7
t i:it.n4 or TIIK "AMKIIlCAJf."
SIXULE SUUaCKXrTlON :
Two llui.L.ias per annum, to b paid hulf-yesirl
i advance. A'o paptr discontinued unlit all ar-
THUMS Ol' AIli:itTIMI4a.
UIBUET.
AMEEICM.
On square of 13 line., 3 timer,
r.vary suoseypiaiit in.ertiuu,
hic square, 8 montlis, -I r . .
Six moulhi,
fl 00
s oft
6 00
8 l0
00
.ur.igta nro jmid.
to rtrns :
hrea coiiies to on auMreM, $ a 00
even do do 10 IK)
illoen do do 20 00
Kiv.i Dollars, In lritno, will ry t Uirefj year'
iiiserliuion to llie American. t
0lnli .'iitiwrltl'n must be invariably paid in ad
unco, nii'l sent to "" adilresa.
jt'mili'uriborK neglect or refuse to take their news-
ra irmn Iho ollioe to wliicli tliev lire directed, they
one year,
liuniiifM Carrls of J tin, per annafb, '
Alerelmiils aud others advertising .v the year,
tne jinvneo 01 uwirtiiiit ilifToreut ad
V'rtlsiiig weekly, " jo 00
laislness notiee, inserted in the boCAl Ct.l,m!. or
i "1 r Murrl1? "! lUi, F1VB CliMo rtit,
uL?t. Tor each insertion.
LiT Larger Advertisement as pur agreement.
JOB PfilHTING.
Wolmveeoiiii.'cle'l with our (vliiblislinivnt a well
elected JOB OFFICE, which will euulilc us !
exocuto, tha neatest ityle, avery variety of
Printing
FUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY II. B. MASSER, SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
,. i c-j .iiil I l- tuilil the; liava Buttled tUu bilU and
J.-rcil them iiiseouiiiiueu
Piistniiiiters will l'luiuie act a our Agents, and
link letter eoiituiuiii( lubscriotiun money, They
v permitted to do 111 is under tha l'ont Oflioa Law.
NEW SERIES, VOL. 17, NO. 17.
SATURDAY. MORNING, JULY 1G, 1S(U.
OLD SERIES, VOL. 24, NO. 43.
s
lOCK nOSPITAL.
sta bushed as a rkfioe fiiom Qt ack-
EttY.
nr. oxi.r place where a cure
VAX RE onTAixnn.
"R. .T0I1XST0S has discovered the most Certain,
' Speedv nnd only Effectual Kernel Y in the
orltl fir nil 1'rivale lWnsea, Weakness of tha Hack
Limbs, Strict urea, Affections of the Kidneys and
ladder. Involuntary l'ijchsres, Impotciicy. llene
I lebiliiy. Nervousness. 1'yspepsy, Languor, Low
iirit.. Confusion ol Ideas, 1'iilpitalion o( the Heart,
hiiditv, TreniWiiijjii. llimnessof Sight or Uiddinesa,
isciue of the lietul. Throat, Nine or skin, Allectinns
the Liver, Lungs. Stomach or Uowels those Terri
o I'isoriters urisitiK from tlio Solitary Habits of
iiilli those seerot nnd solitary praotic.ee more fatal
their victims tlmn tlio song of Syrens to the Ma
lersof 1'lyssin.lilixhtinK their moat, brilliant hopes
anticipations, rendering marriage, Ac, iuqiossi-
YOI :
Veeiiilly. who have become the victims of Solitnrv
ice. Iliat dreadful nnd destructive habit which
nunlly sweeps to an untimely grave thousands of
ut' Men of the most exalted talents and brilliant
lolled, who might otherwise have entranced listen
ir Senates with the thunders nf eloiiueuee air waked
ecslnty Iho liviug lyre, may call with full con
leuce. Mjirrieil Pcrnnii, or Youiir Mn cnntrmplutinj?
rrittie. lu'iii nwnrv "I plijsioiil wpnkmw, organic
l'ility. di'for.nitit'i. Ac. efi'tdily (Hired.
Ilo n ho plncc liim.-ulf under the enro of Dr. J.
ny ri'lifrinu-ly emilidt? in liis lionorn n Kcntlcman,
i onfidontly roly upon hit skill nf a iMiysirinn.
ipTnodialoly Cured, nnd Full Wear Ktntorpd.
I'his P!rc5.-ii.x AliiH-tion wliioh renders Lifo
iinr:.Mi' nnd inarriiijtu uiiKiilil in this poimlty
vl Itytln- victiiimi'f iiiiprt'p'r indulijoncet. Young
r.-"'!!-1 nvo ton npt t cinrnit fxcem-it frotu nut
1-iht; n)iria ofthn drcndlitl untifirqumtirs thnt uiny
iu' N-iu. who that iindvr.tAiids thr ruljct will
rt'tvn 1 1 dotty Ihnt ib power of proi-rrntiou w lost
tncr I'V III" falling into inipropt-r bahii? than hy
tv prudent ' !eifU'H htin deprived tlin plraj-ures
" henltliy rdiVprms the iiuii'l fi-rittu and d-lruetive
'inptnins to boib boly nnd mind nri.-r. The pyAvm
tctitiH'! 1 uth n'1 . tin riiy.-ieal and Mental Func
otisi. Wrvkeiu'd. l.oi- id' l'nvririvH Tower. Nervous
jit.ihility. Ityj'pcp")!. I'rtlitatit.n ol the Henrt.
idijestirln. Cci!-tiiutit.D;i! jtebtlity. n WaMtnn tif
to Franu. Cmili. Cunfiiinptinu, I'Way and Oratbt
Hlico. V Koiilh l-'ri'tlrrU'k Slrorl
tdt hand ril. K'iuK from Unltimnre ftree(. a few i
...is lntrt the corner. Fail not to observe name j
.id number.
KeltiTK uui-t br paid and mntnin a Vnmp. The j
ilor"! liploma baj.g in bi." otne. j
t I 8X: W.ft A.AI i:i I TWO!
1AVS.
Nrrrvnf or Xttttxtotti Prff.
iu:..iotiNi OA.
M.'. t r f f tbe Koval College oflurpeonn. T-ondnn.
. i :i dilate fpin tttie of thft nint rmineiit Colkjfri iu
Vni'ed Matei. i.r.l I be greater (uirl of wboi'e life
is been cn-nt in the lnpital td l.ondfm. Tarij.
'hila li lphia nnd vU v, here, ban etlrcted oinc of
in-m't Hm.ifl.b'p eures that wer ver known;
::iny tronblftl with rinin in tb head and arri
.In n asleep, j:reat nervousnein', hidn alarmed at
.id dn ifoUIid-'. Wol. fulness, with tVtMjlirtlt bludiiiiR.
itonded Munctime uitb iKinnemeut of tuind, were
tired immediatel v.
