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PUBLISHED EVERY
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Wo hare eonnected wtth onr establishment a wall
elooted JOB OFFICE, which Will enable ni to
execute, is the neatest atyle,' sv.ry variety of
Printing
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aORaB UlLL, BlHOH P. WoiVSBTOH.
HILL & WOLVEBTOW.
Atlorncya and Counselors) at lWT.
SXJW3TJI"5r. PA.
'ILL attend to the collection of all kinds of
claim, inoluding Back Pay, Bounty ana reu
apt. 1, M.
-sions.
JACOB BHIPMAN,
FIRE AND LIFE INSTJBANCB AONT
SUNBURY PENN'A.
RSFBSSCIITS
Partners Mutual FIro Insurance Co., York Pa.,
Cumberland Valley Mutual Protect o Co.,
New York Mutual Life irard Ufa of Phil's. Hart
ford Conn. General Accident!.
Sunbury, April T, ly.
Dr. CHAS. ARTHUR,-
omccopatljtc 13Ijjtjsictan.
t-Jraduat. of the Homoeopathlo Mcdioal College of
Pennsylvania.
Ortucs, Market Square opposit. the Court Houio
SUNBURY, PA.
March 81, 1809.
SOLOMON MALICK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BUNBTJRY, Northumberland County, Pa.
OFFICE in East end of Weaver'i Tavern, Market
Street.
All business entrusted to him will be eareful y and
rooctually attended to. Consultation la tbo Eng
l.lh and German languages.
tiunbury, April S.S- ;
AMBR0TYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH
a-.ER,"r. '
Corner Market A Fawn Street, SUNBCRY, Pa.
S. B"i"tRLY, PnopRiBTon,
Photograph, Ambrotypos and Molainotypes taken In
the bent style ofjhort. apl. T, ly
Wh.M. Rockefeller. Lloto T. Robbbach.
ROCKEFELLER & R0HRBACH.
cSiIJIIi;RY, lEi.
OFFICE the same that has been heretofore occu
pird by Wm. M. Rockefeller, Efq., nearly op
posite the residence of Judge Jordan.
SuuUry, July 1, ISOo. ly
GEO. C. WELIER & SON,
FIB dt XilTB INSURANCE AGENCY,
Offloe, Market Street, SUNBURY, PA.
Risks taken In Plnit Class Stook and Mutual Compa
nies. Capital Represented tt4,t00,000. '
Bunbary, May 18, 1890. y :: '
RESTAURANT & BOARDING HOUSE.
CIIAS. 1TZEU Proprietor.
In Cake's AdditWn to BUHBURY, near the Pann'a.
Railroad Company's Shops.
LAGER BEER, Porter and Ale of the very best
brands, ezeellent German Wines, BohweiUer
Cheese, Tripe, Ac, always on band. ' '
PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT BOARDER8'
kept who will find ample aseommodations. Good
cooks and waiters, boarders can enjoy the quiet oom
forts of home with fare equal to the best hotels.
Sunbury, May 26, 1866. 1
W. ZIEOI.KIt. H. CASK
SIEGLEP. & CASE
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
SI XBL'RY, PENNSYLVANIA.
Collections and nil Professional business promptly
attended to in the Courts of Northumberland and
adjoining Counties.
l.ifAl9o, special attention paid to the Collection
of Pensions, Bounties and Back Pay for Widows
Orphan and Soldiers
Sunbury, March 18, 1865
Jl. II. MASSER,
nt Law, SUNBURY,
Attorney nt I-nw, blHBLiti, fA.
Colluctions attended to in the counties of Nor
thumberland, Union, Snyder, Montour, Columbia
and .ycoming.
REFERENCES.
ITcm. John M. Reed, Philadelphia,
A. G Oattrll A Co., "
Hon. M m. A. Porter. "
Morton McMichaul, Kn.,
K.'tehnm A Co., 289 Pearl Street, New York.
John W. Ashmead. Attorney at Law, '
Matthews A Cox, Attorneys at Law, "
Sunbury, March 29, 18t'2.
"J l'JUiS.)J J, 3Xi li it a9
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER
in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL,
Upper Wharf, SUNBURY, Fenn'a.
tOrdors solicited and filled with promptness and
lospatch.
Sunbury, May 12, 1866. y
. C. QOBIN",
attorney nnd Counnellor at tjy
BOON VILLE, COOPER CO, MISSOURI.
WILL pay taxes on lands In any part of the
State. Buy and sell real Estate, and all other
uera entrusted to him will receive prompt alien
Kendlnir Railroad.
6UMER ARRANGEMENT.
April 83d, 1806.
GREAT TRUNK LINE iVom the North and
North-West for Philadelphia, Now York, Read
ing, Potuville, Tamaqua, Ashland, Lebanon, Allen,
town, Easton, Ac. '
Trains leave Harrisburg for New-York, as fol
lows : 3.00, 7 40 and 9 0b A. M. and 2.00 and 9.20
P. M , arriving at New York at 6.40 and 10.00 A. M.
and 3.40 and 10.35 P. M., connecting with similar
Trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad ; Sleeping Cars
accompanying tbo 3.00 A. M. and 9.20 P. M. Trains,
without change. ' ' '
Leave Harrisburg for Reading, PotUville, Tama
qua, Minersville, Ashland, Pine Grove, Allentown
and Philadelphia at 7.40 A. M. and 2.00 and 9.20
P. M., stopping at Lebanon and principal stations ;
the 9 20 p in. Train making no close connections
for Pottsville, nor Philadelphia. For Pottaville.
Schuylkill Haven and Auburn, via Schuylkill and
Durauenanna natiroaa, iobvo urnsuur8 y. .
