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opposite Wamplers' Tinning Establishment—
"Comets's" on the sign.
A. H. Dill,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, will attend promptly
to collections and business entrusted to
Otllce between Fahnestoeks' and Danner &
Zlegler's Stores, Baltimore et., Gettysburg,
May 9, 1859. Cm
Wm. B. McClellan,
ATTOIINRY AT LAW.—Office on the south
side of the public square, 2 doors west of
tue Sentinel office.
Gettysburg, August 22, '.53.
D. McConaughy,
A_TTORNEY AT LAW, kutftce one door west
of Buehler's dru„; And book store, Chant
befall:Mr; IStreet.) ATTURS t.. 1" AV D"SOLSCI TOG! YOll.
PITEVTS a./.o I . I:NeIONS. liounty Land War-
ISaa-pay suspended Churns, and .2.11
o u ter claiaes j apir L ,t, the Got e rumen: at Wa4li
isigtsru. C.;:al.sel American Claims in England.
Land Warraspl , lcated and s old, o r Lought.and
liti:lscrt priers given. Agents engag.d in
rstiez warrants in Inwa, Illinois and other
ereedees Stator. War Apply to Lun pt rsoually
or by letter.
Grttyeblerg, NOT. "!,
Edward B. Buehler,
ATTORSEY AT LAW, 15111 Ltithfully and
promptly Knead to all huolutits entrusted
to him. lie .sEs , eidts the German lanznage.—
°dice at the saute place, in South Baltimore
street, sear YorrA7's drug store, i!nd nearly
opposite Dormer t Ziegier's store.
Getty.ttxurg. Mari
J. C. Neely,
TTOIINYY 1T I,AW„ «ill attend to collec
tions ars! all otliLr businc,i intrusted to
Ila care with prinsstratkes+. (Alice nearly oppiAsite
F.Llinestoek's Stott.. Pktltimore street.
liettyshary, April 11, 1839. tr
Dr. A. W. Dorsey,
.. i vortIfERLY of Carroll county, Ni.,i having
permanently located in ticttysiiiirg, offers
profe4.ion.ll ser% ites to the iitiicns of the
tovu and surrounding country in the practice of
t. 14" various branchr9 of his profession. Office
reslilenee, It.iltimure 'street, nest door to
Vitt Vogt viler office, where he may he found ut
an times when not professionally. engaged.
at VC
Prof:Nathan P► Smith, li.iltimore, Mil.
laguittvi Webster, D. D., lialtimoro Nd
Ur. J. L. Warticki, Westiniustizr,
\V. A. Mathias, "
JACO!) Itvege, Ecq., it
.lolm I.ong,well,Eaq.,
C-0 R. W tinnier, "-
pto‘. Thomas Bowen, Gettysburg
i.)ct.:25, 1838. Gin
J. Lawrence Hill, M. D.
s his office one tiv orri - "etir
door west of the '" ri.
1,1 - Loci-au church in
iwhershurg street, and opposite Picking's
I , tore, where thoss„,wishing to hole nny Deutul
yeration performed arc respectful!) invited to
lIP:PKRENCES: Dre. Horner, flev. C. P.
Eranth. D. D , Rev. IT. L. Rougher, D. D., ltov.
l'rof. M. Jacobs, I'rof. M. L. Stever.
Gettysburg, April 11, 'sd.
The Latest News!
TrVIE latest news, in which all arc interested
it the arrit al of a very large and superior
sck of HA I'S, CM'S, BOOTS ikloNS. at
the cheap and fa , thionalile store of It. F. MeIL
RENY, at the N. E. Corner of Centre Square,
Gettysburg. His stock of Hats is very exten
sive, comprit ing all the various styles of Silk
H its. Gent's blaek and colored Soft Dress Hats,
Mon's Hu .sitt Hats, (broad-rim.) and all kinds
of lieu's and Boy's Slouch Hats and Cahn, of
I'le most fashionable styles—all of w Melt , are
u t.urpassed for be iuty of style :and elegance of
St ti•dt. 1111Ur5 ASO tF.S.--Ile has also re
. died a very large assortment of Boots and
~'toes, consisting of French Calf Boots,
Men's French Calf Congress Cia'ters, Patent
Loather Gaiters and Pomp., Gx;ord Ties and all
'kinds of Meu's and Boy s Dross and Coarse
Silk,e 4, Ladies and Chi! Iron's Shoes and Gaiters
of every style. The public is very respectfully
'invited to call an I examine these goods before
p 1- •11.t , ing elsewhere, as it will certainly be to
to sir advantage. it. F. .11e1LLIZ.N1".
iril D 3, 189.
A Word to the Wise !
ID - ON'T FAIL to call and see SAMSON'S New
Coods—a large and splendid assortment
of MEN'S AND BOY'S CLOTHING and Furnish
jug Good:-41r, exteusixe lot of all kinds or
- HATS. BOuTS, SIIJES and GAITERS—an un
ri% ailed msortment of TRI NKS and eittpEr
*.:NcKB,:onie very handsome and new styles.—
Also. a large and splendid ari vty of Setts,
Breast l'i 114 and Ear Rings ; WATt•IIES.,MUSI
CAL INSTRUMENTS. &c.. &e. A rwr hand
some ant now style RAII,IIuAD TR kViiLLING
.DA.G. In short. everything in his line.
After all said and done. SANISoN'S IS THE
SPOT to buy your goods - at the right prices. A
Mord to the wise is Butfieient.
These who wish to buy to cell Again will do
well by calling. as I can and NVill thew good.
cheaper than they can buy them in the city.
April 18, 1859.
Change of Hours
TIIE GETTYSBURG EAILP,OAD '—
O Summer Arrangrmeno.—On and after Thurs
,day. April 21st, the NIORNING TRAIN will leave
Gettysburg a G. 3) o'clock A. M , connecting At
Ilanover Junction with Express train to Balti
more at 9.32, and Mail train frola It iltimore at
932, returning to Gettysburg at 12.. m noun,
tills passengers front lialtimsre. York. Harris
burg, Philadelphia, and the Nurth . and Wert.
