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Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-06-05
Fearful Collision.

The terrifying collision which occurred at sea
a Tort time since between Philadelphia ship and
another unknown, is thus described in the North
American
The packet ship Susquehlnna, us she lies near
" alnu, street wharf, is curiosity. She has liter
ally been rescued from the jaws Of the great deep.
She came in collison with another ship off the
Banks of New foundand on the sth inst at 4 o
clock in the morning. The night was not dark,
but the sea was running high and they did not dis
cover each othei Until the fearful collision The
Susquehanna's bow.prt is taken OF clean, and the
cu,.w1,er torn and wrsnched from the ship in a
way which shows the encounter must have been
tremendous. She was running at the rate of nine
knots, and shipping seas constantly a, the Time.
The impression on board the susquehanns is that
the bow was SO hard and so near the centre of the
other ship that she must have been totally disabled,
if not stove in, causing her to sink Immediately.
Afier The collision, she slowed round and grated
past the Susqlehanna, with such rapidity, that no
opportunity was given to discover who she was or
! the ex,en, of her injuries. The impression on
hoard is, that she was an East Indisman. or some
! ship of the largest class and as the eut-water OF
the SuSquehanna Is taken oil low down, she was
upon the top. ofa sea at the moment of the COLI
sion. Consequently the other ship must have suf-
fered the more severely. No cries were heard and
in the confusion of the crash and anxiety for self
preservation no distinct knowledge Of the charsc-
ter oi the other ship could be learned. The opin-
/ ion on board is, that the man at the wheel oil the
H. fa,ed ship must have been killed instantly. The
whole of the painful encounter ia only another
evidence of the unavoidable hazards OF navigation
Perhaps the ship instantly foundered' and in ono
a6ru .Yoou" all on board we're ushered into e,er'
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-06-05
Renovation of THE Peach Tree.

The editor Of the New England Far>
mer says that man residing in Cam
bridge, informs him that CHARCOAL pla>
ced around the roots of the deceased
peach stock was serviccable. He im>
mediatcly removed the soil from around
the trun6 of a sicKly tree in his garden,
supplied its place with charcoal, and
was surprised at its sudden renovation.
and subsequent rapidity of its growth,
and the tenacity with which the fruit
held on to the branches, and the unusu-
al richness of its flavor when matured.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-06-05
Heavy HOGS.

Warren county is as hoggish por-
ton of the State as any other. No part
Of Ohio affords better soil. better far
mcrs, better crops, or better stock.
Messrs. Price 81 Enless of Springbo-
rough, Warren county cut up during
the past season 1870 hogs, good sized
pigs too. One weighed Sl4 lbs. nett ;
one $40 lbs.; 9S2 averaged 800 lbs; 70
400 lbs. each. The 500 lbs. pig was
half blood BERKSHIRE. The Warren
boys can 60 to the head l--Cleaveland
Herald.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-06-05
A Capitai story,

The last New York Spirit of the
Times has an admirable story, called
TIE BIC BEAR OF. ARKANSAS" We
axe a fragment showing that small
ausquiioes would be of'no use III Ar
ansas,' and setting forth the merits of
certain dog.
Where did all that bappenr asked a
ynical looking hoosier.
Happen! happened in Arkansaw ;
'here else could it have happened, but
l the creo'tlon State-the finishing up
ountry; a state where the sile runs
own to the centre of the 'arth, and GO
ernment gives you a title to every inch
it. Then It's airs, just breathe them,
nd they will make you snort like a
orse. It's state without fault, ii is
Excepting musquitoes,' cried the
oosier.
well, stranger, except them, for il
re a fact that they are rather enor-
nous. and do push themselves in some
hat troublesome. But, stranger, they
ever stick twice in the same place, and
i've them a fair chance for few
lonths, and you will get as much above
lem as an alligator. They can't hurt
~ feelings, for they lay under the skin
nd | never knew but one case of inju'
resulting from them, and that was q
ankee: and they take worse to for
gners anyhow than they do to the ma
YES. But the way they used that fel,
w! first they punched him until he
yelled up and busted, then he supper
l-ted, as the doctor called it, until ht
as as raw as beef then he took tht
!er, owing to the warm weather, ant
lally he took steamboat and left th'
ountry. He was the only man tina
ler took mosquitoes TO heart that
low of. But mosquitoes is natur, ant
never find fault with her; if they ar,
rye, Arkansaw is large, her varmint
e large, her trees are large, her river
e large, and small musquito woul
of no more use in Arkansaw, thai
'eaching in a cane-brake.'
This knock down argument in favo
big mosquitoes used the hoosier W
I'd the logician started on new track
explain how numerous bears were i
'diggings,' where he represente
EN- to be 'about as plenty as blackber
IS, and little plentifuler.'
Upon the utterance of this assertion
timid little man near me inquired
bears in Arkansaw ever attacke
settlers in numbers.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-06-05
Manufacture of sitk IN the United states.

