SUNI3URY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA -SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 18G2
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usine.s attended lo in the Counties of Nor
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Importers and Dealers in
is, Cassimeres. Vestings, Taylors
Trimmings, &c,
8 South Fourth Street, lielween Market and
Ohesnut Streets, Philadelphia,
rrhants others visiting Ihe city ft'ould find
heir advtntnge to give Ibcm a call and en
i thoir stork.
rch 10, 1860
IE IICTEENATieNAl HOTEL.
DWAY, COKNKK OF FRANKLIN tfTRKET
NEW YORK CITY,
inducements tu Metehnnts Slid ToutiMs vintun
.irk.unmrpawedliy Riiy ll'el ill Hie .Melr.i.n
l.iwine ure nw.ing the Bdviiiitnucs which it jiomcs
I which will be appreciated hy all Uiive Icrs.
V central loculiim.cmivciucut to places uf UuaineEa,
:is pl:tcc of aiaiiftineitt.
rr.niul.iuly clean, well furnished .itniiff r.Km,
luasmnceat Ladies I'ailor, comiuaiiduij all eilcii
w of Broadway .
iree and superbly furniidied amine moms, with a
:nt Tarlor, eoininniidiiig nil esiansive view of
Iciiis e.uluHed on the Fumpenn plan, vinitors
in ihe lieal style, with the greatest ecoiinii.y
t is connected with
lylor's i'clebroted SaloonH,
'i.itotaean have tbeir meals, ur, if they desire
II la furnwhed m then own sioms.
The fa:e served in the Panama aii
led l.y ep u.es. i bs vuslly sua:riur to that of
r Hotel in Ihe ell. .
alllhese ndvn.iu.pcs, the cost of livinf ni the
uil, is much below that of sny other tir.1 l.m.
UIION CO., Proprietors,
t 4. t?(l. IV i
OINU'9 Piire.l Ulue, apd lhelles Mucilage
e per nollte Slat bnuh cents. '
1 KUxir ol Cahsaya Uurk i. Beiume.f. lernovuig .
FOR S ILK AT THIS OFFICK.
ry, March l 1011. ;
JOHNS & CROSLEY,
.IA.NLFACTI RKK9 OP THK IMPROVKU
QUTTA PHECIIA
MENT ROOFING,
pest mid most durable Hodlng in use. it is Fire
and Water Proof.
applied to new and old Roof. ( all killdi, an.l
Kiails without removing th sbinicj.
ost is only about One-Third tbat
Tin, and it is twice as Durable.
UTTA PERCH A wKMENT,
vinn and repairing Tin slid other Metnl H''fs of
criplioll, from its great elasticity, is let injured
itraction and expansion of nicUlll, IinJ Will ll"t
nld or run is waim weaUier.
Materials have been thoroughly tested m .New
all pans of the pouthelu and Weateru blulcs,
in give abundant jirooful all ws claim in Iheir
s readily applied by or iiiorjr laborers, at a Iri-
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natarialiare put up ready for use, and for ship
luirls of Ihe country, wllh full piuiL-d dirtct.oirs
ition. . , , i ,
.motive circulais will lis furnished on spniica
ill r in personat nnr Principnl Ulhce mid IVjii
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Vmso ! Terms Cusb ! !
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YE I.OVEKS OF 8eUP! Afresh
itily of Macaroni aaal Confectionery at
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ry, June S, 18B0.
ENT-UKITTANIA H'l O fV Ell 8 fo
bottles for sale by
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tE8H SUPPLY OF DRUOS at the
mmolh Ktore. Also, a new- lot of per.
loaps and Fsnry Artirle. Very cheap.
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ry, May , I860.
CELETON BKIRTB-
e Mammoth Store will be found a
l large assortment of Skeleton Skirts
en hoops op to thirty.
, 18G0. FRll.INU (iRANT.
on. Kteel, Nails, Picks, Orub-Hoes and
un Hammers, at Ifiw price.
UlUCiHT Si BON.
y, June 16,1860.
CK SILK COATS.
trad Manilas,
plin Dusters,
urh Kaquea,
,k Uasquinea,
leaigua, WesJj Made, or Made to Orscr
COOPER V CONARD,
ner Ninth and Market, Philadelphia.
I, IHfil.
V LtT OF HARDWARE it 8AD
:H Y. Also, the best assortment of Iror
i Steel to be found in the county, aj the
, store of FK1LJNU 4 UJt I .
y,7ime 3, I8W.
Select )ocfrL
A COUNTRY IIOME.
Oh ! give ma home in the eoantry wide,
And seat by the fnrmer't wood fireside,
Where the lire burn a bright,
On a frosty night
Where the jest, the gong, and the laugh are
free i
Oh 1 the former's home is (he home for me.
Ob 1 give me a borne in the country wide,
Where the earlb comes out as a blushing
bride ;
Wbea her bods and flowers, .
In the bright spring hours,
II er bridal song ringing from fresh leaved
trees,
And melody floats oo the perfume J breeze.
In snmmer a seat in a shady nook,
And rinse by the side of a purling brook,
Where tho violet grows,
Or the pale swamp rose,
Fainting, sick, 'oeatb the son's scorching
beam,
Dips her pule petals in the cooling stream.
j Oh ! give me a borne in the conntry wide,
In the golden days of a farmer's pride,
! l.r I t : f?lJ
lien nts iiarns ere imeu
From the fields he's tilled,
And be feels thnt bis yearly task is done,
And, smiiiog el winter, be beckons biai on.
