Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-04-26

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in such quantities and so cheaply os to col
lapse all the old methods, and to introduce a
new era in the manufacture Of that impor-
tant article. His statements were so plau-
sible and his theory so ingenious, that num-
Der of capitalists OF that place formed
company, purchased the right TO his patent
in Cnyahoga county, erected furnace ac-
cording TO his instructions. obtained powerful
steam machinery, bought large tract Of
ground, and imported a quantity of Lake
Superior iron ore. When everything was
completed and the furnace set to work. IL
proved a complete failure Large sums were
expended in making experiments and
changes, but all to no purpose. The thing
had to be abandoned after suffering heavy
pecuniary loss. The Company instituted suit
against Renton to recover damages; the
case came on for trial. The Leader says:
THE jury in the case Of Forest City Iron
Works VS. James Renton and others brought !
in a verdict in favor of plaintiffs of S24,675 |
80. The question involved was fraud in the |
sale Of a'patent right for making iron, and |
known as the 'Renton process. - Chicago |
| Tribune.
SINGULAR SCENE IN AN ENGLIsH CHrrcu.
The new church at Ambleside England,
has recently been warmed by means of fues
leading from coke fire. Owing to some
imperrecton in the hues deletcrious gas
issued into the body of the church during the
morning service on a recent Sabbath. \ Dung
children being nearest the floor. were first
affected, and about twenty of them followed
one another out before the adults took the
alarm At about the middle Of the sermon
the congregation rose in a body and went
out, to the apparent establishment of the
preacher, Nho in bis elevated pulpit, was un-
aware of the mischief lie was lett entirely
alone in the church and it is the opinion of
the medical men that if the congregation had
stad fifteen minutes longer no one would
have been able to help himself or his neigh
Dor, and many must have persisted.
RESCUED FROM INDIAN CAPTIvIrY.--A let
ter from Col. Nauman, Sd L. S. Artillery, at
Fort Yume. California, states that young
: American girl, named Olive Oatman, aged
about lG whose parents were murdered by
Indians on the Gila in 1850 has been recent
~ ransomed from the Mohaves and brought
to the Fort After the death of her parents
: she aud her sister were detained rs captives
5 bp the Indians but her sister having died a
{ few months ago, the Indians exchanged NJ Mss
, Oatman for one horse. six pounds Of beads
and some fur blankets She had nearly lost
e is fast regainng it. 1t is believed tha; she
i has a brother at Los Angeles, aud notice has
= been sent him Of her recovery.
:. THE MORMON ExoDUs.-Las: week 40 ex.
4 traordinury scene was witnessed nj the New
G street Railway Station. Birmingham. a fine
f ship, the Enoch Train having been chartered
r to convey cargo of Mormons to the United
| Stats, eu route to their settlement in Utah
d territory, three hundred men and women
boys and girls, formed and contingent sup.
o piled by the Birmingham district. They left
by the half past ten train. Al seemed tC
!. belong to the working classes. and the rro
portion Of the sexes was about equal. Many
!. hundreds OF their relatives and fellow saints
Il assembled at the station to bid them farewell
$ and in spite OF the efforts the instrumental
n band to cheer the s. irits OF the females some
h very affecting scenes were witnessed They
!. sail 10 day from Liverpool. There will bc
i. 900 on board.-Birmingh CHAM Jourspl .Snt"r
ley.
! LIBEL SUIT.-On Wednesday, n. ". BAL.
lou Proprietor Of Hcllou'S Pictoyi0i of Bus.
:, ton, was arrested at the suit of Frank Leslie
~ the Proprietor of LeSlie'S Illustrated newspa.
- per, and appeared before Judge Woodruff, Of
u the Superior Court, and gave bail in $4,000
!, III answer to the charge Of libel
- Tha action is based upon the alledged sen
z ding OF an anonymous note by the defendant
. - to the firm Of James T. Derrickson d Go.
~ paper manufacturers, tending to iniure the
credit OF plaintiff with the above firm. Dam
ages laid at $20,000-.Ncw York Dali,
:. Times.
l. THE EXPORT OF BREApsTUFrs.-The ex
u ports Of breadstufs from the United States
: since September /, 1855, TO Great Britain
u up to the close Of March, 1856, were 70S
. barrels If flour; 3,G29,S07 bushels Of wheat
Il aud 3,iII.330 bushels of corn To abou,
u the same period in 1855 there were only
y 1906 barrels Of -four; / 90 904 bushels Of
= wheat, aud 4,234.3j2 bushels of corn; while
J. in 1854 they had reached at the same time
l,525,559 barrels of -four; 5.l61, 1868 bushels
= OF wheat, and 3,322.4I bushels OF corn. The
exports from New York to the continent O.
< Europe, up to the 18th of March, and from
y other potts to the latest mai. dates reached
y at that time, were 606.ll9 barrels Of -four
q 2,l4l ,lG9 bushels of wheat; $3.50 hushel.
T. OF corn, and ,254,9 935 bushels Of rye.
e WHOSE BABY is lT?-The Boston Post
n has Paris correspondent who writes that
Ii there were those so given to unbelief in The
II implicit honesty of Louis Napoleon as &c
) credit the rumor that the "sound, lively boy
o who has been palmed off upon the empire i.
u nothing but an usurper, and that he takes
e the place OF a certain girl baby who was the
effect that for some time previous to the
. Empress's accouChment, it was we'll under.
stood that whatever the event might be, O
fine healthy "boy" would be ready to be pre-
sented as the legitimate child of the Empire
This being so, at once accounts for the fact
OF the King Of Algiers being as big at hi.
birth as his nurses baby at two months old
II Senator Douglas has conveyed to the Bap.
l. tlst denomination of Chicago, Illinois, ten
acres of land-a grove, beautifully situated
S within the city limits--for the purpose Of
S erecting thereon university; with a condi.
i tlon that the trustees shall lay the foundation
If OF the ediice during the approaching fall, and
n spend annually towards the building S25 900
|. until completed. The value of the land is es.
II timated at $4,000. The Judge has also
Il made a handsome donation to the new Thr.
i teeenth street Baptist church in Washing
a ton.
- PAsHA ATTENDING CHuRcu. A letter
" from Jerusalem states that on recent Sab