VXtiV. PAiM'H'l I-AIt MIIK H.
?r. .1. a Mreiwcs nil those who have injured thein,
elves l.y improper indulgence and sulitiirv hnhits.
. hich ruin ImmIi body and mind, unfiltiux them for
ither business, study, society or marriage.
Jiiksk Are Nituc of the s?ul and ineliin-holy rfTeels
.-.i liiced by early habits of youth, via: Weakiices of
1 1 Itai k nnd Limbs. IVinf to the Head, 'lituiicei of
;igbt. l.'iss of Muscular 1'imt: ? t t ! in of the
I art. iysp p.-y. Nervous In itability. Iierani nicnt
I' the liigcsiiy.i l'uncti',ns. (ioncral licbtlity. Syuip
otis i,f Coiisiimpiion. Ac.
Mknt u.t v The fenrl'iil elfeeta on llieinindare
..ucli to be ilrca'leil Loss of .M.-mory. t oiil'uston of
lias, I'corcion of Spirits. Kiil-rorvboding.. Aver
ii.ii to j-oei.'iy, M-u-iMMrii'i. i.o'p '.i iNiuiuoe, (
I'iini. lily. Ac a.c M.nienf t. iu evils proi'iK .'d.
TuotsA sns of persons of ullages can now judge ,
vbal us the eati.su of their declining health, losing'
Mcir vigor, becoming weak, pale, nervous and !
linciated. bal ing n singular appearance about the j
yes, cough and ;:yinptoiiis of cousuinption. j
VOI At.' Mf.t
Ybo have injured tliemsel
i . j . I
lve.hr a certain prrotlcc
luii.it treiiuenilv leurned (
' lit school, the efleela ..f i
'iiilge l ill i lieu al'i'i
"in evil cotiipunioiis. or ill scieiol. llie eneeis oi i
..liirh are i.iglitly felt, even uhen asleep, ami if not .
nred renders uiarriage impussiiile. and destroys 't
'mii mind nnd body, should apply immediately.
What a pily that a young man, the hope of his j
ouniry. the darling ol his pareutr. should he snatched !
V.-in nil pnispeeis nnd enjoyinenls of life, by the j
.-nnseipiieuer of dt!intiug from Ibe path of nature
md iitdtilgiugiii a ceriain s-cret habit. Such pcrstius I
1.1 ei. .efo,-e coiifnpTi.t!fi ' . I
.M.lllltl tiV.. '
ellect that a sound mir I 'i.d laely are the nul j
,,ceesary requisites to prouioti ctiniiubial happini,ss.
Ji.dccd without these, the yii.ruey Ihrough life be- '
line ii w.-nrv lulgnmage Hie "prospect Hourly
iiirkcns loiiie new, tne min i i.e.iomes snaoonen . a,i pir over lo soldiers and their heirs over J..00.
uiih despair and tilled with the melancholy rellec- . nun. and are paving thousands dalle- No chargn
lion thnt the happiness ol uiinilH-r becomes blghled i uncw auceessful". Write us, ard We h ill send you a
tiaii:.ei: or mi'EH im: i:.
Vbeu the misguided and iiupra.!rnt rotary it
pl -nsiirc funis liuil he has imhihed llie seeds ot ibis
painful disease, it too nflcn hapelts tlntt nu ill-limed
sei,se of sliainc. or dread o discovery, deters him
l-oiii api'lving lo tlne-e wlrt, from education and
I. .p,-.,iiivitv can a!one befiieitd him. delaying till
II i.i'siil'iii'.iiiil sviopttuiis i t ibis horrid disease
lease Ibeir appeiuaiice. such as ulccraieil sore
ll.ront. disea-e.l iiimc. iiiMllirnal pains in the head
in.d l:.lnl.s. dililiiess of silll. deafness, nodes uu the
slim leans mi, I aims, blotches on the head, face aud
tr. uiitii s. progressing with 1'rigl.ttul rapidity, till
jit last Ibe online of the mouth or ibe lioite. ol the
l.. -c lall in. iii. 'I llie victim of this awful
fSs
I onus a Inn i id old 'cl of coiuiuiseraiiou, till
puts a period to his dreadful sutleiiugs, by sending
join lo - lhal I'l.discovercii Country Irom beuce l.o 1
nt eller rcim ns. ' '
It is a ntrl iitthoht fust that thousands full Uf tiio
to Ibis terrible discus,', im il.g lo llie unskillfulness of ,
inoraiil pretender, who, by the use nl dial Dr.ntli
J'uiifi,, .l'.rKiy. rum ibe cou titutiou and make
ine rei lucol life iiiist-iable.
MIIAM.IllIsi j
Trust not your lives, or liealtli. lo the rare of Ibe
-in inv I ideained and Worthies Pretenders, destitute !
..r ib. I .... ......... ... ..i.u.u....... 1.1... I.p
ldn.-ioii. adVertiH-iiienta -or .Mia lh.u..We. iB I
in,- iiett.i.aiu-,. regularly Educated I'by.ieians.
i ii-'ii in tile ii t'uiiug. ihey keei, vou tiitling womb
.fter month tnkiiiK Iheir filiby aud H,iMinu. eoiu-
jsiulid-.. or a long a. the .uiall. t fee eau lie oblaiurd,
and iu depir. leave you wilb ruiuel health lo sib
-oter your galling diuippoiiiiuit-nl.
I r Joliusioii is Ibe ouly Physician adurlising
ill. L-resl. ioial or diploma. alua. bann iu bu otftce
Hi. leuitdtc or tieiitcitii ul aio unkiKiwn t.. all '
ili.-r. prepaivd Iroiu a Ide sh,ui iu iliu great boa-
f'lial.ol l.uro, ll.tf aisl lu the eouuliv aud a w..re 1
riien.it ii ' i J'K'iii't ihuu any oilier 1'by.wtau
iu Ilia S'H Id. I
iiiiti:tii: roi'THi; piii:mm
J Ii n.auy tboUMiuil. eui.d at ihi. iustiiuiioa year
slier ar, and tha i,uuiciuu iiupuiuui hurnieal
iniaiioiui pel. i uu I by I'r J Iioi wilo.Kt by
Ilia r.piaiM. ol H.a "Suu. ' ' I lippr," aud Ibauy
,.ii, i I 1. 1 i. ..... i. . ot Klik-k bate apjed aga.u
and aa.i. heloia ll.a ut ile, I.. .i,lc bi .laadiasj aa
a g iiii. u.au i t ha. Mi. i i. I ..sjibiliiy, is a
ib-h a "1 .(urn -toll, to i) .nte i I
Ht um IMI.V
4 1 IIIU,
pu. n aiiiiuaj .bo-il-l t p..iii.ul.r ludiiuar;
lb. II lrii.it ti ki. ii.l!i.ii".. it. lb. I. iloit( tt-ai.it
fib ll.lllu .H. Ii 4 ii ( lUl, 11 iu.olt M 1
A pill .', IK'I "
i,,,tJ i PMII.AI'H.IIII I Its
M.J fHvi4 iilMilM. l.lUol
lloUt I I. A HOI
M.auU.lui.l. u
WALL lr fV ti U M
4 tjultM ttrwU tt,rrt
l4 4.k,a4 l "' ri'lMMaillM.