ISiscellnncous.
THK BATTLE OP PEA
ARKANSAS.
UIDGE,
F U UT II K II F A ItT 1CULARS.
lllllCADIFM (IFXEHAI.S M CVU.OCIl
ASD SLACK KILLED.
COLH. Mi IXTOSII, HI VES AND HKRUERT
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
(JKNKRAL STK15LIXO
WOUNDIU).
mien
Our Loss 800 to 1000 Killed and Wounded,
The lU-htl Lns from 2000 fo 3000.
FiyhUcii of Our Killed Scalped Inj the
Indian. Colonel Jrjf. C. Daiis after
Price.
SrniMiFiKLD, Mo., March 10.
A messenger arrived at ten o'clock last
night, bringing additional news of the recent
but t lo in AikoneaH.
The engagement took place on Little Sogor
Creek, lire miles this side of lie stream ot the
same name, where skirmish occurred ou the
march down.
In anticipation of an attack oo the south,
tjleneral Curtis ordered the trams to be drawn
up on the north side; but, unexpectedly, the
uttucli was commenced on tbu north side,
being the rear of our army by from fifteen
hundred to two thousand Kebel Caralry.
(JeneralSigel, with eipht hundred men,
protected the train fur several hours, holding
the Hubels in check, while the teaoi9 putted
buck ward to the mam boiiy.
While thus engaged (jenrral Sigul was
three times surrouuded, but be cot Lis wuy
1 1) rough each timo.
The principal lighting on Thursday was
done by General Sigel, in Hub way.
On Friday the engagement became general
end continued so throughout. Oar ollicers
behaved with much gullantiy.
Tho most exposed position was occupied
by Col. Corr's division, uud the greatest loss
was eutVered by thum. Cul. Dodge's brigade
of this divitiiou consisted ol the Fourth Iowa,
llio First Iowa battery, the Thirty-fifth
Illinois, Col. I'help's regiment, and the
Tweiity-foQi'th Missouri.
The fecund brigade, under Col. Van lorn,
of the Ninth Iowa regiment, consisted of bii
own r?gimeut, the Dubuque battery, and Col.
Carr'e regiment of cavalry.
A letter from Colonel Carr says the losses
in the Fourth and Nititb Iowa, Thirty fifth
Illinois uod Twenty fifth Mifrsooriare from
one huudred and fifty to two hundred in each
regiment killed aud wounded. Only three
hundrud uf tho Twenty-fourth Missouri were
preseut, bat they Inst twenty nine killed and
a large Dumber oooileJ. The Twelfth and
Seventeenth 'Missouri, Third Iewa Cavalry
and F.ightb Indiana regiment lost about forty
each. The First and Second Iowa Dattf nes
'jfet abont twenty each.
Among the wounded are General Asboth,
in the arm. Colonel Carr, in the arm, Lieut.
Colonel Falligban, Lieut. Colonel Herron,
and Major Coyle, of the Ninth Iowa. Ilesidcs
being wounded, Lieutenant Colonel Herron
was tuken prisoner. Colonel Dodge bad
three horses shot under mm. Lieutenant
Smith, of the Second Iowa Battery, was taken
prisoner. He jumped from the wagon to
make his escape, when be was killed.
Among the Rebel officers killed and
wonnded are : Brigadier General McCulloch
killed ; Hrieadier General Slack, dangerously
wounded; Colonel Mcintosh, killed ; Colonel
li. 11. Hives, duMjernofily wonnded; Colonel
Herbert, or the Third Louisiana Volunteers,
killed or dangoronely wounded, and Major
Genera! Sterling Price, slightly wounded.
Thirteen pieces of artillery were captured
by our men, including one of the pieces lost
by General Sigel at Wilson's Creek.
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Our loss is aEttmniea at mm or iuou Kinea
and wounded. The Ronel loes is not known,
but is supposed to he from 2000 to 3000. A
laree amount of Rebel prisoners, probablv
lSiiO, were taken, and more are coobisouj
beinir brought in.
2000 lndianwer encnired in tbe Battle,
and eighteen of our killed were scalped by
tbem.
Generol Price, with .bout 10.000 men,
retreated northward, and then took an easter
ly directiuo. General Jtff. C. Davit it after
him.
Death or CtrriisT. M'Kk Brcmms.
The loyal citizens of the United (States, on lesrn
ins; from a rehel source that seventeen men were
killed on the iron clad steamer Mcrrimae, bv a
shell from Ihe Cumberland, and that her captain
Thomas McKean Huihanan, received a wound of
which he died, will not go inle mourning. This
traitor Uurhaiian was a Mart lander, and when
the rehellion broke ou1, was in Ihe command of
the Washington Navy Yard. At the lima when
it was brought to Man land would be dragged
out of the Union, be sent in his resignation.
Afterwards he asked leave to wiThdraw it, but it
wesiefured He soon f und bit way into Virginia,
and received a captain's commission in Ihe rell
aavy. He was assigned to the command ol the
Merrimae, and in her first nasal adventure, re
teivtd his deatb'wuund at Ihe haude of Ihe navy
he bad dtwerted. The Meirimae seems'to have
suffered damage, by Ihe rebels' own irkoo'.ledga
ment. Better than that, ths Monitor," which
'they rait a Vani.f ehreaeboa on a rail," bsa
,Wpiiet) them wikh a .boivsoine dread.
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Death of General Lander.
