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COT. RKIDR' REMOVAL.
The Official account of Oov. Reeder's
ejection from office confirm! to the fullest
cxteut, the belief that be was not removed
on account of hit alleged illegal speculation
in Indian lands, not for any of tho reasons
specified in the memorial of the Kansas leg
islature, but because he would not co-opor
ate with the propagandists in forcing Slavery
opon the people of the new territory. A.
riry brief examination of the facts or tlie
case will expose the hollowncss of the pre
text, that his land speculations wore the
cause f his removal.
Ou the 12th or June, just upon the eve or
his departure for Kansas, Secretary Marcy
informs M r. Reeder that he is neensed or
having been engaged illegally In the purchase
of lands from the ludians ; and that tjnloss
thesa charges tail be explained to the Prosi
.l.ni'a satisfaction, ho will be removed. At
the earliest possible mouicut after bis arrivaH
on the 20th of the samo month Gov.
Ueeder writes to Mr. Marcy in explanation
of the charge referred to, the only specific
charee that had been brought against him
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ills expinnnuon was vnuui.
had made uo such purchase of lands, that
tho only transaction of the kind In whicli ho
has been engaged, was an agreement to pur
chase certain lands, if it should meet the
Vrnpident'g aDtiroval. lie had laid the mat
ter before him, and Was awaiting his action
upon it. Here very clearly no oHenco had
been committed, "if the President should
approve the contract, he could not deem it
an offence. If it was illegal, or in any re
spect improper, he would not approve it, and
then it would have no existence. And after
consultation with the Secretary of tho Inte
rior and the Superintendent of Indian Af
fairs, ho determined not 1o give it his appro-
val.-Mk decision of which Uov. Kceuor is ap
prised in a letter from the Secretary of the
Interior, dated the 13th of Julv.
That put an end, necessarily, to the wholo
transaction. The alleged contract ceased to
have anv existence, and could no longer af
ford any pretext for Recder's removal. But
that event had not been delayed, to await tho
result of the examination iuto the charges
upon which it was to rest. He was removed
Jive days before tho date of the letter an
nouncing the President's adverso decision.
And in tho letter announcing it, notasyllablo
is said of the argument that, inasmuch -us
the approval of the President was essential
to the validity of the contract, no offence
could be committed by it unless the President
should become a partv to it. No 'reference
whatever is made to the circumstances or
tho case. But Gov. Boeder is removed bo
cause ho had not, in his letter, explained cer
tain other transactions, of which, it is con
fessed, no explicit mention was ever mado
by the Administration 1
It was scarcely worth while for the Presi
dent to trump np these accusations against
Oov. Keeder, since they were virtually aban
doned as a ground for his removal. It would
have been more manly to have ejected 'him
at once, without any pretence of misconduct,
upon what was tho actual ground of his dis
missal, his refusal to be made the tool ofthe
Pro-Slavery propaganda. That act would of
itself have been base enough to sustain tho
reputation of the Administration : the cow
ardly doublo-dealing or the course pursued
may make it somewhat more in character :
but it cannot render it a whit more popular.
KANSAS,
One ofthe editors of the St. Louis Demo
crat has lately made a long tour in Kansas,
for the purposo of making a careful examina
tion iuto tho condition of affairs in the Terri
tory, and .he expresses the belief that the
opponents of slavery there are one-qnartcr
more numerous thun its advocates. He
represents the state of reeling as one of in
tense excitement the Missouri Pro-Slavery
men being determined to keep possession of
tho Territory at all hazards, and the Free Soil
men being equally resolute in resisting them.
He says the latter are organizing military
companies for self-defence, and anticipates
bloodshed as the result of these collisions.
There seems to be some reason to hope
that the sedate and sober-minded people of
Missouri will Bet thoir faces against the vil
lainy and violence of Atchison and his baud'
or desperadoes. We nave been expecting to
see a reactionary movement set on root in
the State, and a "law and order" meeting
recently held by the citizens of Ray county,
affords much cause for gratulation.
"While denouncing "abolitionism in its
true meaning," they declare in favor of
abidincr bv the laws or the State of Missouri
and of the United States, as being sufficient
to guard their rights and property, and op
posed "to all mobs to drive meu either to
religious or political measures." One reso
lution which they adopted reflects infiuite
credit on the person composing it. This was
to the effect that they would support no man
for any office of trust, honor, or profit, who
has proved himself to be in favor of mobs.
Here we have an uucquivocal declaration
against Atchison, Doniphan, Striugfellow,
aud the wholo tribe of incendiaries who have
been making the Kansas border a scene of
mob violence and outrage. If the Ray county
people act up to their resolution, they will
repudiate both Doniphan and Atchison, and
all their supporters. Let us hope that all
or Mr. Benton's party in Missouri will take
their ground. St. Lout i .
ANOTHER ITALIAN REVOLUTION.
Tho New York Crusader publishes an
important article to the effect that a formi
dable insurrection is about to spring up in
the whole of Southern Italy, under auspices
which eive every promise or success, bar.
dinia, at the North, we are told, will march
against Austria. Oarribaldi, Oavazzi, Man
in. Goueral Pope, and otheremincnt Italians,
have been notified to be ready at the first
blast of tho trumpet. A large number of
Italian exiles, who have been sojourning here
for some time past, nave returned to r.urope
recently, to act their part in the demonstra
tion. The movement, the Crusader says
is trcnerat and will have an important result,
As the Crusader would scarcely commit the
folly of notuying the European uovcrninent
insurance, of the contemplated revolution.
it has probably already broken out if there
is any truth l it the statement referred to.
The announcement seems to correspond with
a recent manifesto of Muzzini, which was as
follows !
