The Sunbury American
In Published Ever Fridat, bv
E1TL WILVEET, Proprietor,
Comer of Tliird St., and Market Square,
SCNBURY, 1"A.
At One Dollar and Fill Vvni
If paid strictly in iilnuce ; $L7i if laid within tlie jv;ir;
$2.1X1 iu nil canAi r. Uu payment in drUyed till utter
. rution f IU- yetr. No ulwcrijitiuu "dwcouliuui'd
-I jjl arreurtiKH are paid uultnta at the option ol the
p'jijlw.er. Tbkxk tkku akk kiuii'I-t auuekeo to.
All new subscription 10 tlie Amemn lAi.n-nUN living
oasileo tiio kuuiy of Surrsoaiin-rland, mut be ac
ctmipanied ,th tne 1'aku. Tun is niude tiw?tt:iry liy
tUe diiBcnlty eivie:ieed ia coll'-cliug mumM auburii -tioua
at a distune.
UALTinOUK l-0(H
tlOM'ITl E
JOHNSTON.
Physician of this celebrated ItiMilutiou, has
di"cnvered the most ertain, pecdy, pleasant and
ell'cetual remedy in tlie world for ail
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
Weakness ot Ihc Back or L'.nit, (Strictures,
AflVctions of Kidneys and Uludih-r, 1 ti vol uti
tiry Discu.tnres, Impoteucy, Oeneral IVhili
y. Nervousness, Dyspepay, Languor, Low
Spirit, Confusion of Ideas, Palpitation of
tlic Heart. Timidity. Tremblings Pinnies
of Sight or Oidliucss, I)iease of tlie Head,
Throat, Nose or ekin, Affections of Liver, Lnnsrs,
Stomach or Bowel these terrible Disorders
arising from the Solitary Habits of Youth those
s-'cret and solitary practice more fatal to their
victims than the soug ol Syrens to the Mariner
of Ulys-es, blighting their most brilliant hocs
of anticipations, rendering marriage, Stc, impos
sible. tOUNGMEN
rsiieciallv, who have become the victims of Soli
tary Vice, fiat dreadful and destructive habit
whith aunuaily sweeps to an untimely grave
thousands of yuuiic men of the most exalted
i tnlents and brilliuut Intellect, who miirlit other
wise have cr.tranccd listeniiii: Senate with the
thunder of t-loqtience or waked to ecstary Hie
vinir Ivre, may call with full confidence.
MARRIAGE.
Married Persons or Young Men contemplating
marriage, aware of Physical Weakness, (Loss
of Procreative Power linpoteuey), Servou E
eitability, Palpitation, Organic Weakness, Ner
tous Debility, or any other Disqualification,
speedily relieved.
He who places himself uuder the care of Dr. J.
may religiously confide in his honor as a gentle
man, and co::tideutly rely unon hi skill as a Phv
f i'-ian.
ORGANIC WEAKNESS.
Impotcticy, I.im of Po.r, immediately Cured
and full 'ig.r Restored.
This Distressing Affection which renders Li!e
miserableand marriaL'e ii:iwsbible is the tjivnalty
paid by the victims of nnpror indulgences.
Young persons arc too apt to comir.it excesses
from not being aware of the dreadful consciences
that may ensue. Now, wiio that understands
the subject will pretend to lcny that the (xiwer
of procreation is lost sooner by those falling into
improper habits than by the prudent f Besides
being deprived the pleasures of healthy offspring,
I he most serious and dest i ui .ive symptoms to both
body and mind uriBe. The system becomes de
ranged, the Physical and Mental Functions
Weakened, Loss of Vrocrealive Power, Nervous
Irritability, Dyspc a, Palpitation of the Heart,
Indigestion, Constitutional Debility, a Wasting
of the Frame, Cough, Consumption. Decay and
Death.
A CURE WARRANTED IX TWO DA 1 1.
Persons rained in health by unlearned preten
ders who keep them trilling mouth after month,
taking poisonous and injurious compouu is.
should apply immediately.
UK. JOHNSTON,
Member or the Royal College f burgeons, Lon
don, Graduated from one of the most eminent
Col'cges in the Un tcd States, and the greater
part of whose ife has been seiit in the hospitals
of London, Pris, Philadelphia aud elsewhere,
has effected ome of the most astonishing cup-
tiiat were ever known ; many troubled with ring
ing in the head and cars wheu asleep, great
nervousness, being alarmed at sudden oaud,
bashfuluess, with frequent blushing, attended
sometimes with derangement of mind, were cured
Immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
Dr. J. addresses all thofe who have iujurrd
themselves by improper indulgence and solitary
habits, which ruin Ixuh body and mind, uulilting
them for -ither business, study, society or mar
riage. 1 iilsF. re some of the sad uud melancholy
eileets produced by early habits of youth, viz :
Weakness or the Back aud Limbs. Paius in the
Hack and Head, Dimness or Sight, Loss of Mus
cular Power, Palpitaliou of the Heart, Dysjiepsy,
Nervous Irritability, Derangement of Digestive
' Functions, General Debility, Symptoms of Cou
cumption. Ve.
Mestaixt The fearful effect on tiic mind
are much to be drvaded Loss of Memory, Con
fusion of Id. as, Depression of spirits, Evil
Forcboding, Aversion to Society, Self-Distrust.
Love of Solitude, Timidity, Ac., are some of the
evils produced. '
TuofSASPS of crson of all ages can bow
judge what is the cause of their declining health,
losing their vigor, becoming, weak, pule, nervous
and emaciated, having a singular appearance
about the eyes, cough aud symptom ol eou-uuip-tion.
YOUNG MEN
Who have injured th mselve by a certain prac
tice indulged in when alone, a habit frequently
learned from evil companions, or at school, the
clt.ct of which are nightly Tell, even wheu
ab ep, and if uol cured, renders marriage iuios
ible, and destroys both mind uud laidy, should
Bpplv immediately.