,N It 4 Iwiw.vUIU. i illltf4-4ea.
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si m iiii it
A
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Oko. W. Smith. Vnxi. B. Okntocr.
SMITH & GE1TTEEB.,
Market street, one door east of Mrs Doulton'i Hotel
Have opened
ANEW TIN -WARE,
SIi"-t Iron anil Store Slorr,
and intend keeping constantly on hand, and manu
facturing to order on shortest notice,
TIN AND SHEET IMON-WARK of all description..
A Large Stock of Cook Stovcsof the following Rrands:
William lVim, l-niiNylvnnlu,
llopr, I'nion, and the Ci-le
brutott
Niagara Cook Stove,
unsurpassed lor beauty of finish, simplicity of ar
rangement, combining clu apness and durability, and
eacli stove warranted to ertorin what they are re.
presented
ALSO. PAT? LOU and OFFICE STOVES, in great
variety, embrueing all the best manufactures, and
most foshionalUe designs
I'onl Oil, Coal Oil Iiiimpa, MiimIck,
liiiimi'M, mid nil nrli-lcM
unusually kept in an establishment of this kind. We
are also preoared todoall kinds of Spouting, Hoofing,
Knnge mill I'uriiuce Work, lias Fitting, &e. itepnir
ing cheaply and neatly executed.
Country produce taken iu exchange at market
price.
SMITH fc UENTIIKH,
Have the Agency for BIBB'S CELEBRATED FIKK
BLACK STuVLS, for the t'ounties of Northumber
land, Snyder, I'nion and Montour.
Ai d arc also agents for the IMplier A AVillower
Lin .'Trnnsportutinn.
Sun ury .April U, 1861.
jones House,
Corner Market street and Market Square,
. HAKRISBURO, IP A..,
Acknowledged a First Clans House.
i rpilE Proprietor would most respectfully call the
j X attention of the cilir.ens of Sunbury and the stir
I rounding couu'ry, lo thu aceoiumodations nf his
; house. assuring them they will find everything that
! can contribute to their comfort. It is situated far
enough from the Depot to avoid the noise and confu
I sion incident to railroad stations, nnd at the same
j time only a few minutes walk from the snine.
An Hii'iiiibtu will be found at the Stiiliuus on the
; arrival of each train
C. II MANX, Proprietor.
April !. 1-"W. .lm
jaTc cTbo:be "o i,
MERCHANT TAILOlt,
And Denier iu
CLOTHS, CASSIMEHKS, VESTING. &c.
IIiin reiiioveil inlu liisi Itiiill
in 1'iiAvii Mlrs'ft, no ii I h vl
Wi'iivrrN llot-l.
SUNBURY, P A. . ,
INFOltMStho citiiens of Sunbury aud vicinity,
thnt be lias just returned from Philadelphia with a
lull assort niei. I uf
sj'ssiw Axn x ii mi: it .oim,
OF EVKltY DKSCIIIPTlnX AND QUALITY.
His stock consists of Cloths. French Cloths, Black
Dockiii mid Fancy Cassimeres, Black Snlin. Figured
Silks, Plain and Fancy Caasimere X'KSTINliS, which
he w ill make up tu order in styles lo suit the taste of
eustomcrs, on short notice, uud tlio most reasonable
terms.
Any limids not on hand, will he furuUhed frutn
i1hiludelphia. hy giving two days' notice.
l.oods tuitiishcd hy customers will bo made up to
order as heretofore.
As he will empluvnone but experienced workmen.
i persons may rely on getting their Hul k well doue &t
hi ?bnn.
1 linn k till IVit thr patrnnaRft berebdnre bestowed,
be rent'cHully sttlicit; aeniitinuanccof the eaiua.
Kiiobiiry. April 2. IKi'.l.
C.'g. BKUflE,
Aiilliiirliril Vr 'Claim HH--x.
I Washington, D. C. I Cleveland, Ohio.
41.1 Ms Til sn
iu. ,,,.,,
11
.Hblis.lc
41.1 Mvtii Sriir.rT. I .i I. Linn Iuih k.
Office. Neur the Court House.
tin Army Il.'rnld.
aud collects
PENSIONS. BOUNTY, BACK PAY,
Prue money and all other
I'luiis , e pay esjeial attention to claims in
whuli otnrr ntlornevs bajre FAILED, or which have
K...-I1 Kl iSPI'Vlll-'fl Tt' 1....- .l.n.Ja nA1l.u.l.
copy of our imner, frne.
! 'E COLLECT from l(m to tM t:ab Bounty.
We do our husiucs.' a ITUoi'T tefl.iT
' April i, ISi'il.
J. R. HILBUSH,
- C'nuuly fiir-jr 4 lomejimiTri
.V'lli IKiy, St.rtullmlirlUtliil County, I'tllHU.
Office iu Washington townsiiip. Engagements can
bo mado by teller, dinvted to the abof eaddiess.
Ail busiuis entrusted to hi. core, will be promptly
: alleude I lo.
April tt, ISfil ly
NKWMILLlNEKV AND
FANCY CIOODS,
I'liH
SPP.I1TG- & STJlrlrlEPo
at Iho Store of
It. iV L. SHISSLEH.
MaikelSniiarcfil NBi nV, PA.
The Misset B. A L. Sbisslcr. haviug removed iheir
establuhuieut tu more commodious aud convenient
rooms, one door above ttieir former htcalioa, iuforai
their flit lid. and eu.luiusr.. that the, have rec.ivi
ana jum J''.r. . ..rr
uieui uf MlLLi.M.UV AND FANCY li'XlDS, iu-
eluding tieiy sly It-of
UONNtTH, HATH, RIDDONS TRIM-
MINCiH Of ALL KINDS,
and all other aiticlca iu ibeir liue, which will be Sold
cheap.
Couulry produce of all kinds taken In eacuauge at
cash price,
hunbjry, April , Itf't
TO CON LS I' M li Its OF
rpilE unl.i.igiitd dealer ia t'ual (rout llie follow
1 lug ll kuuan Coliieriea i. prepared lo imiit
adert fuf lb. Mlue al lb. Uarrt Mkt italea, vit :
MttlCltLCVl'si DIAMOND MINES
;.uayh
, I'A ItKlsil Ac ( (i S "
j lO.sMi.D.VTi:iH'0
I ilv i.ali pi. pared I" fucui It tba
lluliiuturr w't l eli brulrtl t'vwl,
I nu.i unJ V.yxriuf,
Ha Ike llua uf Ik. ftuatuvkaiiM llltef aitj ll.ne )
I III.. 11. i u.a.K iai,4iiiuU l ika kl
flTTUTUN AMU I'LYMOUTU COAIJ..
