CQe guntmrg American.
H. B. MA.83BH, K iltor & Proprietor.
E. WILVEHT, Publisher.
bATUKDAY, NOVEMBEli 18, 1805.
A POLITICAL MIHROB.
"Ah! would lie but the glftio gl'e us,
To see our lot's, m others tee ua."
la sumo respects a newsipftpcr mny be con
sidered r looking glas3. Iu most cases, in
deed, one can pee nntl judge, not only of thu
habits und business chnrnctcr of the tikee
iu which it is published, but, frequently the
editor, r-ven when lie is disposed to pcrccn
liiinscU' from the scrutinising eyo of the
public while peeping through the loop-holes
Au.l ...muni tlm rrrnrrfl In n nnner. which
presumes to call itself democratic, not one
: . , -i. r i.i
hundred wiles from Danville, wo find the j
following paragraphs, side by tide, in which ;
llin r.liinr uiiintcntioniillv reveals, himself to j
the public.
"Wade Hampton is very full, classical features,
"black beard, courageous and forty."
"Boston Corbctt, i fnid to divido his time in
'Xcw York, between cobbling nnd singing psalms."
Now mnrk tho difference Geu. Hampton,
who is noticed in a complimentary manner,
is perhaps tho most rabid nnd uncom
promising rebel leader iu South Carolina.
Proud nud aristocrr.lie, lie looks with con
tempt on Northern mechanics and white
laborers, as tho mud sills of society, and
hates the North and idl institutions calcula
ted to elevate the mechanic nnd laborer to
an equality with himself.
Boston Corbctt, on the other hand, is nn
humble mechanic of the North, nnd a brave
soldier, though only a sergeant. But Hamp
ton fought for tho Confederacy, nnd was
the last to give up. Corbctt fought for the
Union, and what is worc in the eyes of
some, shot Booth tho assassin, nnd "That's
what's the matter." In the tame paper we
find nn Article which, iu defending AVirz
and apologising for his cruellies to our
prisoners, denounces the Judc Advocate
who prosecuted him as "worse than abrute"
and Stanton as a heartless scoundrel.
I2?"Wau Kktwkln Spain and Cuim.
The Government of Spain ha3 been em
boldened by its success in Peru to fall upon
another Republic of South America. On
the 17th of September, tho Spanish Admi
ral Pnreja appeared in Valparaiso harbor,
and sent in a notification that the former
explanations nnd apologies ofiVred, nnd
which the Spanish Minister in Chili had de
clared perfectly satisfactory, had been repu
diated in Madrid. IIo then stated the
principle points of offense, and demanded
an immediate and satisfactory explanation
and a salute of 21 guns to the Spanish flog,
or he would nt once break off all diplomatic
relations. Tho Government of Chili refusing
to accede to this demand, Pnreja sent nn
ultimatum, to which the Chilian Congress
replied by unanimously passing a declara
tion of war.
57" New Jersey Election. A3 New
Jersey has been brought back again, safely,
into the Union, by the aid of Gen. Kiipat
rick, find many cf the true lending demo
crats, there is r.o stamping ground now left
for the rops, and they appear to be in great
tribulation, lest they shall be known only,
in a few years, as one of tho lost tribes. A
neighboring Journal however, takes com
fort to itself by publishing that some fellow
has indicted Kilputritk for bribery. Pome
fellow once attempted to pull Gen. Jack
son's iioeo. It no doubt afforded consola
tion to sonic of the old hero's enemies.
SfThc Atlantic- Great Western Kail
way Company it is said hnvo leased the
Cuttawissa road nnd tho connecting roads,
so ns to make n new line of road from Som.
nicrset, a point on the Atlantic & Great
Western, near the m! renivui, to New York.
The track is to be of the wide guage to
corre-pond with their own. The charter
was obtained quietly near the close of the
session of the last le"L'aluro.
27Eii;ht Horns a Bay. Many who
nre agitating this question, do not seem to
understand its effect. If it requires five short
elays to produce an article that now requires
four, the article must uecessarilyt cost 20
per cent more. As well might the farmer
reduce the size of his bushel, or the mer
chant tho length of his yard stick. The
New York TrVnric thus expresses its views
ot this subject :
'The assumption that tho employers can
be
mad.5 to imv as niueli lurnulit hours
laluir ns they now pay for ten "without in
creasing the price of the nrticlo produced,"
is not justihcd ly any known law or politi
cal economy nor by any fucts within our
cognizance. c certainly tried no longer
to than lust year to sell our paper ut is
ild price after thu cost of '.he materials and
'ab.ir employed iu iu production had been
very considerably enhanced nud found our
olves compelled either to charge more or
lrift into bimU.'ptcy. Others in our trade
iud to do ns we (lid or fail. And now, if any
me believes t'lt he can 6 II ncwspapeis
or anything . !-e) as clump after the cost of
jroitueiiig them has beeu'hrgcly increased
she did before, let him try it", nnd, if he
uceeeds, give the woild the benefit of his
jcperieuce. Y,'e wi.i'u to adopt every im-
noveinent, and slm'.'i gladly welcome, one
hut shows v.s how to burn u cr.udlu at both
n.ls without shuttering it. But, until the
'.eMionsliation is made, wo must continue
i b-jiiee that when journeymen carpenters,
lusoi.s, sltouiuhkvrs, halters, tailors, occ.,
:c, receive ns much for tight hours' work
i they uow do fur ten, houses, shots, huts,
outs, iVc, must Lu cicarer tuaii now, to
hat each journeyman w ill find the cost of
is living enhunced in substantial propor
ion to the increase of his wages, or (what
tho same thing) the reduction of his hours
f labor. This by no means proves that the
eduction 6hould not bo made; it culy
roves that it is urged iipon mistaken pre
mises. t3T"TiiE American Aoiiicultikist,
ubluhed by Orange Judd & Co., 41 Park
ow. New York, offers forty good prenii
ms, valued at from $250 to ?000, accord
ig to the number of subscribers furnished,
id the amount paid. It is the most vul uti
le and successful agricultural journal in
le country. Single copy per year $1.50,
r four 5.00; ten for $12.00; twenty or
ore 11.00 each.
At a AVelsh bathing place, a number
.' young ladies, in "Zouave bathing dresses,"
Tain tbrooyb to 6gure of a quadrille.
