SUN BURY AMERICAN AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL.
l'u-'eil at the trial tho ono mailed ot East
Cambridge. Thr) liltbj brintllo referred to h)
the letter deJ.iinr-A by tho jailer Wainr-p
only a bottle of njtrie acid, for domcstio use.
I had seen it stated in a. nowapape tlinttl
had purchase, a'quanjity of oxalio,
which it was p'resWd was to bo mserlin re
moving blood stains. 1 wish tho parcel to
be kept untouched, that it may bo shown, if
there shobld be occasion, what Jitjrcaltyjwaj
that I had purchased. I have drawn up, in
separata paperer'ah explanation bf thouso 1
intended to make of tho blood sent for on
Thursday, tho 23d, and of tho conversation
with Littlefield about tho dissecting vault. 1
think that Pettec, in his testimony at tho
tfiaVrot to" strongly my words about having
nettled with Dr. P. Whatever I did say of
the kind, was in tho hopo I entertained that
I should bo ablo to pacify Dr. P., and make
v eomo arrangement with him, and was said in
order to quiet Pettco, who was becoming res
tivo under, the solicitations of Dr. Tarkman
. After Dr. Webster had stated most of tho
: facts recorded above on the 23U of May, this
! question with all tho earnestness, solemnity
and authority of tone that Dr. Putnam was
master of. was addressed to lnm.
"Dr. Webster, in all probability your. days
. are numbered; you cannot, you daro not
. .rtootr TnUnlv in mo now : vou must not die
.. with a lie in your mouth ; so, prove to your
self that your repentance for the Bins or your
past life is sincere tell mo the truth, then
a confidence to bo kept sacred during you
. life-time, and as mueh longer as my regard
for tho happiness of your family shall scum
. to mo to require, and tho interest of truth an
. justice to permit. Search to the bottom of
: your heart for the history of your motives,
and tell me, before God, did it never occur
to you, before the decease of Dr. Parkman)
that his death, if you could bring it to pass,
would bo of great advantago to you, or at
least that personal injury to him might pos
1 sibly be the result of your expected confer,
enoe with him 1 As a dying man, 1 charge
you to answer me truly and exactly, or else
be silent had you not such a thought V
"No, never," said he, with energy and
feeling ; "as I live, and as God is my witness,
never ! I was no more capable of such a
thought than ono of my innocent children.
I never had tho remotest idea of injuring Dr.
P. nntil tho moment the blow was struck.
Dr. P. was extremely severe and sharp tho
most provoking of men and 1 am irritable
and passionate. A quick handed and brief
evidence of temper has been a besetting sin
of my life. IwasVn only child much in
dulged and I have never acquired the con
trol over my passions thai I ought to have ac
quired early, and the consequence is all this."
"But you notified Dr. Parkman to meet
. you at a certain hour, and ' told him you
would pay him, when you knew you had not
the money 1" .
"No," he replied,' "I did not tell him I
-would pay him, and thoro is no evidence that
. I told him so, except my own words spoken
. after his disappearance, and after I had de
. termined to take tho ground that I had 'paid
-., him ; those words were of the miserable tis
sue of falsehoods to which I was committed,
from the moment I had began to conceal tho
. homicide. I never had a thought of injuring
Parkman."
,This was accompanied by the statement in
-, which Professor Webster attempts to explain
, as to his seeing Littlefield, sending for blood,
and of inquiring about gases from the vault.
After reading tho statemaut, Dr. Putnam pro
ceodod to arguo as to its truthfulness, saying
that it was made when Iho writ of error was
still pending. Also, that Professor Webster's
estato was worth several thousand dollars,
and that he was not in such n strait as to com
; mit such a crime deliberately. The previous
petition from Professor Webster, protesting
his innocence, and praying for absolute par
don, he said, was got up by his family, who
wero unwavering in their belief in his inno
cence, until his confession was communica
ted to them about a week since. Ho con
cluded in asserting his bolief that tho confes
, sion was true.
Members of tho council havo retained a
copy of the petition previously presented, and
withdrawn by tho advice of Dr. Putmani
which will probably be published. It asserts
his innocence, and it also asserts that Little
field, or somo other person, placed tho re
mains in his room, to compass hi ruin.
CHOLERA.
' Cholf.ua at Nashville. Wo.Iearn by a
joint extra issued by tho four Nashvillo pa
person tho 5th hist., that owing to the preva.
" ' lenco of tho cholera there, all tho daily papers
have beon suspended. This list of deaths
' for tho 3d and 4th, though incomplete; cm-
' braces' 48 names, and it is added
Tho disease is not confined to any particular
' location, but seems to havo taken a general
rango through all quarters of tho city. Tho
corporation are burning tar, &c, in different
parts of the city. Guns havo been fired in
" many elevated parts. Business is generally
suspended, and everything about the city
i wears a settled glqom."
, Tho deaths ou Friday, 5th instant, aro said
to have amounted to sixty. On the 6th there
were nearly one hundred. At tho prison the
disease was on the incrcaso. It is more fatal
, malignant, any rapid than it has ever been
' known there.