' The AFTERNOON TPAIN will leave Gettys
burg at 1 o'clock. P. M., connecting at Ilannt er
function with Mail train to Baltimore at 3.37. re
turning to Gettysburg about Galo I'. M., with
i.'rassengers from York, llarrirburg. Philadelphia,
And the North and West.
By the above arrangement passengers
eau go either North or South on the Northern
Central Railway both morning and afternoon.
It. II'CUNDY, Presideat.
April 25, 1859.
Wood-land
arch PRIVATE SALE.—I will sell at private
sale :12 ACRES OF LAND, on the banks of
arsh creek, near Bream's Mill, 40 Acres of
which is heavily timbered. If not sold prior to
rite first day of July it will then be laid out in
rots to snit purchasers and sold at public sale.
May 16, 1859. GEO. ARNOLD.
"The Gem"
NSW RESTAIIRANT.—The undersigned has
opened a fist-class Ilestaurant, on the
lower floor of 31eConaugby s Hall building, in
Carlisle street, Gettysburg, and solicits a share
of the public's patronage. The rooms have just
been fitted up in the most approved style, and
will compare favorably with many of the best i
the cities. His Oysters, Ale, &e., will always be
found of superior quality, and his charges
Moderate.
The proprietor is thankful for the fine rpn of
u.stom he is already receiving, and is resolved to
task° " TEM GYM" even more popular, if possible.
Feb. 14, 1859. A. 13. PRYOB.
0 get "the worth of your money and the
right change beet," make your purchases
at the new cheep store of A. SCOTT 4t SOS I
May 164 Opposite the Eagle Hotel.
VANCY BQNTS 433.41 trimmings, very
sad see them at the store
- 4 GEO. ARNOLD,
o •
VorONNSTS. Ribbons,- Flowers, and Ruches for
ills at now cheap store of
141 - ; -,- ' A. SCOTT k SON.
FIST > received *jot of Scythes and Snaths,st
0 the stew store of 1. SCOTT d: SON.
Br H. J. STATILE
417. YEAR.
Poet's Corner_
THE DEVOTED
"It was a beautiful turn given hp a great
lady, who being asked where her husband was
when he lay concealed fur ha‘ in 4 been deeply
concerned in a c•on.p:racr. resolutely r.mwered
that she had buldt n him. The cunt, •sion caus
ed her to be carried bi fore the tiii‘ernor, who
told her that nothing but confession where she
had hidden him &mild ..,%o her trom the tor
ture. 'Anil will that do!' sadd she. ' Yea.' re
plied the Go% & ruor, • I will pass my word for
safe.;• on that condition.' • Then,' replied she,
• I hare hidden him in my heart.'
Stern faces were around her bent,
And eyes of tiengeful ire,
And fearful were the words he Ppake,
tif torture. stake, and fire 3
Yet calmly in the midst she stood,
With eye undimmed and clear,
And though her lip and cheek were white,
She breathed no sigh of fear.
"Where is thy traitor sponse 2" they said;
A half formed smile of scorn,
That curled upon her haughty lip,
Was back for answer borne :
Where is thy traitor spouse?" again,
In fiercer tones they said ;
And sternly pointed to the rack,
All rusted o'er lk ith red I
Her heart and pulse beat firm and free—
But in a crimson flood,
O'er pallid lip, and cheek and brow,
Rushed up the burning blood I
She snake,—but proudly rosy her tones,
As when in hall or bower,
The haughtiest chief that round her stood,
Ilud meekly owned her power.
"My noble lord is placed within
A safe and sure retreat "
"Now tell ns where, thou lady bright,
As thou wonld'st mercy meet;
Nor deem thy life can purchase his—
, lie cannot 'nape our wrath,
Por many a warrior's watchful eye
Is placed o'er every path.
"But thou may'st win his broad estates,
- To grace thy infant heir,
And life and honor for thyself,—
So thou his haunt declare."
She laid her hand upon her heart ;
tier eye flashed proud and clear,
And finuer grew her haughty tread—
" My lord is hidden usu.
"And if you seek to view his form,
Ye first must tear away,
From round his secret dwelling place,
nese walls of living clay."
They quailed beneath ber lofty glance—
They silent turned aside,
And left her all unharmed, amidst
lier loreliness and pride.
Tor Ti. Compiler
THE LAMENT.
Oh tychere has my lore gone, my beantiful maid?
With ro)&ente cheek and sparkling ere;
Where has she gone, or where has she strayed,
While I alone em left here to sigh ?
Bow lonely lam I 0 hard, cruel fate I
'fa separate from me the lady I love;
1 pine like a lone bird away from his mate,
Ia the green shady bowers of his own native grove.
Tho' his wing may be fleet and his music sublime,
Anguish and sorrow gnaw at his heart's eore.
Thu' I seem to be gay and merry with wine ;
I sigh for my loved one,—her loss I deplore.
Ilas she left me forever or but for awhile?
eau I never behold her sweet fare again?
Must 1 be deprived of her sweet sunny smile,
11 bleb solaced in sorrow and soothed me in pain?
! i sigh not as one who's sunk in distress,
Without a sweet ray of hope to light his pasbway,
But the hand I once held again I will press!
Then hasten, 0 time, w usher the day I
June, 18:,9
Miscellaneous_
Eight Hours on Vesuvius--Running
of the Lava—A Fearful Adventure.
Correspondence of the nahl...ore American
N A PLE,s, May 16, 1556
On attlrdny afternon, being desirous of
closely viewing the stream of lava which has
been flowing for a year past from an aperture
or crater in the side of Vesuvius, about a mile
and a hall below its bummit, I joined a party
who were about making the asceut from the
Naples bide. I intended to stop at the Her
mitage, but on reaching that point concluded
to keep on to the crater. and view the lava
after right had ..et in, on our return.
