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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1863-05-14
Gsmple Of Ght Muses.


..s TIE GUERRILLA-
\ Awake Ito horse, my brother, -
< For the dawn is glimmering gray;
And bark in the cracking brusbwood
4 There are feet that tread this way.
i Who cometh a flicnd what tidings
Oh God sicken to tell. .er a.
Fol. earth seems earth no logger,
! And its sights are. sights Of hell
There's rapine, fire and slaughter. a
From the mountain down to the shore;
There's blood on-the trampled harvest. =
And blood on the homestead floor.
From the far off conquered cities siia
Comes the voice Of a stifled wall,
And shrieks and moans of the houseiess
Ring out like dirge on the gale.
I've seen the smoking village,
Our mothers.and daughters fly-- ~
30 I'se seen where the little children sii'
Sank down in the furrow todis. iie8
Where my home was siad, are ashes,
And horror and shame had been there
For found Oh the fallen lentil -
( This tress of my wife's torn hair. :
They are turning the slaves upon US. > ~,
And with more than iend's worse art,
Have uncovered the fires Of the savage
That slept in his untaught heart.
The ties to our heat thai bound him.
They have rent with curses away !.
And maddened him with their madness
TO be almost as brutal as they (! IA. ~,
With halter, with torch and Bible, . 9 ~
10 And hymns-the sound of3the drrm,
They preach the gospel of MURDER !!
And pray for lust's kingdom to come
To saddle (! to saddle my brothers,
Look up to the rising SUP.
And ask of the God who shioes there
3 Whether deeds like these shall be done
Whittier She vandal cometh,
z Press Home to his heart with your steel Il
And where'er his bosom We cannot,
Like the serpent-go strike at his hsel II
Through thicket and wood go hun. him,
Creep up to his camp fire side,
And let ten Of his corpses blacken -
Where one of our brothers havediedl
In bis fainting foot-sore marches,
In his fightfrom the stricken fray,
In the snare Of the lonely ambush !
The debts that We owe him pay 5o
E i0 8sVifb f4t84Oa l9 :
In Gods hands alone is vengeance. eq
But he strikes with the hahds Of men, =,
And a blight wouldwither our manhood i
If we sfnote not the smiter again. ~
BY the graves where our fathers slumber.
BY the shrines where our mothers pray ed,
By our homes, and hopes, and freedom!
Let every man swear to his blade. ~
They swore, and the answering sunlight 4
Leap'd red from their lifted swords. l.
And the hate in their hearts made echo egE,
To the warmth in their burning words.
There's weeping in all New England Il
Ana by Schuylkilis bank knefl igy
And the widows there, and the orphans,
How the oath was kept can tell i8
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1863-05-14

kai TURNIPs FOR Hoe CHOLERA An
intelligent writer in the Pete rsburg
(Va Express says that Torbips are
a sure preventive of1the cholera in
hogs Col. Wyatt says that on CIV
ling his hogs this vegetable food, not
ono that was we'll at the time took
the disease, nor has he had a case Of
itamongst them since; whereas, be-
fore, they we're sickehing and dying
every day from it. II, therefore, the
farmers, as sooa as they discover this
terrible disaster among gst their swine,
will give ihenhturnips, tops ard alI:
they5RilIsave all that have not been
seizsd with it. 1.-The spread Of twill
be thus effacsoally and certainly
which is surely y'a9desidefa-
tum 10 ntimes Iikeahese, when it is SO
important to- keep up and increase
the supply Of bacon aud lard. 70
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1863-05-14

nv e. Travis has been appoioted
Government Appra;serfor TeraJssco
andsr the jl1pressment act of Con-
rress.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1863-05-14
ssSGEN- FoRREsT.-"N'ImpOrI riHrs q.
ting to the, Mobile. Advertiser ando
Ra0ssfor Gorn T,,t1.L

stI''S 20 tueI NIUUIH. Hfvefll5ef and
Register, from Tullahoms, ays.a.sr
i. Gen Forest has. again. been as.
ssIgped TO an independent brigade lf
and a1l be viii nov no longer reportto,
Van Dora. This IS right; and. nav
release Mogan from Wheeier's an-
lhorliy, and all will be well. aud biek-sa
erloogs Between our cavalry leaders
and theirlffiends viii cease, and The
old dash Of .Fofrestaud tbswHy.skiil
OF John Morgan viii bfighten The 81
hopes Of our partisan exploits. In <sf
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1863-05-14

