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MR. LATARO'B DISCOVERIES.
The following is from a paper read be
fore Ihe Royal Institute in London. Mr. Lav
aril hus bi-en for soma years pnsl engaged in
exploring thf ancient city of Nineveh. This
city, which J"iuih, Ihe Prophet, was, sent to
convict from heath- n err1, was discovered by
Mr. Lnyard buried himd rods of feel beneath
the sands of the desert , He has published a
hiishly interesting account of bis explorations,
from which we shortly make some extracts.
Ed. American.
"At thu ordinary meeting of Ihe Royal In
stitute of Architects, London, on Tnesday,
86th nit., Mr. Brllamy, vice president, in the
chair, Mr. Sidney Sinirke, fellow of tho insti
tute, rend "Some remarks on the style of or
namentation prevalent in Ihe Assyrian sculp
ture recently discovered, and on some pecu
liatities of Assyrian arcliilecluri) disclosed by
Mr. Layard's discoveries." Btr. Sinirke ex
hibited some admirable casts of portions of
Ihe sculpture which ho had taken fmm the
remains now deposited in tho British Muse
um, represenlinir armlets, bracelets, hilts of
words, a singular kind of fiilinge belonging
to a tree apparently an object of worship, the
hems and borders of costume, human figures,
horses, &c. Considering tho extreme anti
quity of these remains, the only moderate
hardens of the maleiial, and the lowness of
' the relief, these sculptures must be consider
ed as remarkably well preserved. Major
llawliiison, who had mastered to a great ex
tent Ihe knowledge haruL-d down in Ihe
strange characters fomitl in these remains,
entertained the opinion that the earlier ruins
dated twelve or thirteen cen'.inics before ihe
Christian era. The lave of ornament com
mon to eastern lotions v.-as remarkable in
llieso specimens. Every figure had some
carved representation of ornament ; even the
common soldiers had their weapons covered
with rose lies, bulls' heads, oilier figures, and
the trappings of horses were mostly richly
dseorated. As ihe finger ring amidst theso
minutes decorations was nowhere to be found
it was presumed that that was an ornament
unknown to tho Assyrians. Without going
into Ihe question of Ihe antiquity of linger
rings, he mittht state that they were men
tioned in Esther and Jeremiah; and Pansa
nias, who wiote 424 years before Christ, re
lated that he saw on a painiipg 0:1 tho walls
of a temple, a (i;;ure of Phncas, which had a
ring on the hand. Tlt'ie was, however, no
such e.vaniph' known to exist i.l the present
lima in Greek sculpture. Very few i I hist ra
tions of domestic furniture had been found ;
but there were ch.iiis with fret imitating the
feet of animal an ornament usually adopted
in Greek ail, nail continued downwards
through the inediaval period. The ornamen
tal drawings exhibited fiequentlya spirit and
artistic skill w hicli would do no discredit to
our best artits They had a freedom of ex
ecution w holly 111. known in Egyptians re
mains. The honeysuckle ornament, which
appeared very commonly, was as peifeelly
classics 111 i: execution as tin numerous
specimens whi.-h Mere to
feninl in Greek
art. Tho in. is; ti
were profuse.lly de
drawing of shi d"
that Ihey n.:--t '.in
ordinary a;ti-ans. 1
were five u 01 king
could wink on a
illi ii and mean objects
er.ratc.i, and the mass of
-.np'.n :i was so ini!Tieiii,
e b"en the work of the
Se doubted whether there
"eu'iptiirs in England, who
pie-.-e of m:.i hie winged
WOives anil a:
execution,
thawing. Tl
:l ', 'pes wi;h such a freedom of
:d b:il iness and accuracy of
esc tkures hail, in fact a strong
analogy to ihe win ks of th.f Greeks, and he
behoved that tin1 banks of the Tigris and Eu
phrates were moiv entitled than the hanks
of the Nile innl E.'vjil, 10 ih-1 li-i'iur of uiviiijr
biith toGr. ek art. Ml r-:r.i,ko then pro
ceeded to !ti)w. :it . ! 1. the eonnec-
lion of the A - 1 i.m oi
as goats an ! u 1
tians, and he dievv an
belween u deity ?p. i
which is inie-h lepie?.
seti!plii:'s :ii.. lie- v. !
8th chapter of !-'.; .e 1
of columns was lein
rnenl imied m.'y 1 i
had f.:i:i-l ! .
f.ii'n other ci.c:.
late date. I.) ..: :
there wa u i.-j.-iv-rout",
s. 1 i .: 1 i-y p
slender as to l a 1 to
they must have L- en 1
df these pill. us u e; e
goat, S'i iiriai';;'1.!
idea of loide ea;.il;;'.
lure to w liieh the i..-:
be at tubule !, had 1 i.e.
: '.Miiship. such
"m1 of the Ejvp-c-ti:-
j enmparisnn
: f.-ieii a wheel.
.v5
n
Ti
ll:., Me.
Ml. I.:,
va:.
t-x ! 1 1 1 t : 1
: I l.t !e,;t
were si
w:i l'...:t
the 1
f vw
..I At
the l,:p
!.u-.d the
t they S' ;
Tfc s!;,!
