BB3BSS
684,220 83 against $2 310 90 fl r I1"'"
mil your, fl, ? uicreiisi! being occasioned ''
tho adci ional mnil seiviceou the Pai i ie
coast anal the cutis taction f the dock '"
California, uiiiIhh iKel at the lust -ion of
Congress, and some slight additions under
lha head of improvements mid repairs in the
navy yards, buildings and machinery.
I derm it of miicli imp irtance to a just
economy, and a correct understanding of
naval expenditures, tluit there should bo an
entire Reparation of thn appropriations for
the anpporl of the naval service proper from
those lor permanent improvements at navy
yards ami station, and from ocean sleam
mail service, ami o.lier special nbj-cls as
signed to the supervision of this Depart
nicif. Tha report of tliu IVstmristor General,
herewith communicated, presen's an inter
esting view of the progress, operations, and
condition of his Department.
At the close, of the last fiscal year, the
length of mail routes within the United
Slates was 196.290 miles ; the annual nan
mortation theieon 53.272.252 miles; and
tha annual cost of such transportation S3,
421.754. The length of the foieign mail routes is
estimated at 18,349 miles; and the annual
transportation iheieun lit (115,206 miles.
Thn annual cost of this service is tl. 572,
187, of which is paid by the l'o-l
Office Department, and $1,023,250 is paid
through the Navy Department.
The annual transportation within the Uni
ted Slates (excluding the service in Califor
nia and Oregon, which is now, for the Hist
time, reporteil ami embraced in the tabular
statements of tho Department) exceeds that
of I ho preceding year fi.1G2,855 mile.-1, at an
increased cost of 517,110.
Tho whole number of post offices in the
United States, on the 30t'.i day of June last,
was 19.796. There were 1,698 post offices
established, and 256 discontinued, iluiing
llie year
The gross revenues of the Department for i
th first year, including the appropriations
tor the linnked mailer ol emigres, ol me
Departments, ami officers of Government,
and excluding the foreign postages, collected
for and payable to, ihe British post office,
amounted to 6,727,866 78.
The expenditures I'sr the same period (ex
eluding S20.5U9 49, paid under an award of
the Auditor, in pursuance of a resolution of
the last Congress, for mail service on the
Ohio ami Mississippi rivers in 1832 and
18:13, ami the amount paid to British post
offices for foreign postages collected for and
payable to that ollics) amounted to 6,024, -566
71 ; leaving a balance of revenue to
ihe proper expenditures of tho year of
$703,299 99.
The receipts for postages during the year
(excluding lire foreign postages collected
for and payable lo Ihe lliitish post office)
amounted lo S6. 845. 747 21, being nn in
crease of S997.710 79. or 1S.C5 "100 per
cent, over the like receipts for the preceding
year.
The reduction of postage, under thi act
of March lust, did not lake tlbct until the
commencement of the present fi-cal year
The Recount! for the first quarter, under lire
eperaliun of ihe reduced rales, will nol be
cultled before January next : and no reliable
estimate of the receipts for the present year
-can yet be made. It is believed, however,
rthal they w ill fall far short of tlin.e, of the
last year. The surplus of the revenue now
on hand is, however, so large that no fur
ther appropriation fiom the treasury, in aid
f the revenues of the Department, is re
.quired for the current fiscal year ; but an
.additional appropr ialiou fur the year ending
June 30, 1353, will probably bit found ne
cessary when the receipts of Ihe (irst two
quarters of I ho lineal year are fully ascer
tained. In his last annual report the. Postmaster
Ieneial recommended a icduelinn of postage
to rates, w hich he deemed as low as could
-bo prudently adopted, unless Congress was
prepared lo appropriate from the treasury,
for the suppori of the Department, a Mini
more than equivalen lo l ho mail services
performed by it for the Government. The
recommendation of the Postmaster General
in respect to letter postage, except on letters
from ami to California ami Oregon, were
substantially adopted by the last Congress.
lie now recommends adherence to the pre
sent letters rates, and advises against a fur
ther reduction until justified by the revenue
(of the Department
ilia also recommends that the rates of
postage on printed matter be so revised ns to
render them more impe, and mure uniform
in their operation upon all classes of prin
ted matter. ( submit the recommendations
.of the report lo your favorable consider
rtinn. Tha pnhlio statutes of the United Slates
nave now boon accumulating lor more man
sivty years, ami, irirersperse.i wiru prrva,,-
acls. are scattered through unrneious vol
limes, and. from lire cost of the wh ile, have
become almost inaccessible to the grenl
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mass of lh community.' I hey also exhibit
much of the great incongruity and imper
fection of hasty legi-laiion. As H seem to
!e generally conceded that there is no
'common law" of Ihe L'uited State to sup
ply the defects of their legislation, it is
most important that the legi-laiion should be
as peileel as possnne, denning every pow
er intended lodtn conferied, every ciiuie in
lended to be made .punishable, and preacrib-
inrr I li m nmiK iitimoI 11 i.e in leled In ml.
dilioil 10 some paiticnlar eases spoken of
more at length, ihe whole eiim.iud code is
now lamentably defective. Some ollVures
ore imperfectly described, and others are
entirely omitted ; so III it flagrant crimes may
be committed with imnunily The scale of
punishment is not in alt cases graduated ac
cording to Ihe degree and nature of the
otleuce, and is ol'len rendered more equal j t10"1')' lathers,
by the different mode of imprisonment, or In my last animal message I stated that I
peniientaiy confinement, in the different j outi-ideied the seiies of measures which had
jblates. ! been mloptod at the previous session in icier-
Many laws nf a permanent chatacler j ence. lo the agituiioii growing out of Ihe Ter
have been introduced into ap -roprinlioii bills rilorial ami Slavery questions, as a filial set
unit it is often diflieull to determine whe. j llcmont in principle ami in substance of Ihe
ther the particular clause expires with Ihe i dangerous and exciting sahjeyls which they
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trtmo irary act of which il is a part, or con
tioues in force. It has also frequently bap
pened ihn enactments nnd provision of law
have been imrodiiued into bills, with the
title or g-'ueral subject of which they have ;
little or no cnnneuliuu or relation. In this
mode of legislation so many enactments
have been heaped upon other, and often
with but little consideration, tha', in many
instances, it is difficult to search out and de
termine what is the law.
