-I1 L
(From Wis Ns- York F.jPrr.)
tvrvt. miudm. ton. money in new
YORK.
A Father KilM, and Tvo of hit Sont Dread'
fuXy end Proliably Fatally Stolbtd.
An awful murder wm committed thin mom
mil under the following circumstances. A
German, an acquaintance of hi countryman
M ho kept a beer house and at 2 o'clock Fri
day morning got up and slabbed the keeper
and two anna in bed, killing the father instant
'y, and wounding one of the sons badly that
liit life is despaired of. The other son may
recover. The bodies were all taken to the
Third Ward Police Station. The murderer
knew that the keeper had S00 dollars in his
ttooae, which is supposed to account for the
ct.
' The murderer got out of a back window
and jumped orer the fence into a deep area,
which however was so deep that he could not
tret out, and he was taken there this morn
ing.
, FURTHER PARTICULARS.
Never perhaps, has a more diabolical, wil
ful and deliberate murder been perpetratod
than the one we are about to record, which
occurred at 2 o'clock this morning at the
house No. 51 Dey afreet, occupied by a
Belgian named Charles Maria Rousseau and
his family, who have lived there but a short
time. During their rejourn at that place,
they have occasionally been visited by one of
their countrymen named Henry Carnal, who
of late had asceitained that his friends had
nearly $250 in ready money laid away for
future use, which it seems he had determin
ed to use desperate means if necessary to ob
tain. Last evening, shortly oefore 9 o'clok, Car
rial arrived from Newark, N. J., and boing
poor and having in view the money in ques
tion, he applied to his benefactors for supper
and a night's lodging. The elder Rousseau
objected to his staying all night, but his two
sons Louis and Charles consented, nnd said
that Carnal might sleep in the room with
them, and for that puipose laid a mattress on
the floor on which he was to sleep. All things
being ready, the two brothers above mention,
ed and the murderer entered at about 94 o'
clock, all of whom lay quietly until 3 o'clock
this morning, when Carnal cautiously arose,
took from a private pocket a huge dirk knife
and stabbed Louis in the abdomen inflicting
an awful wound through which the entrails
protruded in an instant.
The cries of the wounded man aroused his
brother Charles who was struck in the neck
and side with the weapon, through which
wounds the blood flowed in torrents. The
father and a younger son, who were sleeping
in another room jumped out of bed, seized a
bundle of knives and spoons, which were tied
together, and went to the room of his sons)
immediately on enterinjr which he came in
contract with the fiend Carnal, who stabbed
him in the neck, severing the jugular vein.
The three wounded persons then fled to the
street and gave the alarm, after which the
old gentleman fainted from loss of blood, sunk
on the pavement, where, in a few moments)
he was found by officer McCullougli, perfect
ly dead, his head supported in the lap of one
of his sons, while over hi dead body Mood the
other son, whoseaffuclions lor their murdered
parent, notwithstanding thoir own awful con
dition, constrained Ihem not to leave him
alone.
Dr. Munson Jones, reading at No. 148
Chambers, street, was nt once called, and
came promptly to lh dreadful scene. He
dressed the wounds of the two young men,
and rendered every , assistance in his power
to alleviate their stilTerinss. He thinks their
recovery next to impossibility. After every,
thing possible was donw for the sufferers, they,
with their lamented parent, were conveyed
to the 3d Ward Station House, when Captain
Hopkins made every exertion to aid the suf
ferers. The awful wretch who perpetrated the
crime was not discovered until daylight,
when he was found arrested & by the above
named officer, in the rear yard of Mr. An
drews, No. 47 Dey street.
Coroner Geer was called to hold an inquest
on the body of the deceased, who is 66 years
of age. The testimony in the main is as
above stated. Verdict not yet rendered.
BUY FEET.
We give our readers a recipe for making
boots water proof which is woith more than
our subscription price to any persoi; who will
try it. Moisture generally penetrates the soles
ot Doots the upper leather is not easily wet
and is easily dried. To render the sole im
previous to water, order your bool-maker to
cut pieces of canvass in the proper shape, dip
them in melted pitch or tar, and lay hem
upon the inner soles before putting on the
other soles of the boots. This simple pro
cess will insure dry feet without making the
boot clumsy. We have iried this experi
ment, and would advise all whose soles are
Biflicted with cold or dampness to do the
same Yanlee Blade.
Thb Races or Man. -Dr. Charles Picker
ing, an English author of a book entitled as
above, describes eJwja.dislinct races of man
founded on what,lieitleemt essential differ
enoes. He thus enumerates them and the
population of each race :
Bacss.
While,
MongtilUui,
Malayan,
Tetnifaa,
Negus
lhkipian,
Ncmskis.
Rims.
