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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-06-06

Dissolution OF 1Sar1ncrship.
NJ Office is hereby given that the partnership
IN heretofore existing between {. ID. ROllRBACH
and JACOB ROIIRBAClI, under the firm of C. D.
J. Rohrbach. in the Foundry business, was dls.
solved by mutual consent the lst day Of April,
1868. The Books and Papers are left in the hands
of Jacob Rohrbach, AT the old stand for speedy set
tement
All persons Interested wil please take notice
{, u. ROllRBACH,
JACOB ROllRBACH.
sunbnry, April l6, ls63.--St
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-06-06
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-10-23

ATrEMPT To DESTROY THE New IRON
sIDEs.-We learn from q naval officer the
following particulars of an attempt to
destroy the frigltc Ne,o Foasides. Ga
Monday night last, while lying at her US
ual anchorage, the frigate was approach
ed by a nondcscript craft, evidently from
the harbor Of Charleston. The stranger
was hailed by the officer Of the deck, but
no response was given.
The stranger came rushing on and just
before striking the frig,te fired volley OF
musketry, which wounded the officer Of
the deck on duty. An instant afterward
she struck the trigates bow, and a tre-
menlous explosion followed. The torpe-
do which the strange craft had attached
to her stern was evidently one of great
magnitude, as the shock was fearful, and
the column Of water thrown up and dis
placed far greater than that which any
other contrivancc has yet been able to
lift. But instead of destroying the Ne,c
EoMiGes, 4the rebel craft was herself
blown up and sunk through the very
means by which she had hoped to destroy
the most effective vessel in our navy
OF the crew Of the rebel vessel two were
capturcd-one a Lieutenant and the 9TH
cr Il seaman-and the rest were drowned.
The damage to the noble fri gate is said
to be slight.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-10-23

LITTLE EARS HEAR.-Parents and other
persons though having at heart the good
Of youth, are very apt to be hee Hess Of
what they say in the presence of children
VIII SO young minds catch the hue Of every
sentiment expressed. They talk on, the
child is seemingly engaged in play, but
words AMI sentiments then uttered, come
up days after. when the conversation il
self was forgotten, wonderfully fresh from
the child's lips. Its mind has been re-
volyins what il heard for good or evil
Boys grow old too by hearing men at
their talk among themselves.
Saws writer: "lf we stopped to think
how every word, spoken i'll the presence
of little child affects its future for good
or evil, We should be far more considerable
in our speech. 1t is astonishing how, for
days, children will ponder over careless
expression, which no one supposed they
ever heard, and at some critical moment
use it themselves with startling effect
How an impatient or protane word shocks
US as it comes second hand from those in.
+nocent lips Then indeed do We realize
how potent is our influence over these in
noceuts, at every moment OF time IN
which they are present with us.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-10-23

GET ESouGu SLEEp-We have oftsu
heard young men remark that four or Eve
hours sleep was all they wanted, and all
that the human system required. The
habit of going without sufficient sleep il
very injurious. Thousands, no doubt,
permanently injure their health in this
way. We live in fast age, when everys
body seems to be trying to pervert tho OF.
der of nature. If folks will persist in
turning night into day, it is not to be
wondered that few last out the allotted
term of life. No matter what be .
mans occupation-physical or mental. or.
like Othellos, "gone," and living ideness
the constitution cannot last, depend
pom it, without a sufficiency Of regular
and refreshing sleep. John Hunter. the
great surgeon, died suddenly OF spasmodio
affection of the heart, disease greatly
encouraged by want Of sleep. In q vols
ume just published by medical man
there is one great lesson that hard stu.
dents and literary men may learn, aud
that is, that Hunter probably killed him
self by taking too little sleep. "Four
hours rest at nj ght, and one after dinner
cannot be deemed sufficient to recruit the
exhausted powers of the body and mind" ;"
Certainly not and the consequence was.
that Hunter died early. II men will,in.
sist in cheating sleep, her ''twin sister
Death" will ayenge the insult.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-10-23

