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Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01
Strides OF the Great West,

A friend in Iowa writes us follows 81
lately visited the Seat of Justice for-coun-
ty, during the sitting of its court, aad found
the county in most fourishing condition, as
you may judge from the following circumstan.
ces. There are in the county abou, one
hundred and twenty electors, and there were
upon the docket upwards of eighty cases.
Some eighteen or twenty rather intelligent
locking fellows, with seedy hats and thread
bare coats, were present as lawyers. Their
principal business, however, seemed to be col.
ecting together in bye places, and consulting
Crehore or Bartlett on Chances. Corn learn
was "A cents bushel and rot gat bit glass.
Read estate is very high, for it is expected the
town viii increase gretly next year. Il is
raid, fare dealer from st. Louis is coming to
live there, and designs erecting dstleIy.
The poor settlers around that are unable to buy
cows, feel greatly rejoiced at the prospects a
head. Whiskey is going to be so cheap
(Miiwaukie Courier, Dec. l.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

The Madisonihn says. ths, it now is fr peace,
inasmuch as Tyler has conquered the wings.
The Colsmbia brought upwards Of Is 600 letters.
A Locomotive was TO have run through from
Reading TO Pot,svile on Tuesday las.
w. e. Leavcnsworth, says the Reading Gazette,
was to deliver a lecture in that place on Tuesday
last. The subject, every man mind his Own
business.
They have pig in Huntingdon county with
five heads and twenty legs.
The Banville Democrat speaks in high terms Of
the eloquence of Mrs Mott, a female preacher of
the society ofQuakers from Philadelphia, who held
forta at that place lest week.
Robert Tyler son of Presiden, rs abou, to pub
lish an epic poem entitled "Ahesuerus."
Cooper has promised the Brother jonathan
las, chlp,ei on Home as found"
The English papers announce tire death of Chan
try, the great English sculptor.
The great sphe of the cathedral at Slrasburs,
in Switzerland, is 474 feet high, and can be seen
HDiH IltiutuitIS, n GlStatCc OF
ninety miles.
1t is said :hcrc rovcr before was so much beau.
ty in Washington as this winter. Many members
ofCongrss having brought their wives and pretty
daughters with them.
Prescott, the dis,ingufsho author of Ferdinand
and Isabella, had the degree of l.. L. d. conferred
~
The Mexicans say that the Texian expedition
has fallen into their hands.
duce bill 10 postpone the operation Of the Bank
rupt law until tie 4ih of July next for the purpose
Of amending The law so as 20 i.cmtc Banks ant
Corporations.
Gen. Games has been arrested in Washington
for going 10 head quarters without orders Wh,'c
be General when he can be .fnancter, ana d,
as he peeses.
We like to hear young ladies' talk about not ca
ring for their bcsux, when their little hearts are al
most ready 10 jump out Of their mouths a. the ap
preach Of certain Mr. Somebody. The girls il
this place, we know, never did care much-Ior nor,
| than one at a time. And even without any. the,
consoie themselves with the phiIcsophc reflection
That the Course of true love did run smooth
especially when there is such rough icy waking
An improvement, has been made in canal boats
| by the introduction of copper mir trunks into III
| hull, which prevent the boats from sinking eve
when filled with water, and enable them to carr
one fourth more than thsir ordinary load,
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01
From Central Amertcs.