Returning : Leave New York nt 9.00 a. m., 12:00
Noon at 8.30 p. m ; Philadelphia at 8.00 a. m. and
3 30 p.m. Pottsville at 8.30 a.m. and 2.45 p m .;
Ashland 6.00 and 11.16 a. m. and 1.06 p. m.; Tama
qua at 9.45 a m. and 1.00 and 8.65 p. m.
Leava Pottsville for Harrisbnrg via Schuylkill and
Susquehanna Railroad at 7 00 a. m.
neaatng Acoommoaaimu imm iw,m 'b
6.00 A. M. returning from Philadelphia at 6.00
P M
Columbia Railroad Trains leave Heading at 6.20
A.M. and 6.15 P. M. for Ephrata, Litis, Lancaster
Columbia, Ac.
On Sundays: Leave New York at 8 30 p m., Phila
delphia 8.00 A. M., and 3.16 P M. the 8.00 a.m.
train running only to Reading, Pottsville 8 00 a m.,
Tamaqua 7 30 am, lor iiarrisourg, v va a m, aim
Reading at 1 30 a m, for Harrisburg 10.52 a. m. for
Now York, and 4 25 p m. for Philadelphia.
Commutation, Miieago, Season, and Excursion
Tickets, at reduced rates to and from all points.
Baggage checked through : 80 Pounds Brggage al
lowed each Passenger.
O. A. NIC0LL8,
General Superintendent'
TALES & SKETCHES.
THE IRO.l TAILT.
THE LADY AMD THB LOCKSMITH.
July 8, 1885 octlS, '61.
UR. E. 1.
II Y S I C I A N
LVMLKY,
AND SURGEON
NORTHUMBERLAND, PA
T)R LUMLEY has opened an offloa In Northum
rlaud, and offers Mb services to the people of that
tkn a,linininff townstins. Office next door
Mr. Scott's Shoe Store, where ho can found at all
urs.
Northumberland August 19,1865.
TTTRTTEH'8
ATTNO & LODGING HOUSE!
few Steps) North of the Iopot,
Dii :m UV, PA,
IALS AT ALL HOURS, DAY AND NIC HT
ury, Jan. 20, 1866. '
JEREMIAH BNYDER,
.torney &. Counacllornt l.ir.
HI RY, I4.
UiMtrlct Attorney lor Sorlhnm.
rland County.
unlmrySlorch 31, 1866 Ty
turnev and lounneiior as m.m ,
on south side of Market street, four doors west
ot cysier s eiore,
TTTTBTJ"".
ill attend promptly to all professional kuiinees
usted to bis care, me oouecuou o
humberland and tho adjoining counties. ,
nb'iry, April 3, 1866.
0. S. WILDER,
3XJIIL.3E?l,
TNBTJRY. PENN'A
...ourv. llrlU and Carpenter
-u. -A uYntin and Kepainns,
deaeriptloo done In tbo most modern styles and
uitiol manner at short nouos, and at prices to
lie times
iibury, Feb. 17, 1866.
Northern Central Railway.
FOUR TRAINS DAILY to and from Baltimore
and Washington city.
THREE TRAINS DAILY to and from the North
and West Branch Snsquehanna, Elmira, and all of
Northern New York.
ON and after MONDAY, MAY 21st, 1866,
the Passenger Trains of the Northern Central
Railway will run as follows :
SOUTHWARD.
Mail Train, leaves Elmira 4.45 p. m.
Harrisburg, 1.35 p.m.
arr. at Baltimore, 6-30 p. m.
Elmira Express leaves Elmira, 5.30 p m.
Harrisburg, 2.50 a m.
arr at Baltimore, 7 00 a m
Fast Line, leaves Harrisburg, 8 45 p m
arr at Baltimore, 12 30 p m
Harrisburg Aceom. leaves Harrisburg, 5 06 p m
arr at Baltimore, 9 37 p in
Erie Express leaves Erie, 4 45 p m
arr at Harrisburg, 8 33 a m
NORTHWARD.
Mail Train leaves Baltimore 9 15am
Harrisburg, 105 pm
arr at Elmira, 10 46 p m
Elmira Express leaves Baltimore, 9 46 p m
" Harrisburg, 2 05 a m
arr at Elmira, 11 36 am
Fast Line, leaves Baltimore, 12 10 pm
arr at Harrisburg, 3 54 p m
Tri. Moil arr at Baltimore. 7 28 p m
Harrisburg, 12 00 a m
arr at Erie. 55 p m
Erie Express, leaves Harrisburg 4 10 p m
arr ai trie
Harrisburg Aoc, leaves York, 7 10 a m
arr ai iiarrirourg v
Exnrcea North and Harrisburg Accommoda
tion South run daily, except Sundays. Elmira Ex
press North daily, and South daily, except Sundays.
riuiuaaiwmutt udiiuuia ;
North arrive daily, except Sundays. Elmira Ex
press North arrives and Fast Line South leaves daily
Mail North and South runs daily, except Sundays.
Erie Exprea South arnves daily, except aionaays.
For further information apply at tno iicaet umoo
in the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot.
ror luruier iniormauon appij ui. Vui.
I. N. DuBAKRY Gen. Supt.
11.46 p. m.
6.65 am.
10.35 am.
4.50 a m.
6.45 p m.
4.45 p. m.
VCOB O- BECK
1ERCHANT TAILOR,
And Dealer in
THS, CASSIMERES, VESTING, Ac.
Wn treet, soath fWeBTtr'f
Hotel,
1H09. leMSO.
Philadelphia St Erie Railroad.
THIS great line traverses the Northern and North
west counties of Pennsylvania to the oity of Erie
on Lake Erie. ,
It has been leased and u operated by tno rennsyi-
vania Railroad Company.
Xime ot t'aasenger trains ai eunoury,
Leave eastward.
