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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-05-05
SINKING OF A BRITISH VESSEL BY A
Er WHALE.

The London Shipping Gazette Of the 26th
Of March, publishes the following report of
Captain Jones, of the British schooner Wa
teroo, of Portmadoc, which was5 sunk in the
North Sea by whale
"The Waterloo sailed from Lynn for
Schiedam with barley on the 18th inst.
At 10 A. M. of the 2lst, Lowestoft bearing
w. by N, distant about SO miles, wind E.,
strong gale, and high seas, vessel under dou-
BILE reefed canvass, upon wind on the port
tack, perceived a large whale TO windward
running down for the vessel, partly out of
water, and swimming at a very rapid rate !;
and, when about ten yards from the ships
side, dipped, and struck the vessel under
water, abreast of the fore rigging, on the
port side, with his head, with fearful blow,
when the vessel was perceived to heel and
crack, and after striking the vessel the whale
plunged into the deep headformost and rose
his tail on high, nearly touching the foreyard,
and then disappeared.
''rhe pumps were fixed aud worked, but by
halEpast IL found she had five feet of water
in the well, and setting down fast. when the
long boats were cleared and lashiugs cut
away, and nearly hoated off the decks, when
all hands (six in number) jumped into her,
without food or water, and the master, mate
and two men, without jackets, and only one
oar and piece of another in the boat, with
the sea running very high. In about twenty
minutes after abandoning the vessel she
capsized, and fioated for about the same
space of time on her side, and then disap-
pcared, head foremost, at about half past
p. NJ.
AT the time she capsized there was a
French fishing boat about four miles wind
ward, and on perceiving her capsi2e, imme-
diately bore up for the sinking vessei.
The boat proved to be No, %, Captain
Joseph Leelong, of Calais, which took all the
crew on board at about 2 p. NJ, where they
were all most kindly treated, and landed at
Calais, at midnight, where they were provided
for and furnished with jackets, by = Bon
ham, Esq, II. b. Ms Consul, and sent to
London.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-05-05
SPONGING 1T,

The last dodge we have heard in cvadng
the State Liquor Law, occurred yesterday at
one of our fashionable drinking saloons. An
individual walked up to the counter demanded
q dime bottle of brandy. Now the rule is to
charge fifteen cents, unless an empty bottle
is furnished in return for the bottle is fur
nished in return for the bottle received; and
as the consumer laid only a dime on the coun-
ter, the extra five cents was demanded.
II don't want the bottle" said he, draw
the cork"
The liquor can't be drank on the premises,
replied the bar-keeper
II amt going to drink it on the premises,
reioined the other, and the bar-keeper, sup,
posing that he had some vessel to pour it in.
to- drew the cork, when the gentleman quiet
ly pulled out sponge from his pocket, and
poured the liquor into it; then, taking his
seat, commenced leisurely sucking it. s
"You see," said he. nodding complacently
to the astonished bar-keeper, Il amt going
contrary TO the rule, for the law says the stuf
shan't be drunk ON the premises"
The bystanders came to the conclusion thai
the stranger would make an appropriate Gov
ernor for Illinois, being decidedly the creates
sucker of them ali.-Cin. Ing.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-05-05

EDEN
BY GERALD MASSEY.

|
There is not rift in the blue sky now, g-
Where million tempests tore 1T
There is not furrow on oceans brow,
Though million years have passed Ger 1T
And for all the storms and the strifes that
have rolled
Down the ages grim and gory
Earth weareth her pleasant face, as OF old,
And laughs in her morning glory.
And man-though he beareth the brand oi
sin,
And the flesh and the devil hath bound
him
Hath spirit within to old Edin akin,
Only nature up Edin around him.
o, the cloud may have fal'n on the human
face,
Aud its lordlicst beauty blighted;
For love hath gone out with darkening
trace
Where the inward glory lighted.
Yet the old world of love liveth still in her
heart, .. ---
As we've many a sweet revealing,
And its rich fossil jewels in tears will upstart
With the warm Hood of holiea feeling.
Ay, man-though he beareth the brand OF
And the flesh and the devil hath bound
him
Hath a spirit within to old Eden akin.
Only nature up Eden around him.
o, the terrors, the tor res, the miseries
dark,
That have cursed us, and crushed and can
kered
Yet aye from the de lure humanitys ark
Hath on some serene Ararat anchored.
o. the golden chains thet link heaven to
earth,
The rust of all time cannot sever!
Evil shall die in its own dark hearth,
And the cook liaeth on forever.
And man-though he beareth the brand OF
sin,
And the flesh and the devil hath bound
him .. .-... ....
Hath spirit within to old Eden akin,
Ouly nature up Eden around him.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-05-05