Cholera at the West.-The board of
' heallli of Cincinnati report 28 deaths from
eholora on the 9th, and 32 from other diseases
and on .the 10th, 32 from cholera, and 36
from other diseases, making 129 deaths fur
the two days. At Louisville there have been
a few sporadin cues. ' Two deaths from cho-
' lera have occurred at Shelbyville, Ky., and a
'number at Dremon Springs, Vive or six deaths
. had also occurred at ,Rock Spring mills in
Bracken county. Three deaths from cholera
are reported in Chi licotbe, O., and several
ut Columbus. '
i L Thb Imdiana Times describes a new mode
.of Curing the cholera, which has been adopt
ed by the oivil surgeon of How rah, in every
instance,' as yet, with complete success
,Ths treatment consists in making the patient
wibale a cutta'i quantity of oxygen gas
.About fifteen Euiopean seamen, who have
(bsurt brought into, the , hospital in. various
lUt. vl the- disease, huvu been poifectly
ly thia Mean - 1
TEE AIOJPJCAIT.
. . SATURDAY, JULY 0, IMO.
II. II. MASSlCIt, Editor nlii) Proprietor.
To AnvEUTiKr.in. The citoiiliilimi of the Himliiiry
Ami-rii-mi nmonir the tlifli-rcnt town" ii the Pimqafliiiiiim,
in not ctwctM ii'eqnnlled by any paper published in North
ern JVuiiaylviuiin.
Till'. LIST OF liHTTI-'HS in pnWinlii-cl in lhi (wiper,
In iirrinfciiirc with the law requiring Ihrm to lie published
in Hie pnper IniviinT the largest circulation.
Democratic State Nominations.
For Canal Commisioner:
WILLIAM T. MORISON,
Of Monljtoincry Counly.
For Auditor General:
EPIIRAIM BANKS,
01 Milllill Counly.
For Surveyor General:
J. PORTER BRAWLEY,
Of Crnwfonl County.
PKTioniATic rovTY rovK!STiaN,
Tiik Bemoi-ralic electors of Korllmmtirrliiiul
countv, arc rest ,crt Tullv ro'iucstcil to mcot nt the
usual places it holding ileli-iratc elections in tlicir
respective IJoroughs and 1 ownslnps, on iSuturiliiy
resocciivu miruuiliin una juyiiimii un k?uiiiiiiiy I
the lTth day of August, 1S.HT, for Hie puqM.so of
lectins ilclezales to tho Democratic l.ountv Con
vention to he held in Stinliury on tho Monday fol
loniui;, to form a Democriitic. ticket to he supported
at the. ensuing tall olection.
fi. M. YORK8, , SAMLET. ENT,
M. 11. KU'P, SAMUETi I.AINTZ,
KEI'liEN ZAKTMAN, WM. WIT.SON,
A. AUMSTKONCt, H. HEADER, Hnr.,
SAMUEL T. BROWN.
standing Committee.
July 20, 1850.
K" After an absence of several months,
the editor has again returned lo his post.
In do'infr so lie takes this occasion to return
his thanks, to his talented' young friend,
who occasionally officiated for him during
his absence.
!XJ" Our readers will find on our first
prior, Professor Webster's confession, which
was necessarily crowded out of last week's
nrn mnumfe.! to Rnv. will he stisnended
... o . . ti r i
until September next. This Express has
1 A
been a great convenience, the loss of which
woiuu oe (jreany ieu ii entirely uiscon-
tinued.
THE SLAVEUY QUESTION,
The death of Gen. Taylor and the con
sequent dissolution of his cabinet, will, no
doubt secure the passage of Mr. Clay's Cora-
promise bill and thus settle this perplexing
queslion, we trust, forever. Until this is
accomplished nothing can be done in Con
gress in the way of legislation. The great
body of the people are perfectly willing
and most anxious to have this great ques-
i '. ..1. i -i .. . . . . i . i
r nn roiiipii nnnn n inner nnv mrma. ivmMi
, ' . . . .. ,
are not wnony unjust nnn aisnonoraoie in
themselves. It is the ultras of the South,
and the abolitionists of the North, who deal
ii abstractions instead of looking to practi
cal results, that cause most if not all the
dililctilties. . Let both these exlremes be
lopped off, and Congress will again be re
stored to quiet, and the country to its wont
ed prosperity. Had the present cabinet
and the friends of the bill been united it
would have passed in some shape ere this.
JHit eacii insisted on las own plan, and thus
division would, of course, bring about de
feat. President Fillmore is said to favor
Mr. Clay's bill, and his cabinet will neces
sarily coincide with him in their views.
Hy IIarvkstinc;. Our farmers ore
the midst of their harvest, and the crons
. , ... ,, .
r m i r, n nI . . .!. n 4 .....1.1 'PI... !
j'iuiiiia.7 uu uuuiiutiui yit-iu. i ue rains on
tl,.. C.rct f !. .......V ...!
...k. ...i. j... v. nit ...-n. i.n.aii.u auiliu UJ-
prehensions for the safe housing of the grain-
rpi . .1
..... ......u.u u.a.jr ,a,us uu i,iuiiay
and Friday will, we fear, seriously injure
the grain, most of which is still in the fields.
A flood seems almost inevitable.
iallivvi:. judge wciker sent us
a stalk of rye, grown on his farm near this
place, which measures eight feet four inches
in length.
Dy The following persons were ap
pointed tho committee of correspondence
for Northumberland county, at the late
Williams-port Convention :
Hon. John Montgomery, John P. Purseland
J. M. D. Withiuglon.
THE l'UESIUE.T' FAMILY.
Mr. Fillmore was married iu 1826 to Abi
gail Powers, tho youngest child of Rev.