Erie Mail Train,
Erie Express Train,
Elmira Mail Train,
Leave Westward
Erie Mail Train,
Erie Express Train,
V.lmir Mil Train.
Vnnr ears run through on the Erie Mail and
Express Trains without change both ways between
Irw lark Connection.
T v Xw York at 9.00 a m. arrive at Erie 9 SO a.
m. Leave Erie at 4 45 p m., arrive at New York
4.10 p.m.
ELEGANT SLEEPING CARS on all Nijht Trains.
Vnr Informalion resnectinc Paawncer business
apply at Cor. 30th and Market St., Philadelphia.
And tor rreigui dimiohboi iihwiuvmii iosv"
8. B. Kingston, Jr., Cor. 13th and Market St.,
Philadelphia.
4. w. neynoias, crie.
William Brown, Agent N. C. R. R., Baltimore.
H. H. Horjarox,
Gen'l Freight Agt. Philada.
H. W. Gwimmir,
Gen'l Ticket Ag't., Philada.
A. L. TYLER,
Gen'l Manager, Willlamsport.
Juno 1,1866.
LackaH anna Sl ltlooiuabur Rail
road. "
ON and after No 17th, 1866, Passenger Trains
will run as follows :
SUllUIIASlI
I lire in San Francisco, and am a lock
smith by trade. My calling is a strange
one, and possesses a certain lascination, ren
dering it one of the most agreeable of par
suits. Many who follow it see nothing in it
but labor think of nothing but its returns
in gold and silver. To me, it has no other
charms than the money it produces. I am
called upon, almost daily, to open doors
and peer into long neglected apartments ;
to open the stubborn locks of safes, and
gloat upon the treasures piled within; to
quietly enter the department of ladies with
more beauty than discretion, and pick the
locks of drawers containing peace-destroying
missives, that the dangerous evidences
of wandering affection may not reach the
eye of a husband, or father; to force the
fustemnKS of cash boxes, ana depositories
of records, telling of men made suddenly
rich, or corporations plundered, ot orpuans
robbed, of hopes crtithed, of families ruined.
Is there no charm in all thin t no food for
speculation? no scope for the range of
f)leasaut fancy? Then, who would not be a
ocksmith, though his face is begrimed with
the soot of the forge, and his hands are
stained with rust?
But I have a story to tell not exactly a
story, either for a story implies the com
pletion m well as the beginning or a narra
tive ; and mine is scarcely more than the
introduction to one. Let him who deals in
fancy write the rest.
In the spring of 1830. 1 think it was in
April, I opened a little shop on Kearney
street, and soon worked myself into a fair
business. Late one evening, a lady, closely
veiled, eutercd my shop, and pulling from
beneath a cloak a small japanned box, re
quested me to open it. The lock was cu
riously constructed, and I was all of an hour
fitting it with a key. The lady seemed ner
vous at the delay, and at lengtn requested
mo to close the door. I was a little sur
prised at the suggestion, but of course com
plied. Shutting the door and returning to
niv work, the lady withdrew her veil, dis
closing as sweet a face as can well be im
agined. There was a restlessness in the eye,
and a pallor m the cheek, However, wtnen
plainly told of a heart ill at case, and in a
r L. r. i i... A t..
moment every emotion tor uer uuu (jivuu
place to thnt of pity.
Perhaps vou are not well, madam, Bnd
the night air is too chilly ?" said I, rather
inquisitively.
1 felt a rebuko lu her reply : "in request
ing vou to close the door, I had no other
object than to escape the attention of persons."
I did not reply, but thoughtfully con
tinued my work. She resumed; "That
little box contains valuable papers private
Capers and I have lost the key, or it nas
cen stolen. I should not wish to have you
remember that I ever came here on such an
errand," sho continued, with some hesita
tion, and giving me a look which it was no
difficult matter to understand.
Certainly, madam, if jou desire it. If I
cannot iorget your face, I will at least at
tempt to lose the rcccollection of overseeing
it here.
The lady bowed rather coldly at what I
considered a fine compliment, aud I pro
ceeded with my work, satisfied that a sud
den discovered nartialitv for me had noth
ing to do with the visit. Having succeeded,
after much filing and fitting, in turning the
lock, I was seized With the curiosity to get
a glimpse at the precious contents of the
box ; and suddenly raising me ua, discover
ed a bundle of letters, and a daguerreotype,
as I slowly passed the box to the owner.
She seized it hurriedly, and placing the let
ters and picture in her pocket, locked the
box, and drawing tue veil over uer mcc,
pointed to the door. I opened it, and as
she passed into the street, she merely whis
pered, "itetncmDer i"
We met again, and have been thus par
ticular in describing her visit to the (bop,
to render probable a subsequent recogni
tion.
About two o'clock in the morning, in tnc
"It is a labor common to youi calling,"
replied the lady. "The price is not so much
for the labor, as the condition under which
it is to be performed." .
"And what is the condition?" I enquired.
"That you will submit to being conveyed
from and to your own door blindfolded."
Ideas of murder, burglary, and almost
every other crime, hurriedly presented them
selves to my vision, and I politely bowed
and said :
"I must understand something more of
the character of the employment, as well as
the conditions, to accept your offer."
"Will not five hundred dollars answer in
lieu of explanation?" she enquired.
"No nor fivo thousand."
She patted her foot nervously on the
floor. I could see she had placed entirely
too low an estimate ou my honesty, and I
felt some gratification in being able to con
vince her of the fact.
"Well, then, if it is absolutely necessary
for me to explain," she replied, "I must tell
you that you are requrcd to pick the lock
of k vault, and "
"You have gone quite far enough, madam,
with the explanation," "I interrupted ; "I
interrupted ; "I am not at your service."
"As I said" she continued, "you are re
quired to pick tho lock of a vault, and
rescue from death a man who has been
confined there for three days."