The telegraph. brings the melancholy inteb
ligence, this morning, that Brigadier General
W. Lander, the fearlcst toldier, the bravest
of the brave, died yesterday in camp at Pau
Pan, Western Virginia, from the ettVctof hit
wound received in the etl'air at lidward's
Ferry. There it no officer io the army whose
lots could cause a more profound and universal
sorrow than that of General Lander. He
waa beloved and trusted in the highest
degree by hit own command ; while his
character and career, at well as bit actiont
since the war began, led the whole country to
look upon him at the very beau ideal of (in
American toldier, and ae a man from whom
great and heroic things were to be expected
as the war progressed.
Gen. Lander was a native ol Salem, Mass.,
and belonged to t family eminent for genius
and enterprise. He was not a graduate of
any military academy, but was engaged in
civil life up to the time of the breaking out of
the present war. lo 1839 and 1860 he was
tlio Superintendent nt the Overland Wagon
Road to California, end carried on bis opera
tions on the great plains with extraordinary
energy and skill. In this work be was greatly
molested by the ludiaus, tnd be got up au
expedition aguiuet the savages, which resulted
in their complete pacification, end in which
be himself displayed the highest qualities of
cooluest end cooiage. Wbat our infantry,
with their discipline and steel could not
accomplish, Lander achieved the entire
subjuguiion of the Indians of that lection,
uod their obedience to the Government.
Two years ago, he was brought prominently
before the public, as the second of Potter, of
Wisconsin, in the celebrated bowie-knife
challenge to Pryor, of Virginia. Immediately
after tliut affair, be went to California ; but
returned Fast again in time to take part in
the civil conflict just opening. He was
aligned to a position under Gen. McClellan,
iu Western Virginia, and in the vaiious
dashing engagements thore, be was personally
during to a degree that could not be surpassed.
At tho buttle of Rich Mountain, be rode
tilteen feet ahead of bis men ; and though, os
soon as the enemy discovered bim, a shower
ot bullets were poured at bim, it made no
impress ou whatever on the coolness of the
darin soldier. At the gallant affair last
Full, at Kdwurds' Ferry, at which be was
cotuiuunder, be was wounded by a bullet in the
leg, ami the wouud wus of so sevore a nature,
tliut it laid him up for somo time, and finally
has brought him to the grave.
For bis skill aud gallantry in the various
actions he was created a lirigudier General ;
and when the health of General Kelly, who
commanded ut ltomuey io Western Virginia,
failed, be was assigned to that important
command. The rebels under Jackson sere
wilhiu his jurisdiction, aud be at once com
tneucud operations wilb the view of driving
them out. From various causes lie was
somewhat hiudered in carrying out bis pro
gramme, and when tho rebels advanced ou
ltomuey a month ago, be v. us compelled
temporarily to retire. These things together
with his fulling health, induced bim to tender
his resignation to the President, but it was
nut accented He tbt-n begao work in earnest,
drove the rebels from Uomney and other
positions, and on the 1 4 lb ult., announced iu
his oOicial report that all the rebels bad beeu
driven out of his department. The gulluut
and memoruble fight at Hloouicry Gap occur
red ou that d.iy ; and oo this dash General
Lander acted with his usual daring. Uu tho
failure of an ofiicur promptly to obey, be
himself galloped forward, sworu iu hand, aod
led the half dozen men in the officer's charge,
on a company of the enemy, and routed it.
Ilrviug buiEbed uts work in bis l'epurtment
he aguiti claimed a release from the President,
but did uot get it until finally released from
all work by death.
General I. under s widow was tormeriy ana
honorably known iu dramatic circles as Miss
Davenport ; and the celebrated sculptor,
Miss Louisa Lander, is his Blister. He was
about 40 years of age at the time of bis
decease ; aod up to the time of his wound, all
his physical, as well as mental laculties, were
in the highest condition. In person he was
tall, Btalvtart, graceful and proud, and, mount
ed oo bis cbv.ger and in his fiue military
costume, he looked liko a knight of the olden
times, lo his loss, the cooutry loset one ol
its best men and soldiers, and the tears of
hit command' aud the nation, fulluw bim lo
the grave. ,,,,,
A Free Talk with Rebel Officers Cap
tured at Fort Donelson.
An officer in command of a detachment of the
Fourth Illinois Cavalry, at tht battle of Fort
Donelson, thus narrate his escape in the St. Louis
"Republican :"
There is some difference between whipping and
being whipped, and so nttor the fight we left com
fortable, whereas the Rebels did not. Ktill many
of Ihem really looked happy ; they said they were
glad the fight" was over that ihey never want
ed to fight, and were pressed into the service, &c.
&c- They were generally clad iu "limey wool
scy," ununiforiwd. aud by no means pieposses
ting, Most of their arms were inferior lo ours;
and, take Ihem in all (I du them no injustice,)
their troops were greatly inferior to ours inferior
in uniforms, inferior in arms, and inferior in in
tellect. They all seeuicu anxious to look at us (
many of them had been laughl to believe that we
would murder Ihem oc sight. They expressed
some surprise wilb the appearance of our well
dressed and comfortable looking men
The lirsl Rebel ollicer I mst was Lieut. Col.
W , of the Fifty third Tennessee. He said
his arms were stacked and his regiment ready to
he moved oil', and asked if 1 would accept his
swjid. I pissed into his lent, when be handed
me his sword. He evidently wanted to sav
something in the form of a speech, but his words
diukc.il in bis throat aud could only say : "1
would that death bad saved nie this mortifica
tion," Major McC , of the aa...a regiment,
Ihcn handed me bit aword. The Major was a
neat, handsome young man, with light hair and
a complexion ns lair as a gill's. He waa ex
ceedingly youthful to hold a Major's commission.
