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Memoranda.

The schooner syl,ee Capt Perry ssta river. with
rice cotton and hides at the Savannah quarauae
ground 10th inst, with cholera her The
case that OF the mate Newcomb who ced the fth
inst the SAtis. The next two
schooner arrived at Jeky leland and captain and
the steward both Of whom have
II Is reared that e either will recover
Ship States Rh of Savannah has been sold to Messrs
Burton Clement, and Can't Wilcox OF Philadeiphia
Terms not made known She will proceed to PhilAdelphia
and load for Liverpool.
New bark Antasons 1862 tons single deck copper astsn
cd built ut Freepoft Me- was sod by auction Mt Boston,
18th, for SO coo half cash balance and Messrs
RW Ropes Co, Salem, were the purchasers
scbr Hooper III tons Of Eden Ne from Lubec for
Richmond which taken into Boston 10th ult by
from bark Daniel Webster Of Boston, having been Abandon
ed by the 9th, OF South ShoAl OF Nantucket
by auction 18th nst by order OF the Admiralty Court
brought f25OO Her cargo 0 tons plaster sold BY
order Of the came court aud broug ht5l per ton.
LAuscnHp-At Bath l7th inst by Messr. Lowell Small,
ship Of 1900 toms called the Pleiade She owned BY this
builders Clark ESQ. and Cart Nathan winslow, "a Of
Portland, who will command her =
At Dr,tel ri, Jan ~ By Mr. Joseph Thompson . fine
bark called the Oceans Favorite Of 800 TONS She owned
~ Bars Esq, and others OF Bristol, and DO
manded by Capt chas Johnson late Of brig Rio She 10
tended for the general frcightnx busnec
The bark launched by the same bum the 10TH After
unsuccessful attempt 10 called the
Of the and model
FAvorite She intended for the Cuba aud will
snded Capt Depj Church, s owned by the cap.
tain sami and stephen Church Esqr Of Bristol and
lie Baron tht reh, Eco, Taunton.
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, s.-This act ,ball take effect Immediately
BIN Relating to church Proporty.