We took Lorses nt Ilesina, which is situat
ed at the of tile 111 0 11BU/in, at a quarter
I,efore 3 oyedwk, and after a steady ride of
three hours and a half over the fields of lava
of former years, each Of which was pointed
out by our guide as we passed them, reached
the base of the (tone at a quarter past six o'-
clock, when we ceinmenced the ascent on
foot. The ascent of the cone is at an tingle of
about 5U de,trees, and the cone is set en miles
in eircutuferenta. , at its Lase. The time re
quired to ascend the cone, including two
stoppages to rest of three or four minutes
each, was fifty minutes, the ascent from the
level where we left our horses, being nearly
one mile. It thus required nearly fi‘e hours
to make the aseent, on the Naples side, we
being, compelled on aecouut uf the lava litivin,g
crossed the new carriage road, to take the old
horse track, about two miles of which winds
through a deep
gorge in the lava just wide
enough to afford a - outing fur our horses in
single tile.
On reaching the summit, our guide was in
ecstasies, on account of the aspect of the cra
ter, and assured us that we were most fortu
nate to hate ascended at such a time. We,
however, felt anything but gratified. and
commenced to beat a hasty retreat, anticipat
ing a general eruption. Large masses of
rock were crumbling and falling into the
crater from its side, causing a noise like heaNy
thunder, and as each mass fell, cluudi of
black smoke would arise that almost shutout
the light of day, flying up a thousand feet
over our heads, and causing n hissing noise
like the escape of steam from a bother. It
was a terrific sight, but our guide assured us
there was no danger,' and finally persuaded
us to approach through the clouds of sulphur
ous smoke and look down into the awful
chum that yawned at our foet, amid reports
of subterranean thunder, which was decUred
by an English traveler who aecompaniod
to agree with the Rey. Mr. Spurgeon's livid
description of the "gates of hell." The rocks
'were still crumbling and. falling, and flashes
of flame filled the whole area of the crater, at
times rendering the scene most emphatically
diabolical in all its bearings. The commotion
at the bottom of the crater evidently had
decided effect on the 'thole top of the cone,
which is nearly level; ind abixtt Ilve miles in
- circumference; though from below it has the
appearance of terminating in a point. It
caused the sulphurous fumes to pour forth
with increased volume from the cracks and
crevices in the broken lava on which we
wore walking, looking into which scarcely a
foot under oar feet, was molten ire, witich
sent tip a brisk flame wham we inserted the
cads of oar walltiug„ staffs.
Ne renininsd im the top of the mountain,
THE
ronstim. eggs in the errric.n4 of the har,lened
Inca and partaking of wine and refreshment.,
until eight o'el Kit', when ni„zlit having fully
set in we commenced unr d,s,:ent. It 1, as an
amusing sk.ene to =ce some tw, my or thirty
perswis sli mid -gun times I
mg their featly' ran in the (1 ,. .ep a-lies
that forms the sidei of the eone, and all g..
ing down with a rapidity that accomplished
in five minutes the distam-e that required
nearly un hour to :mead. At the fort of the
rune our horses nere waitin:, and an four's
ride down through the dark heaps of lava,
twisted and piled up in every conceivable
shape, made to appear more desolate and
and dreary in the gloom of night, over which
a horse uracenst inied to the track would have
broken his own neck as well m that of his
rider. brought us to tho "Hermitage," where
we dismounted to view the running lava
which breaks out from the side of the Moun
tain a few hundred yards above this resting
Our horses were taken around about two
miles below to meet us. and we started on
blot over fields of newly formed lava. the sur
face of which had cooled, but through the
cracks and chasms under our feet the stream
of molten lava could be distinctly seen moving
slowly down, whilst at some points it passed
up over die surface in a stream about a yard
wide and thirty feet in length. and then pass
ed again under the hard incrustation that had
formed beyond. We 'dripped at one of these
openinits, and our guide, with the end of his
staff, drew out some particles of the molten
lava and pressed copper coins into it, which
we will preserve as a memento of our visit.—
A silver coin inserted iu the lava immediate
ly melted, so great is the heat.
In my flirmer letter, having had only a dis
tant view of the flowing lava, I stated that it
was only some fifteen feet thick, and the
surface only about a hundred feet. Our sur
prise can, therefore, be instigined when we
found the stream from a halt to three-quar
ters of a mile iu width. and in thickness
varying from to 30 feet, according to the
inequalities of the surface. It has filled up
and levelled over mountain gorges a half mile
in width, and from one buudred to two hun
dred feet in depth, and gradually is advanc
ing in this great bulk about thirty feet in
every twenty four hours.
'We f. 110 w -ed our guide about two mile.' over
the surface Of this field of lava, whilst. under
our het the molten stream was flowing down
werd, amid a heated atmosphere that it was
difficult to exist in, though there was an ab
sence of the sulphurous smell that aligost
stifled us at the crater. As we approached
the termintius of the stream the beat became
gradually more intense, 110 much so that we
protested against proceeding any further, and
some of our party actually started back in
horror at the scene before us. So great was
the heat that our shoes and clothing were al
most burning, whilst the atmosphere was
momentarily increasing in intensity, and it
became difficult to breathe. We were sur
rounded on every side by openings in the
hardened and rugged lava, through which the
stream of molten - fire was passing down to
the terminua of the stream with increased
velocity. We rated the guida soundly fur
leading us into such a dangerous and fearful
locality, whilst be persisted that there was
nothing to fear, and that it was the only
route that lie etuld take, urging tis to follow
him through it as rapidly as possible-, .trid we
would be off the lava in a lute minutes. Not
wishing to retrace our steps over the difficul
ties our curiosity had already brought-us in
to, we mustered up (virago to follow, the
heat being too intense for debate. On we
went in Indian file, following over the rough
and heated surface, at times with a stream of
fire on each side of us, jumping from one
darkened surface to another, and avoiding as
best we eould the chasms of fire that opened
at every aide of us. In a few minutes we
had the gratification of once more standing
on the solid rocks of the mountain side, whilst
the head of the stream was immediately be
fore us, moving steadily on into adeep moun
tain gorge, in which a flourishing vineyard
was gradually being swallowed up and buri
ed a hundred feet antler the ads auciug wall
of fire.