Thn Government of the United States is
emilltltically a government of written laws
The statute should, therefore, as far as prac
ticable, not only be made accessible to al1.
but be e'preied in language so plain and
simple a to be iindorslood by all, and arran
ged in such method as lo (five perspicuity to
every subjeul. Many of Ihn Stales have
revised their p'.ibliu acts with great and
manifest benefit ; and I recommend that
provision be made by few for the appoint
ment of a commission to revise the public
statutes ol the Uujte-1 Stales, aiianying them
in order, supplying deficiencies, correcting
incongruities, simplifying their language,
and reporting them to Cougtes fur its
aotion.
Aa act of Congiesi approved 30ih Sep.
tembsr, 1850, contained a provision for th
extension of lha Capitol, acooding to such
plan as might be approved by the President
and appropriated 100,000 dollars to be ev
f ended under hi direct ion, by such arch
eel as tie should appoint to execute the
ami. On ejU'niniuif (he various plana
whiolj bid Iweu submitted by d tie ent
architects, In pursuance of an advertisement
b wsiouihte f ll4 Isnate, u oue wa
found to bo ci.iiii ly satisfactory, and it was
therefore deerm d advisable to combine and
adopt I he ailt.ii 'ages of seveinl.
. The great oh' d to be accomplished wa
la make such no addition hs would n fluid
am pin and convenient halls for the delibera
tions of the two Houses of Cougiess, with
suincicnl accommodation for spccialora and
suitable apartments for III committees and
officers of lha two branches of the Lepisla
tuio. It was also desirable not lo mar the
harmony and beauty of the present struc-
the pr,
I'll of u
is so universally admired. Keening ihese
objects in view. I concluded to make the
addition by w lugs detached fiom the present
building, yet connected with it by c.oiridors.
This mode of enlargement will leave ihe
present Capitol uninjured, and iiflonl ureal
advantages for veiililiition and the admission
of light, ami will enable Ihe woik lo pioaiess
without inter riip'iug the deliberations of
Congress. To carry this platl into cflecl, I
have appointed nn experienced and compe
tent nicliilecl. The corner stone was laid on
Ihe 4ih day of July last, w ith suitable cere
monies, since which time tho wotk has ad
vanced with commendable rapidity, and the
foundations of both wings are now ncaily
complete.
1 again commend to your favorable regard
the interests of the District of Columbia, and
deem it only necessary to remind von, that
although its' inhabitants have no voice in the
choice of representatives in Congress, they
are not the less entitled to a just and liberal
consideration in your legislation. My opin
ions on this subject wete more fully. expies
scil in my last annual communication.
Other subjects were brought lo the atten
tion of Congioss in my lal inuuial message,
lo which I would respectfully refer Bui
there was one of more than ordinary inter
est, to which I again invite your special at
tention. I allude lo the ieeornmcm!alin for
the appointment of a commission to settle
private claims against Ihe United Slates.
justice lo individuals as well lis to the Gov
eminent imperatively demands that some
more convenient and evpodi'ions mode than
:m appeal lo Cotigiess should be adopted.
l is deeply lo be regretted that in several
instances officers of the Government, in at
tempting lo execute the law for the return of
fugitives from labor, have been openly re
sisteil. ami their elfinls frustrated and de
teateil bv lawless and violent mobs, that in
one case such resistance resulted in ihe death
of an estimable citizen, and in olheis serious
injury ensued to those officers and to indi
vidiiiirs who were using lhcir endeavors lo
sustain the laws. Prosecutions have been
instituted against Ihe allrged offenders, so
far as they could be identified, and are still
pending. 1 have regarded it as my duty, in
these cases to giv.'all aid legally in my pow
er to the enforcement of the laws, and I shall
continue to do so wherever and whenever
their execution may be resisted.
The act of Congi'ess for the return of fugi
tives fiotn labor is one required and demand
ed by the express words of Ihe Constitution.
The Constitution declares, 'That no person
held lo service or labor in one tale, under
the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall,
in conseiiiience of any law or regulation
therein, be discharged from such seiviee nr
labor, but shall be delivered lip on claim of
Ihe party lo w hom such service or labor may
be due." This ruiotiiioual provision is
equally obligatory upon the Legislative, the
Executive, and Judicial Departments of the
Government, and upon every citizen of the
United States.
Congress, however, must, from necessity,
first act upon the subject, by presciibing Ihe
proceedings necessary lo ascertain that Ihe
person is a fugitive, and the means to be
used for his restoration to the claimant.
This was dime by an net passed doling the
first term nf President Washington, which
was amended by that enacted by ih last
Congie.", and it now icmains for the lifru
live anil Judicial Departments lo lake care
that these laws be f.iiihlully executed. This
injunction of the Constitution is as peremp
toiy and as binding as uny mher: it stands
exactly on the same foundation us thai clause
which provides for the return of fugitives
from justice, or lha t w hieh declares that no
bill of attainder or rr jiust fnctn law shall be
passed, or that which provide for an equality
of taxation, according lo the census, or the
clause declaring that all duties shall be uni
form throughout the United Stales or the
important provision tint the trial of all crimes
shall be by jury. These several articles and
clauses of the Constitution, all testing on the
anie authority, must stand or fall together.
Some objections have been urged against the
details of Ihe act for the retnin of fugitive
from labor : but it is worthy of remaik that
the main opposition i aimed against the
Constitution itself, and proceeds from persons
I an. I classes ol" persons, many of whomde-
(.,.ir(, u.ir wiu , Sl,,. Constitution over-
, , -fhey avow their hostility to any
law which shall give a full and practical of-
feet to this rcqtiiii'ment of Ihe Coiistiluiion,
l oi lunaii-iy, inn uiiiiiurr o no-e irn'ii.- is
,-,,t,n.a i :ii i vI v small, and is believed to be
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daily diminishing, but the issue which they
present is one which involves the supremacy
and oven the existence of the Constitution.
