SUN BURY AME1UCAN AND SIIAMOKIN JOURNAL.
AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION.
rursuant to publio notice a large number
nf farmers and others assembled nt the
Court House, in Stinbnry, on Saturday the
filth Inst., nt 2 o'clock, T. for the pur
pose of organizing nn Agricultural Society,
for the County of Northumberland. The
meeting was organized by the appointment
of tho following officers:
PRESIDENT.
Capt. SAMUEL HUNTER.
VICE PRESIDENTS.
Hon. C-. C. Welker, J. Weimkii Lf.hjiiow,
Peter Oberporf, Col. jAron Himmsii,
Jacob Ska.ihoj.tz, Amos E. Kait.
SECRETARIES.
tt'm. I. Greenovgh, Wm. ?. Kipp,
David Taggart.
The President on taking his seal relumed
his thanks for the honor conferred on him,
briefly stated tho object of the meeting;.
On motion of David Taggart, Esq., a Com
mittee of five persons were appointed to pie
pare and report a Constitution, lor nn Agri
cultural Society, for Northumberland county.
The President appointed the following:
David Taggart, Esq , Wrn. P.. Kipp, James
Cameron, Samuel John, and Alexander Jor
dan, Esq.
The Committee after some delay reported
Iho following Constitution, which was read
tmd unanimously adopted.
Constitution.
NAME.
Article 1. Tho Society shall bo styled,
"Tho Northumberland Count Agricultural
Sooiely."
OflJECT.
Article It. The object of the Society
shall be the promotion of Agriculture, Horti
culture, and the encouragement of Hural
Economy, within tho County of Northumber
land. MEMBERS.
Article III. All citizens of Iho County of
Northumberland, who are actually engaged
or may feel an interest in tho business of
Agriculture, who shall pay the contribution
hereinafter specified, and sign this Constitu
tion, shall thereupon become either life or
Annual members of the Society as the case
way be.
Sec. II. Distinguished Agriculturists or per
sons promoting the objects of the Society by
voluntary contributions or valuable informa
tion, residing in other Counties or States,
may be elected honorary members at any
regular meeting, by a vote of iho majority,
without payment of contribution cr ri"ht of
voting, but with the right to participate in
debate.
Sec. III. The Secretary shall issue engra
ved certificates signed by the President and
Secretary of tho Society, to tho following
import :
Tho Northumberland County Agricultural
Soeiety have elected
member of tho Society in
testimony of their confidence in his capacity
and inclination to promote the objects of
their Institution, and to foster tha Science
and practice of Agriculture generally.
PAYMENTS.
Article IV. Annual members shall pay
to the Treasurer at t lie time of signing the
Constitution, the sum of fifty cents, and the
same sum annually thereafter; but if any
such member shall neglect to pay his annual
contribution for one whole year, ho shall
thereupon cease to be a member, and shall
only be reinstated by a vote of the Society,
and payment of his omitted contribution.
Sec. II. Life members shall ceri'-'Ut of
Citizens of Northumberland county, who
shall pay to the Treasurer the snm of ten
dollars and subscribe to the Constitution,
without any annual contributions.
OFFICERS.
Article V. The officers shall bo one
President, seven Vice Presidents, one Re
cording Secretary, one Corresponding Secre
tary, one Librarian, one Treasurer, and eigh
teen Managers.
Sec. II. It shall be Hie duty of the Presi
dent to preside at all the meetings of the
Society when present, deliver the premiums
when awarded by tho proper Committees,
and sign all orders on the Treasurer.
Sec. III. In the absence of the President,
the eldest Vice President, and in the absence
of all the Vice Presidents, the eldest Mana
ger present, shall peiform tho duties of Presi
dent. Sec. Mil. It Bhall be the duly of the re
cording Secretary, lo keep an accurate record
of the proceedings of each meeting, attest
all orders on the Treasury, and other acts of
the President, and preserve tho papers of the
Society.
Sec. V. It shall be the duty of ihe corres
ponding Secretary, to manage all the cories-
yondence; to read to ihe Society all reports
and communications, and to prepare for the
press all document ordered to be published.
Sec. VI. It shall be tha duty of the Libia
rian to take charge of tho books of the So
ciety, and loan them to tho members under
such regulations as shall bo prescribed in Ihe
By-Laws.
Sec. VII. It shall be Ihe duty of tha Trea
surer, to colleet all Ihe funds of the Society J
pay all orders drawn in due form ; keep a
regular account of the pecuniary transactions
of the Society, and wheu required, to produce
his account at any slated meeting. He shall
give bond in such amount, with sureties, as
the manngers shall direct.
