-' 7 American t Fkidat, by 1, Proprietor, 2 Market Square, IA. I Fiity Cents it within the year; It !P d-laycd till 'after icriitiuu diHcoutiuueo' V) at tiie option of the 3II1I.Y A1IHKUKD TO. Ucan by ihthoijk living Blx-rli iul, m;it bo ac ts made new s.'.ry by tiu( uuaiil bubhcriii- Rates of Advertising:. Oue inch, (twcWe lines or ift equivalent in Nonperial type) oue or two iurt!oM,tlJO ; three insertions i00 IX. 2. One inch Two inches Three inches Fourinche " Quarter Coumu. Hal Column.. 3K. 6x. IT. $3,110 6.M 7.00 .oo 12.00 18.00 $4.09 7.00 9.0O 11.00 14.00 'JO.UU (0.00 t.UO 12.00 17.00 30.00 so.00 $10.00 15.00 18,00 25.00 30.00 Bii.OO 100.00 . 3JX . 5.00 , 7.00 . 10.00 . 15.00 vne tollman.. y. - ......... u.uv .w.wi eu.uu ttu.uv juu.uu 30.ua 36.00 40.00 60.00 mA .- . pajauie quarterly' irasscient .uStTSSSnnt ' Iiue' ,3d ten " th,w".BtUn,Q Km-tor," column $2.00 per yew for the flret two lioe anU $1.00 for each additional T8talllsliea In lSlO. i PKIt'E 91 50 I. ADVANCE. S SUNBURY, PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14, 187G. t New Series, Vol. 7, No. 39. i Old Scries, Vol. 36, No. 39. t D" JO gjoorcrod the in jfeciaal reined v DISEASE . HOSPITAL Institution, has hIv, plcasHtit and r uli DEXCE. libs, Strictures, ulder, Invo'.un Seuoral DeMli Laniruor, Low Palpitation of n?s, Dimness f the Head, Liver, Lunirs, ifljfCU"US OI rvluneyg DiscUarsre"., I in pott JtervouKiicea, DvBpev loufasion of Ide j, B--aiL, timiaiiv, l jSifbt or Giddiness, Dl y&A, Now or Bkin, Affec it.imH1' or Bowels thcsti Disorders jisiaf fl' the Solitary VLt'o Vh those tcrH 811(1 solitary practit o, -.tal to their .jnrt than the song of Sjhfc"lie Mariners j riJ-ic8J Wisntins tueir roft brilliant hopes antfcipatioiiB, rendering yiarrlage, &c, impos- iOUXGJI, EX ijiecUny, who have becoiti the victims of So'.i aryVlce lliat dreadful aiij destructive habit rli'ich annually 6wceps to I an untimely jrrave bouaail of ounr men f the most' exalted glents mid brilliant Intellect, who miirlit othcr--ie have entranced liht'eWin); Senates with the lnn'r of eloquence or waked o ccstacy the vine l?ve may call with full coulideuce. - MAKEI'nE. Viarrtel rrciis orj , ; Men contemplating r.-lirc. nwnre of iStTg il Weakness, (Loss Trocreative l'owcr Im, tency), Nervous Ex Uibillty, 1'alpitation, Organic Weakness, Ncr ms Debility, or any ciher Disqualification, edEy relieved. He li places himself under the care of Dr. J. gvit-iplout-'y contide In his honor us a pentle "n,ud coutidut!y rely non his ekill a a I'liv ci 1 OKGAXIC WftAKXESS. apotcticv. Loss or Pottc immediately Cured id fll Vigor Kestored. j Xhii Distressing Aireetion which renders Life iwrsbleand marriage imji-ssible istheenalty jl hy tntt. victims or njpropcr indulireuces. oun: persons are too ni to commit excesses om rot beiiiR aware of tin. dread,! ul consciences at nay ensue. Xow, who that unden-tunds t subject will pretend o deny that the power procreation is lost soone by those failininto iprojcr habits than by tht prudent! Besides jiig deprived the pleaureiof healthy oliiprin, it most serious M.i destriu- ive symptoms to but li idy and mind arise. Th. system becomes de red, tlie I'hypical ant Mental Functions teoeL L-s of Vrocreuive Power, Nervous rilability, Dyi-pe, in, I'abitation of the Heart, diction, Constitutional Debility, a usliii; ' tli Frame, Cuurli, C'ou.iiuiptiou. Decay and CUKE WAKKAXTEI IX TWO DAYS, pen-on ruined in health by unlearned prelen irilioketj' them triUiunm.Mith after month, tine poisonous and injurious compounds, iouU app'j jtnniediately. PI'.. JOI'.XiTUN, iem'ier of the Loyal Co!) re of Surceons, Lon m, (iraluated from one of the most eminent jl'etvs in the United btites, and the creater irtcf whose ife has beetisju-nt in the hoi-pilals ' lor.dou, Pris, PhiladtipLia uud elsewhere, i:Uctt'4 some of the tn.-t astonishinc cures at were ever known ; tuaay troubjed withrim; j hi the bead and ear when usieep, ;ieat TTsufuess, beiui; nlarniod at suddcu itoauds, jlifulnes, with fronueit blus-hinir, attended mewmes with deranemi itc-f mind, were cured imtdiatciv. TAKE PAKTICLLAB NuTICE. Dr. J. addresses all t'.iae who have iujurrd ,emelves by iinprojier indulgence and solitary itiits, which ruin both boy and mind, untitling ta for either busiuess, f-;uiir, society or mar- These are some of the sat and melancholy lects prodceed by early baiiits of youth, viz: 'takuess of the Buck and Lknbs, Pains in the sekr.iid Head, Dimness of Split, Loss of Mus Uar Power, Palpitation of tin Heart, Dyspcpsy, trrout Irritability, Derartroment of Diirestiv sdci ions, General Debility, Symptoms of Cou lnn'tion, Ac KtSTUXT The fearful t fleets on the mind rn 111 eli to be dreaded Los of Memory, Con ifiou of Ideas, Depression, of Spirits, Evil oreljodings, Aversion to S-iety, Se!f-D:s,trust, ovt of Solitudu, Timidity, fcc, are some of the rlli produfed. Tbocsands if persons i all arcs can now tdire what is the cause of tk-ir declining health, isiug their vigor, beeomiug,weak, pale, nervous id emaciated, having a angular appearance boiit the eyes, cough and symptoms ol conump ion. toung m:n fbo have injured th mselve by a certain prac- vx .ntlulged In v. hen alone, a liauil irequei ion irequt-i at school, t I cr'ied from evil conijiauios, or at school, t I Cetis of which are uighly felt, even when .sleep, aud If not cured, reniers marriage impos- iLie, and destroys both miii aud body, should I iff) y immediately. What a pity tb;t a younirnan, the hopeof his uutry, the darling "of his parents, should be .imtclici from all prosjieetf and enjoyments ot iltt, by the consequence ofdeviatiug from the itttb of nature and iudulgii? in a certain secret oabit. Such iersons vfsT tefore coutcmulating MARRIAGE, relet t that a sound mind anl body are the mos1 ue-esary requisites