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Jf Cause and Cure of Spermatorrhoea, Consumption,
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linpairnd Nutrition of the body, Lassitude, Weai
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Involuntary Emissions, and Sexual Incapacity ; the
t'onsefjuencee of Youthful Indiscretion, Ac, Ac.
tj?' This admirablo Lecture clearly proves that
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le removed without medicine and without dangerous
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April 20, lb'OL ly
Oiltendeii's PHiladclphla Coin
mcrelal College,
X. E. Corner of 7th and Chestnut ats., Philadelphia
rniltS INSTITUTION, which was established in
1 1S44, and is now consequently in Die 18th year
of its existenco, nunibers among fts graduates, hun
dreds of the most successful Merchants and liusiness
ileii of our country.
The object of the Institution is solely to afford
voung men facilities for thorough preparation for
Lufiness.
The branches taught are. Book-Keeping, as appli
cable to the various departments of trade ; Penman
ship, both plaiu and ornamental ; Corninorcial Law,
Mathematics, Navigation, Civil Engineering, Draw
inc. l'honngruphv, and Modern Languages.
Tho system of instruction is peculiar ; no classes or
set lessons axe mado use of, but each student is taught
individually, so that he may commence nt any time,
and attend whatever hours are most convenient.
Catalogues are issued annually after tbo 1 ith of
' April, containing names of the students for the ?ear,
and full particulars of terms, Ac. and may bo ob
tained at any time by addressing the Principal.
Iu extensive accommodations, widc-sprcna repnta
tion. and the lengthy experienco of tho Principal,
this Institution oilers facilities superior to any other
iu tho country, for young men wishing to prepare for
hii-iincf. and to obtain at tho same timo a diploma,
which will prove a recommendation for them to an?
Mercantile llourfc.
"ir" Crittenden's Series of Treatises on Book
Keeping, now more widely circulated than any other
Murk on the subject, are for sale at tho College,
tv lllllKIKS CRITTENDEN, Attorney at Lnw.
February 8, 181)2. ly
JOHNS & CR0SLEY,
SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF THE IMPROVED
GTJTTA PRECIIA
i: ii b: . v it o o v 1 a ,
f pHE chenpcHt nnd most durable Roofing in use. It
.1 is Fire and Water Proof.
It can he applied to new nnd old Roofs of all kinds,
and to Shinirle Roofs without removing the shingles.
Thk Cost is Only Anocr Ose-Tuird that or Tis,
A no it is Twice as) DmAnLB.
(utta srVrrhu Cement,
For preserving and repairing Tin and other Metal
Root's of every description, from its great elasticity,
is not injured by the contraction and expansion of
metals, and will not crack in cold, or run in worm
weather.
These material have be.in thoroughly tested la
New York and all parts of the Southern and Western
trrutes, and wo can give abundant proof of all wo
claim in their favor.
They ure readily applied by ordinary laborers, at a
trilling expense.
' NO IIEAT 13 REQUIRED."
These niatcriuls aro put up ready for use, and for
sliippiug to all pnrU of tho country, with full printed
directions for application.
Full descriptive circulars will be furnished on ap
plication by mail or in person, at our Priucipal Office
and Warehouse, 7) William Stuket, (Corner of
Liberty Street,) New York.
JOHNS A CROSLEY.
Aoents Vantkii ! Terms Cash ! !
Juno 1, 15(51. ly
THE LATEST STYLE OF
SPRING AND SUMMER
GARMENTS,
ARK CONSTANTLY MADE
AT THK
Fashionable Tailoring Establishment
JACOB O. BECK,
market Street, fsiiinbury, Iai.
rpHE Ful'seriber has just received and opened a
I large nwurtmeut of SPRING AND SUMMER
liOODS, such as
CLOTHS,
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION AND QUALITY.
Plain and Fancy Cassimeres. Vestings, &c.
of the latrst styles. Iu addition to his stock he is
eouslautly receiving nw supplies from the city,
keeping a full assortment of the most substantial and
latest styles of Goods in the city markets.
He is prepared to make to order all kinds of
treutlemeu's and Boy's wear, such as
DRESS COATS, FROCK COATS, BUSINESS
COATS, VESTS, PANTALOONS, Ac, Ac,
of tho very latest stylo, and in the most substantial
manner, at short notice.
Any lionils not on hand, will, bo furnished from
Philadelphia, by giving two days' notice.
if - Call and examine luv stock. No charges
made for showing. JACOB 0. BECK.
Sunbury, Month 29, 18G2.
MI.V
in: ikeiizi'R!
As Improved for 1829 and 1SCQ,
By E. KETC11AM A CO., 2S9 Pearl st., New York.
rpHK only Freeier constructed on scientific prin
1 ciples. witha revolving can and spring blade
scraper. Tho one hastens the freeiiug of tbo cream
the other removes It as f.ift as froien.
The most rapid in freeiing, with the least quantity
of ice.
The most economical in cost, as it is tho most simplo
and durahle in structure.
For sale in all tho principal cities and towns in the
I'nion.
Each Freeier accompanied with a book of recipes
and full directions.
PRICES.
3 quarts,
4 quart,
5 quarts,
K quarts,
14 quarts.
$3 00
4 00
5 00
6 00
8 00
12 00
20 u iiurts.
Ani.ly to II. B. MASSER, Euubury, Ta.
March 2i), 102.
It04'KI'.Fi:i.I.i:K A UOVI.It,
Attorneys at Law, Sunbury, Pa.
JORDAN ROCKEFELLER and SOLOMON
.B. BOYF.R. respectfully annouaeo that they
have eutered into copartnership is the practice of
their protubion, and will continuo to attend to all
business entrusted to their charge, in the counties
of Northumberland, I'nion, Snyder and Montour,
I ruirhriiv .ml Aitrafnllv. Kneelal atten
tion will be givcu to the COLLECTIONS OF
CLAIMS. Consultations coo ue naa mine ur.rv
ilAX language.
