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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-08

INTELLIGENCE FROM SOUTH AMERGcA,-Our
advlces from Montevideo are of the 18Th of
Aprl-the same as from Buenos Ayres, Mon.
'eVIdeo was still besieged by Orbe's forces.
The fever is very bad at Rio Janeiro. The
Portuguese seventy.four, Vaca de Gania, has
lost nearly one hundred of her officers and
crew -Four vessels Of war have arrived du.
ring the last three days from France. Two
OF them are steamers. On board are 1900
troops. The steamer VIM. J. Pease. from
New York for San Francisco, was at Monte.
vldeo on the 18th, The sloop of war St.
Louis was fortunate enough 10 escape with.
out having single case on board. This is
Inc first instance known of the appearance of
the yellow fever south of the equator, A..
NJ. steamer Cormorant, from Rio Janeiro,
with thirteen cases of fever on board, report.
ed that the British sloop of war Tweed had
lost forty of her crew and five officers
N. Y Herald.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-08

CAN StcH THrNes Be E?-The Tribune nar-
rates the following incident;
HOLDING A CORPSE FOR DEBT Some weeks
since young man arrived in this city from
Canada, and took beard at house in Pearl
street, where he soon allerward fell sick. He
rallied again, but relapsed, and grew worse
rapidly, at the same time getting out of mon
ey, at which the keeper of the house grew
very uneasy for fear of losing about So
Some of the young men boarding in the house
offered 10 contribute sl2 10 send him 10 the
hospital; but the man Of the house told them
il would cost SOS that sum they were not
willing TO trust in the hands of their infor-
mant. Soon after this the young man died,
and the boarders raised money 10 bury him.
The man of the house was sent for the
coffin, at his own request, and got one worth
s4 or S. for which he charged Sl2. The
night before the funeral he locked up the
body, refusing 10 let the friends see ii, and
when the boarders and others assembled at
O'Clock the next day, to perform the rites
of burial, the hearse being at the door, he
fatty refused 10 unlock .he door, and told
them that if the S5 which deceased owed
him was not paid, he would send the body to
Potters field The young men, shocked at
the airocious conduct of the vampire, bor-
Towed the money, redeemed the body Of the
unfortunate stranger from his clutches, and
buried il al Wlliamshurgh, The name of
this imprisoner of the dead is with us, but
we do not choose 10 pollule ou, columns with
it. Suffice j, TO say, almost every boarder in
the house has left or will leave the premises
A model machine has been invented, at
Pittsburg, for making horse shoes, by which
10 nsr cent of labor can be saved
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-08
CHINESE TRADITION OF THE DELuGE.

In an address lately delivered in Dublin
by DIR. Gutzlaf, that distinguished man,
among other things, made the following
statement -
Let them now look to the east of Asia.
and there on its shores, washed by the Pa.
ciflc, they would find China, an ancient
nation, which has retained its customs for
over 2OCO years, with strictneSs and at
tachment that would do honor to better
things. In fact, the Chinese had con-
tInual history even from the Deuge up to
the present time they had writers in all
times and in all circumstances, and they
had language which, in its essential parts,
had undergone very little change for the
past 2OOO years. Was it not a wonder
that this nation could exist so long, and
could not be Subdued by the storms that haG
swept over the plains of Asia? The fear
iul lnroadS Of barbarians who wasted and
overthrew the Roman Empire in the West
and IN the East, all that the wisdom of the
iilndoos had established, did not annihiate
or dsperSt' his nation (for he called the Chi
nese his own nation.) The invaders OF Chi
ma, instead of giving their triumph nation
al character We're obliged in time to ANAL
gamate with the Chinese, and thus this ma
ton was preserved in its purity. The Chi
nese history stated that there was at one
time a great deluge, when the waters rose
to the heavens, and that the empire was
then converted into swamp, which a
King called Shun got drained by means of
canals whose mouths opened into the seas
and rivers. The date of this event only
differed few years from that generally as
signed 10 the Deluge. 1t was a confrma-
ton OF the truth Of Holy Scriptures, that SO
distant nation as the Chinese, who did
not know from the Bible of the occurrence
OF the great fall, should yet record the same
event as that spoken of in Holy Writ
There Were other condolences also, such
for example, as the record ofa great starva-
ton, which took place about the time when
Joseph was prime minister of Egypt.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-08
MEMORY OF EARLY CHILDHOOD.

