TEE -AXOPsIC-iUT.
SUNBURY.
ATUKDAT, DECEMBER 111, IMO.
H. B. MASSER. Eaiter and PmprleUr.
' V. B. PALMER t our authorised agent In receive inb--nation
mi tdrertinnf tt hi offic, in Philadelphia, New
York, Botton and Daltimera.
To Ar-jTi. -The circulation of the Sunhury
American among th different tnwne on (he Huaquehanna
it not exceeded If equalled by any paper published in North
in Pennsylvania.
EDITOR'S TABLE.
Baalneas Notices.
i"K J'niiDiLrniA Satcrimt Limns la
he title of a handsome weekly paper, just com.
meneed by S. McHenry, No. 47 Dock at., Phila
delphia. The Express ii neatly printed and well
conducted.
ATnrs Homi GAtrrrt of this week, came
hand in the shape of a "double Holiday sheet,"
handsomely illustrated with many of the drsigui
of the Washington Monument, now in progresi
of construction. It ia a really handsome and in
tercsting sheet
ed" Printi.no Ink A few kegs for sale
for cash at (his office.
We are indebted to the Hon. Joseph
Casey, for several valuable and interesting
public documenis.
E7 Lost. On Sunday morning last,
between Market street and the Baptist
Church, a gold Breastpin set with eizht
tones, the pin being broken ofl". The
finder on leaving the same at this office,
Wilt be liberally compensated.
H7 We are requested to state that the
ladies of the Presbyterian Chuich, of Nor
thumberland, intend having a supper and
refreshments at the Town Hall, on Christ
mas Eve, (Dec. 24th.) Supper at 7 o'clock.
The ladies will be pleased to see their
friends.
PASVILLE-ITS FIRST COL'RT, AND HEW
COl'RT HOUSE.
On Monday last the first Court under the
organization of the new County of Mon
tour, was held at Danville. The Hon. J
B. Anthony, (he President Judge, was not
able to attend on account of indisposition.
The Court, however, was opened in due
form and solemnity, by the associate Jud
ges, Hon. John Cooper and Hon. Daniel
Follmer. The rain and the bad slate of
the roads, do doubt, prevented many from
being present; yet there was quite a re
spectable crowd in attendance. All the
attorneys present intending to practice in
the said Court were admitted, and sworn
to support the Constitution, and "to delay
no man's cause lor lucre or malice."
Among the rest, we observed a number of
our professional brethren, (limbs of the law)
from Bloomsburg, who, we presume, have
abandoned the idea of agitating repeal o
the disunion, inasmuch as they might there
by, in the language of the oath aforesaid,
viz : by "lucre or malice" be suspected of
having violated the integrity of their most
solemn obligations in delaying the causes of
their neighbors. Be this as it may, we
think Montour county a fixed fact, and our
Bloomsburg friends might, in strict legal
parlance, be convicted, not only of look-,
ing on, but actually "aiding and abetting"
in the matter. Friend Buckalew who is
nof only a shrewd politician, but a very
clever one, in every sense of the word, was
not present, and has therefore not com
mitted himself, legally or senatorially,
Our neighbors certainly deserve success
for their perseverance and enterprise, for
it was no small matter to overcome the
industry and bull dog pertinacity of their
Bloomsburg rivals.
The old Court House has heen so com
pletely renovated and rejuvenated, that it
would not be recognized by the "oldest in
habitant" in its new dress, handsome col
umnsand coats of paint. The Court House is
now a handsome and comfortable building
and is creditable to the liberality of the citi
zens and authorities of Danville, by whom
it was presented free of. expense to the
county.
We should not forget to say in connec
tion with the new Court House, that the
entertainment afforded at the Montour
House, will render a visit to the courts at
Danville, quite as agreeable as ever, and
call back many pleasing reminiscensei of
the "olden times." The champagne and
, the old cogniac of 1800, furnished by "mine
host" of the Montour House, were well
-rorthy of being poured out to the success
pi Montour county.
THE EMBANKMENT ABOVE TOWN.
We understand that the amount subscri
bed for the construction of an embankment
above town, amounts to about $1,500. The
estimated cost of the same is $1,800. It
may however, cost $2,000. Efforts are
now making to raise the balance of the
sum required. It is a matter in which the
whole county is deeply interested. The
records from the Commissioners office shew
that nearly Five Thousand Dollars have
been expended by the county, in the con
struction of bridges over the Gut and the
Shamokin creek, during the last forty years,
which have been carried away by the
freshets. Had this embankment been made,
at least two-thirds of the above sum. would
hive been saved by the county.
THE SCHUYLKILL BRIDGES.
The last Rending Gazette cc-nlaing
number of articles in relation to their new
bridges. The Gazette speaks in high terms
of the contractors with the single excep
tion of the inventor and builder of Yankee
"lever bridge" at Royer's ford, which tum
bled down few days ago, before it was
quite finished.
Among others, we noticed a paragraph
concerning the new turnpike bridge over
the little Schuylkill, above Port Clinton.
This structure is 133 feet long, and was
built in 30 days by a party of mechanics
from the Susquehanna, under the direction
of Jama Dieftnbacher, Esq., of Northum
berland, who is said to be one of our most
successful practical architects. The Cen
tre Turnpike Company has been fortunate
in securing the services of Mr. Dieffen-
bacher, to superintend the rebuilding of
their bridges.
Mr. D. we understand is the inventor of
several important improvements in the art
of bridge-building, which, while they great
ly increase the strength and durability of
the work, materially diminish the cost of
building.
