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Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-13
BY Masser s. EiseIy.


JOSEPH, # come near-rny son, ray son,
Egyptian prince, Egyptian sage,
Child ofmy first and best-loved one
Great guardian of thy father age.
Bring ErnrAtM and SANAssEn nigh,
And let me bless them ere | die
" Hear mc--thcr God 81 Israel
Thou, who hast been his living shield
In the red deserts lion-dell,
IN Egypt's famine stricken field,
In the dark dungeons chilling stone,
in Pharaehs chsin--by pharaoh's throne.
"HIy son, all blessings be on thee,
Be blest abroad, be blest at home
Thy nations streng,h--her living tree
The well TO which the thirsty come;
Blest be thy valley, blcst thy hill,
Thy fathers Con be with the still,
Thou man of blood, thou man of might,
Thy soul shall ravin, BENJAMIN Il
Thou wolf by day, thou wolf by night,
Rushing through slaughter spoil, and sin
Thine eagles beck aud vultures wing
Shall curse thy nation with king"
Then ceased the voice, and all was still
The hand Of death was on the frame
Yet gave the heart one final thrill
And breathed the dying lip one name:
Sons, let me rest by Leah's side :"
Hc raised his eyes to hcavcu-.rnG died
UAviLiu.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-13
From BIackwoods Edinburg Magazine
THE PROPHECY or THE TWELVE
TRIBES.

"And Jacob called unto his sons and said Ga
ther yourselves together, rart ! may tell you
that which shall beiall you in the last days.
Gather yourselves together. and hear, yc sons of
Jacob; and hcGri.cE INTO Israel your father"
GENESIS, Xix, :, .. &c
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-13

Where are you bound Jack 2 asked D5r
Bowling to his shipmale. 80 Chus-Ann frs .
and then to Hav-Anna,' answered Jack.
Then you are really going to Hav-re, sal
Ben.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-13

The pctrarch sat upon his bed
His check was pale hiS eye ,vrs dim
Long years of woe had how'd his head,
And feeble was the giant limb
And his twelve mighty sons stood nigh,
I'm grief--to see their father die!
But, sudden as the thunder roll,
A newborn spirit flI'd his frame,
His fair.irg visage fash'd with soul
His lip was touchd dwith living flame ;
And burst, with more than prophet fire,
The stream of Judgment. Love. d1dIIe.
" RruRrN,% thou spcar-hcad in my side
Thy fathers frst-born. and bis shame:
Unstable as the rolling tldc,
A blight has talln upon thy name.
Decay shall follow thee and thine
Go, outcast ofa halow'd line
" SIMEON and Levitt sons of blood
That sill hangs heavy on the land
Your nocks shall be the robbers food
Your folds shan blaze beneath his brand
In swamp and forest shall ye dwell
Be scatter'd among Israel!
"JrpAH.t Al han, 'tnoI priest, thou king,
The crown the glory, shall be thine
Thine, in the fight, the eagles wing
Thine on the hill, the oil and wine.
Thon lion nations shall turu pale
SYhen swcllS Inv roar upon the gale
Judah, my son. ascend the throne,
'TiHcomes from heaven the rnbcrn king
The prophcsird, the inlghty one,
Whose heel shall crush the serpent's sting
Till earth Is paradise again
And sir Il dead, and death is slain
"WiGe as the surges, ZEBULoN,H
Thy daring keel shall plough the sea
Before Ihee sink proud Sidon sun,
And stgors Is,achar toll for thee.
Thou, reaper of his corn aud oil
Lord of the giant and the soil
''Whose banner flames in battles van
HFrtse mail is Grstin slaughter gored!
Thou, subtlcr than the serpent DAMS
Prince of the arrow and the sword
Woe TO the Syrian chariotec1
When rirgs the rushing of thy spear
"Crush'd to the earth by war ana woe,
GAp,T shall the cup of bondage drain,
TIL bod revenge shall give the blow
That pays The long arrcar Of pain.
Thy cup shall GLOW with tyrant- gore,
Thou be my son-and man once n:Ie,
" Loved NAruTsrI ~ thy snow white hind
Shall basE beneath the rose and vine
Proud Arurr, 10 the mountain wind
Shall star-like blaze thy batte-sign
All bright to both, from birth % ,omb,
The heavens ell sunshine, earth all bloom,
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-13

