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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-07
The Siege of Charleston.

The Port Royal Neu South publishes the
/ following letter, dated Morris Island, Apri
| l5:--
'On the 18th instant the Rebels fred q
! few shells from Fort Sumter The 18th was
! the anniversary day on which the Rebels
captured the fort, by bombarding it from
Cummings Point and several other places
Not one of their shells did a particle OF
damage. Our men Immediately opened from
Fort Gregg, and in very short space Of
time the enemy was completely silenccd.
The fact that the enemy has guns in
Fort Sumter is not doubted, but we are conf.
dent he will never be able to make any
practicable use of them.
THE 30.pounder Parrott gun which did
such admirable execution in sheling Chales
ton, and which exploded on the forty-six
hundred and fifteenth round, has been repla
ced by gun equally as affective. Shells
are now tossed into the city at points the
Rebels supposed we would not be able to
reach. The inhabitants who supposed them
selves comparatively safe in the middle of
the city, have been compelled to take an
other journey towards the northern limits
"For the past few days the tides have
been unprecedentedly high, so that the banks
along the beach have been leveed for dis
toHSc w sSNSidt NdiuS luiautt. at II Ort
Wagner, near the sally port, two torpedoes
were washed out of the sand by the water.
One of the toIpedoes contained powder in
u dry state; the powder in the other was
moist and unexplosive.
Several bodies have also been exhumed
by the tide near the tort. In one place
seventeen, and in another eight bodies were
exposed to view. They were reinterred
further inland.
"Descrters and contrabands come in every
little while from Charleston and vicinity.
The intelligence they bring confirms that
which we already know concerning the
force and position of the enemy's troops.
BEAUREGARD is travelling continually be-
tween Charleston and Savannah, and mani
tests considerable uneasiness at our supposed
intention to strike blow in the neighbor-
hood of one or the other place
There is nothing new to report Of the
fleet"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-07
OLD SERIES, VOL. "a, NO. 33.

| you sitting so white and still, and know
whether your thoughts are straying. be-
lieve you would talk with me freely of him
whom we both loved"
"Harry," she said, struggling for compo-
sure, Harry never would have wished you
to cry Gods curse upon his enemies"
II knew it," Frank replied. Harry was
Christian, and would have said with his
! Master, Father, FORGIVE them, for they
knew not what they do But l never can
recall the aggravating circumstances of his
death-stricken down as he was without an
opportunity for self-dcfence- and not feel
thirst for vengeance upon his assasins firing
my soul"
Remember to whom vengeance belongs
1t seems so me that we should bring no feel
ing of personal hate and rancor into this
strife"
"How can we do otherwise :" Frank ask.
ed. "All that is good and noble in the man
cries out against the enormous wickedness
Of these internal plotters-these infamous
destroyers of our country's peace. If there
was a grain of truth or q single particle ot
reason in their plea, one might look with
some toleration upon their deeds bus US it
ia
"As it is" took up Mabel, 1--WE must re-
the awful retribution that awaits them, and
whereof we, in some measure, are made
Gods instruments. We are contending for
the principles of justice, self government,
equal rights; let us give true interpreta.
ton of those principles 70 our opponents by
an honorable and equitable course of action
not casting obloquy upon our cause by an
unlawful exercise OF power a spiteful cxer-
else of power spiteful retaliation upon
their atrocities, or an unseemly exultation
in their suffering. We can be just, yet pitt
full; firm yet forgiving; conquercrs, yet not
boastful."
I'm afraid the common soldicry will
never come up to your standard" Frank
said. Suppose now the murderer of our
dear boy, Hal. where in our powerl What
would you do2 | would send II bullet in
search of his heart !"
And would pray that your bullet might
so far fail in its errand as to give the often
der time to repent of his errors and make
his peace with GOO, and would faithfully
nurse his life to that end. His penitence
would slake my thirst for vcngeance-his
blood never coul,.," was Mabel's answer.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-07

KEEP YOUR EYE ON YOUR NEIGuBoRs-
Take care Of them. Do not let them stir
without watching. They may do something
wrong, if you do. To be sure you never
knew them to do anything very bad, but it
may be on your account they have not
Perhaps if it had not been for your kind
care, they might have disgraced themselves
and families long time ago. Therefore do
not relax any effort to keep them where
they ought to be; never mind your own
business, that will take care of itself There
is man passing along-he is looking over
the fence be suspicious Of him; perhaps
he contemplates stealing something, some
Of these dark nights; there is no knowing
what queer faIcies he may have got into his
head. If you find any symptoms of any one
passing out of the path of duty, tell every
one else you can see, and be particular to
See a great many. 1t is good way to cir
culate such things though it may not bene-
fit yourself or any one else particularly. Do
keep something going-silence is dreadful
thing, though it is said there was silence in
Heaven for the space of half an hour, do
not let any such thing occur on earth it
would be too much like Heaven for the in
habitants of this mundane sphere. If after
all your watchiul care, you see nothing out
of the way in any one, you may be sure it is
not because they have not done anything
bad perhaps, in an unguarded moment,
you have lost sight of them-throw out
hints that they are no better than they
should be--that you should not wonder il
people found ou, what they were after a
while, then they may not carry their heads
SO high. Keep it. a going, and some one
will take the hint and begin to help you
after a while--then there will be music, and
everything will work to charm.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-07

