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CEORGEY SHOT BY AN AUSTRIAN OFFICER.
' Probable Safety of Sir John Franklin, tft.
TtitoasM Orricr, SACKTittt, N 8.
. Wednesdst, Oct. 17, P. M. f
The Sleatner Niagara, Capt. Ryrie, arrived
at Halifax this morning, between 1 and 8 o'
clock, with Liverpool papers to the 6th inat.
her day of sailing, bringing the news of her
arrival at Liverpool,
i The Anglo American, from Boston, and the
Columbia and Siddona, which followed the
A. A. the next day, arrived at Liverpool on
the 29th ult.
The Niagara bring 148 through passen
gers. ALARMING RAVAGES OF THE POTATO
ROT IS IRELAND.
The European Times contains repoits of
the unfavorable appearance of the potatoes
in Ireland. A sudden and very rnpid decay,
similar to that which occurred in previous
years, has taken place in the potatoes of the
late planting. The early sorts have escaped.
We have before ns the most unquestionable
proof that a serious change has taken place
in the rot ; but whilst the prices ruled low
amid undoubted abundance, the nlarm has
been sounded in ull the Irish journals, and as
far as our own experience extend the pota
toes seemed wore and more tainted every
day.
Tlie Threatened Rupture between Turkey and
the Russian and Austrian Governments.
By far the most important political news
by this arrival, is the possible and even pro
bable rupture of Russia and Austria with
Turkey. It forms the chief topic of discourse
in the English and French journals, as well
ns amongst all classes, and in its paramount
importance, the Roman difficulty, as well as
all other matters of national importance ap
pears to have been almost wholly lost sight
of. :.
The most recent accounts from Constanti
nople state that the Emperor of Russia has
made a formal demand through a special en
voy to the Porte for the surrender of Kossuth
Bern and other patriots, who played a promi
nent part in the late Hungarian struggle, and
who have sought refuge at Widden, on the
Danube, in the territories of the Sultan.
The Turkish government, with a manliness
which cannot be too highly commended, re
fused to be bullied into a compromise of its
independence, and Prince Rodgival, after
having ineffectually endeavored to bully the
Sultan into a compliance with his demands,
has taken an abrnpt departure from Conslan
tinople, and Count Titoir, the Russian' Minis
ter, has closed all diplomatic relations with
the Porte.
England and France, through their respec
tive representatives, have prevailed with the
Sultan in keeping him firm in his resolution.
; Already in England and France cabinet coun
cils have been held, to consider these grave
circumstances. Not the slightest doubt can
be entertained of the result that should Rus
sia persist in demanding the surrender of her
devoted men, an European war will be inevi
table. The Paris Journal des Debats of Thursday
says:
"We are glad to learn that England and
France are most cordially united in their de
termination to support their Ambassadors in
the advice given by them to the Porte, re
specting the extradition of the Hungarian re
fugees. A note has been drawn up by these two
powers of a most energetic character, which
it is thought will have considerable weight
with the Emperors of Russia and Austria.
The firm language of the London papers is
noticed with great satisfaction by the Journal
De Debats.
The army of Ronmelia is ordered to hold
itself in readiness, and the local troops are
being embodied.
There is no reason to doubt but that the
. best accord prevails between the Engliih and
French Cabinets, and it is said that a power
ful French and English squadron will be or
dered into Mediterranean forthwith, to be
ready for any emergency pending tho issue
of this absorbing question.
Austrian politics are of subordinate interest.
It is positively asserted, with every proba
bility of the truth of the report, that the for
tress of Comorn has surrendered, and thereby
an effusion of blood has been avoided.
In the southern provinces the excesses of
the successful soldiery has caused martial law
to be proclaimed.
No single effectual step has been taken, so
far as Austria is concerned, towards the set
tlement of the qnestioa relative to the unity
of Germany. t
In Prussia everything soems quiet nr.d the
Chambers are transacting business with de
corum and regularity.
In the Duchies the excitement is at great
" as ever, and it is quite evident that nothing
but the existing armistice backed by a pro
minent military force, keeps the people of
Schleswig-Holstein from open resistance.
In Piedmont the Chamber of Deputies on
ly consented to the treaty with Austria in
consequence of ihe hard and inexorable ne
eessities which crashes tbem at present.
The manifesto of the Pope, has appeared
in an official form, and has been received
with feelings of deep disappointment, if not
resentment q all Quarters. The feeling was
etociallv participated in by French soldiers,
several of whom were put under arrest for
having torn down or otherwise defaoed the
eoDies of the manifesto affixed to the walla.
The Amnesty in particular was made the
obiect of popular odium. The attitude of the
French military authorities is quite expec.
hint it awaits orders from Paris, but disap
proves defacfo'the measures ordered by the
Papal Government, and whilst the Cardinals
dare not walk the streets of Rome for fear of
encountering the popular fury. The vietims
marked out by their Inquisitorial decrees,
walk about freely.
