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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-08-04
An Embarrassing SituatiOn---A
Pair OfLOvers i'm n Fix--Ehe Dan.
gers of Pitch.
From the Memphis Argus, 10th.


Night before last as the moon rose over
the hill and tree-tops, gliding the spires of
our beautiful city with her silvery rays,
there might have been seen upon the roof
of an Egyptian cottage, which is fiat, and
covered with pure white gravel and pitch,
a couple Of lovers seated, enjoying the beau
ty of the scene, and
tThough few the hours the happy moments few,
50 warm with heart so rich with love they few,
That their warm souls forgot the will to roam,
And rested there, as in dream at home"
The sun during the day had been very
warm, and thus they met to spend the fleet
ing hours of twilight, enjoying the pleasant
breeze that toated up from the magnolia
garden beneath, and interchanging their
sou-iongings and warm affections. Near
each other the lovers sat with one arm he
encircled the waist of the beautiful creature
at his side,
"lIer little hand lay gently, conddingly in his,'
and all passed quietly and lovingly until
the bell tolled the midnight hour.
"None but the loving and beloved
Should be awake at this sweet hour"
The tolling of the bell reminded them that
"Tired natures sweet restorer. balmy Sleep
was requisite for lovers as we'll as others. -
Still seated near each other, the plighted
vows were again exchanged, and sealed
with kisses, like
"Linken sweetness long drawn out"
At length, after many vain attempts to
sever these pleasant pleasures, the .ranspor.
ted lovers found that they were bound to
each other by more sticking bonds than
lovers VOWS. The ho. sun had melted the
pitch, and after sitting so long, and the night
air having cooled the resinous matter, they
found they were both "stuck fast" The
young gentleman first attempted to Olsen
gage himself, but found, like aunt Jemima's
plaster, "the more you try to pull it off, the
tighter it sticks the faster" The young
lady then attempted to get up, which she
did, minus the skirt of her dress, and all her
underclothes, as far as the "titers." In this
plight she attempted to relieve her disconso-
late partner, but it was of no use, he couldn't
come. After some parley, he came to the
conclusion he could manage it by slipping
out of his pants, Accordingly he asked of
his companion if she could lend him pair
of pants, until he could go home. She
thought her pas would do if they were not
too long. With this information he slipped
off his boots, and loosening his suspenders,
drew himself out of his pants as easily as
possible, and the disconsolate couple took
themselves down stairs in very blushing
manner, and looking very much like our
first parents when they discovered that they
were human. The lady procured, as quietly
as possible, pair of her fathers pants,
which were run into pretty quick, and the
Adonois decamped with his pants rolled up
about six inches. The joke was too good to
be kept; by little and little it leaked out,
until the truth had to come to exculpate the
happy innocents.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-08-04
Reading Railroad.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
June l1th, 1860

June llth, 1855.
NREAT TRUNK LINE from the North ana
VI Northwest for Philadelphia, New York, Read
ing, Pottsvie, Tamaqua, Ashland, Lebanon, Allen
town, Easton, Ephrata, Litiz, Lancaster, Columbia,
&C., &c.
Trains leave Harrisburg for New-York, as fol-
lows 800, 10 and 9.05 A. M. and 2.10 and 9.15
p NJ, connecting with similar Trains on the Penn
sylvania Railroad, and arriving at New York at 90
and 1910 A. M. and 4.1O, $40 and lO.45 P. M;
Sleeping Cars accompanying the 800 A. NJ and 9l5
p. NJ. Trains, without change.
Leave Harrisburg for Reading, Pottsvile, Tama-
qua, Mnersvle, Ashland, Pine Grove, Allentown
and Philadelphia at $40 A M. and 30 and 4l0
P. M, stopping at Lebanon and principal way sta
tions the 40 M Train making connections for
Philadelphia and Columbia only. For Pottsville,
Schuylkill Haven and Auburn, via Schuylkil and
Susquehanna Railroad leave Harrisburg at 3. 20 p. m
Returning Leave New York at ZOO and 900 a
m, 1900 Noon and 500 p m; Philadelphia at 8.l5
a; m. and $50 p. m. Way Passenger Train leaves
Philadelphia at7 80 m, returning from Reading
at $50 p. m stopping at all Stations; Pottsvle at
all Stations Pottsvile at S.45 M and 2.45 p. m;
Ashland 100 and IL 80 a. m. and .O5 m; Tama-
945 am and l. 90 and 55 p. IN.
qua at 9.45 m and 90 and s S.55 p. m.
Leave Pottsville for Harrisburg via Schuylkll and
Susquehanna Railroad at 90 n. m.
Reading Accommodation Train leaves Reading at
800 A. NJ. returning from Philadelphia at 500
M
Columbia Railroad Trains leave Reading at 645
A. M, 1905 noon and 6.l5 p. NJ. for Ephrata, Litiz
Lancaster Columbia, &c.
On Sundays Leave New York at 90 M, Pha-
delphia 500 A. NJ, and 3.l5 NJ. the 500 a. IN.
train running only to Reading, Pottsville 90 m,
Tamaqua 80 m, for Harrisburg, 8 05 n IN, and
Reading at 80 IN, for Harrisburg 7.30 a m. 10. SO
a. m. for n CIV York and 25 m. for Philadelphia.
Communication, Mileage, Season, and Excursion
Tickets, at reduced rates to and from all points.
Baggage checked through 80 Pounds Baggage al
lowed each Passenger.
GA. NICOLLS,
General Superintendent.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-08-04

