Sunbury American. (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, May 13, 1865, Image 2

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"hTbT M A88EB, Editor Proprietor.
I. WIliVJEHT, Publisher.
NUniltiltV, VA.
SATURDAY, MAY 13, 18C3.
Coot, ItPERTixKXCC.The imper
tinence of the Letvislmrp Clictielt In mod
ling with tho nfliurs of tills county, would
e decidedly rcfrcsiiiri? if it wero not en
hold and stupid. The editor not only as
sumes tlio iirivitoge of dictating to, and
abusing the commissioners and the people
of this county, in regard to the new Court
House, hut what is ten times more nause
ous, proffers liia opinions and advice, in bad
English, with as many misstatements and
blunders as there are lines in tlio article. He
gravely informs his readers among other
things, that the Lcwislmrg bridge knocked
away a few piert of the Northumberland
bridge, which is certainly news in this
vicinity, and also, that "the new Court House
is to be stuck into a corner of the public
sqnaro, where the underground rooms, with
the papers there lestvved will lufliablo to the
dampness &c, f coming flood." Now the
fact is, tho new Court House is located only
80 feet from the old one, and the elevation
is about the came, and when the new build
ing is completed it will stand on higher
ground than the old one. We enn, in some
measure overlook the croakings and misstate
mcnts of some of the editors in this county,
but this "foreign iutervention" cannot be
tolerated. We an well imagine the dis
appointment of the Chronicle man in finding
ftli hopes of securing the upper townships,
of thi3 county, to bo attached to their own
forever banished by the erection of the new
county buildings at this place. But even
under such a trial, he should Icaru to exer
cise common discretion.
J5f The first passeuger train came
through to Lock Haven over the Tyrone
road on Jlouday, May 1st, nrriving about
noon, liegfihir daily trips are now made.
This road connects the Philadelphia & Eire
road with the Pennsylvania railroad at
Tyrone.
t"Thu remains of President Lincoln
reached Springfield, III., and were interred
on Thursday last, with solemn and impos
ing ceremonies.
C2P At Richmond, Va., a boy picked up
a one thousand dollar Confederate Treasury
note, amor.g the ruins of the bank building
destroyed when the evacuation took place.
The boy was oll'ered ten cents in Federal
currency for bis prize but declined the of
fer. CifGon. Sherman arrived in Washing
ton on Thursday. The 13th and 17th Corps
of his army, under General Howard, began
their march from Ituloigli by way of Rich
mond to Alexandria, on April 29. The
others were soon to follow.
HF" The Sixth and other Coi ns of the
Army of the Potomac, are in camp near
Washington. A grand review will be held j
preparatory to mustering out of service.
Aatiouiil Debts nnd I'. N. Stoeki.
The creation of national debts is not a
modem improvement, but the ability of a
great nation to provide for a great debt, and
to make it the most convenient and best
form of personal propel ty, is a modern won
der. The debt of Great Uritiiin was begun
by raising a million sterling by loan in 1092,
and when her great confest with Louis XIV.
was terminated, tho debt had reached fifty
millions. Many statesmen and economists
wore then alarmed at the great burden which
had been imposed upon the industry of the
country, but when tho war ot tho Austrian
mccession had swelled this amount tocightv
millions, Maraulav snvs that historians and .
irntors pronnunced the case to be desperate,
'Jut when war again broke out, and the
lational debt was rapidly carried up to one
hundred and forty millions, men of theory
ind business both pronounced that the fatal
lay had certainly arrived. David Hume
aid that, although, by taxing its energies
0 the utmost, the country might possibly
ive through it, the experiment must never
e repeated, even a small increase might
ie fatal. Granville said iiS nation must
ink under it unless sonio portion of the
)ad was borne by the American Colonies,
nd the attempt to impose this load pioduc
d the war of tho revolution, and, instead of
iminhhinij, added another hundred millions
1 the burden. Again, says Macaulay, was
'ngland given over, but again she was more
rosperous than ever before. Hut when at
ic close of her Napoleonic wars in 1810,
lis debt had been swelled up to the enor
.oiis sum of over eight hundred millions
erling, or four thousand three bundled
illion dollars, or nearly one half the entire
"operty of tho United Kingdom, the stout
t heart, the firmest believei in national
. Hri- mi muiu.m ucve -jmu-.u, nHgui,
ce of this mountain of obligation,-to say
ithing of her vast colonial possessions.-the
operty- of the Rritish nation has been more
an trebled, and her debt is now a charge
' but 121 per cent, against it. All that
rf.it Britain liss done in baying her debt.
I
e shall do, and more, with ours. We havo
.fit territories untouched by tho plow,
inei of nil precious metuls of which we
.ve hardly ripened the doors, a population
II ot lite, energv, enterprise and mdustrv,
d the accumulated wealth of monev and i
jor of the old countries pouring into the
) of our giant and ever-to-be-united lvpub-
. During the fiercest and most exhaust-
X of all possi '.lie wars, we have demonstrat-1
our national streiigth-und all the world
er, national strength is but another name
national credit. "As good as United
irks
will soon be synonymous tho world
-r with "as good as British Consols." For j
r part, we think a L. S. 1 reasnry note, I
iriug seven and three-tenths annual inter- j
, is just as much better than British j
nsols as the rate of interest is .higher. !
me of our timid brethren, who shipped I
:ir gold to London and invested in consols, !
now glad to sell out und invest at home
a rouud loss,-and serves them right
fREAcnEBT Punished. A correspondent
the New York Time iriveii another in
nee of the treaehery of a rebel, who paid
it with the forfeit of his life. After
leigli had been formally surrendered, and
ile Kilpiytrick was marching through the
rn, on officer belonging to Wheeler's coro
na, who, witu 8"iiio oi ins men, were
Ififjed iu plundering a store near the
rket-house, rushed into the street and I to tlie Government is being piled at Port
d his revolver at Kilpatriek, who w ; Kiehinotid, and iu a short time, it is antiui
ing at the bead of the column; the t alt j pitted that the wharves will be completely
;unately missed Kilpatriek, but wounded filled. This will have a tendency, of course.
i ii vie aiuu. v iiitBc s hi luviniiuy uiaue,
I the ruffian captured. In less tbau ten
lutei lie was iwinoiog by bis neck, from
inociAn,tTi'io3r iiv
iMti:siii;;vr.
