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SALAMANDER SAFES.
EVANS & WATSON,

EVANS & WATSON,
No. &c !Sou'h Fourth St, Philddelphid.
gss->- GREAT FIRE, Ches,nu,
E.-t tskbS EIf f4,sw & Filth Streets, FRIDAY
ki,Fkisffs q Il n -l morning, December 35th,
Ehsss -. n s8r 1854. Evans y Watson
assH istSgter- E Salamandcr Safes Trium-
E5 tsssst ssss.s-s' phant as they always are
E1lslsktSY'ssss ktSYsss. sc.ssE when pu, to the test
.PHtLAnELrHi,, Dec. rs, 1854.
Messrs. EvANs a. WAT5oS, NJ. 29 South
Fourth ST., Pbiladelphis.
Gentlemen We take much pleasure in re-
commenting your Salamander safes to Merchants
and others in want Of a secure means Of prescr-
wing their books, papers, etc, IRON iiro, as tho
one we purchased from you about seven months
since has preserved our books, papers and cnsh
in as good q condition as fhey were when put
into it, before the great fire Of this morning. which
DESTROYED the entire block of buildings corner Of
Chestnut and Tifth streets. The above safe was
In use in our Office. on the second foot OF our
building, from which place 1t iell INTO the cellar
and remained there until the fire was out The
Safe was then removed and opened in the prss-
ence of at least 600 persons, who witnessed tbs
good condition Of the contents. VIII you please
have the Safe and Locks repaired as we intend
TO put it in use again, having perfect confidence
in its Ere proof qualities.
Yours, Respectfully,
LACY q PHILIPS.
Evans y Watson take pleasure in referring TO
the following, among the many hundreds who
have their Safes in use u S. Mint, Phiada
Farmers and Mechanics Bank, Phila Samuel
Allen, Esq, High Sheriff, Phila; John II. Hen
derson, City Controller Caleb Cope y CO., No.
1873 MARKET St; Richard Norris y Son, Loco
motive builders, philada; Bancroft 4 Sellers,
Machinists. corner 10th and James Sts.; Fran
kiln Fire Insurance Co., Phila Pennsylvania
Railroad Co, Phila; Lacey y Philips corner
9Th aud Minor SITS; Sharpless Bro, No. 30
South Second ST.; James Kent & Santce, No.
l47 North Third St; w II. Horstman & Sons,
No 81 North Third ST.; Smith, Williams g. CO.,
No. 81 Market ST. ]. & b. Orne, No. lSt
Chestnut st.
A large assortment of the above Safes always
on hand (warrantcd to stand at least l 0 per cen,
more fire than any Herring's Safe now in uso.)
EVANS & WATSON, also manufacture and
keep for sale, Iron Shutters, Iron Doors aud Iron
Dash, for making fre-proof Vaults for Banks
stores, public and private buildings. Seal and
Letter Copying Presses Patent Slate Lined Re.
frigerators, etc. Please give us call, ct No. 90
South Fourth ST., Philadelphia.
April Z, lS55.-cly. 10.
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County.
hereby offer myself to the qualified voters Of
Northumberland county, as q candidate for
COUNTY TREASURER.
Should be elected, | promise to perform the
duties of said Office faithfully and impartially.
PETER HILEMAN.
Sunbury, June %, ls55,-te.
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Estate of HUGH sEAsHOITz, decd.
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a corporate body. with banking and discounting
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located at Shamok inlown, Northumberland Co.,
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A. D. 1855
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GREAT FIRE, Chestnut
4 Filth Streets, Friday
morning, December 35th,
1854. Evans y Watson =
Salamandcr Safes Trium-
plant, as they always are
when pu, to the test.
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REGISTERS NOTICE.

