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II. B. MASSER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
OFFICE, MARKET STREET, OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE.
1 jTamlla ilctoJpapcr-Dctootrt to jiolftfcs, aftrrnture, fttoraUis, jFovclon an Domestic ilctos, science ana tlic arts, aorfculturr, Markets, amusements, ct.
NEW SEIilKS VOL. J, KO. jg.
SUMH ItV, NOUTJUJMIIKIILAM) COUNTY, l'A.j SATUK11AY, JANUARY 10, 18.13.
OLD 8KIUKS VOL. 12, NO. 10
TERMS OF THE AMERICAN.
THE AMERICAN in published cvrry fnturtiy nt
TWO )OI,lAK9 per milium to he paid liulf yenrly in
dvnnce. No jmper discontinued until all hi rcauigus urn
paid.
All enminiinicfitiont or lettpm on linn'mi' Mining to
the office, to insure attention, must le lOsT TAIL).
TO CIAliS.
Three enpiea to one aildresR, f 5 00 i
Seven r (MK !
Fifteen D bo tfOOO
Five dollnrfl in ndvnnee will pay for three yeur's ub
criptiou to the Ainericiin. j
'Oil Suiitire of 10 linrs, 3 times,
l-.veiv Piilfc(.'(iit-iit iiiNfilion
t 'lie qimru, it iimiittm,
ix inonihs,
One yeur,
lusinesa Cnrtls of Five lines, per milium,
MerrluintH nnd others. mlvertiMuir I'' the
yenr, with the prtvileu it iiiscVtiji
HlilTureiit advertisement weekly.
UP larger AdvurLisuments, ns per agrecinent.
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A T T O IJ N E V A T L A XV ,
ECH2URT, PA.
H tmhifKR attended to in the Counties of N'nr
thumht'ilnnd, Union, Lycoming niul Columbia.
KriVr oi
V. ti A. Rovoudt, "j
Lower i' liarrmi.
Numrr.4 & Siioilrnps. i- Pln!wt.
Reynolds, McFarlnnd & Co.,
fSpcriiiir, Good A Co.,
JAtVISS J. NAIL2.U, "
Attorney nnd Counsellor at Law,
SUXBUKY, PA.
"T.ni.T. nttrnd fnith fully nnd promptly to nil
professional business, iu Morthumlierlaiid
ml Union roomies, lie is familiar with the
German laimuiure.
OFFICE :- o-ito tin- "Lawrence House,"
few doors from tlie Court House.
Suiibury, Ami. IB, ly.
SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTIIIXG.
TVKItYimOV should 'nilr:n-e this npportti
nity to buy CLOTHING for Men. Voutli
and Hoy, lit such prices ns have ueier yet been
known in tliis Cilv. c.t Gl'.t MM! V, CI'U.VS
CI.OTHINti KiSTAlil.IsIi.MH.NT, Sontli-K.ist
('orncr of .Market nnd Second Streets. 1'liikidcl
pliiu, rinliriicitic; a lioice ef tlie !:est. most dc.sira
lilc, and fashiomlib"
DRESS AND FEOCK COATS,
Habit Clotb do.. I.iuiMi Drilliiej i!o Tweeds.
Ac, &c, togol'.ier with a ir:-cnt variety of
Boys' Clothhg
'onsi!ina; of Sack Coals, Folka ,lar ..ls. Mon
Vev Jackets, Vests nnd Hound Jacket made of
Tweed, l.inon Drilling, Clotli, Alpaci-a, Kersa
riiier, DocKkin, Ac., Ac.
I'articular care ban been taken to prncnrp tlie
new ntyles for Men nnd Hoys' Summer (.'oats,
J'nntalonus, Vests, &r to which be would invite
uprcial attention.
Fui'iiisliinp; Ciooil,
Consistiii3 of Shirt". Slocks. H indkercbiefs. Ac.;
nil of which are ollered at ihi' ltin st I'lissMe
ensh Prim, and as cheap as any other Clothing
Store in the I'niiin.
Parents who desire llnvs Ciamnxr; arc ear
nestly imited to exainiiitt the Stock.
Country Storekeepers can be aceoiiiinodated at
very low rates.
CEOKfJH ( TI.I.V.
S. K. Corner of S-cond ,V Market Sis J'.'nla.
April IK, 1851. tf.
LIGHTNING EODS.
THK subscriber lias constructed a 1.1(5 HT
NIX(S 11 I on true I'liilosophical princi
ile, by which buililinss supplied with, them are
endered perfectly necure nuainst destruction by
isjhtnin?. The eoiiiicction and iiisulution of the
od, as welt as the preparation of the ttrouutl rod,
on an entirely new plan, makiiis a more pcr
ect conductor than any heretofore in use.
Measure have liecu taken to secure l.i Iters
'atcnt for the improvrment.
Persons desirnua of seenrinct their lives ami
iroperty from destruction by luhtnimr, can have
onductors put up to their buildings in the most
erfeet and siibslanti il maimer, by npplyiiu ei
her personally or by letter, to the undersigned,
t the following prices:
'or 40 ft. with u pood ilrfr plated point ! 10,00
'or 10 ft. with frultl plated point, jhui-
vat'ij), 1 2,50
,nd twenty cents for everv additional foot over
rlv. ' T. S. MACKKV.
Milton, Sept. fi, lr,l ly.
