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"SUN BURY AMERICAN AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL.
THE aVXntRY AND ERIE nAILItOAD.
Hobert Fu.ies, Fj , Chief En&nect Sunbury
and Erie Rail Road.
D.sa S :-ln Ih. r.Port of tb. Pres den
,nd Dir.cl.or. of .h. No.lh Western Railroad
Company recently published, lperce.'e U
..a.ed tl.t "lb. Sunbury nnd trie Road can
er be. competitor with .ho linear road
of which (he Nor.h Western is a part, for the
through trod, of the North West, hi. only
a few mile, shorter from I'himdolphia to Ilia
ahore. of Lake Krie, and it reaohc those
.hore. at a point nearly one hundred mile,
nearer New Yoik, and at a comparatively
unimportant city."
There observations are, it appears to mo,
ralvtilattv! to convey incoircct impiessinus,
and somewhat to pie jiulice our road in the
public mind in this city. '1 he very great
superiority of the Stiubury and Kiie Road
and it. co'nneclions over any of which tho
North Western can form part, for tho piiipnse
ol erialiling llnlailelpnia to reach tlm lake
either Ht E'ie or Cleveland, is a matter iibout
whieh nono who examine into it with im
partiality ran possibly doubli But na all
have not the wpurluriily lo refer t pn per
tources Of loforttiat itint and as the report rc
furred to in its comparison of distances most
tarefully! avoids any mention of the dis
tances from Philadelphia to cither Cleveland
or Erio by the Sunbury and L'.iie roud and
it connection, 1 would be obliged if you
would furnish me with such data as may be
sufficient lo correct the erroneous impressions
lhat may be pioducud by the report in ques
lion. Your, truly.
Christopher Fallon.
To Christopher Fallon, Esq , President oj
the Sunbury and Erie Rail Road.
Dkar Sin. Your letter directing my at
tention to the report of tho President and
Directors of the Northwestern Railroad Com
pany, has been received.
I observe lhat the President of the road is
impressed with the idea, that "however im
portant the Sunbury and Erio road may be,
to develope the resource, of the counties
through which it i. proposed to construct ii,
it can never be a competitor with the line of
short distance., giving it lh. character, at
on t, of a flrt-cla road, w hen in point of
alignment and grade., the Penn.ylvania can
only be set down a. a second class road
Indeed it i. currently reported, that for the
freighting business lh. Directors of the Penn
sylvania road seriously contemplate falling
back lo the old system of Inclined Planes, be
lieving it lo be more economics! than to be
obliged to contend against the heavy grade
fiom Alioona to the Summit !
An effort has also beeu made to create the
belief lhat the Sunbury nnd Erie road 'Uends
directly to New York." At Milton tho Cala-
w issa road branches off, passing through the
town of Danville, thence to Catawissa, and
connects with the Little Schuylvill, a branch
of the lic-iding road at Tamanua. From
Tamaqua to Philadelphia the distance is
ninety-eight miles, with a continuous de
scending grade. The distance fiom Tama
(ua lo E.ioton is sixty miles, and from Has
ten lo New Yoik seventy-eight miles, ma
king the whole distance, from Tumarpia lo
New York, one hundred nnd Ihirly-eight
miles; forty miles further from Tamaqua lo
New lork, Ihun lo Philadelphia.
From Milton the Sunbury and Erie read
extends to Sunbury, and there connects with
Ilia Susquehanna road and with ihe Philadel
phia and Sunbury load j both of which will
give additional facilities to Philadelphia for
the trade of the Sunbury and Erie road, so
that Philadelphia may have abundant oppor
tunity of controlling this trade if she will;
but if New York i. to make the road, New
York will ju.t as certainly control the trade
of it. Now how will the tendency of the
trade stand with the North Western nnd
Pennsylvania route, in comparison with the
Sunbury and Erie, if distance has any influ
ence upon its destination. From the point of
divergence of the Susquehanna road from the
Pennsylvania road (he distance to Baltimore
is ninety miles, and lo Philadelphia one
hundred and fourteen miles; giving Balli
more Ihe advantage in distance of twenty
four miles.
Those who impartially enquire into ihe
merit of the Sunbury and Erie road, cannot
road of which the North Western is a part, J(Jubl ,hal u ,he begl roule from )(J Uke,
for the through trade of the Noithwcst," and,
"to say the least, will not be a superior line
in point of engineering characteristics." We
will endeavor to show how far fuels will
sustain these assertions.
The Northwestern road is intended to con
nect with the Pennsylvania Central road at
Blairsville. From Cleveland to Wairen,
Ohio, the route is common to both tho
Northwestern and the Venango routes, and,
and the North West to the seaboard; a mute
in which Philadelphia has a deeper interest
than any other city, and which will, with ils
connections, give to Boston, New York and
Baltimore, the cheapest channel for trade
Had Philadelphia constructed the Sunbury
and Erie road at an eaily day, hei citizens
would not now blush at the idea of being
told lhat our great Commonwealth had a city
on one of the very best harbours on the
from Warren to Hidgway, where the Venango Lakes lhat was "comparatively an unimpor-
road is intended to connect with the Sunbury (ant c,7,( "
i
and Erie road, the alignment and grades of
the Venango are equal in all respects, I am
informed by those who should knew, to those
of the Northwestern to Blairsville
The distance is about twenty miles fuiiher
from Cleveland lo Ridgway. than from
Res pertlully, &c,
Robert Farii-.s,
Chief Engineer Sunbury and Erio Railroad
learn that a good line, by good and re
sponsible men, will ere Ion; run the whole
route, and that a packet line will also be
established by the tame individual., lo run
in connection with the Philadelphia and
Sunbury Railroad. The editor of the Pres.
ii equally at unfortunate in hi. assertion
that "the extra coachei Irom Shamokin to
Pottsvill. continued but two whole days."
