SUNBURY AMERICAN AND SHAMOK1N JOURNAL
Trm tho Phila. l-eilfr, of tlie eat ln.
THE TenRIBLIC TATASTHOPIIK 1 NEW
YonK MRLAMt HOLY BCKJIEl.
Tha New Yoik Herald,1 of yealerday, lias
the following account of . the origin of the
terribte catastrophe at ihe ScliooJ in Green
wich Avenue,, oie particular, of which
were published yesterday, in tha Ledger :
Onf tha mntt lamentable occurrences
that we have arer been called on to record,
took placa at Ward school N'a. 2ft, W Green
wich avenue, ppposi'.o CJiatLsMifeiitiesier-,
day afternoon, when nearly fifty children
lost their live, and many more were bo se
verely injured, Unit in all probability they
will not recover, i Wa will give trie 'facis'of
the case as briefly as possible. The school
house is n maguiliccnt four story edifice,
with a winding staircase from the first floor
to the upper landing. This stairway is not
spiral, but is formed of short flights of stairs
winding; round a squaro well Tim .first or
ground floor is used as a play ground for the
scholars, and is pavpd wilh flag-stones.
The second story of the building is occupied
by the primary department of the institution
in the third story is the female department,
of the upper school, ami in the fouilli story
the male department. The entrance to each
of the school-rooms is fim the landings of
the stairs. The outer side of the stairs was
guarded by an ordinary wooden bannister, of
no ereat height, and not firmly secured at
the bottom, or where the balusters were con
nected wilh the stairs. This description of
the stairway will enable the reader better to
unnderslaud what follows.
About two o'clock yesterday afternoon,
one of the teachers in the female depart
ment, a Miss Harrison, was taken with a
fainting fit, and in order to her recovery, she
was carried out into the passage-way, where
a cry was raised of "Water ! Water!-' by
one of her companions. This cry was not
understood, or else the scholars thought that
the water was wanted to extinguish fire, and
the next moment the cry of :Fire !" was
raised, and spread through the building. In
a moment subordination was at an end. The
children from the piimary department rush
ed to the stairs, as did also the scholars on
the floor above them. The stairway was
soon filled, and the press against the baius
ters so gieat that they gave way, precipita
ting the children over l!ic stairs down to the
ground floor. As the rush increased, so did
the numbers that were hurled over the stairs
into the space below. Two of tho female
teachers made an effort to stop the children ;
but so great was the panic that their efforts
were vain, and they were themselves hurried
along with the current, and despite their ef
forts, were carried over tho stairs into the
space below. In the upper room, the boys'
department, Mr. McNully took his stand
with his back against the door, and foibade
any one to go out. Although l ho panic per
vaded hi room as well as the rest of the
building, j ot he stood firm, and thus succeed- j
ed in saving the lives of many, perhaps of:
hundreds, for had thn larger bojs ru.shed
upon the stairs, as did the younger children,
Heaven only knows how much more sad
would have been the disaster than it now is.
We learn that some of the. boys jumped out
of the windows, and thai one of I hem had
his neck broken by the fall. There were al
together in the building but a few shoit of
1800 scholars. (I7C3 we understood to be
the number.)
While Mr. McNully remained firm at his
post, the destruction of life was going on be
low. Hundreds on hundreds went over the
tairs, until there was a pilcof human beings
a mass of children eight feet square and
about twelve feet in height. The alarm was
now given outside, and tho police weie soon
at hand an took possession of the premises,
as well as they could, nnd commenced the
work of handing out the children fiom their
perilous position. Those that were on top,
were, of course, but slightly injured, but as
soon as these hail been removed, l he most
heart-rending spectacle presented itself.
Some among tho policemen wero lathers,
whose own children were there. They
worked manfully and deserve.! all praise :
body ufter body wastakmi out ; many of them
liTeles at first, came to when they once more
breathed the fiesh air, but many nlas were
beyond iti.lnud death was but too plainly
marked upon their pallid features. Some
were injured by the fall, ami lay wiithing in
agony ; some moaned, while others shrieked
with pain, and utheis again, when released,
started off for home, appnently iincon-
scious of the awful scene through which
they had passed.
One policeman, Mr. Seabiing, on gning to
the school-house was, on the instant, greeted
by the sight of his. little gill's face; her
head was all that was visible, her body being
coveied wilh those of her companions. Mr.
Seabring urged, urged by paternal feelings,
of course directed his efforts at o;ico to the
release of his daughter. While he was so
engaged, a man came up and laid hold of
him, saying, " My child is there," and en
deavored to take the place on which Mr.
Seabring stood. Finding he could not move
him, he struck at him, thus endeavoring to
displace Mr. S., and to get in a position to
work more effectually in search of his own
child. Mr. S. succeeded in icscuing his
child, who proved to bo but slightly injured.