Sec. VI II It shall be the duly of the
Managers? of whoso board Iho President ami
Vice Presidents shall bo ex-ofiiein members,
to hold the annual exhibitions, to make and
carry into elfect all the arrangements neces
sary therefore, to propose and by commit
Vees appointed by them, award all the pre
miums of the Society ; to cause all analyses
of soil's and manures, and all necessary sci
entific investigations to be made; to audit
ever in each year Iho accounts of the Trea
surer, and to cause to be published such of
the Society's transactions as shall be deemed
eped'iut.
QFTORL'M.
AiTicie VI. Twenty regnla-f itwiual or
Life members shall form a quorum fur the
transaction of any business at any stated or
special meeting.
' See. 11. Five membeis of tho Board of
Managers, including ex officio members,
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of viy Potinuss of i.ifi Board.
ELECTIONS.
Artici r VII All officers after the present
yenrv shall bo chosen by ballot, nt the first
stated meeting in each year, and shall con
tinue in offico for one yenr, or until succes
sors are duly chosen.
TOWNSHIP COMMITTEES.
Article VIII. The Hoard of Managers
shall annually appoint n Committee of three
members, in each Township, whose duty it
shall be at the last meeting in each year, to
make a brief written report to the Soeiety,
showing the stato and improvement, if any,
of the crops, seeds, manures, slock, imple
ments and tillage, and of such other matters
as may bo deserving of note, in their respec
tive townships during the year.
MEETINGS.
Artu-lf. IX. There shall bo two Stated
Meetings of the Society in each year, at such
places as Iho Hoard of Managers shall deter
mine, one on the second Tuesday in January,
and ihe other on the first Wednesday in Oc
tober.
Sec. II. There shall be special meetings
nn such nays and nt sucn places as the
Hoard of Managers shall determine, but not
without nt least two weeks notice, in not
less than two newspapers of the County, one
German and one English.
EXHIBITION'S.
Article X. There shall be a general ex
hibition, Catllo Show and ploughing Match,
at such time and place, and under such regit
lations, consistent with this Constitution, as
tho board of Manngers shall determine.
PREMIUMS.
Article XI. A list of all premiums offered
shall be published, in at least three newspa
pprs, or in hand bills, at least one month be
fore the Exhibition.
ec. II. All competitors tor premiums
must be members of iho'Sociely.
So;). III. All articles offered for premiums
must be owned by the persons ofTuihig litem
or by members of their families.
Sec. II1I. All products of the soil or manu
factured articles offered for premiums, must
bo produced or manufactured in this county.
Sec. V. All nnimals offered for premiums
must be owned by members of the Society.
Sec. VI. Each person to whom a premi
um shall be awarded, must by request of the
corresponding Secretary, furnish a short
written statement of the manner of culture
of tho crops, the mode of manufacturing the
article, or of tho history, pedigree, and treat
ment of the animal for which the premium
is awarded.
Sec. VII. No premium on a grain or grass
crop shall bo awarded for less lhanono acre,
or on root crops for less than one-fourth of
an acre : grain to be measured or weighed
according to the usual standards; roots clear
of the tops to be weighed at 60 lbs. to the
bushel, and grass and other crops to be as
certained in such a mode as Iho Board of
Managers shall specify.
FLOWERS, FRUITS, AND GARDEN
VEGETABLES.
ArticikXII. If Ihcy deem it expedient
the Board of Managers may annually call a
meeting at such time and place as shall bo
most suitable, of such members of this So
ciuty, as feel more immediately interested
in the cultivation and improvement of flow
ers, fruits, and garden vegetables.
Sec. II. If such meeting bo sufficiently
large to promise success, Ihe Board of Mana
gers shall appoint and make suitable arrange
ments for one general annual exhibition of
(lowers, fruits, and garden vegetables, or for
exhibition of each of them separately, nt
such lime and place as the meeting shall de
termine.
Sec. III. At such exhibitions suitable pre
miums out of the funds of the Society shall
be offered and awarded, subject to Article
XL relative to premiums.
ALTERATION OF THE CONSTITUTION.
Artici r. XIII. No alteration of this Con
stitution shall take place unless the same
shall have been proposed at a slated meet
ing of the Society, entered on the minutes
thereof, and adopted by Ihe votes of the ma-
joiity present, at ihe next stated meeting.
BY-LAWS.
Article XIV. Tho standing by-laws of
the Society shall bo prepared by the Board
of Managers, and laid before the next stated
meeting, ami on being adopted by a major
ity of the members present thereat, shall go
into immediate effect.
Sec. II. Alterations in the By-Laws shall
bo effected in the same manner.
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
Article XV. At the meeting; of the So
ciety the Order of Business shall be
1. Reading ot ihe minutes of the last meet
ing.
2 Election ol new members.
3. Reports of Committees.
4. Other Communications in wii-tingr.
5. Unfinished business.
6. New business.
7. Election of otlicers for next year, when
necessary.
S. Discussion of general questions propos
ed by members.