Cases have heretofore niUcn in which in
dividuals have denied the binding authority
of acts of Congress, jmd even iMates have
I proposed lo nullify Mich avts, dpon the
i ifouiui "ai uie i.ousiiiuia.n wa ie j-upiemu
i ""'u, '" " iu' ui'
1 uress were repugnant lo that instrument; but
j ntillilicrtUon r i,w urmed, not n much
: "a""1' particular laws as being uiconssteiil
w (ill ihe Conalilulinu, as ogainl IheCotir-ti
Itiln hi iiself ; and it if mil lo be disguircil
I hat u spirit exists and lias been actively at
work In rend asunder this Union, which is
our cherished iuheiiUnci! from cur rcvoSu-
embraced ; and 1 recommended adherence
to tire Adjustment established by those mea
sures until time ami experience should de.
nonsliale Ihe necessity ol liirlber legixlalion
to guard against evasion or abuse. 1 was not
induced Ij make this recommendation be
cause I thought those measures peilect, for
no human legislation can be perfect. Wide
differences and jarring opinions cau only be
reconciled by yielding omething on all sides,
and this result has beer, reached after an an
gry conflict of many months, in w hich one
pail of Ihe cnunliy was arrayed against an
other, und violent convulsions seemed to be
imminent. Looking at the interests of the
w hole country 1 felt it to be my duty lo seize
upon Ibis Compromise) us the best that could
be obtained amid conllioting interests, and
lo insist up in it as a final nrlilenient, lo be
adhered to by all whu value Ihe peace ami
well.un of the country. A year has now
elapsed since that recommendation was
made. To that recommendation I still ad
here, uml I cungialuliile yon and Ihe connliy
upon Ihe general acquiescence in ihese mea
sures of peace, which has been exhibited in
all pans of the Republic. And liol only is
Ihere this general acquiescence in these
measures, but Ihe spirit of conciliation which
has been mauil eated in regard lo th-m in all
pails of ihe country, has removed doubts
nnd uncertainties in ihe mind of thousands
of go id men concerning ihe durability of
our popular institutions, and given tenewed
assurance that our Liberty and our Union
may subsist together for the benefit of this
and all succeeding generations.
MILLIARD FILLMORE.
WimiKCTO, Ee. S, Jil
SUN nUil Y AMERICAN AND SHAM0K1N JOURNAL
THE AlrlEPvICAlT.
SUN BURY.
ATinDAV, DECEMBER 13, IS.H.
II. II. MASSEH, Editor ami Proprietor.
V. H. TA1.M Kit is ear until iruim! neeiii In rererve auti-w-riptinu
mitl Hilvrrtisiitii; nt liiaoftH-e, in IMiilndx-tpliitt, New
York, HottoH mill ll-illinmre.
To Advkrtiskrs. Tit rircuhti'Mi of Hie Suulmry
Atnericuii niieiug ttte ilifTi.-mit t"Wua on Itic 9iifliiicli)iiiiiii
i a ll"! esreeiteil it'c juultud liy any mprT paliiiHlieil in North
trn reimsvlviinia.
KUITOITft TAHI.n.
ISnsliipks Kollrps.
The 1st No. of the Plow, a monthly chronicle
of rural oflaiii, is on our table. Thn Plow is
a valuable agricultural pf riodiral, published
monthly, at the low price of fifty cents per an
num, by C. M. ifsxton, 152 Fulton street, New
York.
The Fiax Jot h U.. Ns. 7 nf this valuable
periodical is received. Wc need not say any
tiling in its praise, a a perusal of the same will
satisfy any one, that it is a work worthy tlrcsup
po;t of farmers generally. Published nt Lancas
ter, Pu., by A. M. Sp.inglor, at $1 per annum.
Gleisox's 1'iiTuiiiii. The second volume
of this pnprr will roniiiiiwc on the first of
January next. It is the intention of the puli
lishrr to issue it in a stvlr of beauty and ning-
nificcnr fur beyond anythiiur hrretof ire attenrp-
Ird. rsrud 93 to V. Gli-ason, Publisher, Uoston, j
Mass., and you will rsccive a most tasteful auJ
splendidly illustrated journal.
We call the attention of our renders to the
advertisement of Thomas Palmer, No. 6, North
Wharves, l'liilndclphia, who rereives and sells
on commission, fruits, vegetable and all kinds
of produce. Mr. Palmer does an i-Ucnsive bu
siness, and hia convenience to the wharf will he
an advantage to person ordering and sending
poods.
Tl . r i i
iTT The communication fiom our Iriend '
,,v mi i i tl i j '
"V talo" has been received. The crowded '
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slate nf our columns tins week, compels us
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to lay it over for onr next number. I
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U e are requested lo stale that the;
1 ;
Director of the Hunk of Northumberland
will meet on Wednesday the ilth inst., '
instead of Thursday the 25(11, (Christmas.) i
I
THE rnr.'siDESi'V.
It is really amusing to persons familiar
with the "facts and figures," lo observe the
various pr, texts and pretences lo which the
friends of Mr. Uuchanan resort in order to
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explain, lo their own satisfaction, the cau-
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ses ol their late entire defeat in this C oun-
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lv, and it is more Iban a little surprising
"
how far they will travel for an imaginary
reason when Ihe true one, which the inorc
philosophical candidate for a militia cap-
taincy gave for his want of success, lieg at
the door, viz: "that he lead not voles
cnotiili." The fact is that so sreat were
Ihe exertions of Mr. Ttnchanaii's friends!
and so confident were they ol sweeping !
every thing before them-while their op- t,t.t. ,,.,, .lc.riV!lle,, liy PIlfill,.iriW1i. He
ponenls were comparatively inactive that wa5 .mjog ! .id,, of his wife w ho I en
their defeat iias come unon Ihem like a clan ' iei..,l ni,v,i it,.. ,,, i or,.,.,l i..t. Li
of lliurtder in mid-winter; and tin-success
of Gen. Cass, under such circumstances,
land by so overwhelming a majority, stands
forth ns a proud tribute to the principles of
our elective system, fur it shows that the
will of the people cannot be controlled and
must be respected.