He said he forgave the man who stiuck at
him; he knew to well his feelings to blame
him for any act of ratdinrss perpetrated a'
that lime. The bodies of tho deaj and
wounded were mostly, milessolaimed on the
spot, taken to the Ninth Ward station house,
which is near tha school. In a few minutes
news of the accident spread through the
neighboihood, and motheis came rushing to
the scene by scores, all in anguish, but all,
at first, buoyed up by hone. Occasionally a
mother would recognise the lifeless foom of
a etiild as it was lifted from the mass, and
then the piercing cry of agony that would
rend the air, oh, God ! may it never be ours
again to hear. And now the neighborhood
was thoroughly aroused, and crowds flocked
to the scene ot the disaster. Many of the
dead, dying and wounded were taken to the
tat ion. house, where the entire lodging-room
f tha policemen was turned into a hospital,
and their beds all used as couches for dead
bodies of injured children.
'J Wis 'a si ladeed, a sight ; patents, whose
children were missing, came here to confirm
their hopcs.ui fears. IUire jiiight-La. seen a
feless bod). oj;h nri ngoivWrd mflther ftand-
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ing titer it, Wiinging her hands id the excess
of hejgriefj Theresas iia'her looKlajjlhe
picture of sorrow, nl he fceWld the forjjt of
a loved onaUhat h bid scrtftely patteJjjth
in heallh, afffl then further on was a family
standing ronnd the bed of a little one, whose
painful twrih.ing, v evidence f, j be pa
tlenfs sufVerings.' lOne fcftar WllfW the
lengjbdilter ajera, prorided, and the. wiumlj
ed were carried ' away also, Ii was a sad
evening in the Ninth Ward. Nearly one
hundred families either mourned the loss or
ehildrenpw watched - anxinuely-' one. 4be.
forms of" the wounded. ;The catestropho
wns almost ilhe only topic of couversn
don. Small knots of men stood on the cor
ners of thn strHcts, and recounted thu occur
rence of the afternoon. A pall seemed to
have settled on everything, and all Credn
wieh village was in mourning.
The list of killed embraces forty-three
names, and the injured thiity-lhree.-
The majority of tho Injured are likely In
recover, but very few limbs were broken, and
many of those dead were suffocated, and not
killed in the full. .
An investigation of the causes of the ac
cident took place. .
The chairman said ho had investigated
the cause of the accident, anil found that a
little past 2 o'clock, Mifs Harrison, who was
a principal teacher in the Female Depart
moot, was suddenly unab'e to speak, and in
attempts to do so, she moaned in some way,
and her face became, distorted from I fie ef
fects of paralysis. This frightened several
of the children, who besan to scream anil
rnshed from the school-rooms, and immedi
ately after n cry of fire was raised, which
started the whole school.
Miss Whitney, Principal of the Primary
School, made the first statement, nnd said
she heard a noise on the stairs Jibont a quar
ter past two. Sim opened tho door of the
school-room to seo what wns the matter,
and tho rush of scholars forced her from
her feet, nnd took her with the current
down to tha steps ; she. tried to reti.ru
but could not, and her side wns injured by
the crushing. After she had been down a
minute, the railing began to give way, and
she saw tho children falling one on top of
the other, nnd tho railing going flight after
flight till it was removed for half way tip
the circular stair-oa.
Mrs. Clinton said she was a teacher in the
Primary School, and when the confusion oe
curred she kept all the small children back
that she ponld, by forcing them into a back
room, and closing the door. Soon after the
cry of fiie was heard, and the children be
grin to cry, and forced their way into the
large room. She then helped all of them
through the window that she could, and af
terwards jumped through horsolf.
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the aicspjcait;
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER U0, lJl.
:lBf MASR, EHtnH'l Proprietor.
TDK Tnr.VORTO I. ft A P.
The Pottsville paperi seem to douht the
truth of the statement of our correspondent,
describing the faarful leapof a horse from
one abutment to another of an unfinished
hridge, a distance of 32 feet. This, they
say, is six feet further than the great leap
at Minersville, and therefore impossible!
We have no doubt of the truth of the
statement of our correspondent. - The horse
belonged to a gentleman from Philadel
phia, And is an animal ol extraordinary
speed and activity but a perfect devil to
run away when not well watched, which
induced his owner to part with him. A
brother of the present owner put him into
a bugi?y a few days since, and took in with
him a couple of jounrj; ladies. A few
miles from this place the horse concluded
to give his new master "a touch of his
qualities," nnd in the performance, dis
membered the biijjy ar.d dashed it to pie
ces, leaving: Ihe driver and the ladies in
Ihe road, somewhat bruised, to contemplate
the scene, whilst he came inlo town will)
his hind foot bleedinjj profusely with a se
vere cut . In this Inst feat he jumped 23
feet on rising ground, with the fore wheels
of the buggy atlached. His next perfor
mance has not beer, announced.
Vtvm llie Rrnttnip tti7.'Uff suit Petnutrtit.
tKRKS rilt'MTY AI TIIK TARIFF.
Thn Democracy of fierks, tri the resolu
tions tinam'mmis't; ndoptcd at their Ceunty
Meeting last Monday, have given lothflpub
lio a free, nnd nneijuivical expression of their
sentiments upon the tariff question. The
meeting was much larger than our parly
gatherings ordinarily are every portion of
the county was represented by men whoso
fixed attachment to the principles of Demo,
cracy no one date question and the pro
ceedinss were conducted with that calm de
liberation which indicate on earnest pur
pose and a judgment well matured. The
sie, character, and whole tenor of the meet
ing, tillorded a triumphant refutation of the
aspersions which weru attempted to be cast
upon it, by the ohcnre organ oT an unprin
cipled, but Impily prostrate faction The
Democracy of Bulks 'Yminty, upon this us
well as all other questions which concern
tho parly, are still a imi(, and ure not to be
frightened from declaring their opinions, by
any shallow criss raised in a quarter w bene
every species of disaffection nriginntes.
