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Polynesian., 1857-08-15
The New Prison.

his building is now finished and ready to receive all
hctOrs who entitled to that privilege from the
gnment.
although an account of the building appeared in this
na some time back, still as the ed6ce is now fully
1etel and additional information CLEANED respecting
We take upon ourselves to lay before our readers
i0sei description of the whole edifce, trusting
tnme of our friends viii have the honor of being
mates Of its hOsptable walls.
The location of the building IS probably one of the
s healthy in or near Honolulu. 1t is in direct
With Nuuanu Valley, and consequently receives
ne being ne impediments in the way-the refreshing
s winds at all times
be space of ground enclosed by the walls, which are
ere feet high, is l65 feet long and l45 feet wide.
centre or main building is ~ feet square, and con-
s basement of feet high. This has three fire
A solitary cells, besides accommodations for all the
7SonS required. On the first floor there is hall
@i Tlde dividing the building each way through the
die, containing four Offices, each Is feet square.
the second floor the building is divided into large
ms Tor the residence of the wardens, officers, sc.
Ts are two wings running out FROM the main build
extending to the boundary walls, 81 feet long and
@ei vide; each wing contains 81 cells, feet by 8
an1 each cell will hold two prisoners In the rear
lie gard there is stone kitchen Is feet by "a feet,
Amn5 all the appartenances for cooking food for all
laates. There is likewise reservoir in the yard,
q Is capable of holding 400 bbls. of water, and
SpPled through pipes from the reservoir in Nuuanu
AFg' The prison will accommodate 140 prisoners.
aAapS the most convenient feature in the whole of
arrangements is that the sentinel, who is stationed
F nall Of the first floor, can, at one glance see the
every cell in the building. The whole cost has
SAeeded q 900 dollars. 1t will be occupied in a
/ a1ys Oy the prisoners, and those of our readers
nave time we would recommend to so and see for
H2selyes
Polynesian., 1857-08-15
An Invitation

.lisu 70 the heat and the dust of the city,
lodging, my friend, mid the groves of Waikiki
rap must not be of fastidious mind
ere the salt wave comes rolling and rushing along,
e the wind through the trees makes perpetual song
residence there's sure cure for lumbago,
Is the best place for ducks on this archipelago.
tbe sun Ger the mountain has shed his first beam,
II nav swim in the brine, or 60 dip ia the stream,
2 and pigs are abundant and swarm all around,
bile the tonp-tOm gives out its monotoncus sound
! fsas you can scare off by keeping awake
Bat there, you had better come and see for yourself
Polynesian., 1857-08-15
Lock out for Burglars.

monday night last the store of Mr.. Waterhouse in
'uu valley was entered, and certain clothing stolen
sr0m which, from its peculiar quality, will proba
'aa 10 the apprehension of the burglars. The
'aS opened by false keys by the door in the back.
nAlu OF 500 has been offered by Marshal Parke
apprehension of the guilty parties, and We sin
they will soon be ferreted out, and receive
Sp.o punishment they richly deserve
writing the above, three cinnamon have been
EsS uuea on strong suspicion of being the guilty
NO Tor committing the robbery, and the third
vins the same knowing it to have been stolen.
nr;.aI VI the stolen property has been recovered.
s''SOners are in close confinement
Polynesian., 1857-08-15

Great complaints are daily being made by those for
tunate gentlemen, who, certain conditions, We're
enabled to purchase the body and services of these val
liable servants of all work, their arrival at these
islands some long time back. One gentleman informed
the other day, that he had of these celestial be-
ings who, for the last year and half had not done
one days work for him; still he had to find him lOdg
ing and food, and occasionally was called upon to pay
doctors bill Another gentleman who present at
the tme stated that he had two his hands Of the
same craft, although not sick, And willingly" said
he, will pay their passage to China, and find them
in rice, if only get them to leave my premises
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-09-12
In Town wilh a Pocket Full of Rocks

