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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-04-13
OLD SERIES VOL. 10, NO. 30,
A BIT OE A STORY.

Many years ago, when the state of Georgia
was thinly inhabited and the Indians occu.
pied a large portion of her territory, undi.-
turbed by the white man. son of the Eme-
raid Isle, weary and hungry, about midday,
presented himself at the door of wealthy
farmer and asked for work. The lrishman
told the farmer he had travelled far and was
enterely out oc money, and unless he gave
him bit Of a job he would no, be able 10
make "dacent living.n The farmer told
him he had nothing particularly for him to
do, but that if he really wanted work, he
thought he might be able to hunt him up
job. 'Ict's see," said the farmer, II believe
as have large stock of poultry and plenty
of corn, that will get you 10 take care of
them but mind, you must see that every
one gets enough and that no one gets more
than his share; this you must attend TO
twice day; morning and evening"" Pat
pledged his word that he would strictly car.
ry out his orders The necessary arrange
ments having been made as regards wages,
board, &C., Pat was duly installed in his new
vocation.
Pat performed his duty well, and the
poultry under his good management, were
kept in the best of order. For some time
however Pats discerning eye perceived that
an old drake was getting more than his share
of corn; this could not be allowed, for he
was strickly charged 10 see that every one
get enough, but no one was to get more than
his share. Now pat had no idea of dsobey-
ing the commands Of the farmer, so he was
resolved, by some means or other, 10 put a
stop TO it.
One evening, as usual, while Pat was dis
tributing corn 10 his fowls, he commenced
soliloquzng in the following manner: oar.
rah, be jabbers, an here ye are agen, divili.h
spoonbil quadruped ye lay under the barn
all day, an whin say chcky, be St. Pathrick
ye- are the first one here, and be jabbers you
pick up thra grain o. earn 10 a chickens one
now be jabbers an I'll fix you for that, an
so will" Sure enough Pat toll'd the old
drake close up to him made grab and
nabbed him. CAN its welcome ye are, blast
yer ugly picther, when Pm done with ye, to
pick up more than yer share" With that
Pat pulled out his knife and trimmed the
drake's bill off sharp and slim, like chick
EMS and then he exultingy threw him down,
saying: "Now, be jabbers, ye can pick up
earn longside that bob tail rooster !"- The
Wilkinson Whig.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-04-13
A GREAT INVENTION,

Dicks Anti-Frction Press is one OF The no.
blest and most perfect arrangements of power
ever discovered lis applicability 10 the va
rious purposes in the arts where immense
force is required, together with its compact
ness, renders it almost invaluable in the con-
struction OF all kinds of printing, embossing
and other presses. We have seen an embos-
sing press in the Methodist Book Concern,
that is superior 10 anything in use. Forpunch.
ing the power is so intense that a boy can
punch cold plates of iron an inch in thickness
with ease. The machine used 10 hoist the
piles in the coderdam, at the Navy Yard, on.
ly weighed thirty-fvo hundred, yet il exer-
ted the force of $50 tons lifting power, by the
aid of four men. We have seen a stump ma
chine, that weighs only about ton, that viii !
draw any stump in America, worked by three
men. The strongest testimonials have been
received from the "Book Concern" and
numerous other sources, confirming all we
have seen and more. The vast establish
ment, corner of Jane and Washington streets,
| n. Y, is thronged with orders from all parts
of the country, and the number of uses TO
which this invention is applied, make the
mandatory curiosity shop OF the first wa
tern. Y. Tribune.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-04-13

OCEAN STEAM NAvIGATfoN.-ln the course
of month or six weeks there will be a semi
weekly steam communication with Europe,
twenty steamers running across the Atlantic
to various ports in Europe. The Herald says:
"The weekly trips of the Cunard steamers,
nine in number, will commence on Saturday
next, from Liverpool, and on the lst of May
from New York and Boston. The Collins
steamers, five in number will commence
their semi-monthly trips on the 27th instant,
and their weekly trips about the lst of June.
The Franklin will begin her trips 10 Havre
next month, and her mate will be ready in
the fall. The Bremen line, two steamers
now leave Southampton and New York once
a month. The City of Glasgow will leave
Glasgow on the 10th instant for New York,
and thereafter leave each port in alternate
months. The Helena Sloman is to leave
Hamburg on the 10Th instant, and her trips
will be bi-monthly.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-04-13

MY ZEN ARE DIM WI TEARS.