The whole subject of the tarill" was fully
ami ably presented in the speech of I'llASCIs
W. HciiiiE, l's ., of Pottsville. The qnes
lion is one w ith which that gentleman i per-
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nrnttirtvurlisiiiij u lua (Kcc, in I'hilntlelphin, New
York, lluetniinnil It:ittiitiorc.
TM1 jt rtv i;t T r 1. 1 .Th rirciilntinn of tlia Sunhiirr
American in iiir tlm liirerriit tnwri mi llie sii,fticliaiiiin
h ni)t exccetli'il if O'tuntUrit ty imy imper puMistieit in .Nnrtli
CTll t'cnnKyU'anin,
THE MCV POSTAGE L.
This law' went Into operation on thu (list
lav ol ,lul inst , and will operate to the lot
low iui! i tlcct upon the Si'Minuv Amkiiican.
1. huliscnlitis will receive it bv mail, in
Norlhnmbei land Couiilv, Fiir.K or potai;k.
2. For a distance not exceeding fifty miles
at rivK ci'.nts per quarter.
J. liver 1 1 1 1 v and not exceeding Vircl nun-
lied miles at TKN cents pur quarter.
4. Over three hundred anil not exceeding
one nrvwiiM miles, al fifteen cents per
annum.
COl' STY CONVENTION.
The demociatic electors of Northumber
md county are respect fully requested to
meet ot the usual lime and place of holding
delegate elections in their respective bor
oughs and townships, on Saturday the 2!)ih
lay of November 1S51 for tho purpose, of
electing ilelcgnti s to the democratic. Couiilv
('.'(invention in bo held in Suiibury on the
Monday follow ing, to select one Representa
tive and one Senatorial delegate to represent
this Couiilv and District in the next fourth of
March Ouv.mt.oe, which meets in llanjs. j ,nlls and honorable in his conduct, and of t ,)AS,n'' " w, " ''""
champions ol ine proier'ivc pi'.icv. coin
ATTon n f.y roil Tin: (oi.mv.
We are pleased to announce that Henry
Oonnel, F.sq., his been appointed by the
Commissioners-, Attorney for '.he County,
feet I v familiar, and his remaiks upon this
occasion were fnrtilied by an array of incon
trovertible facts ti 1 1 1 1 nrgiiinenls. lie fiisl
proceeded to show that llie. tin ill had never
until very recently, been a paity meaure
that legislation upon the subject hid been
governed entile!)- by lof.d inteie-ls and that
as they became diverse, with tho develop-
I incut of the resources of the coiintrv. so the
in place or Alexander Jordan, Tsq., who . VMim f ,iK. Vil,;:, s,.t.is bad changed,
has been elected President JmL'e of litis j s,,nih Carolina, now for fi-c.tiaife, was once
district. The appointment is a goo. I one ! fr , ii: h protection ; and Maachns',lts, now
and will be well received. 2.1r. Donnel ! in favor of high protection, was not many
is a vountr centleman ol finn nliiil i. p, cour- I v-aig ngn, clamorous for ficctiiubi Hemiv
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burg to nominate a Canal Commissioner and
select delegates to the democratic National
Convention.
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Standing Committee.
irreproachable character. Mr. Jordan,
his predecessor, held this appointment for
tliirty consecutive ve.irs, an 1 but for his
elevalion to the 15-nch mii;lit have relum
ed it as long; as he remained at the Par.
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Tub New Yoiik Catastrophe. Many in
stances of heroism and self-sacrifice 011 the
part of tho children Bro lold. One poor
girl who was on tho staircase ufter tho bal
ustrade had pone, feciing herself fiercely
pressed toward the edge of the fearful null",
threw hei arms around a younger e.irl next
to her, who having more support, stood in no
iincdiaie danger. The little one, feeling the
grasp of her friend, said, "Annie, let g",
please, or you will drag me down wilh you "
And Annie did let go. A few instants she
kept her fooling, than reeled and fell upon
the mass of sufferers below, where she suf
fered speedy death.
An instance of fraternal devotion sis told
of one Alfred Outre, who after reaching; the
ground floor in safety, saw his brother on the
fatal staircase, vainly seeking to retain bis
footing.. Alfred attempted to stem tho living
tide, and to make his way through to assist
his brother, but hisvlforts weru fruitless, nnd
placing himself below the little fellow, be
told him to spring down, a height of twenty
feet. Thus called upon, thrf boy mailt) Ihe
frightful leap into the arms of his brother,
and both fell among the dyiiigand wounded,
without being the least injuied.
TIIK filllMT METHODIST Clll Uf II CASE.