He said, as he handed me his sword :
"1 surrender this aword to you, sir, as an evi
dence of my submission to your superior power,
but I do so with doep mortification. 1 would
raiber have died iu bailie." Then two captains
uf It e same regiment banded me their swords in
like manner, and turned their backt to me and
wept like children, '
1 was moat deeply touched by this impressive
ceremony I received ihese acts of submission as
graciously as I could. 1 assured the prisoners of
their safety, that they would have humane treat
ment wherever they miehl be. I spent at least
an hour with these officers. They told all about
the fight bow our "sharpshooters" picked otT
their men ; bow our lulautrv appeared oeiure
Iheir entrenchments, at if Ihev bad risen out
of the ground ; bow ihey drove us back, but could
not keep us back ; and finally bow, wearied with
fighting three days and three nights, they became
ao exhausted that they could not hold out any
more. Tbey taiJ it was determined on riatnrday
night t surrender. Floyd announced this deter,
mination to all the ollicers about S o'clock aud
I, li ..ion after. Thev exoressed f real indignation
i'..' li.'iirrala Floyd and Pillow should for salts
rnpaHe of surh meanest" they would never have
foimht under them.
From this scene f passed rapidly into others,
soma of a very difficult character. When I got
back lo my command I found one of our Lieute
nants had Colonel Hanson, of the Kentucky
Second, in custody. He was a rough looking
customer, dressed in citizen's drea, short "muscu
lar, and Mcar-eved he looked tome as a fit
person lo command a hand of pirates He said
he wanted somebody to tell him whero to march
his men, that he waa tired o' waiting. He acted
anil talked like one having a ,'heap of authority,"
and not much like a prisoner. Finding no one
to give him immediately the information he de
sired, he became sociable.
"Well," emd he, "you were too 'hefty' for ns."
,'Yes, but you were well protected by these
splrnded defences."
"Your troops fought like tigers."
' Do you think now one Southern man can
whip five Northern men !"
' Not Western men," he replied, doggedly,
"Your Iroops are better than Yankee troops ;
fight harder endure more- The iletil aud all
hell run t stand before such lellows. L'ul we
drove them hark."
"You had loo many reinforcements."
"But we had no more troops engaged in the
field than you had."
"Well you whipped us, but you have not con
quered u'. You can never conquer the South."
"Wc don't wish to conquer the rinutb ; hut
we will restore the Ptars and Stripes to Tennessee,
if we have to hang ten thousand such dare-devils
as you are."
"Never mind, air, you will never get up to
Nashville."
"Then Nashville will surrender before we
start"
"Well the old United States Government is
playrd out we intend lo havo a right Govern
nient down here."
"What am I to understand by a right govern
ment !"
'A Oovernmrnt based on property, and not a
d d mechanic in it."
Do these poor fellows all around us here, who
have been fighting for you, understand that Ihey
are to have no voice in this 'right government'
you seek to estnMish?"
"Thry don't care they have no property lo
protect."
.. "I thought confound the fellow he is Ihe
most honest, out ypoken Kebel I ever saw. This
man is a fair type of thnt most active, most im
pudent reckless class of men who have so persis
lenity iuatigurHcil this Vtar, to Ihe destruction of
every material interest uf the country.
At lust, the prisoners were nil finlherrd on the
boats prepared lor them, and then the fleet moved
down the river with its HeU l freight.
The Rebel Monster Mervimac.
The Merrimae was originally a first-class
steam sloup-of war, and when the Government
ollicers and employees were obliged lo aban
don the Norfolk Navy-Yard, she, with other
national vessels, was scuttled and left to sink.
The Rebels ruised her, and pluced her opou
the dry dock, whea they proceeded to convert
her into an irou clad war vessel. They
covered her with an entire slanting roof of I
railroad iron. This additional weight uearly i
broke her dono upon u.e dry dock, aud Ibey
found ulmoFt as much difficulty in luouching
her as wus found io launching the Great
F.actern. Owing to a mibtuke in calculation,
on being launched she wus found to sink lou
feet deep-r than before, so as to take in
water, do she was again taken out, being
hogged in the operation and clherwiso su
slruined that the Southern newspapers pro
nounced her i failure, r.nd it is more than
probable that with oo opposition she would
never dare go to sea. She is probably a very
good movable flouting buttery. Abuve the
water's edire she ia said to present notiiinir
tit.t ha, pnnf ..r puilr..ml irnn mith Bm.iL-n-!
stuck rising a few feet above it. From the
accounts which nu huve of tbc fight, her rate
ol speed is very moderate. She mouuted 10
10'l poand Armstrong guns, which are report
id to have piniish.-d through iron mail as thick
as that of the Warrior and Illuck Prince, but
which do not appear to have inudo any im
pression on the Mouitor.
The Iron Battery Naugatuck.
The Government is soon to be placed in
possession of a small but staunch iron gun
boat, the gilt of .Mr. Stevoos, contractor for
the famous floating battery at Hoboken.
This craft wot originally a canul boat, and
has been fitted up with a screw propeller,
water-tight partitiout, uud all the contrivan
ces for sinking ber to a fighting depth which
have been introduced io the great battery.