PRENTICE Has Boy NAMED FOR HIx.
An accomplished lady of q neighborins
county writes us a pleasant business lets
ter, and adds at the close -
81 serd you the name of my Uuig1
boy, five weeks old, Geo. d. Prentice vi.
yssis S. Grant Orlando II. Roseerans
Stanley Bergman Burnside Adams. l
know you you will say that is sufficient
to represent one county"
We heartily thank Mrs. Adams for
our part of the compliment. We consid.
or it no little honor that our name is made
the capital Of such a magnificent CoriR-
tiian column, and we trust that Generals
Grant, Rosccrans, Stanley, bergman, and
Burnside will be gratiied with the posi-.
tions assigned them. We hope and be-
licve that Generals Mcclellan, Sherman,
Meade, Gilmore, Steel, Rosseau, and 9th.
ers will not be envious. Mrs. Adams
may have large honors in reserve for them
all.
Our blessings upon the little Geo. D.
Prentice j. p. G. .. Ii. r. s. B. B. Ads
ans. May he not be smothered or crush.
ed under his name. May he bear it stout
ly up as Atlas shouldered the sky, instead
of groaning beneath it as the giants bid
beneath Mount 4Etna. IF our common
father Adam had been burdened with 10
much name as this little Adams Eve weeks
old, he would probably have been not only
the first ma but the last. But fortunats
ly for lin, there was no such editor and
heroes then as there are now to name him
after.-LouisuilIe Journal.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-10-23
Fallen Leaves.

How they arc mixed up, of all species
oak and maple, and chestnut and birch
But Nature is not cluttered with them
she is perfect husbandman she store
them all. Consider what vast crop il
shed annually on the earth This, more
than any mere grain or seed, is the grea
harvest of the year. The trees are now
repaying the earth with interest wha
they have taken from it. They are dis.
counting. They are about to add Leaf.
thickness to the depth of the soil. Thi.
is the beautiful way in which Nature gets
her muck, while | chatter with this mar
and that, who talks to me about sui pbur
and the cost of carting. We are all tn,
richer for their decay. l am more inter.
csted in this crop than in the English
grass alone, or the corn. 1t prepares the
virgin mould for future cornfeIds and for.
ests, on which the earth fattens. 1t keeps
our homestead in good heart.
1t is pleasant to walk over the beds OF
these fresh, crisp, and rustling leaves
How beautifully they go to their graves
how gently lay themselves down and turn
to mould! painted of a thousand hues,
and fit to make the beds of US living
SO they troop to their last resting place,
light and frisky. They put on no weeds,
but merrily they @ scampering over the
earth, selecting the spot, choosing lot,
ordering no iron fence, whispering all
through the woods about it-some choos-
ing the spot where the bodies of men are
mouldering beneath, and meeting them
half way. How many hutterinss before
they rest quietly in their graves They
that scared so loftiIy, how contentedly
they return to dust again. and are laid
low, resigned to lie and decay at the foot
of the tree, and afford nourishmen; to new
generations of their kind, as we'll as to
huttcr on high
When the leaves fall, the whole earth
is a cemetery to walk in. | love to wan
der and muse over them in their graves.
Here are no lying nor vain epitaphs.-
What though you own no lot in Mount
Auburn, your lot is surely east somewhere
in this vast cemetery, which has been con-
secratel from Of old. You need attend
no auction to secure a place. There is
room enough here. The Loosc-strife shall
bloom, and the IIuckleberry bird sing
over your bones. The wooiman and hun
ter shall be your sections, and the children
shall tread upon the borders as much as
they will Let US walk in the cemetery
Of the leaves-this is your true Green
wood ccmetery-H. d. Thoreau.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-10-23
dsli1ttilantuu1.
From t4c keua bee Courier,
What Good has Masonry
Done ?

