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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-11-28
THE PRESIDENTS VIEWS.

The President said he had changed none
of the views heretofore expressed by him
concerning events in Cuba, but had more
than ever been confirmed in them by recent
occurrences. He shared with the public
their denunciation of the capture on the
high seas of a vessel sailing with a regular
clearance under the United States flag, and
the startling events which so quickly fol-
lowed. Spain never having considered the
island of Cuba in state of war, and there
being no procla lamation by the United States
according to beligerent rights to the insur-
gents, the VtrginiuS, if regularly cleared
for the island of Cuba, had right to enter
Havana or any other open port Of the Span
ish possessions. The government did not
recognize any right on the part ofSpain, in
the present state of affairs, to Interfere in
any manner with our merchant ships upon
the seas, except in the usual right in her
own ports and within one marine league of
the coast of any of her dominions, aud of
this fact she is aware. AS n matter Of
course, it is the determination of this gov
ernment to protect our citizens in all their
rights and to compel respect to the dag.
The present naval preparations were
with this view not TO initiate war by the
President, that power being vested in Con-
gress, but to be prepared for all possible
contingencies. Congress would meet two
weeks from to-day, when everything in
possession of the Executive Department
relative TO Cuba n affairs would be laid be-
fore that body, with such recommendations
as the occasion might demand. Tomor-
row, he said, he would commence the pre-
paration of bis message, but would defer
that part relating to Cuban affairs until
within a day or two of the meeting of Con-
gress, desiring first to obtain all possible
Information upon the subject
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-11-28

The colored people of Washington have
twelve public schools, attended by over A.
600 pupils, and taught by eighty-tour
teachers. In general management and
successful results. the colored schools com
pare fayorably with the white.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-11-28

In another part of this paper will be
found letter from the Hon. Joseph Baily,
member of the Constitutional Convention
from this district, which we would com
mend to our readers for their careful peru,
sal
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-11-28
THE CUBAN QUESTION.
HORRIBLE SCENES AT SANTIAGO
THE EXECUTIONS on THE 12ru

WASHINGTON, Nov. H. Secretary Fish
had long interview with the President
this afternoon on Cuban affairs. The Sc
cretary says he has no official information
of the report about executions on the 18th,
but the information received from other
sources leaves no doubt on his mind us to the
fact
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-11-28

BELOW will be found the condition of
our County finances since 1860, win our
neighbor of the Democrat explain how the
large amounts OF money were expended,
and why the taxes were left in the hands
of collectors, while the interest was paid on
amounts ranging from s20,0 to &37 900 ?
THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF NoRTHUMBER-
LAND COUNTY FROM 1850 TO lS7g.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-11-28
nrb ADVERTISEMENTS.
TAM Els BEARD.

AW ES REAKD.
- ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Haupt's building, South East Corner
of Market Square, sunbury, Pa.
SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO COLLECTIONS
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-11-28

Col. A. @. Simpson, of Northumberland,
is going to remove to Middleburg,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-11-28

D,,, T,r,,,ns On 10. roRT of your storekeeper,
- " ~ ,San, o III procure them for you if
mos n - send ms o.e dollar, your name, and the
name of yosr nearest express station and We
WI, WI piscking and Pearl Blueing, free of cost.
csUNBs OF COMFORT can be had Of all Whole
saie Groeers and Dealers In the United states,
and Retail Dealers Will dnd them the most pret-
table, from the fact that they are the fastest
e'''''e II. A. BARTLETT X co.
llb North Front St., Philadelphia,
l4s Chambers ST., New York
az Broad ST.. Boston.
Nov. IA. '7S.-6m. com
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-03
How to Save Your Eyes.

