Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-04-12


between the merits of the two newly invented
attachments for the piano forte-CoLEMAN's and
WALKERs. Many give the preference to Mr.,
Walkers, as producing greater variety in the
ones, and adding more TO the capacity of the in
1t is believed that Mr.. Walkers cat
is the one most likely to be introdu-
ed into general use. A combination Of the two
inventions would render the piano the most com
prehensve of all musical Instruments
DEATH OF Mr. o,EMAN THE MrsicAL AR
list The death Of Mr. Coleman the inventor
of the celebrated ".E,lran Attachment to the
Piano Forte, is announced in New York. He
d ed suddenly at his residence in Saratoga,
on Saturday evening Of the measles.
Tnr MAGNETIC observation-disclosures Morse
is to get salary from the government of $4,000
a year his two assistants, Messrs Vail and Ro-
gers get the one sliOO, and the other $1,000
year two keepers of the laboratory get $500 a
year each.
THE WooDs in the neghborhood of Woodbury.,
n T. have been burning for several days, and
an immense amount of timber have been de.
stroyed
Singular AccpENr.--A young man walking
through newly opened field at New Orleans
when not breath of air was stirring, tree fell
upon him, and crushed him TO death
Tnr Jrsrlrs AND EuGrxR ScE.-The last
of the Jesuit with great vigor.
The AMERICAN MrskEI costs the Government
nine dollars apiece; the English musket costs
four dollars and half. That in use in America
is too heavy--its weight is much greater than
the French and German.
"THE LONDON TINES" circulation reaches
over 20 600 copcs daily. One o. them COM
ia ned ii 10 advertisements, the duty on which
to government amounted to 800, and the prize
/ 10 the proprIetors S'0W.
! GALvANIsM APPLIED TO NEGErATIoN.- a
meeting of the American Agricultural Associ-
alton OF New York, few evenings ago, several
tomatoes and other plants were exhibited, which
had been made to bear trult by the and OF Gal
vanism-,he seed having been sown Oh the l2th
of last month.
DEATH TO TAvERNs.-A summary mode ot
settling the license question has been adopted
by the Corporation OF Huntsville, Ala, who
have fixed the license Cor retailing spituous
liquors within one mile OF the Court House at
81 800
SANTA AsA.-Bv the rumors lately from
Mexico. there is a strong probability that Santa
Ana has escaped. Fl her his gold has bought
him freedom, or the new government has wink.
ell at his flight, rather than assume the respon-
sbity of decision on his case
MuLgRIrE VAGRANrs. The authorities OF
, Bangor. Maine, have sent four Millerites, two
men and two women, to the house Of correction,
as vagrants.
GENERAL WAsmNGroN-A writer in an ex.
change, urging the advantages Of introducing ln-
, dian corn meal to the aborers in Europe, says
General Washington, even on the most state
ly occasions, at Mount Vernon, could not be
y prevailed upon 10 lorego his '0Sh'co6e for din
ner made of the dough of Indian meal, placed
between cabbage-leaves and baked in the ashes
n on the kitchen hearth
THERE is in the possession of one OF the old
Dutch families of Albany, parrot, known to be
e eghty.two years old The bird is now blind,
E but Notwithstanding that it can walk to any
;, part of the house without difficulty and recog-
nizes the different members ofthe family by their
footsteps.
+ A SnoPKEEPER, the other day, stuck upon his
door the following laSonc advertisement IA
boy wanted '' On going TO his shop the nex'
morning he beheld smiling little urchin IN :
= basket, with the following pithy label-"Her'
- he is"
A YOUNG MAN applied for the benefit of th
bankrupt act, and upon being asked how mucl
g he owed, he said he saw they charged a mar
$40 for kissing a married woman in Ohio and i
the price was as high here for kissing girls he
> must be in debt about half million.
of A GREEK WOMAN wears her whole fortune
IN upon her person. in the shape ofjewels, or eol'
ne coins. We believe that this mode of finvesmen
,g is adopted in great measure for safety's sake
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