A late arrival from San Salvador furnishes
tho Courier with some further particulars of
the dreadful earthquake in the Department Of
Carriage, of which mention was made short
time since. A letter From the city of Hcredia
states that the earthquake was so sadden that
thesclpersons who escaped had hardly time to
get out of their houses before the falling of
the wall, The destruction was so great that
5he site of any particular cdliice was hardly to
be distinguished among the ruins In thecity,
the houses, even to the stone work, were thrown
upwards by the shock, and fell down eganin
heaps of rubbish. The loss 'oflife isvery great
among oil classes, The inhabitants of those
villages in the Department which suffered the
least wore assembled, by order of the Govern
Ihent, with spades and picks, 70 disinter the
bodies The writer adds AN our provisions
IRE beneath the ruins, and we are suffering
hurrlbfe state ofwant which is likely to con-
tlnue, for the fences having beea thrown down,
the CATTLE are destroying all they can reach
Ia ruridabs Tresrios, Cartado, Paraiso, Ujames,
and even to the vicinity of Matina there is not
left single shed and in every one of the
valleys, and on the haciendas, we find proper
ttonate destruction. From San Jose to this
pace, and to Alajuela, the ruin is considerable
In San Jose, number of edifces were thrown
down, and those houses that are standing are
uninhabitable. We are hardly better off in
this city and Alajuela has Jared worse than
we have. The number of sufferers is very
great. Bodies are disinterred that cannot be
recognized-shapeless masses, and keadless
trunks everything in horrible confusion. Up
to the present momesF, there has been no erup-
tion from the neighboring volcano,-the shocks
continue without cessation-and no one can
tell how it will end y
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01
NeNY InYeniion.

Among the new inventions and contrlvan-
ccs OF which have lately heaed, is something
which | believe bids fair to become universally
useful to the city and country, and the world
and that is a new method OF making good, light,
sweet bread All the world knows, that one
OF the most difficult, and pcrplexng matters to
house keepers, is to have good emptnga, or
yeast, for bread.-Now the invention is this -
Take an acid like cream of tartar, q mean
simply an acid in the form Of powder,) and
rub sufficient quantity of this dry and pow
dereJ acid into proper quantity Of dry Hour.
Then wet the -four and put in your aikali-pot-
ash, or any fixed alkali. The valuable part
of the discovery is thistlic acid and alkali will
not effervesce until the loatis baked, when the
acid is rubbed into the flour in a dry state.
The experiment is worth trying. assure you,
that most delicious bread is produced, light,
sweet and good, in this manner, from any good
flour or meal you use, wheat, rye, or Indian.
Cream Of tartar may be used, and saleratus, for
the purpose of tryingit. Nothing can be more
healthful than this bread. The inventor is a
baker by trade, and believe it will come into
use every where. T-y ityourself by rubbing
into your -four, in perfectly dry state, some
cream of tartar, and then mixing up the batter
with whatever liquid you please, milk, butter
milk, or water, and adding a little saleratus.-
You will have an excellent and toothsome ant
wholesome bread Boston Correspondence 0
Hills Patriot.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

or A writer in the Baltimore American, upon
tie subject Of the Rail Road orders, winds up his
arguments with q parody Oh the following well
known lines Of pope:
"To assert that all the benefits done to us by
these orders have been unaccompanied by some
evils, would be to ascribe to them powers and
pertections which human inventions can never
possess. We must offer the afflicted the only
solace we know, and that unfortunately is ia,
ther poetlcal:
An orders ave 5u, stock unknown to thee,
All stock a lottery, which thou cans't not SEQ,
All discount, brokerage, not understood,
AH partial erl universal good"
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01
Washington Affairs.

The Washington correspondent of the New York
Courier md Enquirer says:
A circumstance touk place on Thursday, inter
estng, as it exhibits the low condition Of the funds
in the National Treasury, The Speaker having
drawn his draft, in pursuance of law, for $40 900
being the sum appropriated for the contingent e1'
pen,es oflhe House of Representatives during tho
present session, which was returned, there being
10 fluids in hand 10 meet it's payment
This is not quite I'd bad as the mlsloTtuns that
beiel the young King of Arragon, IN days long
past, who, when returning one evening iatgued
from The chase, and ordering his MAJOR Damo TO
send his dinner, was refused the ground that
there were neither provisions in the palace, nor
coin in the royal Golfers wherewithal it might be
procured.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

Q' We refer ourr readers 10 several excellent ar
tic'es on our first page. The sketch of Audubon,
the American Orurroloeis,, Is Of universal in
,ercs,. His native en,rey of charaCieI---his con-
siancy and patient endurance, almost hoping n.
ga'nst hope, and hbove all, his christian mcekness
nnd pe,y are traits IN his character, that wilcause
his name to he ievered ms long as science has va.
tsry, or talent and industry, admirers. Our coun
try may well he proud of such an American.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01
Musings By Cranky

