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MICAJtH MANGCS

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RstsS5 lse list hes Just received from the ., a
UTf{1sy ss afacture5s a lot Of z 4 4
AliL-lPTEETH, OF all shades and SEES
which will be inserted on the best material sES IN
the most substantial manner. Be also L@5i.st'
fills aud Regulates Teeth with gentie3eas shd I''-
goughness. All work warranted.
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e. TELLA ~ IL A w l. So Opened n large
~ lot of handsome Stella shaws, TO which we
vlte tn attention Of those in want.
JOHNSON HARDWOOD
apSI No n Main NJ
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In oaona,Na TEckrrs os CEgrlFcArEs'

Enclose the money 10 our address Ter the Tickets
ordered on receipt Of which they viii be forwarded
py first mail Purchasers can have Tickets ending
In any figure they nney designate.
Tbs Let of Drawn Numbers and Prizes will be
sent 10 purchasers immediately after the drawing.
Esy- Purchasers will please write their signatures
plein and give their Pcss Office, Couuty and State
gxy- Remember that every Prize is drawn ana ;ay.
able in full without deduction.
s- All prizes of & 900 and under paid INN adi-
stely after the drawiGs-othsr priaeo at the usual
time of thirty days
All communications strictly confidential.
Address orders for 2ickets or Certificates 10
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= $50 g. CHA&GE gE HOgsI.S-
Sza1zz.4zzss3s.. CAPT Jno Davis, Will on and after
Thursday morning next, "a April. leeve The wharf
st Rockets every ATUROAY, TUESDAY and
THURSDAY mornings, regularly at ST o'clock, pre-
cisely, for tsmouth ans Norfolk, ard return each
alternate dag, (Suntey's excepted) leaving Norfolk
the hour 81 o'c!ock touching at all the re
gular landings On the River, going and returning.
NH 5l-ts L. o. EA2KINS.
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'afHS 9TnEc's NUGiGEs--S. L. @emEle, Of
i this city having by Deed OF Truss, of this
date duly recorded in the Eus:ingI Court conveyed
to for thu bsneiC CT his creditors his stock of
Drugs end Medicines at his Drug Store, No. 2G2 Main
street, and all debtd cue to him. all PERSON. ind sbtsa
20 him requested TO make prompt payment.
The entire stock is offered for SALE privately,
der the provEions of the deed. The business OF
strong Inducements % 2 Druggist.
Under authodty conferred by tina deed, have ap-
pointed the said Benple my sgent, to SELL az RETAIL
and to eoiest the debts
P. H. GIBSON, T-uatee.
Richmond March 25, 1857 NH 26--in
NENwHAgV, QUARhhs o. co, have
a. opened III their new houes, No. 229 Broad ST.,
ansntIe nsw stock of
SPRING DRY GOODS,
Ard prepared to sell every BODY who viii favor
thsnl with call In our store will be found large,
cheap snd well assorted stock Of
STAPLE AND FANCY GOODS.
Adapted to the present season. We hsve
Plain Poult D'Soi and Go De Rhine Silks
Ficunce Silk Robes
Granadine sud Berage Flounec Robes
Berage Chenille Robes
Plain R3raseE ard mouslins
OmbIe ard Striped ChAl,ie De T.alnss
Grape De Paris and rsmartines
Beautiful OTgaldie and Lawn Robes
Printed Jeconets and Briiliants
Together with an elegant assortment of Emhro'ie-
rles OF every description. Goods for Gents, Eoys'
and Servants alGo fine assortment of House
keeping Goods We solicit our friends and the pub
tic 10 examine our atock.
ap Sim CRENsHAyV. QUARLEsG co
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ULoTHgNG asTAaLIrHmaNT,

