JfppMBTP"WffyT' . I 11 l.M'-U.TSJ- .-TJ3JT.-c-.M a- - -
THE WItL OF MR. McnONOt'OH.
Ths New Oilesna Piciyon gi n -count
of the reading ot.lhe will of Mr. Mc
Dnnoush. who likW fiirard, appear 14 have
Jeft nearly the t( hit property l p-l
porting a schooyiraijti and. an asyium ioy mo
poor, to be located in Pattimore,' ami a"fre
achool to New Orleans. The court room was
rnu.tol lo listen to the reading. The will
Til
filled twentv four races of foolscap. Six
thousand dollar and some Jnded property
re left to hia sister and her children ; the rest
fine estate, ol whirh no agstrejrate nmonnt
JlgivK baqleaUW lo HhbtMaJor, Alder
lOa,ialUiMOWJLWs,QrtejnS a,nd BhIj l
more, halC tofch4cilyIforlbe,ru;pose above
mentioned. ,.Te tho Protestant Male Orphan
Asjflum.'.'of, New Orleans', lie gives 5400,000
Jn yearly, instalments., m The , other. two in
stitution' bequests are also in yearly instal
lment.. ,. ,,,
A aohool farm is to be established in Bnlti-
rjiore, and an osyliitn for the poor. The school
farm for the education of tho poor children,
'from four to fourteen years of age, of Balli
mqre firstj and the other large maritime cities
. of the Union, They are to be taucht the pur
suits of agriculture and the principles of re-
Jiston. j A common hnclish education 10 oe (
Riven, mall the schools, here and at Balu
' more, and the bible to be their' principal class
"book. The. inmates of the two poor asylums
"to tlefiay, as far as possible, the expense of
jrioie inslilnlions, so far as their own labor
? can go. The cultivation of the mulberry treei
.'and making of ailk in these asylums are re-
. commended. ;To the achool farm at Hatli
imore, the sum of 83,000.000 is bequeathed,
.in yearly instalments.
The estate, after the annuities above men
tioned are paid, ami a number of negroes,
named, are freed and sent to Africa, to bo
managed by a certain number of commission
' ers appointed by this city and of Baltimore;
fio commissioner to be a member of any coun
cil,"" to serve more than Iwolveninnlhs, or
' twice") M "succession.' The two cities to act
"as n check on each oilier."' None of the- pro
Vrty ever to be sold, but to remain forever as
la fund for the above charitable purposes.
"'' A laige sum is bequeathed to the Ameri
can Colonization Society at Washington. Af
ter all these bequests ore settled, which the
donor expects will be in forty yenis from
now, the entire estatetobo divided between
the Stales of Louisiana and Mar) land, and
' the Legislatures to carry out the objects pro
' posed, i If the commissioners do not follow
his instructions, the estate lo fall immediately
to the two Stales. F.very precaution is taken
'lo prevent these noble bequests from being
'divided from their original purpose. The in
structions to carry them out are full and min
. lite. . .; ,. i , .
..... flatly high-minded and benevolent senti.
, ments concerning education, mnraliiy, the
duties ol the poor and the rich, anil the pre.
'servalion of the Union are to be found in the
will., The testamentary executors are Messrs.
;Chrislain Roselius, A. D. Grossman, Juduh
Tpuro,. Louis Philp, Pelin, Jonathan Mont
gomery, Joseph A. May bin, YVm.E. Leverich,
.Francois Bizoton D'Aquin, and, in case of his
j death hia brother Francois Adolphe D'Aqnin,
.of this city; Messrs. Benjamin C. Howard,
.John P. Kennedy, John Spear Smith, Bran'
. Mayer, Henry Didicr, merchant, John Gibsoni
son of the late Wm. Gibson, Clerk of court, of
jUaltimoie; Henry Clay, of Kentucky, Presi
dent, and R. R. Ourley, Secretary of the
.American Colonization Society at Washington
.and Walter Lowrie, Secretary of the Presby
terian Board of Foreign Missions at New
. York. The will is dated at ihe residence of
()be deceased, 27th, December, 1838.
McDOSOl'GII, THE MILLIONAIRE.
(, . ; !
The New Orleans Delta has a lont; notice
of Ihe death of McDonough, the millionaire,
whose character appears lo be involved ( in
, those strange contradictions which are usually
, exhibited by men who make wealth the sole
.object.of their existence at times astonish
, ing people by their liberality, and again ex
. hibiting the features of the most miserly tiip
, gardliness. He appears to have devoted the
best part of his time to labor, eighteen hours
jn the day. His only assistance were some
(-negro ' slaves, .whom he had educated and
'. trained jo bis own habits of method und in
, dustry. No white person lived in Ihe ancient
, and dilapidated chateau in which he resided.
. No person ever visited him, save on business
, or for charity. His manners wero riyid, se
vere and repelling. In the prosecution of his
. rights, or in any relations of business, be
f knew no pity, no liberality, no kindness, and
was never moderated or softened ty any of
, the considerations that ordinarily operate
, upon mankind. And yet outside of his busi
, ness and legal relations, he was not inseusi
. bio to charitable appeals. He was frequently
heard to declare that he lived only for the
Lord to carry out tome great design of his
. Maker; When asked if he would sell pro
. perty, his invariable reply was H own none
..--what I tuvve acquired belongs lo the Lord;
. I am his agent, without the power of selling."
