NEW SERIES, VOL. 11, NO.' 27.: SUNlUItY,'N01lTIIUMBERLAND" COUNTY, PA -SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1861. OLD jSERHS, VOL. 22. NO h
The Sunbury American.
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i the i,eute.t .pie, every vaii.lv if priiiling
""3. B. MASSES..
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
SUWrBURT, PA.
Uusi.ies. attended to In the Counties of Nor.
mmherland, Union, Lycoming Montour and
Jolumliin.
Reference in PhUnU1ihia :
Hon. Jnl. R .Tv.ni). Chas. )H. nons. e...p
Snmer. & 8n idcrass,
l.iim Smith ft Co
CHARLES MATTHEWS
tt onun at cuv,
Vn. 12S nroalwS'i &'"W York.
Will carefully intend to Collection, ond nil othef matter
.MiirnMed to In. care.
Mnv ill. IP58.
praeFklin house,
RF.IIlill.T AND n F.FURNiOHKD,
Cor f Howard and Franklin Streets, a etc
Smarts H'tsf .. the .V. C 11. 11. Depot,
BALTIMOBE-
J'linMs, 1 1 ri:n Hr
(v. I.KIfF.NHINO. rM.riclor,
July 1, 1M -If F"" 0r"V"'
win.iAMis.Hi.MKii , ciuiKitr mrui.
G.SOMERS& SON.
Importers ami Dealer, in
Cloths. Cassimeres. Vesting!. Taylors
Trimmings. &c,
No 32 South Fourth Street, between Market anJ
Climut Street., I'tilailelpliia.
Merchnnts other. vinititiR llie city woultl find
it to tlit ir H.lvintngo to giv them a call and ex
jinino their stork.
March 10, 1800
J. P. SHINDEL G0BIN,
Attorney Counsellor at Lnw
bunbubv, pa
V,1, atten.1 faithfully to the collection ofcluim.
3m1hII .r.ife..ional liuaim-aa in the countte. of
Northumberland, Montour, Union and Snyder.
nuiiHt'l itivcn in the Herman Ungual. (
,-- (jiine one door east of the I'rothonotary .
allice.
Sunbury, May SO, IfiGO. ly
THE' INTERNATIONAL HOTEL.
IjKOALiWAY, CORNKfl OK FRANKLIN STREET
NEV -yORK CITY,
fTcr. iadueeinent. to Merchant, and Touri.l. vi.itin
J Yrk,u...u,,mscdl.v -mv Hotel hi the Metropolis.
1 'rMrWS I ve'rV""'
tea. ami WJiicn wo, .s ,.,....... , -
Ii4. A ceiiin.t locution.. veiueiit to pbiee. of busmen,
wi-'.t i i.Lwcs of UlllUSClllCllt. ....
M "r. mt u.ly elenu. w fnnii'l'"' "'""It '"""
.rnha uinmiifi'eiii ldie lUilor, coiimiunding an cstcu-
''ZJy hitM-d ...tin mou... ;ith a
.,,8,f,r,.l I'arlor, cmlinui.di,, an extensive view of
"'iih1 "tenia conducted on the I uropean pi, vi.itor.
ei live in ihe ll 'tvle, with Hie greatest teonoi..r
Sill. It is cnmi:lcd Wllh
Tnjlor'n
Cvlcbraiea saiooni.
where visit"', enn ny ""':r
ni-als. or, if they desir.
II,kv wit. lie furnished in then own r.H.in.
Ilih The ( served in the Snlo,.ii. unit Hotel is sc.
knowleileeil l.v epieme. to lie va.ll superior to that of
.'-'sTo;i"
Auirurt 4, tiil. lv
kl'AUlNG'9 Prepared r.lue, and Slielle). Mllcilu(je
Price per lllle and lirirtli l!J cents
c'r'l'ul Elixir of Cull.) , bark .V Ucnxine, for removing
KOH 3 tl.E AT THIS OFFICE,
fsiuilmry, Match il lh0.
" NKW I.O'FoF HAKDWARE & BAD-
Dl.F.HY. AUo, Ihe liest awortinent of Iror
Nsils and rileel l f"1"1'1 '" ,,,c eoun'y-"' the
Mammoth store of KK1IJNU & OR ANT.
tSuiibury, una 2, 1H00.
CONFECTION ARIES,
TOYS &c.
O. OBABHAT,
CONSTANTLY keep, on hand all kind, of
Confertionarie., Fruit and Toy., which be
i. selling at wholesale am', retail. Having the
necessary machinery &e., he i. manufacturing
ll Lii,il of Tov. and keetn up hi. stock, .o that
.....l,. u ill nol be at a loss fur a supply of
klmovt any article they may de.tre.
AIM'I.KS! AfPLES!! ATPI.ES!!!
Just received, a large bit of apple., which he i.
selling at hob-tale und retail, at low price.
Uive u a call.
M. C. UEAUH iltr
Sunbury, Mar. fi, lfi. tf
iiA(KEUS! UKACKKK8, just received
and fur .ale by the barrel or pound, at til.
Confectionery store of M. C. uLAHH Ah J ,
bunbury, October 13, IMSU. -
HeiH.ie l.umpsj.
A
VERY LAHliE and cheap assortment will
be found al tbe Msmnioth More of
l)c. 15. 1Kb''. r'HIUNti & GKANT.
II
OJ YE l.OVEHS OF SOUP! Afresh
supply of Macaroni and Confectionery at
MUl.l.Mi & Olt.. 4 a.
Kiinbury, June 3, IKH0.
IT is important to Ihe A I ' I K to know th.l
Filling & (irant, hav. the best and largest
aasortuieiit of Dress Goods in tbe county.
