LETTER ttlOM JOHJI TLCKKIl Mq.
riULAbEUiu, Nov. 27, 1852.
Christopher Fallon, Esq,
President of the Sunbury and Erie R 11. Co.
Dear Sir .1 have your nolo of this mom.
lug, reminding me of my promise to give
you the views which have occurred to mo
with reference to the prospects of tho Sun
bury and Erio Railroad Co. 1 regret that 1
have not the time to work out the project as
fully as it would otherwise afford ma to do.
Tho impoitunce of the work may he
brought before the public in two distinct ns
peels; one with a view to demonstrate it
value to the trade and commerce of Phila
delphia, and the great enhancement in the
real estate in the City and County, and along
the line of tho road, which 1 believe, would
exceed materially, iho whole cost of the
work; and tho other, regarding it merely as
an investment for capitalists. Either in my
judgment, is sufliciont to justify tho imme
diate construction of the road, and when
combined they seem to be perfectly resist
less, and such as to induce all interests to
embark eagerly in the work of securing with,
ottt further delay, the immence advantages
it will unquestionably produce.
I regret that my time will not cnatlo mo
to trace tho progressof New Voik and Phila
delphia from tho period when the latter had
the ascendency in commerce ami pnpulation.
I think that it would appear tlint the change
in the position of the two ciiies is to be
greatly attributed to the early connection
which New York secured with the trade of
the Lakes, by her canal, and which has since
been perfected by her railroads. Tliegiowth
of the cities, towns and villages in Northern
New York, which has been greatly influen
ced by these facilities for transportation and
travel, has been most marvellous. I refrain
from the compaiison with Northern Pennsyl
vania, which is vastly richer in mineral and
agricultural wealth. But you do not desire,
I know, these generalities, but rather my
judgment upon those points which my expe
rience may be supposed to render it of value.
The city of Erie, in our own State, is ad
mitted to be the best harbor on the Lakes.
It is the proper point from which to base our
calculations, as here the various lines of rail
toad diverge with their different gauges, viz :
to Ohio, and the great West, with a gauge
of four feet ten inches, to New Yoik, with a
gauge of six feet, and to Philadelphia, (lor
in the argument I will assume tho Sunbury
and Erie Railroad to be made, and see what
it can do in the competition for the great
trade of the Ve6t,) with a continuous gauge
of four feet eight and a half inches.
I will now consider the advantages and
difficulties of these three main railroad routes
from Erie, eastward :
1st. The New York and Erie Route.
From Trie to Stale Line, feel ennri
Suite Line to Dunkirk, 4 feot 10 '
Puiikiik to Puff-riis, 6 "
Siineins to JerKey City. !y Pnttersnn,
now Union Rmd 6 feet gauge,
Jersey City lo Now York, by ferry,
10 miles.
Sr "
427 "
32 '
I ' "
' 507 mil's.
With three transhipments, viz: at Stale Line,
Duukiik and Jertey City.
2d. Buffalo and Albany Route :
Prom Krie to Slsre Line, feet jrnnce
Plate Line to Buffalo, 4 feet in
Bitflhlrf to Allinny, 4 " n
Alhiny to New York, (Hudson Rivet
Kaiiro.li,)
10 miles,
fin "
3-J-j '
"HI "
5rtn miles.
With three transhipments, viz: at Stale Line,
Buffalo and Albany.
3d. Sunbtiry and Erie Route:
From F.rie to '!iilinlelpliia 4 feet f
men paue, the enlne riistnnee,
Viz: from F.rie to Wjllininamirt, 211) mitei
" Williainsport to 'i'uina-
imi, no "
" Tammna t IMiilarta . 08
Or, from F.rie to Philadelphia, via Wit
lianiiport, thence down the Snnpie
hanna to ll.'irrisbtirf;. hy I I.irrift on ir
mirl LaucaMer anil Columbia Kail
ruad. Or, from F.iie to Ilarrifbnrr. a ntiorr,
liM mile.
437 mile.
and from thence to Philadelphia,
throush I! -ii,lniC hy the proposed
Lahniicn Valley road. 411 milea
The immence and decided superiority of
the Sunbury and Erio route over Iho others)
in consequence of ils freedom from the necessity
of frequent transhipments, will not tie suffi
ciently appreciated by those not familiar
with railroad traffic. A change of one ton
of merchandise from one car to another, is
about equal to the cost of transporting it for
fifty miles. This may be regarded by many
who have not reflected upon the subject, as
an exaggerated estimate, but it can readily
be verified. The cost of mero transporta
tion is from i lo i cents per ton per mile,
with ordinary gradients, and varying as the
grades are more or less farvorable, which for
SO miles is fiom 25 to 371 cents per Ion,
lou will readily perceive that ihe cost of j from a prompt prosecution of this work to
unloading one lou'of merchandise fiom a car, j completion, I cannot believe lhat they will
removing it to another and reloading it, can- longer remain indifferent to this great enter
not ba much less, and this independent of piise. I am, dear sir, very respectfully,
the olher considerations aiising from tho de
lay of lhe cam and of the meichandise, and
the damage to lhe la'.ter by iho more frequent
handling.