A GEORGIA Mos-A young man from
Massachusetts went to Gainesborough, Geor-
gia, and being asked if he was an aboitionist,
answered that he was. He was advised to
leave the town and he started for the rail-
road depot in order to do so, but mob,
headed by the sheriff Of the place, pursued
and caught him, rode him Oh rail carried by
nggers, blacked his face, and sold him at an
auction for nigger and then took him to q
drinking house, and made the nggers hug
and kiss him. They warned him that .hey
would kill him if he lifted finger TO resist,
and the sheriff though the victim did not re-
sist, aimed pistol at him, and would have
shot him but for the interference Of bystanders
from another State.
No act whatever was alleged against the
young man, and when his baggage was
searched no abolition document was discov-
cred except single number of the New
York Tribune, paper which is extensively
taken in every Southern State in the Union
Under such circumstances, the acts Of the
mob were outrageous and dniamous. If every
Northern man. who dares to say in the South
that he is Freesoer, is TO be mobbed and
sold at auction, how shall presume, In reply
to question to avow himself in the Nortl
pro-slavery man, will be probably be sub
iected TO similar treatment TO be sure, the
cases are not exactly parallel but when did 6
reused spirit of retaliation ever stop to rur
nice parallels 2-Louisville journal. st#
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-05-05

The Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania re-
Gently decided that according to the laws of
the State, q ton weight consisted Of 1900
lbs, and that greater number of pounds
could not be legally exacted in purchasing u
ton of coal, notwithstanding the custom of
giving 2,240 in one part of the State, and
22G9 in another The United States Dis
trict Court at Philadelphia, on Monday.
however, decided in suit in admiralty that
the legal weight Of a ton Of coal is 2,240 lbs,
and that the coal dealers have no more right
to give less than grocers would have TO give
less than sixteen ounces to the pound. As
the constitution of the United States gives
to Congress the power to "fix the standard
Of weights and measures" it is supposed that
the act ofls24 passed by the Assembly in
Pennsylvania. must yield to the highest au.
thority, and all the laws of the State plescri-
bing the size Of the yard measure, the cubic
contest of bushel and Of a gallon are null
and void where they differ from the United
! States standard.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-05-05

BILE thirst. In my frenzy, tore the bandage
from my half closed wounds, beat my heat
against the rocky fragments that formed m!
bed. and o ] how prayed for death. :,
There lay all that long, horrid night, til
it was daylight again and then l sank int
a,death like torpor, from which / was aroused
by heavy weight pressing on my chest ano
my first glance as | opened my eyes ieli upoI
the wel-remembered features OF the mos
deadly enemy had on earth---Col MartlnuS
Arcola of the Imperial army OF Brazil
"By the Gross we are well met, Senor
Rayomondo." spoke the brutal rulfian, with
his booted heel crashing into my throat tlli
my eyes seemed bursting from their sockets
and my black, swollen tongue protruded from
my mouth and the wretch laughed IN deri-
sion of my terrible agony, as he continued
ave are well met, ] say, Senior haymondo,
and l doubt not your beautiful brlde-the
lady Inez of whom you robbed me, VIII be
yery grateful when / tell her how faithful
watched over you in your last moments
Come, my men this gallant officer must
needs be somewhat chilly; gather good
supply Of this dry brushwood, and we VIII
try what effect fire will have on the disease
that seems to be wasting him.
Fifty bronze-faced rufIiaus set about obey
ing their commanders order and then aiter
five minutes had elapsed, and l was placed,
all helpless as | was, on huge pile OF dry
branches. understood it all. The internal
fiend was about to burn me there alive!
| would not ask my life of the demon, for
well knew that it would be unavailing'-
Bat. o God may never again suffer such
mental torture as did while lying there sur
rounded by those devils in human shape, as
thought of all the heart-agony that my vile
must suffer when the revolving details OF my
dreadful death should become known to her.
Once | turned my head towards the west to
catch glimpse at the setting sun, and the
next moment / was insensible.
1t was not long that / remained thus for
| was aroused again by the quick rattle OF
pistol shots, the clash Of steel, the wild battle
shouts, and dying screams of strong men in
their last horrid death-agony.
All around me beheld vision of gallant
mon, led on by slight girlish figure in the
light blue frock, gold embroidered vest, and
plumed cap of the southern GAucHAs, who,
mounted upon a supurb horse black as night,
sped here and there, shouting our battle-cry
"MUERoN Los lMPERTALIsTos," in which she
was joined by her hundred followers, who
hurled themselves upon the doomed ruiiians
in whirlwind of cleaning steel.
The last wretch was slain, and the lovely
woman knelt beside me; her arms were about
my neck, her warm kiss was upon my neck,
as she breathed in gentle tone the words +:
"MY HusBAgp" -. ..- .....-.
1t was my wife-my own Angel lnex. She
had ridden ON in advance Of more than four
hundred men, with only hundred who could
keep pace with her, and--I was saved.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-05-05
THE TRUE WIFE.

