OF TIIK "AJmRICA." TWO DOLLARS per annum. $2 JO if .hin the year. Mo paper discontinued laragoi are paid. ns will bo itrlotly adhered to hereafter. tors neglect or refuse to take tbalr news--the office to which they lire directed, they ole until they here sottlod the bill end in discontinued. rs will please ct h our Agents, and s containing subscription money. They d to do this under the l'oet Oflioo L.w. OB FJEtlNTINO. oonnectcd with our establishment a well I )li OFFICE, whit will enablo us to . the neatest style, every variety of iALTIMoBE CK HOSPITAL. 3HED AS A REFUGE FROM QUACK ERY. SLY PLACE WHERE A CURE CAN BE OBTAINED. IIXSTON has discovered the most Certain, ly and only Effectual Remedy in tho all Private Iiiseases, Weakness of the Back Strictures, Affections of the Kidneys and nvoluntary Discharges, Iinpotenoy. Gene y Nervousness, liyspcpsy. Languor, Low iifusion of Ideas, Palpitation of tho Heart, I'rcinhlings. Dimness of Sight or Giddiness, the Head, Throat, Nose or skin, Affections x, Lungs, Htomach or Bowels thorns Terri lirs arising from tho Solitary Habits of .we secret olid solitary practices more fatal etims than tho song of Syrens to the Ma 'Ivsses, blighting their most brilliant hopes ni'lions, rundcring marriage, Ac, uuiKissi- voixj mi:: : who hnva become the victims of Solitary t dreadful and destructive habit which sweeps to an untimely gravo thousands of ;n of tho most exulted talents and brilliant who might othcrwisehave entranced listen o with the thunders of eloquence or waked tho living lyre, may call with full con- m vititiM.r:. d Persons, or Young Men contemplating . bring aware of physical weakness, organic deformities, kv.. speedily cured, o places himself under the care of Dr. J. .rhwsly Confide, in his honor as a gcnilemau, dev.tly rely upon his skill as a Physician. Kcii a: iv. w v. ii ileiy Cured, and Full Vijror Restored. Diftressiiitf Affection which renders Life ami iiinrringo impossible is tho penalty lie vletiinsol'iinproper indulgences. Young lire t o upt to commit excesses from not .lire of tho dreadful eonstMjuences. tliat mny Now, who that understands the subject will t't deny that tlm power of procreation is lnt y those falling into improper habits than by ivTit ' llesides being deprived the pleasure oy ofl-'T'ri!ig Ihe most serious and destructive to noih hodv and mind arise. The sv-oom i lieran;;e:l. Ihe Phvi-iettl and Mental Kunc e;'lfeie'd. I.t.Js ot ProiTi'iitive Power. Nervous liiv. Dyspepsyji. Vnlpiliition ot the Itv.-irf. lion, (.Vnstilntional Debility, a Wasting of me. Cough. Consumption, Decay and J until, i'. ,'V. 1 WoiHh I'rosl'Tls-K Slrwl i. l -id:i going from llalliinorn street, a few i!m tlm coiner. Fail not to observe uaiuu. tni.r. i- raj list 1,.. j.nid nnd contain a stamp. The i 'ij iomas hei' in lii- oPiee. tti: w.tvsKHA.vrnw im two SSAVX. No Mn-i-i-rv nr nixtniii nrnj!?. r of ihe Koynl College of Surgeons. London. ite from one of Ihe most euiineiit College in ii-d Mutes, and the greater port of whose lite . n spent in ti:e hospitals of London. Paris, elpl.ia and elsewhere, bus effected some of ..-t i.-t.. wishing cures tb'it wore ever known; noubkd with rinsing in the head nnd ears asleep, great nervousness, being alarmed at i sounds. hushfulnoss, wilh frviuent blushing, i 1 son'. linu'S with derangement of mind, were iiimiciialelv. iSJ MASs -TK'M.AEC OTICI!. ,1. addresses .ill those who have inpiro I them, i.v improper iiclolneii'-c and solitary haliits. .ruin both body nii.I mind, uiillitiug them for . busiio's. s'n.ly, soeiely nr marriage. !K are some of the f:ol and inelaleholy effect .eel by earlv hiihiis nf youth, viz: Weakness of i. U and Limits. Pains i the Head. Himnees of . Loss of Muscular Power. Palpitation of tliu t. Dvs'ieiwy. Nervous Irritability. Derangement liige-livu Functions, tlvnernl Debilily, Symp ,,t ronstiiiiplioti. Ac. cm u.i.v. 'J'lic fearful effects on the mind arc i lo be. dreaded Ijts of Memory, Confusion of s. lu j rt s-i -ii ol Spirits. J. 11-l'orelioiinigs. Aver l, S,.eietv. Self-Distrust. Love of Solitude, dtty, "c are some of Ihe evils produced. lorsAXits of persons of all ages can imw judttc is I lie cause of their declining health, losing vi.ir. becoming weak. pale, nervous and iat "d. having u singular appearance about tho , cough iiutl symptoms of consumption. y8 ni: t have injured themselves by a certain practice ilid in when alone, a habit frequently learned n evil companions, or at school, tho effects of eh ere higluly fell, even w hen asleep, and if not d renders marriage impossible, ami destroys i in:iid mid body, should upply immediately, t'l.at u pity that a young man. the hope of his ntry. Ihe darling of his parents, should he snatched ii nil prospects and enjoyments of life, by tho -etiie1iee of deviating from Ihe path of nature I indiilginsHii a certain secret habit uch persons sr, before contemplating .MA It lA(al'. . lect Hint a sound mind and body are the most essnry requisite Ui promoti connubiul happiness, leed without these, the journey through life be lies h weary pilgrimage; the prospect hourly i kens to the view ; tin; mind becomes shadowed i!i despair an d tilled with the melancholy rellcc ,n that the hiippiness of another become blghtud ill our own ejs:asi: ov 11:1111 ii:a'i M'hen the misguided and imprudent votary of ensure finds that he has imbibed the seeds of this linful disease, it t fien happens that an ill-timed use of shame, or dread of discovery, ileters nun 0111 iiiuilvinir to those who. fvom education and ! poctaliility. cull alone befriend him. delaying till ie constitutional symptom of this horrid diseuo like. Iheir appearance, such as ulcerated sore iro.it. diseased nose, nocturnal pains in the head nd limbs, dimness of sight, deafness, nodes on tho oin bones and arms, blotches on the head, face and xtri inities. progressing with frightful rapidity, till I la.