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m:v 8iiii-:s vol. a, Ao. aa.
TERMS OF THE AMERICAN.
TVi'i':.mMi'Vni,AN" ' P"1'1'"""' evrry Samr.lny o,
' UlU.I.AIiH ncr in , i I,. ia l.,r i.. :.
n, wrtuce. N'j r,,cr ilim-mlinui'd until all urrrurugu urn '
A.I commiinii'iit ions or letters on Imsim relating to
me oihee, tti insure iiltcnlion, innnl ha 1'UST l'AI L,
TO CLUBS.
Three copies to one n.Mrets, ff,,nn
f-cveii j)4 ,, )()
1-im-cii D,i a0(H)
Five clolUr- i aik-niiei; ,v, pa). fl,r lh . b
crii.i,,n t n,e American.
n S.iimie of in lines, fl limes,
l.veiv milisi'ijuent insertion,
One riqnnri!, 3 nnnnlis,
Six ini'iillm,
1iii yenr.
Ilusiiicts Cauls .if Five lines, per ninium,
tl no
13
ill HI
600
eno
3011
.i, ' ' iinu nine, nnvcrtlfilnz nv me
year, with the privilcgi! of inserting
Clri-o'iit mlccrliseinenls weekly. 1000
lltf bnrrroi Atlverlisrincnt, us per nirreemnit.
ATTOI1XHY AT I.A W,
SUITETJltV, PA.
H usincss ntrended to in the Counties of Nor
thumberland, Union, Lycoming and Columbia,
liefer to l
T. A A. KovouJt, ")
J. "WIT OC jsairnn,
Somcrs & Snodjrrass,
J.cynoIiU, Mcl'urland & Co.,
Spering, Good &. Co.,
r hi! ail.
E. J. WCLVERT0N,
AVTTC3.1T3T AT LAV.
VF1TCE ill Market street, Sunliury, adjoining
the Clllice of tho "American" and opposite
the Tost Ollit'e.
llusiness promptly attended to in Northumbcr
I:i id and llie adjoining Counties.
r.crni to : Hon. C. W.Hepfnis and II. Tlan
iian. butlsviile; Hon. A. Jordan und II B. Mus
ser. f-' miliary.
April 10,' 1855 1;-.
HENRY B0KT7EL,
ATTORNS!? AT XiATO.
Otfkc opposite the Court House,
EunVary, ITorthunibei'lantl County, Ta.
Piompt attention to business in adjoining
Counties.
W1I. M. R0 CKEEELLER,
ATTORN ETT AT LAW
MWESl'StV, PA.
Pep. 13. 1S51 If.
II. L. SIIINDEL.
AT7CP.1TSY AT LAY",
SUM3URY, PA.
Tlprpmbpr 4, 15'J. tf.
HA.RRIS3URG STEAM WOOD
rj V U N I X O A.N I) !SCKOI,I, SAWIXf!
ISllOl'. Wood 'I'lirniii" in nil iu lirniioiips,
in pi'y style and at city prices, livery variety of
Cabinet and Carpenter work cither on bund or
tjri'.pd lo order.
lied Posts, llalnsters, Kosptls, Sl it and Quar
ter Mouldings, 'I'ablo I.pl's, Xewill I'osts. 1'i.t
terns. Awning I'osts, W'aifon Hubs, Columns,
Hound or Oi'tagou ('bisel Handles, fsr.
"tT Thin bop is in M'K.WVaKKUV AT..
J ,1 ; V, near Third Street, and as we. intend lo
(lease all our customers who want sod work
dune, it U hoped lliat all ihe trade wil' io us a
rail.
rj Ten-riiis and Teu-rin DalU made lo or
der or returned.
The attention of Cabinet Makers and Carpen
ters i palled to our npw stylo of TWIST
M)i:LllNCiS. Printer's K inlets at 1 per 100
ff.,.t. V. O. HICKOK.
1'ibruary 7, lS5i. ly.
Svr. MTJUIT
uooKfi: 1. 1. k n ,
Mtrkei Hired,
BUNBTJB.T, PA.
"J l.'ST received and for sale, a ficsli supply of,
r,T.tXCr.B.lfMI. 5EJ'SI
nv Singing Schools. He is n!o opening ct
tins lime, a lirpe assoilmeut of Hooks, in every
han'di of Literature, consisting of
Toelrv, lliolory, .Novels, HomancPs, Siienlific
Works, I.aiv, Medicine, Kiliool and Children's
Iionlis, Uibles; Seltaol, l'o.ket and Family, both
with am! without Eni;r.i inirs, and every of vari
ety of Minding;. l'r.ier Rooks, of all kinds.
.Mm iiift received and for sale, Purdons Di
fP!.l of the laws ol iVnnEyhania, edition of 1S51,
jrieo nly '88,00.
Judge Uculs ediiUm of El.u-lisloncs Commen
taries, in 8 vols. 8 vo. formerly sold at $ 10,01),
and now ollered (jn fresh binding) at the low
price of Sli.lHI.
A Treatise on the laws of Pennsylvania re
specting the estates of ljecedvnfs, by Thomas F.
Cordon, price only SI.I .
Travels, Vovaues and Adventures, all ol
which will be sold low, either for cali, or coun
try produce.
'February, 21, TS5 J. II.
Dilwortli, lir.mson 5 Co.
iMl'OHTUliS OF DlCALF.IiS IN
Forcijiu l)otnt'lic
HARDY ARE, CUTLERY, &C.
Xu. 59 Market St., 1 iluur bduw 2d St,
PHILADELPHIA.
NVliera lliev always pen on hand a larire s'.oci of
every variety of Hardware, Cutlery, &c.
Wm. llilworth, Henry T). I.andis,
Fauiuel Ilransrn, James M. Vance.