There are twelve States in the Union which en-.
courage the culture of Silk by special bountes In
the Legislature Of New Yolk similar policy has
been advocated and has probably before now recev-
cd the sanction of law.
We find in Northern paper the following state
men,s Of facts relative to American Silk:
The silk of America is found to contain fibre
stronger and ofa quality superior to that of almost
any other country. Specimens have been exami-
ned by the Chamber of Commerce at Lyons; and
other intelligent, Frenchmen, both here and in that
country, have examined and at,es,sd the truth OF
this important fact The cause Of this superiority
may I've traced either to soil, or what is more proha-
bic, to our fine and serene climate during summer.
Not long since specimens Of American raw silk,
were shown to a veiy intelligent ribon>weaver from
England, and ne pronounced them altogether supe-
ror to any European or India silk he had ever wo-
ven in his native country. This speaks loudly in
favor Of the quality of American silk, especially such
as is produced in the Northern latitudes. The CO.
coons from which this silk was reeled, were made
on the cold mountains OF Litchfield county, Conn.
Silk is also successfully raised at Penobscot, Maine,
in 45 deg. north latitude. In further proof of the
good qualities of American silk, Mr. Whitmarsh, Of
! Northampton Mass, who in 1889 had power looms
sufficient to turn OF 900 yards ef ribbon daily, be-
sides machinery for sewing silks and braids saws,
II have used the silks France, Italy, Turkey Chi.
ma and Bengal, in the progress of manufacturing,
and give The American the preference by twenty five
per cent"
1t is also an ascertained fact, that fom given
quantity of cocoons, one-third more silk may be
reeied in France or Italy; and the loss of worms
has not been much in this, as in those counties.
The importation of silk goods into this country
for the year ending September 3clh, 1889, amoun>
ted to s23 100000. 1t is estimated that during the
last ten years the United States have pad more
than 81 so 900 COO for silk manufactures of foreign
production.
The attempts at the culture of silk in the United
States have been made chiefly in the Northern
States. Massachusetts, paid last year in bountics to
the growers of silk nearly three thousand dollars
But it will occur 10 every one that the climate o.
this latitude and farther South must be better adap
ted to the culture than that Of the more northern
portions of the country.
The imposition of twenty per cent duty or
French silks would be OF great service in promoting
growth and manufacture of the article in the Uni
ted States. In the whole list of our imports there
ia no item which can with more proprie,y be mad,
the subject of such duty. 1t would yield hand
some sum to the revenue the tax indirectly .eyi,d
by it would be drawn chiefly from the wealthy
and the farther beneficial result from the imp,r
would be to encourage the culture and man ufaelur,
OF silk at home.-B Bah. american.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-06-05

PoxrRY-It is fine thing for children 70 learn
to make verse but when they come 10 be men, .hey
must speak like other men, or they will be laughed
at. II is ridiculous TO speak, CT write, or preach
in verse. As it is good to learn to dance, man
may learn his leg, to go handsomely; bat it is ri
diculous for him to dance when hs should g. Il
is ridiculous for lord to print verses; is well
enough to make them to please himself but to
make them public is foolish. Ii man, in private
chamber, twirls his band strings, or play with a
rash TO please himself, it is We'll enough brt If no
should so iu,o Fleetstreet, and sit upon sail, and
twir banI-siring, or play with rush, then all
the boys in the street would laugh at him. Verse
proves nothing bu, the quantity Of sylables; they
arc not meant for logic.-IEL!s IGk.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-06-05
An exquisite Fall or the fall ofan Exquisite