: and easily. understood We knol
the history Of free government upol
J this continent. As early as l64;
Was established the first Confederac,
! on the American continent. The 10
cursions Of the Indians, and som,
slight misunderstanding among them
selves, induced some of the New
England colonies, as early as 1643
to establish Conlederacy for mutu
al gIrNectipn. That Confederacy =
a fact which is not generally known,
and to which | have not been re-
fered the original Confsderacy es.
itatlished ia 1643, existed 40 years
on the continent, aud comprised Mas
sachusetts, Connecticut, and some
territory. which now comprises Ver-
mont, Maine.and Rhode Island, With
"a portion Of our own State. In that
'Confederacy, which was league for
exterior protection, no local right w'.s
yielded Again, in 1855, another
Confederacy or League was estab.
lished, which comprised all the New
England States, and took in New
York, New Jersey, P, nnsy lvania, and
Maryland. That was a league fon
the regulation Of internal taxation.
Subse quently, 10 1756, another con.
yeptian was called in this State for
.ha 4 nnrpose Of forming league a.
riong these States, or psi7t nd nd dc. 1
fensive. fben we come down to the
American R4volution-the. Declare
lion. Of Independence Id 1776-the
Articles Of Confederation formed du-
ring thsrevolutioDary var And let
me stop here to tell you, my friends, |
that during the seven years war of
the American Revolution, when NC
were struggling fol our independence
when every city was full Of armed
rebels, and supplies for the British
government when nearly al, thel
noneyed interests, and great COM
nercial interests, except a little, in
New York, Boston, and Philadelphia.
we're in the hands Of English mer-
hants, YET the Federal Congress at
bat time did not fiud it necessary to
ASS CONSUMPTION bills and bills Of
hat character. The several Con-
,resses that convened during the sew.
n years. war Of the American Raw
lation, at no time thaught Of, much
sss attempted, any act as a war
neasure, that infripged upon the
ghts Of the States or the rights Of
be people thereof. Now, ] say that,
under Che then existing oircnm-
ances, the whole, population being
lly two millions aud a half, with all
lie wealth, and commerce, and trade,
1d property interests 10 the country
the bands Of England, and the a.
snts Of England If at that time,
itha powerful enc my in arms in the
idst Of our own population, the
merican government, as then exist
g, did not see proper to resort to
'ese extraordinary measures, say
lat the Pretex. for doing it now
eaps to o'conquer the free North and
ot to conqaer the slave South. s.
TURNIPs FOR Hoe CHOLERA An G
telligeut writer in the Pete rsburgi G.
Va } Express says that Torbips are il
sure preventive Of 1.-The cholera in c,
'gs.' Col. Wyatt says that on CIV G.
g his hogs this vegetable food, not Z
10 that was we'll at the time took q
s.. -. ~
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-09-12
A CurioHs Experiment.


Will some of your scientific readers en-
| deavor to explain curious phenomenon
which has been witnessed by many, but to
account for which l have been unable to
elicit any satisfactory theory:
Fill common wine-glass with water, so
that it will be difficult to add more with
out overflowing, or, except with very
| steady hand, to raise it to your lips without
spiling.
If asked how many pins could be dropped
into this glass thus filed without causing
the water to overflow, some perhaps would
answer, half a dozen or dozen, Others
might say possibly twenty or thirty many
would affirm the impossibility of putting in
"a single pin; none who had never seen the
experiment tried would believe it possibly
that eight hundred or nine hundred pins
could be placed in the glass without the
overilowing of a drop of water. Yet such
is the fact, as any one can satisfy himself by
careful experiment. 1t is only necessary to
| drop the pins in, points downward, gently
and cautiously, enc, two or three at time,
and you can continue it till the glass is pretty
closely packed with the pins, and they are
piled half an inch or an inch above the sur
face.
l have frequently seen more than eight
hundred pms of fully average size, and IN
one instance more than nine hundred, weigh
ing three ounces, put in a common tapering
sherry glass, which had been fairly filled
with water, to the satisfaction of several
persons present, who were previously skep-
tical as to the possibility of the perform
| ance.
1t may be said that the water must, of
course, rise above the edge OF the glass to
an extent exactly equal to the bulk of the
pins but this does not appear to be the
case-the rise of the water being compara-
lively small. The fact that eight or nine
hundred pins, weighing three ounces, and
! filling wine glass, can be submerged in a
wine glass full of water without increasing
the volume of the latter in corresponding
! degree, is sufficiently curious and interesting
to- make it worthy of scientific investiga-
tion. L. w. ).
New York, cath August, 1868.
! I'VE print our correspondents letter, but
do not vouch for his assertions. Franklin
is said to nave puzzled some French sarants
with similar statements, but he took care
not to commit himself to them.-EDs.l
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-09-12