VAy-sAs4LTN -Ll5A'N u ~ 4WGNEe1.
"a PRESG GOODS FOR Iss5,-
a The suhscrber mas inst received his sp-laz
~ Stock of Clothins sud gentemens Furnizatus
--zk2~ Goods consisting Of every article Of gecfts-
rnens' wesring apparel, well az a large and f.ps.
fonsble assortment Of Spring Clo,hs, Csssin7 80
Vestings &C. &c, which ne 10 prepared to roas- o
measure, at the shortest notice, and in tho most
fashionable style, not to be surpassed By any
(. z. SPENCE, No 121, sornero
pnl Main md l3ih "a
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~ A list OF the numbers that are drawn fl ON the
wheel with the amount of the prize tbs each on is
entitled will be publi'hed after every drawing
in the following papers: New Orleans Delta Mobile
Register, Charleston Standard, Nashville Gazette
Atlanta IntelIisencsr, rew York Weekly Day Book
and Savanlsh Morning News ap 20
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gTLLE @ON * 'EG&AYE40Et.
IL SASH AND BLIND MAKERS,
On 2n3 street, beta Broad and Marshall streets.
TO THE PUBLIC i paid no attention to the
warning, Beware Of the third time" and having
been burnt that oftenthe and the last IosiUg
ALL having insureacsI have concluded TO try the
fourth, end now cali on my former patrons both in
the city aud countryto give call before purshes-
ina e!gawbere. promise TO give SUBTRACTION, both
20 quality snd prise.
ELLYSON i TRAYLOR, 2a st.,
NH 2S-Ir Between Marshall and Broad.
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s1DETASLk GAS APFASApUS Hay
a ing received the exclusive agency for the State
Of Firginis from the Maryland Portable Gas Comps-
n.y. for the sale Of their raaChines we are now
pared 20 contract for their erection
The machine is remarkable for It's extreme aim
piicity, its safety aud ecoIomy half cent per
burner for n hours consumption, is large estimate
for this 9arwhe il Illuminating qua lites it ia not
surpassed by the Goal Gss of any city in the UuioL
II IS well adapted for Private Eouses, Factories,
bchoo's Colleges, Churches and watering places
and provides. what in ctiss is considered an iuds.
penssbie luxury. gOod gas light. ct much less ex-
penss than is paid for Oil or Candles
AnY inform aJlon on the Eubject MAJ be obtsined
ty addTeasiug 6rERElNS n PULLEN
NH ihi Erosd street
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The So bscrberR, who are the surviving partners Of
the late firm of Aug. Anderson L Co, will wa6 ND
the busiuess ef that firm without further DELAY aud
will be obliged TO ell tioss indebted to them to rnahe
prompt payment. ALE1lUS GREEN,
JhO. A. HAYES,
s0ryiyiag Partners of the late firm OF
fe 2-Sm Aug. Anderson L Co.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-05-23

ORIGIN OF CoAL.-Dr. David Dale Owen.
In recent lecture at Vinceunes upon Apri.
cultural Chemistry incidentally alludes to The
origin OF coal. The Doctor is O believer in
the theory of the vegetable origin of coal
but, ia the language of the GaseHe. is an
advocate of the more modern and rational
idea that coal is the condensation of the So
lidltcation of the vast volumes of the carbon.
ic gases that surround the world before the
temperature Of the earth and its atmosphere
had been reduced to support animal life. 1t
was the gradual reduction of temperature.
and the absorption OF the carbonic gases
so iatal to animal life-into vegetables and
woods, and the condensation of them into
those vast store-houses of luel-of coal stra-
ta-for the future use Of man, that prepared
the earth first for the rougher animals, and
finally for habitaton of man This is uu
doubtedly the true theory, and most beauti-
FULLY illustrates the benificent providence of
the Creator, who transformed the most fatal
substance to mans existence in the early
periods OF the world, to be one of the chiefest
blessings in the maturer ages Of the ca rth
when man should be fitted for and need its
use. And thus are all apparent evils upon
earth made in His infinite providence, the
basis OF great good to these subjects Of the
Divine government.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-05-23

MENTAL EXCITEMENT Bad news weakens
the action of the heart, oppresses the lungs,
destroys the appetite, stops digestion, and
partially suspends all the functions of the
system. An emotion Of shame fushes the
face; fear blanches it; joy iluminates it !;
and an instant thrill electrifes million Of
nerves. Surprise spurs the pulse into
gallop. Delirum infuses great energy. Vo-
lition commands, and hundreds of muscles
spring to execute. Powerful emotion often
kills the body at stroke. Chilo, Diageras
and Sophoces died of joy at the Grecian
games. The news of defeat killed Philip V.
The door-keeper of Congress expired pom
hearing OF the surrender of CORVALLIS. Emf.
nent public speakers have often died in the
midst of an impassioncd burst of eloquence
or when the deep emotion that produced it
suddenly subsided. Largrave, the young
Partisan, died when he heard that the musical
prize for which he had competed was adjrdged
to another.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-05-23
OLD SERIES, VOL. IL. NO35.

