SUNBURY AMERICAN AND SHAM0K1N JOURNAL.
VERT LAVE IROM CALIFORNIA.
- ., .... 4 -t . i - e
the TAatr Mining Suspended -Arrival
tf General Lane 'Female Wages in Cali
fornia Contention io form a Provis
ional Government Execution of Mur
derers, ....
News from Son Francisco lo the 25lh of
January hns bec-n recuiveJ by way of Vera
Cruz. ,.
Tho winter hns been a very severe one in
the gold country, twelve to eighteen Inches
of snow being on the ground on the 1 1th of
January. .The miners at that period had not
suffered much, fur they were still digging a
little, as the streams hud not risen any. They
were very eomfortublo at that time, having
good log-houses and plenty of wood and pro
visions. Good judges are of opinion that
ihere is at least six months' provisions in the
mines. The "Alta California," of a luter
date, snys, however, that the rivers were
rising rapidly. The Sacramento rose' fifteen
feet in three days, and communication be
tween Fort Sacramento and the mining dis
trict was cut off. On the 25lh, the last dales,
t(?e whole of the lowlands w ere under water.
Many wagons, laden with merchandise and
provisions destined for the mines, have been
stopped by the heavy storm, and will proba
bly not get through until the spring. Per
sons coming down from the mines have been
obliged lo swim nnd wade a half a mile at a
time. In the mines the snow varies from
one to three feet in depth.
Col. Benton's letter to the people of Cali
fornia was published on the 11th of January.
The editors of the "Alia California" say that
his advice is substantially w hat the citizens
are now acting on; and with the sanction of
his name, it is to be hoped that tho cause of
Provisional Government will not be allowed
to retrograde. Col. J. D. Stevenson has felt
himself aggrieved by Col. Benton's letter,
and replies to it at length through the "Alta
California." Nothing ts said tn the Lalijorma
papers about the gold. The latest news that
the Californians had received was of General
Taylor's election. General Lane was in San
Francisco, on his way to Oregon. Ho look
the Southern route from Santa Fe to Los An
gelos. The "Alta California" copies a paragraph
about a meeting of seamstresses in New
York, complaining of their hard work and
poor pay, and comments thereon as follows,
which will be interesting information to tho
girls :
'We would advise a colony of these samo
working girls lo come to California as soon as
possible. They can earn from S5 to $35 per
day in the manufacture of clothing ; and if
they bo anxious to do still better than that,
they will find hundreds of young, good-looking
and enterprising men ready to embrace
an opportunity which promises a good wife."
Meetings were being held to consider the
necessity of forming a provisional govern
ment, and appointing delegates to a conven
tion for this purpose. The first of May is
the day for tho Convention to be held.
There have been some slight difficulties
with the Indians, attributed, however, to the
rashness of tho whites, an Indian's life being
regarded as little better than a dog's.
The store ship Southampton had arrived,
with Smith's company of dr.it'oons, to be sta
tioned at San Francisco. Com. Jones was
trying to coax back his deserting sailors.
The President and Gkx. Scott The
meeting at the church took place the Sunday
subsequent to the day upon which Gen. Scott
called upon the President, under the follow
ing circumstances:
Gen. S. being nearest to the door, was the
first out of the church, and he there waited
some minutes for the President advanced
to meet him, and accosted him with civility
and courtesy .: The salutation was reciproca
ted. General S. said he had not pressed him
self upon the President, but had waited or
should wait, before repeating his call, for a
period of some relaxation of the President's
business. The reply to this was courteous
and if Gen. Scott did not again call, it was
because, as the Secretary of War knows,
publio duty required thai he should leave
Washington earlier than he had first expec
ted. The writei add
Gen. Scott has not spoken or complained of
any want of courtesy towards him on the
part of the President on this occasion, and it
is to ba regretted that any rumor ofihis char
acter should have been deemed of sufficient
importance to be brought before ihe public.
THE BODY OF MR. COLT FOI ND.
Last night between ten and eleven o'clock
the coroner was informed that the body of a
man bad been found in tho Delaware, at Arch
street wharf, supposed to be that of Mr.
John D. Colt, of Donaldsonville, Schuylkill
county, son of Major William Colt, of Dan
villa, Columbia county, who disappeared from
this city in December last, under circum
stances that created great uneasiness, on his
account, among his numerous friends and ac
quaintances. Upon examination it was ideri
titled as that of Mr. Colt, and was taken in
charge by the Coroner and placed under the
ora of Mr. Helverson, undertaker of the
northern Liberties, to await any disposition
!fet the relatives of the deceased may desire
to make.
The watoh, money and papers known to
have been to his-possession on the evening of
the i$iu of Decembers the night of bis dis
appearance, were all: found1 oa the body,
which circumstance removes- tlie suspicions
excited at the time, and which have been
anxiously and mournfully entertained ever
since by his relations and friends, that he had
been tha victim of foul play and violence.