to pronute connubial happi acts. Indeed without these the journey tbrouirh life becomes a weary pilgxinage ; the prospect botrly darkens to the view; the mind becomes shadowed with despair and Hied with the inclau c!ic:y reflection, that the kipplntus of another become blighted w ith ourown. A CERTAIN IASE. When the niissruided and injirtidciil votary ot pi, usure finds thai be has mbilted the seeds ol this painful disease, it too tAen bapeiis that an ii:-iim' sense of shame, a dread of discovery, FcTei him from applving tliose who, from e iuoatioiand respeetabiliti n alone befrien.! him, delsving till the constiutbnal symptoms ol this horrid disease make thiir ipjearance, such at ulcerated sore throat, dieastd nose, noetuiai ptius in the head and limtswimuess of sigiil, ilfncss, code on the eiia touct aud anus, blotches on the head, face md jxtremilies, pro tressiuc with frightful rapditj till at last the paiate of the mouth or the bona of the nose foil in, and the victim of this awfnldisease becomes u horrid object of comraisratia, till death jml a lriiMl to his dreadful mmnig, by pending I.11.1 to "thut UndiscoveredCoulrv from whence no traveller returns." It is a melancholy fact thattliou sands DIE victims to thin terrible ditease.througli tailing I .to the hauds of Ignorant fcrtnskillful PRE TENDERS, who. b-: th nee of .hat deadly Poi son, Mercur3 Ac. dl "oj the nbtitutiou, and t .. .1 I..- lmutal)le of curiueJ tke inhappv sullerer laouth after month jurious comjioundH, a to a renewal of Life ) .lie leave him with 1 his galling 'dUappoin' 1 o such; therefore, '.( to preserve the tn fivin his extensive i tlie great Hospitals ol tt. is country, viz: Eng tlur noxious or in tead.f being restored .nd llppincss, in des , Bea,u to sigh over h'i?i pledges hitn jvlo'le Secrecy, and 4. auobservations in nroH!, ad the first ii: ltd!" rate, Philade!hi.i olh? the most cer 'om r in the world 1 V ac'i t'isewiicrc, is enab ti'iu. (edy and ctV-e' l r a!i diseases of i-1 ni;6T03 1 JK SliEET. tlMoa, M. D. cestrn, a few I obscle name Frji NO r 2DEF l-'-ft hand side goIi,aUi nnle 1 postpj and nse " 'j uv. -fctUe refl lYr Uute age,! send a irtion scribing syioms. ny Paltrjesignin, and 4-s advertisi tbemsclis ag w'th and ring the ialth fuately fall their Vper, leems it usary to si es acquaiutedth his rdta fleutials or ilomas aUy .EMENT OF TI PRESS. ;lsaiid8 cured this Estab'li f year, and ttnumcrous i li Operations pormed by L ..c! by the repPjitatives of tl - ,.ii...- MaTwrs, nices of whic lire the public a of churaclef narautec toth nrcd. """""" MILLS Irie. R. K., two tl Hotel, iption of 1 lim ine public. Machinery for eady to lill or- 11 UTTERS, iS, VE- 1Work. Turn. Xecuted. Also, 11. og!es, Pickets i by Railroad CLEMENT. professional. TIL U. KASE, Attorney at Law, SUX- BUKT, PA. Oilice in Market fco,nare, (adjoinins the office of W. I. Grecnonch, Esq.,) Professional business in this and adjoining coun ties promptly attended to. Sunbury, March 10, lKTi.-ly. j okFmi mTaisxoi.m, ATT)KXEY 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 iu the German and English languages, april 17, 1S74.-1V. TJl. A. SORER. ATTORNEY AT LAW AND COfJiTT SOLICITOR. Ofilcc on Front Street below Market, Sunbury, Pa. Collections and all legal business promptly attended to. AMES REARM. ATTORXEY AT LAW. Office In Haupt's building, South East Corner of Market Square, Sunbury, Pa. Special Attention Paid to Collections. .V. RKICE, il, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Axr. acting JUSTICE or the PEACE. Next Door to Judge Jordan's Residence, Chest nut Street, Sunbury, Pa. Collections and all legal matters promptly at tended to. JEREMIAH SNYDER. ATTORNEY Al LAW, AXD ACTtVU JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Con veyaucini.t he collections of claims, writings, and ull kinds of Leiral business will be attended to carefully and with despatch. Can be consult ed in the English and German language. Otllce in Haupt's building, Market street, Sunbury, Pa. April U,;?r. G. . HOTIMMSF, Attornev-at-Law, GEORGETOWN, Northumberland Co., Peiina. Can be consulted in the English and German languages. Collections attended to in North umberland and adjoining counties. Also Agent for the Lebanon Valley Fire Insu rance Company. mhl5 W. C. PACKER, Attorney at Law, Sunbury, Pa. November 9. 1872. tf. O K. ROVER. Attorney and Counsellor KJ at Law. Oilice in Wolverton s Law build- ing, Second street, SUNBURY, PA. Professional UMtiess attended to, in the courts 01 .ortuum nerland and adjoining counties. Also, in the Circuit and Diririct Courts for the Western Dis trict of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect ed. Particular atteution paid to cac In Lank mptcj. Consultation can be had in the Ger man lauguac. April t,'73. L. II. KASE, Attorney at Law, SUN BUR Y, PA., oilice in Wolverton" Law building, Second street. Collections made in Northumberland and adjoining counties. April a, '75. J. Merrill Linn. Andrew H. rill. J'rauk. S. Ma it. MXN, RILE A NARK, ATTOHXEYS AT LAW, Next door to the Presbvtr rian church, Market Square, SUNBURY, April 9,'75 Northumberland Co., Pa. JAJIFS II. MeDEVITT, Attorney at Ij.vw axd United States Commissioner. Office with S. B. Boyer, Esq.. in Wolverton's Law Building, Sunbury, Pa. April V.'75. s. P.WLVERTX, Attorney at Law. Market Square, SUXBURY,PA. Profession al business in this and adjoining counties prompt -y attended to. Hit. MASSER, Attorney at Law, SUX- URY, PA. Collections attended to in .ntics of Xorthumberland, Union, Snvder. iour, Columbia aud Lveoming. apllO-0'J y - J( EO. IV. ZIEUEEK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office opposite depot, Third Street, Sun- bury, Pa. Collections and all professional business pnmptly attended to iu the Courts of Xorthum berland and adjoining counties. October 1875. D' Store, Clcmeut House Block, Office hours : from 11a. 111., to 1 y. iu., and from C to 'J p. in., al all other hours, when not Profesionally en aced can be found at his residence, on Chestnut Street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular attention given to surgical cases. Will visit Patients cither in town or country. E. ' i;ori.. ATTTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Office 011 east Market street, opposite the City Hotel, Snnliury, Pa. Prompt and careful attention paid to convey ancing. May 14. 