When will those working by lamp.
light have the sense to understand the use
of shades to protect the eyes? We see
persons sitting holding their sewing or
other work before and near to lamp,
while the light is blazing full into their
eyes. 1t is plain that the object that they
work upon cannot be seen with so great
distinctness while the field of their retina
is already occupied by blaze. But they
work on for hours, and though the next
morning their visual organs tell of the
abuses by redness and Inflammation, the
workers are too dull to learn the lesson
of experience offered them. Circular pa
per shades can be obtained for few
cents, and these not only protect the
ewes from the excess of light, but serve as
a reflector behind the blaze, increasing
the illumination one.half. Besides the
above mentioned evil, there is that of the
varying quantity of light thrown into the
eve by its being suddenlV and alternately
directed toward the blaze or obliquely
away from il, bv which the pupil has not
time to adapt itself to the increase of
glare; whereas, with the use Of the shade,
the illumination would be unif 'rm. The
number of persons in the community nav
ing spots, light or dark, in their field OF
vision, arising from the injury 10 The re-
tina by the i'll usages which we are men
tioning, is greater than is commonly inn
agined 1t must he horne IN mind that
these spots are n serious step toward am
gurosis and uttlserena. such as plunged
in darkness the latter years OF the great
Milton, and many others more eminent
for their talents than their caution. Ia,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-03

audience room OF the Baptist Church in the
Seventh Ward Of Williamsport, Pa, on the
evening Of the 2Bth, participating in the
Christmas celebration, the floor gave way,
and nearly the entire assemblage was precip-
itated TO the cellar below. Fourteen were
killed and forty or 6fty wounded, many Of
them seriously,s some of whom would probably
die. To add TO the horrors OF the situation,
the oil lamps ignlted and threatened to de-
stroy all in a general connagration, but,
providentially, the flames could be reached
and were speedily extingulshed. .Lt
The fires in New York City on the 93d and
oath destroyed property to the value OF
about s1,500,0O0.
In the Stokes trial, on the Goth, former
empioye Of the Erie Railway testified that
some time before the murder, Stokes had de-
clared to him that he would shoot Fisk.
When this testimony was given, Stokes lost
control Of himself and cried aloud that 1t
was all false.
It was estimated, on the 26th, that the
total number of lives lost by the railroad ac-
cident at Prospect Station was thirty. One
OF the rescued, who was In the car for
twenty-five minutes after the accident, says
several were killed outright, and others
wrlthed about until killed by suffocation.
Some were conscious till burned to death.
Buffalo was suffering from unique and
alarming calamity on the Goth. The current
of Niagara River had been turned backward
into Lake Erie by violent easterly wind,
and the pipes which supply water from the
river TO the city were left high and dry.
This had deprived the manufactures, the
Water Works, and the railroads Of their
water, and left the city helpless in
the event Of a fire.
The Union soldiers Of st. Louis held
meeting in that city few days ago, and
adopted a memorial to the Senate Of the
United States, praying that body to pass the
Homestead act adopted by the House on the
18th of December.
The Chicago express on the Indianapolis,
Peru & Chicago Railroad was thrown off the
track by broken rail on the 25th, eighteen
miles from Indianapolis, and twenty persons
were injured, of whom at least three would
| die
By snow slide near Central City, Mich, O
few days ago, eight or ten teams and team
sters were carried 800 feet across Cotton
wood Creek. Some of the teamsters were
shoveled out, but it was thought Others OF
them would not be found before spring.
The Memphis Bank, j. j. Murphy, Presi-
dent, suspended payment on the Goth, with
liabilities amounting to $4,000.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-03
phrase, "a happy Christmas to you,

phrase, "a happy Christmas to you,
mothef" l.,f-l...,l -....
And Isabel herself, In the exercise OF
"Good will" she had found "Peace on
earth" In watching Johns wonder.
full progress, and in the anticipation of
the good she was to accomplish, and the
happiness she was to confer, all her SEN
timental sorrows were swallowed up. She
no longer had any time for them. They
were with the things that were. So, now,
let me present to you Isabel Egbert, as
she sits by John and his mother, ten times
happier and lovelier than she was at this
time last year Lucky will be the man
that gets her.
And John and his mother-can you
imagine a delight greater than theirsf
These three sitting together in squalid
little room in a squald little house alone
by the lonesome sea, are reader than they
ever were in their lives before, to burst
out singing the anthem:
"Peace on earth, good will toward men"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-03

