ttitar NEW SERIES, VOL. 14, NO. 15. SUNBUIiY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA -SATURDAY, JULY C, 18G1. OLD SERIES, VOL. 21. NO 41- Tho Sunbury American. rUBLIsnED EVERY SATURDAY BY H. B. NASSEUV Market Square, Sunlury, Penna. T B R M 8 0 F SUBB CRIPTION. TWO 1'OLr.S.RS pernnnitnbepaiShlfyi- , In advanci. N..rFM discontinued until ali arrearage. ""'" TOOLUBSS Throe Copies to on BiUlres. - JJJJ Bev.ii d... do. Fifteen 1. do. 2U W Five d..llr. in ii.lvBi.ca will pay for Hire, year'. ul- l-ttCT.coninminit subscription money. They t permit led to do ttui ttndei the Post Office U. TERMS OF AWVERTH1NO r. ,,,.or of 19 lilies' 3 timet. SI 00 F.very subsequent insertion, (Jn9'iunre,3 months, Six mouths, " . One vent Iju.ii'icss Cards or Five line., per annum Merchants and others. ?dveilia.ii by the ear, with the privilege of insetting different auvet- tf Larger Advertisemaiite, Pr agreement, a no 6 00 8 (Hi 3 DO ID 00 JOB PBIHTIMU- W. have connected with our establishment a well ae lecled JOB OFFICK, which will enable u. to execute ,n the iieatf.t .tyle, every vaiielv of minting. H. B XEAOSER ATTORNEY AT LAW, SCETBTJRY, PA. Business altendc 1 to Countie, or Nor- aumberland, Union, Lycoming Montour end Columbia. References in Philadelphia: Hon. Jot. R. Tvann. ChnS. millions. r..M Comers It Siiodsrass, I.inn Smith Co CHAPJLES MATTHEWS C 1 1 0 v n c j a t a id , Ko. 1-29 Itroatlway, Sew York. Will ont-fatly attend to Collection, and all other matter intrusted to in. care. Mav it. Is5!. FRANKLIN HOUSE, REBUILT AND RKFURNI9HF.D, Cor. of Howard and Franklin Street, a few Squares West of the A. C. P.. P. Depot, BALTIMORE- f mnis, l rnn Dat O. LEISENRINfJ, Proprietor, July 18, IS59. tf F"'m Sehn. Grve, Fa. WILLIAM I. SnTHSIIS CHALKLtr somiks. G. SOMERS & SON, Importers an J Dealers in Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestings, Taylors Trimmings, &c, No 32 South Fourth Street, between Market and Chcsnut Streets, Philadelphia. Merchants others visiting the city would find it to their advantage to give them a call and ei iinine their stock. March 10, 18C0 ' J. P. SIIINDEL G0BIN, Attorney tSj Counsellor ut Law 8TJNBURY, OP A. WILL attend faithfully to the collection of claims and all professional business in the counties of Northumberland, Montour, Union and Snyder, ounxel given in tho German language. tJ' Ouii-e one door east of the 1'rothonotary s office. Suiibury, May SB, I860. ly THE I INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, BROADWAY, CORNKR OF FRANKLIN STREET XTE"W "YORK CITY, ffcrs inducement, to Merchant, and Touri.l. visiting ew York, unsurpassed by any II"lel in the Metropolis. 'he Ml-'Wing are among the advantages which it posses, sea. a.ul which will he appreciated by ull travelers. 1st. A central Im-aiiim, convenient to places of business, is well as places of ntnUHement. i r-rupulonely clean, well furnished sitting rooms, with a i.iaxnificeiit Indies Pallor, commanding ail exten sive view of Uroaikvay 3d ljirire and superbly furnished sitting rooms, with a nuigiiilieiil rurl.ir, commanding an exlensive view of 'iil eliVin' conducted on the Furopean plan, visitor, cuu live in the best style, with the greatest economy 6lh. It is connected with TajIor'H Celebrated Fateoun, where visitors can have their men!., or, if they desire they will be furnished in their own room.. fiih. The fn:e served in the Saloons and Hotel is ae. kuowledsi-d by epicuies, to lis vastly superior to that of anv .nher llolel in the city. With nil these advantages, the cost of living in the Intenialional, is much below Hint of any other first clans inI., GiLSO.N ft. CO., I'ropnetors. Aucu.t 4. 160. It SPALDING'S Prepared Glue, and Shellejs Mucilage Price per Imttle and brmh i eenu. "Cordial EliAir of Cnlisaya Uark Jk Uenzine.for removing g"""!- FOR SVLK AT THIS OFFICE. Sitnhury, March 17 UGO. A NEW LOT OF II A KD WARE & 8AU UI.EHY. Also, the best assortment of Iror NaiU and Steel to be found in the county, at the Mammoth store of FK1IJNO & UrtANT. Sunbury, June 2, 1860. CONFECTIONARIES, TOYS 4c. M. O. GEAHHAT, CONSTANTLY keeps on hand all kinds of Onfcctionaries, Fruit and Toys, which he U selling at wholesale and retail. Having the necessary innchinery Ac, ho is manufacturing all kinds of Toy, and keeps up his stock, so that purchasers will not beat a loss for a supply of almost any article they may desire. AP1M.ES! AITLESM APPLES!!! Just received, large lot of apples, which he is telling at wholesale and retail, at low prices (Jive us a call. M. C. GEAUHARr Sunbury, March 5, 18K!. tf SKELETON SKIRTS' AT tha Mammoth Store will be found a very I r;u assortment of Skeleton Skirts from Raven hoops up to thirty. Oc.tjj, IW. IL'N( URA!'i Ckerost'Me Lamps. AVERY LARGE and cheap assortment will be found at the Mammoth Store of Dec 15, 18GU. FKILING & GRANT. n' O! YE LOVERS OF HOUP I Afresh supply of Macaroni and Confectionery at FRILING & GRANT'S. Sulibury, June S, 1860. IT is important to the LADIES to know that Friling & Grant, have the best and largest assortment of Dress Goods in the county. Sunbury, June 'J, 1860. V FRESH BUPPLY OF DRUGS at the J-Si, Mammoth Store. Also, anew lot of per fumery, Uoaps and Fancy Article. Very cheap. FRILING it GRANT. Sunbury, May 28, 1860. P ATE NT U1UTTANIA STOPPERS fo bar bullies for sale by H. B MASHER. AK Iron, Steel, Nails, Picks, Grub-Hoes and Mason Hammers, at