The number of coaches between those
place, are often four, and never less than
three, and when the people become
thoroughly acquainted with the route, the
number will be increased. Toward, the
proprietors of the Packet boat w have
never entertained other feelings, than those
of friendship, and shall alway.be pleased
to hear ol their prosperity, but wr can as
sure them that their interest, can never be
promoted by such "appeals" to an intelli
gent community as appeared in the Inde
pendent Press at Williamsport.
THE EX TREASURERS AMD OURSELVES.
A short time previous to the late elec
tion, in referring to the different offices, we
spoke as follows in regard to County Trea'
surer :
"None but responsible men should be
elected to tins ullice. 1 lie dmiculnea wo
havenlieady hud, and the expenses of Spe
cial Auditors, costing the people $15U
should be a warning nut lo elect, in future,
every man who has the presumption to oiler
himself, fur the purpose of making a little
money ufT the public."
Unconscious ol having said anything
that could give offence to any, we were
not a little surprised to find that our neigh
bor of the Gazette had worked himself into
a towering passion, in consequence of the
publication ol the above paragraph in the
American, and which, in itself, dors not
contain a single syllable that is not war
ranted by the facts. The result of this
ebullition, is a long and labored article in
the Gazette, under the head of "Ex-Treasurers
and tlm American." in which thp
! editor uses a vast deal of fuss and fustian to
makser, EJUor nni Proprietor. show that neither himself or his nredeccs-
- -r-- - sor Were rogues or defaulters, but honest
To ADYKBTHF.ru -.Tlie circulntlnii of the Smihury j ' '
Americim m.nB the different towns oU the . 9iiiniiriinua ad honorable men, who had honestly and
iinolcxceeileilirequiittedliysnypnpCTpubtnlicdinNortfc honorably fulfilled their trust. Now some
" Pennsylvania. - I nnl. .,1,1 l l, ,n m-r.
I j'v ' m i v - IV U IIIWI V 1 1 V. V I1IUII V IJIj
j or in other words, more sensitive than dis
i creet, and this, we presume is the case with
our neighbor. lie should remember that
some things, though wholly inoccuous,
whir? in a state of repose, are exceedingly
' offensive when stirred un. The adminis-
Irsinn Wells, with numerous illustration., is uf ; . ' .
irauou ui me unsocial anuirs oi liie
Yeas Messrs Hart, Moore, O'Neil. Wright
and Forsyth.
Nay. Mes.r.. Crabb, Bryant, FlannigRn,
Goodwin, Hague, Hamilton, Meany, Piperi
Rubicam, Sergeant and Strong.
Mr. O'Neill moved that the further consid
eration of Ihe subject be postponed for the
present. This was lost, on the call of the
yens and nays, by exactly Ihe same vole as
on Ihe question on tho indefinite postpone
ment. Mr. Moore moved lhat Ihe subject be post
poned untill the next meeting of the next
meeting of the Coimly Board, w hich was ne
gatived. The question was Ihen taken on ihe mo.
tion of referring the subject to a committee
of five. Lost by a vole of 5 yeas, 1 1 nays.
Mr. Wright oflerud Ihe following:
Resolved that tho County Commissioners
bo and Ihe namo are hereby requested lo
furnish this Board with the iiinont subscribed
lo the Sunbury nnd Erie Railroad by the va
rious counties along the linn of tho raid roadi
together with the amount of such sub-scrip.
tious, withdrawn, and Ihe amount paid on
any or each of such subsciiplious, also Ihe
amount subscribed by individuals, and report
at the next meeting of the Board.
The resolutions was ogreed to by a voto of
9 yeas lo 7 naps.
A motion was now mado lo adjourn, which
was carried by the following 'vote yeas 9,
nays 7.
Tho boaid then adjourned to meet oil lh8
31st day of the present month.
I'BPCRIPTION TO THE SUNDtRT AND
ERIE RAILRORU.
We learn from the Philadelphia paper.
that two ol the County Commissioner, of
Philadelphia, had resolved on Monday
last, to make a county subscription of Two
million, of dollars, to the Sunbury and
Erie Railroad. The Commissioner, have
not the authority to make such a subscrip
tion alone, but require the concurrence of
County Board, which board is made up ol
the Senator, and members of Assembly, ol
the city and county. The Ledger and
some of the other papers, denounce the
proceeding, and say that the Commissioners
have no right to make such a subscription,
and that there was no necessity for it, as
the money could have been had at any
lime, from other sources, il a proper guar
antee was ci' en lor the management ol
the road. Mr. Smith, one ol the Coin'
missioners favorable to the subscription,
had just been elected. There was at the
late election, a pretty general break up ol
old parties, and who knows but this sub'
scription matter ha. had something to do
with it. We do not care whether the
city or county furnishes the money, but
something should be done, and that very
speedily, or else Philadelphia will lose
vastly by the delay, in the construction of
an improvement, which is more important
to her future prosperity than all her othei
contemplated rail road combined.