What a pity that a young mau, the hleor lis
country, the darling of his parents, should be
Hatched from all prosjwcls and enjoj iin ius
life, by the consequence of deviating from the
path of nature and Indulging in acertaiu secret
habit, isuch trsous mtst before coiiteinulatini:
MARRIAGE,
reflect that a sound mind and body are the mos1
necessary requisites to promote conuubial happi
ness. Indeed without these, the journey through
life becomes a weary pilgrimage ; the prosiK.et
hourly darkens to the view ; the mind become
shadowed with despair and tilled with the melan
choly reflection, that the happines- of atiotjVi
become blighted w ith our own.
A CERTAIN DISEASE.
Wheu the mirguided and imprudent votary ol
leasure finds that he has imbibed the seeds ol
this painful disease, it too often happen that au
lil-timed sense of shame, or dread of discovery,
deters him from applying to thosa who, rroui
education and respectability, can alone heft icu..
him, delaying till the constitutional symptoms ol
.1.-.. mke their appearance, such
ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, noctmal
pains in the head and limbs, dimness of sight,
deafnee, node on the shin bones aud arms,
blotches on the head, face and extremities, pro
gressing with frightful rapidity, till at last the
palate of the mouth or the bones or the nose fill
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
him to "that Undiscovered Country from aheng
iii traveller return."
It is a melancholy Tact that thousands DIE
victims to this terrible disease, through falling
into the aands of Ignorant or unskillful PRE
TENDERS, who, by the use of that deadly Poi
son', Mercury, Ac, destroy the constitution, aud
incapable of curing, keep the unhappv sullerer
month after month taking their uoxious or in
jurious compounds, and instead of being restored
"to a renew ai of Life Vigor and Happiness, in des
pair leave him with ruined Health to sigh over
l.i mliinir disappointment.
To such, therefore, Dr. Johstow pledges him- I
self to preserve the most Inviolable Secrecy, and i
from his extensive practice and observations iu
the great Hospital or Euro, and tlie tirst ii: j
this country, vii: England, France, Philadelphia
..ml elsewhere, is enabled to offer tlie most cer
tain, si-cedy and effectual remedy in the world
lor all diseases r Imprudence.
PR. JOHNSTON.
i)Yl IE, NO. 7, . FREDERICK STREET.
Eaatixorb, M. D.
Left hand side going from Baltimore street, a few
doors from the corner. Fail not to observe name
and number.
J"No letters received unless postpaid uud
containing a stamp to be used on the reply. Per
sons writing should state age, and send a ortion
of advirtisemenl describing symptoms.
There are so many Paltry, Designing ami
Worthless Importers advertising themselves as
Physicians, trifling with and ruining the health
of all who unfortunately fall into their power,
that Dr. Johnston deems it necessary to say es
lcially to those unacquainted with his renuta
tion that his Credentials or Diplomas always
Imng in his office.
ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS.
The many thousands cured at this Establish
went, year after year, and the numerous itu
Iortant Surgical Operations performed by Dr.
Johnston, witnessed by the representatives or the
press and many other papers, notices of which
have apicared again and aga'n before the public,
beside his standing as a geutltmau of character
and responsibility, is a suUieicut guarantee toth -afflicted.
Shin diseases speedily cured.
April 9. l?r,. lr
I.I.MKCK AMI I'LAMM; MIM.K
Thiid Street, adjoining Pbila. A Erie. R. R., two
Squares North of the Central Hotel,
SUNBURY, PA.
JItA T. CLEMEXT,
iS prepared to furnish every description of lum
ber required by the demands of the public
laving all the latest improved machinery for
manufacturing Lunber, he is now ready to liil or
ders fall kinds of
FLOORING, fcIDI.G, DOORS SHUTTERS,
SASH. BLINDS MOULDINGS, VE
- UANDAS, BRACKETS,
and all kinds of Ornamental Scrowl Work. Turn,
lac of every descriptioa promptly executed. Al
A LARGE ASSOBTMKMT OP
BILL LUMBER.
UEMLOCK and PINE. Also, SUinjles, Pl-kf ts
Lathe, c
Orders promptly tilled, ad skipped by Railroad
oroUwwJae. IRA T. CLEMENT.
i;-tntllhol In IS to. )
'KICG 81 50 IN ADVANCE. S
jJrofcssiona!.
Til. It. K ASK, Attorney :it Law, SLN-
BURY, PA. Olliee in Market Niiare,
(adjoining tlie olliee of W. I. (irecnniigh, H(i-,)
Professional btisines in this and adjoining coun
ties promptly attended to.
Snnli'iry, March 115, lS7?.-ly.
joskimi s. aunoed.
ATTORNEY arid COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Liverpool, lYrry county. Pa.
All business matters in the counties of North
umberland. Snyder. Union. Perry mid Juniata
promptly attended to. Consultations can be had
I in the Orrm.ni and English languages.
apiil IT. lsT4. lv.
W"
a. scuir.it.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND COfNTV ROI.irtTOK.
Olliee on Front Street below Market, Sunbury,
Pa. Collections and all legal business promptly
attended to.
JAM EM ItCAKO,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Olliee in Hatipt's building. South East Corner
of Market Square, Sunbury, Pa.
Special Atthntion Paid to Coi.i.kctions.
x. iticici:,
. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
and acting JUSTICE or the PEACE.
Next Door to Judge Jordan's Residence, Chest
nut Street, Sunbury, Pa.
Collections and ali legal matters promptly at
tended to.
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND
llTIXt. JI STI1C OF THK PEACX.
Oonvcvancing.thecolleetionsof claims,writings,
and all 'kinds of Legal business will be attended
tircarcfully and with despatch. Can be consult
ed in the English and German language. Olliee
iu Haupt's building, Market street, Sunbury, Pa.
April H.'T.V
G.
A. ItOTOOICF,
Allornev-a!-Law,
GEORGETOWN,
Northumberland Co., Peiina.
Can be consulted in the English and German
languages. Collections attended to iu North
umberland anil adjoining counties.