October Hi, 1855. ly.
VfAlTTSD.
ANTED. Pennsylvania lands from 100
to 20.000 acree tor cash or trade in ex
change for City piopcity. PJ' X'0
J. A. L! I UDV. 1C K,
Ileal Fslate Uroker,
107 Walnut Sucet,
Philailelpbia, January 1, Sii3 5m.
k ;oi!Ni.i.ii8. i y. iiAKitn. w. c. bakkr.
Cornelius, liaker 05 Co.,
jMANt fATl RKltsi OF
Lamps, Chandeliers, Gas Fixtures, &c.
STOKi: NO. 176 CHESTNUT ST..
Manufactory No. $i Cherry St.,
PHILADELPHIA.
April 10, 1855. tf.
Lvcomin? Mutual Insurance Company,
DR. 1. li. MASSER i the local ngeiit lor the
.Iikva Insuriinee Comuanv. in N ortliuinber.
land county, and is at all time ready lo cll'ect
Insurance against lire on real or per-ouui j.iu
pcriy. or renewin policies for the same.
Kunburv. April 56, 1851. if.
CHM. PUMPS A small number of these
' eirelleiit pump have beea received and are
offered lor sale by
H. B. MASSER
Jtunburr. Nov. I, 1853.
Original Poetry.
FADED FLOWERS.
Thfi duwy, blushing, lialf-bluwn ros
Anioiio i t li-nvi's of hvinif jjicen,
Tlii vitih'i I hut 'mill vordiiin blown
The lilly'K pnr and spo'loss slwi-n,
Willi lifshni-si biiht, in beanly t lad,
May t'liarm us in our joyous Imiiis ;
Bin wlipn lln; he-art is loiii? ami sad,
Oh bung n.e wienlhsof liiilinj; flower.
Thnnph rich Ihe pr-i fiiino blossoms shtj
On juicy stems, when hansin lair,
Their lading, ilyina leaves will spread
Ai sweet a f rugiaiii'e on the air ;
Ami bn alhe they lh.it sweet odor slill,
As fast l In y wither and decay,
Nor lose theii aroma until
Their very dnsl is blown away,
Tims treasured up in memory,
The funded leeoilections clin-j,
Which, in half dieainin reverie,
Will of l to I IV-like bein spiing,
Of lovino smile ami lender lonej
Of kindly ivoiils of sympathy,
Of li iendships, now In i oUness yrowii,
And lovf.s deep, wild idolatry,
The freshness of our yonlli ilepnrls,
lis bijoliliiessi fades, lull slill llieii cleaves,
Fiinlialinrd within on- hear! of hearts,
Like fiaiance in Ihe uiihered leaves,
Afleelious biiyhler, truer far
Emotions calmer (jut mine strong,
While reason shinelli like a shir,
To clio-u ihe liyhl and (him the wrong.
Then bri:is tho f.idi:'.2, wiiheied flowers
When ere llie heart is sad and lone,
Keep for llie briubter ;ayer bonis
The livinjf, dew-decked, newly blown ;
Their fragile, lleetiii! beauties loll
Of onr own evnnvosceiit blooin ;
The dead llower's IViirrrance speaks as well
Of llie thai ends not in liie tomb.
Pui.burv, March 1S03.
ZK Skctcl).
AFFECTIUQ INCIDENT.
FISOM GOV. DltlGC's SPEECH AT LOWELL.
I recollect one member of Congress who
was always rall ing me aliout our Congres
sional Temperance Society.
"Jjiiggs' he used to say, "I'm going to
join your temperance society, as soon as
my demijohn is empty." He always Idled
it again. At one time, towards the close
of the session, be said to me: "I am going
to sign the pledge when I get home. I am
in earnest," continued he ; my ib-tnijulin is
nearly empty, and 1 am not cuing to till it
ajain." He spoke w.th such an air ol se
riousness as I had not before observed, and
it impressed me; and I asked him what it
meant, what had changed his feelings.
'Why,' sai.l he '1 hud, a short liiiiesir.ee,
a visit from my brother, who slated to
me a fact that mote deeply impressed and
afTecled me than any thing I recollect to
have heard upon the subj-'it in any tea. per
ance spi-ecli I ever heard or rend.
In ni v neighborhood is a sentleruan ol
my acquaintance, well educated, win) once
hal
some piouei l y , ion is llinv irnuini
poor! He has a beautiful and lovely wife
i J .
a lady of cultivation and rcunerriiMil at:
a most charming liauji'.i'.vr.
This gentleman hail become decidedly
intemperate in his Siabils, ami had fully
alarmed b.is frit'iids in regard to hitr.. At
0''.? titrie when a tuitnber of bis lortner as
sociates were together they consulted as lo
what could be done for him.
Finally one of them said to him, 'why
cion't you send your daughter away to a
certain distinguished school V which lie
named.
O I cannot,' said he; 'it is out of lh'.'
question. I am not abb; to bear the ex
pense. Poor pit' I ! I wish I could.'
Wei!,' said his friend, 'if yon will sign
the temperance pledge, I will he at all th
expense of her atteiidu
school for cne
year.'
What does this mean?' said he.
'Do
ll.:. rr,,. Ir. rlin.T,,- l,rn,,ln.r n
i,i iiiri I ii ,,uq, i s,, . w u
rlriin.-ard"
No matter ' Slid his fi iend 'a'jout thai '
now, but I will do as I said.'
And I, said another, 'will pay ti:e rent
of your farm, a year, if you will sijn the
pledge.
Well, these oflers are certainly very
liberal but what do they mean? Do you
think me in danger of becoming- a drunk-
ard? V. nat can it mean 7 Lot gentlemen,
in view of your liberality I xvill make an of
fer. I will Mgn il,e pledge if you xvill.'