THE AlE?wICAlT.
SUNBUKY.
SAIL It DAY, OCTOBER US, l3.
II. U
EDITOR'S TABLE.
Business Notices.
Gonr.vs Laiiv's Ilonic for November is a
valuable number. It contains much that is use
ful na well as inlcrcstiii :. Tlio urti rle on A r-
Zy The slate of affairs between Turkey
and Russia looks very much like war. The
Turks are extremely anxious to have a
brush with the Russians, and i'. is with dif
ficulty they can be restrained. The Tur
kish Government is also inclined lo resent
the insult offered by Russia in the invasion
ol her teiritory. Russia has long been
wanting to get a foothold in the dominions
of Turkey, in order to increase her mari
time power. But Austria, France and
England are not willing to hazard a war,
which in the present state of affairs might
revolutionize kingdoms and give Ihe people
a supremacy lhat would make every petty
tyrant tremble on his throne.
Philadelphia. Oct. 18, 1853.
County Board. A Two Million Subsription
Cleveland lo Blairsville, and the" roule from to the Railroad. The County Board met yes-
Ridgway lo Philadelphia ubout twenty miles terday, pursuant lo adjournment,
further than from Blairsville, by the Penn- A Communication was received from the
.ylvauia road. Blairsvillo is one thousand County Commissioners, asking the County
and eighteen feet above tide, and the sum- Board to concur with thorn in ths subscription
mil of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at the lo 20,000 shares of the stock of tho Sunbury
western end of the Alleghany tunnel, two and Erie Railroad Company.
thousand one hundred and fiffy feet above Mr. Flanigen moved that it be referred to
tide ; or eleven hundred and thirty-two feel a special commitlce of five, to report at the
itself worth the price of the luck.
The New York Illvhtr iTr.n News continues
its illustrations of the Crystal Palare, besides'
other engravings of merit. The News is deser
vedly a most popular publication.
Tnt jtKS, Valisks & nurrxi.n Ruiif.s. Our
neighbor O. W. Stroll has just received an asuort
ment of tho n'oovc, in addition to his former stork.
er and finest description, of iron i. where
fuel is dearest, viz : in the Ea.'.orn States,
where the pig metal is purchased from Bal
timore and Pennsylvania, and transported
with the coal, hundreds of miles, and then
manufactured into the most costly articles,
and Ihen, with '.he accumulated cost of trans
porting the coal and iron, teturned lo be sold
in the city, from which both were transpor
ted. More money, it is believed, has been
paid in this way in freights than Ihe entire
difference of labor between this country nnd
England. These establishments should all
be located upon the same spot, and under
the same roofs; and it becomes B.illimorean.
to turn their attention to the subject.
The prosperity, Ihe commercial and man
ufacturing power, of Great Britain, is attnbu
led by her most eminent political economists
to her enormous consumption of coal. In
like manner, the business capacity of oilies
and towns, on this continent, advantageously
located, as is Baltimore will be indicated
throuuh her traffic either lor home use or
shipment in ihe article. Baltimore's posi
tion is such "as to become as laige a coal
market as anv other in tlm Union." Let a
wise, liberal, and expansive policy bo perse
vered in, overlooking geographical liiie.-, en.
couraging that which adds to her wealth, as
well as that of ihe nation, and no limits can
well bo fixed for the extent of her participa
tion in this trade. The city is at present the
enlrepot of our own extensive coal deponites
which by Ihe way, find employment
uses lhat Anthracite is unsuited lo and will
likewise, be mado Ihe depot, as soon as the
Susquehanna Railroad to Sunbury is complc
led, of a large portion of the production of
the region from which iho specimens alluded
to were taken. In fact, there is well grouu
ded reason for believin'' that our mpnly of
Anthracite will hereafter have to come fiom
the middle region, nnd Ihe operations lower
down ihe Susquehanna, altogether, instead o'
fiom tho Northern or Wyoming Coal fields,
some AO or 60 miles higher up the liver.
Tho coal lioin that region will now find on
outlet to the Lakes, at higher prices, through
tho North Branch of the Pennsylvania Canal,
which has just been completed, than can Lo
got in this maiket.
It may not be out of place to mention here,
lhat in anticipation of a largely increased
trade, the Dulllmuiu ai d Susquehanna Rail
road Company procured an act of the Mary
land Legislature lasl winter, to authoiise Ihe
construction of a railway from llieir present
southern terminus to Canton, for the purposu
of shipping coal the same as at Richmond on
Ihe Delaware. That iH'int utl'uid Ihe best
Baltimore Market.
Oct. 18 1853'.
GRAIN. The Grain market continues in
active, and a considerable portion of the pai
cel. offered at Ihe Corn and Flour Eschanga
this morning were taken away unsold, hold
er not being willing to submit to a decline
hi prioes, and buyers not disposed to operate
at presont rate, without advice, from Europe.