.K , i-h le
l.oi us of a
.-gi'-ted tho I
nf archili-c- I
n, e!e iiui'i.l
! :. a i.
i.'iller of con-
troversy, but he ua disposed to think that
these magiiilicL-ut ruins ;ui..iled a better clue
than any we had hitheilo possessed. Geog
raphically uiul politicly speaking, thu king
dom of Israel had more connection with these
people than with lha Egyptians, and it was
from ihe countries west of J-.ideuh that Solo
mon sought his ;cunnir.g workmen," who
wete employed in the building of the temple.
In conclusion, he referred lo tho lecent nc
oounts from Ninevah, as being provokingly
vague and meagre. There had been lound,
it would appear, a most miscellaneous collec
tion of rich ai munr, antique vessels, cosily
apparel, and other treasures, put together in
a manner perfectly perplexing. An ingeni
ous pupil of his, Mr. Keitch. had, however,
diawii his attention to a passage in Diodorus
Siculus, which would pei haps help to explain
so otherwise titlcily unaccountable a circum
stance. SaidauapaliM, as they all knew,
when his danger was imminent, and ihe He.
tlian enemy in possession of his cily, owing
to a sudden irruption of the river breaking
down 20 stadia of the walls, collected logelher
all his valuables, his vestments, his armor,
his gold and silver, and all his treasures, and
formed of them n grand funeral pile. On the
top he placed his w ives, his concubines, his
servants, hi eunuchs, and himself, and ap
plying Ihe torch, Ihe w hole were burnt to
gether. Diodorons relate that one of ihe
eunuchs, not yet lired of life, or nl least hav
ing an insurmountable objection to so fiery a
mode of going out of it, made his escape, and
gave information lo a Babylonian piiest that
under the ruins of Ihe king's palace might be
found enormous treasures. The priest went
straight to Aibaces, who in the midst of his
triumph was distributing rewards to bis sa
traps, and reminding lb monarch that h had
predicted the fall of Ninevuh, said that in
nit li ef the battle he had vowed a vow to
Belus that, if the Babylonians were victorious
he would convey Ihe ruins of the royal palace
to Babylon, and erect there a temple to that
god, which should be at once monument of
the destruction of Ninevah, and serve as a
landmark to those who navigated ihe river
that ran through that great city'. ;The Me
dian king, who was described by Diodorons
os possessing a noble and getierousdisposition
granted him all the ruins of the royal palace
for this purpose. The priest then, wiih the
eunuch, removed Ihe greater part ofthe trea
sure, but the fraud was discovered and he was
condemned to death. The operations ol the
priest, so far as the treasures were concerned
were surreptitious, and of eourso the Investi
gation of the ruins could not have been so
complete as if it had been conducted openly
and deliberately, and that would seem to ac
count for Ihe incongruous heap of valuables
discovered by Mr. Layard. Thus, if Ihe
eunuch had not had so natural a distaste to be
one of Ihe principals in Ihe auto-da-fe of the
monarch, Mr. Layard would have been by
this time in possession ofthi treasures of Sar-
dannpalus.
THE: iMEPwICAlT.
SUNBURY.
SATURDAY, MAY 11, lf50.
II. B. MASSER, Editor and Proprietor.
To Am-im-rnnRs The circulation of llie Pnnlniry
American ninnnjr the different tmvns 011 tlie fqr.linnna
is wt exceeded if equalled by any paper puMittied in North
ern reniiylrnnio.
TUB LIST OF LF.TTi;rti it pnMinhed in this paper
in accordance wi'h the law refitiriiifr them to be puMiihed
in the paper having the largest circulation.
DEMOCRATIC COCISTY MEETING.
The Citizens of Northumberland county arc
respectfully requester to meet nt the Court Houe
in the Borough of Sunbury at one o'clock P M.,
on Saturday the 2."lh inst., for the purpose of in
structing tho Delegates to the State Convention
held nt Williamsport the 20th hist., fur Canal
Commissioner, Auditor General, Surveyor Gcnc
rul, &c.
By order of the Slamlinst Committee.
G. M. YORK.S, Chairman.
May 11, 1650.
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.
XT' Press for Sale. As we have
enlarged our paper we offer for sale a good
second handed Washington Iron Press, the
same on which the American was formerly
printed. The plutin measures 21 by 30
inches full. It will be sold simply because
we have no further use for it.
Felix Leiu ii has been appointed
Post Master at Mount Carmel, in this county.
U" We invite the attention to the ad
vertisement of the sale of lots in Trevorton,
in another column.
Br" Our friend Fetter is still eno-a"ed in
taking daguerreotypes in his immatable
sty le, at his ro .-ms over the Commissioners
ofliee. Our friends from the country should
give him a call if they wish a beautiful pic
ture of themselves or their families. His
terns are very moderate.
'..y At 1 111: F.i.kctiox, on Monday last,
the (;!!. iwing u'ducts were chosen:
11 :. 1 s i: J. li. Packer, !".-;., and Ed.
C. M.ii-kley.
i.i.nt Pi-i:r.is:;s J. ,1m Young,
Wit:. 1,. Dev. at t, Thomas Kobins and John
Kail-!.,:!.
(e i 11. Centre Lyon, Julin Farns
w.,i!h, Ira T. ("lenient, Jacob Rohrbach,
Iieiny I I..npt, Gideon M. Yolks and Sam
uel J. F,-v.
