lALKArUi e num. 2 M if wimm ui year. Aa paper diseeuUniod is Urmi wlU b strl.tlv adharaA fa. t1 r. to tak their new ..i.T .J" . ou "7 are directed, they ,Ptbla until they hay settled the Mill uj emitted to do this under the Port Offloe Law. JOB FBISTIRO. hare connected with oar establishment well M JOB OFFICE, whloh wUl enable u to Jto, m me neatest style, every variety efl BUSINESS CARDS. BRulll. t. b. Kill. & EMU. ornevsj and Count a lor at KjB,vT int Street, west of the N. 0. anil P. A X. Rail aa vepot, in tu building lately ooouplod by V. Lasaras, Kaq., STXNBTTIl'S". PBNN'A. otiona and all fWouional butiooM promptly um w in aorwunBeriaaa ana aajouung voun BOYEE & WOLVEETOIT, ATTOHB El'8 AT LAW, SUNBURY, PBNN'A. Bonn akd W. J. Wolthbtom. respectfully ado that tbey have entered into eo-partnenhip praotioe of their profession in Northumber nnd adjoining oounties. Contultationa eaa be a tbe uinnAB. -il 4, 188 ly II. II. ltlASSKIt, torney nt Iaw, SUNBURY, PA. Collections attended to in tbe eonntiee of Nor oorland, Union, Bnyder, Montour, Columbia lyoomwg. BEFERSltCES. s. John M. Rood, PhiladolpUa, U. Cattail ft Co., a. Win. A. Portor, ' rtori MoMiehael. Km.. " Ketoham ft Co., 2s4 Pearl Street, Mew York. iu , . Asnmeaa, Attorney at kaw, " tthewi A Cox, Attorneys at Law, "' ilmry, Maroh 39, 1861. M. RuCKiraLLxa. Lloto T. KoutiAca. 10CKEFELLEB A BOHEBACH. ki.kiixky, PEnsu. I ICII in Haunt's new Building, sooond loor. Kntranoe on Market Square, lbury, January 4, 1888. Teeth I Teeth I .1. II. C'lKERSIXUEIt, 3TJRGrB01Sr DENTIST, erly of ASHLAND, O., announces to the elti )f Northumberland county, that he hai looated 'NUURY, for the praotioe of Dentistry, and ctfully solicit your patronage. Special atton oid to filling and dressing teeth. Teeth ex od without paiu, by using Narootio spray b I have used for throo yoari with perfect tuc tnd no injurious results, ico in Rooma formerly occupied by Dr. J. S. c, in Pleaiant'a Building, Market Square ury, Pa. mar. T, ?68. '(.CjilLL, SlVOX P. WOLVEBTO. HILL & WOLVERTOW, ornrja and Connaelora nt lnT. OTJITBTJIt-S-, PA. ILL attond to the collection of all kind of uluiins, inoluding Lack Pay. Bounty and Pen- apt. 1, '66. ATTORNEY A.T LA. li Side of Publio Square, one door east of the Old Bank Building. SUNBURY. PBNN'A. 11 ce lions and all Frofoeuonal bnsinem promptly iJcd to in the Court! of Northumberland ana ning Countie. ' nbury.Sept. 16, 1868. PouDr, J. D. Jahii. PTJHD7 & JAMES, J'onNEYS AT LAW, SUNBUIir, PA. c in ttao second etory of Dewart'i building, ad uing the Democrat office, on the north aide of urkot Square Dl attend promptly to tho eollootion of olainii other professional businon intrusted tohiaeare, orihuiukcrland and adjoining countiof. vcuibcr 9, 1867. H a nun, Jour Rukklb il c TilKKT, between Third and Fourth Stree IMllLAIfiCll'IllA. WEUElt ft RUCKLE, Preprietori. ne 29, 1?C7. ly ADDISON G. MAEE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, AKOKIN, Northumberland County, Pa. 1.1. l.tijinoei attended to with promptnesa and uilicnco. muiukin, Aug. 16, 186T ly J. II. HZLBUSH, GUnVEYOE AND CONVEYANCE- AND JUSTICE OF TUB PR ACE. 'rtnoff, Northumberland County, TVnn'a fnce in Jackson township. Engagomonta can tin mado by letter, direeted to the auoYe address, ixineoa entrusted to his oare, will bo proruptly iijcd to. yrll 22, 1868. ly A. O O B O. BSC EC, MERCHANT TAILOR, And Dealer In OTII3, CASSIMERES, VESTING, &c. 'u u street, aoutU of Wearer' Hotel. BIINBUB "3T, Jitrch 31 liC6 X A.. Or. "W- HA TJIX, lorney and Counsellor at Iair, FrXCE in ITaupt'snew Building, on tooond floor Kntrance on Market Square, 8TJNBUBV, X.V. ,riU attend promptly to all professional business -as ted to bis oare, the eollecUon of olaims in thuoiberland and the adjoining oounties. unbory, January 4, 1868. a. A. REIMENSNYDEH, 'TOliNEY AT LAW, BUNBURY, TA. business entrusted to nil oar attended to mptly and with diligenoe. uubury, April 27, 1867. JNO. KAY CLEMENT, lusinoss in this and adjoining counties carefully 1 promptly atttended to. ice in Market Street, Third door west of Smith A Genthor's Store and Tinware Store, M)nin;nv PEAIVA. iaubury, Maroh 81, 1866 Zy WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DIALER in erary variety of ANTHRACITE COAL, Upper Wharf, BUHBUBY, Fenn'a. f-j?Ordert solloited and 1U4 wits pronptaast and putoh. buubury, May 18, 18M. J JOHN F. HAAS, Dealer in all klndsf ANTHRACITE COAL, MIDDLE WHARF, BCNBCRT, PA., 8 preparod to supply aU kinds of Antareeite Coal from the Sbauwkin Coal Region at ehaap ratal. All orders promptly filled. Country eustoia re- eclfully soliaited. Sunbmy, July 18, 1848. joiin r. UAAS. iOALl COAL!! COAL!!! YiVA3SrT S BBOTHSH, i.i...wi-B Jk WkolosMel f IletsUI " Iealortian 11 mm U BED A8U COAL, In ..or. wiatv. Sole Aeu, westward, of the CeleUaUd Henry !"' Cua Lou am WAr, BoMUtT, Pa- Eunbury, Jan. II, iSW PDBLISHEDJYERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY NEW SERIES, VOL 5, NO. INTRODUCED INTO AMERICA FROM CERMJSr, in tJJ5. HDOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS, and HOOFLANO'S GERMAN TONIC, J-KtrABtO BV DR. C. M. JAOKSO.V, PHiMesLrm, Pa. The grratrt knoivn rtmtJia for Livor Complaint, DYSPEPSIA, Nervous Debility, JAUNDICE, Diseases of the Kidneys, ERUPTIONS of the SKIN, and nil Diseases arlalnsr from a Die. rdered Liver, Stomach, er i.vft'KiTr of this ntoon. Nl thr fOowine sfwtptimt, and if you find Out yw nntfm il affecUd by my nf thrm, yon may rut awurcd that diwau aj amtmencrd