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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-08-01

Manear, MausIe, NIvsn, Mooreheod, NIusselmnn, NJ
cbos Nicholson, Nuncmache Pearson, Peters, Petrikin
pownn, PURCELL, Ramsey [Phadephia,l Ramsey,
Vail, voeghiey, Walter, Westbioos, Wharton, thinner
man and Getz, Speaker--57.
Nays-Messrs Aur,hur, Augustine, Backus, Benson,
Bishop Brown, Chase Cleavef, Crawford Eystcr, Glib
bony, Hamilton, HANCOCK, nl, IIne, Hoffman [hebs-
Smith, [Cambrial Smith [Cenrel stevenson struthes,
Thorn xanvoorhis, vickers, wagonseller Woner, VIM
| trode. Wiherow and Wright--I.
SO the question was determined In the affirmative.
win the House agre. to the third amendment
The and nays taken agreeney to the provi-
Ycas-Messrs. Anderson, Backhoufe, Ball, Beck, Ben
G betsy h aeS Ey FsSSse
ney Hamel Harper Helms Heisand, II Hllegas IIof-
inne. Jacobs, % JoSns oSnsO1, kaansn, Re eCc
Longaker, Lovett, Maneer, Maugle M,Calmont, Moor
mncRer, Pearson, Peters, Peiikin, PownaI, Purcell
Ramsey, (York,) Reamer, Reed, Rupp, Shaw, Sloan,
Smith Sa tCan5Tia Smith gcent;,e = steve T9Sn s.,
Getz, Speaker-12
Carly, Dock Gidea, Hamilton Hancock, Hine, jenkins
Knight, Lesenring, M'Ilvain, Ramsey, (Phnde hia, J
Roberts, srnhars, Thoin, Walter Warner, Wharton and
SO the question determined in the affirmative.
| Wilthe Honse agree to the fourth amendment!
The yeas and nays taken ngreeably to the prov
e ana Weag 's
Ball, Beck, Benson, Bishop Bower, Brown, Calhoun
Campbell Carly, Chase, Cleaver, Crawford, Dickey, En
Eyster Fnusod, Foster, Gilboncy, Gildea Ilame Ear
per- Helms, Hlestand, ilill Hegas, Hoffman, (Berks)
Hoffman, (tbanon) iousekeeper lmbre, lines, Jacobs
Jenkins Johns, johnson, Kaufman, Kerr, Lebo Leisen
ring, I.ongaker, 1ovett, ManeaI, Maugle, MCalmont
M'lvan, Mumma, Musselman, Nichols, Nicholson, Nune
nacner, Pearson, Peters. Petrkm, Pownall, Purcell
Ramsey, [PhadelphiaI Ramsey, york Reamer, Reed
Roberts, Rupp, Shaw, Sloan, Smith (Cambra,) Smith
(Centre) Stevenson. Tolan, Vail, Vanvoorhs. Vckers
Noeghley, Wagonseler, Waner, Westbrook Wharton
Wilston, Witherow, Zimmerman and Getz Speakers;
Nays-Messrs Dock Hamilton, Hancock, Struthers
| Thorn, Wmtrode and Wight.
So the question determined III the affirmative.
SEcRRrhRYs OFFicR,
Harrisburg, June %, 1857. s
Pennsylvania, SIS.
do hereby certify that the above md foregoing Is
true and correct copy of the "Yess" and "Nays akei
an the Resolution proposing amendments to the Consitu
tion of the Commonwealth as the same appears thu
Journals Of the two Houses of the General assembly
| this Commonwealth for the session Of 1857.
| (-.~) Witness my hand and seal Of said office, thi
}LS twenty second day of June, one thousand eigh
| ~ hundred and ffty-seven.
| A G. CURTIN,
Secretary Of the Commonwealth.
| July 4, 1857.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-08-01

