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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-07-22
OLD SERIES, VOL. Ia, NO. 43
THE PEOPLE OF SWITZERLAND

Thus speaks the travelling editor of the
New York Observer, respecting the modern
Swiss:
My estimate Of Swiss character has woful.
ly deprecated since have travelled among
these mountains. With a history such as
Greece might be proud OF, and race of he-
roeS that Rome never excelled in the days
when women would be mothers only to have
SOUS Tor warriors, the Swiss people are now
at point of national and social depression
painful TO contemplate. They are indebted
largely TO the defences OF nature for the COM
para,ye liberty they enjoy, and perhaps 10
the same seclusion is TO be referred their
want of a thousand comforts of life, which
an improved state o: society brings. all the
romance Of Swiss cottage is taken ou, of a
travellers mind, the moment he enters one
OF these cabins, and seeks refreshment or
rest. The saddest mark OF poverty meet
him AT the door. The same roof is the shell
ter of man, woman and beast. The same
food, and that miserably prepared, is con-
sumed without regard 10 those domestic ar
rangemen,s which make life at home luxu-
ry. There is no future to the mind Of
Swiss youth. He lives 10 live as his father
lived and that is the end of life with him.
Perhaps they may have gun, and in that
case, TO be the best shot in the valley may
Gil his ambition OF if he is strong in the
arms and legs, he may aim at distinction IN
the games which once year are held in
some hamlet in the canton, where wrestlers
and runners contend for victory, and others
throw weights and leap bars as of old in
Greece when Kings were not ashamed TO en-
ler the lists. Many of The youth of Swiizer-
land are willing to sell themselves into the
service OF foreign powers as soldiers Swiss
soldiers hired 10 be shot at, and shoot any
body foreign despot may send them to
slay; service so degrading, and a, the same
time decidedly hazardous TO life and limb,
with so pure chance for pay, that none but
people far gone in social degradation would
be willing thus TO make merchandise OF their
blood has been as freely poured out for ,y-
rants who hired them, as if they were bleed
ing for their own and the land of William
Tell.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-07-22
u o
LAKE SUPERIOR.
BY S, C. GOODRICH.

"Falher of Lakes!' thy waters bend
Beyond the eagles utmost view,
Wnen, throned in heaven, he sees thee send
Back the sky lis world of blue.
.Boundless and Deep the forests weave
Their twilight shade thy borders o'er,
And threatening cliffs, like giants, heave
Their rugged forms along thy shore.
Pale silence, mid thy hollow caves,
With listening ear in sadness broods,
Or startled echo, o'er thy waves
Sends the hoarse wolf notes of thy woods.
Nor can the light canoes, that glide
Across thy breast like things of air,
Chase from thy lone and level tide
The spell Of stiffness reigning there.
Yet, round this waste Of wood and wave,
unheard, unseen, Spirit lives,
That breathing DER each rock and cave,
To all wild, strange aspect gives.
The ihunder-riven oak, that filings
It's grizzly arms athwart the sky,
sudden, startling immage brings
To the lone travellers kindled eye
The gnarled and braided boughs, tha, show
Their dim forms in the forest shade,
LINE wrestling seIpenls seem, ana throw
Fantastic horrors through the glade.
The very echoes round this shore
Have caught strange and gibbering tone,
For they have told the war-whoop o'er,
Till the wild chorus is their own.
Wave Of the wilderness, adieu!
Adeu ye rocks ye wilds and woods
Roll on, thou element of blue,
And fill these awful solitudes
Thou hast no tale 10 tell of man
God is thy theme. Ye sounding caves
Whisper of Him whose mighty plan
Deems as a bubble all thy waves!
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-07-22
WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENT IN ARTIF
CIAL TEETH

We find the following in the N. Y. Ere
POSTS foreign selections
GREAT DEsIDERATUM FINALLY OBTAINED.
A patient las been taken out by MIR. Ephra.
i'm Mosely, dentist, OF 6l Grosvenor ST., Lon
don, from the application Of chemically puri-
fed white india-rubber in the construction Of
artificial teeth, gums and paiates. A long
acknowledged desdera,um, by many emf.
nent practical deuiists fruilessly sought for,
is now at lengh'h happily found, and, by the
paten,ee's process, mos, ingeniously adapted
The fortunate wearer of teeth constructed on
this principle is astonished TO find adhesion
perfect, Ia thing never yet perfectly effected,
a Iii the most accurate secured. and the use
OF those troublesome adjuncts, spiral springs,
entirely dispensed with.
This alone would be sufficient 10 stamp
the merit Of the patent; but, further, the SUI
periori,y OF the substance employed over ev-
cry other yet discovered is seen in the per-
lecton with which il can be moulded to ev.
cry inequality of the gums aud teeth, and in
its supplying an artificial peIiosleum, as it
were, to The teeth when they become painful
by the wasting away of the gum added to
this is The great comfort he patient feels in
being able TO use any degree OF force in mas.
lcaling OF in striking the teeth together,
without that percussion or Ia,iling that at
tends the action in general cases, The perma'
nenl elasticity Of the agent employed oevia'
ting this and every other disagreeable mo-
lion aud in lis rendering the teeth, in fine,
part and parcel Of the mouth itself, it may
be said TO be thus truly 10 attain the ne Plus
ultra Of an-''ars est CsldTe driem"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-07-22
SELECT POETRY.
THE LADY TYPE. SETTER.