"Black or green tea, sir :" said waiter att
public table to live Yankee.
ANY color was the reply-'steel-miHe'
or indigo"
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-13

What do rich people generally give ia
thing.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-13
PRICES OF ADVERTISING.
Every subsequent insertion, o:

EVery subsequent insertion, rs
Yearly Advertisements: one column, s25 /; half
column. Sis, three squares, Sl2; two squares, so;
one square, S5. Half-yearly one column, SIS /;
half column, sl2 three squares, So two squares,
S.; one square, SO SO.
Advertisements left without directions a, TO ,hs
length of time they nro TO he published, will .
continued until ordered out, and charged accord
ingy.
C-rSixtecn lines make square.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-13

The privileges cfTne ,frSt.born passed A.
way from the tribe OF Reubcn, ard were di-
Nded among his brcthcrn. The double portion
OF the Inheritance was given To- Joseph--thc
priesthood 10 'cy---5nd the sovereignty to N.
dah. The tribe never rose into nationa' pow
er, and it was the first which was carried into
captivity,
The massacre Of the Shechemites was the
crime of the two brothers. For long period,
the tribe Of Sn'con was leprcss ed and te pa.
stion. on the verge Gf the Ap,alcti(cs, always
exposed tito suffering The Levltes, though
finally entrusted with the priesthood, bad nn in-
heritance in Palestine; they dwell, scattered d.
mong the tribes.
The tribe Of Judah was distinguished from
the beginning Of the nation. II led the van
in the march to Pa'rt, ne. IL was the first az
pointed to cypei the Cauaancs. II gave the
fist Judge, uthneil. It was the tribe Of David,
and, most glorious Of all titles was the tribe OF
our Loan,
Zebulon was a maratime tgibo-its location
extending along the sea-shore, and stretching
to the borders of Sidon. The tribe of Issachar
were located in the country afterwards called
Lower Galilee; were chiefly tillers of the soil /;
we're never distinguished in the military or ci-
vii transactions of the nation and as they
dwelt among the Canaanitcs, seem to ave ha-
bItually served for hire. lssachar is character.
ised as the "strong asa drudge, powerful,
but patient.
1'he tribe of Dan were remarkable for the
daring OF their exploits in war, and not less so
for their stratager1s Their great chetan
Samson, distinguished alike for strength and
subtlety, might be an emblem Of their qualities
and history,
Cad, a tribe engaged in continual and me-
morabe conflicts.
ss Naphtali and Asher inhabited the most
fertile portions of Palenstine,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-05-10

Dreadful ccurence.-Yesterd0y afternoon, a.
bout 3 O'clock while young man named George II.
Parker, was employed in mailing down the Id of a
box, which contained PERCUSSION caps, at the store
of Messrs John Parker & Co. No. 80 North Third
street. explosion of the contents took place from
conclusion. In the box there were about 100000
caps, and the report which they made was terrific.
The ill fated youth was mangled in dreadful man
ner. The cap of his knee which was resting upon
the lid of the box, blown off, and the flesh up
wards and downwards, torn away. One Of his
eyes were put ont and the sight of the other dcs-
troyed. In short, he was wounded in almost every
part of his body Drs Jackson and Muttor were
promptly called, but their efforts were unavaing
and at about five o'clock he expired in great agony
Such was the force of the explosion that the floor
OF the room in which it took place, as well as the
roof, were damaged.
Phiiad. Forum of Tuesday.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-05-10

Lime for Wted.-The product Of New Jersey
has been more than doubled within the last fifteen
years by the use of lime as manure for wheat. The
soil has a sub-stratum generally of yellowsh clay
and stiff hills gravel, loose, and occasionally stony
(granite( There is little sandy land, which takes
less permanent benefit from lime, than the rest
All are benefited by lime, but wet lands while
they remain so, cannot be brought up by lime. The
Jersey farmers SOW Il bushels Of lime TO the acre.
Stacked, put on after the last blowing and narrowed
in and they resort to cloverng after every crop of
straw. Almost every farm has hme-kiln, and the
ashes made in burning are considered about as fer
tilizing as the lime. Barn-y ard manure is never
theess considered indispensable.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-05-10