VlftoronS Operation Ordered
Ajynlnat Itcbct Pirate.
Washington, May 0. President Johnson
has issued a proclomation declaring that
Wiertat, Armed resistance to the authori
ty of this Government in certain States here
tofore declared to be in insurrection may be
regarded as vertually at an end, and the
persons by whom that resistance, as well as
tho operations of insurgent cruisers were
directed, are ftigntivcs or captives ;
And H'Arraw, It is understood that some
of these cruisers are still infesting tho high
sens, and others arc preparing to capture,
burn, and destroy vessels of tho United
States;
The President enjoins all naval, military,
and civil oflicers of the United States dili
gently to endeavor, by all lawful means, to
arrest the cruisers, and to bring them into
a port of the United States, in order that
they may be prevented from committing
further depredations On commerce, and that
the persons on board of them may no lon
ger enjoy impunity for their crimes.
And he further proclaims and declares
that if, ofier a reasonable time shall have
elapsed for this proclamation to become
known in tint pons of nations claiming to
have been neutrals, tho said insurgent crui
sers, and the persons on board of them, shall
continue to' receive hospitality in the said
port, the Government wiil deem itself insti
lled in refusing hnspitaliy to tho public
vessels of such nations in the ports of the
United States, and adopting such measures
as may be advisable towards Vindicating
the National sovereignty.
The President has also issued an executive
order to ro-eFtablisli the authority of tho
United States and execute the laws withir.
the geographical limits known as tho Stato
of Yiruinm.
It is ordered that all acts nnd proceedings
01 mc puiiiicm, niiiiinij, ni.i tivn wig'""'
stations which have been in a stutc of in-
surrection ami rebellion, within the
State of Virginia, against the author!
ty and laws of the United States, and of
whii'lt Jelterson Davis, Jonn ijcicucr, and
William Smith were line tho respective
chiefs, are declared null and void. All per
sons who shall exercise, claim, pretend, or
attempt to exercise any political, military,
or civil power, authority, jurisdiction, or
right, by, through, or under Jeffernn Davis,
late of the city of Richmond, and his con
federates, or under John Letcher, or Wil
liam Smith and their confederates, or under
any pretentcd political, military, or civil
commission or authority issued by them or
of them since the 17th dav April. 1801, shall
bo deemed and taken as in rebellion against
the United States, and eIiuU bo dealt with
accordingly.
The socritarics of tho State, War, Trea-
sury, Navy, and the Interior Departments,
and the Postmaster General, are ordered to
proceed to put in force ail the laws of the
i I lilted Mutes pertaining to their several
j departments; and the district judge of such
I district to proceed to hold courts within
j the said SState in nccornance with the pro
: visions of the acts of Congress. The
1 Attorney Generals will instruct the proper
I officers to libel and bring to judgement,
confiscation, and sale, the property Bubject
to confiscation, and enforce tho administra
tion ot justice within the said State in all
matters civil and criminal within the cogni
zance ot " the Federal courts, to carry into
effect the gu'arrantee of the Federal Constitu
tion of a Republican form of State Govern
men, and afford tho advantage and security
of domestic laws, ns well as to complete the
re-establishment of the authority of the laws
of tho United States, and tho full and com
plete restoration of peace within the limits
aforesaid.
Francis A. Pierpont," Governor of tho
State of Virginia, will be uided by tho
federal Government so tar as may bo
necessary, in the lawful measures which he
may take for the extension and administra
tion of the State Government throughout
the geographical limits of the said State.
"EMIGRATION TO MEXICO'"
The
I'reparutioiiM on I'ool Their
IWlent mill liiiHrt:iu'C.
Washington, May 7, 1805.
Within the last few days there has ap
peared in the leading columns of our daily
newspapers many mysterious advertisements
calling upon returned otlicers and soldiers.
and upon any one, indeed who is willing to
' emigrate to .Mexico. The most glowing in-
; duceinents have been held out. Tho warm,
' pleasant climate, the cxhuberant fertility of
the soil, the kindly blue skies und the wealth
"of Drums and of Jnd'' beueath tho suiface
I of the earth, have all beta hinted at so
1 strongly that it great many will, no doubt,
j be induced to reply to them, even if they
should afterwards demur to tho conditions
! offered tiiem. These advertisements havo
! not been confined to ono or two cities, but
j havo appeered in journals North, South,
' East, and West, so that it would appear
that the company or association, or what
I ever it is, is by no means small, pnenergetic,
or poor. It assumes the initials M. E. C.
Mexican Emigrant Company, and has esta
i blished officers iu every leading city. The
1 following is a copy ot its advertisement in
I a journal here :
j MEXICO TO ALL Ol'KICEItS AND SOLDIERS.
j Now that our war is over, all who wish
j to emigrate to Mexico, in accordance with
the Mexican decree, will call at 238 Penn
sylvania avenue and register their name and
n,dress, or address by note Col,
A. J. M..
300 E street, Washington, D. C.
j Offices wiil also bo opened in Mew York,
: j-jmaueipiua, until more, and other cities,
Office houis, at 257 Pennsylvania avenue.
between nine and four.
This advertisement does not sav anvtliinrr
about the climate, etc., but tho following
lrom a' New York paper of Friday does;
MEXICO, MAXIMILIAN, AND MONROE DOCTRINE.
All person who desire joining a company
soon starting "to make a strike" for fame
0,lu fortune in tho lur.d of golden ores and
luscious truits, aided and protected by the
' patriotic President of that Republic, w ill
1 p'wwc address Uenito J. Juarez, box SOU
tw Yurk iK)st otlice-
! The Ancestry ok President Lincoln -
! Tli imnulithi r of !., l,.t.. iwi,i,.., I in.
coin, also named Abraham Lincoln, was
murdered by an Indian in 1774, while at
work on his farm; near the Kentucky river.
JIo left tuive sons the eldest of whom,
ThoiiiiiH, was the father of the President.
Thomas married iu 1800 to Nancy Hanks, a
native of Virginia, and settled iu Harden
county, where the President was born, Feb.