The LATE Hot SPELL.--,The following
statement from Yale College will be read
with interest: "This afternoon, at 3 p. NJ,
my thermometer, suspended in the shade
upon the north side of the New Haven ho-
tel, indicated 1884 degrees, being the highest
temperature known to have been obtained
in New Haven since l77s, period of 50
years. The highest temperature recorded
before the present season was 102 degrees,
viz: June Gath, 1864. Previous to this. the
thermometer had been twice observed at 10l
degrees, viz in 1908, and there have been
three other cases in which the thermometer
has risen to 100 degrees, viz: in 1881, 1900
and lS45, making in all seven known instan-
ces in which thermometer fairly exposed
in the shade, has risen to 100 degrees, and
upward"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-08-04
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.

THE SLAVE TRADE IN THE SouTH.-A
sloop was overhauled in Mobile Lower Bay
early on Tuesday morning, July II, by
United States cutler, having on board 100
negroes, whom the parties were about to
carry to Cuba and sell into slavery. These
negroes had been collected at different EN-
ployment offices IN Louisville, Nashville and
Memphis, under promise of $50 per month
to work on plantation. The captain and
crew of the sloop were ironed and placed on
board the sloop pof-war Augustine for safe
keeping, and will be forwarded to Washing
ton.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-08-04
P O E T l C A l..
TFrom the Home Journal.
FLOWERS IN THE RAIN.


Close up, close up your downy hoods,
And veil, We flowers, each bonny face;
The sun, your sire, is hid by clouds
That glide o'er heavens space.
And now the rain comes down amain;
The angry lightnings glare;
The thunder like wild beast, growls,
And cool becomes the air.
The wind, that seems no wind of Spring,
But one of Winters noisy churls,
With hoarse rough voice begins to sing
And buds about him hurls.
The birds, like you, are dripping, too,
All songless in the bowers
l pity them, so cold and wet,
And you, ye shivering flowers.
No sun, see, will shine to-day ....
No bees from you will honey ask;
They in their murmurous homes must stay,
Nor ply their wonted task.
But in the air. We flowers must fare,
Shrouded and meek, and dumb,
And, rain or snow, or hail or sleet
Take oil things as they come.
Until the sun, all bright and warm,
Shall make his generous hearth again,
Ye'll bear the pelting of the storm,
Nor whimper nor complain.
The bleak rain Ser, ye II rise once more,
Though now so lowlw bent,
And silent lessons read to us
Of patience and content.
Then, while with pearls each petal drips,
Your closed hoods ye will gaily ope,
Your lovers seek your honeyed lips,
In thankfulness and hope; ....
BY the suns fire the feathered choir,
With notes triumphant sing;
And high your green flags ye will raise
In honor of the Spring
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-08-04

Rarey, the great horse-tamer, has had
stroke of paralysis.
A gentleman just from Hayti says that the
island at present is in wretched condition,
with business in great part at stand still,
On Saturday last the family horse of the
late President Lincoln was sold at public
auction in Chicago. He was bio in by the
owner at $65, 500 being the highest sum Of
fered. The animal was eighteen years old.
The movement of the soldiers of Illinois to
raise fund of 5000, 900 to erect home for
their disabled comrades is progressing "a
vorably. Already $4,000 Of the amount
has been subscribed, and the remainder il
expected to be raised before the meeting OF
the Legislature, in January, 1867
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-08-04