'Thebour issupreme ! AustriaisdiFSolving
the compact of tho 2d of December,
diminibbinrr her army so as to serve the Czar,
and leave him at liberty to concentrate his
force asrainst the Allies, has lost all riLtht to
the support of Kuglund and France. She
stands alone ? If you do not rise now, you say
to turope "we are incapable oi opposing au
enemy whom we are uot certain or iieieaiing
we bave no faith in our right. I o arouse
and moke men of us. we need a pope and
king who shall whisper in our ear words of
liberty to betray us 1
Tub Worst or run Devil. The first
article iu tbo last Church litview, a leading
quarterly exponeut of the doctrines or the
1 HiMntiul I 'li Hit. .,..1.1;,. I, ..J Vf ll'Un
expresses soum) opiuious about modern rpir
itualisni. The writer admits the phenomena
oi spiritualism, as recorded by L'exter, d
moods aud others, in oil their details sub.
ctaotiully, aed admits that they are of super
natural origin, aud not the work of impostors,
lis then goes on to show that they are the
work ofthe devil; that the media ar in a
stats of diabolio possession, aud that no one
can profitably or innocently bave anythiuir
to do with them. Oh!
Bwmo. Aug. 13. Yesterday afternoon,
s small boat, containing five "01410 o oieu,
a swept orr the Falls, sad thsy vers all
dressed.
THE AMERICAN.
SUNBURY.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 185fc
II. B. MASSER, Editor and Proprietor
To Advmti --The circulation of-th Sunbury
American among tlx dioVrnii town on the Suequeliaiina
It not exceeded iTequalleU by any piper jmblnhed in North
ecu Pennsylvania.
EDITOR'S TAM.E.
RnstiiFss Notices.
Thk Ixvitor i the title of a new publication
by Quimly, Haskell & Co. It is a handsome
periodical, published monthly at $1 per annum.
A it name implies, it is devoted to inventions
run! patented articles.
JliUfnat of the Franklin Institute. The Au
gust number of this publication has been received.
Besides the list or pitents granted, it contain
the usual variety of scientific matter.
"Tub America. Baxxeh" and ' Nitioxil
Dirnntn" have been united, and are now
published in Philadelphia, under the above title,
The Banner cfc Defender has been enlarged, and
is now edited by Royncll Coates and John H
Jones, and sdvocrtte the principle of tho
American party with great vigor and ability
C3T Tho August term of our Court closed
last Saturday. A number of cases wero dis'
posed of, though not many of much import
ance. Law business is not as flourishing in
this or the adjoining counties, as it was some
ten or fifteen years since. During the term
Philip Hilgcrt, Esq., of Milton, was admitted
to practice as nn Attorney. Mr. Hilgert
was a student of Messrs. Pollock k Bound,
and sustained a creditable examination.
g3P Died in this placo, on Sunday morning
last, Gidkojj M. Yorks, Esq., aged ubout 48
years. Jus death was suuuen una unexpec
ted. The deceased came to this place about
20 years since. Ho possessed excellent busi
ness qualifications, ami was employed in
variens clerical capacities. Last session he
represented this couHty iq the legislature, and
..UninA ,i,'s. f.,n Tint .,,,.1, i mritr r
all things human.
C3" Killed. Ou Tuesday last. Annakias
Morgan, son of Isaiah Morgan, of Shamokin
township, about 18 years of age, was killed by
fulling from a tree, a distance of 40 feet. Ho
was entrac-ed in puttincr up a swing tor a
Sunday School celebration.
SCXBURY AND ERIK RaIL RoAD.
Several new and haudsome cars, and a loco,
motive are already placed on this road to run
from Northumberland to AVilliamsporton the
completion of the road from Milton to the
former place, which event it is supposed will
take place about the middle of next month.
A company has been formed to run tho pas
senger truins, of which Messrs. Kapp and
Horton of Northumberland, A. B. Cutnmings,
Esq., or Philadelphia, and Mr. Caldwell or
AVilliamsport, constitute a part. Tho Sun.
bury and Erie will run in connection with the
Philadelphia and Suubnry Railroad, aud tho
Susquehanna packets from Northumberland
to tho Juniata. Before another year tho
Susquehanna Railroad will be finished, when
nearly the whole tide of travel will take this
coarse to tho cities of Philadelphia and Balti
more.
O The ceremonies of the commencement
at Lewisburg ou Wednesday, brought togeth
er an immense concourse of people, Tho
Hotels could accommodate but a small por
tion of the visitors. Tho hospitalities of tho
citizens wore every where cheerfully exten
ded. 83f Schuvlkill County Nomination.
Tho Democratic County Convention met at
Schuylkill Haven, on Monday last, and nora
inated C. M. Stravb for Senator. Tho ballot
stood for C. M. Straub, 54 ; for B. Christ
50. Mr. Christ voted against Gen. Cameron,
for U. S. Senator, last winter, for fear of
losing his popularity. Mr. Bergstresser, of
Dauphin, did the same thing, aud they have
both had leave to stay at home. For Assem
bly, S. R. Dickson and J. G. Frick were
nominated. . For Treasurer, S. K. M. Kep-
ner : Commissioner, Paul Lengcl.
THE NEW TEST
Our readers will find in this weeks paper,
the resolutions and proceedings of the
Standing Committee, referred to in another
article. It is a record that should be pre
served, though it may, iu after times, bring
up troublesome reminiscences to the actors.
We may remark, that one of tho Judges
(from Mount Carmcl,) was only naturalized
three days after his appointment such are
somoofthe Judges appointed to examine
aud swear old and respected citizens. Will
they submit to such indignities T We think
uot..
THE NEW MdllilTIO AND
PROCEEDINGS.
THEIR
We referred last week to the proceedings
ofthe Standing Committee, iu having assumed
and taken upon themselves inquisitorial pow
ers, in regulating the primary elections iu this
county by appointing the Judges for the peo
ple, aud requiring a test oath from voters
when challenged in regard to the pnrity of
their democracy, or their connection with se
cret societies.
