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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-05-21

" We neglected TO mention last week
the appointment of CHARLES F. LITTLE,
Esq as Post Master at Northumberland -
This is good appointment, and we have
no doubt that friend Little will discharge
the duties OF his Office satisfactorily.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-05-21

~ SCARCITY OF LABoRERs.--T is
considerable difficulty in getting proper
supply Of good laborers, on the different
Railroads and Improvements at this place.
The Philadelphia and Sunbury Railroad
Company, expected 10 have their road in
operation, between this place and Shamo-
kin, by this time, but the difficulty in get
ting hands, has retarded the progress Of
their work, and delayed its completion for
a month or two. The Susquehanna and
the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Companies,
labor under the same difficulties. La5orers
can find excellent employment in this
neighborhood.. The location ishealthy and
wages are good and promptly raid.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-05-21

GT The tolls on the North Branch Ca
nal, at Beach Haven, in March and April
of this year, shew an excess of sc, ,030 over
the same months last year.
The tolls on the Pennsylvania canal at
Pittsburg, during the same months, showan
excess of S20,2S over those collected in
the same months last year.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-05-21
OF judges Higgins and Helfenstein. wb

" Judges Higgins and Helfensten, who
were recently injured near this place, in
being thrown out of their carriage, have
nearly recovered, though Judge Higgins is
not yet able to walk. Judge Helfenstein is
about again as usual. Both gentlemen were
.yerely hurt and forseveral days Judge
iIegin's recovery was extremely doubtful,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-05-21

C. LAND WARRANTs.-Person having
Land Warrants for sale, can dispose OF
them for cash, by applying at this office.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-05-21

KEW W. C. BRowSLow, of tennessee, il is
s,a,ra' mas been appointed by the secte,ary
81 war Commissioners to supsriniend The
improvement of the Tennessee river
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-05-21
Sl,302 03
1888 O9t
4,2S5 1874.
G97 20
Deduct due the county for '46 and al,
RI Tho LII, 4. IL
S3,5S7 92t


ing
the
92k and other outstanding militia will be fully paid
o
previous the 1885, and that the whole that
ne the Commonwealth But The foregoing statement that only the s5s
That the Common all the State outstanding the of Jan,
1852 accounted by exhibited the herewith annexed that
the that
Gu and Simpson, borrowed from the Bank and
Youngman Commonwealth
ce from her and other but used Tor purposes
replaced but AL and The Common
entitled all the outstanding January i 1852 The balance
include outstanding of Sl57S 54 all the
standing militia LIST of January 1882 and subject " generations AMI other
From H. will appear
The hands ban
S3 s2t from all full satisfaction thereof
she
the We have therefore prepared the
statements marked E. g. exhibit the received cash
by the
longing 10 The county, and payable tor county purposes But Tor 4 and az 30 ana 81
balances the hands belong State payable
B whatever the
the will be credit from the os7 92t reported above due the COmm
The William Gulck respecting exhibits balance
h9 him to the county S9S2 Sc But the respecting State funds marked E.
his hands
three hundred aud dollars and
The NJ balance of 81
from the cash received by him. and balance So sl S from the county to him for
We therefore that there Jesse NJ Simpson the ey dollars
The H. exhibit balance
Commonwealth
him. for cash paid him The difference between those 1894
O3b his hands Young
The hundred dollars and half which
respectfully submitted W l. GREENOuGH
s. JOHN,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-05-21
No more bodies are yet in sight.

"l2 900! GIrTs."-lt will be noticed lha,
the time for distributing The presents 10 the
holders of tickets has been extended to the
26h Of May. (Read advertisement in
another column J Arrangements are in pro-
Railroads at The time Of distribution. Secure
your tickets at once.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-05-21

CONVICTION OF ONEIL On Saturday, a
short time before the adjournment, of the
Cour, of Oyer and Terminer, the Jury in the
case OF James O'Niel, charged with killing
George w. Solley, came in with verdict of
murder of the second degree. The jury
were out since Wednesday night, and for the
las, two days were divided on question as
to recommendation of the prisoner to mer.
cy, which had 10 be abandoned before they
could agree.-Ledger.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-05-21

TnE Hon. b. D Wright, Of Pensacola has
been appointed Chief Justice OF the Supreme
Count OF Florida. 80 .., ~
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-05-21

Business Notices.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-05-21

TO ADvEsTisERs.-The circulation Of the sunbury
American among the different towns the susquehanua
ne" exceeded fequaed by any paper published in North
ern Pennsylvania
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-01-18
Misfellaneous.

