SUNBU11Y AMERICAN AND S1IAM0K1N JOURNAL.
FREE BANKING. .
From certain indications at Harriaburg,
there is ground for 'belief that tho Free Bank
lng Bill may;p,i!i,t)oth Houses This is to be
repelled, fiw a more unfoitunate measure
could not well'befal the people ef this com.
tnonweallh. Should It become a law, aeven
years will nut elapse before all concerned in
enacting it will be ns much censured as were
those who, in 1814, pureed the baloli of forty
two banks over the veto ef Governor Snyder,
whose name is at this day more revered for
his manly resistance to that measure, than
any oiher net of his life. Unfortunately, the
friends of this bill seem to think an increase
of Banks will be an increace of money. In
1814, when gold and silver were required
as Banking Capital, this notion was Boon
exploded by a majority of the Banks created
becoming bankrupt, with a majority of
tho community. The experiment clearlv
proved, that an increase of Banks is only an
increase of Bank notes, promises to pay, pa
per cert i fit-ales, and paper securities among
individual!) us well as Banks; without a po.
porlionnta increase of coin and -capita), to
sustain either; and it maybe safely conclu
ded, that if a Banking system based upon
gold and silver cannot exist through a period
of expansion and contraction, neither can a
t-yslem based entirely upon certificate of
indebtedness called Slate Slocks. There are
men in this Slate yet living, who well recol
lect the ruin and distress brnnyht upon them
and their relatives by the inflation and spec
ulalion under the act of '814 and they may
be asked, what greater confidence can be
placed in the contemplated Free Banking
System, than in the other I It is urged, that
Ihe Slate, every year, is obliged to semi to for
eign countries a laige amount of money in
payment of interest on her Stock hold there.
Suppose this ta be tiue, what great harm
does it do in comparison with tho evil that
this law will bring upon ns. Without pre
tending to know how much of our forty
millions of Slate debt is held abroad -suppose
we say that the amount is thirty millions.
The interest, al 5 per cent., on this is one
million ami a half of dollars. A very snug
sum truly; but as we have received those
thirty millions from, abroad for our Stocks and
tire using il at 5 per cent., and making 6 per
cent, out of it, we have no great cause foi
complaint. The money is here, and our pa
per is abroad ; and we cannot be called on to
redeem il before it is due. Hut suppose that
the Free B. irking bill has passed ; and these
lliiity millions of Slock are wanted for Bank
ing capital, how am we to get it, unless we
send the specie for il ? Then we must send
thirty millions of coin abroad to set our Bank
ing experiment jn motion; and as silver is
now at u premium of 3 per cent., and gold is
not acceptable abroad, Tie operation of nb
tlrattiug that amount of coin from the coun.
try at once will be more sensibly felt than the
annual withdrawal of a million and a half;
and be rather an untoward circumstance for
he commencement of anew system of Bank
ing, that is prnmi.vd to keep the country in
a full supply of coin. But, then, what do we
gel for our thirty millions of coin? D- we
get coin or its standard in return? Do we
get any Ih ng of a fixed value, that cannot
depreciate, nnd I hut we certainly ought to
have for coin? No! What then ? Nothing
but the glorious promisesof Ihe State of Penti
nylvatiia, at a full par value, yielding but 5
per cent., that once had depreciated to 33
DEMIOODS OF AUSTRALIA.
"The worship of Baal ranks amongst the
oldest and the most generally diffused of an.
oienl superstitions. It is the same aa the
Bala of the Hindus. Ruler of the Air, Lord
andTrofessor of the Air, is its signification.
In ancient lime the summit of hills ;were
dedicated to deities whose names had been
forgotten, but which were still held sacred.
line iiemnn, hnnc, Inqiiil, frotloK vnrtice cflllom
(IJuU Dtulncerturaaat)tiablut'Deui. Mn. riii- Ml.
III the eastern part of Australia the summit
of a mountain is called Bool-ga ; and Baal
Baal is the name of a .place on the Murry ;
Banl is also the native word for fire. On the
Loduon river the natives speak of a deity
named Bin-Beal. Sun worship was practised
among Ihe inhabitants of Port Jackson when
first discovered, and was called Baal. Gov
ernor Grey, in bis vocabulary of 'the wan
River, gives 'Boyl-ya, a sorcerer, the black
witch of Scotland, a certain power of w itch
craft ; Boyl-ya-gaitnk, posses-sing the Jiowe
of T?oyl. These peopln can transport them
selves into tho air at 'pleasure ; they can
render themselves invisible to all but other
Boyl-ya-gadnks. If they bave a dislike to a
native, they can kill him by stealing on him
at night and consuming bis flesh. All natural
illness is attributed to these Boyl-ya-gadu'ks.t
The Australians reverence tlie two principal
stars in Orion, which they believe to have
been hunters, and the Pleiades to have been
young gilts. They consider the moon to have
been a black man named Tan rami, and th
sun Gnoan, or Koan, to bo his wife. When
a native fears be will be benighted on bis re
turn, he propitiates the luminary, his Baal
by placing a lighted stick in the fork of a tree
facing the gun, in order to delay sunset, and
then in certain faith proceeds homewards
The rile of Baat were marked by human
sacrifice. Bal-ligan, in the Swan River dia
lect, is the infinitive mood oTtho verb, to slay.