"To whom does the vault belong?" I en
quired. "My husband," was the somewhat reluc
tant reply.
"Then why so much secrecy? or rather
how came a man confined in such a place?"
"I secreted him there, to escape the ob
servation of my husband. He suspected as
much, and closed the door upon him. Pre
suming ho had left the vault, and quitted
the bouse by the back door, I did not
dream, until to-day, that ho was conGued
there. Certain suspicious acts of my hus
band this afternoon convince me that tho
man is there, laeyond human hearing, and
will be starved to death ty my barbarous
husband, unless immediately rescued. For
three days he has not left tho house. I
drugged him less tliun an hour ngo, and he
is now so stupified that tho lock may be
picked without his interference. I have
searched bis pockets, but could not find the
key ; hence my application to you. Now
you know all ; will you accompany me?"
"iotlie end ot tue world, on such an
errand."
"Then prepare yourself; there is a cab
waiting at the door."
I was a little surprised, for I had not
heard the sound of wheels. Hastily draw
ing on a coat, and providing myself with
the required implements, I was soon ' at the
door. There, sure enough, was the cab,
with the driver in his seat, ready for the
mysterious journey. I entered the vehicle,
followed by the lady. As soon as I was
seated, ahe produced a heavy handkerchief,
which by tho faint light of an adjacent
street lamp, she carefully bound round my
eyes. The lady seated herself beside me,
and the cab started. In half an hour it
stopped ; in what part of the city I am en
tirely ignorant, as it was evidently in any
thing but a direct course from the point
of starting.
Examining the bandage to see that my
vision was completely obscured, the lady
handed me the bundle of tools with which
I was provided, then taking me by the arm,
led mo through a passage-way which could
not have been less than fifty feet in length,
and down a flight of stairs into what was
evidently an underground basement, stopped
beside a vault, and removed the handker
chief from my eyes.
"Here is the vault ; open it," said she,
springing the door ot a dark lantern, and
throwing a beam of light upon the lock.
I seized a bunch of skeleton keys, and
after a few trials, which the lady seemed to
watch with the most painful anxiety, sprang
the bolt. The door swung upon its hinges,
and ray companion telling me not to close
it. as it was sell lockinir, sprang into me
vault. I did not follow. I heard the mur
A I.10X IIOIIT.
FROM 8ALATUIBL.
Dismounting, for the side of the hill wns
almost perpendicular, I led my panting Arab
through beds of myrtle, an vcr lovely
and sweet smelling bloom, to the edge of n
alley that seemed to shut out every distur
bance of man.
A circle of low hills, covered to tie crown
with thick foliage, surrounded a deep space
of velvet turf, kept as green as the emerald,
by the flow of rivulets and moisture of a
pellucid lake in the centre, tinged with every
color of the heavens. The beauty of this
sylvan spot was enhanced by the luxuriant
profusion of almond, orange and other trees,
that in every stage of production, from the
bud to the fruit, covered the little knolls
below, formed a broad belt around the lake.
Parched as I was by the intolerable heat,
this secluded haunt of the spirit of freshness
looked doubjy lovely. My eyes, half blind
ed by the glare of tho sands, and even my
mind exhausted by tho perplexities of the
day, found delicious relaxation in the ver
dure and dewy breath of the silent valley.
My Arab, with the quick sense of animals
accustomed to tho travel of the wilderness,
showed her delight by playful bounding,
the prouder arching of her neck and the
brighter glancing ot ner eye.
Here," thought I, as 1 led her slowly to
wards the deep descent, "would be the very
spot for tho innocence that had not tried
the world, or the philosophy that had tried
it, and found all vanity. Who could dream
that, within the border of thi distracted
land, in tho very bearing, almost in the very
sight of the last miseries that man could in
flict on man, there was a retreat which the
calamities that afflict society might be as
little felt as if it were among the stars."
A violent plunge ot the barb, put an
end to my speculation. She exhibited the
wildest signs ot terror, snorted aod strove
to break from me ; then fixing her glance
keenly on the thickets below, shook in every
limb. But the scene was tranquility itself;
the cliamtleonjlay busking in the sun, and
the only sound wus that of the wild doves
murmuring under the broad leaves ot the
palm trees.
But my mare still resisted every effort to
lead her downwards; her ears were flutter
ing convulsively, her eyes were starling
from their sockets. I crew peevish at the
animal's obstinacy, and was about to let her
suffer for the day, when my senses were pa
ralyzed by a tremendous roar. A lion stood
on the summit which I had but just quitted.
He was not a dozen yards above my bead,
and his first spring must have carried me to
the nottoni ol the precipice. 1 he barb burst
away at once. I drew the only weapon I
had a dagger and, hopeless as escape
was, grasping the tangled weeds to sustain
my footing, awaited the plunge. But the
lordly savage probably disdained so ignoble
a prey, and continued on the summit, lash
ing his sides with his tail and tearing up the
ground. He at length stopped suddenly,
listened, as to some approaching toot, and
then, with a hideous yell, sprang over me,
and was in the thicket below at a single
hound.
Tho whole thicket was instantly alive;
the shade which I had fixed on as the abode
of unearthly tianquility, was an old haunt of
lions, and the mighty herd were now aroused
from their noon-day slumbers. Nothing
could be grander or more terrible than the
disturbed majesty ot the lurest kings, in
every variety of savage passion, from terror
to fury, they tore, and plunged, and yelled,
darted through the lake, burst through the
thicket, rushed up the mils, or stood baying
nnd roaring defiance against the invader.
The numbers were immense, for the rareness
of shade and water had gathered them from
every quarter of the desert.