Also Agent Tor the Lebanon Valley Fire Insu
rance Company. inhlS
W. C. PACKER,
Attorney at Law,
Sunbury, Pa.
November 9. 1ST2. tr.
O It. IXOYEK. Attorney and Counsellor
0 at Law. Office in Wolverton's Law build
ing, Second sticct, SUNBURY, PA. Professional
usiuess attended to, in the courts of Northuin
oerlaud aud adjoining counties. Also, iu the
Circuit and District Courts for the Western Dis
trict of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect
ed. Particular attention paid to raws in JUiik-r(f-y.
Consultation can be had in the Ger
man language. April V, i.l.
L.
II. K.IKE, Attorney at Law, SUN
BURY, PA., olliee in Wolverton's Law
building, Second street. Collections made in
Northumberland and adjoining counties.
April 9,'T.
I. Merrill Linn. Andrew II. Dill. Frauk. H. Marr.
I.I XX. Il EE A- NARK,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Next d or to the Presbyterian church, Market
Square, SUNBURY,
April 9,'75 Northumberland Co.. Pa.
JAMES II. MfBKVITT,
Attorney at
Law and
I'xiTP.n States Coamissionek
B. Boyer, Esq., in- Wolverton
Sunbury. Pa.
Office with S.
s Law Building,
April .'T5.
Sr. WOLVERTOS, AUontey ut U.
. Market Souarc. SUNBURY. PA. Profession-
Market Square,
il business iu this and adjoiuin
; count ies prompt -
v attended to.
nil. .MASSEIt, Attorney at Law, SUN-
BURY, PA. Collections attended to in
the counties or Northumberland, Union, Snyder.
Montour, Columbia and Lycoming. apll)-V.I
G
EO. w. 7.ie;eek.
attorney at law,
IK.ite dqt. Third Street,
i
Office .
tm i v, I'a.
Collections and all professional business
pr ruptly attended to hi the Court or Northum
berland and adjoining counties.
October 22. l"T."i.
DR. C. .11. JIAKTIX, Office in Drug
Store, Clement House Block, Office hours :
from 11 a. in., to 1 p. m., and Irom 6 to 'J p. m.,
at all other hours, when not Professionally cn
aged can found at his residence, on Chestnut
Street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular attention
given to surgical cases. Will visit Patients
cither in towu or country.
jg C. GOUIX,
ATTTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Olliee on cast Market street, opposite the City
Hot id, Sunbury, Pa.
Prompt and careful attention paid to convey
ancing. May 14. 1ST5
GI5. CAD IV A EI. A DEICMarket Street,
. SUNBURY, PA.
Dealer in Drug, Medicine, Paints. Oil,
Glass, Varnibhe, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars,
Pocket Bocks. Dairies, Ac.
DEXTISTKY.
GEORGE M. RENN,
in Ximjison'-s Duildiii'j, M'irtrt S'jtm re,
Scnburt, Pa.,
1 prepared to do all kinds of work pertaining
to Dentistry. He keeps constantly on hand
a large assortment (ill ecth, and othr lienta.
material, from which he will be able to select, .
aud mee. me wants or his customers.
All worn warranted to give satisfaction, or else j
the moncv refunded. j
The very best Mouth Wash andTooth-Powdc!
kept ou hand.
His references are the numerous patrons foi ;
whom he has worked for the last twelve year-, j
Sunbury, April 21, 1T2. j
i
ftjotcls anb llcstanrants.
N
Danville
ll-tel,"re opeuel July lt.1Hi..) Market
Stretft. Danville, Pa. U. u. sm-ivtit, rroonc
tor. Guests conveyed to and from the Depot.
Good sample room for agents.
Aug. la, T5.-ly.
CRAWFORD IIOl'SE. Cor. Tliird and
Mulberry. Business Centre, Wii;lamsport,
Pa.
Win. CRAWFORD, Proprietor.
11, 1ST4.
Dec.
CEETIEXT IIOl'SE, Third Street below
Market, Sunbury, Pa. PETER S. BUR
RELL. Proprietor. Rooms neat and ro-nfortable.
Table supplied with the delicacies of the se i-on
and the waiters attentive and obliging.
Suuqury, Jan. 22, 1H75.
UXTTED STATES HOTEL, W. F.
K I TCI I EN, Proprietor. Opposite the De
pot SHAMOKIN, PA. Every attention given to
travellers, aud the best accommodations given.
April 5,1 S73. tr
VTATIOXAL HOTEL. AUGUSTUS
aN WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown North d
County, Pa., at the Station ofths N. C. R. W.
Choice wines and cigars at the bar.
The tabids supplied with the best the market
affords. Good stabling nd attentive ostlers.
HI MM EL'S REST AIR A XT,
LOUIS HUMMEL, Proprietor,
Commerce St., SHAMOKIN, PENN'A.
Having just refitted the above Salo. ii for the
accomodation of the public, H now prepared to
serve jis friends with the best refreshments, and
fresh Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, and all other malt
qllors.
t'usincos
fcTarfts.
. PACKEK HAAS.
W. S. BUOADS.
HAAS V BIIOADS
RETAIL DCALI Or
ANTHRACITE COAL, SUNBURT, PENN'A.
Omci with Haas, Faoei.t & Co.,
Orders left at SeasaolU & Bro's. oc, Market
Street, will receive prompt attention. Country
custom respectfully solicits.
Ort. 8C, lOTlk tf.
SUNBURY
CO AM COAL! COAL! GRANT BROS.,
Shippers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
WHITE AND RED ASH COAL, SUNBURY, PA.
(LOWER WUaKF.)
Orders will receive prompt attention.
ANTHRACITE COAL!
V
A EEXTI XE IKIET7-, Wholesale
and
Retail dealer in every variety or
ANTHRACITE COAL, UPPER WHARF,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
All kind or Grain taken iu exchange for Coal.
Orders solicited and lilM promptly. Orders left
at S. F. Nevin's Confectionery Sure, on Third
ticet, will recieve prompt attention, and money
receipt edfor, the same as at the olliee.