Abyssinian,
Paun,
Australian,
Hottentot,
Total,
av,uo,oiK
!00,tf,0(
iw.ono.isn
on.onu.uiin!
6,000,000
Nt'MSKSf.
:i.ono.noo
3,non.uih
Soo.uou
900,000,000
Dr. Pickering argues that the human races
radiated from four centres 1. From Thibet,
in Asia. 2, from Abyssinia, in Africa; 3 and
' 4, from North and South America.
Jenny Lind in California. The San
Francisco Journal of Commerce is informed
that Jenny Lind has expressed a delermina
tion to visit San Francisco, provided three
thousand tickets are sold for her at an ounce
apiece. There are hundreds there' that are
willing to give her a pound.
"What's to fay" asked a passenger aa
he alighted from a cab in New York. "Fif
ty cents" was the answer. "Indeed."' said
he pacaenger, "the law allow you but twen-ty-five
cent." "Well," saiU tk u t.ip, "I goes
(at the 'higher law !" -
TEE AMEFJCAIT.
SUNBURY.
BATIBDAT, NOVEMBER tS, ISM. '
H. B. MASSER, Editor " Froprlel.
V. B. PALMER is our aathoriied sgwit to reeelv sub
tcriptlon oral advertising Ms ae, Phitadelphta, New
York, Boston snd Balllmors. . .
To Abvmtismw. Tht eircvtallon of th Sunbory
American monf the different towns on lh Susquehanna
is not exoeeded If quelled br any paper published in North
era Penney Irani. ' " '
EDITOR'S TABLE.
BaelDMt Neilee.
The mammoth double Brother JoATrMit for
Christmas and New Years has come to us from
Messrs. Wilson tc Co., New York. It has some
beautiful specimens of picture making typo print
ing;. The irryncnsely large picture of the Coun
try Girl's Career in New York is splendid. It
has likewise the Sewing Girl's Christmas Dream
of Lore and Pleasure Death bed of Taylor
Portrait of President Fillmore, size of life with a
multitude of other things which we have no
room to enumerate. The price is but 18 cents
ten for one dollar.
By an advertisement in this days paper it will
he seen that Wm. Hoover has opened a handsome
assortment of goods, at his store in Hollowing Run.
Mr. Hoover is industrious and enlcrprieing, and
deserves success.
Viluarli Far cor Sals. Bj an adver
tisement in another column it will be seen that
Frederick Lazarus, Esq., Administrator of Henry
Yoxfheimer, dee'd., oilers for sale the mansion
farm &c- of said deceased.
O Printing Ink.
lor cash at this office.
-A lew kegs for sale
On our first page will be found seve
ral iiiterestin?: historical and other matters.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
The lines of "Incognita of Northumber
land," on Jenny Lind, though well enough
for some purposes, would want considerable
pruning and amendment, to fit them for pub
lication. The prose article entitled "The
Ocean," is belter, but might have been con
densed into one-third of the space occupied.
The great secret in writing well, is to pre
sent ideas, new ones if possible, in language
clear, explicit and to the point, avoiding all
unnecessary verbiage.
lt' a greater mystery, in the rt
Of painting, to foreshorten any part,
Than draw it out, so Hie in hooka the chief
Of al! perfections, to be plain and brief.
THE LATE MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT
ON
THE CHESAPEAK BAY.
The canal boats which were abandoned
by the five unfortunate, individuals, from
this place, who met a watery grave in the
bay, have returned sale and in good or
der. The boats were driven ashore and had
they remained upon them, all would have
been saved. They were on Mr. Clark's
boat, loaded with coal, which appeared to
be making rapidly for the "white rocks,"
and therefore called for help. The boat
however passed the rocks, striking only
slightly with one end. Mr. Samuel Mantz
and his younger brother were among the
few persons in the yawl that escaped. Mr.
Mantz, as he clung to the schooner with one
hand, grasped his brother with the other.
Mr. John Diehl sacrificed his life, in his
heroic efforts to save Mr. Clark who could
not swim, and the boy Reed. The yawl
had turned bottom upwards and Mr. Diehl
who was an expert swimmer, had succeeded
in getting Mr. Clark and the boy on the
yftwl, who were both washed off again. He
again succeeded in getting Mr. Clark on the
yawl who was again washed off and then in
his attempt to rescue the boy a second time,
raised him up with both hands, when both
gunk to rise no more. Mr. Diehl was sev
eral times called upon from the schooner to
save himself, from which a rope had been
thrown towards him, but which he heeded
not, or did not see, and in his noble efforts
to save the others, sunk front cold and ex
haustion into a watery grave.
ID" Some of our cotemporariea who pub
lish the cut-throat prospectus of the New
York and other city weeklies, for an ex
change, must entertain a very low estimate
of the value of their own paper.