Titf. Cabekti or AVin7.B. The following
brief sketch of the career of Henry Wine,
who lately sullercd penalty of death for tho
murder of Union prisoners at Andersonville,
may be Interesting to tho public. It was
received from his on lips by a gentleman
who visited liiin, and, iu point ot accuracy,
imperfect:
"I wns born In Zurich, Switzerland; came
to tho United States, in 1840, at which time
1 was unable to speak English. I tried to
obtain a position as assistai.t to some physi
cian, but failed. Landed in New York
city; afterwards went to Connecticut, from
which Slate 1 went to Lawrence, Mnes.,
where I was cnjrngrrl in ft shawl fi.otory.
After remaining them for several years, went
to Kentucky, where I married ; I nftctward
went to Philadelphia, and thence to a plan
tation to Louisiana, where I wns employed
as a physician. I remained there until the
breaking out of tho war, when I enlisted in
an independent company as a private ; was
afterward mado clerk of tho Richmond pri-
'! I"' " '""' f"11.?18"
Ail t. (ien. on den. binders stnil ; wns
.,,,.,, nt Fttil. 0,li;s aim wound from
which he now suH:rs): v.'ns then mado lro-
vot r.InrJiiil of Mum Lester, Vn.; was then
sent on an inspecting tour of, the prisons iu
tho t.ioutli.
"Iu 1303 I went to Europe for tho benefit
of my health, where I remained three or
four months; on my return I was put in
charge of Andersonville tin., until tho Con
federacy burstcd up. I admit that prisoners
wcro brutally treated, but deny that I am
the guilty party; I have never shot a mau hi
my life."
Sentence mid IXt't-u tioit i Wrrze.
Capt. AA'irzc, tho Andersonville jailor, was
found guilty by the Slilitary Commission
and sentenced to be hanged. The President
approved tho sentence nnd fixed Friday,
Nov. lot Ii, for carrying it into execution.
AYiizc said ho expected no reprieve, and ap
peared resigned to his fate. Thu sentence
was tlnv carried out.
At 10.20 A. M. AYiiv.c was taken from
cell and conducted to thu eciilloltl erec
in the prison yard. After the reading of
his sentence, nnd the order for his execution,
while standing on tho scaffold, his legs and
hands were tied, nnd the noose passed around
his neck, and the black cap placed over his
head. Ho stood erect without faltering,
evidently having nerved himself for the
solemn event. Those on the platform re
tired to the railing, leaving the doomed
man in tho centre of the structure. After a
few moments 'of profound quiet, the drop,
nt a preconcerted signal, fell. The sound
thus occasioned, having readied the cars of
the promiscuous crowds outside of the Old
Capital grounds, but who were not pri
vileged to view the execution, it was re
sponded to by repeated shouts of approba
tion.
Tho convict directly nfter falling was
considerably convulsed in his legs, but the
agony was soon over, lie hung about fif
teen minutes, and was then cut down. His
body was laid upon a strcehcr and convey
ed to the prison, where it was placed in a
coffin and transferred to Father Doyle for
interment. Ilia neck was broken by the
fall.
All the proceedings occupied about three-
fourths of an hour. The culprit was per
fectly calm and protested his innocence to
the last.
A Klrnnc Slory about Wirz.
AN ATTEMPT 31 AUK II Y HIS WII'K TO C.IVE
DIM TOISOX VIGILANCE OK HEX. liAKER.
A startling fact iu connection with AY ire's
imprisonment has been given to the public.
This is no less than an attempt to poison
AVirz, which, but fur tho quickness of the
officer present, would lmvu been success
ful. AVlicn Mr3. Virr. came on o Washington
it was the dosire of the Government to give
her every facility for enjoying interviews
with her husband, with only such precau
tions ns were indispensably necessary. The
Secretary of War, therefoic, requested lieu.
L. C. Baker to arrange for such interviews
a nr. to bo present ut them.
The first interview of Mrs. AA'irz with her
huabund was in his celi, just after the com
mencement of his trial. Their meeting was
not at all of the character that would be
expected between man and wifo under such
ciicumslances. There was no appearance
of tenderness, lio embrneo or K-iss, no team,
and no apparent emotion of any kind on
tho part of either. Tint lady's first words
were : "How are you, Wirz I'' "Well," he
answered, in a gloomy voice, "I nm getting
along pretty well." Shu looked at hi'n u
moment, and her net words wcr:: "Win n
did you have on a clean shirt iusti" "1
never mw youhiok to dirty in my life." AVirz.
replied that he had put one on within a w eek,
nnd began to complain of his misfortunes.
Their conversation throughout wuscold und
flippant.
The third interview was nn Sunday,
October 21). The two exchanged common
place salutations as before, and indulged
in common-p'.aco conversation. Gen. Daker
saw Mrs. AVirz draw olf her glove, and saw
a nervous motion of her bund us though
moving something in it which she desired
to conceal. As she rose to go she stepped
up to Wirz, and for thu first lime made a
movement to kiss hiin.
(ien. Daker stuod at their side where he
could see the meeting of their lips. It was
not a quick, passionate kiss, but Gen. Daker
noticed that they occupied a longer time
than necessary, and that the movements
of their lips wcro rather peculiar for kissing.
As their lips parted General Daker was con
vinced that she. had passed something from
her mouth into his, und that he was about
to swallow it. He sprang toward AVirz ami
caught him by the throat, partly choking
him for tho instant Geti'-r:d D-ikfr then
commanded him to opt n hi: mouth, und,
ns he did so, he spit out a little ball which
he had partly crushed, and which General
linker picked up. It was somewhat suuilli r
thnn tin ucoru. and was ascertained to be
strychnine, enclosed in tilled silk, and coat
ed with licorice. It is now iu Gen. linker's
possession. Jn getting up, Mrs. AVirz hud
probably dextero.isly conveyed it to his
mouth. Iu an instant mure Wirz would
have swallowed it, and ns soon as tho out
side coatiug had dissolved in his stomach,
it would havu Caused his immediate death.
Mrs. Wirz was not ngniu ullowed to visit
the tell. She left the city nearly two weeks
ngo, not wailing cither to hear her husband's
sentence, or to see him again befoie death
Michigan's tipple trade this year has
been immense-. Pour hundred and ten
thousand barrels have already been freight
ed to Cleveland, Cincinnati nud northern
Kentucky. The principal part of the w inter
fruit has gone, or will go, to this city, and
other points over the whole country. The
Detroit Free Frm says that the trade this
year has been compressed into the space of
six weeks, und the avenues of freight have
been almost blocked up with immense
quantities coming forward lor shipment,
w hile warehouses havu been filled to over
flowing, uad temporary khciU have bein
erected for storing thu fruit until it could
be removed to its destination.