Prothonotary's Office,
Sunbury, June 80, 1861
Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11
BY AUTHORITY.
By the President Of The United States o.
.fuerica.
A PROCLAMATION,


WHEREAS treaty between the United States
OF America and her Majesty the Queen of the
United Kingdom OF Great Britain and Ireland,
was concluded and signed by their respective
plenipotentiaries at Washington, on the 9Th day
of June last, which treaty is, word for word,
as foilows:-
The government of the United States being
equally desirous with her Majesty the Qneen
OK Great Britain TO avoid further misGnder-
standing between their respective citizens and
subjects, in regard to the extent OF the right of
fishing on the coasts of British North America,
secured to each by article OF convention
between the United States and Great Britain,
signed at London on the 20th day Of October,
1913 and being also desirous to regulate the
commerce and navigation between their respec-
tive territories and people, and more especially
between her Majesty's possessions in North
America and the United States, in such manner
as TO render the same reciprocaliy befefeiai
and satisfactory, have, esPectiyely, named pfen-
ipotentiaries to confer and agree thereupon-
that is to say, the President OF the United states
of America, William L. Marcy, Secretary of
State of the United States, and her Majesty the
Queenscf the United Kingdom os Great Britain
and Ireland, James, Earl OF Eigin and Kincar-
dine, lord Bruce and Elgin, peer Of the Uni-
ted Kingdom, knight OF tfle most ancient and
most noble Order OF the Thistle, and governor
general in and ever all heE b-itanic MsiestT's
Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11


How TO MAKE SWEET PoTAro Pup
D1Se.--Take half a pound of sweet pota-
toes, wash them and put them into a pot
with very little water, barely enough to
keep them from burning. Let them SIM
mer slowly for about half an hour; they
must be only parboiled, otherwise they will
be soft, and make the pudding heavy
When they are half done, take them out,
peel them. and when cold, CRATE them
Stir together to cream half pound of but
ter and six ounces of powdered sugar, add
grated nutmeg, a large tea-spoonful OF
beaten mace, the juice and grated peel OF
a lemon, wine glass of rose water. glass
of wine and glass of brandy. Stir these
ingredients well together. Beat eight
eggs very light, and stir them into the
mixture in turn with the sweet potato, a
little at time of each. Having stirred
the whole very hard at the last, put it into
a butter dish, and bake it three quarters of
an hour. Eat it cold.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11
For the squatter Sovereign.
Squsttsr Meeting.

Messrs. EDrroRs: A meeting of the
citizens in the vicinity of Mount Pleasant
was called on the 25th of August, 1856
for the purpose of protecting each other.
right to one hundred and sixty acres, af.
ter the present survey is completed, and
the settlers have made their selection, it is
then open for any and all.
The meeting being numerously attend,
it was deemed proper to pass some resolu.
tons, whereupon Joseph Potter, was call
ed to the chair, and w. ]. Young, ap-
pointed secretary, and committee of five
was appointed to draft resolutions. Where
upon, w. ]. Young. Joseph Mcbride, B.
F. Wilson. w. Watkins and w. Penic,
were appointed as committe. After the
committee retired, Mr.. Musser was called
on to address the meeting, but not being
very well he declined. The committee
after being absent but short time brought
in the following preamble and resolutions
Whereas, We have reliable information
that there are many persons from the
States. who are preparing and intend fol
lowing after, and going ahead ofthe sur
veys, with the intention of infringing
upon or jumping the claims of settlers,
we are therefore determined to protect
ourselves against any and all such per-
sons. We therefore,
Resolue, That no person shall settle on
the claim of any actual settler, or make a
claim that will interfer with the original
settlers claims; and further
Reeoire, That we the undersigned bind
ourselves to carry out the above resolutions,
and will aid each other in removing their
houses when and where necessary.
On motion of Thos. L. Fortune, il was
requested that the above proceedings be
published in the Atchison and. Kickapoo
papers. J. POTTER, Chm.
w. J. You've, Secretary.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11
Gbe post' s Golun'lt.
From the Journal of Commerce.
"'TIS A POETS GRAVE"
BY BARRY DRAKI