C7- Fire. On Friday morning last a
large Barn, on the Isle of Que, nearSelins-
grove, and belonging to John Hartman, Jr.
was totally destroyed by fire. The fire i
supposed to have been the work of an in
cendiary.
C7 There are now but three distribut
ing Post Offices in the state, viz : at Phila
delphia, Pittsburg and Erie. The one at
Northumberland and other places being
discontinued. The Post Office department
is being simplied in all its arrangements.
Before many years we predict, all letters
will have to be prepaid, and the postage re
duced to two cents.
K7 George W. Hammersly, Esq., editor
of the Union and Tribune, at Lancaster, ha;
been appointed Post Master at that place,
in the room of Mary Dickson removed.
Mrs. Dickson held the office we believe
for the last thiry years. Mr. Hammersly
will make an efficient officer.
K7 Death or Col. Richabd M. John
on. The death of this distinguished indi
vidual, late Vice President of the United
States, was announced from Louisville, Ky.
by telegraph. He died on the 19th inst
ajed 65 years.
SUNBURY AMERICAN AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL.
tEWISBlR4 UNIVERSITY- .
We are indebted is a friend lor copy
of Professor Taylor's Inaugural Address at
thU Institution, at the commencement on
the 28lh or August last. We have not yet
had time to peruse it. but doubt not that it
i a well written production. The Uni
versity at ewisburg xyq are pleased to learn,
Is In a flourishing condition. ' It is but a
few days since ww had view of the build
ings already constructed and in progress,
and we confess they surpassed our expecta
t at ions. . The site is handsome and roman
tic, and when the buildings are all comple
ted it will compare favorably with any of
wur seminaries oi learning.
,The citizens of Lewisburg have also laid
out a handsome cemetery, which it not
only an ornament to the place, but most
useful in its sacred purpose. It is not to be
denied, our Lewisburg friends manifest
more enterprise in these and some other
matters, than any town on the Susquehanna
1X7" We neither desire, nor do we in
tend to hold a controversy with the Lewis
burg Democrat. Its detractions and slan
ders neither surprise or astonish us. It was
got up for such purposes, and like all
prints of such a character, its existence will
be as brief at it is inglorious. An editor
who will make charges not only untrue,
but which are without a shadow of proba
bility, can injure no one. We are, it is
true, "well known in this meridian," and
that, thank fortune, is all we need to shield
us from such attacks from such sources.
But we have already said too much to one
who is ever ready to
Applaud to-day what yesterday he curst,
lampoon the wisest, anil extol the worst j
While, hard to tell, au course a daub he lays,
WhicS sullies most, the slander or the praise.
r7 The Census. We have been inform'
ed by T. S. Mackey, Esq., the Deputy Mar
shal of a slight mistake in regard to the
population of Milton. A number of farms
were included in the Borough limits, which
made the population as stated in our last. By
an act of the legislature of 1841, these farms
were struck off from the Borough, which
would then have left the population of the
Borough 1441. The population now as
corrected is 1648, which makes an increase
of 207 instead of 138.
E7" We are indebted to T. S. Mackey,
Esq., the Deputy Marshall for the follow
ing statistics of the population of a portion
of our county. Mr. Mackey's labors are
nearly finished, and it is but justice to say,
that few officers have performed their du
ties more faithfully or efficiently.
Lower Augusta,
Upper do
Rush,
Point,
Chilisquaque,
Northumberland,
Sunbury,
2,004
826
1176
876
1344
1041
1213
1474
1932
310
Lower Mahonoy,
Jackson,
Little Mahonoy,
The population of the County, the Mar
shall says, will be about 23,000, which wil!
be an increase of abont 3,000, or 15 per
cent in ten years. .
Unofficial.
2 Tax on Bonus and Mortgages.
Our opinion has been requested in regard
to the legality of taxing bonds and mortga
ges for county, school and other purposes.
We are not aware of any law. that authori
ses an assessment of taxes on bonds and
mortgages, &.c. except for state purposes
alone.
IE?" Gen. Scott and the Presidency.
Hon. John' M. Clayton made a speech at a
meeting in Wilmington on Saturday last.
Morton McMichael named Gen. Scott as
the Whig candidate for the Presidency in
1852, and called on Mr. Clayton to sustain
him. Mr. Clayton responded in a plow
ing eulogy on Gen. Scott's military career.
It may be set down as a fixed (act that Gen,
Scott will be the Whig candidate for 1852.
It?" The astronomers of Cambridge, near
Boston, have discovered that the planet
Saturn is surrounded by a third ring. Gal-
lileo first discovered this peculiarity of Sat
urn, but erroneously supposed it was a triple
star.
ffj" The Nashville Convention ad
journed sine die on Monday last, after a
stormy session and a great deal of dissen
sion and excitement among the members-
Major Donaldson the adopted son of Gen.