BRAIN WoRK.-Of oil daily toll for bread.
the hardest toll is that Of the BRAIN What
can be more wearing to mind and body, than
70 oe called on, imperiously and unspariDgly,
week and daily, for certain amount of work,
which must be done; but the doing of which
depends, not upon the will to do it alone. not
upon the muscles of the body, nor the quick.
ness of the eye, the cunning Of the hand; but
upon the most delicately organized, the most
nervously susceptible, and the least certain
part oil us-our brain to be Obliged to
spin yards of that delicate woof, to order,
exhaustlng energy, health. life itself, in the
process to know that the bread OF wife and
children depend upon our faculty to produce
from this loom; whether the machinery be
rlght or wrong, In or out of working trim
even though some of the belts be relaxed by
sickness, the springs rusted, ond the screws
loosening the cog wheel Jared and out Of
place Yet This poor Hood had to do, weekly,
daily and spite Of sickness and suffering, he
did it bravely and manfully, and with cheer
ful heart.-G. Vdndenhof.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-05-23
Dun1orous,

WoMAN.-lt is seldom that Julius Caesar
lianniba! says anything worth quoting, but
the following is not bad
"Dey may rail against women as much as
dey like, dey can't set me up against dem. /
hab alwbys in my life found dem to be fust in
lub, fustin quarrel, fust in de dance de fnst
in de ice-cream saloon, and de fust best and de
last in de sick room. What would we poor
debbils do wldout dem Let us be born as
young, as ugly, and as helpless as we please,
and woman's arm am open 10 rocebe us.
She 1t am who CUBS US our fust dose oh castor
oil, and puts de cloze pom our helpless, naked
limbs. and cubbers our foots ana toses in long
lannen pettcOats; she it ain who as we grows
up, fills our dinner baskets wild doe-nuts and
apples as VIC goes to school, aud licks US when
We tears our trowses."
In the Iunatic Asylum at Utica, says the
Opal, published there Miss Dix passed
through, and young daughter of our house
hold, just started in her teens, made one Of q
cluster called together by the occasion.
Grl-"Who was the lady whom We saw
with the Doctor z"
Lndy.-"That sas Miss Dix, the philan-
thropist."
Grl.-"What is a philanthropist, please 2"
Lady.-"Phlanthrop my dear, is a word
from two Greek Words sgnifyiug lover Of
men"
Girl-"Well then, are not all We women
philanthrcpists p
Matthew Lsnsbery used to say, "If you
wish to have shoe made ofdurable materials
You should make the upper leather OF the
mouth OF a hard Grinker, for that never let's in
water" He did worse than that-he said The
soles should be made of ladies tongues, for
they never wear out. Wasn't he wretch!
A FELLOW went few weeks since. into the
store of a fashionable milliner. "lIaye you
any skirts p asked he. PLENTY of all kinds"
"What do you ask cord p said the chap
"A cord 2" replied the woman. "Y,s, want
about a cord. Up in our diggings the petit
coats has gin out. l see you advertise
corded skirts and thought while my hand
was in, I'd take what you had corded up
The milliner tainted.
A MAN who cheats in short measure is
measureless rogue. If he gives shcrt measure
iu wheat, then he is rogue iu grain. n In
whiskey, then he is rogue in spirit. III he
gives bad title 10 land, then he is rogue
in deed. And is he cheats whenever he can,
he is indeed, in spirit, in grain. measure-lsss
scoundrel.
In Paris ladies wear daggers at their gir-
dies. in America they wear them in their
syss
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-05-23
JAMES BROWNS

G r A NJ A TIC a l. WORK X S,
THE frst book of The Etiit, ly stem OF Eng
sh Grammar. IS cts
The second book Of the Rational system Of
English Grammar. designed to teach the process
of Ansysine the English Language with sound
judgment and the art Of using it with gram
matical propriety. 81 cts.
These works are now used in the Public
Schools in the first School District Of Pennsyl
yania.
The third book of the Rational System Of Eng
lish Grammar, designed to enable the learner to
become most thoroughly acquainted with the
nature and use of the Propositions, and may be
read by him either in or out of school. soc
BROWNS Grammatical Reader. This Book
GETS aside the old Grammars exposes their defects
demonstrates the little use Of attending to them,
and presents to the teacher the unerring and
only way to the Grammar Of the English Ian.
guage. 315 cts.
For sale by Peter Grifec, lis Arch Street,
Philadel phia.
February 81, 1857 jim VS.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-05-23

arts, instructions and customs, were almost
the same as those Of the Chinese. BY
careful examination and contrasting of both
histories. inquiring minds will not doubt in
the least that the Chinese discovered this
Continent thousand years earlier than any
other nation.
Most people in California have noticed the
slmiltude existing between the Indians ard
Chinese, both in feature, and the accent of
their monosyllable dialects. and from nv own
experience. find that they are nearly the
same. The Chinese accent can be traced
throughout the Indian language; though the
most of the Digger Indians with whom /
have corversed, speak a great deal of the
ancient A ztec language. Not wishing to
pursue this subject much further at present,
/ will transcrlbe few words for the purpose
of showing the analogy as folloHa.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-05-23