An engineer at Nashville sent a workman
under his locomotive to oil the running
cear, and then forgetting his presence, ran
his engine ahead just far enough to cut off
one of the man's legs. A bystuader shout
ed to warn the cngiueer, who thereupon
bucked his machine in dismay and cut off
the otlier leg of the unfortunate workman.
He survived however, aud suing the com
pany tor 130,000 damages, has obtained $3,-690.
National ThnnknslTlng for Pence.
PIIOCLAMATION BY ME PTIESIDEKT.
"Wherein, It hs pleased Almlglity God
during the year which is now coming t an
end. to relievo oir beloved country from the
fearful scourge of civil war, and to permit
us to secure Xht blessings of pence, unity
and harmony,' w ith a great enlargement ot
civil liberty; and
'Whereas. Our Heavenly Father hns also
during the year graciously averted frcm us
the calamities of foreign war, pestilence nnd
famine, while onr granaries are full of tho
fruits of an abundant season j and
H'ktyim, Kightcousness exnltcth anation,
while sin is a reproach to any people ;
Now, therefore, be it known that I, An
drew Jolfnson, President of tho United
States, tin hereby recommend to the people
thereof, that they do set npart nnd observe
the first Thursday of Dt'cembcr next, as a
tiny of National Thanksgiving to the Crea
tor of the Universe for these deliverances
and blessings.
And I do lurthcr recommend ttiat on mat
occasion tho wholo people make confession
of our national sins ngaiust his infinite good
ness, and with one heart nud onu mind im
plore tho divino guidance in tho ways of
national virtue nnd holiness.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand, nnd'enused the seal of tho United
Stales to be atlixed.
Done nt the city of Washington, the
twenty-eight day of October, in tho year of
our Lord one tiousund eight hundred nnd
sixty-five, nnd at tho independence of tho
United States tho ninetieth.
Dy the President.
ANDKEAV JOHNSON.
AV. n. Seward, Secretary of State.
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVEUNOD.
AVith feelings of the most profound grati
tude to Almighty God, I invite the good
people of the Commonwealth to meet in
their places of public worship on Thursday,
the seventh day of December next, nnd rniso
, . their hearts nnd voices in praise nnd thanks
. ,'i I yiving to Him, not only for the mnnilest
!'t'c'"U(i ordinary blessings which, during tiio past
vcar, he has continued to heap upon us, for otlier way, staggering backward and lor
abundant and gathering harvests, forthriv- ward; now his knees would double up, and
ing industry, for general health, for domestic bu wonld miss n step, as if the earth had
good order and government, but, also, most suddenly vanished before him; then he
expressly and fervently for His uncqualed would cross his legs, anil a lurch would send
goodness in having so strengthened and I him diagonnlly across the road. He stop
intnrded our people during the last four ped and braced himself up so ns nearly to
i venrs that thev have been enabled to crush
to the earth the late wicked Debellion, nnd
to exterminate the system of human slavery
which caused it. As we wrestled in prayer
with Him in the dark time of our trouble,
when our brothers nnd sons were staking
life nnd limb for us on a bloody field, or
suffering by torture or famine in the hells of
Andersonville nnd thu Libby, so now, when
our supplications have been so niarvclonsly
and graciously answered, let us not with
hold from Him tho homage of our thanks
civiiisr. Let us say to nil, "Choose vc this
day w hom ye will serve, but for us ami our i
house we "will serve the Lord." Come ,
then, ye people whom ho hath so helped
and led, come ye war-worn and mutilated
men, whom Ho hath spared to return to
vnur fli"ir ltnmne lut lia ttirritiry rT-iff.s
his temples, let us throw ourselves on the i
knees ot our hearts, with a willful joy nt
the foot of His throne nnd render aloud our
praise and thanksgiving to Him, because
He hath made the right to prevail, because
He hath cleansed onr land from the stain of
human slavery, nnd because Ho ha'.h gra
ciously shown forth in the eyes of nil men
the great truth, that no Government is so
strong ns a Kcpublic, controlled under his
guidance, by an educated, moral nnd reli
gious people.
Dy the Governor.
A. O. CUIITIN.
El.l SuiFEit, Soc'y of the Commonwealth.
'I'lic .Biminii'ii liiMiirreolion.
Tlif. T'nitnrl Stfltcs: ronmil fit:il irmpd nt Ha
vana, under date of October :U, informs the
State Department that the Captain General
of the Wand of Cuba has tendered to the
Di it ish consul general troops and war-vessels
to go and assist the authorities of Ja
maica. The war-vessels were accepted, nnd
two of them sailed oft the date of his tKs
path from St. Jago tie Cuba. The consul at
Ilavanna encloses to the State Department a
despatch from onr consul at Kingston, in
which he states that his predecessor, who
has bad come four yenr' UYpeiii'iiPO with
the islanders, expresses liars that it will re
quire several months to suppress the insur
rection effectually. Ho expresses a hope
that an American war steamer may at onec
be despatched to that port, and states that
there i. re, on the Island of Jumatc i, about
400,000 inhabitants, of which tmlv M,C!!0
whites, about 75,000 muiattocs nnd' the
nre
remainder (:il3,"t"i) arc blacks. 1 lie pre
sent outbreak evidently has been long con
templated, nnd is intended to be a war of
extermination by the blacks against the
whites, and the great de -parity of numbers
gives the former u gieat advantage. They,
ton, have cho-cu a time .when there nre but
few English troops nt that station, and but
one small English war steamer, tho AVolver
iue, at the island.
'IIJIJ .WW.
