Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-05-20
MISCELLANY.
EDITORIAL. cond.hs.d and Selected.

Flour at Cincinna'i on the 9th 50 OG S3 10, at
canal. Wheat SO cts.
The remains Of Commodore Porter are to be
conveyed home in national vessel-they gre now
in leaden coffin.
The system Of solitary confinement, has been
abolished in Rhode Island, it having been found to
operate in an unfavorable manner upon the health
of the prisoners.
A bed Of anthracite coal, said to be equal to the
Iehieh has teen found in the Parish of Clai> !
borne La.
The President Of the United States has recog-
nized GEoRaE NJ. TnArcHER as Consul Of Den ,
mark for the port Of Bosom.
The .9rmy.-Gen. Gaines has been assigned to
the command Of the third military department.
His headquarters will be at ST. Louis Missouri.
Tar RidSen-New York city is taxed to the
amount Of about million per annum.
Not so bad o6:-Baron Sleglz, who lately died
at St Petersburg, Russia, ef, property to the a.
mount of thirty millions of dollars
TIE Boundary.-The Hibernis brought ou'
commissioners appointed by The British Govcrn.
M, mt to act with the American Engineers in
running the North Eastern Boundary line.
An AccompEce Of Edtrards The n. o. Bee
says that man named Willis. who was recently
sent to the Louisiana penentiary for forge'y. turns
out 10 be Of the accompiccs of the great linan.
cier, Monroe Edwards
The Millcres have applied to have their Tenn
pie, in Boston, insured for seven years. So the
end Of he world is posponed
A serious accident, resulting in the death Of one
and the grea, injury Of many, passengers, hapren-
ed on the railroad near Charlcs,own, Mass.
The value of the produc ions of Illinois for 1899
was estimated a, s5.4ll 6O6.
The New Orleans Courier states that s4i7, 900
were coined at the Min, at that place during the
month of April. OF this amount S3sO,OoO were
in gold.
The high, of Graves has been dramatizcd at
Jackson, Miss.
The amount Of Treasury notes, which the Sec
rc,ary proposes to redeem, is about ss,ooo,o00
A lady recently recovered $500 from n gentle
man for husging and kissing her rather roughly.
She should Sc, high value upon the money, as
she got it by tight squeezing.
The free masons of Tennessee, are erecting an
asylum for orphans of those belonging to the or
der.
letter from Tampico 10 the Charleston Tran
script states positively that II of the l6o Texan
prisoners captured by the Mexcans at Mer, have
been shot by order OF Santa Ana.
, Horrbk.-A shocking and unnatural murder
was committed a short time since in Lawrence
! county, Mississippi, by a mother on her child.
While the child asleep, she procured some
lead which sae melted and poured down his throat
Il The cause of this inhuman act is not stated.
= Among the recent deaths abroad, we notice tho
= following
At Genoa, Lady Fanny Erskine. daughter Of tn
late General CsdwalJer of Pennsylvania, and wifi
of Lord Erskne, British Minister at Munich, age,
: SO.
. National Bankrupfcy-The London Sun, il
II noticing new attempt Of Spain TO raise loan
says:-
& "span cannot pay her debts, she has no in
teniIOn OF paving her DENIS she mas IHst all sens
'' Of honor The country is bankrupt, and person
E who emhuk money in the funds of bankruY
~ State know the result"
III The price Of a passage from New York to Ne'
:, Orleans. around the coast, is s7O.-Throueh Pitts
no burg, the ice is $50.
ro Lard OH--The Cincinnati Gazette states tbs
so four manufactures in lha, city have made, durin
30 the past wear, 9ii gallons Of Lard Ol-rh
ir value Of which was s72.Os9. The quantity
ri. lard required was 1902 barrels the consump,o
er of the oil is said to he rapidly on the increase.
Nv Horn, the supposed murderer Of his wife, had
- further examination on MONDAY afternoon, whic
Z" resulted in a final commitment, To swai, his trial
'"' the November term Of Baltimore County Cou
"e The examination conducted by l. NEWT
!" STEELE, Esq. prosecuting attorney for 3smo
ns county Court, and JAMES NJ. BucHASAS, couns
C" for the prisoner.
Crom,neH-A letter in the Wilmington RePu
lican, from the u. s. frigs,e Columbia, says 1T
boaswain's mate hanged (Cromwe'D was dIschaT
'' ed from this ship but a few days before sail
N from New York his old nessmstes say that
- often Dragged Of mutnes he had been engaged
=. in the merchant service"
IA, A new kind Of Onion has recently been in,r
,en duced into this country. II Possesses the singu
n,onaYty oE nrornting fron one onion ST or sew