whom he has worked for the laBt twelve years.
Sunbury, April 21, 1872.
jotcls aao Ijcstanrairts.
CRAWFORD HOUSE, Cor. Third and
Mulberry, Business Centre, Williamsport,
Pa.
Wm. CRAWFORD, Proprietor.
Dec. 11, 1874.
CEEMEXT HOUSE, Third Street below
Market, 8unbnry, Pa. PETER 8. BUR
RELL, Proprietor. Rooms neat aud comfortable.
Tables supplied with the delicacies or the season
and the waiters attentive and obliging.
Suuqury, Jan. 22, 1875.
UNITED STATES HOTEL., W. r .
KI rCIIEN, Proprietor. Opposite the De
pot SnAMOKIN, PA. Every attention given to
travellers, and the best accommodations given.
April 5,1873. tr
NATIONAL, HOTEL. AUGUSTUS
WAI.n. Pronrletor. Georgetown North'd
County, Pa., at the Station ofthe N. C. R. W.
f'hn n. wtno. anrt rMcrara ax me oar.
The table is supplied with the best the raaj ket
affords. Good stabling ana attentive osiiera.
HEM MEL'S RESTAURANT.
LOUIS HUM MEL, Proprietor,
rmn.PM Ri STTAMOKIN. PENN A.
VUUIUIVIVU - , - ,
TTavtnn' in., rvKMoA th ahnve Saloon for the
accomodation of the public, is now prepared to
serve iis mends wltn tne oess reirconiucuw, nun
fresh Lager Beer, Ale, roner, ana an omci m
uors.
Ittsmt55 ifaros.
W. 8. KUOAPS.
WS. RIIOADS V CO.,
, RETAIL DEALERS OF
ANTHRACITE COAL, SUNBURY, PENN A.
OrncK wr ra haas, r aoeli . vo..
Orders left at SeasUoltr & Bro's., office Market
treet, will receive prompt attention. Country
nstom respectfully solicited.
Feb. 4, 1871. tf.
aw Mn aw. a T.T P-Dl KT RRflS..
j Shippers and Wholesale and Rttail Dealers in
WHITE AND RED ASH COAL, SUNBURI , "A.
(lower whabf.)
Orders will receive prompt attention.
ANTLTRACITE COAL !
TTALENTINE DIETZ, Wholesale and
V Retail dealer in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL, UPPER WHARF,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
All kinds of Grain taken in exchange for Coal
Orders solicited and filled promptly. Orders left
at 8. F. Nevin's Confectionery Store, on Third
treet, will recleve prompt attention, and money
receiptcdfor, the same as at the office.
$lizttlhmtjms.
SUNRURY Ml RULE YARD,
Fourth Street below Market,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
fTMIF, undersigned has returned from the Vcr-
J jiont Marble Quarries with 56 Tons of
Stmole for
Monument, Grave-Stones,
Ac, &c.
He has bought at such figures that
will allow him to sell better stone, for
less money, than heretofore. The be9t
Sutherland .Falls Marble,
which is better than Italian. Rutland is now
sold as low as the Manchester.
Those who need anythiug in tbe Marble line,
for Monuments, Grave-Stones, or other purposes,
will find it to their interest to call and examine
this large stock, as better bargains can be secur
ed than buying from parties 'huckstering' round
the country.
All lettering will be done in the neatest and
most Improved style.
W. M. DAUGHERTY.
Sunbury, Jan. 11, 1873.
THE IilXfi BARBER SHOP
TS THE SHOP OF TOE TOWN and long
JL has been ; ask history and she will tell you
Men have grown old in our patronage ,
Iiabics on their mothers' breast
To bouncing boys at play ;
And yonths by maidens fair caressed,
To stalwart men with cares oppressed,
And old men silver eray.
And among the honored and lasting impres
sions of time, and tbe crash ot revolutions in
circumstances, we stand a living monumental
memento of the ingenuity and perseverance ap
pertaining to the identity of progression, plying
our vocation with the highest style oi an ana
perfection, and aspiring to achieve the highest
reward or merit attainable in our numoie capaci
ty, and the sentiment of respect and approbation
which the presence of superior appliances and es
tablishment are always wont to inspire.