J I : -. 11 ('
Cl.ltltu-
n-t.u'.i.;:
Edward
M.irlin liiicher.
W. Kti-lit.
r'." N ivrn 111 -im:i;i ami limner. Company.
At an election held 0.1 M. in. lay, lie1 follow
ing ofTieeis were chosen for ihe ensuing year:
President DANIEL BRAl'TIGA-M.
Directors Jos mi K. Piiilstly, John Tac
cart, Amos E. Kapp, William I. Grien
0u1.11, William L. Dewaht and Charm
Kay.
Treasurer If 'illiam Forsuthe.
C7" Conor ess .As usual nothing is doing
in Ihe Legislative halls at Washington. The
compromise committee have not yet reporl
ed. The committee, who ought to expel
Benton and I'oote, have not made their ac
tion public, if any has taken place.
Tiiie Arucment on the writ of error in
the Webster case has been heard. The
judges have not yet delivered their opinion-
Accipknt. On Tuesday morning about
4 o'clock, as ihe packet boat was crossing
the moulh of tho West Rraiich at Northum
berland, the horses were dragged over the
rail of Ihe bridge and fell into the water.
Two of them disentangled themselves from
the harness and swam ashore ; the third was
killed by the fall and drifting down Ihe river,
lodged upon Ihe wing-wall of the sluice.
Owing to the high slage of water, the boat
was in great danger of going over Ihe Shamo
kin Dam; but was towed ashore by some
ferrymen.
fj" Slow Travelling. We received on
Tuesday last, a barrel which was shipped al
York, Pa , 011 the 15th of April till., by
Messrs Parkhuitl If lltcktrt, of that place, to
Brand, forwarding house, in Ilurrisburg,
and ihence up the Susquehanna eatial by
boot. The distance is SO mi7f; the lime
consumed on the passage 22 day. We com
mand these forwarding houses lo the public.
SUNBURY AMERICAN AND SHAMOKIN
TREVORTOfl AND SUSQUEHANNA
RAIL
ROAD.
This road, which has been located during
the winter, will be put under contract on
the 28ih inst. It Commences at the town
ol Trevorton, and following the course ol
the Mahonny creek, rnds at the Susque
hanna, near the mouth ol this creek, from
whence it will be extended to the head ol
the Wisconisco canal, a distance of 13
miles, which connects with the Pennsylva
nia canal at Clark's Ferry. This rail road
will at once open a connection with the
great public works and afford a route to
the Southern, Eastern and Northern mar.
kets lor the inexhaustible coal fields ol
Mahonoy, and in lact lor the whole Middle
Coal Field. Trevorton is about five miles
distant from the town of Shamokin, and
lies in the centre of the coal basin of Maho
noy. The coal of that vicinity is ol the
semi-bituminous or transition species, be.
tween the very hard anthracite and the fat
bituminous, combining the firmness and
compactness of the anthracite with the im
flamniabiiity ofthe bituminous. This gives
it peculiar fitness lor domestic use as well
as ior manuiactiiriiif' purposes. It occurs
in large viens, free Jrom faults and very
easy of access. The road will be speedily
urged on to completion; and, when this
coal is introduced into market, will proba
bly be one of the most productive in the
state. Town lots in Trevorton are sought
for with eargerness, and it bids fair to in
crease with the rapidity of Minersville and
the various other towns in the Schuylkill
basin. The generosity of the proprietors
in taking labor upon the rail road in pay
ment of the price ol Ids, is deserving of
the highest commendation, giving as it does
to poor men an opportunity to secure a
homestead without difficulty.
Prof. Rogers has been exploring the
Middle Coal Field for some weeks and finds
the number and size of ihe veins greatly
to exceed the expectations ol the most san
guine. Saddles are o( frequent occurrence.
In the space of two hundred feet, he found
seven veins of coal of large size, onpofthem
measuring fourteen feet. The veins in this
Field all lie in positions which are most fa
vorable for working, & the quantity of coal
which lies above water level is almost be.
yond computation. A communication with
the markets will at once place it in a posi
tion to defy competition.
REVENUE LAWS.
During ihe Campaign of 1518, the whigs
were profuse arid positive in their promises
ofa modification of the revenue laws, if Geu
eial Taylor was elected. That he received
Ihe electoral vote of Pennsylvania wasowing,
in a great degree, lo the belief that the pro
mises would bo fulfilled He received a large
number of democratic voles, else he could
not have carried a democratic Stale. His
first message feebly recommended a modifi
cation of those laws. Congress has been in
session for six months and yet no movemenl
has been made to effect this change. It is
true that the slavery question has occupied
the attention of the Senate and House ever
since December, but this did not prevent an
effort being made by the whigs to carry out
their avowed intentions. A bill for ihe in
crease of duly on coal and iron could at least
have been reported, or something done to
show their good faith, if Ihey possessed it.
Now we are left to the legitimate conclusion
lhal Ihey do not intend to carry out their one
piinciple or to speak more correctly, they
stole a local docliiue and fraudulently appio
piiateditlo parly purposes. We have al
ways contended lhal thedoctrine ofa hiiih
a pmtf ctive duly on coal and iron was a cher
ished principle ofthrf people of Pennsylvania,
and belonged to neither of Ihe great parlies.
