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NEW SERIES, VOL. 14, NO. 9.
SUNBUKY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA -SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1861.
OLD SERIES, VOL. 21, NO 53
The Sunbury American.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY
BY H. 33. MASSEB,
Market Square, Sunbury, Penna.
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B. MASSEB.,
A TT.O RNJJY AT LAW,
6DNDUHY, PA.
Uusincas attended to in the Counties of Nor
funharliiml, Union, Lycoming Montoui and
Ciluinbia.
References U Philadelphia:
llrm t,.. n . Tvm. Chas. Gibl.ons. 1
joiner. 4 Sti M)gra.
Liim Smith Co
CHAPwLES lEATTHUVS
1 1 o r n c j at Caw,
No. US Rroadvray, New York.
tY III ciirefully intend to Collection, and all other matter.
ulruMeri ti hi. cure.
Mnv 111.
FRANKLIN HOUSE,
RF. BUILT A!D RKFURNISHF.D,
Cor. if Howard and Franklin Streets, a fete
Snuures 11 erf of the X. C. R. R. Depnl,
BALTIMORE'
J'nitMs, $1 rtu Pat
O. LEISENRING, Proprietor,
July 18, 1659 tf From Sfelin. Grove, ra.
WILLIAM K. BOM KH S
IHALKLtT BOMKK8'
G. SOMERS & SON,
Importer, and Dealer, in
Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestings, Taylors
Trimmings, &c,
No 32 Sooth Fourth Street, between Market anil
Chcsnut Street., Philadelphia.
Merchants other, visiting the city would find
it to their hdvjntnge to giv them a call and ex
initio their slock.
March 10, 1 SCO-
HARDWARE ! HARDWARE ! 1 .
TJIIST received ly A. W. FISHEK, at hi.
j? Drug Store, Sunbury, r...
SCOOPS. SHOVELS. FOKKS, LOG
C II. MX 8, MILL SilWS, CROSS
CUT SAWS.
Also, .Screws, Butls, Door Knobs, Thumb
Latches, anil all hardware necessary for building.
A splendid bt of pocket and table cutlery, Scis
ors, tiennun Silver Spoons.
Lou!:liff Glasses.
A large slock of Looking Glasses, received and
for .ale 'by A. W. FISHEK.
Sunbury, July 17. ISSfl.
J. P. SHINDEL GOBIN,
Attorney $ Counsellor at Law
GtJNBTJKT, TA.
WILL attend faithfully to the collection ofclaims
uml all prnlWional business in the counties or
Mi.rtliuniuerlund, Montour, Union and Snyder.
uunscl siveu in the (iennun languaiie.
VsT Oilue one door east of the l'rotnonotary
"'Sunbury, May 86, jBO, ly
THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL,
MIOAUWAY, CORNER OP FRANKLIN STRUUT
NEW TORK OIT-5T,
. rr.r. induMiiients to Merchants and Tourists visiting
" i u ,.Jl-y any Hotel in the Metro,...!,.,
i .11 ..Rare among the advantages which II powes
i i on wlnHi will he apprited hy all l.i.veler..
Ui A eentral i loc;......., .'oiivenient to places ol business,
l i Sc'n I ,u'ly elea.1, well furnished si lung rooms,
.r.il. a i.lauiiollceut Ladies Pallor, cou.,..aild..ig an ten-
mi'lieui Parlor,' co.,!.uand.s a.. ete.i..ve view of
'"'t Hen',- eonduete.1 on the Kurope.u plan, visilor.
t,. I' ve m the best style, with Ihe greatest economy
Sill. It is connected with
T;tloi a c;cl:ratad Saloons,
vhere Vililori-can have their meals, or, if they desire
ll'.ev will I furnished in then own r..iis.
611. The fate seive.t in Hi" fnl.v.ns and Hotel Is oe
k,io!!'le,l'.,d I,; epica.es. f. I va.lly supertor U. thai of
nvhKl flhr-", the co.t of liviint in ....
Aueust 4, l-OO IV .
OPAI.DINO'3 Prepi.re.1 Ulue, and Bhelleys Mucilage
i i'rii.B ner Iwtile and brush 4S cents.
''C r'l J Uixi! f Caliy " U""M- (' rC,nV",B
FOR SVLF.AT THIS OFFICE.
Smibuiy, March 17 leuu.
A NEW LOT OF HARDWARE & SAD
- DLERY. Also, the best assortment of Iror
Nulls and Steel to be found in the county, at the
Mammoth store of FK1LIXG & Oil ANT.
Sunbury, Juno 2, I860.
SKELETON SKIRTS-
VI' tua Mammoth Store will be found a
very large assortment of Skeleton Skirts
from tteveo hoopg up to thirty.
Oct. 6, lbbO. FIULIXU &URANT.
lie roue lie Lamps.
A VERY LARGE and cheap assortment will
be found at the Mammoth Store of
Dec. 15, I860. FRILIXG &. GRANT.
JIO! YE LOVERS OF SOUP I Afresh
l-l suni.lv of Macaroni and Confectionery at
" FRIL1NG it GRANT'S.
Huuhqry, June 8, lB0.
1
T is important to the LADIES to know that
. F,ilii2 Al GranL have the best and largest
assortment of Dress tioods in the county.
Sunbury, June 2, 1800.