Alden's Condensed Eeports of Penna
l'S'I Published, and for sale by the subscri
ber the rrfotil 'oir of A Hen's Co;i-
Misrd Pennsylvania Keporls. contaii,iu the
s( three volumes of Veates' IVjmmIs, ami two
it volumes of liinney'ii lli'ports. The tirst . li
ne of Alden, eoniainiou L'.ulsn' lo porls. 1 ol-111-4;
ami Veates' Kepoiis, vtiluioe 1, is also on
mil, und for tale. The nboe t-n volumes are
anptcte wrtliiu tiiein'-clvcs, and contain all of
alius' Keporls, 4 volumes, and till of Vealcs'
ports, 4 volumes, besides the two llrt olumcs
liiuiiey's ltipoils. The third volume in ready
d will be put to press immcdhitclv.
II. U. MASSlil!, Agent.
fcunbur.V, A 05. HM.
NATIONAL HOTSL,
SHAM0KIN,
Northumberland County, Pa.
"VI E suliseruVr respectfully informs hi friends I
... ... 4 .. .. .
nnd the public ucncrnllv, that he has oiieu-
i hew Hotel in the town of Shamokiii, .or
iinberlund county, on the corner of Shuntukiu
d Commerce streets, nearly opposite to Ihe
)use he formerly kept. He is well prepared tu
;ommodale his Rueits, unit ie also providej
th good statilinu. Ho trusts his exierieuce,
d strict attention to business, w ill induce per
il vis'lin; the rnal region to continue the lib
it patronage he bus heretofore received.
WILLIAM WEAVER.
Shamokin, April 19, 185i( tf.
JAMES II. MAGEE
1A8 removed from his old Stand, Mo. lib!
Vine street, to
.. 52 Diltuyn St., bet'n Cal hill If fFiffow,)
ere he has constantly on hail 1,
BE0WN STOUT, PORTER,
Ale nnd Cider,
FOE HOME CONSUMPTION OR EIllPriNGi
V. 13. Coloring, Bottling, Wire nd Dottles,
legar, Ac For sale as above.
Philadelphia, April 12, 1851. ly.
coming Mutual Insurance Company.
R. J. B. MAHSER is the local agent for the
above Insurance Company, in .Norlhuniber
d county, and is at all times ready to slfcct
Urances against fire on real or personal pro
ty, or renewing policies for the same.
SunbOry, April S6, 1851. tf.
JK Boureau'i celebrated ink, and also Con
grea ink for tale, wholesile and retail by
t'ersmUr 38, USO. U B MASTER.
SELECT POETRY.
POSTED ECOKS.
FnOM Kt.lZA COOK S Jdl'RNAL.
I rrt"Pt the tnon of iriPrchiitulise
I'pon tin? slri't'ls lo-ilay ;
I Innk into tln-ir pajjor eyes,
E ich (in Ins anxious ay.
Rich bent upon his own puisuit
(If haro.'ii.i or nf sab".
Kieh, in his luain, doth (jtiick I'onipuin
His cain by box or lmb-,
And inhs his liainls in pio i.l iloliaht.
A pplaml t'ai'li plan invoiiti'il,
I ikeK up his ledtror for the niulil,
Ami postn his books couli'l;li'd
TI101) busy luoilifr of tlio mail,
A rnnnifiit leml to me :
Within Iho b'dyer ol thy honrl,
What balance dost thon soo ?
Amid the coin mux, clear mid lull,
0 i :iii iici iiis acts'' appear.
Doth imy 'Miu'ht ol ' aimdiifss" full.
To make their mazes climr?
Dost thou coniptili Iho ample uain,
Frinii words anil actions true !
If no', nir! rease lliy labor vain,
And p.-isi thy bouksanew!
The lark rose in the nrehM skies,
Ami slimvei',1 upon tnv car
A llood of iilniious nu'loilies,
It seemed a spirit near !
The wiivino pas Hung (rom it blades
O'ei llowinir benisDii,
And Ihnmoh the f liiy-pocipled glades
Tim Messing llouted on !
Willi laden lieuit mid beaming pyes,
And happv. hearty lool;.
1 count up all my nieii'liaud ise,
Ami close my Posted Hooks.
Tn mood of linly harmony
1 walk the u 01 Id to-il.iy ;
Saert inlhieiieo bouijliaiitlv
Stunes mi! i pon iii y way ;
Clear eyes in elen mess answer mine,
Soft words in softness fall,
Tine thnnnht come truly and benign,
And Cod ihilh gladden all !
M mul is batliM in eestney,
And leaps tip u Hi ilelilil :
A hand unseen dot It billow me,
And port my books lo-mulil !
Ah ! brother, romil thy richest weullh.
The wealth of noble, beintr,
An liunest heart's pulsntina health,
A sunl's wide si retell of seeini; ;
Wlril eves d 1 Iovinu lollow thee.
What beau llirnli at thy meeting,
What bis in bit tn".s mention thee,
What hands oia.-p at thy fleeting?
If licit in Iliese, llmu'it rich indeed,
TliV soul in peace outlooks:
I: pour 00 I' cd thy shiveniio need,
On mure than I'osTKU Hooks.
I!A'U I'.T Ut' TIIE M:W YUlti; MILS', TO
LOUIS hOSM Til.
