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JANUARY.

BY MISS ALICE CAREY.
The Year has lost its leaves again,
The world looks old and grim;
God folds his robe of glory thus,
That we may see but Him
And all his stormy messengers,
That come with whirlwind breath,
Beat out our chat OF vanity,
And leave the grains of faith.
We will not feel, while summer waits
Her rich delights TO share,
What sinners, miserably bad.
How weak and poor we are.
We tread through fields of speckled flowers
As if we did not know
Our Father made them beautiful
Because he loves us so.
We hold his splendors in our hands.
As if we held the dust;
And deal his Judgments, as if man
Than God could be more just.
We seek in prayers and ponances
To do the martyrs part,
Remembering not the promises
Are TO the pure in heart.
From evil and forbidden things
Some good we think to win,
And 10 the last analysis
Experiment with sin.
We seek no oil, in summer time,
Our winter lamps 10 Trim,
Bu, strive 10 bring God down TO US.
More than TO rise to him.
And when he comes the nearest, most
Our weak complaints we raise,
Lacking the wisdom 10 perceive
The mystery of his ways.
For when drawn closest 20 HIMSELF
Then least his love mark;
The very wings that shelter us
From peril, make it dark.
Sometimes ne takes his hands from us
When storms the loudest blow,
That we may learn how weak alone,
How strong in him, we grow.
Through the cross iron of our free will
And fate, we plead for light,
A. II God gave us not enough
To do our work Alright
We will not see, bu; blindly take
The wrong and crooked path
And m our own hearts light the fires
OF a consuming wrath.
The fashion of his providence
our way is so above,
We serve him not, " no take the most
OF exhaustless love.
We serve him in the good we do,
The blessings we embrace;
Nol lighting farming candles Tor
The palace OF his grace.
liz has no need of our poor aid,
HIS purpose to pursue;
It's for our pleasure, not for his,
That we his work must do
Not ceasing when temptations come
IT'S night II thus should be;
II We were perfect in ourselves,
What were we less than he!
Gar God has made us great enough;
20 yr-ai that If we would,
ouI hni,e powers may stretch themselves
TO his nhnl,ude.
Then blow. @ wild winds. as ye list,
And let the Year look grim
~. folds has robe Of gloty thus,
That we may see but HIM.
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Wednesday, January %, 1856.
The Senate did not sit to-day.

The Senate did not sit to-day.
HOUSE
The Clerk called the House to order at IL
o'clock, and the Journal of Yesterday was read
Mr.. Richardson, Of Illinois, asked the unani.
nous consent of the House to submit remarks
in the nature of n personal explanation, that
would not occupy over ten minutes.
No objection being made
Mr. Il. desired to announce 70 the House and
to the country, that after to-day his name would
be Internationally withdrawn from the pending
canvass for the Speakership.
lie had been sensible, as he had no doubt the
country had, that no contingency could happen
that would place him in the Speakers chair.
de was sincerely DESTROYS to see the House
organized. 1t had been intimated. here and
elsewhere, that his name stood in the way of an
organization. He hoped that this course might
lead to speedy organization but feared that
dlscord would still reign in the House, and that
history would record the fact against our ability
tor self-government.
Mr.. Dowdell, of Alabama, submitted the fol-
lowing preamble and resolution:
Whereas the people Of these United States,
from their earliest history to the present time
have been led by the hand of kind Providence,
and are indebted for the countless blessings of
the past and present and dependent for con-
tlnned prosperity in the future upon Almighty
Cod and whereas the great, vital, and con.
servatlve element in our system Is me belief of
our people in the pure doctrines and divine
truths of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, it eminent.
ty becomes the representatives of people so
highly favored to acknowledge in the most
public manner their reverence for God There
fore,
=, ResOIred, first, That the daily sessions of
ting body be opened with prayer.
hesotred, second, That the ministers of the
gospel in this city are hereby requested to at.
tend, and alternately perform this solemn duty.
Mr.. Elliott, of Kentucky, thought that they
neea not 60 out OF tie mouse for religions con-
solation. There were ministers enough in
their midst to do all Their PRAYING. Iauebter !
Inc resolution was agreed to, under the opera,
-.cn Of the previous question.
The House then resumed the business of
voting for Speaker, when the one hundred and
.:wenty-second vote was had, and resulted as
rollows:
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DECADE Of THE SLAVE POWER.

o. TUE PRESERVATION, PROPAGATION, AND PER
PErUATION OF SLAVERY, THE VITAL AND
ANINATTNG SPIRIT OF THE NATIONAL. Gov
ERNMENT~-JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
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ROSA AND HER SUIT0RS.

