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Attorney and fjonnaellora) at I Jw Chesnut Street, weet of the H. 0. and P. A S. KaQ, road Depot, In th building lately oocupied by . F. Laiarui, Esq., ' 1 " SXTITBTJIfVe FBlsTN'-A.. Collection and all Profesilonal baiinen f rompUy attended to in Northumberland and adjoining Coun lia. s 'P1?17- Attorney and Counsellor at Iaw, 'Offio en outh !d of Market street, doors East . of the N. 0. Railroad, e-CT3STBTTI"5r, PA. Will attend promptly to all profoseiontl bunnee 'entrusted to his care, the collection of claims in -Northumberland and the adjoining counties. Sunbnry, April 13, 1867. EDWIN A-EVANS, ATTORNEY A.T LAW, Market Square, sear the Court House, 8UKBURY, Northumberland County, Pa, -'Collections promptly attended to in this and adjoin ing Counties. April 13, 1867. J J. R. HXLBUSK SUKVEY0E AND CONVEYANCE AND JUSTICE OF TUB PEA CE. Walmnov. Northumberland County, PtntCa Offioe in Jackson township. Engagement can be made by letter, direoted to the above address. All butinem entrusted to hi care, will be promptly attended to. April 22. 1867. ly Wh. M. RoCKBFJtLLBR. liLOVD T. ROHBSACH. EOCKEFELLER & E0HEBACH. SlUlKV, PJGi'A. OFFICE the same that has been heretofore occu pied by Wm. M. BoikcfeIler,Iq., nearly op posite the residence of Judge J ordan. Sunbury, July 1, 1WJ4. ly JbobobHii-l, . Bmo P. Wolvbbtob. HILL & WOLVERTON. ittorney and Counnelom at BTJNBUBY, FA.. tTT ILL attend to the collection of all kinds of YV I claiml, including Baok Pay, Bounty and Pen s. apl. 1, '06. ions. ATTORNEY AT X.AW, Korth Bide of Public Square, one door east of the Old Uank Building. SUNBURY, PENN'A. Collections and all Professional business promptly I extended to in the Court of Northumberland and adjoining Counties. Bunhury.Sept. 15, 1806. . JNO. KAY CLEMENT, Business In thi and adjoining counties carefully and promptly attteoded to. Offioe in Market Street, Third door west of Smith et toremner dioto ana iinw owiv, HHJUBI KY PE.li.li'A. I. II. IMAOIsEK, k tteran fit Iaw. SUNBUKV, PA. f n.iiioniinn. ttndd to in the counties of Nor thumbvrland. Union. Snyder, Montour, Columbia and Lycoming. BBFEnBNCB. Itnn. John M. Reed, Philadelphia, A. O. (Juttull A Co., " Hon. Wm. A. Porter, " MnHnn MnMinbnAl. Km.. 11 K. Kotcham A Co., 289 Pearl Street, New York. John W. Asbmead, Attorney at Law, Matthews A Cox, Attorneys at Law, Sunbury, March 21), 1W2. JACOB SHIPMAN, riBB A.ND LIFE INSURANCE AGENT BUNUUUY, PENN'A. BBPBESEMTI .Furmnra Mutual Fire Insuranoe Co.. York Pa.. Vallev Mutual Protection Co., ew York Mutual Life.Oirard Life of Pbil'a. IIart- ord Coun. Uenoral Aociuent. . . unbury, April 7, ly. W. J. W0LVEET0N, ATl'OIEVA'rUW. Market Street, S doors west of Dr. Eyster's Store. SUNBURY, PENN'A. AH professional business in this and adjoining eeun- ties promptly auenaea io. Sunbury, November 17, 1866. Jy UK. U. I. P1IY8ICIAN AN P SURGEON NORTHUMBERLAND, PA- DR. LUMLEY has onened an offioe in Northum berland, and offer bis serrioea to the people of that olsce and the adjoining: townships. Office next door to Mr. Scott' Shoe Store, where be can found at all boura. Northumberland August 19,1865. JEEEMIAH 8NYDEE, Attorney Cossnaellor at 1 Jiw. ML'.iIlUt V, JP4. ' 3lUtrIt t Attorney for ortlium- tsttrland County. -Sunbury, March 81, 1866. :y I, IBASBOLTZ, C. 8. WOLVIBTOB, X. :P. lEaSBOLTX COAL! COAL! COAL! fllHE subscribers respectfully infosm .the oiti tens of 1 bunburv ana viciaiiv, mat tuey nave openeo, a COAL YARD UJ- Haas A Co'sLower Wharf, Snnbury, Ia. arhera thai are nreDared to sunDlv ail 'kinds of Sha- inokin Coal, at cheap rate. Families and other promptly supplied. Country custom -respectfully aelicited. " WJASkUlUlx a. vu Sunbury, Jan. 12, 1867. ' Ch ATJ r.O A T . IT fill A T 1 1 I ! 4 S.M.M-M , , ihlpper V vVboleaale At Ketall Dealer tn .1VIUTG Av BED AH11 COAL, In everv varietr. ' ' Role A eents. westward, of the Celebrated Henry Clay Coal. . . Lows Wham, Susatar, P. . . Sunbur, Jaa. iS, m. . . : : " WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER In every variety f - ANTHRACITE C 0 A L, rrnna Wharf. TJHBTJHY. Pwnn'a. rirOrdars solicited and Ailed with proiptnei and desnatcn. Bunburyi May li, 868.-y " "T BerraxY toe boldiehs. -r niVII made ananaatnanU la WaahinctoB City, I for tbe prompt eollection of Bounty under the lit ActofCongrea. I bv. alw riv4 e pro. per blanks to prepare tbe olaims. Boldier eoUUed f . .w .hmilrf annlvimmediaUlr. as it is a- Umatad that It wlU require threa year to djast all vu.o. .. .J ... .V ..J J All soldier wno enuatea " oi-- J"" w- have not reoetved more lata iu ooaniy miw suuuw ." .... k.n.A. ,.r iKia Ant a well a aoldlars wha v L,. ihraa vaar and disobaried aftor a eervio of two year, oy reason n ouuu.i..l ottaaase ooBtraeiea i uoawiuv wl MaeeoBwao LLOYD T ROHRBACH tunbury, Aagust IS, 18M. Sr. CHA8, AETHTJE, IDomuopatlitC auijpician. Graduate of ttft ttomosopathls Medical College of fennsyivania. OrricB. Market Square opposlU the Court Hon, SUNBURY. PA. Offioe Hours 7 to 9 morning ; 1 to l-r afternoon ; , T to 8 evening. . , "J T -A. O O B O. IB E CK, MERCHANT TAILOR, And Dealer la : CLOTHS, CA8SIMERES, VESTING, &C. Fawa street, aontli orweaver' Hotel, March 31, 1866. ' ' ' '. AUGUSTA HOTEL, HAMUEX. MAJt, Proprietor, (Formerly of the Mansion House, Mahonoy City, ocnuyiaiii oouuij, r a.; Ia Cake' Addition, near the Machine Bhops, . sxrisrBXTinr, pbnn'a. Transient