The deceased' was a highly respectable
young man, an attorney of talent and fine
promise, whose melancholy death will be re
gretted by a large number of friends. The
bereavement of his immediate relatives can
not be otherwise than painful intheextreine,
yet under all the circumstances, the poignan
cy of grief will no doubt be in a measure mi
tigated from the fact that bis death was not
the result ot abrulal outrage, but that" of ac
oid.nil ltnCnlhfr fAi'ifl. Bulletin,. $t ult.
TZS AMEBIC AIT.
SUNBURY.
ATIRDAT, APRIL T, 1849.
H. B. MAsSER, Editor and Preerleter.
CP Persons indebted to the office ofthe Ameri
can up to April 1848, are notified to make final
settlement with H. B. Mnsser, in whose hands the
books ofthe Into linn arc Ml for collection.
K7" Lumber. An immense amount of
lumber has come down the branches of the
Susquehanna, during the recent freshet.
The deep snows have been favorable in get
ting oiit timber, and a vast deal will be ta
ken to market, this season.
K?" Canal Boats. A number of large
nnd handsomely constructed boats, have
been added to the stock at this place, this
spring. There have been great improve
ments in boat building within the last ten
years. A first class boat will now cost
about one thousand dollars. We have seen
some splendid boats, built at the boat yards
of Mr. Gossler, and Mr. Clement of this
place, and also some from Northumberland,
and a handsomely finished boat from Gideon
Leisenring's yard at Selinsgrove.
DC?" Admitted to the Bain On Mon-
day last on motion of Charles W. Hegins,
Esq., Seymour D. Ball was admitted to
practice in the several courts in this county.
At the same time, on motion of Joseph
Case', Esq., Joseph McEnnally was ad
mitted to practice in the same courts.
Death in a Lime Kiln. We re
gret to learn that Mr. John Slack met with
an untimely death by entering a lime kiln,
which he was superintending, near Sny
derstovn. The kiln was burning and had
been partially filled up, when he descend
ed into it with a ladder, for some purpose
and was suffocated it is supposed, almost in-
staneously, by the escape of a stream of
carbonic acid gas, as he was discovered on
his hands and knees, with his face down
He was a poor but industrious man, and
has left a wife and several children.
ELECTION OF Jl'DKES.
The resolutions, heretofore passed by the
Senate, to provide for the election of Jud
ges ofthe courts of this Commonwealth, by
the people, have finally passed by a vote of
52 to 23. The resolutions were not passed
by a party vote. The doctrine of elections
by the people, is however the true Demo
cratic doctrine, and must prevail. In 1838
when the Constitution was adopted, the
life tenure was abolished, and now, with
ten years experience, we find two-thirds of
our Legislature, Whigs as well as Demo
crats, prepared to go directly to the people
and elect their judges as they elect nearly
all other civil officers.
The Constitution requires the sanction
of two successive legislatures to any amend
ments of the Constitution. Should these
resolutions pass the next legislature, of
w hich we think there is no doubt, the ques
tion will then be submitted to the people
at the next general election.
K7- The Body or Mr. Colt The
Philadelphia papers announce the dis
covery of the body of John Donaldson Colt,
son of Major Colt of Danville, w hose mys
terious disappearance on the night of the
28th of December last, in Philadelphia,
caused considerable excitement. It was
generally supposed that he had been mur
dered, but the recovery of the body, which
was found in the Delaware near Arch
street wharf, with his watch, papers and
money, seems to repel that idea. His re
mains were immediately conveyed to his
afflicted parents at Danville, where they
were interred on Wednesday last. The
following singular circumstance in relation
to the fate of Mr. Colt, we copy from the
Philadelphia Daily News :
"It is a little remarkable, (hut while the
effort to ascertain the fate of the deceased
were in progress in January last, Mrs. Suitcw,
under the influence of mesmerism, described
nearly its locality, and it may be its exact lo
cality at that time, ihough the whole of the
utory may not be true. After the failure of
the most earnest efforts, and when even libe
ral rewards could elicit nothing concerning
him, Mrs. Sutton was applied to by the fath
er, and was told that the body was Iheu lying
at the bottom ofthe river between Race and
Vine streets, he having been accidentally
killed in a fracas, in the vicinity of Eighth
and Cherry 6treots, and afterwards thrown
into the dock.
IL7" Poor House. The House on Mon
day last passed a bill to submit to the people
of Union and Northumberland counties to
vote by ballot for and against the erection
of a house for the support and employment
of the poor.
ttJ D'Aubicne's History or the Re
formation. We have about a dozen copies
of this celebrated work left, which we will
sell for cajh, if called for, within ten days,
at 25' per cent. leu than the city prices.
Enquire ofthe editor. -
K Mr. Augustus H. Clement calls the
attention ot the public by an advertisement
in our columns, to the fact that he has open
ed a shop in this place, forth manufacture
of Saddles, Harness, and other articles in
bis line of business. Mr; Clement has the
reputation of being a good workman.
RELIEF NOTE.