' Ukuk k. t 4t.4 u. d.l!r urn k..4 Ituauat
.SisllaiklwUi-l u llt'iai SiHlbwa t MlUai
kwli;d aud on ibe Iim W ike fkiladaipkUk t4
I ttailiuad. Ml lit. Ira! Imw
iia M ipjl w k I ell In 4m. auk 4Hub, aa4
INt ts.Ui.ilt tulttawius lb. li. l.
i i.di. soil" M 4kb4M
,-.. "Mi.u.uii4, f
tiaea II. 1 1, I Wt,l
HILL ft WOLVKUION.
Allwrttv) ta4 I wit'lwr l l.ww,
('V. I4a.ka4 Meal. .4 ieHe 4Ua,
-UNWUHY,
lit ILL m4 ptvnr'isr tw Ike Jia4i W ia4ta
e4 tJl i'l r-l,aM.ai kaaiMM ttt.ii I
It.. I .... sin.laitst tt-4.1; ta4 - I.S..M
I . ' . J " ' I i
MISCELLANEOUS.
Thrilling KnrrntlTe.
A "Wild"1 Tiiaij Dabiiks into A sotheii
ootso Down a Mocntais rJiUE. A corres
pondent (if tlio Misaouri Ilepublkan, of the
Oth, was a pussenRcr ou the train from Clint
tunoogtt to Nashville, which, on the 2t)th
ult., met with whnt might lmve been a
ilrontlful cntastrophe. He gives thrilling
details nf his txpeneni't', havinfr escaped
uninjured. The- road pusse over the Cunt
lierltind inountuins. On the "Bittern slope
the train is pushed up, hut on the western
elope the train elides) down its motion ar
retted by a clone application of the brakes,
and, if necessary, a reversal of the engine.
About midnight on the day in question, the
correspondent was asleep, but was startled
suddenly into wakefulness by an unusual,
extraordinary noise. On looking through
the glass diior, at the end of the car, its
origin was manifest; lie beheld a sight
which nri mortal man, having once looked
upon, could ever forget.
Two trains had started at the same time
as the one in which he rode. It was about
half way down the mountain (the grade be
ing very steep), about two utiles from the
foot of tlio grade. The two trains iu the
rear were at the usual distance, "when sud
denly," exclaims the correspondent, "as if
the brakes were out of order, and would
not work, the train behind us started for
ward with the rapidity of lightning, and
came tearing furiously toward us. Our en
gineer put ou all Bteuiii in the endeavot to
escape; the engineer of the crazy train re
versed his engine, but it was all in vain '.
The train was under too much headway I
It was when it had reached to less than a
hundred yards of us that 1 awoke and look
ed out. "Like a destroying demon, bent
upon our annihilation, seemed the terribli
engine. Its wheels were running in a re
verse direction, but uuder the fearful force
it had previously acquired, it would no
longer obey the motion of the wheels. It
was sliding onward to destroy us! and at
times the w heels, fixed upon the track, and
balanced between the two forces, one urg
ing the locomotive forward, the other en
deavoring lo pull it back, tore Iroui the
rails a stream of lire. Then the reversing
force would whirl them round for a mo
ment with the most awful rapidity.
I rushed toward thu hind end of the car
with the design of leaping out. Hut by
this time lite monster behind us had nearly
reached the r.nd of the cur. The next in
stant our train was stttiek, and bounded for
ward for a few feet, as if idiot from a can
non, still, however, remaining upon the
track. We struck again, and this time our
car, with 1 know not how many others, was
thrown entirely Irom the rails, llie tearful
speed at which we had bun going in our
endeavor to escape the pursuiug engine now
insured our destruction. A mad rush on
ward of about twenty feet; a dreadful sound
as we ripped up the rnils and. ties under
neath tis; thin a iurch, hurting us with fear
ful violence front one side of the car to the
other, and the huge box in which we were
confined was rolling and tumbling down
into a gorge of the Cumberland Mountains.
"During the few seconds of the descent
before the stroke, the whole dread reality of
the situatiou stood like an awful picture
before my eyes. I felt palpably thai the -next
instant I should probably be a mass ol I
quivering, shapeiess llesh ; yet, strange to
say, 1 did not, as many are said to do under
stieli circumstances, recall my past life, nor j
did I bestow a. thought upon the future ; all
the faculties of my soul were concentrated
iu the awful present. The crash came; a
hump and a roll, and all was still. There
: was no light iu the car, and the absolute
darkness into which we were plunged, the
i wailing and moaning of those who were
hurt, the sickening smell of fresh human
: blood, the fearful uncertainty as to the Lite
ol those on board whom you loved, the con
sciousness that the next instant you yourself
might lie crushed to atoms all these things
fofmcd an awful combination of horrors.
There was another crash above ns ; again
the cur turned over, but that last turn of our
- cur rai.-ed in my mind the idea that the
; w hole of the following train, with its loco
! motive, might come down ami grind tis all
1 1. powder. Theu came the burning, hoping,
I r.lttio'Ht despairing desire to get outside of
j the ruined car.
Dashing through a glas door, I finally
t emerged from the car. I.i t me ti ll now
: w hat I saw. The accident had taken place
upon an embankment. The two luosi-ngcr
cars of our train had rolled down alxiut I
; sixty feet, finally resting against the trees,
j The locomotive which had run into us had
I passed o'tt with several of its car, not leav
: ing the track. Four of thein had tumbled
I oil' on the other side of the i lit bun k men t
! front us. One had rolled down upon our
j side, just ahead of our two passenger cars,
j Another was resting with its fore end upon
I the top of the car lit which 1 rode, its wheels
j thrust iuto our car, its hind end resting
against the embankment, about half way
! down to our car, and thus actually forming
an immense bridge, under w hich a man
I could wulk upright t For thu space of
I thirty or forty feet, where thu car bad tun
alter leaving thu rails, aud I lure tumbling
' down the embankment, there was not a sin
I glo rail or liu remaining -Uutliing but the
rough alone w hich had lormuU thu ballast
ing of the road '.
"Wheu lights were piocund, there were
found two scora bruised, cut, lacerated, and
stunued, but, strange to say, not ouu person
t far aa I could leant, was killed outright !
Ho womleilul etwmud our preservation that
1 think uo one failed to attributu it to the
gracious Iulerpn.ition of Almighty liml,
aud return lo lliiu, soma wrhapa for llie
riret Iim in their livei, hearty, laruett, b r
unt thanks."
