OFflClAL REMCONrRE AT LIMA. .
Ths Secretary of Statohas corntrunicatad
to the United Statci Sstmte, in compliance
with a resolution of inquiry pasted by that
body, a despatch from Mr. Provost, the Uni
ted Slates Consul at Lirna, which encloses
letter giving an account of an" extraordinary
occurrence at that place between Mr. Zab
diol W. rotter, United Slates Consul at Val
paraiso, . Mid Mr. Henry ' Stephen; SulliVtn,
h British Charge d'Aflaires to the Govern
rnent of Chili. Mr. "Provost's despatch en
closes a letter to Mr. Chryton from Mr Potter
which gives the subjoined account of tho af
fair. , . , ; . .
It becomes my duty, thus early, spart from
the gratification it affordw me, of informing
you of my delightful passage on both sides
of the continent so far, to forward you an olfi
cial communication. I did not suppose that
I should hare occasion to do so before reach
ing Valparaiso; but a recent unpleasant dif
ficulty having occurred in this city on Mon
day last, 10th instant, between Henry Sie
phen Sullivan, tho British Charge d'Aflaires
to the court of Santiago de Chili, and myself,
it becomes my duty at once, and by the ear
liest conveyance, to give you a correct ac
count of it, before an incorrect statement
finds its way into the public press. When
you will have learned, from perusing the en
closed, all the facts and circumstances con
nected with it, 1 feel assured that my con
duct, so far from incurring tha censure of my
government, will meet with its cordial ap
proval, and that of every honorable man.
On the arrival of the steamer at Cullao on
Sunday lit, I repaired to this city, (the stea
mer being obliged to lie by for Cvu days for
the purpose of coaling.) and procured rooms
at tho French hotel for myself and family.
After seeing them comfortably lodged, I
walked out, in company with a fellow passen
ger, to see the noveltii-suf Lima. On return
ing to the hotel, I met with a gentleman who
advised me to hurry myself, informing me at
the samo time that a great indignity had
been ofleicd my wife, in my absence, by no
loss a personage than the said Henry Stephen
Sullivan, tho English charge to tho govern
ment of Chili. On reaching tho hotel, I was
informed by General llerrera, of Chili, Mrs.
Mickle, his daughter, and James Whitehead,
Esq., an English merchant, of Valparaiso,
that, shortly after I had left tho hotel, the of
ficial in question arrived with his family, and
went to my apartments, and, in the most rude
and insolent manner, ordered my wife tolcave
the rooms which had been assigned to us in
person by tho landlady, claiming them as his
by previous engagement. Mrs. P. appealed
te him in the most earnest manner to wait
until my return, to which he paid no earthly
attention, but continued to inform her, in the
most insolent and supercilious manner, that
the servant of the hotel would find other lod
gings for her. Alone, with her child in her
arms, she fled to ttie room of General Herrcra
for protection. Mrs. Miekle (his daughter)
discovering the distressed condition of Mrs.
P., accompanied her to the rooms which Sul
livan had forcibly entered, and besought hirn
to let Mis. Totter remain until my return;
but she found that her nppeals also .ro
equally unavailing. Mrs. Mickle then im
mediately went out and sought the assistance
of Mr. Whitehead, who came at once to Mrs.
Potter's aid, and renionsirated, in the most
energetic manner relative to the ungentle
manly course he was pursuing, imploring him
to desist until my return, and then the right
of the rooms could be satisfactorily ascertain
ed. Ilis remonstrance was treated with equal
contempt. In addition to the unpardonable
and unheard ol brutality which marked his
course, he capped the climax of hit arrogance
by calling tho landlord to the door, and re
marked in French, '-You must take this wo
man out of hre ; she is nothing but a com
mon cook." This remark was heard by
General llerrera, w hich he immediately com
municated to his daughter. By this time the
news of the extraordinary conduct of this
functionary had fired every ono who heard
it with tha utmost indignation. I hastened
to his rooms, and 'was informed that ho was
not in. A short tims after I called ngain(
and he was still not in. It being now late
in the evening, I moved my lodgings to a
hotel in the 'Plaza." The next morning I
repaired at an early hour to his apartments,
and called upon this man to accompany me
to General llerrera's room, for the purpose
of explaining his extraordinary conduct in
the presence of the General. Ha refused tu
do so; and, with the most deliberate assur
ance you can imagine, ho observed to me,
"it is you, sir, who must apoligite to me!"
Finding that he was not disposed to mako
amends for his base conduct, I resolved to
how him that, at homo or abroad, an Ame
rican gentleman knows how to chastise the
insolence of a blackguard, by giving him a
caning irr the presence of about twenty per
sons, who had gathered around in the mean
time, many of them, too, his own country,
men, who, to a man, remarked, "you have
given him what ho deserves."
Shortly after the occurrence, I was wailed
upon by Mr. Stanhupo Provost, United Slates
Consul for Lima, ami other gentlemen, all of
w hom informed mo that tho sentiment of the
city of Lima, to a man, was that I could not
have done otherwise than resent the insult
oQured in the summary way I employed.