il, attack oh tlu foi important ir7a of your bty, and tmVM toon eh'cktd hy tht uv nf phmrful rrmnUrt, a mferraUt lift, toon terminating m death. Kill be tlit retidl. Oonstipation, Flatutehoo, Inward Pilei, Fulnnse of Blood to the Bead, Acid lty of ho Stomach, Nausea, Heart burn, DisRUBt for Food, Fulness or Weight In the Stomach, Bour Bruotationn, Sink ing or Fluttering at tho Fit of the Stomaoh. Bwimming of the Head, Hurried or Difficult Broathinft, Fluttering at tho Heart, Choking or BuflbcaUns Benaationa when in a Lying Posture, Dimness of Vision, Dots or Webs boforo the Sight, Dull Fain la the Head, Defi ciency of Ferspirnt ton. Yel lowness of the Skin and Gvss. P&ln in t.hA ni.ln Back, Chest, Limbs, etc.. Bud- den Flushes of Heat. Burning in the Flesh, Constant Imaginings of jbru, ana Great Depression of Bpirita. AU Utetf iM'iiewV ditetttf of the Uvr or iHgcttit vryunM, muuta wun ttnpnrt Wtfotf , Uooflrtitfj'a German Bittcro U entirely vrKctablc.nnd contnltis tin liquor. It Is n compound of Fluid Kt. tracts. The Hoots, Herbs, and llitrks from which these extracts arc iiimlg re gathered Iu Uiin'. All the medicinal virtues are extracted 'from them by a scientific chemist. Tln te extracts are then forwarded to this country to be used xressly tor the manufact ure of these flitters. There Is no alcoholic substance of any kind used In eamionndlnsr the Ultlers, hence it Is the only Bitters that can be tihetl in eases where alcoholic stlm. ulants are not advisable. C)oouanb'3 Ocrmau Sonic a combination of all tie i)igredi,.-ntt or tbe Itibrt, with ri'ttli Xmta Criu Ritm, Orange, etc'. It it uttd fur the ! dit'ate at the llittrrn, iu cant where time pure alroltolic stimulus it n quirM. You will lar in mind that thrtt remedirs are entirely JifTcrmit front any oHie-t adrrrtitrd fr the curt of ths disrates u-tmcd, th'-t being tcirntific pi rpamtumt of medicinal crtract. n?hiU the other, art mere d'eoctvnn nf rum intomeform. 'jfhtTOSltiitdtridcdlyoH' oftitetmvt pteatant and atrtetiblc rrmMirt evr U the public. Pt ta$U it exquisite, il it a plraturr to take it, while its lil'eiinin. er'tHaratirff, and wetheival qaatitiet han caused il U be kuuwii as rtf yreahsi nf all tonics. CONSUMPTION. Thousand of eases, when the lleut stinnosed he was afflicted v this f errlfilc disease, liave been cured by the nae of these remedies. UiIkm. emaciation, debility, and conga are the nsnal attendants nnon severe cases or dyspepsia or disease of the digestive orgaus. Kven In cases of seuiilne Connainptlon, these remedies vlll Im1 found of the srreatest beuent. strenglheutng and Invigorating. DEBILITY. TWet ti t?o melieim ferial ta TTortflinft German Biltrrt or 't nic in cane nf Debility, They imruirt a t-mn and vignr to th whole tyttem, strengthen Utt ap ptfitv, en use an enjoyment of the food, enable the tU'Ht'i' H t tiifjeit it, purify the blood, gtvt a ffwdt mil mi. hfdths cumvUxion, eradicate the yellow tinae fnm the eye- ttttiMW a blonm to the cheelu and chanoe the jiftti-nt rem 3 rhnrt-breUhfd, emaciated, weak, tml ft rvtiru invalid, to a ulljaceilt ttout, and vigor Weak and Delicate Children are made strong by lining the Hitters er Tonic. In fuct, they are l'umlly Medicines. They can bv atluiliilsierLU with perfect safety to a child three months old, the most delicate female, or a ninu of uinety. Thru Ximetlitt art the best Itlootl IMirlflors rrtr known, and tcitt cure all diseases resulting frtm bad i,Uu.l. Keep your blood pure; keep your Liver in nrrlr; ktp your di-jettirt orpans in a Sfntod, luallby ennti (". by the w.f f these remtdieS, and tto dittase will seer assail yon. mmLMmJ WW.sati.iw Ladies who wish a fair skin mill Rood complexion, free from a yellir-l-li lliiRe and all other dUtlguremi iit, should iimc these remedies orenhtnn- ally. The l.lver In perfect ordrr, itd the blood pure, will result in spark ling ej ts and blooming cheeks. CAl'TIOS, Unrflamrs German lUmedits art eminUi frited. The gete hart tut ei.jnalure of V. Jtf. nekton jo the f.futof Utt eaitfi'lt. wrapper of each ltJiU,nnd the Maine ,f lie article blcun in tach buttle. Ml othtrs are count rfeil. Thousand of letters have been re. eelved, testifying to I lie virtue of these remedies. BEAD THE EE0OUMENDATI0H3. utoM nox. oeo. w. woodward, Cliirf JiiKlire of the Siipriaue Court of Puou'ylvnnla. Paiussuuii, Mascd lOiti, 18ST. I find "If'.o'und's German Biltrrt" it uU an intox letting h.eir ue, but is a good tmic, useful in disor ders of th.: digrsUrt organs, and of great beti'llt in cases of d'ttiltty and watd of tvrsous action in tlit SjMtm. yours truly, . CS0. W. WOODWARD. FUOM HON. JAMES THOMPSON, iaitt of ih Supreme Court of rsiinsyl'sula. raiLADSLFiiiA, Aran 2Slli, 1SRA, I consider "Ilooflsnd's German lilt. Ier.f a wttiietldH tdicisut In ease of at. tacks of Indigestion or Dyspepsia. 