Mrs. higouruey, w filing to the teui-rublc
r'aiutr llrswUnd ( lloaiou iltruyuuu
ninety two )ears old), sai t
"A lady iu western New York, agiul nine
I) two, rvctully scut ui l..r photograph,
a lilt b denolis uiuih vi(r andi liwrfuluca;
ami when the weal lu I hi; arll.l In hat it
taken, Ur gfaud l Ulldr.n r iltalJo her
! lu put on an apron of cl.es kit! I.luo aud
! lilt, lib. b alia lt4 'UU and woven w lieu
I at tha aga of muImu. A tlrcae of Ilia
Uioal dalliala ttucavea, uf tlttutfled linen and
1 tollon. MrnuuUl ia tun earn luauutr by kei
luuii lianiie, sh bad laUlv t ul lulu p.i kl
b4Ulktlt-blt la, aa bavpwktss l"f htf .lu
ttudeuta aud suciuo'iale tl lunr il.t.ibm
at aiutalur, I bk lu It.lwlu llowa ptliodt
ol riulll alutpiM-i'jr wlw'M tbe apiuum
kUi aaa UespuiabW (lout lit botuva u
New lua-'aad ami I ha M.nun ul ')
Ut4a. bi iuii itttt.tuUf Hunt I"
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Liw L.a i im ul il ptiki.
llcport of tlio Cnplnlit
of
fue Ii.citrMiirfv.
Wasiiiniwo.s, July 0.
OFFICIAL ItEPOltT Of TUB UltF.AT NAVAL
COMBAT.
The Nat y Department lias received the
following dispatches :
U. S. Steamer KKAnsArtrip., CitKttnovno,
June 19, 1801, r. M. Silt : I have the honor
to inform the Department that, the day sub
sequent to the arrival of the Kearsargo off
this pott, on tho 15th iust., I received a note
from Captain Scmmcs, begging that the
Kearsnrgo would not depart, as he intended
to fight her, and w ould not delay her but a
day or two.
According to this notice the Alabama left
the port of Cherbourg this morning at about
9-a0 o'clock.
At 10-20 a. M., we discovered her steering
towards us, and fearing the question of juris
diction might arise, we steamed to sea until
a distance of six or seen miles wus obtain
ed from the Cherbourg breakwater, when wc
rounded to aud commenced steering for the
Alabama.
As we approached her within about 1200
yards she opened fire, we receiving two or
th.ee broadsides before a shot wus return
ed. Tho action continued, tho respective
steamers making a circle around and around
at a distance ot about 900 yards from each
other.
At the expiration of an hour the Alabama
struck, going down in about twenty min
utes afterwards, and carrying many persons
with her.
It. atl'ords me great gratification to an
nounce to the Department that every officer
and man did their duty, exhibiting a degree
ol coolness and fortitude, which gave pro
mise at the outset of certain victory.
I have the honor to be, most respectfully,
your obedient servant,
JOHN A. WIXRLOW, Captain.
Hon. Gidvon Wkm.ks, See. of the Navy.
United States Steamer Keausakoh
Cii eii nor mi, France, June 20, 1804 Sin:
I enclose herewith the surgeon's report of
the casualties ou board this vessel iu the
late action with the Alabama.
Although we received somo twentv-fivo
or thirty shots, twelve or thirteen takino;
effect iu the hull, by the mercy of God we j
nave uecn spared the loss ot any one lite, ,
whereas in the case of tho Alabama
the
carnage, I learn, was dreadful.
The ships were about equal in match, the
tonnage being the same.
TUa Alabama carried a 100-pound rifle,
with one heavy 03 pounder aud six broad
side ilS-poundcrs.
The Kearsargu carried four broadside 32
poundcrs, two 1 1-inch, and 28-pound rille,
being one gun less thau the Alabama.
The only shot which I fear will give us
nny trouble, is a 100-pound rifle shell, which
entered our stern-pobt, uud remains at pre
sent unexploded.
It would seem almost invidious to partic
ularize the conduct of any one man or officer
in an affair ir. which all have done their
duty w ith a fortitude aud coolness which '.
cannot be too highly praised, but I feel it
due to-niy executive officer, Lieutenant Com
mander Thornton, who superintended the
working of the battery, to particularly men
tion him for example of coolness and en
couragement of tho men whilo fighting,
which contributed much towards tho suc
cess of the action.
1 have tho honor to be, very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
JOHN A. WIXSLOW, Captain.
Hon. G. Wki.i.ks, Secretary of the Navy.
Surgeon Iliuwn reports Jno. W. Deuipsey,
quartermaster gunner, has an arm amputa
ted, owing to fracture, and William Gorviu
and James Macbeth, oniiuary seamen, se
verely wounded.
'I'he .tlubiimu null lien i-hii !-,;
The following statements are made in an
account of thu engagement off Cherbourg,
given by an eye-witness in the the Daily
News, which introduces it w ith the remark
that it "will be read with interest:"
"The firing of the Alabama was very in
accurate, that of thu Kearsargo was excel
lent. A large pivot-gun was particularly
effective. The Kearsargo is spoken of as
being iron-clad ; she was no more iron-clmi
than the Alabama might have been had they
taken thu precaution. Shu simply had u
double row of chains hat.ging over her sides
to protect her machinery. Two shots from
thu Alabama struck these chains, and fell
harmlessly into the water.
"The Kearstirge picked up 0:1 men, one
dead body, and two men who have since
died on board. She also took live olliccrs.
Cupt. YYiuslow would now have all the offi
cers and men nf the Alabama as prisoners
had he not placed too much conlidcdce in
tho honor of an Englishman who curried
the flag of tho Koyal Vacht Squadron. When
the Alabama went down, thu vacht, being
near, was hailed by Cupt. Winslow and re
quested to aid iu (licking up tho men in the
men iu thu water. Thu rciucst was com
plied with, and the Dccrhouud.uftcr having
rescued, as supposed, about 20 persons, in
cluding ('apt. :v mines aud First Lieutenant
Kelt, iuimeiliutely h it, running tiur. Eng
land. Cupt. YVuislow s i) I lie reason he did
not pui.ne her or tire into her was that he
could not believe any one currying the flag
of the Itoyul V in hi Squadron could act o
dilionorallu a part aa to carry off his pri
soner', whom he had requested Iiilli to aave
from I'eeliiiLia of humanity.
"I 'apt. Win-low consider Kemmct and
his olhcera bound upon tluir honor to gie
Ihcmst-lice up ua his prisoners of war. About
live minutes Ls hue tlio Alabama went du
a bout from her came to thu Kear.arge,
with uu otlitcr, who surrendered the veel,
and llun Uikcd piimiuiou In nluru with
Ilia Unit I.I uaaial ill irking Up thu nu ll.