!" ZEN an r. Dtu WI
MY cen are dim VII tears, John,
My heart is sar vii wac.
lie aud watch the stars, John,
A wearyiug OF the day;
Yet it wanna bring me rest, John,
And it canna' bring me peace, b..
Till the clay is on my breast, John,
An ihocht and feeling cease!
hae loved ye well and lang, John,
An shall while hae life;
But ye've caused me many pang, John
Wha shoul hae been youl wife.
Though we never said word, John,
Nj trusting heart TO win,
Ye haze Iced before the Lord John,
An that is deeper sin
Ye're hand Iced seeking mine, John,
When naebody could see
And ye kissed ii many time, John,
An wasna that lee
An your cen Iced looking love, John,
Whene'er they tuned on me
An your gifts, what did they prove John,
But love--or treachery?
An' your step Iced coming here, John,
Sac oft in cauld am rain,
For mony happy year, John,
Whose memory is pam
For ihocth the time would come, John,
When ye nae mair would part
Yet ye gaed without ae word, John,
To ease my breaking heart!
Ye CAM o. your ain will, John,
Ye saw that was poor;
Ye kenn'd was nae light o. love,
Ye should hae passed our door.
But | loo ye after a., John,
An pray 10 God in heaven,
That may be ia'en hame, John,
An your deceit forgiven
Chambers Edipbrg Journal
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-04-13

MILLIONS OF PIGEONS RoosTING.-Letters
from Indiana complain that some of the pi-
geon roosts cover the forests for miles, des-
troying the timber.-A letter from Laurel
says "a am completely worn down. The
pigeons are roosting all through the woods,
and the roost extends for miles. Our neigh
bors and ourselves have, for several nights,
had 10 build large fires and keep up reports
of firearms to scare them off, While write,
within quarter of mile, there are 80 gems
firing. The pigeons come in such large
quantities as to destroy great deal of timber
break limbs of large trees, and even tear up
some by the roots. The woods are covered
with dead pigeons, and the hogs are getting
fat ON them, Our old friend Hendrick killed
so at four shots.
To SHEER and denounee is very easy
way of assuming great deal of Wisdom,
and cOncealuo n prpat tlpal of iunorance
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-04-13

ALARMING TO USDERTAKERs.--The deaths
in New York have diminished since fs47 at
the rate of three thousand year. A chrono-
thermal practitioner ascribes it to the differ
ent treatment of diseases, and the abandon
ment of The use of the lancet. He makes
calculation that the same ratio of diminuiion
of deaths throughout the United States, esti-
mating at 22,ooo,ooo of population, would
show saving of 100000 lives year.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-04-13

ness and population, and untes the greatest
Commercial point in the valley OF the Mis-
sissippi, with the greatest commercial point
on the coast of the Pacific.
Sd. 1t combines the advantages for ma
king and preserving the road, wood, water
and soil, for inhabitation and cultivation.
4th. II is healthy route. No diseases
of any kind uponait and the valetudina-
rian might travel it in his own vehicle, on
horse, OF even on foot, for the mere resto-
ration of health and recovery Of fspirits.
1t not only lufls all the conditions of a
national route, but is preferable TO any
other. It is preferable to the S. Pass from
being near four degrees further south, more
free from open plains, and free from the
rising Of great rivers. It's course is parallel
with the rivers, there being but one the
upper Colorado) directly crossing IFS line
There are passes at the head of Arkansas,
in the Three Parks, and north of them, but
none equal TO this by the Rio del Norte.-
There is no route north of it that is COM
parable to it / believe there is no practi-
cable route south of il within the United
States. The disaster which turned me
south from the head of the Del Norte and
sent me down the valley OF that river, and
to the mountains around the Upper Gila,
enabled me TO satisfy myself on that point
| went a middle route-a new way--be-
tween the GiIa river and the wagon road
through the Mexican province OF Sonora,
and am satisfied that no route for a road can
be had on that line, except going through
Mexico, then crossing the great Colorado
of the west, near its mouth, to cross the
desert to arrive at San Diego, where there
is no business, and still be six hundred miles
by land, and three or four hundred by wa
ter, from the bay OF San Francisco, which
now is, and forever must be, the great CEN
tire of commerce, wealth and power on the
American coast Of the Pacific ocean.
In conclusion, have TO say, that be-
lieve in the practcability Of this work, and
that every national consideration requires
1t to be done, and to be done at once, and
as national work, by the United States
Your obliged fellow citizen,
J. C. FREMONT.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-04-13