-t tliu palate of the mouth or the bones of the e.su full in. and the victim uf this awful diseuse econ.es a horrid object of commiseration, till ilenlli uts a period to bis dreadful sufferings, by sending liiu tit that Undiscovered Country from whence uu Tin idler returns.'' It is amimiiiiili furl that thousands full victims to this terrible disease, owing to tho unskillfulnesN of igoorant pretenders, who. by the use of that Dtailly J'oisuti. Mercury, ruin the constitution and make tho residue of lifo miserable. Kl'UAA4i:ilM Trust not your lives, or health, to tho care of the many Unlearned and Worthless Pretenders, destitute of knowledge, name or character, who copy Dr. Johnston's advertisements, or style themselves, in tho newspapers, regularly Educated Physicians, incapable of Curing, they 'keep you trifling month after month taking their filthy and poisonus com pounds, nr as long as the smallest fee can be obtained, and in despair, leave you with ruined health to sigh over your gulling disapjioiutment. Dr Johnston is the only Physician advertising. His oi.xlential or diplomas always hang in his office. Ills remidies or trcatemeut aro unknown to all jihers. prepared frrffn a life fcpeut in the great hog Bitals of Europe, the first in thu country and more .xtensive Private Practice than any other Physician n the world. iMiti!ii;vi" or Tin: lStI'.WM The many thousands cured at this institution year after year, and tho numerous important Surgical tiperutinns porforinod by Dr. Johnston, witnessed by the reporters of the 'Sun," 'Clipper," and mauy other papers, notices of which have appeared again and again before the public, besides his standing as a gentleman of character and responsibility, u a ...I1I..1..., fstmrnnten to the atilicted. Mil 11KAWI-:KE111.Y 41 iti:i. Persons writing should be particular in diroeting their lettersU.hu Institution, in tho following uianer .ittin 11. .loii.wro, m. ., Of the Baltimore Lock Hospital, Baltimore, Md. April 2, lB'il ly. . .11 a 'rriiiw vox, 1 1 .vm nt Ijiv, No. 10 Cor. Fulton and Broadway, New York. Will carefully at .teud to collwtionj and all other matters intrusted to their e&re. . , ISept. D,1HJ. FLOUR & FEED STORE. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. THE subscriber respectfully Inform 1 the publlo that he keeps constantly on hand at his new WAHKJIOl'SK. near th rJbaiuokin Valley Kailroad lxis-tt, iu tSUNlH'UY, flour by the barrel and sack, nd all kinds of Feed by the ton The above is all matuifuuturod at his own Mills, and iiill bo sold at the lowest cash prices. - JMCAUWALtAPtn. Ifiililury, Jup.e 1. JS61 Sin SMBUEY PUBLISHED EVERY. SATURDAY MORNING, BY II. NEW SERIES, VOL. 1, NO. JONES HOUSE, Corner Market street nnd Market Equate, HARRISBTJRO,'PA., Acknowledged a First Clnsa IIouso. - THE Trnpriotor would most respectfully onll tho attention of tho citizens of Sunhury and tho sur rounding country, to the accommodations of bis hnuso, assuring them they will find everything that can contribute lo their comfort. It is situated far enough from the Depot to avoid the noiso and cnnl'u sinn incident to railroad stations, and at tho sumo timoonly a few minutes walk from Ihe same. An Omnibus will be found at tho Stations on Ihe arrival of each train C. II. MANN, Proprietor. April 0, 1304. 3m C. G. BRUCE. Aiitltorizs'il War linlm Oflicen. Washington, D. O. I Cleveland, Ohio. 413 Nintu SrHf.KT. I No 1, LvMAx'a Block. Opposite Pension Office. Near tho Court Houso. l'ubllsihcs the Army Herald. . and collect TENSIONS, BOUNTY, BACK TAY, Prize-money and all other A. Claims. We pay especial attention to claims in which other attoriicvs have FAILED, or w liieh havo been SI SPKNDEfi. Wo havo already collected and paid over to soldiers and their heirs over S.'tllO. lllirt, and are paying thousands doily.. No charge unless suceessliir. Write us, and we w ill send you a copv of our paper, free. WE COLLECT from Slim to I00 Cash Bounty. We do our business withiii t iiki.av April 2, isr,j TO CONSUMEltS OF rilllE undersigned denier in Cor.l from the follow 1 ing well known Collieries is prepared to receive orders lor the same at the Lowest .Market Kates, vi,: MDUDKCAUS DIAMOi'D 311 NKS liliAVS l'AIMUSII ('0"f " . CUNSOI.Ili.VTKD CO'S He is nlso prepared to furnish tho ltaIlitiioi--4 o's 4Y!e!ral-l 4 '!, .iimp tinil 1'n'jiriit'l. On tho line of the Su5tuchannn Hiver nnd Havre do Grace, ile has made urrangemcnls for the best P1TT3TON AKD PLYMOUTH COALS, Wliie.h ho is prepared to deliver on board Dual at Northumberland, or by Cars over Northern Ccnlf") Kailroad. and on Ihe iino of tho Philadelphia and J''rie Hiiilroad, on the best terms. , Ile is prepared to fill all Orders with despatch, n.nd respectfully s.ilicits.ordcrs from the Trade. Address JOHN .McFAIll.AND. i Aj.ril II. lsi',. Northumberland, Ph. j Pl"!'A:tS 4 l.O'l'H .' St SX4ai:i The ONLY reliable self-Adjusting Wringer. No Wood-Work to Swell or nlit. No Thumb-Screws to get out of Order. W'nrranted with or without Co-Whccls. It took thcFlllSTPIIK.MH'M nt Filly-Seven Slato 1 and County Fairs in isiill. and is. without an cxecp. ! tion the best Wringer ever made, j Patented iu the I'nile.l Stales, Lowland. Canada, J and Australia. Sample rinc r sent, Express paid, on receipt of i Price. Energetic agents can make Iroin J to HI Hollars per day No. 2 .i't..i. No 1.S7..M1. No. 1'. SS.ii) No. A.?" .'til. Manufactured and sold, wholesale and retail, by 'Jill-: PITN A M .MAM FACTl'Hl.NU CD.. ' No. 1. 'I Piatt Street. New Vork. and Cleveland, Ohio. S. C. NOKTHKOI', Agent. WHAT EVEHIiOHY KNOWS, vi: That Iron well gnlvnnucd will not rust ; 'Unit a simple machine is heller than u complicated one ; That rf wringer should bo self-adjusting, durable, ami etliedellt . That 'I huuili-Serew s and Fastenings cause delay and trouble to regulate Mint keep iu order ; That wood bearings for tho shaft to run in will wear out ; That the Putnam Wringer, with or without cog wheels, w ill not tear the clothes-; That cog-wheel regulators arc not essential ; Ttiat the Putnam Wringer lias nil tho ndiantiiges nn luot one of the dis nlvunliiges above named : Thai all w ho have tasted it, pronounce it thu best Wringer ever made : That it will wring a Thread or a Hcd-tjui'.t wilhout alteration. We might fill the paper w ilh testimonials, but in sert only a few to c tminco the skeptical, if such tiiere be : and we suv to all, test Putnam's Wringer. 