d
THE LIoUoR TRArrIc IN R1cnMoSD.-A
writer in the Southern Era, Ia paper published
in Richmond, Va. harangues the people ofthat
city lengthily and elaborately upon the evils
of dramshops. Among other things, he says
that there is q mammoth distillery in the place
which is capable of consuming twelve hundred
bushels of corn per day and of manufacturing
near FIVE thousand gallons of whiskey in the
same time-that there are some twenty five
wholesale and retail houses where liquors of
all kinds are sold |, and twenty eight regularly
licensed ordinaries and, worse than all, that
there are ut least THREE HUNDRED AND TWEEN
rY-FIvE hells, where the sale Of spirituous
drinks of the meanest kinds is illicitly carried
on, day and night. The annual loss to the
city in the decreased value of the negro proper.
ty from this blighting and debasing cause is
put down, in round numbers, at forty thou
sand dollars.
. We once tasted hail-storm" in Richmond
which we considered at least equal to the nee
tar of the gods, it was "got up" in such ex-
quisite taste! But if such beverages can on
ly be had under system which equally sane
tions the Retail Of the most villainous com.
pounds, we are prepared to say, away forever
with even hail.storms, rather than be annoyed
by their vulgar and disgusting bastard cousins.
EdgefeM Advertiser.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-01-18

ternatural flow Of ideas setting IN pom you at
the sight ola bottle and fresh glasss avoid Civ
ing way to it as you would fly your greatest de-
struction. If you cannot crush at once the pow
er of fancy, or that within you which you mistake
for such, divert it, give it some other play
Write an essay, pen character of description.
but not as i do now, with tearstnck ling down
my cheeks. TO be an object Of compassion to
friends, OF derision to foes; to be suspected by
strangers, stared at by ools to be esteemed h;tl
when you cannot be witty To- be applauded for.
when you know you have. been dull; to. bescalleds
upon for extemporaneous exercise of that faculty
which no premeditation can give; TO beset on
to provoke mirth which pfocures hatred to give
pleasure and to be paid with squinting malce;to to.
swallow drafts of life destroying vine, which are:
to be distilled into airy breath to tickle vain au
ditors; to mortgage miserable morrows for nights.
Of madness to waste whole seas of time upon
those who pay it back in nttle incopside drops
Of gru3ging applause, arethe wagesaf bafoonry
and DEATH"
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-01-18
am like that Eeaf.,s

Nature has been called the first and great
instructor of man. it is so, and it is well that
it is. There are many that can be reached
only through the phenomena of mature, and
therefore, lie who "doeth all things vel, !"
hath bidden them to speak, though vpiceless.
From the dew that gently distils, to tbe gor.
-ciliifiges;: -ciliifig e,all III harmonously join iu teaching
man what Time hath labofed to destroy Yet
all unmoved, we calmly note them oTs
idly pass them by, and thus neglect ttillc:
hath spared. s.,
81 am like that leaf. How many ttii1les II
have thought to use the expression, it life:
like! The Spring time of year has passed, the.
summer is gone, the harvest done, and now
Autumn is here, shedding her tears on the breast:
of earth. Even the grasshoppers, which have;
SO long been burden, are now gone 5 we hear.
no longer the hum of insects, they arsspheme-5
raj, and with the hours Of summer are gone;
and the falling leaves bctoken Winters coming
in the coursc of time, So the spring time of;
life soon passes, aye, is already gone summer.
with its flowers, is seen, now heard again; the:
harvest of worldly gain and manly applause Is,
ended; and now, as the senses one By one fail,
the falling tears as so many leaves, remind us
all is passing, never to return.
"I am like that leaf" My hold upon life
is bound by as feeble thread as that which
binds that leaf to its parent stem--a wind, a
zephyr, may snap it, and forgotten shall moul-
der on the ground. Or, ifitis spared even to
three.score and ten years yet they are all
speedily passed, and then must come the fall,
the decay. We may srnils now, flowers may
bloom around US, all maybe attractive, yet the
chilling winds will blox, theseold, damp air
enshr6hd Us, and the grave entomb us.
81 am like that leaf" 1t may have been
beautiful, but it willssoon fade entirely; it has
fallen and no one knows or cares where it lies.
So man may for time adorn the world, then
he passpth away, and no one knows where he
lies, or if they know will speedily forget, and
the places that once knew him shall know him
no more forever. Leaves have their time to
fall, and though Death knows no season, yet
we have our timssto die; the very hour and
its agonies were known in heaven before time
began. The common lot Of mortals is to sleep
in Lethe's waves, and it is sad to see the light
of beauty wa1e away, to behold the limbs
losing their ropndness and shrivelling up; sad
der to know that the lines where beauty has
fingered, the eye where love has dwelt, the
mind where hope has thrived, are all to be
swept by "decay effacing fingers"
) 81 am like tha leaf" My hold upon life
is feeble and frail will soon be broken and
when am gone, even my memory will not
remain behind me fang. In vain Hook around
for durability; all af passing away with me-
And may kind Heays grant that like that Leaf,
our work'may be d61e and well done; then
we shall bloom besideth river of life, never
to decay again
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-01-18
Great mensneyer die.

