Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1875-12-03

had, - was tile Wise repIy. ToIIuuatC, III
deed, and blessed are they who leave more
than material wealth, houses and lands,
and silver and gold who leave names
which pass along down the ages in the
kindly speech of the lowly and miserable,
lifted up, icomforted by :heir thoughtful
and tender benefactions.
MOODY AND SANKEY AGAIN.
Moody and Sankey, those mighty cap
tains of the Church militant, have aban-
doned the siege of the fortress of sin over
in wicked Brooklyn, and, removing with
all their intp,iimenta, have sat them down
before the easier walls of the Quaker city.
What effect their holy artillery wrought in
Brooklyn is not easy to discover. There
was q large attendance upon them, many
profrssedly anxious inquirers, and all that.
but little is known of the number OF con-
versions, and in so short time, nothing
of what change has really been wrought in
the lives of the new professors. 1t is said
in Brooklyn, that their efforts are but the
ing the winter marvellous doings may be
looked for in the churches. Let US hope
so, and bid God speed to all efforts oy
whomever made to lead the race to better
living. 1t might oe said here that Rev.
Dr. Storrs, who has been greatly tempted
by offers from rich church in New York
has finally decided to remain with the
Church of the Pilgrims in Brooklyn, whose
pulpit he has filled now for thirty years.
sUS. PER COL.
1t has been said that the worst use to
put a man to is to hang him; but thai
can't possibly be true in this city. 1t now
and then happens that criminal is
promptly hunted down, fairly and prompt
ly tried, and if his otfense is capital one,
suS. per col. And he was never worth 50
much in his life rs in his death, for he
bangles from the gibbet, terror to his
kind. and life is safe, for good while after.
1t is not a pleasant thought that mau
NAV meet Oh the streets Of New York in
an evenings promenade a hundred men.
who, If they had a good chance, would Gu.
his throat for two dollars and half. or
| some such matter but it is true, neverthe
| less, and nothing keeps their hands down
bonny tree for this locality. Now, her is
| Il substantial fact up To the time OF the
swift conviction and sentence OF the mur
derer of Mr.. Noe, 4 month ago, crime was
| On the "dvancc in this city. Since, it has
| fallen of, as if that righteous death sen
tence had palsied the hand Of violence.
propose. in future letters, to give some
! account Of the dangerous classes OF this
| CITY, their WAYS Of acting and living, IN.
cluding some curious facts, the result OF
my own observations. 1t seems queer
sort of thing that man should carry on
| burglary as trade during n long life and
die at last peacefully in his bed, and yet
scores of rascals do it, and many OF them
are well known TO the authorities. and art
Uu yUUu euUuSu 'st- 49, I-.-"';-.e
| and have Il sort Of social status of their own
| in which .hey rank as a sort of heroes and
good fellows.
SAILORS AFLOAT AND ASHORE.
"There,s sweet little cherub that sits up
aloft,
To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. "
So runs The stout old English sea sorg oi
Thomas Dibden, but surely that attitude
nous watcher is sadly remiss of his duties.
for the records show that ], 800 sailGrs an
nually lo.e their lives by falling from masts
and spars of ships at sea. Think yc we'll
housed landsmen, of going alCft in the
darkness of winter storm far out at sea,
up shrouds, and along rigging aud spars
slippery with ice, when to miss grasp OF
frozen rope, or false step, is certain
death. Very few persons know much or
care much about the sailor. His life is
the life of a dog no slave was ever the
victim of such wrong As he endures. His
life lies 50 apart from that of ordinary hu
manity, that the advance of civilization
hardly includes him he is left in condi
Lion of barbarism. Let me try to convey
to your readers, some notion of the way he
is treated in this city, one of the great sea
ports of the world, it being the same every
where. Imagine sailor just landed from
a voyage Suppose him to have been
sailor for twenty-five years, and to be forty
years old He has got his wages in his
pocket, he knows no such word as home or
family, he has not friend in the world,
the strict discipline and narrow life on ship
have 80 degraded aud im5ruted him that
he has almost lost the gift os speech, and
only retains few terms of the sea. He
has only one notion of enjoyment, and that
is OF the lowest forms of animalism. The
land sharks are waiting for him and al
though he las been devOureG by them a
thousand times in all the ports of the world
he rushes into their jaws again. lie is led
INTERESTINGLY into one of the many vile dens
in Water or a similar street, piled with
poisoned liquor until he is out of his mind;
handed over to a wretched female cOmpan-
ion, whose business it is to see that he does
not leave the premises, nor allowed to get
sober. Then, when his money is all spent
and it takes only few days to do it
and a bill run up equal to his advance
wages, the proprietor of the DEVILS hole
where he is wallowing ships. him through
an agent on any vessel about to sail-for
vessels are always short of men, and all
sorts of infamous tricks are put into use to
get them and jack comes to his senses
some morning to find himself in the fore
castle of an outward bound ship, which is
being towed down the bay, and out through
the narrows where she is cast off by the
tug-boat. and must hoist sail and away.
He has no knowledge of how he got there.
He was dragged on board drunk. He was
drunk when he signed his name, or made
his mark, to the ships papers drunk when
he signed an order for his landlord to OBJ
tain his advance pay, and is now. slowly
and stupidity coming to consciousness.
Tie frat mate now enters the forcastle.