low prices. BRIGHT & SON. Suubury, June , 1450. Select Ipeirg. (From tha Pennsylvania Filth J A BONO FOB THE TIME. BY JVLirt H. L. CAMPBELL. Bet yesterday, War's etero alarms, Startled the quiet of the land : To-day the countless men in arms Upoo a thousand mountains stand. The blood of heroes, fills our soil, And, rising from each precious seed, In bristling ranks, the warrior crops, Springs, qnickeDod by the eoantry's Deed! Tbe student, turns bim from the page Where records of tbe brave are set, And in the spirit of tbe oge, Makes bis own story grander yet ; Tbe miner, with bis face aglow, Quenches it is lamp and hurries down From folds, and vineyards of the West, Come shepherd soldiers, large, and, brown, And artisans, in warlike vest, Move on, through duty to renown. Tho forests of the North, no more Kctao with clang of axe and oak. Lakes, lave the solitary shore, Unruilled, by the oarsman's stroke. But down tbe city's cheering street, The trained thousands move as ont ; O'er plaits that quake beneath tbeir feet, The legions of the Union come 1 Ke.'pousive to their country's call, And faithful to tbeir country's call, The watchword, that inspires them all "The Constitution, and the Laivs I" Seel how adown tbe stately street, Where dwell our gently uurtured maids, From either side the pennons meet. In canopies, and long arcades, Each louely hut on bill, or vale, Liangs out the symbol of tbe free ; And children, seek uo blossoms pale This spring, but grapp the red and blue t From mount, and pinnacle, and spire, Unnumbered banners lift their bars, And waving, wafting, high, and higher Fill all the Grmameot witb stars 1 Oh, mother 1 haeh your babe no more Witb dreamy lullabies of pease ! But with harmonious uproar, Peal thunderous anthems, sang of yore, And bid your feeble fears surcease. And lay your empty, unclasped palms, Upoo your lonely breast, oh, wife 1 Crush down its anguished tbrobs to calms, And give, (nh Heaven !) your more than life 1 Dim not tbe pageant of tbe time, With such a blinding mist of tears ; Else bow rehearse the tale sublime, To his fair sons, io other years. Tbe past, in vast and shadowy bands, Holds high ber precedent of deeds. Tbe supplicating future stands Without tbo veil, and iutercedes. Not vainly, shall tbo Hatu-Bkbn, ebtw The glory of ber days to these ; Nor time's To-Uk, plead mendicant For justice to ber ceu'.uries. We will not yield to disrepute, Tbe labors of our fathers, sage ; . Nor, for slavish peace, commote The children's priceless beritege, Illustrious shades 1 in high estate F.acb, speak to each, witb joy sublime I "Ye clouds of formless souls, that wait, For being in the coming time 1 Behold 1 we stay witb reverent bands, Tbe institutions of the Free. And marshal, io magestic bands, To guard tbe nation's deatiny. Wife of tbe Hon. J. II. Campbell, M. C. Capture of Washington in 1814. At this junction in our history, a brief reference to the invasion and the circum stances attendiug the capture of Wasbiogten, by the British forces under Admirals Cock burn and Cochrane, will not be inappropriate; and as many of those strangers now at tbe Capitol may feel interested to mark tbe localities where tbe first general encounter occurred and subsequent events took place, those will be noted briefly in the order in wbicb tbey transpired. During the early portion of tbe summer of 1814, Cockburo's fleet lay along tbe coast of Virginia, Maryland, and tbe Chesapeake, wheo tbey were joined on tbe third of August by Cochrane's fleet, direct from Bermuda, both numbering together twenty sail. Our Government was apprised of hostile inten tions upon tbe capital, but Gen. Armstrong, then Secretary of War, professed disbelief io the rumors, and tbe Xalional Intelligencer, proverbially cautions then, as now. in its conclosious, doubted the probability of hostile luiBuiions upon tne uapiial. President Madison, however, had taken some precautionary steps, by ordering a militia organization, wbicb he deemed sufU ciont for tbe occasion, in addition to a flotilla of barges, bearing guns, placed under the command of Capt. Joshua Barney, and in tended to cbeck the fleet in advancing toward the Capital. But after sailing op the bay tbe troops disembarked at Benedict, on tbe banks of tbe Patuxen river, oo tbe 20th of August. On tbe following day tbe armv. consisting of four thousand men, took op tueir marcQ toward me lulaol city. Tbey wore without artillery or cavalry, and marched under the beat of a midsummer son to Bla densbnrg, wbicb they reached oo tbe 24th. uy adopting this route, tbe flotilla offered oo protection to tbe city, and, to prevent the guus of boats from beine used aeaiost tbe capital, they were blown op oo the morning ot iue -aa, oy order ol Was. Jones, tbe Secretary of tbe Navy. J be approach of the troops aoder Major General Robert Ross and Admiral Cockburn was watched by President Madison io person, who directed eight thousand inoxnerienced and oodisciplined militia to Bladensburg, an der tbe command of Geo. Winder, to oppose iuu iuur itiuusauu uriiian soldiers. Captain Barney having destroyed the flotilla, joined tbe military force of General Winder, witb one hundred seamen and bis field pieces. On tne auernooo or tne zom, tne untied opened fire, wbicb was successfully returned by Barney's sailors, wbo maintained tbeir posi tion nobly, while the raw recruits, onder