The Pope relying upon Austria or Spain or
both, and being promised funds from Russia,
seems to imagine' ihat 'public opinion will
come over to his side, and this shuts his eyes
to the most obvious consequences. The de
bates on the subject in the French Chambers
are anxiously looked for, and should the
French troops be withdrawn from the Papal
States, there are strong reasons to apprehend
that a fresh revolution would immediately
break forth.
From Vienna there is nothing now, except
that there is increased gloom and desponden
cy on the part of the inhabitants.
From Spain we have only reports of a fresh
Ministerial crisis, but not one word seems to
be said of the serious attempts which have
been meditated against Cuba.
FRANCE.
The Legislative Assembly resumed its sit
tings on the 1st iust., M. Dupin in the Chair,
and 486 members in attendance. Tho pro
ceedings were simply of a formal character:
M. de Tocqueville having demanded nn ad
ditional extraordinary credit of 110,000 francs
besides tho sums already voted for the ex
penses of the Roman intervention, until the
31st December nnxt, the Minister did not
anticipate the period wheu the troops might
be withdrawn, but he assured the Assembly
that tho results already obtained, justified the
Popu that an occupation so gloiious for the
French army would be speedily terminated,
The proceedings of the Assembly on Wednes
day were devoid of interest.
The suspension of intercourse between
France and America caused much sensation
in Paris, when drat announced, but a rumor
having gained general belief that England
had offered her mediation, that feeling con
siderably subsided. As soon as the dispatch
is terminated, Marrnst or M. Thiers, it is ex
pected, will be sent to Washington, in the
place of M. Poussiu.
Gen. Lamorrciure's mission to Russia has
proved a completely failure, and he has left
St. Petciburg, on his return to Paris, without
being permitted to present his credentials to
the Czar, as the Ambassador of the French
Republic.
It was reported at Vienna on the 30: h ult .,
that Georgcy, the ex-Dicator of Hungary, had
been shot by Count Edmoud Zicky, whose
biother was executed by Georgey's decree at
Crepel. 1 .
ENGLAND.
ATetcs from Sir John Franklin's Expeaition.
A communication from the Lords of Ad
miralty, under date of October 4, states hopes
are entertained that the news brought by
Cupt. Parker, of the True Love, arrived at
Hull from Davis' Straits, of Sir John Frank
lin's ship having been seen by the natives as
late as March last, beset by the ice in Prince
Regent's Inlet, is not without foundation.
From the same source reports have been
received that Sir John Ross' ship arc in the
South of Prince Regent's Inlet, and that the
vessels of both expeditions are safe. This
hope is somewhat strengthened by the tele
graphic message to the Admiralty, since rc
ceived, of the Mayor of Hull, where the
True Love arrived last March.
The cholera is rapidly disappearing from
all parts of England, as well as all parts of
Europe, where it has raged so long and fear
fully. The total deaths in England from cholera
since 17th June last are staled at upwards of
13.000.
The Irish journals are filled with accounts
of most sanguinary conflicts between the
tenartry find the landlords for the possessions
of the corn, and the long cherished feeling of
hatred between occupier of the soil and the
owner have now broken out with a degree of
violence which threatens very serious results.
Already numerous lives have been lost.
In Ihe Kilrush Union, a sentence of evic
tion has passed against no less th in 1800 souls
from their home, and their holdings, into
such an unpiomising state of things, it is not
to be wondered emigration is proceeding
with a fresh impulse.
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.
A circumstance occurred at Naples on the
16th ult., which, if not got up by the police
a supposition hardly credible proves that
either the person of the King or tho Pupa, or
probably of both, was then destined for as
sassination It having bcrn announced that
Pius IX. would give his Benediction from llip
grand balcony of the palace, overlooking tho
large square of San Francisco, a great crowd
commenced assembling as early as eleven
o'clock, though the hour named for tho cere
mony was noon, suddenly, thp report ol a
pistol was heard in Ihe midst of a g:up col
lected in front of the places to be occupied
by the King and the Supreme Pontiff, and,
of course, the greatest sensation was exci
ted among the people and respectuble per
sons w ho had nlieady taken their seats in the
I adjoining balconies. Two men at the same
instant were arrested, on one of whom a pis
tol just discharged was found, and on the
other a hand grenade or small shell.
London, Saturday, Oct. 6 104, A. M.
The Paris Moniteur of last night slates that
the French Government entirely disavows
the conduct of M. Poussin. It also announ
ces the appointment of M. Bois Le Compt, at
present French Minister at Turin, to be Min
ister Plenipotentiary at Washington. He is
to be replaced at Turin by M. Lucien Mural.
The Yitnnn Lloyd's Journal states that 500
Hungarian refugees are lodged on a vast plain
at Widdin, entirely surrounded by Turkish
troops. Kossuth, Bern, and the other chiefs,
were lodged in High Fortress.
