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The Western srOu-Iiatis Under
Fire.

Chief-Engincer John W. IIartuppe, Of the
iron-clad Tuscumbia is responsible tor the
following statement of the manner in which
his vessel stood fire at Grand Gulf:
The engagement lasted five and . half
hours. The Tuscumbia received 81 solid
shot, and it is impossible to count the shtiS
that exploded in her. The upper work Is
perfect wreck No oman could have lived on
her deck for u minute. 1t is believed here
that we were under the heaviest fire ever
known in naval warfare. The Rebels con
ccntrated all their fire on us for at least two
hours.
More than one-half the time during the
fight we were not more than so yards from
the muZzles of 80 guns, and some of these
guns 100-poundcr PARROTS, q gun which
throws projcctiles with greater force than
any gun now in use. But all would not do.
They could not penetrate the iron sides of
the Tuscumbia. 1t is believed here that we
were under heavier fire than ever was
known beforc--not excepting the Keokuk
at Charleston. We received more shots than
all the other vessels combined. But her
plating proved perfectly inyulnerable against
all efforts TO penetrate It.
There was one great blundcr committed
in building the TusCumbia, and that is in
the location of her magazine. To give you
an idea of this, will just say that in action
the matches of the magazine are necessarily
left open. When the shell exploded IN hes
| turrct, the fire from it burnt the boy very
| badly in the face who was stationed in the
! door of the magazine to pass powder up
/ This will be altered before the vessel is pro,
nounced fit for action again.
! You must not think that the TuscumbiN
! is disabled beyond repair. She will soon be
able to go off again her engines are ready
now. All she wants is TO raise her wheels
/ and weld her whcel-chains, and that is &
short job. think you will hear goot
account of her yet We took 400 prisoners
and | think from what one of them said
when he saw the Tuscumbia, that we gave
them as gooG as they sent. Said he, There
is the id square box that give US HI
and she does not look as if she was hurt.
Since the fight we have buried three men
who died from the wounds Notwithstanding
in all, eight killed.
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TIE ATTACK ON yRCMsBa' asl:

CINCINNATI, June 1.-The Commercial
has full particulars Of the operations of Gen.
Grants army up to the 22d ult When our
army advanced on Vicksburg it was conf
dent of an easy conquest but the ground
in the rear of the city was found so broken
and rugged as to be almost impossible by
artillery, and the Rebel fortifcaton were
very formidable, being grass grown, &c,
showing that preparations had long since
been made to stand siege upon the land
side. The main fortitications consist of Il
chain of forts, about eight hundred yards
apart, connected by deep intrenchments, and
extending seven miles. Our loss in the as
sault on the 22d was about two thousand.
1t was the opinion that another general as
sault would not be ordered, but the city to
be taken by regular siege approaches.
The Gazette publishes adyiceS up to the
21th, received through staff officer of one
of Grants Generals who left for Washing
! ton last evening. Three assaults had been
mace by our forces, in all Of which we were
repulsed. In the last assault made by Gen.
! Sherman, with 20, 900 men, we lost 600 kill
ed and alarge number wounded Our outer
line is within a hundred yards of the Rebel
works, and our sharp shooters prevent the
Rebels from working their guns. The rebel
works in the rear of the city are far more
formidable than those in front Johnston is
in the ncighbOrhOOd OF jackson with about
$4,000 men, He is short Of provisions and
ammunition. No apprchensiOns is felt of
any serious attack in the rear The officer
d, from whom this information il obtained SAYS
! Grant has taken eight thousand four hun
dred prisoners and eighty-iour pieces Of ar
tillery.
a. ~
\ private letter received here from a
Philadelphian, an officer of the Fourth Iowa
Regiment, Steele's Division, reads as fol,
lows -
"lS THE FIELD BsFoRE VICKsBURG, May
give are succeeding beyond our most
sangu:nc expectations. Yesterday the enc
my sent out flag of truce, Offering to sur
render the place and all their arms and
munitions OF war, if they would be allowed
to pass out. Nothing but an unconditional
surrender will be accepted. Our regiment
charged the breastWOrks day before yester
uay, but they were too much for us, and
forced us To advance 10 the rear, behind
friendly point of land. | write within
speaking distance of the enemys works.