1800. In 1810 the family removed to Indi
ana, the greiit grandlalher of tho Presi
! deut emigrated from llerks county, Penn-
' n if..,.b;.,..i .... ., .
; 8,vanii' t0 jt'W'k'nuJiam county, iu the
Hlieiiniidouh Valley, Ya., about 1759.
Anthracite Coai.. The Miner Journal
of Pottsvillo says: "At present prepared
coal caunot be sold in quantity at (3 a ton,
and mueh of the article cnt to market un
sold will not net t hu oriulueer i'2.S0 nor ton.
i Mueh of tho coal roiiHf to m:irkft not anlil
to keep prices lower. To sura up, the trade
is prostrated, ana nothing but reduction
ail round in prices can Infuse Into it airain
j rr-Dewed Jife and vigor."
i:m or xiii'. wail
Surrender oflHclc Tnvlor o fc!cn.
4 'unity.
Nrw Orleans, May 8, via CAtno, May 8
Gen. A. J. Smith, with his command, occu
pied Montgomery, Ala., on the 25tn ult.,
and Gen. Steele occupied Sclnia on the
27th.
On Sundv Inst Gen. Canby met Dick Tay
lor fifteen mile from Mobile, and opened
negotiations for the surrender of the rebel
lorccs. .Nothing Decisive was determined
iipon, but Taylor was allowed several days
to consider tho proposition. It is believed
he has acceded to the terms before this, as
ho must have been influenced to that end
by the surrender of Johnston.
Nkw l ork, May 0.
The Timet has a Washington despatch,
which says :
"Intormatlon was received at army head
quarters to-dny. of the final and complete
surrender of Dick Taylor's forces in Alaba
ma and Mississippi to ucn. Canby. it is a
remarkable tact that this news and other
despatches from Fen. Wilson were received
by telegraph direct from macon, Ga., to this
city. Uen Wilson is still in Macon, and me
telegraph lines through north anil sown
Carolina and Georgiu are intact. TLe es
cape of Davis is, therefore, next to impossi
ble.
scnimsDEns in Misspunr.
St. Lorrs, May 8. Major Cooper, with a
rebellion 150 strong, surrendered to Gen.
Sandtown, at Springfield, Mo., on Saturday,
and took the oath of allegiance.
Thirty of Price's men took the oath at
Cassville yesterday, and considerable num
bers are arriving trom other points.
Caiko, (Illinois,) May 8. The steamer
Atlantic brought 0 hundred and eighty-five
rebel prisoners from New Orleans to Vicks
burg. Win. Murphy, the notorious rebel boat
burner, captrcd at New Orleans, was also
brought up, and taken to St. Louis in charge
of Uuited States Detective Dunford.
Baltimore, May 0. A gentleman who
has Inst arrived here from North Carolina
reports that the rebel troops surrendered by
Johnston are greatly demoralized and near
ly beyond the control of their oflicers, who
who are striving to march them to their
respective States. The officers have become
the objects of intense hate, nnd it is as much
as their lives are worth to venture nway
from the lines. Quite a number have been
murdered by their giddier, who seem to bo
tempted to murder them to get possession
of the small sums of specie which the officers
are understood to possess. The rebel
soldiers express intense feeling against Jeff.
Davis and various members of Wis Ohbinet,
ami there is no doubt that if he or any of
the leaders of the rebellion fall into their
hands they will faro budlv. At last ac
counts our cavalry were in vigorous pursuit
of Jell'. Davis
TIIESrilllENDEn or DICKTAYI.Oll COM'IllMF.,,
OENE'tAl. NEWS.
Cairo, May (.-Despatches from Memphis
confirm the surrender of Dick Taylor to
Gen. Canby.
Unrestricted trade has been resumed in
the district of West Tennessee, except with
articles contraband of war.
About fifty more dead bodies have been
recovered from the wreck Sultana. Colonel
Uodcan, of Gen. Grant's staff, has been sent
to investigate the causes of the disaster.
Ho has arrived at Memphis, aud will ako go
to Vicksburg.
oi:rn .iieoi.iv..
The
lEeK'iimiiig of l'roMperous
I'euce in the Slate.
New York, May 7. Raleigh letters of
April 28th and 30tli, stato that General
Sherman and staff left that day fix Charles
ton and Savannah, thence going to Rich
mond to meet his army which was to leave
Raleigh the next Monday. Sherman had
issued an order announcing tho final agree
ment of surrender by Johnston. Ho pro
hibits nil foraging, anil provides certain
ways to relieve the pressing wants of tho
inhabitants.
The 10th and 2!5d Corps remain in tho
Department of North Carolina, together
with Kilpatrick's cavalry, istoncman's cuv
alry is ordered to East Tennessee, and Wil
son's to tho Tennessee river, near Decatur,
Alabama.
General Howard and the Army of the
Tennessee will march to Richmond. Gene
ral Slocum and the Army of Georgia will
also march to Richmond.
The rebel army are all leaving for their
homes, many taking their iirms with them,
and some trouble is apprehended from those
who took their arms and went -away on
their own hook.
General Johnston has endeavored to carry
out the terms agreed upon, but the time
intervening between tho first and second
agreement occasioned some demorili.ation.
A movement is on foot to recognize the
State government.
The Ari-nigninent ol'UuvUand hi
Afi'cnt iu Canudu.
In due time all the developments in tho
possession of the Government will doubtless
be presented to the public. Although much
has already been divulged, an immense
mass of damning testimony has been scru
pulously witheld for tho purpose of ena
bling those vho are investing the wide
ramifications of the most fearful crime of
history to lorgo every link of their chain of
convulsive evidence.
Tho disclosures, which are familiar to
every citizen, aro amply sufficient to prove
that Uootli was assisted by a large number
or accomplices whose prolonged devotion
to the Confederate service can only bo ex
plained by the fact tnat they were paid
emissaries of Davis, acting under his offi
cial orders us spies, mail-carriers, blockade
ruuness, pirates, incendiaries, and finally
as assassins.
Tho murder of President Johnson was
as deliberately planned a that of his la
mented predecessor. He owes his preserva
tion from the contemplated attack of Atzo
roth, only to that bravo's want of resolution,
or to that purely accidental circumstance.