It is doubtful whether the Legislature
will do anything to rid us of this abomina
ble currency the present session. After
the large promises made, they will certain
ly have much to answer fot to their neg
lected constituents. The Harrisburg Union
makes the following remarks on the sub
ject:
"Are the ceorjle of this Commonwealth, to
have relief from the filthy relief votes, that
are spreading disease wherever they circu
late) Are the merchants, the businessmen,
and the laboring classes longer to be shaved
and annoyed by this horrid trash called cur
rency, in a slate richer In all her resources
than nny two sinks in the Union 1 Can it be
possiblo that tho Legislature will adjourn
without providing some means of Inking
these notes out of circulation? If they do,
they must not expect the prayers of their
constituents to follow them to their homes."
THE STATE DEBT.
A citizen of the western part of Penn
sylvania has written a letter to a member of
the Senate proposing a scheme for the pay
ment of the State debt, He proposes that
our Legislature pass abill organizing a com
pany of 500 men to go to California to col
lect gold dust for the Commonwealth, that
this company be allowed twenty per cent.
on the amount collected, and be under the
official protection ofthe State, the gold col
lected to constitute a sinking fund for the
payment of the State debt
K?" Judge Longstreth. The Harris
burg Union says thp physician who has had
the Judge tinder charge, states that he is
gradually recovering his former health, and
alleges that so soon as the weather becomes
more settled, he will be able to resume his
duties in the Canal Board.
lEf Mr. Buchanan at a public dinner re
cently tendered to him, at Harrisburg, spoke
as follows of the late war with Mexico,
and the gallantry of our volunteers:
The war with Mexico he believed to have
been a just wnr, and one which the honor of
the country required us to embark in. 1 lie
success of our arms had astonished the world.
His position as a member of the late admiuis'
tration had civen him opportunity of know-
lna the opinion ofthe leading men of olher
countries. He had received letters inquiring
how it was possible that volunteers, farmers
anil mechanics and professional men, who
had never seen a battlefield, could meet and
defeat overwhelming masses of disciplined
troops in a foreign land. He concluded by
giving the lollowmg toast:
The memory of General Jackson Tho
most distinguished Volunteer General of
whom we have any record in history.
0" On our first page are a number of
interesting articles, particularly the one re
lating to snorers and others in church.
"We saw a horse, the olher day, with one
of his hind feet in his inoulh, he could only
be forced to relinquish it bv hnving his jaws
t n .-,-, r tjt.
pneii open. rori uiuson iieraia."
O5 They must have remarkably active
horses in the South. The story is almost as
good as Paddy's, who said he swam over
the river with his head in his mouth.
Fran the Public Ledger.
FROM HARRISBl'RG.
Election of Judges by the People Amendment
to ihe Constitution Adjournment of the
Legislature Appointments-Post-office Stock
The Jndicial Appointments.
Harrisburg, April 3.
Dear Sirs: This afternoon was signalized
by an action of the Legislature certainly the
most important that has transpired during
this most dull, stale, flat, and unprofilablu
session. This was the passage, by an over
whelming vote, of the resolutions sometime
since passed by the Senate, for an amend
ment tn our State Constitution, providing for
the election of all Judges in the Common
wealth by the people. To this point, it has
been for some lime evident, we were rapidly
tending. It was rapidly growing in popular
favor, as indicated by the resolutions of the
public meetings of both parties, by toasis and
sentiments at public dinners, and by the ex
pression of the public press The success of
the elective system in Ohio, during many
years past, with the evident facts that there
justice is as sure ; thnt there Ihe Judges are
as able; that there the Judiciary is as pure
and equitable in their decisions as our own
one-man power system can claim to have
been, even in its palmiest days, has doubt
less had considerable influence in creating the
desiie for a similar system in Pennsylvania.
The more recent adoption of the same
plan of selecting Judgp by the great Slate of
New York, and its entile success there in se
curing Judges infinitely superior as u body to
the old sel, has given additional food to the
desire for a change. The resolutions just
passed had slept, after passing the Senate
early in the session, very quietly on the ta
bles of the House, and were not expected to
awaken to life during the session. But this
afternoon, Mr. Swartzwelder, by a legislative
manoeuvre, obtained the floor and called them
up, within barely two hours ofthe adjourn
ment. After some short speeches in favor of
the measure by him and Mr. Ball of Erie,
and by Messrs. Little of Wyoming, and Cor
nyn of Huntingdon,- the resolutions were
forced through three readings, by two-third
votes, under the repeated power of the pre
vious question, and passed finally without a
mendment, just as they came from the Sen
ate. The following is the vote on final passage,
recorded in pursuance of the imperative di
rection of the present Constitution :
Yet Messrs, Ball. Bent, Biddle, Bloom,
Role, Bull, Corl, Diehl, Elliott, Emery, Wm.
Evans, Fuusold, Fegelv, Fisher. Fuller, Giove
Hampsun, Heuszey, Herring, Higgins, Hortz,
Hower, Laird, Lewis. Long, McCartney, Mo
Cullocb, McKee, McLaughlin, Marx, Myers,
Pearoe, Pratl, Robb, Rupley, By man, Schnoon
over, Seibert, Sharp, Snivoly, Steel, Slubbs,
S'utzman, Swarizwelder, Taggart, Geo. T.