1875 GR. CAIMV A LEADER, Market Street, SUNBURY, PA. Dealer in Drngs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Glass, Varnishes, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars, Pocket B-ioks. Dairies, Vc. REMISTRY. GEORGE M. ItENX, In Sunjixon's JJuihliiKj, Market Sytutrc, Sunbckt, Pa., 1 prepared to do all kinds of work pertaining to Dentistry. He keeps constantly on hand a large assortment of Teeth, and other Drnul material, from which he will be able to wdeet, ; ana race me wants or his customers. All worK warranted to givesatisfaetio!i, or else the money refunded. The very best Mouth Wash uud Tooth-Powders kept on hand. His references are tho numerous patrons for whom be has worked for the last twelve years. Sunbury, April lil, 187. Ijotcls nub licstanranis. N A;LE HOlE, (Formerly "Danville lintel," re opened July lst,lS7').) Market Street, Danville, Pa. L. G. MILlvKli, Proprie tor. Guests conveyed to and from the Depot. Good sample rooms for ugeuts. Aug. 1J, o.-ly. CRA1 Mu! berry. Business Centre, Williamsport, Pa. Wm. CRAWFORD, Proprietor. Dec. 11, 1S74. CLEM EXT HOI SI., Third Street below Market, Suubury, Pa. PETER S. BUR RELL, Proprietor. Rooms neat aud comfortable. Tabies supplied with the delicacies of the season and the waiters attentive and obliging. Sunqury, Jan. 1S73. UXITEI NTATES HOTEL, W. F. KII'CHEX, Proprietor. Opposite the De pot SIIAMOKIX, PA. Every attention given to traveller", and the best accommodations given. April 5, tf XT ATI OX A L HOTEL. AUGUSTUS .i WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown North'd County. Pa., at the Station of the N. C. R. W. Choice wines aud cigars at the bar. The table is supplied with the best the market affords. Good stabling and attentive ostlers. Q I'M MEL'S REST A I RAXT, LOUISHUMMEL, Proprietor, . Commerce St., SIIAMOKIX, PEXN'A. Having just refitted the above Saloon ff the romodat ion of the public, is now prepared to vc jis friends with the best refreshments, and lib Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, and all other malt lrs. business I'IKF.K HAAS. nnoAt9. AS A RHOARS RETAIL HEALEIIH OF ANTKACITE COAL, SUNBURY, PEXN'A. trnci with Haas, Fao'.t A, Co., Ord'a left at Scasholtz & Bro's. oflo, Market StreetKlll Deceive prompt attention. Country cnstoirespectfully solicited. COAL! CO A I A COAL! GRANT BUOS., Shippers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in WHITE AXD RED ASII COAL, SUNBURY, PA. (lower WHiir.j Orders will receive orompt attention. ANTHRACITE COAL ! 7MLEXTIXE DIETZ, Wholesale and Retail dealer in every variety of ANTHRACITE COAL, UPPER WHARF, SUNBURY, PEXN'A. Al! kinds of Grain taken in exchange for Coal. Orders solicited and filled promptly. Orders left at S. F. Xevin's Confectionery Store, on Third treet, will recieve prompt attention, and money receiptedfor, the same as at the oilice. COAL, I LOI R.GRALV AMI PIIOS I'lIATE. '"I'MIE undersigned having connected the Coal X business with his extensiveFLOUR& GRAIN trade, is prepared to supply families with the VERY REST OF COAL, CHEAP FOR CASH. Egg, Stove and Nut, constantly on hand. Grain taken iu exchange for Coal. I am also prepared to supply to farmers and others THE NATIONAL SOLUBLE BONE. This Phosphate is of a higher grade than is usual in this country, and is sold at a reasonable price. J.M. CAD WALLA DER. 8unbury, S-pt. 10. 1875. If. jfflisrtHanimjs. srXRIRY MA It It EE YARD, Fourth Street below Market, SUXBUBY, l'EXX'A. rrMU7. undersigned has returned from the Ver J nont Marble Quarries with 56 Tons of Ma! rile for .Monument. Grave-Stone, He has bought at such figures that will allow him to sell better stone, for less money, than heretofore. The best 2& Sutherland Falls Marble, which is better than Italian. Rutland is now sold as low as the Manchester. Those who need anything in the Marble line, for Monuments, Grave-Stones, or other purposes, will liud it to their interest to call and examine this large stock, ns better bargains can be secur ed than buying from parties 'huckstering' round tnc country. All lettering will be done In the neatcH and most Improved style. W. M. DAUGHERTY. Sunbury, Jnn. 11, 1873. THE Ii!; RARRER SHOP IS THE SHOP OF THE TOWN and long has been ; ask history and she will tell you Men have grown old iu onr patronage Babies on their mothers' breast To bouncing boys at play ; And youths by maidens fair caressed, To stalwart men with cares oppressed, And old men silver grny. And among the honored and lasting impres sions of time, and the crash of revolutions in circumstances, we stand a living monumental memento of the insrenuily and erseverance ap pertaining to the identity of progression, plying our vocation with the highest style of art and perfection, aud aspiring to achieve the highest reward of merit attainable in our humble capaci ty, and the sentiment of respect and approbation which the pretence of superior appliances aud es tablishment are always wont to inspire. Always to please We shave with case Cut and comb with taste the hair ; Shampoo the head with soothing care, And color the whiskers black or brown, To suit the people about the town. Then allow me iolitely request you to stop, Aud not go