She was up bright and early the next
morning, for John might come home in
time for breakfast and sure enough, just
as she had set the little black tea pot on its
mat at the corner of the table, tramping
of feet was heard outside, and before she
could get to the door it was thrown open,
and there on the threshold stood John,
an inch taller at least, she thought; his
face brighter and roster than ever, his
eyes bigger and browner, and ever SO
much merrier. But was it really Johnp
for as she went toward him, he stretched
out his arms, and his lips parted. From
those lips came voice she had never
heard before: +A
"a happy Christmas to you, mother"
"Motherl" She gave him one dazed
look, in which Joy struggled with strong
wonder, and then he had to catch her in
his arms. 1t was too much for her. She
had heard her boy call her Mother"
Isabel Egbert, who had stood just be-
hind John, had to cry little before she
could be of any use. Think you would
have had to do the same if you had been
in her place.
Yes, after all, the mystery, which was
explained little later-when the Widow
Waring sat by the fire, both her sons
hands in hers, and looking as if she could
never take her eyes off his face, and want
ing to hear him say mother every minute
of the time--was not so unreal after all
Isabel had thought, as soon as she knew
that John could not speak, of school
Just established near her home for teach
ing the deaf and dumb to speak and to
read the motion of the lips. The project
presented itself to her all at once. But
being in doubt as 10 whether John could
be taught to speak, she thought best to
say nothing to his mother of II when she
took him away. Later, when he had
proved himself the most promising pupil
in the school, and his progress in articu-
lation was looked upon as something
wonderful, she had determined that he
should keep the surprise as Christmas
present for his mother. Having an invi.
tation to spend this Christmas also with
her friends, the Stanleys, she had ar
ranged TO bring John down with her;
and, as his vocabulary was as yet neees.
srrily very restricted, she had on the way
| carefully drilled him in the requisite
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-03
Miscellaneous Reading.


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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-03

A Troy bulldog attacked stuffed
tiger in front of hat store, the other
day, and brought him down,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-03
General News Summary,
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate, on the 10th, the House
bill, amendatory to the postal code, with amend
ments, was reported and passed the amendments
change the rate Of postage on seeds, authorized to
be transmitted, from two cents for four onnces 70
one cent for every two ounces or fraction OF two
ounces and provide that all mail matter OF the
third class must be fully prepaid Bills verc re-
ported-Postal Telegraph bill, by the provisions
OF which the Postmaster General is required, as
soon as practicable, to establish telegraph oflces
at all Poet-0flces on telegraph circuits, at others
within ten miles thereof where the salary is at
where the wants OF business require 1t,
and axipg the rates of charges for the trans
miseion o. messages; substitute for the bill pro,
.ibiting the sale OF liquor In the District OF GO;
lumbia and other Terrific Bills were reported
adversely allowing women In the Territories to
vote and hold ofce; relating to judgments In n the
thorizing an exchange Of registered coupon bonds
was called up, and an amendment was agreed TO,
Increase the S public SS debt or rate Of Interest on the
bonda, when the bill was debated and laid over.
The French spoliation bill was further discuss
ed. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 10th, bills were
passed-for paying the expenses of the Mexican
Commission; the Deficiency Appropriation bill
approprating 100000 toward the representation
Of the United States In the Vienna Exposition In
1873, aud providing for the appointment OF Com
mission OF not more than twelve skilled citizens
70 aend @ M 9 a rSpGr & dbe tbe
East Chester National Bank Mount Vernon, Ind,
to change its location and name Resolutions
were adopted--that the Banking Committee in
quire whether unlawful combinations for locking
up gold and money exist, and report what legisla-
ton is necessary 10 prevent and punish such nm
lawful combinations; for the appointment OF q
committee of three to examine the cause OF the oss
Of stamps from the Assistant Treasurer's office In
New York . Several bills were introduced and re-
ferred. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the goth, bills were
passed. House bill extending the time for the
completion OF the Winona & st. Peter Railroad
authorizing the Kansas National Bank to change
its name to the First National Bank OF Topeka;
appropriating $1S,T90 for the Texan Commission;
the Deficiency Appropriation bill, with amend
ments Eight thousand copies OF the eulogies on
the late Senator Garrett Davis were ordered print
ed... The resolution for a Special Committee to
investigate the alleged irregularities In the Arlan,
sas election was debated Executive session and
adjournment to Jsnuary6.
In the House, on the Goth, bills were
introduced to extend the time for entries in the
Usage lands in Kansas; to secure more efficient
Indian administration in the Territories: to amend
the Constitution for the election OF President,
Vice-President and Senators by the people. Ad-
journed to January 6.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-03