His destruction was as confidently anticipa
ted as that of Lincoln and Seward, and as
carefully provided for. Thus certainly
three, probably more, of the foremost men
of the Republic were pre-arranged victims
of this horrible plot. Those who, in view of
the majestic discovery of the nation from
its terrible shock, wonder what rational mo
tive prompted the destruction of its lament
ed Chief, must remember thut villainy is at
best a blind demon, and that the failure ot
a portiou of the desperate device of treason
happily prevented us from realizing the
consequences of its entire success.
The extent of the projected crime is pre
sumptive prooi that liooth did not act
I ''ul,ol ' responsibility," and that lie
i formed onlv a oart of the iiiii-rnal mnnliinprs
formed only a part of the infernal machinery
controlled and directed by Davis through
tne intermediate aid of his agents in Canada.
The official records discovered at the rebel
capital bear witness to exhorbitunt demands
for secret service money. lieull's piratical
adventures, the attempt to tire the hotels in
New York, tho raids on our Northern fron
tier, the conspi.acy against the lile of John
son, the uttauk upon Seward, and the mur
der of Lincoln, partially explain how these
immense sums weie appropriated. Phila
dcljihin Prctt.
Sam Brannan, one of the richest men in
Calitojnia, on the rwupt of the news that
i Charleston had f'allei.. Larl a hnndH
, iir:4 unjer Lis windows. "
guns
EUROPE,
Eflfcct of th Wood nnd Had Hews.
New York, Majj 7.- -The steamship
America hat arrived, with Southampton
England) advices of April 20th.
The Timet says: "The end has como nt
last, and the great American war is virtually
closed by Lee's surrender of the nrmy of
Virginia. The tono of the correspondence
between Grant and Lee is honorable to both,
and the conditions were such as it was no
disgrace for an overmatched army to accept.
Not even Napoleon's grand army could
count a scries of more brilliant victories
than the army of Virginia. They were
victorious until victory was no longer to be
achieved by human valor, and then they
fell with honor. Two years ago Le might
hae escaped to Lynchburg, but now the
Federal Generals move as quick, and attack
as rapidly as Napoleon's marshals. The
Federal army is entitled to rank among the
very first of military nations, and all at
tempts to establish a Southern Confederacy
must be abandondad."
The Timet of Tuesday, April 25th, says :
"With the defeat of the Southerners ends
the gravest difficulties of the Federal Gov
ernment. After tho restoration of the
Federal authority and the reduction of the
South to obedience, an overwhelming pro
spect will open before Lincoln's Admiuistra'
. -W . 1 ' 1-1 . 1. . . . I'
iioii. iiiueii lies uuiwutMi inc cumiucsv I'l
the South and the restoration ot tho Union.
In the face of the political problems of tin
cxatnpled difficulty to be confronted, such
questions as the regeneration of the currency,
reform ot the tariff, and the management ot
the national debt, important as they are,
may appear insignificant.
Notwithstanding the strong sympathy
felt for the South at Liverpool, tho intelli
gence of Lcc's surrender was received with
great satisfaction causing increased confi
dence in commercial circles.
The London Timen, in Monday's leader,
also says: The fall of Richmond has been
followed by military disasters from which it
is impossible that tho South can recover.
The l'ime says there seems on the part of
President Lincoln a desire to conciliate his
vanquished fellow citizens, under the gui
dance of Mr. Seward, who has creditably
distinguished himself in the Cabinet by
moderate counsels, and whose life will, we
trust, be spared at this crisis to the Union.
He may by gentle means restore tranquility,
and perhaps before his term of office expires
calm in in some degree animosities which
have been raised by three years of war.
The daily Ktirt of Monday, after compli
menting Lee for surrendering, alludes to
President Lincoln's notification to foreign
nations to withdraw the regulations to
which Federal vessels are now subjected in
their ports, says this notice will not affect
us, as with our harbors at Halifax and in
the West Indies we have no occasion to
enter, much less remain in the ports of the
United States. It is therefore probably di
rected against other nations, whose con
stantly impending threat of recognition of
the South has, during the war, so added to
the difficulties and perplexities of the North.
Yet it will be right in the American Gov
ernment to remember that while it still
recognnizes the Confederates as belligerents,
it must allow foreign nations to act towards
both sides on the same footing w hen the re
bellion is so far crushed that the remaining
armies are dispersed, the remaining cities
occupied, and those who still resist are hung
as rebels. The North may c'aim from other
nations the acknowledgement that the state
of war has ceased. That time we hope and
think is very near, but till it comes we can
not help following the Federal example and
recognizing tho Confederates as belligerents.
The length of the Atlantic cable now com
pleted is i,ua mites, and i,4u miles are
already on board the Great Eastern.
LATER.
Point ah Basque. Mny 6. The steam
ship Hibernian, from Liverpool on tho 27th,
via Londonderry or. the 2tsth ult., arrived
off this point at 2J o'clock this afternoon.
Her advices arc five days later than those
already received.
The London corn market was short of
supplies, and there was a better business
doing in English and foreign wheat at an ad
vance in prices.
THE DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT IN ENCLAND-
Port xv Rasqub (L. C.) May 0, via Ca
lais (Me), May 7. The Hibernian has pass,
ed this place en route for Quebec. She has
thirty five cabin and four hundred and
twenty-six steerage passengers. The Teuto
nia arrived at Southampton on the 28th
ultimo. In the House ot Lords, on Thurs
day night, Earl Russell, and in "iho House
of Commons, Sir George Grey, on behalf of
Lord Palmerston, gave notice that they
would on the 1st of May move an address
to the Queen expressing their sorrow and
indignation at the asssassination of Presi
dent Lincoln, and praying her to convey
that expression of feeling to the American
Government. Two great meetings were
held at Liverpool, which, after appropriate
speeches had been delivered, adopted reso
lutions expressive of horror and deep sor
row at the assassination.
The commercial body of London had
adopted similar resolutions; and likewise
official bodies
la various towns and pro-
vinccs.
The Americnns in London assembled in
Grosvenor Hotel on the invitations of F.
Wood. The meeting adjourned till the 1st
of May, when Minister Adams will preside
at a mass meeting of Americans at St. James'
Hall.