Bill Relating 20 Church Property.
The following bill introduced in the Senate yester
day by Mr.. lansing
An act subectng certain to the provisions Of
the Revised Statutes.
The people Of thu State. &c.
Sec ]. Every grant, gift, devise and bequest hereaf
ter to be made Of real personal property for any
or purpose whatever that according the existing laws
OF this STATE would be deemed pious charitable shall
be subject to the provisions contained the first,
como and third articles Of TITLE second OF cap Isl Of the
secobd part of the Revised Statutes and to those
iained in title a. in chap OF the same part In tho
anne manner and to the same extent if such grant,
gift devise or bequest were made for any other or
purpose whatever.
Sec q The preceding section shall not be construed to
prevent any religious charitable corporation from
taking and holding real opal property for any
purpose for which IL is authorized take and hold
property by the terms of its charter provided such pro-
pery shall not exceed in amount value the sum limit
ed by its charter.
The Assessment and Collection or Taxes.
Mr.. Putnam, pursuant to notice, introduced in the
Senate yesterday bill TO amend titls, chapter 13 part
j. OF the Revised Statutes in relation to tho
and collection Of taxes. The amendment foliows
Every church, meeting house, other place conse-
Grated dedicated appropriated to public Worship the
title Of which Is vested in corporation organized
and according TO the laws Of this State and the lots
wpich the same situated provided they do not
coed one half In incorporated cities and villages
and three in all other ocaltes also every build
ing erected for the use of college, incorporated
denny other seminaries of learning and the lots
which the same situated, not exceeding Eve acres
school house. court house and JAIL and the lots
which the same situated.
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Mr. stuyvessBt, Of the Assembly, yesterday gave no
tice of bill In relation 20 the justices Of tse Marine
Court and the justices o. the justices Co ,rts and ,be
clerks respectively In The city OF New Yors The bill
provides as follows-
sac 1-No Justice OF the Marine Court, or Justice or
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OlnagtcrBs
p, Jr Lanss sn q hsr beam ends reported By the fs
SHIr TINcevA-The scsy Stratton arrived At Phila-
dephs with the second mate and Ave Of the Of
the clipper ship Tinsqua, lost on Hatteras Shoals.
BARK FLIGHT ashore Rocksway beach, IL IL supposed
will be got of to-day The tug Mercury Capt Yates
went TO her assistance and four lighters went to
get her afost. sWiN7 T.
BARK sywAnnow, from agus for Nyorh, put into ST
arrived here yesterday in the Horton y A'' '''s'
Bank SARAH 8RIDcE, from Norlsans for Baltimore,
inst dichargng for repairs having In leaking badly
BRIG IsAnELLA REED, from Port Prince for NYork.
was At Hamilton Besmud s inst aging Pus In IN dis
10th inst with the RS cargo for NYork.
BRIG FOSTER which ashore Cape Elizabeth last
week. has gone to pieces The cargo sails rggng &C.,
ScHR FouR BROTHERS. recently Of fremont Ne, was
towed to New Bedford 18th from Tarpaun Cove where
parties in New Bedford who purchased her she laid
ScHR MANSON, White for NYork from Kingston, Js Dec
encountered e9h heavy weather and leaked that
determined FOR the nearest port which proved Be-
bahia Honda but struck on rock in attempting to make
mento, iogwooa hides and copper The weather
been such that little was entertained Of saving of
but being 10th the SAILS
ownedby CIV Allen, Of scituato, where she built in
ScHR MARIA Of Bath wrecked ed ut OF Cape Neddick
has had her anchors and chains saved also consdr
BILE portion OF the cargo
l. loaded With building materials went in He'll
Gate and filed She yesterday drjfted of and down
the East and Mt Governors Island
where she now lays. She has no name ON her.
Notices to Mariners.
THE NEW LIGHT AT ST AUeusrINg.
On the night Of the % the old lights at the
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-12-29
OLD SERIES, VOL. Is. NO. ID.
Interest.

The following paragraph is from the pen
Of Henry Ward Beecher, and certainly pre-
sents as clear view Of the subject as any
thing we have ever seen:
No blister draws sharper than interest does
or all industries none is comparable to that
of interest. 1t works day and night, in fair
weather and foul. it has 10 sound in its foot.
steps, but travels fast. 1t gnaws mans
substance with invisible teeth. 1t binds in
dustry with its film, as fly is bound upon
SPIDERS web. Debts roll man over and
over and over, binding him hand and foot,
and letting him hang upon the mesh, until
the loug-legged interest devours him. There
is no crop that can afford to pay interest
money on farm.
There is but one thing raised on the farm
! like it, and that is Canada thistles, which
swarms new plants every time you break its
root, whose blossoms are very prolific, and
every flower father of million of seeds.
! Every leafis an awl, every branch spear,
and every single plant is like 4 platoon of
bayonets, aud a feld full of them is like an
armed hest. The whole plant is torment
and vegetable curse. And yet farmer had
better make bis bed Of Canada thistles, than
attempt TO lie at ease upon interest.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-12-29

EXERCISE IN THE OPEN AIR.-From Hart
STEMS expedition to the Polar Sea, we ex-
tract the following:
Mature has qualified man TO breathe an
atmosphere 100 degrees above zero 63 be-
low it, q difference OF $50 degrees, without in
jury to health and the doctrines of physi-
clans that great and sudden changes Of tent
perature are injuries to health is dsproyed
by recorded facts. There are very few Arc
tic navigators who die in the Arctic zone; it
is the most healthy climate on the globe to
those who breathe the open pr.
We have among our associate observers
one who observes and records the changes OF
temperature in Australia, where the temper
ature rose to 10 ut 3 o'clock p NJ and next
morning at 8 was down 10 40o--a change OF
73 degrees in fourteen honrs there the peo-
Pile are healthy-and another at Franconla,
IN. H. where the changes are the most sud
den, the most frequent and of the greatest
extent of any place with which ! am in cor
respondence on the American Continent :
and yet there is no town Of its size that has
so great proportion of its inhabitants who
pass the age OF three score years and ten. II
is the quality of the changed air that constl-
tutes the difference that physicians notice
and not the temperature
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-12-29