No in14iry connected w;;h Trana-oa.
~ ha. been more frequently made Hy
,bo.e vh, ar, str1p,,F> 10 il. "df, aal
nower" n an The .s,e that head, th,s mar.
r,,;ye Il i were mad. with the Wv
or c,ici,in, nm answer. ar pr5mrteI by
o,ber tb,n \ caD Dlsaalt5rgs s,,sit.it w5Ijd.
Ioub,I.,s receive q F+.4e..rl r,7iy. aai
,ho ;,,e-ra..tt#.r f54i#.t,t bs .-ra,ij..I isses
L.;,., i.f,rns3 fbal liz uH.r.a r1wcr at
M,.9n,ry b#.s =ofea etgssi the ".Iaa aaI
the Iamha 10 awEli together in harmony
r.s,r.,tss4 f5. f=Fa=s7y d, aroused -.
.;on--ce,o9ntgl anew ;he severed ties
brotherhood. AMI ,r4n-..rm.l thc bitter.
n., .,;mn.iti.z. i0to j9.iju, ANA devoted
.f.c,;on
I D-- was Al .uori,h. man an.
Mason " in the mo. e.a.a4ti. sense of
,bc term HIS natural mowers. thra+2t
no, of tbe hi.h,..t order. were Of mo.e
,b,n ordinary character. ami had been
cnl,iyatc1 ,,l imaroye.l by thorough la.
cation Ills manner was p.sasius and
a,rnc,ble aol such ,y8s HI, hj.h sense Of
49, .,d ia,e5rzty-tb,t h. secured fAe
mnno,n.Ial eas6.lsnea oe NIL who knew
him H. storfia., worth aud reefita0ie
s. conduct na5I. i,r him friend, Of that
ci,ss "wb.,s stieke,b closer than q brother. 3"
Th.r ~ wo-. d.yo,ol !, their attach,n.n,
and wonll bay,. eheerfg,y male any ,ae.
r;sco far IL nre,ee,iaa and defence. Bat.
,'nc,.,.ns,sfy @ ~ M l.. wa. of n oui.l and fiery
."'o' '"'..,, st. =, any r.,l -
'e"''' ~. h, ;..,..,..
s"Ppo'e'i P '''''i'1 -, r.]1t.. \yho, ar,ns.
'a"e1us =" = - ,..,7.s9t,,, c,,l mud my.
Gu 80 I',o' ,La al a. - h. cye anil o1iyer u
h;s lin h.trav..l the fierce Lurnin. Of h,s
ihcr''Ss' 'ss.oHs' :, a., .,,,;o, -
az NJ n I'll .7.,..a,;oa,o,r t,co any
rear "''' "o'.' fl
u'"Sci !" P'o'e,1'-i NJ ,nL,, nal,.r ,ba in.
,"g us "91o'. ~. ., ~ -. -" Ill
nueu'e I u "'s M. .ha a!,ro,I ~ fr;snI.bin
lnsen1'os - - ~ Of ,bo.e Of cooler
anu 'ie mi IT., ,sss .3a;,rnJ to tbe Lar
u's"I"'. Isa, - S T@ - rra,t noIitir,I ex.
~ ";,d,noa, apd liz the generality Of law
c''e"e"'' ,hs aa1 M ;@5ooI 'I IS cvcry dav-bs
yers VI e,r,;,,1 or,ec ~
soon p'ca"c . -; .;,t,'r - w. r'' u 49,
location IL eu' ;A .atn Ia -: c.,1nr ronors3
Mr. broWh' "itn "'s '''"''3' ~ - -
20 ,he village "oo": '''' ' ,La;. '' naI,,;al3
ana y 'S''e''5 :" s"," a,,.;,h
Opinions soon oes",i.- 'r''I''''.0' NV -
standing 'he u's9allty u ~ ''''' Jnr;r,l
Inc p,e'sa'Wv 81 Wr "n'o" Hrown's residence WAS
i'oln 's,'a - I'D ,.'' - by contnrt win
IN no uesre9 oa.'-i ',s9u'-i Iments and mental
the graceful g q s',G M his bis donrbter Of the
eulllsa.i"n ~ n att att1aef;ye ace of "pensiye
ln'1.'s.'"s "-1'
eighteen -, .,..,,,. or sueb associations
The natQrai lSse'.s i3.s',,.r u '1o'i ~ enn5
soon Manifesto t'e"'9'.', n;,h nr,or,nnities
"moonl,ga' I'Mo,eS, eo., uoara WV" arr KTron u
Tor Quotations eailc ''on' , thnn nseIe.. discuss.
mach uiute @ = ,.,.;,n. -, If .. rnIiIication
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-10-23
FRANK PIERCE SNunBED AT CAPE ANN