A FRESH SUPPLY OF DRUGS at the
jMJ, Mammoth Store. Also, anew lot of per
fumery, Soaps and Fanry Article. Very cheap.
FRILIXG & GRANT.
Sunbury, May 8, I860.
LATENT I3R1TTANIA STOPPERS fo
i . . i r i v
tar uuiuea .or si vj
H. B MA88ER.
T AR Iron. Steel, Nails, Picks, Grub-Hoes and
X9 Mason Hammers, at tow prices. -
UIUGHT & SON.
Cunbury, Jurrsj 83, 1860.
Select )octTjn
THE MEN WHO FELL IN BALTJ
JJiOHE. BY JOUN W. rORKKT.
Oar coaotry's rail awoke the land
From tnonotain beigbt to ocean strand.
The Old Keystone, the Day State, too,
In all her direst dangers true,
Kesolved to answer to ber cry,
For her to bleed, for ber to die ;
And so they marched, their flag before,
For Washington, through Baltimore.
Our men from Berks end Schuylkill Cao.e
Lehich and MlQlin in their truiu ;
First iu the 6eld they Bought the way,
11 flirts beating bigb, and spirits gay:
Heard the wild yells of fiendish spile,
Of armed mobs ou left and right ;
But on thoy marched, their Aug before,
For Washington, through Ualtimore.
Next came the Massachusetts men,
Gathered from city, glade and glen :
No hate for South, but love lor all,
They answered to their country's call.
The path to them seemed broad and bright j
Tbey sought no foetnen and oo Gght ;
As on they marched, their flag before,
New England's braves through Baltimore,
But when they showed their martial pride,
And closed their glittering columns wide,
They found their welcome io the fire
Of uiodduue.l foes and demons dire,
Wbo, like fiends from bell sent forth,
Attacked these heroes of the North ;
These beroes bold, with travel sore,
Wb.le on their way through Baltimore.
From every stifling den and street,
Tbey rushed the gallant band to meet
Forgot the cause they came to save
Forgot that those they struck were brave
Forgot she dourest ties of blood
That bound them iu one brotherhood
Forgot the flag tbut floated o'er
Their countrymen iu Baltimore.
And the. great song their sod bad penned,
To rally freemen to defend
The buooer of the stripes and stars,
Thut makes victorious all our wars,
Va. laughed to scorn, as madly then
Tbey ureeted all the galluot men
Who cume from Massachusetts' shore
To Washington, through Baltimore.
And when, wilh wildest grief, at last,
They saw their comrades falling fu6t,
Full on the bell hounds in tbeir track
They wheeled, and drove the cowards back.
Then, with tbeir beans o'erwbelined with
woe,
Measured their progress, 6tern otid slow
Their wounded ou tbeir shoulders bora
To Washington, through Baltimore.
Yet, while New England mourns ber dead,
The blood by Treason foully shed,
Like that which flowed at Lexington,
When Freedom's earliest Gght begun,
Will make the day, the month, the year,
To every patriot's memory dear.
Sons of great fathers gone before,
Tbey fell for Kight at Baltimore.
As over every honored grave,
Where sleeps the "unreturning brave,"
A mother sobs, a young wife moans,
A father for bis lust one groans,
Oh ! let the people ne'er forget
Our deep, enduring, lasting debt
To tbofe wbo left tbeir native shore
And died for us in Bultimore.
Massachusetts Addition to the Song.
The "Star Spangled Bonner" was sang in
the Boston Atbameuin, Mouday evening, by
Miss Ctishroan. for the benebl f the olun-
teers, with the addition of the two following
stuuzus:
BY DR. OUVKR WKNDEI. 1IOLMKS.
When our lund is illumined with Liberty's
suiiln,
If a foe from within strike a blow at ber glo-
Down, down with the traitor tbat dares tods
trie Tbellagofber stars ond the page of her sto
ry !
By the millions unchained, who our birthright
have gained.
We will keep her bright blazon forever on-
Staiued 1
Aud the Star Spangled Bunner in triumph
shall wave
While the land of the free is the home of tbe
brave I
BV MISS 6TEBMN8, TUB SCCLPTBKSS.
When Tieoson,8 dark form hovers dark o'er
the luud,
And traitors conspire to sully her glory,
When tbat banuer is toro, by a fratricide
baud,
Whose bright, starry folds, shine illumined
iu story
United we stand, for our dear native lund,
Aud the Star Spauglbd Banner in triumph
shall waue
O'er the luud of tbe free and the Lome of the
brave.
isccllaiumis.
Jefferson and Madison on Disunion
and its Ecsults.