Completion or the' Suspension Bridge
t Wheeling. The suspension bridge, across
the Ohio, at this place, is completed, and was
successfully crossed in a buggy, by Eliot, the
builder, on the SOih inst. A large concourse
i- r nn . .
oi peopie irom w neenng and vicinity, as
sembled on either side of the river, to wit
nesa the first crossing of the bridge, aud man
ifested great enthusiasm at the complete suo
cess of the undertaking. Cannon were fired,
and every demonstration of joy exhibited.
SUNBURY.
ATtRDAY, OCTOBER ST, IMS.
II. B. MAMER, Editor ane Presrleter.
NOTICE. As tho Into firm of Mnsser k
Eisely was dissolved in March 1848, and ihe
books left in the hands of H. B. Masser for
collection, persons are hereby notified to set
tle with and pay over tj the said H. B. Mas
ser any balance due for advertising or sub
scription to the American.
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EDITOR'S TABLE.
BnaiitFM Notice.
Gonitis Ladt's Book, asd Tnt AmcaiCAS.
Those of our reader who would like to subscribe
for this elegant monthly periodical, can now do so
at a very small cost. The Lilly's Book is pub
lished at $3 per annum, but as an inducement,
which we arc. enabled to hnl1 out by means of sn
arrangement with the publishers, we will furnish
the Lady's Book and the Vunbury jtmericun, one
year for $3,50 cash in advance, to those who may
wish to subscribe.
CP" To Correspondents. We regret
to be so often obliged to remind correspon.
dents, thai their communications must be
pre-paid.
tF" Our friend, Mr. Andrew Farrow,
will please accept our thanks for copies of
the Minesota Register.
KP" The large number of rafts of lumber,
and arks which have been detained in our
basin for the last week, by reason of low
water, are now being transfered to canal
boats to be carried to market.
O" Another boat has just been launched
from Mr. Clements' yard. His extensive
steam saw mill is busy too, day and night.
Mr. Clements, has distinguished his enter
prise and energy, and deserves success.
DCP" Austrian Chivalry. The
mother of Kossuth has been taken a
oner of war to Pesth.
aged
pris-
KPThe "Keystone" is down upon the
"odious and obnoxious" doctrine of Protec
tion to American industry and says if the
"Democratic members of Congress will ad
here to their integrity the country will be
safe" from a modification of the tariff.
Such sentiments. Mr. Keystone, were
the cause of the defeat of the democratic
party at the October and November elec
tions of lSiS. The sycophancy and reck
lessness of many papers of the same party,
in changing their principles immediately
r . 1 1 . 1 I'll t Li i ' t
alter tne passage oi me cm oi ia-i-o, ais
susted and drove into the whi ranks so
many democrats, that the scale of the bal
ance was turned. The tariff question was
sedulously excluded from the contest of
1849, for fear of a like result. The doc
trine of Protection is not a federal doctrine.
Tiis county and this Congressional dis
trict arc in favor of a Protective tariff, and
no one, be he democrat or whig, can re
ceive their suffrages who is avowedly op
posed to this policy. We believe this state
is in favor of the same doctrine. Every
legislature has passed resolutions in its l
vor. Let a democratic candidate avow op
position to this policy, and his defeat is
certain. The time has gone by when the
people of Pennsylvania could be whipped
into the traces and mounted upon any plat
form the self-constituted leaders chose to
erect. It is the press, we are sorry to say,
that now wheels and doubles under the leash
of executive patronage.
DIP" Below we give an extract from the
"Daily News" highly complimentary to
the ingenuity and mechanical skill of the
Editor of the American. The Ice Cream
Frepzer and Beater is now at the Frank
lin Institute, in Philadelphia.
Wo noticed, on Saturday, during a stroll
through the exhibition of the franklin Iiii.li
lute, a new invention in the shape ol an ice
cream freezer and beater, which is ealeula
ted greatly to lessen the labor of making this
delicacy, nnd by the regularity of its opera
tion to udd to its flavor. J he invention is
by our excellent friend, II. H. Masser, editor
ol the Sunburii American, and is at once sun
pit 'ind ot easy application, lne whole ap
paratus for an ordinary sized freezer, forms,
when vlosed, a box of ubui.it one lout square,
by two feel in hemlit, and the entire labor
may be peloiiiied dv a child ot a dozen
years, li is hardly necessary lor us lo can
the attention of confectioners to it. The
freezer is placed inside the box, working
upon a pivot, leaving a space of some two
and a half or three inches around for the ice.
Inside Ihe freezer, is a cultei aud beater, ihe
hist being so arranged on elastic springs, a
to press consuntiy against the side of the
ireezer, una oeing stationary while the iree
zer revolves, cuts off the frozen cream from
the sides as fasl as il freezes, and this gathers
round the shaft until all is thickened, wheu
it commences running through Ihe beater.
