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Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-11-18
or Rocky MouSTAIS PAss.-Leu,cnant Ire

r-T Rocky MouxrAIN PAss-Lieu,cnant Ire
mont, of the L. S. Army, in his recent cHplors
tons under the orders ofthc Government, has disco
vered pass in the Rocky Mountains, almost ia
direct line from the North Western angle Of Miss
souri, to the valley of the Columbia River. /, can
be approached from the mouth of the Sves, Water.
sandy plain, one bundled and twenty miles
in length, by gradual and regular ascent conducts
10 the summit of the pass and the traveller, without
exI orencing any fatigue by toilsome ascents, sud-
denly finds himself sbou, thousand feet above
The level of the sea. The breadth of the pass has
not Yet been ascerained, and is said in nowise to
resemble the winding ascens Of the passes Of the
Allegheny.
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value of Newspapers.

1t is said that the father Of an interesting
family near Detroit, Mich, not long since stop
ped the only newspaper which he allowed
himself or family, and solely on the ground
that he could not afford the expense. This
nan chews Sl4 90 worth Of tobacco n year.
Exchange paper
No wonder then he is stupid enough TO die
continue his newspaper. His torpid tobacco
ridden brain, must loathe intellectual ailment
as much as a sea sick man does pork. Such q
man cannot understand that the real value Of II
newspaper is greater than the pitiful two or
three dollars yeer which may be its pr ce.
As contemporary remarks, newspaper is a
school in a family, worth ten dollars a year.
Even the most barren paper brings something
new. Children read or hear the contents, gain
intelligence OF the affairs of the world, and ac-
quire useful knowledge, OF more importance to
them in life than present Of fifteen acres OF
land Parents are not aware of the vast i'm
portancc ola newspaper in family Of children,
We have made the remark before, and we re.
peat it, that take two famlies OF children c.
qually smart, and both going TO the same school
let one of them have the tree use of news
paper, and it would excite astonishment tc
mark the difference between them. Full one
half, as it respects the business of the world
and the ability to rise and make ones self re.
spectacle in it, is derived from newspapers
What parent would not wish his children re-
spectacle Who would be willing to have hi:
neighbor's children more intelligent than his
own Yet how trihing is the sum paper
costs 1t is even in these hard times abso
lutely contemplate in amount, and no man c
yer felt it, except in its beneficial consequen
ces, who ever paid his Subscription regularly
Harrisburg Telegraph.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-11-18

REVERSING THE SEAsoNs.-A company with
a capital Of 2j,000,000 francs, is about being
established in Paris for the purpose of forming
very large and extensive covered garden.
The plants, shrubs and flowers OF the temper
ate and torrid zones will be introduced, and the
air Of the garden heated in such n manner as
to allow them to bloom and blossom the whole
year. The invention is said to be a new one.
1t will be grand affair There are to be with.
in the walks, baths, Libraries, ball rooms, res
taurants, and various other places Of luxury and
amusement Rcformcr.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-11-18

PERPETUAL NoTroN.-There is a clock maker
in Charleston, Mr.. Stein, who has almost dis
covered perpetual motion. lie some time since
constructed clock that ran for one year, with
out winding up ; this clock was its own pendu-
lum and gave on it's face, the time at London,
Paris and Charleston; it was rafflcd out at sixty
chances at five dollars each, and is now in
England. The Mercury udds-
MIR. Stein is working at present at clock,
which is moved by spring and can also be
propelled by weight; it has only four wheels
nnd It's mechanism is very simple, it makes on.
ly al evolutons during the term of ten years,
and it need not be wound up in that time. Mr..
Stein AYERS, that if he puts an additional wheel
into this clock with one hundred teeth, it will
go one hundred years without being wound up,
and nevertheless the whole clock wants only
five pounds weight to be kept going. Mr.. Stein
Will have clock of the above description rea-
dy in four months time, and will then give all
friends Of curious mechanism an opportunity TO
Judge FOR themselves.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-11-18

