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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-06-11
GEORGE WASHINGTON.

We copy from the New York Tribune, the
following account of the last scenes in the
life of the Father Of his Country" as given
in the concluding volume Of Irvings Life oI
Washington:-
Winter had now set in, with occasional
wind and rain and frost, yet Washington still
kept up his active round of indoor and out
door svocations, as his diary records. He
was in full health and yigor, dined out occa-
sionally, aud had frequent guests at Mount
Vernon, aud as usual was part Of every day
in the saddle, going the rounds of his estates.
aud, in his military phraselogy, visiting the
outposts"
lie had recently walked with his favorite
nephew about the grounds, showing the i'm.
provements he intended to make, and had
especially pointed out the spot where he pur-
posed building new family vault, the old one
being damaged by the roots Of trees which
had overgrown it and cansed it to leak -
"This change" said he, 81 shall make the
first of all, for may require it before the
rest"
"When parted from him." adds the noph,
ew, she stood on the steps oi the front door
where he took leave Of myself and another.
1t was a bright frosty morning; he
had taken his usual ride, and the clear healthy
flush on his cheek, and his sprightly manner,
brought the remark from both Of US that We
had never seen the General look SO we'll.
have sometimes thought him decidedly the
handsomest man | ever saw (; and when in o
lively mood, so full of pleasantly, so agreea-
BILE to all with whom he associated, that
could hardly realize he was the same Wash
ington whose dignity awed all who approach.
ed him."
For sometime past Washington had been
occupied in digesting complete system Oh
which his estate was 10 be managed for sever
al succeeding years specifying the cultiva-
tion of the several farms, with tables designa
ting the rotations of crops. 1t occupied
thirty folio pages, and was executed with
that clearness and method which character
lied all his business papers. This was I'm
ished on the 10th Of December, and was ac-
companied by letter of that date to his
manager or steward. Ii is q valuable docu.
ment, showing the soundness and vigor of his
intellect at this advanced stage of his exis.
tence, and the love of order that reigned
throughout his affairs. MY greatest anx.
iety," said he on previous occasion, lis TO
have all these concerns in such clear and
distinct form that no reproach may attach IT,
self to me when have taken my departure
for the land Of spirits
1t was evident, however, that full of health
and vigor, he looked forward 10 his long
cherished hope, the enjoyment Of a serene old
age 10 this home Of his heart.
According TO his diary, the morning on
which these voluminous instructions 10 his
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-06-11

Power OF MUsIC.-Squire G. tells the fol.
lowing good Hoosier yarn, domonstrative Of
the power Of music over the human mind -
Some years ago, tall, gaunt, knock. kneed,
red,headed, cross-eyed, lummux of q Hooser,
who was a hunter of the classical Wabash,
conceived the idea of making visit to the
home Of his progeniture in old kentuck.-
lie did so-ranted round amongst the girls
some, and was, of course, from his native
impudence and unearthly uglress, the "ob-
served Of all observers" One morning the
whole neighborhood was astonished with the
news that the ugly Hoosier had eloped with
Mrs. b., an amiable and good looking wo-
man, wife of Mr.. B. For two long years the
disconsolate husband mourned over his unto.
ward bereavement at the end Of that peri
3D. however, to his utter astonishment, one
day. in popped Mrs. b., looking as bright
and rosy as ever After the first joyful
greeting was over, the injured y. thus ad,
dressed his truant spouse: Nancy, how
could you teke up with that onai:tkly ugly
uooser, and leave me and the children all
for<orn, as you did ?" well, JOSH" said
Nancy, that thar tarnal ugly critter from
lndanny, was q little the best whistler
ever hearn tell on you know ] was fond Of
whistlin | used to think you could whistle
some, but ] never heard whistlin as is whist
lin ill | met that or Wabash ieler. He
Jest whstled my senses clean away, and
followed him on that account A short time
ago, however, he caught the measles, and
they split his whistin foreyer-the charm
was broken, and so ! concluded to come back
to you but, O Josh that Hoosier was the
awfullest whistler that ever puckered p
PtLcergiie MdeE.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-06-11