I.
Come We who love sweet Poesy,
And deck this mound with roses!
For under the stone a Poets form
Bereft Of soul reposes.
Bring boughs of cypress and blooms or yew
To symbol forth your sorrow;
And Young flowers bring of earliest spring
To emblem hope for sorrow
And as you pass, oh press the grass
With reverent feet and holy,
And let each face about the place
Clean sad and meek and lowly.
For the soul that left the form bereft,
That sleeps here under the sod,
Might have peered the angels standing before
The infinite throne of God.
So high could it soar, so deep could sweep,
So fetterles was its scope,
VOL worth the hour, it spurned Its DOVER
And sunk in dust to grope.
vi.
Oh his hope was high, but his dream was marred
His dream Of poet-glory;
The tempter was nigh and passion ruled high,
He fell-the worlds old story.
VII.
Oh his fate was strong, and his grief was long,
Though his years were few and short,
Passer-by weep for him, pity and keep for him
Charity warm in thy hearth
VIII.
Be mute then oh passer, silent and sad!
The gentlest word thou could'st say,
Would lar like the vail of tangled lutte
With an unskilled hand at play.
So. be sad and mute, oh passer by,
But If ever you use to weep,
Let your tears outflow for the Poet below,
The daises here asieepi
New YoRK, July, 1855.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11
". J. Youxo, Secretary.

EcosossY IN SMALL WIrx.-A Par
Is writer on fashions says:
! "Snall women are alone to be admired
and loved. The reason he assigns is that
a small woman cannot possibly cover her
little person with as many yards Of silk,
and other costly fabrics as a large woman.
AS women display luxury IN the toilet
which daily increase IN extravagance, we
do not wonder that unfortunate bachelors
seek diminutive wife.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11
paTEs or ADYERTIsING.

sonare ten lines or less. ......S1 90
Each additional insertion, per square '..''. 'oO 90
One square, three months. ...' ..'' 49, w w
six months ........... 1900 z w
~ &C twelve months ...... 1O Uu
Two squares, three months ...... ........'o % w w
q six months s...... ...... 80. - w
C twelve months -. 10 OO
One quarter Of column, three months. 10 00
W1n " six months 10 90
&C &c twelve months 20 90
One half of column, three months -. IL II 90 90
q &C six months -. 30 90
sc &C w twelve months. .35 on
One column, three months. -. -. ~ O0 m
six months. ....45 O0
twelve months ...... $500. 60 OO
Business cards, eight lines or less, year. 70
six months ...s.o w
three months s...... .....2 90
ezP Announcing Candidates for Office, in
advance, So. If inserted on credit, candidates
will be charged eight dollars.
R>S Communications of a personal nature,
wifi be inserted as advertisements, and charged
for at the rates of $500 per square, and pay
ment required in advance.
~ Advertisements not marked on the copy
for a specific number of insertions, will be con-
tinued until ordered out, and payment exacted
accordingly.
rF All advertisements must be paid for In
advance, or at the expiration of three months.
e2F All letters addressed to the Editors
must be POST PAID, to receive attention.
The Law of Newspapers.
1. Subscribers who do not give express no.
tice to the contrary are considered as wish
ing to continue their subscription.
Is 3. II subscribers order the discontinuance OF
their periodicals, the publisher may continue
TO send them until all arrearages are paid.
8. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their periodicals. from the Office to which they
are directed, they are held responsible, till they
have settled the bill and ordered them discon-
tinued.
a. If subscribers remove to otherplaces with
out informing the publisher, and the papers are
sent to the former direction, they are held res
ponsble.
S. The Courts have decided that refusing to
take periodicals from the Office, or removing
and leaving them uncalled for, is prima facia
evidence of intentiona fraud.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11

e@A A lady promised her servant girl
five dollars as a marriage portion. The
girl married man of low statue which
somewhat surprised her mistress. .'Why
Mary" said she, "what little husband
you have got"
"La. missus," was the reply, "Whai
kin you expect for five dollars
Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11

To CLEAN BRAss.-Rub the vanished
or rusted brass, by means of cloth or a
sponge, with diluted acid, such as the sui
phuric, or even with strong vinegar. AT
terwards wash it with hot water to remove
the acid, and finish with dry whiting.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11


