Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1849-12-08

To- by thy charming rod all breathing things
Lie slumbering, with forgetluness possest.n
MAMMOTH POWDER FLAsK.-We saw the
horn of Buenos Ayres OK yesterday,
which had been converted into a powder |
flask by the officers Of the U. S. frigate Ra-
ritan, on trip to that port AT the butt
end it measures III inches in circumference,
and feet 7 inches in length, following the
curve, and is capable of holding 40 lbs. of
powder.--S. Louis Organ.
HENRY DODGE, son of Mr.. Amos Dodge,
of Albany, New York, died in that city
on Wednesday, from the effects of running
pin in his arm just below his elbow, on
the previous Saturday. A sad result of so
trivial an accident.
A DUTcHMAN who has cleared few
acres of ground about eight miles from the
city of Sacramento, liz California, has made
a large fortune by raising vegetables. He
sells melons at So to 81 apiece, potatoes at
S32 per 100 pounds, and everything else
proportion.
FATAL RAILROAD AccIDENT.-George M.
Wilbur, aged 10 years, was instantly Kill
led at Duncansville, Pa, on the 18th inst,
by train of cars knocking him down and
passing over him. His head was severed
from his body.
HARRIET LIvERMoRE, we'll known as a
female preacher in various parts of the
world for twenty-eight years past, is in New
York on her way to Jerusalem, where she
expects to die.
HORACE JENNIsoN, Mass, has obtained
verdict of $4,000 damages in suit of SLAM
der against VIM. White, of Watertown.-
The SANDER was an accusation of stealing
tripe.
1t is stated, that ofthe number who have
left New Bedford for California, from 800
to 1000-intellgenc has been received of
the decease Of over fifty.
All the drivers OF omnibuses between
Washington and Georgetown have agreed
to reduce the fare each way to 81 cents
each passenger.
A wag has truthfully said, that if some
men could come out OF their graves and
read the inscriptions on their tomb-stones,
they would think they had got into the
aDrong grave.
The amount OF sales ofeggs for the whole
city OF Boston, for the year 1S4S, was a
fraction short of million of dollars, and
the amount ofsales of poultry for the whole
city, the same year, was over million OF
dollars.
A letter has been received from Gen.
Cass, announcing his intention to leave De-
troit for the East on Tuesday: that he will
be in Rochester on Thursday, and fulfil his
engagement to lecture before the Athe-
npum.
GA wife as is a wife," has been found in
the Police Court Boston for breaking chair
all to pieces upon her husband while he
was in bed, all for jealousy.
There are one hundred and seventeen
churches belonging to different denomina-
tions, in Cincinnati.
No duty requires thee TO shut out beauty
or to neglect the influences that may unite
thee with heaven.
There is man, % years of age, in Gin.
clnnatti, who weighs but Jorty-two pounds
The Salem Qa., Democrat, raises the flaa
OF Gen. Joseph Lane, as its candidate fol
the next Presidency.
ERAsTUs GILMORE, Born in brown county
Ohio, is 20 years old, and weighs only 81
pounds, and is considerably under four fee
high.
The estimated cost of the Baltimore all
Ohio, Railroad ffom Cumberland to Wheel
ing, distance of2l1a miles, is Sc, ,27S, ,73l
Where all is clean, and everything in i
place, there is home.
We learn by the St. Louis papers tn;
three persons died OF cholera on the tri
OF the James Hewet to that port.
One o: the deepest thoughts we ever ha
was when when We were child. We fe
into well one hundred and fifty feet belo
the surface Of The earth, and were wonderir
how we should get out.-Albany Knieke
booker.
''l have not loved lightly" as the ma
thought who married wealthy widow weig
ing two hundred pounds.
There are at this time over two thousaI
cases Of small pox and vario loid in Cinci
natl.
A black deer has been caught in Indian
and is now on its way 10 Cincinnati. Whe
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