f S9" SUN BURY AMERICAN AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL. I iTorcigw c tu & ARRIVAL OF THE A EM 1UCA. YHRCC DAY LATCH tRH Etnt)K. trtlcv.lr las Bsrralaa ( tk An. JLXOUBO REVERSES AT THE CAPE OF GOOD , HOPE. , ' Htirix, Jan 85. ' The steamship A luetics, from Liverpool, with dale to I he 10th inst., arrived last eight it ll 'clock, bringing three days later intelligence and 2J passenger, It of whom are for Boston. The America has encountered for the . last ten days a teriea of very severs westerly ales. France continues tranquil. The prOTiul Ration of the new Constitution had been postponed for ten days. It waa reported that Lord Normnnby, the British Minister, had a sections nnsniidet standing with the President telative to Bel pium. and was about to return to E 'c'and The fund had fallen in consequence, one per cent. The intelligence from the Cape of Good Hope is most disastrous to the Btilish forces. ENGLAND. The distention of the English Cabinet is deemed t be inevitable. After a Cabinet Council ou the 8th inst., Lord John Russet proceeded to Windsor Castle to confer with the Queen. It waa generally believed tlin, the Whig Government would fall th-ough before the meeting of Purlinment. Baron Kimmery, of the Hungarian Com. mittee, at London, died of a broken heart, caused by an article in the London Daily News. Lieut. Pym, has, by the advice of the Russian geographers, abandoned his project of crossing Sibeiia in search of Sir John Franklin. The London Times says, tho attempts to strengthen the Whig Ministry by alliances with the Peelites has signally failed, and the Prime Minister has been compelled to meet Parliament without any addition to his strength. The Marquis of Lansdowne has tendered his resignation as President of Council. The Duko of Cumberland and Sir James Graham, the great free trade leaders, had arrived in town, and the former paid a visit to hor Majes'.y. The Customs Reform Committee, from Liverpool, bad an audienco with Lord Juhn Russel, who promised that the subject of their complaint would receive tho immedi ate attention of ti e Government. At the tame ti.ne, a deputation of Spanish bond holders, opposed to coercion, had an inter view with the Foreign Secretary Loss or the Steamer Amazon Forth en Pabticvi.ahs. The America brings further -paaliculurs of the burning of the Royal Mail Steamhip Amazon, Capt. Simomls, alrea dy announced by the last ariival. She was burned on the morning of the 4.L, one hun .I red and ten miles southwest of the Scily Jslantls. The ship was completely gulled, a id subsequently exploded, dp!. Symnt.ds a.and lour of tha chief officers, the surgeon, ; .also Eiliol Waiburlon, the uulhor of the '.Crescent and the Cross," were among th lost. Many of the passengers were snfloca in their berths, so sudden was the spread of - the (ire. Soon as the alarm was given, a . desperate and despairing rush was made for the boats. Two of them were swamped - alongside, and every soul in them perished. Two others, containing nine passengers and thirty.seven -seamen, got clear of Ihe burn iing wreck, and were picked up by an Eup Jieh and German vessel, and carried respect fully into Plymouth and Brest. The origin of the fire is a mystery, but is generally at. tributed to spontaneous combustion among the coals. The total number on board wi.s 155, of which 55 were passengers. Of these Ttassengers forty-one perished, only fourteen being saved. Sixty-nine of the crew per ished, only thirty-one being saved. The tptal number lost was lit. Her cargo was valued at over 25,000, consisting oj specie' una quicksilver. Fbotest Aoaixst Komcth's Retcrm to England. The Daily Nwwa copies a state ment from a Hamburg paper announcing that the Ottoman Porte has addressed a note to the English Government, protesting against tike return of Itosuth to England, hi dibe ration having been granted undei the -express condition ih;.t he should take up his residence in the United States. The re-establishment of friendly relations between the Porte and Austria render it necessary that these condition be fulfilled. The present rales of gold at London leaves but a small profit on importations from the United Slates. Paris, Friday, Jan. 9. A conspiracy ha just been discovered, the object of which was to let loose the convicts jn the Hulks at Rochefort. Sixty persons have been arrested at Mont pelier on charges connected with the late disturbances. It is announced that the promulgation of :tba Constitution of France will take place .between the 15ih and 50th inst. The tea ,son far .the delay is to allow lime for the publicatia of the more urgent of the orgutt io la v. Tbe prisoners lately confined at Ham, .consisting of Gen -Changarnier, Lamoricieie and their companions, have been set at lib. ,tty on the Ironiie', with the injunction