She is, in fact, designed to illustrate, on a
small scalo, tbu priucipal novelties Aid merits
of the mammoth concern ; and, at a prelimi
nary test to which she was snbjected tome
moutbt ago, in the presence of a large num.
ber of army and navy officers and scientific
gentlemen, she was found to work admirably.
She could be entirely submerged, with the
exception of ber gunwale, in a few ruiuutes,
and could be quickly turned about, je a teto
tnm, in her own length. Since those satis
factory experiments, Mr. Stevens hat ttill
further strengthened ber and improved ber
sailing end figting qualities, and it now pre
pared to turn ber over lo the Government,
free of expense, for active service. Her name
is the Naugatuck. Her dimensions are Ibote
of an ordinary canal boat, and the will be tent
by canal from thia city to Washington. Her
speed, above water, it ten knots ao hour, and,
when tubmerged to the depth of feet,
abont seven knots.
The Naugalock can carry eoal lor twelve
dayt, and a crew large enough to work the
vessel and handle her armament. The latter
coosisti of a tingle one hundred pouBder of
the Parrot pattern, which experimenta bave
proved to be perbapt the most formidable
rifled gun in the world. When the Nauga
tuck is sunk to ber fighting depth by the ad
mission of water to the rhambert io her bow
and item, her entire machinery, steering ap
paratus and vulnerable parts will be below
the water linn; and nothing will be exposed
to the enemy's pons bat a narrow piece of
white pine (which doet not splinter), consti
tuting the guuwale, and the gun itself. Her
small size and the scantiness of ber exposed
linet would enable her approach close to a
hostile vessel in a dark night, and deliver ber
one hondred pounder with terrible effect.
The Naugatuck will start for Wasbineton at
an early day. Capt. Fannce, lata of the rev
enue cotter Harriet Lane, hat. by directioni
of the Government, inspected tbit novel craft
during ber preparations for service. Ar. 1'.
Journal of Commerce.
A Woman Ki.ected Mator At a late
election In Oskalnota, Iowa, there was but
one candidate pretented to be voted for. The
"boyt" did Dot like bim aod were bound to
bava another candidate, and to, mora io the
tpirit of fuo than otherwise, tbey Dominated
Mrt. Nancy Smith oo the day of ihe election,
and to the astonishment of everybody, when
ibe votet were counted lo the evening It wat
foond that Mrt. Nancy Smith bad twenty-one
majority over tb regalar candidal for
Mayor.
It cost! a great deal oior to It minerablt
tbao to be btpp.
important from columbus.
discovery of an elaborate infer
nal machine.
Speclnl Correspondence of the Chicago "Times.'"
Columhus, Ky, March 9. The Rebels
who bave been stationed here teem to have
been possessed with the spirit of the devil
himself. Not only have their barbarities and
atrocities, which hare beeji visited oo the head
of any luckless wight who was the least sus
pected of being anything but a rank Seces
sionist, been unparalleled, but the means nsed
for the destruction or our army, in the event
of onr beating them back inside their works
in a Gghl, ore Dot surpassed bv any heatbeb
nation known to exist. The bluffs no the north
end of their works are from two hundred end
filly to three hundred feet bigh, and extend
np the river at that height somo distance.
Outsidu Iheir works for some distance is a
doping plain, which has been cleared of all
trees andunderbiusb, and would be the only
approach for on r infantry in cose wo should
come to a hand to-band fight.
After two days explorations for infernal
machines and to discover where the bluffs
bad been mined, at wag repnrted to bave been
done, Capt. W. A. Scmiddt and company, of
the 27th Regiment, discovered ridges of new
earth, similar to ridget which are formed by
covering op gas or water pipes in ft city, end
traced them to a cavern. Kflecting an en
trance he found a strong, rude, wooden frame,
covered by earth to attract no attention. In
side this, wilb the assistance of a light, ho
found implements similar to those nsed io ft
telegraph office, with wires running io a dozen
different directions. Following the raised rows
of earth he soon came to a spot where some
thing had evidently been buried. Digging
dowo some five feet be came to a lorge iron
cask, abeot three feet high, Bnd a foot and a
half through, in shnpe, as Deer ot cao be
described, to a well formed pear, with an iron
cap fastened by eight screws. Taking off the
cap were found grBpe, canister, and four eight
pound shells, surrounded by about two bush
els of coarse powder.
t)n the bottom of the cak there was a wooden
box containing several batteries, with a sub'
stance itnprrvious lo water, connecting with the
cavern before spoken of. A dozen of these iron
p -Is or caks were thus united with this cavern.
"Half dozen of these cavern have been found,
and probably seventy five or a hundred of these
infernal machines are thus buried in the earth,
some distance from the enemy's works; and the
lime lo be exploded would be when our infantry
ha driven Ihem inside itit ir works a sentinel would
give the operator inside the cavern the signal,
nnd be would send the electric spark through all
the wires and decamp. The result may be
imagined. Whole regiments coeld ihus bo blown
up and sent to eternity, without even a chance of
escape. The discoveries as far as made are all
on the north and northeast portions of their
works. Probably other parts of the works a'e
similarly mined. Fortunately their fiendish
designs were discovered in lime and no damage
has been done by soldiers who are constantly on
the lookout for discoveries, and might by accident
have sent uf the train.
Another class of infernal machines, called
torpedocM. have been discovered authored in the
riter. They are round, nbout three feet lung and
a foot and a half in diameter, with one end taper
ing off to a point.
ForRTit AN.sTAr. Kxhuiition of tiir Cot..
