Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1865-12-23
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

In Boston and elsewhere torpedoes have
been discovered in coal from the Pennsyva-
MIA mines. It Is said they were used as
signals on railroad tracks, but got into the
coal by mistake.
The lower house Of the Missouri Legisla-
ture has adopted a resolution declaring
Jefferson Davis an unfit subject for execu-
tive clemency, and that he should suffer the
penalty of the law.
! During the war the Jewels Of Zion lodge
Of Masons, In Jones county, North Carlo
lima, fell into the hands of a Connecticut
regiment, and were ultimately brought to
Hartford, where they were repaired by the
st. Johns Lodge of that city, and forward
cd to the North Carolina owners, with
sundry additions to their value.
A man IN Jackson, Michigan, got drunk
and staggered upon bed wherupon lay
his infant son. His whole weight rested
upon the babe and it soon expired. The
wretched man, who is respectable, we'll
to-do citizen, made vow never to touch
liquor again.
A Boston merchant, writing from Kings
ton, Jamaica, says that of the blacks eXecu-
ted, onc-half knew nothing whatever of the
outbreak Thousands of innocent blacks
have been severely whipped to inspire them
with q wholesome fear of such proceedings.
The Richmond Whig expresses the opin-
ion that there is undoubtedly general
admiration entertained for the 'brave
Ulysses" throughout the entire South, but
at the same time it intimates that there are
yc, many rebels base and vile enough at
heart to assassinate him, if they could do
so without detection.
1t proves by the confession of the muir
derer Corbitt, recently convicted and SEN
fenced to death at Chicago, that three men
are now under ten years sentence in the
States Prison, under conviction for crime
which they had nothing whatever to do.
They were convicted on circumstantial evil
dence, and will be pardoned at once.
When Mr.. Livingston, the American Min
lister, who was quite deaf, was introduced
at the Court of Napoleon, he had prepared
to answer the question he supposed the
Emperor would ask in regard to his passage
across the Atlantic. Napoleon accostcd
him thus: "How is Mr.. Jeiferson9" "Very
boisteroas!' replied Mr.. Livingston, to the
great amusement of those present.
A recently married lady in Cincinnati was
called into the paror of her boarding house
| day last week to see woman who had in
CURED for her She recognized discarded
lover in feminine disguise, and only his
awkwardness in taking his revolver from an
unfamiliar pocket gave his intended victim
| time to escape from the distardly murder
| he had planned with so much cunning.
The Portland Argus understands that
there are more apples stored in that city at
the present time than at any previous time
within the past two years, yet prices are
extravagantly high. But prices must come
down. and spectators know it. Though
selling at exorbi:ant price rates they arc
cautious about buying.
A young italian lady, daughter of a far
mer near Montefore, in the province Of Avel-
| lima, recently stabbed to death the notori-
ous bandit Muisa, who had broken into her
fathers house, and was treated there to
some refreshments, as matter of protection
against his murterous intention. While
the young girl approached him uader the
pretext of taking from him an empty plate
she stabbed him with her stiletto SO eff
fectivcly that death ensued Immediately
The reward of five hundred frances offered
by the authorities for his capture has beer
paid to the plucky girl.
The season of navigation on the Upper
Mississippi has closed-the last boat hayins
left st. Paul on the both ult. o..
The I.eyees of New Orleans are aguil
crowded with foreign and domestic ships
and the steamboats, from the great Nortl
and Northeast.
A vigilance committee has been formed
at Titusvillc, Pa; the whole oil region i
,pc tnl I,, l,,, ,l,n /,
Mr.. Townsend Harris, late United State
Minister to Japan, has presented to Gen
Grant a magnificent sword of honor re
ceived from the Tycoon. ......
: apology for the Rebellion by J. Blu
chanan, spinster, is the title-or should be
of recent publication that is rcceivin:
considerable attention from the press.
An obituary notice of Tom Sayers, til
pugilst, in an English paper, speaks of hin
, ieclingly, as one who became the idol of
pot house, who died of drinking, and who's
funeral was riot.
A gentleman who recently inserted
, "want" iE the Chicago Journal, received 81
hundred and thirty-two answers. Who say
the people don't read the advertisements
lien. lOm COrWln, OF OnlO, says thaC II
t would have continued in the Mexican en-
bassy, but that he had to climb mountain
and keep on foot all the time to keep j
5 reach of the Mexican repu!ic, and he wa
: too old for it,
! Mr.. Bigelow, United States Minister
Paris, recently stated to New York frlcn
of his, on the latters departure for tn
country, that our relations with Louis NJ
poleon's Government have never befoi
been so delicate rs the present moment.
) Rev. John Pierpont presided over nj
b tona! convention of spiritualists held r.
n Gently at Philadelphia, declaring himself
e christian spiritualist, and, as such, ohjectc
to resolutions offered denouncing christ
;. anity.
c A CAUTION TO GIRLs.-The Raleig
d Standard of late date says: I'VE unde
;. stand that couple of Ladies arrived in tn
e city day or two ago in search of a ga
n deceiver in uniform, whom they accused {
: loving, if not wisely, at least two we'll.
s seems he had married one of the ladies
It the State of Maine before the war brol