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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-18

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much more likelihood Of ia abol. ion a ths' STATE
than Of /. esisei;stne'. N Kansas. Why thea does
the President force upor tie South IL rs iroate ~ 1e
OF S.syery-when The South can possibly, gsin no.1t
pre- teal e5.e 10 the North be Gismenb re, aad yi
the ti- berg, destroys his party
TIE NoftheTn usjc.ites Il the President We should
bear in mind were made by in the condl hon snc
position az IEe E[prtSs Newspaper. We pI rerred
him TO Fremont and suffered sts.e Of things 10 eHst
pending the Presderti,l campaign which made Dim
President.
Ii is toe continuance ard maintenance Of this pos
ton against The socsled Republican party which
this year has given him ais Democratic msOrities.
These ms rties Ia the North will all begin 10 vanish
the morren, we see be not sincere, was not 10
earnest he did not mean what he said be dad, in bis
letters Of instruction TO Gov. Walker and 10 the sup
pot up TO this period he has given 10 TIE Ksrsas
Walker admir- istrs;ion. He must not be missed BE-
faterers and couriiers about hiu, who tell him his
power, ard patronage, ard preshge can carry sny.
Thing Patronage is rot worth faIthing against
sentiment q feeIing, such are now Ring 10 g.. the
Northern States Of the ULion. Besides toe more be
precipitstes crisis IN Ksnsss-as he will If he goes
on-the more he will excite and aggrayste this )rth
ern sentiment and feeling We hope and tru t, and
pray be will be guided BY wisdom aud principle, and
that enlarged patriotism which recognizes North
well as South. and which secures fair play and equal
rights to all the members Of great confederacy.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-18

r-.,r,.s,,y or THE SouTH-IJs Ioc,rfos.--Ws
~, he tru,e es Of this ipstf ation net at asot-
,anHty' Ala on the 18th ult, for the purpose q 1T
I,aons site. Delegates were present from North
csieirs, South CarOrs, Ges' e, rioncs Alabama,
-, ehcfep ner con. In the state Of Tennessee, Ga tho
plstesu of the Cumbehsp'. Moun'ao, rear the posnt
A. which the Nashville az Charleston Railroad passes
il II site, are redibly informed. OF uDques.
tiorable heaLfulness and great beauty, aud thst
Indicated by the conn ssion Of engineers appointed 70
e1smre lOcaties. me corporate pane Of toe ,ssa-
tutor s 70 be II University Of the SOUTH Ire
Incorporated ips' ltut.on. The Right Rev. bsaops
Polk of Lcuisis "a and Elliott Of Geergis have osn
sppeirttd Con iuissiopers to obtain the Necessary
ccsnent. IN. o. Plcsyune' Dso'''
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-18

"A Barn. R,,,rs-A man IN Lcreon usr't
Cea az proposed to p.y the IDt,n R s:s. t.si
es Ns1s s.h1 r d. hi. = asdcu Colts Il Is az
"a .sns c.sF, nav be s.Isy Ysnkse WHOM tss
I'd trass hsys tired to look about tor SOUS pf'o'
ahla sDecplatioo,
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-02-12

