Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-05-06
MISCELLANY.
EDITORIAL, Condensed and Selected.

EDITORIAL, CONDENSED ana seiecttu'
Specie to the amount of $3.50 $50 was received
at New Orleans on the 2lst ult. or this sum
1881, 46l were from New York.
The number of white persons in connection with
the various Methodist Churches in the city of
Philadelphia and its immediate vicinity, is said to
be lO,s6s.
Fanny Els,ler's investments in this country, ac-
cording to the Boston Post, have increased in value
upwards of Sl5 900 since she left America. They
are all in Mr.. WIcxorr's name, and controlled by
his agent.
The Commissioners of all the counties Of Massa-
chuseus, except franklin. have refused 10 grant
licenses 10 sell sdent spirits.
improvements in Phtsburg.-It is said tina, in
Pi,,sburg more contracts for buildings have been
entered into this Ason, than for the last three
years.
Stopped Nork.-In consequence of an attempt
on the part of the employers to reduce wages, the
factory girls Of pi',sburg have united themselves
into body, and discontinued work.
| Judge Markey If Mssis~ppi-Judge Sharkey,
who, about five years ago, killed one o: two, and
wounded several more, of mob, which attempt.
ed to lynch him account of some objections to
his decisions in a certain case, has been elected by
the people to the Office of Chief Justice Of the State
A BeouiifA Cactus-The Low, Il Courier says,
DR.. Boydcn, or Central street, has in his store one
of the most beautiful cscuses we hve seen.
! I, 70, E,af hiph. has hpIs
many Of which are just breaking out. Il i, wo'th
! looking at.
DoinSs al Washington.-The corre.p ,ndent OF
the n. Y. Express states that 1. l.. Smith, the
Register Of the Treasury, has issued nearly four
hundred thousand doIEs porM of Treasury
Notes beyond the amount authorised by The lat,
hrtU of Congress before he discovered his error!
Northampton Bank-The New York Tri'un,
says: "1he Northampton Bank, Pa. has made al
assignment, in which all its creditors secured
excepting those who are unfortunate enough I,
hold the bills of the hank signed by John Rice
President. These, as we understand it, are repu
dated"
The Paris National estimates the profits realize,
by the French government from the monop y O
the tobacco and snuff manufacture between Jul
the first, 1911, and December the thirty first, lS4
a, Ass, 1913 643 francs, a sum exceeding two hun
jfed and seventy millions of dollars.
Nutritious Reminiscence.-The Cork Examine
s,ys-"At present the Scotch poor not fec
they exist on the recollection OF what they ate i
former years"
Upwards of $40 900. in counterfeit notes, wer
, recently discovered in the upper par, of barn nea
r, aiding, supposed to have been placed there ftee
or twenty years since, 10y Mr. Zuck, who al
seconded under charge of passing counterfeit m,
: ney.
: Light for The BEad.-The American Bible S,
n cie,y has completed The printing Of the Bible f
e the Blind, under the superlntenjence of Dr. SAM
p, e G. Howe. The work has ben done at gre
. COS, and labor, and stands monument Of the n,
). bles, philanthropy.
Death Of an old TH--Henry Moreland as,
6 65, and Vrgnun by birth, died on Sunday
y New York from the effects of intcmperate asbi'
l. lie was one of the boats crew that conveyed Con
= modore Perry in the battle of Lake Erie from
), own vessel to that of Capt. Elliott's.
Is The Bank Of the State of New York has d
&c clared dividend Of per cent for the last S
y months.
!, Stuart, the American painter, painted who
length picture Of Washington, for the Marquis
=, Lansdowne.- From this copy was taken, and {
engraving made from 1t by James Heath, engrav
to the King, from which he realized $50 ,O00-tl
/. largest smoun, probably, ever made by one g
craving. Mr.. Stuart did not receive one ce
therefrom.
Is Abolition in Ohio.-The Ohio Statesman ss
that il is the intention Of the abolitcnists Of n
10 state to run candidate for Congress in every Co
u gresssional District in il.
The Maine Banks, at Portlond, Me-, are clo'i
Of their concerns. and pay their liabilities on hsi
presented at home.