Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-02-14

To MEND lRoN PoTs AND PANs.-A cor
respondent Of the Scientific American gives
the following receipt for mending broken
iron pots and pans, as superior TO the Chi a
nese Q
"Take two parts of sulphur, and one part
by weight, Of fine black lead, and put the
sulpher in an old iron pan, holding it over |
the fire until the sulphur begins 10 melt,
when the black lead is added, stirred well
until all is mixed and melted and then, in
its molten state, the compound is poured out
on an iron plate or smooth stone. When
il has cooled down it is very hard, and is
then broken in small pieces. quantity of
this compound is placed upon the crack of
The iron pot TO be mended, and by hot iron
il can be sodered in the same way a
,iusmilh soldiers his sheet If there is a
small hole in the pot, it is good plan 10
drive a copper rivet in it, and then solder it
over with this cement. | know n person
who mended an iron pot by the above plan
upwards of twenty years ago, and he has
used 1t ever since''
SuNBuRy AND ERIE RAIL RoAD-The Pun
Lie LANDs.-ln the lower house of Congress
on Wednesday, MIR. Chandler gave notice OF
his intention TO ask leave 10 introduce, on
the following day, or al some future time,
bill granting public lands to the Sunbury and
Erie Rail Road Company of Pennsylvania, 10
aid in the construction of that work to con-
meet the lake trade more directly with the
Atlantic.
THE "Merchan,'s Exchange of the city
of New York, being in the hands of the
sheriff, he adverises it for sale next month.
The ttus,rees are trying 10 prevent il il pos
sible, and invite proposals FOR a loan Of
500 900, in sums of $1,000 each, at six per
cent interest. |, is stated that the annual
ren, of The buildng is sos 900.
ADVANCE IN BREADsTUFFs Boston, Feb
9.-Priva,e letters from Liverpool, by the
European, confirm the advance in Breadsiuh
as ielecraphed from Halifax. Holders have
here pnt up The prices of Flour l21 a l3R
cents per Dbl 1t is generally believed that
English prices will 90 higher
WAsHiNcToN, Feb. s.--The condnci OF
Senator Borand, with regard 10 Mr.. Kenne-
| dy, is universally condemned, and it is sta
, ted he has sent an apologetic letter 10 the
latter, in which he pleads that he misunder-
stood Mr.. kennedy's remarks.
The Judiciary Committee of the Indiana
!, House of Representatives have been insrruc-
ted BY a vote of the House, TO report a bill
providing for an annual appropriation TO aid
in the removal Of free coored persons from
,, that State TO Liberia
Rev. f. f. Town, pastor of the Bap'is
Church at Merchandising, Champaign co.
. Ohio, who was in Cincinnati on the 26,t
of December, has not since been hear,
i from
n A SpANIApD lately died at Algiers at III
j. age of 1Oi He worked at his trade o
joiner to the end, and always enjoyed goo
IF haalrh For the last fifty years his only be-
had been pile of shaviugs, in his shop.
J. JUICE Mclean of the United States St
preme Conrt, pays $4,000 a year taxes o
his property in Cincinnati, which is Lao
= less than Mr.. Longworth of the same cit
lt pays.
THE Piitsburg Gazette says that III
Is Pennsylvania Rail Road is doing a great bl
III siness--the number Of passengers dali
10 conveyed over it, averaging about on
a' hundred.
or Madame THILLoN has created grei
10 sensation in Boston, and on Monday the pr
II miums on tickets reached $40. Tickets
=, the circle brought 81 and $40.
at THE London correspondent of the Ne
90 York Times says Mrs Brougham has con
he over here TO get divorce from The "glorio
he john" her lord.
nil Madame Howard, the discarded mis're
he Of Louis Napoleon, and the mother of h
children, is said to be all American, born
II Baltimore.
"sS GEMS. CHANGARNIER, Lamoriciere, B
-, dean, and Leho, and NJ. Theirs, had arrive
=" in London, in consequence Of their eXpuls
-, fIom France.
all KossUTH addressed about 1900 people
no Monday afternoon, in Cleveland, who pa
in from S 10 So piece, to hear him.
DIS The receipts Of the Hudson River RI
e Road Company for January, were $40
OBS II
Mr.. GEORGE r. MCFARLAND, OF Holiday
=" burgh, has given Kossuth check for ton
=. cannon balls
~ The number Of deaths in New York d
n ring the week ending December 8, we
nj, 465
pr THE Methodist Protestant Annual Conft
II. ence assemblies at Georgetown, ID. e.,
IN, the lllh OF March next.
by ALL the young ladies' in Boston "lhoug
elr that Jenny Lind was going 10 get marrie'