THE Two RoADs-It was New Yearss
night An aged man was standing at win
dow. He mournfuIIv raised his eyes towards
the deep blue sky, where the stars floating like
white lilies on the surface of clear calm lake.
Then he cast them on the earth, where few
more helpless beings than himself were moving
towards their inevitable goal-the tomb AL
ready he had passed sixty of the stages which
lead to it, and he had brought from his jour
ney nothing but errors and remorse. His
health was destroyed, his mind unfurnshed,
his heart sorrowful, and his old age devoid of
comfort
The days of his youth rose up in vision be-
fore him, and he recalled the solemn moment
when his father had placed him at the entrance
of two roads, one leading into peaceful sun
ny land, covered with fertile harvest and re-
sounding with soft, sweet songs while the
other conducted the wanderer into a deep.
dark cave whence there was no ISSUE where
poison flowed instead of water, and where the
serpents hssed and crawled.
He looked towards the sky, and cried out,
in his anguish =" o, youth, return o, my
father, place me Oh more at the crossway of
life, that l may choose the better road ~ But
the days Of his youth had passed away, and
his parents were with the departed He saw
wandering lights float over dark marshes, and
then disappear. "Such," he said, eve the
days of my wasted life /" He saw a star shoot
from heaven, and vanish in darkness athwart
the church-yard. Behold an emblem of my
self !" he exclaimed and the sharp arrows of
unavailing remorse struck him to the heart.
Then he remembered his early companions,
who had entered life with him, but who, hay-
ing trod the paths of virtue and industry, were
now happy and honored on this New Years
night. The clock in the nigh church-tower
struck, and the sound falling on his ear recall
the many tokens of the love of his parents for
him, their erring son the lessons they had
taught him the prayers they had offered up
in his behalf Overwhelmed with shame and
grief, he dared no longer lcok towards that
heaven where they dwelt. His darkened eyes
dropped tears and with one despairng effort
he cried aloud, Come back, my early days |
Come back !"
And his youth did return for all this had
been but dream, visiting his slumbers on New
Years night He was still young his errors
only were no dream. He thanked God fer.
vently that time was still his own that he had
not yet entered the deep, dark cavern, but that
he was free to tread the road leading to the
peaceful land where sunny harvests wave
Ye who still live on the threshold of life,
doubling which path to choose, remember that
when years shall he passed. and your feet shall
stumble on the dark mountain, you will cry
bitterly. but cry in vain, o, youth. return |
0, give me back my early days !'-Richter.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-02-12

dropped in the streets, carefully collected, re-
appear in the form of swords and guns. The
clippings of tinker's shops, mixed with the
pairings of horses hoofs, or cast-off woolen gar
ments, appear afterwards in the form of dyes
of the brightest blue, in the dress of courtly
danes. The bones Of dead animals yield the
chief constituents of lucfer matches-phospho-
rus. The dregs of port wine carefully reject
ed by the port wine drinker in decanting his
favorite beverage, are taken by him in the
form of Seidlitz powders. The washings of
coal gas reappear carefully preserved in the
ladies' smelling bottle as an ammoniacal salt
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-02-12
From Talleyrand's Aphorisms.

Our welcome of a stranger depends upon the
| name he bears-upon the coat he wears our
farewell upon the spirit he has displayed in the
| interview.
There is so great charm in friendship, that
there is even kind of pleasure in acknow-
lodging ourself duped by the sentiment it in
spires.
Unbounded modesty is nothing more than
unavowed vanity the too humble obeisance ia
sometimes disguised impertnence
The reputation of man is like his shadow
gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its
proportions when it follows.
Beauty, devoid Of grace, is mere hook with
ont the bait
He wh1 cannot feel friendship is alike in
capable of love. Let woman beware of the
man who owns that he loves no one but her.
self
The Count de Coigny possesses wit and tai
ent, bat his conversation is fatiguing, because
his memory is equally exact in quoting the
date of the death of Alexander the Great, aud
that of the Princess de Guemenee's poodle
To contradict and argue with total stran-
ger, is like knocking at gate to ascertain il
there is any one within.
The love of glory can only create hero
the contempt of it creates a great man.
The errors of great men, and the good deeds
OF reprobates, should not be reckoned in our
estimates of their respective characters
1t is sometimes quite enough for man to
feign ignorance of that which he knows. to
gain the reputation of knowing that of which
he is ignorant
Both erudition and agriculture ought to be
encouraged by government wit and manufac-
lures will come of themselves
Too much sensbility creates unhappiness
too much insensibity creates crime.
1t is an attribute of true philosophy, never
to force the progress of truth and reason, but
to wait till the dawn of light meanwhile, the
philosopher may wander into hidden paths, but
he will never depart from the main track
A generous man will place the benefits he
confers beneath his feet-those he receives
nearest his heart.
If you wish to appear agreeable in society.
you must consent to be taught many things
which you know already.
To succeed in the world, it is much more ne
cessary to possess the penetration to discover
who is fool, than to discover who is clever
man.
Experience teaches us indulgence; the wisess
man is he who doubts his own Judgment with
regard to the motives which actuate his fellow.
men.
There are many vices which do not deprive
US of friends !; there are many virtues which
prevent our having any.
Nothing succeeds SO well as success
The point of honor" can often be made to
produce by means of vanity as many good
deeds as virtue
More evil truths are discovered BY the cor.
ruption of the heart than by the penetration
of the mind.
Schismatic wranglers are like child's top.
noisy and agitated when whipped, quiet and
motionless when left alone.
The rich man despises those who fatter him
too much, and hates those who do not fatter
him at ALL
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-02-12
P BY VMEARA