I am aware that the friends of the English
charge will exhibit to the world a varnished
and incorrect statement of this matter, and
give it a coloring foreign to the facts. 1 have
therefore, called upon General Herrera and
Mr. Whitehead for what they know relative
to it, and enclose the correspondence between
them, Mr. Provosi and myself, for the pur
pose of placing myself, in a proper position
before the American government, I am wil
ling to abido the .verdict of all honorable
men, placing them "in casu consiniHe,1' when
all the facts are fairly laid before the world.
A controversy of this kind it to me unutter
ably unpleasant ; but I should be a dastard
jn my own ettimation ; and a contemptible
thing in the eye of my country, were I to al
low inch an intuit to pass unpunished. 1
trust 1 have taught him how to respect an
American lady in a foreign land.
PS. I beg leave to superadd, that other
gentlemen have most kindly tendered me
I (sir lestimeny, if it become uecewary, jus-
tifying the course that 1 have pursued, and
among them English residents here of, the
highest standing. But I have conferred with
Mr. Provost, and he deem it unnessary to
multiply evidence until it it required at home.
The American charge it to ill that none1 but
his family arid physician are allowed to enter
his room, else 1 should have laid the . whole
matter before him. But I was exceedingly
gratified lo learn from Dr; Smftftl" th '
cian, this morning, that he (Mr. Clay) ap-
proves or my conduct "in toto."
1 beg leave to. reler you, for the character
ofMr. Whitehead, to the Hon Thomas But
ler King, who knows him well. w
I hope you will receive a history of this
matter from other pens than my own. ..
This statement of the occurrence is en
dorsed by Mr. James Whiteheud, the Eng-
lise merchant alluded to above, who says in
his letter:
"On the day in question, I was sitting in
in General Herrera't room, nt the said
'Frpnch llote',' when 1 was suddenly called
by Mrs. Mickle the general's daughter, to
go and protect Mrs. Totter from being insult
ed by Mr. Sullivan, who, she said, had taken
possession of her room. ' ,
'i attended the call instantly, and on reach
ing the room 1 found your lady in tears, pale
and trembling with her baby in her arms. I
also found Mr. and Mrt. Sullivan and their
servants in the room the former talking
aloud; tho exact words I could not catch, but
they were certainly (o the effect that yonr
lady must leave the room that it had been
taken for him. Tho only answer I heard
from your lady was, "Do wait, sir, until Mr.
Potter comes in." Tho appeal did not ap
pear to bo listened to. 1 immediately called
Mr. Sullivan's attention to tho fact, of the
rooms having been taken by you, anil pos
session given of them, and that I should pro
tect the lady in them until your arrival. This
drew his (Mr. Snllivan's)n(tcntion to myself j
who, with peculiar puppy arrogance, asked
me if I knew to whom I was speaking. I
answered in the affirmative, and took the
liberty of giving him a plain English version
of what 1 thought of him. (A rich pngo for
"Punch.'') During tin alteration between
us, your lady entreater. to betaken out of the
room. Fearing some bad consequences from
her alarm, I accompanied her towards tha
door; when, to my astonishment, Mr. Sulli
van approached her in the bland, submissive
touo of "Mamma, do not whip me; I will be
good 1 will;" entreating her not to leave
the room. Fudge !
"Now that I have detailed facts so far as
my recollection of words goes, I must beg
to venture an opinion, which is, that a more
ungcntlemanly and wanton ouliage on the
part of Mr. Sullivan towards your wife, I ne
ver witnessed in my society ; and that every
high-toned gentleman will say "well done"
to the caning you gave him, and to which I
say amen !'"
Gen Ramon Herrcra, who is also spoken
of in Mr. Potter's letter corroborates his state
ment, and adds his opinion that the British
Charge gave cause for carrying matters "to
tho utmost extreme." Mr. Trovost, in his
letter to Mr. Clayton, says that General ller
rera and Mr. Whitehead are gentlemen of
high standing, and that their statements
should be unhesitatingly received as correct
and impartial. This is also repeated of them
by Mr. Alexander Iiuden, Jr., U. S. Consul
for Payta.
IMPORTANT FROM SANTA FE.
Horrible Indian Butchery Murder of Mrs.
White Capt. Papin killed in a Quarrel
More Indian Murders Failure of Col.
Calhoun to make a Treaty-An A rriral from
California Theatricals at Santa Fe.
St. Locis, January 28.
By an arrival here on Saturday, we have
received intelligence from Santa Fe up to
the 28lh of November, w hich possesses con
siderable interest. It appears Mrs While,
who was captured, together w ith her child,
some timo since, by a predatory band of Eu
taw Indians, has been murdered in cold
blood by her captors.
Tho facts aro given thus: As soon as the
massacre of the party of emigrants, of which
Mrs. White formed one, became known
Major Green made preparations to start in
pursuit of the Indians. He left on the ISlh
of November, with his force, and soon got on
the trail of tho Indians.
When ho came in sight of the camp of the'
Eutaws, they exhibited much alarm, and
before his men could reach them, tlr-y inhu
manly shot Mrs. White and precipitately
fled leaving behind their camp equipage
and two Indian children. Major Green re
covered the body of Mrs. White, but could
find no traces of her child.
ft will be recollected that the husband of
Mrs White, and eight other emigrants on
their way to Santa Fe, wero murdered by
the Eutaws, and Mrs. White and her child
luadu piisuneis. Mr. Isaac U. Dunn, the
brother of tho unfortunate lady, resigned hi
seat in the Viiginia House of Delegates the
other day, for the purpose of raiting a party
and setting out for tho Indian country, to en
deavor to rescue his sister Irom the hands of
the savages. Reporter.
