7)1 yyS'' y - The Sunbury American In Ptbi.ifbkd Eveei rmnAY, by EM'L WILVERT, Proprietor, Corner of Third SL, and Market Square, STJNBCRT, PA. At One Dollar and Filly (ul If pkid strictly iu advauoe; $ 1.75 if j.id witUin ilieyf ir; or S2.00 iu ill cases ibau payment ih delayed till after expiration of the yeur. No sulcription discontinued until all arrearage are r.id unless at the optiuii of tlie 1'UtiliHlier. Thesktkkvh iuc momi y iiiHtiiKii to. Ail nw eul-ticnpiiouti to tlie Amerjcuu by ve Ni'.iKiiviaif ouifcide oi the t'miu-y of Nortuuinbei l.t:td, mtint be e omnj fiied wit ti i lie i'ash. Ttiis m iudle iiece ;ry ly tue iftc.il-v rt le jeei n c Ulecti i n "i J nubHerr. lio.itt a a it'e -lice. Rates of Advertising. One inch, (twelve lines or its equivalent in SonpeTlst type) one or two insertions, $1.60 ; Umeins-rUiu IXCO 8pac. lx. 2. 8. . It. ""Inch 12.50 $3.00 $4.0t $e.00 $10.00 Two inches a.uo 6.09 7.0 9.00 15.00 Three inches 5.00 7.00 0.00 1S.S9 1S.00 Four inches 7.00 9.00 11.00 17.00 25.00 Quarter Coumn....... 10.00 1J.0O U.OO 20.08 30.00 Half Column 15.00 18.00 20.00 80.00 60.00 One Column 30.00 36.00 10.00 C0.00 100.00 Yearly advertisements payable quarterly Tranacient advertisements most be paid befor insertion, except where parties nav accounts. Local notices twenty cents a line, and ton cents tct every subsequent insertion. Carda in the "Business Directory" column $2.00 per year for the first two lines, and $1.00 for each additional line. 9 Established In 1SIO. PRICE 91 50 IX ADVIM'E. I SUNBURY, PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24. 1875. ew Series, Vol. 7, .o. 37. i Old Series, Vol. 30, So. 37. ST T5k T TT RT t 1 M hosimtil Physieian of this celelr.ited Institution, lias discovered t tie most certain, -peeily, pleasant an J effectual reinedv in the world for aii DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE. Weakness ot the Back or Limits, Stricture, Atl'eetions of Kidneys and bladder, Involun tary Diwharecs, Impotent'-, General Dchili ty, Nervousness, Dyspepsy, Languor, Low spirits, Confusion of Ideas, Palpitation of the Heart, Timidity, Tremblmirs Dimness of Sight or Jid.liue.ss, Disease of tlie H-ad, Throat, Nose or Skin, Affections of Liver, Luni;, St'imach or Bowels these territ-le Disorder? arising from the Solitary llali:s of Youth those secret and solitary practices more fatal to their victims than the song ot Syrens to the Mariners j of l"lys-es, blighting their most brilliant hopes of anticipations, rendering marriage, .Sc., impos fiWe. tOUSG MEN" especially, who have become the victims of Soli tary Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit which annually sweeps to an untimely crave thousands of voting men of the most exalted talents and brilliant Intellect, who miit other wise have entranced listening Senates with the thunders of eloquence or waked to ecstacy the living Ivre, may call with full confidence. MARRIAGE. Married Persous or Young Men contemplating marriaire, aware of Physical Weakness, (Loss of Proereftliva Power ltnpoteucv), Nervous Ex citability, Palpitation, Organic Weakness, Ner vous Debility, or any other Disqualification, speedily relieved. lie who places himself under the care of Dr. J. may religiously confide iu hiB honor as a gentle man, and conlidcutly relyunou his skill as a Phv-sk-iati. ORGANIC WEAKNESS. Impotency, Lots of Poer, immediately Cured and fnll Vigor Restored. This Distressing Affection which renders Lile miserable and marriage impossible is the penalty paid by the victims of improper indulgences. Young persons are too apt to commit excesses from uot beine aware of the dreadful couseeuees that may enrtte. Now, who that understands the subject will pretend to deny that the power of procreation is lost sooner by those talliug into improper habits than by the prudent! Besides being deprived the pleasures of healthy offspring, the most serious and di-st- uetive symptoms to botu body and miud arise. The svstem becomes de ranged, the Physical and Mental Functions Weakened, Loss of Hroerea;ive Power, Nervous Irritability, Dyspe ia, Palpitation of the Heart, Indigestion, Constitutional Dehility, a Wasting of the Frame, Cough, Consumption. Decay and Death. A CUKE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS. Persons ruined in health by unlearned preten ders who keep them triflintr month after month, taking poisonous and Injurious compounds, hould apply immediately. DK. JOHNSTON, Member of the Royal Collcire of Surgeons, Lon don, Graduated from one of the most eminent Col'eires in the United States, and the greater part of whose ife has been spent iu the hospital of London, I'ris, Philadelphia aud elsewhere, has clleeted some of the most astonishing cures taat were ever known ; many troubled with ring ing iu the bead and ears when asleep, great nervousness, being alarmed at sudden sounds, bashfuluess, with frequent blushiug, attended sometimes with derangement of mind, were cured immediately. TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE. Dr. J. addresses all those who have injurrd themselves by improper indulgence and solitary habits, which ruin both body and mind, uniittitig hem for either business, study, society or mar riage. 