The decision in this case, delivered by
Judge Nelson in the- United States Circuit
Court at New York, settles the dispute final
ly. The case it will be recollected, was be
tween the Methodist Chmch, North, and the
Methodist Church South, in regard to the di
vision of thn church property, which on the
occurrence of the separation of the Church
into two branches, was claimed exclusively
by the Northern section. The difference be
tween tho Northern nnd Southern branches
of the Church, spuing up previously to 1314,
as to tha ownership of slaves. The question
arose, in IS 11, whether or not there should
bu a separation, and resolutions were passed
by a large majority of the conference of that
year, held in New loik, deciding that should
iheniiunal Conferences in the slnvelio!dinr
Stales, consider it best to separate, llu-y
might do so. The church then divided.
The fund in dispute was originally intended
for Ihe benefit of travelling and supeinnniia
ted preachers and orphans The defence
contended that tho p'.in of separation was
illegal, because unconstitutional, and finlher,
that the South in withdrawing did so volun
tarily, and thereby renounced all their privi-
leges as owners of tho stock concern. The
decision of the court, after an elaborate and
careful review of the complaint and answer
is, that the separation took place in pursu
ance of the action of the competent ecclesi
astical authority by the action of the found
ers of the fund themselves; and the beiiefi
eiariet falling wiihin Ihe new organization
have not foifeited the character w hich enti
tles them to its enjoyment. The complain
ants are entitled to their share of Ihe pro
duce of the book concern ; and a decree will
be oulered accordingly. Whether the fund
shall be administered by ai) application of
the prodace pro rata, or by nil spjiorlionment
of the capital, are questions reserved until
the settlement of ihe decree. The value of
tho fund is 9750,000.
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ClUIM.F.sTiiN, Nov. gti. Til" l,'.'gis'.i!ire
of S.iiilh Cnio'i'ia met at Co'tnnt ia jeslerday.
The me-s ige of the Governor was delivered
""" " 1 to-day It is hiief nnd enncis". It deserbes
n7 The first snow of the season fell at ! j., ,,.',aji ,),,, finances of llie State The r.
this place on Wednesday last, to the depih ots of the Hank of lit" S'nte are put d nvn
of six inches. i at J5.20S, 1 1 4, and ihe liabilities f3 2tt?.-t24.
! The Hank realized, (hiring the last year,
i a nrolit of over nine pr cut. The (Jovei-
IS'ow that llie money rr.arket is heginnins nnr si;,tes ni whatever action theState may
lo lo-'k brighter in our lare cities, the choose to take in the present p 'isi'im ol af
frietu's of this improvement in Baltimore ; fairs, he will sanction ; but he solemnly ad
and alon;; Ihe southern portion of the line jure the I.egi.-lalnre, that since it resolved
nf 'he road, in Ibis Stale, at the instance of upon resistance, and or l
Gen. Cameron, who has ever been the
firm, steady nnd persevering? advocate of
the project, are moving; in the matter, we
are informed from the tnot reliable sour
ces, with every assurance of success.
From the late action of Philadelphia in
reference to Ihe Erie Railroad we tire
forced to believe thai she lias blindly de
termined upon adiip!i:i;i the Catlawis'ti
route, and will not open her eyes to the
superior advantages of the Pottsville, Sun
bury and Erie road. In this contingency
to be
hour
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menced 1 lit" i r career in Cr:
in the cause of free-'ia I1'.
viewed the various taiili'
been enacted bv Congress -i'lce lh organiza
tirvi of lh flovei imiont. and ptnvcd that
Penii'ViVaiiia had alwavs acted a consistent
put al ways been 1 1 ue to herelf and ad
vecaled such an adjustment of the revenue
laws as was eali-nlali'.l In advance her inter
im's, consistently with 1 1. 1 prn'relion that
was doe from f Jovernmeiit lo other portions
of the Union. This was the position she
'i!l occupied ; an I although sh:-' nc:'ui 'sce.l
in the piincip'e upon which the existing ta
riff was based, as soundly nemoeralie, and
co'icurie.l in all its essentia! details, she was
not o blind as lo regaid it a irnilterably
pei feel : but lho'i?ht that i' might be slightly
1 Miiieinle.i sons In alter 1 a jn-i ami reasonan e
! measure of incidental inoicei ion in her iron
interest, without impniiii-sr its op-ration a a
reveimi! measure. Mr. It. advocated an iu-
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We notice by the Illinois paper that 1
woman named Polly O! instead, has been
found Rttilly of the murder, by slow ertiel-'
ties, ol her own slrp-child, and sentenced
to ten yesis imprisonment in the Slate
Prison.
Jt appears that Olmstead married igaiir
in about three weeks after the death of his
fisst wife at which time the child wae
about five years old. This was about
eighteen months ago. . Soon after the mar
riage, the new wife confined the little girl
in the kitchen," and there kept her most of
the time tied, without fire. In this situa
tion she was forced to remain up to thr
her except half, a pint of coflec or nd'lc
and a piece of cold corn-bread every d v.
Ao bed-covering was allowed h' r 11
any wealher than a single scanty qi i'1.
This woman often amused hvrself by l i ut
ing tin child in the most outrageous man
ner, nnd on one occnuoti compelled an
other child tn choke her until she .was
j black in the face. She continually forced
Iht to rat rotten fruit and vegetables of va
rious kinds, together with olhsr filth,
which it would not be seemly to describe.