the barn when got there | took out my
handkerchief and wiped the tears from my
cheeks.
| 1t was an hour before / returned, and then
| found all calm and serene, save that the mo-
ther was still weeping for the head of her re-
turned boy was still resting upon her shoulders
and her arm was about his neck. Nathan arose
as | entered, and with smile be bade me be
seated
You know all, as we'll as can tell you,"
said he. When we first stopped here had
no idea OF finding my parents here for when
| went away sixteen years ago, | left them in
kingsthrope, upon the Ken. / knew them of
course, but [ wished to see if they would
know me. But from fourteen to thirty is a
changing period think God sent me here"
he added in low tone, " for only think what
curious circumstances have combined to send
here
1t did truly seem as though some power
higher than our own had brought this all
about. But at all events, there was higher
power thought of that night beneath the
PEASANTS cot, for God was praised again and
again.
On the following morning I resumed my
journey alone, but had to promise that would
surely call on my return. | went to Salisbu-
ry. from thence to Winchester, and thence to
Portsmouth, to see the great ships of war. |
returned to the cot in eight days, and spent
night there. Money possessed some strong
charms, for it bad not only given the poor
peasant sure home for the rest of his life but
it had brought health to the sick bov An
experienced physician from Salisbury had vsi-
ted him and he was able to he about | re-
mained long enough to know that an earthly
heaven had grown up in that cot Nathan
Leeman said to me that he had over hun
dred thousand dollars, and that he should
take his parents and brother to some luxu-
rious home, when he could find one suited to
his taste.
That was some years ago. have received
some letters from Leeman since and he is set
tied down in the suburbs of Bradford, on the
banks of the Avon, where he has bought a
large share in several of the celebrated cloth
factories in that place, and am under solemn
promise to visit him if I ever land in England
again.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-02-12

ENNuI.-Nine-tenths Of the miseres and Vi
ces of mankind proceed from Incidence and
idleness. Persons who have naturally active
minds-whose "qnick thoughts like lightning
are alive are most perniciously affected by
the evils of sloth. The favored sons of ge-
MUS endowed with great original powers, were
not made for repose Incidence will quickly
freeze the genial current of the SOUL" and if
left idle long, they perish from inaction, like a
scimitar corroded and destroyed by rust But
the active occupation of our faculties is safe
guard against these great evils, vice, penury
and desponding gloom. Says Cotton, "ennui
has made more gamblers than avarice, more
drunkards than thirst, and more suicides than
despair" If We would be both useful and hap
py, we must keep ourselves industriously and
virtuously employed. Old Dumbiedkes was
wise in charging his son to '' be aye sticking
in a tree when he had naething else to do
Count de Caylns, a French nobleman, being
born to wealth and princely idleness, turned
his attention to engraving, and made many
fine copies of antique gems. One of the no
bility demanded from him q reason for this
procedure, and was told by the industrious
Count, " engrave, that may not hang my.
self"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-02-12