THE EDITOR of the Gloucester News,
bachelor, with no wife, no responsibilities,
no comforts, and nothing of that SORT threat
ened to board round among his delinquent
subscribers 10 "take out'' the amount of their
dues, but this was too much for them, and
they all paid up the old score, and something
in advance.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-04-13

THE Clown in the circus at San Francisco
receives 1900 year
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-12-07

security on forbearance, and not on
our capacity and disposition to de-
fend ourselves"
j have not attempted to discuss the
question of secession. The right by
State to withdraw from the Union,
results from the nature and principles
of the Constitutional Compact, to
which the States are sovereign parties
While adhering faithfully to the rem
edy of joint State action for redress
of common grievances, beseech you
to remember, that no conjecture of
events ought to induce us TO abandon
the right of deciding ultimately on
our own destiny.
In recommending, as | now do,
that South Carolina should ir terpose
her sovereignty in order to protect
her citizens, and that by cooperation
with her aggrieved sister States, she
may be enabled to aid in averting the
doom which impends over the civil
institutions of the South, it is fit and
proper that, as a Commonwealth, we
should, at an early day, to be desig
mated by you, implore the God ofour
fathers for the pardon of our mani
fold transgressions, and invoke his
protection and guidance in this our
day OF trouble and afflio otion, that he
would graciously vouchsafe to en-
tighten the minds of our Federal ru-
lers, the North and its citizens, and
direct them in the way of truth, of
reason and of justice, and preserve
a once happy political family from
the unspeakable horrors of civilstrife.
WHITEMARSH b. SEABRooK.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-12-07

but with an equal feeling ofStatc
pride, and reverence for the towering
genius of Mr.. Calhoun, we are in
clired, at least in the unsettled state
of political affairs, to allow the body
to remain in the metropolis. We.
were of opinion from the first, that
the body should have been inferred
at Fort Hill, but since it now lies
quietly and silently in Charleston,
we cannot appreciate the reasons for
removing it thence. The citizens of
Charleston will pay as much respect
and exhibit as much pride in taking
care of his tomb as the citizens of
Columbia would, and we are sure
that quite as great a number of the
citizens of the State would visit the
place of interment at the former as at
the latter city. Then why further
disturb the earthly remains of thei
mortal Calhoun.
AS to the suggestion on the subject
of the writings of Mr.. Calhoun, we
see no objection, if that plan would
{ secure to she citizens of the State any
advantages, from this legacy to the
cause Of Constitutional Liberty
which could not otherwise be enjoy
ed by them.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-12-07


MESSAGE NUMBER 9. was submi t.
mitted to the House and Senate on
the Goth ult. This able and manly
document is before us. ltcontains a
brief but spirited account of the
eventful life, the excellency of char
acter, the devoted patriotism, the
towering mind and the lamented
death of our beloved Calhoun. Af-
ter referring in the most feeling
terms to his eminet public services.
to his country and the cause of con-
stitutional government, and to the
pure chaste and amiable character
he sustained i'll all the relations Of pri-
vate life, he rec ommends:.
"That tie lot of four acres in froat
of the State House be purchased,
with the consent ofthe owners of the
property, at a fair valuation; that
monument to receive his remains,
composed entirely ofthe products of
our soil, be erected in the ceutre; and
that the grounds, skil(ully ornamen-
ted with sbrubbery, be converted In
to,a public walk
He then speaks of the political
works to which Mr.. Calhoun had
forsSveral years devoted his leisure
moments in preparing the same for
the press. The works alluded to are
an elementary treatise on Govern
ment, and a disquisition on the Con
stitution of the United States, the
latter ofwhich was just finished be-
fore fore his death I'll i he two would,
perhaps, make an octave volume of
about 450 pages. Satisfied of the su
perior merit of these works of Mr..
Calhoun, the Governor suggests that
'monumentso of his genius, and Of his
untiring industry and devotion to The.
public veal, should not be given 10
the world in the ordinary way, and
recommends:
that those as well as other ilnpor
tant papers whichhe left behind him,
be applied foriand published in this
State by legislative authority; that
the Governor be authorised and re-
quested to employ suitable person
TO superintend the publication of two
edItions, one IN the best style of mod
ern Typography, la.,d the other to be
furnished at as cheap a rate as pos
sible; and that whatever profits may
accrue, be for the benefit of Mr.. Cal
honn's family 3.
He then communicates the death
of Senator r. III. Elmore, with APP
remarks of condolence, and
hopes fiat the representatives will
make an expression Of gratitude wor7
thy the long and important services
rendered by Iiin to the State. a8
We confess there Is much Of patS
riotic and grateful feeling in the ros
commcndation of the Governor for
the removal of the remains Of MIR.
Calhoun to Columbia as final res
ting piace--neas the State House,
with public walks. monument. X5,c..
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-12-07
X cow EE COURIER
Saturday, Dec. z, 1850.