All parties seem inclined to wail Ihe arrivar
of Ihe steamer befoie making further opera
tions. ADunt iu,uuu Dusiieis ol Wheat were
at market Ihis morning, and Mies of some
parcels were made at Ihe figures of yester'
day. Thero were also about 13,000 buihel
of Corn offered. We nolo sales of while at
77a78 cts; for yellow 78cts. was offered and
reTused; it was generally held at 60 cents,
but no sale, look place. 'We quol Pennsyl
vania Rye at 91 cents, ami Markland and
Viiginiu do. at 75:i77 cents. Sales of prima
Maryland and Virginia Oats look place at 42
B.44 cents, and of inferor parcels do. at 38a40
cents.
WHISKEY --Thi market continues rather
inactive. Sales of bbls continue lo be made
at 31ii32 cents, and ol hhds. at 30a31 cent.
SUMJUIIY PltlCE CUUIIEXT
Wheat. 112
Ktf.. . 7,
Co as'. . C'J
Oats. 40
PoTATur.s, . ft(
Bcttkh. - J(
Kons. - 12
I'OIIK. ...
Flaxskkh. - . . -125
Tallow. j . o
Hkkswax - . aft
Hkcklki) Flax. - i
New Advertisements.
Erl.SCOI'AI, SERVICE
The hour of divine Service lo morrow will
o'clcek, P. M., instead ot 3i as already
announced.
fV r1 t ..... ".f. ..:T.' P.ll-l'iMlO In v! n.
next meelinc of the Board.
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Mr. Wright moved lhat the subject be UM "arrant, tor saie, can oppose oi
them lor cash, by applying at this otttce.
above Blairsville. The gtade of the Sunbury
and Erie Railroad, at Ridgwaj'j is one thou
sand three hundred feet ubove tide, and the postponed indefinitely.
main summit of the road one thousand .even Mr. Flanigen hoped that the motion to
hundred and sixty-six feet above tide, or four postpone would not prevail. The subject
hundred and sixty-six feet above Ridgvray ; was an important one; much has been said
which is overcame with a grade oi iwcniy about the subscription, ami he thought it a
(ix feel per mile, with Ihe exception of uhject worthy of attention
about four miles next the summit, where Mr. Wright contended lhat it came before
our maxium grade of fifty-two and eighf Lhe Board and abruptly without any notice, to the Susqnehaana Boat Company adver
lehth. feet per mile i. adopted. and to be on the late sule, it would be belle, j tisin"- their route a. the quickest to the
On the eastern .lope ol Ihe mountain our lo postpone tne ma.ier. . w) n fac their owr show;
- - -
they are 17 hour, going from Northumber
land to Philadelphia, while the time occu-
THE RIVAL HOITKSTO PHILADELPHIA.
A few weeks since we look occasion to
say something to the travelling puhiic, un
der the head ol "Rival Routes to Philadel
phia," and made tome comments in regard
trade is carried for about cmht Mr. t lanigeu thought the subject a most
miles, and fall, nil in the next six mile, important one, and worthy of the serious con
r r. .... fool in lutvntr.Aii r..pt iwr alteration ol the member, ol the Hoard.
nu... i ,- - , , . , . p. ., , .
it. Nr.,. for ihe facts in relal on lo ihe Mr. Moore thought that alll ihe licht had t'u "c "u,v v3 ""-'
Pennsylvania road, which forms a part of the been thrown upon Ihe subject that could be. phia and Sunbury rail road and Pottsville,
route of the North Western road to Philadel- He was opposed lo ihe subscription for vari- is only 12 j hours. We stated a few plain
phia. nns reasons, which he gave. The principal and simple facts, to which no gentleman
From Johnstown to the fcummii, me renn- were lhat ihe l raasury oi me county was could take any exceptions. Butthisworld
. i - . .i . .1 -i ; 1 1 1
ylvania Koau, lor nearly iwen.y mi.es o. empiy ; mat .no ra.,roau win never prooaoiy ; t , fc , Rfn,em(.n nor
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the UlStance, nas a graue oi uny-iwo aim i reacu i iiii.uii-ijhiiu , ami niai nicy nau uo
eight-tenth, feet per mile; and, from the assurance that the money would be appropri
Summit, descending to Altoona, ten miles of ated to Iho building of the road. He had his
a conlinuou. grade of ninety-five feet per doubts whether the county has Ihe right to
mile ; overcoming one thousand three hun- subscribe ; and even if u was settled he did
dred and ihirly-two feet more rise and fall not know lhat he would like lo invest any of tide in the "Independent Press," published
than ha. lobe overcome in ihe samo dis- the county funds, because he still had doubis I m W illiainsport, by a Mr. J. W. Barrett,
tanceon the Sunbury and Erie road, from whether the money would be oppropriated Jn reply to the article above alluded to.
from Ridgway, east ; and in point of curva. propeiiy. jlaj ,(, eji(or disprove,) a singe statement
lir. 1'ieuoy mob iotui ui iiis.ui" n direct , .1 1 , i- . .
. ... I. L 1 1 , . we rrade, there might be some slight excuse
vote on Ihe subject. Ha had already made . . . "
un his mind to favor Ihe subscription, and he for hu ituperation and abuse of every
believed lhat every member was ready lodo lhinS connected with this place. But this
ihe same. He therefore hoped lhat it would wafc not his object or his task. He had
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greater, in fact, the'alignment and grades of UD - - i.ocn oeen procure.! tor anoiner purpose, ana
the Sunbury and Erie, audNenango roule,
is every biped in breeches to be considered
as such, even though chance may have
placed him, tor a time, in the chair editorial.