These were mere rumors last week, and
some of the most consistent snd reliable dem
ocrats in this place sod who had been the
most violent opponents of the Know Noth,
ine wero unwilling to believe that the com
mi t tee couid be guilty of such a gross absur
dity and outrage upB the rights of the people,
but the publication of the proceedings in the
Sunbury Gautte of Saturday last, proved
them true. We cofess, wo ware not to much
surpric ") ben we .fleeted that the Stand
ing Coimriitlee, wb hie been moulded to
uit the views of a few politicians, undertook,
loss than a year since, to set aside the nomi
nations made by a convention and substituted
I a candidate of their own choice.
These bigh-handed meal ares prepared us
fof almost any stretch of power which the
committee should feel necessary to exercise
to accomplish the purposes for which, some or
them at least, had been appointed.
Tho time was when tho principles advoca
ted by Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and Jack
son were considered the true tests of clcmoc
I racy. But times have changed, and strip-
lings and unfledged bantlings in tho rahkr,
have established a new test, and propose to
insult veteran and prey headed democrats
by requiring them to sw-'ar that they
are honest men that they do not belong to
tho Know Nothings, or other secret societies.
They propose to undermine and sap the
morals of tho community by tho introduction
of extra-judicial and unlawful oaths in
schemes of political intrigue, thus destroying
the sancity and sacredness of those forms
necessary to the administration of Justice.
It is not long since the Tope of Rotno is
sued an edict threatening all of his followers,"
who belonged to tho Masonic and other
secret societies with a bull of ex-commuuica-tioii,
if they did not withdraw ot once from
such associations. "Whether tho committee
is anxious to imitate tho example of the
Pope, or whether they look upon his Holiness
as the fountain head of domocracry, we must
leave our readers to determine for themselves,
There is one thing certain, if the Democratic
party is divided by stich intrigues and machi
nations, that branch which acts with, and
sanctions these doings ofthe committee, will
be fairly entitled to tho appellation of tho
Jesuitical Democrucy.
Was there ever a moro suicidal policy do
vised by "men professing to bo democrats ?
Will any honorable man of ordinary judgment
or intelligence bo willing to accept tho nomi
nation of any convention, brought about by
such means ? Such a nomination must, in tho
nature of things, be followed by an inglorious
defent. Freemen and democrats may be
coaxed may bo wheedled and even cheatod,
but they will not and cannot bo driven.
IT we mistukenot, there are some men on
that Committee who will never sanction such
proceedings. Tho chairman is, no doubt,
alone entitled to this chaplet or immortality.
COYERMOR REEDER.
The removal of Governor Boeder by tho
President, meets with the almost unanimous
condemnation of-the untramnieled portion of
the Press in Pennsylvania. What we mean
by the term is applied to those who do not
" u u,u' "r u"' .
euuer lur uieuisunca vi uivum.-?, nvm
government. The President has exhibited a
lamentable waut of firmness in suffering such
southern fire-eaters as Gen. Davis, of his
cabinet, to control liiiu iu such matters, and
thus impliedly sanction the lawless conduct
of the Missouri ruffians who over-ran the
territory of Kansas and overawed tho froo
people of that territory at their elections by
placing pro-slavery men over them against
their conseut.
Governor Reedcr was too independent to
become tbo tool or minion of these southern
....
agitators, aud because be hud the firmness
to resist them, tho President had the weak
ness to remove him, although thcro can be no
doubt but that his own honest convictions
coincided with those of the Governor. This
accords with tho following from tho Easton
Argus, a democratic paper that uniformly
sustained the administration, published at
Easton, tho homo of Governor Reeder :
"Irreproachable ns a man, eminent as a
lawyer, national in his views, tho President
with good reason felicitated himself upon
having 'found tho right man for the right
place." The compensation of tho office wns
inconsiderable, while tho semi-barbarous life
on the Western frontier presented nothing
but aversion to one who only mingled iu soci
ety to adorn it with no taste and no desire
for public office, we repeat it, only at the so
licitation of the President, was Gov. Reeder
induced to accept the appointment. Ho went
proudlv, independently, untramnieled, simply
to do his duty. How well and too faithfully
he performed it the wholo enlightened world
can testify. Because that invasion and out
race were rebuked because that ho pro
claimed his iutcntion to protect the citizens
or Kansas in their rigbt or franchise, and de
clared that while he was Governor "law and
order should reign" the insensate funatics of
Missouri and their ultra southern symputlii
zors denounced him as nu abolitionist and a
tyrant, and pursued him with a rerocity as
disgraced) as it wns unjust. Immediately
after the first election held iu Kansas, one
after another or the Missouri invuders called
upon the President and filed their complaints
against the uovernor, charging mm with ne.
lect or his official duties, illegal speculations
in lands, Ac. We state upon authority that
canuot be disputed, that i resident 1 lerce at
that time told a friend, '"am tatUfed that Gov.
JCeeder iioxiicssts Jirmneit, honesty and cinxici
ty, and a wan who has these three qualities,
don't ofttn get rtrong." We happen to know,
too, that our Chief Magistrate gave Gov.
Reeder repeated personal assurances that he
approved of his course and would have acted
precisely as he did in the same position." If
tho President was sincere in his assurances
of approval why did ho not manfully sustain
him T Why did he not ''take the responsibili
ty," and boldly stand by him in his efforts to
preserve tho purity of the ballot-box and to
maintain the principles of bioutT It is, to say
the least, a discreditable position for the Chief
.Magistrate or tins great nation to occupy.
But the enemy were on his path and bent on
his destruction, renewed the silly rhurges or
illegal land speculations, which on investiga
tion were proved to be as groundless as the
others, and it was with reason to be expected
that havinsr been round without blemish, the
President would have been only too glad to
have sustained aud supported uini.