Butter MAKING.-Not one pound il
ten of butter made is fit for human food
Butter makers should remember these few
short rules:
The newer and sweeter the cream, the
sweeter and higher favored will be the
butter.
The air must be fresh and pure in the
room or cellar where the milk is set.
The cream should not remain on the
milk over thirty-six hours.
Keep the cream in tin pals, or stone
pots, into which put spoonful of salt a
the beginning, then stir the cream lightly
each morning and evening; this will pre-.
vent the cream from mouldering or sour
ing.
Churn as often as once week, and as
much oftener as circumstances will per-
nit.
Upon churning, add the cream upon all
the milk in the dairy.
Use nearly an ounce Of salt to a pound
of butter.
Work the butter over twice, to free il
from the buttermilk and brine, before lum-
ping and packing.
Be certain that it is entirely free from
every particle of buttermilk, coagulated
milk, and it will keep sweet forever.
In Scotland, syphon is sometimes
used to separate the milk from the cream,
instead of skimming the pans.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11

To REMOVE RUsr FROM KNIVES, SC.
Cover the knives with sweet oil well rub
bed on, and after two days, take lump OF
fresh lime. and rub till all the rust disap-
pears. 1t forms sort of soap with the
oil, which carries off all the rust.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11
VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

CHuRs1sG.-In churning butter, if
small granules of butter appear which do
not "gather'' throw in lump of butter, and
it viii form nucleous, and the butter will
..come..
Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11

Ia 4 Western editor thus delivers
himself: "We would say to the individual
who stole our shirt off the pole, while We
were waiting for it to dry, that we sincere
hope that the collar may cut his throat"
Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11

A BRILLIANT IDEA.-The man who
tried to raise colts from horse-chesnuts, has
planted halves of hickory-nuts In the hope
of raising hoop-poles. already split.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11
The Squatter Sovereign,
IS PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY
MORNING BY
!, Il. srRINerELLow & R. 8. KELLEY.
Publication Office, in Squatter SOpereigr
Building, No. 3. .Atchison Street.

TERms:-Two dollars per annum, invariably
IN advance. Single copies cents, twelve cop
les for fifty cents.
To CLUBS Five copies will be sent to one
,i..ss FOR SO. Ten to one address for $17.-
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.ddress for 500. GT Invariably IN ADVANCE.
eE Money may be sent by mail, at the risk
tfths Editors.
~ postmasters are requested to act as our
Agents.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11

Gloss ON LINEN.-To restore the gloss
commonly observed on newly purchased
collars and shirt bosoms, add spoonful of
gumarabic water to pint of the starch az
usually made for this purpose. Two oun-
ces of clear gun-arabic may be dissolved
in pint of water, and after standing over
night, may be racked off. and kept in a
bottle ready for use.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11
Getting an Invitation.

It was observed that a certain rich man
in New York city never invited any one
to dine with him.
"1'll lay wager" said wag, '.that
get an invitation from him.
The wager being accepted, he goes the
next day to the rich mans house, and tells
him he can save him thousand pounds.
"What is that, sirs Can you save me
a thousand pounds .''
"Yes, sir, can; but see you are al
dinner; I will go myself and dine, and
call again"
10. pray, sir. come in and take dinner
with me-"
II shall be troublesome"
"Nos at aIl."
The invitation was accepted. As soon
as dinner was over and the family retired
the conversation was resumed.
"Well, sir" said the man Of the house,
'now to your business. Pray let me know
how am to save thousand pounds"
"Why, sir" said the other, 81 hear that
you have daughter to dispose Of in mar
riage."
81 have, sir.''
sand that you intend to portion her with
ten thousand pounds"
"I do, SIR"
"Why, then, sir, let me have her, and
will take her at nine thousand pounds"
The master of the house rose in a pas
sion and kicked the fellow out of doors.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11

ga A man half seas over was lately
taken to the tombs. "Why d'nt you bail
him out 2" asked bye-ssander of his
friend. BAD him out" said he. "why
you could MT pump him out "
Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11

- SHEAP Parsr ron BAass.-An ex-
|cellent and cheap paint for rough wood
work is na6e q six pounds Of melted pitch.
one pint of nnceed oil, and one pound Of
yellow ochre.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11

Life is but a drama, wherein but a
small number play for reward ID future.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11

~ The fablewhich appeals to our higher
moral sympathies may sometimes do Is
much for US as the truths Of science.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11
MY ONLY ONE.

