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SUINBUHY AMERICAN AND SHAM0K1N JOURNAL.
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SUN BURY.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER la, 1M0.
To Advertiukm. The circnliitiou of , the Bmibury
Amerlran among tn' illflcreht towns oh' Ihe' Itiiftqnelifliina
ii not txctwtad S"ee,Btlcdyny paper publuhetti North
ern Poniiyini,) j 1 ,.-v'i. i j. I .:'. !
EDITOR'S TABLE.
Bminni Notion.
Our readers will find the card of Mr William
.Rockefeller in our advertising colnnis. Mr Rock
efeller has opened I law office in Minersvillo, Pa.
and judging from his business habits and good
conduct while here, we have no doubt of hia sue
ceaa in his new location.
Conn's Ladt's Book. -The Novemhcrnum
boris already on our table. It is' a gem in the
perodical lino that cannot readily be excelled.
The Illustrations,' "The Rvnninit a bcauti.
ful engraving. The "Lord's Prayer" is some
thing new and well calculated to please- It is to
be followed by "The Creed" in tho next number.
The "Vase of Flowers" is nnother handsome
illustration. ' The Lady's Book has the merit of
constant improvement, and is now tho lwst peri
odical of the kind published.
Tn Mojik KxioiiT.is the titlo of a novel of
nearly two hundred puges, published by Dcwit'
& Davenport New York, at the low price of 50
cents. Some of our Exchanges who have read it
speak highly of its merits-
. Tuk Mixkkstille Bvlletis is new. paper
just started at Mincravillo,. by George Wynkoop
It makes a favorable appearance editorially and
otherwise' . ,. ...,.
The LwtsBtn Df-mochat is' the titie of a
new paper pulifivlied at Lewisburg, by Mr-Samuel
fhrinSr, the first number of which we have
received.:. It is got op with taste and discrimination-
We should he pleased to so Friend Shri
ller successful in his business, although we be
lieve him radically wrong on the subject of the
tariff.
RELIGIOrS NOTICES.
The Rev. Mr. Craighead, of Northum
berland, will preach next Sunday-afternoon,
3J o'clock, in the Lutheran Church, at this
place.
The Rev. Mr. Musgrave will hold ser
vice in St. Matthew's Church, Sunbury, on
Sunday rooming at 101-2 o'clock. '
; t We give in another column the official
returns for this county. The yeomanry of
old Northumberland art- always right side
up. ' Her honest demonats can always
come up to the mark, rain or shine. She
can always be depended upon.
THE IXKCTIO.
The 13th ' District is redeemer!. Mr.
Gamble is elected. The incubus that has
rested upon the democracy oHhe district
is shaken off, and they have again gloriously
triumphed. We congratulate them upon
the victory. They may well be proud of
the success of their efforts to throw off the
yoke of whiggery. - : '
-1 The democratic county ticket is elected.
Mr. Packer's majority is 1310. He has
triumphed over all. opposition, in spite of
the treason .in, pur oyvri camp. Letters, were
addressed, to (lira by a number pf citizens of
Northumberland and Milton, requiring him
to pledge himself to vote for caucus, nomi
nations.' These letters were originated by
the few enemies' of Gen. Cameron, in the
hope of entrapping Mr. Packer. But he
treated the letters with the contempt they
merited, refused to be fettered by any pled
ges, and has come out of the contest with a
higher majority than any other candidate
on the ticket. He is well known as a
warm personal friend of Gen. Cameron, and
his triumphant election is another mark of
the high esteem the people of this county
have for Mr. Cameron. , . '.,
. State and Congressional Election.
Carbon county elects the whole democratic
ticket except District Attorney, majority
lor Morrison, 150 ; Lehigh gives about 300
majority for Morrison. Chester the whig
ticket has a majority of 7C0; Dickey, whig
fleeted to Congress. Berks gives her usual
majority, aUd J. Clancy Jones elected to
Congress. ' Dauphin and Lebanon elect the
whole whig ticket; Bibighaus, whig, for
Congress. York whole democratic ticket
elected ; Kurts, D, elected to Congress, and
Danner, D, for the unexpired term of Nes.
' Schuylkill gives the whole democratic tick
et about 200 majority, Susquehanna gives
the dem. ticket about 800 majority West
morelaud and Bedford elect Snodgrass, dem.
to Congress, and the full democratic ticket.
.. Uniqo .Ues; about .7Q0 whig majority j
Eyster, volunteer candidate, elected Pre
1 Ihohotary. Columbia and Montour Mc
' Reynolds, "dem. elected Representative;
''Buckalew; dem. to Senate; beating Best.