not -to return to F ranee. . , A grand review of the JJome ganisonof , . Paris was to come off at thoChampde-.Mars, . . on the 22d. J?aais Bocrse Fives, IOC ; Threes, 71. FRANCE. la all pat is of Franca tho most .steadfast i 'tranquility prevail. The Miuister of ihu interior be decreed the erasure of the Re , publican mottoes from thj publio edifices, and the restoration of tho anoivut historical names to building, etc. Telegrapbiu reports from Paris to tbe :h lata that the marked coolness between tha President and Lord Normanby, in relation to e1ginD bad ecaaoj roat ciUMaAL, Gal Hid' Messenger states that tbe re. torn of the British Minister to. England, which wss expected to take place on tho !0:h, would be an event greatly robe de plored by all parlies. Tho report, dad caus ed a visible decline in tho fund. , AUSTRIA, t 1 , A Gorman journal "announces that great sensation had been caused at Vienna by tho receipt of intelligence that Don Juan litfanla second son of Carlos, had run away from his wife with an English Governess. His wife is sister of the Duko of Modena. The Austrian LyoJs boasts that Prince Swartzenburg virtually dismissed Lord Pal mertton. HUNGARY. Throughout Hungary thiugs wear an un quiet aspect, and a number of political ar rests have been made. From the Piiiia. Ledger of the 98th inst. SINUIRY AND ERIE RAIL ROAD. We understand that, at the meeting of the Committee, held last nitht, in the Board of Trade Room, the sum of one hundred thou sand six hundred dollars was subscribed to wards the project. Thj following letter ex presses a strong opinion in favor of the enter prise, fiom one whose experience in such matters rentiers his opinion valuable. This is rendered doubly so by the "substantial aid" with which the sincerity of it is en forced. Philadelphia, Jan. 22d, 1 852. Dear Sir : I have before me your favor of the 17ih instant. You do not over-estimate the interest I feel asa citizen of Pniladelphiat in the construction of the Sunbury and Erie Rail Roud. That enterprise has not been regarded by me as a rival to the Pennsylvania Railroad. 1 have considered the construction of both a essential to ihe proper development of the resources of the Slate and the prosperity of our city. When completed, each woik will send out ils branches to the more inac cessible counties, and gathering the trade of nearly the entire Common wealth, pour it into one common centre, destroying thai diversity of feeling among her citizens at piesent fostered by their divided markets. The amount yet to be raised to complete iho Pennsylvania Rail Road is so compara tively small, that we may, without endan gering the progress of that great work, spare some of our means to insure ihe early commencement of yours, which is not con sidered a rival, but a kindred enterprise, each calculated largely to increase the wealth and population of both our city and Slate thus one exerting a favorable influ ence upon the business of the other. I hazard nothing in saying, that Ihe in creased value of property in Philadelphia and the counties contiguous to Ihe line of these roads, directly resulting from their construction, will equal the whole cost of both ; while the commercial, mannfacturina and mining interests cannot fail to reap ad vantages to an equal extent. The region to be travelled by this road, is at present without a direct outlet to mar ket, and its inhabitants seek that of a rival city, thiough the circuitous channels affor ded by neighboring State. This condition of things ehonld not be suffered t con tinue. The superiority of Ihe harbor of Eiie is shown by the extension of the New Ynk and Erie Rail Road to it, Ihe completion of which, instead of proving injurious to your enterprise, will in connection with the anti cipated construction of this road, concentrate theie a large portion of the trade of the Lakes, and increase the population and productive capacity of the vast region tribu lary to it. The wise provision of the act of Ihe last session of our Legislature, breaking the truaije nf the track at Erie, will also (lis charge at that point, from Ihe Ohio Roud, a considerable amount of travel and freight during the close of navigation, which wi tend to increase the importance of the place and give to your route the advantages, as soon as completed, of a terminal point of larse trade. . The broad gunge of the Erie Road, so Cften referred to as a mark of its super iority, jutiead cf affording any praclical advantage will be """'I by experience to add to the cost of Iranspoj ialintt. The superiority ot gradient upon jour line united with its sooner fiance, ami u comparatively low cot, must euhla yon, as soon as yonr road is completed, La grogs nearly the whole of the trade and travel between Erie and the seaboard, which, was tbe undivided local Uuine cf ihe