Lemuel Powers. She is still living, and is
described as a lady of great worth, modest
aud unobtrusive in her deportment, and high-
ly esteemed lor her ninny virtues. Ibeyl
havo but two children. The oldest, a son, is
a young man of about twenty-one years of
age, wuo lias jtisi cuioreu upon uio practice
of tho law in Buiialo. He is said to bo a I
gentleman of fine qualities, and worthy to be
the son of a Republican President. The
daughter presents a more notable example.
She is about eighteen years of age. Her ac
complishments are many and varied, and
her independent, self-reliaut character is ex
hibited in the fact that she is now, or was
very receiitly, a teacher in one of the free
public schools in Buffalo. She is one of the
women of whom the Republic has much
more jeason to be proud than of all the gay,
gaudy women of fashtou, who often show as
much scorn for sehoul teachers as they do
ignorance of tho truoqnalilies of a republican
character. ( Such a family will do honor lo
the U bite. Hon..-. ,
From the riiilmlelphtn Bulletin.
FUNERAL OHSEQUIES
S OF
OEN. ZACHArY TAYLOR,
'(' ; I mssiDUNT
U. s ...L . t OFTllE ;
UNITED STATES. ;
J ! j frocm-dlng ttl tfcii While ll-rone
Tho doors of tho Executive mansion wero
opened ut nine o'clock; A. M., for tho admis-
ion of the Heads of Department, the For
eignm.uis.ersan.i ou.eri., w..u,
. i .i I t... ..n. nr
. i. : 1 1 - r .1 i .. I f i
1110 tMMllllllliei: Ol U1U IWU MUUHUS Ul vwijjuio
were entitled to admission. The crowd in
the meantime filled up every avenuo leading
to the mansion not appropriated to the milita
ry and other bodies that were to take part in
the procession.
The members of the Cabinet, the Diplo-
matio Corps, tho pall-bearers and those of tho
two nouses oi congress who coiiki uo nnmn-
ted, occupied the East Room. Col. Blissi
Col. Taylor of Ballirnoie, and other relatives
of the lato Presidont, occupied positions near
tllO rCmaillS.
The Foreign Ministers all appeared in full
court costumes.
Tho inscription on tho coffin plato is as
follows :
ZACMARY TAYLOll,
TRESIDENT OF THK UNITED STATES,
i'l'.T. 66.
The coffin is a magnificont ono. It is cov
ered with black velvet, tho edges being of
.. . , . ., . i i .i I
sllvor. with huge silver tassels, looped with
gold fringed buttons.
The countenaneo of the deceased is un
changed, though much emaciated. Mrs.
Taylor would not consent to embalming the
body.
liy request oi uio lamny, prajcrs wero-
held over tho remains this morning, when
none uui mo immeuiaio reiuuvus wero
i . .i i- . i I
seill. I
ino collin resioa on a raiscu piauorm, in
. , . .r :..
the centre of the East Room, enveloped with
black crape.
As soon as all assembled, Rev. Smith Pyne,
D. D., of tho Protestant Episcopal Church,
performed the solemn and impressive burial
service of that church, during which many
an eye wes moist and many a sob was heard
among the large assemblage
a most eloquent and touching discourse
was then delivered by the reverend gentle-
man. The family of the deceased were
wiinin Hearing oi a.
1 tl : i...:. 1...I...I i:
II 1(1 SCrViet.3 l)l.'lll tuilimmu, mo viiiii
was removed and carried out of tho White
' lllcn r1;lCL'd UP" tll Fuil0ral
Car provided for tho occasion. Near tho car
, , r , , ,
I waa tVia rnvnritn w.nr hnrnn fit tlio ili-narieil
clle(ain 10ij Whitey," appointed to follow
,he car , lh(3 ,ac0 of interment
The Funeral Car was a plain hearse under
a raised canopy, beautifully trimmed, the
American Eaglo being represented in sio
centre. It was drawn by 8 white noises with
black housings.
Each horso was led by a groom iu oriental
costume.
Movement ol the rroccmloii.
Tho procession moved at two o'clock, P. M
As soon as i started minute kuiis. were fired
by detachments of I'nited Slates Artillery
stationed, near St. John's Church, the City
lhill and the Canitol. resneetivel v. Tho or
i t
I . . . . . . .
dor ol Me civic procession was, as nearly as
possible, as follows:
order oi the rroteuiou.
Funeral Escort, in column of march, compo-
posed of detachments of U S Artil
lery, Infantry, Marinei and nu
merous Volunteer Corps.
CIVIC PROCESSION1.
Tho United States Marshal of the District of
Columbia and his Aids.
The Mayors of Washington and Georgetown.
Tho Committuo of Arrangements of the two
Houses of Congress.
iho chaplains ol the two Mouses ol Congress
and the officiating Clergyman of the
occasion.
Attending Physicians to tho late President.
Vull Itettrt'iw
Vail htartrst
Hon. T. II. It.-nt.m.
lion. Henry Piny,
H'lll. lrt'WIU t'llfM,
Iloit. Ilauiul WcbMi-r,
n. ii. c. wiiuiiron.
Hun. J. M . Il. rri. n,
lli.ll. I ruilian iiinli,
ll-in. l.inil II-pl.
Ili'll. S. K. Vinton.
Hon. Jiinim Mrlfciwi'll.
I .. '
I ii-'n- mi'-'ii nu-.
Hon. Ikiiic K. IIoIiiics,
" '
II. .n. It. J. Walker,
.ti.'iii fiuii'ii, i-;i,,
Alui. lien, liitwm.