This was grunted, alien the tdlieer It ft. and
alter riM'uiim a number principally oltin ra
I under. land-Lu wuil on I oard On Eng.
lull lat hi aud I'Stupcd. I'haMi vU'Ueu Ihu
hurrnd alj.e of this I. Her, but I aa. anx
ious thai wlii In Cupt. h.iiiiiu. aud hi puny
aia Uiiitf ,! for iheir uloiiou tun. but,
)uit luighl U apprised of I head Miuh
loila.
"I. H. -Tha AUbama, hauld down Iter
clur. aud run up a wliiiu rl itf al lia.llm
liuuiilea, I should luink, lalnaahu went
d'jwa. 1'ii. ilu la lakiu h.uu thv AULaou
statu that aUiul H o il.aaiu Ihu iiiuiiiinn
iwl.uu tha t'lmauimi lit l.uik I'latX' Ihu I liM
Uoiueltia In lUsv Allain4 tsun lieu. fund
lu llw luuli.U )lil I it. I hound, lli.u luj
la lit boiwr, uJl lf Il iu Ut Alabama
lita (st.iUutiud w4,Im latl.a.tiii. Ua Lf
lu tba Alabama Ul"ij lUa li"
Official
"A klhakkV luut Ihi pul plasal.r
klMlfg ' ' Wb ' iUvwuau II taP
I U.'t.i b ' 'Aula kuiri itn
i la I itftioi' '
A.vtmnw Johnson's Mother A Si.an
i)t;it Nailed The following letter from a
loyal East Tenncsseean appears in the Ding
hampton (N. Y.) y.VnWiw. Tho slander
it exposes was too silly for crcdience, but it
is just as well to have it corrected :
"Akton, h Y.), Juno 23. Mr. Kditnr:
I notice in your paper of the 27th inst. an
extract from a l'hihidelphiit paper to the
effect that ,Amy Johnson had abandoned
his poor old mother, and that she is tra
versing tne streets of Philadelphia with a
basket on her arm, selling tripe for a living.'
"I ask tho privilege of adding my testi
mony to the falsity of this charge. Beir.g
a native of the same county (Ureenc, East
Tennessee), and having lived in the same
town, Greenville,- in which (inventor John
son resided, and where his mother died nnd
was buried, I know whereof I speak. To
my knowledge old Mrs. Johnson lived in
her son's family for many years beforo her
death.
"I witnessed her burial. She lies in the
village grave-yard. Many marks of tender
regard arc now to be seen around her
sleeping remains. An aspen tree, brought
wheu a mercs'.ip, from Washington city, by
her son, and no doubt planted by his own
hand, grows ni the head of her grave. Tho
rose and tho myrtle bloom at her side.
"It is true that previous to her residence
with her son, she was poor, but loved and
respected by ull who knew her, particularly
by the young. AVell do I remember, when
a mere boy, going with other little children
to tho old lady's humble dwelling, nnd
being charmed with her oft-repeated stories.
"(iovernor Johnson has inherited from
his revered mother those peculiar traits of
character that have made him a marked
! man, and elevated him to the distinguished
position he now occupies, viz., nn unusual
strength of native talent, sound common
sense, perseverance and honest. 'As the
mother is so is the man.'
"W. 13. Hankin, an East Tenncsseean.
Mil. IlARNCM AS A N.TCIt AI.IST. Mr.
llaraum appeared on the stage of the Mu
seum yesterday in a new character, lie said
that live years ago he saw in the Crystal
Palace at Sydenham, swimming about in a
tank, tome specimens of the I.epidosiren.
Anuectan
a lir.ii Unit looks like an eel wit It
earth-worm appendages for fins, and which
swims ior mourns in me year in me small
rivers in Alrica, spending incomer v moniiis
dried up in the mud. He had been en
deavoring ever since to get some of theso
benighted Africans, but had succeeded only
hist Friday, when a dozen balls of baked
mud, cuntainiug these Kip Van Winkles
reached the Museum. He was then out of
the city. He had promised himself tho
pleasure of unfolding these sleeping beauties
on 12 successive days before 13 large and
enthusiastic audiences, but such had been
the innocence of his assistants that when he
reached the city, all but one of the earthy
coverings had been removed, 8 of the fishes
found to be dead, and -i were swimming in
nn aquarium. Fortunately one ball remain
ed. He had telegraphed to Prof. Agassiz to
be present at the opening of this natural
mummy, but luul learned that lie was not in
Cambridge. He would, therefore, read from
the Museum of Animated Nature, a descrip
tion of this w onderful fish, w itch he proceed
ed to do, after which a carpenter with a saw
carefully cut the ball so that it could be
opened and the fish removed, the impression
on the sand being preserved. In a few mo
ments tho fish began to move, anil in half
nn hour was disporting In the aquarium
with his fellows. A largo number of editors
nnd clergytncu witnessed tho. resurrec
tion. Parents' Example iikkoki; thuik Chii,- i
DltEN. There is a great diversity of opin- .
ion in regard to the age when children are :
capable of understanding w hat they sec and I
hear when they are old enough to mind
what is told tiiem. How ofien have we
heard mothers exclaim, "When my child is i
old enough to understand, 1 am going to i
have him do differently ; I am going to i
teach him thus and so, and I am going to j
make him mind." How much older need a '
child be to learn to do right, than to under-
stand that he may do wrong t Mother, how .
old was that little one, w hen Ijing iu your j
arms, he first began to raifc those smiling
eyes, and recognize in you his dearest earth
ly friend I And wheu seated on tho floor I
or iu the arms of another, you cuino into his
presence, how soon did he understand that
tne outstretching of those tiny arms to you
were pleadings that uu could not refuse!
I w as deeply impressed, a short time since,
by thu relation of a little incident by a mo
ther. She had two dear littlu boys, tho
younger not yet three years old. Great care
haul 'feu taken by the parents to set a good
example before them to do right. It was
tl.u custom of thu father to always ask a
blessing before, partaking food. One day
as they were gathered around the family
board, thu littlu. ones by their side, the fa
ther says to the mother, "Vou aak a blessing
this time." Shu dropped her head aud re
plied, "I do not feel us if I could."
Several days passed; the children in their
play ouu day had set their little table with
ilUlies, pi, lied ou it the food their mother
had given them, and seating themselves to
partake of il, thu older one says to the young
er, wiiit had not yet eceu three full sum
mers t
"Mou ask Ihu hieing to-day." The lit
tlu ouu replies in llie very language thu mo
ther had used, " do not feel aa if 1 could."
Thu mother was near and had heard lu-r
own refund to thank Uod lor his bleating
repealed by her dear child whom ahu did
not think quite old cuoiigh to underluud.
Shu aiiid, "1 ucver felt an rebuked for
uuliiilhliilui'ae iii all my life."
u.y
Can paivuU lo gin too early to act a good
t-VMiiiplu hrl'oru Iheir children f Do iml
think I hey aru quilu old euouU to under
at ::d.