The PROCESS OF SUGAR REFINryG-By the
introduction of machilhry and steam the old
system of purifying and refining sugar with ami
NAL albumen, in the form of bullock's blood,
which formed a new source of deterioration in
the sugar, has been superseded The raw su-
gar from the West and East Indies is chiefly
imported in cases from Jamaica, ST. Domin-
GO and St. Croix, in hogsheads from Manila
and Mauritius, in double sacks, plated or wo-
ven from the leaves of reeds The quality va
ries in degrees, from white Havana to the dark
brown, moist and sticky The more coarsely
granular, the harder, drier and winter, the
greater is the value of the sugar The first
operation of the refiner after removing the SUI
gar from the hogsheads, boxes, &c, is dissolv-
ing the sugar in pan by means of steam pas
sing through perforated pipe in the bottom
of the pan. The color is then extracted from
the solution by means of chemical and mechani-
cal means, when it is passed to what is known
as the vacuum pans, heated by steam, for the
purpose of being boiled BY this means the
liquor is so concentrated that the sugar is only
held in solution by the high temperature so
on cooling rapid crystazation takes place,
which produces that uniform fine grain, such
as is required in loaf sugar. The syrup, after
boiling sufficiently is poured into the moulds,
which are of the funnel or sugar-loaf form, for
the purpose of assisting the separation of the
mother liquor The syrup or liquor which runs
from the mould is again boiled, from which the
lower grades of sugar is produced The syrup
coming from this second process is sold for mo-
lasses. The production of molasses is about
one-ffth from each hogshead To produce
fine grain or irregular conglomeration of crys-
tails. the liquor must be poured into the moulds
at certain temperature, just when the crys-
tails have begun to FORM and as the liquor leaves
the vaccum-pan at too low temperature, for
the purpose, it is heated up in a vessel fur
nished with false bottom for the admission
of steam, and then cooled to the granulating
point in vessels capable of holding the entire
quantity of liquor boiled in day. AS the
temperature falls, the formation of crystals of
too large size is prevented by stirring. The
larger the bulk of syrup the slower is the cool
ing, and the more regular the crystalization.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-02-12
An Arkansas Joke.

An Arkansas correspondent of the New Or
leans Picayune tells the following good one -
In early times, in county not far off, those
country dram-shops were common as they were
all over the State, where the b'hoys met every
Saturday evening to shoot for whiskey and get
drunk and cool off with fight or two. On
one of these occasions big strapping six-foot.
er full of bust head" and Dutch courage, ,hav.
ing been beat at the mark by another, slapped
his fists together, and swore he was "spiling
for fight" and could whip any man who could
beat him shooting
This was not noticed by the man for whom
it was intended. That of course, made him
braver and madder. He roared out -
q kin whip any blnk-eyed sucker who kin
beat me shooting-whoop ee !"
The man aimed at still said nothing
Six-footer here billed over-so he walked
right up to him, shook his fists in his face, and
said -
You kin shoot, kin you but you dar MT
to fight me-Pm a unanimous hor'sse Whoo-
pee !"
The man addressed still said nothing.
Six-footer roared again the louder, and said
he must have fight if he had to buy it,
Look ere ! Slickemgoeasy, you'll give me
a far fight I'll give you COW and calf"
Slickem deliberately began to strip. Says
he, " if thar's anything to be made Pm in"-
Six-footer turned little pale-couldnt back
down now-struck ring-pitched in, and Six
footer got most confoundedly and soundly
thrashed. Rose, shook the dirt off and swore
he wouldn't pay for 'twarn't in the bargain
he was to be SwoIloped"
Slickem said, "Pll sue you"
Sue away p said Six -footer and mounted
his bear-skin and rode off.
Slickem went to the county seat, saw law
yer, and told him his case lawyer told him it
was good case, and he would gain it for him !;
told him to make out an account for labor
done" and sue before justice of the peace
He did so justice of the peace gave judgment
for plaintiff, and ordered the constable to drive
the COW and calf to him. Here it rested The
defendant was heard to say -
Well, | reckon that mout be law, but my
losing that cow and calf all come o my not
kiverng all the pints in the trade, 'spose p
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-02-12

PAST, PRESENT AND FUrURE.-The present
time is for occupation /; the past for contem-
plation the future for anticipation. Some."
says Fuseli, "con6ne their views to the pre-
sent some extend it to futurity. The butter
fly round the meadows the eagle crosses the
seas"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-02-12

ADVERSELY exasperates fools, defects cow
ards, draws out the faculties of the wise and
ingenious puts the modest to the necessity of
trying their skill, awes the opulent, and makes
the idle industrious. Much may be said in fa-
vor of adversely but the worst of it is it has
no friend.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-02-12

