Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-18
Editorial Miscellany.

Dixon IT, Iewis - great man-wciShs 'SO
pounds. The papers have Ircd had to kill h'm,
but he wont stay killed; aud /. again Candidate
for office.
Steven. relates in hi. incidents Of travel in Cen
trail Amt rics, tha, beef Is .oId hy the yard in that
country. Wonder how they would sc sausage.
Oui Democratic friends of Columbia county have /
.a,eJ On eating Porter diuner at Bloom,burs.
The ho t. Mr. Dorb,r, who is 10 furnish the enter
lannrnr. had 200 lb.. sausages stolen Gu, tis Gel
lar few night. since.
The Miners Journal was unusually solemn last
week Is the editor becoming rca, serious. nr las
lie fearful apprehcnsonS of Ii, approaching 'cn.
lsrSsment."
a meeting vas held a, Pou.villr on the 9th int.
preparatory to giving the President, Di ectos
officers Of tie Reading Ra hoaL Company pubs
lie dinner and ball on the opening Of he road. We
learn from the Journal lhs, our fu,nd J. II. Camp
bell, Esq, addressed the asscmhIag' in an eloquent
and forci' lie manner, setting forth the great adv,n-
tsees likely to sccrur 10 the region hy the compile
ton Of the road. Mr.. Campbcll has hut recently
located himself a, Po,tsvle, where he has opened
a law office. A. young man of t len,s and
celcn, moral Department. be cannot fail meeting
success in his profession, among an enlightened
community.
Stop that BaA-The Ball given to the Prince
/ le Jolnyille, by Mrs. Mor', in New York. co..,
S2sOO.
! Read the article, "CoIee ~. Liquor" in smother
column. it is well worthy the attention Of the pn-
triot, christian and phnn,hropi,,.
The Secretary of the Navy has issued orders
prohibiting any OF the officers of the Navy from
newspaper or pamphlet warfare. Firing OF paper
bullets, We presume, must now give wny to metal
The practice Of presenting swords, plate, &c. to
superior officers GU, of compliment, is also proh i
teJ
The Post Master General has issued a circular
to abou, 400 of his deputies, calling upon them in
sharp terms TO resign or furn sh the register Of al
rivals and departures OF mails to the department.
The Chinese have strange ide,s Of medicine
They are said TO have considerable skill in the
nsgcment Of ievers, but this is abou, all. When a
patient is ,c-ah, their ignorance Irads them /, ad-
minister pills made of the bones of The tiger.
Two members of the Tennessee legislature had
fight in the House. After the adjournmen, they
Tough, with pistols, without injury to themselves
but a clerk in store was slightly injured in ih'
: knee by hall from ono Of the pistols,
In Phadelphia, 425 new buildings have beer
= a.. XII Eah
4 Judge conricied-samuel McEIsnry, LAT,
Chief Justice Of Harrison county, TeSss, was con
viced on the l0h ut on a charge Of having aide,
in stealing 10 slaves, two hors,s aud bride an,
saddle,
The railroad between Albany and d s,oR is nov
d completed, and on the 10Th inst. locomotive raj
:. through for the first time The distance is 20
n mile>--,ime of running 10 hours.
l. The plates of the $40 coun,erf,it notes Of III
al West Branch Bank recovered lately at Phil,
h delPhis, by the police officers.
Is The Grand Jury a, PHILADELPHIA have prcssn,e
:" several ofhe officers connected with the 4 =. Bank
. Mr. Davis recovered $500 damages Of Dsvi
L. ech & Co., for injuries sustained by accider
' on the Columbia Railroad, in their line of cars.
One cubic inch of water converted into s,cau
will rase is lbs. l4O feet high, or one ton one fu,
q, high.
On Thirty building. were lately destroyed by FIRE
u.s. Albany.
m Two members of Congress disputed nearly
ms whole das shon, The nigh. t, the lately occ