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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-13

THE EIGHTH AVENUE RAILRoAD-THE AFFAIR
BETWEEN MAYOR KINGsLAND AND ALDERMAN
CoMPToN.-We learn that some very funny deve-
Opponents, explaining the recent fare-up between
the Mayor and Alderman Compton, have been re-
Gently brought out, under oath, by order Of Judge
Oakley
BY this curious evidence it appears that Mr.
Kingsand, in company with the ex.Recorder and
Chief of Police, was down Long Island, enjoying
themselves gloriousy, on tho very day and hour on
which Alderman Compton acted for him on the sub
jcct Of the Eighth Avenue Railroad. This singular
fact, which upsets all the Mayors recent grandilo
quent message, is proved by the Mayors own afi
dayit, supported by those Of his secretary clerk
and the Chief of Police. The Mayors message
could not, therefore, have been written, under
stood, by the Mayor himself, or he must have been
at the time studying Judge Edmonds' new revela
tions on the spirit world.
Alderman Compton, though ne does not weigh 50
many pounds avoirdupoiso as the Mayor, will co no
out of this business heavier in intellect and right
than his Honor So We suspect-but time will soon
tell.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-13

THEATRICAL GENERALsMP-BARNUN vs.. BATB-
HM.-Bamum is great tactician. He has been
styled the Napoleon Of managers, and his general
ship entities him to the appellation. By his ma
n@uvres and his certificates he pawned successfully
on the pubic q wooly horse, Q Feejee mermaid,
and Joyce Heth He trumpeted up the philan-
thropy and angelic character of Jenny Lind, and
managed 10 get her concerts crowded, hyy q judi
cious admixture of humbug and sontnns1A. Va
rious and novel have been the which Barnum
has practised to wheedle the public and draw dols
lars into his purse, and we have now another EVIL
dence Of HE genius, With respect TO the Bateman
children.
About the time when the brilliant Jenny Lind
campaign against the purses and gullbility Of the
community was suddenly brought to full stop by
the revolt Of the angel herself and her rupture of
the connections binding her to Mr.. Barnum, that
gentleman entered into contract with Mr.. Charles
H. Bateman, father Of the talented Bateman chill
drcn, under the terms Of which they proceeded to
England, and made most profitable and fatterng
professional tour through the British islands. They
arc now about returning to this country, and their
arrival is heralded by the interchange of threatening
and defiant letters, and menaces Of suits at law,
and applications for nuuctions, and other equally
formidable proceedings These communications,
&C., we present to our readers in another portion
Of our columns.
Now, we presume that all this is but the deve-
lopement of one of those gceat ideas emanating ia
the inventive Uranium Of Barnum. He knows that
n suit at law would be very successful mode OF
attracting public attention to the name and per-
cormances of the Bateman precociies in this coan-
try and that the lawyers bills of costs in tho cause
would be amply repaid by the gratultous Advertising
given through the newspapers, in their reports
the progress of the cause The same dodge has been
lately put in practice by the india rubber men
Day and Goodyear-and by the tslssted troupe Of
monkeys at the Astor Place Opera Asssc. Barnum
is going to try it now-the papsss will be taken
up with reports Of tho great controversy between
Barnum and Batcman-public interest will be
awakened-the performances Of the children will
be largely attended, and the profit will be quietly
divided between the quasi beligerants. piUa
humbug!
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-03-20
VALUABLE IMPROVEMENT IN FIRE ARMS.

We had an opportunity on yesterday, OF
inspecting the sef.loading rifle, recently in
vented and patented by Col. P w. Porter,
Of Tennessee. Onr attention had been drawn
to this subject some weeks since by observ-
ing the proceedings of the Tennessee legisla-
;ure, in which this ire-arm was spoken Of in
the strongest terms of commenda,on, and in
which the governor Of the State was instruct
ed TO call fot the use of this arm for the use
Of the militia of Tennessee, instead of the
musket. After examining the gun for our
selves, we have arrived at the same conclu-
sion of the members of the Tennessee Legs
lature and the prominent military men OF
that Stale, We regard il the most mpor.
tant improvement made in small arms for
years and one Of which the government ought
10 avail itself.
The rifle is used either as revolver or a
self loader As a revolver, it fires eight
times in succession, aud may be immedia,el y
converted into self-loader, when it fires
from thirty to sixty times in succession, ac-
cording 10 the size Of the magazine used
As revolver, it can be discharged sixteen
times in half minnte; and as a self-oader,
from thirty TO fifty times in a minute. 1t is
a beautiful gun, and is light, and easily han.
died. The principle may be applied to the
sho, gun and pistol, and we are informed by
Col Porter that he is having finished one OF
each, which will he exhibited ina short time.
| The rife shoots with as much accuracy as
the ordinary rife, and with greatly more
| force whilst it can be used with efficacy in
any kind of weather.
! Col. Porter is having his rifles manufacture
| ed at Taunton and Worcester, in Massachu-
! setts. Both these manufactures are exten.
sively prepared for this Washing
/ ton Union.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-03-20
DUTCH DANCING IN OLDEN T,nes