What Iheu is the distance, thus considered,
from Erie to the two great Atlantic cities
from F.rie toNew Ymk, vin the w yrk
and F.rie Ktirufmcl, MHnil itimane 5117 nulei.
i mice inuuiL'pujcmfl, at an mile
each,
1 jl
Tlittn. via he ArVuiy and Uuual j rune,
Add three traimhtpiueiiu.
I mi
From Erie to Philadelphia, via the Sunbury
and Erie, Caltawiasa, Litllo Schuylkill and
Heading Ksads, 428 miles.
It would seem to be unnecessary to pursue
tha comparison further, bul there are olher
important advantages to which 1 will briefly
allude.
The ascending and descending grades on
Che three routes are about as fulluws, viz :
New York and Erie, li 675 feet.
UulTaloaiid Albany, 11,200 "
Sunbury and Eiie, 8.560 "
These figure may slighily vary from ex
actness, bul not sufficiently to effect results.
If we assume the usual esti.uate lhat a
rise and fall of 60 feet is equal to one mile
of distance on a level, and introduce into the
calculation the equivalent of increased dis.
lance for each transhipment, we have the
comparative total distance, actual and equa
ted, as follows, viz :
New Yoik and Erie route, 868 miles.
Buffalo and Albany, 897 ."
Sunbury and Erie, 570 " -
Thus we sea thai in ocfuul and equal td dis
tant, ihe Sunbury and Erie route has an ad
vantage of 298 miles, which at the rates of
transportation, (about ll cents per ton per
mile,) usually required for moderate profits,
with a large, traffic, is equal to 84,60 per ton,
a saving of at least 30 hours In time.
t have made these comparisons, assuming
that the Cattawissa route would be adopted,
as 1 learn that this road will be completed at
once. It is comparatively immaterial wheth
er this line or the one to Harrisburg be se
lected, as the little increase of distance by
the latter in equalized by seperiur grades.
1 learn that apprehensions are entertained
by some, thai ihq trade may be diverted
from Philadelphia, nt Tamnqua, by the re
jected roa.l from Tamaqua to Eastern, and
thence to New York.
An investigation of this question will show
these results, viz.
Prom Erie In Willinmnport, I fcirf11 in
Stn ,nilf-a.
!iO "
SO "
trnnr,
Willimiup'irt M Tmnnqim,
do.
Tmntitiim to l'."f"ii, , .,
KnsMn t . New- Hrun.w i.-k, rl. miles.
Xw Brunswick to Jersey Lily, 1 ft. 11) in.,
Jersey C'iiy,
1 "
407
at New
With two tianshipments, viz:
Brunswick and New Jersey City,
Or, from llrir t" l'.nsln, 4 ft. t-J in. gaugn,
l:it'"n to IJizntictlijvirt,
I Jizutx-tliport tn New York by steamer,
H'XI miles,
(tt "
14 "
tat
Willi our trnnaliipment lit Kliznlirtliport
Thus it appears that the distance from Ta
maqna to New York is 138 miles, to which
is to bo a ided the transhipments, while from
the same point to Philadelphia, with infi-
nitely superior gradients, tho actual distance :
is but 98 miles, leaving 40 miles in favor or j past two weeks, auditing the financial al
the latter. I (airs of the count v.
This, you perceive, also shows the most
important fuel that tho Sunbury and Erie
route to iVfif York, is by these connections
much superior to either of the existing lines,
in the three important featuies of actual dis
tance, grades and the diminished number of
transhipments.
With the Sunbury and Erie Railroad, own
ed and controlled here, and with 40 miles ac
tual distance in our favor, surely our enterpri
sing fellow-citizens will not fear the compe
tition of New York, while to onr capitalists
the superiority of this route lo that city, over
all others, gives a secnrilv for results, int.
mensely profitable.
The loregoing statements have demonstra
ted the following facts, viz:
1st. The Sunbury and Erie route is the
shortest in actual distance between the Lakes
and the Atlantic.
2d. That it crosses the Allegheny moun
tains with better grades than any other line
now completed or projected.
3. That in equated distance (allowing fur
transhipment and rise and fall,) it exhibits
advantages which defy competition.
. It has been a matter of astonishment to
me, my dear si r, that Philadelphians have for
so long a time exhibited so much apathy
about this important work. The State of
New Yoik constructed the Canal from Buffalo
lo Albany, at a cost, to this lime, of 23,000.
000, and also made a gift os $5,000,000 to
the New York and Erie Railroad Company,
Iho completion of which enterprises and that
of the Albany and Buffalo line, has required
an investment of more lhan $70,000,000, and
still these woiks are among the most, if not
the most profitable, in Ihe country.
My time will not permit me, and it cannot
be necessary lo discuss at any length the im
portance of the trade, (now merely in ils in
fancy.) of these vast inland seas. It is well
known that even now, it annually equals in
value our national imports.
What, Ihen, is necescary to enable Phila
delphia to share largely this great trade?