She ia no true wife who sustains not her
husband in the day of calamity, who is not
when the worlds great frown makes the
! heart chill with anguish, his guardian angel,
growing brighter and more beautiful as mis-
fortunes crowd around his path. Then is
the time for testing whether the sweetness oil
her temper beams only with transient light,
or like the steady glory OF the morning star,
shines as brightly under the clouds. Has
she then smiles just as charming? Does she
say "Affliction cannot touch our purity, and
should not quench our love? Does she try
by happy little inventions to lift from his
sensitive spirit the burden of the thought i?
There are wives-nay, there are beings
who, when the dark hours come, fall to repl-
ming and upbraiding-- adding to outside
anxiety the narrowing scenes of domestic
strife--as if all the blame in the world would
make one hair white or black, or change the
decree gone forth. Such know not that our
darkness is heavens light ; our trials are but
steps in golden ladder, by which, if we
ascend we may at last gain that eternal light,
and battle forever in its fulness and beauty.
"Is that all and the gentle face of the
wife beamed with joy. Her husband had
been on the verge of dstraction-all his
earthly possessions were gone, and he feared
the result Of her knowledge, she had been
SO tenderly cared for all her life! But says
lrXin's beautiful story, "a friend advised him
to give not sleep to his eyes nor slumber to
his eyolids until b. had unfolded to her all
his hapless case .......
And that was her answer, with the smile
OF an ANGELS that all? | feared by your
sadness it was worse. Let these beautiful
things be taken--all this splendor let it go;
care not for it---l only care for my hus-
ha n1' low N han
get in my affection that you were ever in
prosperity--only still love me, and | will aid
you to bear these little reverses with cheer
fulness
Still love her she man must reverence.
ay, and liken her to the very angels, for such
a living woman is living revelation of
Heaven.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-05-05
SflisteIIanp,

Two-THIEps OF MAN-In Smiths FEEDER
al Calculator an amusing anecdote is given,
to the following purport A first rate class
was undergoing close examination in mental
arithmetic, and in reply to question con
corning the number OF men required TO per-
form certain piece of work in specified
time, the class responded, Twelve men and
two-thrds." But one bright fellow. more
discerning than the others, instantly ADDED
Twelve men and boy fourteen years old:'
fourteen being two-thirds Of twenty-oue, the
legal age of manhood!
ANOTHER ARrEsIAY WELL EXHAUSTED
On the l4th inst, the Artesian well il
Selma, Ala. which had reached depth O
440 feet. and was delivering nearly 300 gal
Ions of water per minute, suddenly sank some
Is or 30 feet below the surfrce, for an eytent
Of about 800 yards in length, and ora va, inf
width. The most cX'r 'ordinary consequ me,
OF this phenomenon is, that Gll the wei il
the vicinity have become dry.
A VIRGINIA DIAMoND.-A rough diamond
picked up near Manchester, Va, small
town opposite Richmond, has been received
in New York. The stone is about the siz,
Of hazel nut, and weighs forty-three karats
1t has flaw in the centre, but il is otherWis
quite promising. Inc hchmond JewSIler
estimate its value NJ four thousand dollars
and claim that it Is the largest diamond eve
found in North America.
HERoIsg REwA ARpED "A little drummer
boy in the British army, who was in th'
thickest of the fight at lnkermann, combat
ting the foe, aud, as q relaNauon, earTllni
water TO the wounded, has been presented p
Prince Albert with e5. Napoleon woul
have taken such a lad and cultivated hi
soldier-like qualities, till he made Marsha
of him. France has skillful and daring Gen
erals England has only brave soldiers
On, FELLOWS CoLEGE.-The Gran
LEDGE of Odd Fellows of Virginia has adoF
ted The Martha Washington Female College
at Abingdon, and will take measures I
insure It's completion. II is contemplate
| to make such arrangements as will insure
The indisent daughters Of every doecease
! odd Fellow the beref't Of seed etGest'cn
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-05-05