country travelled will be ample to se. care ny reasonaoie divwends ppou your strck- Iii no other section of the tftate will the effects of an improvement of the kind be so manifest in the advance in tie value of lands, and the rapid increase in the resour ce of the country, as upon the line of this toad, which, with the accumulation of the through business, must toon demand a dou. ble track. Seeing no other road projected wtiieh promises equal benefits to the Slate and Me tropolis, or stronger inducements for the safe and profitable investment of capital, I haveliltle difficulty in bringing my mind to meet your views, and accordingly subscribe one hundred rhares to the stock of your company, upon the condition priirted in your subscription book. Although, the amount may not be equal to your expects. lion, it Is as large as my means will jus tify. Trusting that your efforts will meet the success they merit, I look forward to the completion of the two great Rail Retails of Pennsylvania, as .the instruments of re. gaining to Philadelphia her former proud position as the first oily of the Union. . Very truly yours, J. EDGAR THOMPSON, Civil Engineer. To D L MtLLca, Jr., Esq., President. Tho Committee then adjourned until next Friday week, to meet at tbe same place. Wiiceliko Bridge Case. Washington, Jan 26 The Supreme Courl of lhe United States, in Ihe case of the Wheeling Buttiie, to-day rendered a decision against tho Bridge Company. TSS AMSB.ICA1T. SUWBURY. SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, H. B. MAStER, Edtter nd PraprleUr. r-ilptlon .ml arlverliiinf at his oIEm, in Philedalphia, New York. Barton nd Baltimore. To ADvmiTI.i..-Thf circtUatlcm of the Itunhory Amerlean nmnrir the different hiwnl on the Saefltteheniie I is not exceeded irequslledbrsnrptperpablithed in North ern Pennsylvania, EDITOR'S TABLE. Badness Natters. Conn's Ladi's Book. The February num ber of this truly American periodical, has been I received, and fully sustains the wide spread repu tation that it has justly acquired. The embel lishments of this number are of the first order. "The Intercepted Letter" is the title of one of the handsomest line engravings that we have seen for some time. Mr. Godey has also introduced a new style of engraTinfr, entitled "French Colored Crayon Drawing." The literary matter is from the pens of some of the best writers in the coun- try. Ths Chi lh's nrr.a is the title of a well print ed and hnndsoniely illustrated sheet, published monthly by the American Tract Society, in Philadelphia, New York, &c. Ten copies to one address for $1 per annum. New Book Stobs. Bv referents to our ad vertising columns it will be seen that Mr. Mc- Carty has opened a new Book Store in this place. lie lies tbn most ev tensive collection of ltnnbs in this section of countrv, among which are some of the best and moat valuable works published. Those fond of books will find his store well worth a visit THE NEW POST AO E LAW. Tk:. I .l- ... I day of Jul inst., and Will operate to the fol- a ins irtw vetui iuiu uitcrailun un me urpt luwin-r etiect upon ihe Mjnbubt American. I 1. Subscribers will receive it bv mail, in I v ,u i i i iiiituiiiiiurimiiu iiiuuiy, fhee ur rim auk. i Z. f or a tlistauce not exceeding nllu miles nt five cents per quarter. 3. Uver hliv and not exceeding fftrre Ann- 4. Uver three hundred and not exceeding 1 one thousand miles, at fifteen cents per .- ..II ..I ttJ" We are indebted to the Hon. Rich ard Broadhead, of the U. S. Senate, and the Hon. James Gamble, of the House of Rep resentatives, and also John C. Kunke, and Wm. Follmer, Esqs., for public documents. K7" The letting of the Mail Routes in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Olro, takes place in Washington, on the 5th of February next. The bids should reach the department by that date. CF" Tug Clinton Tribune, published at Lock Haven, Clinton county, is onVred lor falf, which the proprietors say they will dispose of on reasonable terms. The Tribune is a Wilis paper. THE bTSQI'EIIASXA RAIL ROAD. In an another column will be found the 080,397 for the previous year. Ohio, In remarks of the Mayor of Baltimore, in hit diana and Kentucky show an aggregate in- recent message to the City Councils, in re gard to the Susquehanna Rail Road. The citizens of Baltimore are fully aware of the immense importance of this improvement, and are using strong eflorts to commence the work as rneeniiv as possioie. jnose who have not had the opportunity, or taken the means to inform themselves upon this snhi-rt. have no nroner concenlion of its J ' ii--- imnortance. There are lew. even of our ... . . e . . , r UW llll&c-lin, nnu IIB.W IVI U .III IUIHVI me immense amonni oi .rau.c auu mwi, along the line of the contemplated rail road. This alone would be amply sum- cient to make it one of