The Constitution was then signed by the
following members :
M. Rarnhart, David Tagsart, VTm. B. Kipp,
Wm. I Greenougli, James Cameron, Alexan
der Jurdan, Jacob Scasholtz, Jesse C. Ilortou
Peler Oberdorf, Amos E. Kapp, Samuel Hun
ter, Samuel John, Geo. C. Welker, Col. Ja
cob llilbish, J. B. Masser, J'. Weiiner Leigh
ou, Win. McCarty, Joseph Weitzel, Wm. L
Dcwart, Hugh Bellas, Wm. D. Gearhait
Mai tin Gass, Philip Renn, George Conrl",
Charles Weaver, Robert Campbell, Jos. U
Prieiley, F.lida John, C. Bower, Thomas 11
Walls, Elias liiosious, John B. Heller, t'has
Gobin, G. M. Yorks, James Covert, John P
Purscll, Francis Gibson, Wm. H. Leighou.
On motion it was resolved that all the edi
turs of newspapers published in the County
be members of the society.
The Society then proceeded to-an election
of officers for the timing year, and the fol
lowing persons were elected :
PRESIDENT.
Capt. SAMUEL HUNTER,
of Tpper Augusta
VICE PRESIDENTS.
Jamis Camfron, Chilisquaque
Jos R. Pbiestliv, Northumberland
(7r.o C Wfi.kf.r, S-mbuiv.
Jacob Seasiioltz, Upper Augusta.
Wm. B. Ktrr, Rush.
Jacob Hilbisii, Jackson.
John Montgomery, Lewis,
Recording Secrelary.-If'm. . Greenovgh.
Corresponding " David Taggart.
Treasurer. Wm. L. Dewarl.
Librarian. Wm. McCarty.
On motion Committees for each Township
in the County were appointed to obtain
members to the Society. The Chair ap
pointed the several Committees ns follows:
Rush. Win. D. Gearhnrt, Wm. H. Kase,
Wm. G. Scott, James Eckman, Chas. Kase.
Coal. Win. Fegcly, Daniel Evert, Wm.
N. Weaver.
Upper Augusta. James Forrester, Col.
Klisha Kline, Jacob Eckman, Jacob Seas-holiz.
Lower Augusta. Geo. Conrad, Samuel
Lantz, John Yordy, Col. Thos. Snyder, Jos.
Weitzel.
JacIcson. Col. Jacob llilbish, Wm. Dep-
pen, Wm. Zartman, Daniel llilbish, Esq.,
John Wert.
Upper MAtioNov.-sVPaniel Iline, Felix
Maurer, Peter Beissel, Peter Brosious.
Siiamokin. Jacob Leisenring, Wm. H
Muench, II. II. Teats, Samuel John, George
Miller, David Martz.
Lower Maiionov. Geo. Bro3ious, Mi
chael Lenker, Jacob Spalz, Adam Bingcman.
Suxrurv. Hon. Geo. Weiser, Wm. Mc
Carty, A. Jordan, Maj. Wm. Dewart, Benj
Hendricks.
Little Maiiukoy Geo. Peiffer, Jacob
Raker, Daniel Dornseive, Peter Sholley.
Northumberland. Amos E. Kapp, Jos.
R. Priestley, David Taggait Chas. Kay.
Point. Joseph Vankirk, Jesse C. Horton,
Anthony Watson, W. A. Lcighon, Thos. II.
Watls.
Ciiilisqi aque. John II. Vincent, Wm.
Nesbit, Reuben Troxel, John Vorcs, James
Cameron.
Delaware. Jacob Slilzel, John Kase,
John McCormick, Hon. John F. Denller,
Elijah Crawford.
CambhoS. George Long, David flillmnn,
John Hine.
Milton. Hon. James Pollock, Samuel T.
Brown, T. S. Mackey, Dr. Wm. McCleary
Samuel Hepburn.
Tun but. Win. Fullmer, Charles Riddle,
Anthony Armstrong, Philip Bilmeyer.
Lewis. Hon. John Montgomery, Win.
Tweed, Kerr Russel, Michael Reader.
The Society then proceeded to an election
of Managers for tho ensuing year, and the
following persons were duly elected : -
Rusk. James Eckman.
Siiamokin. Samuel John.
Upper Augusta. Peter Oberdorf.
Lower " George Conrad.
Coal. Wm. Fegely.
Jackr.on. Wm. Deppcn.
Upper Mahonoy. Beueville tlolshoe.
Lower " Michael Lenker.
Link '' Isaac Rake.
Cameron. Geo. Long.
Sunburij. Alexander Jordan.
Northumberland.- A. E. Kapp.
I'ornt. Jesse C. Ilorton.
Cliilisqiiaqtte. John B. Heller.
Delaware. Henry J. Reader.
Turbut. Charles Riddle.