I t'luirl .liislii-.- mnirti,
!lui. (tfll. Ji'Mlllt.
com. u.-iiiiini,
Ilri.llcii. llt-uilerdoii.
ine norse used by ueneral iaylor in the late
w,lr-
family and relatives of the lato President
The President of tha United Slates and tho
Heads of Departments.
Tho Snrgcant-al-Armsof theSenato
The Senate of thu United Slates, preceded bv
their President, pro tcinptire, and
Secretary.
Tho Sergeaut-at-Arnis cf tho Iluusu of Repre
sentatives.
1 ho House of Representatives, preceded by
their Sneaker and Clork
The Chief Justice and Associate j
usuces ui
Iho Supreme Court of tho United Stales
and its officers.
The Diplomatio Corps.
Governors of Slates and Territories.
Ex-mombers of Congress.
Members of State Legislatures.
District Judges of the United States
Judges of the Circuit and Criminal Courts of
tho District o! Columbia, with Iho metn-
bers of the bar, and officers of the
courts.
The Judges of the several Stales.
The Comptroller of the Treasury, Auditors,
Treasurer, Register, Solicitor, and Com-
missioners of Land OHiee, Pensions,
Indian Airairs, Patents, and
Public Buildings.
The Clerks, Kc., of the several Departments,
proceeded by their respective Chief
' Clo:ks; and all other civil officers
of the Government. ' '
Clergy of tho District of Columbia and
-I.' . elsewhere. '! : - '..i!
-; Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution.
: Corporate Authorities of Washington.
Corporate Authorities o( Georgetown." -
Presidents, Professors, aud Students of the
Colleges of the District of Columbia.
Oilicers and Soldieis who served in the war
,, of 181 'i, and hi the jule war, .
I Vuiiouj Societies- auJ Fiateiuities , fiim the
District of Columbia, Baltimore and
other places.
Citizens and Strangers.
A heavy discharge of cannon announced
tho starting of the procosslon at 2 o'clock.
The military escort was the largest ever
seen in Washington. All the troops from the
different stations within reasonable distance
of Washington, were in attendance. Tho
wholo of this portion of tho procession was
under tho command, of Major General Win
field Scott, Commander-in-Chief of the Uni
ted States Army. The officers and men of
UlB Navy and the Marine Corpse wore also
ont in very unusual force. In their brilliant
uniforms, with their inuillcd drums and bad
ges of mourning, this portion of the precession
was unusually imposing.
The procession was one mile and a half
long. Tho avenuo through which it passed
was densely crowded. Every window was
occupied and the concourse of spectators on
,uo gitewaik8 wai immense.
Flowers were strowed nlons Pennsylvania
Aveml0 for scyeral mnttil yarrts loading
rrom tno White House.
Ttin ftivir nmniiBainn ln Vinnn Pftlimntnd
at iooo ; tho military at 900 besides 6 com-
nanies of nrtillerv. Thero were nineteen
banjg of musi0j coml,rj8jug 80me hundreds of
instruments,
Tho effect along the Avenue, cluthed as it
is iu sables and densoly crowded, was vpry
fine.
Incident
Signnr Fagnani, an Italian artist, yesterday
took a sketch of the head and face of General
Taylor, just before ho was placed in his cof
fin. No cast was taken, tho family of tho
President being unwilling that the skin should
bo disfigured, as it would probably be by that
process. Although much emaciated, tho
f , dislimruishnJ deceased preserves
. , , nnnearal.a woru ,vhell iivin
j - - -
TowaR,8 two o'clock tho sky became over
cast. CnitKiderahln wind mcivniled. and
' '
.hower was tilrc,t0I1ed.
General Scott, when he ariived in tho East
Room, wept over tho body of his distinguish'
ed companion in arms.
.The Sceno nt the Burial Graand.
On arriving in front of the Congressional
Burying Ground, the military escort was
formed in two lines : the first, consisting of
the detachment appointed to fire the last vol
ley, facing the Cemetery, and thirty paces
distant from it; the second line, consisting of
the remainder of tho Infantry in the escort.
twenty paces in the rear. Tho battery of
artillery took a position on the rising ground
about ono bundled paces in the rear of thi
second line.
The Burial Ground was occupied at an
early hour this mouiing, by thousands of peo
ple anxious to secure places for obtaining
good view of the interment.
TIIIKTY-VIKST CONGIIESS let Kcs.loll
Washington, July 15, 1S50.
. House. Mr. Holmes asked the unanimous
consent of the Houso to introduce a joint re
solution directing the President of the United
Nates to deliver to tho Jackson Monument
Committee in tho city of Washington, sueli
old brass guns condemned as unserviceable.
and not being national trophies, us may h
siillieient material for casting tho equestrian
statue of Andrew Jackson now in the course
of construction in said city under the direc
tion of gilij Committee.
Mr. II. said that at somo former time Con
gress had generously grunted to the Coinm
leo aborit to erect tho equestrian statue to
Gen. Jackson several pieces of brass cannon
taken at Pcutacola. On inspecting these
fine brass cannon tho Committee disoovorc
that they were fine specimens of art whic
tho United States should never destroy, but
should preserve as trophies. On one of these
brass cannon was inscribed "the terrible thun
tier of kinx." Gen. Jackssn showed that
these "thunders" wereverv emntv "thunders'
And now the Committee asked that Con"iess
take back these cannon and keep them as
trophies.