This was a proposition they had not con
sidered, anil were not very Well prepared lo
meet; but for bis sake they said, xve wiil,
and did sign, a id he with then:.
And now for the first time the truth nour-
ed into his mind, and he saw his condition,
and sat down bathed in tears.
Now, said he. centlemen. vou must n-r
aim tumiiuinicnie tneselacts lo my wile
poor woman! I know she x ill be Had lo
k. . r... t . . .
near ii, inn i cannot ten ner.
jwo of them started for that nnrnnso
The lady int Ihem at the door, pale and
il rmni i ug, v. nil I'inoiion,
What,' she inquired, is the mnller 1
What has happened to my husband V
1 hey bid tier dismiss her lean, assuring
her they had come to bring her tidinrrj 0f
her husband but good tubings, such as the
wouiil lie "jan to near.
Your husband has signpd the temper-
ance pledge yea, in good faith.'
The joyous nexx's nearly overcame her
she trembled with excitement-wept freely,
and clasping her hands devolionally, she
looked up to heaven, and thanked Uoil lor
the happy change. 'Now,' said she, 'I
have i hus'-iand as he once was; in the days
of our early love.'
Eu' U i was not what moved me,' aid
th gentleman. 'There was in the same
vicinity anothergeritlemana generous no
ble Boul married well into a respectable
family, and the flower or it. Hi wine
drinking habits had arouied tht feanof his
SUM1UHY, NOimiUMIlKIlIsAM) COUNTY. l'-W EATI
IViends, and oneiln)', w hen several of Ihein
were together, one said t annther '!el us
join the pledge.' 'I will il you will,' said
one to another, till all bad agreed to il, and
Ihe thintr was clone.'
This gentleman thought it nit her a small
business, and fell a little sensitive about re
vealing to his wife what he had done. liul
on returning home, he said to her.
'Mary my dear, I have done what I A-ar
will displcasi von.'
'Well, what" is it?'
'Why, I have signed the temperance
plpdrre.'
'Have yon V
'Yes, have certainly.'
Watching his manner as he replied, and
reading itssinceritv, she entwined herarnis
around his neck, laid her head upon Iris bo
som, and hurst into bars. 1 1 1 r husband
was oflected deeply by this conduct uf his
wile and said :
'Mary, don't weep; 1 t'id pot I;nov il
would alilirt von so, or T would not have
done il, I will go and lahe my name oil'
immediately.'
'Take votir name cfi'l' said she, no !
no! let it he there. I shall now have no
more solicitude in reference to your becom
ing a drunkard. 1 shall spend no more
wakeful hours, f shail no more steep my
nillow in tears.'
Now for the first time the trn'h shone up- j "lining distiicls. The anthracite, coal ship
on his mind, and he folded to his bosom his ( mem from Ihe comities beloro named has
young and beaillilul wile, and Wept with I increased fioni 3(15 tons, in 1S20, to 5,000,
her. Now I can't stand these facts, ami I : 000 of tons in 1So5 '.. In addition to ihe
am going to sin Ihe pledge.
Pieniiiblc passed at a meeiin of the eili- !
Zfiis of Coal township, held March 3r 13.13,
; and adopted at tho
I REGULAR MASS MEETING
! of the eiliz"iis of N'oi ! hiiinberlaud countv,
j ledd al Siuibniy, on the i ll i:ist., for llie pur-
pose (,f lakinrj into consideration ihe subject
of the subscription of S5C0.000 by the Com
i missione is of said county to the slock ol Ihe
i Sii-rpiehaima Uaihoad Company,
j We the ciiizens ol Coal lo.vuship, in Nor
' ihilmberlaml county, Pa., assembled for the
pin pose of publicly expiessiea (nil s-'iitimenls
res pMd iiiy the aei of I he Count j Coiruii ission
1 ei s in lean inn ihe bonds ol I hi - count y lot he
amount of 3 200.000 in ihe Susquehanna R.iil
: road Company to aid in llu construction of
sai.l road.
Ami in order lo llie heller uude;s!andit,:iof
i llie sol ij 'Ct and a lull i.iterch ing ! of opinion
wiih o
fellow eitiz-us thiouiioii! llie coon- !
ly. (n:no of whom, as we aie informed, dis-
appiove ol sat 1 act.) we invito lln m to j-om
us in n calm and dispas-ionale review of a
few prominent leiitmcs that have .-.Heeded
the pne;i"ss of improvements in the i.ilerior
i. four f-:a'e i!:iiin; a peiiod id thiity-five
years. This will cany t,s back to the year
1S13, a! which lime, the) tenitmv now torn
posini; the eaun'iosof D.h:;.';i;m, S.-l.nj Ikill,
C.ribou, Luerne, Columbia Montour anil
Nordmmbei l.tml, presented in many places,
tor tinny mi; -s i;. exieul ;.n iii.uroiii'ii lore: ,
,. i I,.,, ,- : i,., i, :, ., , , l ,, , . !,,,.., r,,..
., . , i r.
the mosl put, empe.ved in cutlinir and lalt-
, , " , . r r
i
ing luriner to mai
mrjlliei io uiuiui i, in u in owiinn a n
small iron furnaces, SiMlteied over thistcrii- j
toiy, we believe, was lie; only In audi of i
niannfaciine cauied on exeept domeslie c!o-
thing : wiih Lo! few public loads and they '
for the most pait lough and impassable, yet j
those roads mid llie livers, du; ieg high water j
spring and l'..ll. were llie only avenues lo
minuet lor the fitip.iis products id the re- i
gioii. Eiston in Nui '.haiupton county and j
beading in Leiks, weie the nearest n;ai!;ets !