OUico Markut street, opposite Weaver I Hotel.
Sunbury, February 4, 1SC0.
IlruiKlieM, Hines, jilu, A.C.
fpilE subseriher, having opened in Thompson's
1 Brick Building, Mill street, DanvUlo, large
and complete stock or
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS,
comprising the best brands of Brandies, Gin, Old
Rye, Scotch and Irish Whiskey, I'urt, Sherry, Ma
deira. Champagne and other Wines, of all grades, all
.. which will be sold Wholesale, at the lowest city
prices. Tuvern-keopors, by buying of as, con save
at least mo ireigai.
Persons desirous of pnrchaslng liquors for
FAMILY USE,
tnav rely upon being furuuhod with a pur and
" I. .I...,. I. l nrliola.
t - Being determined lo aslablb-h a reputation fur
soiling cheap, be rospectfully solicit, the patroos,
ef ,h. puow U oroer. IIALL
Pan1 ill', Juot 1,
UKsllLY I.MI'OKTA-Vr IKWB t
M C. GEARHART
Has Rbtcshid it a Niw Stocc or
ConiVctlonnrlcH, sV'rult und Tofn.
IT Seems as if a new age, new life til opening
pan os, animating every heart to nobler deeds
and higher aims! Art, Literature and Science will
glow anew, and seek to dovclupe iublimer bcautioe
and grand rr conception.
The business world, too, must feel the new Influence
and every part be quickened and strengthened by an
increased vitality, which shall orgo us on with elec
tric speed to tho consummation of greater tilings than
was ever dreamed of in the Philosophy of the past.
Animated by the enthusiasm which pervades all
Classen, and desirous of doing his shore towards "The
great events of the Ago," lie subscriber would re
spoctfully inform tho good people of SUNBURY and
the public generally, that he has just returned from
the city of Philadelphia with the largest and choieeet
stock of Confcctionories, Fruit and Toys, that has
ever boen brought to this enctiou of country. Ho is
also manufacturing all kinds of Confectioneries, Ac,
to fill up orders, wholesale or retail, at short notice.
Among his stock of CONFECTION ARIES ma? bo
fonnd :
French Secrete,
Burned Almonds,
Cream White,
" Lemon,
" Rose,
" Vanilla,
Common Secrets,
Liquorice,
Bananas,
Dates,
Gum Drops, allkludssoout,
Love Drops,
- fliint Drops, red and white,
Jelly Cakes,
Fruit Drops,
Ptick Candies, of allsoenU,
Rock Candy,
Almond Candy.
FRUIT.
Prunes,
Raisens, Nuts of all kinds.
LEMON SYRUP
Currants, dried,
of a superior quality, by the single or dotcn. A
superior quality of Tobacco and Segars, and a variety
of Confeclionaries, Fruit, Toys, Ac, all of which u
offered chaap at wholesale and retail.
Or" Remember the name and place ..
M. C. GEARHART,
Market street, 3 doors west of E. Y. Blight A Son's
store.
Sunbury, April 14, 18C1. ly
NllIlKY NTI'A.U l'liOlI!LU
Ttlll.I,.
riIIK subscribers having taken possession of this
X first class FLOVKIXG MILL, arc prepared
to receive grain of all kinds, and to do custom work
at the shortest notice. Customers will have their
grists ground immediately upon their being left at
too Mill. As it is tho intention of tho firm to slock
the Mill, a largo supply of grain will be constantly
keptonhand, nnd Hour by the quantity can always
he obtained. Tile greatest care will be taken to tuin
out a superior quality of flour, for which the mill is
admirably adapted. Strict attention will be paid to
the wants of customers, and tho patronage of tiio
puMic generally is respectfully requested.
Sunbury, Juue 23, 1SG0. MORGAN A CO.
.umber t "Lumber t
PHILIP SHAY, Muncy, Lycoming county, Pa.,
TN FORMS his friends and the public in general,
that he constantly keeps on hand Boards, Shingles,
Lath, Joists, and all kinds of Lumber and building
materials, which he will sell at the lowest prices.
March 30, lbtjl.
' IVnr ! iv7ir ! "VVliT':
COME FROM THE NORTH,
COME FROM THE SOUTU,
COME FROM THE EAST,
COME FROM THE "WEST
Save the country and build yourselves homes, for
now is the time to get your Lumber cheap. Yes,
LUMBER! LUMBER!! LUMBER!!!
can bo purchased at low rates at the STEAM SAW
MILL of
IRA T. CLEMENT, SVXHVRY, FA.,
Such as Panel Lumber, Frame Lumber, Boards. Ri
ding, Shingles from $3 to ti per thousand, Plastering
Lath, Paling, Roofing Lath, Ac, Ac.
All bills ordered, tor any kind of Lumber, will be
furnished at the shortest notice.
I It A T. CLEMENT.
HuitWy, March 9, LS51.
SPALDING'S Prepared Glue nnd Shelley's Mu
cilage, price per bottle and brui.li, 2S cents.
Cordial Elixir of Calisaya Bark anil Benzine, for
removing grouse, for sole at tho office of the Sunbury
American.
PHILADELPHIA &EEADING R R CO.
PASSENGER TltAlNS FOR POTT VILLI', READ
ING AND HARRISliima.
MORNING, LINK. DAIl.Y,(Suii(tus Excepted,)
CAU.OW1I ILL SIR KKTS, I'll 1 1. A DF.I.Ait I A (t'a.
enger enlrsncui on Thifleenth bih) oil Callow,ii!l streets.)
Bl&OO. A M., connecting at iluirivburg with the IVruieyl
vania Railroad 4.15 P. M. truiu running to Pittsburg ;
the Cumberland Valley l,oo P. M., truin running to Ch.'im
Lerah; Carlisle, Ac, and the Northern Central Riiiroad
1.20 P. M., train rinmine toisunburv, Ac
AFTERNOON LINES
I.rsveNVw Depot. CORNER OF ISROAD Af'DCAL
I.OWAll.L hTREETS, PHILADELPHIA. (I'snKitger
entrances on Thirteenth und Cullowlull stretrls.)