Other capital and enterprise mainly, have
made or will make the lines of roads from
Philadelphia to Williamsport 188 miles,
leaving but 240 miles of road to be construct
ed (from Williamsport to Erie,) to give the
best outlet for this vas! commerce ever pro
jected. At Williamsport, we again meet
other capital and railroads, extending lo El
mira, ami Ihence lo Niagara, with a branch
to Sodus Bay and Oswego, on Lake Ontario;
thus opening to ns not only tho trade) of ihe
west, but of northern and western New York
All that is required to accomplish iheso great
purposes, I learn from you, is an investment
of only 9,000,000, (Wilh a single track,)
j which it has been clearly demonstrated will
be a most profitable one, witout reference to
the immense indirect advantages which
must inevitably accrue from it.
If our citizens can be made fully to under
stand ihe question and appreciate its impnit
ancc and tho manv advantages to be ilerivp.l
Your ob'l serv'l.
JOHN TUCKER.
DlVTHESSISO lk'llMSU Fl.UID ACCIDENT.
Last evening, a most distressing accident
; from the u.e of burning fluid, occured at
i Soulh Boston. Mr. Albert Buggee, who re
sides at No. Ill Fourth street, and had been
out during ihu evening with his wife, on a
.visit, on returning at about 10 o'clock, he
i t I . IT I 1
.. w mi nis coal, look a match and lighted
it, and then applied il to the wick of a glass
fluid lamp, which had been standing on Ihe
manlcl-pu.ee for several hours. Instantly a
evero explosion look place, throwinr- iho
burning 11JU,d over Mr. Buggee, completely
destroy ir,E hu shitt and vest, and shockingly
burning his head, face and broa,l. Dr. J."lL
Yoik was immediately called lo dress the
wounds, and on his airival found the skin
......ti...s .,, cmcua an over nis face and
breast. Every attention was paij to him
during Ihe night, although ha suffered a
good deal. This morning ha was easier
and i! is though' he will recover if he has
received no internal injuries. The top of
the lamp was screwed on tightly, and cau
tion was used in lighting Ihe lamp. The
lamp was left on the mantel over a brisk
fire, and the fluid became so heated as to
generate gas, which was ignited Ihe instant
the match was touched to ilia wick, causing
the explosion which followed. It is probable
that the wick was smaller than the tube,
thus giving vent to a current of gas from
the inside Boston Journal, Dec. 23.
: Transported for life,
ries happ.'y.
The man who mar-
SUNBURY AMERICAN AND SHAM0K1N JOURNAL.
TEE A1CEE.XCA1T.
SUNBURY.
ATI RIMY, JANUARY 1, IMS.
H. B. MAMEIt, Kitllor and Proprietor.
To AnvKKTiKRs. Tin; cirrnlution of the unbury
American nmotif tits ilifiVreiit towns on the Susquehanna
! notexceriled il eqimlled liynny paper published in North
em Pennsylvania.
KF" Printing Ink. -For sale for cash,
at this office, kegs ol 25, 20 and 12 pounds
each. Trice 25 cents per pound.
CF" Land Waruants. Persons having
Land Warrants for sale, can dispose of
them for cash, by applying at this office.
KF" Court will commence next Monday
at this place, to continue two weeks.
January Courts are generally well altended
when the roads are in good order.
K7The County Auditors, Reuben VV.
Zartmnn, J. II. Zimmerman and Martin
Withington, Esqrs. have been engaged the
C7Tlie Telegraph to Selinsgrove is now
in operation. The office is at the store of
J. G. L. Shindel. This will be a great
convenience to many of our Union county
friends.
07" The Table Moving ExrnttiMF.NT, has
excited considerable attention, in this piace,
the past week, and we believe almost in
every instance the experiment was attend
ed with success. A few evenings since,
while writing in our office, we heard the
moving of something like a table over the
floor in an adjoining building. We "called
in" and saw fourgentlemen with their hand?
on the table, the riht and left on each
other, accompanying the table then moving,
in a circuit on the floor. During the few
minutes we were in, the table moved
around, apparantly without any effort, at
least a half dozen limes. An article on our
frist page will explain the modus ojcrandi.
E7- Bounty Lands. We are indebted
to the Hon. Richard Brodhead of the Sen
ate for a copy of a bill introduced by him,
granting to all officers and soldiers, who
have been engaged in the military service
of the United States, one hundred and sixty
acres of land. Those who have received
less than 160 acres will be entitled lo an
additional amount, sufficient to make up
the 160 acres.
(fir i:t I.HANCH Hank. A quo war
ranto was issued last week by the Supreme '
Court, now in session at Philadelphia, sum- j
moning the West Branch Bank to appear
and show cause, by what authority the
Dank exercises the priviledges of banking.
This seems to be a proceeding from a mi
nority ol the Stockholders who wish to
force the Dank into liquidation or give them
23, or par value for their stock, whilst it
is in reality worth only about $20. The
n I. i .... .
uanK, we nave reason to Delieve, is in a
flourishing condition, and has been, of late
years, well managed.
7 The Board of Canal Commissioners
will meet at Ilarrisburg in a few days.
Mr. Hopkins, the newly elected member,
will not take his sent for several weeks.
The retiring Commissioner is John Gamble,
Esq., and it is but just to say lhat he has
been an able and energetic officer, and has
had few if any superiors in the office. Mr.