Cupt. Alexander Papin was recently killed
at Santa Fe, in a quarrel with a man named
W heeler.
Johu Adams was murdered at Pena Blanca,
a short time since by a party of Mexicans.
A. J. Suns who was convicted of the mur
der of John Jackson, wat hung at Santa Fe
on the 18th November.
Mr. Thomas Bogs had arrived at Santa
Fe from the California gold regions. He re
presents the party of Santa Fe miners as be
ing very successful.
A hew paper has been started at Santa Fe,
called the "New Mexican." It advocates
the claims of Texas to that country.
Mrs. M. Jones is very successful in the
management of a theatre at Santa Fe.
Steamboat Disasters. The St. Louis Re
publican publishes a table showing the num
ber of steamboats lost on the western waters
during the year 1849. The whole number
wat 81, and the aggregate lost with cargoes
amounts to $1,600,000. The tame paper
givet a list of the boats which were sunk,
collapsed boilers or flues, io.f and subse
quently repaired. The number it 88. ...
SUNBURY AMERICAN AND SHAMOKIN
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SATIRDAY, FEBRTARY , tS0.
IT. B. MA9SER, Editor and Prtprlrtr.
EDITOR'S TABLE.
Business Notices.
Oodit! List's Book, tub Awaatesw
Those of our readers who would like to subscribe
for this elegant monthly periodical, can now do so
at a very small cost. , Tho Lady's Book is pub
lished at $3 per annum, but as an inducement,
which we are enabled to hold out by means of an
arrangement with the publishers, we will furnish
the Lady's Book, and the Sunbury lmerican, one
ymr for $3,50 cash in advance, to those who may
wish to subscribe. .. ...
We cull tho attention of our readers to the ad
vertiscmcnt of Mr. Parr of Daltiinore, who is one
of the most extensive manuaoturcr of Stone Ware
in the United States, and who is ready to supply
all demands with every variety in his line ofbusi
ness.
KF"" An apprentice to the Printing busi
ness wanted at this office. A good boy of
about 14 or 15 years would find a good
situation. :
KF" The editor' absence must be our
Mens- for any deficiency in this weeks
paper. ' '
CF" Appointment by tub Governor.
Alexander L. Russel, Esq., of Bedford
county was appointed Secretary of state in
place of Townsend Haines, Esq., resigned
OCT" Hon. Townsend Haines, the pre
sent Secretary of the Commonwealth, has
been appointed Register of the United
Slates Treasury. Mr. Haines is a gentle
man of considerable ability, and we doubt
not, he will make as good an officer as the
President could have selected from their
ranks.
THE COI.I.ECTOnsllIP AT NOtlTlll'MBIR
LAND.
The appointment of Stephen Wilson of
Milton, in place of Wm. Wilson the pre
sent incumbent to the Collectors office at
Northumberland, was a complete surprise,
and there was a general inquiry to know
what sin of omission or commission, Mr.
Wilson had been guilty of, that he should
be removed, contrary to all rule and pre
cedent, from office, alter holding it but one
year. We understand that Bradford coun
ty,' that county of large men brought the
weight of her influence to bear upon this
question.
Northumberland county, gives in pro
portion to her population, as large a demo
cratic vote as any county in the State, cer
tainly much larger than Badford, and yet
she is treated as if she were of no impor
tance. .
That she knows how to resent insult and
injury, the result of the electron of Mr.
Foster in 184-G, proves most conclusively.
Unless Mr. Wilsoa tias been guilty of some
gross moral delinquency or breach of trust,
his removal will most certainly be looked
upon as insulting to the people and th-ir
representatives. We have no personal or
private interest whatever in the affair. Both
centleman bear to ourselves the same rela
tionship in pojnt of friendship or good
feeling; but we cannot see why this coun
ty is always treated w'uh contempt, and
made subservient to foreign influence, ex
ercised by certain cliques for their own ag
grandizement. During the space of twen
ty years, this county has had but one Col
lector, and lie has received notice to quit at
the end of one year. Bradford, however,
has missionaries always on hand and ready
to serve their country, when competent
persons cannot be found elsewhere.
DIVISION OF THE COUNTY.
We have frequently stated that there
were a number of individuals in the upper
end of the county, who desired the erection
of a new county out of parts of this and the
adjoining counties. The Miltonian treated
it as an electioneering humbug. By refer
ring to the proceedings in another column,
of the meetings recently held at Milton and
TurbiUville, it will be seen that our pre
dictions have been verified. There is.
however, we think, not much danger that
the new county will be organized for a few
years yet to come. Our Milton friends are
certainly to be pitied. Fourteen miles
over a dead level to come to Courtis cer
tainly awful, especially when the wind is
from the north.
O" The Ohio fat girl was exhibited at
Mrs. Boulton's hotel in this place, on Mon
day last. She is said to be but fifteen years
old, and weighs 430 pounds. She is al
ready a "big girl for her age." She is ac
companied by a gentleman and her sister.
She is represented to increase in weight at
the rate of one pound per week.