Jackson, alter the vote on the report of the
committee, denounced the Convention as
an unhallowed assemblage, and disclaimed
any further connection with it. Many of
the members advocated an immediate disso
lution of the Union. .
Railroad tbom New York to the
Coal Regions. Strong efforts are now
making to construct a rail road from New
York to the Schuylkill coal regioo, by way
oi uston and Allentown. A meeting
will be held at Allentown on the 34 of De
cember, at which a number of railroad and
coal companies, interested in the work will
be represented.
, jjy Cobn Huskino Feat. Robert S.
Blake, of Lower Dublin township, Mont
gomery county, busked 103 bushel of
shelled corn in 9 hours and 33 minutes, on
wager that bt could not busk 90 bushels
from sunrise to sunset. It waa all shelled
J on the spot, the last bushel in 3 minutes.
BANK Or NOBTHCMBEkLANO.
At an election of directors for the Bank
of Northumberland, held" at the Banking
house, oo Monday the 18th inst., the fol
lowing named persons were elected : -
John Taggart, John Porter, Daniel Brau-
ttgam, Wm. Forsyth, Charles H. Kay, Wm.
A. Kellopy John Walla. Wm. Cameron
Edward Wilson, George Schnure, Samuel
T. Brown, William Jjayesand Wm.' L.
Dewart. . i . !
fO WlLLIAMSPORT AND ElMIBA RaIL
Road. There is a prospect it is said, that
this road will be completed at an early day
We hope it may prove true. When once
in progress it will not be long until a con
nection will be made with the Pennsylva
nia Railroad at the junction, and thus make
continuous road from Philadelphia to El'
mira, connecting there with the New York
and Erie Railroad.
7 The population of the city of New
York is is estimated by the Marshall to be
about 500,000. One house in the sixth
ward contained 63 families, composed of
313 persons, 62 groceries, 1 rum shop and
a police office.
THE RIVAL CITIES.
Population of Reading,
Do. i do. Lancaster,
Reading ahead,
13,621
12,382
3,439
West Branch Bank. The following gen
tlemen were elected directors of the West
Branch Bank, for the ensuing year, at the
eleotion on Monday last : A. Updegraff, J,
E. Cowan, J. S. Grafius, J. S. Williams, C
Giidykunst, Thomas Bennett, L. A. Mackey,
E. S. Lowe, Jas. Armstrong, L. Mahaffey,
no. Dure 11, thas. Lloyd, Jno. Sebring.
NASHVF1.LE CONVENTION.
Nashvili.k, Nov. 16
The Convention was taken up to-day in
discussing the adoption of Committee re
ports.
Mr. Gordon, of Va., from the select com
mi I tee, repotted a preamble and resolution
to the following effect The preamble de
clares, that individual Slates have residuary
rights and that the people of the several
btates are not as one people, united for
certain purposes. They are all equal ; each
Stale has aright to judge of an infringement
upon it by the other Slates, and has a right
to secede peaceably. Any altempt to coerce
the seceeding States into the measures of the
majority is a gross assumption of power : and
the South is recommended, in case any one
State Bhould secede, to support that Slate.
All the anticipated evils, for the consider
ation of which this Convention has been cal
led, have been fully realized. The South
has been degraded by the virtual extension
of the W'ilmot proviso- over California, and
the exclusion of slavery from Utah and New
Mexico. Not satisfied with California, Utah
and New Mexico, Congress has bought, un
der a threat of bringing down the militia it
she refused to sell, territory from the States
of Texas, for the purpose of making that also
free. Not only this, Congress has also inter
fered with slavery in the District of Colutn
bin.
The resolution recommends the calling of
a Cor.greiS of the South, to meet in Mont
gomery, Ala., for the purpose of councelling
as to what course ahull be pursued by the
Southern Slates for the maintenance of their
rights and institutions.
The preamble and resolution were ordered
to be printed, notwithstanding seveial mem
bers of the Convention dissented from the
report.
Mr. McWharton, of Ga., moved several
amendments, and the recommittal of the re
port to the committee, with instructions to
amend.
Mr. Clay, of Ala., opposed the motion, and
supported the report at length.
Gen. Pillow, of Tenn., was opposed to the
report, and gave his views at length. He
thought that Northern aggressions, though
great, would not justify such measures as the
teport contemplated. He would not despair
of the hope that Northern fanaticism would
yet influence the higher law followers to de
sist. Col. Polk, of Tenn., was for striking out all
of the report, and inserting the resolution of
the Tennessee delegation. He desired a vote
upon the motion. Ha wanted to know whe
ther we were for union or disunion.