Thorn, Nicholas Thorn, Wattles, Weirick.
Wilcox, Zerbey, Packer, Speaker 52.
Nays Messrs. Cornyn, Courtney, David
Evans, Henry S. Evans, Fenion. George,
Gillespie, Gordon, Henry, Kirk, Laubach, Mo
Calmont, McKee, McSherry, Miller, Morri
son, Olio, Roberts, Rose-berry, Rutherford,
Smith, Smyth, Souder, Walters' Williams
SJ.
According to the Constitution, the amend
ments will be advertised in one or more news
papers in each county, for three months pre
vious to the next election in October. Next
winter the Legislature meet again to pass
upon it. If the amendment it again agreed
to by that body, it will be once more adver
tised previous to the election in the fall of
1850; at which time the people will vote for
or against its adoption, as part ofthe funda
mental Constitution of tho State. Their ver
dict will unquestionably be in the affirmative.
Some attempts are being made lo try and
extend the period of final adjournment by the
Legislature, a week or two longer. - It is ur
ged that there is a mass of unfinished impor
tant business which cannot be got through
with by the 10th. No matter, an extension
of the time is entirely improbable. The
members are very anxious to gut home, and
seem more than usually tired of the session.
Certainly it has been a most dull one.
No Judgeship appointment by tho Gover
nor yet. There is a prospect of Judge Eld red
exchanging this district for one in the North
ern part of the Slate especially if the bill
creating four new judicial districts should
pass, as appears likely. The Judge is re
moving his family back to his old residence,
Wayne country, any rate. Dauphin.
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
HtRRisBunu, April 3.
Senate. On motion of Mr. Hugus, the
joint resolution providing that the Constitu
tion be so amended as that the people shall
every three years, vole for a Lieutenant Go
vernor, was taken up.
After a few words from Messrs. Hugos.
Johnson, Koiiigmacher. Overfield and Small,
Mr. Johnson moved that the further consid
eration of the subject be postponed.
On motion of Mr. Hugus, the yens and nays
were demanded, and being taken, were, yeas
16, nays 9.
On motion of Mr. Mason, the bill to revive
nnd continue in force the bill lo incorporate
the North Branch Canal Company, and the
supplement thereto, was taken up.
Mr. Mason then moved an amendment
authorizing a loan not exceeding 81,277,500
for the completion of the North Branch Canal.
After debate, in which Messrs. Mason,
Johnson, King and Small participated,
Mr. King moved that the bill, together
with the amendments, be postponed for the
present. Lost yeas 1 1, nays 12.
Afternoon Session. Tho bill to revive
the old North Branch Canal Charter, for the
completion of that work, was taken up and
discussed, but subsequently rejected by a tie
vote.
House. The House was occupied during
the entire session in the consideration of the
private calendar. A large number of bills of
no public importance were considered and
passed.
THE rOKSECTICl'T ELECTION.
New Haven, Conn., April 3d, 1849.
In the first, second and third Congressional
districts, the D.-mocratic candidates are elec
ted. In the fourth district, Mr. Butler, the
Whig candidate, is elected.
There has been no choice for Governor and
olher State officers.
The House will be Democratic. The com
plexion of the Senate is doubtful On joint
ballot the Democrats will have a majority in
the Legislature.
STATISTICS OF PAWNBROKERS.
The number of licensed Pawnbrokers in
-New lorK nt the present time, is Jl. It is
estimated that the aggregate amount of loans
is, annually, over 700.000 a year, on which
the profits are $175,000 a year. Ofthe prin
cipal establishments, three arc kept by Simp
sons, three by the levys, three by the Jack
sons, three by the Hurts. Tho amount paid
for licenses last year was $1550; nnd this
sum, it must be remembered, has all been
taken from the pockets ot the pooiest and
most pitiable of our population ; but in addi
tion to the sums paid for licenses there is 25
per cent, interest on the amount of loans,
whereby it appears, are 700.000 dollars per
annum, making 175,000 dollars paid by the
necessitous men and women of the city who
have to pawn their clothes and trinkets to
procure the means of immediate existence.
While the law limits the rate of interest at
7 per cent, in Wall street, among rich bank
ers, it compels the needy and starving who
resort to Chatham street for a loan to pay 25
per cent. This is one of the beauties of our
usury laws.
Mr. Gough, the temperance lecturer, is
about to have a house and lot presented to
him, in Syracuse, N. Y. Some of the folks
there have signed a pledge to dispense wiib
iheir regular "leven o'clocker," and appro
priate the sums '.bus saved towards ihe pur
chase of the house and lot in question. Laud
able resolution !
A Pctition, it is said, is being circulated
in Kingston, Canada, to be presented lo the
Queen, to allow that province to be annexed
lo the United States.
Trouble among the Southren Metho
dists. The troubles of the Methodist Church
which caused a division of that body, have
appeared in the Cherokee country. The
Church North sent among the Indians a min
ister to represent the cause of freedom, and
the consequence has been a riot. No reli
gious meetings, it is said, can now be held
without a not.
