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The Sunbury American
II PUBLMBKD ETKBX FBID-T, T
EiTL WILVEBT, Proprietor,
Owner of -Turd St., ad Jlfartef Square,
8TJNBCRV, PA. . j
At One Dollar and Fifty Cents
If Mid strictly in advanoe : 11.76 if iud within the rear :
or 11.00 ia all cum when payment ia delayed tLU alter
expiration sf Um year. Ko abacription discontinued
natil all urearaf are paid auk-e at the option of the
rnbiiaiMT. iETa ax a usidli aihubcd tv
All new eubacriptious to the American by ijueliTliit
oauide of tue County of NortouniberUud, must be ao
oompanied with the Casr. Tnis ia made ueowieary by
toe difficulty experienced in collecting unpaid sube-nt-
twna at a aiatanoe.
$t)iral.
BALTIMORE LOCK
J-JR. JOHNSTON,
Hl
Pbyslclan of tbia celebrated Institution, bat
discovered the nt certain, speedy, pleasant and
effectual remedy in the world Tor all
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
Weakness ol the Back or Limbs, Strictures,
Affections of Kidneys and Bladder, Involun
tary Discharges, Impotency, General Debili
ty, Nervousness, Dyspepsy, Languor, Low
Spirits, Confasion of Ideas, Palpitation of
the Heart. Timidity. Tremblings, Dimness
of Sight or Giddines, Disease- of the Head,
Throat, Nose or Skint Affections of Liver, Lungs,
ftt.imach or Bowels these terrible Disorders
arialn? from the Solitary Habits of Youth those
secret and solitary practice more fatal to their
victims than the soug of Syrens to the Mariners
of Ulvsse. blizhting their most brilliant hones
of anticipations, rendering marrUge, &c.,4mpos-
tiible.
lODNG MEN
especially, who have become the victims of Soli
Ury Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit
which annually sweeps to an untimely grave
thousands of young men of the most exalted
talents and brilliant intellect, who might other
wise have entranced listening Senates with the
thunders of eloquence or waked to ecstacy the
living lyre, may call with full confidence.
MARRIAGE.
Married Persons or Toung Men contemplating
marriage, aware of Physical Weakness, (Loss
of Procreative Power Impotency), Nervous Ex
citability, Palpitation, Organic Weakness, Ner-
- vous Debility, or any o'lier uisquaii-cauon.
speedily relieved.
He who Dlaces himself undur the care of Dr. J
raav religiously confide in his honor as a gentle
man, and confidently rely unon his ekill as a th'
siclan.
. ORGANIC WEAKNESS.
Impotency, Lors of Power, immediately Cured
and full Vip''' Restored.
This Distressing Affection which renders Lite
miserable and marriage impossible is tne penalty
mid bv the victims of improper indulgence
Young persons are too apt to commit excesses
from not being aware of the dreadful onseqences
that may ensue. Now, who that understands
the subject will pretend to deny that the power
of procreation is lost sooner by those falling into
imDroner habits man ov tne pruaent i dcsiucs
being deprived the pleasures of healthy offspring,
the most serious and destructive symptoms to bot h
body and mind arise. The system becomes de
ranged, the Physical and Mental Functions
Weakened, Loss of Procreative Power, Nervous
Irritability, Dyspe. .ia, Palpitation of the Heart,
Indigestion, Constitutional Debility, a Wasting
of the Frame, Cough, Consumption, Decay and
Death.
A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DATS
Persons ruined In health by unlearned preten
ders who keep them triDine mouth after inontn,
inking poisonous and injurious compounds,
should apply immediately.
DR. JOHNSTON, '
Member of the Royal College of tturgeons, Lou
don, Graduated from one of the most eminent
Col'ec-s in the United States, and the greater
.art of whose ife has been spent in the hospitals
of London, Pris, Philadelphia and elsewhere,
has effected some of the most aetonUhing cures
that were ever known ; many troubled with ring
ing lu the head and ears when asleep, great
nervoufucss, being alarmed at sudden sounds,
baxhfultiess, with frequent blushing, attended
sometimes with deraugctacct of mind, were cured
Vmniediiitclv.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
Dr. J. addresses all those who have injurrd
themselves by Improper indulgence and solitary
habits, which ruin both body and mind, unfitting
them for cither business, study, society or mar
riage. These are some of the sad and melancholy
effects produced by early habits of youth, vix:
Weakucss of the Back and Limbs, Pains in the
Back and Head, Dimness of Sight, Loss of Mus
cular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspejsy,
Nervous Irritability, Derangement of DUrestive
Functions, General Debility, Symptoms of Con
eumption, &c
Mejitajxt The fearful effects on the rulnd
are much to be dreaded Loss of Memory, Con
fusion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil
Forebodings, Aversion to Society, Self-Distrust,
Love of Solitude, Timidity, fce-, are some of the
evils produced.
Thocbakds of persons of all ages can now
Judire what U the cause of Ueir declining health,
losing their vigor, becoming, weak, pale, nervous
and emaciated, having a singular appearance
about the eyes, cough and symptoms ol consump
tion. TOUNG MEN
Who have Injured th m selves by a certain prac
tice indulged In when alone, a habit frequently
learned from evil companions, or at school, the
effects f which are nightly felt, even when
asleep, and If not cured, renders marriage impos
sible, and destroys both mind and body, should
apply immediately.
Wiiat a pity that'a young man, the hope of his
country, the darling of his parents, should be
snatches, from all prospects and enjoyments ol
life, by the consequence of deviating from the
nth of nature and Indulging in a certain secret
habit. Such persons must before contemplating
M.AKK1AGE,
reflect that a sonnd mind and body are the mol
necessary requisites to promote connubial happi
ness. Indeed without these, the Journey through
life becomes a weary pilgrimage ; the prospect
hourly darkens to the view ; the mind tecomes
shadowed with despair and filled with the melan
choly reflection, that the happiness of another
becomes blihted with our o en.