PERsoNAL.--Mrs. Douglas, widow Of the
late Stephen A. Douglas has written u let
ter to friend in New York, in which she
denies, in the most explicit and emphatic
manner, the reports which have been going
the rounds of the newspapers that she is en-
ployed as clerk in one of the departments
at Washington. She complains, naturally
enough, of the annoyance which circulation
of this unfoundcd statement occasions her.
1t probably had its origin in the mistake of
some correspondent not SC familiar with her
personal appearance as he supposed himself
to be, and has been thoughtlessly copied by
others.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-07
AGRICULTURAL.

The Conn GRUB.--The corn crop has
several enemies to contend with, and among
them is the grub, which sometimes LITERALLY
destroys whole fields, or damages the crop
seriously. One OF the best and most conve-
nieut remedies--perhaps the very best ever
suggested--is the application Of salt as soon
US the plant makes its appearance above
ground, prepared and used in this way !;
Take one part common salt and three parts
plaster or gypsum, and apply about Ia
hlespoonhill around each hill. II will be
found to he a sure protection, The mixture
should not come in contact with the young
plants, as it may destroy them. This meth
od has been tried over and over again by
some of the best farmers of Pennsylvania,
Delaware and New Jersey, aud when prop
rFly applied, has never failed to be perfectly
successful. We hope our farmers who have
reason to fear the depreslations of the grub,
the present season, will try this mixture,
leaving few alternate rows Of corn without
the salt and communicate TO us the re'
suit, GsrmaHtOra Telegraph.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-07

Whitewash contribute; so
much TO cleanliness and health, and to
neatness and cheerful appearance, that its
free use, at least once Q year, is deemed in
dispensable. All unpapered inside walls.
and all outside walls and fences, should have
an application, and this is the proper season.
Let il be thus prepared:
Put half bushel of fresh lime (the Jumps
are besD into tight barrel. Pour owe. i,
boiling hot water till it covers to the depth
Of six inches, and stir it briskly till Stacked.
When sufficiently, Stacked dissolve in water
two pounds of sulphate of zinc, and one of
common salt, and add it to the wash. They
will cause it to harden, and prevent the un-
seemly appearance caused by cracking. Thres
pounds of yellow ochre added will give it
cream color, and lamp-black will give it
pearl or lead color. For fawn color, add four
pounds of amber, one pound Of Indian red,
and one pound oflamp black. For common
stone color, add four pounds of amber and
two of lamp black. Apply with common
whitcwash brush.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-07
CREME AU CARAMEL.
4 tablespoons ofiour,
1 tablespoons of sugar,
4 yolks of eggs,
z,r, IS ,.n