0-TiiE Telegraph. The line of Telei
graph will shortly be extended from Dan
ville to Northumberland. It has already
been staked off, and the posts contracted
for. Dr. Goel the President of the Com
pany informed us a few days since, that he
would have the wires up, and be ready for
business in about one month. From Nor
thumberland, the line will be extended to
Harrisburg, and also up the West Branch,
through Lewisburg, Milton, Muncy, Wil.
liamsport, etc. to Erie.
EF" A Union Meeting was held at the
Court House in Danville on Monday af
ternoon. The meeting was ably addressed
by Hon. John Cooper, and Henry M. Ful
ler, Esq., the member of Congress, elect
from Luzerne. Mr. Fuller's speech was
well received and was marked by good
sense and a discriminating judgment.
K7" The Cheap Postage Bill has been
debated in Congress We oppose all re
duction on letter postage, until justice is.
done to the Country Press. Mr, Brown's
views are in the main correct :
Mr. Brown, of Indiana, intended to offer an
amendment to five cents uniform rate, and
two cent for chop letters; newspapers to cir
culate free in the county where they are pub
lished, and one cent in the Slate or two cents
out of it. He argued in favor cj this, and said
that a short time only would elapse before
they would be enabled to reduce still lower.
TRIBUTE OF RESI-XT.
We find in tha Washington papers a report
of the truly eloquent remarks made by Hon.
JosK.ru R Chandler, in announcing to the
House of Representatives, oti Wednesday, the
-till inst. the death of the Hon. CHESTER
Bt'TLKR, of Wilks-Barre.
Mr. Chandlct rose and addressed the House
as follows
Mr. Speaker, while it is the duty of this
bndy to devote its deliberations to the good
of the living, it is one of its time-honored cus
tom to pause in the midst of its labors to do
honor to the honorable dead. And I am in
structed by the delegation of the Slate of
Pennsylvania to ask this body to suspend its
labors and to request its members to forbear
even their felicitations on reeling again,
while I announce that one of those wiih whom
we took counsel only a few weeks since, we
shall meet no more on earth.
My highly esteemed colleague, the Hon,
Chester Butler, the Representative of the Jlth
district of Pennsylvania, died on his return
ft&m the labors of this Congress. He reached
Philadelphia on Tuesday, tha 1st day of Oc.
totier, and was there seized with a complaint
so violent that he survived the attack only
till the Saturday following, expiring in the arms
of her whose ministrations bad been Ihe con-
solatisn of Lis life, and su rounded by members
of a family that had arrived only to receive
the last look of a beloved parent and friend.
Few names, sir, are more ennspicinus in
the annalsof Pennsylvania than that of Butler.
It is illustral-d by courage, by patriotism, and
by piely, and the family in the famed and
beautiful valley of Wyoming, boast of ances
tral associations which reflect lasting honor,
while they devolve weighty obligations.
Chester Butler,' born in Wilksbarre, Luzerne
county, Pennsylvania, in March, 1788, was
the grandson of Colonel Butler, who com
manded tho American troops at the timef
the teniblu calamity distinguished in our na
tional history as the massacre of Wyoming.
A. lofty monument denotes the exact location
of one scene of that appalling drama, and
bears the names of its most conspicious actors.
But gratitude for the service and veneration
for the character of the sufferers owe their
freshness almost as much to the distinguish
ed work of the descendant as to the record of
their ancestors' indomitable valor and melan
choly fate.
Mr. Butler graduated at Princeton College
in 1817, and then read law in the Litchfield
School : and subsequently under Judge Mai.
jery, a distinguished jurist of Pennsylvania,
and was admitted to piaotice in "820. His
cateer at the bar was marked by a lofty esti
mate of his profession, and his whole prac
tice was characterised by a fidelity that se
cured him lasting esteem and unbounded coin
fidence.
In 1846 Mr. Butler was nominated a a can.
diddle for Congress; and, although bis party
was in a hopeless minority, he leceived a gra
tifying majority of voles, and in 1848 was re
elected, without having betrayed the confi
dence of his own party to put chase the suf
frage of hi opponent, of forfeited the re
gard of an opposition by sacrificing the good
of Ihe country to the advancement pf sectional
or parly views. He seemed not only to com
prehend the just medium of publio measures,
but lo hay the rarer quality oi inducing the
people to respect and adopt his owu opinions
SUNBU11Y AMERICAN AND SHAM0K1N JOURNAL.
THE GEORGIA CON AENTION -HIGHLY IM
PORTANT PROCEEDINGS.
MiiLtnccvitLE, Dec. 13, 1850.
This morning, Mr. Seward offered the Ver"
mout nullification taw, with some resolutions.
Mr. Jenkins, Chairman of the Committee,
made a report of a preamble submissive, but
argumentative, together with the following
resolutions:
Resolved, That we hold the American
Union secondary in importance only to the
right and principles it was designed to per
petuate.
2. Past association, our present position,
and future prospects will bind us to it as Ion?
as it continue the safeguard of those rights
and principles.
3. That in this spirit, Georgia maturely
considered the actions of Congress, embra
cing a series of measures the admission of
California into the Union the organization
of territorial governments for Utah and New
Mexico the establishment of the boundary
between the latter and Texas the snppres.
sion of the slave trade in the District of Co
lumbia the extradilion of fugitive slaves-
and the connection with them of the recep-
lion of a proposition to exclude slavery in
Mexican territories and to abolish slavery
in the District of Columbia and whilst it
does not wholly approve, it will abide by
them as a permanent adjustment of thu sec
tional controversy.