In a large pmlioii of this district, reached by
leam, over b;id mads in distances of from
CO to GO miles. The wheat raised in llie vi
cinity of liie Susquehanna was mostly ship-
pt'd in ams or Hit bo.iit.down the river, which
wcte fieqeenllv win-hed and the car
i Ti... of u n.ni in I be
I.... .1 !,-,,. ll 1 1 t!,
lllilllifl ill.-li, ,i.n ., ni.,,,: ' ,''
'.; t.. ct ..e I....I..-I The famnis
if r,'i,,n,i,n i Sebox Ikiil counties, had on
Ina aeil r-iiioxiuul counties, inn
an aveiage, CO miles lo P.eading. requilin
six days lo make ft trip xv it !: a loam
castvir,?
porhn ps Ho- bii
of xx h--at with two horses,
(mil I u t few farmers kept more
horses iti those days) and all.iwi
d'V
man and loam, includi:
' lolls, fir six days being eighteen dollars, de
ducted from Ihe load ol wheat leaving a bal
1 Knee of J1S or fifty cents a bushel. If
' we allow him to have a leni-n load of nier
ch.mdize for some sloie in his neihbni hood,
n: even high pii.-es for c.iri)iugand sufTi
1 cieni to pay al! lh"; evpei ses of bis tiip, yet
xve nn.sl not lose sight of ihu fact thai he is
I cue of the ciuumunitv cnntribuiing lo ihe
support of thai store by his pa'.ionage ai
whatever he mty hive chuged for carrxing
the goods is added with interest to llieir o: ig
i.ial cosl in Ihe thape of piofils lo the iii'n
chant of which llie curlier pajs his s
iaii.
The pioduets along thn Siisquehat'ita, for
the most pait, found iheir way to Hiltimnre.
In couise of lime, ihe citizens of Philadel.
phui pnqecl the 'enterprise of ennstineling
the bebnjlkill navigalion fiom the city of
Philadelphin to the Schuylkill pap in the
Sharp Mountain, wiih the view of diverling
Ihe tiade cf lha Susquehanna, from Ihe
confluence of lha Iwo branches of the river.
by teams over the mountain to llie head of
iheir navigatio,, and theiico to ihe city.
Tho people of the Sllo cull;,!lt (he of
internal improvement, and iho Legislature
i'Ppropuated large ,ms of lniJey ,u car . w
... ...u.. iu.erp,e. A canal cupabld of
carrx.na sixty Ion boaia i, con.irucled aloiv
the bank of the Susqudianua in whose tocky
channel the pioduct of to much labour hud
been wrecked and lot.
Anthracite coal is discovered in each of
the counties before named, ihe Lehigh it
T-TUJLI"l.A.V MS .Hi'. IM-iBUl'V
' mndi' ii slack water navigation and in l-"50
carries Slij Ions of coal lo mail.el, Ihe
shipment of coal oh this channel increase
rapidly eaeh year. In 1S25 tho Sel.ii) ikiil
navigation, piojected lo carry the pmducts
or Ihe farm and forest of ihe Siisrjnehaunn
country, canies 0.500 tons of coul to
:nir!x!t. Various oI'.im- avenues are open
ed and tin) coal regions aie lapped al va li
ons points. Tho Dauviili) ninl I'ollsviKe
Ibiil-ioad, (now known iin llie Piiiladelpliia
and Suiihniy) is projected, thu weslern di
visjin of which, cxtendina fiimi (Simbury
into the Shainokbt coal basin is completed
in KS.17, on which coal has been tallied
eveiy year since Tho iron mines of Mon
lonr li Ige are discovered and eMensive iron
winks eieeted and beinj erected in its viiiu
i'y and adjacenl to llie Sialo canal which
iilfou.'s cheap lraupni for tlii! iion lo tunr
k"t. Thu chiiylkill navigation not having
much to do in tho way of
can vin' usijiio
j haima wheal to Philadelphia, is (ound ii suf-
licient to carrying all the coal mined in thu
Schuylkill collieries, and a donble track Hail
Road is constrneled alona side to assist to in
carry ina; coal lo Philadelphia und blinking
back Ohio wheat and agrii'tillural pioduets
of ihe western slates for consumption in Ihe
low small charcoal luruaccs sealleicd over
a wil l moniitaiiii'us terriUny, e have a
number ul I n
furnaces and rollio" mills
1 1 i r anthracite coal as fuel, and llie dense . "' n"': tiausaetioos lo tie lotiml ot kecoul
p-ipolalom of the coal and iion distiicls af- ! atnoim tle-oiiieial proceedings of tho said
fouls a leady maiket at hijli prices fur all j Coininissioneis.
the fanner has to sell. Unt if lie.! Kail-roads And whereas il is believed that these
ami Canals communicating with Ihe coal Ponds were issued sine,, tho last General
and non distiicls weie blotted out of e.yist- ; FJoel ion, and in deli. nice of Ihe ihen well
ance, llie npeiuliuns of the mines and iion i known mid cleaily expiessed opposition of
woiks would necessarily cease, their pep. i the cilixens of llie c 'iiuly, as show;; by their
illation would be sc.atleied abroad, and ma- ! election of a O'ouulv Commissioner opposed
nv ol them, become fanners and piodiieers lo a connly subscription, and it is also be
instead of consumers, n ml those busy n.arls ; hevod that improper ami hL'hly eiimiual in
no'.v consiimio"; the suiplos pioduets of lln; ' llneuee were used to operate upon Ihe Com
fanner, would become silent and desolate, mis-ioners lo induce Ihem lo make the sob
an I we. would fall back, in a business point seiip-'um and to issue lire bonds, for it is
of view, lo the position we occupied ihiiU ! well known lliat prior lo the last election,
live years anteiini lo the present. That auv
one of sound mind and a line fiiend of onr
country and ins! iiiil ions and the honor and
inlejriiv of our Plate, sbmhl or could thdih-
p,.,i..!v
a hall to our presetil pio.peions
id oi l";- a backward march.
pnvMiss,
seems ton; wholly ii'iaeeoiinlabie.