These remaks have been induced by an ar-
lure, is much interior to tne sunenry aim
Eiie. To equalize the distance between
Cleveland and Philadelphia, the Sunbury
and Eiie would unquestionably be the short
est, and ihe capacity of the road much
1 -
County for a number of years past, to say
the very least can never be made to re
dound to the credit of the officers, anil we
say this without intending to impute any
improper motive, to any one We have
no desire to rake up these unpleasant remi
niscences, but if the Ex-Treasurer, deter
mine upon a resurrection of this matter,
by a war upon us, let them say so. II
apparitions should suddenly rise up, lik0
Brnquos ghost, unbidden at the feast, "thou
canst not say I did it."
Had not our motive, been attacked and
ourselves grossly misrepresented, we should
even now suffer the veil of oblivion to
cover the whole transaction. Viewing Ihe
matter in it. most favorable light, it kliowi
that our Treasurer did not understand hi.
own accounts. The fact that he offered to
pay the Stile Treasurer a sum of money,
which he refused to receive, because it
was not due the Slate is ol itself su flicient
evidence of our assertion. Had the County
Treasurer understood hi. business as well
as the state officer, he never would have
offered to pay it where it did not belong.
We do not think the cause of Mr. Ditcher
was either "advanced" or retarded by our
remarks, so far as the support of those con
nected with the Gazette is concerned.
We never had but one opinion on that
subject. In conclusion we would advise
the editors of the Gazette to study the moral
ol the table of the unfortunate Irog, unless
a similar calami! v might befall them. The
tinier, we understand, ha. adopted Pick
wick for hi. model and hi. study. This
fact will, perhaps, account for some of the
strange conclusions, as well as the rhapso
dies and (altar it-s which frequently appear
in the Gazette, as no doubt much ol it is to
be understood in a Pickwickian tense, if
understood at all.
1X7" The Stages have been taken off the
North Branch Line, and the mail is now
carried in a Packet Boat, daily. The Dan
ville Stages now connect with the Cars of j water tu be found in the Baltimore haibor
the Philadelphia and Sunbury Railroad at Tho fad of the fiigate Constellation, or the
Rtf?d. ' K'ivyi having been built iheie, is evidence
'. that il is well adapted to vessels of ihe ful
OI R ( OALO i:IIIRiriOM AT HALTIMORE. ' class. A coal depot lit lhat point would pos
sets every facility iicccssuiy lo Ihe most ex
tensive coal trade diiecled to any poition of
the Atlantic coast quite equal, if not supe
noi, to lhat of Philadelphia, inasmuch as Ihe
Chesapeake Bay is n more open water than
tho Dclawaie, and with readier access fiom
the sea
I When our comninnicuiious with the coal
depots on the Susquehanna are completed,
sensible of the lact, that it is to this region i Baltimore must speedily become a very mi
lhat Baltimore must look for a large supply I porlnnl entrepot lor the Pennsylvania coal
olher fuel. Hi estimale that we will ' "' The ex.en! of .his Hade i. is sea-cely
now possible to cxtimaie for the loture, bu
judging from the extensive preparations of
Ihe well organized companies in the middle
We are happy to lay before our readers
the following article, from lhat excellent
paper, Ihe Baltimore Tulriof, relative to
the coal ol this rejon, specimens of which
were deposited in the Fair of the Mary
land institute. The editor of the Patriot,
it will be seen, is nnt only acquainted with
the superior quality of our coal, but is fully
i. vastly superior to that of the 'ruling grades'
on Ihe Pennsylvania road, west of the Alio
ghany mountain ; and in addition lo Ihis su
periorily, the line of the road, in place of
being perched some six or eight hundred
feel above the valley of ihe stream, on the
very brow of precipices, (a. is Ihe case with
the Pennsylvar ia Road, in overcoming '.he
Eastern slope of the mountain,) foduws the
lats along the stream, and, almost imper
icepiibly, reaches the main summit w ithout
MMire lo any abrupt declivity. This fa
aiM feature in the Sunbury and Erie
Road, aione, will giv. it a character for safe
ty to tk trivelling community, beyond any
olher reaii leading lo the lakes and the great
west. A. a grand trunk line it cannot but
be viewed as lite most important rond now
lo be constructed for the mutual advantage
of all tU northern jue on ihe seaboard, and
o uone more so than Usetsity of Philadelphia
The report if ihe President and Director,
f the Nona Western tload, also endeavor,
to convey the idea, lfat lU distance Horn
the Cily of Phil.delia to onT ,
few mile, shorter than ihtiir ruu CU.e
laod." The triistalaof the cat i. this,
nd I auert it without lha fear of contradic
tion, that (tie distance to Erie i. nearly
, ana tnal instead of hiving grade
f nearly one hundred feet per mile ) aver-
lh """"a ' of the Sunbury
-.. lurougnuut it. who Louth.