or EMPEROR NIcnoLAs.-As the Emperor
was passing through POsen, on the 18th Of Septem-
bel last, sho, was fred through the carriage con-
tanning the sidsde-camp, without doing any injury.
I, was supposed 10 have been an attempt upon the
Emperors life, but il was not asceriained whether
tie shot was by accden, or design. The darkness
of the night prevented the arrest Of the offender
1t is said that twenty shots have been fred at the
carriage Of tie Emperor aud suite, at different
times, without fleet
On the 27th OF September an attempt was made
by physcisn, to shoe, the Pope, a, his palace, il
Rome, Csuse-wsnt Of money.
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NooDES CLoCKs.-With all the many cute
tricks OF the Yankee pedar of small notions,
whoever was cheated in the purchase of a real
Co n1ecticu wooden clock In what country
or climate, from the Rocky Mountains TO the
llimmayah, not forgetting the celestial empire,
do not their whiz and chime proclaim the great.
ness of these United States This day of
bronze and tinzel may have shrouded their once
familiar faces in the dust OF the kitchen, but it
has left unsullied their vivacity ana the tame
they have thus gained is widespread. The
ship Splendid of New York, lately cleared with
an invoice Of forty tons measurement. These
clocks will be scattered over all Europe; and
! the merry tick we have so often heard in the
cottages OF New England, sporting with the
calm hours ofmidnight, will soon be re-echoed
in the hamlets of England, the mountain hus
OF Scotland, and the cabins Of Ern's isle-We
| cannot tell what distant part Of the earth this
simple, perhaps rude invention flour northern
countrymen shall not be found by the American
traveller, but wherever it's sound may strike the
ear, he will proudly recognize it as a time homo
red friend aud monument OF our national indus
try.-ReIormCr.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-11-18

LOOK AicFr.-Some years ago. Dr. Good.
man Of Philadelphia, (now deceased,) related
that in voyage to sea in early life, he had
seen lad who had just began to be a sailor,
going out 10 some projecting part of the rig
ging. His arms were supported by spar, and
he was looking below him for rope which ran
across, on which his feet, should be. The rope
flew from side to side, and it was evident that
the poor fellow was becoming dizzy, and in
danger of falling, when the mate shouted to
him with all his force, "Iook aloft you snea-
king lubbcr ~ By thus turning away bis eyes
from danger, the dizziness was prevented, and
he found his footing And this incident the
| Doctor sad often occurred to his mind in after
| life-when his troubles grew heavy upon him,
and he could hardly find ground whereupon to
tread At such time he heard the mates shout
in his cars md turned his eyes "aloft" to the
| prize on which he had placed his hopes. We
! cannot part with this beautiful illustration
without asking each ofour readers to apply it
to still nober purpose; to steady themselves
in all the tenpcsts OF adversely by looking
towards that life in which there is rest and
peace evermore-and when our flesh and heart
shall fail us, and we find no support under our
feet to seek il by "looking aloft" to Him who is
the strength Of our heart, and our portion for
ever.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-11-18

THE PRornET IN A NEw CHARAcrER-Joe
Smith the Mormon leader, has opened Hotel
at Nauvoo. The following odd resolutions, a.
mong others, were passed at the opening on the
Sd ult:
Resoired, Gen. joseph Smith, whether we
view him as a Prophet at the head of the
Church, as General at the head Of the Legion
q Mayor at the head OF the City Council, or as
d Landlord at the head Of his table, be has few
equals and no superior.
Resoiced, Nauvoo, the great Emporium OF
the West, the centre of all centres; city of
three years growth, a population of $4,000
souls, y congregated from the tour quarters OF
the Globe, CD embracing all the Intelligence
Of all nations, (!) with industry, trugali-
ty, economy, virtue, and brotherly love, unsur'
passed in any age ofthe world, a suitable home
for the saints (nD
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-11-18

OREGON lNpIANs-The Oregon Indians be-
leve in the doctrine of mctempsychosis. The
present race Of beasts birds reptiles and fish
were men who once inhabited this earth.
These they suppose still to retain their pecu.
liar language which they can impart to those
people into whom they may pass. Such peo-
pie are esteemed conjurors or medicine men.
They seem also to entertain notions of witch
craft, similar to those of the Pilgrim Fathers.
DIR. Whiteman states that one o.; them shot
himself through the abdomen, last July, having
done the same thing two years before. After
shooting himself, he prepared TO depart, mount
ing his horse and was off. He returned again
in shorttime, pretending to be n new man
His body was preserved from the shot by a We.
ry thick leather shirt. This is equal TO some o
Joe Smiths Mormon miracles
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-11-18

