STINBURY AMERICAN AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL.
California Jfcios.
CALIFORKtA iJITELLIOEHCaT.
Mr. Frenner, of the tioayune, writing onj
the 81st of August,' gives ihe following ac
count of the
pRosrsjHTr, or iai mANCisco.
No pen can describe properly the progress
of Improvement in this country. The first
we hear in the morning and the last we hear
at night is the noise of the hammer and the
taw. It is utterly impossible for any person
to keep pace with the onward march of gen
oral melioration in all things. Walk the
town of San Francisco to-day and make a
memorandum of all the new houses, and.
some one will follow right after and report
the erection of m new building. I came hith
er about three months ago, and since that
time the town has more than quadrupled in
size. Comtneice and trade of every kind
keep pace with the increase of the buildings.
The streets are filled with merchandise,
while the beach is fairly covered with goods)
-arriving and shipping for the coast and livers.
Real estate is cash in hand and sixty days,
but still it has continued steadily to advance.
Within the last two months it has risen more
than 100 per cent. There is nothing we feel ,
the waut of so much as a mint. Large
amounts of gold dust nre daily arriving from
the mines, but it is with the greatest diffi
culty coin enough can be procured to pay
duties and. this scarcity reduces the value of
the dust to 815 per ounce. The harbor pre
sents a perfect forest of masts, affording a
most beautiful and lively scone. Some of
the finest Bhips in the world float on our wa
Jers, rivalling each other in beauty and speed.
THE COURTS AND THE LAWYERS.
The same writer sketches the law proceed
ings in the following paragraph:
Col. Geary, who was unanimously chosen
by the people of San Francisco District for
the responsible office of Alcalde, has entered
on the discharge of his duties in good ear
nest. His court is thronged with business
day after day. Although every person ap
pears to be making money here by attending
to his business, we cannot afford to sacrifice
the luxury of a little law. No portion of '.he
community is exempt. Mechanics and tra
ders, land speculators and merchants, ship
masters and sailors all alike indulge in the
propensity. ' We have some very clever
limbs of the law practising at our court, but
at the same time we have nn abundance of
the most miserable sticks any portion of the
world ever witnessed. A friend of mine re
marked a few days since, that as we had no
statutes for California, that the lawyers in
troduced a little from the different State sta
tutcs in the Union, a little from English, a
little from French, a little from Dutch, and a
little from Spani.-h and then drew lots for
which they understood best. The alcalde is
no doubt bothered somewhat in the dispensa
tion of justice, by the crotchets of the law
yers. I understand that a few days since ho
tendered his personal responsibility to one
and held another to answer as one gentleman
holds another ; but. in both instances his firm
ness and nerve were a little more than the
offenders of ofliciul dignity were willing to
encounter. As we have no jail, some of the
citizens have un idea of petitioning his honor
to hickory the fellows when they misbehave
in court.
a CALtronxuN'a experience,
The following is extracted from a private
letter, written to the New Orleans Bulletin,
by one who made the trip in one hundred
days by the Corpus Christi route. After giv,
ing an amusing account of his adventures and
a description of San Francisco, he says:
"A small 16 x 38 weatlior-boarded house
rough inside and out, has cost 528,000, and
rents for S2000 a year, payable in advance
Building lots are worth from 54000 to 810,000.
I pity the poor devils who have bought and
built at these prices, for in six months they
will not be able to realize one-tenth of their
outlay. Those who have come out with
goods are bound to lose money. Goods have
been shipped from all the Pacific ports, which
can always supply the country with the re
quired provisions, uur menu here gives
the storjr of his travel to the diggins, and
then says: The gold is not on the surface,
as has been represented, but you havo to di:
i e .1 , .
jecp ior ii, tear up me soiui rncK, wort in
the water, and then it is all luck whether you
get much or none. Tho work is of the hard
est kind, and after trying it, I may candidiy
eay, that 1 would rather drivo a dray or roll
boxes on the Levee, than follow it np. To
all who purpose corning out, I would advise
them first to bugin at daylight and carry kegs
ot nails, boxes or tin, or any other heavy
packages from the sidewalk of any street in
New Orleans, carry them into the store and
pile them up, do not etop for breakfast, or
lunch or liquor; at noon stop an hour and
eat a small piece of salt pork and a ship's
biscuit, and then work until sundown, and
see how you feel. If you can then find
comfortable night's sleep on the ground, un
der a tree, with single blanket and a million
ants running ovor you, and enjoy all this, you
can then coino out to California and live six
months, and be able to save with good luck
at digging, from 8300 to $15,000. It is all
in the luck, for where there is one who has
made 85000 or 810;000, there are 500 who
have not $500, and all doing the same labor
There is no doubt, that California is one vast
gold mine, but it requires much hard labor
to get it out. Five years hence, when labor
can be hired, regular mining companies will
realize fortunes."