Upon Ihe run of the Ireezer, is placed a eos
wheel, and a smaller one being attached to a
crank, a regular motion is given io tne iree
zer. until Ihe cream is properly frozen, and
beaten ready for use. The culling oft of the
cream us il is Yrozeu, is very important, ami
the regularity with which ihe freezing and
beating is performed, produces cream the
most elegant and smooth, while it prevents
ihe churning of any ol the cream into Cutter.
The creat advantage of this freezer is, that
ice cream can be frozen in less lime, with
much less labor, than by any other method.
while Ihe whole appartus by being kepi clo
ser! makes no dirt aud, cream may De cnuru
ed in a parlor.
With a little practice, an eight quart free
zer of cream can bo frozen and ready for
use in thirty minutes, and after the box is
re-lilled with ice, the cream can be kepi
frozen 14 hours. Mr. Masser deserves great
eredit for his invention, and its merits only
need do Kuown, to bung it into general use
' HEALTH OF TBS tmqVKHANIf AH.
, For some years the valley of the Susque
hanna has borne the reputation of being a
very unhealthy region. The bare mention
of the country this side of the mountains
makes the inhabitants of the Schuylkill
coal region shiver, and some Philadelphiam
have been known to have an ague-fit at the
very idea of a trip up the Susquehanna.
We can not answer for any other town on
the river, but for Sunbury we must say that
a more healthy town can not be found.
There has not been a death from bilious
fever here during the past season, and the
cases of ague are as few as have occurred
in a place of the same number of inhabi
tants anywhere. A Philadelphia physician,
whose extensive practice makes him a high
authority, informed us that bilious diseases
were as prevalent there as in the most un
healthy districts along this river. The mi
asma from low marshy ground and stagnant
water is generally considered the primary
cause of fevers. Here we have neither of
these. In the dryest seasons, the river near
this place always contains from eight to
ten feet in depth of pure water, and the
ditches of the low grounds are kept clean
by constant streams of the same fresh ele
ment. The number of aged persons in a
district is the strongest proof of thp salu
brity of the situation. There are now, in
this place more than forty persons above the
age of seventy years. A greater number in
proportion to the number of inhabitants we
challenge any town in the state to produce.
The ruddy glow that beams in the faces of
our youth at once nails down the slanderous
eports of our ill-health; and the bright
eyes, rosy cheeks and sunny smiles of our
beautiful girls are evidence ol any thing
but the wasting and enfeebling effects of
the bilious remittent, or ague.
HP" Editorial Suadbi.es. Our neigh
burs ofthe Columbia Democrat and Star of
the North, are regaling their readers with
their personal disputes. We dislike to see
quarrels between members of the same fam-
lyj but if they will go to loggerheads,
the use of such language as "liar," "villain"
Stc, ought to be avoided. As it is the cus.
torn when two powers are at variance for
another to offer its mediation, we would
ender our services to these belligerents,
provided that the quarrel is refered (not
transfered) to us. We hope they will ac
cept our offer, with assurances of distin.
quished consideration, &.C.
HP" The Pittsburg .Morning Mercury,
is the best of our daily political prints. Its
editorial columns are always chaste, digni-
d and liberal. The manufacturing inter
ests of Pennsylvania have in it a firm and
tearless advocate. We admire it as one of
the very few Democratic papers, which
have never faltered from their adherence
to the doctrine of Protection. It is truely
a PENNSVLVANtAN.
CP-Banner. Towxsinr. Someof our co-
temparies are boasting of their banner town
ships. Let them look at Upper Mahonoy.
Gamble, 131 votes Fuller, 1.
HP- A man, charged with robbing a
jewelry store in Wilkpsbarre, was arrested,
on Wednesday evening, by an officer from
that place, while crossing the Northumber
land bridge.
Foreigners at the Mines. A letter from
Edward Johnson, of Slatersville, R. 1., dated
at San Francisco, Aug. 6, states lhat "foreign
ers are now forbidden to pass up the river,
and men-of-war are stationed to keep
hem
from passing A number of Chilinos, brought
from Talcahuana by brig Mary Wilder, at
tempted to go up to-ilny, but were ordered
back. Report says all foreigners are driven
from the mines."
We have not seen this
important announcement in any other quar- ; sign, left by the chip, the mute being in corn
ier, aud arc of the opinion that it is merely j maud. They were exposed in an open boat
a current, but unfounded rumor. i for twenty days to the rigor of the elements,
Advices have been received at St. Louis
from the Falls of St. Anthony, lhat a difficulty
of a serious nature recently occurred between
the Sioux and another tribe of Indians, in our
North-western Territory, uud a delegation
from the aggrieved party and waited upon
Gov. Ramsey, of Minesola, to seek redress.
No further particulars.