Lewis. Samuel Shannon.
THE A1LEPJCA1T.
SUNBURY.
SATURDAY) MAY 31, ISM.
II. B. MAS.SEK, Editor and Proprietor.
V. Pi. PAt.MF.ll In ntir sulliori.rd nitpnt tnriroive nl
Beriptbm mid iidvprtimn$ nt hi office, in Philadelphia, New
York, HoRtoiinnd Hnliiimire.
To AnvKSTTsFBs. The circulation of the Stinbnry
American nmnnir the dilferent town on the fuw(iirhaniro
, not exceeded if equalled tiy nny pflper ptililmhed in North
ern Pennvtvrtnilt.
FOR GOVERNOR!
WILLIAM JlHiLKft.
Subject to the decision of the Convention.
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTIONS.
AT READING,
For nominating candidates for Governor
and Canal Commissioner, on the 4th of June,
1851, ns fixed by the Williamsport Lonven
t ion .
AT HARRISBURO,
For nominating candidates for the Su
preme Bench, on the 11th of June, 1S51, as
lixeil by Ihe regular action of the state ten
tral Committee.
SI Silt KHANNA RAIL ROAD.
The Commissioners of the Susquehanna
Rail Road Company will meet at this place,
on the 5th of June, for the purjwse ol
opening the books for subscription of stock
to said Company. Our citizens generally
are deeply impressed with the importance
of this work, and we have reason to sup
pose that many will come forward to sub
scribe, according to their means and ability
That the stock will be profitable, seems to
be the opinion of all persons well inform
ed on the subject. There are many who
could take from one to ten shares without
any inconvenience. Every farmer, me
chanic, and laborer, will be greatly bene
fitted. All therefore who are able to take
stock, be it little or much, should lend a
helping hand, and shew at least, that they
have confidence in the enterprise. If this
is done there is no doubt but that the citi
zens of Baltimore, will take hold of the
matter, and carry it through without delay.
OCT" AcnicrLTt'R At. Convention. Our
readers will find the proceedings of this
Convention in another column. It was
riot so well attended as we expected, but
there were nevertheless, quite a number
of intelligent farmers and others present,
who seemed to take a deep interest in
the matter. The Convention was duly or
ganised by the election of the proper officers.
Milton. Hon. James Pollock.
On inolion it was resolved that I lie pro
ceedings be published in tho several papers
of the County.
On motion it was resolved that the Record
ing Secretary, send to each member of ihe
Township Committees, a paper containing
these ptoceedings.
On motion the Society adjourned to meet
nuain at the Court House, on ihe first Monday
of August next, at 2 o'clock, P. M.
WM. 1. GRF4WOCG1I,
Secretary.
Appointments by tiik Canal Commis-
monkiis. Gen. Win. Brindle, to be Superin
tendent of new work on the North Branch
Canal.
Hon. Timothy Ives, to be Superintendent
of new work on the Portage railioad and
Western reservoir.
Tiik IlARRMBURfi Sitkers. For two Sun
day after the Court had closed all the bars
at Harrisburg, Pa., the thirsti citizens of
that place supplied themselves across the
river in Cumberland county, but the Judge
at Carlisle having also put the seal on the
corks and bottles, they are now in a tery
sober quandary.
M AtiRiAfiR A Lottery. At an evening
party recently it was proposed to dispose of
the belle of the room by lottery. J'wenly
tickets were immediately sold at a fixed
price. The joke ended not hete. The for
tunate adventure! has since married tho la'
y. Aberdeen Itcrald.
Tub riches of California are not confined
to gold. The last accounts slte that an
oyster bed has been found between Cape
St. Laras-and San Dreijo. A vessel recently
brought to Su FrmtcBco 80,OW oysters, put
up in l3-'?, from this bed.
I.DaTj Roi.i.iN, in bis works on the de
dine of England, after giving a distressing
picture of the physical condition of the agri
cultural labors of England, ihus notice their
moral one : Their educaliutt is not a whil
more advauuvd than that of Itveir fathers in
the days of William Ihe Norman. Suice
the eleventh centuiy it bus not progressed.
It is to day equally what it was llieo.
SI NBIRY AND I'ltlE RAIL ROAD.
An election was held a few days since
at Philadelphia, for the purpose of electing
a President and board of directors, for this
Company, the proceedings of which will
be found in another column. The Tresi.
dent anil other members of Ihe board, pass
ed through Northumberland, up the West
Branch, to lease five miles ef the road, in
order to secure their charter, which will
be lorleited it five miles of the road is not
put under contract. The portion to be
put under contract, is we believe, above
Lock Haven-.
A young daughter of Mr. Hasting, of Ja
maica, Vl., while on a visit at the house
of a friend in Londonderry, was- phot by a
buy under very distressing circumstances.