II. B. Wright elected to Congress fromthi
! district. Lycoming gives 4-00 for demo-
cratic candidates.
t ' THE TARIFF. " , .
The editor of the Lewisburg Democrat
in reporting the remarks of Mr. Gamble at
Lewisburg, has evidently misunderstood
him. We have conversed with Mr. Gam
ble on this subject and know that his opin
ions Ao noj widely difler from our own.
Some'bf We original projectors and warmest
friend of the tariff of 1846, acknowledge it
to be defective inj many particulars., , Mr.
Walker's numerous orders to collectors, t6
prevent frauds, are of themselves a tacit
admission of the fact. Without "home val-
uations" and in manv instances "specific
dut.tbepreMint tariff will, never answen
and this opinion, is becoming pretty general.
Facts are far more important than the ab
stractions of theorists. Under specific du
ties wines and brandies that were valued at
$107 have continued to decrease in value,
until they are now deemed worth at home
only from 48 to 60 cents per gallon.
Shawls that are appraised at the Boston
Custom House worth in England 54 shil
lings, are appraised at the New York Cus
tom House worth 34 shillings. So that our
revenue system must depend in a great
measure upon the interested judgment of
foreign merchants, and the judgment and
easy conscience of some of our Custom
House appraisers. Besides out of about 90
Custom Houses only 5 have appraisers.
But to return to Mr. Gamble's speech,
from which we quote the following extract :
"What is the minimum principle 1 It is to
fix a fictitious value upon an article far above
its real value, and l hen tax it accordingly.
For instance, under the tariff '42 every square
yard of cotton goods imported into the coun
try, was assumed to be worth 20 cents per
square yard,' and taxed at that rate ; conse
ouetulv. the poor man, who purchased t
yard of muslin or calico, which in London
cost only 2 cents per yard, paid just as much
duty on It as though it had cost twenty cents
per square yarn. A Demg a laboring man,
aud scarce, in money, buys a shirt,, the mus
lin of which,, in, London, cost 2 , cents per
yard. Ii being in more lortunate circumstan
ces, buys a shirt,' the muslin of which,' in
London, costs twenty cents per yard. " The
minimum principal of the Tariff of 1842, as.
su.mf.8 both , these pieces of muslin to be
worth 20 cents per square' yard, and lays an
equal amount ot duty on each ; consequently,
the poor man, who purchaces the cheap arti
cle, nays ten times the amount of duty on
the first cost of his article, that his rich
neighbor docs npon his ! 1 Was there ever
such a bill of abominations palmed offonuhe
credulity of man. It discriminated for the
rich and against the poor for capital, and
against labor."
We can hardly believe . that Mr. Gamble
gave utterance to the following for these
reasons : First that the raw material or
cotton alone is worth more than two cents
per yard on good muslin, and the fact is no
torious that although there was a duty
amounting to 6cts per yard on British mus
lins, yet at the same time American mus
lins had been sent to English markets and
sold cheaper, after paying duties, than the
English could sell tbem. Yet according
to the above theory the poor man has been
paying a tax or duty on his muslin, of 6
cents per yard, although it will not be
denied that our own manufacturers were
producing the same article at home, at from
6 to 7 cents per yard. Then what be
comes of the, tax of 6 cents per yard unless
we presume the manufacturer steals the
material and works for nothing. Mr.
Walker made some amusing theoretical blurt
ders of the same character in his report
one of which was that every one using a
ton of coal paid a tax of $1,75, and yet
nearly half the coal used in the United
states did pot, on an average, cost the con
sumei-s much over that sum, and we, poor
simple souls, were paying $1,75 duty when
but for the tariff, we should have had it for
nothing. Such is the result when facts are
made subservient to theory. ' :
05 The Sunbury Section, No. 127
Cadets of Temperance, at their meeting on
Monday night, elected and installed the fol,
lowing named officers, for the ensuing
quarter: ( ,
J. H. Zimmerman, W. P.; Samuel J Fry,
1st W. D. ; William Youngman, 2d W. D.
John E. Heller, W. A. ; James A- Scupham
V. A.; Alba C. B. Fisher, S.; Alexander J
Rockefeller, A. S. ; Thomas D. Grant, T
Joseph H. McCarty, A. T. ; John F.. Perkins,
G.; Joseph It. Bright, U.; Senarous L. Krebs,
W.; Samuel S. Hendricks, A. W.
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Northumberland Coi'kty Election.
( 1 For Assembly, Johri Vorhis (vol.) received
", In Sunbury, 2 votes; Milton, 26; Turbut,
j tl Chilisquaque, 15. " "' ;
For Surveyor General, ' Kimber Cleaver
received in Sunbury, 8 votes; Coal, 126 .