FRANK PIERCE SNUBBED AT CAPE ANN.
Our copperhead cx-President has lste.
ly been spending week or two at Gou.
cestcr While there he sent an invitation
to the ladies residing in one of the houses
of entertainment, to join him in the exer-
else Of bowling. One by one, each Of
them decidedly refused. But what ex.
cuse shall | give him?" said his ex-Ex-
cclency's messenger. "Tell him we don't
bowl with rebels" said one Of the most
patriotic and plucky of them. And that
was the message sent, though We believe
it was modified into the statement that
1.-The ladies' didn't like his politics" before
it reached him.-Nortolk Journal.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-10-23

GA very saceinct illustration Of the
state Of the rebel currency is given by .
letter writer, who tells of some converse.
tions held across the picket lines near the
Rapidan "Oae of tac rebc-artiilerymen
was anxious to know whether soldiers
pay was gooi for anything now. lie was
told that it would buy thirteen dollars
worth of gools,the same as ever. "Well"
said he. "l'il tell you what we do with
ours. We tell off the battery iuto fivos
and play poker till one man out of Eve
gets tn. money. The winners tell off into
6vcs again, aul - at last somebody has
money enough to treat his friends"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-10-23

full conduct the result of ungoverned
passion. The words of Mary Brown
came with burning force to add to his
agony.
From that time D was changed
man. lie remained in his Office long,
weary hours were spent in reflection,
penitenec and prayer, and did not leave
it until he had solemnly vowed to seek,
through the influence of Divine Grace,
the only sure protection against the "sn
which SO easily bcset him.
He became pious, devoted Christian,
an efficient, Jealous, minister of the Cos
pei-a missionary Of the Gross, whose
grave, beside that of devoted wife, on
Atrics burning sands. tells of zeal and
devotion to the cause he had espoused. =
Has Masonry done any good ?
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-10-23
2aetr Y
The East and the West.

This poem was written by Theodore Winthrop
seven years ago. and after bis death was found
arnoung his unpublished papersl
We Of the East spread our slls to the seaI
You Of the West stride over the land;
Both are to scatter the hopes of the free,
IS the sowcf sheds golden grain from his hand
'Ts ours to circle the stormy bends
OF a continent, yours its ridge TO cross;
We must double tho capes where long world
ends,
Lone cliff, where two limitless oceans toss,
They meet and are baffled mid tempest and wrath,
Broeies are skirnishing, angry winds roar,
While poised on some desperate plunge of cur
path
We count up the blaoa ming wrecks on the shore.
And you through drcary and thirsty ways,
Where rivers are sands and winds arc dust,
Through sutry nights and feycrish days,
Move westward still as the sunset must
Where the seorehel air drivers along the slopes
Where tho slow footed cattle lie down and die,
Whore horizons draw backward till bafl sd hopes
Are weary Of measareless waste and sky.
Yes, ours to battle relentless gales.
And yours the brave aul the patient way;
But we hold the storms in our trusty sails,
And for the lite-giying fountains play.
There arc stars absvo US, and stsrs for you
Rest on the path, aud calm on the main.
Storms are but zephyrs, when hearts true;
We are no weaklngs, quiak to complain,
when ligbtnings fash bivouac fires in gloom,
And with crashing Of forests the rains sheet
down
Or when ships plunge onward where nisht-elouls
loom.
Defiant If darkness and meeting its frown.
These arc the days of motion and march;
Now ardent, aud yeua-. aud brave;
Let them that cone after US build the arch
or our triumph, and plant with the laurel our
grave.
Timc enough to rear temples whom hcroa' are dead :
Time enough To sing paeans aiior the fl .ht;
Prophets urge onward thr futures treai,
we-wt are to kinlls its beacon light.
Our fires lit torchc. nf qucnchle.s fame
To llnmine our dark pess If nj .At shoul1 be;
But d Y is friend 10 our standards aaI shame
be ours if we win not victory
Nan is nebler than men have been.
Souls are Yastcr than souls have dre1mpl;
There are broader oceaHs than eyes have seen.
Moons more glowing than yet have beAmei.
Creeping shadows cover low on our l1n1
These shaii net DIM gHr grlpicr dAY;
Stainless kni h's must be those who stand
Full in the TAN # a worlds artayt
When shall W. cease our taea1re distru,t'
When 10 each ether aur tsac heaits yield
To make thi4 W II an Ellen, W must
Hing away eaeh wsara and SHE Il,
And meet each mar A. a ficul aud mate
Trampls aud sqafn ana forget oar prle,
Gltd 10 accept eqHsA fat
LaborinE, eaBgaerag 81 ie by side,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-10-23
How LONDON Is FED.-When we I

