Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1865-11-18

| VIC saw plauteT III Town yesterday Duy-
ing a large lot of books for his freedmen.
/ 1t is his purpose to establish a Sunday
school and night school for them, and also
| have them taught on Saturday and Wednes-
day afternoons. This is the right spirit. We
are glad to see it prevailing in one manifes-
tation or another to a very large extent
/ Nothing should be done to ALLEVIATE our
former slaves, but everything to conciliate
and elevate them"
| The Nashville, Tenn, Times says that in
East Tennessee peace and harmony prevail
Large numbers of the rebels are leaving for
Brazil and Mexico. The people are all
gathering their crops fattening their hogs
and beeves, and joining the church. We
doubt If more peaceaful region exists
south Of the Ohio River than East Ten
nessee, that renowned land Of women and
patriotic men.
BY the way ofSan Francisco we have some
satisfactory news from the Russian Ameri-
can Telegraph Company's expedition to the
23d OF September. They were then at Plo-
ver-bay. Sounding of Behring's straits
proved that the cable could be laid across
there very satisfactorily. The other SURVEYS
were equally flattering.
A Georgia journal says that many of the
leading Methodist clergymen of that State,
in consequence of their hostility to their
Northern brethren, have made overtures to
the Episcopalians for union with them.
The Hammercreek Gap and Lancaster
Railroad, says the Reading Record, is the
title of the new road now in course of con-
struction from Mannheim to Lancaster 1t is
| to be extended from Mannheim, northwsrd
through Hammercreek Gap to Pinegrove,
| and ultimately from Lancaster southwark to
New Castle, Delaware, where coal can be
shipped during any season of the year.
Mrs Lucinda Hall, of Springfield, Mass.
died at the breakfast table SUNDAY morning
She was the last of family of eight children,
seven of whom died suddenly in their chairs
the eighth being found dead in bed.
The Great Northern Railway in England
is going to introduce system Of consuming
the smoke of the locomotives, and thereby,
at the same time, manufacture the necessary
gas for lighting the trains.
Among the worshippers at Christ Episco-
pal Church, Elizabeth, N j., on the occa-
Rhode Island, were Gen. Winfield Scott,
who is spending few weeks at his resi-
dence in that city. Although four score
and four years cid, he was able to go
through the services by his natural eyesight,
without the aid of glasses.
The contest in the Sixth Congressional
District of Massachusetts, between General
Banks and his uncle, the Rev. Mr.. Green
wood, the opposing candidate, had its
parallel some years since, when Rev. DR..
Breckinridgo was a political rival of his
nephew, the traitor rebel general. In that
case the nephew was successful, as the nep-
hew will be now. In both cases the uncle
is clergyman and nephew lawyer.
"IT's MIGHTY HARD."-A minister who
had lost his wife and who had become weary
of his second edition of single state, was
once instructing a congregation from the
passage, Use this world as not abusing it,"
etc. In the course of his remarks he took
occasion to mention some things which
Christian could dispense with in this world.
IN the category he placed a wife. He had,
however, scarcely said, "a man may do
without wife," when his experience stou.ly
protested, and he finished this branch of the
subject by saying, in the simplicity of his
heart, shut my brethren, it's mighty hard"
Civil law has been completely restored
in Arkansas. President johnson has sent
Governor Murphy, Of that State to It's former
President Johnson has received despatch
that the Georgia State Convention, without
dissenting vote, declared slavery abolish
ed.
A New Yorker, living in Nineteenth
street, discovered the other day that he had
lived for two years on the same block with
his brother, whom he had not seen for
twelve years.
The Wife of Christian Wiidt, of Schuyl- |
kill county, Pa, gave him $50 the other day
to go away and not trouble her again. He |
returned, however, and asked for some
clothes, but she refused him. He therefore
hung himself in her barn.
Caleb Cushing has sailed for Europe on . |
mission for the government
A. II. Fl. etuart says the tsst oath will |
exclude him from Congress.