- Sharnokin, 1 ; Little Mahonoy, 3; Jack
ori,;'1 " " .
' For Auditor General, MK Neal received
in Coal, 27 votes.
For Canal Commissioner, Mr. De'weet
received in Coal 21 votes; Jackton, I.
From Havti Coronation oe tub Empc
ror. Hayli advices to the 16th ult., received
at Boston, represent that the Emperor Smilou
que, so far from having been assassinated by
his Prime Minister, was actively engaged in
preparations lor bis coronation, which was
soon to take place with great pomp and cer
emony.,: A largo amount of rich furniture
from France, for the furnishing of tbe'palaco
had lately been landed. No official order
to stop .the cutting of mahogany had yet
appealed, and the report of that , effect is
doubted.- .Political matters temained perfect-
ly tranquil. .., . . , , . ,
! Tue Capitol at WAsiuM-.ToiL-rVThe 8100,
000 voted by Congress to extend the National
Capitol at Washington will, it is said, be used
in the ereolion of a Senate Chamber, leaving
the House of Representatives fur another ap
propriation. The Seuute Committee on pub
lic Buildings has offered $500 premium for
the extension of the Capitol. ,
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Freight in St AMiRs.There in to be
large reduction in tbe price of freight on th
American ocean steamers running between
New York and Liverpool This will further
tend to talc business from sailing vesels.
I . r - ' i.iii- I.
, Another New l,LAiiET.---Mr. Hind, Seore-
tary of the Roy Astronomic Society, in
London, discovered s new planet on the 13th
of September, tt is said to be an asteroid-
If you mean to be happy when old, be
temperate while you are young. ',
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Election Returns of Northumberland County, held October 8, 1850.
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Auditor General.
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Surveyor General.
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Chilisquaque
Point
Upper Augusta
Lower Augusta
Rush
Shamokln
Coal
Upper Mahonov
Lower Mahonoy
Utile Mahonoy
. Jackson
,14?
,116
''66
66
13
24
23
49
69
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82
1S7
117
153
31
133
36
16
'119
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106
162
128
18
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56
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Total," 1419
I (L" Democrats i
. 825
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133
112
84
151
177
118
73
49
178
100
177
117
152
33
86
164
'63'
166
68
71
125
; 66
75
74
23
18
74
30
3
J15,
. 8
40
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11 roman, Vhigs in itaiicKs.
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.113
129
,,1M 105'
N 84
'! 150
.178
, . 114
74
60
180
103
177
u 117
151
I.i. 31 ,
. 31
165
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I-95!'
'64 1
1 165 ' "";
"67
70 '
120
69
72
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74
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, 102 (
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40,
1087
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85
146
65
69
176 121.
117 64
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74
50
t76
103
177 j
32
152,..
31
J83 !
71
72
22
17
73
16
3,
99
6
39
1' 1-1847 1065
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MARYLAND ELECTION. , I
The general election just held in Maryland
has resulted in a glorious Democratiu victory.
Lowe, the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor is elected by a majority of 1516. We
have also an increase of two members in the
Senate.
But -the great victory is the election of a
Democratic Governor, who is in favor of a
radical reform of the present Stale constitu
tion. The whole result shows that when the
question at issue are of sufficient importance
and interest to arouse the people, the effect
utivav' l IVmrwrnlin inntnl-v.7 I 1 OOiJIilhl
,,, I , STATS SENATE. , ., , ,.
) At the recent election seven new Senators.;
one third of tbe whole,) were chosen.-. Five
of those aro Whigs, and two Democrats- J
This is a Demooratio gain of two.'-'mw "i -'''
Wilmot's District. Mr. Grow, the can
didate in whose favor the two democratio
candidates resigned, asserts, in a letter to the
electors, that he acknowledges the "constitu.
tinnal power of Congress to prohibit, by posi
tive law, the extension of slavery into 'the
territories of the nation," and "recognises the
necessity for the exercise of this power."
The constitutional influence of this govern
ment, he says, should be constantly on the
side of freedom. Mr. Wilmot himself could
not go further than this. '
Louisiana. An election for a Congress
man, in place of Hon. C. M. Conrad, took
place in the 2d District of Louisiana on the
30th ult. The candidates were Hon. H. A.
Bullard, Whig nominee, and Hon. Henry
Johnson, indepondent. The latest telpgraphic
report is that Judge Ballard is probably elect
ed. .
Tim wax figures representing the Parkman
murder at the Boston Medical College, w hich
have been on exhibition in New York for
some days, accompanied with lectures by
Mr. Littlefield, the late Janitor, have been
removed from that city, the opinion of the
community as to their revolting character hav
ing been promptly expressed. ' ; 11
Welearh from Ihe Lowed Courier 1hat' it
has been decided 'to reduce the active busi
ness operations of three of the manufacturiug
Corporations in that city about' onelhalf, vii.
the Suffolk, Hamilton and Appleion mills. .".
