SUNBUHY AMERICAN AND SHAM0K1N JOURNAL.
LAITA1 COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
. OIR rtllLIC WORKS.
The annual report of the Canal1 Commis
sioner of this State has been published, and
Rives n true expose of tlie condition nnd np.
rratioti of the public works. It is a lenclhy
document ; ond we are compelled to condense
it ns much as possible to give it place in onr
columns. We have prepared the following
interesting synopsis:
The pros receipts on all the lines of canal
nnd railroad belonging to the Commonwealth,
for lheyeHrendingthe30.Nov. 1850, amount
ed to $1,768,209 46, and the expenditures
(or ordinary repairs breaches, including the
cost of the temporaiy means of maintaining
the passaee for boats across the Susquehanna
river Ht Clark's Ferry, to Jt8o7, 228 ; showing
nn excess of receipts over expenditures of the
sum of $910,931 46. The net receipts of
1850 exceed those of 1849 by S36,204 61.
The report states that the past year has
been remarkable for high freshes with which
several lines of the canal, yielding the most
revenue, were materially damaged Some
loss was also sustained by the destruction, by
tire, of the towing-path and road bridge over
the Susquehanna at Clark's Ferry; in conse.
quence of which the Canal Commissioners
were compelled to fit up, at a heavy expense,
a steam towing boat. The cost of repairs by
floods and the fitting up of the steamboat,
irrespective of the loss of the superstructure
of '.lie bridge at Clark's Ferry amounted to
J GO 573 41.
The following are the receipts of the past
year, from the different divisions: Total
collection on the Columbia Railroad, 5638,447
58 ; total on Portnce Railroad, $241,817 45 ;
total main lin of Canal, 5476,446 39; total
Delaware division, $215,347 87 ; total Susque
hanna N. V. Blanch, $193,120 19. Total
gross receipts ? 1.768,209 ; total gross expen
ses SS57,228,)0 leaving a balance of 910,.
SSI, 61 in favor of the Slate.
A iding to the expenditures the pay of the
Canal Commissioners, Secretary, Messenacrs
mounted to $1,836,48 ; on the Western di
vision, 53,333.67 ; the Susquehana division
also suffered by freshets, And the amount ex
pended upon it for repairs was S40000 J cost
of repairing breaks on the North Branch di
vision, $13,755,69 ; the business on the Dai
aware division was interrupted for forty-eigh
days by breaks, to tepair which cost 119,
182,65.
According to the estimate of the Canal
Commissioners, the sum of 8810,231,38 will
be required this year to keep the publio
works in order, pay Canal Commissioners,
Clerks. &e. &c.
The estimated receipts from publio works
for 1851 are put down at 81,800,000.
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TEE AMEPJCA1T.
SUNBURT.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8,
II. B. MASSEH, Editor and r-oprletor.
V. B. PAI.MKR is our authorized agent to receive sub
scriplion and advertising at hit olfice, in Philadelphia, New
York, Huston and Baltimore.
To Adviitii!F. The circulation of the Sunbury
American among the different towns on Ihe Susquehanna
is not exceeded if equalled by any paper published in North
em Pennsylvania.
EDITOR'S TABLE.
Business Notices.
mid tlv? incidental expenses of tliMr ofIice(
amounting to S5,"00, llio actual net receipts
for the year 1850 are 8905, 681, 40, being an
increase over the net receipts for 1849 of S30,
904, 01.
The number of cars passed over the road
in 18i0, amounted to 140.344, exceeding the
number passed in 1849 by 19,562. The
freight passed over the road amounted to
2G5.113 tons, being an increase over the last
year ol 45,632 tons. The number of miles
traveled by passengers was 8,060,278, equal
to 98,296 through passengers, being an ex
cess of through passengers over 1849, of 8,
646.
The number of trips run by locomotives
was 8074, or 639,084 miles : being an in
crease of 604 trip, or 47,112 miles over the
preceding year
The inventory of materials on hand at the
Parkesbnig shops, exceed that of last year by
67,173.45. The labor at these shops cost
51,740,61 less than in 1849 ; and although
the locomotives made 604 more trips, the
pay of rnineci exceeds that of that year
by only f 926, and the pay of fireman only
$387.50.
There are bcloncina to the road 43 loromo.
tive engines Of this number, 13 are of Ihe
first class, 21 of the second, and 9 of the
third. One of these engines is, however, now
employed on the steam tow boat, where her
seivice will be required for at least another
year. Notwithstanding ihe number of engines
here stated, there is an obvious necessity for
n:i increase to this bianch of the service.
The leason for this recommendation is to be
found in the annual increase of trade and
travel upon the road, and tli strong proba
bility that the increase in 18.11 will exceed
that of 1S50 by from 20 to 25 per ceut. It
is deemed proper to purchase thiee first class
burthen and two first class passenger locomo
tive engines, so that the business on lite road
may be performed with the utmost prompli"
tilde and economy.
The superintendent of motive power, re.
commends an appropriation of S15.000 for
alterations, and improvements in machine
shops at Parkesburg. The ground for the
additional spaco required has been offered
free of charge by the propiietors of the ad
joining propeity.