'J utK are some of the sad and melancholy cMecis produced by early habits of youth, viz: Weakness of the back aud Limbs, Pains in the buck and Head, Dimness of Sight, Loss of Mus cular Power, Pulpitation of the Heart, Dyspepsy, Ncmms Irritability, Derangetut-iit of Diirestiv functions, General Debility, Symptoms of Con sumption. Vc. MESTau.T The fearful effects on the mind ktc much to be druaded Loss of Memory, Con-fu-ion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil Forebodinirs, Aversion to Society, Self-Distrust, Love of Solitude, Timidity, &c, ure some of the evils produced 1 ut sMs of persons of all aires can now juilire wlutt is the cause of their declining health, losing their vigor, becoming, weak, pale, nervous and emaciated, having a singular appearance about the eyes, cough and symptoms of consump tion. YOUNG MEN Who have injured th niselvcs by a certain prac tice inii'i!i:ed In when alone, a hahit frequently learned .roin evil companions, or at school, the eilects of which are nightly felt, even when asleep, mid if not cured, renders marriage impos sible, aud destroys both tuiud aud body, should apply immediately. What a pity that a young man, the hope of his country, the darling of his parents, should be snatched from all prospects and enjoyments oi life, by the consequence of deviating from the path of nature and indulging iu a certain secret habit. Such iKirsons MV8T before contemplating MARRIAGE, reflect that a souud mind and body are the most necessary requisites to promote connubial happi ness. Indeed wit hout these, the journey through life, becomes weary pilgritnace ; the prosjiect hourly darkens to the view ; the mind becomes shadowed with despair and tilled with the melan choly reflection, that the happiness of anothei becomes blighted with our own. A CERTAIN DISEASE. When the misguided and imprudent votary ot pleasure finds that he has imbibed the seeds ol this painful disease, it too often happens that an ill-timed sense of shame, or dread of discovery, deters liim from applying to those who, from education and respectability, can alone Itcfriend him, delaying till the constitutional symptoms of this horrid disease make their appearance, such as ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, noctural pains in the head and limbs, dimness of "i;zU, deafness, nodes on the shin bones and arm-, 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 uosef.iil in. and the victim of this aw ful disease becomes a horrid object of eom migration, till death puts a eriod to .hi dreadful suffering, by sending him to "that Undiscovered Country from whenc no travclier-Teturns." It is a melancholy fact that thousand" DIE v: tims to this terrible disease, through falling into the hands of Ignorant or unskillful PRE TENDERS, who, bf the use of that deadly Poi son, Mercury, &c, destroy the constitution, and incapable of curing, keep the unbappv sullervr tMonth aft-r month taking their noxious or in jurious compounds, and instead of licing restore I tin renewal of Life Vigor and Happitief s, in im pair leave him with ruined Health to sigh over his calling disapiKrintme'iit. To such, therefore, Dr. Joitston pledges him se'.f to preserve the most Inviolable Secrecy, and from his extensive practice and observations iu the great Hospitals of Europe, and the first ii: this country, vij 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. DP.. JOHNSTON. OFF IE, NO. 7. S. FREDERICK STREET. BiXTIMOKE, M. I). Left hand side going from Baltimore street, a few doors from the comer. Fail not to observe name and nnniber. JS?No letters received unless postpaid and containing a stamp to be nsed on the reply. Per sons writing should state age, and send a portion 3f advirtisement describing symptoms. There are so many Paltry, Designing and Worthless Impnsters advertising themselves as 'hysicians. trifling with and ruining the Lealth f all who unfortunately fall into their power, hat Dr. Johnston deems it necessary to say es ecially to those unacquaiuted with his reuuta ion that his Credentials or Diplomas aiwaj an,; in his oflica. ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS. The many thousands cured at this Establish lent, year after year, and the numerous ini )rtanl Surgical Operations performed by D.. huston, witnessed by the representatives of the -ess aud many other papers, notices of which ive appeared again and aga'n before the public, sides his standing as a gentleman of character d rerM,iisitiility, is a sulUcient guarantee to th lifted. Shiu diseases speedily cured. Apm .. 1n:". Iv kaltimore lock y)k- johnston. IM 1511. AM) PLAX1.X. MILLS ii1 Street, adjoining Phiia. V Erie U. R.. two Square North of the Central llottl. SUNBURY, PA. lit A T. CLEMENT, ptcpared to furnish evury description of luiu lr required by the demands of the public. .ing all the latest improved machinery for lufaciuring Lunlier, he is now ready to till or t f all kiuds of KiRING, SIDING, DOORS SHUTTERS, KAMI, BLINDS MOULDINGS, VE r RAN DAS, BRACKETS, all kinds of Ornamental Scrowl Work. Turn. af every description promptly executed. Also, A LAKSC ASSORTMENT OF BILL LUMBER. ILOCK and PINE. Also, Shingles, Pickets Lathe, Ac. ders promptly filled, and shipid by Railroad frwite. IRA T. CLEMEST. It9rlr professional. T. II. It. KASE. Attorney at Law, SL'N- (adjoining thejsWce of W. I. Greenough, Esq.,) Profcssionayfbmiess iu this and adjoining coun ties promptly attended to. Sunbury, Starch 16, lT-'.-ly. JOSKI'II S. AUOLI, 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 be had in the German and English languages. april 17. 174.-1 y. f .M. A. SOIIF.II. A l lORNfcl Al AXl COISTT SOI.ICITOlt. Office on Front Street below Market, Sunbury, Pa. Collections and ull legal business promptly attended to. Ja.iiks isi: aki. attorney at law. Office in naupt's building, South East Corner of Market Square, Sunbury, Pa. Special Attention Paid to Coi.mxtionm. Vx. nitK i:, . ATTORNEY AT LAW, AN I) ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Next Door to Judge Jordan's Residence, Chest nut Street, Sunburv, Pa. Collections and all legal matters promptly at tended to. JEREMIAH SNYDER, ATTORNEY Al LAW, AND ACTIXU Jl'STU K OF THE PEACE. Convevancing,thc collections of claims, writings, aud all kiuds of Legal business will be attended to carefully and with despatch. Can be consult ed in the English and German language. Ollice in Haupt's building, Market street, Suubury, Pa. April '.,'7.. G. A. ItOTHOItF, Attornev-ut-Law, GEORGETOWN, Northumberland Co., Petinii. Can be consulted in the English and German languages. Collections attended to in North umberland aud adjoining counties. Also .igent for the Lebauon Valley Fire Insu rance Company. mulS W. C. PACKER, Attorney at Law, Sunbury, Pa. November 9. 