4. Georgia, in the judgment ftf thi con.
vention, will, and ourht to resist, as a Inst re
sort, the disruption of every tie which binds
her to the Union any future net of Congress
lor abolishing slavery in places within the
slaveholditig Slates ihe erection of forls,
magazines, arsenals, dock yards, &c, or any
act suppressing the slavo trade between
slnvehiilding Slates, or any refusal to admit
as a Stnlo any teiritory hereafter applying)
because of the existence of slavery therein
or any act prohibiting the introduction of
slaves into the territories of Utah and New
Mexico, or any act repealing, or materially
modifying, the laws now in force for the re
covery of fugitive slaves.
tS. That it is the deliberate opinion of this
convention, that upon the faithful execution
of the Fugitive Slave law, by the proper au
thorities, depends the preservation of our
much loved) Union.
The convention then adjourned till three
o'clock, P. M.
ACCIDENT.
When the Pottsville stage, ca Momlaj the
9th inst., was passing the toll gate at the
Danville Bridge, and tho two, leader horses
had just passed through, the gate which is
suspended by ropes, suddenly fell down in
front of the driver on the backs of the wheel
horses. The coach tore the gate iota frag
ments, and the horses ran at a furious rate up.
town, but were stopped by the driver as soon
as he had recovered from Ihe stunning effects,
of this sudden closing of the gate upon him..
It was a fortunate circumstance that the gale
was made of light pine wood, otherwise the
driver must have been crushed to death al
most instantly. As it was, a few awatchea
and bruises were the only injury sustained
by him.. Danville Democrat.
ftltaWTII OF THE UNITED STATES.
We learn from the New York Post of Sat-,
urday, that the census returns, already re
ceived (rotn. seventeen Stales of the Union,
show an increase of population since 1840, of
3,130.8'JS, which added to the aggregate
population ten yearsago, of 17,093,353,. would
alone make now 00,224,251. Estimating the
increase in other Slates by the same ratio, the
aggregate population of the nation in June
last, may be put do,wn at not less, than 24,-
000,000, or an iuuiease of nearly seven mil
lions in the last ten years.
In some of the Slates the incres has been
very rapid, in other quiet inconsiderable.
In Maine they have 6 12,000, beuig&n increase,
in ten years, of 110,207, or over twenty yer
cent. Massachusetts has 1,000,000, beyig an
increase of 220,172 also upwards of twenty
pur cent. Connecticut has 386,000, or au ad
vance of 65,985, also upwards of twenty per
cent. Pennsylvania has 2,300,000, showing
an increase of 575,967, or over thirty-three
per cent. Ohio has 2,000,000, showing an
increase of 670,732, or over forty per cent.
Wisconsin has 350,000; she had but 30,000
ten years ago.
The District of Columbia, on the olher hand,
has gained but 7,000. She has now 50.000.
or leu than twelve per cent, increase; North
Carolina has 800.000, being an increase of
46,581, or only ubout six per cent. Smiih
Carolina has only 639,099, being an increase
of only 44,701 less than 8 per cent. We
have returns from oidy one Southern State,
that is Georgia, the population of which in
now 1,000,000, showing an increase of 308,
608, or about forty five per cent,
The ratio of increase in the whole Union,
estimated from the returns received of seven
ieeu Slates, is about thirty per cent. That of
Georgia is fifteen per cent, ahead of the ave
rage; that of South Carolina is twenty-two
and North Carolina twenty-four percent, be
low the average. In the Northern Slate
heard from, the rate of increase is uniformly
over twenty per cent.
. . a
tr.ur civil isn tear sicmucant. It i
tated by correspondent at Washington that
the reply of President Fillmore and f M.r
Webster to Governor Sea brook1 d,era.od,
why so many U. S. troop were eofleuiltated
at Fort Moultrie, ha been received and cre
ates a sensation. The President replies, in
substance, that this is a question which the
Governor or Legislature of Squth, Carolina
has no right to put that by the Constitution
he is Commander-in-Chief, and h,a a consti
tutional right to dispose of the U. forces in
barracks, when be consider! it best for the
public interests. A he ia not responsible to
Stale authority for his action, he respectfully
deuliue answering the inquiry. Thi is a
very proper . reply, though Slate pride may
receive a (bock by it. The Slate sltftuld not,
however, mke impertinent inquiries.
Idleness! The elder John daro ha
left the following ungallant recoid, on hi
diaiy.
"FridaySaturday Sunday Monday all
pent in absolute id tenet, or, which is worse,
glanting the girls."
Gem. Jam is Hamilton has addressed a
long and well writen letter to the people of
Sooth Carolina, deprecating resistance to the
measure adopted by the Inst Congress. He
say the other Southern States do not con
sider that these measures, of themsolve)
amount to sufficient cause for a dissolution of
the Union, and if South Carolina moves alone
it will be against their authentio sense of
public policy, and with little prospect of their
sympathy and support. He argues that South
Carolina would be left to herself in such an
emergency even by the Federal government:
If we declare ourselves out of the Union
and abolish the custom houses and post oliices
in Charleston, Georgetown and Hanforl, they
vill vrobabln anchor naval steamers of the lar-
aest class off those ports as Jloattng custom
houses, protected bv ihe whole naval power of
the country, if need bn. Until a coveniion of
all the Slates which formed the constitution
shall decide m the overirn power of a single
Stale to withdraw from the leugue a power
which I think manifest without dispute Idu
not believe a gun will be fired except in self
defence, or to resist an absolute onslaught on
these floating revenue officer. The mail
will probably be carried from Wilminaton
direct to Savannah, and we shall not, for love
or money, coax the enemy to fire a pin on us
except to repel on our part absolute assault with
an intent to kill. In the mean time the whole
of our internal and export trade will go to Sa
vanna, anil our kind neighbors, alteraii ineir
bluster, will be reaping the full fruits of their
patriotic moderation.