The BnAiL Mission. It is said. 1 hat the
distinguished Representative fiom the Spring
field, Mass., District, Hon. George' Ashmun,
will receive the appointment of Minister to
Brazil, and that Charles W. Marse, Esq., is to
be Secretary of Legation.
Washington, Oct. 2.
Items from Washington The President
has withdrawn his objections to the Bounty
bill, and it has now become a law.
Wm. R. Thompson has declined the ap.
poinlment of Recorder in the Land office,
and Nathan Sargent has been reappoin
ted. ' : '
Balloon Ascention. J. Puseyj made an
other ascent ion in his balloon, on Saturday
afternoon, from Reading, Pa. , He started at
half-past three o'clock, proceeded forty miles,
and landed at twenty minutes before five,
having made the voyage in one hour and ten
minutes.
FIRE IN JERSY SHORE.
We learn from private sources that a terrible
fire broke out in Jersey Shore Lycoming county
on last Friday night, and destroyed a greater
part of a lame' buildins called the "Arcade."
owned by Coi. Geo. Crane, and containing
the lollowing establishments,, all of which
were burnt but, viz : the "Republican'? prin
ting1 office, Shoup &j Norlon'ii tirtqpr shop, Jl.
C. Gibson's drug store, Ray's barber jhop1,
and the house occupied by CoUS, S. J,Seely,
a a dwelling also, isomer a Arcade, : con
taining a cabinet trmker shop, the office of
Drs. M'Murry and Pfouts, and .leekler's
tailor shop. - We have not been able to'
gather any t further particulars, nor learned
the amount of the loss, or the origin of any
tire.
THE k-OLDIER' llOUXTY LAKO BILL, AS
IT VASSED MOTH HOLSES OF
COKORESSi. .
The aot, of which a copy is annexed, from
the imraenc amount of land of which is dis
poses, and tbe grat number of persons who
are interested, may be regarded a one of the
most important measures of the session : ' '
fie It enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Amer.
ica In Congress assembled." That each of the
surviving, or the widow or minor of deoeased
commissioned and noncommissioned officer,
or detntchment in the services of tho United
Stales, in the war with Great Britain, declar
ed by the United States on the eighteenth
day of June,' 1812, or in any of the Indian
war since 1790, and each of the commisien-
ed officers who was engaged in the military
service of the United States in the late war
with Mexico, shall be entitled to lands, as
follows : Those who engaged to serve twelve
months, or during the. war,, and, actually,, ser;
ved nine moittbsy hbU;.fripey4 one hundred
and sixty acres' I; and tise.who engaged to
serve six months," anif adtonlly -served . four
months', khafl Veeeiv eighiy'Botesyttha' those
' who'engigScltil 'seV?5 fiif'Wiy 1 or fcri'iridefinite
1 pefipd" ansctjoaiijf' served 'one mohfb ! sriul J
'receive fort lacrestr Provijer.. That where
ever any. pnicers or soluier..was nonoraDiy
discharged in consequence of disabilty in the
services before the expiration of his period o
service, he shall receive the amount to which
he would have been entitled if he had ser'
ved the full period for which he had engaged
to serve. Provided, ths person so having
been in service shall not receive said lands
or any part thereof, if it shall appear by the
muster rolls of his regiment of corps that he
deserted, ' or was dishonorably discharged
from service, or if he had received or is en.
titled to auy military land bounty under any
act of Congress heretofore passed.
Sec. 2. And be it. further enacted, &c.)
That the period during which any officer or
soldier may have remained in captivity with
the enemy, shall be estimated and added , to
the period of his actual services, and the per
son so detained in captivity shall' receive
land under the provision of this act in the
S. . .. .1 t .-.1.1
same manner Anal ne wouiu oe cnuueu, in
case he had entered the service for the whole
term made up bv the additon of the time of
his captivity, and had served during such
term.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, &c.
