Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-12-21

Treasury the sum of -Four hundred and .ffy
fee millions Tfre hundred thousand dollars
above the original cost
Wonder ifthcy would like TO get morc Indj.
an lands on the same terms I"
EMrTyING THEIR PRIsoYs-F. List, Esq,
our Consul at Lcpsc, writes home that it is con-
emplated to send no, only German paupers, but
the criminals of that country, to the United
States He says -
"a Mr.. De Stein, formerly an officer in the
service of the Duke of SAKE Gotha, has lately
made proposition to the smaller States Of Saxo-
ny for transporting their criminals TO the port of
Bremen, and embarking them there for the u
nited States at seveniy.6ve dollars per head,
which offer has. been accepted by several ni
them. The first transport of criminals, who
for the greater part have been condemned to
hard labor for life, (among them two notorious
robbers, Pleter and Albrecht,) will leave Goha
on the 10th OF this month and it is intended,
by and by, to empty all the jais and warehouses;
of that country in this manner! There is little
doubt that several other States will initiate the
nefarious practice In order to stop it have
sent an article to the General Gazette Of Angs.
burg, wherein have attempted to dcmonstratr
| that this behaviour was contrary to all the laws
| OF nations, and that 1t was shameful behaviour
towards a country which offers the best induce
ment TO German manufactures 1t has of late,
and boroughs OF Germany, to get rid OF their
| paupers and vicious members by collecting the
means for eflecting their passage to the United
States among the inhabitants, and by supplying
them from the public funds"
DREIsBACn AND his LIoNs.-The astonishing
control Of the German, Drclsbach, over the most
terocous beasts OF the forest, the lion the tiner
and the leopard, entering flmilarly into their
dens, aud passing freely bnck and forth among
them as at his lcvee, then driving them into
each others dcns, and re-assembng them a,
! gain IN one, then seizIng first one and lhGn an
other, and making them in mock-fcht seize
him as if they would devonr him-throwing
them on the ground, bcs,rdng and beating
them in pretended angcr-graspng their Jaws
and forcing open their Wouths, lion in one
hand and tiger in the oihcr-dragging their
heads together, and making them finally growl
at each other-thrusting hs foot into the mouth
Of one and his head into the jaws of another
| lying down with them aud folding them in his
arms-dandling them on his lap as child
magnetizing them, and repeatedly lifting them
from the ground and letting them tall again q
dead mass. All this would seem to be the ult.
mate reach of human pnwer-the utmost eXer.
else ol reason over the bruic--the sway OF mind
over force. And whilst this display Of the in
comprehensive human spirit fills the observer
with amazcmcnt, it furnishes at the same time
a study for philosophy aud plety. This conlro
Of Drcisbach over the raycnnus beasts seems Il
be the result Of daily receiving their food from
him. How does the gratitude Of man compar,
with this return The sad answer is on record
"The OK knoweth his owner, and the ASS hl
masters crib but Israel doth not know, my pco
pie do no, consider" But though not so tender
yet a more striking and impressive reproof i
exhibited by these savage beasts Of prcy.-Phit
Lcdgcr.