Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-12-11

tieet, be will be sure it 10 an Americans for
,obody else thinks Of travelling about through.
be world with such an incsmbrance.S 3hes
bret wsy IL 10 take very little bsggsge. and
Wy new clothing a. the old wears out On the
continent, they charge on the railroads extra
or all baggage weighing over ffsy-6ve pounds.
lergsgsd my return passage on the French
Missouri. When we arrived at
il wss dark. and the Mesouri was
,uchored out in the channel. We had great
lime in getting on. Instead Of running the
,mall boat alongside, she halted ten rodeof aud
we were conveyed ia yswl, ladies and all,
when II was quite dark and rough, to the ship
lttook Us two hours to do what an American
captain would have done in fifteen minutes.-
About 10 o'clock at night we started. The
M ssouri is splendid ship, Of enormous d'men.l
sons, and when she has on her full weight OF
canvass, is beauty. There were two persons.
on board, belonging to the ship. who could speak
English, viz: the Doctor end the third officer.
For the fret fve days we had most favorable
wind, but, strsnge TO say, we did not have a
rag Of canvass spread the whole time. The
third officer said the wind would help only 'rcr
leetle bett.' The passengers oil seemed to iecl
outraged with the miserable management of
the ship in that respect. The officers and
crew would make great ado. but never accom-
plish anything. The French don't seen, to
have any .gumpt;on'-U don't know who made
the word) no ability to DO things to advantage,
An American or % English sailor will take ad-
vantage Of every little Haw Of wind; he is con-
stsntly looking out and watching for the breeze,,
and. ere il comes. he has up his sails, so Is to'
have i,s full benefit; but Frenchman must
see it blow day or two before he is cure II is
worth his while to take the trouble Of hoistiag
his sails With the most favorable wind, we
made only from seven 70 eight miles an bour.
had been abusing the English and laudiDs the
French, all along. but now begin to whistle
out Of the other side Of my mouth. The sailors.
were astonishingiy awkward.
Their manner Of doing things is someth ~
like the way the first French settlers on AAe
Ohio used to clear mp the forests. They ~sre
mostly from Paris, snd the history Of their CO.
inqs tells us, that when they undertook 10 cut
down large tree. they would bsggle alb sroesd
il. while one would climb up to the top sth a
rope, and fasten it to limb, and then sesne ten
OF twelve men would pull at the rop e. while The
| others cut at the root. Itseqently saw the thMd
officer with his dinner in his hand, while on du-
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hand and fork in the other one minute giving
| orders and gestusing with his iork, and the next
minute diving into his grub.
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4 ELnrEp.-By way of Louisville. we learn
that d. r. Miller has been elected Governor Of
| Texas. .ae
SMoKg PaEvExrINa APPARATUS us-The Pitts
busg Gazette gives On account of the successful
trial in cotton factory in Allegheny city, OF
Williams Stroke Preventive Apparatus n
ssys The experiment hse proved completely
successful. and will save in this one factory
twenty five bushels Of coal day. While the
ehin,neys OF the neighboring factories were yes
tetdsy vomiting forth clouds Of black smoke
that dsrkeued the atmosphere Of one OF the d
mes, Indian Summer days we have seen, the
Smoke Preventive in the cotton factory VIC
have named, consumed all the PARTICLES Of smote
that dropped almost like rain from other points
around US '' o1ei' .sesyea n
RoTARy Boor HEELs.-A boot maker has N
vented ro,ary heel. to be applied to boots, 9
that when down ou one side. by uneven tread
ing, il cen be easily twisted round. thus prodr
cling another even surface, and easier locom {
ton in the wesrer. .e ae's 3-4st
An ExrEsslvE FAmiLy. learn from III
Louisville Journal, that last week there CO a.
J 10 Troy, Qs) German family, composed of
man, his wife. and thirtyiwo children. Th
, children are all girls, and were produces
sixteen brtha =. sf.s ft
A HooeisM .COHvEvAkoE IA farmer o:
Aibsns. vesmoat, recently made grand en,rs
into that place. mounted on small car du ,wn
four large hogs. He entered the tow a,
brisk trot amid aha scclamations of b undre'
who were soon drawn together to win less ii
! unccmtnon spectacle. A gentleman on I
!, spo, offered him s24O for the corcern As il sas
. but il was indignantly rsfuse'.. aas
' To finish all the railws'J l.es now eSsAnf
J. eed 10 the United StaV.s. it will require ~
100000.
d Ersr..rs or DlsAProaNrxENE-Mr. Il