KF" The heaviest pair vet. Mr. Phi
lip Renn about two miles from this place,
slaughtered last week two large hogs, one
of which weighed when dressed 534 pounds,
the othr 527 pounds. When old Augusta
enters the field as a competitor, she is bard
to beat in pork, politics, or anything else,
Hon. James Buchanan, late secretary , of
stale, has arrived iu Washington, and taken
rooms at Gsdby's hotel. .
MR. CLAY A 3D TIIK SLAVERY QUESTION.
We invite the attention of our readers to
the propotition of Mr. Clay for the settle
ment of the exciting slavery question, and
the brief remarks with which he accompa
nied the introduction of tht resolutions
into the Senate on Tuesday last.. : vv '
Mr. President I hold in my hand a series
of resolutions which I desire to present to tha
consideration of the Senate.' Taken together
they propose an amicable arrangement of a
tha questions in controvarsy -between the
free atrd slave Slates, growing out of the sub
ject of the institution of slavery. It in not
my intention, at this timo, to enter into 'a
full and elaborate discussion of each of tho
resolutions as proposing a system of measures,
but r desire to present a few observations
upon each resolution, for the purpose of pla
cing them fairly and fully before the Senate
and the country; and, t may add, with the
indulgence of the Senate, towards the conclu
siou of my remarks, to make some general
observations about the state of tha country
and the questions to which tho resolutions re
late, whether they shall, or shall not, meet
with the hppprobation ami concurrence of
the Senate, as 1 most earnestly lmpu they
may as 1 sincerely1 trust they will. ' 1 trust
that at least some portion of that time which
I have directed with careful deliberation to
the preparation of these resolutions, aod to
the presentation of this great national scheme
of national compromise and harmony I
hupo, I say, that some portion of that time
will be employed by euch Senator before he
pronounces against the proposition.
1 Whereas, It being desirable for the peace:
concord, and harmony of the Union of these
States, to settle and adjust, amicably, all
questions of controversy botween them
rising out of the institution ol, slavery upon
a fair equality and just basis. Therefore,
1. Resolved, That California, with suitable
boundaries, ought, upon her application to be
admitted as one of the States of this Uiiiun
without the imposition, by Congress, of any
restriction in respect to the exclusion or in
troduction of slavery within those boundaries
, 2. Resolved, TJiat as slavery docs not ex
ist by law, and not likely tu be introduced
into any of these Territories acquired by the
United States from tho Republic of Mexico,
it is inexpedient for Congress to provide by
law, either for its introduction into, or its ex
cision from any part of ihe said territory,
and that appiopiiale Territorial Governments
ought to be eslablihed by Congress in all
the said territories not assigned as the boun.
daries of the pioposed State of California,
without the abolition of nny restriction or
condition of the subjeet of slavery.
3. Resolved, That the Western boundary
of the State of Texas ought to be fixed on the
Rio Del Norte, commencing one marine
league from its mouth, and running up that
river to the Southern line of New Mexico;
thence with that line castwardly, and so con
tinuing in tho same direction to the line as
established between the ('. S. nnd S
pant, ex
tending to any portion of New Mexico, whe
ther laying in the East or West of that river-
4. Resolved, That it be proposed to the
State of Texas, that the Tinted Slates will
provide for the payment of all that portion
of the legitimate and buna fide public debts
of that Slate, contractu.! prior tu its annexa
tion to the United States, and for which the
duties of foreign imports were pledged by
the said State, to its creditors, not exceeding
the sum of dollars, iu consideration of
Ihe duties as pledged having been no longer
applicable to that object after the said an
nexation, but having thenceforward become
payable to the United Slates, and upon the
condition, also, that the said State shall, by
some solemn and authentic act of her legis
lature, or of a convention, relinquish to the
United States any claim which it has to any
part of New Mexico.
5. Resolved, That it is inexpedient to abol
ish slavery iu the District of Columbia
whilst that institution continues to exist in
tho State of Maryland, without ihe consent
of that Slate without Ihe consent ol the peo
ple of Ihe District, and without jut compen
sation to tho owners of slaves witbiii tho Dis
trict. B. Resolved, That it is expedient to prohi
bit within the district the slave trade, and
slaves brought into it from States or places
beyond the limits of the district, either to bo
sold therein as merchandise, or to be trans
ported to other markets, without the Dis
trict of Columbia.
7. Resol veil, 1 hat more effectual provis
ion ought to bb made by law, according to
the requirement of the Constitution, for Ihe
restitutiorr and delivery of poisons bound to
sorvice or labor in any Stale, who may cs.
cape into any other State or territory of this
Union.
8. Resolved, That Congress hat no pow
er to prohibit or obstruct the trade in slaves
between Ihe slaveholding Stales, and that
the admission or exclusion of slaves brought
from one into another of them deepens ex
clusively upon their own particular law.
After some conversation, the motion to
make the resolutions the special order for
Tuesday next, was adopted.
Maryland. Resolutions have been intro
duced in the Legislature, to tend delegates
to the Southern Convention. Upon thit sub
ject the Baltimore Clipper remarks:
Maryland is most deeply interested in Ihe
question which now agitates the public mind
and should be most cautious not to act with
precipitation, iler people aro sound to the
core on the subject of preserving the Union,
and will rise en masse against all efforts lo
produce dissolution. Let her representative
than, be calm, and use all their influence lo
allay existing excitement.