Sometimes she would fasten the little
rr'atnre under the kitchen floor and leave
her there lor bouts. Other details were
given, which ate too shocking fur publica-
a.7i 1 lion. Ihe noor III e mflsrer often wish
ed herself dead. Cm one occasion she
j1 , escaped (torn the kitchen, and w as seen
:,i!-j j trying; to cliin'i a pole which stood in the
J.1. 1 yard. Upon being; asked where she was
in I goins, she r ji!i"d that she was goinj; opto
U tile (iMier world l' see I11T mother. The
y 1 heartless step iiiiilin r (il'd'Ttd In-r down
5i- ' with curses, and the tri'inhling liltle en i
?.': tore f ll, in Iht weakness, her head strik
j'rj; inj; violently aiaitist the wall of the house.
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Til-
:l-r..Ctii,l'. .U7 s.-lll.T-U -J.-.:) li IV7.
iiiiml.er of While Il.ih'sin tin- S;ie
is J . I t J M(i J ; While females, 1. 1 15,000 :
('oloied Males, 25.007 ; Colored I'ein.ili's.
2S ?66.
1
and patriotism of the people, fie says that
gnvermrnt troops have been stationed on the
ciast 10 overawe o- coerce them. That the
suns upon Pincknev Castle and Fort Mont-
we can only look to Baltimore, and must Ujp are frowning upon Charleston, and con
rely alone upon the friends of the Susque-! chides that the present condition of the
banna Railroad for the opening of an ave- j country demands thn biuinl of all parly feel
nue to market. We therefore, who are so ; i'R which have so long distracted them, and
much interested in this matter : who can- i a ninn of ,hoir oerpies against the com-
not expect our town and country to thrive m"n pnR,n' of ll,pir
and prosper as others do, until this road is
I th" Plat-..
arme.l lor the emergency, vv ith uim
1. ,1 1... 1. . 1 1
sua. I color; eti Miirru in. 11 11. 10 i" . 11 too.- . ,
plained of had been redressed no indemnity j
offered for the past no security given f.i" j (p
tin? future that under the much vaunted
Fugitive Slave Law, it cost the owner, in
sime instance., lor the v.ihto or th- s.ave to ; (f ,,, ,,., hm.h a-, iiicrcase wmil.l
1 . t
r-cover him, while aiiemi is at r.M-;.imai.on , np.rP. : ;,;.! v to the f.nnvr and
had cist others their lives.
He anneals in strong terms to the riii !e I
:Teae of the duty upon imrt strictly within
limits of the recommendation male to
gress in 117 bv Mr. Wai.kt.ii, t lie author
h'-i 1:11 ill" of ISIfi: and in r.n able argu
ment which caiiicl cor,v 'iction to the mill 's
o! nil his hcaiers, deiiii.us' lalcd tho fallacy
made, should spire no efforts and lose no
opportunity to assit and second the efforts
of those who are endeavoring to secure for
us so desirable an object.
The following are the subscriptions to
the slock of the Susquehanna Company
upon the hooks opened at this place. . We
doubt not but the books opened at other
places have alsj a large amount subscribed,
and we believe that our own can be greatly
increased.
Simon Cameron,
V. I.. Dewart,
J W. Filling,
Wm. W. H.Milyon,
(i'eo. 15. Voiingman,
Thomas Snyder,
Henry ll.uip',
(Jeorge llohibach
H'Mijamii. Hen Iricks,
(i. M. Vorl.s,
.lames Coveil,
feoigi) Martin,
J. I". Smiek.
John H. Pack.-r,
Gernge Conrad,
11 D. Wharton,
Siiubiiry ISurouyh,
Ira T. Cli nient,
(Jeo. Zimineimau .V Son,
Jacob Painter,
lleuben Fagc'.v,
Silas Wooiveilon,
Philip Renn,
Sosepti (i.iss,
Joseph Weilel,
Kinaiiiial Kauflman,
Jacob Seasholl,
lleory D umel,
John Itowen,
Matthias Persing,
S10.000
500
2.-.0
100
SO
50
SO
50
200
500
50
50
60
1.RO0
2.r)0
50
2.000
550
100
50
1.000
50
DO
50
100
60
100
50
.100
250
Th" message was read and ma le the spe.
cial order of thu day for to-morrow.
p.'rate 1 ! 1 111 r i-m -- to 1 tin iirnvr ami 11 s - - -
chanie, bv raising 111.' pi ice of tin iron con
s"m.l by them. He was completely sue
ccssfnl in show ing that the bulk of the iron
imported from I'.nglnnd is for railroads and
heavy machinery, and does not come in com
petition at all with Ihe iron made by our
charcoal furnaces, which is used exclusively
bv Ihe farmeis and mechanics of the inte
rior. Tho consumers of the article, there
fore, being corporations and capitalists, the
whole burden of the increased duty demand
ed by Pennsylvania, would fall upon that class
of llie community, who were best able to
bear it. In this fact, Mr. Hughes thought
might be discovered the secret of Ihe oppo
sition already, begining to show itself in n
Till" M A sfiAC HI'S ET'I'S Sl'IXt.W. El.m !(".'
