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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-05-21
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MISS LOUISA SHISSLER, respectfully in
1VA forms the citizens OF Trevorton and sur
rounding county, that she has opened a new
store of Millinery and Fancy Goods, at Trevor.
ton in Shamokin street, nearly opposite Knouse's
Tavern, where all kinds of Bonnets and Fancy
Goods can be had at the lowest terms.
Dress making also attended to in the best
manner and latest style.
April 25, lS5s.-tf
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-05-21

NANILLA BEANS, Figs, Dates, Oranges,
v Lemons, Prunes, nuts of all kinds, just re-
ceived and Ior sale at the Confectionery Store of
M. g. GEARHART.
sunbury. April 20. 1850
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-05-21
VAN NAkGEN s. NacEKEOyE'S
ORIENTAL
DETERSIvE SOAP,
PITT, n nEy,pIYfR


PHIL
yETARRANTED to give perfect satisfaction, the
money will he refunded, and our agents hereby
authorized to make good amy failure of il at expense
A. VAN HAAGEN being practical Soap Maker and
having for the last twelve years lat different nes) expe
rlncned upon and tested this particular Soap, IN various
ways, offers il to the public soap which will
TIME, LABOR and MONEY. We are willing it should
rest upon its merits. All ask is to give it fair
trial. and it according to directions, OOund in each
box and il does not give full satisfaction the money
will be refunded
Among the many advantages over other Washing Soaps
the following may be named;
Clothes need no boiling, and very little rubbing, (most
articles none.)
3 One pound will go as far, for any use, MS three
pounds OF common rosn sonp or two pounds best family
soap.
It requires less than one-haf the time and labor do
the washing Of family, that it requires with the best
family soap, and Is warranted not to inlue the fabric.
4 For cleaning Paints and removing Grease, Tar and
Printers Ink, II is unsurpassed hlachirss Printers and
Painters will hud it an invaluable article for washing
hands does not chap, but greatly soens the skin
The superiority Of the materials used, and the Soap
Sor CONTAINING ANY EXcEss OF AIKALlEs, is more mild
than any other known Washing Soap, and undoubtedly
the best adapted for white and conred cinhng, well us
Cambrics and Laces, aud is WARRANTED NOT TO
ROT THE CLOTHES
For sale all respectable Grocery Stores in the city and
neghboring towns, and wholesale only by
THAN a McKEONE,
% South Wharves,
Between Market and Chesnut Sts, Philadelphia
February 10Th, ls50.-3m
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-05-21
SUNBURY FOUNDRY!

NET CASH DRY GOODS HOUSE.
EYRE & LANDELL,
FOURTH & ARCH Streets, PHILADELPHIA,
4 RE now opening II full assortment of NEW GOODS,
"A FOR THE SPRING OF 1859
Spring Silks Of New Styles,
Fashionable Double Skirt Robes,
Shawls of the New Spring Styles
De LANES and Fancy Dress Goods,
Summer Poplns and Nalencias.
Travelling Dress Goods, full variety,
Blankets, Sheeting and Housekeeping Goods
n B. Storekeepers respectfully requested to g.
anime our Stock Of BLACK SILKS, and SHAWLS, be-
fore purchasing.
+. ;. New Goods received daily, and good Bargains
from The Auctions of New y ork and this City.
~ TERMS NETT CASH AND Prices Low
arch l2h, 1853 mW3
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-05-21

LA 7Ty ;aJG3IGJS HOUSE,
Market Street, Sunbury Pa.
rEVHE subscriber respectfully informs the citi-
n zens of Sunbury, and the public generally,
that he has taken possession of the above well
known stand, formerly kept by John Lesser
He is determined to use every exerton TO make
his house one Of the best in the State, and offers
re inducements for persons who spend short
time in one of the most pleasant towns in central
Pennsy ylvania.
His table will be supplied with the best the
market can produce. His bar will be supplied
with the purest liquors.
Careful and obliging servants always in atten-
dance. A share of the local and travelling com.
munity is most respectfully solicited.
SIMON SNYDER,
April 2l, 1885 6m Proprietor.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-05-21
PHILIP z. PURDY.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Grocery, Wine and Liquor Store,
S. L. cor. Walnut and Water Streets,
PHILADELPHIA,
DEALERS and families will be promptly
supplied at the lowest prices.
October a, ls56.--u
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-05-21
sUNBURY FLOUR STORE FOR 1858
HERRING'S SAFE.

