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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-09-14
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A Brooklyn correspondent of the New
York Ne,cs says Near the outskirts of the
city of Brooklyn lives man and wife who
keep large number of cows, the man SER
wing the milk to his customers every morn
ing. It is not swill milk, for they have large
pasture grounds, and in the winter the cows
are fed on dry feed. They have earned q
good reputation as dealers in pure milk, and
the man has more customers than he can
supply. The wife ia fine looking woman,
about twenty five years of age, though she
looks to be much younger, and she has the
finest complexion that it was ever my for
tune to see. They have living with them a
young girl who is very good looking, and
who has the same remarkable clearness of
complexion as the mistress. .. ......
/ should say that she is more of a COM
panion than servant, eating her meals with
them, and in every respect is treated as one
of the family. Both of these women have
fine figures, and, as before stated, remark
ably transparent compilations. The neigh
bors have it that they owe It to the large
quantity of pure milk they drink. They
are the envy of all the ladies for miles
around. Being frequent visitor at the
house, had often observed the. husband,
when the milk was brought in, taking seve-
raj pailsful up stairs, when his wife would
disappear for about an hour, aud the milk
be brought down stairs and put in the cans
ready for serving to customers in the morn
ing. thought nothing more of the matter
further than supposing there was little
innocent doctoring going on.
On Sunday evening l called it was Just
before dark, and / knocked as usual at the
door, but no one came; so strolled into
the garden, and as passed the kitchen door
tried the latch. To my surprise, the door
opened. This is strange, thought l; they
have either fallen asleep or gone out and
forgotten to fasten the door. Ientered, but
there was no one in the kitchen. From
there passed to the dining room and par
lor, but still there was no one to be SEEM
So passed into the hail. The front door
was locked on the inside. Now, as l had
never known them to be asleep at that time
of day, thought it very strange. sat
down in the hall, and took up a paper
which was there, and my eyes fell upon a
paragraph giving an account of horrible
murder which had been committed upon o
whole family.
Good heavens, thought /, what if they
should be all up stairs murdered in their
beds. So up stairs rushed opened the first
door that came to hand, and behold, ye gods!
such q sight as never before witnessed.
AS opened the door 1 beheld the young
woman before spoken of in bath tub fast
asleep, her head being supported by strap.
She was in bath of milk Here was the
mystery of the fine complexion of mistress
and maid, as also of the mystery of the
carrying up aud down stairs of the milk.
They were in the habit of taking a daily
bath of milk, freih from the COW, and, in
order not to waste it, selling the same milk
to their customers! l closed the door
quietly, and made my exit as l entered.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-09-14

The Indian tribes who are now at war
with the United States, number as follows
-Appaches, 1000; Arappaoes 5000; Black
feet, 5000; Crows, 5000: Camanches, co.
600; Kiowas, 1000; Cheyennes, $500; Gros
Ventres, 500; Miniatures, $4,000; Navajoes,
$500; Sioux, $4,000. Total, 10000.
Rebel antecedents appear to be fatal to
political supremacy even among the Chero-
kec Indians. At their election of Chief,
Ross, whose family has been supreme for
thirty years, was defeated because he had
been Rebel Lieutenant Colonel.
The business men of several towns in
Illinois are signing agreements that after
certain date they will neither receive nor
pay out torn or defaced postal currency.
The merchants of Decatur intend adopting
similar policy.
Flaxseed has proved a profitable crop
this year in many parts of Ohio, the yield
having been unusually large, and the price,
two dollars per bushel, satisfactory to farm
ers.
Mrs. Kate Totten has sued the Pacific
railroad at st. Louis for running train over
her husband and killing him, a few days
since. She valued him at $4,000.
The United States Patent Office recently
refused to grant a patent to spiritualist OF
New York who applied for a patent for IAN
arrangement to make ghosts visible"
Isaac F. Bragg, of Pine Meadow, walked,
recently to Hartford, Conn.,, distance of
nineteen miles. He is in his cighty'second
year.
The largest income returned at San Fran
cisco last year was that of Florinza Hay
ward, the owner of coal mine. 1t was
$l65,333.
The Board of Education of Utica have
challenged the Common Council to play a
match game of base ball. ...
OF the ten principal iron manufacturing
States of the Union, Michigan stands second, !,
the first being Pennsylvania.
The Greek Government has beheaded
three thousand brigands within the last quar-
ter of century.
A hundred dollars is offered for pint of
water in New South Wales, where they are
dying of thirst
There are in Virginia and West Virginia
81S Baptist Churches, with 1iS, ,3e2 members,
besides over 6000 anti mission Baptists
During the past twenty years four million
emigraDts have arrived at the port of New
York.
IF bottle OF ginger-pop weighs one
pound and half, how much will your
Rrandpop woigh Answer collected.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-09-14