Always to please
We shave with ease
Cut and comb with taste the hair ;
Shampoo the head with soothing care,
And color the whiskers black or brown,
To suit the people abont the town.
Then allow me politely request you to stop,
And not go past nor from around our shop.
To get shaved on the basis of ability nor as
some have done for our use of tbe ballot for prin
ciple sacred and right nor under the common
secret and invidious guise of enmity to complex
ion : for the cnt of a man's coat, or tne color or
his skin, ought not to affect his usefulness nor
his qualifications. A fair chance is all that we
demand, to give the proof to all the land.
JAMES W. WAblllSlilUN.
Proprietor.
Suubury, April 5, 1S73; No. 91, Market St.
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Ho. 14 South Seventh Htreet,: Philadelphia.
iptto lbbfrtistmcuts
A NEW STOCK OF
iffiMANT TAMING GOODS.
CHAS. MAIIIL
Has just returned from, the Eastern cUies,with an
, elegant selections oi
CLOTHS,
CJASSIMERES,
and YESTINGS,
of the finest French Brands, Trimmings, &c.
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terns on hand, and
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SUNBURY, PA.
Sunbury, April 9, 1873.-tf.
1875 MILLINERY. 1875
TRIMMED AND UNTRIMJIED
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All tbe novelties in Silks, Gross Grains, Sashes,
Serges, etc.
French Flowers, Wreaths, Roses, Buds and
Sprays. Ribbons In the new shades.
' Purchasers will find a full and carefully se
lected stock of Millinery at M. L. Gossler's
Millinery Store, Fourth St., below the Sbamokln
Div. N. C. R. R., Sunburv, Pa.
April 23, 1875.
s
PRING AND SUMMER STYLES
of
MILLINEEY
NEW STYLES,
NEW FEATHERS,
NEW FLOWERS,
ORNAMENTS.
Hats & Bonnets
TRIMMED AT ALL PRICES.
IFLIBIBOilSrS
in me
Latest and Best Shades.
Good Assortment of Notions
CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
FANCY ZEPnYR GOODS AND
INFANT'S HOODS,
At Misses L. & 8. Weiser's Millinery Store,
Market St., Sunbury, Pa.
April 23, 187T.
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itsforitftl.
A History of fte Snsptaiia,
BY J. F. HAG1NNIS.
EMBRACING A FULL ACCOUNT OK ITS SET'
TLEMENT TRIALS AND PRIVATIONS
ENDURED BY THE FIRST PIONEERS
FULL ACCOUNT OF TOE INDIAN WARS,
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CHAPTER VI.
Andrew Montour Visit the Great Island
A Reward for the Indians Scalps Sha
viokin Abandoned and Burned by the In
dians Reflections.
The consternation and excitement that
prevailed throughout tbe country at the
time of the massacre on Penn's Creek is
better imagined than described. The most
exaggerated rumors were put in circula
tion, many of which were devoid of all
truth. But notwithstanding, tbey had
reasons to be alarmed, as the danger was
really great.