"Wtxcd fifly.tb... f,, .Bd ,imt but for
but lhat the vote bj taken on the subject at did not permit any mawkish sentiment, of
OllCe. I -.Ii.!., -nit lticti0 In inlrf'.iri. U'ilK ttia VA-
" " " I v .w-
catiou. Why this place has excited Ihe
Mr Hart favoied the indefinite postpone
llieill 111 1110 wiii'i' v.- I . , T 1 I L
m r w,i.M Jams..! the subiect postponed. nv' J'"1.-, . manifested by
lhat the matter might be ives.igaied-it we of our neighboring towns, we cannot
was but ti 'ht that it should be known how imagine. W e have always endeavored lo
the sunn of money aie lo be distributed for the cultivate good feeling, and friendship with
securing of this subscription. A former Pre- all, and it is, perhaps, unjust lo say that the
ident of the Company had confessed lhat he intelligent and respectable should be held
was to get ?G0,000 for obtaining ihe .uDscrip. rest,onsibe or the acts of every adventurer
tion from ihe cily of Philadelphia ond the wfa( ;,,, hii niiB5ion lo be one 0f in.
probability was, that at least mat amount llrucl;on
was to ue jm.a .u, - q .f
COliHt I . m .iuri a trTM i tntirifiinmpnt than
xt. ,rn,, .i,l. thai f the member, knew '" t
a ui.. LA a.si-iuIIiI tit iiilnm tulii-tli liierht
if any improper inlluence. nau oeen useo, n -to uc t-v....,..- -
wa. their duty lo expose them, anc to now imprisonment amiu uip uwimi "' ""
uo ihe men to the corn ami contempt oi me 0 sunbury," lie win oe more iucy uiaii
community It vra. not right lo make such gome 0 his neighbors think he deserve, to
charee. if they weie mere rumor.. For hi r nd we can also inlorm him that Mr.
part, he wa. in favor of Ihe road, and tnougtu yeavi.r at whose house the new line of
ih County houId make it ; but n wa un-1 ue stop vid hardly Ceem it a com
willing to give hi Mncl.011 10 It w.tuou. pro- q hU u g we
pe, control over in. .uD.cr,p.01.. . W:n;.msoor, Tbe
Mr. Crabb opposed the indefinite po.lpone- I ... .
rn.nl of h. snt.iee.1. He thioucht it would COUOr Ol 111 ii u.v...6v
be diastrou to the Commissioaer. so lo do. the new line of stages, from Sunbury to
If there had been corrupt mean used to ob- Williamsport ba. been withdrawn, leaving
.am legislation, it should be exposed Mr- the Packet undisputed possession ot the
v-raoo am not relieve mere wa. any attempt routt flot fMt neighbor! ouly por
'"!gL"m:r a. . tion of the lin. ha. been discontinued, and
" t ".. mmm turn it nicu V) 111 IUUO 1 .. J -4
finiurK).inonBm.m. ..t ... .., h ,. that only temporarily. Our friend, at
of a yea and 1 1 nay a follew.: Williamsport, we know, will be laa to
E7" Our Coal at Tne Crystal Palace.
On our first page will be found an ac
count of the different specimen, of coal at
the Crystal Palace exhibition in New York,
together, with an interesting account of
the extent, capacity, &.C. of the different
collieries ol the Shamokin coal region,
which we copy from the New York Her
ald. The article, contain much useful
statistical information, and i. well worth
preserving. There are few persons who
are aware of the immense wealth that lie.
imbedded in our mountains. Another
year will present a scene of industry and
system ol improvement, in our coal region,
that will astonish many who are not aware
of the extensive preparation, now quietly
making, in tbe different new collieries now
opening, for an extensive business next
season.
nv" Joseph R. Priettley, Esq., of North
umberland, in company with hi. wife, re
turned on Wednesday evening list in the
can, from a vi.it to England. They arri
ved in the steamer Atlantic, in New York,
on Sunday last. Ne man in tbi. neighbor
bood, could receive a more cordial "wel
come borne" than Mr. PrirttUy.
ZJ Tht country i suffering for want of
raia, and the mills are nearly all dry.
ship to that city alone one million tons, nu ,
the completion of the improvements in
course of construction, is not out of the
way
COALS AT THE MARYLAND INSTI
TUTE. Among the finest specimens of coal on ex
hibition lit the fair of the Mary land Institute,
now open, are suveial from Ihe Middle
Aulhiacite Region of Pennsylvania. They
are from the l.tndsif the improvement com
panies of lhat region, and present a fair ave
rage of Ihe quality of .heir coal. Professor
Hlake, of lioMon, who analyzed samples of it
for Ihe Locus. Mountain Company, say he
ha no hesitation in pronouncing it, in value,
unsurpassed by any coal of '.he same class,
with which hu is acquainted, pai.iculaily for
the mnuufac.iiie of iron anil household uses.
According lo the test of the Professor, (his
coal was found in bo fieer lioin impurities
than (he best aulhiacite sent to maiket. It
contained of
Cniiibiisiible matter, as much as 00.77
And of earthly mailer only 3.23
100 00
1. is well known that purity in the fuel is
a most important element nf economy in lhe
process ol iron smelting. A difference of
only 5 or 7 per cent in the quantity of earth.
ly mailer in two coals, Professor Rogeis.
