Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-06-07

Sad AoGidsnt.-On Monday Ia

Sad ACGtd6nt.-Cn Monday last, q
circus in Sunbury had the usual crowd
which such things draw-among them a
party of eight young people came up the
railroad on a handcar. Returning about
miinight, on the bridge over tho Shamo-
kin creek, juSt below town, the up-train
ran into tie concern and demolished it.
Two girls (NIiss lIetrick and Feister} were
f,hri eut nf ibc creek, dead, aud Miss
linlla aoach was found han 1ing TO one of
the bridge ,;nbcrs, the fish on one leg
severed from the bone her condition is
critical, but the others we're not seriously
Injured On such M crrand at such an
/ hour-it was sad, sad aifair.
john Y3rwath. mining boss at Cameron
Collicry, Shnmokin, was crushed 20 death
by u breast o; coal falling upon him.
4 young Clerk 10 Shamokin has been
bound over on his own admission that be
had detgauded his employee.
The contract for grading for second
track on the railway between Harrisburg
and Suubury, is le, to 10 parties.
Passengers on the Shamokin Railway
now leave Sunhury Mt 40 T. " and get
to VT Carmel at {; 80 Leave NJ Carmel
4, 7 10 All. AID to Sunbury at Q 80,
A solitary shai was caugh; in seine
below the Shamokin Dam.
Ms Erosious anI .lcnry Millhousc are
killed, anl 1t. plea4ants is missing from
SunbuFy) after the late battles.
Jerome L,ngueckrr cf Sbamokin is to
start the old iron furnace, WIliamspcrt
Drafted N!en, see here.
Your attention Is particularly called to
the I'D section Of the amended Enroli-
meut Act, approved February 24th, l8Gl,
as fellows
SEC % And be il further enacted,
that the tees Of agents and attorneys for
maxim. out and causing TO be executed
nuy papers IN supper. Of claim for cx-
cmptlon from draft, or for any services
that may BE- rendered to the c!aimant,
shall not, iu any case, exceed fire d1iiurs,
aud physicians or surgeons furnishing
certificates OF disability to any claimau. for
exemption from draf, shall not ba entitled
10 any fees or compensation therefor
Aud any agent or attorney, who shall,
dircrt.y or iafirect,y, demn0d or recriee
arg greater omapeasatioa far has services
Uader nis 'ct, nnd any paysiciaa or sur
yeoa arho sh"U, directly or indirectly,
d,mr"d ar receice GHy compensation for
furnishing said certificates of disability,
and any fer, clerk, or deputy, connect
ed with the board Of enrolment, who
shall receive coupcDsatIon from any dra!-
ted man for any services, or obtaining the
performance of such service required from
any member of said board by the provis-
ions Of this act, shall be deemed guilty of
a high misdemeanor, and upon conviction,
shall, for every such offence, be fiued not
exceeding 500, to be recovered upon in
formation or indictment before any cou.t
of competent jurisdiction, one-half for the
use of any iutOrmer who may prosecute
for the same in the name Of the United
States, ani the other half for the use of
the United States, aud shall also be sub
J5ct to Imprisonment for a term not eX-
ceedins one year, at the discretion Of the
court"
say-Let oil drafted men be shown the
above, so they need no, be robbed, neither
by outsiders nor insiders.
EG5-Thc bedford (Pa) Gazette, beats
jeff. Davis lying. lu its last issue it
says:
"At the present writing (Monday) the
result Of Grants campaign agaiUst Rich
mOud rcmaius III doubt. Already he has
lost as many men as composed M'Clellan's
entire army when that General marched
up the Peninsula. The loss of the Fed
eral army, according to telcgraphic reports,
can not fall much short of 100, 900 men,
Killed, wounded and missing There has
been about thirteca days of fighting, in
cluding the small battles fought by Gen.
Butler; which would average tho loss at
about 5000 per day"
This is the stuff that is crammod down
the throats OF Copperheads: poor ignorant
fools swallow it, and are made to believe,
with Lees rag-a mu!Iius, that their side is
sure to win
PICKPOCK 1T is stated that the
Scceshish hotel keepers in Baltimore agree
to charge Seven Dollars day during the