1872. tf. O II. KOI EIC. Attorney and Counsellor 0 at Law. OUice in Wolverton's Law build ing, Second stiect, SUNBURY, PA. Professional business attended to, in the courts of Northuni ocrland and adjoining counties. Aimi, in the CirrMif and VMrict Courts for the Western Ibs- trict of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect ed. Particular attention paid to eassi in bank- nytcj. Consultation can be hid in the Ger man language. April.', .a. L. II. It A S E, Attorney nt Law, SUN BURY, PA., office in Wolverton's Law building, Second street. Collections made iu Northumberland and adjoining counties. April li,75. J. Mivriil Lmti. Andrew II. Dill. Frank. S. Marr. LIXX. HILL A MARK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Next d.ior to the Prc-bvterian church, Market S-juare, SUNBURY, April P-,'75 Northntiilu-rhind Co.. Pa. JAMFS II. MeIi:VITT, jiVttornet at Law and United States Commission. Office with S. B. Boyer, Esq., iu Wolverton's Law Building. Sunbury, Pa. April 9.'7.j. CI P. WOLVERTOX, Attorney at Law. Market Square, SUNBURY, PA. Profession al business in this and adjoining counties prompt -y attended to. Hit. MASSER, Attorney at Law, SUN- BURY, PA. Collections attended to in the counties of Northumberland, Union, Snyder. Montour, Columbia aud Lycoming. npllO-tilt Geo. u. zie;leh, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office opposite depot, 1 bird Street, Sun bury, Pa. Collections and" all professional busiue--promptly attended to In the Omrts of Northum berland and adjoining counties. October Ti. lt75. D' R. C. M. MARTIX, Office in Drug Store, Clement House Block, Office hours : from 11 a. m., to 1 p. m., and from G to '. p. iu., 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. Will visit Patients either in towu or country. E. c. ;oitix, ATTTORNEY AND COUNsLLOK AT I. AW. Office on east Mnrf.et street, opposite tlie City Hotel, Sunbwry, Pa. Promft and crelul attention paid to convey ancing. May 14, 175 R. CA IU'ALL HER. Mirk. t S: 't, I VJT SUNBURY, PA. Dealer, in Drugs, Medicines, Paints, oils, lass, Varnishes, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars, Pocket Books. Dairies, iVc. OEXTISTRY. (i EO R; E M. RENX, In SiiitjiMiu'a lUiilliinj, Mni'ltl .SyiMif, ScsBruT, Pa., 1 prepared to do all kinds of work pertaining to Dentistry. He keeps constantly on baud a large assortment of Teeth, and other Dental material, from which he will be aide to select, and mee. uie wauts of his customers. All worE warranted to givesatisf.n-ti-in, or e!-c the money refunded. The very best Mouth Wash and To-.th-l'.-w l.-i r kept on hand. His references are the numerous patrons for whom he has worked for the last twelve year-. Sunbury, April 111, ls72. Isolds anb ilcstanrnnts. -VTAtiLE HOCKE, (Formerly "Danville .A.N IImicI," re opened July 1st, 1S75.) Market Street, Danville, Pa. L. G. STICKER, Proprie tor. Guests conveyed to and from tlie Depot. Good sample room for ngents. Aug. 1, 75.-1 j. niUU rilKI) IIOrSE. Cor. Third and Vy Mulberry. Business Ceutre, illiani'-port, Pi Win. CRAWFORD, Proprietor. Dec. 11, 1S74. CLEM EXT HOI SI., Third Street below Market, Sunbury, Pa. PETER S. BUR RELL. Proprietor. Rooms neat and comfortable. Tables supplied with the delicacies of the season and the waiters attentive and obliging. Suuqury, Jan. 'i'i, 175. U SITED STATES HOTEL, W. F. KITCHEN, Proprietor. Opposite the De pot SHAMOKIN, PA. Every attention given to i travellers, and the best accommodations given. April r, lsra. tf N v ATIOXAL HOTEL. AUGUSTUS W A LP. Proprietor, Georgetown Noil h d County, Pa., at the Station of the N. C. R. W. Choice wines and cigars at the bar. The table is supplied with the best the market affords. Good stabling and attentive ostlers. H I'M MEL'S RESTAI RAXT, LOUIS II U M M EL, Propriet --, Commerce St., SHAMOKIN, PENN'A. Having just refitted the above Saloon for the accomodation of the public, is now prepared to serve jis friends with the best refreshments, and fresh Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, and all other malt qtior. justness arb s. PACKER BAAS. W. 9. RH0AD9. IT A AS A RHOADN BETAIL DEALEH8 OP ANTHRACITE COAL, SUNBURY, PENN'A. Office with Haas, Faoelt & Co., Orders left at Seasaoltz A Bro'a. offles, Market Street, will teceire prompt attention. Country custom respectfully solicited. Oct. 2i ltrTW tf. COAI,! 1'OAf.! COAL! GRAN BROS., Shippers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in WHITE AND RED ASH COAL, SUNBURY, PA. (lower wiiAiir.) Orders will receive prompt attention. AXTIIKACITE COAL ! ATALEXTIXE IHETZ. Wholesale and T Retail dealer in evcrv variety of ANTHRACITE COAL, UPPER WHARF, SUNBURY, PENN'A. Al! kinds of Grain taken in exchange for Coal. Orders solicited and fillci' promptly. Orders left at S. F. Neviu's Confectionery Store, on Third trcet, will recieve prompt attention, and money rcceiptedl'or, the same as at the ollice. COAL, I LOl It, CiltAIX AXI) PHOS PHATE. rr' HE undersigned having connected th-! Coul JL business with his cxtensiveFL)UR& RAIN trade, is prepared to supply families with the VERY It EST OI" COAL. CHEAP FOU CASH. Egg, Stove htid Nut, constantly on hand. Grain taken iu exchange for Coal. I am also prepared to supply to farmers nud others THE NATIONAL SOLUBLE BONE. This Phosphate is of n higher grade than is its:ial in lliis country, and is sold at a reasonable price. J. M.CADWALLADEU. Sunbury, S-pt. It). 1S75. If. SI XKI KY MAKULE VAi:i, Fonrlli Street Iieloir Market, S U X B U II V, P E X X ' A. 1 11" undersigned has returned from the Ver- nont Marble Quarries with 5J& Tons of Mnniie for .TlontiitteulKt, (arave-StoueM. 