It is proposed to form connections with the
magnetic telegraph nt Parkesburg and at the
d'?pot in West Philadelphia.
There will be twelve sets of boat trucks
in order by the opening of navigation in the
Spring. This number is deemed sufficient in
consequence' of the decrease of section boats
passing over this portion of the improve
ments.
The Report recommends now rails for the
use of the Columbia Road. The Road to
avoid thif Inclined Plane has been completed
and the appropriation of 5400,000 i more
than sufficient to meet the expenses. .
The Doard recommend the passage of an
act to authorize the proceeds of the sn!e of
the old materials on the Philadelphia and
Columbia Railroad, from its point of inter,
weclion with the road to avoid Ihe Schuylkill
Inclined Plana to Columbia, be applied to Ihe
repair and improvement of said road.
A large number of new locomotives have
been placed upon the Porlage Rail Road, and
considerable money has been applied to
wards improving the road. The report
,;Iti val routes are springing up around ui
and if it is intended to preset vu the chaiao
ter of our line of improvements, nnd main
tain the trade which is now flowing in upon
them, the business men must have an insur
ance, fiom ihe permanency of our works,
that no delay will lake place. If the Le;is
laluro agree wilh the Board in their conclu
sions, to Ihe adoption ot a wire bridge, it will
require air appropriation of 840,000 at Ihe
present session, and another of like amount
in 1852 If, however, they ahould decide
upon a wouden bridge, then an appropriation
of $40,000 will be immediately required for
thai purpose. Doubts having been expressed
by engineers and Mechanics, who have been
consulted, that a wire towing path bridge.
without a roadway, could not be created.
povtessing the requisite lateral strength for
towing purposes, lie Board having been in
luted lo recommend a lowing palh and road
oruige. it, However, upon further investiga.
tiou, u is ascertained that suck a bridge can
be constructed, Ihe result will be made known
to Itte Legislature."
Cost of repairing; breaks eaued by high
water on the Juniata division of the Canal,
Ve arc indebted to the Hen. Jos. Casey for
the npprndix to the Congressional Globe. Also
to the Hon. Jus. Thompson of Erie for public
documents, and to R. M. Frick, Esq., of the
Sciinte of Pennsylvania for various documents.
Tim CiTr.rinsM or Health, or plain and
simple rules for the preservation of health and
vigor of the Constitution from infancy to old age,
is the title of a small well bound volume contain
ing a number of valuable precepts upon the sub.
jeet ol health. For sale by Wm. McCarty, Sua-bur)-.
Price only 25 cents.
Tin Amkbicajt Law Jocntti. for December,
though late in its npprarancc comes well filled
with legal lore, and much that is useful and in
teresting to the student and the lawyer. The ar.
tide from the Democratic Review, entitled "The
Higher Law" is a most able review of the subject
of slavery and slavery agitation.
DCr" Printing Ink.
for cash at this office.
-A few kegs for sale
K7" New Railroad Phojkct. The
citizens of Pottsville are actively moving in
a project for another railroad from that
place to Philadelphia. The Miners' Jour
nal is quite enthusiastic in support ol the
measure.
(7" Gen. Sam Houston, has accepted
the invitation tendered him by the DemO'
cratic members of the Senate and House
and will visit Ilarrisbur?. on the 22d of
February.
TIIR RAIL ROAU.
From the mouth of Mahonoy Creek to
Millersburg is, we understand, soon to be
placed under contract. The survey and
location are completed, and the report of
the Engineer is highly favorable. AV
learn from an authentic source, that nego
ciations are now on foot for its extension
down to the Central Railway, and up as far
as Sunbury.
This is the first promising movement in
favor of a railroad along the East side of
the river, a route which ought to have
been adopted long ago. The success ol the
enterprise at Zerbe's Gap has given rise to
this movement, and we hope will stimu
late further enterprise in this section of the
County. We have always believed that
the success of that enterprise would stimu
late, and eventually serve to effect the im"
provements in which Sunbury is more im
mediately interested. The expenditure of
capital in one section ol the County cannot
fail lo be of immense benefit to every
part of it.
THK POSTAGK IAT AWD THK COUrlTIlt
' PRESS.
The Senate Committee hat reported the
House bill with various amendments among
others 'striking out the provision 'for the
free circulation of paper for 30 miles ot
within the County. The Committee are
sadly behind the times and understand but
little of the wants or wishes of the people,
and seem to think the postage laws and
mail arrangements were intended solely for
editors and others residing in large cities.
The House, we are certain, will never
agree to this alteration, as the people in the
interior would rather see the whole bill
fall than have it passed as reported by the
Senate. The loss of revenue from this
souree, would be much less than is . imag
ined. In looking over our list we find the
number of papers mailed, is something les
than one fourth ot our issue, and the desti
nation of one half of these is over 30 miles,
so that in reality the department would
only loose the postage on about one eighth
of the number published. In the older and
more thickly settled counties, the propor
tion sent by mail is still less, as the pub
lishers have an express of their own to car
ry and distribute their papers through the
County
ICE AM) It K IIOlftKK.