NEW ARRIVAL OF
FALL AND WINTER GO0Dsl
Ira T. Gle m e mt
NO. !, CORNER OF MARKET SQUARE,
SUNBURY, PA,
KE AS just received large supply Of Fall and
u N Winter Goods.
He will continue to sell Dry Goods and Gro
ceries CHEAPER than ever, as his goods are
bought cheap they will be sold cheap.
He feels confident with his experience and
ability, that he can compete with the
World at large and Sunbury in particular.
He would enumerato articles If time and space
would permit.
1t is enough to say that he has everything in
the line of
Dry Goods, Groceries,
A large Stock of Ready-Made
CLIO Fl ING,
BOOTS AND SHOES, &c., &c.,
that is kept in any other store in town, and
His banner is on the breeze.
long may it wave
O'er land Of the free,
And the home Of the brave
While her Stars andsher Stripes
Shine out like the Sun, ...
Telling all nations
That Freedoms begun.
This is free country was proved ny the
election of Buchanan over the Woody Horse,
therefore it is free for all to do their trading where
they can BUY he CHEAPEST. All are invi-
| ted to call and see.
THE COUNTRY,
as well a. the town are respectfully invited, and
every person, rich or poor. high or low bond or
free are invited to call at No. Market Square,
opposite the Court House.
! =. S.-He is not to be undersold by any man
or combination of men. No charge for showing
goods.
All kinds Of produce taken in exchange for
goods.
Sunbury, Dec. 20, 1856.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-08-01
CHERRY PECT0RAL
FOR TIE RAPID CURE OF


COUGHS, COLDS. .HOARSENESs, INFLC-
ENZA, BRONCHITIS, WHOOPING
COUGH, GROUP, ASTHMA, IN
CIPIENT CONSUMPTION,
and for the relief Of consumptiye patients in advanced
stages of the disease.
We need not speak to the public of its virtues.
Throughout every town. and almost every hamlet V the
American States its wonderful Of pulmonary
plants have made it already known. Nay few are the
families in any civilized country this continent without
personal experience Of its Effects and wer yet the
communities any where which have not among them
someyng trophy OF it's victory the subtle and dan
geros diseases Of the throat and lungs. While il b the
powerful antiote yet known TO for the fomi
dabe and diseases Of the pulmonary orgrns il
Is also the pesantest and safest remedy that lie
poyed for infants and young persons. Parents should
have IL in store against the insidOus that steals
upon them unprcrRred We have abundant grounds to
believe the CHERRr PECroR, lives by tho
sumptions II prevents than those it Keep by
you and your colds while they durable, neg
lec them until no human skill master tho incxorube
canker that, fastened the yitals, yuur life away.
All know the dreadful fatality Of lung disorders and
they know tho virtues this remedy. need 10
than them it is still made the best it
be. We spare cost, care, toll TO produce 1t the
most perfect possible, and thus afford those wlo rely
It the best agent which skill furnish for their
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-08-01
PREPARED BY DIR. J. {. AVER,
Practical and Analytical Chemist, Lowell, Mass.

AND SOLD BIZ
A. w. Fisher, sunbury Bird John, Shnmokn
W Wiener, Northumberland; J. +. Casow, Mton
lays Mccormick, McEwmsvile and by all Druggists
throughout the county.
August lG, lS56.-ly
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-08-01
BEDDING & FURNISHING BUSINESS
Cabinet Makers Findings,

The subscribers respectfully inform their friends
and the public generally, that they have connec-
ted with their Bedding & Furnishing business
large and well assorted stock of Cabinet Makers
Findings, at their old stand
No. SO South Second Street, Jelow Chestnut,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-08-01
BETTER
THAN
Retired Physician, rs yeas of age.
IN WINTER

Philadelphia, June 10, ls57-3m
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-08-01

No county shall be divided by line cutting OF over one
tenth Of its popuatO (ether to form new county or
othewse without the express assent Of such county, by
vote of the electors thereof shall any new county
be esabshed continuing less than fou hundred square
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-08-01

IN SENATE, March y, IS57.
Resolved That this resolution pass On the frs,
amendment, yeas 81 nys7. On the second amendment,
yeas 23 nays s. On the third amendment, yeas "a, nays
I. On the fourth amendment yeas %. nays4.
Extract from the journal
GEO. w. HAMERSLY, Clerk.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-08-01

Is rHz House OF REPREsENTATIvEs, I
April 30 1857.
Resolved That this resolution pass On the first amend
ment yeas 7S nays H. On the second amendment yeas
81 nays 81 On the third amendment yeas - nays 90
and on fourth amendment, yeas 50, nays7
Extract from the Journal
JACOB ZIFGIER Clsrt
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-20
A NOBLE WOMAN,

