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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-03-08

CrRR FoR fRosrrp FkIr-It is said th,t
frozen feet can he speedily cured by being ba,hsd
and well ru' bed with kerosene or coal oil, for
few times at night brfre retiring to bed. Sever.
al persons have alrrsdv tried it. all Of whom unite
IN Pronouneing it an efectusl cure which, il they
are correct, is an easy and cheap method of get.
ting rid of every sore and uouhlesome aiIlic,ion.
Those who have tried it inform US that the feet
should be well warmed by no, stove during and
after application Of the oil. and il will certainly
effect speedy cure. Persons suffering from the
pain Of roted feet will no doubt do well in giving
trial. for j, is surely very cheap ointment, and
one which is very easily applied.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-03-08

Hos vkapicr,--rhcy lately tried man in Al.
shama for stealing hogs. The Jury retire to the
woods to deliberate, came in with the verdict
"GuiIty of hog stealing in the fust degree"
The Judge informed them tha, they should
have assessed the value Of the hog, there were no
degree in hog stealing. and they must bring a
verdict in "proper form"
Again they took to the woods, and after
mature delibera,ion, old Sim Turner made out the
following "form" which on their return he handed
with much ponposi,y to, the clerk who read aloud
I'VE. the Jury Pussillannermously. 10th find
the defendant guilty in the SUM of one dollar end
a.half in favor OF the hog"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-03-08

Young folks. when falling in love with each
other, must take care not to fail out.
Something not bad for 90 empty stomach
"A good fill it (fllet)
"Hsll hath no fary like a woman corued"
The original ssys "scorned." bu. Nibblss
thinks the lice reads very we'll wi,boOt the ..
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-03-08
Selett 4oetrp.
THE BRAVE AT HOME.
BY 7, BUCHANAN REED,

BY 7. BUCHANAN REED.
The maid who binds her warriors sash
With smile that well her pain dissembles,
The while beneath her dropping lash
Que starry tear drop hangs and trembles
Though Heaven alone records the tear,
Aud fame shall never know her story,
Her heart has shed drop as dear
AS ever dewed the field Of glory.
The wife who girds her husbands sword,
Mid little ones who weep or wonder,
md bravely speaks the cheering word,
What though ber heart be rent assender-
Doomed nightly 10 her dreams TO hear
The bolts OF wer around him rattle,
Has shed as sacred blood ss e'er
Was poured upon the plain Of battle.
The mother who coucesls her grief
While to her breast ber son she presses,
Then bresthes few brave words and brief,
kissing the patriot brow she blesses,
With no one but her secret God
To know the pain that weighs upon her,
Sheds holy bleod us e'er the sod
Received on freedoms Geld Of honor.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-03-08

REeIMESTlL RIvALRr.---It is related that a
rivalry existed be ween two regiments encamped
on the Potomsc, which is sometimes carried TO
the most absurd extremes. AS an instance Of
this, it IS stated that on one occasion the Colonel
of one of the regiment was waited Oh by a Jealous
chaplain who wished to promote the religious in.
terests OF the regiment The chaplain was
politely received and becSoned to a seat on a
chest. Colonel said he. eleyating his eye.
brows, 'you have one OF the hnest regiments In
the army. 81 think So" replied the Colonel -
"Do you think YOU pay saiic,snt attention to the
religious instruction Of your men !" "Well,
don't KNOW" replied the Colonel. ~ lively
interest has been awakened in lhe---Iegi.
meDt the l.orl has blessed the labors OF his
servants, and ten men have been baptised. -
This was the rival regiment "ls that 50, pom
honor I" asked the Cooncl. sergeant" said
the Colonel tosn st,endiI Orderly, "haye fifteen
men detailed iIsmediately to be haprised. I'll I've
d-d il they shall get ahead of US any way
The Chaplain made a note of the Interview, and
retired.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-03-08
BLACK SILK COATS,

Gored Nantes,
Popfh busters,
French Ssques,
Silk Basquines,
Ns,Vsst Designs, Ready Made. or Made to Order
COOPER & CONARD,
NE. Corner Ninth and Market, Philadelphia
NAV 10, 1861.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-03-08