'l','"t it TIIOII'il'dH'l.Y with ANY and ALL others, nun it not entirely suiisirciory. reiuru u. Pi tsam Maxi-kacti ii i mi Co : Gentlemen ; 1 know from practical experience that iron well gulvanuol witli giuc will not oMizc or rust one particle. The Putnam Wringer is as near perfect as possihlc, and I can cheerfully re commend it to be Ihe bitsl in use itespucttuMv yours, JNU. W. WIIKKI.LU. Cleveland. Ohio. Many years' experience in tliu galvanizing busi ness enalile uiu.to indorse the above stutemeut ill ail particulars. JNO. C.LKFFEKTS, No. Hid Ueekman Street. Now York,. January, Srt4. We have tested Putnam's Clothes Wringer by practical working, and know that it will do. It is cheap ; it is simple ; it requires no room, whether at work or at rest ; a child can operate it ; it does its duty thoroughly ; it saves time ami it saves wear and tear. We earnestly advise all who have much washing to do, with intelligent persons who have any, to buy this Wringer. It will pay for itselt in a veur at mom. June 18, 1861 . i II II.UJ I I'L. l)L' 1 l lion HORACE UKfcKUEY. COTTAGE ORGANS. ABE not only unequalled, but they are absolutely unequalled, by any other Keed Instrument in the country. Leaigned expremly for Churches and Schools, thuy are fuund to be equally well adapted to the parlor and drawing room. For sale only by E. .M. UKUCE, Ku. 18 North Boventh street, Philadelphia. lyAlso ltradbury'a Pianos, and a oomplete as sortment of the Perfect MELUDKOX. Kept. It, lstil. ly w BOARDING HOUSE. IrlltN. M1HI1 ''llUMPNU., (Formerly of the ' Lawrence House,") 8 VNDUlt Y, PENN'A. INFORMS her frionds and the publio generally that she has refitted the houso formerly occupied by llr. J. W. l'eale, on illaekberry street, near the Northern Central Railway Uepot, and ojiened a Boarding; House, where sue is prepared to keep PKKMANE.NT AMU THANSIENJT BOAKDEKs! With good aooksand waitors. hour Jurs oau enjoy the uuiet eouifurU of home with fare equal to the best notels. Putruuu 'it from those who may sojourn In Sunbury , to respootfuliy solicited. Mr. MARIA TU0MPS0N. Fuubury, Oct 22, lil . 12. MISCELLANEOUS. I.ibby IMIkoii. ITS ArrKAItANCB liXTF.ltlOH AND INTLKIOIl DEBCHll'TIOM OF MAJOll TUlm--.Il, 1T9 KEErEll KMP, DARK, DESOLATION. "Etlmiitul Kcrko," who, it will be remem bered, visiteil nieliiiiotnl early lust summer, ns an aincUier peueu cfitiunissiuncr, gives iu the December Atltmtti tin nccotiut of his visa to tuc iar-iunitii J.ihiiy l'nsoii. 11 is so well written, uud give3 such a eleur idea of I.IH9 living-toiub to so iiiiiny of our bravo soldiers, that we do our readers an injustice) if wo do not present thein with its leading features. "Kcrkts" had visited tho (jtato Department, talked with the magnates there, supped, slept, anil breakfasted at the bpotts wood, and early iu the morrting he strolled out through the deserted streets, in the direc tion of the prison, accompanied by Judge Otild. At last, he goes on to say, wo reach ed a dingy brick building, from one corner of which protruded a small sign, bearing, in black letters uu a white ground, the words : l.IUr.Y AND SON", CHIP f:llAM)I.I-;nS AND t.HlKKKH. It was three stories high, and, I was told, eitrlitv teet in wiillli, nml a liuuilieo' null ten in depth. In front, the first story was on a level with the stiect, allowing space for a tier of diinocons under the sidewalk; but in the rear the land sloped away till the basement floor rose above the ground. Its unpuinted walls were scorched to a rusty lirown, anil its sunken doors and low win dows, filled here and t litre with a dusky pane, were cobwebbed mil weather stained, giving the whole building a most uninviting and ill solute appearance. A flaxen haired boy, in ragged butternuts and a Union cap, and an old man, in grey regimentals, with a bent body and a limping gait, were pacing to and IVo before it, with muskets on their slmuMii-rs, but no other soldiers were in sight. Opening n door lo the right, wc went in to a large high studded apartment, with a I are Hoof and greasy brown walls, hung round with battle sprues anil cheap litho graphs of the rebel leaders. Several otlicers in 'sL-eession gray" were lounging about this loom, and one of them, a short, slight ly built, jotithl'ii!-'. wiking man, rose as wc entered, and in a half pompous, half-obsequious w.iy, said to Jtidgi; uld : "Ah 'M'o Jonel, (Juki, I am very glad to see vou. The . Tit do returned stati liness t.'.'at was with his usunl I'r.inU a ul 'hen iulroJiu "l "iJaior Turner, kee ,.' the greeting with a in si liking contrast ntul toidhil i.ioiia.i, the otlieer fo us as r of thu hibl.y." I ha. i hea liu tatii-e I of him, and it'Waa with some re that I look his proU'ered hand. j Iluwevt-r, I did lake it, ;ind at the same I tim - luiiiirel : 1 "Are you related lo Dr. Turner, of Favcttc vd e ' I '"Xo, sir. I am of the old Virginia faMii : ly.'' (I never fuel a negro - hipper nor u ! 