The New York correspondent Of the
Boston journal writes the following:
One of the citizens of New York, a
gallant, whole hearted, and noble fellow
who is better known in the country
than any other man who lives in New
lork-whose house has been the home
OF all the great men of the land-and
who has the same great gift that God
gave Solomon, largcEess of the heart,
he, to the surprise of everybody, failed
All persons supposed the house was
Immensely rich snd was daily coming
money. 1t was said that the failure
was occasioncd by the outside spccula,
ton of a partner. All that this gen
tlcman had, and all he had earned, was
ut once given up to his creditors, and
he began life again, as he began it thir-
ty years ago, with the same spirit and
energy, with the same chccrfulness and
the same hbcrality. His affairs we're
as far as possible then kept from his
wife. But with the quick, keen eyes
Of affection she saw that more was in.
volved in the affairs of her husband
than he chose to state to her. She is
a woman that had her birth and educa.
ton under the unwclcome sky of New
England, but her mental and moral
training were had under those inhuen-
ccs that have raised up so many men
and women of mark and talent in our
land.
Asking nothing from her husband
about his matter, this lady visited hey
husbands lawyer and heard from him
the full measure Of the evil that had
fallen on his future. Her resolution
was at once taken. She knew that her
husband valued his honor more than all
the world, and that he felt that honor
seemed to rest under a cloud. She
held at the East large and valuable
property, which was exclusively her
own. She ordered the papers to be
drawn at once, placing all the proper
ty in the hands Of her husbands cred
itors, resolving to partake with him of
all the consequences Of the loss Of prop
crty. She then sought out her hus-
band, told him what she had done, and
with smiling face badc him look cheer
fully to the glowing future before them.
Noble woman! worthy of tho best days
Ct Roman fortitude; worthy to be ran.
ked among those noble women desert
bed i'll the Word Of God, whom the
children ''risc up and call blessed,
whose "husband sitteth among the eld-
ers at the gate Of the city," Of whom
her husband says, "Many daughters
have done virtuoUsly, but thou excel.
lest them all.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-20
From The Messenger and Recorder.

The following lines were handed to
us by Prof. Burlcigh, the lecturer on
Electricity, &C., who informs US that
they were written by a lad of 16 years
of age, ard who made the forcible sug-
gestion that the boys of Morgantown
would be better employed in improving
their minds of evenings, instead of loaf
ing around corners, smoking, and using
profane language. Well, it is a fact
and we wish they would profit by the
suggestion. Why, there arc scores of
tall striplings about, who think them
selves big enough to chase hoops, with
feminines in them, and yet have upper
stories as badly furnished as a poets
garrett And they never can make
real men, while they idle away whole
evenings in gingerbread factories, and
oyster saloons, grinding chesnuts, &c.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-20
A CHRISTIANS DEATH.
by WHEELER, PIEDMONT, v.

by WHEELER, PIEDMONT, VA.
A Christian lays him down to die,
Not sigh escapes, not tear dims his eye;
But smile plays DER his cadaverous cheek
That soon in heaven his God he'll meet.
Heaven with all its brigh, celestial band,
Hoyers round TO walt him TO happy land
Angels attend to smooth his dying pillow,
And bear him safely through old Jordan's
billow. u,stat B#,
And when his spirit takes it's heavenly flight
From earth to the regions of pure delight,
Heavens Joyous myriads with him soar.
With loud hosupaas to that radiant shore
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-20
From The SOsthern Baptist.
LETTER FROM REV. J. 4. BOWEN
On the Colonization, Civilization, and
Commerce Of Africa.

The following brief but comprehen-
sive communication from that very in
tclligent, bold and successful explorer
and missionary laborcr in Yoruba and
the adjoining districts of Africa--the
Rev. }. L. Bowcn--is worthy of general
and profound consideration. The friends
of African colonization will inquire
whether other regions of Africa than
Liberia should receive their attention,
and whether that pointed out by Mr..
Bowen, does not afford inviting, nume-
rous, and great advantages for the
prosecution of their enterprise. Ger
talnly the countenance and aid of gov
ernmcnt is to be desired, and we know
that the facts brought to light by Mr..
Bowen impressed SO powerfully the
minds of many members Of the last
Congress, as to dispose them to make
an appropriation for the exploration of
the Niger. We indulge strong hopes
that a bill to- that effect will pass the
next Congress. Great and increasing
commercial advantages would thus be
secured to our country.
1t would seem desirable that any
colony or colonies which may hereafter
be planted from this country in Africa,
should have direct connection with
Liberia. But that republic confines
its political privileges to men of color,
and the suggestions of Mr.. Bowen, that
future settlements should extend their
advantages to men of all races equally,
would conflict with the policy of it's
constitution. How far the government
of the United States can be induced to
afford protection to African colonies,
in their early periods, will depend, we
presume, upon the benefits anticipated
from such colonies, either as means of
trade, or homes for class whose con-
dition here is undesirable, and which
the public mind would gladly see i'm.
proved in the land from which their
ancestors came:
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-20
THn BIxwD BOY,
BY REV. DIR. HAWKES..