N- have always contended that Gen. C.
j was h'' choice of a laife inajoiity ol
the democracy of this County for Ihe Presi
ilency in IS52, and Ihe result has shown
that we were not mistaken. Politicians
sought to manufacture public opinion and
give it an opposite direction, but they have
most signally fail.-il, and the people th
rank and file of the party have achieved
a victory if . Iiich they may well be proud.
VVotr. present indications, there is scarcely
a doubt but Gen. C. w ill carry this Slate
and receive the nomination, as he should,
of the Dernocralic National Convention;
in which event we ate happy to know he
will receive the united support of the
whole parly in this section of Ihe State.
Ma.ssaciiisf.tts Mcnicipai. Er-tCTIOX.
lioilon, Dec. R Tiro municipal election to
day, in ibis city, resulted in no choice for
Mayor. The vole stood, for Wilkin.-, ihe
regular Whig candidate, 4 45!) ; Thoxter,
IVm., 5,12!); Smith, Native, 2,524, and
Williams, Free-Soil, 469. The Coiumoii
Council is Whig.
In Lowell, Huntingdon, Whig, is elected
Mayor by a considerable majority. The
Common Council is also Whig.
Fti'iTiVK Slave sknt Bac. llarrislurg,
Deo 8 William Kelly, alius Hill, claimed
as a fugitive slave by Mr. Jacob llighter, of
Caroline county, M l , was arrested by ofli.
Cer M. Shaeilcr, at Jersey Shore, Lycoming
county, and brought lu llns city. He had a
hearing before ila) break, this morning, and
was sent back to Maryland.
A Mf.mdcb or Cox;iu-.s Skbiocsi.t III. -If
usiiuiton, Dec. 8. Mr. Darby, Ihe repic
s.iulative fiom Missouri, who has been ill
for Ihe past few dajs, continues in a helpless
condition. He is paialyzed in both arms and
both legs. His physicians think hit recovery
very doubtful.
Commerce or tiii Western Hiveks-
We see by a memorial lo Congress in favor
of removing the obstructions in the western
rivers, that the amount of commerce Ilea I ad
on the westerns rivers during the last year
is estimated at $220,000,000 ; it it greater
than the arovuul ef the total exports of
tit caliuu,
EXTIIACT OF A LETTER FROM VIIK EDI.
TOR, DAI ED
riiii.Dri.piitA, Dec. 8, 1851.
Tho movements of Kossuth (pronounced
Kosshute) for Ihe last few clays, seems to
have absorbed every thingelse. Those whn
have scan and heard the preat Magyar, speak
of him a an extraordinary man. His ap
pearance is mild, tinged with melanchollyi
yet firm ml dignified his voice deeply af
fecting and his eloquence thrilling. That he
should possess such oraloiial powers, in a
language wiih which he was wholly unac
quainted a year since, is the wonder of al
most every one. It is said he studied and
acquired his knowledge of ihe Knglish lan
guage during his imprisonment in Tut key.
It is nut sin prising that he held such tin
bounded swny over his own countrymen.
The withdrawal nf Mr. Knole's resolution in
Congress, bidding Kosuth welcome, in con
sequence of ihe opposition it met by a few
of lh- members, seems to have alTccled him
so much that he has refused the invitation
of Philadelphia for the present, and intima
ted to the Committee that had ho suspected
such an opposition, he probably would nut
have visited this country. When ho is bel
ter acquainted w ith the proceedings of Con.
gross and Ihe institutions of our country, he
will probably be less sensitive. He has al
ready explained away the must offensive
part of bis complaint to Ihe Philadelphia
Committee. On the subject of nnn-interven-tioo
h says he meant to be understood that
' K iglaml and America shall unite in iiftirm
ing the policy that every nation shall have
the right lo make and niter its political insti
tutions lo soil its own condition and conveni
ence, and that Ihe two nations (England and
America) shall not only respect, but fise to
be resprctetl, this doctrine, so ns to prevent
Russia from again marching her armies into
Hungary. Col. Webb of the New York Cou
rier and Enquirer, smarting under the rebuke
of Kossuth, in Iris speech, denies the charge
of having declared that Austria was the
champion of liberty against Kossuth, but the
ediloi of the Tribune fastens it upon him by
quotations from the Courier and Koquiier.
On Monday last I managed lo procure a
seat in the Distiict Court, to listen to the
p ' speech of lha 11. m. Hubert J. Brent, the At-
lorney Genera! of .Maryland, in lha case of
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Cislner ll.itiH ay, for treason. The room was
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line, i ny y o clocK, many ladies having come
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at 8 o clock to procure seats. Court opened
, ,0 o'clock when Mr. Ilrent c neuccd
his speech, lo which I listened until I o'-
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clock, at which lime he had not yet conclir-
,P,. Mr. 'llMll j, n distinguished lawyer of
the .,ti,nore Bar. His speech was an able
effort, strong, clear and logical, and some-j
times eloquent, speaking nf Ihe ' Union" be i
introduced with great effect an eloquent ox-
; tract from one of the speeches of Daniel
j Webster, whom he designated as the great,
j e- w'' '' l'vr Srew "I""' 'he soil of thi
""' 0,1""r ""'' -N,r- -"i'l"'1ed
1 his speech at 2 o'clock, and was followed bv
; , ' .,,.:.
I lire Hon. John M. lieail. in an elaborate iiml
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I nble speech, which occupied nil ne.t day, on
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; the part ot the defence. 1 haddecs Nevens
j wVA MU)W Mr j.,,,,, ,,. t.,m
j Thnis.l.iy. There will be a great rush to
j hear him. The II, ui James Cooper will
i make rln concluding speech on the part of
the United Stales. The niisoncr Mr. Han
way is a pale an,1 rather delicate looking
man, in declining health. His health had
been greatly improved, but since this nnfoi-
Innate affair bis ilisnsf. roiiaiiinnt ion Ii:ik
seat by the side of bis counsel. He is no
doubt guilty of giving some "aid and com
fort" to Ihe negioes on that occa.-inn, but I
ilo not think the Jury can find him yuiliy of
tieas in.