COMMERCIAL VALUE or TIE HoG.-The
Working Farmer states that the valne Of
the hog.crop this year in the United States
will fall little short of two hundred millions
of dollars, or S50,000,0O0 more than the Cot,
ton crop. Mr. p. l.. Simmonds in the trans
actions Of the Highland Society, gives some
interesting statistics of the number Of swine
raised in yarions countries, as nearly as can
be ascertained. In the United States there
are believed to be 50,O00,000, or more than
in all the States Of Europe combined. In
Great Britain the number is estimated at
100000, Of which Ireland has larpe pro-
potion. and Scotland scarcely 100000
Austria has about 5,5O0O00 swine and Aus
trian Italy 250,000. France has from 5,OO0,-
600 TO 6O0O000. Russia has an immense
number of wild hogs but they are merely
skin and bone, valuable principally for their
brisues. 1t is estimated that 96,0O0,00O
pounds Of lard are made in the United States
of which 10000 900 are made in cincinnati
England and Cuba each take annually 9,O00,-
600 or lO, 900, 900 pounds of American lard.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-12-29

FISHING WITH SrERL-TEAP.-Therei is al
present good business doing in hardware
in this city. One of our merchants, who ha:
an eye to the interests of the trade. has inv, Il,
ted new mode Of catching black fish. viz
a steel trap. 1t has proved itself so valuable
an operation that all our fishermen are pro,
vlding themselves with steel traps and the
demand for the article is greater than the
supply. The instrument used is Of the old
fashioned kind. with iron teeth closing togeth,
er The modus operandi is decidedly unique
The trap is baited and set, properly provided
with II sinker, aud let down into the water
An ominous click below denotes tho amuse-
ment at hand the fish attempts 10 steal the
bait, but immediately the trap steals the fish
when, presto he is drawn up to the surface
(orten three at .ime.) and ut the rate Of one
a minute IN II Register
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-12-29

SHARPENING EDGED TooLs.-We translate
the following from German scientific Jour
nal for the benefit of our mechanics and ag-
ricultural aborers: at has long been known
that the simplest method of sharpening ra-
zor is to put it for half an hour in water to
which has been added one-twentieth os its
weight of muriatic or sulphuric acid, then
lightly wipe it of, and after IL few hours set
it on hone. The acid here supplies the place
Of a milestone by corroding the whole sur
face uniformly, SO that nothing further but a
smooth polish is necessary. The process new
or Injuries good blade, while badly hardened
ones are frequently improved by it, although
the cause of such Improvement remains un-
explained.
"Of late this process has been applied to
many other cutting implements. The work
man at the beginning of his noon spell, or
when he leaves OFF in the evening, moiStens
the blades OF his tools with water acdiied as
above, the cost of which is nothing. This
saves the consumption Of time and labor in
whettiug, which moreover speedily wears out
the blades. The mode of sharpening here
indicated would be found especially advanta-
geOus for sckes and scythes."
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-12-29
EXCELSIOR EATING SAL0Oh!
GHskttEES I'D. WHARTON

BEAS taken the Saloon formerly occupied
q by ]. w. Washington,
IN Market Square, Sunbury,
where he will be happy to dispense to his
friends and the eating public generally, all the
delicacies of the season, including Oysters fresh
and spced The bill of fare will include sub
stanials and decacies, calculated to satisfy those
who are hungry, and those who desire merely to
nave their palates tckled. 1t will be open at all
hours of the day, and all reasonable hours of the
night. Give us a call and taste for yourselves.
~ Families and parties supplied on short
notice.
Sudbury, Sept, %, 1885,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-12-29
Gently Chide a Child.

