Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-05-19
Qete.reo Artitlts.
ri,E KANSAS ournaGEs.

| the lSl luSt., puDliSDcS tHe pIoOcculhSs VI ~
mass meeting held at Weston Mo-, Mt which
resolutions were adopted to the effect that
selcGefence requires the expulsion of every
person aiding in bringing negro slavery into
! reproach that robbers and traitors have no
right to the protection of the law; that they
ratify the proceedings at the Parkville riot
that they approve the resolutions of that meet
ing in regard to the Methodsts, and add
thereto all ministers preaching prejudcial to
slavery and that they have no argument
against abolition papers but the Missouri
river, bonfres, and hemp rope. They pledge
! themselves to go TO Kansas, TO help to expel
those who are corrupting the slaves, and cal
! n grand mass meeting at Parkyille, on the
| 9th inst
! FOREIGNERS IN THE L. s. ARMY.--The
Boston Mass) Atlas learns from an official
scource. that since the last Of October there
have been inspected aud embarked at Fort
| Columbus, to join their regiments in the
West, eighteen hundred and t1,Fy-Secen re-
/ cruits only three hundred and tueaty,fo,T of
whom were born in the United States, or but
a little more than one-sixth. OF the whole
number, $50 were Irish, and 500 German.
! These are about the proportions oG natives
TO foreigners for some time past.
TIE KAY2 ExrEnrrIoN.- considerable mis-
apprehension exists in regard to the cXpedi-
ton now fitting out for the Arctic to search
for DR.. Kane and his brave companions.
! The expedition will sail from New Y York to-
wards the close of the present month, and,
in place Of the vessels being provisioned by
Henry Grinnell, Esq, of New York, they are
provisioned at the expense Of the Govern
mcnt an appropriation nIorthatpurpose having
been made by Congress.
END or THE AERIAL TRlr.-Ncw Orleans
| (La.) papers Of Wednesday, I'd inst, announce
the safe arrival of Mr. GODDARD and his bal
loon at V icks Iurg, Miss, on the proceeding
Monday distance of four hundred miles
from New Orleans, which was performed in
few hours, including stoppagc at Port Glib
son, Miss, and landing three Of the passen-
gers at that place.
! RAFT EXCURSION ny LApIEs.--'rhree ladies,
| from Oswcgo, y. Y, came through 20 Co
lumbia on raft last week, tarrying there
over last Sunday; they proceeded ON their
! Journey to tide-watcr. The excursion was
undertaken for pleasure, the ladies having
| handsome cabin aud comforts and dclicacies
| to match. The excursion was enjoyed by
| them much.
Coon EFFECTs OF THE New POSTAGE Law.
"A coiomporary remarks that the new law
! pulS Nsl tuttluil uAIlptt Nl ullhlNll lll1uN Itl-
ters. Those who send them are now compel
led TO pay out three cents, which to such
mean souls imports / much greater pang than
their ciusions can possibly niiict Oh any one
else.
! LOLA Mo>rEz.-.It is said that Paris is
about to be favored by the presence of Lola
Montez, who, il is said is married for the?
time The present half is. Il gold digger,
whom the Countess Landelt picked up Mt
Grass Valley, and whose millions size propo-
ses to dispose in the French Capital. This
done, the gold-diggcr will doubtless be dis
posed Of in his turn.
EvApING THE LAw.-Tho City Marshal of
Portland, Me, found on the promises of a
liquor seller, named Noonan, Il lead pipe en-
closed in the finishing work Of the house, and
leading under the stairs into cask of poor
brandy in the cellar. Before the cask could
be rot at, however, the outsiders had pumped
Off the contents through another pipe.
VERY Coon RgAsoNs,-The Secretary of
the Treasury declines complying with the Pc
tition of the employees in the Collectors
Office at Boston, Mass, for an increase of
salary, as it would be unjust to other officers
of the revenue, and no provision is made for
il in The appropriation bill.
The son of widow named Crozicr, living
near Utica, \. V, ran away from home two
years ago, and his mother has been searching
for him all over the West ever since. At
one time she thought she recognised her son
in drowned body which hoatcd ashore at a
lake port, and gave up the search, but she
was mistaken, for she found him about week
ago on farm near Toledo, o., where he had
been ever since he ran or
morning it was discovered that, late the eve
ming before, some one with false keys, had
unlocked nearly all the drawers in the Toledo
! Post-oilice, and extracted the contents, which
, were found near the office, in lumber yard
f opened and scattered to wind and rain.
pray, SIR said Judge, angrily, TO {
blunt old Quaker, from whom no direct an
swer could be obtained, do you know what
: VIC sit here for q "Yea, verify, do" said III,
Quaker three of you for four dollars cacl
day, and the fat one in the middle fer foul
!, Thousand year
| Musr NOT SuooT TnEM.-0ur Minister a
, Mexico has caused to be made public th'
' regulation that all vessels loading guano a
I, the islands Of the Mexican Republic, are pro
Q hibited from shooting birds on them, under 1
4 penalty of fifty dollars for each offence.
A LARGE SALARY DEcLINEp.-ProfessO
!, Agassiz, Professor of Natural History il
= Harvard College, Mass, has refused simila
: proiessorship in the University Of Edinburg
I Scotland, at a salary of $4,000 per annum
/ GEORGE SAND Mad. Dudevant,) is thu
. great-grand- d-daughter OF the celebrated Mar
{ shal SAKE, who was himself one Of the three
: hundred and sixty-two natural children 0
b Frederick August King Of Saxony and Po
l. land.
: At Milwaukee there are 10000 barrels o
! -four and $50 bushels of wheat bound to th'
u Fast as soon as the Lake opens. The ship
9 ments Of Milwaukee viii double those OF las
!, year.
n About two hundred Mormons, from Eng
land and Wales, took passage on board th
steamer Monongahela for ST, Louis, on thel
way to the city of the Latter Day Saints b
, the Great Salt Lake.
/ .WoST Co.'S. S. Cox, Esq, Jrmerly ed
d tor of the Ohio Statesman, has declined IN
}, appointment Of Secretary of Legation TO P'
y ra, The expenses are much greater than tl
d perquisites.
The cholera has appeared ia 81. Loni
Z The papers of-the list instant anrounc
several deaths from IT, t.,.. p. .l-r Il
/. | rTY,o P,ohih;torv lamar 4 axv of Ai.h;oa