Whilo I stood clinging to my perilous
hold, and fearful of attracting their gaze by
the slightest movement, the source of the
commotion appeared in the shape of a Ho
man soldier issuing, spear in hand, through
a ravine at the further side of the valley. He
MISCELLANEOUS.
no tery
was rjnlnablv unconscious of the formidable
mur of low voices within, and the next mo- piace iDto which he was entering, and the
ment the lady reoppeared, uud leaning upon gallant clamor of voices through the hills
her arm a man, with face so pale and hag-
card that I started at the sight. How he
latter part of May following, I was awoke must have sufi'ered during the three long
h. nontlji tun ii nnn tha window of the I dava of hia confinement 1
little room, back of the shop, in which I "Remain here." she said, handing me the
WWrt Thinkinsr of burelars. I sprang out lautern : "I will be back in a moment."
of bed. in a moment was at the window, ( The two slowly ascended the stairs, and I
with a heavy hammer in my hand, which I beard them enter a room immediately above crv 0f horror, and. for the instant, sat help
usually kept at that time within convenient where I was standing. In less than a minute losslv irazinir at the open jaws behind him.
reach or my bedsido. I tue tatty reiurneu.
"Who s there?" 1 enquired, raising me i -bUall l close it, madam T" said i, placing
hammer, and peering out into the darkness toy hand upon the door ot the vault.
for it was aa nark as gypt wnen unaer
showed that he was followed by others as
bold and as unconscious of their dauger as
himself.
But his career was soon closed. His
horse's feet had scarcely touched tho turf,
when a lion was fixed with lungs and ciows
on the creature's lions. Tho rider uttered a
Mr. Lincoln' Entrance Into Mash.
Ington.
THE ORIGINAL ASSASSINATION I LOT HIS OWU
ACCOUNT OF niS FMQ1IT.
While In Washiugton city, early in De
cember, 1804, the writer of this article called
on the President, with Isaac N. Arnold,
5en'br f Congress from Chicago, one of
w iJ,ncom' moBt trusted personal friends,
i i?", bim a,one in tle room wherein
the Cabinet meetings are held (in the White
House), whose windows overlook the Poto
mac and Washington Monument. At the
request of the writer, the President related
tho circumstances of his clandentine journey
between Philadelphia and Washington. The
narrative is here given substantially in bis
own wocds, as follows :
"I arrived in Philadelphia on the Slst. I
agreed to stop over night, and on the fol
lowing morning hoist the flag over Indepen
dence Hall. In the evening there was a
great crowd where I received my friends at
the Continental Hotel. Mr. Judd, a warm
personal friend from Chicago, sent for me to
come to his room. I went, and found there
Mr. Pinkerton, a skillful police detective,
also from Chicago, who had been employed
for some days in Baltimore, watching or
searching for suspicious persons there. Pin
kerton informed me that a plan had been
laid for my assassination, the exact time
when I expected to go through Baltimore
being publicly known. He was well in
formed as to the plan, but did not know
that the conspirators would have' pluck
enough to execute it. He urged me to go
right through with him to Washington that
night.
"I didn't like that. I had made engage
ments to visit Harrisburg, and go from there
to Baltimore, and I resolved to do so. I
could not believe that there was a plot to
murder me. I made arrangements, however,
with Mr. Judd for my return to Philadel
phia the next night if I should be convinced
that there was danger in going through
Baltimore. I told him that if I should meet
at Harrisburg, as I had at other places, a
delegation to go with me to the next place
(then Baltimore), I should feel safe a go
on.
"When I was making my way back to my
room, through crowds of people, I met
Frederick Seward. We went together to
my room, when he told me that he bad been
sent, at the instance, of his father and Gene
ral Scott, to inform me that their detectives
in Baltimore, had discovered a plot there to
assassinate me. They knew nothing ot
Pinkerton's movements. I now believed
such a plot to be in existence.
"The next morning I raised the flag over
Independence Hall, and then went to Har
risburg with Mr. Sumner, Major (now Gene
ral) Hunter, Mr. Judd, Mr. Lamon and
others. There I met the Legislature and peo
ple, dined, and waited until the time ap
pointed for me to leave. In the meantime
Mr. Judd bad so secured tho telegraph thut
no communication could pass to Baltimore
and give tho conspirators knowledge of a
change of mv plans.
"In New York some friend had given me
a new beaver hat in a box, and in it bad
placed a soft wool hat. I had this box in
my room. Having informed a very few
friends of the secret of my new movements,
and the cause, I put on an old overcoat I
had with me, and putting the soft hat in
my pocket, I walked out of the house at a
back door, bare-beaded, without exciting
any special curiosity. Then I put on the
soft hat and joined my friends without be
ing recognized by strangers, for I was not
the same man. Sumuer auu Hunter wished
to accompany me. I said no, you are
known, and your presence might betray me.
I will only take Lamon (now marshal of
this district), whom nobody knew, and Mr.
Judd, Sumner and Hunter felt hurt.
"Wo went back to Philadelphia, and
found a message there from Pinkerton (who
had returned to Baltimore), that the con
spirators bad held their steal meeting that
evening, and it was doubtful whether they
had the nerve to attempt the execution of
their purpose, i went on. nowever, as tue
arrangement had been made, in a special
train. We were a long time in the station
at Baltimore. I heard people talking
around, but no one particularly observed
me. At an eorly hour on Saturday morning,
at about the time I was expected to leave
Harrisburg, I arrived in Washington.
found to contain trichina, but to
great extent.