We believe til l', one dollar p t.ei fir all
'he coal 1 1 i r i i ! , i ; t . . . 1 Lo a low i .s o::i;e
' ! '
it,
,i
yj: ic
o:.i; pio.luee cm-Hitee'l
in !h miiiiiej i ! I -! i li-l -".
y thoso emp
yet this low e-'i-nate we p.'rceiv.,! am' !.-it d
in lS."2to live millions of doll. .is ivotili o:
aei ii-ul'i:;;-.! pio bice c.-msi.mcd lit l';e coal
mining il is' i ic's in I l.o counties Ir-lme mi
med : and as ibis consumption will i.'icit-asi;
pro ruta w ith the increase of coal mined, and
ns that has ii.eiensi d lit the into of m aily
twenty per cen! aui.uaily dining the lasl
tw enty xi ais it is fair lo infer that a like in-
ciease will continue in future, this will give
ns six millions of tons in 1S53. seven millions
and two hundred Ihors.nnl in 1 S 5 4 , cilIiI
miKion an I six hondre l thousand in 1S.13,
ninl len millions ih'ee himdrrd llioiisand in
!:-oG It is admitted by I no liest
limited by I no best iMorn
s'i'.j 'et, t',,.,1 in onler lo M'.pp'y llii"
id demand for coal, it is hull -penfa-es,uy
lh :l llio ivj! of the ShamiLin
i.e re
b;y i
an 1
1 Mahaiiov l asii. s. be cauied lo maiket in
ge quantities; and in order to dn ibis, llie
ur, Ikiil Haven and Mine Uil! 11. 11. Co.
are i .xleiiun g t
.ir roa
lo Ashland in the
M.ih. mny basin,
Sanbiiry R. R. Co
from Ihe 'own of
ml the I'hi'ad.nphia imd
aie riadiiiiling their road
St.
l.rmol; m east w an
I, with
I V ii i lot: s i i a i , c lies
ihioiigh the basin and l te-
I I'aillUT tO I.iV (loWII II llt'ClVV rOl 11)1111
pnt on
I t-
cars nml loeomo' ives early
tho ensuing
. T' The Tievoilon, Mahauoy and Sus-
ni har.r.a R.ulroi.I is also in progress ol
o in progress ol com-
p'c'.ion tapping Ihe same basin fmllier west.
Coliieiics are being opened at various
than two 1 pninls in Ihe basin ami pitpaialions making
, C3 p..r I 0 sen 1 a huge nrr.eniil of coal fiom the la
tiiioi Ike ' sin dining the pii-"nt year. And we are
confident lhat llie coal shiptnen's fiom Ihe
... . . i.i i ; t .i... i :..
MiamoKiu rasm, xinicn is one in me i s. in ,
the xvnil I. xvill in n few years amount to tun
ny million" cf tons. With the increase ol
llr; coal 'rude, ihe p"pn!atin;i of lh" coal re
gion miis! ueees-a: i'.y increase an ITievoiion.
Slr.irniiki I and Ashland, by Iheir advantage,
mis locations will become the rmpei ium and
occupy tb" position in rf !.u i ui to the Shamo
kin and Mahauoy coal basins, that Pottsxille
now occupies io the Schuylkill basin which
supplies one-half of Ihe ct;'i,e coal l-ide :
And each of those places will be equally as
goo I mnikols for agiiciilinral produce ns
Pottsville now is. nod twenty-live rnib-s near
er In the farmers of Noi thutnbei laud comity.
In onb r to carry Ihe coal of tin' Shamokin
li.sio I, . ibe maiket. the S ale canals aim g
ihe Susquehanna must be improved and rn
Urged, and Rail-roads constructed along the
same channel as has been done in lln; v i!
ley of the Schuylkill : we tbeiefore deem it
Ihe most wise and judicious policy that Un
people of Northumberland county can adopt
nnd lha most promotive of their wealth and
prosperity, to contribute every aid in 'heir
po.vrr toward the consliiiclion of the S,is
quehauna Rail-road, and insure its caily
completion in time lo meet Iho demands ol
a trade in xx hich the destiny, iho improve
ment, xreallh and prosperity of oar w hole
connly is involved.
And, as by the act of Assembly, it is law.
ful for the County Commissionei lo loan ihe
bonds ef the County lo the Susquehanna
!M)AY, MARCH Stf. 58.1::.
Hail-road C.omjiar.y to aid in the cori'liiiciion
of said li.li 1-roiul, pledyieir ,. f.i 1 Ib of tho
County us neciiiity for llio payment of llie
inleiesl on said bends; and wheieas the
Cnnimissioiicis of N'orlhumbeilaiid connly,
have, in accordance with llie provision of
sai.l net of Assembly, leaned In tho said
li. It. Co. tho bond of the Countv to the
amount of two hundred Ihoiisiuid dollars.