The reading of the memorial of the Jack
sou Committee was called for. It was reac
Thu report after stating the objects, &c, and
of the trophies, concludes as follows:
"This will save tho fine antiquated pieces
that bear the motto of Iho sovereign unde
whose auspices this continent was disco verei
Tho engravipg on the breech bears the men
I VI irti, uini'ic ir.omicr VJ Jlffl'a, f lu
.,.. r lol. .'l.l. ii.. ...J... f I". . i ui':..
lcnta ec?)s Fulmina."-Thoy should be laid
at thu fcut of Jackson's statute lo nvidi-nen
lo tho world how harmless is the thunder o
Kings when hurled at the men of iron, whose
armor is the patriotism inspired by the He
public These trophies should be preserved
for the glory of our country, like those take
at Saratoga and Yorktown and the batlerir
recently returned . from Mexico,' inscribe
with tho names of the Heroes who directs
them, and by whom they were emblazoned
with the victories of Palo Alto, Resaca, Moil
terey, Buena Vista, Vera Cruz. Cerro' Gordo
ri,...l..,. xti:., t ri 1.
iiui u via Jil.'l iiiw VI w t v j vuvj'UI kV-rt. &
and the city of Mexico."
TEIiniBLE RAVAGES OF THE CHOLEKA I
MEXICO.
Baltimore, July 16 P. M.
Tho New Orleans papers, received by the
mail to-night, have dates from the City
Mexico lo tho 25th of Juno. The Cholera
was still raging to a frightful extent, an
(ico hundred dyiug daily! During the month
there had been eight thousand cases and twen
ty-seven hundred deaths!
At Zacalccas the Cholera was equally bad
llie deaths averaging eighty per day.
On account of the prevalence of the Choi
era, tho Mexican Congiess was unable to ob
tain a quorum.
It was rumored at Vera Cruz that the
deaths by Cholera averaged one thousand per
day ! :
The Pope's return was celebrated in grand
style in the City of Mcxiso. ' '
The approaching Presidential 'fclootion
exciting much interest. One paper proposes
Santa Anna, who is ineligible not being a
resideot. .; ' i.
St. Louts. The St.. Louis .Times says
that there are nineteen persons in prison or
ou bail in Missomi, charged with ( thej
crime of murder. , ,
LAST WO IlllS OF EMINENT MEK,
The last words of Gen. .Taylor roeall Vf
the mind reminiscences of'tho last words 6f
other eminent men, which might be son si,
derably adilcd to. j'j ff $
; Napoleon expired amp the raging of$
whirlwind. His last ' words wore
d'armcc,"
' Saladin, in his last illness, instead of his
usual standard, ordered his shroud Id bo 'up
lifted in front of his tent; and the herald
who displayed this winding sheet as a flag,
was commanded to exclaim aloud, "Behold!
this is all which Saladin, the vanquisher of
the East, carries away of all his conquests."
The last words of Sir Walter Scott to Lock
hart were, "Bo a good man, for if you do not
ou will feel it when you come to lie here."
The dying Wolfe, hearing of tho flight of
to French exclaimed, " die contented."
Tho curate of St. Sulpice asked the expi
ring Montesquieu, "Sir, are you tmly con
scious of the greatness of Godl" "Yes,"
as the answer of tho departing philosopher,
"and of the littleness of man."
Tho heroic Lawrence, perishing amid tho
thunders of the engn;remont between tho ill
itod Chesapeake and tho British frigate
Shannon, exclaimed, "Don't give vp the sn'p."
Sir Richard Grenville having fought his
single ship against a large fleet, until his ves
scl was overwhelmed by the fearful odds and
mortally wounded, summoned his victors .to
ear testimony to his good conduct, and ex
claimed, ;Hero die I, Richard Grenville, with
a joyous and quiet mind, for that I have end
ed my life as a true soldier ought to do, fight
ing for his country queen, religion and honor.
When tho Marquis of Montrose was taken
and condemned to die, and his head and
1
imbs to bo severed and hanged iu public
places in different towns, "I wish," exclaim
ed ho "I had flesh enough to be sent to every
city in Christendom, as a testimony to the
cause for which I suffer."
Sir Henry Vane, when condemned to die,
e.claimed, "Ten thousand deaths, to me, ere
I will stain tho purity of my conscience."
"Is there any thing on earth I can do for
you 7" said Taylor to the satirical bulfoon,
Dr. Wolcott. "Give me back my youth,"
was tho sad reply.
"Oh, that 1 might live 1" was the dying
wish of the patriot Uuincy, as he came in
sight of Massachusetts, "Oh that 1 might live
to render lo my country one last service 1"
The last word of Gen. Harrison were, as
though ho fancied himself addressing some
official associate in the government, "Sir, I
wish you to understand the true principles of
llie government. I wish them carried out.
I ask no more."
"I have always done my duty. I am ready
to die; My only regret is for tho friends 1
leave behind mo." These are the sublimo
words, incicating a mind conscious of recti
tude, a spi rit ignorant of fear, and a heart full
of affection, with which the great and good
Taylor was gathered to his fathers.
THE LATE FIItE IX PHIL AIU LI'IIIA.
I urtlK-r Particuluri.