The banquet nf the gentlemen of the
New York Press to the illustrious Hunga
rian came of! on Monday evening, the lf)th
ult., at the Aslor House, the proceedings
of which occupy eleven columns of the
"Daily Times." Wm. Culleii liryant, i
Esq., presided, assisted by the lion. Horace
(reely, leo. U. liutler and Julius 1' roebel,
Esqs., as Vice Presidents. After the , loth
had b-eti removed, the chairman offered '
the first regular toast, as follows : !
Tuikeii, (Irci'l Lri'itiiii and tie United
Sltitrs The ddivtrcrs of Kossuth. How
just and dear the cause, in which nations
so distinct from each other, and so different
in their forms of (iovernment, unite their
sympathies and their acts.
To this toast the Hon. (Jeorge Eancroft
responded. His address was a very elo
quent one, and on concluding he gave
J.ouh Kossuth.
At the conclusion of Mr. B.'s remarks.
Gov. Kossuth rose, and was received with
a tremendous hurst of enthusiasm, manifest'
ed in long-continued applause, the entire
audience rising, waving liandKeriiiiels, and
cheering vocib roiisl y. At the same mo
ment the distinguished guest was treated
wilh a perfect showt r ol'tragrant bouquets,
Iroin the bands of (lie ladies crowded in his
immediate vicinity.
In consequence of the great leivith of
the speech ol the distinguished guest, We
are only able lo give a few extracts. lie
commenced by savins: :
Gi:nti.i:mkn : Rising, respectfully tore
turn my most warm thanks for the honor
of the toast, and tne high benefit ol the
sympathy manifested by this solemn dem
onstration ; it is with mingled feelings of
joy and fear, that I address yon, gentle
men !
I address you with joy, because, con-
,cio,)s "f immensity of the power which
.. 'ii i c.i .
you wield, it is natural to feel some awe
in addressing those in whose hands, the
success or the failure of our hopes is p!a
c d ; still 1 cq ially know that i i your
hands, ceutlemen, the Independent Ilepul-
lican Press is a weapon, but a weapon to
defend truth and justice, and not to oftend
It; it is no screen to hide, no sunders to
extinguish the light, but a torch lit at the
fire of immortality, a spark of which is
glistening in every man's soul, to prove its
divine origin ; a torch which you wield
loftily and high to spread light with it to
the most lon'dy regions of humanity.
1 am told that the journals of New York
State aloun exceed in number I hoe) of i. II
ihe rest of lh world beyond ycur great
Union, and the circulation of the newspapers
of this city alone nearly exceeds those of ilia
whole Empire of Great llrilain.
But lhere is yet one particularly remaika
ble fact which I canaot forbear lo mention
gentlemen.
1 boldly declare that beyond the United
State there exists scarcely a practical Free
dom of the Piess ; at least in Europe, not
except, perhaps, Norway, of whose condition
In that respect I am not aware. You know,
gentlemen, how the press is fettered through
out the European Continent, even, for the
present, in France itself, whose great nation,
by a strange fate, sees under a nominally
Jiepublit'iiii but tentiali.ed Giiverument, nil I
t lie .'lurions fruits of their reat and victo
rious llevolnlicHis withering between the
blasting liuoers of celilrubzt'd adiniuistrative
nnd leuislative omnipotence. Yon know
iiow the Independent Press of Fiance is
murdered by imprisonment cf their Editors
and by fines ; you know how the present
Government of France feels unable lo bear
ihe free word cf public opinion-so much ; are ext'e,! ions 0 the rule. 'I he' South, as i 1,i95' n"1' 1699 was ,u'atf ns ba(1'
thai in 1 ho French Republic; tho very Wiii- j a rreneral thing, are not only against every- ' '" '0' ,'t'urri!ll 'hut famous winter call
mate thnnl of "Vive U Repnbliqne" has i (hinar Kossutli may a.-k, hut "against his mis- i c,' ''''nt'lion, the, cold w inler. All the
almosl bpcotne a ciime. This veiy circnm- ! sion in fofo. Thev will he rrlad wlicn lie ; i''!' ami lakes were frozen, mid even tho
stanco is snliicieiit to prove llmt in that leaves. They ()o not wish lo understand '' several miles from lh shore. The
tlorioiis land where Ihe wntm and noble
heart of tin? Fientli nation ihrubs Willi
I self conli doiicit nud noble piide, u new
Revolution is an unavoidable necessity.
The I iidepndi:' t Press of Ihis yreat lie-'
public has in this veiy case also proved lo ;
ttm world that even aaaiusl tins mischievous
power of calumnies tin most eliiciont pm-
j lection is the Freedom of the Piess, and net , t een Ihe Magyar, who tells them repeal
I preventive measures, coudeiiiuiiig hiiinan ' edly that the Hungarians are brave cnoiisrh
intellect In pteriial minorily. ; to fnrlit their own battles, and the man who
1 I addiess yon, ;pnlleuiei), the more w ith j h''l a arcel of ignorant adventurers, under people travelled across the straits from Co-
joy, because, throush you I have the invalu- j hilse ltelences, to death and ruin bet wet n peidiagen lo the province of Senia, in Swe
1 !!,. benei'ii 1.1 n.blr.... il. u-h.il. o i vur.ii v ! n niaii who siniT'lv fcni'ht for the rights of ,l,.o
of the jrjreat, glorious and free people of the
United Slates.