Gold closed in New York on the Goth at
112@112H.
The President sent the following nomina-
tions to the Senate on the 10th; Chas
Wilkinson, Collector of Internal Revenue,
Sixth District, Missouri. Postmasters-B.
NJ. Crawford, Wamego, Kan.; J. W. Whips,
New Lexington Ohio; L. T. Cheever, Della
van, Ill. Mrs. Eliza Sellers, Pekin, H.; F,
NJ. Trip, Farmer City, H.; Samuel Math-
ews, Sidney, Ohio; John Macarthur, Chi
cago, Ill.
Telegraph dispatches of the 10th announce
that the negotiations between the New York
Tribune Company and Vice. President Colfax,
looking to the latter's editorship Of that
paper, had failed.
Col. F. A. Eastman has resigned bis posi-
tion as Postmaster at Chicago, the resigna-
ton to take effect February IA.
By an accident on the Grand Rapids g. In.
diana Railroad, near Reynolds, Mich, on
the 18th, ten persons-seven men and three
women-were injured, two or three probably
fatally.
A switch engine exploded at Lafayette,
Ind, on the 10th. David McNary, engineer,
was instantly killed. The houses in the
vicinity of the explosion were completely
riddled, and many hair-breadth escapes oc-
curr D..
The Alabama Senate organized permanent
ly on the 18th, and elected Democratic OH
GERS. In the House the Republicans would
not permit the Journal to be read. They in
sisted on adiourning immediately after the
roll call, and carried their point.
The President, his son Jesse, and Marshal
Sharpe left Washington on the Goth, foI
Covington, KY, to visit the Presidehtf
father.
The Credit Mobilier Committee adjourned
on the Goth TO the 7th Of January. Testi
mony Is said to have been given duplicating
several prominent Qongressmep, Amel
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-03

A BosToN youth dreamed the other
night that there was another fire and that
he was in it. He leaped from the bed,
and, without stoppoing to think, went
through a third-story window and took
the sash with him. 1t was not necessary
for him to take the sash along, but he
in the air he lodged in the boughs of a
friendly tree. The sash fell heavily on
the pavement below. The young man
now sleeps with the wardrobe against the
window.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-03
THE OLD WORLD.