3f The Gazette of to-day affects to treat
our remarks in regard to the action of the
Standing Committee, as "twaddle," and inti
mates that our vote would be challenged.--We
had no doubt of that, and also that the
design is to challenge the vote or every one
who does not belong to the Jesuitical faction
or what a friend calls the "cod fish democra
cy." But does the Gazette suppose that only
one party can play at that game T If being a
Know Nothing is canse for challenge, then
we cannot imagine how the chairman or any
of Ihe getters up of this scheme can vote, ss
the God of Nature has evidently made them
life members of such au order,
3T Samuel A. Borgities er, was nomina
ted for Assembly by the Whiff convention on
Monday last,.
(3T Wilson Shannon of Ohio has been an
pointed and scoepted the Governorship of
' Usntsi in place cf Gov. Reeder.
a valoabxk oiacovenr.
The discovery of a sarcophagus In the an
cieut city of Sidon, the lid of which was
covered with Phccnlnian characters, hat cau
sed great excitement among the tavan$ in
Europe. i ,
This beautiful marble tomb, encasing the
remains of one of the kings of Sidon, was
conveyed in one of the French ships to Paris,
and will form an attractive feature in the
great exhibition. The Phoenicians were the
first to invent letters, and thus far but uttle
of thoir langnago has been discovered,
A correspondent thus describes the sarco-1
phagus
"In removing tlio sarcophagus from its
dark bed and bringing it into day-light, a
addition to the Phoenician inscription was
discovered, giving to this monument of nnti
fiuity nn almost priceless value. It will be
rememhered that this marble coffin is about
eight feet in length, and between two nnd
three lu vidlli. Un the head or the lid a
large face is sculptured, every line or which
remains in the most periect preservation.
The inscription, beginning some distance be
low the race, covers a largo part of tho slab.
It is strange that another inscription escnped
detection, m the eager curiosity with which
the sarcophagus was examined. J his was
found written in very long lines, not on the
lid. but running round the perpendicular sides
and bead ot the cothn, nnd contmning aDout
an enuul amount or readme with tho inscrip.
tion on tho lid, and all perfctly legible. There
has not been time or opportunity for transla
ting tho hewly discovered inscription i but as
soon as the sarcophagus reaches i'aris, there
will be crowds of savans able nnd eager to
give a version or the whole. Oral! the oo
iects or curiosity at the Paris Exhibition now
in progress, nothing will attract the eye or
.'. . . ... , ,-.
scholars nuo mis niaDio comn oi me oiu rung
or Sidon.
The truo pecuniary value of the sarcopha
gus cannot be fixed, or indeed hardly ap
proached : but they talk of $50,000, and even
mure. A copy or the first incription haviug
been sent to the Chevalier Bunsen, or Berlin,
ono or the most learned men or the ago, be
wrote buck expressing his great delight, and
even amazement, at the discovery, nta period
when it seemed impossible to obtain any
further light upon the Phoenician language ;
and, at the samo time, pronouncing this the
largest, the most periect, and the most lm
portant fragment of Phoenician literature
which has come down to us. What will he
think when he is informed of tho additional
inscription ?"
MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE.
In pursuance to call tho standing commit
tee of Northumberland county, assembled
August 6th. 1855. iu the Court House in
Sunbury. On motiou the following preamble
and resolutions were unanimously adopted.
Whereas, wo have good reason to believe
that there is in our midst organised party of
reckless nnd unprincipled politicians, whose
aim and object is to deleat aud destroy the
Democratic party in order to secure by their
hypocricy and lying the offices or this county,
and will attempt to vote at the control our
miliary elections m order to place upon the
Democratic ticket some of their own members
who are the sworn enemies of tho Democratic
principles, thererore, in order to prevent be
ing imposed upon by persous who are uncom
promisingly opposed to the principles of tho
JJemocratic party, be it
Uesnh-td, f hut no person shnll be declare
tho nominee of tho Democratic party unless
ho shall publicly announco in the Democratic
papers of this county that ho is not, never
has been, nor does not intend becoming a
member of a secret political organization,
whoso object is to disfranchise any one be
cause or his placo or birth or religious senti
menu, aud ulux his outu or alhrmation to tho
same.
J'esolccd, That a committee of vigilance
consisting of three persons in each borough
and township be appointed by this standing
cominitU'o whose duty shall be to hold the
Delegato electiou or appoint some persons m
their stead und to curry tho returns or said
elections to l-sinuury.
ilcsnlced, 1 hut the delegate election shall
he held on Saturday, the 2."thduy, or August,
betwoen the hours 'or 1 and 7 o'clock, P. M.,
and return Judges meet at Sunbury, on Mon
day, 2ith day or August, 155.
Itesolced, 1 hat the committee be reques
ted to permit no person to vote at the delegate
election whoso vote is challenged, unless they
make oath or affirmation that they bavo not,
or do not intend to Iravo couuectiou with any
secret political society.
Jiesolved, that it bo recommended to the
convention that tho number or votes received
be not more than the vote polled for tho
Democratic candidate for Governor last rail.
Jtttolved, Tho proceedings of tho commit
tee be published iu all the Democratic pupers
or tho county.
In pursuance or the foregoing resolutions,
tbo lollowing viguaut committees have been
appoiuted.
j mi viii. -v mm kvu, Bhuauiui I lb-
i:..i...4 T..l,r. ir.. c.. v.,il...,;.,l n.;i
tell, Daniel iolliner.
Chilisquaqae. Jacob Kramer, Sen., W m.
Irvin, Charles Cox.
Lewis. D. B. Montgomery, James Young,
hmanucl Artinnn.
Delaware. Wm. Beard, II. J. Reader,
James Cuthcart.
Milton. J. Hogeudobler, Henry Strino, J
. lsrown.
Point. 1. Bidelspach, Wm. Hammer, An
thony Watson.
Xorthumberland. Peter Ruch, Wm. EM
ot. Win. L. Forsyth.