WHEN You SHOULD TAKE YoUR HAT
Young men, word. We want to tell you
when you should take your hat and be off,
And mind what we offer. It Is when you are
asked out to take drink.
When you find out you are courting an ex.
travagant or sloyenly girl. ...-r
When you find yourself in doubtful com.
pany.
When you discover that your expenses run
ahead of your income. ...
When you are abusing the confidence oI
your friends.
When you think you are great deal wiser
than older and more experienced people than
yourself
When you feel like getting trusted for Q
new suit of clothes because you have no money
TO pay for them.
Wnen you wait upon lady just for the
fun of it.
When you are making noise in printing
Office.
When you don't do your duty.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-05-05

THE Law OF Numerical RELATION BETWEEN
THE SExEs.-'rhe "a nnual of Scientific Dis
covery' contains the following interesting
facts concerning the numerical relation Of the
sexes 1t says:
''There is a natural law of relations be-
tween the sexes, which is found to vary at
different ages according to the different dam
gers to which they are exposed. This is one
Of the most curious Of natural laws, and one
Of the most interesting, demonstrating the
admirable economy of adaptations between
the several parts of the natural system. If
the number Of males and females born was
exactly equal, the result would be, that be-
fore they reached middle age, the female sex
would be reduced too low, and become made
quate to the purpose which it has to fill. In
fact the number of females born is always
greater than the males by about per cent
At 20 years of age, this preponderance is
entirely lost, and there are more females than
males. At 40 years, the balance is again
the other way, and there are more males thar
females. AT 10 the sexes are about even
and the ultimate age of the human being ii
reached without any decided advantage tC
either sex. Both the census of lS40 ant
1850 prove the law. Beyond the age Of AZ
years the probability of longevity is much
greater for American women, than that o
men. The contrasts singularly with thu
fact that the physique relatively of Ameri
can men. That fact, as has been shown
however, tells tremendously on women be
tween the ages Of 10 and 40, when their nor
tality is very great. The longevity of som,
women is very extraordinary There arr
now 430 American women above one hundret
years of age.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-05-05

CASE OF THE New ORLEANS POSTMASTER
The removal and arrest of w. q. Kendall,
Postmaster of New Orleans, meets with
almost universal favor-as the charge both
public aud private, against him has been OF
the most serious nature. He is also believed
to have used the facilities of his Office in q
manner extremely detrimental and injurious
to those who were opposed to him in opin-
ons-and more especially in business way
he being part owner in one of our newspa-
per establishments. .-.
1t is only few months since that the
same charge on which he has just been arres
ted (purloining money from letters was pre-
fered against the Office the blame, if any
was laid upon his clerks, who Indignantly
resigned in body. He afterwards wrote /
letter apologizing FOR the insult. Now he il
arrested ON direct charge against himself.
r. l.. Adams, a commission merchant o
this city has received the appointment a
Kendall's successor, but it is reported that HI
will not accept. tsa.rsd harla +. ,i
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-05-05
BOARDING.