On pace 158 of the 7th volume of Jeffer
son' Works is this conclusion of a letter to
bis friend, Wm. Short, dated Monlicello,
April 13th, 1820, in which be says :
'AltbouL'b I had laid down, as law to my
self, never to write, talk, or even think of poi
nts ; to know nothing of public anairs, yet
tbe Missouri question aroused end filled ine
with alarm. The old schism of Federal and
Ilepublican threatened nothing, because it ex
isted io every State, and milled them togeth
er by tbe fraiernism of party. But tbe coin
cidence of a marked principle, moral and po
litical, with a geographical liue, ouce conceiv
ed, 1 feared would never be obliterated from
the oiiud : tbat it would be reccurnog oo ev
ery occasion and renewing irritations, nntil it
would k male lucn mutual ana moral ualreu as
to render separation preferable to eUrual
discord. I have been among tbe most san
guine iu believing that oar Union would be of
looif duration. I now doubt it mucn, ana see
tbe event at no great distance, and tbe direct
consequence of tbis question : Not by tbe line
which has been so confidently counted on j
the laws of nature control tbis 1 but by the
Potomac. Obio and Missouri, or more prooa
blv. tbe Mississippi upwards to tbe northern
buuudary. My vuly comfort and confidence
ia that I shall uot live to see this i and I en
vy not tbe present generation the glory cf
throwing away me fruits oi tneir laioers' sac
rifices of life and foitone, and of tendering
desperate tbe experiment which was to da
ciri ultimately whelb'r man is ctpable of
sell C0nimc'.-i. in. u4jou agiufi
man hope will sienali'ze their enoch io future
history as the counterpart of tbe medal of
tneir predecessors.
The following Impressive view Is tbe con.
elusion of "An Outline" of our form of Gov.
eminent, found on page 121 of "Tbe Corre
spondence of Mr. Madison," published by J.
C. Magoire, and is equally applicable to oar
present National condition i
"In all tbe views tbat may be taken of
qoestioDS between the State Governments
and tbe General Government, tbe awful coo
sequence of a final rupture And dissolution
of the Union should never for a moment be
lost sight of. Such a prospect must bo de
precated, mast be shuddered at by every
friend of bis country, to liberty, to tbe happi
ness of man.
"For io tbe event of a dissolution of the
Union, an impossibility of ever renewing it is
brought borne to every mind, by tbe difficul
ties encountered in establishing it. Tbe
propensity of ell communities to divide, when
uot pressed into a ucity by external danger,
is a troth well understood.
"There it no instaance of a people inhab
iting even a small island, if remtte from
foreign danger, and sometimes in spite of
that pre.-sure, uho are not divided into alien,
hostile tribes- The bappy union of tbese
States is a wonder; their Constitution a
miracle ; their example tbe hope of liberty
throughout the world.
Woe to the ambition tbat wonld tneditato
the destruction of either."
THE OKlaiM OF rilK STARS) ARID STRIPES.
At the commencement of tbe revolutionary
war, tbe Colonies could not, of course, con
tinue to nse the British flag, and were conse
quently compelled to construct original
devices for their standard. For instance,
that of the Connec ticut troops containing tbe
arms or the Colony, surrounded by tbe motto
"Qui transtulit sustinet," (Lie who bath
brought us hilher will sustuin 08.) Tbe flag
unfurled by General Putnam oo Prospect
Hill, July 18, 1775, was red having on one
side tho above motto, and on the other tbe
words, "An appeal to Heaven." Tbe luttwt
motto combiued with the figure of a pine
tree, was ibe (lug of the Massachusetts Col
oniul Cruisers. Tbat used by Colonel Moul
trie, at tbe taking of Fort Johnson, oo
James' Island, September 13, 1775, was a
large blue oue with a crescent iu one corner.
Tbe flog of tbe floating batteries was a tree
oo tbe middle of a white ground, wilh tbe
motto "Appeal to Heaven." The tree on
Ibis flag, and on the preceding one, Xvas an
emblem of Union. Tbe flag used by the
Commander'io'Chief of tbe Continental Navy
consisted of a yellow field with a rattlesnake
in the middle, in tbe attitude of striking, and
tbe words underneath this, "Don't tread oo
mo." As far buck as 1754 a snake, diveded
iuto thirteen parts, with tbe initials of a
Colony oo eacb of tbe parts, and tbe motto,
"Joiu or die," was a frequent representation
of tbe disunited Colonies. When the uuion
of tbe Colonics took place tbe rattlesnake
was united, as on tbe flag just mentioned.
This device of the rattlesnake is still retained
ia the present seal of tbe War Department.
Ou tbe 14th of Juno, 1777. tbe Continental
CougreBi passed a resolution "that the flag of
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"nate red end while : that tbe Union be
"thirteen stars, white, in a blue field, repre
"settling a new consUllntion."
In 1 134, an act of tbe Federal Congress
increased tbe number of the stripes and of
tbe stars respectively to fifteen. This was
our Qug during the war of 1812. In 1818
auother act restored the original number of
stripes, and declared that a star should be
added for each new Stuto. Up to this date
tbe stars bad been arranged in a circle, as a
symbol of union and duration ; but siuce then
they have been generally arranged in tup
form of a single large star.
Sketch of Gen. Beauregard.
Gen. P. T. G. Beanregard, cammonder-fn-
chief at Charleston, was born ou bis father's
plantation, neur New Orleans, lie is a de'
ceudant of the most orislocratic Southern
families, ilis father Was a wealthy aud
influential Louisiana planter. His mother
was of Ituliun origin, and descended from tbe
ducal Keggio family of Italy. Geo. Beaure
gard entered the United States Military
Acadamy at West Point, at an early age,
where be graduated in 1838. taking tbe
second honors iu a class of forty five gradua
tes, and was appointed to the corps of engi
neers, lie was promoted to a first Lieuten
ancy in June, 18-10, and iu that capacity
served with great distinction durin? tbe
Mexicuo war. He was twice brevetted "for
gallant and meritorious cooduct" in tbe field,
the first time as captain for the battles of
Cuutreras and Cburobusco, to date from
August 20, 181 1 ; and again as Maior for the
battle of Cbepultepec, to date from tbe 13lb
of September of that year. Uen. Beauregard
is about forty-three years of age, io tbe prime
of life end vigorous health, erect as a soldier
well made and remarkably active. There is
great spirit and determination in bis look,
and be evidently possesses great muscular
power- Tbe great characteristic of tbe Gen
eral ia perfect method in all bis plans. He
is regarded one of the ablest officers tbut ever
was in the Americuo army.