A Tennessee planter lately visited New
Orleans, and stopped at the st. Charles Ho.
tel. and in the course Of week created q
prodigous sensation. He was a stout, plain
looking fellow, and on the trip down from
Memphis contrived to get very drunk so that
from the time he landed in the city until he
left, he carried on like crazy man, paying
Fifty or hundred times the value of every
thing he bought. He gave a colored barber
$40 for shaving him, and refused to take any
change; paid half q dollar for glass of Ii
quor, declined the change, and gave the bar
keeper $50 additional as a free gift On the
latter qeing rejected, the planter crumpled
up the bill, threw it behind the counter and
walked off in rage. He had all his pockets.
stuffed with bank notes Of the denominations
Of hundreds, fitties and twenties, which he
threw away rscklessly. If he ran against a
person he dashed handful of bills in his face
Not satisfied with this he afterwards paraded
about with alinen bag so full of silver that it
bent him down to carry it. Wherever he had
chance, he paid for drinks, &c., with hand.
full Of half dollars. After three days tour
OF this description, be packed up aud travelled
byck to Tennessee, where he belonged. He
is said to be quite wealthy. The suckers
about town are believed to have reaped q
grand harvest out of this poor iuebrlate's
folly.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-09-12
Explanation Of the Punishment of Mus
tineers by Blowing from the Grns.

The following is Brigadier. General CHAM
berlan's address to the 35th Regiment Ma.
tive Light Infantry, on the occasion oil the
punishment Of death being inflicted on two
Sepoys of that regiment on the morpiug of
the 9th of June, 1857 :--"Native officers and
soldiers Of the 35th Light Infshtry-You
have just seen two men Of your regiment
blown from guns. This is the punishment
l will inflict upon all traitors and mutineers,
and your consciences may tell you what pun
lshment the may expext hereafter. These
men have been blofYn from guh, and not
hung, because they were Brahmins, and
wished to save them from the pollution Of the
hangman's (sweepet's) touch, and thus prove
to you that the British Government does not
wish TO inJure your caste and religion. / call
upon you to remember that each one of you
have sworn to be obedent and faithful to
your salt. Fulfil that sacred oath, and not a
hair of your head shall be hurt. God forbid
that should have to take the life of another
soldier. but like you have sworn to be faith
ful and do my duty, and will fulfill my VOW
by blowing away every man guilty of sedition
and mutiny as have done to-day Listen to
no evil counsel, but do your duty as good sols
diers. You all know full well that the re-
ports about the cartridges are lies, propaga-
ted by traitors, whose only desire is to rob
and murder. These scoundrels who profess
to find cows and pigs fat in the cartridges.
no longer think they are forbidden when they
break into mutiny and shoot down women and
children. Subedar Gajadeen Palnek, Sube-
dar Roostum Sing, and Havelda Gunga Deem
Chowby, you have done we'll. / will bring
your conduct to the notice of the Governor
General Of India, who will reward your loyal
ty. Private Rusuphul Sock you heard the
matiRous and seditious language which was
spoken by the Sepoys, and on the court.mar.
tial you would not give evidence. You arc
false to your salt, and shall be punished.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-09-12
Watmal Distorg,
[From the Phladephia Daily News.l
THE CAMEL-ITS INTRODUCTION
TO OUR CONTINENT.

