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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-01-17
Total,
Shamokin Coal Trade.

The following is the quantity of Coal
sent to market from the Shamokin Region
in 1852, by the following Operators
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-01-17
IENTRAI. ssOrEs. P0n SALE.

V,lIls vel known Hotel loea.ed In SaubuFy Al ihe
/ tnnction of the AoftheTn Central sith the fantu
~ a kne Railroads, u offered at private sale
1efhf q sale will bs nAde easy Yer further In
foglnsiion, enquiFe st this Ohlcs
Aaguai q I6s1
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-01-17

Decrease in 1862, 1858
We append the following which will show
the extent Of the different Coal Fields in
acres, (Which however. gives no adequate
idea Of the quantity of Coal deposited in
each district, because that depends on the
number of veins, their thickness and the
depth they run below the water level.) to-
gether Wilh tbe production of each district
in 1862 compared With 1861 l.
TIE ANTHRACITE COAL FIELDS.
The First or Southern Coal
District embracing the
Schuylkill. Pinegrjve and
Lykens Valley Regions,
contain 1880 Acres,
The Second or Middle Coal
Field, comprising the Le-
high. Shamokin and Ire
vorton Regions, contain s5,52S
The Third or Northern
Coal Field, comprising
the Wyoming Basin, con-
tains 76,s05
Total, 238,2S0
From these Districts there were sent to
market in 1861, and 1862, the following
quantity Of Coal, showing the increase in
each District,
1861 1862. INC. DEC.
LIST District 2.see $50 3,067.7Ol 1882
2nd do l9lS, ,232 1.6S2.643 2S5, ,5Sq
Sd do 2,90Si i09i 2,97l,7lS 63,Sl4
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-01-17
The Confession. and Experience of
un Iavalid.

DuBLIsIIaD for the benefit and as a warning
il and \ caution 10 young men who suhef from
NeTyoas Debility, PrsnstnTe Decay, Ae. supplying
Al the same time the means of hslfCuTe. Ny one
who has cured hiaa-lf after bsias pat 10 great ex.
psase through medical inpSiioa and qaaskery ?
BY enclosing post.pald addressed envelope, single
eoiies nay u had of tbs auihoF
kATllAAfkL MAYFAIR, E-l,
bsdtsa, kings Co, Ny
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-01-17
.oa A. s,I Chestnut street, E'hu..as
n..ts Lsvys cos Dry Good store,l

GEO. y. NENKELs,
Formerly 5c4 Walnut Street.
Philadelphia, August 80, 1S62.-3m
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-01-17
JUST REcnIvED!!
j. Ell ENGEL
iIns Just returned from rlilsdelrhia with a
SPLENDID S Tocx
Spring G. Summer Goods.
r.

yor Nsens, Wear.
Cloth, Cashmere, yssipg, italian Cloth, Linen
Coating I.iucu Check ead Cottonade.
Ladics' wear.
iazge assortment Of Dress Goods Black and
Fancy silks, silk Tissues. Fancy Berages, shaley,
all Wool Deianes, Mosrmlaquc Goods at low prices
silk Lcvellas, Dcianes, Lawns, Ginghams and
Prints full line Of Irish Linen and White Goods.
Stella border and Fancy Summer shawls, Silk and
Lace Mantillas, &c
Ready Made Clothing
A good assortment of Hats and Caps,
A iarre assortment Of Boots and ShseS,
A full stock Of Groceries, Moiasscs and Sugar,
Hardware and Building Material,
fall stock of Queen and Glassware
. f,,, stock of Fish, Salt OILS and White Load.
large stock New Wall Paper,
4 new stock of Stone and EarthonwG'.
,nd ,tourahds OF articles not enumerated
~. Ali the above will bs sold eheap Tor CA'n q
County Produce
}. II. EsGEI
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-01-17

The enormous increase in tho price of printing pa
per and other materials used in printing newspapers
oonipels to increase the price Of THr TRrBuNE.-
Our new terms are;
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-01-17

