Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1861-01-26
Glrapines EDITORIAL ano Grlrtteo.

! The new depot Of tn, Lackawanna end
Bloomsburg Railroad, at panville. has been
completed. 1t is large, onvenient, airy and
comfortable.
Two of Toombs' famili servants seeded
from him Just before be left Washington,
thus "dissolving their Unpn."
Lyman Trumbull H., is re elec ted to the
| U. s. Senate from Illinois
| The number Of hogs Slaughtered at l. ouis
vile and vicinity this se,son is 1874, 4,794-
About 10000 less than las year.
The Charleston IS. c. Courier says:
"Tbe removal Of many excellent families
| from the capital is regretted, but nobody pro-
poses to stop them from minagiug their own
domestic affairs in their own way"
CARoLISA's MERcEyA Rr,s.-Most Of the
5000 troops under arms At Charleston. are
Northern men, and they an dissatisfied with
the system Of hard fare andforeed enlistment
adopted.
Corn FOR FUEr.-Corn slls for twelve and
half cents per bushe in Illinois, and coal
for fifteen to seventeen, anda bushel of corn
gives more heat than one of soal.
PossuN.-Messrs. McCal aud Ballou
agreed to settle their claims o fair lady OF
Carthage, Tenn, with pistols. Mccall fell at
the fret FIRE. Ballou fed for,vcr Mccall
arose and called for the lady.
LARGE CITTRs-There are fift,seyen cities
10 the world which contain from 100 600, TO
100000 inhabitants, tweuty-thret from 200.
Oc0 10 5000, and twelve which cottain above
100000.
ToroH don FOR A DoLLAR-WiIlism
flcharos, recently, carried jerome Stevens
upon bis back from Ayers Village, Mss. to
Haverhill, distance of Ave miles for d,llar.
Stevens weighed lao pounds, and the tine
occupied was two hours and twenty minutes
tourist calls the Niagara river "the
pride OF rivers" That pride certainly has
tremendous fall, says some one else.
Why does sailor know there is msn in
the moon Because he has been to sea.
Source or UsEAsIyEss.- Cbarleston
letter writer says :-"Dsguse it as you NAV,
the South Caroinians know that as long as
the stars and stripes float over the heads Of
the brave kentuckian [ A njerson) and bis two
huEdred men, their act, the secession of
South Carolina, is virtually unachieved."
CoLDEsT YEr.-At A. N. OF Sunday last
Prof.. James Of Lewisburg found bis standard
Thermometer standing at 27o below zero, or
so lower than he has known it 10 his obser.
vations during many years. The average
cold during the day was also the most severe
he has on bis record here Lerisburg
Chronicle, 18Th inst.
DIVISION OF SoUTH CARoIIyA.-An
is an extract Of a letter dated at Savannah :
-"Execute the orders remittances will be
made previous to your shipment. The great
rivalry between this city aud Charleston is at
an end. Savannah is triumphant Charles.
ton is commercially dead. 1t will take
twenty years before she can recover her
former position. | regret to say that Geor-
gia has, IN measure, invited South Carolina
10 secede, thinking thereby to ruin her rivnl
IN trade. The traders of our city have for
warded funds TO South Carolina to keep up
the excitement. All that we want is about
ninety days more Of the trade of the North
and Europe, then we will divide South Carroll.
ma between this State and North Carolina,
giving the latter State the ports Of George.
town and Charleston. Soon many of the
Charleston traders will locate themselves in
| this city. Business very active real estate
advancing"
jim, slave Of Mr.. Ponder, Of Miccosukie, Fla,
having been whipped by his overseer, Mr.. Rea.
gins, approached and greeted him in apparentIy
pleasant hunor on New Years aay and NM.
diately picked up an axe, dashed in N. In,l
then with sharp knife, cut his throat from ear
to ear, and ripped open his bowels. After the
murder, he went to Mr.. Ponder, and informed
him what he had done, expressing his willingness
to be hung. in which he was accommodated in a
few hours by committee Of twenty five slave
holders. He declared that he had walked twenty.
hve miles Tor the purpose Of committing the
crime.
SrEREorrPIsG WOODEN FuRsIruRE.-It is
said that an artist ir Paris has made dis.
covery which will effect a compe.e revolution
10 the manufacture Of cabinet work. ii has
found means OF rendering any description
OF wood so soft that it will receive an impres.
sion either OF the most varied sculpture or the
most delicate chasing. The wood is then
hardened to the consistency Of metal, while
the impressions remain perfect. The artist
has already completed some splendid sculp.
tured articles, such as pic.ure-frames, ink.
stands. chests. and liquor.stands. With the
introduction OF this new art, it is expected
that articles Of household furniture will be
considerably reduced 10 price.
PoIsoH AND ITS REMEDY-A medical iour.
nal advises that il a person swallows poison
deliberately, or by chance, instead OF break.
ing out into multudinous aud incoherent ex.
clamatiops. send some one for a Doctor
Meanwhile, run to the kitchen, get half q glass
OF water 10 anything that is handy, put it
into teaspoonful OF salt. and as much ground
mustard, stir II an instant, catch 6rm hold
ot the persons nose, the mouth will soon fy
openI'hen down with the mixture, and in q
SECOND or Two up will come the poison. This
will answer better in large number of cases
than anything else. II, by this time. the
physician has not arrived, make the patient
swallow the white Of an egg. followed by q
cup OF strong coffee, as sntidotes for any
poison that remsins 10 the stsmach. because
] these purify q larger number of poisons Than