AbhiN II Il
CH HAMPIoNl !
The ony Safe which, in every
instance, preserved their en-
tire contents in the late eI-
tonsive fire.
At the burning Of the Arti.
zan Buildings, April 10th,
and in the GREAT FIRE in
Market street, May lst, 1856,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-05-21
FURNITURE! FURNITUREl!
Fashionable, Cheap and Useful

THE LARGEST STOCK EVER OFFERED
IN sUNBURY.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-05-21
THE OLD HARDWARE STAND

(EsTABLisnED TwEATH'FouR kAksJ
livery description of Building, Mechanical, Farming
L \ ana Household HARDWARE, is new in Store, and
will he offered the lowest MAJ ket prices, 10 Cash and
prompt months buyers. Nails at Manufacturers pri-
ces for Cash.
Orders from new customers will receive strict and
rate attention. aud all goods sent from this house will be as
represented,
~ COUNTRY MERcBASTs, on their next visit to our
city make their Spring purchases cordially invited
to call examine Stock aud Prices hefIe purchas
ing. March l2h, ls5s.--3mW3
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-05-21

ISAAC M. WILKERSON.
MANUFACTuRBR OF
FURNITURE AND CHAIRS
so. Of the most Fashionable STYLE.
p.as, Divans and Loungea
So6, bureaus, Secretaries, SideboaTds
a Svrh, BkEAKFAST AND DINING TARIRs /
'"o ''so VENETIAN BLINDS, equal TO PHI.
prnsr, dephia Manufacture. ~ ~ "'''
CQPBOARDS, WORK AND CANn, M Gr''e
STANDS, TOILET TABLES AM
EXTENSION TABLES,
In short, every article in this line Of II. ,
NE subscriber respectfully calls III. ,,,on,.1.
OIL the public TO his large and sn,onI;a
sortment of every quality and price Of f''"''' a.
CABINET-WARE
which cannot fail to re,o ommend itself,oevo,
who will examine it, on account Of IL. J,:ni she
workmanship and splendid finish, made nm ~ ,h
pest STOCK to be had in the city. No effor, :.
spared in the manufacture of his ware III ;, ~
subscriber is determined to keen mn n';,h ,u ne
many improvements which are cons,an,,n = ,ne tne
made. ing
He also manufacture all kinds ,,5or.,;,..
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-05-21
CENTRAL HOTEL.

O0N 1t44A AAV L GAy
SUNBURY, Northumberland County, Pa
rBNHIS large and commudious Hotel, now fin
n ished and completely furnished with entire
new furniture, at large expense by Sheriff Van
dyke and situate at the Railroad Depot north
east corner of Market Square. Sunbury, and at
the terminus Of the Sunhury y Erie and North
crn Central Railroads, will be open for the accom-
mediation of Travellers and the public in general
on the FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, 1889.
The proprietor will give his exclusive atteu-
ton, to tte comfort and convenience of his guests
and is de- ermined to make this establishment
rank among the first in the State.
His table will be supplied with the best the
market can produce having the advantage of
daily communication by cars direct from Balt-
more. and also from those bringing produce from
the surrounding country.
His bar will be supplied with the purest liquors
the market can produce
CAREFUL and obliging servants always in at
tendance.
A share of the local and travelling community
is most respectfully solicited.
JOSEPH MOIST, Lessee.
Sunbury. Dec. Is. 1858.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1859-05-21
Citrate of Magnesia

TASTELE SALTS.
T,fSs preparation is recommended as an eH
Il cellent laxative and purgauve. 1t operates
mildly, is entirely free from any unpleasant taste
resembling lemonade in flavor, prepared and sold
hv A. w. FISHER.
sunbury, Jaiy IL, fsbs'
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17
Tne stranger On the Sill.
RY T. n. READ.