Rkdited Wages The following is the
new reduced tariff of prices agreed upon by
the various factories at Fall River, Mass., for
making a 60x64 printing cloth, 28 inches
wide :
Weaving, 35 yards, 15 cents: dressing, 35
yards, 21 cent warping, 25 cents per beam ;
spooling, 5 mills ptr -round, drawing in, 13
cents per beam ; spinning warp, 3 cents per
100 skeins; spinning filling, 27-10 cents per
skeins (by self acting mills.)
The operative who turned out when the re
duction was made have resumed their work
at the reduced price, and mills are now in full
operation again.
Dr. Franklin's father had seventeen
children. He was the fifteenth. He says in
his autobiography, that his father died at the
age of eighty-nine, and hi mother at the age
of eighty-five, and that neither were known
to have any sickness except that of u kichthey
tiied.
Avwtion.ai. from Mkxico. By way of
Havana, we have just leceived news from
Mexico, nnd learu that there is a single
doubt about the election of General Arista to
Ihe Presidency of this Republic, for the next
term. D. Sr. Luis de la Rosa, at present
Mexican Minister at Washington, had been
elected Governor of the Slate of San Luis.
Sr. Riva Palaoio had been re-elected as Go
vernor, by the Legislature of the Slate of
Mexico. $ew York Herald.
FRED. DOVGI.ASV
Tho country, the Buffalo Courier says, doe
not contain a more insolent or impious vagn.
iiond than this fellow Douglass. He is con
stantly obtruding himself upon public notice
through thecoUmns of a press under his con
trol, called the North Star. He arrests public
attention only when outraging Ihe proprieties
of life, or in impious appeal to heaven
against the constituted authorities and laws
of the land. Below are two extracts from a
recent number of k paper,
"It may with propriety be asked, would
not Ihe devil do well to rent out hell and move
to the United Slates nnd tival, if ossibie.
President Fillmore and his political followers 1
If he can beat them at lh game of in, the
change would be well. Would not fallen an
gels make wise and humane Senators, com
pared with Ca, Clay and Webster J"'
"But Fillmore' heartless position, indeci-.
sion of character, and ihe want of a virions
soul, have rendered him despicable in the
eyes of the cood. and contemptible in the
eyes of live bad. In seeking la please tyrant's
he ha lost the faw of allk and alas ! the
true church of Christ can no longer pray for
the sncceM of hi truckling administration."
We are loosing aH self-respect. If a whi-.e
man and a freeman was lo publish the above,,
the eople would be warranted in tarring nd'
feathering him ; but a nogro and a fu-.
gitivi slave, as it is aaid, teems tn have a.
warrant to insult the country, the Pre-Jdenl,
and whoever be pleases, ft mailers not who
is President such language is infamous, and
its. author should bo hehl up to the sroru of
every good citizen.
Yali'asi.k SLAVES. At auction, hitel) by
Z. D. Oukes, the idave belonging to. Ihe es-.
late of the Ule VVm. irockelbauk,bj ought Ihe
following handsome price:
Calo, 28 years olil, a plaslerer,
Sam, 3.0 years, old,
Isaac, 24 years old, "
Paiis, 24 year old, "
Noble, 20 year old, "
Miunis, 24 yearn ojd, a laborer,
$2132
1805
1,775
1109
73 J
805
660
Hardlimes, 20 years old.
ChurUiton Mercury Dec. 4.
William G. Allen., a colored young man,
law student, in Ihe office of Ellis Gray Loi ing,
Esq., Boslor, has been appointed to the Pro
fessorship of Greek and Rhetoric in Central
College, Mount Granlville, New York.
The riRJf Steam Saw-mill was erected
near the city of London, in the year 1633, but
was afterwards demolished, that i,t might nut
deprive Ihe laboring poor of employment.
Ma. Richard Dovle, one of the. contribui
Or to Punch, has resigned hi engagement,
and a salary of 600 a year, on account cX it
attack on the Roman Catholio religion.
The Constitutional Convention, of New;
Hampshire, have voted, 147 to 105, that town,
with 150l voter may elect one represenla.
live: 750, two; 1,550, three ; 2,550, four; and
every 1000 beyond that, one.
Ecyr-T and, Ammica. It i tated in the
editor ml correspondence of the Boston Medi
eal and Surgical Journal, under date of Alex
andria, that all the fg in Egypt were kepi
at half mast three successive days, when the
death of General Tavku w announced in,
that country.
Plank Roads have already been underta
ken in several part of California.
lUasljmgtcm Kctus.
(Corre-ponilnict) of lh tfhn. lt(r J
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washihgton, Dec. 15.
To-morrow or next day, Gen. Cass will in
troduce a resolution Inquiring Into the stale of
our Diplomatic relations wiih Austria. The
developments will be rich, amusing and in
structive. Austria seems to be very angry
about something, but it will make no differ
ence in fAe long run.
Jenny Lind arrived here quite in tognio,
this evening. The cars stopped a mile from
the depot, where a carriage was in readiness
to convey her to Willanl's Hotel. To-morrow
Jenny gives her first concert. Tha town
is filling up; but Presidential arrangements
still overtop the Lind mania. Gen. Scoit
entertains sumptuously, and does the Amphi
tryon with a most peculiar grace. ''General
Scott for President," and "Gov. Crittenden
for the Vice President," is lo be the ticket.