See her standing at the cease"
Looking sweet and bland;
Gracefully she moves her head,
Rapidly goes her hand,
Picking up the slender types,
PuttnSthem IN the stick
Hear them rattle against The steel;
Ciick-click-click
When the totiering line is "set,"
She "spaces" i: even and nice;
Nimbly The "leaa' goes into its place,
The "rule" is drawn in a irice;
Then her eye the copy devours,
And firm she holds her "stick"--
From box to box her fingers fly,
Pick-pick-pick
When "distributiono time has come,
She handles well the "matter ;"
The types fall into the empty "case,"
Scatter-scatier scatter.
And steadily and dreamily
She filings the letters round,
With visions dancing through her brain
To the music Of the sound.
And thus is growing in her mind
Sweet fruit for coming years,
That she in bitterness so long
Has walered with her tears;
For Thought is bursting into bloom,
Beneath the rays of Right,
And love is waking from the chill
Of long and dreary night.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-07-22
A CLERGYMAN's OPINION.

The distinguished author and divine, Rev,
Mr.. Bacon, in sermon recently delivered
in Philadelphia, declared that the newspaper
press is only second to the Bible for moral
force in representative government. With
its twenty-five millions of papers issued
annually, it penetrates every house and
reaches every reader. If the preacher, with
his hundred of hearers, has commanding
influence for good upon his congregation,
moulding their morals and enlighiening their
understandings, how much greater must be
the influence and responsibility of the press,
which talks daily 10 its multitude OF readers.
The following remarks from the sermon are
interesting:
"The newspaper, quite as much as our
public schools, is in America the great Gre
ator OF a nation Of thinkers and debaters.-
The American editor aims no, at the choice
dclion of an essayist, and pays little atien-
tion TO mere distractions, and vain theories
He writes as if he would give the greatest
quantity Of thought in the brielest space.
He exoels in paragraphs, which are like the
sharp shooting OF rihemen. His heavy arli-
lery he reserves for occasional editorials, but
he seldom plies the cannon where bullet
will do the work But, as a characteristic of
our people, be is ever ready TO hay aside his
editorial matter TO make room for Rcws. He
kuows men, and not deeds. His language
possesses clear ana concise utterance. Every
writer and public speaker might find mod
el Of style in the production Of rhe American
editor"
"The pulpit must first labor 10 effect an
Improvement IN the character Of the religious
press. The religious newspapers are tar
behind the secular press, in breadth Of views
and cumWehensiyuess and hberalily of ac.
tion, and, Inc might venture to say, in religion
itself They take most OF their news from
the daily press, and even their reports OF
religious meejings-while il is not unireQuent
for them TO tnrn r0nnd and charge the repor-
lers with ifreligion. The religious press is
too often .minded-it does not seem
TO understand its true policy and duties aud
The violence and animgsiiy that pervade its
colums are even worse than that Of poillc.i
editors on the eve Of an eleciion.n
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-07-22
VIM. M'CARTY,
KsELLER,
Market Street,
SIJNBURY. PA.

lust received and for sale, fresh supply Of
- EVANGELICAL MUSIC
for Singing Schools. He is also opening at
this time, a large assortment of Books, in every
branch of Literature, consisting of
Poetry, History, Novels, Romances, Scientific
Works, Law, Medicine, School and Children's
Books, Bibles School, Pocket and Family, beth
with and without Engravings,-and every of vari-
ety of Binding. Prayer Books. of all kinds.
Also just received and for sale, Purdons Di-
gest of the laws of Pennsylvania, edition of 1851,
price only 5000.
Judge Reads edition Of Blackstones Commen-
taries, in vols. 8 vo. formerly sold at $1,000,
and now offered lin fresh binding) at the low
price of 5000.
A Treatise on the laws of Pennsylvania re-
specting the estates of Dccedents, by Thomas F.
Gordon, price only Si,0O.
Travels, Voyages and Adventures,-all Of
which will be sold low, either for cash, or coun-
try produce.
February, 81, 1s52.-ti.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-07-22
Shamokin Town Lots.