FRESHMAN
A good story is related of some graceless
wags, who had neither the fear of devils nor
arctic dogs before their eyes, who amused
themselves and sold the crowd in attendance
upon u pl. oof amusement. The scrimps got
a few pails of water, and wet the stairs and
sidewalk with a thorough drenching, and
stood nll around the doorways with their
umbrells wide-spread; which ominous sight
waa taken by the young ladies and their
besot as they came down stairs, AB 6 pretty
good sigu of rain overhead. his Said that
the girls pulled out their hvuldkerohiefis and
covered up their bonnets, and gathered up
their skirts, lawnaand dintiff, in their hands,
and thus close-reefed, under bare poles, be
gan to scud toward bogie- It' is bat' uits
however, to say that they Were not the only
ones sold, as the obler A lonis, who ought to
have known. when "it rtune4" ; were equally
imposed up. It was nOtionk, however, be,
tore they all began to 'see stars, dry' wallas,
and the way they bad -bee* odd.. These
ladies will gets little um* the nut thee, be.
kr) they curer up theirlsejmAtte...
emorratir, Puteti ztui raftfurnal.
GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1859.
As we stml here and looked back over the
path by which we had descended, we more
fully appreciated the dangers we bad en
countered. We could distinctly perceive the
moving mass Of - umler-curreut through the
creviceq, and I am sure that not one of us
would have retraced his steps for any amount
of money.
In or - der that the reader may understand
the characteristics or this flow of lava, it may
be proper to state that when the mouths of
the large crater aro so narrowed by accumu:
lated matter as to Le alleluia to the discharge
of the lava eollicted in their central channels,
lateral openings arc formed, which being
nearer the F,llree of heat, discharge the lava,
in a state of much greater liquidity than the
great crater. These lay a currents have here
tofore
cea.ed to dow to tuenty or thirty da)s,
but the present one his fiUM ed bLwly but
steadily for nearly a year. The cohesion ufa
lava current, which exceeds that of any other
sul,stance known, causes it to move slowlf tit
the form of a tall ridge until it enters a moun
tain gorge, which it tills up and passes on, oc
casionly di% erginj, to the right or left, and
spreading over nu immense surface, but not
exceeding twenty to thirty feet in thickness
when it passes over a level or descending
plain. The surface gradually loses its state
of fluidity as it becomes corded by the exter
nal air, cracks into innumerable heavy frag
ments. and this scoria being a bad conductor
heat, enables the central portion of the
mass to retain its fluidity, ut the same time
they render it possible to cross the current as
it Cows. Thus it is that we were enabled to
perform this excursion over the flowing lava,
though it is a trip that I would not lilacs
taking a second time.
IMl===
A New "Sell."
birThere is a_phrenslogist. near the doeks
who ameba the esnimess off a barrel by, ex
ausisiing its bend. As makes Lis opmeinatious
witlf st bidet. '
C 1 MPIL ER.
" TRUTU 18 MIOUTY, AND WILL PREYAII.."
Incident in the Life of a Locomotive
Engineer.
In returning from Phil tdelphia about the
r y i ,ldle of Augu , t, 1. - 0;, the ca-A were cry
crowded, and my my companion in the same
seat with rue I f,,und out to be a Locomutive
Engitwer, and in the course of our COllVerl
tion he made the remark, he holed he had
run his bo.t trip upm a LocomotiN e, Upon
makin; bold to ask hint his re 1q , a14 he lave
me the fcllewinT, storiptid since then I have
found it to be strictly true:
" Five }ears since I wai runaing lip on the
N. Y. C. My run was fr , ni t 6
11----. It IT:14 the Lightning Express Train,
and it was what its name denote!, for it was
fast—a very fast run—and it I do say it, the
old Tornado could go. I have seen her throw
her six feet feet drivers so fast as to be almost
invisible to the eye. Aud lot me here remark
it is supposed by many-that Railroad
engi
neers are a hard-hearted set of men; their
lives are hard, 'tie true, but I do claim to
have as fine a feeling, and a heart that can
sympathise with the unfortunate, as any man
that breathes. But to my sterj*:
"About half a mile from the village of
B—, there is a nice little cot tap, but a few
feet from the track. At that time a young
married couple lived there. • They had , one
child, a little boy about font years old, as
bright, blue-eyed, curly-headed little chap as
you ever saw. I had taken a great deal of
interest in the little fellow and had thrown
trimly and oranges to him from the train : ;
and I was sure to see him peeping through
the fence when my train passed. -
"One fine sunny afternoon we were behind
time ar d running fast, and did not stop at
B—, a. 9 I isas making up ono hour before
reaching It—. We came up at a tremen
dous speed, and when sweeping around the
curve, my eye following the track, not over
two hundred feet ahead sat the little fellow
playing with a kitten, which he held in his
hap. At the sound of our approach ho looted
up and laughed, clapping his little hands- , ln
h.gh glee at the affrighted kitten, as it ran
from the track. Quicker than the lightning
that I,la,ts the tall pine upon the mount*
top, I histled dowu breaks,' and reversed
my engine, but I know it was impossible Co
stop. Nobly did that old engine try to save
Tho awful etre' g and writhing of
its iron drivers told but too plainly of the
terrific telocity we had attained. I wits out
of the cabin window and down on the cow
catcher in a flash. The little fellow stood
still. I motioned him off and shouted; his lit,
tle blue eyes opened wide with astonishment,
and a merry laugh was upon his lips. I held
my breath its we Lulled upon him and made
a desperate attempt to save him, but missed.
and as his little body pewee' I heard the cry
of ' Mother!' and um forward truck crushed
his body to atoms.
