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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1869-03-13
Prom the Baltimore Weekly Sun.
Earn, Notes foT. Ezarcn,

OArs.-Nore than usual interest is felt in
this crop in many portions OF the couptry
reached by The ag!ictltural press, on account
/. OF the several NeW varieties which have been
o good Gasl advertised and commented on.
TA7 e0rprise, the New Brunswick, and the
Norway are all very highly commended fQr
weight per bushel and unusual. productive
{ness. When it is considered That ye.y
| large portion of the oats OF last season
scarcely paid for the labor of cutting them
! it would seem that something indeed were
needed to secure a more profitable return.
One fact should be especially remarked
hewever, and that is the time Of seeding last
years crop. Owing TO the wctuess Of the
| spring very large portion Of the seeding
was thrown back to the latter part of April
and into the month of May. The season
ts9r growing was extremely favorable, and
never was crop pushed forward more rapidly.
But il uanteI aepth Of rogt The fair show
in the spread and depth and growth under
ground, so that when the ting of making
the grain came there wanted substance to
! bring it to It's fullness and perfection, and
! the untitled sttaw wilteG in the summer heat
| The lesson we should especially learn from
this is early seeding. Every one has had
the chance now tn prepare his ground in
good time; let there be no delay in sowing
| the seed.
The early seeding is also desirable for the
sake of the clover or grass seeds that we of
ten sow with the crop. 1t sheull be re
memhered that it Is oftener drying wind:
and hot suns that kill the young grass than
! spring lrosts. .. .s.. .. ...
The fertilizer to be applied to oats should
hs put in by the same operation that cover
the seed, so'that the roots may meet with il
i'll theif earliest wsnderiugs. l. --i '-5.
CIovEa--No good farmer can or will dis
psrse witt SLAYER, Hosh &c. hig STOCK ss6 y.
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EFI.tst q EAala, Aero VViil 10

a shoemaker over in Jersey bought haIf
acre lGt. He was fond of fruit, and read the
papers. The soil was wet clay. and he ss-
ected fruit suited to the climate. He kuilt
d house and put his land in 3 condition to
produce fruit. He had 10 manurs but drop.
pings OF street cGtt.N. IN bis lfisrre he
brought from the woods hartS rotten wood,
moss aud leaf mould, which he mixed with
the soil three feet deep. This was done by
degrees, and as fast as the ground was pre-.
pared lie planted fruit. He became so inter
estcj sud successful that he retired from the
cobler's bench / was his neghber, and
knew him intimately. His half acre sup.
ported himself and wife comfortably. almost
in elegance. She had no servant, and had
plenty OF time 70 cultivate flowers. Strang.
egs inquired about their beautiful home. =
Isabella grapes and common eurrants formed
the bulk OF bis finit. With a better selection
his income would have been larger. Others
had the same success on small pieces Ol
ground. One knew who supported his ia
mily on an acre. Kali was in grapes, the
crop OF wAicA in one season sold for $500
and he had no bills to pay. If concentration
i viii give success, let ns know il and practices
| it.-Ur PEI, in tee " T. 1riJms'
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AGRICULTURAL. &c.
rsovy 50 rru1l,. n CORN er.I,,

Is How to have n. rSt-proef corn crib Is a
great question among farmers. a corres.
poadcnt OF the New York Farmers C!ab
gives the following experiences t.s
Il have a corn crib that has stood for 90
years, ard has never had a rat, and but one
mouse in it to my knowladge Posts ten or
twelve feet long, and eight inches sgusre /;
ulortise two feet from one end; for end tills,
two inch mortisc. with tusk. Taper post
irom sill to the end, by chewing of inside uu-
I'll the end is reduced To four inches diane
ter; make smooth With draw knife and nal
on Tin smooth half way to the end, below
the sill. Let sills be eight inches square :;
also, end tie them and the rnfter plates strong
with moderate interstices B.0ce well, and
lath up and down with tLrce.quartrr inch
lath; dovetail or counter sink jOsts cross
wise; lay tho floor, and bonrd up the ends
with ungrooved boards; let each bent be II
feet long, 6 feet wide at the sill, and II feet
at plate; and if full to peak, 1t will hold two
hundred and fifty bushels. I never had an
ear to hurt on account ef the great width
Ii preferred, lay the floor with l4th or mar
row boards, with reom for ventilation.-
Each post should stand on nstonc, about three
inches from the ground, aud each stone
have a foundation two feet square, aud be.
low tho frost
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Rahs OE TEsE YAN1EsIIiCAN. y

saas OE EHas YlAN7E<IICAN. s
'Ms--6Ns DOLLAR AND FIFTY GENTS
mum. 81 % if not paid within the year.
per discontinued sntfl all arrearage ere paid.
SO terms win be strictly adhered to hereafter.
disorders neglect or refuse to take their news.
IRON the office 70 which they arc directed they
'ponhble until they have settled the bills and
d them discontinued.
smastors will please act ms our Agents and
letters containing subscription money. They
rinitted TO de this under the Post ofBee Law.
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Golsi unel SILVER.