iast nor from around our shop. To gel shaved on the basis of ability nor as some have done for our use of the ballot for prin ciple sacred and right nor under the common secret and invidious guise of enmity to complex ion ; for the cut of a man's coat, or the color of his skin, ought not to ailed his usefulness nor ills qualifications. AJair chance is all that wc demand, to give the proof to all the land. JAMEd W. WASHINGTON. Proprietor. Sunbury, April 5, 1873 ; Xo. 91, Market st. iflfto bbcrtiscntfuts A XEW STOCK OF MERCHANT TAILORING GOODS. CIIAS. MAIIIL Has just returned from the Eastern cities,with au elegant selections of CLOTHS, CASSIMEKES, aud YESTIXUS, of'the finest French Brands, Trimmings, Ac. He is now ready to receive orders for SPRIXG AXD SUMMER SUITS of any desired style. The latest styles of pat terns on hand, and NEAT FITS GUARANTEED. You will find prices al least as reasonable as elsewhere. Give me a call. CIIAS. MAIIIL, rour.Tii st., Oppotiu city hotel, SUNBURY, PA. Sunbury, April J, fT5.-tf. WATCHES, JEWELRY A SILVER. WAKE. John W. Sleveiiron, Corner Third and Market Sts, Sunbury, Ph. HAS completely renovated his Store Room, and opened the largest assortment of WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELR SOLID SIL VER AXD PLATED WARE, ' ever exhibited iu this part of ihe State. Evcry- thing in the Jewelry line is kept in store. ! Kilter-Ware, ! ISraeelelH. j Ring cV Chain, of every desciiption and of the fiuest quality Particular uttcntion paid to repairing Watehes, CIoekK, Jewelry. Ac. - HAIR JEWELRY made to order. Sunbury, March fi, 1874. John H. Sell. John M. Schosocr SELL A SCIIOXOL'R. Second Street, Womelsdokf, Pa. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS WINES, BRANDIES, GINS, Pure Old Rye Whiskey, Api-le Whisket, Cordials, Ac. All Liquors sold gaurranUed as represented. ()rders promptly attended to and pnblic pa tronage respectfully solicited. SELL SCHONOUR. 2d St., Womelsdorf, Berks Co., Pa. Feb. 27. 1S7L ly. New Tflillinery S ore, HFRXDOX, Xorth'd Couuly, Pa. MRS. KATE MECK rcspeetfallj inlorms the public that she has ocned a XEW MILLIXF.RY STORE, on Front street, Herndon. where she has just opened an entire new stock of Fall and Winter Millinery Goods of the latest styles and patterns, consisting of FEATHERS, FLOWERS, RIBBON'S, and all Goods found in a first-class Millinery Store, which are olfered at xtremely low prices. Ladies are especially invited to call and ex amine al! the new slylesand ascertain the prices. , KATE MECK. Herndon, Oct 15llt 1 8T. DmOs; STEAM POWER PrintingOfflce fllE SUNBURY AMERICAN Tho Largest and Most Complete Estal lishmcnt in Northumberland County. STEAM TOWER TRESSES, NEW TYPE, NEAT WORK, SKILLED WORKMEX. ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. WPRIUES MODERATE.- BOOK, CARD AND JOB PRINTING EXECUTED IX THE BEST STYLE. BUSINESS CARDS. WEDDING CARDS, VISITING CARDS, SHOW CARDS, BALL TICKETS, BLANKS, HANDBILLS, MERCANTILE LETTER HEADS, NOTE HEADS, BILL HEADS, ENVELOPES, CARDS, CHECKS AND DRAFTS, PROGRAMMES, DODGERS, PAPER BOOKS, I j MANIFESTS, CIRCULARS Everything that is naeded in the printing de partment will be executed with promptness and at low prices. All are Invited to call and exa mine our samples. No trouble to give estimates and show goods. We shall cheerfully do this I to all, who call for that purpose, without charge. PSTOrders for Subscription. Advertising or Job Printing, thankfully received. Address EM'L WILVERT, Proprietor, SUNBURY, PA. SUNBURY AMERICAN 13 TIIK LESTADVERISIXG MEDIUM In the Central part of the State, IT CIRCULATES In one of the Moet Thrifty, Intelligent and SECTIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA. Sample ropy of paper sent to any Urs ;i rr of charge. Paddy's Vei-ttioii or Excelsior. 'Twa growing dark so terrible fash, When through a town up the mountain there pasht A broth of a boy, to his ueek in the shnow : As he walked his shclalati lie swung to and fro, Sny'nft ''It's np to the top I'm bound to go, Be jabcrs !" lie looked niorti.il sad aud his eyes were as bright As a fire of turf on a cowld winthcr night, And divil a word what he said could ye tell, As he opened his mouth aud let out a yell, 'It's np to the top of the mountain I'll go, Oolees covered up with this bothersome shnow. Be Jabbers!" Through the windows he saw as he traveled along, The light of the candles and fires so warm ! But a big chunk of ice hnng over his head ; Wid a shnivil and groan, ,-By St. Patrick !" he said, "It's up to the very tip-top I will rush, And then if It falls, it's not me it'll crush, ' ' Be jabcrs !" "Whist a bit !" said an owld man, with head as white As the shnow that fell down on that miserable night ; "Shure, ye'll fall in the wathcr, me bit of a lad, For the night is so dark and the walking so Uad!" Bedad ! he'd not lisht to a word what was said, But he'd go to the top if he went On his head, Bejabers!" A blight, buxom young girl, such as likes to be kissed, Axed him wadn't he shtop, and how could ho J resist ? j So shnapping his finger and winking his eye, J While shmiling upon her he made this reply "Faith ! I meant to kape on till I got to the top, mil as your swate sen lias nxej me I may as well shtop, Bejabers !" He shtopped ail uight and he shtopped all day, And ye musn't be axing when he did go away ; Fur wouldn't lie be a bastely gossou To be lavin' his darlint in the shwute honey moon ? Whin the ould man lias praties enough and to spare, Shure he might as well stay if he's comfortable there, Bejabers!" isctllnncons. Translated from tlie New York Slants ZkUuii) for the American. IXFATUATER WITH DELFSIO.V. Among tlie sad occurrences that hang like dark shadow over the week, which people most cheerfully contemplate as en livened by the glow of social