,To his relations, who were quite, poor, he
preserved a severe and studied coldness
. only . relieving their .poverty by (he most
meagre contributions. The Delta says : s
, , Of enterprise, the spirit of public improve-,
ment and progress, he was as destitute as the
old planks bf hit house were of sap. Ovvir
' ing immense properly in the city, he loft the
greater part of it entirely unimproved, until
. hia possessions became a great noisanee to
the corporation. When induced to build, he
tT would only erect the roughest and most un-
seemly buildings, usually put op by his slaves,
r who brought the bricks -with which they
were made aorost Ihe river. Many of these
buildings are now eyesores in our city, ten
' antless and dangerous from their delapidated
condition. So too of his immense property
' in the country. But email portion of it was
' itf eultivation. He Usually bought tracts of
' land by leagues and miles, instead of acres
-1 He wat said loewn fifty miles fronting on Ibe
Mississippi, in Louisiana. Four fifths of the
31 swamp land In the State belonged to him.
' He had, too, immense possessions in Honda
! Mississippi, and Texas. The area of hit pro
;1; perty would equal that of one of the tma
1 Stales of the Union, and would exceed that of
eerersl of the Kingdoms or Principalities ef
Kurope. The preservation and administra
tion of this immense property mutt have re
quired a vast deal of labor, and great admin
istrative talents. These lr. McDonough
posested. H; waa well educated, wrote very
well, understood the law, aid was quite; fa
rnifiar with Ihe history of. the couhtrjv ''The
singularity of his appearance in his old-fashioned
blue coat, strapless pants, large white
n
IcerrhiaT wilhj gfeenttimbrelki jni)t
i,'made him one of the peculiar fe't
nderbis
arm
eat u res
HftoTetiyr
THE 'AICEPJSAIT
SUNBURY.
, ATtnDAV, NOVEMBER , IS.W.
If. B. MASSfin, Editor nud Proprlrtsr.
To AoviBTiiKKK-'riic circulilioa of tli Sunliury
Ameriran nnnm the different towns on Hie Sinquehanna
ii nnt exrpecled if rquolld ly any pap puhlithed in North
rn remmylvnnift.' '' v .. i i
. EDITOR'S TABLE. (1 . .,
Tltitlnrm Motlcra. ' ' '
Niw Goons. Wc call the attention of our
readers to the advertisements of several of our
most enterprising merchants, Messrs.. John W.
Friling, and John Buyers & Co., who have just
received a very handsome assortment of merchan
dize from the city, which already attracts quite
a number of customers. ,vi , .. ,
Farms roa Sals. Several valuahle farms arc
advertised for sale in our paper, this week. , One
in Upper Augusta township, by John Ecknian,
Administrator of Jonathan Mettler, the other in
Upper Muhonoy, by the Administrator of Leonard
Kaufman. . .. i;; i . (i .. ,
Anti Connostva An Ixnr.STiii;i'TjBi.s Ink.
Those who use steel pens will no doubt be
pleased to learn that an article of ink can now be
had that will.uot corrode the pen; manufactured
by H.Boureau, Philadelphia. This ink is highly re
commended, imd is said to be indelliblc, and flows
freely from tho pen. , ,,,
For sale by H. B. Masser, Agent for Sunbury.
Niw Hit ash Cap Storb. Mr. C. J. Wal
ton has opened a new Hat and Cap Store at No.
340 Market street, Philadelphia- We can cheer
fully recommend the establishment of Mr. Wal
'on, who is not only a fair and honorable dealer,
but mokes up his hats, &c, in a style not surpas
sed by any in the city. ' -i
Lasts, Boot tbeks, Ac, Samuel Dewees.
93 Race street, informs the public that ho is pre
pared to supply all demands in his lino. M r. De
wees is one of the oiliest and best lost makers in
the city.
Wr.U.Aa's Bi-AraiXG This excellent article
is made and for sale by Wm. Currcy, No. fit)
Chrsnut street, Philadelphia, and is highly re
commended, and received a premium nt the Insti
tute in October. See his advertisement.
New Tot Ptohi. George Doll, No. 10 J
South 6th street, Philadelphia, has removed from
his old stand, 2d street, and opened a new and
handsome assortment of Toys. &c, of all kinds in I
his new stand, which is one of the best in the city.
See his advertisement.
tT" PuiNTiNO I.nk. A few kegs for sale
for cash at this office.
05" AroLOG v. The present being court
week, when a number of our friends had
to be attended to, which with a press of ad
vertising, prevents us giving our readers
this week the usual quantity of editorial
and other matter.
rU"CofRT Wei:k. The November term
of our court commenced on Monday last,
which brought together the first few days
a goodlv number of people. There was
considerable business on the criminal cal
ender,, and our new district Attorney,
Charles A. Kutz, Esni, had ample stock to
commence business upon. Our new Cpun
ty Commissioner, Christian Albert, Esq.,
has also entered upon the discharge of his
duties and will make a good officer.
Mr. Young the new Deputy Surveyor,
was also in attendance.
i
WRITTEN HANDBILLS.