It has been ascertained that during tho
entire war tho navy iias lost only fouitueu
hundred and six men in killed, and sixteen
hundred antl thirty-eight in wounded, out
of the seventy-live thousand sailors and
maiines who have been on the rolls. This
is inclusive of all losses hi the grand battles
on thu Mississippi, at Charleston, Mobile,
and Port Pisher, und elsewhere. In a word,
the spleuuid victories ot punagut and Por
ter have been achieved with less loss of lifu
than that which bus beer, suffered in a sin
gle division of troops. This is duo in part
lo the fact that the enormous range of our
navy guns has in thu muin kept tho men
out of musket lance. It is worthy of note
that the whole expense of tho navy since
the beginning ot tho war, including tho
construction mid equipment of all its ves
sels and their luttiuletinucc, has been less
than iJi),000,000, or only about seven und a
half per tent, of the national debt. More
over, wo have ut the close of tho war, ships
cuotigh to show for the money spent to con
stitute what is probably a better navy than
that of either of tho European Powers. AVe
have constructed, since 18(11, two hundred
and ten vessels of war, all tit which are of
thu most improved model, nnd contain all i
the appliances of modern offeusivo and de
fensive warfare.
ia: itii or oi.o-i:i.itoivn.v.
AVilki'.suaiuii:, Pa., Nov. 11. Colonel A.
II. Bowman, United States Corps of En
gineers died at his residence in this town
this morning. The deceased wns well known
in tho army circles, was formerly Superin
tendent ut AVcst Point, hud charge of the
construction of Port Sumpter, and at the
time of his death w as President of the Com
mission of Engineers fur remodling the
coast fortiticutions.
The J'imI of n !ev York Mory,
Lewis Bchadc, Esq., publishes a curd
denying the truth ot the statement that
Mrs" Wirz introduced strychniuo into her
husband's mouth while kiwing him. Mr.
Sehude shows, that at the time of the al
leged interview, Mis. AVira was in Kentucky,
and say whether the statement comes from
General Baker or from uny body else, it is
an infamous lie from beginuing to end.
Gen. AYasiunotok'h Will. At the Thil
adelphia fair for the benefit of the Soldiers
and Sailor' Homo the luauuscrlpt will of
Gen. AVashington was sold to Mr. Jay Cooke
lor f l ,uuu.
Anecdote of President Johmen,
From Ilarper'a Weekly.
"I Buy,. General Jackson, for fear you
should think I have tome axe to grind
because I try to hard to keep you. at my
poor house all night, I will agree to enter
tain you free of expense!" expostulated the
landlord of the only inn in the village of
Jefferson, Aslie county, North Carolina, to
General Jackson, lftte one evening in the
nutnmn of 18 , as he entered his carriage
to pursue his journey toward Tennessee.
"The Blue Itidge. sir, is infested with ban
ditti, and you wil certainly bo robbed and
posnibly murdered, before morning. I be
seech you, stay!"
"You are very kind, sir, and I thank you,"
replied the Genera'., "but I shall proceed,
and try and reach the Tennessee line at all
events. I hnve no fears of being molested.
Drive on, Ned, briskly. Adieu, gentlemen
all!" and the old hero drove off at a rapid
pace.
"Hilloa there, youngster!" cried the land
lord to a slim, wiry, flaxen headed stripling
standing in the motley crowd in front of
the tavern, "if you are going to Tennessee,
you had better jump up behind nnd go
along with tho General ; it's as cheap riding
as walking."
"Sure cnongh ; I reckon I'd better, and
thank you," replied the young mnn, jump
ing up behind the conch as it drove oil".
They rode cn quietly for some hours until
they began to ascend the mountain, when
the General, hearing a slight cough behind,
called out, sternly :
"Who's that?"
"It's rrc, sir Andrew Johnson. I am a
traveller, on my way to Tennessee, and I
thought I might get a lift on your carriage,
sir. I beg your pardon, sir."
"You are quite welcome, sir, to my car
riage. Come forward and take a seat w ith
me."
"Thank you, sir ; hut as the mountain is
rather steep here, I'll jump off and walk up."
He walked forward up the mountaiii-sido
in advance of tho carriage, but had not gone
far before he saw a mnn ahead of him as
cending the mountain. He appeared to be
intoxicated. Ho lurched this wav and the
fall backward, nnd then drifted helplessly
along. Presently he turned an angle iu the
road and was out of sight.
"That man is beastly drunk!" remarked
tho General.
"Drunk! not much, sir," laughed the
man ; "he's no more drunk than I am. He's
playing 'possum, and means mischief. Look
there! he's lying in the road."
As they drove up he raised himself lazily
and hailed them. "Hie! ah! I I say, gen
tlemen, can't you give a man a lift? I I
hie! can't walk ; I'm loaded too heavily
with d d mean whiskey."
"Then stay where you are nnd get rid of
it ;" replied the General, sternly.
"The devil !" exclaimed tho man, spring
inn to hit feet with the atrility of a cat. He
gave a keen whistle antl planted himself in
front of :hc coach. Three men sprung out
from the bushes, and made a rush at the
carriage.
Quick as thought the General sprang up
on one i f them, and they rolled over iu the
road together. A dull, crushing sound was
next heard over the conflict, antl a second
one rolled over in the dust, propelled by the
loaded whip in the powerful Imnds of the
driver. The young man, by a timely shot,
fired and brought tlown a third, antl then
sprang to tho assistance of the General, who
still fought manfully with his Herculean an
tagonist, while tho driver engaged the re
maining robber.
"Stand back! stand back!" cried tho Gen
eral to the young man ; "we are mnn to
mnn. l n give mo Ttiuttn iir piny. iy
j tlie EternuV 1 have you now!" and ho threw
l "is niiingoiimi uii, '"iuy mn
f "Are you hurt, my boy
asked tho Gcne-
ral. "And you, too, Nud? Where's Ned;"
"1 ere, niassal" repHed thu boy, puffing
up the road. "My robber coward ho ruu
he ! he ! be I I golly; I save one, massa
save one, as' de young man save one he!
he! he!"
All this occurred in less time than it takes
to leeord it.
"But you. Geueral, are you hurt':"
"No j nothing but a few bruises, thank
God! Dut look there! one of them is stir
ring. You, sir, and Ned, pinion his hands,
while I exnnine tho others."
None of them were found to be dead.
Two were only sfUnncd, and the third had
received a justol shot through the shoulder,
j and wns cruiching in affright. They were
all soon pinioned, and a council was held
w hen it was determined to disarm them and
let them go, rather than be detained on the
road. No ftrthcr incidents befell our tra
vellers duriig their jaunt.
On their separation in Tennessee tho Gen
eral gave tlu young man much good advice.
He recounted to him his own history, and
bade him tc aspire to be good and usclul.
The Genera', continued en route for his homo
in Middle Tennessee, and thu young man
stopped and settled in the town of Green
ville, Tennessee, as a journeyman tailor. Of
his subsequent tareer it is needless to speak;
it is part of the history of our country.