Sir John Franklin The Manchester
Guardian, published a day or two before the
news by the 'Truelove' arrived, an announce
ment that a woman in the mesmerio state
had seen both Franklin and Ross, and that
they were locked in Ihe ice, but safe. It
was snowing where she saw them, and they
were much worn. She is said to have given
a minuie description ot the scene around
them, though a person ignorant of geography,
kc. &c. The arrival of the Truelove gave a
new impulse to gossip on tho subject.
Pheap postage is spreading. A Conven
tion has been published between Spain and
Belgium, by which Ihe future charge of sin
gle letters between the two countries in redu
ced to a single franc.
Fire in Cincinnati. A fire broke out on
the 20th inst., in the large building at the
corner of Fifth and Main streets. The Daily
Nonpareil printing office and Pellit's job of
fice were entirely destroyed. Several dry
goods stores beneath were much damaged by
water. The loss, which is but partially cov
ered by insurance, is considerable.
A Singular Proposition was made some
lime ago to Lady Franklin, by R. O. David
son, an aeronaut of this country. He proposed
to build an ssrial locomotive, and go in search
of her husband, if she would raise the neces
sary funds. She could not, aud so the matter
dropped. She seemed lo think, however,
that the balloon-machine might really have
enabled Mr. D, to find Sir John.
OREGON.
A correspondent of the New York Courior,
who is in California, gives the following; ac
count of Oregon :
I met a gentleman a dav or so since, tost
down from Oregon, and was greatly Interest
ed to learn from a praotical man of observa
tion, facts conneoted with that country.
Timber in great variety, he says, may be
seen, and much of it six to ten feet in diame
ter, 250 to 300 feet high, free from knots.
In illustration, he said, he saw one mill, re
cently erected, with two saws, that were
cutting 6000 feet of lumber per day, the mill
being operated by water, by a stream from
a lake three miles distant, into which lake
the timber was felled, and floated thence di
rect to ihe mill, sawed, and turned out the
other end, to where a vessel was ready to re
ceive it and sail for a market.
Oregon, is without doubt, the greatest lum
ber country in the world. By an estimate
made with some care, there are standing
within a circle of three miles around this
mill, timber enough to last one hundred years
and cutting 6000 feet per day.
As for the wheat of lhat country, Mr. N.
tells me 65 lbs. to the bushel was the ordina
ry weight, and the handsomest he had ever
seen.
This satisfactorily accounts to me for what,
wheu I first was at the mines, seemed a strange
preference on the part of the Oregonians
their giving S3 a $8 per barrel more for
flour from Oregon than any other. The cal
lie, said Mr. N., are unequalled; for oxen,
brought from the Slates, will improve so in
one year as hardly to be known by their for
mer owners.
HtXGART.
The condition of things in Hungary is la
mentable. The currency has almost wholly
disappeared. Men who were rich find them
selves without the means of supporting their
families Debts are not paid. Tho sons of
many of the nobility have been forced to en
list as private soldiers in the Austrian army.
Tho aged and venerable Bishop of Neusohl
has been deprived of his office, and senten
ced to five years solitary confinement. Wo
men are punished for having aided their hus
bands ; and daughters for having conveisod
with iheir fathers who are rebels. In Tran
sylvania the Saxons ami Romans, hereditary
enemies of the Magyars, have hunted them
down like beasts shooting ihem at sight.
Enormities of this kind were so Irequent,
that the Austrian authority has been forced
to declare the state of siege in one part of
Hungary, lladetzky, the Austrian general,
has become disgusted with their barbarity,
though he had considerable experience in
the same thing in Italy. Ilaynau appears
anxious to keep tho infamous reputation he
has acquired. Phila. Ledger.
PACIFIC RAILROAD COXVEXTIOX.
This body met at St. Louis on the 15th
inst., and numbers some eight or nine hun
dred delegates, principally Irom Missouri and
Illinois There aro seventeen from this
State, and in all there about seventeen stales
represented. Hon. Stephen A. Douglass of
Illinois, was elected President, but resigned
his sect on the second day, in consequence
of some allusions made to him at a mass
meeting on the previous night. Mr. Henry
S. Geyer, one of the Vice Presidents from
Missouri, was then elected Piesidenl, but
withdrew, and George Darsie, Esq., of Pitts
burg, was finally chosen. Col. Benton is
present at ihe Convention and made a speech.
The reports of Ihe proceedings that have
thus far been received are very confused, but
there seems lo be some discord among the
delegates, arising not only from political dif
ferences, but from diversity of opinion in re
gard to the constitutional power of Congress
to construct a road such as is desired.
DREADFUL Sl-I't'EIIINCS AT St jVurl
Killed to Feed his Comanions. The New
Orieaus papers give iu Iheir lulu news from
j the Pacific, an account ol the dreadful suffer
ings experienced by ihe captaiii (llosmer)
aud three of '.he crew of the American bark
Jeuuiietlu, of Fail haven, Mass., engaged in
the whale fishery in ihe Pacific. Being out
i alter a whale they were apparently by de-
! without food or drink, except what an occa-
j ,i01iai shower of rain afforded, and a booby
j anJ a dulphiu which they caught. It relates
the frightful necessity wherein one of the
men was killed to feed his companions, an
other having previously died from exhaus
tion. They reached Cicus island, and were
taketi to Pay la by a transient ship, from
whence they embarked for New Bedloid on
ship Geo. Howland.
