Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-01-20
The Rev. Dr. Pnsev. has written letter


bic attention. In his opinion there is little
difference which need prevent reunion be-
tween the Anglican, Greek, and Roman |
churches. He is quite willing to recognize |
the primacy of the Bishop of Rome, and |
fears only that it may lead to that quasi.au-
thoritativo system which is .he cause and |
justification of the present separation on the
part of England. He has long been convin-
ccd that there is nothing in the Council of
Trent that could not be explained satisfac-
torily-that is, authoritatively by the Church
of Rome, am, not by individuals As to
such questions rs the immaculate Concep-
tion, he asks that they should be made au-
thoritativc doctrines, but they should be
held, if at all, only as pious private opinions.
The jury in the Brooklyn City Court has
returned verdict of S2l 900 in favor of
Edwin Whitney, proprietor of o boys bunrd-
ing school, in Connecticut. Some time since
a lad Of nine years of age was sent to the
school with view to the Improvement of
his temper, which, it seems, was rather un-
governablc lie wasn't long there before he
set fire to the establishment, causing damage
to the amount of $4,000 AS the boy had
$4,000 coming to him in his cwn right,
when of age, Whitney sued the estate and
got damages as above stated.
A correspondent of the American Prcsby-
terian writes from Elmira, " V. over three
hundred rise in some meetings for prayer,
, and the number of conversions among young
men is truly wonderful.
new sect has recently sprung up in Ger
many under the name of "Cogitants" They
have also established magazine, which
bears the following motto: "Our knowledge
C,4 Il;
worship is life; and our religion is-onr
secret"
: y Paris newspaper announces, as an in-
duccment to subscribe that none Of its pat
rons have yet died Of the cholera.
Queen Victoria, when at home. regularly
teaches Sunday School and Bible class, for
the benefit of those residing in the palace
and its vicinity.
The latest novelty in Parlsian fashions
for gcntlcmen's costumes consists in bouts
reaching to the knee, iron. gray trowscrs,
black jackets, and low collars.
The japanese send sik.worm eggs to
France via Francisco and New York, to
avoid the tropics \ recent ship from japan
brought $4,000 worth Of them to San
Francisco.
An innkccpcr in Andcrnach, on the Rhine,
lately made bet that he could drink ten
quarts of lager beer in day. lie won his
let, and drank five more quarts more than
was required.
The town and canton of Vca, Andalusia,
Spain. are being ravagcd by an invasion OF
s. idcrs. All vegetation Is being eaten by
those insects, and their bite produces u very
painful swelling. -t..
AN EXAMPLE, FOR NEwsDoYs. - Tho
Springfield Reyutiirun says in the winter o
1855 there were eight carrier boys cmpoyc,
to distribute that paper in Springfield. Three
of these boys are now cashiers of banks il
or near Springfield. lt
\ FACT HEEETorORE UNApvERTISEp.-
The daily sales Of Phalun's Might Bloom
ing Ccrcus" exceed ~ more than one hun
drcl per cent those of any ten other prrfmc
for the handkerchc.s that figure in the lis
of choice extracts, whether original or imi
tations of French and English articles Sol,
every where.
A GOOD WINE NEEDS No PCFF.-Cullin:
on friend of ours of the American legation
the other day, he invited u to glass q
wine. We complimentcd his taste In til
; choice Of so rich port. but were somcw In
a>tonishcd when he assured US it was =
-h''N.,~,... ..:-t--- It'll C.-.-.i--- ...:.,s
was rich, juicy and high favored, posscSsin
! none of the peculiarltics which distinguis
, the manufactured sugarcd wines and cider
l champagnes. He told us the proprietor
Mr. A. Sncnr nf New Jersey. L. S. A., LA
been awarded gold cup 'y the America
: Institute for the excellence of his wine Tht
il a new phase in the produce of America
, wine country.
Dickens "All the Year round."l
} We quote the above with pride that W
do produce orc wine in this country tha
Europeans acknowledge superior to thci
own production, Sold by W. \. Drnntt.
; Evidently the work of reconstruction i
5 Virginia is about completed. The old non
nal state of affairs has returned. The editor
have begun firing pistols at each other. Tn
conservative editor, who spells music with
l. final and two of his rivals. have evidentl
returned to the ground they used to occupy
, in the Union. Who says they ought not t
) he represented ut once ON the floor of Con
grcss:-Proridence Jo"r.
We quote the following editorial para
graph iiom the Louisville Doip0cIut:
1t would be hard even for white man
under the flush o. new found rights or libcr
ties to behave as we'll The negroes hay
done very well during ;he war, and sine
the war They have in fact behaved mucl
: better than the white men. No such temp
tations conid be laid before any other rae
or people without producing horrors, ant
savagery beyond parallel 100
The man who called on Senator Wad
last Wednesday right, and whose couduc
originated the report of an attempt to assas
sinate the Senator, it has been ascertnineC
was a man named Flemming, original,
S from kuusas, and during the last three year
employed in the navy yards at Brooklyn ant
/ CharleStown, Mass. After his interview
with Senator Wade he called on Senate
Wilson, on the same mission on which ht
: visited the former, namely, to get recon
mendations for employment in one of til,
navy yards. Mr.. Wilson declined to recon
mend him, not knowing anything of his his
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