There is another mysterious being known by
the tribes north-west of Morelon Bay, also
those at Adelaide and on the Swan Siver, who
is named Koen. He is held in great dread
uud terror. Tho name for the sun ntnon
the tribes on the eastern coast is Koen l lie
Hebrew word for priest is Cohen. The Rev
Mr. Threklkeld, in his grammer of the lan
guage of the tribes at Lake M'Quarrle, saysi
that 'Koen is at. imaginary being, In appear
ance like a black fellow with an Immense
abdomen, and painted over with while clay,
carrying a fire stick in his hand.' The Koen
like the Boyl-ya-gaduks, seizes and consumes
people. The Koen precedes the arrival of
olher tiibes, uud especially so when he as
sembles them to celebrate their mysteries.
Tha presence of the Koen is known only to
the magicians or doctors of the tribe. The
Adelaide tribes believe in the existence of
Kuin-yo, who is similar in form'Snd complex
ion to Koen. He appears indeed to be the
same as Koen, only his presence causes the
death of some one in ihe tribe. Kuin-yo also
moans death, which is expressed at the
Swan River, by Kain-bi-l ; but Kyn, or Kuin
ya, signifies the soul. At Port Jackson, the
tiibes believe in the spirit named M.lwn, and
fear to touch a corpse lest the Mavrn should
seize on them in (be night."
THE AMEPJCA1T.
SUNBURY.
SATURDAY, MARCH 8!), ISM.
If. B. MASSEIt, Eclller atid Proprietor.
V. 11. PAt.MF.lt Is oirir tinttiorizrd agnnt in receive mb-
ncriptliui uml nrlvcrtimng at hit office, l WilncMii, New
Ynrb, Doiton and llutlimore.
To AnvmTTsnm. The cifr.ulnlkin of tho tniibiiTy
American Hmoiri; Hie rirffii-ent fcHv'ui on Ihe thintfuetiaiuia
n not eXrevried It uulled1iy ony paper polihed hi N'orfti
em lVmmylvtmia.
FOR GOYF-RNOR:
WILLIAM HHJLER.
Subject to the decision of the Convention.
tiiiToU Table,
, Businesi attcr.
(ik-asim's Pirtoral Drawing Room Companion,
published Bt Museum Biiilihnu, Boston, th first
No. of which is bpfore us, is the best njK-cinie.n of
beautiful typography and artistic executien wo
hvc seen. It rontninfi a fine collection of origi
nal matter, and is omhcllishfd with cuts of Fa
icuil Hull, the TarV of Ntw York, ilr Gluss
Palace, &r Ills published weekly, at IjiS.OO per
annum.
CP Feinting Ink. A few kegs for sale
or cash at this office.
CP" We are ugain under obligations to
John H. Packer, Esq., of the House, and
Hon. R. M. Frick, of the Senate, for docu-meiits.
0-F "When March comes in like a lion
it govs out like a lamb," savs the old saw
Several fine snowy fleeces have already ap
peared on his back. Mildness and patience
are characteristic of the lamb. This month
has displayed little of the former) and has
taken away all our patience with storms
and wind.
WHAT IS THE MATTER
With Philadelphia ? What doi she
Want t Her representative; and her papers
fere and have been doing everything in
their power to defeat every movement tend
ing to develop the resources of the valley
of the Susquehanna. They do not want
the trade of that river; they have refused
time and again 'to Wist in making improve
ments in thA region. They have no busi
ness to complain if Baltimore is willing 16
do what they have wholly iiegWlvd. It
looks so tnucb like the old dog in the man
ger. And then to hear those who are mak
ing a rail road along the banks of the canal
from Harrisburg to Pittsburg bewailing the
loss of toliage on 80 miles of the Columbia
rail road which the York and Cumberland
road may effect, is supremely ridiculous.
Cataline talking of honesty. They are
now arraying their city against the whole
state by opposing the passage of the Stisque-
hfinna Rail Road ; a road which is calcu
lated to develop richer resources than any
road ever projected in this Commonwealth
The valley of the Susquehanna contains
greater wealth than nine tenths of the Phil
adelphians evct dreamed of. The popula
tion are men of energy nnd industry, who
never foiyet friends of enemies, and know
how to appreciate the Selfish policy of those
who are inimical to their interests. They
are determined that this- rail road shall be
made and all the bluster of that city can
not prevent it. Philadelphia is but a small
portion of the state, and more money o(
the rieonli? has been snuonderert for her
benefit than for any other part of il, and yet
she is as jealous as a pi t lap dog. W
Would really like to know what she wants,
MAJOR M Oil DEC A I M. NOAH,
Whose death is recorded in our paper, was
bom in Philadelphia on ihe l!th of July,
1784, and lesided here until the commence
ment of the present century He waseduca
cents in the dollar, nnd few buyers at that. ted at tire old Philadelphia College, but was
These stocks, of uncertain am I flni.inniintr ! afterwards annrentieed to acarverand cilder.