The new Hotel in Chestnut above F.ijhl
strict is nut yet finished, ll will be one of
ihe lines! buildings of the kind in Ihe couu
tiy. It is six Moiies high, 125 feet fionl and
extends back 200 feet. Each room will
communicate with Ihe ollice by wires, opera
ted by an electric battery. The expense ol
furnishing th House is estimated at $!D,0(M).
Miss Catharine Hayes the "liish Swan"
gives her firs! concert this evening. Sin? is
a beautiful woman and an excellent songs,
tress, ami is much admired in her ballads.
I have not yet heard her but expect to do so
on Thursday night.
Polities is now nearly all centred in Wash
inginn. Mr. rhichauau I think may eousidei
himself shelved. His day is gone by. The
prospects of (Jen. Cass are highly favorable
and he w ill umloubledly be the nominee un.
less the Convention sli'inld resolve upon a
new man in the person of Judge Douglass ol
Illinois.
Col. Bigler I have heard il said has fixed
upon ihe oflicers ol his Cabinet, Secietary ol
Slate and Attorney General. Judge Camp
bell, it is rumored, will be the Attorney Gen
eral. We can hardly believe it, or that any
discreet friend of Gov. Bigler would advise
such an appoint ment. 1 w ould have no ob
jection to Judge Campbell's appointment lo
a more lucrative ollice and one that he is bet
ter qualified la fulfil. Who Ihe Secretary
will be, I have not heaul. In ibis city, the
appointment of F. W. Hughes, Ksq., ol
Schuylkill county would be received mith
great satisfaction.
BAI.TIYIOIIE AMI MSqiEUAXMA
It AILftO W.
This road continues lo do an active and
steadily iucieasiug business, says the Amer
ican, both in freight and passenger, and
wnli a corresponding increase of revenue
and profit. Our readers will peruse with in
lerest and gratification, the following Mle
ment, exhibiting a cninparasmi of the ie
ceipls of the company lor the months of
July, August, und September, IS") I, with
Ihose of Ihe same months in 1850 :
1-50. 1S5.
Pasaentrrra. Itnnleit. Fuaanteera. Huritmi
July, III. DO ii,tt SO 14.1171 7 li.5 17
August, t')..VUH 10.701 7 J 13.7IU07 i,S73 7U
SiTleiii'i, KIMe 97 ll.0jsa7 f,lt5l lri,7S6 17
Ou.siu -JO
4I,'.I4 Js
ai,-w- ej
00. MU !
i-l,'M UI
4l.'.MA3s
liK-reuae,
I.UCibtw fcn.ioUtnJ
We uiso publish ihe folbtwiug tlalenienl
of Ihe lonnago transported over the road dur
ing the lale mouth of October.
Whole numbwr of tout up and down, 20,01 1
Same mouth lust ) ear, 18,483
Us
raast,
1,631
ARRIVAL OF KOSSUTH. j
The New York Herald gives an account
of Ihe reception of Kossuth in the city.
The scene at Ihe wharf baffles all descrip
tion. When the Vanderbilt put alongside,
Ihe tush to est on board was terrible. The
Richmond Guards were on duty, and did
Iheii utmost duty to keep back the crowd ;
but many jumped on board in spite of them
and their bayonets.
The great Hungarian expressed his admi
ration and delight at all he saw. He said
the fortifications wero admirably adapted
for Ihe defence of the city.
The shipping in the harbor was gaily dec
orated, in honor of the great Magyar ; the
steamboats in the F.ast River rang their sal
utations with their bells, anil from Ihe
heights of Biooklyn amateur cannon wel
comed Ihe illustrious stranger. He seemed
much gratified ; and well might he feel
pioud cd such a reception
On coming opposito the Navy Yard, he
was saluted by a national salute from the
North Carolina and the other ships-of-war
lying there. The yards of the North Carolina
were manned, and the cheering nf Ihe sail
ors was loud and enthusiastic. Il was res
ponded to from the steamboat w ith tremen
dous cheers and a roar of artillery. At
Willianisburar another salute was fired from
the land, and great crowds were collected
along Ihe wharves. The Yanderbilt put
about opposite the A!in-Il"Ue, nt Twenty-
seventh street, and in reluming kept close
lo the west side of ihe liver. Again the
steamboats anil othei ships greeted Kossuth,
and the bells rang merry peals. Again
they were snsweied by the bell of the Van
derbilt and the music of hsr gun. Oa com
ing opposite the Battery, the scene that mvt
the eve was gloiious. The military were
all drawn up in front. Their beautiful uni
forms and their arms glittering in the sun
the vast multitudes lh.it weio at their backs
tilling the entire area of the Park, and
amounting apparently to about 100 000 per
sons, including those w ho were outside and
could not find alanding-rnom within all
presented a coup il'auil that a governor, n,
even an emperor might well feel proud of.
A about of welcome fiom Ibis vast military
and civic multitude rent the air. while ihe
guns fiom tho Battery blazed forth their
thunder.
At length a landing was effected, and the
great Magyar, accompanied by his mite,
entered the old foil amidst the. deafening
acclamations of tionsai, Is.
T1IK Nil II'TIOS AT IWsTI.K CARnES.
Cloven o'clock was the hour appointed for
the reception of Kossuth at C.istlo Garden,
but il was not until twelve that the landing
was made. In the mean time several thou
sand people were assembled within the spa
cious hall. Among them, wcie several la
dies, Ihe fair sex evidently taking as much
interest, and being as drsnous of seeing ami
hearing the great Magyar as the men. At
length Kossuth discmbaiked, and then en
sued a scene of excitement w hich il is im
possible lo portray. Bang, bang bang.
went the jjnns lap. tap, lap, went the
ilitima. Hurrah for Kos.-uth '. Thice clrecrs !