Sunbury. Martin E. Bucher, C. J. Brun
cr, Sumuol Matitz.
Upper Augusta. Jacob Eckman, Robert
Lyons, John lluughuwout.
Lower Augusta. Abraham Shipman Solo
man Weiser, Kphraim Lytle.
Ml. Carmel. Felix Lercb, Johnathan
Klingor, Fred'k. Fahrion.
Hush. Perry Gcarhart, C. C. Ryon, John
llutlinan.
Shamokin. Samuel Hales, Ephraiin Zim
merman, Michael M. Sober.
Coal. Casper Shull, Esq., Faul Ammer-
man, Jacob Mourer.
Zerbe. John Weaver, Benj. Gearhart, Ja
cob Yordy.
Cameron Daniel Kramer, John Heini,
Daniel Kroh.
Upper Muhanay. Jacob Kaufman, Esq.,
Henry Haas, John Jlotricb.
Jacks on. Michael Troon, Daniel Ililbush,
Rsq , Henry llouman.
Little Mahanoy. Conrad Raker, George
Sweinhart. Eliu Peifer,
Loirer Mahanoy. Jacob Bingeman, Cluis-ti-m
Yeagej, Elijah Buyerly.
Jordan. George Ghist, John Crcasiugcr,
Daniel Swartz.
Wasiiigton, Aug. 13. Col. Steptoe, in
stead of being in Carson Vulley, as toe news
papers recently stated, awaiting the reply or
the President to 1 is proposed conditional
acceptance of the Governorship of Utah,
was, on the 12th of July, at Bemcia, Califor
nia, with his coinmaud. ,
More than 200 persons from the fever-infected
places in Virginia, have arrived here
within the last week. Two have died.
Hon. Wilson Shannon 'accepts the Gov
ernorship of Kansas, and will depart forthwith
for that Territory.
MovraoinBT. Ala., Aug. 9.-rPerry Wal
ker, K. N., is elected to congress in m Mo
bile district.
Further returns of the vote for Governor
show a large majority for Winston, Pern. :
and although Suortbridge gains largely jo
some piaces, n lustoa is prowspiy eieoi?a.
Illr IMPEDED BYDKAD LOCUSTS.
Tha following incident la related by Mr. J.
8. Buckingham, in his recently published
"Autobiography
At length the wind shifted to the south
east, and then sonth, With suffocating heat,
this being the sirocco of the Levant; and
blowing over the great Lybianand Numldian
deserts, conies charged with hot and sulphur-
ous vapours, earning a most disagreeable sen
sation of a stifling and oppressive kind. On
the third day after this shift of wind, and
when wo were well up abreatt of Sicily, bnt
nearer vo me African snore, we were surprised
one morning at seeing all the headmost ves
sels ot the fleet arrested in their course by
some obstacle which impeded the progress of
each ship as she came up with it, till the en-
lire convoy formed an almost straight line.
Un looking over the ship s side, there was
seen a thick mass or brown matter which it
was difficult to sail through with all canvass
spread ) it appearing to be between the
consistency of oil and 1ar, or melted bntter
and honey, .buckets lull out were arawn
un on the deck for inspection, but all that
we could perceive was that it was some oni-
i .. . i
mm mailer in a state oi uccay, anu emming
a most disagreeable odor. Sending the
buckets deeper, however, by attaching
weights to their bottom, so as to bring up
some of tho lower strata, we perceived the
lees, wines, and bnir-putrid bodies or brown
locusts in a less advanced state of decompo
sition than the brown oily mass of tho sur-
face : and we concluded, of course, that tho
whole mass was composed of the same ma
terial.
Desirous of ascertaining the extent of the
space occupied by it, I went to the Torctop
mastcrosstrees with a glass, and sweeping
tho horizon ahead and on each Bide or us, 1
perceived that it extended as Tar as the eye
could reach to the east, norm, anu souin,
which presented one solid and unbroken
mass of suiooth brown surface ; while to the
west the open sea presented the deep blue
wiucn distinguishes tne waters oi me .ucui
terranean. The conclusion was, that some
vast flight of locusts, passing from Africa to
1 1 . . J .1
i'.urope, naa encounierea a contrary wmu iu
their passage, and had fallen exhausted into
the sea, and were there gradually decaying iu
the state iu which we found them. Such
flights or locusts have from timo totimobeen
recorded in history, as making the devasta
tion everywhere caused by their numbers.
we were heartily glad to get through this
mass ot animal putrcluction by a strong
breeze from the west, to which cvciy ship
crowded al the sail she could spread ; and by
daylight on the following morning we had
tho gratiGcdtion or being once more in the
pure element or water, which seemed doubly
beautiful alter the brown surface wo had so
recently traversed.
SHIP CANAL FROM THK ATLANTIC
TO THE PACIFIC.
The Washington Star announces on the
authority or a "reliable source," that somo
enterprising citizens or the United Statesand
ew Grenada have discovered and explorea
tho long-sought route for connecting the
Atlantic aud Pacific oceans by meuns of a
ship canal. The plan is to go up the Atrato
river some fifty miles from its mouth, with a
depth or from six to ten fathoms, nnd from
thence to tbo r acme, a distance oi some
sixty miles more, without a single lock or
other obstruction in mo contemplated canai.
A liberal grant, it says, has beeu made by tho
Government of New Grenadu to the persoifs
engaged iu this grand undertaking, and the
whole route, from one ocean to tho other, has
been accurately surveyed, and the facts devel
oped are beyond doubt or question, so far as
the feasibility or the work is concerned.