How LONDON Is FED.-When we re-.
feet on the immense population of Lons
don-three millions-one wonders how
they are fed, And yet, day after day.
the law of supply and demand-a law
framed by no legislature and embraced
in no code-regulates this. These mill.
ions are fed. Some one, few years
81 ce, entered into some curious calcula.
tions on this subject. He estimated it
would require drove of cattle seventy.
two miles long, travelling ten abreast, to
supply London with beet one year and
a flock Of sheep, travelling in the same
manner, one hundred and twenty miles
long. But his estimation of beer was the
most startling, one thousand columns Of
hogshcads, each one mile high.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-10-23

TIE ADVANTAGE OF SINGING.-SinQina
is great institution. 1T oils the wheels
of care-supplies the place of sunshine.
A man who sings has good heart under
his shirt front. Such man not only
works more willingly, but he works more
constantly. A singing co5bler will earn
as much money again as u cobbler who
gives way to low spirits and indigestion.
Avaricious men never sing. The man
who attacks singing throws stone at the
head of hilarity, AMI would. if he coald,
rob June Of its roses or August Of ito
meadow larks.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-10-23

ga neat and durable front fence may
be built by almost any man who can drive
a nail, after the iron rods for posts are
set in stone si,ls. Take board, say nine
inches wide, for the base, and set it close
to the iron rods, aud then clasp each rod
with common staple, AMI drive it thro'
the board aud clinch it closely. \ strip
of board four inches wide should be fas-
tened in the same manner near the top OF
the rods. Provide sawed dimension stuff,
two inches square, set them two inches
apart, and nail through the upper aud
lower boards into the dimension stuff
After this is done nail on the inside, at
top and bottom, strip four inches wide,
and then place Oh cap of plank eight or
niue inches wide, with slanting edges, and
you have comely, substantial fence
without mortice or any place to hold
water or liable to cause rot. This is
Joiner work made easy.-Kenne5ec Joar'
nal.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-10-23

\ WORD TO YoUNG LApIEs,-We be
lieve that young lady, by her constant
consistent, Christian example may exer
untold power. You do not know the re-
spcct, the almost worship, which young
men, no matter how wicked they may b'
themselves, pay to a consistent Christian
lady, be she young or old. A gentleman
once said to lady who boarded in thu
same house with him, that her life was {
constant proof of the Christian religion
Often the simple request of young lady
will keep a young man from doing wrong
We have known this to be the case very
frequently, and young men have been
kept from breaking the sabbath, from
drinking, from chewing, just because
lady whom they respected, and for whom
they had an affection, requested it.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-10-23