SWEET Corn FOR WINTER.-As this is
about the time to commence putting up
sweet corn for winters use, the method of
curing it will probably be acceptable to
many of our readers: "Get your corn when
the grains are in prime order for the table
when the corn is tenderest and the juice
sweetest. Boil the corn few minutes not
above ive)-three is better than five. Then
cut out and lay away to dry. Take any
method that will soonest dry your corn, be-
ing always careful not to burn it /; and do
not lay in Jumps, or too close together when
drying, or it will soon mould. Around
stove, or where there is fire is good place,
always avoiding dampness, steam, etc. Put
in sacks, and hang it away in a dry place,
and your corn is fit for next winters use.
In using, you are to restore it as near as
possible to the original state. This is best
done by first washing it to get out duet and
husk, and then thoroughly soaking in wa
ter, using the same to boil it in.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-09-14

The audience in their bewilderment could
scarcely believe their ears, eyes or senses,
and as she was favorite on the Louisville
boards, the sympathy for the supposed rash
young lady was deep and earnest, although
her friends were powerless to help her, or
save their pet from the impending DOOM
On the following day, this incident (not set
down in the programme) was the topic of
conversation, and many were the express
sions of sympathy for this act of madness
in the very teeth of the blue coats and brist-
ling bayonets. 1t will be recolected that
at that time the theatres were under the
supervision of provost guard, who were
ready to arrest the first one who committed,
by act or word, breach of loyalty. The
newspapers recorded the arrest of the fair
actress, and in due time it was announced
that she was to be sent through the lines for
disloyalty to the government. This was
considered lenient sentence, but it was
generally supposed that she was deemed q
monomaniac by the military authorities
OF course, no person but himself and two
or three of the military were supposed to be
in the secret, or had an idea that it was all
premeditated on their part. ..... ......
When the day for her departure arrived,
she was conducted to the out posts with the
usual baggage allowed in such cases, in
which were slowed away copies of the pa
pers containing accounts of the affair The
guards who conducted her to the line of
Dixie were no doubt in total ignorance of
the fact that she was on her mission as a
Federal spy. The ruse succeeded admira-
bly, and she had scarcely penetrated the
confederate lines until the much abused
young lady was received with open arms by
a detachment of the 'enemy" as martyr
to their cause. Her career in the South
with the armies of Generals Bragg, Morgan
and Others, and her triumphant reception
on the Richmond boards as the prosecuted
actress of the North-together with her sub
sequent detec ton, conviction and sentence
of death as Federal spy, are all matters of
ycllowcovered history. .f. ..
She was rescued from prison at the fall of
Murfreesboro, when the Federals took pos
session, and sent to Nashville, where she
had big reception, and received some
handsome presents from those who appreci-
ated her trials and faithfulness to the Union
cause. The government afterwards COM
missioned her as major, and for aught we
know, she wears the rank to-day and re-
ceives pay, though we have not heard of her
even having been assigned to the command
of any department. The last account We
had of her she was one of the attractions at
Barnum's Museum, in New York.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-09-14

THE Coal TRADE.-The quantity sent by
railroad this week is 60,547 15-by canal
16,040 15-for the week 78,588 10 tons
against ll6,407 tons for the corresponding
week last year.
The trade still remains without improve
ment. This Region with its large produc-
tive capacity is now placed in the position
by the inactivity of manufacturing opera
tions and the high rates of transportation
on the Reading Railroad, of merely supply
ing the surplus required by the market and
which the other regions cannot furnish.
And even this is done at prices which are
not remunerative to the operator. The i'm
mediate future of the trade here is gloomy
and pregnant with trouble to all classes
dependant upon it. We never knew it to be
in more depressed condition.-Ainers'
Journal
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-09-14

THE FUTURE OF THE BLACKS in America
is becoming darker and darker, and is
greatly complicated by the interference of
Turkey. What right Turkey has to crush
our blacks is not clear, but that she does
crush them our Washington dispatches most
gloomily relate. The dreadful situation is
as follows: Mr.. Seward wants TO see the
Turkish Minister, Mr.. Blacque. His Secre-
tary writes to Judge Black. Black is out of
town, and his son telegraphs to him. Black,
thinking he is to go into the Cabinet, rushes
back to Washington, and the first man he
meets at the State Department is Blacque.
Black and Blacque gaze at each other black
ly. Black turns white, and Blacque grows
red. This dreadful encounter throws q
gloom over the whole country, and we sug-
gest that Mr.. Seward should call the atten-
tion of Turkey to that section of the Civi!
Rights bill which prohibits any persecution
ON account of race or color.-M Y. Tribune.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-09-14
THEIR OPERATIONS IN LOUISVILLE DURING
THE WAR.
From the Louisville Courier Oath ult.