and Dormanent boarder will find thi a most comfortable house and possessing the advan tages of convenience to the railway and business part of the town. Being newly furnished with all th modern household improvements, there is every fa cility for the convenient accommodation of guest. Uood stabling and experienced hostlers lo attend ance. Sunbury, June 22, 1867. ELEVENTH A MARKET 5T8., PHILADEL A. fTUIIS new and elegant House is bow open for the X reception of guests. It ha been fitted up (a a manner equal to any in the country. The looatlon being central makes it a very desirable (topping place, both for Merchants and parties visiting the city. The parlor are spacious, and elegantly turn islied. The tables will be supplied with all the deli cacies the market will afford, and it is the intention of the Proprietor to keep in every respect a First Olas Hotel. Term $3 00 per day. CUR LIS DAVIS, Proprietor. February 2, 1867. 6m . DR. J. 8. ANGLE, nRADUATE of Jefferson Medical College, with " Ara nan nrantioe. offer hi professional Ser vices to the oitisens of Sunbury and vicinity will attend all oalls promptly. OFFICE Market Street, opposite Weaver's Hotel. OrricB Hours ) from 8 to 10 A. M. , I ' 2 to o i". M. Sunbury, April 27, 1867. 1 AMBE0TYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. Corner Market 4 Fawn Street, SUNBURY, Fa. 8. BYERLY, Proprietor, Photograuh, Ambrotypes and Melalootype taken la toe best style ol me art. ! , iy . ... 33. C. QOBIN, Attorney and Counsellor at xuaw. BOONVILLE, COOPER CO , MISSOURI. WILL pay taxes on lands In any part or th State. Buy and sell real Estate, sad all other matters entrusted to mm win receive prompt atten tion. July 8, 1865. oct la, 'fl. ' . UNION HOTEL- CHAN. ITZKbU Proprietor. In Cake Additicn to SUNBURY, near the Peon 'a. , Railroad Company's Shop. , - - PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT BOARDER8, kept who will find ample accommodations. Good cooks and waiters, boarders can enjoy the quiet com. forts of home with rare equal to tne nest nouis. - itis Liquors are oi tne cnoioest xinas. Sunbury, June 8, 1867. 1 DOUTY HOUSE, J. S. IIAsL.1., Proprietor, Corner Sunliury and Rock Btrteti, SIIAMOKIN, PENN'A. rpniS HOUSE I now open for the reception of 1 guests, and being new, spacious ana attractive. has all the facilities and advantage of ailKoT CLASS HOTEL. Th deeping apartment are airy and comfortable, and the furniture entiiely new. The Bar and Table will be supplied with th best in tne market. The patronage of the public I olioited. April 13, 1867. Mount Carmel Hotel. MT. CARMEL, Northumberland Co., Fa. THOS. BURKET, Proprietor. Thi lar commodious Hotel la located near tbe depot of the Shamokin Valley and tbe Quakake This house is looated in the centre of tbe Coal Re New vara Kaiiroaai. -xrainaarnveaaaaepariuBiiy. gion and affords the best accommodations to travelers and permanent oustomer. jay a E0TJ3E, CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. rPHlS well known Hotel, situate near tbe corner X of Ninth A Chesnut Street, Philadelphia, is, on aooount of it superior location and excellent aoonm modation, one of the best and most desirable stop ping places in the city. ' u. w . tLAAAUA, proprietor February 16, 1867. 6m .- IIEUDIC HOUSE, '.14. A. I PSO.I, S-P't, ' WILLIAMSPQBT. PA. "' May 2i, 1867. 6u , . . .'-.. i AYER'S SARSAPARILLA, 13 a concentrated ex tract of the choice root, so combined with ether sub stance of still rreater al terative power as to anord an eneouiai aauaote lor tissue 6araanarilla is re puted to cure. ' auob a remedy I surely wanted by those who suffer from Slrumou complaint, and Jtbat ene wbiod will aocom nliih Ih.ir eura must nrove. as wis nas srorea, o W'0" itisen. How eompletely this eoapoand w Ul I QO it. 1 bu been proreo by xparimeat on miay of tb worst cause to be found in invxoiiowiDK oo id pi tun li . Scrofula, Scrofulous Bwcllingt and Boret, bkm Duwaws, Pimple, Pustul, BBS, IHUWUBI, fsmilUViM, v. Ul.i.i... T..na.n. U. Eryaipelaa, Tetter or Salt ILhenm. Hoald. Head. mil. worm. a. th.Mtem by the prolonged uh of thi. Bab...- au. and the natient is left la cooperative health. fiviMini sr rmrMj ihsh uimue inn Fisui Dis4otu.ut eaused by Horofula in the blood, and are often soon cured by this Kitbaot or IllllMULLl. . Do sot reject thi invaluable madleln. because tou have been 1 mooted a too BV esmatBius pretana- log toe JSareapanlU, while It was aot. When you have used Avaa theo,aad bo till taea, wm yoa know the virtues of Saraaparilla. Far miaeto par ticulars of th diseases it cure, we refer yea to Ay er's American Almanac, which th agent below emed arill fnratih rati to all wao eall for it. . ' 1 : Air. K b UjauAaVHU riLUS, lot tne cwreoi CoaUvoneae, Jauudiee, Dyspepsia,. Indigestion, Dys entery, feu! Mtomaeh, Uaadaobe, file, tiaeuma- ttsea, aeanemni arenas; rrout wiaaraarsn otuiuacu, Pain or Morbid Jaaeuea of the Bowela, Vletnteecy, ' Los of Appetite. Liver Oonplaint, Bropiy Woraia. Oout, Neuralgia, and a IXaar Fill, are Bbe,all- They are so far eoalea a taas tne asos sensitive . , .1 1.1. 