1t was a blessed Summer day, '
The flowers bloomed, the air was mild !;
The little birds poured forth their lay,
And everything in nature smiled,
In pleasant thoughts wandered on
Beneath the deep woods ample shade,
'riI suddenly came upon
Two children who had thithcr strayed,
Just at an aged Birch trees foot
A little boy and girl reclined-- .
His hand in hers she kindly put,
And then saw the boy was blind.
The children knew moi was near
A tree concealed me from their Wow;
But oil they said well could hear,
And | could sec all they might do.
"Dcar Mary" said the poor blind boy,
"That little bird sings very long,;
Say, do you see him in bis joy7 '
And is he pretty as bis song7"
"Ycs, Edward, yes" replied tho maid,
81 see the bird on yonder tree" ...
The poor boy sighed, and gently said,
"Sister, wish that could see.
"The ilowefs, you say, are very iair,
And bright green leaves are on the trees
And pretty birds are singing there
How beautiful for one who sees! .....
"Yct the fragrant flowers can smell,
And can feel the green leafs shade
And can hear the notes that swell
From those dear birds that God has made
$50, sister, God 10 mo is kind,
Though sight, alas lie has not given
But tell me, are there any blind
Among the children up in Hcaven7
"No, dearest Edward, there ollsce--
But why ask me thing so odd7
go Mary, He's so good to me,
] thought Id like to look a. Gody q
Ere long disease his hand had laid
On that poor boy, so meek and mild
His widowed mother wcpt and prayed
That God would spare her sighllcss child
lie felt her warm tears on his face,
Aud said, cot never weep for mc
I'm going TO bright, btigl,, place,
Where, Mary ssys, God shall sec,
"And you'll be there, dear Mary, too;
But, mother, when you get up there,
Tcli Edward, mother, GIat It's you
VOC know never saw you here"
Ito spoke no moro, but swcctly smiled
Until lifo's silver cord was riyen,
When God took up that poor blind ciild
Ono opened FIRST his cyOs in Heaven.
Most men employ their FIRST years 81
10 make tboii last miserable.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-20

OLD IEOXsmG5. Commodore Stew
art resides at White Hall, adjoining
Bordcntown, New Jersey. IIo lives
upon farm of two hundred and fifty
acres, in Il plain country cottage, free
from o8tcntation, tho dwelling being
on an elevated summit upon the right
bank Of the Delaware, which here
max es a sweeping curve. Arivcr island,
well cultivated, is in front, axd tho
scenery, including a view Of Borden
town, is rich and beautiful. The dis
tinguiShed Commodore, who has been
associated with the navy for ffty.six
years, is now eighty years Of age, and
moro active and vivacious than hund-
reds Of men at Fifty. His complexion
is fresh and rubicund, and his frame is
sprighNy and active. lie prosidcs over
the Navy Yard at Philadelphia, thirty
miles Oh, but visits it daily, always
leaving at an carly hour and returning
in tho afternoon. For his admirable
preservation Of physique he is indebted
no doubt, to an originally good consti-
tuition, but in no less degree to his gou.
cral intelligence and comprehension OF
the laws Of life and health, and to o
prudent, temperate, (not abstincnt,)
and active life,
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-20
Yng AulllGAN iJNlDNs

TERMS. 81 so In Advance, otherwise $500
No subscription received FOR shorter period
han six months and no paper discontinued un-
Ill all arrearagcs are paid.
ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at usual rates:
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each additional insertion. yearly adyertise-
ments inserted at discount on the above terms, ,
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American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-20

DRUNKENNESS. A foreigner, visit
ing Britain, said: +" 1t is blessed
thing for the world that you Anglo.
Saxons are drunken race. Such are
your powers, and energy, and talent,
that otherwise you would have become
masters Of the world"
Several Roman Catholic priests have
been accommodated by the Bishop oi
Augbutg, Bavaria. for holding that sal.
yation may be found within tho pale
OF other churches than that of Rome.
Science and igfdeiity.--ProE Henry
at the head Of the Smithsonian Insti.
tute, testifes that ho knows bot one
man among tho scientific men Of the
United States who is au infdel
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-20

Most men employ their Grst years so
as 10 make tboii last miserable.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-20
BINGIAMrToN, Now. York, |
August 6, 1857.
Rev. r. r. Gurley, Washington city