The Italian Chamlier of Deputies has
adopted an adress expressing grief at Presi
dent Lincoln's assassination und the chamber
has been draped in his honor.
Paris letters state thut the most profound
and universal regret and indignation is ex-
presseu at tne assassination.
Mr. Mason, in a letter to the Index, re
pudiates the crime in behalf of the rebel
States.
Van Take Care ol'lllinucir.
In a recent speech, ex-Governor Wright,
of Indiana, said:
"As to the cant about the negro's ability
to take care of himself, he had these facts
to relate, and he would do so without com
ment: In 1863 the Rebel Legislature of
South Carolina raised a committee to inquire
into the expediency of enslaving the 6,000
free negros of Charleston. The committee
reported against it, and stated that those
5,000 free negros paid into the treasury of
Charleston annually 25.000, and that their
property amounted to $1,500,000. Out of
that amount of property $300,000 worth of
it w as composed of slaves. That the 0,000
free negros of New Orleans in 1800 were
worth as much pereapita as the white peo
ple of Louisiana; that these free uegros had
their own schools, their own benevolent
societies, &c. These facts, he contended,
proved that the free negro was capable of
taking care of himself. He also stated that
a lady who owned 500 negros in 1800 told
him that she bad lost them aU but 200 by
the beginning ot 18(34. That year she made
a contract with them to cultivate her farm
on the shares, and that last year, under such
.a system, where the negro was working for
himself as well as for his mistress, the 200
made her more money than 600 bad done in
slavery.
The miners in California are domestica
ting mountain cats.
Another aelver mint baa cared in at Vir
ginia City, Nevada.
Senator Sumner is to deliver ao eulogy
on President Lincoln, ie Boston, on tb ttret
day of Juna.
SUMMARYOP NEWS.
It is said that Jeff Davis lias rented a
house in Porto Rico through an agent in
that ctty.
Steamboat navigation has commenced on
Lake Winnipisaukee.
Payne, the assassinator of the Seward
family, has made a full confession of his
crime.
Out of eight thonsar.d, rank and file, pri
soners ot war confined last week in roit
Delawore, but three men declined to renew
their allegiance to the United States.
A colored woman in Marrietta, Ohio,
brought to her minister five dollars. It was
the first money she ever earned. She want
ed it to begin a monument to Abraham Lin
coln.
John C. Fremont has bought a country
seat at larrytown, JN. i.
It is prophecied that the coming summer
will bo the hottest in ten years.
A young man while trout-fishing in Rorh
ester, Mass., caucht his hook in n bone of a
human ui in. Search was immediately made
and skeleton found, which was identified
by shreds of clothing and buttons to be that
of Gilson CuBhman, who left his home in a
state of mental adoration February 13, 1858,
auu has never been heard ot since.
They are cctting $27 worth of cold per
ton from quartz dug from Raker's Moun
tain, in the town of Moscao, Maine. Some
$22 in L'old and $2 in nickel have been ob
tained from a ton of rock taken from a ledge
near Norwich; Conn.
The bodies of the "first martyrs of the
rebellion" Ladd and Whitny were depo
sited under the monument at Lowell on
Friday evening last.
At the late inundation at Sorel, in Cana
da, thirty-five lives were lost, the property
to the amount of $s;(,000.
Seventy-six rebel flags were presented to
tho War Department, cn Monday last, by
General Gibbon, commanding 21th Army
Corps.
The petroleum excitement in Iowa is in
creasing. Companies have been formed in
Des Moines and other points, with capital
sufficient to give the section a through test.
Among a party of emigrants recently ar
riving at New London was an Irish couple
with twenty-three children.
The milkmen of Syracuse, New York,
have astonished the city by voluntarily rc
ducinu the iirico ot milk to six cents a
quart.
The net profit on all the crude petrolum
produced in this country is not far from
?30,0u0 per day, or nearly $11,000,000 year
The Stuj vesiint pear tree, in New York
city, is in full blossom for the two hundred
and twentieth season.
When the Lincoln familv remove to Chi
cago. Captain Robert Lincoln will establish
liuuselt as a lawyer there.
Milton, Vt., has made 100,000 pounds of
mnplu sugar this season.
The Governor of New York has signed
the act authorizing the erection of a new
Capitol at Albany.
Reiiel Surrenders. There is no organi
zed rebel army now left of any strength.
Jelf Thompson surrendered his army on tho
2d of May, and Gen. Echols hits surrendered
iu Southwestern Yiriiiniii. Eastern Tennes
see is now clear, liasil Duke, with all his i
"agiibonds, having fled into Arkansas. j
The present rate of wages in the oil re
L'ions iu this State is moderate. Drillers j
and engineers get from $3 to if2.r)0 per day
and board; mechanics get I'loin $3 to $j.
In St. Louis, the other day, the relatives
and friends of a young lady who had died
at a distant water cure establishment, and
whoso remains had been forwarded by ex- I
press, assembled to take a parting view of
the countenance of the dear deceased, when, I
upon opening to coffin, tho face of a man
met their ustonished gaze. The express- ;
man had blundered, and the body of the j
young lady had gone to Chicago.
W. P. Powell, a colored man, has been
appointed notary public by the Governor of
New York, and on Wednesday took the
oath of office. Ho is tho first colored man
who has occupied such a position in thai
city.
Among the passengers in the Fulton, from
New York, for Hilton Head, S. C, Associ
ate Justice Wavne, of the United States
Supreme Court, who returns to his homo in !
Savannah, for the first time iu four years. j
i
More Rewards for Iekk Davis. It is
believed that the reward of $100,000, offer
ed for the apprehension of Jeff Davis, will
soon be increased to ono million dollars, as
well bv Governmental action as by the liber
al patriotism of the people. In Chicago
about $300,000 have already been raised for
the purpose, and many other prominent
citizens have done as well.