The letter concludes by saying, that if the
church gels as many repentant sinner within
the year, as there are repentant miners at the
"diggings," her population and prosperity
will be enormously increased.
DO KOT IS!. ON APFEARAKCES.
We were-informed yesterday, by a peron
who stated it a a fact, that on the landing of
the steamship Falcon, an individual oarne on
bore without hat, coat or boot. After look
ing around hun for tome lime, with a free
aud easy, independent kind of an air, he call.
ed to a drayman and requested him to take
charge of a pair of saddlebags, which were
on board the vessel, and convey them to Hew
lett . Willi soma hesitation tha drayman
complied with bit request, but ba attempt
Ing to lift the saddlebags, he found he wasj
unable to do to without assistance. The fact
was, that, they contained $40,000 in gold,
which the ceatless, hatless and bootless man
had brought with him from California. We
will guarantee that his costume to-day would
not disgrace an habitut of Broadway. Truly,
appearance are fallacious and ' deceptive.
N.O.Pic.
OAMBMKO AT SAN FRANCISCO.
, The number of gambling establishments,
or rather gambling tables, In San Francisco,
cannot fail to surprise any visitant, however
familiar he may have previously been in such
establishments,' more quietly conducted, in
the United States. Almost every hotel, re
fectory and drinking establishment, of which
there are at least a hundred within the pres
ent limits of the city of San Francisco, con
tains from two to half-a-dozen, ami some of
them even a greater number than this, of
these tables, comprising every game in the
gambler's catalogue. All theso are thrown
entirely open to the whole public, and ore
nightly thronged by the promiscuous popula
tioii hero assembled of every conceivable
clime, sex and color. One oambler, who
commenced business on a large scale, has al
cady been fleeced during the week he has
been here, by those betting ncainst his
bank,'" to the tune of some $600. which was
promptly paid. One of those belters, a pas
senger in the Panama also, has during th6
same limn won 810,000. This species of
gambling is scarcely less precarious now than
the speculations in buildiuff lots, bascil, ns
these speculations are known to lie, chiefly
on credit. I am assured, by one whose posi
tion gives him great facilities for obtaining
correct information, that there is not less than
$7,000,000 of paper, issued upon real estate
transactions, now afloat in San Francisco and
vicinity
40 leet. From a point directly under trie
upper termination of thetod, lay off in
etery d'ywetion a line 80 feet in length,
and tht rod will protect every part of ttie
building that falls within a line drawn
from the latter point to the upper end of
the rod. The point of the rod ought to be
plated with gold or silver lo prevent it from
rusting, and thereby becoming blunt. One
point is of as much benefit is three. The
staples by which the rod Is fastened to the
Wilding should be made of glass, oT if these
can hot be procured, Iron staples will air
swer, provided they enclose glass tubes to
prevent a contact of the metals. It must
on no account directly touch any f art of
the building. The lower end of the rod
must extend at least four feet below the
surface of the ground, or until It reaches a
place which 5s moist in the dryest seasons.
If a stream of water is convenient it would
be still better to let the rod project into it
Or you may let the end drop into your well.
If the soil is very dry and no water near,
a few bushels of powdered charcoal ought
to be placed around the end of the rod.
Protected by a rod constructed in ac
cordance with these directions, your build
ing will be perfectly safe from the danger
of lightning. All others are wholly in
adequate, and increase the peril.
THE AlftEPJCLlT.
SUXBURY.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 90, 1M9.
H. B. MASSER, Editor and Proprlrlor.
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ter any balance due for advertising or sub
scription to the American.
K Venice a Desert. Recent accounts
give a gloomy picture of the appearance
of Venice. The city had become a desert.
The place of St. Mare was one vast solitude
and not a vessel was to be seen in the La
guneg. It is slated that no less than fifty
thousand persons had demanded and ob
tained passports, and that they intended to
quit Venice forever.
ADDRESS OV HE FEOfLK V CANADA IK I
FAWR OK AJUlfeXATlOil TO THE
UNITED STATES.
The people of. Montreal favorable to the
annexation of Canada With the United States,
have issued an address in favor of that pro
ject The address is of considerable length,
and brings up for brief discussion various
remedies which have been proposed for the
amelioration of the. present depressed and
suffering condition f 'Canadian commerce
and industry. After pronouncing upon the
inefficiency of those remedies to give to Can
ada permanent prosperity and social harmony,
the address declares there is but one remedy,
of ail suggested, which deserves serious con
deration, but one to which the Canadian
people can look with confidence as calculated
to promote the best interests of their coun
try, develope its commercial and industrial
resources, and terminate those party animosi
ties, jealousies, strivings and scenes of blood
shed which disquiet and degrade its present
social system. This final remedy con
sists in a "friendly and ptaceallt separation
from British connexion, and a union upon eqni
table terms with tht great North American
Confederacy of Sovereign States." Without
the consent of Great Britain, separation is
considered neither practicable nor desirable.