Amidst the discussion, a motion to adjourn
to Monday morning, at 8 o'clock, prevail
ed. Mil. CLAY AT LEXINGTON.
Cincintti, Nov., 16. The Hon. Henry
Clay delivered a speech, yesterday, al Lex
ington, by invitation of tbe Legislature,
SPEAKER COBB Tha tnlou Man at lroria.
Baltimore, Nov., 16.
The Hon. Howell Cobb, Speaker ot the
House of Representatives delivered a great
Union speech at Marion, Geo., on Thursday
last. It is said to have caused quite a revo.
lution in publio opinion. ' ' 4
Five. We understand that the Barn of
Col. Eli Slifer, at Lewisburg, waa set on fire
last Friday night, but fortunately the fire died
out before it reached any of the combustible
materials. It was not discovered till tbe next
morning.
Habits or Jenny Lino. A pesonal friend
of Mist Lind says that she is remarkably
temperate in ail things, carefully avoiding all
stimulants of every description. , She ia an
early riser, bathe every morning regularly,
winter and summer ; exercises much in the
open air. She always dresses with a view
to comfort tather than show, religiously avoid
ing tight lacing. She partakes freely of the
plainest food, using much fruit. She attributes
her uniform good health to her temperate
mode of living, she seldom having occasion
to consult a pbysioian.
Is not a sectarian spirit tbe devil's wedge
to tenants Christ a ins from each other T
, EXCITINO SCENE.
Child Lost in tht Mntmlnini The villaee
of Middletown, Md., was thrown into (treat
excitement on Tuesday last, by the announce'
ment that a little nirl, aned 9 years, daoghter
of Mr. D. Keaufauver, which had gone to the
mountains, with others, the day previous, on
"cheslnuting party," had become lost.
From a long account in the Caloclin Whig,
we learn that the father and several frieritls
made an unsuccessful search on Monday af
ternoon, and on the next morning, some 150
or 200 citizens started out on a search.' They
organized under Capts. Jno. Young, and M.
Rhoderick, and by 8 o'clock in the morning
gave the . mountain a complete scouring
from the summit of the Knob, to the distance
of several miles louud. Being unsuccessful,
tbey reassembled 'at the Knob at 0 o'clock)
and held a consulation. Rev. C. F. M'Cauley
was called to preside, when, on motion of Mr-
G. B.Russell, In companies of ten, under suit
able leaders, to give a more thorough search
The Whig says:
"While this arrangement was being made
the companies yet forming, the preconcerted
signal, (the blowing of a horn.) announced
that the child was found ! Instantly there
arose a simultaneous burst of joyful shouting,
blowing, &c, whose echoing reverberations
among the hills and vallies and tree tops of
the wood made "the welkin, ring." Immedi
ately a party of ten or twelve on horseback
started for the place where it was reported
the child was. This was near Hamburg,
distance of five miles from where the child
waa lost, over an almost impassable road,
without any signs of civilization in the shape
of houses or even clearings, intervening.
How any one can see anything else than the
unerring hand of a kind Providence in direct
ing the little wanderer's feel through all this
forest, most of which is an impenetrable lau
rel thicket, is more than we can tell, ft was
directed too, into the habitation of kind-heart
ed people; for from the little eirl's own im
perfect account, Mrs. Stine, "the good lady
treated her very kindly.
"The child was brought down to the main
road, at Mr. Bachlol's where, all the party
having gathered, a triumphal procession was
formed, numbering about twenty-five horse
men besides the footmen at the head of
'his mass the child was borne by Mr. N
Keafauver. The whole body then marched
into town, paraded the sheets, and dismissed
with three long, loud and hearty cheers.
"We learn that Frederick City was about
sending out a large expedition in search or
the child, when the news was brought that
the "lost was found !"
SENATOH BERRIEN'S VIEWS.
The views and recommendations submitted
by Mr. Senator Berrien at a late public meet,
ing in Georgia, coming from such a man. are
worthy of consideration in other sections of
the Union. Mr. Berrien is thus reported :
"It was the duty of the Convention to mee
and in solemn and sovereign form reiterate our
grievances to the people of the Northern
States, and to demand of th'.m action by their
State Legislatures, to make all abolition meet
ing and convention! a penal offence by the
State laws, as calculated to affect our institu
tions of slavery. Secondly, the laws of non
iViOrcowrse, by the net of Legislature, were
unconstitutional ; but the Supreme Court
had decided that we might tax goods in their
transit into the Slate, which would answer the
purpose. Let all goods free into our markets,
except such as are manufactured in the
Northern Slates. Thirdly, invite a mutual
commercial intercourse with foreign markels,
and export and import direct) y from and to
ourseaporla, to wit : Charleston Savannah, Mo
bile, and the Florida Ray, and thus make our
country emporiums and fortresses. To effect
this, he suggested that the Legislature should
appropriate to this object ; and if each of the
Cotton Southern States would lend their aidi
steamers, vessels, 4x., could soon be equipped
to carry our produce, and then we would not
be with out a gtm to defend us when neceS'
sary. He enlarges upon our resources, indus,
try, capital and railroads, and called upon us
to be stimuluted by a spirit of independence.