TuE MULE MANIA-The last quarter ra-
tion of beef had been given out to the troops
on the Goth of June On the first of July,
at the request of many officers a wounded
mule was killed and cut up for experiment
al eating. All those who partook Of it spoke
highly of the dish. The flesh of mules is of
darker color than beef of Il finer grain,
and quite tender and juicy, and has a flavor
something between that of beef and venison
There was an immediate demand for this
kind of food, and the number of mules kill
ed by the commssariat daily increased
Some horses were also slaughtered, and their
flesh was found to very good eating, but not
equal to mule. Rats, of which there were
plenty about the deserted camps, were also
caught by many officers and men, and were
found to be quite luxury-superior, in the
opinion of those who ate them, to spring
chicken, and if a philosopher of the Celes-
tial Empire could have visited Port Hudson
at the time, he would have marveled at the
progress of the barbarians there toward the
refinement of his own people.-Rieel AccOunt
Of the Siege 9f Port Hudson
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-09-12
r E G. I P E S.

TOMATOES For SUPPER-Few people
know how to prepare uncooked tomatoes in
the way adopted in my family, and incom-
parably better than any mode have ever
tasted BY this mode they are very desira-
BILE for supper or Cor breakfast. For family
of half dozen persons, take six eggs, boil
four of them hard, dissolve the yolks with
vinegar sufficient, add about three teaspoons
of mustard, and mash as smooth as possible;
then add the two rimaining eggs, (raw,) yolk
and white, stir well then add oil to make
altogether sauce sufficient to cover the toma-
toes well; add plenty Of salt and cayenne
pepper, and best thoroughly until it frosts.
Skin and cut the tomatoes full fourth of an
inch thick, and pour the sauce over, and you
have a dish fit for President.-Germda-
tOlca telegraph.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-09-12

SQUIRREL SKIN SnoE.-The scarcity of
l:athtr in rebeldom is compelling the "su-
perior race" to resort to some curious shifts.
The Wdig says:-Squirrel skins, tackled down
to board, the hair next to the board, with
hickory ashes sprnkled over them, for
few days to facilitate the removal of the
hair, and then placed in a strong decoction
of red oak bark, will, at the end of four
days, make excellent leather, far stronger
and tougher than calf skin. Four skins will
make a pair of lady's shoes. We hear that
the ladies of some of the interior counties
are wearing these shoes, and find them
equal in soitness and superior in durability
to any Others. The longer the skins are left
in the decoction of bark the better for the
leather. BY this plan any body may have "a
tan yard and make their own leather, as the
skins are easily and cheaply procured, and
any vessel holding gallon will serve as
vat Our readers will do well to try it.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-09-12

TABLE CoRS.-ln preparing sweet corn for
table use, remove the husk and silk, put the
corn into the pot boiling water with about
n tablespoonful fsalt to gallon of water
let the corn hoil fifteen to twenty minutes ;
then with sharp knife slit there ofgrains,
and with the back of the knife press out the
pulp, leaving the hull of the grain attached
to the cob. Seasoned with with pepper,
salt and butter, it makes superb dish that
the most delicate may partake OF. Some
people suffer in, onvcnience from eating sweet
corn, but this may bc attsibuted to eailng
the 6uH of the grain, which Is as indigestible
as the cob. The Stowelr sweet corn is hs
corn for table use. IL has from twelve TO
twenty rows ofgrains ON the cob. Some add
a quarter of a teaspooufull of salerstus to
the boiling water before putting the corn
In sis.
Bri.tol, GcrGaato,sA Telegraph.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-09-12
NEW SERIES, VOL. 16, NO. 25.
for you; but no matter---fight you, then ex-
4.. I-4ai1aI