rUNHF subscriber is now prepared to exhibit and
n dispose of Lots in the new Town-Plat OF
Shamokin. Persons desirous of purchasing can
ascertain the terms aud conditions of sale by
calling on the subscriber, at Shamokin.
WIN. ATWATER, Agent
Shamokin, Oct. IS, lS53.-tf.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-07-22

cvRE ToR DiARRndA,-Take handful Of
strawberry leaves, aud pour ON them half u
pint of boiling waller. Let II remain one
hour, and dIink the tea. II you cannot get
tho boiling waIeE chew and swallow the
laayes. Thi. Ia a most valuable and ciliciruI
remedy II rarely fails 10 give immediate
reliei, and perform permanent cuIo
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-07-22

Singular matrimonial mislake-lho b.u,h,
ing bflie having beea married 10 the genllr
'nan Who aeled as "faihrln 90 tho occasion
took place a, wOniey recently, Tho
mistake WAS rselIhsd By the el,rsyman pr,
lolmlhg The ceremony oser again ue,t da,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-07-22

The Number oi smigIanis Who aui,ei Al
New ioIk, during lhs month Of Juns, us.
io,'s5 The number Of 'ss,sh ~hi,h o..
lived ia''ns he 'sms rsliai su,sfI To-,
nass lIe,7so
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-07-22

l'oms ia The 'siuss Of ou' sanhiy hap
pinsa
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-07-22

Tinhy cbureh, New No,t, will bs hss 10
an, snsl isPlsmtsf
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-07-22

INDIAN CHOLAGoGuR--An excellent
article ioT Ihs eufe Vi Fever and Asue, bll'
hsa. fsssr lnIsTmil,sni oT Remllleni Fever, jasI
received aud iof sals by
Apnl ~. lsSi. l. W. TgNER a co.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-07-22

HANS. phsd Beet. Maeksrsl. Coihsh,
chss.s' hsi.iRs Pas, LsHsas A ofaasss,
jasi Isssissa aAA lel sals ~
APHi ~, issi. ~, TENER a co.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-07-22

pickLks'-An kiaas u Easllsh Piskss iol
.sS wnlsER a bRuAER.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-07-22
LAWRENCE HOUSE,
SUNBURY. Pa.

DARAsOLs. In plain aud fancy figured silk
u and Gingham-col.on aud Bingham um'
bTellas-TTunks and CaTpst bags. Just received
aud for sale by !. w, TEAHR a 60
sunbury, April 20, 1854.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-07-22

sUNURY NoRTHUMBERLA pa
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1854-10-12
Dyes Rank Mirror.
We clip the following notices Of new coun.
erfeits from the Mirror:- rts

We clip the following notices Of new coun-
erfeiis from the Mirror:-
IS, altered from Is, on the Bank OF Indiana
Michigan City, Ind. Wig. man and two hur-
SEES; farm house and cars In the distance; man
telling a tree in lowerright corner,lsn lroyers
and cattle in lower left. 8lati ID.
10, altered from Is, on tho Public Stock
Bank, Newpor;, Ind. Wig. Goddess or Liberty,
spread eagle and head Of Washington. Lett
ter X on left sidej .'Ten'' on upper right corn
er; Goddess Of Liberty on the lower right
corner; Comptfo!ler's die on upper left corner;
male portrait in lower left corner. Poorly
done. ~
@is onlthe Farmers Bank OF Kentucky. The
groundwork ofthe engraving is much darker
than the genuine, and the features Of tho like
nesses on both sides are badly executed. Tho
name OF J. b. Temple, cashier. in the conn.
|terfeit,.is engraved. The bill is letter A, and
payable at the Maysville branch.
6s on the Plymouth Bank, Indiana, altered
from Is. Wig. In center, female Indian and
sailor each side; Indian female on the right
Dogs head between signatures.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1854-10-12

Twill a commendable disposition to &C.
commodate, our Bank has been issuing .mall
bills 10 supply the vacuum created by the
small note law of the last legislature, and ouI
business men have been much accommodated
thereby. The Cashier H. G. H,EsTAND, Esq
e%vinces every disposition TO accommodate, and
al this time, we believe, the Eaton Branch
Bank is moro popular with the people than il
sHeE- #as-s!e cry prior period, and we believe
IFS operations ore coadsstsd more satisfaction
y 10 tie people than heretoiorrT The Telle'
]. A. DUsASo, Esq diias 'iBidck Hask.' RI
turned from some place, on Monday last, will
a carpet sack full Of coin. We shall at somi
other time, notice mole infinitely the opera
tons Of the Bank and tell how our frient
"Jos" the Teller got the name Of "Bael
Hd,ok." ri 5' -3 ri b
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1854-10-12
The Rsanlt.