the most profitable roads in the country. B it when we take into consideration, that this road will pass through the Coal regions, between Sunbury and Harrisburg, viz : the Shamokin, Maho- i v ..i i ...ii.... : ...ill tu tffi...ii noy arm A..,.. ....rj, to estimate the amount of business that will to" thrown upon the road. These coal re- gions arV inexhaustible, ana t he mining can tw done at a tv,,cn 'HU expense than either at Pottsville or on I higb- Baltimore is destined iT ntture to be come the emporium for this trade, ""n" D (ore many years that city may rival Phifa- delphia itself, in the magnitude of ber coal trade. There are no roads in the world which pay so well as those engaged in car rying coal. Who then can doubt the pro fitableness of this road 1 Ever' man who lives within a half days journey, aloog the lin will feel ks becial eifecis, aud eve ry one should cubsoribe to the stock. The money would not orriy be well jaid out, as an investment, but greatly .enhance the value of all kinds of property, by bringing it, as it were, io close atutecUoa with the city market. Few men in thie country, are wore saga cious or successful in making investments, than Gen. Cameron, who has already sub scribed largely to the etock of rfeis road. The General fcas repeatedly declared that lie knew ne contemplated improvement, that had fairer prospects for remunerating the stockholders 4han this road, and we know that he is not influenced by sinister motives, as he does not own a loot of real estate along tbe route. ttT" The Girard House, Philadelphia. This new and magnificent botel under the leeseeship of M'ura. Pbesbuby & Billings, opened ils doors to visitors and the traveling community. It is the most gorgeously fur nished public house io the city. LK1GIIINO Still continues fine and every body terms to take advantage of il. The Ice on the Susquehanna it about ten inches thick and I Perfectly safe for traveller! and vehiclei of all kinds. The road commences at the Market afreet landing, running in strait line to tho Union county tide. The number of vehicles passing over the ice daily, it astonishing, and affords another il lustration of the great advantages of low I fare and facilities for travelling. From this we mav Intlcrp what a hr'uttr aernu the ounjufiianna ai mis place wouia 00 in me wav 0f travel. This we mav have before c.,-,,,1.,--. r.ji RnnJ ' Will probably crost at this place to the west side of the river. DRY VALLEY RAIL ROAD. The citizens of New Berlin are deter mined to be out of the world no longer. They have had several meetings and stirred up considerable excitement in relation to constructing a rail road from that place through Dry Valley to the river for the purpose of connecting with the contempla ted Sunbury and Erie road. The distance is seven milet and the grading very favor- able. We should like to see the work commenced, and have no doubt that it will prove most profitable. EF" Most of the ice houses in this place. were filled during the past week, with ice from the Susquehanna. The ice on this side being made up of floating ice, that taken out is procured about two-thirds of the way across the river, where tome beautiful clear ice was formed, averaging ll-.l" ! i- . . . I ""CKncss irom seven io ten tncnes, CP" A fat Jon. Congress is now dis puting about the printing of the late census. Mr. A. B. Hamilton, is the contractor for the envprnmpnt nrinlintr. hut llipro ! on bj rr . i ..i. ,. " maKlnS 10 ,aKe 11 lrom n,m anc" R'v it to the proprietors ol the Union. Ihe ..-n l . : .... cji irnsra win ue iiimriist-, rsiiinairu lu amount io neany a nan million oi collars, Te MonmoNs The President it is sa id will epnn mil a now l.nvurnnr in Inn - - spring, to surpersede Drigham Young. A military post will be established at Salt Lake and the Judges will go back with instructions to enforce the common laws regard to a plurality of wives and morals in general. ttT" The Susquehanna Telegraph Line Company at its meeting in Danville on Tuesday last, declared a dividend of three per cent, for the last six months, payable after the 15th of February, when those hav- ing certificates of stock can receive the same. The Western Pork Trade. The Price Current of Cincinnati has compiled its annual statement of the number of hogs packed in the West. By returns from two- thirds ot the packing points, including the principal places, it appears that the total number for 1851, is 950,513, against 1,- crease of 14,000. 