I.KclIATK DkI'AKTMKNT OF TIIK MISSIONARY
Institute. The fourth unnuul Kxhibition of
the Collegiato department of the Missionary
Institute, was held on Wednesday evening
last, in the chapel of the building, which was
handsomely decorated for the occasion. Tho
exercUes wero of on interesting and cheerful
character, and tho room in which the Fxbibp
tinn was held, although large, was not of
sullicient size to accommodate the number of
vis tors Th music, vecal and 'n-trument il,
was excellent. Tho exercises were as follows :
Prayer .
Salutatory D. A. Kuhn, Mechaoicstown,
Md.
Mar.. (Kssay,) Geo Landers, "
The Uuiverse, (Kssay.) S. II. Wallis, Money
Pa.
Luther at Worms, (Oration,) J. L. Damuth,
Mechanicstown, Md.
Debate L'esolred, That the Pulpit affords a
greater field of eloquence than the liar.
Affirmative A.J. Hessoo, .Mechanicstown,
Md.
Negative R Lszarnt, Catasanqua, Pa.
Happiness, (Kssay,) Jacob Peter, Anoville,
Pu.
Despnir. (Selected,) J. S. I.eisenring. Halt.
Tho Student, (Oration,) J. P. Griuer,
SelinsKrove.
Music, (Kssay,) D. Dockoer, Waynesboro',
Pa.
Starry Heavens, (Oration,) A. Mnsser,
Aarnnsburg, Pa.
Nature, (Selected,) U. N. Wagenseller,
Seliusgrove, Pa.
Dialogue .
Spirit of Heauty, (Kssey,) J. U. Schaup,
Dayton.
Pausing Away, (Oration,) J. Artly Beeber,
Money, Pa.
Improvement, (Selected,) R. II. Sbindel,
Selinsgrove, Pa.
Beauties of Nature, (Kuny,) J. F. Haho,
Mt. Bethel. Pa.
Mother's Gra-ve, (Oration,) W. E. Parson,
Muncy, Pa.
Motives, (Essay,) S. F. Smith, Rohrsburg,
Pa
Tba Dutchman and the Snob, (Selected,)
S. Reitz, Lower Aoeusta, Pa.
Valedictory J. 1 Scbindel, Allenlowo, Pa
Benediction Rv. ll.Ziegler, I). D.
Seliittgrove 'lime.
The Occupation of Winchester.
WiNi HKSTkn. Mareh IS, 9 o'clock, P. M
Oeneial Jackson's Rebel forces tell last i.ight, on
Ihe Strasburg road, and the forces of Generals
Hamilton aud Williams are just entering ihe
town.
Company A, Wisconsin Third, Captain Ber
tram, and a rompany of the Connecticut regi
ment, followed by Capluin Coir's company ol
ths First Maryland, and a squadron of the
Michigan cavalry, were ihe first to enter Ihe
town.
Not a gun has been fired. Yesterday lha Re
bels arrested eighty of the most prominent Union
ista and sent them to Richmond.
Coffee sells at 75c. to $1 j sugar, S to 37c. ;
ralicoes, bOc. ; but other articles are more abun
dant. It is represented by lha resident friends of lbs
Union, at least two third of the population of
this town and country are loyal to the Govern,
ment, but ihey have been compelled ao succumb
to Ibe accession pressure, so far at Ihe expression
of opinion was concerned.
Last night is acknowledged by the Secession
ladies lo bave been the moat quiet they bave bad
for six mouths, although aeveial thousand soldiers
were in town, and Ihe remark was added, "no
wouder your arms are victorious from the excel
lent discipline of your troops."
Among the distinguished persons here is Mrs,
Dandridgs, lata Mrs. Bliss, a daughter of the late
Prssidsul Taylor. Her husband it an officer in
the lUbel trmy. . .
-ffnnnrrV Hn.nrfmiM.t
jtVVVe tiijllAHUVIItl
From the "Country Gentleman.1')
Value of Wood Ashes.
A'ine years ago, while on a visit in Fair
field coJnty, Con., I observed tome fields
that produced very poor crops of both grain
and grass: and teeing heavy cropt nn those
very field this season, 1861, I thought it
worth while to look op the proprietor, and to
inquire wbat kind of manure he bad used to
restore those impoverished fields to tech a
Btate of fertility f "Notbihg but wood BRhes,"
was bis reply. k,I purchase," said be, "all the
ashes 1 cau obtain at eighteen cents per
bushel, within a convenient distance of my
farm, and it pays well, not only for grass, but
for Indian corn aod potatoes." Oo tome soils
where Indian corn it raised, and where a hand
fu) had been applied to each bill, a stranger
would find no difficulty in determining at
once where the ashes were applied, and where
there bad been none applied.
Ashes cannot fail to be very valuable on
most kinds of toil, in localities where the
price per bushel it not more than five or six
cents, although we seldom perceive snch im
mediate and lasting effects as we met with on
snch soils at we find Id Connecticut sandy
and gravelly loams.
My own experience wifh wooden ashes,
both leached aod nnleached, is, that it is far
more profitable to tow them on meadows in
the spring, or tow them oo any kind of cereal
grain, or potatoes, than to tell tbem, at moBt
farmers are io the habit of doing. Unleacbed
ashes are fur better tbao leached, Dot only for
groin and grass, but fur young trues or roots
turnipt and potatoes.