Why Ocij) was Ahtestf.h. The Rich
mond Whig, of Thursday, annouces the ur
rest of Robert Ould, lute of this city, but
more recently the rebel commissioner of
exchange. It is said that the government
took this course because of certain informa
tion that he had appropriated the money,
clothes, etc., sent from the North for our
ail tiering prisoners. Oi) the proceeds of this
robbery he is said to have fared sumptuous
ly, and' been the most showy man iu Rich
mond. Shenandoah Valley Eahi.y. This re
doubtable chief, w ho distinguished himself
so little in the Valley, is lying sick in Lynch
burg, a prisoner in our hands. He went to
Southwestern Virginia, but losing all hope
of success and all heart in the war, gave up
gracefully to our forces and the rheuma
tism. The Chicago Timet, which has eulogized
Mr. Lincoln since his death, and denouueed
his assassin in set terms, thus expressed it
self in its issue of July 1st. 1864:
"He (President Lincoln) could not be
more worthless dead than he is living, but
would be infinitely less mischievoue, and
his corpse, repulsive ns it would be in its
freshest state and most graceful habiliments
would yet be the most appropriate sacrifice
which the insulted nation could oiler in
atonement for its submission to his imbecili
ty and despotism."
Yet, now the same paper pretends to weep
over tlie grave of the murdered President,
and denounces the act of assassiualion it has
invited.
A Washington dispatch says:
''It is jaid President Johnson and Secre
tary Stanton betrayed a good deal of the
"Ry the Eternal" temper of Andrew Jackson,
upon the receipt of Sherman's dispatches." x
What Mr. Sewabd Says. The Wash
ington correspondent of the New York Com
menial writes that Mr. Seward has remarked
since the tragedy: "This is only history re
peating itself all great revolutia Lave
their assassins as well as their heroes."
- In Sneddon. Vermont, last Sunday, the
pastor naturally 'preached on the death of
f resident Lincoln, ana an aged copptrneaa,
after listening as long as be could to the
scathing denunciation of traitors and assass
ins, got up and left tba church. Just aa be
got to tba door the minister called out to
him, "Don't stop, brother, till you get to
iW4S4UO-, W UVUU I V.fWUUW. Wf
beany smen from the wfcola congregation:
The Ilrldnl Chamber.
A note of warning (nil sdrico to thoos fuflVrlng
with Seminal Wtakncas. General Debility, or Pr
mature Decay, from whatever cause rrodoeed.
Read, ponder, and redeot ! Be wise In time.
Sent Frc to any addren, fur the benefit of the
ifllicUd. Sent by return mail. Addrcra
JAMES 8. Bl'TbER.
42i BruadKny, Nbw York.
April 15, lS65.-3m
The Urldal Chamber, an Em? of
Warning and Imtruction for Young Men published
by the Howard Aaaociation, and tent frae of ehargo
In sealed envelopes. Addrcn Dr. 3. SKILLI3
HOUGHTON, Howard Association, Philadelphia
Pennsylvania.
February 11, lb65 ply
WHISKERS I WHISKERS 1
Do von want Whinkersor MousUchn? Our Gre
cian Compound will force them to grow on the
rmootheet face or chin, or hnir on bald heads, in Six
Weeki. Prices f 1.00. Sent hy mail anywhere,
clo?ely aealeifTon receipt of price.
Address, WARXEll A CO ,lloxl38, Brooklyn, N.T.
February 18, 130J. ly
SrntNO. This present season is devoted
to grass butter, fresh shad, early peas, and
new clothes. I he tlrst three can be proctir
ed in market, but to get the last named in
dipensahles it is necessary tnextrcise sound
discretion. Hence men of taste and judg
ment go to the Drown Stone Clothing Hall
ofRockhill & Wilson, N'os. 003 nnd 005
Chestnut street, above Sixth, where they
procure for themselves nnd their growing
sons the most elegant and the most durable
garments. We have no hesitation in ad
vising all our readers to enroll themselves
among these men of taste and judgment.
Iiuiurmaf ion I'rce 1
TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS.
A Gentleman, cured of Nervous DeWlit
ity. incom
I Error, ac-
rctencv. I'rematuro Dccav, and Youthful
tuatcd hy a desire to benefit others, will be happy to
forni?h to all who need it, (rreeof l harge.) lo re
cipe and directions for making the simple remedy
used in his oaso. Suflercrs Wishing to profit by tho
advertiser's sad experience, and possess a sure and
valuable remedy, can do so by addressing him at his
place of business. Tho Recipe, and full information
of vital importance will bo cheerfully sent by
return mail. Address
JOHN ft OOIiKN,
60 Nussau St., New York.
P. S. Nervous Sufferers of both sexes will find
this information invaluable.
April 15, lutii. lim
BUNBURY
10 00
f 1 7j a 2 00
120
100
MARKET.
Erip.
Butter,
Tallow,
Lard,
Pork,
Bacon,
Ham.
Shoulder,
Flour,
Wheat,
Rye,
Corn,
Oats,
Buckwheat,
Flaxseed.
Ctoversced,
1(10
(2 611
$7 00
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
i'llBUC NOTICE.
TOTICE is 4hcri-by given that tho undersigned
XN Assistant Assessor of the 3.1 Div- I lib liistriu'.
of iVnnsjIvtuiia. will attend nl the following pi. ices,
aud at tliu time therein uaiucd. lor the pui'itosu of
receiving the iucoiuu returns of the year lsiit :
At Wuld's Hotel in llcorgctuv.il, Lower Mahonoy,
May 22nd and 23d.
At J. (J. Smith's Hotel, Jackson township, on 25th
anil 2ith.
At llcim's hotel, Upper Mnhouoy, on the 27th and
29th.
At Mrs. Baker's. Little M:iboncy, on the 30th.
At Trevortou. ou3lst May.
At I'axinus. on the 1st nnd 2d June
At Shauiokin Borough on thooih und 6th.
At Mt. Curuicl on Ihu 7th and Bill, and at his office
iu Sunliury. I'roiu 15th to 20lh bolb days inclusive.
AM pt-rsous neglecting or refusing to uiako returns
nt the tiuies above named, the Assit;mt Assessor,
will make a return for them from the best informa
tion hu can obtain, and will add ono hundred per
centum as a penalty for such refusal or neglect.
The proper blanks will lie furnished nt the time.
Persons liable aud desiring License, will liiulio
application ut thesnme lime.
1. .M. MUMiEL. Ass't. Assessor.
3d l'iv. 14lb lisl , Pn.
Sunbtiry, May 1.1, ISrtj.
UNITED" STATES" ilOTEU"
Opposite the !
