Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-07-22
A STRING OF ITEMS

treaty hes peen PTese"'eH
Treasurer here, and the money is now so'ne
into the vaults of the banks.
OpEyINc ORDERS, wish you would pay
a little attention, exclaimed carpenter 10
his careless apprentice. "Well, sir, am
paying as little as I cam" was the calm re-
ply.
During the firing of the National salute at
Lykens,own, Dauphin county, Pa, on The
4,h, man named Henry Martin was killed
and another named John Orndorf had his
arm blown of.
FoNp OF MuTroN.---A very large eagle
was sho, last week, on The farm OF Joseph l.
Mason, near Petersburg, Va. This bird bad
played sad havoc with Mr. Mason's lambs
having killed seventeen Of them.
The Hon. John NJ. Clayton estimates the
foreign emigration during the presen, year
will amour, 10 seven hundred and fifty thou
sand, and that out Of them there will be two
hundred and fifty thousand voters.
A man in Michigan, not long since, com
mitted suicide by drowning As the body
could not be found, the Coroner held an in-
quest on his hat and jacket, found on the
bank OF the lake. Verdict -"found empty"
ECCENTRIC REBUKE.-The late Rowland
Hill once said, on observing some persons
enter his chapel 10 avoid the rain that was
falling. "Many persons are TO be blamed
for making their religion cloak; but do
no, think those are much better who make it
an umbrella !"
The GOLD HARVEST Since the first dis
covery' of gold in California, the yield has
averaged about 100000, 900 year, or s5,-
600, 900 a month, Sl,25o, 900 week, Si7s,-
sci day, or S7,4lo an hour, or one hundred
and twenty-four dollars minute Who talks
about hard times!
GREAT Trout FIsHING.-Four citizens Of
Easton made trout-fshing excursion on the
Goth ult., TO the Tobyhanna creek, and re-
turned on the Sd inst, WITH 3,l0o of the
most beautiful speckled trout that ever tempt
ed an epicure's palate. The largest measur-
ed l6 inches in length.
LANGUAGES AND RELIGIoNs.-The number
of languages spoken in the world amounts TO
SO7I 5S7 in Europe, S96 in Asia, 276 in
Africa, and 1874 in America. The inhabi-
tants of the globe profess more than one
thousand different religions. The number OF
men is about equal to the number of women
"JUL1Us, spose dcre is six chickens in a
coop, and de man sells tree, how many is
dere lef?"
"What time of day was il?"
"Why, what has dat 10 DO wild il ?'
IA good deal honey. If it was arter dark
dere would be none left dat is if you hap.
pened 10 come along dat way"
REMOVED BY A HIGHER PowER.-Leiters
from Havana, announce the death of Rocal
the lntendente, who committed the outrage
on the Black Warrior. He died of black
vomit on the night of the 9th ult. Thus,
while MIR. Soule's demand for his remova,
was pending, power far higher and grea,er
than that of any Government, has removed
him.
PRAYER TO THE PoINT.- Rev. Mr., Balm,
of Chicago, illinois, inserts prayer of his
own in the Olive Branch of that city, which
runs thus: 40, Lord! have mercy on our
Special reyvalst preachers;' mercy and
goodness, we humby beseech thee, keep
them from taking ladies who become con-
veT,s on their knees, and folding them in their
arms and Kissing them.n
VERY SINGULAR.-The New Bedford STAN
dard states that lady in that city, wife of
Henry R. Wilcox, Esq, abou, fourteen years
since, accidentally stuck piece Of glass,
about one quarter Of an inch in length, into
one OF her fingers. few days ago, il volun-
'arlly elected itself, much TO her relief, as il
has been the cause of much trouble during
the whole time it has been lodged there
WORD Fifty SpoKEN.-Gen. Cass said
recently in the Senate of the United States
Independently Of lis connection with ku.
man destiny hereafter, believe The fate Of
the republican government is iudissoubIy
bound up with the fate Of tue Christian reE.
glon, and that people who Tejec, lis holy
faith, will find themselves the slaves of their
own evil passions aud Of arbitrary powers.u
ALCOHOL NOT A REMEDY. Purnen Jackson
Of Worcester county, Maryland, on the l2b
ult., was bitten on the end of his finger by a
copper,head snake, from the effects OF which
he died the next day, Immediately after
being BIZ he drank a large quantity OF whis.
key, thinking It would eoun,erac, The etec,
OF the poison, but unfortunately, It had no
such effect, SO it would appeaG alcohol i,
not sovereign remedy 10, the poison OF a
snake,
Tur EN.Queen Of F,aucc, ouI widow ot
Louis Philippe, lately pa,.,I through Hylgilu
on her .relum 10 Epglaudi whcrcupon me
goSommeuI OF France, ,hiukug 10 do an ac
ol uuusual courtesy slguGrd % lhe gulhlti
ties oi Bgassels that Il would not make bel
Yl,n tho sublsel oi ANY rcglamal,ous, eve.
shoull tho called Queen remain ssyeral DAY
IA tho eoanliy, This "la'oti eausol a.,
auglss widow 10 haslea hes departure a
once loI Clafsmouh
DselpEpLY hcH Tho tollaa,rg i4e,Ienl