Nunbury. June 3, I Moll.
FHEsH Ki;m,Y OK DRUGS at the
Mammoth Store. Also, anew lot of per
fumery, Soap, and r anev A rticle. Very cheap,
r RILING k GRANT.
Sunbury, M.y S, IMtili.
SKELETON SKIRTS-
4 T the Mammoth tilore will ba fonnd a
i - very large assortment of Skeleton Skirls
iron) seven hoops op In thirty.
Oct 6, l6(i. F111L1NO 4 GRANT.
Alt Iron. Steel. Nails,
Pick. Giub-lioe. and
Maiou Hammers, al
low price.
Ul.JUII T & BOX
l8u.
Sun'iury, June
LEARN 1
PEOPLE
STILL. ; CONTINUE TO LITE,
ASD THEY WILL SOON
LEARN THAT
F1ULING & GRANT,
AT THE
MAMMOTH' STORE,
AHE SELLING
GOODS CHEAPER
than can t6 purchased elsewhere.
A SUPPLY
Jurtt received by Railroad thti week.
REMEMBER THIS,
AND
PROFIT BY IT.
Sunhury, December 15, 18G0.
SUNBURY ACADEMY.
riMIR SUMMER TERM of Die Sunbuiy Academy will
J commence on thePLh of April.
Trie cotiise of itittructlmi emfirnret every depmt
meiit u( tduciitinn tnttglit in our best Acailemivs, prepnrmg
ntuileutt one eilhei for a profcuiouorto enter any cUtu in
College.
TERMS PER QUARTER:
Common School llruncliri, 94 00
Hifttier Knplith Uranchei, A 0
I. aiiimi.1 Greek lnngogL'. ? 00
Tuitmn tohepiud before the middle of the term.
II. ard cm i be liud in piivule fnnuliea at fium 91 75 l
J'j 2j net week.
SC. WOIA'ERTON, Iriiicinal
Sunbury, March 30, 1;G.
DO YOU 1VAT lllllKCUS.
DO YOU WANT WHISKERS ?
DO VOU WANT A MOUSTACHE
DO VOU WANT A MOUSTACHE!
Helliugliaiii's Celebrated
8 T 1 M U li A T I N G ONOUE N 1
For the WtiAtrs and Hair.
The subscriber,) take pk uiure In niitiount-ii to the citi
zens M the United Males, lUut thev huve olitnineil the
A pent y for, and mr nv ennblrd toolTei to the American
piitilic. the alcove justly tilebrutec und noild-retiuwiiud
urticlc.
Thr. Stimulating Ongvttit.
is prepnred hy Dr. C. P. Uelliiutlmin, an eminent phytieisn
of London, mid is war runted t buiig out u thick set ul
'ftiskrrs nr Afoustavhc
in from lluceto six weeks. The ankle is Itie only one
of the kind used by the French, and in London ond Pa
ris il is in universal ue
li is u beuutilul. economical, soothing, ret stimntiitin
cornMuiid, uciii.gas if by inugic njioii the nnits, cmiKinp u
heiitiful ynwtli of luiuriitnt knir Ifnpplied hi the si-alp,
H will cure bald liens, and cuuse to spring up in place of
the IkiIiI spots h tine growth of Iviir Applied acciduig
to directions it will turn red or towy h:iir dark, and restore
fiTHyluiir to itsoiigiiwl color, leuving it sfl, smooth, find
Uexible. Tiie 'Oiigueut'' is an indispeiisiblc niticle in
every geiitUman's toilet, and after one week's use they,
V'oii'lil not for nny ctniRideration be witb' Ut it.
The subucribers are the only Agents fir the artlele in
the United States, to whom all orders must be addresxed.
Trice One IMUir n box for sale by nil PruiM mid
Pollers ; or ft h-1 of tbn ''Unguent" (Witrrtnited to huve
the desired efl'eci) will te sent tu aiiy who desire it, by
mini, dirtKtt. sccuM'ty pwkee, n receipt of price ond post
Lage.ftl.lB. Apply t" or mhliess
I twin iff. i. TTtvnrTAV a. r-o
Pruirgists. Ac, ill William St., New York.
Fr snle at this olTice,
March U0t 101.
COMMERCIAL UKSEUIES,
II. E- HOOKER &c CO.,
HorilKSTKR, N. Y
JOHN W. BUCHER. Locnl Agent, bunbury
l'a.
rilhe .ub.criber, having been appointed local
JL Agent for th. sale of Fruit trees, plants,
vines, vVc, of one of the must reliable Nurseries,
call, the attention of all who want choir, fruit tu
this method, a. more t-eitaiu thun by obtaining
I them llirouli traveling ugenU. Among thusa
described in the (Jaislogus are. Dwarf I'ear
Trees, of tho age for transplanting, remarkably
1 l-"1.
warf Apple Tree., on ParadUe Stocks, ma
Ling beautilul little trees for the garden, and pro
I during remarkably line specimens uf fruit in a
very short time.
Pwaif Cherry Tree., budded on Malialvh
Stocks, handsome trees.
tiiaiidurd Apple. Pear and I'herry Trees, very
fine, with a lurgu lii-t uf varieties.
Peach, l'lum. Nectarine and Apricot Trees.
(Jouscherry, Diekbtrry and Strawberry Plant
all of the finest kind.
Currant., many new and improved varieties,
such a. Cherry. White Urspe, bite (ioiidouin,
lied (irape, Victoria, &c.
cilrnwberry Plant., in great variety, including
the Hooker, W ilson's Albany, Triomphie de
(Jand, (the most approved old tarielies,) a. well
as all the novelties.