iERfEcTfnN or CorNrrRrEI1INa.-S
bills OF the Brighton (Muss.) Bank. wtre BAT
III Circulation in Boston last weel., which ,A5
ehgraVer himself believed to be genuine. II
was only when microscope was usea thst ~.
oiils were discovered to be counterfeit. rt--
were SO perfectly executed, that /, is sgil s.,
would be impossible Cor any practced .,.t.
discover the difference without tie ali af
The microscope.
HIGH PRICE roE ONE VuTE-None7 .s-
spent with a lavish prodigality at the recent
eIectlon In Great Britain The Fupl.sa ra.
pers IN reporting the election Of meniel e.
Hrliameht by one vote over bis oppo4tu,.
| say that vote cost over 500.
II man reapeth whatever lie seweth -tr.
q harvest OF coats aud brooches our IL. '...
will have one of these duys.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-06-11
Torturing of the Widows,

In the interior Of New Catalonia, which is
east of Nancouver's Island and north Of the
river Columbia, among the tribe called "Taw.
wotins," who are also Babines, and also
among other tribes in the neishburhood, the
custom prevails Of burning tho bodies, with
circumstances Of peculiar barbarty to the
widows of the deceased The dead body of
the husband is laid naked upon large Heap
of resiHous wood, his wife is then placed upon
the body and covered over with q skin the
pile is then lighted. and the poor woman is
compelled to remain unit! she is nearly suifo.
Gated, when she is allowed to descend as best
she can through smoke aud flames. No
sooner, however, does she reach the ground
than she is expected to prevent the body
from becoming distorted by the action Of the
fire on the muscles and snews; and when
ever such an event takes place, she must
with bare hands restore the burning corpse
to its proper position; her person being The
whole time exposed to the scorchiug effects
of the intense heat Should she fail in the
due performance Of this indispensable rite
from weakness or the intensity Of her pain
she is held up by some until the body is con.
sumed. A continual singing and beating OF
drums is kept up throughout the ceremony
which browns her cries. Afterwards she
uusl tuc uuGuuSuutu pieces Vi DOUp
and ashes, aud put them into bag made for
the purpose, which she has TO carry on her
back for three years. remaining for the time
slave to her husbands relations, and being
neither allowed to wash or comb herself for
the whole time, so that she soon becomes d
most disgusting object. AT the expiration
Of the three years, feast is given by her
tcrmentors, who invite all the friends and re.
lations Of her and themselves. At the CON-
meucement they deposit with great ceremony
the remains of the burnt dead in box
which they aflix to the top of high pole
and dance around it. The widow is then
stripped naked, and smeared from head to
foot with fish oil, over which one Of the by
ISLANDERS throw quantity of swans down
covering her entire person. She is then
obliged to dance with the others. After al
this is over she is free to marry again, if she
have the inclination, and courage enough to
venture on a second risk Of being roasted
alive and the subsequent horrors.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-06-11

Two lrishmen wete one o7ening engaged
in the highly important task of stealing a
few peaches. Pat being the more nimble oI
the two had climbed the tree, and was busily
engaged in shaking the fruit thereiron. when
he was stopped by jamie with the exclama
ton
"Arrah, Pat, and shure have payehes legs p
"No. You fool, why do ye ask that question
ye blatherhead. don't be making noise but
pick up the payches," replied Pat
but, Pat, ara yeas shnre that payches
havn't any legs p continued jamie.
didn't l tell yeas they hadn't, ye bloody
spalpeen." answered Pat.
"Well theu," said Jamie, "if payches hain't
got legs, be the mortal COB I've swollered 0
sthraddle- bug"
jamie had swallowed tree tosd,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-06-11
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THE WoRKINeMAN.