The resolutions weio published in last
week's American I
A I a sieal mass convention of the people
of N'oriliumbeiland county, held on the pub
lie square, in the b'linniih of Sunbury, the
5;! ol Maich, i'lsl., relative to liu; lalu sub
scripiiou of two of the Couimissinneis of the
County, l hu following preanililo and lesolu
lions wciu lead and adopted :
Wheiras, the ciliens uf Northumberland
county have lecemly been informed throiiah
thu public press, and for ihe fiisl lime, that
the Susqin liauiia Kail Koad Company now
hold mid for a long lime have held Ihe
bonds of this county for 8200.01)0, that these
bonds weie executed by only two of the
Coinniis.-iiniers nl the Comity, lo w it :
Clonics Weaver and William Wilson, ami
with coupons attached thereto, all of which
weie iillesled by Ihe cleik of Ihe Cnmuiis
sioneis, whose name is si-jned 8.200 times,
yet that all k now ledye of the proceed mils
were concealed fiom this other eomm ission
er, Christi.iti Albert, who w as conslanlly at
his post attending lo the duties of his office,
"no 'hit Iher! is no entiv or tiiemoraiutiim
Commissioner Wilson e.vpiessed himself op
posed lo any county subset iptiou and issue
of bo
would
Tlii
.Is, and declined publicly tint he
not agree to It.
Conveniioii will i.o!, however, now
is-eit that ihe Cie.nuii
a.,.1 sijned the bends,
.il:l mm ev or othei
si.inei s w in) executed
weie diieclly biibed
ar other Wiltitible lliioL', vet
'.osaeliou and their own re
re. I si:u;,i ion as lo prnnerty
o sod; a suspicion, and if Ihe
eenliy in, pi
l.v.d Sliooejy
Veil i n
on lie' sn'o
bill the
nor is to i-o believ I in evidence
we ai"; info r.ied lint nothing
i 'i
litiUJ HM.I IlicO.'lliptllii'i luieg.
i i v of Mr
II IS' 111 tl
A bei t m eveoleil I he
I of the b i nd of Commissioner!', nod himself
i fiom becoming as infamous as his late cob
I
j leagues.
And whereas this convention hi li-ves that
ill ! Prcsi lei t, Managers ard Compiny ol"
the So-qui h lima bail Road nie iguoian,
il.at the issue of ihe bonds was not only un
known to I l.e citizens of the roui.tx, but
:m lii.st th.-ii wi-hes. and lln-v fm ther ei.lei-
lain Ihe stiongest assutai.co lhat when the
sail Piesidii.t and Dl-eclois shall come to
Ihis fact and that lb
lb
nubs xx ere
mir, si'i'ietiV 1 HI m.iiinni i" i in- s. i voin-
, , . i. . ... i ... i i
i-
j missioiier, and lhat l.o'hieg on Record of
1 lu ir i-.-ee exist in the nfiieu of the Comity
! (',,;nnii".-io;ieis; and t!ial Hi" ciieiis me
greatly diss iiisfii-d w it I. t lie w hole Iransac
! lion, lhat limy will r-luin the said Ihunls
Cti;ce!i,;.l 10 111- pi'seoi v. , on in n-e in-,
without waiting to impiiie whether they aio
valid or wirihless, and whether the Com
missioiiers acted lighfu'ly or frandiileiitly.
Unt Ihis Convention u!f
ign fiiiiher in lln ii
expii'ssiou of conlidence in ihe disposition
of Ihe said Piesideiil and Di:ect.,r, and dc
claie Iheir belief lhat if ihev had been
iriade iiciuain!ed
with ihe suspicions cir-
cnmslaiices couneclei
I will lie! conduct of
;i,,, (,,,,-,ii..ii,.,s who evecute.I the liouds.
they would have al once rejected then) wiih j
loiilhing and abhorieniv. I
IT!.,
tier
of Ibis Hireling w ere pub
lished in lasl wick's An, mean
Hiding Place or I'.ancc:; and Adams.
Tin' house in bin lingloi;, M.es., in xxhich the
pan iots J ,hu I l.iiii'.'i-k and J.ih. i A lams sj
eieted thems, Ives (or s.:fi-'y on one occasion
in ihe "limes thai tiied men's s-juls,'1 is now
occupied by Ib-v Mr. Se.xcll.
Tlir. Empeior of Rus-ia has despatched an
expedition lo Japan, wiih iho rhjeel oLkeep
i ig an eye up in the proceedi igs of the Ceiled
States' squadron.
riirr.E are Ihren thousand iwo lorn bed ami
twenty eight McD arinll.- and Jl, ).n at.'s in
. . . r . f i
lie co mix HI uie .L-.iiiv, t ao.oia. .iniuii'-
total
pope
hit ion of only
seventeen thou-ia
,,,i
Jacob Uostette!, of Pern township Lances,
ter county, nbruil two miles i.oiih of Litis,
whilst chopping wood on Wednesday last, fell
down and instantly expiied.
Tltr. friends of Daniel Webster, in Roston,
in honor of the name given to a fine vesiel,
have presented her xviih nn elegant boudoir
piUO forte costing some 800 or $700.
A pragmatical youn fellow, silling ot la
ble over against ihe learned John Scot, aked
him what difference iheie was belt eeu Scot
and tot I "Just tht brtadtk of a tcbli," answer
d the other.
Tot the S'l'itinry Ant.reua.
liisnor ivi;.h.
Mr Editor: Tho follow inj extract is
taken firun thu 'Keo.is.tei ,,: tin Kpict pal pa
ier published in Philadelphia. It is a part
of n letler xv i il I iri by llie Ui.-hop of ihe Dio-
eeseof Mississippi. tnthceilitorof' 'Ihe I;!arof gers tmve been attracted to llio city to wil.
ibn Union,'' published at Jackson, and up- j nes tho inauguration. Tho hotels, board,
peaied in thai paper of ihe llth tilt. Will ! i,:g houses, and piivalo. house have been lil
you be so kind ns to give it nil inser- j oially ovci-mn, and thnlisaiids have been fur
lion in your paper? A XOIl have pllb- red In make llio n.niiid.i. no, I com.,. m...
lisheil several articles on Hie subject. 1 t'.tn
sine you will willingly give your reader" thu
benefit of it. ' W. W. M.