1 can certify this from my experience ol It. Yours, with respect, JAMtCt) TllO.MPBOJi. From RET. JOSPJ-H U. KEN'NARD, D.D, I' u.1 w of tbe Tenth Bsptist Church, rbilsdrliiliia. Dk. Jackson Dtia Sn tlluut been fre, 'aumtlv re S netted to connect my name with recommendations of ijferent kinds of sutlicino, but regarding the practice oi out of my appropriate sphere, Ih is nut of my avprovnatt sphere. J have inaU cases de. clinext ; but with a clear proof in various instances, and particubirly in my own family, of the usefulness of Dr. Ucqjianifs German hitlers. Id-pari for once from my usual course, to express my full conviction Unit tut su'r:tl debility of the system, etui MuctKU for Liver Ooinpitilit, it is a ssfe and Tslushls prttparatiou. In tome oases it may fail ; but usually, doubt not, it will be aery beneficial to thatt who suffer from tin ubon MU. lien, eery retpeei fully, J. U. KKS&'ABD, Sighth, cHkna Outlet St. Prioa of the Bitters, L00 per bottle Or, a balf doaen for 10.00, Prioa of tho Tonlo, 91.60 per bottle Or, half doaen for 9T.60; Ths Tonic Is put op la quart butties. ' Reoolleat thai ills Dr. UnojtaruTt German Ktmrdiet that are to tmiotrtalty uttd and to highly recommend ed i and do not allow ths Druggist to mduee yau ta take any thing tits that he may say is just as good, be cause he makes a larger profit on it. These Braudiea mil be tent by tayresa ta amy bnaUly upon afpbxaiu,n to the FUIMCIPAL OFFICIO, AT THE OlHal AN MIDICINl STORI, A'o. 31 ARCB BTBMST, Philadelphia, CHAB. M. EVANS, Proprietor, rormerly a U. JAOKBON 4 00. Tkese Remedies are for sale by Drugalsts, storekeepers, and Usdl. elue Dealers every where. Ho not fore,! to tmimme null iht arti. It yen buy, in es,tr ! ytt ih' tinwn, . : ' ..... r 0. H o r ti n GOVERNMENT SECURITIES Can realise a large'profit by exohanging them for tho FIRST MORTGAGE GOLD BONDS of ths UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, and ths F1R3T MORTGAGE GOLD BONDS of the CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. Thsy pay six per cent. Interest in Hold, and run for thirty years. Principal al;o payablo in Gold. Thoy yield between olght and nine per cent, to the investor, and as soon as tbe imue is sold, if not before they will doubtless ooromsnd a much higher rate. As a First Mortgage on the longest lino oi Kailrond in this country that is already earning more than its interest liabilities on its way businew, and whlob eost noarly three (S) times their amount, the teouri ty is undoubted. THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS ($30,600,000,) of th First Mortgage Bonds of the Union Paoifio Kail Road Company, and of the Central Paoifio Rail Road Company, have already beon sold. Tho earnings of the two (2) roads, from way busi ness alone, were nearly ($1,000,000) On Million Dollars for the month of October. One Hundred Million Dollars havo already been spent by the two powerful Companies. Fourteen Hundred (1400) Milos of tho route be tween Omaha and Sacramento are made by the Lo- oomotive, leaving less man svo miles to tmiid or which 200 are gradod and ready for the Rails. -We have for sale First Mortgage bonds of tho Union Pacifia Rail Road at 102 and aeorued interest, ana r irst mortgage uonas oi ventral rivet tic imii road at 10.1 and accrued intorcxt. Tbe Bonds aro rocommended to our most cautious customers, and will bear tho most careful serntinv. The now descrtptivo Pamphlots, with Maps, Ac, showing tho organisation, progress, business and prospects of the enterprise, will bo sont on applica tion to. DK HAVES A DUO , Dealers In (lovcrnment fcruritio, Gold, etc. . No. 40 South Third Stroot, Philadelphia. November 21, IS68. y APPEOVED SCHOOL BOOKS, rrBM.iHBn sr B. H. BUTLER tc CO., Ifo. 137 South Fourth St., PhUaddjia, Pa. MITCHELL'S NEW 8CU00L GEOGRAPHIES. Mitchill's First Lissom is GKOBORArnr. For young childron. An introduction to the Author's Primary Ueorgrapby. With Maps and Engravings. Mitchell's New Primary UeoattArnr. Illus trated by 20 Colored Maps and 100 Engravings. Designed as an introduction to tne acw luiormeut- ate Geography. Mitchell's New Intermediate Geography. For the use of Schools and Academies. Illustrated by 23 Copper-Plate Maps and numerous Engravings. Mitchell's New School Geography and Atlas. 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GnMHiPr, begs leave to an nounce tothe Ladiesof Suoburr and vioinitv. that tho has just opened a large ahd varied stock of MILLINERY UOUUS, The latest New Tork and Philadelphia styles of LADIES' BATS AND BONNETS. WOOLEN GOODS, &0. Also, an excellent assortment of Fashionable Em broideries, Edgings, Laces, Woolen Caps, Uandker chiofs, Scarfs, Gloves, Hosieries, and all kinds of Fanoy Notions, Stamped Muslins, Corsets, Perfume ries, Soaps, Lilly White, Enamel of America, Sta tionery, Ao., Ao. Call and examine for yourselves. No trouble to show goods Sunbury, Oet. 24, 1868 32SW IN SUNBURY. THE NEW DRUG STORE OF jr. . n a n h i, e v co.. On Market street, East of the Railroad, nearly opposite th Hardware btore ofConley Co., SUNBURY, PBNN'A. WB would respectfully invite the attention of the citizens of Sunbury and vioinitv to oar entire new Stock of Iu re Freaih Drntrsj arid Medicine. PalnU, Oils and Vunlshee. " " Glass, Putty and Dye Stuffs. " " Perfumeries, Combs and Brashes Patent Medicines of aU kinds. LIQB0RS by th Bottle, Gallon, Quart and Pint. JSQPTCH ALB, LONDON PORTER and '. CONGRESS WATER. Tobacco, Cigars and Snuff. Looking-Glaas Plates out to nit Frames. NOTIONS OF ALL KINDS AND VARIETIES Trusses, Supporter!, Bandages, A a. We have soleoted our stock with ear and can war rant il fresh, and of the best material in th market. Having had several years' exporionoe in the business we flatter oiuelvee that w oan give entire satigfae tioa to all who may favor us with their patronage. Special attention given to aompounding Physioians' s'resonpuons at all hours of th day or night and on Sundays. Give us sail. J. 0. MARKXB A CO. Banbury, 0t. IT, 1867. For doing a family washing in th best and cheap est manner. Guaranteed enual to an In the mn,tX Has all the strength of oldlrislB soap with the