(OIL. FEOl lt,UKAIX AXIl IMIOS
PIIATE. 'IHE undersigned having connected the Coal
A. business with his exteiivi-FLOURiV: GRAIN
trade, is prepared to supply families with the
VEICY It EST OF (Oil.,
CHEAP FOR CASH.
Egg, Stove and Nut, constantly on hand. Grain
taken in exchange for Coal.
I am also prepared to supply to farmers aud
others
THE NATIONAL SOLUBLE BONE.
This Phosphate is of a higher grade than i
usual in this country, and is sold at a reasonable
price.
J. M. CADWALLADER.
Sunbury, S;pt. 10, 1ST5. tr.
itftisirllaimms.
fiffljl MONUMENTS
Grrave Stones
On hand, and made to order.
Scotch Granite Monuments
Imported to order. Shop on Fourth Street
near Market, Suuhurv, Pa,
W. M. DAUGIIERTY, Trp'r.
Sunbury. Jan. 14. 1ST0.
1875. FALL STYLES 1875.
IN
l TwTTT.T.TTST-E'R.-'Srr.
VLL the latest style and novelties selected at
the late importers' and jobbers' openings.
BIRDS. WINGS, FANCY FEATHERS, OS
TRICH TIPS AND PLUMES, SILK
VELVETS.VELVETEENS,
etc.
HATS AND BONNETS
In Felt and Straw, and all New and Stylish, at
MISS L. SHISSLER'S
Millinery Slure,
Oct. 15. 1875. Market St.. Sunbury.
THE CHOICEST
AMD
DCY GOODS
MILLINERY
of Miss KATE BLACK, Market Square, north
side,
Nnnbnry Peun'n.,
Will be found the most complete, attractive and
cheapest store of
CHOICE DRY GOODS,
consisting of Ladic Dres Good, Woolen Goods
for L-dies' from the largest establishment in
the cities.
LAD IKS' i CniDRESST WOOLEX SHAWLS.
I adies. Misses' and Children' Woolen Goods,
Silk Velvets, Ribbons, Ssash RiMmns, Neck Tic.
Kid Gloves, Fancy aud Plain Hosiery, First
Quality Zephyr and Germantown Wool.
ALSO
IN CHEAT VAKIBTT.
Gents' Gloves, Neckties, llankerchiefa, Ac. A
full nssortinent or Soap and Perfumery . An
Invitation is exlcuded to all lo call and see the
choice selection. MISS KATE BLACK.
Jflctu A&bcrtiscmcuts
A SEW STOCK OF
MERCHANT TAILORING GOODS.
i
C1IAS. MAIIIL
Has just returned from the Eastern citles.n ith an
elegant selections of
C EOT I IS,
CASSI.MEIIES,
and YESTIXGS.
or the flnet French Brand, Trimming, Ac.
He ik uow ready to receive order Tor
SPRING AND SUMMER SUITS
of any desired style. The latest styles or pat
terns ou hand, and
NEAT FITS GUARANTEED.
You will find price at least a reasonable as
elsewhere. Give me a call.
CIIAS. MAIIIL,
rOVUTH ST., Onjxwit CITY HOTEL,
SUNBURY, PA.
Sunbury, April 9, 1 875. tf.
WATCHES, JEW EERY A SILVER
WARE. J oli ii W. Steve nou.
Corner Third and Market Sts, Sunbury, Pa.
HAS completely renovated his Store Room,
and opened the largest assortment of
WATCHES. CLOCKS. JEWELR 80LID SIL-
! VER AND PLATED WARE,
I ever exhibited in this pnrt of ihe State. Every
j thing in the Jewelry line is kept in store,
i Nilor-Vnre,
Itracelets,
Rings A Chain.
of every description and of the finest quality
Particular attention paid to repairing
Wat die. Clock, Jewelry, af.
HAIR JEWELRY made to order.
Sunbury, March f. 1ST4.
Jon II. Sr.M.. John M. Scuonoi k
NELL A NCIIOXOI R,
Second Street, WoMELSDmsr, Pa.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS
WINES, BRANDIES, GINS,
Pure Old Rye Whiwkey,
Apple Whisket, Cokihals, Ac.
All Liquors sold gaurrantced as represented.
Orders promptly attended to and public pa
tronage respectfully solicited.
SELL A SCHONOUR.
2d St., Womelsdorf, Berks Co., Pa.
Feb. 7, 1S74. IV.
New Millinery S ore,
IIF.RX DOX, Xorth'd County, Pa.
MRS. KATE M EC K respcctfalij informs the
public that she has opened a
XEW NILLIXERY STORE,
on Front street, Herndon. where she has just
opened an entire new stock or Fall and Winter
Millinery Good of the latest stylus and patte-ns,
consisting of
am liVID BDBBl'M
FEATHERS, FLOWER, RIBBONS,
and all Goods found in a flr9t class Millinery
Store, which ore ollered at eitremely low prices.
Ladies are especially Invited to caii ana r
amias nil the aew styles, ana ascertain i
prices. KATE MECK
Herndon, Oct. 15th, 1HT5. nrf.
SUNBURY, PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28, 1876.
Biili urits IJcIj jJiimiing.
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PrintingOffice
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in Xorlhumbcrland County.
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WPRICES MODERATE.-
BOOK, CARD AND JOB PRINTING
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DODGERS,
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partment will be cxecnted with promptness aid
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mine our samples. No trouble to give estiina.es
and show goods. We shall cbecrrully do tiis
to all, who call for that purpose, without charge.
1-ifOrdcrs for Subscription. Advertising or
Job Printine, thankfully received.
Address
EM'L AVILVERT, Proprietor,
SUNBURY, PA.
SUXDURY AMEIX
19 THK
JiESTADVElUSIKG LMUM
In the Central p:
of the 8fat:,
IT
1RCULATE
In one of" Mofit Tlirifty' Intelligwitaui
WEALTHY
SECTIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Sample copy of paper en4 to uy ddit3rt
of cbarg.