W. HAUPT,
and Counsellor at Law,
side of Market street, four doors west
of Eyster's Store,
JNBURX, PA
promptly to all professional business
ais care, the collection Of claims in
I'd and tho adjoining counties.
)ril 7, 1866.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-08-04

Erie Express North and Harrisburg Accommoda-
tion South run daily, except Sundays. Elmira Ex-
press North daily, and South daily except Sundays
Fast Line North and Harrisburg Accommodation
North arrive daily, except Sundays. Eimira Ex-
press North arrives and Fast Line South leaves daily
Mail North and South runs daily, except Sundays.
Erie Express South arrives daily, except Mondays.
For further information apply at the Ticket Office
in the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot.
For further information apply at the Office
l. N. DUBARRY Gen. Supt.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-08-04
Northern Central Railway.

FOUR TRAINS DAILY to and from Baltimore
and Washington city.
and West Branch Snsquehanna, Elmira, and all of
Northern New York.
ON and after MONDAY, MAY 2lst, 1866,
~ the Passenger Trains of the Northern Central
Railway will run as follows
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-08-04
Lackawanna a bloomsbury Rail

Trains leaving Kingston at $50 A. M for Scran.
ton connect with Train arriving at New York at 20
Leaving Northumberland a; 500 A. M, and Kings
ton ESQ p. M connect with the Train arriving at
New York at 1885 p. NJ, -
Passengers taking Train South from Scranton at
8 30 A. n. via NorthunbeTls land, FsAeh., ,HsrFisbpg
I22 p NJ, Baltimore s Bop NJ, Washington 10.
90 r. NJ vie Rupert reach Philsdelphis at 90 p m
II A. FONDA, supt
Kingston, Nov, 25 1865.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-08-04
SOC. 1866.
Philadelphia a. Erie Railroad.

HeOOs l9OUs
Philadelphia a. Erie Railroad.
VNHIS great line traversos the Northern and North
i west counties of Pennsylvania to the city of Erie
on Lake Erie
1t has been leased and iS operated by the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company.
Time of Passenger trains at Sunbury,
Leave Eastward.
Erie Mail Train, 11.45 p. m.
Erie Express Train 5,55 am,
Elmira Mail Train, 1875 am.
Leave Westward
Erie Mail Train, 450am.
Erie Express Train 8.45pm
Elmira Mail Train, 445 p. m.
Passenger cars run through on the Erie Mail and
Express Trains without change both ways between
Philadelphia and Erie.
New York Connection.
Leave New York at 900 IN, arrive at Erie Q. 80 q.
m Leave Erie at 4.45 p m, arrive at New York
4.l0 p. m.
ELEGANT SLEEPING CARS on all Night Trains.
For information respecting Passenger business
apply at Cor Both and Market St., Philadelphia.
And for Freight business of the Company IS Agents,
S. B. Kingston, Jr., Cor, 18th and Market ST.,
Philadelphia.
j w. Reynolds Erie.
William Brown, Agent N. c. r. r., Baltimore.
H. Ii. HoUsTos
Gen1 Freight Agt. Philada.
H.W. GwIsNER,
Genl Ticket Ag't., Philada.
A. l.. TYLER,
Gen1 Manager, Wliiamsport
June 2, 1866.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-08-04
JOB PRINT TING.

We have connected with our establishment q well
selected JOB OFFICE, which will enable us to
execute, in the neatest style, every variety of
Printing
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-08-04

9REMIAH SNYDER,
" ~ Counsellor at Law.
SUNBUKY, PA.
ict Attorney for NOrthuni-
COInty.
arch 81, l866.--y
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-08-04
FISH Err:

FISHER'S
t & LODGING HOUSE I.
Steps North Ofthe Depot,
SgNBCRY, PA.
;A'TALL HOURS, DAY AND NIGHT
an. 20, 1866.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-08-04

SHOES for 81, 90. at ,,,.,.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-11-21
PEAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

The undersigned offers the following valuable
Real Estate at private sale:
i5S acres and ll3 perehes of farm land, sixty
cleared, and having thereon a good frame house
and log barn. This is the very best coal land
Situated in Woodward township one half mile
from Puseyville
Also loo acres of Timber Land situated on Nor
gan's run, in Wood ward township, one and half
miles from PuseyyIle
Also two acres, with two-story plank house
and frame stable thereon, situated in Wood ward
township, on the road leading from Tyrone to
Clearfed town. two miles from Puseyville; a
good location for a tradesman of any kind
Also two lots in Puseyville, with six houses and
one barn erected thereon, the two lots lying ad
joining The first. No. 40 being corner lot,
with tavern stand containing three -fourths of an
acre, with 800 f. ct OF bank Clearfeld
creek; rent worth Sl25 peryear. Second lot.No.
II, go feet front street and 100 feet back with
two plank houses erected thereon, well suitable
for mercantile or any public business.
II The above property Will be sold at reason
able prices anc fair terms. C.J. SIi0FF,
Nov D. 6m. Msdera.P. o, ,Clearfeld co-Pa
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-11-21
Congress smen at Large,

