Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-10-17


Tho doctors Of Berlin have made an onslaught ON
povaria beer, drank there 10 excess, as being the
oanse Of numberless cases Of apoplexy.
Mr. George Peabody has presented Yale College
NTH geological cabinet worth Sl25ooc.
Since the Ist orJanuary last scvcnty-sevcp millions
Of rounds of ten have been imported into England.
General Gmoro's artillery practice on Fort sumt-
or md tho capture of the rebel iron-ead Atlanta
by the monitor Weehawken' have created quite an
uproar in England. The naval authorities begin
nthink their owu system OF ron-clads faiiure ana
our cannon quit irresistible We must not poohpooh
the Americans ssys DR.. Russell.
II has been nsccrtoined by in the Grsons
Switzerland that cagle acw in his sight five miles
10 Eve minutes.
WE'LL ASswERrp.--The Nashville Union reply
inc to n content ptuous remark OF coppcrhead paper
thnt Sn,nLo is getting be Of great Importance in
these latter days says: The negro has been Of
oreat importance for more than generation. lie
has enabled few arsiocrats to rule the nation he
bs, given the cotton States all their Importance. He
has caused one civil already and has become at
nj last the chief cornerstone Of the Southern Con-
federacy.' Who will deny 'Sambos' Importance"
A hrAr NOVELTY was on exhibition at the vcr-
mont State Fair, in Rutland, last week II is in the
from Of steam pleasure carriage. adapted to moving
over common roads. This machine is Of exquisite
workmanship. and. when supplied with wood and
water for trip of Il miles. weighs only 650 pounds
Some four weeks since, this carriage made the run
81 distance of q miles in so minutes 1t is claimed
il will move on common road mile in two
minutes.
GEy. CAss RRcovrnlSo. The Detroit free Press
states that the health of Gen. Cass had improved
and be was considered out of danger Gen. Cass is
now eiglty-onc years old, having been born in l7S2
In that year were also born John c. Calhoun Thomas
H. Rcntor Daniel Webster Martin Van buren, all
dead.
Ifne5rucs arc as good as white people. why did
cot the Creator make them alike ?0hio Crisis.
We don't think that negroes good as white
people bui II woman are rs good rs men Why didn't
The Creator make them alikc!-Lousville Journal
Coyrucrous REuovED.-tirorge Mimi III. Richard
Baldrilgc, james Petit, John Shafer Daniel Fisher
and George VI. ubi for many years conductors on
the passenger trains of the Philadelphia and Read
irg Railroad, were removed from their situation;
Lat week The cause is rumor,d 10 be dishonest
dealings with their employers. Mr. wellington Jones
OF A inrr, md Mr. WIN. d. Hunter. formerly o
Douglcssvilie, have been appointed conductors to i'll
these yacances.--MntrS journal.
TnE Coal TRArr.-The quantity sent by Railroad
this week is t6,33y lS-by Cnnal. 28.S7l 00fUr tn,
week. lO5Gl0 Is Ions against 7q $50 ions for tho cor
responding week last year.
This is stho hssvest shipment ever made from
Schuy kin County in single week.
The market remains active for all kinds of Coal
and prices ar" firmly maintained, with a small ad
vance Tor choice kinds.
The increase Of Coal thrown into the market thi
continue. Under these crcum stances, the marke
will take an increase Of about one million eigh
hundred thousand tors this ycar.-1hcre is Goa
accunsnlaing NJ any point in the market because th
present high prices induce 10th dealers and
~ keep bnt light stocks OH hand.
The Tolls on the Railroad were advanced 40 cent
per ton oI Mcnlay last,
The trel ;hs TO the East both from Ph,delphi
and Elzeheihport, have advanced again AMI vessel
nrc scarc". ".-.WiGsYS JuHrna!.
\ boy, tlhtesn years Of age, named Henry Lowry
residing near Peckharrye, England, was cxpellc'
from his home last month by his mother for som
trilnr msdtmeaIiOr, and AT once ran away to corn
field close ny, and en- lying down in the open air rl
asleep. jie slept throughout the nj sht which wa
moonlight enc. Some lahcrcrs on there wny /
work seeing the boy apparently asleep aroused him
the lad opened his eyes, bat declared he could IN
see. ii. VAS conveyed homc, and thence to an ocu
lists, where medical advice was obtained. TIL
surgcon affirmed that the loss of sight resulted frou
Flcepn4 i'll The moopshne. The boy is totally blin
and no hopes arc -aicrtuned Of hi. ultimate recovc
r..
fCI.L FAMINE IN THE WEsr.-Thcrc is
great scarcity Of fuel in Cincinnati and othe
Western cities. Wood is ten dollars 4 cord
and coal fpur or tive times the usual price Il
this season Of the ycar.
ST. LOUIs TOBACCO TRADE During tn
year Cnd!rg the lst instant, II ,407 hhd,. o
i"Gacco were sold at 81. Louis, an incrcas
OF 5,s0I hht!s o'2.r the previous ycac