our sharp shooters light them all day
ana ehal them at night, We are sheltered
behind a hill nom the enemys lire but 4
we should chance 10 look over the hill,
iepel bullet y sure TO come after Il. w
nave kept this position since night before
lasl, ana Wnh our sharp-shooters, are pro
eeuhs Tue remainder of onT brigade, VII,
are directly under the hill ON which are th,
ieDel works, and within hlIy wards of them
ne naie the enemy completely surrounded
our rghl resting on the lakoo, aud uur lef
on 'he allas'ssippi, below NicktbuFg IN,
our heavy lire.
! MAsniNofos, June -Midnifht.-
! 70 o'clock 90 night no Addiliansl in.slli
seafs hAo hste neslYsd nom 0su GTaai.
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The War in Mexico.
CAPTURE OF PUEBLA BY THE FRENCH.
NEW YORK. June 1


NEW YORK, June 1.
The steamer Shcldrake, from Havana on
the Goth ult, arrived this afternoon. There
is nothing new from Havana.
1t is reported at Havana that the yellow
fever has broken out among the French in
Mexico.
An extra of the Havana DiaTia of the
Goth, received per the steamer Sheldrake
reports the arrival at Havana of the French
steamer Daricn, from Vera Cruz, with i'm
portant dispatches from General Forey,
announcing the occupation OF Puebla by
the forces under his command.
The prisoners include Gen. Ortega and
twenty-three other generals, nine hundred
minor officers and seventeen hundred men.
1t appears that on the 10th Gen. Forey
opened with heavy artillery on Fort To-
himempuacan and on the 18th a breach
was effected.
The French troops then movcd on an
assault and after desperate resistance
entered the plaza, when Ohega surrendered
Internationally.
On the 26th one division of the French
| army started for the city of Mexico.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
| New YORK, June 1.-The following are
additional particulars Of the news from
! Mexico:
On the sth instant, General Comonfort
who had received rcinforcemcnts, tried to
attack the French forces in the rear General
Bazainte's division opposed him, and defeat
cd him completely, The battle took place
near San Lorenzo, Comonfort losing $500
men in killed wounded, and prisoners seven
or eight riied cannon, and the greater part
of his equipments and munitions of war.
1t appears that Comonforts attack had
for its object to favor the entrance into
Puebla of u large convoy of provisions and
ammunition. General Forey had received
in time part of the heavy artillery he
expected, and posted it opposite to the
forts Of Tolmehuacan, one of the most
dreaded fortiications in Puebla
ON the same day the artillery began u
fire, and by the 18th breach had beer
made. Forey then commanded AN assault
10 be made, but the resistance immediatel,
ceased, A part of the French army entered
the town, and Gen. Ortega surrendered
without conditions, with all his forces
including artillery and equipments.
There was TO be left in Puebla only Ia,
necessary garrison 10 prevent its beina
molested lay guerillAs, aud the rest of ia,
forces would immediately take up the marcl
for the capital. The number Of prisoner
is as already stated,
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army later than the previous dispatches of
the 2Sth, when it was stated that Grants
forces were progressing as favorably as could
be expected, and Grant had no fears of the
result.
CHICAGO, June LA special despatch to
the Times, dated headquarters in the
Field, near Vicksburg, May 49," says:
"But little has been effected during the
last thirty-six hours Over hundred pieces
OF field artillery and several siege guns rained
shot and shell on the enemys works yester-
day. The mortar fleet also took a position
behind De Sofa Point, and bombarded the
city the entire day.
On the right Gen. Sherman has pushed
Steele's division squarely to the foot of the
parapcts. Our men lay in ditch and on
the slope of the parapet, inside of one of the
principal forts, unnble to take it by storm
but determined not to retire.
The Federal and Rebel soldiers are not
twenty five feet apart, but both are power
less to inflict much harm. Each watches tn,
other, and dozens of muskets are fired Il.
soon as soldier exposes himslf above th'
works on either side.