"Oh, God! that moment! I may live, air,
to be an old man, but the agony of that me ,
meat can never be erased from my memory.
The cars stopped some rods from the spot,
and I ran back as Soon as possible. His
mother saw the train stop and a fearful fore
boding flashed upon her at once. She curia
rushing frantically to the spot whore we stood.
Never shall I forget the look she gave me as
she beheld her first-born a shapeless mass.—
I would have given my whole existence to
have avoided that moment! I have Neu
death in all its forms upon rnilronds—l hare
seen men, women and children mangled and
killed—l have aeon all this, but that little ia
nocent boy, as he looked up. in my arms, un
nerved me, and from that day I made a sol
emn vow never to run a locomotive any more.
"The young mother is now in the Utica
Lunatic Asylum. Front the hoar her buy
was killed reason had left its throne."
lie stopped and wiped the tears from his
eyes and said, " You may think it weak in
ate to shed tears, but I cannot help it."—
" No," I replied, " but think it noble; and,.
sir, would to God every man Dad a heart as
large as your's."
I have often thought since, how few are
those who give one passing thought to the
man of strong nerve and stout arm, who
guides them through darkness and storms,
with the speed of the wind, safely to their
journey's end. They do not for a moment
turn their attention to the iron monster that
is dragging them forward with fearful veloci
ty to rut et friends or relations, or home and
all its loved ones. They do not realize that
the man who guides the fiery monster holds
all their precious lives at his command, and
that the least negligence upon his part would
cause sorrow and mourning a thousand
home, that are now waiting the return of the
absent loved ones.
How to Make Summer Beverages.
As the season is at hand when pleasant
summer drinks, free from alcoholic influence,
are frequently brewed by tho housewife, or
the well-brought-up daughters, who are taught
a little of everything in the way of household
dutie., we append the following recipes,
which arc claimed to be excellent:
1. Take three gallons of water, of blood
warmth, three halfpints of moles es, a table•
spoonful of essence of FpruL e, and the like
quantity of ginger—mix well together, with
a gill ut yeast ; let them stand over night,
and bottle in the mornii.g. It will Le in good
condition to drink in tnenty-four hours. It
is a palatable, whole. ,, ine leverage.
2. Tho-ie who prefer meal have only to
substitute honey for the molstsses named
above, and for one-third the ginger use all
spice. half the quantity of ye.i.st will Le
found sufficient, and the bottling should oe
cur the second day instead of the next morn
ing. It mill bo fit to drink in four days after
being bottled, and will keep for many weeks.
3. Prepare a five or ten gallon keg, in vro
portion to the Eire of the family—draw a piece
of coarse bobinet, or very coarse book-musliu,
over the end of the faucet that is inserted in
the keg, to prevent its chpking, a good tight
bung, and near to that a gimlet hole, with a
peg to fit it tight.
Recipe for fire gallons.—One quart of sound
corn, put into the keg, with half a galllon of
molasses ; then fill with cold water to within
two inches of the hung. Shake well, and in
two or three days it will be tit for use. Bung
tight.
If you want spruce flavor, 'add one tea
spoon of essence of spruce—lemon, if lemon
is preferred—ginger, or any flavor you pre
fer. The corn will last to make five or sig
brewings ; when it Is exhausted, renew it.
When the beer passes from the vinous to the
acetone fermentation, it can be corrected by
adding a little more molasses and water. This
is a elmPle, cheap beverage, coati/ 6: 11ot
three cents a giollon'. After the beer as
ripe, it ought. to be kept in a cool place, to
prevent it from becoming sour before it is ex
hausted.
Mir-Why is fah peddling morally son
sidered an objectionable business? Nowise
the dealer so••wbat ho knows has been
hooked.
*WA we; in New York, standing et the
sourer a( Oltreessd Cherry street, opipsito
to ooe of the, "Catskill ice" carte, dre*
pieei of allelic trots his pocket. lii turfed
10t$er I. before.the word "ise,":wilkiph bt
mum made it real, "Seta kill map: ."
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Great Natural Phenomenon.
Dc.T, It! of a,t Immen , e iht•orte Body in
ot tr e ./0 corm nt y —On Wedne.day morning last
the intythit.lnt4 of the towns of Boylst )n and
110 , 110 Id, N. V., were startled by the ecur
rence of a most remarkable phenomenon—
the descent from the heavens of an immense
meteoric mass. The Oswe,zu Palladiulli says:
The body struck the earth liehNeea the
hours of three an! four o'elock, A. M., with
a crash that tats truly terrifir, and the shock
IV 3./1 folt and people aroused from
their sleep at a .li.t.me f to,e miles from the
scene. I lieb,adt It I/ ulna the f trtu of Unrace
Samr,er, situ.Lted on the line of Boylston and
Redfield, striking in a meadow and partially
on the highway. It is estimated by our in-,
formant to color half an acre of land. The
earth was torn up in a terrible manner, and
Large fragment.; were thrown a dibtance of
two-thirds of ttmile. The mass is very irreg
ular in shape, and rises at some points to six
ty and eighty feet in height, and is supposed
to be imbedded in the earth as many feet.—
The surfaex generally has the appearance of
iron ore. The excitement occasioned by the
event among the inhabitants was intense,
and the crash is said to have been terrific be
yond description. Many supposed that the
final winding up of terrestrial affairs had tru
ly arrived.
• James ITadley, an intelligent citizen of
Redfield, furnishes the following statement:
" I *as awakened about three o'clock on
Wednesday morning, by the rat= in which
I slept being filled with light, and immediate
ly heard a rushing sound like the coming of
a great wind. This did not last above a few
seconds after I was awake, when an explosion
followed of which I cangive no description
—it was terrible. The whole house shook as
if a hundred cannon had been fired under the
windows ; quite a number of panes of glass
were.. broken out of the windows, and the
plastering of the room I was in came tumb
ling about me. The light which was so bril
liant that I could plainly see every object in
the room, was at once extinguished. Thd
window of my room is on the opposite side of
the horse from theplace where the meteor
fell, so that I can only judge of its direction.