For I'OTTSVILLE and HARRISHURij, si 3,14 P M.,
DAILY. connecting at Hatri.buig with the Northern Cen
tral Railroad for$aubuiy, Ylliumtti, EliauaAc
Express train from New York via Euiiom. ni.-ikeaclose
connection with Reading Mail anH Accommorlsiion trains,
connecting at Hurristiart with the Pennsylvania Central
3.15 A. M, tram running West.
For KKADiNG, only at 4 30 A.M., (Sudaya ex
cepted )
DT STANCES VIA rillLADXLrillA AMD aBADlSG VA1LXOV1I.
En in Philaileluliia.
Miles,
To Phxuixville,
2H )
6 I Philadelphia and Reading
Ht and Leianon Valley R. K.
tilt)
Meaning,
Lebanon,
il'irriiihurg,
Dauphin,
Miltersburg,
Trevorlon Junction,
Suulmry,
Northumberland,
Lewliburg,
Milton,
Muncy,
Villiamsport,
Jersey t-hre,
Ivk lluven,
Ralston,
Troy,
Elmiia.
21 )
Northern Central
Kuilfoad.
va
KiU
171
ITH
If
J 9?
tilHJ
8
Sonhury and Ens R. R.
!i U i
IU4 1 Williamsp rt aint Llmirn
S6I Itailruad.
a7)
The SAM snrtsffTp M. trains CONNECT DAILY
AT PORT CLINTON, (Sundays excepted.) with the
CATTAWIMSA, WILLlAMSPORT, AND EK1E
RAILROAD, malting ofcMe einineelions with lines ki
NIAGARA FALLS. CANADA, the WEST, AND
SOUTHWEST.
DEPOT IN PHILADELPHIA.
Corner of BROAD AND CALUIWHILLfcireets,
W. U. MclLHLNNEY, Secretary.
February , lJ.
Important to I. overt of Wood Ten.
BIUCHTA, SON invito attention to their Stock of
Priino Groen and Black Tea.
Sunbury, June 15, 1861.
'Tin:
UPTON 8. NEWCOMER, Proprietor.
alHIS HOTEL is central, convenient by Passjnger
Cars to all porta of the city, and in every par
ticular adapted to the comforts and wants of the
busiuess public
I t?' Terms, f 1 N per day.
September 21, 18fll. ly
NATRONA COAL 0IL1
WurrtiBled ."N'on-Kxplosilve,
am) equal to any KEROSENE. '
ay buy explosive on, wnen a tew eenui nmre per
gauuu will furuwh yuu with a perfect Oil ?
Made only by
PA.ffALT MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
No. 137 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.
Febraary IS, lbdi. ly
8AP0NIFIER J 8AP0NIFIER 1 !
THE FAMILY BOAP MAKER
All Kitchen Grease can be made kilo rood Boen. Dihis
ewpoaiBur!
Directions Aeeompanylsg Each Bon !
POAP is as easily made with U, as making a rap of cof
fee. Manufactured only by the Patentees.
PA. SALT MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
No. 1x7 M'alautfcHrest, Philadelphia.
February It, IK ly
In (Trained Carpets),
- r ANCFACTURED and for sale by M. Ferrer
i 1 Co.; L.ibrandl and Harwell's Building, North
East corner Beeoad and Uao eweeu, i-luiaaeipiua,
GOODS GUARANTEED.
October V, I860.
IMutioa Xsssrl,
mllE subscriber offers his aerriee to ti citiseni
I of Banbury and vicinity, la Tuning Wuoa
Orders left it the Ctourel Hotel, mil be slieoded V
Suiioury, Jte is, lit it v. m.iiism
SELECT POETRY.
(From the Atlantic Monthly. J
"UNDER THE BNOW."
AT tn LATH 0H. LAUDCR.
The Spring had tripped and Inst her flowers,
The Hammer sauntered through the glades,
The wounded feet of autumn hours
Left ruddy footprints on the blade.
And all the glories of tho woods
Had Hung their shadowy siteneo down,
When, wilder than the storm it broods,
Bhe fled before the winter's frown.
For Her sweet spring had lost its flowers,
Bhe fell, and passion's tongue of flarao
Ran reddening through tho blushing bowers,
Now huggard us hor naked shnmo.
One secret through her soul had screened,
When prying matrons sought her wron
And Blame stalked on, a mouthing fiend,
And mocked her us she fled along.
And now tho bore its weight aloof,
To hide It where ono ghastly birch
Held np the rafters of the roof,
And grim uld piuu-trues formed a church.
'Twos there hor (pring-timo vows wcro sworn,
And thorn, ukjii its frozen sod,
Whilo wintry midnight reigned forlorn,
Hko kuclt, nnd held her hands to tlod.
The cautious creatures of the air
Looked ont, from many a secret pbtce,
To see the eniberr of despair
Flush the gray ashes of her face.
And whero tho last woek's snow had caught
The gray heard of a cypress limb,
She heard the music of n thonght
More sweet than her own childhood's hymn.
For. rising in that cadence low,
With "Now I lav me down to sleep,"
Hor mother rocked her to and fro.
And prayed the Lord her soul to keep. .
And still her prayer was humbly raised, '
Held up in two cold hands to Und, ,
That, white as some rid pine tree blazed,
Olcauiod for o'er that dark frozen sod.
The storm stole out beyond the wood,
She grew tho vision of a cloud,
Her dark hair was a misty hood.
Her stark fucc shone as from a shroud.
Ftill sped the wild storm's rustling feet
To martial music of the pinca.
And to her cold heart's tnutlled bent
Wheeled grandly into solemn lints.
And still, as if her secret's won
No mortid words had ever found,
This dying sinner draped in mow
Held up her prayer without a sound.
But when the holv angel bands
Saw this lone vigil, lowly kept,
They gadiered from her frozen hands
The prayer thus folded, and they wept.