352,000 have been packed in this city against 334,000 last year. THE FORRE8T DIVORCE SLIT. The trial of this case, which has occupied the Superior Court of New Yoik for the last six weeks, was brought to a final tlose on the 26th inst., when the Jury (as we learn by telegraphic despatch) rendeied the fol . , ... ,ott,n5 vem,c'- By Teltgraph New York, Jan. 26 -! . r, . .. The jury in the Forrest case this morning Mme ,nQ Courl mJ rendereJ a ,ealei ver. l)jct) according to instructions. Their ver ctict; convicts Mr. Forrest, of adultery, and declare him lo be a resident of New York, and not of Philadelphia. They find Mrs, Forrest innocent of the charges preferred "gin8t her, and allow ber alimony to the ,fict both the parties to the suit were present . - . m.nife8.ed lhe mo.. :... jnterest. The greatest excitement prevailed amongst the bystander who thionged the Court room, and the verdict seemed to give general satisfaction. After polling the Jury in the Forrest Case Mr. Van Buren made application for lime in respect to questions that bad arisen in the Ce, eilher for an application for a new trial or iC the filing of a bill of exceptions The Court tu.Pn edjonrned until to-mor row mornin&for a coi:'"0"1'0" of lhe ep- plication. The greatest excitement prevailed and Mr. and Mrs. Forrest were each saluted with desfeuiug cheers as they reached tbe street. The Jury were but four hours in making np their verdict, having sealed it add sepa rated at an early hour on Saturday evening. A rumor prevailed before the meeting of ihe Court this morning that it was favorable to Mrs. Forrest. ArpotNs-MrtiTs r the CanaL'Comimssiow ibs. flarrttfaurg, inn 26. Tho Canaj Board have made Uia following appoint merit - -F R. West, Superintendent and Sunervisor of tbe Poriase (tail ftoad i i. B Baker, Superintendent and Supervisor of Ihe Columbia Rail Road. The following Super visors were also appointed : G. W. Clossen for the Delaware Division J J. S. Miller, for the Lower Juniata Division J J. A. Cunning ham, for the Upper Juniata Division ; i Peters, for the Upper Western Division ; II. Rodermel for Iho Susquehanna Division, and O. Yt. Search, for the North Branch Division. The trunk of Gov. Kossuth was lost in tha snow last week, between Ebenbuig and Blairsville, Pa. It contained all his clothing. I'tQUEHANtHA RAIL ROAD. The following extract It that portion of the message of tho Mayor of Baltimore to tho City Councils, in relation to the rail road Irom Harrisburg to this place and Williamsport. On tho 14th of April 1851, through tho on- remitting exertions of iho friends of the mea sure, an act was passed by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, incorporating the Susquehanna Railroad Company with authority to construct a Railroad leading from the terminus i f the York and Cumberland Railroad at Bridge port, opposite Harrisburg, to Williamsporl, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania. The importance of this work to onr city, will in my humble judgment justify mo in alluding to some of the many inducements for its prompt and early construction. The route of this proposed railway connection is highly favorable, and opens to the enterprize of Baltimore a rich and fertile prospect in the future, following it as it does, the Valley of the Susquehanna River the entire distance say ninety miles, with an average rrade of two feet and a half to the mile. Within the first six miles of its line, it consummates a direct and perfect connection between the York and Cumberland, and the Pennsyl vania Rail Roads, on the west bank of tbe Susquehanna River. This division when completed, will, besides saving the expense and avoiding the risk of crossing that river twice, give to Baltimore over Philadelphia an advantage of thirty miles in the distance to and from Pitlsburg the great emporium of western trade. The next important feature is of a local character, being connections with four dis tinct rail roads leading to as many coal districts, namely : the Dauphin and Sus quehanna, Lykens Valley, Mahonoy and the Shamokin. These roads penetrate the heart of the great Southern Anthracite Coal field, and are all completed and only await Ihe construction of the main line, to pour the rich treasures of that region into tbe lap of our city. The next division of this proposed work is through a hiuhly cultivated agricultural por tion of the State, densely populated, and all along its line are several large and important towns, which alone, it is believed, would afford trade and travel sufficient for its sup port. At Northumberland the road connects with the North Branch Canal, and at Wil liamsport, its northern terminus, with the West Branch Canal, the Williamsport and Elmira Rail Road, and also with the projec ted line of rail roads to Ihe city of Erie. Its direct railway connections at Elmira in New York State, with all the great thor oughlaies leading from the city of N. York to the Lakes, must be regarded as the great feature in this enterprise, one that opens to us Ihe rich harvest of the trade and com merce of Ihe Lakes, live extent of which is to be limited only by the enterprise and enercy of our own