The mobiles. mon know on earth,
Are men whose hands ore brown with toll
Who, backed by no ancestral graves,
llew down the woods and till the soil
And win thereby prouder fame
Than follows king or warriors name.
The workiugmen, whate'er their task.
TO carve the stone or bear the hod-
They wear upon their honest hrows
The roya! staihp and seal Of God
And brighter are the drops of sweat
Than diamonds in a coronet!
God bless the noble workngmen,
Who rear the cities of the plain,
Who dig the mines and build the ships
And drive the commerce Of the main;
God bless them, for their swarthy hands
Have wrought the glory OF all lands.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-06-11

Lucy Stone says "there is cotton iu the
ears OF men and hope in the bosoms Of wo,
men," Got the cotton aud hope in the wrong
places, Lucy.
TuE Lovers PUzzLE-To learn to read
the following, SO as to make good sense, is
the mystery:
thee read see that me.
Love is down will I'll have
But that and you have you'll
One and up aud you If
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-06-11
SOLOMON B. BOYER,

ice in Market street, opposite "eavers Ho'ei'
SUNB URY, PA.
Elections attended to in Northumberland and
dining Counties. Is acquainted with the
man language.
EEFEHESCE
~. Wolverton, Esq, Sunbury, Pa,
leo. F. Miller, Esq, Lewisburg, Pa.
II. Ziegenius, Philadelphia, Pa.
enjamin. Kamerer,
unbury, Aug. IA, lS5s.-ly.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-06-11

DUTIES OF PosT NJ AsTERs.-ror the infor-
nation Of Postmasters who have not studied
the Post Office Laws relating to newspapers,
and to the oint out their duties aud respon-
sibilities relating to persons who neglect or
refuse to lTl their papers from the Office, We
direct their attention 10 the following proyi-
sions
Whenever person, to whom q newspaper
is regularly address d., naglects or refuse to
take said newspaper from the Post Office
within reasonable length Of time, it shall be
the duty of the Postmaster, at the Office
where such papers is not lifted, to give written
notice to the publisher Of the fact, settling
forth the reasons SO far as they may be known
to him.
The mere return of newspaper. marked
refused" or mot lifted is not sufficient no.
tice, and the publisher is not obliged to pay
any attention to it. The following is tho
form Of legal notice -
Name Of Postotlice and date.
Publisher OF name Of newspaper.
SIR R:-Your paper addressed TO name Of
Individual is not taken out of this Office.
Reason state the reason, if known
Name of Postmaster
This notice must bc mailed to the publish
er and franked by the Posmaster. Ii the
publisher continues to send the paper after
being thus notified, the Postmaster may sell
the paper for the postage but where no no.
tice has been given, or where the Postmaster
has neglected sending the same, he Is liable
for the subscription, from the time the paper
was refused or not lifted, and the publisher
can collect the amount from him the same as
from regular subscriber.
1t is important shat Postmasters should
bear this ID mind, as n pdblsher Of news
paper cannot keep trace Of his subscribers,
aud it is unfair that he should lose his pay by
their negligence.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-06-11
SeIett 4oetrp.
THE WAR,

There is a sound Of thunder afar,
Storm in the South that darkons the day,
Storm Of battle and thunder of war,
Well, if it do not roll our way,
Storm Storm rihemep form
Ready be ready to meet the storm
Ri1emen, rifemen, riHemen form
Be not deaf to the sound that warns
Be not guild by despot's plea
Are figs Of tbistles, or grapes Of thorns
How should despot set men free
Form form ridemen form
Ready, be ready to meet the STORM
Rillemen, ri!lemen, rhemen form
Let your Reforms for moment 20,
Look to your butts aud take good aims,
Better rotten borough orso,
Than rotten feet or city in flames
Form Form rihemen form!
Ready, be ready to meet the storm!
Ridemem rifemen, riaemen form
Form, be ready to do or die!
Form in Freedoms namo and the Queens
True, that we have faithful ally,
But only the Devil knows what he means.
Form form rifemen form
Ready, be ready to meet the storm
Rliemen, rifemen, rifemen form
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-06-11
PATENT WHEEL GREASE.