Tlio Philadelphia Bulletin C8timatcs the
lo-s of lifo by tho firs in that city, at 30
killed, 100 wounded, 9 drowned, and 17
missing total 15(i. Many of Ibu houses de
stroyed were very old and inferior, and their
destruction no great loss. The actual area of
the fire is about 760 .by 775 feet, covering
some ten acres of ground, and thu loss in real
estate is about $700,000. Of tho burnt build
ings, tho Bulletin says:
Many of them ought to have been romo.
ved long ago, and their destruction now can
only bo viewed as a matter of regret, from
thu immediate distress and loss to their in
mates. In every other light the fire will
prove a benefit. The old buildings and
crowded courts that have been over popula
ted for years will now, we hope, bo built up
with fiuo substantial buildings, making thu
burnt district one of thu finest portions of the
city.
The Philadelphia Sun, says:
A calculation has been made by a number
of gentlemen, and the number of houses, sta
bles nnd stores destroyed, is set down at threo
hundred and forty six. There were probably
about three hundred dwellings, allowing a
man, wife and five children for each house,
makes the number of human beings rendered
homeless by the disaster two thousand one
hundred.
It is said tho fire originated from friction
of the windlass of a hoisting machiuu iu tho
upper story.
Mr. Pitlfiuld and wife, who resided nt No
iu Aew street, were at capo jviay. iNot a
solitary thing about their house but what was
destroyed. There is scarcely one brick on
another of the building.
C. C. Rapburu, Second above New street
was with his wife and children at Red Bank
at tho time of the fire. He had the sum of
$800 up staiis iu his bed chamber, which
was probably lost amid the ruins. His house
was open, however, half an hour before the
fire reached it.
Hugh Cathurwood, whilst looking at the
fire, had his pocket picked of the sum of one
hundred and sixty-five dollars.
The light of the fire illuminated tho sur
rounding country, and was seen distinctly at
the distance of 30 miles. The scene as view
ed from the Delaware was awfully sublime
Persons who saw the explosion from the river
describe it as a most fearful sight.
The shock of the explosion was felt at Wil
mington, Delaware, and the light of the con
flagration was seon at Trenton, N. J.
Railroads in the United States. Some
one curious in railroad science has compiled
the fol'owing lablo showing tho numlier of
miles of road laid in each Slate iu the Uuion,
as follows: . ,
New England States. Massachusetts,
1041); New Hampshire, 410; Rhode Island,
64; Coeneoticut, 446; Vermont, 287; Maine
202. Total, 246S. '-
"Mitidl States. New York. 1306 ;' Ponn
sylvania, 613 ; Delaware, 30; Maryland, 316;
New Jersey, 831. - Total, 2510. .
, Southern States. Georgia, 655 ; Virgi
nia, 336; North Carolina, 264; South Caroli
na, 226; Alabama, 68. Total, 1549. -
Wester Status Ohio, S90; Michigan,
342; Illinois, 105; Indiana, 102; f.oiiisiaiia,
70 ; Mississippi, 70 ; Kentucky, 55; Teunes
attt, Ivj. Total, HoiL j Tutal number, of miles
railroad, iu thu, llniiod States, 7,677. - ,
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM THE EDI-
TO H- DATED r fr
fv memt-ah Hotel j
A'cw firk, fyly iirj, laSoU
Tli u vooi'o frorL?Cap May t'o jew Sfork
r s la is'JelirrhlAif. THn ninnmt-r Kcnne-
beck mnefiod at the Caf)fl between 7 end 8
o'clock, P. M , took on a number of passen
gers, rounded the Cape, and in a few min-
fljea )vas ploughing the ocean, and landed hef
passengers next morning nt 8 o'clock, at New
York." To one who has never witnessed it, a
sunriso at soa is a magnificent sight. An im
mense luminous body, emerging, as it were,
from the mighty deep, is of itself almost worth
a trip to see. The scenery for thirty miles,
as you approach New York, is giand and im
posing.
The present is the travelling season to and
from the watering places, and the Hotels are
pretty well filled. We noticed a short time
since the improvements of the American Ho
tel, kept by Messrs Taber & Bagley in this
city. This Hotel which has been partially
rebuilt and enlarged, is one of tho most pleas-
ant and best regulated hotels in tho country
Tho new ladies' ordinary is a model dining
room, ventilated by a louver in the centre
tho glass and the panueling of which are
richly painted in arabesque ornaments, a great
number of new lodging rooms, and parlors
bathing rooms, boudoirs, refurnished, painted
papered, decorated, carpeted, gilded, lighted
and beautified have been added lo their es
tablishment from attic to cellar ; and it is
now, although not one of the largest, jet un
deniably among the nicest and best regulated
houses of its class in tho world.
The New Yoikers boast considerably of
their water works. It is indeed a stupendous
work and costs over ten millions of dollars.
Tho water is conveyed for 40 miles in an im
mense culvert of stono masonry, over vallies,
hills, and streams. The Croton Reservoir
above 42d street, is a splendid pile of mas
sive stone masonry about 40 feet high. Tho
jouruey from New Yoik to Philadelphia, over
tho various lines of the Camden and Amboy
company, is pleasant and soon accomplished.
New Modb ok Warfare. A correspon
dent of the Havanna Diario do la Marina
gives an account of the manner iu which the
authorities nt Sagua la Grande had deter
mined to repel Gen. Lopez and his army,
had they reached that place. It appears
that in tho town aro 1200 beehives. These
were to bo placed on tho road, and at the
approach of tho invading boasts, tho hives
wero to be overturned, and the bees sallying
forth would attack the advancing foe, and
by their merciless stings would effectually
deprive him of the power of resistance. It
was calculated that in this manner 5000 A
mericans could be put to flight; while the
cunning Spaniards would look on and enjoy
the sport. The correspondent says the inva
ders little knew the propositions that had
been made for them. We are decidedly of
that opinion ourselves.