Nearly the same condition of things ex
lists in McPhersons front, and his Sharp
shooters prevent the working of the enemy
pieces i'll one or two forts.
A charge was made yesterday FRIDAY
morning on one of them by Stephenson
Brigade, but was repulsed. Two companie
of one brigade got inside, but most of then
were captured.
The forts are all filled with infantry. On
artillery has dismountcd few guns an
damaged the works in some places, but the
are still strong.
Gen. McClernand was hard pressed on til
lett yesterday, and sent for reinforcement'
Gen. Quimby's Division went to his assi'
tance at four o'clock. The contest coatinue
till one of our flags was planted at the foe
of the earthworks on the oStfide of reb
fort, and kept there for several hours, b,
the fort was not taken.
McClernand's loss is estimated at or
thousand, killed and wounded, yesterday.
The fighting grows more desperate eac
day. The transports are now bringing SUI
plies to within three miles of our right.
General Joe Johnston is reported to
near the Big Black River, in our rear, wit
reinforcements for the besieged army. Ge
Grant can detail men enough for the opcr
tions here, to keep Johnston in check.
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Interesting Indian News.

We learn that official information has been
received of the arrival at Fort Abercrombie,
on the 10Th ult., of Joseph Demeries, son
of the interpreter now ut that post. He
came from st. Joseph, by the way of Devils
Lake, leaving the lake on the 9th ut., where
he reports there were encamped about 600
teepees of Indians, or about 1900 warriors,
with Little Crow at their head.
They Are encamped on the prairie near the
timber, and near peninsula that runs down
into the lake on the north side, in the vicin-
ity of Burnt Island, which is the place OF
rendezvous of the hostile Sioux.
lie states that Little Crows band are well
supplied with ammunition, and that the
Others have none Little Crow and his sol
dicrs have been assiduously engaged in cir
culating the report that all those who gave
themselves up last fall were killed by the
whites, and by this means is trying to in
duce them to engage in war against the
whites.
Standing Buffalo has gone on mission to
Governor Dallas, to see ii he would allow
him to come under his protection, as he
don't want to be engaged against the whites
and is fearful that he may be made to suffer
with the rest.
A large portion of the Indians ire anxious
for peace, but are fearful if they give them
selves up they Will be killed, and are, there
fore, waiting the return of Standing Buffalo
before deciding. Little Grow and his banC
seem determined to carry on the war to tn
bitter end.
Some of the Indians concerned in the rail-
on the Wantonwan, had arrived at Devil
Lake with some of the stolen horses. Th
raid was made by six of Little Crows ban
from the Missouri River, who were jone
at the mouth of Chippewa River by some c
tattling Moccasin's band. They report ths
they killed some citizens, but do not kno
that they killed any soldiers
Mr.. Demerics states that Little Crow ha
been engaged in fight with Rees, and W,
detcated-they refused to join him. He ha
eight killed and several wounded.
: Mr.. Demeries also reports that Rattlin
Meccasin, with about forty lodges, or sevent
warriors, is encamped on the Shayenne rive
/. near Dogs He'll about seventy miles frol
Abercrombic, but that he is soon going
join the rest at Devils Lake.
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NEW YoRK, June 2.-The New Orleans
Fra extra of the gath ult, has the following
We learn on good authority that the mill
tary authorities of Mobile call on the people
to rally en- masse armed for the defence of
that city. This would indicate Mobile
threatened by the Federal force. The rebels
are said to be Withdrawing from the city.
1t is more likely that troops are being
sent to the aid of Johnston and citizens
are called upon to take the place of the
troops in defence Of the city, REPORTER.
The steamer United States, from New
Orleans, bound to Boston, put in here to
land 200 passengers
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-06-06

Sin CnnisrorHER WRBN's PDASs.-After the
great fire in London, 1906, Sir Christopher Wren
produced plans which, if carried out, woulo have
made the city one ofhe handsomc't in Europe. 9ho
public offices would have enciroled the Roya! Tx
change; the public halls would have been situated
on noble terrace on the banks of the Thames, and
in front of St. Paul's would have been fine nrea
with piaygas But we doubt whether, short OF st.