BY EMILE r. CARLEN,
Author Of One Year of Wedloek" The Bride of Onabarg
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Mr.. Rust, of Arkansas, renewed the preamble
and resolution offered and withdrawn bv him
on Monday last, having modified them SO as to
read as follows:
Whereas one hundred and eighteen Intellectual
efforts to elect Speaker, in which the votes
have been divided among Mr.. Banks, Mr.. Rich.
ardson, and Mr.. Fuller, must have made i
manifest to those gentlemen and this Congress-
that neither Of them is the choice of maior;tv
OF the members of this House for its presiding
officer, and that longer persistence on the
part OF their respective friends in urging their
names Tor this Office will only delay the organi
zatlon OF this House, and thereby prevent i'm
mediate legislation, when the common interests
Oh tne whole country require it: Therefore.
hesotred, That it is the sense of this House
mat Messrs. Banks, Richardson, and Fuller,
Dy Withdrawing their names and forbiddine
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Entered according of Congress- in the year 1855
Ebert Perez, in the Clerks Office of the Circuit Court
OF the District of Columbia
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ThlRTY-F0URTH CONGRESS-.
T irst Session.

Tuesday, January %, 1856.
HOIrSI,
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L Ill e b r 0 T III E r s.
CHAPTER /.
" E. d. E. y. sOUTHwoRTH.

Oh yet we hope that somehow good
VIII be the final goal ofill.
To pangs of nature, sins of will.
Defects of doubt, and taints of blood.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-02-09

CRASRERRlEs on HIGH LaND.-Mr. Need
ham Of Locustdale, West Danvers, has sent
us box of cranberries grown upon high land,
which are OF good size and shape, and well
ripeAcd lie has about one hundred uds
under culture--has gathered thirty-six bush.
els. which lie has sold at S40O per bushel.
But for the drought of last summer. he conf
IDENTITY expected to get bushel from each
square rod. Few men among us have deyo-
ted so much attention tohe tgrowing of the
cranberry as the Messrs. Needham, or sue.
ceeded so well. Others have reclaimed mea-
doWS, aud cultivated the better successfully
There, but very few have attempted it on dry
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TnE "C,!lNEsE Y AM" or "Japonica Potato -
(Dtsocored BGtaioS) bids fair to supersede
the common potatc as q table vegetable. 1t
has, for great number of years. formed the
chief food of the Chinese cnd Japanese, and
must, therefore, be worthy OF some consider
alton. 1t has been but lately introduced
juto Eurepe, and still more recently lGto this
country, but wherever its propagation has
been tried the result has been most success
full. They resemble somewhat the sweet po-
tato. but are much longer growing often
from twenty to thirty-siX inches in length
They grow perpendiculaily in the ground
are largest al the bottom, about two inches
In diameter, and taper towards the top Of the
root TO one-half iuch in diameter. They
weigh from half to three and FIVE pounds
The skin is kind Of iawn color, rather more
brown than the sweet potato. The vines,
like the sweet potato. spread over the ground
for several yards. The flesh is white, has an
exceedingly pleasant favor aud, moreover,
is so dry and mealy that it can be converted
into flour and baked into bread, in appear
ance almost white as wheat bread. Roots
have been produced weighing from two to
two and a half pounds, from tubers planted
III April, and dug in October of the same
year. A writer i'll the New York Tribune
says -
"One great point of superiority possessed
ny II Is that it may remain in the ground two
or three year, always enlarging in size, and
equally nutritious and excellent in favor.
Experiments have proven that when the
roots are left for eighteen months in the
ground. the yield is more than treble that Of
roots left but for one simmer; and it is also
considered that the roots are improved in
quality. \ 1t possesses another
great advantage; the roots, when left in Il
cellar, remain firm and perfect. as well as free
from sprouts. and they can he kept out of the
ground year without injury or deterora-
ton OF their alimentary qualities. This pro-
perty renders them Invaluable for use in long
sea voyages, and especially as preventive
Of scnrvy
Al things considered this Yam promises
TO be most valuable acquisition to our gar
den vegetables. The mode Of culture is easy
any one who understands growing the
sweet potato can grow the Yam; its culture
is about the same. After the ground is well
prepared and tubers planted, keeping the
weeds down is about all that is required
"Earthen up" as We do with the common
potato, is entirely unnecessary.
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THE FIG MARKET OF SNYRHA.-The last
fig harvest has proved unusually Abundant
The cultivators simply gather the ripe fruit,
scatter it round the trees, and allaw it to dry
in the sun. When dry, il is collected into
large packs, and sent into Smyrna Oh came s.
The roads and principal streets are thronged
all day with long strings Of these animals
THE hairs which SO frequently turn up among
figs, are not from the heads of Arabians. as
many suppose but they are from tile backs
Of these camels The zig market is an ami
mating scene. Hundreds of bags of figs are
arranged in sort Of n square, where the ar
rival and unloading of camels, the tasting Of
buyers and the bargaining with sellers are
perpetual. When purchase has been made,
the bags are conveyed to the packers, and
after being sorted into baskets, are squeezed
into shape by dirty women and children, and
then packed into drums or boxes by men,
The residents buy yearly stock, and have
them packed at home BY their servants.
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FIRST ARRIVAL
Tymvw @ODUas