The camel has become beast Of no little
interest to our people, since the subject of
his introduction to the extensive aud arid
plains of the West and Southwest, has been
agitated. He is strong and enduring crea.
ture, and well calculated to traverse the vast
tract of country lying between our western
settlements and the Pacific Coast. lie exists
several days without either food or water, and
the physical arrangement by which this end
is attained, is exceedingly cufious. The
camel has series of cells in his stomach, in
which experiment proves he carries conside-
rable quantities of water, and which is kept
separate from the food Besides these re-
servors Of water, the animal is provided with
| a storehouse of solid nutriment, on which he
can draw for supplies, long after every diges-
| tible particle has been extracted from the
| stomach. This storehouse consists of one or
two large collections of fat, stored up in
| ligamentous cells, supported by the spines OF
called humps. When the animal is in re-
gion of fertility, the hump becomes plump
and expanded but after protracted journey
| it striyels up and is greatly reduced in size
| Surely such an admirable adaptation to the
| physical characteristics of the locality, to
which the animal belongs, is very curious, and
shows in an eminent degree how wisely the
Creator has ordered things here as we'll as
| elsewhere.
There are other characteristics which fit
| the camel for the localities of which he is q
| native, aud hence TO the purpose for which
he has been brought to our continent from
his far-off home in the East. The nostrils
are narrow. oblique Sits, defended with hail
at their edges, and protected with sphincteI
muscle like the eye-lids, SO that they can be
| closed ut pleasure. This action is necessary
to the exclusion of the fine sand which il
drifted along in clouds by the srrocos of the
Desert. The expanded sole of the foot, too
elastic as o cushion, prevents the leg from
sinking in the sand while the long joints
aud lofty tread also enable him to get ovel
the soft surface he treads with rapid progress
The camel is truly, in the beautiful meiapho
rical language Of the East, "the Ship oil thu
Desert"
Touching the camels which have been ob
tanned from the East, and which are now il
Texas, the first lot was brought over b.
Major Henry Q. Wayne, of the U. S. Army
They embraced thirty-three animals, and ar
what is known as the Arabian camel. The
! are fsvorits beasts both for burden and 70
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-09-12
Manure Around Trees.

Mr.. FnEAs,-A little practical information
on the subject Of putting manure around trees
may be of great advantage 10 farmers and
Others, by preventing them from killing trees
by putting too much manure about the roots.
Mulching trees of all kinds to make them
more thrifty, is prncticed to great extent.
and has been found go beneficial that is is a
wonder that every person wishing to obtain
fine fruit or shade trees, has not adopted the
plan.
In the following, / make no allusion to that
beneficial practice, but to pernicious prac-
tce of throwing large heaps of manure at the
roots Of trees. A farmer in this vicinity, in
one instance, when hauling out his manure,
.hrew il around the trunk Of large chestnut
tree, where it was left for more than two
weeks, when it was removed; but in a few
days the leaves began to wither and turn yell
low, and the tree died. Germantown Iele-
graph.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-09-12

FATAL Collision. Thursday afternoon
a collision occurred between two passenger
trains, on the Galena aud Chicago Railroad,
near Wheaton, Illinois, whereby Mr Sargent
the baggage master, was instantly killed and
two passengers, a man and a woman, wer0
very badly injured. The engines were smash
ed to pieces.
PorAroEs IN MAINE.-The very best pota'
toes are sold in Bangor Me, nj As cents per
bushrl. This does not look as il there was
much Of 1.-THE rot" in that section.
Mrs. Weston OF Bridgeport, Con-, left her
husband and two children last Monday aud
eloped with a,rian named Greg. The deser4
ted husband was much attached to his wife
and declares that he is willing to receive her
back if she will return. The parties are all
respectfully connected.
DEsrucrrtE HABIrs.--1t is said that the
early bird picks up the worm but gentlemen
who smoke and ladies who dance--til three
or four in the morning, will do well to cons'd'
er that the worm also picks up the early
bird.
A minister who had received number OF
calls, and could scarcely decide which was the
best, asked the advice ofs faithful old African
servant, who replied--"Master, go where
there is the most devil"
Mrs. Jameson say-"The bread OF life ii
love the salt of life is work. the sugar Of
life, poetry the water of life, faith"
Hand us the bread md sugar; never Mid,
the salt.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-09-12