Paus itself there would have been finer structure
than the Brown Stone Clothing Hall Of Rockhll
Wilson, No. 6O3 and COS Chesnut street. above Sixth,
Philadelphia. Certainly, there would have been
none applied to mare useful purposes
CHILDREN OWE srcH OF THEIR Sickness TO
CoLDs-No matter where the disease may appear TO
be seated its origin mny be traced to suppressed por-
spiration, or a Cold. Cramps and Lung Complaints
are direct products of Colds In short Colds are tho
harbingers Of half the diseases that aict humanity,
for as they caused by checked perspration, and
us hve-eighths Of the waste matter of the body
escapes through the pores If these pores are closed,
that proportion Of diseases necessarily follows. Keep
cloar therefore, of Colds and Coughs the great pre-
cursers Of disease, il contracted break them up
Immediately, by a timely use Of Madame Porter's
Curative Balsam Sold by all the Druggists at -
ccntsand rs cents per bottle
CoMPARIsoNs 1T Is useless to deny that the
of the people have decpseatcd and settled con-
fdence in ''Sarsaparlla,' ms nm Alternative remedy
Notwithstanding this confidence has OF late years
been abused by many preparations claiming to pos
its virtues but really with none at all, still tho
people believe in its intrinsic value as remedy, be-
cause they have known of its cures The rage for
large bottles at low prices, has called into market
many compounds OF Sarsaparila which contain
scarcely any Of it, any medical virtues what
ever. Yet everybody knows that SaIsaparilla is tho
great staple andote for Scrofula, Eruptons and Gu
tan diseases and for the purfcaOn Of the blood
when they get the real article, an actual ex-
tract of 1t. Such we are now able TO inform tEen
they can obtain DR.. j. c. Aver & Co, the cclcbra.
chemists Of the East whose reputation assures us they
do well whatever they undertake. are selling Com
pound Extract of Sarsapnria. which, although the
moro of actual curative power tlan whole gallons OF
the stuis which have been in use II is asserted that
one bottle Of Ayers Sarsaparilla contains more than
double the amount Of medicinal virtue. which is ui.
forded by any other. This fact is not only apparent
to the taste but its effects and afford ncontesi
bic proof that it is true. Such remedy has been
long sought for, and is everywhere needed By ali
classes OF our community. I"Age.' Cynthiana, Ky.
10 6-lm
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IhR CoNpTioN OF rug soUrn. An offi.
Ger Of Connecticut regiment, who was late.
ly taken prisoner aud carried to Richmond,
writes as follews to the New Haven Pa!Ll.
d,uas
"helore being taken prisoner / was some.
what under the impression thai ne could
never whip the South. since tsklng a Free
tap 20 Richmond | have osIne a. lie 0rm
cahelaa'on that Nc arc whipping them egery
day, and that the time i DOT faf di,tnn,
when they VIII have 10 kuoek untler. wheth.
~ Snf afmy adYaness oT not. You wonld
10 A.lonhhed 20 tss the missssbbls eosdi.
vah tAGy are IN.
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NJ a ss Es a a. e. y i.

In this place, on the 81 inst. in s..
Mathews church, by Rev L. w Gibson.
AUSTIN +. CLAPP, Adiutant 1#2nd Reg. p
", and Miss MARY L. CLEMENT, of this
p!a c.
On the 2Sth ult, at the Plum Creek par
sonagc, by the Rev \ H. Sherts, Mr.. DAEIfI.
BLooN, Of Lower Augusta. to Miss MARY
HowARrER, Of Upper Mahanoy, Northum-
berland county.
At the same time and place, Ivy the same,
Mr.. DANIEL CE0ER, of Shamokin, to Miss
HuLDAH RGCKLEE, Of Lower Augusta Nor
thumherland county.
In Lower Augusta, on the 81 ult, 10y the
same, at the rcIidencc Of the brides father.
Mr.. PHILIP ARSON. of this place, to Miss
ELIZABETH THCRsTON.