Pruning Fruit TreeS.-It will be found upon ex-
pertinent, that wound made on tree in March or
April will look black as soon as the sap begins to
flow, and that the sap will out until the leaves
have put out so to receive it; while a wound
made in June, will remain white, and Immediately
commence healing. The wound of a tree that has
BEEN broken by being loaded with fruit, or other
wise, while the tree is green with foliage, will look
white and the wood remain sounds while one bro.
ken in the winter, by snow, or from other cause,
will look black and incline to decay.
1t has been my humble lot to spen1Smost of my
time in the spring and fore part Of the summer in
ENGRAVING and pruning fruit trees, and my expert
ence goes to prove that the best time for pruning,
is when the leaves full grown, and the tree is
in a vigorous and growing state. For at this sea-
son. when the sap has been spent in the foliage,
and the pores OF the wood are filed so that when
the limb is taken Off the sun and warm weather
will dry the end of the limb and close the pores OF
the wood against the weather. the sap will keep the
limb alive to the very end, and the healing will be
perceived ely.-Boston Cuitiuator.
| Use of Lime.-Air Stacked lime is innoxious tc
growing plants generally, if we except moses ant
lichens, to which it is fatal Hence it is constantly
employed by gardeners, to dust their peas and 9th
err crops liable to be infested by slugs, and also tC
remove moss, &c. from goosebury and curran
bushes, which it speedily and efectually cleanses
Mixed with coal SCOT, it causes the extrication o
much ammonia, and therefore should never be adde
to liquid urinous manures, as 1t yolatlllzes their am
monia.-Fmmer's Magazine.
Pine Boughs for ,Steep.-Give to your sheep pin
boughs once or twice a week they will create ap
petite prevent disease, and increase their health.
} GrubS in HorscS.-Take one pint Of strong vir
egar, one ounce of chalk in POWDER stir 1t well an
drench the animal.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-05-10
AGRICULTURAL.
ASPA II AGUS.

How many of our readers raise asparagus p
Those who do we invite to make the following ex-
periments; and if success warrants liberality, we
would thank them for dish of large, perfectly
white, and very tender asparagus.
As soon as the young shoot springs from the
ground, take piece of hollow reed, cane, or elder,
or tin tube, about eight inches long and of suffi
cent BORE and stick it into the soil above the shoot
If the tube is pretty long and large, SO much the
bigger and better will be the asparagus. Also take
common flower pots, the deeper the better, and
place them bottom up) over the plants in the bed
The object is simply to exclude the light from the
plants.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-05-10

We understand that suits have been commenced
by gentlemen in tins city, against the Postmaster
General and or two of his subordinates for lille
gally opening letters passing through the United
States Mail 1t is aedged, we believe, that the let.
tiers were opened by the Government agents for the
purpose Of ascertaining something in relation to the
Private Mail-an affair, as it seems likely to turn
out, with which they had no more right to interfere
than with the private correspondence Of the Man in
the Moon. This breaking open private letters is a
matter which should be looked ii,to--athough the
letters should not-IIiJune.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-05-10

To fir The ammonia in fresh manure and disin
feet night-soil throw in GYPSUM burnt bones, dry
coal ashes, refuse charcoal, THE finer the better or
SCOT mixed with saw-dust To fix ton of night
soil requires 200 lbs of gypsum. All the above
materials good, and while they remove The smell
of the manure in proportion rs they fix the ammo
MIA they increase its fertilizng power. Instead of
throwing away bones, horns, hoofs, refuse tanners
bark, old brine of the beef and pork barrels, &C.,
let them go into the manure. Every little helps,
and some Of these articles help wonderfully.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-05-10

.Muck.-Mix muck with manure and dress sandy
land, blowing it in. heaps formed in the fall
with layers of muck foot thick, well sprinkled
with line,-or with intermediate layers of barn
yard manure and muck, the farmer will have an
excellent compost TO put on his sandy land on the
succeeding spring.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-05-10