In connection with this subject we see that
a late copy or tho Panama Star announces
that Col. Totten, after a series or careful
tidal observations taken at Panama, and iu
Aspinwall, (Navy Bay,) and connected by
accute levels along the line of railroad that
the mean height or the two oceans was dis
covered to be exactly the same, although,
owing to the difference in the rise or tide at
both places, thero are ol course times wncu
one of the oceans is higher or lower than the
other, but their mean level, that is to say,
thoir height at hair tide, is now proven to be
exactly the same. From observations made
in ion it has been very generally believed
that there existed a difference of mean level
between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and
many ingenious theories bavo been devised
to account for this (supposed) fact, and
elaborate deductions in favor and against
the practicability or a ship-canal have boen
drawn therefrom. It a route has been dis
covered presenting the Tew topographical
uiuicuuit'8 us aoove Biuieu uv iuu cor, ii win
not be many years before the continent will
be divided in such a way as to cut off more
than hair the distance now required for na
vigators to reach the Pacific coast.
A SNAKE STORY.
A student in Harvard College some years
ago, while walking in Mount Auburn met a
black snake or considerable size, which he at
tempted to kill. After wounding tho rep
tile so as to disable it, he relented, and in
stead or killing the suake took it alive to his
room iu the College. It soon got well and
grew very tame, bo that the student was ac
customed to let it nestle in his bosom, and
would sometimes carry it with him in that
way when be went to walk. When not play
ing with it, he kept it in the drawer or a
bureau, leaving a small aperture to admit
light and air. After somo months the stu
dent one night slept out or College, aud be
fore going away eularged a little the opening
or the drawer or the bureau. J he snake con
trived to get out, and after probably playing
about the room till be was tired, coiled turn
seir into one or his master's boots to take a
nap. About daylight a colored servant, who
was accustomed to weight upon the student,
make fires, 'clean shoes, ic, but who had
never happened to see or bear or tho snake,
came in to attend to his usual duties. After
making the fire and clearing up the room be
Proceeded to clean the student's boots,
'lourishing his brush iu one hand, he unsus
pectingly thrust the other into the boot which
contained the sleeping snake. The startled
reptile sprang out and coiled itself ubout him.
The consternution and horror cf the ebony
gentleman may be imagined. Recovering
from his fright, be dislodged the snake which
was affectioually trying to nestle in his bo
som, aud seizing the poker killed it Not
content with this, he threatened to bring an
action-at-law agaiust the student for insulting
and outraging him. He took the notion into
bis head that the occurrence was contrived by
the student, and that the color of the suake
was a significant and disrespectful allusion to
Ois own hue. lib difficulty be was pacified,
and convinced that toe aUair was wholly acci
deutal.
Balmat, tub Swiss Gvipr. All the guide
books about Chaniouni give the fate of
Jacques Balmat, the celebrated guide, who
was lost iu the asceut of Mont Blanc, about
20 years ago, while acting as guide to soma
travelers. His body was receutly found, ac
cording to the Gaxttt de Lousannev, in the
brokeu up ice which forms the arch (voute) of
Aveyron. To the astonishment of persons
passing that way, the body of a man was dis
covered, the upper portiou being still buried
in its frosen tomb. A number of persons
were promptly summoned to the spot, and
after cautious efforts with pickaxes and other
instruments, tbey succeeded in disengaging
the remains of the old apd popular guide-,
Jacques Balmat, in state of the most per
fect preservation. The body was immediate
ly couveyed to Cbamonui, where it received
very mark of honor and respect. Jacques
Balmat acquired soma celebrity by being one
oi the guides to M. bauesure, the nsturaint
Id the year 1780.
THE BENEFITS OF RAILROAOS.
It la interesting to examine the results pro
duced, in various ways, by the introduction of
railroads into sections or the country hitherto
inaccessible to the great markets. The fact
and figures, when properly authenticated and
laid bf fore the community, always do away
with any prejudices that may have existed,
and serve to establish the argument that rail
roads are the real pioneers in the march of
progress. Alluding to this subject, the St.
Loui Democrat sayss
"the omcial tux statistics or Michigan
show that through those comities where rail
roads have been built, the taxablo property
has, within three years, increased 400 to 500
per cent., while in those counties where no
railroads have been built, the ratio of increase
in valne has not been over ono hundred. In
drafting their schedule for the prices or lands,
we nnd, too, that the inreciors oi me Illinois
Central Railroad have come fnr short in es
timating the value of their lands, for the rond
has caused the demand to be so great for
them, that they are now bringing a large
price above the minimum at which they were
graded. In some lustances lands that were
rated at $12 per acre, are selling for $20, and
others rated at R'JO are readily sold lor K2
Railroads, especially whero they course
through rich sections or country, not only
augment tho prices of lands, but tbey do
more, they promote social intercourse, build
np cities, augment the population of villages,
and the farmer, having a cheap outlet to mar
ket for his products, plants fourfold what ho
did before tho railroad was established, and
his increased activity and industry are rcwar
ded by large surplus gains. '
The Bame principal prevails wherever well
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connuciea rauroaus nave oeen coiisirncieu.
In this state no proof is required to show that
tho valuo or lands has been very greatly en
hanced on the line or all our road', aside from
the other benefits that have been derived from
tho n n ion or distant sections, and the general
spirit or activity which has been induced.
Such will be found the case as the Sunbury
nnd Erin Railroad wends its way through tl
northern counties, hitherto or comparatively
small account in our estimate of tho wealth
and resources ofthe State. The possessor or
a wilderness with no bxed value will soon nnd
himself a man or property, with capitalists
luiu uug inn uivur, uuu, us a vuieiuiJurui y una
well remarked, "the farmer who opposes rail
roads because they may trespass on a few
acres of his ground, or endanger the lives of
his stray cows, is as blind to his own interests
as a man would be, who refused to sow his
crops, because insects might destroy a few
seeds."