A third experiment was made with a
smoked ham, and the animal eating thereof
was found to contain an astonishing number
of trichina, the examiner calculating tho
number to have reached a couple of hundred
thousand. The weight of the muscles of the
rabbit was nearly a pound, and itisccrtainly
remarkable bow so small an animal, contain
ing so enormous a number of parasitical
animals, nevertheless felt as weu as the
other rabbits, and had as good an appetito
as any of them. It became a query how so
large a quantity of trichina could have de.
veloped themselves from the small amount
of meat which had been fed to tho rabbit,
and the examiner therefore concluded that
the rabbit must have eaten some other meat
infected with trichina aside from that fed to
it, thus causing a greater infection. This
opinion was lurther strengthened by toe
londness of the rabbits lor meat, borne ot
tho rats found on the premises were therefore
urn , j , i i . - . -
viuuu nna examined, nnu iuuuu vo ccuitun
trichina, and some of them in an astonishing
degree.
A number of other examinations of rata
have taken place with the same results, and
thero can bo no question that the rats are a
great cause to infecting the hogs with trichi
na. A very elaborate examination lias also
been made to find whether the methods of
smoking and Baiting as used here is sufficient
to kill the trichina in the hogs, and the re
sult has been, though smoking and salting
would kill the trichina, the usual mode of
boiling and frying was also found sufficient
to kill the parasites.
If a small rabbit can feel comfortable with
a couple of hundred thousand trichina in its
muscles, and that the rats which were found
to contain certain trichina were as lively as
rats well can be, the poisoning by trichina
sinks down to a very small affair, if a littlo
precaution is used.
I trust our pork raisers and pork-consumers
will not be over-alarmed, but cook,
smoke, salt, boil and fry our excellent Ameri
can pork as usual, and feel perfectly safe in
eating the same.
We have the trichina here, but people
have got over the first scare, and cat as much
pork as ever.
We have no rinderpest or cholera in this
country as yet.
I have the honor to bo, sir, your very
obedient servant, Geo. R. Hanskn,
United States Consu.nl at Elsinore '
Popping the Question. Josh Billings
gives the following opinion on slow men
ho hang back and won t pop the question :
"Dear Cora : I kaut giv no sartin resip-
pee tew make a feller pop the question. Sum
men are arful slow on a court ; tha are like
olde houn dogs, all tha want iz to be sure
tha aro on the right track, and flon't sccui
tew kare if tha don't never cum up with the
game, it I was a gai, ana one ov tui kidu
ov dogs got after ine, I wud bole rite off,
and it he didn't commence tu dig me out at
onst, I shud know he waz only hunting for
fun."
Oil in Cuba. The digging for oil in Cuba
has in many cases been successful. The oil
found is the same as that of Pennsylvania.
Cooking;
tha curse of Israel's God.
"Hint I" exclaimed a figure, stepping in
front of the window ; open the door, I have
Knatnosa fnr Trill "
"Rather cast business hours, I should
aw hut who are you."
... j
"Ha one tnat would narra you, uu
th volci!. which I imagined wa rather
faminin. far a htirfrlar a.
"Nor no one that can r 1 repuea, ratner
emphatically by way of a warnmgr as I
tiohtnnprl ml cmn OU the Pimnwr, auu vru-
r-enrlnd to the door. I pushed back the
hnlt and slowly opening the door, discover
ed the stranger already upon the steps.:
"Whst do you wantr t aorupuy en
quired.
STJ TT Tjr B
oh 31, 1866.
R-sr , .
A.M.
5.50
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Drillers la -,'IUTE
K UEU ASH COAsU,
1. ' wariiti
Airenuj, westward, of the Celebrated Henry
Lowkb Wbav, Bcuscar, P.
urv. Jau. 13, 1866.
TAILORING
J V SCHAFFEB.
PECTFl'LLY inform, tho MM of 8UH- J?
and vicini,y, that .. U. opened . ft JSSt .
Leavo Sorantou,
Kingston,
, Rupert,
ti Danville.
Air. Northumborland
NORTHWARD.
Leave Northumberland, 8 0S
Danville, . .,
Rop4, , 9 I A. M
Kingston, 135 83?
Arr. atSoranton, - "
IT .-: laaaina) kltlM tVYtl BL B.OU A. M .
too, eonneot with Train arriving at New York at 6.3S
rr.'JT.. w..K.,mv,i.nrf a: 8.00- A. M. and Kings
ton 2 30 P. M. connect with the Train arriving at
New York at 10.66 P.M.
Paaengers taking Train South from Boranton at
k ill A M. via Northumberland, reach Uarrisbarg
liao P M.. Baltimore 6.30 P. M., Washington 10-
00 P. M. viaRupert re- "okVl; 8u $ i."
Kingston, Nov. 26, leoa.
. M.
460
6 10
8 53
! 9 30
10 15
3 05
8.40
4 15
;. 6 65
8.10
for Scran
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for
Tallorl
vim over
a,L Pedler Country Store., .prngguu, anuau
" . . - li. .Ki ms .mi bimni
- . ,l. I HBtmc M ounui.... r-
Parniworth'. oroeery, v. mafl for 85 cts.; wbolsaal. par
g Hhop,
Hotel, Sunbury, wn.r. Jf rTZ .WU. r? W
lehisoi aii aiiM - I assv e
aim. manner. , L..,n,l eoyiw
Free
Canvassers
ilL
n MumraAlaran.
S Water tH.,K T.
S3er l fti variety
mine maun-. , ,v. i-i. lor a nam Bnyi i"
-. b. hop! i to render mmsI -atWSeitoD th Mewmoth StorjofT
n work U r-raully.iototod.- w li'J?. W; tlllM
"No ! no 1" she exclaimed, hastily seizing
mv arm : Mt awaits anotner occupant r
"Madam, you certainly do not intend
to"
'Are yon ready ?" she interrupted impa
tiently. holding the handkerchief to my eyes.
The thought flashed a cross my mina that
the intended to push me into the vault, and
bury me and my secret together, bue seemed
I saw the lion gathering up his flanks for a
bound, but the soldier, a figure ol
gigantic strength, grasping the nostrils oi
tlin monster with one hand, and with the
other shortening his spear, drove the steel,
. i : .1 1 ...... , iln .Via linn's
Wltil odu rcaistiuoB imusi, -
forehead. Horse, lion aud rider fell, and
continued struggling together.