TyHIS Grease is recommended to the notice OF
Wagoners, Livery Stable keepers, &c, as
ing SUPERIOR to anything Of the kind ever IN
,duced As it does not gum upon the axes
is much more durable, and is not Affected BY
weather, remaining the same in summer al
winter, and put up in tin canisters at 81 ana
cents, for sale by a. W. fiShE En-
IuIv24, iS5S-
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-06-11
Biacksmithing.
] A M ES f. ID L Z N =.

SUNBURY, PA,
GSPECTFULLY informs the public that
he has commenced the above business in
Jury, and is prepared to do all kinds Ofblack'
ling to order, including horseshoeing in the
tyie.
, will also put up iron railing in the most
wed style and patrern.
untry produce taken in exchange.
injury. Oct, l6, lS5S.-G
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-06-11
E.snr, OH s. LEATHER STORE
uARnWAREl BARpWARE!!

1N111s7
EIJsT received by A. w. FISHER, at his
sS Drug Store Sunbury, Pa''
SCOOPS. sHOVELS, FORKS, LOG
CHAINS, MILL SAWS, CROSS
CUT SAWS.
Also, Screws, Butts, Door Knobs, Thumb
,atches, and all hardware necessary for building.
A splendid 't of pocket and table cutlery scis-
ors German Silver Spoons.
LOcIling Glasses.
A large stock Of Looking Glasses, received and
II sale by A. W. fi0hIn'
Sunbury, July II, ls5s.-
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-06-11
FURNITURE POLISH.

AE'S Premium Patent Enamel Furniture
This polish is highly valuable for restc
he polish on all kinds of Furniture, Glass,
,ge Bodies, Hair Cloth, &c. Also, for re-
spots, hiding scratches, &c, &c. War
TO dry Immediately and retain its gloss
so cts. per bottle. Sold by
A. w. FISHER.
~, 1883.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-06-11
IN, 1858.

CKLES of various kinds, LObsters, sar-
mes, &c, &c, just received and for sale
uq Store of A, WHISTLER
bury August. ls57.-ly
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-06-11

I'D WARRANTs.-The highest price
/ bs given for Land Warrants blythe sub
II. n MASSER
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-05

NEW YORK AND HARLEM RAILROAD COMPANY
IN SUMMER ARRANGEMENT
and after Wednesday, June l. 1859, trains will leave
Twenty sixth street station, New York, as follows =
For Wllhmsbridge-1l6 and $50 NJ, $50 and $3.50 r. NJ
For White Plans--Il 80 A. NJ, l and 8 T.. NJ.
For White Pans-6i5 r. NJ from White and Centre streets
For Dover Plnins-tan l.. NJ.
For Albany-S3U A. NJ, mail train.
Returning, will leave
Dover Plains-530 A. NJ.
White Pans--5 and A. NJ, 8 and p NJ
Willamsbfidge-6.i0 and $50 A. VI, ! and o VI.
Abany-ll3V A. NJ, mai train ,,o,.,,
WI j. CAMPBELL, Superintendent
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-05

WTANTED-BY A YOUNG MAN OF GOOD EDU'
w cation and address q situation, salesman in respect
able wholesale and retail house. jewery music store pre-
TERED He has had considerable experience understands
bookkeeping and brings from his ae employers the best Of
nnonas as 70 respecmbihy, capabliy, integrity, DC. Ad
dress II. Post, ll9 East 18th IT.
Nevada national., 1859-01-22
aroridcnrc pur-uiaa a Murderer.