1 .ctji'o-ti ailer who ilid not belong to that family.) "Ate you a Xorih Carolinian V -No, sir." llefote I could say another word the .Iitdge said : '-.No Major; these gentlemen hail from Georgia. They arc stranger here, and I'll lhauk you to show them over the prison." "Certainly, Colonel, most certainly. I'll do it with great pleasure." And the little man bustled about, put on his cap, gave a few orders to his subordin ates, unci then lt d us through another out side door into the prison. We entered a room about forty feet wide and a hundred feci deep, with bare brick walls, a rough plank Hour, and narrow, dingy windows, to w hose sash only a few broken panes were clinging. A row of tin wash - basins and a wooilt 11 trough which served as a bathing- tub were at one end of it, and half a dozen ! cheap stools and hard bottomed clours wile littered about the flour, but it had no other furniture. And this room, with five others j of a smaller size and appointments, mid two liiisoiiieiits tlooreil w ith earth anil tilled w ith thbrin, compute the famous J.ibby prison, iu which for months together, thousands of the best and bravest men that ever went to bat tle have been allowed to rot and to. starve. At the date ot our visit, not more than a hundred prisoners were iu the Libbv, its contents having recently been emptied into a worse sink 111 (.norgia; but almost con stantly bince the war began, twelve and sometimes thirteen hundred of our otlicers have bceii hived within those half dozen desolate rooms and tilihy cellars, with a space of only ten feet by two allotted to each for all the purposes of living. Overun with vermin, perishing with cold, breathing a stilled, tainted utmosphcrc, r.o space al lowed them to rest by day, uud lying -.down at night "wormed 'and dovetailed together like fish in a basket" their daily rations only two ounces of Btale beef and a small lump of hard coru bread, and their lives the forfeit, if they caught but one streak of Cod's blue sky through those filthy win dows they have endured there nil tho hor rors of a middle passage. My soul sickened as I looked on the scene of their wretched ness. And while thesis thoughts were iu my mind the criuging, foul-mouthed, bru tal, contemptible rullian w ho had caused all this misery, stood within two paces of me 1 I could have reached out my hand, nnd with half an ctfort crushed him, und 1 did not do it I Some invisible power held my arm, for murder was in my heart. "This is where tho Yankeo devil, Strcight, that raised hell go among you down in Geor gia, got out," said Turner, pausing before a jut in the wall ofXho room. "A flue was here, yon see, but we've bricked it up. They took up the hearth, let themsclves down into the basement, and then dug through the wall und eighty feet under ground, into tho yard of a deserted building over tho way. If you'd like to see the place step down with mu." We decended a rough plank stairway and entered the basement. It was a dump, dismul place, and even then-iu hot July wcutlicr-us cold us an ice-house. What must it have been in midwinter! The kecer led us along the wall where Streight and his party had broken out, and then suid : "It is three feet thick, but they went through it and all the way under the street with only a few case knived and a dust-pan.' "Whar' the keepVl" I asked, adopting the Georgian dialect, in couseipicnce of a hint from Judge Ould. "W got lot o' 'em haiut yet" "Xo; only su; step this way, and I'll show von," IUIASSER & E. WILVERT, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER The dungeons were low, close, dismal apartments, about twelve feet square, board ed oil' from the remainder of thu cellar, and lighted by a narrow grating under tho side walk. The Hours were encrusted with tilth, nnd tho walls stained and damp with thu rain, which, in wet weather, und dropped down ftom the street. "And how many docs ye comonly lodge, here, when your hotel's full?" I asked. 'I hisvc had twenty in each, but fifteen is about as many as they comfortably hold." "I rcconj And then tho comfut moughtn't bo much ter brag on." The keeper soon invited us to walk into the adjoining basement. 1 was a few steps in advance, taking n streight course to tho entrance, when a sentinel, pacing to and fro in the middle. of tho npaitment, leveled his musket so us to bar my way, saying' as he did so : 'Ye caift't pass yere sir. Ye must gwo round by the wall." This drew my arteution to tho spot, and I noticed that a space about fifteen feet square, in tho centre of tho room, and di rectly in front of tho sentinel, had been dug up recently with n spade. While in ail other places the ground was trodden to the hardness and color of granite, this spot seemed to be soft, and hud the reddish-yellow hue of tho "sacred soil." Another sentry was pacing to and fro on its? other side, so that tho place was completely, surrounded. Why were they guarding it so closely? The reason Hashed upon me, and I said "to Tur uer : "I say, how many bair'lshas ye in that?-' "Knough to blow this shanty to ," ho j answered, curtlv. J,llll, iui 111, Ho said no more, but that wa enough to reveal the black, teething hell and rebel lion has brewed. Can there be any peace with miscreants who thus deliberately plan the murder, at one swoop, of hundreds of urannad and inuocci.t men? Iu this room seated on the ground or leaning against the walls, were aliout a dozen rwor te owa who the jiMlgo told me were hostages, held for a JUt HW.l 'II ,'vllll IITIIIIUS 11 Jill similar number under sentence of death bv our government. Their dejected, homesick look, and weary, listless manner, disclosed some of the borrows of imprisonment. "Let us go," I said to the Colonel; "I have had enough of this." "Xo, vou must see the un stairs." said Tunner. "It ain't so tzloomy up there." It was not so trloomv. for some little sun light did come through the dingy windows; but the few. prisoners in the upper rooms wore the same sad. disconsolate look ns those in the lower storv. 'It is not hard fare or close quarters that kills men,' said Judge Ould to me; 'it is homesickness, nnd the strongest und the bravest succumb to it first.' iu i.ie siihoi ttte aitic window 1 lound aJ tuintiie ball, rrvint: it out with niv kuile. 1 .1:..' ,i.;,.;ict; ,L Up to 1 uriicr, I said : 'So je keeps this room forshootin' gallery do -s ye V 'Yes,' he n plied, laughing. 'The boys practice once iu a w hile on the Yankees. You see, the rules forbid their coming w ith in three feet of the windows. Sometimes they do, und then tho bos take u pop at them." 