But the colonial policy of the present Siatei
aud the avowals of her leading statesmen,
leave them no longer room to doubt that it is
the resolve of England to invest them wilh
the attributes, and to compel them to assume
the burdens of independence, and they de
clare that it is weakness in them not to pro
vide against such intentions. There are no
aish recriminations against England, the
peaceful consummation of tha object is alone
sought. This temperate and considerate ad-
ress is signed by 325 names, among whom
are Benj. Holmes, formerly Cashier of the
Montreal Bank, now in Parliament, and J. G
McKenzie, the leading Tory. Fifty are Lib1
erals and the rest Tories.
feROM OREOOIf.
Advices from Oregon City have been re
ceived to the Slstof July. B. ft. Thurston
nas bee 'elected Delegate to Congress. Nine
hundred and forty-three votes have been
poitea. The Legislature convened on the
16ih of July. Both Houses were at length
organised by the election of Democratic offi
cers. .
GatAT Cavirk. At the Scientific Conven
lion, recently held at Boston, a paper, writ
ten by Prof. Hereford, was read, in which an
account is given of a cave, situated about
twelve miles from the Mammoth Cave, in
Kentucky, and supposed to be larger than it
Mr. J. S. Stevenson, of Bowling Green, has
penetrated it a distance of five miles, and it
then seemed still expanding.
Fjee is TAMAyi'A. A destructive fire
occurred in this place last week. The
Centre street Hotel, owned and kept by
Peter Mead, a cabinet maker shop, and se.
veral small buildings were totally destroyed.
EDITOR'S TABLE.
Business pollers.
Godkts Ladt's Book, ajtd nt America.
Those of our readers who would like to subscribe
for this elegant monthly periodical, enn now do so
at a very small cost. The Lady's Book is pub
lished at $3 per annum, but as an inducement,
which wc are enabled to hold out by means of an
arrangement with the publishers, we will furnish
the Lady's Book and the Sunbury American, one
year for $3,50 cash in advance, to those who may
wish to subscribe.
fJCT Speaker or the Senate. Some of
our exchanges are already naming candidates
for the Speakership of the Senate. Among
them we notice the name of Gen. Wm. F.
Packer of Lycoming. This gentleman has
had considerable legislative experience and
as a presiding officer is unequalled. All who
havo witnessed the ease and dignity with
which he filled the Speaker's chair, in the
House, for two consecutive sessions, will be
clad to learn that the democratic Senators
have an eye on him, for this situation in the
Senate. We hope such will be the case.
LIGHTNING RODS.
The season just passed has been remark
able ior the fewness of its thunder storms.
Almost every week during the summer we
have to record the destruction of valuable
property, and loss of invaluable lives by
that terrible agent, lightning. In very
many cases the calamity could have been
warded ofTby the timely erection of a good
lightning rod. We occasionally see these
articles placed along side of a house or
barn, but seldom find them constructed in
such a manner as to protect against the
danger. To afford protection, it is abso
lutely necessary to have them properly
erected, and when they are not so, the long
iron point only invites the electric fluid to
discharge itself upon them in all its force,
and inevitable destruction must follow.
This improper construction leads many,
who do not understand the principle on
which they act, to distrust their efficacy.
1 heir action is thus explained. A needle,
or any pointed metalic body, held within
an inch or two of a substance charged with
electricity, will gradually draw of the
whole charge, without any perceptible
shock, the electricity passing through the
body, which is an excellent conductor, in
to the earth. So when a cloud, similarly
charged, passes over a building, a pointed
metalic rod elevated a sufficient he ht a.
bove,and perfectly insulated from the latter,
will harmlessly pass the fluid from it to
the earth. But if the rod touches the build
ing, the electricity will be as likely to leave
the rod and enter it, as to pass into the
earth. Thus a house furnished with a bad
lightening rod is in a more dangerous con
dition, than one without, and the means
tanen to protect, become an instrument of
destruction.