A CERTAIN DISEASE.
When the misguided and imprudent votary ol
tileasnre finds that he has imbibed the seeds ot
this painful disease, it too often happens that an
ill-timed sense of shame, or dread of discovery,
deters him from applying to those who, from
education and respectability, can alone befriend
hlra, delaving till the constitutional symptoms ol
this horrid disease make their appearance, such
as ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, noctural
pains In the bead and limbs, dimness of sight,
deafness, nodes on the shin bones and arms,
" blotches on the head, face and extremities, pro
gressing with frightful rapidity, till at last the
palate of the mouth or the bones of the nose fall
in, and the victim of this awful disease becomes
a horrid object of commiseration, till death puts
a period to his dreadful suffering, by sending
Lim to " that Undiscovered Country from whence
no traveller returns."
. It is a melancholy fact that thousands DIE
victims to this terrible disease, through falling
into the hands of Ignorant or unskillful PRE
TENDERS, who, by the use of that deadly Poi
son, Mercury, c., destroy the constitution, and
Incapable of curing, keep the unhappv sufferer
month after month taking tbeir noxious or in
jurious compounds, and Instead of being restored
to a renewal of Life Vigor and Happiness, in des
pair leave him with rained Health to sigh over
bis galling disappointment.
To soch, therefore, Dr. Johkstoh pledges him
self to preserve the most Inviolable Secrecy, and
Troni his extensive practice and observations in
the great Hospitals of Europe, and the first iu
this country, viz: England, France, Philadelphia
and elsewhere, is enabled to offer the most cer
tain, speedy and effectual remedy in the world
for all diseases of Imprudence.
DR. JOHNSTON.
OFFiCE, NO. 7, 8. FREDERICK STREET.
Baxtimobk, M. D.
Left hand side going from Baltimore street, a few
doors from tUe corner. Fall not to observe name
and number.
tar No letters received unless postpaid and
contain in ir a stamp to te used on the reply. Per
sons writing should state age, and send a portion
of ad virtlaeiuent describing symptoms.
There are so many Paltry, Designing and
Worthless Impnsters advertising themselves as
Physicians, trifling with and mining the health
of all who unfortunately fall Into their power.
that Dr. Johnston deems It necessary to say es
pecially to those unacquainted with his reputa
tion that his Credentials or vipiomas aiwaj
banf ia his office.
ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS.
The many thousands cured at this Establish
ment, year after year, and the numerous iiu
portant Surcical Operations performed by Di
Johnston, witnessed by the representatives of the
press and many other papers, notices or wmch
have appeared a tain and aga'n before the public,
besides his standing as a gentleman of character
and responsibility, is a sufficient guarantee to the
afflicted- emu diseases speedily cured.
April 9. 1875. It
M PIKER AND PLAXISG HILLS
Thiid Street, adjoining Phila. & Erie R. R., two
fcquares North of the Central Hotel,
SUNBURY, PA.
IRA T. CLEMEXT,
1 S prepared to furnish every description of lnta
L ber required by the demands of the public
Having all the latest improved machinery for
manufacturing Luuber, he is now ready to fill or
ders ( all kinds of
FLOORING, SIDING, DOORS SHUTTERS,
SASH, BLINDS MOULDINGS, VE
RANDAS. BRACKETS,
and ail kinds of Ornamental Scrawl Work. Turn.
Ing of every description promptly executed. Also,
A LASGs ASSOKTXjrRT OF
. BILL LUMBER.
HEMLOCK and PINE. Also, Shingles, Pickets,
Lathe, Ac.
Orders promptly Ailed, and shipped by Railroad
orotberwiae. iv i. vi.fi.Mx. i
d3C19-68:T
Katabllahed in lS lO.
PRICE tl 50 IN ADVAKCF..
grofmitmal.
w if n irier i ....... i sriv.
I 1 . RITRV Pi. niflr in Market tvrTlarfi.
(adjoining the office of W. I. Greenough, Esq.,)
Professional business in this and adjoining conn
lies promptly attended to.
Sunbury, March 10, lS7.-iy
JOSEPH N. AR.N'OLl),
ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
" " Liverpool, Perry county, Pa
All business matters In the counties of North
umberland, Snyder, Union. Perry and Juniata
promptly attended to. Consultations can bo had
in the German and English languages.
april 17, lH74.-iy.
91. A. SOBER.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
asD cocutt bolicitoh.
Office on Front Street below Market, Sunbury,
Pa. Collections and all legal business promptly
attended to.
J AWES HEARD, ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office In Haupt's building, South East Corner
of Market Square, Sunbury, ra.
8peci&l Attentio Paid to Collections.
a nr. nitif'E. - -
A . ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SIUCT1! JUSTICE OF THB PEACE.
Next Door to Judge Jordan's Residence, Chest
nut Street, Sunbury, fa.
CollecMons and all legal matters promptly ai-
lenacu n.
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
r!nnrerr.elnr the collections of claims, writings,
..ti j e r Kn.titA.. will tin attended
auu an aiuus ui mai mcnv
full and with despatch. Can be consult-
on in the Enirlish and German language. Office
In Haupt's buildiug, Market street, Sunbury, Pa
April 9, 75.
G.
A. ROTOORF,
Atlornev-at-Law,
GEORGETOWN,
Northumberland Co., Penna,
rn he consulted In the Enllsh and German
l.nniieM. Collections attended to in morvu-
iinihurl.nil and adinlnin? Counties.
UU...U J - .. ..
Also Agent for the Lebanon vauey rire insu
rance Company. uuu.f
W. C. PACKER,
Attorney at Law,
Sunbury, Pa.
November 9, 1872. tf.
