Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-06-24
MISCELLANY.
Editorial, Condensed and Selected.

fh NeW orK young maiTeu lauy gave pH"
TO four children, two Of whom girls, alive and
well, the other two were still born.
As an evidence Of hard times, some 200 bottles
Of MADEIRA wine. sold in New York, on Tuesday.
tor three dollars bottle.
There arc now thirty two steamboats, sailing out
Of Buffalo, NJ Y, with al aggregate tonnage Of 49,
sO4 tons.
Passengers are taken from Boston to Portland
,ll2) by rail road for one dollar, the distance be-
ing run too in five hours.
Moses Hayward, of Boston, received IN anony.
letter on the 18th inst, enclosing twenty five
dollars, in which the writer acknowledges he took
siI dollars from him, by theft, about ten years
'incr, for which he desires to restore four. fold, and
ask. his forgiveness.
About 30 900 old Lutheran subjects Of Prussia
from the borders Of the Baltic are shortly to settle
in this country.
Pennsylrdnia.-Th expenses Of the govern
mcnt Of Pcnnsy lvsnia amounts TO $50 $50, indie.
pendent OF the interest on the debt.
Ten convicrs escaped from the pcnitcnary in
Milledgeville, Geo.--6,e hundred dollars is offered
for their apprehension.
The French Government have i, in con,.mpla,
ton to rebuild Pon, Pe,rc with iron houses, as af.
fording the best security against earthquakes
doubtful.
The British anil Foreign Bible Society's reccpis,
from all sources, S9:,i76 Is Sd; Bibles and Tcs-
raments issued, 9s2, 600, and since the commence
mrn,, in 1909, l5,O2O.os4.
The steamer Illinois lcf, Detroit for Chicago on
the 9Th inst, with sercn huntred passengers.
There is great excitement in ESSEX Co., n. J.,
und especially in the town of saltwater, in conse
quence the appearance Of hydrophobia among
the dogs.
Ddhfa.-This beautiful flower is Indigenous
in Mexico. II was iii .coved ty Dahlia, German,
from whom it derives it. name.
The purchases Of dry goods for Rochester, far
exceeds s5o0,oOo annually, principally made in
Boston.
No proper place for H.-A law Of Virginia a..
lows the retailing Of spurious liquors, at proper
places in the different counties, the magistrates
in their jurisdiction for that purpose.
Thomas Adams, of MiddIefeld, New York, at
tempted while intoIratcd to kill his childen with
an axe, as they lay in bed; and being deferred
from rfltc.ing hi. purpose hy his wife, Gu. his own
throat, and died in few minutes.
II has been ascertaincj, by actual experiment,
tha, cas,or-o used instead Of butter. in the prepa.
ration Of dishes, will m ke the vctu.ls 60 much
farther great discovery this for econmical house
kcryctsi
!Sicnoc up'et.- Feathers are not an infallisble
rcotcc'on asains, lightning. A hen was killed in
Lyons, n g.. the other night.
Lneks Sring.-Snme th,e. broke into house
in Harr dc Grace, Md. and seized a bag cont ,in.
ing fs1a in specie: but the string broke, and the
jnglirrs Nf'he money awoke the lady Of the house
who gave 'tr ala'm and the burglars fed.
There is plant or rather shrub, in Texas. cal.
len wild tea. very co.eiy resembling young hyson
in ,mell n-4d favor.
Mr.. J. r. Gushing, "f Boston has expended on
his celehra,cd farm Of les acres at Waters,own.
seven hundred III usand dollars. The house now
builiing on the premises is estimated to cost IS !.
900. II i. calculated Cor princely residence, with
Chinese verandahs, windows Of stained glass, &c
4 Historical SukJrci-A historical painter ir
New York has chosen for his neIt subject, to bs
illustrated Ivy hi, pencil, the celebrated interview
that Dots and the President held together, between
sheets. He intends 10 do justice to both of the
Distinguished parties.
Tataa6h Papers the valuable paper.
left by the late Mr.. Webster, in possession Of bis
son, is an photographed memoir, embracing the
prominent incidents in his most eveniiul life and
also "snyoposis Of Words In Twenty Lsngua.
Ges," to which he devoted nearly ten Of the best
years Of his long life.
Washington Hung.-lt is rumoured that our
Minister to Spain intends TO return soon, on nc.
onun, Of i'll health. He has lately received hand
some legacy from the late MI Hicks, Of Waverley
Place.
A Jurenik PaI.-A London paper says, "A
husband and wife st,cuded kcndsi market on Sa
turday last, whose united ages, at the birth OF the
first child, amounted 10 only ~ years.
BALTIMORE MARKET.
Office of The DAlrINoRE ANERitAS, June 10,