Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1848-02-05

IL. .N
FaI-'sH. in eimilsr emergency. in the battle OF
Shrewsbury. that to die was To be counter.
felt. for he is bnt the counterfeit OF q man WIN
hafh not the fife Of man; bnt to counterfeit,
dying, when man thereby live,h, is to bc M
counterfeit. bu, the true and perfect image Of
life indeed This man, WIN had TINS coward.
ly skulked from the battle hrld. and pretending
to be wounded, had concealed himself out of
danger. was mn less person than Gen Perdi.
gon Garay, who is now proposing TO organize
force Of 400tN rnen. to 6ph, The very ,roops Of
whose bullets and bayonets he had exhibited A
much dread at the battle ri Chnrubusco. When
the Mexican prisoners were TO be disposed ~.
Gen. Scott was strongly advscd by Gen. Worth
to release Garay. for the reason that, in sny fu
'ure battle with the Mpxicsns. he would certain.
~ be the 6rst man TO run, and would probahly
carry off . good many others with him. The
suggestion was adopted by Con Scott. and Ga.
the more snit,ble snd lees dangerous arens If
Mexican Congress He hsd M sooner arrived
! at Qneretaro. than finding himself beyond the
reach Of the northern barbarians. he grew val.
ian,, and crying "a p,agae ~ all cowards.' de-.
nonnced and abused those Mexican officer. who
had given some preot Of v.lor. and IN that ac.
count were retained in the Capital by General
Scott Among others. Gen. Torres, a noble
Spanish veteran. who offered Grn Quitmnn 20
sturdy resistance. and caused him 40 heavy a
loss at Belen. and WIN, in consideration Of his
age and callnntry, was treated With marked ~.
teniion BY Gen. Scott, came in for large share
Of Garay's sbnse. a. traitor and q coward.
What is N become Of q nation where euch
man ss this can frame the legislation and direct
the public opinion of the country.
WONDERFUL D,ecovERr.-Dr. Sylvester. an
Italian by birth. and an eminent chemist, has
discovered mode of hardening the human
body IN the consistency Of stone or solid marble,
which he ia about 10 exhibit in London nj.
specimens have excited rrea, as'oni.hmen,.-
One was the head Of lady, with her hair part.
ed snd dressed. retaining its flexible properties
and colofs, s'ihough the surface from which il
grew resembled stone-some what like a wax
model-also a child's head, plump and as in
life. and tongue petriied as il it never uttered
sound The petrfying process is said TO be
simple snd cheap. A boqnet of choice howers
the juices 6rst extracted by a pneumatic pro
cess-preserved their natural coors. but were
40 hard snd rigid - if come cunning workman
had carved them from Persian N, ,rble--for not
only the leaves and petals were rendered stone.
like. but the minute hsiv. formed stems were
rendered eoraline --Exchange. arr.f -fa
This discovery wss made severn, years ago
| in Italy by physician named Serata He in.
vented q method jy which he could convert the
| entire body into stone in the space OF sbou, two
weeks The material wa. susceptible Of very
high polish. and many articles Of stone furni.
ture. such as sccn,re.tables, &C.. were made from
various psrts Of the body put together in the
form Of mosaic work. AZ il has been the case
with many other pioneers Of science, so il was
with Segaio. II was his fate TO be regarded
coIdly BY those who ought TO have taken him by
the hand, and assisted him out Of the abundance
of their treasures. Wounded to the heart by
this cod. neglect, be fell into low fever Do.
ring state Of delirium he destroyed by fire oil
the papers which contained his valuable secret.
On his again regsining his intellect, he deep.
ly regretted what he had done, and was anxious
to amend il by making verbal disclosure of his
process. But was too late. The feeblencss
Of approaching dissolution prevented him. and
he died in the effort to reveal his secret smother
matyr to the dilatory remuneration OF govern.
tnent. +' .e a-.a4r s. t.I asr 70 3. -1H7r.lr.,
tie was hardly cold in his coffin before three
different propositions for purchasing the secre,
were received, either one OF which would have
made him independent Of sll the contingencies
Of life. TIE re-d'scovcry of this process was
frequently attempted. and it xus stated in one
of the medical journals Of the year ls43 that sno.
ther young Italian physicisa had succeeded in
petrifyiDg bodies, without, however, being able
10 preserve the natural color. Segato died in
1889 Hl. 3.-f .ss..I -t .E.ilfse H7a I...
A MoSsTER CHRIsrMAs CAxE The BeIfss,
Protestant Journal, speaking Of some incidents
connected with the observance Of Christmas in
that city. rsys: "'' '.' '"'.'.'
'Grsn,'s monster Christmas Cake, the great.
est curiosity Of the season, contains the follow.
ing ingredients lila dozen eggs, 9s7 lbs.
butter. 9s7 lbs. sugar. 9s7 bic. -four. 1854 lbs.
French currents, GAG do. csnded ci,ron. 81 do.
spices. 3ll do. sugar for icing. l6S do. white oi
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