RS- Julia-Now Alfred dear, must leave
you. | am about to shut myself out from the
world.
Agred-Why, in the name of madness, Ju-
liza, you are not thinking Of retiring into con-
vent
Jnlia--No, dear, don't alarm Yourself /
am only going to put on my new crinoline
dress
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-02-12

TOUCHING RAW PLAcE-A Justice of the
Peace, meeting minister mounted on a fine
horse, peevishy asked him why he did not
ride on donkey or ass in imitation of his
humble Master Zone important reason is,'
returned the minister, that at this time they
are scarce, having been transformed by an all
wise Providence, into magistrates"
j. 2. incontinentlY left.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-02-12
seIetteN qoetrp.
THE NAME IN THE SAND.
BY GEORGE D. PRENTICE.

BY GEORGE D. PRENTICE.
Alone walked on the ocean strand,
A pearly she'll was in my hand,
stopped and wrote upon the sand
My name, the year and day;
As onward from the spot ! passed,
One lingering look behind l cast,
A wave came rolling high and fast,
And washed my line away.
And so, methought, it will quickly be
With every mark on earth from mel
A wave of dark oblvion's sea
Will sweep across the place
Where / have trod the sandy shore
or time, and be to me no more
OF me, my day, the name bore,
To leave no track or trace.
And yet with Him who counts the sands,
And holds the waters in his hands,
know lasting record stands,
Inscribed against my name;
OF all this mortal part has wrought,
OF all this thinking soul has thought,
And from these 1eeting moments caught,
For glory and for shame.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-02-12

MAKING CASNoS.-An Irishman being ask
ed if he knew how cannons are made, replied
" Av coorse do they make a long holo
and thin pour brass around it."
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-02-12

by- TINE subserves all uses. but we do not
always know how to regulate it, Light as a
feather-weighty as stone-brief as mo-
ment-tedious as ages--we are variously affec-
ted by it,
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-02-12

Day An editor ont west calls on msidens
to take courage, because the census shows
that there are half o million more men than
women in the United States.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-02-12

Beautiful Smnr-Horace Mann compared
the death of an infant to bird struck down
by fowler in the midst Of his morning song
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-02-12

PoErRy.--It is the gift of poetry to hallow
every place in which it moves to breathe
round nature an odor more exquisite than the
perfume of the rose, and to shed over it q tint
more magical than the blush Of morning.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-02-12

nNr Happiness is perfume that one canno,
she'd ovtr another without q few drops falling
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-02-12

TINE AND ArR-Time, like air, is invisible.
and must be estimated by its uses and effects.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-02-12
TOWANDA:

Gbursoan alornlnp. febrnarn l2, 1857.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-02-12

On ones self.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-04-06

N~~~'''.s "V",~'~
The Lehsh canal n nos YET opsn The supply for tbs
season 70 considerably In advance Of that last year o. the
same PERIOD though unable 70 state the exact
amount, but 10 In the neehborhood Of $50 900 tons.
The steamship ASIA at this port from Liverpool brings
about S2So, COO In douboons, In usnslsn tor HAVANA
The directors Of the Michigan Southern and Northern
Indiana Railroad Company have passed order 10
ta,sb alter the opening OF their books the 22d inst,
aJtsssry OF thei- with one OF the leading
banks or banking house, n nb city.
We would suggest that 81 the sane time registry Of
bonds be established. These arrangements will moi,
however, answer the purpose actually required SO far
registering tho stock goes farce for The register
shows only the stock recorded at that particular psne
There be thousands Of sha'es aoai not registered
al equally good End legal stock. II 10 the duty Of the
register v issue new o'ytidats for any Old one oan
oeled ID none Of his busnen where The I'D CauooAH
comes from, and he Il mot supposed 70 know anything
Aborth The way 10 stop 81 this continual issue OF
new stock by the old railroad companies 10 pot In
junction upon them, and compel them 70 show their
bands. In this way the stockholders get II the
actual condition Of things TO ssr wh and then prohibit
any new or further issue Of stock without the Of
the stockholders. u time that those deeply interested
In these works had some voice In the Management Of
their finances,