While eighty years apo immortal Fiank-
in,', nven mec. ivn. niom.i ine nn v one 111 1
the Colonies, now there are over thrc. thou- I l10j. pon ,. Kth ndssion lo AVasli- P '" Sl,ain aml Vur The Zuyder
sand newspapers in ihu United States, hav- ! inrrton as an entire failure : but am hound " as frozen over anl thousands of peo-
inj; a circulation of live millions of copies, j lo say that the Administration behaves bet- P'e went over it. And the lakes in England
nnd amounting in their yearly circulation to tor in regard to hint than Congress. Yet 1"l'-''
ihe piodiions number nf ntaily four ami a j Conoress has invited him to come, and 1 In 1744 the winter was very cold. Snow
ball' hundred millions; evpry grown man ! "ow Congress would wish to put such a fell in Pnrtucal lo the depth of twenty-lhice
in the I'nioii leads on the averaoe W0 construction on that invitation that I hey feet 011 a level.
II. nv t'rtt b.. .d.li.-r.it l n,.r.n II...I- .1...... f.. ! . . .
uewspapeis a week ami one Initialed audi,.- ' "v " "I " " " ii
five copies a year ; neatly eighteen copic
1 bill, in the piopoition tu ihe population, to
I l . 1
eveiv Lien i in lie; cuioe, man, woman, u u
, ' ' '
j l''m''''
j l!ul it is chielly, aiu:osl only Great U.itain
j in Europe which boasts to have a Fieo i
! Press, and to be sure during my brief stay ;
in England I joyfully mw lliat mally there
i is a freedom lo punt, almost an unlimited '
I one, so far that 1 saw printed advertisements !
j spread at every corner, and si.'ued by the j
publisheis, Matins that Queen Victoria is no ,
lawful Queen that she oushl to be sent to
tin? Tower, and all Ihose who rule onyht to '
be haraed ?den lanshed, and nobody !
cared about the foolish cAtiavnoaricy. i
And ycl I dare say, ami I hope the '
Hoiieroii people of Great Uii'aiu w ill not
feel (dl'ei.deil at my slalinr; the fact, thai j
thoie is no practical freedom of the pie-s. '
The fiee.lom of the Press, to be a practi- :
cal one must bn a common benefit to all
else it is no fieedom, but a privilege. It is'
wanting two ingredients freedom uf print-
ing and fieedom of leading. Now theie
no lieedoin of leading there, because theie '
is no possibility of the people ut luie to do
so. Recause ihe ciiciilaliou of newspapers,
"'.!.. . I: :i I . ifi .... . i
"u '""' "'ora. ,oou o, numan in.ei- ,
l''cl' s hy a heavy taxation, checked. Tho;
Piess is a somen of public, revenue, and by :
the iiicuiiibiai.ee of stamp and paper and ,
adverlisement dulies made almost iuaeeessi-
ble to the poor. Hence it is lhat ihe new s
papers in the United Slates aie only one
tenih, and in somo ca.es one-t wentieili ihe
price uf English or French papots, and
hence, again, is I lie immense dillerence in
their circulation. In ihe United S'ales sev
eral of the daily paper tveiy morning
reachiiie (mm thirty In sixty thousand lead
ers, wheieas J he Loixluit Times is coiisider-
ed lo be a monster power, because il has a
ciicnUiiinii of Itoui twenty-live tu thirty
thousand copies.
Such beinii the condition of your Piess,
gentlemen, it must of eol.ise be u high
source of jo fid tul iiioal ion lo me, lo have
the honor lo uddiess yon, gentlemen ; be
cause in addressing you I really address the
whole people of Ihe United States, not only
a whole people, but a whole intelligent peo
ple, gentlemen.
This is the highest piaise which can upon ,
a people be bestowed, and jet no praise it
is the acknowledgement of a real fuel. The j
very immensity of the circulation ol your j
, jlHIII',11- II,S , I ,1 I'D SI IMIUMSC? Illl J I 1 1 - j
mnise circulation is not only duo to that j
I consiiiiitioual right of
yours to speak and j
pi ml fieely your opinions; ll is not only due
t i Ihe, cheap pi ion which makes your press
a common benefit to all, and not a privilege
to the I ich but it is chiefly due lo the
universality of public instruction which ena
bles every eiti.vh to read. It is a glorious
thing to know lhat in this nourishing young
ciiy alone, where streets of splendid build
ings pioudly stand where a few years ago
the river spread its waves or the plough
lille.'j nearly one hundred thousand childlcn
receive publio education annually.
Da you know, gentlemen, where ( consid
er tho most glorious monuments of your
country t if it bo so as I have lead it once
it is that tact, that when in the steps of
your wandering aqallers your engineers go
on to draw geumeliical fries, even in the
Territories where the sound of a human
step never yet has mixed wilh Ihe murmurs
by which virginal nature is adoring the
Lord ) in every place marked to become a
township, on every sixteenth square you
place a modest wooden pol", with the
glorious inaik "POPULAR EDUCATION
STICK." This is your proudest monu
ment. The other parts of bis address are mostly
devoted to a history of the wrong of
his country. After the banquet was over
the doois were opened ar.d a iaige number
of ladles and gentlemen were admitted.
Even the windows of the dining hall were
tilled wilh spectators
Correspondence nf Die l'liiln. Ledger.
I.Li I KK HIOM M ASIIIWION.