Bang, bang, bang. Iluiiah! Three mom
There he is. Where ! There's Kossuth !
Hurrah ! luiiiiejiau lv on his entering, lire
band struck up the lively ait of ' llail to the , u- j,., n, )p!i ,iul , Vw .;,,,,;,,, ,'r.
Chief' This increased the excrement ! lr, .
Now he appears, and is recognized. We j Kiehmoml City gives Summers, Whig, for
cannot dcsciibu ll:e scene. Ten thousand ; Governor, Watts fir Lieut. Governor, and
voices pioclaitn his welcome, and ten thou- j Baxter for Allomey General, abnnl 700 ma
sand lists ate waved in his honor. The rush i jority each. John A Meredith, Whig, is
is dreadful immense bodies of men wave elected Senator, and Conway H bins m. Wm.
lo and fro, like lire ocean in a hurricane. j C. Catrii-gtoti and Wm. F. Butler, Whigs
Three cheeis more "lluriah, hurrah, birr- i Delegates.
ruli ?' Hint ill., vert fnim. I:i I inn ie ah:iLi .
Order, order, order tiling bang The ladies
aie frightened, and the police do their best to
preset vu onler. Al length a little quiet is
restored, and Kossuth is introduced to Mayor
Kimgslaml. "Mr. Mayor, allow me to intro
duce ou lo Gov, Kossuth."' They shake
hands cordially. 'Gentlemen, will you
come to order fur a moment, un'il the M.ior
receives Gov. Kossuth." The M.iyrn then
addressed Kossidh as follows :
TIIK MA Villi's AIIDIIKSS.
' Guv. liofmth : As Chief Magistiato of
llie city of New Ynk, I tender to yoe, on
bi lull' of its inhabitants, a cordial w elcome
lo our shines.
Into w hatever part of our extended conn,
try you may go, yon will Iiml the people of
this Republic quick to synipit hize with all
who stiller in defence of those personal and
civil tight which they have secuied fur
themselves and their postciily. They have
unclaimed to the wtnld Ihe inherent and
inalienable right of man lo life, lo liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness. They have
watched yu .r labors in the same real
cans" with the deepest inleiest.
They saw you struggling lo rescue for
Hungary, those lights which her Constitution
had giiainutied, but which the rapaciou
House of Ilap.-bui had determined to des
tiny .
They recognise in you not only llie cham
pion of your country against foreign tyranny,
but the dearest friend in all that concerned
the rights and privileges of the great muss
of her people.
They followed your sttuggles in the field
against Austrian power, against domestic
dissension, and against the gigantic might of
the Russian Czar, with lira proudest admira
tion of your courage, your constancy, your
patriotic devotion to your conuliy's cause
Bui higher even than Ihis has raised their
admiration, that matchlus and Irauscendaut
eloquence, with which you have vindicated
belore the civilized wuild, ihe sacred and
inherent right of Hungary, to secure for her
people, uudistuibcd by foreign influence,
those blessings of self-government, which
the people of this republic have so happily
obtained for Ihemselvos
The American people cannot but look
with emotion upon any struggle fur freedom
that may be waged in any pail of the
world. Still less cau they fail lo regaid
with the deepest interest such a causa as
I hut which engaged your efforts, and in
which they do not doubt your whole heart it
enlisted
I beg lo assure you, sir, again, of ihe
heartfelt plea.uro with which the people
whom I have the honor en this eocasiou to
epresent, bid you welcome to their couutr)
and Iheir homes.
As the enlightened representative nf Hun
garian Independence as the chamnion of
human progress, ns the eloquent advocate nf
universal freedom, I present lo you, fellov
ci'izons, Louis, Kossuth."
The address was innudible to any person
but Kossuth himself. When il was conclu
ded, Kossuth was introduced lo the immense
multitude before him ami bowed his ac
knowledgments. But the noise) continued,
and it was evident that unless it ceased il
would be impossible for Kossuth to make
htmelf heard, oven lo ihose in his immedi
.te vicinity.
Kot'Til's svp.f.rii.
Mr Ufaynr and Oenllcm'n : - If yon desire
to bear my humble thanks for ihe ceneions
reception you honor me with, I entreat you
to keep silence. I am yet half-sick, gentle
men, firs', from being tumbled about by rr
fortnight's voyage on ihe angry waves of
the Atlantic, and next by the reception giv
en me by the people here. This gigantic
continent seems lo tremble beneath my
slops. Lei have some hour of rest on
this soil of fieedom before I go to woik
this soil of freedom your happy home.
Fredom nnd h"me ! What heavenly music
is in ihee words ! I have no home ; and
Ihe people nf my cnunliy are trodden down
1 onng giant nl America, von tell me your
land is the home of the oppressed exile. I
think Willi longing desires or my poor native
land.
Citizens, much ns 1 am in need of some
resi much as 1 want lo become familiar
w i:h the ground I stand upon, before I enter
into business matters publicly 1 look upon
is as a dirty imposed iipnu me, not to let tlrN
opportunity escape of firt telling you plainly
nnd openly of what kind of a man I am, and
what are the motives which have now
brought me to your shores.
If Ihe gentlemen would please s'nnd back
a little ami keep more quiet, I might pro
ceed. It is not possible to speak amid such
contusion
Gentlemen I have to thank tha people
and the Congress of the Uni'ed States for
my liberation fiom captivity.
ll has accompanied me over th- waves of
the ocean, and it will accompany me again, 1
w hen I go to light over the battles of free-
dom once more. I have no sentiments br.t
these ; and even here, with this pmligions
view of freedom before my eves, my
thoughts nie wandeiing home : and when I .
turn In mi, tfenilcnien hen I before the
maj. sly oi Ihe United Stales, I intern! to ;
thank yon for the geneions ji. yon have
taken in my liberal! n I sff out of the ,
very midst of this great assembly the image
of Hungary arise. Aed if ihere is any mur
riing in or.r loud huzzas- !