Fearful Stage Accident The Pittsburg
Dispatch reports the upsetting of a stage
about ten miles from that city, on Friday
night, over a precipice of forty to fifty feet
uaoreew. renruiigioti, canal captain, was
killed and the other four passenger (one a
Miss Murray) injured. The driver remained
in the road, and actually went to sleep after
the accideut. The jury found a verdict of
of death by carelessness on ihe part of the
driver. ' '
. Skventeeh Millions of passengers have
been carried over the Massachusetts Railroads
within the three past year. : The average
speed of passenger ears on the Massachusetts
Railroads is 23. 13 miles per hour. The a
verage speed of freight ears is It. 35 miles
per hour. The causualties 56 killed, 65
injured. !
V. STATES POSTAOE IMPORTANT REOC
LATIOKS.
The Post Office Department has published
the rates of postage under the late treaty with
Great Britain, and as modified by the lale act
of Congress :
Tho inland postage for 800 miles and un
der, is 10 cents an ounce; for half an ounce
and less, it is S cents.
The inland postage for greater distances
than 300 miles is 20 cents an ounce ; 10 cents
for half an ounce and under.
The whole postage, by the British or A
merican mail steamers, from or to Great Bri
tain and Ireland, is 48 cents an ounce; 24
cents for a single half ounce or less.
The United Slates inland postage, what
ever may be the distance, on letters sent by
the British steamers to foreign countries, oth
er than Great Britain and Ireland, is 10 cents
an ounce ; 5 cents the single half ounce.
The postage by the American steamers, to
foreign countries, other than Great Britain
nnd Ireland, on letters to be sent through the
British mnil, is 42 cents an ounce ; 21 cents
the single half ounce.
To and by Bremen, from the port, and the
reverse, 48 cents an ounce ; 24 cents the sin
gle half ounce. The inland postage to be
added,
To and from Havana, 25 cents an ounce;
12( cents single.
To and from Chagres, 40 cents an ounce;
20 cents single.
To and from Panama, 60 cents on ounce;
30 cents single.
To nnd from other plnreson the Pacific, 80
ceuls an ounce ; 40 cents single.
To nnd from the West Indies (except Ha
vana) nnd islands in the Golf of Mexico, 20
cents; 10 cents single, with inland postage.
Any fractional excess over an ounce is al
ways to be regarded as an ounce.
The above postage may be prepaid or not,
at the option of the sender, except to foreign
countries, other than Great Britain or Ireland ;
Bud where the loiters pass through the Bre
men post office, in most cases, the whole
postage may be prepaid, or they may go un
paid, A postage of 6 cents is charged on letters
and packets brought into the United States in
any private ship or vessel, or carried from
one port therein to another, if they ore to be
delivered at the post office where the same
shall arrive, and two cents are added to the
rates of postage if destined to be conveyed
by post; and postmasters are to receive one
cent for every letter or packet received by
them to be conveyed by any (private) ship or
vessel beyond sen, or from any port to anoth
er in the United Stales.
Newspapers are conveyed from one Post
office to another, in the same State, for one
cent, and any distance, not more than 100
miles, at 1 he same rate; over 100 miles, one
cent and a half. Letter carriers in cities lo
receive not more than a half cent for Ihe de
livery of newspapers and pamphlets. The
postage required lo le prepaid hen not sent
from the office of publication, and when sent
to fureign countries the whole postage to be
prepaid.
RESTORATION OF SIGHT.
The Boston Traveller gives some interest
ing accounts of experiments made by Pro
fessor Bronson, in removing imperfections of
sight, produced by age, or malformation.
According lo the Traveller, old people have
been enabled to lay aside their spectacles,
nnd people of all ages who suffered from
short sight, have been entirely cured. The
Traveller says that Piofessor Bionson is the
author of these discoveries, and thai his prac
tice consists entirely in manipulation. Pro
fessor Bronson is well known in this and oth
er cities, as a lecturer upon elocution, and
has opened an office in New York, for medi
cal practice upon the eye, in which we wish
him success.
But while giving credit to Professor Bron
son for his efforts in doing good, and while
admitting that his method of lieaiing the eye
is original with himself, we do not admit that
he was the first discoverer. The very treat
ment ascribed to him for restoring decayed
sight, was discovered long ago by John Quin
cy Adams, and successfully practised on him
self. This is not the only case in which sci
entific men have made the same discovery)
without any communication wilh each olher.