ScHuyLxlLL REorhA.
BY Reading Railroad,
BY Canal,
From Pinegrovc,
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-12-14

is actually abolished where his !. ,oId
proclamation has theoretically abolished
It. The Presidents idea of closing the war
Is By a,sort of individual and personal con,
tract with each and every man, woman ana
child, to the effect that if the person Will
sustain all the policy of the administration
and all its acts and proclamations, he or she
will be pardonsd. The offer is doubtless
one which the President has the right to
make. If the people will accept it, it is
very neat and pretty. way of doing up the
war But it certainly does not hold out
very brilliant prospects of success as pa
c;f3coto,v MEASURE We see
no prospect Of peace or good to the country
in the Presidents plan. On the contrary,
we fear he has thrown away golden opper'
tunity for the country, for the sake OF win
ming support among Northern radicals FOL
himself. W .r ,E ~. PA.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-12-14

~
com rspoNpENT of the cincinnati Oom'
mercial has recently been travelling IN west
Virginia, and writes.in this complimentary
stvle of our State and her citizens:
The whole race of the country looks e
blitbed and dead: found only in the heaP Oh
ashes BY the neig hboring picket tent, a Few
nincbed hogs and cattle browse the wlther,
ed Grass at the roadside or stand douoled
and shiyering on the sunny side CT con
yeient hill: occasionally chimney stack 10 !,
the midst of heap of blackened logs anu
ashes tells of the penalty which 1t costs 70
be loyal. the wretched, dispirited inhabitants
exc out the produce of few dozen shocks
by stray deer or few pheasants; the
roads are unworked and untraveled, the
laws are unadministered, and consequently
there is rampant injustice, suspicion anu
distrust, and little neighborly confidence
and intercourse. Whatever little ampitl on q
or industry was once found here, Is wen
nigh crushed out, for no man can be sure
that he will reap what he sews, and wltnou'
such assurance labor is dead. Many faml'
lies are deserted by the male portion who
are in the Southern army and the mum Del
of these in great, many others nave aoan
doned all, and are living as best they can
within our lines, while those who are toe
ignorant to know, or two indifferent 10 care
for either party, remain to be ssDJec' u
continual disturbance.
After having seen for myself some part
of the men and regions hereabouts, L must
say I am disappointed in West Virginia.
that her loyalty is very questionable artl
Gle. 1t it decidedly ofthe Kentucky order.
and the furthest remove from the free hand
co and open hearted patriotism OF GLORIOUS
| East Tennessee, or North Georgia and Ala
bama. The people are sour and sullen, ano
suspicious; and though there are many no
BILE and honorable exceptions-thougn IL
the belt of territory which has been "Aoo'
ltionized," as the Richmond papers com
plain. by the Baltimore and OHIO Railroad
| in the Panhandle, and along the Ohio Val,
lev, these exceptions are the rule--stlll II
remains the hard, stern fact that about the
whole of the interior of West Virginia has
got to be logged into obedience, or rather
to be kept there. In the fertile river val
leys, where it was profitable to own slaves
the people inevitably imbibed Southern
ideas, and as consequence, became re-
bellious; in the upland, interior regions
those Of them who were not too ignorant
to know any thing of the issue involved
whatever (and their name is legion,) were
pretty equally divided between loyalty and
rebellion; while in the mountainous coun
try they either have the goitre and are ldl-
OTIS entirely, or are plunged in such lmpen
etrabe darkness that they are the meres'
tools of the party which is strongest for the
hour.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-12-14
The Press on the Presidents
Message. .

We have before US variety of extracts
taken from the newspaper comments on
the Presidents message, but want of space
compels US to omit them, Suffice it to say
that the administration journals generally
commend the views of the President, while
those of the opposition express various
dissentitent opinions. The New York
Journal Of Commerce, conservative paper
referring to the Presidents proffered am,
nesty and plan to reconstruct the Union,
remarks: ..-...
1t is plain that what Mr.. Lincoln wants
is peace and abolition. He does not take
into consideration at all the question of
peace without abolition. In this respect
be lends himself entirely to the radical
abolitionists, and evidently expects
to continue the war until slavery
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-12-14

WEsrERN OFFICER ON REvIEws.-At
Wizards, the other day, party of gen
tlemen entered into conversation about
army matters. One of them suggested that
it would have good effect on the Army
of the South west, if the President and
Secretary of War would visit it occasionally
and review it as he did the Army of the
Potomac. An officer of Grants army hap
pening to overhear the remark, said; Eek
cuse me for interrupting you, gentlemen
but We don't want any reviews in the South
west, We don't want the President no1
Secretary of War to come near us. If they Il
lust send us rations and clothes and once IL
while paymaster, we'll get along. On
reviews, say"
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-12-14
Re.enIistment of Soldiers.