PoPT-OKFICB RullBElUKS AT Al.BANT. A
person, employed formerly as a clerk in the
post-oiiice at Albany, was arrested on Sun
day, charged with rubbing tho post-ofiice.
Alter his arrest, he confessed the robberies,
implicating also two persons. For several
weeks past, packages of letters which should
reach Albany on Sunday mornings, have been
missing. The clerk alluded to always visited
the ufiiau on that morning, which circum
stance led to the suspicion against him . He
was watched and caught in thu very act.
llo will be examined on Wednesday before
the United Stales Commissioner.
"Old Whitey," the veteran war horse of
the hero of lluena Vista, formed an affec
tive and affecting part of the procession at
Washington, on the occasion of what the
Journal of Commerce calls x"the funeral
obsequies," on Saturday. The editor says
that "the associations connected with him
crowded upon every one's mind. The old
charger as he pawed the ground, and
neighed at the sound of the bugle, seemed
proudly and impatiently to look around for
his rider, and once more to bear him on
the field."
A Marrying Genius. There is a man
in the New York penitentiary who has
had twenty-seven wives. He is just thirty
six years of age and has been engaged in
matrimonial business since he was sixteen,
and has therefore had a new wife every
seven months, getting rid of the old spouse,
and courting the new one ad interim, j He
declares he will have a hundred wives be
fore he dies, if they do not cramp his genius
within slone walls. , ,. t ., .
The Lawuence Divorce Case is again in
the newspaper, one of the journals having
Hibli&hed Mr. Lawrence's statement, which
contains portions of the private correspon
dence between his wife and her mother.
The whole difficulty in this case appears
to have been caused by the lady, a some
what netted beauty in the West, putting a
little rouge on her cheeks. Any roan of
common sense and proper taste, who knew
how to deal with a pretty woman, would
have placed his beard so often next her face
as to save her the necessity ol resorting to
pink saucers to heighten her color. . . ,
Tobacco Planting in New York. The
Syracuse Star states that Robert Fleming
and Peter K. Reed have purchased a fifty
acre lot three miles northwest of Syracuse,
and are planting the whole of it with tobac
co, employing some twenty men. Tbey
have also several other fields in different
parts of the same country, from all of
which their crops will be heavy. For
several years past they have been very
successful in growing tobacop at Manlius.
Fourth op July Toast, given at Wor
cester, the heart of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts: ' .
"Old Bachelors Leafless trunks in a
garden of roses. Each dwelling is to them
a suggestion, each bird's nest a standing
admonition." 1 - ''i
Well, it is. ' .- !!
Foreign CoVrtesy. The British stea
mer Kuropa at. Jersey City, displaped her
flags with crape streamers at half-mat, on
Saturday, auJ fired sixty-siis minute guns
at noon.' ; r ; y."..j.'V ', ...
Death ot S. S. Prentiss. W learn
rom NatchezJi- of the death of Hon. S. 8.
ren'.fm, the (listingllished lawyer of Missi
ssippi. 5 He had, jeen suffering from ill health
for somo timet Mr rontiss was one of tha
ablest men it the South He was formerly
in Congress for a brief period1.
SwnnEN is producing all the nightingales
M'De Henrietta Niasen, a country woman
of Jenny Lind, is rapidly rising to distinc
tion as a singer, a second Jenny Lmd.
A little girl, walking one day with
her mother in a grave-yard, reading one
after another praises of those who slept be
neath, taid,"I wonder where they bury the
sinners!" NOTICE
To Judgement Creditors;-
M OTICE Is hereby given to the Judirmrnf
' Creditor of Dr. John Raker and Eraanuef
Kallmann, to appear on the first Monday of All--trust
next, nnd show esuse why the proeeeda arid--inir
upon the snle of the real estate of the saiiT
Iinkor a nil Knuflinnn, should not lie paid out ac--conling
to priority of lien Are. By order of tho
Court. JOHN F A RNSWORTH, Proth'y.
Proth'y offirc Sunhury, )
July 15, 1850. J
NOTICE
THK iindorsiirneil. appointed by the Orphans''
Court of Northumberland countv, to-make'
distribution to and among the creditors of the
estate of John Bloom, ilt c'd., hereby notiGes all'
prrxons intercd, that he will ottendtothn duties-
ol lux appointment on V, ctlnemlrty, the 31st dy
"- - "-j .www,.. i.ib wiiiua iii uiu uuruugn oi cufl-
nury, si iu ocioi-ka. M. ,i
CHAS. J. BRUNER, Auditor.
July SO, 1850.
EXECUTORS' NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given, that letters testa
mcntnrv, on the estato of Thomas Vantine,
late of islinmokiii tnwnxhip, dee'd., have lieert'
granted lo the aulweribcrs. All persons having
demand onanist said estate, are requested to pre
sent them for examination and settlement, anil
those indebted arc requested to make immediate
payment. WII.I.IAM VASTINE,
AMOS VASTINE.
Shumokin tshp., July 13, 1H30. Gt
A UDlTORSNOYlCE.
