Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1861-11-09

! MRS. ANAsA GUILD, of Dedham, Mass, VIII,
IS now IN her 9lst year, helped to knit stock
ings, when girl, for the soldiers of Washing
tons army. During the summer she assistet
the Ladies' Association of Dedham, in maxim.
shirts and drawers for the Massachusetts sol
dirs. and couple of weeks ago sent severa
pairs otstockings which she had knitted, tt
her two grantsons who are u the Union arm,
on the Potomac.
NOVEL REeImENr.-A very fine regimen
of horsemen is now being formed in Californis
by w. Rose, a loyal Texan Ranger, and i:
hearty full, although for the purpose of procuring
picked men its organization is kept from the
public. They style themselves Cossacks, and
are intended TO perform similar services for the
American army that the Russian C"ssacks do 70,
the Russian army. For good horsemanshp
using the rife on horseback at full speed, expert
ness in throwing the Iasso, &c, the men aie
represented as wonderfully proficient. They
have been rendered to the Government.
SOUTHERN MERCHANTS COOLING Orr-Some
ofthe Southern merchants are surprised and dis.
gusted at learning tha, they WILDE required to pay
over to the rebel treasury what they owe to North.
ern merchants. They expected to wipe out their
debts entirely by the Secession sponge, and this
compulson to pay up to the Junto at Richmond
has wonderfully cooled the ardor of their devotion
10 the cause Of jeff Dav. II they are to enioy
the blessings of repudiation they think they might
as well have staid under the rule of Lincoln.
SINGULAR CASE OF DEATH FROM SrRAyGULA.
Tios'-On Sunday night, little boy, named
Alexander Robinson, aged ten years, was playing
with some pistol bullets, and thouhtlessly put one
in his mouth, and. jumping up suddenly swallowed
it, All efforts to relieve the child proved futile,
and he died in the arms Of his mother in twenty
minutes after swallowing the bullets. at the resi-.
dence OF his parents, in Twenty fifth street near
Biddle
ARMr ClorH Nearly all the cotton. woollen.
kersoy, and other mills about the city have had
their machinery, looms, etc, altered and are now
engaged m the manufacture of army cloth, yet
the supply is inadequate for the demand, and
number of the contractors are unable to fill their
engagements. One establishment alone, on Col.
u'nbia avenue, is now running night and day, r.,
with TWO HUNDRED hands. and is tur,.Ing out about
ten thousands yards Of cloth per week.
ELLIS b. ScHSABEL has been released from
Fort Lafayette, when he was a prisoner since Au.
gust last. Since the first commitment, July 20,
there have been ls0 prisoners sent 10 Fort Lafay.
ette. Ofthese, Charles Barklay has been removed
'" btuioo o, ohu name DOSeTnOT
Island nine privateer prisoners have been taken
tc the Tomhs to await their trial and sixty-six
have been discharged upon taking the oath of al.
legance, leaving at this date October 26) 7s pris.
oDers at the fort.
STAMPED NEWSPAPER WRArpERs-Tbe
Postmaster General hns ordered TO be placed
on sale at the post offices new and convent
ent torn OF newspaper wrappers, which will
supply long existing want on the part OF the
public. who desire to send papers to their
friends occasionally. These wrappers are
formed OF oblong sheets, well gummed at one
end, and adapted to any size newspaper.
THE GERMAN HUSBAND of Queen Victoria's
daughter. the Princess Royal, lick's bis wife.
Frequent alusions have been made to this
subject in the English papers in as delicate
maDner as was possible. bnt now it is openly
spoken OF. So say American papers bat we
fancy that though he may click" her, there is
come doubt that he whips her.
Herberts aunt took good deal of trouble
to make him good little boy. He is three.
year old ; the other day We heard her say to
him :-"Herby. have no objection to your
enjoying yourself in every way but IL you
ever put cayenne pepper into my snuff again,
l shall positively a-sachew !"
We had sweet dreams the other night,
When oil around was still
We dreamed we saw host Of folks
Walk up and pay the printers bill