Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-02-20
OLD SERIES, VOL. "a, NO. %.
GoLD AND SILVER QUARTZ FROM fDAmo

| GOLD AND SILVER QUARTZ FROM IDAHO.
The Commissioner of the General Land
Office on Saturday received q number oi
specimens Of gold and silver quartz from
the Ore Finia Lead, on branch OF the
Owyhce River, in Idaho Terrtory. The
lead from which the specimens were taken
is described as averaging six feet in width,
and has been prospectcd as being fully as
rich as the far famed Washoe mines.
The Richmond whig of Wednesday has a
| synopsis of the report of the Confederate
States treasury in response to q resolution
| of the Senate, from which it appears that
the funded debt IS $685. 900 call ccrtifi-
cafes $50 900, 900; interest. bearing treasury
notes, $l02,000,000; not interest treasury
notes, S720, 000,0 900; less the amount OF
treasury notes on hand $297, ,0O0,0CO.
| The dissatisfaction cf Lees army in conse-
quencc Of reported reduction in their rations
has reached such point rs to require the
commander to issue general order appeal
! ing to their patriotism and to their religion
| to prevent mut.ny.
THE LITTLE GIANT SEWING MAcuINE.
| The public will not fai! to take note of T. 5.
| Pages card in this weeks Fdrmcr. The
! Little Giant" has received many commen-
dation by those who have used it.-O
| Farmer.
! THE smallpox Is prevailing to an alarming
| extent at Horizon, Wisconsin, Places Of basi.
ness have been closed, and great excitement pre-.
| walls.
! TgE ahie-icans nj Paris have contributed S7,0G0
fvr the Sanitary Comrnssian. and they are about
holding cOnscrt for the benefit of tie ComLnis.
sion.
Tur ,oln ,I tlo &C
large quantities on this side Of the Rocky Nontans,
within British territory. II was discovered hy
American niLo-s, who are locking 10 the locaii-
ty!
Tn NUMHrn ofrcbcI prisoners OF war now In cur
hands is upwards OF fcIysix tLousand--abcu. three
thousand commissioned o:!cers, and between forty
and torty-iivc thousand nOn-cotlissioned ehiceIs
and enlisted men.
WAsHUE must be n very pleasant residence for
t;mid maa, according to the Virginia City Bulletin.
which says "On Saturday nigh. iss wo saw around
the stove n theatre, warming themselves, no less
than tvc m-n who had each killed man Within the
past five months
Resell DEsERrERs.-A dispatch to the Chicago
Tribune gays General Thomas' chief Of staff, Gen
Whipplc. recently stated that over seycnty.three
hundred dcscrterS from Briggs army had come into
our lines since October 20 as shown by the rolls
They were principally from KcEtr2ky regiments
The number now arriving is unusually large.
The knitting mills at Seneca Falls, in this
/ state, now tuIn out ten thousand pairs Of
army hose day.
Some Psychologists claim that dipthoria
has been occosioncd by the introduction and
Use Of kerosene oil.
Insanity, induced by exposure, is prcva-
lent in TIE western armies. Twenty-Five
insane soldiers were sent TO Cincinnati
few days since:
The Michigan Legislature proposes to ap-
propriate $500 towards laying out and
bcaGtityinG that part Of the Gettysburg
Cemetery allotted to that State.
Tobacco oc good quality from MARYLAND
seed has been raised in California.
General Dumont, member of Congress
from Indiana is the father of nineteen
children, ten of whom came into the world
in couples.
The following notice, written by the
schooimaster was recently posted on tire
door of u sch0olhouse near Frankfort, Ken
tucky:
NoTIss.-No SWARM cursin or runuiu q
bowt luso or hollerln in this scul."