Between the extreme North and the extreme
South, however, most any ticket may be
sandwiched.
Dec. 16th, 1850.
To-day the Senate was occupied with char
tering an Insurance Company, and the House
made Ihe Cheap Post Othce Bill Ihe special
order of Ihe day for Wednesdny next. The
Bill is drawn in conformity with tha Post
1... i ! , ..
lunnicr ocnriai rocornmetuiations : inree
cents being the sum fixed upon ns the nni
form rate for prepaid letters, nnd five cents
or. letters not pre-paid. In a few years no
doubt a further reduction will lake place, nnd
there is uo. reason why in due course of lime
a uniform penny postage may not be introdu
ced with some probability of success, 1
have scarcely seen a member of the House
opposed to the Bill, and it will undoubtedly
become a law, Ouskrver.
THIRTV-nnST lONGIIIOS-1st --ion.
Wasiiinuton, Dec. 17, 1850.
Mr. Foote, of Mississippi, said I hold in
my hand certain resolutions of censure upon
myself, passed by the Legislature of Missis-,
sippi, and which have been sent to me lo be
piesenled to Ihe Senate. I do so, but desire
to say one word. The Legislature of Missis
sippi is a body composed of hiuh miudediand
honorable men but they have wholly mis
taken the publio sentiment of the Slate, and
I think by next autumn, liey and all the
woild will have evidence of the fact.
The Chair asked what motion was made
Mr. Foote said they were sent to him lo be
presented, and he had complied with re
quest. T!.e Senate might do what itlhuught
proper with ihe resolutions. His colleague
might make any motion he pleased.
Mr. Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, moved
that the resolutions be rend and printed.
Th.e Clerk comrnenceil, from the papen
when Mr. Davis interrupted him, and said
that the resolutions he was reading were
those of last year the resolutions ut the hot-,
torn of the paper were thus lo be read
Mr. Foote expressed His sorrow that a mis
lake had been made. He had not read the
papers they had been received in an inter
esting epistle fiom General Quitman, Go
vernor of Mississippi. Il had lead that let
ter and nothing mure.
The resolutions were t'je.n rend. They
sustain the course pursued by Jefferson D,.
vis mid the repiereutatives from Mississippi,
nnd censure the course of Henry S. Foote
during the last session of Congress, on the
territorial question. The printing of the
resolutions wasoidercd.
A Ciriositv Mr. J. L, ngvell of Cck.
lumbus, Ohio, has in his posession a model
of the first, steamboat ever built. It was
sent by John Fitch over thirty five years
ajo, to his brother-in-law Col. Killiiirne, of
Franklin county, Ohio and has recently been
found in the garret of the Col.'s residence.
Mr.Longwell furnishes the Cincinnati Coin
meicial with the following description of
this curiosity :
It is about two feet long and set on
wheels. The boiler is about a foot long,
and eijiht inches in diameter, with a flue
thcouiih it, not quite in the centre, into
which the fire appears to have heen placed.
The cylinder, stands perpendicular and the
fcame work that supports it is not unlike
that used by some of the low pressure boats
on Lake Erie. Thf e is a paddle wheel on
each side, and in fret, everything appears
to be complete whh the exception of a con
denser and a force pimp The boiler is
even supplied wilK a safety-valve, though a
part of it has been broken oT.,
Flax Cotton. An industrial invention
of importance is spoken of in some of the
foreign journals. It is a recently discover
ed mode of preparing flax for the manufac
turer, "by which the dilatory, costly and
wasteful process of steqjinq is altogether
superseded." The Paris correspondent of
the New York Journal of Commerce, refer
ring to. this invention, says "Mr. P. Claus
sen, has succeeded in manufacturing the un
Ueeped fiax into various descriptions of ma
teriul, which possess, respectively, all the
wa:mlh of wool, the softness of cotton, and
the glossiness of silk, end which, to the ere
and the touck, are identical with those lub
vics. Arrangement were in progress for
making, in Manchester, experiments on a
large scale with regard to the value of Che
valier Clausen mode, of adapting the flax
fine to the cotton machinery."
A Fact -oit Fahmsbs. DV. R. T. Bald
win has recently made public the result of
several year investigations and experiment
upon manures, and tfe various wavi of fer
tilizing the toil. He State that the best
and speediest way to fertilizing any soil, is
to cover it over with straw bushes or any
raw material, so as completely la shade it.
The surface of the earth thus, being made
cool, dark, damp and close, toon undergoes
a chemical procest like putrctoxtion, and
and becomes highly fertilized. This plan
of fertilizing, he says, may be applied with
success to any toil whatever, no matter
how poor, and the result will be. astonish
ing. ,
From Philadelphia to San Francisco, by
way of Cape Horn, is about 17,000miles; by
way of Panama 7,650 ; by way of Tampioo
4,025 ; from Independence to San Francisco,
by way of South Pass, 5,000 mile; from
fort Smith to. San Francisco, by way of Santa
Fe, ,acw.
'ANOTHER SCtKNTr'Fir: WONDER!
PEPSIN. Iht Tnr n,.i1M Fluid, or Gastric
June I A tfreat Dvs mrwiii Cnrer. prepared
from Rennet, or Ihe fourth Stomach of the Ox,
after directions of Baron Liebilt, the treat
M. D . No. 11 Ninth Eiahth 8lrert, Philadel
phia, Pa. This is a truly wonderful remedy
for Indigestion, Dyspepsin, Jaundice, Liver
Complaint, Conslipaiion, and Debility, Miring
after Nature's own method, by Nature's own
agent, the Gastric Juice. See advertisement
in another column.