7 if pi'crtsinn is now moving up Bro-u'-a
, and rh- streets are filled with two hut - ,
dreil thousand people, and are ib corned
with banners, flags, devices, an I inserip- '
lions, while the holies in the balconies are j
waving their hauleichicfs for the gieat 1
Kossuth.
Vltitil.MA IXI'CIION
PuenMovn, P e. S.
The election for Governor, Lieut. Goven -or.
Attorney G-ner.i', and nn mbeis of the
Legislature, was hoUen in Virginia !i-.d iv.
: In Fredel teksbn I --.
iimmers, halts and
i Baxter. Whigs, have about
Calchford, Whig. elected
liig.w electei
g, is edSi D b g
Senator, ai.d
l-acy, W tug, is c &W"n 1) ! g itc
In Heniice, Summers, Walls and Bax'rr
have link iibnnt ISO majority. Win D
Dinstnu, Whig, is elected S nator, and F.
Gi iil'm, Whig. Delegate.
lu IVlefsbuiy, Johnson, for Governor
Leake for Lieut Governor, and Uncock .'i r
Attorney General. Derriocials, have 122 ma
jority ; Daniel. D mineral, is elected Seuali r
and Wallace, Di-mnciat Delegate.
Portsmouth gives a Democratic majorili
of 22(1.
Norfolk gives Summers, Whig, for Gov
erme, 133 majority.
Bikley county gives Johnston. Dem., fo:
Governor, a majmiiy of 2.500.
Harpci's Feny gives Johnston, Dem. IS
majority.
Tho poll. at X 1 1 f" 1 k ami Kiel, mood w il
be kept open tor three days.
skcond iikspatcii
Bu.TtMOitK, De. 8 Li A'exandria coiiii y
Summers, Whig, for Governor, has a ma
jority cf 231.
Mtssissii'i'i I.'. S. Sksctoks. Jackson
Dec. 6. Alter cons! Unable, dillicully. Har
ris, Secession Whig, has been appointed U.
S. Sen ilor The Legislature meets in about
three weeks to elect a Senator for the full
lerm, and one fur the uticxpiicd term of
lion JetTeison Davis.
Late from Havana. CAirJ:jf,n, D'c. 8.
The brig Argus, from Havana, brings dates
lo the 2d inst. Sue reports thai Mr. Tiasher
was allowed lo go out to Spain as a cabin
passenger, and was treated with great clem
ency on board the ship.
Tun Banquet of tho lion. U. J. Walker
took place r.t Liverpool on tho 24: h nil.
About seventy of the principal merchants
and gentlemen resident in Liverpool, mid Ihe
members of ihe Ametican Chamber of C'oni
nieice, entertained him.
MiiiAi ft.oi.'s Escape khom Dkath. On
Monday afternoon, at the Falls ol Niagara,
Mr. Ilaiubridge, while crossing; the bridt'e to
the tower, when near the Horse Shoe Falls,
slipped and lell into the rapids, and was car
ried near the bank of the great fails, when
he succeeded in grasping the rocks. He re
mained in this perilous situation for half an
hour, when lie was discovered by a party
passing over the bridge, who by taking the
reins from their horses and throwing an end
to him, succeeded in drawing him lo Ihe
shore. When iliscovcred he had barely
strength sullicient to fasten the lines around
his body.
A lainu I.X VMI'LIC.
Twenty five young men and boys were nr.
raigned before Judge lleister, of Hurrisburg,
wee oeiore last, lor congregating around tha
church of the United Bret hern, using profane
and obsceuo language. It beiii( ibeir first of
fence they were only fined live dollujrsa piece
and Ihe costs ol prosecution. The Judge, hi
bis charge to the jury said, he saw aroal kirn
men from nil parisof the county, imd ha wish
ed Ihein to remember, and to sav lo their
neighbors when they pot home, t!ut he novr
decided that the i mining into meeting after
ihe services had commenced, nnd out before
they closed w hispering and laughing during'
the exercises standing about the pavements
indulging in loud talking, laughiiigand swear,
ing blocking up Ihe passage lo the doms
pulliing tobacco-smoke into lire faces of ili r
members of ihe congregation, passing to and
from church, were till distm bauces within
the meaning of Ihe of net of '47, anil punish
able as such. He said, further, that he now
offered his services five years to come, should
he so lung retain his oiliue, to the orderly and
religions portion of the citizens, residing in'
any pait of Dauphin County, however annoy
ing and disagreeable the examination ofsuchi
cases might be lo him, for the purpose of!
breaking up effectually, this disgraccfali am'.t
demoralizing conduct. Ho admonished! Wile'
men not to pcimit the sins of their ywtiih tm
follow them and lead them greater e.irrsees,.
and cautioned them against being b;oiigh.j
before him for the like offence, us if pniUyr
lie should Icel bound lo indict the 9eVertt.
penalty the law allows.
Iicw Advertisement;.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
4 OTICi: i-i IhtpI, given that the undersigned,
appointed Auditor, to report, liens against
the estate of .Martin Irwin, ilec-'d.. late of the lior
oujli of Siiul'iirv. and lo distribute the assets
innong the creditors of said decedent, will atfensl
for th.it iiiiriinsp at liis ollii e in Snnluirv. on Sat-
i urd.ry, the yd dav of January, liro., ut 10 o'-
- ' .., ...i. , ,, .
j i nn .i. .il, mini an persons intcreated can bar
present.
HEXKY UONNEL, Auditor.
Sunliiirv, l)cc. 111. lsj.'M -It.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE!
VO'I'K.'i: is hereby given that the under
sinned appointed by tiie Orphans' Court
of Northnnd rrlaml rouuly, as Auditor in the
matter of tlir evreptious in ihr S'-coutil of M. A.
15. 1 1 1 J 1 1 1 , and Virili.i li. Smith, Kxceuttices of
the lot wi'.l iiml -': i r i n t of Keaderton Smith,
ilce'il.. win, w as 111-- A ,l:ni,!,-tr.il,,r !t Imiiin twn,
it c , of Tiniinas Cr.i-d. il.v'd., will attend lo tlu
duties nf his :i .'mlnu'iit ut the i.awTi'lire
limine in Siud'nry eo Kridav, 1'ic Slid day of
.laiiuury next nt In o'elo-k, A. M.