Dr. Franklin in Philadelphia, and Dr. In
genhouse in , St. Petersburg, without any
knowledge of each other, made simultaneous
discoveries in electricity. Therefore we do
not wonder at Professor Bronson's discovery
concerning the eyes, without any hint from
Mr. Adams, who had long previously made
the same discovery. Mr. Adams did not
communicate his discovery to the world, but
mentioned it incidentally, and as of no grent
importance, to two or three friends in ihe
course of his life. We certainly wonder at
him and them, for not perceiving its general
utility. Mr. Adams never wore spectacles,
his sight enduring to the last. Yet those
who remember him in piivate conversation,
may remember his habit, while listening, of
manipulating his eyes with his fingers, by
passing them gently over the surface, from
the external to the internal angle
The decay of sight that is remedied by
convex spectacles, is caused by ihe gradual
absorption of the humors, or relaxation of the
coats, rendering the transparent cornea less
convex. The manipulation, or gentle pres
sure, perhaps by stimulating the coats, and
thereby causing them to contract, restores Ihe
original convexity, and consequently the or
iginal perfection of sight. In rubbing or wi
ping the eyes, we naturally pass the hand or
towel over Ihe convex surface, from the in
ternal to the external angle. Thisdiminishes
the convexity, and thus promotes the decay
of sight, and therefore should be carefully
avoided. The pressure, whether in wiping
or manipulating, should proceed, in eyes or
iginally perfect, from ihe external to the in
ternal angle. Short sight, remedied by con
cave glasses, is caused by tinJus tonvexity of
the external cornea, whether congenital or
caused by disease. In this case all wiping,
rubbing or manipulation should proceed from
the internal to the external angle, the reverse
of the motion necessary in the case first men
tioned, la manipulation, care must be ta
ken against pressure too bard, or continued
loo long, which may dovelope inflamation.
The Liberty or the Press. The Eliza
bethtown, N. J., Journal has been denounced
from the pulpit in that place for opposing a
law to prohibit travelling through that State
on Sunday. This is not the first instance
where the rights of opinion and the rights of
publishers have been impudently and utijns
tifiably invaded in the same place. The en
tire suspension of Sunday travelling may
prove ad vantageous to the morals of tho coun
try, but if others differ from us in such an
opinion, we do not think that it is proper that
they should be branded and injured in their
interests for entertaining and expressing their
opinion. It does not accord wilh the boasted
intelligence of the age to denounce men for
their opinions. It looks too much like the
promptings of interest, rather than a love of
truth.
California Beaten! The Gold Placer of
Carolina At the Mountain Creek mine, in
Catawba county, belonging to our. friends,
Messrs. Cnnsler&Shuford, iheir hands collec
ted, in two days and a half, with the simple
operations of the pan nnd hnnd rocker, 2.208
dwts. of gold from Ihe vein, and from the
sands below, by the use of the mill, 159 dwts.
morn. The amount collected during the week,
independent of the products of the rocker
was 2367 dwts. At one panning, Mr. Shu-
ford got 215 dwts. some of it in particles of
condsidcrablu size.
Since the above, which is substantially cor
rect, was reported, Mr. Cansler culled at our
office, and informed us that, at a subsequent
period, which was on the 20: li inst., one
bushel of ore yielded 1980 dwts. of pure gold
Thi, for the Iruih of which we. vouch, throws
California altogether in the shade Lincoln
ton (N. C.) Republican, 27( rdt.
Ma. Tuck's Position Hon. Amos Tuck,
at a Whig supper at Portmouth the other
evening, said :
"The editors who have assigned to me all
sorts of opinions will take my presence hero
this evening hs evidence that I have gone
over hook and line to the Whigs. I am here
this evening to be with my friends, and my
enemies may mulct the most of it."
From the sturdiness of Mr. Tuck's man
ner we nro inclined to believe that he must
be a descendant of a certain Friar ofthe same
name whose history is probably familiar to
our readeis. N. Y. Mirror.
The Starks County (O.) Democrat says:
"Look out for the counterfeit 5's on the Mate
Bank of Ohio, at Massillon. The paper is
course and rough, and the bill shorter than
the genuine. The genuine has the word
five in letter, and reads on the back, 'Slate
Bank of Ohio.'
General Tatlor's Plantation. The St.
Louis Union of the 15th, in speaking of the
rise of ihe river, says: "Gen. Taylors plan
tation is entirely underwater The steamer
Bulletin, in n fog, found herself ninking a
beautiful excursion over a cotton plantation."
Extraordinary Locomotive Speed. In
a late English paper we have an account of
a first class engine on the new York and
Newcastle Railway, which took the express
train from York to Darlington, n distance of
-15 miles, in 40 minutes! It was computed,
further, that when new rails were placed on
ihe road, as was soon to be done, the same
engine would perform the same service in
thirty minutes, which would be at the sur
prising rate of 90 miles an hour.
The total amount of California gold en
tered at the Boston Custom House is $126, 129.
"Jeems," of the Boston Post, has lately
perpetrated the following good thing:
A little Whig, the other day, asked one of higher
station,
"What was it that the paper meant about the in-
augerationl"
The big Whig told the little Whig that nearly
half the nation
Were "going to tort the President and that's the
in-augtr-atioxt."
Gossip. The Washington correspondent of
the True Sun says: "The democrats of the
Senate are said to have prepared a sort of
address to the party upon general politics, in
which all elected as democrats have united,
including Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Beiilou, and
except Mr. Niles, who now goes with the
whigsou the tariff, and with the abolitionist
upon all negro questions. 1 have not seen
this paper, but, if rightly informed, it will
shortly see the light."