4s9jfrt &c, &c. n' ') 1 IL-has bought at such figures that " til nil-Pi lll-ll I'p n,( inini ri-'ll, 171 less money, than heretofore. The best .iiutliorlaiul Falls Marble, allien i better than Italian. Rutland is now oM as low a the Maui-hestcr. Thoe 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 Inlying from parties 'huckstering' round j the country. All lettering will ue none in me neatest and mo: t Improved style. W. M. DAUGIIERTY. Sitnbuiy. Jan. 11, 1"7:;. THE KI; ItARItr.K SHOP IS THE SHOP OF THE TOWN and long lias been ; ask history and she willHc'.l you Men have grown old in our patronage Rubies on their mothers' bre:it To bouncing boys at play ; Aud youths by maidens fair caressed, To stalwart in- ti with cares oppressed, And old men silver gray. And aiming the honored nnd lusting impres sions of time, and the crash of revolutions in circumstances, we stand a living monumental memento of the ingenuity and perseverance ap pertaining to the identity ot progression, plying our vocation with the highest style of art and perfection, and aspiring to achieve the highest reward of merit attainable in our humMe capaci ty, and the sentiment of respect and approbation which the presence of superior appliances and cs-tatiiii-hment are always wont to inspire. Always to please We shave with ea-c Cut and comb with taste the hair ; Shampoo the head with soothing cant, Ami color the whiskers black or brown, 'lo suit the eopI 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 ol ability nor as some have done for our Use of the ballot for prin cipli sacred aud right nor under the common secret and invidious guise of enmity to complex ion ; f"r tlie cut of a man's coat, or the color of bis ski!-, aight not top fleet his usefulness nor his qualifications. A fair chance is .ill that wc demand, to give the proof to all tlie buid. JAMES W. WASHINGTON. Proprietor. Sunbury, April 5, lJ: No. 91, Market st. &cId Abbcrliscmtuts A SEW STOCK OF MERCHANT TAILORING GOODS. CIIAS. MA I III. Has just returned from the Eastern cities,with an ciegant selections of CLOTHS, CASS IM ERES, u ml vestix;s, of the finest French Brands, Trimmings, !fe is now ready to receive orders for SPRING AND SUMMER SUITS itc. of liny desired style. The latest styles of pat terns on hand, and XEAT FITS GUARANTEED. Y"u will find prices at least as reasonable as elsewhere. Give me a call. CHAS. MAIHL, Fornrii sr., npMiu city hotel, SUNBURY, PA. Sunbury, April 'J, IVTS.-tf. Vt I t IM S. JEUELRV A SILVER WARE. John Y. SleveiiKOu, Corner Third and Market Sts, Sunbury, Pu. HAS completely renovated his Store Room, and opened the largest assortment of WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEW ELR SOLID SIL VER AND PLATED WARE, ever exhibited iu this part of the State. Every thing in the Jewelry line is kept in store. Silver. u re. RraeelelM, Riug A Chain. of every description and of the finest quality Particular attention paid to repairing Mutches, Clucks, Jewelry, Ae. HAIR JEWELRY made to order. Suubury, March C, 1S71. John II. Sr.u.. John M. Sciionoi k SELL A S IIOXOI It, Second Street, WoMEi.snonr, Pa. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS WINES, BRANDIES, GINS, Iu re Old Itje Whiskey, Apple Whiskkt, Coriuals, vc. All Liquors sold gaurrantecd as represented. Orders promptly attended to and public pa tronage respcctfu?ly solicited. SELL A SCIIONOUR. 2d St., Womelsdurf, Berks Co., Pa. Feb. 27. 1S74. ll. New Millinery S ore, IIF.HXDOX, XorlliM I'omity, Pa. MRS. KATE M EC K respectfillj informs the public thai she has opened a XEW MILMM.RV STORE, on Front street, llerndon, where she has just opened an entire new stock of Fall and Winter Millinery Goods of the latest styles and patterns, consisting of MB m jDaaiM, FEATHERS, FLOWERS, RIBBONS, and all Goods found in a first-class Millinery Store, which are offered at extremely low prices. Ladies are especially invited to call and ex amine all the new styles, and ascertain tlio prices. KATE MECK. Herndon, OoG 1Mb, IU 0. mos. JjJwifc nnb Msb JJriiriing. o STEAM POWER PrintingOffice fllE SUXBUItY AMERICAN The Largest and Most Complete lisliment Eetat in XortliumbcrlauJ Couutj. STEAM rOWEIl PRESSES, NEW TYPE, NEAT WORK, SKILLED WORKMEN. ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. -PRICES MODERATE.- BOOK, CARD AND JOB PRINTING EXECUTED IN THE BEST STYLE.' BUSINESS CARDS. WEDDING CARDS, VISITING CARDS, SHOW CARDS, BALL TICKETS, BLANKS, HANDBILLS, MERCANTILE LETTER HEAD3, NOTE HEADS, BILL HEADS, ENVELOPES, CARDS, CHECKS AND DRXFTS, PROGRAMMES, DODGERS, PAPER BOOKS. MANIFESTS, CIRCULARS Everything that is needed In lLc.wi"i parLuMM--TT"n'' 't'Sceiitcd with promptness and at low prices. All are invited to call and exa mine our samples. No trouble to give estimates and show goods. Wc shall cheerfully do this to all, who call for that purpose, without charge. ;-?"Ordeis for Subscription. Advertising or Job Printing, thaukfully received. Address EM'L WILVERT, Proprietor, SUNBURY. PA. tltmmn T IIE SUNBURY AMERICAN 18 THE BEST AD VE1USIKG MEDIUM In the Central part of the State, IT CIRCULATES Iu one of the Most Thrifty, Intelligent and WEALTHY SECTIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA. Sample copy of paper sent to any address free of cbtrv. A LITTLE POEM OF THE OLOEX TIME. The fallowing, little poem was written fy young lady in the "olden time," and was found in an oiu scrap uook a sticrt lime ago. It car ried us back to the merry makings of that timc and is a very lifelike description of a quiliin We give it for the benefit of our lady readers : TUB yflLTINU. The day is set, the ladies met. And nt the frame are sented. In order placed, they work in haste, To got the quilt completed : While fingers fly, their tongues they p!y, And nnimutj their labors, By counting Beaux, discussing clothes, Or talking of their neighbors. "Dear ! what a pretty frock you've on ;" "I'm very glad you like it ;" "I'm told that Miss Miecotnicom Don't speak to Mr. Micatc." "I saw .Miss Belle the other day, Young Green's new gig adorning ;" "What kecpa-your sister Ann away I" "She went to town this morning." ""Tis time to roll ;" "my needle's broke," "So Martin's stock is selling," "Louisa's wedding gown's bespoke ;" "Lend me your scissors, Ellen." "That match will never come about,' "Now don't fly iu a passion," "Hair puffs they say are going out," "Yes, curls are all the fashion." The quilt