I.. G. M AHKLIiV, Auditor.
Sim!,u.v, Dee. I ", ! So I. lit
AUDITOR'S iroTicr.
TV.'OTK'K is hereliv .'imn lli.it the mi lersinei
S' Auditor, apim'iited by the Orphans' Cnur
of Northumberland County, -lo make distriliu
li-iu of the a -sets if t!i is'aie of Christiai
lieieli, di-e'd., late of the hanuiuh of Norl'iinr
lierlaiid. to imd iiiiion- llie citditirs of aai
ilee'il.,-' will ntu-tid to tlie ilutirs of his rti-ioiu
ment on edni-sdnv the ,11st day of iJseeinlie
inst., nl his olfii-e in tin- ! or Jiis.!i oi" uaburv, i
10 oeloek A. M.
B. PACKKU, Auditor.
Piurlmrv, l)ee. 10, I S."1 iit.
i y;ii. la. itocurrELLiii,
I ATTORW33IT AT LAV.'
Nl'.liESHill', IA.
Dee. 13, ISM. tf.
sui:iurrs sajjs.
V virtue of a certain rits of Lev. I'.fimi
me direi ted, w ill he ei,isei to sale liy n
lie t liiluc or outcry at 1 o'elo, L. 1', M., on M
day Ihe Ti ll day nf January licit, at the Co
House, ill the Ijoi uuIi of Nimlierv, the foil,
ini! It 'al l'sl.iteto wit: ull t'.iit undivided moi
or hall' art nf a certain
Trnct of Lund,
situate in Coal township, in Nort'aumherli
. n un v, Icing part nf a trait of laud taken ot
iU1,p ,- -su,u, l Cl.irk. and kn .wn l,v
: u tine
of i;,im!s
Siotie Cul Qrrairv, nn v!
'l"' o! Mi.unokiu i
piiueipa.ly l..i l out.
guiiiuu; in rue cctre oi
pa l iciiii hired, m
line between John C. I.
ivd ui.d I'uvtd
Ki.iuht's laud, ll.cnee i nstii.trd a ore; tlie mi.
offaid Spuri'ielm street, ti h icaticiir ii
sci-limi ot s.iid Npiuhriin st.. and Koek st
t'leiiee southwardly iilmi tiie mid lie ol
Koek street to tlie en. lie or it.t -rse.-ii ui of
l!o.k and W ei . iter strei u. tliein e westt
.lien the mid.tie i,f . lid Vi i'!iMi-r street, to
i.iii.d line hi t em t, "Sanuiel Clurk"
die r-aniuel ctherill" sur ey s. v!ii. h is
l ie l'ln ille tV l i li.v.lle Kid If, ad. ill
-ioui'r a oin; s.iul original line la a he-ip of st
in a line hrlweeu t'.c "Sainuel Cl.uk' mid "'
iiieeii''s r eys, then: e we-t alou-4 the sail
s'viu y one p.-r ll s lo s j. st in the ti 'sl r
iioncil line, and ttri'iiee norlh alonir said ii
t ' a i a is Is 1c ot'ftai.l sipin tieinr street tlie p!a
iej;iiiniii. I oiiiaiiuug uiiiiut sil AC'M,I
ir less.
Wieed. t ikeii i l x villi ui, and In be so
tire property of lii Kant Kieiiardsou, with I
tj Henry Fry. D.n.irl Kpldiu Isaiih Millv
leph liill anil 1 sil.l lilil. teir.-tcuauls.
ALSO;
A errlsin one and a hall' lory fiMine Imi
-iluate in tin town of Ticvorton, in said Ci
ui lot No. !) in lil-.-l No. lO.'i, on Mini
stieet, in said I nin. uml the lot ol loiind .
tenant tJ ft.iid huil.tiu.
S e cil, taken in i xcru iou and t" be a,
tlie projierly of liernard MeMa.nnis.
ALSO:
A rertaln two story frame lui'iliii situ
the aforesaid town uf 'i'revorton and t
al'.iresiid, on jt .No. 11 in block No. 1
.shamokiu street ill said town, und the
ground appurtemuit to said building.
Sn .ed tul. en iu eveeulion ami to be sold
properly ol lleu.y II. Weaver.
ALSO:
A c rlain two story friinie dm llioR linn
ate iu the alureaid lown of Trevurton and
ty aforesaid, on lot No, T in block No.
M ukt t street ill said town, and the lot of
appurtenant to said hiiililim;.
Siczcd, tnki n irr eveeulii n and to be
the property ul'Juhri (iottei!i Aha. ,
ALSO.
A certain one uml a half story frame buin
i-ituuie in tlie town ot 'I'revorton olorcsaiii in,
County, on lot No. II in hlo.'k No. 120,
Sliainokiii street in said loivo, and the h
gr inn,! appurtcnuiit to aaid Imildinu;.
Sined, laki'u iu cxiviition and to be aol
llie prupvity ol . Michael Hitman.
WM. 11. KIIM. Slier
isheriU's Odiee, Sunbury,
iierill's Odiee, Sunbury, )
Dec. 13, IS-Jl 4t. J
THOMAS PALMER,
COMMISSIOX MIOKCHAN
A"o. 6, Sorth Wharves,
Where Ihe follow ing gooda are received sr
oil i-einmiasioii,
Dried Apples, I'enrhcs, I'luina, I'eara, CI
iVo., (ireen Apples ill Barrels or by the 1
lieana, l'eaa, C'runlierries, Onions Mere
tatoca, Fiwiet Hotulocs, Khellrsrka. Ch
(ilopnd Nuls, Oranges, Leinona, liaisini
Prunes, (irnics, I'.nilliy, Kff. Uullsr,
A ud all kinds of Foreign und Dorneii
ilsee.
I'hitsdelphis De.-., 13, lt ly,