Pome snow-flakes wiser than the rest
foon faltered o'er a thing of clay,
First read this secret of her breast
Then gently robed her where alio lay.
The dead dark hair, made white nith snow,
A still, stark luce, two folded palms,
And (mothers breathe her secret low '.)
Au unborn infant asking ulms.
God kept her counsel ; cold and muto
His steadfast mourners closed her eye,
Her headstone Was an old tree's root,
Bo mine to utter, Here she lies."
DON'T FEET.
Has your ucighbor injured you ?
Dou't frelr
You w ill yet come off the best ;
lie's the most to answer for ;
Never mind it, let it rest.
Don't frot.
lias a horrid lie been told ?
Don't fret
It will run iutelffo death.
If you "ill let it quite alone,
It will die lor want of breath ;
Don't fret.
Are your enemies at work ?
Don't fret
They can't injure you u whit :
If they find you heed them not,
They will soon be glad to quit ;
Dou t fret.
Is adversity your lot ?
Don t fret
Fortune's wheel, keep turning round :
Every sK,ke will reach the top,
Which like you is going down.
Dou't fret.
MISCELLANEOUS.
(From the X. V. Tribune.
CJemi-Offlcial Account of tho Sinking of tho
Cumberland and (Jonm-oas bv tho Mrri.
mac Gon. Mnnsliolda's Description of it 1
Unpublished Incidents of the Fight.
Newi'oiit Nkwk, April 1:1, 1H02.
A man-of-war in a. swoon ! That seems
possible. A stunned frigate, on the ground,
a little way under water, recovering from a
blow, and just about to get breath, ami
have a glorious resurrection and a new tight
shaking off waves and torrents of sea
water, and "sailing in" again at close quar
ters, with howling broadsides of rage.
That certainly must be possible. For look
at this Cumberland, and see the appearance
of merely suspended animation, yet other
wise of readiness for instant battle, which
she presents. Her courses and topsails
lurled upon the glossy black yards with
symmetrical neatness the "style'"' und tatit
ncss of ull her standing and running rigging
the freshness of her tarring the square
ness of her yards the entire abseucc of
every customary indication of wreck. It is
hard to realize that she is a sunken ship,
whipped in battle, and sent down in 45 feet
of water, head foremost.
Rut here she is. Going up to her shrouds
in a boat, you first notice that the spanker
is set, nnd flaps, mostly under water, with
tho motion of the tide that her starboard
studdin'-sail boom is held by the tackling
below, and projects above, loose, as does
also the flying-jib boom, snapped short off,
but held U'low in like manner. Jit every
other respect, tho noble ship looks as if
about to rise from the ground, und shaking
herself dry after her emergence, to open her
wings, whirl on her heel, and head straight
for Norfulk and the mailed Merrimac.
1 wan liermitted to-day the privilege of a
long conversation with the veteran Gen.
Mansfield, about the attack by the Merrimac
ind her consorts. Ins account ot it, w uicii
I carefully placed in iny memory, will have
the interest, though not tho vultte, of an
ofllctul report ; and it is duo to the impor
tance of the affair that it bo mudu public,
even at tho risk of the repetition lu part of
well-known lucts.
Tho Generul said: 'The commanders of
the Cumberland and the Congress, then at
anchor in tho stream, notified mo in the
forenoon thut the Merrimac was approach
ing. I of course instantly niudo prepara
tions to receive her from ashore, as thoso
officers wero doing, to welcome her afloat.
At 3 1 . M. tho Iron-clacl monster passed tue
Congress, giving her two shots as she went
by, wliieu went mrougu ana mrougu nor.
fthe then made a lartro dutour. cot hcudwsv.
and dashed ftraiuht at the CumUirland's
starboard bow. The sett) of all this action
was within mtlo or my batteries, l now
directed Col. Nauuian, my Chief of Artillery,
to open on the Merrimau with four coluuibi
ak and a James's 42 pounder. This fire
m Kept up oo hef Vithout intermission as
. . -. . i i . v:
lis? a sn wm mism ranjrr, run an
constantly, but hor mail txm so porft thst
my shut tnikle no iniprwsjion on htr.' I alao
lml three 8-inch eicpe' howitstorn bauled
down by land from my land bnttPrlc", nnd
brought to bonr on her from the bunk of the
river. I nddud to these the flrfl of two of
1 lownrd's Light Battery rifled guns. Thouirh
the shot from nil of these pieces mined on
her, they bounded from her jilttting like
hail-Moms.
"As soon ns the Cumberland went down
with her formidable butteries, three steamers,
supposed to be the Yorktown, Jnniestown,
and a tit 5. crime down the river under a full
head of stetiin. I turned nil my pons on
them. Uut they were so fur otT (the river
here is four miles w ide,) and their speed was
so great, that 1 could neither stop them nor
disable them. While tho .Cumberland was
sinking, the Congress slipped her cubic,
dropped her foresail, and set her spanker,
and run straight for the shore, just above
Signal Point. Many of her crew esenpod to
the beach in the boats. Ucfore these could
be rowed back, the Merrimac ranged up to
the frigate's stern, and poured hi n raking
fire. Her (lag whs struck immediately. Two
of the three Ht bel steamers then ran along
side, of the Congress, and made fast to her,
on each quarter, apparently with the pur
pose of hauling her olf. As so- n its I saw
this. I ordered Col. Hrown, of the 20th
Indiana, to send his rifle companies, A and
K, tlowti to the beach, and drive these
steamers away. I also sent down two rilled
guns tinder Cnpt. Howard, and n, rilled
Dahlgrcn howitzer manned by Muster Btuy
vesant, nnd fourteen sailors of the Cumber
laud. From a raking position on the beach,
coveted by sand-hills and trees, llrese guns
played ell'ectively on the steamers at about
100 yards. The Indiana riflemen, throwing
themselves upon thei brcotitsw worked for
ward in the sand, loading and firing with
deadly aim us they crawled. The two
steamers quickly let go their lmld on the
Congress and moved out of range, having
undoubtedly received great loss and damage.