Winder kept e respectable distance, wbo, rendering little or no service with tbeir mus kets, soou broke ranks and turned tbeir backs upoo tbe enemy. Barney's seamen fougbt bravely, and tbeir gaoi proved terribly d. structive to tbe enemy. lie was overcome, however, after three boars' bsid fighting, Banked by superior nomberi, end finally fell wounded by the side of eleveo of his men, wbo ware killed at tbeir goni. lie ordered a retreat, and gave himself up. His braver contrasted nobly with the disirraeefol cow. aidiceof the suiiiti. The militia, wilhcnt fY11, fvV, v w v i uw 1 1 u u d waiting for their commaodor . to sonnA re treat, took sudden leave of the Nxttla field, and made a direct line for tbe wood. The British eiperienced a severe loss In their ranks, stated by the historian Gleig, of tbe 8.r)ih Iioyal Regiment, as bigli as 600 men killed, wounded and missing. Colonel Thornton, commander of the Light Brigade ; Lieutenant Colonel Wood, commander of tbe 8Mb Regiment, and Major Brown, who led on tbe advance troops, were severely wound ed, while General Ross had a borse killed ander bim. Tbe loss was small on tbe part of Barney's men ; and the English author, referred to above, admits tbat if tbe militia bad done tbeir duty tbe victory wonld un doubtedly have been on tbe American side. Of Barney's hundred sailors, he speaks io the highest terms, remarking that "not only did they serve their gnns with a quickness and precision that astonished tbeir assailants, but they stood till some of them were actually bayoneted with fuses in tbeirjiands ; nor was it till tbeir leader was wounded ana taken, and tbey saw themselves deserted oo all sides by the soldiers, that tbey quitted tbe field." Gen. Ross led the Third British Brigade into the city, and up to the Capitol, oo approaching which bis borse was Bbot from under hitn by one of Barney's men, who bad concealed himself io a house for that object. The bouse was immediately entered, the in mates put to the sword, and tbe building and oootents burned. A volley was Bred iuto tbe windows of tbe Capitol when the troops entered. Cockburn took tha speaker's chair, and aoked the question : "Shall this harbor of Yankee Democracy be burned ? All for it, say aye 1" He reversed tbe question, pro nounced the motion carried, and ordered the torch to be put to tbe building. It was soon in flames. As a prudential step, tbo Secretary of the Navy ordered Commodore Tingey to firo the Navy Yard, which, witb tbe slocrp-of war Argus, (ten guns,) five armed barges, two gun-boats, and all the navy stores, was con signed to the flames. Tbe British troops then proceeded to the Treasury and President's niaosion, both of which they u'red tho President having re treated, witb bis cabinet, on horseback, across the Potomac. Tbat night the army en camped on Capitol Hill, aud were exposed to a severe storm, witb boavy thunder, which added ioteoBity of awe to lbs dismal scene which had just beon enacted. During tbe night a grand-nephew of General Washington rashly attacked the sentries, and was ebot down. The long bridge was simultaneously fired at each end by the opposing parties each apprehensive of an attack by the other. Next morning tbe British burned tbe buildings connected with tbe Navy and War Departments : destroyed tbe material in tbe Xalional Intelligencer oflice, and throw the type out of tbe windows ; destroyed tbe re maining buildings about the Navy Yard and Greenleat's Point ; threw a torch into a well wbere a largo quantity of powder was con cealed, wbicb exploded, destroying nearly one hundred of tbe British troops, scattering tbeir mutilated remains in every direction, A fright' :l tornado immediately swept over the city, destroying buildings and property as if in completion of tbe guoeral work of de struction. Very many of the enemy and of tbe inhabitants were baried in the ruins of buildings blowo down. Tbe enemy, alarmed for tbeir own safety, withdrew from tbe city io the evening, and hurried toward the place of embarkation. Artemus Ward in the Southern Con federacy. D1S SUOW IS CONFISCATED. You hay perhaps woodered whereabouts I was for these many dase gone and past. Per cbans you spose I'd gone to tbe Toomb of tbe Cappylets, tho I don't kno what those is. It's a popular noospaner frase. Listen to my tail, aud be silent thM ye may rbere. I've been among the Sesbera a earnin my daily peck by my legitimit perfesbun, and bavn't had uo time to weeld my facile quill fur "the Grate Komic paper," if you'll allow me to kote from troothful advertisement. 1 went amoog the Sesbers witb no feelics of aonermosity.s 1 wont in diy piofeshunal capucity. 1 was actooated by one of tbe must Loftiest desires which can swell tbe human Boozum, viz : to give tbe peoplo tbeir moneys worth by showin them Sagasbus Beests and Wax Statoots which 1 venturo to say air onsurpast by any other statoots any wheres. 1 will not call tbat man wbo sez my tatoots is humbugs a liar and a borse theefs, but bring bim be4 me and I'll wither bim witb ooe of my skornful frowns. But to proceed witb my taif. Io my travils threw tbe Sonny Sooth I burd a beep of talk about Seebesun and bostio np tbe Union, but 1 didn't tbiuk it 'mounted to notbin. Tbe polticiaos in all the villages swearin that Old Abe (sumtimes called tbe Prayrie flower) shouldn't Dever be noggera ted. They also made fools of themselves in various ways, but tbey was used to tbat 1 didn't let it worry me much, and the Stars and Stripes contiunered for to wave over my little tent. Alooreover. 