citizens. The connections at this point may be enu merated as follows namely : Ihe Il.irnells- ville Rail Road, with its terminus nt Buffalo and wilh the New Yoik and Erin Canal through the Chemims Canal ami Seneca Lake. By this mute Baltimore possesses an advantage over the city of New York in the contest for the trade of the Lakes of forty mih'S in her favor ; Elmira being that much nearer to Baltimore by the proposed route than it is to the city of New York by any of her lines of communication. Besides this it presents a line more favorable-for trm con si met ioi and maintenance of a rail way, and wilh a local trade for it support unsur passed in extent and value by that of any line of interenmmution in this country. I take pleasure in sayinc I hat I rli.tll hiv the honor to present to your honorable hotly a map no1? in course of preparation, exhih- ...ng the connections ana rela.rve poM.ton cr all lhe points, of this work, by a glance at , . , r ii k m r i. . . ' , rxn nhnn n f Mil., Ini...,l. . t A - ' . . , r u i c. fnp travAl htV0Ail fhff rVnrlh Artrl Smith Bm to anil from l'n apat of nnr rValinnnl Hnr. ernment, its importance cannot be over esti mated, while the vast coal trade which must as a matter of necessity, seek this work as its most profitable outlet, will place our city far ahead of Philadelphia as a market for that article, and make it, in fact, the great coal depot of the country. This alone, I conceive, should be a sufficient incentive to induce the building of the road. It would be deemed superfluous, perhaps for me to add that Ihe limn has arrived when Baltimore, in justice to herself, must make extraordinary effort to secure the great advantages of her geographical posi tion, ami contest with her eastern rivals her claims to the trade of the West and of the great lakes. In this work above referred to, she pos sesses a powerful lever to the accomplish ment of that great object. I have been wailed upon by some of our most active, enterprising and influential citizens, who give every insurance that steps will be ta ken to immediately organize a company un der tu9 ct referred to, to secure tbe early completion Pf I hi rnosl important line of communication. These gentlemen further assure me, and cheerfully commend it to your honorable body, thai a subscript imi to the work on the part of the city of 5500,000, secured by a mortgage on tbe work, after an expenditure of the same amount by individual enterprise would insure the speedy completion cf the work, and thereby jilace Baltimore jn a most happy position, wjth her great works of internal improvement. Tha flan suggested ii regard lo Ihe Northwestern Road will apply with equal force to this, and thereby relieve our tax paying community from any further .bur then ia forming and conspleUng this impor tant connexion. Gem. FfttNtLi Picacc, in a recent letter declarea his unwillingness that hi name should be used in any event before the Democratic National Convention at Balti more, declaring it to be repugnant to his tastes and wishes. Th New York City debt is 1,000.000 1 This ie four times at least as much as our State debt in proportion. RAftK or THE IMrtD STATE. ACCORDIHO TO TVEIR POPULATION, ADD 0AP1 tol or tAcn state. Rank. Statt. Pop. in 1850. Cavilals. 1 New York 8,097,000 Albany 2 Pennsylvania, 2,312,000 Hartisburg 8 Ohio, 1,977,000 Columbus, 4 Virginia, 1,381,000 Richmond, 8 Tennessee, 1,003,000 Nashville, 6 Kentucky, 1,002.000 Frankfort, 7 Massachusetts, P93.000 Boston, a Indiana, 9-Georgia, 10 North Carolina 1 1 Illinois, 12 Alabama, 13 Missouri, 14 S. Carolina, 15 Mississippi, 16 Maine. 17 Maryland, 18 Louisiana, 19 New Jersey, 20 Michigan, 089 000 Indianapolis, 879 000 Milledgville, 8f9 000 Raleigh 852.000 Springfield, 772,000 Montgomery, 684,000 Jefferson City 655,000 Columbia, 593,000 Jackson, 583,000 Augusta, 83,000 Annapolis, 501,000 New Orleans, 490,000 Trenton, 396,000 Detroit, 21 Connecticut, 22 N. Hampshire, 23 Vermont, 24 Wisconsin, 25 Arkansas, 26 California, 27 Iowa, 28 Texas, 29 Rhode Island, 30 -Delaware, 371,000 N II & Hart'd 318.000 Concoid, 314,000 Montpelier, 304,000 Madison, 208,000 Little Rock, 200,000 S Jose Val'jci 192,000 Iowa City, 188,000 Austin, 148,000 Provid'ce &c 92,000 D.ver, II Florida, 88 000 Tallahasse, Territories, &c, 161.000 Indians, 56 tribes, 300.000 Total pop. of U. S 23,495,000 A Predicament akd an Escape. All who have been over the Connecticut River Rail Road remember the high, narrow, un covered bridge over the Deertield river, just this sklfl of Greenfield. It was the theatre of what our heading describes, as the afternoon train came down on Saturday. The cars, behind time, were pushing rapidly ahead, and a footman found himself near the middle of tha bridge, as they approach ed with lightning speed. He could not gel olT the bridge