Homestcaq Ex emstiom. During Ihe last
few months bills have passed as follows ;
Maine exempts a Homestead, to the value
of $500, aud in the. absence of a Homestead,
personal property to that amount. , Vermont
exempts a Homestead to Ihe value of. S500;
Iowa and Minnesota 40 acres of laud, or lot;
California, 320 acres of land, or lot worth
S2000; Doseret, it is said, secures a home to
every family. - Georgia, Texas, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Connecticut
have previously enacted similar laws. .
JOURNAL.
ii
Correspondence of lbs Public Ledger.
FROM WASHINGTON, . f J'
Washington, Jan. 24,850. I
I can inform you, authentically, .that a
split has occurred in the Southern chivalry,
and that hereafter the sectional affairs of that
people vill be conducted by two or more
heads, instead of a single mind. The intem
perate seal of Mr. Clingman to, divide,rlhe
Union, and Mr. Clemens' extraordinary aryu?
merit to shew that it had already been lever
ed, has irrduced the more patriotic of the
Southern reprosVn(ii6ri to pause in this pam-
frrl career, and to examine the question iir its
true liht. Mr. Calhoun I ..would not speak
thus reproachfully Of himj were it not that
his physician has pronounced hiin convales
cent presumed to dictate as usual ; but in
stead of leading the vanguard himself, de
signed to agitate tho slavery question through
tho instrumentality of these gentlemen, and
others similarly disposed to obey hit instruct
lions hence the cause of the rupture, and
which may result- in benefit to the countiy.
So long as Ihe great propagandist kept up the
broil by his individual interference direct,
tho entire South, with a few exceptions, felt
it a duty fo join in sustaining his measures;
but whon physical inability interposed to pre
vent hirn from appearing in person in the
arena, the older members iu the cause took
serious umbrage, and refused emphatically
to co-operate. It was unfair, they thought,
(and thus argued) to substitute the leadership
of these young champions, instead of be
queathing temporarily the mantle to their
own number; and as a result of these secret
conferences perhaps, chamber caucuses
tho nod of the mighty Agitator was for the
first time disputed, and is in a fair train to be
disregarded altogether. .:: .
We .repeal,; that good, will flow from this
resolve; . Mr. Clemens, more so than Mr,
Clingman,. brought about the issue; for he
not only covered the Southern cause with
odium, but discovered, even to partial minds
im that side of the question, the danger of
admitting a claim so injudiciously presented.
It has been suggested, that the Alabama
Senator was not sincere in his attack, and
that ire contemplated, as his instrument, the
overthrow of the man who had confided in
him a dilTerent trust. Be this as it may, Mr.
Clemens was elected in opposition to the
Calhoun candidate, and if he were to act ns
the friend of ultra measures, his pledges to
Iris constituency would be recklessly broken,
and himself an npostnte to his own profes
sions. As it id, Mr. Butler hitherto Ihe ar.
dent co-operator of his distinguished col
league viewed the debut of Mr. Clemens in
an adverse liyht, and orr Saturday, (so 1 learn
authentically,) announced confidentially, that
he would hereafter pursue an independent
course in relation lo these matters. Iu other
words, he would break from lire traces, and
in defiance of consequenee, think anil act for
himself. He was immediately surrounded
by Ihe leaders of tha moderate party, and
thus, it may be said, the Calhoun cabal is
sundered through its centre. 1 doubt not (lie
reliability of this information, and thcrvfore
regard it of the utmoil impoitauce. : Under
these circumstances, tho dawn of ihe future
is much mure cheering thnn had no such
event transpired. The stability of the Union
appears less imperfect, and the elements of
discord more apt to war with each other
than upon the whole political system, already
jarred by feuds too Violent for its perma
nency, , ; Respectfully,
Henrico.
DISASTROUS FIRE AXD LOSS OF LIFE AT
PEORIA, ILLISOIS.
Peoria, Illinois, Jan. 22.
A most disastrous fire, attended with loss of
life, occurred in this city yesterday morning
It broke out in the large building at the cor
ner of Main street and Printers' alley. The
lower story of the building was occupied by
Mr. A. Herron, druggist, and Ihe upper stories
ami rear by Mr. Docker, as Ihe Now York
Temperance House, and by the printing of
fices of the Daily Champion and Weekly
Register.
Owing to tho inflammable materials, tho
rlanres spread with great rapidity. An ex
plosion took plnCH in the drug store, which
brought lire burning building down with a
tremendous crush killing Mr. James Kir k
palrick, the editor of the Peoria American,
I and seriously injuring several others. Mr.
t. ricseii, lire eurlor ol lire lliampiun, who
rushed into tho building for tho pnrpoxo of
saving his books ami papers, was suffocated
and perished in the flames.
It is supposed thai several olher persons
were burnt lo death. Nothing was saved
from tho building. Tho books and papers of
the Masonic Grand Lodge were among the
property destroyed. . The totnlamount of the
loss has not been ascertained. The los of
Ihe Champion ollice it stated to be S2500
insured for $800. ' -
Tho melancholy occurrence has cast a deep
gloom over the city.
The citizens are now digging among the
ruins in search for other bodies.
Singular An old lady named Montague,
of Newport, Ky., on Tuesday morning, sud
denly rose from her teat, and requested those
present to go for certain neighbors, staling
that she desired them to come and see her die.