, - b i i -
cnaracler, now selling, at 93 cents per 100,
bio to be puffed up to par value, and made
me nastsol a bunking Capital that ouL-hl, for
the security and happiness of all, to be as im
mutable as the truth il sel ; and, upon Ihe faith
and confidence of these, Ihe commonwealth's
officer is to issue paper promises to the amount
of 05 per cent., and these paper promises are
then to represent, not gold and silver in the
vaults of the Bank, as under the old system,
but to represent Ihe promises of the common
wealth; for the thirty millions of dollars of
out gold and silver have been removed from
tho country to enable us, by this new machi
nery, to buy paper with pretty pielureson,
that must rise and fall in value just as Slate
Stocks do. If this view of things btf correct)
there is no risk in asserting, that k will be
belter to keep ihe coin in ihe country amongst
us, and to Bank upon that under wholesome
reductions. The vtnj anxious friends of the
bill frequently refer to Ihe success of the
6yienv in New York. The only and' best
answer to this, is the truth, that Ihe system
has never beeu tented. Let a crisis occur,
such as that we passed thiungh a few years
ago, when Slate Slocks fell two-thirds of their
par value, ami we may then ascertain wlie
ther, when ihe capital of a Bank has be.
coma valueless, or nearly to, lh,a notes will
beat any belter rate. If the-system is so
infallible even in these prosperous times,,
w hen almost any thing may. do lor Clinking
capita as some folks think, how happens il
that the Alias Bank of Nv York, a Free
Bank, is quoted in the Reporter, "Broke,')
mid her notes are selling at 30 cents on the
dollar Why do not the Slate Stocks, pledg
ed for the payment of lu;r notes, pay '.hem,
or prevent them from selling at so heavy a
discount t It would- be ciatifvinar t have
His liiorary talents getting him into notice,
lie soon abandoned his trade and became a
writer ar.sl politician.
Soon after tlie commencement of the pre
sent century, he went to Charleston, S. C,
where he took an active part in public allairs,
and rapidly acquired iulluence. In 1811 ho
received ibo appointment of U. S. Consul to
Riga, on Ihe Baltic, which he declined, and
in IS 1 was appointed Consul to Tunis, with
a Misawiu to Algiers. Sailing from Charles
ton in May, the same year, his vessel was
captured in the Bay of Biscay by a British
frigate, and taken lo Plymouth a a prize.
After a delension of several weeks- ho was
allowed lo leave, and sailed fion Falmouth
to Cadiz, w hen he passed lo Xeres, Gibialler,
Tangier, in Morocco, and Algiers, where ho
arrived in Febraary, 181-1.
Having accomplished the object of hi mis
sion, he returned1 to Spain, crossed the Pyre
nees lo Mont pel Ler, and continued his journey
to Paris,- where,, after making a short stay, he
returned to Marseilles, and sailed to Tunis.
He resided at that pluce ten months, at' the
end of w'nich time he was recalled. He
passed,' laroilgli. France on his homeward
route, sailing from Bordeaux to Philadelphia.
During flia stay in Paris, he met accidentally,
and recognized Hi father, whom he had not
seen since his fifth year A volume contain
ing the result of his observations abroad, ap
peared in New York and London- in the
year 1819-;
He look up hit residence in- New York,
where be was engaged in various literary
undertakings- He was also eleoted sheriff of
lhat city, and filled tHe office for one term;
was chosen Judge of the Court of- General
Sessions, held a government oflice in New
York City during Jackson's administration,
O" The Hon. Thomas Burnsidei one of
the Justices of the Supreme Court, died at
the residence of his son-in-law, Win. C,
Morris, Esq., at Germantown, on the 23th
inst. He had been ill lor a long time.
01?" An attempt to escape was marie by
three of the prisoners confined in our jail.
On Sunday evening Sheriff Covert discov
ered that they had filed away portions of
their irons, so. as to be able to slip them at
any moment. The instrument used was i
knife secreted from their table. The stvii
of their workmanship evinced a masterly
skill and experience. They were promptly
fitted with new iroiu and a guard pJaced
over them.
fXF" At the Election in this Horotigh, on
Friday the 2.1st inst., Peter Puisel was
elected Judge of Election; J.- H. Zimmer
man and Dr. D. W. Shindcl, School Direc
tor; Michael Wilvcrt and John Haas,
Overseers of ihe Poor; John Colsher and
Henry Haupt, Inspectors; Caleb Fisher,
Assessor; and C. Kershner, Constable
NORTIIIMIILHLAM) BOROl'GH.
itie tallowing otlicers were chosen at
the Borough election, on Friday, the 21st
inst. Chief Burses. George Everard -.
Council, Joseph R. Priestly, John Wheat-
ley, John Taggart, Amos E. Kapp, Samuel
Elliott, William Forsyth, William L. Cook ;
High Constable, Peter Ruch.
this explained ; and until there is some beltat and wrote im-jiy dramatic pieces. -
assurance than Ihe mere untried expoiiment
of ourspeculative neighborsof the whulesnme
ness of Ihe measure, it would better become
old staid Pennsylvania to recollect, lhat it is
not all gold that glitters that every bank
rioleis not money and the best way of mak
ing and increasing money is to work, and give
value for it. J'uLlie Ledger
Collision and Loss or Life. Jforfolk,
Mm eh 23. .The Steamer Lowell,-when 25
miles below Wheeling, came into collision
wilh ihe Kieaiuer Vinton. The Lowell sank
fifieen miuulei after the accident, and liftoeu
of those on board met with watery graves,
ainuiig the in a lad)' and her three children,
and the head engineer. The Vinton sustain
ed but slight injury. Th Lowell was loaded
wilh iron and nails, aud with her cargo is a
total loss..