SR. ROVER. Attorney and Counsellor
e at Law. Office In Wolvertou's Law build
ing, Second street, SUNBURY, rA. rroiessiona.
busiuess attended to, iu tue courts 01
oerland and adjoining counties. Also, in ine
Circuit and DUtrict Courts for the tvesiern is-
triet of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect
ed. Particular attention paid to eaten za-
rupU-v. Consultation can be had in the Ger-
man language. ,
L.
II. KANE, Attorney at Law, BUN
BURY, PA., office In Wolverton's Law
buildine, Second street. Collections maue in
Northumberland and adjoining counties.
April 9,'75.
J. Merrill Linn. Andrew EL Dill. iTaua. i aiarr.
LIX. DILI. & MAR It,
. ATTORNEY'S AT LAW,
Next door to the Presbyterian ehnrch, Market
Square, SUNBUKx,
April 9,'75 Nortramherland Co., ra.
E1
DMUND DAVIS,
ATTORN EY AT L...
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Office In Masser's Bull ling, south side of Mar
ket Square. ' April
JANES II. MeREVITT,
Attorney at Law and
U!TE States Comissiosee. Office with 8.
B. Bover, Esq., In Wolverton s Law uuuaing,
Sunbury, Pa.
April 9.'75.
SP. nOLYERTOS, Attorney at w.
e Market Square, SUNBURY.PA. Profession
al business in this and adjoining counties prompt-
.y attended to.
HR. MASSER, Attorney at Law, SUN-
BURY. PA. Collections attended to in
the counties of Northumberland, Union, Snyder,
Montour, Columbia and Lycoming. apilu-o'J
GEO. W. ZIEuLEU,
ATTORNEt AT LAW,
Office in Haupt's building, Market St., Sun
bury, Pa.
Collections and all professional business
promptly attended to In the Courts of Northum
berland and adjoining counties.
March 19. 1875.
DR. C. HI. MARTIN, Office in Drug
Store, Clement House Block, Office hours :
from 11 a. m., to 1 p. ra., and from 8 to p. ra.,
at all other hours, when not Professionally en-
aged can be found at his residence, on Chestnut
Street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular attention
given to surgical cases, win yisil raueni
either in town or country.
"Jg C. GOBIX,
ATTT0RSEY AND COUNoELOR AT LAW.
Office on east Market Mreet, opposite the City
Hotel, 8unbury, Pa.
Prompt and careful attention paid toconvcy
ncing. May 14. 1875
GB. C A D lV A LL A D E IE, Market Street,
SUNBURY, PA.
Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Glass, Varnishes, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars,
Pocket Books. Dairies, vc.
DEXTISTRV.
GEORGE M. RENN,
In 6'iwwm, Budding, Market Sjunre,
Scsbubt, Pa.,
1 prepared to do all kinds of work pertaining
to Dentistry. He keeps constantly on hand
a large assortment of Teeth, and other Dental
material, from which he will be able to select,
and mee. ne wants of his customers.
All wore warranted to give satisfaction, or else
the money refunded.
The very best Month vtasn ana iooin-rowuers
kept on hand.
His references are the numerous patrons lor
whom he has worked for the last twelve years.
Suubury, April 21, 1872.
2L)otcIs aub Ijcstannmts.
i7ii7lTHoi'IE, (Formerly 'DanvUle
Uetel," re opened July 1st, 1H75.) Market
Street, Danville, Pa. L. G. STICKER, Proprie
tor. Guests conveyed to and from tbe Depot.
Good sample rooms for ageuts.
Aug. 13, -75.-ly.
CRAWFORD HOUSE, Cor. Third and
Mulberry. Business Centre, Williamsport,
Pa.
Wm.
Dec. 11, 1874.
CRAWFORD, Proprietor.
CLEMEXT HOUSE, Third Street below
Market, Sunbury, Pa. PETER 8. BUR
RELL. Proprietor. Rooms neat and comfortable.
Tables supplied with the delicacies of the season
and the waiters attentive and obliging.
Sutrqnry, Jan. 22, 1875.
UNITED STATES HOTEL, W. F.
KITCHEN, Proprietor. Opposite the De
pot 8HAMOKIN, PA. Every attention given lo
travellers, and the best accommodations given.
April 5.1873. tf
ATIOXAL nOTEL. AUGUSTUS
WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown North 'd
County, Pa., at the Station ofthe N. C. R. W.
Choice wines and cigars at the bar.
The tabids supplied with the best the market
affords. Good stabling and attentive ostlers.
HUM MEL'S RESTAURANT,
LOUIS HUM MEL, Proprietor,
Commerce St.. SHAMOKLN. PENN'A.
Having- lust refitted the above Saloon for the
aeenmnriatlnn nf the rjubllc. is nOW Prepared tO
serve ls friends with the best tefrcBhments, and
fresh Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, and all other malt
quors.
Inshtcss Rat-Its-
w. a. .nnini. PACKER DA AS
WS. RIIOADS A CO.,
RETAIL DEALERS OF
ANTHRACITE COAL, SUNBURY, PENN'A
nn- at TH Haas. Faoelt Si Co.,
Orders left at SeaskolU A Bro's., office Market
treet. will receive prompt attention. Country
estom respectfully solicited.
Feb. 4, 1871. tf.
NB
COAL! COAL! COAL! GRANT BROS.,
Shippers and Wholesale and RetailDealers in
WniTE AND RED ASH COAL, SUNBURY, PA
(lower wharf.;
Orders will receive prompt attention.
AXTIIRACITE COAL !
YTALEVITXE DIETZ, Wholesale and
V Retail dealer in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL, UPPER WHARF,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
All kinds of Grain taken in exchange for Coal
Orders solicited and filled promptly. Orders left
at S. F. Nevin's Confectionery Store, on Third
treet, will rccieve prompt attention, and money
rcceiptedlor, the same as at the ouice,
COAL, FLOl'R, GRAIN AND PHOSf-
PIIATE.
