Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-07-18

chased hall block In that city, and intends
to erect mammoth dry goods house, at an
estimated cost of $450, 900. 4
STATES send to conventions twice "a
many delegates hs they have Senators and
Representatives in Congress and if ons
delegate insists in voting according 10 b;s
own mind, In opposition to the others bia
vote only counts one.half This acconnts
for the half votes in these conventions, and
how Chase got his fraction.
A Taunton (Mass.) papcr saysa t,on. of
the finest specimens of man fiourishng in
green old age is Rev. Morrill, Allen of
Pembroke, Massachusetts, who is now nine.
ty.three years OF age, hale and erect. and
retaining oil his faculties. He does his
earoening Win his own hands, besides
experimenting the work of his farm Hs
occasionally occupies his pulpet and preach. T
es with vigor. Every clear day he wolks .
mile and a half to the store for his news.
paper, and if asked! to ride on the wav in
variably declines"
Our advices from the country show ,h.,
the Democrats have not vet recoycred from,
their indignation at the trick by which Sew
mour was nominated in the New York Con
vention, and the labor of getting them into
line is more arduous than usual The illusion
that the nomination was entirely une expected
by the seymour party was pleasantly dispel
eG by the appearance of elaborate Seymour
banners on the street within 20 minutes of
the vote. Such things are not painted in
20 minutes, and the display was iniudi.
cious.-.N Y. Tribune. n
A Philadelphia physician writes to the
Ledger of that city, to le. the public know
the following manner of successfully treat.
ing cases of sun stroke "Let the person
thus affected be removed to cool and pri.
vate place, his clothing taken eff, and the
body rubbed from head to foot with large
pieces OF ice, at the same time that pieces Of
ice are kept in the arm. pits. This simple
treatment, II steadily persevered in, will
save cases which seem almost desperate I:
and there is reason to believe, under any
other treatment would certainly prove
fatal"
The lindicdtor, Democratic sheet pub.
!ished at Pine Bluff, Ark, has the follow
ing:
Another trooly loil man was lately killed
In Bradley county, and we have information
that such will continue until the last of that
hateful class is entirely eradicated. Among
the virtues OF the deceased, we notice that
he expressed great love for the glorous Union
during the late struggle by robbing and
numbering rebels. Such being the case, we
wish that all of his kind were so far in
perdition that Satan's shrswdest detective
could not find them.
A FIRST RATE NoTIcE.--The louisville
Courier, goo6 Southern authority, saws of
the editor of tho La Cross Democrat:
He is sort of editorial horned frop-a
! political Snowman and a moral mopstrotity
Being born in the North, he is a violent
southern man, and fancying tLat his toady.
ism Is agreeable to Southern gentleman, he
is unceasing in his efforts to degrade both
the men and women of his own section of
country, and absolutely fat;ens on his own
degradation. nc. 81.
| MIR. CIIlIDs, or THE PHILADELPHIA LED
GER, AND THE NEwsBoYs- The newsbnys
OF Philadelphia probably never enjoyed
Iarcr treat than they received last Fourth of
July at the hands of George w. Childs,
Esq, the proprietor of the PHILADELPHIA
Ledger. A dinner, fit for king, was pre.
pared for them in the press room of the
Ledger Building, at which one hundred and
iorty newsboys were filed with good things
AT the conclusion of the dinner, Sipnor
Blltz was introduced and handsomely enter.
tanned the boys by the performance of
number OF amusing feats of letlgerdemain
and ventriloquism. When the little felaws
Withdrew from the place, each one was
! presented with a box of bon bons TO take
home, and new palm-leaf hat The boys
We learn, behaved remarkably well and
all appeared to appreciate the Kindness
and !iberality of their friend, Mr.. Childs.
Among all the curious aud puzzling mat,
tcrs connected with the Democratic Con.
vcntion, nothing has bothered us more than
set of resolutions kindly forwarded by
! Alex III. Stevens, which began in the fol
lowing astounding style:
"heSqfrsa, That in the future, as in the past wo
will adhere with answering fidelity to the Union -
The "unsN erving fidelity" with which
Mr.. Stephens adhered reminds us of an in
scription, referring to the stamp which
some wag once put on the outside of n let
ter. 1t was as follows: -i
"PArD, ifthe id thing sticks"
A remarkable rreshet occurred recently on
Emanpel creek, Dakota. Nine freight and
emigrant wagons were standing near the
banks of the creek, one or tvs of which
were occupied by men sleeping in them
During the night terrible roaring awaken.
ed the men, who lifted the wagon cover to
ascertain from whence the sound came, and
by the flashing of lightning saw approach
ing what appeared to be a wall of water
some ten or fifteen feet in height. Giving
the alarm to his companions, they instantly
jumped from the wagons, almost naked,
and ran toward neighboriug bluff, though
about three feet solid water struck them
before they got out of its reach. The nine
wagons were instantly taken away when
the water struck them and were washed
into the Missouri some three miles further
down.
The venerable Rev. John Allen of Farm,
ington, Camp meeting john" has started
on his tour Cor the season. to visit all the
camp meetings within his reach. The sea
son opens with the great national gathering
in Pennsylvania, where nearly five hundred
tent lots have been engaged.
That tricky possum, Seymour, played
dead on the Democracy to some effect last
week. When he came to life, the other as
pirants died without the necessity of play.
ing possum. .a.E.l
UoRATIo SEYMOUR, Democratic candidate
for President of the United States, daring
the war used these words:
If it is true that slavery must be abolish
cd to save this Union, then the people of
the South should be allowed to withdraw
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