recent estimate makes ,lg fetal guam.
tity Of COLA, III til. form Of coin, jewelry,
vessels, uttnsils, il fact In all shapes, in the
hands Of MIN cnua. il value to cl 200 900.
900 s!erli,Ig - This would bc 5OO 900 OO0
ounces, or5o0 000,e 900 cubic inches. IF con
veEtel. into sngle block, its dimensiouh
would not be less than 2G feet souare, aud
its weight l0,500 tons. In the shape of
'soVereigns placed in single hne on the
ground ,7eacb coin being in contact with its
uelghboE "a 200 100000 sterling would form
y track ! ,3GO miles iu length. .. .,-
The vulue Of tho silver in use is set down
at & 900 900 coo In sterling value. This.
iniound numbers, would bc 1000. D0O. coo
ounces, or 100000 cuhic feet. measurin g
100 feet square by 80 feet in height. In
The shape OF shillings, placed in contact and
IN Iiue, the globe itself would 0e more than
twice encirced by this smsant OF eilycr..-
-RechGaies' Nagdstne. -ta d p 70 .esr
.-.. ---------t>-~<->--oz.---
4 scisntiic writer says that water which
I mas stood in an occupied hedyoom over
! night j. rtterlT filthy, Gelsterious poison,
! and unit for drinking. The water il a
J pnwonul absorbent OF gases taking in
! dWiRg tine night all the poison that is
! thrown off by respiration. The colder the
| weather the more impure ihs water will
hecome. At ordinary temperature pail oil
watnr will contain pint Of csfbonic acid
and several pints ofanmoria. The capacity
; Is nearly doubled for reducing the TEN per
ature Of water ice. OF co,n so. the NJ sttei
hecomss daubiy serioua when small ar-cinse
room is occupied. These facts disclose
another Of considerable importance ia TO
nestle economy during this cold weather
viz that water may he used AS AN absorben
Of frost. Place q tub of water in a colt, Gel
lar over night, and in the morning the 1eEe
tables will he found untouched by iios.
j even thongh the water should be frozel
solid. Water is excelient'ss a purifier, ou
people who regard their health should b
certain that it Id itself pare before applying
It to tire person either externally or inter
lnailg. ----
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Questionable tsste-the demand fos baked
srogGalh IN AIbsny,
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rio Sow WslslLns, power.

TherfoIlapinB compost ion, recently pa.
tented 10 Belgium, Is said TO be very useful
for Welding irou and steel together 1t con.
sists OF one thousand parts of iron filings,
FIVE hupdred parts ot borax, Efity parts OF
b&sam Of eopaiva- OF other -resinous oil,
with seventy five parts otsal ammoniac.--
These Ingredients are well mixed together,
heated aud pulyerized. The process of
welding is much tbs same rs usual. The
surfaces to be united are powdered with the
composition, aaa then brought to a cherry
red heat, at Hhich the powder melts, when
the psrliopS TO he welded are taken from
the fire and joined. ii the pieces to be
welded are, to- large 70 be both introduced
at the sameItime into the forge, one can be
6rst heated NTH the welding powdeFto a
cherry red heat, gGd the other afterwards to
q White heat, after which the welding may
f. be afepted. Another composition for the
same oijeet consists of. .fiteen parts of borax,
| two parts Of sal pmmoniac and two parts OF
cyanide Of potassium. The. constituents are
dissolved in water,j and the water itself al
terwards evaPoTated at q low temperature
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TO KEEP CLEAR OF BED BUGs.-Take
the whites of four eggs aud ten cents worth
of uicksilyer; put them into a bowl and
beat to perfect tToth. Take feather and
dip into the preparation, and apply to every
psrt'of your bsdstea4 where bugs conceal
themselves; do this once year, and you
will never see hsdhug ip youg house.
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B Z TEL Ell G. r APH
Foreign and Domestic Markets.
For the South-Westerl