BRANpT lSCIDEST.-"E. l." a soldier in
Colonel Robert McCook's Regiment (the 9Th
Ohio Vols.) in a communication to the Cincin.
natl Daily "Commercial," since the recent battle
near Somerset, KY, relates the following anus.
ing incident:
Being amorg the first who entered the rebel
fnrtifcstons, discovered barrel which proved
to contain apple brandy. Pulling out the corn
cob from the tunghole turned it up and filed
cnn'een While doing this one of Bob MeCook's
skirnshers came in, and says:
"Vat you gets there ~
replied that j, appeared to be pretty fair apple
brandy upon which the Dutchman ran to the
door, calling out iuriously
"Hans. Henrick! Schnapps! See, come a
rous"
| Whereupon dozen Dutchmen came in. and
the brandy which was not spilled upon the ground
was soon transferred TO their canteens. | said
"Boys, you had better look out; this is q doctors
shop, and there may be strychnine in that BRAN
dy." They paused a moment to look at each
other, when "ne of them exclaimed
"Py Got. Hans, tell you vat do: drinks
some, and if don't kill me. den you thinks -
He then took long and hearty pull al his can
teen. and smscking his lips said:
"All right, Hans, go ahead !"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-03-08

Fame is 9 flower upon dead mans heart
Why is good poem like good railroad ,
Because, 10 both, The lines roo smoothly.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-03-08

r,pAtDING,s Prepared Glue, and Sheleys MucIlage
- Price per bottle and brush % cents r., ,.,o.i,,
Cordial Elixir Of Calsaya Bark BsnEne''o' 'e'''' 's
grease. .,r,r THIS OFFICE
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-03-08

NEWLcT OF HARDWARE q SAD
n DLERY. Also, the best assor'men. OF iioI
Nails and Steel TO be found ~ mn ,as 'IaR's ~
Mammoth store OF fhL'N" u
Sunbo.y, June 2, 1850.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-03-08
A Heroic Kentucky Union Girl.


Paducah correspondent OF the Louisville
Journal, writing under date OF February IL,
says -
In these times Of terror and perl in this
district, some Of the most heroic acts have
been performed; but perhaps the nobest OF
all wss perpetrsted o few days since by
young lady of Graves county, we'll known to
the writer, Miss Anna BaSsford Her father
and family are devotedly for the Union. The
old man having Information that II. &. King
(exPelled from our Legislature for tresson)
and his robber band intended TO visit the
house for the purpose Of taking horses. guns.
&c, hid bis gun and brought his horses to
this place. Whilst here three of Kings rob.
Der baud visited the house, demanded the
gun. and alarmed Mrs. Bassford, who ordered
a sou Of fifteen years old to Ere the gun and
deliver il over. The boy. after considerable
search, tound the guo; the robbers then de.
manded pistol, which they were informed
belonged n ,he family, whereupon the daugh-
ter, some seventeen years old. told them she
knew where the pistol was. but they could
| not get il. The robbers insisted, with loud
vulgar oatbs. bot the girl was determined
and, seeing that they were foiled in this, they
ordered the feeble. sick!y boy TO monnt up
behind one OF their clan. as they intended to
take him 10 Camp Beanregard 10 place Of
his id Lincolnite father The boy and mo
'her. 10 tears, protested, but 10 no effect, aHd
the boy was in the act Of mounting. when the
| heroic sitter stepped between Ter brother
ar6 the robbers, and drawing, cooking and
presenting a pistol. ordered her brother back
| to the house, snd, with eagle piercing eye fas.
| tened on the robbers, and denth dealing de-.
| 'ermuation in her cOuntenauce, dared them
TO hinder or touch her brother, and she would
lay the robber dead nt her feet. Suffice it to
say. the three brgands scampered off and left
the family without further molestation.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-03-08

MAR Iron, Steel, Nails. Picks, Grub-Hoes and
ID Mason Hammers, at low prices.
BRIGHT d SON.
sunbury, June is, 1860.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-03-08
THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL,
TayIor'S Celebrated Saloons.

where visitors have their meals or, lhey des'e
th,v will be furnished in their own rnoi's
sth The faie served IN the saloons and h"teiis ac,
knowleged by epicu,es to be vastly superior 10 a' Oh
aay other Hotel in the city - = ,; L. ,h
With all these advantages, the cost oi hplnS III the
Iern,,ional is much below that o any other hs' class
Hotel. uii"oo' '''f
August 4, 1s50.--ly
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-03-08

A FRESH SUPPLY OF DRUGS at the
Mammoth Store. Also, new lot of per-
fuInery, Soaps and Fancy Article: Very cheap
Sunbury, May 26, 1860.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-03-29
Secession Women.