Stale Geologist of Pennsylvania, consider
the source of serious difference in the final
cost which they involve. Not only must an
extra amount of coal be introduced into the
furnace lo supply Ihe deficiency caused by
the additional impurities, but a still further
portion is needed lo melt the excess of Ashes
in the whole body of the fuel. The increas
ed quantity of earthy matter difficult of
fusion, thus supplied, call for a proportionate
increase in the limestone or flux, which itself
again exalts a certain amount of fuel lo melt
it with the additional ashe. Thus from the
one cause we require lo make a triple aug
mentation lo Ihe fuel. If Ihe ore employeda
be of a fair degree of purilv, the surplus
foreign matter, ashe and flux together,
made l litis to burthen ihe furnace, will ex
ceed 5 or 6 per cent, of Ihe total amount of
earthy matter originally there, and we
therefore perceive lhat a seemingly trivial
difference in the coals may prove a really
imooitant difference in Ihe result. The
quality of the extraneous mailer in Ihe coal
ha even a greater influence than the quan
tity, upon the fitness of a fuel for lha purpose
of smelling, lu thi respect, too, the Anthra
cite in question, il it id, is peculiarly free
from all suk.tance of a hurtful kind. For
slov use, and domestic purpose, generally,
a well a. for generating .team, the coal of
thi. region also stand equal to lha best An
thracite of other Pennsylvania coal field.
In connexion with thi. view of the Coal of
the Middle Anthracite region, we may with
propriety make use of a remark, before
brought to tha notice of Bahimoraati, that in
this country, a. yet, tbe most extensive
manufactories for the fabrication of Ihe high-
LOOXC HERB!!
fTMIE subscriber respectfully informs his friends
and the public, that hi)' lias just recciJ in
addition lo his Block of Harness and Kadlery, a
sujijily of
TRUNKS, VALISES.
SPANISH SADDLES, liL FFAUI.O i:nilKN
ylnd" lloise RlanLets,
all of which ho will dispone of on the most rra
soliulily terms at his cMaMUIiincnt in .Xuiiliury
CKDISUE W. STROM.
Sunbury Oct. S2, lb53 It.
List of Jurors,
r iNoitbumbeiiand County, fur .Novem
ber Teim, A. D, 1853. "
(r:tiii .itiror.
Stxui-iir. John V. M.irtiii, Wm. Maitin.
'NoKTIIl.llliKIILAM). Will Fins) ih.
Milton. John Klnpp, Nilomon Eshbaclt.
Dki.awark. liei.j. limb, Jacob Scaiec,
Jonas Fox.
C'liiLiMji AruT.. Tunis Flier.
Point Cliailes Talk.
Shamokin --Ceoige Keller. John Kuukel.
I'ri-ut Ai'ijcta. Jonas Fiy.
Lowc.ii Acccvta. Peter Kerz.
Jackson. Daniel HilibUh, Esq., jTeuben
W. Z.irtmuu.
Lower Mauanhv. George Einerick, juii.,
Samuel Youni!, Michael Riiii,.)..
Ui'i'i: Mahanov Jacob Kaufman.
JoliDAS. Henry llaiter
TRAVERSE JURORS.
SusBcnv. Clmiles Gubin, Henry V. Simp
son, II. D Whuiiuii.
NoKTia'.MiiLni.AM). John Wheatley, M.
J D. Wiihiiigloti, J unci, Catkins, Samuel G.
Mans.
Milton Bertram Gaibrailh, Chaile
Dolts, Ureal Kepler, Joseph Ibwemlnblcr.
Dki.awakk - H. C. llaiiranll, Samuel
Lourie, Jauie Eveiitl. Geoiye Pipei, J ('.
Ileiuey, Aaio.i Milliard, Win. liwm, J nob
Slitzel.
Lkwis. I! d.erl Ua-kiu, John Hammond,
Jonas Tweed, Jacob Mem.'!-
Chilisucaiji-k (Jeorye Frederick, Dennis
Buoy
Point. A. Gibbons, Gilto il Vaiulliiiif.
Ui'pf.r A it. c st a Samtu-1 Kejluiid, Inane
region, we are led tu tMlicve unit n win
reach, in less than two years, ouo million
Ions. This will not seem impossible, when
we state lhat llioie are now some 20 collier
ies in course of roiistinction, or completed,
with a run of some SO inexhaustible veins of
iho besl coal ; aggregating a thickness of 508
feel. At all events, whatever may be the
tonnage, we can certainly use oi ship all
that is sent lo us.
lUtlRKIlllU., Oct. IS
Sfriite for the Ten Hour System. Tho
woikman at Ihe Colton Factory hi this city,
si ruck this afternoon lor the ten hour system.
The operatives ate now assembled in the
maikut-house, where several addiesse. are
being delivered. The Boaid of Directors
have proposed eleven houis uud if that is nut
accepted, the Mill will be stopped.
IIariusiickc, Oct. 13
7'AaiiJtigiriiig Day in Pennsylvania Cov
ering Bigler has issued his annual pioclama-
tiou, selling apart Thursday, the 21th of No
vember, as a day of thanksgiving lo God, for
the bounties ol" his Piovidence.
Boston, October IS.
Dreadful Mortulitu on Shipboard 1 he hip
J.inadahock. of Bath, fiom C.oitenburg, lor
Boston, wn spoken ut sea, having had 58
deaths among her passengers Irom cholera,
uud 14 then sick ol the same disease.