CoMMODortK Stockton on the Crisis
Commodore Stockton, of New Jersey, has
written a patriotic letter to Governor Olden,
which concludes thus :
'1 will hoisl tbe star epantrled banner at
Morven, the former residence cf one of the
signers of tbe Declaration if Independence
tbat flag which, when I was a boy, I nailed
to the masthead or tbe frigate President;
that flag wbi)6e honor I have maiutaided in
more than one personal cembat ; tbat flag
which I bave carried honored and respected
ic every climate which 1 hoisted on Cape
Messurady, io Africa, and carried through
the territory of California : that identical
Bag which 1 bore across tbe Rio San Gabriel
and over tbe plains of Messa, and hoisted iu
triumph in tbe city of De Los Angelos, io the
face of a despo'.io foe ; Jhat flag which the
immortal Wasuinotok, m the nam tf our
country, ovr wuoi.k col'ntuv, planted on the
ramparts of Liberty I"
The rrzzLKD Irishman. During our last
conflict with Great Britain, a number of our
troops jtere engaged io repairing tbe fortifi
cations of Niagara, end whilst so engaged
the enemy commenced a pretty sharp are, so
that it occupied nearly tua whole of tbe time
of our forces to keep oc tbe look out for the
shot of the enemy.
Finding that tbey did not make mark
headway they stationed a son of tbe Eamatd
Isle to give warning when a shot or shell wag
coming.
. Tbis the sentinel faithfully performed,
alternately singing out, "shot," "shell," "shot,"
"shell," until Dually tbe enemy started a Con
grove rocket, which Pat bad never seen
before.
lie hesitated, and seeing It elevated, be
shouted
, - itut, and It jaieis the gun wit!) It 1"
Tho Three Million Loan Bill and
for the Belief of the Soldiers.
We hare no room fur the entire bill as paaaed
hy the Legislature, but publish the following
section, which mere directly interest the people.
Section 11. That before the'settlement and
payment of any bill by the State-Treasurer,
the Auditor-General shall require, except for
incidental expenses, or when it may be im
practicable, an affidavit taken before a proper
officer of this Commonwealib, to the following
effect, vix :
Personally appeared before me, an Alder
man or Justice of tbe Peace, in and for the
Said city and county, of tbe firm of
wbo having been according to law,
sailb that the above account is correct, that
tbe articles therein charged were furnished
(0 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on
the order of the bead of the proper bureau,
and tbat tbe price churged for the same are
the actual wholesale cash prices charged for
goods of like quality te other customers and
no more; tbat oo commission, abatement, or
allowaoco whatever has been, or is to be
giveo to any persou concerned in the ordering
or purchasing of said articles, or any other
person wbotnesoever aud that the said articles
are of the quality, size and quantity mention
ed in tbe said account.
and subscribed before mo this
day of 180
Every account shall be accompanied by a
certificate from tho head of Ihe proper bureau
that the account is correct ; that the articles
were furnished oo bis order, ond supplied as
charged. Provided, That any person who
shall be convicted before any court of record
in tbis Commonwealth of wilful perjury, under
the provisions of tbis section, shall suffer, iu
addition to the penalties now jvovided by tho
laws of Ibis Commonwealth against perjury,
the forfeiture of tbe whole amount of the
price of tbe articles fulsely charged for, one-
bttlf of which amount shall go to the person
or persons wbo shall give information, and
shall prosecute such clinree to conviction.
and the olber half shall gu te tbo military
fuud of this Commonwealth.
Section 1C. Tbat the Associate Jadges or
the Court of Commou Pleas, and the County
Commissioners of tbe several counties of this
Comtnoowoultb, shall constitute a Board of
Relief, to meet monthly, or as often as they
find it necessary, at tbe office of the Commis
sioners, and upon reasonable claim or sug
gestion, furnish such amount of support or
'relief in eacb individual case as they may deem
equitaoie aud proper tor the ruiinlies or lor
persons resident in their respective cpuntios,
beretofora in any degree dependent upon such
volunteers as have been enrolled aud muster
ed into service from their several counties,
under from tbe Governor of the Common
wealth, during tbe existence of the present
exigencies of the General Government ; the
claims or suggestions for such releif, to be
made in writing, setting forth tbe facts of the
case with such proof aud verifications as tho
board may require, and to be filed iu the of
fice as vouchers for any payments which may
be made tieroon, payments for relief to be
made by orders etrawo in the usual form, with
an endorsement oo the buck of eacb, "issued
bg the board of relief," wriuh endorsement
shall be signed by one of tbe asgociulo judges;
and all tbe vouchers, and the orriers issued
tbereoo, shall be duly audited by the county
auditors or other proper authorities, and pub
lished io the annual statement of tho public
expenditures of suid counties; if it shall be
found requisite by tbe Commissioners of
any eoeoty within this Commonwealth, tbey
are hereby authorized and empowered to
make a temporary loan or loans, at a rate of j
interest not exceeding seven per centum per i
annum, to carry into e fleet the niea-ures of
relief provided by Ibis act. Provided, Tbat
all arrangements made by tbe several coun
ties of this Slate for Ibe support of the fami
lies of tbe volunteers mustered into tbe ser
vice, are beieby legalized aud declared to be
in full force, uutil the provisions of Ibis suc
tion are carried into etlcct.