She was then in apparent good health. The
neighbori came Mrs. M. was seized with
sickness aird carried lo bed and died in the
presence of those whom she had sent for! ,
Gen. Joseph Lanc, oflndiana, is nominated
by the member of Ihe Legislature of that
State as the Democratic candidate fur Ihe
Presidency in 1852. This is "taking time
by the forelock."
Mormons. Two hundred and fifty Eng
glish emigrants, principally Mormons, ai riv
ed at St. Louis, on thellih inst.,ona steamer
from New Orleans, on their way lo the Salt
Lake. , ...:,
' Good. A, German writer observes in a
recent , volume on the social condition of
Great Britain , , ,;n , j .
"There is such a scarcity of thieves in
Eugland, that they art obliged Iq offer a ie
ward for their discovery ." ft ,; . , , ..
Thb number oif hogs cut and ' packei at
Madison, Indiana, during tht pressot seasou,
was 86,277.-. .
DREADFIL STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT.
I MfcMrnw, Tenrt., Jan. 29.
The steamer ? St. Joseph, i from t New
Orleans, blew up and burnt to; the whter's
edgs onhjie 23 jinsf near Napoleon, at
the mouth of the !Arkanas rivr. The St.
Joseph had on board a large cargo anda num
ber of emigrants. Fifteen persons were kil
led outright, and thirty seven .hopibly scald:
pS fnKiy df whom have's'ince hied.l ' . . i
Al .the. time of tho explosion, .the steamer.
South America was near at hand. Cnpt.
Ba ktr; of ihe St. Joseph, immediately hailed
the South A mcrica, to board the wreck and
take orT tho survivors, as his yawl was en
gnged in picking up thoso who wero blown
into the river. The South America towed
tho wreck to the shore; Capt. Raker with
the assistance of part of his crew, and some
passengers, succeeded in recovering the iron
chest from tho wreck, ' which contained
81300 or SHOO.
He took the money out of the chest, conn
ted it, nnd hnnded it to the clerk of the South
America for safe keeping. Tho next day.
Capt. Raker aked tho cluik for tho money,
as he wanted tp pay off his crew. The clerk,
refused to pay over more than 9300 of the
i sum claiming the balance ror salvage. '
Captain Baker and his ci-jik stopped here
for the purpose of compelling, by law, tho
clerk of the South America to give up the
money. ...... . .
When the fads of the case was made
known here, our citizens became justly in
dignant at the shameful conduct of tho clerk
ol the South America, and seiious threats
were made to mob the boat if the
was not given up.
money
The report of the collector of San Francis
co, which has been received at Washington,
slates tho receipts for duties from the 12th to
Ihe 30th November, to be 8113.000, expen
ses S10;000 He pays J29,000 a year' for
! rooms in which to transact custom house busi-
The AlFAins at Lima. It is staled that
tho Mr. Sullivan, ho was cowbided at Lima
by Mr Potter, is a nephew of Lord Palmers
ton. HORSES. Let it be a mailer of duty with
you to visit your stables daily, see that they
are kept clean, that amplu beds" of straw are
piovided, the hoises at each sneal actually
receive their allowance of food, and last, but
not least, that a bottle of Merchant's Gargling
Oil is always kept iu the stable to be applied
on the iii st appearance of any injury or swel
ling. Get a pamphlet of Ihe agent and see what
it has done for others.
Suld by Uenkv Masser, Sunbury, and
other Driiggifis in llio United States.
TAKEN ADRIFT.
rpjIE subscriber lias taken adrift in the river
" Susquehanna, nt Sunliury, on Tuesday morn
hig the SUth of January, a
retry rial,
of avcraee size. Said Flat is about half warn,
and contained when taken up a pair of oars, poles
aud shoxi'N. The owner is requested to come
forward, proe proirrtv, pay v'iar.'ts and take the
same awuv, otherwise it will he suld according to
law ' ., . Tljmf.VS KIIOAIJ.S.
Sunliury, Feb. 2, lSJO. St
STONE WARE.
P1IE subscriber would most respectfully in
JL form . his friends and a generous public, that
he in manufacturing the best quality of
STONE WARD,
in all its varieties, nnd is prepared to sell a little
eheiier than any et!;er manufacturer in the I nion.
lie is also importing and dealing most extensively
in
CIIIS A, CLASS ASD QUEESSH'AR-E,
which lie olTers on the most reasonable terms.
His Potteries arc on llond street north of Fav
ette, and China store and dwelling at No. 6, E.
Baltimore street.
DAVID PARK,
No. 8, E. Baltimore street,
13 alti MaH it, Maryland.
February 2, 1850. ly
.lortliumbcrliini County, Kg.
In the Orphans' Court ofsnid
County, at January Term A. V. 1S&0.