Grape Vines, including thoae Cue, new, vet
well ttcd kinds, which no planter should be
without, such is Delaware, (Joncord, and Hart,
ford Prolific. These we have propagated so ex
tetisively as to able to oiler them at reduced and
.alii-tfclnry price..
1 lants, hoses, evergreens and every variety of
ornamental trees and Shrubbery, securely packed'
JOHN V. UUC1IEK. Agent, Sunbury Pa.
bunbury, Kebuaiy, 9, lBCt.
New Millinery Goods.
Miss 31. L. tLil ssl-Elt,
fawn Street, two doort tmith oJ the Shamulin
Valley I'utlscille lluil lltiad,
SUNBURY, FEN XT'A..,
l.til'Mrri-1,1.1. V informs the citizen, of
tsL'.MiL'HY and vicinity, that .he ha. just
rereived from Philadelphia a Urge and splendid
assortment of the most lashionable and latest
style nl
JJ Cj i-lr iSLi bSJ ,
H A T 8, SHAKE It S, TMMMlNGs, Ac
which she is selling at the most reasonable prices
'I o which she directs the attention of the Indies
and invite, all to call and see tbein.
Thankful for past patron. ge, .he hope, by
keeping to best assortment at reasonable, price
to continue Ihe same.
Sunbury, April 13, IS 1.-Sm
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
RICHARD A. FISCHER'S
D P. IT G & CH VL I C A L
EMPORIUM.
1 1 AVINU purchased Ihe (tore formerly keii
by A. W. FISCHER, h. would respectfully
call the attention of the public to hi well select
ed stock of
DRUG
MEDICINES,
CALS.
PAINTS
CHEMI
Oils, DyeSluRs, Varnishes, I'er'umery,
Fancy
Ailklc. fine Hair and J o.nh Brusbc,
Fancy Soaps. 'J iu.ses. 4tc ,
Phv.kian Prescriptions and Family Reci
ipi
accurately coin (funded al all hoar., by an ex p.
neare. Drugfist and Apvlhswy.
RKMKVIUKK th iilaee. under the e'Cca
th. "Mon'n.rv American." ....
LIVE AND
LET THE
8uahjrv, June tt tel. 1
DISUNION.
C3" In 1650, Albert U. Pike, who I how
disoninni t, wrote a. follow., io poem enti
tled "Disunion," published io the Knicker
bocker: .
Y mad 1 bo would 'rate out yoor name
From the league of the proud and tbe free,
And separate, ideal sovereignty claim,
Like a lone wave flung off from tbe sea;
Ob, pause ! ere you plunge In tbe chasm
Tbat yawns in your dnngerons way ;
Ere Freedom, convulsed with one terrible
spasm,
Desert you forever and aye 1
Pause I think ! ere tbe earthquake astonish
your souls,
And tbe thunder of war through your valleys
rolls.
Great Uod ! what title, what name
Will history give to ynnr crime !
Id toe deepest abys of dishonor and shame
Ye will writhe till tbo last hour of time,
As braggarts who forged tbeir own chain.
Pulled down what their forefathers built,
Acd tainted tbe blood in tbeir cbildreu'syouog
veins
With tbe poinon of slavery end guilt.
Aod Freedom's bright heart be hereafter ten
fold For your folly and full oioro discouraged and
cold.
Select Ciile.
MY HOUSEKEEPER.
II T RALPH UI'MrilRIKS.
A LADY who enn .ire the best referenee at to charac
ter mid ahiliiy, wi.hes a .itlrttinii as Housekeeper in
a 7-iitleinaii's t'uiiuly. References reqnired
Addiess, M. 1.. Smith, Box 1004.
I am, I mean I
money, but I was
was, a bachelor. I bad
forty-five yoars old, and
had never arrived at a satiefactory way of
spending it. 1 concluded that my error was
the want of a home of tnv own : conceiving
a sudden disffiint fur hotels and boardins I "
bouses, 1 took a handsoam bouse in a re- j
spectable part of the town, und begun looking
Tor a housekeeper. The advertisement which j
heads this narrative had lust met mv eve as '
j I glanced over the "Wants'
10 tlio fcveoiug
twentieth time, I
paper. 1 1 pleased (tie.
I was reuding it for tbe
when a servant knocked at my parlor door
and annouoced my sister-in law, Mrs. Eliza
liishop, and her daughter Kliza. Mrs. liihh-
op was the widow of my eldest brother, and
her attention to and cace for my comfort were
really touching.
She followed her name into the room, lead- .
ing ber daughter the eldest and best behaved
of tbe three. She was a handsome woman,
of commanding, imperial order, and she
looked her best that winter afternoon, in her
rich furs and velvets, her cheeks crimson with
the effects of the keen, frosty air and the
exercise bhe had been taking. -
"1 am very glad to see you," I said, a. I
handed ber a chair. "There are some things
you women know more about thao an old
bachelor like me. and I want to consult you.
1 have concluded to go to housekeeping.
Eliza's fnce brightened into an expression
eveti mme beaming than the one she had
previously bestowed nti me. It never oc
curred to me that she could be thinking of
my future borne as a convenient residence
fur herself and her three. She euawerud
warmly :
"An excellent ided, brother Sandie, if you
are prepared fur all the expense and trouble
it involves. The expense, to be Biire, is not
much of a consideration to you. You have
been so successful that you would not require
ho close an economy to your house as 1 used
to proctice io poor Uobert's time. lie
always sum I made one dollar do the wnru or
threo. Hut there will bo a great deal of
trouble. In the first place, you'll have to Cad
a housekeeper "
"The very thing ) wanted to speak to you
about."
Her smile was positively brilliant.
"How kind, Sundie."
"Not kind 6t all, troubling you about my
affairs."