It seems strange, yet it is nevertheless
true, that there are many persons who yet
continue to advertise their vendues and
public sales by written notices. Such per
sons are about as far behind the limes as
the man who would attempt to take his
wheat to Philadelphia or Baltimore, with
his own team, simply because he- would
have to pay a small sum as toll and freight
on the canal or rail-road. , A printed hand
bill strikes the sight at once, and literally
speaking, we may say "he whq rum may
read" while nine out ol every ten cannot
read, even a legible hand,! withoqt some
trouble. There never was a better illustrat
ion bf the "penny wise and pound foolish"
system, than these Written advertisements.
We have, known a number of instances
where certain articles which were much
in demand were unnecessarily sacrificed by
this false idea of economy. One more bid
der may make s difference that would pay
the printer ten times over. ' " -'
Auctioneers and business men under
stand all this and fail not to profit by it.' :
"' Snow. The snow on the Alleghe
ny mountains during the snow storm' a few
weeks since, was, as we were informed by
a passenger, twelve inches in depth. ( The
weather during the past few weeks, bas
been mild, but there are indications that
winter it coming In earnest. ' ' ; ,:;
Hon. Reverdy Johnson of Balti
more, bas gone to New Orleans to contest
McDonough will. The papers at New
Orleans say the will cannot be sustained. ' -
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SUN BURY AMERICAN AND SHAM O
THE CANALS.
- We are pleased to aay that the recent
frt-shet fiti not injured the navigation be
twWd tfiii place Hod Philadelphia. The
Suequ'eijarina was ver high and a break
ajpng hejjjne ofanaljwa not unlocked
for. A number of boat arrived here this
week, laden with merchandize for this
piece arjik nHghbprhqoik,; having -come
tnrougnin about five days. A number of
1i61fBe?eLTd1neaa8y o? lwo"OT
' Jiiifilion ; itv cohadqinrtce fof-'asnnd bar
which prevented ingress from the river
urto'hbJlocki. 1YVH '.ii t ' - - It Ml
U'bUe upon this- subject it is but justice.
to say, that but little interruption lo the m
vitratidn has occurred on the canal between
Nortbuhibprtand and the Junction, amount
jng in all,, we believe, not more man two
weeks, which, considering the broken na
ture of the country along which the canal
in many places passes, and the almost unpre
cedented rains, is certainly not more than
We had a right to anticipate. Col. Roder-
mel. the Snnerintendant. we believe, lias
been constantly and actually employed in
keeping in repair this portion of the linet
and not without 'success, considering the
difficulties lie had to encounter ,
THE SIIAMOKIM COAL TRADE.
The Coal Trade is now quite brisk,
and we presume the Messrs. Fegley'l have
quite as much as they can attend to in
supplying the demand. The facilities are
not such as the importance ol the trade de
mands. During the past . week we have
heard the ratling of the coal, in loading
the boats at the wharf, as late as lOo'clock
at niht. ' We trust the time will soon
come when the track between this and
Shamokin will be relaid with heavy iron
rails, with business enough to warrant the
use ol motive power. As soon as the con
nection between this place and Pottsville
is made, which we trust will be accomplish
ed at no distant day, the Shamokin and
Mahonoy coal regions will be more fully
developed and rapidly advance in value.
The' works in progress at Trevorlon in the
Mahouoy region, has already had a good
effect. In the town ol Shamokin, a year
since, many houses were tenantless, now
all are occupied.
' ELECTION SEWS.
New Jersey. The democrats, have made
almost a clean sweep of this Stale, on Wed
nesday last, electing Dr. G. Fort, Gover
nor, by a majority of nearly 5000. They
have also elected four out of the five mem
bers of Congress, being a gain of three.
The Legislature is democratic on joint bal
lot, which will secure a democratic U. S
Senator, in place of W. L. Dayton, whig.
New York. It is not certain who is
elected Governor. The chances however,
are in favor of Hunt, the whig candidate-
Jn 0 cJty of New York tile whips have
elected 3 out of the 4 congressmen.
Seward abolition party are defeated.
Tht
ZF The Cincinnati papers have been
making relative comparisons, based on the
present census, between Ohio and New
York. The North American thus introdu
ces Pennsylvania as a rival :
The principal city of Ihe Slate, Philadel
phia, had a population, in 18-10, of 258.407.
It can scarcely be doubted that it has now
more than 4 50,000, it will of itself, perhaps,
add a quarter of a million of citizens to tho
new catalogue. ' The second city, Piltsburgt
with its suburbs, had, in 1840; a population
of about 40,000. It has now about 80.000
Its third city, Lancaster, had in 1840, a total
population of 8,417 souls. It has now over
.16.000
Its fourth city, Reading, had, m
1"i population of 8410 sonls. It has, by
the present census, 15,821. We subjoin a
few other lown:
Towns. Ceiisui IMO. Census 181(1. lnrraM.
llarrishurg, K000 5980 20J0
Pottsville, 7490 1 4337 ' 3159
York, : 6876 4779 2097
Norrisluwn, 6030 2938 3093
Erie, 5850 3412 : 2438
Columbia, 4340 2719 1021
Alleutow; ' 3780 2493 1287
Tamaqua, 3070 464 2615
WestChester, 3191 2152 1039
Schuylkill Haven, 5061 988 1073
St. Clair, 2019 605 1414
Mineisville, : 2UG4 1266 1698
Pottslown, 1647 720 927
Port Carbon, 2142 1000 1142
Bloomsburg, 1515 612 903
"; An inspection of these figures is worthy
the attention of our Ohio fiiunds, and may
lead some of their statisticians to calculate
how long it will take Ohio to get ahead of
Pennsylvania whose prosperity - is by no
means confined lo the towns. ' The census
of one of tho wildest and not most rapidly
improveing sections of the ' Stale Pike
county, shows the following result: In 1840
the population was 3,832; it is now $,916.
increase 2,074, or more than 54 per cent.