In the next moment, a mass of cavalry
came thundering down the ravine. Ucy
had broken off from their marcu iiiruugn
the accident of rousing a straggling lion,
to read the suspicion, and continued : "Do Rn j followed him in the giddy ardor of the
not be alarmed. You are not the man 1" rlinse The sight now before them was
I could not mistake the truth or the fear- , to annul the boldest intrepidity.
ful meaning of the remark, and I shuddered jhe yaiPy was filled with the vast herd ;
as I bent my bead to the handkerchief. My retreat was impossible, for the troops came,
eyes were carefully bandaged as before, and af:ii rmnrimr in bv the only pass: and from
i-j . . u. -..v. . i ,1 r -o . i . , . . - " i
1 WBB leu tu mu uuu, auu uju unicu in'mo i sudden descent OI me gieu, uiau (iv4
by a more circuitous route, li possible, tnnn Kr n-rA rnild head foremost among tue
linra. noitlliT man DOr UlOOSlCr COUIU TO
the one by which we came. Arriving in
voice, "it you car open mo moved, and 1 stepped irora tne vehicle, a heavy spears of the legionaries plunged
enough for rue to enter." ' - '. J1 - purse of five hundred dollars was placed in tur0URh bone and brain. The lions, made
finmain" said I. resolutely, tarowing my hand, and In a moment tne cao ami its n,nr bv wounds, sprang upon tne
the door ajar, and proceeded to light a can- mysterious occupant had turned the comer powerful horses and bqre them to the ground,
dl. Havine succeeded. I turned to ex- and were out of sight. or flew at the trooper's throats, and crushed
amine the visitor, lie was a small and j entered the shop, and the purse of gold or dragged away cuirasa and buckler. The
neatly dressed gentleman, wita.a neavy was the only evidonce I could summon n I Taiey was a struggling Ueap o( Human ana
Raglan around nia snoniaers, wu -uiui mj pewnaerment, mat m w i uu i savage battles; men, lion anucuargi-r, wmu
navy cap drawn suspiciously over the eyes, dote and witnessed was not a dream. ig an( rolling in agonies, till their forms
a I uiveniwi towara mm. jwmmw t ft if I ar tliA lariv ana I wita undiaLiniruianauio. luo kihu.
hesitate a moment, men raueu w i
hia forehead, and looked me curious
tba face. I did not drop the candle,
aoVnAwledoed to a HttU ervousnees
"
linrrlArllw nlaced the lleut on tue tauie, ssu i ., , ,u; j
r.--- r , "' uwJ IV.:..' 7. " i" mA .11 .nl nm
silently proceeaen to iwv - i aent 0f gan rrancisco. , .1 tresn tuirsi nr goro, i
liiw,. . . I mo U11D tY nuiuu TOO ;aiiio. niiMiuK .m i nrfl,
"I will tell you," answered the same son front of t,le l)OU80 tbe handkerchief was re- ,rr Th conflict was terrible, and the
the gentleman tuken from the vault walking cries or tho legionaries, too aerei.
J n i:,,.i ln Mnntonmnrv afreet. I do not manirlod horses, snd the roars ana nowuug.
but l know, but iklieve the sleeping husband of the lions, bleeding with the sword snd
.Mil ,, ;,v,i a,. nif anil 1.1a bones are I insAr. teaiinn? the dead, darting up tue inns
lwwB f.uw v - - - I I o - . . - , . .
I TI,a u f la at ill a real- I in tprrnr and rushing aown
thrM er necessary articles of clothing,
As the Lord iivetn, my visitor wu iuj,
.n'l tiA lama for whom I had opened ' tba
the little bo about a montb before t Baw
leg ootrfbleted my hasty toilette, I attempted
" . I afAsa tsn alllAridsl
to stammer an apoioKy 1
but utterly failed. The lact iw p-
founded. 1 .. 1 - , - tj,
. Rmilinor at tnr discern uiu re, uo au
- "Disguise ia useless r I preou-S you recog
nize met". -' J ;- ; ' r' ,
.it uit. t tnid woa. madam. I anon id
not aoon forget your face -la wba rwy
can I serve your
A now and very good imitation of the
nf fnrv .nri linrrnr.
But matt was IUO cuuquorcr j "
scarred by the apear, and tnionea
last issue of the aity cent unamm scrips " - m in one 1k)(, .
sue printing ia i iu vi M . -
maila ite aDDearance,
not so fine ss on the genuine, aunougn iue
fronts are done in good style. They are
executed better than any previous counter-
felt, and liable to deceive unless cioseiy ex
amined,
for the ravine, overtherw everything in their
way, and burst from the valley, awakening
the desert for many a league wltu their
roars.
A traveler stopped at an inn to breakfast,
By , aoing half aa tour's worit Wore
ivlia-hk tomorrow, and receii log flt4
dred- aellare for your labor "yea -U Itfuy. j F'TSZT Frenchman: profound-
What a queer fellew that Frenchman must ! and basing drank a cup of what was given
have beeii who fot twenty years lovea a iaoy, te ntus, tue servant asKea, - r ua am j
and neves missed passing Ms evenings at take sir, tea or cofleet" "That depeads upon
her boose, one became a wiaow. wum i circumstance., was mo
'If , what
.'. ..V hTnra i hat BOOM, CUB uww at w.uu. . uniuuun. tJ - u
boor a wor teiors t d . . . i . wu . j waot coffee; if it
dayligbt tsvmorrow, wrewUWg W 1-. woman Jou have so long adorned." was coffee, I want tea. I w-t a change." -
r I., Mir. w..bw.... - s h . . ....
latairinglr.