The three cold days and nights of last
week produced on the river about five
inches of most excellent ice, from which
nearly all the ice houses in this place were
filled during the past week. Ice four or
five inches of even thickness, is better than
that of greater thickness to pack away by
hand, and can be more readily cut into
squares of convenient size, for handling.
One of the great secrets in keeping ice, is
proper draining and n good covering of
some non-conducting substance. Sawdust,
Turners chips and shavings are the best ar
ticles we know of. All thtee mixed, will
4o very well. After the ice has melted
from the sides, from four to six inches fill
up the space with saw dust or with sha
vings, packed, and then cover the top with
the same to the depth of about six inches.
A loose straw covering is of little or no
use, except to protect the ice from the rays
of the sun. It requires something that will
follow the crevices and adhere to the ice.
Bran is an excellent article to preserve
small quantities of ice in the house or cellar.
In our ice house, which is about four
feet under ground, we have a small divis
ion of about lour feet wide, for a milk house
or cellar apartment. The partition is
simply a lining of plank or boards with a
narrow door in the corner, communicating
with the ice. Into this we empty the saw
dust, &c, before filling the ice house, to be
used agin in April or May, or when the ice
has melted from the sides. We have used
the same material this way for the last four
years.
Some years since we kept ice until Sep
tember in a cellar by digging a hole 4- by 0
leet, and about 3 feet deep, and boarded up
to the ceiling. The cellar, however
should be a dry one as the ice would soon
waste if the water should get into it even
for a short time.
HT" Judge Lewis in a letter to the Ty
pographical Society of New York, in reply
to an invitation to their annual festival)
says that he has presided as President Judge
for seventeen years, and that he will not
be a candidate for the station he now holds
as President of the Lancaster destrict.
Judge Lewis sustains a high reputation as a
Jurist throughout the State, and no where
more so than in the districts over which he
has so ably presided.
fj7 In the U. Senate on Wednesday
last Mr. Foote, from the Committee on For
eign Relations, to whom had been referred
the memorials in favor of adopting some
substitute for war, as a settlement of national
difficulties, reported a resolution declaring
as the opinion of the Senate, that in all
future treaties by us, provisions should be
made for the settling of difficulties wilh for
eign nations by arbitration, before a resolu
tion to war.
7 The female seamstresses in New
York held a meeting on Tuesday evening
last to secure better wages. One lady, a
shirt sewer, stated that she had been making
for the California trade, shirts for two firms,
in Maiden Lane and William street, (which
she named,) at Cd and 9d a piece per dozen
They were to be well stitched in every
way, and all she could make was two dozen
weekly, and to work day and night. She
further stated that she had not eaten any
kind of meat in three wceksbut once, when
she was asked to dine by a friend, of whom
she got a good dinner.
WILLIAMS PORT AM) F.LMIRA
ROAU.
RAIL
The announcement contained in the fol
lowing article which we copy from the Pennj
sylvanian, of Monday, will cause a genera
rejoicing in this quarter. ' The day which
witnesseth the completion of this road will
be a eala day for Williamsport. From that
period its prosperity will be uninterrupted,
and its march lo greatness rapid :
"It is gratifying to learn that this half fin
ished and long neglected work, second in
importance to no other of the kind in Penn
sylvania, will speedily be finished. We
learn that the company have made arrange
ments with Joseph Gonder, Jun., Esq., a
gentlemaa well known for his success in
completing enterprises of this kind, by
which he subscribes $500,000 to ihe stock of
the Company ; and undertakes lo complete
the road, that is lo relay Ihe 25 miles ex
tending from Williamsport to Ralston, nnd to
extend the same to Elmira. It is expected
that the entire work will be completed in
two years. Lycoming Gat..
CP" Mixt at New York. There has
been a determination for several years past
to remove the Mint from Philadelphia to
New York. On Tuesday last the whole
day was consumed in the House to establish
a branch Mint at New York, which was
defeated by a test vote.
On the day following the bill to establish
branch mints at New York and San Fran
cisco came up and was defeated by a vote ol
107 to 92 to lay it on the table.
nj A new locomotive has been invent
ed in Virginia to ascend steep grades.
The locomotive weighs but three and a half
tons, and ascended a grade of 200 feet to
the mile with 150 passengers, stopping the
train backward or forward with ease.
Laugh Fee. The Second Munici
pality, New Orleans, have voted 2,500
as a fee to Daniel Webster, to secure his
services in maintaining the rights of the
city to the estate of the late John McDo-
nough. This be it remembered is only a
retaining fee.
tU" A correspondent of the Pottsville
Mi ning Register, in a long article, recom
mends Charles W. Hegins, formerly of this
place, as a candidate for one of the Judges
of the Supreme Court. Mr. Hegins enjoys
the confidence of the business community
of Schuylkill, county, and does not, we
think, care about surrendering a fine prac
tice for the honors and emoluments of a
Judgeship.
OCT" Mr. Rothermel, the artist has pla
ced in the Art Union, in Philadelphia, an
elegant painting that he has just comple
ted. It is called "The Laborers Vision of
Human Progress." The papers speak of it
as a most splendid production. Mr. Roth
ermel justly ranks as one of the best
historical painters in the Union and
possesses talents of the first order in his line.
He is a native of Berks county, and it con
nected with that branch of the family re
siding in Little Mahonoy in this County.