N. Y. Ni:iV II A VEX A WESTERN It. K. l)Keor j
BEACH 8TBEKT. BOSTON.
By K. M. PRATT,
Formerly of the Atneriran Ifoi.-i.
May 13, l!.'..-ly
Bank or soRTiirMnBin.AH'
Sindi hy, Pa., .May jib, I Silo.
NOTICE.
The stockholders of the Bank of Northumberland
arc hereby notified, in accordance with the require,
mcnis of the Act of Assmhly. approved Iho 22.1 day
of August, Ifrti, entitled "An Act enabling tho i
Dunks of this Commonwealth to become associations
for tho purposo of bnnkin under the laws of the j
United states," that the Dank of Northumberland, i
nt a meeting of the Piockholdcrs. held nt the bank- '
ing house, in the Dorough of cmnhury, on Thursday. ;
tho 4th day of May. ISlii, voted to become an Associu.
tion for carrying on tho business of the liankinj; j
under the laws of the United States, nnd that Iho
directors hare procured the authority of the owners j
ot more than two thirds of the capital stock, luumke
the certificate required therefor by the laws of the
United Suites.
Very rcspetfully,
Yours ie. !
SAMUEL J. PACKER, Cuhier.
Sunbury, Mny 13, JH65. it
NEW GOODS!
Two doors west of Wni. II. Miller's Phot store.
Sunbury, Pa. Just opened a fresh supply of
SPRING & SUMMER GOODS,
Puch as Fancy Press Trimmings. Ribbons, Gloves
Handkerchiefs, Ladies' Linen Collars and Cuffs
Gent Linen and paper Collars, Nells. Ilclts. Lace I
Collars and Sleeves, Hair Rolls, Velvet Ribbons.
Red. White and lilue Neck-ties, Corsets, Quaker
Skirts, Yokes and Sleeves.
SHAKER.S, PARASOLS, AC.
I'holorapliM wt'l'i'f Kidrut Lincoln,
in frames.
Also, Swiss, Jaconet and Victoria Muslins Crape
Collars and Veils, Grenadine and Lace Veils aud a
variety of other articles too numerous to mention.
MARY L. LAZARUS.
Sunbury, May 13, 1864.
FANCY DRY GOOD STOKE.
MISS KAXB BLACK,
RESPECTFULLY informs her friends in Sunbury
snd vicinity, that she has jul opened her
BFIUNO AND SUMMER GOODS,
of Notions and Fancy Dry Goods,
Ilarkot street, four doors west ofWm. II. .Miller
Iloottnd Shoe store, bL'NBlKY, Pa.
Her stock consists of Trimmings, notions, embroi
deries, Ladies and Children' hats and shakers ; silk
and other linings, Hoop-skirts, Crape and Lace Veils;
Jiets, gloves, stockings, collars, and cornels, to.
TWILIGHT AND GARIBALDI MUSLIN.
3ents' Handkerchiefs, Cravats, Neckties, Suspen
ders ; Kibbons, of all kinds, Feathers, Vel ret, aud
many other axtioles too numerous to mention.
Photographs of President Lincoln.
Perfumery, Toilet Sonne, to.
o u ... KATE BLACK.
Sunbury, May 12, 186J.
MIL L INE ttTGOODS,
AND
l'A.ACV .XUiOiSATItnilinbiM
MISS L. SHISSLEK,
At the new stand, in Market Square, SUNBCRT,
HAVE just received from Philadelphia the latest
and most fashionable styles of Millinery Goo.lt,
such as Bonnets, Hau, Silks, Kibbous and Lsxec,
Scarfs, Hosiery and Glove. Skeleton Skirts, Flowers,
Head brewc & Nets, Old Ladies' Caps, Shswla,
Silk, c.
Black Crape and Lace Veils, Crape and Linen Col
lut. Dress Trimmings and Buttons, Co-tcU, Zephyrs,
Cotton Vara, Soap aud Perfumery,
liugle TriiuuiisiBn, Hair Plus and
sjoiiibo.
Qents' Linen snd Paper Collars, Neckties, io.
Flags, Picture Taareli and Cords,
t Parasols, Ladies' Satchels, Fans, 4a.
Photographs of President Lincoln,
handsomely framed.
Thankful for past patronage I hope by strict si
toeuua w busiuuet Iu ooatuiue U save.
L. cillSSLER,
tunbury.May J3, JK4
TAILORING.
J. F. SCHAFFER,
RESPECTFt'LtY informs the cltlrcns of SCX.
BLHY and violnity, that he has opened a -Talloriatr
(Shop,
In tho room over Farn worth's Grooery, opposite the
Centnl Hotel, Bunbury, where he is ready to tuaka
np cnrini-tir nf alt kinds in the latest style and best
workmanlike manner.
Having had eapcrienco in the fiutinw for a num
ber of years he hopes to render gencrnl satisfaction.
Custom work Is respectfully solicited.
t J F. SCflAFFER.
Bunbury. May 13, 1B0S Jin
Notice to TrrnpanerM.
NOTICE Is hereby giren, that no person will be
allowed to tretpast on mr properly, on tho
bhamokin Island, or to enter Into any enclosure
without permission, as the penalties of the law will
be enforced against all offender,
HO REWARD,
will be paid for Information that will Und to tho
conviction ot any such trespasser.
... ... JOSRPH BIRD
bhamokin Inland, May 1.1, 1805. 6m
Mute of the Hank of .rl tiinnlM-r.
land, InM Slay 3d, IMI5.
ASSETS.
Loan arid Bills discounted, . . f;20.'.73 05
CortiflcHles of t'niled Ntntcs Mint - Jim 000 TO
United States 6-20 Loan. . . 2011 OHO 00
InleroHl bearing Legal Tender?, U.0O0 00
f-.u unn, ...
Ponn'a. Loan (Six per cent. Wnr UD.
Clink of Northuinlicrliind Slock,
Northumberland Uriilge Stock,
Telcuraph Stock,
Ileal Hdtnte, Ac
Hue by other Bunks. ...
Notes of other Banks, and Legal Tenders
Cash Items,
Specie in Vault ihcltullng Commonwealth
Specie Ccrtifloutc-s,
2fi.WHl 00
10.000 HO
6.070 00 i
1 .500 00
350 00
4.701', 7
7H.U9 93
.13.819 0C
8,6'iB 7:
30.969 4f
5730.2I4 94
$315. IRS OC.