'And sometimes hit 'cm ? Hit 'cm ' many 011 'Yes, a heap.' (tir visit of an hour hero ended, nnd I went away sick at heart, to view more en ormities at Castle Thaailer and other pri sons for our men." A IVoimU-s-I'iiI i:-iii'. The many friends of this gallant officer (Lieut J. Madison Drake,) will be gratified to learn that he arrived at his home iu tiiis city on Saturday morning last, having made a most wonderful escape from his enemies in South Carolina. We happened to be ut the depot on tlm arrival "uf the Lieutenant but ho changed and wan was his appear ance that we had considerable dilliculty in reconglzing him. It will be recollected that Lieut. Drake was taken prisoner, with General lleckiuan, 'early last summer, when the rebels took ad- vnnliigc ol a dense tog to attack General 1 Htitlcr 'a lines, near lleiiutida Hundred. lie was sent to Macon, and from thereto 1 Charleston tin tho evening of October 0, while I truiiKitu from Charleston to Columbia, S. C, ! Lieut. J. Madison Drake, with three brother i otlicers, jumped from the train and ran into J the woods. Dlood-hounds were immediate I ly loosed, but .by wading through heavy I laurel and cypress swamps for several days j the otlicers eluded further pursuit. During this time they suffered greatly from watit of provisions grapes, persimmons and ber ' ries being their chief staple of food. Subsequently they lived six days on hard, dry corn, which Lieut. Drake assures us was quite palatable. After reaching a point of two hundred miles from tho cost, the negroes ministered unto their wants supplying an abundance of corn meal and sorghum molasses. Meat could not be obtained at any price, teach ing the mountains of western North Caroli na, the otlicers fell in w hich hundreds of rebel deserters, Unionists, i!cc. These poor people did everything in their power for the otlicers, not only supplying them with articles of food, but guiding and conduct ing them from one mountain to another, nil the immiuent risk of their lives. It was in Caldwell county that the otlicers organized a company of loyal North Carolinians. These recruits mostly men who had refused to serve in the rebel army accompanied our friends over two hundred miles, when tho rebel guerillas becoming dangerous and an noying, the majority of the- Corolir.iaus halted, deeming it impurdeut to advance further until the path became more open and clear. Lieutenants Drake and Lewis, however determined to get into "God's country," continued on their course, and succeetled after various mishups and adventures, iu safely reaching Kuoxville, Kast Teunesseo, on the evening of Nov. 10, having march ed over six hundred and fifty miles in just six week. Lieut. Drake and Lieut. Lewis inarched several hundicd miles iu nearly a bare-footed condition, a portion of thw dis tance iu four inches of suow. Lieut. Drake, had his feet badly trozeu. This escape is considered ono of the most daring acd wonderful that lum been effect ed since the coiumenciucnt of tho rebellion. Tt. Amnll..n nt inv oan kitl. observe! the Srtlll viMicot I.vom. ana icivos as au example the euse of Captain Drefet, of tho HiptuM-pomiter in that oily, llui inir the Cross of the Leifion of Honor on the occa sion of the Emperors late visit to the south of Franca 1 , . . ........ 1.- ...l...- ill 1 nis ueugai was so greai uia ue wu nswi 111 mu ea pired I. wo days ago. During the stay of the Empress Eugeoio a Rchwalbach tor three weeks, she gravo away Ui the beggars of that place, and hi reply to hedging letters truin various parU ot tue ueruiany, uoi lu- man je 0011 francos. . SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENN'A. 10, mi. OLD A Itotmuictt in ICs'iil IJ1V. A romance in real life, of deep plot nnd thriling (leiiwiemoiit, is just now the chief topic of missip in Taunton, 3Ioss. The facts as rclateu by tho Taunton Jiijiulitii-nn, aru these : It appears that about twenty seven years ago a l.'aptaiu lirown, whose family resided in .Mattapoiactt, was thu overseer of the es slato of Mr. Henry E. Clifton, u wealthy gentleman of liiehmond, Ya. Kroin cause, w hich still remains a secret, a diUiculty arose between Captain II. and 3If. C, wherein the former considered himself the aggrieved party. To revenge himself for the supposed wrong ho stoly.Mr. Clifton's infant daught er, (I hen but six weeks old), on the day she was christened. The child was brought to 3lattapoiseU, and secretly adopted by lirown anil his wife as their own. She was mimed Julia ami grew- to be a woman. When only sixteen years old she married 3Ir. Isaac (. Tierce, a printer who learned, his trade in FalUliver. Several years ago they moved to Taunton, living for a while at Kast Taun ton, but more recently at thu Green. Two children have been bom them one of w hom is now living. During this long period Mrs. Pierce has lived iu blissful ignorance of her high parentage, and Mr. Pierce, who took her for belter or worse' had never imagined himself the husband of an heiress, lie abandoned the printer's trade shortly alter learning it, and for several years has earned his daily bread by thu sweat of his brow at 3Ir. Mason's works in this tity. This is their history until withiu a very short time; now conies thu itciintumnt. Last summer, while Utv. 3Ir. Talbot, of 1 .1 . , f quainted with Mr. Clifton and wife, who, it appears, at the breaking out of the rebellion, converted their liichmond nronertv into cash and moved to IJaltimore. In the course of conversation with Mr. T. remarked upon she striking resemblance of .Mrs. Clifton to n lady parishoner of" his in Taunton. No- . ... . ... .. P" "-umr nt lint ; ' " . rel,l'il"K, th.e 'i''""' ,. Mrs. C. ii'jiiiivii liiv, Ml IHC liMti WJl IKriJILT 111- 1 lormed that she was about twenty-seven, I Mrs. C. immediately said to her husband, I "Why that would just lie the ago of our daughter that was stolen." The matter I then received their serious attention. .Mr. i Talbot was taken into their confidence, and imjuiry instituted as to the reputed parents of the young lady. 1 Ie returned to Taunton ; nail a conversation with Mrs. IVrce 111 re gard to her parentage ; informed her of the Saratoga conversation, which led her to ask Mrs. lirowu, who. sire had never doubted, was her own mother, if she really were such. nt tno same time telling her tho reason of the inquiry. Mrs. 15., who had kept the secret of the