Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-09-01

The slave trade is said to be on the in
crease in Cuba.
Molly Molassas is the name of an Indian
woman hundred years old who is still
weaving baskets at Belfast, Maine.
Twenty-Five murders have been committed
in Hancock county, KY, and none of the
murderers have been punished.
Dr. Collins, author of a treatise on "Cho-
cinnati on Sunday.
A settlement of the affairs of Culver, Penn
& Co., is about to be reached. The credi-
tors have agreed on q basis, and the assets
of the firm appear to be sufficient to liqui.
date their liabilities.
Maximilian's receipts from all sources foot
up $50, SOC, 900, and his expenditures amount
to $25, 5,434, ,000 Now, that looks as If Max's
finances were rot in a healthy condition, and
collapse imminent
Foreign advices state that Prince Anton
Won Hohenzollern, of the Prussian army,
died from wounds received at the battle
near Koniggratz, on the 9Th. The melan.
choly event has placed the royal family and
court in deep mourning.
"Water, water, everywhere, and not
drop to drink, Except by paying five
cents bucketful, an extortion, the parallel
of which, we don't believe, can be found in
another Christian city on the continent. The
weather is dry, and the cisterns are empty
says the Norfolk Virginian. That's bad
state of affairs, certainly.
AT St. Paul, on the 21st instant, young
man named NJ. A. Hawks, from Lincoln, Ill.
r;n,, a, tho M.1s;o,, JIo,so rnr a fsw lave
while cleaning his revolver in his room, &C.
cidentally discharged it, shooting his wife
through the heart, killing her instantly
Hawks, to prevent his committing suicide,
was placed under guard.
An old neoro woman who was emanc;noted
in 1870 went NJ once En- Colorado Territorv
where sbe has been work;no hard and l;v,nu
aver since ond has Accumulated a fortune
Last fall she returned to Tennessee, and de
voted the winter to searching out and col.
lec,ing together her children and grand
children. She has now taken them all back
to Colorado with her, at her own expense
and proposes to keep the family together
hereafter.
Tn e. Iou;s rbvs;c;,n was called TO vi
ait a man cr;t;cajlv i'm Having written ,
nrcscr;nt;on he tore II nm because the wifi;
could m, nov Tic mo, 1;ed and a bene
VIOLENT citizen bos Concluded to prosecut,
him IN the extcnt of tbe law winch. it i,
honed will nroye 70 he very liberal.
r.. ,,, ,v p.o
fcssor A cos.;z soxs Tho str;n of ..hirh,and.
which divides the waters flowing into the
ST Iowrence from those flowing into III,
Atlanticn is the oldest land in the world
at was once lonly sea beach washed by
universal ocean,
A WORD TO THE Colonel MEN.-Th,
New York Sun says: The colored people OF
J the United States can never "olbow" thei
way to what they believe to be their rights
They must strive by modest dcmeanor
coupled Win true sen,iespec!, 10 nlu'',p,.
.he nuhoeI OIL theil "hi.c iriehus' so ,ha
10 tne emu comP,e:e justice may oe uon
'neni W i'ec ""u "nI"S "'"'te "u" n"nu'
, CATTLE PLAGUE PoIsoN.-Dr. j. B Bur
, aen ounoGrson nus olsoo'.Iea' US W. is"il
ioni tne i,onron !|.Is 'uaS 'no o,oou ~,
.ne animal .hec'ee WIN oa.ue Pl"sue 'on
tains tnc poison Vi 'he 'ha,.uy' 30 ;ila' 81
u"', m .no Ma.ciy aHu sa,'"c sS poi.", "
",a,; .a, ,"" ..r,' ~ M s"u uo"IU .I,o Uy ~
s;oncrs ";s tbe most ;,nporiant natholoo;cn
discovery vet made in cnt,Ic nIaonc II !;
nreonani Nth conseo,cncc !, msd,c,, dor
fr;ne fnr tbougb the existcnce Of a s;m;In
fan, hoe Ioan ,1n, snsnnc,od IN several hn
nan diseases !, Sas never baen n,ovod n
omxn % ' " nus '' wv" p'0''"
"'y
l!anlations nave oeen pougnt IN leSas %
Nor'nern gentlenen, LOT the purpose oi SCI
''emen' iof ireeoneh'
Rich gold and silver mines have been dis
covered near Fort Stanton, In the Territor
OF New Mexico.
; A man died in Norfolk few days ag
Two milkmen were, on Saturday, fine