NyJmvv @ODJEGa9
At 8. N. Thompson's Store,
In Lower augusta tounship, at the Junction cj
the 7ulpehocken and Plum creek roads.
TINE subscriber having returned from the city
Il with q new and extensive assortment Of
fashionable goods, respectfully calls the attention
Of Farmers, Mech anics and others TO the same.
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
consisting in part of
Dry Goods, viz:
Cloths, Cas,incres, Cassinsfs, Jeans, Drillings
Muslins, Ves.ings, Twseds, and all kinds Of
Spring and Summer Wear,
LADIES DRESS AND FANCY GOODS,
Calieoe,, Muslin de Lain,, Losns,
Ginghoms, Berdg.,, Rob",
Voo,eas, Fdnnets, &c.
GROCERIES,
sugsr, Teas, Coffee, Rice, Mslasses, Chssss,
Spices, Salt, &C., &c, dc.
Hardware,
Nails, Screws, Files, Saws, Knives & Forks, &c
Queens and Glassware,
of various styles and patterns.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
A large assortment of Boots and Shoes, for
men, women and children.
HArs Cars, &c, of various sizes and styles.
Besides a largo and general assortment oi
fashionable goods. Call and examine for your
selves.
" Country produce Of all kinds taken in
exchange at the highest market prices.
8. N. THOMPSON.
Lower Augusta, mo. 2S, lS55.--
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BARLOyy,suNrgGO uLuE;.

DARLOW'S INDIGO BLUE, 10 now we
~ established the best article ever offered for
Blueing Clothes. Ii is entirely free from acid or
anything injurious to the finest articles. All
housekeepers will find il much cheaper and less
trouble than Indigo or any other article. The
great demand for it has brought out several imt.
tahon,. Storckeepers and consumers will be
careful to get BESJAaiS BARLow's, put up al
Alfre d Wiltberger's Drug Store, No. 100, n
Second Street, Phiiadelphis. Storekeepers can
ge, their supplies from the Grocers and Druggists
they deal with, at prices yielding good profit.
Drugs, Chsmicdis, Paints, ParnisitS, Dy'
!S,n6s, 9c., with first-rstc assortment Of every
thing in the line. Storekcepers, Physicians ant
manufacturers supplied at reasonable rates.
ALFRED WIl.TDERGER, Druggist.
l69 n. Second Street, Philadelphis.
July 7, ls55.-ly.
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farmers department.
prom tho Germantown Telegraph ]
orn Cobs-an Experiment.