MR. BROAUIIEAD.
As some of the Free traders profess to
hail the election ot Mr. Broadhead as satis
factory to themselves, we will give our
readers some evidence of his views on the
subject of the tariff. Mr. Broadhead, du
ring his Congressional career, has always
advocated Protection to American Indus
try, and voted against the passage of the
tariff of '6. In June 1S4G, he made an
able speech against that tariff, a full report
of which is published in the appendix to
the Congressional Globe of that year, page
978 ; from which we make the following
extract :
"Having thus shown, Mr. Chairman, that
the treasury has been replenished, and the
faith of Ihe nation maintained under that
practical operations of the existing tariff of
what has been Ihe condition ot Ihe peo
ple I I nave no hesilatian in saying thai it
has been geneiullv prospurous The produc
tions of Aorici'ltuuk, ar.d Ihe Mechanic
Arts have been much crkatxr than at any
lormer period ot our history. 1 tie laboring
classes have been furnished wilh employ
ment, the most important ol all means ot
benefitting them. The greatest good which
can be conferred upon Ihe poor, is to furnish
them wilh useful and profitable labor, (l is
honest industry which makes the man. Ihe
interest of the laboring classes, should be an
object of primary regard. We are here ihe
lli-piesentatives ol labor, and snouhl never
be unmindful of our solemn duty lo aid and
advance its interests. Every member upon
this tloor, from the northern and western
Slates, owes his seat to the men who labor,
and lo tbem is bis higtiest responsibility.
Labor is the great source of wealth; and
that polity which stimulates industry, and
give to the laborer ihe reward or his toil,
IS BEST ADAPTED TO PROMOTE THE PROSPER!-
tt or the Country. Labor under the
emktinu TARirr ( 1842) has been MUCH
BETTER REWARDED than under a hori
soulal scale of ad valorem duties."
THE NEXT APPORTIONMENT.
The Apportionment of the Congressional
representation of the United Stales, tinder the
Census of 1850, will not be made until after
the election for the thirty-third Congress)
which meets in December, 1S53. The law-
requires ihe Secretary of the Interior to add
lo the whole number of free inhabitants, m
eluding Indians not taxed three-fifths of Ihe
slaves. The number thus obtained is to be
divided by S33. and Ihe product thus given
is to be ihe ratio of representation. Dividing
the population of each State by this ratio, will
give the number of representatives to which
each is entitled. Any loss in the number of
representatives occasioned by the superfluous
fractions in the States, is to be made up by
giving an additional member lo such States
as have the largest fractions. The appor
tionment thus made is to continue not less
than ten years
According lo returns and estimates, Ihe
population of the United States will be about
24,000,000 ; and taking from this three-fifihs
of ihe slaves, the representative population
will ba about 22,400,000. This divided by
233 will give 95,000 as the number entitled
,o a representative. This will give Pennsyl
vania her present number of representatives,
24, while New York will have but 32 mem'
bers, losing two from her present number.
Virginia will lose 3. Rhode Island will pro
bably gain a member, and Masschusellsi
Connecticut and New Jersey will hold their
own ; but most of the other Eastern Stales
will lose one. The free Slates will have
even a heavier preponderance in Corigres
than they now have. The North-Western
Stales, Ohio. Indiana, Illinois Michigan and
Missouri, will each gain one or more mem.
bers. South Carolina will piobably lose two
members, and Ihe slave States will have, in
the aggregate, six or seven less than they now
have. Although ihe new apportionment does
not allect Congress until 1853, still it will fix
the numbers of the electoral college of
1852, and inlhat view is of immediate impor.
tance.
York and Cumberland Railroad. The
York and Cumberland Railroad was opened
on Monday. The fare has been fixed at 75
cents between llarnsburg and Wk ; $2,25
between Ilarrisbnrg and Ballimoie, and it is
proposed lo effect an arrangement for through
tickets between Baltimore and chambers
burg, at the reasonable charge of (3,00 for
the whole distance, 184 miles.
Gov. Ford, of Illinois, a few days belore
his death, placed the manuscript of his his
tory of Illinois in Ihe hands of Governor
Shields, wilh a dying request that the pro
ceeds of Ihe sale of the printed copies be ap
plied to the support of the Goveronr's chil
dren, who are now supported by charity.
New Paper at Washington. It is stated
that a new daily newspaper is to be started
iii Washington City in the course of a few
weeks. It will support President Fillmore's
administration. John H. Voorhees,Esq., late
of the Jersey City Telegraph, is to be its editor.
HYDROPHOBIA AN IMPORTANT DIfU
COVERT.
The following Is taken from the Charleston
(S. C Mercury. If it is an authentio state
ment, and M. Boisson is a person said to be
worthy of credence, the Information which it
discloses is of grave importance, not only to
the medical faculty, but to the whole human
family. That Ihe Academy of Sciences
should have treated it with disregard so long
is perhaps, attributable lo its having been an
onymously communicated :
"M. Buisson has written lo the Paris Acade.
my of Sciences, to claim ns his, a small trea
tise on hydrophobia, addressed lo the Acade.
my so far back as 1833, and signed with a
single initial. The case referred to in ihe
treatise was his own. The particulars and
the mode of cure adopted, were as follows,
He had been called to visit a woman who, for
three days, was said to be suffering under
this disease. She had the usual symptoms;
constriction of throat, inability to swallow,
abundant secretion of saliva, and foaming at
the mouth. Her neighbors said she had been
bitten by a mad dog, about forty days before.