for yo1 but no matter-fght you, then ex-
clusively, to save the Union.
issued the PROCLAMATION on purpose to
aid you in saving the Union. whenever
you shall have conquered all resistance to
the Union, if | shall urge you to. continue
fighting, it will be an apt time then for you
TO declare that you will not fight to Tree
negroes. | thought that, in your struggle
for the Union, to whatever extent the ne
grocs should cease helping the enemy, to
that extent it weakened the enemy in his
resistance to you. Do you think different
Iva thought that whatever negroes can
be got to do as sol6iers, leaves just so much
less for white soldiers to do in saving the
Union. Does it appear otherwise to you 3
But negroes, like other people, act upon
motives. Why should they do anything tor
us, if we will do nothing for them III
they stake their lives for us they must be
prompted by the strongest motives-even
the promise of freedom and the promise,
being made, must be kept"
The signs look better The Father OF
Waters uvain goes unvexed to the sea
thanks to the great Northwest for it; nor
yet wholly to them. Three hundred miles
up they met New England, the Empire, the
Keystone, and New Jersey, hewing their
way right and left. The sunny South, too,
in more colors than one. also lent band, on
the spot their part of the history was iot-
ted down in black and white. The job was
a great national one; and let none he bann-
ed who bore an honorable part in it, while
those who have cleared Tie great river may
well be proud
Even that is not all. II is HARD to say
that anything has been more bravcly and
1 A
Gettysburg. and on may fields of less note.
Nor must Uncle Sans web feet he forgotten.
At all the waters margins they have been
present, not only on the deep sea, the broad
bay and the rapid river, but also up the mar
row, muddy bayou. and wherever the ground
was II little damp they have been and made
their tracks. Thanks to all . For the great
Republic-ior the principles 10y which it
lives and keeps aliye-fur mans vast future
thanks to all .
Peace does not appear so distant ms 1t did
/ hope i. will come soon. and come to stay,
and so come as to be worth the keeping in
all future time. 1t will then have been
proved that among irccmen there can be no
successful appeal from the ballot to the bu,-
lc., and that they who take such appeal arc
sure to lose their case and pay the costs
and then there will be some black men who
can remember that, with silent tongue, and
clenched teeth, and steady eye, and well
poised bayonet, they have helped mankind
on to this great consummation, while | teal
that there will be some white men unable
to forget that, with malignant heart and
deceittul speech they have striven to hinder
it. STILL let us not be over sanguine of {
speedy final triumph. Let us be quite sober
Let us diligently apply the means, nervec
doubling that Il just God, in his own gooo
time, will give us the rightiul result.
Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-09-12

FREAKS OF OH WELLs.-On the Story
Farm, some fifteen miles from this place,
there are five wells, all within space of
about five acres, viz: The Ladies' Well,
which formerly produced 5000 barrels per
day the Eicholtz, $50 Dalzell & Ewing,
500 barrels the Columbia Oil Co.'S well, and
Richie, Goe & Co.'S well. These two latter
are new wells, and have never flowed much
oil. All these wells are evidently connected
with each other, for upon pumping one, all
the rest will pump oil. The Columbia Co.'S
we'll appear to be the key to the whole oi
these. Upon removing the tubing from it.
all the rest were stopped, and have been
for some time past.-OA City Register.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-09-12
IMMENSE STRAWBERRY CRor.-The Ro-

IMMENSE STRAWBERRY CRoP.-The Ro-
chester On, " Democrat says;
"a single fact which has come to our
knowledge relating to the strawberry crop
of the past season will doubtless astonish
many OF our readers. A prominent fruit
grower of Western New York, from single
patch OF sixteen acres, sent to market thir-
teen hundred bushels of Strawberries of the
Wilson Seeding and Triomphe de Gand
varieties. The entire crop was sold at an
average price Of one shilling per quart, re-
alizing the snug sum of five thousand two
hundred dollars, as the product of sixteen
acres of ground. We doubt whether any
other sixteen acres in Western New York
have yielded the like sum as the result of a
single crop. This may be taken as an in
stance of the proftableness Of thoroughly
scientific fruit it-growing."
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-09-12
fuILApELPHIA, August Is, 1868.