FMate of Samuel Smith, decrA-
TV OTK.'E is hereby Riven to the creditors- of
J-' said defendant that the uudc raiimed' appoin
ted nuditurto settle and adjust the rules and pro
portions of the iism-tH of the estate of ISamui't
Smith, dee'd, lute of l'eint township, IS'orthuiu
berlimtl county, to uud among the rcsiective credi
tors of said decedent will attend to the duties of
his appointment nt hisollice in thetiorongh of 8un
hurv uu the first day of August next at 10 o'clock
A. M. WM. J. OREENOl CiH.
A udilor.
Sunbiiry, July 13, lg.'iO 3t
" SHE1UFF'SALES
B virtue of certain Writir of Ven. Krpnni. lo
me direoled. will le sold at 1 o'clock P. M.t
on .Monday the 5'.h dny of Aueust neit at the
Court House in the lionmah of Pnnhury the fob
lowing real estate to wit : All the interest of the
Deft, supposed to twlhe undivided one-tenth part
more or lesa, of and io ,- ;
A Certain Tract of Land.
sint.no in Point township, in the county of Nor
thiiinheilnnd, bounded by hind of Joseph Priestly,
.Inmes Nesbit, Charles Parks. Henry Paul. Mrs.
Nmirse and Kruncis timdV, omihiininij In the
whole l:J4 acres more or less, wherenu are errc
led a I.oir Dwelling HVnivo, it hinj barn, a Mpriug
House, nu Apple orchard aml'olhrr fruit trees.
Hi iy.nl taken iu oreetion mid to N- sold as the
properly of John Crutdiliiy, jr. ' ."
Ar.80-:
A Certain Tract of Land situate in Lower An-
(jlisla towiif'uiii in. said couu'v. isiuud north br
of Jacob !i !htiUH, :sr by kinds of Adam Kenii,
soui.li nv Minis- at Xhmwl Jlolloliach and wethv
anils nt the lu-irs ol Henry Luna, dee'd., contain
ing 7 acres more or less, wherenu uw erected' iv
loir dwelling house 1 J slorics high and a log stallliv
Kci.i-d Inkeii iu execution and to be solduistho
property ol'Jlunrv Long.
ALSO.
The Interest of the Deft., supposed to- bo- the
undivided third part of and in a certain Tract of
Lund, silinili- in the township and county aAircsiiid
adjoining lands, bite of W in. Shipmaiit dic'd.,
I'ourail linker, I.eoinird Kced, and' others, con
taining In the whole Two Hundred arrcmorror
less, about :I0 acres of which are cleared; whereon
arc erected a small log dwelling house and a farim
barn'. (Seized taken in execution and to bo sold
as the property of Juiues Koss.
ALSO:
A certain Tract of Loud, situate ir T'pper Xu
gusta township in said county, bounded on the
north by land of Samuel Culpjr., on-the east by
land of Murk Slack, on the south by the land of
Samuel Culp, snr., and on the west by land' of
Dcnjaniiu Katterman, containing IS ai res ntorir
or less, whereon are erected two smalt dwelling
houses, a stable, &c. Seized, taken rn execution
and to Ik) sold as tho property of Benjamin FV
Wampolo und George Wamjiole.
JAMES COVERT. SfcrtT.
Shej-ifTs office, Sunhury,
Julv 13, 1850. ts I
Cist of i'cttcrs
REMAINING IN THE POST OFFICR AT
SIMH RT, June 30, 1S50.
Artley Mrs. Catharine McCleaster
Bui) filer Eli
McMacen Dinah
Merger Martin
liowenj Jonathan
Cables Robert ,
Corwiii L. Jacob
Christ Miss Mary
Carliu Eli
Claik Philip
Dix, W. Win. Esq.
Haupt Jacob
Harrison George
Kline Frederick
Kembe) Emanuel
Keeler Daniel
Leibrick M. W.
i Pifer Michael
Reader John
Roger John , .
Rake Amelia1 '
Ross Samuel
Reade Jesse ,,
Shilp George ' '
Shipman John
Sunbury R. S.
Seigfried Benj
3 Stuck Abraham
Seragcd Samuel
Weiser John .
Wingerd Edmond
R. M. PACKER, P. M.
Landuw John
ist of betters
REMAINING IK THE IH1ST OFFICE
At Nor t uumberlaiid, June SO, 1S54),
Baum ' Levan M. Catharine
Malford L. Butler Ufartz George S
Bowman John Minier D. G.
Batterlield F. Edwin ' McCarty Wm.
Bails Alex. Middletoa John
Cundilf T. H. Pike Asa
Cuming D. R. ' Porter Mr. '
Coryell M. Martha Peters Mrs. '
Craucnberger Nathan Pickle Jacob "
Choller Justus ., , 2 Purcell Jonathan
Donaldson John i. i S. J Reel i, a
Division S. of T.
4 luKitc. wm. it
-.2 Sones Peter . I 3
ii ' Smith M. J.i I. :t
2 Schectry S. i - i
i. tumners C J. -,-. -
Snyder Charles - . -
1 Sluley Peler v , . ;
- Thatcher M. Jolut -
- Thompson Georgst :
3 Vastine Elizabeth
2 WiHheisa Jorm -Wilson
H. Thomas
'' Wilson George j f
1 WillseaO. Warner.'
! C. G. BOYD, P. hU
Davis Joseph
Denison Susan
Dunn W. R.
Daniels B Charles
Eappard II. Janes
Kbirly tSamoul '
Eehsrd B. John
Fulmer Joseph
He? ins W. CV A
Hoover William
Holcomb Judson
Hughes Chailcs"' "
Keyser J. ' ! '"tl'! :
Lloyd A. Jobti""