Schuylkill CinL.--Ye (earn lhat the
iSchulkill Navigation it now open for ihe pas.
cage of boats throughout the entire line, ihe
tepain above Reading having been completed.
About the year 1825, he conceived the
idea of collecting Ihe scattered'lribts of the
Jew and rebuilding Jerusalem. Grand
Island, in the Canada River; was designated
aa the rer.dw.vous, and- bis proclamation,
which was- sent td all parts of the world) cre
ated quite a.reiisatioa al the lime.
Tun Boi'KTY tAXGA!i.T. It is officially
slated'lhat up to this time about ono hundred
thousand applications have been received for
Ihe benefit of this law ; and everyday's mail
adils from five hundred lu 'thousand to iheir
number. The office is now issuing between
one thiiuhand and twelve hundred' a week i
and it will require mure than eighteen months
before the claims now on hand can be dis
posed of, or matured into 'Warrants. All per,
ions interested' ini tlie law,, it dbsiring infor-
moiiou in regard to it, are requested' to ad
dress their communications directly lo la
Commissioner of Pensions.
Jenny Lind has created great excitement
in bt. Louts, and tier Hay lias been prolonged
The ticket foi her concerts avetajtt (5 each
1H. JAMEL SiTRGEUM,
Late U. S. Senator, from Pvunsylvai-.ia
receives the following pufl's from the Penn
sylvania Statesman and Mining Register:
During a period of 12 ve-rs he Ihis filled
the position of a senator Iroin Penutylvauia,
wilh a fidelity and devoted-ncsa rarely kx-
celled.
Tho Pennsylvania Statesman remaiks, that
to the deinocralui party Mr. Sluieou luia
been of inestimable value. He ha never
swerved from its hiyh creed in tho slightest
particular Hfl has met every political emer
gency with' firmness and fortitude, and' car
ried his point without any prel-ensuui or ostentation.
We are i'n some doubt whether thejfe pa
pers are ridiculing Mr. Sturgeon or nit".
He was celebrated for sleeping aw'ay his
time in his seat, which probably some might
mistake for dvvoted attention and practical
thought.- His fidelity to the interest' of
his constituents was displayed tt'hen'
-"The last, tlx first,
TMi only f kecii that every bunt
W rum Ductiir Siurge-in't aou!,"
represented the iron business of PennsyW'
Vajua to be in a most flourishing' condition,
and needing no protection Irom government
or anybody else. This was on the occa
sion of the presentation to the Senate by
Mi. Cooper of the petition of iron masters
and' others asking for additional duty on
coal and iron..- Liktold Rip Van Winkle,
the Doctor Had just awaked from a dap and
thought the tarill'of 42. was still iu force.
Haw any papers professing to-b ruvotabta
to protection- can laud such a man rather
singular.
FIRE AT FORT ALGI STA t
The beautiful residence of Capt. Samuel
Hunter, Fort Augusta, a mile above this
place was destroyed by fire on Thursday
afternoon. The fire was discovered about
3 o'clock, in his large new barn, from
which it vas rapidly carried by a strong
south wind, to the wagon houses, and
thence to the mansion. The engines from
Northumberland" and this place were on
the ground in a few minutes afler the
flames btoke out, but the high w ind caused
so dense a smoke nnd such intense heat
that it was impossible for the firemen to
operate successfully. The house was soon
enveloped in flames, and although the fire
men played an incessant stream upon it for
three hours, the whole was consumed.
The furniture was saved with slight
damage. n the barn and sheds were a
large quantity of hay, nine hundred hushels
of corn, several cows with their calves,
ten pigs, and a carriage, all of which were
consumed.
all in the fields at work
The loss ol Capt. Hunter is great; part
is covered b'-insurance in the Lycoming
Mutual. The fire is generally supposed to
be the Work of an incendiary, as no per
son was known to have been in the bam
for some time previous.
The meadows on the island were set fire
to by the sparks.
johs rortTtn, ksu.,
Late ol the Rorough of Northumberland,
who- recently died at St. Johns, W. 1
whither he had gone to recruit his health,
made till following charitable bequests:
To the First Pieahyterian Church of
Northumberland, for the sup
port of it Pastor, 10,000.00
" Sunday Khoot attached t
said School, 1,000.00
' American Board of Foreign
Missions,, 3,000.00
Philadelphia Home Mission,, 3,000.00
" IMucatioa Board, ef I'liiJa-
dcb.diia,
FATAL EXPLOSION AT TH MIKES.
We are this week under the painful neoes.
sity of announcing an unprecedented and fa
tal explosion, which occurred at one of the
mines of the Pennsylvania Coal Co., at Port
Griffith, (two miles below this place,) on Fri.
day morning last.
The explosion look place from the ignition
of a Wge amount of fire-damp that had accu
mulated in tho mine, and resulted in Ihe
death of three of the miners and tho severe
injury of five others. Fortunately no one
was in tha rniues at the lime, but near a
dozen persons were standing around the en
trance to the mine at the lime of tho fatal
occurrence. Two of Ihe number, Messrs.
Nesbitls, were instantly killed one being
blown lo Ihe distance of one hundred and
fifty yatls, nnd the other about filly. A
third, Michael Rynu, was driven through the
side of Ihe engine house, breaking through a
Tour by seven inch joioe of timber in his paR
sage! nnd yet, strange to tell, not a bone iu
his body was broken, and his recovery, we
understand, is considered quite probable.