Tane-"Orr IN rRE srILLr NIGHT"
OF in tho Silly night,
When stays no longer bound nc,
Other days were brought To light,
When none were worn around me.
The smiles, the tears of by-sone years,
Ere fashions law hsd spoken,
Tie eyes that shone, now dlnIne,, and son
The consultation bloken.
Whom | remember all,
The friends thus laced together,
I've seen around me fall,
Like leaves III winty weather,
feel like one who stands alone,
BY strength and health deserted,
Whose spirits fled, whose joys are dead
And all but life departed.
No more I'll mourn. Ike one fnrlOrn,
Faiths bright pledge I've given,
From corset gear now stand clear.
The cords this day are riyen!!
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

a. The following we believe, is an accurate
statement of the amount Of Anthracite Coal mind
and sent to market this season, from the different
coal regions io nsyvania. We have no doubt
that the amount will be greatly increased next sea.
son, as the supplies, we understand, are shor, in
nearly all the markets, Frorn this (Shamokin)
coal region, confident, the amount will lie
doubled next season.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

RssrIruTroS-Messrs. Wurts, Caldwell & Co,
last evening, received through the Post Office,
containing one hundred and twenty-five C23)
dollars. All that was written in the letter
was profit and Loss, sl2J." As Messrs. w.
c. & Co have no idea whence this money
comes, they perhaps would be less liable to inn
pute the wrong made known by this right, to
some innocent individual, if they were acquain'
ted with the nature of The transaction out OF
which the Indebtedness arose. U. S. Guz.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

or We have received a communication from
respected correspondent, over The signature Of "Je
ferson,' who strongly recommends our Senator,
Major Fleming, for the sTeakeiship of the SEN
ate. We age with the writer, that the claims
of the senatorial dis, ict has been strangely over
looked
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

az we have received the "Lcvia,hen New
WoTld,H and a II, St splendid sheet il is, 1t con.
tans forty. five handsome ensra'ings, some of them
the best specimens Of wood engravngs ,ha, we ever
saw. It measures about four and half by five
and half feet, and contains vast deal of interes-
ling and excellent literary matter such is usually
found in the columns Of tie New World,
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

(alias gaubs of asses candy.O Pull away,
Jimmy, you little innocent it is seldom that
you put your dear pretty claws to a better or
more harmless use. Isl. 10. County Republi-
can.
Don't be alarmed, toady. No one has pulled
your whiskers except yourself. Aud if any
one should, it would be like pulling pntcathers
from gosin, or mushrooms from adunghl."
Centreville Democrat
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

oj' We have bec,, requested to call the attention
of the members of the Fire Companies to the no.
,ice of an intended meeting, in another column. 1t
is to be hoped that tic members will rake up 10
the importance of more regular attendance, and
throw aside the apathy under which ,hey have been
stumberins of late,
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

-Four hundred and thirty eight peers OF
Grcat Britain receive an aggregate pension
ti@n,eW, besides the many other pensions
which are paid out of the public taxes, some of
them To foreign pensioners for military servi,
ces rendered by their ancestors.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

REV. Mr.. KSAPr-The SANDER suit against
this gentleman has not kecD Withdrawal. The
origin of the difficulty was as follows; Mir.
Knapp, in the course of a sermon against Uni
versalism asked if any person present knew q
Uniyersalist who prayed in his family. 4 ID
dy rose and said Yes The next evening
Mr. Knapp made the observations upon this
lady or her family nr which the slander suit
has been brought--LN Y Tribune,
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

or Master Humphreys clock has stopped. The
dickens can only tell Why. Probably he has only
toOund ii up 10 set it going in some other quarter,
which, until ii is run DOZEN, he csa easily accom-
plsh by moving his pen-duIum.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