The election is over, aud we confess we ere
more disappointed in the result inlhis county.
than we eyer have been ntany former contest.
We had pesy iiitls hope Of e~lecting Mr.. Vat
L~ASDIeuAM, the democratic candidate for Con-
gress, but we had no idea his opponent, Mr..
CAmPnELL, would receive such an overwhel-
m ng majority in Preble county. There were
several causes operating against the dernocra'
cy, the most potent Of (which was, we presume,
"Kno,o NOthingism." Handbills Of every hue
were freely circulated Throughout the District,
the night previous to the election, and excited
intensity conflicting passions. The Free Soil
cts. like a pack Of whipped spaniels, licked
the hands that smote them, and walked up to
the ba Hot box and voted for Mr.. @. Many
democrats remained at home, and from this
cause, we lost more than from any other in
our opinion. Mr.. VALLANDIeBAM did not re-
ceive the jealous support of the democracy
many Of his former friends thought it unnee-
essary to go to the polls arguing, that defeat
was almost certain, and as the county Ticket
had no opposition, it was not important 10 at
tend the election. These with other causes
produced the present state of affairs and while
we are sorry that Mr.. ". has been defeated
and the measures and principles he advocates,
we bow in meek submission to the will of the
majority and say Vor Popui-VOr Del! In
our next, perhaps, we shall review the con-
test, and further give ourviews as toother caus'
es which were potent in producing the result
We have no heart TO wait further returns-i
they nro good we will receive them time
enough-if disastrous, too soon, any time. Be-
low we give the Congressional vote as far a'
heard from in this county and District, at The
time our paper was put to press, Wednesda,
afternoon.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1854-10-12
Methuodipt Confarenca.

The principal business Of yesterday consist
ed IN trying what was designated the heresy
Of the Reverend Mr.. LangarI
First: The soul is not naturally immortal.
It ex lists only by the will of God.
Second, Immortality is only granted through
Jesus Christ.
Third. The soul is not destroyed Of death
but exists by the will Of God until the resur-
rection and the final judgment, after which
will come the second death, from which there
is no resurrection. This second death will
consist in the entire humiliation Of the wick
ed, while those who have faith in Jesus Chris
will obtain eternal life through him.
The gentleman was eventually deposed,n no
for preaching the above doctrine but for ex'
pressing his conscientious belief in its truthful
ness before the Conference. He made an abb
speech in defense Of his views, but the Con
ference unanimously voted for his deposition
He thereupon TOOK an appeal to the Genera
Conference.-Cin. Eng! 7th.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1854-10-12

sGTAGer the Ticket was announced last
week, II was amusing to see The Free Soilefs
and their especial friends. They reminded US
Of lot Of worms with a drop OF Amber oil
upon tbem--such turning, and twisting, and
wIiggling, was never before Witnessed in this
county, and infinite amusement was afforded
those who looked on careless spectators. The
day had gone by when the ''third party" the
shameless traders ;or spoils," held the bal
ance of power in this county, and neither oil
the old parties cared q straw about counting
their aid and influence. Such being he, state
Of affairs, the ticket was formed without CIV
ing the Free Sellers even Infmary Director,
or at all noticing or taking their xistenceint
account. The Wings, by a well-managed
scheme, got their endorsement in a series Of
resolutions Of LEWIS D. CAMPBELL, and after
wards gave them the cold shoulder and threw
them entirely of, when there was nothing to
break their fall. That was cruel in the ex-
treme, but we believe 1t was deserved, fol
they were warned time and again, but needed
not, therefore, democrats could do nothing
more than laugh at their calamity, and mock
when their fear came upon them. Sic transi,
gloria, Monday marningl
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1854-10-12
The Other ward Case.