ZiWoii, .Nov. 25. Tho p i'C:al election to
choose re'ieso!iliilivcs, which came oil yes- :
leiiiay, was veiy warmly contested. j
Tin! If. use 1 ow stands ISO Whigs, and,
l'.V.l Coa i'iouisls, and f t pc-enlalivi s lo 1
hear fiom. Then; will be a small Whig j
j-'iity but it can baldly p:ve available '
lor any piny purposes, sii.ee the op.p i- ,
si'ion is made up of the lnot disconlaiit .
c'.en.cuts. j
ITcv? Advcrti-crjcnts.
310 0.E 1CL",7 G00BS ! !
.toi n vorxr;,
J? AS in..! nv'M'! ii' .- tvwfir.l a fresh anJ
' the iicv; t and !e.-t slvlcs. consisting in part of
mm ;a-tsi. f;rJO'K!xi8:ts,
!!i:rt:7arr. Iron itthl S!;t!, N.iils, ir.,
A I. si 1 :
MILITARY
r.II, dc.
S1I.K AM) S.r! ( i.T:
AP ( l.ti'fil CA
Cu:n Slices, 8
All of whicii Kt will sell ;it l;v must rcanonabta
lii-rs lir rr r M.nlrv 'rrif!(,iT.
i'nw Iiitu u rail inn! nv lii j-i-'i. t-.s.
List
f rs V ."s'o.-i'iiiiii!
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:!' Jill'di-.-,
i! .-ilan.l
I'. is:,2.
:5 5e;3
l'u'..ntr f.r Jai.na-v
Pi::;nsvi.v.vm.v in
:h election of John
C'lliii'ini.i, we nolo
l.ccK-lil a ! I'll '
Hig'.er, os (loveir
th.; election of K
to ;
ol'
it ;
, .Lcb Ib lilbach.
.'li.uUMi. l!e i i:anl Christ V.
o:.;...l to-;,.!!'!!;:!;!, Ch.isLoj hei
Ml Clc'lau.l, ICs.)., formerly oi Ch.iii:besln:io
and in IS 12 a practising Alton. ey in iY.ts
burg. Govrrnor of Michigan : and the: elrc-
'!. Tl.
Mll.loN
S-i.,,.
Dki.a WAMT '-f i.-vrlcs ll.igci.buch, Jjines
I.nwiey, ),i,.ii'l Aui.usl.
I.kvvis. l. vi lieiber.
lii'Kii Ari.isrs. Jacob Weimer, Juhn
of E I ward Juhnston, K ., fuuneily ol Kicliir, ib-my Campbi il, Jidiu llaughawoul
I'BOM Tin: mo nniMit;.
Rai.timokr. Nov. 25. The New (Vicar
Delta, extra, of Iho ISih, publishes full do. ' portion ot inn u n.g party, to uer
tails from Uio IVavo newspip'T. of the seige
of Matnmoros nnd tl.o vv illuliaw al of (len-
eral Caravaial's forces. Il is asserted that
llie retieal (if the revolutionists was rans'td
by a misapprehension at the moment suc
cess was ah nit ti crosrn lli.ir eil.nts.
Oil the 1 2: Ii, was at Ueyno.a, and from pre
sent appeariinces the war has but jast be
gun. Tho forces of C.iravaj il voiiiinaude.l
ill the roads to Maiamnros.
Tin Ameiiean Consul nl Matamoro.. Mr.
T. J . W.i Idell, has issued a caul, in which
he denounces thn revoliilionists as a set of
miserable and mercenary mistaken specula
tors, outlaws adveiitiners and mbbeis, nnd
propo" l Dr'm'vralic modification of Ihe ta
riff, which was designed lo protect the poor
man from increased luxation upon the ne
cessaries of life, and lay it upon the wealthy,
lie concluded his speech by an elnmient ex
position of the great truths of Democracy,
vvh'ch aimed to mete out equal and exact
jnsiio.i to all classes and interest., mid lo
"diffuse Ihe b'essings of overnmenl . like
the dcu. of heaven. nivi rich and poor
iili',,!'."' H.' dwelt, in tern., of just pride,
upon th noble and patriotic declaration of
unfaltering attachment to the Constitution
and 1'iiioii, which Pennsylvania had but re
cently given, in the e'ectinu of f! mi. i n. and
he editor of thu Rio liravo, at Hiowusville, 1 expressed th" conviction that as she had
as a vile calumniator uud hireiinf. preaching been Ilia- to Ihe South and tin whole I'limn,
rapine and murder. j they would le! true to her. The speech o-
lid says of the patriotism of the Mexican i Mr. Hughes was rrceived wilh rapturous up
followers of C.uavajal, thai it is of that kind I clause, and its purely D.-mocraiie sentiments
described by Dr. Johnson, to bu the last re- ( found a i espouse in the minds of all his
fuge of a scoundrul. j hearers.
i William Srnosc. followed Mr.
At i-eait 240,000 persons in the civ of
New York alon, attend no religious worship
on lbs SslViiti.
Ojr" TllR ACfOMMODATION TOIl TRAVF.I.-
r.r.m between this and Pottsville is any
thin" else than what it should be. The slajje
leaves Northumberland somewhere be
tween the hours of I and 5 in the nijht.