TnE undersigned having connected the Coal
business with bis estensiveFLOURA GRAIN
trade, Is prepared to supply families with the
VERY REST OF COAL,
CHEAP FOR CASH.
Egg, Stove and Nut, constantly on hand. Grain
taken In exchange for Coal.
I am also prepared to supply to farmers and
others
THE NATIONAL SOLUBLE BONE.
This Phosphate Is of a higher grade than is
usual In this country, and is sold at a reasonable
price.
J. M. CADWALL1DER.
Sunbury, Bipt. 10. 1875. tf.
fflizzzlhmtms.
KLXRIRY WARBLE YARD,
Fourth Street below Market,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
THF. nnderslened has returned from the Ver
mont Marble Quarries with 56 Tons of
&iole for
Monnnientff, Grave-Stone,
&c, &c.
ne has bought at such figures that
will allow him to sell better stone, for
less money, than heretofore. The best
Sutherland Fall3 Marble,
which is better than Italian. Rutland is now
sold as low as the Manchester.
Those who need anything in the Marble line,
for Monuments, Grave-Stones, or other purposes,
will find It to their interest to call and examine
this large stock, as better bargains can be secur
ed than buying from parties 'huckstering' round
the country.
All lettering will be done in the neatest ana
most improved style.
V. At. D.MUIlttll 1.
Suubury, Jan. 11, 1S73.
THE KING RARRER SHOP
S THE SHOP OF THE TOWN and long
. has been ; ask history and she will tell you
Men have growu old In our patronage
Babies on their mothers' breast
To bouncing boys at play ;
And youths by maidens fair caressed,
To stalwart men with cares oppressed,
And old men silver gray.
And among the honored and lasting Impres
sions of time, and the crash of revolutions In
circumstances, we stand a living monumental
memento of the lnsenuity and perseverance ap
pertaining to the Identity of progression, plying
our vocation with the highest style or art and
perfection, and aspiring to achieve the highest
reward of merit attainable in oar humble capaci
ty, and the sentiment of respect and approbation
which the presence of superior appliances and es
tablishment are always wont to inspire.
Always to please
We shave with ease
. Cut and comb with taste the balr ;
Shampoo the bead with soothing ears,
And color the whiskers black or brown,
To suit the people about the town.
Then allow me politely request you to stop,
And not go past nor from around our shop.
To gel shaved on the basis of ability nor as
some have done for our use of tbe ballot for prin
ciple sacred and right nor under the common
secret and invidious guise of enmity to complex,
ion ; for tbe cut of a man's coat, or the eolor of
his skin, onght not to affect his usefulness nor
his qoal' "cations. A fair chance Is ull that we
demand, to give tbe proof to all tbe land.
JAM to W. WASHINGTON.
Proprietor.
Sunbury, April 5, 1873 : No. 91, Market su
ibbtrtisrmcnxs
A NEW STOCK OF
MERCHANT TAILORING GOODS.
CHAS. MAIIIL
Has Just returned from tbe Eastern cities, with an
elcgaut selections of '
CLOTHS,
CASSI9IERES,
and VESTIXGS,
of the finest French Brands, Trimmings,' Ac.
He is now ready to receive orders for
" SPRING AND SUMMER 8UIT8
of any desired style. Tbe latest styles of pat
terns on hand, and
NEAT FITS GUARANTEED.
Yon will find prices at least as reasonable as
elsewhere. Give me a call.
cnAS. maihl,
FOURTH ST., typotlte CITY JIOTEL,
SUNBURY, PA.
Sunbury, April 9, t875.-tf.
1815 MILLINERY. 1815
TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED
HATS and JiONNETS.
SPRIXG STYLES.
CRAPE AND CRAPE VEILS,
'VfEW French Styles in Inints' Caps. Straw
Goois, in Shade Mats, School Hats and all
the latest Fashionable Shapes and olors.
Chip in Drab, Brown, Black and W'hite. Leg
horn, Black Hair, etc.
All the novelties in Silks, Gross Grains, Sashes,
Serges, etc.
French Flowers, wreaths, Roses, Buds and
Sprays. Ribbons in the new shades.
Purchasers will find a full and carefully se
lected stock of Millinery at M. L. Gossler's
Millinery Store, Fourth St., below the Shamokln
Div. N. C R. R., Suubury, Pa.
April 23, 1875.
WATCHES, JEWELRY & SILVER
WARE. John W. Stevenson,
Comer Third and Market Sis, Snnbnry, Pa.
HAS completely renovated his Store Room,
and opened tbe largest assortment of
WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SOLID SIL
VER AND PLATED WARE,
ever exhibited in this part of the State. Every
thing iu tbe Jewelry line is kept In store.
Silver-Ware,
Draeelet.
Rings tV Chains,
of every description and ofthe finest quality.
Particular attention paid to repairing
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, e.
HAIR JEWELRY made to order.
Sunbury, March 6. 1874.
John H. Hell. John M. Schosocr
SELL &. St HONOUR.
Second 8treet, Womelsdobf, Pa.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS
W1NE8, BRANDIES, GINS,
Pnre Old Rye Whiskey,
Apple Whiskey, Cordials, &c.
All Liquors sold gaurranteed as represented.
Orders promptly attended to and public pa
tronage respectfully solicited.
SELL & SCHONOUR.
2d St., Womelsdorf, Berks Co., Pa.
Feb. 27, 1874 IT.
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3I0RNING, OCTOBER 22, 1875.
historical.
A History of fte Siispliaia,
BY J. F. MAGINNI8.
EMBRACING A FULL ACCOUNT OF ITS SET
TLEMENT TRIALS AND - PRIVATIONS
ENDURED BY THE FIRST PIONEERS-
FULL ACCOUNT OF THE INDIAN WARS,
PREDATORY INCURSIONS, ABDUCTIONS.