The general facts of the murder Of Mr.
Hol.ll. 90 Worcester Macs. By Rhineheart.
iH Mnncs0ia. have been published The de.
'ais. however are so interesting that We
anne, Them
70 hodell veu, TO farr'hluli Minnesota 10
hny farm for hiinselfan family. lie met
.'h.nehait there. who proposed to sell some
land. Aitcr looking at g. Bodell said he
Jill not ike il, aad be WAS shown 21c Ecr.
" bile looking at quarter section stake,
i'A.nehart -hos him with a pistol. IL then
G Ht biz victims throat and buried the body
IA marsh having borrowed a spade to dig
tlc grave. The temptation was he money
honell had about him who. being missed.
-I-p. son arose. and sixty men went forth
% search. After examining the ground for
~o'ao time. one of the party stepped over
lH- uu o soft place that drew his attention and
turning up little dirt. discovered BOdcl's
carpet bag. This strongly tended to show
that ihc body was not far Of. Continuing
the search. one Of The part slipped down on
place en- the edge OF marsh aud 10 save
himself. caught hold Of some willows which
De pulled out. and discovered that the vii
i".gs had no rooi, bn. had been sharpcned
w;'h a smile aai s'lcf in that particular
place for particular purpose. Here the
party turned over about foot Of dirt. and
found the 1oly Of Bod ell On the day Of
election, the l2ih. Rhnchcart was in Lex
ingion. and entertained his friends by sing
ing AMI playing on guitar. Iii believed
that RhIncheart thought that the crime
world never come 10 light, and therefore
felt himself safe, hut he will soon be brought
10 'he ecaGolf"
Nevada national., 1859-01-22
giiar>-.

O.. nary persons peralveuture, may not
have remarked C.ha, may prove comfort
10 th,m' that truc u-luaSs Is aim st as rare
gin as true beauty for bow very few ill.
favored vsages do We raco. uter that pos
scss rot some r ieemin- feature or expires
ion. have known many an ugly face i'm
prove. hay, almost grow handsome. upon
acquaintance and Indeed although beauty
may boast Of the lavish bounty Of nature
ugincss may honestly want Of her pl1n
dealing. am Tar from regarding ugliucss
in a woman as unfortunate rather consid-
cr il as an antidotc TO vanity, and prompt.
Nevada national., 1859-01-22
~ sTnEET. GRAss YMIEY-

-poke NOS. " Tell me-" said his majesty
inter ~-o'iaahi- Increasing confusion. what
'au suspect. ifl iGay be 20 bold. your
mrj j-'y. ic.ir.i Be has taken refuge with
th" Princess IL. .'-" Then" said the
King. search shall be made + aud the priu.
Gees retired. liter while She appeared
Niiha captive who was Immediately put
nppu the stage. But, oh horror The ev.
hio.iur exclaimed. he has not my Napo
leon; he g. Wild one ,''
Nevada national., 1859-01-22

VI LIKE THAT WouAN'> SrYiE.-It is re.
lated by rhe Sacramento star. that lately q
Young couple. Jl-, married il the c-nr try
went TO iAe city. The wife did not take a
comb, or other head fixing app ra,us. AMI
finding none IN lr hotel room. and wanting
to g'out mighty bal in the morning. sh.
made yociIerous calls for her escort. who
quickly am erred and gallautly h--dad her
down to the barber shop. fronting on th,
street, where she took her position 10 froat
Of one Of the looking glasses and combcd
and brushed to beg hearts content Having
finished -ct .el,e.. she again lovingly took
possession % the arm of her --tuer and
weuled Lar way back 10 the hotel much 10
the astoui-hmaut cr the colored gentleman
who presided over ,he razors. and greatls
TO the amusement Of the fashionable lockers
ON.
There are always enough TO be greatly
amused at al sensible and vomanly depart
ures f,om the re fined uicaty of fashion For
cur part, wo Ike that womaa's lyle
Sierra CH-oL
For once Mr. Wrigh, you are wrong.
What husincs' have unsopai>lcatrd ladies
in Sacr ameuto. where the la>hionaLes have
direct communication fashionable orcourse
with her majesty. thc Empress o'all France
through Gojeys Laly's BOOK or course
the fashionable lockers on, were amused.
Nature was made for our amusement.
Nevada national., 1859-01-22
Don't become exciLed. Colonel