MR. EprroR ~ ou have published several
valuable articles on the uses aud alimentary
matters contained in the corn cob but /
think the following experiment is deserving n
place in your useful journal therefore Won
will oblige me by inserting it, Having on
hand large quantity of cobs, for which had
no use except to appropriate them by mixing
the whole with my compost, determined. on
peruslng an article ia your journal. to make
use oi them in feeding my domestic animals
cows and other cattle, aud witness the result
lhe method adopted was not 10 grind them.
put 10 prepare them by soaking them for for.
ty-eight hours in salt water before feeding
Inc ahimals--cows and steers--were allowed
nan peck OF the cohs per day, at first, after
whlch they had larger quantity, and al
though they were partaken Of with some deli.
cacy at first, the appetite for them was in
creased until they wee devoured as eagerly
as any other food, and with very Ratterinr
results. am convinced that the corn cob
contains considerable per centsge of nutri-
ment, that it is far too valuable to be thrown
away, and that when ground and used as meal.
that it will be found highly salutary in its cf-
iects upon upon the animal. 1t is wel-known
that the pM Of the cob, when reduced to
meal or Hour, possesses many excellent unal-
i'iSS' anu 'hdI ~ uihheS u HlOSI desirable H.
gredient in puSdings. Why an article of so
much real value as this should SO long be
overlooked, am wholly at loss TO conceive.
Our ancestors of q few generations back,
made no use af it for any purpose, except for
smoking their hams and heating their ovens /:
but they were imbuod with the some spirit Of
enterprise and discovery which now animates
the breasts OF their posterity. In O short
time 1 anticipate very important discoveries
in the science of rural economy, and new uses
for the cob, aud other articles Of a similar
k.ad. J.B.L.
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NEW FAMILY GROCERY,
Flour, Feed and Provision store.
SEASU0I.TZ a. pETEPV

Brodd,cay, between Market & Blackberry Sts.
RESPECTFULLY inform the public that
Az they have just received a large and well
selected assortment Of choice Family Groceries,
consisting in part of Hams, Shoulders, Mackerel,
Herring. White Fish, God Fish, Salt Preserved
Fruit, Pickles, Crackers, Cheese, Molasses, Rice,
Sugar, Coffee, (grcen, roasted and ground) I'm
pcrial. Young Hyson, Gunpowder and Black
Teas, Ccdar-ware, Stone-wsre, Soaps, brushes
plow and wash lines, boots and shoes, tobacco
segars, &c, together with every article usually
found in first class Grocery Store, sll of which
will be sold at the loves, prices, either for cash
country produce. We also keep on hand choice
Liquors, Port, Lisbon, &c. Porter. Ale, beer
ssrsaparilla, &c. We are also prepared to sup.
ply the citizens with fresh bread twist rolls, pies
pretzels and cakes Of every kind.
n. b. The highest cash prices will he paid fol
butter and eggs, corn, oats. rye and wheat.
Sunbury, July 7, 1885,
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New Goods for the People
BENJAMIN HEFFNER
RESPECTFULLY informs the public In y.,-
sral that he has just received and opened
splendid stock Of
Fall and Winter Goods
at his New Store, In Lower Augusta tov,.hi,.
His stock consists in part Of
Cloths, Cassimers, Cassine>a
OF all kinds, Of linen, cotton and werstsl
ALSO:
CnlicOes, Ginghams, Layyns.
mOusseline De Laines
and oil kinds Of Ladies Dress Goods.
Groceries,
Also IN assortment of Hardware. Iron
and Steel, Nails, &c.
Also an excellent assortment Of
QUEENSWARE, Of various STYLES snl
Also an assortment of BOOTS A sHoEA-
HATS & CAPS, good selection.
Salt, Fish, &c.
And great variety Of other articles such ss ar.
suitable to the trade, all Of which will be sod a,
the lowest prices.
IL Country produce taken in exchange q
tho highest prices.
Lower Augusta, Nov. 10, 1855. -
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To EzTRAcL GREASE FROM CLorH.-The
following is inlallible: To sixteen ounces of.
ITectihed spirits of wine add ten grains of ear.
Donate OF potash, (pure,) half an ounce of es
ssntlai oil OF Bergamot, and one ounce of sui.
p9Irc ether; mix and keep in glass stopper.
eH bottle, Apply with piece Of sponge
soaking the Cloth ihorougly when the grease
Is eot recent. The mixture emits peculiar
y fragrant odor ar being fluid soap. chem
vent Of oily matter 'O'
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MANURE IiEAPs.-Oue Of our foreign ex.
changes has a communication from Mr.. Ro.
bert Austin, Manchester, who says that up
ward OF tnn Of horse dung is produced in his
stables daily, and the usual offensive odor and
evaporation from it entirely prevented by
epnnEllng over the dung heap. by means OF
al ordinary water can. solution of a pound
OF common green copperas in gallon of VIA
'e'' This is an old but efficient deodoriser.
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10 ocoHor OrsTERs.-Rub some bread
erahDs N clean cloth Gil your scollop shells
m''h oysters and the bread crumbs alternate
aet Them before . good fire to brown,
moo nile pepper and salt. baste them well
VII VII outter. and keep farming them that they
may oe brown all over alike.
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STOVES! STOVES !