The position of ''Congressmen at Large, y
to which the Hon. John A. Logan has Just
been elected in Illinois, is explained as fol-
lows; The law of 23d of May, 1850, fixes
the number of members of Congress at two
hundred and thirty three, who are redis-
tributed among the States after and in ac-
cordiance with every decimal census An
act of March 4th. 1852, increased, however,
the number of representatives from two
hundred and thirty three to two hundred
and forty-one, by allowing one additional
representative to eight States, of which
Illinois was one The number of Congress-
men of Illinois was thus raised from thir-
teen to fourteen. The State Legislature of
Illinois, instead of dividing the State into
fourteen districts, preferred to elect only
thirteen members of Congress in separate
districts, and to have the fourteenth elected
by the vote of the whole State. This is
the 'Congressmen at Large" for which
Office General Logan has just received ma
jority approaching 10000. Illinois is the
only State in the Union which has ''Con-
gresham at Large" mot counting the States
which elect only one Congressman.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-11-21
NLEAR FIELD ACADEMY.

The Second Session of the present Scholastic
year, will commence on Monday. Nov 90, 1866.
Pupils can enter at any time They will be
charged with tuition from the time they enter to
the close of the session
The course of instruction embraces everything
included in thorough, practical and accom-
plished education of both sexes.
The Principal having had the advantage of
much experience in his profession, assures pa
rents and guardians that his entire ability and
energies will be devoted to the mental and moral
training of the youth placed under his charge.
TERMS TUITION:
Orthography, Reading. Writing and Primary
Arithmetic per session, III weeks.l So 90
Grammar, Geography, Arithmetic, and Histo
ry Sc 90
Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Mensuration.
Surveying. Philosophy, Physiology, Chem istry
bookkeeping, Botany, and Physical Geogra
ply. $500
Latin, Greek and French, with any of the a
bove branches, SI2.00
"a SNo deduction will be made for absence.
For further particulars inquire of
REV. P. L. HARRISON, A NJ
Nov. IA, 1866. Principal
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-11-21
Doctoring a Desperate Patient.

The Ny. Sun, aCopperhead sheet, thinks
the Democratic party is very low, but that
"a good prescription and careful nursing
may yet save it. Says the SIN:
An entirely new course of treatment.
founded upon political common sense, and in
keeping with the progress of the age, is
what the Democratic party needs to restore
it TO the healthtul condition which it once
enjoyed. Instead of being doctored with
Slavery pills and State Rights liniment, as
1t has been for years past, it must now un-
deTgo a course of modern me lication, and
swallow good large doses of Equal Rights,
Fr, edom, Patriotism, National Progress,
and Advanced Civilization -
Whilst this istreatment might produce some
good effects upon the condition of the par
ty; and win back many who have renounced
it, the Tribune thinks it would not be ellcu-
lated to hold those who now rally around
its standard. When was a boy" grunl-
bled an old fogy, they taught us to love
rum and hate niggers; now they want US to
hate rum and love niggers: for my part I
greatly prefer the old discipline And
there are many others who would prefer the
same thing. The denizens of the Five
Points, Mackerelville, the Hook, and the
Dead Rabbit districts-the burners of negro
orphan asylums and assailants of negro
camp-meetings-w would doubtless also rather
stick to the ''old discipline "
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-11-21
Indian 0utrages.