That each commissioned and non commision
officers, musician, and private, for whom
provision is made that the first section hereof,
shall receive a certificate or warrant from the
Department of the Interior, for the ? quantity
of land to which b8 may, be entitled.' :
which may be located by the warrants, or his
heirs at law. at ahv Land office of the United
States, iu one body, anil in coiiformity to the
legal subdivisions pf thii, public lands, 'upon
any of the, public lands, in , such district the
subject to private entry ; and upop the return
of such certificate or warrant, , with evidence
of the location! thiireof having been legally
made, to the general land olfice, a patent
shall be issued therefor. In the event of the
death of any commissioned or non commission,
ed officer, musician, or private prior or sub
sequent to the passage of this act, who shall
have served as aforesaid, and who nhall not
have received bounty land for said services,
a like certificate or warrant shall be issued
in favor, and enure to the benefit of his widow
who shall receive one hundred and sixty acres
of laud, in case her husband was killed in
battle, but not to ber heirs, Provided, she is
unmarried, at the idate of . her .application; j
ProvisioiUof thisabt shall not be laid upon any
rla'nd of the United States to which their shall
be tin actual settlement and cultivation, except
with the consent of such' settler, to be satis-1
factorily proven to the proper land officer.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, &c,
That all sales, moitgages, letters of attorney,
r other instruments of writing going to effect
the title or claim to any warrant or certificate
issued, or to be issued, or any land granted,
or to be granted, under the provisions of this
aot, made or executed prior to the issue, shall
be uull and void, to all intents and purposes
whatsoever ; tier shall such certificate or war.
rant, or the land qbtklried thereby, be : in
anywise affected byu'or ffharged wftb,"er sub
ject to, the payment" pf iny, dent ( or ' claim
iqcurreq py ucn pniipr noruiej- prior to ae
issuing ot tne patent: rrovueu, x oaj, tue
benefits of this acj,, shalt pot accord l any
person who is a member of ih present Con
gress, Pvovidad, furl her, That tit shall be the
duty of tins Commissioners of the General Land
Olfice, ' under such' regulations ss may be
prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior,
to cause to be located, free of expence, any
warrant which ths holder may transrnil to tbe
General Land office for that purpose, in such
State and land district as the said holder or
warrantee may designate, and upon good
farming laud, so as tho same can be ascer
tained from the maps, plates and field notes
of Ihe surveyor, or from any other information
in the possession of the local office j add upon
the location being made as aforesaid, the
Secretary shall cause a patent to be transmit
(ed to such warrantee :' And provided, further,
That do patept issued under this set stall be
.delivered) upooi any power, of attorpey 'or
.agreement dfted before the passage of this
aoi, sua ion m auco rowers ot attorney or
DEATH OF CHESTER BUTLER. '
The painful announcement, on Saturday
afternoon, of the death of the Hon. Chester
Butler, member of Congress for the Elev
enth District, produced a profound sensation
in our community. He arrived nere on
Tuesday, from the field of his labors at Wash
ington, and took lodgings at Holmes' Ameri
can Hotel, in very bad health. ..He was ac
companied by , his famil and m spite of the
most unrernitljng careh . continued to be
come worsepirtik deathblow! his suffering.
His decease will occasion .fci.vacancy in the
PRfinsylvMlia tiqlefsJion,' which can be filled
before - 'ihe meeting of Congress. He twice
carrVedia strorig" rippositieh 'district, but was
Wt a candidate fdr re-election; ' i: ' :""
.W . n tUr: o-;: 1-, .r'A.v
MAntiiAfiK. The Meredith Bridge (N; H.)
Democrat stales that a young gentleman and
young lady at Centre Harbor, not many days
since, requested Squire Thompson, of that
place, to unite them in marriage, with which
desire he forthwith complied one of them
jt is said, agreeing to pay him five dollars
for the service, and the other promising an
additional compensation of a bushel of beans.
The parties now say that they preferred their
request for marriage merely in fun. But the
Squi'e informs them that they are tied fast,
and can't back out the marriage having
been legally recorded on the town books, as
a veritable contract.
- A Parisian writer, in a eulogy on Balzac,
the distinguished French novelist snys: "as
the greatest proof at his excellence ns an au
thor, may be mentioned the distinction which
ho .-bared with the great Molicie; he was re
fused admittance lo Ihe Academie." This
reminds one of Piron's celebrated epitaph on
himself: "Here lies Piron, who was nothing
not even an Academician !"
The Price or a Hen. One hundred and
twenty dollars has been paid for a hen in
Massachusetts, where th poultry fever has
been raging for a long time It is called the
wild Indian same '"'hen?' arid 'the Providence
Journal recommends that "she should be na
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n . :
Th e Mayor of, Pittsburg has ' a' somewhat
.original idea of, his magiste'riLl duties in re.