The best substance that can be used in
the manufacture of a lightning rod is cop
per, but ii this can not be procured, or if
found too expensive, iron will answer the
purpose. The rod may be either round or
square, and its diameter should be not less
than three-fourths of an inch ; for other
wise the excessive heat accompanying a
powerful discharge would melt it. The
metalic communication must be preserved
throughout its whole length, and to accom
plish this, the joints ought to be screwed to.
gether, a globule of mercury being dropped
into the joint before it is put together,
fastening the pieces together by links ii
utterly ineffectual. The length of the rod
must be governed by the size of the build
ing it is intended to protect. The rule is
that the rod will protect a cone whose base
ii four times the length of the rod. For
example, suppose tht height of the rod to
A Fine Bold-faceh Villain. An adroit
scamp lately succeeded in passing himself
upon the Hon. H. Clay as a brother of Speak
erWinthrop; and in that character accom
panied him to Ashland, where he was intro
duced to a number of Mr. C's particular
friends, from whom he succeeded in borrow
ng sundry sums of money, and then vamosed.
Had the subject of this trick been an ordina
ry person, it would have excited little sur
prise : but being H. Clay, a veteran judge of
human nature in all its phases, it certainly
argues no small share of address in the opera'
tor. He bids fair, we think, to attain to I
high eminence in his profession, if notprcma
turely checked in his career.
rU" Near Pottstown, Pa., on Friday eve
ning last, about a dozen cars were knocked
into any quantity of small pieces, in conse
quence of a locomotive running into them.
No lives lost.
IXF" Kissing another man's wife by mi
iaKe, our imp very appropriately terms a
blunder-buss.
K7" Rail Roau Accident. On Monday
last, a son of Mr. John B. Shipman, of this
Iloroiigh, employed on the Rail Road, was
run over and severely injured by one of the
coal trains. The cars passed over his leg,
below the knee, mangling it horribly.
V. B. Palmer's Register.-We have
before us this monthly journal published in
Boston, New York and Philadelphia, by
the well known newspaper agent. V. B
Palmer. It is well printed, and full of
valuable statistics and scientific and busi
ness articles.
Hankinc Capital or Different Cities.
According to the last "Merchant's Magazine,''
the banking capital ot Aew York city is
twenty-four millions, of Boston nineteen mil
lions, of New Orleans seventeen and a half
millions, of Philadelphia ten millions, of
Charleston nine millions, of Providence eight
millions, of Baltimore seven millions, of
Nashvillo three millions. Pittsburg, Augus
ta Ga., Albany and Richmond, each have
rising two millions of bank capital, and Sa
vannah, Salem, New Haven, Cincinnati!,
Lexington, Ky.. Mobile, Troy, N. Y., New
ark, New Bedford, Uliea, Petersburg, Va.,
Rochester, Wilmington, Washington and Port'
land, have each more than one million.
Senator Benton. The St. Louis He pub
lican says that Col. Benton intends being in
that ciiy to attend the Pacific Railroad Con
vention. After tho Convention he intends
making a tour through as many of the south
eastern counties as his time will permit be
fore the meeting of Congress. It is also his
purpose lo return from Washington at an ear
ly day next season, and continue the agila.
tion of his appeal from the instructions of the
Legislature to the people, up to the time of
the holding of the next August election.
Canada. The Montreal Courierof the 9th,
contains the outlines of an annexation associa
tion question by legitimate and constitution
means. The first proposal is to offer a pre.
mium of from 300 to $500 for the best man'
uscript pamphlet of a limited size in favor of
annexation. It i also proposed that the pam
phlet be printed at tha expense of the asso
oialion, and the copies spread over the coun
try at the nominal price of one penny. After
its publication a challenge is to be given
for a written refutation of Us arguments
and it is likewise proposed by this association
to employ lecturers to advacates its tiew
and form branch associations.
California Gold. The deposits of Call
fomia gold, this year, to the ud of Septem
ber, were :
At the mint in Philadelphia,
Do. do. in N. Orleans,
Total of this year
Add depositee of 1818,
Total depositee
of California gold
$3,397,264 46
860,061 42
2,(357,825 88
44,177 00
2,702,002 88
VOTE FVJR CANAL COMMISSfONE R.
1848. 1849.
Counties.
GeoRou Election.' The latest returns
say the Slate Senate Will consist of 23 Demo
crats, 22 Whigs and S Independent Demo
crats, and that the House stands 5 Demo
crats, 63 Whigs.
It is reported on the authority of the Lim
erick Examiner, that John Mitchel, the Irish
patriot, has been released by the British Go
vernment.
Banishment or Garibaldi from Sardinia.
A letter from Genoa of the 16th ultv, an
nounces the departure on that day of Gari
baldi, in the Tripoli steamer for Sardinia,
and (hence to Tunis.