March 4 lb ISS3.
When an individual sees fit, from nny
cans-', lo withdraw from one portion of the
Chinch of Christ, and unite himself to ano
ther, it is loo ofien llie casu I lint his la'.o
friends and iissociales lorn upon nod rend
him xv i i hoot mercy. Willi so unkind and
unreasonable n practice I will have nothing
lo do. If my biolher or my neighbor prefer
the e.xtiemo of Komanisrn on the one hand,
or ultia Piiilestantism on the other, to llie
saler middle pioiiud of Piimilive Gospel
Truth, instead of backbiting and maligning
him, I will only pray that llie erroneous
creed which lie has chosen may nut prevent
him from making his calling and election
sure ngaiust llie last day.
After ihns declaiiniie' all unkind feeling
lowiuds my late I'.iother in th" Kpiscopale.
and praxing that in Ihe midst of the spii ilual
dangers which now- surround him, his foul
may be hi the keeping of llio Good Shepheid,
I must respeotlully beg a little fmiher space
at our hands, xihi'st I to ielly alludt; to the
cause of Bi-hop Ive.' defection, and t's pru
pable effect upon his Diocese. And lliat
your readers may know how far I am ipiali
lied In speak on the subject, 1 w ill simply
mention lliat twenty-nine years of my min
istry were spent ill North Carolina my
native State and that for the far gieaier
part of thai lime, I was frequently and inli
malely associated with him who forms the
subject of this painful commiiuii'ii'.ion.
When, therefore, in riccininting for the npos.
tacy of Lhshop Ives, 1 pay that I have not, far
llie last live or six years, regarded hiin r.s a
rvtpoiifiiilc man, I speak fiom personal obser
vation j and I iise language, however ser ous,
that will be wi 11 nndeislood, nod will CK'nle
no surpiise in Ihe Diocese of Neilh Carolina,
nor in any other place xhtre the Rishnp has
been familiailv known for some time par,:.
Nov
in sax i"-! thi", I but rep '
it ll.
oli
Mini viitually made by his confi.lenti il phv
siciaii. and by oneofhis most intimati! friends
to the Convention of his Diocese io ISS1.
Tiies.; quotations are fiom hn piiute.J
Journal of the Convention of Ninth Carolina,
for ls-ol. and may snfiice to show, in the
piu'on of lhat body, the irrrsp'iimdle condi
tion of Ih-'ir Kishop. Ard lo Ibis canclulion
my o.vn mind is diiven by thai elrul'y that
'l.'iprih rdl ihin,"s,'' For could I be in. limed
to !; .'.: npui; my erring Biothor in any other
light, 1 would be forced, upon many giou-uis
of ptmonul l.uoulcthe, to ihii.k of hi.n ns I
wish j;of io think of any one who names Ihe
name of Christ II would be truly painful lo
me lo be compelled to ej.ler into pirlieuiars
on this subject. I will only add, lhat the un
settled conditio;; of bishop Ives' intellect, or
) rather of his nun, il j'l Igmei.l, has been a
crow ing sonice of pain lo his D.oeese fur sev
eral xeais, so much sons lo incline many,
both of his Cieigy and Laity, to set him
aside, or :,', le-i-l, to appoint an "Assistant"
to him in ihe Episcopate. And nothing bat
his earnest enl real ies. and it-peatcd lecanta
lions, joined to llieir own loo kind icgard for
his feelings, pievcnted them foul doing so,
on mine th in one occasion.
As lo the probable i fleet ef the npnsfacy
of llishop Ives upon the Diocese, which he
has insulted and dcsoi to.l, the follow ing ex-
tracts from letters received xxilbui the la'l
few days may suince.
I To these exiiacls I w ii! only add. on my
own par', lint in passing ihiocgh N"i'h Or-
i nlitia, in INuv.-mlrrr lasl, I wnsguovinl at
! the heart to see the
dlec'i' li ot ill-
Pieces i tovvaid iheir llishop, on neeonnt of
his inconsistency of conduct, and lo hear, on
all sides, the wish ep.en') expressed, thai !"
wor.ld lesun his ch. uge, and thus i p ;i the
way for a reluru of lluit muui loess in llie
faith, mid that mutual line and cu fi lc-nce
V bich h id been bequeathed to tlu-ni by lh"
honest and roble-heailed llaven-erefl.
Iti rtiakitig this Ceiilrnnniei-tie.-i, "If. Iv.li'or,
lliusl lhat I do ro violence lo the Law- i f
Charity, cither in I'm inlentioti which
pmmpls me to it, or in I
jc.age in which
I expiess myself. I m,i'..e no atl.'ek on
rih, p Ives' ch.uaelei ; tmr do I asou'ee in
him any i in pi ire or unwoi'.liy n.'i ive ii ih,;s
icnnniieiiig l is high and holy conri, i-.-io-i in
I me i nuicn oi i t. ism., nn ,u. .,
J'"'r" '
! 1 may an, i n con.l-'mn niany I lungs ,u n s
i j
comtucl C
ni-cleil w nil Ills iiuai.onooii- ;i -
. , , i i
the line Catholic faith.
Thanking vou sinccicl)
for iho spare
which xoii have allowed me, and pr
i log lor
Ihe spread of P.viue luiih am' luxe every-
whrre. ,
1 remain wiih kind regard, yours,
W. M. GREEN,
Dishop of Ihe Diocese of Mississippi.
Jaciso.n, Fi b- 8, 1S53.
IT is nleasii-S ' ,ho m'TiCt"
from MatariMs, that the health of Vice Presi
dent Kin? has somewhat improved.
Tb First Congress convened on the 4ih of
Mareh. 1789.