Washington, Dec. 31, 1851.
Thus far, Kossuth's advent in the city of i inches ihick. Almost all tho birds per
lite Federal l.'ui n is a failure. The con- ' ished.
servalives of Ihe South, it is hnr.lly tu-ccs- ,n "I69a ,he roU wa, , ce,9iv. lhat
wry lo say, w.l not give h,, a cord.al ! lfi fumj,hc1 woWp, en1ered Vienna ami
welcome. Jo be sure, there have been ! ., , ,, , . ,.
, , ii', 1 1 "Hacked beasts and even men. Many heo-
sucn iiien ns Cieiiti v aud I' oote, who svm- , . , ' '
tiatbiypd far l'p..d,.m i l',.,r... !.( iL P '" '?rninny were frozen to death 111
him, und do not wisii to hour him.
Tile House hn now been in session two
whole days, on a fin.liie prop iition lo mi.-
' 1 ' " oiuiiiiiiee 01 nve to introduce JvOs
Milll lo the lf'itii, of Hepresentalives.
They are afraid he would speak there, and
thev are ulraid of his doctrines. Thev
1 have been niiikinj.' all soils of .slujiid ctnn
" , t-ai'isOliS btlweell Kosstilh and I
his own state
and bun who would avai
., . p l
hini.elf of the assista-ce of treason-plotters
11 ,01a 1.U111111V 101 1111 iwipuse 01 Dooty,
1 .1 . . r ,
nou 1 nt- si'Miance 01 our own glorious
j,i,,ii
him. A mod glorious and xenlleinanlv
way ol' backing out from one's own propo
sition. 'pi, , ('.,. , . , i i- , ,
' he v onressional ilinncr which was
spoken cif yesteruav is now again changed
0 a .T(.n;,ra ban'ijuet, at which about a :
hundred members of both Houses, as man v
citizens, and some public officers, clerks, j
ciC, will assist. The tickets will be $.", j
""d Kossuth will have to consider this an
ilm,,use honor done to him by the city i
w.i,lim,t a mob ' though a young man got !
l'ou'rl l"l K vesieiuay wmie listening j
ij a sjirei Ul'ioripil II V iVOSSUWI 111 ttle
tii,-,lf. ,r.,.,,i. ,,C n,,,.,, 1! . .1 t
.U 111 I i ' .
Mime the small nieL ruwL-..I o I, , '
I , un- lllll MM ,l 1JIU I M IIIIII'l. i,r.'
ally from the .North.
The Administration tit llieir dutv well
I here will be a great dinner-party at the
Prcsidetifs next week, ami a superb ball ut
!i' Webster's. Gcncul C.i' has been
waitlli" on Kossuth, nr.,' id , i n 1 !
uccj i.imseii cn-
tirely at his disposal.
Kossuth and Cass called t
Tciner on ;jr.
Clay, but the latter o not in a condition
ol health lo receive then:, l'oor Clay ; it I
is needless to fi.itli r Hie public with ac- !
ounts of hia improving lieallli. -U Clay ,
is very su k, unit is ue
vile to undergo any
iaiij;ue u.si.'. 1 H ive, iilili'e,, oivefl
up all hope rd' .seeing him ;:gaiii in bis seat
.1 i.
in me Senate ( Inimner.
kossulh will probably
remain here till
of the banuuet
alter tne Slh, ;,nd purtak
rIVt' by the Jackson Association, in com-
'"''loor.Uluil ol ll.e Rattle ol .New Ul leans,
: The Jackson Association is the onlv Asso
i nation here that has given him a' hearty
; Welcome, and he will remain to enjoy their
i hospitality, 'l hat Association is now in
excellent ham!:-, and lull o! patriotic spirit.
The Wm. O. Jm.iI.t ti.k. t, with (Jen.
Pieice, of N. 11., for Vice President is now
generally spoken of by Ihe Southern ultras.
They would surrender every principle for
a tlaveholder. The claims' of Pennsylva
nia are as nothing compared to those' of a
slaveholder. Are not those Southern gen
tlen.i ti the Vi I y broths of bovs .'
The Iriem's of .Mr. Ki
ng, id Alabama,
' are not 'leased with the sort of flirtation
t that is going on between Mr. Ilurhanan
; and Gen. Pillow, of Teimes ee. Th, re is
i no doubt of tiiis lact, however, lhat rather !
I than reinstate the Van iiiireii Iicnloit c!y- j
I nasty under butler, the whole conservative
I Democracy would prefer lo g,i for Mr.
i IjJchauaii alter Gen. Cass' claims li.i! be
, d:spos.e.l ol. The news from Ohio is, tbat
J the delegates will probably be instructed
fir Gen. ('as-', ( ass and Duiigluss together
, and they are fi-t friends are the two
I strongest candidates now before the people.
7 o'clock. The Home is still in s.-ssior.
nn the Kossuth res.dllflnll. Th..r,i ic a
posi(ive ,.,j ,litv (r ,he r,,sollllioI1 . ,
the opponents of the resolution try to
Weary the House by iticissant calls for the
ayes and nays. This is the old game of
the lUlllifii'ls.
OusURVLR,
DrsTRi'iTio.N of Li:ttki:s. The number
of letters remaining in Wood's Despatch
Ollice, ut the time of tlip fire, amounted lo
nearly 90,000. These were the accumula
tion ofthe six y nvs this enterprising firm
has been in operation. The contents of the
letters, of course, are unknown lo Messia.