THEIR OPERATIONS IN LOUISVILLE DURING
THE WAR.
From the Louisville Courier, Oath ult
During the spring and summer of 1868
the city of Louisville was lined with spies,
male and female, who were operating in the
interest of the United States Government.
These agents did not contine their labors TO
Kentucky, but also operated in Southern
Indiana, visiting the towns and hamlets,
wherever any clue could be obtained to
parties dealing in articles contraband of
war. The female spies were generally dis
guised in male attire and so complete was
the deception that they visited the Louis
vile Hotel, Gait House, theatres, and other
public places, without attracting any par
ticuar attention or exciting the slightest
suspicion of their sex. They appeared like
young men of eighteen or twenty years of
age, and dressed in the latest styles, twist
ing their fancy canes and smoking cigars
like young b!oods of the first water With
the exception of, perhaps, three or four ci-
villains, their range of acquaintances was
confined to the officers then on duty at this
post. 1t was their custom to report to the
provost marshals Office, in female attire,
every day, and as there were women con-
stantly at the Office on business. the pre-
sence of these spies never gave rise TO any
suspicion.
These females frequently made incursions
through the lines, and penetrated the depths
of the Confederacy, gaining important in
formation regarding the movements of the
enemy, etc. OF these the most daring was
handsome young actress, who had been a
great favorite at Woods Theatre, in this
city. She has since, we understand, pub
| lished yellow covered history of he- ope-
rations in the Confederacy. But the most
interesting part of it has never been written.
| 1t was the manner in which she was en-
gagged as a spy and the cunning plan by
which she was delivered through the lines
to the Confederates as an 'enemy" to the
Union. If we mistake not she was playing
part in the 'Seyen Sisters" when it oc-
Cured to the Provost Marshal that she
would be just the "trick" for a spy. 1t was
accordingly proposed to her, and she 'ac
cepted the situation in good faith" agree
| ing 20 abide by and follow out the instruc
tions laid down. In one. of the scenes Q
banquet occurs, at which each of the per
formers gave toast, in which they aimed
to make "local hit" II was understood
that this actress should advance to the foot
lights and drink "the health of JEFF Davis
and the Southern Confederacy," when sh,
was to be instantaneously arrested by thu
Provost Marshal, who was on hand with hi
guards for that purpose. The programme
was carried out to the letter, and the result
was great sensation.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-09-14

The Copperheads of Schylkill county held
their nominating convention on Monday of
last week. 1t was the occasion of a forcible
demonstration of the Irish element in oppo-
sition to the English and Germans. Many
of the Irish delegates were armed, and pre-
pared to go any length to accomplish their
purposes. The convention continued in
session until midnight, and then broke up
in row. Altogether it was disgraceful
affair, but was no doubt fair exhibition of
the character of Democracy" in Schuylkill
county. w. NJ. Randall was nominated for
re election to the State Senate; and as we
are to have Copperhead from that district,
we are content be shall be gentleman of
Randall's courteous and amiable disposi
tion.
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Peaches of the best quality are selling at
Philadelphia at seventy-fve cents per basket.
Why should they command three times that
price at Sunbury2 a- Els
The Apaches and Navajoe Indians are
committing ou.rages in New Mexico. They
had driven off some $4,000 sheep, OF which
1900 had been recovered. ... -.-.,
Brandy distilled from pure grape juice
wine, or apple cider, is to be taxed as though
distilled directly from grapes or apples.
Sixteen troublesome Indians have been
killed by the miners at Swectwater, Utah.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-09-14

ANpY's party is daily getting smaller and
beautifully less. Even the Democrats are
deserting him. In York County, the home
of Jere Black, who expects to be called to
Johnson's Cabinet, a Democratic Convention
was held the other day, in which Andy's
name was not even mentioned, while the
Democratic County Convention ofAllegheny,
which met in Pittsburg few days since, re.
fused to pass resolution which was offered
endorsing the administration of johnson.
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REFERENCES
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John W. Ashmead, Attorney at Law,
Matthews & Cox, Attorneys at Law,
Sunbury March 30, 1862.
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