MEMORY OF EARLY CHILDHOOD.
All alone love TO wander,
Seeking out the slillest glade;
From the gay keep asunder,
Couuing the deep forest shade:
By the wall of rocky lodges,
By the streamlet's verdant edges
sill me down 10 think-oh, when
Wilt thou return 10 me again J!
On the pinions of the breezes
Lovely Spring comes back again,
Bearing with her all that pleases-
Bringing happiness again;
But in the forests dark recess,
| find my chiefest happiness
In means and mourning-when, oh
when
Wilt thou return TO me again.
AS the brook its ripple pours
On and on TO meet the sea,
So my tear drops fall in showers
While sit and think of thee:
How much longer wilt thou tarry?
Anguish makes my heart grow weary
Sill breathe my lips their piainr-oh
when
Wilt thou return 10 me again?
City Item.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-08
EDWIN HALL,

QArI OF TIRE finn OF WATKINsoS & HALL,)
No. "a South Second Street,
Philadelphia,
ID RESPECTFULLY informs his old friends and
IL customers, as well as the public generally,
that he has opened an entire new stock of elegant
styles Of
Spring & Summer Dress Goods.
His assortment consists of the latest and mos desi
rable styles of English, German, French & Anne.
rican Goods Such as Delaines', Tissues, Bcra.
ses, Silks, Lawns, Muslins, Shawls, Hdkffs Gloves
and every variety of Dress ard Fancy Goods.
fhilsd. March is, ls5o.--ly
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-08

Mrs FANNY KEMBlE found it impossible
TO mount her horse, in New York, the other
day, owing 10 the resllessness OF the nag. A
man passing, coaxed the horse up to the side
walk once more, and stepping 10 the side,
took the off fore leg and held it uhile the ladu
mounted, the animal having evidently no con-
hdence in resistance on three legs.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-08

WHOM We TRUST OUR LvEs To.--Thc
report OF the committee Of the National
Convention, recently in session at Cincin-
natl, mentions that the medical schools in
our country are too many, the students TOO
numerous, the professors too few and inca
pable, the quantity of instruction too limi-
ted, the quality too superficial, and the pre-
Paratory training insufficient Yet are our
lives entrusted to the persons who are pro-
nounced capable after this kind OF inStruc-
ton.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-08

IHE little schooner Enterprise, Of only five
and half tons bhrihen, has arrived safely
at Havana. The history of ihi, Lillputian
craft is somewhat singular. She was built at
Mineral Point, Wisconsin, and conveyed on
wagons forty miles 10 Fever River; thence
she was lowed 10 Galena, Illinois, where she
was rugged she then descended The Missis.
sIpp River TO New Orleans under sail: we
next hear OF her clearing at New Orleans for
San Juan, Nicaragua. After stopping few
days at Havana she sailed for her des,ina.
'lon, where her owner intends 10 ascend lake,
Nicaragua and Leon, thence drag her along
The Portage, fifteen miles, launch her in the
Pacific, and proceed 10 California.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-08

Michael Lyons, a weuter, Ofse.y mour street
Manchester lEnglaud.l las invented ma
cn'ne py "n". trousers, and even coats may
D, woven complete in one piece, reqoiTing
not a ionch OF the needle,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-08

The stork in heaven knoweth
Her own appointed time,
And like an arrow goeth
Back 10 our colder cline;
The turtle, crane and swallow
Come on unerring wing,
When northern hill and hollow
Bask in the light of Spring.
But we, endowed with reason,
Cannot foreknow The hour
The sweet, appointed season
For bursting Of Hopes flowerj
When near the glad fruilion
OF toll that worked annoy
When sorrows drear condition
Gives place 10 heartfelt Joy.
Lo! hliehiing frost encroaches
On Autumn's sad domain,
And Winter wild approaches
To end his feeble reign:
The birds of passage gather
And fly across the wave,
Their guide Heavenly Father
Omnipotent 10 save.
But man, with reason gifted,
Cannot the hour foreknow
When Hopes bright curtain lifted
Reveals a waste Of wo
When clouds send lightning flashes
Our idols TO consume,
And dreams resolved TO ashes,
Are scattered on his tomb.
Graham for June.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-08

A NAME.-The little river which bounds
the village of Astoria, in Oregon, on the
east, bears the Indian name of "Occunneo-
eegeecococacuceoaduaga," which signifies
laziness. We suspect lazy man in that
tribe must have had some trouble to tell
what was the matter with him.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-08
REFORM YOUR HABITS.