About the latter part of October, 175"),
Andrew Montour and an Indian named
Monagatootha were sent for by the Dela
wares to visit them at Great Island. They
started up, accompanied by three other
Indians. On arriving there they found six
Delawares and four Shawanese, who in
formed that overtures had been made them
by the French. Large bodies of French
and Indians had crossed the Allegheny
mountains for the purpose of murdering,
scalping and burning. This Montour re
ported to the Provincial Government, and
also recommended the erection of a foit at
Shamokin. It was the intention of the
French to overrun this portion of the coun
try and erect fortiGcations at different
po'iLts, making Shamokin their headquar
ters. In the latter part of October, 1755,
a few weeks after the big massacre, the In
dians again appeared in considerable num
bers around the Shamokin region, and dur
ing the" following month committed several
barbarous murders upon the remaining
whites. Xo particulars, however, are pre
eervjd, and notwithstanding the most care
ful researches, I have been unable to gath
er tl.cm. During the month of November,
at a council held al Philadelphia, the old
Indian Chief Scarroyady was present aud
gave some interesting information. It was
to tbe effect that two messengers had re
cently come from Ohio to the Indian town
at B.g Island, where they fouud a white
man, who accidentally happened to be
there. These Indians were very much en
rage! on seeing him, and insisted upon
having him killed. The other Indians
would not permit him to be injured, stating
that they would not kill him nor allow them
to do it, as they had lived ou good terms
with the Euglish, and did not wish to shed
blood. These messengers were sent by the
French to cBtrange these friendly Indians,
if possible. '
In 1750, the Governor ofthe Province of
Pennsylvania, on account of the hostility
of the Indians, issued a proclamation,
which is too long and laborious to give, and
a shame and disgrace to an enlightened
people. If any wish to read it, refer to the
7th volume of the Colonial Records, page
83. From this document it will be per
ceived that the whites were encouraged to
scalp the Indians by a reward offered by
the Governor. It is thought to have been
very barbarous for tho Indians to scalp the
killed, but at the same time it is not gen
erally kuown that the English were hired
to do the same. Such being the fact, then,
are the Indians to be blamed for their con
duct? !I say emphatically,- no. But it
will be argued, probably, by our friends G.
W. E. and L. J. E. that they firsfcom-'
menccd the barbarous prictrce. Granting
such to be the fact, was that any reason
that people claiming to be civilized and en
lightened should adopt the custom of sav
ages ?
About this time the Indians abaudoucd
the town of Sharaohin, probably on account
of fear of the English, who' were expected
ihere in considerable force, to erect a fort
and make preparations for the defence of
the frontier. On the third of June, 175G,
scout, consisting of Geo. Allen, Abe
Loverhill, James Crapton, John Gallaher,
John Murrab, and Robert Eyer, were sent
up the river to reconnoiler the enemy at
Shamokin. They reported that they ar
rived there on Saturday night, and not ob
serving any enemy, went to the place where
the town had been, but found all the houses
consumed, and no trace of it, left. They
remained there till (en o'clock the next day,
but observed no signs of Indians.
Shortly, after the massacre on Penn's
Creek the Moravian mission at Shamokin
was broken up, and the settlers lied, to
Bethlehem. This they were compelled to
do in order to save their lives, as the In
diana were very rude, and probably would
have murdered them if they had remained
much longer.
Thus was the ancient town of Shamokin
destroy.edJjy its own inhabitants. It seem
ed that they were anxious to obliterate all
trace of their settlement at this point, when
they found that the whites were encroach
ing so rapidly upon their lands. Like the
Russians, they were determined to leave
nothing behind that could be of any benefit
to the enemy. Shamokin in 'having been
such an important point among them from
time immemorial, no doubt they left it with
regret, and the dusky warrior, as he turn
ed into the forest, could not retrain irom
looking back at the spot he loved so well,
that was to be abandoned forever. The
flames of the burning wigwams lighted up
the gloorp of the surrounding wilderness
the little papooses cluug closer to their
mothers, nnd looked wistfully around.
This closes the Grst act in the drama.
To be Continued.
A Little Ahead of Noah. A dis
pute once arose between two Scotchmen,
named Campbell aud M'Lean, upon the an
tiquity of their families. The latter would
not
allow that the Campbells had any
ri
ght to rank with the M'Leans in antiquity
ho, he insisted, were in existence as a
w
clan since the beginniug of the world.
Campbells had a little more Biblical knowl
edge than his antagonist, and asked him if
the clan of the M'Leans was before the
flood. "Flood! what flood?' asked M
Lean. 'The flood, you know, that drown
ed all the world but Noah and his flock,'
said Campbell. 'Pooh! you and your
flood !' 6aid M'Lean ; 'my clan was afore
the flood." 'I have not read in my Bible
said Campbell, 'of any one of the name of
M'Lean going into Noah's ark.' Noah's
ark !' retorted M'Leaa in contempt ; 'who
ever heard of a M'Lean that hadn't a boat
of his ain?'
lisccllancons.
'Every Man the Architect ol III
Own Fortune X"
BY MRS. S. L. B. MCFARLAND.