Not in Elk,on alone, does the Scces-
sion epidemic fall like blight upon the
head and the heart of its female victims
Wherever they who are seized with ii
dwell it appears to have the same
demoniac influence upon them-lowerine
all the instincts of their nature, and
transforming their better impulses into
an utter disregard of all that is pure.
noble and lovely. A correspondent Of
The New York Times writing from
Nashville, says:
AS General Grant and staff were
riding through the city they passed
slowly by a costly carriage, out of one OF
whose windows was thrust the head OF
an elegantly dressed lady. She was
giving some direc ions TO the liveried
darkey that held the reins but looking
up as the party passed, she caught sight
of the Union uniforms. With sbaugh!'
as if she had swallowed load, she spat
toward the ground, and with contcmp-
tuous and expressive grimace of disgust
upon her features, drew in her head
and threw herself back in her carriage
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-03-29
What Shall be Done with the Afri
cans

Recent movements evince rapidly growing
tendency to prevent colored emigration into
the n orthcrn States. In the Senate OF our
own Commonwealth a bill has been introduced
having this object in view. Petitions have
been submitted to the Legislature Of New
Jersey in favor of the prohibition of this class
from entering that State. In the Legislature
of Iowa it is proposed that no negro or
mulatto shall be allowed to settle III this
State without bringing satisfactory ccrt-
cate Of his freedom, and fling with the Board
of Supervisors a bond OF five hundred dollars
for good behaviour In Ohio a memorial is
receiving numerous signatures asking the
enactment of law so stringent in its pro-
visions as totally to prohibit any negroes from
emigrating into, settling, or holding property
in Ohio - and also to cause those now under
its jurisdiction " to be removed in as resona-
be time as You may suggest The Con-
ycnion to construct Il constitution for Vest
ern Virginia adopted an article enacting that
no 50 free person of color shall come within
this State for pertinent residence" And a
like prohibition has just been adopted by the
Convention now engaged in revising the Con-
stitdtion OF Illinois
These are cruel measures. and this opprcs-
slve sort of legislation appears in great
| rapidity. They cannot be the result of party
| regions Of different political bias. They are
caused mainly by the silent working Of the
law OF races, quckencd by the pressure of a
| redundant population. and the fact that the
arabic lands of the United States are mostly
| already taken up. These rcpelant forces
must continue to swell as the white popula-
| ton grows from the thirty millions of to-day
to one hundred millions in 1900 and two hun
dred millions in 1880, according to the ratis
of decimal increase Will not the next move
be to erpel these defendants of African
| The presence of the coored people in this
country involves questions Of fearful import.
Let them be carefully considered, as affect
ing not only their best interests, but our own
| Their colonization any where on this CONT
nent is but to protract and aggravatc the
strife. Nowhere outside of their cestral
| land ale they provided home, genial gov
eminent and nationality. President Benson,
| in his Inaugural Address, made at Monrovia
| last January, declares the cxistance in the
| interior OF Liberia Of ''a vast regions of mil
! lions of acres Of land. as fertile and as desira-
| BILE aud suitable for the hubtation of orr
race as any other on earth-a country Of I'M
| surpassed natural resources, of wealth.
remaining yet undeveIopcd inhabited to u
great extent by a somewhat intelligent, indus
! trious native population, ready to receive
and actually soliciting the Introduction and
incubation of civilization, and. TO an extent,
| CHRISTIANITY among them" This prosperous
Republic is providing for exigMcics among
/ us constantly becoming more momentous,
and it should receive the hearty support OF
! onr entire population Philada. Ledger.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-03-29

six hens will hatch at the same time,
and the fifty or sixty chickens give to
one hen. Two hens will take good care
of Que hundred chickens, until they are
able to climb their little stick roosts.--
They should then be separated from the
hens entirely. They will wander less,
and do better, away from the parent
fowls. Chickens put in the garden will
cat up the May bugs and her des-
tructive insects; but for my own part |
much prefer four or five good sized toads
for they are not particular about their
food, but will snap up ants and bugs of
any kind, and will not, if a good chance
offers, refuse the honey bees, but will
down them in hurry. In case of con-
fining fowls in summer, it should be
remembered that a ground Aoor is highly
necessary, where they can wa!low in the
dirt, for they like it as we'll ar the hog
likes muck"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-03-29
Something About Hens.