At her own urgent entreaties she was bled,
and died a few hours after, as was supposed.
"M. Buisson who had his hands covered
with blood, incautiously cleansed them with a
towel which had been used to wipe the mouth
of the patient. He then had an ulceration
upon one of his fingers, yet thought it suffi.
r.ient In wipe oil ihe saliva that adhered with
a little water. The ninth day, after being in
his cabriolet, ne was suddenly seized with a
pain in his 111 mat, anil one still greater in his
eyes. The saliva was continually pouring
into his mouth; Ihe impression of current of
air, the sight of brilliant bodies, gave him a
painful sensation; his body appeared lo him
so light that he felt as though he could leap
to a prodiguous height. He experienced, he
said, a wish lo run and bite, not men, butaui.
mals nnd inanimate bodies. Finally he
drank with difficulty, and the sight of water
was still more distressing to him than the
pain in the throat. These symptoms recurred
every five minutes, and it appeared to him as
though the pain commenced in Ihe affected
finger anil extsnded thence lo Ihe shoulder.
"From Ihe whole of the symptoms, he judg
ed himself alllicled wilh hydrophobia, and
lesolved to terminate his life by stilling him
self in a vapor bath. Having entered, one
for this purpose, he caused the heat lo be
raised to one hundred and seventy degrees
thirty-six minutes Fahrenheit, when he was
equally surprised and delighted to find him
self free of complaint. He left the bathing-
room well, dined heartily anil drank more
than usual' Since that time, he says, he ha
treated in ihe same manner more than eighty
persons bitten, in four of whom Ihe symplom
had declared themselves, and in no case has
he failed, except in that of one child, seven
years old who died in the bath. The mode
of treatment ho recommends is, that the per
son bit should take n certain number of vapor
baths, (commonly called Russian) and should
induce every night violent prespitation, bv
wrapping himself in flannels, and covering
himself with a feather bed ; the prespiration
is favored by drinking freely of a warm de
coction of sarsaparilla.
' lie dclares, so convinced is he of the effi-
casy of his mode of treatment lhat he will
suller himself to be innoculated with the
disease. Asa proof of the utility of copious
nnd continual prespiration, he relates the fol
lowing anecdote : A relative of the musician
G retry was bitten by a mad dog, at the same
time wilh many other persons who all died of
hydrophobia. For his part, feeling the first
symptoms of the disease, he took lo dancing
night ami day, saying lhat he wished lo die
gaily- He recovered. M. Hussion also cites
the old stories of dancing being a remedy for
ihe bile of a tarantula, and draws attention to
Ihe fact that Ihe animals in which this mad
ness is most frequently found to develope it
self spontaneously, are dogs, wolves and fores,
w hich never perspire."
How to make Good Corx Bread Without
Yeast. .Editor of the Ohio Cultivator The
season for baking corn bread has arrived, and
I wish to tell my sisters how they can make a
superior article wilh very little trouble,
Boil three quarts of water, and thicken to
the consistency of thin batter, then remove
from the fire, add three quarts cold water and
salt it, next add meal till it is thick and let it
stand several hours in a warm place to rise.
When light, stir in three quart of flour and
pour it into buttered pans and bake in a stove
oven for two hours.
It is belter and sweeter thus lhan when
raised wilh yeast.
Louiza A. Phillips.
ANOTHER SCtKNTIFIC WONDER!
PEPSIN, the True Digestive fluid, or Gastric
Juice! A great Dyspepsia turer, prepared
rum iiennei, or me inui in oiomacn ot trie Ux
after directions of Baron I.iebig, the great
Physiulogical Chemist, by J. S Honghion,
M. D., No. 11 North Eighth Street, Philadel
phia, Pa. This is a truly wonderful remedy
for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Jaundice, l.iver
Complaint, Constipation, and Debility, curing
after Nature's own method, by Nature's own
agent, Ihe Gastric Juice. See advertisement
in another column.
illcirkcts.
Philadelphia Market
i Fet. ft, 1851.
Floor. -The market for Flour continue-
qhiet. with very little inquiry for export.
Standard brands are held at 94,H; anil
holders firm. Sales for city ose limited at
?4 69 a $4 87. Fancy brands are held at
$51 a 61. Kte Flour is without inquiry a
3 37. Corn Meal Is held at S3 87.
Wheat Prices are steady ; sales of ftiHto
Southern and Penna. red at I 05 els ; prime
whilo at SI 121. Corn. is worth 60 i a 62c
for new yellow.
Rye. The last sale was at 75 cts.
Oats. Oats are now steady : sales of
prime Penna. from 44 lo 45 cts; Southern
sells at 431 cts.
Whiskey. Sales of Whiskey in bbs. at S4
a 25c, and hhds. at 23 a 23 cts.
SUNBURY PRICE CURRENT.