In the Grafton delivetedby Webster in Faneul
Hall, in 1926, on the death Of Adams and JEFF
ferson, he thus tells us, and his words have now
full application to himself that great and good
men never die:
Adams and JcffcBon,I have said, are no more.
As human beings, indeed, they are no more
They are no more, as III lT7e, bold and fearless
advocates of Independents; no more, as on sub
sequent periods, the heads Of the government !;
no moro, as we haveS recently seen them, aged
and venerable objects so admiration and regard.
They are no more. They are dead But how
little is there, ofthe great and good, which
can die To thsis country they yet live, and
live, and Live forever. They live in all that
perpetuates tho remenb nbranee of men on earth (;
in thsa4oorded proofs Of their own great ac-
tions. III the offspring Of their intellent; in
the dc deenengrayed lines of public gratitude,
and inTtil6 respect and homage of mankind.
Theysliyesil their example, and they live, EN-.
phafically and will live, in the influence which
their lives and efforts, their principles and
opinions now exercise on the affairs OF men,
not only in their own country, but throughout
the ciRlllZeQ WoIiu. II SuPoito' ""N wa
tnanding human intellect, q truly great man,
when heaven vouchsafes so rare glft, is not a
temporary fame, burning bright for while
and then expiring, giving place to returning
darkness. It is rather spark of ferVent heat,
as we'll as radiant light, with power to enkln'
die the common mass of human mind; so that
when it glimmers in its own decay, and finally
goes out in death, no night follows, but it leaves
the world all lig ht, all on fire, from the potent
contact of its own spirit Bacon died; but
the human understanding, reused by the touch
of his miraculous wand, to perception OF the
true philosophy, and the just mode ofinquiriIn1g
after truth, has kept on its course, successfully
and gloriously. Newton died; yet the courses
of the spheres arc still known, and the, yet
move on. in the orbits which he saw, and de-
scribed fer them, in the inlinity Of space.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-01-18

tance. ! was, perhaps, a quarter of mile
from home, when the rain came down in a
fierce gust of wind. The darkness was now
so intense, that Iscould not see FIVE PAGES
ahead; but, aided by the lightning, I obtained
shelter beneath o large tree. had been there
only few moments, when human groan
came upon my ears, chilled the blood back to
my heart. The next flash enabled me to see.
for an instant, the PROSTATE form of man,
He lay close to my feet wassfo the time,
paralyzed. AT length, as flash after fash rem
dered the figure monently visible and groan
after groan awoke human feelings, spoke
aloud. But the only answer was that continu-
ed moan, as one in mortal agony drew
nearer, and bent over the PROSTATE body.
Then, by the lightning,s aid, knew it but too
we'll 1t was alas ] that of the unhappy man |
khave mentioned-MY own SON
"It took him in my arms, continued the old
man. in faltering voice, after another pause,
in which the audience bent forward with man
#ifestations of intense interest," Sand with q
strength given at the time, carried him home.
was, from the moment of recognition, uncon-
scious of storm or darkness. Alas! when |
laid him upon his own bed, in his own room,
and looked eagerly down into his face, that
face was rigid in death. IfI am cold water
fanatic, friends, here is my Apology Is it not
ali-sufficientl" ~
And he sat down amid low murmurs Of feel
ing. - :
For time the silence Of expectatfsp reigned
throughout the room. Then one of the au-
dience stood up in his seat, and every gaze
was turned towards him. 1t was the young
man, Parker Fixing his eyes upon the still
disturbed conntenance of the speaker, he said
slowly and distinctly:
"Yes, the apology is more than sufficient
take back the words unwisely spoken. With
such an experience, man may well be pardon.
ed for enthusiasm. Thanks my venerable
friend, not only for Jour rebuke, but for your
reminiscence. / never saw my danger asI see
it now; but, like wise man: forseeing the
evil, will hide myself rather than pass on,
like the fool, and be punished. This night
enlist in your cold water army, and trust to
make brave soldier"
Parker sat down, when instantly shout
went up that startled the far-off. slumbering
echoes. Sturgess, yielding to the impulse of
his feelings, sprung from the stage, and grasp
ing the young mans hand, said in voice not
yet restored to calmness-
"My son-bom of love for this high and,
holy cause; bless you! Stand firm! Be a
faithful soldier! Our enemies are named le
gion !; but we shall yet prevail against them. :"
Here drop we the curtain of our narrative.
Parker, when the hour of cool reflection came,
saw no reason to repent of what he had done
He is now faithful soldier in thescold water
army. :, = %
If we knew all that some advocates of tenn
perance have suffered we might we'll pardon
an enthusiasm that, at times, seems to verge
on fanaticism. They have felt the cause--they
have endured the pain-they know the mon
ster vice in every phase of its hideous deform-
ity. No, we need not wonder at their entbu
sasm; the wonder should rather be, that it is
not greater.
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The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-01-18