A tasty and beautiful pair of Slippers with
the name of ANNA PRICE" Pittston, Pa, |
found some three weeks ago among large
lot of slippers in the store of the Sanitary
Commission at Gettysburg, Pa. | was SO
much pleased with the slippers, and the neat
inscription, that concluded the fair donor
should know who the recipient was, and
that with my own hands, they should be
given to some brave, sick and wounded sol
dier.
In a tent in which were ten heroic soldiers
living, all badly wounded, | found two bro
tlcrs living side by side. John was suffering
very much with two or three bullet holes
through different parts of his body and
limbs he was so badly wounded that he
could not hold his head up. His brother
Charlie was also badly hurt, being struck
with a piece of shell on the left side OF the
lower law, tearing it almost entirely away
he could not lie down, but there he sat sui
fcring intensely. lie had on pair OF army
shoes, both heavy and clumsy. l said TO
him, "Charlie, don't your feet feei sore anu
very warm Z" He nodded hls head. Char
lie, don't suppose you know Anna Price
IL am sure do not, but she Is a brave giri,
has a warm heart, and is the Soldiers friend.
"See here Charlie, what she has sent 10 YOU
When the hoy saw the slippers, his eye was
kindled his hands were clasped, and a
beautiful smile came over his face; lie
could not talk, but with slippers in hands,
and ewes filed with tears, he spoke more
powerfully than words eould,-h's graft
| tude. !,
Ii did me great good to he there by his
side when he put them on, and know you
would have felt so happy too, had you been
| there l told him would write to you, and
asked him what message he had for you
lie wrote down, "Giye her soldiers thanks
and may God bless her"
have performed my promise and VIII
again sec him in a few days. shall be glad
10 hear from you In reply 20 this, and II you
have any message for "Charles hansell, the
brave soldier who Is to-day wearing your
comfortable slippers, Twill deliver II TO him
And let me assure YOU, you have made a'
least one heart happy, and may you liy'
Ia make one more Al least, equally as hap
py. ..,, -
Cbarles Hansell, Jos. 4. saALrz,
SOL Market b.. Phlla,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-09-12
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER H. 1863.

gave it as his candid opinion that two to
three hundred ran away from Bragg daily,
and that there were secret organization
among the men for assisting each other to
escape.
But the subject expands under my hands.
| shall take it up again.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-09-12

DarIsa Prlcurs-A correspondent .Sy. !hs
Country 0enteman Who has tried the plan % asy,hs
frs.i sai.iaston, Tsqae.ls " W Fspaogish oE hs
Ihs fa,ss |. Tealoea BY lnnsrsng In lys, m.ds
by boiling ~o5l ashes Va sa'sf W a'eisi".s usnsn
'ss.sh,l. whlch arc rabbsd IN u sNhlls, and then
s-hsl in slsar cold walsF, Eyefy paftlsl. oft.Fis
vii H. reno, "a, Hni only lhin ska feinAin-shy
ean thsn h. cat and dried IA tho us1A lssnnsf its
h. lo.e n.dhug vi thsr sseetness " pseiihs, .na
as salA l. !. .fsLs -, ss.ls, g. ~ ssss-sp-
Issss
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-09-12

TIE BED OF OG was twenty-seven feet
long and seven feet broad. The height of
Goliath was eleven feet his coat weighed
one hundred and fifty, and his spear nine
teen pounds. The body of Orestes, son of
Agamemnon, leader of the Grecian expedi-
ton against Troy, was eleven and half feet
high. Maximus, a native of Spain, the Ro-
man Emperor, was eight and half feet
high his wife's bracelets served for finger
rings. Mons. Bhin, the Belgian giant, is
nearly eight feet high.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-09-12

Gen. Grover, attached to the army of Gen.
Banks, and one of the most efficient fighting
Generals of the army, is now on visit to
his home in Bethel, Me. He has been en-
gagged in eighteen battles.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-09-12

ALL oY ONE KIsD.-As a train load OF
Morgans men was passing through Newark
Ohio, Que of them, as the crowd assembled
To see the horse-thieyes and murdefers, ASK
cd II there were any Nallandigham men
about "les, sir, said -boned ehais
II am vallandlghAm man. "Ah ngal,
aid ths horse-thisI "gct right Ia here With
ia vs are sli Vslandigham men"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-09-12
JOB RIM TIN C.

We have connected with our establishment we'll
selected JOB OFFICE, which will enable us to
execute, in tho ncatest style, every variety Of
Printing
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business Cards Of lines per annum, 3 20
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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-09-12

THE following beautiful and gentlemanly
letter was received few days since by Miss
Anna Price, which is worthy of perusal,
and shows how kindly our sick and wound
ed soldiers receive the favors bestowed upon
them by the ladies throughout the coun-
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-09-12
CANT CARDS DE vIsHTE.

rs THE TIME 10 FILL YOUR ALBUMS.
,,,.oyenee of the scarcity Of fehange, will sell
elegant FENOGRAPiI cAhDk De Visirk
TRAITS.
sixteen for One Dollar.
by usil Postage paid.
=. ,a,ds. are best puLlisbed and arc perwa
~ ,rssidsn,. Cabinet, le. Also Two Of lhs
80 .illisns anhang JLff and bkAOhi"Ahp'
lalosuss seat on apPlieasion'
- eo.le. sent .. receipt of Tea Gents.
yOIIN DAINTY,
I:s esr.en 81 ihil.dsifhis
gi,s bss = is'.