The light seemed to come from some body
moving very rapidly and from south to north,
and seemed to increase rapidly daring the
brief space that preceded the explosion."
The rerolite struck the earth in some tim
ber land belonging to Mr. Sanger, in a thin
ly inhabited portion of the town. We be
lieve Mr. Iladley's is the nearest dwelling .—
It seems to have been au almost spherical
body of, as near as we can judge from the
fragments remaining, about seventy-fire feet
in diameter. Its course was from southwest
to northeast, and descended at an angle of
not more than thirty degrees from the hori
zon, which is proved by its track through the
heavy hemlock trees before it touched the
eat lb.
The:trees are out through as a cannon ball
would, cut through a hedge, leaving a clear
track. The velocity must have boon im
mense. The earth is torn up fur several rods,
and the huge trees are splintered and piled
up like brush. One largo heoliock, at least
four feet in diameter, near whose roots the
meteor struck, was thrown bodily for eighty
yards, crushing the surrounding trees like
pipestetna. Fra;ments of a huge sandstone
boulder which- lay in its course, under the
surface, were thrown in all directions, and
ono weighing half a ton was found in the
road three-fourths of a mile away.
A young lady, while in the country, stepped
upon a rusty nail, which ran through her
shoe into her foot. The inflammation and
pain was very great, and lock jaw was appre
hended. A friend of the family recommend
ed the application of a beet taken from the
garden and pounded fine. to the wound. It
was done, and the effect was very beneficial.
Soon the inflammation began to subside, and
by keeping on the crushed beet and changing
it fur a fresh one as its virtue seemed to be
como impaired, a speedy cure was effected.
Simple and effeetive remedies like this should
be known to every one.
Siiir3lr. Backus, the editor of the Cana
juharie Hadjri, is a deaf mute, but how ek,-
quently be gives voice to the language of
'grief in the following passage from his last
paper,,every one who has lust children will
tulle appreciate :
"We cannot this week fill our usual column
—every time hitherto, berme this. that we
have sat in the old place, to the now regular
ly recurring duty. we base had dear little
fingers rani Ming along our knees, or making
skrtry snatches at the paper. A little face,
all lit with happy eyes, ho -1 coping into ours.
tle lime], nodding as it shook its curls, a
moek •• by-by. papa," and turning bask again
to the sweet ehil,ll , lltem,ing. But now, alas
the little lingers are no longer here ; the little
eyes ate dint with a dimness that shall never
know the old lu , tre again, and the little curls
are yonder beneath that sod that gleams so
greenly beneath the trees and the glimmer
ing white tombstones."
Revichag.—A. rnftsznan who had drank a
littlo too freely, fell front the raft and was
drowning, rerun his brother seized him by
the hair, but the current was strong, and the
brother's strength being nearly exhausted, he
was about relinquishing his hold, when des
pairing, the drowning one raised his head
above the water and said :
" Hang on, Sam ; hang on—l'll treat, I
swear I will!"
Ills words were stimulating, and the other
nt length saved him.
terlhe Richmond Whig tells a pretty good
story of a Virginia negro boy, who professed
to be dreadfully alarmed at the cholera. Lle
took to the woods to avoid it, and was there
found asleep. Being asked why he went to
the woods, he said—" To pray." " But,"
said the overseer, " how was it you went to
sleep ?" " Don't know, 11118811, izactly," res
ponded the negro ; " but I spec I must have
overprayed myself!"
serFitacinatiog gent to prooricions little
girl—" You are a very nice little girl ; you
shall be my wifey when you grow up!"
Little Girl—" No, thank you ; I,tion't want
to have a husband ; but Aunt Bessy does ; I
beard her say sot"
Sensation on the part of Aunt Bally.
sperA landlord having the misfortune to
admit as a lodger into hie louse an individual
named Bell, of sionlitful reputation, turned
him out the other day, with the remark that
he would •not keep a hell in his house that
wanted hanging.
Ar Dean Swift, hearing of s commits:
through the' scaffolding of a house
which he' was eagard in repairing, dryly
remarked that, be had got throngh his work
PromPaYe
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rhea, ilDsoispoot there Nos had a largo foot.
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Worth Remembering.
TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR
Didn't Belong Anywhore.
At the battle of Yorktown, whil-t the !lids
of the American chief were issuing orders
along the line, a man was discovered a short
distnnce from it, who nreseated rather a gro
tesque appearance. His equipments consist
ed of a small woodchuck's skin, sowed to
gether in the form of a bag, and partly filled
with buckshot, an oxhorn filled with powder.
and nn old rusty gun, which nie.istired about
seven feet eight inches from the mor.,:le to
the end of the breech, and ‘vltielt hal prol,a
bly laid in the Qttedce e%er since the Looting
of the pilgrimi. One of thy to,ilg
him in the course of his rowl, ito t oired of
him to which regiment he belonged. •‘ I he•
long to no regiment," said the kbow after he
had fired his " long carabine." A few mo
utente after, the othcer rode, by again; but
seeing the fellow very busy, and sweating
with exertion, ho once more asked to what
regiment he belonged. "To no regiment,"
was the answer, the speaker nt the same
time levelled his piece at ft "re I cont." who
was Treparinv to fire, but who dropped deed
before he had half raised his gun. "To what
company do you beling?" Tn no com
pany." "To what battalion do you belong,?"
"To no battalidn." "Then where the deTil
do you belong, nr who are you fighting for ?"
" Lang me," replied the fellow, " I don't be
long anywhere. lam fighting Re nay °sea
hook 1"
Hard Pecking.