MASSACRES, AC.
, 'CHAPTER XL
Murde of SJioefelt and Thompson Colonel
IIostcrman'M Partg- Cmd Massacre where
Willianisport now standi Peter Smith
and his DauqhtorOne Brave Man
Arrival of Colonel Hepburn Horrible
Appearance of Vie Dead King's Wife
Orders to leave the Country Jhe Big
Jtunavny.
When Wychoff, Thompson and Shoefelt
came to Thompson's bouse it is said they
bitched their horses, for they appeared to
hare been riding, and went in and com
menced cooking their dinner. The Indians
having been quietly observing the move
ments of the two parties, sent a party to
capture them. When they came in sight
the horses snorted and gave the alarm.
Seizing their rifles, they attempted to ran
for tbe woods, but the Indians were too
quick, and firing a volley, killed Thompson
aud Shoefelt, and Wychoff through the
shoulder, wounding him severely. He was
taken prisoner and returned after a captivi
ty of two years. A story is related in con
nection with this trasic affair, but with
how much truth I cannot say, that when
Wychoff was taken prisoner he was quite
baldheaded, but when he returned from
captivity he had a fine bead of hair. ' On
the same day that this sad disaster befell
Captain Berry, Colonel Hosterman, with
Reynolds and a party of thirteen men, set
out from Muocy farm to go to Antes fort
and tbe Great Island with ammunition for
those places. When they came to Ixyal
Sock tbey heard considerable firing and
yelling up tbe creek. Tbey supposed it to
be nearly a mile distant, and proceeded as
rapidly as possible in that direction. When
they came to the place where tbey suppos
ed the firing to have been, no Indians were
discovered. They bad probably seen them
and made off. A noise was heard by them,
however, as of soma one striking on a hol
low tree with a club some distance ahead.
A stroke appeared to bo given for each
man in the party. They returned, and
continued on to the residence of Thomp
son. When they arrived the barn was on
fire, but tbe house remained untouched.
Thompson's powder horn was found near
the bouse with a bullet hole through it,and
several moccasin and shoe tracks were ob
served. Nothing could be .heard or seen
of Thorn psou, Sboefeit,. or WycborT, the
three men that were known to have gone
there. t Before tbey came to the bouse,
however, tbey heard death yells, and. one
they took to b prisoner, given by In-
dianain the woods, which now impressed
them with tbe idea that th6 three men were
killed or taken prisoners. - -
On the same day, the 10th of of 1778,
Peter Smith, his wife, and sis children,
Wm. King, his wife, and two children.
Michael Smith,' Michael Campbell, David
Chambers, Snodgrass and Hammonn, be
ing seven men, two woman and eight chil-
-4
to go to Maocy fort in a four-horse wagon.
They had gone but a short distaucc when
they;were met by a messenger and iuform-
ed that considerable firing had been heard
about Loyal Sock that day and it was
not considered safe for them to proceed.
Peter Smith informed the messenger that
he would not be stopped by the firing, and
would continue on. ne returned and re
ported Smith's intentions, whereupon a
party pushed on to meet them. This party
is supposed to have been Colonel Hosier
man's. It was near night, however, and
they did not reach them. When the men
with the wagon and the women and chil
dren reached the spot of ground now said
to be occupied by a foundry in William-
sport they were fired upon by a body of
Indians supposed to have been about twen
ty in number. At the first fire Snodgrass fell
dead. The Indians only discharged two
guus when they made a rush, tomahawk in
band, for the wagon. They were uot ob
served till tho fire had been given, when
the remaining men immediately jumped
from tbe wagon and commenced fighting
for their liyes and their women and little
children. The Indians closed in and en
deavored to surround them, when all the
men, with the exception of Campbell, ran
and abandoned the defenceless women and
children to tbe horrible fate that awaited
them. A little boy escaped, and runuing
to Lycoming, informed some men there
of what had happened. The men that es
caped stated that tbey looked back and
saw the savages tomahawking tbe women
and children, and Campbell was closely en
gaged with an Indian fighting bravely.
(White men cowards.) Peter Smith ran
into a rye field close by, and on looking
back perceived something following him ;
supposing it to bo an Iudian, he ran as fast
as possible, but in climbing a fence discov
ered that it was his little daughter, who,
with arms outstretched towards her father,
was following as fast as she could and im
ploriug him to wait and save her. It is
scarcely necessary to add that the flying
father's heart was deeply touched, and
waiting a moment he snatched the child
up in his arms and fled for life. He escap
ed to Fort Muncy. When the boy gave
the alarm at Lycoming they misunderstood
him, and thinking that it was a canoe
that had been attacked in the river near
where tbey had lived, ran there at once.
It was now dark, the massacre having oc
curred about sundown. When Colonel
Hepburn, with a party that had Btarted
out on the alarm being given by the fugi
tives flying from Loyal Sock, came to the
spot, they found tbe body of Snodgrass
and another, but it was too dark to do
anything, and they pushed on to Lycom
ing Creek, where they remained till morn
ing. Tho next day being the 11th of June
they, returned to the scene of the massacre
and there beheld a revolting and horrible
sight. . Peter Smith's wife was fouud shot
through tbe body, subbed, scalped and a
knife bv her side. William King's wife
was tomahawked and scalped, but still sur
vived and was sitting op when they came.
Her husband came to her, when she lean'
ed on him and immediately expired. She
appeared to be ' sensible, but could not
(peak a word and presented a sickening
sight, her foce being covered with clotted
blood. A little girl was found killed and
scalped and a boy the same. ' Campbell
was found killed, stabbed and scalped. He
had also been shot in the back and a knife
was sticking1 in bis body. Everything
around him indicated that he had main
tained a fearful struggle with superior num
bers and sold his life its dearly as possible.