is done, the tea begun, The TTeaux are all col'ecting, The table's cleared, the music's heard, His partner each selecting. The merry band iu or stand, The dance begins with vigor. And rapid feet the measure beat, And tripHie mazy figure. Unheeded fly, the minutes by, "Old time" itself is danciug, Till night's dull eye is op'ed to spy Thu light of mora advancing. All closely stowed ; to each a beau The carriages go tilting ; All many a dream has for its theino The pleasures of the quilting. historical. AX OLD SOLDIER'S STORY THE SISQCEHAXXA FRONTIER. OF XARKATIVE OF LIEUT. MOSES VAN CAMP EX, DURING THE WAR OF THE REVO TION WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. The following tiiirrative appeared in tho Bradford Porter in 140, copied from Wal die's Journal of Belles Letire.i, in which their readers arc assured that the writer is worthy of credeuce. and his story entirely true. The narrative will be of special iu terest iu this viciuity. PART II. In our 8cuflle my tomahawk dropped out. My head was under the wounded shoulder, and almost suffocated me with his blood. I made a violent spring, and broke from his hold ; we both rose at the same time, aud he ran , it took me some time to clear the blood from my eyes ; my tomahawk covered up, and I could uot find it iu time to overtake him ; he was the ou!y one of the party yiat escaped. Pike -was powerless. I always have had a de ference for christiau devotion. Pike was trying to pray, and Pence swearing at him, charging him with cowardice, and saying it was no time to pray he ought to fight ; we were masters of the ground, and in posscssiou of all their guns, blan kets, match coats, &c. I thtu turned my attention to scalyiug theiu.. and rcoveriu: tlie scalps ol my lather and brother, and others, I strung them all on my belt for safe keeping. We kept our ground till morning, and built a raft, it being near the bank of the riv6r where they had en camped, about fifteen miles below Tioga Poiut ; we got all our plunder on it, and sail for Wyoming, the nearest settlement. Our raft gave way, when wo made for laud, and we lost considerable property, though we saved our guns and ammuui aud took to land ; we reached Wyalusing late in the ailcruoon. came to tue nar rows, discovered a smoke below, a raft ly ing at the shore, by which we were cer tain that a party of Iudiaus had passed us in the course of the day, aud had halt ed for the night. There was no alterna tive for us but to rout them, or go over the mountain ; the snow on the north side of the hill was deep ; we knew from the nppearauce of the raft that the par ty must be small ; wc had two ritles each my only fear was iu Pike's cowardice. To kuow the worst of it we agreed that I should ascertaiu their number and give the signal for the attack ; I crept down the side of the hill, so near the fires and packs, but saw no Indians. I concluded they had goue hunting for meat, and that this was a good opportunity for us to make olT with their raft to the op posite side of the river. I gave the signal ; they came aud threw their packs on the raft, which wus made of small, dry pine timber; with poles and pad dles we drove her briskly across the river, and had got nearly out of reach of shot, when two of them came iu ; we soon got uuder cover of au island, aud went several miles ; we had waded deep creeks through the day ; the uight was cold ; wc landed on an island and found a siuk hole, iu which we made our fire ; after warming we were alarmed by a cracking in the crust; Pike supposed the Indians had got ou to the island, and was for calling for quarters ; to keep him quiet we threatened him with his life ; the stepping grew plain er, and seemed coming directly to the fire; I kept a watch and soon a uoblo raccoou came under the light. I shot the raccoou, when Pike jumped up and called out, "Quarters, gentlemen ; quarters, geutle men.'' I took my game by the leg and threw it down by the fire. "Here, you cowardly rascal," I cried, "skin that aud give us a roast for supper." The next day we reached Wyoming, and there was much joy to see us ; we rested one day aud it bciag not safe to go to Northumber land by land, wc procured a canoe, and with Peuce aud my cousin, we decended river by night ; we came to Fort Jeukius before day, when I found Col. Kelly aud about one huudred men encamped out of the fort ; he came across from the fort ; he came across from the west branch by the head3 of Chillisquaquc to Fishing Creek, the end of tho Knob Moun tain, so called at that day, ' where my father and brother were killed ; he had burricd my father and uncle my brother was burnt, a part of him only was lo be found. Col. Kelly in formed toe that my mother and her chil dren were in the fort, and it was thought that I was killed likewise. Colonel Kelly went into the fort to prepare her mind to see me ; I took my belt of scalps off and handed them to an officer to keep. Human nature was not sufficient to stand the interview. She had just lost a hu3 aud sou, and ouc had returned to take her by the hand, and one too, that she suppos was killed. The day after, I went to Suubury,where I was received with much joy ; my scalps were exhibited, the cannon was fired, . &c, Before my return a commission bad been sent me as cusign of a company to be com mantled by Capt. Thomas Robinson ; tuis was, as 1 understood, a part of the quota which Pennsylvania had to raiso for the continental line. One Joseph Alexander was commissioned as lieutenant, but did not accept his commis sion. I he summer af 1780 was spent in recruiting service ; our company was or ganized, and returned for the defence of the frontier service. In February, 1701, I was promoted to a lieutenancy, and en tered upon the active duty of an officer, by heading scouts and ns Capt. Robinson was no woodsman nor marksman, lie preferred that I should encounter the dan-rer and head the scouts ; we kept up a contin nal chain of Scouts around the fron tier settlements from the north to the west