BgAsTLy DRuNK.-A woman was found dead
in her bed, the other day, in New Haven, and
the verdict Of the jury was that she died from
drunkenness, In the same bed was found
little girl, two years old, almost pershed with
cold, aud furnished with hunger, while the
beast ly husband and father was drunk near the
body Cfhis wife.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

C1JThe Yankee Farmer has been united with the
tural paper published a, Boston II is edited by a
practical farmer, and contains, besides the ia,es,
news, much miscellaneous reading matter.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

CT In Cungress, our member, Mr.. Snyder of
fcrsG rcso!utiou for the appointment of com>
mittee on printing. Ojec,on Icing made to its
reception, IL wos refused, Some system of econc-
my should be adopted ia this matter, forthwith, and
glad to see that Mr.. Snyde, has given the
subject his attention.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

y. y. AND ERtE RAIL RoAD.-THE WAY
THEY nAIE rr.--A week or two since, three
hundred piles were driven by single machine
m one day. Tins makes 40! rod. of road pre-
pared for the superstucture. or at the rate of
a mile IN seven days by one machine IN. Y,
Express
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01
InR TIE AMEnICAN.

Our fair friends have been frequently admonish
ed, in sober prose, Of the evils Incl 'ent u tight
lacng, and all apparently to no purpose. Wheth
or we shall he successful by clothing the s,me
suffice, in the hsbimen,s of popular song, is, we
think, somewhat doubtful.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

The Sandy Hill Herald says.-'We know
a man vino has worked, on an average of six
teen hours per day for the last twenty years, to
pay notes which he had endorsed, and for which
he never received the value of one farthing
He is now seventy years Of age. We chul-
lenge the word to produce similar instance OF
integrity
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

CT We tender our acknow lcdgements to fhe
Hon. Jehn snydrr, for the Presidents M,ssase and
accompanying documents.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

Mrs. Jenkins said a little red headed girl,
with pug nose and bare feet mother says
you will obleege her by lendin her stick of
fire wook-tillIn this cruet with vinegar-put-
tin little soft soap in this pan, anG please not
let your turkey gobler roost on our fence,
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

No plaster can be made strong enough to
drao tears from hypocrite--money from
miser-generosi,y from elfshness-truth from
aslanderer-or honesty from thief
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

SAD TRAnEDy.-A young man III Canton
Illinois. named Selfridge, pointed rife at IA
young and amiabe sister in sport, and in
stantly shot her dead TIE unfortunate young
man has since been deranged.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

a. The Presentment agains; the L. S. Bank of.
fcers was quasked. The Judges were unanimous.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

FArTEMs0 Asal vet up with
sweet milk, il is said, will fatten fowls faster
and better than any thing else that has been
tried.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01
The Three Jolly Huabnnds

Three jolly husbands out in the country by
the name of Tim Watson, Joe Brown and Bill
Walker, sat late one evening drinking at the
village tavern, untl being well corned, they
agreed that each one on returning home should
do the first thing his wife told him, in default
OF which he should the next morning pay the
bill. They then separated for the night, en-
gaging TO meet again the next morning, and
give an honest account of their proceedings
at home, go far as they related to the bill.
The next morning Walker and Brown were
early at their posts; but it was some time be-
fore Watson made his appearance. Walker
began first.
you see, whenI entered my house the can
dc wasout and the fire gave but glmmer-
ing etligf. ] came near walking accidentally
bc made of in .he morning. Ny wife, who
was dreadully out of humor at sitting up SO
late, said to me, sarcasticalIy:
"BiN do PIT your teet in lie batter"
Just as you say, Msggy,' said I, and with
out The least hesitation, pat my foot into the
pot of batter, and then went to bed
Next Joe Brown told his story
NY wife had already retired TO our usual
/ sleeping room, which adjoins the kitchen, and
the door of which was sjar; not being able
to navigate perfectly, you know, made dread
tu Gathering among the HOUSEHOLD furniture,
and my wife, III no very pleasant tone, bawled
out
"Do break The porridge pot"
No sooner said than doae, | seized hoM of
the bail Of the pot, and striking it against the
chimney jaab, broke it in a hundred pieces
After this exploit retired to rest, and got
CURTAIN LECTURE all night for my pains
1t was now Tim Watsons turn TO give an
account Of himself, which he did with very
long face, as follows:
My wife gave me the most unlucky Gem
msnd in the world, for was laundering up
stairs in the dark, when she cried out
"Do Jrea6 your neck, do Tim"
III be cursed if DO, Kate said as ga
ttered mysefup. Tll sooner pay the bill. -
And so, landlord, here's the cash for you and
this is the last time I'll ever risk five dollars on
/ the command of my wife,
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

