Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-03-29

God and die happy; that | have tut one
regret. that of missing my arm against my
His last moments were soothed
ty womanly tenderness and sympathy
HARD Ur FOR A GuN -hMITH. The follow.
ING unique advertisement appears IN ths
Memphis dl1e0l Of the 18th inst:
Gun eMITH--HIGu PMcE.--Thc under
signed, twelve miles from Memphis, on Big
Creek plank road, will give eight dollprs
eliy in cotton, or five dollars in money and
board, to a tirst-rate gun-smith, 10 make
newly invented rifle out and out. Apply
by Sunday next TO to j. Steele & Co., Ex-
change Building
VINO ARE THE REBEL GENERALS FROM
TESSEssEE lit is announced that the Con
fcderate Government has appointed Samuel
B. MaYler and Hamilton y. Bell, of TenneS-
SEC. Brigadicr-Gcncrals. Who the deuce ara
they From what military stream were
they iished upi -NdShrWG Pdtriot, 18th
Among the prizes captured by the Federal
soldiers at Fort Donclson was rife said TO
he worth one thousand dollars Its breech
IS inlaid with the finest gold. l, belonged
to Il hot"l-kecpcr in Memphis, and was Won
by him at horce-rNce.
Hon PRICE OF PAPER ~ THE SouTH-
Speaking of the scarcity. infrrioritv, and the
high price of paper in the rebel States, the
Macon (GaJ Telegraph says:
AT the rate of advance since the first Of
January printing paper i'll December next
will be worth more than ten dollars per
rcam. and the subscriber who now pays US
six dollars a year will then cost us eight
dollars year for the blank paper upon
which the Telegraph is printed"
good exercise for the health, but many
poor wretch has come to his death by it
A heggar boy applying to lady in Bos-
/, ton for money to get dose OF castor oil, was
called in and the oil was administered gratis,
despite his grimaces.
The Londonderry Sentinel Of February
/ 2lst, has the extraordinary news that Rhode
Island had been captured by the Federal
turcer and further, that the President and
Mr.. Stanton were each 10 take command Of
an army. and that no one could tell what
would be the consequences
! They are making saddle in Cincinnati
which will cost 81 400, as present for Gen
! Mcclellan.
! During the recent flood in California, Her
| culrr, the largest Of the famous grove ofman-
| moth trees, fell TO the earth.
! The pork packing crop in the West exhi-
! bits an increase Of 100000 hogs last year,
over the nulabe: packed in 1850.
! The House Of Representatives of Massachu-
/ sets have pasacd a resolution providing for
E the immediate construction of one or two
iron-clad batteries like the Monitor, for the
/ defense Of the harbors of the State.
, Four hundred and ninety one Of the rebel
! prisoners AT Alton, H., have taken the oath
of allegiance, and have been released.
The Kauawha river has been apanned by
, military bridge. at Gaulev. and our troops
, were AT last accounts pressing southwark to-
wards the railroad into Tennessee, driving
the rebels before thsln.
Mr1. Parington has Il friend in the army.
Being asked one day what his station waS,
she replied: For two years Lr was lefte-
nant of the horse marines and after that he
wa promoted 10 be- captain Of squad Of
sarhcads and Minors
4 FAvoaAnIE SlaS-"liow do YOU feel
this morning, James = VERY much better
thank YOU did think while | was not
rs we'll but know / am better now, for
Just met old Mr.. Stubhs, the undertaken, and
he looked cross AT NC y
The celebrated Dr Barnes being inclined
>, 10 sleep during duh sermon. a friend who
was with hiln iokcd him on having nodded
frequently. Barnes insisted that he had
been awake all the time. well, then, can
yoU tell mt what the sermon Was about Z"
said his friend. Yes can il was about
an hour t"n long he answered
\ Young man who was desirous Of marry.
ing i daughter of the well known Boston
merchant, after many attempts to broach the
subject TO the old gentleman in very slut
tcriug manner commenced:
Mr. O., are you willing TO let me have
your daughter Jane =
"Of course ! am replied the old man :
"and wish YOU could get some other likely
fellows to marry the rect of themv
"Is that bell ringing for fire, Dayy 2" in
quirrd youth from the Green Mountains.
NO, they have to much fire somewhere
down town, and they ring that bell for
, water
MoDERN DoGBERRY.-A superintendent
of police once made an entry in his register,
from which the following san extract: "Ihe
prisoner set upon me, called me an ass,
precious uolt, schTccIo"' aHu
an idiot-dH Of which certify to Is true"
THE negroes say the soldiers at Beaufort,
S. C., stood their ground very well, 40 long
as "de ships fired de good shot, but when
dey fired dc rotten shot, dat burst when him
come down,-my gosh, how dey run--ysh,
yah, yah"
A correspondent introduced a pieoe Of
poetry TO a western paper with these words
; THE following lines was written more than
fifty years ago, by one who has for many
years slept IN his grave merely for his cvp
/ amuFement.