An Indian gun was found near him bro
ken to pieces. His gun was gone. What
became ofthe remainder of the children I
cannot state, but they were probabjy car
ried into captivity. The Indians took but
few things out of tbe wagon which they
left standing. They probably took the
horses. A party nnder Captain Shaffer, it
is stated, went to Thompson's house and
searched for him. At length they found
him and Shoefelt outside of a field among
some pine grubs. Thompson had been
shot through the side, Shoefelt was shot
through the shoulder; -tbey were both
scalped and lay but a short distance apart.
They appeared to have been so near Thomp
son when he was shot that his jacket was
burned. This was indeed a bloody day.
The savages glutted themselves with mur
der and plunder and returned in triumph.
A gloomy pall seemed suspended over the
infant settlement, and weeping and wailing
was heard on every hand. Children were
murdered before their parents' eyes ; hus
bands were compelled to witness the hor
rid deaths of - their wives and in turn
children were compelled to gaze upon tbe
mangled bodies of tbeir parents. Neither
age, sex, nor coudition was spared. The
wails of helpless infants; the imploring
cries of defenceless women, failed to awaken
a chord of piety in the adamantine bosom
of the tawny savages he laughed their
pitifu. appeals to scorn, and with a fiendish
grin of pleasure plied the knife, and tore
the reeking scalps fiom their heads.
On the intelligence of these murders
reaching Colonel Hunter at Fort Augusta,
be became alarmed for the safety of those
that remained above Fort Muncy, and sent
word to Colonel Hepburn to order them to
abandon the country and retire below. ' He
was obliged to do this, as there was not a
sufficiency of troops to guard the whole
frontier, and Congress had taken no actiou
to furnish him with men and supplies.
Colonel Hepburn had some trouble to get
a messenger to carry the orders np to Colo
nel Antes, so panic-stricken were tbe peo
ple on account of the ravages of the Indi
ans. At length Robert Covenhaver and a
young millwright in the employ of Andrew
Culbertson volunteered their services, and
started on a dangerous mission. They
crossed tbe river and ascended Bald Eagle
mountain and kept along the summit, till
they came to the gap opposite Fort Antes.
They cautiously descended at the head of
Nippenose Bottom and proceeded to the
fort. It was in the evening and as they
neared the fort the report of a rifle rang
upon their eark A girl had gone outside
to milk a cow, and an Iddian being in am
bush, fired upon her.- The ball fortunately
passed through her clothes and escaped
unharmed. The word was passed on up
to Horn's fort and preparations made for
the flight. Great excrement prevailed.
Canoes were collected, rafts hastily con
structed, and every available craft that
could float pressed into service ; and the
goods and also tbe wives and children of
the settlers, placed on board. Tbe men
armed with their trusty rifles, marched
down on each side of the river to guard
tho cnnTny. Tt was Jindeed a sudden as
well as meiancnoiy nigut. mey wereTetrr-
ing their homes, cattle acd crops to tbe
mercy of tbe enemy and fleeing for their
lives. Nothing occurred worthy of note
during the passage to Sunbury, as the In-
ians did not venture to attack the armed
force that marched on shore. It is said
that whenever any of their crafts would
ground on a bar, the women would jump
out, and putting their shoulders against it,
launch it into deep water.
The settlements above Muncy fort were
all abandoned - and tbe Indians had full
possession of the country once more. Com
panies came np as soon as possible to secure
and drive away their cattle. ' They found
the Indians burning and destroying. When
they came to Robert King's improvements
they found the remains of his house and
barn yet smoking. Passing on to Antes
fort, they fouud the mill containing a quan
tity of wheat and the surrounding build
ings reduced to ashes. ' As the smouldering
embers were not yet extinct, the air for
some distance around was tainted with the
odor of roasted wheat. They gathered up
what cattle they could as soon as possible,
and drove them off from this scene of de
solation. Fort Muncy, Freeland's fort.
and all the intermediate points, were aban
doned about tbe same time. Thus was the
valley of tLe West Branch evacuated.
This flight was called by the people ot that
period the "Big Runaway," a name which
it bears to this day. Shortly after the big
runaway the attention of the savages was
attracted to the memorable descent upon
Wyoming, which took place on the third
of July, 1778. But few remained on the
West Branch, nearly all having gone to
participate in that bloody massacre.
Reader, whose fault is it that Ibis tragical
affair occurred between the caucassian and
the poor Americans ?
To be Continued.
ftfisctllancons.
HISTORY OF A WAIF.
Remarkable Recognition ofthe P.
and r. Depot.
AN INFANT THAT FLOATED ALL NIGHT
ON A FLOOD AND WAS RESCUED TUB.
PARENTS GIVE TJP THE CHILD AS
DROWNED THE LITTLE ONE IS ADOPT
ED BY STRANGERS. GROWS TO WOMAN
HOOD, AND MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE
OF HER BROTHER IN WILLIAM8PORT.
During a great flood in the Ohio about
twentv-five vears azo, when the river over
leaped the bounds of propriety, and dwell
infra located on the river banks wereswepi-
ed away and went floating down upon the
pitiless tide, there was intense excitement.
Families, unconscious of their danger,
were fast asleep in their beds when the wa
t r rose about their homes, and lifting the
tenements from their foundations bore them
away amid the darkness and the turbulent
flood.
On the left bank ofthe Ohio at that time
Marietta and PomerOV. itOOU a
Wfenu .... 4
hnmbla dwellioe. occupied by a farmer.
bis wife and five children, the youngest
child being an infant girl a little over a
year old. The river rose during the night
while the family : were in : bed. Tha
( Mew Series, Tel. 7, So. 28.