AMERICAN,
historical.
A HISTORY
OF THE
SUSQUEHANNA.
BY J. F. MAG1NXIB.
CHAPTER XVII.
7r-'t old Mill ."till stamht at Letciahurrj
Settlement on Warrior Run Xamcs of
the Settlers Mrs. Derrick son First
Court in Northumberland county Numes
of the Officers Original Townships
Xanies of the Con stablts First (hand
JuryM'Madags Spicy Letter.
Ludwig Dcrr, who located where Lewis
burg now etands, had a trading house and
did an extensive business with the Indians.
He also erected a small mill on what is
now known as Wilson's Run, which it is
worthy of remark, is standing at the pre
sent day in a good Btate of preservation.
It is the ouly centennial mill standing iu
the valley, the others have been burned
jdyring tie "Lig Itunaway," or since de
stroyed, it is a small square building, con
structed of roughly hewn logs. A large
building has been erected alongside of it,
which is used as a mill now, the old build
in, be;ig for the reception of graiu. The
mill is used by John Brown. Derr also
had a sawmill here, but all trace of it is
gone. Derr's mill was an important place
for many years among the settlers. They
often eame forty miles from above to get a
small grist of flour. Two. or three set
tlers would unite, lake a canoe, push down
U Derr's mill, get Iheir flour and return
ia three or four days to their families.
They were obliged to go armed, and exer
cise"g?eat caution in order not to be sur
prised by the savages. Meanwhile their
families awaited their arrival with great
suspense, and when the canoe hove in
sight with its scanty supply of flour, joy
nd gladness rang through the humble
dwelling. Then again how oftcu were
tuey disappointed, on receiving the sad in
telligence that the husbands and fathers
were killed and scalped, aud their little
childreu were obliged to go suppcrless and
fatherless to bed.
1 now come to an in.portant point in the
history of the W. B. Valley, viz : to give
an.account of the first white settlement on
Warrior Run, where Fort Freeland wa?
erected. I am pleased to be able to give a
correct account having obtained the par
ticulars rorij Mrs. Derrickson, a daughter
of Mr. Cornelius Vincent, one of the origi
nal settlers.
In 1772, they enimigrated from Essex
county. New Jersey. Their names were :
Jacob Freeland. John Vincent. Cornelius
Vincent and Peter Vincent, with their
families. The next year they were rein
forced by Timothy Williams with a very
large family. Freeland settled on Warrior
Run. a few miles above its mouth. The
Vincents settled oue mile, below the mouth,
on the river. This was the first necleus of
a settlement formed in this part of the
country, around which other settlers clus
tered, till they had quite a little communi
v.J -,..-
In 1S73, Jacob Freeland romnma t
bulid a smu'l mill on Warrior Rin, hav
ing brought tlie necessary irous with liiru
the previous year from New Jersey. The
null was completed, and proved a valuable
acquisition the to settlement. The fort was
iu 1775, about half a mile north-east of
wiere the Warrior Run Church now
stiuds. Il was a Stockade fortification,
nt very strong, and destitute of cannon.
i About this time, 1772. the Connecticut
jnople. from Wyoming, commenced to set
le on the West Branch, about the Muncy
(itts and vicinity. As the difficulties that
fok place between them and the I'ennsyl
raniaus were long and serious, it is thought
j iest to devote a chapter or two e-xclusive-
! y to them.
j The first Court in Northumberland
L'ounty was held at Fort Augusta. Think
ing that the record, together wilh the
names of those concerned as officers, jury
men, &c, would be interesting at the pro
sentlay, and also show who were the first
settirs, I have transcribed it from the old
i bocte o the County, in the office of the
' Fphonotary at Sunbury. It is as follows:
RECORD OF THE FIRST COURT.
! 'At a Court of private sessions of the
J pire held at fort Augusta for the County
oplorthumberland on the mnty day of
jVril iu the twelfth year of the reign of
cr Soverign Lord George the Third
f the Grace of God, of Great Brilian,
ranee and Ireland, King, defender of the
faith, and in the year of our Lord God
one thousand seven hundred and seventy
two, before William Plunkett, Esq., and
hi? Associate Justices assigned, &c, with
in the said County of Northumberland, viz:
"A commission from his Honor the Gov
ernor, bearing date the 24lh day of March
aunodomini one thousand seven hundred
and seventy-two, appointing William
Plunkett, Turbutt Francis, Samuel Hun
ter, James Potter, William Maclay, Caleb
Graydon, Benjamin Allison, Robert Moo
die, John Lowdon, Thos. Lemon, Ellis
Haghes, and Bejamiti Weiser, Esqs., Jus
tice of the Court of General Quarter Sea-
sions of the Peace and jail delivery for the
said County of Northumberland was pub
lished in Court.
On motion made, the said County of
North'd, or as much of the Extent of the
same as is now purchased from the Indians,
is divided into the following townships, I
to be hereafter called and known by the
names tf Penu's twp. Augusta twp.
Turbut twp. Buffalo twp., Bald Eagle
twp. Money twp. and Wyoming twp.,
each described and bounded as follows :
"DESCRIPTION OF BUFFALO TOWNSHIP.
"Beginning at the mouth of Pi nn's creek
at the head of the isle of Que, thence up
the same to the forks, thence by a north
line to the West Branch of Susquehanna,
thence down the West Branch of the Sus
quehanna to the forks, then down Susque
hanna to place of beginning.
"DESCRIPTION Or BALD EAGLE TOWNSHIP.
"Begiuning at the forks of Perm's creek,
thence by a nort h hue to the West Branch
of Susquehanna, thence up the same to
where the County Hue crossed it, thence by
the County line south to the head of little,
Juniata, thence down the same to the end
of Tussey's niountaiti thence along the top
of the same easterly' to the place of begin
ning. "DESCRIPTION OF TURBUTT TOWNSHIP.