SPAVIN'. This disease shows itself in a
variety of forms, and is Verv freouei.liv ob-
siinale and difficult tu manuge ; and cases
are not nnfrequent in which It has resisted
every plun ot regular treatment. They owe
their ot mm to hard labor in eaily lile. In
these H fleet ions, Merchant's celcbiiiled Gar-
gliug Oil has evinced uncommon energy, and
imioeioin are me instance! in wtncli it lias
been known lo atlecl a radical and perfect
cure, a numoer ol Iiil'IiIv mill ii,ieien.,L
rases exhibiting the reinaikable iictivily of
this Oil, could be introduced, but our limits
forbid.
A pamphlet of desciiplion may be had
gratis, of ihe A i:rm l.
Sold by H. Masser and olher Druagist in
the United States.
SI A R It 1 K l.
On ihe 10th inst., by the Rev. C. A Hew
ell, Mr Daniel Rank, lo Mis M-hcarkt
Harbison, both of White Deer township.
"nrKirr- "--" :-
i i i: i.
In this place, on Tuesday last, Mrs. SA
RAH I FISH Kit, consort of Caleb Fisher.
Esq.. aged 48 years, 10 months and 22 days.
On the 2d inst., m Bn.ielion, Philadelphia
coumy, .mis. jiAiii oi una place,
... , .,,. T'lf-fX- i-.l: .,
ageu t yeai.
In Milton, on the lHh inst., Mr. SAMUEL
SCHREYER, aged 45 yeais and 10 months.
In Milton, on It'll inst., MARY ALICE,
daughter of A- S Laurence, ugeii, u'vuut 1,3
months.
In Valley tp. Montour comity, on the 7.ili
inst., after a brijef ilaiess, Mrs. MANNING,
at an advanced. nge.
Vi Rush township, NorthnmoHrltind eonntv,
on the lOjh.uisl., MCO& GliAKHAIiT, aged
about $9 years.
The deceased was a jsiominent citizen
of this county, had served, a Justice of the
Peace, represented llio county in tliu tegis-.
Lt u iv; Ac.
OBITUARY.
Died, at the residence of her daughter,
Mrs. Mary IJjimer, jn Lancaster city, on the
night of the !i3lh instant, Mis. MARY GRAY,
for many yeais, a resilient of this place, at
the advanced age of 8 years, 7 mouths and
2i day. 1hre deceaseil, was a daughter of
Samuel Brady,, one of the most daring, bold,
and successful defenders, of cur western bin
ders, acaiiiil Indian depredations dining our
Revolutionary struggle. Her liiit.b.ind, Cap
lain William Gray, alo shared in lh trials
ami dangera. of titiit eventful p-iiod. Gen.
Hugh Brady, her oulj; surviving brother, sliil
live nt Detroit, honored and repectud for his
ainiableiici, integrity and fa.tr.ipiif.ui. !,lis
tory has written on her puges, his bravery
For years, Mrs. Giay Iiuh. y!ferrd lioni 4
cancerous affection in the face, which
vented her from luinuliiiu with her fiiends
1 .
or treading the courts of the Lords house, as j
she was wont to do, in years, that like hcr j
have passed into E'cinily. Though tier syf- I
ifiios wric piou.iitru, mrj wi-iu uuio Mim.j
great patience nnd fortitude. Her last 1110- I
r - 1 .u 1 :. 1. 1
men Is wt re calm and peaceful, leluiuiie; her
senses, and. e.pieitig lively fuith and liu.M
in her saviour.
-r
!)C iHakcts.
Philadelphia Market
Dec. )8. IS50.
Flocr. There i a fair supply of Flour,
but little inquiry, limitation, lot exporl 64,-j
75; retail sales aiu at JMRfc nil Extra!
Flour $.! a 0i R.vi: Floiii U selling at S3J. '
Co UN M.AL--I still held at j
Wheat Piieeaare steady ; sales of prima j
Southern aiid'Pentia red til $1 90 a SI 04:1
pi line while ut M, 10 a 3-V 11 5. tons is
worth 5S lor new yellow ; while sells ut &4 c.
Ki t. -.-The I, i.-u sale was at 7Qcts,
Oats. Outs aie now steady: sales, of
prime l'enna. fiom 4 1 i lo -13 cis; Southern
ecllsal 40. a 41 via.
WhisKKV. Salesof Whiskey in hJvlsa,, 2Cp
bbs. ut 27 cts.
Baltimoja Market
Dec. 13,
Wheat. The supply of Wheal at maiket, ,
to-day was fair. Sales of good lo yiime reili1
were made al 9S a 102 cIr. and ordinary
lo ynoil at 80aH5 els Sales of while VYU'iit ;
at 103al07 cents, and of family Jour while ,
at 108a 1 12 cents. !
Cons. Is in demand nnd sales of bulk,
while yellow have been made al 53a5 V els.
Tim bulk of tho sale was at 34 cts. tor wUle
and 53 cts for yellow.
Oats. Sales of Oats ut 3839 cts.
Whiskky. Sales of bbl. at 27a27 ci
and 20 cts. for hllds.
SUNBL'UY I'RICH (HMMMiXT.
Corrected weekly by Henry Masser
Wsur,
1
:.6 I
t'oRV.
Oat. -.
Ut'TTSB.
Kniis.
1'uuk. r
FLASSKtrt.
Talluw.