gard to ,jrujVa,rdsft ,Uo compels, the.Ti,. be'
fore leaving his august. presence,, not only, fo
lake the temperance pledge, but; to, take an
oath :t hut they will observe it. i J: ,i ,7"
j . i ,.!!'.! -rri t1 ! rr - : '" -
Jinny Lind in Providence ''Positive
Genin ; comparative, Dodge; superlative
Ross," we exclaimed involuntarily, on rea
ding in our despatches that Col. Ross of the
Providence and Worcester Express Compa'
ny had paid $650 for the first ticket for Jenny
Lino's concert in Providence. The little city
of Providence has gone twenty-five dollars
ahead of the Athens of America in apprecia
tion (!) of the Swedish songstress. The thing
grows very ridiculous. Genen's achievement
was a triumph and has paid him well. But
Dodge might as well have kept his money in
pocket; Slid as for Co!. Ross we don't exact
ly understand 'ho'wi he is to be benefited by
bis prodigality. One half of the money giv
en directly in charily might have been noised
abroad by the telegraph, and procured him
a much more desirable notoriety. Fhiladcl
phiaBulleti.n
THE SJiOW TRADE OF SICILY.
The principal export from Cantania is snow
in which a very lucrative trade is carried on
with Malta, and some parts of the South of
Italy, ft is collected during the winter in
pitsand hollow on the mountain, and cover
ed with, the sconaj'Snuf ashes io prevent its
thawing! 'jt'fs brougtoownoti tmtles to the
ijoas at,', nighty '('. in panii iers' poyered With
(oyeiu.. ji tie evpnue ewivou iryin ui unro
isrvmisflrand.rendfrs the 1'riu.pB rraier
no bos the richest men in Sicily.,. Snow
is the, universal luxury; from the , rjohest to.
the lowest rank. it is sold to about tbe rate
of two4nee a Totolo,or thirty ounces, and tba
poorest cobbler would sooner deprive himself
of ,bis dinner than of bis glass of "aoquage la
ta.11 It is also extensively used in the hos
pitals, and scarcity of it would be considered
a great a misfortnue as a famine, or any
other national visitation, and would more in
fallibly occasion popular tumults. To guard
against any such accidonts, the government at
Naples have) made the providing it a mono
poly, the contractor being required to give
security to the amount of 90,000 ducats,
which sum is forfeited if it can be ptoved
'hat for oue hour the supply was not equal to
the demand.. ,; ' ''.'.
musicians, or'onvates.' wheihnr nf rin1ar
volunteers, rangers of militia, who performed I sgreemeuts be'eonsidered and treated as nul'
military semses in any regiment, company snu voiu.
Atlantic Waves. At the late meeting 1 John Bimel, jr, Boatman Low. Mahonoy
of the British Association, an important
paper was read by Rev. Dr. Scoresby, on
the subject of the magnitude of Atlantic
waves, their velocity and phenomena. In
this paper Dr. Scoresby, who is a veteran
sailor as well as a sound divine, gave a vi- j
vid description of a storm which be had
witnessed on the Atlantic ; and stated that
the result of his observations on that occa
sion was, that he had discovered that the
height of the waves from the trough to the
crest was forty-three feet, and that their av
erage velocity was thirty-two and a frac
tion miles per hour. This it was stated,
confirmed the i observations made on the
velocity of waves reported to the association
in 1845, by Mr. Scott Russell, who ,set
down their velocity at from thirty to thir
ty-one miles an hour.
il: ' . . 1 J
8 Henry Funk . Farmer
9 John Schuyler Carpenter
10 Fred'k Sticker Inn Keeper
11 John Ciouser ' Sawyer
12 Wm Slriue Boatbuilder
13 Fred'k Kaseman Farmer
14 Jacob Hoffa "
15 David Harlranft Sadler
16 John Creesinger Shoemaker
17 George Hoffman
18 Gilbert Vandling
19 Solomon Fagely
20 James Duuam
21 Peter Oberdorf
22 Joel Yordy
23 James Shearer
24 George Weiser
25 Samuel Heller
26 ilaoob Larman
27 Samuel Eisler
Farmer
Tuibut
Lewis '!
Milton
Norirrd
Milton
Shamokin
Turbut
Delaware
L Augusta
Delaware
Point
Shamokin
' . Delaware
, Up Augusta.
L Augusta
Chilisquaque
.Sunbury
Lewis' $
Lw Mahonef
Shoemaker Low Angnstm
ii
n
ex-Justice
Farmer
Six daily papers are now published at
Milwankie two of them in German.. Jn
Chicago there are five dailies, in Detroit
three, in Cleveland three, in Buffalo five, in
Toledo two. There are 70 papers publish
ed in Virginia. In Pennsylvania there are
318 daily and weekly newspapers, 3 semi
weeklies, 6 monthlies, 25 monthly maga
zines, and 5 quarterlies.