Yesterday about noon, while young knight of
tho mustachs, apparently a stranger III this city,
wa, walking up Baltimore street for the purpcae.
no doubt, of tzhibting bis we'll braced form and
half artificial pedestrian members, he accidentally
placed one of his high hceed boots upon al oraugo
peeling which had been carelessly thrown on the
pavement, This caused his foo. to give way, and
down came hero, sprawling ike thing OF life.
a, full length. "Monsier Tons9n," 1--WE mus, give
him this name in the absence of his real oue,) al.
though not hurt, Appeared amazingly mortified.
To make the matter sill worse, he, In 0'tenpling
to regain his position, shook of one Of his long DARK
glossy whskers, which, Of course was false. This.
however, he did not discover, owing, perhaps, to
the extreme nervous excitement caused by the sud-
den transition from so elevated to so hnmt!c po-
siton. His promenade had not been extended We
ry far until the bristly ornament of his Gowny check
was missing. This caused Monsieur, as he was
well aware, to look rather odd, and be quickly ar
piled his delicate fingers to the other check, snatch
ed of the remaining whisker and slipped it into his
pocket. Thus was SIR WAisGerando deprived oC a
part at least of his false plrmage. AMI rendered
living r.buke TO those who Gre IN the habit ofweaE'
! ing it-BaN. Ocean.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-06-05
An Infrresting Rei,c.

WILL1Aw SrNKLEn, Esq ST. Johns Berkeley, (s.
c. who now owns the Revolutionary battle-ground
of the Eu!aw, has put the editors of tie Charles
ton Cunier in possession Of en- o!d.fashonad En-
slish gold watch, dug up very recently near the
foundation OF lte celebrated Brick House in which
the British took shelter, and by means Of which
they were enabled to check the I'LL then victorious
Americans under GREENE, at the battle Of The Eu-.
taw, and thus 10 prevent the contamination of ihs.
American yictoTy.--Ihe watch is q small one, en-
closed in gold case, and the golden portion of it
is in complete preservation, but the brass and steel
Of the works in such state Of rust to render
it incapable Of restoration to uso without substi-
tuition Of entire new works-The crystal il perfect
and the hands and face, tho hours are demo-
ted by numcra letters, and the minutes by figures
On the enaneIied f,ce cppa 81, in capitals, "Du.
chesne," and in smaller letters "LoHdon." In the
interior, "Dl. Duchesne, Lonion,' also indicates
the makers name, and the number is "5995."
This relic doubtless belonged to soIno British or
American officer, who bore part in that celebra-
ted passage Of arms at once 80 FIJI Of glory, and so
| auspicious in its results to the American causa
II wss probably in the fob Of one wo fell on that
| memorable occasion, and was buried with him.,
and i, would be curious were this publication to b
The means of identifying the former owner.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-06-05

bottom land, why you can't preserve
any thing natural you plant in it, unless
you pick it young, things thar will grow
out of shape SO quick. | once planted
in those diggings few potatoes and
beets, they took fine start, and after
that an OK team wouldn't have kept them
from growing. About that time went
off to old Kentuck on business, and did
not hear from them things in three
months, when | accidentally stumbled
on a fellow who had stopped at my
place, with an idea of buying me out
How did you like things! said |. Pret>
ty well, said he; the cabin is conve-
nient, and the timber land is good, but
that bottom land amt worth the first red
cent. Why? said |. Cause, said he.
Cause what said |. Cause it's full of
cedar stumps and Indian mounds, said
he, and it can't be cleared. Law said
], them ar cedar stumps is beets, and
them ar Indian mounds ar tater hills
as expected the crop was overgrown
and useless the sie is too rich, and
planting in Arkansaw is dangerous. |
had a good sized SOW killed in that same
bottom land; the old thief stole an ear
of corn, and took it down where she
slept at night 10 eat; well, she left a
grainer two on the ground, and lay
down On them; before morning the corn
shot up, and the percussion killed her
dead. | don't plant any more. natur
intended Arkansaw for a hunting
ground, and go according to natur.'
[Southern Chronicle.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-06-05