The boy took up the gan anil snapped it
once or twice without effect. lie then
playfully pointed it at the girl, saiii "Pll
shoot you, sis," and snapped it again, the
whole charge lodged in her forehead.
Bahvariy, the inventor of the long pano
ramas, is now in the Holy Land, after hav
ing travelled through F.gypt and other east
ern reigons. ITa is filling great portfolios
with sketches, and intends to construct ma
ny extensive panoramas of those old historic
countries.
K7 The Canal Commissioners Pain
ter, Gamble and Morrison, were in our
place, on Tuesday last, making some ex
aminations in relation to securinsrthe river
banlt at this place, from further injury, by
the action of the waves in high water
They also visited the Eastern abutment of
the Siiamokin Dam, which requires con
siderable repair. The Legislature at the
last session appropriated jOIX) for the
bank, and $",000 for the schute and the
repairs of the abutm"ntv
TIIK RAIL HOAD CONVENTION
Called by the Mahonoy and Wisconisco
Rail Road Company, will be held at
(jkoiiuktown, IS miles south of this place,
o the Sustjuehanna, on Ti'ksday next, the
3d of June. The road from the mouth of
Mahonoy Creek to the head of the Wisco
nisco canal, has been located, and it is the
object of the Company to gathpr together
all the friends of the improvement of the
Valley of the Susquehanna, to deliberate
on the best means of securing a speedy
completion of the great chain, of which
this is a link, between- Lake Erie and the
Chesapeake and Delaware flays. Every
man who is interested in thii great work
should he there. Now is the time for ac
tion, and thosw who can not substantially
aid the enterprise by their capital, should
come forward and by their presence dis
play their hearty desire to assist in opening
an avenue to the riches of the farms, the
mines, and the forests of Pennsylvania
Delegates- fsoro the great cities which this
great work will flood wrtht the trade of the
West will be there, and will be delighted
to meet with those whom this railway wil!
make, as it were, near neighbors. Let not
their enthusiasm be chilled by ft want of
co-operation on th part of those who till
this fertile valley.
There need be no- fear of inability to
find accommodotions for man and beast at
Georgetown. The known hospitalUy of our
friends in that section should at once dis
pel such fear ; and the enterprising mana
gers who called the Convention, have not
forgotten that something else 'jetidcj coal
and iron are necessaries of life.
PHILADELPHIA AND THE I.AKI .
Under this attractive caption a writer,
who subscribes himself "Morning" in the
Public Ledger, undertakes to enlighten the
community on the subject of. the best and
shortest railway route between Philadel
phia and the Lakes. lie mentions two
routes from Philadelphia to Williamsport,
viz: one by way of Harrisburg and Sun
bury, and the other by way of the Schuyl
kill valley and Catlawissa, and proceeds to
compare these routes as regards their length
and the number of miles ol road yet to be
completed. Their comparative cost does
not enter into his calculation. The road
from Tamaqua to Cattawissa is partially
graded, not finished, as he represents it to
be. This route passes over a section of
country so disagreeably diversified with
high mountains and deep ravines, that to
avoid numerous inclined planes, the com
pany have been obliged to construct bridg
es from the top of one mountain to the
summit of the next. Part of this rrrial
railway is thus raised to a height of 120
feet above the level of the plain, over
which it passes. The difficulty of building
bridges of this height may be appreciated
when it is recollected that one of them
fell down before it had been completed. !
To construct them ol sufficient strength to
bear the weight of an engine and train of j
cars would be almost impossible, and to in
duce any person to travel over them, un
der any circumstances would be like ask
ing him to commit suicide. We will ven
ture to say that a more impracticable and
dangerous line of rail way has never been
located. Although there is not an inclined
plane on the whole line, these lofty bridges
and a grade of 3G feet to the mile, for a
distance of nearly twelve consecutive
milesj present more serious obstacles ia the
way of transportation of freight, and
place the safety of passengers in gi cater
peril than half a dozen planes.
"Morning" has forgotten to mention a
route not only shorter but more feasible
and superior in every respect, the Danville
and Pottsville Rail Koad. Of this road 20
miles, from Stinbnry to Shnmokin-j have
been in use for years. On the Eastern end
12 miles of the road are also finished.
This leaves but 14- miles cf road to be made
to connect the Susquehanna and Sr.bnvU
j
kill. Py this route the distance fvrnn
Philadelphia to Williamsport is ISO miles:
10 miles shorter, and infinitely more prac
ticable and safe, and intersecting acoimli v
far richer, than the Cattawissa road.