Hopkins, his successor, will make an excel
lent officer.
Ky" Mine ILli. Rail Road. That por
tion of the road from the Summit of the
Broad Mountain lo Coal Castle, a distance
of seven miles, was let on Saturday last. j
The six miles, from the Summit ol the Broad
Mountain to Ashland, was let some weeks
since, and a large force is now at work.
The road is to be completed by the 1st of
March, 1S5I. There are two stationary
plains on the north side of the Broad Moun.
tain. On the south side, the road ascends
the mountain, with a grade ol 81 feet to
the mile. Two plains on this side would
shorten the distance four miles. By in
creasing the distance, the plains on the
nonh side might be avoided. From Ash
land to Sunbury, there is a large force at
woik, under the contractors, Messrs. Mc-
Grann and Barry. For some of the above
facts we are indebted to a correspondent ol
the Miners Journal.
CO" The Rkadino Rail Road The
Reading Gazette says not a single passen
ger, in the passenger tars, has ever been
killed on this road, since it was first open
ed, eleven years ago. There are few bet
ter managed roads than the Reading road,
and few better Presidents than John Tucker
B7- John C. Neville, Esq., of Pottsville,
who was suspended from practise, a few
months since, by Judge Hegi,,,, has been
re-instated.
IC7" The citizens of Elroira look forward
with much anxiety to the construction nl
the Williamsport and Elmira road, and the
completiou of the North Branch Canal,
wDica will be opened for navigation in the
pnng. 1 hey anticipate a large increase
of business from these sources.
TUCKER AND THE SUNBl'RY AND
ERIE RAIL ROAD.
Our readers will find in another column,
a letter addressed by Mr. Tucker, President
of the Reading Railroad, to Christopher
Fallon, Esq., President of the Sunbury and
Erie road.on the importantance of therarly
completion of that road. Lik every thing
emanating from Mr. Tucker, on this sub
ject, it bears the impress of a strong and
practical mind. But there is one feature
in Mr. Tucker's letter, that we do not like.
We mean an apparent attempt to end the
Sunbury and Erie road at Williamsport,
and there connect with the Cattawissa road,
as the main road to Philadelphia. Also
his entire silence upon the. subject of the
rail road from Sunbury and Pottsville, the
whole of which is under contract and in
progressof construction. Mr. Tucker, it is
true, says that he has based his calculations
on the Cattawissa route, because he has
learned that this road will be completed at
once. Perhaps Mr. Tucker was not aware
that the Philadelphia and Sunbury road,
from Sunbury to Pottsville the Susque
hanna road from Sunbury to Harrisburg,
and the Sunbury and Erie road from Sun
bury to Williamsport, are all under con
tract, and will be finished before th'- Catta
wissa road can be completed, upon ubout
i0 miles of which, between Cattawissa and
Williamsport, nothing has yet been done.
Mr. Tucker further says, "that it is com
paratively immaterial whether this line or
the one to Harrisburg be selected, as the
little increase of distance (9 miles) by the
latter, is equalized by superior grades."
Now upon this subject we beg leave to
differ with Mr. Tucker, and think we can
prove by his own arguments, showing the
superioiity of the Sunbury and Erie road
over the New York and Erie road, that
.'here is a material difference. If we as
sume the fact stated by Mr. Tucker, (and
there can be no belter authority on the sub
ject) that "a rise and fall of sixty feet is
equal to a distance of one mile on the level,"
then there is a material difference in favor
of the route along the Susquehanna. For
instance :
Dintance from Willianinport to
latiimina, iu mm
Avenipe nscen'tin? nut! iV'tcemiing grade
3.1 icet per mile la
Fr.iin UairishurK to Sunbury an 1 Wit-
".?,M) feci.
liamspoit, 13 unlet.
Average asccilduiir mul rtcftccnriuig grade
U leel per mile m
ari) feet
Rife and fall in fnvr of the Susq. route
rune divided hv tiu
9W I feet.
4IJ 111 lea.
Thus it will be seen that in actual and
cnuated distance, the Susquehanna has an
advantage of 40 miles over the Catlawisia
route.
We have no desire to disparage the Cat
tawissa, or any other route. We should te
pleased to see them all completed, and be'
lieve they will' all betome profitable,
but
our object is to show lhat the Susquehanna
route, must and will become the Main ar-
'
terv. for the treat trade of the lakes.
XT Col. Tate of the Bloomsbur;; Demo-
crat says that a wild hog was captured in
that county a few weeks since.
The hoo-
had escaped from Cattawissa three years
since. The turshes, he says, were 6 inch
es long. What weapons of defence are
they Colonel !
E7 George M. Tottk.v, Esq., formerly
i an Engineer on the road between this place
MR.
and Shamokin, and well known here, is the ! require imtnuul labor; hence, lhe possibility
principal Engineer on the Panama Rail!l'f d7i,ed niaehiue-plongl. ; and
' , . , hence, inu rapid coming of lh.it good time
Road. A correspondent of the New York h,;n arduous manual toil will ahsoluttlj
Times speaks in high terms of Col. Totteu's
...
auiiiues arm uie (iimciiities ne nas mus tar
surmounted in this great enterprise.