Sectiou 17. Thut it shull be lawful for the
proper authorities of any county withiu this
Commonwealth to assess ond levy a tax for
the paymeut of such appropriations os may
bave been, or may hereafter be, made by such
authorities fo the relief ui volunteers, or of
tbeir families, er both, which volunteers shull
have been or may be received into tbe ser
vice of tbis Stale or of tbe United State!), iu
tbe present exigency of tbe country. Pro
vided, Tbat such assessment shull not iu any
one year exceed two aud one-half nulls upou
tbe dollar of tbe taxable property of such
couuty. i roviueo, i uui uu loans Ueretoloru
negotiated, or inouejs borrowed by Comti.is-
siouers of uiuuicipul authorities, ure hereby
validated.
Section 18. That in case any soldier ehull
die after being mustered into the service of
tbe United States, or of this State, leaving a
widow and minor children, or a minor chili"
under tbe uge of lourteen years, tho mother
of such minor or minors shall receive eibt
dollurs per month from this State for tbe
term of five years, unless all such minors
shall, before the expiration of said live years,
be of tbe age of iourteeu, or unless sh or
they receive a pension from tbe United
States ; if such widow die or marry before
tbe expiration of said five years, such pension,
from toe lime of such deutb or marriage, shall
go to tbe support of such minor child or
children as ore hen living.
Section 22. Tbat the Commaoder-m-Cbief,
in conjunction wilh tbe officers composing
Ibe graud statl ol tho unliu ol tbe Common
wealth are hereby authorized and required to
organize a mililury corps, to be culled the
Ueserve Volunteer Corps of tbo Common
wealth, aud to be composed of thirteen regi
ments of iufuutty, oue regiment of cavalry
and one regiment of light artillery ; the suid
regiineots shull severally bo composed of
companies of like number uud to be armed
and equipped, clothed, disciplined, and gov
erned aud otlicered as biunlur troops ill tbe
service of the United States, and shall be
enlisted in the service of the State for a pe
riod not exceeding three years, or for the wai,
unless sooner discharged, and shall be liable
to be called into the service of this Slate at
auch lime as the Coininan Jet-iu-Cliief may
deem their services necessary for the purpose
of suppressing insurrections or repel inva
sions j aud further to be liable to ba muster
ed into the service of tbe Uuited Slules at
suck times as requisitions may be made by
tbe President of the United Stales.
Section 23. That the Commander-in-Chief,
in conjunction with the officers afore,
said, shall cause two er more camps of
instruction, not exceeding eight, to be formed
io ' different sections of the State for tbe
accommodation and iustrucliou of said troops,
and tbe Governor shall appoint suitable ctfi
eert w drill masters, with tbe rauk and pay
of Captain, whose doty it shall be to instruct
said troops io the military art, conforming as
near as may be to tbe plan of instruction,
rules, regulations and discipline, adopted for
similar troops io the service of tbe Uoited
States.
MecVtoi M. That th Coomaodr-iu-Cuit
shall cause tbe treops aforesaid to be drilled
and Instructed in such encampments, Tor and
during such periods of time an be may dcrn
necessary tn perfect them io tbe military art.
Suction 25.--Thatthe nuid corpa shall
receive tbe same pay and rations, when onder
such instructions in said camps or iu tbe
active service of the State, as similar troops
receive when in the service or the United
States.
Section 26. That the said troops shall, when
not under such instructions, in camp or in the
service of the State or United States, at all times
hold themselves in readiness at their respective
residences, la be called into the service of Ihe
Slate, or, upon requisition of Ihe President, into
tho service of the United Slates, and shall bo
required to provide and keep in repaii suitable
armories for the safe keeping and f reservation of
tneir arms and accoutrements. '
Section 29; That no troops shall be kept in
camp longer than threo months at any one time,
except the Governor shall, upon the expirution of
said three months, deem the lorrjer continuance
of said troops necessary for the protection ol the
Commonwealth, or shall have a requisition for
troop, from tho President of the United States,
A CotOBIll SCF.& flit TBK RoAn TO WiSB
tKOTow. While the New York Seventy first
were at tho Junction, between Annapolis and
Washington, a very dilapidated darkey, whoso
garments were of all iniugtnablo hues and a
perfect labyrinth of rugs, had come.ii.lo camp to
sella few eg);.; while ho was there another
ebony hued individual came in, vastly important
in his demeanor, attired in clean, checked shirt,
blue jacket and jean pants, with cowhido shoes
end felt hnl, and iu every respect a perfect
1 urvcyurop in deportment.