The Indians of the west continue trouble
some, and are perpetrating most fiendish
outrages. The Leavenworth Times, OF the
18th November, contains an account OF the
ransom from the Kiowa tribe of white
family that had been subjected to treatment
of the most inhuman character. At the
time of their capture, the father, James
Box. was killed and scalped. Mrs. Box, a
child II months old, and three daughters
Margaret. aged II years, Josephine l6, and
Ada were carried to the camp of the XII
owas. On the way there the child fell from
the arms of the mother, while the Indians
were goading the worn-out anima. that was
carrying her, and was crushed TO death "a
mong the rocks, the mother not being allow
ed to dismount and see it. The mother and
two eldest daughters were subjected TO un-
heard of cruelty and outrages by their brutal
captors, whilst the youngest was most barba-
rously used. Being unable to understand
the commands of her heartless taskmasters.
she was placed upon live Goals until she was
nearly roasted. When rescued, she had
almost forgotten her mother. The family
were in captivity about ten weeks, and in
that time suffered such cruelties as fends
alone could invent They are now at Fort
Leavenworth, having left Fort Dodge in
charge of Lieut. Hesselburger on the 5th of
November They will probably be sent to
their home in Texas.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-11-21
Frightful Railroad Accident.

A terrible railroad accident occurred on
the 18th November on the Erie and Buffa-
10 Road, resulting in the death of four of
the passengers, and the injury Of forty one,
some seriously. The accident was caused
by the gross careiessness of the foreman
having charge of gang of hands who were
repairing the track at the point where the
casualty took place The coroner's Jury, in
their verdict, say that two rails had been re-
moved on the main track about 10 or Is
minutes before the arrival of the Day Ex-
press from Buffalo going west, and as the
train which was running at the rate of 80
miles per hour, was not signalled by the fore
man or any of his men, it ran at full speed
into the gap, with the disastrous effect sta
ted above. The conductor and engineer of
the train are held blameless, but the officers
of the road are pronounced culpable in not
employing efficient men as track-layers, and
furnishing them with flags and instructions
to signal trains and stop them in time of
danger. That the officers and foreman are
guilty of the death of four human beings.
cannot be denied, and if there is no law un-
der which the officers of Rail Roads can be
brought to realize their responsibility in
cases of this kind, it should at once be sup
piled by the State Legislatures The
foreman can doubtless be indicted for man
slaughter. But viii it be done? We shall
see, perhaps.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-11-21
End of the Baltimore Difficulty.

Judge Bartol, of the Superior Court,
rendered his decision in the Valiant and
Young hapeas corpus case, on the 18th CT
November. He sustains the power of Gov.
Swami to remove the Commissioners of
Police. He saws that the order of Judge
Bond, of the Criminal Court, that the par
ties be held TO bail and in default commit
ted TO keep the peace against the Police
Commissioners, and not TO seek to exercise
any of the functions of Police Commission
ers until their claim to said Office should be
established BY the Courts, was wholly un-
warranted, and thatthe Judge of the Crimi-
nal Court had no authority to issue such an
order. He reviewed the code in regard to
Police Commissioners, and decided that it
gave the Governor entire power In the mat
ter; that if in his jud cement, Messrs. Woods
and Kinds had been guilty of official mis-
conduct, the law gave him power to remove
them and appoint successors; that at the time
.Messrs. Valiant and Young were arrested,
they had been truly and lawfully appointed
Police Commissioners, and that, clothed
with the commissions of the Governor, they
were then truly in Office, and empowered to
rightfully exercise all the functions of the
same in place of Woods and Kinds who
had been removed. and had been officially
notified of the removal. The action OF the
Governor was final as much so as if those
Commissioners had been removed by the
| IL
could be no appeal. Whilst the decision OF
Judge Bartol fully sustains the action of the
Governor and condemns that of the Crimi-
nal Court, in virtually granting an injunc-
tiOns against Messrs Young and Valiant,
by the order issued, he discharged them
from the custody in which they were held
in virtue of the commitment. In such or
der the Judge decided that it was compe-
tent for the Criminal Court to entertain the
charge alleged against Young and Valiant
of conspiracy to break the peace by forcibly
taking possession of the police stations and
other property, held by Messrs. Woods and
Kinds. Such a charge was an indictable
offense, and upon that charge they were
properly held to BAIL Judge Bartol said
he would issue an order for the immediate
discharge of Sheriff Thompson, and in the
case of Mcssrs. Young and Valiant he dis
charged them from custody under the ille-
gal order of Judge Bond restraining them
from seeking to exercise the functions of
their Office as Police Commissioner but as to
the other charge of conspiracy to break the
peace, he would require them to enter their
own recognizances 10 answer the CHARGE
before the proper court.
The Board of Police Commissioners have
given up their offices and papers to the new
Board. In a brief correspondence upon the
subject, the old Board state that they firmly
believe their right to hold the Office, but
since the police system Of Baltimore may
be impaired by longer antagonism between
the two sets of Commissioners, they have
concluded to withdraw from the field. Thus
eLdS the Baltimore embroglio