An antiquarian correspondent of the Knick.
erbocker Magazine, has contributed renin.
iscence of by gone days, which shows ,ha,
the polka was not unknown among the early
Dutch settlers The Jerseys although its con.
com'anis of dress, as well as the poetry of
notion have been somewhat etheriaized
since the days of odd Diedrch.' The cor.
respondent of the Knickerbocker says:
"Al the girls in the neghbothood came
in wagons late in the afternoon, each ac-
companIed by an old Dutch negro, to take
care of the horses and young mssus' The
boys arrived rather later, and found the girls
seated close together on one side of the
room, and each blaze of gaudy colors -
Could chromalography have been known in
those days Red boddicdAwith sky blue
skirts, and green ribbons aro ID the waist
artificial roses in their hair aNlarge as the
one that used TO suimount the haggis al
Mistress Nicholson's on Burns festival,
and cheeks as red almost as The bodice
blood-red cornelian beads around the neck,
and occasionally pea green gloves The
boys wore their hats with new pipe in The
hat-band, and nails in their shoes, which
had a pyroechnic effect when brought
in collision with the sand on the floor
really believe that some of these nails,
mus, have been made asAeel, for they
made the fire fly hdously, about the
time they took A6oBFheir coats to dance in
earnest
After the boys had gin sings all around,
ard offered the last gill in each glass, with
an extra dose of nutmeg, 10 some favorite
girl, the dancing began. The first boy that
threw sixpence in the fiddler's hat was
entitled 10 the first partner. He usually Sc.
lected her by a wink but such wink =
All the upper part Of his body winked, hat
included and after putting the end of her
finger into her mouth, and throwing her
head little on one side, 10 show proper
degree OF coyness, up rose the fair partner
and her fathers best negro, usually crouch
ed in the corner Of the fire place, would
sometimes call out : "Dats my young mis-.
sus can't she dance, dough ?" And so
she would for with Il shuffiing step, both
she and her partner seemed intent on firing
each other out. When the parties became
really tagged, off went the boys coat, and
then the nails in his shoes were brought TO
bear on a fresh handful Of white sand
thrown on the floor for his especial benefit.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-03-20

tears, his lip quvered, he covered his face
with his handkerchief, and Tor some time
no whisper was heard from the astonished
audience around him. He was thinking Of
the poverty and ignorance of his early
davs--of the religious errors which had
well nigh caused his destruction-ot the
way in which a kind watchful Providence
had led his thoughtless steps, amid all the
dangers around him--of the blessing he had
received in his lowly, admirable wife, OF
the days of toll, and nights Of hard study,
in which she had shared, and cheered him
on like an angel OF light and love, and
honors which now surrounded him. At
length he uncovered his face and amid st-
fed sobs said TO his wife, "tell the children,
dear, the conversation we had together,
Just twenty years ago tonight, around our
little pine tea table"
He was the shoemaker of L.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-03-20

