Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1876-03-17

| The 14th Of April next. the anniversary
of the assassination Of President Lincoln
and of the emancipation of slaves N the
! District of Columbia. is TO be 4 general hOl-
iday for all the Government employees
| there, in order to enable them to participate
! aam Lincoln, erected in Lincoln Park by
! the colored people of the country.
| 1t was John Adams who wrote But
let US take warning, and give it 20 our
! children. Whenever vanity and gayety,
love of pomp and dress. furniture, equipage,
| buildings, great company, expensive dl
versions and elegant enterations get the
better of the principles aud jud gements Of
mer and women, there is no knowing
where they will stop, nor into what evils,
natural, moral or political, they will lead
u.s."
| \ very sensible provision relating TO
| poisoned liquors was incorporated into the
new constitution of Colorado, which is
soon To ne submitted to the people. The
clause makes it imperative for the Gen
eral Assembly to prohibit by law the i'm
portation into the State, ior the purpose OF
sale, of any spurious, poisonous or drugged
| spirituous liquors. and also the compound
| ing or manufacture Of and such liquors,
except for chemical or mechanical pur-
| p ,ses.
| The grand jury cannot find any indict-
ment agains, Secretary Beknap, in the
absence Of Marsh, the principal witness.
| The assistant district attorney states that
the evidence presented to the grand jury
| is insufficient to warrent the bringing in OF
an indictment, and is more than probable
that unless Marsh can be brought back to
.tify it will be impossible to punish Belk-
nap through the medium Of criminal
prosecution.
Secretary Brislow has sent to Congress
the letters of Collector Comfy and Appraicer
Moor asking for All increase OF The customs
furce at Phila. on account of the increase
of packages arriving for the Centennial.
The Solicitor says if the request is not
granted number o. goods will have to so
into bonded warehouses. Mr. Bristou res
c0mmends the increase.
4 horse thief detecting society has been
formed in Lebau on county. 1t numbers
about seventy members, and they are de-
termined 10 follow all horse thieves and
cause their arrest and punishment.
Clymer's Committee, by reason OF his
iucompetcncy. having become dsmoralized
and useless, has abandoned the investlga-
ting of the BeIknap affair. The Judiciary
Committee, with Duluth Knott at the head,
will finish the work This snubbing OF the
Pennsylvania patriot is peculiarly salinGs
under the circumstances. No wonder he
WAS unnamed, and that the tears sprung
. TO his eye.
! The Nauch Chunk Dem ocrut is uaspar.
, ing in its derunciation of the Democratic
men bers of the Lower House Of our State
Legislature, for Iritterng away their time,
! and now seeking to prolong the session,
when i: is the wish of the Senate to adjourn.
4 The Democrat says:
/, In our own humble opinion. it were
3 best if that honorable body would vacats
the field as soon az the regular term OF the
, session shall have transpired, and leave
whatever unfinished business may remain
at the close Of the session to their su :ces-
sDrs. who. We trust, will turn out to be 9
. better, more prudent, experienced and, in
dustriOus body of gentlemen than the ma
$ jority of :he present incumbents. who have
3 been weighed in the balance and fount
2 wanting.'u