TNo more puny children, dccayed
teeth, or yellow breal, if you will use
IIerrici Aliens Gold Medal Saleratus.
There is nothing equal to it. 1t Is far
superior to soda to use with cream tartar.
Bread or biscuit raised by it is more
easily digestcd than by any other. Try
one paper, and you will not fail to use il
ever after. Have the Gold Medal OF
none. Grocers ami druggists keep it.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-10-23

WnoopINi CouGu on CRoUp, howevs
severe may be alleviaten aud cured by the
use Of M1tantc Za10c Porter's Curative
B1lsam
Thi, invaluable medicine possesses the
extraordinary power Of relieving ilnmedi.
atcly Whooping Cough uoarseness, Diff.
Guilty of breathing, Huskine-s and Tick
ing in the Throat. 1t loosers the phlcgm
and will be found very agreeable to the
taste. 1t is not violent remedy, but
Notwithstanding searching, and effse.
tive. Can be taken by the oldest person
or the youngest child. For sale by c. G..
Peek, druggist, at % cts. per bottle.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-10-23

CCGrief knits two hearts in closer
bonds than happiness even can; and COM
mon suffering are far stronger links than
common joys,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-10-23
Maior General United States Array

UErerybody sits in judgment on a
dirty sin but clean it, dress it, polish it
and there are ten thousand people who
think it not so sinful after all.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-10-23
VOL. TX, NO. 10

- NS3h''' ibI ii NItc-llC
preparations Of heart an mind that ma,
be relied upon to secure domestic happi
ness and he was satisfied that Mary
Brown possessed them in an eminent de.
gree. lie determined to risk her reject
ion, Of which, however, he entertained but
little fear.
Mary had been suddenly summoned tc
the bedside Of her Aunt residing some
distance from r., who was considered
dangerously ill., On the eve of her de-
parture from home, D made deela.
ration oil his affection and a formal oifel
of marriage.
Mary, ii is true exhibited those feel
ings which delicate and sensitive w9mar
experiences on such occasions, but was as
cool aud collected as sensible woman
should be. Her reply after few mo-
ments Of reflection, sJme what astouishe
Mr.. D.
She said, Il am free to confess that the
declaration and offer You have made dc
not take me by surprise. woull be less
than woman il hll not discovered their
inlIcltion during our intercourse for thl
past few weeks This is matter Of 50
much importance to both, the utmost can
dor aul traukntss should be exercised bv
each. | will not attempt to conceal the
fact that have for som5time entertained
a warm feeling Of affection for you-nol
that have, with all the powers Of reason
3Hd reelection that c8Hta e8mmind Sc
ri5nsly, indeed prayerFally caduired OF
myse.t what | on,!.: to do in the eyent OF
sa.s = ,.ra,o..1 ~ ,tis AMI when / cav
hat bayt NO. vet determined na5, ,b.
proaer answer to maxi. wish to he I'm.
] ierstu1l as saving that the mamcDtou.
e5a.eI9enec, involved in the decision have
,s'r,.ii .aoh sn ;nlun..rr oyer me tba,
must t5I.. ,imn far firtbsr consideration
VI iat@nl,I yi,:t ta',ay ~ o,nor.
,#,se ,r;', n. I..t ,n1.b n ,,vscl. ,citb
,:.,a g. c,rm r.a..t,a1 aaI vIf5o9t in.
fr,.l.a, an nnm,,uia., e5ma.jRsat viii
b, abSeH, from th,. Hnaeae, which an
ASSOCIATION with yoa woall exert over my
+ fesan-s and ia lgmrnt It Is lae to you.
however, that | sn,1. nov sly that on.
afaYs objection exist. IL or uaiga: AMI
I r.lr II will be difficult task 10 remove
You know that L4ye The utmost
Hs5ae.lans. IL fin, rr..l4t.r aa=! f8 lenaat
.r M, rfs,r n conversation of wa c!,
f83 W4re th. ,u1i,,t. tar=vaa= =aFe fig5-
- af MS h1y. rrsft.5t#g hs5rl him