M. E. D.
JosEsuoiiouoir, Tennessee, Nov. 1805.
The Steamer St. Jons Disastkh. Con
dition of Four ff the Victims. Tho N. Y.
1'oat of Wednesuiy says: The four members
of one family, Ur. John F. Cunningham,
Mrs. Cunningham antl two daughters, of
1)11 Secoud nvuiue, all of whom were
among the persons who were badly burned
by tiio steam andsculding water on board
the Hudson river Bcaiucr St. John, on Sun
day, October 28, but who escaped with
their lives, still airvive, though it is not
expected Mr. Cunningham will live more
than a a day or twe longer; and his wife
anil children are ulst in a critical condition
In tho case of tho fkher lockjaw has set in
and his teeth are nearly closed; there is
said to be no hope whatever of his recovery.
Mrs. Cunuingham is in a better situation
than cither of her daughters. Her feet are
without skin, and ho process of restoration
has scarcely yet legtin. The toes of tho
gn u are coming of at the joints. This is
in consequence of the boiling of the flesh,
which wis loosenet from tho bone. All the
toes of oa girl are gone, and some of those
of tho otLtr. Their condition is distressing
in the eUremo. Nne of tho injured per
sons can bo kept quiet, so iuteuso is the
pant uiey Btiuer. Tieir limbs are warmed
by tho list ot Iteatiug bottles.
An Anion's Dalgiiteh. The following
story is toll of Professor AVilson's method
of giving lis daughter to Aytouu:
i roiusar rerrier married a daugh'.or of
joim ii ituu, nu eunea the collected edition
of his ftter-in-law' works. It is of his
brother pufessor, Aytoun, who stood in the
same relufcm to "Christopher North," that
a story is ld relative to the successful issue
of Liscoufcltip. Ho took the opportunity
of "declang his intentions" oue morning
when Nort, was in his study, accompauied
br the youij ludy. As soon as he had fin
Islted his ixpUuation, whose purport the
reader may jooceive, aud wos awaiting with
same natuiul mxioty the result, Professor
AVilson, so.'iag nothing, took up one of the
numerous irunntatiou volume lying around,
and tearing un a fly-leaf, with the inscrip
tion "with tie author's compliments," pin
na i it tc hi daughters'! dress and bacded
ber to jpuny Ay toun without a word.
SUMMARY OP NEWS.
The New York road are reducing the
wages of labor, and oue lurgi corporation
has cut off 5 per mouth. ,
Major Gen. Bchofleld will sail from New
York for Europo by the next steamer, on a
year's leave of absence.
The ill-fated steamship Republic had on
boord $400,000 iu specie, besides a very
large and valuable cargo.
Large numbersof New Hampshire farmers
nre selling their lands and going South and
AA'cst to settle.
Sinco the election of Gov. Seward, in
1838, tho whips or republicans hnvo had
ciuht Governors of New York, and the
democrats three.
Dr. Munde's extensive water cure estab
lishment, near Northampton, Mass., was de
stroyed by fire on the 7th inst.
A large number of tho members of the
new Legislature of Mississippi were Con
federate soldiers. Many are wounded.
It is said that no more than two of the
Congressional candidates in North Carolina,
it elected, could take the required oath.
The lifu of the Earl of Strnthmore, of
England, recently deceased, was insured to
tho amount ot $i,uuo,uuo.
Thero is apprehension of a dearth of food
in Noriu Uuroliua betoro tho next crop is
secured.
Mr. A. Dcsland, fathrr-in-law of General
Beauregard nnd John Slidell, died in New
Orleans last week, agcu 82 years.
A steamer arrived nt Philadelphia, on
Saturday, from New York, with 2,218 bar
rels of apples.
Gen. Butler, it is said, ii.tends to make
Washington his permanent residence.
Tho cholera made great ravages in tho
convents of Spaiu.
The npplo crop in AVcstcrn New York is
said to be very heavy.
Snow fell at AVhctling, A'n., on Sunday,
covering the ground four nnd a half inches
deep.
Governor Curtiti, has issued a proclama
tion, appointing the 7th day of December
as a day of thanksgiving and prayer.
Young men in Lawrence, Kansas, have
to marry to get board, the landladies there
taking none but married people.
The city of Nashville, which had a popu
lation of only about 20,000 ut thu commen
cement of the war, now numbers b0,0U0. It
is now one of the most pmspcious und
wealthy cities in the L'nited States.
In thu Baptist Churches of Richmond re
ligious revivals nro going on. They arc
said to bo very solemn and impressive.
Hon. A. H. Stephens is expected to visit
Milledgrville and address thu Georgia State
Convention before its adjournment.
An application to establish n national
bank at New Orleans, with a eapitul of one
million dollars, has been granted.
Gen. A. C. Myers, late quartermaster gen
eral of the rebel Confederacy, has left Paris
on a visit to tho United States. His family
remain in Europe.
Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Interior
under President Buchanan, lias left Paris,
with his wife, for u pilgrimage to the Holy
Land.
The rebel Generals AVnde Hampton, Ker
shaw, Butler, Martiu and Brattan arc mem
bers of the South Carolina Senate.
On Sunday the Bum of $800 was contribu
ted iu the AVusliington street M. E. church
at Petersburg, I iijaivnarj pui iuot.a i
Virginia.
Two hundred and forty-one post routes,
embracing 18,551! milt-a of service, have thus
far been restored in the South.
Hon. A. If. Stephens, of Georgia, hns per
emptorily declined to belt candidate lor
Congress.
A gentleman just from the oil regions nt
Bothwt.ll, Canada, states that one hundred
and ten new wells are now being sunk in
that region, and that there nro already nbout
a dozen flowing wells yielding from five to
fifty barrels of oil per day. These wells are
directly oil the linu of the Great AVcstcrn
Canada Railway, and nbout seventy miles
cast of Detroit.
A soi-disant sportsman in the vicinity of
Eureka, Illinois, wounded a white crane,
and took it home. A number of his neigh
bors amused themselves by plucking at and
tormenting thu bin!, until it got very angry,
mid by n sudden movement of its bill tore
out one of tho eyes of tho principal persecu
tor. The Archbishop of Canterbury has pre
pared a special form of prayer for deliver
uuee from the cattle plague and cholera, and
an order in council will be issued authoriz
ing it to be used on nud utter thu 8th iust.
