Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-08-09

its hedgngs.in, and its arrangements Of all
kinds. Every foot of the route is watched by
guard in uniform, and no human being except
workmen is ever seen within the limits. At
every stopping place, the cars glide into spa.
cous buildings, with magnificent refreshmcnt
rooms, costly Offices and attendants in the let.
tered dress OF the companys men. The system
for admitting and dischargng passengers is ad
mirably complete, the delay is but an instant
! yet sufficient for all purposes, and should
think ingenuity and order could no further 90,
| A hundred delicious pictures glided under
my eye in our rapid Aight, but saw one that
wished Mount, the artist, could have seen
thirty or forty haymakers, men snd women,
eating their dinner upon the edge Of a stream.
| the field half mown which they had been
working. and the other half completely scarlet
with the potpies that overshudowed the grass.
A thicket behind them, shoulder ofa hill
rising beyond it. and various other features,
made the mere rural scene singulary beautiful,
| hut the acres o! this scarlet flower, gave II
somehow peculiar and racy mdness. The
farecr has great affection for this brilliant IN
truder upon his land, but the owner of the
| splendid park, and the scenery loving traveller
look on its novel addition to Natures carpet
with very vivid admiration.
! On nv return saw an instance of the Eng
! ish surliness so much talked Of and, | think
so seldom seen. A remarkably elegant and
| high bred looking lady was separated from her
! party by want q room in the car before us, and
on getting into ours, she ioend herself opposite
a manifest aris'ocra, cfsix'y, Thinking she
recognized an acquaintance in him, she leaned
! forward with a charming grace of manner, and
said, "Mr beleve!" "Not my
name, madam was the reply in gruf repu-
sion, and the gentleman turned and looked very
steadias,y out OF .he window.
The English have a new way OF advertising
that is quite worthy OF Yankee inventtca. They
have hit upon the time when mems eyesare tdte
l-(when they are abroad in the street)-snd
you cannot walk now III London without know
ing what eH,usements are going on, what Now
specifics arc tor sale, what is the last wonder,
aud variety OF other matters which send yuu
home wiser than you came o"'. Mammoth
placards, pasted on The she OF structure us
large as n one story house, are continually NOV
| mo along on wheel. AZ the same pace as VOC
walk-the stree, really Resembling Gorgeous
pageant with the number and showincss Of
these leg,ble locomotives, observe one par
tcuarly, whlrh moves by some mysterious
power withlh--a large, showy Ger, making lis
way alone, without either horse visible drl.
yer. aud covered with advertisements iH all the
colurs q. the rainbow. An every day sight Is
procession OF q dozen men, IN siage file, each
carrying on Il high pole, exactly the same the
atricai notice. You might let one pass unread,
bat you read them, where there are so many, TO
see If they are all alike Men step up to YOU
At every corner and hand you, ith q very DO
lite air, a neatly folded paper, and you cannot
refuse it without pushing your breast against
the mans hand. lfyou open ih you are told
where you can see "mysterious lady," or
where you can have your corns cut. In short,
it is impossible to be ignorant of what there is
to see and buy in London, and this applies also
TO the large class who could not immcrlv, be
reached, becanse they never read the adser.
tsements in newspapers Possibly the carriers
Of these .,gntour,s and The drivers oi these ve-
/ hicles might make better use of their time
and hrrsr.firsi, il America, but otherwise I
should think this MOTION" worth transplant
ing.
Forrest is still in London, and has two pro.
lec,s in vIew-one OF playing in Paris, and nn-
other OF professional trip 81. Petersburg
a, In either capital he would do better than in a
place preciudcd, as London is, by Macrcady and
{ his crew. A gentlemrn in no way connected
with the drama, told me that, on one Of the
nights when Forres, played he sal next a man
| who confessed that he was paid for kissing him
. and for calling amy subordinate actor before the
, curtain to drown any call for Forrest | wish
d., there were no dlsagrreable topics but vii
n try to avoid them in my next Nonrs faithfully
Mp, WnL,s.
= ELECTRO MAGNETIC lIGnrs-The rumor,
IS Of very interesting and astonishing discovery
G begin to be circulated in Paris IL consists i,
furnishing the means OF lighting, Simultaneous
e ly, all the different highways which eros
st France in oil directions by means OF simple
e iron wires connected with electro-manetic ma
e chimes, as i will render the roads as wel-light
e ed and safe as the most frequented streets q
a. the capital. Several experiments have alrend
Of been made on the road from Paris to a sma
I'd town on the Havre road, which were crowne