Hotel keeping in New-Yoik seems
to be a most profitable business, with some,
at least. Mr. Monnot, of the New York
Hotel, is said to be making 30,000 a year,
and is now reputed to be worth $100,000.
Mr. Howard of the "Irving House" made
over $200,000 and retired from business-
f7"The Union county papers recom
mend Henry W. Crotzer's re-election as
C . .. 1 ' I . .
oergeani-ai-.'irms. i ne colonel made a
ood officer last session, and has many
friends.
cm a.
The following are the remarks of Gen.
Cass in thu U. S. Senate, on the subject of
the annexation of Cuba :
Mi. Cass followed, sustaining the views
advanced by Mr. Mason. It was, he said,
our manifest destiny lo go forward, and we
shall do so. We may talk as we will of per
fect immobility, but while we stand still, the
woiid is going on. He advocated, at some
length, lhe Monroe and Polk doctrine of non
interference by Euiopean powers in the af
fairs of the American continent. That doc
trine would be sustained, and the attempt lo
viuluto the principle of it, would be a ques
tion of war Ho was in favoi of tho pnr
chase of Cuba, at any time when it could
be accomplished leasonably ; but no transfer
of Ihe island, to any other power, under
any possible circumstances, could meet the
sanction of the Government of the United
Stales. He denied that he was any filibus
ter. He reprobated all these efforts lo pro
cure Cuba by foice. If Ihe people of Cuba
wauled lo throw oir I ha yoke of Spain, ihey
had his warmest sympathies, and the inde
pendence of the island would be gladly re
cognized by Ihe country whenever Ihey
might ba in a position lo make it proper.
The annexation of Cuba had no terrors for
him. He expressed the apprehensions lhal
had been entertained before the annexation
of Louisiana ; but all had vanished with the
consumation of the act. ft was well known
that we had a pretty spacious swallow wilh
reference to territorial acquisition. He was
willing now to wait and digest the last ao
quisition ; but he was also willing to receive
more as soon as we were leady.
Mr. Cass, continuing his remarks, inad
vertently advocated the Pacific Rail Road
project. There was no measure that would
so greatly tend to strengthen the bonds of
the nation as lhat. He commented severely
on the inconsistency of England, who ever
harping on Jonathan's thitst for territory,
was continually extending her own domin
ions by the power of the sword, in every
quarter. He cited the recent annexation of
Burmah, for tho sake of a debt of a paltry
hundred thousand pounds.
DECLINE of arAis
A Spanish paper gives the following ac
count of the decline of this once powerful
empire, whose possessions at one time ex
tended nearly over the whole globe. The
brightest gem in her crown, now left is
Cuba, which she will also be compelled to
part wilh, ere long.
The Spanish dominions once occupied an
eighth of Ihe known world. Our country
has been the greatest of ihe globe ; and, in
ihe days of ils splendor, neither the gigantic
empire of Alexander, nor the vastuess of
that of Ihe present Czar, could be compared
toil. The sun never set upon our country,
which contained 80,000 square leagues and
00,000,000 inhabitants. Of so much richness
ami power, we have losl more lhan Iwo-
thirds in a couple of centimes. In 15G5, we
ceded Malta to the Order of St. Johns ;
Franco afteowards look possession of il, and
ultimately the English. In 1G20, Louis XIII
incorporated Loner Navarro mid Beam wilh
Fiance. In 161!), our government recogni
zed the conquest of Rnnssillon, made by lhe
same monarch. In 1610, Portugal emanci
pated herself, with all her transatlantic pos
sessions. In 1581, we began losing the Ne
therlands ; in 1648, ihey made themselves
independent.
Tho English tonk from us, in 1656, the Is
land of I!.i i bailors ; in 1656, Jamaica :
1704, Gibraltar; 1718, the Luayas ; 1759,
Dominica ; 1797, Trinidad. In 1635, the
French made themselves masters of Domin
ica ; in 16.10, of Grenada : in 1665, of Gua-
daloupe. In 1697, we shared St. Domingo
wilh France ; in 1721, we lost our half. In
1790, wo abandoned Oian afler Ihe earth
quake. In 1791, we ceded onr rights over
Oran and Maz.ilquivir to Morocco. In 1713
we ceiled Sardinia to Ihe Duke of Savoy J
Padua, Plaeenlin, Lucca, and other distiicts
in the north of Italy, were ceded to princes
j of ihe reigning family. In 159, we lost
': Naples and Sicily, in consequence of the
j Infante Don Carlos selling them to occupy
tlto Spanish tlironp. In 1800, wo ceded
Louisiana lo France ; and in 1819, Florida
lo tho Ainei icaus ;. and lastly, the Soulh
American Colonies emancipated themselves
successfully fruui 1816 lu 1824.
cr.Kicssovs c.vi.oiiic r..r.i.t.