1 was a aon of Multy, and a member of Several TnmnrAna Societies, and my wife she was a daughter of iUBujr, tuu i sposea tnese lax would secoor me tbe iofioooz and Dertection nf all tha fn.i families. Alassl 1 was dispioted. State arter State seseBbed, and it growd hotter aod hotter for tbe uudersigned. Things come to a climbmacks in a small town in Alabamy, wbere 1 was peremptorally ordered to haul down the Stars & Stripes. A deppytashan of red faced men cum up to the door of my unro a was siauuio aoj lakin money, (the arternoon exbibishun bad commenced, and my Italyon organist was jerkin bis soul stirrio chimes.) "We are com, sir," said rnilleogtary man in a cockt bat, "spoo hi a nd boly mishoo. The Southern Eagle is screamio tbrewoot this sonny land proudly and defiantly screamio nr." "What's tbe matter with bim," ss I, "don't bis vittles set well on his stummick 7" "Vbat eagle, sir, will ontioner to scream, all over this Brite and tremeojus land." "Wall, let bim scream. If your eagle can amuse himself by screamin, let bim went !" Tbe men annoyed me, for I was Bizzy makio change. 'We are com, sir. upon a matter of duty" "You're right, Capting. It's every man's dooty to visit my show," sed I. "We air com " "And that's tbe reason Too are bere I" sex I, larfio ooe of my silvery larfs, I tbawt if be wanted to gok I'd giv bim sum of my spark ling eppygrams. "Sir, you're inserlant. Tbe plain question is, will you basl down tbat Star-Spangled Banner, and bist tbe Soutbero Bag t" "Nary bist I" those was my reply. "Your wax works and beeits is then con Osticated, & yoo are arrested as a Spy I" B I, "My frsarant rosea of tha Rnntharn dime and bloom io daffodils, wbals tbe price L. ' I , . 1 . . . oi wuissej id mis tow anu now many cobio feet of tbat seductive flooid can you iadivo d)r; bold r They made no reply to that, but snid my Bggers w,as confiscated. I axed them if that was gloerally the stile among thieves in that country, to wbicb thsy also ruado no reply, bnt sed I was arrested os a Spy, and tmit co to Montgomery in Jorns- 'I hey was by this time jioed by a large crowd of olber Southern patrits, who cosnmeost-faollcrin "Hang the bald-headed aberlitioniBt, and bast op his immoral exhibition I' 1 was ceased and tied to a stomp and the crowd went for my tent tbat water proof pavillioo, wherein instruc tion and amoosement had been so muchly combined, at 1 5 cents per bead and tore it all to pieces. Meanwhile dirty faced boys was throwin stuns and empty beer bottles at my massiv brow, and takin other improper liberties witb my person. Resistance was useless, for a variety of reasons as I readily observed. Tbe Seseshers cor.fMicated my statoots by smasbio them to attains. Thny then went to tbe money box and confisticated all tbe loose change therein contained. Tbey then went and bust in my cages, lettin all tbe animates loose, a small bnt healthy tiger among the rest. This tiger has an excentrio way of teario dogs to peaces, and I allers sposed from bis gioeral conduck that he'd liav no hesitasbun io servin human beings in tbo same way if be could git at tbem. Kxcnse me if I was crooil, but 1 Inrfed boyssterrusly when I saw that tiger spring in among the people. "Go it, my sweet cost" I inardly exclaimed, "I forgivyoo for bitin off my left thorn with all my heart I Rip 'em up like a bully tiger whose Lare has been inwaded by Sesesbers I" I can't say for certain that the tiger serisly injured any of tbem, bat as he was seen a few days after earn miles distant, witb a large and well selected assortment of seats of trowsis io his month, and as be lookt as tbo ho'd bin having sum villent exercise, I raytber guess be did. You will therefore perceive tbat tbey didn't contlstieate bim much. I wns carrid to Montgomery in irons and placed in dorans vial. The jail was an ornery edifis8, but tbe table was liberally cnpplied witb Bakin aud Cabbidge. This was a good variety, foY when I didn't banker after Bukin 1 could help myself to tbe Cabbidge. I bad nobody to talk to nor nothing to talk about however, and I was very lonely speci ally on tbe first day ; 60 wbou tbo jailer parst my lonely sell I put the few stray bairs on the back part of my bed (I'm bald now, but thare was a time when I wore sweet auburn ring lets) into as dise-hevild a state possible, t rollia my eyes like a manyyunk, I cried "Stay, jaler, stay I lam not mud but soon shall be if you dou't briog me soutben to Talk 1" Ho brung me sum uoosepapers, for wbicb I thanked him kiudly. At larst I got a interview with JeCersoo Davis, President of tbe Southern Conthio veracy. He was quite perlite, end axed me to sit down and state my case. I did it, when be larfed and sed his gulluut meo bad bin a little 2 enthoosiastio in confisticatio my show. "Yes," sez I, "they confisticated me (oo mncbly. I bed sum bossos confisticated in the tome way ooct, but the confisticaters air now poundit) stun io tbe flatus Prison at at Injinnaplus. "Wall, wall, Mi6ter Ward, yoo are at lib erty to depart ; yoo air friendly to tbe South, 1 know. Even now we bave niauy frens in tbe North, wbo sympatises witb us, aod wout mingle in this fight." "J. Pavis, there's your great mistaik. Many of us was young sincere friecds, and thought certin parties among