They soon came buck, accompanied by a
launch filled with men ; but the gunners and
riflemen again beat them off.
"The Menituae, finding her prize retaken,
now approached nnd tired three hot shot
into her, and then withdrew to the other
side of the river. The Congress was soon
ablaze. The men remaining aboard of her
escaped over her bows, and before dark the
wounded were taken out. It was not until
2 o'clock in the morning that the burning
frigate's magazine exploded. Ucfore this,
at intervals during the night, her 51 shotted
guns went off. One of them sent a ball
through a schooner at the nearest wharf, and
sunk her. Throughout the day my whole
force wus under arms, and my officers nnd
men were engaged in the batteries and on
the bench. 'W herever we had a show of a
chance at anything not covered with twelve
inches or six inches of iron, our brave men
whipped the Rebels, nnd drove them off.
Strange to say, uot one of my cotnmtind was
killed, and but one was wounded 11 private
of the 7th New York, who lost a leg.
"it would have been utterly impossible,
Sir, to have united the fate of the two war
ships. The superiority of the Merrimac over
both, was as decided, as iron is decidedly
stronger than wood."
During this conversation I glanced from
time to time with interest at the evidence
of the passage of a shot through the room
in which (jilt. Manshtkl was sitting. 11c
had indeed a narrow escape.
He had enter- '
til his quarters and sat clown at Ins table lo
write a telegraphic dispatch. While lifting (
his pen, a shell from the Merrimac dashed !
throuoli the aide of his room oimosite bis
chair; made toothpicks of u large black
walnut clothes-press : penetrated with a clean
'cut tho mantle-piece ; carried away about a
quaricr,or lite utick cnininey, aim weni now 1
ing off over the camp. The General was
seated only four feet from the track of this
projectile, ami wasshowered w ifh its passing
compliment of splintcrsnnd dust, lie hears
a charmed life here, as at Fort lJrown, Mon
terey anil litiena Vista.
To return to the Cumberland. She was
"bunted" on her starboard bow as she lav
at anchor. The Merrimac did not recoil,
and was not permitted by her engineer to i
recoil from the shuck. The Cumberland .
was driven back by it till brought up by the, :
full strain upon her cable. Then, the Mem-
mac still pressing upon and goring into her
with her iron horn, the friirutc heeled over
to larboard, nnd.it is supposed, received
the fatal, crushinir wound, into which the !
sea rushed. Let nautical men make' a note
of this.
The loss of life which ensued was partly
due to the battering down of all the hatches
save that leading to the cockpit customary
caution on men-of-war prior to going into
action. Among the incidents of the wreck,
new to me, I was told to-day that before tho
Merrimac backed off from the Cumlierland
two of the crew of the latter jumped for
safety upon the rain's iron roof und in
stantly slid off into the water. It had been
thoroughly slushed with grease. Just before
sho went down, the Cumlicrlnnd's men yet
on her decks took refuge lit tho rigging.
Gen. Mansfield sent orders to the Captain of
tho propeller Weldon, lying at the dock, to
run out and rescue them. He refused to do
it, saying that he would be sunk or taken.
The General took short method with the
coward. He threatened to shoot hitu if he
did not immediately slip his hawser and
savo thoso men. Tho fellow ran out ttud
brought away every one of them.
In tho height ot the tire ot tho batteries
upon the MerrimuC, her flag staff was shot
awav. A trap-door was otiened in her iron
roof, nnd a man emerged and began moving
a straddle of tho ridgo toward the socket of
tho stuff. A ruled cannon shot struck him
in the side, und tore him utterly to pieces.
A fate an mortal overtook um. '
cither tho Yorktown or Jamestown, who
hurried to curry nway our Hug from the Con
gress. Ho had it purtitUly wrapped around
him and wus in the act oi uesccniuug iuu
frigate's siihi, when an ludiana rifleman ly
ing on tho beach caught sight of hiin. Ho
sworo aloud thut tho frigste's flag should
never see Norfolk, and sent his bullet
through tho officer's breast and tumbled
him into floep water. Ho sunk instantly.
It is stated that the United Freshytcrians
are building lour new eaincc in umuu, hn
aro right heartily at work iu many of the
smaller towns.
Tn ISfll the number of Reformed Church
nastors iu Franco amounted to ojj, anu oi
Lutheran, and other l'rotestant denoiuiu
tlOUS, 4JUi UlUSing uivociurr, ,vu
1 t. .U.. 1 AtQ Pri.l.-i.
taut pastors, against 431 in lout).
Tho forty-eighth annuul meeting of the
American Uaptist Missionary Union, is to be
v.,1,1 In l'rovidencc. Rhode Island. May 3 7th.
Vmm a recent anneal by the fecrotary - of
the Society, 130,0(10 U needed lo f lo the
vesr out "l debt.
THE BATTLE OF 8H1LOII.
PAIN'FUI, BCKMIS AS AltMT OF KXTOK
TUB DliAD ANT) WofNDED
Corrctponditiee of the St. Zottt's Republican,
On Thursdny it was impossible to move
without caution, ad dead men were lying
thickly everywhere for miles sometimes, a
dozen irt a space of as many feet. No such
scene, was ever before witnessed in America.
Tho opponent lay as they had fallen, often
the bodies of onu heaped upon tliosu of the
other. Wounded men, mangled horses,
crushed bodies, extended so interminably it
was impossible to pass through them, and
tho visiter would finally be compelk-d to
turn ttntl retrace his steps.
Ruins had soaked the ground and covered
it with pools of water, and sometimes the
wounded could be seen crawling on to the
dead anil lying there to keep off from the
damp earth. Many had died in that posi
tion, and not a few of the deaths were caus
ed by exposure. Physicians ivcrc btiFV,
laboring nobly, but instruments became
blunted and Useless, and surgeons dropped
with fatigue at their posts before a fiftieth
part of the work had been done.