From the experiments lately made in
New York with the trial-boat Erricsson,
propelled by this newly-invented Engine,
1 ln''re 's hardly a doubt of its entire success.
if.. . ...Ml . .1 . .
i 11 l"e ""l'r"1(" P"y regarded
as one of ,he mosl important of the age,
! P'raps me greatest since itie invention of
! the Steamboat. Its introduction must ne-
l .,
sr"y supplant almost entirely the ar
plication of steam. The followi:i; are the
i advantages claimed lor the Caloric Lngine
as stated by the New York Home Journal .
1. The Caloric Engine bums about one
tenth as much fuel us a steam engine; henou
a caloric ship ol the largest size may riYctim
nui'igdc the hbe without stopping lo lake in
coal; hence, not a sail will be seen (in the
! oc( ai1 '" 1 1 1 ' )'.eal;s ar,er 1,10 ""-' "f the
wiM t,e a1I,.( ,oa thousand aits which now
! ct'a'i" ""(U,r Ulu "'
I 2 Iho cost of the Cf
Caloric Engine is about
Ihe samu as Ihe steam engine, minus the
cost of the buileis.
3 Only one fuuilh as many engine-men
will be required on board a Culoric-fhip as
aro necessary for a steamer.
4. Nu smoke whatever will issue from a
Caloric furnace when anthracite is used, and
consequently no huge, unsightly smoke-pipe
will be necessary, and iho tinging will bo as
clean ns lhat til a sailing ship.
5. There can be no bursting or col!apsin
of boileis, for the simple) reason that Iheie
will be no boilers to burst. The worst acci
dent that can happen lo a Caloric Engine it
fur it lo stop; nor is watchfulness impeiative
ly required, as in no case can a dangeiou!
accident occur.
6. Ow ing to the extiemo simplicity of thi
Calorie Engine, Ihe wear and tear will be
very el ii lit. and iho duration of the engine
proportionally long.
l.ATI It rilOM CALIFORNIA.
New York, Dec. 28th. The steamship
Undo Sam arrived bete, this evening, from
Aspiuwall, bringing dates from S.in Fran
cisco to the 1st inst., and over half a mil
lion dollars in gold dust. Shu also brings
200 passengers, who were brought down by
thu Cortes.
The latest election returns indicate thai
the majority for Pierce and King in the
State will teach 7000.
The annonncenieiit of tho death of Mr.
Webster was received at San Francisco on
lhe 20ih ult , and cast a deep gloom over the
city. Minute guns were fired, and the flags
were put at half mast.
Snow had fallen to the depth of fuur feet
in many places.
The burned district in Sacramento, had
been nearly rebuilt, including a large num
ber of fine brick buildings.
On the evening of the 4th inst., Acapulco
was visited by a terrible earthquake, by
which a number of the largest buildings in
the city were destroyed. The shocks con
linued up lo the departure of the steamer
Cortez. The glare from lhe burning mouiv
lain, though situated sixty miles back of Ac
apulco, was plainly visible on the 9ih.
Twenty buildings at Acapulco. valued at
8200,000, bad been almost entirely demol
ished. A very severe shock occurred on
lhe 8ih, and there were repeated shocks dur
ing the next day.
Immense. The editor of the Foit Smith
(Ark.) Herald has been presented with a po'
tato measuring thirty Iwo inches in circum
(erence, and weighing tun pound. Whew !
OKU. PIERCE AT HOME.
A correspondent of the Journal of Com
merce, writing from Concord, in alluding lo
Gen. Pierce, says :
I once heard him say in private conversa
tion, that he never woukl consent to De a
candidate even for the Presidency, if he
should be required lo go on an electioneer
ing tour and make speeches ; for the office
was entitled lo honor, and should not be de
graded in the eyes of the world.
Gen. Pierce, like Mr. Webster, has a deep
reverence for God and a sense of the vanity
of all woildly tilings without hi favor and
Ihe hopes of an immortal life. Many a lime
have I heard him expatiate with eloquence
and solemnity, in confidential intercourse, on
'-the vanity of man as mortal," and the
dignity and support which religion gives to
him in the conflicts of life, and at ils close.
Happening to meet wilh him at his ollice a
few days after his nomination, he remarked
wilh a seriousness and solemnity which
deeply affected me, that when Ihe news of
his nomination reached him, his first thought
rose up to God, and ho never fell the need
of his aid and guidance ns he did nl that mo
ment. I could not doubt his siuceiity, for
his earnestness and sensibility were such
as you could expect only in thu most reli
gious men.
During the canvass he has remained qui
etly at home, daily walking from his house
to his ollice, or else attending his business
in the Courls, or occasionally making an
excursion lo Ihe mountains and lake, or lo
the seaboard. With more gentlemanly dig
nity and exact propriety, he ceuld not have
borne himself. 1 met him on Ihe nunning
of election day, as tho cro vds in tow n and
over Iho country, from Iho Atlantic to the
Pacific, were hunying to deposit the vote
which decided their destiny. Hut he was
cheerful, colloquial, and courteous as ever,
and apparently the least interested in lhe
pioceedings of the day as any man 1 saw.
Before ten o'clock in the evening, the tele
graph wires brought thu results of Ihe day's
work lo Concord, when Gen. Pierce, whoso
office is near that of the telegraph, remarked
lhat he would wait for no fnither communi
cations, but return lo his family, as Mrs.