mild and latoerlngMaliue er genuine Castile. Try this splendid Soan. Sold by the ALDEN CHEMICAL rtuasjs, ta nerta rront aires, rhllMMpauv August W, leeaWly. . K Art A LBB ' CaEPIT RAOS WANTBD at UVVU th Btore of MOORS DISSINOR, Market irhl, Bunaarf Maflt. II. B. MASSER & CO, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER, 1868. TALES AND SKETCIIES. l.lC'IDE.Vr 1IJ XII B I.U'12 oi A STOBY OF FOTtT M'lHTOSH AND TIBADT'S Milt, Admit thirty mtlcl bolov the nrment clt of Pittsburg, and where Boaver now stands, stood an ancient fort known as fort Mcintosh. It was built by a revolutionary general of that name, in tha summer of 1778. It wai one ef Hie line of forts which was intended to punrd the people who lived south of the Ohio river, from the iucursions of tho savages to tho northward. This fort was one of the lavonte resorts of the great Indian spy and hunter, Captain Samuel Brady. Although his usual head qttartors was Pittsburg, then consisting of a rude fort, and a score or two of rough frontier tenements. Brady hod emigrated westward, or rather had marched thither in 1778, a lieutcnaut in the distinguished Eighth Pennsylvania Regi ment, under the command of General Rich ard Brodhead. of Easton. Wlim In tha spring ot 177, Mcintosh retired from com mand in tho West, Brodhead succeeded him and remained at Pittsburg until 1781. ouuq oner ins auvent to the west Brady wits breveted Captain. Ho had served at tlm siege of Boston, fought at Long Island and White Plains, gone through the whole of the terrible campaign of Trenton and Princeton, suffered at Valley Forge, distinguished him self at Germantown aud at Brandy wine, and uni run iy escaped nealU at 1'aoll. Hut his tnsto led him to the erratic mode of warfare known upon tho frontier. Indeed, his earlv ciiuuuiuu upon me upper susqucnanna had inculcated and devcloed those tastes from the very earliest bovhood. H.itin.r an Tn. diao with that iustinctivo hatred, which is oegoucn iu tuo uosotn of the white race by long years of contest and outratre. a bitter intensity was imparted to tho feelincr in this caso by the murder of his father antl younjrer uiuLuci uy iiiu Auuiuns, unuer trying and terrible circumstances. Having promised this much bv wav of in- troduction it brines us to that eventful mnrn. ing in which Brady set out from fort Mcin tosh for Pittsburg. He had with him two of his trusty and well trained followers. These were not attached to the regular army, as he was, but wero scouts and spies, who had been with him upon many an expedi tion. They wero Thomas Bcvinirton and Benjamin Biggs. Brail V resolved to fnllnuf llin nnrllui,. bunk of the Ohio. Biggs objected to this, upon tho grounds, as Brudv well know, that tne wooas were lull oi savages. Brady, however, had resolved to travel by tho old Indian path and having once made up his mind no consideration could deter him from carrying nut his determination. Beviugton had such implicit faith in his ability to lead that he never oncu thought of questioning his will. Quito a discusfiion arose between Biggs and his captain at the mouth of Beaver river, about a mile above the fort, and where they must cross the Ohio if they did n't want to continue on the southern side. Biggs finally waived his objections aud tbev crossed the Ohio and proceeded with the habitual cau tion of woodsmen who fully understood their business. They had started early and by rapid tra veling they had reached, ero noon cauio, the last piece of bottom laud on the north side of the river, below "tho narrows." This is where Scwicklcy now Btands. Upon this bottom a pioneer moro daring than most others hdd built a cabin aud opened a small spot of cleared land. lie had planted it in 1 corn and it gave promise of a most abundant harvest. But as they approached the edge of tho ' clearing, just outside of tho fence, Brady discovered "Indian signs" as he called them. His companions discovered them almost as quick as be, and at once in low tones com municated to each other the necessity of a keen watch. Tbey slowly trailed aloner tho side of tho fence toward the house, whose situation they all knew, until They stood upon tho brow of the bluff which overlooked it. A sight of the most terrible description met their eyes. Tbe cabin lay a maBS of smouldering ruin, from which a dull blue smoke arose in the clear August sunshine. Tbev observed everything about it. Brady knew it was customary for the Indians after they had tired a settler's cabin if tbero was no imme diate danger to retire to the woods close at hand, anil watch for the anuroach of the family who might chance to bo absent when they made the descont. Not knowing but that tbey were even then lying close at hand, be left Bevington to watch the ruins, lying under cover, whilst he proceeded to the northward and Briggs southward to make discoveries. Both were to return to Beving ton if they found no Indians. If they came across tbe perpetrators and they were too numerous to be attacked regularly. Bradv declared it to be his purpose to have one Are at them, and that should be the signal for both of his followers to muke the best of their way te the fort. All this rapidly transpired, and with Bra dy to decide was to act. As he stole cau tiously around tho northern side of tho enclosure he heard a voice in tbe distance singing. IIo listened keenly and soon dis covered from its intonations that it was a white man's, lie passed rapidly in tbe di- rection from whence tbe sound came. At