Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1865-10-21


Great Sunken Lake., twenty miles lonx
and ten miles wide in Oregon, is supposed
to lie two thousand feet below the moun-
tains, which from q perpendicular wall ali
around. A party recently visiting it fired a
rine several times into the water at an angle
OF forty-fve degrees, and were able to note
several seconds of time between the report
OF the gun and the moment when the bali
struck the water. 1t does not appear that
any body has made the descent to It's shores.
Good beef sells in Texas at five cents ner
pound; horses and mules from $l5 to sac
Tor round lots, and are within two hundred
and nifty miles OF good market. 40 for aa
the eye can reach in every direction, and as
far as you may go, the country is alive with
stock. The whole market of the United
States might be supplied there, and there
would not be any apparent decrease.
A tornado visited Isanti and Chicago
counties, Minnesota, about forty miles moth
OF ST. Paul, on the 18th ult., making clean
track through the heavy pine and oak for
es:s, about thirty rods wide for distance
of many miles. Trees three feet in diameter
were literally twisted into broom splints. In
some places the debris piled thirty tpet
high.
Lieut. Gen. Grant was ever known to per-
petrate, was one day during his campaign
in Mississippi, when the rebel Gen. Winter
was coming up to attack one of the wings
of his army, when the Commander.in-chief
happened to be himself resent-"Gentle-
men," said Grant, quietly knocking the
ashes from his segar, and looking around at
the officers near him, you see severe
einter approaching, and l advise you to
have the boys Keep up good fire"
The State Department in Washington has
received advices to the effect thai the chole-
ra was recently raging fearfully in Barcelona
Spain. The port had been closed by royal
decree, all business was suspended, and half
the inhabitants had fled from the city.
Secretary Wellos recently told the editor
of The Hartford Press that il Mr.. johnson
was at home, and private citizen, he would
, favor negro suffrage in Tennessee.
THE CAUSE of the failure of the Atlantic
Telegraph enterprise is made quite clear in
the following jeu a'esprit:
Some screw is loose, machines won't work;
Or whales have given the line jerk;
Or rocks, with sharpen'd edge, have cut
Clean through the wire and purcha gut.
/ iuSiCioic, w Eol caPcCt IhtS tNc
From England tidings to receive,
Through oceans deptha. Dispel the dream.
'Tis an impracti-CABLE scheme!
SMART.-Some years ago when S. was
| running for Governor, he met one day, his
old friend and brother Democrat, Chief Jus,
tice Il. 80" said the Judge, jocosely, "you
expect to be Governor" YES" said s.. II
expect to govern myself under toe misfor-
tune of defeat, that's sl.o "Ah," said the
judge, cit Is great man who is governor of
himself" True" replied s., "but he is
greater who is judge of himself"
BARON ", once playing at cards, was
guilty of an odd trick; on which his oppo-
nent threw him out of the window Of one
| pair-of.stairs room. The baron meeting
Foote complained of this usage, and asked
what he should dol DO" said the wit,
never play so high agcir as long as you
! live"