a correspondent of the ". H. Journal
Of agriculture says: ''It is pleasant
recreation to tend and feed bevy of
laying hens. They may be trained to
follow the children, and will lay in a
box. Eggs shells contain lime, and in
the winter when the earth is bound wi h
lrosts or covered with snow, if lime is
not provided they will not lay-or if
they do lay the eggs will, of necessity y,
be without shells. Old rubbish lime
from chimneys and buildings is proper,
and only needs to be broken for them
They will ofen attempt to swallow
pieces as large as walnut. l have
often heard it said buckwheat is the
best food for hens; but | doubt it.
They will sing over Indian corn with
more animation than any other grain
The singing hen will certainly lay eggs,
if she finds all things agreebe to her :;
but the hen is such Il prude, as watchful
as wcazcl, and as fastidious as hypo.
crite-she must, she will have secresy
and mystery about her nest-all eyes
but her own must be avcrted-follow
her, or watch her, and she will forsake
her nest and stop laying. She is best
pleased with a box, covered at the top,
with a backside aperaturc for light, and
side door by which she can escape
unseen. y farmer may keep one hun
dre1 hens in his barn, and allow them
free liberty to trample over his hay-mow,
and set where they please, and lay it
they please-and get fewer eggs than
one who has department especially for
his fowls, and keeps but half as many,
and furnishes them with corn, lime,
water, and gravel, and who takes care
that his hens arc not disturbed about
their nests.
"Thrce chalk eggs in nest are bet
ter than single egg. Large eggs
please them. Pullets will commence
laying earlier in life when nests and eggs
are plenty, and other hens are cackling
around them. A dozen fowls, shut up
away from the means of obtaining other
food, will require something more than
a quart of Indian corn day. think
fifteen bushels year fair provision
for them; but more or less, let them
always have enough by them-and after
they have become habituatcd to finding
enough at all times, they take but few
kernels at time, except just before
retiring to roost, when they will fill
their crops. But just so sure as their
provision comes them sean,ily, so surely
will they raven and gorge themselves
to the last extremity, and will stop lay
ing. One dozen fowls, properly tended,
will furnish family with more than
1900 eggs per year, and 100 full grown
chickens. The expense of feeding the
dozen fowls will not amount to eighteen
bushels of Indian corn. They may be
kept as we'll in cities as in the country,
and will do as we'll shut up the year
round as 10 run at large-and grated
room well lighted, ten by five feet, or
larger if you can afford the space, par,i-
toned off from the Stable Or other out
house, may be used as hen house. In
! the spring, Che proper scason,) five or
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-03-29
The Treason Act.

In another column is published the
Act passed at The recent session of the
General Assembly of Maryland, defining
treason, and providing the punishment
of treason and other kindred offcnscs. -
The law goes into effect on the Is h of
April next thus giving some forty days
grace from and after the date of is
passage for offenders to take warning
and repent of their foul crimes. Every
body should read this bill as some of its
provisions make penal the practices,
which Tories have hitherto INDUCED
with impunity.
AS far as it is practical, we have
reason to congra ulae our loyal fellow
citizens upon its enactment. 1t is all
that could be obtained from a Legisla-
ture, an influential portion of whom
were used up politicians, thrown once
more into power by the upheaval of
a political revolution. That it should
fail short OF popular expectation. and be
more unsatisfactory than the old law, OF
whose benefits we were deprived by the
treachery or incompetency of the Codi-
licrs, 1--WE don't know whlch, perhaps
bo;h,) was foregone conclusion never
theless, for such protection as it affords
let us be thankful, and be vigilant also,
to bring to justice all who violate its
provisions.
Another act, more important than this
because it reached more insdious
class of offenders, by prescribing test
oath of allegiance, failed to become
law, through the lobbying, log rolling
and shameful frauds, employed about
the election of United States SENATOR
The experience of the lac session, in
which the acts Of omission are lamenta-
BILE, teaches us the necessity of purifying
the Union party from the alloy of selfish
demagogusm. In times of National
disaster and domestic trouble, when the
loyal citizen staggers under burden oil
public taxa ion and private loss and
sorrow, the confusion of organization
may place Enthusiastically agents in
power but we have the satisfact ton to
know, that this evil is but temporary
and we ought to rejoice that the pressure
of public opinion has been pc .ent enough
to secure even the pro lion, vouchsafed
in the Treason bill.
-.. Frederlck Eraminer.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-03-29
Gettl Gouotu piorttcrn.