1 . A MHM.M.t can use iom wm j" 7 7 Aperient in the world for all th purpaoia CsaUy k. A 1. O. AYE&8 .00.. Lewell, Mass ' and Bold bv all DragguM Oa IB 'medicia everywhere.. ' i-'-- ; TCE CREAM rRBElBKB ana naiey rateas 1 Cloth WriBger, for sal bT unwwei n mm 14 mWB anbury, Jsly T, 1UI. m- MAeVMrava Pw' MISCELLANEOUS, slow the Pacific Railway la Built. From an able correspondent of tho Cln- clunati Gazette, who accompanied the icoa torial party, we learn the mod tit operandi of the construction of the great trans-continen tal toad, which it steadily progressing at tbe rate of two miles per day. "1 nere is really little known by the peo ple of tbe character of tbe enterprise. Most think that a company of capitalists are has tily putting down a rude track, over wnicu cars can be moved with care, for the purpose of lecuring land and money from tne gov ernment. That fact is, that one of tbe most complete roads of which the country can boast, with equipments that surpass many, Is being laid with a speed that fails to im press the nation, simply because it ia not believed. But let tbe facts tell their plain but wonderful story. "General J. S. and D. C. Casement, of Ohio, grade the road, lay the track, and put up the telegraph. The graders go first. There are two thousand of them. -Their ad vance is near the Boach Hills.1 They protect themselves and are digging the great forti fication which makes the future sure for us, on through tbe Indian battle fields while the daily fight goes on. Their work is done to Julesburg. ' ' '" ' "VI tie-getters ana wood choppers tuere are one thousand five hundred. Their axes are resounding in the Black Hills, over Laramie Plains, and in the passes of the rocky mountains. They have one hundred thousand ties in these hills awaiting safe guards for trains to haul them. ' A. mile In advance of the track layers are the squads which place the ties. There are three of these. First, however, the engi neers set their levelling stakes at distances of one hundred and fifty feet on the straight line and fatty feet on curves. At each of these points sawed ties are placed and lev elled by tbem. Then come two men with a measuring rod, marking off spnees equal to the length of a rail, and also the half of this space'. Those sawed tfcs are laid by tbe second squad, to give firm support to tbe ends and middle of each rail. These are placed by sighting along the guide tics, and the bed is then ready for the iron. "Now go back twenty miles on the road and look at the immense construction trains loaded with tics, and rails, and all things needed for the work. It is like the grand reserve of an army. Six miles back are other trains of like character.. These are the second line. Next, near the terminus, and following it hour by hour are tbe board ing cars and a construction train, which answer to the actual battle line. Tbe one is the camp ; the other is the ammunition used in the fight. "Tbe boarding cars are each eighty feet long. Some are fitted with berths ; two are dining halls ; one is a kitchen, store room and ofilce. Under the whole those men who prefer fresh air have swung hammocks. Itilles are bung over head, plentiful in num ber, loaded and convenient The party protect itself without attention from the government. The track-laying gang num bers 400. On the 850 miles already built there are 1,000 track repairers constantly improving the road bed. "The boarding cars go in advance. Tuey are pushed to the extremity of the track ; a construction train then runs up, unloads its material and runs back to bring-anntner from the second Hoe. The boarding train is then run back till it has cleared the uuloaded material. "Three trucks, each drawn by two horses, ply between the track layers ocd their sup. plies. The horses rnn outside the track, pulling with a long tow line, as boats are moved on canal.. .They must bo out of the way of the workmen.. One of thero trucks takes on a load of rails, about forty, with the proper proportion of spikes and chairs, making a load, when the horses are started off on a full crallop for tbe track layers. ' On each side of these trucks are rollers to facili tate running off the iron. On reaching the end of tbe last rail the truck is stopped. A single horse is attached to move it over each successive rail. Meantime, the track last emptied has been turned on its side to allow the loaded one to go to the front. Tho two horses released are started back on a keen gallop fur another supply.' The third one moves np in like manner, and thus through all' the ' day are rushing .forward with their iron load.. To see tbeui, and re flect what their rush and roaring means, is as exciting as it ever was to watch tbe bat tery thunder into position stli needed mo ment, at the vital point ia its line. "Tbe rails within reach, parties of five men stand on either side One in tbe rear throws' a rail upon tbe rollers, three- in ad vance seize it and run out with it to the proper, distance, Tho chairs have, mean time,' ico set nndec the. last rails pjoced. The two men- in the rear,, with ft-single swlhe. force the end of "the' rail into the thair, and the chief of the sqnads calls out "down," in a tone tliat equals the "forward" to an army. i Kvery Mnirty seconds there came that brave "down," "down," on either side of the track. ' They were the pendulum beats of a jnighty era;' they marked the time of the march and its regulation step. : "One of the rear men drove the cars in addition to handing the rail. . Tbe horses started as each rail full into its place, and tho truck rolled on to the end of it ; a second rail was projected into the wilderness, with the same precision and baste ; then came the magio "down," tbe car moved on again, and another length was accomplished. . Two spikers followed each rail, one par ty a little in advance of the other. , One rail was fastened at the end and at the mid. die. .The seoond party then drew the op P", rJB. ineu 1 H at the middle and end. Then came other . . i . . . : . , . , quads of spikers, moving along with the precision of a military drill, each bavina- a particular spike to flrivd, ar no one inter fering with another,'. .'Truck liners followed .1 I .L - ! -' I . n 1 . 