DoN'T Talk TOO MucH.-The following
from the Liverpool Post may serve as use
fal warning to physicians and other given to
talking too much
DIR. Locock, the Queens physician was per-
portiIy dismiss from further attendance
on the royal family, where he has been
hitherto admitted on terms Of familiar inter.
Course. His salary $4,000 per sunum, a royal
present on each safe delivery of the Queen,
and large practice among the nobility is no
small loss. The doctor has made every effort
towards reconciliation but the Queen remains
iueXorable. 1t seems that it came to the
Queens ears that DR.. Locock was given to too
much talking, and that though she told Prince
Albert that his habit Of sleeping between the
blankets was "a vulgar, dirty Dutch practice,
she did not care to have it told abroad.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-09-12
, "pown wont the corpse with hollow plunge,

| "Down won't the corpse with hollow plung
And vanished in the pool; sl,. ..
Anon l cleansed my bloody hands,
Aud washed my forehead cool.
And sat among the urchins young ,.
That evening in the scooll
"Oh, Heaven to think of their white souls
And mine so black and grim
I cond not share in childish prayer,
Nor join in evening hymn:
Like devil Of the pit seemed,
Mid holy cherubim
"A nd peace went with them one and all,
And each calm pillow spread
But Guilt was my grim chamberlain
| That lighted me to bed,
A nd drew my midnight curtains round,
With fingers bloody red
! "All night lay 10 agony,
In anguish dark and deep;
My fevered eyes dared not close,
But stared aghast at sleep;
For sin had rendered unto her
The keys of hell TO keepl
"All night lay in agony,
From weary chime to chime,
With one besetting horrid hint.
That racked me all the time
A mighty yearning like the first
Fierce impulse unto crime - ...
| zone stern tyrannic thought, that made
All other thoughts its slave:
Stronger and stronger every pulss
Did that temptation crave
Still urging me TO go and see
The dead man in his grave!
Heavily rose up, as soon
AS light was in the sky,
And sought the black accurse6 pool
With wild misgiving eye;
And I saw the dead in the river bed.
For the faithlsss stream was dryl
"Merrily rose the lark, and shook
The dew drop from its wing;
But never marked its morning fight
never heard it sing:
For / was STOPPING once again
Under the horrible thing.
with breathless speed, like soul in chase
took him up and ran
There was no time to dig grave
Before the day began:
10 lonesome wood, with heaps OF leaves,
hid the murdered man
"And all that day read in school,
But my thought was other where /!
AS soon as the midday task was done
In secret l was there;
And a mighty wind had swept the leaves,
And O still the corse was bare
"Then down cast me on my face.
And first began to weep,
For knew my secret then was one
That earth refused to keep;
Or land or sea, though he should be
Ten thousand fathoms deep!
$50 wills the fierce avenging sprits--
Till blood for blood atones.
Ay, though he's buried in a cave.
And trodden down with stones,
And years have rotted off his flesh.
The world shall see bis bores
ooh God, that horrid, horrid dream
Besets me now awakel
A Again-again, with a dizzy brain,
The human life | take;
And my red hand grows raging hot
Like Cranmer's at the stake.
And still no peace for the restless clay
Will wave or mould allow;
The horrd thing pursues my soul
1t stands before me now !"
The fearful boy looked up and saw
Huge drops upon his brow
That very night, while gentle sleep
The urchin's eyelids kissed,
Two stern-faced men set out from Lynn,
Through the cold and heavy mist;
And Eugene Aram walked between
With gives upon his wrists.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-09-12
Indies Dress Goods.
HARDWARE and aUEENswARE,
PATENT WHEEL GREASE.

yu1HIs Grease is recommended to the notice OF
Wagoners, Livery Stable keepers, &c', as
being supEHIoR to anything OF the Kind ever m
troduced. AS it does not gum upon .he aiies
much more durable, and is not affected by
,hs weather, remaining the same in summer a.
= winter, and put up in tn oanisters at s15 and
- cents, for sale by a.
Nash "a, issSs~
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-09-12
LOCUST MOUNTAIN CoLL1ERY
SUPERIOR WHITE A IL