Tub California Fever appears to be sub
siding in New York, as well as elsewhere,
MR WEBSTER AND MR. FOOTE.
The Wiirhiugton correspondent of the
Springfield Republican mentions ihe following
amusing ircideut. Mr. Foote wasaddiesclng
the Senate, when Mr. Wt biter asked leave
lo interrupt him a moment :
"Mr. Foote turned towards Mr W., w ho
was silting directly behind hitn, and addres
sed him, us nearly as I can recollect, in the
following strain : "The honorable Senator
from Massachusetts, ihe statesman, the ora
tor, Ihe scholar, lh philosopher (heie Mr.
Webster who, up to this point, had kept his
eye fixed on Air. Foote. covered his face
with both his bands, and Mr. F. then proceed
ed as follows:) the man whose speeches are
are destined to live as long as Ihe English
language, he who will hereafter rank along
side Ihe Demosthenes and Burkes of our own
race." Mr. Webster's patience seemed to be
exhausted at this point, and belched forth at
the top of his lungs, lOh! eetottt!u What
conclusion Mr. F. brought his elaborate eulo
gium to, I am unable to say, for amid Ihe
roar of merriment and laughter that ensued,
he could not be heard for some miuutes after."
DIED,
In this place, on the 30th ull., ISAAC
NEWTON, son of Edward Eisely, aged 5
weeks.
In Milton, on the 27th nit., after l.inn,
painful illness, JAMES THARP, Esq., in the
iu i?ar ui Hi ago.
In Milton, on Ihe Sfiih nit . WIT MAM
JAM ES, au infant son of John H. and Sarah
A. Browu.
In Mahoninir townnhin. rntnmKia
on Ihe 26i h ull., Mia. WATSON, wife of Mi.
John L. Watson.
In Little Mahnnnv Inal uuk 1 A RV. u-ifa
of David Dunkelberger, aged 45 year 9
lunula vim UftVB.
PHILADELPHIA MAHKBT,
f . Maui n 2B, 1849. .
Wheat Red Is worth 105 a 108 cenlsi
while is held at 110 a t 12c. ,
UvE--Pennsylvania is worth 60c! .- .
Corn New f enna. yellow is held at 60c,
white 63o., weight.
Oats Southern is held at about 30 a 32c.
Whiskey. Sales in hhds at 22o and in
bbls at 24 cents.
Corrected weekly by Henry Masser. - .
Wheat.
Rik.
Corn.
Oats.
Butter.
En ns. .
Pork. -Flaxseed.
Taliow.
Beeswax.
Flax.
tn KLKt) Fla.
Dm :n Arpi.ts.
Do, i'kaiiic.
100
56
50
33
14
10
S
155
10
S5
8
10
62
200
SADDLE & HARNESS
MAKING.
H E undersigned respectfully
informs the mililir.. that h
hascominenred the above hui.
ness in Simhurv. and will con.
stHiitly keep on liaud mid manufacture to order, at
his etuiid in Market street nearly opposite Young's
store, nil orticlca belonging to his line of business.
All articles manufactured by liiin will lie made in
the best and most durable style, and at price as
reasonable as they ran be had at any other estab
lishment in the county. He therefore respectfully
solicits perrons to rail and examine for themselves
before purchasing elsewhere. All kinds of pro
duce taken in by the stores will be taken in ex
change at the market price.
Al'GI.'JSTCS II. CLEMENT.
Suiibury, April 7, 18-19.
ioti
S the subscriber is done selling at Auction, lie
- 1 requests nil those who hnve not coin plied with
the conditions of sale, to rail iuitncdiati-ly and do
so. lie has still some MOI.AKMEiS, PLASTER,
&c, on hand, which be will cell low. As the
Ktoro is closed, customers will please coll at the
house. CilAS. IS. DOGAR.
Kuiibury. April 7, 1819 if
Suuuikm' AiTiiii'j'uinent.
PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAIL
ROAD, FROM PHILADELPHIA
TO POTTVIL!.K.
CHANGE VF HOURS, and TWO TRAINS
DAILY, carh trot, cicejtt Sundays
ON AND AFTER MONDAY, April 2d. lHl'i
two trains will run each way, duily, between
Philadelphia and l'iittiville.
MORNING LINE ACCOMMODATION,
Leaves Philadelphia nt 7 A. M., daily, except
Sundays.
Passes Reading at 10.45 A. M.
Leaves l'ottsville at 7 A. M., daily, except
Sundays.
Passes Rendin.T at 9 10 A.M.
The above Line stops at ull way stations on the
road as toriuerlv.
AFTERNOON LINE FA.ST TRAIN.
Up Train Down Ttain.
Leaves Philadelphia at I Leaves l'otuvillc at 2J
!a P. M., daily, ex
P. M., daily, except
Sundays.
Leaves 1'huruix villc 3,45
' Pottstown 4,15
" Reading 5,00
" Port Clinton 5.45
" .--'ch. Haven li.10
Sundays.