The population of Pennsylvania was, last
year, estimated 2,250.000. It will probably
show a considerable advance for the present
year. Our Cincinnati friends claim 2,200,.
000 for Ohio. This would be a vast progress,
but not an unnatural one for Ohio, in her cir
cumstances. We hope she may realize it
ami wa foel that we can indulge this hope
without its being alloyed by any apprehen
sion of the decline of Pennsylvania.
Ths Mavos or Pittsbuhg. The Supreme
Court at Pittsburg has decided against Mayor
Barker, iu ihe case between him and the
Councils, so that we may expect a cessation
of his mad freaks."
Gsn. Scott. The Whigs of Michigan, at
their recent State Convention, adopted reso
lutions in favor of Major General Winfield
Scott as the Whig candidate of President in
the canvass of 1852. f . . . .. .
CANADA AMD THK FUGITIVE SLATES. 1
Our Canadian neighbors ere becoming alar
med at the influx of negroes, flyinJt from the
reach of the Fugitive Slave Law, lo the asy
lum that hat been promised them in Her
Majesty' American dominions. All along
the frontier, they are arriving by tens, fifties,
and hundreds. Many of them are penniless,
and all stand in need of aid of tome kind, in
establishing themselves In- their new borne,
On would imagine' from ihe usual tone of
the" English" people" arid "press", ;tbst these fugl
tire ytould be received wit H open arms , by
the subjects of Victoria, and that the perseou'
ted blacks, who have excited o muoh British
sympathy, and whose representatives in Eng-
nam! have been lionized bv nobilily'snd
feasted by aristocracy," would at once be
welcomed as an invaluable aeqnistion to the
Canadian population. Not so . however,
The papers are already sounding the alarm,
and are hinting at the necessily of establish
ing a poll lax on all blacks from the United
States.
This is eminently British.. Nothing could
be more characteristic of the revilers of
America. England bns done more to encourage
t lie" abolition ists and excite the nesroes to
flight than any other nation. She has, in a
measure, attained her object. The negroes
are flying by thousands to the soil of the Bri
tish empire, confident that they will be
warmly welcomed, and that the kindness
promised lo them will be cheerfully extended
True to his instincts, John Bull turns the cold
shoulder upon them. He finds he has over
shot his mark. His true object was to disturb
America, not lo receivo the surplus of her
worst population ; and he must impose s pol
tax to shelter himself from the danger his
own hands have wrought. It will never do
to open his doors to such a class as the flying
negroes of the States. We shall see whether
the Canadian government will sustain the
inconsistencies of the Canadian people. We
shall not be suprised if the nsylum of Canada
is closed to the fugitives, and they are com
pelled to lemnin in America, liable to be sent
back to Ihe slavery they have been encoura.
ged to fly from.
IMPORTANT IttOM WASHINGTON.
Washington, Nov. 4.
The recent tumult it: Boston, and tho spirit
of resistance to the laws, shown have at length
delormined the President lo issue a Procla
mat ion, which will be published in the course
of a day or two.
During the excitement in Philadelphia, Jud
ges Crier and Kane addressed a letter to the
Secratary of War, station that there wero
good reasons for apprehending forcible resis
tance lo the officers of the United Slates, in
Ihe execution of the law and requesting that
the uovernment troops might be ordered to
assist and protect tho magistrates in the ilis-
charee of their duty.
The Secretary of War opened the letter to
the President, and after a Cabinet consuls
lion, the Executive determined that measures
should be taken to enforce the law at ull
ha.anls. Ho has drawn up an elaborate re
ply to Judges Kane and Grier, in which assu
ranee is given that officer of the Govern
ment may count upon the fullest protection
from Washington, in the discharge of t he i
duties.
Sigar Refining. One of our New York
contemporaiies spake of a newly-invited pro
cess for refining, or cleaninc sugar, which is
about to be employed in one of the refining
establishments of that city. The suenr, mix
ed with molasses until it has a semi-fluid
consistency, is thrown Into a revolving
sieve, with meshes so close as lo confine the
grains of sugar, while it permils ihe molasses
to escape; and the sieve being revolver with
piodigious velocity two thousand revolutions
a minute the molasses is driven out by the
centrifugal force, leaving the sugar behind,
clear, white, and, it is said, perfectly dry, re
sembling what is called refined brown sugar
and needing but one more operation to eon?
vert it into Ihe loaf. The sieve refines two
hundred pounds at a time, and in short space,
we are told, of two minutes. ,
Tub Iniiiman Thkataifnt or Soldiers
at Fokt Constitution. The barbarous
treatment received by certain United Slates
soldiers at Fort Constitution, Portsmouth,
New Hampshire, has been severely com
mented upon by some of the Eastern papers.