The history of many of our greatest
statesmen and heroes, whose names stand
proudly preeminent, written upon a na-
tion's gilded scroll of fame, enforces the
truth of this maxim.
There are men whose names are burden
ed with noble actions and grand deeds
men who have graven upon the pages of
history in imperishable characters, a record
that shall be handed dowu to succeeding
generations, casting a halo of beauty round
the stormy scenes that characterized tbe
past era of our national existence.
To sketch the life of any of these would
aptly illustrate so fruitful a theme as the
one before us ; none more so, however,
than he whose career we will biieflv at-
tempt to outline, tnougn conscious ot now
inadequate to the task will prove our feeble
powers.
The history of Simon Camerou, begin
ning with his babyhood and tracing it up
ward and onward, through his first early
efforts, through his brilliant course that
waited him years after, when seated upon
one of the highest pinnacles of the temple
of Fame, he proudly reverts to the fact
that he has reached his present position
unaided save by the strength of his own
native genius, forcibly reminds us that in
this instance at least we find, 'The child is
father of the man.'
Of Scotch parentage, he was born in the
beautiful valley of the Susquehanna, in the
county of Northumberland. Ilis parents
were poor, and his infant eyes opened upon
not the most flattering prospect for his fu
ture advancement. But even at this early
stage of his existence he is said to have
shown more than infantile sagacity. For
when his fond mother, according to a be
lief in some old nursery legend arranged
before the babe some fruit and a piece of
money, in the expectation that its choice
would prove indicative of the disposition of
the child, or the direction that its mind
would take in succeeding years ; be was
found to eager, ly grasp for the glittering
silver dollar, ('greenbacks' in the days of
Simon's infancy not being so much in
vogue as now,) and this without once cast
ing a look of regret upon the beautiful,
rosy cheeked apple which lay beside it, and
would have proven an irresistable tempta
tion to the generality of baby gormands.
Nor has he in all his long and toilsome
race after honor and fame belied his baby
instincts, or repented his childish predilec
tions. But Simon loved gold, not for its own in
tinsic value, only as it proved the stepping
stone to his purposes. Well did he learn
in after life to know that genius without
gold bright, glittering gold to support
its pretensions, was powerless to shine. .
- And when years after a frail, boyish
form was seen to enter the streets of the
then embryo city of Ilarrisburg, like the
immortal Franklin, with all his earthly
possessions in his hand ; a change of linen
tied up In a 'kerchief ; none recognized the
future statesman, fitted by his sagacity and
wisdom to help iu coming years guide the
ship of Stale when the noble craft threaten
ed to founder mid the breakers of anarchy
and disunion, in the lone, friendless boy,
thus early forced to embark upon life's
stormy ocean, a competitor for capricious
fortune's favors. . - t
With the energy that has characterized
all bU actions, he turned his attention to
the noble art of printing, but amid the
multiplicity of duties he was called upon
to perform, opportunity was ever found to
promote- the improvement of his intellec
tual faculties, so that when time had an
other cycle run ho stood upon the verge of
manhood, ricli in undeveloped resources,
about to take that position upon the world's
stage of action for which "nature and na
ture's God" had formed him ; emineully
fitted to maintain the part he was about to
assume, and successfully to carve his way,
unheeding the toilsome way upward and
onward to the summit of tbe hill of fame.
'Tis a sight replete with moral grandeur
aud sublimity to behold youth, in the
brightness and beauty of life's morning,
girding on the armor for tho conflict, and
throwing dowu the gauutlet of defiance to
a world of whose dread power it possesses
too little knowledge to be susceptible of
such an emotion as fear.
Embosomed among Penn's hills that so
proudly rear their heads skyward, upon
tbe banks of the beautiful Susquehanna
river, some few miles above where it co
mingles its limpid waters with those of
the "Blue Juniata," is situated the town
of Halifax.
A few fleecy clouds flecked the expanse
of Heaven's blue vault, every one with a
"silver lining." Thb balmy air, ladoned
with the fragrant breath of flowers, borne
upon zephyr wings, incense-likc, heaven
ward, soothed the spirit to a delightful
calm, befitting the beauty of the landscape
on which the eye might revel.