Tub Yellow Fbver at Norfolk ano
Poutsmoctu is considerably on the increase,
notwithstanding the great decrease of pop
ulation. Tho doctors, we see, are courage
ously performing their duty, although tbp
disease is thinning their numbers. Dr. Pack
er died or the fever on Saturday. Drs. Con
rad, Snratley and Shoolfield were all down
with tlie epidemic, but were recovering. A
subscription for tho relier or tho sufferers by
the fever was started in Norfolk on Friday
morning, and in less than two hours $2,200
were raised. The Herald thinks the amount
will reach 3,000. A "Heward" Association
is to be organized, more efficiently to aid the
sick. The new cases of fever nro or a mild,
manageable type. Tho provisions arc be
coming scarce, and it will not bo long, says
tho Herald, before some or tho afflicted will
bo suffering from starvation. Tho following
terrible Eccue is related iu a letter from
Portsmouth : .
A citizen passing on ins way to bury a
relative, heaid the most hoart-rending groans
or men nnd screams of women proceeding
from a house near by, and went in to discov
er the cause. He found two men with the
corpse or a woman, and iu taking which down
stairs they had jammed it at the turning.
He assisted them to release the body, and
then they deserted it, and it was somo time
before ho could bribe even a negro to bury it.
1 assing through tho house ho saw eight men
in ono room, nil down with the rever, lying
about on tho floor, und in their midst was the
body of a robust looking companion who had
died during the night, Ins comrades being
too weak to lift tho corpse out. The gen
tleman who witnessed this scene had himself
buried nino of bis owu relatives.
The Rainy Month. Mr. E. Merinm, or
Brooklyn, has published a very-interesting re
port or the weather for the month or Ju'.y,
commencing with tho year 1789, and closing
with the mouth just passed, a period or 76
consccutivo years.
Wo learn Irom this report that July or this
year, for ruin, heat, and lightning fairly leaves
us luriuer sen in ine snuue.
The following statement shows the years iu
which the "rainy term" has continued for
more than four consecutive days in tho
month or July, during the long period above
named :
In July, 1S03, rain fell from 23 to 28 5 days
" " 1829, " " " 2 " 6 5
" " 1836, 9 15 6
" " 1851, 6 " 10 5
" " 1855, 19 ' 3012
Mr. Meriam's Report is made up from
memoranda oi observations taken within a
radius or five miles in and about New York
city.
AlOMAX CATHOLIC HOSTILITY TO Oflt
Scuoolr. The Freeman's Journal, the
organ or Archbishop Hughes, insists that the
decrease in the population of some purts or
l.-e.... n .1 i.
iiivoin,!:, if,iui:ijuiijr m iuo rurui counties, 18
is consequence or our Common School
System. Says the Journal "We ones more
signnlize the State 'Free School Law,' as it
is culed, as the pregnant beginning or uncon
stitutional, undemocratic, uurepublican legis
lation." It would be both democratic and
republican if the law only conferred upon
Archbishop Hughes the right to institute
luiuoue schools at the public expense.
There is whore the shoo pinches, Albany
iicyi.ner.
Baltimore Aug. 12. The latest advices
from Norfolk and Portsmouth state the peo
ple to be escaping in every direction from
tear ot ine lover, which is Increasing, notwith
standing the few inhabitants remaining. The
hotels at Richmoud are overruu with the
fugitives.
Norfolk, Aug. 13.-Tho yellow fever is
increasing at Portsmouth to an alarming ex
tent, and several physicians have died. There
have beeu 20 deaths in Norfolk since Satur
day, aud seven iu Portsmouth. A number
or cases have occurred at the Navy Yard,
aud on board the ship Pennsylvania.
Albany, Aug. 13. Mr. P. Traft, belong
ing to Charlestown, 8. C, had his left arm
cut off, this afternoon, while in the express
train from Boston. He had bis arm outside
the window.
State Poultry Exhibition. The Second
Grand Exhibition or the State Poultry Soci
ety will take place in November next, at Con
cert Hall, Chestnut street. Notice is thus
early given, the Germantowu Telegraph tells
us, in order that the owners of poultry and
birds may make their arrangements for con
tributing, ip due time.
Twelve hundred gallons of liquor were
poured into the gutter at Bangor, Me, on tho
26tb ult., by order of the Municipal Court.
F. Oartss, keeper of a fruit store in Cia
cinoati, w as found murderad behind hu coun
ter on Friday tooraing.
1 IIIW.IM,M
tistcllang.
MlHllfirTAIIT ft Alt T1.A rl.Ar1,c4v.
(S. C.) Mercury states that a French gentle
man M. lhoms8S'V has made a careful
examination of the United States, with refer
ence to the manufacture of salt from nem.
water. M. Thomaasey has great experienca
on the subject, and is satisfied that salt can
be made bore by evaporation, as ou the coasts
ot me Mediterranean, for two cents a bushel.
lie has gone to trance to obtain the requi.
site materials, and will return bv Dceembor
to begin operations.
Sir Charles Napier, in his sneprh tin
Southwark election, the day before the steam-
" saucu, remarKco mat "it hnd been said
Sebastopol must be taken, but he would take
vue noeriy oi saying that he very much doubt
ed if Sebastopol would be taken, although he
knew that our men would march up to any-
iu(i, mm u mi mar, u was in the power ot
man to efiect." The declarat inn. f hnnn'b niiiilu
in the midst of a large and popular assembly,
v-.lvu .ueci a msieuu oi murmurs,
Bap Looking Giriji Wan-tup. A gentle,
man at Elmira wishes to secure the services
of a girl to do housework, who isn't run after
by more than ten men whoenn be contented
at home ono evening in a month who when
she is out will come in before midnight,
through somo other way than tho window
who hasn't more than three families of friends
and relatives to provide fjr nnd who ran
pet a meal of victuals without seasoning with
dirt, hair and leathers. Good looking girls
needn't apply, and oue over forty preferred.
IxriENious. Some Pittsfield, Vt. manu
facturers have constructed a sleigh with
wheels fixed in such a manner that they may
bo instantly brought below the runners, thus
converting it into a wagon at pleasure.
