Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-08-25

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near the city, may be seen at one sight, six
teen thousand ncret Of corn in one body, di.
vided only by few fences. 1t extends MP
| this eide Of the Miami towards Elizabeth
4 town. At an average Of sixty bushels to the
acre, which we believe is below what the
average will be, this body Of land will yield
nine hundred and sixty thousand, or nearly
one million bushels. The gold digging Of
California scarcely equal t.-Laprence5urq
(Id.) Register.
The Hon. Abbott Lawrence died at his
residence in Boston on Saturday last. He
has for many years been eminent among the
merchants and wealthy manufacturers Of
New England, and has taken an important
! part in promoting the prosperity Of Boston
and of the State of Massachusetts. He was
an enlightened and patriotic citizen, well in
formed on public affairs, and during Presi.
dent Taylor's administration was appointed
Minister to England, an Office which he filed
with dignity and ability.
HORRIBLE DEATH.-David Wright, convc.
| ted of the murder Of A. NJ. Robinson, at Col.
umbus, Ca, committed suicide under horrible
circumstances. He commenced saving of
the chain from his leg and set fire to his cell
in order to knock the jailor down and escape,
when the alarm was raised. The fire. howev-
er, became too hot before he got the chain of,
and he was discovered roasted to death, hav-
ing crawled off as far as the chain would al
low him.
OF the late elections the New York Cou-
rier's Washington correspondent says:
"The Known Nothing defeat at the South is
not total rout. They have elected fourteen
members of Congress in Kentucky and Ten
nessee, and four or six in North Carolina and
| Alabama.
The distinct Know Nothing strength in
| the House will be sixty-eight or seventy votes,
without counting the six Wing members from
! Missouri No party will have majority in
the House. OF those thus far elected the
Know-Nothings and Wings together have
| l4l, and The Democrats CO."
SUDDEN RESTORATION TO SIGHT.--A letter
| from james City county, Va, says that Mrs.
Martha Richardson several years ago had u
paralytic stroke, which caused the total blind
| ness Of the left eye. Last summer she was
| Frustrated with lightning, and upon recover
ing, found her sight entirely restored. The
occurrence suggests to the writer the proba-
BILE efficiency of electricity in case of blindness.
MINISTERS DESERVING THEIR FLocKs-Ma-
ny of the Ministers in Norfolk, the Argus
| says, have run away and deserted their hocks
during the prevalence of the fever. Physi-
clans from other cities have gone to Norfolk,
to render their services to the sick. The lat
ter seem to understand the responsibilities Of
their profession better than the former
Some of the clergy, however, remained, and
fulfilling their duties in administering conso-
laton to the sick, without any fear Of conse-
quencds to themselves.
New YoRK STATE AGRICULTURAL FAR
The annual Fair Of the New York State
Agricultural Society is to be held this year
at Elmira, Chemung County, on Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the 81
! Sd, 4th and 5th Of October. The official an
nouncement states that the grounds, CON-
prsing upwards of sixteen acres, have been
conveniently arranged for the occasion. The
amount Of premiums offered exceeds $4,000.
Gov. Wright, Of Indiana, will deliver :he an
| nual address.
SEcoSD GROWTH OF WHEAr.-On some
land rear this town, says the Winchester
! Nirginian, may be seen the unusual spectacle
Of the second growth Of wheat, from the
stubble of the gathered crop. Some stalks
shown to US were between one and two feet
high, and exhibited imperfectly formed heads
of about half the common size. Stubbe thus
grown up was in green condition at harvest,
and the recent growth, if We mistake not, is
the result Of the recent rains
MAGNIFICENT PREsEST.--Two beautiful
rings presented by the Emperor and Empress
of Russia to Col. Samuel Colt, Of Hartford,
! Conn.,, are on exhibition in that city. One
of the rings contains diamonds worth $4,000
each contain the cypher Of Alexander and
wife, set with very minute diamonds in enamel
The shank Of one Of the rings glitters with
numerous petite diamonds, aud the whole
affair makes q gift worthy of an Emperor.
A True SNAKE SToRy.-Mr. Albert A .
| Smith Of this town. while moving in mead
ow few days since, killed an immense snake
OF the garter species, which measured three
and half feet in length, Its bulk induced
a post mortem examination when ninety-one
live young snakes were found in its pouch
These the old mother serpent had swallowed
on the approach of danger. Eight other
snakes were killed in the same lot, making an
aggregate Of 100 snakes killed in one day
Worcester Patriot.
The Pennsylvania, and kindred papers.
charge the Americans Of Louisville with
slaughtaring women and children. The Lou
isville Journal says that the only child killed
was an American boy, oil about ten years, ana
he was butehered by foreigners! When our
neighbor of the Pennsyluaaian dares to speak
of the outrages, butcheres, and treachery of
Stronglellow and his fellow braves in Kansas,
we shall begin to believe it sincere in its ex-
pressions Of regret concerning the Louisville
calamity.
NEEDING INPRovEAESr-Gerrit Smith
closes letter to Horace Greely with the
following palateable hit ::
] close with thanking you for your wish
that may live long to improve myself. Be
assured that i reciprocate the kind and gen.
erous wish, and that ] do so all the more
cordially because you are in such especial
need of Improvement.
The public will no doubt think both of the
philosophers right. Improvement" is what
they each need.
A BosroN "FREE AND EAsy."-A cores
pondent of a religious paper says that at
Theodore Parker's church mot few had Sc
cular newspapers, which they sat and read
till the services commenced. There were
| bo,,s Of .aooOnition ocrocc tho haM apd avaru