\ Child when asked why certain ire
grew crooked, replied --"Somebody tro
upon it, | suppose, when ii was little"
He who checks a child with terror,
Stops its play and stills its song,
Not alone co nmits an error.
But a grevous moral wrong
Give it play, and never feag it,
Active life is no defect
Never, never break its spirit,
Curb it-only to direct.
Would you stop the howing river
Thinking it would cease to flow?
Onward must it flow forever
Better teach il where TO go.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-12-29

FoND OF FLEsH.-The cannibals Of the
South Sea Islands have recently been feast
ing on some teachers sent among them. The
report made hyG missionary ship, just arri-
we'd at New York SAYS -
"On reaching the Island of Fate, the dis
tressing news was brought on board that
some of the teachers with their wives, left
there Oh the last voyage. had been barbarous-
ly murdered Only nineteen days after they
were landed, under the most cheering crcum.
stances, the two RaratongaG teachers and their
wives were murdered to furnish materials for
horrid cannibal banquet. The real reason
Of this sudden act of cruelty could not be
| learned"
The real reason, it appears To us, is plainly
! stated above 1t is Il bad business to senl
fat missionaries among those hungry fellows
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-12-29

Do You Eat PoRK K?-Physicians have just
discovered that the tape worm only troubles
those who eat pork. The GdaeHs Redicaie
asserts that the Hebrews are never troubled
with it; the pork butchers are particularly
liable TO it, aDd that dogs fed on pork are
Universally so aifiieted-in fact, il turns out
that small parasite worm, called crysiecer-
sus from two words signifying small sect
and tail,) which much affects pork, no soon
er reaches the stomach than from the change
of diet and position, it is metamorphosed III
the well known tape worm and the expert
ments Of Nj. Kuchenmeister. OF ZttoFia, upon
a condemned criminal, have established the
fact beyond all contradiction. Pork eaters
will please make q note.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-12-29
Selett pottrp.
The following beautiful verses are from the
pen Of MIR. j. g. Whittier, urder the title of
THE vAUD0Is MISSIONARY.

A4Aa v&AS@OA1 1h4OpASAN<A&eA
| D, lady fair. these silks Of mine
Are beautiful and rare
| The richest web of the Indian loom
Which beauty's self might wear.
And these pearls are pure and mild to be
., hold
And with radiant light they vie;
l have brought them with me weary way:
Will my gentle lady buy?
And the lady smiled on the worn old man,
Through the dark and clustering cnrls
Which veiled her brow, as she bent to view
His silks and glittering pearls
And she placed their price in the old mans
hand.
And lightly turned away
But she paused at the wanderers earnest
call
"My gentle lady, stay~
20. lady fair. l have yet gem
Which purer lustre filings,
Than the diamond flash of the jeweled crown
On the lofty brow of Kings;
A wonderful pearl of exceeding price,
Whose virtue shall not decay;
Whose light shall be as a spell to thee,
And blessing on thy wayw
The lady glanced at the mirroring steel,
Where her youthful form was seen.
Where her eyes shone clear and her dark
locks waved
Their casping pearls between.
Bring forth thy pearl of exceeding worth,
Thou traveller gray and old,
And name the price Of thy precious gem.
And my pages shall count thy gold"
The cloud went off from the pilgrims brow,
As small ami meagre book
Unchased with gold or diamond gem,
From his folding robe he took:
Here, lady fair, is the pearl of price
May it prove as such to thee
Nay, keep thy gold--I ask it not
For the Word Of God is free"
The hoary traveller went his way
But the gift he left behind,
Hath had its pure and perfect work
On that high.born maiden's mind;
And she hath turned from her pride of sin,
To the lowliness Of truth.
And given her human heart to God,
in its beautiful hour of youth
And she hath left the old gray walls
Where an evil faith hath power,
The courtly knights of her fathers train,
And the maiden's Of her bowers;
And she hath gone to the Vaudois vale,
BY lordly feet untrod,
Where the poor and needy Of earth are rich
In the perfect love of God.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-12-29

DR.. KANE's ARoTIo ExPEDIroN.--Dr.
Kane is busily employed on his work desert
biug his last Arctic expedition, and efforts
are being made by the publishers. Messrrs.
Childs 4 Peterson, to have il out early the
ensuing year The estimated cost of its pro
duction is $4,000. There viii be twenty
zine steel line eagravings, including portraits
der the superintendance OF j. NJ, Butler
ESQ. The wood-cuts will DO engraved in the
highest style Of art by Messrs. Van Ingen
Snyder. making iE al upwards of three hun.
drsd illustrations. II VIII be issued in two
octave volumes, price IS for tho entire work
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-12-29
3 0 { t 7 ..
AT THE CHURCH GATE.
BY W. NJ. THACKERAY.