child's parentage for twenty seven years, was so overcome by the ques tion and the development of facts that she immediately became ill nnd died of the heart disease. Heforc her death, however, she acknowledged that Mrs. 1. was not her "own daughter. Cnpt. lirown died a number of years ago. AVithin a few- weeks the affair has developed itsrlf rapidly. Mr. and Mrs. Clifton and Mrs. Pierce have met each other; nnd the old colored woman, who nursed the abducted infant, has recognized .Mrs. P. as their real child by a "mole on her shoulder!" The identity of their long lost daughter having been fully established, Mrs. Pierce nnd her husband havo been invited to live with the Cliftons nnd share iu their wealth ; and this they arc preparing to do, having broken up housekeeping and dis posed of their furniture. The cream of the affair is that Mrs. Pierce is an ouly child, and therefore sole heiress to nn estate said to be worth hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars, or as an old lady friend of Mrs. l'ierce expressed it, "a trifle less than two millions." ' l'oi-if;u oi. The Princess Mary of Cambridge has fal len in love -A-ith Lord Viscount Ilood.an oflicer in the army, and he with her, and the (Juecn won't let them ho married. There is a preposterous "Uoyal Marriage Act" which allows Her Majesty tin unrighteous veto on the union of a member of the royal family with anybody out of it, nnd her con sent has yet to be obtained, though it is aid that the Princess has solicited it. I told you recently how she had made herself ill by "tryint; Danting." She is the plump est and handsomest of princesses, very "jol-' ly in manner, nnd proportionately popular, while ber choice 1 tho best looking fellow at Court, hence tho sympathies of those who talk of llie matter aro stronitly on tho side of the lovers. Tho Queen has, as is well known, pretty strong idea of her authority and prerogative, und folks bet oir her refu al. Another story is roiii! tho rounds about the Queen, which I regard as totally nproeh ryphal, yet think it my duty to tell it. We have resident in London, a "loyal Indian Prince, the Maharajah Dhuleet) Singh, a splendidly-handsome fellow, in the prime of i:.. .. re .. l 11 1 n 1 11 11 uiu a iieneei, i riticu uioiiua. 11 1:11 11 is said that the widow majesty of I'ligland wanted to tpake him a successor to the late Prince Albert, und would positively have done so, a few month ago, had not her Min isters strenuously objected to such an act ofroyal miscegenation. Latterly tho Ma harajah bus married a beatttilul Lnirbsli gitl of the middle classes. We may lint the royal story down as unlikely as that which j assigned to her majesty tho authorship ofi "Margaret Denzill's History," published in 1 tho CiiriihiU Mtyniim', but there are persons who believe both. lio.MASTic CiitcTMSTANCF.s. A young man with a small family and a young and devo ted wife responded to a call of tho Govern ment, was examined and excepted, und while his papers were being prepared a younger brother uppcurcd, und learning that his brother was accepted pressed his way into the examining room w as examined and excepted, and insisted on going as a substi tute for his brother. Quite a contest ensued. The drafted mail said 4ie would go and offered his brother fill) per month to stay ut home and take care of his family and effects until his return but the brother would not listen to it, but go he would, und the two brothers stood iu tears, each insisting upon carrying his point. The noble boy at length tircvuilcd, und was duly culisted as his irother's substitute, making tbe third sou of the family now in tho U. 8. service two being in the first Maine cavalry' and havhig already a noble record in their 'ountry's history. I shnl watch with interest the name of Krcdrio M. Haines of Fort Fairfield. In liichmond soino cannon intended for General Larly in tho Shcnuuhouh Valley, wero directed to "Major General Karly.', Some Union sympathizers got a marking tint and wrote over tho address "General 'tulip Sheridan, care of " much to tho iudiguutiou of the rebel authorities. SERIES, VOL. 25, NO. 12. Tho liichmond H.iitimtf, in an hi tide on the ".Mysteries of tho War." says: "A few nights ago wo heard one of our most intelligent generals remark that Jackson and Forrest wero the mysteries of the vt ar. Without explanation, his opinion wii'i 're ference to these two great millitnrv chief tains would not bo apjuecialed. Vi r 'in stance: before tho war Stonewall Jackson was regarded its an ordinary tulnr of boys in tho natural science at Rio 3Iilitary Insti tute. While his ftiends knew he win good, brave, and p'osscssed of untiring tuergy, none of them BUpposcd that he was a great captain ; and yet the world has scarcely seen one moro uniformly Fiioeessf'nl. He seemed to be emphatically' a man of destiny,, who controlled anil ordered "em ml-i iiiulcr In in as if they-wero mere men upon fhi, chess board. Forrest, too, in peace time, was regarded as chivalrous, generous, and brave; but nobody in his extended circle of friends dreamed that he was capable of ri valling Murat ns a cavalry leader. And yet it is so ; and as much as we appreciate a thorough military education in a general, wc alwaj3 feel a perfect confidence, though he happens to b without it, that whenever he is in Uie saddle, cither in pursuit of Yan kee cavalry, gunboats, or what not, that suc cess will surely crown hisclforts." Some of the rebels believe thnt thero is "much of the angel m our generals, demons ns they usually arc." A lady exile from At lanta, who was under the necessity ot calling on General Sherman, says he was very kind nnd conciliating in his deportment towards her, and all others who visited him, uud continues : "He expressed much regret at the necessi ty which compelled hira to order the citi zens of Atlanta from there home., but stated in justification of his course, that he intend ed to make Atlanta a second Gibraltar ; that when he completed his defensive works it would be impregnable; nnd ns