Eckinan, firiion Snvder.
Lnwp.R Afdt-sTA. Jonathan Harmon, Col.
Thomas Sn viler.
lll sil Jeremiah liasel; Charles Gent hart,
sen.. J W. Hotlinan.
Shamokin John Vauzant, Samuel Kll).
I'l-i'FJt Maiianov. Jacob Uxemider, Felix
Man rer.
Lower Maiianov Divi l (I tin. John A.
Snyder, John Doekey, sen., Abraham Uo
thainiil. Jackson.-Jacob llilbi.h, Win. I). Huff
man, Adam Kemble.
Jordan David Nace D.iiiit l Biucious.
I'fiil .liiroi'M.
SfXni'RY.-Sninnel Fuller, Gi.lenn Landau.
Not rilf.MBKKl.ANP. John Geil. James
Schreiner, Joseph Wallace.
Milton. I . h. .Mackey, Geoige Strine.
Tiruit. John Dnnkel.
Lr.wis. Michael Reader. Samuel Lerch.
Thomas M. Knsscl
Dki awark Andiew Guffy.
CniLlnfAQl'E. Wm. Blair, JaniPs Pardon.
Lower Ai'ri'sta Andrew Goimert, Peler
Coldron, E'ias Emorieh, Solomon Leaser
Ul'i'Kit At'tJiSTA Isaac Campbell, G V.
Brewer.
Coal. Philip Kimbach.
Rush. Lambeil Eckman.
Jorpan. Moses Traulman, George Sink.
Jackson. Daniel Killman, Peler Keihl,
Jacob Weiser, John Fauely.
Upplr Mahanov. Jonas F.isenhart.
Lower Maiianov. Michael Kmerich.
Shamokin. Samuel Adams, Jacob Mnench,
Charles Leisenring, Emanuel Zimmerman,
ue-orge fencil.
Little Maiianov. Wm. Hoffman.
Fiancois Dominique Aiau", Ihe celebrated
French savant, is dead. Ho died at Pali on
the lsl instant, in hi 7th year, lie via a
profound scholar, and eminent in science.
TMIE ELECTION is oicr and the excitement
has died away. There it the usual quantity
of defeated canJida'e who can now rolire to
private life. The returns ara ul1icient to show
that the successful candidates ire elected, partic
tilnrly the sensible ones who got their clothing at
ltockhill &. Wilson' Clothing Store, No. Ill
Chesuul street, corner of Franklin Place, Philadel
phia. Philadelphia, Nov. 6. 1852 ly. cw.
M A II It 1 E U ,
In McEwensville, by the Rev Mr. Giier,
on Tuesday the 18th inat., I) B Caldwell, of
Clinton county, to Mu An.neC. Vincent, of
ihe former place.
Philadelphia Market.
Ocl- J9, 1853.
Flour and Meal. The Hour market i
quiet, at S7 per bbl. There i a Heady de
mand for city consumption w ithin the range
of 7a7 for common and extra brand.
Rye Flour i scarce; sale at S5, a 51 per
bbl. Sale of Corn Meal at S3 91 per bbl.
Grain. Wheat it in limited supply Sales
of piiine new red at 140al44o per bushel, and
white al 15l)al52o. Saleief Kyeal 86m 86ic
Corn Yellow is in demand al 81 a 85 cetii.
Oats-Saiel new Southern at 424Jic; and
Pennsylvania 44 a 45o-
WHISKEY. Sale of bbl al 31c. and
hliiii at 33 cent.
IMPORTANT NEWS I
CJoodsi Cheaper than brertt
AT THE NEW CLOTHING STORE.
Market Street, opposite the Post Office,
GELSUEKG & CO. are receiving a splendid
assortment of Fall and Winter Goods, tha
cheapest, bent and prcttie.t ever brought into
Kunbury.
We have on hand and are adding constantly
a fine assortment of
FALL & WINTER CLOTHING,
comprising partly a great lot of Overcoat, double
coats, liuxincss coaU, black and fancy cloth, Sati
nctt, and olher coaU, too numerous to mention.
Alto, Black aud Fancy Cauimeri, Cassinvtt and
Satinetl Pants. Also, silk, latin, clolh, satinalt,
velvet and olher Vests ; also a tin uppl of all
kinds nf Underclothing.
ALSO A LARGE ASSORTMENT
of Silk Wool and Fur Hats and Cap, Root and
Shoes, all kinds of Jewelry, Revolving and other
1'iilols, travelling baqs, trunks, Murla and Col
lars, and Gen'leman's furnirhinz good in gen
eral. All of which we offer al the lowest cash
prices.
1'lease call and look at our good ; persons in,
need of Goods in our line, will, w are confident,
find it la thoir great advantage to purchasa from
us. We ar bound to uphold our rapidly spread
ing reputation of being the cheapest Slor in
buiihury. Come and satUfy yourselves of til
truth of our motto cheap for cash.
Sunbury, llct. IS, 1853 U.
riMIE annual election for Director! of th
Mahauoy and Hhainokin Improvement Com
pany will be held at Trvrton, Northumberland
County, on Monday th 24U instant. By ordtl
of th Hoard,
I.. JOHNSON. Sc'y.
Octobor 15, 1853. Id.