Their punishment for the rrim of declining
to row a party of ladies, was
'"That they be kept at hard labor by day,
and in solitary confinement at night, for one
year, without receiving pay or clothing, ex
cept of the latter suoh as the commanding
officer may deem indispensable; and that
they each wear a 24-pound ball attached to
their limbs by an ox-chain weighing some
twelve pounds, and an iron collar upon their
necks with seven iron points of seven inches
in length, resembling a spike, attached to it,
and weighing seven or eiht pounds."
We are are glad to learn from the Ports
mouth (Vuenctliat as soon as this inhuman
sentence was made known lo Gen. Scott, he
immediately ordered its modification by the
removal of the iron collars.
Affairs at Washington, W. D. Lewis
Jr., Esq., son of our present Collector, has
been tendered, it is said, the situation of Su.
perintendent of Public Stores, at San Francis
co, by Hon. T. B. King.' ' R. B. Qnayle, the
piesent Assistant Storekeeper at the Custom
House Store In South Second street, has ac
cepted the situation of Assistant Storekeeper
at San Fiancisco. Mr. Beyer., late translato,
in our. Custom House, has accepted s clerk
utulsr collector ing. . ,
What Mb. Steaphkns says or Georgia.
Hon. Philip Clayton, Second Auditor of the
Treasury Department, has received letters
from Mr. Stephens, the member of Congress,
snd others, assuring him that the Union par
ty will carry every county in . the State of
Georgia.
Censcrk or Ms. Souls or La. Ths lead,
ing Democrats of Lousiaua have published an
address,. censuring the course of Senator Souls
while iu Congress during the last session of
that body.'" s " '
KIN JOURNAL
THE PRBSIDRNT AND THE FUGITIVE
SLAVE fcXOTEMENT.
Washington, Nov. 6th.
The Republio of this morning contradicts
the ttalement which has had tuch s wide
circulation relative to the President having
issued ordert for the concentration of the
troops at Boston, and further that the Presi
dent hat received no communication what
ever from either ihe United States Marshal
at Boston, or any other Marshal,' 'regarding
sny apprehended obslruction to the working
of, the fugitive elave w. . , ))!; ! ; Jl. nj C
The republio admits that tome changes
have been made in the position, of the troops.
but not In the direction reported, nor for the
purposes allegr).""
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OIIKAT ARTESIAN WELL. .
A Paris letter in the National Intelligencer
says: , '' .; !;r m
The famous Artesian well at Kissengen, in
BavRria, commenced eighteen years ago, and
which it wns feared would have lo be abnnd
oned at a failure, has just given the most sal
isfactory results. This tbwn is located in a
saline valley, nine hundred and eighty-four
feet about the level of the Baltic sea. Last
June the boring had reached a depth of eigh
teen hundred and thirty-seven feet and seve
ral layers of sail, separated by strata of gran
ile, had been traveised, when carbonic acid
gas, followed again by granite, was found.
Finally, on the I2ih ull , at a depth of two
thousand and sixty seven feet, perseverance
Was rewarded by complete success. A vin
lent explosion burst away Ihe scaffolding
built to facilitate the operations, anda column
of water four and a half inches in diameter
spouted ' forth to the height of ninety-eight
fuet above Ihe surface. The water clear as
crystal is of a temperature of sixty-six Fab
rcnheil, and is abundantly charged with salt
It is calculated that. the annual product will
be upwards of 6,600,000 lbs.! per aonum, in
creasing the royal revenues by 300,000 flur
'ins. after deducting all expenses.
A Handless Miniature Painter. Miss
Sarah Biflin, a somewhat celebrated mid.
iatnre-paiulcr, bdrn without hands or aims;
died lately, iu Liverpool, nt the age of sixty
six ' She manifested, in early life, a talent
for drawing and painting, and was initialed
in the first rudiments of the art by a Mr.
Dukes, to whom she bound herself by a writ
ten agreement, to give her lime and exer
tions, and for that puipose she remained six
teen years in his house. . She received a
prize medal from Ihe "Society of Arts and
Commerce," and was patronized by ihe three
last kings, and by a large number of the no
bility. The Mormons. This most remarkable
people, under their prophet -Strang, have
made vast improvements on Beaver Island,
iu Lake Michigan. . They number about six
hundred, and each man holds from 40 to 160
acres of land as an everlasting inheritance.
Beaver Islands have the best inland fishery
in the Union, and the best natural harbor on
the lakes. They have two sail vessels of
their own, and are building a wharf for pass
ing steamers lo stop at.- Garden Island, six
miles square, is one of the richest and most
beautiful islands on Ihe face of the earth.