CATCH'Ea AND KISS s'EM.-A retail dry good
store in New York is said to flourish under the
course, patronise the establishment largely.
n. Y. Sun
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

'Smokingin in Hoiand,' says the Boston Post
is 50 common, that, when a party meet III a
room and any one present is wanted, the wait
er goes round with pair of bellows and blows
the smoke from before each face, that he may
distinguish the individual called for
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-01-01

And Sc, landlord, here the cash tor you and
this is the last time I'll ever risk five dollars on
the command of my wife,
The SPIRIT OF LIBERTY.-Soon after, the
close Of the war, boy was Offering some Gagged
birds, for sale in market town, when sailor
came up and inquired the price Of them. Six
pence apiece replied the boy. Il did not ask
how much apiece, but how much for the lot =
The boy after some calculation answered six
shillings and sixpence.' The sailor instantly
handed him the money and opening the cage
door permitted the birds to escape. The boy
in astonishment cried out, 'What are you do
ing : you will lose your birds Very WE'LL
said the sailor, 4 have been shat up three years
as prisoner of war, and am resolved never
to see any thing confined in prison that can
make free
A Coon SToRy is told dofProfesscr Humphrey,
of Amherst college. One morning, before re.
citation, slme of the students fastened live
goose on the presidents chair When he en-
tered the room and discovered the new occu-
pant OF his seat, he turned upon his heel and
cody observed: Gentlemen, | preceive you
have competent instructor, and | will there
fore, leave you to your studies
Smoking in Holland says the Boston Fost
is 50 common, that, when party meet in a
room and any one present is wanted, the wait
er goes round with a oair of bellows and blows
the smoke from before each face, that he may
/ distinguish the individual called for
CATcH'Eu AND Kiss'EM-A retail dry good
store in New York issaid to flourish under the
title of 'Ketchum a. Kissam.' The ladies, of
course, patronse the establishment largely.
~ Y. Sun.
Mrs. Jenkins, said little red headed girl,
with pug nose and bare feet, mother SAYS
you will obleege her by lendin her a stick of
fire wook-tiln this cruet with vinegar-put-
TIN little soft soap in this pan, anG please not
let your turkey gobler roost on our fence
The Sandy Hill Herald says.-'We know
man vino has worked, on an average of SIX
teen hours per day for the last twenty years, to
pay UOles WHICH llC anu WHICH
he never received the value of one iarthng
He is now seventy years Of age. We chul
lenge the word to produce similar instance o
integrity
, BEAsrLy DRuNK.-A woman was found dca,
in her bed, the other day, in New Haven, ant
the verdict OF the jury was that she died iron
drunkenness In the same bed was found
little girl, two years old, almost perished witt
cold, aud furnished with hunger, while tn,
beasly husband and father was drunk near TIN
body of'hs wife.
Four hundred aud thirty eight peers q
: 6rcat Britain receive an aggregate pension
/ tiN,eR, besides the many other pension
which are paid out of the public taxes some
them la foreign pensioners for military servi
u ces rendered by their ancestors.
a., y. y. AND ERtE RAIL RoAD.-THE WA
TnEY nAEE rr.--A week or two since, thre
hundred piles were driven by single machin
% ih one day Tins makes I5l rod. of road or,
pared for the superstructure, or at the rate {
N mile IN seven daysby one machine IN. \
Express