Such was the day of which we write. It
found the usually quiet place all astir;
while the inhabitants, judging from ap
pearances, found something of unusual in
terest going on.
To the cause of which we will for a mo
ment devote our attention. In this lovely
dell the noble order of Masons had attained
to a flourishing condition, and at the pe
riod to which we revert they were about to
erect a substantial edifice, purposed for the
use of the members of the masonic frater
nity. The corner stone of the building was
about being laid, and with fitting ceremo
nials celebrated on this St. John's day the
27th of June the beautiful "month of
roses," in the year 1828.
It was then and there that Simon Cam
eron first mounted the rostrum. All na
ture seemed to smile as if in approval upon
his maiden effort, upon this his first deci
sive step in his entree into the great world,
whose sterner realities he had already
tasted and whose brightness and beauty,
he had so longed to see, of whose gilded
cup of emolument, honor, and fame, he
was now sipping the first nectared drop,
while he grasped unsbrinkly the brimming
chalice ho was fated to drain to the dregs.
Many doubting looks were cast upon biro,
when it was fully understood that the light
graceful form and youthful features of Si
mon Cameron personated the orator of the
day, upon so momentous an occasion. But
he had not struggled and perserved through
.-:r
the difficulties that had hitherto beset his
pathway, to know the meaning of such a
word as fail now. He felt and knew that
"There is a tide In tbe affiursofinen wliich ta
ken at its flow leads on to fortune."
This consciousness upheld him, and as
he warmed with his subject all timidity
was lorgotten, and he plunged into it with
earnestuess of manner, displaying a. pro
fundity of thought that charmed, while his
graceful motions added to his eloquence,
and hclU spell bound his audience.
TiVftMl lkn I t .
ui wiue uo was ma need as a
young man of decided promise, and his
advancement in public life was rapid and
sure. His barque was soon launched upon
the torbid sea of political strife, and as it
rose and fell with the heaving, swelling
motion, now seemingly about to be over
whelmed in the trough of old oceau, again
mounting buoyantly upon the foam-crested
tip of some monster wave, swiftly borne
onward, while all undismayed at thoughts
of the phoaja an4 breakers, upon which so
many-' "fecturcsorae navigator had seen
his bonnie craft stranded, with all its nre-
cious freight of ambitious hopes and fears,
ne, with nerves steeled by a belief of future
success, grasped the helm, and proved, by
toe result, nis capability of piloting it in
safety. I - ...
Ia 1838 occurred his appointment as
"Indian Agent" to the Winnebagoes, for
the purpose of disbursing the fund due
them, the (red men,) from the government.
Alany rather ungenerous animadversions
upon his conduct have arisen in relation to
this affair. Whether these aspersions
were merely the result of malice in those
who envied his prosperity, the result of his
intense application and display of superior
tacit and talents, we will- not assume to
judge, leaving it those better qualified to
decide.
With "heart within and God o'er head"
his upward progress was now with a rapi
dity that astonished whilst it awed the
inferior herd of worldlings, whose grovel
ing nature would not allow them to soar to
that height of eminence to which, born
upon the eagle wings of his ambition,
Simon Cameron, with soul expanded by
high and noble thoughts, aspired too.
Upward and onward, higher, higher, he
paused not in his serial flight to contem
plate, much less to be dismayed, at the
difficulties that obstructed his nathwav.
J -
From thence forth the people seemed to
find in him one whom they delighted to
honor with every gift in the power of a
grateful constituency to bestow, until
Simon Cameron to day stands unrivaled in
his fame as one of the most eminent men
who adorn the galexy of American states
men. Long and faithfully has he served his
country ! May his laurel "wreath of fame
be has won never wither, nor the star of
his glory grow dim." Many and happy
be the declining years of his life spent neath
the shades of his own loved "LochieL"
Then while
."Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime .
And departing, leaves behind us.
Foot piints on the sands of time."
Let us take for our motto, engraving upon
our hearts iu indelliblc characters the fact,
that, "j&eri Jiiau is the architect of his men
Jortune." Lebanon I alley isandara.
Love-Making in Portugal.