The petition of Jchn Ilaap, Jr., and Magartt
his wife late I.cinlmh, and Samuel Tntclce
niiller, nnd Small his wife, late Sarah Lein
bach, all of tlie County of Northumberland,
represent :
That John I.eiubacli, late of Lewis township,
in the county of Northuiulx-rlund, on the lirnt day
of Dicemher A. P. ltf l'.l, died intestate, leaving
surviving him eight children, and the children of
two daughters, previously deceased, vizi Mary
Mum, only child of Mary bhirU, dee'd., lute Mury
I.eiubacli and who w us intermarried with Jacob
liirlz. of Columbia county, and who is still liv
ing. Sarah the 'tiliolier, intermarried with Sam
uel Trui Leniillcr, late Sarah Leinbuch, Elizaherli
Karcbner, late F.ll.alietli Lernbaelut Iieniainin
l.eiiib.ieb, now of Dauphin county ; William
Leiiilacl), Catherine Krel s, late Catherine- Lein
bach, intcrniurried wilu Henry Krebs of Centre
county ; Daniel I.eiubacli of Majra county, in
the suite of New York ; Magnret Hnag, late Ma
garct I.einbarli, the petitioner, intermarried with
John llaagjr. Henry and John Johnson, minors
under the afto of fourteen j eara, only children of
Matilda Johnson, late Matilda Lciubacli, deceased,
who was intermarried with John I). Johnson, and
who is stilt living; and John E. Lcinbach ; and
seized in his demesne as ol fee, of and a certain
tract of Land, situate in 1-cwis toufjiiiiip. Nor
thumlierlarid county adjoining lauds of (Samuel
Meugas, Andrew Karchner, Jusbua Uowman and
others, eonlaiiiing One Hundred and Thirty acres
more or lcs, witli the appurtenances.
The elilioners therefore pray the Court, to a
warded an inquest to make partition of the premi
se aforesaid to and among the representatives
and heirs of the said inlet lae, in ouch manner
and in such proimrlious a by tha Laws of this
Couinuimveulin is directed, if such partition can
he madewirhout prejudice loor spoiling the whole ;
but if such partition cannot be so made thereof;
then to value and appraise the samo, and make
return of their prueeedirifra according; to Law,
January 8th 1S50, liead and Inquest awarded,
saiua day the court direct personal notice to be
given to the heirs residing iu Nortlurrulierland
county, and six weeks notice by publication ir
the Sunbury American, to those residing out of
the County, and state of the time and place cf
noiuing the uiquest. .
' ' Uy the Court, . ; .
Certified from the KeconU of our sard Court, at
. Sunbury, the Hth day of January', A. 1). 1S50.
JOHN P. PI RsEL,Clk., o. a:
Notice is hereby given, to the heirs and legal
representatives of John Leinhaoh, deceased. " '
That, in pursuance of the inqiievt awarded by
the Court a aforesaid, Au inquisition will be held
upon the premises aforesaid, hi 10 o'cleck, A. M.,
on Wednesday the 20th day of March next, at
which time arid place you are warned to he, and
appear if you think proper. ' i .V
JAMES COVEKT.SVff
Sheriff oflifa, Sunbury i ,
Januar 19, US0. ( 6w
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ROUT
r.t. fFTM- nu OTHER.
WHOLESALE tri
eonuutofirfo.i fc rcftnuttf,
iw. o rKATT 8TB.BST.
(N Bowlt's Whiri-,)
w BALTIMORE, 1 ' '-r-
Will j,y prtic,ilr attention to the me ofGRAI.t
I r, . SJ all oilwr proilacU of lbs farm.
Baltimore, Janunry 26. IHSn. ty - , ,LJt
Iti-ldge Letting.
NOTICE is lirrcl.y given that proposals wilt
Mr, rMVcd,forll, bui,di8 of a bridge W
on MoBdaJ the 4tud..y ol rbif, nntt. ifilirtl
and apenflratioii ,, ran l.o seen .t tho Commis
wooers office. JACOB HOFFA, ' J -mm-CHA.S
WEAVER,,. Ctnan'ra,
, v r' ,o-GK0 MARTIN,' Clkw
Sunbury, Jan. lit, 1850- 3t . .., r
TSCLCPsoirs" '
M sqt i i VV 4 lAI'lttH
Between Pnhuhlpna, Sunbury, Joriluml
vvuivin, unnvmv) Hilton, Muney,
Willinmsport, Lewisbirg, JI,f.
Jlinburg, w Berlin und ,;,,'
Selinsgrovet .'.- . -
. Leaves the City every Thursday MornirTf '
orriOEs m PHiADttPHiA. "
FOB PACKAGES AND UCUT COOU3, '
At L1VISGSTUX (r Co.', Express,-Dpot
43 North Third Street r
AND Fpn ItFvANt Atlc:tJr
At CONRAD, CARTER ,y Cof,, Dtp Cor.
oJr0nd $.CherrL ' '
January 19, 18S0. '
SH)Trr7s"sALE.--
Virtue of a ferfatn- Writ of Vt Erponai
to me directed will lie aokl W nnldft vendue
or outcry at the house of Henrv J. KcVder in Mc
KwenKvilleat 1 o'clock P. MvoftFrids the 13th
day of February next the following ml estate to
wit :--A rcrtain Lot of Land in MeEwSnsville,
Delaware township, Northumberland county,
bounded on the north by an Alley, on the east by
the mnin road leading to Muncy, on the south by
lot of John VntKou and on the west by m Alley.
