Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-02-15

VERsArnITy.--The Rev. F. G. Ever was
once journalist, but reformed and became
an Episcopal minister. Quite recently he
has shown himself an adept as a naturalist.
From q lecture recently delivered by him on
the Darwinian theory, we take q suggestive
sentence:
"Some people may flippantly declare that
they do not choose to accept theory which
gives them monkey for on ancestor, but
these same persons have always acknowl-
edged creed which ascribed their origin
to lump of mud, and of the two, which is
the leaat Objectionable 7"
The farmers in many parts of the West
are discovering that the soil is failing to
produce crops, and that from some unknown
potent influence, the crops in the ground
are likely to prove great failures.
The California wheat exports for January
amounted to twenty-five thousand tons,
valued at one million two hundred thous-
and dollars.
Pennsylvania, the first of the States to
establish system of free schools, is about
also te establish q system of free collegiate
education.
From the fact that many new lodges are
being established throughout the State, We
judge there is great increase in good Tenn.
plars, Odd Fellows and American Mechan-
les.
England would do well to employ some
of the fire-eaters of South Carolina to con.
duct the Abyssinian war, as those gentry
boast the ability, individually, to whip ten
negroes.
"Nigger, who am dc fust man dat inter.
duced salt perwishums into the navy7 "Dar
now, you's too hard for dis colorcd indivi
dual" ~. was Noah, nigger, when he took
Ham aboard his ark"
Few People unacquainted with physiolo
gical chemistry arc aware of the quantity
of iron in the blood, but all should knou thu
Importance of keeping up the supply fol
debility, disease and death are sure to fol
low when the quantity becomes reduced toe
much. The Peruvian Syrup Ga protoxid,
OF lron) supplies this vital element, and ha
cured many chronic diseases.
More than One Hundred different modf
cations of FAIRBANKS STANDARD
SCALES are made, adapted for business o
every kind where weight is to be ascertain
ed. In all departments they are acknowl
edged to be of unequalcd convenience, &c
curacy and durability. The Paris Exposi
tion awarded them the highest premiums.
WI opincs W oTTa1l report as L lSn Com
missioner, has been favoraby commented
upon by the press along the Susquehanni
and its tributaries, while the journals il
the metropolis have highly commended it
scientific suggestions. The Ecening BuNe
TN says of the proposition to restore tn,
fisheries of the Susquehanna:
If this good work goes on, the Susquc
hanna and its tributaries will again swarm
every year with shad that are evan bette
than those of the Delewarc. Another de
licious fish, unknown in later days, may b.
expected to appear also; the Susquchann;
salmon, which was not so large rs that 0
New England and the Provinces, but wa
much more delicate and delicious.
BATTLE WITH THE INDIANs.-Advicc
from Arizona state that there has been
great fight between the troops ind the Vol
lopi Indians near Beal Springs. The Chic
Sacbcm was wounded and sixteen Indian
killed, but the troops were rcpulsed, Will
the loss of two wounded. The savagcs wer
fortified amoEg the rocks. Colonel Prc
has sent rciuforcemcnts and supplies to TIN
soldiers. The Indians have run off or killc,
all the stock at Williams Fork Over on,
hundred men arc at work r mines in tia
vicinity, aud rich lobes are being develop
ed.