AM-Re doth not say, an their light
their guide, their strength, or tower, but only
AN-lIe sets as il were his hand to a blank,
that his people may write under it what they
please that is good for them, AS if he would
say, Are they weak I am strength. Are
they poor / an riches Are they "a troa-
bic Tam comfort. Are they e,ck am
health, Are they diving + am life, Have
they nothing lam all things. lam wisdom
and power. lem justice and mercy. an
grace and Goodness. lam glory, beauty no.
'lness. eminency, super-emlnency, perfection
all.sufficiency, eternity! Jehovah, am. What
soever is smible in itself, or desirable unto
them, that I am. Whatsoever is pure, and no.
ly; whatsoever is great or pleasant whatso-
ever is good or needful to make men happy,
that Aa.-Biskop Beperidge.
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Ship>vrecIS.
Bich'neNs Reporter.

Fortunate EscirE OF ONE HuNuREp AND
Twenty five PEnsoSs.-The Packet Ship Shelf
field, Captain Popham, from Liverpool on the 5th
ut, for New York, while entering the harbor on
Saturday, during the gale, ashore on Romcr
Shoals, bilgcd and soon filled. The vessel was in
charge of pilot at the time she struck. 1t
blowing a gale from the East and very fosgy The
steamboat Wave was sent down to the wreck, and
took the passengers TO the city. The vessel is a
total wreck cargo may be saved in damaged state.
Many of the passengers lost their baggage. The
Sheffield was rather an old ship. Her load chiefly
consisted Of dry goods coal, iron and salt; vessel
and cargo fully insured in Wall street She brought
twelve cabin, and niney,three s,eerage passengers.
/ 1t may he regarded a special providence that the
/ wind aba'cd during the afternoon, AMI changed a.
I round TO the westward, thus enabling the sufferers
/ 10 remain on the wreck, and afbrling an opportu-
/ nity for the Wave TO receive them. To this cir
cumetance alone are the one hundred and twenty
/ five souls indebted for their safety. The cabin
! passengers were as follows Mr. Z. F. Sanderson,
! lady, and servant; DR.. Coulter AMI lady; Mr..
! Spre kesan lady. child and servant; Mrs. Max
well, Rev. DR.. Kerioo Mr.. f. Brooks, Mr.. Bailey
and ninety y-three passengers PhR Ledgcr
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-11-18

PRINTERS OUTSTANDING AcCouNTs. A thou
sand such accounts, at ten dollars each amount
to ten thousand dollars-a handsome sum these
times, were it all collected The same num-
Der at fire dollars each, amount to five
thousand dollars. Ought not, then, every sub.
scriber TO paper-to DO as he would be done
by, and thus fulfil the golden rule--cancel at
once his printers account, more or lcss-that
he may not be one of the thousand, or the one
hundred, or even the fifty, who may think that
because the debt is small, it is of little conse-
quence to the printer. This is no dun bu,
the statement of question in equity, for the
solution of none else but those whom it nav
concern.-7H The Fraternify
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n-ts Mn. WEnsrKa made anoihcr nf his crea

or Mn. WEBSTER made another Of his great
speeches at Andover, Mas, last week. lie de-
clares himself in favor of a National Bank, and
Protection The speech is rather tame affair
made up ir great part of extracts from his former
speeches, and smoothes down some of the unpalata-
ble things in his Faneuil Hall speech. Mr. Web.
st,r may now be considered fniry in the whig ranks
rgain. Wheeler he vii throw up his capfor Harry
Of the West is another question.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-11-18

o. FATHER M.rrurw.-This celebrated Advo-
cate of Temperance, lately stated in London, lhdt
he had received letters from the MagstraCy of
Liverpool aud Manchester, where 900 persons
had taken the pledge, stating that already an i'm
mensc diminulion of crime had taken place. He
also said that there 1000 600 acres in Ireland
into which spades had never been put since The
flood, and that he desired to the Irish happy
in their own country as were the English, by the
cultivation of additional thousands OF acres.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-11-18