: -
LIVERPOOL, Feb. l. eyening.-Cotton closed active
upands on the spot a001I5 and Orleans II 5f@l2d
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 2. noon--Cotton firm; upland
1l8@ll5 and Orleans 11B912d.; estimated sales 10,
600 bales.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. ., afternoon.-Fabrics at Manches
ter firmer and prices improved. sSss=
NEW York, Feb. 9, noon.-stocks strong, but un
settled. Money active at 99ct. Exchange %. Cole
1861. Cotton strong, 293c.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb 2.-Flour dull; superfne Sc 81 !
double extra 81 and treble 81 %. Corn steady
76(a7Sc. Oats firm zoe Bran dull, 81 IS. Hay-
prime S2t. Pork dull, $50 so. Bacon dulland lower
shouldersI5 clear rib Isl and clear sides Zoe. Lard
active, but lower; tierce 2o4 and key 22sc. Sugar
active; common lo40lOI, prime 124 OILS and yellow
clarified 143@l5c. Noasses active; common 6o@64
prime 67(36s ard choice 69617oc, Whisky steady,
81 al o. Coffee stiff fairl44 @151 and prime s. "a
re. Cotton 1c higher; midding 2s4e.; sales 1900
and receipts 1871 bales decrease in receipts compared
with corresponding time last year 615 bales; same
decrease last week 5567 bales Gold So. Sterling
4S1; Commercial 47Ii New York sight pet. discount
Texas cattle quoted higher corn fed 10000 st quail
ity 4o@55 and % quality s5oG1s5:# Sheep - SOC
90
LIvERrooL, Feb. O. evening. firm; uplands
on the spot liz and aaoat 12bd; Orleans l2d sales
$4,000 bales.
New YoRK, Feb ., evening Money iaet., with
exceptions at g.. Gold 1853. Sterling 91(09s. Cot
ton active and firm; sales 1000 bales at 29Ia29Ic
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FROM WASHINGTON.

/ WASHINGTON, Jan. 3O.-The following is the cons
tuona amendment passed by the House to day:
Be 1t Iesolred two thirds of both Houses concur
rng-That the following article be proposed to the
Legislature of the several States an amendment
the Constitution Of the United States, which, when rat
fed by two thirds of the legislatures, shall be held
part of tie Constitution, namely: Article section l.
The right of any citizen Of the United States to vote
shall not be deuied abridged by the United States,
any State; by reason Of race color previous
don Of slavery, or OF any citizen class of citizens
OF The United States 9z
Section 2,-That Congress shall have power to en-
force by appropriate legislation the provisions Of this
article
WsSnISGToS, T,slJ 1.-Perupiail Minister will leave
Pensacola this week +-E---. 49,,
Telegraph bill giving the american and Asiatc Tel
egraph Company txclusiver ght for fourteen years
land cable Pacific coast north of the 10th parallel
provided they begin laying the cable within one year.
Secretary Of the Navy authorised detail one or more
steam vessels to assist Government has priority in
the Of the telegraph.
lad finite postponement Of the several Indian bills
strengthens the belief that the committee favor erect
ing tie bureau into department
Reconstruction committee named Payne, Norris and
Beck sub commissioners, to consider report app
cations for removal of political disabilities.
Supreme Coues decided that ii is tile duty Of Asses
Sors to reduce conrcturn to currency, and that per-
sons companies making coin returns liable to
tax the amount thus reduced in currency, and that
such income tax is not direct tax, but duty
cise and as snc}. obligatory and valid.
Supreme Court of the District, full bench, whilst
obeying the mandamas from fle Supreme Court, passed
another rule eifectuaily excluding Bradley from, bis
practice until he apologies to Judge Fisher
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FROM WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Chronicle has hopeful edi-
tosal, urging Congress to restore Cot. Banton DIM
cans property By bill, which tabled in the House
UNDER it is stated, Misrepresentation of facts Upon
the call of the yeas and nays there tie but three
members cangedron however, and defeated ;he BILL
It is revised in the Senate, and will probably be
passed by both Houses with difficulty. Importance
attached to this cases indicative Of the temper Of
Congress in the matter of restoring colfscated prop
erty. e 5gt1 tsSs Z
W4saysGroN, Feb 2.-Joseph sesar, well known
Nirsinian, has malignant erysipelas. = = "
Bill introduced in the Senate advancing pay in army
Of officers under rank Of hainr General for two years
from January, 1868, oae-thrd.
Argument before committee npostal telegraph con-
GUIDED and report expected early zza-
Reconstruction Committee considers Mississippi mat
tiers finally Saturday. zse== f.
College buildings at Adrian, Michigan, destroyed.
Among the visitors at the Presidents tonight arc
Messrs. Myers Cohen, Jones, Glib, Gardner and W.
j. Bremen, of Augusta
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Observation-Disclosures.