us was fussin about y-oo and ineddlin with your consarus entirely too much. But J. Davis, the tr.ioit you fire a goo at the piece of dry good3 call ed the Star Spangled Banner, the North gits op and rises en musey, in defence of tbat ban ner. Not agio you as individoola not agio tbo South even but to save the flag. We should indeed be weak iu tbe knees, unsound In the Loirt, milk-white in tbe liver, aud soft io the bed, if we Mood quiotly by aud saw this glorus Govymeut uinabbed to pieces, either by a furriu or a iotestino foe. Tbo gentle hearted mother bales to take ber oaughty child across her knee, but sho luar, it is ber dooty to do it. So we shall bute to whip tbe caugbty South, but we must do it if you don't make back tracks at onct, and we shall wallop you out of your boots 1 J. Davis, it is my decided opinion that the Sonny South is makiud a egregious mutton bed of herself 1" "Gon on, sir, you're safe entiff. You're too small powder for me 1" sed thu President of tbe Southern Con tine veracy. "Wait till 1 go home and stirt oot the Baltio8ville boss Cavalry 1 I'm Captin of tbat Corpse, 1 am, and J. Davis, beware I Jefferson D.( I now leave you ! Farewell my gay Saler Boy I Good bye. my bold buccan oeer. Pirut of tbe deep blue sea, adoo ! adool" My tower threw the Southern Contbieve rocy oo my way boms was thrilling enuff for yeller covers. It will form the subjeck cf my next. Betsy Jane aod the progeuy are well. Years respectively, A. Ward. rENNSYLVA.MA tflOPV Tub Pbospkot. Within a few days we bave passed through parts of Daophiu, Per ry, Juniata, Millliu, Huntingdon, Blair and Bedford counties, aod we noted particularly tbe prospects of the growing crops. Fruit does not promise abundantly, still, in nearlr all these counties there more or less apples la Huntingdon and lilair conntics fully cull a crop. Of pluu)9, cherries and peaches there are few of tbe latter, aod oone of tbe former. I be coro crop is backward, but there will be an abundant yield. Potatoes are also very promising, i be grain Lelcs, however, look ruagoiGicebt, and if nothing interferes, lb crop of cereals will be beyond precedent tnroognout toe entire region we traveled. Ilarritburg Patriot. Fbanxlin Cookty. The present appear. ao:e of tbe crops promises a superlatively fruitful harvest. Kxperineed farmers say that tbe indications of a universally good wheat crop are superior to any tbey bave known for years. Tbe corn is yet too youth ful to form a judgement tf what it will yiold, but it promises well too. It is eucouraiiug aod excites our grstiudo, that tbe God of Na tions, who is ono witb tbe,God of Harvest, al though Ha bas justly eWicled is nationally, premises to bsfrieud us, especially cereally. If tbe war continues it will require great quantities of provender to sustain it, and far mers should be very frugal in husbanding the coming harvest flreencastle Pilot, Tbe Joue term of tbe United States Court commenced at Williamsport on Monday of last week, before Hon. Wilson McCandles Isaac Keller, charged witb robbing tbe mails in Sullivan eoooty, was tried during tbe week, but before tbe trial was concluded, we learn, be left the Court Ilaase onobserved by any ooe, and effected bis escape. Officers were sent io pursuit, but witb wbat success we bave not learned. Tbe evidence egaiost Keller is said to have been pretty conclusive. Mum. j .tcnincwy. Maonanimitv. We recorded recently a circumstance which occurred in the Rebel Cimps, whoo General Owinn, of North Cnro liua, having been Informed th.'.t full confi dence io bis aniljti was not felt, and tbat tbe services of Colonel llugor, formerly rf the loyal forces, could be obtained, resigned with a good grace, and took a less responsible position. This was an act of good sense, but it was reserved for citizens of oor owo State to ex hibit, onder circumstances Dot wholly dissi milar, a display of magnanimity. No ooe thought of charging Col. Kane, as was done to Col. Gwinn, with iurnmpetency, but wbcu that officer foond ao officer of tbe Mexican war, Major Biddle, to be holding an inferior command in the same regiment, he insisted 00 exchanging places with bim a movement consented to only with much reluctance by both Major Biddle and tbe rest of the regi ment. Such a state of things in, in tbe highest degree, gratifying, and Col. Kane, though he may nominally have descended a ernde in rank, has only elevated himself in tbe estimation of his fellow citizeos. His action requires additional merit from the fact that be himself enlisted tbe regiment whose command he thus generously gave up. Philadelphia Inquirer, A Mkubf.r of Congress, now in Washing ton, thus writes : "1 must Dot close without tolling you ot the laughable manner io which 1 and a friend wbo was riding with mo were 'sold' tbe other day. A3 we were driviug from one camp to another we approached a large tent which we supposed was tbe offi cers 'headquarters,' as on tri9 canvass in largo plain letters was printed, 'Headquarters New York Seventh Regiment.' Wo drove up, got out, and were abont to enter, wbeo 1 saw a very neat sign over the door of the tent wbicb read, 'llomicpathic Physician Consul, tation fee 10 cents 1' On entering I saw ooe after another enter, deposit on tbe counter ten cents, make the most wo begone looking face, and, placing their bands oo their abdomons, say, 'Doctor, 1 am awful sick ; what mast I take ?' The prescription, so far as 1 saw, was invariably tbe same for all complaints 'Tbree fingers of wbiky, diluted with homos pathlc additions of water.' Vv'binky and water, of courso, all free. Tbe doctor seems to be very popular, and if the number I saw prescribed for within ten or fifteen minutes was anything liko a fair proportion of his daily calln, be ought to retire soon and leave tbe business to a junior partner." Tub Bkkceinricor Leaders Odi.iged to Succomb. Tho Breckinridge .fenders iu this Congressional District have "been compelled to knock nnder. Tinctured, as they are, end always bavo been, by a strong sympathy for tbe South, they resisted a Union, and brought out on ultra, bitter partisap candidate, thus hoping to defeat the nbmreation of a Union man. But tbe men in the Democratic Con' ferenco wbo wero willing to sink the partisan iu tbe patriot, overruled and threw the parti' san candidate overboard aod nominated a man wbo veined the Union and the Constitution higher thao party creeds and platforms Co. lutnbia Itcpuhlicun. ExrccGTtoN op a Spy A Lincoln spy, named Lambert, was arrested at Manassas Junction last Wednesday. He was tried before a court-martial, and sentenced to be bung oo Thursday morning, at 11 o'clock, which sentence has beeu carried into effect. Lambert was a young man, tbe son of Benj. Lambert, of tho firm of Lambert dc McKenzie, commission merchants of Alexandria. He bod just returned from Harper's Ferry, and was endeavoring to get oo to Alexandria Io tbe lining of bis coat was fouod a detailed drawing of all the fortifications, position of forces, etc., at Harper's Ferry, besides seve ral other papers, wbicb fully established bi3 truo character. Memphis Bulletin, Gfi. PcNiasALnr. John On'ncy Adnms was all his life a model of. punctuality so much so that once, while he was representative in the lower house of Congress, when a member remarked tbat it was time to call the bouse to order, another replied : "No ; Mr. Adams ia not in bis seat." The clock was actually three minutes too fast, and before three minutes elapsed Mr. Adams was in his seat. The same trait was a marked characteristic of Gen. Washington. Wbeo the convention which formed the fede ral constitution was sitting in Philadelphia be was always Beeu to ascend tbe steps of Independence Hall just as tha clock was sinking the hour of meeting. The father of bUcouulry, with all bis greatness, and with all multiplicity of bis engagement, did not consider it beneath him to be careful of tbe time of others, aud to be exactly punctual. Tbe Richmond ''Examiner," io 6poaking of the Federal troops, says: "Take them all in all, their forces are as precious a set of ras cals as could be scrupod together with a fine tootb comb from tbe pet bouses ant bull-boles of the North. They have beeu fertilized by filth, aod growo up criap, fresh, unmitigated ly wretched from municipal corruption." Hon. John J. Crittenden, says tha Frank, fort Commonwealth, oo tbe 20th of June next, "will be chosen the Representative of the Ashland district in the Coiled States Con gress, by a majority thit will be as gratifying to bim as it will be to the frioods of peace and Union throughout the eutirs land." A member of tbe Seventh Regiment, wri ting to bis father, says; "I beard a good au ecdote of Geo. Scott yesterdoy. He was ask ed what he intended to do witb Jefferson Da vis. In answer be merely pot up bis open band, end graduully closed bis fiugors till bis band was clinched. He could nit have ijivun a more expressive answer." Sknatus Doi'oi.as was initiated as a Free Msboo Jone 3d, 1610' passed to the degree of Fell" Craft oa the 24ih, aod was raited to the sublime degree of Master Mason oo tbe 2Clb of the same month. He was chosen grand orator of tbe Grand Lodge at the first aucual communication in 1610, and was tha first grand orator ever chosen by the Grand Lodge of Illinois. The Louisville Journal says that Colonel Anderson will take no military command bere. but tbat be goes to tbe mountains of Peon sylvsnia oo account of bis Tailing health. Mr. Hassaurek, cur Now Teutonic Minis ter to Ecuador, is a funnyman. It is said tat be thanked the President for having appoioted bim to tbe highest place in bis gift tbat is, 9,500 feet above the oceso, tbe altitude of Quito, the capital. It is not known at what season of tbe year our first parent were placed io EJeo ; but tbey went out in tbe "l ull." Ad Irish lover remarked that it is a great pleasure to be alone, especially wbsa your "swete beert ia wid ye." A surgical journal tells of e mun who lived five years witb a ball io bis bead. We have known ladies to live twice as long witb noth ing but balls Id tbeir beads. ) a t it i . TEE U1ICN YANKEE DOODLS I Jeff Davis you're a fonny man, t o Vbink you II role tbe nation ; No Southern rights nor Southern fights Can land yon at that station. Chorus Union hearts and Union hands, A traitor cannot shake, sir, When yon come to try ns Jeff You'll find out your mistake, sir( Ja?t lay your schemes wide as you please, With deep and obscure view, sir, There's nothiug io oor way but what A Yan icy can undo, sir. Cuorcs Yoo can't throw enuff into our eyes, We Yankee's are too cute, sir, Just recollect we've pot the best, And Scott ish snuff to boot, sir. CnoRcs Pray keep your bragging minions still, ( Or you shall taste our stuff, sir, You won't take much, I'll tell