Pierce was ill.
Late the uevl forenoon hu was seen walk
ing coolly and back lo his ollice, as though
the nighi,s intelligence was nothing lo him
I met with him in tho afternoon in lhe street
icii a uesiiaiiry in taking ins nand ami
speaking to him ; for I have a natural awe of
man in high piisluins, and knew not how
much iho day's woik had done upon him ns
well as for h.m. Hut ho was himself stilh
show ing, it is line, a feeling of the honor his
countrymen had conferred upon him, but less
excitement and vanity (for there is none)
lhan ordiuuiy mortals in being elected to the
office of thinl selectman. I stood in the
presence of an individual elevated lo lhe
highest oniee in the gilt ol man. Lull 1 saw
only a man, an unassuming and courteous ci
lien, with whom I could talk as aforetime
:ljYi hil httmani ut!e nam ab Mo did I see, nor
I will vculuie to say, will any one see.
The Sunday follow ing the election, he ap
peared in his place in the house of God a
usual, and in lh afternoon waited dining the
acliiiini-tiaiioii of the communion sen ice, his
idy being an esteemed member of the Sou h
Congregational Church, and whose example
and inlliiencu in tho White House will not
fail lo merit and receive Ihe praise bestow ed
upon her most admired predecessors in lhe
same nign position inMni'' inle iscnce
ind a strnnn mind with dignity, grace and
every Chris'.ian virtue, she is sure to win
universal esteem, so lar as her delicate health
shall permit her lo mingle in society. It is
the liist time lhe daughter of a pansh pastor
had been elevated to this position. In the
evening, (u'lierul 1'ietce attended service m
he same house, w hen an address was deliv
ered in behalf of an important town charity
mission for the pour dining Ihe coming w in
ter. Such was Iho fiisl Sabbath of General
Pierce alter his election, and essentially
such, we trust and believe, the rest will be.
Death fuom Exposimik Stranok Dk.th
from i iiiiiiiT. t.aston, l'a., Dec. 22 A
nost distressing incident occurred near this
place this nioruitis. A man named Abra
ham Lirk, whilst proceeding at a late hour
n Tuesday night from Litllo York to this
place, was so overcome w ilh fatigue or other
causes, lhat he tell in ihe road, and was
found this morning in a dying condition,
from the effects of lhe exposure. He was
canied immediately to Iho farm-house of
Mr. Samuel Duckworth, where ho died in a
lew minutes alterwaid. Just as the man
had been received into iho house, iho wife
of the fanner, Mrs. Duckworth, came sud
denly into lhe room, and w as so shocked and
overcome by fright at the unexpected sight
of lhe unfortunate man, lhat she fell to the
floor and died almost instantly.
The Patkxt Office. In Iho report of
lhe Department of the Inleror, the Secretary
says lhe models in the Patent Ollice, by the
close of ihe present year, will be little short
of 23,000. The number in 1S36 was 1.000.
If ihey should continue to increase in this
proportion, making no allowance for the
augmentation consequent on ihe increase of
population, by the close of lhe present cen.
lury they will amount to 150,000, and the
whole of Ihe present Patent Office edifice
will not be sufficient for their convenient
display.
The Last of the Stuarts. It is undei
stood thai the nearest of kin to tho Stuarts,
now living, is the present King of Sardinia,
and lhat the last descendant in the district
line was Caidinal York, who died some years
since in Rome, and was inteired in the Vati
can, where a tomb is erected to his memory,
inscribed, "Henry IX, King of England." It
is said lhat George the IV, treated the Cardi
nal very generously, and paid him an annual
pension; and that the tomb which claims
for lha last of the Stuaits the title of King of
England, was paid for by George IV. This
fact is conclusive that tho Romish Church
has never acknow ledged the reigning family,
as it cannot be supposed that George IV,
conceded that Cardinal York was King of
England.
New Advertisements.
List of Letters
REMAI3IMQ lit THE POST OFFICE
at Northumberland, Dec 30, 1852.
A
Lawrence A. S.
Arley Algeline
Lear Effinper J.
M
M'Cormick Mary J.
Murry Carolina
Moyer Jud.
McCabe Andrew
Miller Thomas F.
Mathias John
Myers Daniel
Miller Jacob
Milton W V.
McAI'.ry Joseph
Alwell llosea Y.
B
Beatley Thos. C.
Baruhart Charles
Bruggen Benjamins
Brunges J. M. & M.
books Nilumon
Benjamino M. T. S
Barry Clay Wm.
eercstresser ?ml. A
Barrett John R.
C
Matildas felty
2 N
2 Nifler Lewis
R
Robnote Wrn.
2 Rich Francis P. '-
Claik Charles '
Clapp Samuel
V
Derring John A.
Davison Joseph L
Dengler Solomon
Duuoherty H. 11.
Dull Jas. J.
E
Elision John
F
Fleacher Elizabeth
a
Gross Franklin
Gollagher Barney
Gibsun John
II
Ilynes Jus.
Seiler Eliaa
Slum Albert
Saxton Samuel
Stokes George
Sweeney James
Sensliultz. Levi
Sallsman Anthony W.