It is a false posilion for either Democrats or
Whigs to assume that they are Ihe Tariff
parly It is undoubtedly Ihe policy of inariu
facturini states, and we firmly believe it is
the policy of the general government.
All true Peiins) Ivaniaus are to a man in fa
vor of an increased duty on coal and iron.
They are the great wealth of the stale and
hen pioperly protected, will place her higher
than California with all her bedsofgold dust.
It then becomes the interest, nay the duly of
her people to stand furn and demand their
tights. They should not suffer themselves
10 be defrauded of their rights by surrender
ing llieir favorite policy to the use of any par
ly. They should not again subject themselves
to be deceived into voting for men w ho refuse
to carry eut their measures. In 1846 ihe w hole
Pennsylvania lepreseulation, with a single ex.
cep ion, voted against the reduction of iheTa
rdf, show ing lhal it w as a measure upon which
both great parties in (he stale united. If the
friends of this change in the present rate of
duties are true to themselves, they can ac
complish lhir purpose. Firmness and per
severance never fail. Let them, until ihe
desire change is accomplished, refuse In give
their suffrages lo any man who will not
pledge his sacretl honor to stand firm in ils
sijport. Let ihem nnile every where upon
Ihe friends of the measure, bo Ihey demo
crais or whigs. Look at the Souih how ihey
cling logelher to cherish iheir "peculiar iusii
tution!:' Does any restriction of parly inter
fere with their unanimity 1 Do not Demo
crats or Whigs battle alike for the causal
And can we waver in our attachment to a
more vital principle 1 Let our citizens show
that ihey will not peimit false issues lo turn
them aside fiom their great object, and loa
ders will beware how they tiille with their
opinions. The determined will of Ihe people
dare not be disregarded. Let no Democrat
be detened from supporting measures like
this, because the Whigs falsely .claim to be
its supporters. The increase of the duly on
coal and iron is demanded by the people, and
the Whigs have endeavored to incorporate
11 into Iheir creed, because ihey know Ihe
measure is popular. They have signally failed
in lhal endeavor. Nothing now remains for the
people but to proclaim lhal it is their measure,
and stand by it as each man of them would
by his own interest. Lei them henceforth
demand from those who solicit their offices,
pledges to represent their will upon this sub
ject faithfully. Let it be understood that they
mean to insist upon having this policy estab
lished, and their will must be respected. Such
a course can not fail; it must insure success-
- i OlVIttO TO THE CHURCH.
A friend of ours residing in Philadelphia,
who owns a large body of unseated lands in
a neighboring county, hss been much annoy
ed lately by the destruction of timber upon
them. It is unfortunately a doctrine among
some of the adjoiners that all wild land, the
owners of which reside in the city, is liable
0 be used by them with impunity, and some
owners have found lo their cost lhal this doc
trine is religiously practised. Land thus situ
ated is known among ihom by ihe name of.
"Grandfather 's property," a nil Ihey cut down
Ihe limber as well for household use as pri-1
vale speculation. Mr R., during a number
of visits to his land, used every effort to dis
cover the tresspassers, but in vain. A short
lime ago, while on one of these voyages of
discovery, he was solicited lo contribute to
ihe erection ofa church, then building in Ihe
neighborhood. The idea occurred to him
that he might "kill two birds with one stone,"
by using tho church to discover the tresspas
sers and at tho same time prevent further
annoyance by them. Accordingly he called
upon some of the chief men of ihe congrega
tion, and thus addressed Ihemi "Gentlemen,
I am always disposed to do every thing in my
power for the advancement of Christianity,
and am delighted lo be able to be of service
to you in completing the erection ofthe place
of worship you are building. Several hun
dred pine limber trees growing upon my pro
perty have during the past two years, been
cut down and carried away by some evil
disposed persons, who. I am obliged to be
lieve, reside among you. Their names I have
not been able to discover. The value of this
limber is at least one hundred dollars. Now
t propose to give to the church all that can
be recovered Irom Ihe perpetrators of this
mischief. It is your interest to look Ihem
up, and T hope that you will make every ef
fort to discover them."
In less than one week, so nctive were the
members of the congregation, every man who
had been culling limber upon Mr. R 's land
paid lo Ihe building committee his quota of
the damage, and the very nice sum thus rai
sed enabled Ihem lo finish Iheir church. Mr.
R. suspects very strongly that many of the
pillars of the church were engaged in the
operations tipin his property and for fear of
detection and exposure promptly liquidated
the damages. The success of this plan in
duced Mr. R. to try the same experiment in
several other places, and he has found it
work admirably. In addition to the pleasure
i'. affords him to contribute te the religious
societies, he derives some consolation from
the hope that the ministers in ihe churches
may be able to impress upon their charges a
eoriect understanding of the eighth command
menl, and picvent the occurrence of similar
annoyance.
BOROl'GII ELECTIONS.