no commu nication could be held with their friends in the South they (the citizens) would suffer for food ; that it was impossible for him to subsist his army, nnd feed the citizens too, by a single line of railroad ; nnd that ns he intended to hold Atlanta at all hazards he thought it was humanity to semi them out out of the city, where they could obtain ne cessary supplies, lie took my little child in his arms and putted her rosy checks, call, ing her a 'poor little exile,' nnd saying he was sorry to have to drive her away from her comfortable homo, hut that" war was a cruel and inexorable thing, ond its necessi ties compelled him to do many things which he heartily regretted." Stkikixo Oir,. A simple bumpkin came into a grocer's shop in Oil City, whero he was well known for his simplicity, just ns the shopkeeper was measuring u pint of olive oil for a customer, who immediately went away with it. "What sort of stuff is thnt you have just been measuring there, Mr. G V asked he. "What ? Johnny, don't you know ? Why you foolish fellow, that is Chumpngnc wine'.' 'Ah I is it ? I didn't think Chnmpngno was so. 'Do you like Champagne, Johnny ?' 'I'm sure I don't know, sir ; 1 never drank any in my life.' Will you have a glnss of it ?' 'Oh ! thank you; you are very kind.' The grocer tilled a large tumbler with oil and gave it to him. He drank it. 'Well, how do you Hke it, Johnny ?' "Why, I believe it is very good ; iudeud I do ; but I think it is n little too rich for poor people only useil to plain living The underground railroad system in Lon don :s objected to since it has gone into operation, in consequence of the tunnel being so filled with .uas that the passengers can scarcely breathe nt times. The dilliculty which has been experienced from having fir in the tunnel is likely to lead to the use of compressed nir ns n motive power, which ould obviate tho nbove objection, and give pure atmosphere. That's a pretty bird Grandma," said a little boy. "Yes ;'' replied tho old dame, "and he never cries." "That's because he's never washed I rejoined the youngster. ' The so-called "Muscovy Duck" lit native of tho Lako uf 'iearajrna. They wore originally procured from the Mnpiito fchorc, the country of the Muynca Indians, and hence the name '-Jlusco Duck" cor rupted to ".Muscovcy Uuck." Di.Er.m.vfi And Or ickko tkats. A correspond ent uf thu Maine 1'urnnr says that a complete cure for cracked and bleeding teats in cows, is to wash tho whole udder and teals thoroughly ill suds from castile soap.,' and then aunointing tho cracked and nnd bleeding parts wilh glycerino a few times, ill is is au oil lobe obtained from the druggists. AGRICULTURAL. Cattj.k Lick. "X. S.," Floyd county, Iowa. These parasites probably cxi-t in very small numbers in almost ull herds. When the cattle nre dirty and poorly fed, (as on nothing but sfraw, which was thu case mentioned,) und fallen off in the flesh, lice increase very rapidly, so that if the stock continue neglected, the vermin will literally devour them alive. Chan cattle, wilh enough to eat, are seldom troubled with lice. A" cattle ought to be rubbed down and brush ed occasionally, and then rubbed hind with a woolen cloth la bit of blanket) greased with whale oil or lard. When infested with vermin apply "unguenfum," iinijiuntnn llijilrnrijiji i, mercurial, ointment.) and make sure work at once. Let the strong ointment of the druggist bo well rubbed together with four limes its bulk of lard, and of this apply 11 mass as large as a hickory nut to a call, ltub it 111 behind the horns, am! dow n the neck and back; finally spread it as possible, by rubbing thoroughly with a greasy clolli. Ho very careful about apply ing too much, or Icawug it in lumps so Unit even the least particle muy bo licked off. "A HltAN Mash. 'When horses or cows nre sick und it is desirable to give them chango of diet, or a light and somewhat upcricnt food, a bran mash or hot mash is recom mended. This is considered to mean sim ply a pailful or less of hot water thickened with bran, salted and stirred well so us to souk thoroughly, and cooled a little, before feeding. The additions of from a gill to a pint ot i.iolajses, a handful or two of ushes, and some. ginger, one or all, are frequently made, and are useful according to the object for w hich the mash is given, ,,1)," of Gen esee county, Mich., recommends a tonie or strengthening mash composed of 0 quarts bran, 1 teacup! ul brown sugar, tablespoou iul ginger, 1 teaspoonful saleratus, 1 tea spoouful black pepper, aud one haudful salt. xr.mi or Aivi:ieTi!i.'iS. One square of 10 lines, one time, Every subsequent insertion, One square, 3 months, Six months, Ono year, Executors nnd Administrators notices Auditor notioes, llusiness Cards of 5 lines, per annum, Jlcsr-hants and others advertising tty Ibl year $1 0(1 Ml 4 tm e (in in mi H (III 3 in) 6 Ul) won uic privilege oi enaiigmg quarterly, as follows : flnoqnarler eateia, not exceeding- 1 squares. ?I5 HO f'no half column, not exceeding sj squares, S.1 ("1 Ono column, 50 na- Editorial or local advertising, anv number of llni s not. oxnoclitig ten. 'i nls per Hue; IU cents for every additional line. Marriage notices, ill cents. Obituaries or resolutions acjoiupani lng iiuti.;ej of dent hs, 10 cents pi r line. Our horticultural v lnmt-.,- me just now very gmpy tt (boii-ly jj-..py : yi-t th'cv throw toiup:inilin-ly little- light i.piin t he question, W hich an: the be.-i j.-riipn i,,r out door culture-'? c-.rc'-ly t m pi -isims agree in their views in rlix ii-sih;; uu- fu!.jei;t; e xcept ii: ichitiou to 11 siiiol,. fai'uty, w iiirli is our ol.l and sti-ntlt'ust 1'a uriti-. the CoikokI. Thii ;.r;i;it, i'h ;.t M-nrr-ely a tii, u I when it iiilsl made its epccmatice, has steadily won j its way into favor, and h now coiiiiittn.d j iiKii.