Between broad fields of wheat and corn,
Is the lovely home where was born;
The peach tree leans against the wall,
And the WOO tbine wanlers over all;
There Is the shaded doorway still
But a strangers foot has crossed the sill
There Is the barn, au l. as Of yore,
l can smell the hay from the open door,
An see the busy swallows throng,
And hear the pewee's mournful song;
Bat the stranger CON ,s-oh painful proof
His sheaves are piled to the heated roof.
There is the orchard--.he very trees
That knew nv childhood so well to please
Where watche | the shsdowy moments run,
Till NY life inoibe | more of shade and sun;
Tie swing fro the bbI3h still sweeps the air,
But the Strangers children are swinging thers.
1t bubbles, the shady spring below,
With its bulrush brook, where the hazels grow ;
Twas there l found the calamus root,
Aud watched the minnows poise and shoot,
But the strangers bucket Is at the spring.
D, We who daily cross the sill,
Step lightly, for love it still;
And when you crowd the old barn caves,
Then think what countless harvest sheaves
Have passed within that scented door,
To gladden. eyes that are no mere. ..s
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17

, RICHARD Golden landed at Boston Feb, 20.
He purposes to make tour of our country
that will occupy several months, and, if well
let alone, his journey cannot fail to prove a
greeable aud instructive. And, as Mr. Cob
den, though a man ofnote is senible, modest,
and invincibly averse to humbug, we do not
believe any attempts to lioni1e him would
succeed made.
Mr.. Golden is thorou yhly an Englishman
born at Midhurst near London, in 1900, so
tlat he is now nearly sixty years old, though
he boxes considerably younger, and has a
| fresh, unbeut, well-preservei aspect, as If he
tad lived temperately and not too hurri- -dly,
He was a calico-printer by trade, and was
| first sent to Parliament as Liberal from
Stockport in 1871. Thoroughly sympathis-
ing with his class in their opposition to the
Corn Laws, Mr. Cobden bore leading
part in the agitation which resulted in the re-
peal of those laws. and was rewarded for it
by the free Gift of an estate costing Half a
Million Dollars, made up by subscription -
lie has represented i'll the House of Commons
the West Ridinssof Yorkshire, one of the
largest and most important constituencies in
the Empire but was thrown oat rsat the last
general election because he opposed the late
war against Russia, and voted to censur.
Lord Palmerstan. He has since been urged
to re-enter, Parliament, but declined. He
will probably consent to do so after the close
of this Parliament and his present tour, es-
pecially ifa new Reform struggle should be
imminent. for he has evidently several
years work left in him, and he is not man
| to be idle while there is an abuse to be cor
rected OF wrong to be righted.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17

No poetry In railways! foolish thought ..
OF a dull brain, to no ane music wrought,
BY mammon dazzled, though the people prize
The COLA above, yet shall not we despise
The triumphs Of ,ur time, or fail to see
CT pregnant mind the fruitful progeny,
Usherng the daylight OF the worlds new morn.
Look up, ye doubters, be no more forlorn!
Sslute, ye earnest spirits Of our time,
The young Improvement ripening to her prime,
Who, in the fuliness Of her genial youth,
Prepares the way for liberty an truth,
And breaks the barriers that, since earth began,
Have made mankind the enemy Of man.
-CAayIes Ndckay
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17

lMREACnMENTB BY CoNGREss.-One
will come up in the next session, Judge
Watrous, U. S. District Judge, in
Texas. An attempt to impeach him
failed in Congress in 1852. At the
late session attempt was made, Should
the impeachment be directed. it will
no doubt occupy the Senate, to the ex-
clHsion ofothcr business, for great
portion of the session.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17

-Four State elections will take place
TINS spring, viz: New Hamshire March
8; Connecticut, April, 4; Rhode Island
april Q, and Virginia, May 2e. In
each OF these States Governor Is to
be chosen, and also members to tho
next Congress. The result will be
looked tor Wits a &c Cd deal of inter.
est. 'o'
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17
Two Years Old.


In every nook or corner sly
His roguish eye is sure to peep, 6
And grandma's pocket he will try ... ,
To fathom, be it e'er so deep.
He pulls the buttons of my dress,
And then says, "Look" My ypretty boyl
When might scold, I pause to bless a-
Thy upturned face, sofull ofjoy. ..
His fathers hat he loves to wear,
And, hiding half his tiny head, ...
4 glow Of beauty, rich and rare,
Upon that old black hat Is shed.
For meath its brim so dark and deep,
His dimpled face all bright with bloom,
Peeps out, as rosy vapors peep
Sometimes from clouds Of wintry gloom.
He'll slyly pull his brothers hair,
Or steal their toys and run to me.
But when they gather round for prayer,
lie, too, will bend his little knee;
And though he scarce can speak word,
There's worship IN his speaking eye,
And Robby's prayer know is heard,
When he looks up to Gods blue sky.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17
Real Backbone Talk. ia Com