Numbers were drowned bv being unable
to crawl away from the positions where they
had fallen, and in which the water rapidly
collected. Your city readers can form some
idea of the carungc by picturing a walk as
fur from St. f.ouisto the Fair Crounds among
dead and dying, Kt recited away out of sight
on either side. The woods", beyond our
picket guards, arc being now explored, nnd
hundreds of injured, abandoned by the ene
my on their retreat brought in. Every house
between here nnd Corinth isahospita'l. "We
visited several of them and found tho floor
covered with poor wretches, lying in pools
of blood, their urnig or legs torn off. Dnvs
passed without any nourishment, and 111
half the cases death li.nl outstripped the
physicians and was coming to their relief.
Certainly a greater scene of wide-spread
misery never existed. The first day or two
the air was filled wilh groans, sobs, nnd
frenzied curses, but now the sufferers are
quiet ; not from cessation of pain, but mere
exhaustion.
One poor fellow, a boy, who could not
have been over fourteen, was lying against a
tree, a knife in his hand, with'which he had
carved the letters John Dan . The N
was but partially finished, when death had
compelled him to give up the gloomy tak
of carving his own epitaph. The terrible
destruction caused by cannon balls wus evi
dent in the sight of three bodies mangled by
the same shot. The latter, a twclvc-pundiT,
had struck n fourth man, while ho wits evi
dently in a stooping posture, hitting imme
diately on the top of the head, and driving
the fragments of skull downward into the
body, the shot remaining half hidden between
thei shoulders. I saw in three houses near
our outer pickets, and two miles from the
battle-ground, four wounded Rebel captains,
and thirty or forty privates. 1'eauregard, as
lie retreated, bore back with htm his wouud- i
ed, leaving thein iu houses, barns and fence i
corners by the way. It k thus they were '
strewn over so great a space. One of the j
ollicors was being carried to a wagon os we !
stopped, and in the height of delirium waved
an arm above his head, cheering imaginary j
companies on to attack.
It will be a week before all can be collect- j
ed und taken care of, as the further out our
pickets go, the thicker thev find them. 1
ow the battle is over, it lu eoincs a subject
" -..,... ...at m,u nd .
not even greater. I or two days the bullets I
,,ow without cessation, and passed like a 1
-Ulll'. 1,U HIH; (IIL.tlJlL III HUM,
We were unable to find, over the
entire area ol liiiimicas ol acres, where tin;
sternest fire took place, a single tree that
was not scarred. Some had thirty or forty :
bullets imbedded in them, while shot and j
shell had covered the ground with limbs and !
trunks, j
A Xkw Confiscation Rim,. Mr. Cowan J
offend n new Confiscation Rill in the Senate ',
to-day, the uutiu features of which are as ;
follows:
Section first amends the act of 1700, so as 1
to require the Court, on the conviction of a
traitor, to loileit his goods, chattels. &c.
absolutely, and on fund judgment or sentence,
to lortett lus lam Is, Ac, tor lile
Section two provides for the process of
outlawry, forfeiting the goods nnd chattels
absolutely, on pulling
the raitor in the
his hinds, 4c. for
exigent, and forfeiting
life, upon the final iuibrment of outlaw rv.
Section third provides that any person
convicted for treason may give in evidence
under the plea of not guilty, nny proclama
tion of pardon, and if tile jury find the
defendant under it, then it is to' have tho
like effect with a pardon under the seal of
State.
Section four. On conviction by a jury, or
on putting the traitor in exigent, the Mar
shals are directed to discharge all apprenti
ces or servants owing senice to the traitor
for the same.
Section live. Act to take effect first of
June, 1SG2.
Mr. Cowan gave notice that he iutended
to refer this, together with all the otlnr
bills now before tho Scnute, to a Special
Committee.
A Cii'iiKit Dispatch kiiom Dicai iikijaiio.
Wo have been shown a dispatch or mes
sage, in cipher from Ueaurcgard to some
confederate in Washington, which, in addi
tion to thu ingenuity which churaetcrizesthe
cipher, contains intrinsic evidence lmthas to
its origin nnd tho desperate means proposed
by the rebel General for getting piifscssion
of the capital. It seems certain that arson
and assassination were competent parts of
the chivalry of which we heard so much a
of such a dLspaVcl! TEEt itAsj-WAftViW
tender scusibilitv of thoso who adhere to the
Lid glove pblicy in dealing w ith reikis, w ho
flieniselves stickle at nothing in prosecuting
their traitorous schemes. I he message, de
ciphered, reads thus ;
- . ,. .. . - 1 T!l,l . V? .11..
I snail cross tue river uoovc j.huu i uno
on Sunday, at two A. M. Signal red and
white rockets trom Tnmer's II ill. r or tod s
sake don't fail us. Fire the city at all points
agreed tin at once. Dispatch Lincoln and
tjeott as you suggest, and let the execution
of our plot bo period.
1 t A Vlt KlIAKU.
We may add that the message above
priuted was found undercircumstances which
vcrirv it an auuiciuic anu ircnuiuu. xi in m
the hands of a gentleman of this city, and is
highly prized as au Important iu tlio enaiii
of evidence which w ill iro to condemn treason
when history shall inuke up the account.
Ji, I . J'wet.
The New York Bible Bocldy during the
past year distributed among tue men com
.rising one hundred and thirty-nine rrgi
inent, 8V30I vluttio of the fVnpturts.
ShUoh Field an Hour After tho Battle.
It was curious to sec the strategy resorted
to by some of the wounded Rebels, or their
friends. While surveying tho killed and
wounded In a thickly wooded locality, but
where trunks of lurge trees lay about in a
half-rotten state, I stepped upon one to look
about the ground, and, hearing something
move at my feet, looked down upon what
was evidently tho figure of a man, covered
up by a blanket, and lying close up along
side the log. Tho ground was thickly
strewn about him with bodies, many of
whom I found to be only wounded. Lifting
the blanket from the wounded man's face,
as I dismounted from the log, he immediately
faltered out, "Oil. sir, I'm wounded; don't
hurt me, my leg is broken anil Fill w cold
and wet."