LOCUST MUM lAiN
SUPERIOR WHITE A > Ii
ANTHRACITE Coal,
.. an. Mammoth Vein, for Furn aces, Found
ries. Steamboats, and Family use'
BELL, LEWIS = co..
~, C,nxxL. .NonruUMBsRLAspC CouKrr, "a
SIZES OF COAL.
srMP. for Blast Furnaces and CuPolas,
STEAMBOAT, for Steamboats,. Hot a"
gurnaces and Steam.
sne snoKEN' For Crates, Stoves and s''''
sTOVE, For Stoves, Steam and burning
pEI for I.;meburners and making Steam.
Oder, received at Mt. Carmel or Northum-
.arl,nd Wharf. will receive prompt attention.
M. b. BELL,
D.J. J.LEWIS,
WILLIAM MUIR.
May ;, lssc.-u
o. OF u a M
c.UNBURY COUNCIL, No. 30, o. OF Z. a.
= NJ. meets every Tr1sDAr evening IN inc
American Hall, opposite E. Y. bngh's s'o,e'
Market street, Snnbury, Pa. Members o' 'n'
''''' NJ. l.. SIIINDEL, G.
S.S.HRSpRIcKs, r. s.
Sunbury, Jan. S, ls51.-oct 2o' o.
vNASHINGTON CAMP, No. 10 j.. .. OF
w holds its stated meetings every THURSDAY
,,sning, in the American Hall, Market street,
sunbuIy. .,,,ScIrp p
ny. FRILIxo, r. 8.
sunSury, July 5, 1871.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-09-12
IMMENSE EXCITEMENT!! J!
Revolution in the Dry Goods Business u!
r = 81, r. KLINE,

p.srectfulIy announce to their friends and the
,,h,ic in general that they have received at their
ktors in Timer Augusta township, Northumoer-
Ia county Pa, at Kline Grove their Spring
- Summer GOODS, and opened TO the public
+. general assortment of merchandize &C,
Consisting in part Of Cloths, black ana fancy
Cas- mers, Satinetts, Checks, Kentucky Jeaha
,ope,hsr with a general assortment OF spring
and Summer Goods adapted to all classes Oh per-
sons. ,.r c.,I
Ready made Clothing, consisting Of Css's ana
Vests.
Ladies Dress Goods,
Summer Shawls, Ginghams, Lawns, Dueais'
Cslicoes, black Silks DC. -.
Also a fresh supply of Drugs and Medicines
Groceries &C.. of all kinds.
A new supply Of Hardware. Queensware'
wooden ware Brooms DC.
A large assortment of Boots and Shoes sui'a'
hls for men women and children.
HATS AND CAPS.
School Books, Stationery, Envelopes, Ink &c.
FIsHAN SALT.
And all goods usually kept in country s'ore'
Come and see Come one, come all.
The public are respectfully Invited TO can anu
sramins our stock before purchasing elsewhere
An of the above named stock OF goods VIII DC
,old positively at low prices for cash. OF III e1'
CHANGE for country produce at the highest mar
ket price. ,r;o,
Thankful for past favors we nope oy s'''os
attention to business to merit cohuhua"e' VI
KIine's Grove, Pa, May l6, lo57.-tf
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-09-12

The body of the son of Napoleon !. is ssoou
to be brought to Paris.
New hay sells at Chicago ate4a ton. The
old in june sold at $40.
The cruises OF our national vessels are TO
be shortened from three to two years
Extensive frauds have been discovered in
Portugal in the manufacture OF vine.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-09-12
e. 3. MAssER,
ATTORNEY AT l. A W.

eUNBURV, No,.
.,,.ndsd to in the Counties OF NOT,
,,nmhsrIanJ. Union, Lyconing M0n'ou' anu
Columbia.
References in Phi'ddelph'a;
Hon. Job r. TIson, Sni,h Co.
eouers 4 Snodgrass, L'"f S
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-07-11