In locating a rail road, regard is had to
the grade as well as the distance. It is
a well established fact that in ascending a
grade of 21 feet to the mile, the power of
locomotive is diminished 50 per cent;
that is, it can draw up that grade only half
the weight it can move on the level, or
can make double the speed on the level
that it can up that grade. The grade be
tween Williamsport and Harrisburg in no
place exceeds 4 feet to the mile, and be
tween Sunbury and Harrisburg the maxi
mum grade is 2 feet ! The maximum grade
on the Cattawissa route is u'li feet! With
these facts in view, there can be but one
opinion in regard to the superiority of the
route by way of Harrisburg and the Sus
quehanna Valley, over the mountainous
range of the Cattawissa road.
We should like to see the Cattawissa
road made, but we must protest against its
comparison with either of the routes-above
referred to. 'Hie correspondent ol the
Ledger has so misrepresented the case
that ifcbecome necessary to correct him.
If he had carefully read Mr. Walker's re
port, from which all his data are taken, he
would have been better prepared to write
on the subject.
(CF Struck by Lightning. -The bril
liant light which illumined the northern
horizon during the storm on Wednesday
night, was caused by the burning of a barn
belonging to Mrs. Follmer, four miles cast
of Milton. A flock of sheep were in the
barn nt the time it was struck by the elec
tric fluid, and all of them perished in the
flames.
ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA.
The Canada arrived at Boston on Wednes
day morning, at half-past five, with tho mails
from F.urnpe.
It is stated that the honor of knighthood
is to be conferred on Mr. Joseph Paxton
the designer of the Crystal Palace.
FRANCE.
General Durreen, the Government candi
date is elected for the Department of the
Landed
A conspiracy of the f5lh regiment of in
fantry, stationed at Salines, in Ihe Depart
ment of Jura, had arisen. They marched in
procession through tho town, crying "Viva
Ledm Iiallin." The disturbance was put
down and strict inquiry is being ordered by
Ge.ver mrnt.
FiiANKFon r Diet. The correspondent ol
tho Daily News says that Russia, Austria
and Prussia will net in Fnioti at the Frank"
fort Diet, and that this Iriad of the three
great Northern powers, headed by Russia
will delibeiate really on one subject, only,
vi: the resuscitation of absolutism.
Denmahk. A disturbance took place in
Copenhagen, on Ihe evening of Ihe 4th, be
tween i' -i Germans and Danes. The mili
tary were called out, and fired upon the
crowd ; five persons were wounded, and the
riot was quelled.
Poiiti'chl. Intrisne is rife among nil par
ties at Lisbon, and even the abdication of
the Queen, in favor of her son, has been
spoken of
Sad Dr.i-.it Hint. Two brothers named
Roilgers, living in White county, la., recent
ly went out to hunt deer. Seeing one nt a
distance, they separated, one taking one di
lection ami the other another. When they
arrived in the immediate vicinity of wheie
they saw the deer, one of the brothers dis
covered something crawling in Ihe grass and
willows, and supposing it to be a deer, he.
filed a scream followed ho ran to the spot
and found his brother a corpse. The ball
hail pierced him through the heart.
Cons Starch. Every week 40,000
pounds of starch, said to be of the best qttal.
ity, are manufactured at Osweuo, it is good
both for the laundry and for food. The
produce amounts to 5120.000 a year, and
the weekly quantity ol corn used is 2,00l
bushels. This is a far better operation than
to send it to the distillery.
Tub Muruerers of the Cosden Family.
-Baltimore, May 28A, 1851. The trial of
Shelton, Taylor, Murphy, and Shaw, for tha
late murder of the Cosden family, in Kent
county, was to have been commenced to
day. Shaw, who was arrested on Saturday
last, will be used as a witness for the
Stato. He having made a full confassion,
and pronounced Ford and Webster innocent
they were discharged yesterday. He says
also that Drummond is innocent. Drum
mond is detained as a witness.
DKCinF.m.Y pEnsoNAi. A cotemporary
says : If N. P. Willis is not now a "duck of
a man," ha would, if he should visit a cer
tain editor's olice ir. New York, probably
be Webb-footed.
Kit Cabson, ihe famous mountain gnido
and trapper, is now in St. Louis.
Bii.i.-ious and remif-tant fevers ought al
ways to trouble people who forget to pay
the printer.
A Geographical Survey of the State of Illi
nois has been authorized, and $3000 appro
priated lo the objeot.
Sometimes So. Young Indies educated to
despise mankind, generally finish their stu
dies by running away with the footman.
TnrE. You may expect furrxU if you de
serve them, and enemies whether yon de
serve them or not.
A new gas house is to erected in .Vash
intcu. They have already a pielty big
one there made of Potomac marble.
Think Uekoiik You Fi-eak. Hitter words
of haste or hate, have often been repen
ted.
When a man don't pay his debts in Cali"
forma, they loss him in a blanket.
IIai-I'iness with men, a little more mon
ey; with women, a little more dress.
New Advertisements.
STATED MEETING of the WahinK-
Xii. ton rir( t- omipunv will he livid nt the
Male House, on Monday i-veuini;, June 3, 1851 .
