Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1869-01-09

Among those VINO participated IN the
obeequies of Mr. Stevens on the nth ult.,
was General Sypher, of Louisiana, the
youngest member in the House, and pro-
tege of the deceased. In the name of the
loyal South, and of the people struggling
from abject slavery up to perfect freedom,
he thanked God that Thaddeus Stevens
lived, and labored, and triumphed.
Chicago has twenty-five miles of paved
streets, which have cost q million dollars
mile. Seven hundred thousand dollars have
been spent this year in paving. In the city
there are l07- miles of sewers. 209 miles Of
water pipe, and 5G3 miles of sidewalks.
The English army consists at present of
177,000 men. OF these troops 1922 are
garrisoned in England, Ireland, Scotland,
| and Wales 9,7s7 at Gibraltar and Malta !;
| $4,000 in India; $4,000 in British America,
and the remainder at Bermuda, West Indies,
China, Japan, and other places.
| 1t has been estimated that only about one
| ffth of the cotton crop of 1868 has yet been
sold by the producers. This one fifth has
| produced about fifty millions of dollars, aad
| Southern writers upon the cotton interest
argue that the balance of four.fifths may be
made to yield two hundred millions.
A new steam saw mill is to be put up
shortly by Mr.. J. T. Freck, in Milersburg,
| Dauphin county.
There are fifteen persons in Mehoopany
township, Wyoming county, who are more
than 70 years of age.
The first locomotive engine built in the
Lehigh Valley, and in fact in the northeast
ern section of Pennsylvania, was the mon.
pareil," built by the Beaver Meadow Rail.
road and Coal Company, Beaver Meadow,
In 1885,
On the Erie and Pittsburg road few days
ago a small boy was pitched over the head
of horse and alighted on the cow catcher
of passing locomotive, escaping entirely
unhurt and getting free ride to the next
station.
At Philadelphia five men have committed
suicide in as many days by walking into the
Delaware river.
It is stated that Baron Stoeckel, the Rus.
sian Minister, will not be retained at Wash.
ington by bis government in consequence
of his connection with the Alaska purchase.
The Brooklyn Common Council have voted
to subscribe three millions of dollars to aid
in the building of bridge across East River
the money to be paid in instaments after
two millions have been subscribed by other
parties.
The fine collection of minerals left by
the late Hon. George NJ. Keim, of Reading,
has been presented by his heirs to the Le-
high University. The collection contains
more than 5000 specimens, and cost the
collector about $4,000.
THE INDIAN WAR.-Accouuts from the
| Vest show that there is hope that the recent
fight between Custer and Black Kettle has
had good effect upon the Indians of the
plains. The consequence has been that the
hostile tribes have been in some measure
compelled, by that occurrence, to separate
themselves from the friendly Indians, and
that there will he no difficulty in distinguish
ing between the sheep and the goats. Cen
eral IIazen has been able to single out the
unfricndly savages, and he only waits for
reinforcement in order to bring matters
against them to a definite conclusion. Gen.
Sheridan believes that there never will be
peace with the Indians until two of the lead.
ing Chiefs are killed.
IMPoRTANT TO ALL.-It should be more
generally understood that the law provid.
ing that prepaid and franked letters shall
be forwarded from one post office to another
at the request of the person addressed
without additional postage, applies only to
undelivered letters. A letter that has been
delivered to another post office, cannot be
forwarded to its new address without pre-
payment OF additional postage. Such re-
directed and unpaid letters are daily drop
ped into the street letter and office drol
boxes and are, under instructions forward
cd to the Dead Letter Office. Hundreds o
such unstamped letters are sent to the Deat
Letter Office.