Mr. John Latouche, in his "Travels in
Portugal," gives a somewhat striking pic
ture of the habita of the middle class Por
tuguese, and their method of love-making :
"There is nothing that would strike a
traveler fresh from Euglaod, Germany or
France more than the great rarity of real
country houses in Portugal. , It is entirely
against the genius of the people to live a
country life. The Portuguese are too so
ciable to endure to be surrounded only by
woods and Gelds and Mountains. He has
many of our .Northern, tastes ; he likes
field sports in moderation ; he rides, in his
OwjKStyle, better than any nation in Eu
rope, except ourselves ; lie has a sincere
delight in country life and country scenery,
but ho cannot long support the utter soli
tude of the country.
"A Portuguese nobleman, if he be rich
enough, lives in Lisbon or Oporto, and if
he has a country house will visit it for a
month or two in the autumn ; even then
he will often rather endure the misery of a
sea-side lodging among a crowd than go
inland. The larger of the country towns
have streets full of gentlemen's houses ;
and here vegetate, from year to year, fami
lies who are just rich enough to live upon
their incomes without working. To live,
iudeed, as the Portuguese do in such towns,
need cost but little. A large house with
a plot of cabbages (a kale yard) behind it ;
with witewashed walls, floors uncarpeted
a dozen wooden chairs, one or two deal
tables ; no fireplace, not even a stove.either
in sitting room or bed room ; no curtains
to the windows, no covers to the tables; no
pictures on the walls, no mirrors ; no table
pleasantly strewed with books, magazines,
newspapers, and ladies' work ; no such
thing visible as a pot of cut flowers ; no
rare china, no clocks, no bronzes none of
1 1 . -,, 3 ... .lit.
the hundred trifles and curiosities wiln
which, in our houses, we show our taste,
or our want of it, but which either way
give such an individual character and
charm to our English homes. All these
negatives describe the utterly dreary habi
tations of the middle-class Portuguese.
"For occupations the women do needle
work, gossip, go to mass daily, and look
out of the window by the hour. Except
the one short walk to church at eight
o'clock in the morning, a Portuguese lady
hardly ever appears in the streets. As for
the men, they lounge about among the
shops, they smoke innumerable paper ci
garettes, they take a siesta in tho heat of
the day. If there is sunshine, they stand
in groups at the street corners with um
brellas over their heads ; in winter they
wear a shawl over their shoulders, folded
and put on three-cornerwise, as a French
or English woman's shawl is worn ; for
this is a fashion in Portugal, and the
Spaniards laugh a good deal at their neigh
bors on the score of their being a nation
who invert the due order of things, and
whose women wear cloaks and men shawls.
In these towns there is never nuy news,
and if two men are Been in eager discussion
of some matter of apparently immense im
portance, and if one happens to pass near
enough to overhear the subject of conver
sation, be sure that one of them is plunged
in despair or kindling with enthusiasm at
a fall or rise of a half penny in the price of
a pound ot tobacco. An American gentle
man of my acquaintance told me that he
had never passed two Portuguese in con
versation without hearing one of two
words spoken, testno or raparirja finance
or love.
"There are not even fashions for them
to think about ; young men and old men
dress alike, but the young?r ones wear ex
ceeding tfcht boots, and when they take
their walks abroad, it ia obvious that they
do so in considerable discomfort. The
young men, however, have one occupation
more important even than wearing tight
boots, and which almost, in fact, goes with
it that of making the very mildest form
of love known among men. The process,
indeed, is carried on in so Platonic a man
ner, and with so much proper feeling, that
I doubt if even the strictest English gov
erness would find anything in it to object
to. The young gentlemen pay their ad
dresses by simply standiug in front of the
house occupied by the object of their affec
tions, while the young person in question
looks down approvingly from an upper
window, and there the matter ends. They
are.'not within speaking distance, and have
to content themselves with expressive
glances and show ; for it would be highly
unbecoming for the young lady to allow a
billet-doux to flutter down into the street
while the laws of gravitation stand in the
way of the upward flight of such a docu
ment unweighty, at least, with a stone,
and this, of course, might risk giving tbe
young lady a black eye, or breaking her
father's window-panes. So the lovers
there remain, often for hours, feeling, no
doubt, very happy, but looking unutterably
foolish. These silent courtships sometimes
continue for very long periods before the
lover can ask the fatal question, or the
lady return the final answer. I heard a
story of one such protracted courtship
which an ingenious novelist might easily
work into a pretty romance.