Come ye, with garments bare and seedy,
We bach'lors, wdoers and husbands too,
IT, in the outward your needy,
We soon can make you as good as new
YJNHE subscriber respectfully informs his friends
Il and the public that he will commence IN this
place, on the sth of April next, the
TAILORING BUSINESS
in all its branches He will be careful to see that
his work is made up in the best manner, and he
flatters himself that he will be able to give entire
satisfaction in point of cut, fit and style, as well
as in price He therefore respectfully soicits his
friends and the public generally to call and give
him a trial.
His shop is new building in Fawn street be-
low Weaver's HOTEL
JACOB o. BECK.
Sunbury, March 80, ls50.--6m
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-08

DEATHS BY LIGHTNING.-We learn that
Two youths, aged about IA years, were killed
BY lightning on Thursday last, in Providence
Township. The name of one was Leech,
son OF Esq. Leech, OF that town-ihe name
OF The other was Lockwood. .-.Wilkesbarrs
Adrocate
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-08

Two or three cargoes of wheat are on their
way TO this country from Egypt. We should
reciprocate by sending the latest dates to
Egypt.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-08

= More CANDoR THAN CoURTsEy.-A for
NAL, fashionable visitor thus addressed a
little girl
SHOW are you, my dear %
every well, thank you," she replied.
The visitor then added, Snow, my dear,
you should ask me how I ann
The child simply and honestly replied.
81 don't want to know
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-08
fashionable Eurnftures

Having secured Hearse and made the neces-
sary arrangements for the purpose, they are now
prepared for Undertaking III all ITS branches, III
ths vicinity or at any convenient distance
Ye maids ard msresses and husbands too
Here's furniture of every style and hue,
From side boards down to kitchen tables,
From rocking chairs to rocking cradles
Should you not have the ready JOHN to pay,
Well wait awhile for brighter-beiter day.
Or take potatoes, oats, corn, wheat and ryei
Bark, hoop poles, slaves, or lumber wet and dry
Or any thing but yokes and threshng fails,
From pigs and turkies down to little quails
Come on then friends, come one and all,
Keep trade moving, so 'goes on the ball"
,5v- Orders from a distance promptly attended
20 and work of all kinds delivered with dispatch,
Sunbury, March 8, lS50.-t
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-08
BANK. NOTE TABLE.
CORRECTED WEEKLY.


PENNSYLVANIA. MAsSACAusETTS.
ctry or putI mr. PIMA All solvent banks 7 dis
l. : Bank notes Is dis RHODE ISLAND.
All solvent hanks pat AN solvent banks 4 dis
Bank of Cb"mbarsbnrg dis All solvent banks dis
Bank of Chester Co. par NEW YUM
Bank of Del. Co. Chester par CITY -
Bank OF Germantown par Al scWeht Danks p. I Gs G
Bank of Gettysburg dis ~ BA h"tes uhuer 81 uIS
Bank of Lewistown : CuUNIhi' II
Bank of Middetolyn dis All solvents banks dis
MSntromery Co Bank par NEW JERSEY
Bank of Northumberland pll BeVidere Bank % Gis
Bank Of pittshurC dis Commercial banG - uls
B,nt of DanvilLs uar Far Bank Mont Holly par
Carlisle Bont 1 dis +. & NJ, Mildlcown PIT. par
Columbia Bk & Bge Co par Stecnancs bk, NeWaIh laL
DJyestOwn Bank par Nech' bh ol bt,I 20.
Easton Rank pariMech. d Man. Bk Trent par
Erie Bank dls' MOTIFS 20 Bhnk - Z nc
Exchange B TX Ptsburg dis Newark BNg ms. 20 Gis
Exchange Blk, Branch l dis Orange Bank Gis
Farmers Blk, Bucks Co par Pc piles Bk Patterson uis
Farmers Bk Lancaster par l'r!ncet IN Bahk par
Farmers Bk Reading par salem bahkhlE W, PI
Farm. Bk Schuykil Co par Senerret 20 Bahk u's
+ & D. Bk Waynesbg ldls stale Balik at Ihmneh Pu
Franklin Bk. Washn !dis state Bk Eizahethton Gmis az
HonssJse RnnL dis State Bk. " Brunswick par
Lancaster Rank mar, Sussex Bank, Newton dis
Lebanon Rank parl Trenton Banking Co par
TTerch & Man Bank | dis Union Bank. Dover dis
Winers nv pnsvle pcr Vaudeville & Del DIR Co 15dls
Nononunhea Bank | disLS' Bk notes under S5 dis
Tayorsv'e lBg Co Is dis DELAWAhE'
West Branch Bank par Bank OF Delaware par
Wvounc Rk Wilkesb'c mar Bank OF Smyrna par
Vol R,nk / dis Delaware City Bank par
,sss Rsirf notos 1 dis Blk Wilmg.n Brandyw. par
- MAINE Farmers Bk 81 Delaware par
Hank Of WheHock dis Union Bank Wilmington par
Mercantile Bk. Bangor 10 dis - Under S2,s us
All solvent banks dis OHIO.
NEW HAMPSHIRE. All solvent hanks ?ds
An solvent hanks dis ty' Bk notes under SIS dis
VERMONT. NORTH CAROLINA,
Bank of st Alhans diSIAn slNell suhs =; o!S 1!
An solvent banks dis " Under5's, . dis
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-08
CHROMATYPE.

