Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-02-10

! At the beginning Of the war mCdt
lieutenant in . garrison at .he cxtrcr
northwest boundary of the nation, on t
Columbia river, declared that, il Il char
should be offered him, he would strive he
! to gain a captains commission. Fate {
, not Mt first seem propitious to him. u
( long after the wHr was in progress he h
I chance to rise, and was still lieutena
But opportunity came ut last. and
great rapidity that young man rose to
colonel, brigadier general and MAJOR gene
in the regular army. The whole coun
! delights to honor him for his daring, sCiei
bravery and patriotism, and his name
/ Philip II. Sheridan.
| During the year 1865 about 125,00O,'
letters passed through the post o'Ece nf
city Of New York. The amount of post
on both letters and papers was $l,T2l.5
DO; amount received for hpy rents, $67,7
( -; eXpcngcs Of uiiicc, 43j9, 1911; prof
. Government over expenses, 81, ,j06,l
/ ''Slr," asked n newly iiedgcd lcgiSlato
. q tcllOWp passenger on the Hudson Il
Railroad, "are you going to the Lecisatu
"NO, thank Sod not SO bad rs that. ]
going 10 the State P-ison!'
/ A correspondent of the London 7
says OF Westminster Abbey that each
adds 10 the mischcvious effects Of clil
, upon the building. Damp is now doir
much harm rs did any ircanoclast cf
mcr days. On . thaw taking place
prolonged frost the stone falls in all d
tions.
At one Of thc principal Belgian
mines fortune teller had predicted thn
I'd of December would be signalizea
terrible catastrophe which would co.
life of number OF miners. The cffc
this prediction was that none of the
men would dccend into the mine that
and all work was stopped. The pred
was necessarily unfutllcl.
The following advertisement was pu
cd IN the Boston Fcening P2st in 1885:
To be sold by the printer of thi.
the very best negro woman in the
she has had the small poX and mea:
as hearty as a hQrse. as brisk as Dir,
will work like t. beaver.
At the tine of Senator Douglas d
his estate was so encountered that
believed that there would be nothi
for his family. During the war, ho
the price OF real estate n Chicago.
belonged to him, appreciated so in
,i,, c,m,il, q Larisn,,,o co,,n,tnrc,
,
Rumor says that Secretary Seward
owicdging the receipt of the Bri
rate, unfortunately accepted by our
sentative in England, informs Her NJ
Government that she Is not received
{ DritisI in;If Rri,ish ro,,ist,rnI
e rnninned and manned steamer Sea
c Win n reason for her rcccipt. whIc
: make Mr.. Bul feel as upcomrortahl
= r,oI onincl is in Nv lime
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= 80 ,r ii, toa,,s i, p,','l,a-,aG.
+ -, ar,,. H"s w. ",' '-iIIi,. - ,,amar,I
: ,'','c ""o,- q ',.,'''o'' - ""''"'s >!
{ non III o'' s'"'"o'
? y Joker IN the W aShlnSton H
! says he would be perfectly wiling
i the fortunes o! war with tue noble
c contractors.
s An ice-bri,I,,c has formed above
: Fails, extending three mites q.
q rapids. j is the largest one for ma
/, anG the people cross from both SIDE
d Lns.,1 ,-;o,;,ol ,-r;o
wy. n'u itoJ ,,"'I>E gor ,,a;ro '"s,rcryi.
-A'"''"'''' .;T 80 -T' ,,'Ia ,'.,,.o Cor,
l. =! !" ''0 '''ryrol'% XVaTi,''t o,,;n,,r,
: they are prescribed in that State
e tors 10 tie South, ," rccoun,ing thee
9 bitterness and violence of the men
" in arms against the Government,
! precating the Withdrawal ot the
', ueops from that State.
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