State oride. and chivalry. And should these
efforts all fuil to give us repose and peace from
our enemies, which was optionary with Ihem
to give or withhold, a dissolution of ihis Gov
ernment was inevitable. He thought teces.
tion, for the present, impracticable, and invok
ed the ardent patriotism of its advocates to sus
pend that policy till we exhausted the mea
sures he had suggested, and should bis policy
be ineffectual, a separation would be the re
sult of that failure."
These suggestions seem strange and start
ling, uttered as they are by a venerable man,
a senator of the United States, a statewmen
and a jurist, who ranis wiih the first in the
public councils. We are induced to pause
and ask with deep solicitude what scene of
the drama is to be opened next ? Baltimore
American.
A Great Hen Convention or Fair has been
holding at Boston. At Ihe closing sale o
fowls on Fritlay, one Cochin China cock
brought $30. There were pure and beauti
ful Cochin Chinas, Java and other fowls.
Eight Young Women have been awarded
diplomas at the Obeilin College, Ohio. One
of them was colored. One of the ladies who
has finished the theological course intends to
devote herse'f to preaching.
AacHmsHop Hughes, who sailed for Eu.
rope in the steamer Baltic on Saturday, was
escorted to the boat by twenty-four char
rige loads of Catholics, mostly the clergy
from New lorn ana uroomyn.
We taw neatly dressed and veiled fe
male, yesterday, leaning against a tree box,
and wiping ber eyes, as if weeping. The
cause was a tad one. The smoke of a cigar
which the held in one band, had got into
her eye.
' We learn that in the present year ten or
twelve Elders left this country for England,
three lor France, three for Denmark, one
for Sweden, two for Italy, and several tor
tbe Sandwhich Islands, all of whom are
now engaged in industriously preaching
the Mormon doctrine, &c., securing its converts.'-
I " :..
HIGHLY IMPORTANT.
Tht Smtlttrn Convention Resolutions Adopt'
d in JFeoor of tht Union Re ftrtnti of
Grievanct to Congress Disapproving tht
Holdingofa Southern CongrestIndignanty
of the Ttnnetsct Delegation Great Excite,
ment Adjourned Sint Dit.
Nashville, Nov., 18 P. M.
' 'The Contention re-assembled this Tfomingj
and after much excited debate (he report bt
tbe Committee was finally' re-dommitted 10
the committee, who after further delibera
tion reported the original preamble, striking
out all the resolutions and substituing a series
of new ones, which in substam-e declaie
the detachment of the Convention for-the
constitution and the Union. Then-it was and
always has been the purpose of the convention
to use its best endeavors to preserve the
Union unimpaired. That the Union of State
was a Union of independant sovereignties'
and as all the evils complained of by the
South had already been anticipated and real.
ised, the Convention therefore, recommend
that the South shall refrain, as heretofore
contemplated, from going into a national
Convention of States, with reference to South
ern grievances, but that the difficulties and
grievances of which the South complain be
referred to Congress for its deliberation. Al
so that Congress be earnestly requested to use
its great power and influence in arresting and
in restoring to them their just rights. The
previous question being called the report was
adopted without debate. ' After its adoption
the Tennessee delegation expressed a deter
mination to withdraw from the Convention,
becoming quite indignant. They pronoun
ced the proceedings as unhallowed and un
worthy of Southern men. At this juncture
the most intense excitement and confusion
prevailed for a time, when, on motion, the
Convention adjournod sine die, and many of
the delegates have already departed for their
homes. It may be remarked that good or
and decorum characterised the Convention
throughout, excepting what was produced al
the adjournment.
UNION C'Ol'NTY BAR, 9 VEALS AGO.
By publishing the following extracts from
a loose piece of paper found on the counsel
table at New Berlin at September term, 1825
'ihe work no doubt of some briefless limb
of the law) you will bring to mind the pecu
liarities of the men of that day; a number of
whom have since been admitted to the prac
tice of another bar.
"I do think and I do say' gentlemen of
the jury.1-' Lashells
"According to the perpendicular line of
truth and justice." Bellas.
"It is not in the power of mortal man to
have a particle of doubt about it." Green.
ough.
"But this is of ne earthly consequence, if
the court please." S. Hepburn.
"Under the statoot of hoo and cry." Ban-
erafU
"The gentle humane, and mild spirit
which ia diffused through the penal code o'
Pennsylvania." Ellit.