New YoRK, Jan. 3e.-Bank staterueitt-ioans in
creased s2G0,n0o specie decreased Sln0,GoG crella
ton decreased 1000; deposits decreased sll5, 600
legal tenders increased ls725,010 SUB Treasury bal
ance $S5 600, coo.
PuIEApEGPuIS Jan. 80 Twiehell sentenced to
death for killing his wife's mother.
NV YoRE, Jan. so.-Aorality of the week 426, an
increase of s. over last week.
The position of the sailors strike according to their
version, is that there 200 vessels ready
for sea, which requires at least 1000 hands. Many
have shipped crews the scale of prices. They
-, ,4arna mod ,, in sic. demand, aud bele.
they have the power to enforce it. sesse7r
Robert Blow, agent for the sale of Southern land
and native OF Georgia, died this morning at Brook
Irn Of apoplexy.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-Tl.ree men entered the gam
bling saloon No. $50 BgoadSay, tied the attendants,
and stole SlI ,0GO.
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CONGRESSIONAL

WASHINGTON, Feb. l.-Seaate-I3il referring claims
OF Kentucky University for damages aarng the war,
tabled Several petitions from Georgia forrelief from
rebel expression. Asiatic telegraph considered More
female suffrage petitions. Numerous business men
of New York protest against foreign vessels carving
United States mails. Committee Indian affairs report
ed i'll favor of indefinite posponenlent of the bill
transferring the Indian Bureau to tie War Department,
and other lndian#bi!ls adopted. Bill approprIatHg
$50 0eU to fl up store for preserving models iii
The patent office, discussed Conhling moved as a
section that the shall not take effect until tile
18th of April, 1869. He utterly opposed to Civ
ing any discretion the present administration which
could by any possibility be avoided without detriment
to the public service, bat bill finally passed autIorEing
the Secretary Of the Interior torrent building for stor-
age shd authorising the destruction Of models older
than seven years which had not been patented Con-
sular appropriations discussed and adjourned
Hoetse-Pettoa OF presiedent, professors and stu
dents of the college Of pyscins and Surgeons present
cd asking reorganization of the naval medical corps
Following introduced and referred: Regulating sales
OF bonds and bullion preventing States from collect
ing illegal mpos's, including taxing railroad passen
gers making the Presidents salary 500 600 paving
Lineolas widows children ST, 900; giving the Greek
governments possession and title of two Ministers
& Resolution admitting the Dominican republic as
territory OF the Union tabled by l10to 62 Res
outon adopted ordering the arrest of Scanned for re-
fusing to testify before the Election Fraud Committee
Several bills proposcd-reevng Of political disab-
ltes and granting lands to Arkansas; for Mississip
p Onaehita and Red River railways and promoting
celebrity of postal service Bill allowing clerks 10 per
cent additional, tabled by ~ to47 Resolution sus-
pending payment from alleged irreeuIarly employed
revenue officers III PhlaGelphia, passed Motion for
evening sessions to- consider tariff carried. Bill pay
ing Waiter DeCouaeR, co!ore.4 scout and spy in South
Carolina $1,000, passed. Adjourned
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:FRf,af EUROPE.

+ PARlstJan 3o.-Count Walcwski arrivodat Athens.
Unfayorable reply to conference now expected from
Greece Neutrality of the Great Powers assured. !.
LONDON, Jan. so.-Goy. Eyre, Of Jamaica, has been
acquitted
/ Details of the news from Rio Janeiro show that the
of the allied powers in Paraguay have been
complete all the Paraguayan forces intheir
hands They have captured the artillery and baggage
of Lopez's army and 20 ooo prisoners The dictator
Lopez fugitive in the forest, aud was suspended
by the allied forces
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SOUTHERN CLANS Fer ARMY SEPrLlEs.-A Wash
ngton correspondent writing under date of the 18th
says Senator Wilson this afternoon made some very
Interesting statements about claims from, the South for
quartermasters and com,nissaries' supplies He said
the whole amount fea III the War Department since
the close of the war was about twenty-four millions
dollars Of which about bali million had been al.
lowed and four and quarter millions had been reject
cd He thought from examination of the subject
that tie fair and Just claims would amount over
one hundred millions and held that tile best thing that
Congress could do would be to designate competent
board Of army officers to examine all that might be
presented, so that Congress might have some reliable
data on which to work, and in order that the whole
matter may be closed as snnss;i' -'''''"' ''0'i
a commission should do the work in less than two
years and that il is the height of folly for Congress
to undertake now to act Oh individual claims.
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-E-5E-.7T-- e IGVII lLV LNUI
LoSDoN, Feb 2.-Greek Cabinet voted 4 to in
favor of signing the conference. Seward authorizes
Minister Norris at Corstantnopie to offer mediation
of the United States between Turkey and Greece.
MADRID, Feb. &c ,vernment resists clamor for
Immediate action regarding religion and persists in
referring the whole MATTER to the Cortes orbds large
meetings political discussion on the streets The
Cortes will appoint directory until Sovereign is
chosen. sz-sgz=f F.
LosDoN, Feb. 2,-1Ieavy gale and rain throughout
Great Britain Yesterday; much land flooded. Many
marine disasters but loss OF life reported. Dis
patches from the East report bloody battle between
Turks aid Montcncgrns, near Nkschitza. No partic-
ulars. s-.-
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Hotel Arrivals.