- - -Titk
I'oiir.u.s Taoof ih Mkvi.'.i. The
Mniiolial Dipl.iiiiaiiquu a; "Tha coin
plelu or llli.tllon 1. 1 Ihu lorelglt (loupe ill
lliu est vie of Mt'kh.i will bum an tlKelivc
lone of Id. utl' l men, comMiMd aa follow:
N.UOU Fieliill, o.ooii Austrian ami IhU) llcl
KUiia. 'Iliiacrpa illamui lliu til It) of
liv Foreign l-cgluii,' and Ihu Comiuaiider
in l hit f will Ihi a Frill; It tleuiral, lias lug
thu ",risdu of lleiiti sunt pnii'ial. Ilu mil
riteiio hi. ui Li. ilu.it Ir. uu lliu Fmp-ir
Mstiit.ilisii, an I ill only liava lor.f r to
Ilu. Miul.lry ul War up ii ad'iiii.i.ii .liiu
alt.lla. 'I he 'u. Ijii I.. U'"a W III !' i.Uld
td Int. i t.isl r. .nn. nl-, wluliwil l4i
j Ihu Hllw of Luqaior Napol...", Ill , I u.p.r
' or cf Au.UU,' filler-" M.tiuiilua.' aid
I wpiuM I ..il..ll ' Ilia U.t Willie l
I . I ... tl - I IL I,, i ... L..l.luia.
WniIiii uurtLl.l gun ha au "I
UttUuLUl I IW.a, a tl a.'wUl ) watrf
It U .l..!4'' 1 '
Tim Clcvclniid Convent tnii Wrts.
IcII liillll vs. I lie Indepenilrnl.
The Iiuhjirmh.nl of this week contain
another letter from Mr. Wendell Phillips.
Ho says, by way of Introduction:
"I have no wish to answer your extended
criticism on my letter. If you are content
with your position, I tttii more than satisfied
with mine, and stand cheerfully, indeed
proudly, on the ground of my letter not
that tho Cleveland pint form is a faultless
creed or nn inspired Jlible, but that it was
tho work of Abolitionists, ami is tho high
est anti-shivery idea yet reached iu Ameri
can politics.
"I write mainly to protest (and an Aboli
tionist writing to an Abolitionist, you must
allow trie to do so with some little indigna
tion) against your special pleading in the
mottcr of Hubert Small. His ubsencc or
presence at Baltimore does not it fleet the
argument. I supposed him there ; so did
and still docs the country ; and tho Haiti
more Convention acted ou tho question of
rejecting him and his fellow black delegates
a if he irerc present. Neither does tho size
of tho islands wo hold in South Carolina
affect the argument. There tire several
thousand Northerners liviug there, owning
plantation and raising crops perhaps a
million of Northern money invested there
by private citizens alone. Irdecd, a Yankee
town has existed there more than two years.
The delegates thence were, summarily turn
ed out ot the Haltiniorc house. Hut Florida,
without a quarter of the claim where, in
deed, we have nothing deserving the name
of a settlement, nothing but a name nnd its
appendage is tidmited to u seat. Florida
where, when Mr. Lincoln tried to set up
a Government, he exported a shipload of
Northerners, and they could not get a foot
hold I Don't try, then, to throw dust iu
our eyes by talking about small islands.
Every sane man knows that South Caro
lina was rejected because she sent black
delegates. No evasion can rub that spot
out of Haltimore garments, and it is of too
much significance to be omitted or confused
in uu anti-slavery rccoril."
Mr Phillips concludes ns follows:
"Itomember, I nm not a politician, but
mainly an agitator tny special work being
to make port; iruil- ptwihle. I shall never
succeed bv cloinr, us vou are now dointr.
filling down tnv protest against their short
comings, nnd joining in their support.
If Lincoln is re-elected, and repeats for
another four years tho indecision, heartful
ness and infamous pondering to- negro
phobia nnd tho slave power which have
marked his last four, no ndherant of Haiti
more can rebuke him, for Baltimore has
renominated him with fulsome and unmixed
approbation of his course. I nm glad to
see your protest, however slight. After
another such four years, he will fairly turn
to any of them now silent, who shall then
blame him, and say, 'Have I not gone on to
do during my second term just what you
praised me for in my first 1'
"Which party is best serving the country,
that which says jimt trhut it I, in in "Idler,
sluggard, open your eyes, wako up and
work while it is day,' or "the men of Haiti
more, who, kneeling to a man whom half of
them believe to be idler, sluggard, mid
blundering, cry, 'How admirable your ener
gy ! how faultless your policy ! Please go
on, and bo hereafter just what you have
been.'
"Heaven will not hold such guiltless of
the evils unnecessarily brought on this
bleeding land."
1vi:iu k i:t. In one of the Chelsea horsc
enrs, recently, one of the original sympathiz
ers with "sccesh," and a groaner now, of
course, commenced thu usual doleful lament
common to that class, about the great rise
of prices iu this article and that, with the
gold groan as a clincher to tho whole story.
There was uot a word of hope or cheer for
the country; nothing but tlio evils from
which civil wars are inseparable could he
see, Preseutly a returned soldier spoke
something in this wise!
"All you say may be true, sir, but wc have
no such sort of talk in the army. No man
would be allowed to utter such sentiments
by tho troops who are fighting tho buttles of
tlleir country, to save it." I have served in
tho field three years. My time has expired.
I joined the army from patriotic motives
because I believe wc havu a cocitry worth
righting for, and tho I'nion is our only hope.
I am sick aud tired of hearing such talk us
I have just heard from you: and lam go
ing to tho field iiLraiti, partly to get away
from an atmosphere- that tolerates such
people."
Secesh symyathizer dumbed. Iheion .1.
rrfiVr. The Gi:eenk Cocnty (Pa.) Ou. Kkuio.w
Tho Wayncslmrg Messenger say : We
spent several days recently in thu Duukard
oil region, making ourselves familiar with
tho operations of petroleum iu that locality,
and w ith tho topography of tho country.
In general physical appearance aud charac
teristic, that portion of tho county bears
very close resemblance to tho Venango re
gion, and wo aru confident will ultimately
prove as productive of oil. The rough aud
rugoud hills, thu coal deposits, and indeed
every surface indication fortilie us in this
Impression, Hut four w ells huve as yet been
sunk any considerable ditaueu, and all of
tin tu lmve welded oil. One of them i now
pumping Irom fifty to ae-vcuty barrel per
day, und it i the opinion of persons familiar
with oil operations, that with proper energy
uud management, and constant pumping,
it would jield one bombed barrel per day.
An Eastern Company, wo understand, ha
lately purchued lliu Ku- iit farm, above
and nearly adjoining the. M.iplu Iraet, and
a ill anon coiiimeiicu boring. A littlu I into,
we opine, will demoii.traiu Ilia 1 1. 1 lti.it
UniMie county i a rich in oil a Venango,
while we aru much nearer I'llUburu and Hit
other great luaikel for petroleum.
