Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-01-02

evolutionary soldiers, successfully. y
FuAsKlIS-Wc see it stated that Sir John n
rankin Governor Of Van ID, man's Land, is the
rand son of ID ctor franklin, the offspring Of the
Doctors tory son who was once Governor of New u
Jersey.
MIssoUnr.-The whole population Of this state
$ 327, 73i. Free wh'tc males 1896, females Z
,99l, slaves 4s,94l. Fee colored persons l433.
HANDSOME BrauEsr.-A 'ady residing in Ss.
en-, (Mass.) has tequeathcd twenty five thousand
dollars to the Essex County Mclean ASYLUM for
The support of the insa'.e.
The State Bank of Illinois, at Springfield, with
its nine branches resumed specie pay ments on the
9TH uitimo.
WHIss OF "LoSG GSTASDISo."-Therei is fam
lily Of six brothers in Indiana, all of whom voted for
Gen. Harrison. Their aggregate length is 43 feet,
being an average of feet . inche. e,ch.
Durr ON SrLKs'-The citizens of New York !
circulating petition in that city, add essed to
Congress- to obtain protective duty on foreign |
silk, both manufactured and unmanufactureJ i'm !
ported intn tho United States.
MunDEn.-A man named Ben Ga,kell. poisoned
key under the pre,ence of curing her of The tooth
ache, a, Hector, Thompson county, n. Y, short
time since He has been commit, i for trial.
EASTERN RAIL Rolp-We learn that all the
stock has been subscribed to in the Eastern railroad
necessary to secure its continual n to Portland.
An effort is now making to obtain the means of
continuing the road to Augusta, with the ultimate
view of carrying it also to Bangor.
RESUMPTION. The Banks of Georgia were to re
sumo specie payments on the ist Of January.
PnINrINs IN PnILApELPuIA.-The number Of
printing Offices in Philadelphia is 1; # daily
papers 8; of weekly newspapers 5; Of semi and tri.
weekly C; of periodicals s3; Of men employed 3i6,
and capital inv, sej S2l2, 100.
As rdvenous birds the quickest sight j, thr
worst men are the greatest fault finders.
II the men are io,emperate in dn king the ladies
are a'so in ii hit acng. So, there
SLAuGurEn.-They have already, this presen,
season, slain IL 900 hogs iu Cincinnati.
a Coon SESTIMEsr.-A true gentleman can
never indulge resentment against female.
EouALirr.-Ali men were born TO be free and
equal, excep, ed tors.
Accord ng to the ST. Louis Gazette, the business
ua sacted between that city ard Boston AMI New
York this yer, amounts to about $4,000 900.
An ODuITY.-A legal notice in a WesleIR pa
pers is addressed TO the heirs OF the late Mr.. Eriy
Tux BLoopHouSn.-The name Of the man Wh,
murdered the Scott family in Southampton is Drake
A false friend is like a shadow on dial, it up.
ears ia clear weather, bu, vanishes it ii
cluudy.
BusIxEss.-The ST. Louis Pennant states tha
the Legislators of Missouri squ,bbling about no
thing. Who suffers
THE SE.soS.-By the latest accounts from
Charleston, s. C.. tie Fig tees, Cherry trees an,
Grape Vines were st II in full bloom.
HARnIsoN's CoAcH Mr. Lce tells us that IN
subscriptions for this splendid coach ale almOs
completed.
"Siick to it" as our foreman said TO his journey
men. Nobody but printer can see that joke.
Tax FIRST Painted BIRLE, namely, that @
Faust and Shelf /. the two fAitl.less associates ,
Gu,enberg, is deposited in the Nur.mburg.
Ii was a rocket thrown from the Austrian fIgat
la
lean d'Acre.
TlxAx LoAx.-When the Acadia left Ger
Hamilton had not concluded his negotiations f.r
loan to the young republic.
TaE OrsrER TnApE.-During the two month
ending on the 10th ulr., 4,229 tons of Oysters pa
sed through the Chesapeake aud Delaware to Pr
: lajelphia
4 The London ladies are about 10 present to Prime
3 ALERT a gold medal, as II token Of the high estm
! ton in which they hold his natural abiliii,s.
G In drinking other peoples health we should
y careful no, TO loose our own. Champagne oite
y produces real pain, and prepares the mind for II
notions of Tom Paine.
Philosophers agree upon one thing-that the su
never known TO rise in the west
, An English paper says that eigh, Peers Of EN-
land who were married to divorced women, die
u suddenly within the last three years. Take war;
ing
: 4 man in S ,Iem has made bet of Sl0O tn
+" there will lie one thousand suicides committed
. the United States, from the time the frs, state
5 ted for electors to the 4,h of March mex.
LOUIS fhiihPpe nus htahgcu marriage pe'"ee
U his youngest son and Queen Isabella, OF spain.
U Good day, moth,r of a'ses," cried out two in
l puden, soldiers to an odd woman who was leadin
two donkey. "Good day, my children" rcpit
she, and passed on.
CURr roR CosvrLsIvE FIrs.--It may he il
teresling, says the Philadelphia Chronicle TO thos
who afflicted with This distress ng malady, to