Ol.i)
:i:u.s vol. j
Nt). St3.-
COIlli Lsl'UMJI'.M i: Cf TltK AMI:rtlrA.
Wasiiinktox, Match 4 h, IPS3.
Tho mass of hiirnan beinys corairpiiled in
this place for tho last Iweiiiy-four hours i
; immense. Thu calculation has been mado
tlnt no less than seveiilj -five Ihousand strnn
looms of Ihe capilol llieii lodging places lor
the night. Every thing went elf wi ll. Tho
inaugural of President Pierce is the finest
which has been delivered for twenl)-fivo
yeais, not only for ils elevated review of ihe
past history of the government, but for the
truly democratic sentiments which peivado
it. Cungress had been in session all last
nigh!, and nieht befoie, and the gallnies
weie crowded wiih spectators all the lime.
The Senate had under consideialion the
Homestead bill, Mr. Rin.lheuds bill giving;
1C0 acres of land to all ihe Soldieis uf tin,
lale war, the bill to establish the boundiy of
Nebraska, and oilier bills, ail of which wero
lost jn the hurry of the hist moments of Con
gress. The measure xxhich should most
interest Peiinsx Ivauians was an amendment
offered by Mr. Mason of Virginia to the civil,
and diplomatic bill, repealing the duly on
railroad iron. This amendment could not
fail to produce an exciting debate in tho
Senate, not only on account of the loss of
revenue ils iepal would occasion, but for
Ihe vital slab which was attempted to be
given lo ihe most cherished interests of
Pennsylvania. The iron mnnnfacliiries of
your slate are just beginning lo reap Ihe pro
fits of Ihe present great demand for Iheir
material. They have been cramped, and
oppressed for years, and now when every
channel of business i.s full, and prosperous lo
attempt to take Irum ihem the protection
which was allowed by liiose, who for their
liberal views upon the tariff were styled free
traders would be highly censurable. The
adoption of the amendment would leave tho
z
coal and iron in'.eiests of Pennsylvania com
plelfly at the meiey of the foreign manufac
turer and importer. When this amendment
was spuing upon Ihe Senate, Mr. Brodheail
remarked that some olher time and occasion
should have been taken to intioduce ihi.s
measure of repeal. Now xxhen we were
xvilhin forty-eight hours cf an adjournment,
was not iho time to spring ihis important
amendment upon iho Semite.
The tatiff laws were at ali times, ihe most
i'ltiicate question which the Senate could be
called on lo adjust, r-.ud how he aslced could
this important subject be examined xvith nny
prospect of f.iiraiess, when not two whole;
days survived of the Session, and w hen many
of ihe ajipropi iation bills were yet to pas;
That doty made him stand by the S-nator
from Virginia, to keep tho appropri:i'.i.!:i
bills free from evry amendment upon ques
tions oT coriliovertcd policy not properly be
longing io such biil'i, and now at this late
hour the Simile wen; call-d upon to legislate
on the subject of ihe tat iff, what ho said xvas
the necessity for Ihis partial legislation, why
not repeal the duties on nil kinds cf iron
whv not repeal ihe duties en cotton, sugar,
and llie woollen fabrics? They, Mr. Iliod
head sai l, i ere in moio common demand
among lln; xvhole people lhan railroad iron.
Would it not be heller to abolish all kinds o'
duties, and conio al once lo direct taxation
lhan to single out one particular interest to
ciilsh it? The revenue ho said upon rail
road iron now amounted lo more lh '.n threo
millions per year. Will you lake this away
and pas? no law lo si pply ils loss? lb; held
H lo be, ihe best policy ul thecounliy to take
caie of ils iron interest, for in taking caio of
lhat, yon lake care of the coal interest loo
The amendment was afterwards lost.
J. E. 1).
WiTcrii-n xi- r The Chtimbersburg Whig,
of the 1 Till uil., relates the following singular
instance of Miper.iiiinp, w hich pioves lhat the
belief in w .t.hcraft is not yet done away
xvith: A correspondent; wi iling from Fti-ten
connly. informs us of a singular case of sup
posed xx itchcrafl lhat oeenred rear Sidin,r
Hill. There is a certain religions s-el in that
m-igliboi boo I, calling themselves the Chit--ti.iu
Chinch. A lady, one of ihe members, w as
taken sick and lay f T some tim", until she
finally imagined herself bewitched, and a su-
ler in the Chinch was seltle.l upon OS Ihe
witch. A nn'eling of the session wa3 called
in due season, at which the minister presided,
and ibo charge of witchcraft was formally
pieferred !ig-iint the lady. Being a new
m,, an I we presume, not provided for iti llie
,i.sci'l;r.e, ihe session was pr.zsJed a to Ihe
proper ni.innei to proceed in ihe case At
length il was piupo.-ed lhat she should ba
asked to step over a broom-lick, ns it bad
been siid lhat a ilch cnu'd not do so; but
Ihe licensed cot over il without apparent
d flicnllv. After a consulaiioii it was ihen
:i..l(-od that she should he Hied in a pair cf
r i : .i. . ....;.... unri a it, n o io oai.inct? uir
, . Wvim . --,
Hii.i ii sue . ii... , '
I .. .I..I. II. n llll.lri U III 1.1 Uta UU
hear v fi r her. Accordingly t-he was taken
to a mill, uuJ iho experiment tried; but h
proved loo heavy for tho IS. ble. It xvas It.eu
iuiimated thai probably her clothing preven
ted a fair test, and half a bushel o! corn was
pal on ihe scales with the Bible, to balance
the clothing, but still the ludy was too heavy,
and the charge was formally dismissed.
Mamufd in Michigan, Mr. Henry Dills to
Miss Mary Small. We hope the issuing of
small bills is not prohibited in that State,
Ambition is like love, i npatient of both
delays and rivals.