1 muse, sou wiiu tueir crowunrs recuneu toe line,).Tb fiUersame-laat.y Gier party of these1 ilte'd1 and racked1 Hha-spaoes at the ends and .middle of . the rails ; tbe other coupUted, the iotermadiata. intervals, and tbe Job wsi reft till-the qoads of track re pairers should come up 'and 'finish the; bal lasting. Bat' as the fillers leave K,' full train) can ran pveYntwun taiety at twenty miles a j90Uf. , . I "These are, the dry details. , Let tbe read ar picture the scene. The rush of the load ed truck; the suooessivc dropping of rails in place ; the rattle pr tne spiker t hammer, sounding like a hotly contended skirmish ; the roar of tbe distant supply trains moving up: the resounding of the frequent signals, near at ban:1 the universal bustle: tbe "rurnbl and cru ruble and roar" of the won- derful advance'- Let the elements Of aavaga war tar and the actual presence of hostile Sioux along the bluffs ba woven into this picture, and together It forms one that the world has not seen before, and which the stories of maglo can scarcely equal.' "Nor Is any of this energy wasted. If It is asked : "How does the work go on I" again let the facts answer. On the 0th of May, 18Q0, but forty miles of road were completed. In a hundred and eighty-two working days thereafter two hundred and forty-five additional miles were laid and pflt in prime condition, every rail, and tie, and spike having been brought up from the rear. Seven saw mills furnish the ties and lumber. All bridges are framed, the pieces num bered, and set up where wanted without tho least delay. The bridge at Loup Fork is fifteen hundred feet long. ?nd as fine a Howe truss as can be found in the land. While our train was rnnning the sixty miles from North Platte, over a mile of track had been put down and one train passed over it. From one o'clock till four in the afternoon a mile and two hundred feet were added to this while the party were looking on. The progress was astonishing, and the more so because the ground was wet and the soil stiff and bard with alkali. "Unless driven off by Indians, which does not now seem probable, tbe road will touch the base of the Rocky Mountains the coming autumn. The California end has already reached a point about a hundred miles east, and is descending' the eastern slope of the Sierra Ncvadas into the valley of the Hum boldt. It is confidently expected thst Salt Lake will be reached next year, and that 1870 will seethe whole line completed. While the nation has scarcely beard of what was being done, the work has been near one third accomplished." New York Sliopt.lrln linr-rlctinnd IviyMterlca ofSewinp; Women. A correspondent of th Watchman and Reflector is presenting some pictures of lifo among the lowly in New York, some of which are enough to cause any friend of humanity to weep as well as tremble, in view of the temptations to which thousands of the innocent but unfortunate are exposed: Last week I gave a description of the every day life of one of the thirty thousand sew ing girls of New York. I shall tins week present another picture a different phase of the same sad life for tho contemplation of the philanthropist and the Christian. One day last winter there came into my office a young girl whom I had known when she was a little child, light hearted and happy, on ber father's farm in Now Jersey. Misfortune overtook her father, nnd she was eventually left sn orphan. Having an uncle m ftcw York, she came here to live- i iy were in good circumstances, and made Min nie welcome ; but a few months later the uncle was led into speculation, and lost everything he had. Jn this position of af fairs Minnie soucht for employment, and found it ; but such employment. She came to me, having learned my whereabouts, to solicit aid. She was now eighteen years old and remarkably beautiful. It was piteous to listen to her story. "1 get up at six o clock," in substance, "dress myself in the cold, eat a mouthful of something little enough there is to eat and hurry to the shop. AVe are not allow ed to warm ourselves by the fire, no matter how cold or wet we may be. and all clay long I am shivering. My work is making paper bags, at thirty-five cents a thousand "And how many can you make in a clay 1" "One thousand, when I work hard." Thirty-five cents for a wholo day of hard labor, in a cold room, surrounded by girls who are prohibited strictly from conversing with each other, and among whom it is grave offense to look out of a window or stand a moment by a stove. "Tbe first day I was there," said Minnie, "I felt so bad that I couldn t keep from cry ing and when I turned and spoke to the girl who worked next to mo, she started In af fright, and made no answer. Tho overseer of tho room is a cross man, and he came and told mo to go home if I wanted to talk they didn't allow any gabbling there." I put on my overcoat and walked with Minnie to the shop where she worked, to see for myself. It was a loner, barren room on the fourth story of the buildinsr, with a chilly air upon it that sent a shiver through me. It was about noon time a little after and the overseer chanced to be away. About a score of girls from ten to fifteen years of age, were seated at long tables. with piles of brown paper and pots of paste before tbem. Great was their astonishment when I took my place at Minnie's side to watch her work, for there was a card on the door which said "Positively no admittance. These faces were, without exception, sad and sickly, and they bent over their work with a weary air that touched me almost to tears. 