Owen I.ovejoy, Of Illinois, was re-
elected to Congress last fall in his dis
trict by = large majority, and no marvel.
He is one ofthe able men of the House,
as well as among the most indepen-
dent and fearless. He talks right out
in the presence and to the face of the
would-be masters, as the reader of the
following verbatim report of recent
discussion, taken from the COMPRESSION
al Globe will be ready to certify:
MIR. Lovejoy-I move to amend the
clause by striking out the words, land
for the safe keeping of prisoners;
understand that means for the safe
keeping of fugitive slaves.
Mr.. John Cochranc-Oh, no; there
are none in New York.
MIR. Lovejoy-This being my under
standing, move to strike out these
words. | will not dwell now upsn the
moral considerations pertinent to this
matter. | do not believe that the
Constitution conters upon this House
the power of taxing me and taxing my
constituents to feed and clothe and
keep these fugitive slaves till their trial
comes on. If there is anything in the
Constitution about it, it is that they are
simply allowed to be taken and carried
back. And, sir, it is a thing so utterly
odious to the people of the Free States,
SO utterly degrading, and so abhorrent
to the feelings of humanity, North and
South, that | 60 for adhering to the
letter of the bond, giving nothing more
than the pound Of flesh. That is all
we can give, and We give that reluo-
,antly. Iftherefore do not misappre-
hend the meaning of this clause.
trust it will be stricken out.
Mr.. Singleton-The gentleman talks
about giving ''the pound Of flesh"
would be very happy indeed, if the
gentleman would return the negro
whom he helped to steal away from
one of my cor stituents.
MI. Loveioy- thank the gentle,
man for calling the attention of the
Committee to that matter. I never
stole away any of the gentleman's me-
groes-he never rightfaliy owned a
negro. Every human being that God
made be!spgs to himself against the
universe. And, sir, if this committee
wish to knows my attention has
been several times called to this, and
as scurrilous letters have been read here
whether help fugitive slaves, l march
right up to the confessional and tell
them that do. There is no human
being, black or white, that ever comes
to my door and asks for food when
hungry, or shelter when houseless, but
receives it; and if the invisible Spirit
OF slavery expects 70 cross my thresh-
hold and forbid me to feed the hungry
or shelter the houseless, l bid that de-
mon defiance in the name of G3d.
Mr.. Singleton-I wonld like the
gentleman to define what he calls
''stealing" ifthas be not stealing
MIR. Lovejoy-Stealing is to take a
man and keep him slave. "He that
stealeth man and selleth him, or ii he
be found in his hands, he shall surely
be put to death"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17
Cautlle Lecture for the Sons Of
.. Malta.

DR.. Rodgers, of Buffalo, has joined the
Sons of Malta and the B. B. DIS. His wife is in
the habit of reading him curtain TEXTURES
The one which follows is reported by the
Republic of that city:
''Now tell me about the Sons of Malta
Won't you? Do, that's good dear? What
do you do when you get in? Is it the same
as the Masons and Odd Fellows? And then
there what they call the B. b. DIS. You
know all about themtoo? Well, now, what
don't you know about 1t is just as | ex-
pected. You know all about every secret
society in existence and your poor dear wife
is not allowed to know a single thing that $
going on. Sons of Malta; literary and
scientific society learns the art of painting.
statuary and mathematics, The b. B. DIS
a religious society, and none but those of a
strict moral and pious persuasion are admit
ted ~ Well, Tn beat now. And you a
member! Now its my turn to laugh The
b. b. DIS moral institution Ha ha !ha
Didn't you come home the other morning as
drunk as bose ives, drunk-and I asked
you whore you had been at that hour of the
morning gand you said, Oh, nowhere, you were
but taking Il little recreation with the B. Il.
ID. and that's what you call moral instit-
utl"n. Wasn't drunk?' Well, thea the
bed was, for you went around it three O, foul
times before you could get into it and when
you got in, you held on to the side for fear Of
being tunbled out. You can't cheat me, old
fellow. Eve seen too much of the world no
to know when mans drunk.
Didn't drink anything but fifteen glasses
OF buck beer" In the name of Jupitol
2Aminon, what are we coming to? and NOR
al institution at that ouly fifteen glasses you
say: What are the strong minded women A.
bout that they don't petition the Legislature
10 nave these secret societies abolished p
Aud how many glasses do they drink at the
Sons Of Malta? "Uniess conditions are good
don't drink at all. Don't allow S, ch things
there? Conditions? I'd like to know whal
conditions have to do with it? Cant be a
Son Malta without conditions. Well, would
Just like to see the condition, and see how it
looks. suppose it is piece of statuary ?
Turn over here; what under heaven are vor
laughing at? Cant help it." I'll max,
you help it. You haw, haw, like a wild jack
ass! what's the matter with you? "Chron
icS and Rheumatics." What have you 90,
Chronics and Rheumatics | never would
have married you if knew that? What &c
you mean? Are you crazy, Or drunk, o.
what? Say, do they blindfold youwhen they
take you to the Sons of Malta ?-And do they
put a cable tow around your neck; and Sc,
you on hot grldiron? Have you any mark.
on you? Cant divulge any Secrets Yes,
but you can lie there and laugh like any OF
her fool.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17