convivialty, is the crime committed at Flatbush, well cal culated, as it is, to set in bold relief one of the dark points of our boasted civilization. Murder of a conjugal partner, and suicide, caused by want of agreement in religious creed ; delusion, called religious.as parent of a mo&t heinous crime. A German by the name of Ritler is a member of the Reformed Church ; his wife is a Mathodist ; bhe urges him wiibout any intermission to become a convert to her faith ; afld he remains fro.u conviction just as steadfast in his own. Thereupon ehc "makes his life a hell." He does not yield, and she goes so far as to shut him out of his own dwelling, as a heretic on a bitter cold night. In tho morning, an out burst of passion, killing and suicide. The culprit is known ; he has judged himself. Hut are all others entirely inno cent in this family tragedy 'i Have the pious people who urged on the pair in their religious quarrel, maintaiueda more angel ic inucccuce respecting it than all others ? Something quite exceptional must have taken place if some very conscientious aud exceedingly well-meaning persons have not honestly done their part to bring oa the catastrophe. Into whose presence would she not come, this Godfearing lady neigh bor, who entertains so painful an auxiety concerning the souls welfare of all the children of men who live in the same street or block, where she lets the light of her piety shine, but especially of tho?e who are her near neighbors, that she cannot do otherwise than regard their manner of life as something which very nearly concerns herself? With what eagerness would this good soul have put into the ear of the now muruereu wile never to rest until sue uau turned her husband from his' heresy, and therefore she must convert his house into a hell, which would only be a service well pleasing to God, since it would be the means of rescuing the husband from the actual damnation of hell. And to how an extent must the unhappy position of the wife, who must travel off to church alone, while her partner went after other Gods, have rendered him the object of increasing comment, throughout the whole, church membership ; with what corupassiou must the poor woman have been looked upon, as she passed by the pews of the church with out her husband, and oh, with such a load of sympathy from the restless emulation ol the whole church sisterhood as to make her feel very deeply the assurance that she was the victim of the most cruel fate that ever came upon a mortal who lived in the fear God, the victim of an intolerable antagon ism in her own home. And then whenever she left the church, feeling that the eyes of all were fixed upon her, some influence must have been exerted, as she was not by some other good and true believing soul, who accosted her with such words as, "How pale you look to-day, Mrs. Ritter, but it could not have been otherwise, with the awful struggle which the waut of reli gious joy in your own household must bring upon you, you must accomplish your purpose; God will help you." Then occa sionally a strong minded female would ex claim, "If he will have no union with you in church membership, then shut him out from all other union. That will soon have its effect." The effect has come ; but it is somewhat diflerent from what the church sisterhood, in the pursuit of their ver' worthy purpose, expected. Perhaps he also was well furnished with advice from the good friends. Perhaps it was his, on Sunday morning, to hear such conciliating words as, "Ritter, you seem to me to-day to be very thoughtful. You will not sure ly suffer yourself to be forced into aposta cy. You must take hold as becomes a marr The more you yield, the worse it is. At all events carry this business through, and make an end of it. You cannot be forever I tormenting yourself with it. Let there be an end." The result has been reaohed. They ootU he now in the coffin, two victims of highest crime. The soul curers on both side? solemnly renounce responsibility for thf 'orrid transaction, and 'conscious of ill desert, wash their hands in innocency. To be disposed to prevent their doing so would be as great a piece of cruelty as it was to inflame the natural animosity of husband and wife on account of difference in religious creed. Rut dare any person assert that this conflict would have pro ceeded to so tragical a result if nothing had been done to increase tho madness on both sides ? Left to themselves, they would have acquired by degrees the temper essential to an adjustment. Only fanatical influences could operate to render powerless the effort which was natural to get the belter of conflicting preferences affecting merely the form of religious worsbip. Were these two victims at variance as to any one of the moral precepts which constitute the essence of Christianity ? Surely!not. The man could in virtue of his creed regard nothing as immoral which the woman's creed treated as moral; and just as far was 6he from rejeefmg the views of social life which he drew from his church. It was dogma relating to things of secondary importance, the curse of church scholasti cism, which here, as in a thousand other cases, that lead to no catastrophe, under mining domestic peace. Should not i!ie men of God, from such terrible examples, estimate the magnitude of the error of pro moting, by silly prejudice concerning mat ters of form, and by artificial variations in the worship of God, differences which give rise to worse passions than the "right of unbelief" could ever engender ? Is it the business of tho church to dissolve instead of strengthening the ties of human love? Xo doubt Ritter's Pastor, as well as his wife's, can freely look towards Heaven and exclaim "Lord, thou knowest that I have had no part in the instigation