Hlood 6. Co., and the probabilities are that
large sums of money have been destroyed in
the letters;
Dcm.NO Kossuth's stay in .New Yuri', he
received contributions iiiiionniing toS115'J3
fi. In addition, Governor Kossulh received
5U0 acres of land from Mr. O'Reilly, a great
number of books, maps, vn 1 other things
from different persons, three gold rings, sev
eral beautifully woiked poises, a number of
portraits, ami a beautiful casket, containing
two bullets, one used at the buttle o! Bunker's
Hill, and the other at the battle of Ne w Or
leans, as well as a lock of hair of Washington
and Jefferson.
Hand!., was such a miser, that at the very
time he was in receipt of fifty pounds a night
from the opera, he was frequently known to
wear m shirt for a month, to save th vjerj.e
of washing. " "'
OLD 1IM1S WIMTl S.
tu 1664 tho cold was 10 inlense, thai the
Thames was covered with ice sittv-one
' piound was frozen nine feel deep. Birds
' and beasls weie struck dead in Ihe fields,
and men lierished bv thousands in their
liouses In the south of trance the wine
p!aiilaiioii, were ulmost destioyed, nor have
! In-y yet recovered that fatal disaster. The
Adriatic sea was froen, and even the Medi
terranean, about (tciid.'i ; and the citron nnd
oraie.'O groves siilfeied extremely in tiie
liuest parts of Italy.
Ill 1716 the winter was so intense lhat
' lo t7r. i R..ii..i i,:i.i- r ,,t
wuimuuj iiiiiiiiiumuo ui vuitic
: ,, ,,.,, wcre bllriu( , )e 10Wi
t i-mo . .
li-lOtho winter was
scarcely inferior
lo that of 17UD.
Tlio snow lay ten feet
deep
l:i4S4 and 153 Inn winters were
very
seveie and cold. In Knglaml, the strongest
ale, exposed to the air in a glass, was cov
ered with ice one eighth of an inch thick.
In 1771 the Elbe, was frozen to the bot
tom. In 177fi the Danubo bore ice five feet
deep below Vienna. Vast numbers of the
featheied and tinny tribe perished.
The winters of 1774 nnd 1775 were un-
commonly severely. Tim Little Belt was
frozen over.
From 1800 to 1R1I also, the winters were
remarkably cold, particularly the latter, in
JUISSIH, V 111'
'
proved so disastrous lo' the
French army.
Fioai tlio Pitit.v llc-rol' t!ie Suit inst.
j M III 11 V AMI Hill; RAIL RUAD.
Last evening in the Chinese, Museum, a
mass meeting; was held to malum measuies
; I i secure early rnmmencemeiit and com
j pletinu of the fsunbuiy and Erie Hail Road
which is designed to connect Philadelphia
with Ihe lakes, and bring to it a poition of
the immense trade of thu vast inland
country K in- conliouons lo the lakes.
Mayor Gilpin called the meeting to older.
On motion of Wm. B. Reed, the following
ollicer's were chosen :
Puesidext
Geo. Georoe Cadwalader.
VlL'C PllESinENTS
Joslah Randall
Suiiiiol Rieck,
Henry Hole,
Tims. Ridgway,
M. L. Ilallowell,
Alg'u S. Robeits,
Ji.hu Tucker,
Jesse (Jodley,
Wm. 11. Hail,
Richard Rush,
John Giigg,
John B. Myers,
Richard D Wood,
Thos. P. Iloopes,
George Abbott,
Chailes Heebner,
James Magee,
Andrew M. Jones,
Robert Munis
Henry M. Walls,
Adam Diller,
John liaiul,
Jot. R. Fluiiigati,
Chailes Millet,
James II. thill,
Eli Garrison,
Thos. J. Vaughan,
M. Van Dnsen, Jr.
Sand. A. Mag.irgce,
John Ashlon, Jr.
j Joseph Jeanes,
Robert D. Cullen,
; Philip M. Pi ice,
j liLiijan.iii Kngler,
Faiuui'l C. Moiton,
j Jas. D. Wiielham,
' AIe.r. Cuiiimiugs,
J h i M. O-len,
S. II. Gillin-ham
J. W. Wninwiiht
P ter A. Keyser,
Geoigo G, West,
KCKKTAUItS.
Th is. S. Fernon,
('has J. Hid. lie,
Geo 1'oldin,
Thos. C'uven,
E. W. Rai'ey,
John. L. Taylor.
Win. V McKean,
Benj Ma i shall,
Geo. H. Hart,
Jacob I.. Goslpr,
Joseph A. Nunes,
Jos. R. Puxton,
John McCaules,
Geo. Powell.
The Chairman biielly alluded to Ihe nb
jecls of the meeting, and called upon Mr.
Job R Tyson to express some views upon
the subject.
Mr. Tsm rose to oiler the resolutions,
and, by way of preface, said no one can
doubt the advantages of the p'oposed road,
mid of its cniwtiuction over ihe Slale of
Pennsylvania being attended wilh lens ex
pense than any other road connecting with
On) lakes. He sp iko of the magnificent
results w hich would be achieved by the
cuiistiuplion of tlie road of its superior
I ic. tion us pioposed, and the admirable har
bor, of its lerniiuus upon Lake Eiie. The
load will cost about f 6 000,000.