28 Wm Berkhimer, sr, Farmer Chilisquaque
29 Andrew Overpect ... " do "!
30 Samuel Garuhart " Delaware"'.!
31 Andrew J. Tambrook " do
32 John Hummel Boaibuilder North'd '
The Detroit Tribune says that an Eng
lish capitalist is to loan a million of dollars
tnr the enmn ption nl the rond from boil du
Lac down the Rock River Valley, Wiscon- I 45 !'eo,??r.! S'''ghton Gentleman . r
ce to some point I ' "av 'V1 ','omur? ra,m,e .
33 Levi Lynn Farmer
34 Jesse Darnell Inn Keeper
35 Daniel Driesbach Farmer
36 William Hutisel "
37 Jacob Weaver Laborer
38 S. D. Jordan Gentleman
3! Harman Shipinan Farmer
40 Joseph Nicely Stiller
41 Michael Wagoner Farmer
42 Peter Mergas "
43 John P. Summcis ' "
44 Ruben Tooxel "
45 Conrad Reede Sadler
Turbut .
Coal
Lewis
Chilisquaque
Rush
Milton
Low Augusts
Delaware
Lewis '
Chilisquaque
Milton
sin, to Janesville, and thence 1
on the Galena and Chicago road.
Oi'knino of the CotxMni a Branch ofthe
Harrisburg axd Lancaster Railroad.
This road which has been making for the
past year from Columbia to Middletowii, by
the Hiarrisburg and Lancaster Railroad
Company, was put into operation within
the past few days, and on Tuesday last was
opened with quite a celebration.
48 George Reiser
letit
1 William Kisner
Low Augusta
Jurors
Carpenter
Farmer
ii
Wm VValdron
3 James Lewar '
4 John Gully
5 Samuel Hunter
6 Peter Haiman "
7 Adam Conard Merehant
8 Jacob Wheelaud Justice
9 Casper Sholl Farmer
10 John Hoflinan "
11 Henry Paul "
12 Daniel Haas Laborer
13 John Roadarmel Farmer
Very Srono Faith. Brigham Young
and two other Mormon saints, in calling the
laitniui to tne ureat salt Lake city, close ; 14 Henry Rockefeller
with the following appeal : "Push fheSaints ; 15 Thomas Grange '
to Zion, and persuade all good brethren to ! 16 Charles Bother Boatman
come; who have a wheelbarrow and faith j 17 Jacob Muonch Farmer
enough to roll it over the mountains." j J ?TU?' leber "
1 . . , ... . 1 I 19 John Parks "
, r TT , . , . . , ,. .20 John Binspman Boatman
Bishop Hughes has been elevated to the j 2, W.n D. Hoffmen Ju.iic
dignity ot an Archbishop by the Jfope, who, 1 o2 jom, Km,!;,.! Lnborer
at th request of the late Provincial Coun
cil of Baltimore, has created the See of New
York into an Archiepiscopal See,' with the
Sees of Boston, Hartford, Albany and Buf
alo, at Suffragan Sees.'- -
23 Samuel J. Fry ' Tailor
21 William Elliott Boatman
Lewis .
Turbut
Lewis
Delaware
Up Augusta
Lewis
Chilisquaque
Milton
Coal
Rush "
Point
Coal
Shamokin
Rush
Lewis
Sunbury .
Shamokin
Lewis
Chilisquaque
Lw Mahonoy
. Jackson
Shamokin
Sunbury
Aorth'U
25 George Lawrence Gentleman Milton
Omniuusses in London. Statistics just
collected and published in London, state
that no less than 3000 omnibusses are daily
running in London, the aggregate number
of horses being 30,000. The annual ex
penditure for harness and omnibusses in
jE180,000. Government duty is laid on
these vehicles at the rate of I Jd, for every
mile they travel daily, and as the average
daily travel omnibusses is 60 miles, the rev
enue amounts to .393,750.
Farmer
26 Ephraim Lytlo
27 John Caul '
28 James Bryson...- T ...
29 Adam Bincreman "
30 Daniel Follmer "
31 Lyman P. Roles Smith
32 Jesse Hensvl Farmer
33 Joseph Eve'ret "
34 Chas Houihbourh Smith
35 J. P. Hackeubur;! Merchant "
36 John TaL'sjart Farmer Lewis
Low Augusta
Chilisquaque
Delaware
Lw Mahonoy
Delaware -Milton
Shamokin
Delaware
SHERIFFS SALE.