A Memphis correspondent eve. the follow
ing passage in a debate between a candidate
for Gubernatorial hOnors. and Gustavus Hen
ry, generally known as Gus, the Eagle Ora
tor. The debate was severe, and excited
much interest. The candidate closed his
speech with this annihilating declamation:—
" We met this Eagle, and 1 can say, with
an honest heart, that he has none of my fleAli
on his talons—none of my blood on his
beak.",
This iru good, and would bare been a
stumper, but the undismayed Ons immediate
ly rose to his feet and replied :
''Tie true the honorable gentleman has
met the Eagle, and bears no traces of having
left flesh on his talons or blood upon his beak.
And 'tis nut strange, my friends ; fur tho.e
ofyou who know the habits of our national
bird, know full well that be never feeds upon
carrion I"
Such a shout and such a disenmnture made
Mr. Candidate quake, but didn't defeat him
fur tiovernor.
The Geod Time Coming.
An European correspondent writes that
"the next important news is that in Paris tight
sleeves and short dresses have come into
fashion. Tu be admitted into the best society,
a lady must cut short her front hair and wear
it frizzled, bandeaux having gone to the
what-do-ye-call him."
Bravo fur the dresses ! we will say nothinm
of "the short front hair to be worn frizzled,"
but shorter drosses,—dresses that can't reach
the dust. dirt, and mud,—that won't gather
up all the filth of the side-walks and gutters.
—that are too short to sweep the streets, nn I
the bottoms of which are twu high to be torn
to shreds by the common obstructions of the
highway. We know of no greater abomina
tion than to see elegant dresses dragging in
the mud anti mire of our dirty streets; and,
though in the parlor long dresses Add some
thing to the fine appearance and carriage of
a lady, in the street they are m ade untidy and
often disgusting by their redundancy and
excess.
BlirTlto Irishmen were ono day engaged
in the ilighly interesting task of stealing a
few peaches. Pat being the more nimble of
the two bad climbed the tree, and was busily
engaged in shaking the fruit therefrom, when
he was stopped by Jamie with the exclama
tion—
" Arrah, Pat, and share hare psyches
legs r,
No, you fool, why do you ask that ques
tion. ye blatberhead ; don't l o makilit: a
noise, but pick up the payelies," replied Pat.
"But, Pat, are yeas Shure that payches
ham% ony legs ?" continued Jamie.
" Didn't I tell yea they hadn't, ye bloody
spalpeen," answered Pat.
Well, then," said Jamie, "if payehen
hain't gut legs, be the mortal bob I've Er vrul
leral a sthraddle-hug."
Jamie had swollered a tree-toad.
411 M.
A Fair Exchantr.—An itinerant bac(' of
German magicians were recently "en liveuing"
the principal streets at Bristol with anything
but harmonious sounds, when the un fortunate
member of the rorps who-e duty it is to com
bine music with the finances on handing
around the hat at " The-Moon," met the re
buke " Oh, we don't give lu fellows who play
so awfully out of tune as you do."—" at'it
that you say?" replied the musician, "du
tune is not . guet? Plenty boot fur them vot
give nothing."
tiirA Quaker lately pupped the question
to a fair Quakere , s thus:
" llum—yea and verily, Penelope, the
spirit urgcth and moved' me wonderfully, to
tageech then to cleave unto - me, flesh of niy
flesh and bone of my bone!"
" Hum—truly, truly, Obadiah, thou bast
wisely said ; and inasmuch as it is.not good
to be alone, I will sojourn with thee!"
parA cat belonging to a widow lady in
Ohio lately sat upon a half dozen of duck's
eggs, and continued her attentions until the
eggs were hatched ; and there is now a fine
brood of six young once, half duck and half
cat, having duck heads and cat tails ; hut
what is more wonderful they mew and' quack
alternate/y.
kir John Alms being called upon for a
contribution to foreign missions, remarked :
'• I have nothing to give for that cause, but
there are here in this vicinity, six ministers,
not one will preach in the other man's pulpit;
now, I will give as much and more than any
one else to civilize these clergymen."
par The Conneantville Courier says it heard
of an old farmer in that county who purchase.]
last week ten barrels of Tour, fur $lOO. and
at the same time remarked that he had WO
bushels of wheat in hie granary, ail of which
he expected to re-sell at $lB per barrel, to his
poor, starving neighbors. His barn had riot
been struck, by lightnings:Tr - to Tuesday mor
ning.
liiiirSome of the papers are discussing the
"time to catch trout, and • eat them." We
think the question is easily solved. - Catch
them when they biro the hook, but be, sure
not askthens till they are cooked. We tried
this system a great many ;earl i g o, end, it
*lnked charmingly.
IS report that Teapotl,l Mrs.
!Sickles) is going, on the stage is contraketedi
satithe whole rumor is deelsied to he wit&
Qui any foundation , whatever:
la-The stuitinwniadii4ii_spegnitnse in
Owl/best 11444s,AiNottiOn Oar
elitiOtast butt yew, a u said ,toi_ TerY
•I•erwi : =l,•= ll % , --_ ,- > eminoramo4
Ifs and the Nati,.
Obligation& 1. 1
lie Mr. Seciatay,Catotibbeetttiosielt
blamed for giving Asia, etVet
in the United States owing military service
to foreign maiden( cannot be protected " if
they should voluntarily repair" to the noun
tries where such service is claimed. it
per to state, as a matter of history, ttl i kre
reply of the Secretary appears to take, Si
substance, the same view of the subjetieweis
expressed in a letter by Mr. Wheaten; the
author of the treaties cm international law, tb
J. P. Knocks, and dated July 24, 1840.16:
linoeke, n naturalized citizen of the United
States, had been required to do military duty
in Prussia, of whicli ,country he was a /sa
tire, and Mr. Wheaton said to him
.