It will be remembered thatat Georgetown.
Kentucky, a verdict could not be brought in
Against Thomson in a true case of murder,
because one OF the jury, irrespective of the
evidence, held out for "not guilty." until the
Jury had to be dismissed without agreeing.-
The name Of the dissenting juror is McKen-
zie Robinson. The Herald says, on leaving
the Court room Robinson was deliberately
Kissed out of town by a crowd of several hun
dred people, only two of whom so far forgot
their self-respect as to infict violence upon
the victim Of the unanimous contempt of this
whole community. He received but a single
blow, and this was Ieprehended by the as.
sembled crowd. The Herald does not hest.
ltats to assert its belief that he was bribed.-
Thomason is still in prison, being unable Il
procure the $4,000 bail which was required
lof him. y..t
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1854-10-12
Proble County-Reported Majorities.

G-JAMEs DENSIsroN ESQ.,, of Gratis Town
ship, accused usiof being a "Know'N Nothing
and on Saturday last called and discontinued
his subscription 10 the Democrat" He nc
doubts thinks by so doing the publication Of
the paper must as q consequence cease. All
we have to say is, If there are any more labor.
ing under the sams impression, lot them cal
up and square of, and do like Mr.. Denniston,
There is yet a prospec: that we shall eontin.
ue to live and publish the Democrat. We
were born democratan md shall ever continue
one, ana whenever q man doubts our word
upon any subject, he can go to-Nebrasks
and do as he sees proper. Them's our senti-
ments. We have never been bought OF bribed,
and say again, ys Il
'aIero shall tho Press tho Peoples rights main.
tain, tIi
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1854-10-12
Cincinnati Conference Appointments.
Dsyton District--W. Herr, P. E,

Dayton H
Westly Chapel E. G. Nicholson.
Raper Chapel, G. Moody.
Westly Chapel, City mission, VIM. Fitsgor.
Troy, David Reed.
Lewisburg, c. W. Swain, one to be supplied.
/ Eaton station, l.. r. Van Cleve.
New Paris. g W.
Camden, d. II. Sargent, one to be supplied.
West Winchester, George H. Reed, H. E.
Perkiser. gore
Germantown, VIM. M, Smith.
franklin, Samuel L. Yourtee. 'srs
Miamisburg and S~pringboro, ]. "A. @. Phil.
lips. itfi
|Middletowp, Joseph S. Hill. q
Red Lion, Moses @. Bennett. q
Monroe, Horace s SelIman, George w KEEL.
Concord, D. D. Davissou, wm King.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1854-10-12

Americans In q Mexican 0ungeon--Two
0hioans and q New Yorker-shoektng
Treatment.
On the 4th ultimo, five Americans arrived
at San Ahiouio, Texas. from California, hav-
ING come by the overland r0ule from Maxat-
Ian, On the Pacific, From these gentlemen
the San Antonio Ledger has obtained the fol-
owingparticulars of the imprisonment o three
Americans:
In the city Of Durango, Mstico, they learn
ed in a private manner that there. were some
Americans in the city prison, and they alter
ward got permission to visit them. They
found them in a large stone dungeon of so FL
THY a description that it was almost impoSsi-
BILE for visitors to remain in the entrance way
but q few minutes. The Americans in con-
fnement were three in number, and their
names and former places OF residence were
as follows: William Shirley, Broome county,
New York, William Rodgers, Stark county,
Ohioj John Gaines, Dayton, Montgomery
county, Ohio. These men have been In this
filthy dungeon four Yeas and three months,
and during two years OF this time they were
chained down to the floor, in total darkness,
where they could not See any one but the
person who fed them their starving allowance.
At the end of two years the huge chains
around their ankles and wrists had worn the
flesh off to the bone; and such was their hor-
rible conditions, that their chains were re-
moved to save their lives and keep them in
misery the longer. The flesh is partly healed
over these wounds, leaving the most heart
| Sickentno snare Whioh uara oil eaan nv The
five persons above mentioned.
They state that they were imprisoned on
the charge Of numbering and robbing q man
for his money, and they state also, that from
some facts which they are in possession Of
the person who committed the murder escap-
led. They have been trying hard to get q
trial, but a hearing has been refused them.
They have written letters to the American
Minister in Mexico several times, and they
have reanon to believe that he has never re-
ceived them. ID ~
Our informants learned from many respect
able Spaniards in Durango, that it was impos-
sible to get evidence TO convict them; and
the great mass OF the people believe them
innocent. The youngest Of these prisoners,
John Gaines, Of Dayton, Ohio, is only II
years old. = "a
The above statement is Of the most reliable
character. These persons witnessed it with
their own eyes, and they are persons Of I'M
doubted veracity, and some Of them have
long been known TO some Of our citizens. Let
the alarm be sounded IN the ears Of every
American citizen, that three OF their brothers
are confined without cause, and are q mishing
with hunger, and dying in chains, in a dark,
loathsome dungeon in the city Of Durango,
Mexico.