T
Thompson Samuol
TJ
Union Division No. 338
w
Wikoff J. V.
Winchester J. J.
Warner George
Wilson Thos. or Jas.
Weaver Samuel
Weaver L. D.
Z
11 imer Chas.
Haley Jno.
Hiugher
r
Jenkins Jas.
Jury Jno.
L
Larside James
Zipperick Peter
MARGARET WF.IMER, P. M.
A Dili FT.
rTWIE subscriber hereby Rives nottco that hn
JL has, recently, tuken up oilrift, on lhe Sus
quehanna river, h lot of round pine saw los,
marled with varinus fijiiri'9 ami device. Tho
owners thereof, are rcqiUMte-l to conio forward,
prove nrop'-'rtv, piv clnrix an I tik tln;n awiy.
LEWIS LENHART.
.nnliury Ferry, t'niou county side.
January, 1, 1S!)3. St.
ELECTION.
Office of the rSusipielimina Railroad
Company.
UnriUhurfr, December 24, 1858. )
GENERAL nirclin? of tho Stockholders of
tin Company will be held n! their ollice in
this lipronj;li. on MONDAY the 10th of January
1K.;1, from 1 to ti o'clock P. M., to choose a Pres
ident and Iwclvc Directors for the ensuing year.
ROBERT S. HOLLINS,
January 1, 1S3j. -2t Secretary.
"WAIT TED.
VITA NTED. Pennsylvania lands from 100
to 30.000 acres for cash or trade in ex
change fur (Jil v property. Apply to
J. A. lit itDWIC K,
Krai Estate broker,
107 Walnut Street,
PhilaiVpliia, January I, 1853. 2m.
KRUPFS
Premium Essence of Codec
Mnrjt wp'11 pro-'
I iunK onr liroi by
UtfinK ivrupr I
t Otll'l!.
117 HY will man use that which is injurious to
his health, wi en K is willing; to give ull
his wealth to restore it when it is lost ! Strange !
that at least two thirds of the human family will
use ordinary CUE FEE knowing it to be injuri
ous to their health.
lirupp'i UMsciiceof Coflce
is. bevoiul doubt the best and most wholesome
preparation of fotUe in the world. Every house
keeper should have it. Try it unci be convinced
it will save about 00 pet relit, besi.lesyour health.
Warranted to render entire satisfaction.
Manufactured and lor sale by
ELI KIMTP,
C:59 North 3d stri ct Philadelphia.
N. U. All the principal (irnerrs and Drusgiits
have it for sale throughout the I niteil flairs.
For sale by the Aircut, II. 11. Masser, Sunliury.
January 1, I8r)3.0m.
ADMINISTATOE S NOTICE.
OTK'E is hereby Riven that Idlers of Ad
ministration on tho rstate uf Abraham
Itro, i.r.is. late of I'l'Mr Augusta township Nor
thumberland county, dee'd , have been granted
bv lhe Register of said county to the undersigned.
Therefore nil i.ersons indebted to said rslat will
discharge, the same, and tluse having demands
will present them to
Ul. IAS IlKlll-IUL?,
Administrator.
Sunbury, Doc. S5, 1852.-01.
lr as rjno jet. z: nu
A MEETIMO of the Stockholders of the
JjL Green Kidrge Improvement Company, will
be held at the Girard House, in the Cilv of Phila
delphia, on Saturday, January 8th 1653, at 10
o clock A. M.
C. W. CHURCHMAN,
President.
Philadelphia, Dec. 55, 1852. 3t.
Notice to Contractors.
1 PROPOSALS will be received at the Ofl'ice of
the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company, at
Williamsport, until sunset of the I3lh day of
January, 1853, for Grading and Bridging lhat
portion of their Road between Sunbury and
Williamsport, (about 42 miles.) This includes
some heavy work, and is worthy the allent on of
good contractors. Specifications, and any infor
mation desired, nmv be obtained from T. HAS
KINS DUPUY, Esq., Chief Engineer, at Iho
Olfii-c, ten davs previous to the dnv of letting.
j. Ii. & W. O. MOORHEAD,
Contractors.
December !5, 1 852. 3t.
Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company.
JHILAUELPHIA, Dec. Kith, 1852 A
second Instalment of tes uiillabs per
share, on the Stock of this I ompany, will be due
and payable on the 20th of January, A. D. 1853.
On these shares on which eleven dollars has been
paid, payment of nine dollars only wilt be requi
red. Payments mv be made to Williams & Wright,
Erie; the West II ranch Bank, Williamsport;
Dr. W. A. Irwin, Warren, or to the undersigned,
nt the Office of the Company, Girard buildings,
Third Street, below Chestnut.
CRAIG DIDDLE,
Treasu rr.
December 85, 1852 5L
ATTENTION,
DEW ART GUARDS it
V O V are commanded to meet in M ar
ket Squire, bunbury, on
SATURDAY, JANUARY, 1st, 1853,
at 9 o'clock, A. M., fully equipped for
drill. Each member to be preparad
with 12 rounds of blank cartridges.
By order of the Captain.
GEO. OLIPH A.VP, O. S.
Sunbury, Dec Si to2