On Monday last Ihe voters of our Borough
again had an opportunity of exercising thai
glorious privilege of freemen. We are pecu
liarly blessed wiih numerous occasions for
displaying our patriotism and independence,
in this place. Twice already since the first
of March have we been called upon to chose
officers; first under the Act of Assembly,
and next under the Borough charter; and in
a few weeks another election will be held
for tho purpose of seeding a few more, not
exact')- ofthe same sort, but for the iinlenli
cul Borough. The lawmakers who have ihus
showered down upon our heads so many bles
sings, deserve our gratitude. The prodigali
ty ihey displayed in giving uslhree elections
when one would have answered every rea
sonable purpose, was, no doubt, considered
very commendable before the administration
of Kitner, Stevens & Co.,- made retrenchment
and reform necessary Weought lo be thank
ful for the glorious privileges; but in these
utilitarian days, we are often led lo enquire
into the use of onr peculiar institutions. We
have often wondered w hy ihe officers of the
Borough could not all be chosen on the same
day. It may be lhal the aforesaid lawma
kers were very compassionate and feared the
duly of voting for so many persons in one
day, imposed too heavy a burden upon Ihe
Burghers Or they may have thought the
Borough Treasury was too full and needed a
few more channels opened to prevent its
overflow. But whatever may have been
iheir object, we are, ceitain we speak the
sentiments of a large majority, when we say
ihat these ihree elections should be held upon
the same day and by Ihe same otficers And
with all respect to the gentlemen chosen on
Monday, we must say thai the offices they
(ill are of less use lo the Borough than the
fifih wheel to a wagon.
T7 Appointments y the President, by
and with (he advice and consent of the Senate.
Neil S. Brown, of Tennessee, to be Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
of the United Slates to Ihe Courl of his Ma
jesty lha Emperor of all the Russias.
Edward H Wright, of New Jersey, to be
Secretary of ihe Legation of Ihe United Slates
at the Court of his Imperial Majesty ihe Em
peror of all Ihe Rushes.
John D. Diomntari, of Georgia, to be Con
sul of the U. S. fo'i the port of Athens, in
Greece.
(C7 Editosial Cm ao. We learn from
ihe Miltonian thai both ihe Editors are ab
sent and "the management will be enlirely
under ihe supervision of Jhe d 1."
In our opinion the announcement of ihis
change was enlirely superfluous, as the edi
torial columns of that paper have for some
weeks borne strong evidence of the handy
w ork of his Satanic Majesty.
y- The Philadelphians are . constantly
asking ihe passage of new laws lo prevent
the riots which are so disgraceful to their
cily & condemnatory Ic ils police. Prayers to
the Legislature for more stringent laws come
wiih a very bad grace from those who sire
unable or unwilling to enforce the ciisting
laws. '.
I7"Thc Census Bill has passed in Congress,
JOURNAL.
FREE-TRADE AND LABOR.
Every one professes sympathy with the
laborer. But different men have different
modes of embodying that sympathy. In this
however, as in everything else, "the . proof
of the padding is in Ihe eating." -That poli
cy which creates a demand for labor ll the
best policy for the laborer..; The poor man's
capital consists in his ability to work ; and
what he wants is, opportunities for its steady
and profitable investment. His is altogether
unlike cssh capital. That may be profitably
sent out in a thousand directions; but sinews
and muscles can onty be profitably employed
in labor. Those, therefoie, who wish to give
practical demonstrations of the genuineness of
their sympathy for that laborer, can only do
so by advocating the policy which creates a
demand for labor. .. .
i Now let us look at the practical effect Of
the policy of free trade. Take by way of il
lustration, the single interest of iron in the
single slate of Pennsylvania.
In 1842, there were 213 furnaces in opera
tion, producing 151,885 tons of pig iron.
Before the close of 1846, this number had
increased to 316, producing 373,231 tons
showing an increase, in four years, of 103 fur
naces, and 222,346 tons of iron.
The value of the product of . 1842 was in
the neighboihood ot $3,000,000, and in 1846
over $7,000,000. .
Two-thirds of this pig iron was manufac
tured into hoops, nails, bars, boiler-plate,
castings, to , in the State of Pennsylvania,
at fteice the cost, for labor, of the pig iron it
self. Consequently, if we add this to the
pig iron, we will have tho following results:
1842, value of iron manufactured 89,000,000
1846, do do do 14,000,000
Of these sums, four-fiflhs, (say three-fourths)
aie expended in labor. There was, therefore
expended in lubor, in this single branch of
industry, in Pennsylvania, in
1842 - $6,750,000
1846 10,500,000
It requires no acute knowledge of political
economy to perceive the benefit which Ihe
luboting man of Pennsylvania derived from
Ihe policy which induced this vast increased
demand for labor. If the same policy had
continued, instead of ten millions in 1846,
the iron-workers of Pennsylvania would have
pocketed at least fifteen millions of doll an for
their labor in 1850. But that policy was su
perceded by those who profess the most pre
found sympathy for the poor man. And whal
is the result 1 Intelligent men estimate that
the product of the present year trill not exceed
one half that of 1846. Consequently Ihe
money to be paid for labor will bo reduced
one-half even though the price of labor is
not effected by the reduced demand for it
To place this fact distinctly be for Ihe mind
of the reader, we subjoin tho figures:
1846 Money paid to iron labo
rers in Pennsylvania $10,500,000
1850 Money paid lo iroh labo
rers in Pennsylvania 85,250.000
Price paid per annum by tho
iron-workers of Pennsylva
nia for free-trade 5,250,000
Here are five millions of dollars taken out
of the pockets ofthe working men in a single
branch of business in a single Slate in one year!