"Stan' hack, you free nigger." said the last
corner; "de gen. man don't wan't nnflin out ob
dot haskit ; why don't you poor freo niggers wo.k
and do sufiiti (aside) lazy debbils, ain t wull
tier salt
Soldier "Aro you a slave t"
Darkey (wilh a brond grin) "Yaas, boss,
ain't n u 1 lii i else I Never seed a free nia wid sich
closes as deni on, yah, yah !" and he jeiked
back the loppcl of his bluo jacket a la Unsworlh.
"I b'longs to Missus, ol.er on de ridge dar.
Make plenty money now 'mong do soger mans." j
Soldier "Hut you hove lo give the money
to your mistress, don't you ?"
Darkey ' I in in ! me! Missus nufiln to do
wid dat money, boss! I ain't gwine to keep hens
an' have um lay eggs for Missus. Missus don't
want 'em. Yuh-h ! you only juktii' wid nigger
now."
Freo Nigger (with a dolorous whine) "'Spoe
ole Gub'ner gone dead, an' left me free nigger ;
dut my fault, eh I"
Slave (with dignity) "Don't talk back, man ;
go 'way; g'long and sell dem tings ob yourn ;
I knows you're hungry."
Thou art tub Man ! A letter was lately
roceired in New Orleans, directed "To the
biggest fool in New Orleans." The past
master was abseut, and on bis return one of
the younger clerks informed bim of tbe tot
ter. "And what became of it ?" inquired the
postmaster. "Why," replied tie clerk, "I
did not know who tbe biggest fool in New
Orleans was, bo 1 opened tlje lelt mvoelf."
"And wlitit did you find in it?" "Why,"
responded tbe clerk, "uothiug but the words,
'Thou art the man."
Very Cruel. "I wish that boy belonged
to me," said old Iloger. "What would you
do with bim ?" "I'd p p-'poiat bis faneraffor
d diiy after to-morrow, and I'd s-s see that be
was ready."
A grnmliler at rainy weather thus express
es himself;
I'd like to hire a man to stop
Each crevice in the sky ;
Though ruiu may benefit the crop,
I'm not a crop not I.
An Ominous Namb. The Naval Officer
sent to look after Jeff. Davis' privateer pi
rates, is named Stringhatn. His acts will
probably correspond with bis mime.
The man everybody likes is generally a
fool. Tbe man who nobody likes is generally
a knave. The man wbo litis friends v. ho
would die for him, and foes wbo would love
to see bim broiled alive, is usually a mun of
some wortb uud forco.
(thcatimtal.
Report ol' the Sunbury Public Schools, for the
torn of eight months, commencing Sept. 10i
181)0, eii(iN7 Muy lOfi, 18CI.
HIGH SCHOOL, No. 4.
G. VV. Haupt, Principal.
' September aud May.
No. or Mala pupils enroll, 21
" Female " " " 22
Average ulleudance of both sexes 23.
October,
No. of Male pupils on roll, 23
" " Female 22
Average utleuducco of both sexes 30.
November.
No. of Male pupils on roll, 33
" " Female 22
Average alleudunce of both sexes 42.
December.
No. or Male pupils on roll, 33
" " Female
Average utlundunce of botb sexes 3C.
January.
No. or Mulo pupils on roll, 41
" Female " " " 23
Average atteuJance or both sexes 47.
February.
No. or Male pupils on roll, 40
" " Female " " " 21
Averuge attendance or botb sexes 49.
March.
No. or M nU pupils on roll, 3,
" " Female " " " 21
Average ulleudance of both sexes, 39.
April.
No. or Mule pupils ou roll, 27
" " Female " " " 14
Average attendance or both sexes 22.
Total average or both Sexes for the eight
Uioolhs, 3(3,
GEADliD SCHOOL -No. 3.
J. E. 11 zli.kb, Teucber.
September aud May.
No. or Male pupils on roll,
" Female " " "
Averuge attendance or botb luxes 22.
October,
No. of Male pupils ou roll,
" ' Female " "
Average attendance of both sexes 27.
November,
No. of Male pupils on roll,
" " Female " " "
Average alteudaoce of both sexes 32.
December,
No. of Male pupils oo roll,
" Female " "
Average aihibdeikcs of botb saxes S3.
Jauuary, .
No. of Male pupils on roll, '41
" " Female " " 21
Average attendance of botb ,exo5 ;3.
Febraary,
No. of Male pupile on roll, 41
" " Female " " 21
Average attendance of both sexes 52.
March,
No. of Male popilg on roll, 38
" " Femnle " " 22
Average attendance of both sexes 41.
April,
No. of Male pupils on roll, 23
" " Female " " " la
Average attendance of both sexes 23.
Total average of botb sexes for eight
months, 34.
GRADED SCHOOL, No. 2.
John 13. Savaob, Teacher,
September and May,
No. of Male pupils on roll, 45
" " Female " " ' 4(J
Averego attendance of both sexes 43.
October,
No. of Male pupils on roll, 48
" " Femule " ", " 43
Average attendance of both Bexes CO.
November,
No. or Male pupils ou roll, 42
" " Female 43
Average attendance or both eexos 02,
December,
No. of Male pupils on roll, 40
" " Feinulu ' 39
Average attendance of both sexes 52.
Jauuary,
No. of Male pupils 00 roll, 47
" Femule " " 44
Average attendance of both sexes Gl.