' For shame ! as if yon ever had reason to
think that anything 1 could do fur joo would
be a trouble.
A very just remark, considering that ber
voluntary seivice amounted, Define trequeui
visits, tu a pair or slippers, Willi a ptnu eyeii
pussy-cat ou eacb toe, aod a
aod a smoking cap,
with tbe device of green-eyed poodle,
couchatit.
1 hastened to place before her the paper
i which I bud marked tbe advertisement
hich heads this article.
"There, Eliza : there is what 1 have been
thinking abont. Somehow 1 fancy 1 should
like Mrs. M. L. Smith; Mary 1 imagined
her name is. 1 am goiog to write to boi
1004."
Hut ain't you acting oo impulse. Sao-
die T"
"Perhaps so I always do and somehow
my ventures have been tolerably fortunate."
- . . . r . .
"xes, but sucn an important, iniug. ui
course you know ami ne languea rather
uoeaaily "thai you will be sure to marry IDe
lady,"
Marry ! I believe every womao has In ber
character the elements of an Eve, Here was
au apple I should never have seen but for my
sister in law. It was my turo to lasgh.
Why, co, Eliza. This is an objection, of
course, wiiicd 1 never tDougni oi. i uoo i
imagine it would prove oue with me, though,
..... l l. .
t am not a iiirr):ug uiuii jjesiues, sue is,
without doubt, a widow with vbildreo "
! stopped, for 1 remembered uty sisters
bereavement and encumbrances. Her face
turned crimson. , .
All men do not think it impossible to
marry a widow witti etniaren, unu you amy
not when Mrs. Smith has kept bouse for you
for six mouths ! though, to be suie, I dou'l
think some women could ever make up their
minds to marry again."
I soppose "suiue women" referred to her
si If, and I was glad of this bint as to her
seutimeDie, for poor Robert bad left his
family very comfortable, and I did oot want
to tea bis children subject to the oteudar
mercies of sreecond papa. After a few more
cautions from Mr, liishop, aud few si rung
expression of admiration for various arlwles
of feminine adornment from little Eliza, which
extracted from the pocket of her good
natured uncle the usual amount of burb
money, my visitor departed ard I wrote my
letter to box 1001. I o it 1 itated my
residence, tbe salary I wat willing to pay, tod
I tbe buuiher of my household. 1 gave ber my
same and tbe Bain of few of my friend
of same
1 who would
be ready to afford ber whatever
ioforu.aUoB tbe reoolr.f tt v mtt wed
. . ; - l i ' r ,
character. 1 added a postscript to sy that
I particularly objected lo children, and would
make It o point with my housekeeper to leave
hers behind. If (the liked the terms . and
stipulations, t requested her to call at my
counting bouse the ensuing mottling.
It would be Idle to ff i hat 1 attended
very closely to business the next forenoon
The housekeeper fever, the home longing hail
taken full possession ol me. I mut confess,
besides, to no small amount of curiosity ns to
tbe personal appearance of M. L Smith. 1
wanted an agreeable housekeeper. Not too
young (hat wouldn't look well no wrinkled
crooe to sit opposite inn at my hoard, but a
pleasant, cheerful woman, jouug enough to
make my home lively.
It was about 11 o'clock when my ynnng
man waited opon the Imly in My previous
favorable impressions were fully confirmed
by her appearance. I did not think her
handsome, certainly in the styln of sister-in
law. She was a small wnnmn, light footed
and slender, with a satiny pleasant face, which
might have testified to thirty five summers,
but no winters, surely; or if she hud met
storm or chili, she had home them with such
brave patienco, that her fnce reflected only
the sunshine, tier brown hair wsb put
simply end smoothly dwhv from her tranquil
fiice. Her eyes were frank und cheerful.
Her mouth not small, hnt winning and
smiling, wheo she spoke, her low pleusant
tones endorsed tbe expression of ber counte
cance. "Mr. Bishop. I believe the geDtleroan
who wrote this letter "
And she drew the epistle from her pocket.
"The same, madam."
"I came, sir, to sny that I would accept
ynnr proposition, if you still wish it, now that
we have met."
I was about to say that I wished it more
than ever, since I had seen her, but fortu
nately recollected, in time, that compliments
to my housekeeper were no proper part of
the programme, und very decorously concluded
my engagement io u matter-of-fact .and
business manner.
The next week she entered upon her duties.
I bad never known what it was to be so
comfortable. My house was a model of con
venience nod simple elegance at least my
sister-in law. when she went over it previous
to M rs. Smith's commencement, pronounced
it perfect. 1 had a Sort of home feeling that
1 had uever known before ; room enough for
my possessions ; a place to welcome
friends to ;
Very agreeable, companion in
fy housekeeper when I choose to talk to
! B unobtrusive tniuister to my comfort
nl0 1 "a silent.
True, Mrs. llishnp fonnd. whenever she
honored me wuh a visit, Hint something or
other was not ordered as she had managed it
in poor, dear Robert's time. "Housekeepers,
; even the best nf them," she was wont to
remark, "require a little looking after. They
' can't be expected to take so much interest in
one aflnirs as ones own relutions.' "Her
comments did not give uio much uneasiness,
however.
1 weut home one day a little eailier than
; nsual. 1 thought a quiet chut with my
housekeeper, over the dining room lire, would
not be uupleasttnt. I had begun already to )
take more interest in her than I whs prepared
to acknowledge myself I pictured, as I
burried home, the cheerful mom. the table
handsomely laid, and Mrs Smith, in her neut,
quiet dress, sitting by the file, with hook or
, work, waiting fur the dinner to be brought
np. As 1 reached my own door, however, I
, found it open", and three children of van ing
ages taking a most alTectionate farewell of
my housekeeper. I bad never cared enough
for any one before to experience such on
emoticn as jealousy, hut 1 think no other
word adequately described my feelings as I
walked into the parlor and shut the door.