Apply the same rule to the w hole Union, and
Ihe sum will run up lo al least ten or fifteen
millions ! This is the iron-workers' lax for
free trade!
There would be a shadow of consolation
for the Iron-worker if he knew that these
millions went into the pockets ef his fellow
laborers in other branches of business in this
country. But he is comforted by no such
reflection. He knows that what is taken out
of his pocket goes into the packets of foreign
manufacturers Exchange.
Lsri Fir ! Guporl, Vlrgluia Tblrly lloate
Burnt.
The Norfolk Herald of Thursday, has the
following account of a fire in Gosport on
Wednesday:
Yesterday afternoon, a little after 4 o'clock,
a fire broke out in the kitchen in the rear of
Mr. Bricquet'a house, in Gospott, on the
main avenue, in the second square from the
Navy Yaid gate, and a strong easterly wind
prevailing, the flames spread wiih fearful
rapidity from house lo house along the whole
of the east side of the square, and crossing
Ihe aveuue, communicated to the entire row
on Ihe west side up to the second cross street
from the Navy Yard, and to all on thai street
and in the short space of ah hour the whole
were reduced to ashes. We were unable to
ascertain the precise number of houses de
stroyed ; but adopting the prevailing esti
mate, we set it down at from twenty-five lo
thirty, composing nearly half of the town.
Among - the proprietors or occupants weie
Mr. Bricquet, Mr Butlers, Mr Foster, Mrs.
Swift, Mrs. Buckley, Mr. George Marshall,
Mr. Wilbon, Mr. Benson, and Mr. Reunion of
Norfolk. All the buildings except ihree were
of wood,' and their probable value cannot be
estimated at less than $20,000. Most of
them are said to be insured. The United,
Aid, Hope and Union fire companies, from
Norfolk, went over to the assistance of those
of Portsmouth, and their united efforts pre
vented a further spread of the flames.
Catching Tdstlis. The steamer Osprey
on her last trip to Charleaton ran foul of some
thing which was supposed to be a log. The
speed of the vessel was impeded, and in
searching for the cause it was found Ihat she
had cut nearly through a huge turtle, which
was still hanging to her cut-water. It weigh
ed from eight lo nine hundred pounds.
Dance. or Idleness. Frederic Frits shot
himself at Cincinnati, last Wednesday, hav
ing, aa one of the newspapers says, "nothing
else to do." With a little perseverance and
a disposition to work for bis living any man
could find something else better to do than
blow bis own brains out.
Aactksr Crrat Ctum
BtLTiMoac, May , P. M.
The New Oi leans mail came through to
night. The True Delia says crevasse oc
curred in Parish Si. James 200 feel wide and
6 feet deep. Several plantations have been
submerged. Immense damage will be done
before the breach is stopped.' . '
Choleba. The Louisville Courier of the
1st inst., contains the following :
The steamer Hiram Powers, from New
Orleans, arrived her yesterday on her way
to Cincinnati with a good hUmber of passen
gers. .On the deck there Were nine or ten
cases ef sickness, and a Mr. Mehaffy, who
bad his family with him, died on the boat.
He was going to Cincinnati.
On the Bostona that arrived yesterday,
there were two deaths on deck. They were
passengers who came on board sick, and
shipped, one for Island No. 1. in the Missis
sippi, and the other for ihe Wabash. Some
three or four other deck passengers, who
took sick, were by timely attention soon
cured.
The big steamer St. Louis was at New Or
leans when the Bostona left there, having on
board 600 emigrant passengers for St, Louis.
There was much sickness among them, and
forty cases of cholera were reported, which
were likely to prove fatal.
Relic ok the Revolution. A large silver
medal was found in digging a garden last
week, in Princeton, having on the obverse p
figure of Victory standing on a rampart, with
a drawn sword in one hand, and a flag-staff
in the other, with the colors under one fool
On the reverse is a piclure of Stony Point,
with ships in front. Either side contains in
scriptions which show that it was presented
by the United States to D. De Fleury for his
bravery at the taking of Slony Point, July 15,
1779. The H'Aig says, that afler Ihe capture
of this post, Congress ordered "three differ
ent medals to be struck, emblematical of the
action, and awarded respectively to General
W ayne, Colonel Fleury, and Colonel Stew
art." Wayne's vas gold, ihe others silver.
This, then is Col De Fleury 's medal.
Another Awful Accident. Drsfrurion
of a May Party at St. Louis Death of Two
Women! A tclegraphicdespalch to the Pitts
burg Journal, of Saturday, givesthe following
account of an accident to a May paity.
A dreadful accident occurred on Friday
night, at Laclede Saloon, on Fifth, neat Lo
cust street, to a May Day party.
J. II. Purkelt's scholars and their parents
had assembled for amusement ; the first floor
gave way, carrying down some two hundred
persons, breaking through the ground floor,
and passing into the cellar, which was half
filled with water. A great number were
wounded, and some mortally, and two killed
instantly, ihe wife ol John Beakey, and wife
of Chester W. Pumeroy.
The dangerously wounded are Miss Mary
Abbott, expected to die Mrs. Emanuel
Black, bolh legs fractured, one of them in
two places.