had expected, and indeed an extremely
agreeable one. But, with the cry OF agony,
she answered that there was no rest in hell;
that they must ever toll al on those very
pleasures and innumerable voices echoed
through the interminabie vaults, "lhere Is
no rest in hell ~ whilst throwing open
their vests, each disclosed in his bosom an
ever burning fame. These they said,
were the pleasures of hell their choice on
earth was now their inevitable doom. In
the midst Of the horror this scene inspired,
his conductor returned and, at his earnest
enreaty, restored him again 10 earth but,
as he quilted him, he said, "Remember, in a
year aud day we meet again"
AT this crisis of his dream, the sleeper a.
woke, feverish and i'll 4; and, whether from
the effect of the dream OR Of his preceding
orgies, he was so unwell as 10 be obliged TO
keep his bed for several days; during
which period he had time for many serious
reflections, which terminated in Il resolution
10 abandon the club and his licenlious COM
panions altogether.
He was no sooner well, however, then
they nocked around him, bent on recovering
so valuable a member of their society and
having wrung from him confession of the
cause of his detection, which, as may be
supposed, appeared TO them eminently ridi-
| culous, they soon contrived TO make him
ashamed of his good resolutions. He joined
them again and resumed his former course
came round he found himself with his glass
| in his hand al the table, when the president
rising TO make The accustomed speech be-
gan with saying, 'Gentlemen, this being
leap year, ii is a year and day since our
last anniversary &c, The words struck
upon the young mans ear like knell but
ashamed 10 expose his weakness to the
| jcers Of his companions, he sat out the feast
plying himself with wine even more liber'
ally than usual, in order 10 drown his in
trusive thoughts, till, in the gloom Of a win
ter's morning he mounted his horse TO ride
home. Some hours afterwards, his horse
was found with his saddle and bride on
quietly grazing by the road side, about hal
way between the city and BIS house, willis
a few yards of lay the corpse Of his mas
ter.
This is true story and no fiction th
circumstances happened as here related
An account of it was published at the time
but the copies were brought up by tn
family. Two or three, however, were pre-
served, and the narrative was printed
Mrs. Crows Nightside Of Nature.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-03-20
THE PRINTERS AHEAD.

At the printers Festival, given last week
IN The city of Boston, Mr.. Bigelow, Of the
Evening Post, iu responding 10 toast, allu-
ded TO the honesty and good character of
practical printers. He said he esteemed it
an honor at all times 10 appear as the repre-
sentative Of the Press, but he felt it more
highly when called TO be It's representative
among a company of Printers. He nigh;
state a reason why he made that distnc'
ion.
Some six or seven years ago he had the
honor Of being the inspector of Prisons, and
he visited Sing Sing more than once. 1t
was part of his duty 10 observe the interest
ing features of the interior of that institution
and to notice their difference from the fea-
lures of the exterior world. There were
nine hundred prisoners there of every nation
aye and sex, as well as Of every color He
! found represented there every grade o
character calling and pursuit, with one eX
ceplion. There were tradesmen, mechan
les, doctors, ministers, all represented, bu
he never knew practical printer TO be al
inmale of the State Prison, nor had ont
been known for a quarter Of century pre-
vions. That was very creditabe fact, an'
he would conclude by proposing
"The memory of that honorable callin!
which was unrepresented in the State Pri
son. Cheers.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-03-20
THE SECRET.

81 noiced," said FIauk!in, IA mechanic
among otheIs al work on house erecting
but a little way from my office, who al
ways appeared TO be in a merry humor, who
had kind word aud cheerful smile, for
every one he met. Let the day be ever 80
cold, gloomy or sunless, happy smile dan
ced like sunbeam on his cheerful couu,e-
nance. Meeting him one morning, | asked
him to tell me the secret of his constant happy
flow of spirits. "No secret, D. he replied,
II have got one OF the best of wives, and
when go 10 work, she always has kind
word OF encouragement for me, and when
go home, she meets me with smile and q
kiss, and then tea is sure TO be ready, and
she has done so many little things through
the day to please me, that cannot find il
in my heart 10 speak an unkInd word Il
anybody What an influence then haiti
woman over the heart of man, TO soften i
and make it the fountain of cheerful ant
pure emotions Speak gently, then a hap
py smile and kind word of greeting, afle
the tolls OF the day are over, cost nothing
and 90 far toward making home happ,
aud peacefuln
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-03-20
SELECT POETRY.
TOO POOR TO PAY.