The Big Beaver is six by fourteen miles in
extent. Several beautiful, well timbered is
lands surround tho Big Beaver; each about six
miles square. , Wesee. however, that dissen
sions have broken oul among them. A cor
respondent of the Cleveland Plaihdealer says :
Klder Adams, who is a Mormon preacher
and Tragedian by turns, had lo floe for hi
life, in consequence of having provoked tho
wrath of James E. Strang, 'one of the prophets,
who, it seems, sets up his will as the supreme
law. Strang is charged with robbing the gen
tiles, as he calls all who do not acknowledge
his law, of provision and such other goods and
chattels as the Saints require. Admits pro.
mises to expose the wicked practice of Strang
and his followers Strang has been arrested,
taken to Mackinac, where he was tried and
sentenced to six months' imprisonment in
the county jail. ' j", ''
The N. Y. Herald says that fifteen hundred
fugitive slaves, from various parts of Ihe South,
have concentrated in ihe neighborhood of
Cazenovia in that State ; and that the people
in that neighborhood have given encourage
ment and protection to these fugitives, and
intend to resist the execution of process against
them, should any be issued from the United
States courts, to the last extremity even to
death itself- Doubtful, we think.
1 A Great Feat. Ou Thursday last a wager
was entered on by John Gardiner and Thomas
Fox, ' that Ihe latter could not haul a York
wagon,' weighing 3074 pounds, to New Cusile
in an hour and thirty m inutes. If he succeed
ed, he was to have the wagon, and if he failed,
he was to forfeit its value, A number of bets
were mada on the result, and one gentleman
lost near $150. Mr. F. left the bridge at
nine o'clock, accompanied by a number of our
citizens, and reached New Castle in an hour
and ten minutes the distance being five
miles and a half.. The first mile was accom
plished in 104 minutes. Mr. F. appeared
very little fatigued by the task, and a similar
wager would doubtless have performed the
same feat on the following day Delaware
Ga.etie. ' ' ' ' . ' -1 -,! -n. .:
A Curious exhibition it iu course of pre
paration for the 1 World's Fair, by Mr.
Wyld, M. P., of London, the eminent map
engraver. He it constructing a huge globe
of 56 feet in diamater, which : will be pro
vided with a convenient . mode of ingress
and egress; the different couutriet of the
world will be represented upon the 1 inner,
and not. upon the outer surface, and the in
terior will be fitted up with galleries and
staircases, so as to enable the visitors to
make a tour of the world, and visit each of
the countries, whose industry or produc
tions will.be displayed ia the great exhibi
tion, i . : ;
1
Patient, persevering thought has done
more to enlighten snd improve mankind,
than all the sudden and brilliant efforts of
genius. : 1 -'. mi . '!
.1
Quit number of the old soldiers are new
receiving the lead lately given to them, by
application, by the government, Good, t '
TWO DAYS LATER FROtt CALIFORNIA.
" Ansthsr Tsrrlbt CsnflasralloB. fnp-
! : A
One Hundred Houses Destroyed.
( New Orleans, Nov. 8, A. M.
The steamship Alabama arrived here yes
terday afternoon, bringing dates frorrTSan
Francisco to the 17lh of September, being
two. days later than(those brought by the
Crescent City, at New' York. Tie ie" has been
another terrible -CouOagiaiioa. at San JFran;
csco, by which ont hundrtd, ouiWt'iigi. vert
destroyed. ' Preparations- were td be triade at
once, however, for removing the rubbish and
erecting more substantial buildiuirs. The
financial crisis , still excitetl rmjch remark,
but it was thoticht the worst was over.
From lh mine there' is little 'to dial to
the intelligence brought by the Pacific. The
accounts are snmcufmtcontiedic.tory, but still
of a favorable character. New discoveries
wero being made daily. The rainy season
was about commencing.
The passengers by the Alabama have con
siderable gold wilh them. ,
The Pofci.ATios or Philapelphia is ex
pected to roach about 450,000 in 1840 it
wns 258,407. Pittsburg, wilh its suburb",
has about 80,000 in 1840, 40,000. Lancas
ter, about 16,000 in 1840, 8,417. Reading,
15,821 in 1840, 8,410. It is estimated that
the entire population of Pennsylvania will he
shown to be not far from 2,300,000, and that
of Ohio about 2,200,000.
Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Tim woik
on the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad,
says the Ravenna Whig, is fast progressing
lo completion.- There is no doubt that ere
the closo of the mouth of November w. shall
be in railroad, communication with Cleve-
and.
The abolishment of grand, juries is being
debated in the Indiana Constitutional Con.
venlion. tt is proposed to substitute a public
examination therefore. The proposition was
so mollified, that after five years the Legisla
ture should have power to re-estublish grand
juries if it did not work well.
If yon have a poor neighbor, send him a
barrel of flour or a load of wood. There is a
glorious satisfaction in giving of one's abund
ance lo the poor, that rich men have but to
taste of to make a constant practice of it.
PARoni, the vocalist, who made her debut
in New York oil Monday evening, in "Nor
ma," was eminently successful. Her histii-
ouism, however, is her superior talent.
E. C. Hawkins has taken a beautiful pic
ture of the steamer Gen. Winfield Scott, Paul
Houston i standing on the guard eating a
sweet potato. Cut. .Times.