it approached he concealed himself behind the trunk of a largo tree. Presently a white man, riding a tine hone, came slowly down tha path. The form was that of Albert Gray the stalwart, brave, devil may care settler, who bad built him a home miles away from the fort, where no one else would have dared to take a family but himself. Brady wore, as he almost always did, the Indian garb and had war paint on his face. He koew that if he showed himself upon the path Gsay would shoot, taking him to be an Indian. He therefortatferea Gray quietly to approach bis lurking place. When the time came he sprang forward ere the settler could have time to prepare, draw his toma hawk and seizing him dragged him from his horse. As be did so ha whispered to him : "I am Captain Brady ; for God's sake be quiet" Gray, with the Instinctive feeling of one who knew there was danger and with that vivid presence of mind which characterize those acquainted with frentlei life, ceased at once to struggle. The horse had been star tled by the sudden onslaught, and sprang ta one aide. Ere be had time to leae forward Bradv had caught him by the bridle. His loud snorting tnreatened to arouse any one who was near. Tbe captain soon toothed tha fris-htened animal into autet. Gray bow hurriedly aakou Brady what the danger was. The strong, vigorous spy turn ed away bit face unable to answer him. Tbe settlsi't already excited feart wero turned AMEMCAW SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY PENNTaT OLD into realities. The manly face shook like an aspen leaf, while tears of emotion fell as i?rg1 droP9 f water over his bronzed face. Brady permitted the indulgence for a mo njont whilst he led the bTjr- into a thicket close at hand and tied him. Whea he re turned Gray had sunk to tho ground and a great tremulous convulsion writhed over "Como " '"'J touched uIm nd said : , rjly ? on aroso and had gone but a Tlrisv. VUh?d- Ile WM n long" tho bereaved husband and father, bnt Bo was the sturdy, well trained hunter, who.e ear and eye were acutely alive to every sight or TZtlZlX a leaf or the craMin Ho desired to proceed directly towards the house but Brady bJMtrtt?tbta S they passed down toward the river bank As they proceeded they saw from the moccasin punts and tracks of horses upon tho place where the earth was moist that tho party was quite a numerous one. After thoroughly examining every cover and possible place of concealment, they passed on to the south ward and came back in that direction to tho spot where Bevington stood sentry. When they reached him they found that Biggs bad not returned. In a few minotcs ho came and reported that tho trail was largo aud broad ; tha Indians had takeu no pains to conceal their tracks they simply had struck back into the country so as to avoid coming in contact with the spies whom they supposed to bo lingering along the river. The whole four now went down to tho cabin and curefully examined the ruins. Af ter a long and minute search, Brady discov ered that none of tho inmates had been con sumed. This announcement at once dispel led tho roost harrowing fears of Grey. As soon as all that could be discovered bad been ascertained each one of tbe party proposed some course of action. One desired to go to Pittsburg and obtain assistance another thought it best to return to Mcintosh and get some voluntoers there. Brady listened patiently to both theso propositions, but arose quickly and after talking a moment apart with Biggs said : "Uome I" Gray and Bcvineton obeved at once, nor did Biggs object. Brady struck the trail and began pursuit in that tremendously rapid manner for which he was so famous. It was evident that if the savages were over taken it could only bo done by tho utmost exertion. They were some hours ahead and from the -number of their horses must bo nearly all mounted. Brady fult that if they wero not overtaken that night pursuit would be utterly futile. It was evident that this band had been south of tho Ohio and plundered the homes of the settlers. Thoy had pounced upon the family of Gray upon their return. When the pursuit begau, it must have been two o'clock. At least two hours bad been consumed by tbe spies in making the necessary explorations about tbe bouse ere they approached it and in examining tbe ruins. JMot a word was spoken upon the route by any one. Their leader kept steadily in advance. Occasionally he would diverge from the track but only to take it up a mile or so in advance. Tho Captain's intimate knowledge ol' tho topography of the country enabled him to anticipate what points they would make. Thus bo gained rapidly upon them by proceeding more nearly iu a straight line towards the point at which they aimed to cross licavei- river. At last convinced from the eeneral direc tion in which the trail led, that he could divine with absolute certainty tbe spot where tuey would lord tnat stream, be abandoned it struck boldly across the country. Tbe accuracy of his judgment was vindicated by the fact, that from an elevated crest of a long line of bills, he saw tbe Indians' with their victims just disappearing np a ravine on the opposite side of the Beaver, above what is now known as the "Alum Rocks" ant! below Beaver Falle, (Old Brighton.) He counted as they slowly filed their way up its ascent under the rays of the declining sua. There were thirteen warriors, eight of whom were mounted another woman, besides Gray's wife, was in tho cavalcade, and the childron. Tho odds