Giving a Prisoner the Benefit or a
Doubt. At the Town Hall, Gravesend, the
Recorder told the jury in a trial for iheft :
"If you have any doubt upon your minds, you
must give the prisoner the benefit of that
doubt." The town clerk How say you,
gentlemen, "guilty," or "not guilty." Fore
man "Guilty," but we recommend him lo
mercy.' Recorder, (surprised) on what
grounds? Foreman Because wo don't think
he's the man; we don't think there is suffi
cient evidence of indentity." Recorder I
told you before, gentlemen, that if you have
any doubt yon must give the prisoner the
benefit of tho doubt. Foreman Well, we
find hitn guilty. London Mail.
The Connecticut River Railroad Com
r ant, slood a trial, at Springfield, a year ago,
in Ihe case of Ezra H. Corning, who was per
sonally injured on board of one of ils trains,
and the jury brought in a verdict of 89000.
The Company considered this an enormous
verdict, and appealed. The case has just
been tried again, and the jury have rendered
another verdict of 810,000.
Yellow Fever on Board Another Ves.
sel from Rio Janeiro. The bark Active
Captain Jrottwell, arrived at Baltimore on
Thursday fiom Rio Juneito on the 6th of
March.
Dr. John S. Stewart, of Baltimore, passen
ger in the Active, died at Rio de Janeiro,
28th February ; also, at sea, on board the A.,
15th March, lat. 22 42 S., Ion. 28 13 W., Al
fred S. Gaines, passenger, of Covington, Ky
At Rio, 3d March, Wra. Oliver, seamen, of
Connecticut, died oti board; and on Ihe 26th
ult., at sea, lat. 31 16 N., Ion. 71 24 W., Da
vid Roberts colored, of Maine. Capt. Fox
well does not stale, but it is presumed these
deaths were from yellow fever, which, nl
last accounts, prevailed alaimingty along the
coast of Brazil
The Soil.
Mail's soul in perpetual motion fluwt,
And lo no outward eatue that molioa owes.
The Iron Business. Married, 011 the 20ih
ult., near Toms Rive-, N. J., by Benj. L.
Irons, Mr. Joseph Grant to Miss Amanda
Irons; and on the 21st ult., at Dover, N. J.,
by Benj. L. J-ons, Mr. Heudrick B. Ircntt lo
Miss Jedidah Ann Irons.
We hope Ihis will not prove to be too many
irons in the fire at one time.
From Oreron. Advices from Ihe Colum
bia liver to the 21st of February bad been
received at San Francisco.- Business was at
a standstill, on account of the low piice of
lumber at San Francisco, and the high price
of labor, caused by the emigration to the mi
uiug region. Provisions were very high
bulter was selling at $1 SO per pound, and
the paneral range of prices was above the
San Francisco market.
Tua First Printing Press Mamfactur.
ed in Califobna. On Saturday last, we had
put up in this office, the first Printing Press
ever manufactured on the "Pacifio side,"
and for whioh wa intend to bespeak a small
niche in the temple of fame, alongside of the
Press rendered sacred, as the one used by the
immortal Franklin. The workmanship of
Ihis bijou of a press whioh Is admirably exe
cuted, was performed by Mr. Wm. Dunn,
who served as apprenticeship iu Ihe press
manufactory of Hoe & Co., Cold street, New
York. . , , .
Notuino is so odioo in an acquaintance,
. l 1: r - 1 r . :H L;m
mo uiscorvry a ueiwi hi u"t
I never tet found pride in a noble nature-
nor humility in an unwonhy mind. Of all
the trees I observe that God hath chosen the
vine a low plant that creeps up the helpful
wall ; of all beasts, the soft and patient lamb)
of all fowls, the mild and cuilelesa floa.
When tJod appeared lo Moses it was not id
the lofty cedai, nor the sturdy oak, nor the
spreading plain, bat in a bush As if be
would, by these elections, check the conceit
ed arrogance of man; Nothing nrocnreih
love like humility; nothing hate, like pridei
Feltham't Resolves.
For the Bunbary American!
THE ORPHAN BOY.
ST t, JONES JOHN.
The world is glad, but t am sad,
I have no plearanl joy ;
Oh Goil ! I wish I never had
Become an Orphan boy.
From painful grief, 1 seek relief,-
My sorrow to destroy;
But pleasure's train to me is deaf
To a poor Orphan boy.
My parents dear, if ye were here,
This life I could enjoy ;
But ye are gone, this world is drear
To a lone Orphan boy.
Than come sweet death, with mournful
wreath,
A victim to decoy ;
I'm tired of life, Oh ! lake my breath,
Spare not the Oiphau boy.
Farewell to pain, and hope and gain,
And all that can annoy;
Allien to love and honor vuin,
Adieu to the Orphan boy.
I'll seek that shore, w here evermoie,
Are heard the shouts of joy ;
And Ihey whose spirits I adoio
Will meet their Orphan boy.
Elvsdiro, May 1850.