Teleckaiiic Extension in Pennsylva
nia. The Susqut-hnnna Biver North and
West Branch Telegraphic Company, con
template the extension ol their line of tele
graph from Danville via Northumberland,
Lewisburg, Milton, Willsairsport, Jersey
Shore Lock Haven, Bellefonle, C'leai field;
Brookville and Rleadvijle to the Borough
ol Erie, at. which place the line will con
nect with Pittsburg Cincinnati, and all the
principal towns of the west, and south
west. ANOTHER SCIENTIFIC WONDER !
PEPSIN. Ih, Tre Diti,; Fl,,l. nt Cn.ttit
. ... ......... - 1 . - ,
Juice! A c rent Dyspepsia tnrer. prepared
from Rennet, or the fourth Stomach of the Ox,
after directions of Raron I.iebis, the sreat
' "-'"'"'.r'1' " . u ".' '
M. D.. No. 11 Ninth Eighth Street, Philadel
phia. Pa. This is a Iruly wonderful remedy
lor Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Liver
Complaint, Constipation, and Debility, curing
after Nature's owu method, by Nature's own
nsient, Ihe Gastric Juice.' See adveMisemenl
in another column. '
KwwsBEXssaSSannsBt
i i k n.
Iu this place on Thursday evening last
Mrs. MARGARET MARKLEY, aged about
80 years.
SEW ADTKKTKEMGKTS.
GREAT ARRIVAL
OK
NEW GOODS!
Market Street, Sunbury, Pa.,
THOHN W. FHIM.NO respectfully informs his
IP friends and customers that he has just re
ceived a large and handsome assortment of
Dry Goods,
Consisting of Cloths, Cassiiucrcs, Saltiuctui,
D LatncM, Calicoes, Fancy
and fStaple Goods.
ALSO;
GROCERIES of every description,
DRL'CS AND MKDICINKP.
QUEENSWARE AND HARDWARE.
Fish, Salt, Plustcr aud a general assortment of
all suili goods ss will suit all classes ; the Far
mer, Mechanic, Laborer and Gentlemen of all
professions, ' '
The Ijiidien
Will find a great variety of all surh srticlos as
they will need for the present season. '
CV Country produce of all kinds takeu in ex
change tt the highest market price. '
Sunbury, Nov. 9, 1850. , . . ;
MORE NEW GOODS T
- At Ihe l'cw More of
JOHN BUYEltS & CO.,
1 Market Street, Sunbury.
"ITJHQ has jut leci-ived and opened a large ss-
v, sortrni'iit of new and futhionable goods, of
every variety, suitable for the fall and winter se-
son, lor all persons ; and to which he culls the at
tention of friends and customers.- His stock con
sists in part of : , ,.
" ' 1 DIIY GOODS.
,, blXH AS '
Cloth, Cassimtres, Sattmettsy Merinos,
De Laiiesx Calicoes, Shawls, Hand
: ktrchiefs, and all kinds of vear.
. ( ng apparel.
; ,.-. ;,, ,.. ALSO:
- Hardware, Queeuaware,
:' Grooeriea, Fish, Salt and Platter,
And all article that may be wanted by the com
munity. ,:
' " Tho Ladies
M'ill dud, by calling at his store, that he has not
been unmindful of their wants, and respectfully
iuvites them to examine bis election. 1 .
rjr Country produce ef all kinds taken in tx
change for goods at the highest market price, I
Sunbury, fiov, 9, J8dWl),
i fl li'c"! 1 , : - -1 , . 1 . .
ORPHANS' COURT
r 7. fcSALE.
IN pursuance of an order of the Orphans' Court
of Northumberland county, will bt exposed
to publts sale, on FRIDAY the 13th day of De
cember Beit, otj the premises to wit ! A certain
Tract of Land,
situate In Tipper Mahonoy township, containing
one hundred and forty acres more or less, whereon
M ereowa two story
LOO HOUSE AND BARN,
A- Stone Sprint; Hons, Ae.," shout
ninety seres being cleared. Thert are
also on the premises two
LARGE ORCHARDS,
and aheut ten acres meadow, sdjoining lands of
Michael Keitz, Daniel Reitz, and others: Also,
hie riifht- and title to fourteen acres unimproved
land 00 the Lino Mountain Late the Estate of
Leonard Kaufman, dee'd. .
Sate to commence at 10 o'clock, A. M., of said
day when tho terms of sale will be msdo known
by FREDERICK KEHLEK, Exc'r,
Uy order of the court,
Jno. P. Pursol, clerk. J
November 6, 1850. t. s.
ORPHANS' COURT SALE.
T N pursuance ofsn order of the Orphans eourt of
Korthumlierlnnd county, will tie exposed to pub
lic sale on SATURDAY the 14th day of Decem
ber next, on the premises to wit: A certain
Tract of Land,
situate in I'pper AnguRta township, adjoining
lands of Isaac Kline, Henry Kline, and Jumes
Forrester, whoieon rc crert'ed a two story frame
ggSr DWELLING HOUSE,
l?!!?fe 8(x' Spri"S House, Urge frame
jMrjP Bank Barn, good Orchard, and a
eXfoy.-ftS I.imc Kiln. Also said fnrm is in an
excellent state of cultivation, containing
ONE HUNDRED AND THREE ACRF.S,
more or less, about eighty, acres of which are
clrircd; late the estate of Jonathan Mettler, dee'd.