which brought about this fagitious act." But cau all those who put forth sectarian acti vity, can they, from one end of the line to the other, say with equally tranquil conscience, " Wc are doing what is in our power to render divisions which grow out of our sectarianism, harmless to dsmestic peace, to soften the members of our com munion, in the vagaries of proselyting zeal ?" Happy are they who can. We fear that many cannot. And to many a one the overflow of sectarian passion is the ouly welcome flood on which to launch his bark. The spirit of religious intolerance rises up in a thousand corners, with a stubbornness against which as well the tendencies of our age as the cherished in stitutions of this land put forth a still loud er and louder protest. Religion and poli tics have like experience with their profes sional managers. Party leaders become demagogues, and religious teachers become priests, from a like motive. It is because they are more intent on their own indis pcnsablcncss than upon the honorable discbarge of those duties to the people Which the existence of party and the exer cise of religion require. Instead of keep ing in view, and deeming of paramount im portance the great ends which their acti vity should subserve, instead of laboring with united energy to promote the civil and moral welfare of mankind, they are ettiu up a- hundred platforms, and a thousand different little heavens, to pro vide additional place for infallible prophets and patriots that lead the fashion of the hour. Parly and sect become abject in stead of being means. The interests of the organization aud of the church associa tion eat out the substance of that for which alone they exist. Elective franchise and church organization would appear to exist ouly for the benefit of party leader? aud clergy : and as the political priest labors at nothing more earnestly than at the split ting up jf the people into hostilo political camps, and that through artificial means, when natural causes fail, so the church de magogue, in face of the long recognized aud harmonizing moral law of Christianity ciiugs to crafty dogmatic interpretation, or if need be, eveu to ritualistic trUles, if by such, means he can only hold possession of his special kingdom of God's glory. The farther from being essential is the dividing line, which is to serve as the bouudary of his province, so much the more must the sectarian spirit be pricked on, lest the mul titude should some day fly apart, from get ting a view of the artificial barriers with in which vhey have been imprisoned. Occasionally there is to be fouud a simple hearted woman or an overserious man, who believes that limits once set are insur mountable, aud who would rather suffer his head to be broken than make the at tempt to pass them. There exists now a terrible caricature of the saying which pre scribes the exerci&e of a "childlike disposi tiou," in simplicity," a thing which no "wisdom of the wise" cau understand ;aud we may well contemplate with astonish ment any such warrant for tho magnitude of that hallucination which inflames man kind with fauatisia against one another, in those departments where fraternity, and the care of common interests, should cele brate their most salutary triumphs. Po litical priestcraft aud priestly demago g ueisiu are already mischievous enough. May the ituluetice of the good star of the Republic so far protect it as to prevent their appearing arm iu arm, as has been do signed, in the arena of public agitation. A'. V. Stuo.ts Zeitcnj of January 1st lS7t'. Do not laugh at that drunkeu man reel ing through the street. However ludicrous the sight may be, just pause and think, lid is going home to some tender heart that will throb with intense agony ; some doting mother perhaps, who will grievo oyer the downfall of her once sinless boy ; or it may be a fond wife whose heart will almost burst with ritf as the views the destruction of her idol ; or may be a loving sister who will shed bitter tears over the degradation of her brother, shorn off his manliness aud self respect Rather drop a a tear in silent sympathy with those hearts so keenly sensible and tender, yet to proud aud loyal that they cannot accert sym pathy teudc red them either in wtr-J, look, or act, although it might fall urJu their crushed and wounded hearts as refreshing ly as the suninief dew upon the withering plant. Fredrick Laucr, the Reading brewer, has this year sold t7,2U71 barrels of malt liquor which at the brewer's prices would amount to about 300,000. It appears that out West there is steady falling off both in the number ot grangers of Patrons of Husbandry and of their membership. In Iowa alone seventy sub ordinate granges have become defunct dur ing the present year The principal officers of the various State granges receive quit liberal salaTIc"- OUR KEtY YORK LETTER. BEECHER AGAIK TWEED MURDER AXD SUICIDE THE REVIVAL SEASON BUSI NESS THE NEW YEAR. New York, Dec. 31, 1S7;". BEEC nER AGAIN. The Peecher case reopens in a different spirit from that in which it has been met before. There is less disposition to search for sensations, and Mrs. Mou'.tou presses her right to a fair hearing in the Church with a firmness and dignity that promise her part at least will be worthily perform ed. There is not one sincere friend of purity and order who does not long to we this ghastly scandal at rest, nor left to be the mystery of modern times, worse than the story of the Iron Mask. Whether Beecher is innocent or not, the course of Plymouth Church has prejudiced it in the eyes of the world which is not Uiied to see innocence defending itself by the tactics of guilt. The Church finds itself at a disad vantage for the first time. Mrs. Moulton demands her right, as a church member to a hearing