Michael While was so severely injured Ilia I
bo died the next day.
The engine house connected wilh the
mines was partially demolished, while the
lixtuies at the entrance of Ihe slope, and ihe
shattered timbers Of the railroad entering the
mines, were scattered to a great distance in
every di rent inn. We append a list of the
killed nnd wounded:
Georco Nesbilt. aged 22, Robc-rl Nesbitt,
aged IS, (brothers) killed ; Michael While,
died ; James nnd Js. Speering. (brothers)
severely injured ; Michael Ryan, severely
injured; John Jones, wounded; Win. Ger
main, wounded; William James, slightly
wounded.
The remains of the Uros. Nesbitt were sent
to their friends in Poltsville on Saturday lust.
PittttoA Gaxxte, Mjnh 2 1 .
Latcb krom Yi'catan. A'crr Orleans,
March 20. Advices, seven days later from
ui-atan, have been received The country
A MOST EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR.
Tim Neweastle (Me.) Democrat gives the
particulars of the abandonment of a boat's
crew of ten passengers, on ihe coast of Mexi
co, by Copt. Farley Hopkins of the ship Pow-
haltan. The ciruumslnno.es. as staled, are
briefly these : The Powhuttan left San Fran
cisco for Panama, October 9, with passen
gers, &c, and after being out some forty-two
ilays, her water and provisions beginning to
fail, Iho Captain proposed that a volunteer
boat's company from the passengers should
land on tho coust and procure Ihe needful
supplies for the ship. Capt. Kellogg, of Con
necticut, and n crew of ten men of Ihe pas
sengers volunteered, and slarted for the
Mexican shore, some 900 miles north of Pa
nama, leaving live ship at anchor somo live
miles from shore Soon after the boat left
ihe ship shu weighed anchor and stood di
rectly out to sea The boat's crew seeing
what was going on, endeavored to reach tho
ship, but in vain ; and were compelled lo
maliii for the shore. They remained on
shoru six days, iu hope that the ship would
return, but all iu vain; they saw nothing of
her. They then started across the country
for Vera Cruz, which place they finally reach
ed, with the loss of four of iheir number)
In Augusta (p., on the 22d int REBECCA
FUEDIUCA, daughter of Peter H. and Mary
Moure, aged 2 years, 9 months and 22 days.
In Little Mahonoy In, on the 13th inst t
CORNELIUS, son of Mr. James K. Swiue
hart, arred 8 months and 12 days.
In this place, on Wednesday morning last,
from Injuries sustained of which we made
mention of last week, Mr. GIDF.ON MAR
KLE, aged about 60 years.
OBITUARY.
Died, nt St. Johns, Porto Rico, Wpst tndici
after a vhrirl illness, on the 25lhof February,
JOHN PORTER, Esq., of the Borough of
Northumberland, aged 51 years. , '.
The deceased sailed from the city of New
York, iu November last, to the West Indies,
for the purpose of improving his health. Th-
letters w hich his friends received Irom him
anve them great reason to hope that the toy
ace ami a temporal sojourn in Ihe Sooth
would prove of great service to his impaired
constitution, and then iu a few moulhsthey
would be. permitted lo greet him with re
newed health and strength. But God in his
Piovidenee had otherwise ordained, and after
a few hours illness his spirit was released
from its trail tenement of clay. Mr. Porter
was so widely known, and so universally es.
from hardships and exposure, the others being j teemed for his conscientious and upright de
iu a sadly reduced and snfl'erina condition, j porlment iu all his relations to his fellow
Two of these men, J T. Wymnn and James j mr 'hat li"lo need be said to hi praise.
Walker, of Woburn, Mass., have recently vi- His daily life has written his best eulogy,
sited Newcastle, Me., lo institute legal pro- j d reared the most enduring monument lo.
ceedings against Capt. Hopkins, and from j his flood name In his death the poor have
them the above particulars were obtained. hist 11 ''u,!4, valuable friend, and the cause of
. ' the Redeemer a most devoted adherent.
The church to which he w;;s attached, and?
iu which he was for seveial years an Elder,
feel most sensibly Iheir loss, nnd while they
cannot avoid evperienrina heart-felt sorrow
and unexpected death, they
as Christian's tc. Iho will of
The horses were fojrtunatelv
was still iu a deplorable condition. A fear
ful conspiracy had been discovered nt Men
da, w here it had been determined to masSa.
ere nil ttio inhabitants, and burn the town.
It was, however, frustrated; and the leaders
executed.
Dkath t- Gkoves. .Jameii Groves; Ihe
cutlery vender, who killed the fmit airl,
Mary WelslJ, ol Chesnnt street wharf, on the
2:t;l of October last; died at the Moyamensing
Prison an Sunday niht. His death resulted,
after months of suffering, from Ihe wound he
indicted upon his throat, in the attempt he
made to commit suicide, shortly after his in
carceration for Ihe minder: A wife and chil
dren survive the unhappy man.
Tmk bill in relation to the militia has, pas.
sed the Senate of this Slate. By its ptuvisions
no more parades are to ho held or flues ex
acted. To uniform companies throughout
ihe State, privileges and immunities are sc
ented, which are intended lo-cucouraae them
in perfecting themselves in all military tac
tics. They ate lo be designated as the Na
tional Guard.