Thu l.iidou "StM-ctalor'' lime criii. lst
iht school iile nf England. A Her H"l" "'t
tho bill tree ul souiu hoo nmuiii-ttiou
Cambridge, It add : "I lui (lrl. tua.lu no i
tempi at l in m-rl lu vtpUin llm uu an
lii or riiit oi lliu rulu in . ''" y
knew litllo ul elulifiluj aud nothing iW
aiithmctio. 'I hi i ti tly l w inihl
ki I. Girl ihd.I Ihu lolf ol Miaihematii
ni..i, au I bku it li h "'y "'' ud
I lu if luilld ! allele, it al. ,jr l.lt t
(arai .4 - ij'i-''. " l ', '
An appiu '' k'rd.u olD. ktoj
wan In NoiHi Ilu Igt w n r, l.. Uuit.,
1.4. I.t.lt '..,lu. I Ikiauiifi.t aim v r"u.
Htts t In leel..piii ul aud lisgiaust , tut
t.n a alt iu It) b'ir ul wbi.U apwi. I"
t Ulll.'M I'l ll lUUIt ul (Uu !' I
pplv Wat. 1 1' It (.Hiloa I'LueSUtu- S ap
4U- U.wl b f lattii) lb luut. tl
p U 1 1 ..'w 4 1 tof l-
A Panther at Laiuie. A strange rumor
is afloat in Gwynedd to tho clleet thai a
panther has been roaming about the woods
of that section, making great havoc among
tho cows. We see no rcusou, however, for
alarm, as we learn that, after passing
through tho upper end of that tow n, ho was
dispatched at Stony Creek. It is supposed
this is the same nninuil llvil ilov,..i .i...l
Gwynedd, and that it escaped from some
uieiiiiyuiie. or siiow-gardcn.
How he toi.d the News". Here is a
specimen of breaking the news gently :
Ibiring thu summer of 1 S 40, a Sir James,
Wilson, of west Jersey, tlied nf tho cholera
while some fifty miles from his home.
John 1 lodgers was employed to convey
the dead body in a wauon to his friends at
home. Hy inquiry he learned the preciso
house ot the deceased. On driving to the
door he called to a respectable looking lady,
who was iu fact the newly made widow, aud
asked ;
"Does Mr. Wilson live here?"
"Yes was the reply, "but he's uot at homo
to-day."
"I know he's not at home now, but ho
soon will be, for I've got him dead iu tho
wagon."
The latest Boston "notion" is the organiza
tion of the children of the city in a league.
which pledges hc members to abstain from
"rum, tobacco and profanity." Tho titlo
of this juvenile body ia tho "Young Temper
ance Volunteers." The boys and girls who
belong to it are all of tender years, but of
excellent morals. So far as known, nono
ot the little boys drink, smoke or swear.
Nearly $1-1.000 in English sovereigns, re
cently found in the cellar of a house in New
castle, N. IL, once tho residence of Gov
ernor Allen, who held his commission from
the English Government, wcro sold at Bos
ton last week.
The Britis government has now seventeen
iron-clnds afloat, ten first rates, two second
rates, three third rates and two of uo rate ut
all.
It is proposed to disinfect the sewers of
Paris by connecting them with tho factories
winch consume coal iu their furuaccs.
An IntsttMAN going to market saw a farm
er with an owl. "Say, Mister, what will yo
take for yer big eyed turkey f "Tis an
owl," replied the astonished farmer. "Divil
a bit do I care weather it is ould or young."
AGRICULTURAL.
Remedy von tub Arri.E Thee Boukk.
Mr. EniToit, I desire to say somethrng
about tho npplo trco borrer, nn enemy from
which we have greutly suffered iu our at
tempts to secure healthy trees Imd good
crops. So far as my own trees arc concerned,
I think I have found a remedy.
I planted an apple orchard eighteen years
ago, and the trees thrived very well for fivo
or six years, when they began to droop and
look sickly. Upon examining them I found
the borer in great numbers, having dono
considerable damage, nnd some of them ap
peared to be past recovery. I went to work
uud took them out. After removing them
I was about to apply coal tar, but I was told
that it would bo a worse enemy than tho
borer. I thought awhile, and decided to
apply urine, from the cowstable, having
tanks nui appliances tu secure all this
valuable liquid manure, as every farmer
should have. I applied this copiously
around the bottoms of the trees, and wash
ed the trunks thoroughly. The result is that
1 have not a borer in my orchard, and tho
trees have completely recovered, and give
me abundant crops.
I have been using this remedy for three
years, and it has well repaid mo for the
iabor re vu i red ; and I think 1 can commend
it confidently to tny brother furnicrs who
will cafefully remove tho borer, and pro
perly apply "it, say twice a ycur afterwards.
It will be seven years this spring since I
planted five apple trees. Three of the five
were attacked by the borer, killing one, and
tho other two "looked very sickly. I re
moved all the worms, and upon tho re
maining four used the urinu freely; they re
covered und bore this season very fine fruit.
Three years ago tho coming spring, I
planted thirty-six apple trees, nnd at onco
applied the urine copiously, and there is
not, to my knowledge, a single borer in tho
whole of them; liesidc they have grown
and look remarkably well. Somo of tuy
neighbors, who planted trees at thu sauiu
time, obtained at the same nursery, complain
of the dejired.it ions of tlio borer.
Believiiug this Mr. Editor, to bo a reme
dy, when properly used, I think it my duty
to communicate, it to my brother farmers
through your interesting column, it. i.
To Keep Hams. Mr. Brooks, of Tioga
county, give a method ol keeping hams
which ha never tailed with him. liu lias
tried them in salt, iu grain, iu pounded
charcoal, in dry iinlns und tewcu up in
cloth and whitewashed, but they would
either mould or suiter injury some other
wuy. Uo then made sack for them of tt
)ard squuru of good sheeting, puttiiig them
up bebiro in lee led by flies, one in a sack. -Swct
t hay I cut up about ore inch long,
aud put itl the sucks, around thu hams,
keeping them from thu bug. They are then
tied up and hung up in thu smokehouse, or
oinu cool, dry place ; lliu hay and ha", will
kes p away the llie, and allow Ihu ccapu ol
moisture, o that they wi!i not mould. -Il
well cuied and thoroughly unokcd, ouu
may depend on haviug pool hum ua lung
a liny la.l, or lor ).ar. The bag will
I. i.t lor a general loll. Tlioat' w hi, have not
yi l t.'urul their ham. lor ihi at-nsoii will
il.i well lo try tltia plan. Wehatetio fl.itl
of it Uin a Cullip'.eU ploteUloll aalli.l
mould, lauil, or liu-ctt.
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