before being summarily expelled. and her husband is determined not to die without a fight for life. As Beecher re fuses to prosecute him, he will prosecute Beecher, so that a jury shall decide which of tho two is purjured. So you see the old scandal is still alive, and will probably tlrag through another year. TWEED is not in Havana, that any oue knows of. The man supposed to be great thief is another man who is so unfortunate as to resemble him. The theory now is that he is in biding iu 2s ew lork, waiting till O'Connor gets well, that his troubles may be arranged. Wherever he may be, one thing is certain, the plundered city will never get a cent of what has been stolen from it. XoNew York politician ever re funded a dollar that he had stolen, and Tweed is not tho man to begin. TIIE OLD, OLD STORY. Last night a man, a woman and two children were found dead ia a room on Fourth Avenue, with bullet holes through them. It was a ghastly sight, and a ghast ly story is behind it. Edward Minster.the son of a wealthy man, fell in love with a womau whose character was so bad that he would not marry her, but he did live with her. The old story was repeated. She drained him of his money, enstranged him from his lriends, and -finally, when he had nothing left; was gettlug ready to leave him. Mad with jealousy, he shot her. then the children, and then himself. There are twenty thousand men in this city living in this way, and every week more or less of them make a tragical ending. THE REVIVAL SEASON I3 passing away, but there arc no revivals. Moody and Sankey did not succeed m crea ting any enthusiasm in Brooklyn, and their failure chilled the shurches to a degree that precludes the possibility of a successful movement against Satan this winter. Il was intended to make a decisive charge along the whole line, and extensive pre parations were made to that eud, but it has all been atiaudoiied, anil the churches are colder than ever. The temperance or ganizations are making a little headway, but they ar& evidently discouraged and are working with no heart. Depression in bu siness the struggle for life that every bu siness man has to make, leaves little oppor tunity for purely benevolent or unselfish operations. The man up to his eyes in debt and a bad business has but little heart for work of this kind. There will be no revivals worth speaking of this winter iu Xe w York. 11USINESS Continues horribly dull iu fact there isn't any business. The hotels are empty, the wholesale trade is nothing, and the retail trade is not half what it ought to be. The longest faced man in the world just now is the Xew Yorker who has a store on his hands for which he is paying $10,000 rent per annum. His expenses go on mercilessly and his business out of which he is to pay is nothing. It is the worst season ever known, and no one feels certain of im provement. Happy is the man who is well out. NEW YEAR TOPICS. Xew-Year calls will be paid with less ceremony this year than for many years before. In fact the fashionables mourn the small aud quiet ways in which everything is done. Tfcey are afraid that the world in its exaggerated reverence for cverythiug old-fashioned in the centennial year may go back to the custom of doing without wedding tours, and that the brides of next season will be unceremoniously marched to their new homes and begin married life without so much as a trip to Xiagara, and take their Paris tour out in around of tea parties through the honeymoon, their as grandfathers and grandmothers did a hundred yea ago. Truth compells me to say that thf Paris trip would be the cheap er in the end, for their used to be deep complaints of old that these festivities preyed heavily on . the pockets of all con cerned, and more than one good trades man was ruined by haviug too much com pany. But spile of the money pressure aud the fancy for simple ways, we hear of ladies receiving in blue and maroon velvet gowns, that the fashionable gowus for re ceiving calls on Xew Year day will be of blue aud maroon velvet, with trimmings of the new Genoa poiut which b a sort of Cue honiton lace with a net ground, which my laJy readers will recognize ns a uew departure iu lace. Yellow and blue dia monds, and cameos which require th most exquisite creations of art in their subjects, will be the approved jewels to wear with thtte elegant toilets. The line world is pretty well divided on the questiou of sup- i plyiug wines aud spirituous beverages to callers. Xotafewof the best families in the fashionable world discountenance it en tirely, while others are abandoning the cau tious grouud they have always held oul subject. Apropos of this I see that llir- jtfi-s' L'tf.:a- in a late editorial on Cnrist- mas, proposes the use of Punch, Lgguogg and kindred drinks, awl speaks of them with tone of allowance which is in decided contrast with its position some tini3 since. Two or three years ago the Bazar publish ed a number of recipes for fancy drinks, like prince regent's punch, claret-cup and the like, which raised a perfect storm of expostulation from its readers, especially the good Methodist brothers who make it their business to keep a strict watch over the morals of Harper publications. So much was said that the editor of the Bazar incontinently refused to publish any farth er articles on "the same subject. Either th - miction on the part of its cen- gauges the tono of socie- ty differently indeed, since it apparently gives editorial sanction to the use of wine and its compounds in the family. It will however find few to quarrel with the stand it has last taken. FlBTlto. FEAIN WOMEX. It id often affirmed with some appear ancc of truth, that many of the women who have m.ire the greatest mark in the ("world have been plain women. There ia. however, such