seemed fearful to Biggs and Bevington ; although Brady mado no com ments. The moment they bad passed outof sight Brady again pushed forward with un flagging energy, nor did his followers hesi tate. There was not a man among them whoso muscles wero not tense and rigid as whip-cord, from exercise and training, from hardship and exposure. Gray's whole form seemed to dialate twice its natural size at the sight of bis wifo and children. Terrible was tho vengeance be swore. Just as tho sun sot tho spies crossed the stream and began to ascend the ravine. It was evident that the Indians intended to camp for tbe night some distance up a small creek or run which debouches into Boaver river about two miles from the location of fort Mcintosh and two below the ravine. Tbe spot, owing to the peninsular form of the tongue of land lying west of tbe Beaver, at which they expected to encamp, was full ten miles from the fort. Hero there was a famous spring to deftly and cunningly situ ated in a deep dell and to densely enclosed with thick mountain pines that there wes little danger of discovery. Even they might light a fire and could not be teea oue hun dred yards. The proceedings of their leader which would have been totally inexplicable to all others were partially if not fully understood by bis followers. At least tbey did not hesitate or question him. When dark came Brady pushed forward with as much appa rent certainty as be bad done during the day. Bo rapid was his progress that the Indians bad just kindled their fire and cooked their meal when their mortal foe, whose presence they dreaded at much as that of the small por, stood upon a huge rock looking down upon them. His party had been left a short distance in the rear at a convenient spot while be went forward to reconnoitre. There they remained impatiently fer three mortal hours. They discassed in low tones the extreme disparity of tbe force the propriety of go ing to Mcintosh for assistance. But all agreed that if Brady ordered them to attack success wat certain. However impatient they were he returned at last. He described to them how the women and children lay within tbe centre of a creeent formed by the savages as they slept. Their guns were stocked upon tbe right and most of their tomahawks. Tbey were not more than fifteen feet from them. Had he crawl ed within fifty feet of them when tha snort ing of the horses, occasioned by tbe approach of wild beasts bad aroused a number of tha savages from their light slumbers and he had been compelled to Ha quiet for more than an hour tor thtm to sleep aealn. He said bt mesit to attack them, but SERIES, VOL. 29, NO. 9.. must depend solely upon the knifo and tomahawk, ne wae to begin tho slaughter vu iiiu ngus, wray am tne lei t anu uevington in the centre, and Biggs should secure the vui.ujr m alius, The difficult and ha.rdotie approach be gan. They arrived within a hundred yards of the savages and then lay down ta creep serpent-like into their deadful circle Just within !t Biggs cracked a twig and a huge savage, less asleep than his brethren, who lay within reach of Gray's tomahawk, slow ly sat op as if startled mto this posture by the sound. Alter rolling his eyes he again laid down and all was still. Full fifteen minutes passed ere Biggs moved, then he slowly went on. When he reached his place, a very slow, hissing sound indicated that he was ready. Brady, in turn reiterated the sound as a .;an.i Gray and Bevington to bezin. This thev did in the most deliberate manner. No ner vousnees was permissablethen. Thev slow ly felt for the heart of each savage they were to stab, and thou plunged tho knife. The tomahav k w.is uot to bo used unless the knife proved inefficient. Kot a sound oroko the stillness of the nlgkt as they cau tiously felt and ("tabbed, unless it might be luat one who was leeliug would hear tbe stroke of the other's knife and tho groan of tne victim whom the other had slain. Ono oi tnem had not been killed outright by the ho rose to shout the war cry, the tomahawk finished what the knife had begun. He staggered and fall heavily forward on one who had not yet been reached. He started up, but Brady wus too quick, his knife reached his heart and the tomahawk his brain almost at tho same instant. All were slain by the three spies' except one Ho started to tlee, but a rille shot by Bigo-s rang merrily out upon the night air and closed his career. The women aud children alarmed by the contest, fled wildly to tho woods ; but when all had grown still aud they were called they returned, recognizing amid their fright the tones of their own people. The whole party took up their march for Mcintosh at once. About sunriso next morning the sentries of the fort were surprised to see tho cavalcade of horses, men, women, and children, approaching the fort. When they recognized Brady they at once admitted him and the wholo party. In the relation of the circumstances after wards, Bevington claimed to havo killed throe, and Gray three. Thus Brady, who claimed nothing, must havo slain at least six, whilst the other two slow as many. The thirteenth, Biggs shot. From that hour to this, the spring is called the "Bloody Spring," and the small run is called "Brady's Run." Few, oven of the most curious of the peoplo living in the neighborhood, knew aught of tbe circum stances which conferred these uames names which will be preserved by tradition rorever. nius ended one or tuo most bloody band to hand fights which the great