Persons in this place are compelled to
watch all night fur a passage, and even
then he is not certain of securing one, if
th driver should happen to be in no ac
commodating mood. This was our case on
Monday night last. After waiting all
night we found ourielf left behind, the
coach hivinpr passed without being heard
bj us. Another passenger from this place
who got in, urged the driver to call for us,
but he refused to call or wait. Wa trust
the day of deliverance from such annoy
ances it not far distant. In the mean time
cannot friend Kapp make some inform to
jtliii rr.atUr.
TntATY xv mi the Camvn(Ih:s Krvo-
I.ITIONARV MoVT.MK.NTS -SaH.TV (F HIK
CMOS. -V. Orltnnn, Nov. 2l - Tha steam
ship Louisiana, with dates ficm Texas to the
21sl nil., arrived hero this morning.
Wo learn that Col. llogeis has at length
succerdeo in died ing a treaty with the j
Coinancliee Indians Col. P.ogei recovered j
twculy-seven while captives fiom the Ca- j
maiichees, who had been in bondagu for
some time. !
Thu latest advices from the theatre of
Av.if on the Uio Uraude, report that (Jen Car-
aviij il bad received a leinlorcenieni oi lour
hundred Americans, and was making prepa
rations lo renew hostilities on a moat formi
dable scale.
The steamship Vnion, about whoso safely
much interest waafi lt, has arrived in poil.
She broke her wheel oti the 18, which was
the cause of tho detention.
Kentucky U. S. Senatorial Elfxtios.
Louisville, Nov. 25. There were three fur
ther ballotiugs in the Kenluky Leoidatiira
to-day, for a l S. Senator, wilhoul an elec
tion. Tha last ballot stood at follows :
Meriwether, (Dem.,) it; Dixon, (Whig,)
46 ; Helm, (Dem.,) 10 i Marshall, (Whig,)
7 ; Williams, 2 J HcKee, 1 ; and C. M.
Clay, 1.
PsmitKK ( ii a voluntary madneM.
Hushes in a biicl speech, which vvps well
received. Mr. Stiioxh rpioled from a Con
grcssioual document, several items to show
how, by fraudulent invoicing, the intentions
of the Acl of 1816 were defeated, anil Penn
sylvania iion was robbed of even I rial protec
tion which the existing low duly of 30 per
cent, would a fiord.
Senator II A. MtMli.r.NUKlio next ad tressed
the meeiing, in response lo a loud call upon
him, and cordially endorsed llie remarks of
the gentlemen who had preceded him. He
adverted lo tho conise of the Democratic
members of the Slate Senate last winter, in
which ihey had unanimously declared in
f.ivor of such a revision of the tarid as
would more effectually aid Pennsylvania;
and cited numerous facts relative- to the past
and present condition of Ihe iron trade, to
prove that it needed some slight additional
duty, lo place it upon an equal fooling with
thu oilier great interests of the country.
Is Tisici'M they have but one barber, and
that is a doctor, sweep, chemist, surgeon,
owner of a charcoal mine, and sells the best
clams. Ho lather his customer! with a
whitewash brush, and shaves them wilh a
carving kife. Those disputing his terms in
any of these occupations, generally get well
kicked and no redress, for the kicker is Ihe
Justice ef the I'trace.
Westmoreland, find a biother of (iov. John
ston, as one of the Supreme Ueuch of Iowa.
Post Offick Pof.tuv. The following is a
copy of the superscription of a leller which
passed ibiough tin; Philadelphia Post Otiice,
some days since :
Drur Uncle Sum :
Alov. F. Swiinili'It is ihe boy
Thai 1 do wih to see, sir,
lie lives way out in Illinois,
Ho s " Jus! ice ol lln Peace, sir;
Ia ;- Moline I UV ' he II be found,
'Tts in i-Uocli Island comity, ' j
An. I if I get there sine and soini.l,
Why, )on'll receive your bounty. j
EnifiRATtOS FROM TtlC WfsTUKN SfVTFS
TO Tkxas. The 'l'a'.'.Oiih (Cherokee) Ad (
vociito of the 24' h uli., says that dining the
past vvftk, finite a number ol families pass
ed lliiougli :luit plac-;, wen. ling theii way lo
Texas. The Advocate, adds, that the emi
gration to Texas has been gieater during the,
ptcseiil than any previous season. j
What hik Phfsiiunt Cost. The ex
pfiiso per annum lo each person of the pop- .
illation in supporting the Piesident ol the
I'uited Stales, by paying hia salary, is one- '
ninth of a cent, or loui-uiiiih for the term of
four veais. This fiinst b-J llie reason why
some don't care a cent who is President.
Mks. Ji uson, better known as ''Fanny ,
Forester,'' this widow of the late distinguish- '
ed missionary, Uev. Dr. Judson is now iei.l- '
ing vv illi tier childien at ihs residence of her :
Sii.vmoRIN. (.h. ulis l.eich, Jusse liecd,
Win. (I. Kase, Wm. Haas.
lllsii. IVter (i( iiihaii, Henry Weaver.
Cavif.hoS Jacob Wagner.