1 The most expert of these girls is able to earn about three dollars a week, I was told ; many earn less. None of them pay less than three dollars a week for their board. How, then, do tbey live t How clothe themselves! Can you unriddle this puzzle t Good men and women are shuddering over it every iflay. lit was Minnie's misfortune that the had never been taught to work. How could her parents have foreseen ber destiny I I sought long in vain to find her employment more remunerative, in which she was capable of engaging. While thus seeking, I beard from ber occasionally First there came tbe plea sant tidings that the cross overseer treated her with especial kindness spoke to ber cheerfully, and gave her the lightest work to do that the place afforded. She was so gladdened by this, in tbe in nocence of her heart I And then, not long after, came another word ; ha bad grossly insulted ber, and when she repulsed htm, had turned her from tbe shop with curses. Does my reader understand what all this means t I have related the incident only to illustrate, as modestly aa may be, tbe perils which beset tbe sbop girt You will fail of realizing tbe ghastliness of this subject, if you lose sight of tbe fact that those who suffer thus, and are tempted thus who lead a lite or rrlendlessness, only exchangeable for drearier horror of hunger and cold, and exhaustive toil, the release from which can be bought bat with death or shame-'-are a vast army In numbers. There are thousands who want even for tbe miserable privileges of such toil aa I have tried to picUra-r-wbo perish by the way sida, ear by year. No night pasaea over your head that does not cover with its dark ness some poor girl wandering the streets of New York hungry, weary, . friendless, ut terly! forlorn 1 who has no refuge but to give herself into the banda of a policeman, to be taken to the - station-house, that she may sleep on ita bare floor, in company with tbievea, oruskarda, and shameless onea of both aexea. Much attention ia of lata being directed to the subject or woman's right, la the nobler meaning of th term, and it it Well that this ia so. The more fully the rising generation of girls are taught to be self-helpful, the better it will be for tbe fu tnre welfare of the land the more narrow will become the spread of distress among tbe sex as they become widowed, orphaned. or otherwise protectories. Meantime, here in New York is the existing evil of the hour which ought not to be, must not be, over looked. God speed the work of all who labor in this field. - f. The Number ot'IHen lemnylvnnln Contributed to I'lght In the Dnlon Armies, The following statement of the numlior of men furnished by 1'ennsyivania, to nil up the Union armies during the war to crush the slaveholders' rebellion, was comp"liod from the last Adjutant General's Report, and will be found correct. As a brief record for hasty and valuable reference, this state ment is well worthy of being preserved in the columns of every newspaper in this State: 1861. Under call of President of April 15, 1801, for three montns, zu,vjv Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps, sent Into V . e. sarvioe under eall of the President of July 22, '61 , for three years. 15,856 Organised under act of Congress of July 22, 1861, for three yoars, 3,7a i3r,ovt 18BI. Under call of President of July 7, '62, for three yean, Including 18 nine months' reuiment. 40,383 Organised under draft ordored Aug. , 1002, lor nine uionios, Independent companies for 8 years, 1,358 Recruit forwarded by superintend ents of recruiting service, V,KV Enlistments in organisation of other Etatcs and in Kegular Army, o.uuu 71, mu 1863. Organised under special authority from war .Department, lor tnree vears 1,066 Under rail of President of June, '63, for six months 4.481 Under oall of President of Jane, '63, for "Jimerirency ' 7,00 Kocruits forwarded by superintend ent or rooruiting servioe ,4on Enlistment In Regular Army 634 Militia called out in June, 1863, for ninety day Z3,ux ,tuo 1864. Re-enlistment in old organisation for three year 17,Bio Organised under special authorities from War Department, for three ear 9.867 Undereall July 27, 1864,for one year, 16,094 Under call July 6, 1864, for one hun- area aays (,o a Reoruita forwarded by superintend ents of recruiting service 26.5S7 Drafted men and substitute 10.651 Recruits for Regular Army 2,974 01,704 1865. (Up to April, when recruit inir for Vol, ceased.) Uundorcallof Presidetof December 19, 1865, for one year 8,643 Recruits forwarded by superintend ent of recruiting servioe, . V.I33 Drafted men and substitute 6,675 Recruits for Regular Army 387 25,810 Total number of men furnished 362,284 Tho 25,000 militia in aervice in September, 1862, ar