Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-03-20

had tasted no water for ioUr ,dsys and scanned
almos fimishsd for, want Of il. The soldiers
gathered round him and all thst was in their
wallets wss st his service. and % they had re-
Gently had . new outfit Of clothing. Capt H.
wss soon newly fitted out Aher resting q
while and getting some food. he was able 10
ride to this place. He ssys that during the
pursuit there wese more than one hundred shots
fred At him, one OF which passed through his
hair. 4tir, -4,.,,f s-,s 7fs.4 se q. -r 30
gsa A. Eaampls Sss Young Men. f'A
Since example 10 more powerful to convince.
than unsupported assertion, allow me 10 refer
you % the casc Of oi young msh. whom some
Of you have known. refer 10 George vii.
son.esEa eAi is>s7 oi IdFS0 ~ ~ ftsi sS5l so
AAsw yssrs since d Mr. 6diIsudst xss walk.
ing Ia the stses.s of flartSosd, there came run.
nise 10 lim / poor boy, of very ordinary 6rt-
eight sppssfanee. but WHOSE fine intelligent
eys Axsd tie een.lemsn's attention. % the boy
inquired, Sir. ear yoa tell me Of = man who
would iise . 10y 70 work tos him, and iesrn to
ready T.wboss 10y are you, and whore do you
1.-Two y u hsvs no passnts' wss the reply, and
have just ran away ftom the wosk.house b.
cause they will cot learn mo to read The
reverend gentleman made arrangements with
the authorities Of the town. and took the boy
into his own family. There he lesrned to read.
Nor was this all. He soon acquired the conf.
dence Of his new associates, BY his faithfulness
end honesty. He wss allowed the use Of bis
friends library, and made rapid progress in the
acquisition Of knowledge. II became neess.
ssry, aftes q while, that George should leave
Mr.. Gsllaudat, and he became spprenticed to
cabinet. maker 10 ;he neishborhood. There the
came integrity won for him the favor Of his new
associates To crafty his inclination for study
bis master had little room finished for him in
the upper part Of the shop. where he devoted
bis leisure time to his kvorite pursuits Here
he m.ds isrge atts:nments. in the French Ian.
| guagc. and other branches.
| After being in this si,ustion for few years,
d l,e sat at tes with the family, one evening he
OH At once remarked that he wanted to 60 to
| France. go 10 France ? said his master. sur.
| prissd that the apparne.ly contented and happy
youth had thus suddenly became dissatisfied with
bis siiuation-for what +! Ask Mr.. Gallauda:
to tea tomorrow evening. continued George.
! and will explsin.'-llis reverend friend was
invited accordingly. and at tee the apprentice
presented himself with his manuscripts in Eng
lish end Freneh. end explained his singular in.
sention 20 20 10 France. ia the time Of Nspo.
leon.' said no, = prize vas offered By the
French government. for the simplest rule for
measuring plain surfaces OF whatever outline.
That prize has never been awarded, and that
method have discovered He then demon.
strated his problem to the surprise end grati6ca-
ton Of his friends, who Immediately furnished
| him with means ofdefrsyiug his expenses, and
with letters Of introduction to the Hon. Lewis
4 C,ss, then our Minister to the Court Of France.
He wss introduced to Louis Philippe, and in
! the presence OF king, MOBILES and pienipotentia.
ries, the American youth demonstrated his pro-
blem and received the plaudits Of the court
He received the prize which he bad clearly
won, beside valuable presents from the king.
j Hethe took letters OF introduction and pro-
1 ceeded to the Court Of St. James, where he took
lup Z similar prize offered BY some Royal S,cie-
", and returned to the United States. Here
The wss preparing to secure the benefit Of his
discovery By patent, when he received letter
! from the Emperor Nicholas himseltone Of whose
ministers had witnessed his demonstrations u
81. james, inviting him to make his residence
at the Russian Court. and furnished him with
ample mea n for his outfit. He complied with
the invits,oo, repaired to ST. Petersburg, and
10 nov Professor Of Mathematics in the special
! psosestio. u he Autccrst Of oil the Russiss
y 80 i'1g a s'gs Nee England PwIsn.
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II A youns man Of fashion lately threw himself
in lsvs e., into the Delaware /: he was rsseast
from his psrileas situation by . waterman, who
! heard him roar eat most unmereifully. that hs
Nd forget te adde Pos,seriptio his farswsli let
ister 70 bis niatrsss u.u .g1.e O.,
II Some OF the bacheiors in the Ohio Legisla
tusssva Gcr sai sa bastles - ss-s s q C' 81.
II We seves ,kasw bachelor yet that hadn''
some,Aisg 10 say against the ladies' behind ths''
. backs, ggtH LII = ----- s.iiaEitia' O
a Prentice, the Looisville veg, ssys that sno'
lthss editor ,ss.es him with questions, and thea
calls him .brsndy bsvrsi,' ..1 ia - Fi'if'b
II IN hs thiuks 90 ef ~ Isterts Pssa'ite. ne
= i ! "a.