Wheat. - 1
Rts. . . 5
Conn. .60
Oats. . U7
Bitteb. H
tries. - . 10
Panic. . ' 7
Flaxsef.ii. - - - 125
Tallow. 10
Beeswax - SS
91 A R It I 12 I.
On the 30th ult , by ihe Rev. A. J. Collins,
Mr. Martin L. Randall, to Miss Margarkt
Ann Bodine, ull of Lower Augusta, Noilhum
berland county.
On Thursday last, by the same, Mr. Sam-
f el Harrison, ol this place, to Aliss Amanda
Vasti.ne, of Shamokiu.
In Madison, Montour co., on the 16th ult ,
bv Rev. J. Mooiehead. Jdskh Bii.i.meyek of
Milton, to Miss Margaret M , daughter of
ivm. larnanau, ol .Madison.,
On the 3uth ult., by Ihe Rev. E. M. Long,
Mr. Daniel P. Wei.ker, lo Miss Eliza Jane
LAFORM, bo 111 ol Milton.
Ill Chilisquaque, on the lG:h insl., bv Rev.
P. B. Marr, Wm. Kohdsman, io Miss Sarah
1'aruok, tiothot l hilisquaque.
On the same dav, by the Rev. T. Mitchell.
Mr. R M. Hunter, lo Miss Susan Harts,
both of Lewisburu;.
On Ihe 25ih ult., by the Rev. S. L. M.
Conser, Mr. Thomas Painter, of Chilisqua
que, to Miss Jane IS kit, ot JNorlhuiuueiUud.
On the 30th till., by Ihe Rev. J. P. Shiiidel,
Mr. John Sober, lo Miss Rosanna Feck.lv,
both of Shamokiu.
tt'i r ' mi nrmTisW
i i i: i.
In Danville, on the morning of the 25th
nil., HENRY PIKE, son of Chiules and Mer
cy Jane Baldy, aed 3 years, 7 mouths and
22 days.
In Upper Augusta township, on Tuesday,
the 28ih ult., MARY JANE, infant daughter
of Robert and Maigaret Campbell, aged one
mouth and twenty-rive days.
Her soul has now luken its (light
To nmnsioiis of )rlory ulinve,
T mingle wilh Angrl ol' light,
And dwull in the Kingdntn ot' love.
Then let its forbear to crmij.lain.
Thnt she is now pone I'roin our siyht ;
We soon shnll lii'holit her ngnin,
Willi new unit rcrtouliloil ilelitrlit.
ITOMJIINICATSO
New Advertisements.
ATTENTION,
FARMERS' AD MECHANICS'
AIITJL1.KMSTS!!
"VT'OU are commanded to meet in
- Market Square, Sunbury, on
SATURDAY, 22d iut.,
at 10 o'clock, A. M.t fully equipped
for drill.
By order of the Captain,
f-OLOMON STUOH, O. S.
Smilurv, Fro. 8. 1S50. 3t
Attention, Dewart U nurds!!
A special meetintr of the company will he held
the tiriiml Jury Room, on Wednesday
evening, llic l"tli inst., at 6J o'clock, P.M.
I'uiirtua! atlcnilunce is requested as business of
importance will be transacted.
By order of the Captain, . ,
' UKO. OMPHAN'T, O. S.
rjiniburr, IVb. 8, 1S51 It.
In this place, on Saturday, Ihe lt int.(
Miss DEBORAH, daughter ol Dorcas (irant,
aged about 32 yi ars.
For the last few months ihe sound of the
tolling bell has been falling almost daily upon
our ears. Emphatically in our little village
"the mourners go about llio streets." Death
has been busy in many homes, borne upon
every breeze, leaving mournful vacancies at
many a fireside, nnd oh more dreary vacan
cies in our hearts. The accustomed seat in
many a dwelling is leuanlless now. The
warm
STIIOMT.Y-TIIK Oi:i.Kt!RATT.r Tin. c. w.
ltuli.U'K. I'roteKsor f.' Aftrol-.cv. Asironomv, Phre
nology, itml (le iinniicy, eomhinrtl with CONJt'KATloN,
I'l' m Swi;ek-n. olhre No. 71 LOlTIST street, rhlbidelplns,
others hiH services to theeitrens of Northiiiiilierlulifl eouilty.
lie Iiiih been eonsiilteil by all the erovne,l hentls of Kurope,
mid enjoys a hig!ier rcpumti n lis Ull Avlroioer limn any iim
iivnnr. .Nativities eiilelilaleil uii'oriiing lo iFeollinncy l.a.