This comparative Small cost for the con
s imntion of such 4 grand project he coniras
td with the vast expenditures of New
York ami Boston, in the making of a similar
toad. He urged lhat tbeie be no more de
lay in the construction of the road, and
showed the vast developement of the resour
ces of the country through which the road
would pass, as a necessary consequence of
the making of the road, tie showed what
would be its effect upon the town of Erie,
which would spring into renewed life.
The trade of the lakes was greater than all
the foreign commerce of the country. The
Pennsylvania Rail Road is hastening toward
completion, and the city of Pittsburg wiulj
maintain her favorable position; while, by
ihe contemp'ated road, the city of Erie
would be the seat commercial empire on the
great lakes. 'Bolli of these great roads
would build up the town of the Stale, en
rich the meicantile interests of Philadelphia
and shed additional glory upon tho Com
monwealth. Philadelphia would become
the commeicial metropolis of the world, and
the sous of her merchants bo the merchant
princes of the New World.
The resolutions, ns follows, were adop
ted :
Whereas, Tho trade of llie great Lakes,
at present equal to tho whole foieign enm
merco of the United Statps, is destined,
from the vast, luxi'iiant, and improving
countries which are dininpd by their
waters', to constant and indefinite enlarge
men! ;
And, whereas, a line of Railways from
Philadelphia, through 'ho State of Pennsyl
vania to Ihe city of Erie, would combine
the shortest possible route from the Lakes to
ihe Atlantic, with the best and most capa
cious harbor on their extended shores, and
enable this Metiopolis to appropriate the
chief portion nf tho opulent trado which
lies westward from the port of Erie ;
And, whereas, the hiuhest inducements
are offered for the extension of existing rail
ways to Lake Erie, in the cheapness of
such an undertaking, nnd the magnificent
wealth of those portions of our State, through
which it will pass ;
And, whereas, a Company is organised,
under a Charter which authorises a railway
fiom Sunburv to Eiie, and the strongest rea
sons exist with reference to the trade from
the West, the trade from the Lakes, and
Ihe trade from tho intermediate region, for
prompt and efficient action ;
And, whereas, a continuous chain cf rail
way to Lake Eiie, can be secured by the
expenditure of six millions of dollars, of
which ttt lea?! one-third is pledged, and will
no doubt be subscribed along the line of ihe
Road and in ihe County of Eiie ;
Therefore. Resolved, That this meeting
urgently recommend to the citizens of Phil
adelphia, to make subscriptions to tho stock
of the Sunbnry and Erie Rail Road Com
pany, to such an amount ns will enable tlio
corporation to place tho work under contract
without delay, so as lo complete a railway
connexion Irom Philadelphia to Lake Erie,
within the shottest possible period.
Resolved, That a Committee of 300 be
appointed by the Chairman of ihis meeting
to procure the necessary subscriptions fiom
persons and corporations In the city and
county of Philadelphia,
Resolved, That this meeting recommend
to the Snubury and Erin Rail Road Compa
ny Ihe procurement of a law which will
aulhoilZo them to pay interest on subscrip
tions, ami charge tho same to ihe cost of
construction, until so much of the road be
finished and in use ns will justify the de
claration of dividends fiom the piofits
thereof.
On motion of D. L. Miller, Jr., the olli
cers of the meeting were consideied part
of the Committee, of 300.
earm;st kiss.
This is the singular name of a singular
man, and one of tho most distinguished of
the Hungarian Generals who were taken
prisoneis and executed by Ihe Austrians in
tho late war. Tho following notice of him
is condensed from an interesting account of j
Hungarian Generals, published in a forei;
journal :
Earnest kiss was a wealthy proprietor,
owning twenty-three villntres, and was a
man of excessive peisnual elegance, ns well
as of chivalrio courage. He regulaily sent
his linen nil ihe way fiom Hungary lo Paris
lo be washed, nnd was in similar respects, it
D'Oisay ns well as a Bayard. His coolness
in dancer was remarakle ; and it is told of
him thai one day, wiihin reach of an Aus
trian battery, making an observation, he
ordered his sei'.' uit lo biing him a cup of
chocolate. A shot took it from hi band
and killed his Iioisj. 'Clumsy rascals!"
siidKiss, "they h ive upset my breakfast."
When lakei! out wilh three others to be shot
he was snpeibly dressed. The order was
grven to fiie, and his companions fell, while
he stood untouched. 'YotJ have forgolten
me," said Kiss, in his usual tone of voice.--The
corpoial of Ihe platoon stepped up ami
fired, and, the ball striking hint in thu fore
head, he fell dead without a struggle.
Railroad hirnovtMENT. Contracts, ihe
Lancaster L'nion says, have been closed be
tween the Lancaster and Harrisburg Railroad
Company, and lesponsible railroad builders,
fur the entire recoustiuction of ihe read from
Dillersville, one mile west of Lancaster, to
Harrisburg, A distance of 36 mile. The
new superstructure will be laid down upon
the bed of the old road, w hich will be raised
thereby about sixteen inches above its pre
sent level. The budges on ihe line aro to
be overhauled, and some of them rebuilt.