"Humph '. the gentlemen are marvellously
witty !" 6'rer.
"Yes stop well let us see stop
there's come, let us have it down in wri
ting. Friclc.
"There is no evidence in the wide world
to support it." I'ariHoni.
"It is no such matter." Donntl,
"I fancy." Jordan.
"Hem ! the big man gets up, and the liitln
man gels up, and they try to carry their cause
by a kind of mechnnical operation." Man.
"The creditors, at the time of this transac
tion, had no existence." Ellis. Leicisburg
Chronicle.
SL'NBl'RY LODGE.
The undersigned appointed a committee
by Sunbury Lodge, No. 205; I. O. of 0. F.,
to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of
the Lodge, in regard to Ihe late mournful nc
cident, that happened on the Palapsco river,
by which two worthy brothers of the Lodge
lost their lives.
Respectfully report the following preamble
and resolutions:
Whereas God in his all wise providence has
seen fit to remove from us in a sudden unex,
peeled moment, GEORGE CLARK, and
JOHN DIEHL, two worthy members of this
Lodge. Therefore,
Resolved, That we sincerely mourn the
untimely fate of our two brothers, who were
respected and faithful members of our be
loved Order.
Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with
the families and friends of our deceased bro
thers, and would point ihem to Him who
alone can comfort them iu this their "day of
trial."
Resolved, That the Lodge room be clothed
in mourning, and that tho members of this
Lodge wear the ordinary badge of mourning
for the space of thirty days.
Resolved, That a copy of Ihe foregoing
preamble auj resolutions be transmitted to
each of the families of the deceased, and
also be published in the "Sunbury American"
and '-Sunbury Gazette."
Chablcs J. Bkuner,
J. B Misskb, Committee
J. H. Zt.MMSa.MAN.
DEWART GUARDS.
This Company have heard with feeling of
the deepest regret, that their comrade, ED
WARD WINGERT, has met with a sudden
and violent death in the Patapsco river, ou
the 12ih inst., and while they mourn his loss,
bear willing testimony to his soldierly bear
ing, his correct deportment, and bis virtuous
life. We shall ever cherish the memory of
his warm hearted friendship and attachment
Resolved, That we sincerely sympathise
with hi widowed mother and sister in their
distressing bereavement, and condole with
them in tha overwhelming grief in which Ihe
Iom of a dutiful eon, aad affeouenate brother
has plunged them.
Resolved, That tke osoal badg moura
ing be worn by tbe members of thiseorps, at
a tribuu of respect to the memory of our de
parted comrade.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions
be aent to tke mother of the deceased ; and
that they be published in the "American"
and "Gaaotte." , rv v
Gjntbmplated Steam Lines. The pc
of New York; now forms the terminus f
en different lines of steamships, v'u : Lav
and Mowlam) & Aipinwall's, to Chagre
Collin's and Cunard's, to Liverpool ; one
Havre; one to Southampton and Bremei
one to Charleston ; one to- Philadelphii
otio to Savannah, and one toKennuda. A
eleventh, from Rotterdam fo New Yo
ejy It Is said, will go into-operation
May next.' Stock for a twelfth has be.
in pun subscribed for in New Wt an li
another company i about to be organiz
in Savannah, Ga. Stil! another, makit
the thirteenth is projected, as the Jbo
of Commerce is informed, to run a line
propellers between New York and Liv
P0l,; . ,
Getting Tired. Tho London Tim
ays, "We (the English nation) are actual
at this moment supporting out of the nub!
tunas tne descendant! of Arnold, tbe Ami
ican traitor." This is one tbe beauties
the Pension system.
New Jebsey Senators. The followli
names have been mentioned ai suitable fx
ons to represent New Jersey in the Natio
al Senate. Com. Stockton, John R. Thorn
ton, of Princeton, and Richard P. Thorn
son, of Salem. r
The New Ponsn Archdishop sf Wei
minster, (lately a proselyte of the Establis
ed Church) Dr. Wiseman, hat struck o
the prayers for the Queen and royal fsm
ly, heretofore used in his diocese, on tl
ground that it is unlawful to pray for i
heretical sovereign. At several public fe
tivals of members of that sect in Englan
the Pope is given as the first toast, and tl
Queen is the second,
Unkjue to the Last. South Carolir
will observe Sunday, October 24th, as i
day of Thanksgiving. What on earth ca
a State be thankful tor that is not thankfi
for the blessing ol the Union 1 .
New Advertisements.