" Had you remained in the United States,
or visited any other foreign country except
Prussia, nn your lawful business, yon wciulA
hove been protected by the American authori
ties at home and abroad, in the enjoyment if
all your ri4lits and privileges as a naturalized
citizm of the United States. But having re
turnel to the country of your birth, your Wl
tire doinirik and national charactcr reotri, so
lung as you remain in Prussian dominions,
amt you are bound in all respects to obey the
law', exactly as if you had never int In tgrar
t eti."
NO. 39.
Secretnr7 Cass has written another letter
en the suLjeet. It is addressed to AX.llof
fer, of Cincinnati. He states that his previ
ous letter, addressed to Felix Le Clem:, was
in reply to an application for informationn,
and vtas principally intended to recommend
caution to our naturalized fellow-citizens, na
tives of France, in returning to that country,
as the operations of the French conscription
law we: e not precisely known here, and might
bear injuriously upon that class of Ainerieutt
citizens. (ien. Cass then proceeds as follows
to give an exposition of the views of our gov
ernment touching the rights of naturalized
citizens, who may temporarily visit Europe.:
" Most of the continental European nations
have a system of military orgpnization by ,
which their citizens aro corn pellbcl to serve is
the army, by conscription ns in France, whore
the dozy is designed by lot, or Ly draft as in
Prussia, where every person is required to
take his turn as a soldier. The condition of
American naturalized citizens returning to
their native country, where the system of
compulsory service prevails, and who had
left Lefore performing such service, has fre
quently been the subject of discussion with
some of the European powers.
"Quite recently it has arisen between the
United States and Prussia, and the represen
tative of thillenuntry at tho court of Berlin
has brought the matter to the attention of
the Prussian government. In the instructions
whice where sent to him, dated May 12,1859,
it was explicitly stated that this government
is opposed to the doctrine of perpetual allegi
ance, and maintains the right of expatriation
and the right to ferr new political ties else
where. Upon this subject it is observed that,
in this age of the wcald, the idea of control
ling the citizen in the choice of a home, and
binding him by a mere political theory to
it-Ambit for his lifetime a country which be
constantly desires to leave, can hardly be en
tertained by any government whatever."-s-
The position of the United States, as commu
nicated to the minister at Berlin for the infor
mation of the Prussian government, is, that
nntive•born Prussians, naturalized in the
United States and returning to the country
of their birth, are not liable to any duties
or penalties except such as were existing at
the period of their emigration. If at that
time they were in the army, or actually cal
' led into it, such emigration and naturaliza
tion do not exempt them from the legal pen
alty which they incurred by their desertion;
but this penalty may be enforced against
them whenever they shall voluntarily plus
themselves within the local jurisdiction of
their native country, and shall be proceeded
against according to law. But when no pres
ent liabilities exist against them, at the peri
ogl of their emigration, the law of nations, in
the opinion of this government, gives no
right to any country to interfere with natara/-
ized American citizens, and theattempt to do
so would be considered an act unjust in itself
and untriiindly towards the United States.—
. This question cannot, of course, arise in the
case of a naturalized citizen who remains in
the United States. It is only when he vo
luntarily returns to his native country that
its local laws can be enforced against him:"
Great Mammoth Hotel in New York.
The New Yorkers aro priding themselves
upon another hotel structure, nearly comple
ted, on the Fifth avenue, and upon which
$1,14-I,COO has already been expended. The
following is a brief description of the great
structure:
The building covers sixteen full lots of
'ground, is seven stories high, and has saple
vation from the cellar to the roof of 10Tfeet.
The front on Fifth venue and Broadway is
202 fees ;uu 'l' my-third street 215 feet, and
Twenty-fourth street 196 feet. his capable
of accommodating at least 800 guests. There
are eight large public parlors, 120 private
do,; four dining and tea rooms; 420 chambers,
mid 60 other rooms fur servants, &c. Nearly
all the principal chambers have baths and
water arrangements complete, there being
fully 100 baths in all. The heating of the
building is done by steam, for which three
boilers, each 22 feet in length and nearly 5
feet in diameter, are provided. From these
the steam is conductaj all over the building,
the condensed steam b6in,g carried back to 013
boilers by a return flue. The boilers and gam
hoo.e occupy a diAinet building. wholly ex
terior to the main structure. Fe facilitate
communication between the different stories,
a luxurious car or ladies' carriage is provided.
which will guide from the lower floor to the
uppermost story, easily conveying eight or
ten p.-rsons at a trip. This car is propelled
by steam, andpassel up and down upon a
revolving spiral - shaft nearly 100 feet long
and about 10 inches in.diameter ; and so per
fect is this invention that under no circum
stances is there n possibility of accident.—
The grand dining ball, is 80 feet long, 60feet
wide and 21 feet high, lighted with eleven
elegant chandeliers. The whole establish
ment has been leased for a term of years to
Purees Stevens, Esq., proprietor of the Tre
mont and Revere houses, Boston, Ma ss., and
will be opened about the Ist of August.
The Termination of the Morphy-Thonsparni
CuntPst.—This important chess encounter was
terminated on Friday afternoon at the rooms
the New York Chess Club, by the victory of
Mr. Morphy, the soore standing: Morphy
5 ; Thompson 3 ; drawn I. This achievement
of•the youthful chess champion may be placed
oven above that of any of his European faits.
In the first place ho gives the heavy odds of
a knight in all his games ; in the Second
place he gives them to one of the New York
first-rates, who has been accustomed to prof
fer the same advantage to comparatively
strong players for many years; and, Anallz,
his adversary has seen fit to play what is
technically known as a close game in each
eontost, which, in fact, Increases the odds
enormously. As far as we can judge front
the published records of their battles, no
player, living or dead, of whom we Itavq,spy
account, could have given such an advantage
successfully to a player of the skill and ex
perience of Mr. Thompson.—N. Y. Tribune.
Death from Bkeding aLthe
riewitt, a young man of New loodonelt son
of E. J. Hewitt, was taken with .hleeding
violently at she nose on Tuesday night, and
all efforts to arrest it proring unavainirtatte
died, after having hied sista= hent b
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