Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-25
MISCELLANY.

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Coffee has been cultivated with grea, success In
Florijs.
Messrs. Gushing and Wise are both ou, as
candidates for reelection, since their rejection by
the United States Senate.
Johnson was executed at 81. Louis on Friday
for the murder Of Major Floyd. He wept at the
gaows, and in q speech Of fifteen minutes, protes.
ted his innocence.
There will be an immense emigration from Eng.
land and Scotland to the United States this year.
The late gales produced loss of property, in
ships and cargoes, belonging to England, of abou,
81, 900 ooO and abou, 500 human lives.
In an article in late London Times the United
States are called known swindler.'
Chancellor Kents Opionon Boston Da. |
ly Advertiser, in copying this opinion. denying
the uri.dicton Of The Civil Courts In the case of
Srmcrs says: ut expresses, we doubt not, the u
niversal opinion Of the well.informtd portion of
the American Bar"
"The Great Western i, is said, brought over
$4,000 900 in specie.
The New York American says that the amount
Of specie brought over by her is $4,000.
Mr.. Tu"MAs REA, Of Bedford, Pa, was killed on
W"dne day last. by falling from q wagon loaded
with hay. The fall broke bis neck, and he expi.
red Immediately.
The Great Western.-The Western has now
been running five seasons-crossed the Atlantic
h',y.f'ur times. (and as per log,) made one hun.
dred six'y.six thousand six hundred and eighty.
seven miles, wi,hou, requiring any material repair.
Sareophagus-The ancient S,rcophagus, said
to he over eighteen hundred years old, brnugh,
some time ago by Commore Ellio, from the Medi
,errunean, arrived at Spruce stree, wharf Phadel-
phia. in a schooner from Norfolk, and has since at
,r,c,cd the attention Of our citizens.
"The Dismal Howl" is the very appropriate tile
bug.
The Senate Of Ohio, have passed bill, fixing
the legal rate ofin,erest at per cent.
The English papers mike mention of the death
add tina, he. some time since, made open profess
sion of christianity.
The two Flansgans who were TO have heen exc
cued on Fr day last, for the murder Of Ms. Hol,
der have been respitcd until he 2lst prox.
Tie opal Buifon.-A new button by this name
for gen,cmen's COZ hs, has been invented in Boston.
It is costly and misunderstanding in its hues,
all the colors Of the rainbow.
Humility Before Henryn.-The new Trinity
Church, on Broadway, New York, will cast half a
? uilIion. Nothing like lowliness humility and
simplicity in ones devotion 4!
I They have one Jos 'ph King in prison in Virgi.
mia. 10. King is said to be out of place in prison
S,,m.bndv the other day ran off with the wife o
an editor a, Lowell. Mass. Poor fellow" wal
' the news.
Profis on Crime-The State prison labor of II
linos and Missouri has been sold Out for ten years
In the latter State, the contractor pays 600 70
the whole "lot." This is really specializing in hu
man wiokcdncss.
], is said ,ha, two highly esteemed physician
nsar Boston. have recently died from the poso
;. imbbed during section, and that DR.. Haywar
y is dangerously III from the same cause.
% Mesmerisnl-The Boston Post says, DR.. Collye
:. will magnetic the zodiacal comet, this evening
T. Abundance to the common--nine- pence.
II is estimated ,ha, more than three millions
people in England Ireland and Scotland, are am
ous to migrate to Australia or America, during III
approaching summer.
, The New York Express s1ys that the fleece
wool from sbou, five thousand sheep. raised by or
man. in the State Of Michigan, sold in tn
city Oh Friday.
The arrival of specie a, New Orleans from scE
,ember Is; to FEBRUARY 25, amounts to S5,740l7t
ADr Breevoor, was recently arrested a, Gosher
:. " ", charged with having stolen watch from
- window. He pretended to be a lecturer on lhf
~ noloey.
70 A splendid edition of the Wsvery Novels HI
o. jus, been published in Montreal. The engraving
,e cost si5oO0O.
10 A mandatory OF gun barrels is about to be e
TO talished at Cincinnati.
nj Dr. Aicott, the Grahsmite, says that he drank NJ
rh thing, during the year ls42.
s' During three months recently, the Londc
CT Times paid the Government, eco 900 for advertiser
ne duties.
" Audu hon, The naturalist leh Baltimore on Tue