GREAT ARRIVAL OF
Co COCO LID
WILLIAM HOOVER respectfully infortr
his friends anil ciiHtomrrs that he hi
just rrtnnird from Philudflphis, with an rxrellri
assortment of
NEW GOODS,
vhU-U he offrr.-. for sale at his new store at Ma
ser's Mill, Hollowing Iliut. ; These good nri
selected with great cure, and will be sold at th
lowest prices. ' '
HIS STOCK CO-NHIST OF EVKRY VAIIIETY, Vn
. Dry Goods,
Such as Cloths, Cassi meres, Sattinets, Muslin
Callicoes, Mousselint De Laints, "At
paccas. Merinos, Flannels, -Checks,
Gtng- , .
hams. t)e.
ALSO:
An assortment of :
HATS, CAPS, GUM AND MCATHER 8IIOKS.
ftTTEENSWARE, .
HARDWARE, IRON and STEEL, NAILS, A,
A gentrat assortment of Groceries, such as
Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Molas
ses, Spices, &c. r .
Also an assortment of Liquors, snrh as
Brandy, Rum, Whiskey, Wine, ij-e
17 Produce of all kinds luken in exi-hance a
the highest miirkr t price.
Hollowing Kun, Aov. S3, 1850, lv.
ORPHANS' COTJET SALE.
N pursuntico of an order of the Orphans' Coun
of Northumberland county, will be exposed
to public sale, the following real rstntc, at the
Court House, in Sunbury, on MONDAY, the Gib
day of JANUARY, 1851, a ct-rtuiu '
Tract of Land,
situate in t'pper Augusta township, contsininr.
ACRE.S, more or less, urlj.iinin; lands of
John KarnxworlU on the cast, Adam IShissler on
the west, Jacob Fry und others on tbe south, and
Jacob Snyder on the. north, on which are erected
two large '
pr DWELLING HOUSES, frrt
' A Fram Barn, a Wagon House,
a Lime-Kiln and Spring House. There is also
a fine Orchard on tho premises. About 150
acres are cleared, all of which is in a fine state of
cultivation, licinj the Mansion Farm of Henry
Yoxtheiiner, dee'd. ALSO:
A SMALL PIECE OF GROUND,
In the Town of Khamokin, containing one eighth
of an Acre, mora or less, adjoining Dr. I'hillips'
piece Shamokin creek a branch of fShsmokin
creek, and a triangnUr Lot, No. 440. Late tha
estate of Henry Yrxtheimer, deceased. ' '
Sale to commence at I o'clock, P. M. ef said
day, when Ilia conditions of sale will be made
known by FREDERICK LAZARI S,
Administrator.
Bv onter of the Court, )
Jno.' P. Pursel, Clk. O.C.J
Hunbury, Nov. S3, 1N50.U.
BRIDGE LETTING.
letting will be bald at Edward A. Kultnsr's
store, in Turbut township, ou Saturday th
7th day of December, 1650, for tha purport of
building a bridge across Muddy Kun. - J he let.
ting wilt be open from 1 1 till 4 o'clock, on said
day. Flans and spociticstions will be exhibitad
at the same time and place. '
CHARLES WEAVER, )
, WILLIAM WILSON, ) Camm'n.
CH KISTIAN ALDERT, )
GEORGE MARTIN. Clerk.
Sunbury, Nov. 3, 1850. 3U
ESTATE OF GEOEGE CLARK, DecU
V OTICE is hereby given that letter f admin-
' istration have been granted to tha subscri
ber on the estate of George Clark, dee'd., Ute of
Sunbury, Northumberland county. All person
Indebted te mid estate, or having claim against
the same, are requested to call on tha subscriber,
iu Suiibury, fur eettlemenC -
Creditors are requested to present their claim
immediately, as mectiug of the creditor will b
held la take into coiisideratiiM a proposition fur
the payment of their claims.
REUBEN. R. FAGELY, Adm'r,
' Suiibury, Nov. 83, 1850. -t.
"VlEiilSTEsVS NOTICE., 4 I
NOTICE is hereby given te all Lagatsea,
Creditor and other persons intaraeted in
th Estate at Maotin Kerfor, dee'd., settled by his
Exeeulor J oka F. YVoltUger. That the Execu
tor of a id Eitat bs filed hi account with the
Register of Nosliiassberlsad county, ao4 that the
him was pseaented at August tana, aod oanfirac
ed I aad al the tana to will Augusta, 1840,
oa noli on of John F. Wol finger, K)., the Court
grant te lb Executors te fill up lb blanks
ia the within account, and also to add thereto 4-
diUoaal nam of eaatgea and credit. dit
Court direct six weeks notice of th tiling said '
count, prior te the first eay of next term, to he .
given in th Sunbury American, aa to the bake
living ut (he eaunty. . .
By order of the Courti .... C
JOHN P.PUR8EL; Clk. I .en
November S, 1850. U j
11LANK DEEDS printed oa th Wat aualily
cf parchment paper, sold at th lawast price)
at this office, by whnlrsal and retail. , .