With a view of accommodating our Su
scribers who live a. a distance, the following
gentlemen are authorized and requested to
actas agents in receiving and forwarding Sub
criptons to the KEowEE CouRIrR, viz:
MAS. w. s. GnIsnAM, at West Union.
EDWARD HuenEs, Esq, {" Horse Shoe.
E.P. WERNER, Esq, " Bachelors Retreat
NJ. i. MrrcmELL, Esq. PicEensvlle.
j. Il. HAGoep, +" Twelve Mile.
II j. WEBB. for Anderson District
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-12-07

Presidents Message. President
Fillmore's Message was sent TO the
Houses in Congress assembled, on
Monday last-it is now on our table
and we have read it. He sets out
in the usual stereotyped form, pirates
much about the constitution and
the glorious Union the obligations
of duty, and his determination to dis
charge that duty. We don't like to
be disrespectful to the powers that
be, but when we know how those
duties have been discharged in having
the fugitive slave law, we cannot re-
frain from charging the President
with i,asincerty, and disposition to
bully the South. He speaks tender
ly of California-recommendsthe the inn
mediate establishment oiamint there
and gold bullion assayed and stamp.
ed to be received in payment OF Gov
ernment dues. He lauds the cuIti-
yation of the soil, and recommends
the establishment of an Agricultural
Bureau, for its encouragement, with
neurological and chemical Office
attached. He says that the troop s
stationed on the boundaries of Tex
rs and New Mexico are insufficient
for their protection against Indian de-
predations, And yet the President
is concentrating u. S. forces around
Charleston, in the very teeth of that
assertion And recommends the rails
ing of one or more regiments Of cav
alryl 0 consistency He recon-
mends a reduction of postage re-
vision of the naval code -appropria-
lions for internal improvements, and
liberal appropriations to the District
of Columbia. He speaks in fond
terms ofthe anti-Southern measures
passed by the last Congress, and
calls upon the people toraily upon
them as the only means ofrestoring
peace to the country. Those bills
hays been every thing elsebut peace
makers. The remainder ofthe Mes
sage is taken ", in a general rehear-
salof National and comn1erci4l traa-
ties, &c. IfourSt 1lumns are not too
much crowded, we may give our rea-
ders part or all of this document
next week.
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srL,cgis1qtwe, Up to this time we

Legislature, Up to tllis time we
see no business Of consequence com
piirtted give in another column
the resolutions that would be likely
tointerest our readers. Much we;gh-.
~ and important business is being
prepared and pending. Our rssem-.
bers have presented great numberI
OF petitions for continuing and sIiss
continuing roads, closing and ops sniiss
new roads, &c, Gen. GaFyil
sented the petition DC Matthew
bott, praying to be placed On tliepeia
sion list Of the Stete. {;
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-12-07

Gen. J. nv It7hitnes Our esteem
edfellow citizen, =. N Illsner. has
been elected Law Judge By Che Leg
islai1re. The vote stood yhitners
SO, Dawkins 63 votes.
=. III. Wardlaw, of Edge6pld was
elected Chancellor. 3
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-02-07
THE TINES NEWPORT R. l. iURSDY M0NRING FEBRUARY Z 1850

