Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-06-03
MISCELLANY.

Editorial, Condensed aud Selected.
I'll weekly paper is about being established a,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory.
Welch has started to China with his circus.
The Bank of New Yo gives notice, tha, here.
after the rate of in,eres, will be per cent. They
can &c, but little to do at that
The Louisville Theatre was burn, ON the Goth
ult.
Another duel at vickburg lately. One of the
parties shot through the leg.
The opening Of the Lehigh and SuSquehanna
Rail Road was celebrated at Wilkesbaue, on Tues.
day last.
Ex-Governor Bagot Of Canada, died on the l4th
ult.-His remains are on their way to England.
The great race between Fashion Blue Dick and
Register came offat Camden few days since, Fa.
shion beating them both with ease.
The Hessian Fly has made it's appearance among
the whea, fields of Kent county, Md.
Upwards of 1000 barrels of wheat flour were in
spcc,ed in Baltimore last week.
A gentleman named "Ja,ho," residing in Bali.
more, has invented self winding clock, which is
said to approach to perpetual motion, as nearly as
any thing yet discovered.
constable, named Bowden, killed on the
/ 18th inst at Allegheny city, near Pnt.burg. Hr
was serving warrant on a rattsman, who de.
! lileratcly picked up an axe aud killed him a, a
single blow.
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are now in progress at Rochester
The Boston Advertiser states that during tho
week ending May Goth, ca bales Of domescs were
exported from tha, port to Laguayra, and I43
bales to the East Indies.
I, is said that one thousand buildings will he e.
reced in Cincinnati, Ohio, during the present year.
Upwards of 40, 900 lbs of copper had been ship
ped from the Mineral Point mineral region prior
to the 4th instant. 1t was destined for England.
1t is said that the amount of repudia,ei Treasu.
ry in the hands of innocent parties is &c..
600.
The peak Of one of the Heidelberg noun aims
about II mile. from Albany, is atill capped with
.now.
Mrs. Sieourney has received. from the Queen OF
the French, diamond bracele, of great value and
beauty.
The Louisville Keniuckisn state. ,ha, Spencer
who recently convicted Of the murder Of hi,
son in Hardin county. was on Friday last taken
to the church in Ei1 1,be,h, to he,, hi. own fune:s
sermon! On Saturday he wa- driven to the gal.
lows where nc met his doom
The universal custom Of mourning wa. white
over the whole world till about the wear 1850, wher
black was substituted.
: Tight psntaloons, and straps for suaining ant
fastening them down under the boots are sbou, To
; coming unfashionshl-.
A gentleman being tormrnled with rats, took
, fishing rod, with q hook and line attached, ar
having hnited it with a piece Of bread, threw tn
line. In shou, six minu'es he succeeded in catch
ing no less than six rats.
lover recently entered house which he hs
been forbidden to visit, magn-zel both the oil
folks aud then ran of with the daughter a, hi
leisure.
Richard Jones young mn aged sixteen years
lately died in Nor,heach House Of Couec,irn i
England. The Coroner. jury returned verde
of''died of hard lator, anl from wsnt Of food, an
from no other cause :"
4 Curious FGci.-Ras for at least one half III
E English railways have been imported from the I
ni,ed States, and nearly all the railroads in III
e country, are laid with rails brought from Englan,
!, This, we presume, is reciprocity.
2 1t is stated that an Englishman residing in Lon
e don, recently had bundle of Bank of Ensl,n
e notes, amounting TO about ten thousand dollar
e upon table before him, when the notes scciJcna
h y took FIRE, aud the owner being .hortsishtrd, d
2. no, apprrhend the danger until they amo
'e wholly consumed.
D. The amount Of steerage passage money paid c
e Saturday, the l3th, to the Constitution, from Bu
u" faIo for Chicago on Lake Erie was upwards
y s2,lOO.
=, The manufacturers Of New England have so
=, out all theft stocks, and are now working upC
orders.
I, The Louisville journal Acknowledges the recei
- Of horse from nineteen new subscribers, in II
a. nois, in paymen, for that paper.
8. II is computed that thirty thousand accidents
cur annually in London.
Rer. j. N. Mg6fa--The New York Atlas, co