Seizvrc at New York. The Dry Goods
Repui ttr, states that suspicious have been en
tertained fur some time that parlies in that
city were defrauding the Government by
fraudulent invoices in the entry of cloth.
Olficers have been ferreting out the roguery,
and during the week several invoices have
been d Uained, and about 85,000 worth of
cloth seized, which were invoiced from forty
to ten per cent, below their fair valuation.
The above is another illustration of the
beauties of the ad valorem system, which of
fers a premium for rascality, and places the
fair and honorable importer at the mercy of
his unscrupulous and dibhouest competitors.
British Iron. We have seen a la'.e let
ter from London which mentions a sale of
sixteen ihousuiid tons of Railroad iron, for
the United Slates, at i 2s. 6d. per toil au
aggregate cost of about half a million of dol
lars. Delivered in this country it will cost
about $38 per ton. The road for which il
has been bought is not named. Every pound
of this iron ought to have been furnished
from our own mines and by the labor of onr
own people, and no doubt would have been,
had the Tariff of 1846 imposed a specific and
reasonably protective duty oa the foreign ar
licle. .fair. American.
Tuasksuivino. Msiue h thanksgiving
on the 19th of November, same day a Mas.
aehosetta. The newspapers are Aisouasiog
the subject of a natioaal (ast day.
en kepi tcai
A correspondent of the National Intelligent
oer copies from the London Athenssom the
following facts for the information of drink
ers of this description of Tea : j
That particular variety of tea known as
Oretn Tea attains its color by an artificial
process, and is thus poisoned simply. It is
preferred to all other kinds by the merchants
of ihe United States, and commands a much
higher price. -The coloring matter used in
ihe process of dyeing this tea consists of in
digo and gypsum. To fourteen pounds of tea
is usually applied more than an ounce of Ihe
poisons already mentioned ; and yet the very
people who swallow this are the very first lo
be horrified at the idea of eating, after the
Chinese fashion, a tenderly cooked cat or
nog. When the tea-makers are engaged in
preparing tho article in question, their skin
isnally becomes of a livid blue, and their
occupation is deemed injurious to the health;
anu, with all their fondness for tea, it is said
lhat a Chinaman would sooner pay a heavy
penalty than partake of the article which we
are in the habit of considering a luxury.
DESTRUCTIVE fire iji PROVIDENCE
PllOVIBKNCE, Oct. 17.
A large ship, nearly finished, on the stocks
in J. M. Hood k Co's shipyard, was entirely
destroyed by fire last night. She was lo have
been launched on the 30th instant. The loss
is estimated at about $35,000, which is
nearly covered by insurance in New York.
Three dwelling housps, besides a store
house and shop, were also entirely destroyed
Insurance on the buildings not known The
fire is supposed to have been tho work of an
incendiary.
BARO.tlETER.
lako a pair ol scales, in one put a
biai
pound weight, in the other a pound of dry j t-rowtiiiuiueM, o the Lhailefton .Navy Yard,'
sail; let there be n shelf or board under the ! "me B""le) '""a been sent to Ihe Massa-'
scales to prevent their sinking loo low, and j Insane Hospital, by tho Supreme'
when il is inclined to rain the scale with the i OU1''
salt will sink, the lowest : when inclined to , New Ciiarci'. to Swcokn The Louinville'
be dry, ihe scale with the brass weight yvil' ; Courier h-aunt that Judge Courtlaud dishing,
weigh up the salt. j of Madison, la., hus been appointed Charge
to Sweden, in place of H L. Ellsworth, re-'
The Liblrals or Elroi'e. The liberals j culled.
who have been struggling for liberty in Eu-
rope; have been charged with frauds and pe
culations. The following is the condition of
some of their leaders: Mazzariua is living
on the contributions of his friends. Garibal
di arrived in Piedmont, with one shirt and
half a crown. Mauin,
. ui I ci luc. in nun u.
r V....:.... a ..r.
' '
common laborer. Avezzana has returned to
New York poorer than he left it. The ex-
, ' . .. ..
Chancellor of Sicily supports himself as a
paragraph writer for one of the Paris journals,
Marrast is not worth a sous. Cavaignnc has
nothing but his pay. Louis Blanc lives by
his pen. Lamartine drudges w ith his pen
for subsistence, and Causidiere sells wine in
London to the same end.
The Two Wants in California. A let
ter from San Fiancisco says : -"At present,
(as the common saying here is,) there aro
but two things really in demand, viz: wo
men and lumber, the formpr being exceed
ingly rare, and the latter bringing from S250
to S 400 per thousand feet "
VOTE FOIL CA.VAL COMMISSIONER.