The following lines were copied from tn,
back of a one dollar bill.
And thou must go my beautiful,
To pay remorseless dun,
And pass forever from my hand,
My cherished only ssI.'
Thou wert as good as X or ",
For thou vert all had;
And now, to lose thee in this way,
Confound it, sus too badi
The rich have scores OF larger bills,
And double eagles too;
But they can't feel the love ! felt,
My poor, poor ONE for you.
But go awayi cannot smile,
For really 'tis no joke,
To think am, when thou art gone,
Decidedly ssdead brokeIs
Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11

saE sabscribeimnediatelyforthispapsr
Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11

EEIn the ancient graveyard at Enfield, Conn
there is a stone which says:
Here my two wives they be;
,w Wnen ] am done hope nay son
VIII get some stones for meo
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-10-27
GEN. JEFFERSON DAVIS AT WEST
POINT.

The remarks Of your Washington correspon-
dent in last Saturdays paper relative to the all
controlling Influence of the Secretary Of War
in tho Cabinet, remind me that nolW MISLEADING
his great power Of will and pride OF character.
Col. Davis was distinguished for nothing as a
student at West Point, exccp, in being at the
foot Of his class In the department Of rhetoric
and moral philosophy, which constitutes the lit
erary portion Of the course. In mathematics
and philosophy he was little better, being in
the former the iwenty.sevcnih, and in the latter
The ihiriioih in his class. which numbered lhir-
ty-three graduates. The highest number Of
marks obtained by acadct for proficiency in the
abovc-named studies, was then, rs il is now
200 10 the former, and 800 in each Of the latter.
In the former, Col. ID. got only 10 there he-
ing only eight besides himself got less than 100
and only one Of them as low as &C while in
mathematics, Col. ID. got l5i, there being
twenty Others who got more than 200. Two
Of these got 203, being only seven short of the
highest number. In natural philosophy he got
100, there being seventeen others who got more
than 200. The above facts show conclqsiyely
that he has no particular aptitude for either lit
erary or scientific pursuits. lilo is indebted for
his present position 10 his towering pride, great
frmness and power Of will, and good luck In
escaping, but slightly scalhed, the dangers Of
the battle field as in no position ia which he
has ever been placed has he ever given evidence
that he possesses more than fair mental abili-
tics.
The above facts in his career a, West Point
can be found in a printed copy Of the merit of
the class Of which he was a member, in the
Regulations Of The United &ates Military Aoad-
eng. published by Wiley & Putnam, in 1919.
~ Y TiLnca.
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We take the following from the sketch o
tho proceedings Of the British Royal "Assocl
alton Tor the Advancement OF Science, a
given by the London Morn'ng Post Of Sept
slsl.
INN Sir John Ross read the following
paper The communication had the honor o
making to the British Association for the AID
Vancement oi Science at Belfast, on tho inter
es,lng SUBJECT OF the aurora %borealis' being YER
bal, and therefore not entitled to a notice in the
Associations valuable transactions OF that Pc
nod but having subsequently, repeated tho ex'
perlmenis then verbally mentioned, ] can now
confidently lay the acconn, Of them before the
public, trusting that, when taken into consider
ai'on' they will be found corroborative Of the
theory which ] published in 1910, and which
led to a controversy that shall be hereafter men
toned. II having occurred to me that il my
theory was true, namely, THAT the pheuomsna
of the aurora borcalis were occasioncd by the
action of the sun, when below the pole, on the