Calithumpian Serenaders. A case was
lately tried at Orwigsburg, Pa., in which one
John Lewis was indicted for riot and assault
and battery on Thomas R. Johnson. It ap
peared that on the night Mr. Johnson's mar
riage the defendant and others annoyed the
party by assembling in front of the house,
and performing a serenade with horns, bells,
kettles, kc. kc. Although S5 were offered to
them lo go, they refused, and continued their
annoyance until 2 o'clock in the morning, in
sulted the ladies, and striking Mr. Johnson.
The defendant was fined anil imprisoned.
Important Decision in New Jersey.
The U. S. Circuit Court at Trenton has jnsj
decided an important suit in that state,' where
a plaintiff claimed title to land under the pro
prietors of East New Jersey, which was de
rived from the grant of King Charles 11 to his
brother, the Duke of York, made March 12,
1654. This was a very comprehensive grunt,
beginning at St. Croix and extending to the
east side of Delaware Bay, which grant in
vested the Duke of York wilh the property
and the power of government. The Court
decided that :
"After the Revolution, and the establish
ment of a new Government, all royal rights
and privileges became vested in the People,
represented by tha sovereignty of New Jer
sey, and the Proprietary Rights became null
and void."
A Bold Push for Liberty. A negro con
fined in the Michigan Slate prison, convicted
of a brutal murder in Detroit, made a leap
ihe other day, from th nj of the prison
wall, and got off over the river j notwith
standing he was fired at by the guard, two
balls entering his body, and one going en
tirely through. He was finally recaptured,
however, after a hard fight.
Political Signs. The Democratic, gov
ernor recently elected in Maine, publicly a
vowed himself, before the election, "opposed
to slavery in all its bearings, moral, social
and political, and especially opposed to its
extension ;" and that he would adopt all con
stitutional and equitable means to prevent its
extension, and that he believed that "Con
gress has entire constitional jurisdiction over
ihe subject in the territories." To this pro
fession he owed his success. Albany Atlas,
The Democrats of Michigan have nomi
nated for Governor, John S. Barry, of St.
Joseph; for Lieut. Governor, Wm. M. Fen
ton, of Genesee.
The American Railroad The grading
of this road, from Gorgona to Panama, has
been contracted for by Mr. Totten, of Phila
delphia. The cost will be about $400,000.
Hon. John C. Calhoun The Columbia,
8. C. Telegraph, referring to the rumor that
Mr. Calhoun contemplated resigning his seat
in the Senate at an early day, says, that no
such intention has been either expressed or
entertained by Mr. Calhoun, and ihat the
rumor is entirely without foundation.
Curb OfHeadaches.-A woik has recent
ly been published in Paris, by an eminent
physician, in which he describes a new re
medy for headaches. He uses a mixture of
ice and salt, in the proportion of 1 to i, as a
cold mixture, and this he applies, by means
of a Utile purse of silk gauze, wilh s rim of
gutta-percha, to limited spots on the forehead
or other pans of the scalp where rheumatio
headacheis felt. It gives instantaneous re
lief. The skin is subjected to the process
from half a miauie lo one and' a half minutes,
and is rendered bard and white. It is good
in eryaiplas and diseases of the skin. Sri
$ntijlt American.
THE STATE SENATE
The Democrats have secured the casting
vote in the next Senate, which will stand as
follows new members are marked with a
a star (;) Democrats in roman ; Whigs in
italics:
1 . Philadelphia City fiinjoinis Matthias;
William A. Crabb.
2. Philadelphia County Thos. S. Fer
non, Thos. H. Forsyth, Peleg. B. Savery.
3. Montgomery Joshua Y. Jones. (Dem
gain.)
4. Chester and Delaware H. Jones
Brooke.
5. Berks Henry A. Muhlenberg .
6 Bucks Benjamin. Malone.
7. Lancaster and Lebanon Jos. A'onr'g--machcr,
Danl. Stine-
8. Monroe, Carbon, Schuylkill and Pike
Charles Frailey
9. Northampton and Lehigh Conrad Shi
mer, (Demi gain.)
10 Susquehannah, Wayne and Wyoming
Francis B Streeter.
11 Bradford and Tioga John W. Guern
sey. 12. Lycoming, Clinton, Centre and Sulli
van Wm. F. Packer. (Dem. gain.)
13. Luzerne and Columbia V. Best.
14. Northumberland and Dauphin it. M.
Frick.
15. Cumberland and Perry R.C Sterrett.
16. Mifflin, Juniata and Union"-. J. Cun.
ningham.
17. York Henry Fulton, (Dem. gain.)
18. Franklin and Adams IP. R.Sadler.
19. Huntingdon, Bedford and Blair Alex.
ander King.
20. Armstrong, Cambria, Indiana and
Clearfield Augustus Drum.