PUBLIC SALE OF LOTS
IN THE TOWN OF
T 11 E V () 11 T O X ,
On Tuesday, May 28, 1850.
rilREVORTON is situated at Zerbcs Gap, 8
JL miles from Shamokin, 12 mi In from Sunbn-
ry, and 12 miles from the Susquehanna River, in
NorttumilicrUnd County, Ta., about 40 miles
from II urrisburg, anil one day's ride from Phila
delphia. It U situated ut that important Gap in
the niouutain, that commauds the most Western
end of the ri. h
Coal Valley of the Shamokin Basin.
It sustains to the S'unmokin Coal Hasin a similar
rvluliou to thut of PottKville to the Schuylkill
Coal Field.
TKEVOHTON is at the termination of the
TRLlOK'lll.X It .IIAIIOOV RAIL, ROAD,
now about to be placed under contract, whicli
connects this extensive Coal Basin with the Sua
qurhonna River, and than opens that Coal Basin
fur market.
Alter this liail Rund is completed, one or two
Million nl Toih of Coal
may be taken to market annually.
The .Schuylkill Uaein in vicinity of Pottsvilla
has a population of 30,000 ; and the town of
l'oltsulle about 7000 ; and about Olio and a half
millions tons ol'coal is sent down to market annu
ally. Il'two millions of tons of coal are sent down to
market from Trevorton, the Coal basin and vicin
ity of Trevorton will have a poiuihttiot: of 30,000,
and the town of Trevorton about 8 or 10,000.
Willi auclt a produce of coal, the amount of mo
ney circulated in Trevorton, and the vicinity, will
amount to
Several Millions of Dollars 1 1 !
The orieinnl rost of lots in I'ottsville were very
low, ranjjtn; from fifty to one hundred and fifty
dollars; now they range from rive hundred to
three thuuiuiid dollars. Ill Minersville lots which
five years aco sold at one hundred dollars, now
e! tor from live hundred to two thousand dollars.
Such has always been the great and permanent
advance of lots in Mininir Towns.
The unusually favorable position of Trevorton
must make it one of the largest and most nourish
ing Mining Tonus in the Suite.
The piocecds of the sales of lour wi'l be appro
priated towards the construction of Rail Road, and
Ihe lot can be
Paid for in labor on the Rail Road.
or materials for the same, or in provisions or pro
duce of any kind that can be used in construction
of the Kail Road ; or if not paid in this way, then
one-fourth in cash in thirty days, and balance in
three equal payment of six, nine, and twelve
months.
PUit'HASERS of Lots in Trevorton, who
wish to pay lor them in labor on Roil Road, will
be entitled lo receive OXE HALF OK THEIR
WAGES I.N CASH lill the Lots are paid for.
Sale to commence at 1 0 J o'clock, A. M.
1). MONTGOMERY BOYD, Agant.
May II, 18j0 3l
SotiaTe;
A N election of one President and four Mana-
gers of the Trevorton, Mahonoy and Susque
hanna Rail Road Company will be held on Satur
day, 1st of June neit, in tho town of Trevorton.
Trevorton, May 11th, 1850. 3t.
DAVIDPEASB,
FAMILY GBUCB & TEA SSAlEB,
S. Coi mi- b.'A !f Arch Street Philadelphia,
V7 110 i is formerly in the firm has now sue
' cceiled Col ton cv Co., iii the business and
ofii rs fur sale at the very lowest prices, all kinds
of FiNiir CiRuttus of tho choicest kiuds consis
ting in part of
Fine, Superior and Common Cireen and Black
Teas. Old U. Java Cotice and other kinds. Su
gars, Sperm Oil and Candles, Olive Oil, Ket
chups, Currie Powder, Isinglass for Jellies, Farms,
Bakers Chocolate, Cocoa and Broina, and every
thing in the line, which lie will pack up careful
ly and forward to order as promptly as has been
the habit of the old firm.
Will the bousekeecrs of f'unbury and vi
cinity who wish to have Groceries of lha choicest
kinds pleas to try us once '
DAVID PEASE,
8. W. Cor. 6 lb & Arch Su.
Phil.delj.hia.
May 11, 1850. ly
NOTICE TO HEIRS. '
pVOTlCE to the Heirs of Henry Feller, dee'd.,
1 is hereby give thut by virtue of a certain
Writ of Partition and Valuation lo m directed an
inquisition will b held at 10 o'clock A. M, Ihe
2(iUi day of J una 1850 upon the prnuisea in Up
per Mahonoy township to enquire1 whether the
Real Eatale of the aaid Henry Fetter, doe'd, can
he agreeably parted and divided to and among all
the heirs and legal representative of Ihe aaid dee'd
without prejudice thereto or apoilation of the
whole at w hich time and place the aforesaid hair
are horeby warned lob and appear if they think
proper. JAMES COVERT, Shr'C
Sheriffs ofliee, Sunbury,
May 11, 1850.-61
NOTICE TO HEIRS.
NOTICE is hereby given to th Heir of John
Leinbach, dee'd., to appear at an Orphaaa'
Court, to b held at Sunbury in and for lb coun
ty of Northumberland, on the first Monday of
A uguat next, then and there to accept or refuse the
Real Estate of the said dee'd., at Ihat valuation
fixed upon aaid Real Estate by an Inquest duty
awarded and confirmed by the said Court, or shew '
cause why th same should not be sold, Ac '
JAMES COVERT, Bhr'ff
S herilTs office Sunbury,
May II, 61