-ii iirable in any lUt that uuiy bo re I commended for general cultivation. Thiru aie regions, iiouiilless, whero it may not conn- ep to ihe untieipalion;! entertained, but we imagine; thai, take it all in all, there is not one other variety so well adapted to every part of our country The Uitrilcmra MnnllJii, which oriu'innllv had but little to say in its favor, now says, "We havo so far seen no grape that in tho sum total uf good characters equals tho Concord." Js'o one will pretend to question of the editor's (Mr. Mechlin's opinion. Co!. Harris, of tho Ohio Farmer, lutely visited the great fruit plantation ot Dr. Knox, near Pittsburg, often referred to in our columns, and in givingan account of hi.s visit, says : "llie Concord is alter all tho greatsHivpIc mid-season grnpc of Mr. Knox's tables, tif all the customers w hich we saw constantly coming in for fruit, three out of four (if not more) called for the Concord, though it was side by side with the Dela ware on tho same table, and sold for tho same price. The Concords upon Mr. Knox's trellises were a sight to behold ; the vines cover the entire trellises troni a foot above the ground to eight feet in height, nnd upon his oldest vines thus trained there w as a wall of pnrple clusters from the bot tom to the top." This will do for the pre sent in regard to the Concord. Wc shall now refer to some others, worthy ot thu at tention of fanners and others. In tho first place we advise all those wish ing to plant out only such varieties ot grapes as ure, after "titVicicnt experience, known to be good, hardy, and uniformly productive. To select the five following: Concord, Dela ware, Hartford Prolific, Crevding, Telegraph Diana. If wo want to set out one dozen vines of these, We should nivide them thus : -1 Concords, 2 Delaware", 2 Hartford Proli fic?, 2 Crevelings, 2 Dianas. We pay but little attention to the fulsomo praise bestowed upon several new sorts, which their progators and hired journalist! nre forcing upon the public. We prefer to wait until sufficient time has elapsed to test them thoroughly ; when, should they pos sess real merit, we shall be among the first to join in their recommendation. Our readers should, therefore, abstain from . risking their money for these new and un tested varieties, unless they have more mo- , ney and more ground than they can other wise usefully appropriate. Wo pay but lit- ' tic attention to the opinions of lruit com mittees, tho awarding of premiums, or tho praise of certain journals, upon the merits of new fruits of any kind, nnd especially of grapes. Oi rimihtuirn Tel. Xkat's Foot Oil is the very best prepa ration for preserving and softening leather. A .ntpply fchould be on hand iu every houso for use on harness, carriage tops, boots, shoes, etc., and npplied often enough to keep them soft und pliable. To prepare il, break and (tut into ainall pieces the shin bones und hoofs of au ox or cow, and put them into a kettle. Keep them covered with water and boil until the oil is extracted and rises to the surface. While boiling, water enough should be added from time to time supply that lout by evaporation, so that the oil shall not come in contact w ith tho bones and be again absorjjed. The process will be hastened by keepTiig' the kettle close ly covered to retain the heat. W hen cold, the oil may be dipped off and kept in jugs or bottles tightly corked. Coal 01: Has Tau Uskftl i on Walks. While visiting the grounds of a friend hi As toria, wo were struck with the excellence of Ids paths, and found that they w.ere mado with common osal or as tar und sand. The surface for the path is first graded and covered wilh an inch or two of sand ;it is then flowed with the tar aud then a cover ing of ttuml or gravel is placed over this. In a lew months the whole funis a hard muss as firm as stone. Tho walk when first made is n little yielding, but it may be used at once, taking euro that tiny inequalities bo remedied before tho work finally hardens. A walk made in this way is very firm, will not wash when made upon a 'lope, requires scarcely any repairs of years, and w hat is a most important advantage dues not ul low a weed of any kind to grow upon it. It is slated that a barrel of tar will make about fifty feet in length of walk, four feet wide. .In thoj-o localities where good gravel cannot bo had, this enables one to make satisfactory walks from any coarso sand nt a little cost. A orrcspondent in Fulton county. New York, inquires if the use of tar for walks has been patented. It it has been, wo have not heard i f it ; w o know that it has been iu use for walks, gutters, nnd simi lar purposes for several years ; a pateut wounl hardly be given. Zi.MC Mu. K pans. -l'xpi'riuifits In Knglnnd I svo recently been made rcariliu tho ettcets of 7.111U up on milk, und it as thai ulilk kept in link ve-sils will continue sweet four or five huurs longer than it will in veiucls of ar.y other material. ITe c E I r s 71 How to Mark an Omki.lt. The proper way to make an omelet is to take three teaspoonfitl of milk for each egg, und a pinch of suit to eueh one also. Jient tho eggs lightly for three or four minutes, and pour them into a hot pan in which a picco of butter the sue of u walnut has been melted a momeiil belore. The mass w ill begin to bubble and rte in Hakes immediately, and the bottom inu-t be lilted incessantly with 11 (Iran knilit so that the softer parts run in. An omelet should be cooked iil-uit three or tour minutes, and made in this way will melt in the mouth. St-iriitlfw Aiuvrltun. . Critic kou Dvsr.NTKitY. Take new churn ed butter, before it is washed or salted; clarify over thu fire uud skim off all tho milky panicles; add one-fort h brandy to preserve it, und loaf sugar to awet ten; let the pulietit, if 1111 uduit, take two table spoonsful twice a day. PotatoK Cakk.s. Take two pounds of very mealy ifoiled potatoes, inat-t them very fine with a little salt, mix them wilhto pounds of Hour, add milk enough to luiVTie this into dough, beating it up with a spoon and put in a iilllo ytast. fit it l el'oru thu tire lo riae, and w heu it has iim.ii divide, it into cukes tint Uuol'a tuull'.ii, and buko them. These cuke may be cut upru uj 1 buttered hot. The) art- pailicuiji , w,.