Sale lo commence at 10 o'clock, A. M., of said
day when the terms of sale will be made known
j by JOIJA ECK.MA.N, Adut'r.
i By order of the Court )
I John I Pursell, Clk O. C.
-lovcniner u, lo.iu. ts.
NOTICE TO THE HEIRS OF SAMTJEL
MORRISON, Dee'd.
V OTICE is hereby given lo tho aforesaid heirs,
4.
that by Virtue of a certain Writ of Partition
and Valuation issued by the Orphans' Court of
Northumberland county, to 1110 directed, an Inqui
sition will tic held upon the premises, in the bor-
ntif.li of Milton. iii-lluiiii1turluiiil
j dock, A. M., on ''
M O.N DA Y, the CSd day of DECEMBER .
ncrt. to inquire whether the Iial Estate of tho
said Samuel Morrison, dre'd., can beeuuallv part-
j ed and divided to, and among all the heirs and
legal representatives of the said dee'd., without
I prejudice thereto or spoliation of tho whols, at
j winch time and place the aforesaid heirs are re
! quired lo be and appear, if by them deemed epe
j dicnt.
j JAMES COVERT, Slir'u.
ShrfTt Oilier, Sunburv, )
j .Nov. 9, 1850. ti."
! ESTATE OF SOLOMON ZERN, Dee'd.
; "WTOTICE is hereby given that letters of ad
j J. ministration have been granted to the sub
I scribcr on the estate of r-oloiiion Zem, Into of
! Slininokin township, Northumberland rouutv,
i dee'd. All persons indebted to said estate, or hav
ing claims against the same, are requested to call
on the subscriber at Shamokinlown, for settle,
ment.
JOSEPH ZERX, Adm'r.
Coal township, Nov. 9, 1850 Gt.
fashionable: hilts.
C. J. WALTON,
So. 24b' Market st., hclu-een 7 4" 8th St.,
(tSouth side.)
PHILADELPHIA.
HTIIE Subscriber htis opened a new hat store.
anu oners to traders and others who visit the
'. eiti- t, I1-11, .!..,... ........ ....... ..r r
- -"" . ' "M
ry vaneiv, maue up 01 tin- t-st
tin. b.i..i ....I t, 1
material, and iu
j Wo ran y,, ,lftd ; B1V MU,llWiniem in
I delj.his. vizi Fine silk hats at 2.0 ; Uood do
u" at l (Ml. i'eisons from the countrv who nur-
chuc of him. call relv. Qt ull limi-u. mi Tuttiiif
?oml nrtii-le that will p ease them, and one that is
fully worth the money paid. - . ,t
C.J.WALTON.
Philadelphia. Nov. 9, 1S50 ly.
S.1CJEL 2EVfZ5,
32 Sk. &5s5 'a?
. . . 4 AND
BOOT-TREE MAKER,
So. 95 Race Street,
Second door below Third,
PHILADELPHIA-
TV HERE all kinds of lasls, Ac, of the latest
sty Iu and best material, are manufactured
on reasonable terms.
All orders promptly and punctually attended to
Philadelphia, Nov. 9, 1650 ly.
IIT! I1TE! I1TK!
EOUREAFS
-. Indestructible and Indellible -WRITING
INK FACTORY.
So. 1 South Third street.
TTEnCJIANTS and the Wriiingoinmunity
A are requested to call and rxamide this INK.
which is wartaunj not lo corrode Mttallie 'tui,
nor change its Color.
Wlioli'Hule and Rrfnil,
No. 1 South Third street, Philadelphia.
A liboral discount made to .Merchants Slid the
Trade .-,.t -j
. For sale by II. B. Masser, agent for Sunburj,
November 9, 1850 ty.
PATENT JAPAN BLACKING.
Afuiiuaeori, No. 50 CHESTNUT Sireot,
M E D A I., awarded bv the FRANKLIN IN
STITL'TE of Philadelphia in Ictober,
AND THE
FIRST PREMIUM by the MARYLAND IN
Sl'iTL'TU.at Baltimore, Nov. 1848 and 1849.
Philadelphia, Ociobtr 26A, 1848.
' ' I have used J. Wellsr's Patent Japan Liquid
and Paste Blacking for soaie inn uionlbs, and
am happy to say that it surpasses sny blacking
that I have used these twenty odd years. I find
it holds the polish and preserves the leather bet-
Uu than any blacking that I have ever tried,
Akiikiw R. CaAMaitts.
, ,, , No. 67 Chestnut Street, ,
Wm. CURREY, Manufacturer.
Successor to J. WELLAR,
No, 50 Chestnut Street, above Second.
November, 8, 185a ly.
t :'
NEW TOYS, FANCY ARTICLES,
CA N ES, Ac. J ust received, a large and handt
soma assortment of .
Top, Fancy Goods,
Canes, violin strings, dominoes,' games, : Wtee
and tricks, mevuig ngurea, segtr wie.
fancy boies; napkin
deription, i the lowest prices, wMeeal. W n?
ww uu
' GEORGE DOLL'S NKW STORE. (
101 North ethat, miudelphia, hie of Sd street
N. & Canes nrstly mounted, and TaiK
Turning done. ' ' 1
Nov. , 1850. 3nioi " " ' ' t" ; " "'" '