I ,n..i.L
A fellow that doesnt beneflt tbe world by
bit life, does by Ws deatrt.
The Trichina.
The following is a copy of a despatch re
ceived at tho State Department, from our
Consul at Elsinore:
Consulate of the Ukited States of
America ai Elsnoiie, May 9, 1806.
lion. F. W. Seirard, Attutant Secretary of
Stale, Washington:
Sir : From our American papers I notice
that the question of trichina in hogs also
commences creating some excitement in the
States. The report or the terrible mortality
in Germany, caused by the eating of pork
infected with trichina, created great excite
meut here, and many examinations of pork
and bams, as well in the raw state as salted,
smoked and cooked, have been made. From
sKa natwsful manner In which these examina
tions have been made, and from the published
results, I am fully persuaded that pork
i,.,r,.i,..l1v altfil and smoked, and well
nr.nLi.il ia oji harmless as pork ever has been
It is the eating of tbe unboiled or but very
imperfectly smoked ana saitea meat, as sau
sages, etc., so largely consumed in Germany,
where the presence and danger of live trichi
na may be expected.
I shall take the liberty here to allude to
few of the examinations which have been
made hero, and their results, not so much
because they may add anything new, but
that they may be usetul In sustaining laci
alrenrlv rvnorted UDOn.
One of the first experiments was made with
a amnkttd ham. which waa found to contain
trichina in luccapsuiee. noiwuusiuuiun
ham had been smoked and salted. Tbe
finding of these trichina created a great
non; ti.A limn and the noHce flually sue
nternart cf the ham,
" " O j. 1.U ,,m
r.n.pim.nti VIArA at OI1CC U1SUO will.
.-X. v .1.-11 i, fintail the minute ex
uoiu, a auan v . - i
.n;..iinn. hut merely give the. general
..if nA nnund of this bsm was fed to
-i- . v.in,i. anamination had sst-
P l9'TSt " r-Trrfeetly free from
hum uo --" 7 -.f1(m by tbe Pig
trlcmna. u . . - -
with great avidity. After an expirsticn of
" .K ..t .imA tha niir was killed and
r.-ie:rend foud p-fcetl,. free
front trichina. ' t " j
A piece of raw pojk was ntxi mwd;
and found to contain live trichina. .The
xperiment with this pork waa made on ran
t. .. . Tha twn rabbits, which were after
wards fed with tbia muat. weie afterward.
REC1PEN, Ac.
Straw
and Freatervlne;
berrteat.
As the season for this delicious fruit is at
and, we make the following extracts from
Fulhr'i Strawberry CulturM, which may
assist onr readers in disposing of a surplus,
after having, of course, dealt liberally with
their friends :
Strawberry Short Cakf.s. Iuto tbrto
pints of flour rub, dry, two teaspoons heap
ing full of cream tartar; add half a cup of
butter, a little salt, a teaspoon of soda, dis
solved in a pint of milk and water. Mix
quickly and thoroughly, roll to an inch in
thickness, and baKe twenty miautca in m
quick oven.
Take a quart of strawberries, and add
cream snd sugar to make a sauce. For this
purpose small-sized, ratner acid berries, wun
spngntiy navor are prcierauiw.
When the snort-cane is aouc, uivmc n m
three layers, butter them, and spread the
strawberries in between. Eat while warm.
Strawberry Dumpi.inos. Crust to bo
mnrli" tlin same as directed for short enke ;
roll half an inch thick ; put about a gill of
strawberries for each dumpling. Bake,
steam or boil half an hour.
Strawberry Pies. Lino your pie dish
with crust made in the usual manner: fill
the dish with good ripe strawberries of me
dium sizo ; sprinkle on a little flour and
sugar iu proportion to the acidity of the
berries. Cover with a thin crust.
Ki-MAwneHRY Jam. For every pound of
strawlcrrieB take three-quarters cf a pound
of sugar. The berries suouia oe masneu in
a nreserving kettle, and the sugar thor
oughly mixed with them. Boil from twenty
minutes to nan an uour, oumug himmuuj.
Strawberry Jelly. Take strawberries
when fullv rioo. straiu. and to each pint of
juice add'a pint of the best rt-flued sugar.
Uoil briskly, BKlinming wuen neceaaaryj
ten or fifteen minutes, or until it will jelly,
which may be known by dropping in a nine
cold water. If done, it will fall to tne bot
tom in a mass.
Strawberry Cream. Mash the fruit
gently ; drain it on a sieve ; strew a little
iugsr onlt; when well drained (without
being pressed) add sugar and cream to the
1uicend, if too thick, a little milk. Whisk
in a bowl, and as the froth rises lay U on a
sieve : when no more will rise, put the
cream in a dish and lay tbe froth upon ir.
To Preserve Strawberries without
Sugar. Put the fruit in the preserving
keX snd. if very dry, add a little aer
to prevent burning. Boil about three mln
utes, or just long enough to be sure the
whole ma, is thorough y heated-not
cooked. Dip ieto cans, tilling them com
pletcly; seal quickly, and set in a cool
place. (Glass W coutaiuing fruit should
be kept lu a dark place or covered with
dark colored paper.) Open, and add sugar
several hours beiore using.
Strawberry Wikk. To one gallon of
juice, strained, add two and a half pouuds
of sugar, (no water;) let it stand in an open
vessel twenty-four hours, occasionally skim
ming off the scum that rises. Then fill the
cask in which it is put, full, reserving
enough to fill up, as, fa the process of fer
mentation, it runs over, vi ucu tun mu
tation is completed, stop tigniiy. et siaou
three months, draw off and bottle.. .
Rtuiwieibi- ahd ClabT. Over three
auarts of strawberries pour one bottle of
daiet wine. Add susar to suit the
tsata, ....
w.j
,y, jay 13 m -ly
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