The celebrated mechanical duck of A'atl
canson is now on exhibition iu thu Hue tlu
Paris, ut Havre, iu a small museum which
takes its name from that illustrious mechan
ician. The bird, standing on a sort of box,
shakes its wings, cats, drinks, and imitates
nature so accurately that it is not safe to let
dogs come iuto the same room with it.
An unknown young man, supposed from
his incoherent utterances to be on his way
South to get married, was accidentally shot
by a hunter, while standing ou thu platform
of. the cars as they passed through East
Bristol, Teuuessee. He died in the house of
Mrs. Mary-Guns, at that place, leaving val
uable baggage and jewelry, and $1,500 in
money, which thu friends aro desired to
identify and reclaim.
A satchel containing eighty thousand
dollars was stolen out of the American Ex
press Company's wagon yesterday, at Chica
go, and no clue has yet been obtained of the
robbers.
A woman named Botirsica, at Chumplittti,
France, hus an extraordinary talent for kil
ling vipers. She discovers their retreat by
her sense of smell, und then tttlracts them to
the surface of the ground by tho uid of li
quor of her own composition. On their
uppearancu she squirts on their heads a
small portion of tho liquor, which stupefies
them, and so they are easily killed. Between
the 1st of May and thu 10th of September
of the present year she destroyed a, 274 of
these reptiles, for which she received 817f.
20c., thu premium for the destruction of
vipeis being 25 centimes each.
M. Desor, a Swiss naturalist, has investi
gated and nouflrnicd tho statement that
small fish have been found in Algerian
artesian wells two huudred feet deep.
These fish belong to the carp species. They
ure healthy, and have fine, large and perfect
eyes. Subterranean fish are usually blind,
oc account of the usQlessoesiof eyes to such
creatures,
A fruit preserving house, with a capacity
of 23,000 bushels, is to be erected at Buffalo,
at a cost of $100,000. These houses have
been thoroughly tested iu Cleveland, Cincin
nati, Indiuuapolis, New York and Greeus
borough, while large ones have just been
finished in Pittsburg, Detroit, Chicago aud
St. Louis.
Great preparations are being made at
Chicago to celebrate the anniversary of the
commencement oi Sherman's March to the
Sea, Nov. 15tb. Several prominent army
organisations will parcipatoin the festivities.
General Grant has purchased a residence
in Washington for $30,000.
The Lawrence,; Mass., American says that
about three oclock oo the morning of Sep
tember 20h, the paper mill buildings of
Russell 4 Co., of" that city, were a mss of
mouldering ruin. Celore noon of that day
the rubbish had been sufficiently cleared
away to allow the masons to commence
laying bricks, nnd last Thursday, just two
weeks from the day of the fire, the mill was
set in motion again.
Four Inches of enow fell on Sunday, ou
the mountains near Pittsburg, Pa. '
Tho shock of an enrlhquake was felt at
Mount Joy, Pn., on Friday evening last.
In France last year, out of 800,000 rail
way passengers only one was wounded! .
'i'liK Lemon Chop. Tho State Depart
ment has official intelligence that the season
has been very favorable for the crops on the
Island of Sicily, and sufficient hus been
produced for all regular demands.
Raphael Stmnies, of Alabama notoriety,
is doing business in Njttchcz, Miss.
John C. Breckinridge is reported to be
pving in elegant seclusion in Canada AVcst.
At Jiirminghnin, i.nglnnd .i woman wns
cleaning some windows, forty feet from the
pavement, as she was leaning- out, suddenly
tell into street upon a man passing by. He
was fatally injured, but she escaped uu
hurt.
"DON'T BE FOOLISH." You can make
Six Dollars from Fifty Cents. Cull and ex
amine an invention urgently needed by every
body. Or a sample sent free by mail for 50
cents that retails easily for $0. bv K. L.
AVOt.COTT. 1TO Chatham Square, N Y.
Sept. 10, 1885. ly.
S B W
ATTETtTIOX, bOI.DIEItS OI' OUIl I, ATE
Armt." Many Discharged Soldiers have
claims of which they have no knowedgc. I!v
sending for a Circular to I.. Drown & Co.,
of No. 2 Park Place, N. Y., information will
bo lurnislied winch mny be valuable.
Oct. 21, 1803. 3t.
(ihuiiioKin Coal 'I'm tie.
Shamokik, Nov. 13. ISM
Ton. Cvt.
Pent for week ending Nut. II. S.7M 15
Tor lunt report, 230.2.1(1 1 1
391.09(1 on
To iiimc time but year,
Incrciue,
2?U,7fl2 OS
111.2:11 01
Uhown's Biionviii.u, Titociii:s are widely
known ns an established remedy for Coughs,
Colds, Bronchitis, Hoarseness, nnd otlier
troubles of the Throat and Lungs. Their
good reputation and extensive use have
brought out imitations, nnd similar prepara
tions represented to bo the same, which nre
generally injurious. Outain only "Jit'oicn't
JUroneh ial Troth ;s."
-iA breeze kissed honeysuckle diffuses
a pleasant fragrance, but its aroma has not
the tropical richness of l'hiilon's "Night
Blooming Cercus." That marvellous scent,
voluptuous, vet not too powerful, seems
closely akin to the fragrant charm with
which Nourmahal enchanted her liege lord
in "The Light of tho Harem.'' Sold cviry
w here.
II.vitn-AA'oitKKD Pnoi-i.E. No clerk on a
salary of a thousand dollars a year goes to
his bank as regularly, or works as many
hours, as AVilliam B. Astor, who counts up
his forty millions. His father used to say
that he bad to take cure of forty millions,
and nil ho gut for it was his victuals and
clothes; but, he continued, he had the great
satislnctioti ol obtaining the latter ut the
Browti-btono Clothing Hal! of Kockhill &
AVilson, Nos. 003 antl OuTi Chestnut street,
above Sixth. That certainly bhould reconcile
a man ertu to having l'urty Millions or cel
lars to take care of.
Xlic ilridal 'l.:inil-r, an Tfsny of
AVarninganJ Instruction for Young Men published
by tho lluwnrj Association, and 8J!it fr(o of charge
in tculed envelopes. Address lr. J. .KII.blN
HOUGHTON, Unwind AcoiRin, Philadelphia
Pennsylvania.