Punctual nltentlaiicf is required.
Sunliury, May 'Jt, 183 I. It.
ATTENTION,
FaMIERV AND MMIAWS'
AIM II.liKKlSTS ! !
A7 OU urr ct'iiirnaiitlctl to mrek in
i Aliirki't Si m ii r Smtlmrv nn
SATURDAY, 7ih of June,
ut S n'rlovk, A. M., fully equiid
l'or drill.
!y order of the Captain,
sni.OMON STKOH, O. S.
Sunt.nrv, Mny 31, IK.". I 2t.
A (.In eat Deal of Wimtti.iso to he
Done. In the advertisement of the Clerk of
the Federal House of Representatives of llie
next Congress, there is set down, among ihe
things needed, 2;0 dozen pen knives, about
a dozen for each member of which 100
dozn are required to be ,:four bladed, pearl
handled, and of the highest finish and best
quality, and 100 dozen of two blades, peail
handled, and of ihe highest finish and best
quality.'' Each member must have a large
familv of bovs.
DREADFII. RIOT AT IIOBOKF5.
Oi) Monday last the Germans of New
York, with their wives and children, held
their annual May festival at Hoboken. :
During the afternoon, the depot of refresh
ments Was plundered by a party of New
York and Hoboken rowdies. This incensed
the Germans, and a sanguinary fight ensu
ed, in which the rowdies were forced to
retreat, and took refuge in a tavern, which
was assailed and completely demolished.
The fight raged through the streets of Ho
boken. until near ten o'clock at niprht. A
number of persons were killed, among
whom was a justice of the perrce. About
sixty of tfcw rioters were arrested and com
mitted to gaol at Bergen.
The Germans were led by a party of
men in short white coats and white hats,
known as Short Boys. The police of New
York refused their assistance. The mili
tary from Jersey City were sent for, but
arrived too late to be of any service.
Real ami Ideal. Dow, !r., in one of his
discourses, in which he describes the con
trstst between semblance and reality, hits
nlf a ball scene :
!.V woman' says fin "may not bo nn an
gel, though she glides through ihe mazes of
the dar.ee, like a spirit clothed with a rain
bow. Tlie young man may behold his ad
mired object on the morrow in the true
light of reality, perchance emptying a wai.li
tub in the cutter, with a frock pinned up
behind her cheeks pale for want of paint
her hair mussed and mossy, except what
lies in the bureau ; and her whole contour
wearing the appearance of an angel rammed
through a brush fence into a world of
wretchedness and woe I"
A C'i.eik.ymav, who had a farm, went out
lo see one of his laborers, who was plough
ing in tho field, and found him sitting upon
the plough, resting his team. "John,'1 said
he, "wrldd it not be a good plan for you lo
have a stub scythe here, and be hubbing a
few bushels while Iho oxen aro resting V
John, with a countenance which might well
havo become the clergyman himself, in
stantly replied "Would it not be well, sir,
for you to hate a swingling board in the pul
pit, and when they are singing, to swingle a
liltle llax V
Estate of EDWARD GOBIN, Eec'd.
OTK'K is hcrrliy Rivrrr ihnt letters Trs-
imrntarv have U-rn unmled to tlm null-
Rprilier on the estate ol" Edward lioSin, ilec'd.,
late of SiMil-urv, Norl'miioU-rUind i oinity. Alt
persons indehled to i'ul rt:itc, or having claim
tiffainsl the same, lire requested to vail on tli
subscrihrr for settlement.
UIAKLES GOIil.V, Ex'r.
Kunl.nrv, May 31, 13.11. Ct.
NEW GOODS, AT THE STORE 01
John young;
llfHO rospoilfully informs his friend and
' on-itumers that he lias returned from
Philadelphia, an exri-Ili-ut assortment ol"
New Spring Goods,
which he nllVrj fcr sale at his old stand in Mr
ket stre et. Tlio:;e gooita will !-c sold ut the Inw
est prii-f. His stock consists of every vurietv.
vi.:
J)rv (Joods.
.S(7i an Ciolhs, Caxfimerrs. .TA's.'iiu. Culiton
liiniihiiw. Lawns, Chiiilsrs inM Ln-
tn.s Dress ami I'anty tltmls
gfnmilhi.
Also an assortment of
Talm leaf Hats, Caps, &c-,
QUEENSWARE.
Iliirdwiirc. Iron it ml KUtU Nmrs, kt.,
also?
A general assortment of Groceries, Sugiir,
Collee, TeS, Cheese, Mo
lasses, Spicesv
lV rrodopr of ull kinds taken i tithaag
at the highest nirket price.
ISuiibns.v. -Vliiy ,
1151.