2tras. The Philadelphia Ledger ofths NOR
ming contains a letter from the Hon. Mr. Wilkins,
Secretary Of War, to his late constituents in the
Allegheny Congressional district, Pa, announcing
that Treaty for the annexation Of Texas to the
United States has been signed, and giving his rea
sons for acquescng in the measure We shall pub
lish the letter entire in next 1t gives no init
nation as to the provisions of the Treaty, beyond
the mere fact that 1t provides for the annexation
of Texas TO the Territories of the United States"
Jour. Commerce.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-05-10

Corn for Soiting.-It is said that corn stalks are
equal to the best English grasses food for stock,
and that if sown broadcast greater weight of
heritage can be produced per acre. If that is true
i'll England where corn will not ripen well, it must
be true here. But who practices soiIing here p
The practice of stallfeeding the year round it is
alledged, would save fences, increase the quantity
and richness of milk, add to the manure heaps, and
on farms suitable for any thing but pastures would
leave more land for cultivation.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-05-10
MONTPELIER, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1874.

courts of justice shall remain in all respects as
now established and organized.
ART. VIII. Immediately after the exchange of
the Publications of this treaty, the President of the
United States, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate, shall appoint commissioner who
shall proceed to Texas and receive the transfer of
the territory thereof and all the archives and pub
lie property, and other things herein conveyed, in
the name Of the United States lie shall exercise
oil executive authority in said territory necessary
TO the proper execution of the laws, uutil other
wise provided.
ART lX. The present treaty shall be ratified by
the contracting parties and the ratihcatons ex-
changed at the city OF Washington, in six months
from the date hereof or sooner if possible.
In witness, whereof, we, the undersigned, pleni-
potentiarles of the United States of America and
of the Republic Of Texas, have signed, by virtue
of our powers, the present treaty of annexation,
and have hereunto affixed our seals respectively.
Done at Washington, the twelfth day of April,
eighteen hundred and forty-four.
~
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-05-10

Past,uing on WheatThe only objection to
early sown wheat ito save it from winter-killing
and the 1y,) is that it produces too rank growth
in the spring. In this turn in sheep and young
cattle early in May and pasture week or so-but
always when the ground is dry enough to prevent
"poaching."
g The foregoing items have been gathered
from the American Agrculturist.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-05-10
POLITICAL.
THE TEXAS TREATY AND DOCU-
MENTS.

For the information of our readers we give the
fullest details on The Texas Treaty question which
our limits will permit.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-05-10
WATCHMAN & JOURNAL.

TERMs-s 80 cash in advance 50 90 payment e not made
always charged from the end OF the year
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-05-10

are the other powers, Mexico inclusive likely. in
any degree to be injurousy affected by the rotif-
cation of the treaty. The PROSPERITY Of Texas will
be equally interesting to all in the increase Of the
general commerce Of the world that prosperity will
be secured by annexation.
But one view of the subject remains to be pre-
scented. 1t grows out Of the proposed enlargement
of our territory From this am free TO confess
see no danger. The federative system is suscepti-
BILE of the greatest extension compatible with the
ability of the representation of the most distant
state or territory to reach the seat of government in
time to participate in the functions Of legislation,
and to make known the wants of the constituent
body. Our confederated republic consisted origin
ally OF thirteen members II now consists oftwice
that number, while applications are before Congress
to permit other additions.
This addition Of new States has served to
strengthen rather than to weaken the Union. New
interests have sprung up, which require the united
power of all, through the action of the common
government to protect and defend upon the high
seas and in foreign parts. Each State commits,
with perfect security, to that common government
those great interests growing out of our relations
with other nations Of the world, ard which equally
involve the good of all the States. Its domestic
concerns are left to its exclusive management.
But if there were any force in the objection, it
would seem to require an immediate abandonment
of territorial possessions which lie in the distance
and stretch to a far-of sea and yet no one would
be found, it is believed ready to recommend such an
, abandonment. Texas lies at our very doors, and
; in our immediate vicinity
, Under every view which have been able to take
of the subject, think that the interests of oui
common constituents, the people of all the States
and love of the Union, left the Executive no 9TH
or alternative than to negotiate the treaty. The
high and solemn duty of ratlfying or Of rejecting
it, is wisely devolved on the Senate by the Const
y tuition of the United States.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-06-27
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.