BROOKS HoUsE-Tuesaay. Feb Nv ] Fish, A
c Strain, Bossier-Go Swami, Tyler Tex-W g lIazen
and wife, Ark-F Gner Jr., Montgomery Ala--H
/ shuart, Tyler Tex-Capt Lacy city-A III Duke.
Marshall Booty, J Booty, Carthage TEX Re-,
quett, La-T II Bunch, Memphis Tenn--J Price,
Greenwood LAWN Harris and wife, Ala-C d Nc
Knight, r F Mattison, Tex-Mrs G snider, Mrs L Il
Land Miss Land, J 4 snider, W Il Eledsoe, Bos-
sler-J Flowers. Lad L Bancroft J j Richardson,
Tex-D II IIenly, N G King Hawknsvlle-W H Po-
land and son, Marshall Gymer. 7 II Bowen Tex
Capt Dick Ford and wife city--J y Moss, Henderson
TEX .Isehumpert, caddo--P V oSeill, Andrew
Walker Bo.sicr.
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Tobacco! Tobaceo!- E. & 3. Jacobs are in re
ccpt Of the largest lot of tobacco of various brands
ever brought to this city at time These tobaccos-
were purchased at sacrifice and will be sold
ucturers prices without regard to the cost of tran
portaton. Call and examine the stock and prices
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ARKANSAS" Orleans" the Memphis special of the
New Orleans Times, tclcgraphs the 2lst, that
the Radical sheriff Of Crittenden county says tina. Be-
fore Ticer Harvey and NcCallister taken from the
jail Of Marion for execution, they hung up with
weights suspended to their feet until their tongues
proruded to make them confess that they we're Ku-
klux which they finally did in order to avoid torture
Extreme Radicals Of Arkansas whipped III tile conser
yative ones. Price, the Speaker of the House, is
elected State Printer. The editor of the Republican
has swung around, and endorses martial law. He
says that big party will make Arkansas Republican,
waste and bowling wilderness.
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DEATHoF EN-Gov. PlcKENs-Thc telegrapb informs
US of the death of exGoveror Pickens of South Car
0'a' ana formerly Minster to Russia on the a5tlI,
at h's residence in Elsefeld district Gov Pickens
was connected by marriage With the Holcombe family
OF Harrison county, Texas having married Miss Lucy
Eofeomhe, beautiful and most accomplished LADY,
prior TO bis appointment Minister Penipotentiarv
10 ST. Petersburg.
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GEN. GRANT AND WORLDS CoEEEsroNpESF.-
The following from tie Worlds correspondent is about
as true OF Gen. Grant as anything lis friends have
published Of him. He SAYS that in recent conversa-
ton Grant remarked 4" | never was in favor of the
tc,ture-of o!lce bill; willie I am no lawyer, and no,
qualified to judge Of the constitutional power of Con
gross to pass such q b | accept the opion of the
Judiciary Committee ON that subject. / believe owe
my election more to the conGdeHce of the American
people in my patriotism ard integrity than to any
knowledge Of mHc on demonstrations suffrage or am
nssty. The people expect me to them from
Wholesale robbery by officials the laws executed
and the revenues faithfully collected. So help me God,
will do it resign An Executive officer satisfied of
lis inability to execute the laws is unworthy the reg
pect of his fellow cit;gens if he continues to hold Of
Zee" This we should lake to be plain notification
to the Radicals who have been filing the Offices and
have engaged in the wholesale robbery alluded to-
They should take warning aud make preparations ae
cording!y. -.g
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LOUISIANA CONGRESSMAN New Orleans correspon-
dent says notice of contest has been served on all the
new Louisiana Congressman to whom certf Gates have
Deen issued, except that Of L. A. Sheldon. The con-
tessans are busiy engaged in hqaigg up EVIDENCE to
support their claims General Sheldon has q letter
from Hon Henry L. Dawes, stating tlat he sAirty DAYS
for notice of contest having expired without notice be-
ing served he considers the settled as he has
meyer known an instance where the House allowed a
contest 70 proceed after such failure