Leaves 'ch. Haven 2,37
" Port Clinton 3,00
" Reading 3,50
" Pottstown 4,40
" Phirnixvilio 5.00
Arrives at Potts ille6.'JU
Arrives at Ntatc Rd5,50
...... ... .;. - '
i oe .iiu-moon l rain will stop only at the a
Ikivc luiined stations. Passengers for other points
must therefore take the Morning Line.
LE POT in Reading, coroner of Chesiiut and
Seventh street. Passengers cannot enter the
Cars unless provided with Tickets.
If' NOTICE Fifty pounds of baggage will
he allowed til each rtuMUMit..r tit tlttwu. n,lu . n.l
j passengers are cxprcs-dy prohibited from taking
any thing as baggage but tiicir wearing apparel,
which w ill be at the risk of its owner. No freight
will be taken by these lines.
liy order ofthe Board of Manager,
S. BRADFORD, Sec'rv.
April 7, 1849.
Acer's Cherry Pectoral,
FOR COUGHS, COLDS, CROUP,
HOARSENESS, ASTHMA, HOOP
ING COUGH, BRONCHITIS
AND CONSUMPTION.
rt" IllS valuable propanli.ut, si uiloninliinnly successful
X mi curing diMnise m the Lungs, is Uie rnuk of a skill
ful coiiibiaution ol Ihe known eunilive principles of
mnliciur. In infcriilit-uis are freely rruiile ku iwii to the
pul.lir. and ore those uf-kiiowk-riirett lo medical men us
ruasrseiiitf rare ninlintl virtues, which peculiar virtues are
combined iu the "i;llKRUY PKCTOKAI." in Iheir great
est purity sad erTunoy, and when used, us will be seen from
the following valuable lestiiu ny :
PKllr-'KSKOK CIJ-IVEI.AXD,
of B 'Wdoill College, Krunswirk, Mume, writes: '! hsv
wttaeiMHMi the eneris oi y ur merry FeeUiral in my own
fauuly and iu ihut ol'mv fiieuds. and it has given grsut
i sutist'uction in eases K ith H adult ami ehildren 1
j A VOICK FROM MASS-M-Hl 8KTT3.
Frem Dr. Bryant, Druggist and Postmaster, Chicopee
; Fslls, Mass: '
' I)K. J. C. AT lVrtir: Kneloaeil ilense find remit
ranee for all the Cherry Pectoral last sent me. I ran un
hesitatingly sny. tlial n-t medicine we sell gives such satis
' faeti -n ns y.uif's does nor have I ever .en a medicine
! which cured so many eases of coutrh and lung complaints.
Our Physicians are using it extensively ui the practice, and
! with (he happiest eli'eets.
iruiy yours, u. si. HKYA.XT.
Pit PERKINS.
Presitlent of Vermmt Medical C-'lleirc. one of the m"st
learned and intelligent physicians in thee -uutry, w-onsidera
it a cmif'snion f rare rxcelli-nce for the cure ol that for.
j midable tlist-.ise, C itsamplioii.11
An aim sr incretiitiie numtier oi cernucnti-s hava been
received : proving that Ihe Cherrv Pectoral is, in truth, a
tiltKATRKMKDY
for Ceuglis. Colds, Asil mi nnd lt pnlnvntrv ctmnluhits
PRICK 75 CKXT8 PKR BOTTLE.
Prepared hyj. C. AYKR, I. -well. Man., and kl b
H. MASEEH, SunlHiry, and MAKY McCAY, Nortliuiu
berlsnd. March 31, !.
-JOIIX DOXNEiXfr
Man tTACTt'RER op Donnelly's Upright
Safety Glazf.d Capsfled Blue
Matches,
and United States Oa Paste
BLACKING,
A'o. 83 North Third Street,
PHILADELPHIA,
'I'HESE Matehes arc justly considered the beat
I in the United (States ; they are free from un
pleasant smell, and ran be introduced with perfect
safety into all Stores and Dwelling. Warranted
to keep ten yean. ,
The Blacking is of superior quality,' and free
from and ingredient that impair the Leather...
COUNTRY DEALERS and SHIPPERS will
find it to their interest to call And see for them
selves. N. B. Au assortment of Matches of various ,
New York Manufacturers. Matches in round
wood boxes also, packed in large or small tin
cases, to ship to a'ny part ofthe world,
JOHN DONNELLY,
Late of 20 Bank Street, now 83 North Third 8L -
March 1, 1849. ly
mm; a lie inspector.
DR. J. J. I'pdegralT, offers himself to the elector .
of the 1st Brigade and 8ih division, ass Calf
didate for the oil ice of . .
BRIGADE INSPECTOR,.,.. .
Should he be elected, he trusts that teititary edu .
cation, with considerable experience' in military
lattice, will enable him ta discharge- the duties of '
the ollioe in a creditable and satisfactory manner.'
Jackeon t-rhp., March , 1840.
It
LANK.S ef erer dVarrtiHuiii' can be kad
applying at llieola.--" n the A me nan a, -.
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