IcLiUiiiylt. lS"j ply
1 1 Ki ii Livisti. -This is very apt to pro
tlucca disordered stomach, resulting in D.s
pepsin. lLi1itnV) Ucrmtn flitter will en
tirely relieve any nausea or bad feeling, and
prevent mote serious consequences. It vou
time the Dvspepsia, a few lott)cs
wilfcn-
tirely restore the digestive organs to their ;
original vigor. For sale by druggists tint, :
storekeepers everywhere, ut 73 cents a but-
f.e.
Jj"WeClip the following from on of tho 1'hiltt
delpbia ltaily Papers. Our people visiting: or scud
ing down to thu City, would do null to make a not i
ofil : . j
AVAXAMAKEK 1 DnOWX'S FIXE CI.OTUI.NM . j
This e.-tahiishuieut, Iwnted at tho Cor. of Sixth j
& JIaukkt Sircct, i'liii. vD'A , familiarly known us
OAK 11 ALL,'' is probably the lnrcst and bci-t con- !
ducted "Ilea.ly Mad.-," Cloll.iu.j A .Merchant Tailor,
ing llous-e. in tho State. Their superior btylcs, ex
cellent workii.uudiip and moderation in prices, havu
mado (heir House deservodly popular.
In thuir CISi'OM DKPAKT.MENT, where elo"
gunt (jAitJiKSTs arc Make to Oniirii, none but tho
very best Artists ure employed, and the fine assort"
ment of Materials to select from onubled everyone
'obe well suited.
Samples will be sent by Mail, and instruction! for
measuring when written for.
Xov. 11, 1S05. bt
Coccus A.n CoLio. Those who arc suffering
from Coughs, Colds, llourscness, hore Throat, Ac.
should try "Duowx'a Hiiom iiiai. Tkoches" a sim
ple remedy which baa relieved thousuuds, und
w hich is iu almost every cuse ellcctucl.
ITCH! 1TCIIM ITCH!!!
SCftATCH ! SCRATCH ! SCRATCH !
tVllt'Ilf oii'n Ointment
Will Cure the Itch in 4S Hours.
Also cures SaltHhcutu, fleers, Chilblains, and all
Eruptions of the bkin l'riue 50 cents. For aalo by
all Druggists.
lly .cuJin CO cents to WEEKS 4 TOTTER, Sole
Airi-iits, ltd Wa.-hini'ton street, lloston, Muss , it will
be lorwarded by mail, free of postage, to uny part of
tne C nited Mates. rept. -. Oj Ow.
WHISKERS! "WHISKERS!
I)o vou w ant Whiskers or Moustaches 1 Our Ore
c-iau Cuuiund will force them to grow on the
smoothest face or chin, or hair on bald beads, in Six
Weeks. Price, $1 00. Sent by mail anywhere,
closely sealed, on receipt of price.
Address, WAKXEK t CO , box 134, Brooklyn, N. Y.
February lb lf'oj. ly
Di'ul'uoii, Illindnt'OM aud Catarrh,
Treated Willi tho utmost sucocss by Pr. J. ISAACS
Oculist and Aurist, (loimerly of Eoden, Holland.)
Xo, fill) Pine struct. Philadelphia. Testimonials
from the most reliable sources in the City and Coun
try can boseeu ut bis olhce. The medicul faculty are
invited tu accompany their patients, as he has uo se
crets in bis practice. Artificial Eyes, Insertod with
out pain. No charge made lor examination.
July 33, lbOi. ly
MAU 111 AiillS,
In this place, on the 12th of October, by
the Rev. AV. lCremer, Mr. Harvey K. Cood
itit'u aud Miss Lizzie A'ol'.no, all of this
place.
DEATHS.
Io Korthumbcrlunrl. ou tho 0th iust., M.
M. ALA'El'DI MAIZE, youngest daughter
of Air. D. O. E. Maize, a(,'t)tl about 9 years.
BUNBUBY
110 00
2 10
100
1 00
MARKET,
li?gi
Butter,
Tallow,
Lard,
Pork,
Baoon,
Tlour.
Wheat.
Kye,
Cora,
Oak,
Buckwheat,
filmed,
Clcranewi,
5
ta fro
17 00
Similar,
NEVADyERTISEMENTS.
0RPANNS' COURT .SALE.
IN porsimnee of nn order of the Orphiins' Court of"
NorthuuitwriHBil county, will bo expoaeri to pub
liolttleon tli premise, in lha tnanchin nt .Tnr.i.n
eonnty ofNorthcrmbcrliujil, fiforosnid, on Miitnr
1M4I.T. 1 ho following rent citnte to wit : All that
ortnin traot or piece of iitnd lttla in sei.l townnhin.
the south br lond of Snmuel Dower: on the cut bv
lunill .T.,ttn U'.U.l ....1 . t . .
- ; " v.1.0 aim ua iuu wen Dy mnai of
isaaa Carl,
Contain. ncr 13 nerm
morn or lew, 13 ncrei of which are clewed.
Aim at the SMne time and place, another traot,
bounded on tho north by lnnds of Snmuel Clark
dco'd ; sooth by bind- of Uoo. T. Troutman ; oMt by
lnnda of John Oystor and west by lnnd of Peter
Thomiia Containing 17 agrcs more or losj, being all
Diuuntuin lnn.l.
A so another lot of ground situate as nlbrCTaid,
bounded on the north by luiidsof Oubriol Adntiiaand
Bouth by lanh of John fc'chropp; ent by lund of
Uabricl Adnms nnd west by lundj of Liing UubIi.
Contutning 4(1 perches more or less.
I-nte tho property of Jacob Carl. J., deceased.
Palo tocomi.K'ticcnt 1(1 o'clock A. M.. of fluid duv,
when the terms and conditions of sitlo will be
luuue kuown by
cm. T. IftOUTMAX, AJm'r.
By order r.f the Cmirt.
J. A. J. CO! Ml NGN, r.rv 0. C.
Sunbury, November IS, lHOi.
MINOR'S Patent Pocliot Luntertia-fur sale ut tho
Hook uud iSlittiouory Btin c of
N. F.LIGIITNER.
S T ORE.
W. A. BENNET,
Market Square, SI.'.MII UY, Iu
HAVING rcoentty 'purchnscd the TJrug .'(. ire
formerly conducted by R. A Fidier, I beg
leave to inform the eiliiens of Snnhury and i
oinily, that 1 have cntiroly replenished my stock
of
:I3JB IS. TBU 6X5- jcs
AMI
FANCST ARTICLES!
such at Combs, llrushcs, Pookct-Books, Soups, Ter.
fiunery, Hair-Oil, Knives, Scissors, Coul-Oil Lumps
Tobacco and Cigars,
Iti in I m, Oil, Jlno, 4!lasiH, Iiutj,
V.irniwlM'H, I'alt nt Medicine, Jtc.
