11 ~ 1 Clear – Fine – Pleasant – Mrs Rawn and children at church in morning I was not there but walked 3 to 4 ms. circular between 11 am and 12 ¼ P.M. Mrs R, Self & Jno Calvin at our church in Eveng. – Rev Mr Colt of Pottsville who has preached for us several times preached in morning & Mr Cattell in the evening – home from church at 8 ¼ to 8 ½ and to bed 9 ½

Oct 12 ~ 2 Clear. Fine – Pleasant – First business of this morning was to make return to U. S [unreadable] 14 Dist Pa. of my income taxable at 3 per ct for 1862 for state purposes – that is today from 1 Janur to 31^st. Decr. with inclusive 1862 – My return of $1500 clear income with deductions of taxes, repairs and the $600 allowed by law to be first deducted is based on the following statement to [unreadable]:

I walked through day 4 to 5 Miles chiefly in Evg bet. 4 and 5 ½ P.M.

Spent Evg chiefly till 9 PM at Union Meeting in Court House where the Hon Mr Nilson[?] of Mass – Mr. C. MacDowall [unreadable] spoke – To bed 9 ¾

13 ~ 3 Clear – Fine – very Pleasant Beautiful day for election I voted the whole Republican Ticket not even excepting in favour of Judge Lawry[?] for whom I should gladly have voted but that he is unfortunately associated with a party who in political drift did & encourage the informal Rebellion – the destruction & enemies of the country.

I walked through the day 3 ½ to 5 miles – To bed 9 ½

14 ~ 4 Clear – Fine – Pleasant – glorious news this morning for Curtin and the country – copperheads looks blue and venomous, but as if their fangs were drawn – Mrs Rawn at Market & paid – for meat

Jno. Calvin & self left home at 12 ¾ P.M. for Rl. Road Depot for Sunbury^†36 – Mosser Weitzel – Ross & osgood of our Board of Enrollment in Employees thee of also left for cars – Capt Clement is there having lately to hit[?] Monday buried his little girl some some 5 or 6 yrs old – Dr. Charlton is to go up in cars to night – We 5 then as above left in cars at 1 ¼ P.M. and arrived at Sunbury some 50 to 60 Miles about 4 ½ P.M. at Jas. Vandykes Central Hotel – where we soon met Capt. Clement much dejected of course. Major Dewart – Cake[?] – Mosser [ unreadable]. got a good supper at 5 ½ P.M. I spent Evg at Hotel after a walk round town with Weitzel, Ross osgood & son John Calvin & to my room at 7 ½ to 8 PM & to bed 9.

† Editor's Note: Located in Northumberland County.

15 ~ 5 Clear & beautiful – mild & perfectly delightful weather – I slept very badly last night from the large amount of noise in am about the house the whole night – persons coming in up to a late hour and getting up for the cars at all hours almost in morning. I think I never attempted to sleep in a hotel where there appears to be less regard as to the general amt of noise made & general disturbance of the whole house

15 ~ 5 Contd. – my first object after breakfast was to have my room changed which was done from no 14 in the 2^nd story to no 7 in the 3^rd. walked round town – up the rail road toward Northumberland which is 1 ½ to 2 miles from Sunbury & after breakfast – From Sundry negligences and omissions[?] in the part of those here who duty it was to have had things ready for our progress[?] with the Examination of drafted men we were prevented from beginning till afternoon – This culpable deficiency is chargeable nowhere else that to Capt Clement and his drunken, inefficient depy. in this county Capt Bruner. We go along very well in the afternoon progressing[?] with reasonable speed and the conscripts reporting very well. Much better that I had expected – closed Exn.[?] for today 5 ½ P.M.

This Hotel is admirable kept as to Good table and clean comfortable bed Town is beautifully situated on a level plane and [unreadable] laid out with a fine layer public square but fine or [unreadable] handsome buildings – The variety of hills & mountains surrounding it – The magnificent River, here damed by the Shamokin dam, so as to render it navigable for a good class Steam Boat – the dividing of the river just about the turn into the north & [unreadable] Branches with Bridges over them render the whole taken together unusually attractive and interesting Spent Evg chiefly at Hotel and to bed 9 P.M.

16 ~ 6 Rain commenced in last night and continued more or less all day – We commenced our Examinations at 9 am. ended at 12 noon – again at 2 and ended at 5 ½ P.M. and got through with a large number of cases somewhere about 70. – did not walk round much today at the weather rather unfavourable – spent Evg chiefly at Hotel and to bed 9 P.M.

17 ~ 7 Clear and Cloudy in early morning. clear – Fine and very Pleasant. commenced our Examinations at 9 am. and got through chiefly with our days work by Noon – some 80 to 90 cases – met at 2 P.M. and finished toward 4 P.M. losing much time waiting on Capt Clement who was scattering round a good deal negligent on some unimportant questions about our guard who had been ordered by Maj Genl Stahl to report at Harrisburg – Recd. letter in Evg from "Wife" Harrisburg Oct 15^th – Mr Copperhead disunionists and whats in Penn Ohio and Iowa have been most glinously[?] (forms[?]) whipped at the late elections – They are whining like kicked cats[?] and reserved a lower depth of infamy that they will probably reach under the scorn and contempt of the country living and country sustaining unionists – Judges Lowry[?] and Union both copperhead democrats and both badly beaten ought to feel Mean[?] slinking and contemptible spent evening chiefly at our Hotel and to bed 10 P.M.