A Paris telegram of the 10th says the
Seine had overiowed in that city. The
quays were flooded, and the stores near
them were closed. All traffic in that quar-
ter was carried on by boats. Beyond Bercy,
a suburb on the right bank of the Seine,
houses in the vicinity of the river were
standing in one vast lake of water. Dis
patches from Ghent, Belgium, OF the same
date, report that the streams In that section
had risen above their embankments, and
the country was inundated. The water was
three feet deep in some of the streets.
A crisis occurred in the Spanish Cabinet on
the 10Th, and the Ministers OF Finance, Pub
lie Works and Colonies have retired. Senor
Echegary has been appointed Minister of
Finance /; Becerra, Minister Of Public Works,
and Mosquera, Minister of Colonies.
Large portions of the country in Leicester,
Derby and Nottingham, England, were sub
merged, on tho Goth, by floods. In some
sections OF these counties the tops Of trees
and hedges only were visible.
A diep6teh from Liverpool on the Goth
says that 40 persons, including passengers,
had perished by marine disasters within the
previous ten days. Thirty persons were lost
by the sinking of the ship Matchless, of
Northumberland County.
There was a demonstration In Paris on the
Goth of three thousand students, in favor of
Professor Robin, distinguished member OF
the Institute, who had been struck from the
Jury list in consequence Of his disbelief in
the existence OF God.
The freshet in the Seine was subsiding on
the 21st.
The river Thames, which had already
overHowed It's banks in many places, sud
denly rose nearly a foot on the 2lst, at
Windsor. Home Park was one vast lake OF
water, and thousands Of acres of other lands
were submerged.
The French Assembly has passed the bill
restoring TO the Orleans Princes their con
fscated property. The Assembly adjourned
on the 2lst for the holidays.
1t was estimated in London on the 23d that
the total liabilities of the exploded firm OF
Bowles Bros, bankers, would foot up more
than 1850, 600; assets, 94S,000.
| An explosion occurred on the 21st In {
coal mine Of Silverdale, England, by which
eight miners were suffocated.
The German papers state that the Ameri
can press has greatly exaggerated the &C
tion of the Prussian Government looking
toward the checking of emigration. Thr
partial revocation of reduced fares for emf
grants on the German railways is "req ulrcC
by motives of political economy and private
interest"
Bismark has received formal notice from
the King of the acceptance of his resigna
tion of the Premiership.
The King OF the Sandwich Islands is dead
and as he left no direct heir, and did no
name his successor, the throne continue,
vacant at last accounts, and revolution
was expected.
By the terms of the bill read in the Span
ish Cortes on the oath, slavery is to cease i
Porto Rico in four months from the time tn
measure Of emancipation is passed, and tn
slaveheldcrs are to be paid for the slav
property thus coniscated.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-03

Again it is Christmas Eve in the Wild
ow Warnings cottage. If her face ispaler
and more worn even than it was year
ago, no wonderl She has worked so hard
all the year for her boy. She has thought
of nothing but how she might save for
him. About the room there are various
suggestions of some yet undiscovered
plot-some mystery waiting to be re-
vealed-a'sort of holiday ambuseade look,
in short. The widow sits by the fire as
she did year ago, but she is alone now,
and she does not expect her boy till to-
morrow morning. There is no sound
from the sea, and without the snow falls
sulftly. she sits long by the fire, coming
over two old daguerreotypes-one of her
husband, that he gave her before they
were married, and the other of her boy
when he was fat, staring baby. At last
she reads the second chapter of st. Luke,
and creeps softly away to bed.
Was it dream, or an old memory? Be-
tween sleep and waking, she found her
self repeating, "Peace on earth, good will
toward men," and opening her eyes sud
denly, it seemed to her as if she had come
out of great light into the dark and ST.
lence of the night. 81 thought heard
the singing" she murmured drowsily, and
slept once more, the sweetest sleep she
bad known since that night on which her
husband had been washed ashore.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-12-03

Sec 10. Any county, township,
: hool district or other municipality
incurring any Indebtedness. shall. at
or before the time of 80 doing. provide
for the collection of an annual tax suf-
fcirnt to pay the interest and also the
principal thereof within thirty years.
Sec IL. TO provide for the payment
of the present state debt and any adj
ditional debt contracted as aforesaid.
the general assembl Y shall continue
and maintain the sinking fund suf-
iiclent TO pay the accruing interest on
such debt. and annually to reduce the
principal thereof by a sum not less
than two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars; the said sinking fund shall
consist of the proceeds Of the sales Of
the public works or any part thereof,
and of the income or proceeds Of the
sale Of any stocks owned by the com
monwealth. together with other funds
and resources that may he designa-
ted by law. and shall he increased
from 'iilie % .i'nt oS assigning 70 u
any part of the taxes or other rrve-
hues OF 'he state not require" Tor ''ie
ord'i'afl ahd current eA APt''7eS oi GOV
or''ihehV' ana unless u" case oi war,
INVASION OF !h'urFectioh, no part oi
'ie .ai1 sl1i&'hG iuhd small nc usea or
al'piten othet"lae tath III tle eN1!ii-
2ulSiiiEthO %. .! ''e P"V''c ueo5.
Gee :. i1 moneys oi Ihe STATE.
"Fci ana above 'ht necessary reserve
9l'aIi 'e used IN t"e payment % tAe
ue"' .. 1''e SI.'t'. e'1'.Sf ,'''ef,il OF