quart of milk.
Mix the flour with cold milk enough to
wet 1t, beat the yolks and sugar together;
when the IAlk boils, pour some of it slowly
on the flour, stirring 1t sll the time, and
some on the eggs and sugar; then mix all
together, and boil until it thickens. Fla
vor with vanilla, bitter almond, or peach
water. After the cream is cold, cover it
with powdered sugar and iron it with u
hot iron.
LEMON FoRM-Beat the yoiks of s eggs.
add l lb. sugar, and grated peel of lemons.
If wanted in form, I o. isinglass dissolved
IN as little water as possible; simmer these
/, gether over the fire until the mixture be-
gins TO thicken let it stand until cool, then
add the whites of the egg beaten to 9 stiff
froth, and put it in form use vanilla if
required.
Pooh Mans PCDDIsG.-s quarts Of milk,
l teacup of rice wash the rice, and let is
soak i'll the milk several hours. Flavor
with piece of butter the size of an egg;
sugar to the taste, also vanilla, and bake tho
whole three or four hours, until the mixture
seem creamy. Baking, If properly done,
dissolves the rice GermantoHH Telegraph.
WASHING AND BLEAcAISG LIoUIp-Taks
quarter OF pound of unslacked lime aud
pour upon it six quarts Of boiling water,
stir it all up, and when il has stoOd long
enough to entirely settle, strain oil the clean
water and dissolve IN this water by boiling
two pounds OF sal soda. FJr Ua2iRg-To
every pailful of water add for boiling half q
pint Of tue liquid Clothes must he put in
soak the night 5c!ore washing, taking caro-
Ia rub all the dirl spots with soap, then
boil them with ia. liquid thirty-lNe min.
utes.--They then ART IA be drawn and PUT
into tub, and clear boiling water poured
over them; then rub them out, rinse them
we'll, ans they are ht for drying.
9ID,BCG PuIsoS. Take one pint alcohol.
two ounces sal ammoniac, one pint spirits
turpentine, two ounces corrosive subliaats.
aud two ounces gum eaphoE dissolve tho
canphor In the alcohol, thea pulyerl1e tho
sorrosiye sublimAle and sal aminonac and
add 10 II alter which put in the spirit, OF
iarpenllne and shake well together
bEAuIrYCL ANp CnEAF SiAP. on.
pound common lar soap eat tine, and oIe
pound of al soda, Ia = psilNull OF water;
boil little, and you hAyy good soap, Nilh
u you cen wa,h with hAif tie labor. ifsou
~th thicker soap, lake tao pOuhda ef soap
aud I~o poaras ofsAl soda % pailfal al
xAlsf
bAxEp s2VA1s, Have aAy ~ your rea.
dsEs tfisd thai IL nay hs ass ~ cone, 1Ed
10 saeh ~s sosld lsy, cut w The Hsbs.Ed,
eT other Zoe -sgalasa safl.,.sa iaI0 sea
ssalsai pisses, sad hsks :. yes would sees,
ps'-,ots cslidFsa as vssI ktf ofil. s.l
"a = aa pa ~ s.isE ,~sgla
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r f c. I p E S.
How 10 mike Gruels.

The following receipts for making various
kinds of gruels, furnished 10y Mrs. Matte M.
Jones, will interest many young housewives
and nurses who may he called to care for
the sick
WHEAT-MEAL GRUEL.--Mix two table.
spoonfulls of wheat-meal smoothly with a
| gill of cold water; boil about fifteen minutes,
taking off whatever scum forms on the top.
A little sugar may be added if desired.
INDIAN MEAL GRUEL.-Stir gradually in.
to quart of boiling water two tablespoon.
fuls of Indian meal; boil it slowly twenty
minutes. This is often prepared for the
sick, under the name of "water gruel' In
the current cook books, salt, sugar and nut.
| meg are generally added. Nothing of tho
sort should be used excep. sugar.
OATMEAL GRUEL.--Mix q tablespoonful
of oatmeal with little cold water; pour on
the mixture quart of boiling water, stir.
ring it well; let it settle two or three min
utes; then pour it into the pan carefully,
leaving the coarscr part of the meal at tho
bottom of the vessel; set it on the fire and
stir if till it boils then let it boil about Eve
minutes, and skim.
FARINA GRUEL.--Mix two tablespoonfuls
Of farina in a gill of water; pour very grad
ually on the mixture quart of boiling water;
stirring thoroughly, and boil ten minutes.
TAPIoCA GRUEI..-Wash tablespoonful
of tapioca, and soak it in pint and half
of water twenty minutes then boil gently,
stirring frequently, till the tapioca is sufiici.
emily cooked, and sweeten.
SAGo GRUEL.--Wash two tablespooonfullx
of sago, and soak it few minutes in half =
pint of cold water; then boil pint and a
half of water, and while boiling, stir in the
farina; boil slowly till we'll done, and sweeten
with sugar or molasses.
CURRANT GRUEL.-Add two tablespoon
fulls of currants to quart of wheat-mesl or
oatmeal ground, and after boiling few
minutes, add little sugar.
GRoAr GRUEL.-Steep clean groats in wa
ter for several hours boil them in pure soft
water till quite tender and thick; then add
boiling water sufficient TO reduce to the con-
sistency of cruel. Currants and sugar may
also be added.
ARROW Roor GRUEL.--Mix an ounce of
arrow-root smoothly with little cold water;
then pour on the mixture pint of boiling
water, stirring constantly; return it into tho
pan, and let it boil five minutes. Season
with sugar and lemon juice.
RiCE GRCEL.-Boil two ounces of good
clean rice in a quart of water unit. the
grains are quite soft; then add two table.
spoontulls of sugar and boil two or three
minutes. Currants make good addition
to this cruel.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-07
General Vessels Stiii Holds thc
Fortications sorPiymonth.
NEwDERN, April % lSl