Bkkswax
Fias
ol
"
1 6
10
7
125
10
25
8
"New Advertisement.
810 ItEAVAltl)
T8 offered foj the discovery and, conviction of uV
person pt prr.oiin, who r in Ihe hititt of
prowling toui the premise of ta subarrilmr, a,iv
stealing hi property.
H.B. MASfcER.
Sunhury, Dec. SI, 1850.
NEW STAGE LINE
FROM POTTS Y1LLE TO SHAMOKIN.
A new Uu4 of stage U now tunning daily be
tween tlia atiov places, A eonifurtahle two horse
mage will leave Ml. t'aol for Stianiokin, iinine
diately alter, the arrival of the Poltaville ataiie at
that place, iu ill return th not day from
Kbauiokin, to. to meet th IrVluvdle sUtgeou
its return to rvVtpyilie.
From Shamokin to Trevorton
there will b established a, DAILY LINE by nest
spring (o a tu connect wilb, tlfi liu at Shamokin.
In, the oman time private conveyance will; be in
readine at fchaoioMn the arrival of paaseu.
gen.
, : ' CONRAD KEK8HNER.
Sham.kin. P. 14, 1S50 1
LIST OF JURORS.
o
F Northumberland Countr for Janu.n
Term, A, D. 1850.
Urn 11 l Juror.
Lkis Charlet Shell, Duvid Wilson, Ru
ben Beiber.
Ti'rbut Grigg Marsh.
Ciiilisq.uao.uk Hubert Lyons.
Milton Paul Bonnet.
. ukvrt.-J. M Simpson, Wm. Younr-
inn 11 and John Randalls.
Upper AOTSTA---lsuiiCCHmpbeli;iTlnrrn.
Bettleyon, William Reed, Henry Gulick, and
Herman Kline.
Lower Augusta Philip Weiser, Daniel
Zurlrnau and Lewis Smith, t j . . , , I' f
Uppkr MaBonoY John Reisel. '
Jackson Joiia Buhner and Jeremiah
Longsdoif. ,
Coal David Billman. " n i l
Shamokin Benjnmiii Adam and William
Campbell. . :
Rtsu John Fulper. ... ,'
TrnvcrMC Juror ' '
Lewis Annni Gaston,' John lluflor . an
Solomon Ivdibach. 1
Di.lawaiie John Balliel, Thomas De Ar
ir.anil, Henry Hartenrifi, Bcneville Liiiebacb,.
and John Hi 1 1 N.
Milton John Kohr', Jesse Derickson,.
Abraham T. Goodman. J Davit and David.
Teas 1
CiiiLisquAuvE John Bartholomew and
Adam Ketler
NottTiic.MnKRLAsn Peter Ruch.
Point Georj-e Shiiner ami John Shriner..
Si Nuuiiv John Colsher ami Jacob Cable.
Uppi:r AL-criTA Mark Slack and Joseph
Savidge. . ' '
Lower Acocsta Abraham Broeious ami
Herman Shipmnn, sen.
Ri-siir Jacob Fulper.
Shamokin John Teats, jun., William H.
Mneiich, Hi-nry llanpl, Soioiuou 111, . imel and
farnnel A. Ilei jjsl resser.
Coal Benj. Kaltennan, George Kersteller
ami Joseph W. Dimmick.
I'pi'K.R Mahunoy Peter Grist, Michael
Paul. Samuel Resslei, ,loi;as Eisenhart, Peter
i!'isel, Jacob Erlman and Felix Monrrr.
Lower Mauonoy Abraham Blusser. Jtuhn.
Slunyer. Adam Bnmeman and Philip Spall.,
Jackson Nicholas JrumlHler, Isaac A1-!
borl, Un Buhner and jdi;i Wolf..
I'clil Juror i
Lkwis Amies Carl, Aihim limner, Peter
Si rouse, William Levan. Rhiuehart Barret,.
Abraham Weilnian, Jtuhu C. Shade and Levi
Gliizo.
LVlawark Daniel Wertman, Henry Kri-.
uer and John Wuik.
C'mj.isHA(CK Samuel McXinch, Jame.
Jordan and Solomon I.Vlitler..
MiiV'jO.n Samuel love 1 and Daniel Dough-,
erlv.
NiHTiHiMni;ui.ANprD. M, Btauligam.
Point. J. C. llorlun. .
Shamokin Samuel Campbell, William
Kieinlibaiim, Philip Stambacli, tamper Adams,
ami P.tvid Kei-il.
lion David M'ichler and Jnse;,h, Kelly.
Si niu'uv Henry Y. Simpson.
Low Kit Ai'utsTA David Kjeiser and An-.
1 1 1 1 1 1 y (iaihipv.
L'ppkii Maiionot Jonathan Smith and.
R-neville llolslioe.
Lowr.ii Maiio.nov David Main,. Ssmul
Yonna and (iconic Etnrjch.
LlTTi.F. Mauosov J.ieoh l! Hodman. v
J vcksoS J. A. Daniel and David Swart.
LIST OF CAUSES
TTTOIl trial in llic (.'our! of Common,
Pl.aa
of N'oilliiiinberl.iiid Couiilv
ut January,-
I Tcruv. A. 1)., 1 sr, I .
j M.AI-STll-TS.
, J. Milliki-n. jr. & (V
j lloucrs Lowlier U id
MU-'KNI'AVrS.
v I'raiik A Strin!ieiar.,
v tirorje Miller & aua
n Jonas UnwiMan
v Bjii.iu-I KaulVmaa
s Haywood & Knvdor
s'linn
Joans liowiuau rt n.1
Dan-illc iV lVUvilh
Kail Rimil 'o.