SILK Mir.-We have just seen a specimen Of
Map Printing in style which we believe is entere-
ly new. 1t is a map of the United Ststes printed
on handsome pongee silk. in the foim of pocket
handkerchief and it may be used at pleasure either
for the ordinary purposes Of that necessary imple-
ment, for the sole purpose oreference for the ac
curate geographical information which it contains,
it may be made to serve both purposes q, the same
time. It is printed and published by Mt. Joseph
w. Tutile. The engraving is by George w. Boyn-
ton from new, and we believe accurate drawing
made for the purpose, containing the usual details
Of map of the size, with scales Of the heights of
mountains, length Of rivers, &c.-Boston Daily
Adperfiser.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-06-05

DnIss, NOT GESTILIrr.-Wouidth the recolec-
ton of the following remark by Steele, do some Of
US any harm nowadays?
when person sr'-ss coars.ly, he has dressed
himself clean to no purpose. The clo.ning o! our
minds is certainly to be regarded before that oi our
bodies. To betray in mans talk corrupt imsgi'
nation is much greater olieuce against the con-
versaton Of gentlemen than any Negligence of dress
imaginable.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-06-05
R,snsrdson,s Accelerated steamboat.

We have before a drawing and description OF
a new kind Of steamboat, invented by Col. J. S. Ri
chardson. Its leading popularity is, that by means
of huge balloon, or gas-holder, shaped like Gu
cumber and extended engthwise over the boat, (or
rather boats, for there are two hulis connected by
deck and saloon ahove) the latter is raised out OF
the water, except the keels and paddles of the wa
ter wheels, thus reducing the resistance Of the wa
ter to almost nothing and yet using it for the pur-
poses of propulsion and steering. The plan is in.
genius, but how il VIII succeed in practice, we shall
know better when the experiment is made. Col
Richardson and his associates have announced thei
intention TO build and put in operation of these
boats in the North River. The Balloon is to be
made Of duck and divided into sections, that in
case Of being perforated by vessels boom, or olhe
cause, only small par, of the gas would escape
Supposing the plan to operate in practice as it pre-
sents Itself in theory, rate of speed would lie at
taned that would distance all other travelling ex
pedicnts 1t is easy enough sec, that with seaIr
power applied to the water as in other steamboats,
and with little resistance from the water, the boa
must a. ahead" with astonishing rapidily.-N y
Jour, Com.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-06-05
The Opium Smoking shop.


One of the objects at this place, that
l had the curiosity to visit was the OPT
um-smoker in his heaven; and certain
iy il is most fearful sight, although not
so degrading to the eye as the drunkard
from spirits, lowered to the level of the
brute and wallowng in his filth. The
idiot smile and death-like stupor of the
opium debauchee has something more
awful to.the gaze than the bestiaity of
the latter. Pity, if possible, takes the
place Of other feelings, as we watch the
faded cheek and haggard look of the
being abandoned TO the power of the
drug; whilst disgust is uppermost at the
sight of the human being levelled TO the
beast by intoxication. One of the
streets in the centre of the town is Who'll
ly devoted TO the sale of this poison /;
and here in the evening may be seen,
after the labors of the day are over,
crowds of Chinese, who seek TO satisfy
their deprayed appetite. The rooms
where they sit and smoke are surroun-
ded by wooden couches, with places for
the head to rest upon, and generally a
side room is devoted to gambling. The
pipe is reed Of about an inch in dia.
meter, and the aperture in the bowl, for
the admission of the opium, is not larger
than pins head. The drug is prepa>
red with some kind of conserve, and a
very small portion is sufficient to charge
it, one or two whifs being the utmost
that can be inhaled from single pipe
and the smoke is taken into the lungs
as from the hookah in India. On the
beginner one or two pipes will have an
effect, but an old stager will continue
for hours. At the head of each couch
is placed small lamp, as fire must be
held to the drug duriug the progress OF
inhaling; and from the difficulty of FL
ling and properly lighting the pipe, there
is generally a person who waits upon
them to perform the Office.
A few days of this fearful luxury,
when used TO excess, will give palid
and haggard look to the face and a
few months will even change the strong
and healthy man into little better than
an idiot skeleton. The pain they suf-
fer when deprived of the drug, after
long habit, no language can explain
and it is only when under its influence
that their faculties are alive. In the
houses devoted to their ruin, these infa,
tuated people may be seen at nine o..
clock, in all the different stages; some
entering half distracted to feed theil
craving appetite they had been obliged
to subdue during the day; others laugh
} ing and talking wildly under the effect.
} of the first pipe; whilst the couches a
, round are filled with their different oc'
cupants, who lie languid, with an lido
smile upon their countenances, too
much under the influence Of the drug
TO care for passing events, and fas
merging into the wished for consumma
, tion. The last scene in this tragic pla,
! is generally room in the rear of tn
: building-a species of dead house
P where lie stretched those who hav,
t passed into the state of bliss the smoke
: madly seeKs-an emblem of the Ion!
= sleep to which he is blindly hurrying.-
e Lord Jocelyn's Six Months with Tn
b Chinese Expedition.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-06-05