EE.Presilcnt Boyer was still in Pans at the last
accounts. II wife, it is stated died on the pas
sage to France. Marked and Gattering attentions
have been paid him by the French ministers and
letter saws ;-"All OF them have called on him in
person, and oRe of the Objects of the mission now
fitting gu, to Hayt, is to endeavor to procure HIM
pensioa. As he is almost JET black, thus seems
rather strange to an American, but color makes no
difference here. The frs: French drana'Is;, Alex
ander Dumas rs a full bloolcJ mulaIto, yet he is
received at Court, and wears some half dozen deco
ra,ions--and at the law and medical lectures the
shades are as varied as at meeting at the MArbo-
rough Chapel, much to the dissatisfaction OF the
students from oui Southern S.atts.'
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-11-18

o. GLAD TO SEE ir.-The publication of HA-
zARps UNITED STATES CoMMERcIAL AND Sra.
TIsrIcAL REGIsTEH. will be resumed on the first
of January next 1t is a very valuable and useful
work, and should not we think, lie permitted to
languish for the want Of support.
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OYsrERs' AND OsrRIcHrs.-Iti is true I

OYsrERs' AND OsrRIcHEs. 1t is true most
veritable. A friend tells us that in passing
through the archade few evenings since, he
overheard the following conversation between
two individuals, one OF whom was evidently
struDger from the woods.
Were those things oysters we eat down in
that cellar . said the stranger.
To be sure they were was the reply, what
else should they be =
We'll, I'll be hanged, if did not always
think that oysters were long-egged things with
! feathers on EN-
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or GEoeRArHr OF PEsSsrLvANiA, by Charles
B. Trego, Esq, &c.-We have perused this most
excelen, work with pleasure, well as profit. 1t
is vast storehouse Of useful information, admira-
bly, arranged and ough, to be in the hands Of eve.
ry citizen, and made text book in our common
schools. We hope the school directors Of our boz
rough will examine the work, and introduce il into
our schools at once. Mr.. Trego, as Assistant State
Geologis', had fine opportunity for gathering the
information necessary for such work, and has made
good use of it, He gives not only the geography,
history, soil, climate, geology, botany zoology popu.
stion, education, production trade and internal i'm.
provements of the state, hut has added separate
description of each county, It's geographical features
soil, miner produ,ts, geology. trade nufactores
towns streams, canals rail roads. education, sta
,iscs, aud in short every thing worthy Of note.
This work contains just the kind of ofinforma,en that
ought TO be possessed by all classes of the commu-
nifty, and we take pleasure in transferring to
lumns the following sensible aud well timed re-.
marks upon that subject, from the Philadelphia
/ Daily Sun:
/ "Perhaps, of all subject, our citizens neglect
! none so much, as an intimate acquaintance with
! the statistics of their own State. How few a.
! nong us know the extent Of our manufacturing
industry--or the value of our quarres, our
mines, and other mineral resources, that stamp
PENNSYLVANIA with the character of wealth, fol
ages to come But il our own citizens are sc
! remarkably deficient in proper knowledge o
our resources, how much more so are our neigh
bors, who undertake to censure, satrise, ant
ridicule us for our poverty and our avaricc
We challenge any man TO consult this volume
of Mr.. Trcgo and then say, that PennsyIvani;
has not superabundancc of wealth and indus
try, by which to pay all her debts, and after
wards construct new improvements Let thu
volume be read--lct it be diiiused far and wide
for the further it spreads the more will Penn
syivania be honorcd for her industry, rcspec,e,
for her wealth, and appauded for her enterprise
II will be seen in the pages of this volume, tha
though we have no pdriy of business men, w
have a population of business men, dltiuset
throughout the entire limits of the State
: whose energies secure her abundant wealth
and whose honor will provide her with tn
means of payiug every dollar of debt that sh
: ever contracted for the benefit of her thankles
and ungrateful neighhors. On this score alone
, Mr.. Trego has entitled himself to public graf
tude beside furnishing work admirably adaE
ted to inspire in the hearts Of the rising gene
ration a true feeling of State pride and teac
every Pennsylvania how to appreciate tn
Commonwealth, of which he can boast wit
t pride, of being citizen"
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-11-18
Cnnfcssinn Of GeIsIert