spy had with the savages. His history is fuller of daring incident, sanguninary, close, hard contests, perilous explorations and adventu rous escapes, than that of either Wetzels, or Boone or Kenton. He saw more service than either of thenr, aud - his name was known as a bye-word of terror among tbe Indian tribes from the Susquehanna to Lake Michigan. MISCELLANEOUS. Iteport r the St'crtlary of tVnr, The strength of tbe army on the 80th of September last was 48,081, which will be reduced by the first of January, by the ex piration of the term of servlco, to about 48,000. No rendezvous are now open ex cept for cavalry. During the next year the infantry force will be still further reduced. With regard to the signal service, provi sion has been made for such general instruc tion in military telegraphing and signaling as may be necessary for tbe military service, and by concert with the officers of the navy nearly similar courses of study and practice in these branches have been edopted at West Point and Annapolis. A drill, with a field electric telegraph, has leen introduced at west I'oint, and a scuool ot tciegrapuiug and signaling has been established at Fort Gra ins, in Maryland. The expenditures in the Quartermaster's Department durintr tha fiscal vear endi no- June 30, 18G8, iucludiug claims for stores taken tor tuo use of the army during tbe war, were 30,50G,331 63. Claims for property taken during the war have been allowed to the amount Of 1500,813 38; rejected, $3,- 054,430 33 ; still pending, 6,J05,G91 13. In the national cemeteries 81C.2U8 remains of soldiers have been collected, of which 175,784 are indentiiled. The total cost baa been about $2,700,000. Subsistence to the value of over $630,000 has been supplied to the Frcedmen's Bureau, and to the value of more than $370,000 for the support of Indiaus a largo docrea- in both Instances. In the settlement of claims for commutation of rations of Union soldiers while prisoners of war, $13-1,056 have bee a expended. Claims for supplies takeu for the use of the army during the war, to the amount of nearly $3,000,000, havo been re ceived, of which nearly $200,000 have been allowed, $030,000 are awaiting decision, aud the rest have been rejected. Tbe disbursements for the Pay Depaitment during the last fiscal year have been : For the regular army, $17,803,003 S3; for the Military Academy, $169,109 04 ; and to vol unteers, 42,676,444 08 a total of C0,CC9, 011 03. The disbursements for reconstruc tion purposes have been $2,201,415 03, and there remains an availablo balance of 407, 629 46, which, it is believed, will cover all future expenses. During tho year claims for additional bounty were allowed to tbe num ber of 211,875, involving an expeuditure of $23,649,13 78. Tbe total disbursements on tlifsi claims, since tho date of the act, have been $37,764, 774,78, to which tho claims settled by tbe accounting officers of the Treasury being added, makes the aggregate amount over $54,000,000. The espouse of settling these claims have been kept within five sixths of one per cent. Large reductions of the officers and agents of the Freedmen't Bureau have been made, and arrangements are in progress to close it np by the first of January, except tbe edu cational and claim divisions. The total ex penditures ef the Bureau for tho fiscal year were $3,077,041,73. and tho balance In band was $3,622,067,99. The Military Academy at West Point it conduoted in a satisfactory manner, During the lata war, of the graduates from all ths Southern States, one-half remained loyal ; of of the graduates from the actual Rebel States, mora than one-fourth remained loyal ; and that of tho graduates engaged on the lido of the Union one-fifth lost their livet. The Artillery School orgai-.d at tbe TKHJl" OI' AlfVKKTIWIlW. Th folrowlnj are t)i rates for advertising In the Auemcae. Those bsving advortkung to do will find it oonvsslnnt fa. r.r,M . else. 1 Square, " 1 I column, ' J 1 . I t. lkal SuTflij i y." $l,on;r,S)n,Jii,4,Mrf,,oiiil,775 l,00j S.C0 4.60 s.tol 7. (it 11.00 31 o,eo b,ooi i,otf so.oo ,10.MVM.0OjiOW sioo 1 Ten lino of this Used tyn (miainai aL. ..... ;isMniso,vujo,U(l (10, UO square. Auditors', Administrators' and Executors' Nntie'e $1.00. Obituaries (except the usual announcement which is free,) tn b paid for at advertising rates fpr'n'ne 0' '"'J Ko'utions, Ao-, 1 cents Advertisements for Religious, Charllablo and Edu eawsl ohjeets, one half the above rates, ntim "Ttimonts will be published unit ordered to b. discontinued, and charged acoid.ngly The actual current cxpeuscs of the War Department for tho last fiscal year were $68,7434,094 70, to which is to be added tho sum of $9,961,403 63, eld war debts paid, making the total expenditures of the Department $78, 704,601 14, The appropri ation for the present fiscal year was $35,400, 057 47. It is estimuted that $05,682,883 83 will be required for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870. There will be a surplus of $60,840,221 81 from unexpended appropri ations to bo paid into tho Treasury at tho close of the present riecal year. J. M. Scopikld. , . , ) ., . .. A Bbaotifi i, Fiocita. Life is like a fountain fed by a thousand streams that per ish if ono is dried. It Is a silver cord twis ted with a thousand strings, that usrt asun der if ona be l.rnL t.n Ti,nnr.t,trJi - - ----- . .Huuiiiiwi tn ui in i a aro surrounded by .inuumeratdo danger. Mllltnll U . . ... ui.u uiuae ii more Btraugo win tuey escape