EF That renowned hero, statesman,
Robert Barnwell Rhett, whom Henry
Clay denounced as a traitor, fast winter,
in th U. Sv Senate, delivered himself of
the following in a recent speech-:
If we secede from ifm Tnion, we will se
cede during tho sitting of the next Congress.
Congress alone can declare war. Congress
must vote Iho supplies, and aulhorizo iho
use of tha army and' navy Bgainst u. One
of two alternatives Congress must choose
let us- go peaceably out of the Union, or
fight ns. I believe every body gives ns the
very common credit of not being very great
laggerts at fighting. K war is made upon
us we will fight- On land or sea we will
fight : and if any one supposes that war ii
any form ran be made on South Carolina
without fighting, he is not worlh reasoning
with. Where (here is a will ihere is a way,
in war as in all other things. We will fight
fight long ; and, if necessary, I trust we
will tight everlastingly in defence of the
sovereignty of our Slate, and of our dearest
righlK, liberties, and institution-.
A r.lTTT.E giil, aged twelve years, dangh
lei of Mr. II. John of Muscanline, Iowa,
died in that city about two weeks ago, from
the elTect of jumping the rope.' She had
jumped Ihe ropu in the usual way two ihii
dretl am) sixteen times without e-eseation.
To Destroy the CAttRpriLAB In an
swer to many inquiries for the best mode of
destroying ca-tet -pi-Mars ou trees, which have
caused such havoc of our hopes the present
year. I would say that three drops o! lamp
oil poured iulo their nett will effectually
destroy nil that may be in the nest at tlw
liniu when it is applied. Albany Cultiva
tor. We think the firing of gnnpowTlar into the
nests is more successful than any other
modu yet devised. Let the charges be
light, without a wad, and you will soon dis
lodge ibo vermin wityoul injury to the tree,
asTter one or more discharges. iV.
Tclegrcyh.
Mr. Coi e, foimerly a member of Congress
from the Accomao district,. Va , dieJ a few
thivs since.
Thb regular trains of the New York and
Erie Railroad commenced running to and
fiom Cunkirk on Monday morning. The
train from Dunkirk reathed N. V, in the
evening, in 17 bouts.
Onn Simile. They that marry aneient
people merely in expectation to bury them,
hang themselves in hope that some one will
uuiu an. I t ut tti buller.
ORP1LLW COURT
APJOrilNKL) SALE-
BY virtue of nn order of the tX'hdiw' Coaft
of INortliiHiilierh.n.t f .nanty, Joseph Johnson,
AtlminiTivNn V ioitin nan ol' the gonla, Ac, of
J, lines JKuun, late of Nortliumlierlaiul tlee'd.,
will expose to sule hy public vendue oi tlie m1
miscs, on Wkiimsii V the 4th day of fin
next, nt - o'clock, 1'. M thoe four ecrfcin
Lois of (iromttlf
situated in the Horough of North-uiubetlaiKli m
said County, conluinietf nlxwt
Twenty Acre
more or less, adjoining lands of the heir o
Kay, deed., Joseph W'ullis and Amo E.
Kapp, on Mivrh in erected a good Two Story
FRAME DWELLING H0WSB
and DAi!., ami other improv mittii.
Jf)!-EPU JtMlNtsOX
Adm'r de tonit not of
J AMKS JOHNSON, dec'tL
By order of the Court, )
Juo. P. 1'ur.f I, C1U. O. C. f
unLiury, May 21, 1851 1.
NOTICE '
To the Hail's of Fred'k Rale, Dec"L
NOTICE is hereby given- to- I.tvina Kelter,
intermarried with Kohert W. Deaerwl, siaca
cteceawed, wid Conrad linker, heirs and lgrep-rcseHUitivt-
of the laid Frederick. UaJur, V-c'd.,
that by virtue of a certain writ of Vurtition n
aJuatw-u, issued out ol the Crphan' Court of
Noithuml erUd eomity, to- me directed, In
quisition wilt be held ut 10 o'clock, A. M., on
TUESDAY, die 15th duy oi July neit, upon
the premise of the Kenl Estate of said tlceeu J,
ituute in I, iulo Mulionoy township, Northum
berland comity, at hicli limn and place you r
liereby wiuued to- bo and appear if you think
projir,
JAMES COTEBT,StsuX
Shr'lTs Ollice, Sunbury, )
May 21, 18U 6U J
TO THE ELECTORS OF NORTUTTMffER
LAND COUNTY.
THE utieriber respectfully inform lim ft-ionda
and fellow citizen of N'orthomber tuni coun
ty, that ha offer himself as a candidate for
County CcrmmUsioner,
at th ensuing olactiout H solicit (torn Itis
rVienda and fellow citUen a eua-parV i jmi
e should he be elected to discharge tho dotaa
of the oflice with fidelity.
CHARLES WEAVER.
Sunbury, May 24, ls-"l