Within three feet of this wounded Seces
sionist lay a dead Unionist, with his hair
and w hiskcrs burned off. Just at this period
two or three of our men came up. and
observing the horrid spectacle of their ch ad
brother-in-nrms, with his hair, whiskers and
clothes so burned, addressed the wounded
man referred to in violent terms, accusing
him of aiding in setting fire to their com
rade. For a moment 1 felt apprehensive
that they might retaliate, but upon his
assuring them that many on both sides were
burned in a similar manner, quiet was soon
restored. I soon learned thtit the leave and
dead undergrowth had been fired in various
places by tho explosion of shells, and ttlso
by burning wads, the fire communicating to
the bodies, burning them shockingly. Home
of the wounded must have been burned to
death, as I observed one or two lying upon
their backs, with their hands cros-tcd before
the face, as a person naturally does when
smoke or heat beeouies annoying.
Keplacing the blanket over the face of the
wounded man, I proceeded to step over
another log near by, nnd was considerably
startled by a loud exclamation of pain from
another wounded Uebel. Having stepped
on n small stick that hurt a wounded limb
of his by its sudden movement, he was
compelled to cry out. He, too, was snugly
laid up in ordinary, close alongside a fallen
tree. His wound was serious, and the poor
innii begged for some assistance. The only
thiug I could do was to get him a little
water nnd promise that somebody would
soon come to his relief. I do not think he
received any, however, before the following
day, as it was more than wc could do to
attend to our own suffering men. night being
near. "What will you do witli us C said
the wounded man to me. "Take you, dress
your wounds, give you plenty to eat, and in
all probability, when you are able, require
you to take the oath of ulh giance, and then
send you home to your family, if you have
one."
"Oh, God !'' replied the suffering man ;
"I have a family, sir, and that's just w hat
my old woman told me. She said if the
Northern men was so ugly and bad as our
Generals says, they must ha' changed a heap."
Occasionally there was a pause, accompanied
by a distorted countenance, that show ed the
painful character of his wound. "Stranger,"
continued the prostrate man, "I've got six
little boys at home, nnd the biggest just
goes of errands. I live on the IJiver,
in Alabama (the name sounded so peculiar
that I w as not able to recollect it l ; 'taint
further than that cottonwood, from the bank,
where my house stands.'' "What has your
wife to maintain the family with, or does
the State help them i" said 1. "O, she's
'shifty,' my wife is, stranger, she's mighty
'shifty;' she's a Northern born woman, and
her father lives in Wisconsin now. I never
was North before ; I married my wife in
Alabama."
I was obliged to leave this mau, who pos
sessed an under-current of nobility, although
his superficial knowledge had ullowcd him
to follow the fortunes of his base leaders.
He persisted in saying, as I left him, that he
was certain he never had killed a man.
Perhaps a liner opportunity has not for
many generations occurred, than that after
the buttle, for the studv of attit titles. There
was thcyold man, his locks sprinkled with
grey, kneeling beside a stump, us if in the
attitude of prayer, his face now resting in
his hands and head reclining on the top,
apparently having gone to sleep i:t death
while in the act of devotion. A ghastly
wound in tho side told of his end.
Another powerful-looking man had just
placed a cartridge in the muzzle of his gun,
and had the ramrod in his right hand, as if
about to ram it down. Death caught him
in that moment, and as he lay wilh upturned
lace, the right hand clenched the gun, and
the left one the ramrod. There were many
ustances similar to this last. One soldier
had loaded his piece, and paused to lake a
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gun, and in his rig it hand was a lint plug of
tobacco, bearing the imprint ot teeth.
Iu one place lay nine men, four or five of
ours nnd ubout its many ltebels, who, from
indications, must have liad u hand to burnt
fight. They were dead und bore wounds
mndc evidently with bayonets and bullets.
Two hud hold of anotlur's hair, and others
wero clenchrd in a variety of w ays. Cine
seemed to have had a gripe in the throat of
his antagoius , and been compelled to reiin-
qtllhli it, judging llolil the Ingld murks.
iho most singular ut tit udoot any that I have ! Smith to hurry forward and ussist in tho
ever observed w as that of one I nio.i soldier, ! work ,, ,lu, jvi,litor. The Kon of tllU
the position ot whose body was similar to veteran officer was in command of the Con
that ot a boy s when he is playing at leap-1 n. llIul klht hN ifu on tlwt lUtu, yu,uri,aTi
i10?' I The younger Smith had repeatedly written
Some had lain down quietly with their to tho naval authorities at Washington, ex
heads resting against a sttinti) or trie, their j pressing his fears for the consequences of au
caps resting on their faces, and had thus tlieil , attack from the Merrimac, und urging plans
alone and unattended. Yet the calmness for guarding against it. When tho elder
nnd repose of the counteiianc.e, us one raised , Smith aw by the first dispatch from Fortr
the covering, indicated a peaceful departure .' Monroe that the Congress had raised thu
tM..lJie spirit world. Death caused bv a
a bursting shell, bayonet orsword curry wi.lt
them a horror that rcuia
llllS UepiClCU ill
death.
It was an excellent t""?.'' P
n it,.. .1 tli.rent ni tterns. I think, must nave
" --" i --- - . . .
been there, and in such large v ai ic v t Ut t
Amu even could nave umim '""-" ;
lirerino rifle There were me uaipei
Ferry rifles old and new pattern ; Springfield)
ritW with' the Mavnard primers ami with-1
swords of various patterns, recking witu
blood ; brokcu and bent i-cabbards, partial
ly discharged revolvers, and military trap
pings in such endless variety, that to have
possessed them would have been the lortune
of any individual.
luthe cleared field fronting tho peach
orchard, before referred toya variety of bul
leU might have been gathered -and even
the following day- as they were lying '"lt
Hrhei. Gi:serau. Never, wc apprehend
in tho annals of warfare, was a body of gen
eral oflicyg o calamitous. Scarcely an
important engagement in the whole war In
which sntufi oue of them had not been either
killed, wounded, captured, disgraced or
.whipped. The list is long and instruo
tive :
Hubert S. Gnniett, killed nt Laurel Hill,
liernand E. llec, killed nt Bull Tbin.