We were 50 poor when baby died,
Aud mother stitched his shroud,
The others in their hunger cried
With sorrows wild and loud
We were so poor we could not pay
The man 10 carry him away.
see him still before nv eyes;
1t lies upon my bed
And mother whispers through her sighs,
"The little boy Is dead"
A little box OF common pine
His coffin was and may be mine
They laid onr lille brother ont
And wrapped his form in white,
Ard as they turned his head about,
We saw the solemn sight,
And wept rs little children weep,
Aud kissed The dead one in his sleep!
we looked our las, upon his face,
Aud said our last good bye,
While mother Laid him in the place
Where those are laid who die;
The sexton showed the hoy away,
Because we were too poor 10 pay.
We were TOO poor 10 hire a heatse,
And cUuId'nt oct a pail
And when we drove hIm 10 the grave,
4 wagon held Us all:
Twas who drove the horse. and
Who told nay mother not TO cry.
We rode along the crowded town,
And felt so lone and drrar,
That oft our ,ears came trickling down,
Because no friends were near.
The folks were strangers selfish men,
Who hadn't lost a baby then.
We reached the grave and laid him there
With all the dead arounG-
There was no priest 10 say prayer,
And bless the holy ground.
So home we went in grief and pain,
Blu, home was never home again.
And there he sleeps without a stone
To mark he sacred spot
Bni though TO all the world unknown,
Ry US It's Lc'er forgot;
We mean 10 raise stone some day,
But now we are too poor 10 pay
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-03-20

O'CoNNFLL's LAST APPEARANCE IN THE
House. OF COMMONS .-D'lsraeli describes this
scene in the "Lfe OF Lord George Benlncl p,
'iln sat in his usual place--in that general
y occupied Ivy the leader of The opposition,
and spoke from the red box, convenient to
him from the number of documents To which
he had TO refer His appearance was Of great
debility and his voice was very still. His
words indeed only reached those who were
Immediately around him, and the listeners
sitting on the Other side of the green table,
and listening with that interest and respect
fnl attention which becomes the OCCASION
1t was a strange and tonching spectacle 10
those who remembered the form of colossal
! energy, aud the clear and thrilling tones that
had once disluIb bed and controlled seuates -
Mr.. O'Connel was on his legs for nearly two
! hours, assisted occasionally in the management
of his documents by faithful aid.de.camp
To the house generally IT was a performance
Of dumb shew, feeble old multering before
a table; but respect for the great pariamen.
tary parsonage kept all as orderly as if the
fortunes OF party hung upon his rhetoric
and although not an accent reached the gal
lery, means We're taken the next morning tha
the least interesting speeches Of one who
had so long occupied and agiiaed the mine
| of nations
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-03-20

TIME AND ErERNIrY.-.We step the earth
I'VE look abroad over it, and il seems inn
mense-so does the sea. What ages had
men lived--and knew but small portion.--
They circumnavigate it now with speed
under which its vast bulk shrinks. But let
the astronomer lift up his glass and he
learns TO believe in total mass Of matter,
compared with which this great globe itself
becomes an imponderable grain of dust
And so to teach us walking along the road of
life, year, day, or an hour shall seem
long, As we grow older The time shortens
but when we lift up our eyes 10 look beyond
this earth, our seventy years, and the few
thousands of years which have rolled over
the human race, vanish into point toT
then we are measuring Time against Eier'
| nifty.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-03-20
LIGHTNING RODS.

IIE subscriber has constructed a LIGHT
MING ROD on true Philosophical prlnci-
I, hv which buildings supplied with them are
icred perfectly secure against destruction Iy
thing. The connection and insulation OF the
as well as the preparation of the ground rod,
IL an entirely new plan, making more per-
conductor than any heretofore in use.
.fcasures have been taken to secure Letters
cmt for the improvement.
'ersons dcsirous of securing their lives and
vcrty from destruction hy lightning, can have
,,luciors put up to their buildings in the most
feet and substantial manner by applying ei-
tner personally or by letter, to the undersigned,
at the following prices;
For 40 #. with good siIrer plated point $1,000
For 40 #. with eoH plated point piait-
ma tip, l-''o
And twenty cents for every additional foot over
forty. r. ). MACKEN.
Milton, Sept. g. ls5i.-Iy.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-03-20

To CLEAR we'll of foul air, put quart or
two of unslacked lime in bucket and be-
fore lowering il into the well, pour a suiii-
cient quantity of water on the lime to slack
il then let il down to the water but not so
as to go into il. In few minutes the well
will be cleared OF foul air, the stacking
lime either taking up the noIious air or for
cling il out OF the well,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-03-20