When we have sow?d wheat or any other
kind of groin, where there has been a log beep
or brush heap burned down, why does the
straw or grain kucp erect before it is harvest
ed, much better and longer than jt does ia
other parts of the field ? Because there is an
abundance of potash in the soil, which is an
indispensible ingredient in the formation of
straw ; and where there is little or do potash
the straw is almost always very slender, and
the grain is very liable to fall dowo before it
is ready to be harvested.
Mediterranean wheat is very liable, on old
land in Central New York, to full down a few
days before it is ripe; and it is owing many
timet to the want of sufficient amount of pot
ash ou the soil, to give that degree of stiffness
to the straw, which is so important lo keep it
erect uutil it is fit to col.
It is a very great mistake among multi
tudes of pretty good farmers, that there it
little or no efficiency in wood ashes. Coal
ashes, although by no means as valuable as
wood ashes, are worth saving and applying
to grass land. 1 have teen corn growing
most luxuriantly oo a poor sandy loam toil,
wbicb bad received a large handful of coal
ashes per hiil ; and a man showed me a heavy
piece of grass in Greenwich, Conn., which bad
received only a top dressing of coal ashes,
wboro the grass in 18G0 was hardly worth
mowing. Ashes, either wood or coal, leached
or unleacbed, should ho carefully saved and
sowed on meadows. In years past, when the
sleighing wns good, my team has hauled a
great many loads of leached ashes five miles.
But it is doubtful whether it will pay to haul
leaehed ashes as far at that, except to be ap
plied to cetttin kinds of toil. Bnt where
leached ashes can be obtained within about
two miles, for nothing but the expeuse of
hauling them, it will pay well to drew them.
But 1 should prefer to pay tix or eight, and
ouder certain circumstances, eighteen cents
per bnsbel, for unleacbed ashes, than to hanl
leached aihet for nothing. Their value, for
the most part, depends upon the amount of
potash in tbem ; aod there it little potash in
asbea that bave beoo leurbed.
S. KnwAFDS Todd.
Fruit Trees.
At the lime for out door grafting it at
band, it is well tbat those who intend
grading should be reminded that pear grafts
should not be put io stocks over eighteen
inches high ; at it is a well known fact that
the bark of pear trees iB very tender, and if
not protected in tome way will eurely be
killed by our hot summer tun ; io grafting
low ibe branches soon spread and shade the
stock. Those who have young trees grafted
bigh would do well in having the stocks of
their trees covered with straw or newspaper
loosely lied arouud tbem during the luinmer
months.
Fall before lost I planted out a great many
peach stones, til of wbicb grew off finely the
following spring ; towards mid summer many
of tbem withered and died. I could not ac
count for it until after polling np many of
them es tbey withered, I found the root of
one covered with black lice. 1 gave each
true a good dose of strong soft. soap sods.
The effect wat almost magical ; the morning
after using the tudt J found those trees tbat
had commenced to wither bad dropt aboot
one-half of their leave, and the rest looking
fresh and green. I have Dot lost a tree
tince.
My experience It that all frnit treetthnold
be cultivated and manured until tbey com
mence bearing and then let alone ; if yoo
keep op a strong growth of wood the fruit
will fall before maturity. Peacb treet oo
very rich toil are short lived and will not
mature their fruit; All farmers should have
tome seedling peach treet, as they stand frott
better than budded treet and will live to a
trreen old age. Lett year I don't think a half
bushel of peachet eonld have been gathered
from all tne budded treet in thia part of the
country, at the tame time all of our native
trees bore finelv.
St. Mary'i Md. J. F. E.
Siikkp are fast heenming, to a certain ex
tent, the most profitable stock a farmer can
keep. With them much lest labor it required
to roali.e the tame amount of money thai,
with cowt, borset or young cattle.
The long-wooled, mutton variety, which ara,
perhaps, the best adapted of any kind to our
soil aud climate, are very btrdy and easily
kept. Tbey are not liable to disease, or, at
least, have not been in this vicinity ; to there
it little risk to be feared in this respect.
Tbey are evidently the kind for the timet,
when both mutton and tbe coarter varieties
of wool are in active demand.
There it little trouble io raising the lambs,
for they are as bardy at calves, and it it no
thing ODCotnmoo to tee them outnumber the
rest of tbe flock indeed one mao io tbit
place raited eighteen from nine ewet tht past
teaton.
Lambt five or tlx monthi old are fit Tor
market, which it not the eate with other kindt
or stock, bence tbe expense of wintering Is
avoided. The ptst few years, wbeo beef bat
been dull aod hardly to be disposed of, mot.
too bat beeo ia good demand at profitable
pricet. Owing to tbe war tbis demand bat
beeo tteadily iocreaaing, and in eontequence
there it a Urge call for ttore theep at bigb
prices, in anticipation of foturt) requirements.
How loog tbit tta'.t of things will cootinue
Is uncertain, bat from present indications
there will be do serions decline for a time at
least. Motion will undoubtedly be in fair
demand, as there seems to be a growing incli
nation for Ibis meat in preference to beef or
pork, while to long at cotton goods maintain
their present bigh prirts, with an "upward
tendency," there will be a favorable induce,
ment, not to tay necessity, for employing
wool, to far at possible, io all fabrics for nag)
or wear. Ploicman.
Fruit Hints.
I have met wilb decided success in using
tobacco stems at a preventative Tor the peacb
borer. Frequent examinations tince early
last spring have revealed bnt one borer. I
renew ibe supply of stems as often as I deem
advisable, and find no injury to tbe roots from
tbem. I have also acted on Mist Morris
bint relative to the application of saltpetre,
alum, or talt, at special manures for the peach
and with promising results. 1 sprinkle tbem
on the soil within about a foot of the trunk of
tbe tree.