An EEcoCRAGtNG WORD FoR OtD MNps-
\ writer in Tat's .NosasiHs says -" Mar
raee Is not often the golden reality youug
women seem to think it neither does it so
materially alter the character as they would
fancy. The cross old maid" if she had
changed her state, would have been simply
the cross old wife. " The boy is father o
the man : aud the young woman may fairly
be called the prototype of the old one. II a
woman be cheerful member of her own
household. smoothing every difficulty ir her
path; and culling happiness as the bee draws
honey, even from poison-aowers then she
will grow into that most estimable of all
good beings-a cheerful benevolent. bepeG-
Nevada national., 1859-01-22

Daring the personal canvas Of Mr.. Gar
nett among the electors Of Salford England
ho aud bis friends calling at a huckster's 3
shop, found only hoy, who baving earut
tAo.r business. went to the foot Of the stairs
and called, Mother. here's mon as wants
yo'r vote for him The Parliament man"
=" Well" shouted the mother. tell him
thy fevther's not in. bu; If he'll chalk his
maine on iA counter. wen inquire into his
character ."
Nevada national., 1859-01-22

Dg. O. " uuiNgs-A writer in -. Bos
ton Transcript says: '' While every news
paper in this country has been full Of the
-Au;ocrat's praises, has quoted bis poetry,
bis pun- and h.a epigrams, we learn that
literary lr in + land give him higher
commtndalion. Several Loulon Journals
have alluded to these papers in high terms,
but from private sources we have more re-
liable opinions. A. dinner party in Lon
don, some months ago Thackeray spoke of
% series Of paper, As am0ag the foremost
in modern literature. adding with emphasis
that no living Englishman could have writ
ten tllm. WIFI. Collins. after alluding to
these articles. and to the new cssays of Emer-
son. sl.d. that uith such contributions,
the Atlantic need not fear competition any
where in the civilized world And recently
Charles Reede, alluding to the Atlantic
Monthly held this Language The stories
are no worse than Backwood's and Fraser's,
&c.. and some Of the other matter infinitely
heyoull our monthly and trimcstrail scrib-
iers being genuine in thought and English ia
Expression whereas vat possc for criticism
here is to often a mere mixture of chuck-oo
and hec-haw--a set Of conventional phra-
~e~. turned not in English, but in Normal
French and the iiigon Of the schools. After
iveaud twenty years OF these with
ont a spark Of thought novelty or life among
Them J tura TO such papers as the 'Autocrat
of the Breakfast Table with sense OF
relief and freshness"
Nevada national., 1859-01-22

\ lii'le girl being sent to a shop to pur'
chase some dye-stuG. and forgetting the
name of the article. said to the shopman,
e What do folks dye with - Die with &.
Why. the cholera is omelimes," :" he replied
e Well believe that's the name" said she
'' ! want to get three peunyworth,'
Nevada national., 1859-01-22

THr wltSEo rLEN-wHERE 80 ONE Prn.
srrrL At an exhibition Of Gcas before
one Of the German sovcreigns. the exhibitor
became pcr'urhel, looked nither anl th ither
searched though bis repository. and stopped
the performance, with an apology that one
Of his chief performers, his Napoleon, had.
escaped. although he was safe since the act
ing began " Where can he oe gone: - said
the king. The exhibitor looked uneasy bgt
Nevada national., 1859-01-22
SCHOOL FOR MISSES,
ANN IITTIE RONk

Mrs, II : GOLDSMITH respectfully informs The
cit Of Grass Valley and Vicinity, that she has
commence a Private school for Misses and little Boys
at her residence on Mill Street Monday the 9Th
August. Terms a. formerly
Nevada national., 1859-01-22

The mining area in California is estimated
at about fifteen thousand square miles. The
yield OF gold for lsjs will no. fall short of
$4,000 600