dies I'fl. lienUeiniui js.l Persons nt u distances ean liava
their ii'itivinesdriiwti hy seiidiiitMhethiteol' the tiny of their
birth. All letters coiitnintiig the ulmve fee will reeeive im
mediate iirienti'iii, und Nativities sent tn any wrt of tlia
World written on ilutiildejuiiier ; and he is prejinretl tn mska
Use of Ins w.wer by c utiumtion on any of the following to
pic : -olirthi, advice given for the successful accomplish
lueiil of h wealthy mairint,'e ; he has the power to redeem
such us tire given to the free use mi the Isittle; and for all
eases of huzard, and for the recovery of stolen or hist prop
eity, und purchasing of lottery tickets. Thousands of lha
oliove untiicd eases have been done in this city nnd us vicin
ity, and in tfle ruited ftntes In the full salliifliftioll of all m
Ur.lhto .Narivilies or llorcscopes huve been east during tha
lufl f 'ur venrs while here. I.eltets Will answer every pur
P' se, and will do ns well as lo call in persons, and Die mail
in now so safe that pers ats need not fair to trust money
through Ihe I'oat DlTtee. 1)1. Hobai lt receives from MX) to
lotto letters monthly, uit'l hits nev.T iitiep.'! one He psr
lictdar lo ntinie Post Olhee, County and tnte. AH leitera
will he reltti iitsly utreuded to, if prepaid. For more par,
liiMjIars call ut theouVeof this paper and get un Astrologi
eul Allllunaf's grslis. -
71 lieust street alnive filch' h. Philadelphia.
C. W. HUliACK.
Pliil.-uU'lphin, Feb. S, l-.Si.-6m. , '
A Spunky Wife. A middle, aged farmer
and his wife were enjoying a winter evening
cosily logether, when the conversation turned
upon religious matters, as described in the
Bible, which the man had opened before him
"Wife," said Ihe farmer, "I've been thinking
what happy society Solomon must have had
in his day, with so many wives, Sec, as he is
here represented." il Indeed ?" replied ihe
wife, some-what miffed ; " yon had better
think of something else, then. A pretty Solo,
moil you would make, truly; you can't take
proper care of one wife. What n figure yon
would cut, then, with a doen wives, and all
of them as spunky us I am !'' The farmer
took his hat, went lo the stable to feed the
callle for the night. llutlon Post.
NOTICE
To the Heirs of Susanna Hall, Dec'd,
77 OT ICE is hereby given to Charles Hall, Ed--'
ward Hall, Jeremiah Hull, Harriet Hall in
termurried with Charles C. Cook, und Elizabeth
Hall, heirs and lege! representatives of l'eter
Hull, dec'd. Susanna Hoey intermarried with
Win. Conrad, ttiidJame Hoey, jr., by his Guar
dian, J II iiiiniiTioini, Esq., heirs and legal re
presentatives of r.lixabctli Hull, who tvbs inter
,.,r,:...i ol, 1,1... ll.,.- ,l.,l iv. It., vi .11
..: i. ...t.;..t, bi...i... I.-.I ...... t ' - " "
, .jun. ii", V.UIW. ,..-. ..,,, iMtcrmnrrnd Willi licorue ' mmermsn.
dered sacred lo ihe inlirm, and aged, and j that by virtue of a ccriain Writ of J'uitiiioin l-'a-
ri'inif, iKsuril out ot the Orphans Court ol Nor
tlititubi rluitd county to me directed, on inquisition
where the old arm chair held its older occu
pant, is vacant and desolate. We mis Ihe
ttF Tub District Attorney contested
election in Philadelphia bai been acted on
by the Judges. The result is a new inves
tigation ot the whole matter is to be had.
07 Mr. Dobbin's Tariff Resolutions are
.till pending in the Legislature. - ' '
Da J. C. Area, proprietor of Ayer'e Cherry
Pectoral," has just been elected Mayor of
Lowell, Mass. If be makes as good a Mayor
as be does a medicine, the munioipal affairs
of Lowell will be kept in a very healthful
eondiiion during bis term of office. Albany
Knickerbocker, 1 ' ,
Death while Luwkrinu a Corpse. Mr,
Jesse Gaylord, of Bristol, Conn., a pall-bearer
at the funeral of Mrs. Johnson, while in the
act of lowering the corpse into the grave,
suddenly fell back and expired. He was
forty-four years of age, ar.d had always been
a remarkably healthy man. tw jiaven
Journal.
When Lieut. O'Brien was blown up, in
ihe "Edgar," and thrown on board the Ad
miral, all black und wet, he said to the com.
mander, wilh pleasantry, "I hope sir. you
will excuse my dirly appearance, for 1 left
the ship in so great a hmry, that I had not
lime to change my dress."
What is thb future state, my girl! ask.
ed a clergyman. "New Mexico," was ihe
reply. "No, no ! I mean what ts the future
condition of young men and women 1"
"Why," replied Ihe girl, hesitatingly, "I sup
pose they are to get married."
A Woman's Will. It has been stated
with some truth, lhat the genius of woman
lies in writing letters. Here is a queer
specimen in evidence. It seems that the
Bishop of Ely had promised Queen Elizabeth
to exchange some part of land belonging to
his See for an equivalent, but hesitating about
it, she wrote him this letter.
Proud Ps elate : I understand you are
backwaid in complying with your agreement
but I would have you to know that I, who
made you what you are, ean unmake ; and if
you do not forthwith fulfil your engagement,
by U I I will immediately uolrock you.
Tours, as you aemean yourself,
Eluasith. ,
dead ! and feel as we turn from Iheir fresh
made beds in the cold earth that though the
voids in our homes, may, in time be forgot
ten, or filled n;ain, our hearts and our
memories will remain faithful lo llieii trust
until we sleep beside them. Many we have
known, and loved, have rone down since Au
tumn's leaves began lo fall, lo ihe quiet
grave. Age, manhood, and youth, have
each been summoned to the lonely grave
yard !