"Begiuning on the east side of Susque
hanna at Fort Augusta, thence up the
easterly side of the North East Branch to
the old line formerly run for a division be-
The descriptions of Penn's, Augusta and
Wvominir townships are omitted, as tot being
J pertinent to the Valley of the West Branch.
tween Berks and Northampton counties,
thence by the same line North West to the
top of Muncy hill, thence along the top of
the same westerly to the West Branch of
Susquehanna, and crossing the same to the
west side and down the same to the junc
tion of the branches, and crossing Sus
quehanna to the place of beginning so as
to include the forks and island.
"DESCRIPTION OF MUNCY TOWNSniP.
'"Beginning on the west side of the West
Branch of Susquehanna, opposite the end
of Muncy hill, thence up the West Branch
to opposite the mouth of Lycoming, f thence
crossing the branch, up Lycoming to the
heads thereof, thence by a south-east line
to the Muncy hill, thence along the top of
the same to the West Branch, and crossing
to beginning."
The names of the Constables appointed
for these respective township, on the same
occasion, were as follows :
"Turbutt twp. William McMein.
Buffalo Robert King.
Bald Eagle 44 Samuel Long.
Muncy 44 James Robb."
This appears to have been all the busi
ness transacted ai this Court which was
of a preliminary character at least noth
ing else appears upon the record.
The second Court was held at the same
place in August following of the same year.
The record run as follows :
"At a Court of General Sessions of the
Peace, held at fort Augusta, for tbe Court
of Northd., the fourth Tuesday in August,
in the twelfth year of the reign of our
Sovereign Lord, Geo. the Third, by the
grace of God of Geat Britian, France and
Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c,
Before William Plunkett, Esq., and his
Associates, Justices assigned, &c, within
the said County of Northd., viz :
"Upon petition to the Court, Adam
Haveling, Marcus Hulings, Jr., Mattin
Kost, Samuel Weiser ; and John Alexan
der, are recommended to his Honor the
Governor for his license to keep public
houses where they respectively dwell in
this County, they giving bond, &c, agree
able to the laws of this Province such cases
made, &c."
Thers Grand Jury in the County was
cmpanneled at this Court. Their names
are given below. I copy from the record :
"'George Nagel, Esq.,J High Sheriff for
the County aforesaid, returned his writ of
venire to him directed, with the panel an
nexed, which being called over after pro
clamation, made the following persons a
pear, who were accordingly sworn on the
grand inquest for our Sovereign Lord the
King, for the body of the County.
John Brady, Foreman, Geo. Ran,
Geo. Overmyer,
J)hn Rhowick,
Lenard Peter,
Gethard Freeland,
John Jost,
William Grey,
Luuwig Derr.
And. Heffer,
Hawkins Boon,
George Wolf,
William Cook,
John Kelly,
James Poke,
John Walker."
At the November Sessions of 1775, the
report for the first road, up the river, was j
received as follows :
"The report ot Henry Antes, Cookson
Long. Samuel Horn, Alexander Ha'miiton, ;
hau Albridee, and Samuel Harris,
the six men appointeo t August Session
to view and, if they saw cause, to lay out
a Bridle Road from the nouth of Bald Ea
gle creek to tlie t""0 of Sunbury, was lead
in Cour. J which it appears that they
have thought it necessary, and have accord
ing laid out a liridlc Road as follows:
"Beginning at a post at tbe mouth of the
Bald Eagle Creek, thence north 81 deg.,
&c, on lo a Black oak on the West Rranch
of Susquehanna opposite the town of Sun
bury." These names also go to show were among
the first settlers of the County at that ear
ly period, some eighty-four years ago. Of
these men, not one is now living they are
all numbered wilh the dead, aod the wild
flowct blooms on their graves.
It may be interesting to beligerent gen
tlemen of the present day to state that the
early Courts of Northumberland county,
onlv fined a man five shillings for assault
and battery. The luxury of fighting being
so cheap theu, it was very much indulged
in, and sparring matches were common.
Such a law would suit the chivalry of this
period. They could cane one another to
their heart's content at a very trifling ex
pense !
They appear to have had some trouble
at Fort Augusta, in reference to their pub
lic buildings, aud the want ot a lail, as
may be inferred from the followiug spicy
letter, written bv William Mackay,, to J.
Tilgh.uan, April 2d, 1773 :
Sir : I inclose to you a Letter from
three of the Trustees for the publick build-
iugs of this County, respecting some mea
sures which we have lately fallen on to
rescue us from the scandal of living en
tirely without any Place of confinement
or punishment for Villians. Captain Hun
ter had address enough to render abortive
every attempt that was made last sum
mer, for keeping a regular Jail, even after
I had been at considerable expense in fit
ting up this Magazine under which there
is a small But compleat Dungeon, I am
sorry to inform you That he ha9 given our
present Measures the most Obstinate re
sistance in his power aud impeded with
every embarrassment in the Compass of
his Invention, we know nothing of the
Fooling on which Captain Hunter has pos
session of these -Buildings, and only big
that the Couuly may be accommodatod
wilh this old Magazine, with the addition
proposed lo be made to il, add with the
House in which I now live, to hold our
courts in ; I have repaired the House in
Sunbury, before our November Court.
As the present repairs are doue entirely
by subscription, you will readily guess
that Captain Hunter is not among the
numbers of subscribers. As there are
many pieces of old Iron, &c, which for
merly belonged to ihe fort, not of any use
at present the Trustees propose using
any of them which can be converted
to any advantage, for Grates, &c, for
our temporary Gaol, unless they receive
contrary Directions frofn Philadelphia.
If hell is justly considered as the rendi
vous of Rascals, we cannot ontertain a
doubt of Wiomiug being tbe Place.
Burn'd Hands, cut Ears, &c, is one con
sidered as a certain certificates of superior
merit; we have lately to chuse a Sovereign
and settle the State, &c, for it seems they
fThe reader will obseive th incoming was
the, line of the County on the north side of the
river, and was tuppoud to b the Tiadnghton ot
the Indians.
JGeoree Nagel was Sheriff of Barks county
when Northumberland was organized. He,
I however, served in Northumberland, till Wil
' liam Cook was elected in October, 17W.