Presently Mrs. Smith made her appearance.
' "I am very sorry."
j ''Not at all, madam."
' "Oh, but I am. 1 remember your stipula
tion about the childien perfectly. 1 surely
did not intend they should annoy you. I
presumed you wouM have no objections to
, their coming sometimes in your absence, and
1 like to see them as ufteu us I on bnt they
shell not be here again ut any hour wheu you
are likely Io como home."
She must have thought me nn ungracious
boor, for I growled out. merely
"No matter no mutter at all "
1 was io au ill humor. -The pleasant an
ticipations with which I tud hurried home
had not been realized. Moreover, 1 suspec
ted 1 was becoming too much interested in
my housekeeper to like to be reminded that
others bad stronger claims upon her That
evening 1 sat upon one side of ihe bright tire
! od Mrs. binilh on the other
1 abhor Inrnu
I loved, when 1
, eee n. i. uut m mj w ..
was a boy, to make pictures in the fire, und
the habit and 1 have grown old together.
We bad sal silently fur some time. 1 was
watcbiog, in two embers, two little boats
tailing ou lovingly, side by side. At length
I asked abruptly :
"What was M r. Smith's business, madam T"
"A merchant. He was in a dry goods linn,
aod able to give U3 every luxury until he
failed."
So that wos it. He had failed, and died,
and left ber all those children In support. I
looked into tbe fire again. Tbe boats bad
drifted far apart, aud were sailiug duwu a
flame-colored river
"Me ou the one side she on the other. "
I mused on, half sorrowfully, until at
length 1 tuid, speaking uucoosciously, out
loud
"Perhaps I could have stood the children
if i( weiu't for thinking that she bad Ijved
somebody else. She'd beon looking buck all
the time aod comparing me to No. 1."
"Sir !"
"My voice had attracted M rs. Sniith'i at
tention from her book, but she bad cvideutly
not understood what 1 bad said, and was
looking up inquiringly. Thank fortune fur
that, aud I laughed little nurvously, I ima
gine. "Nothing. 1 was not speaking to you.
Io fuel I think I was talking in my sleep."
She looked down agaiu, end I watched her
instead nf the tire. She was pretty prettier
thun I bsd grveu ber credit for at tirst. 1 j
thought, ton, she might be younger thao
thirty, as I surveyed her now. There was
delicate peacb-blossom color ou ber cheek, an
inuuceul alinnst girlirh expression ou ber
fuce. Well, cheek aud expression were
nothing to uie. I got op tod went disconso
lately to bed.
The next day my sister in law came to tee
me. At usual she hid plenty of suggestions
to make to Mrs. Smith, which that lady
received in tilence, but with a peculiar
twiukle'io ber eyes. At leDglb Mrs. Ui.bop
followed in into the library.
"Well Sandie," tbe retnurked, teatiog Nr.
self, "since you do teem disposed to fulfill
my prediction aud marry your house keeper,
I suppose I may speak freely. I have thought
from tb fertt she was an artful womao. 1
have no dusbt that when the cam ber the
meant (t marry you. She m very attentive
bow, tuVwf Cunts u b ber o wvtivut,
I can see. If ny trial bIioiiM come you would
finrl out who ynuf friends are." '
Mrs, Bishop was right Io this, for the trial
did come, and I saw wbo aiy friend was, my
own friend ,
I was taken very ill very early In the spring
my sickness come on suddenly, I was
attacked with revere headache end sharp
paint io the bark. Tbe first two days Mrs.
Bishop spent in assiduous care nf me, though
to confess Ihe trith her attentions were
unwelcome, and I would far rother have been
abandoned to the tender mercies of my
buoae keeper who now very rarely came into
the room when my sister io law wt there.
The third morning my pbysiciau pronounced
my disea.se small-pox.
"I wish I could stay with you. Sandie
I wish I could. I fit were ouly for myself,
but my children."
"I would not have yon stay," I answered.
"1 trust you have not endaogered yourself.
Good bye sister Elizs."
She went out of the room, and I turned to
Mrs. Smith who was standing near.
"Now you must go alfo. The doctor will
And some one to nurse me, uod you. too,
must look to your children."
"I must look out for you. sir. My duty
is here, now Live or die, 1 shall stay with
yon while you Deed me."
The little woman's voice was firm, and her
eyes shone with a resolute light. I bad
not thought she possessed so much will aud
courage.
"Consider," I said. "Do yon realize all the
risk you run? Of loathsome disease disfig
urement, perhaps a horrible death T"
"I have considered all, and shall stay "
Whs 1 selfish to ollow it? Perhaps to,
bnt even in that hour of deadly peril. 1 who
had never loved wornnn before, longed to have
her at my side, to share my danger.
I need not give the details nf the sickness
which followed the weeks of terrible suffer
ing when body and soul could scarcely cling
together. 1 look back upon it, strong man
as 1 am. with shivering drend.
It was owing, under God, to ber that
leath, who stood waiting at my pillow day
after tiny, at Inft passed me hy. What u
nurse she was ! vigilant, sleepless, untiring.
Perhaps it was owing to her culm courage
that she did not take the diseose. She
seemed to be always near m, and y -t she
found time to make herself look as neat and
even tustuful as usual. Everything in my
room, after I was able to notice anything,
was in scrupulous order. Delicate flowers, as
fresh and sweet as herself, bloomed on my
table; a pleasant, dreamy, hnlMight filled
the apartment. W bat a chungu frctn the
old hoarding hotiso dnys !