How TO MAZE WHITEwAsH.-As the sea-
son OF the the year when considerable white.
washing is performed, is near at hand, We
give the following receipt for making the COM
position, which is said TO be tirst-rate; Take
clran barrel that will hold water, put into
il bali Sushel sf qncklIue, and slack il by
pouring over il boiling water sufficient to
cover it four or five inches drep and stirring
it until quite Stacked dissolve in water and
add two pounds Of suiphate Of zinc and one
Of common salt which cause the whitewash
to harden on the wood work, in few days !;
add sufficient water to bring it the consisten-
cy of thick whitewash TO make the above
wash of II pleasant cream color, add 3pouuds
yellow ocher, For lawn color, add 4 pounds
umber ponnd India red, and pound lamp
black. For gray or stone color, add bonnds
raw umber and pounds lanIpblack. The
color may be put on with a common white
wash brush, and will be found much more dura-
BILE than common whtewash.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-05-23
A Snake Tale.

Says tho lawyer: animals sometimes very
nearly, approach reason in their cunning"
r. II got Interested 10 the study or svfpents
down in Arkansas. where ! spent the most of
last year. | don't know why, but was con.
stantly watching them and testing their su-
gacity, by placing them 10 new situations, and
surrounding them with novel expediments.-
Of all kinds expert mented most with rat.
tlesnakes and copperheads
Zone afternoon | seated myself on little
knoll in the woods TO smoke and read-for
always bad book or newspaper with me-and
had been enjoying myself for some time, when
] espied q copperhead making for hole with
in ten feet where ! sat or course | threw
down my book and cigar. and proceeded to
try new experiment. A soon us | stirred
the rascal made u rush for the hole; but !
caught his tail as be got nearly 10 and jerked
him some twenty feet backward lie threw
himself into coil in no time and
waited for me TO pitch in But concluded
not to let him try his hole again. After n
while he started for it, stopping when stir
red to coil himself up; but as ! kept pretty
quiet he recovered confidence aud again went
in. Again jerked him out. No sooner did
he hit the ground than he made u grand rush
Tor the hole in a straight line for my legs -
But that didn't work, for got out Of the way
and gave him another flint!
This time be lay still awhile appearing 10
reflect on the course tn be taken After n
time he tried it again though rather slowly
After getting his head little way in, he
stopped and wiggled his tail, us ir on purpose
for me TO grab it. l did so; and quicker
than fash ha drew his head out and came
within about u quarter Of an inch Of striking
NE in the face. However, j.rked him quite
a distance, aud resolved TO look ont next
time. Well. he tried the same game again,
but 1t wouldn't work-l was too quick ior
him.
This time he lay in coil half an hour with.
out stirring. At last be, however. he tried
once more. He advanced to within five feet
OF the hole very slowly, coiled again, and
then. by heavens got the the start Of me by
one OF the cutest tricks you ever heard of.
GLOW was il, ?" we all exclaimed in one
breath.
"Why, said the narrator, sinking his voice
to the acme of solemnity, and looking as hon
est and as sober as man could look, "why
he turned his head toward my hand. and went
down that hole tail first !"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-05-23

YANKEE FIGHrING.-The Memoir of Sir
Charles Napier, just published in England
contains many passages interesting to Ameri
cans. We select couple of paragraphs
When at Bermuda, in 1913, with his req.
ments, Colonel Napier, writing to his mother
says: Two packets are due, and we fear they
have been taken, for the Yankees swarm
here; and when u frigatc goes out to drive
them of, by Jove they take her! Yankees
fight well, and are gentlemen in their mode
Of warfare. Decatur refused Gardens sword,
saying. Sir. you have used 1t SO well,
should be ashamed TO take it from you."-
These Yankees, though so much abused, are
really fine fellows. One, an acquaintance Of
mine, has just got the Macedonian he was
here prisoner, and dined with ne. he had
taken one of our ships, but was himself taken
10y the Poctiers. seventy four, being now in
an English frigate il he meets us we must
take him, or We are no longer sovereigus on
the ocean"
From Bermuda Charles Napier sailed for
America, and became engaged in some Of the
daring and disastrous operations carried on
against the Americans by the Government
over which King George III. exercised a
despotic power. The bush method Of warfare
struck him as cowardly, and US for the system
of loading cannon TO the mouth with odds
and ends OF OLD non, il was his adherence =
Seven thousand men are at Baltimore, and
we have no such force; still my opinion is,
that if we tuck up our sleeves and lay our
ears back We may thrash them that is, if We
caught them out Of their trees, so as to slap
at them with the bayonet They will not
stalid that. But they fight unfairly firing
jagged pieces of iron and every sort of devil
ment. nails. broken pokers, old locks Of guns,
gun barrels, every thing that will do mischief.
On board twentyg gun ship that we took, ]
found this sort of ammunition regularly Pre-
ared.-Tbis is wrong. Man delights TO be
killed according to the law Of nations; and
nothing so pleasant and correct; bat to he
doused against all rule is qnte offensive. We
don't then kick like gentlemen. A "a 10.
shot in the stomach is fne We die heroic
ally; but brass candles stick for stuiling.
with garnish of rusty two-penny nails
makes US die ungcnteelly, and with the
cholic."
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-05-23