21. Westmoreland aud Somerset Isaac
Hugos.
22. Fayette aud Green Maxwell M'Cas
lin.
23. Washington G. V. Lawrence.
24. Allegheny and Butler George Darsic,
Wm. II. Haslett."
25. Beaver and Mercer David Sankcy
26, Crawford and Venango J. Porter
Brawley.
27. Erie John H. Walker.
28. Warren, Jefferson, Clarion, McKean
and Elk Timothy Ives.
TotalDemocrats, 17
Whigs, 16
MM
Democratic majority, 1
Armstrong
Allegheny
Adams
Butler
Beaver '
Bradford
Blair
Bedford
Bucks
Berks
Cumberland
Clinton
Columbia
Centre
Crawford
Clarion
Clearfield
Cambria
Carbon
Chester
Dauphin'
Delaware
Erie
Elk
Fayette
Franklin
Greene
Huntingdon
Indiana
Juniata
Jefferson
Lehigh
Lycoming
Luzerne
Lebanon
Lancaster
Lawrence
Monroe
Montgomery
M'Kean
Mercer
Mifiliu
Northampton
UOl'SK OP REPRESENTATIVES.
Dem. Whig.
Adams, 1
Allegheny, 1 3
Armstrong, 1
Bradford, 1 1
Bedford, C
Beaver, S
Berks, 4
Blair, 1
Butler, 1
Bucks, 1 2
Crawford, 2
Centre and Clearfield, it
Chester, I
Columbia, 1
Cumberland, 2
Cambria, 1
Delaware, 1
Dauphin, 3
Erie, it
Fianklin, 2
Fayette, a
Greene, 1
Huntingdon, 1
Indiana, J
Jefferson, Clarion and Ve
nango, 2
Lebanon, 1
Lehigh aud Carbon, I
Luzerne, 2
Lancaster, i
Lycoming, Clinton and
Potter, S
Mifflin, 1
Montgomery, I
Mercer, 2
Monroe, 9
Northampton and Monroe, $
Northumberland, 1
Perry, I
Philadelphia city, I
" souuty, 8
Schuylkill, t 1
Somerset, I
Susquehanna It Wyoming,
Tiogo, t
Washington, t
Westmoreland, 8
Warren, M'Kean aad Elk, 1
Wsyue and Pike, 1
Union and Juniata, I
York,
. ii
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2738
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2778
2209
1105
1440
1000
5101
2887
1480
2096
277
3273
8004
1350
1864
!o68
1190
926
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MARIIIED,
On Tnesdav, Oct. 9th, bv the Rev J. P.
Shindel. M r. William Gross, to Lovina Haas.
l .1 r CI .'I.' '
Dmn oi onnmnsin.
Oil the 7th innti by the Rev. Mr. Collins.
Mr. Georoc Schmick, of Augusts township,
to Ml a Eliia Jans Morgan, of Shamokm
lownsbip. y.
Northumberland 2038
Philad'phia city 4972 8955
Philad. county 16005 16994
Pike 598 119
Potter 600 277
Perry 8055 1243
Sullivan 361 172
Susquehanna 2373 1505
Someiet 1077 2703
Schuylkill 3534 4181
Tioga 1980 1124
Union 1580 2941
Venango 1523 935
Warren 1 136 901
Wyoming 948 780
Wayne 1402 744
W'slmorelahd 49S3 26S9
Washington 3952 3806
York 4319 4122
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SHERIFF SALES.
W Y Virtue of pertain writs of Venditioni Tr.
Wm pohai to me Airecfcd, will be sold at public
m"1 1 t'c,ock P- M- on Monday the 6th dy
-"-"t rwi, mt the Court House ' m the
Borough of 8unbury, the following described Real
..h hi wu i a certain tract of land situate in
Lower ujnsta township, in fle Coupty pf Nor
thumberland, bounded 6n the ..t , i-.u; nr
John Foy 5 wert by Andrew Ortiseftj south by"
Jonn Long, and north by John Malick i contain
ing 17 acres more or less whereon are erected t
two story Urick dwelling House, a one and half
story frame dwelling House, a amall Barn, a ahed,
an orchard, &e.
ALSO;
A rertain other tract of land situate in Irish
Valley, in Shamokih township in said county,
bounded on the east by lands of Wm. Campbell,
on the south by Joseph Hope, and on the west by
lands of James Reedcr and others; containing
65 acres mens or less, whereon are erected a 1 J
story frame dwelling house, a amall barn, and or
chard about Gu acrca of which are cleared.
ALSO:
A certain other tract of land situate irt Lower
Auguata township in the said county, bounded bf
lands of Jchn Mallick, on the east, and on the
wcat by lands of John Long, the atone church and
others ; containing 18 acrea more or leu, all of
which arc cleared.