1 was thiuking of all this glorious care and
tenderness, as I sat up for the first time al
my window. Mary 1 had learned to call
her so during my illness was out c( tbn
room, but the tokens of her presence were all
round me. Presently tbe came in aod sat
down by my side.
"Mary," 1 said, almost it.vnluntnrily, "I
have been thinking I ought to thank you for
saving my life. And yet I in not know as 1
urn grateful. Lil'o will not be of any vnluu
unless ynu will share it. With you for my
wife I could he hnppy ; hut if you cannot
love me. ynu might us weli have let me go
the hoard'."
I had spoken as I felt, seriously nnd S'uHy,
but a metry twinkle glanced in her eyes.
"Su you think, now you could stand not
only the children, but myjiaving loved some
one else ?"
"Then you heard the foolish speech, after
all ? It wasn't meant for your eur. Forgive
il. You are too good for me any way. I ask
nothing better, if you can lore me, than to
take yon-just as you are."
' Children ond all ? '
"Children and all ; I'll try to be a father to
them, Heaven helping me."
"1 shall be satisfied, sir, if you will be their
brother, since they are my mother's children,
uut mire."
"And Mr. Smith is ?'
".My father. He failed in business 1 last
year, through, I am happy to auy, is living
ond well. I wanted to help him, but the
ouly thing 1 knew was to keep bouse. It
seemed u proper enough occupation for a,
womau like ine. You see 1 am out very
young, sir. When I found you, yoo thought
me a widow with children ; 1 determined to
favor thn odd mUtuke. 1 thought it would
seem dignified. 1 am not Mrs. Smith
though, hut simply Mury Smith, spinster, at
your service, or at service iu your family,
if you like tkat way of slating il better."
"And you will change your title, aud retain
your siluutiou 1"
liur answer is do one a business but my
OKU.
Six weeks afterward my sister in-law was
invited to my wedding. She looked surpri
sed, hut she foreriore any comment, save a
reminder of her prediction that M rs. Smith
would conquer my prejudices agaiust widows
lib incumbranced. I be laugh was against
her, however, when I told her thut the futnre
Mrs Sandie liishop was to go to the Byrne
Ulul alter for the first time
1 have been married five years. My preju
dices against children have yielded to tbe
fascinations of a hold little Sandie, and a
winsome little Mary, and silting by my oo
peaceful fireside, 1 bless Ihe day and Prnvi
deoce that first made me kuown to my house
keeper. A Good Smokkhoik We lately olwer
ved a well planned smokeboiisu oo tbe preiii.
iset uf o good fanner, worthy of a brief
description. Il was about six feet squure,
the lower half buill of brick, furnished Willi
an irou'lined door, aud serving as ao ash
house, and pluce for the tire. Tbe upper
part, about lour feel high besides thu ascent
uf the roof, was made of wood. It was sepa
rated from tbe lower purl by scantling joisis,
a space of two oi three inches betweeo tbem,
through which smoke, uud air could freely
pass, but sufficient to catch any ham thut
might accidentally Tall, and thus save it from
the fire. The upper part at well as the
lower, was entered by a door from tbe outside ;
ibis upper door may he kepi lucked, except
when admitting or witbdrawiug hams ; but
the lower may bt left unlocked, for tbe hired
man to build fires, without any danger of the
contents above being sloleo, aa th thief
cooiiol puss through the upeuiogs between
the joials. Country Gentleman.
A poor fellow who pawned bit watch, tayt
be raited uiouey witb a lever.
Wben duet night draw near? Wbeo T
(tea) it removed, for then night i nigb.
True valor brevet danger without neglect-,
icg retourcet.
Wheo religion' speak, reason hat ouly a
right to hee. ,
Moments niak the buet in which years tre
colored.
Few people know bow to be old.
Deoviog a fault duulU it. .
WTKr rllnnrmtc
Confederate Acoount of tbe Hatteras
Fight.
OFFICIAL II F POIt T tllr' MAJOR AilDRttVI
The R. bel r dicers taken at Fort Hatteras
have requested Commodore Stringham to for
ward their reports.
HAJOR AKDRRWg' RHPORT.
On Board U. S. Suip Minnesota, )
September 1st, 1861. J
To the Adjutant General of Xorth Carolina;
Sir : ; beg leave to report that after a
bombardment of three hours and twenty mi
nutes, on August 29. 1801, 1 turrendered to
Commodore ,s. H. Stringham, Flag Officer,
and Major General Benjamiu F. Butler,
Commanding United Statet forces, Fort Hat
teres, at Hatteras inlet, North Carolina.
In making this report I desire briefly to re
late me circotnslancet attending tbe capitula
tion. I arrived at Fort Hatteras oo tbe evening
of the 28th of August, io company with Com.
Barron. Flag Officer C. S. Navy, fn charge of
the defences of Virginia and North Caroliua,
and found that during the day tbe enemy bad
attacked the forces under the command of
Unl. Win. F. Martin, as well as Forts Clark
and Hatteras, under my command, and aftei
a day of most severe obd unceasing lighting,
the Colonel had succeeded io concentrating
all the forces within tbe walls of Fort Hatte.
res. Col. Martin himself was utterly prostra
ted by the duties of the day, aud after consul
tation with h'm I pioposed tbat we invite
Commodore Burron, an officer of great expe
rience, to take the general command and di
rect the succeeding operations. Commodore
Birron assented, and assumed command. 1
then proceeded to examine our guns and mu
nitions, and prepare the fort for tbe action of
the coming morning.