1848.
1S49.
I 1
Col'XTIES. 1 V
U 5 3
Armstrong 2013 18C4 1S37 1648
Allegheny 6130 8245 5103 6263
Adams 1785 23)4 1256 1645
Butler 2310 2303 1941 2106
Beaver 2329 2591 2022 2349
Bradford 3700 2992 2687 2434
Blair 1424 3282 1310 1730
Bedford 2736 2610 2.179 2523
Bucks 5204 5063 4657 4432
Berks 8390 5113 6S27 2867
Cumberland 305 2'JGS 2909 2558
Clinton 997 792 1001 670
Columbia 3134 1922 2443 1646
Centre 2540 1636 2093 1382
Crawford 2778 2398 2483 2204
Clarion 2209 1134 1851 040
Clearfield 1105 603 891 526
Cambria 1440 1118 1375 1128
Carbon 1000 746 756 4911
Chester 5101 5898 4338 5083
Dauphin 2887 3263 2108 2788
Delawaio 1480 1974 1311 1743
Erie 9096 3305 1369 2503
Elk 277 116 258 131
Fayetto 3373 2710 2645 21 13
Franklin 3004 3737 2665 3097
Greene .1350 1297 2047 1084
Huntingdon 1864 2177 1330 1787
Indiana 1568 2258 1230 1729
Juniata 1190 1108 1099 929
Jefferson 926 643 870 463
Lehigh 2966 2521 2594 2317
Lycoming 2267 1831 3130 1524
Luzerne 3683 2899 3149 2578
Lebanon - 1307 2623 1788 2378
Lancaster 5519 9706 4224 7133
Monroe 1635 372 1303 251
Montgomery 5337 4523 5081, 3693
M'Kean 406 363 365 238
Mercer . 3103 3463 2018 2424
Mililiii 1565 1422 1305 1031
Northampton 3007 2450 2983 2215
Northumberland 2038 1436 1874 Ull
Philad'pbia eily 4973 8955 4603 7386
Phiiad. county 16005 16994 14680 11714
Pike 598 119 654 119
Potter 600 277 546 283
Perry 2055 1243 1419 937
Sullivan 361 173 330 : 149
Susquebauna 2375 1505 2073 nei
Someiset 1077 2703 964 2141
Schuylkill 3534 4181 3651 3478
Tioga i 1980 1124 1681 1183
Union 1380 2941 1820 2431
Venango 1523 935 1028 517
Warren 1136 901 943 . 813
Wyoming 94S 780 706 763
Wayne 140) 74 1397 624
Westmoreland 4983 (689 4097 2397
Washington ' 3953 ' 3806 31 19 3576
Tork 4319 4111 403 3359
UT.4S1 165,31 144,8-10 133,111
WrlUan Cot th Amnion.
;r TO THE MYRTLE.
t ST LOU IS LE ROT.
Sweet fiWer thou hast often taught,
A sac red truth to me,
Oh! may ii power impress the heart,
Unchangeable as fhee.
Thoti dost not raise thy head in pride,
Above the lowly sod ;
Hut humbly point ihee to on high,
Thy maker, and our God... .
And yet no flower that grows on earth,
Is lovelier than thee;
No one may boast a richer charm,
Or firmer constancy t
For thou wilt bloom as fresh and sweaf
Through sultry clime or cold ; "
Through winter drear through summer's
Nor fade as thou grow old. beat
Thy azure hue reminds us of
His home whose power hath made
The myrtle flower that pkee abbve,
When joys shall never fade.
Then may we humbly seek the power, , .
The way our lather's trod,
Till landed on that blissful shore,
We meet thy maker, GOD.
The chief constable at Monterey, oh' the'
Pacific, is a black man. Mr. Durinage
says, his insignia of authority is a dragoon
sabre, and this afternoon I saw him belabor
ing an Indian prisoner with the flat of it
until 1 thought the poor fellow must have
been quite as much disgusted With' the
sword exercise as a dragoon recruit.- ,
The Yankkk Blade says, "nearly all the
suicides in this country are by foreigners.
Yankees rarely make way with therrtselves
for nearly every one thinks he has a cilahce
of becoming President, and, at any nttefhis
curiosity prompts him to live on, just to
see what it will come to."
Li cut. Edw. L wers, who stabbed Mr.-
IIKXItY IIASSLKIt.
(ii:it oi'iiciix, ,
Prom Philadelphia.
"Il ESPF.LTFl M.Y informs the Citizens of
Sunhury and its Meinity, that he hat opened
i a romn in tne
Hotel ol .Mr. t hurlea W eaver,
-
, ...i I... ir i
tWff A a T TC
.. ,. r. f1 .f frf ,' . ,
with finhl, iMlver. 1 ortoise &!iell, all kinds of
SlucIi (iermnn silver, and Mlvcr Plated Kramra ;
and lie lia the luriirHt and best sssnrtinviit of
Flint uud Azure Glnxscs.ot'lm own inanulaclure.