not included in th above statement. There is no Feflnsylvsnian who can read this record without a fueling of pride. It exhibits not ouly our strength 111 martial resources, but it illustrates our devotion to a great principle. Rainy Wbathkb, and Mortality. Not withstanding that rainy weather causes colds and couchs, and even fever, it has lately been noticed, through combined me teorological observations and medical statis tics, that rainy years are not so injurious to health as is commonly supposed. Heavy rains undoubtedly was away many causes of contagious diseases. Experiments in Liverpool, extending over a great many years, have proved that the heavier the rains in summer the fewer children die of diar rhoea. In Calcutta tho cholera always di minishes in tho rainy season. In tho low countries of Holland and North Germany, where fever and ague is epimio, the number of patients sunoring trom the disease is very great in dry summers and small in rainy seasous. Mr. Howies bos kept, tables from 1848 to 1865 that appear to prove tliut in years when more rain fell than usual the mortality is less than usual, and vice versa. In all this there is a hint given directly by nature about the necessity ot using plenty of water to keco everything clean and wholesome. - ,. The Archduchess Matilda, of Austria, who was about to be married to the eldest son of King Victor Emanuel, died on. the 6th of June from the effects of tbe burns which she received in the palace of Vienna some days before. While leaning out of the window to talk to one of her relatives, she inadvertently trod an a lucifcr match lvine at ber feet on tho floor. Before she was aware of it her Summer dress was in blaze, and before any one could run to her rescue she sank to the ground in an agony of Dain. from which only death releaBod ber, The deceasod Archduchess was born on tbe 89th of January, 1849, and was therefore in her nineteenth year. She was the seoond daughter of the Archduke Allwrt, the victor of Custozza, and a granddaughter of Arch duke Charles, who distinguished himself as an able general in the war against the first Napoleon. Power of an Axb. The other day I was linMino? a man bv the hand a hand ns firm in its texture as leather, and bis aunbnrnt face was as inflexible aa parchment he was pouring forth a tirade or contempt on those who complain that they get nothing to do. at an excuse for becoming idle loai- era. 6aid I, "Jeff., what do you work at t" "Why," said he, "I bought me an axe three years ago, that cost me two dollars. That was all tbe money I had. I went to chopping wood by the cord. I have done nothing else, ana nave earned more tusu $600, drank no grog, paid no doctor, and have bought me a little farm in tbe Hoosier State, and shall be marred next weeK to a girl who has earned 1200 since tbe was eighteen. My" old axe I shall keep in tbe drawer, and buy me a new one to cut wouu with." ' After I left bim I thought to myself, "That axe and no grog These are the things that make a man in tbe world. How small a capital that axe bow sure of success with the motto, "No grog." And then a farm and a wife, the best of all. - ' Many of the Aandsorjte bridal presents exhibited at so-called fashionable wedding receptions in New York, are hired of a dea- ler, woo maaes quite a living out 01 it. The Olnsy (iV) Democrat records the death, by suicide, a few days ago, of a daughter of 'Squire Murphy, living near that town. , Th girl was only eleven yeart of age. Women Etks or Wombn. The eyeing of women by women is one of the most offen sive manifestations of superciliousness now to be met with in society. Few observant persons can havo failed to notice the man ner in which one woman, who is not per fectly well-bred or perfectly kind-hearted, will eye over another woman who she thinks is not in such good society, and above all not at the being in so costly a dress as she herself ia in. It is done everywhere ; at par-, ties, at church, in the street. It is done by women in all conditions of life. The very servant girls learn it of their mistresses. It is done in an instant. Who cannot recall hundreds of instances of that sweep of the eye which takes in at a glance the wholo woman and what she has on, from top-knot to shoe-tie f It cannot be a new fashion of behavior; but the daily increasing prefer ence of people to superiority, becauso they cannot afford to spend more money npon their back than others can, makes it at once more common and more remarkable even than it was ten or fifteen years ago. Men are never guilty of it, or with such cxtremo rarity, and then In such feeble and small-souled specimens of their sex, that it may be set down as a sin not masculine, or at least epicene. But women of some sense, or some breeding, and even of some kindli ness of nature, will thus endeavor to assert a superiority upon the meanest of all pre tence, and inflict a wound in a manner the most cowardly, becauso it cannot be resent ed, and admits of no retort. If they but knew how unlovely, how positively offen sive they make themselves in doing so, not only to their silent victims, but to every generous-hearted man who observes the manoauver, they would give up a triumph at once so mean and so cruel, which is ob tained at such sacrifice on their part. No other evidence than this eyeing is needed, that a woman, whatever be her birth or breeding, bos a small and vulgar