There were hut two gncs mounted oo tbe
side next to Fort Clark, both 3'2-pouoders,
and one gun on the corner oext the bar, an 8
inch shell gun. During the night I tore away
a traverse on the back face of the work and
brought another guo to bear iu the same di.
rectinn. Che companies of my command, un
der Capts. Cobdon, Lamb and Sutton, having
been io uclion all tho previous day, displaying
great courage end devotion, being perfectly
exhausted, 1 placed the batteries iu charge of
fresh troops, as follows : No. 2 end 3 of tbe
channel battery under Capt. Thomas Sparrow,
assisted hy his Lieuteuaots Shaw and Thomas :
Nos. 4 and 5 or the same battery were under
command of Lieutenant Colonel George W.
Johnson, assisted by First Lieutenant Mose
and Second Lienteuaut George W. Daniel ;
No. G. facing tho bar, and No. 7, facing Fort
Clark, were placed in charge of Major Henry
A. Gillion, assisted by Lieutenants Johnston
and Grimes ; No. 8, a gun mounted on naval
carriage, was commanded by Lieutenant Mur
(laugh, of the C. S. N , assisted by Lieuleuuut
Shnrp and Midshipman Stafford.
Capt. Thomas II. Sharp had command of
No. I. but owing to the wrenches not titling
the eccentric axles, was unable to bring it in
to action. He staid by his gun during most
of the engagement, but could oot lire. Thus
we bad bul three guns we could bring to bear
(if the enemy took op his position of tbe pre
vious day), viz : is os. b, i, aud b.
At 7. 40 o'cluck A . M . on the 20th, the en
emy opened fire on us from the steam-frigate
I "Minnesota" (43 guns), "Wabash" (43 guns),
"Susqehaua"(lS gur.k). frigate "Cumberland"
i (24 guns), steamer "Pawnee" (10 guns), aud
I oil ...:.. I ...,.." nnn. .,,,1 ,i pift,..l hutturo
of three guns erected in the saod -hills three
miles east of Fori Clark. Thus yoo will tee
they brought 73 guns of tbe most approved
make and heaviest metal to bear on us the
shells being 9 iuch, 10-inch, and 11 inch Daul
gren, Paixhun, and Columbiud ; while, from
the position tnkeD, we were unuble to reach
them with the greatest elevation. The men
of tbe channel battery were ordered to leave
their guns aod protect themselves as well as
possible, the council of tbe commanding offi
cers having decided that it was to be an action
of endurance until our reinforcements came
up. After a few shots hud been "fired, and it
was ascertained that we could oot much tbein.
our guns caused fire, and or.rv answered the
fire of the enemy occasionally, to show we
bud not surrendered. The shower of shells in
half an hour became literully tremendous, as
we bad fulling into aud immediately around
the woiks nol less, oo an average, than ten
each minute, and, tbe sea being smooth, tbe
tbe firing was remarkably accurate.
One officer counted 28 shells as foiling so as
to injure iB iu one minute, and severol others
counted 20 in a minute. At a quarter of
eleven o'clock a council of the officer was
held, and it was determined to surrender.
! A while dug was raised, and the bring ceased
ut 1 1 o'clock. Thus for three hours and twen
ty minutes rort Hatteras resisted a storm of
! shells perhaps more terrible than ever fell up-
on uny oilier works. Al me time tue iuum.ii
' dismounted, 4 men were redortej killed, aud
i i urmitiiin i ii stierHiiowe. 11a ui unr untie v .
between 2.1 und 30 badly wounded. Oue shed
had fallen into the room adjoining the maga
zine, and the magazine was reported oo tire.
It it useless to attempt a further description.
The men geoerully behaved well. Noar'y
every officer, from Ihe Commodore down, wos
more or less wounded, and fifty of the oou
commissioLed officers and uieo, who would nol
repirt to the surgeon.
Lieut. J. L. Johnston, Company K, Seventh
Il-glilii tit. fired the lust shot at the enemy,
and raised the (lag uf truce ou tbe buuiu
proof. The details of the capitulation were ar.
ranged oo the flag ship M inoesoto., by which
we laid down our arms, und marched out pri
soners nf war.
1 desire especially to speak of the conduct
of the ofliceis and meu at the uuval guu, who
fired frequently lo try the range. Lieutenant
Murdaiigh was badly wounded, Lieut. Sharp
w as knocked dowu by o shell, which passed
through the parapet nenr his head, end bio't
the blood from his right ear aud cheek in
considerable quantity, killing a tnau al his
side, aud at the tame lime knocking dowu aud
covering Col. J. A. J. Bradford with eorlh
Midshipman Stafford cheered on trie uiec, ua-
having io Ihe most gallant manner.
Aftur the fall ol Lieutenant Murdaiigh, his
men bore bini to the Commodore' boat and
be escaped.
1 am, very truly and respectfully, your,
W. S. ii Akdhkws, Muj ir, Ac.
Ao exchange give the substance ofthe
verdict of a recent coroner' ' jury ua . man
who died ioad.te of inebnaiiou. "Death
caused by banging round ruui shop."
During aa examination a wedical ludent
being asked " W lieu does mortificatioo eusu ?"
ba replied, "Wbeu yoo pop the question, aud
art auswersd 'no.' "
A lie alwayt needs a truth for a handle to
it. The worst lies are thus whoa baadU it
true aud a hue Wad U .
ifavmcrs' gcprlnunt.
Packing Butter.
M.'ssRt Editors i I cheerfully comply
with your request in giving snub informalroii
in relatioo to packing and keeping butler
through the summer season as 1 am compe.
tent to do, giving ynu tbe method thut ba
proved to be most successful with us I
1. In the first place you ask in regard to
the churoing ; we use dog power, having thn
temperature in worm westber about 65
degress Fab, which givet the batter a good
solid consistency.