March,
No. of Mole pupils ou roll, 38
" " Female ' 3G
Average attendance of both sexes 52.
April,
No. of Male pupils on roll, 31
" " female " " " 34
Average attendance of botb sexes 35.
Total average of botb sexes fur eight
mouths tl.
PRIMARY SCHOOL, No. 1,
Eluauktu I it win, Teacher.
September acd May.
No. of.Malo pupils on roll, 65
" " Female ' " " (14
Average attendance of botb Bexes C3.
Oclober,
No. of Male pnpils on roll, CI
" " Female " " " 78
Averuge attendance of both sexes, 90.
November,
No. of Mule pupils ou roll, C6
" Feuiule " " " C3
December,
No. or Male pnpils on roll, 65
" " Female " " " gi
Average attendance of both Bexes SC.
January,
No. of Mole puptla ou roll, 54
" " Femnle " " " 4
Average attendance of both sexes 61.
February,
No. of Male pupils on roll, 55
" Female " " " 55
Average attendance of both sexes, 73.
March,
No. of Male pupils 00 roll, 55
" " Female " " " 55
Average attendance cf both sexes 83.
April,
No. of Male pupils on roll, 46
" " Female " " " 4i)
Average attendance or sexes 65.
Total uverage of both sexes lor eight
DJOulbs. 72.
The Fruit Garden.
We God in tb May number of the Garden
er's Monthly, tbe following bints 00 the
Fruit Garden."
Watch all young fruit trees against bearing
too abundantly while young, or the first
seasou after plauting. There can be no
objection to tbe ripening of one or two fruits
on a tree tbe first seasou of setting oat, iu
order to test the kind, or to administer to
curiosity, if tbe tree be otherwise growing
freely. If little growth is making, 110 fruit
at all should be permitted. It is a better
practice to disbud or take out soon after
shooting ell shots tbat are needless to the
perfect sbupo shape or tbe tree, tbat to wait
till Tall or whiter. The pruning knife need
then oly be nsed to shorten a branch iuto
where several branches are desired to push,
or to induce a more vigorous growth from the
pruned parts. In the gooseberry, raspberry
and strawberry also, no ctore shoots should
be suffered to grow than will be required
to bear the next season.
Where water can be commanded, there is
nothing so profitable us to well soak the soil
about small fruits; first about Ibe time tbat
tbey bave set tbeir fruit. Much of tbe vulae
of this operation, however, will depend ou
Ihe nature of the soil. 'I ke advantages are
least in a tenacious, and greatest iu porous
soil. It is suid that uu uuimal derives most
lu-ueEt from food when it is buDgry b.Toie it
begins to eat ; it is curtaiuly so with plants.
Water applied to soil already wet is uu
injury ; uud water never bus to telling an
advantage on vegetation as when every leaf
is about to wither up for want of it. A
plant that never seems to want water is
in a very doubtful condition in regard to its
health.
Wbuo the strawberry crop is about to
ripen, mulch with clean straw, lo prevent
saiu sailing the fruit. Short grass from tbe
l.mn is often used ; but it mildews os it
decays, and detracts from the flavor of tbe
fruit. Hot suus increase flavor, and straw
berry tiles were once io fashion to put around
the bills, wbicb, by absorbing heat, added
greatly to the fruit's rich quality. All that
we bave said cf strawberries supposes Ibeui
to be fruited on tbe hiH system, with the
runners kept off. Those wbo admire tbe
best results, will grow them us olber
way.
Jn summer pruning or disbuding, it is also
wortb while to watch for shoots pushiug
stronger than others aud always takiug them
out. Tbis is the only way that shoots or
equal strength can be enooursged In every
part or lbs tree. Tbis is particularly true
or grape vines. Ha shoot once gets tbe
start of tbe others iu strength and vigor, the
other will gradually get Wcker Is the
other's increasing luiutiaucs'
Janiurs' pi1ment.
Pood or Cows Amu CAi.vrno It is
enstomary with many farmers to feed cows
immediately after calving, with warm elope
a tail of bran or meal and warm water, well
Balled and a belter Hct is comirr-nced al
once in order to get as much milk as possible.
This is objected to hy some as contrary to
nature, and very likely to ioduce ooked bog
and milk fever ; also, that the cow should
bave rest and quiet. It is an error to (op
pose tbat tasking tbe stomach after tbn
fatigue or parturition cao be otherwise than
than hurtful. A drink of water and little
dry bay is enough for the first day, and she
should hove nothing better than the bust hay
Tor three or four days nntil all inflamotory
symptoms are post.
Bloat is Cattls H. D. Coort, of Bed
ford, writes that when Cottle are bloated
from eating wet clover, or horses from eatinft
green clover, be bos found a sure remedy in
giving to tbe animal an ordinary charge o(
gunpowder, mixed witb about the lame quan
tity of fine salt, iu the hand and thrown on
the tongue every fifteen minutes, until two or
three doses are pivenr He Bays: "In the
summer of 1858, 1 bad five bead taken at
onetime two of which were severe caseB,
this treotment saved them. Tbe same week
the bides of forty bead were sunt into Battle
Creek and all from animals that had been
lost by eorly wet clovor.J' (Ibid.