The woik is to be commenced forthwith, and
will be uigrd on to its final completion. The
road is to tie ballasted with broken stone its
whole length, nn I will be finished i i as good
and substantial a manner as any railroad in
the United Slates. When this improvement
is made, and the Columbia railroad shall be
stiaightened and relaid with new iron, Ihe
trip from Philadelphia to HarrUbuig', can be
made in three and a half hours, instead of
five horns, as at present.
One in sixteen of the entire population of
Eo.iuu tie prti,rori
KOSSUTH ASD LOl'IS NAPOLEON.
by the following extract of thesppech of
Kossuth at the Musical Fund Wall at Phila
delphia, he explains Ihe traitorious conduct
of Louis Napoleon the President of France
in the following terms :
It was reported In one distinguished organ
of the daily press, that the news of Louis
Napoleon's stroke fell liku a bomb-shell
upon me, and that tny movements will be
arrestpil by them. Now, I confidently state
that Ihis news, instead of arresting my
movements, can only have the effect lo
hasten them, to forward their aim. and irt
bring them in a much shorter lime to a
happy, at leaM to a speedier definitive de
cision : linn Ihe case wuuld have been wi'lh
out this intelligence ; nnd as to the bomb
shell, t really must decline the honor of
acknowledging lhat compliment.
1 fear, indeed, no harm from that bomb
shell, nnd not only that 1 feel neither
scathed nor stunned by Monsieur Napoleon
Bonaparte's sacrilegious blow aimed at the
very life of Republicanism in Francp, but
rather I take it for one of those providential
facts by which the very crime turns out
only to promote that just cause which it
was intended to suppress I could not be
como scathed or stunned by it, because it
was not unexpected by me. I have in New
York very often publicly and privately fore
told that every steamer may bring us tidings
of the outbreak, of the unavoidale crisis of
the European continent. The ambition of
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, pushed tin by
Russian and Austrian craft, will not await
Ihe day, but calls foilh the struggle at the
earliest lime. I had foretold this publicly,
and, indeed, lhere was no necessity to read
iu the stars, or to watch the (light of the
clouds in order lo foresee that event.
Lohis Napoleon Bonaparte has sufficiently
proved by his whole life, that his only aim
is to copy his uncle. In heroism 1 Oh
no. Iu intelligence 1 Oh, no ! Udf in the
ambition to wear an imperial crown. That
was clear to every man. I only was sur
prised to see that the French nation, one
single mwment was able to believe that
a pretender to a crown might become it
faithful republican, and to place Ihe whole
executive power of its unhappily centralized
republic in ihe hands of a man who so often
preved to bo nothing ebo than a mere pre
tender to royalty ; and what's more, irt
that deplorablo capacity, pretender to a
crown, not oven by the weak pretence of in
heritance, not even by tha ludicrous pretext
that his ancestors woie that crown, still less
by thu viituo of any conspicuous deed of
himself, but dimply because lhere was onco
a man, not his ancestor, but his uncle only,
who, ambitious as bold, laised, for a short
time, himself, and thought lo raise his
descendants to an imperial throne upon the)
murdered freedom of his fatherland.
A correspondent of the Reading Gazette
thus describes the notoiious yet attractive'
actress, Lola Montes:
Lola lives quietly in a private house, ill
the upper part of the city, and resolutely
refuses to see any one but Mr. Alarshall.
It would astonish you, to hear the names of
all the staid and sober gentlemen who have
fruitlessly endeavored to get an introduc
tion. A Governor of one of the New Eng
land States has been particularly urgent in
pressing his claims; and a distinguished
judge, of this city, offered Mr. Marshall
Jive hundred dollars down, for such an in
trodnction as would at once place him on
terms of cnatj intimacy with the Countess!
It is also currently reported, that a celebra
ted Ex-Governor of this State disguised
himself as a coachman, and crlled, one
evening last week at Lola's residence, to
oflcr his services iu lhat capacity, merely
to get one squint at her. I forbear, of
course, to mention the flames of these
highly respectable gentlemen, and others
who have shown themselves to be even
more impressible by female charms and
accomplishments, out of regard for the feel
ings ot their families.
I think, however, that these gentlemen
entertain erroneous opinions of the charac
ter of Lola Montes. She is, in my opinion,
a woman calculated to excite the mind
more than the heurt or physical affections
admiration more than love: In the
drawing foam she certainly looks like ai
magnificent, cold, powerful; self-willed
beauty;
The MonJioSs. A correspondent of the
Cleveland Democrat, writing from St. Jo
seph, Mo., Nov. 23d, says of the Mor
mons :
Wo expect a heavy emigration to leave
this country next spring for Oregon and!
California. Many families have already aN
rived to winter here.
The head of the Mormon Chore h has
ordered the Saints iu this country to assem
ble at Salt Lake by next year. There are
nt Ihis time at Kanesville, (lima) on the
Missouri, near twenty-live hundred, under
President Orson Hyde. You will remember
him ; he used to be a Campbellite preacher
in Borain . county. He is a remarkable man,,
and as much like Martin Van Buren in,
looks as he imitates him in wire-working..
None can excel him in suavity anil polite
ness. Ruling with an iron toeptre, be is at
once loved and feared.
He is making a fortune as proprie'er
newspaper.
Among the many striking things said by
Kossulh iu hi late speeches, was the follow
ing : ''Religion i a necessity to.exery hon
est and thinking man" a very sugoestive
remark, and, taken liberally, a profoundly
wis l,lf.