I'OST OFFICII IIOV-BFRY.
Summer A.Williard, a young mini of about
eighteen, niid clerk iu the Post-nlfiee at Bel
fast, Alleghany county, was brought before
Commissioner Boyce, of I'liea, charged with ( for his sudden
committing various depredations on the mail, wonld submit
upon the route between Eliicuttville and Hoi- iheir Henvenlv Father. Their loss is hi
nellsviilo. A large number of letters hflvina 1 wternal gain. For him to die wtis but cning
been lost passing on this route, the exertions j home. '-He had fotiutil a jiond filiht, he bad
of Mr. Ilolbrook, special aaent of the Post ! finished his couise, he had kept Ihe failh ;
ollice Department, to detect the depredator i and there was laid up lor him a crown of
were successful.. nnd he has obtained nnmis- i righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous
takabh; evidence against the party arrested. ' J"1'' "hall give Aim al that day." Blessed
Tho Commissioner" required the prisoner to - are the .lead which die in ihe Lord; "yea,,
give bail in the sum of 1500; iu default of j snilh ihe Spiiit. that they may rest from their,
which he was committed to the jail at Rome. ; labors ;. and their worlis do follow them "
I
Los-
l)C iUcirkcts.
OF AXOTIIEK C'Al.ltnitMlA SllIP 11 Y
ruo:. The shin Waldiou. which sailed f i urn
lialliiuoie Any. 13, took file by spontaneous i "-
, ,- ,, i -,, -, ' . ' Pliilac elpMa Market,
combustion ot the coal with which she was, 1 , , , , . ....
i i i .... ,r . I,., March 20, S-3-ll.
loaned. i tie officers and crew lauded sale- ! . , ,. ,,,
., ,,. , , , , ,, I t-ii'vu. 1 lie market lor Hour cunt nines,
ly. Ihe Uald.ou is owned by Messrs. Page (mM V(.,y , i11(miiy Un: e.ypo.t,.
& Waldron of Boston. She was insured on . tjlandard brands me held at S-t-,-14 ; uud,
vessel autr treifit. Mie is tlie, rorrtll ese I liol.ieis linn, tales lor euv us; iimueu- m
bound to California, loaded with eeal, which
$4 02
Fbo'm Ckxtkai. AMKiiu.-A.---L.ttu intelli
gence from' Central America coulirins the
news of the battle between ihe armies of ihe
Republics of San Salvador uml Guatem
ala :
has been burnt in this way.
Mr.. Jou O. CoNNKi.i., an Fjigtt.sh paper
says, hiis at length determined to uhanduii
his Repeal agitation by the .shutting up of,
Conciliation Hall. i
'f'riE St. Louis Viiian slates that Frederick
l-'.iekeleus, a well known citizen ol St Louis
on.co in the bakery business, who visited
Prussia, his native country, during Ihe last i
year, has leeu pressed by that government ;
into tb-u army. i
I H" h aney bland j are held, at
S.-1 a lii Kvk Fi.oiH is wi.ihout inquiry at
3 37. Cons Mk.m.--I held hi 2 .".-
Wiibat 1'iiees are Mea.dy : sales of prima
Southern and l'eiuia led al 07 els ; piimo
while at Si ()-!. Coux -fs in ih liO a 590
foi new ellnv.
ltvr.. The last si'V was at 6H c!s.
Oats. Oats ate' now sternly : uaJr of
prime I'enna. fiota -H In 44 i-ts; Stulheiu
sells al -ill!, els.
WhioKkv. Sales of Whiskcv in &!(. at 23o
and hints
) ; i
els.
found
K7" The Columbia Democrat comes to
us this week in a newdrvss. The head is
the only part we do not admire ; but
taulty head is a grevious fault.-
K7 Madame Carvallo, wift of Don
Manuel Carvallo, Chilian-Minister,-died at
Washington city on Th'uridiiy,. tfte 20th
inst. She was the daughter of James II.
CauUen of that city.
L7" Brevet Ma). Gen Ceo. M. Brooke,
U. S. A., died at Saa Afttonio, Texas, on
tht 9th insL
An American, named Houth, was
murdered in bed at Calcutta lee-hoihe, on
the lid ot Jan. The crime was coinuiiiled by
four American s'eamen. vi lm L-:'t,l l...it
The Pie.ndent of San Salvador, General in lei
Chief of Ihe Iroops of his State and of 1 Ion'
uuins, was cummuieiy ueieaieu al La Arauai I
by Gen. Carrera, Commander-in-Chief of the
army of Guatemala. The battle began iu
tho morning, and after four hours of desper. I
nte 'struggle, Carrera, by an admirable move-
moil! mil l!i,. i,i,un,L- In III, ,1,1 Tl...
' ' " -.. ......
quisUed army lost 528 dead, 1000. gnus, audi A F.vst Pa-ih. A couple iu Green coun
200 prisoners. The Guatemalans, iu com-J (y, Ohio, the husband 18 and lki wife 16
parison, had few dead and wounded. The j years of age, who have been married abon,
General says, iu his report, that the kiss tit I tour years, have two children, one of which
A r Kt.iniors eNcitoraeni- exists iu !!;.