at either end before they woultl be upon him Ihe space at the side of the track was too narrow, and sloped loo precipitately to make it a safe resort the jump to the ice below, even Sm P.dch would have shrunk from the shrill alarm of the thundering engine warned our hero that he must think and act quick ; there was a troueh-like space under the track he dove into it between the rails, anil hogging his narrow retreat,, the train swept over him, and left him unharmed. But what must have been his emotions between ihe dis covery of his danger and its passaae i How ihriHght must have quickened and the blood chilled .' Not nil in his tit nut ion would have had the presence of mind that spcuretl the only retreat left htm. Spring' fell Republican. As Old Mas Gone. Died in Milfnrd Pike ennntv, Pa., on the 14th inst., Jnmes Barton, asd about ninety years. lie was born in the year 1762, in the Slate of New Jersey. At the time of the Revolution he held a Lieutenant's commission under the Btitiah Government, being then in the 16'h year of his age. He never renounced his al legiance to England, and died a subject and pensioner of :he Queen. For the last fifty years he has resided in this place and to hire are ihe people mainly indebted for Ihe prin cipal improvement of Pike county, and more I particularly of the village of Milford. He was. always foremost in every public enter prise Being n great reader, he acquired a fund of uer.eral information surpassed by nne. He was perfectly familiar wilh the affairs of onr Government, ami was warmly attuihil In nnr itial ll lit inn. Hiss t:.Mt u-irp , of ,he hj ofJ -nJ b( (m i .. , . , , . ,. ,, tion from our country, he would undoubtedly have filled high places of trust nnd conn- I ' dence. He died universally respected. Cor. t of tht A. Y. 2 ribund Icc-MixiNO. A plan has been devised at Boston to raise a crop of ice when the sett son is loo mild to freeze the ponds to a suffi cient depth. It is thus: Near a pond, but on a lower level, an artificial reservoir wi'l be dug, 25 acres in extent. By the openir p of a gate, water will be let in two feet deep ; as soon as the surface is frozen, water will be introduced again to one or twc. inches deop which will freeze easily, anil so on until tha ice is thick enough to be cut and taken out. The work is calculated it cost $50,000. A woman was lately buried in a grsvt yard, near Loudon, who hail been dead up wards of five years, a near relation havini; left ber an annuity of 30 to be paid on tht flrst day of each and every year, so long a she should remain on earth. In cons quence of this legacy, her surviving hits band hired a little room over a stable in the neighboihood of his dwelling, where she was kept in a lead coffin until after bis death. Testimonial to Gov. Johnston. A large nnmber of the friends anil admirers of Gov. Johnston, in Philadelphia, have had manufactured for him and his lady a service of plate, at a cost of 980. Tha present consists of a silver wailer, three feet in length ; two pitchers, each seventeen in chea in height ; a lea set, comprising six pieces ; a pair of goblets ; cake baskeis j twelve napiin-rings ; fish knives j forks, &o. Outrage Upom the Amesican Flao. CWIetfon, an. 2.6. The sohr. Midas, at Savannah, on -Saturday, from Bio de laneiro, reports, that on Ihe 3 1st December, in lat. 8 40 S, long. 34 60 W., was boarded by the Brazilian cruiser Lindore, and had her papers overhauled. At partinc, the cruiser fired a shot acioas the schooner's stern. The longest jnow elorm that was ever known iu Great Britain, occurred in 1614. I; is recorded in Ihe register of the parish of Wollon Gilbert, that il began ou the 15ih of January, ami continued lo snow every day unlit the 12th of March. Tbe loss of liu man life, as well as sheep sod neat cattle, , waa immense. Tut commerce of Cleveland, like oven thing else at the west, grows with an astonishing rapidity. The domestio export! last year were valued at 99,817,897, and the imports at f 9,962,657. The cereals ox ported wore alone worth 93,898,111. New Advertiiementf. rTWE Maiden noma of Lola Montes was Ro-- sanna Gilbert, and she is the daughter of a poor shopkeenpr in one of the British Islands. The nsme of the hesl (nil trim firm in Philn.InU pl iiis nockhill ft Wi sm;" snd they have a splenilid stoik rf ( lo lling at ti e r chesp store. ISo. Ill lhfstnut street, corner of I'rankllm Place. Philadelphia, Jan. 31, 1652. Estate of JACOB 0. EEED, Deo'd. NOTICE is hereby given that letters of ad--ministration have lieen granted to the sub scriber on the estate of Jacob (J. Reed, dee'd., late of Shnmokin township, Northumberland county. All persons indebted to said estate or hnvirif claims against the same, are requested to cs'.t on lhe lulmcrilicr for settlement. AMOS VASTINE, Adm'r. ' felmmokin tp., Jan. 31, 1852. 