eHRoMATYpE is new process of phoiog-
raphy' 1t consists in washing good letter pa
per with the following solution = Bichroma,e
OF potash, ten grains; sulphate of copper.
twenty grains; distilled water, one ounce -
raper prepared with this e.of pale vel.
low color, and may be kept for any enp,h
OF Time without injury, and are always ready
Tor use For copying botanical specimens or
engravings nothing can be more beau,ifnl-
After the paper has been exposed 10 the in.
fiuence of sunshine, with The obiec, 10 be
copied superposed, it is washed over in The
dark with solution of nitrate of silver of
moderate strength: as soon as this is done. a
very vivid positive picture makes its appear.
ance, which then only requires washing in
pure water.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-08
+. 3. NASSER.
A TTORN NEY At l. A w /,

SUwBURX, Pa.
Business sltended to in the Counties OF No'
humterand, Union, Lycomng and Columhia'
Refer to:
P. & A. RovoUDT,
LowBn g. BARHoS,
SoMERs 81 SsoDGRAss, SPhtdd.
REYNoLps, Nc cFARLASn d Go.
SPERING, Soon q Co.,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-08

Yes, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed
tmes and the turtle and the and the swallow, OBJ
serve the time of their coming. JKR. C. VII. v. 2.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-08
SELECT POETRY.
BIRD-NOTES.

BY wM. II c. HOsMER .
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-06-08

A model machine has been invented, at
Pittsburg, for making horse shoes, by which
10 per cent Of labor can be saved
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-02-28
Curious Scientific Discovery.

II has long been known, and any one may
test the fact, tha, when drop OF water Is
placed upon piece Of IRON, red or hte hot,
and the hotter the better, instead of being con-
verled into vapor. 1t draws itself up in a gobu-
lar shape and is not even boiled by The intense
heat. II occurred TO French philosopher,
that this fact might explain certain phenomena
OF men being able 10 handle or walk upon in
tensely hot substance and, upon making the
experiment, he found that he could put his
hands into the melted iron, or walk over it
barefoot, with ease. Any person do This
when the skn is moist, The only caution ne
cessary being not to move the hand or other
part in contact with the incandescsnl metal 100
quickly. The experiment must be done deib-
erately, with the iron or other metal at " hile
heat. or if melted sIil better This fact &C
counts very simply for some astonishing mir
acles which it has hitherto required no little
faith 10 believe
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-02-28
Discovery i'm Tanning.

The Scientific American is informed by a
correspondent. in New Oxford, in this slate, that
Mr. VIM. H. Rosens,eel. Of tha, place, has dis
covered new and valuable improvement in the
mode of tanning leather, which has been tried
for nine months, and which i. is said, will save
zone fourth of the bark and make the stock
woigh a, eas, three pounds more per hide,
tanning in one third The usual time, and making
better looking articles" These are very i'm
por,an. Improvements, especially as only one
fourth Of the customary number OF vass are en-
ployed. and consequently no less than one hall
the usual labor is saved The process is mol
stated
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-02-28
sTRoUDsBURG MONROE FEBRUARY 1850