The following is supposed to be the number
of newspapers in the world:-Ten in Austria,
fourteen in Africa, twenty-four in Spain, twen'
ty in Portugal, thirty in Asia, sixty five in Bel
GUM, eighty five in Denmark, ninety in Rus,
sia and Poland, three hundred in Prussia, three
hundred and twenty in other Germanic states,
five hundred in Great Britain and Ireland, and
eighteen hundred in the United States.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-01-18

The Legislature of Florida has elected S.St.
George Rogers, Solicitor of the Eastern Circuit.
The SLiquor Bill" which had passed the House,
was defeated in the Senate by a vote of g for
% against it. This overwhelming defeat, says
the F7oridian, was caused by the conviction
that the bill was unconstitutional.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-01-18

Judge Nash has been appointed Chief Justice OF
the Supreme Court of the State ofNorth Carolina,
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the late resgna.
ton ofthc Hon Thomas RuiliM.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-01-18

BAR-RooMs CLosED.--Be it known to all
whom it may concern, that the bar.rooms ofpur
town were closed by order ofour Council on ths
first day Of the year 1853 and, moreover, that
no license has or will be granted for the selling
of liquor by the quart in any grocery store or
elsewhere, during said year.
We have no hesitation in approving heartily
of the course our authorities have adopted in this
matter. The nefarious traffic has undoubtedly
resulted in much and serious injury to the char
acter Of our town and to the interests Of our cit-
zens. Many there are who doubt whether the
recent enactment will do any good; and we
confess that we are among those who have fears
upon the subject. But we sincerely hope that
its successful operation will soon remove all ap-
prehensions. In any event, nothing could be
worse than the open-shop business which has
Just been terminated.
It now bshooyes our Council to be ever on the
alert to preserve their ordinance invioate. Their
effort to suppress this crying evil will be estima-
ted entirely by the degree of its success. If car
red on with energy and determination to the
achievement of its object, it will in six months
time command the applause of its bitterest op-
ponents. If Ifsufered to fail from indifference and
Incidence, it will be scoffed at as an absurdity.
Eagefeld Aducrtiser.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-01-18
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The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-01-18

Mrs. Letitia Preston Flood recently died in.
Tazewell county, Va, aged "a years. She was,
the widow Of Gen. John Floyd, formerly COVER
nor of Virginia; mother to ex-goyernor Jno. D.
Floyd; niece to the late James P. Preston gov
erDor of Virginia. and amt to the late James
Mcdowell, of Virgins, and Hon. VIM. G. Pres
ton, of S. C.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-01-18

A CuLD's EYE.--Those clear wells of unde-
filed thought-what on earth can be more beau
tiful? Full of hope, love, and curiosity, they
must meet your own. In prayer how earnest
in joy how sparkling, in sympathy how tender
The man who never tried the companionshp ola
little child has carclcssly passed by one Of the
greatest pleasures Of life, as one passes rare
flower without plucking it or knowing its value.
A child cannot understand you, you think
Speak to it of the holy things of your religion
of your grief for the loss of afiiend-ofyour love
for some one you fear will not loveyou in return
it will take, it is true no measure or soundings
of your thought, it will not judge how much YOU
should believe whether your grief is rational in
proportion to your loss; whether you are worthy
or fit to attract the love which you seek; but its
whole soul will incline to yours and engraft it
self, as it were, on the feeling which is your feel
ing for the hour.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-01-18

The Legislature of North Carolina has passed
"a law providing that when man Dies intestate,
leaving widow and no child or children, the wi
dow is to have one-half his personal estate. If
the husband make will, and the widow dissent
therefrom, she is to receive one-third, as hereto
fore.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-01-18

SINGULAR APPLICATION FOR DIVORCE. IA
woman has made application, in the Massachu-
sets Supreme Court, for bill o. divorce. Her
husband has been sentenced to the State prison
for period of over seven years, which, ty the
law, entities her to divorce, but itappears that
she was instrumental in getting him to prison.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-01-18

A CoMMESDABLE RULE. -the Democrats Of
Philadelphia city and county have adopted q
neat set of rules to govern their primary cleo
tions in June next, and among them is the fol-
lowing:
'If any candidate for any office, by offers Of
gifts of meat drink, money, or any valuable thing,
is found guilty of attempting, directly orindirect-
ly, to influence the vote of any Democratic citi-
zen at the election on the second Monday in
June, or if any conferee, his name is to be strick
en- from the list of candidates by the conference,
and any votes cast for such candidates will not be
counted