Containing one-fonrth of an acre mors Sv less,
whereon arc erected a two story frame dwelling
House (plaistercd.) and kitchen also' a frame
.-stable. Seired tuken ill execution nI to be sold
as the property of Alexander McEwaiw I i f
ALSO; -r . , l ... '
At 10 o'clock A. M., at the house of Frederick
Sticker, in the Ilorough of Milton, on Saturday
the Kith day of February, a reWiin Lot of Land
situate in the Borough of Milton, NoThnmlrrmKl
county, in that part of said Borough called Lower
Milton, Bounded on rhe north by lower Market
street, on the east by lot of Michael Wagner, south
by an Alley, and west by lot of Joseph I.cib and
others being 50 feet in front and 200 feetiii deykj
whereon are erected a large log dwelling boas
and frame stable. Seized taken in execution and
to be sold as the property of AndrcvT S. Khoad.
JAMES COVERT; Shr'ff
f'l'.erilToflicc Sunbury, ) , m
Jan. 1 9, 1 SoO, u . ' . '2 T
ORPHANS' COURT
sau;. ...
1 X pursuance of an order of the Orphans Court
of Nort' uinbcrlaiid county, will bt exposed to
public, vendue or outcry, on Saturday tbo S3d day
of Februarv next, at the late n sulcm of, Jane
Kinney, decfd.. to nit : A certain lot of ground
situate in the township of Kush in said founty,
containing nliont two nrrea, which aid piece of
Land t parcel of a larger tnu t of laud, roiitaining
in nil nbout tire acres, adjoining land of Jacob
Slmltz, (ienrge Muehler nnd Joseph Bare.
the estate of Jane Kinney, dee'd. Snl Id entn
rnenec at 1 1 o'clock A. M. of said day wheii the
terms of sale will be made bneivn by.' '
UOBEHT DAVISON, Adm'r.
N. B. The remainder of the above cfescribei'
traf of Imid is situate in Franklin township, Col
umbia einiiiiy, whereon U erected a House, and
."table, will be offered for sale nt the same time
and place, R. DA VISON, Adnj't.
By order of tha Court
John P. Purecl!. Clk (). C.
Sunbury, January 10, 1850 t s " .'
ORPHANS' COURT
SALE. r ;
JN pursuance of an order of the Orphans' C'nr
of .VorthumberlanJ county, will be eiposel I9
public sn'eou Saturday the I61I1 dav of February
next, at the public House of J. C. Perkins in the
Borough of .Sunbury, to wit; tu Vadividsd ait
seventh part of a certain
Tittnoi'i,i,
situate iu l"pier Augusta township, adjoining
lands of John Clark, Peter Baldy, V illiain Read,
James Campbell and others, containing In all two1
hundred and eighiy-0110 acres more or Jess.
Whereon U erec ted a one story log House and
frame Barn, with a good spring of water ntsr tha
house. Also an Orchard of choice fruit. l.al
the estate of Hubert S. firant, dae'd.
SSale lo commence at 10 o'clock A. M. of said
day when the tonus of sale will be made known by
WILLIAM REED, AdruV
Bv order of the Court )
John P. l'urscl, Clk. O. C. ' '
Sunbury, January 19, 1850. ta (
ORPHANS' ' CtHJRT7.
SALE-
SN pursuance of an order of the Orphans' Court
of Northumberland county, will be exposed to
Public Sale on .-amrday the 16th day of Februa
ry next, at the House of Lerc'h in 8nurT. '
town, Shamokin township, in said county, to wit i
A certain tract of unimproved
Land, . , ,
Situated in the township aforesaid. Adjoining
lands of Mathins Keed. John Fegrly and others,
containing one hundred and three acres and eighty
perches, and allowance. Late the estate of Alba
C. Barrett, dee'd. fale to commence at 11 o'clock
A. M. of said day wheii ills conditions will ba
made known by
CAsPER J. REKD, Adaa'r.s".
Bv order of the Couit, )
Jolui P. Pursel, Clk O. C.
Sunbury, January 12, I860 ts 1
ORPHAN'S COURT
SALE. :
IN pursuance of an order of the Orphans' Co.rt
of Northumberland eountv, will be exposed
to Public Kale on Saturday tlie 23d day of Febru
ary at the House of the late A. C. Barrett, dee'd,
iu tho Borough of Northumberland, to wit; tha
northern hull' part of lot No 11 1, situated in the
Borough of Northumberland, on which is reeled
a small stable, adjoining the southern half of said
lot No. 11 1. Lain the estalx of Ail C. Barrel,
dee'd. Sale lo commence at 1 1 o'clock A. M, of
said day wbeu the conditions will ba made known
by t'ASPEK J. KEED, Adm'r.
By Order of the Court, t , 4. .y
John P. Pur sell, Clk., O. V. i
Sunbury, Jan. 12, 1850. t a : . 1 s t
L1T .OTICIV '
tl.L those indebted to the aubscriber, ar
hereby notified that if their accounts ara not
settled next Meek, they will ba sued without ra
seet to persons. - ' C. 8. BOOAR.
If The Books, 4 ci'are in tha hands f Eo
quire Weiscr, for settlement.
Hiinbury, Jan. 13, 1S50
tl ...1
ULASTEK, .Salt aud Fish, lust revived and fci
1 by j. W. rjtlUNO. v I
tunbunr, Dec. 8, 1S48. "S.i
. - . 1
DADD'S celebrated Horse and Cattle Medi."
cins for aala by UENKV MASiRKR'O
Sirnkwy Jan. Ts, 1844 y f i
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