I OM Series, Tol. 80, Ko. 28
rocking of tbo house aa tbe surging wa
ters claimed it, awoke the inmates,
and through great exertion tbe farmer was
enabled to get ail his family as be supposed
to a place of safety, thongb be lost every
thing else. 'Standing on a little eminence
near by, he saw through the gloom of that
dreadful night his house, with all its con
tents, yield itself to the grasping, avaricious
flood, and float down the river where it
was soon lost in darkness. He supposed
that all were saved, but alas ! it was soon
discovered that their infant girl was miss
ing. In the confusion and excitement the
the baby was fast asleep on its bed, and
had been swept away to destruction with
the house . G reat was the grief of the par
ents at the loss of tbeir youngest born, and
although due efforts were made to learn
whether or not she had been rescued, noth
ing was heard of ber, and it was very nat
urally auppoaed that she was drowned. '
Such however was not her fate. A hun
dred miles below where his dwelling was
awept away, some people on the river bank
the next day saw something peculiar float
ing down on the current. They thonght
it was the form of an infant. A boat was
procured, and the object was indeed found
to be an infant sleeping calmly on a bed.
She was taken in charge of by a family in
the vicinity, who took such means as they
knew to ascertain to whom the child be
longed, but tbeir was no clue to guide them
and soon tbe little wait that had floated
down to them, came to be considered as
tbeir own child. They adopted ber the
more readily, perhaps, on account of be
ing themselves childless. The father of
the little one, soon after the flood, sold his
possessions and removed further west, not
having the faintest idea that the child
would ever be found.
Meanwhile the waif grew into a beauti
ful girl, and became as dear to her adopt
ed parents as though she was their own.
She had mourned for 'mamma' a little time,
but, ere long, recollections of ber surround
ings were but dim and shadowy, and her
new parents and her new borne became all
to her A few years and the family moved
into Iliuois, settling on a farm near Chica
go. Abe man prospered tbe re, and was
enabled to give bis beautiful Ohio river
foundling an education fitting her grace of
person, ber amiability and ber virtues.
About four years ago her hand as -wught
in marriage by a worthy young farmer in
the vicinity of where she lived, consent ob
tained, and tbe two were soon after united
in tbe bonds of matrimony.
And now we reach tbe most interesting
part of this strange story. One day last
week a gentleman and lady entered the sit
ting room of the Philadelphia and Erie
depot this city, and taking a seat awaited
the arrival of the westward bound train.
A gentleman seated upon tbe opposite side
of tbe room gazed intently at tbe lady, un
til it was looked upon as an impudent act.
Finally rising, be walked across to where
she was seated, and confusedly remarked :
"Excuse me, madam ; don't be offended at
my staring at you, but the truth is, you are
a perfect picture of a sister of mine at home
and when you came in I really thought it
was her.'
With this introduction a long conversa
tion followed, which revealed the fact that
all three of the party were going to Chica
go. The young man again referred to the
striking resemblance of the lady to his sis
ter, and the interview continued from one
subject, until finally their respective fami
lies jrer? referred to. The young gentle
man mentioned tbe bad tt that had from
time to time befallen bis father. Man v years
ago his house was swept away byamerciless
flood, and a beautiful infant girl, the pride
ofthe household, carried off and drowned.
The lady turned her head suddenly, and
becoming deeply interested in the conver
sation, said : 'When small I was carried
away on the Ohio by a flood, but was res
cued by those whom I love dearly. I
never heard of my parents, but have fre
quently listened to the story told by those
who stood npon the river bank when I was
taken from the water, and always I have
been greatly interested in their portrayal
of the excitement that existed.' '
While the lady was talking the young
gentleman was motionless, bis eyes fixed
with a steady gaze npon the speaker.
When she bad concluded, in an excited
manner he remarked : .
'I do really believe that you are my lost
sister. When she was carried off, she was
lying upon a little bed, wrapped in a plaid
shawl ; on one finger was an infant's gold
ring, with the initial M.' I have often
heard my parents refer to it.' He then
went on relating all as told above.
'Good heavens, can it be I' exclaimed the
lady, and she turned deathly pale. 'Yon
arc my brother ; and oh, it is strange that
so many years should elapse before tbe
mystery was revealed. I have the gold
ring with the initial 'M.' upon it, tho bed,
and the plaid shawl that covered me that
dark, boisterous night npon the river.'
The scene was one of deep interest to
those who listened to the wonderful revela
tiona scene not soon to be forgotten.
Tbe lady and her husband had been on a
visiting tour among acquaintences in the
vicinity of Tamauqua, and had reached
this city by the Catawissa road ; the young
gentleman, interested in some patent right
had stopped over in Williambport for a sin
gle day. Hence this meeting of tbe long
seperated brother and sister. Tbe three
took the train going est, remarking tbat
they would have a happy reunion of the
real and adopted parents when tbey reach
ed home. And what joy there win bo at
reunion over the long lost child, supposed
to have went down to an early grave be
neath the muddy waters of the Ohio.
WiWamsport Sunday Times.
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York. Amons the strange freaks f fash
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camel's hair on the wrong side. To my
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iU best side is exposed. Ladies who have
paid their hundreds and thousands of dol
lars even for these unattractive shawls -
indignant at the many excellent imifction8'
The real camel's hair shawl is composed
of many separate pieces seved together,
and tbe wrong side shows tbe threads and
long stitches. It resembles tbe wrong side
xf . nipwi of worsted work. Aa tbia ia a
test of the genuine aiticle ladies wear this
rough exterior . outside. A better way
rnnM h tft nilt a label on the right side,
and an affidavit from an expert , astoite
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una.
LIVING OX THE OLD MAX.'
The Providence Journal gives an indigo
nant father room to vent his woe. The
story is appropriate for the commencement.
season ,
i " ' 1
I baint no edication
Mister Ewttb :
and I thank God for it. Governor Lippitt
said in his kollege speech that edication
paid better than mortgage at six per cent.