BY W. NJ. THACKERAY.
Although / enter not,
Yet round about the spot
Sometimes ] hover;
And at the sacred gate,
With longing eyes wait
Expectant of her.
The minister bells toll out
Above the city's rout
And noise and humming;
They've stopped the Ginning bell,
/ hear the organs swell
She's coming-shes coming,
My lady comes at last,
Timid and stepping fast,
And Fastening thither,
With modest eyes downcast.
She comes-she's here--she's past.
May heaven go with her!
Kreel undisturbed, fair saint.
Pour out you praise or plant,
Meekly and duly.
| will not enter there,
To sully your pure prayer
With thoughts uDruly.
But suffer me to pace
Round the forbidden place,
Lingering minute,
Like outcast spirits who wait
And see through heavens gate
Angels within it.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-12-29
u s OF "A

"God and oar Ndtire Land"
GtUSQUEHANNA CAMP, No. %, of the 0
- Of the l.. s. A. holds its stated sessions every
NoxpAY evening in their New Hall, opposite Z
Y Bights store Sunbury, Pa. Initiation and
rega ia, $500.
p. NJ. SHINDEL, W. c.
EM'L WILvruT, X. S.
Sunhury Oct. 90, 1855.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-12-29
F. H. SMITH,
PORT M0NNAIE, POCKET BOOK,
AND

~ W. cor. Of Fourth g. Chestnut StS,
PHILADELPHIA.
Always on hand a large and varied assortment OF
Port Monnaes, Work Boxes,
Pocket Books, Cabas,
Bankers Cases, Travelling Bags.
Note Holders, Backgammon Boards,
Porl Folios, Chess Men,
Portable Desks, Cigar Cases,
Dressing Cases, Pocket Memorandum d ooks,
Also, general assortment of English, French
and German Fancy Goods, Fine Pocket Cutlery
Rlznrs, Razor Strops and Gold Pens.
Wholesale, Second and Third Floors.
f. ii. SMITH,
n. w. cor. Fourth & Chestnut Sts., Philada.
n. B.-on the receipt Of 81, a Superior Gold
Pen will lie sent to any part of the United States
by mail ;-deserihing pen, thus, medium, hard
or soft.
Pha., March 81, ls55.-ply.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-12-29

FASHIONABLE CHuRCu IN New YoRK.--
You enter the church porch. The porty
sexton, with his thumbs in the arm holes of
his vest meets you at the door. lie glances
at you, your coat and hat are new, so he
graciously escorts You TO an eligible seat in
the broad aisle. Close behind you follows a
poor, meek, plainly clad seamstress, deprived
from her treadmill round to think one day in
seven of the Immortal The sexton is struck
with sudden blindness She stands embar-
rassed one moment then, as the truth dawns
upon her retraces her steps, and. with n
crimson blush, recrosses the threshold which
she has profaned with her plebian feet. Hark
to the organ. 1t is strain from Norma,
slightly SabbathiZod Now the wOrShippers
one after another glide in--silks rattle
plumes wave-satin glstens-damonds gilt
ter and scores Of forty dollar handkerchefs
shake out their periumed odors. What an
absurdity to preach the Gospel of the lowly
NaZarite to such u set. The clergyman
knows better than to do so. He values his
fat salary and handsome parsonage too
highly. SO with velvet tread he walks all
around the ten commandments-places the
downiest pillow under the dying proaigate's
head-and ushers him with seraphic hymning
into an upper ten Heaven.-Fdnny Fern.