branch Susquehanna, by tbe waters of Little Fishing Creek, Chillisqua- jjue, and Muncy, Jtc. In the spring of liSl we built a fort on widow M'Clure's plantation, called M'Clure's fort, where our provisions were stored. In the sum mer of 1781 a man was taken prisoner in Buffalo Valley, but made his escape ; he came in and reported that there were about three huudred Indians on Sionenia- ning, hunting and laying in a store ol pro visions, and would divide into small quan tities and attack the whole chain of the frontiers, at the same time ou the same day. Col. Samuel Hunter selected a com pany of five to reconnoitre, viz : Capt. Campbell, Peter and Michael Groves, Lie,ut. Cramer and myself tho party was called the Groves party. We carried with us three weeks provisions aud proceeded up the West Branch with much caution and care ; wc reached the Sinnemahoning, buf made no discovery except old tracks ; we marched up the Siunemahoaing so far that wc were satis fied it was a false report. We returned and a little below the Sinnemahouing, near Dight, we discovered a smoke we were coulident that it was a party of Indiana whom wc must, have passed by or thev got there some other way ; we discovered that therp was a large party, how many we could not tell, but prepared for the at tack. As soon as it was dark we now pri med our rifles, sharpened our Hints, exam ined our tomahawk handles, and all being ready we wailed with the greatest impa tieuce, and all laid down; the lime came aud with the utmost silence we advanced, trailing our rifles in one hand aud the tomahawk iu the other. The night was warm ; we found some of them roll ed in their blankets a rod or two from tlie fires. Having got amongst them, we firs.t handled our tomahawks ; they arose like a dark cloud ; we uow tried our shots, aud raised the war yell, they took to flight iu the utmost confusion, but few takiug time to pick up their rifles. We remained masters of the ground aud all their plun der, aud took several scalps. It was a oartv of tweutv-five or thirty. winch had ixcnas Pt-uu's Creek, and had killed aud scalped two or three families ; we found several scalps of different ages, which they hail taken, and a large quantity of domestic cloth, which we carried to Northumber laud aud gave to the distressed who had escaped the tomahawk aud scalping kuit'e. Iu December, 17S1, our company was or dered to Lancaster ; we descended the riv er iu boats to Middletown, where our or were couuturmauded, and we were order ed to Readiug, Berks county, where we were joined by a paitv of the third and fifth Pennsylvania regiments and a com pany of Congress regimeut. We took charge of the Hessians takeu prisouers with General Burgoyue. Iu the latter part of March at the opening of the cam paign of 1782 we were ordered by Cougress to our respective stations. I marched Robinson's company to Northumberland where Thomas Chambers joined us, who had been recently commissioned as an en sign of our company. Wc halted at Nor thumberland two or three days for our men to wash and rest ; from thence ensigu Chambers and-myself were ordered to Muncy, Samuel Wallis' plantation, there to make a staud and rebuild Fort Muncy, which had becu destroyed by the enemy. We reached that station and built a small block house for the storage of our provis ions ; about the 10th or 11th of April. Capt. Robitisou came tin with Esquire Culbert son, Jarres Daughterly, William M 'Grun dy aud Mr. Barkley ; I was ordered to se lect twenty or thirty men with these gentle meu,anu to proceed up the west branch to the Big Island and thence up the Bald Eagle Creek, to the place where a Mr. Culbers- son had been killlcd. On the loth of April at night, we reached the place, aud eu camped for the uight ; on the morning of lUlli, we were attacked by eighty-live In dians. It was a haru (ought battle ; Ls quire Culbertson aud two others made their escape ; aud I think we had nine kill ed, and the rest of us made prisouers. We were all stripped of our clothing, ex cepting our pantaloons. When they took off my shirt they discovered my commis sion ; our commissions were written on parchment, and carried in a silk case hung with a ribbon iu our bosoms ; several got hold of it, and one fellow cut the ribbou with his kuife, aud succeeded in obtaining it. They took us a little distance from the battle ground, made the prisouers sit down in a small ring, the Iudiaus forming around us in close order ; each with his rifle and tomahawk in his hand. They brought up the five indians we had killed, and laid them within their circle. Each one reflec for himself, our time would be short, and respecting myself, looking back to theyear '80, if I was discovered to be the person, my case would be a hard one. Their pro phet or warrior made a speech. As I was informed afterwards by the Brittish Lieu tenant, who belonged to the party, he was consulting tbe Great Spirit what to do with the prisoners, whether to kill us on the spot, or spare our lives ; he came to the conclusion that their had been enough of bloodshed and as to the men they had lost, it was the fate of war, and we must bo takeu and adopted into the families of those whom we had killed , wc were then uiviaea amongst them according to the number of fires, packs were prepared for us, and they returned across the river at the Big Islaud in baik canoes ; they then made their way across the hills, and came to pine Creek, above the first forks which they followed up to the third forks, and took the northerly branch to tho hcau of it and thence to the waters or the' Genesee river. j After two days trivet down the1 Genes;e river we came to a place called the Pigeon Woods, where a crtat number of Indian families, old and young, had come to catch young pigeons ; thete wc met a party of about forty warriors, on their way to the frontier settlements ; they encamped some little distance apart, the warriors of the two parties holding council at our camp. I soon perceived that I was the subject of their conversation, I was seized and drag ged to the other camp, where the warriors were sitting on one side of a largo fire ; I was seated alone on the opposite side. Every eye was fixed upon .no ; I perceived they were g-theria g arouud me in great numbers. In a sSort time I perceived a man passing t hrough the crowd ; he came to mc and sat down ; I saw he was a white man in Indian dress. He examined me on the situation of the frontiers, the strength of our forts, the range of our scouts, etc. After he got through he observed that their was only one their besides himself that knew me. 