Baptist uud Methodist churches at Morris-
town. The Jerstymau states that in the
former, eleven adult persons, were bap
tized by iiflni.-ersUju un ki-st S'nmlav morn
ing.
Baltimore Markst.-
Mare'3- 24.
Wii cat. The supply of Wlieal at matket
to-ihiy was fair. Sales ol yood. to pi imp
were made al a !)6 ets. No receipts of
Pvnns) I vsti! i.i Wheals.
Chun. Is in demand and sales was at,
SO els. lor white and 5S --t. loi jellow.
Oats Sides ol Oats at-. 4" I els.
Wiiiskkv. Sales oS bbls. at 23 cts. ami'
22 cis. l'r hhds.
3,ooe'.oo I
1 1
Totnl, $ '40,000.00 i
Mr. Porter built that beautiful Church in
Northumberland, known as the First Pres
byterian, and during his life contributed
$f00.00annually towards the support of
its Pastor. He also built a neat Church
swne three miles above NuSthumlierland,
otv the North Branch.
OC?" The Act to incorporate the Susque
hanna Rail Road Company has passed the
Senate. The 15th of April has been agreed
upon as the day for1 firial adjournment' o'
the legislature. The Senate will hold two
sessions a day during the remainder cf the
session.-
THE t'O.MSTADLF.S'
!echd lor the ensuing year,- in' lh?
Coimty of Northumberland-,- are as follows:
Turbut. Abraham Kissiiiijer.
Lewis. Thomas D. Barr.
Delaware. Daniel Curus.
Milton. James Beard.
Chiiisquawe. Dennis Buoy.
Point. Joseph Van Kiik.
A'oWAiiwifruiitl.- James Van Dyke.
Hash. Andrew lluuyau.
Sunbury. Conrad Kerslmer.
Upper Augnsta. Reuben Garinger.
Lower "- J. It. Clark.
Shumokin. Samuel Hules.
Coal. Solomon Martz. ,
Cuinci-uii. John lline.
JacLsun. Reuben W. Zartman.
Little Mahonoij. David L Druraheller'.
. Upper " William Berghaut.
Lower " James- Finkbon.
wounded and dead is not more than 7. men, !
Vazconcelos, after the combat, abandoned j
iho lield with a part of his troops, and retir"
ed to San Jacinto, closely puisued by the en. j
euiy. It is also repotted that the soldiers of j
Vuscoucelus, insulted Iheir General at Mutal- j
apa. Nnce thu battle ol Arada no ut nor ac
tion bad taken place between tho belUgeieut
ai mies.'
A Clock ran. Sixty Cunts. llr. Chauncy
Jerome, of New Haven. Conn., has actually
made a lime piece, which he will warrant to
keep gooir reckoning, and which he sells for
sixty cents ul wholesale, and oiie dollar al re
tail. The works are all made of brass. He
makes upward of eight h.iudrvd a Uuy of
these articles.
The otfieers of the First Division N. V. S,
Militia, have presented Maj. Gen, Sandl'oid
wilh a costly service of silver plate, as a
mark of their respect and esteem. The ser.
vice consists cf a massive salv'er, a collee urn
and four other pieces. Gen. S has been a
member of the Fiist Division for more than
30 years.
Among the new Post Routes provided for
iu the reoent act of Congress, are the follow
ing : From Gralz, Dnuphin co., via Kling.
srslown ami Spread Eagle, to Upper Mahau-
tongo, Seuvlltill county. Fiom 'Fremont to
Pinegrove in Sciiyllfill county.
tL7- Martin F Tupper, th author of
Proverbial Philosophy, &c, arrived at New
York, t few dayi ago. He complimented
the Yankeea by calling thera, Englishmen
He has much- mistaken the Yankeea- They
are proud of tbeir title, and would ratheq
b called anything else than Englishmen
Free Nboroi rs Dklaware. An- act
passed by I lie Delaware Legislature, at ils
late session, provides fur the binding out of
all free negro children between certaiu ages
to iuiiiS useful trade ur avocation.
Watkr has been left into iho Lehigh Ca
nal. The Delaware Division will not be used
until the new weigh-luck shall have been
completed, wliici will bu about tho first o'
April.
To MikeHcns Lay. The South Carolinian
says a neighbor states lhat lard is the best
thing he can find to mix with Ihe dough lo
give his hens He says that one cut of this
fat' as large as a walnut, will set a hen to
laying immediately after she has been bro
ken up front' selling ; and that, by feeding
tbem with the fat occasionly, bis bens
continued; laying through the wholo winter-
is over tu.it.-o years', and tlx) other over one
year old.
Ci-MBi-iiLAM Coal. Two ships that took
iu cargoes of this bituminous coal at Balti
more bound for Calilofiiia, took lire by spon
taneous ccMibiiiitieu uud were entirely cou
Sntned. Tub Hotel of Mr. MoDouald, in Rei.
meioburg, Pa.,, was burnt un Saturday niyht
a week, with his child, six yeuis old.
A Moy-K. exemption bill of SaOO has
b:en reported, iu tlie Massachusetts Legit hi.
lure.
Hamilton Fish, has been elected !;. S.
Senator from New Voik, for six years'.
Tht. Virginia Legislature elected Col. Jos.
Johnson, of Harrison county, as Governor.
Theee are now lorty-one newspapers
published in Texas.
fjF" If that child in Democracy, of the
American Intelligencer, dou't stop calling
us names, we'll have hiui ityunked and seut
to bed.