FRAUD IN GOLD PIEcEs-I is stated that
a number of ten and twenty dollar gold pie.
ces are in circulation a, Pil,sburg, having
holes first bored through them, and then 50
nicely filled up as 10 render detection very
ditticylt
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-03-20
NATIONAL HOTEL,
SHAM hOKIN,
Ncrthumbef land County, Pa

TNHE subscriber respectfully informs his friends
Il and the public generally, that he has open
j a new II otci in the town Of Shamokln. Nor
cumberland county, on the corner OF Shamokin
md Commerce streets, nearly opposite to the
Iouse he formerly kept He is well prepared to
accommodate his guests, and is also provided
With good stabling. He trusts his experience
md strict attention to business, VIII induce per-
IONS visiting the coal region to continue the lib
WILLIAM WEAVER.
>okin, April 10, ls5O.-h'
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-03-20

INDUSTRIOUS TRIo IN CALIFoRSIA.-Near
Formans rauch, about ten miles south Of
this place, may be seen daily working in a
gluch, with commendabe perseverance and
energy, trio composed of two American la
dies AMI gentleman. While the gent picks
and shovels, one of the Iadies--whose COS.
tune is "a silk dress covered with a mans
coat, as near, we suppose, as she can initiate
the Bloomer in the mines-carres The dirt 10
the rocker, where the other lady sits work.
! ing with all the assiduiiy of an old miner
We wish California was well supplied with
such ladies as these, who, Instead of harrass.
ing their husbands about ''woman's tights
and 'Tnrkish costumes" would wash a.
well as rock the cradle.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-03-20

PITY the unbeliever. He sees nothing
above, around, or beneath him, that evinces
the existence of God he denies--.yea,
while standing on the footstool of omnipo-
tence, and while gazing upon the dazzling
throne of the Eternal, he shuts his intellect
TO the light of reason, aud DENIES THERE Is
A Gop.-C Cha liners.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-03-20
Is NOT THIS TOO TRUE.
"'l'he gay will lauhg

When thou art gone, the solemn brood Of care
Plod on and each one before will chase
His favorite phantom. ''--BRyANT.
n few friends will go and bury us--af-
iection will rear a stone, and plant few
flowers over our grave in a briet period
the little hillock will be smoothed down,
and the stone will fall, and neither friend
nor stranger will be concerned to ask which
of the forgotten millions OF the earth was
buried there. Every vestige that we evel
lived upon earth will have vanished away
All the little memorials of our remem.
brance--the lock OF hair encaspd in gold
or the portrait that hung in our dwelling
will cease TO have the slightest value tc
any living being.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-03-20

lciYG FOR CAKEs,--Beat the whites Of
two eggs to high froth then add quar-
ter of pound of ground or powdered sugar |;
beat ii well till it will lie in heap favor
with lemon or rose. This will frost the top
of common sized cake. Place what will
be sufficient on the top of the cake, then
dip broad bladed knife in cold water and
spread the ice evenly over the whole
surface.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-03-20
Aidens Condensed Reports of Penna

HUSI Published, and for sale by the su''scrl-
9E ber- the !Seeo06 I'oiNme of Alden's Con-
jensed Pennsylvania Reports, containing the
last three volumes of Yeates Reports, aud two
irst volumes Of Binneys Reports The first vol
umc of Alden, containing Dallas Reports, vol
umes and Yeates' Reports, volume !, is also on
hand ard for sale. The above two volumes are
complete within themselves, and contain all OF
Dallas Reports, volumes, and all OF Iedtes
Reports a volumes, besides the two first volumes
# Binpey's Reports. The third volume is ready
md will be put to press immediately.
ii. b, MASSER, agent
Sunhury, Aug. I6, lS5l.--
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-03-20

THE amount Of freight received from the
east is now very large. The agents of the
Pennsylvania Rail Road Company, Covode
and Graham, yesterday received fifty wagon
loads, one of which contained probably the
greatest weight ever brought to Pittsburgh
in one wagon-viz il,s7l pounds'-P'tts-
burgh Gazette.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-03-20

BREAD WITHOUT CRusT,-- When the
loaves are moulded, and before they are
set down TO "rise," take a small portion OF
clean lard, warm it and rud it lightly over
the oaves. The result will be crust beau.
,ifulIy soft and tender throughout this is
rot guess work.