ALSO:
A certain other lot of ground situate in the
township, and county aforesaid, bounded on the
north by (amis of Peter Reeser, and on the eat
by land of John Miilu-k and others, containing 7
m:re more or less, whereon arc erected a amall
store room, a shed, a frame hank barn, &c.
Seized taken in execution, and to do soldasthe
property of Kmniniel Kauflinan and John linker.
ALSO i
A certain other tract of land situate in Upper
AuRusta township in said county adjoining lands
on the north by Jacob Hoover, on the east bv lands
of lieu, .mi menu an. On the South bv lands of
Sarah Keen and on the west by lands of Joseph
Savidgc, containing 93 acres mrtr or lens, where
on are elected a one s'ory frame house, a frame
barn, a vounrr orchard, &.n
Mti tnki-u in execution and to be sold as the
properly ol David Darnhart.
A certain lot of ground situate in Lower Au
gusta towntliip in said county, bounded on the
north and cast by land of John Fleming, on the
south by land of Herman ISliipman, and on the
west bv land') of Jacob H. Rhodes, containing four
acres more or le. Seized taken in execution and
to be sold as the property of James A Win. Ross.
ALSO:
A certain Kt of ijro.ind situate in the Dorough
of Northumberland, ill said county, bounded on
the north 1y lot ol ' McCTuitoik, on the cast by a
lot of Mctjunhc, and on the south by Water and
yueen streets, containing one-eighth of un acre
more ir lewi, whereon aro erected a twl story
frame dwelling house, u larc frame stable, a Wa
gon house, a pump of water at the door, A.c.
Seized taken in execution, oi.d to be sold as the
property of James Hilburn.
ALSO:
A certain lot or piece of ground situated in
Toint township ill said county, hounded on the
north by land Of Joseph Wallis, On tat and south
by land of Jacob Snyder, and on the went by land
ol John Ulxton, whereon are erectvd a log house or
Sc
167,461 155,314 000)000 000,01)0
One ok the Wonders or Modern Times
is the foundation and growth of the new Statu
of Deserel, in the great interior basin of Cali
fornia. Four years ago not a solitary white
man had fix.id hi abode in this Stale. Now
more than sixty thousand people, wilh a city
and towns, manufactories, and all the need
ful elements of comfort and happiness aro
collected and organized into a sovereign State,
with a well-ordeied constitution, a regular
system of judicial tribunals, and an etlicient
executive authority. Other circumstances
than the usual natural flow of emigration, it
is true, have contributed to the peopling of
Ihe country; but the fact that a mere desert,
in so short a time, should be made to exhibit
all the thriving indications of civilization
which attend old and well-ordered coininu.
nities, is another wonderful mark of the pe
culiar genius and energy which distinguish
the people of this country from all others, and
which makes prosperity an attendant wher
ever they wander and choose to set their feet.
Phila. Lcdgtf.
Somesopt gives the following receipt for
making lemonade : '-Get a bowl of pure wa
ter, let a dozen pretty girls kiss it, then get
one old maid and just let her look at it, and
ihe lemonade is dOne IV. B. If she looks
twice at it, another dozen of girls must be
got immediately."
COM.MUNlCATIOxV,
For the America.
I. O. of O. .
EIRE A LOIKifc, ftO. S60.
As it has pleased the all wise Providence
and almighty God to call home our beloved
brother and- generally esteemed neighbor,
John K. Maurer,aoii the 10th October, after a
short illness, from time to eternity, and from
our midst to the City erf an all-living God
we will n rrt mourn for the transition of this
esteemed young man as such who have no
hope, but we will bind ourselves under the
hands of the almighty God and say: It is the
Lord He does what he pleases have
Resolved, To assure the wfdow who re
mains behind and also the mourning parents
and brothers and sisters of the departed, of
our deep and sincere sympathy, as we all
feel the worllt which the deceased had as
husband and father in his family and as son
and brother and knew the hearty fidelity
wilh which he adhered to them but also (o
request them to direct their mourning loot
beyond, into that land where God has prom
ised us to meet again for ever.
Resolved, That the Insignia Of the Lodge
be covered with black crape for 30 days and
that the brothers shall wear the usual mourn
ing sign for the same space of time.
Resolved, That copies of these proceeding
be sent to (he widow and parents of the de
ceased. Resolved, That these proceedings bo pub
lished in the "Sudbury American and Deut
seher Amerikaner" in tanbury.
JACOB HOFFA, N. O.
ED. ENTEBLINE, T. G.
GibEos A6am, Sec'y,
Solomos Falk, Ass't Sec'y.