All my Tinctures, Syrups, Ointments, Cerates, and
other preparations nro manufactured by myself, and
from the best material 1 cun procure in jlurket.
Having hud quite a number of years' experience in
the
Drug ami Freer ipt ion Lusincss,
both In Philadelphia nnd (he country, nnd nlso llm
ntlvantage of the College of Pharmacy. I feel com
peted to COMPOUND ALL PHKSCKIPTION3
thnt the Physicians nnd public mny favor me with.
All uiy preparations ns 1 have above asserted, nro
mado from tho best material, nnd upon honor 1
assert, they are of i ltk'iiml strength.
l'or medicinal purposes, I keep on hand tho very
host
AVIXES, BRANDIES AND LIQUORS,
thi.t I can procure.
Deli. re purchasing elsewhere, call and convince
your own miitd.
' AV. A. BEXXET.
ISuuluiy, Xov IS, ISiii.
DOOR & WINDOW MOULDINGS
To lijcludc Cold, ltuin, Dust and Soow.
A Itcul family Comfort
OAS HEATING STOVES,
Fur Chambers, Oflices, Uulh-iioouis, ic.
HOVSEHOLI) TIX-AV ARE,
llcuvy and Well Made.
OLD DOMINION COFFEE TOTS,.
A Ileal Saving iulkeea Doax Times.
CHILDREN'S TRAYS,
To Ke-pthC I'ublO WutliClcun.
At Wholesale and Retail, by
CIIA.V. ill HlIAM. Manufacturer,
119 Ponth Tenth Street, Philadelphia.
Xovember (. ls.ia - 2ai
A.TD
STATIONERY STORE,
JUEtlii:'!' M(l Ai.'i:, SI
rillir, Mibscrihcr rospnollully Informs Iho citizen of
.1 Sunbury un.l vicinity taut ho l-.us just opened
in the buihlingof I'hailcs Pleasants, Market S.nnre,
nn entire new and well selected slock of JJO'JlviS,
Stationery und n frn'at variety of other articles, cun-
j i-isnug, iu pun. as follows :
iiUUivfc, STAnoNUitv, AA ALL PAPER,
dames of nil kinds uud ilocriplion. Fine Toilet Soaps,
lirusbes, Perfumes, Ladies Satchels. Xc-csearii-s.
A linu HMhirluiuiit of I'ii'l ur- fniiu, PLo.
tugrapli Albums. Photi ruph Frames. Oval, Ac.
MI.ERSCII AI M. Priur. Rosewood nn 1 India Rub.
ber Pipes. Paiciit Pine Sleiu-f, Ciirirs. Solace. Cen
tury. Siiiiiiv.sid.- and Plantation. Fine Cut, Kitlikin-uk-kand
l!ig Kick Smoking Tobacco.
T' 'V ROOKS, Transparent Slates, Violins and trim
inie:,' tor iciiiw. Hold Tens. Silver JIjiiKrs, IV-kC
Rook, po. ket Knives, .to.
lie lias also a largo umi complete assortment of
itl Oil B.iiuiitM und I'ivius,
and uU) many other things too numerous to mention
lieisalsoAjrent for Prntt's (Jreat Pictures. Hi,
lleclaration of Independence, and Kinancipatioi
Proclamation. Please cull und examine betoro pur
chusing elsewhere
, X. F. LItillTXER.
eunbury, Xov. II, lsijj.
TAVERN STAN!
T?01t SALE.
7 ILL be sold at Public Sale on tho promises, o
1 i Niilnnlii) , lli; 3d l:iy of l4'''iu
ber, lll'M, tho well kuown Tuvcin Stand, not
occupied Peler llurrcll ei.uatcd ou the comer
Fumu and Pokeberry streets, Sunbury. The in
pruvcmen'.s aro a lurge two story frame bhildini
uilh ice bouso and other out buildings, besides a lur
frame stable suituble for a hotel. The localion is
Uood one, icing on a public thoroughfare leudiu
iulo town.
Terms will bo mudo known on tho dav of sale b
U. W. AKfJOUAST.
Sunbury, Xov. 11, 1S05.
N E 11 1, 0 C E KY.
aliE subscribers begs leave to announco to tl
. citizens of Sunbury and its viciuity, that thr
have opened a
NEW GiiGcmiy
Tito doors tee.it vj J. II. FnWs Store, i
Market Square,
whero they aro prepared to furnish every variety
frruceries, and will keep constantly on hand U
choicest varieties of
FLOUR & FEED
Fish, Codec. Teas, SiiRar, Molasses, Cheese, Sal
Spices of all diseriptiou, Noapa of every iiriet
Candles, ."uioking and Chewing tobacco, .s'egar
Hums. .Shoulders, Jlaouli, flutlcr, and Egs. Al
liricd fruils of ull kinds, Caned Peaches und Tom
Iocs. Pickels, Ketchup, Pepper 'auce, Kaisir
Lemons, Ac, of best quality, and in fact every lly
of articles kept in a well slocked Grocery. Al
Cider Vinegar. All kinds of counlry produce tuki
iu exchange. The patronage of the public is r
spectfully solicited.
(1EOHUEE. HEARD & CO.
Suubury, Xov. 11, lhili.
BOARDING HOUSi
jut. 5IAUIA 'riio.m'soA,
(Formerly of tho 'Lawrence House,")
fcSUXliUKY, PENN'A.
IX FOR MS her friends and the publie genera
that she has n Sited the bouse formerly occapi
by Itr. J. W, TcaJo. ou lllackbcrry street, near (
Northern Central Railway Depot, and opened
PourdiuK Ilouso, whero she is prepared to kt
PEKMAXEXT AXD THAN SI EXT llUAKfJEl
Midi good cooks and waitors, boarder csn ei,
the quiet eouil'urls oi Lome with faro equal to 1
best hotels.
Patronage from those who may Sojourn in Sunbi
Is resueolfully solicited.
Mrs. MABIA THOMPSON.
Sunbury, Xov. 11, ISO.
TOYS AND
Fir s! t7
GAIIES FOH CHILDRE
ASXA PA1XIER