SO lonir. than tlmt .lnrt .11 i .i , at last. We are encompassed with accidents every day to crush tho decaying tenements we inhabit. The seeds of distress are planted iu nut uuuBtiiuuou oy nature. The earth and stmninhnM tvlm.". ... .1 . i I ,,. -i'-'"" wwuu T c maw me ureaiu or life, are impregnated with death ; hoalth is made to operate its own destruction. The food that nourishes contains the elements of iiwsy, me soui mat animates it by vivifying first tend to wear it out by its own action ; Death lurks in ambush along the path. Not- withfttamlinrr tliia t,-nt), nn I .... n - -.v.. . av f.ijaiij urn- firmed by the daily example before our eyes, how little do we lay it to heart. We soo our friends and n sigh bors die ; but bow roiuuiu uues ii occur vs us our Knpti may give tho next warning to the world. A Western exchange gives vent to its po litical phrenzy in the following boautiful stanzas : "I wud not dy in Ortum, With peaches fit for eatln'. ben tho wavy korn is gettin' wripe, IjlrAnd the candidates are treaun'. hen ssKsadge meat is phryin', Ow '. who wud think of dy'in', Or oven gotlln' sick ?" uiv.urv nuu is inicK, "Ah P said a conceited young parson, "I have this afternoon been preaching to a con gregation of assea." "Then that was the reason why you always called them htloted brethren," replied a strong-minded lady. Gratuitous instrnrt; obliged to work during the day, is given at evening schools in the rooms of the Wo mans Christian Association of Hartford. Ct. ' ' Two orthreo weeks ago a gang of young robbers, between tho ngos of twelve and twenty years, started from Cincinnati on a tour, and scattered and deployed in Louis ville, New Albany and Evansvillo. In Louisville some of them have been arrested. A condemned murderer named Carswell attempted to cut his throat with his tobac co box last Thursday in his coll in the Rome (N. Y.) jail. Ho was ironed at the time, and only succeeded in making a slight scratch. Heavier irons were placed upon him. A modest and well-dressed young woman lately entered a justice's office in Chicago and requested that tbe oath of total absti nence be administered to her; she bad a love for intoxicating liquor which she could not subduo, and wished to "swear oil" en tirely. Tbe oath was taken. An eccentric clergyman lately said in ono of his sermons, that "about the commonest proof we havo that man is made of clay, is tho brick so oftou found in his hat." A Mississippi editor having given notice that be would inform, free of charge, enter prising young men bow to make a fourtune without cnpitul, replies thus to oevcral an xious inquirers : "Every ono of you pull off your coats, leave off your army sixes, quit whiskey, go to work, make a crop ef corn, cotton, peas and potatoes ; houso them up, then marry au 'enterprising girl 1" A Boston paper says an old lady in that town got exceedingly angry at a horse car driver, because be would not drive up to the sidewalk and take her and her bundles aboard. ituciPKN, sftv. Unites 1st JJacltsr. A corespondent of the Kockford UegitUr, writing from Glympia, W. T., gives tho method used on the Pacific const for preset -ving butter : "I think the dairyman here have an art in the management of butter that might bo turned to good account at tho East, but whioh I never saw practised till I came to this coast I allude to tho manner of 'put ting np butter for market. Perhaps neces sity was tho mother of this invention, but it makes the invention nuaa the less valuable. Here such a thing as a butter firkin or a stone jar to pack butter in is unknown, but all butter is packed in muslin sacks, made iu such form that tho package, when complete, is a cylinder three cr four inches iu diameter and fi om half a Toot to a foot iu length. Tho buttr goes from the churn, as soou as work ed over, into tbe cylindrical bags, mado of tiua bleached muslin. The packages sic then put into large casks couUiuing strong brine with a sliirbt admixture of saltpetre, and by means of weights kept always bolow the surface. Tho cloth integument always protects the butter from any impurities that chances to como in contact with tho pack age, and being always buried iu brine, that protects it from tho action of tho air ; and It has been ascertained by trial that butter put up in this way will keep tweet longer than in any other way. Besides, it is fouud easier aud cheaper for the manufacturer than to pack cither in firkiu vr jars. And for tbo rotuilor, there is no t ling the ad vantage on tho ccore of safety and conveni ence. These rolls ef butter can lie upon his counter as safo from injury, from dust or other contact as bars of load can be rolled up for his customer in a she at of paper with as much propriety as a bundle of matches. If tho consumer, when La gets home, discovers specks of dust upon the outside of the sacks, ho can throw it into a pail of pure cold wa ter and take it out clean and white. As ho uses tho butter from day to day, with a sharp knife he cut it off from tbe end of tbe roll in slice of thick nest tuited to tit want, peelt off the cloth from the end or tha tlice, leaving it in tidy form to place upon tho table. This Improved manner of pack ing butter first caught my eye in the market at Ban Francisco, where I saw cords of it piled op like pigs of lead. Tho simplicity ana great value of tho improvement so im pressed me that I wondered the Vauket s had not long ago found it out."
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