NEWbthN, Apil' 80 i0Of'
Reports from Plymouth have il that our
flag still floats over our Notifications in that
place, though the enemy have possession of
the town and river. IL is said that Gen.
Vessels retired with his force into the forti'
hea,ions with fifteen days provisions. This
report appears to be believed. On the ar
rival Of more gunboais We shall be able
to reach Plymouth aud ascertain the
facts.
Washington aud Newberu are much
stronger fortified than Plymouth was, With
lew more troops and gunboa,s, which are
said % be on the way, they can bs hs'd
against all the Rebels that can present them
selves.
The funeral Of Commander Flusser took
place here on the s3l iast II Was the
mos, affecting aud Imposing demonstration
of the kind ever Witnessed In North Caro-.
lima The city was dsaped In naaTnigS. and
all business suspended, llis rvmalns were
Inferred IN Newbem With distinguished
honors.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-07

ChEArESr FooD FoR IIoRsEs. Fisk,
Of Baldwinsyille, n. Y, writes to the Rural
New Yorker that he has horse. five ysars
old, used as family carriage horse and Is
frequently let To bis nvighbors. HIS labor
IL eohAldeFabls. la the morning be leeds
q bushel basket of cut Cat straw, mois1ena
Il with water. throws IN ioaf quartz OF
shorts. mixes thoroughly and lseds. Al noon
gives straw again, and two OF four quart.
VI shoFts clear. Al nigh, mixvs bay And
..I.w-sqaal part. ofs.saIs0's 1. ~, Basketball l
Fssds also ali lAa pasats saa apple nAIlags
ans cabbage lssysA se.. "a hili. Iiis larss
u fsss ffon cough, h,sly, healthy and tal !
snd this praslles ~ 10 eonhdsat savss hln
So pes cent the easi u kesplag hofss tAs
usual ~ay-eesis sboa, thFss ulaaiss u'ss
pa asy. lels = - ipPoslspi iisu "a we
.s.e 4uish I'D
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-07

LKaos CuESss.- grated lsnans. h.
blespooafal! Of butter, III, sugaT, ssss
we'll bsalsa. siu the sugar With wGier
enough IN dissolve n, snd kssp an the hTs
an,ill II bolls thea add NE sggs, the bet
sefl aad l.sgy zee sgga sad uuu ,u.ss
ihltA .Hd thsg <, N
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-05-07

Claims We pay especial A,lsnllaa 70 slslsas In
uhish other attorneys hare fAILED, o. vhieh have
bssa SUSPENDED We have already collected
and psd over " soldiers and Their heirs ever $500.
900, and are paying iheasands daily, No charge
uRiess saees-fai Write ~. Ild vs sill ssad yea .
eofy u cur paper, fTes.
We cOLiEeT Goa slOs to s,eo esh Bousiy.
We do OaT baaine.s titnotF pkLAT
Ami z, lhll-
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ERY.
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JONES HOUSE

Corner Market street and Market Square,
HARRISBUR PA,
Acknowledged First Glass House.
FINiE Proprietor would most respectfully call the
l. attention Of the citizens Of Sunbury and the sur
rounding country, to the accommodations of his
house assuring them they will end everything that
can contribute TO their comfort 1t is situated far
enough from the Depot to avoid the psise and confu
sion incident 10 railroad stations and at the same
time only Few minutes walk from the same
An Omnibus will bc found at tho Stations on tho
arrival Of each train.
April Q, lS6l.-3m
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MATTHEW'S a cox.

..asy. as Law. Ne, 100 ca isliea
"a bsssissy, Nos isfk. wlil eAssisily e.
: ssllssiiess sad al sihsF asiis'' 'aus''ss V
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III "a.
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7HFoHI IINNIu
MAR lkAAGE.

CT that sound mind and body are the most
-ssary requisites to promot, connubial happiness.
.ed without these, the journey through life be-
es weary pilgrimage the prospect hourly
iens to the view; the mind becomes shadowed
despair and filled with the melancholy refec-
that the happiness Of another becomes blghted
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DAYS. n
o .UeTcrry OF -NaNSe0"i DFNSf
DER. JOHNSTON.

emhcr Of the Royal College Of fSurgeons, London,
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ri,adclphia and elsewhere, has effected some Of
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my troubled with ringing in the head and ears
zen asleep, great nervousness, being alarmed at
idcn sounds, bashfulness, with frequent blushing,
ended sometimes with arrangement Of mind, were
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AKE PXRTICULAR NOTICE.
YOJNG MEN

have injured themselves by a certain practice
ulged in when alone. habit frequently learned
evil companions, or at school, the effects Of
ch are nightly felt, even when asleep, and if not
mind and body, should apply Immediately.
hat pity that young man, tho hope Of bis
ltry, the darling ofhis parents, should be snatchea
/ all prospects and enioyments Of life, by the
cquence of deviattng from the path Of nature
indulgng in a certain secret habit. Sucn persons
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