la Tour. I" could not forget you, and had
presentiment that one day we should be united to
each other. l knew that Lord Melvls motive in
marrying me was TO vent his spite against his
nephews, and hated to be the instrument of his
revenge. The noble lord perceived nv hesitation,
and he urged his point. Those who surrounded
me advised me to take advantage of the folly of
man worth millions. But thought of you Fred
eric. Your image was constantly before my mind,
and for the sake of one whom had seen but a
moment, almost sacrificed my fortune and yours
However, my trials had been too severe to allow
my romantic ideas to get the better of my reason.
The young seamstress gave you up, and be-
came Lady Melvil. That was the fairy tale, my
beloved. |, a poor abandoned orphan, the wife of
one of the noblest peers of England In my splen
did carriage, seated on silk and velvet drove
through the very street where, few months be-
fore, was begging for morsel Of bread. Such
are the caprices of fortune"
"Happy Lord Melvil" exclaimed Frederic.
=" He was very happy, indeed" continued Mad
anne de la Tour. "He was rich beyond measure,
and never could spend his income, and he rightly
supposed that gratitude would secure him the af-
fections of woman whose fortune he would make,
and he never repented his marriage. | trusted
rny future welfare in the hands of the noble lord,
and soaced his last hours He died, leaving
me all his wealth, and then vowed to myself
never to marry again but the man who assisted me
in the most painful moments of my life. en-
deavored to find you, but in VAIN All, if had
only known your name !"
On saying this, the bride unfastened a neckless
of frubies, and drew from small silk purse attached
to II, five franc piece, encircled with gold.
" 1t is the same," said she, and placed it in the
hand of Frederic. "By showing this piece of mon
ey, was enabled to obtain piece Of bread on
credit for few hours. The next day obtained
situation. and was thus enabled to keep it: it
has never left me for a moment. Oh, how happy
was when met you month ago. Twas so
glad that used the first stratagem that came into
my head to bring you me. had but one
fear, and that was to find you married Then you
would never have heard this story. would have
made you rich, and poor Lady Melvil would have
returned to England, and shut herself in her cas-
tie in Wales"
Frederic had dropped the hand of his wife, and
stood gazing upon the coin, the Cause of his hap
piness and fortune.
You sce,' said Madame de la Tour, :" tha,
am not fairy ; it is you, the contrary, who
gave me the talisman."
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-02-28

A man who would cheat Printer, would
steal meeting house and rob church-yard
If he had soul, ten thousand Of its size would
have more room in mosquitoes eye than a
bullfrog in The Pacific ocean. He ought to be
winked al by blind people, and kicked to death
across logs by cripples.-Ann Arbor VOL
uerine.
Such being would steal the molasses out
OF sick nigger's ginger cake; take from
drunken mans mouth his last chew Of Iobaco;
walk at night through the rain, 10 deprive
blind sheep Of its fodder travel fifty miles on
a fasting stomach to cheat dying woman out
of her coffin. Such man ought TO be ted TO
Sleeps tail and buued 10 DEATH Florence
Enquirer.
Exactly so, and iha, isn't ALL He would
break surveyors level TO get out the alcohol,
and his wife's watch for the mock jewels bid
against widow al her husbands auction, and
steal The orphans shoe strings before daylight.
Temperance Banner
Yes, thousands of such souls as that mans
would rattle in a mustard seed-dance contra
dances on the pom, of a wasp's sling-or march
abreast through the eye Of cambric needle
A solar microscope would hardly discover Them,
and when found they would not fill the small.
es. Granny in creation.--PoSt.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-02-28
JOB PRINTING.
The Peoples Anthem.

BY EBENEZER ELLIOT
When wilt thou save the People
Oh, God of mercy, when7
Not kings and lords, but nations!
Not thrones and crowns, but men
Flowers of thy heart, oh God, are they,
lie, them not pass like weeds away,
Their heritage Winters day.
God save the People
Shall crime breed crime for ever,
Strength aiding still the wrong!
Is it thy will, oh Father,
That man shall toll for wrongi
"No." say thy mountains. NO" thy skies;
Mans clouded sun shall brightly rise,
And songs ascend instead Of sighs."
God save the People
When wilt though save the People
Oh, God of mercy, when,
The People, Lord, the People!
Not thrones, and crowns, but men
God save the People thine they are,
Thy children as the angels fair;
Sare them from bondage and despair.
God save the People !!