If there is one thing more than another
which good sense would point out to the
Government as sound and vital, and all i'm
portant, it is the re-snlstment of the veter'
ans. This matter has evidently not receiv-
ed the attention its Importance demands
for we find the War Department offering
but 800 more bounty for veterans than for
raw recruits.
1t has been shown that every man seour-
ed by the last draft cost the Ct overnmeRt
$1,000, besides vast amount Of irritation
bad blood, &c. Would it not have been the
wiser plan to, at once, have offered boun'
ty of $1,000 to every veteran who should
re,enlist within given time; and, say, $5OO
to every raw recruit? This would not only
have the effect of securing at once, perhaps
all the men required-but would be coming
somewhat nearer equalizing the burden OF
the war. Let those fight who were willing
and can-and let those who can not or will
not, foot the bills.
We bave no doubt but, the greater the
outlay of cash and blood, at once, the soon
err will We see peace.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-12-14

In commenting on the Presidents Proc
lamation which accompanied his Message
the New York World says: As means
of recovering the South and reconstructine
the Union, his scheme is simply absurd. Tt
divide the Emancipation proclamation (the
most odious and detested in the Southern
eyes of all Mr.. LINcoLNs acts) into indi-
vidual doses, to be administered in the form
of an oath, is about as wise as would be an
attempt to conciliate nation of Jews by
swearing them all to dine on pork. No won
der that, on this system, Mr.. LINCOLN ex-
poets his new State governments will b.
the work of chosen few
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-12-14

been made; and the regulations concern
ing elections are not the same in any two
States. Moreover, IN England the rightof
suffrage is confined to the owners of real
estate, and there, unlike Ohio at the pres
emit time, no reason has ever existed for al
lowing a poll beyond the territorial limits.
That the law is to have force beyond our
territorial limits, is no objection to its va,
lidity; for it operates upon, and is to be
executed only, by persons who are citizens
of Ohio, and whether it shall 80 operate
upon any one is discretionary with him.
No one can be compelled to vote or serve
as an officer under this law. Indeed, the
right to vote does not depend an any law,
but is conferred by the Constitution. The
law only points out how certain persons
NAV avail themselves of Constitutional
right, and although directory to the soldier
outside of the State, it is mandatory to
clerks of courts and all officers within the
State. I 'j
The provisions that "Ssnators and Repre-
sentatives shall be elected biennially by the
electors in the respective counties or dis
tricts" and that "the Executive Depart
ment shall consist of Governor" and
other officers, "who shall be chosen by the
electors of the State, on the second Tues
day of October, and at places Of voting for
members of the General Assembly," must
be construed with reference to the general
provision already referred to, and manifest
" import resident ELECTORS in the respec'
tive counties or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of the
counties or districts. Voting places are d.
visions smaller than districts or counties
consequently this is reference to the per-
sons who shall choose, that is, ELECTORS in
the respective counties or districts" while
the place of voting is left to the discretion
of the General Assembly.
Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New
Hampshire, where such laws were held in
valid have each Constitutional provisions
that in express terms limit the voting
places to the State; and therefore the de-
cisions in those States can have no control
ling influence in Ohio.
But if newspapers and like means of in
formation should be excluded from the SOL
der or he should be deprived of tickets,
or there should be any coercion or actual
unfairnsss In conducting the proceedings,
the election must be set aside; for the bal
lot box can have no permanent existence
unless elections are left free and untram-
meled; and ample provision is made for
contesting such vote. Still, in case OF an
election, the presumption is that all has
been fairly done, until the contrary is shown;
and mere irregularities in form can never
invalidate an honest expression of the pop
ular will. -...
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-12-14
The Latest News.