The custom among the Coss2cks is to allow tho
ladies' to choose their own hns5and. When a
young girl takes fancy to young fellow, she goes
to his parents house, signifies Aer intentions, and
there sticks un,l III, other parties come to terms
BY this happy arrangement there are no spins,els
left on hand in that country
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-06-05
Vol. I--NO. XXXTH.
Important Discovery.

Las, Friday d.. Buchanan gave lecture ex-
panaioiy Of a discovery in the nervous system,
by means of which he is able in some instances to
control both the minds and bodies of his patients.
The gentlemen and ladies who have been the sub
iccis Of his experiments declare that they feel the
current of their thoughts and feeling changing
from time 10 time, without having the power TO
prevent 1t. At one time they think Of the past, at
another time of the future. Their ideas are sone-
times clear and sometimes confused beyond the
power Of recoecling themselves. At tins
they are ued into senteness and good.humor-at
another, they transported beyond all self control
by feelings of desperate and pugnecious character.
We have witnessed but few of the experiments
ourselves, and consequently rather skep,ica as
to the reality of the feelings produced. At the pub.
lie lecture three gentlemen were experimental up
on. The first attempt was to produce drowsiness
and sleep. In short time drowsiness became ap-
parent. The eyelds Of the gentleman fell and his
head recned. Ishands became cold, clammy and
! benumbed; they were agitated by convusive trem-
biings of which he seemed to be unconscious, and
| ne was unaoie 10 keep them sui' AHe eiieCt P'o-
dueed being considered rather too powerful, DR.. d
| in few moments revived him without going 90 faI
as 10 produce sleep.
| The principal experiment upon the second gen
tleman was to cause the thoughts to wander snd
excite memory or "reminiscences. In this the doc
tor succeeded remarkably wen. A, first the gen
tleman remarked that his thoughts were scattering
and confused; then that they were upon his pas
life; and, finally, that he could think of nothing
but mis- childish sports and the days OF his infancy
The experiment upon the third gentleman wa
to excite the passions and produce imPaence, an
ger and resentment. In this he doctor was also sue
cessfu for in few minutes his feet and legs be
gan to work in a violent manner, and he remarke
that he would like to stamp something. In mo
ment more he sprang to his feet, with stern an
determined expression Of countenance, but shortI
recovered his elf-possession.-Ark. Times.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-06-05

A CHICKEN ORAroR.--An Abolition lecturer
by the name of Boyle, While in the exercise Of his
vocation at Sharon, Mass, few days since, had
about nine dosen of eggs thrown sI him b. se'
of rowdies. Many of them did good execution.
much to the amusement of the engineers but Boyle
stood his ground. aud after Len ammunition was
exhausted, returned the Gre by "hard arguments"
for about an hour.