a'diversity of opinion with regard to beauty, no two people apparent ly thinking alike, that it is not an easy matter to decide who really bave been plain women. Biographers are naturally chary of so describing a living women, and history abounds in conflicting opinions on these points ; for example, by some Joan of rc was pat down as plain, yet Tennyson mentions her in his 'Dream of Fair Wom en' as '.Joan of Arc, & light of ancient France.' Mary Powell in one of her charming works speaks of Margaret Ro per as a 'plain giil, with changeful spirits, but possible as she grew older she grw in beauty, or her charms may have consisted of expression and grace of movement, for Erasmus considered her beautiful. As a rule, literary women have not been noted for their charms, and -among the greateat triumph of plain women are those of the mind. Mrs. Fry, good as she was, had no personal beauty to adorn her suc cessful, honest life ; nor had Hannah More Miss Edgeworlb, Miss Mitford, Mrs. He mans or Madame Guyon. Of Mrs. Chap one we read from the pen of a contempor ary that 'She was full of good sense and uncommon ugliness.' Charlotte Bronte's pale, plain face is often alluded to by her biographers ; and Sappho was short of stature, swartey and ungraceful The least attractive girls in every circle are often first to marry, probable because they are less difficult to please than their mere favored sisters ; but for all that, the richest fruits of life not seldom come to their share rather than to the fair ones. That men, mostly swayed by beauty, have now and then adored ungainly women is a hisloricle and social fact. Voltaire's fav orite niece was as ugly as she way agreea ble. Madame D'Houdelot, the only wom an Rousseau ever loved, squinted and was marked by small-pox, and yet her friends dubbed her 'La Parfaite Julie.' Ayesha, Mohammed's favorite wife, was no beauty, nor was Swift's Vanessa. Among women of exalted rank who bave been wanting in beauty are Margaret of Sweden, Matilda Empress of Germany, and Christiana of Sweden. Fulvia, wife of Antony, had few personal charms; neither had Tcrentia, wife of Cicero, if one may trust to the majority of historians ; but most of these have found some admir ers among biographers. Xeither Anne of Cleves nor Catherine of Arragon was good looking, still for a while they swayed the fickle heart of their BiuebearJ husbaud. Queen Anne was a dowdy, graceless wom an in her best days. Cromwe!i"3 wife was plain. When Queen Anne of Bohemia came to Englaud ai a bride there was a pageant at Cheapside of a castle with two towers, from both sides of which ran foun tains of wine ; and we are told that the beautiful girls who blew gold-leaf in the faecs of the king anJ queen caused the plain bride to look f laiuer ; yet she made her way in the good graces of king and people. In France, the gay and pleasure-loving women have gained many laurels, Madame DeStael is a memorable instance, though no one was more conscious of her personal defects. Even her name was a power in itself. The great Xapoleon condescended to be so jealousJ?f her influence that no persuasion would induce him to allow her to return to Europe. Mademoiselle De Depiuaiss, one of the most fascinating women of her day, who exercised a mar velous influence on those around her was marked with smallpox. Madame Geoffrin" was a plain woman, Madame D'Epiaa was neither beautiful nor clever, but most at tractive. Madame Do Mailly was the plainest woman of the court. Maria Leezinska, daughter of Stanislaus, King of Poland, wife of Louis XV, Was good, but uninteresting. 'Jolly Wiikm They're Half Tight.' 'O the fellows are just jolly when they are half tight ?' That is what a young lady (?) said re cently, when the tipping custom of young men was under remark. Heaven pity a head so shallow, a heart so wicked. Does not every thoughtful woman know that the young men thus held up as an ideal is corrupt to the very core that his presence is a pestilence and his friendship death ? Jolly I' Beastly, the rather. The high, the moral, the intelletual iu the young men is laid low, and the base, tho vile the treach erous, the icmorseleas in his uature is let loose by the way exhileration that while it stupefies conscience, excites the low cun ning that is mistaken for and gaiety. Young woman, cau that very young man whom you thus falsly admire respect you for the silly and vicious compliment ? Were you to change places with him he sober, you druuk would your admiration be reciprocated '( D- sober youug men risk their seli'-respec I aud character with tippling young women ? Xot they I If our youug women could insist on as high stan dard of friendship from the opposite sex as our youug meu do, there would be few, in deed left, so vulgar as to say, the 'fellows are jolly when they are drunk.' 'Young woman, God will be your judge: You may, by your, influence, be a holy angel, or a queen of devils. . You may lead or bo led to heaven or hell I' We warn every youug woman and girl whose eyes may rest oa these words soil not your name and character by even com mon friendship .with the "jolly fellows' whose guilty atteution will be your shame, long after their quick repartee has ceftsed to kindle your delight. The Board of Commissioners of Law rence county is called the "Woodpecker Court," all its members being red-headed. There were seventy small-pox deaths in Cincinnati last week. The plague is on the increase. . The Washington hotel landlords com plain that their baggage rooms are getting crowded with trunks left by enthusiastic Democrats who come with "great expecta tions" of an office, have bad to 30 away without one, leaving their trunks to forwarded when thcyend remittanc pay their bills.
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