Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-11-07

e8 The REIMBURSEMENT oil National
Bank is advocated by the National Intelli-
gencer, New York Times and other journals.
Likewise reorganization Of the whig party.
DAoUERREoTYrEs BY LrourSlSa.-A coun-
trywomau has recently arrived in Paris from
thodepartment OF ofSeine-et. Marue, who should
be presented TO the Academy Of Sciences
She was short time. since watching cow
in an open 6eld. when violent storm arose.
She took refuge under tree, which at the
instant, was struck by lightning the COW
was killed and she was felled to the earth
senseless, where she was soon after found, the
storm having ceased with the storm which
felled her. Upon removing her clothing. the
exact image of the COW killed by her side
was found distinctly impressed upon her bo-
som.
A NEw usE FOR THK CHINESE SUGAR CANE
The Boston Journal hos seen specimen Of
wrapping paper made from the fibre of the
Chinese sugar cane in Newton, Mass. 1t
says the specimen proves conclusively that
paper can be made from that plant.
Them is a clerk who has been in the New
York Post-of6ce forty years. He formerly
carried the whole Shouthern mail in a bag
under his arm across the river TO Jersey City.
The same mail now amounts to ten Thousand
pounds daily
A AFRyaE-The New York Post states
that at the late benefit of Miss Charlotte
Cushman, in that city Miss Harriet Hosmer
the eccentric Yankee sculptor, figured on the
Stage in the play of Guy Mannerng as one 81
the gipseys.
Hon. Gerrt Smith is lying quite i'll Of ty
phoid fever and neuralgia at the residence o.
Hon. John Cochrane iD New York city
Everybody will regret this for Gerrit is one O
the excellent of the earth.
ATLANTIC TsLEGRAPn CABLE.-An English
correspondent of a New York paper writei
that the condemned paying out machinery
which cost S50,GO0, now lies on the wharf q
mass of useless ord iron. At the last meet
ing Of Directors, Cyrus w. Field, of New
York, was to have been appointed sole man.
ager.
The Irish depositors ofthe Savings Bapl
at Lawrence, Massachusetts becoming alarm
ed, withdrew their desposits to The amount o
$4,000. and placed them in the bands of ih,
Priest for safe keeping who took the who'll
sum directly back to the Bank and re-depos
tied it.
Queen Victoras Grown weighs three lbe
three ounces and five pennyweights, Troy
1t contains 3093 jewels, one Of which, ruby
was worn in the helmet Of Henry ", at tn
bnttle of Agncourt.
1t is stated that marriage took place i
Fairfax county, Va, on Saturday last. Of
couple who were divorced nine years ago I
the mean time the man has been married an
his wife died. ard on Saturday he was egai
married to his former wife. ...-.
A THouaHTFuL WIFE is PRroELEss TrEA
srRER.-Snch a one has Mr.. Peets. proprie
tor of the Phoenix Hotel, in Lansingburg, \
Y, which was destroyed by fire the other day
lie has learned to his surprise. that his wifi
had Effected On insurance of fifteen hundre
dollars on his property, with her "pin money,
unknown to him.
The Boston Post estimates The entire wealt
of the United States, rs an estate, at S22
000,000,000. This includes real persons
property, stock, gold and silver, bullion
everything ...-..
The following sentiment was given at
recent railroad festival held in Clevelant
Ohio Our mothers-Ths only faithfr
tenders who never misplaced sritch."
"When q man is too lazy TO work. say
Sam Slick, "he paints his name over t he doc
aud calls il tavern or grocery, and make
the whole Eeighborhood as lazy as himself.