Gy-For the convenience Of our readers We
publish below list OF all persons now hold
ing public Offices in this county and their
employees, which may be useful for refer
ence:
Judge of the Circuit Court-HoS. JcHN
II. PRICE.
Clcrk-WILLTAM II. RICKETTS,.
Deputy Clcrks-GEoRGE ii. JOYCE md
BENJAMIN +. LoDoRE.
Sherih-ELI CosGRovE.
Depnty--E. WESLEY JANNEY.
States Attorney j. JONES.
Auditor--WlLLlAM j. JONES.
Commissioners in ChanCcry--F. A. Ellis
and j. S. CRAWFORD.
Crier--JoHN S. RossELL.
Bailiffs--WM. DENNIsuN.
Terms of Court--The Second Monday in
February the First Monday in April;
the Third Monday in July, and the Second
Monday in October.
Judges of the Orphans Court--Jnsrrn
HAINEs, Chief Justice LEVI IL. EVANS ard
NOBLE BIDBLE.
Register of Wils--JAMEs McCArLEY.
County Commissioners--G. W. BouLDEN,
FRANCIS G. PARKE, THOMAS GRuBB.
Clerk to COMMISSIONERS. S. CRAWFORD.
County Surveyors. HARVEY JACK.
Physician to the Jail--DR. JUsTus DuSorr.
School mmisSioners--G GORGE BIppLE,
LIST Dist. JonN l.. CLAYTON, Ind Dist; +.
A. ELLIS, 3rd Dist. CALEB C. BRoKAw, 18th
Dist. Dr.. CHARLES 7. SIMrERs, 9TH Dist:
ISAAC Il. TAYLOR, 9TH Dist; JEpFEEsoN
RAMSAY, 18th Dist. DIR. WM. B. RowLANp,
9Th Dist NATHAN GnIFPITn, 9th Dist.
Clerk to School Commissioners--WIL LIAM
ToRBERT.
Trustees of the Aims Housc--Fsfnrs
ALDRIDdE, TnoMAs Men EAL, REV. JosErn T.
Brown, JOHNSON SIMrERs, SAMUEL J. ENG-
LAND.
Oversccr to Aims Housc--J DIN CANrwELL.
Physician--DR. X. C. CARTER.
Notaries Public--DR. R. WAKEMAy and
SAMUEL rEAco, Port Deposit; f. A. ELLIS,
Elkton.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-03-29
Gun,orons.
A PhilOsOphic Negro.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette,
writing from the Cn,nbcrl.nd river, gives y
humorous account OF culfuquy with philo-
sophie African. He says
:. | noticed upon the hurricane decI, today
an elderly darkcy, witha very philosophical
and retrospective cast of co nlltcnsinec. squat
ed upon his bHndle toastng himself against
the chimney and apparently plunged into
state of profound meditation. Finding uluu
inquiry that he belonged to the Ninth illinois.
one of the most gai,;ntly behaved and heavy
losing regiments at the Fort DuneIson battle
and part OF which was aboard | began to
lnterroSate him upon the subject. HIS phil.,-
sophy was so much in the Falstaiii,n vein
that will give his views IN his own words,
as near as my memory serves me:
I" W ere you in the fight ?''
&c Had little taste of it sa."
" Stood your ground, did youi''
ono, 81, runs.''
" Run at the first fire, did you 20
" Yes, sa, and would hab run soona, had /
knowd it war comin.'
Why, that wasn't very crcditablc to your
conrage''
d" Dat isn't in my line, sa-- cookin's my
perfeshun.''
"Well, but have you no regard for your
reputation ?''
"Rcputation's muffin to mo by de side o.,
fe."
Do you consider your life worth more
than other peoples ~
" rs worth more to me, SAL
" Then yon must value it very highly 2"
- Yes, sa, d0eS-mOTe dan II dis wuhf-
more dan million oh dollars, Sd; for what
would dat be worth to Il man wild de BRET ont
oh him! Sclf-preserbashun am DE- fust law
wild me-"
/" Then patriotism and honor are nothing
to you i''
i" Muffin whatever, sal regard dem as
among dc vanities.'
1t is safe to say that the dusky corpse of
that African will never darkcn the field OF
carnage.