'D- you know me, sir,' said I. 'I do, yon see the man that killed the Indians.' I though t of the fire and the stake. He observed that be was a prisoner and a friend ; that his name was Jones, and he had been taken prisoner in the spring of '81, with Capt. John Boyd, in Bedford county, that he would not ex pose me, and if I could pass through un discovered aud lie delivered up to the Brit ish, I would be safe ; if no! I would have to die at the stake. The next morning they moved down the river ; two days af ter they came lo the Oneda village, the first on the Genes te river, where we were prepared to run the Indian gauutkt; the Genesee river, where we were prepared to run the Indian gauntlet; the warriors dont whip, it is the young Iudians and squaws. They meet you in sight of their council house, where they select the prisoners from the hands of the warriors, having them in front, and when ready the word Jayfi is given the prisoners start, the whippers fol low after, and if they outrun you, you will be severely whipped. I was placed in front of my meu ; the word being iivtin wo started. Being then young and full of nerve, I ltd the way ; two young squaws came runuiug up to join the whipping party and when th ey saw us start, they halted and stood shoulder to shoulder with their whips, ; when I came uear them I hound ed kicked them over ; we all came down together ; there was a considerable kicking amongst us, so much that they showed their under dress, which appeared to bo of a beautiful yellow color; I had not time to help them up. It was truly diverting to the warriors ; they yelled and shouted till they made the air ling. They hailed at th village for one day, aud thence went to Fort Niagara, where I was delivered up to the British. I was adopted, according to the Indian custom, iuto Col. Butler's fam ily, then the commanding officer of the British and Indians at that place. I was to supply the loss of his son , Capt. Butler who was killed late in the fall of 17S1. by the Americans. In honor to mc as his 1 adopted son, I was confined in a private room anaiitnr-p-cjjritigi! guarj. My troubles soon began ; 'HTo'TiiTtttt ra iuformed by the tories that kuew uie that I had been a prisoner before, aud killed my ca ptors ; they were outragenus, and I sent to Butler and demanded mc, aud as I was told, offered to bring in fourteen prisoners iu my place. Butler sent an officer to ex amine me ou the subject ; he came aud in formed tue their Indians laid heavy accu sations agaiust me ; they were iuformed that I had been a prisoner before and kill ed the pariy ; and that they had demanded me to be given up to them, aud his Colonel wished to to know the fact. I observed, 'Sir, it is v serious question to answer, I will never deny the truth, I have been a prisoner before and killed the party and returned to the service of my country ; but sir, I considei myself to be a prisoner of war, to the British, and I presume you will have more honor than to deliver me up to the savages ; I kucw what ina fate will be ; and please to inform your Colonel that we have it in our power to retaliate. He left me in a short time and returned and stated that he was authorized to say to me that (heir was now alternative for me to save my life but to abandon the re bel cause and to join the British standard that I should take the same rank in the British service as I did in the reble service. 'No sir, no , give me the stake, tho toma hawk, or the knife, before a British com mission ; libertv or deatn is our motto.' He theu left me. Some time after a lady came lo my room with whom I had been well acquaiutod before the revolution, jwe had beeu schoolmate , she was theu mar ried to a British officer, a Captain of the Queen's rangers ; he came with her. She had been to Col. Butler, aad was author ized to make mo tho samo offer that, the officer has done. I thauked her tor tlie trouble she had taken for my safety but coul3 not accept of the offer. She observ ed how much more ho.iorablo would it be to be au officer iu the British service. I observed that I could not thus dispose of myself in that way, a bclouged to the Con egrs s of Ihe United States, and I would abide the consequences. She left inq and it was the last I heard of it, and a guard was set at the door of my apartment. - In about four days after I was sent down Lake Ontario :o a place called Carlton Is laud, from thetic c down iheSt. Lawrence to Moutreal, where I was placed in p rison and found forty or fifty of our American officers and where we had the honor to look through the iron grates. The 1st of July was drawing near ; ten of us combined to celebrate the political birthday of ourcouu try. We found ways and means to have some brandy conveyed into us unknowu to tho British guard, and we had a high day after making a compromise with the guard It was highly offensive to the British offi cers, and we were then taken out and sent to Quebec, thence down the St. Lawrance, aud put on tho Isle of Orleans, where we remained till the last of September. A British fleet sailed about that time and bound for New York , we were put on board of that fleet ; when we- came to New York there was no exchange for us. Gcu. Carlton then commanded the British army at New York, and he paroled ns to re turn home. . In the month of March, 1783, 1 was ex changed, and had orders to take np arms again. I joined my company in March at