FOUNTAIN OF BLOOD IN A CANERS.-E G.
Squre's notes on Central America describes
wonderful eilusiCn of n fluid resembling
blood near the town Of Nltud in the state
Of Honduras. 1t appears That theie is con
tnually ouzing aud dropping from the root
of cavern there a red liquid, which upon
falling coagulates so as TO precisely resemble
blood. Like blood it corruptS, insects de-
posit their lary@ in il, and dogs aud buzzards
resort to the cavern to eat it. Attempts
have several times been made TO obtain some
of this liquid for the purpose OF anal yss,
but in oil cases without success in consc-
quence OF its rapid decomposition, whereby
the bottles containing it were broken.
The small cavern or grotto durlrg the day
is visited by huZZards aud hawks and Al night
by a multitude of vampire bats for the pur-
pose Of feeding on the unnatural blood 1t
is situated on the bCrder of riyulet, which
it keeps Redeemed with a small dow Of the
liquid which has the color, taste aud smell OF
blood In approaching the grOtto a disagree
able odor is observed, aud when tits reached
there may be seen pools Of the apparent
blood in a state of coaguation.
The peculiarites Of this liquid are consid-
cred due to the rapid generation OF this
grotto Of some very prolific species OF infn-
sorio. The California State Journal, remark
ing on the above, observes that the eSfero OF
the town Of Monterey contains species oi
blood red infusoria, (the Larvae OF water
insects) which nj certain seasons OF the year
smell precisely like fresh fish, or on exposure
in a vessel, like putrit fish. In some seasons
it has been found dried in fakes, and of the
intense color Of ermilou.-Scientifc Ameri-
can,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-05-23

PLURALITY OF WoRLDs,-A writer in the
Ediuburg Review says that the idea Of plu.
ralily Of worlds has been gradually developed
TIL men have come TO believe that not only
planets, but also the shining stars Of the
boundless armament in al! their countless
myriads, must be seats both of life aud Of SEN
sicnt intelligence, capable Of enjoying and
employing its faculties and attributes. Mo-
dern astronomy has also gone ont far beyond
the boundary Of the star hrmanent and there
it has described, lying in immeasurube dis
tance, faint dclinits clouds offimy light. which
even to good telescopes look, as they float in
the chasm of darkness, Ike whisps of pale
phospherescent mist. At first these. were
taken to be the vaporous comets OF the re-
mote universe. and they were called "nebuae'
by their discoveries. In process of time
however. as the construction of the telescope
was rendered more perfect it was found that
some OF these light clouds were really clouds
of stars.
How finite is man, and how infinite the
Creator!
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-05-23

INFLUENCE OF A LITERARY TAsTE.-To n
young man away from home, frie endlcssand for
lorn in great city, the hours of peril are
those between sunset and bedtime for the
moon and stars see more evil in single hour
than the sun in bis whole days circuit. The
poets visions OF evening are all composed of
tender and soothing images. 1t brings the
wanderer to his home, the child to his mothers
arms, the OK to his stall, and the weary la
borer to bis rest But TO the gentle hearted
who is thrown upon the rocks of o pitiess
city, and "strands homeless amid thousand
nomes, the approach OF evening brings with
it an aching sense of loneliness and desolatlon
which comes down upon the spirit like dark
ness upon the earth. In this mood his best
impnIses become a snare to him, and he is led
astray because he is social, ahectionate. SYM
pathetic, and warm-hearied II there be O
young man thus circumstanced within the
sound Of my voice, let me say to him that
books are the friends oflhe irienlless and that
library is home to the homeless. A taste
FOR reading will carry you TO converse with
men who will instruct you by their wisdom and
charm you 10y their wit-who will soothe you
when weary, counsel you when perpexed, and
sympathise with you at all times. Evil spirits,
in the middle uges, were exercised and driven
away by bell, book and candle, and you want
but two of these agents, the book and the
candle.-GKogGE S. liILlIARD.