Tri e in Most Casks. A California jury
iu a suicide ease lately found the following
verdict : "We. the jury, find that tho decea
sed was a fool."
Yki.i.ow Ff.vkr at Nkw Orlkans, La. A
letter from New Orleans, dated 3d inst., says
"Our papers convey tho idea that tlie fever
here is not epidemic, nor on the iucrease. ft
has been epidemic for a fortnight or more, and
is alarmingly on the increase, besides being or
a very malignant type."
WEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
SHAM0XIN
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE.
'llHE fourth scsnion or this Institution
will
ber.and will continue 14 weeks.
Tuition as follows :
Primary Department per session, $4,P0
Academic, " " ?6,0U
Collegiate, - " " IjiS.OO
Tuition due at the middle ofthe session.
Arrangements will lie made lu acommoJiln
hoarders in respectable private families at rea
sonable rates.
For farther particulars address KeT. C. J.
Elnehart, Shamokin, l'a.
Shamokin, Aug. 18, 1855. It.
atrayIbull!
A ME to the premises or the subscriber, in
Upr-er Augusta township, some time since,
a small 131. ACK BULL, about nino months or a
year old. There are no particular marks, except
the tip of (us tail being white. The owner is
requested to come forwurJ, prove property, psy
charges, und take him awny, or ho will be dis
posed or according to law.
DANIEL G. KUTZ.
Up. Augusta tp., Aug. 18, 1855. at.
Estate of JOHN SNYDER, deo'd.
jV'OTICE is hereby given that,- in pursuance
a- of the provisions of the last will and tenta
mciit of John Snyder, Mason, bile of the Bor
ough of Sunbury, Northumberland county, dee'd..
the undersigned .vlminjstrutor, e boms 'ion, ol
said deceased, will sell at public sale or outcry, at
tho Court House, in die Uorouh of Sunbury, on
Saturday, the Stli of September, 1855, at 10
o'clock A, M., the rultowing real citato or said
deceased to-wit :
ONE LOT OF GROUND,
situated in said Borough of Sui.bury, fronting
upon, and bound on the North by Whortleberry
street, on the et by A'ivcr ttrcct ; on the south
by Dillhrrry alley, and on the went by lot No.
21)0. The Siiid lot being numbered on the gu-
eral plan of said Borough as No. S'Jl, where
on arc creeled a two story Li.g Jlonso plastered,
with a frame kitchen attached also a stublo
upon the alley and with a good well of water at
the house.
ALSO:
a certain other lot or ground, situated in said
borough of Sunbury, fronting upon fawn street,
and bounded on the north by lot No. l'Jl, oil
the east by an ulley, on the south by lot or Mr.
Hainan Weiser, io. lUo, and ou the'west by
Fuwn street, beiiir numbered in the generul plan
or said Borough No. 1J5; where is erected a
two story Log House and small kitchen, lato tha
estate of said John Snyder, dee'd.
'1 erms and conditions will be made known by
JACOB YOUNG, Adm'r.da bonis non,
of John Snyder, dee'd.
Sunbury, Aug st 18, 1855. Is.
Orphans' Court Sale.
N pursuance of au order or the Orphans' Courr
of Northuuilierland county, will be expwed to
public sale, on SATURDAY, the SSth ie. of
September next, on the premises, the kUcwihg.
detcrilied real estate, to wit : a certain.
TRACT OF LANL,
situate in Jordan towiship, county aforesaid;
adjoining lunds or Nathan Sehraber, Frederick
Tyson, George Trautmin, and monntain laud,
whereon is erected a double Log House, bank
barn and other outbuilding, containing about
one hundred acres, mure or less, about two thirds
or which are cleared, l.ale the estate of Andrew'
Lentz, deo'd. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock,
A. M., oriJ day, when the terms of silo will I e
made known by
Ul.,lJ.li1ll.l lJi.tl.i
it of the Court, )
PURSEL, t'lk. O. C. S
y.Aug. 18, 1855. U )
DE.NJAMIN LEH ZEL, AJra'r.
By order of the Court,
JNO. V. rLKSEL,
Sunbury,
FILE8 A.3ST3D HASPS.
NEW STREET FILE WOHKS,
Philadelphia.
THE subscriber is constantly Manufacture
ing I ilea aud Hasps "f aupuiior quality,
aud at the lowest prices, equal to the bet iui
ported goods, and much cheaper.
MANUFACTURERS & MECHANICS cn,
have their OLD FILES RE-CUT and made
equal to new, at about half tho original' cost.
Flat 12 inches 3,J0 per Dot.; Flat, 14 inches
9i'J,75 per Dot. ; Saw-hles, Half Round, Millsaw
and oilier Files in proportion. Single Files and
fractional parts or dozens charged at the same
rates, and warranted satisfactory.
J, B. SMITH.
NO. CI NEW STREET between Race and
Vine 6c Second & Third Sis. Philadelphia.
Philada. August 18, 18S5. 3in.
PLEMINO Ss BHOTHEH,
PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
JVo. 40 SouiA Wafer Strict,
PHILADELPHIA.
Particular attention paid to sale of the following
article ;
Grain, Butter, Lard, Pork, Beans, Potatoes,
Green and dried Fruits, Graaa Seeds,
Onions, Wool, Feathers, Poultry,
Ac, Sic, &o.
Rirtamcts. Wm. Browa, Esq. Wm. C,
Patterson, Esq., Paul T. Jones, Esq., Philadel
phia, John Gill, Esq., Pituburg.
- Phila., June 3, 1855plj7 ch a!8.
Good Intent Fire Company !
4 MEETING ofthe Good Intent Fir Com pa
ny will b held al the Court House, on
Monday evcuing next.. Punctual attendance i
requested. ...
Br Oaeta cr Tit Tallin t-.
iunhury, Auj. 18, 1S55