New Series, 7, So. 11.
I Old Series, Vol. 56, So. !
ernment of Connecticut. Tbe Time of the
have not now any Dependence on th6 Gor
ernment of Connecticut. The Time of
Descent on the West Branch, Fort Augus
ta, &c, is now fixed for May next ; I have
no Doubt but the Desperate Tempers of
these People will hurry them into some
tragical affair, which will at last rouse our
Government,' when it may be too late to
repair the mischief done by them. At the
same time I am told there are some among
them, who would willingly become quiet
subjects, and are afraid to own their senti
ments. Patterson has the other othe r day
beenoflered 1200 OO.for lh same number of
acres, not far from your Land. 1 would
not have yon sell. Doctor Plunkett goes
down in a few days; 'tis likely I may send
another long letter by him.
And am with the greatest esteem,
Sir.
Your most Obedient humble Servant,
WM. MACLAY."
It appears that Mr. Maclay had a par-
! ticular aversion to the settlers of Wyom
ing, and regarded them as the most arrant
knaves. This ia illustrative of the feeling
existing between the two parties.
As to the particulars ia reference to the
difficulty with Colonel Hunter, they are
nowhere preserved, or at least, I have been
unable to find them.
Cont"tniifi?.
HOW INDIANS CXRE MEAT AND
DRESS SKINS.
When her lord has killed a buffalo the
woman's work begins. She has to skin it
the meat to secure, and all to pack upon
ponies or mules, and carry to camp, where
the meat must be cured. This is done by
cutting it into thin sheets and hanging it
over poles in the hot sunshine, where it
is soon dried thoroughly ;then it is packed
fresh in packages of about one hundred
pounds each, and inclosed in a nice buffalo
skin, prepared especially for the purpose.
This is not dressed down thin after being
fleshed but well tanned, and of the full
thickness of the shin ; the hair side nice
ly ornamented with paint, for tbe outside
of the sack. This is cut out like a huge
envelope, so that the ends and sides will
fold over whatever is put in them, and se
cured by strong buckskin strings. By be
ing thick it retains its form, and is very
useful for carrying other things besides
meat and tallow. After the meat is laken
care of the skin must be looked after.
Those taken at this season of the year are
first staked on a smooth spot of ground,
and water put upon them, when they are
ready for fleshing. This consists in re
moving the flesh with an instrument made
ot a straight bar of iron, about a foot in
length, flattened at one end and filed to an
edge. This being grasped in the hand, and
a succession of quick blows given the work
siowly proceeds. The skin is then dried,
after which the hair Is removed in a dry
stale, aud tl -Hn reduced to the proper
thickness by dressing Uow- tuv hair
side. ?hi-j-done, with am ?otrinivt
made by firmly tying a flat piece of steel,
hied to a beveled edge at one end, and with
the corners rounded, to a largo prong of a
deer's horn. This is so trimmed, in con
nection with the body of the horn, as to
form an elbow, and is used as little as a
carpenter uses his adze. This work is us
ually done in the cool of the morning. Tbe
brains of the animal, having been properly
taken care of for the purpose, are now soak
ed and squeezed by the hand until reduced
t a paste, and applied lo both sides of the
skin, which i arwwar(s worked and rub
bed until flexible. The prepaivi. nf robes
is from winter skins, and differs from "the
foregoing, only being dressed down on the
flesh side so as to leave the wool and hair
upon the robe, and is more thoroughly
worked and scoured by means of a sharp-
gritted stone. Realty.
A New Conductor. A few days ago
. - !1 1-
a conductor oue one oi ine rai.roaus weui
to the superintendent and said be thought
he ought to be advanced, having served for
several years. The superintendent agreed
with him, and told him that the change
should be made the very next week. And
it was made. The superintendent, a day
or two after, took a seat in tbe rear end of
one of the coaches to see "bow the new con-
ducter would take to business, and pretty
soon the official danced into the poor, cap
on his ear, sleeves pushed up, and a half
acre smile on his face. 4Get out your
pasteboards !' he shouted. 4I'm the high
mucky muck that runs this train', and then
turning right and left, he continued:
"Right bowers this way play lively pass
or order tip how's trump with you ?
slide you right into Chicago hurry up
there trump the ace what kind of a
hand do you hold, old man ? There was
something novel and -exhilarating in this
style : but jet the superintendent called
the conductor upstairs the next day, and.
t,,',l him that ho was the best man in
America to run a freight train, and that he j
should have tt promote him backward, j
He was too talented for a passenger con
ductor. Be a Man. Foolish spending is the
father of poverty. Do not be ashamed ot
work. Work for the wages you cau get,
but work for half price rather than be
idle. Be your own master aud do not let
fashion or society swallow up your indi
vidualityhat, coat, and boots. Compel
your selfish body to spare something for
profits saved. Be stingy to your necessi
ties. See that you are proud. I.et your
pride be of the right kind. Be too proud
to be lazy ; too proud to give up without J
conquering every difficulty ; too proud to
wear a coat you cannot afford to buy ; too
proud to be in company you cannot keep
up wilh in expenses ; loo proud to li or
steal or cheat ; too proud to be stingy.
. m
Somebody having asked Mrs. Jerushy
Duenberry,of Cinc'nnatti.wby a woman al
ways wants a man, when be is sick, to
lake off his shirt downwards instead of
over his head, that matron proceeds to ex
plain as follows : "Just because she is
sensible and kind-hearted, and wants him
to do it the very easiest w;ty. I do think,
of all the siily sights in nature, it, is a
man a-throwin' his arms about in Ihe air,
a strugglin' with a shirt to get it off,
when one little move downwards brings it
off as slick as the skin of an eel. But
them is some of his insensible ways, aud
it is our duty to correct them if we can,
especially when he is sick."
To what age do bogs attain? Saus-age.
Rates-of Advertising.
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type) n or tw iBscftlons.tl.MI ; v J insertions Slue
rta..K' 2."- 2. . u. It.