Governor Lippiil, I ask'yoo. have yoa
got such things as three highly edicatcd:
sons on yorur bands. . what can't support!
themselves, and all living on tbe old man ?
You know you ain't, and as I have, I guess
I know as much abont this edication mat
ter as you do. I cuss the day when lituray ,
ambition broke ont in - my family I fit '
three sons to kollege, and if I bad not one :
left to stay on the farm and work with mo, ,
we should all on ns be taken a deep inter :
est m the annuel appropriations for the
poor of the town. -
My Silas studied law, and. all the writs
he has yet seen has been on hisself. He
has to sware out of jail three times a week "
regular trips he makes. Monday Wednes-'
day and Friday, like the Rhode Island j
from Stoniogton.
He has got as pretty little HofS as ever j
you see, with legal work or bmollet, iiyron
and all them great jurists arranged on I
shelve tbe portrait of Rufus Cbote and
tbat gftrl what danced so good at the
Theatre, hung up on tbe walls. We fur- 1
nisbed him with all those necessaries of
the legal profession, and although he j
smokes and drinks beer, and does all a
young lawyer ought to do to win confidence ;
and public esteem, it is no go.
He belongs to ten secret societies, and I
tell him I wish to God he'd jine one so se-
cret that his creditors could not find him. I
He buys all bis tobaccon my name for
fear of 1 getting attached, and as for his !
beer, he drinks np five dollars' worth at a (
time, and then swears out on it. He Is
getting low spirited now, and aajs that all
the Blackstone be wants lo know about is-:
tbe Blackstone river, with a big stone tied ;
to his heels, which made bis mother cry,
bnt I told him he was of age, and I had no
control over him. .
Poor Silas, when he graduated at Kol
lege, his oration was on 'A classikal edica
tion mdursphensible to success in life.'
His mother and I cried in the Baptist
Church when we heard him deliver it, we ;
didn't know what for then, but hev since 1
found out. I tell Silas that the only chance i
I see afeead is to take to drink strong, then
reform, and may be the temperance folks ,
will shove him along to keep him moral
and steady.
My totber boy, Ezra, siuddied for a doc- ;
tor. The first case be bad was Hawkins, j
that was gored, so badly by Olneys bull. ;
Hawkins had six good s;itf horns aboard '
of his own afore the bnll muxed with him, i
which made it a bad case. Ezra wanted j
to be sure, so be gave him all the medicine j
be Itad on baud at once. Just as Hawkins j
was a dying be writ an afydavit that the
treatment he received from the bull was ,
humane compared with that of bis doctor
Uawkin's'wldow sued for malpractice, and I
her lawyer told the jury that M. D., stood
for murderous doses, and that he was a
doctor of many drams but few scruples.
At this joke the' Judge and jury laughed
like they would split, aud they gin a big j
verdict agin Ezra, and he bad to run off I
to California.
He drora small drafts on me often, to we
know he's alife ; which ia more of a com- .
fort to his mother than myself. When :
Ezra graduated, hia oration was on 'Knol- j
lege a Purtection Against tbe Kalamitiea j
of life.' His mother and I cried bad then,
and we have since found out why.
But tbe eadest case of all was our poor 1
little Calvin. . At tbe time when unthink- j
ing youths are spent in laying stone walls j
or hoeing corn, Calvin was seriously think- '
ing of the more important work of saving
souls. He entered college, and was finally ,
settled over a large parish at Heilburn j
Woods.
For a fetv years things went smooth.
He not ouly saved other souls, but he
meekly accepted his portion of the trials
and difficulties of life by getting married
and raising up a family of souls of bis own
manufacture.
Then his parish got tired of him and
told bim to quit, and tbey turned him off
as tbey do ministers, by passing a lot of
resolutions about the pain it gave to sun
der such tender and hallied ties.
He and his hull family came home to us,
and arter we got about used up with them
I got Calvin's life iusured for all I could,
and be sailed ten months ago as commis
sioner to a lot of ferocious cannibals. I have
prepared my mind to se soon from the
king of the tribe a letU?r something like
tbia:
'My Dear Sir : Your son Calvin ar
rived in good condition. While we regret
to state that he disappointed us sadly in
the amount of gravy, it gives me pleasure
to add that he was tender and small-boned
Should any other member of your estima
ble family feci inclined to Christianize ns,
send bim along. We can stand it as long
as you can.'
Poor Calvin's orashum was on 'The final
result of tbe Missionary enterprise.'
My other son was not edicated, and has
staid on the farm, and is the support and
comfort of our declining years. He is so
ignorant that he thinks the New York
Weekly is the ablest paper in the world.
and the prevailing impression on his mr
is that William the Conquerer look "
tive part in the burning of Gasr aD(i
For all that, he can suprv . thari
has money in the bank Mv 0Pii0n
his edicated brothf makinsr
ta that a law
Uh ll l
Id BjU4i -
,K r.r,,-.100 Of
a college liable for all
.. , f their eraduates.
This would
toe aeu.o . ----- ,i;t
make them all plagy carwu. uu.
" y but them that was fit for IM"
uy my noor
might be sparea wn - -
wife has suffcrea.
.we don we tort house anything,'
A .produce merchant, looking puzzled
tira letter from the West. 'We have
rendered aa account of sales of all corn,
oats and wheat received, and remitted
vafv rem less cuuiuiuaiuuii. ,
said the book keeper
'but the due is on the
rye.'
A man rushed breathlessly intoa jw'H
ver's Office in St. IWraTra, appr--
remarked :
the legal ..luminary, w'J
. :.J1-
1.1M J W - - .,
... i . m nnrwt i'B tali.
A man has tiea a noop - -j -
Kin to niy " -
Can I do anything?' 'Yea,'
renlied the
'wo and anue
This was
attorney; 'go -
good advice, and only cost the man
Iirmington Pre ; -
w-r.
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