6t WM. M'CAKTY, BOOKS KLLKR, Broadway, SUNBURY, FA. JUST received snd for sale, a fresh supply ef ' KVAXGEMCAL MUSIC for Singing Schools. He is also opening st this time, a large assortment of Books, in every branch of Literature, consisting of Poetry, History. Novels, Romances. Scientific Works, Law, Medicine, School and Children's Books, Uibles ) School, Pocket and Family, both' with an.il without Engravings, and every of -.art-ftv cf liindinp. Prajtr Book, of ail kincs. Travels. Yoynges snd Adventures, all ot which will be suid low, either for cash, or coun try produce. "Sunbury, Jan. 31, 1852. tf "orphans7 cou'r t sale7 N pursuance of an order of the Orphsns' Court - of Northumberland county, will be exposed to public sale, on Saturday the 21st day of Feb ruary next, on the prcmisas, tbs following real estate to wit: A certain Tract of LantI, sitimle in Little Mahonoy township. County aforesaid, bounded bv land of Samuel Kothermel,. William Raker and Daniel Wagner, containing, about 37 ACHES, whereon, is erected a FRAME HOUSE, (Tavern Stand.) Bank Bam, Shed and a- LARGE. APPLE ORCHARD, six or eight acres being meadow land. Also a piece of Woixllar.il, unimproved, on the south; side of the MoUnnuv mountain, adjoining land of! lMio;eter and Win. Raker, containing 14 ACRES more or less. I.ale the estate of Frederick Ra ker, detrnsed. Sale tu commence at 10 o'clock, A. M. of saiil day when tSie terms of sale will be made known, by JACOB D. HOFFMAN, Trustee. Bv order of the Court, uv order of the Court, ) P. Pl.'RHEL, Clk. O. C.S Jan. 54, 1852 5U J. P. ORPIIAXS COURT SALE. N pursusnct of an order of the OrphansCourtf of Nortliuinlerl'.iiiJ county, will be exposed: to public sale, on Thursdsv the SCth day of Feb j rimry next, on the premises, the following reafi esrau: io wu : a cerium Tract of Lamf, situate in Point township. County sforrssid, Ke ginuint: at a corner on land nf Isaac Vincent,, thenve by said land south 40 east 439 perches to lhe river, thence north "9 east 45 f-e relies alone; the rivet, thence by land of Jonathan Puieel.. North 40J west 42'l perches to a corner on land' of Joseph I.emen's heirs, thence south 89) east 50 perches to the place of beginning, containing- 106 Acres. Late the estate of Leonard Pfourz, deceased. Pale to commence at 10 o'clock, A. M. of said" day, when the terms of sale will be made knowrti by JOHN PFOUTZ.. . , . BENJ. PFOLTZ, J Adm r" Bv order o'the Court, i J. P. PL'l SCI . Clk, O. C. Jan. Is5i 5t. ) J. STOCKMAN & S01T, Manitaci rniiits and Dealers in GOLD AMI SUA Eli lKlClL8r Tlrimblts, Silver Wort, Jewelry, te- At the Old Established Stand, Sign of the Gold Thimble, No. 60 C hestnul Street,. South side, between 2d and 3d Sis., PHILADELPHIA. WHERE they manufacture and keep eon tuntly on hand a variety of articles, suita ble for city or country trade, nnionrf which are Gold and Silver Patent and other kinds of Pencils, Gold and Silver Thimbles, Combs, Finger Shields, Knitting Sheaths, Needle Cases, Kitmir Uouks and Chains. Purse Clasps, I'.kiiIi and Ear Picks, Twreier, Nursing Tubes, Odtl fellows' and Sons of Temperance Jewels ind Emblems, Ac, also Silver Spoon$, Forks and Butter Knirts. In addition to which they keep a general sup oly of Rogers' Superior Plated and German Silver Goods Of the first quality, such as Spoons, Forks, Soup ind Oyster Ladles, Butter Knives, Spectacles, Ac. Jackson's celehruted Lead for Pencils of all izes by the quantity, at the lowest market prices. January, S4, 185; 2m. TAKE NOTICE. A LL persons knowing themselves to be in 2M. debted to Mrs. E. Follmer, on book ac count or otherwise, are requested to make imme diate payment, on or before the lOtli of February i.eit, as the books will then pass into tha hands ef a legal officer for collection. Those who wish to save cost will find it to their advantage to call at the old stand and settle their accounts as longer indulgence cannot be given. ELIZABETH FOLLMER. Sunbury, Jan. 17, 1853 3L "ITARHIAGE CETIFICATES handsomr'y i-'A executed tut sale at this etfice, singli or by the dozen. GOLD PEN'S with and witlranl eases, of a very superior quality, just received. Also a fresh supply of Whims; Fluid, for sals by H. B. MA8SER. Sunbury, Dec 87. 1851. AOMlTH'tJ ESSENCE OK JAMAICA GIN. GER, a fresh supply kwi received, and for sale by 11. B. MASSES, ttunbury, Jam 10, 153. K.ULD e) WRITING FLL'ID and Adhe aixe and legal envelope, tor sal by H. B. MASSER. Sunbury, era 10, 1854 FOR sale st this office, Soperior Black Ink, Cattle Medicine at Si cU, Purs Essence of Ginger, 85 cnU. rj' ISSUE PAPER Yellow Tissue paper for 3. covering glasses, for sal at tu oflis ot tt American. BLANK DEEDS printed oat the beat quality of parchment paper, sold st tb low, prioM at this ofiie, by whoJl a ntU
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