Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-09-15

man lnaU eWDruCeu an uuu soy
if he will come to their town he can do better.
Since March, 1853 no less than 1876 per-
sons have been killed and 292 wounded, by
railroad accidents in the United States.
A trotting horse, owned by the proprietor
of Congress Hall, at Saratoga, and worth
from $4,000 to $4,000, died from poison last
week.
NEWARK CITY.--A State census Ia now
being taken in New Jersey, and the returns
for Newark City sum up as follows: Natives.
2e,902; foreigners, 20,579, colored, 1880;
being total population of 50,7ll.
On FOR LoCoaoTIvEs.-Duringt the month
of May forty locomotives on the New
York Central Railroad used up over ono
gallons of oil, which, at S2 per gall
Ion, would give over $40 per month for each
locomotive.
PUNISHMENT FoR DRuNKESNEss.-In Swe-
den, man who is seen drunk four times, is
deprived of his vote at elections, and the next
Sunday after the fourth offence, is exposed
in the churchyard publicly
.MEANNEss.-A few days since man went
to the railroad depot in Hoyoke, Mass, just
as the cars were starting, and took the shoes
OIL an infants feet, as part pay for debt its
mother owed him.
UNUSUAL LoNGEyrTY-In the shocmaking
town Of Lynn, Mass, there are said to be
eight persons now living who are over ninety
years Of age. one of whom has almost reached
his ninety-seventh birthday. Besides these
there are ffty-fve who have attained the ago
of eighty years. They seem to last, both
body and sole.
The Boston Post has an edifyng story of
returned Californian, who met an old cred
itor in Boston and counted out to him one
thousand dollars, Us principal and interest on
an old note for four hundred dollars, and after
the creditor had expressed willingness to
take the face of the note.
After three months incessant labor, tho
Russians have replaced the great bell in the
tower of San Juan, on the Kremlin. which,
on being tolled for the late Car, fell aud
broke through no less than three separate
stories Of vaults, killing FIVE persons on tho
spot. The bell is said to be the largest in
the world weighing no less than $4,000
pounds.
An EXCELLENT HAIR On.-Take one quart
of olive oil, or fine lard oil, =! ounces of spr-
! its of wine, l ounce Of cinnamon powder,
drachms of bergamot. Heat them together
in a large pipkin, then remove it from the fire,
and add four small pieces of alkanet root,
keep it closely covered for six hours, let it
then be filtered through funnel lined with
blotting or fltering paper.
ENTERED CoNvEST.-.A Paris letter says
that the widow of Count Batthyan after as
signing all her fortune to her heirs, and dis
trbuting 10000 forms to her domestics, has
entered the Convent of the Sisters Of Mercy,
founded by her at Pinksfeld, upon the from
tier Of Hungary, and has assumed the name
of Sister Fanny"
A Rich CITY.--New Bedford, Mass, il
said to be the richest city in the country.
The number of voters is four thousand three
hundred and sixteen, and the real and per-
sonal taxable property amounts to twenty
i've million eight hundred and nine thousand
dollars. This gives about six thousand dol
lars to each voter, a larger average, we venture
to say, than will be found in any community
in this country. t. ,.
Clarke Mills ESQ.,, the sculptor has re.
Gently sustained the loss of a beautiful elk he
had procured at great trouble and expense to
be used as model in some OF the works upon
which he is now engaged. The animal, IL
appears, escaped from his enclosure at night,
and, though wearing broad collar, was mis-
taken by some sagacious sportsmen for buck
deer, and by them killed, quartered and
brought to market and sold es renison. '."n
SINGULAR DFFEREYcEIS TIDES. .--P rofessor
, Bache notices the following singular differ
ence in the motion of the tides in the Atlantic
r and Pacific Oceans. On our own coast, in
I the Atlantic, they flow from east TO west ION
= the coast of Great Britain from west to east;
I and on the Pacific their motion is circular !;
i, they sweep round by Asia, turn and how
: back.
RICH.-Au Irishman presented himself at
the polls in Chilicothe, Ohio and his vote was
challenged. He said that he had his papers,
: and swore "be jabers" he would produce them.
: Home he went and returned and presented
+ to the Judges his papers. What laughter
/ conyulsed their honors we need not say when
, on opening the supposed papers. they found
! them to be dismissal from the New Jersey
Penitentiary!
, MR. FILLMORE AT THE FRENCH CoURT.--
, The eX- President was presented TO the En-
, peror of the French on the 10th of August,
, together with nineteen other Americans.
Mr.. FILLMORE was to have been favored with
private presentation, and in consequence
we nt in black coat but by some unexplain-
J ed accident was thrown among his country.
9 men, who we're in uniform, and he thus pre-
J sented in more than one respect the most
D noticeable figure in the company.
:, FATHER .GAvAzzI.-Tbe following is Ga.
r vazzi's official announcement of bis visit 10
' this country, aud its objects, as given in a
! letter 10 tue New Y ork Crusader, dated Chi
e chester, England, August 18th, 1855;
There is yet time to preach UNION among
all Americans, and some hope TO see it ac-
complished. ] am decided to come to
n America, as an Independent man, In order
t TO preach purely and exclusively Protestdnt-
n ism and 4mericdnism, insist on the neces'
n sity of a union amoug Protestant Americans
|, | desire you to give publicly to these words
g that America may know my true purpose
MAGNIFICENT PRrstNr.-Y yesterday Mayor lay,
Conrad received, on behalf of the city OF Ihl', !,
/ adelphia, magnificent, full size portrait 70 OF
n Washington, made on the celebrated 'aS,
S ouard loom at the city OF Lyons Francs, IN
d the establishment Of Messrs. Poison Iniiippo
d SVibert. Three were made1One Tor bos'Sn. On.
i a second for New York, and tho thir1 a,L ior
this CITY. The value Of each is soooo. iney
look at distance, like fine oil psias,ns; p,.S