soul. The Oaleury. UKKVITIEM. In reply to the question whether the Nicholson pavement is healthy, n Western paper says that all tbe contractors have got fat on it. The Pittsburglicrs are discussing the best method of relieving their ice from its strong taste of petroleum, an undesirable ingredient in cooling drinks just now. A farmer Sn Rock connty, Wis., has made wager with a Minnesota man that be can cut thirty acres of grain in a day with a patent reaper and a singlo team. The New Jersey Railroad Company have made provision for carrying 80,000 baskets of peaches per day over their road during tne peacn season. At Frcdisburg, eighteen miles from New Albany, recently, Mr. Rice was stung on the lip by a bee, and tbe poison spread through his system so rapidly that ho was speechless n thirty minutes, and died in about throe hours. Twelve quarts of soot in a boghead of water will make a powerful liquid manure, which will improve the growth of Dowers, garden vegetables, or root crops. In either a liquid or solid state it makes an excellent top dressing tor grass or cereal crops. Rochester has an organization of Widow era. One of them maoe up bis mind to get married again, and tho rest of them tn the number of eighteen, met at Mr. R. K. Sher lock's residence to present him with a silver tea set and tlicir well wishes. There is a great gold plethora in England and the Bank of England has $30,000,000 coin on hand that there is no call for, not withstanding the low rate of interest. This is owing to dullness in business and tbe falling off in tho foreign trade, which has been ten per cent, sines September. The New York ladies, according to tho Home Journal (their organ,) have adopted the French fashion of washing in wine, which is said to have a peculiarly softening effect upon the skin. One young lady uses two or three bottles of "green seal" every morning while performing ber ablutions. I'oor papa I Heretofore a broken bank has been looked upon as a calamity the bill holders losing, Intlertbe .National Banking system "they manage things differently." It is not geno rally known, but it is nevertheless a fact, that all the notes of the lately suspended National Banks are at a premium of from two to lour per cent. Joso. Billings says: "I never bet any stamps on the man who iz always telling of what he would have did it he heel been there, f have noticed that this kind never get there." A good thing is told of the President in Raleigh. Whilo responding in a feeling manner to the welcome given him. he used the exbression. "Let us. my friends, repai the breeches" and before be could add "mado bv the war." an old woman exclaim ed. with perfect delight, "bless the dear old man, be has come home again to work at his old trade t" They have a swimming school in Phila delpbia. It is described as a large hall, and a vast bath-tub. One young girl is aaid to have learned in six lessons enough of the art to be ablo to swim around tbe reservoir unaided. There are dressing-rooms aad retiring rooms, and various simple gymnaa tic contrivances, which are employed in order to bring about the re-artion that is so im portant after bathiug. The hours are ao ar ranged that young and old, male and female, novices and experts, may indulge In bath ins and swimming, and all witbont the in fraction of the rules of delicacy and propri ety. Good Advice. The following good ad vice we clip from ah exchange: Girls, le ware of transient young men ; never suffer the addresses of a stranger ; recollect that steady farmer boy or a mechanic it worth all the floating trash in the woild. Tbe al lurement of dandy Jack with a gold chain about bit neck, a walking stick in hit paw. tome honest tailor's coat on bis back and a brainless skull, can never make up for tbe lost of a father's house and a mother's coun sel, and the society of brothers and autera ; their affections last, while those of a rich young man are lost in the wane of the honeymoon. . , .... Mr. and Mr. E. A. Stevens, of Hobokeu, N. J., gave a strawberry festival, at which 8,400 children were present. Five thousand basketa nf strawberries, five thousand cakes, and one hundred and twenty gallon of ice cream wete consumed. Tbe Empress Eugenie has wi Uteri lo the Princess of Waloa to persuade ber to live with hat for a few months, insisting that a complete change of air rniigbt be beneficial to health, and assuring her that aha wilt re ceive all the affectionate caaa of sister. Pine apples in Paris are mado from tur nips, and are said to be deiiciou. The tur nips are saturated with an appropriate sytnp, which confectioners know Very well how tn manufacture, and tbe French Journals bay the pine apple "is destined to becotrie a success." A most brutsl and distressing 'cade of child whipping recently occurred in Spring field, Erie county. Pa. For some trifling offense, a little girl of nine years of age Was so terribly beaten, first by the father and then by the mother, that ber life was des paired of for a number of days. Ugly gashes completely covered the head and body of the child. The fiends were Germans named Ernheim. They only desisted upon the interference of the neighbors. The honey ant, of Texas, is described as a very curious intcct, by a Texan newspaper. In size it is about barf-why between tbe large and small red ants. Its color is a kind of reddish brown. The honey bag Or sack is attached to the posterior