you why, One pinch will be enough, sir, Cuobus All little dogs will bark tu X noto That are affraid to bite, sir. You'll always find them sneal:ing homt When they are called out to fght, sir. Chores So back ! yon rebel in yonr ken, Defile not Union soil, sir, Yonr sorvile minions are not Gt, To share its meanest soil, sir. Cuorcs Our Anderson was brave and true, Unto bis Country's flag, sir But Time will bring his praise to light, There's nothing m a Bragg, sir. Cuobus And when be left that SDUthorn Fort "In which he was so handy," Why didu't you stop tbo martial stroio Of Yankeo Doodle Dandy T Tbe South may raise ber cotton, Jeff To fill our factories full ; sir We'll buy it out of charity We're satisfied witb Wool, sir. Cuoucs You've had yoor day In Baltimore You frightened half tbe towD, sir, But Jeff it didn't take ns long, To cut your Kane break down, sir. Cuorcs And wboo we come to go down South - To conquer io tbe wars, sir, We'll plant our spangled banner there And make you all see stars, sir. Chobus Our Union girls are loyst too, Tbeir hearts go with their hands, sir, Aod these are pledged to hold oar flag Long as tho Union stands, sir. Ciioacs And stand it will whilo time shall last, With not one link to sever Then sound aloud (trough all the world, Our Union now Forever. Chorus Union hearts aud Union hands, A traitor daro not sever, United hearts, united bands Tbe American Uoion-s-Forever. IJnmormts JSlufcjjcs. Standing Guard. A member of tbe Schuylkill regiment, in camp near Washington, writes thus of the in cidents o.' standing sentinel : "The manner in which the sentinel receives the countersign is as follows : He permits a person to come within twelve or fourteen paces of bis post, and theo commands him to 'halt,' and asks, 'who comes there ?' The an swer will generally ba, 'a friend.' 1 be senti. nel commands, 'advance, friend, and givo the countersign.' Tbe person advances, and lean ing over tbe point of the bayonet of tbe sen try, gives the password, (the guard must al ways receive it ot a 'charge bayonet,') and proceeds on bis way. The guards are all numbered from one upward. If auything is wanted, or wrong, the sentinel calls for the 'sergeant of tbe guard,' mentioning his num ber which is pa?sed from guard to guard until it reaches No. 1, wbere the sergeant of tbo day is stationed, wbo immediately repairs to tbe post designated. "During the night tbe orders are more strict thao in tbe daytime. If any ono tbeo attempts to pass the guard without tbe coun tersign, be calls for tbe sergeant : if tbo intru der, after being warned several times, won't come to dots, you draw trigger on him, aud of course kill him if you can. "Last Sunday night we were on the picket guard ; our beut was thirty yards long, ou tbe borJers of a graveyard. Near midnight it commenced to rain witb a vengeance, and was so dark that the eye could not pnatrate fur ther than ten feet iu advance. Strange sounds came from the woods and swamps around, while in the graveyard durk red phosphores cent lights would rise from the earth, aud af ter illuminating for awhile roiue grey tomb, sink again apparently into the ground' Sep arated from tbe camp by a hill, and surround ed by thick darkness, tbe raio strangely pat tering as it fell, tbe mysterious situation was well calculated to remiud one of tbe wonder ful stories often told, but soldom experienced, as well as to arouse superstitious fours About every fifteen miuutes tbe doep gloom would bo broken by the voice of tbe guards crying, 'No. 1, all wall,' 'No. 1. all well,' aod so ou, each Seutinel taking it up until it bad passed around the ramp end come hack to tbe place from whence it bad started. A fuw nights ago two of our company wore doing mgbt guard duty on the borders ot a wood, about one quarter mile from camp. Oue of them observed, seme tweuty yards from him, what was apparently a man standing and si lently gazing at him. He demanded, 'who came there,' but received no answer. He called the attention of a sentinel oeur him to the matter, and together they marched with charged bayouets against tbo immovable and silent 'wbot is it,' and with true soldierly ecu rage gallantly ran their bayonuts into a small cedar tree." A lady wrote to her lover, begging him to send ber souie money ; she added, by tbe way of postscript, "I am so ashamed of tbe request I have made io this letter, tbat I sent after the post man to get it back, but tbe servant could oot overtake bim." "No body ever lost anything by love," said a certain person. "That's oot true," said a lady who beard the remark, "for 1 ooce lost tbree eights' sleep. A Rni.AKD rort as Oi.tvi;n A few dsys f-ibce (writes an Attorney), o I was sitting with brother I- , in hi office, iu Court KqnitrB, a client come In and said : 'Sqniro 1) , W , tbe livery Sta ble keeper, shaved me dreadfully yetterday, aod I want to come op to hira." "State your case," snid I) . Client "1 asked him bow much be wonld charge for a horse to go to Dedham. He said firteen shillings. I took tbe horse and went, and when 1 came back I paid bim fif teen shillings, and be suid he wauled another fifteen shillings for coming back, and tnado me pay it." 1) cave bim sound legal advice. which tbe client immediately acted npoo as follows : He went to tbe stable and said "How much will yon charge me for a borso to go to Salem !" Stabler replied--"Thirty