The Senate then resumed The cars dera-
iion ol The order Of 'he day The act IN re-
lA,lon 10 public schools.
The reading Of the bill, by sections, was
finished.
The Senate then adjourned, 10 meet on
Tuesday morning neat, alto "'dock.
H.vse.--Mr. Hazard, of Providence,
called up" An act in amen lment of an ac'
for the preservat on Of certain useful birds. >
Mr.. Bulrum, Of Smhbfeld, moved to lay
the bill upon The table. The motion was
lost.
The bill was then q second tire read
ard passed.
An art in amendmen, Of an act entitled
A" An act TO provide additional revenue for
the State" This bill authorizes any town
in this State, which shall have not assessed
aud apporlionrd the State tax Of sal town
tor The yeai 1876, and made due return Of
The lit Of the same, TO assess and appor-
ZION the same, and to return the list there
Of to The Clerk Of "a d town Oh 0r before
the first MonJay OF May neat. !, further
provides, tha, any town hich has failed to
pay into the General Treasury its propor-
lion Of said tax, and which shalt pay the
same into the General Treasury, on or be-
fore the four h Monday ofJunc, A. ID. 10
SO, with interest from the day Oh which
said payment should by law have been
made, shall be allowed the deduction of five
had been paid a, the time by law required /;
read and pa,ssl by the Sena'e in the
House read and concurred.
Petition of Joseph Nye, VS.. Ann Maria
Nye, for divorce received and referred 10
the Commiie on Judiciary.
Petition Of Aquidneck Coal Co. for char
ter; received and referred TO Commiitee on
Corporations.
Mr.. George B. Aldricli, Of Smilhfeld,
moved 20 ADJOURN TO Tuesday morning
next, al 10 o'clock.
Mr.. CIanslon, Of Newport, called for the
ayes nd noes.
The House was called, and the vote
stood as follows
AyEs----Messrs. Geo. Aldrch, Geo. b. AID.
rich, Angel, Barnes, Bicknell, Bosworth, Bow
On, &. Brown, +. Brown, Bufum, Chase, Fales,
Fenncr, Grey, X. Harris, Holden, Hopkins, How
ard, LaphaIn, Mathewson, lizard, Sayles,
Sprague--23
NoEs.---Mcssrs, Ames, ii. Anthony, Arnold,
G.. II. Browne, Cranston, Davis, Gavitt, Gorham
Gould, Greet, d. :. Harris, Hazard, iIutchins
Porter, Bathbone, Ross, Sheldon, Stcere, Up
dlkc--.l9.
The lIous adjourned to meet a, 10 o
clock, Tuesday morning next.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-02-07

How TO PUT OUT FisEs IN rus
Hobs OF SHIPS. = The following l,,ter
from the London Times contains infor-
nation which will be ofgreat interest
TO Captains Of vessels and others:
The owners Of the Caleb Grim.haw
demands means for ex,nguishiDg fire
in the hold ola ship. The materials
required are nothing more than a cosk
Of common chalk in the bottom of the
hold connected with the deck by a
small pipe, ard 4 two gallon bottle Of
sn'phuric acid, which, OH tie alarm Of
ERE, being poured down the pipe will
generate a sufficient quantity Of dense
smoke (gas in which flame cannot ex-
is') to ex,inguish any fire however
large. ! inclo,e my card. in accord
ance with your rule, but any chemist
knows fame cannct exist in carbonic
acid gas, which is generated by The ac-
ton ofthc sulphurc acid on the chalk.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-02-07

~ At the present session of the Leg.
ish,uro several Banks have pe,iiioned for
an increase Of their capita. The Mer.
chants and Union, of Providence, each
want an increase Of $500, 900. II is pro.
posed to require bonus Of per cent, in.
stead of2, as charged heretofore this ]
Per cent, is added because the Stock holders
private property is no, holden. This ad.
diiional capital is to he paid, one half mex,
May and The other half in November, 1861.
Th s vii give the State $50 900 bonus,
and 5000 annual income arising from the
present tax of 30 cents on he 500. THE
is laying il on to the Banks rather strong;
there are some people in tic State who
seem to think that the Banks ought to bear
all The burdens ef the expencc. Of Govern.
ment. 1t is very much like riding . free
horse TO death.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-02-07

UPWe are glad 10 learn from the Prov
idcn,e Trahscrip, that the Petition now be.
fore The Legislature does not ask for any
exclusive privileges for Branch Pilot Law
TO- the benefit of fny particular Company,
or association Of men. II the Legislature
will pase law securing 10 Rhode Is
land pilo's their rights, and protecting them
from the aggressions on lie II of Mas
sachuselts, New York and Cornec,icul
Pil,ts, We shall be very glad and we think
with The Transcript, that a genera law o
this nature will have very good effect,
and will operate for the benefit Of Ill our
Pilots AS we stated. the other day, there
are no better Pilots in the world lhan the
Point Plots of Newport and we could
no, quietly see any steps taken which
would prove injurious TO the interests of
these worthy mtn without speaking out in
their behalf as we have already dcnc. All
we ask for is fair WORK 2nd il any;hing
can be done to benefit all concerned, in an
equal degree, we shall be very glad, and
this .is all tina, they or we ask for or de-
sire