part of 'the ab domen. It is overlaid with thin dark layers about half as large as a grain of rice, and contains a "pure, cloar honey, Of a west de licious flavor." Whether these ants have a common store house, like the bee, our Texan authority docs not know. TriK eight hour law, recently adoptee by the Wisconsin Legislature, went into effect on the 4th instant. Thus far it bat made no change, as the workingmen prefer to work in the old style of ten hours per day, rather than the new at a proportionate re duction of wages. ' Tbe American Institute, devoted to na tional industry and skill, will bold an exhi bition in New York commencing September 12th and ending October 26th, Mr. Greeley, the President, will deliver the Opening address. In tbe days of the Patriarchs a woman's conduct was the index of her heart. When, for example, the fathor of Rebekali asked her if she would go with the servant of Isaac, she replied at once. "I w ill tro!" Had she been a daughter of the nineteenth century, she would have answered, "Oh, pshaw I go with him ! Why, Mr. Isaac mnst be sick I Go with him 1 Of course I won't 1" And thon sho would have gone with him. 4 AGRICULTURAL, &C. tlueMtlotiN and Answers. Please name some of the best currants. Red and white, Dutch, La Vcrsaillaise, Dann's Transparent. Does the (Joncord grape keep well after it is plucked from the vine ! Nol it soon loses its flavor. 1 hen, as its skin is thin, many berries crack in handling and soon decay. Would you advise severe trimming or pruning the pear trees? and at what season of the year should you prefer to prune t I would not prune severely. Take out all branches that cross or interfere with each other, and head in the leading shoots when tbey have made excessive growth ; thus keeping the tree compact and symmetrical. Would much prefer to prune in June, but would do it any time until October. Some do it in. March, but we do not regard it as a favorable time. Does it injure grape vines tn bleed 1 It generally supposed to be injurious to trim grape vines so late as to cause them to bleed ; but we have known vines to meet with accidents by which they bled profuse ly, and we could not perceive that they suffered in any degree in consequence. How shall 1 keep my cherry trees in a healthy condition 1 They now burst the bark, causing the gum to exude. Manure less, and grow tbem slower. If the land is very rich sow it down to grass, and check the growth ol tho trees. Many cherry trees have been lost by forcing tbem. The cherry tree will not bear high manuring. What arc some ot tbe best winter pears 1 Laurcnco Winter Ne'.ies, Hovey, Calu de France, Beurre 1'A rem berg, Glont Morceau, and Vicar of Wakefield. Is it necessary to trench tbe land fur a vineyard f No ; plough deep and manure well with thoroughly decomposed manure, and set your vines. If your land is good enough for corn you will get satisfactory results. Can peach trees be grown in pots or tubs ? and bow should they be treated ? Yes ; and give very good results. They may be set in twelve, fourteen or sixteen inch earthen pots, or in tubs of about tbe seme size, well shortened in when set, and should be well pruned all the time ; use good soil, and pack it close in the pot. . They should be well watered in summer, occasionally with manure-water. If the pots are plunged in. the earth they will be less trouble. Keep them In the cellar in winter for protection. Will give fruit the second year after being set. Try it. Should strawberry plantations be made in Spring or Autumn t Spring is preferred by all market pardoners North. When only a few are to be set, it may be done in August; but tbey require more care if plant ed then. Tilton't Journal of Horticulture. Tub Bohku. Examine the trunk of every fruit tree just below tbe surface of the ground for tbe borer. This can be done on a wet day, when the aoil is too moist to bo worked. Tbe borer ia making fearful ha voc, in almost every section of the country, among the apple and peach treat ; and there is no other way to save fruit trees than to examine them often, and cut out the aggres sors with a gouge or a knife. There is lit tie, if any efficacy io tbe numerous nostrums that are recommended for repelling the bo rer. An active man or boy, or a female farmer, can examine an orchard and destroy all tbe borers, in this summary manner, iu less time than one would be required to apply something that will prevent the rava ges of the borer, only by tilling the trees. Curb fou Lick on Cattle. Iaaac Schan ber, Saratoga county, N. Y., tayt : "A tew applications of good cider, vinegar along tbe back bone, on tbe bead, and otuer places where the lied gather, will soon finish them." It will give them a check, which cleanlineaa and good keeping will make more or leas permauept. It is, however, a safe and con venient application. Salt amd Ashbs rot Hohsb. A corres pondent of the Prairit Farmer say he never knew a horse to bare tba oolic, bota, or worms, nor become a "cribber," when a boa of aalt and ashet was ever in reach of his stall. '.- 1 . A Good Ci kb.-Pay a hand if ho is a poor band, all you promise hint ; if he is a good hand pay him a tittle more; it will encourage bias to do better,' . ..j Wan area. Tbe Boston Pott saya Ver mont farmers waste manure enough ry year to pay for the breadstuff that the State gets from th West.
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