Rats A correspondent in Pennsylvania
sayg be has kept rats out of a cellar," where
they wero formerly very troublesome, by dig
ging up the ground in the cellar along tbo
wall, 15 or 18 inches deep, and putting down
slates close to the wall, and filling the soil
in again and pounding it down tight.
CljJCS, IV c.
Ccrcctlio Uemeut Tbe following recipe
has been published iu the New York Obser
ver for the past three years every spring. It
ia an infullible preventive against tbo ravages
or the curculio. The receipt is as fallows ;
The Mixture To one pound of whula
oil soap add four ounces of sulphur, mix thor
oughly and dissolve io twelve gallons of
water. Tuko ono balfpeck of quick lime,
and when well slacked add four gallons of
water, and stir well together ; when settled
and clear pour eff the transparent part and
add it to tbe soup and sulphur mixture. To
tbis mixture add four gallons i.f strong tobac
co wator. Apply tbis compound, when thus
incorporated, with a garden syringe to your
plum and other fruit trees, so as to drench
all parts of tbe foliuge. If no rain succeeds
for three weeks, oue application will be suffi.
cient; if washed by rains it shoold be renewed.
ScrnoioR Dresiino for Cuicksn Salads.
Beat tbe yolks of C eggs very light, poor
over them a teacup of boiling vitiogur, ond
reture to the saucepan, Btirriug it constantly
for a few minutes, then set it away to oool.
Rub a largo tablcspoonful of mustard with 6
spoonfullsoroil; grate in half a potato ; odd
a teaspooDful of salt and a little pepper;
bardea tits w!,iw by boiling the eggs ; chop
them U D anil RPflt tup umnnrr I La oalarl
. -r . . ..VUd im-v sitiuu j IUVU
stir all together uud pour over Juat befgra
oc; v 1 ujje
"Oh tempting bauqaet, moBt delicious
.treat.
"J'would lure tbe dying anchorite to eat ;
Back to the world he'd turn bis woaty
soul,
And thrust his fiDgor3 into tho salad bowl."
Gcrmantotcn Tel. Sidney Smith. .
Dryino Rhubarb. Rhubarb dries very
well, and when well prepared, will keep good
for an indefinite period. Tho stalks should
be broken oil' while they are crisp and tender
and cut into pieces about an inch ia length.
Tbese pieces ghonld tbou be strung do a thin
twine, aud buug op to dry. Rhuborb shrinks
very much io drying more so than any plant
I am ocquuigted wftb, and BtroDgly resem
bliug pieces of soft wood. When wanted
for use it should be soaked io water over
night, and the next duy simmered over a
slow fire. None of its properties appear to
be lost appear to be lost in drying, aud it is
equally osgood in wintor as any dried fruit.
Very few varieties of rhubarb ere suitable
for drying, most of tbeni contain too uioch
woody fibre. Tbe best variety of rhubarb for
any purpose is tbe Victoria, when grown ia
a suitable eituution. The Mammoth is
worthless owiug to Its fibrous nature, si art
also some other kinds. 'ru.'rte Farmer,
To Make- Ruubaku Winb. To one gallon
of water add four pounds of ripe rhubarb,
thoroughly bruised ; lot it stand in tbe tub
four days ; stir it frequently ; then Btraio it ;
to one gallon or liquor, put four pouuds of
good coffee sugar, the juice of one, and the
peel of ooe-balf a lemou ; to every ten gal
loos, one ounce of isinglass and one pint of
brandy ; put it in a cask ; alter lha fermen
tation is over, bung it tight ; let it stand
one year or more, end then bottle it for use.
If kept three or lour years, it will sparkle
like campagne.
To It a kb Crass. Boil a quart of white
beans io two or three quarts of water, until
they begin to crack. Put in a teaspoonfull
ofsuleratus while they era boiling. Then
drain off all tbe water iu which they have
beeu boiled, and put them iu a pau or basin
large euougb to bold them and a piece of
nice fat nh of corned pork, which weighs
two pounds or so j score the pork aud settle
it in the middle of the bnans, so that ihe fat
is a little higher tbau the beaus ; cover all
witb water and add two tibtespooiifbHs of
molasses, and bake in a moderate oven three
hours. When aone, the top should ba a nice
brown. Don't forget the molasjes or you
won't know yankee baked beans. G'trmaft
town Telegraph.
Mush Cakes. Make mush nf corn meal
qnite thin, und boil it well ; while still warm,
mix wilh it sufficient fiaur to make a uot
very stiff dnugh, adding yeast and a smull
quantity i.f milk or water and some salt ; let
it rise, und bake as mufUios or mould it iuto
Bmull cakes. M'OLLV.
Genitaiitown Telegraph.
.
To Kksiobe Faoku Pabasols Sponge
the faded silk witb warm water and soap,
then rub thorn wilh a dry cloth, afterward
iron them ua tbe inside with a smoothing
iaon. If the silk be edd it luay be improved
by smoking with spirits, io which case tbe
irouing should be done on the right side;
thin paper being spread over to- prevent
gluziisg.
Turning tun Thi.k .Several officers of
the army, who bad resigned ia anticipation of
Jeff. Davis' somiog into power, are now, that
they see that Le is ruined, taJeavoring n
bave thrir commissions io tbe United States
army restored to tum. General Csmsiaa
lays A' to eii auch apflicakuws. -