Jvcksiin (ieorge tiarinan, Herij. Leilztl
l l'i'FU MaiionoV. Muses Beisel.
I.n ri.r. Jacob D. Hulfman.
l.uvv " i ; it " (ieoige Horace.
'fravrrstr .Juror.
Srsr.riiY. (ii orgo Vonng, John I. Hright
.1 s.-e M. Siinpon. John B Shipinan, Fred'l
l....ii;is.
.Mn.ros. J s "j h I!
eg
.bier, J;;
:i;i:i
parents, in H.iiiiillou, New Yoik.
Noli i iicmri'.iii.an.o John II Scout.
I.ttwts. 'l'iiooi.is Watts. .lolui 'J'aggart
S.i'nui'l Siahliucknr, A.l..m I'.uiuer. Mej.hei
lilaxe
Ditl.AWAKi: Fiai.cis lfilliiird, John Ott
SaKincl Fii.iicy, An liew Nve, James K
Catticait.
TriiHt r. Henry l'ni.k, Philip Follmer
JliIiii lla.ig
Cm i.ishI'aci r. Philip Milliard, Josep
Fifdeiiik, 1'ic TU Fidiei, John lucmer, Jar
Kltss.'l.
I'msr. Wm. Leijjhow, Leonard Mille
I'l'i'i it An.isrv John Clmk, Henry (ii
lick.
Low ru !: J ih'i Cold. on, Josep
Cass, Solomon Wcj-cr, Georye Weaver, (ii
bell lierlevv.
Ki-sii ( h irlcs Mett!r.
Coal. Paid Ammeiniiiii, Ilannan Snydc
Casper Sholl.
iiA-.nkiN. - Rei.jainiii Woolveiton, Jes-
llensvl-
I' ITF.K MaiioNoY. Daniel KaufTnian.
Low i:u " Feidinaiid Camp, Ei
j:v liverly, Jacob Lenker.
Lirri.i: " Samuel Trantman.
J.vcK.s.iN. Isaac Deppen, Peter Treon.
S'clit .Inroi'si.
Si niiciiy. Westley M. I'astian
Noll Till' M I1KKI. AM). Win. H. Wiipples.
Dei. w "A in:. James Iiliv uear.on, Niloim
Ir is a fact somewhat remarkable, thai; I riiekciiiiihr, James u..ws, James u. Da.
i, i, i .- i. i i i i Jo'nn Seibeit.
I v. Dr. bVthune, ol l.rooklin, h is succeed. , Tl.K1.T. jnin Mnoy, David Flick, J.
ed llev. Dr. U.odhead as pastor of three dif- j Kilter, Lev i Lion, Daniel M'Fall.
fereut churche!. iiamelv, in Khiuebeek, Lewis. Samuel Huiiovv.
PlnUleliihia and llrooklvn. I Cut; "'Ui'A.ii i: Hugh Martin, John Be:
' Wm. M Auicii.
, ,, , r 1 1 , , Point. John Dichl, John Mourer.
LtTTF.as addressed as follows have re- J Avi,-eTA.lierimr,l Mitchell,
cenlly p;ised through tho Springfield Post jM,.j jr.
Olfico : 'marrisbuig levvont county,'' '-St. 1 Lowkk " John Reader, Peter
loi-e slate of Miss 11. unie, bevent the River . Mahch. i
,, ... ,, .,, , , ., i I 1'i'ita Maiiosov. Nathan Haas, I eler
Miss llippy ;" and '-bo!.'-) oik, Masse' ; Bi),cl)l
j ,OWKn .lonathan Docker, Joh;
The Vermont Legislature, on the 20th lijckev, Isaac Albert, Michael Looker.
instant, passed a bill dividing the Stale into Jackson. Jacob Seller, Henry D. HofT-
r....ps. .-.I listii..s. niul then adioiinied ! man, Win. Z.ulman. . .
. . Sn.v.vioiiiN. Michael Ziinmerman, (.eorge
Miller.
Ui-sii. Henry Johnson, Abraham Gulick,
Win. 11. Kase.
sine die
Ir is estimated that by thn time Kossuth
arrives, about 25,000 babies will have been
named after him.
Hon. Ei.i is Lew is oilers hia properly in
Lancaster for sale. He intends making the
city of Philadelphia his place of residence-
A man was sent to the penitentiary for
two years, in Mississippi, the other day, for
stealing thirty cents' worth of wood.
Maryland Fair. Gross receipts, 512,
000. A eooD ronscience ia eice llent divinity.
KO.SSl Til sailed from 8juthnmiton on tho
lllh inst., and m.V be eectcil in New
York about the '.'Nth inst. or in less than ten
ilavi. We must Blv him a (rrand rei'Citioii
here, and sll the grnllrnieii ouiht to prepare foi
it, liy callini? soon to replenish their winter ward
rolies, at liockhill &. 'ilkon's cheap store, N'(
1 1 1 t'hemiut street, Corner of Frsnkliii Place
Phihdelpliia.
Noveinlwr 29, 1S51.
TNK Boureuu's celebrated ink, aud also Cor
grsa ink for sale, Uolrale anil rcU kv
DersHilw 8, lo. H U MASTER.