T) V Virtue of certain writs of Yen. Exp. to ins
J-'dir
fort and who denounced war and loss of hu
man life shot, in a duel, the chivalious Ar
mand Carrel. .'.(
Thb; pupils of the Boston Asylum for the
Blind were present by invitation at Jenny
Linda's rehearsal On Monday. On that day
the received fifty-eight .letters, many of
which were asking charity.
lirecU'd will he sold by public Vendue, or out
crv at the Court House iu the Borough of Sun-
"': " ' bury, t one o'clock, P. M., sn Monday the 4th
Emii,c GiRARniN. The representative of day of November net, the following Retl Estate
France in the late Peuce Congress, at Frank- to wit ! A rtH'
lui ur l. a ;!-,
situate in the tbwn of McEwensville, in Deli
ware township, bounded on the north by land of
Moses Corethus, on the east by lot of Watson
and Vincent, 011 the south by lot of Henry Read
er, and on the west by Main street, containing i
of an acre more or less, whereon are erected a
new two story Frame Dwelling House, and a
Frame Stable. Seized taken in execution and to
be sold as the property of A. J. Quiggle.
ALSO i .
A certain lot of Laud situate in the Town of
Shamokin, in Coal township, in said county,
bounded on the north by Sunbury street, east by
lot No '7, south by the Danville and Pottsville
Railroad, and west by Range street, and known
in the general plan of said town as lot No 28.
- .- Seized taken in execution, and to be sold as ths
property of l'eter Shearer. ...
JAMES COVERT, Sheriff.
Church Burned. The 1st Presbyterian
Church at Paterson, N. J., together with the
Session House, was burued on Saturday night.
No insurance.
Iowa. Daniel E. Miller, Whig, is elected
to Congress in Iowa, by about 100 majority.
LIST OF JURORS.
F Northumberland County for November
jTerm, A, D. 1850. , ,
Grand Jurors.
N'amks.
Occrr-ATiost.
I, 1 ..,.1.1
, 1 John Dmiiol, sr,- . ,. Farmer
f
Sadler '
J ustir-e
Farmer
2 .James Vanhorn.
3 Daniel Weaver,' ' ' Tailor
'4 'David Thompson,' ' Farmer
5 William P. HullJI 111 f i
0 Tunis: Lett :,!(, ; J.abor :
. 7 rXbomaa YVafU . Farpicr ,
, 8 Jacoh Hufl'man .1 " '
a 11,. .1 u'.h... ' ' '
10 Jaeob Lcisenring
11 John Miller, Esq,
12 Joseph Vegg
13 Andrew Kuus "
14 Charles Russel "
15 Benjamiu Hendricks "
16 John G. Youngmaii Printer
17 Jesse Ammerman Farmer
18 Samuel Hummel -
IS Jamea Younir . : ;M ...
20 Emanuel Zimmerman Shoemaker Sliamokin
21 William Hood. Coachmaker Delaware
22 Jacob Shull ' Farmer ' Shamokin
23 David Mart ' " Jnstice '''do
24 Ladwig Ffleger - Farmer Chiliaquaqus
! Traverse Jurors ;
1 John Leuker;: Farmer. Low. Mahouoy
ft Abraham Straub Surveyor Milton
f Win Henderson Carpenter do""
4 Geurge Houpt , Farmer , Chilisquaque
5 Dennis Buoy " ' ' do ; 4
Peter Shaflsr " ' Turbut
Rl.lDESCX.
' inckson '
Shamokin
Lower M ah'y
fCosl .
Turbut
,j iSlianiukin
. Lewis ril
, Delaware
Lewis
Nortb'd '
Milton
JKush
Chilisquaiiue
lwis
Sunbury
do
Point 1
. Shamokin
Lewis :
SherifTs Office, Sunbury, J
Oct. 11th, 1850 ta. J ;
;;rnpcL;oiATiQN.
NOTICE is hereby given that the several courts
of Common Pleas, General Quarter Sessions
of the peace, and Orphans' Court, Court of Oyer
and Terminer and General Jail Delivery, in and
for th county of Northumberland, to commence
at the Court House, in the borough ot Sunbury,
at 10 o'clock, A. M. on Monday, 4th of Novem
ber next, will continue TWO WEEKS.
Tlie coroner, Justices of the Peace and consta
lics in and for the county of Northumberland, ars
requested to be then and there in their proper per
sons, with their rolls, records, inquisitions, and
other remembrances, to do those things to their
several offices ap)ertaiiiing to bs done. And all
witnesses prosecuting in behalf of tbe Common
wealth against any prisoner are also requested and
commanded to be then and there attending in their
proper persum to prosecute against bim, as shall
be jusw-sod ot to depart without leave at their
peril. Jurors are requested to be punctual in their
attendance, st ths tims appointed agreeable to
their notices.
Given under my hands at Sunbury, ths 15th day
, of Nov. in ths year of sur Lor one UiousuU
eight hundred and fifty nd tk Independence
of ths Vnited States of America ths 74th.
JAMES COVERT, Wi'ft
Cod save the Commonwealth. .
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