Shillings." "Harness him up." Client went to Salom, came back by rail road, went to stabler saying "Here is your money," paying him thirty shillings. "Wbere Is my borse," says W . "He is at Salem," says client; "1 only hired bim to go to Salom." - Colonel Billy Wilson's Zouaves orre having ell sorts of stories told about tbem. A cor respondent of tba sprightly Milwaukee Sen ttnel tolls the following : "YeBterday, a Methodist clergyman went down to Staten Island to exhort tbem. Billy Wilson drew up bis men, end called 'nttontioo I' Tbe parson then gave them a very edifying and appropriate discourse, to which, in obedience to tbe Colonel's commands, they listened atteotivoly. Wben tbe parson had finished, Billy gave bin 'boys' a short talk, somewhat in this wise : 'Boy. I want you to remember what the minister has told yon. It is all for your good ; take his advice and follow it ; for there is no knowing but that io loss than six months every d d ono of yoa will be in Hell!' Here a voice from the ranks called out, 'Three cheers for Hell !' and they wero given witb a will. The parson, astonished and angry, asked what it meant. 'Oh,' Bays Billy, 'the boys don't know much abont Scripture. Tbey think 1 J oil is somewhere between Montgomery and New Orleans, and they are d d anxious to got dowo io tbat neighborhood I" Valuaplb RKCKifTS. To make a Dice jam lay your bead onder a descending pilo driver I To get frost ont ef your fingers put them ioto hot water I To keep yourself warm in bed get it oft Grel To be ahead of time carry yoor watch behind yoo I To see how lard a man strikes tell him he lies I To keep yoor poor relatives from troubling; you commit suicide 1 To keep from being dry stand--out in the rain ? To do away witb spectacles pot your eyes out I To have tarts for tea let your wife, see you kiss tbe waiting maid. A sure tbiog. To see if a girl loves yoa ask her like a man 1 To tell if you love a girl have 6ome tallow headed chap go end see her 1 "Brick." (V) 5 v 1 1 1 ji e 5, A Hint to Gardeners. As oor houses and gardens are always, more or lees, infested witb vermin, it is satisfactory to know that lenzinc, an article become sufficiently well known as a detergent, is no less efficacious as agent in insecticide. Ono or two drops are sufficient to osphyxiatn the most redoutable insect pest, be it beetle, cockchafer, spider, slug, caterpillar, or croeping things. Evea rats and mice speedily decamp from any place spriokled with a few drops of tbe potont benzine. A singular fact concocted with this application of benzine is, tbat tbo bodies of insects killed by it become so rigid, tbat '.heir wings, legs, Ac, will break rather than bend, if touched. Next day, howevur, wheu the) benzine bas evaporated, suppleness la restored. Liquid Glcb. The following reoipo, the discovery of a French chemist, is selling about toe country as a secret, for various prices, from one to five dollars. It 13 a bandy and valuable composition, as it does not gelatinize nor undergo putrefaction and fer mentation, aud become offensive, and is al ways ready for ose : In a Tido mouthed bottle dissolve oigbt ouueus of best glue in half a pint of water, by sotting it in a vessel of water aod heating it till dissolvod. Tbsn add slowly, constantly stirring, two and a half ounces strong aquafortis (oitrio acid.) Keep it well corked, and it will bo ready fur iue. Alum is Starch For starching muslins, giogbauis, and calicoes, dissolve a piece of uluir rtie size of a shell bark, for every pint of starch, and odd to it. By so doing, the colors will keep bright for a long tirno, which is very desirable wheo dresse3 must be often washed, and the cost is but a tritlj. How to CtRB Colic in Horsk. John L.Gregg, of Missouri, says in tbe Yalliy I'arnur, "I can cure by the following receipt any case of colic ia burses in twenty minutes : Take three ounces tobacco, io small bits j one drachm red pepper: one and a bulf suL jons of boiling wuti r ; mix end simmer ou ll-oals ten minutes, or till the properties of tne medicines era extracted. Administer by injection with ooe-balf pint syringe. Kepeat every minute till revivad. By this method 1 bave cured more thao fifty oases without single failuie. Tho borse is generally fit for use in ooe hour. Thu modus operandi of thd medicine is this ; Tobacco is a powerful re- j Uxaot Cupsicaoi a potvrrful stimulant. By j tbe ri.laxatiou produced by the tobacco, free I exit is given to the collection of wind or gas. j and the circulation i equalized; tbe pepper prevents too great a relaxation. ToHATog fob Ciin.DBtw There is do be t ter remedy for deruogament of tbe bowels rn children, abile leetbiag, than stewed toma toes, fed to them plentifully ; care being tukeu to keep tbe child's extremities warm. Cover its nock and arras, especially of au eveuiug ; give it crushed ice to assuage tbirst if possible, rather than give it water avoid cordials, as tbey ocly produce fever. Tbo tomatoes ought tu be ripe and fresh, though, tbe vegetable preserved io cans bas beeo used witb great success. iialtimur Suit. Stalk Brfab Cawh. Scald all your bread ia tbe moroing aod add to it a sufficient quantity of milk, tour milk if yoo have it, with a little soda or saleratus, a snoooful of wheal flour and one egg, and you wili have deliciona cakes, better than any 1 know v!.--tiaUi,wr Sim.
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