Francis S. Bartow, killed at Lull Hun.
Felix K. Zollicoffer, killed at Logan'
Field.
lien M'Ciilloch, killed nt Tea Kidgo.
James M'Intosli, killed at Tea Hidgo.
Aioert ts. .lonnsoti. Killed at I'lttsburg.
Phillip St. George Cooke, killed by sui
cide. Edmund K. Smith, wounded at Bull
T!un.
Thomas C. Hindman, wounded at Pitts
burg. B. F. Cheatham, wounded at Pittsburg.
Sterling Price, wounded nt Pea Itidgo.
BusliMd 11. Johnson, wounded at Pitts
burg. Leyal Tilplmtn, captured at Fort Henry.
Simon Bolivar Buckner, captured at Fort
Donelsoii.
W. M. Makall, captured nt Island No. 10.
J. N. Walker, captured nt Island No. 10.
P. Schmim, captured at Island No. 10.
John B. Floyd, disgraced tit Fort Donel
Bon. Gideon J. Pillow, disgraced at Fort
Donelsou.
George B. Crittenden, disgraced at Mill
Spring.
William H. Carroll, disgraced at Mill
Spring.
Henry A. Wise, disgraced everywhere.
Richard Drajton, whipped nt Port Hoyal.
S. K. Anderson, whipped nt Cheat Mount
ain. Humphrey Marshall, whipped at Pound
Gay.
Braxton Bragg, whipped ut Penjacolnand
Pittsburg.
Earl Van Dorn. whipped nt Pen P.idgo.
Lawrence O'B Branch, whipped at Now
bern. James Jackson, whipped at Winchester.
P. G. T. Beauregard, whipped ut Pitts
burg. William J. Hardee, ran from Bowling
Green.
I.couidas Polk, ran from Columbus.
Joseph E. Johnston, ran from Manassas.
Gastavus W. Smith, ran from Manassas.
Was there ever such a melancholy list of
unfortunates. Of them not less than twenty
were educated ut West Point, nt theexpecso
of the Government. At least six have been
members of Congress, and others in various
ways honored by the Government, they havo
mat Ic such disust rous efforts to destroy. They
have served their own evil passions, and
truly thev httve had a hard master.
The following named States have a doublo
headed Government, some rovino and others
stationary :
Statu.
Cormier
( Berian Magoffin,
( George AV. Johnson,
Hamilton B. Gambia,
( Claiborne F. Jacksun,
Kentucky,
Missouri,
-Marble Nash Taylor,
North Carolina, ) Henry T. Clark."
t Andrew Johnston,
Tennessee, ) Ishum G. Harris,
Francis II. Picrpoiit,
Virginia, ) John Letcher.
Lkttkii kkom a D i so r st ud HiiutL. The
following extracts from a letter found by the
men of our flotilla on their late trip up tho
Uappahannock, are full of interest. Tho
writer is Thomas B. Uuane. of Tiippahannock,
a Captain in the Kcltcl Army :
Taitauvvnoi k, March 21, 1?02.
Hear : I did not rectivc your let
ter of the Mill tilt., until about the S'sth, and
then 1 was lying on u bed of sickness, ut
camp. Our company hits for the last four or
five months done the duty of three compa
nies. We now have n line of vidette couri
ers from the lower end of Middlesex to
Fredericksburg, a distance of one hundred
miles; besides wc-have three posts nt L'rbatt
ua, and a picket starion twelve miles below
the place on earth. Ah, me, we
have seen the very devil since October I
1, through mistake, directed your letter to
Fredericksburg, and there it is a real jaw
buster. Your infernal, cowardly nrmy are contin
ually "back ing, backing, and backing dow n,"
until, by , I believe you will nut stop
short of the territory line," und there, you icili
eitiittrfnti: I never know where to w"ri!e to.
1 reckon liiehnioml is the safest place and
' ...i h.iii, nun
bui.-i iiueciion ior uu tellers now. iVlim
will your brigade reach Richmond. Hut in
. whl.re d()).s riu. of Man
,.M.(.t , m.lkt, ., ti,1Kl gtant, ', j flrm)y b()
j 'ieve Virginia and Tennessee are to lie given
j up w ithout one etlort of defence. Judge, I
j am uisgtisicu wiui our namby pa why Uocern-
Mi nt -eternally retreating and acting on tho
defensive, like one man holding up his arms
whilst utiother cowhides him right nnd left.
Tim Noiii.k Son of a Noiu.k Sum : Thu
j jjostoll .1(Itr((r ,,rillU tt communication
,,.s. ribin.r the ellurt-. ,.f i v. . !..,.. I i.
. white flag he only rcinarked iiuietlv, "Joe's
or V .U
j piuimil .'". mn.t
I so uttered, nor ever gave thut son to his
ti-,- u'tlli iiiitn, 'liti'i'fiil nml entire ile.VO-
tion. 'And the sad ...suranco was well
, , .
i Miumcii. l tie nug was uor, urucs.
No Hkaut In It. The correspondent of
The ,,, TmrctUr writes of the surrender
of Pulaski :
The guns of the fort were poorly worked,
Imtli iu accuracy and quickness, and the
reason therefor 'has liceu made apparent
siueo tho oceupaliou of it by our troops.
Upon delivering up the fort and tho garri
son as prisoners of war, several of the ltebti
otlieers remarked that we had got tho fort,
but should have to fight bttoro getting
Savunuuh. Tho Kcbels acknowlexlge that a
large majority of tho garrison w ere impressed
int.. id., u.rvin- i.n.1 bad no tu-ait in the
' tight, most of them finally refusing to work
iT. i ... jcfc.nM Thv rrr r" 'r
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