Rev. r. r. Gurley, Washington city.
My DEAR FRIEND Several good
causes have prevented my writing soon
er, but | remembered my promise FIRE,
quently. My health is now so much
improved, that | am hoping to re-
turn to my field of labor in three or
four months. The last news from Yo-
ruba, (rcceived today is favorable. If
appearances do not deceive us, the
whole country is becoming more and
more prepared to receive the gospel
and civilization. But we need more
laborers, and more especially the influ-
ence of Christian families. TO be an.
preciated, the gospel must be exempii-
fled in all the relations of life by Chris
tians as a class, distinct from other
classes of men. have not the least
doubt, that the colonists of Liberia have
done far more to elevate the natives
around them, than the missionaries.
The reason is simply this, that the gos-
pei cxerts the greater part Of its power
through the churches. But | cannot
pursue this subject, though l am strong
ly tempted to do so.
1t is possible, and feel as if it were
probable that all the advantages of
Christian colonization may be- brought
to bear upon Yoruba before long
There are thousands of converted and
partially civilized Yoruba people in
Sierra Leone, who are only waiting an
opportunity to return home. There
are thousands of colored Christians in
America, who would do a great and
good work for Africa, by emigrating
to the same country. The influence
of Christian colony would be then far
greater in Yoruba and other parts of
Sudan, than it has been in Liberia, be-
cause the Sudanese generally are almost
prepared to receive civilization and the
gospel. They are just in that state of
society, in which they cannot naturally
recede, or remain long stationary. All
the regions Of the interior are almost
sure to come under the influence of
Mohammcdanism or of Christianity. ~--
The people of Yoruba are beginning to
think, and to say, that theirs is to be-
come Christian country.
Under these circumstances, / am
rejoiced to see that several active friends
of colonization are looking towards
Yoruba. This kingdom is the key to
Sudan, the distance from Lagos to Raba
on the Niger, being scarcely two hun
dred miles. Hence there is river COM
munlcation far to the north and north
west along the Niger, while the Benuc
or Chadda, which falls in below Raba,
runs eastward TO the heart of the con.
tincnt ! believe that no part of Afri-
ca presents so wide an extent Of inland
navigation.
The Yoruba country land Central
Africa generality is neither an arid
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-20
Time for lla;rj;Ivuy.

Among the ancient Germans, than
whom II finer race never existed, it was
death for any woman to marry before
she was twenty years old. In this
country, very few ladies arc fit, either
| physically or mentally to become mo-
theirs before they reach the age Of
twcnty-onc, twenty-five, or one or two
years still older. The unSound condi-
tion and constitution Of the parent is
usually transmitted, with increased
intensity, to the offspring. by the laws
OF Lycurgus, the most special attention
was paid to the physical education of
woman; and no delicate or sickIy wo.
men, on any account, allowed to marry.
DIR. Johnson, in his work on the Econ.
omy Of Health, says that Matrimony
should not hc contracted before the first
year of the fourth septcnnial, ON the
part Of the lady, nor before the last
year of the same, in the case of ger,
tlemcn; in other words, the female
should be at least twenty-five years of
age, and the male twenty eight years.
The doctor says that there should be n
difference of seven years between the
sexes, at whatever period Of life the
connection is contracted There is
difference of seven years, not in the
actual duration Of life, in the two sexes,
but in the stamina of the constitution,
the symmetry Of the form, and the lin.
camcnts Of the face. In rcspcct to
early marriages, SO far as it concerns
the softer sex, for every year at which
marriage is entered upon before thc ago
OF twcnty-one, there will be, on an ay-
erage, three years Of premature decay,
more or less apparent Of the corporoal
fabric.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-20

A New WoRK.--"Ifavc YOU" said
an inquiriog-mindcd and slightly world.
Iy gentleman, recently, 20 book8cIl-
or, 'havc you Christ'S Sermon on the
Mount :" y
"What! Christ's Sermon on the
Mount" exclaimed the bookseller,
with not little surprise.
eyes" said the other; "it was men
toned yesterday in q very charming
discourse at our church as an admirable
thing; but perhaps it isn't out yct?"--
The anxious inquirer was not corrected,
but was permitted to 90 his woy--"for
ne had great possessions.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-20

Brave actions arc the substance of
~ and good sayings the ornamen, of
IL ---
San Andreas independent., 1857-07-18

ALLEGED GRAND LARcENY-A man named
Thomas Martin was arrested yesterday by ofl-
GERS Chapel and Salisbury on q charge OF grand
larceny. He is charged with having stolen
81 200 from George Williams, a miner In Cal
averas county. He arrived here last Friday
night. Williams came down on the Stockton
boat yesterday morning, and gave the officers a
description OF Martin, whom they arrested on
the corner of Front and Pacific streets. They
found draft for $500 of dust deposited at Da-
Wilson's bank, upon his person, and small
amount of coin.-Buletin, 18th.