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leariy adTertisncsats psyabl quarterly Trasasiait
savertMeioents must b paid Won taxrtton. nevpt
wliera partl hart accounts.
Local notices twenty cants s lin. and tea cents for
every snbacqnent insertion.
Cards in the "Biujneas Directory" eolumn $2.00 per
year tor the lint two hnea, and $1.00 for each additional
Women sad afcthers.
The Saturday Review, in the course of
an eloquent article -under the above cap.
tion, remarks that women are apt to mar
iner at Iheir lot as one without influence,
variety, strong purpose or space for action
but that it is. ou the contrary, a lot full of
dignity and importance if properly regard
ed and fitly undertaken. If they do not
lead armies they make the characters of
men who lead and are led. If they are not
State Ministers or parliamentary orators.
they raise by their nobleness or degrade by
their want of delicacy and rsfitement the
souls and minds of tb men who are. If
they are not in the throng and press of ac
tive life, they can cheer on to high aims or
easi'v reward the baser methods of exist
ence. As mothers they are artiflosrs who
give the initial touch that lasts for life, and
as ihey complete what the mother began.
Society is moulded mainly by them, and
they biicg up their daughters upon their
pattern. It is surely week and silly to
blame society for its ignoble tone, or the
young for iheir disorders. All men want
the correcting influence of social opinion.
Youth t too, will be ever disorderly, if it
gets the chance, and the race has not yet
been born that carries old heads on young
shoulders. It is for the mothers to supple
menl by their owr. wisdom the gaps left by
the inexperienced and ignorant of youths
to guide right the steps that are apt, with
out that guidience to run astray, and lo
guard against passions, emotions, desires
that if left to themselves, bring only dis
aster, but which guarded and directed may
be turned to the best ot ends. For cur
selves we regret to see the rapid extinction
of motherhood in its beat sense, and de
cline to accept the modern loose-banded
chaperon as its worthy substitute. We re
pudiate tbe plea of tbe insubordinate of tbe
young, as often put forward in tbe defensa
of the new state of things,' for it is simply
nonsense. The young are what the moth
ers make them, just as society is what the
matrons allow it to be and if mothers did
their duty we should hear no more of the
wilfulness of the one or the shameless vag
aries of the other. The remedy for each
lies in their own hands only.
Privileges eTEeisp Year.
In three years one of every four, man has
the privilege of 4popping the questionand
the annoyance of having a plain spoken No
! for the reply. On the fourth year woman
may propose, if it so pleases her. In the
event of refusing, the panalty, we believe,
is that the gallant gentleman shall present
the tender damsel with a new silk dress.
There is a seservation, however, that the
right to claim this penalty depends on the
circumstance that, when she proposed, tbe
damsel was the wearer of a scarlet petticoat
which (or a little of the lower portion of
which) she must exhibit to tbe gentleman,
the understood idea being that a silken
dress shall cover the petticoat, and thus as
suage dire feminine indignation at the re
jection of her offered hand.
. It is stated that in a book entitled Court-
Matrimony.' pnblisbed in
1360, ten year" before tne d&tbl or Bhaks-
peare, is Ibis explanation regarding ladies'
privilegefc iu leap year : - -
4 Albeit, it is nowe become a part or ine
common la we, in re garde to social relations
of life, that as often as ererf-bhsextfle jear
doth return, tbe ladyes have the sole privi
lege during the time continueth, of making
love unto the men, which they doe, either j
by words or looks, as them it seemeth pre- O
fer, and moreover, no man will be entitlsd'
to the benefit of clergy who dothe i
pise trcate her proposal with 2t tm
tumely.'
A traiur, while on bis travels, notiej
placaid in front or har-room. It j
the pleasing legend, 4Free Lunch,- n
went in, walked uuostentatioosly up t
plate, and commenced operations wi
sandwich ;then tbe barkeeper walked t
the cadaverous wreteh and said :
4Mcn who eat here are expected to
for a drink.'
4I know it,' said the tramp.
4Well then, why don't you eonfon
the rule ?'
Cause I go in for health, and don't d
till I am through eating.'
The barkeeper turned his back for a
roent, the tramp slipped three sandwic
into his coat pocket, and calmly devouf
four : then he walked up to the bar, aad
the dispencer of stiroulents husmy win -pered
:
Gimme a glass o' water, will ye r
4 What I water, after four sandwiches?
bellowed the barkeeper, angrily.
4Yes'r, water,' replied the tramp. 'I've
been a drinkin' of it for nigh outer forty
years, ann it's jest tbe healthiest stuff a-
goin'.'
And he hobbled out ;bwtif he had caught
the foot that flew after him, he wouldn't
have been satisfied with the 'booty' of his
visit.
Fight it Oct. A story is told olLa
daughter rf a prominent parson now if
lecture field, which is peculiarly inte
and suggestive of unconscious wisdi
gentleman was invited to the If
house to tea. Immeeiately on bcu- -at
the table, the little girl aston
family circle and the guest by I
iiuestion :
Where is your wife V
Now the gentleman, having
cently separated from the par
was taken so completely by Bw. .
stammered forth the truth :
4I don't know.'
4Don't know !' replied tbe enfant terrible
Why don't you know V
Finding that the child persisted in her
interrogatories, despite the mild reprof of
her parents, he concluded to make a clean
breast of the matter, and bave it over at
once. So he said with a calmness wuicn
was the result of inward expletives :
4 Well, we don't live together ; we think
as we can't agree, we'd better not.'
He stifled a groan as tbe child began
again, and darted 'an exasperated look at
her parents. But the little torment would
not be quieted until she exclaimed :
'Can't agree ! Then why don't you fight
it out. as pa and ma do ?
4Vengeaoce is mine,' laughingly retorted
tbe visitor, after 'pa' and 'ma' exchanged"
looks of holy horror, followed by the inevi-
table roar.
It is more easy to write abont money
than to have it; and those who bave it
laugh at those who can only write about it.
Voltaire
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