Washington despatch dated late Sat
! urdsy night, says Gen. MEADE has not been
! removed; and that his late retrograde
movement is endorsed BY the entire Cabl'
net. The Army of the Potomac is to be
rsorganized and made larger than at any
= former period, and the chief command will
q. be rendered to either HOOKER or THOMAS.
Present corps commanders will be relieved
I, with one exception.
q, Private advicss from Richmond state that
the question of reconstruction will be debat-
- cd in the Rebel Congress and that many
members favor the platform Of the North
: Carolina Conservatives. Y.
Professor HoDGE, accompanying the sur
yey of the Union Pacific Railroad, reports
easy grades through Cheyenne Pass, and
that coal and iron ore are abundant on the
eastern slope. v
By the arrival of the Fulton from Port
Royal, we learn of the loss of the Wee
hawken, which sunk at anchor inside OF
Charleston Bar, Sunday last. Four engi'
neers and twenty-six of the crew were
drowned. A furious gale prevailed at the
time, The Weehawksn lies in five fathoms
of water.
JOHN MORGAN was seen near Burksville
about four o'clock Tuesday. morning, going
in the direction of the Cumberland River.
Only two of the officers who escaped from
the Columbus Penitentiary are with him.
The report of his having crossed the river
at Burksville Tuesday evening is generally
believed in Louisville to be true.
A SPECIAL dispatch from Knoxville to the
Cincinnati Gazette says, our entire loss
during the seige of Knoxville was not more
than 1000 while the loss of the rebels is
not less than 5000.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-12-14

The Newark (Ohio) AdvOcate says the
Sunday visit of Geo. B. Wright to Morath's
brewery couple of weeks ago, was not
an idler umor, but reality He took Gov
Tod to Church in the morning, and in three
hours afterwards had him in Morath's brew.
cry drinking lager! The visit was intend
ed for political effect, but an attempt 10 get
Morath into political confab failed, and
the distinguished visitors changed their
base
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-12-14

HEAVY Robbery.-On the night OF the
9Th alt, the store of Mr.. McConkey & Bro,
at Peace Bottom, York county, Pa, was
robbed Of about $1,000. The wareroom
was first broken open with crowbar,
whence the robbers entered the store, drill
ed the lock off the irou safe, and appropria-
ted the money there-about $500 of it be-
ing specie.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-12-14
"FREEDMAN IN TRoUBLE.-The New

Ark (Ohio) Advocate, has the following
The fall term of the Licking court contin
ued till Wednesday last. The " freedman .
whom barbarous jury found guilty Of at
tempting to commit a rape, has been
granted new trial by Judge Jones. As
there was nothing against this negro except
the oath of white woman, and she sol
diers wife, bets of two to one We're freely
offered without takers, that new trial
would be the result. This women had
better be on the look out, or before
she knows it, they will send her to the
penitentiary on charge of seducing the
negro.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-12-14

A CORRESPONDENT of the Cincinnati Com
mercial urges the expediency of calling
out the uniformed militia to fill the quota
of Ohio under the present draft Most Of
these companies are already armed and
uniformed. 1T not impossible they may
prefer feather beds and home service to
facing rebel bullets.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-12-14

Phil. Tieman's great match game with
Kavansgh, for the championship of billiards
comes off in FEBRUARY next, in New York,
Phil. uses the cue often enough to keep
his hand in but it will be some weeks yet
before he will go into regular training" for
the match.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-12-14

The Petersburg Express says that sun
dry persons are trying to leave the Confsd
eracy for Nassau, Bermuda, and elsewhere
with their wealth, in order to shrink tax =
alton and military duty, and to do a block
ade running business.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-12-14

The Republican papers tell ola high
official who owes his place rather to the
butter which he brought to Mrs Lincoln's
table than the brains which be could bring
to the public service.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-12-14
A WASHINGTON correspondent describes

Hon. S. S. Cox, Gin short thus:
He is a small man, with dark hair and
whiskers, and is easily mistaken, at dis
lance, for large hat-in which he is fire.
quently enveloped. His christian name,
Samuel, is embroidered in his stockings
He can be known by his fondness for telling
funny stories.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-12-14

A Richmond paper tells ola Dutchmau
which was so fat that he was biggest lying
down." and says Sumter is strongest in the
same attitude.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-12-14

ous Bingham of Ohio. His name is White
So let as sight-see no more to-day. Soon
we will renew our walks about WASH
;neton. - M.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-12-14

Rev. P. FLOOD, Catholic priest, died at
Waltham, Mass, last week.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-09-03
How they Change.