Upper 51ahonoy, Oct. 13. 111. '
siahie, containing one acre more or less. vct.fi'
taken in execution and to be sold as the property
el John Snvd n
ALSO;
The niidl . Med fifth part of a certain house and
lut of around situate in the HhioukIi of Suiibury,
on Ihe so'.;'.it side of LMacklk-rrv street No, 264.
bounded on the west by nil alley south by the rail
ro.ul, east by lot No. 262. ami north by Blackberry
street, whereon are em-ted u two story dwelling
house and a small stable. Keizcd taken in execu
tion oi'.d to be sold as the property of Jchn Bogar
.4LSO.' A certain lot of ground situate in the borough
of Northumberland, in said county, boundi' north
by Queen street, cast by lot of John A. ?tcrrrtt,
south by Duke street, and west by property of D.
U. Me irtgor. fronting on ijueen street 60 fect, and
200 ltct in depth, whereon are erected a frame
house on Duke t. two vtoriet high, one log house
(weatherboanled.) on iucen street (two stories
high.) also a shop uttached thereto, a stable, a
well of water, rVe. dieted taken in execution and
to be sold hs the property of W in. McL'ay, dee'd.,
in the hands of his administrators.
ALSO;
A certain lot of ground situate in the' Borough
of Milton, iu suid county, between front sired and
the west branch of the Susquehanna river, begin
ning at the coroer of a lot of fr'olohion Deitlcnder
fer, on front street lliei.ee ulang said street SO feet,
thence by a hue p:;-all I with the line on the
south side of said lot of the Said Solomon Dcillen
derler, and extending as far brick westward as
as midway between high ami low water mark of
said River, thence up the said I!iver3ll feet, to the
corner of the said tot of the said lot of the said Sol
omon Dciflci.ilcrlVr to the place of beginning, it
beiug the same lot of ground which Selh I. Comly
by deed dated Dec'r. 1st,- 1M2 granted and con
firmed to Tanl Bennett,- Seized taken in execu
tion and to be sold as the property of i'aul BenneU'
J A .ilUS LOtUT, Kirn.
bhcrifl 'a twice, Sunbury. I
Octi iSfh. A. M. 1849, S
FIIM! FIRE II FIRKIM
Farmers i kave jout Property each
riser
FARMERS COMPANY
liver iO,00 Member
GUA RANTY CAPITAL OVER $500,000
riVHE Washington County Mutual IriiruriMee
m. Company Of Granville, N. Y., through their
Agent, is now taking risks in this Comity and
vicinity, on dwelling Houses, Churches, Taverns,
Hoarding Houses, Hay, Grain and FttrmSrs pro
duce generally. This Company takes no risks in
exposed flirts of village or on iSloies, Mills, 8hofw
or Machinery, nor insures exceeding $2000 irt
one locality, The rates are exceedingly low, ave
raging lea than $5 per thousand for Policies run
ning & yeara or $ 1 per year. A small premium
note is required, but the prosperous condition of
the Company and the large accumulated cash
fund, precludes all prolwbility of there ever being
an aaueumeuL The Policies of this Company
are free from objectionable conditions often found
in policies of oiuer Companies; the Company
being also responsible for the correctness of busi
ness done by its Agents. It is now the most ex
tensive Mutual Company in the I'nited States,
and universally popular among die farmers of N. Y.
Mass., and Conn. All losses, bowsver, skalx,
after due notice will be promptly paid either it tbe r
place of loss or the Branch Office at Harrinburg.- "
The Company is now under the direction of the fol -iowiitg
gentlemen: Hon David Russell lata nienrMr
of Congress. Hon. Solomon S. Cow en, Cornelius
L. AhVn, Joseph M. Bishop, H. N.tiraw, Henry !
Holmes, Ceo. Clements, Jesph II; Orvia, Arch
Bishop, Geo, Young, jr.. Nathan Duane,
DA ID RUSSELL, President
Persons desiring Insurance in the above Com
pany by informing tha subscriber by letter or
otherwise will receiva prompt attention.
ALBERT A. CARRIER, Agent.
Sunbury, Oct, SO, 1849.
Estate or Sarah Dreher, dec'4. L"
IV OTICfe is hereby given that letter sdmlniatra.
1 V tion bave been granted to the ubscribera, oo '
the eUI of Sarah Dreher, l of Lower Au
guata totoMhip, Nortluimberkad county dae'aV
A II parsons indebted lo mid esttA' bavinf '
rUdma against the same, are request t call es
lh subscriber tor MtUeaasnt. ;;
JOHN PREHER, Ada's."
Unr Atwtt uhp., Oct. 10, 1M. -,
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