11c would jki 1 lii ularly cult tho titttntioii of the
politic to hit linen assortment of I'kkiscomc (not
Priit'otul) I'unvcvand Coneavc GIuhuch, for Near
and Fur-sighted persons!, and for persons who have
been operated upon lor Cnlurltct ot'llie Eye.
Through thirty years study ami Practice, be
has reached the knovleili;e of suiting with the first
trial, any person 011 exumining their eyes ; therefore
he hud the honor of attending the principal Crown
ed Ili ads in lairopiv
Itvcoiiinsi'iidatiuiM ra-i le shown (if rC'luireiT)
from the inosleelebiutcd ProfusMsni and I'hyaiciaiM
111 lii-riuanv.
He has also forSule, Spy Glasses, Microscope,
Maguifyiiis; GlaiMies, Eye (.1 lasses, Thread Coun
ters, and Drawing .Mirrors, &e.
Spectacle E.cliHiit'eJ, Kcpnirelt and Glusei
put in. t
C7' He will remain iu thi phrce during Court.
Anbury, Oct. 'i7, 1319. to
GE.YEIt 41, OltllF.lt..
HEAD liUAKTL''5.
RuaHTOWX, Norlli'd., Co. Oct. 23, F819.
IN accordance with the recommendation of Oov.
Jnliiixton, the Field and SUill' officers" of th
Eighth XJivisiuu, will hereafter appear on1 parade
in the undress frock coat, sud foraije cap of tho
United Stale Anny.
Thnye ollicera who have already procured the
full uniform are not included in tin order.
WILLIAM H. KASf.
Maj. Gen, 6th Div. P.- V.
" 7 s
Itrlgarte Order.
The eoirrpauios attached to the Northumber
land Brigade will meet at their usual respective
places of meetiiitr, on Monday the tilth day of
November next, to' etccl by ballot, one persun to
nerve as Griirude Inspector in the room of William
H. Kuse, resigned.
The ollicera of each election will report the rf
turn to uie within ten day after wid election.
WILLIAM H. KASE,
Brigade Inspector
Brigade Inspector' olfice, . , ,
Kushtown, Oct. IU, 1849.
Groceries ! Groceries ! i
t Ol.TOX Ac V04 1
S. W Corner Arch If 6(ft Street Philadelphia,
fKFER for suletothe iuhibharrtr of Sunbury
and vicinity. Family Grocerie of the very
lineal quality consisting of
Extra Fins, Superior and Common Green and
Black Tea.
('oftcMof sllkind andpriees. f. '
Sugar Ji etcrv kind.
liice, Furiuu, fago. Hominy.
All kind of choice I'i. klcs, c?auce. Ketchup.
Olive Oil, Preserve, &c, warranted 10 be ofthe
very lineM grade iu the market and at the
cheapest rate possible.
i4ll good carefully packed and promptly for
warded. COLTON 4 CO.
8. W. Cor. Arch & 6th St
Phils. Oct. 28, 1S49. vlieUui ly my S6,
J. IVeicliselbauiu,
OPTICIAN,
FROM P 1ULADFLL P II tA
j RESPECTFULLY inform, the ciliien of"
1 1 Sunbury, and ticmrty, slut he has opened a
room at Perkins Hotel tub he odurs fur sale
during the Court
Spectacle of every Variety Ww
and siualUjr, . ,
A new invtntiua of Spectacles, for diUnt or
close reading, with gold, ihff, tortoise-the", aaJ
steel frame, end a new end iuiproted aMortakcnt
of Perifocal ground flint Utaseeaofhiaown menu'
faeture. Jte would particularly cell the attention
ofthe public te bis Hpoctaelo of near sighted per'
sona, end for peraoa wbo beea opepatoe spot!
for the catarmct of ihe eye, and to bis new kind at
rIusm and Con server et th eight Made ofthe
beat flint aad azure &'. Good Gttasue saay be
known by their shape, eiact centre, sbsrjt twA
highly puliabed aurfao. The qualities art to be
found in a high degree in his la, Also, spy
and Quitting GUwie, of every sits and queliif
Tekmupe, Magnifying and Opera Glmaees, Mf
creacope, die., with different powers, tofeiW
with every variety of article u the Optitel
not mentioned.
IV Opucal snj other Insiromerlt ind Okaees
carefully repaired t short notion Me esa always,
select Ulan to suit tit vial Ml Of the Pmu, as
be sees tb'aut) upon the Brat trial, lie wiHsssaaim
in ttiia place but a Short UUM. and lease ift want,
of tr.e above article will plMte five hum cajL
Ho will if required, go to ay neictei!s fcoue
where hi service as ay be wanted 1 .
Kunbury, Oct. SO, l4.; -t 11! u .J '
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