When the Democracy ran JACKSON for
President, he was bitterly denouoced as
a murderer, scoun lrel and william. Then
they claimed to be JEFrEnsoNiAs Demo
Gratis When the Democracy ran DoUe-
Las for President, be was bitterly de.
nouneed by the opposition as Northern
dough face, drnnkard and scoundrel.--
Then they were JACKSON Democrats
Now when the Democracy are running
VALLANDloHAM for Governor, he is bitter
ly denounced by the opposition as trai-
tor and scoundrel Now they claim to
be DOUGLAS Democrats. We predict,
that in few years, when the Democracy
are running some other man for some
other Office, he will be bitterly denounced
by the opposition, who will then claim to
be VALLANplGHAM Demo ocrats.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-09-03
Great Reward of Labor.

We often SEQ accounts Of the accumu.
lAtion Of great wealth by industry and
economy. But the most striking instance
OF securing wealth by hard knock is the
case of ABRAHAM LINCOLN. the great rail
splitter of Illinois. Mr.. LINCOLN devo.
ted many years to mauling rails and with
such success that when he became the
Government" he was possessed of such
. vast amount offunds that not withstand.
ing within the last two aud a half years
''tbe Government" has been robbed of
some FIVE HUNDRED MILLIONS or DOLLARS
ABRAHAM's finances are in a nourishng
condition. Had any other man than A. !
LINCOLN been "the Government" since
the 4th OF March 1861. he would have
long since been bursted all to eternal
smash. 1t is true there are more than a
thousand million dollars of debts to pay,
bnt .he people need give themselves no
uneasiness about this. for it is "tho Gov
eminent owes them; LINCOLN i, 1.-THE
Government he has the funds; he made i,
splitting rails; he will pay up ole scores
without troubling the tax payers. We
should DO very "loyal" TO the "Govsrn.
ment" because Of it's unbounded wealth
and liberalily.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-09-03
Death OF Judge Plants.

Hon. JOSIAH s. PLANTS. of Bucyrus,
was recently on a hunting excursion in
Indiana. While passing through thick
ct the cock Of his gun caught on some
brush by which the piece was discharged
the charge lodging in his shoulder. He
was brought homo and after lingering a
few days died on Tuesday of last week.
JuDaE PLANTS was the Democratic
candidate for congress in the 9th district
in 1854. He once came within few votes
of being nominated for Attorney General
Of Ohio. He was elected Ccmmen Pleas
Judge in 1858. As a lawyer and advo.
cate JUDGE PLANTS was second to no man
in the Northwest. The purity Of his
private character and his christian de-
meanor endeared him to all. From him
we have received kindly advice and real
lied that disinterested friendship which
only a true friend can bestow. We well
knew the power of his intellect and the
goodness Of his heart. 1t is, therefore,
with sad feelings and heavy hand we
announce tho painful tidings of his death
To his afflicted family we tender oul
heart felt sympathy. May He who tenn
pereth the wind to tho shorn lamb be Q
husband to tho widow and father to The
| fatherless.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-09-03
rrp,c nrnn in OI,in.

Ii has been telegraphcd from someiOhere
that there is to be no daft in this State.
The latest dispatch is from Columbus to
the Cincinnati Commercial
The hotels are filed with officers detailed to
take drafted men to depleted regiments BY
authority of the War Department. the Governor
directs them TO take out recruiting papers, and
20 TO work in homo localities soliciting volun-
teers Gentlemen who have saved three hundred
dollars TO scot h the dra e may as well donate n
moiety to tho Soldiers Aid Society, and buy
20 bonds with the remainder. -.-
Here, gentlemen, ii. e. poor people
-"who have saved three hundred dol
lars" are advised not to keep it any
longer for the purpose Of purchasing ex-
emptions, but to donate ii to Aid Socie-
ties, etc. Ifthis is oil fair we rejoice that
our State has escaped the practical calam-
ity of a draft; but if it is an eiectioneerjng
dodge and cheat, il is the most Infamous
trifling that ever was practiced with the
feelings of any people. We would like
to know who says there is to be no draft
in Ohio. Is it David Tod, or is it Aba
ham Lincoln, or is it Edwin M. Stanto H..
Give us the name Of the public official
who is responsible for this siatement.--
The people have right to know from
what quarter so important an announce
ment comes. They don't want to spend
the fund they have laid by to keep them
selves with their families, and to find after
the "a Tuesday of October that no official
source holds itself responsible for the
statement that there was to be no draft.
Give us the namo or names Clepeiand
Piaindeoier.