We respectfully sict the attention OF the public to our
assortment of
N4cGREGOR HEATING STOVES,
for Stores Halls, Churches, Parprs &c-warranted to
give heat with third the fuel than any other
Heating Stove in use. The large number which kpvr
been sld IN this ald other cities and the constant and
increasing demand for them sufficient et3Irantee of
tdeir superiority al. other Healing Stoves and Nc
ccruy invite th- investigation Of our CLAIMS
10 the most perfect article uf the kind IN use
We also have superior CAULDRON, for farming
and chemical purposes made the same principle, for
which claim unl trial tp be appreciated.
We keep constantly hund assortment Of the
leading COOK aud PARLOR STOVES and are soe
Agents in This state for
QUEENS PORTABLE FORCES.
HICKS PATENT COOKING STOTEs, snd
BARSTnN'S l'NRiVALLED COOK K PARLOR
STOVES. Wholesale Draiers will be supplied at
the lowest foundry prices.
NEMAS & WARWICK
Wholesale x Retail Stove Dealers.
y. T. Cor ot SECOND 4 RACE Sts Phllad's
tTs- For sale hy II B NASSER. uf this place
Philadelphia August %, Ic55.-9m.
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MOUNT CARMEL HOUSE,
MOUNT CARMEL,
Northumberland county, Pa.

Northumberland county, Pa.
vTNHIs large and commodious HOte is situated
Il on the top Of the Locust mountain, nearly
half way between Sunbury and Pottsville. The
scenery-the salubrity Of the atmosphere and
the cool mountain breeres, make it one Of the
most delightful summer retreats in the country.
The Hotel, is a new structure, four stories high,
fitted up with all the modern conveniences. The
pure mountain water is introduced into every
chamber. The place is easy Of access. beng
but one and half hours ride from Sunbury, over
the Philadelphia and Sunbury Rail road. From
Pottsville, it can lie reached by the Mine Hill
Rail road to Ashland, and from thence to Mt.
Carmel miles, by Omnibus.
Every attendance will be paid by the proprie.
tor to make guests comfortable. Charges mode
rate.
JOSEPH NJ. FEAGER.
MI. Carmel. June az, ls55.--tf
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Photography! Daguerreotypes!!
a NEW ERA IN ART!
]. E. MaCLEES.

(SuccesSor to .NcCYees & T,rmon,)
WOULD call the attention of the public, no,
w ouly TO the superiority Of the Dagucrreo.
types the iiyslograph, (by some called Amhro.
type,) and the various STYLES OF Photography oil
paper; nut 10 the fact, that parties at distance
possessing a small daguerreotype, may, bv send.
ing il to No. 100 Chestnut ST., have made from
it by the means of Photography, and the talent,
of the best Artists, portrsit of ANY sIzE, from
a small Loeket to the full size of life.
A small book coatsning description, prices
&c, &c, will he sent gratis TO any person ma
King the request.
McCLEES'
Philadelphia Photograph Establishment,
No. l6O Chestnut ST., below lth
Phils., July ~, lS55.--tf.
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HAYD0CK & FIOLER,
hEALERS in Watches and Jewelrv, will
~ continue the business at the old stand Of
James d. Fidler,
No. II So,h Second Street
PHILADELPHIA,
Where they solicit an examination of their large
and varied stock, feeling assured that the expe-
ricnce bo.h of them have he'd in the business,
and the facilities they possess for procuring
goods on the mos, .iysnisgeous terms, will ena-
bic them TO compete i,.ersh'" with any other
establishment in the city. lnsy n:.s now on
hand fine assortment Of
WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY,
Silver, Plated and Briitania Ware, Cutlery,
Fancy Goods, &C., &c.
n. B.-Repsiring OF Watches and ell kinds Of
Iewelry attended to with prompinsss and the
greatest care.
Phila., April 7, ls55.-tf
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ip CLEAR CorFEE. When nothing else
se ti.a s ~ OBTAINED mix little corn meal with
ihs oefee before putting il to bod.