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DE a 8 Ed =.
In Shamokin township, on the 10Th Uit,
JOSEPH FRY aged (6 wears and 3 3mOuti,
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THE FErLrsG N KESTUcKY oS VAILAN.
pIGmAMs AgREsr.-Ihe Washington Star
learns ffom an officer prominently connected
with the army IN Kentucky that the loyal
people oT that state arc mach gralined with
The atesi OF NallandigLam, aud will uphold
every pfoeesdlng of the kind. They oohsi,
Ger General burnslde's order, under which
be Vas siiss.sd ~ noTsmsIi in the right
direction
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Further Particulars Of the Fight
Oh Bayou Sara.
New York, June 3.

NEW ONh, JutlC
The steamer George Cromwell arrived
from New Orleans at O'Clock this morning.
Scventy-fye prisoners arrived at New
Orleans on the 26th from Baton Rouge,
among whom is Ex-Governor Wicklitfc, who
was captured near Port Hudson.
The fight on the Bayou Sara road and
near Port Hudson on the 21st was hotly
contested, but the rebels were badly whip
ped at every point.
\ hayonet charge of the 10th New York
was the final affair of the day. The 10th
New York lost IS killed and A wounded !;
the 2d Louisiana, killed and II wounded :;
the 4Sth Massachusetts,, 2 killed and s
wounded the Both Massachusetts, wound
ed.
The New Orleans Era of the 27th contains
the following: .......
General Banks moved down the Red river
with his army and crossed TO Bayou Sara,
and thence to Port Hudson, where he united
his forces with those of Gen. Augur
The gunboats under Farragut were to
move on the cath.
The mortar fleet opened on Port Hudson
on the night of the cath, siencing several OF
the enemy's guns.
Port Hudson is now therefore Closely be-
siegcd and hcmmed in, and the fall of this
stronghold will be speedy, even should
General Banks not order an assault on the
works.
Colonel Grierson is cooperating with Gen,
| Banks.
| A reported rebel iron-clad raid from Mo-
| bile and the capture of two of our ships OF
war proves to be n canard. The garrison at
1 Port Hudson is estimated at 10000 men.
They are scantly supplied with provisions,
! The New Orleans Ere of the 2Sth, says.
we learn from an authentic source that our
army before Port Hudson is in satisfactory
position and every thing promises fair for an
/ important and successful close of the cam
paign against that rebel Stronghold.
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CAmo, June e.-The despatch boat from
Vieksburg. with dates To the 26th ult.,
confirms the sinking of the gunboat Cincin-
natl, by shots from the rebel batteries. She
was ordered 90 move down the riAer, and
when turning the Point was opened ON by
several batteries from above, which was
supposed had been silenced
She had managed 20 return 10 point just
above the batteries, where she sunk In df.
teen feet OF water. From fifteen 10 forty
persons are reported TO have been killed
drowned and wounded,
The Chicago Post OF Saturday publishes
the foilo@ing significant paragraph THE
Chicago Irish Legion, which for a long time
has been Niationed near La Grange, Tenn
has gone 70 NieksbnTg, with other reinforce
ments, foT Gen. Grant II would be contra,
band io fay how many troops have gone and
are going IN lhe same direction, but they are
good mae d"
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Il that he has taken. charge of the above namel
Hotel, and asks for tan continuance Of the former
patronage and would nyileell others Il gtte him G.
call
HIS TABLE
Is always supplied with the hest The market affords
His Bar contains the choicest liquors. and his stab
ling is good and we'll attended by careful Osuers
MICHAEL WILNERT
SuGbury, May 80, 1868
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10 the Democratic Voters OF ,NorIh
unbcrlrnd GOuaty,

MELLOW CITIZENS Il hereby announce my,
Il self is a candidate for the
OFFICE OF sHTKrPP.
~ ,he seaiss Primary ..leeliop sad - The supp1r
oi nv e.low CiiHsns Should be ncmiaatci AM
eSted promise to fulfill the luHe, q said Off "a
with fidelity
CllPLES y. SNYDER.
ShamokA tP. May 2o, 1893.
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