II was announced day or two ago, that GeIslcr,
who was convicted for the murder of Mr.. and Mrs,
Smith, at Huntington, J.. l., made full confession
Of his guilt. The Tru" Sun gives the substance
of his confession. Ge-ler arrived in this country
about eighteen months since. He admits having
killed a man in Germany, and that he was for the
crime aJjuiscd to four years imprisonment He
contemplated numbering the Smiths three days be-
fore he carried his intent into execution. II was
his intention to have stabbed them hut was prevent
ed from fear of the dog. He then conceived the l.
dea Of killing the dog. but thought that if he at
tempted i, he would be suspected by the old people
and his scheme frustrated He coaxel the dog out,
returned with an axe aud hammer, cut down his
victims with the axe, AMI threw them IN the fire.
He then looked in the chest for the money, and
whilst doing tha, the light went out; he returned
into the kitchen for light, aud startled 10y the
FIRE, which had risen in consequence Of the hurn'
| ing bodies On this he dashed the axe through the
window and made his escape. He has since told
where he hid the axe and says he is willing 10 die
and the sooner the better Thus far the conEs-
sion is satisfactory, although it shows that the es'
timony on which he was convicted was not based
on the facts.-Phik Ledger
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-11-18
Horrible Murder and Suicide !

The Cincinnati Message says We learn by
letter from Little Rock Arkansas that a saldIer
living near that place named Doyle, murdered his
wife on the Goth uit., in the following manner -
He was boiling pot " rosin and greesc over the
fire, and some high worls taking place between him
and hi> wife, in lhren2y of rage, he turned TIE
pot with its contents, over her head! The poor
woman's screams were heard hya neichhor-the
only one living within the distance of half mile
who reached the house Just in time to see her
breathe her last. Hcl head and fIce entirely
coated and scared with the pitch, which had run in
to her bosom aud down the back of her neck. The
husband escaped; bu, the alarm being given, seve-
raj persons started in pursuit, and found him the
next day about five miles from the house, lying
dead on his face in little rivuet, with his throa,
cut from ear 10 ear and bloody Jack knife clasped
lightly in his hand. Doyle was poor man, hav~
ing spent, by dissipation, small property which he
got ly his wife.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-11-18

nf The ECLECTIc AND MUSEUM OF FoREIGS
LrrEuAruRE.-The November number of this ex-
celen, periodical contains rich variety Of selec.
tons from the Foreign periodicals. 1t is one of the
best, if not the very best, and cheapest publications
of the kind that issues fiom the Press. The read
ing matter Of the present number alone is worth the
years subscription.
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or THE NEXT CoN6REss.--The law requires
he elected by single districts, yet New Hampshire,
Missouri, Georgia, and Mississippi have elected
their several delegations by general ticket a
question will no doubt arise as The right "f these
members to seat in the House. Some Of the
newspapers are already beginning TO discuss 1t.
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Some time last June, a NonpaTeil, a bird
never seen in its wild state, further North than
the Carolnas, escaped from the aviary of DR..
A McWILLIAl, near the Navy Yard. 1t re-
rnsined few hours in the garden and then
disappeared. Since which time, having nei-
ther seen nor heard OF it, Dr. New, gave it
up for lost. A short time since, the weather
having become cool and frosty, he discoye, ed
to his surprise and qualification that the l,,1l,
wanderer haG returned, and wss er3eaycrinf
to get into its former b'.'oitation, and as soor
as he opened the door it few into the aviary
J and rsJoned It's mpsnions,-Nat. Intel.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-11-18

uT Dr,rH OF CLEvESGER, THE ScuLrToR.-
This promising young Arts, died on his homeward
passage at sea, the 2sth of September, on board the
ship Due dOfean., while coming from Leghorn
to New York. lie was an American by birth, and
had left this country for the purpose of studying the
old masters and pcrlec,ing himself in his profess
sion.