Farewell happy fields where Joy
forever dwells!
Hail horrors! Hail internal world
Piotoundest He'll receive thy new
rosessor." Aliltonl.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17

WoRK.-There is aperenni al noble
ness and even sacredness in work.
Were he ever so benighted, torgettuI
OF his high calling, there is always
hope In man that actually and earn.
estly works: in idleness alone il there
perpetual despair. Doubt, desire, sor.
row, rcmorse, indignation, dispair it.
self, all these, like hell-dogs, lie belea
CURING the soul of the poor day worke,
rs OF every man; but he bends himsel,
with free salor against his task, and
all these are stilled-all these sh,;,l
murlnuring far OFF into their caves
Thomas Carlyle.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17

fHE DISEa-oUr AT HoMs.-A gentleman
who enjoyed the reputation of dining out
continually, and of breaking bread with the
resnenent OF gourmet, once joined D rty,
which included Jerrold, late in the evening
The diper-out threw himself into chair and
exclaimed with disgust, tut had nothing
but mutton-chop for dinner !" yrroA-
"Ah! see, you dined at home"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17

He called so loud that all the hol-
low depths OF Hell resounded.
The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-01-18
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT


The caucus held ON Saturday by the Democratic
members of the Senate is said to have been a very
interesting one,-but its most significant proceed
ings are not very freely narrated by the partici-
pants therein. 1t is cautiously whispered however,
that arguments were presented in favor of Mr..
SLIpELLs thirty million scheme, squirting decided
ly towards intmations of line of policy which the
PRESIDENT has in view, based upon knowledge of a
plan by which he believes the purchase of Cuba
can be effected. In other words Senators were made
to understand that the 600 propositions not
merelya random movement in the dark, but part of
a matured plan or system of contemplated opera
tions. What the plan limited at is, is not known
outside the 1t is evident, however, that it
did not convince Mr.. DoUGLAs, who expressed his
doubts of its feasibility, and stated the only way
in which, in his opinion, Cuba be acquired
to wit by Selling it in retort for some outrage by
Spanish authority, and then paying for it by nego-
tiation. Other Senators doubtful of the prac-
ticabty of the SLTDELL scheme, as is evidenced by
the fact that the caucus did not venture vote upon
the pending proposition but separated with sort
of understanding that every man was to do as he
pleased.
The Pennsylvania avenue railroad dob" don't
rush its way through the Senate quite glibly as
the New York spectators, who have it in charge,
anticipated. Senators getting their eyes open
ed 10 the true character of this scheme and the
more they see and understand the less they like it..
A city railroad from the capitol to Georgetown GER
tainly is much to be desired. There is objection
to such an enterprise, but much to commend It to
to construct it, care should be taken not to place
valuable franchise in the hands of irresponsible
parties, having no interest in the District, and
whose whole aim is to sell it out again, at once, for
a handsome consideration, to divide among the lob
by. If the pending scheme is permitted to be con-
summated, we shall be shall be sure to have poor
" constructed road, stability equipped, and man.
aged with little regard to the public accommoda-
ton.
citizens of Washington will soon present memorial
to Congress, asking leave to put down railroad
track along Pennsylvania avenue from the Railroad
depot to Georgetown, with lateral branches ON 7th