- rede rirk Ueeiior
Larh ie'veccker
Win. Ay re
vs Jucoli llolunnn
vJ Dc NonnnnJie
vs. Dod;;e Si Biuret
,s l)-; jrl fc Jordan at al
vs KjalHh Weilr.el et al.
1 jvn.r ruii!(iioz et U
Peter KkhterV ex.A.
Ann .Mvcrs
U.irlnui Mi-Cartv
M in. & U. Fpi-e'siV Co. vk. John Shiaslrr
.Mary Mmder et ul, vs. Robert, W Dunn
umc xa. J.nnii Dunn
I'outiiic. Thoinjaoa v Samuel iiW.ood
Com. for Sa-4,1 rV;-n M .
Ales Jprdm
John I) Miller vs John B Bovd'a ex'rs
Jacoli I'lnhp v. (icurse I.. Veimer
J S I.uwrj-iircaJci'r of . . ,
N.ru Wish..!.. " 1 Ut U V'"""8r el
J Chivtnu for J Mr V.liili.im vs Johu ppwen
K O'JJoiineil for Wm F Nairla vs John Diver
Mary Vickcry . Peter Ferale.r
name va 1'etrr Rrosiou.
Ulrica II Fru k Lli iSlil'or
i Tl,o Cumuiuig t al vs J I'uike V D R:Rish!j
j Jonathan Lmlam rial va Wm MeCav' aja'ra
I'hiistian llihiuier.
vs Charles Hou.el
(.'has. A. Andrii
Daniel IlunriiiiU.
v F. Matthews
John Cnirad
vs Rjrhurd tioodman
Philip .-Siiuyti
vs l ira Dowrinart
vs John Arnold
Mosrs lior
i Samuel Seaman
same
A,. Jordan et a.
Guru ii. bro. li(, T Howard va Henry Lama
Vavld IVrry Atirahuni I.nnper
"P- v Ilqury llailrnisn
MuiilitoiMtry A Swijny v Ju.inf.-a. Covert,
I'h.Woii lor M- illi.iinn vs Jos.avidg.
R, D Cuinnving. va Monlomery & Mpsteller,.
Jacoli Slil--l ut tSaiiiurfl. Heck.
I? K uso v Gjo A Dixon
G 1' ynwii for Job Tyson vs Da;iiel L,. Sihnerk
Jus Carother et ul VFfUard D, 1,'uarc
4 Uvol iltraurr
J''11IB liljlmyer. vs.J U VaU)H
I illp..i... ... I: -I .
j lilo Aley - ,-,Nur-J,un.la-riand eounty
' Jamea Dictrenh-jrh va. same
i v Frv.,r Wm Mm-., . viu.n
I V, 111 M Aulcn
va 1 uomaa Kasor
I Win McClcry
i George Lawrence,
j Dajdcl P Canl,
! Aaron Reppurl
v U K Cuiniuinga
va. Allen Shreyer
v. lluutler & .Moiita(u.
vs Iia T Clement
I Jtgnry Cotwl
va Wm McCrty
va Henry Maaser
i I'latl'A. Plait
1 J' K II jfjii in (if v II Kuhjila, McCarty et aj,
j Joseph. .S'nvder,
vs. joccph Uiinninj
vs. Reuju-n Trooifl, - (
XA. Ifaac Hhafl'er
xa H Voxtheiins-r adra,'-,
va Daniel Dreiabach
vs. D C Ca,u
V l fcleifvuiett, jx't. .
va Il jiiry nxihcinier
v (laorea Holirbarh
, Hugh Mujlm
I John MeCoriiik
i Martin Irwin' nix
; Moll A. fholn!r
J,uoli Muslelltr,
Folhner for Caul
I Henry Kt-iscr
Ira "J". C'leiiieut
Wm tiross tor SamlCi-fr v J. J Updegran
J. llira Iiidoraee 0.1; vs. J C tVrtina
Elijah liarto va. Vliflea Sailor
licnj Hummel a. I'luji Clotfeher
Thoinua J Addi Va Kallw Carnharl,
Conrad Rm-dy x v HoaU, i.eploj, 8louAhVQ,
Lower A Uarrou
va IrT..C lenient t
va Joaepi luie' diii
v Jar-oh 1 Tret;o.
va Uenj F 4, 4 W .SUmi?,
v Frelcrick Ijleckart
va Jacob Hower "
v (ieorge Eckects' adWr,
Jacob Kline
William Welch
Thouiaia Sutlon
Caspar li rkart
Nii holua Hower
John Gcisinger
Daniel II Driesbach
John L Ross.
Ir T Clemen
John W Feal
(eo C MrK;e
tSurali Hlilzct
Ham 1 I i ! "
v A Ii trtman '
vs Inward Roadarawl '
v. J H Furdy . . .-
vs Ceo 11 Youngmsa,
v Jnaeph Long
v Kaniuul B(Un, A
v Jrut SuttM
va John KriAet -
Jacob Koch, V al
R D t'uinminga v Tho S Mark-jt
Hkkok 4 fMitiu - v Geo W Armawanaa;-
John lyjiU'r. v.Charle LfTfM . .
Reuben ragety v Kerehner Ct Clement
Nancy lUtiael " va David Houaela' adra'r
Jacob Keller Bank of Northumberland
JtH.YrARNWORTH,Wr, ,
ProthiMwUivonV - '
Sunhury, Nwv, , A. D- l"A- ,:',