NOVELS AND TALES following
extract is made from an article on Amer.
ican Literature in the Presbyterian Quar-
terly Review for June Ia ~ yfssIos
Many Of the novels and tales that
yearly spawns from the press. written by
strong minded woman or weak, minded
men. defy criticism and are beneath con-
tempt. They are false in sentiment and
vicious in style; and. next to the adver.
tisement of patent medicines. The worst
thing we read OF. We seed Sous Pope
to lash the ounces: some Clifford 70, anui-
hilate the Rosa Matilda school; some By
ron TO consume with lava stream Of
scorn all cant and cockneyism. T. -, =.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-07-11
GbansbilI, qaIp yse!nlrnall. 4
The Cove,nuent and its Fuuction.

u = p
Looking upon government as neces.
SHY, we oguht ,o have good opinion Of it;
and so we do, but within very narrow
limits, and for certain very specific Pur-
poses. AS to its fetching and carrying:
its pulling down and building up. its un-
dertaking to do any business, we are
becoming more and more skeptical every
day. The Post Office shines very dimfy
now alongside Of the Express companies
for the prompt and secure conveyance Of
letters and parcels, and bids fair tosuffer
a. total eclipse before the superior energy
and trustworthiness. of private enterprise.
If we could practically get rid of the
Post-office department by the substitu-
ton of an Improvement, which would
perform more and better labor for. less
money, we shall become beneactors ofths
people, in the sense of having conferred
direct and msnifest benefit in, doing
and saving. But there would be q great
deal more ia such change: the pubic
would indirectly be still further indebt-
ed to the reformer who introduces this
new and superior order into State affairs.
We should get rid of the most pervading
and omnipotent means Of official infu-
enee. We have nov to encounter the
corruption Of an, army ofpostmasters
about q hundred thousand strong, with
their families reaching half a million, and
with their relatives and dependents an
entire million.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-07-11

WHAT DOES 1T MEAN.-The Santa Fe
Gazette of the 9Th Of May announces tbs
arrest of Governor Merriwcather. and pro,
ceedings instituted to recover q part O
the RECORDS Of the Office Of the Indian Sn.
periAtendency in Santa Fe. The Cover.
nor. it appears. borrowed the record
containing public correspondence back {
1852, but did not return the volume
Mr.. Ward. the Clerk, finding that !!
could get no satisfactory answer abou
them. and the Governor about to depar
FOR the States, had writ for his arres
taken out, which produced the books
The twenty pages Of official letters haf
been torn from the three volumes an,
destroyed. ''s .'''.l - IL.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-07-11

Suggestive and beautiful were the dying
words OF Goethe:.s0pen the shutters and
let in more light" But not more touching
than those Of the sch master who had
grown old and gray, and with whom the
term time oflife was just closing. fis eyes
grew dim as the shadow of death gath
cred round him, and his thought return
ed. for moment, TO the scene OF his
labor and love. and be anced It winters
afternoon. and the night closing carly in,
and SO dying. he murnured: at is grow
ing dark-the school may be dismissed"
and so. in an instant, the Holiday with
him was begun. = .. 80 &
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-07-11

A FAMOUS HoRsE.--Cossack, tie ho%.
Captain Nolan rode when he was kine
at BaIaklava. Gn the famous CHARGE 1
now the property Of gentleman o
Cincinnati, and arrived in that city las
week. He is gray Arab stallion. six
years old. and fourteen hands high. His
groom, who came with him, is Edward
Slespper. one Of a regiment of 800 Brit.
ish soldiers, who landed in Gallipoli
in February. 1884, He was at Alma.
Baiaklavs. Inkermaun,uni the. siege Of
Sebastopol. and looks, is iszsaid, as 10 he z
was ~inske of oak, lignumyitseoa iron. Z