Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-09-12
Dun1Orous.

during Presidential canvass, has given us
the following nnecdote. lie was holding iorth
upon the merits of General Harrison, ana
especially upon his courage, tact and success
as q military commander. WINE ID the
midst of his discourse, tall, gaunt man
who was probably schoolmaster IN tnose
parts-arose from the crowd, aud SAID IN
voice which penetrated the whole asseWo'y'
"Mister, nj ister l want to ak you gues- |
ton" To this the orator assented and tue
man went on us follows I'VE are told, lei
low citizens that Gineral Harrison IS mighty
great gueral but l say he's one OF the
very meanest sort Of ginerals. We are told |
here tonight that he defended himself brave
ly at Fort Meigs but tell you that, on that
occasion he was guilty OF the "SmaH Tail
Movement, and | challenge the orator here |
present to deny it |" The speaker declaring |
his utter ignorance Of what the intruder meant |
by "Small Toll Movement" III tell you"
said the man 1--WE got it here in back and
white Here is Grmshaw's History of the
United States" holding up the book, land I'll
read what it says At this critical moment
Gen. Harrison executed novet movement! !
Does the gentleman deny that 2" mo 60
on. "Well lie executed a nouel movement.
Now, here's Johuson's Dictionary" taking
the book out Of his pocket aud holding it up
]
this was the kind of movement Gen. Harrison
was guilty of. Now, Pm no soger, and don't
know much of milentary ticktacks-but this
] do say man who in the face Of an euemy,
is guilty of Small Tail Movement, is not fit
to be President of the United States, and he
shau't get my vote |" The relator of the
anecdote says it was quite impossible for him
to overcome the effect OF this speech, and we
are left to conclude that the vote Of that vi
cinity was given to Van Buren.-Recoilec-
tions Of a Lifetime. BY S. G. Goodrich (i'e-
ter Parley)
A DEAD NEGRo.-When the cholera was
at its worst in New Orleans, an old negro,
who had weathered the yellow fever many
times, at length he got Heightened at the
havoc which the new disease was making
among all classes His master one night
heard him praying to the "angel Of de Lord"
by the light of talow candle, "to spare him
dis time-to lef him 1.-Two little longer and
den take him to glory" Bnt he concluded
his prayer by protesting perfect Submission
to the will of the "angei of de Lord" even
should he be called for to 60 Immediately on
his journey. Sanbo's master determined to
test the sincerity of this last profession. He
knocked, loud and distinct, at his door,
"Who dar p says Sambo. "The angel of
the Lord" was answered. "What you
want ?" II have called for Sambo!" The
master heard the candle suddenly extinguish-
ed to whoof aud Sambo energetically an-
swered, "Hc not herel dat niger is been dead
three Weeks."
How THE DEVIL Losr.-The following is
too good TO be lost. We clip it from al ex-
change paper, and respectfully call the atten-
tion to it OF certain person who feel disposed
TO spread in the newspaper line:
young man who ardently desired wealth
was visited by his Satanic majesty who
tempted him to promise his soul for eternity
if he could be supplied on this earth with all
the msney he could use. The bargain was
concluded the devil was to supply the mon.
ey, and was at last to have the soul, unless
the young man could spend more money than
the devil could furnish. Years passed away
the man married, was extravagant in his lv
ing, built palaces, speculated widely lost and
gave away fortunes, and yet his Golfers were
always full. lie turned politician, and bribed
his way to power aud fame, without reducing
his "pile" Of gold. He became a "fllibuster,
and fitted out ships and armies, but his bankei
honored all his drafts He went to Ct. Pau
to live and paid the usual rates of interest fo
all the money he could borrow; but though
the devil made wry faces when be came Il
pay the bills, yet they were all paid On,
experiment after another failed the deyi
cOunted the time only two years, that h,
must wait for the soul and mocked the effort
of the despairng man. One more trial wa
resolved upon-the man started u newspaper
The devil growled at the bill at the en-
OF the first quarter, was savage in six month
melancholy in nine, and broke-"dead broke
at the end of the year. So the news
paper went down, but the soul was saved.
The Florence correspondent Of the Londo
MOrntn9 Post tells this good story :--Ther
is story OF an Imperial Highness waltzin
thrice IN the same evening with an Englis
lady ut the Court of Berlin She naturall
felt and frankly expressed herself highly hat
tered by the compliment. i did not inten
1t as a compliment was the answer. Then
said the lady, somewhat rebuied, your IIigl
ness must be very fond Of dancing i detes
dancing, was the still unsatisfactory respons, ),
undeterred. by her ill success, our fair cuntr,
woman still prosecuted her inquiries 'Whs
then. may ask, Can be your Imperial Higl
ness motive for dancingr Madam" va
the exalted personage's reply, Il dance /
perspire +"
INA MARRYING Moop.-The Petersb,,y
Express notices Letter from Norfolk, in all
sion is made to colored female seryau
named Hessy kellam, who had grown vel
melancholy on account of the refusal Of h
master to permit her to marry. The eau
assigned Tor this refusal WAS that she h,
already led to the altar, eleyen husbdnds, all
whom she had seen to the grave THIS u
recedented propensity for the matrimos
state, would seem almost incredible. B
the case is unquestionably true one q,
deserves perpetuatiou amid the archives
Hymen.
A fast young man in Detroit took buxC
seamstress out riding the other evening, a
enjoying himself SO we'll he proposed TO .
married. She consented and the msgistrl
tied the knot. Now he has repented aud 50
be won't support her, declaring that she {
him drunk, aud then 'undone" him. lie
wealth she has none.
The season 10 Englsnd.has been unasua