My trees, which were inclined to be lickly
and of puny growth, are now in splendid con
dition, and this season made very strong,
healthy growth, and from snmtner pruning,
are sending out strong thick branches, soma
sweeping Dearly to tbe ground affording
complete protrclioo to tbe trunk from the
scorching sun.
Last season 1 used Gishorl't compoand for
slogs on my pear and cherry trees. This
season 1 have nsed nothing but whale oil
soap, wbicb 1 God quite at effectual and mora
beneficial to my trees, ns it gives a healthy,
bright color to the bark, and keeps the leaves
fresh looking and free from spots. 1 apply it
once a week or fortnight, as tbey may require,
and the expense is but little more tban that
of common soap, costing from five to tix end
a qnarter cents a pound. Instead or a
syringe, 1 ste a "bydropnlt," which bat great
forcing power, and its flexible tnbe renrlfgs it
far superior to tbe syringe in application to
tho under tide or foliage. il. C. Van Tyne,
in the Horticultural.
To C'utoii Ghees. Five pounds of goods,
take one pound of fustic ; one fourth ponnd of
logwood, and one ounce of blue vitrol. Boil the
wood till you get the strength, lako out the chips
and put in ihe vitro! Ihcn the goods, and boil fif
teen minutes, stirring all the time. Take them
out wash in strong sono suds, dry in Ihe shade.
) it m0 x mis
Western Exuberance.
The Frankfort (Ky) "Common wealth," of the
19th. contains the following letter lo the rebels-.
My Dear Reha: I now take my pen in band
for the purposo of holding communion with you
through the silent medium of pen and paper. I
have just lenmed that the lines are now open as
far as Fort Donelson, in Tennossee. and I avail
myself wih alacrity of the opportunity now pre
sented of resuming our correspondence. Ycur
many friends in this section would like to be in
formed oh various topics for instance :
How are you. any how 1
How does "dying in the last ditch" agree with
your general health T
How ia the "Constitution" down your way 1
Do you think there is any Government?
How is "King Hotting !"
Is Yancey well, and able to eat hia oats ?
When will Buckner take bis Christmas dinner
in I.ousiville t
Is Lloyd Tilgham still hanging Union men in
Ihe First District?
Is Floyd still "rifling" cannon and other small
arms 1
How is Pillow's last, "ditch," and when will
he gratify bis unmerous friends by "dying" in Ihe
same 1
How is the "Southern Heal?"
Arc you still able to whip five to one ?
What is your opinion of the Dutch rare ?
Did the recognition of the Southern Confede
racy by England and France benefit yo. much?
Where is the "Provisional Government" uf
Kentucky, and what is it kept in ?
Where is the Louisville Nsshvillo B'ling
Oreen Courier now published ! bay !
And latily, wbat do you think of yourselves,
anyhow ?
A prompt answer will relieve many anxious
hearts.
Yours, in a horn,
A LiicoL Mast.
United Plates, Feb. IS, 1863.
A Nxu huk'b Accocbt or thx Wildcat Ra
treat.- A gentleman whose slave accompanied
a young Confederate officer on the Wildcat ex
pedition, asked Ihe darkey on his return to Nash
ville, haw lung the army was on the march from
its encampments to the battle Held.
'About four days," waa the reply.
"Well, how long were they in marching
back 1"
"About two days, Massa
Why how is that, Joe? Could the men
travel any faster back, when they were broken
with four daya march and a severe fight, tban
they traveled forward after a good rest in ramp !"
Oh, I'll tell vou what made the differencs,
massa," said old Joe ; "it was the music. ''hey
marched toward Wildcat to the tune of Dine
When lley marched back the tune waa, "Firs
In the mountains run boys, run !"
Tba word Titnbuctoo, sopposed to ba
rbytnelesi, wat once mated by a London pro
fessor of mathematics, who waa challenged to
God a rhyme for it, ta followt :
"If 1 were a cesseowory,
Oo the lands of Timboctoo,
I would eat a missionary,
Skin, and bones, and lymnlook too I"
'Th a ft a beautiful birrid," laid Patrick'
contemplating a skunk, "but I tbink tba
darlint most bave beeo edicated wid the mo
darn daudies, for be perfumes so much."
Patriotic Loan. Senator Chandler, of
Michigan, has loaned tbe Government, ainceV
Ibe July session of Congress, $41,000. Every
dollar be bas beeo able to spare from bit
boarding-house lift be bas invested id tba war
bonds.
An eminent and witty prelate wat once at
ked if he did not tbink such a one followed bit
conscience. 'Yet,' laid bit grace, 'I tbiuk ba
followt it at a mao doet a bona in a gig t ba
drives it first.'
Tbe man wbo carries all before bim "Tba
wheelbarrow mao."
At twenty yean of age rhe will reignt, at
thirty tbe wit, aod at forty tbe jodgmeut.
Tba pleasantest things io the world ara
pleasant tbougbtt ; aod lha greatest art io
life it to bave at many of tbem at possible.
If a petticoat government it not mora op.
presaive now tbao formerly, it is certainly
double in extant.
A fool's beart it ever dancing on bit lips,
A SsiLt may be bright while tba beart ia'
tad.
Tba rainbow it beast ifel In tba air while
btcietb il tba moaning of the, ;, s. n , j "
Iv.h., and (.cclaicd U Ojey 6sd sepposta men
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