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PUBLISHED VERY SATURDAY RmNG. ' BY : H. B. MASSER & CO, SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENN'A.
NEW SERIES, VOL. 3, N0.-r7:' r7" r URDAY MORNING, JULY 27, 18G7.
OLD SERIES, VOL. 27, NO. 41.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
0. t. SHUHCR.
L. B, KAI1.
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.