Northumberland. About that time Capt. Robertson received orders to march his company to Wyoming to keep a garrison at Wilks-Barre fort. He sent myself and Eusign Chambers with the company to the station, where we lay till November, 17&5. Our army was then discharged and our company likewise. Poor and pecny- less we retired to the shades of private life. Tlie End, Stesttllantons. .Silas Hiving Bees. The old gentlemen's name is Silas, and that of his eldest son is Georje ; his wife'e name is Matilda, and his three pretty daughters are named Helen, Alice, and Susie ; there is a little Silas, too, and an elder boy whose name is too queer to men tion. The bees had alightecT in a great bunch, as large as a half-bushel measure, on tho limb of a peach tree in the yard. You all know how it is done. A table is placed un der the over-hanging limb, spread with a clean white cloth, and the hive placed thereon. . Tlien one of the boys, one that is good for nothing else, is sent into the tree with. a saw to sever the limb ; tbe limb comes down slowly and easily, and the old gent below, dressed in a great coat, buckskin gloves, cowhide boots, and a bed-quilt tied around his neck .and face, slyly manipu lates a twig from the tree, and'in two min utes has coaxed every bee to enter the hive, during all of which time Matilda and Hel en f id Alice and Susie pound the bottoms out of just four tin pang, little Silas does his prettiest yelling, while the boy with a -queer name is just old enough and sharp enough to slip behind the house and wait for the thing to come to a point. That is the way it ought to Iiaue gone off; but that isn't the way it did. Silas, the elder, was very comfortably bundled up for so warm a day, and he had his suit well arranged, only he forgot to tie strings around the bot toms of his pants legs. The bees had settled on the limb of a peach tree, aud Silas, when his table andT white cloth and hive were all ready, com manded : "Now, George, grab that old rusty saw and climb ; I gue$3 you can cut that small limb off easy enough." George was just home from a six months term at school, and he felt great tenderness for his father and would have gone through a patch of thistles barefoot to please the old gent, and yet he had a particular dread for the "business end" of a bee, and partic ularly of such a crowd of them. But he obeyed, and began to fiddle away cautious ly upon tho particular limb. Uue little bunch of bees dropped and were caged ; another and another small bunch dropped, and the prospect seemed good, when sud denly au old honey-maker, who had been in the business before soaretl upward. George shut up one eye quick, gave oue terrible surge ou the' old rusty saw, got out of that tree at one jump, and his anxious mother caught one glimpse of him as lie flew around the cor ner of the barn twenty rods away. But poor old Silas ! The bees came down, and he thought the bunch as big as a hay stack now. They did uot go into the hive, but they went through bis over- U-andbed quilt as if these had been mosquito DarsVTnwHIiejv climbeu up tne inside of his pauts legs, aud the old gent danced as he had never danced before ; and ho slapped hi leg, as had never al lowed anyone else to slap them, aud his voice towered high above the clatter of tin pans aud the shrieks of little Silas as he yelled : "Throw water on mol throw water on me I soak me, wt mm dowu !" He rolled three or four times over in the grass, and sprung up shouting, "Slap roe I slap me ! Can't you slap me ?" in tho midst of which little Silas crept up behind his infuriated pa and dealt him a lively one with a shingle ; but poor little Silas landed tbe ; ext second agaiust the milk-house, for his pa took him and his shingle for a thou sand bees, and gently brushed them off. O, the agony of that three minutes' jig ! Ae appealed to his wife. "Matilda, for heaven's sake, bring me another pair of breeches, won't you ?" But these things don't last always, any more than any other happiness, and after a few minutes the old gent came lumping out of the cellar with the breeches on that Matilda brought bim, feeling much easier, but certainly much fatigued, justasGeorgo got back from the barn and the boy with a queer name slipped around the corner of the house.. Both were very anxious to " know how matters stood, and asked : 'Did you git 'em hived, pa ?' But the old man was tco mad to answer or even look at his boys. lie turned to little Silas and said : Tj 'Little one, you mcaut all right, and I'm sorry I cuffed vou so ; next time don't slap so hard.' Thn to his wife, 'Maltilda, to you I owe everything. Accept my heartfelt grati tude.. We'll take no more stock in bees. I have made up ray miud, and it's settled. May our quiet, peaceful farmhouse never be so stirred up again. Seems to me I never had so much of life crow4ed jLno t few short minutes before. Run after the cows, now, boys ; be off for it is almost dark. The Grangers Preparing for Visi ting the Centennial. The Patrons of Husbandry (Grangers) have leased a tract of 40 acres of land, with ample build ings, at Elm station, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, for their Ceatenial encampment next year. The place is not more than four miles from the Park, and is amply supplied with water and shade. Buildings are to be erected that will require 2,000, 000 feet of lumber, for the accommodation of grangers and their families from all parts of the United States. The design is to furnish board and lodging at or near cost price to all members of the order, thus en it'ing them to avoid the hizh rate of living in the city while visiting the Centen ial. It is expected that this arrangement will iuduce many thousands to attend the great Exposition who could not otherwise do so. The railroad company is extending every facility to the project, and will run trains so that a trip to the Centenial grounds will be a matter of only a few minutes and very trifling cost.
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