Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-06-02
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PIANoRf, who attempted TO assassinate the
Emperor Napoleon has been Condemned to
death.
The Washington Union says that the Cour.
OF Claims is now ready to receive the peti.
tions Of claimants. -.
The Columbus, Ohio. Journal announces
the Death of Ex-Governor Seabury Ford, q
distinguished Ohio Wing politician.
The Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Co
have purchased sufficient iron to complete l0S
miles Of their road.
The eyesight of Lord Charles Wellesley is
rretrievably lost. lie is brother and heir
persumptive of the Duke of Wellington.
How melancholy the moon must feel when
it has enjoyed the fullness OF prosperity, to be
reduced TO its last quarter.
ABoMINABLE Custom REvIvED.-Snuff box.
es, containing snuff exquisitely scented, ara
said to be the fashion in Paris at present
for ladies
President Hitchcock says, that the whole
amount, in solid measure, of the coal of the
United States, equal at least $500 square
miles.
BOYS IN THE NAvY-Withn the past
been enlisted in the Naval service at the
Brooklyn "a. " Navy Yard.
| IMPoRTANT, IF TRUE.-Dr. Tmsley, of Cuba
claims to have discovered that vaccine virus,
after passing through the system of negroi is
valueless for the white race.
| a Lad in a state of mental absence, gave
three cheers for the stars and stripes during
school hours, and perceived his error when he
got the stripes without the stars.
GRowING WHEAT IN THE WEsT.--The 81.
| Louis Republican has reason to believe that,
Notwithstanding the drought, rust and fii,s
prevailing in some parts of the country. the
coming harvest will be one of great plenty.
VHEAr IL CAxApA.-The Csyuga Cana
4 da Vest Sachem says the wheat crop
throughout the providence looks exceedingly
WELL The fall wheat is entirely free from
winter killing, and as there is no further dan
ger o injury from frost, the prospects of an
abundant harvest are encouraging. The
quantity Of land UNI Ell wheatis!ar greater than
in any former year. M. -
TEE OLDEST CHINE IN TnE CHIoS--Tho
chime of bells in Christ Church, Boston
Mass, was first rung on3lst December, 1854
and has announced the approach Of each sue
ceSsve year for century. 1t is said that the
man who put up the bells who had came over
in the same vessel with them, refused any
! compensation for his labor but requested
they might be tolled, mufled, at his death
which was accordingly done in his case. and
also in that of'his wife,
| FATM. FooI.gARDEFss.-- few deys ago
nine men got intoa canoe at WestfaIl's Mnp,
Ohio, for the purpose of crossing the creek,
when some of them, with the view of soaring
the rest, r0wed too close TO the fall and the
boat filed. The result was, that Dennison
McGinnis and w. Napper were drowned, and
Nj. Doran, SO severely strangled that he died
next day from congestion of the brain. Tbs
rest were, with difficulty, saved
The CRoPs.-The Pittsburg (PaA Journal
speaks in favorable terms OF the appearance
Of the crops in Western Pennsylvania. In
Allegheny. Westmoreland and Fayette eoun-
ties. the oats and wheat "wave in the passing
wind while the blossoms on the trees have
been so abundant as TO challenge universal
remark, and the past drought seems TO have
been blessing 10 the land, in extermlnating
many Of the most injurious insects and grues'
Tue WuEAr CRoP IN MIcmcAN.--The De
troit Democrat states that the sight OF tue
wheat fields in the northern part OF the state
is perfectly glorious. The breadth sown 10
unusually great, andthe stapleis deer green,
almost TO blackness, rank, strong, thiek ana
high. With all allowance for eafnahies, IL
may be most confidently predicted ,hat ths
wheat crop Of Michigan VIII be most ehus"
ally abundant and excellent