"About forty or fifty years ago, before
the suppression of convents in Portugal, a
young lady was engaged to be married
For some reason or other, the marriage
did not come off, and the girl was placed
in a Benedictine nunnery at Oporto. Soon
after came the abolition of convents ; but
while the inonastries were absolutely dis
solved, and the monks scattered, tbe nuna
who were already inmates of religious
houses were suffered there to remain. The
young lady, accordingly, on the suppres
sion occurring, did not leave the Benedic
tine convent. It is to be presumed, how
ever, tnat tne particular estaDiisnmenc
were somewhat relaxed, for the young gen
tleman who had been engaged to this nun
was observad to take his constant stand be
fore the barred window of his former mis
tress' cell, while she would become visible
behind the grating. Here the romance I
have imagined would perhaps rather lack
incident, and, except in a master's hand.
might grow monotonous, for this hopeless
courlsbip lasted no fewer than four-and-thirty
years, till a bowed and middle-aged
man paced the pavement, and looked up to
a gray-liaired mistress. It only ended
with the death ofthe lady, a few years ago.
Many persons have assured me that they
have, often been eye witnesses of what I
have described, and I found that the fact
was quite notorious in Oporto. It will, of
course, be understood that the stagnating
life I have described, with its narrow cir
cle of interests and its little meanness of
household detail, is confined to the half
educated, middle class inhabitants of small
country towns. The higher native society
of Lisbon, with its courtly influences, and
that of Oporto which holds the same
relative position to Lisbon that Edinburgh
did to London before the days of steam
can compare with any capitol of Europe.
The men are high-bred, courteous and
intelligent, and the ladies have a charm of
manner and talents for society which all
foreigners admit."
Don't, Girls. Don't think that yards
and yards of ribbons, ruffles and lace will
add one particle to your value. Don't
make a walking milliner's shop or a jewel
er's store of yourselves, covering all that
is of true merit within you with that which
will only attract the shallow brained.
Don't think sensible people are to be de
ceived with vain show ; they look for beau
ty of heart and mind. Don't flatter your
selves it is smart to affect ignorance of
manuel labor, or tobetguorantof it. Don't
give the subject of matrimony a thought
while you are in your teys, except to
qualify yourself for the responsible position
it places yon in ; you need all of that lime
of your life to fit yourselves for it. You
need to study books, tlie laws of life and
health ; to be well experienced in the cul
inary art, as perhaps the happiness and
health of hundreds are depending on your
knowledge of this. Don't give your time
and talents to the world, or to sceeking the
things of time and sense that perish with
their using. God has created you for a
nobler purpose, and made you accountable
for what He has given you. Don't sell
your birthright for a mess of pottage.
Chance for Economy. When you go
to a mechanic to get a job of repairing
done, and are waiting for the roaster work
men to do it, don't go off to the store or
whisky shop and loiter away your time,
if nothing more stay by the mechanic and
watch him. When the job is completed
ask yourself if you could not have done it
at home, if you had provided yourself with
a few tools, such as no farmer should be
without, and save your time, (which U
money), and your money, too. The young
farmer will soon fiud by a little persever
ence that there is pleasure in this branch
of economy. He will find himself happily
engaged all the rainy, bad weather in keep
iug not only his shoes in repair, bat his
harness and farming implements. This
branch of industrious economy will stimu
late him to take better care of his tools by
housing them and keeping them painted.
The Peruvian authorities have quite
an effective way of dealing with libellous
editors, by first making them swallow a
copy of their own newspaper, and then
shooting them. The latter part of the
ceremony would be unnecessary ia this
country.
A Pittsburg preacher has been request
ed to repeat his sermon and "say it slow."
In one of his sentences he remarks : "The
marvellous multitudmousness of the
mioutits of the corroborating circumstan
ces are the insurmountable difficulties
which unmistakably prevent the skeptic
from discovering truth."