Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-09-02
MISCELLANY.
EDITORIAL, Condensed and Selected.


in operation again in few weeks.
It is stated rha, the Hon. N. r. Tnllnndsc has
purchased land in Tsychecdah. Fond du Lac
county, Wisconsin, and will there fix his residence.
Cream Cheese, a new article. and said to be
luxurious one, is just introduced into the Baltimore
market.
The Oncida Conference Of the Methods, T..
piscopal Church, commenced its session in Wilkes.
barre, Pa. on Wednesday last. The Rev. Bishop
Waugh presided.
The steamboat Knckerbocker made hcr first tip |
from New York TO Albany in seven hours and
thirty three minutes, running time,-ljo miles.
There are over four hundred pisoners in the
Ohio Penen'iary /; and during the last year, the
net, inc me of the establishment exceeded s2l 900.
| TIE hemp raised by Mr.. Clay, a, Ashland KY,
s considered in every respect equal, if not superior
to the best Russi,
Mtbodsm--The Prsburr, Annual Confer.
! rnce of the Methodist Episcopal Church. com.
menccd its session in that city las, week
A, Providence, r l., a fellow has bccn arrested
for catching girls in the streets and kissing them.
He must be insane.
II l. said that, should the Arabs I've suhdueA in
Algeria by France, it will always require a, least
fifty thousand effective troops to maintain French
dominion.
Printers generally make good lawyers and phy.
sicians, fom their previous acquaintance with
Cases.
In London, music affords livelihood to more
than five thsusand pcrsons
The steamship Acadia lrf, Boston on her las,
trip, with fcr'y.six passengers for Englan, four
teen thousand letters, and large number of pa
pers.
, Moniesquieu observes Of the orators of his time,
that wha, they wanted in depth Thy gave you in
= length. This cutting remark is quite applicable
II, the present time.
: R'gLt-A, Mobile. Ala both parties have come
to an agreement not to have any tppling houses
open on election day, TO have any convey yance
running to bring in votes.
: Gambling Houses--A correspondent, Of the
Ny. American says there are GOO Of them in that
city.
The Roman Catholics erecting splendii
, cdifce for public worship at Alton, Illinois.
n Iron Mjps-There are a, thi. time construct
: ing at Liverpool sixteen or seventeen vessels d
, iron-but Tot one new ship Of wood is building on
the stocks. The speed Of new iron steamer ~
4 the Thames, calf d the "Prince Of Wales is said
:, to be s,v ,venren niles al hour.
= A Chse Run--Keso the Wing who voted 70
C a Democratic United States Senator in the Iniian
Legislature las, year, has been defeated by
t II some common salt b. pu, into the water, wher
= washing cuhboses or greens, preparatory t' COX
" ing them, the snlls, s'ugs, worms, &c. viii conn
J. out ard sink to the bottom that they need not
" boiled with the vegetables. II is impossible TO was
" lhem out, except the cahhag he taken TO piece,
Y and people generol'y like 10 have the vesetahl
y served up whole.
Mss Mariineau.-The subscription now raj.
ing for Miss Marneau, who refused the pensio
- offered by the late English Government, reachc
u. the sum of { 900.
le Wooden Nuin,egs in C0Ddad-Some Of the il
habi,anrs of the Home D,,rict, Canad., have hee
,e practising upon the stupidity Of two Of the mag
lc traes and reenishing their pockets, by bring
o. ing in squirrels scalps for premium, instead
ne wolves scaps.-Wolv,s must be scarce in Canal
IN a, this rate" else the gs,ra'es are greenhorn
The Lowell Courier says hat the Mcrrimac
Priu, Works in that city manufacture rising 100
, pieces of calico per day. The Me rimack prints al
celebrated all over the country for their beauty
N durability.
bo TuE GnAMrus.-The Lancaster Intelligence
says: "Among the crew of the vessel thus my
terou-I lost recognize the pame of a lal
whose fate we feel lively interest We mea
GEORGE MINsHsLI, one Of the III 'ee midshipme
the son of printer who lived and died the i'ier
w Of Gen. Cameron, Of Mjddletown. This orph6
~. " boy was taken by the General, and adopted into
=" family. The laI soon grew up in the ardent aft
" ,ions Of his losterarher, aud became dear TO hi
as Z he had been his son. Gen. Cameron ga
him mllshipRan's warrant
W. The Youthful seaman was sent out in the Graz
:, pus. He wrote from the several ports where s
"' touched to his bencacors, in the lively langua
Of grateful and ardent mind, telling OF all he sa
and avowng all he hoped. His letters soon &C
al sed their regular visits.-Anxe'y now 10 K 4
,s1 place quiet expectations until at last, the drea
b,v fol picon realised ,h, he peTished with