Among these was one, Ihe lasl we follow
ed lo the home appointed for all the living,
whom we think entitled lo more than a pns.
sing notice. Entitled! because of the briijht
recorJ she has lutt behind her of l he reliuinn
she professed in her brief life-time, and j
which so gilded her entrance into the eternal
gates of death. Entitled ! because the chrjs.
lians' death-bed, adds new lustre lo Iho Bible
promises, and cheers the believer's drooping
heart with Ihe knowledge he is so pi one to
forget lhat his Saviour will be "wilh him
always even unlo Ihe end !"
The subject of this brief notice has been
for some years past, a consistent, humble
christian. liecenlly she was called to mourn
for beloved ones laken home before her, and
while this sorrow much undermined a natu,
rally delicate constitution, it seemed to deep,
en Ihe character of her piety ; and fix more
firmly, and securely, her heart and her affec
tions upon her Saviour, and her heavenly
home. Consumption set its seal upon hen
and for many weeks it was evident to her.
self, and all around her that her days were
numbered, her short life rapidly drawing to
a close! But death for her had no sting!
the grave no victory! Her faith was so firn
her hopes so brighl she knew in whom she
had believed, and with that calm assurance,
and quiet resignation which nothing but Ihe
religion of the Bible can give, she awaited
ihs summons to cross Jordan's waters I
Death's angel came at length but found her
unmoved in the faith, and hope grew bright
er as the last sands of life ran oul, and giving
with her dying breath her testimony of the
sustaining power of the religion of the cross
she fell asleep in Jesus !
The hour was a befitting one for a spirit
like hers to lake its flight. Iu the early
morning, the night past and gone, and when
our earthly sun shed his first beams upon our
world, her redeemed spirit; was resting in
her Saviour's bosom, the first bright day of
her eternity commenced in Heaveu.
Whs sings in Hesvea rejoicing wigs,
Wi wmil arouoi bar tomb,
Mm dwclletk in etleatial Shl,
. Wt kngat la lb glooca.
Ut Uuao our thoughts, thai joyously
Our Borrowing bosom's stir,
TVal though shs rounot aocue to ,
' Ysi wi uv ae is tu.
will bp held upon liie Heal Estate of mi.j dve'd.
in Aucusta township, at It o'clock, A. M. on
Monday the 3d day of Mar-h lHol, at which time
und phue you ui'e hereby warned lo be and ap
pcur if vou lliinli proH-r.
JAMES COVERT, Hheriit
Sheriff's Ofiica, Sunbury, )
Jan. 2iilh, 1S51. li. j
Valuable
PROPERTY FOR SALE.
ri'HE Subscriber who resides in Philadelphia,
V. offers for sale the follow inr; property in Md
ton, Northumberland county, vixi The large
jr BRICK BUILDING
in tipper Milton, formerly occupied liy
Messrs Pattersons ns a Carriajre Mukers Shop.
'J'li i' buildiin; is GO feet front on upper Market
street, und 40 feet on Front street, and is two
stories hiirh. AUo a two story
BKICK BLACKSMITH SHOP,
40 by S5 feet, on the same premises. The lot is
on the corner of upper Market and Front streets,
mid is 66 feel front, ami 150 feet deep.
The premises would be valuable for a Foundry
or other manufacturing purposes, and will be sold
on reasonable and seioiniiiojiitinu terms hy ap
plying either to JACOB CARKIGAN,
Philadelphia.
J. F. WOLFIXGER, Esq.. Millon or
H. B. MASKER, Esq , Sunbury.
Philadelphia, Jan' SS, 1651 tf
VALUABLE
PAliM roil SALE.
VlILL be exposed to Public Sale on the prs-
mines, on FRIDAY the 21st day of Febru
ary, 1851, in L'pper Mahonoy township, Nor
thumberland county, by virtue of the last Will
and Testament of Frederick 'I rion, deceased.
THE VALUABLE FARM
now in possession of Abraham Kuntzelmsn, con
taining about
One Hundred and Ten Acres,
adjoining landa of Michael Reilz, David Reiti,
Michael Trion, Sec. On which is erected a large
LOG HOUSE, ,
a Log Bam, and a good Log Spring House.
There ia also erected on the premises a large
and excellent
TANN11Y,
in good order, and in a good neighborhood fer
business. Also a Dwelling House connected
with the Tannery. About
- Seventy-Five Acres
of said land are cleared, and of a quality capable
of a high state of cultivation. About EIGHT
acres of the above is excellent
MEADOW LAND.
The wood Und ie of a good quality and also capa
ble ol cultivation. - . ' ; - I
There ie also on the premises t
a Two Good Orchards.
The road leading from Pottsville te ZSZ
Sunbury passes through the premises. ' '
The property will be sold on reasonable terms,
only a small portion of the purchase money being
required to be paid down immediately. '
. If the property U not sold at the Urns appointed
it will be rented for one year.
MICHAEL TRIOX, Eiicutor
Jackson rp , Jan. 15, 1851. ts , , ,;i