Don't talk to me about keeping house."
you will hear young bride say; al will
board and be free from care, trouble, and the
annoyance of servants" All very well ina
eined. But the reality Of boarding is not al
ways so agreeable. Here is the other side,
presented by correspondent Of the Home
Journal He says
ut is not living-it is only staying--to be
in houseful of strangers-peoplew with whom
we have no feelings in common-if disagreea-
BILE to you, still compelled to meet them,
morning noon and night and, if agreeable,
to have your time encroached upon, your room
entered at all times, taking all sense Of priva-
CIV or retirement-if in trouble or in joy, feel
compelled to hide all traces from the gaze OF
strangers To lack the comforts Of home
to eat whatever others choose you should
cooked as they please-whether sick or well
living under system Of surveillance, almost
equal to that described by Bayard Taylor as
existing among the Japanese--feeling only
free when your door is locked for the night
to feel constantly obliged to entertain compa
ny, and worst Of ALI be entertained-to be
waited upon by untidy, careless servants
obliged to keep everything under lock ant
kew these are u few of the pleasures o
boarding out, which so many choose in prefer
ence to home.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-05-05
AROMATIC GIRL.

The European correspondent Of the New
ark Sentinel in speaking of the recent death
of Silvio Pellico, the italian poet who suffer-
ed ten years Imprisonment for the liberaIty
of his political opinions, relates the following
bit of gossip which we presume will be as
new to our readers rs it certainly is to us -
"A young English girl Of good family, on
reading his lie mie P,igione' became so in
love with the picture which her warm imagi-
nation drew of Pellico, as to leave her home
in search of him. She arrived at Turin with
the full intention of laying herself and fortune
at his feet. Young enthusiasm stays not for
conventional rules. She sought at once the
house Of the hospitable Marquis Barolo.
where the poet found his home, and was
ushered into his presence, her heart beating
with the rapid pulse of loving expectation
Seeing before her little, shriveled, stopping
man of forty, with spectacies and bald head,
she inquired Of him eagerly for Silyio-at the
same time looking earnestly about in search
of the dark-haired, languishing-eyes Italian
poet, which her fancy painted him. Behold
the man. said Pellico, nothing daunted by
the lady's sad surprise. She fell into the
chair offered her, her bright dreams falling to
nothing at her feet, and the sober actual sta
ring her in the face. Poor damsel She
had come for something--that was evident
-,chat had she come for? was now the ques-
tion.
"The charitable soul Of good Pellico
thought of anything but love--save love foI
all mankind, womankind only included in the
lump. She never told her love ! j. e.. she
did not tell it then, and why was she there
Something came trembling from her lips
about lie ME P,rgione, and Pellico then only
thought what he had heard true, that English
maids were patterns of modesty. lie did his
best, however-his best was not the least
awkward-to raise the young lady's courage
to speaking pitch, aud thanked her methodi
caly for her compliments on his writings
She left, to say the least, in redctice state
Of mind and heart. sought her lodgings, and
went to bed. She had no dreams that night
The next day Pellico, of course, returned the
call. In conversation, the very soul she hao
so sympatbeticaly embodied in fancy, seemed
all at once to beam out from his sunken eyes
She saw the dried up case which enclosed i
no longer, and in fresh fit of enthusiasm de
clared her passion. offering the hero Of Spiel
berg generous maidens hand and heart
He regarded her pitifully moment, and thel
broke out into discourse on love-its nature
its principle its ellects-so eloquent, so con
vincing, that the poor young lady saw for thu
first time the difference between love ant
caprice, and felt for the first time that sh'
loved hia-not her ideal Silvio-but such q
he could never love her! She returned Il
England wiser maiden than she came, and
not more in love, more capable OF loving
more worthy Of love! y ...s.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-05-05

TosDNEss OF A Doc FoR THE EXCITEMENT
OF FIREs-A recent notice ofthe London fre
organization refers TO an animal who has
become famed in the annals ofthe Brigade
"Chance" first made their acquaintance by
following the men Of station home from a
fire. Although several times reclaimed by
his master he invariably escaped, and return
ed to his adopted friends, until he was tinally
allowed to become a part Of the establish
ment. For many years he invariably accom-
panied the engine now upon the machine, now
under the horses legs. aud always, when up
preaching the conaagration. running in ad
vance and announcing the welcome event o.
the extinguisher by his glad bark. At the
fire. he amused himself by pulling burning
logs of wood out of the flames with his mouth
Although he had his legs broken many times
he remained faithfulsto his pursuit, until a
last, having received severer hurt thar
usual, he was being Dprsed by the fremen a
the hearth, when a"eal" came, aud at tb,
well g,iown sound OF the engine turning out
the poor brute made last effort to climl
upon it, and fell back dead in the attempt.