XT" Si'ii.i.n' fir a yin:. -Torn Ilyer
wants to fight any man in the world fur
$10,000 a side ; and offers to give any man
in England 3,000, ta coiueover ad stand
belore him.
ANOTHER SCIENTIFIC WONDER!
PEPSIN, Ike Tine VJrgesiV Plaid, or Gastric
June '. it greul Dyspepsia Curer. prepared
. Irom Rennet, or the fourth Stomach-of tlie Ox
afler directions of Burou Liebiir, the j;iea4
PhyMioloiiii-.nl Chemist, by J. S llnnvhion,
' M. I)., No. 1 Ninth Kiiihth Street, Ptnladel
'phia, Pa. This is a truly wonderful remedy
for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Liver
Complaint, Constipation, and Debility, curing
alter Nature's own method, by Nature's own
'agent, Ihe Gastric Juice. Seu advurluenieiil
iu another column.
91 A R 11 1 r. !.
sun Hi' ivY I'iiici; :u uuent.
Wni.vr. - -' 1 00
Kit;. - - . M5,
("mix. - 50
Ovis. - 37
Bl TTI.ll. - - - . I t'
K-j(iS. - . - , - Hi.
I'OKK. 1 - - - - 7.
I-'uxskvii. .... 155,
Tai.i.iiw. - - 10-
Bm-.sw-Aii - 35.
II 1.1 ki ';n F 1. 4 .' - - - I Oi
Dllltl) PIM.KS. 75i
D.v Piuciiks.' - - ZOOi
Vl.A - - - 8
New Advertisements.
I Estate of JOHN POSTER, Tec'd.
! V O'l'it'I', is liprt liy iriru ttutl Utters tratamen-'
' I n v have liren uriinlail to ti. sulisrrilwra on
the r.slnte of John Portur, !is 'd., lti- of the hor
j ouli of -Nort'.iuiiilwlainl. All persona imlebtad'
j to iiid Kstate or lump? elsiiiis neiiiust tho asnir,
I uio ii-qiii'stiil ij. cull' on did sulisi ijilmrs and srttle
j tlie same.
I DANIEL Bit.VI'TMiAM, I,. , , .
i. 1 1, l.l , .H i iv. i .1 r i.ij', )
Norl!iuuilcr!i.d, March '.'Js 1-S31, . fit.
IHsiMolulioii !' S'ai tnt rliipV
VTOTICB is hcrAv given llvot the partnership'
hurt-Inform ciriii5 uiitlsr- lli lino of Hail,
ni-r Jt Houp''Uiir. at AususU, Noitiliunilicrlsnd
fouaty, Vu., wis ilihsoKcil on the lourtti of March
intt. All ptiseus iniiuhted to the said firm are
requested t- pay tJiair brcouiiU to rftc unileraifii-'
ed, or to hie authorized usent, uud all having
claims or Ucititiiijs, yiotfiit ttii-in to the s.inie duly
uullignla-atcd.
SAMt'KL. 11UILNER.
rfivfrsiille, M.irchn H51 tit.
Major Noah, tha veteran editor of New
York, died ou Saturday the 22d inst.
A few week ago, Ly the Rev. J. Stiue,
Mr. Solomon MiLutR, to Miss Caroline,
daughter of John Kline, all of Rush tp , Nor
thumberland county.
On tha 13th inst., by Ihe Rev. Xane Bfaud,
Mr. James Park, of Point tp., Northumber
land oo., to Miss Habrut Hkaton, of Cast
(p., Huntingdon co.
On the ISth inst., by lha Rev. John Farqu
har, Mr. Martin Low, of llurloid, Md., lo
Mia Margaret R. Colt, of Lower Chance
ford townahip, Vork counly, formerly of the.
borough of Northumberland, x
isiii.vi: r rici:.
V OTK'E is hcM'.'liy jxon that the Court of
A- ' ( ' im moil llt-as, of iXorlhuiiil-crlimd county,
hive appointed the lirst Monday iu April, for the
In ui in- uf the n vt'li' ation of t'.ie uodersigni-d, for
the 'ji ni'fit of the insolvent laws, provided for tha
relief and dischure of imolvent ilelitora and olh-"
i-r, of which ail persons inlerenifd will take no-
the. ENOCH FUVMIKE.-
.MUtai, March S3, ISM.-Ju
NOTICE TO IVKBERMEN V
L. H. GIESE,
(.i-r-nf for Henry t'arr,)
ICMBER COIHISSIOH MERCHiUa
1'alls Dock, Italllmoie.
X. B. The sulwi-rihir will give every inform
illation rrsjiti-tiiii? prices mid also with regard o
the proper ai?. t which llie ditl'erent kinda of
Lurubrr ahoutd he avd.
L. YW H. GIESE, AgenU
Baltimon, March 22, lS51.-8t,
ATTENTION,
FIPERS AB KCl'lfAXICS'
AHTILLKRIST8!!
YTOtJ are commanded lo Hint in
Market Square, hunbury, on
SATURDAY, 29th inat.,
at 10 o'clock, A. M. fully rquiiiil
for drill, "' v
l)y prder of th ('..jilam,
KL0MM,N i'l'ROrt, O. 8,
Hunbury, Mtch IS, 1850 3t,