Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-12-13

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his attention, and the languages, both anccn,
and modcra, are not neglected. Greek and |
Latin casae with his school education. French |
and Spanish have been added. German is in a !
course Of acquisition ard his whole life is di. |
vided between field isbors and literary studies. |
s]s life is pattern, and bis success an encour. |
segment, to all the noble-minded young men of !
America who, despsing life of sloth aud ease. !
aspire TO honorable distinction bv their own +,
nerorious exertioRs. He is married to a
dsaebter of Senator Benton. but looks to his
own exert'ehs, not TO senator ioi influence. for
advancement and promotion. His widowed
Tnother lives to see the fame, and to receive
the support, Of a son, left un orphan at four
years of age, and beginning at seventeen 10
provide for himself. for her, aud ior younger
brother and sister.
Capt. Fremont is light and slender in hi.
person, very youthful in appearance as well as
III tact. delicate in his features, and wholly diff.
serent from what would be lonked for in the
leader of such extended and adventurous expe.
dltlons. Mr.. Wilkins, the Secretary at War,
could hardly believe his own eyes when, in the
fall of lSll, understanding youth, almost
feminine in the delicacy of his person and ea-
'ures, appeared before him, aud reported him.
self az Lieutenant Fremont Just returned from
ibe expedition to Oregon and North California.
To see the leader of such an expedition, in the
person Of such STRIPPING, was a surprise from
which the honorable Secretary could not recover
himscf, until after repeated interrogatories
Washington, Nov %, ls4i. A. RC.
AN INDIAN HANGINe.-The first Indian that
was capi,ally executed by the Cherokee Laws
and by Cherokee Sheriff was a man named
Nat, who was hanged several years ago, about
five miles from Van Buren, Arkansas, for the
murder OF another Indian, who was called Mus.
quito We have the particulars from an eve
wilnes. The Sheriff had caused galows to
be erected short distance from the Court
Lodge, bu; when the cuIprit was brought to it,
he being a very tall man, it was found to be too
short for his accommodation, and some other
place had to be sought for the execution. The
whole band of Indians with the Sheriff and Nat
in the midst OF them, then betook themselves
60 the banks of the Arkansas, in search of pro.
per tree from which to suspend the prisoner, and
after a little time, cetton wood was found,
with projecting branch far up the trunk, that
in the opinion of ali was suitable for the pur.
pose.
Nat, now that all +hings were ready, expires
sed q wish TO bathe in the river once more
which he was permitted to do, carefully regard
cd by the rifles from the shore. He went into
the water, 1rolicked about for some time, swan
TO and fro with great apparent pleasure, ther
came TO shore, donned bis blanket, and stoot
ready for the iast act of the drama. The Sheriff
Now told him to climb the tree, which ne com
incHced doing, the officer of the law toiling uI
alter him with the fatal cord. Nat reached tn,
projecting limb of the tree, and was desired b,
the Sheriff to work himself as far ont upon i
from the trunk as he could which was done
when the Sheriff adjusted the Nose around hi
neck, and tied the other end of the rope aroun
che limb. Allthese preparations were conduc
ed with the utmost cooiness, and the most pc
feet good understanding existed between I'll
Sheriff and the Indian. When all the arrang
D,efs were completed, the Sheriff told Nat th
he would slide down the tree TO the ground az
make signal when he, the prisoner, must jun
of the limb, to which Ma. cheerfuly assente
The Sheriff reached the ground, looked up
the limb upon which sat the poor victim,
shouted-"Now, Nat, you red devil, jump
And Jump Nat did, and after a few sruggi.
hungs mass of lifeless clay, to the infinite wc
derment Of his red brethren, VINO had never
fore been fegaed with the sight of all exec
lion Of that kind Boston Atlas
'CAE rLANET MEICUr1, the Boston 'rray,
Ter says, may now be seen in the evening tv
sight about three quarters OF an hour after su
get 1t is found igst South OF West, few 3
grees above the horizon, and will be visible e,
~ cesr night till the | ith OF the present mon
This planet is situated too near the sun to
seen by the naked eye. DR.. Lardner renal
ed, in ene OF his Boston lectures, that he
never obtained view of it without the aid
telescope. There are five Of the planets
sble (nearly all in straight line across the h
vens) in the early par, of the evening, v
Mercury, Venus Mars, Satura and Jupiter,
when are added the moon and brilliant cons
iation Of Orion, the appearance which the i
vens now display is truly magnificent.
BREAD.-A Lonion letter says that the nat
al expenditure ia Great Britain for bread i