14.137 22
la.ooo oo
135.773 15
. , LIABILITIES.
Notes in circulation,
Due toother Banks.
" Commonwealth. Currency for
Specie Certificates,
" Ir'tors, ... f.ifli.295 37
NoRTIU'MBKRt.AXn Co.. ScT.
I hereby certify the nhovn tifn,i i :..
true to the best oi' my knowledge and holier
S. J. PACKER, Cashier,
r-worn and subscribed before mo. 1
Em'l. Wilvbrt. Notary Public. I
Surib'ury, Mny 4th, lsti'5.
FANCY DRESS GOODS;
MInmA.V'VI lMI.VI'i:iC,
Two doors West of tlie Post Ollicc,
SXJiSrBTjrRY, PENN 'A..,
HA!5"!,t received and opened a largo assortment
of tancy llresa Hoods, such as U lores. Jourian
h.id-glovc, Silk and lisle thread (1 lures; Ladies
cotton Hose. Children's Merino Hose. Silk Mits,
Ladies and Ocntlcuien Handkerchiefs. Corsets. Km
broidered Slippers, Rihhons FANCY UltESS BI T
TON'S. Buglo 'iimps. Irirnmings. Buttons. Belt Rib
bon civet Ribbons. Itraid. Belt Clasps, Ladies'
Ncck-tics.CRAI'ERIBIlO.Vnnd TKIMMr.Mi ; Em
broidering liraids, Ja.-on.it and Swiss Ed"ings and
insertions; Malteesc Lace Collars. Laces, tirenadine
cils. Black cils. FancyDrcss Combs, Head Urea
si s, Netts. and a variety of oilier articles.
Loekwood s Paper Collars or a superior quality.
Ladies Linen Collars, a variety of (juven Elizabeth
Collars, black nnd while Barbes.
Picture Cords and Tamils.
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS
11 JOK3 AND STATIONEBV,
Monthly Ti,,,c p.,,,,,, Drawing Book and States.
Books, Hy,n Boks. Blank Books. Memorandum
Boyii Umrics. Pocket Books. Ink Stands. Pens,
I e.-cls. a fine assortment of Paper, Ink, Ac.
Toilet Scans, Toolli-llrushcs. Ac.
TOYS AM) UA.MES Foil CIIILDREX,
Allof whi'h hare been selected with care and will
be sold nt reasonable prices.
K . . ANNA PAINTER.
Funbut '. May 13, lSdj.
1805. 7SC5.
MAMMOTH STORE.
W. I It I I.I ( Si Sit,
I ")E(i leave to call the attention of the public that
they hare just returned from the City with it
very
LARUE AXI) WELL SELECTED
STOCK OF HOODS!
I
Consisting of Mi Y (iOOI)S,
Hardware. Quccnswnrc Cedarwnrc,
j BOOTS & SHOSS,
Hosiery, (ih.vcs, Nations, Trimmings.
ItriiUTM mid 4 lM'ini nU, Oils. l.nniiM
ami in fact EVERYTHING GENERALLY KEPT
ill Country Slorr.
We bought our goods at the lowest Cash Prices
and consequently wo think we can ofTcr great in
ducements to purchasers for Cash or Country Pro
duce. The highest market price paid for all kiud
of Produce. Gircusacall.
c , J- W. FRILING & SON.
bunbury. Mny 1.1, 18i',3.
U. S. 7-30 LOAN.
The sa!o of the first series of $ :t)0.00n.000 of the
7-30 Loan was completed on the .'list of March, 155.
The sale of the second scries ot Three Hundred Mil.
lions, parable three years from the lilh day of June
1865. The sale of the second scries of Thrgo Hun.
dred Millions, paynble three years from the 15th
day of June, 18(15, was begun on tho 1st of April.
In the short spaco of thirty days, over One Hundred
Millions of this sories have been sold leaving this
day less than Two Hundred Millions to be disposed
of. The interest is payable semi-annually in cur
rency on tho 15th of December and 15th of June by
by Coupons attached to each nolo, which are readily
cashed anywhere. It amounts to
One cent per day on a $50 note.
Two cents ' " t100 '
Ten " " " $500.
20 " " ' " $1000 "
(1 ' ' " $5000 "
MORE AND MOKE DESIRABLE.
The Rebellion Is suppressed, and the Government
has already adopted measures to reduce expenditure
as rapidly as possible to a peace footing, thus with
drawing from market as borrower and purchaser.
This is the ONLY LOAN IN MARKET now of
fered by the Government, and constitutes the Great
Popular Loan of the People.
The Seren Thirty Note are convertible on thcli
maturity, at the option of the holder, into
V. i. ."- O Hlx mt crnt.
GOLD11EAUIXG BOX DS .
Which are always worth a premium.
l'roe I'roiu Taxation.
The 7.o0 Notes onnuot be taxed by Towns, Cllie,
Counties or States, and the interest ni uot taxed un
less on a surplus of the owner's income exceeding
six hundred dollars a year. This fuel increases their
value from one to three per ceut. per annum, accord
ing to the rate levied on other properly.
SUBSCRIBE QUICKLY.
;y than (200,000,000 of the Loan authorised by
the lat Congress are now on the market. This
amount, ..t the rate at which it is being absorbed,
will all bo subscribed for within two months, when
the notes will undoubtedly command a premium, as
has uniformly ben the ease on olwing the subscrip
tions to other Loans.
In order that oitisens of every town and section ol
the country may be afforded facilities for lakiug tbo
loan, the National Banks, Stale Banks, aud Private
Bankers throughout the country have generally
agreed to receive subscriptions at par. Subscribers
will eeleot their owa ageut. in whom they have con
fidence, and who only are to be respouible for the
delivery ot the soles fur which they receive ordors.
JAY cook:,
Scsscriftiox Agist, Philadelphia
May 1st, 1865.
Bosscair-rioas will as sk iivcd by the
First National Bank of Northumberland.
First Notional Bonk of Milton.
Noribuaiberland National Baiik ofShatnokin.
bisk of Northumberland
May H. 1381 -Sta