N pursuance of law, L. JoHs Tyler, President of
l. the United States Of America do hereby declare
and make known, that a PUBLIC SALE will be
held at the Land Office at NEWNANSVlLLE in
the TERRITORY OF FLORIDA, commencing on
Monday the sixteenth day of December next. for the
disposal OF The unaprropriated vacant public lands
WITHIN The limits OF the townships hereinafter desg-
mated, to wit
South Of the Base line and East Of the meridian.
Townships twenty, twenty-one and twenty-five, o.
range eighteen.
The two easternmost tiers of sections in township
hiteen, The two easernmost tiers of sections and
ions twenty two, twe0ty-seyen and thirty four, IN
township SIXTEEN the half of township seventeen,
ana the east half Of township eighteen, and the
tons twenty .one, twenty-eght and thrty-three in
the same township and all of townships nineteen and
twenty except the two westernmosl tiers of sections
In The former, Of range nineteen.
Townships fourteen, fifteen and sixteen of ranges
twenty, twenty lone ard twenty-five.
Townships fifteen and twenty Of range twenty
three.
Lands appropriated by law for the use of schools,
military or other purposes, will be excluded from
sale.
Ihe sale will be kept open for two weeks unless
the lands are disposed Of and longer and
no private entries of lands in the townships so offer
ed, will he admitted, until after the expiration of the
two weeks.
Given under my hand at the City of Washington
this gath day of June, A. d. 1874.
JOHN TYLER
BY the President:
Tho. IL. BLAKE,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
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NOTICE.
TRAssroRrArios OrrIcs, b. and o.

TRAssroRrArios OrrIoE, b. and o. X. Rp.,
June, 1874.
MI ERCIlANTS and others are respectfully in
INl formed that and after Thursday next, the
10th instant the hours for the reception aud delivery
of commodities at this Depot will be as follows,
viz
From O'Clock A. nj. until O'clock p. NJ, and
From until p M daily, except Sunday.
Goods will be delivered only to the consignees in
person. or to such draymen others who may have
their written order or authority to receive them and
the freight upon which must in every be paid
delivery.
BY order: SAML STETTINIUS,
June Tim Agent
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-06-27
PROPOSALS FOR COAL.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

Wash fXton CRY, May w. 1914.
ID ROPOSALS will be received at this Department,
i until o'clock, on Saturday. the 18Th day OF July
next for the delivery Of the following Goals, al the
places and in the quantities hereinafter designated
viz:
AT Boston, Mass and at New York City, Anthra-
cite Coal (sugar loaf.
Al Lake Ere, Lake Ontario, Key West, Florida,
and the mouth Of the Mississippi, Biuminous Coal /;
Not less than 500 tons to be delivered al each place
but this Department, reserving to itself the right to
order much more as it may think proper.
All of the above Goals be of the very best qualify
and to lie delivered and landed at the Contractor
risk and expense such points in the above sP Gifted
places shall be designated in the contract, or by
the officer to whose inspection the Goals shall be sub
ject delivery. At the mouth of The Mississippi
the c,,a to be delivered in good and substantial fiat
boats The boats to be the property of The Government.
The ton of anthracite coal TO be estimated al
2,2i0 pounds, and the buminous coal at five
pecks the bushel, and % bushels TO be con-
sdered equi, aent to the ton-these to be subject To-
the inspection of officers be desg mated by this De-
parment The coal TO be delivered within two montha
after the execution OF the contract.
The Goals must be lump, and be taken from mines
the approved for the goodness of their qualify
and freeness from sulphur and other impurties-sat-
isactory evidence OF which must accompany the bids,
buds will be Considered which are not accompa-
MED by this evidence, and coal will be received
which shall not correspond strictly with the descnp-
tions and requirements herein made.
Contacts will be prepared to be executed by those
whose offers shall be accepted for the faithful per
torrance of which a bond with two good and suffic-
ent suretes will be required one-thrd the amount
of the contract payment 10 be made IN full when
the contracts are complied with fully to The sat
isacton Of this Department
The proposals 10 be sealed and endorsed Propo-
sails for Coal for the Revenue Service"
McCLINTOCK YOUNG,
Secretary ofthe Treasury,
May 30 2aw,l5july ad interim