2. When tbe butter comes, it ft removed
aod washed with cold ice water ootil tbe
buttermilk it all removed.
3. It is then tailed, about one etnee of
salt to a pound of bulter. worked io tbor.
oughly, and set in a cool place for twenty
four hours, wbeo it it worked, just tufficieot
to remove all tbe buttermilk.
4 It is then packed io tbe firkin, aod cov
ered tight so as to exclude the air.
5 When the firkin is filled, tbeo put a
cloth over the batter, put oo a good covering
of salt, and then pour oo water, which make
a brine. We keep it tbut covered until it
goes to market, it being tbe only wuj we
could ever keep a dairy perfectly tweet
through the season.
These rules strictly observed, I will war
rant never to fail, if the bulter is properly
made.
We ose good white onk firkins. Before
potting in the butter fill the firkins with cold
water to soak three or Your days A handful
of salt thrown In will muke tbem all the
better. When we get ready to put the but
ter io the firkin, we rub the inside all over
thoroughly witb salt, which forms a briuo
between the firkin aud butter.
All the sail used about butter in toy form
should be good dairy salt.
Good eott water is also essential, at hard
limy water is very obje:tionahle.
If what I have wrilleu io this short letter
is not sufficiently comprehensive, let me know
and 1 will give you a oiore comprehensive
and detailed statement witb regard to any
particulars that you may wish to inquirx
about as it always affords me pleasure tj
commonicbte to others anything in tbe line
of agricultural pursuits that may be advanta
geous to tbem. John Shuttuck, in Country
Gentleman.
Gathering and Keeping Apples,
lo order to secure soundness and preser
vation, it is indispensably necessary tbat tbo
fruit should be gathered by rrand. For
winter fruit thu gatboriug is delayed es long
at possible, avoiding severe frosts, and tbe
must successtul practice with our extensjve
orcburdistt is to pluce the good fruit directly
iu a careful manner, in new, tight floor bar-
rei3, as soon as gathered ftom the tree.
1 bese barrels should be gently shaken while
filliug, and the bead closely pressed in;
they are then placed iu a cool, shady expo-
tore under a shed open to the air, or on tbe
oortb side of a building, protected by n
covering of boards over tbe top, where they
remain lor a lorlnight, or uotil the cold
becomes too severe when they are carefully
transferred to a cool, dry cellar, io which
air can b? Admitted occasionally io brisk:
weatner
A cellar for this purpose, eboald be dug in
dry gravelly or fuody toil ; with if possible
slope to the north, or, at any rate, with open
ings oo the north tide for tbe admission of air
very rarely io weather not excessively cold.
Here tbe barrels should be placed oo tiers on
their sides, ond tbe cellar should be kept as
dark as possible. In such a cellar, one of
tbe largest apple growers in Dutchess county
is able to keep the Greening apple, wnicb, iu
the fruit room usually decays in January
until tbe first of April, io the freshest and
finest condition. Some persons place a layer
of clean rye straw between every layer of
apples, wbeo packing them io barrels.
Downing
Ci rk for Potato Disease The London
7't'mts publishes n list of remedies for tbe
potato disease. The moat efficacious j one
discovered by "O., of Hornsey," which con
sists in pressing down tbe baulm thus :
"He set his potutoes in a double row io
stead of single, tbe two rowt occupying
foot io width, witb a foot of vacant space;
outside each row. They were planted on
Ihe level, and hoed up at tbe usual time.
Now comes the important step. Wheo the
haulm had reached its full growth, about tbe
1st of July, he turned it over right aud left
towards the vacant spaces, by adding earth
between the rows aod pressing down the
haulm, bo as to drive il from the erect
position, aud allow tbe rain, instead of
descending lo the roots, to run off upon the
vacuut space." Nol oue iu a hundred per
kbud. i r r t n t $ A- r
v-e"y .
A Good Wintkr Soap. Tbe ingredient
are ; Oue ouuca of borax, eight quart of
water, two poundt of common browo soup.
Pul the borax igto eight quarts of Water, aod
let it come to boil ; tbeu cut tbe comuioo
browo soap iulo Ibio slices, throw it loto Ihe
mixture, aud wbeu all is dissolved, pour it
iul i vessels, aud allow it to become cool.
After the soap it added, it will require about
twetity nnuuie lo boil. The eveuing previ
ous to washing your clotbet, put oue pint of
tbe Boap tutu five galloon of water, let your
clothe soak in tbit preparation uutil tbe
uexl uiorning ; theu simply wash tbem out,
and bang them up to dry. By using ibie
soup, p.iinl uiay be cleansed with little labor,
aod wit hum the use of a brush. It it a val
uable winter hoop, because il heals, iustead uf
producing ebupped bands.
Mkltkd Ucttkk Tbit simple luxury,
owing to ignorance or cairletsnest io makiog,
is often anything lather thao a luxury.
First, be particular lo have a particular to
have au exceedingly clean taut-e pao. Put
into it iu the proportion, of a small t.acupfull
of water, two ounces of butter, aud a largo
leatpooofull of flour. The flour should be
mixud tuioibly with lb cold liquid before it
it pot near the (lie, and if the mixture it
allowed to stsud an hour before melting, to
oiucb tbe better bul it most not be pel near
tbe lire until it it really to be melted. Wbeu
once npou the fire, keep it stirred, or move
il by occasional) tbaking th tauce-pan ;
but use the utmost caution to ttir or tb.k il
to that tbe liquid should alwayt go around
to tbe tenet pao io the same w.y ; if It some
times btovea to the right then to the left, it
will be oiled, and then the best tbiog tu do it
to throw it away. A little cream or good
milk, way ba used instead uf pari of th
at.r, au.1 viK he found ao ioipiuvcment.